Lockhart Post-Register from Lockhart, Texas • Page 1

THE LOCKHART POST E.Ubliahed 1890 THE LOCKHART REGISTER EiUbluhed 1879 SECOND round Our Town post-Register has often attention to the fact that branch of business operat- i the country town has city petition. That competition is always open and fair but is octed in a manner intended to out the smaller country town. The large con- of the city evidently have an rstanding as to their manner fighting the smaller business he country town. They do not re that the small town con, be instantly destroyed bet that would unify country munities in support of their institutions and ultimately ace the amount of business the receives. The object of the leems to be to keep the small industry on a starvation in the hope that in time they cease to operate leaving a field and the impression in minds of country town people these small country industries cot pay.

The Post-Register in commercial printing has in rs past received the intimation to long as it confined itself certain business it would not be obled but that it should not in to business that its larger petitorn had considered their It is understood everywhere the country town of a thcus- population or less will have a ting plant but the city plants careful that the country cornier does not install too much hinery or take care of too of the local business. larger ones desire it un- ttood among the trade that re is "some business" the local nt not equipped to do and Mich printing must be sent of town. Foundation Short Course. July 8,9,10 (By H. E.

Hampton) Wc are doing everything possible to make this Short Course of real benefit to the farmers and their families who attend," says Jack Shelton, manngcr of the Luling Foundation win is co-operating with the A. M. College Extension Service in putting on a three day short course. "Most of the information given will be the actual experiences of the people who have carried on demonstrations with the help of the Extension Agents. The Extension Specialists will lead the discussions but the farmers and farm women themselves will do most of the talking," he continued, "and you can bet they know what they are talking about." A livestock program will be followed.

Hogs will be the subject Wednesday afternoon; dairying Thursday morning, poultry, Thursday afternoon; beef cattle, Friday forenoon, and Friday afternoon will be given to cutting, curing, and canning meats. Those attending the course will be able to go the day the subject is discussed in which they are most interested or they can attend all three days. There will be camping facilities for those who want to spend the three days in a sort of outing. Good Will Meeting At Post Oak Prairie LOCKHART, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1931 Lockhart i The school house at Post Oak Prairie is the community center. The building is not pretentious, being only a commodious box house but sufficient to house the two-teacher school, the home economics work, the 4-H club and the community worship on Sundays The school is also the center of many social activities such as sing ings, dinners and the like.

W. E. Dinges, in an address said that the people expected to erect an auditorium on the school ground in the not far distant future. This addition will not only accommodate the community activities but also the entertainments given by the school. The dinner in connection with School Receives Additional Credit Mr.

A. M. Blackman, Chief Supervisor of High Schools- of the State Department of Education, has recently sent a communication to Supt. W. Z.

Bates in which it was stated that an additional credit of one-half unit has been granted the local high school in the subject of Public Speaking. Mrs. Harold Dement is to be congratulated for having done such splendid work as to merit this honor, and the students of the Speech Depart ment feel proud of the fact that their work has stood the test of the Department of Education. The Lockhart High School now Extra Session Of Legislature Is In Prospect oil Situation And Congressional Redisricting To Be Submitted If Called has full affiliation in every sub the good will tour of the Lockhart I ject that is offered in its course of Business Mens Club to the Post study, and it occupies an enviable E. U.

Conley Humble Agent latest form of unfair com- tion is that to whkh the cream 1'of country towns are being bjected. The country creamery cream sweet and man- actum therefrom a quality of Iter that cannot be surpassed, tweet cream butter of coun- receives the appro- of of the United States ttiion Department, The big merles of the cities must ncc rily buy large amounts of sour collected from far distant tlons. It is known to any ob- rver that some of this sour It'not In the bast condition before the country ming station. The beat quali of butter cannot be made from in bad condition to what treatment It may be subject or whatever chemicals used to rlfy It. Hence It that dead for the product of the coun- creamery begins to Increase at a time of the year, and the prietor of the country cream- reaches oat for more sweet there's when he finds "tender regard" his big broth- has for him.

The city creamer- been paying is and fif cents a pound tor sour cream the skimming station where it delivered to the city creamery The small creamery offers producers say twenty cents a moat the same country skmv Ing station for sweet cream and 1 collect St sweet. Then comes larger creamery and offers the me price for sour cream and it to, be supposed that if the smal reamcry raised higher the price or sweet cream the larger con "rn would meet It for sour cream should occur to the milk pro ucet that the small croamery a purpose in sustaining thrice of cream, The question might rise also that if twelve or fifteen ents is all the big one can af- ovd to pay In places whore there no competition, "how much he sustain in buying at say wonty cents a pound?" Or if he an operate with a profit on say cent cream what an cnor- profit he must get out of twelve cents. But hytajso the price for sour cream in the world but to keep small creamery confined to mall operation and limited profit the hope that in time It will ease to exist nad the community to believe It demlsod natually that such Industries do not in country towns The foregoing la true not only printing business and but every other small otwn idustry, It well known that the rge mills of the cities paid con "lerably more a ton for cotton fi where there wore lo- 81 Wilis, Yet we have hoard men E. U. Conley has been appointed agent in this district for the Humble Oil Refining Company.

Mr. Conley is well known, not only to the people of his district, but all over the county. He is a capable, courteous business man and the big concern 's affairs should prosper under his charge If we mistake not, the Humble is about the biggest company in Caldwell County and used to be the largest taxpayer and probablv is at this time. Baptist Revival Meeting Continues The meeting at the Lockhart Baptist Church continues with good attendance and good inter est. There have been four addi tions up to date.

There will be Baptising at the close of the Sunday night service. Everyone is cordially invited to all the services. Oak Prairie community Friday night was served by the Parent- Teacher Association on the school grounds. The blessing was asked by Wm. M.

Schofield, after which all fell to upon a feast not surpassed at any time or in any place. It is a custom at State meetings to serve Texas products. At this dinner, Post Oak Prairie products wqre served. The menu included everything from chicken pie to peach cobbler in addition iced tea. There was enough food to satisfy the appetites of two hundred people and the fact should not be ovrelooked that town people on an occasion of this kind "sure do After dinner the assemblage moved to seats in front of an out door platform where the following program was rendered with Roy Stacey, president of the P.

T. as master of ceremonies: Post Oak pTairie Chorus The Post Oak Prairie School E. Dinges W. E. Dinges, Roy Stacey, R.

C. Strnwn, Mrs. R. C. Strawn.

Kelly's Dream R. M. Barron Songs and A. L. Wilson II The Old Maid's Burglar Ada Barber Post Oak Prairie Home Demonstration Work.

R. B. Vickery Quartet- position among the high schools of the State. The Lockhart High School not only is building up those subjects which make credits, but is also adding to the course making for the culture of students who go no further than the home school. Every citizen should cooperate for the growth of their home school J.

W. Gladden Elected Principal Mr. J. W. Gladden of Celina, Texas, the new principal of the Lockhart High School, who has been teaching in the Eastland High School during the last two years, will move to Lockhart a bout August 1st.

Mr. Gladden is a graduate of the Teachers College at Denton, Texas, and has done post-graduate work in Southern Methodist He comes highly recommended as a man of sterling qualities and of splendid ability. He has had several years of experience as a principal of high schools and as a worker with boys in athletics. Mr. Gladden should do excellent work here.

A. A. Storey attended the funeral of Mrs. DeVilbiss at Pearsall Wednesday. Golden Wedding Re-Union Austin, Texas, June he calls a special session of the Legislature, Governor Sterling said Tuesday he would submit only two subjects, oil legislation and the congressional redisricting bill.

The Governor said he would submit the subjects one at a time. He stated that no local bills would be submitted, nor would there be a submission of bills on taxation and revenue. Governor Sterling said he probably would a decision as to the necessity of a special session with the next few days. He de sires, he said, to give East Tex an time to try out the Cranfill Trades Bay day, July 3rd; Big Dances At Night Dr. A.

A. ROSS Friday, July 3rd will be the' A- Trades Day in Lockhart. Mate The usual Trades Day prbgratn IfoalfVi Pnoril will be held at 2:00 o'clock p. necliTIl DUdlU There will be a big street dance at night with two orchestras furnishing the music. Enclosures will be roped for the dances.

The crowds will be here July 3rd. Come, be sociable. The stores of the town will close Saturday, July 4th. AUSTIN, June State Board of Health Tuesday reorganized under the law enacted by the recent Legislature. Dr.

A. A. Ross of Lockhart was elected chairman, Dr. John W. Burns of Cuero, vice chairman, and Dr.

W. A. Davis of Austin, secretary. The new law increases numbers of members of the board from six to nine. Dr.

Ralph A. Ericson of San Antonio and J. M. Spoonts of NUMBER Wichita Falls, two of the new mis tunc vi www i mi oil stabilization plan, which has members, were sworn m. The new LOCKHART PEOPLE INVITED TO HEAR REV.

NATH THOMPSON Rev. J. R. Milliard, pastor of the Fred Allen Memorial church at Austin, requests the Post-Register to announce that the meeting in his church will begin next Sunday with the Neth Thompson, well and favorably known in this community, doing the preaching. Friends of the Rev.

Thompson everywhere are invited to any and all of the services of this meeting. with cotton seed to sell excoriate thulr local mill until they were black in the face because it did not offer as much as the outside buyer, never thinking that he would get considerably less if there were no local competitive institution. The same is true of bakeries, produce companies that buy chickens, eggs, pecans, tullow and hides; small town grist mills and feed plants, planing mills, in fact every business operated in the small towns. Saturday was the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs Philip Bluhm.

On Sunday the family assembled to celebrate the event. Mr. and Mrs. Bluhm have twelve children, seven boys and five girls all of whom live at Lockhart ex- Mrs. G.

G. been in effect since last Saturday. He believes that the plan will fail and that it will be necessary to enact a law to handle the oil sit uation in Texas. The Governor said that in the event he called a special session of the Legislature, the first sub ject to be submitted would be the matter of handling the oil situa tion. When that was disposed of he would submit the congression al redistricting bill.

At this time he said these were the only two subjects he had in mind of sub mitting to the special session General opinion in the State Capitol is that the Governor probably would issue his proclamation next week convening the Legislature in special session. He probably will give about 10 days' notice to the lawmakers to return to Austin. Strong pressure is being brought to bear on Governor Sterling to call the spceial session. He is receiving daily a mass of telegrams urging the convening of the Legislature in extra session. He also is receiving some telegrams opposing a special session.

He estimates that 10 times as many tele grams for a special session are being received as compared with those against it. C. V. Terrell, chairman and Lon members are a dentist, pharmacist and sanitary and civil engineer. The board unanimously approved work done in the several bureaus of the State Health Department and also voted confidence in Health Officer J.

C. Anderson's administration. Fewer Automobiles Are Registered At the Bowling Alley Austin, Texas, June 22. Automobile registrations in nine Texas counties totaled 3,522 during May, a decrease of 14 per cent from the total of 4,074 cars registered during the corresponding period of 1930, according to the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. April registrations for the same list of counties amounted to 3,635.

Counties included in the list were Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, McLennan, Nueces, Tarrant and Travis. Last Friday night Cities Service team defeated Dale two games of the three. Monday night Corner Drug Store defeated Dale two of the three gamea. Wednesday night Livengood's defeated Cities Service two games of the three. The only remaining series of games to be played in the city league tournament is between the Chiropractors and the Post- Register on Friday night of this week.

Standing of the teams in this tournament to date is as follows' Players Corner Drug Store i0 Post-Register 8 Cities Service. Chiropractors 5 Livengood's -o- Pet 667 5 583 i 7 533 8 "467 7 417 333 10 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Goodridge of iRobstown were here Sunday to be cept two daughters Messrs. Dinges, Strawn, Sta- Newell of Robstown and Mrs.

Fred cey, Mrs. Strawn. Paschal of Corpus All of Wm. M. Schofield, called upon the children and seventeen- grand- to make some annooncements con- children were present for the joy- cerning Lockhart's next Trades ous occasion Sunday.

golden wedding anniversary of their grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Bluhm.

Secretaries of city chambers of commerce, when they speak in country towns, sympathize in man nor almost lachrymose, with their country friends, and some have been quoted as advising, "don't buy anything in our city that you can buy in your town." An editor commenting on such speech called attention to the fact that while the secretary was delivering his sympathetic effusion, the trucks of the president of that same chain bcr of commerce wore on the streets of that same town selling to those same merchants listening to the address and the same sales were in competition to local In-' dustrioH. Day, took occasion to commend the community spirit of the Post Oak Prairie Community and their practice of using their school house as a community center. He said that the Divine injunction "Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together" when obeyed brought a blessing to secular affairs as well as religious. In his address, W. E.

Dinges told of the need of the community for graveled roads and Judge M. O. Flowers was called upon to tell how these might be secured which he did in manner satisfactory to tho people of the. community. He also commended the community spirit in evidence at Post Oak Prairie.

Keep it alive, urged Judge Flowers. Especially interesting to the visitors were the songs and readings by the people of the Post Oak com munity as well as the addresses of Mr. Dinges and Mrs. Vickery. i Mr.

Dinges told of the building of their school house( its enlargement and the plans of the community for further progress. Mrs. Vickery became a member of the Post Oak Prairie Home Demonstration Club in 1925, and in her six years membership has not missed a meeting. In the county contest she won a trip to Collego Station, some time ago, The Vickery farm is one of the most noted In Caldwell County. Exhibits from this farm at the Caldwell County Fair havo received favorable comment by all who viewed them.

Mrs. Vickery is prominent also in the County Home Economics work. In this connection it is proper to state that the Post Oak Prairio people express their appreciation The party repaired during A. Smith, railroad commissioner, present at the observance of the said Tuesday the law plainly re- quires a hearing preceded by a 10- day notice before any orders can be issued and that it now looked as if nothing will be done with the 300-barrel to the 20-acre unit plan until after the proration hearing set for next Monday. Unless the commissioners their minds the Cranfill plan will not be breathed into an official order of the commission Emancipation Day Observed Here County Auditor, W.

W. Preston, Mrs. Preston and Miss' Frances Preston in observance of Father's Day took with them a picnic lunch Sunday, drove to Austin, where they picked up Mr. Preston's parents, Dr. and Mrs.

John Preston. The party drove in a loop, visiting Llano, Burnet, Johnson City and intermediate points. Auditor Preston says the day was most pleasantly spent. They passed through a country of most beautiful ery and abundant crops of all kinds, plenty of rain having fallen a few miles past Austin as far as Llano. Dr.

Wm. P. Morgan left Wednesday morning for Philadelphia where he will take up his second year's work in the graduate school of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Morgan is doing work on a Master of Medicine degree in internal medicine and he will be House Physician in the Jewish hospital there.

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Vogel and Emma Jane Rosener spent the week end in Temple visiting relatives. I morning, to the Compton, place on.

before next week's hearing. The Clear Fork where the noetnlay re- commission has its own prortion past was served picnic and in force, though not ob- the social side of the afbur enjoy- served by many producers, and is not disposed to disturb them even Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bhtfcm without the 10-day notice require- a tried at Luling, ment. and since that time inl; By next Monday the commission the Lockhart where Jthe Governor and the oil fraterni- they are highly esteemed? ty expect to know what results The children are W.

have, been produced by the Cran- A. Ben; Roy; all of EU plan. The commission is receiv Lockhart; Mrs. G. G.

Newett, Robe ng reports of operations and town; Mrs. Fred Paschal Corpus fTuesday the percentages of over Christi; MTS. W. W. Mrs.

Oran Coker; and Miss Hazel Bluhm, all of Honey boy and Sassafras Visit Here But the city business bus widened its scope a little too far nnd the situation is soaking into some of tho country towns. Those towns will exist that put into effect program in their own defense. of tho visit of their friends from Lockhart and say they will be glnd to see them in the community at any time as individuals or a civic body. This good will tour was ono of the most pleasant and profitable of any made by the Lockhart Business Men's Club. The night was The City Tire Store Monday afternoon presented to an immense assemblage the noted entertainers, Honeyboy and Sassafras.

The important personages were introduced in a few pertinent remarks by Mayor Schofield and from the time they mounted the improvised ploform. kept their hearers in an uproar of laughter. Honeyboy and Sassafras are two very genial and likeable gentlemen well known to WOAI radio audiences. Their personal appearance measured up to the most en- thusaistic anticipations of the audience. Honeyboy and Sassafras expressed themselves as pleased jiv vlw their visit to Lockhart and Counc 'iPof tn announcement of Honeyboy I that they would be back was greet- 1 ed with lusty cheers and applause.

The tires given away by the City Tire Store were received by i Mrs. Carter Wallace and I. H. production was large. It is no secret that the Governor and the commission do not think the Cranfill plan workable and that neither is expecting favorable results, all of which tends to provoke a special session under eall of the Governor and the usual proration rules readopted by the commission as a result of next week's hearing.

All of this presages a condition of battle that has been raging for some time over ratable takings, unequal withdrawals and conservation measures in the East Texas field. Well Brought in at Blalock Prairie Bowles, most beautiful for such a trip and the dirt road was in the best possible condition for which Commissioner M. W. Callihan of Precinct No, 1 and Commissioner W. D.

Moore of Precinct No, 2. are to be commended. There was a crowd of business men from Lockhart who visited the Blalock Prairie oil field June 18. Oil was being pumped from the Jim Feguson well number one. They wore just completing the second derrick about two hundred yards from the number one.

At the number two they were all seen gathered around the tables with barbecue and other nice things to eat. Austin, Bastrop and Cedar Creek were all well represented. Shlmel Brothors arc tho operators ami Judge Butts of Austin. Edwin E. Dannolloy of Ada, Oklahoma, is spending his vacation at his home in Lockhart and in San Antonio.

Under the auspices of the Em ancipation Association the colored' people of the Lockhart community observed the anniversary of their freedom "June tee nth" at the colored school building on East Market Street. In celebration of the event, three days were set apart, Friday, June 19th, Emancipation and Sunday The parade Friday morning at eleven-thirty was the best ever presented on an occasion of this kind. Especially commended was the display of quilts and other needlework which was from the home economics class of the school Beginning at the noon hour a program consisting of music by the orchestra, songs and addresses was rendered at the school auditorium. At the conclusion of this program, dinner was served under the shade of the trees on the school campus. A large number of white people and Mexicans were served at separate tables.

The tables were load ed with everything good to eat. This occasion was successful for the Emancipation Association even to their teams winning all three of the baseball games played with the Mexican Eagles. Emancipation Day this year was notably successful, due to the harmony among the colored people In times past these people have too often been torn with distention as to the observance of this their greatest day, and have broken up into quarreling groups each holding a celebration of its own. This year there was not an unpleasant circumstance to mar the festive occasion though it was largely attended. These Emancipation Day celebrations of the colored people will do doubt continue to be a success, the only danger being an attempt on the part of some to commercialize them which should be care fully guarded against.

Tho white people were liberal in their contributions to the financial BAPTIST ACADEMY HEAD AT SAN MARCOS QUITS SAN MARCOS, June The resignation of J. E. Franklin, president of the San Marcos tist Academy for the past four years, was accepted by the board of trustees of that institution at a meeting held at the academy Tuesday afternoon, June 23. R. M.

Cavness, of San Marcos, for the past four years instructor in Spanish in Southwest Texas State Teachers College, was ed to the position of president and has accepted. "HELL'S ANGELS" AT BAKER THEATRE THIS WEEK The screen's first "Multi-Million Dollar" picture production, "Hell's Angels," comes to the Baker' The-: atre this week on Thursday and Friday June 25-26. This giant production was produced by Howard Hughes, a former Houston, Texas, boy, who made millions in oil in this state. Hughes, as supervisor of the production spared the best in acting, directorial and' neither time nor money, securing technical ability, keeping thenv: under contract for four years until the greatest air spectacle the screen has ever seen was finished. The starring players of "HelPs Angels" are Jean Harlow, the screen's newest star find, James Hall and Ben Lyon The picture will play at the Baker Theatre at egular admission prices, A special added feature at the Baker Theatre for Saturday night only is the big guessing contest which will be held on the stage of the theatre Immediately after the first show.

Three large, hollow cones will be placed on the stage, the object of the contest being to guess the object under each cone. There will be plenty of fun and well, ask us about it; we can tell you better, Tho feature picture for day and Monday, June 27-29, la the Vitaphone production, support of this year's Emancipa-1 tain with Fay Wray and; tlon Day observance. I Victor Varconi..