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Breckenridge Weekly Democrat
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1H1RTY YEARS OLD
rUK HRI.CMAKIIK.F. U'KLKLY DKMOCRAT.THrRSDAY OCTOBER -I 1928.
NUMBER o
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s. BANK TAXES
' UNJUST SAYS
i
TAX COUNSEL
Addresses American Bank-
ers Now In Session In
Philadelphia
PHIl.AnRLPIllA ik-t 3 oW '
HuMing that preaenl tint taxation I
f National bunk n just and ade
v.ite Philip Nihls lit counsel
.( the Mio.iilniwUi N ttlim.it
Hank AmihijIimii told the ctmven
Hon uf the Amrl nn Ranker An
. latloii hIh that btnkera shout I
investigate thoroughly ahy attempt
it icvtai'iii upward
I here 14 mi tloiiht " he aalil
Unit the next seaatoti uf 'ongreaa i
will witness renewal of t!l- attempt
..I Itie t . X1IIK autti.irttlr uf some
stitte to hive tlif federal law un
ir which tli- taxation of National
tank by titles in which tlty arr
Incited la utithorlzeit still further I
amended and the restriction 'on j
fret ttna tmpoacd uMn sveh laxo '
i.i.n nt HI further relaxed
Those who attended hearing at
the lust session realize the aerioua-
ness (if the situation unit the earn-
estness with whifth the tnxlng au-
thorities of many stall are throw-
ing themselves Into the contest
Hut bt fore yielding t thin demand
for nn amendment to the statute
it behoove the representatives of
the National hanks to conaidei well
tflut thr advocated of change pro
o0f and what the effect upon n.t
ti.inul bank would In-'
If th prupoeetl nimiulmrnti are
enacted Mr Ntchola aald National
bank muat b pretMretl to met a
tax that will make exn&nnlan of
'urplu Impossible and which will
abiotb a proportion of their In-
Cutne which hitherto It han btn
dttmtd posjlble to sequtiter for
public uaa only In the atrius of war
Craig B. KazUwood vice presi-
dent of the Union Truit Company.
Chicago today wai elected presi
dent of the American Bankers As
chelation at
a general convention
meeting Mr llttzlewood had been
flmt vice president of the a-taoclit
tlvn
Carries Comirif
Back To Atlanta
WINNIPKO. Man. Oct 3 IPi
i Tiie long Journey bock tu Atluntn
F face charge of einbeMleliien'
Legan ut y 30 a. m today fur din-
tun S Carneit. former treaaurer of
the Home MlMlon Hoani of the
'uuthern Baptist (Ninv.ntloii
I'arnea offered to pu tiw ex
pensel back to the city III wlllrh he
rui' tu prumlnnce before hla di
itppearane Augiist W a move
t harurterized by John lliiilnon aa
'iitant solicitor genetvl fur Fultun
i unity as a gesture to create aym-j.-thy
In the Sotith. He wna told he
would return at public experuse it
other prisoners do
lliidiou itud It T Tolbert dejHity
sheriff who cume here for Caniea
pm ruiupleted arruncementa for trana-
portatlon before going tu the putlre
station for their prlaoner
HUNT SUCCr-SSIlM.
TAMPA. Ha Oct 3 A five
year search for u aiiapected mil r-
derer to vlndicute the honor of the
heads uf their families whom he
had accused has been brought to
u itucceAftful end here by two Cub-
ans with the arreat of .olio Itod-
rlgueA wanted on a cliarge of tiny-
Ing un agel woman resilient uf a
Havana suburb for her money
WOMAN IS (ilVKN
t siisi'kndiiii si:nti:nck
' CII.MKU. Texna. Oct 3 M A
tiUMpemled sentenee of two ywira
ttMlay wus given to Mr Kffle Dav-
is charged with having hIaIii her
I husband In 192G. five duya after
they were married At n previous
l trial idie wan senteticint to four
years Imprisonment.
Mrs. Davis testified she killed her
husbund after he had mude several
threats to kill her child by a pie-
Mous marriage
DKrOltTATlOX IIOH.MA.NT
WAHHINOTO.V. Oct 3ty -Di-IM)rtatlon
prooeedinga ugulnst Geo
Itemun Ohio bootleg chief have
become dormant at the Department
v" Iatbor. and It wn.s Indlruted to
day that il wn.s unlikely he would
evtr be expelled from the United
States.
Health Examination
School Children
'-r
Within few days school chil
dren of every rural school In the
counly will be given un opportun-
ity to undergo a physical examina-
tion by a trained nure free of ex-
pense. Mrs. Ula Urocknran county sup-
erintendent announced today that
the State Department of Health
and the Buieuu of Child Hygiene
was sending un Itenerant nurse tn
Opium Seized As
Steamer Docked
NJ YKIC
thou ami i an
boot ley value i
t . ' lV' I
ii .
r i lit. lit
setted un the DvilUr I. in
'
President Harrison which d Kmi
ill Jeriey 'itv vestrrlsv it b '
kn.wn ti.lj
I fii'toms uffl ml" reported thi'
thr leisure was Hi. lilKf'l til)
sipnment uf srnol.iiie piuh
nuilr ai in Kaitnn poi l i-.ui
I Chiitrse mmbi of tin' ii.a in
cltltllmr thr ships t ntswaiti weie
1 arrented charged with Attempted
'.muKlg
. It wj aald that th tfim hip
'mrnpliy an lliibi tu i fim- .f i
pruxlmatfi) Itfunorm u n- ..n f
I th trUurr and urtfit-i
700 COMING
ON SPECIAL
Abilene Prepares For Bii
Turnout Saturday
ABII.RNI2. . '.' Hp) Om-
CiUO Mtodrntx ami -V' ilowntmi f ''
art" eapvctrtl ti entrain for Hifi k
in ridge on the apectal train whl h
Ima Um rnarterrd by Simmon
Unlvemlty for tha trip to the Sim-mona-T
C V gaino at the Steph-
en County eHpttal Saturduy Thla
announcement wai nuule MViiJjv
and ticket were plured on h.iIc
Iteaiiin? the liniort-iii. i- uf tin-Cowboy-KiiiK
i ntet .it lent hit If
of the atudent bod. of liMltl will K
ai-i-ordinic to itudent le i ler hn
are promoting the ale of tlikett
Theite toRether with evetal hull
dred exea from over U tMt TeXiut
will form a rooting unit for the
K'owbova aa they fight for their big
r ha not t topple u Southweatern
Conferenoo team and atrangUien
their bid for a berth In that organ-
ization. The special train will stop at
B.Mrd and stop for a parade at
Cisco Led by the Cowboy band and
the Cowgirls pep organization ov
er WW student and faculty members
wilt parade Scores of others who
re coming in cars are expecieti iu
sell the total af Abilene forut to
llXKI
The train will leave Abilene
round ten o'clock run on the Tex-
as and Pacific trncka 'n llaco
wheie where1 it will run uver the
Siaru nnd Northeastern line tu
Breckenrldpe
Leyion Headquarters
At Crockett Uote!
The Bernice Cole Ameilcan le-
(J Ion Post headquarters ut the fin
t tonal American la-niou coiivetitiun
to be held in Han Alitonlo next
Motulay Tunatlay Wednesday and
Thurstlny. will be in room IIS
Crockett Hotel according tu Ben
J Dean local Uegluu cumnmndar
Kvery ex service man and Auxil-
iary member are urged to register
with the loeul legion ufflclnia at
titia room when they arrive In San
Antonio Mr Dean staled VV'etlnoa-
duy "(live ua yuui San Antonio
mldreaa ami other Information tliat
may be uf benefit tu ua in locating
you when you are wanted " Dean
addetl
Wednesday Mr Dean stntetl that
appruxlnmiely M I.eglonnulrea and
membera uf the Auxiliary wuuld
leave Saturday and Sunday for the
'invention
iame Austin Woman
President W. C. 7. .
tIAl.VKSTON Oct 3 lP Mra
Claude De Van VVatta. Auatin. watt
elected president of the Women's
Chrtatlttn Temperance Union of
Texaa fur the eighth consecutive
time at the annual convention of
the Union here today
Mrs. J It AinmeriiUiii. Port
Worth was elected vice president
NO
IKMOCHATS ON
O. (). P. I'l.KOTOUIAI. LIST
DAL.UVS. Oct 3 P -Antl-Hmltll
Democrats will not plneo candi-
dates on tho P.epubllcnn electonil
Hat a statement received from At
vln S Mootly liend of tho Autl-
Smlth organization aaid here to-'
tiny.
The Republican State Executive
Committee advised Anti-Smith
DeinocrnU that If the Antl-Kmlth-Iti-M
so wished they could place
IliMiver Democrat) on the Itepubll-
cun electoral ticket
Is Plan For County
Within Next Few Days
Stephens county to work among
the rural schools. She will stav In
this county six weeks anil all chil-
dren throughout the county are
given equal opportunity to get free
medical attention from this nur.se.
The nurse comes with all ex-
l...n.M ullh th.. vn.nllnn nt n
minor detalla paid by the tute
Heuith Department Mrs Hruck.
aaid I
OFFICIALS REVIEW
I Ml I . 'l
iii il V"
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II 11 1 .
k. i nn i h
i " of tin Lull M I
.: .. f l'lnluil.l.lila
LUSK
have been miving niw
l III I'llll -.l tl"v
Mi ami Mi -I M
(nllllt'l Sllllli.l'
'I lie colli ait- will
mililiiU' lut-M.i .un!
Van PaihU a a
i lav .
Mr. ami Mrs. Kobert IJuncan
it
n the Puiker home Friday.
Mrs. B. B. Peacock Sr. has boen stajlng in Breckenridge
the past week with her son thnt was operated on at the
Westside Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bart Winter from Hamilton have moved in-
to our community. We hope they will find this a pleasant
' place to live.
Air. and aim. van Parker were in breckenridge satin-clay.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Knrl from Hamilton are here. Mr.
Karl has obtained a job on the new road which lias began
bote.
Tho cotton of our community must bo good a there ate
several buying new cars among them ate Messrs. John Pob-
mson Kye Allison and A. J. Anderson.
Mrs. f. Harris and children Maxine and T. Jr. spent Suu-
dny with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R Maltan.
Mr. Robert Cole from Hamilton is isitinj friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Shered Muhan and children spent the week
end in (iorntan isitiii; relatives and friends.
Many of our citizens omul Sen. Thomas speak in
enrultfe 'llitusdav uiyht.
Misse l.ee aiul Vaunie Paikvr visited Mrs. R
Sunday.
Messrs. W. II.
their sis-'ter Ml .
ami J. II. and Mi.t Mable Parker
J. I'. hnliin; iindav.
CEDAR .CREEK NEWS
The deepest sorrow overspread thi.s community last Sun-
day itiui'iiiiiK when it was madf known that H. P. liann of
Graham had suddenl' fiiUen a victim of heart failure. The
body was laid to rest in the Vcnles Creek cemetery on Tues-
day following. Uev. J. R Montgomery imstor of the I'irat
riuistian church of Uraham conducted the funonil service.
Mr. (lann was for many years a highly respected citizen of
this communitj. He war one of the pioneer settlers coming
linre in IS7(5. Mr. Cimii was a man of many friends being
uf a veiy genial dis)ositiou be made friends wherever he
went.
Frank Stringer of Delhi Colorado is visiting friends and
relatives in this locality and is spending some time at Miner-
al Walls drinking the mineral water for his health.
Riley. and Smith llann left (Irahnm late Saturday evening
for Arkansas to bring back their brother Melvin Garni and
family who were moving back to Graham. They expected to
ivturn Sundav night but failed to airive and the funeral of
their fntner U. P. Claim was deferred one dav pending their
arrival. They arrived Mmida.v night and the funeral was
solemnized on Tuesdav ;it stated above.
OAKLEY NEWS
October 2. With dry weather provailiiiif tho peanut crops
are rapidly being plowed up an army of shakers are follow-
ing shaking and stacking them and when cured sufficient
the threshers and balers will follow and prepare tnem for
the market.
Last Friday night Mrs. Maude I lames wife of Dewey
Haines gave birth to a girl baby. That is the first one for
them. The mother is doing fine nnd think Dowoy will re-
cover. The young people enjoyed a dnnco at tho residence of J.
II. Webb. Inst Saturday night.
J. A. Ridling is spending tnis week at Breckenridge serv-
ing on the petit jury.
The cane mill on the Yocum place run by B. L. Miller has
shut down for this week. They 'have been making much
fine syrup and some farmers have quite a lot of cane to
make up yet
Af ! P.WnrilS nml Afi'B ITnrvic nf iinm HrtlinefrT unin linen
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t -'fil Stuard of Uicnsti w as here Saturday
Tom Mitchell of Hanger was here Sundav..
STATU TEMPLARS
i i i ii .i . r
I I'l' l. In M
M- Miitpi.v li ft.
ui- l jiiij and Mivi r
ni I ii
ITE
weuther for the harvest whicli
i
Iltilinj? wore jriets of Mr. and Mrs. Rdrf
I 1 1 li't fur the addition to tlie mcIiooI
work will begin Wedne.sda.v.
Iusiues.s vimIoi in Throi'kniortnn Kii-
bihI jfvantitatner were gnosis
Ureck-
Maltau visited
SIMMONS HEAD
TALKS TODAY
AT LUNCHEON
Lauds Progressive Spirit
Of Local Leaders
Today
the regular weekly lunclMn
I tin- Clmmber of Piunn i-e
- linsilay ut nodii. J D Sud ft i
si iiii-Hlileiit or StnimotiM 1 MM!
Abiii'ht ml fjtlnr of J.i k
1 ali-rel f Mil itv to. the lll
" mlui uf li'i mi'.' men pri
ii that I nn ki uri'lBe wtit one .f
Mil inn"' i.i.re In little town
i ttiii ii'i.pii ..f Mil- tate and
i liiKh tilbiite Ii.iiI.I be (Mild to
M. Minn) li'.i.trrliii 'of the elt '
Mi Sai..lef. r .mki- Tot more
i in tlurtv iniiiiiti' iinl had Ills'
Ii i 1 1. mi in i i.ltiful f i ante of)
.1 tin iii'.lioiit hi-4 speech !!'!
.n.i-i intri'iliii ed i' rum Oyer preni i
1 ili'tit of tin loi.il iIhjiiI lH:iril
In Npe ikltiK of the mining t'lm t
inolis-'l' (' I' football iraine here .
hex' Saturday Mr Samlefer sold
Mint lirei kenrlilKe had done Itm-lf
piuiul In urraneln ror thin IiIk
football cIumIi' uihI "1 am hoplnx
that a HutlHfnctory nrruiigemetiT '
run be made to make thin un an
mial uffuir for Ureckenrlilge."
Mr. Sundefer told M K. Daniel
T. C U. alumni "that yon will fuel
mighty Hud after this name for my
Cowboys are Kolng to dehorn your
Itoriiod Froga."
"UreekenridRe linn one of the beat
High itehooi roottmii riema in the
iiiur i miimnpi ntnu wwu
think vnn hiiv.. mnile n tmd Invest -
ment for you haven't. All great vtelnlty of the crime resulted today the penple send In their recommen-
Inatltutlona are apemMng great ( in .i (iiina of murder charges datlons concernlify tha contests of
urns of money tUU wav. It uf
fords u place for our vmM's to
throw off their excess of energy
It affords them a place to spend
many hours of Idle time."
He further aisured Breckanrtdce
that from 000 to 1000 Simmons
.- t t.i -..-I. ......ta
SluaontJ ann jvenons psopm wuuiu
em in nrapVerrlrlpa fer thftt
come to arecKer.noge icr ma;
game.
Record Made In
Handlino Trial
What Is thought tn be it lecoi-d
for disposing of n murder case was
set Monday and Tuesday by the
'.tOth district court here In the case
of II C Bagwell tiiutged .with
murderln'Otlia I-ne on the night
of July -7 at the Uagwell home
eust of town.
Monday morning nt 10 o'clock
V I. Shtfrtlcff. uttornoy for the
defense and I. H Welch dlstrluj
attorney began tholr selection uf
a Jury By noon the Jury hud been
selected und by foui o'clock the
state hud Introduced all of Its wit-
nesses and the defense hud pre-
aeutcd three cloulng the testimony
in less than half u day
The next morning ut 11 il o'clock
Jude C U. Hamlin had read the
charge to the Jury both state nnd
defense lawyei.s had uigued the
case before the Jury und the Jury
had been given the case fur con-
aldeiutlon Leris than three hours
Intel the Jury returned the vei-
dlct of "Not Guilty"
Show In New York
Defies City Laws
NRW yOUK. Oct 3P -Piotect-id
by u Miipieme com t Injunction
leturnuble l-rlday Mae Wests police-raided
play "1'leunure Man"
contlnuea tu show on Uroadwuy in
defiance of police who urrested Its
cast of 01 after ItM premiere Mon-
day
Kilt police officials who viewed
Ita secomi New York performance
last night lerlared it had been con-
siderably "turned" by nlteratloiiH.
They were prepared to arrest any-
one who stepped over the bounds
of decency but no u nests wore
mude
jaiii:i) in mohii.i:
DALLAS Oct. 3.eV-Whlle n
search la being continued to locate
Marion Sherman. 13 mlasing from
her home here since August 28
William McFurland. ullaa William
Rdwurds about 18 is iu Jail ut
Mobile Alu awaiting urrlvul of
Dullas officers n return him to
DulluM to answer un indictment
chnrglng fulse swearing Thu In-
dictment is In connection with un
affidavit concerning the girl's age.
given when the couple were inur-
iled here In August.
Several mesHuges have been re-
ceived by the girl's purenta. assur-
ing them that she wan "ull right"
HIGH SKAS STOPS
kkscuk wonuniis
LONDON. Oct 3 P A dispatch
to Lloyd from St. Vincent Cape
Verde Islands 3ays that the crew
of the Bpunlah steamer Axpe Men-
di which went ashore on Hartwell
Reef Bonavlsta Island on October
I Is In danger. A government tug
which went to the assistance of the
stranded vessel Is unable to effect
a rescue because of the high seas.
Wireless is the onl ymeons of com-
munication between the tue and
tho wreck .
May Head Vets
m.
I III' Ml I I. l'
III liii I null
lid Ii itliill.ll 1.1
. r tin
I K llll '
I ..til .
l.i'KUili li..tli -I it
belliK iKMjtiif.l (or natlofi'
mander of Hi1 nrnatiU illoi.
Imldh thi I link of biiK.idlri
f nil
It- I
un
IN OLD GAS!
Two Men Are In Jail On
Murder Charge
MTAMr. (ihls Hot 3 iI Return
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"' """ ol "' "' aiHyt.ni to m
nfjalnst two men in connection with
tho killing August 30 of Walter
Harp Ulysses. Kam farmer in a
holdup near hers.
The two man Claudo Hager 40
and Elmer Mcore 20 of Plchr.
t..t i- tv- ieto tall lat
I W8r4 Plft50d IH the COUHty jail IB31
. . . arrna
nieht by police who had arrested
Moore at his mother's homo In
j Picher Sunday and taken him with
them to Texas where he disclosed
Hoger'a whereabouts. The officers
Joe Nolan Picher chief of police
and M I. Woolsey. constable ur-
lested linger Monday night nnd'
made the return trip of POO uille
yesterday with their two prisoners
ICach of the men has confessed
participation In the holdup ac-
cording to county officers who
were questioning them today but
each blamed the other for the kill
Ing of Harp who apparently was
beaten to death with u hammer
Mrs Ethel Harp the farmer's uls-
ter In-law who had gone with him
and the two Picher men on u fish
Ing trip wut beaten scveiely by
the rubbers apparently with a but
tie and left for dead In a corn
field wheie she lay nil night
Alter grilling Moore told chief
Nolan thut Hugel wan Wuil.iu! un
n fa tin near India Texa-i and that
he had gone to Texas with I lager
but had returned to Picher be-
cause he tired of working in the
cotton fields.
At the Texan farm Nolan and
Woolsey found Harp's motor car
two dluimind rings alleged tu have
been stolen from Mra. Harp and a
sum of money believed (uirt of tile
ilHl Mra. Hnrp repotted wna tnken
by the i ohhoi a.
Held For Robbery
DKTilOIT. Ott 3 iA William
. cAUhn. i.1). I.oa Angeles who robbed
u Canadian National Hallway mall
cur r umounU variously eatlmntetl
at between $2.'.00O and $100000 wait
held in Windsor Out today after
furnishing authorities with a crim-
inal narrative without parallel In
this section
Glbbs boarded the train at Cha-
tham Out. und gulnlug access to
thu mail cur held three muaaengeis
ut buy with u pistol while he
looted the legist 'd bugs. Then
na the engine slowed down for a
atop ut Prulrle siding Glbbs drop-
pod from tho mall cur but rebnuid-
od the reur coach of the truln.
Murderer Acquitted
RANKIN Texas Oct 3- Because
of throatri that had been made
against his life. Hairy Appell to
day stood acquitted of thu murder
of Leo Coin at McCumey on (he
afternoon of Sept 18.
Corn witne-ses said on the day
of the slaying went to A p pull's
place of buslneaa with it knife. Ap-
peil cautioned him not to enter but
Corn stepped acrosa tho threshold
and fell with two bullets In his
body dying almost Immediately
A Jury last night acquittal Ap-
pell of murder aftor lean than 40
minutes deliberation
MEN UNDER GUARD
CHICAGO Oct 3.PV-Hlxty ga-
rages cub stands and offlcon of
the Yellow and Checker cub com-
panies were under police guard to-
day as part of elaborate precau-
tions against further violence In
what police teim u war bttween
employe. of the two tympanies
i. n i
STEP TAKEN IN "ONWARD BKECK"
MOVEMENTMAYORCLARKSTATES
REVIEWING TUESDAY? ELECTION
Commissioners As Named By City Dads Ratified At The
Polls When Fifteen Are Chosen To Draft
Document Later To Be Voted On
. ! iti-i for the charter cuminiiudnn IS BRainst Tlila wna tho story
i ! .lit is wrlttin i.n 2IH ballots by as many ettlen' of tbi luannlril
's there wire flti iiiutilitid lialli.ti (flaking a total or J I
llu i lei tloti wis In-Ill in the t'ltv Hall III nnM)im tu a ill i ued b
Id Itv iiillllllisMli.ii 1.' !. Cunlee was the pleSlllllns jtnli
(he fifteen men hoseii to diaft the propoaed Instrument were
ruilows A Ourland A Ian J ta K Allison O I Alexander M 12 Daniel
II I-. Kelatie Hen J Ivmi r I. Dyer. ' II Kulvvllei tfcilley 11011' .
II A Lent ei ton li V S Parks K I. Husiell II VV Saylei J I
1 lioni . i m Horace I Trout
III i iiiiiinlttee h'nl been named
On i uiiiiiilsaloii tu draw up a
i ..ir litiiliun to be submitted to 'he
...i.i ..( the city and proponed ex
tended limit. i and after urganua
tion w tb I R Allison us chairnitii
the fifteen recommended that the
question of whether Breckenridge
really wantn a new charter and
who should writ It be submitted
find to a Vote of tlte people. I'he
election was cnllCil In accordance
with this auggeatlutt making cer-
tain tlwt no question can later be
rained as to the legality of the body-
drafting the document
J P Allison continues a:i chair-
man of the charter commission
Ho will call the body together at an
earlv date when reports will
be
I made of the progress so far mnde
t u? mennttine n? ursM tht
the charter
Mayor C. H Clark spoko VVcdnot-
day morning stated that he was
much nratlfled at tho vote and that
a step forward had been mado In
tho "Onward Breckenridge" move-
ment A3 a result of that vote.
Kills Husband
EDINBUnO. Tex. Oct. 3. (?-
Mrs C H Fry of Edinburgh wna
under charges of murder here today
following the shooting of her bus
band at hla own dooryuy yctdetduy
Fry received the elmrgea from both
ban lis of u double barrelled alio'-
gun In the cheat Mra Fty waived
preliminary Pcurlug und la In lull
uwultlug grand Jury uctlou Sh
told officers that her husbund hud
threutetied and unused her
Hops To Berlin
LONDON Oct 3 OV Having
paid a friendly visit to a section I
of ICnglund fieqii.iitl lioubled by1
air raids dining the war. Graf VJep
pelin new Get man dirigible today
whm soaring Inward iierlln un u
thirty six hum test flight This
will be Mr Hugo Fckener'-' last
long trial flight before tie starts
foi the United Stales !
POULTRY COM.MITTrii: TO
IN ItRKI'K .SATURDAY
There will be a meeting of all
those Intereated In poultry and a
poultry ahow In Stephena eouny
next Saturday morii'tig Oct 1 n
10-00 o'clock nt the City Hall In
lirecUonrl.lge
A committee wna appointed ut
their loat meeting " Sept 13 to
work out the plans und possibilities
of n Poultry Show foi t Stephens
county This committee will be
ready to rejwrt aa this meeting
You are uiged to !" present at this
meeting and hear the report of
this committee
The committee which Is compos
oil of Mi VV W Uytrrs C A Shafer
IS L. Kusaell Eugene Thompson
and myself ure earnestly hoping
that we can have a gieat meeting
next Sntunluy und that It will re-
sult iu pulling off one of the bust
poultry shows this part of the
country Ima ever had. Come und
participate In thu meeting I
Remember the place and the date
Yours very truly
C F LOCHRIDGIS I
County Agent
Sometimes we think that Justice
leulty should consult an oculist
REGENTS PROBE FRAT SYSTEM
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AUSTIN Oct 3.0PV-A board of
regents the majority of whom are
fraternity men Is responsible 'or
the Investigation Into fraternity
and soiorlty problems at the Unl
vurslty o' Texas here which may
result In the abolition of the OreeL
letter organizations and the con-
struction of dormitories to take the
plnep of tho fraternity houses On-
ly two members of the board are
non-fraternity men.
The ordor of tho board of reg
ents for tho Investigation to deter
mine the advisability of abolishing
or regulating the Greek letter or-
ganlzatlona followed closely upon
the accidental death of Nolte Mc-
Elro Sunday night while he was
being initiated by Delta Kappa
Epallon McElroy died while be -
LEGION PLANS
REUNION TRIP
Ahout 35 To Leave Here
For San Antonio
About 35 members of tho Bernice
Colo Amencan Legion Post have
made plans and reservations for
attendance at the National Amen
can l.eglon Convention to be held
In San Antonio. Oct 8 tn 11. in
elusive accoiding to officers In the
local post
Many have planned to leave Sat-
urday in their cars some Sunday
othors Monday Hoadquirtera for
the Brooltanrldge Lesion men will
bo nt tho David Crockett hotel of-
ficials have announced
Those who wlah to go and would
llko to havo sume Information con
corning the trip reservations nnd
other Information may get thli
from Ben J Dean commander of
the local Post
Open Sunday Sought
Ih Texarkunu Shows
TRXARKANA. Tex. Oct. .IlVi
The light of locul thentie oper.tt
' ois for Hund.iy motion pictures wh-.
I In the 'Miurtu today us deputte
sought to serve warrants chuigliiL
mnnugera of two tlnutrea with vlo
luting the state law on the nubjet t
I
SI earner Sinking:
NRW YORK Oct. 3 W-the Pa
dto Corporation of America plcke I
tip un SOS call this arternoon from
the steam tiawk-i Flllett saving
that she was sinking fast and t x
pected to be able to keep aflo.it
only Ifi minutes after its menage
wj lent
GUARD SUS1T.CTFU.
MONTGOMRRY. Am. Oct. 3 -f
A. G Richards. Kltby prison rfuiu I
who iialrt tnrre men overpowered
him allowing Roy Dlckerson und
two PMiifoUernte In escape 'limrs
day night wn ordered urreMi J
and pl.K-ed In the county Jul) her
lotlav by Hampton Drupel; membei
of the Statu Iio.iul f udmlnlstrn
tl)l clm.K(. f j.. r. i
.nils according tn tin- warrant f.r
his arrest Is being In Id ua a n
pect.
PLAN SCHRDULi:
LAREDO. Oct '11P) With tl e
twu way hookup of Mexican u.
mall linea and those uf this count)
finally accomplished post office
ficinU tinned their enctglesj toda
to ii'unlng out schedules and pit'
ting the Intel uutlonul service ut
un "un time" busls.
RASRIiALL N KWS
III keeping Willi Its policy (
being (list with the news of tho
day 'liui American will give full
play by play accounts of the
World' Series on the day of the
game.
ing put thiough i supposedly harm
less stunt hi which the Neophyte
wus sent through n maze of elec
trlcnlly charged steel bed spring-1
Former Federal Judge R I
Butts who Introduced the resold
Hon for the Investigation Is n fra
tornlty man In n brief btatemen
yestorday he expressed the opln
Ion that "there have been abuse
thnt need to be corrected."
McElroy was burled yesterday ut
his old home Buda Texas. Dur
Ing tho service a mesiago from
McElroy's mother to the 75 atu
denta who attended the funeral
wa3 road. Tho message assured
the students that she bore thorn n j
malice and had only the kindest
' feelings for them
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