The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 72, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 1930 Page: 1 of 10
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SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1930
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IWARDS MOUNT TO $300 IN ROBBERY
JL MEETING
• CITY BAND IS
His Ship Comes In At Last
‘‘"'“’.DMASTER WILL BEGIN
. #Gf&AIZATION OF MUSI-
i m mi
CIANS THIS WEEK
alzation of a municipal band
Iimrock will be started Thurs-
^th a meeting at 8 p. m. at
Ity Hall of all citizens inter-
in the project, it was announe-
^ dnesday on the arrival nere of
Sandusky, newly appointed
ij nanu
U *ister
K. r%cv) bandie^ster arrived here
noon Wednesday and
tSP.uuely went into conferences
ndividual members of the,
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commission. A fheeting o:
ssion was slated for Wednes-
ight at which time arrange-
for a regular rehearsal hall
ther details pertinent to or-
tion were to be discussed.
Open To All
Sandusky announced Wednes-
ollowing his conference with
inmissioners that the meet-
1/ Btrsday will be open to any
ijfc, licre Interested in the muni-
dF'band. Whether the prospec-
f'nembers have him any band ex-
ji nee will make no difference
9 ated.
|l .e will appreciate the attendance
jO yone in Shamrock interested in
I city's new band regardless of
her they are experienced musl-
i or have only a smattering
llflcal knowledge," Mr. Sandus-
Ctred. "We would like-to in-
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FUNDS TO COUNTY
OFFICIAL STATES
WHEELER SCHOOLS MAY LOSE
$10,000 AND BE FORCED TO
CLOSE EARLY
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as many residents as poaai- ,omt)any |,.-ou;hl i
(i direct contract with the band
enlist the support of everyone
rder to build toward a future
. that will rank among the best
ie country.”
To Elect Officers
Ians attending the initia. i
: of the band wiil be cailed j
> select “their band nianager |
with other j
PAIN TOTAL OVER
19 IIUPHPQ
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FIRST ACCURATE CHECK F
CITY SHOWS 12.22 FOR
LAST G MONTHS
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PLAN IS
BIG SUCCESS
-Five Famllie* Given Dinner*
J Toy*; Total Is Left To
Aid Charity Cases
State aid in the amount of around
$10,000 for rural schools over Whee-
ler county will be denied the schools
in the event a hearing set for Thurs-
day at San Antonio finds the rural
aid appropriation unconstitutional,
it was announced Wednesday at
Wheeler by O. B. Miller, county su-
perintendent of schools.
The superintendent already has
applied for that amount in addi-
tional rural aid funds, he stated.
The shortage which will result in
ease tlie appropriation is not upheld
will iorce 17 Wheeler county schools
to close earlier than anticipated,
several of them two months before
tire regular time.
Injunction Sough!
Hearing of an injunction against
the appropriation follows the filing
of that action by a Medina county
school of six students. The affair
has been outlined by State Super-
intendent S. M. N. Marrs as a
strange paradox in which the small
school, which receives thi greater
I part of the assistance rendered by
j the appropriation, is fighting the
I beneficial law.
I The Wheeler county superinten-
dent declares Medina coul
ulated principally with {Mexicans
whose children do not 44,end the
schools and therefore mAing the
I school burden lighter for the Anglo*
residing in the county. The su-
perintendent is highly opposed to
any action which will interfere with
the money needed so badly by
Wheeler and other counties to carry
on rural school work.
Hot Fight Expected
IRISHMEN AND LASSIES DUE TO j At the San Antonio hearing the
state school board will be repre-
sented by R. M. Tilley and L. D
White) nu.st, assistants to the at tor-
| Shamrock cage fans will be given n?y general, and Tom Garrard, of
I (luxe games and possibly may be i Lubbock. The state supertnten-
j treated to a fourth the latter part jdent has announced the case will be
I of the week when Wellington and 1 carried to the supreme court In the
| Mobcetle are scheduled to clash with | event a favorable decision is not
rendered nt Son Antonio. A bitter
Who Says There
Ain’t No Santa
Inquires Owner
That luck exists even in rob-
beries is the contention of E. C.
Hunter, whose department store was
robbed of more than $2,000 worth
of merchandise over the last week-
end.
The latter part of last week Mr.
Hunter and his sales force displayed
extreme agitation over the fact that
a large shipment of clothing was
evidently not to arrive in time for
Saturday's trade. From the owner
to the, Janitor the store was disap-
pointed when this proved true.
And then came the dawn—Mon-
day, and the discovery that the store
had been robbed. The new mer-
chandise, including an entire ship-
ment of new spring modes was de-
livered on the same day, too late to
be In on the theft but just in time to
fill out the depleted stock.
PIONEER OF STATE
DIES HERE SUNDAY
Harry M. Loss of Wichita, Kans., shown here with his two children,
served as a sergeant with the A. E. F, He was captured by Germans
after he had been wounded. For ten years he was deprived of his speech
and was partly paralyred by a bnlkt in his spine. Five years ago lie *
paid S500 for a 10 year lease on 21,000 acres of laud in Terrell county,
Texas, lie figured the land was worthless and sold leases on 1,400 acres '
for 10 cents an acre, retaining the royalty interest. He was about to
dispose of the retnofndcr in the Oitlo fashion when a Fort oil!
5,500'barrel oil well on the 1100-acre tract.
MRS. H. C. PHILLIPS SUCCUMBS
AT HOME IN SHAMROCK; IS
BURIED QUIETLY
Spreading Net to Get
Thieves Who Took
Over $2,000 in Goods
Rewards totalling $300 had been offered by Wednesday
in connection with the theft here early this week of more
than $2,000 in merchandise from the Hunter department
store. The exact time of the robbery has not yet been
determined.
E. C. Hunter, proprietor of the store, offered a reward
of $200 immediately after the crime had been discovered.
The remainder is being offered by the Retail Merchants
association. The robbery was the second downtown theft
of similar nature within less than three months.
--<$> Discovered Monday
SCOUT COUNCIL TO
MEET AT MEMPHIS
ANNUAL SESSION IS SET FOR
NEXT JVEEK; SHAMROCK TO
SEND DELEGATES
FOUR CAGE GAMES
MEET WELLINGTON, MOBEE-
TIE HERE THIS WEEK
rt toward a permanent char-
d has been made in addi-
the baskets and toys given
ough ohurches, it has been
ced by Mrs. E. R. Tinsley
* of the group in charge of
•e.
or report on the project Mrs
stated that 35 families were
d baskets of food along with
the children nnd in several
et articles of clothing. Fund*
Initiul accurate records of the ac-
tual rainfall lor Shamrock and vi-
cinity are bearing out the estimates
of chamber of commerce officials
that the average annual percipita- [ the Oreen on the renovated
tion totals around 35 Inches per school court.
year, it was reported Tuesday by J. j Definite engagements include a
U. Johnson, compress official who lilt here Friday at 7:30 between
cares for the standard rain gauge, i Coach W. C. Perkins' charges and
The count for the first six months | the Wellington Skyrockets. V i*
high
tlie gauge has
*1 in use shows a ' possible the Irish Lassies wit' stage
for the purpose totaled $111
Isbursemcnts amount?*
The difference will be
amounted to
____________ used
■ire charity cases.
* >ra to the project included
at, Methodist and Baptist
•», Lions club,
ree. Business and
women's
hamrock
tb, »io
ky Fine Arts club and Lem
dge. $8 each. Miss Wood $1
1 Mrs. Paul Macina. $3, O. N
*1. Miscellaneous gifts to-
fra. Tinsley declared
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total of 123.3 Inches of rain for the | a preliminary clash with the Wei
city. Mr. Johson reported. The , lmgton girls team though this game
aguge watt placed in use for the first | may be carried to Wellington on
time in July, 1929. Until an accu-1 the same night the boys teams are
rate record can be secured the playing here.
rhamber of commerce Is continuing ! A double bill for Saturday night to
fight Is expected.
Discussing the full effects of the
case on Wheeler county Mr. Millcv
[ declared Wednesday that the ser-
vices of the 17 schools receiving this
additional aid wiU be seriously im-
paired and the pupils denied the
privilege of attending a full school
year. There are around 4.188 scho-
lastics in tlie county and a large
portion are effected by the addi-
tional funds.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Phillips, 71, the
wife of H. C. Phillips, died Sunday
at 2 a. m. at tlie family home here
y is pop- i after 30 years residence in Sham-
rock and vicinity. Death was at-
tributed to a heart malady. Mrs
Phillips hacf“ been seriously 11! foi
14 days prior to her death.
In accordance with wishes express-
ed by Mrs. Phillips before her death
she was burled Sunday afternoon in
the Shamrock cemetery after a quiet
funeral service at the home with
Rev. R. N. Huckabee officiating. No
funeral coach was used as in her
desire for unostentatiousness, Mrs.
Phillips had made this request.
Only immediate frteiids and rela-
tives attended the funeral.
Mrs. Phillips was a true pioneer
of Texas. She was born in Upshirc
county and her entire Ufe waSTpSfit
in this state. She was married 52
years ago to Mr. Phillips and for a
number of years the couple made
their home in Wilbarger county.
They came to Wheeler county 30
years ago and since have made their
to use the estimate of 35 Inches per
year in literature and in answer
to queries for information concern-
ing the city. \
Records maintained by Mr. oJhn-
on show the heaviest precipitation
for tm last six months of the year
assured with the Mobcetle teams
furnishing the opposition. Because
neither team from the northern
part of the county Is accredited with
being a set-up for the Irish It to
anticipated the Lassies especially
are In for a hard tussle. The Mo-
wn* registered on September 8 when beetle girls trimmed the strong
rains totaling 3.70 Inches fell. By
coincidence the next heaviest pre-
cipitation secured a month later to
the day. 1 88 Inches of rain falling
on November 8.
Other high figures In the list In-
clude 1.44 Inches on August 11 and
1.48 Inches on September 7. The
totals for each month are. July, .80;
August. 3.1$; September 4 87; Oc-
tober 3.08; November. 2.88: Decem-
ber. .08. Slightly heavier preclpl-
Panhandle sextette and should give
strong opposition to the Lasses.
Saturday night's double header U
scheduled to get under way at 7
p. m. and high school officials have
announced the gym will be comfor-
table In every way for the specta-
tors. The seating arrangement a-
round the court was changed recent-
ly to provide greater comfort and
allow more spectators to attend
The Irishmen will go Into the games
with a lie. a win and a loss on thetr
record.
COUNTY GRAND
JURY SELECTED
Announcement of the annual
meeting for the Southeast Panhan-
dle Area council of the Boy Scouts
on January 7 at Memphis was an-
nounced here early this week by I.
E. Jolly, area executive.
The meeting is to be held at the
Presbyterian church starting at 4
p. m. with A. M. Duvall presiding.
Tlie business session to to be follow-
ed with a dinner served by the la-
dles of the church. Both the dele-
gates and their wives are invited
to attend the latter. Scouts also
may accompany their parents to the
banquet.
Minutes of the last meeting, com-
mittee reports and the annual re-
| *>ort of the area executive will open
the business session at 4 p. m. Ap-
pointment of committee chairman
will be followed by round table dis-
cussions covering a wide variety of
subjects.
Election of officers for the com-
ing year has been set for 5:30 p, m.
after reports have been given by the
various committees and round table
groups. A court of honor demon-
stration by the Memphis committee
will immediately precede the ban-
quet, which is scheduled to get un-
der way at 6 p. m.
Representatives from Wellington,
Clarendon, McLean. EstelUne. Sham-
make three-
n Members
Living
Demo Committee to Accept
Names for Two New Offices
i that the 1
of a
NOTICE TO
I CANDIDATES FOR DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY:
Notice* Oat To Htot
Including Two
In Shamrock
With notices out to the 16 mem-
ber* of the grand Jury and more
than 200 member* of the petit Juries
preparations for the coming terms
of district and county court are be-
ing completed this week os a long
list of new case* la being entered
on the dockets.
The grand Jury Includes W. W
Adams, and T. P. Morton of Whee-
ler. J. R Be noon and Sidney May-
E. Jones, John Love and K. T. Beck,
of Mobcetle. W R. Atuwey of Ptoln-
Kcltod. W P. Roger* of Hrald. O.
W, Henderson and L. H. McKlroy
at Twltty.
Phr the petit Juries 45 talesmen
the district court session The term
will last *'x week* The county
court session will open
ly. Attorneys are entering a r
ber of new casee now In onto
the docket. A
home In or near Shamrock.
To many of her friends here and | rock and Hedley will
elsewhere Mrs. Phillips was affec-
tionately known at Aunt Jane. 8hc
was a member of the Methodist
rliurrh and an ardent adherent to
that religion. In addition to her
husband Mrs. Phillips is survived by
one brother, J. D. Roc. of Big Sandy,
two sisters. Martha Roe. of Long-
view. aud Matilda Oregg. of Ashtola.
two daughters. Mrs J. R. Shirley
and Mrs. R. C. Curlee and two
grandchildren. Irene and Henry
Johnson.
The robbery was discovered Mon-
day when employes opened the store
shortly before 8 a. m. It was not
known until they had swept to the
rear of tlie building where several
garments were found lying under a
window. Investigation disclosed the
window had been unlocked and a
thorough search of the store re-
vealed it had been robbed.
A check of merchandise partially
completed by Wednesday led E. O.
Hunter, proprietor, to believe that
more than $2,000 worth of clothing
had been taken. The total may ex-
ceed this figure greatly. An accu-
rate check-up of the missing articles
will be nearly Impossible due to the
variety and number taken.
Hand Picked
Perpetrators of the crime display-
ed a thorough knowledge of cloth-
ing in selecting their loot from the
Shamrock store. Only articles of
the best quality were taken, includ-
ing a number of pieces received for
early spring trade. No attempt was
made to enter the safe and more
than $30 was left untouched in the
cash register.
A partial list of the merchandise
taken included 35 dresses, more than
$500 worth of hose, 10 suits of men’s
clothing. Six suitcases and a lea-
ther handbag, a quantity of expen-
sive ladles underwear, 12 gowns, a
dozen pairs of pajamas, a dozen silk
robes, more than 100 miscellaneous
pieces of underwear and several
smaller items.
In Hurry
In their hurry to depart from the
scene of the crime the robbers left
six topcoats in the rear of the store.
Two of the coats were on hangers
and the other were found in a suit-
case, evidently having been dropped
near the window and tossed under a
SHAMROCK MAN IS
HIJACKING VICTIM
Joe Tr:mble. employe here of the
Rock Island railroad, reported to
l>olk» Monday that he was held up
and robbed of 133 late Sunday night
on West Third street. The highjack-
ing took place near the building
formerly occupied by the Tatlock
bakery. Trimble reported a white
man thrust a gun near his stomach
and demanded his money
minute talks during the dinner. The counter. The hose had all been re-
principal address will be made by moved from the boxes In which they
J. P. Pitch of Dallas, scout executive -
(Continued on Last Page)
for the ninth region, which em-
braces Oklahoma. Texas and New
Mexico. Plans for the Shamrock
delegation have not yet been an-
nounced.
DOZIER HOY IN COMA I Merchant. A-od.tlon Aiding
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL For Member* Of Hunter
Store Theft Gang
BUREAU OFFERS
REWARD OF $100
Gordon Gillie, 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Gillie, at Do tier,
passed his twenty-fourth hour
unconscious late Wednesday In
a local hospital lo which he was
brought Tuesday night after
being struck by an auto near
hi* home. A slight Improve-
ment was noted In the boy'*
condition Wednesday evening
though physicians reported he
was still In serious condition as
the result of a fractured skull.
The ear warn driven by a Do-
I
Miss Shamrock 1930 Makes
Her Debut Early Wednesday
Pearing an Increase In the num-
ber of downtown robberies here Guy
HU1 .head of the Shamrock Retail
Merchants association. Wednesday
posted a reward of $100 for the
| thieves who earl; this week took
: more than $3,000 In merchandise
j from the Hunter department store.
| "Unless some measure Is taken to
check these and minor robberies In
{Shamrock the situation will become
{unbearable to business men” Mr.
Hill declared. "Two robe brie* have
token 13.000 or more from business
houses In leas than three month*
and every effort should be made to
stop this sort of thing before It be-
comes more serious.”
The bureau head pointed out that
In addition to these major robberies
s number of minor crimes have been
commlted Current reports along
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greeting titan the hospitable one
given her by the group of business
houses In due time the merchant*
will be given the honor o( making
ushered into the
morning at 5:15 oclock. the first
baby of Ihs new yeur for the city
and the recipient of a number of
gifts offered by Shamrock merchants
to the first arrival after midnight.
December II Mtot Shamrock a
was reported by Dr A. O.
brunt
of petty marauders and several
I thefts of rlothlng from homes have
been reported.
i for their i
so on
rsivriv
FORMER
CITY
RESIDENT OF
DIES ON COAST
Mrs Oeorge Ltpacomb. former
resident at Shamrock, who for the
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Cooper, Albert. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 72, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 1930, newspaper, January 1, 1930; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528409/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.