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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 1930
VOL. 44. No 30
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where they ait
THAT i-ontln
in their power to
aeaeennhle mere!a
Kuw and Horace Mchwrer. ntfh, fcava hern discontinued.
,p Aston*0 cere here Sunday. >nd hereafter Saturday. Sunday.
Mondny, Thiir*d«v and Fr'di*' nieht*.
with n three o'clock matinee on Sat
nrday nnd Sunday afternoon , will lie
thp ahow occasion*, three entire new
program* each week.
noey,
hu« n* *, >n *rna that i
)' tell you ihrotiirh the
and what they have to
u* advertiser* are I
ittafy youi every w
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"All
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who do everv'hing
Jf alwaya offer you
pply of new Urge ronat
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Sale Poll bit
(onditwn. I- K. HEATH, Phone
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o.i 11 at heenuae they know
than any firm in a distant
an<| aee what you »ret when
no trah«|<ortation charge* to
IHae
•ant to buy
bull* are J. D.
registered
Lacy, D’-
THA# m ■
local condition*
city could know.
THAT you can ar»*t what vou want
you buy from local dealer*.
THAI there is no long wait and
pay when you huv from home dealer*
HKSTI iIai' ! A1,;,"! wrrH TH|:
AND MORE PkOFITAHLK^TO BUY AT HOME " ‘U‘ HK SAFKk
tul M/!wK,\ SAVE1,), Is, M0NKY EARNED SAVE by reading
HK\I FRSAl< A,,VFRT,sEMKfirrs ANI' HI'VING FROM LOCAL
iM Sue Heady spent la*t week-
m San Antonio with her aunt,
J, B. Anm*.
ANVIL H1RALD ADVERTISERS ARE DEPENDABLE
RELIABLE AND DESERVING OF YOUR TRADE.
Another r**a* I'ml
The I nit t State* i <.*t | o( ,\atn
enirineer*. the chief of water engi
im r* ami th* riveia aim hurl* ., m.
milter* m C i.^ieiM huv o
mended the i n.nt |v*h,>, port pi
and it ha* been pul in the coiigio*
atonal emergency bill. Congre** will
doubtle** pa** the hill and the [T<s*i
dent w'll likeiy approve it.
That will give the rich Itio Grande
Valley and the adjacent termory in
■Hurpu-M-d water shipping fa. ii ti , to
all ports of thi.w country and Kuropi
It will about complete the line ol
Texas seaports alonic the Gulf of
Mexico from Port Arthur to the
nmuth of the Itio Grande ami afford
all needed ocean outlets for Tex is
products. •
Nothin* * <1(1 the failure of -x
ar..s to co-operate w ith each otiier can
retard the development of this great
-State. Aii lexans tor all lexas"
snouid be our motto.
The Hondo H<rh School Rova Glee
Club entertained with a mins’rel
27tf *h"w *t the Hiirh School Auditorium
n,U(i Townsend is here from ,U!,f yat«rd*y *’venin*. The program
' vi„ti.ix her mother. Mrs. Ooo. *“* >’ut °n un,,"r thp supervision of
Mr Arm*tt ni oing *
acquitted thrmselvy* very creditably - ..... ******••••••»
throughout. "Silver Threads Among A NEW GAS FIELD DISCOVERED, ten im h hole with a roar that could
the Gold" a* sun* by Ulrich Burner -- be heard for miles around. Luckily,
«nd interpreted by Misses Evelyn "hat is probably the most note- it was shut off Tuesday and will now
M. Martin, the furniture repair Knopp anrf Bradley, was e* worthy development yet resulting be developed ■ ■
....... <Z"" ' '■ " *% TW OS***'**’ ■“■«*» a »*- k.....I >'.rd. th, *» pip, li„, putILhm* f„r Hktol*. Cou.Uv. ,,
m >e | • throughout was especially good. The ,iin* < « unty was the striking of gas leadin - from the Hondo gas field to Ht its masthtad the words, "For Mm-
J. W. I'lbrich and daugluer, d inring of Frank Rucker evoked con- ut a depth of only 7t>5 feet late Fri- San Antonio, and about 1 -00 feet Sll,ri’ tor for -Schools and for
Will Crow, were visitors to Sun siderabl* applause. day evening of 'ast v. -k on the Me- north „r m„ „n .....„i.T. - iietier Things.” That is good as it
9m Hm has purchased the in-'*™ i|fa,i*>n > :""1'
Ed Melster spent last week- terMt of his partner> j, D Eaxter i1*0 m,‘«* »<>uthcast of Noonan and
,!th her parent,. Mr. and Mrs. in thp Piro|y.Wiggly store* at Uvalde ™T °F "***
— ■ ■ * • of the Hondo gas fields.
The strike at that depth was whol-
ly unexpected and for several days section
the gas ran wild, pouring out of a
Widen The Virion
The Mission Enterprise, the splen
u few did paper that Cobb and Cobb are
Ward, in I.y le. ancj Hondo and has assumed active
is. W. N. Saathoff spent Wed- management. Mr. Zilss formerly
1,200 feet
north of the Fuchs oil weels now pro- ^ but should be broadened by
du ug a small quuntity of oil on placing "for lexas" after “MUsion."
thj Jungman tract. No Texas community is big enough
As this large volume of gas in- to slant* al,,ne. and every community
dicates the proximity of a large pool ft°fiul,dt f.eel it^‘lf an i»'P^tant part of
PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIA-
TION.
„. .. , .... .. . , its State. The oninnssion is just an
5 °‘K dr,ll,n« operations in that oversight on the part of Editor Cobb,
will no doubt be greatly who spends his days and nights
stimulated by this discovery. , dreaming of the future greatness of
■----------——————————_ Texas, at least when he is not at work
torium and the admission prices will to make his dreams come true. An-
be 35 cents and 25 cents. An at- other objection to the Enterprise is
y at Yancey visiting her aged owned the Pure Food Bakery at
r, Mrs. Faseler. Uvalde, but following the establish-
and Mrs. P. Jungman attend- ment of the store here, moved to
meeting of railroad officials in Hondo, where he had charge until
last Thursday. * short time ago. He returned to ] --
Ruth Hy of Crystal City spent ^Va*de and will maintain his head-! regular monthly meeting of
eek-end here with her Barents quarters there while Joe Huesser will!**1* Parent-Teachers Association was n , . , , . .
here with her parents, . .. of tfce Ioca, he!d at the High School auditorium ^ral Club and Orchestra, of wh.ch(complain
Monday afternoon with Mrs. E. J.
Lcinweber presiding.
A DiSriNGUISMFD VIM I OR
Thp Anvil Herald * a* h> nor-
■’ I t>\ a visit Saturday from Hon.
H. Mayes, the genilemaa
who write- the Texas and Tea*
at; foatuie article that ha' been
appearing each week in this
apace
Mr. Mayes knows his Texas.
Ho Eir<t achieved success h* th*
editor of ii small town newt-
paper in the then *m: !l town of
Hrownvvuod -since grown into a
city of no mean proportions.
Later he achieved success in
politics and served his stat«
ion >rably and wed as Lieuten-
ant Governor. Then when the
School of Journalism was estab-
1 ed at ur great State Univer-
••ty, to him wa entrusted I
r'^ponsihihty of pioneering it
th >ugn r - i rmative years. And
hc e, too, he made good.
Now he is devoting most of
ins time to preparing his weekly
nummary of the constructive
happening* in the great state he '
loves and whose greatness he is ’
helping in a -t u ndid way to '
build.
The Governor was taking a 1
littie outing and incidentally see- '
.ng more if Texas and making
per- rial contact with some of '
tiie newspaper boys who arc '
print.ng his copy. He was ac- '
companied by Mrs. Mayes and '
we were assured that they were ‘
enjoying every moment of their <
journey. *
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cents. An at- ol“er oDjecuon i0 tne enterprise is c'vie pnde and progressiveness. I
tractive feature on this occasion will that il is to° bigr for a busy colunlnist a,n ?“eaain» something else will be
tractive reature on this occasion w.l t() rea(J „thro h an(J through<» But started there soon.
be a program by the High School ■ of that the publishers will hardly -
had as her*
Mrs. Henry
have the
store.
For sale
-16-foot Soda Fountain,
Mr. Ed. Armstrong is director.
The delegates appointed to attend
the P. T. A. County Council, which
Texas Rural Life
Texas leads ail the States in the
Fighting Development number of families served rural moil,
It seems that the fight being made Ohio rank:ng second. A surprising
nd Mrs. J. S. Fly.
V. H. Blocker
on last Sunday,
of Crystal City. marble
ltMt.ber we buy and sell second d fruit containers, 4 draft e[^ Marguerite McClellan enter- t'°n s”me l'nle tb’s montH were Mes- from Abilene to Cross Plains is large- number served, the rural route
furniture. MARTIN’S FURNI- ar!m- Electric automatic Century; j . , ., ‘ ... , , dames M. H. Muennink, S. H. Stan- ly because Abilene shippers are sub rters cover only 67,783 miles as
Off r\r» .i • i A.. . < Purluiiinlor f 9 •» i A n i V ^ ® ‘® lm> Inlm A D ..1 SPrihpPU ho f hf» ctnnlr nt* fhn n u ti puil. Iiuroii tor th 79 H 1 f) milnc II
nnvv m ^b<? ^'ny t0^s °‘ tbe Eirst Grade ... ... .. ’ by one of the. leading lexas railroad* thing about the postoffice report is
’ J J*' under the supervision of their teach- i; __ ______ A.__ . L f a ' against the building of the Kell rout while Texas leads other States in the
SHOP, Phone 14. 29-tf. cwbonator (not frigidaire) cost new
Ruth Watson spent last week- ab°Ut l3’3°°- Wit! 8el1 on easy terms
for good note or trade for city or
acreage property that’s worth the
8»n Antonio as the guest of
Will McClaugherty.
n
Sunday here as the guests of
asd Mrs. Williamson.
Prints. New Clothes for
t
omplete stock. LEINWEBER’S.
mb a , money. $750. ARTHUR HALBERT,
.?*" AT“t. N”«h Cvld,. T,„.. 29.2U
A business meeting of the Truth
Seekers’ Class of the Methodist Sun-
v» . . . day School was held at the home of
M 'leYnWHeW "*Ch" «' th" "“*■ M »“•
' leinwebers. |iamjton on Friady eveninjr Thoic
" * "ay h" w°n« to Jour- present were Janet Kimmey. Dora
to spend the week-end with Saathoff, Amelia Nester, Elsie Buss,
“ . r. and Mrs. J. S. Way. Wayne Harllee, James Bailey and
H L. Cameron and Miss Maud R*v- and Mrs. Williamson,
a hsve a. their guest this H. E. Haau, Attorney-at-Uw,
" Jesse McWilliams of Aua- Surveyor’s Office, Courthouse, Hon-
do, Texas. All legal matters care-
"■ C, Hyatt and Mra. Tom fully attended to, in all courts of
“d 'laughter, Ora, were Texas. Manager Medina County Ab-
San Antonio on Wedneo- stract Company. Road Maps of Me-
I dina County, cloth, $5; paper, $3. tf
at another place To prevent flabby muscles, enlarg-
Dress Sale’’ and we have porea, black-heads, pimples, dry
* ractive prices, too. Jones of oily compaction or scalp and ac-
cumilated dandruff, let us assist your
Saturday night the good old s*t'n Bnd to •Hmlnato impurities
delivered a fjne bady boy and breathe fresh air. Ladies Beauty
d Mrs. Walter Graff at El- Help a good cause by attending
. the program in the Catholic School
Wom«n who want to go and do. Basen>ent, February 21, 8 P. M. Ad-
Pair with an arch-support. Adults 25 cents, Children 15
B JETTICK Shoes. LEIN- c*nts- 8°-u
26-tf | Qualler cotton seed for sale. Made
* head of high grade ewes ba*e to tbre® acres this year. Second
on Pet« W'eynand Ranch year’8 8eed- Price Per 100 lbs-
j1 at once. A. C. BILLING si 256t J0HN M°ORE
’ Tpxas 29-42pd.1 Hev- and Mrs. M. Williamson left
^ Barth was a business call- Monday for Sweetwater where they
.*office Saturday and moved wil* visit with their 80n' A- Cl Wil'
vJt!J to botb FARMING and liam8on. and family.
era'd> | A Real Bargain in a used Delco
I' ( Tb»Hman spent several Plant. This plant carries same
‘ Ul‘ek visiting her father ?uarantee as a new one. Call or see
, aNy' at Ljtle, and her sister,’ H* H- DECKER. 3-3t.
n . b imP»on, at Natalia. 1 Now showing exclusive desings in
f('n ne‘1(l tire repairing call ncw ^Pr'n8 Silk Frocks, in beautiful
(!r guaranteed work. Prices printed Crapes. LEINWEBER’S, the
nd rSMotor Car Co- and Ladi®8’ Shop. 26-tf
leas rV'Ce 14-tf Miss Clara Buss spent the week-
e wh”1 eVenitlK 1* assured end bere witb bomefolks. Miss Clara
n jn ° at,en<ls the program to ’s a ntudent at Alamo City Business
Fobruearbn?'efnfStJohn’8 C°lllege'
hUn(j L o P. M. 30-lt p°r Headstones and Monuments
I beo l‘igbt-five good nan_ see Wm. Newmann, Agent for Nagel
°rb-^ in March will Pro8, Fredericksburg, Texas. 36-tf.
ce, j UIttona ^or treasonable The Packard Shoe for men in the
Texas ^ H0TT, North new Spring styles and shades. LEIN-
ime, R u. 29-2tpd. | WEBER’S. 26-tf.
i Pletcho ^1>eece, Roland Registered Hereford bulls for sale
H_ ®her Davis, Vernor
program, each number of which was
announced by Master Elmer Jo Lein-
weber as follows:
Play—“Six Little Mothers,” by six
little girls who tried to out-do one
another in their efforts to create a
favorable impression on the youthful
judges in a baby show where they
were exhibiting their dollies. The
cav-
com-
ley, John Horger, O. B. Taylor, Ben scribers to the stock of the new rail- pared with 72,010 miles for Illinois
Oefinger, Theo. Barnes, Hy Merri- road and wi** Nkely divert some of and 67,014 for Ohio. This would
___... ’xt ' their shipments to it. That beings indicate that rural population in see-
man, W. N. .Saathoff, Theo. Cameron the issue to the question of whether tions of Texas covered by rural mail
and \Y. H. Smith. the public good is to be subordinated routes is greater than in either li-
lt was decided to extend an invita- to that of existing railway lines. This linois or Ohio, And we are inclined
tion to the County Council to hold wr*ter opines that this will not be to think of Texas as a thinly settled
it. annual meeting at Hondo with done if the Public can Protect itself _
the members of the local Parent- Texas Fair Record Fire Prevail*. Work
When a Nebraska songressinan as- _ A representative of the National
members of the local Parent-
Teacher Association as hosts.
The association voted to send
serted in Congress that his State fair Fire Waste Council on a visit to Te
judges decided in favor of a picantn- flowen to Mjgg Vera Lee Cook( aihad a larger attendance than that ot recently said that Texas lead, all
ny the property of the small “ne?ro member of the school faculty who!any other State- the dement was other States in its fire prevention
mammy”, Ruth McWilliams.
Reading—'"What He Stole,” by
Bonita Speecc.
Song—“Five Little Chacadees."
Reading—"He Wouldn’t Tell a
Lie,” by Billie Ney.
Piano Solo, by Ruth McWilliams.
Reading — "Intellectual Limita-
tions,” by Mildred Van Fleet.
Dialougue—"What Dolly Has”, by
Margaret Ann Knopp and J. B. Red-
man.
At the close of the program the
business affairs of the association
were taken up.
The treasurer reported $35.70 in
the treasury.
Vice-President Mrs. Ben Oefinger
reported three new names to be add-
ed to the membership list namely:
Mrs. Harry Kollman, Mrs. L. Hicks
and Mrs. J. B. Dawson.
Mrs. Edward Cameron was ap-
pointed chairman of the Life Mem-
bership Committee.
Friday, February 28, was desig-
nated “Parent’s Day,” and all parents
are invited and urged to visit the
school on this occasion.
Announcement was made that the
19th annual conference of the Child
Welfare Association & Mother’s Con-
gress for the Fifth District would
convene at Cotulla on April 2 and 3.
Superintendent Barry, Chairman
of the committee appointed to pur-
chase a Victrola for the school, re-
ported the purchase of a Majestic
combination Radio-Victroia and also
of a portable Victoria, from W. H.
Windrow ac a cost of $139.00. Both
instruments will be used in prepar-
ing entrants for the Music Memory
Contests to be he'd at the coming
County and District Meets.
Mrs. Horace Bradley, chairman of
the committee whose duty it was to
Antonio, and Mrs. R. J. Noonan and ners at once produced the figures to ,n sP'te of that Texas fires in 192B,
Mrs. Ed. Connevey were appointed show that in both 1929 and 1928 the as reported to the insurance board,
a committee to purchase the flowers Texas State Fair had a larger attend- exceeded those of 1928 about $1,-
,n *• “»»*'" **>«.»-*.*» K0""
given by the afternoon s hostess to the fajrg of the United States. Sum- town, each paying premiums accard-
the grade having the best represents- ners wasn’t satisfied with that, but *n< t° 'ta fire losses of previous yearn,
tion of mothers at the P. T. A. meet- declared that “the State Fair of Tex- Evidently others than the children
ing, the first grade won with seven as >8 Perhaps the greatest annual need to study more about fire pi»-
mothen present. exposition in the world,” and had his mention.
.. , . . speech put in the Congressional -
It was decided to accept a proposi- Record. Whi]e congressmen may not Improving Poultry Flocks
be eleceted to boost fairs and the The Paris chamber of com in crew
.. Congressional Record may not be bas b't upon a novel plan for baild-
recital' published to give out fair publicity, in* UP punned poultry flocks in
which is to be presented soon J» right in holding up the Lamar county. Through the local
tion made by Miss Sights whereby
the P. T. A. would receive 50 per
cent of the proceeds of a
. | Sumners is right in holding up ____
y I Texas standard against ail competit- merchants arrangements have been
member* oi Miss Sight’s class in Ex- org> made to exchange one pure-bred
__ egg for two eggs from mongrel
flocks. The chamber of commerea
pressic :i.
Founder’s Day, Bebruary 17, was
appropriately commemorated in an
San Marco* Airport
San Marcos is to have an airport. contracted for 100,000 or morw
, Through the interest of the local pure-bred eggs for this exchange on
address by Mrs. R. J. Keily, who *olcl chamber of commerce and one of the this basis. Farmers will be encourag-
of the founding of the National Par- most enterprising county judges in ed to demonstrate for themselves that
ent-Teacher Association at Washing- Texas, Judge Will H. Thompson, the **■ Pays to raise pure-bred chickens in
Government has leased a 100-acre preference to the common flock*
tract of land, which will be used for a»’ound so many farm houses.
emergency landing and refueling, and -
will be supplied with all the equip- _ Increasing Tomato Acreage
ton thirty-one years ago.
Superintendent Barry made the an-
nouncement that a basketball tourna-
ment would be held here on Febru-'ment of a modern airport. When From Nachogdoches, Jacksonville,
ary 21 and 22. About 250 boys from I anything is to be done that will h *lp Lufkin and other East Texas points
some eleven counties will participate jthe town, San Marcos can be relied reports are made that although the
to do it without making much January freeze did damage to toma-
in the contests and Supt. Bary has noige about )t
requested that these boys be given
lodgings in the homes while here.
Meals need not be furnished. Rooms,
only, are wanted. Any one having
room for one or more boys is re-
quested to notify Mr. Barry.
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Louis Rothe, assisted by Mesdanies
R. J. Noonan, C. M. Merritt, O. H.
Miller, L. A. Mechler, R. J. Rcily and
F. McWilliams, served delicious apple
pie with whipped cream and coffee
to some 50 guests.
W. M. U. MEETS.
The W. M. U. of the Baptist
Church met with Mrs, Jack Fussel-
select and carry to completion some j man, ^ Thursday, February 6, for the
means of deriving money to replen-
to plants, plans are under way for
planting larger tomato crops than
Creameries Consolidate l,ave heretofore been grown. It now
The creamery at Brenham has looks like Texas will grow enough
acquired the Giddlings creamery and tomatoes this 'year to supply the
the two will be operated under the entire country,
same management. Brenham and -
Giddings are close enough together Entertaining Club
and so connected by a good highway When the home demonstration club
that there will likely be some economy women and girls of Collingsworth
in the combined management. county held a meeting in Wellington
- recently. Deskins Wells, editor of the
Local Industrial Spirit Leader gave ail of them who called
The Round Hock cheese factory at the Leader office and registered,
was sold recently to one of the big tickets to the local movie. Needless
packing companies. The Round Rock to any, they called, they registered,
Leader got busy and sissued a 16 they had a good time, and the Lead-
Schwi
!tes who
®rnor King #t reasonable prices. See J. D. Lacy,
onr] were among D’Hanis.
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^ntonio. * nl ^ed,>e»day All kinds of drinks, at
CONFECTIONERY.
ish the treasury, reported the selec-
tion of a "Zander-Gump Wedding”
with all characters drawn from the
pages of the “funny papers
The
CARLE S | affair is to take place Friday night,
83-tf i February 14, ut the High School audi-
page edition welcoming the new own- or made many friends. There is more
ers. It was all handset and was an to the newspaper business than mere-
enoromous undertaking, several thou- ly getting out the paper.
sand extra copies being printed on a --
slow press during the coldest weather Catting Out Carnivals
in January. Round Rockers bought In refusing to permit carnival
the edition and distributed it all over shows t • u-e the city parks, Mayor
the country. They filled their show < hambers of San Antonio said: “the
monthly mission study. A very in
te resting lesson was studied, led with iocal cheese l'a< tory carniv.:-do no good, but much harm.
Mrs. Jim Fusselman. Nine membersiproduct*. Ail of which boosted the TL people of the city do not receive
and one visitor were present. I little town as an industrial center, valu - for the money they givr* the
Refreshments of pie with whipped i Hound Hock also nasa broom factory scow*.” The carnivals were asking
cream and coffee were served. | )vith a bfn7\TH T" rr!5,i88ion-to ,iurinK San, AnT
I is not much for size, but what it ton ms spring fiesta. Texas should
lucks in population is made up in rid it* If of strolling carnival shows.
MRS'. JACK FUSSELMAN.
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