The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY. TEXAS
Viii take fflilitrat
tty HI BOON PRINTING < O
JOHN HIKDON Editor
MRS. JOHN HIHHON Society Editor
Subu'n/tlwn Hat i t. In Advance
One yciK, in state $J 00
Six month.. in stale 1 2a
Thii,i‘ month*. in stale 75
One vital, out of stair 2.50
Six month*. out oi -tale 175
NO IICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any niroueuuK reflection upon the
charm ter, si/inding or reputation of auy
person, firm or corporation, which may
appear in the ' oluinna of this paper will
tie irlarUv oorre* led U(*on due notice of
Mine be mu given to the editor, peeeoe d-
ly, at the of lice.
Entered s* *econd-elaM matter Jan
uary 2, 1V26, al the post-office at ttia
Lake, Texas, under the act of March
3. 187V.
not l>c allowed to stick hei head out
oi doors. It is not that Matt*
Pres* lac or* that duciine. He i»
personally opposed to making do
mestic prisoner* ol women. But a
hundred ihousautl dollar* given lot
a purpose should In* u*<-d lot that
purpose. Look at oilier schools
richly emiowed which are teaching
some things tltetr feat lie is do not he,
lieye in. Any school which ac-ept*
an endowment must accept the eon
ditioiis attached, or confess tin on
aistency.
I he Wildcat douhl» d Male Pt***-
will need any assistant e in this
school. Ih- is fully capable hut it is
doubted it he get* more pupil* than
he tan himself teach, but it he dues
the Wildcat editor wants to put hi
Ins application now ami will quaiau
liv that he will quality. Please, J. J..
keep tliiv m mind when you get the
dough.
Hit.II t US I' Of GOVERNMENT
All people wliti pay taxes should
Is* interested in the t ost of govern-j
ment Mncr 1 'J1.1, according to a
Unanttal exchange, natioii.il wealth!
and national income haye doubled.
In tin* |>a.st issue d tlie Public
... . ,, ailU ttaiHMIUt III* CM IO IIJM uxrui
StNiti* N "** |'ul» .'vift >v , u i\ H|u|r go\rrnmrntal enprniiitum
as Pttblit N*rvi*e Information l»u
read, with W II t Edward* as ed-
itor low the past v«*ai or so, Mr Ed-
wards slates that it will In* t!ie la*t
i*su«- ot that publication and at the
same tune publishes his 'editorial
valedictory ” Vli Edward* *u*
i t-etletl (worgr \b Ouaid a* etj tol of
the same jieriod have quadrupled, j
All government laves col Us-ted in
the I titled Matt^- are now $11,000,
IMXl.OOO [x*t annum and ate tin r«*a*
itig at the rate of $5oU,U00.lKK) a
year. (!o*t ot government to the
average family i* now 5 Hal a yt-ur
ami one out of every II persons
tins publication and both of them a MMm. branch
haye made ,t a -u-.es* and it would 0, tIl||K,1„ *a|, a ,ltu|tg lender,-
appear a paying proposition lot the ,,{ ,\ material i actor in Ute
nuhhcserv.ee institutions ol the 0,,st ot hvut^ i- tf»« ix-,.v y tax. itiul. t
"and in every line no *mall part of
the margin between what the pt<>-
timer receives and the consumer
pays i* due to the evet-mounting
butdeu of taxes. freight pavei
June* isn’t in the -addle, He walk*
whilst lie pay* the Height, l.leburne
I Ultes-Kev tew
HELPING TO BUILD TEXAS
public service
state The writer knew (leorge M<-
Ouaid personally , in I act wotk.tl
I’m him in 'south Al Alester, Indian
Ici ritorv i now Oklahoma I. He w.i*
a line man and tin* writer wa* sorrv
to lo-e till* good friend. Now we
do not < I ntti tit have lost AA ill ( Ed*
waul* but w.ll mi** h * New* for the
time being. Hr is a splenditl writer
and keeps in touch w :th the doings >»t
the whole world, and beside* thi* lie
i« a succe-sful new%pa|s*r man.
Here’s lioptu : that AA I I dwald*
succeeds in *et ut trt# a uuoe Iticrea
tne situation than ever and that will
evidently he in the newspaper field
since he h ,-* (wen in that work tofi
long to make a success of anv other
work Newspaper* over tlie *tate
will mi** th * splendid publication
which i* always full of information
which is sometimes hard for a coon
trv new»pu)*er to find without too
Mini h tune ami that is not ) ossib'e
•iltie idh<| of it* have verv little
spare tiro** Herr * wr-hire; IV ill th-*
ls-s| of sic • .-.* « *-<- ever he Huy l.i.-id
will soon he built, serving Pott Vi an
sas, Corpus t hristr and luglewide
Ai Inal construi lion woTV on tlie i• u11
AAr*t leva* involving a total ex
pc.litui•- ot 5Hi.iKai.0lJH and prov id
tug work tot huiuiieds ol workers
ha* lieen l*egun neat f rt-ilei i. k*hui g
flu- line will provide connection In*
tween the leva.* Panhandle and the
western Hull poits. Newspaper
changes t . K. fuulk of Monroe,
La., ha* bought the iarngview News
and allied publications. Itiadtield
Brotfiei* ol Haila* haye bought the
(iarlaud New* I nun the veteran pub
linker, Bill Holford. Setippsllow
ard * hi Pa*« Post lias bought from
the Hawke Howe-Nuim chain the hi
Pa»o lime* and I). If Roderick tias
atquired from H-H N the El Paso
Moiumg Herald.
Mr*. I I. Miller will la* in
(fauna tin* .dlrrnooii in a meeting
wuh the ha*tern "tai. paying them
an official yi*it She will i*e at••
coin pan led In a delegat on from her
home chapter.
ROY BEAN DECISION
QUOTED IN COURT
A dispatch Horn Austin under
date ,i| Apiil Jo. state* that fourth
( tout ot * nil Appeals ha* quoted
Km Ih .ui. the haughty justii-e of the
peace, belter known a* the "haw
A\i*sl of the Peco* 1 lie article in
part follow*
The fourth I out of ( nil Ap-
peal*. in pointing out the talln< iou*-
in -* o| an ac .imnil i*etore t today,
said it w;.* reminded of the noted
pi-tol totmg t a*e from a western
court holding to it d a man yy-,*re
standing -till he yy.i* not carrying a
pistol, and tl he were moving, he
yya* traveling and had a right to
earn it I he unique ruling w.i* at-
tributed to tin* picturesque trans-
Pecos judge.
DELINQUENT TAX
BILL IS PASSED
BY TEXAS HOUSE
Relative to tin* Tax Measure all
Austin dispatch under date of April
J*J, h.i* the following to say:
At claimed a** tin* most forward
*tep taken in recent vears in tax mat- . , . ,
ters the House todav pawed the de* |T,!** ,l”-" reconsidered the
liiiqiu-ut tax hill ol Representative
within four years hv paying the
purchase price, plus 2(1 pci cent the
first vear and U) |>er cent the see-
oml. If tin* property wa* not re-
deemed, the purchaser would U- re-
quired to bring *uit to quiet title t<>
hi* interest in the title.
Although introduced late yestei
dav. a kill hv Representative hd
lei of Dallas which proposed tc
peal of the newIv enacted cigaiettc
tax w.i* tmlav rei iilletl for tin* coin
inittre to whitli it had lieen sent
FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1931.
today, said tliev would ask renewal
uf consideration of tin* hills tumor-
SKNATK KAN OHS RAISE
IN ('.OVKRNOR’S SALARY
lohuson of ( arri/o Springs. The
vote was |H.$ to 21.
I ntler th.* hill, no sui-s for de*
Imquent taxe* would In* filed. I he
tax collectoi wtmltl advertise the
propeltv delinquent and it would Iw
-old to the |n*i-soii who paid the tax-
es, c<»»ts and penalties in re-
turn for a d»*ed to the least
amount of tin* property. John-
-.ml onlv enough of the property
would In- *oltI to pay tin* taxes ami
t osts, claiming it was unfair to -ell
all of a jN’istin’s properly to pay
the laves when tin* sale of a small
portion would serve the purpose.
The original owner would have
1 lie tight to redeem the property
CHURCH NEWS I
vote hv which hellei was author
i/rd to introduce the hill, and voted
t>H to T.T against its second intro-
duction. Representatives charged
Kdlcr took unfair advantage <>t
the House hv introducing the lull
while it* members were paying lit
tic or no attention.
Sponsors of truck regulatory hills
in the Senate, asking for postpone-
ment at the beginning of the *e«sion
Au->t n. Apiil 27. Hie M-nate to-
dav engros*ed ,i tesolulion hv Mm*
ator AAoodul of Houston propoalllf
■in amendment to the constitution to
permit inerra*e of the governor’•
*alarv from $I.(MKJ to $I2,H0H- The
vote wa* Tl to 0.
Ihe average American family payf
foui times ns tniich for groceries at
it d.N-s for rle«1ricity, telephone, gas
and street tars.
Texas has 1,323.774 families
housed in 1.2LI. 171 dwellings, ac-
cording to the I'J.lO census.
AA II Phillips of Marfa was visit-
ing home folks over the week-end.
METHODIST CHURCH
AVll i> H.itW UR"
( ,irpr(.* ol , rilow. if--i anti l»«oe,
rrpie*<*tillog nivi ad wild tl-iwer lilr„
dtlia«t all >t u.* It* the country these
days, many to admire liw U*iaty of
nature, some lo ii**stii>v A aixfa!isti>
forays aren't > omlnt ive to mamtam !
mg lorrter tlw spring Iwauty of ih«-
entire eounirvside
, || i* normal that with the m
i leasing riurniw! of motor .n* amU
line roa.i*. making outdoot iwauty
accpsnible to lire multituiie. tin-
Iwaulv thus 4< - e**ihle should i-c .
marred »i»f in some instames tl«-
st rosed. Ml i hi (lowers are «>f little*
vai ne fot home il>* oration. I -uaI Is
lliet are I nfetl Iwtoie they lit be
plated in walet VI hen they are up
roolevi, they are virtually destroyed '
for !Jm*> ih* not re-ti<uni favorably
to transplanting fliry are nun h *
more vsluabb- wliere they grow AM
thev isk is to Iw lei alone l non* i
lested. they go on and umll.p v atnl
liioorn ami relresh u* ami eiiily u*
I Iwv hri Men out wax MU:v «f irk
en theirs f
lew i*e»«m* know that the bine 1
Inoiwi i» protect rtf by «t.ite law*
a* d has long lieen the oHmai flow
er ot lev a* ll i» i vi- -latitni *1 (he
law to pull up a blur bonnet i*v the
roots. K<-«|j*vi t foi it m iis natural
state will make tl e*i*v to heed the
state rrg.nl it on "an Angelo fveu
ing Siaritfanl.
Ileev 11 la- V Oil'd $I2.>,0H0 Imiitls
fut a new *< h.-ol build.ng and repair
ol older *tru< turet*, "ubsidiarv t on
tl ti t* tor the $1,IKKI.HhH >pau.*n
At te* high school, "an Antonio,
have been let. Dallas will spend
$12B,(HKI on additions to two ot it*
elemenlarx *< h<*ol* l niversity Park.
lUtlia*. will -tar! on a new higli
school (t* In- le.olv bir the (all open
nig Medical Department, leva*
I mver-ity. (.a|y**«(on. let contract
tor sJlD.isht lalmratoiv .
hvlr Itieatir, Ih-aumoiit, v* 11 iw
ra/ed and an #.k7.(KK> building for
-torr* ere* leti on il* sil*- lamgvw-w
is to have a new SI.V*.•*,,, theater.
Mountain "tale* lelepht ih* ( o., El
Paso, wdl spend f'^J-X.lktlt for extrll
•iuii« ami improvement* Hamilton ,
( oiinlv voled }r< >,ttiKi «-*urt liou*«
fronds Lubbock ( ounty has let con :
traits t.*r il» tww stai.ism jail
Hoi* are n-:».iv to. a new !>.k>U.ias)
post of fice ii latbUx-k Vppropri a
lit*n of SHO.tKH) for a post offiie al
I(eudetson i» available Ditto $ >i.j.
iHM (oi immigraut station at traivc*
tt»n.
f.ast Texas continues to get big
play in tlw oil game. Uts- lug com
party plans a Jo . mile pipe iin fiom
llw Uu*k tietil to its propettie, in
irkla A o,i*mi |*arie| -kinimmg plant
itist.ng is piannetl !<*r Iv
ler. Another JlXrmib' pipe line;
National Champion
9:43 a. m Sunday School. Judge-
J. A. Moore. Superintendent. I
6:30 p. m. Senior Epworth Ia*a*i
gue. Miss Flirssie (.oates, Pr»*s.
Epworth Juniors. Mr*. La Mittie
Purcell. President.
SHERWOOD S. DAVIS,
Pastor.
It AP 11" I i HI R( II
Sunduv School — Oit.v. Anton
ihe is, Mqwrintendenl.
Preaching* 11 :00 n. m., 7:15 p.m.
B. A’. P. U.—7:00 p. m.
Prayer Meeting — Wednesday,
:!5 p m.
I inlay night leaclier*’ meeting al
: 30.
W. A POLLARD Pastor.
IE\(»N UNION CHI,RC.ll
Sunday "choo* at OiLA a ir . Mr.»
AA H. Agnew. Superintendent.
A'oung People’s Training So- ietie*
at 7 p. rn. for everv age: Senior
leader. Alt*, lack* Agnew: intermedi
ate leader. Ali— Ruby McC'c.llum:
einior leader, Mrs I ", Cdiutterton
I nun tlw I-
coast is ptt
rop
area to Hie gull
) re ted, And rath day ;
mvs moir welis l-nKiglil in, rww
a:ea» coming into prv*dtj> tmu, new .
wild* at yfwtures starting in utijrtinr* |
etl terriluvy .
A solid < orl-md -*t fresh vegetables
wa* shrppevf by the American la'gion 1
post at Weslaco t«> the Red (n**s at
i hildiess to Iv dl*ti dulled amt-ug tlie
i(i<.ullt sufferers. Hat mmi<Is (ran*
ported tlwf ar flee arid tbr West
leva* I tllllie* < o provided cold
storage facilities without tharve
( idertiau report* CTolemtut I oimtv
farmers are meeting the problem of
bv (ransleriiug l*erve«
( j'iNf Oimt-en. Sioux Valley Ski
C'ub, t in too, S. D, proved Ins class
.u'.nii't Ihe icrratest array of »ki-
men ever assembled in the Pastern
ni*i*t ai Salisbury, N. Y . hit thriller
twin* a lid loot jump
THE
WAFFLE
S H 0 P
Nrxt Door to City
Barber Shop
RIG LAKE. TEXAS
OPEN EARLY AND LATE
With a CHOICE Line of
Waffles
and all sort* of
Short Orders
Gn e Vs a Trial and You'll
Coma Hack A pain —
Mrs. F. E. Carroll
i v v % V
5 ZBrxtnUecL
Diavolo Coals
—*po»itively last longer:
We are -still handling coal.
For prompt delivery place
vour ordxn’s with us.
GARNER SON
DKAY ANDTRANSKKR
BIG LAKK, TEX \S
«.g»s oT
Da a vole- Coals"
WORKING AT ALL TIMES I OR 01 R ADVERTISERS. Are You One??
THE OWL SERVICE STATION
GAS, OILS AND STORAGE
ELECTRIC W EEDING
RADIATOR REPAIR WORK
Repair Work On \nv Automobile
Acetylene Welding. Willard Batteries,
KELLY and SPRINGFIELD TIRES
A. H. GARNER & CO.
r~
UNIX >W MLNT"
■seguin («r/ett»» Bulletin \ wealthy I vm<
man left $100,000 in hi* will to !*e ^m-o* into - arts anotner wa> *if
given some college of Mam!ing saving that tliev are * among tfieir
which would agree t*» use the money hm-M «uv a large *. ale with ramr - au-
to (earth tfre do* trine that woman * nmg than in the previous histoiv of
place ta m the h-une Harvard, the county
Tale, Princeton and Columbia re
fu*e<f the bequest I Iv**v were not W5th all -*l»slaele* and disagree
willing to commit themselves to mruU out *‘f the wav, work »*
teaching anybody el<»* * opinion, starting on tlw Port Arthur (»alve*
much les* an opinion *o contrary to ion sect too of tlw intra«-oa*tal canal
that ludd by great number* of wo* Corpus ( hnstt is elatetf over the fa*1
men linfay and nwn, too, for that (hat it is now fifth in rank among
mat let. tlw cotton porta of the l mted "la tew,
"late Pits* Please furnish thi« exceeded onlv l«v Houston, (olives
column with (he name and address nm. New Orient* and Savannah.,
of that fund*, custodian. If the (.a,, nt the order named. Mi a<idt
school* at pre-wnt orgamand don't Imnal canning factories in the V al
want ihe $100,000, "late Pres* will ley area are to he built this spring
gladly atait a achool and will, more by a Brownsville company which al
over, fully comply with tlw testator's ready is operating one plant at OL
tequonMieoi. it wdl teach seven mito. Plan* for a fTo.iKa) canning
hours a day that woman's place is in plant at Mission have Iw-en announ
tlw home Indeed, if it should seem ced.
to Iw required, the S« P. school will
teach nothing else, going so far pet- Port \ransa* annmtnces that anew
hap* as to teach that woman should PJO.iKXJ federal quarantine sUtionj
TO THE H HLIC
Have your house pq*ed for pas now hv experienced gas men
that will pass the ^a< co.'s insjwction. (.all at the
BIG LAKE TIN AND PLUMBING SHOP
Shop in South 7/ut- /.umber (.o. Buildtnp, Rig Lake, Texas
BILL STONE, Proprietor.
i > i -
i| San Angelo Telephone ;j
Company
SSSSSSSSSSSSStsyy
IBIG LAKE
SPECIALS
FOR FRIDAY AND
SATl RDAY anil
LOW PRICES
All the Week at
W. G. EDMONDSON
GROCERY & MKT.
\t hi-n* You (wt thi- Ghoiccst of
GROCERIES, MEATS and FEED
HOTEL
W. J. CUTBIRTH, Prop.
PRACTICALLY FIREPROOF
Nice Comfortable Rooms
% The place where comfort and service combine to make
f your stay pleasant.
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1931, newspaper, May 1, 1931; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631070/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.