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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 14,1930
CiADUsn*
gk * ^ /
kTKNINO weather again to-
day. Heavy clouds, unusual,
humidity, one or two trustful souls
'carrying rain coats. Threatening
clients, too; with dark looks and
menacing gestures toward us. as
though we had been responsible for
the long dry spell instead of laboring |
day and night for thirty days to give
relief for the fanners and ranchers,;
store keepers. b4nk clerks, lawyer*, j
preachers, doc tort, dairymen and all
the others who‘have been talking’
hard times until they have convinced
three that it will never rain
CONFEREES REJECT YOUNG BILL
■ .r, T--»r : * ** ★ . * * * * * *
As i i matter of cold, unadulterated
our rain campaign has made
progress. We are a great deal
a rain now than when we
the campaign back in
February; and if we can get the
sympathetic support of all the
spiritually minded citizenry, if any,
we will get a rain before another
thirty days are torn off the calen-
dar. Without such support, we will
continue to labor, any way. Old
STMdllLL
'Barefoot Boy”
Is Now 84
Noah worked over a hundred years ,. ne|J[liruutulc
fed preparation for a rain, and then jftuUngen. author; of the
flood in which all the scoffers — • —- ----*—
gC ‘ridiculers were drowned. We
AUSTIN. March 14.—-Chang-
ing the entire complexion of the
chain store tax bill as passed by the
House, an ammdm.nt was offered
last night by the state affairs com-
mittee of the Senate which would
put aside the proposed tax on
every store in the state falling un-
der the original classification of
[the bUL The amendment and the
bill were referred to a sub-commit-
tee for consideration and report.
Representative Polk Homaday of
‘ “ original
bilL offered the amendment. The
ms rmjtujcr* wrir uiuwiira. "v amendment proposed k tax of one
hope this will be a warning for those | twentieth of gross receipts of $100.-
wbo Ire pointing the finger of scorn: qoo and proceeds on a graduated
at us. ! scale until the tax reaches one per ;
**•* cent on gross sales of one million j
A NOTHER warning that ought to dollars or over.
ha ant trvlav 4« Hiraetarl
be sounded today is directed
principally to the Republicans of
the community.; Tomorrow is the
last day of grace for the filing of
1939 income tax returns with checks
covering the assessments necessary
for paying the traveling expenses of
the President* special commissions.
* This is of interest especially to the
Republicans, because they haws all
the money. No Democrat Is ever
\ worried about the income tax. which
was estabhstaed by the Sixteenth
Amendment to the Constitution and
■ proclaimed February 35. 1913, as one
of the final acts of a Republican
administration.
• •••
There are two; reasons why
Democrats are not affected by the
Income tax. One of them is that
because they are Deatocrats. they
are usually poor, any way; and tha
other is that the poorer a family Is
the more children it has. and every
eima is worth 9409 in computing the
However, threw Is one
Tombs Chaplain Pro Witness
CAMPAIGN ECHO I
WHERE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT RECEIVED
FINAL HOMAGE OF HIS COUNTRY
In offering the amendment. Rep-
resentative Hornaday stated it was,
aimed at overcoming the features of
bills passed in others which had
been held unconstitutional bv stat?,
and federal courts. He pointed ,
out that it did not legislate against,
any class and at the same time i
would hit the chain stores harder
than the independent merchant be-
cause of their great volume of bust •
ness. 1 v, \* '
The Sab-CsaisiWn
The sub-committee to consider Mow* B*v. Haas Peter Bertiewm of
the bill was composed of Senators Nebraska, who claims to have
Eugene Miller of Weatherford, Ar- teen John Greenlea# Whitt*er*s orig-
chie Parr of Benavides and Carl mi "Barefoot Boy," as he appeared
Hardin of St-'phemine. . on his Mth birthday recently.
Hflmaday stated the amendment bmiIiIi srn bays that Whittier saw
waa one method of allowing Texas hhn as a youngster an a visit to a
merchants credit for the ad valorem -fana near Sheffield. Illinois and
taxes paid to tha state and county, mb thereafter wrote Ms famous
The amendment waa presented ■
near the end of the hearing wad
; earn* at a timo when the eommit-
t tee was preparing to vote on the ori-
; WASHINGTON. March 14.—UP>—
I An echo of the last presidential
campaign was heard at today's pro-
hibition hearing of the House
1 Judiciary Committee when Ray-
mood Rabins. Chicago social wurk-
, er. contended that Alfred *. Smith
had been defeated because he had
: heotee the “coudhy's chief nulllfter
I under the flt«" In signing a bill
: repealing the New York state probi-
! bitten act. „
Taking the stand ahead of John
| Callahan at New York City, some- j
times referred to as the “Bishop of ,
the Bowery. - the Chicagoan argU'd
that the Democratic candidate had
won as many votes as he lost by j
. the fact that he was a member of |
the Catholic faith.
Prohibition was described as an •
expression of the “Oreat adventur- I
; ous spirits of the American people"
I by Robins, who is vice chairman
of the national committee of one
enforcement
led. Mr. Callahan,
has been chaplain
y*s famous prison,
d to be heard.
.At*
above.
3-2 MAJORITY
AUSTIN, March 14.-<*)-«•
penitentiary reformation wafer-
ence committee was plainly at tha
end of Its rope today, after tt hat
rejected a plan of Rsprsemtaftar
Dewey Young of Wellington of Mm
Hoorn oooferees to spend NOMN
to supplying emergency needs at tbft
[system. ' ■
The proposal was turned down to9
the same- 3-3 majority of the
Senate conferees, standing for ad
least a small new unit to be 1
to industrial activities.
! Representative Young _
; that the money he proposed
$150,000 for. tanprovemetna
Huntsville arid 9490,000 for
farms—was merely to tide the
tem over until the
centralizing near Austin_____
! considered by the next Ligielahirf ?
He maintained the existing pro|0»
1 ernes would doubtless be
for a number of years and
; money could be
spent in renovating them.
The Senate conferees wsl--
on tor a report os progress and -
question as to wether they should1
discharged and new am
caused prolonged debate.
The sulphur conferees 1
locked and the sine die---_
as amended to fix final quitting
March aoth. remained on the '
with indications Senator O.
Small of Wellington.
w~ I
■■MBr1
t!U. surs- stgsSErjriE!
the funds mesial law of both ti»c
Under the great gay dome of the Capitol, *5**2*J* Jwmn inter"andHardJng^had"Ibees so tion to reconsider and spread on L.
_---- b. r m* WOOM-*
For id years. OeUahan. as chap- honored in d«th^H«e ymsMe Hoover. From here the casket was re- disturb it. n-t
lain of the famous Tomb, prison. the fyern^rviemwe^id
north more than that, and these
MffBtful. kted-natured. kmg-
wnKfletng^MMri
[wives like most of us1
■uffcnngt' seif
Swe'areVrorth at
dollars each.
faithful.l (CONTINUED on fao* twoi
least a million
NH
I j | Bowery, whi
In this connection we would like
to observe, also, that in our opinion
one million dollars is enough for any
man.
• • • •
WHILE discussing taxes, we are
w reminded Of a warning that was
sounded yesterday by a Hoover-
Democrat who has served as election
Judge in one of this city’s wards for
a number of years. He said that in(
each election a great many voters
neglect to bring tax receipts, and in
lieu thereof sign an affidavit to the
effect that they have paid the taxes
but have misplaced or lost the re-
He testified further that to
.election a great many people,
1 technically guilty of perjury be-; — -------
they make false affidavits, co-operation of every neighcoring
____ ring they have paid the taxes [city and community, is one of the
'Whin they have not. : big projects that faces the Brown-
• • • • , ! wood Chamber of Commerce for
do not believe many voters are 1930 and Hilton Burks, secretary, is
berately guilty of this offense, confident that every project now
ous imagine that most of those who being pushed will carry through to
sign the affidavit to the effect that completion ere the current year has
they have paid the required taxes do closed.
not realize what tt is they are sign- Dates for meetings on these Tar-
ing. In view of the fact that there; ous projects have been set, these
are to be several elections this yfear, meetings being between Brown wood
It might be well for all voters to representatives and men from oth-
keep this matter in mind. . j er cities along the various hlgh-
Securing at U. S. Federal designa-
tion and markings for three high-
ways through Brown wood and
Brown county, securing state desig-
nation for a fourth, the furtherance
and completion of all highway and
road work now under way in
Brown county, all with the nearty
LONDON. March
attempt will be mode this week-
end to salvage the five power naval
conference from the stalemate In*
to which tt has) fallen. Delegates
hope to find the way for a limita-
tion treaty which will not Involve
such high figures in reality will
constitute a building program agree-
ment.
Qolf matches and other week-end
engagements are being cancelled in
the belief that conversations seek-
ing solution of the problems pre-
sented by French demands will be
lorrow and Sunday. A
be present with ar-
Tardieu, French pre-
has seen much of the life of those
who do not stroll down Fifth Ave-
nue in fashioodble clothing. A
quarter of a century as director of
the Hadley Reams Mlnkon has
afforded opportunity tor obeenra-
tton-
HU story before tha committee
that an _
Be until u was a
te better.
" he testified, has been
t in the Bowery by
language of “Mc-
e Hall," the “Tub of
imilar places on the 1
h he laid had now,
14/3*1_aw I disappeared. He said hundreds of
' men h** knew ten years ago had
lived - without Ood and without 1
hope' now had homes, families, au-
tomobiles and radios as a result of ,
prohibition. ,
Remarks made by Mn Henry W. 1
Peabody which gave rise to charges
that she had “coached" dry witness- '
es appearing at the hearing, were
ordered left in the committee rec-
ord at her request.
CHARGED
14. -ypy-rn*
I. S. - JAPAN
AGREEMENT
IS REPORTED
SENATE HOPES
AUSTIN. March
program for the
held the promise of
events.
The conference
penitentiary ________
necessity of reaching an____
or of making a report to their
1 n- uw. ----- is Li, M. Bri&nd declared that con-
1 ways, all interested to promoting trary to reports he was not in a bad
new factor
rival of And;
mter.
Intensive efforts to lead the con-
ference out of its difficulties ac-
tually began yesterday with a
round of private meetings and
later a statement by Premier Mac-
Donald that he was encouraged by
the day’s events. Aristide Briand,
French foreign minister, announced
also that he was not discouraged
and that he had been misunder
WASHINGTON. March IL-
IAD—The assertion that port-
masirrships were being sold by
Republican officials in South
Carolina with the knowledge of
Foot master General Brown was
made In the Senate today by
Senator Bieooe. Democrat. Sooth
Carolina.
w \ g ml ItiA f .
15® 1»«it®
LONDON. MaMb 14.—<4*i—Thd
American and Japanese naval dele-
gations were said In well-informed
quarter* this afternoon to have
achievdd an agreemsot which la only
dependent on ccgiflnnatlon from
the home authorises.
Senator Reed and Ambassador
M&tsudaira. two old friends { who
have been threshing out th^.cont-
end buildings on a reeoMtlon peo-
pling an investigation of the of-
ficial acts of tha University gfl
Texas regents was la ordsr.
And to cap the climax. Bsnalnf
Chat 8mall of Wellington gave a»-
tier ha would call up the Mas am
adjournment resolution, now on
- table amended to Merck
WA8HINOTON. March 14—OPj— final quitting data. Ha had _
r :d„ zss* ~ m
forward to a final vote on the tan.i then recnnsidera-
bill after it had settled two more tlon ^ nrdfmi it spread on tha
controversies, those having to do journal. Th$ amendment had been
with the oil and lumber sehednlo* adopted by a one-vote margin.
At the end of the protracted stni?-j ^
_ tha^oom-t’ple drew near, there was a manifest
pUcated difficulttes between ttte two disposition to hasten it as touch as fn^ite2iIS!
Entries, met again this morning, possible, which took the form of.
and observers ware led to believe proposals that debate on remaining
they had discussed final details amendmenLs be sharply limited t ^ XSl _,uld nrovid- ft*
which they w«w 1 Drt-t- in i« » W ^
worwd to hawijl but a«ompiiWtPd cnmnt.on 'h'J"e “Yu ttt, to Uw oxteot of bn----
included settlement of the Japan- the tariff on sugar to its pre pni . .««m» #— «_
MENARD. Texas.
—Funeral services
Jfarch 14—(JP)
____________A^e held here
JT^^ThT^' today for Leman Bailey. 17. who
^ died last night of a bullet wound
leav-ing the conferenc suffered Wednesday.
xoi n su "““"f _ , Examining trial for W. L. Oliver.
In an explanation of statemeo$g| *
made Wednesday to French journal
“ bj *Sf y* r “
rwiHAT clears up all the warnings the welfare of their respective com-
J ve have for* the family today. If munities as*well as working toward
anything bad happens to any of our the best interest of the entire state
friends and fellow citizens now, we and as for that, the whole United
can say tV,-f “we told you so.” We States which in turn will benefit no
believe in the tew of cause and ef- little if these various projects are
feet and ;it is our policy to point carried to a successful conclusion.
out the causes so that the effeetei Canada to Gulf _
Perhaps one of the most Import-
S designated high-
one o
! ant proposed V-
humor. He said he was not suffi-
ciently “naive" to get into a bad
WASHINGTON. March 14.—Un-
charged with murder in connection Th’’ defense icored in the bribery
** ' trial of ---- T
ese claim Tor a To per cent cruiser
ratio. This has be^n the outstand-
ing stumbling block since the b-ve -
iling of negotiations.
wvi the oW coalition of Democrats of about $500,000 for improvement*,
centralize around * ‘
to regain Its majority for the roll
calls on lumber and oil.
wnwd cS5« OM Drtten
a last resort a 75 cent tax In
fornifd wiw *uv ™ i»- —-w w------- i —
States. Oreat Britain and Japan guard Republicans for the purpose
have been trying to rush through of raising the duties on these con-
have been trying to ntoJhfwigh [of the $1 levy it had stood for.
their agreements so as to get set lor modlties and j ^ ]D/Saa^
with Bailey's death.1 was set
Monday. Oliver also was suffering
from a bullet wound.
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may be avoided.
• • • • . j .... ____________________
“Uhiless what we do is useful ways that is sought for Brownwood
te folly," somebody wrote a is the Can^l v to Gulf Highway.
**"*4me ago and since we conflf from Winnipeg. Canada to Corpus
%xoect to become famous Chrteti. from Winnipeg through the
®enUy v mend our life trying Dakotas. Nebraska. Kansas and
some day. to ,uslotv thte Oklahoma, striking the Texas line
as w ‘SaroJTB:
man named ! tng star. Brownwood. Brady. Mason.
"B«ii*ve no. tt xs1
president of the Texas Division of
thte Highway Association, has call-
ed a meeting to be held in Fred-
ericksburg, March 35 and has re-
quested J. E. T. Peters, of Cisco, sec-
retary of the association, to Inform
all interested parties of ths meet •
mg. W. B. Mllbum. of Sayre, Ok-
la. president of the Canada to Outf
Highway Association, will attend,
as will representatives from Ban
Antonio. Corpus Chrteti and other
tfSSSissr
Supreme Court Given
Appointive Power
AUSTIN. March 14—UP)-Gover-
nor Moody today filed the bill to
transfer appointive power in naming
the six members of the Supreme
Court Commission -of Appeals from
the governor to the three Justices
of the court. It also empowers one
Justice and two members of the
commission to pass on writs.
Other bills filed included one to
tax stock exchanges, validating
Port Arthur seawallrbonds. and fix-
ing eminent domain for water im-
provement districts.
| THE WEATHER j
^ W1»T TEXAB: 7*'®’'!°^
probably showers in j*\_
bon tonight and Saturday, , Anusuo, vorpu*
In the Panhandle tonight_interested cities
EAST TEXAS: C^y._occaMooai j Highway 19 Project
rains tonight and Saturday. ^L:^' 0i 8 Federal' deolgnatt’on and
to fresh northeast to southeast *** aUo sought for Hlgh-
wtnds on the coast. ■ way 10 from Denton through Fort
ARKANSAS and OKLAHOMA- Worth ^ Brownwood to Del Rl»
Cloudy, occasional rains tonight and An(1 F B Abney, at Brownwood.
Saturday.
Twenty Years Is
Hoobler Sentence
WICHITA FALLS. March II—UP)
—Once sentenced to death for the
murder of his wealthy employer
and benefactor. Arthur Pendergraft,
Oklahoma fanner. D. J. Hoobler to-
day faced the lesser fate of forty-five
years behind prison bars.
Hoobler was convicted yesterday
to a trial which offered Itttle of the
)ers 01 uw 1 sensational, his defense based prin-
writs I cipally upon a reading of the testt-
_ . nosBlble three power pact in the heard, particularly in the ranks of
1 E?w£dT Dobeny*”today event France and Italy could not the Independent Republican*
HE1 SfSfS STmSSSii torxnd, -JJ ma
ter Albert B Fall to the last outstanding queatioos to be set-
received 3100.000 in 1921 could not
-- ----,—r ----— Abney, of Brownwood.
.March 25 and April 1$, thte meet-
winds on the coast.
Maximum 51. Mmim1101 52.
(CONTINUBO ON FA4M TWO)
Tahoka Woman Gets
Eight Year Sentence
TAHOKA. Trx, March 14-UFV-
For the second time. Mrs. Mollis
Turner. 57, today faced a prison
sentence for the slaying of her hus-
band. Her sentence had been re-
duced, however, from 30 to 8 year*.
The sentence was assessed by a
Jury which convicted her of murder
last night !»ft*r six hours delibera-
tion. Her first conviction, returned
two years ago. was reversed on ap-
peal and a new trial ordered.
Tum/^.1WV *hot 10 de*th in the
yard of his farm iv«if near Wilson
lin 1930.
mxivru g»wv,wwv — —1
be introduced against Dolieny.
TWO DIE IN
MAINE FIRE
Seek to Set Aside
McKenzie Verdict
many at his first trial when he was
assessed the death sentence.
Funeral Rites For
G. W. Fry Arranged
ABILENE* Tex., March 14.—up>—
Funeral service* were arranged to-
day for Oeorfs W. Fry. 43. president
of the West Texas Utilities com-
pany. who died here last night after
a year's Illness from a complication
of heart and lung aliments.
Coming here in 1930 as manager
for the American Public Service
Company. Mr. Fry built the organ-
ization up to tte present status as a
$48,000,000 corporation under the
name of the West Texas Utilities
Company. The company, controlled
by the Insull Utility Oroup, serves
1113 communities in 45 West Texas
counties.
He te survived by his widow, two
daughter!, a son and a sister.
CLEVELAND. March 14— (**> “
Pilot Richard R. Bregto^* ‘’"‘J
David Bunnin. a salesman, both of
Cleveland, were Wiled in an alr-
6C. 3&T5 tSe^rtte. w^ght________________
Flying Service said. Both men were w Whitaker, gt the morning
employes of the flying •**?*?• .. uhUhi argued that the law under
Oeorge W. Wagner h . Till which the writ wae filed, had been
nessrd the accident ^ *®WahJort or ^ Twju .tatuss for year*
officiate Bragglns and Bunnto were
stunting in the plane *hentt wr ni
out of control. He said they had
looped several times and
side down, when suddenly thf
went into a tallsptn and crashed.
Refuse Reconsideration
Rumors that such an agreement
had been perfected led. Senator Nye
to a&k a reconsideration of the vote
which raised the sugar duty, and
yesterday it was refused. 47 to 38.
immediately afterward, the Senate
refused to reconsider Its decision on
cement by the same vote.
Thus conference committees wjiich
■ ■■ ■ | will resolve the differences between
SAN ANTONIO, March 14—UP)— , the Senate and House Mils were
Arguments on a writ of coram prodded with two important dla-
nobte. seeking to set aside the Jury j agreements to be settled. The Ben-
verdict of death, were under way in, ate bill provides for a duty of two
district court thte afternoon for cents on Cuban sugar and the
Jhhn _ _ I
ed slayer of
Street. Dtet
Seellngson and A., — . ------ ,—.—---- — r-»— J------—
counsel, expected to consume the drew weight on cement, the Senate
entire afternoon in their arguments. * rate of six cents. The commodity
National Society
Sanctions Record
Dallas Mayor Favors
Broadcasting Games
DALLAS.
Waddy Tate, "hot dog “*v£r
Dallas, today threatened to attempt
prosecution of the Te*a* Baseball
te now on the free list.
Late in the day. yesterday, the
Senate reaffirmed. 44 to 33, its pre-
vious approval of a duty of seven
cents a pound on long staple cotton
and going into the night session
sustained its previous increases In
the tariff on wool rags and wool
waste.
Shot as He Makes \
Dash for Freedom
BRAWLEY. Ctm
- 14_//p>_ Prosecution of the^^ has Wd. Wilter Bto-
WASHINOTON. March ocal radio clalr. 42. alias Joe McFarland ea-
The National Aeron«u'J^. l out of town caped convict, from being tetum-
tlon announced t^wrtbW^ u- .Ration to b c »ea- ed to the Ohio state penitentiary at
reau of Standards' »*ra*» durin« ^ Columbus. Sinclair, arrested here
the Barograph used « .bitten president Alvin yesterday upon information received
or Boris Serhlenky- Md Mked from. OUodtMi «•
WU-IJM?-*! MWbrpcto oMw Myy
” ISjhi Mayor* "It te an, dill as he made a dash tor freedom
1 from the Brawley city JaiL
loaded seaplane r(XC(**n
jrtsttfssA'Vt air.-
old record of 15,837 lea^ ., outrage
I
Li
Senate members had indicated, how*
ever, they would nol vote tor a tax
In excess of 60 ceute.
The Senate had on the table res-
olutions calling for reports from tha
conference penitentiary and tag
committees and directing their dis-
charge and appointment of naw cos*-
ferees In event agreements wan not
effected.
rnlventty Inqalry
A resolution proposing tha
University regents Inquiry waa pro-
posed by Representatives J. R. Loan
of Wichita Falls. Ooke fftevenann of
Junction. Qrmdy Woodruff of
Decatur and Harry H. Oravm ef
Georgetown. Long said ha had In-
sist Moore Lynn. State Auditor,
undertaking the fourth investlaatlaB
initiated by the 41st lagtsiaha*.
Other investigations were of tha
Highway Department, acta of tha
late J. T. Robison. Oomaiissvaar
of the Oeneral Land Offloa and
administration of affairs of his of-
fice by B. H. TareO, SMI
°SSS1'
the Land Ootnmisskmer made laaaaa
on certain Reagan county lands w
the Texon Oil 8s Land OompanjT Of
Delaware, the Texan Oil and
Company of Texas. Oroup
One 041 Corporation. Oroup :
Two OU Corporation and l_
Lake OU' Company and that
leases had been held invalid._
charged that these companteewwj
now defrauding the OulrojW. w
royalties due the permanent rand.
The regents were acu “
pending the avafteble
funds contrary to Mar,
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