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KEPORTERMAN
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ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20*> 1928
Rockdale R^Jbrtcr Established 1883
NO. 31
With a mineral water
^ inexhaustible quantities
.reater mineral strength and
^posters than any other
In the United Statgs, this
is destined some day to be
eof the most popular health
in the country. Started on a
wall scale less than two years
Marvel Baths is a great and
Institution, drawing patron-
% from tar and near. Re-
GRAND JURY RETURNS
TWENTY-THREE BILLS
Indictments Include Bills for Theft,
Burglai^iVT^orgery, Assault, Mur-
der and Liquor Cases
one
The Grand Jury for the present
term of court, duly organized, em-
is^ure that the prompt- paimelled and sworn to make inves-
day reap their reward, tigation and inquiry as to
1
o AFTER these traffic law
w- „B- for:
geporterman on 'the street
-y morning. -1 "One of them
-J, my car the other day, and
•y is going to get hurt or
right here on our streets,
jay" Which'is only repeat-
ffhat Repo/terman' ;vsaid last
Rockdale traffic laws are vio-
a hundred times a day. Since
ring gear of this column
to write this item he has
y seen two violations of, the
mmitted in front of his of-
and just" before he sat down
^te this a ear parked wrong
into this scribe’s car, park-
lit, and-scratched up a nice
fender. Shall we wait until
1 -j- gp^ijcilled before, jve start
1 g the traffic' laws?
as to all of
fenses against the penal laws of
said State, committed within said
county, beg to report that we have
been in session for 6 days, have
examined 130 witnesses, and preserit
herewith into open court . 23 true
bills of indictments. /. - '
We desire to thank the Court and
the various officers and bailiffs
who have assisted us in our" delibera-
tions, and now having completed
our labors* we ask to be finally dis-
charged.
M. E. ASHLEY; .Foreman.
J. M. CRUMP, Secretary. '
The following bills were returned:_
W. N. Baggett, murder.
Matthew Nichols, murder.
Geo. Jackson, assault with in
tent to murder.
Herbert Thweatt, cattle theft.
___Albert Brooker. burglary of vn.il.
road car.
* WORLEY,' breeder ancf
-er of the now-famous Wor-
iykin registered certified cot-
" ,ing seed, was in town Sat-
afid told Reporterman that up
t morning his gin had turn-
t 1080 bales of cotton, all of
ne variety, as he gins no oth-
n than that grown from the
-Boykin .seed. Mr; Woyley^ ipassing:
1 Joe Morales, possession and man-
ufacture ^of intoxicating liquor.
John Shields, possession and man-
ufacture of-intoxicating liquor.
Clara Ashby, manufacturing and
possession of .intoxicating liquor.
Joe Mirier', forgery and passing.
Alejf Watkins, three cases burg-
lary.
Alex Griffin! 4 cases, forgery and
to gin about 500 bales-n^be,
will be about the same yield
of this cotton as last year.
Jb the extremely dry weather
tg the growing season. the yield
k SsJieavy as last year, al-
Ki the acreage was considerably
Bed. Worley is now making
Kliminary arrangements look-
lo the marketing, of his plant-
ed for next year’s crop. The
ey-Boykin seed Is rapidly
|n?,;n favor wherever used,
t can be "had from. no other
Pfeafl Tonis, felony theft.
Pearl Toms, burglary.
, Frank Junick, petty t
demeanor and ^ransferred
$10,000 in Prizes
To be Awarded to
Growers of Cotton
It will be possible for some boy
or girlvin Texafe or Oklahoma to win
the $500 prize for the best stalk of
cotton shown at the'State Fair of
Texas October 6 to 2*1, and then
win* the $1,000 grand prize for the
best stalk of cotton raised in the
South. Here is an opporunity for
the 4-H club boys and girls.
The contest is open to everybody,
however, regardless of age, sex or
color, and $10,000 Will be paid in
prizes altogether. Entries will close
September 25, it is announced, and
the stalk will be received for exhibit
up to October 1. The contest is
known as ‘‘The National Cotton
Show,” and is sponsored by -Sears-
Roebuck Agricultural Foundation.''
Premium lists and full information
may be obtained from Roy Rupard,
State Fair of Texas, Dallas.
The stalks submitted in the State
Fair of Texas contest, which as stat-
ed will take in all of Texas and Ok-
lahoma, will be exhibited in a spec-
ial pavilion adjoining the agricul-
tural building, just to the left of the
main gates as .. one enters the
grounds. .........
The 4-H--Glubv exhibits wHl -be-
•shown . in the agricultural building
proper as well as in the live stock
pavilions, as last year. A special
premium, list for 4-H club work has
been printed and will be sent to any
one interested, Secretary Rupard'
states. - •
Schiller Gets Agency
~ For Pontiac-Dakland
ADVERTISEMENT OF
LONE STAR GAS CO.
NATIONAL WINNER
CHOSEN FROM 3600 ADVERTISE-
MENTS SUBMITTED BY 158 —
, UTILITY COMPANIES
X
R. A. CRAWFORD
theft, a mis-
tn the
DROUTH cut ply .sweet pn-
to crop very short,” said John
of Minerva. Monday, “and
eld is only 40 or 50 bushels to
-re. but I have already sold
Srth at $2.50 per bushel, which,
ter than a heavy crop at a
price.” Mr. Gore has been
. Ws potatoes' up to the black
towns, and says they pay bet-
ces than do sandy land mer-
Countj^Court of MilanL-'County.
>• All criminal cases will be set for
trial this week during September
and October.
The grand jury was composed of
the following citizens: J. D. Dob-
bins, Cameron; J.1 M._. Mitcham,
Buckholts; F.ifp. Folschinsky, Ben
Arnold; R. A. 'Griswold, Yarrellton;
E. P. Servant,'Thorndale; Berenice
Charles, Tracy; H. H. Hine, Davilla;
T. E. Neeley, Rockdale; J. M. Crump,
Rockdale; M. E. Ashley, Milano; W.
'A.- Jones. Minerva,
P. H.- MeCawley of Rockdale. Pr-
F. Fuchs of Buckholts, and P. S.
Graves of Cameron were ’the jury
commissioners.
1 Tax suit No. -1000 was. filed in
District Court the past week by J.
M. Ralston and A. P. Lewis, coun-
ty attorney. There will be an Addi-
tional large Wmber of tax suits fil-
ed in the nearj future.
Attention is directed to the new
automobile ad of the Oakland cars
in-t-hi-s-issue^- Schiller Motor Com-
pAny, of Cameron, with Rockdale
branch, is now 'the selling agency
in Milam county for Oakland, also
for the^Eontiac cars.
' This "gives the.- Schiller Motor
Company three of the General Mo-
tors lines of fine cars—Btflck, OaTc-
lancl and Pontiac, enabling them to
present a wide j}rice range of a
quality product-.-
SPECIAL DAYS NAMED
FOR TEXAS STATE FAIR
Special Attractions on Various Dates
for Various Classes of Visitors^
Insures Attendance
the.
VE BEEN in the IScal oil field
1 seven years on the 21st of
lonth,” said W. .A. Jones of
a to Reporterman on' the
one day last week, “and for
“t time during that seven
there is not a single oil rig at
^ the field, while I have seen
y as twenty-six rigs in opqr-
Mr. Jones further stated
he was contemplating doing
more drilling himself 4n the
future. He has been one of
successful operators in the
Contractors Are
Making Progress
On Thorndale Road
Thomas & Ratliff, road and bridge
contractors, are making good prog-
ress with their gas -power shovel
digging a thirty-foot foundation for
the bridge piers at the east approach
to Brushy-creek, being down twenty
or twenty-five feet. The contrac-
tors have also dug trenches along
the right of way at iritervals where
The outstanding success-^ the
1928 State Fair of Texas has result-
ed in a revival of interest in “spec-
ial’ days” throughout the State.
many widely separated localities ar-
rangements are being made for
special counts, community and city
days when excursion trains will
bring groups of thousands of
people from one particular place
or section to the State Fair of.
Texas at reduced rates on certain
days. On other days members of
a particular society, club, associa-*
tion or organization will gather
from all parts of Texas to partici-
pate in reunions, conventions and
festivals. The idea is gathering im-
petus as time goes on and it appears
- Dallas, Sept. 17.—An advertise-
ment of the Lone Star Gas Com-
pand entitled “Natural Gas Is A
Community Builder” one of a series
of Lone Stay Gas advertisement that
appear regularly in this newspaper,
received third prize award in the
National Better Copy"~Contest'Con-
ducted by Public Utilities Advertis-
ing Association. _A_
In notifying Mr. R. A. Crawford,
vice president and general manager
of the Lone Star Gas Co. of this
award,' the 'president of ~the -Public'
Utilities Advertising Association
wrote Mr. Crawford in part as fol-
lows :
“I take this opportunity to con-
gratulate you upon the uniformly
excellent standard of advertising re-
teased-by your company, The win-
ners in this contest embracing re-
spectively and separately the elec-
tric, gas and transportation fields
were selected from some 3600 adver-
tisements 1 submitted by 158 public
utility companies.” .
In the large handsome book of
500 representative public utility ad-
vertisements published by the‘Asso-
ciation, five other LOne SJar Gas
advertisements are reproduced in
preferred position in addition to the
prize winning advertisement.
This national recognition of Lone
Star Gas advertising carries with it
recognition of the advantages pos-
sessed by this community and many
other Southwestern communities
served by natural r gas through the
Lone Star Gas Co., and is most ex-
cellent'publicity for -this section of
the country as well as for the gas
company. I-
Lone'Star Gas advertising includ-
ing the prize winning advertisement,
is prepared by Tracy-Locke-Dawson,
MRS. EDNA W. TRIGG, FORMERLY
OF IVtflLAM COUNTY, IS PIONEER
IN HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
The following story from the Den-
ton Record-Chronicle tells of the
success and continued interest of a
former Milam county, woman, who
was the first in Texas td foster Home
Demonstration work." The-story will
be of interest to- our readers, many
of whom will remember with pleas-
ure the work of Mrs. Trigg with
the girls and women of the Milano
section some fifteen years ago. It
was the pleasure of The Reporter at
that time to co-operate with Mrs.
Trjgg, and the editor is glad lo
know that she is still continuing
her good work. Thte story:
Mrs. Edna W. Trigg, for 16 years
home demonstration agent of this
county, has been accorded a dis-
tinct honer in this State Jn that she
has received a pin of the Epsilon
Sigma Phi fraternity, honor fra-
ternity of home demonstration work-
ers. bearing the wofds. “House of
Pioneers;” Only one otjier person in
the State will ever have the dis-
tinction of wearing the House of
Pioneers on the fraternity pin, as a
reouiremait- is that the owner must
have been in demonstration work
not later than 1914.
Mrs. .Trigg is alsd one of the
charter members of the Epsilon Sig-
ma Phi, a requirement of which is
that the member must have been
in home demonstration work for at
legist ten years before he may wear
the fraternity pin.
First -to Begin Work
Mrs. Trigg is the only woman in
Texas who is still in demonstration
work who started the first year that
it was initiated. Early in 1912 she
received an appointment as county
“collaborator” for Milam County,
where she taught-school and organ-
ized girls’ “Tomato Clubs’’ through
the teachers of the county. She
soon had over 100 girls enrolled and
since she-, had no precedent and" was
allowed to do this work according to
her uWu ideas, She gave instructions
along the lines of the cultivation
and canning of tomatoes. This was
tftA'beginning of “truck” growing in
Milam County. 1
In August, 1912, the first exhib-
its of the girls’ Tomato Club in the Tion clubs!:
State was held at Milano, and was
attended by -over 2,000 persons. This
exhibit was largely sponsored by
Mrs. Trigg.
When the commissioners’ court of
Milam County refused to make any
provision for community work, Mrs.
Trigg organfzed the Farm Women
Councils ‘and was finally employed
by the Chamber 4f Commerce at
Childress to conduct a canning dem-
onstratioin in that city for-Jiriy and
August. She vsupervised the work
under the, auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce and many thousands
of cans were “put Up” for the people
of Childress County. Many came 40
miles in wagons with produce to can,
according to Mrs. Trigg.
FOod Consefvation Program
On February 23, 1915, she came to
Denton as'the home demonstration
agent for this county, The wax's
coming forced the people to be more
concerned about food, and early
in 1917 the agent a.yked for a Joint
meeting of the cbmMssioners’ court
and- the officials of the. Demon
Chamber of Commerce. She told
therrt of her plans to put 16 steam
pressure' canners in the county and
asked them to advance the money.
When the canners arrived she invit-
ed the people of -the community to
meet where 'she could demonstrate
the canners. They came in large
numbers and in a short time all the
ROSEBUD STATE BANK
IS GIVEN NEW CHARTER
To Be Called “State Bank of Rose-
bud”—Employe Skips and Funds
Found Short $40,000
=r.TO-„„
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The Rosebud News last week re-
ported the sudden disappearance
from that city of Q. E. Wylie, assis-
tant cashier of the Rosebud State
Bank; and stated that bank examln-.
ers were in charge pf the institution
investigating an alleged shortage,
stating further that no depositors’*--
-would lose by reason of the shrfriage'.
Monday mornitig’s Austin Ameri-
can gives the following particulars
of the bank’s trouble:
Closing and dissolution of the
Rosebud State Bank at Rosebud, af-
ter a §,40.00b shortage had been
found in its funds^, nnd the organiza- '
tion of a new bank, the State Bank
of Ro.sebdd, as its successor, to op-
en, Monday morning, all between
regular, banking hours, was an-
nounced Saturday night by Banking
Commissioner James Shaw. A mi-
nor employe of the old bank has
been missing since the shortage
was discovered, Mr. Shaw said.___
Mr. Shaw went to Rosebud and,,
Marlin to take charge of the affairs
of the closed bank Saturday after-
nodn. Earlier in the day, „the offic-
ials of the old institution applied to
him and other members of the
banking hoard for a charter for the
new bank, with $50,000 capital stock.
The charter was granted. The new
, , bank took over the assets of th,e old,
canners. were sold, the money was ,an-d will opcn in thl, ct,mrte[.a o£/the
returned to the Chamber of Com-
merce and canning, Wider pressure
became very popular in Dopton
County. This has grown Until there
are Jew farmers in the county who
do not have modern canning equip-
ment aFThis time; Si’nce comirig to
the county, the home demonstration
agent has had approximately 3,000
girls in her clubs.
In 1928 she inaugurated the first-
contest in ..home products lunch-
eons, featuring a balanced meal, as
well.as' a variety of home grown
products; living room improvement
and kitchen and yard equipment
have been stressed in the work and
practically every community in the
county is organized into demonstra-
CAMERON BOY FINISHES
COURSE AT WEST POINT
W. T. Hefley Jr., Graduates With
- Honor rat'd. Accepts New Or-
leans Engineer Commission f
—^o-
(Cameron Enterprise)
, West PoinU\seat of the United
States Military Academy, is 48 miles
from New York, located on a plain
surrounded by the bold scenery of
one of the grandest river passes in
the world.
The Academy is a school for the
— t-.-,,.- , .training of cadets for military serv-
under the dirlction^of Mr. CfSvford Tee.-Completing"its courses satisfac-
under the direction of Mr.
of the Lone Star Gas Company.
MAN has been artedl culyerts and other brtdges ^wffl be ^”“e7ery 'day’of the Fair vkil see
; mirnort. nf Hip sorlfts built, and have done considerable fQrm three ^ ten special gatlier-
t the purport, of the, series
<uy ads being used in this
from time to time .and in
the various lines of local bps-
lre mentioned. The answer
le: These ads are donated
ative thoughts by the
Banzhaf Announces
Meeting of Farmers
. 5
torily a cadet is eligible -for commis-
sion as second lieutenant in the reg-
ular army. Each cadet oh gradua-
tion is commissioned in one of the
MISSOURI PACIFIC TO
BOOST FARM DAIRYING
Exhibits at Major Fairs Will Depict
Modern Ways in Dairying and ■
Poultry Raising
-O-- r .
Visitors to the various major fairs
at which the exhibit to be shown
by the Missouri Pacific Lines will be
placed this year” have something In
store for them in the way of an op-
portunity to win a most valuable
present, according to E. H. McRey-
nolds, assistant to the president.
The Missouri Pacific exhibits this
year, instead of following along the
lines of transportation, wijl depict
the most modern and advanced
ways in whlph to make dairying
and poultry raising more profitable!
six combatant branches of the -It will consist of large dairy barn,
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old bank .Monday morning.
S. W. Cheeves of Cameron-is pres-
ident of the xiew bapk, as'he was1 of
the old. E. G. Yeager of Rosebud is
vice president and P. H. Reichert of
irs cashier, both having held
these postts in the former bank.
Rumors of a shortage in the old
Rosebud State Bank, first estimated
at $15,000, were investigated by the
banking department. Th|e shortage
was fou|nd to be $4QJ)Q0. An employe
has beeh absent from the bank since
the investigation started.
___Charges Filed’.
Marlin, Sept. 17.—A complaint
charging embezzlement of $20,000 of
the funds of .the Rosebud State bank
was filctrtoday against G. E. Wiley,
missing official Of the institution.
whom officers said left Rosebud last,
week.
County Attorney Dickens said the
complaint was based on information
supplied by state bank examiners^
At a hearing in Falls county dis-
trict court here Saturday on a peti-
tion declaring the bank insolvent,
J. E. Shaw, bank commissioner, was r
given authority to sell assets of thei
bank. ^ ,
It, appeared today .that there would
be no Interruption in business; the
nevi^bank, which .was granted a
frhkrter with a-capitalization of $40,-
000, assuming obligations of the old
institution. -•
which the display is to be shown
this year. This station, available for
all emergency cases, is in charge of
Miss Bertha LeMon, trained nuree
of the Missouri Pacific hospital staff.
road, grading and bringing up dirt
to level “eh* Yoad with the Rockdale
end. The automatic shpvel with
which the contractors ■ are (doing the
ings or assemblages of one kind or 0o^ntZ _aco*jgc
r for the general good of the
ty at large and our busi-
trons in particular, and ih
tl(ro of the. advertising
given this newspaper by
ness concerns'. This weeks’
devoted to local grocery
&nd contains a thought that
‘ may be helpful. The Re-
C4rries less grbeery advertis-
n any weekly papef in Tex-
we know of. As a matter of
money coming to this paper
~y store advertising /each
Put together would be
<nt to purchase the ’butter
0n Reporterman's morning
*•. The grocers say this is
Use they do not appreciate
her and , the pulling power
-T ads, but because they
groceries on such a
n of’ profit that they
u to spend any money
^Tl\at being the situa-
Reporter k glad to donate
w ad in appreciation of
we are saving every time
grocery bill. Reporter-
, philosopher; an apprecia-
^-Pher, at that. Read the
BUy Rockdale groceries.
excavation, work for, the Brushy
creek bridge foundation is a!n inter-
esting ' piece of machinery and its
■ ’operation oh. the surface as well as
at twenty-five feet under the ground
Is really worth the time 6f anyone
to1 view -in operation.
The grading work i$ being held
"up considerably due to the Texas
’Power & Light Company not having
moved thdtr' poles, ft, number of
which are in the new surveyed right-
of-way.—Thorndale Champion.
FARMER INJURED
: BY RUNAWAY TEAM
A. V, Lewis, of the Hickory Grove
community, w^s badly bruised when
he was thrown from his jwagon
as his team of mules ran away Sat-
urday afternoon. The team became
frightened near the I.-G. N. station
ahd ran west ifaout two blocks on
the street bordering the railroad
tracks. The team stopped after it
had run into a tree and almost
completely wrecked the wagon.
Mr. Lewis was throwrj from the
wagon into' a shallow Uitch, the
wagon passing over him. He was
badly bruised, but it is not thought
he was seriously injured.
w classified ads. tf - Try Reporter classified ads.
anothej.
Up to September . 1, according to
Roy Rupard, State Fair Secretary,
following -apeelal-- day-
ments had been made#
Saturday, Oct'. 6, Opening Day!
Key Day.
Sunday, Oct. 7, All-Church Day,
German Societies’ Day.
Monday, Oct. 8TXiWcultural Ex-
hibitors’ Day, All Texai Dinner Day,
G. AfCTnd W. R. C. Day.
Tuesday,, Oct. 9, Dallas Home-
,ComingvDfty.: s
Thursday, Oct. 11, County Com-
missioners’ Day.
, Friday*; Oct. 12, Children’s Day,
Waco Dfty, Columbus Day., 1
Saturday, Oct. 13, Traveling Men’s
Day, All-College Day, Texas Com-
mercial Executives’ Day, Red Men’s
Day, Texas Legislators’ Day, Texks
and Oklahoma and Louisiana Press
Day. -r
Sunday, Oct. 14, All-Texas Day,
Czech Day, Spanish War Veterans’
Day, Rainbow Division Veterans’
Day, Security Benefit Association
Day.
Monday, Oct. 15, Southwestern
Dairy Association Day.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, Confederate Vet-
erans’ Day. j
Wednesday, Oct. 17, Kentucky
Day. -
Thursday, Oct. 18, Lpuisiana Day.
Prtdftji, Oct. 19, R. 9- T. C. Day;
Sunday, Oct. Closing Day.
was in-Rockdale Tuesday, and ask-
ed The Reporter to announce that
there would be a meeting of the far-
mers of Milam county at the court
house in Cameron .on Friday, Sept
28, with sessions to be held at 10 a.
m. and 2 p.m.
This meeting is called at the re-
quest of H. M. Madison, agricul-
tural agent of the Southern Pacific
Lines, and is for the purpose of dis-
cussing new methods and plans for
the general improvement-of produc-
tion yields of all crops grown in
this territory.
ThiS' is one of a series of meet-
infes,to. be. ./held in a eftmpaign de-
signed’ for the purpose by the South-
ern Pacific in co-operation with
county agents, A. & M. college, the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce,
and local organizations and individ-
uals interested in farm develop-
ment.
Among the subjects to be discuss-
ed will be soil building, growing of
legumeawand adding lumus to the
soil, terracing, crop rotation, ferti-
lizing, livestock, etc. The Southern
Pacific has enlisted a number of
speakers from men of statewide
prominence and known ability, and
ohe or more of these speakers-will
be at Cameron for this occasion.
All farmers are cordially Invited
to be present, and take part in the
discussions.
Reporter ads get the grapes,
■
service. He is allqwed preference In
choosing his branch according to
standing on th
lastic .-rolL The six branches and
the proportion of men assigned to
each,are; Infantry 43.9 per cent,
na.vfl.lry 8 76 per c£nt. Field Artil-
lery 20.17 per cent, Coast Artillery
13.72 per cent, Engineer 9.10 per
cent, Signal Corps 4.35 per cent.
The riumber attehdlng West Point
is limited to 1.334. who are appoint-
ed as follows:, two by each Con-
gressman and Senator, eighty-two
from the United States at large,
these are | appointed by the president
according to their standing in a
competitive examination, one hun-
dred* eighty are selected from the
tegular army, these are enlisted men
who have served at least a year in
the army and have passed the en-
trance examinations.
Cameron Public Schools deceived
a high tribute when W. T. (Billie)
Hefley ranked second in *his class
for hiS last two years work, there
being 267 men to graduate this June.
This is even more complimentary to
Billie ,when the grading system is
understood, the students being rank-
ed by their fellow classmen and this
ranking counting the same as a
study.
Speaking of his four yeari* at
West Point, Billie said to an Enter-
prise reporter; 1 ;
’The first few weeks we "worked
hard getting started. We had to be
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substantially constructed, and ar-
ranged according to the most ad-
buildings
Isaacs Elected to
Seboel
Succeed Cooke
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the
Rockdale Public Schools Tuesday
kind. In connection with this also
will be a model- poultry house, ca-
pable of adequately caring fbr^|j25
JUrds. to »hlch will be ahownjugl-J „,„h, waa elected
lection of thoroughbred fowls and varanrv rPrpntWfliisftd bv
baby chicks.
The model poult)ry house will be
constructed at each point where the
Missouri Pacific exhibit is shown.
During the fair tickets will be disr
tributed among those who visit the
display, and at the close of the ex-
position a drawing will be held to
determine to whom the building,
complete in every respect, and built
at a cost of around $250, will/be
given. Already several of these
houses have been given away. As
a second Prize a pen of thorough-'
bred’ chicks also will be given away.
The dairy exhibits will show a col-
lection of high grade dairy stock in-
cluding Jerseys, Holsteips and oth-
er breeds of tested dairy cows. With
them also will be “Leaping Lena,”
the scrub, or “star boarder” of the
common dairy herd, whose produc-
tion in milk and butterfat always
fails to pay jher feed, much less
the care that she is given. The
“scrub” in this exhibit is used to
bring out the vast difference be-
tween good( and poor dairy cowft,
and the difference between profit
and loss In the dairy industry.
The first aid station, always f a
part of the Missouri Pacific exhibit,
is also being carried to all fairs at.
fill the vacancy recently ca!used" by
the resignation of John E. Cooke.
Mr. Isaacs has had previous ex-
perience on the Board, having serv-
ed several terms Jn the past, and
will add to the strength and effic-
iency of the body. He has always
manifested a deep interest in the
school and a splendid understand-
ing of the problems involved in con-
ducting a successful school.
■m Supt. Miles reported a total enroll-
ment of 427 pupils, with a conse-
quent crowded condition in several
of the rooms. His report showed an
enrollment of 46 in the first grade,
with about twenty "unders” apply-
ing for admission who could not be
accommodated.
The Board took cognizance of the
situation by employing anothjer
teacher and .ordering the admission
of these “uifders.”
The enrollment by grades at this
time is as follows: First gride 46,
second 33, third 36, fourth 40. fifth
21, sixth 48, seventh 30, eighth 38.
ninth 51, tenth 38, eleventh 46.
Supt. Miles expressed satisfaction
with the manner in whjdji school
affairs were progressing, students
and pupils having already settled
down to work in true mid-season
form.j. ,
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1928, newspaper, September 20, 1928; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741854/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.