San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1927 Page: 4 of 10
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Work guaranteed.—Adv.
shoes.
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' Clifford Powers of the West Sinton
Community was a business visitor in
the city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. R. Marquis of Alice was the
guest of Mrs. C. X. Tolbert Tuesday.
D. A. Lawrence and Allen Lawrence
were in Skidmore and Beeville Sun-
day.
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Thursday, October 27, 1927
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' OUR HALLOWE’EN CAT
Although he is a black cat, he is
aaot a “bad-luck” cat.
Black and Orange Paper for Hal-
lowe’en Decoration, at the News of-
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FACTS ABOUT FISH.
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(By J. G. Burr, Game, Fish and oyster
Commission, Austin.)
“The days of “the poor fish” ; Arej
few and full of trouble^. They come
forth by the millions , and are cut
If by chance they escape the
a!hd other dangers, the- Water
stream may dry up; and (liat
is what happened the past summer in
many parts of Texas. For the first
time in the history of the Department,
deputies were assigned to rescue work
«ns approximately half a million fish
transferred from vanishing
and ponds to places of safety,
as shown in the annual report of Com-
missioner Will J. Tucker.
Ab an interesting sidelight stagnant
pools and occasional dead fish told the
of vanishing oxygen. Stagna-
putrefaction and disappearance
of dissolved oxygen, go hand in hand.
Thh life of .a fish is keyed to a normal
supply of oxygen and when this is de-
pleted the fish is undei^ourished. Ah
so, long, hot summers reduce the oxy-
especially in ponds where there
aeration by movement of the
and the' resistance of' fish is
down.
reports to the Department
of fish dying in apparently good
where no pollution existed, and
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|W« no field tests were made, every
“ pointed to insufficient oxy-
ificial aeration was suggested
ie correspondent, whose pond was
by a pump, by spraying the
----as it entered the pool. Super-
duration of dissolved oxygen is thus
Black and Orange Paper for Hal-
lowe’en Decoration, at the News of-
fice.
Mrs. W. A. Baird spent Monday in
Austwell, the guest of Mrs. Charles
Bailey.
Theron Fincher has a classy window
this week, advertising canned milk in
artistic fashion.
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. W. C. lines
_,on Thursday, October 20, a nine pound
boy, Edward Kenneth.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Odem and daugh-
ters, Susie and Annie, were Corpus
Christi visitors Tuesday.
L. M. Ledbetter of the Eads com-
munity fell from a load of hay and is
in bed with an injured knee.
O. L. Shipp and Misses Josephine
Shipp and Madalon Smith spent Sun-
day in Mathis with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cooper and Mrs.
B. F. Roberts attended a medicine
show in Taft Monday night.
'•^Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Brown are mak-
ing a thirty-day trip to Brown wood,
El Campo and West Texas points.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Lanfear and
baby'of Bishop were here sunaay and
Monday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Boothe. :
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Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Thompson, T. R.
Kring, Mack Dunne, Lora, Olga Mae,
and Lester Kring spent Sunday in
Three Rivers.
You must be satisfied. Give us a
chance on your Plumbing and Sheet
Metal work. Sinton Plumbing £ Sup-
ply Company.—Adv. 40-tf
Mrs. F. M. Kring ana Miss Kate
Weir spent Saturday in Beeville with
Mrs. Steve Lewis, who is a patient in
the Beeville hospital.
Mrs. Charles Lumpkin of West Sin-
ton, and her guests, Mrs. Bill Gold of
Corpus Christi, were Sinton visitors
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Thompson re-
turned to Sinton Friday after spend-
ing several days in Mathis, the guests
of J. E. Thompson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sparks had as
their luncheon guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Sfecrest of Lytle, and Mr.
and MrB. Walter Sparks, Jr., of Taft.
Mrs. Boen Swinny of San Antonio,
who has been here visiting Mrs. W. A.
Swinny, is spending this week in Taft,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harry
Ward.
Mayor O. K. Crow spent Sunday and
Monday in San Antonio with Mrs.
Crow, returning Tuesday.
Heat with Gas—We have Gas Heat
ers and Gas Equipment. Sinton Plumb-
ing & Supply Company.—Adv. 40-tf
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McCammon have
returned from a two months’ visit to
relatives in Kansas and Nebraska.
Mrs. Charles Zavisch and children of
Alice were in the city Tuesday, shop-
ping and visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hopson.
J. F. Odem, active vice president of
the Sinton State Bank, attended the
American Bankers’ Association in
Houston this week.
Rev. H. H. Dare of Odem was in the
city Tuesday on his way to Corpus
Christi to attend the annual Metho-
dist Conference is session there.
Rebekahs of the city have sent out
invitations to a Hallowe’en party
which will be given at the Odd Fellows
Hall on Friday evening, October 28.
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fined, other conditions being fav-
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•The normal of dissolved oxygen at
sea level in a given volume of water
la 0.6%. Authorities claim that 0.4%
is the danger line, and that 0.2% is
insufficient to sustain fish life. Clear-
ig a one-third loss of ration is serious,
and two-thirds loss, indicated by the
lower figure, would necessarily be fa-
tal to fish.
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W> R. LUMPKIN
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Preston and chil-
dren of Kingsville were here Sunday
and Monday to visit Mrs. Preston’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bonorden.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bradley of Taft
were here Sunday to visit their daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. I. Giles and family, and
their grandson, Roy Strain and fam-
ily.
Judge E. D. Henry of San Antonio
has been in and out of the city super-
intending the improving of farm build-
ings on both his farms in the St. Paul
vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Lawrence are
happy over the news of a grandson,
born to Lieutenant and Mrs. Frederick
D. Lynch at Mitchell Aviation Field,
New York, on Monday, October 24,
1927.
Deputy Sheriff DuBose of Mathis re-
ports that work has begun on the
r’ght-of-way for the dam.to be built
across Nueces River, near Mathis,
which is to supply Corpus Christi with
a more abundant water source.
Misses Bertha Merrill, Evylin Ha-,
mon and Ivy Gregory and Mesdames
J. G. Cook, J. T. Dawson, Susan Sipes,
E. W. Martin, Benton Taylor, and
Charles Kellett (Corpus Christi), at*
tended the announcement tea given in
honor of Miss Marilou Duke at her
parents’ home in Kenedy last Friday
afternoon.
T. Pritchett of Corpus Christi
was a business visitor in the city
Tuesday and Wednesday.
You always find events and occas-
ions that require a suit of dark serge.
Get it at P. E. Featherling’s, Phone
No. 1—Adv. 34-tf
y Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Lewis and fam-
ily are leaving Friday for Floresville
to attend the Wilson County Fair and
visit relatives.
Burglars went into the G. M. Moore
home Sunday while the family was at
church and took away several articles
of wearing apparel.
J. O. Boothe, assistant cashier Com-
mercial Bank of Sinton, attended the
American Bankers’ association in
Houston this week.
Miss Thelma Blatherwick of Bishop
visited Mrs. W. S. Vawter of this city
last week-end. She was accompanied
home by Edgar Bonorden.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Burns, Misses Le-
na Norred and Addie Hutto, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Norred (Taft), made a
trip to Chapman Ranch Sunday.
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Clifford Williams, who underwent a
serious operation at the Taft Hospital
Friday morning, was able to return to
his home Wednesday.—Taft Tribune.
Mrs. Jesse Gilbert of Odem, accom-
panied by Mr. Gilbert’s mother, Mrs.
Bowman of San Antonio, were guests
of Mrl and Mrs.. Robert Parker Tues-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sipes ana Fred
Walter Smith returned Friday from a
week’s vacation during which they vis-
ited the State Fair in Dallas, the
State Capitol in Austin and the Cave
of the Winds at San Marcos.
Rev. J. W. Albritton of Gonzales
spent Monday night here,.the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Lawrence. Rev.
Albritton was on his way to Corpus
Christi to attend the annual Methodist
Conference in session in Corpus ChrTs-
ti this week.
Mrs. Belle Galloway made a bush
ness trip to Skidmore Monday.
O. C. McLeod of San Antonio was a
business visitor in the city Monday.
R. G. Richardson of Odem was a
business visitor in the city Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Caldwell are mak-
ing a visit to relatives and friends in
Houston.
Stove Pipe—both black and galvan-
ized—at Sinton Plumbing & Supply
Company.—Adv. ; 40-tf
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fritcher
of the St. Paul vicinity, a girl, on Tues- has completed a four-room residence
day, October, 25, 1927. ' on his farm east of St. Paul. >
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Lyle Sanders has accepted
ment at the Moody Pharmacy.
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Bill Miller and Bill Crawford were§|
Corpus Christi visitors Sunday. ^
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McWhorter and.
family spent Sunday in San Antonio. |
Mrs. W. Scott Vawter made a trip
to Kingsville Saturday to take special
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Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Knox and Irot
made a trip to San Aptonio Sunday,
returning Monday. ., g
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Dan E. Williams of Corpus Christi <
Archie Birkner left Sunday for San
Antonio to do a job of brickwork on
the Santa Rosa hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Knoebel were Cor-
pus Christi visitors Monday, accom-
panied by their son, Carl B., who is
here for a short stay.
Mi's. Sam Hewlett returned Friday
from Beeville where she had been in
the hospital for an extended stay,
much improved in health.
Mrs. O. H. Provines and Mrs. F. W.
Heard of Refugio and Don McIntosh
of Houston composed a party of vis-
itors in the city on business Tuesday.
Rev. H. Nicholson, pastor Methodist
church of Nursery, was in Sinton Tues-
day on his way to Corpus Christi to
attend the annual Methodist Confer-
ence in session there this week.
The Tex.-Mex. Reflector of this
month carried a news story of a treat
given students at Pres-Mex. school by
Mrs. Sidney Hall of Beeville, the Ben-
Hur picture at the Taft theatre.
Mrs. W. B. Martin of Bay City,
mother to Messrs. Earl and Travis
Martin, was here Sunday to visit her
sons and Mrs. Earl Martin. Messrs.
Martin and mother and Mrs. Earl Mar-
tin and baby, went to Corpus Christi
to enjoy the day.
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Mrs. H. D. Whiteman returned Fri-
day from Victoria where she visited
her mother, Mrs. Christina Swanson,
a few days, and attended the Victoria
County Fair. On her return, she was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs. J. A.
Jarrett and Mr. Jarrett, who spent an
hotiy in Sinton and went on to their
home in Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. G< I. Holbrook and
Marjorie spent Sunday im Woodsboro,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cummins. 7
R. Kunits, Sinton merchant} attend-
ed a meeting of Federated Merchants .
of Texas last week in San Antonio.
, J. H. Johnson of the Johnson Insur-
ance Agency is back again at his of-
fice after an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dawson ahd Ray-
mond spent Sunday in San Antonio
where they visited one of Mr. Daw-
son’s nephews. v
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Gerdes, Jr., of
Edroy were guests of |(lrs. L. L. Hol-
lingsworth and Miss Lucille Hollings-
worth, Wednesday. t.-.^
A party composed of A. D. Wofford, .
Claud Tolbert, Carl Geirdes, Carl Cus-
ter and B. F. Roberts went to Ingle-
side Tuesday night floundering. The
men report a fine catch.
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* Miss Marjorie Martin, a student at
South Texas State Teachers’ College,
is at home this week; recuperating
from an accident received when she
fell off the running boa;rd of a moving
car Friday night. t ; -1 . ,
For the snappy touch of wlitmr. vfe
offer a wide selection of rich luxur-
ious fabrics which wei’ll gladly con-
vert into a cold-defying overcoat for a
625.00 and up. P. E. Featherling,
Phone No. L—Adv. 34-tf
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Mrs. Minnie Carson and grand- -
daughter, Jiin Tom Preddy, are m*k~
ing a visit to relative!
Beaumont, Port Arthur
In Port Aruthur they
W. L. Bass and others
City, Mrs. J. T. Preddy
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s in Houston,
and Bay City,
will visit Mrs.
s. and in Baj
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W- R- Lumpkin of West Sinton, aged
??3i died Wednesday night, October 19,
27, and was buried in the Odem
cemetery on Thursday afternoon, Oc-
tober 20, Rev. H. H. Dare, pastor of
* Odem Methodist church conducting
the services.
Mr. Lumpkin
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had been in poor
for two years or more, but had
confined to his bed only two
weeks. The end came after mucht suf-
ering.
Mr. Lumpkin leaves seven children:
y and Jimmy Lumpkin of Luling;
Bert Baylor of San Antonio; R.
Lumpkin, Jr., of Kansas City, Mis-
; Mrs. G. L. Franklin, of Jacks-
Charles and Miss Josephine
kin of West Sinton.
Mr. Lumpkin died at the home of
fit son, Charles Lumpkin and wife of
Vest Sinton. Johnny and Jimmy
Annpkin of Luling, and Charles Lump-
Mrs. J. L. Rea and son, James Leon
ard, are spending this week in Cor-
pus Christi with Rev. Rea, who is at-
tending the Methodist Conference in
session there.
Mrs. William Myers, Jr. and Miss
Cecil Lane, teacher of the Eads school,
went to Odem Wednesday afternoon
and made a short visit to Miss Lane’s
mother, Mrs. H. L. Lane.
Mrs. George Beever has organized a
Glee Club in Sinton High school with
thirty-one members.’ She has mapped
out a program of work for the club
which will begin at once.
Mrs. H. T. Faulk and Miss Frances
Lawson of Odem were m the city
Wednesday afternoon on their return
from Woodsboro where they spent the
day with Mrs. Faulk’s aunt, Mrs. B. E.
Thomas.
Rev. S. P. Beall of Beeville, presid-
ing elder of Beeville district, Metho-
dist Conference, was here Tuesday on
his way to Corpus Christi to attend
the annual Methodist Conference in
session there this week.
Rev. Eli Dechert and wife of Mark-
ham, Texas, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Y. Neu Monday night, on their
way to Corpus Christi to attend the
annual Methodist Conference in ses-
sion at the Methodist church of that
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Tsesmelis made a
J trip last week to San Antonio to buy
fin and Miss Josephine Lumpkin of : fixtures for their new cafe to be built
7Fe8t Sinton were present at the fu- . by jjm Milam as soon as he has com-
wra^- # | pleted his present piece of work, the
News joins the community in
Sip
i building of the City Bakery for Os-
sympathy to this family, in wald and Mias Ellen Kiser.
of their father.
-—— - | Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Matthews and
and Orange Paper for Hal- 1 children went to Corpus Christi Sat-
Decoration, at the News of- i urday to enjoy the day with Mr. and
j Mrs. J„ Lr-Matthews of San Antonio,
—---— j Mr.,And Mrs. J. A. Matthews ot Math-
After working the political boss for is, Mr. and MrsfT. H. Ramey of Math-
job a man can afford to take it easy.' i* and Mrs. J. O. Polley, also of Mathis.
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Classified Advertising|
Two unfurnished rooms for rent.
See John Starbuck.—Adv. 38-3
FOR SALE: Ford Truck. Apply at
News office.—Adv. 37-tf
FOR RENT: Southeast bedroom
with bath, at the Vawter Apartments.
Call 236-J, or 173.—Adv. > - 37-tf
For Mill and Well Work, Pipe Fit-
ting and Plumbing, see Henry Mc-
Neil.—Adv. 36-tf
FOR RENT: Furnished apart-
ments. Mrs. M. M. McWhorter.
—Adv. 36-4
Hemstitching—machine recently ad-
justed ’by expert—running like new.
Mrs. L. L. Hollingsworth.—Adv. 35-tf
When in need of a new Windmill,
don’t forget us — we have the best.
Sinton Plbg. & Supply Co.—-Adv. 40-tf
FOR SALE: GoQd Cane Hay, at my
farm. Ernest JonelL—Adv. 38-2***
FOR RENT—8-room house with 5
acres of land, in- east part of Sinton.
Would consider sale. Apply to Box
294, Corpus Christi, Texas.
—Adv. 38-tf
WOOD FOR SALE
Four miles west of Sinton. $2.00 per
cord. McWhorter Bros, SinJsn, Texas.
— Adv. 38-2
FOR 8ALE
Fancy show chickens, cocks and
cockerels, both of White Leghorn and
Jersey Black Giants of heavy laying
strain. Mrs. W. N. Guinn.—Adv. 37-7
E.E.PARK DRY GOODS C
Swing into action with a Big 13-Day
STOCK REDUCTION
STARTS
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OCT. 29‘h
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We will sell Ging-
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5c. Yd.
to Ladies only, 5
yards to customer.
One Hour Only
We can supply the en-
tire family and save
you money. Our stock
is Good, Clean, High
Grade Merchandise.
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A Quart of Mi^ney.
See it in our win-
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Register Your
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FOR SALE
The very best stock of Oranges and
Grape Vines—Carman Grape. Jaffa
and Mars Seedless Grape Fruit on sour
orange stock. Three-year-old roots
and one-year-old bud. Beilah Orchard
and Nursery, Papalote, Texas.
—Adv. 39-6***
See Out Big Circular For Full
Details and Lowest Prices.
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1927, newspaper, October 27, 1927; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth716816/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.