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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 1922
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NO. 18
frt legion invites one
a ml TO COME TO ROCKDALE
POR JOLT FOURTH CELEBRATION
rican Legion Posts of Mi-
%Z•!»> «»cwa" chr;
«fty " extend a very cordial
°f Cornet ^ w attend the
u founty Fourth of July
MiI‘m 2the auspices of The
??££ rfth the coopera-
** W1 Everyone is asked to
f will be out there, at
^fF.ir P»* Thcre. 15 P‘enH y
% *«*• b™utifu s’
’„D-Wy. The P“3S"'ord Wl11 be
it'm for the day will be: Nine
J Flag Raising* 10 clock,
mobile Strut with Rockdale and
Wale massed bands. Prizes will
Wen, one for the best decorated
f-town car, one for the best
car, and one for the “nuttiest.”
|fsr as practicable the dressed-up
' an(j the other kind will take their
ej alternately. Ten-thirty, goat
ing and greased pig at Pair Park.
Cn o’clock, bicycle race, free for
first and second prizes. Eleven-
:y, Address of Welcome. Twelve-
\y, the event of the day—Dinner.
-thirty, patriotic address, by the
leer of the clay. All during the
before and after the time allotted
e above any candidates will have
opportunity to present their ideas.
o'clock, baseball, Rockdale
ion vs. Cameron Legion.
Ler prizes will be: One for the
with largest family. Stetson Hat
e oldest soldier, from the Amer-
Legion. One for the oldest mar-
couple. One for the largest fill-
sket and one for the one with
variety. .Many other prizes,
h for hand bills.
erybody come and remember the
ord “Hello AI.”
ned) AMERICAN LEGION.
high PM* „ neffs «0N. T. S. HENDERSON OUTLINES
inview speech . pLAN fQR CONTROL OF WATERS OF
BRAZOS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
HON. CULLEN F. THOMAS
TO SPEAK IN ROCKDALE
TOMORROW, AT 2:30
'. S. G. BAGGETT TO
MAKE PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
|»t Commander C. E. Wisecup is in
ipt of a telegram from San An-
announcing that Hon. S. G. Bag-
District Committeeman of the
rican Legion, a well-known at-
ey and a splendid speaker, has
jPted the invitation of the Local
to make the patriotic address in
city on July 4th.
°ng the state candidates who
accepted invitations to be pres-
0n that occasion are Hon. George
en-eli, Commissioner of Agricul-
i Hon. F. S. Rogers, candidate for
™>r and Hon. J. Q. Smith, can-
for State Superintendent.
BRILLIANT TEXAS LAWYER AND
CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SEN-
ATE WILL BE HEARD
Hon. Cullen F. Thomas will speak
in Rockdale at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon, in behalf of his
candidacy for the office of United
States Senator. At 8:30 p.m. Mr.
Thomas will speak in Cameron, and
a reception committee from that city
will come to Rockdale Friday after-
noon to hear his local speech and to
accompany him by auto to the county
Mr. Thoma.s is one of the leading
candidates for this important office as
well as one of the outstanding ii* ires
in Texas politico today. His reco is
clean, and he has ever been an cut-
spoken supporter of those things
which tend to the betterment of the
mora’s of the nation. He is progres-
sive and aggressive, and is endowed
with a mind of unusual brilliance,
while his grasp of the need”, of the
country is not exceeded anywhere. His
friends maintain that in Cullen F.
Thomas the people of Texas have an
opportunity of sending a representa-
tive to the National Senate who is
the peer of any man in that august
body, and who will be able to a°sist
materially in the solving of problems
of state and nation.
It will be well worth the time spent
by every citizen to hear him in Rock-
dale tomorrow, afternoon, Friday,
June 30th, at 2:30 o’clock.
YEUELL’S LECTURES
BLIGHTING LARGE CROWDS
® sfr'es illustrated lectures be-
delivered in Rockdale the past
by Dr. Herbert S. Yeuell, have
'kd large crowds, who have been
ined in an unusual manner. The
ker 1S a Cavelier and lecturer o?
xkst note, and his lectures are
*Uered in open air on the
*** the Postoffice, and a
T!°?nn*i8 taken each ni*ht-
often that towns like Rock-
0 privileged t0 hear such lec-
i®°. nomina, a pri(ve, and
1 , a,‘ t(| attend are heavy
by their negligence.
is the
anri °f Mnr- anfl Mrs. C. F.
Drand Mrs R. b. Baxter. From
S.icea
T GROVE to hold
home coming” july 14
tGmveb-nV Hi0me Coming” at
old neiehlf ay’ July 14’ *>d
relative ll^ friends who
' cemet Unefl in the old Hat
* Z y 3re COrdially invited
«*^tZhelp us fixup
bring- vot r°f the *ra™s. Every-
There wii]UJch and sPend the
, wmkbart0T
H ctnrf.-j,, Wl11 be served,
kcorned ar° cordia»y in-
*** cosrd the day with
KYLE.
^office. b0nS f0F Sale at the
BARTLETT FARMER SHOT
AND KILLED BY SON-IN-LAW
Bartlett, Tex., June 24.—Clarence
Miller, 51 years old, farmer, was shot
to death nine miles east of here a
few hundred yards north of the Wil-
liamson county line, this afternoon
shortly after 3 o’clock.
O. K. (Todd) Pace, 28 years old,
farmer and son-in-law of the slain
man, was placed under arrest on a
charge of murder filed in the court of
Justice of the Peace Dan Crow in con-
nection with the shooting. His bond
was set at $5,000 to bind him over to
await action of the October term of
the grand jury, but bail had not been j aad want to put my claims before the
(Galveston News)
lhere is no office of honor unless that office be honorably filled.
I have advocated homespun economy.
We can save the taxpayer money by closing the doors of the in-
stitutions for lunatics, feeble-minded, orphans, deaf, dumb, blind and
turning all other unfortunates out to “root hog or die.” But who is
there among us wrho would be willing to do that?
I recognize the common school as the foundation of good govern-
ment; that the perpetuity of our institution depends upon the educa-
tion of the masses. I shall regard it as th« crowning service of my
public life if I can inspire and aid legislation that will insure to the
youth of Texas educational opportunities and facilities equal to those
obtainable anywhere in the world.
During the past year the entire penitentiary system has been
greatly improved. Many leaks have been stopped, inhuman punish-
ment has been abolished, a system of education established ano the
entire system permeated with the idea of obedience to law and service
to humanity.
Texas streams carry annually into the Gulf of Mexico enough
water to completely irrigate 12,000,000 acres of land. Not one bucket
of flood water should ever reach the gulf.
I am for checking Texas from one end to the other with endur-
ing highways.
Differences between labor and capital should be settled in peace
around the council table. ‘Above the employer and employe stand at
all times, to be respected and obeyed, the law of the land.
Our farm products must not rot in the field and our fat beef cat-
tle must have an open drive to the markets of the world.
The state should establish parks, both large and small, throughout
her broad borders.
If the state is to be respected, her laws must be obeyed. From the
hour of my inauguration, I have stood for law and order in Texas.
When county officers protest against the state sending rangers
and officials to a county Lo enforce the laws, the protest is always made
for the benefit of the criminals and not the law abiding people.
The loose ideas in regard to the prohibition law and its lax en-
forcement are responsible more than any other thing for the crime
wave that is sweeping the land.
Before many pardons are granted, we must create in this state
a respect for and an obedience to the law of the land.
EMPIRE FUEL PRODUCTS
CORPORATION TO BEGIN
WORK ROCKDALE PUNT
CONTRACTS LET FOR MATERIAL
AND GROUND TO BE BROKEN
ON FIRST UNIT IN JULY
E. A. Camp, local attorney for the
Empire Fuel Products Corporation,
also general attorney for the Texas
Lignite Association returned last week
from Austin, where he and associates
argued before the railroad commis-
sion the reduction of freight rates on
lignite, asking for a 30 per cent reduc-
tion and obtaining the assurance that
same would be granted. Mr. Camp
Much interest has developed in Mi*
Earn county in the recently organized
Brazos River Reclamation Associa-
tion, which has for ita object the con-
trol of Brazos flood waters, and a
meeting of all Milam county interests
is to be held in Cameron on Friday,
July 7th, at which time action will be
taken,
No better outline of the plans in
prospect has been given than the fol-
lowing statements by Hon. T. 8.
Henderson, of Cameron, which appear-
ed in Sunday's Dallas News in the
shape of an interview with a News
staff correspondent:
Mr. Henderson said:
“Milam county has not only the
main Brazos to overflow along the
eastern county line, but it has that
treacherous tributary, the Little
River, winding through the heart of
the county, and its feeder, the San
R. S. (BOB) WILEY FOR
OFFICE TAX COLLECTOR
Old Milam County Citizen Makes An-
nouncement and States Some-
thing of His Qualifications
To the Voters of Milam County:
I hereby announce as a candidate
for the office of j’ax Collector of Mi-
lam County, subject to the action of
the voters in the Democratic primary.
I make this announcement, having
entered the race on my own initiative
and if elected, will not be bound by
any clique or faction, but will be the
servant of all the people.
Believing that my knowledge of the
tax rolls of the county gives me an
insight to the duties of tax collector,
I feel that I am well qualified to per-
form the duties of the office. I look
upon this as a business proposition
made tonight.
Five buck shot from the single dis-
charge of a pump action shot gun
lodged in Mr. Miller’s back just be-
neath his shoulders, officers said. He
died almost instantly.
The trouble is said to have arisen
over family troubles. District Attor-
ney Lewis Jones and Deputy Sheriff
Clarence Johnson came here this
afternoon from Belton to investigate
people along this line.
The present incumbent has held the
office for eight years and I believe
that many of the voters are in favor of
a change. 1 hope that they will give
me their votes.
I was born and reared in Milam
county, my father, Dr. R. S. W iley,
having been one of the pioneers of this
county and of Cameron, and I have
endeavored to so conduct myself at'all |
ROCKDALE BOYS BAND IN
JULY FOURTH CONCERT
Director Wisecup Announces Second
of the Season’s Open Air En-
tertainments for Tuesday
authorizes the statement that the Em- ( Gabriel, which enters the Little River
just above Cameron, while just over
Director C. E. Wisecup announces
the second appearance of the sea-
son of the Rockdale Boys’ Band for
next Tuesday evening, July 4th, at
8:00 o’clock. A band stand will be
erected on Fountain Square for the
concert, as was done on the previous
occasion.
The following program will be ren-
dered:
“AMERICA”
‘March—“New Colonial,” Hall.
Overture—“Inspiration,” Hayes.
Fox Trot—“My Mammy Knows,”
De Costa.
Waltz — “Suanee River Moon,”
Clarke.
Selection—“Best Loved Southern
Melodies.”
Novelty One-Step—“Slim Troin-*
bone,” Fillmore.
“STAR SPANGLED BANNER”
NEW PASTOR INSTALLED
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
the shooting, and filed the complaint times, as to not reflect discredit upon
against Pace.
A. L. LENSING DIED AT HIS
HOME IN AUSTIN FRIDAY
for morality and uprightness upon all
occasions.,
Am making the race with the hope
of being able to render some service
A. L. Lensing died at his home in t0 my constituents and to this end,
Austin last Friday after an illness of the vote and support of all the
several weeks in which it was known citizens of Milam County,
that he had lost, the fight with the As the time is short, I may not
Grim Reaper. He was 60 years of have opportunity to personally solicit
age and had spent most of his life in j the support of all the voters, so I
Austin. hope that you will consider this an-
About ten years ago Mr. Lensing n0uncement as a personal solicitation
bought the big 1300-acre plantation and give my candidacy the same con-
in the forks of Little and Gabriel sjderation as if I had seen and asked
Rivers which still bears his name and ; you face to face.
moved
A special called meeting of the
Austin Presbytery was held in Rock
hl« »ood name. To that end, have stood j dak' Friday *». purp°:!! *
~_____, „nw;<^fnncc ,mnn all examining, receiving «»ki ^u«i»•*»**
the Rev. D. C. Wallace, recently
pire Fuel Products Corporation will
start actual operations on their Rock-
dale properties near this city about
the latter pan of July, huving already
let their contracts for part of the
material needed for construction pur-
poses.
The Empire Fuel Products Corpora-
tion, with headquarter* at Dullas, is
incorporated under the laws of Dela-
ware, and has now secured permit to
do business in the State of Texus. The
company has a capital stock of $5,000,-
000, and has taken over the Sparks in-
terests in the Rockdale field, consist-
ing of 1000 acres of lignite lands with
five operating shafts. They have also
taken over the Santa Fe Lignite Com-
pany 1000 acres situated on the Santa
Fe line near Milano. Besides these
properties, the company owns 3000
acres of undeveloped lands in Lime-
stone county, which it is proposed to
develop at a later date.
The company proposes to install its
first unit of a briquette plant, togeth-
er with by-products made from the
litnite, on their lands near Rockdale,
and will spend $1,000,000 on this first
unit, this being the first plant of the
kind anywhere in the Southwest,
although they have a briquette plant
in the State of Washington, and one in
South Dakota, but these do not manu-
facture the by-products, as will the
Rockdale plant.
The general manager of the Cor-
poration is Adani H. Davidson of Dal-
las, who is likewise president of the
Dallas Mortgage Company.
E. B. Nieswanger, formerly effic-
iency expert of the Texas Power and
Light Company, will be general super-
intendent and vice president while M.
R. Summers, of this city, formerly of
Roswell, N. M.f is the local manager.
.Many Valuable By-Product*
It is not generally known that the
Milam county lignite, of unsurpassed
quality and quantity, is, besides being
a cheap fuel capable of being manu-
j factured into briquettes, which also
possess varied heat units; likewise the
by-product*, which may be taken
frorp the lignite are* of sufficient com-
m TV* i U 1 yaltjo try txr r» nf ♦ Vszji r m onn.
facture in large quantities by the
company. Some of these by-products
are: Commercial dyes, of which this
country learned the value during the
late war when it was made to realize
that Germany possessed exclusively
the secret of manufacturing commer-
chosen by the Rockdale Presbyterian
church as pastor.
Five members of the Presbytery
were in attendance, as follows: Rev. J.
Wood Parker of Sharp, Rev. Matthew
H. Arnold of Smithville, Rev. Baber
of Austin, and Revs. W. E. Copeland | ^al dyes; ammonia sulphate for use
and E. McClintock of Rockdale. The | in the manufacture of artificial ice,
candidate was given a thorough ex- and sulphuric acid, widely used by
animation at the hands of the com- j sugar-refining companies for refining
mit.tee, the examination was declared | fhe crude product into white sugar,
satisfactory on points and as a whole, j and worth approximately $300 per ton.
and the applicant was received as a Besides these, there is a certain resi-
is owned by his estate. He
thereon and for a number of years
made Milam county one of her best
citizens, making scores of friends in
Rockdale, which was his trading point.
He built a levee surrounding his farm
which cost around $50,000, and operat-
ed his farm on a big scale. He was of
a public spirited, jovial nature, and
was known and liked by all his neigh-
bors.
The funeral was held in Austin Sat-
urday afternoon, being conducted by
Rev. W. A. Hamlett, a former Rock-
dale Baptist minister. Those from this
city attending the funeral were
Messrs. E. A. Camp, Ed Simms, Fred
H. Graves and Walter Baggett.
Respectfully,
BOB WILEY.
TAYLOR FARMER IS PAID
$45,000 FOR COTTON CROP
Taylor, June 23.—What was per-
member of the Presbytery.
Sunday morning at the 11:00 o’clock
service Rev. Wallace was ordained as
pastor of the local church with im-
pressive ceremonies. The sermon was
delivered by Rev. Matthew H. Arnold,
ar.d the charge to the candidate was
given by Rev. Parker. A Composite
TJL to W. B. Schultz for 22.B51 tion was pronounced by Rev.
cents. Dillawn was given a chock for lace.__
$45,020, the largest ever given to a ^ attorney general’s department
farmer for a single lot of cotton . r tH approVcd a $5,000 bond issue of
country. pangerville Independent School Dis-
If you feel down in the mouih, re-
member Jonah and the whale—He
ovn? out all right.
Noah was six hundred years old
before he learned to build the ark.
Don’t lose your grip!
trict, Cameron county. The bonds ma-
ture serially and bear 6 per cent in-
terest.
duum left after extraction of these by-
products, sometimes used for paving
purposes. Commercial gas for domes-
tic use also is obtained from lignite.
The early operation of the Empire
Fuel Products Corporation means
much" to Rockdale and Milam county,
opening up, as it does, a vast industry
employing hundreds of laborers and
skilled mechanics, thus putting into
circulation thousands of dollars from
the pay roll, but most of all, develop-
ing a potential field of manufactured
/.nods destined to prove a great bene-
fit to humanity in cheaper fuel, high-
er wages, and the utilization of a vast
territory of hitherto waste lands.
No man ever got nervous prostra-
tion pushing his businessjy ou get it
only when the business pushes you.—
Elbert Hubbard.
the county line, to tho northwest, in
Bell County, three forks come togeth-
er to form the Little River—-the Leon
River, the Lumpasas and Salado
Creek. Further up, Cowhouse Creek
runs in.
“These streams run through a hill
country that periodically is visited by
torrential rains, sometimes amounting
to cloudbursts. When those streams
go on a rampage umi meet the muin
stream of the Brazos, usually swollen
by the same widespread rains, they
go out of their banks, and Milam
county has another disastrous flood
to add to ita score against the Brazos
system.
Deforestation Swells Flood
“The watershed of these stream*
was once covered with a fin*- growth
of hardwood*—white oak, ash and
the like. They were practically de-
nuded of timber by short-lighted
settlers. As a result a heavy rain
runs into the watercourses like water
into the gutters of a paved street.
There is no forest to soak up the rain
and hold it, letting it seep gradually
and harmlessly into the atrearn*.
“We are paying now for the near-
sightedness of our predecessors in thia
country. They did not understand or
realize the effect deforestation would
have in causing floods in the future,
and for that reason we can not be
bitter toward them. Hardwood tim-
ber was sold at low prices, was chop-
ped down and used for all purposea,
and much of it was wasted or just
burned to get it off the land »o that
crops could be planted.
“Onr phase of our flood prevention
plan in the future will be the replant-
ing of some of that land to timber.
I would not advocate putting good
farm land back into timber, but there
is much that is not fit for farming.
The ravines, the rocky hillside* and
creeks should be reforested. That will
help greatly to check floods.
“It is too early to talk about defi-
nite plans for reforestation, but a
comprehensive plan for the future
must, I think, work in harmony with
the efforts of the State Forestry As-
sociation to replant trees.
“It is, of course, the main idea of
this movement to check floods by
impounding wuters near the heads of
streams, to form lakes for irrigation
in the West Texas country where it is
needed and for ‘safety valves’ that
will let the water come down grad-
ually from streams where the water is
not needed for irrigation.
Easy to Fcrm Lakes
“Fortunately these tributaries of
the Little River, which from the
peculiar problem of Milam, Bell, Wil-
liamson, lumpasas, Coryell, and part*
of Eastland, Comanche, Erath, Hamil-
ton and Callahan Counties, all run
through gorges or ravines that could
easily be darned up to form lakes. I
believe most of the upper tributaries
of the Brazos can be similarly im-
pounded at no vast expense, consider-
ing the benefit in irrigation develop-
ment up there and flood prevention
lower down.
“Mine is, of course, only a lay-
man’s opinion, but it is the one gen-
erally held by laymen who are or-
ganizing this movement. We are call-
ing in experts and engineers to tell us
whether our ideas are correct and
practicable, and if not, why not, and
what plan* should and can be used.
“The purpose of the meeting at
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