The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927 Page: 8 of 10
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER Thursday, September 22, 1927
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j7\ \\ 1 vrrw: M-VT KS .-^vt TA* I <, in' growth of Odes
Amivu in tlw statesmen
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e. : illit- R1* RAl* ITKRS *•.....m ar Sharp last Sunday. "y-p1*
J. ;—,+♦ + t ♦ and Mrs, Albert Williams, of
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Texas Won! atid Mohair
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♦ r , -. iS shoWa in'the sialemVnt
+ + + + + + that in liiitj' vtffh the installation of a
Sheep ami» j;').i! 1 ar ") - J‘‘xa'.
See prosperous times just ahead. I tit i
'flocks ttre in splendid condition. Shea
Well under way/ ^nd the dry.
lv good, and thhi e ia a., pnispeet pi an m point
advance along with the advance »n
flocks of boll
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with
cotton prices. . 1 he
■Sheep anU d-outs ai-e.j).-rtig
4ml iin.i.m-aai^ilLiuiy r»gi v>rhd..'nmr'
'atid imen hriltlliliHn 'e-
benity s'i'u'h ot r i tiUo.s, (loud prices
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;... ! : ,f ! ;HHjhU;l''. 3T’0, of
i o:.i.- ha'.C 1'i'JiU -fsi a.
lrnv* 1 -•.-■•:):7P 11*wlc-of sheep or ‘Ji'o'r. "
that- can be caved for at •small ex-
pense- ••ann* lh:ii would yield _ a ■n..1'
hd jr,iM)i)-Ay^’. i i.wti.rks .ami sewer sys-
t-erti "the city has motorised jts fire
' ■ ■■ rost- of some Sl0.000.
n^iijiiil'iiWiI
The'explaii'atiohT of this fa that tluo
was needed “to> protect local property,
inmidi ng approximately $8,OUO,()(JO in
new husiriess arid industrial-projects
Ca^n°any nfTlk?«i*eSir -*»»<!;paikonA^o that ^commg^ter
gmaU- r -year’s
growth'
r.tmmis for vBerries
.Smith county, has.-lU'ov-
. en j hat Tt pays, a community to spt.-,
cializc in miiik1 one crop which it can
produce to host advantage, but* tj di-
__vi‘v-:i i'y with other crops that. Cap, ±j±
l.imlale lias1 brnmer
grown. 4
for its- blacknerrros
land around* the town beinh devoted
to!, that crop and some .'100 Tarmers
and ho3t of berry pickers sharing in
tile'(livTdends that never entirely fad.
Four thousand men, women and cnii-
dren are employed for six or eigl.t
weeks. Three'canrierie>-\ with, a conu
bined capacity of 300,000 cans- tiaily
ftre kept busy during the. reason. -Af
orthei—seasons 'These-■ cjfa -Awac'.'- oata-
toes, preserves, jellies, beef athl cJLhfir
.farm' products, ^hese-r.re-st7ld1 arge- take 'caf'c
ly over OkJa-hotnh, Kr-tnras Missouri, -
Iowa and West Texas, Ahil-Jhp being
the ■largest "wholesah distributing
point’. An average of 100 airs AT bi.-r-
r4os are"'shipped"'*from fdrulalo an-
liually and they bring in about $,:00,-
000a year.; Lindale is'-prosnerou-'.
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Fvorr;T't*''i!r'tFrmurr^y.-ts-'-budditig t wu
evicTp hotels of fifty'rooms each, and
i expecting to' Tj'e’o 't’aTce ;u .- rf
ui-nr?’ tuFtnber <>T ]if-ospetti.Ifs .and
ityf' being attracted to that sec-
tion, lit is-a mighty poor Texas town
that is Satisfied to get along now with
])b(tc' hotels and Pvote doesn’t want
h» he in that class. .
’ f MINERS'A
Minerval t^pt. 18.—The i Minerva
l.achoal o pened M on day, Sept, 14, with
4n excellent enrollment, Mr. Wallace,
iiiimf nf.thc board, was in charge
T „W.aeU*T
ehts, Mr. and Mrs. Du Boise.
Chester Shew cpme in Saturday
nIght from Sonora to visit a few days
,vith home folks.
of the opening exercise and made an
interesting talk, in whiqhr he stressed
the co-operation of teachers, trustees
■arid patkons-i so that the coining term
might belif EUcSesiTuf" as fHe' pasj
year. Mrs.(>Evard(^president rf>t tho
■ Parent-Teachers Association, spoke.; a
f6XT'Vrords pledging- thy hearty--o^-op-
e riili oh ""of ttib jassoetation durihjfsthe "
coming year; Thq association has
Eddie Brown and Maudio. Du Bois.et
1to& very active this summer- and- is--speat a .while^Sunday, aftej^noop with
Austin wlu-r,. sh«- >vill atUspd high itors in the Norman hom«
- • . , temoon, n*
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om h relall'!es hera- _T-
BK'"dS' • • Jallon ha“ “hipped a Vaii.t.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clement and wasps peculiar to Japan to th it °f
daughter, Miss Emma Pearl and Miss ed States Department of^0***
- -.Mr. and* Mtsv Jefome Dreher and1 i
children motored to Rogers and spent'
the week end with- relatives.
Albs Lottie and Allie Mhe Carver
have been ohN the sick list but are
better at. this writing;. i
•Calvin Scott spent Saturdajj night
wbh home folk^
'Adolfni, Obie and Pauline
Jack Clement, of Thorndale, were vis- ture to prey upon
Agricnl.
s A Good Position for You!
Places at
salar,
Texas Lignite Being Used
Bastrop and Rockdale lignite mines
are to supply the city of Austin wKh?
1.1,000'tons of lignite during the next
year under a contract recently made.
-of: -m-en«ue»h--Ug»iiW-under the ground in
Texas to supply the state with.all the.
cheap power it can use for an almost
unlimited time. All that is needed to
realize on this gvcat volume of stored
wealth is'to encouragel;its fullest de-
velopment.
Cream Station Profitable
“TliC NexVs at UToveton^-eays^that
The Trinity Chamber of Commerce to
‘ of the' stirplus cream of
Trinity co-i^tty.far5(1 Mrs. George Mann had as.
their guest Wednesday and Thursday.
few months old,"is bringing the far-
mers a lot of- extra hroney and that
Satterwbite on Self-Government
■ Lee Satterwhite, the Panhandle
statt-sman, presided recently at a con-
ference in Washington of members
oTiegislattires from 35 states, which
'Tic etilied fo-d1 ST-tiSs^'eFntrHhzatimt-of-
^-"govemmental [>owers,t-Ptrpeal of the"
Fedeml estate tax atid.uther taxation
problems as related to Federal amt
State governments. Ip his opening
address Mr. Satterwhite sakh there is
inuutvitoration of. ^>iilL„govern-
“mrnt” thrntfglj; a- ehiv-k upon centrali-
zation of- [lower in the Federal goy-
Qrrtte true, and if Mrn Sat-
get his ear close to- the
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■tf-cuud. ■!»*<■ will, l imi.-Ui-U—Laerv
Texas somewhat' tihep-»a*me ■ fevling as
to the encroachment -of- state govern-
ment upon county and local al l ai rs.
San Angelo Junior College t---
San Angeftj hasj let a'p-on-tract for
.'.$25iU!.Q0 'for a building -in which to
-conduct-"a -irtuflk'ipirl -junior college.
The junior college.is intcruk-d to pros
vide freshman arid sop-hjimore instriic-
t ion for -■ u louts .of .t.he-eity and.-doun-
ty. Edu ' a t-ot4i AIV; ftridljrg' lt".trlTgtrptrr
- r-~i»d -be Uwr- to- -liuv-e- - y ou ng '7 atudenU
take this work at home and ■ iinuch
•f -
he'skim milk fed to pigs and poultry
;< almost as valuable as the cream
sold. Successfully conducted * cream
stations usually result in a shbrt
while the building of creameries.
In Much Accord
The Northwest Texas Press Asso
•iation has met in Its 38th annual
-Stam-fordr-president; C. C—Hudson' of.
Iou-a Park, vice president; and ;R. H.
Nichols of Vernon, secretary-treasu-
rer; George T. Spcarfc, Jr., of Gra-
ham, and- Grady Roberts of Chillicothe
were made executive committeemen.
The elections were By acclamatlon'imd
nnanknous. electors and-electees all
lieing happy. This is perhaps the
strongest sectional press association
in this country, doubteless for the rea-
ili.t p he Mild] by able
newspaper alien.
TANGLEWOOD
Tanglewood, Sept. 18.—We had
some rain the past week. The Uvrru-
evs wanted it to 'Tain -but. hated to
have rt onr the cotton.- Most farmers
i-’ maltVffg good cottop. - <__*. ’ .
Wc bad a c\-eanV supper last nfght
.-ind matle nreTtv good.
planning to itrse the money earned to
msthll drinking .fountains. kl_-1
Misses Pearl Corley and Doreen Orr
are the' high school . and primary
touchers, while Miss Lucille Wilson, of
Lorehe Shew.
SAN GABRIEL '
San Gabriel, Sept. 19.—School be:
gun Monday. September
19. After
Cameron, was elected to fill the va
eancy madetln the intermediate grades
hv the resignation-of Miss Ethel Gu-
thrie, who plans to attend the Uni-
singing America, Mr. Thomas made
a short talk followed by Rev. Cole, of
Cameron, who made a very interest-
ing and appropriate ’talk.
Every day Tyler Commercial College graduates
~j^~:gwd wd*rie~ : L s
ied position. . , f
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place you in a good position. v
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--Fifty thousand successful men and wdmen begah their career*
here. ,The reputation of-this institution insures your success. . ..
----Clip and mail thn coupon for the large booVliAohioving. anpwng-
in Business.” It is free. Send NOW. *
(We have no branch schools. We lead; others follow*
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CUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON NOW
.varsity ..of—Texas this winter.. Miss. Miss Agnes Mayes, of Pfluegerville ■ TYLER COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, .
TTsoq'"
in the Minerva-strhtml inf 1923-24 and
1924-25.
Misses Mary Belle, Hessie Bee, and
Contitie' Ca-ffey. guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Caffey, the past week, in
company with.Mrs. George Mann and
Mrs. M. H. Hickman, left Thursday
Ed .Basconi and Mr. LedweTl at-
tended a hall game in Waco Sunday.'
ness.”
NAME
ParehUs Name
me your lairge free book, “Achieving Success in Busi-
partnient. Miss Grace Rains, of-Long- ■ GENTLEMEN:
view, third and fourth .'grades.;. Miss ■ ; Please send
Banner Sledge, of Royce City, fifth
and sixth grades.; Mrs. S. B. Thomas,
seventh and eighth grades; S, B.-
TtTdnias, ninth ahd tenth grades.
- The P.-T. A. will give a community ■—
smnal Saturday -night, Sept. 24 "f
3:
Address .1.
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Carl McKinney, of bit. Calm
Ec C: Cole, Mrs! Bv F. Cone and
Mrs. Jenkins.motored-to’Austin Sun-
day' to'place Lee Roy Jenkins in the
Institute for the Blind. _ - .
Miss Ester Robinson left Sunday
for Stephenville, where she will enter
John Tarleton College. ____ ,_
Miss Theta Williams and Gftb-Les-
ter Terry are' enrolled in Toe High
School at Cameron for their sdpho-
niore year, while Miss Annie Robin-
son will be a senior there this'year.
Eugene Ledwel]*is a sophomore in the
Rockdale high school.
Misses Sue. and Imogene Sanders
and Mrs! Frank Sanders visited" rela-
lIvhs in
Stop-Look-Think
the parents will co-operate with the
teachers and mak^ this a very suc-
cessful school term. - - —r
Walter Felton, of Corpus, is a busi-
ness visitor here.
Mr. and -Mrs. A. B. Cairns, of. Aus-
tin, spent the week end* with. relati.Ves
here.
Clyde Lawson and family, of Buck
.....Miss.. W-arna.Jnxjy.left,. -Sunday, f er 15..
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Financially speaking, When did you begin?
Where are you now,? Where do you intend to
go^'WillTOTrKet'fchere—and HOW ?
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WHOLEWHEAT EVERYTHING
werythingwhOlewheat j
Natural,- Real Whole Wheat from
JtL.
Most successful men employ the services of
good banks and enlist the co-operation of
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- safer for' I’m mature 'students to be at
-Jwftig, with tlifcbx-giarvxils.. At thg .age.
--.ati—which - the high sehooix gradtratc"
' boyrarid gilds th.e home influence is
- ‘ygry^ mitreh--m»ed«vlr-- In • 4Jh)—xuiallui'.
_ sch<H?l^i wberje the -faeuUi&jg-are -ea-
•j pable, the instruction is more person-
al than It can Tie in the'larger schools’
and therefore better adapted to the
youthful mind. For these-- reasons
junior colleges are becoming popular.■_
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Not ire iiverybody-—A cream and chi-
ii supper "at Tanglewood Saturday
night, the first of October. i
J. W. Th&rntQD^wif£>,and..hltk-&on,
gSp-.' ■' ■
Southwestern Uhiverslty has ,px-
ranged to' give a group of orphans a
chance for a college education by
starting a small, farm near the Uni-
versity on which the boys may earn'
their way by. the sale of’ mflk, egg*,
chickens and other small-farm prod-
ucts lo 'the University, the hoys car-
ing for the farm and doing the work
under the supervision of a competent
.. superintendent. This excellent jdea
is likely to grow. Why can’t any col-
^|pgf> fhnU U ronlly anxious to belli
spatii.Sunday with Mrs. Carver.
' Mr. and* Mrs: T. ,T. Shew and child-
reA-spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Clfeve 6oss. •
Pairline and Adolph Jackson visited
^ with Willie Mae and Annie Clamet, of
ton; J ■
,Miss Edna Morgan left last night
for Brady ..to pick gotfon, ~
The Old Reliable Temple Hat to.
One of the b6st equipped shops in
Central (Texas, solicits your business,
insuring prompt delivery- arid sati^ Cameron -Saturday afternoon.
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factory service.^
Reporter ads get the grapes.
HAMILT9N CHAPEL
Hamilton Chapel, S’ept. 20.—We are
having some winter time weather,
whiel? will put cotton picking on-the
standstill. , . y ' rr~.
Mr. hnd' Mrl;‘ E. C.' Perskey alld
children spent Sunday with Mrs, .Tack-'
son. ' . .
' Shew ■ spent
jiy-j^-x-iiigfcm witb-tbrir ~l'ter,
Mrs. .Fred, Norman. ’ • • ■
- Mr; and Mrs. A fledge - visited' in
te2:!a,,A,™;r'SiiSl3S
y.sjting relatives m Tanglewood .-and l „ j .. . ;, u VT„
Cole Springs-.-. Th^y wift' retuvn' t-o
t heir ho-me today. "
Sidnie Curlee, of San Antonio, is
huing for.a while. " ,k„.
J. J. Alexander, J. O. J-ohnson. and
Lorene Shew spent Sunday after-
noon with Maudie Du Boise.
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Nunley gre vis-
iting with Mr. Nunley’s parents, near
Ballinger. 1
Irene and John Dreher motored to
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927, newspaper, September 22, 1927; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741794/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.