The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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CUERO DAILY RECOR
CUERO STAR and CUERO NEWS
We Have no Right to 8ucceed Unlade We Can Render Service to Our Community
CUERO, DeWITT COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESPAY EVENING, JULY, 17, 1928
FOUR PAGES TODAY
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
fey Ei eon R. Waite, Shawnee, Okla.
A. I*. Gianninl, President of the
feancitriy Corporation of San Lran-
ciseo, says: (
Si ccefcs ? It comes from making
up yoir mind what is going to
happen and then backing yoUr
judgment to the limit!” Thait
the wj.y A P. Giannini, President
of the Bank of Italy, outlines his
forma a, the one that has made
his( in ititution the largest bank
outsid: of New York.
^The man who thinks in terms
of toqtoitow or next year is the
man xho makes progress. But it’s
no use to decide what is going to
happen if you haven’t the courage
convictions. Many a bril
Idea has been lost because
the ma 1 who dreamed it lacbed the
spunk >1 the spine to put it across.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t al-
ways hit the exact bull’s eye.
There are other rings in the target
that scjore points.
“Ain to put yourself in a posi-
tion to do something the other fel-
low cai’t do, particularly in an
emergency. Be ready to help peo-
ple wh;n they need it most. Get
them ouft of a hole. The
is all right in sunshine
helping hand in a dark
remfefeiher to the
Ifir'% f
V
of the year,
♦ ♦♦ r* •
of our major build-
finished or nearing
lion we ’-are beginning to
i to ask ourselves, what
sees
SIS
or neeth to be
Simple Gowns Of Old
DeWitt County Slave Are
Treasured In Museum
Home-spun clothes and a cloth cov-, figured cotton,
ered Bible which were the treasured
possessions of a slave-woman who be-
Xext
to these hangs
another dress made of cross-barred
muslin which >s sa>d t0 have been the
longed to the Edgar family of De- first dress bought by Sarah after she
Witt county are given an honored
position in the beautiful Wittee
Museum in San Antonio among all
the gorgeous and valuable treasures
that are gathered here from all parts
of the state and foreign, nations,
many of these dating bach hundreds
of years.
Passing through the great -rooms
of the museum, where one may read
In the wonderful collections the story
of many phases of our state” and na-
tion’s history, one comes to the glass
case which protects the simple white
gowns, fashioned from home-spun
which were once worn by Sarah Tate,
the negro slave who was brought to
Concrete, DeWitt county by the Ed-
gar family. Hanging ’with the white
dress, which served as the slave-
woman’s wedding gown and which
we are told wae fashioned by her
young mistress for this occasion, is an
infant’s dress quaintly made from red
FIRST RALE OF
DEWITT COTTON
GINNED TODAY
Cuero And This Section
Offers- Great Opportunity
For Pecan Shelling Plant
August Schuneman, Nordheim
Farmer. Brings in First
1928 Cotton.
wa-s freed.
Showing little signs of the years
that have passed since they were first
made and worn by the negro slave,
and with few signs of wear, one would
believe .that they had been treasur-
ed. as the card they bear informs one,
until the dty of Sarahs death at the.
century’ mark, the last twenty-five*
years of her life being spent with the
Woodley family 6f San Antonio. The
thumb wora Bible, covered in ging-
ham, bears further testimony of the
fact that Sarah Tate must have been The cotton was raised
an unusual type of her race. Schuneman s farm about
The exhibit 1s unique among the'miles south of Noidheim, and
bought by ~ ‘ * ’
Cuero as the center for one of the
greatest pecan growing sections of
Texas offers opportunity for the de-
velopment of an industry which has
hitherto been neglected namely pecan
l shelling factory which would provide
j a more remunerative local market
for the pecan the commercial value
of which ts fast being recognized.
Hitherto only the edible contents of
Ntord-! the nut was marketable, but the pe-
can-shell is now being sought as a
! sourt^ of tannic acid which is a neces-
i sary substance used in tanneries The
1928 cottoni being ginned at juiy issue of the Texas Commercial
the Schultz gin in Nordheim.j News gives interesting facts relative
and weighing 535 pounds jto this new value of pecan shells
1 which are now being burned and de-
BALE WEIGHS 535 POUNDS
Is Heaviest Bale Reported
This Section, More May
• F ollOw Soon.
August Schuneman,
heim farmer, today brought in
DeWitt county;s first bale of
on
great store of treasures; and coming
unexpectedly upon it. after viewing
tlie many priceless and historical
treasures it especially Impresses .a
visitor from DeWitt county where
many members of the Edgar family
still reside.
rt?
Iy, w^fdo not
up so iong as
ils to gained,
met. Prpbably the
i«|ptttvement that will most
the public is the erection
of the j permanent band-stand in
the city park. This is assured and
material asset in the pro-
civic betterment. Next in
ce would be the acquiring
of anotlter modern hdtel. There is
no ques ion that this is the great-
neec at the present time; for
oar present hotel and restaurant
facilities i are inadequate to fill the
present need, much less the great
demand that is certain to come as
highway improvements are com-
Rumors Indicate New
World Record Set by
Cuero Legionaire
Rumors to the effect that Tom
Cheatham, Cuero Legionaire, de-
voured three cows and a calf
at the recent DuBose barbecue,
staged in honor of. world war
vets, are being investigated by
C. Donovan, secretary of tht
Chamber of Commerce of Gon-
zalts. according to reports cur-
rent in Cuero this morning.
It is said that Donovan, in a
communication to Mr. Cheatham,
declared that he wanted to make
a- oheek ap on the - amount of
barbecue* the. Legionaire* had
eaten ew this particular occasion
before articles to the effect that
he had eaten three cows and a
calf were edited. *
Mr. Cheatham could not be
reached by a representative of
The Record Tuesday morning,
and therefore we are unable to
vouch for the veracity of this re-
port. but his capacity for barbe-
cue is well known.
WORK ON FILLING
STATION BEGUN
New Service Station on Vjc-
toria-Cuero Highway to be
Completed in Near Future.
Osterloh
was
Neutzler.
Cuero has not yet received
1928 cotton, which is unusual
this section. The first bale
year, was received here on July 9
and was raised by Frank Gaida, who
was farming near the Charles Smith
In San Antonio alone there now are in
the neighborhood of 600 pecan shelling
factories.
Australia, Venezuela and Smyrna
have heretofore furnished most of the
nuts and barks from which the tannic
acid has been extracted to tan t!
hides of our Texas longhorns in eai
ern tanneries; but the capitalists
the country now have their eyes on
Texas pecan shells and also the can&l-
gre plant which grows wild in parts
of West Texas as possible sources off
the tannic acid supply for this coun-
try;
Mr. \V. L. Shaw, owner of three tan-
neries at various points in Michigan
and one in Pittsburgh, Pa., recent!
spent several weeks in Texas invest!
gating the possibility of buying Ian
near a good Texas *seaport on whic
the Yanaigre plant, which is very rich
in tannic acid, could be cultivated.
jjve| stroyed as useless.
‘ The pecan shall, an humble by-
& i product of Texas pecan shelling fac-
j tories, is another native Texas output
anyj which is being sought by eastern tan-
for ners for its tannic acid value. Texas J While'Jn Texas, Mr. Shaw contracted
last ships annually approximately 9,600 j f0r the: output of pecan shells from a
tons of pecans and about 60 per cent j number of Texas pecan shelling fab-
of this weight can be counted on for f tories. Mr. Shaw also expressed th*
shells. Cities located in the pecan belief that the bark and foliage of
belt of Texas—San Antonio, Brown-
OL. 68, NO
SSJPf
Standard Mill
be Recc
Aid<
TO MEET*___
No Farther Ofepositioa Lot
as Ordinance is Explain
a *
tance is fcj
I in Detail.
Construction of a modern filling
station, po be owned and operated by
A. A. Laake, formerly of Alice, Texas
was begun Monday morning, work be-
ing under the direction of Cliff Mtuer,
local contractor, the contract being
handled through the Alamo Lumber
company.
The hew station is being construct-
ed on the Victoria-Cuerq highway, on
the former Miller property lacing the
Crescent Valley creamery.
The plans call for a building. 30x26,
to be constructed in the latest drive
in filling station design.
The station will cost approximate-
ly 12000, and will be completed with-
in the next tiree weeks, according to
the contractor In charge of the work.
TWELVE FLIERS
SHU MISSING
Krassin Gqes Back to Spitz<
Bergen to Take on
Fuel.
ranch
The bale brought in by Schuneman! wood’ and others-are rapidly taking
is the heaviest yet to be reported in!the Place of St Louis 38 the I**311
this section of the state. Beevillej shellinS center of thc Un|ted States’
has received several bales, the heavi _ - _ * - —
est weighing only 323 pounds. 0 ** lincral OCTYICCS r Or
Local observers declare that in the; Ma/lV HlldgeOIlS Held
In Yoakum Sunday
event of two more weeks of hot i
weather, a good cotton crop will be1
practically assured for this section J
Cotton throughout the county is
looking good at the present time, and
no great amount of damage has been
done by weevils Or other pests.
Nordheim, Yorktewn and Westhotf
report good prospects, while Meyers
ville and ArneOkjeville expect bump
er crops.
Cotton in thi^T Immediate section is
much better thjh* th cave rage cotton
over
tliap I
the stale B Teitt*,, and has
Funeral services were held in Yoa-
kum on Sunday afternoon for Miss
Mazie J. Hudgeons, aged twenty-six
years whose death occurred on Sat-
urday night at 11:20 at a local sani-
tarium where she had been brought
for treatment from her home in.Gol-
iad. The remains were prepared for
burial by E. J. Freund, Cuero funeral
director and Were taken over-land to
Yoakum.
been declared f)^^ifitlf^"to%hp'*cveh ?>H ^’^t^T^Sieinrlee whs bald ha Becks
per . cent better than cotton in the
Rio Grande Valley.
Pioneer Physician of
Yoakum Laid to Rest
PLACERVILLE, July 17.—(INS)
—Unconscious for the past forty-
eight hours, the condition of C.
D. Henry, !father-in-law of Her-
bert Hoover, was considered
hopeless today.
was
MOSCOW, July 17 —(INS)—With six
members of the Nobile expedition and
six members of the Amundsen relief
squad still missing, the 10,000 ton
Russian ice-breaker Krassin was en-
m
Milano
Nobile
.....
■Eata. V * j°*t beginning to realize___
j, wbxt a radical change is to come ! route to Spitzenbergen today to refuel
about in the relations of tie small
towns and the larger cities through
the building of paved highways as
connecting links between these
eomiBun ities. Today, with Highway
81 paved for a greater part of the
ronto t< San Antonio one may
leawe'Ci.eyo in the morning, spend
file day in shopping or sight-see-
ing atteid a good show in the city
l ^and return with no great effort.
'and Witi i little hurry. San Antonio
i$tii today h only a short two and a
half hoi^rs drive from Cuero as a
result o the partial completion of
if this highway. We are no advocate
of shopping in the city in prefer-
TA enee to buying at home but when
the neec arises it will be most con-
venient to be able to take this
short dr ive and return in one day.
■ Wh™ oiler main highways are
A, eomplefid to form other important
connecting links,there will be no
mope i» Nation for the little town
and its ntisens.
♦ ♦♦
"i* With the hot dry days of mid-
summer Ijjproaching the city
namission is again caling
itizens to do their part in
ig our city water supply
adequate to meet all needs
:r how heavy the demand
citizens co-operate in
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PARIS, July 17.—(IKS)—It
reported this afternoon that For-
eign Minister Briand will issue in-
vitations to the powers for a
Paris conference to sign the
American anti-war treaty.
mortuary chapel at 5 o’clock Sunday
afternoon with the pastor of the Yoa-
kum Methodist 'church officiating, and
interment followed in Oak Grove cem-
etery. The deceased is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Hud-,
i geons, of Goliad, one brother and one
Funeral services were held today in J sister.
Yoakum for Dr. John A Youngkin.l .____
belief that the bark and foliage
cedar and Black Jack oak could b4
used as tannic acid sources. A
quantity of cedar was sent east fof
experimental purposes.
Aged President of
Mission Valley Died
Monday Afternoon
Mrs. Emma Albrecht aged 78 years,
6 months, passed away at her homaj
in the Mission Valley community
jfonday afternoon after a long ill|
ness, having been bed-ridden since
last October A native of this section
the deceased was a member of one of
the pioneer families and had spent
all of her life in and near the com-
munity, where she^died. Funeral serv-
ices are to be held from the family
residence at 3 o’clock Wednesday af-|
ternoon and interment will be ia the' da!
Adoption of th# sti
Milk Ordinance
ed to the City Co|
adjourned meeting to be
Wednesday afternoon to
the report of the Committee
has has under consideration
oral weeks the a(fc>p
ordinance such as
tion In many tot
Texas.
The chief obstacle that
its findings was
ing of the commi
it was found tha
existed any opposition to
tion of the ordinance as
The visit of th©
Dr. J. C.
of the state
Cuero on last
to clear up much
as to the
and brongh’t at
tion toward its
suited in the dc
mittee to
council.
The chief ot
stand in the wa
the milk ordini
be the seeming
would work on the
are patrons of th^
Creamery. Thig oj
moved when it
products of the erfl
fected
that
Mexican Smuggler is
Killed by Officers
Yoakum's oldest physicians who died j
at his home in that city Monday I
moaning. The deceased had been a,
relative of Yoakum for the past 401 -
years, during which time he made j El. PASO, July 17. (INS) One
many friends throughout this entire Mexican died in a city hospital here
section.
Lutheran cemetery at Meyereville
under the direction of E. J. Freund,
funeral director of Cuero. Rev. Poehl-
mann of the Lutheran church at Mey-
ersville will officiate .
Surviving Mrs. Albrecht are f°ur familiar with
children, namely Mrs. Sophie Sturm _j.
of Victoria, Otto, George S. and Al-
fred S. Albrecht of Mission Valley.
Her husband preceded her In death
three years ago. s
form to Its regulati
is a matter that l
to the Individual;
jection.
It is the
committee wit
at the Wednesday
r
•* -
tfe>»Jwy:
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*
Services were held from his resi-
dence todhy. with Rev. C. B. Yeargan
Presbyterian minister of Yoakum, in
charge oLthe burial.
The. Record joins a host of Cuero
friends 1n extending sincere sympathy
to the bereaved.
today as a result of a gun battle be-
tween smugglers and border patrol-
men earl? this morning, when the pa-
trolmen halted a pack train in the
mountains Southeast of El Paso this
morning, four men opened fire bn
them from behind the rocoks.
Three of the smugglers escaped.
Bandits Surrender to - ..
....... American Marines
WASHINGTON, July 17;—(1*8)—A
group of one Hundred and seventy
three bandit outlaws surrendered to
Marines at Somolo. Nicaragua Sun-
day, according to a wireless to the
Navy from Admiral Sellers, in charge
of Nicaraguan patrol forces.
Second Italia Group Is Rescued By Ice-Breaker
and transfer to the Citta di
the seven members of the
party rescued from fee floes.
Sixteen rescued men in all are now
cm board the Krassin. nine being
members of relief groups. All of these
are described as in good health and
spirits save Captain Mariano who
suffers from a frozen leg In which
gangrene. may develop.
The Soviet relief committee met
this afternoon to decide whether to
continue the search for the Alessan-
drin and the Amundsen parties, de-
spite the intimation from Mussolini
and General Nobile that the commit-
tee intended to press the search un-
til they had definite ground to aband-
on all hope.
Turkey Trot Plans
To Be Announced
The Cuero Turkey Trot Committee
hopes to make an important an-
nouncement fn the very near future,
according to John H. Berning. Chair-
man of the Committee. Nothing has
been made public by the committee
to date, but it Is expected that they
have some interesting news in store
for Cuero. •
Dates for a number of fairs in this
section have been announced. and
plans are being announced daily.
Weather Forecast
EAST—Generally fair except In
North.
WEST—Partly cloudy, local show-
ers.
Anti-Smit
... Rally in
ILM1 /.a
DALLAS,
wide mass
Democrats got
a savo of cheers
Senator V. A.
the opening
nor A1 Smith as a|
constitution,” and
here for the sole
a state wide c*
as lor Herbert
Smith.” About
attendance at the
After Collins
vltrolic attack <
Bishop Boaz of the
at Mepbis, Tenn., delivered a
speech and regrett
leave the party.
Alvin Moody wae
chairman of the
Josephine CollinB of
ed secretlry. A nt
from varies
pledging support
campaign were
pointment of Wajr*
Resolutions con
tion adjourned
lethodist
that he
elected
After
the
While the world was still giving thanks for the rescue of Cap-
tains Mariano and Zappi and the recovery of the body of Dr.
Finn Malmgren, another thrill catpe to it with the announce-
ment by radio that the ice-breaker Krassin had smashed its
way to the ice floe on which five more members of the Italia’s
crew were marooned and, after many difficulties, had
taken them-aboard. This group comprised Giuseppe Biagi,
radio on^rator; Professor Rehounek, meteorologist, and Lieu-
tenant Viglieri, left to right at top; and Filipio Troiani, bot-
tom left, and Katale Ceccioni. All were in a pitiful state of
exl austion.
UatwosUoMl lUuatrM#* >•«■)
\
Yoakum Si
Ov<
Backed by air
McOrew hurled the
(to a 5 to 2 victory
IP. nine Sanday and
to meet the El Pawn
pioaship of Texas
McGr©w hurled
kum, and contrit
the days i
in the outfield for
crashed out a circuit!
ing on at th© time.
Nearly throe
accompanied by two I
trip to ~
the 1
.tv
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Georg©
ploye of the
is 8ta
time.
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The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1928, newspaper, July 17, 1928; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999206/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.