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The Clifton Record
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THIRTY-NINTH YEAR
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MERIDIAN (Mr
AND LOCAL NEWS
(By Special Correa pondeat)
Local Dots
- Mrs. J. T. Lomax, Sr. and daugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy, have returned
home after a visit to relatives in
Houston. Miss Dorothy will soon
leave for Lubbock where she will
again be associated with the school
work there.
Mrs. Maggie B. Little enjoyed hav-
ing all her children home the past
week: Mrs. Reba Little Welker of El
Paso, Mrs. Mbddie Lee Williams of
Hamilton and Mrs. Helen Gandy of
Meridian; the three grandchildren
coming in for the greater part of the
grandmother’s time.
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Willett and
small daughter of Clifton visited Mrs
Reba Welker Sunday. Mrs. Willett
and Mrs. Welker were school chums
"several years ago”.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lomax accom
panied by their daughter, Gertrude,
were visiting Joe’s sister, Mrs. E. D.
Crites of Granbury, Sunday. .
Mr. and Mrs:'D. Prtston Horn
buckle, son Howard, and daughter,
Mrs. Troy Baxter, returned the first
of the week from their vacation trip
to New Mexico; seeing the great
Carlsbad Cavern, White Mountains,
Taos, Cloud Croft and other places
of interest. They also visited Denver,
Colorado.------———--—
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Cooper accom-
panied by their daughter, Mrs. Lin-
nie Brewer, spent Sunday visiting in
the home of their son, Leslie Cooper
of Corsicana.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ratliff of Stark,
La., after a several days visit in the
home of relatives here, left for Aus-
tin Tuesday where they will make a
short visit before returning home.
Miss 1 Myrna Summers of Browns-
ville is a guest in the home of her
uncle, Will Summers and family.
Mrs. Jim Brown has as her guests
this week Mrs. W. A. Hardwick and
daughter. Mrs. Hardwick is a sister
of Mr. Brown.
Major Rochelle and wife of Dallas
were week-end visitors” with Mrs.
John Odle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Lewis enjoyed
a visit from their son and family,
Dr. A. E. Lewis, over the week-end.
Miss Louise Lewis returned with
them, having bten a visitor in their
home at Muleshoe for the past several
weeks.
Miss Victoria Jeanes of near Clif-
ton was visiting Meridian friends
Tuesday.
Misses Laura Lee Johnson and Lila
Smith entertained at the latter’s home
Tuesday with a shower for Mrs. Al-
ton Gandy, who received many lovely
gifts.
THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, AUGUST 25, 1933
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MBER 23.
Three Reformatory
Inmates Sentenced
Lynch Davidson |
Against Bond Issue
Propagandists, consisting mostly of j
politicians, public office and welfare
job seekers and holders, aided by
more or less the same crowd that
tried to load this State down with a
$250,000,000.00 road bond issue, are
endeavoring in the name of charity
to whip the public into a frenzy over
a constitutional amendment author-
izing the Legislature to issue $20,-
000,000.00 in bonds, and thereby, break
down our constitutional safeguards
against bond issues.
Say what they will, once the con-
stitution of this State is amended to
permit bond issues for any purpose,
the same demand will soon be made
for all purposes, and once again, the
old highway bond issue goose will
hang high. Suppose for a moment, this
State now had on its back $250,000,-!
000.00 road bond indebtedness, with!
which this selfsame crowd undertook'
to load us down, our financial condi- j
tion would be appalling. Then ask
yourself is their judgment any better!
now than it was then. No, it’s just
another way of committing a crime
^gainst the body politic in the name
of charity.
Every case of destitution and de-
pendency in this State can be provid-
ed for by legislative appropriation,
and, therefore, no bond issue is neces-
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than did Auguste, who has been closer than any other human. The
▼lew Is through a porthole of the gondola, now being completed at
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Urges Adoption Of |
Bond Amendment
Austin, Aug. 21.—In many counties
in Texas the Federal Government is
sary. Section 10, article 8 of the Con- now ending more money every
stitution provides that the legislature month ,or rel,ef work than those
may appropriate necessary monies for counties would have to pay back in a
relief in cases of “widespread destitu
tion and calamity.” I am heartily in
year in paying off the relief bonds,
according to William Strauss, chair-
sympathy with any sound plan that man of the committee campaigning
will provide for the destitute and for adoption of the proposed relief
needy, that does not at the same time ^°n<i amendment.
supply pie for political purposes.
To accomplish this, tax levies will
be necessary but the taxes will be
much greater if the founds are raised
by the Bond Issue route. The simple
forthright way to provide for the
“It is primarily a matter of bread
and meat for the hungry,” said Mr.
Strauss. “It is unthinkable that Texas
will .let its women and children go
hungry. But some people may want
to know what Texas will get for au-
problem of the needy is by legislative *-hiriz:ng a bond issue that may go
appropriation and a levy of the neces- UP to $20,000,000 if the legislature
sary taxes with which to pay the ap-.finds that much 18 needed,
propriation. I “In the first place, there is hardly
I call upon the right-thinking peo- a county in Texas that can care for
pie of Texas to vote against any,its own destitute through local taxa-
amendment to the Constitution of;tion- If they cou,d the burden °f
this State which will authorize its Iwould fall on homes and farrts^and be
legislative body to plaster debts upon tremendously heavy. By issuing state
this gTeat Commonwealth. Every state ,nds tbe burden is taken off homes
in the Nation that has tried'the bond and farms’ fo* the taxeB to fund these
issue route is in serious financial dif-,bond.8 cannot be raised on real or Per'
ficulties.
Vote against this bond issue and
hold the line of our constitutional
safeguards against debts, should be
the campaign cry of every man.
Lynch Davidson.
Cigaret Causes
Capitol Blaze
Austin, Aug. 20.—Fire believed to
have started when a lighted cigar or
cigaret was thrown on an awning
caused slight damage to Texas’ mas-
sive state capitol.
............ J The fire started in an awning out*
Gatesville, Aug. 19.—Prison doors, Bide the offices of the secretary of the
swung open today for three of the railroad commission.
four youths who escaped from the
state reformatory here last June 21
after Will Leonard, 48, blacksmith at
the reformatory, was killed.
Clarence Raines, 16, of Centerville
was sentenced to 18 years in district
The frame about the window was
scorched badly and the heat from the
burning awning cracked the windows.
An investigation was under way to
determine cause of the blaze.
The capitol, erected at a cost of
sonal property. If all the bonds are
issued the tax per capita will not
average over 41 cents a year for 10
years. Actually it probably will be
some special tax that will fall heav-
ier on city people and be lighter on
rural citizens.
“In Bosque County the Federal gov-
ernment in the past ten months has
spent for relief work $20,740. The
county has asked for $7,600 to carry
on the work during August for the
benefit of 2,926 persons on its relief
rolls.” ^
court here late yesterday. A few 8,000,000 acres of the public domain,
hours earlier s 99-year sentence had
been given Willard Scott, 17, Okla-
1 boma City, who confessed he swung
the ax that killed Leonard. Grady
Applegate, 16, Wood county, was
given 25 years.
Trial of the fourth youth, James
Anderson, 16, Fort Worth, was post-
poned until the next term of court.
is not of fireproof construction.
J. R. Townley
Mr. J. R. Townley who for many
years was a well known citizen of
Bosque County, passed to his eternal
reward on Aug. 18th, 1933. Mr. Town-
ley was born December 7th, 1866, at
Townley, Alabama. In 1897 he came
to Bosque County and settled with his
family near Womack, where for more
The Lions this week had as their than thirty yean he made his home,
guest, Morris T. Bronatad of Deni-(For the last three yean he had made
son, who is a brother of Lion Conrad hit home in Temple with a daughter,
G. Bronstad. - |Mn. Jim Brew«r.
The time for the Central Texas During that time however, he made
Fair is growing near and the Lions several visit# to the home of his son,
Walter Townley, of this city, and
Lions Luncheon
are planning to co-operate fully with
*v- Committee.
ecial program has been ar-
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renewed the acquaintance of many of
his friends.
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for next week and
your place and bring Baptist Church. He was a Christian
are I Mr. Townley was a member of the
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Deceased i» survived by the follow
My. and girls, let’s have'lmc children: Walter, Charlie. George,
programs this winter. Ben Townley and Mrs. Jim Brewer,
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sect at the city hall every several grandchildren, and a host of
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Notice To Citizens Of
Clifton
One of the first aims of education
is health. Without health man can ac-
complish little, if anything. A
healthy citizenship cannot be had in
an unhealthful community. In order
to protect the citizenship of Clifton,
next week has been designated as
Clean-up Week. And every day there-
after a stay-clean day.
Epidemics and much sickness in
general can be prevented if the com
munity as individuals will observe a
few simple laws regarding sanitation.
Among some of the important things
are these: swvfa-
Destroy all breeding places of
mosquitoes. Watch the trash pile.
Cans catch water; mosquitoes breed;
sickness results. Be sure all breeding
places are destroyed.
Screen out-door toilets and use dis-
infectants. Lime is cheap and efficient.
Burn dry garbage daily, apd place
soft garbage in a container with a
tight top. Prevent flies breeding and
spreading diseases.
| Keep back alleys clean. Do not al-
low trash and dirt to accumulate.
Don’t use back alleys as dumping
ground. •• v *• •*./»! .
£* each person see that his prem-
Thieves Steal Cotton
Here Tuesday Night
Four bales of cotton, the property
of the Clifton Mercantile Co., all
there were in the local yard at the
time, was stolen late Tuesday night
or early Wednesday morning. When
Carl Caldwell, the local weigher, went
to the yard early Wednesday morning
he immediately noticed that the four
bales that had been left there Tues-
day were missing; and when he began
to make inquiry, people living near
the yard advised him that they saw
men load the cotton on a truck late
Tuesday night and drive west; how-
ever, they thought nothing of the in-
cident until advised the cotton was
stolen, ns they had often seen cotton
hauled away at night since trucks had
been used of late years instead of
other modes of shipping.
Officers were notified of the inci-
dent and soon got busy trying to lo-
cate the cotton and the thieves, but
so far as the Record knows there
have been no arrests.
There is one thing about it that
makes us all feel proud, and that is
the fact that cotton prices have ad-
vanced sufficiently to make it worth
stealing.
Says Farmers Should
Attend Short Course
While describing the hide tanning
j course he received at the Farmers’
j Short Course, Gus A. Hoel of Norse
said it was “interesting,” “of great
'value,” and after taking the course
anyone of ordinary intelligence could
i put out a piece of leather “of good
! quality,” and “for a small cost.” “I
| would highly recommend the course,”
he went on to say, “and suggest that
it be repeated next year.”
| In talking of the short course, Mr.
Hoel says: “All industries and walks
of life have difficulties and problems
that must be overcome. The farmer’s
problems must be worked out by each
individual farmer if no other source
of information is to be had. As the
farmer’s time in the growing season
of the year is very valuable, he will
not have time to test and experiment
with all the different crops and new
seeds, diseases, and all the different
bugs that prey upon his crops and
domestic animals.
“The States have established insti-
tutions of learning where men who
can avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity are able to get a lot of infor-
mation that would otherwise require
years to learn, or would not get at
all. A. and M. College is such an insti-
tution. Men or women who are not
privileged to attend all year courses
can- and should attend the Short
Course. These short courses are very
interesting and deal with the differ
ent problems a farmer has to contend
with.
“The Short Course this year offered
full week courses of one to two and
one-half hours each day to those who
wanted some intense training in some
of the following subjects: Tanning
hides, grape juice making, home mak-
ing of dairy products, sorgo syrup
making, making moccasins, making
hooked rugs, cotton management
from growing to marketing, wool
grading and shrinkage, killing, cut-
ting, and curing meat, working tim-
ber into wood and lumber with a port-
able saw mill, and curing lamb-skins.
“All these courses were conducted
by men and women who are special-
ists in their line. All who attended
these courses would make and do
would give some practical experience.
There were any number of interest-
ing subjects discussed, such as dairy-
ing, poultry raising, livestock, horti-
- culture, and many others.
Annual Reunion Ftwiner “We were *hown through the tex-
Mnroan PifiTon* |A tde mill where cotton goes through
Morgan Citizens Sep. 10 all the processes of being made into
Th. Eighth Annual Reunion and ST’.'^jlring ta?Idto^t£
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Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 10,1 "There
1933.
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NEWS FROM
GARNI
(By Special Correspondent)
Mr. G. Henkelman visited Mr.
Mrs. Will Roetschke of Hurst Sprint
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busby left Sun-
day for Carlsbad, New Mexico, on a
sightseeing tour.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ferris have as
their guests this week their daugh-
ters: Mrs. Lewis Lowery and daugh-
ter and Mrs. Gussie Wenzel and
daughter of Fort Worth.
Six o’clock dinner was served to
the following guests in the Gus Hen-
kelman home Tuesday evening of last
week: Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Shea, Chi-
cago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wag-
ner and family, and Mrs. Hernia*
Faske and little son, Milford, of Clif-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Domstad of
Cranfllls Gap visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Spitzer, Sunday.
Mrs. Baxter Peyton of Houston and
Mrs. Theo Howard of Clifton ware
week-end visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Oswald. *
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lammert and fam-
ily attended a double birthday cele-
bration of relatives in McGregor,
Sunday.
Miss Ouita Johnson had as her
guests Sunday Miss Adslee Gardner
and Hamp Lewis of Meridian.
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Jesse Joel Olson of Meridian is vis-
iting his aunt, Mrs. August Krueger.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Sager of the
Womack community visited in the
home of Mr. G. Henkelman, Sunday.
They were sporting a brand new *33
Chevrolet coupe.
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Ferris and
children visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Griffin of north Meridian
Sunday.
The attendance was good at the
singing at the Mr. and Mrs. Tom Os-
wald’s Sunday evening. Special mu-
sic and songs were rendered by Mrs.
Chase Primm, which were enjoyed by
all.
Mrs. O. V. Hanna of Meridian is
visiting her son, Herman Hanna, and
family while recuperating from
bruises and cuts sustained in an ac-
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things of a practical nature, which h™ .ITSlSdE She w." in""
wagon with her son, Wilburn. He
alighted to open a gate, and the team
started running, throwing Mrs. Han-
na from the wagon. She fell in a way
that caused the wheels to paas over
her body, also the wheels of the im-
plement which was being dragged be-
hind the wagon. Mrs. Hanna has
many friends in this community who
was good entertainment
each evening. There were so many
r. . * ... , „ .. Pa,rk things going on that one wanted to
extremesouth end of the park for pur There was no time to loaf unless vou
picnic. There will be a sign on a tree: wanted to miss a lot of things. It was
Morgan Picnic Crowd.” So watch also interesting to meet and talk
°UTher ^L7norHn TTg T WHh P€0p,e from different of
The usual old fashioned picnic the state. Last,
lunch will be served at the noon hour, Wa8 plenty to
and a well-filled basket will be suf- to sleep
ficient password; however those de-j «i hope everybody can attend the
siring to be present and not having ghort CoUrse Mxt Vywr
an opportunity to prepare lunch, will! 1
but not least, there
eat and a good place
be just as welcome as those who
bring much food.
Come, let’s break the record this
year. Meet your school-mates and for-
mer childhood friends.
Come and bring the whole family.
Respectfully,
Craig M. Logan, Valley Milk,
President,
Mrs. Sam R. Curry, Ennis,
Secretary.
“Gus A. Hoel.”
Bell Telephone Co.
Now NRA Member V"’
Aged Bosque Citizen
Dies In Waco Hospital
for the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company.
Details of the code filed were made
public in Washington, August il, at
ises are clean and are kept clean. In!th* t me of neceptonee by the Na
this way only can we have a clean, tion*’ R«overy Administration.
Franz Thiele, aged seventy-five, a
long time resident and well known
citizen of Bosque County, died in a
Waco sanitarium last Saturday after
being a patient there for a number of
days.
Mr. Thiele came to the United
States from Germany, where he was
in the year 1861. He had lived
in the southern part of Bosque coun-
A copy of the President’s re-em-t*^ ldnce he was the father of a
pbyment agreement as modified for number of children, a complete list of
the Dell Telephone Companies and wkich the Record is not at this time
accepted by NRA officials, was sub-,abl* »ive> but hopes to be able to
mitted to the Postmaster a few days have a more complete write-up for
ago by F. L. Sober, District Manager, ”*** week’s issue.
(Continued on Last Page)
100 Young People
At Methodist Picnic
The Young People’s Division of the
Clifton Methodist Church enjoyed
themselves by having a picnic Mon-
day evening at the Olson Park. Mr.
Clarence Handley furnished the lights
for the occasion, which was very
much appreciated.
The young people met at the Meth-
odist Church at seven o’clock and a
bus was there waiting for the group.
The bus was filled with people and
also several cars were loaded. In a
few minutes a group of 100 young
people found themselves having lota
of fun. Several games were played by
the group, and then a picnic lunch
was spread on the ground. Everybody
seemed to get all they could possibly
eat.
The young people had many inter-
esting prayer services during the re-
vival and large crowds were present
at each service.
We hope that the Young
Division will continue to grp
miss the service next
ing at 7:80 o’clock.
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Funeral services were concluded at
the grave in the Valley Mills
tery Monday afternoon in the pres-
a large crowd of relatives
healthful
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1933, newspaper, August 25, 1933; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776106/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.