The Weimar Mercury from Weimar, Texas • Page 2

THE WEIMAE MERCURY FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1934 400 RAN6HK ANO LESSTHAN 1,000.000 POPULATION IN 1934 TEXAS LESS THAN 50 RAN6ER5 TO PROTECT FlOW 60000 000 fOUGrirrfif RED5KIN5 IN 84 PITCHED 6.000 HOR5K AND CmftE AND RESCUED THREE KIPNAPPED INCLUDING New Deal for Fish and Legal Fishermen Efforts of Game Wardens Jim Ferguson, left, (second cousin of the Governor's husband) and Joe Calvcrt, will result in a new deal for Colorado River fish and the sons of Isaak Walton who fish legally. Searchers in the Colorado river near Austin for the body of a drowned man discovered a fish trap. Ferguson and Calvert were sent to investigate. Within a mile they found 10 large traps, like the one shown One man was arrested removing fish from a trap and other arrests expected. Cotton seed meal cakes were used to bait the traps.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. The pastor spoke Sunday morning on the topic: "The Church: Prophecy and Fulfillment He pointed out that the words "I will build my church," had the approval of God manifested on Christ: that the words were saturated with the compassion of the Savior and that they moved with the burden of a lost The background surrounding the words, it was shown, v.as of Ihis nature: (1) They were raid in an 'obscure portion of the world: There were only a handful of followers and (3) Christ was unpopular with the In conclusion, the pastor declared that despite the opposition and neua- tlve background, the words "I will the whole world and definitely expressed the fulfillment of Christ, overcoming prejudice and ignorance. "Capturing Men" formed the even- Ing discussion, "The world," the pastor stated, "has always bowed at the feet of strong men, Beowulf, Charlemagne, Caouar, were revered and ra. epeoted became they were strong and valued men. Men ure oututandlng because of their courage, valor, intellect, Indimtry and honeity.

History rec- ognises the fact that there la power In men." Aiming the question "If Ihoro Is power In men, why II Is that our hnnnj on llm nhould- of so fow?" UK tpeakar explained thai, Pint, home rtantlnrds of right, duty mill ambition Inlerfwe; tieocmd environment must, bn produced whleh embrace! rliiht, duly, ambition and rlBbteouimews; nml finally, the M.rength in the oppenl llm church IIM In offer will remilt In tho kind ol men we pro- Humlay morning, Fob, 3ft, the pastor will jipealt on the siiljjwl of "Ohi'M, tho Head of the Oliurc.li." Mr. Hid Mm, anini-wald, who iMVo raided In Columbus for notmi time pant, are now located nn Route 4, out of Weimar. Welcome home, folk Hi NEWS OF BORDEN SECTION As we failed to write last week, we send in this week. But what will It be? News items are very scarce, and everybody knows we had another rain, also a real cold spell, which reminds us that winter is still with us. In spots where it was dry enough farmers last week planted corn.

More would have been planted, but the rain still further same. However, the dry norther will dry out the nround very quickly now. Hc-nry Voakamp and Walter Lucko ere business visitors in Columbus si Thursday. Mr. mid Mrs.

Oddle Kllmplc of Columbus visited relatives near hern one 'enins last Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rlchter and in, HUKO, were visitors In the Colum- la section one day last week. Clans Kruse was the guest or friends In the Content section a few days ago. Edmund Brune was a guest in the Qme of his brother near Columbus Saturday night and Sunday, We can't report much about the play Iho hall on the llth, as we did lot get to go p.nd gee It.

Our excuse Is the rondi were too bad, BROWN EYEB, CIT. WEN DIES NOR BKKVIU.K The last Issue ot the Beovllle nee- Pictiyuno contained a report ot the rtonlh of Mm. Anna Kruppa, wifn of Liuiwiir Kruppa of the Olmoa com- numuy, near Skldmoro, In Bern county, of lltuirt trouble, on Baturday hut. She hud been In 111 hmllh for the pant four yem'H, Him win born HMIIU, In 1M7, In ro.imty or Kulnn Horn, OatohOElo- ViikiH nnd onmo to this country early It, life, She was married to Ludwlg Krupnn nt the mull, In noun- ly, Jnn, (, mil, The couple rMld.nl nl, Aniiiiwiiinvilli', and Hackberry before movlnj to the Skidmore wellon In Navomber, lIKlil, li survived by hw liuiihnnd, four iiUililreu, four brothm anil one sister, WEIMAR, COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS (Weimar Mercury, Oct. 31.

1903.) The report that a Columbus wai one of the San Antonio victims of yel. low fever proved an error. The young lady was exposed to the disease, but did not contract it. The report first sent out was to the effect that the young lady in question was a Miss Harrison, but it proved to be a Miss Sandmeyer, a granddaughter of Dr. R.

H. Harrison of Columbus. Moulton Eagle: A Mr. Habermann of near Weimar bought the "Cheap Altair Corr. Eagle Lake Advertiser: We are glad to note that Mr.

Walker Lowrey, who has had typhoid fever for the past two weeks, is much improved at present. Eagle Lake Advertiser: Mrs. T. A. Hill and daughter of Weimar spent a night with Mrs.

H. Nussbaum last week, en route from Weimar to Hal- letsvllle. Columbus Citizen: Mr. and Mrs. P.

Heller and Miss Maud Hope of this city and Miss Celestine Heller of Altair left yesterday to attend the Foster-Heller wedding at Weimar In the afternoon. A. P. Hinton, who ill, has recovered, and his wife is now the invalid list. They expect to for Washington about the 10th inst.

Yoakum Times: The editor and Ife are In receipt of the following Invitation: "Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wool- Invite you to be present at the rlage of their daughter, Mayme, to Rev.

Frank Blair Buchanan, Monday, Nov. 2. 1903, at high noon, at the Methodist Church, Yoakum, Texas." Ammannsville Tuesday morning. Tile racting parties were Mr. Frank Bezecny and Miss Frances Adamek, md Mr.

Felix Mazurek and Miss Marie Mr. F. E. Caldwell died at his home our miles northeast of Weimar Friday afternoon. In the death of "Uncle Ferd" Colorado county has lost one of its truest and best citizens, whose place will never be filled, would indeed be a grand old were all men as good and true "Uncle he marriage of Mr.

Matt Foster and Miss Clementine Heller took plpye at St. Michael's Church Wednesday nornlng at 10 o'clock, Rev. C. J. Benes ifflciatlng.

A great wedding feast followed at the home of the bride's nts, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heller. At night a largely attended wedding ball was tendered the happy couple it Farmer Park Hall. Mr.

Foster is in upright, industrious young farmer, the bride a lovable young lady. ilumbus Citizen: Frost may kill off yellow fever these days, but it did not do it in Columbus In 1873, when the scourge lasted from October, 1873, to January, 1874, the last patient dying in January when there was snow i the ground. The Mercury regrets to learn of the death of Mr. Tom H. Dwyer, which irred at His home in Brenham last Tuesday.

Many years ago he was a ident of this city and possessed friends among our people who regretted to hear of his death. The Mercury editor and family have xelred an invitation which reads as folio "Sle hiermlt fn SCHOOL By DWIG llchst elngeladi inserer Tochler. Anna, mit Herrn Fer- linand Schneider, welchc am 10th November, 1803, stattflnden zubethel- i. Trnuung um 10 Uhr Mortens or St. Michael's Klrchc ui Wei- Franz Bcrgcr und Prau.

Mit- tagesacn um 1 Uhr Im Elterhause der nit. Abends Ball In dcr Farmer Halle." Our thanks are returned for the Invitation so kindly sent us, idvance the Mercury's very best wishes for a long, happy and prosper- us future are extended friend Fcrdl- land and his bride-to-be. H. o. Koehn of the Content community was over at Hochhelm Prairie last week on a visit to his sister.

tiadrangc Journal: Monday afternoon at o'clock Lad Stavlnoha of city, prescription clerk at the White Pharmacy, was united In marriage to Miss Lilly Blttner, at the of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Ohas. Blttnor, near Holman, Hie it; couple have gone to housekeep- at the Mensing Home next to August residence. Qeo, Little and Henry eamc in from Columbus Hiimlny morning to iltenrt the funeral of tiwlr former nt comrade, Mr. Oaldwil. John KtiUnln ant) John Holub of Louise were here the first of tho week nn a vlull to rataUvm and friends.

Mr, Hal Ohlnn and wife left (or nirle Lake Tuesday afternoon, where he will be employed at the mill for eraral months, AIUIIIIII tho'ni from a (Uatanoa who were iireaciH, til Uw t'tmcml fll "Unolr- WiM" OaWwell we nolrii Mr, I H. Hlulr BUI! Mr, Ml MM! wife Wnllev tounly, Ml. I Henry McMillan and wife of Oliddi Mr. Mackey and wife of LuUng, Mr. F.

E. Montgomery and son, Tom, of Houston, and possibly others names we failed to learn. Buster Hefner, who has been ing at one of the Bay City rice pumping plants, is at home to take a well- Mrs. J. A.

Stulting and granddaughter, Miss Mary Campbell, left fo: Liberty, Texas, first of the week fo: to relatives and friends. Wi regret to learn they contemplat: locating in Houston, to make theii with Mrs. Stultlng's son, John, is braking on the east end of thi Southern Pacific. We dislike to sei these good people leave here, and hope that Miss Mary's prophecy that "Grandma will be back in Weimar In- ilde of six months" will come trui News Special: Waelder, Oct. Mrs.

J. C. Simmons, who has been in the insane asylum at Austin for eight years, but had so far recovered a be permitted to return home about months ago, was badly burned this morning by her dress taking fi rhtle she was standing too near fire. Her condition Is critical. Mrs.

Simmons died Oct. 23 as a re- lUlt of her injuries. Berry Townsend advertises that he to rent a yoke of oxen for farm The quarantine of Colorado county tgainst San Antonio and other yellow infected points was raised last Monday, after being In force since Thursday ol last week. Good corn is selling here at 40c per bushel. The Huvar school building has been torn down and rebuilt close to the ence of the Sisters ol Divine The first canned tomatoes put up by the tannery at West Point, Favelte county, that we have seen offered for sale in Weimar were observed al, the store of Ratlilf Anders a lew days ago, Mr.

Anders says they are full weight, nicely put up and highly recommended by all who have used them. Give home industry a trial by ordering West Point canned tomatoes next time. Albert Rhodes, a prominent Bryan business man, who some years ago married a pretty Weimar girl by the name of Miss Nannie Tooke, was killed at his home In Bryan Oct. 28 by the accidental discharge of a shotgun he was engaged in cleaning. The charge of shot entered tiis left breast and penetrated the heart, causing instant death.

His widow and several nd Mr: County Line D. J. Wilson of Floresvllle ave on a visit to the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.

J. Qrobe. Everett Little left Tuesday for Yoakum, where he has secured a situation in the railroad shops. F. Voitle of Terryville.

DeWitt county, who soon expects to become one of our residents, was up making preparations to move. W. T. Eason says if there arc any cats wanted, apply to him. as, while he and his wife were out calling last evening, on ing them a bag of seven kittens that had been turned loose in his yard by Houston, Texas, Feb.

Dies, 41-year-old CWA worker and father of 11 children, pleaded guilty today to a murder charge growing out of the death of J. W. Ince, 50, of Weldon, and was given a five-year suspended sentence on recommendation of Assistant District Attorney Dan Jackson. Ince was fatally stabbed at a dance hall on Christmas night. WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURY.

Dallas, Texas, Feb. Pearl C. Newton, Injured yesterday when her automobile collided with a Texas and Pacific passenger train at Eagle Ford, died today in a hospital. When the accident occurred, Evelyn Dalton, 8, and her sister, Mary, 7, who had been given a "lift" on their way to school by Mrs. Newton, were killed.

Mrs. Newton was their teacher. NEGROES BEAT IIP SHERIFF. Brady, Texas, Feb. negroes who beat Love Klmbrough, sheriff, in escaping from the McCullough county jail, eluded officers and a posse today.

They threw pepper in his eyes and then hit him over the head, but the officer recovered sufficiently to take personal charge of the search. The negroes were Skinner Punchard and Richard Green. Patronize Mercury advertisers! Three Die When Car Crashes Into Tmin th.it overlook little Kvelyn and Mary Dalloii. ag. ami took the life of Mrs.

Pearl C. Newton, tin Mis, Newton, who tausht at Kaulc Ford school, l.i\ oau- Ilic lilllc Birls a "lift." A little farllicr down the coin onsliL'il into a i.ist-iiiovitia train Killiue insiamly. Mrs. Newton a' "hort lime later The uirlcil tarty feet and completely demolished. Texas "Tree Army" Comes in All Sizes and Colors tun, Texas nn tfniibk itidii-i (all) AiMiUr in ire nanwil tnm ttfTitV ifllwp? AKjiilar, Hftn.AslMJo, tlhow, In sisjwt, fiy camps, The i.

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