San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1925 Page: 1 of 6
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'QUNTY
SINXON ■ A ND " S
'AN PATRi
SHEET METAL AND
PLUMBING
ERWIN-WiLLIAMS PAINTS
AND VARNISHES
STAR HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE CO.
STAR HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE CO.
NUMBER 48.
SINTON, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1925.
Terms: $2-00 Per Year, In Advance.
LUME 16-
RAIN REPORT
FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Since our rain report of 1.66 inches
of precipitation in last week's issue,'*
we give the following
Sunday ----^-----
Monday ________
Tuesday —_•-----
Last week’s report
Wain:"a. Kauai, T. H. Dec. 13, 1924.
Martin & Martin,. •
Sintoh, Texas.
Dear Messrs. Martin:
I enclose one dollar fifty cents to
apply on my subscription.
We have found a very -interesting
little^ group of isles extending from
southeast to northwest here in the
middle of the Pacific. Ours, the north-
westerly of the group, is the prettiest
The Garden Isle” as,
le following Court of Honor and
n officials have been chosen fpr
ion Boy and Indian Scouts:
lit Executive, Nueces Valley Coun-
cil, Boy Scouts of America
Hfe Horton. '
f Scout Committee
jjjl Holbrook,
jpg. Vermillion,
ir. Leo A. Berrey.
|i \iScout Master
Epgh A. Randall.
T:f Assistant Scout Master
ted Martin.
Senior Patrol Leader
||ra ^touchstone. •- i
Public Court ‘of Honor
Bfc Sparks, Chairman.
Valter G. Martin.
L Kunitz.
jj||f F. Odem.
. E. Dodson. V ,
J. R. Park. ■ ' ■ /
toy Jackson.
Merit Badge Examiners
rieulture_______-—^ - -R- L. Easton
A statement of the receipts and ex-
penditures for the publicity commit-
tee' of the Black land Special, which
was sent out from this section in No-
vember, was made public yesterday by
Ralph Bradford, chairman of the pub-
licity committee.
Mr. Bradford desires that the public
know how these public funds hare
been handled, and has submitted his
report for publication.. ,
?t are open.
When winter covers plain and hill Hfj
With mantle white and all is still; ff/
When day is done; when shadows fall | >
And thru the night there comes a call jj
To fireside and to friends once more;.
When grief comes tapping at the door; ■ M
When memories begin to seem §J
More precious than youth’s fondest g!
dream . ■ v 1 M
And age takes many things away §|
That filled the hours of yesterday— H
Ah, then it is that one can see
How strong the ties of home should be! 33,
I pray that we shall learn to know, f|
As years so swiftly come and go, v |f
That home grows dearer every day; d
Oh, let’s enjoy it while we may! 31
Total_______________----- 2.2,9
Farmers tell us that the ground is
in fine shape, and that present indica-
tions are good for a big 1925- crop.
and is called
well as its real name, Kanai.
The islands are mountains that have
weathered until the red volcanic rock
has decayed into a red soil. Where
the rainfall or irrigation permits the
hillsides are covered with sugar cane
fields undergoing a fifteen or eigh-
teen months' growth for a crop.. Near-
ly as many drier hillsides have be-
come pineapple fields. The straight
COTTON— DEC. 1923 AND 1924
The books on the
Mr. Bradford yesterdaystated, and ad-
ded that if anyone who contributed to
the Black Land Special would like
more detailed information regarding
any of the items he would be glad to
have them call at the Chamber of
Commerce offices here, and Mr. Brad-
ford will show any item which ig in-
quired about. ,
According to Mr. Bradford's report,
the total amount received by the pub-
licity committee from the finance com-
mittee of the Black Land Special was
$2,950.. The total disbursements
amounted to $2,918.86, leaving; a bal-
ance of $31.14. in the bank on Decem-
ber 24. „
The total amount of the disburse-
ments was divided as follows:
Subscriptions to papers, $16.30; of-
fice help. $180,21; permit mail, $442.79;
$551.12;
According to Mr. J. S. Easton,
special cotton agent, there were
27,453^'bales of cotton ginned, in San
Patricio county prior to December 13,
1924, as compared with 45,428 bales
ginned to December 13, 1923.
SODVILLE DRAINAGE BOND ISSUE
DEFEATED
The drainage bond issue project,
which was voted on Friday, December
19. 1924, was defeated, the vote being
29 for the bond issue and 24 against
the bond issue—it requiring a two-
thirds majority to carry the issue.
the others, are the great rugged ^ jgl ’^^=7
helps forget the warm dry climate of j __
Waimea, while one roves about | 'j&j r
dense. undergr.owth of ferns and other | ~
palm trees' We have coeoanuts and ;
dates at hand from thfese. We often ; ’
keep our banana bunch for the back _ ■ ■ . >~ .___:
porch supplied- from plants on the
school ground. Granges, lemons, 'etc., FARM BUREAU CHECKS RECEIVED
grow wild, besides many native fruits. HERE •
I have learned to like papain, the tree - -
melon, but not the others. Checks Totaling $4,238,909 have been
j v School buildings' are often . single ; mailed to members of the Texas Farm
{square rooms of one thickness walls Bureau Cotton Association. i
jand floors and pointed roofs of cor-1 The December distribution which
I ruga Ced: sheet" metal. Albov e the w ills \ was made to membors'-wbo; havea their
are open spaces for windows entirely cotton in the Texas Farm Bureau Cot-
‘around the btfhuing. and covered with , ton Association was received in San
wire netting. My school, including ! Patricio County about the 20th day
high school, ‘employs twenty-four of December. According to Mr. Geo.
teachers and has nearly sik hundred , p. Shilling, secretary of San Patricio
fifty pupils. Cottages are furnished . county, there were some 200 members
fok teachers. ] who received-these checks.
Very truly, j The checks could not have come at
. ' - C. C. Wise. I a more convenient time as it will give
litecture
TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
POPULAR RESORT
T9
The most popular plate? in the-city
of Sinton - for the last few days has
been' the office of W. M. Sialcup, tax
Belated license and tax
newspaper advertising,
stamps, $55; telegrams and Telephone,
$45.58; printing, engraving, office sup-
plies, labbr and expenses en route,
$1,251.22; balance due on pioving pic-
ture, $50; banners, screen, easel paint-
ing, etc., $53,45; clipping bureau, $6.08;
expense of advance man, $83.70; sal-
ary and expenses of train reporter,
$183,36.—Corpus Christi Caller.
collector.
payers have besieged the office in
«scores; lines of automobiles have been
j parked around the court house square
; during the first days of the week,
! which were the last days of the year;
j and the last opportunities for paying j
! automobile taxes. Extra help had to
be requisitioned to assist the office
force in handling the crowd. People
. were here front every corner, of the
1 county, some of them having to re-
turnj^or the second time before hav-
beautiful ing . a;'"chance to pay their taxes and
1925 j obtain receipts. Like Christmas shop-
i’s a- l,ers- they came with a rush, but had
made to wait their turn.
After January 1st, 1925, an addition-
al fee of 25 per cent on the total cost
will be charged for automobile num-
are like > ber plates’ is reP°rte(1-
0 O UVRENCE HAVTHOJNE •
KING SOL’S APPEARANCE
WELCOME
HEN LAYING FOUR-OUNCE EGGS
Mrs. W. AC- Ficklin, who prides her-
self on the fine poultry she raises,
has a fine Rhode island Red hen
Weighing about eight pounds that is
laying eggs that will measure 8|
inches around the long way, and, ®|
inches around the other way. E. H.
Lewis, the chicken and feed man. sugf
gested that we borrow one of the eggs
and weigh it. We did, and “that there
egg’ weighed four ounces! Mr. Lewis
says the ordinary egg weighs about
two ounces. ‘Mrs. Ficklin says she
gets an egg that size regularly every
other day, and this is the second time
the hen, one year old, has laid eggs the
size of thaf.
Wish we had her.
“The sun s a shinin’, the su
shinin’ ” was the joyful answer
numberless times to- the News report-
er when asking for news, Wednesday.
Really, it is a good piece of news.
“The sun’s a-shinin’ ” and we n. -
a man who said, “we can do on a little
The amount of Ae distribution just mote of this sunshine.” * DR. BERREY VALUES OLD COINS
made brings the per-bale advance to The rain which fell during the pasPt r —^
i 16 cents per pound and increases the week, however, is not all that is go- Dr. Leo A. Berrey, attracted by oar
total advances of the season to ing to be needed before planting time, mention of W. S. Slocomb’s old pen-
1120,417,652.13. This distribution is and while we are glad to see the sun, | ny, exhibited to us a penny made sey-
j the first distribution, following the | we still want more rain in time to ln-jen years earlier, in 1850, nearly the
initial advance. More" than 25,009 sure the future crops, and somehow, size of a modern fifty cent piece—“the
j checks were issued in connection with we are optimistic enough to believe ^-ay they made ’em them days,” when
it. These periodic distributions to the we are going to get it. ; copper evidently was plentiful.
membership means much towards the j. -7- The doctor also has a three-cent
stability of general business con- ; CITIZEN PRAISES CITY WATER I silver piece, almost the size of the
MEXICAN ACCIDENTLY SHOT
A Mexican on the William Heuer-
mana farin near Edroy accidently j
shot himself in the right .hand on ;
Tuesday. The wound necessitated the !
amputation of the third and fourth
fingers of the mutilated hand. At this j
writing, the man is improving after
the accident.
stability of
CELEBRATION POSTPONED diticms, state
--- ident of the
The following letter has been re-{means an jb
ceived from the publicity committee' stabilized bank balance throughout I sure it was the water I was drinking]
of the corner stone ceremonies which j the year, and increased debt-paying that was the cause of it- all. I was ^
COUNTY AGENTS ATTEND
DISTRICT MEET
Dear Friends: is a belief that the year's total will; that the artesian water was a beneuc
Due to continued rains and inelem- run considerably .over 300,000 bales.! to m0., Naw: ! am doing fine, and
e.nt Weather the committees in charge Mr. Shilling stated. Out of the 275.- fc^ive given up all thought of lea -ing
of the laying of the corner atone of 000 bales received, a total of 225,0001 here—but , don’t put . that in the
the South Texas State Teachers' Col- j bales have been classed and graded, paper!” ** t
lege at Kingsville have .decided to j The remainder will be grdded: as soqn ] | ‘ > -------^—rr* f , .
postpone those ceremonies to & date j as the graders and classers can get to! RADIO FANS ENJOY CONCERT
to be announced later, which Will1 them. . f ^ •' ] - " ---------- *
not be ikter than February J4th, 1925. j We {desire to j egR the attention of J A^nuinimr of' radio fans/assembled
Due notice of the date to be decided] the farmers of San Patricio county to] in the lobby^ of the,-;Copm Hotel Tues-
upon will be made through the press the following facts regarding the das-j da'y night and enjoyed a very fine pro-
of the state and through your local situation of the 222,701 bales that had J gram of'musical numbers, both Vocal
the i and instrumental over the radio re-
belonging to M. H. Mc-
Health
First--
thanks
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"iretess-*—-----------------
jgj Stag Patrol
Orel Smith. Leader.'
Taft Morrow.
Jack Morrow.
/George Lee.
qbuthdr Branch,
Reed Parker.
Kyle Parker.
;,Milton SLocomb.
Fox Patrol
James Dawson, Leader.
Taylor Moss.
.Gleam McKinney.
#Harold Martin.
Fred Russell.
Morris Cleveland.
Burton Benso%
Pembroke Touchstone.
Beaver Patrol
Robert Sipes, Leader.
John Smith.
paper . . | ?»cen “ classed through December
We hope that if/you are expecting I 6th, 1924:
to be with us on the third of January
you will find the date' to be,set will
suit your convenience equally as well.
If you have found that you could not! classed
be here on the third, we hope you will
find the date we shall anuouqce later
will permit you to come to.Ktagsviller
In either case We want to assure you,; grading 1 inch staple or
that a warm welcome awaits you at
the home of' your college;
This postponement does not, in any
way. retard the construction of the
building and we .expect to open the in-
stitution next June with at least
j reiving set
of 222.704.1 t’anitnon. and -which he t»so willing, Mrs. H. L. Cle
to have his friends enjoji * with him. ( a- snster. of Mrs
of 222.7‘U. The atmosphere was just right; - there jewent a ^uccesst'-t
no static whatever to mar the dicitis at the 1
of 222.704-. j perfec t sounds reaching here from day. \ Dr. and ]
j Chicago. Illinois: Cleveland, Ohio; com plan i eel Mrs.
22.704. Kansas City, Missouri; Hobart, Okla- pita!, and were
205,- j homa; and froin Fort Worth, Dallas eration. They 1
and Beauniont,JPexas. the patient sim
Mr. \lcCanithon 'has had his - receiv- j favorable.
ing set in several plac es of public dur- —-
ing the holidays and has always drawn . MEETINi
a large and appreciative crowd of
listeners who are glad to share his Because of th
pleasure witlr bin. . the meel
Number of hales out
lassed above middling. 104.809
Number of bales out
iddling and above
Nuntbffr of bales out
lapsed below .middling. 12.545,
Xhmber of bales out of 2
better
204
Number of bales out of .222.704.
grading below 1 inch staple, 17,500.
T. T. STEPHENSON INJURED
PUMPING RATE LOWERED
ficials. E. H. Elldridge of t orpus
Christi, district commercial manager;
Fred Brien of Corpus Christi. operat-
ing manager and Owen Mc Call, local God take the precious old year, ; '
'] manager, held a conference with. J.' 1 And bless the one that’s new,
' Holbrook, mayor of the city, and K, A May it spread out golden moments'
Uar.daB. city waterworks engineer. F;>r me to spend with you.
' rand perfected arrangements for a low ; - Katie Daffan, ' .- ^;.V
! 1 ' of the ciiv pumping .rate. ’ 7 - it Hquston Chronic ie.
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1925, newspaper, January 1, 1925; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717188/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.