The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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BLESSED IS EVERY ONE THAT FEARETH THE LORD; THAT WALKETH IN HIS WAYS, PSALM 128:1
STILES
GOSSIP
At Rflmttd By
GRANDPA
(uk 1
1 wt done went arid done it.
thr biggest barbecue Stiles ever
MA Tom Elrod and Walton Poage
runrodded the two big dance*,
Thursday and Friday night*. Those
bi jr* have had no much experience
that they know just to a plank how
much platform spucc i* required, and
juat to a nail how many nailf to put
it down. Thursday they built a plat-
form, just large enough to handle the
crowd for TTiursday night. Friday
morning they enlarged it to take care
of the large crowd for Friday night.
Ihoae boys do things to entertain the
people regradleas of expense. Some
times the proceeds taken in will cover
the expense and sometime* it don’t
When it don't they do. Taking it all
around, it was just a good barbecue.
Mr. Shelton and Mr. lirooks cooked
the meat and it wan excellent urn!
plenty of it. Plenty left for supper
Friday night. Big Lake Bakery fur-
nished the bread, and it was a fine
lot of bread.
2fl)C Sig fake BlUhrat
(Big Lake News and Oil Review Absorbed by Purchase March 1,1927)
VOLUME .IV.
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931
NUMBER 44.
Lion Club and C. of C.
Banquet Great Success;
Officers Made Talks
The dances both nights were very-
orderly, with one or two exceptions.
The high sheriff was in attendance j
Friday night, but everything was so
orderly, I think he went to sleep. The
music was good.
Mr. Cooper from Mertzon was on
the ground representing the Deer
Lodge Sheep Co. of Montana ami in-
viting people to see their fine bucks
that will lie at San Angelo the 5th of
July. Several prominent sheepmen
from this purt intend to give them
a look over.
Range conditions are excellent yet.
hut we will need more rain soon.
Still very little trading hut the gene-
ral outlook is good und sheep is oil
a very sale basis now, if one will
only buy cautiously and not overdo
tlie thing. The biggest trouble now.
The hanks want you to buy some-
body elses paper and get more papier
than sheep. Sheep is best buy going
now, if one can buy them on the mar-
ket, and not on paper, hut of course
dials where money talks again. More
:w
V»J-resi and capital invested, not near
as much risk as there was two or
#iree years ago.
iney in sheep now bought on the
*nt market. Not as much in-
which delighted those who heard
them.
Talks were ma<ir by the retiring
president, T. L. Miller and by the
incoming president, Anton Tlieis. Re-
tiring secretary Ihr. M. D. Strauss
also made an address in which he
thanked all tlie memliers for their co-
operation during his year as secre-
tary. Hon. W. A. Wright, a promi-
nent attorney of San Angelo, was a
visitor and made a short but appro-
priate talk, (hirers of the large
crowd made good talks but tlie prin-
cipal address of the evening was
made by J. A. Moore who also de-
livered the closing prayer.
All in all it was a most delight-
ful occasion all the way through but
tlie initiation by K. F. Rowe of some
six or eight new memliers brought
on this occasion. This quartet was' down the house and caused much
composed of Mrs. Richard Lane, I merriment. It was suggested that we
Mrs. W. E. Cruger, Mrs. Kalis He-1 have these occasions more often and
wilt and Mrs. John Harrison with in that event we can all expect larger
Mrs. Fred Senter at the piano. j membership and attendance and a
Norman Anderson Moore and Mis, Iwtter ieeling along all line* und in
Raul Jacobs each gave reading* fact better times.
Mrs. E. K. Carroll of the Waffle
Shop furnished the platr dinner for
the Lions and (Tiamlwr of Commerce
Luncheon to memliers of the clubs
and their wives and sweethearts Tues-
day evening at It was a splen-
did fred and the some sixty or more
present enjoyed the evening immense-
*>■
The meeting was opened by sing-
ing “America” by the entire crowd
after which the eats were served. Dur-
ing the banquet E. E. Rowe of the
entertainment committee called upon
tlie McCamey quartet of entertainers
for songs which delighted so much
that they were encored for the »#cond
They were later called on
ugain und the songs were splendid
and highly flighted all those who
were fortunate enough to be present
Preaching at Stiles
Sunday Afternoon
Rev. W. A. Bollard, the popular
ami efficient pastor of the hir-t Bap-
tist Church in Big lathe. will lx- in
Stiles Sundav afternoon and hold
services at tin- church at I o’clock. A
cordial invitation i* extended the
people of Stile* and elsewhere to lw
present at the service. Bro. Pollard
will bring you a good message and
it will Ik- to your interest to go and
hear him.
* E. JAMES
IS NOW
A GRANDFATHER
MRS. T. L MILLER
MAKES 0.E.S,
OFFICIAL VISIT
Flora Miller, Deputy Grand
of the Order of Eastern Star
Mrs
Matnn
was in San Angelo Monday night and
made her official visit to Chapter
No. 10 in llwir Iwautiful new Ma-
sonic Temple. Representatives from
twelve chapter* in this vicinity were
present. Thr c hapter room was well
filled with local people and tlie
visitors. This was a called meeting
especially for Mrs. Miller’s official
visit who does not fail to impress
upon her audience tlie beauty of the
work that she loves »o well and
with whic h she is so thoroughly vei-
satile.
Thu wh* tlie first meeting to Ik-
held in the new temple und was a
distinct honor shown Mrs. Miller.
The newly elected officers of th*
chapter officiated in tlieir capac ities
with credit to thernaelve*.
Mr*. Lucy Whittenberg is the
wortliv grand matron of the- chapter
and Mr. John Davenport associate
wortliv patron acted a* worthy patron
on this occasion.
Mi»* Margaret Magruder was
elected and installed treasurei ol thr
organization. Mrs. Miller acted as
installing officer. Tlie re was also un
initiation ceremony l«>r Mr*. Hattie
Haley
Mr and Mrs. K. Theis, parents
of Mr*. Miller, who were visiting ini
Christoval. came over for tlie meet-
ing. lorn Miller, husband of the
deputv grand matron also wc-nt over i
from Big 1-ukr to Ik- )>r•'*w-ut at the •
meeting.
Puni h was served from a large
howl *lui|ied block of ice, and was
vrrv much enjoyed.
Golden Saturday Draws
Largest Crowd Ever; i
Gordon Roach Wins
LEGISLATURE MAY
BE CALLED FOR
SPECIAL SESSION
and
rvant
E. Griffith wen-
We often hear lots of skeptic# pre-
dicting So-and-So will go broke.
Well what of it, it’s no disgrace to
go broke. If one tries and fails, he
or she has done something, lake u
man that never makes any mistakes
and you find a man that never does
anything. It’s usually worse for the
country or community, when a man
goes broke, tluin it is on the man
himself, for he usually trades, buys
and sells, gives employment and cir-
culates money, while those little set-
lasts just spew around a little, lake
a bank for instance that has to close
its doors, who is hurt the most, just
tlie bank officials or the community?
We are all supposed to pull a little
and when one goes broke and drops
out that just makes it a little harder
on the balance. More people pros-
j>er by a man's success than tlwy do
by his downfall; that's why its al-
ways I tetter to give a helping hand
than to pull back or knock. Some peo-
pie thut can’t make much money
thernselvc-s envy tlw oilier fellow it
lie gets along. Scum are too honest
to work and too lazy to steal. And
there are a lot of c4hcrs that just de-
pend on a pull und lots of them arc
getting it too. 1 guess l kind of envy
the latter class, for I always was op-
posed to a man getting a lot of good
money for no service rendered. And
we got quite a lot of the above class
on our list. .Hjieakiiig of going broke
why couldn’t we just reverse it
around and have it just as popular
to go broke as it is to grt rich, their
has been so man) millionaires made
during and since tlie war and in the
automobile business that tliev air
getting to be just a common piece of
humanity now. But everything has
Iktii m» easy that it ha« Iktii jurtl)
difficult for a mail to go br>>kc, und
I believe tbr standard will s<«cn
change and the man that goes broke (
will lie looked cm as a kind of j
genius.
^j*\king ol ranching, Man is n t
a real ram lx-1 until fie gets in (
deep that lie can't turn loo*e, and Hi*
bank or loan company < an t ‘‘lose j
bun out. lfien hr is a real ranch-:
mail in business, l ake one of those
fellows that call themselves ranch-1
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Mr. and Mrs. H. II.
their mother, Mrs. (
in town Sunday evening in atten-
dance upon service* at the Bajitist
Church. Mr. Bryant is supermini-
dant and chief engineer at the- hem
|K-r Pump Station.
VI. E. James Iwcantr grandfather
Tuesday afternoon when u seven
and one-hall pound baby boy was
liorn to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Kelly
at the- Medical Arts hospital in San
Antonio. Both mother and son arc
doing well. Mrs. Janie* i* with her
daughter and grandson. — Devil*
River News.
Ihe above item will Ik- interesting
to Big Like friends of Mrs. Kelley,
who was liefore her marriage was the
chaiming Mis* Ailene James, and
who taught in the- Big l-ahr sc hool*
one vear. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley re-
side at Tex on where he has employ , j)(, w;|| a,,,pr,H-iate vour presence
ment with the Big Lake Oil Comjianv . an(j pxlrmj, c ordial inv itation to
• - j)„. public- to attend the services. He
Miss Iva l-ear just couldn't *lav j. jUsj back from taking a theological
awuy and is hack mixing with course in summer school at Southern
friends. Methcwlist I Diversity.
REV MIKRWWOD S. DAN IS
TO PREACH HEBE SI NDAY j
Rev. Sherwood S. Duvi*. pa-tor of
tlie Methodist Church, will Ik- in Big
i Like Sunday to fill his appoint-
ments with his congregation at both;
I the morning and the evening hours.
Tellin’ The World
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Austin, Texas. June 25.—Gover-
nor Sterling will not submit thr sub-
ject of revenue und taxation if a
special session of the legislature is
called. He so staled ill an interview
last we»-k with Byron C. l-techt, Staff
(airresjiondent of the Fort Worth
Stai Telegram. Passage of an oil
and gas consccvutn n act, he said,
wa* the’ onJv excuse he knew of for
calling the LegisLlure und he ex
pressed the opinion thut a sjk-i ial
session on tins subject should not lu-t
longer than one or two weeks.
Orderly production of oil, bring
mg higher prices, probably would
solve the problem presented by an
exjK-cted deficit in the state revenue,
the- governor said, and thi* opinion i»
*11 a red by Senator J N\ E. H lleek,
chairman of the finance committee,
according to the I tec-lit interview.
As evidence that no new revenue
measure is necessarv, tlie governm
referred to his action in *triking
nearly $1.(100.000 from a|>propria
lion hills passed hv the regular -c*
don, which icdutcd to no more than
$2,000,000 the- probable deficit id
1933.
“As to the »2.OOO.OO0 more need
cd, I have seveial cards up mv
sleeve,” he dec lared, “and 1 believe
we cun overcome this supposed dt
I icit.”
After pointing out that Iwtlei
prices for oil might in« reuse slate
revenue* in an amount even huger
than the purjioited deficit, Governor
Meiling said:
“An oil ami gas conservation law
i* tin- onlv excuse I know of for call
ing the legislature. It tlw mem-
Ik-is are jiretlv well agreed on this
legislation and tlw needs cd the in-
dustry, the legislature- could get
through in one week and at the most,
two. There would be no use calling
them hack, engage in a lot of
wrangling and accomplishing noth-
ing. Bot it begins to ajipeai that
memliers cue satisfied a good c-onser
vat ion law is the only hojw cd thr oil
industry in Texas. Ihe fewer sub-
ject* submitted, the better.’
\c cording to the Mar lelegiam
staff corTrsjioiidmt, tfw estimate
futitished tlw Governor recently that
a delicil cd near I v $0.1 XX),m Ml would
come m Pi LI wa* ba*ecl on the most
i-on.seivalive levrnur figures, many
memliers ol tfi«- legislature, inched
mg Lieutenant Governor NN itt. de-
claring it i* $2,000,000 to*1 much
I In- natural gu* t*,x wa* e-tmiatc-d at
one half in tin* report compared t"
data supplied the I legislature. Ihe
c>il production tax wa* figured at no
more tfian $1,500,000 a year, oiu
fourth of what it gave tlie Mate la*t
veat. While |ui<es nave Ik-c-h r*
timed. the total production has Iktii
greallv me teased.
“The (Governor, from tlw- clay of
tiis inauguration, has taken thr atti-
tude that taxes would not Ik- justified
except to meet economical govern-
ment need*, not expanded govern-
ment requnrnwnts.’ said the Mai
Telegram.
JUDGE TAYLOR
RECEIVES LETTER
I hr following letter wa* tecrivrd
l>v Judge J Wilev l av lot from the
I Security Trust Gompanv of Austin
j bidders of tlw Reagan Gounlv Road
Bonds:
Austin. Texas
June II. 1931
I Honorable J Wilev Taylor,
I oimtv judge. Itc-agan t.ounty.
Big I .akr, I exa»
IVar judge* Iavlor;
We fiave received Icdill D Met all
tlw final apjiroving opinion of ( lax
Ihllon V N andew t* ’ - • ’ll’ '
IIMIO Reagan C ounty Rood Bond*
As tfw Saturdays come and go the
crowds continue to increase at Big
lake’s Golden Saturday or Trade*
Day. Hie jwople are fw-comiiig neon*
and more interested in the sales and.
in the coin given away on these day*..
IW who drew prize* last Satur-
day were:
Gordon Roach tfw $20 with a Wm.
Cameron & Go. ticket; tfw- ten dollar
gold piece went to J B. < arson of
Texon witii a T. L Miller ticket; five
dollars each were given Mrs. Patti*
sort with a Copeland (duagr ticket;
S. D. (look with a ticket from Ari*
Thorp; Mrs. Guy Sowell with a Ia*f-
tin A> Holland ticket.
I hose in charge cd the contest are
exjiecting larger crowds as the time
approadie* for tlw end of tfw- cam-
paign. Gome and Ik- on hand and
get your money's worth of merchan-
dise and one of these j»r*/es.
Mrs. M. J. (Cartwright
Passed Away Suddenly’
Word was received in Big Lake-
Wedtw-dav cd the sudden death at
about I o’clock that afternoon of
Mr* M J Garlwlight rnotlwi of mu
fellow townsman, I j < aitw tight,
at the home of her son. L. A. (.art*
wright m Van Nlstytw Mr*, Gart-
w light fiat attained the age cd JVs
years, piactuallx all of which were
sjK-nt m Grayson countv in Nan
N 1st viw ''Iw I* tlie widow cd the
j late Di A. A. < aitw light w)m j>i«-
ceded her to tfw beyond *emw tfiirlv
| odd years ago.
'sh<- bad sulleied for some year*
from a nervous affliction and a joes*
sliileriwnt shvs «fic died of "angina
! |K-c1oris".
She was a life long ow-mliei of
I the ( hnstuen (hurcli ancl lived «mf.
died ti iuiiijdi.ini I v m tfuct faith.
Funeral *rrvi«r- wei» he ld I lnn*dnv
afternoon at tlw In-st t hrisliuti
I (.hurcli and burial was made in a
Nan Alstvne cemetery Iteside her
husband.
She is survived by lour sons as-
follows, I J ( artwnght of Big laikc-
who left munecliatc-lv on receipt of
the message feu Mm Angelo where hr
joined another of fwi son*. (). G„
(.artwnght ancf llwy with (). (“s.
wife left immediately for Van Af-
!styne; another son. K V t.artwrighL
of Nacogdoches ancf I A ( art •
wright cif Van Nlstvne fi-ii giaml
children and two greatgrandchild < i»,
also survive- lu-i f lie greatgrand-
children ate t li.u lott* and J T., Jr.,
children cd Mr and Mis J I Welds
of Big Lake.
Mi* W ( Jamison who ha* lieem
m Big. I akr visiting- hei fmrenis. Mi.
and Nil* Wlm Malone, and in !sarv
Angelo visiting Iki sistei*. Mis.
1 hornas Pot-el and Mis R W Mayo,
lot the jiast several witUs, left this
week foi her home in Idalcel, Okln
iionia She was accompanied as far
a* loti Worth hv her nephews, Billy
and J mimic Malone, who were return-
ing to tli*-11 home tfw-re, after a visit
in Big Like with tfx-ir grandparents.
Nlr. and Nfi*. Malone.
which we purchased from you. I
know that vou air glad that this na1^
ha» finally fw-e-n consummated and I
wi»h to ciHnjdiment you on tfw man-
ner in w tmh you handled this matter .
Ihe circulars which vou |>rejiarecf
with refrrenor to the bonds were-
veiv conijilrtc .iiicf the |>e »cinal let-
teis wlihli vou v iot» th* various
bond hou*es with reference to tint
two advertised sales arc bound t<»
have c-crated more than usual inter-
est in tilts issue. In view of the fact
that the whole inaHrc bad Ikk-ic
handled in siii h an c-f fScietit manner
we are able to close tlw deal <m the
date that we jMirchased the- bonds,
which I* very unusual.
If at any time I can ever It of
»eivi/e to you here jdea*> command
me.
With kindest personal legaiifv, f
am.
V ours very truly.
| P cravens.
Fit V V ne President
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1931, newspaper, June 26, 1931; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631340/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.