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TON N0T~^'7v£S?T
las Ranch and Other
Big Interests at Stake
J. T. Pemberton, retiring prea-
dent of the F&M National Bank,
.ias realiaed hla life's ambition.
Now, with 22 years as a bank-
r behind him, he is ready to turn
his shoulder to the wheels of oth-
-*r interests.
"It was always J. T.'s ambition
• .0 be a banker," declared hla
I brother, George A. Pemberton of
, Denver, who was in Fort Worth
Saturday en route to his Winter
home near Corpua Christ!.
“He used to talk about it back
j in '79, when we'd drive herds of
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cattle into Fort Worth."
True Cattle Baron.
Pemberton is an ex-rancher,
and his physique, big-boned and
powerful at 61, bespeaks years of
the healthy life of the range.
Prior to coming to Fort Worth
In 1904, Pemberton operated huge
ranches around Midland and in
Montana. He was the true cattle
baron,
But. says his brother, money
Juggling interested Pemberton a
lot more than the business of
herding cattle to market. Finally
he bought an interest in a small
r bank in Midland. The Midland
bank wasn’t big enough to hold
hie ambition. So Pemberton came
to Fort Worth, and 60 days after
he arrived here, had a nice block
of F&M stock tucked away in his
•trong box. And right on the "fir-
ing line” he went as active vice
president.
In Stockholder.
Altho with the merger of the
F4M and Fort Worth National
Banks, Pemberton drops from the
bank a roster of executives, he
will continue to be a stockholder
in the institution and interested in
its affairs.
He makes it plain he plans no
loafing now that the responsible
; ties of the bank's leadership are
off his shoulders.
“I’ve worked hard ever since 1
r. was 14,” says Pemberton, “and I
< contemplate no rest now.”
He will have plenty of other in-
terests in Fort Worth to keep him
busy. He is heavily interested In
the Hub Furniture Company,
fakes & Co., the Southern Union
,fe Insurance Company and oth-
lesser businesses.
recUely what his future plans
he refuses to say.
Saturday Brother George was
urging him to knock off for a
month and do some fishing with
him down on the Gulf.
And Pemberton looked as tho
he was going to try and get away.
By Unit** Pr.M
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.—Liv-
ing on a farm ie Just about as
expensive as city life, according
to the Agricultural Department.
Actual living expenses of the
average farm family total 11,698
a year, the department announced
today after a survey of 2MI
farm*. This includes food, house
rent end fuel for family of four
and one-half persons.
More than two-fifths of all
goods used by a farm family Is
furnished by the farm. The soil
tillers spend 1669 for food, <236
for clothing, <200 for house rent,
<40 for furniture and equipment.
<213 for operating expenses, <61
for health maintenance, <41 for
life Insurance. <106 for "advance-
ment," <41 for personal goods,
and <3 for unclassified goods.
CAMPAING RALLY
WILL BE HELD
Edwards to Preside at
Meeting for 6 Counties
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Van Zandt to Work
Till He Wears Out
, "... until I wear out.”
' That long will Major K. M.
Van Zandt hold fast to the helm
of the Fort Worth National Bank
he nursed as an infant more than
a half century ago.
"Until 1 wear clean out I'll be
here at the bank each day to
grt.i ..iy friends," says this re-
markable man. who, at 90 years
of age, assumes the presidency
of one of the strongest bank
combinations in the South, with
the amalgamation of the Fort
Worth National and the F&M
National Banks.
First At Desk.
Major Van Zandt was a stately
figure In his new business home
at Seventh and Main Streets Sat-
urday as tellers and bookkeepers
and messengers went about with
the hectic Job of getting the
combined bank ready to open for
business Monday.
Ho picked the southeast cor-
ner of the big banking room for
the old-fashioned roll-top desk he
has labored over for 25 years.
Despite the burden of his four-
score and ten years, Major Van
Zandt la usually the first execu-
tive of the bank at his desk each
morning, say his co-workers.
He arrives at 8:30 and works
as hard as any of them until 11,
when he goes home for a mid-
day rest.
At home, the venerable Major
takes a nap and works puzzles
to rub away the cares of busi-
ness.
He's back fresh at his desk at
1:30 and stays there until after
3.
Early lti.vr.
He never goes out In the eve-
nings, but chats with his family
or enjoys the radio until 10.
He's up at 6 each morning.
He’s never sick.
Why? "Because I live method- .
ically,” he explains. "I have a
program of work and rest and
follow it to the dot."
“You know, there were only
250 people in Fort Worth when
First district rally in the Bap-
tist Conquest Campaign will be
held Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Broad-
way Baptist Church. Representa-
tives will be present from 188
churches, from six counties and
five Baptist associations.
The recently inaugurated cam-
paign is for <1,000,000 in cash
between Jan. 15 and March 15
and at least <1,000,000 In pledges
to be paid on Indebtedness of
Texas Baptists.
Dr. C. V. Edwards, pastor of
College Avenue Baptist Church,
Is district organizer and will pre-
side at the rally.
Eight representatives will be a
minimum delegation for each
church. About 2000 representa-
tives are expected.
Several Speeches.
Speakers will include a number
of prominent Texas Baptist min-
isters and laymen. Rev. R. E.
Bell, Decatur, will lead the devo-
tional from 9:30 to 10 a. m. Dr.
L» R. Scarborough will speak
from 10:15 a. m. to 11 a. m. Cul-
len Thomas Is scheduled for an
address, 11 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
Dr. George Truett of Dallas will
give the final address of the morn-
ing from 11:30 a. m. to 12:30
p. m.
Luncheon will be served by
women of the Tarrant County
Baptist Association.
Afternoon session will Include
conferences and general reports.
BYPU, Sunday school. WMU and
Organizers groups will hold ses-
sions. Representatives from local
churches will include two each
from Sunday school, BYPU, WMU
and church at large, usually the
pastor aad one other leader.
Kokernot Chairman.
Two institutions in this district
will be among the beneficiaries
from the campaign. Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary and
Baptist Hospital.
H. L. Kokernot, active lay lead-
er of San Antonio, is chairman
of the State executive committee.
Dr. George W. Truett is general
director. Dr. Scarborough Is pub-
licity director.
Associated with Dr. Edwards in
the Fort Worth district work are
J. I, Cossey. BYPU; Rev. Bryan
Robinson, Sunday schools, and
Mrs. B. A. Copass, WMU.
Wise, Johnson, Hood. Somer-
vell, Parker and Tarrant Counties
are expected to be represented.
-*AOH I—THE FORT WORTH PRESS-
NEW YEAR’S
* * * *
It Is a Time to Be Celebrated in Four Corners,
As Seminary Students Will Tell
BY CLYDE W. MILLER
"Ring out the old—ring in tho
new.”
Yuletlde celebration! circle the
globe.
Five students at Baptist Semi-
nary—from Egypt, Japan, Eng.
land, Peru and the Philippine
Islands—relate of New Year's ob-
servances in their native lands.
They represent the “four cor-
ners" of the globe—Asia, Africa,
Europe, South America and an
island territory—and can compare
the native celebrations with those
they have witnessed in an adopt-
ed land.
Perhaps the quaintest and moat
traditional of all Yuletlde cele-
brations Is the English custom of
lighting the yule log.
A. L. Hoy, graduate of Kllmar-
CITY FIRE LOSS
IS LOW
Drops Far Below Million
Mark in 1926
TAX ASSESSMENT
SHOWS GAIN
Tre** Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Jan. 1.—Assessment
of Texas property for taxation for
1926 Is <3,644,823,070. The in-
crease over the 1925 rolls is
$42,605,988.
Town lots showed the largest
Increase. They gained over <51,-
000,000. Land decreased <12,-
000,000.
There were 9074 dogs assessed
and 975,474 autos and other ve-
hicles.
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
BANK MERGER
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1 reached here 60 years ago,
he »Bys thru his neatly trimmed
beard. “And out of that num-
ber 1 am the only man alive.
There is one woman, I believe
—a Mrs. Seeley, out on the South
Side.’
border bridge
IS OPENED
ByEAGLE PASS, Jan. 1.—While
the governments of the U. S. and
Mexico squabbled today over
monetary mattera. dtliens of the
two countries clasped hands in
friendship across the new inter-
national bridge between Eagle
Pass and Pledras Negraa, Mex.,
celebrating the official opening.
Thruout the night couples
danced on the bridge while to-
day the mayors of the two cities
headed delegations to the center
of the structure and conducted
dedication ceremonies.
SAN ANTONIO BANKS GAIN
■W *ANTONIO, Jan. 1.—A
gain of <36.000,000. or • per
sent In bank clearing! for 1»M
over 1826 waa reported today by
T. O. Leighton,
of the San Antonio Clearing
ie Association. The total for
<491,670,•»->».
Total for the Fort Worth Nation-
al Is <5,000,000 higher.
Major Van Zandt, who is 90
years of age, will tako over the
desk of J. T. Pemberton, F&M
president. Pemberton will devote
his time to other interests.
Name of Farmers & Mechanics
National Bank will pass out. This
bank, while considerably younger
than the Fort Worth National,
has seen a growth In deposits In
20 years of from <200,000 to <13,-
000,000, Pemberton said Satur-
day.
Fort Worth National Bank had
Its beginning in the private bank
of Tldball, Van Zandt & Co., es-
tablished in 1873.
Formed in IfMMl.
Ten years of operation of the
bank as Tldball, Van Zandt &
Co. convinced the partners that
the business was ready for expan-
sion. Accordingly, in November,
1883, the partnership was con-
verted into a group of seven stock-
holders and the private bank made
a national bank. Operation as the
Fort Worth National Bank began
in March, 1884.
The building at Fifth Street
waa erected 25 yeara ago. Its
lobby waa doubled and redeco-
rated four yeara ago.
F&M National Bank was or-
ganized in 1888 by John R. Hoxie
and associates. The bank was
then quartered at Main and 14th
Streets, in the building now oc-
cupied by the Union Gospel Mis-
sion. The old Hoxie Building,
occupied by the bank until the
opening of the 24-etory F&M
Bnlldtng In May, 1121, waa built
la 1100.
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Fort Worth's fire loss for 1926
dropped to slightly more than a
half-million dollars, the lowest
mark in four years, according to
estimates made Saturday by Chief
S. Ferguson.
Five deaths have resulted dur-
ing the year from fires, four of
the number being in December.
Two of these, however, were out-
side the city limits. The low
mark of a little over a half-
million set by 1926 probably will
run about <600,000 on a basis
of Insurance agents’ reports to
the State Fire Insurance Com-
mission.
Conservative Figure.
The figure of the fire depart-
ment is conservative, according
to Chief Ferguson, but will not
be raised above <600,000, when
the final check on the fire loss
can be made.
In 1924 and 1925. high marks
of <1,469,417.85 and <1,427.-
011.70 were largely caused by
fires in the business district.
During 1926 there has been no
fire in the business district with
a loss exceeding <10,000/
By months the estimates on
fire losses for 1926 was: Jan-
uary, <40,750; February, <59,-
'035; March, <69,575; April <29,-
030; May, <30,940; June, <33,-
000; July, <20,285; August <42,-
540; September, <26,970; Octo-
ber, <68,070; November, <81,-
615, and December, <29,585.
Insurance Kate Doubtful
It will not be known whether
Fort Worth will still pay the fire
insurance penally on its policies
until accurate reports with affi-
davits setting forth the loss and
the amount of claims paid, has
been filed with the State Insur-
ance Commission.
The loss for the past three
years Is figured to determine
whether a penalty of two per
cent will be paid.
It is believed that when fig-
ures on premiums collected and
claims paid have been established
that the percentage may be low
enough to remove the penalty
now being paid on all policies
Issued out of Fort Worth.
mar Mock Collage in Scotland,
tells of that tradition, which be
aaye has been preeerved to this
day In city and country homes
alike.
During the Chrlstmaa holidays,
a spirit even more festive than
the American observance pervades
England, tell* Hoy. The “drag-
ging In” of the yule log la a cere-
monial. The log is kept on the
grate thru the Christmas holidays
until New Year’s, when the male
person with the darkest hair in a
family lights the log.
• • •
Atsuko Haneda, a Japanese girl
who is studying to become a kin-
dergarten teacher in her home
land, tells of her native observ-
ance.
A pine tree is placed at the
home entrance. Flum blossoms
and bamboo decorate tbe homes.
Rice cake is made. A special
' Happy New Year" dinner — as
she calls it — is cooked. Cards
are exchanged. Visits are made.
A few gifts are exchanged, she
tells.
Just before midnight on New
Year’s Eve, g bell from the temple
rings out.
It is a holiday season when
friends gather and talk over past
experiences. >
Programs are presented in the
schools. The emperor's prayer is
given.
• * *
In Egypt, “watch night ser-
vices" are held by Christians in
churches, tells S. W. Gergls of
Fayun, Egypt. General holiday
celebration takes the form of pic-
nics during New Year's Day.
During Christmas, trees are
held in Egypt—but not in church-
es. Gifts are exchanged outside
the church.
“Santa Claus" is observed by
the Latin, Greek, French, Italian
and other foreign strains in the
Egyptian population, Gergls says.
* * *
Philippine celebration brings in
the New Year With noise, as in
merry-making America.
Tin cars are dragged over the
city, tells Pedro Dlmapasoc, na-
tive Filipino, who halls from Man-
ila.
Horns are blown on New Year's
Eve.
The day is decreed a holiday, as
In America, he tells.
* * •
Victor M. Cano, who studied for
the priesthood in Peru and returns
next month after study In Baptist
Seminary, tells of religious cere-
monials observed in his native
land. The passing of the Old
Year la witnessed from the church,
he says.
The population ia largely Cath-
olic.
Different customs prevail on
the coast and in the mountains,
he tells.
New Year's resolutions are
customary. The Christmas holi-
days bring forth the best "bibs
and tuckers" and promenades.
C. E. BUSINESS
IS TALKED
District Conference in
Session Here
Discussion of current bualnesa
of tbe Texas Christian Endeaver
and reports of department super-
intendents were Included on the
Saturday session of the State
council, meeting at First Presby-
terian Church.
A three day meeting of tbe
council opened Friday. Spiritual
work of the State organization
during the year was to be out-
lined at the Saturday afternoon
assembly.
State Convention.
Plans for the State convention
here June 8 to 12 will be made at
the council meeting Sunday after-
noon. Between 800 and 1000
delegates from out of town are
scheduled at the State conven-
tion.
Among the council members
present at Friday's session were
Jack B. Dale, president, and
Mrs. Dale, Electra; Austin D.
Bryan, vice president, Austin; E.
F. Huppertz, general secretary,
Dallas; Hallie Hutchenson, office
secretary; Harold Singer, field
secretary in Oklahoma; Hattie
May Woods, district president,
Amarillo; Mrs. Hugh Purnell,
Junior superintendent, Lewisville;
Ernest Davies, district president,
Dallas; Ruth Bobb, district presi-
dent, Houston; Mrs. Minnie Pll-
kenton, Houston; Helen Wilson,
introduction superintendent, Pal-
estine; Frank Loveless1, district
president, Coahoma; Agnes Chris-
tofferson, Beaumont; William J.
Spreen, Wichita Falls; Alma
Rohr, Brownwood. Fort Worth
Endeavor representatives were
Mrs. C. W. Newsom, Tenth Legion
superintendent; George Vincent,
treasurer; Donald Bubar, service
superintendent; F. B. Porter, fi-
nance chairman, and Eva Mae Os-
terman, president of the Fort
Worth district.
A watch service Friday eve-
ning, combined with a mass meet-
ing of the Fort Worth Christian
Endeavor Union, honored State
council members.
RIVERSIDE
REVIEW
By LENA MOORE
1990 CLUB DINNER
Sylvanla Heights 1920 Club
members entertained their hue-
bands at the home of Mrs. Ora
McAdame, Blevins Avenue, Thurs-
day evening. The first feature of
the evening wia the dinner com-
posed of all Christmas dishes and
the trimmings. After dinner the
lovely tree laden with gifts for
all was the center of attraction.
Forty-two became the diversion of
the latteVpart of THo evenlngT'"'"*
Mrs. Jack Gaither and A. C.
Coon won high score prizes and
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hollis the con-
eolations.
Mrs. McAdams’ home was beau-
tifully adorned with Christmas
colors, wreaths and green deco-
rations, in addition to the beau-
tifully trimmed tree.
Misses Ruth Ledbetter and
Mary Lou McAdams assisted the
hostess in serving the delicious
dinner.
Covers were laid for Drs. and
Mmes. A. L. McElroy and W. G.
Phillips, Messrs, and Mmes. J. A.
McAdams, T. P. Sprinkle, J. W.
Akers, A. M. Vance, J. L. Galla-
her, P. A. Hollis, Jack Gaither,
R. W. Ewing and A. C. Coon,
Misses Mary Lou McAdams and
Ruth Ledbetter, and J. C. Bag-
ley.
The club will meet next with
Mrs. Jack Gaither at her home,
801 Fairview Avenue, Wednes-
day, January 5.
and Lee Hurd received the con-
solation.
The young people presented Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Tim with n wed-
ding and Christmas gift, as their
wedding was one ef the Christmas
society events ta Crowley.
Delicious refreshments were
served the following guests:
Misses Leslie Heait, Audrey Lee
Peak, Juanita Morgan. Messrs.
Raymon Morgan, Elmo Johnson,
Lee Hurd and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
ENJOY HOLIDAY
Business Practically At
Standstill Saturday
J
The year 1927 started off in
Fort Worth with most business at
a standstill.
The benefit football game at
„u.u emu ...u „uBu . J.CU •tftdjum was to be the retreat
Tim. Crowley; Miss Bernice Firm- 01 many ln the afternoon.
lew B<
tng, Messrs. L. A. Brown, B. G.
Ernheart and Paul Phillips, from
Riverside.
• • •
. PERSONALS
Mrs. Roy Marks of Texlco, N.
M., and her mother, Mrs. J. S.
Brown, whom she is visiting here
for the holidaqs, were dinner
guests of Mrs. T. P. Sprinkle Fri-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Meacham of
Smithfteld are visiting his broth-
er, W. A. Meacham and his fam-
ily. W. A. Meacham is the prin-
cipal of the Riverside schools.
Restaurants announced special
"turkey" dinners to those who
had to eat their meals in town.
Practically all downtown stores,
wholesale houses and most stores
in the residential districts were
closed. Few offices were open.
Two dellveiies of mall down-
town and one In the residential
i sections were made in the morn-
ing. Windows were closed at the
postoffice at 1 p. m.
Outside of a few offices, City
Hnll and Courthouse were de-
serted.
STOP PAYMENT
APPEAL MADE IN
PIKE AWARDS
CHRISTMA8 PARTY
Miss Mary Lee Phillips enter-
tained at her home, 304 Frey
Avenue, Tuesday evening honor-
ing the cast of "Mother Mine,” a
play given under her direction by
the Crowley High School students.
The home was attractively dec-
orated. Hearts were the main di-
version of the evening. B. O.
Ernheart won high score prize
NTTCo Gets Order
Against Tax Collector
Three awards made by special
commissioners ln the condemna-
tion proceedings on the widening
of the Dallas Pike were appealed
to tho Forty-eighth District Court
Judge Bruce Young has grant- I Saturday” by the property owners
ed a temporary Injunction com-! .. 1 gvnen.
pelting County Tax Assessor John
Pengllly to Issue license seals and
registration certificates to North-
ern Texas Traction Company on
four motor busses without cost.
Special commissioners, who
were appointed by Judge Tete
Seward, fixed valuation of the
property, to be taken by the
county in obtaining right-of-way.
The tax office is restrained "!rsT
temporarily from collecting the rnTwebb Har E1,‘0tt
<4 per passenger capacity fee on wcdo Halt.
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rr*«i» Aunt in Bureau.
AUSTIN, Jan. 1.—State Comp-
tors a short time ago to restrain troller Terrell in his report to be
a collection of the tax until the ; submitted to the Legislature urge*
validity of tho statute which pro- two Important changes. He sug-
vldea for the tax Is fought out In gests that lands hereafter be as-
thc higher courts.
The case Is nov; on appeal In
Dallas County to te.:t the law.
The traction company was
forced to furnish <1,000 bond to
Insure collection of the tax If It
Is ruled valid.
sessed on their production value
rather than on their market value.
He asks also that his department
be furnished minutes of the High-
way Commission so It may pass
. Intelligently on warrants Issued
! for payment of highway bills.
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past, Cinderella persists ln re-
maining ln tho shadowy land of
the missing.
The nobdy who became a some-
body has turned a nobody once
more.
Maud Lee Mudd was born on
a reservation, child of ignorant
Indian parents. Her father died
when she was nine months old; a
year later her mother deserted
her, leaving her on the charity of
tho tribe. Maud Lee Mudd had
a childhood like Topsy's; she
Just growed up.”
Four years ago, however, that
ragged Cinderella came into her
own. It was discovered that her
father’s share ln tribal lands, now
her property, was worth a huge
sum; ln addition, she inherited
an aunt's estate which included
valuable lead and zinc mines.
Maud Lee Mudd was somebody.
William Simms, government pro-
bate attorney, was given a court
order declaring him her guardian.
Then her mother suddenly reap-
peared and claimed her.
Flight and Marriage.
There were legal fights over
the girl's custody. But the moth-
er came in an auto one day, got
Maud Lee Mudd, and drove out
of Oklahoma into Kansas. From
there they went to Council Bluffs,
Iowa, in a car driven by one Earl
Gordon, a white man.
On the trip Maud Lee Mudd
either became fond of Gordon, or
else her mother made entreaties
to which she submitted meekly;
at all events, she and Gordon
were married in Council Bluffs.
The three then went to Lo< An-
goles. And there Cinderella dis-
appeared.
Nobody can find out much
about this disappearance.
She left a theater in Los An-
geles one night, after her hus-
band had arranged a party with
a number of friends. She said
she would wait for the group at
their hotel. She has not been
seen since.
Her husband and mother re-
turned to Oklahoma, but could
shed no light on her disappear-
ance. Government agents took
up the investigation, both here
and in the West, but la vain.
Improvement of the Touraine
building property, West Seventh
and Throckmorton Streets, will
not be started in 1927, Wyatt
Hedrick, representative of Jesse
H. Jones, who purchased the
property Dec. 4, said Thursday.
The property, fronting 95 feet
on West Seventh, and 126 ft on
Throckmorton, was purchased for
<300,000.
"We will take over the prop-
erty today, but there have been no
plans made for future improve-
ment of it,” Hedrick said. “One
tenant has a lease until July,
1927, and another holds a lease
for three and one-halt years."
Rumors prevalent when the
property was purchased from the
Tlllar Fidelity Co., thru Modlin &
Jackson, realtors, were that Jones
contemplated erecting a large of-
fice and theater building on the
Bite.
LOSS IN SCHOOL
FUNDS LOOMS
Press Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Jan. 1.—Omission of
“a” threatens to cost the state
school fund <700,000.
It has been discovered that “a”
was omitted in the resolution
providing for the constitutional
amendment affecting school dis-
tricts.
With the "a” out the school
fund seems limited to one-fourth
of the <1 poll tax.
The original provision gave
schools one-fourth of occupation
taxes and a poll tax of <1 per
voter. Leaving out the "a” the
sentence reads as tho the schools
were to get but one-fourth of the
poll tax also.
NORRIS TRIAL
DELAY SEEN
Easy to Get Continuance
the First Time
AUSTIN, Jan. 1.—Persistent ru-
mor continues in Austin that the
Norris trial will not be held on
Jan. 10.
"Big killing cases seldom go to
trial at the first setting,” was the
explanation given by a Courthouse
employe. "If there are witnesses
absent, unserved or attorneys 111,
It Is difficult for the court to
force a trial. If the court Is too
rigid there Is always the danger
of an appeal and a ruling by the
higher court that a delay should
have been granted.
“After one extension of time
the rule Is not so lenient.”
It there should be a continu-
ance, It likely will be only until
Feb. 6., A new term of court
opens on that date.
Both sides promise to be ready
Jan. 10. They cannot be re-
quired to announce definitely un-
til the case is called at that time
and the list of Nvltnesses called to
see who are present.
In ease of evidence that witness-
es will not be present, either side
may issue an attachment for
them. In such a case the witness
is put under bond to appear. Eith-
er side can get such an attach-
ment either for its own or tho
other side's witnesses.
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Mrs. Joe Call
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ratch party
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Bridge wuj
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Liidnight IttT
INSTALL NEW LIGHTS
Installation of 650 new arc
lamps by the city was begun Fri-
day. The work will be completed
in six weeks and will cost <21,-
000. riant machinery to handle
the new type lamps has already
been partially installed.
TO SELL PROPERTY
One hundred and fifty-one
pieces of property in Fort Worth
are to be sold at sheriff's sale the
first Tuesday ln February for de-
linquent city taxes, by order of
District Court. Deputy Sheriff
Rhea Saturday prepared the ord-
ers for the auction sale.
Mr. Busy
Merchant
HON’t
Misti Anal
Kexenth Stri
watch pan
Lonor of MU
(in, Texas.
Contests a
■oipiuth Ratliff
eafiere the wii
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on -haw, Gold
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aljlxnenlg, am
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IT’S
HEBE!
TODATI
AUTO PAINTING
Opex Headquarters
Tops—Seat Covers
F. S. Naugle Paint
& Top Works
3rd and Calhoun 3-1108
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DOPE SMUGGLING
ON BIG SCALE
By Unlt.4 Prcii
Makers of counterfeit coins la
Britain are liable to imprison-
ment for life aa the maximum
penalty
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—Large
quantities of narcotlce are being
smuggled into the country by in-
ternational "dope” rings, Col. L.
G. Nutt, director of the Govern-
ment’s narcotic enforcement work,
reported to Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon today.
Federal narcotic sleuths, how-
ever, captured narcotics valued at
more than $600,000 during t ie
year, Nutt said. The seiiurea in-
cluded 449 pounds of opium, 673
ounces of morphine, 56 ounces of
heroin, 163 ounces of cocaine and
a small quantity of opium deriva-
tives.
Ten thousand violations of the
nareotle laws were Investigated by
Government agents In IS months
and out of SSS4 eases brought
Into court USA convictions were
obtained.
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Toomer, M. R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 78, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1927, newspaper, January 1, 1927; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1097731/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.