San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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Patricio
County New*
every Thursday at
Slnton. Texas
—
MARTIN A MARTIN
Publishers
Mitered as second class matter
March 25, 1909, at the Post Office'
at Slnton, (San Patricio County)
Texas, under the Act of Congress
of March 3, 1879. ■, . •
Subscription Rates:
One Year, 12.00.
•lx Months, $1.00.
Three Months, 50 Cents.
Payable Strictly in Advance.
as to business done in the first and
second quarters of this year, ap-*
proximat ely one-half reported In-
creased business fn the second
quarter, while 20 per cent reported
amounts about the same, only 30
per cent Indicating loss. Thfs, des-
pite the fact that the average sea-
sonal trend of business in Texas
is downward1 from the first to the
second quarter...! ,
-Replies respecting employment
were not ,so good. More than one-
half had' recently decreased em-
ployment
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY NEWS, SINTON, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 1 1932
i
Classified Atk
Rate: _ 7c Per Line
FOR • RENT—One furnished bed
room and a two room furnished
apartment. R. E. L. George.
—Adv. ., \ 20-tf
Thursday, September 1, 1932
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PROGRESSIVE TEXANS’
QUEST 10 NNARIE SHOWS
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK
- . Howqver, the*,- decrt-as.|™R, ?ew’ 'reKlstered
es were smalMtt nearly all iristane-i , reford 1,1181 a*so ,hree sbort-
»<• ami' in iin.i •..in, *i- --------1 Jiorn bulls. Reasonable prices; Roy
es,. and ip Jlpe with The seasonal
(Tend.. ;Fbrty per V^efit of the he-1 JncHson.— Adv
feed, good
Adv-32-2***
BIRTHDAY DINNER
(Stuart McGregor in Pallas News)
Economists are^vriting optimis-1
tic articles stating that the Corner'
has been turned. That- -be >. •'
qven more encouraging than it is'! 1 fami!-v dinner ln'jionol: of the
were ii not for the fact that eco - Birthday ‘of -Mrs: Willie Swinny was
Somlsts have already experienced | giv'-n at Hie home of Sir's. Swiriny
on Market. St feet alid Seahflin.trv*--
turns stajed that thtfre would w
increased pm ploy me n’t by Sept. L'1 HAVE A clear, 5-room modern
Eighty pef cent stated that an up-j hom<‘ "’u! trad(‘ ,or farming equip-
turn in^business Is expected- during rn,n*'^’,alai,; *P®f8
the autumn, 10 per cent, thought*.1 rilrt< 1!ov
that autumn conditions depended j Bl’tTKR FOR SALE- By Mrs to
uimd the-price of.cotton; whilethe.,, Hamilton^ Grocery “
remaining 10 per gent saw little .A(, • y
prospect for better business, - Pro-'—__1.'.____..
gretjsiiye Texans,, life. .* | FOR RENT - Apartment, 2
—-——— - ^ and iiitclienetle, close in.
Mrs. Annie Wells and son, Clar-
ence, of Liberty, spent the past two
weeks here, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry McNeil.
Judge Jf C. Russell and Mr. Alt
Lock made a business trip to San
Marcos Sunday afternoon, return-
ing Monday night.
j ,
Mrs. T. J. Wimbish and daugh-
ters. Misses Tena and Maxine of
Ingleside were ghests of Mrs, L. R.
Parker and Miss Juanita Parker
Monday Afternoon. •
Mr. and Mrs, j. Harlan Russell
and daughter. Dora‘’Lou, and, Miss
Myrtle Moore returned home Mon-
day after a fem days’ visit with
Mieir :sister,'Mr.;and. Mrs’. Marvin
| Lee’ of Commanche.
Reed' Parker returned to Kings
yillc Sunda.y afternoon after spend-
ihg the week'end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L, It. Parker. He will
re-enter .’A, & I. College at the open-
ing of the fall.ter^ which win bo
Odem News
By Correspondent
Mr. C. Reed, of Kerrville, visited
in the home of his daughter. Mrs.
George Moore, this week.
<Mr. aDd Mrs. Ray Koehler have
returned to their home in . Denver,
Colorado, after a visit with Mr.
and Mbs. Harr^ Koehler.
E. C, .Caldwell was a business
visitor In San Antonio Tuesday.
Harry Frazee of Minneapolis,
Minn., spent the weekend here vis-
iting, in the hoihe of Dr. and Mrs.
J. G. Eastham/ .
Airs. E. C, Caldwell has returned
home folYpwing a .visit of (wo weeks
in the home of her brother, Dr. Will
Cotinally at Alice. ' .
Clarence While left .Monday fqr a
Aislt with his father in West Col-
k ■
MaWhortcf. —A dvr-
........
s - , ... Miss, Alice Hancock returned.
' ; !,n,i Mls' K 11 Jackson and Monday, front Houston where she
daughter, Mynnetta, pf Odem, with visited her aunt. Mrs. Prank Ohlin-
KOIt RENT Ftlrnfshed- house, all I , Mynnett
.iModcrn ’ i'ltnvi'nicnces, close in. . L,,lr lous,‘ Kllesl
s. Mr, and Mrs!
several revivals of optimism during
the depression, 'there has been
much rejoicing in certain quarters j v i>.i> in••iimcu ye-1 -„.
on several occasions, but the hay- jetting tor tin- Occasion Ainelttdirigpbrie Bay
to he well,1 ’t"' Birthday • cake, which " was' eri-'1 mil'
Kent reasonable.
-—Adv,
Hoy ])imiiKT.
... 33 1
hue Sunday. [TAKEN Li’ One bay*horsv'mule.
A. lovely meai- was prepared.'be-I'B* Brand,.[e\c'ei()t^plit on right ear;
vest has turned out
: more depression
For the purpose fd finding jus-,
What experienced Texas business
men think of the present outlook,
there was mailed out from head-
quart ers iof Progressive Texans
to its membership a question-
naire, making inquiry as to future
outlook, ’ recent trend of business
and employment. The respopse
Was encouraging in the first place!
it was encouraging because there
was-a large response, whereas most
of the questionnaires would have
gone into wastebaskets several
weeks ago. In the Second place,
most of the replibs wereOpjmfistic
in themselves, and these replies
came from a wide variety of lines
of business located in > v,cry section
of the State.
Autumn Business Prospects Good
In reply), ui the question as' to
autumn; business; 40 ..per ’. . cut of
those replying said 7 nf .uutin
40 per font indu.ati i a ’tin o it
■ J/Ook. and -only the'.r-mainiug '20 idiscti
Per cent -reported oon(fft ion; ,as ,;u(
encouraging. In rej iy ; ,c lesth n
horse, po brytidt Owner
joyed together with the association
of -Jbe family gathering.
Those present for this happy °c-
casTon were Mrs.- Willie'! S.winny,
Dr. Boon Swinny -and sons, Been
Jr. ;uid Max, (San Antonio), Mr.
and Mrs, J, V. Swinny and daugh-
ters, Patsy and Peggy.
may r< <■<
* 1 1 lodge of Itasca, *speu^ Tues-
day afternoon in
.Jackson and Mrs.
.Slnton,-.' Mrs.
IJiKlge are sis-
■I Holbrook accompanied bv.
4 .....pw
Texqn where he lias
' b'-e-n working on a high school-build'-
ECLiPSE OF THE-SUN TO BE'ON
AUGUST 31
TRUCK GROWERS
Buy' your seed from people you
Irtmw and can find any day in the
year. 'iOc.-tTti^no.use to itpik else-
where fftr •quality seed .or lower
prices.. 1 have both, and will not
mislead you to get your money;. 1
plant my own crops’out of the same
Bag I sell from; and I know low
quality seed are a losing proposi-
tion. | guarantee my prices to bd
as low ys'.it is possible to sell'
quality seed, as I buy in large
quantities ■:ifwi reliable growers,
i shall .-keep a full stock or. hand
durirn- the Season. Drop m and
y. id,; -ideas ■* ; ’. *'
Wt . Hi ue.i.'iann
Adv.
Knit Suits
For FALL Sportswear
are Snug
^ K and Chic
/Vrs eclipse of the sun, total over
a portion of J he New , England
states and; partial throughout the
rest of the country, will occur on
tlie afternoon of Acgbst 31. afford-
ing million's of people the- oppor-
tunity to witness this ijrt si striking
celestial phenomenon.
The extent Of the : -eclipse. Will
\a)v from total in -'Portions- of-the
East to only 1 O'-to .,30 per cent on-
'the Pacific coast! In; the Middle
West and in tYie Southeastern states
f/;om 50 to 75 per cent of the Run’s
face' w ill be, obscured as the' moon'
passes ttcross it.
1 he earth is the only ipianet in
our solar system,w jtli a moon large
enough to nialie a total eclipse of
the sun possible. Ivlerbury- and
Venus have no moons at all; Maf*
iCdroy, -T-:xas.- | has iwo, .but. they -are only about
.31-'4 ! iivc’to ten, miles in diameter so
v.omd only show :is smalh black
sjiots -when crossing the sun’s face.
i he larger pickets -have s- yeral
moons; i;Ut none arc large, enough
to eclipse more!'thaw .a'fraction of
■l lie sun: ' ■ ' -
in ,entile.-:.- soure- of wonder to
the layman is the'ability1 of. astron-
omers to. predict the occun'cp'ce of
eclipse .with unerring a< curat v
-v ''>-.«•,«"<! cv.-n' ..-I'ntu'ries, in, ml-
I ■' Veil .known:- I'tlr „>:
I ample., ilia: a. fotai t tdipse of tht
ing the past, two months. _
A group of young people enjoyed
a trip lo Latedo. a-nd into Mexico,
on Sunday, returning Sunday night.
Those in the party were,Miss Opal
Pack and B'urford Sartderfer, Ina
and Pearl Gossett, E. B. Jackson
and Arthur Norvell.
.'•ir. and Mrs. Johti Matthews and
daughter of San Antonio with Mrs.
T. H. ilitimey of: Mathis stopped for
a .Short visit Monday with Mr. and
Mrs, J A. Matthews while enroute
to Rockport, for a w-eeks vacation
trip., Messrs. Matthew-g are broth-
ers of Mrs. Rairaey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. -It. Thompson
drove to Hillsboro Sunday where
they sp nt a few days with Mr.
Thtmijispn.A parents and were ac-
<ompanU-d .home . 'Wednesday1 by
their, daughter, kfiss Barbara and!
son. Brown, who have t»en guests
in the home of their grandparents
the past few weeks. ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown and
children spenj. -the' week-end as
Pile- is of Mr. and - .'drs. L. A. Ger-
holii in. Cuero. They.weJ-p accom-
panied home hv Miss .Elizabeth Ger-
holil. who is their guest this week.
Winfred and. Austin Brown remain-
'd in Cuero for a longer visit in the
*••■I'.iold heme. ' ’
Charles Temple spent the past
several' days .visiting Herman! Haw-
kins at Corpus Christi:
^Messrs.' E. C, Caldwell and E. S.
rmticr made a business trip into
the valley this week. Miss'Ida
them
was til?'.'
Qf Miss Mary Elizabeth
Children’s Shoes
SizesT>£ to 2
THE GOOD WEARING KIND
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M;
V
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The kind of suits
s-wiiTvill pe visible dong the sootb-
• e order of tlci rnired States on
: '2th. u.r or 11,'i years
hence, - The eclipse wiiicli wili/ ot-.
"!r ■hi" uiorjt.h wtt.< pmHei«d.:,and
iles'-riic cl- in -.-r-.-.T detail in a work,
pii'-Ii: in Vfi-unt; nearly’ f.fi .years
- f-.'X( ha rt'.'c.
PROGRAM FOR OPENING OF
ODEM SCHOOL ANNOUNCED
Vou i ill Id n their
vRtrpt, Fall color-!
their attrac-
tive Sweat e r
biouses and-their
trim, well-fitting
shirts, At these
prices they .are
Th" r,r,J.-iafn- for the opening’ of
the Odem school will be held Tui.-s-
'Ry night. Sept, (I, unn r the super-
vision, or-the’Parent-Teacher Asso-
pmtio.n. The teachers uyll ..attend
. Uh- JB^itute Ml Corpus Christi Mob-
ITdtty and Tues.iav before the open-
ing of school Wednesday. Sept • 7
Ti" hpehiiig program' is as fob
I<tU'Fv *
' Ua,1-( r ' Mrs, Lloyd - Kinghorn
Invocation- Rev. ,M. T„ j>arbv.
Greering—Mrs. XV, c. Gaines -
Response and Introduction of
Teachers—Sup). R. G. McDaniel
i Piano' “Fifth Nocturne, " Leyback
Kloist> Clark.
Prospects for Season's Athletics
M. B. J’orter..
,. Pian°. “Dance of the Dolls”, |>0].
dim; "Because”, Godard Mary
Frances Gaines.
VoicE "Homing”, Del Riego-
Lindy t.ou”. Bond- Mrs. Tim Men
nessy. Miss Louise Mttsscy accom
papist.
■ t-Why the Boy RMlirhedsJJbme,’'
Hv\. <A. Milne Miss Ida Mary Cald-
well; _ .
Piano Duet, ‘''Witches'- Dances.”,
Ma'cDowell: “Toreador Et Anda-
iwse”. Rubinstein—Mrs. Tim Hen-
nefe-sy, Miss Louise Miissey. 1
. Social Hour: ■ ■
BUDGET' FOR ODEM SCHOOL
CUTS EXPENDITURES 22%
. 1 he (idem t,School Board adopted
ami- filed ,a fludgei cutting the ex-
Thomas.
Mr: and Mrs. Floyd Scull spent
the week end visiting In' Sari An-
tonio and Laveria.
Mrs. Arthur Smith had as her
fewest; Thursday, Mrs. Arthur Scriv-
ener of Taft'. •
H. A. Eaing of New Yprk City,
visited Mr. and Mrs, F. B.oggus dur-
ing 'the past week.
Miss Lula Williams has returned
from a visit of several weeks with
relatives in Beeville.
Mrs. C. Q. Temple and daughter;
Miss MyVtle spent Thursday in Cor-
pus Christi. '
Mrs. J. A. Phillips, MiSP^Iane
Phillips and Billie Williams have re-
turned to their home in Houston
following a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor Knight arid Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Temple. .- Mrs., Taylor Knight
accompanied them to Houston for
a visit there, Mr. Knight going over
to spend the. week-end. he and Mrs.
Knight returning home Tuesday.
Miss Ida Mary Caldwell returned
home Tuesday from Bay Side where
she was a member‘ of the house
party, .which was given in the Cum,,
mins summer home there.,
■ Miss Van nig Culpepper: returned
Saturday from San Marcos where
s,r<‘- Ras- been attending school
through the summer vacation!
Air: and Mrs. ,0. A, Whitington
left Sunday Tor a visit with Mr,
Whitington’s parents jn Los An- '
Keli's, Cglfforriia.
Dr. and Mrs. AV. A’.- Gonnally and
children of Alice, spent Sunday with
Mr. arid Mrs. E. G. Caldwell
$1.00 up
Girls Fast Color
DRESSES
PRETTY STYLES
Sizes 7 to 14
Boys Broadcloth Shirts
49c & 59c
iung i ue ex-| S,-% Katie Pierson tools her Sun-
: '-mlitui-cs- 22<; from, tin***of last ,!a-v 8(1)01,1 class which• consisted
-The decrease.in expenditures I of7 slna11 Boys to Corpus Christi
V aleyu't equally' divided between Wednesday: for a swim and picnic
.!< aci|( rs' salan and capital • out-1 PI>(jr at Northr. Beach. Mrs. Vic-
lay. The decrease totaled over* six IfQr Williams, Mr. -and Mrs.' R. g.
thousand dollars.
The tax rate was lowered to 60
cents from the S.i I 'iitc of last year
although the- valuations had de-
creased H'.;. This decrease in the
rate is an attempt by the hoard to
lessen the tax burden bn the people
of this community. ■ The board
Made (he cut, feeling that the-
people would appreciate the-'reduc-
tion and would co.-operati by-pay-
ing their taxes .promptly.
The school board Wjfif on record
as opposing the relinquishing of-
claims for penalty and interest an
delinquent taxes. If.the delinquent
tuxes could be paid Without the
penalty and .interest, it. would .be
penalizing the person who paid his
taxes-at the proper time, since he
has been deprived of the. use. of
the money, according to comments
made by members of the board.
9:00 a. m. every Sunday morning,
Sunday School.
STOKES SEED NOW .
SUPPLIED BY E. R. LANE
cal vam^s.
v '
terkimBrok
CZ' O a a r=> K nj
'Csmmlcte s(ock of-th. w il known
Stoke? \S<:c d- is. now available to
.arm-of ,this section at the. i’oxv-
est market grices.
Stokes Seed has proved to be tin
beet according to rny several years
of . Vegetable'. growing experience
I um pjknting se-sd from thfk stock,
which I know to be of superior,
quality. Give Me an opportunity to
arisist you in solving your seed
purchasing problems. Although
this stock of seecT is of guaranteed
quality, I have the lowest prices of
any seed dealer in this .section.
This stqckjiLstandard seed may be
examined at the—
STOKES SEED STORE
ODEM. E. HT LANE
—Adv) 33.3
GR.ACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
- - *; ——k- '
St\ Raul
;9:00: p. ra. first and third . Sun-
days of Mich month. Divine Services
at the Public School building.
Sinton
Butler and Mr. and Mrs! S. L. Webb
accompanied them.
Miss' Margaret Caldwell returned
home Sunday- from" S, M, U. at
Dallas where she spent the past
several months, - working on her
Masters Degree.
Mr.- and Mrs. W. IL Griffith and
son visited her father, R, J. foc-
C» inty at Willis the week, and left
Sunday for San Francisc^Calif.
Mrs.. Ge-Orge Harringto* of Aus-
tin, was the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
J. M. Elliott, Friday, Mrs. Harring--
ton is speeding some of the sum-
mer weeks in Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Hobart Janicke and son re-
turned to her home in Crystal City
Saturday. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Chan! White-ley and
daughter, Mr. and MrscRuda Lane
formed a fishing aUd hunting party
leaving Saturday for Uvalde. , ’
Mrs. Ed Waddell, of Austin, Miss
Mattie Knight, Dr. J; K. Knight, W.
D. Knight, Misg Elizabeth Moore, of
Eddy, and Mr. A. E. Knight, of
Moody, were guests of Mr. and Mrs
Taylor Knight, and Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Temple the past week. Dur-
ing their visit here, the entire party
spent part of the time in Corpus
Christi on a'fishing trip.
Boys School Pants
75 c up
BRING YOUR CHILDREN HtRE ' WE
CAN OUTFIT THEM FROM
HEAD TO FOOT
■/-' h -
COIN’S
“ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW”
SINTON
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-i(>: 30 a. m. every Sunday, Sunday), .Mr’ anf,J Mrs, M. E, Ayahl enter-
School at the home of .Mrs. A. I ,tame<i a few guests Friday night
Bonordtn. • honoring the birthday of William
p. m. .second and -fourth | 'V,li,<*b‘-v- Among those present
Sundays of each month: Divine Ser- LW€re Mrs' Whiteley, Mi-S. J. M. EL
vices at the local - Presbyterian ! J°U ^IS; Ka-te” Pit6rson and ! Miss
Church.
You are welcome!
Presbyterian !!0^ ,M"'. Ka(
Mabel Elliott.
School Sale
If you are wise, Save your Pew
nies on School Supplies
Notebook Paper, 50 sheets _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ 4c
Notebook Binders _ _ _________ iOc
Tablets (260 pages) ______________ 5c
*H. T. Flac-hnieier,- Pastor. a Classified Ad.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Effective this date. On all delin-
quent taxes due Sinton Independent
School District, which are paid be1-
fore October 1st, 1932, no interest
or penalty will be charged.
Come in'at once and pay-your
taxes and avoid this penalty and
interest -and at the Same time help
your school.
W, A. Baird; Pres. Boslrd,
Sinton Ind. School Dist.
~Adv- 29-tf
Binks—That girl always dresses
fit.to kill!
Blinks—Kill what?
Binks—Your Imacination.
Crayolas (box of 8)
Crayolas (box of 20) _-
Pencils, what a value, __
Fountain Pen Ink
Bottle Paste with Brush
School Bags, 2 pockets _
V'
ALL OTHER NEEDS AT A
VERY LOW PRICE.
For lazy liver, stomach and
moneys, biliousness, indi-
gestion, constipation, hpad-
ftclie, colds and fevere
I0jf and 35ff a#dealers-
SALE STARTS SATURDAY
11111 * . *
Bailey - Lehmann
• - -
5c to $1.00 Store
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