The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 161, Ed. 1 Monday, January 27, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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With but. fbur diiys In which tp
pay 1030 ¡Hill taxes, loss than half
the-possible voting' strength of tito
county -had been registered at the
' office of County Tax Collector' P.
W. Stakes Monday. 1
Civic organisations. patriotic cit-
izens anil candidate were bringing
personal pressure " to Bear on po-
. tentlal poll tax payers, pointing out
that this is election year with. city,
county, state ■ and national officCstp
be filled. \ ' . ■' i
The/ toja] number of payment^ to-
day had reached 137.1, wliwuw It
"is estimated there are 3S00 eligible
to vote in Ornnjce county. ,■<>■
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Legion Post Is
Facing Crisis;
Meet Tue. Night
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The «juesti<m of whether Lloyd Grnhh*'
jwist of tin' Ainer.leijn I.egioa shall pns*
into oblivion or .continue^ native will lie
brought u|i try n'li'inlicrs for discussion
at a resillar meeting at Legion -hall
Tuesday •riijiht tit 7 :i$0. - <-•'
'• "Tiie post can either fro1 forward or
go out of .business," declared one. mem-
ber yesterday. "It will lie practically im-
possible for'if to contiiiue as it is now."
Interest luís lagged nnii inemlicrsliip
1ms fallen off to the point v.-here the
payment of rent on Legion llnll litis lie-
come a post orolileni, lie said.
- All member* nnd. ex-service men are
urged,, to" iiítwñíT. tlw^ meeting Tuesday
night and join in "tin effort to. keep the
post, front becoming a dead issue in Or-,
ange. .; .
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Town Shaken By
Blasts for Oi
Throughout Sundayj (at interval
tremors, from the blasting of explOr'
at Ion crews of .geophysical survey-
ing outfits were felt . here. While
the" windows were shaken at times
in a manner almost like that of a
mild' edtrhquake, as far as could" be
learned there were no' , damages
Second Branch Store
In Past Three
Years
done
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MENTION MANY
AS SUCCESSOR
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Three Local„ Men Are
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Judgship
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Solons Ready To Take
Up Subjects Of
ft Session
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AUSTIN. Tex.. Jan 27. (AP)-r
The Texas legislature wag back on
the job today, ready to take up con-
sideration of subjects which «per-
nor Moody named in calling the
, special session.
• Chief interest centered on legis-
lation directed at reformation and
concentration of the Texas peniten-
tiary system.
Havins completed a tour and .in-
spection of the : prison properties
Among Possibilities For
Appoint- / 1
ment
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ernor Moody wi
■¿r: $.
and cimie In jicivonnl eonlaet with | appointment
living" condftibn's of the prisoners,,
the legislators hdd a better picture two.
Of the system as they entei'eil the
-w«rk of refprmln* it.
A sixth 14)1 proposing reorgunina-
tion nnd concentrating was written
by' tteprowpjtatlv'e .lack 1\ellex„ of
liallns todéy. Five others already'
* were pendajg. .
* Chief dijmgreement was over the
sites for the new' centralised sys.
. tem. The majority óf the prison
: centralisation commission . ¡recotn-
mendatlon for a site near Austin
Obtained fhb support of Governor
Jtoody. OtHi'r bills called for con-.
ceritratlon on the Imperial farm
near Houston and rehabilitation of
the present walls at Huntsville;
The miltter as to who Will ill I \ the
vacancy on the. bench of the first
judicial district created by the ><leath
of J,udge W. C. Itamsey .occurring
last Thursday, had become, ope it
oiinsiderable imiibrtance today.
It Is understood that" thíírc will
be three suggested for the uppolnt-
inént^ from the ranks/ 'of Orange
lawyers. Former District Judge V.
II. Stark, former County Judge I).
C". Bland and E. I,. Bruce wilt be
tn the list of applicants to be con-
sidered by Governor Dan vMoodv, It
was understood today.
j l.ouls Ijinier of Jasper, John B;
Forse o| Newton, Judge W. T. Da-
vis of Han Augustine, Minter.
of Hemphill are others whose «¡ames
will be in the list of possibilities,
according to lrfcal attorneys. ' \
Judge Wk T. Da\1s of San Au-
gustine who was ,nrot tdíng over dis-
tiict court at the^Vne of the death
of | Judge Ramsey, Is supposed, to
be On the bench today. The bar
bay elect a 'special judge ¡at each
term of district court at any point
w'lthín the district until an appoint-
ment has been made by Governor
Dan Moody. It Is expected that an
be made by Gov-
Orange Will Remain
Headquarters 6f
Company
■v. , •
P Establishment of a branch house
of the Sabine Supply Co. In IIous-
-tOn, announced Satui;.luy liy \V. \V.
T'lowden vice president and general
inaiiager, marks the second expan-
sion of the tlrin.^a branch having
bren opened l;i 1'ort ^Vrthuir In 1H2S.
The Houston store, located at
Navigation boulevard and Eitgolke.
street, will Ik; open foT,business on
March^ la, 3«30,. according to 'the
announcement.
The new store will In no way de-
tract from' the business hjre, it\ is
understood, hut on the contrary
will add to it, since the parent
store at Orange will renyiln as the
principal supply Jj^Quwe fo.r the
branches. " " ~<~
Establlshed In 1901., the Sabine
Supply company's growth hns: been
steady, the company having made
particularly rapid1 growth during the
last three years. The capital stock
and
increased
Wl\ SHIN(Í TO -Jiwin
A stei-nly; wiVrded ^ denial / came
Iiulekly trotil . the' white ho\is«. ^ lust
nlghi after .Tnue.tt Shouse. chairman
of the deiiiocriitic, : nationiil execu-
i live committee, had chiirgad Presi-
dent Hoover with t'on^pillng tnfor-
niation oiv government einployes^for
the puyoose of bringing ^piirronage
to beJtr against recalcitrant mem-
bers of congress. . '
I" Sueli1 pliCjiKes as "di'Hiocrnlic pro-
paganda bureau'' Jiud "not an Item
lit l) nor basis of fact" were
I mingled in thij/reply of the white
I house, Issued through Walter New*;
'ton, one of' .\[r. Hoover'K^seeretnrles.
• The dwnocrntic statement i^lid
that i loe ver' had sent cards to'
ail departments "to be filled ojjt^bj'1
ery , employe giving ^ ■ full picture
of the history of his employment."
Tiiis,; he said, was "dlffleult to ex-
plain on any non-iMjlliical lliypg-
thesls." ' " " .
Náwtonv replied that neither b°
nor the president had "ever henrt\
Great Britain Makes
New Gesture of
Faith
Twin Attack Made Oh
Two Graveitt
Problems
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of( the ninttor...^)HtU it appeared in
the press." |
A cjird index of presidential >t|v-
polntees and bther non-civil service
employes is kept to I lit* white house
us a matter—of office runtiiie,'- lie .snlil.
and some eight months ago, cards
wc.ro si-111 out for t lie purpose of
bringing this li.it up to date. Three
hundred cards have been catalogued
since that time, he added, and no
civil y Service employe \V.ts included."
Eastep Confesses
Hughes Murder
Ok III., Jan. 27; (A'P)
charged with' jnurder
DC ISA NT,
A. .1. Estep
in the. death of Ills wife, Sarah," and
Wilt Hughes, confessed here toil ay
h**f1ti4>bed Hughes to death at the
undivided profifs were recently ¡ Otters home the yight of . Nov. 2fi
ased to half a '■'million dollars. Jui, dented . killing his wife," Hue
Orange Citrus
Trees Weather
3 Hard Freezes
Taylor, sheriff, said.
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n, That.- the sn.tsum i, variety of or-
anges will withstand the worst' kind
of weather that may eve^- be ex-
pected here, is the opinion of cit-
rus fruit point nut
that; trees of that type have gone
through three of the worst' freezes
Iltrrt have bloen experienced here In
the .past fifty,'.ve;irs. ^
Joseph KiifltrezCiWikl the largest
orange grower In the county, srtld
that while the treen were hut nnl
\vlll be somewhat put back In their
development that they wére by no
means' killed by the' three blizzards.
,it IS believed the severe weather
will be ml inducement for tin1 plant-
ing .of thousands'of acres in orange
trees In' this section within the next'
few -years.
Flier Killed In
Glider Crash
,17 . 1
27. (AT')
GodUard,
Expect Delivery
Of Shell to Start ¿ J
Few Days
OAKI-/AND, Calif,, Jan,
—Ucutenant Normand A
former navy filer nnd recently op-
era,tor of a Palo Alto aviation school,
thin the next day ' tvas dead today as the jesult of the
collapse of a glider In which he
attempted to' cxci'utp a loop over
the Alabama .airport. ^ ;
The frail craft collapsed yester-
dny as (loddnrd pnile'd It out of a
dive '^at1 an altitude- of SftOO feet.
Entangled In, the wings, the pilot
•itruggied to ui e his parachute, but
a'matter of fiecoh-ls cost ,hiin his
life. . ' .
Wlille horrified spectators watch-
ed. Ooddard Worked loose anil
jumped from the cockpit at a
height of ISO feet. HUj parachute
opened a few sepond too lat«r to
Check his fall, 'and G'odiiftrd plung-
ed, into Oakland Estuary* tfc still
was alive when reached In a launch,
but was pronounced dead from a
broken heck oh arrival "t n hos-
pital. i
Ooddard was ajt entrant in the
fiole flight from here to Honoluly
In 1027.
(püwuBm
that m T. Burton,
contractor'ti> whom
urnlsh thW city with
shell wa^
Beaumont Man
Appointed 2nd ,
Lif ln Reserves
" By .SÍTBT A. BLACK
WASHINGTON. — Joseph Clin-
ton of Beaumont has accepted an
appointment os second lieutenant
lp the infantry ■ Reserve Corps, the
war department announces. •
Oth^r Texas men accepting4 ap-
polntments aré: '
Sim Henry Crews of 8an Benito,
captain, dental reserves; \*
Frederick parnés Fanning, El
Paco, ffrst ll^utentartt. medical re-
serves.
Henpr Glasscock, Kelly fleld, sec-
ond lieutenant in the air reserves.
Grover Cleveland Hetdenfeis, Bee-,
vllle, captain, Inttintry reserves.
Pity Hill, Shamrock, second Heu-i;
tenant, Infantry reserves. V •
ise Bdwln Mitchell.' Jr.. Dalian,
d lieutenant, infantry reserves.
Marlon Held, Dallas, second
CO;
,
Quake Shakes Isles
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ATHEyvS, Jan. 27. <AP)._Many
«uses collapsed yesterday onthe I*-
Psara amt'i Antl-Psera In
dicing a violent
ere big cracks
Had Given Details. Of
Giant Liquor
Conspiracy^.
OKI.AHGMA CITY. Jan. 27. (APf
—Glrcumstnncftti surrounding the
death of Mrtrflon yEullcr foriner
chief of police of Éarlshqro, Ok la.,
on the eve of the trial of 102 offl.
elal and citizens Of PottnwiiWitiilfc
Qfiunty, charged In a federal In-
dictment with a gigantic ¿ conspiracy
to violate the prohibition law have
prompted Hoy Him l^wis, Unite!
States district ii^turn^y, to say he
will start an Investigation.
, Puiierx died here Waturduy nlrflit.
Fuller, the district attorney said,
hail made a detailed statement as
to,,the conspiracy, admitting partic-
ipation in It, arid hail furnlshel Ín í
,forniation on which the govern-
ment's case largely wtjs based.
, Fuller died in a/i Oklahoma'City
hospital, his death certificate de-
scribing his fatal malady as a liver
infection, but members ^if Fuller's
family, Lewis s^ld, hitd made cer-
tain complálnis refolding his death.
Fruge Funeral
Held Sunday
Funeral services for W. B. Fruge,
n former furniture--werchant. who
died Haturday afternoon at 3:44
were held from: the residence at
ill Henderson street .at < o'clock
Hundqy afternoon.
itev^ 'K*. A'. Ingram, pastor of the
First "Baptist church; 'conducted the.
services. -.Interment In Evergreen
cemetery. «under the. direction of
Orthieyer —A Son followed. There
were mjiny beautiful floral /bfferings
made. ••_'■• :■ *;%/■:
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1550 Motor Car*
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With hut four more day to *o«
there had
LONDON, Jan. 27. (APy—The na-
val powers moved' towa.nl eonipro-
iiiIhc today on two of their Kiost
troublesome.- |irobleiiis—tile pbyslcnl
met hulls of litltiHtig 1 fleets anil
'Maly'ii demand for parity with
France—O rent Britain made a new
gesture of faith In (he conference
siiei'i'ss by nnftouneiitK Unit enijstriic-
tlon of her two newest cruisers had
been cancelled. ■ ,
The, lirltlsh announcement coin-
cided with ,tt meeting of the "Dig
Five" In 1 (owning street at which
further progi-oss :Avas -said to liuve
been ibade toward a compromisebn
it fonrtage plan Resigned to séttlo
the ijerennial ^r^ument. on this tech-
nical phase of ntoval limltnttun.
At the same time It was disclosed
thati. serlous consideration was Ije-
ln¿ given by several delegations to
a proposal that the Italian parity
problem be met by n tr^ty decía■■-
at ton In which all powers would
Join. This would state Iliat the
sovereign rlghf of every nation to
build an ail equate fleet was fully
rec Ignixcd. but that thev sl*rtitor|es
voluntarily agree not to- exceed n
certain construction.
The twin atiackj on two of t'ao,
most difficult of the ' conference,
proldems, colnciilling with the
British cruiser n-ancellniion an-
nouncement, stárfCd the second , week
of tlje conference In an atmosphere
of smiling cóntldence. It Was em-
phasised an all ' sides, however. Hint
neither of the compromise formulas
had yet been accepted anil that
much remained to be done «.ven If
these- t wo obstacles should be- over-
T'OITI^ ^ v v-- > - '.
The tonrjage measurement plan,
which was discussed for more than
two -hyiirs at the Downing street
sessl'rfñ, had b«4n under study even I
before I the conference began, but
the proposal to straighten out th,e
Franco-Italian ifuentloh apparently
developed overnlglvt.t Tl^ls later
Idea had "hot yet been reduced to-
writing, andr^lt was not ^ known
whether it would be fully accept-
able to Mussolini's government, al-
though llrnt react Inns Appeared
hopeful. J
Aa it at,odd In tentative form, the
suggestion was' tlwt the five Chief
naval powers Join ,|n a declaration,
perhaps In the preamble of a limi-
tation ..trcalty, saying, that the sov-
ereign privilege of possessing a navy
of - all} "4, sise coiihl1 npt be abridged
except voluntarily. This, In effect,
would do away with ahy fixed ra-
Up understanding sllch as was laid
down In the Washington treaty.
Then,, |n the body of the treaty,
each power would stipulate the out-
outside limits On Its building nefda
between noW anil the conference u(
193Í when the whole situation Is ex-
pected to 'come tinder review again
In «conformity with ' the agreement
reached ati Washington. , .
Funéral Services
Held Today For
• Mrs. Abbie Crew
, " #,
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Funeral service* far Mrs, Abbie
Crew, 54. widow.,, of the hue Joe
Crew, w er«. held from. the residence'
nt #li Twelfth street, at 3 o'clock
this aflcr.noou, Ifev. B, A. Ingram,
pastor of the First Baptist church
•J-eiHeiatlng, with Interment In the
.leite cemetery, unileff the direction
of-'Ortmeyer A. Son. j .
Mrs.. Crew died at_ 4;.S0 Sunday
morning at the Frances Ann I.ut-i
cher hospital after a brief illness.
,She Was boin and reared In Orange
wheiy she i. spent her entire life.
Surviving the licensed -are Kir.
sons, Henry, Dewéy. Forest and Wil-
lie Crew, an of Orante: tbreA
daughters, Mr#. Harvey Barbeo and
MIssein Winnie nnd "feessle Crew, all
(if Orange: seven grandchildren:
three brothers, Monroe Parish, *#<..■
M. Pepwe, Jr.,. of Orange and I¿t e
Depwe, of Port Arthiir;"seceh sis-
ters, M're. I^on Craft, Mi*.' Ras Ly-
ons, \Vfrs. Monroe Colhuln, Airs, Lee
Gentry, M^s Mope Brady nnd Mrs.
Cha J .. Hchrellier of Orange and Mrs.
,ilmmíe Davis of i'Orpug Chrlstl.
Mras. Crew was a lifelong mem-1
be it of the First llafStlst church of
this city and was a ichurter mem-
ber of Kub>; lodge No. H, Degree
of Honor, officials of which were in
charge ol the ¿grave.,
There was a large number at-
tending the funeriil and many. beau,
t If ul llora I offering* wer« made.
. The foJIoWlng were active pall-
bearers; J, T. ('arter, M. K. Orubbs,
K. M. Walker, K. iAi Mitchell, Neul
K. >1. WalKer,- iv. i<v.' ii
Burton fl^td'; Joe Cooper.
Special Prosecutors
Case Dismissed
By Highsmith
Another core «as collected to
Ih- liAiuglit out of the VHeraii Oil
foni|iaiijr'a Henr)- Itccil wlhl-cat
well some tinte tilla afternoon.
The rig on1 tltls well Was put out
of <-nniii lsMlnn through HuiMldy aa
n result of * breakdown whlcll
btiM allien lie«-ii re| ulred.
..i; A «en* taken out of the well
Irtté Sat unlay nlglit was sgkl In.
- lane «'oiitaliiiNl the ls -t allowing
of oil up to the 'iiri^nt time.
Man Missing 12
Days Is Found
Dead in El Paso
Tit. PA fio, Te*., Jan.- 27. (AP)~
Missing for twelve day«, William
Gitrclff> K1 Paso Mexican, has been
found dead north of town, 'au-
tliorltlea announced yesterday that
the man, owner ftf a cafe, in Juare*,
hud been shot1 in the head and ap-
parently was the victim of K1 Paso
gangsters. '
Two Aniericans were" sought as
siispecta.'
Garcia disappeared Dec, I %, aitil
It was believcJ possible lie had
been murdered and his -body, bur-
led III the sand hills south of
'.futtreZ, but the discovery of the
body north of here led officers ~ to
advance the theory he had been
Inken |for a ride.
Of All Responsibility
Withdrawal of ?
'■ '■ Lavyeirs "
' _ •
Postpone Trial
COt'RT BOpM' Austin. Jan. 51.
(AP)—County Attorney Roy Archer
and Dayton Mistes of Fort Worth,
defense lawyer in the John 'W. Hrfl-
dy murder trial, had a flat light In
the court- room today. fiem
Archeiy .saiA he hit- Mbses aftép
the lawyer had struck «t nun.
Neither win injured. : _ a&aBl
The light occurred Juat before' tl o '
morning, session got under way.
K. A. Berry oí Houston, chief of
defenso counsel assarted Archer had'
made statements derogatory to
Mosea a« that |h« latter on
ing to- the eourt- room a**""
sence of twy or three
county attorney to tank for It.
Archer declared Mosea came
to him and began "ahualng"
and hé dl.l not retalíalo until
had repeated hi„ charges. :|mh
COtritT BOOM, AlfHTIN, Jan. St.
(AP)—A statement saying that at
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Free For First Timé
Almost Two
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State Claimed Contpirap
cy to Kill Her
Husband
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Mysterious Killer is
, Sought At
Woodville
WÓODVILLR, Tex., Jan, 27.'(AP)
Officers today sought the man who
RatBtftfay night flred the full charge
of a double-barrel shotgun through
a window of Dalla* Spurlook's home
at a lumber camt near here, killing
ft man name Barber. ...
Owoing to lack of communication
and almost Impassable road*, fulf
detail* were not immediately ob-
tained. , vi' * ,
killing took place at a Klrby
r company camp about 15
"' ' " of spiurtock
5' V Nir!«Hr .•
.hot.
*1
Orange Pastors
Hold Radio Service
Over Station KFDM
— -The Hrst religtoiin program to l e
furnished by, the Orange Ministerial
association for «t fit Ion KFDM In
BenumOnt "was given..yesterday af-
ternoon, ' from 2 to J o'olock. ' ,
BéVv E, A. Ingram, pastor of tho
-First Baptist church, served as an-
nouncer, Rev, N. II. Melbert, pas-
tor of the First Methodist. church,
read (tie Hcrlpture lesson and offer-
ed a prayer. The sermon was de-
livered by Rev. J. Luther Stone,
pastor df thi first. Christian church.
The müelcat. program, directed be
G. M. Helss, Included Bve numbers
rendered by Joe Powell and Charles
Cottle, firnt tenor*: McDonald and
R. P. Turljin, second, tenors; jr.* o.
Sims and G. M. trelss, first has*
and M. G. Davles, aaoond base, with
Mrs. E. A. ingrkm at the piano,
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OKOROETOWN, T«i*„ Jan.
Mrs. Rosa .Waybourn today was
ftee —woman for the first time
almost two years. Tester
was, acqifltted on charge* tn
tlon with the death of W. W.
bourn, her hrtsbabil. at their hor
In Hmlthvllle March ti), 1#S«. Tj
Jiiry deliberated IS hOura.
The trial was her second, the t
haying resulted In conviction ar
long penitentiary sentence.
case was appealed, and fer
The second trial came here on «.
change of venue. .
Thft etftte charged that Mr*. Way-
bourn and Hugo MlddWfotf. tfa Ad-
mitted accomplice, conaplrM t«
a'Mexican, Joe Morale* to kill
tiourn^ .j Morales never has I
caught. r.V«'-ji. *
Middletpn, now under a
sentence In another ca*e, U
against Mr*. Waybourn *t thi
but the crfitft ruled
Wotild have t<) be M
cause he was tthder
After acquittal,'
her son, > and her
an unannounced i
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