Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 51, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 31, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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Telling Our
Community About
the World
YOAKUM DAILY UEP-lkD
U1* IV« M 4 tA ..
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In The Rural Sections
Telling the World
About Our
Community
We Advovrtle A More
Diversified Kuinunq l rug t utu
VOLUME XXXV
FOUR FADES TODAY
YOAKUM, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING MAY .It. m\
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:*c a uoi»y— NO. :»i
RUILD YOAKUM
Hy H. D. Meisler
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Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and In* shall give thee the dt-
sires of thine heart. 1‘salm 37:8-1
Si J'l'l \ IS SI UK Trust in
the lord aud do -o'd o shat'
Hunt bo fed
NEAR 25,000 ATTEND FOURTH TOM-TOM
GOV. R. S. STERLING
: „M n M , (ATTENDS CROWNING
¥S. 'whit.OF KING AND OUEEN
CERES. KING TOM TOM
DUCHESSES DUKES
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ditl and we did ourselves
imnul. The thousands of vis-1 many other notables or
[tors here, and they were state honor queen
variously estimated at from
fifteen to twenty thousand,
wove all well pleased with the
day’s entertainment. They
came in from Houston and
San Antonio, from Dorpus
and from Kerrville, from the
Valley and frotn way up the
state and all expressed thou
delight at the novelty of the
occasion. The Governor and
his staff were delighted with
their reception and with the
entertainment and had noth-
ing but praise for the people
of the Yoakum community.
TjOlt SATURDAY, all we
-T can say at this writing,
for we are writing this just
before noon, is that the rain
that started soon after mid-
night Friday night and is
still functioning at this time
^ and without doubt did mate-
rially cut down the turnout
for the day. Nevertheless it
is one of those million dollar
rains that makes the farmer
smile, it assures a good crop
Governor Ross Sterling tout
daughter Miss Texas. and many
other notables of the State, at |
tended ilu> coronation of Queen !
Ceres ami Kin: TomTom IV IV. j
day at tlm High School amtllo ;
Hum Tlio governor consented to
poso wItU the Queen amt her;
court, a tut prior to the closing of
the social event stepped upon the
stage, amt stood near Miss Texas
amt Queen I'eres IV nmt Kin*
Totn-Totu white a cameraman
snapped the beautiful stage set |
Unit, of out of-town duchesses and
dukes.
Lord Utah Chancellor Henry S.
Puulua announced t ho memtters of
the court ns they aimeared. Kluc
Fenner Humphrey* of the Court
of Tom-Tom was first announced
aud was crowned and was attend-
ed by Count Paul Oust wick. Lord
Mich Chancellor next Introduced
her majesty Queen Ceres IV who
also entered by way of a specially
built platform from the entrance.
Butov. «» —« and proceeded to her throne with
Ot corn, for corn ihni "os ; dtunlty anil mac. befitting a real
planted at the proper time, tl She was charming in her
assures a good crop ot cotton eohe* preceded t>\ two di
for the fields Hud were prop- J „uuutt\e rtowvr ulris. The Kin :
erl\ pretired helore the cot* slowly descended from his
ton was planted and it the. ^■ and placed the jeweled
fields have been properlv ,, ou n.-r head and led tier
workt'd since then. So, it the |() b,,|. throne. she was attended
celebration Saturday was not l0 thl, ,|Uom, by tdtttan Pawn
just what we would liked to r>luh,8 aml Jttlm h'dwnrd Trim,
have had it because vf the n„, noxx,.,*« Kiris were Mnr> Ann
vain, we are not finding fault sunUehen. Mary Huth Kelley
for where some lost by it (\urihu Beverly Cntn. Ksthei Han
others gained. dolman, .loan Rowland, June Frels
Hlttstwick, Sadie Lou Palmer and
ANYWAY this year's Torn* Mary Kdlth Taylor.
’Pom surpassed all pre- Following the coronation of
vious ones In quite a consul- ^'lootl Ceres the following ditch
erable and as long as it keeps "**"•'* ««'» ,M0S,'n,'M‘
on being bigger aud better ,u rotui.
each veal' WC tnav be proud t'rinccss, Miss Mary Green; es
of our efforts and should feel Rotten winchester
encouraged to lay hold on the «rai latly-ln-unlilng. Miss La*
matter with new vim when Is'0 Jo i«edbcttor. . scon, Rex k<
the time comes for actual ac-!,’y .......
tivities for the coining year,! lady in watting. Miss Jcs-
' i slice Mobley; escort, Nrvlu Sllndt,
”7" ... . ' Third lady-in-waiting, Ml** Fan
AXF COl'RSK WO profit by jub, |<ou i.lmlenberg: escort. Ulen
experience and now is Bauer,
the time to make note of
SMITO?** NOTABLES DANC5 CROWNING
—BAIL WHILE THOUSANDS DO
LIKEWISE AT STREET DANG.
HunJt'JI danced the Coro
nation 1-jUU which held away at
; the K of C Halt I .'I,lay night, lit
honor of tin' Queen ul King aud
their court. Thousands did like
wise at the street dance which
was also staged Friday night
Over 500 tickets were sold at he
street dunce, while over tf.o paid
a two dollar admission to dance
near tin Queen and King In the
K, of O. Hall which was beau
tlfully decorated fot Hie occasion
Many out ot town n'tables and
distinguished guests it;tended the
Coronation Fall.
The ball room was officially op
cited when the Grand March was
announced by Henry Panins, King
lent Tom IV (Fenner Humphreys,
aud Queen Ceres IV (Miss Ann-'
Frets) led the beautiful march,
with lHikes and IHieheaae* and
other guests following Stream
era and Confelttl and refresh-
ments added much to the delight-
ful evening of dancing.
ALL-AROUND STUDENT
MISS WHITTINGTON
Miss Nina Whlulngton, Tingle
ter of Mr, and Mrs. O, P. Whit-
tington, won second high grade
tumor* In a elan* of Si senior*
of the Yoakum High School. M e#
Whittington was duly hono.ed at
the* graduation exercise* hclu at
the Auditorium last Wednesday
night.
aomt! of the shortcomings of
tl\e celebration of this year.
The principal criticism of the
program tnis year has been
m ii\e matter of deiay. The
public likes to have matters
come off promptly on time.
The delay in getting the pa-
rade started delayed the pro-
gram all the way through.
The coronation was late, the
luncheon was held up and
this made the crowd late at
the ball game. The playlet
getting started late at the
West Side school in the eve-
ning was unfortunate from
the fact that this large audi-
ence had to stand throughout
the entire performance. Nev-
ertheless the playlet was well
received and highly compli-
mented.
MIN SHOOTS SELF AFTER *
CRASHING INTO TRAILER
UKLAHOMA CITY, May 30 (.V)
* -Aftar his new roadster crashed
Into the iralltM' of a parked auto-
mobile near here before dawn to-
day, Ivan Van Pin, of Kan*a* City, (supply the public demand and tin
•tapped behind the wreckage of | prove the exchange value of lit-'
hi* automobile, and shot himself silver peso. The government
Yoakum high school duchess,
Mias Margaret U'lros; escort, Ver-
non Power.
Duchess, Mis* Doris Power: es-
cort. Chester Cawlfteld.
St. Joseph's school duchess, Mis*
Juanita ltaaka; escort, Joe Lind-
Inter.
Princess of Texas, Ml** Nonua
Sterling.
Herald*, Forest Frobese, Doro-
thy House .
Guest artist, Mary Dell Carson.
Mis* Heal rice Tolbert, La
Grange; Ml** Thelma Glps, York
lowu; Ml** Virginia Goeppluger,
Columbus; Ml** Rose Kdlth IHma
line. Kenedy; Ml** Hcssle I.UUek,
Sweet Home; Ml** Ague* Taylor,
Flatonlu; Ml** Katherine Mans-
field, Seguin', Ml** Maxine Mose*.
Ruling; Ml** Kdna Karl Kuykcu
dultl, HnllcUsvIlle; Miss Josephine
Kokernot, Gotunlcw; Ml** Grace
Land. Victoria; Ml** Johanna
Mueller, Nordhetm; Ml** Met He
Jo Harris, Port laivncu; Ml** Ma-
rie Gratnanu, Cuero; Ml** Selma
Rogge, Shiner,
MEXICO CITY, May 30. (.V)
A million dollar* In gold has been
minted by the government In the
past ten days In au attempt to
BROTHERS HURT
IN CRASH AFTER
TOM-TOM'DANCE
REINHARDT LADWIG OF LA
GRANC.k RECEIVES FRAC
TUREO SKULL. NOT
EXPECTED TO LIVE
Uelnhardl and tins l.adwlg >t
l.a Grange wen seriously Injure t
early Saturday morning whim
their cur crashed Into the ralllnu
of the Rocky Creek bridge on
Highway No. 7'J midway between
HalleUsvIlle aud Voikum. Roth
had been attendlnr the Tom Toni
fete and were returning to thelV
home In La Grange when the
erii'h occurred. Reinhardt Ltd
wig received a fractured skit'' and
broken leg, and other Injuries and
I* In a serious c unlitUm In the
I miner Hospital, according to tin
Httlleltsvllle New Fra llenil-l \
representative of the New Fit
Herald stated that Gu* l.tdw t
was taken homo Saturday but
that the condition of hi* brother
was grave.
According to report* re.'elve’,
another car attempted to pas* the
Ludwig brothers a* they neared
Rocky Creek bridge, and th« sup-
position U that they w.-tv foioed
Into the side railing of the con-
crete bridge.
The oar driven by the Ludwig
brother* was completely lemo'
It bed.
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED
AT HOME AND ABROAD FDR
AMERICAN SERVICE MEN
(lly Associated Pre**)
America's soldier a ml *allor
dead were honored at ceremonies
at home and abroad today. Ob-
servance* were centered al Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania, where Pre*
Idem Hoover addressed a vast
throng under a baking turn. The
«r-
konation and Operetta Most
of Event
ittful in Historv
MRS. AMANDA FARRINGTON
Funeral services for Mr*.
Amanda Farrington, wife of V G
Farrington, w ho died at her home
on Fluor* street at 1:8* ,i m
Friday, May L'ik will he held ,u
her late home this afternoon at
p m. by Rev. K. C MslKmald,
of the First Itaptlst Church.
Mr*. Farrington wa■■ 'I year; s
month!- *ml 13 day. oi av.o at tin
time of her passing -She leave-
the following to mourn her pass-
ing: husband. A. tl. Farrington:
five daughter*. Mr*. Unxter Por-
ter of llrowuwood, Mr*. J, S,
lH»:tk of Fort Worth, Mr*. I mil*
lll.anton of San Vutoulo, Mr*. J. K
Heck of Yoakum, Mrs. T. K Tct
tell of Stolon; two sous, R J.
Farrington of Houston, C. R. l-Mt
rlngton of Los \n«cle*. Cttllf,,
2Y gratnlehtldren, ami PJ great
urandohlldron.
Out of the city relatives at•
tending were Mr, and Mr*, llaxlor
Porter, Ml**e* Corine and Clols
Porter, Mr, and Mrs, II, F Por
ter, llrowuwood, Texas; Mr. anil
Mrs. .1 S Doak Fori Worth: Mr
and Mrs. T. K. Terrell. Simon.
Texas; Mr. and Mrs, L S. Ilian-
ton, San Antonio; Mr. and Mr*.
R. J Farrington, C tl. Farrington,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Johnson. Hous-
ton; C. R. Farrington, 1st* An-
geles. Calif.
The pull bearers were: Louis
Hlanlou, Tom K. Terrell, Baxter
Porter. Joe Beck. Baxter Fa Ion
Porter. Percy Beck, Ira Johnsou,
I ’.toll VtisnlniHnH
■» » V • « • »*» « lltp« >
The honorary pull bearers were
L. T. Burns, K. C. Koerth, J. W
Cook, A. N Turner, Joe Turner.
J, S. Sehrlmseher, J, \V, Ragsdale,
Will Southerland, l, F. Guasert,
John Steen, W F. Neeley, It. S
INuiltt*, Kl Roy Muuson, W. T
Browning, K. F. Humphrey*, T
J. Burkett, J. H. Deborah, Will
Saudel. (V C. Crutchfield, Horace
Wimberly. Jack Sloma
MISS BROWNING
Mis* Katherine Browning, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W T. Brown
lug, won the distinction ot being
the best All-Around student of the
1881 Senior Class of the Yoakum
High School, Mi** Browning has
been awarded a medal of honor
with this distinction.
LEGI0NA1RES MEET
IN CONVENTION AT
lOF C. HALL SAT.
AWARDS IN THE TOMATO
SHOW OF THE TOM-TOM
Among the interesting features
of the rom-Tom wa> >. tomato
exhibit and prise contest More
than 5o tomato fa run r- entered
tomatoes in the contest and tin-
exhibit was declttred the lies' tha’
judging was doUi by oomiH'ti l:
men and the winner.- as .uttiouta
ed hv M. W. Cat Hon. - -
the Yoakum t'h unlti" , F.-.n
merce, was its fo-llows:
First S. K, Holst e:. Yoakum.
Gulf Stale $38.00.
Second J. F. McCord. Rou e t.
Marglobe $15.on.
Third J. J. Huirvll. Route 3.
Gulf State Hyt.ttO.
Fourth F. J Chaloupka Route
5. Gulf State $5.00.
Fifth Jno. Pruett, Y'oakutu. Gulf
State $2.50.
Sixth B. F. IV'arve, Route L
Fordtrun, Marglobe $2.50
BRADY WATER PUNT
CLEARS $42,205.82
dead. Several person* were In
jur«d, none seriously, In the
wreck, Officer* said Van Plu ap-
parently died in tho belief that
the accident had resulted fatally
. to somsous tu the trailer, Van
' #ln was enrouta home from Texas
With three other young men.
reel* tltal with the lncreu*cd ratio
of gold In circulation (here will
be a correapondlug Increase In
llie value ot •liver. The normal
value of the sllveri|pe*o I* three
percent below that of gold, but
now B I* quoted at about, -T Per-
cent below.
BRADY, Texas, May 30 (Special)
•Profit* amounting to $42,3011.s2
have been announced by the
president called upon the country Brady municipal water and light
to extricate Itself from It* coon , plant for the ft*cal year ending
omlo Valley Forge by showing the!on May 12, according to Kdward
quulltlc* of Mteadfastneas and re Gcc*lln, manager of the plan*,
aourcefulne** shown by Washing ' The total Income or the plant
ton and hi* men on the Valley j during the past year ha* been
Forge camp ground during the $103,042.82, with the dlsbursem-mt*
biller winter of 177s. At Getty*-1 amounting to $(l2,x38.70, "Inch’d
j burg, Vice President Curt Is urged ,-d In the disbursement* are Item*
1 red lea lion of the Pulled Slate* u.legating approximately $20,1-00
to It* constitution thd law*, At which Iwive been Used for mltvel
Washington, and air attuada par Improvement*, aired lighting, alt
ilolp’itcd In Arlington Nation tl port, fire protection and advance*
cemetery ceremonies The day j 10 the dly, which cannot pioper
was widely celebrated abroad, In ly lie charged up against ex
! twrnatlonnlly rained meu partloi- J pensos In the operation of the
paling- , plant," Gecsltn states.
BANQUET HELD AT NOON
HOUR- WITH -ABOUT 7b IN
ATTENDANCE MONROE
WINN I HANKED f-OR MI Li
WORK DURING TOM-TOM.
Representatlvi« from neighbor
itig American Legion Posts meet
Itt a convention at the K. of t\
Hall at noon Saturday and enjoy
ed a banquet helore the hn-ines*
of the meeting was taken tin.
Henry S. Puulus acted as toast*
I master and stated that Hal Brea
nan, State Pommander of the
Ymerleau Legion, could not I'
present at tlu meeting on acooun'
i ot other work. He called upon
1L. H. McGufl'In who gave the ad
dress of welcome to all visit,llg
1 Leglonaire*. K. Herts thanked
the member* of the local post ot
the Legion for their work in stag
lug the Tom-Tom, stating that
their cooperation was appreciated
and that thl* organisation was de-
serving of much praise for the
untlrlug effort* of U* membership.
Paul Fertsch addressed the
! meeting on Leglonlstn, stressing
the Important part that the l.c-
| glon 1* playing In the social and
| civic life of the nation at this
j time and the work that yet face*
1 the member* 111* talk was in
t crest tug and very timely
H. D. Melster of the Daily
Herald was called upon to Intro-
duce hi* guest, Dr. John Ashton,
editor of the Valley Farmer of
Mercedes, Dr Ashtou made an
Interesting short address touching
j on his experiences In Europe dur-
ing the World Conflict.
After a very Inspirit! tonal ad
I dress hy Henry S Paulu* on the
I duties that confront every citlsen
1 today, the members of the Legion
by a rising vote, thanked Legion
litre Monroe Uinn for his work on
| the Tom Tom as an active mem
'her or that order. B was explain
led that Mr. Iltnn was the most
I ardent worker on this celebration
{and that all thank* aud honor
j should la- accorded him.
I At SPIN. May SO. (.V) Gover-
nor Sterling today signed a bill
! revising methods of leasing public
free school, eleemosynary and
coastal area lands, providing tie-
Use of the competitive bill system
of leasing Instead of developing
the land umlet the permit system,
WASHINGTON, May 30 (-T)
President Hoover today reappoint-
ed William F. Schillings, of Min-
nesota, member of the Federal
I farm board.
CAR STOLEN FRIDAY
IS RECOVERED SAT.
CAUGHT IN GONZALES A3
THIEF ATTEMPTS SPEED
THROUGH CITY
Julius Hauler was attested in
Gousales Friday about mUlhlght
when local officer* wired all
neighboring towns to watch tor a
Chevrolet coach owned by Stay
ton Wilson, which was missing
hero about II 15 Friday night.
Wilson had parked hi- c.i u
front of the Farmer* ,Y Merchant-
State Bank, entered a nearby con
feettonery and upon returning
found his car missing He tm
mediately notified local oft iocs
who in ntre wired all ofticers m
neighboring towns to be on the
lookout for the ear, Sheriff liar
of Gonxales stopped the aut > u! -t
as he attempted to pa-.- through
the city.
j lie was Immediately lodged ,n
| Gousales county Jail awaiting
further notice from ivWitt count)
I officers Upon further InvestIga
tton it was found that he had
served five years In Fort Leaven
worth Prison and that he also
was wanted for .1 number of oth
er charges
Hanver wus lodged In the De-
Witt county Inti pending action
of the court.
MRS. ELIZABETH MOORE
Mr*. FlUahcth Moore, xl years,
II months and 22 day* of age at
the time of her death at 12:45
a. tu. Friday. May 28, at her home
on Simpson street, was laid to
real In the Dak Grove Cemetery
Saturday afternoon at 8 p tu.
Service* were held at Beck
Chapel by Rc\ G, M Kastmau.
pastor of the Christian Church at
Goliad.
Mrs. Moore was born In Ken-
tucky aud married J I* Moore at
Madison, Mo March II. IS73,
moving to Rock Islutul, Texas. In
IS88 and coming to Yoakum the
following year, Mr* Moore was
a member of the Christian Church
since childhood.
Mrs. Moore leaves to mourn her
passing, her husband, J. P. Moore,
two sons, O D, and C. K. Moore
or Yoakum, one daughter, Mr*. J.
IW. kinkier of Roek Island and
seven grandehlldreti and two great
grandchildren.
AMARILLO. May 3e, (.V>
Rains averaging one half to one(
Inch were reported ovum the north
plain* wheal belt today am' hat
night A downpour fell west to
New Mexico and south to the
Hereford territory, aud 50 tulles
north.
MILE LONG PARADE
SPLENDOR STARTS
TWO-DAY FESTIVAL
QUEEN CERES. KING TOM-TOM
IV AND DUCHESSES RIDE
ELABORATE FLOATS
l he Fourth Annual Tomato
l orn Tom wa- opened Friday
morning at I! vv'elork with the
, mih long parade of splendor aud
witnessed hy probably the largest
erowd in iht- history of the cele-
bration, Interested visitor* from
j every part of the state and from
some neighboring state* lined the
streets traversed by this beauti-
lul parade, from the starting
point near the West Side Sctvool
to the High School Auditorium
where the Coronation was held.
A hasy sky cast a shadow upon
the multitude and made a soft
background for the beautiful op
enlng event affording a pleasant
cool hour for the participants in
the parade and those viewing it
The streets had been cleaned the
night before and the town pre
settled a very neat and gala ap
pea ranee with the many flags and
draperies fluttering in the cool
presses from the south. The i»a
rath* started a few minutes late,
wiih those in clei^ge explaining
lltat they were w iping tx»r Gov-
ernor Sterling and 111* party, but
they did not arrive in time to
Join tlie procession.
The parade was led by two
members of the State Highway
Patrol mounted on motorcycle*
who were followed closely by au
open air car carrying Klmer Pay-
lor. chairman of the parade com-
mittee, K Y Palmer, and two
visitor* from Victoria. The fol-
lowing Is a list ol the floats and
special features as they appeared
In the parade three curs carrying
visitor.- and local escorts to the
Duches-es; San Marco- Teachers
College Band, furnishing pep and
entertainment throughout the pro
cc.--.on with snappy music; King
Tom Tom l\' riding on a specially
constructed float was greeted with
applause on all sides; Southern
Pacific box car loaded with lug*
of Yoakum tomatoes; Internation-
al Harvester Co., entered by loin-
dry Motor Sales Co., a small
■'baby" float of pleasing color aud
design attracting much atteuttou
entered by Gray’s Filling staitou;
one of the most Interesting comic
relief attraction* ot the parade
wu* the specially built "Tooner-
vllh- Trolley" entered by the Kt-
linger Motor Co This float wmt
manned hy the "Skipper" and car
tied two passenger* who kept the
crowds laughing with their com to
actions. The next float was a well
designed aud executed arrange
meat of soft colors aud wus made
more attract Ives by the lad tea
riding on It and was entered by
the W\ B \ \S T Browning *
Co, entered an attractive design
ot a ripe tomato mounted upon a
green base and standing out In
brilliant relief aud in contrast to
the other designs; The Shiner
Dyim Corps presented a stirring
(Continued on page t)
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