The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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The County Paper—Printed Where the Great Highways of Texas Cross
3The Jfiairftelfc fernriter
THK COUNTY PAPER -Pub-
lished in the interest-of every
section of Fret stone County.
V
FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR
THE COUNTY PAPER—Established 1876
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 11. l.r.i.
COMS. COURT VOTES
TO AID ROAD BUILDING BY
ISSUING FUND. WARRANTS
Official proceedings regular ses-
sion (.f Commissioners’ Court, Juie
8th. 1931.
On this tin. 8th day of June, A
I). 1931, the Honorable Connies
s- >neiV Court of Freestone County,
Texas, was convened in regular ses-
sion at the regular meeting place
thereof at the Court House in the
town of Fairfield, Texas, the fo!-
h wing members being present, viz:
\. H. Bcnbrook, County Judge;
T J. Hall Com. Pro. No. 1; L. H
Withrow, Com. Pro. No. 2; M. C.
Lancaster, Coins. Pro. No. 3; W. T.
Meador, Com. Pre. No. 4.
Motion made and seconded that
a I, accounts as read by the County
Judge be upproved and allowed.
Motion carried.
Motion made by T. J. Hall, sec-
onded by M. C. Lancaster, that
lure -fourths of the County Com-
missioners’ salary and one-fourth
of the County Judge’s salary bo
paid out of the various road and
bridge funds; voted as follows:
Commissioners Hail and Lancaster,
yes; Commissioners Withrow and
Meador, no; County Judge Ben-
Irook, yes.
Motion made and seconded that
bid of R. 11. George Machinery
Company for one “one man power
inaintainer tractor” rejected. Mo-
tion carried.
Motion made and seconded that
Pure Oil Pipe Line Company be
gianted a permit to place poles
along the road right-of-way for
erection of a light and power line
from the Teague city limits to
their property line south of Teague.
Motion carried.
Resolutions
Motion made by L. H, Withrow,
seconded by W. T. Meador, that
the following resolution be adopted:
Whereas, as evidenced by certain
correspondence between the County
Judge and the State Highway De-
partment at Austin, Texas, and
also by an order of this Court en-
tered on the..... day of June, A.
D. 1930, and entered in the minutes
of this court, at page , Vol......,
it was agreed that th^ work of con-
structing and letting contracts for
the construction of underpasses un-
der the Burlington-Rock Island rail-
road on Highway No. 32 at Street -
man and Highway No. 32 North of
Teague, be handled by the Stale
Highway Department; Freestone
f ounty agreeing to pay its share
of the expense of constructing said
underpasses which at this time
was estimated to be approximately
?20,000.000, and it was agreed
that said exepnge would be taken
care of by the issuance of time
warrants, against the permanent
improvement fund; and
Whereas, it has been ascertained
that the County’s share of the
expense of constructing said under-
passes will umount to approximately
$32,500.00; and
Whereas, a section of State
Highway No. 7 from the North city
limits of Teague to a point about
three miles Northeast of Teague
where the present concrete con-
struction ends, has not been com-
plete^, and in order to arrange
for the completion of said section
of Highway No. 7 the State High
way Department has agreed to re-
lease an amount ol bond money
heretofore turned over to it by
f roestone County, as its part of
the expense of constructing High
way No. 7 equal to the amount paid
to it by Freestone County as it?
share of expense in constructing
b d underpasses,
. . is therefore ordered that said
order entered by this Court on the
.....day of June, A. D. 1930, and
that said agreement with the Stat-
Highway Department be and they
are hereby supplemented and
E. L. SMITH COMPANV
JACKSON NO. 1 AT
3,000 FOOT LEVEL
The E. L. Smith Jackton No.
1 well north of Fairfield, re-
ported to be m Austin chalk
the p«»t two weeks, is now
around the 3,000 foot mark,
and only ten or twelve feet a
day is being made.
It is reported the location
is on a “high,” and no unfavor-
able indications have been not-
ed.
DIPPING DATES AS
ANNOUNCED FOR JUNE
I will be at the following vats
on the following dates:
Young Mill, June 16.
Goode, June 16,
High Ridge, June 17.
H. C. Cranberry, June 18.
Steen, .June 19.
Turlington, June 20.
Evans Luke, June 23.
Edwards Creek, June 24.
Fine Blufi, June 24 .
Buck & McDonald, June 25.
Joe Young, June 26,
Thanking one and all for their
cooperation in the past, 1 now u>k
■ veryone to bring their cows co
the vats on these dates.
It looks as if we are practically
thiough with the fever tick. There
were over 11,000 head of cattle
dipped in the county during th<’
month of May, and not one fever
tick found. I feet that at this last
dipping we should do our best to
dipp 100 per cent.
Thanking you ail,
J. S. IVY. SR.
GREAT PLANS UNDER
WAY FOR HIGHWAY 75
MOTORCADE TO WINNIPEG
Out of Galveston, Texas, on the
morning of July 24th, will start
the nucleus of what is expected to
prove the most remarkable motor-
cade ever attempted by any high-
ay organization in the United
States. It will consist of a bus
cai rying members of the highway
ommittec of the Galveston Cham-
ber of Commerce und an abundant
upply of literature extolling the
merits of that gulf seaport as a
commercial center and year around
JOINT MEETING TO
BE HELD AT STREETMAN
K1RVEN, June 9.—Plans are be-
ing made for papering the Metho-
dist Church at Streetnian, prepara-
tory to the joint meeting by th?
Methodists and Presbyterians, be
ginning June 17, and running
througli the 28th. This is in pur-
e'uance with the custom of long
standing between these denomina-
tions in Streetmnn. This year the
Rev. Prince of the Presbyterian
Church will preacli during the
series of services. Everyone is in-
vited to attend these services ns
much as is possible.
MAN UNDER FORGERY
INDICTMENTS IN JAIL
Sheriff Sessions brought over
from Wnco recently one J. P.
Humphries who was being held in
tiiat city for impersonating a Fed-
c-ta! officer in San Antonio. Hum-
phries has two forgery indictments
pending against him here.
Mrs. T. H. Smith of Colorado,
Texas, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J, E. Dee.
amended to the extent that Free-
stone County hereby agrees to i :-
fund to the State Highway Depart-
ment by the issuance of funding
Warrants against the public improve
mem, fund of this county, Free-
fone County's share of the ex-
pense of constructing the under-
passes on State Highway No. 32
(U. h. Highway No. 75) und State
Highway No. 7, the amount of
which is now estimated to be ap-
pro’ nutely $22,500.00, and in con-
sideration of the State Highway
Department agreeing to refund to
1‘ roestone County nn amount of
Freestone County bond money
heretofore paid to the State High-
way Departmet as its share.in the
construction of State Highway No.
7 an amount equal to the amount
of the cost in constructing said
underpasses, Freestone County
agrees to use .said funds, or so
much thereof as may be neces-
sary, to complete the eotiou of
State IUghway No. 7, above men-
tiouoc
It is therefore oruored that said
funds to be released by the State
Highway Department be and they
are hereby set aside and appro-
priated for the completion of said
State Highway No 7, less, how-
ever, the outstanding deficiency
watrants issued by the County for
light-of way amounting to approxi-
mately $12,500.00 which war-
rants were issued in contemplation
< f the release of said funds.
It ia further ordered that a cer-
tified copy of this order be fur-
nished the State Highway Depart-
ment.
The ubove resolution was voted
on as follows: Commissioners With-
row, Meador and Lancaster, for
Commissioner Hall, against, County
Judge Benbrook, for.
Sunday furnished a sample of
summer weather, it being reported
by some that the temperature wen
si* high as 96.
RODEO LEAVES PARTY
OF INDIANS STRANDED
IN NEIGHBOR TOWN
Left stranded urn' penniless
through failure of promoters of the
Bob Curw’oud >odeo to make al-
legedly promised provisions, four-
teen i'ull-blood Pawner Indian .
brought he.n- to take part in th'*
rodeo programs of last f riday and
Saturday at Athletic Park, todir-
remained encamped in the live-
stock building of the Texas l-'rui'
Palace, with improvised beds an I
-•love occupying the* stalls of hogs,
tows and horses.
resort; an official car bearing of- How i.,ng the Indians will bt
lieiais of the city and Chamber of
Commerce, and a press car in which
will be tht publicity director of the
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
and other press representatives. The
caravan will pick up additional cars
is it passes north over U. S. 75
und will make the first noon stop
here, and how they will be able to
leave, the Redskins themselves cou'd
not answer this morning.
Officials of the local American
Legion post, which sponsored the
appearance here of the rodeo ami
movie-making group, set out this
morning to raise enough money to
to Dallas, from which they would
go to their homes at Pawnee, Ok-
lahoma.
Despite iheir apparent unfortu-
nate situation, the Indians appear-
ed to be in u pleasant mood when
Interviewed by a Herald report er
this morning. Indian children were
dancing about beneath the live-
stock siied, while Goodfox beat his
drum. Several squaws sat about in
a circle, entertaining the children.
- -Palestine Herald.
at Madisonville, passing through, hgve the tribe transported b\ truck
1* airfield about 3 o’clock, reaching
Dallas tor the night.
On the morning of July 25th,
the caravan, which by that time is
expected to consist of at least 25
cuts, will leave Dallas accompanied
by representatives of the Daitus
Chamber of Commerce, and the
publicity director of that organiza-
tion will join the occupants of thi-
first official press ear. The second
roon stop will be at Durant, Okla-
homa, with the night stop at Tulsa.
On the afternoon of July 26th as
the cavalcade passes through Ok-
mulgee it will be joined by W. E.
Wood, president of the U. S. 75
Highway Association, Mayor Dan
C. Kenan, and 8 or 10 other cars
c f delegates.
Out of Tulsa on Sunday* morn-
ing, July 26th, a second press car
will accompany the Tulsa delega-
tion as it heads on north for the
third noon stop at Yates Center,
Kansas, an da night stop at Sa-
betha. By noon of July 27th offi-
cers of the highway association eo'n-
lidently predict that they will drive
into Omaha followed by fully 100
cars, where they will be met by W.
B. Webb of Winnipeg, George J
Nearing, association vice president
from Manitoba, representatives of
Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Au-
to Club and other civic organiza-
tions. After a two-hour stop in
Omaha the drive will continue
through Council Bluffs to Sioux
City, where an enthusiastic recep-
tion awaits them under the direc-
tion of the city and Chamber of
Commerce officials.
The drive from Sioux City into
Winnipeg will consume two days
with a noon stop in Canby, Min-
nesota, night stop at Moorhead am)
the last noen stop at Warren.
On May 5th at Breckenridge.
Minnesota, the towns along U. S.
75 in that state met and organized
a state unit of the international 75
organization for the purpose of etc-
nting local interest in this spec
tucular international road event and
for the further purpose of pushing
pavement projects and improving
maintenance conditions in Minne-
sota. The officers of this local unit
are promising to add fully 300 car-)
to the great parade as it passes
over the 447 miles of the Minne-
sota section of U. S. 75.
MRS. JOHN BALDREE
INJURED WHEN CAR
STRUCK BY TRUCK
While driving on the highway
two miles southwest of Fairfield,
Wednesday, the car occupied by
Mrs. John Baldree was knocked off
the road when n gravel truck struck
tiie ryar of the car. *
Mrs. Baldree was unconscious
everal hours from shock, but is
now recovering. A young man
named Baggett, whose borne is in
Temple was driving the truck. Ho
Vvaa rendered unconscious and was
lurried to Teague. His Injuries were
not serious.
The truck and the car wore not
badly damaged in the wreck.
Misses Grace and Vera Gilpin
arc attending summer school at
Jacksonville.
Frank Peyton and II. R Stewar 1
were in Dallas, Monday.
Eat at Owen's Cafe
MRS. ROBERTS HEADS
WORTHAM MOTHERS CLUB
Mrs. L. A. Roberts was elected
president of the Wortham Mothers
( iub at the last meeting of the or-
ganization for the year, at the
home of Mrs. P. I,. Peurifoy. Oth-
er officers elected were as follows:
Vice-president, Mrs. P. L. Peur-
ifoy; secretary, Mrs. Willie Tuck-
er; reporter, Mrs. Dick Wimberly;
musical director. Mrs. Felix Bays;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Fred
W. Horn; treasurer, Mrs. A. J. Mc-
Kinney.
The program given at the last
meeting for the year was as fol-
lows: “Records of Plants and Ani-
mals,'’ Mrs. A. J. McKinney; “Won-
ders of Earth’s Vast Ocean,” Mrs.
t*. Bays; “A Plant That Meits
Ice,” Mrs. W. T. Bouhvare; and
“Some Wonders of Plant Life.”
Mrs. P. L. Peurifoy.
Members of the organization arc
Mrs. J. J. Ater, Mrs. Felix Bays,
Mrs. Joe Bates, Mrs. Oliver Bounds,
Mrs. Clyde Bounds, Mrs. W. D.
Gerley, Mrs. Fred Horn, Mrs. Al-
fred McKinney, Mrs. 1). W. Mitcn-
111, Mrs. A. D. Morrow, Mrs. P. I.
I’ourifoy, Mrs. E. A. Peurifoy,
Mrs. Franklin Simmons, Mrs. Dick
Wimberly, Mrs. Dick Lindley, Mri.
L. A. Roberts, Mrs. W. T. Boul
ware, Mrs. Ira Settle, Mrs. Hure,
Mrs. Willie Tucker and Mrs. John
Tucker.
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SIX HURT WHEN
BUS TURNS OVER INTO
DITCH AT BUFFALO
BUFFALO, June 5.—Five passen-
gers and the driver of a northbound
South Texas bus were seriously in
jured early today when the bus
plunged front the highway at a
curve und overturned, in the out-
skirts of Buffalo.
The injured were: W. H. Hag-
card, driver; Mrs. Daniel E. Grubb,
Dallas; internally injured; Mrs.
Murjorie Carroll, Wichita, Kansas,
(ins about the face; M;s. Peuil
Pritchett, Dallas; severely bruised
nhout the head and body; District
Judge P. H. Singleton. Huntsville,
injured back and fractured arm;
l* rank Johnson, negro, 1916 Dowling
Avenue Houston, wrenched back
end fractured arm,
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SERVICES TO BE HELD
MEMORY OF JUDGE DAVISS
The following announcement has
been made:
“There will be a memorial se»
*. ice in memory of Judge H. B. Da-
vis* held in the District Court room
ut Corsicana next Sunday. June 15,
at 3:30 p. m. It would he appro-
priate for some of the Judge’s
fi lends from this county to go.”
Eat at Owen’s Cafe 4t
SNAKE BITES CAUSE
DEATH OF LITTLE
CHILD, WEDNESDAY
Th* little two-year-oid ton
of Mr and Mrt. Jim Gordon
died Wednetday from the ef-
feett of snake bites. The child
was playing near the home,
and when found the snake, a
rattlesnake pilot, was still at-
tacking it, and had bit ihe child
five or six times on the body.
Every effort was made to save
it. Burial was made Thursday
morning in the Fairlield ceme-
tery .
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon live
on E. E. Williford’s place in
the southwest part of Fair-
field.
MLXIA YOUTH MEETS
DEATH IN SWIMMING
POOL TUES AFTERNOON
MEX1A, June 16. .Jack Over-
tree t, about !2 yea i uld, wrx
<!i owned in the Alexia municipal
wimming pool Tuesday afternoon.
'Ihe lad wus diving from a slide
when he stiuek his head on some
obstruction inflicting a severe
wound, stunning him. He was dis
covereu on the bottom of the pool
by other swimmers, und l’ool Man-
ager J. T. Nelson had him rushed
to the Brown hospital, where a pul-
niotor was used in an effort to
tivive him. It was without avail.
The lad was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Overstreet who live
rear the high school on North Ken
hiver street.
TRINITY RIVER BRIDGE
TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED
WITH BIG CELEBRATION
TEAGUE BOYS
RECEIVE SCOUT AWARDS
COURT OF HONOR SUNDAY
l.ude Sunday
Miri >• Bn
Presh , le-riau
CORSICANA, June 10.—Official
opening date for the opening of the
new bridge across the Trinity Riv-
ei on State Highway Thirty-one has
been set for Wednesday, June 17.
Plans are being rapidly completed
for an elaborate celebration of the
event which will link East and Cen-
tral Texas more closely.
The bridge has been erected by
the county, state and federal gov-
ernments at an approximate cost
of a quarter of a million dollars,
und is sufficiently high above th.
flood stage to be available to traf-
fic at all times.
A number of state officials, in-
cluding the governor, highway com-
mission, officials of the highway
department and others have been
invited to participate. Invitations
have also been extended to cities
and chambers of commerce between
Waco, Texarkana, and Shrevepor
have been usked to be represented.
Plans for the celebration are ia
the hands of a committee from
Athens, Corsicunn, Kerens, Trin:
dad, and Malakoff. *
BI-STONE MUSIC TEACHERS
ANNOUNCE STUDENT RESULTS
TEAGUE, June 10.—In the fir«t
annual examinations held under the
sponsorship of the Bi-Stone Asso-
ciation of Music Teachers, among
those students in Teague who were
granted certificates were: Rebu |
Manning, Loujnne Smith. Murry
Cane, Johnnie Muupin. Mildred Lois
Davi.-., Sibyl Strong, Dorothy Swin-
I urn, Frank Deason, Frances Den-
son, Genevieve Hall, Willie Mae
Smith, May Dell Hohlit, Yvonne
Owens, June Rose Ceppert, Lela
Fay Winftee, Gladys Gray. Zulu
Belle Forman, Joe Tom Tims, I.i!-
Pan Fannin, Catherine Tyus. Ed
gur Bowers, Jr., and Donovan Gep-
pert. Not all of the examination)
have been concluded.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierct* of Hopkins
■ ilie, Ky., who have ‘been visiting
Mrs. Pierce’s father, V\. II Cock-
erell, and other relatives here huv!
returned home. Mis Pierce w..s
formerly Miss Ruby Cockerell of
Fairfield.
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Miss Vera Ely, who has been *-eu i
neet d with the subscription depart-
ment of the Dallas New? for the
past several year;), spent the week-
end here with relatives, and was
a pleasant caller at, the Recorder
office, in which *he began her news-
paper career.
Good Coffee at Owen’s Cafe. 4t
Forty awurds wer
at a District
or, held a < F
1 hutch, Teague.
Ben S. Smith, Court of Honor
i hair.nan, pr. idea at the meeting
and Scout leaders ioiii Mexia and
■ ail livid were present and partici-
pated in the ceremonies.
Scout Executive A. J. Lawrence,
field Fi: -cutive Charlie Myers of
Waco, wete present to present the
charter to the First Presbyterian
Church whieii lias recently organ-
ized the third Scout Troop in
Teague, and Seoutma.-fei Earl Mc-
Spad ien of the newly organized
troop presented tenderfoot badges
to the following boys: I red Ham-
ilton, Wilson Erw n. Leddcn Mar-
guette, Horace Iia l!. Alien
Bendy, Tabuin Magee, li iry New
land. E. H. Hahn, Jr., due Pick-
le, and Elton Pitts. An investurc
service was also given for the
benefit of the ten tenderfoot scouts
symbolizing the scout uws.
Other awurds were made us fol-
lows :
Sc. ond Class badg-i: F ames
Crit;:. Duane Ham.-. Robert Dan-
iel. Marvin HincnliiTe, Elmore
Cha1.. urn, Dillard Marsh, Ralph
Hudgins.
Second Class: Murray Cain a ol
Albert Tomme.
Merit Badges: Paul Sears, fire-
munship; Murray Cain, wood carv-
ing; David Tulley, handicraft, scho-
larship, civic, swimming, carpi n
fry; William Hamson, first eel;
J. C. McSpadden, swimming; H iy
W ithrow, leathurcraft, scholarship,
personal health, randier .ft; Rich-
ard Avery, pathfinding; Forest Eu-
bank, pioneering; Mack Bowers, nu-
de; Ben Smith, Jr., pioneering.
Star badges: William Harrison
and David Tuley.
The baby scout troup of the
Heart O’Texas Council from Fair-
Held, Texas, was presented aid
was introduced.
Attention was called by the
i ield Executive to the coming sum-
mer camp to be held June 29 to
August 8, place :o be announced
through Scout troops as soon as
the camp location is decided upon.
Much progress is being shown >n
scouting in this district, and scout
leaders expressed themselves a well
pleased with the number of boys
earning awards at t. ourts of Honor.
The next Court of Honor will be
held in Septembe at some other
iily in this district to be selected.
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BADLY WANTED FUGITIVE
CAPTURED IN ARKANSAS
Sheriff Jim Sessions doubtless re-
ceived some pleasure when he land
d bei ind the bars here Saturday,
a young white man, M irrison K.
Dtrden, whose home is in Arkansas
and undo indictment here for
forgery. Derdcn is also wanted in
Limestone and Navarro counties.
Derder is the guy alleged to huve
signed R. Q. Watson’s name to a
check which he attempted to cash
at Parker Motor Co. He made his
escape, and in a day or two wrote
u letter giving Sheriff Session* the
'horse laugh" because the Sheriff
failed to catch him. Since which
time the Sheriff has been diligent
in looking for him.
Derdcn was arrested at De-
K'uien, Ark., and Sheriff Sessions
und Deputy Wasson brought him
here.
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MASONIC LODGE
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
Friday night being time for e!ec
Hon of officers, Fairfield Masonic
Lodge elected the following:
Worshipful Muster, Roger Stew-
ard.
Senior Warden, Conda Robertson.
Junior Warden, P'. O. French.
Treasurer, W. L. Glazener.
Secretary. T. B. Newman.
Tiler. J. T. Robertson.
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J. O. Swinburn at d F H. Wat-
son are serving as Federal gi tnd
.tutors in Waco this week.
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Mrs Turner Robertwtn i* at
Attending school in Denton.
Good Coffee at Owen's Cafo. 4t
mi inn'm unweld ci w*a*ni icnim eBMMMeH**.1
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