The Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. [19], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1932 Page: 2 of 4
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IV, AuoutT «■ _ _ YOAKUM WEEKLY HERALD
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BURNING CATHOLIC CHURCH
MkMffl' Weekly.
Founded 189?
pished every Thursday by tbe Bankers Printing
Company, Yoakum, Texas
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED ''PRESS
|odtted Preaa. of which the Herald la a member, ia exclusively en-
tire uae tor reoubllcmUon of all uewa dispatches credited it or uot
[credited ha this paper and also the local news published herein.
C MORGAN, Editor, Res. Phone *62-W...............Phone 99
flLMA BASS, Society Editor..........................Phone 99
SDTH, Advertising Manager............................Phone as
BISTER. Manager-Owner. Rea Phone 674............Office 99
March 26, 1917, at Yoakum, Tezaa, as Second Class Matter,
Under the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879
SUBSCRIPTION........1 Year In advance $6:00; 1 Month 60c
r SUBSCRIPTION................1 Year $1.G0; « Months 76c
y H. D. Melster | Lavaca county have emphati-
S a little thing but it Ito
lots of noise and ere-; throw their support to the
me disturbance in theipresen£ governor from the
rhood. People sat uPifact that he has given the
k notice, ^ scratched s^ate a business administra-
tion.
served them swinging about
from limb to limb and upon
closer inspection we observed
a renzedvous of tree dwellers.
Upon closer examination we
found that the tree inhab-
itants were Harry Burns and
Dick Henderson who had
made for themselves a lodge
up there in the branches of
the big tree and had spent
the night up there. Harry
»t. * U 1 A <« «•»» /* % r» <ru>
uiav uiv u/ugc guiug
to be equipped with a radio
and that about Monday night
they are again going to sleep
high.
|N NUMEROUS occasions
' we have commented
rnluTUO ITT
iiiiuim in
Hauling fodder is the order of
The following letter was recelv- Jthe day in our community,
ed today from Mrs. Mollie I^ayton i Some of the farmers have cot-
Mattlngly, formerly of Yoakum but
now of San Antonio. The letter is
self - explanatory.
“Yoakum Daily Herald,
“Gentlemen—
“Hearing of the burning of the
dear old church of “Brushy” (Lat-
er Yoakum), I wish to condole
with those who loved and reVered
that sacred relic, and are sadden-
ed by the loss of same. I am shock
ed to know it was being used for
a. barn, for storing of fodder, why,
could not the church have been
... , , , , kept in repair as a monument to
this column, about vast that tirejess builder, Rev. John An-
amount of useless bulletins For a 8aintIy soulf truly
and reports that are issued I mo„ . n 0„aV,0Q
, „ _T. . . , a man of God and worthy ambas-
an sent out of Washington | sador Qf Clirist whose heart was i Bill Blank and children and Henry
ton ready to pick. Cotton picking
will soon be in full swing.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Gibson and
Mrs. Anner Jobes of Westhoff
spent Saturday and Sunday in and
around our community.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blank and
emiaren, Mr. ana Mrs. iOTin iveiser
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Frels spent the day Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blank
and family.
yulte a few from around here
attended the mix-up ball game at
iPetersville Sunday.
Those who spent Sunday at the
Fred Berger home were Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Gibson, Mrs. Annie Jobes,
by the carload and by the L detall ot labcr „e hlm9(.„ Ahiera.
trainload only to he dumped I d(]e(1 ot hl> ,lel rs Many
into the waste basket .This buckcts ot tiu. he carrkd u lh0
morning we received a.batch ,ad(lcr t0 COTCr the root and c0„.
GRADUALLY, day by day Ian inouTrvIvcr,inE -a into „mc at «. aim
L more and more towns |as to" whether we wanted 'w“t ”f the church ,hat m,,st )e
! kept burning until finished, and a
[heads, probably said a
lings and then tried to
it, but some things
Aot let themselves be
)tten. They bob up at,
plcted places and at mi-!and cities in Texas are get-Jthem to keep on sending it,,. . . . , , . ..
times to trouble the; ting to see the light and are | ^ us> whether we wanted 11ine.[,I° uc ]t° ime °l \
ure of many an un-J building or acquiring mum- more ()f it 0r whether we!!eM.It , rLsl' T *’s W1 ni ss( '-
ing victim. We refer!cipally owned utility plants.! desired only special reports, l!?18 /1 f !
. little bantam rooster | The latest to get lined up injOur reply to the inquiry was j1 tar 8 ,/*c ,'vl m
•arked himself near ourithis venture is the town of as follows: if nlK V1’° wn" " "
window and tin-1 CrG6k, on the coast! .^Whv souandGi* tho upo- 01 1
the approach of] east of Houston. Their con-U,’ hard earned tax money I fHu” th0 f'ow °r tl,atlaw”“6 Mom,ay mo,ntaB “ **•
■soon after four o’clock j tract, which was let a few J,n such bunk? Why not put ’ an r""" T>‘3ncn
ay morning. Had he [days ago, calls, for a plant tjiese clerks and stenograph-
\ Cochin China, Rhode j that is to cost three hundred Qj.g a^ work on something
Red or big Plymouth! thousand dollars and is^ to ^]la^ ]ias sonio value or serves
he might have graced [serve them ana one or two some pUrp0se, liiat is if you
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bacckcrmann
and daughters Erna and Leona
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Schmidt and family.
Miss Delphine Cranberry spent
Wednesday night with Mr. and|
Mrs. onrad McCullough and chil-
dren.
Billy Immenhauser spent Satur-
day morning with Jack and Tot
Jat night while tlie work was go-j Berger.
Miss Erna Backerman visited
PIGGETM
Owned and Operated by
BEAL-PIET8CH & BOYSEN COMPANY
__FRIDAY AND SATURDAY_
PURE GRANULATED CANE
CIirADW,«M.OO
JUU1U1u for 1
QVPT TD BULL’S EYE
^ A No. 10 Size (Gallon)
37c
CROUCH MEAL 5
Bag8c
HOMINY
5c
BEST COMPOUND
LARD
CRUSTENE
A Pound
TT Carton...
27c
those pleasant hours Louis Zamazal home,
memory brings of those dear, dead j Erma Meyer spent Saturday
days. That church was a most j night with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
dear spot to me. There 1 was con- Petering and son.
itter on our dinner table j other nearby communities. In
Hence we deduce that spite of the growing number
[Sometimes better to be a of these municipally owned
noise producer than to (plants propaganda is being
>ne of those swelled-up spread to the effect that
municipally owned plants arc
a failure and that their num-
bers are growing less.
parading in their own
*it. iM
WORTH careful con-
jration to note that
every outstanding
For Governor sup-
fcically
‘OMEONE is liable to ask
I the question, “Are the
people of Yoakum reverting
in the recent primary!to primitive living?” Look-
ling out unequivocably i ing across the street from
loss Sterling in the run-jour home on Rose street ear-
[t is important to notejly one morning of the past
they have to say bear- week we noted two beings
a this matter. Hunter’s, crawling around in a large
lign managers in north J live oak tree. We rubbed our
in South Texas and in eyes to get a better look. We
must give them a job. Cut
out some of these useless
bulletins, useless bureaus and
put these people at work on
something worthwhile and
save on post office help, mail
clerks and mail trains and
give the people a little relief
from this bureau infested
squandering of the people’s
money for which they are
virtually sweating blood in
their endeavor to pay their
taxes. Lie patriotic enough to
do at least a little toward
giving the people relief in
this hour of tribulation.”
firmed, attending: first mission, aft-
er my conversion, preached by
Rev. Father Wicnengrr, who held
a crucifix in his* rig-lit hand up be-
fore his audience} and told them
lie had been advised as to “cattle
rustling” abounding and he hoped
that any man’s hand that held the
“iron” to brand another’s stock
that that hand might fall limp at
his side and remain paralyzed un-
til he quit his criminal career and
remitted the price of his thieving
to owner. (Oh, those were “wild
and woolly” days, I’ll say.) That
crucifix is in my possession, pre-
sented by my godfather, (Father
Forest) at the close of the mission
and I prize it as a sacred relic.
In that church, my first baby
(Joseph Bernard Layton) received
on those grounds,
surrounding the church we parish-
ioners got together and held a
one
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wagner spent
awhile Friday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund Polzin and sons.
Tot Berger and Henry Ahlers
visited awhile Sunday evening with
Homer Berger.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Wendle and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Broach and son Charlie.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Flemming and
son spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Flemming.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY
CAT Alaska RED
x Tall Cans (Chums 9c)
17c
11
MUSTARD
STAR BRAND
Full Quart. ....
13c
SPINACH
LIBBY’S
No. 1 Cans, 2 Cans
15c
their rusty dollars in one of the |
best times of their lives, and the j
“Lord preserved us from evil” and
BANANAS
4c
LETTUCE
5c
CELERY
9c
'T’HIS WILL probably have
A as much effect as pour-
ing water on a duack’s back \bapt,sm- and
but if every citizen of the
United States that is growl-
ing about taxation would three day falr aud t;learcd
voice their sentiments to the jthousand dol!ars and 1 feel tllat
right persons it ultimately evcryone that help(‘d at that fair
would have the desired ef- assistcd in the completion of the
feet. Discussing these things |church- Thcy came frftm maxiy
on the street corner will not!mlles away and parked thcir
get very far. Take the mat- wa??ons round about and fPent
ter up with your congress-
man and your senators and
voice your sentiment in wrt-
ing SO tliev will know where jFathcr Forest’s “Blues” merged in-
it comes from and just what t0 happy smi,es and sracioUH
your attitude is on these !thankfn,ness for the bounty be'
matters.
'T'HE TONE of the stock
-L market during the past
few days has been most en-
couraging, many industrials,
! railroads, utilities and bonds
(having made decided gains
which had its reflection in
cotton, wheat and cattle
prices. When prices begin to
rise gradually we will all
have more confidence in the
future and it will stimulate
business in all lines.
Permanent Waves.....$1.95 and up
Shampoo and Set...............50c
Shampoo and Finger Wave.....50c
Wet Finger Waves.............25c
VRAZEL’S BEAUTY SHOP
1033c
FREE! One ounce turnip seed
with each 50c purchase of vege-
table seeds. DAWN MARKETING
COMPANY. wlc
CRACKERS
PREMIUM
2 Pound Package...
18c
MUSTARD
FRENCH’S
Per Jar ....................
10c
BEANS PBeArBLL»r...............
4c
LETTUCE, Large Head........................ 5c
CELERY, Large Bleached Stalk..........10c
ORANGES, 216 Size, Dozen..................24c
BANANAS, Real Fruit, Per Lb........... 4c
SALAD DRESSING 8,&14c
SOAP
LUNA
Bars 1 *1
For ilC
CLOROX
FULL
PINT..
15c
FLOUR
MARECHAL NEIL
48 Pound Sack.........
O. B.
48 Pound Sack..........
98c
79c
Check t ire value on these
points!
stowed.
Good Assortment other Fruits and V egetables
POST
TOASTIES
10c
t'JLarge......
Kra
UNCLE HUH
SYRUP
45 c
Gallon
UT
VAN ( AMP’S
Medium Size....
6c
npHE RACE between the
^ a aov\4i'4a4-aci Pr\v oL ov
I l/ VV U VCU1U1UU bV/O XV/ A U11VX
I iff of Gonzales county was
I « L»4 4aa a! a a a r a t» wy tin V\
| J UOl a U1V b\JV LIOOL XV/X muvu
jubilation. On the face of the
j first returns it looked as if
the old sheriff had beat the
present incumbent by one
vote- but on the final count
it developed that the present
sheriff was reelected by a
margin of eight votes and
even at that it may develop
into a contested election.
ACARONI
IDA CRACKERS
FRESH NATIONAL
3 Pound Box
MAGNOLIA
3 Packages...
10c
!•
18c
COFFEE
35c
18c
1 Pound Can
FOLGER’S..
1 Lb. Package
RED & GOLD
HALLETTSVILLE MAN FREED
OF CHARGE DISTRIBUTING
OBSCENE LITERATURE
EAST BERNARD, July 30. — A
charge of distributing obscene lit-
erature filed here July 4 against
Joe Kopecky of Hallettsville, Tex-
as A. & M. college regent, was
dismissed Tuesday 'by Justice of
the Peace A. F. Urbanec.
The misdemeanor chare against
Kopecky, an appointee of Governor
R S. Sterling, was dismissed on
a motion by Wharton County At-
‘TA TI rl /% /f « a (trimoi’O
for both sides had argued the
charge for three hours.
The complainant was F. W.
Cliudej of Austin, who spoke here
on July 4 in behalf of the candi-
dacy of Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson
for governor.
Kopecky, former owner of the
Bohemian newspaper Novy Domov
of Hallettsville, was charged with
distributing pamphlets containing
the confession of William Lang-
horn Jr., of Chapel Hill, who was
convicted of murdering a Bohemian
girl at LaGrange. He was sentenc-
ed to death, but Mrs. Ferguson
commuted his sentence to life im-
prisonment.
A packed court room here Mon-
day morning heard the three hours
of arguments between opposing
counsel. The defense attorneys,
SOAP
lium IVORY
CAMAY
51/2c
SEAFOAM
WASHING
POWDER
3c \
MASON
FRUIT JARS
65c
Pints
►UR
GATE of
WEST
48 Pc>und..._.......75c
24 Pound............42c
nrHE TAXPAYERS League
A of Lavaca county can
well feel that they have
done the taxpayers of that
county a most valuable serv-
ice. IF that organization now
keeps on the job and watches
the doings of their servants,
the county officials, they will
find that there will be little
occasion for another stren\>-
ous fight like they had to Major C. C. Ingraham and J. H.
put up in the recent primary *' ~
campaign.
FREE! One ounce turnip seed
with each 50c purchase of vege-
table seeds. DAWN MARKETING
COMPANY. wlc
Dr. M. A. Rowan, Deatiet. Phone
88, Shropshire Bldg., Yoakum Tex-
as. 61-tt
U. S. TIRES
built with TEMPERED RUBBER
Miss Angel I ne
is spending a fe
visiting relatives.
[Ollv of Harlingen
days In Yoakum
H. Dennis of Wharton and W. L.
Saunders of Austin, said they were
ready to go to trial on the case.
They said they had 100 witnesses
ready to swear that Kopecky was
not In Wharton county on the day
of the alleged distribution of the
circulars printed In the Bohemian
language, but was at Hallettsville
selling tickets to an American Le-
gion benefit affair.
Immediately ounty Attorney Rekl
moved that the complaint charging
Kopecky with distribution of the
circulars be dismissed.
1. MILEAGE
2. SAFETY
"We have made a nationwide survey to
learn the tread wear cf four leading tires. The
relative values are these:
The plus safety of U. S.
Tires begins inside with
the extra strength of the
exclusive U. S. Latex-
Tire A . . . 100 Tire C . . .108
bonded cord—tbe
Tire B ... 100 U.S. Royal 115"
strongest used in tire
building. Outside is the
(Sltned) PITTSBURGH TESTING LABORATORY
safety of the U. S. tread
B. H. Witherspoon
—rugged rubber blocks
holding the road with*
Pmldenl
the surest grip known.
3. BEAUTY
The plus beauty of
U. S. Tires is apparent
in the sleek, ebony-
black sidewalls; the |
finely molded tread;
and the small neat I
insignia. Small won-]
der U. S. Tires are I
chosen as standard!
equipment by thef
makers of 75% of all
American motor cars.1
YOAKUM MOTOR CO. Inc.
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Morgan, Cena S. The Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. [19], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1932, newspaper, August 4, 1932; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758610/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.