The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 25, 1926 Page: 1 of 6
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CUERO STAR mmd CUERO NEWS
w Unless We Mil NMMtP Rul henries to *«r Community
CUERO, DeWlTT COUNTY,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1926
VOL. 64
Whittemore Tried for Murder
The Fourth of July is not far
distant and many towns and cities
are already laying plans for cele-
jbrating Independence Day. It oc-
curs to us that it is time for Cuero
to begin thinking about staging a
itelebration on that day-
■Of course, Cuero people have
smou* become accustomed to going
Kt of town to celebrations in other
■w|ps and communities for holi-
Wfa but it might be possibLe to
induce at htime if
hoMething ih^aresting were framed.
Hphow CfpMas come to look
Bifeuftd to her neighbors tb fur-
bish he amusement and oehebra-
tioc features on holidays and a
holiday is just a signal to Cuero
folk to hit the trail.to *mpty the
town as it were. ■ >-
From this city ’s standpoint,
then, every holiday is a total loss.
When busines is suspended for a
holiday, people begin looking
anrnnd for some place to go. That's
natural, of eotorse, but in this case
they have beoome accustomed to
Deal by Which
Shops Merg<
DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED
Twenty-Nine Also Get Certifi-
cates of Promotion From
* Seventh Ggade.
CONSID
Hubbard
S. M. N. Marrs, state superintendent
of education, was gf6#tfed by a packed
bouse at the high school auditorium
Monday night when jto delivered the
'commencement address to the 192€
graduates of the Ouero High School
The auditorium was filled to over-
flowing in both the'baleony and main
floors and the big crowd enjoyed Mr.
Mam’ inspirational talk and other
features of the exercises.
Twenty-six TndtoMHS of the 1929
class raffstved their diplomas of
graduation from, the high school from
Henry W. Nagel, president of the
school board. Twenty-pine seventh
grade students received Certificates of
promotion from toe seventh grade to
the high school these being deliver-
ed br ehpt. J. T. 4to»8. Mr. Ross also
-hlto'deC 'thb Btofftitofcfes to honor
graduate* ot tie jUA school. Miss
Jg&fr Lois Wmofi who made the
'dsm girls, was
awarded a scholarship otered by the
*JHE -< Gleo «•
nnad. Mtoor graduate among the
a scholarship to
thl TM& 'JuJPmL College.
Mr ttuafftoftifcss was directed t«
Uto l I Miiili# Ml ihnd%hs~bhHt up
Richard. Reese Whitfemore, right, went on trial in Baltimore on charges of murdering
Robert H. Holtman, a prison guard. He is shown in court with, left to fight, Detective
[William Feehley, Roland Adams, Herbert O’Connor and Edgar Allen Poe, prosecutors.
became the owner of l
establishment of R. S.
merging Che two baa
meats which Mtto to
hero several yean. Tt
In the deal waa prlva
Mr. Frebnd has ami
Will operate‘Both‘Mui
Late Wire Hashes
By International News ServiO*
PARIS, May 8S.—Abdel Krhn,
leader of the Riffs, is in flight
and Prance will not negotiate
with him as he represents noth-
ing, Premier Briand announced
today. Prance Sul II negotiate only
with those tribes-that are still re-
volting, Briand said.
Announced.
A settlement out of court satisfac-
tory to both sides has been reached in
the suit brought Jjy W. A. Blackwell
against the Farmers State Bank A
Trust Company for refcovery of Lib-
erty bonds which he alleged he had
on deposit in the defunct First State
Bank A Trust Co., it was announced
Tuesday by bank officials abd attor-
neys in the case.
The terms of the settlement were-
not made* public, but it was declared
that both parties to the suit are sat-
isfied wMpb^ae adjustment. The suit
brought by Mr Blackwell in to
<gwrt. seeking to regpver >22,SO©
t* bonds Which’^hfr XBogad had been
given by the loteai bank a*-security
for loans, will be withdrawn when
I v. r ^jr
district coart meets next week, at-
torneys for Mr. Blackwell announced.
Between 59 and 10(1 Cnero women
who are interested in the develop- .
meat of Cuero are expected to be
present for the meeting to be held at
th* oily hall Wednesday afternoon
beginning at 4 o’clock when the 9
1 women’s civic club, successor to tbe
Cuero Civic League, will ba finally
organised.
As an added attraction for the
meeting, J. E. Wayne, mamagar.of the
jCrescoat Valley Creamery, has an-
nounced that Crescent ice craam wSl
Lbe served to those present at the
° •« ’ i. ,
MUNICH, May 25.—Twenty-
f«to parsons were killed and
tw4i§4ivM seriously injured as
a result of,a train wreck here to-
WABHlNGTON, May 25.— A
storm of dlaaentlon over Preel-
bdfc ■fudge's order pTnnUig
fsAgrgt prohibition . badges on
sta6*(ifciale from governors
(ft
V Amoag the moot Important mat
to come before this meeting la
to the*. Haase of Reprossnaitfees
today wftHd tbe Senate prepared
to laurlch an investigation to de-
termine its constitutionality. Al-
though the treasury department
dPeikreid that lh« order would be
confined to California for the
present, the demand for Its abol-
ishment entirely grew by leaps
and bounds.
choice of a name for the orgaaisstftm,
the selection of officers for thar cod*
ing year and the formulatioa of plaae
for the year’s wort. The cwBstitutlaa
and by-laws, now being prepared by
% committee, prill also Me presented
to the meeting for ’ adoption. The
names of 20 women vftB he presented
for the meeting from which tea will
be selected as directors.
king add members of the rQyal fam
tty had to be edseated to know bow
to tule the common people. "while in
the 'present day democracy the pec
it won proviekad st hpme. Some
* have oof the opportunity at
nut .of town to vifitt relatives
I friends- But them are still
•«, and these art the tig ma-
who po out town simply
Mnaa
as a whole hag*, to be educated
W'le able ta rule themselves The
speaker also dwelt at length on cer-
eal* phases of a report of a special
committee of the National Education
Association dealing With the im-
portance of education. Mr. Marrs was
accompanied to Cuero by Mr. Thrift,
bead of the free text beck division of
the state department of education.
Members of the senior class repeat-
ed a pledge of attegfonee to . the
public schools, which was one
of the most.. Impressive fea-
tures of the exercises. Music was
furnished by the high school orches-
tra, and. in the course of the program.
Mitt Deika Dietie aud Mrs. Raymond
Voelkel sang a duet which was well
received. Mrs. F. P. Sames played
tbe accompaniment. Another feature
of the musical program for the even
fog Was two piano numbers, Romance
and Witches’ Dance by Miss Louise
Koehler. - /• *
The following pledge of allegiance
was made by the seniors:
XUtfc aChoct la the bulwark
ericaa nation. I acknowledge
£ta* tost I owe to* the state
is community for the train
A have received; and as an
4 dr toy gratitude. I here
Or1 totr presence ot these as
rttoescH, cheerfully and an-
Fife<4i#)lfoself ever to giro
d#t td'thb public schools as
jrtll permit and
► exert my Influence as a
.ettiseu of Texas to uphold their ideals
and (o increase their usefulness in
the preparation of the boys and girls
of today to be the man and women of
tomorrow.’’
The following quotation from a
statement by Mira beau B. Lamar was
repeated by the seventh grade stu-
dents: •
"A cultivated rafnd is the guardian
genius of democracy. It ts the only
dictator that freemen acknowledge
and the only security that freemen de-
slre."
Following is a.,list of'students re-
ceiring certificates of promotion from
the seventh grade to the high school :
Lfftene AffBbn. Annie Lee Brown.
BhrX9*n»urns, Utis Carpenter, George
CCtanee. Newton Crain, Elisabeth
IMNg, Dovia Ferber, hflfeita Fergu*
By International News Service.
NEW TCMtK, May 25 —After keep-
ing tbe wbeqfk of Justice waiting an
hour today, beautiful Joyce Hawley,
'Vine bath girl,’’ tripped unabashed
to the witness stand to reveal the
“tale of the tub” at tbe Earl Carroll
perjury trial. Miss Hawley testified
that Chris Sc&ife, right hand man of
Carroll, offered her $350 if she would
testify that there was no champagne
or liquor present at the sunrise party
given by Carroll at his apartment.
FORT WORTH, May 26—After
24 hours the body of Emmett
Myera, who was drowned lata
Sunday, was still unrecovered to-
day. Efforts of searchers to bring
the body to the surfaee by the use
of dynamite and drag hooka were
unavailing.
yeww “there is nothing to do
lore.” Sitting at home ail day,
riding around in an almost empty
Him over which hovers a death-
1 he quiet and emptiness is not our
i laa of properly celebrating a holi-
day, American Independence Day
particularly.
There is no wonder that people
Isave town on a holiday. There is
l lothing to keep them at home. And
intil the city provides acme sort
Of amusement, something that will
Bold their interest here they will
< matin ue to leave town. And Ouero
f r01 continue to maintain tile quiet
< f a cemetery on holinays-
And now with the Fourth of
« uiy in the oAng, it is time to be-,
pn preparations for some sort of
miration. A baseball game would
Jarig out. A water carnival might
’prove an attraction for many. Ar-
fimfeements might be tofcjktlhB#
golf tournament for thorilfig **4
that would sot only attract many
ljMtil people but would bring many
into town. A barbeewe or old fash-
immd “dinner on the ground”
Mould be an excellent innovation
gor ^Juero. A dance and fireworks
display at night would be another
worthwhile attraction. Let’s get
mjftiher an a snappy program and
profession.
Irvin Wallace, Atm
ployed by Mr. Hubbari
with the firm under th
ment for the pmoRt
FORT WORTH, May 25.—The
sixth annual convention of the
Southwestern Professional Photo-
graphers Association opened here
this afternoon with 400 in at-
tendance.
Several hundred negroes from sur»
rounding towns and communities are
expected to join Cuero negroes in a
big Juneteenth celebration to be
staged here in commemoration of the
emancipation proclamation following
the Civil War, according to announce-
ment by leaders of local plans for
the celebration.
Plans for the Juneteenth celebra-
tion were discussed at a meeting heW
Monday night at Mt. Bethel church
when approximately 85 were to at-
tendance. Rev. R. S. Moseby, pastor
of the M. E. Church, outlined plans
for a tb re e-day belebratibn Jtma 18,
19 and 11. to be held at the Tally
race, track. A committee eoafpdsed of
Fred Pridgen, Charles Richards, L#
cnetla Faulkner and Stanley Richards
was appointed to axraaga tor the en>
tertkimneut, program, pablicltlty and
5 ocopes
Evolution Case
WASHINGTON, May 25—A
sharp fight over evolution, mod-
ernism and fundamentaliwh was
brewing today as the Northern
Baptist convention met for six
days session. Rev. J. Frank Nor-
ris of Fort Worth assailed mod-
ernists as uspins4ess cowards."
WASHINGTON, May 25—“The
legal battle of the century” over
Tennessee's anti-evolution law will
be resumed Monday before tbe Tenn-
essee state Supreme Court in the
of the
Former Teacher At
Victoria Wed* One
Of Former Pupil*
FIFTH MONDAY MEETING
The Record baa been asked to an-
nounce that Mrs. Joseph Muir of San
Antonio will be present at the Fifth
Mottday meeting at Grace Efriecdpgf
A very pretty wedding occurred
yesterday afternoon at the Prtsby
i*P*»n Mansd, Dr. W. A. McLeod, toe
Presbyterian pastor, officiating, when
Mr. J. A. Creighton of Dallas and
Miss Margurtte Bishop of Victoria
were united In marriage. This event
is" toe culmination of a
church to address the meeting i»t the
ladies clubs eff tbe different chutches
of toe city the Episcopal ladies be-
ing hdsts on this occasion. Following
Through the efforts of the Caere
Chamber of Commerce reduced tw
of a fard and a half for round trig
has been granted by the G. H. A 8.
A. railroad for the three-day celebra-
tion.
the meeting at 4 o’clock in the
church a reception will be held in tbe
rectory.
romance
which began some two years ago,
when the groom waa a member of
the Victoria high school faculty and
the bride one of the pupils.
Mr. Creighton comes from a very
fine family of Ellis county people his
parents. Rev. J. A. Creighton, and
wife, being very dear friends of Dr.
and Mrs. McLeod when the latter
were residents of Ennis. He is 'n
graduate of Austin College, and now
holds a position on the staff of the
Dallas News.
The bride is one of the most beau
tlful girls in Victoria. Her parenta
and a few friends made up the
wedding patty.
The young couple left at 8:18 via
Red Bell for Seguin, where a shaft
hoaeymooa wifi be spent with CrtgMbi
By International News Service.
LOS ANGELES. May 25—C. W.
Ralph, connected with the ^Union Oil
Company of California and widely
known oil man. died of a heart at-
tack here today.
va4bity letters AWARDED
AUSTIN. T**» *foy 25 —Awards of
Mrtlty and qualified letters to 108
jffanHi ■ilRnsn athletes have
WEATHER REPORT
Tonight and Wednesday partly
cloudy to cloudy, probably showers.
Light to fresh easterly to southerly
Hatti Mobftome^ *
, Wellington [ Opfei,
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The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 25, 1926, newspaper, May 25, 1926; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1089880/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.