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VOL. XVIII
PUBLISHED BY R. SHUFFLER AT OLNEY, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928
NUMBER FORTY-ONE
HIGHER COURT
ACTION END OF
BARNETT CASE
Action of the court of criminal
appeals Wednesday in overruling
the state’s motion for a rehearing
on its recent reversal of the life
sentence imposed on Bob Barnett,
convicted in Young County on a
charge of murder, was said by Ben
Allred, district attorney, to finally
dispose of that case.
Mr. Allred announced, however,
that he will attempt to force Bar-
nett to trial on charges of theft of
over $50. and receiving and conceal-
ing stolen property during the term
of the 30th districe court which is
to convene at Archer City Monday.
The charge of mprder accused
Barnett in connection with the death
of S. H. Ikard, sheriff of Archer
county, who was slain in Septem-
ber, 1925, in a duel with men he
was seeking to arrest on suspicion
of theft charges. The murder charge
was tried twice, once each in Ar-
cher and Young counties, and each
time a life sentence was imposed.
The court of criminal appeals re-
versed and remanded both convic-
tions.
The state, admitting that Bar-
nett was not at the scene of the
duel which cost three lives, sought
to prove that the accused man was
an accessory before the fact by the
introduction of evidence designed
to show that Barnett had warned
three men guarding a quantity of
goods alleged to have been stolen
that officers were approaching. The
goods, consisting chiefly of cigar-
ettes, were alleged to have been
stolen from the J. M. Radford
wholesale grocery house at Graham
and to have been taken to the spot
in Archer county where recovery
was made.
The prosecution alleged that when
officers approached the spot one of
the three guarding it opened fire,
killing Sheriff Ikard. Other offi-
cers started shooting and two men
were killed. A third man turned
statte’s evidence at the Barnett
trial.—Wichita Daily Times.
SCHOOL GROUNDS
BEING BEAUTIFIED
Work has been started during the
last week of beautifying the high
school grounds, the task of levelling
the ground and the terrace being
practically completed. Holes are be-
ing prepared for' the planting of
trees, and the yard will be sodded
j and the rest of the work wili go for.
j ward rapidly.
| A group of citizens headed by S.
J J. Marcell is responsible for supply-
j ing the funds for this work, and
i they are planning with the help of
I other citizens and some of the civic
organizations to get the grounds of
the high school in keeping with the
beauty of the building. A landscape
artist has looked the grounds over
and has made a plan for the plant-
ing which will place the. shrubbery
and flowers to the best advantage,
and Mr. Marcell went to Ft. Worth
last week and made arrangements
with Baker Brothers to furnish the
shrubbery and trees at cost prices.
Flower beds will be prepared and
planted and it is hoped before the
summer is over to have the grounds
in such shape that Olney can be
as proud of them as of the splendid
high school building.
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PURE FOOD SHOW
HERE IN MARCH
A Pure Food show during which
local merchants will display lead-
ing lines of merchandise will be con-
ducted under the auspices of the
Woman’s Missionary society of the
First Christian church on March 1,
2 and 3 at the American Legion
hall. Numerous business houses of
the town have engaged booths for
the show and worthwhile exhibits
will be on display. An interesting
program will be given each night
in addition to the displays. A gen-
eral admission of ten cents per per-
son will be made.
LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND
CO. EPWORTH LEAGUE
MEETING AT GRAHAM
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The Epworth League of Graham
was host to the other members of
the County League at the regular
monthly meeting last Friday night.
Some 25 or 30 members of the local
leagues attended, and two Olney
persons were on the program, Miss
Louise Scott giving a group of read-
ings and True Lovelace several vocal
numbers. The entertainment took the
form of a Colonial tea, and all those
on the program were dressed in Co-
lonial costumes. The basement of the
Methodist church where the social
hour was held was decorated in pa-
triotic colors, and the tea table was
attractively arranged as an old-fash-
ioned hoop skirt. Guests were intro-
duced upon their qjrival to George
and Martha Washington in full re-
galia*, and a number of games and
contests in keeping with the idea
played. Music was furnished
a grand march by Miss Jean
Fisher of Graham, and other num-
bers on the -program were those by
Miss Scott and Mr. Lovelace and
some special piano numbers by Miss
Fisher.
Thg business meeting preceding
the social hour was presided over by
Miss Fannie Noah, president of the
county league. A salad course was
served at the close of the evening
to representatives from. Newcastle,
Red Top, Olney and Archer City
leagues.
were
for
Those who attended the funeral
of Mrs. Joe Morris at Abilene on
January 28 were: Mrs. Rhea And-
erson, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Abe
DyerMr. Nixon, IVIr. ipes, Rev. C.
E. Lijlsey, Miss Fannie Noah and
the fBtily, Dr. and Mrs. Suite, Mr.
and fls. Earl Suite, Mr. and Mrs.
RichaM Suite.
EPWORTH LEAGUE
TO PRESENT PLAY
Members of the Methodist Ep-
worth League will present a play at
the municipal auditorium Thursday,
February 23, the title of which' will
be “His Uncle’s Niece” by Raymond
V. Sargent. The selection of the play
and the casting was done by Miss
Fannie Noah and Miss Louise Scott
is directing the rehearsals. The play
is a 3-act farce with 9 characters;
the time midsummer of the present.
The cakt includes: Richard Tate, a
rising young lawyer, played by T. J.
Dillehay; Francis Felton, the eause
of it all, ‘ played by True Lovelace;
Dora Hale, very much attached to
the cause, played by Miss Katherine
Carmichael; Alice Malcolm, a close
chum of Dora’s by Miss Oleta Bailey;
Mrs. Sarah Anne Mullen, a woman
of few words from Happy Valley,
played by Audrey Ellis; Philander
Filmore, humble but wise, by Bill
Hallman; Timothy Hay, gardner at
Happy Valley Junction played by
Fred Steiner; Silas Siclemore, the
constable of Happy Valley, yet to be
selected and Thyman F. Felton, the
eccentric rich uncle, played by
Frank Cook.
The story of the farce centers
around Francis^ Felton, supposed by
his rich uncle who has never seen
him to be a girl, to whom a million
dollar fortune will be left if “she”
marries the man of “her” uncle’s
choice. Francis is in love with Dora,
who knows nothing of the uncle and
his plans. When the uncle writes
that he is coming to see his “niece”,
Richard Tate, roommate and best
friend of Francis’ takes affairs into
his hands and promises that every-
thing will come out all right if his
advice be followed, to-wit, that Fran-
cis dress as a girl and feign love
for the man his uncle is bringing to
marry him. The ensuing mix-up and
complications resulting from the de-
ception create many a farcial situa-
tion, all of which is satisfactorily
cleared up before the final curtain.
Admission charges will be 25 and
50 cents, proceeds to go for benev-
olent activities of the Epworth
League.
EDWARDS BUYS STILL
JEWELRY STOCK AND
FIXTURES IN OLNEY
Mr. Edwards, who has been in
charge of the Still Jewelry stock at
the Rexall store for the past few
months, closed a deal last week
whereby he purchased the store from
Mr. Still.
Mr. Edwards has a nice line of
merchandise well displayed, and is
in position to give first class repair
service. He has made numerous
friends since coming to Olney and
all of these wish him success in the
business venture.
RURAL SCHOOL BASKET
BALL TOURNEY HELD
The Young county rural school
basketball tournament was held at
the Olney High School last Saturday
under the direction of H. N. Pruitt
principal of Ingleside and director
of rural school basket ball. In the
senior boys’ group, Flint Creek was
the winner, beating Proffitt for this
honor. The Bunger senior girls
were champions, beating the senior
girls from Colston. In the ' junior
group, the Bungor girls and /the Bit-
ter Creek boys were the wim
STUDENTS GET OPPORTUN-
ITY TO VIEW PAINTINGS
Can you name all the pictures
painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. To
be able to recognize a number of
good pictures at sight, to describe
them, to be familiar with the artists
names, pictures, subjects and style
is the aim of Art Appreciation as
studied in our schools . today. Joy,
in line, form and color was instinc-
tive even in primitive man and this
fundamental love of the beautiful
can be made a great uplift to the
personal character of everyone. The
desire to know good pictures may be
realized by visiting the Exhibit of
Fine Art Prints which will be on
display at North Ward school Wed-
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Feb-
ruary 29, and March 1 and 2.
OLNEY CHICK HATCHERY
RUNNING FULL CAPACITY
The mammoth incubator of the Ol-
ney Feed and Hatchery is now run-
ning at full capacity, hatching from
3,000 to 4,500 baby chicks per week.
The hatchery was opened for the
first time during last year’s season
and turned out about 40,000 baby
chicks. There is considerably more
interest in the poultry industry near
Olney this year than there was at
this time last year, and the local
management predicts a much larger
turn-out this season.
In addition to hatching baby
chicks for sale, the local institu-
tion does a small amount of custom
hatching for the convenience of
its patrons.
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HARBF.I I. STORE ENTERED BY BURGLARS;
$300 TO $400 LOOT TAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT
Breaking the glass in the front, burglary, but was afraid they would
door, burglars entered the W. C. I shoot him if he attempted to give
Harrell company store here some . g() far ag we have been able to
time in the latter part of Friday j learn, there are no clues to the
night and made away with merchan-1 identity of the prowlers,
dise to the valine of $300 to $400, j An effort was made to enter the
consisting of ladies’ hosiery, lingerie j front door of the Hogan store the
and men’s hats and socks. j same night, but it was unsuccesful.
There were two of the robbers, j Of late there have been several
and they apparently selected the ! instances of petty burglaries in the
things they wanted very carefully, | residence section of the city, but
took them from the stock and load- i this is the first store to be entered
ed them in a car that was waiting > here in several months. During the
in front of the store. Mr. Sipes was j boom days there were several stores
sleeping in the store and heard the burglarized at various times, and
burglars when they broke the glass. | some two or three unsuccessful at-
He later saw them in the act of j tempts at burglary.
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TRAINING FOR DECLAMATION I BASKET BALL TORNAMENT
STARTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS j ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Work has been started in all the
schools' in preparation for the inter-
scholastic league declamation con-
tests which will feature the inter-
scholastic meet in the spring, and
The Young county basketball
championship will be decided at the
Olney High School in a two-day
tournament beginning Friday, Febru-
ary 10, and continuing through
the local elimination contest is plan- j Saturday night. Class A and class
ned for the first of March. Miss; B schools will meet at this time and
Louise Scott is training the entrants,
and all pupils interested are urged
to enter, as the coaching is given
entirely free of any charge. From
high school 15 boys and girls have
already entered for training,- 20
from the South Ward and 25 from
the North Ward. High school pupils
must give prose selections and those
in the junior class will give poetry
according to the interscholastic
league rules. The elimination contest
will be judged by competent local
men and women, and prizes will be
awarded to the successful entrants.
GREAT FILM “7TH HEAVEN”
TO HAVE LOCAL SHOWING
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The management of the Palace
Theatre have secured the first run
in Olney of “7th Heaven,” Fox
Films epic picture version of the
play by Austin Strong. This pic-
ture has been creating a sensation
and playing to capacity houses all
over the country and is considered
one of the finest productions of the
year. Janet Gaynor and Charles
I Farrell are featured at the head of
an all-star cast which includes
Gladys Brockwell, Albert Gran, Dav-
id Butler, George Stone, Emile
Chautard, Marie Mosquini, Ben Bard
and Brandon Hurst.
play for the championship.
The first game will be played at
2 o’clock Friday afternoon, when
Olney will meet the Jean quintette.
At three o’clock Loving will play
Eliasville, and at night Newcastle
will play South Bend at 7 o’clock,
and Graham will play Flint Creek
at 8 o’clock.
Saturday morning the winner of
the first game announced above will
meet the winner of the second game
at 10 o’clock, and at 11 o’clock the
winner of the Newcastle-South Bend
clash will play the winner of the
Graham-Flint Creek game.
Finals will be played on the local
court at 7:30 Saturday night.
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POULTRY ASSOCIATION
MEETING AT GRAHAM
The Young county Poultry Asso-
ciation that held their last meeting
at Newcastle will hold their next
meeting at Graham at the Chamber
of Commerce rooms at 2 p. m. Much
business of importance is to be dis-
cussed at this meeting in regard to
shipping in volume at the peak of the
market and the sorting and grading
of eggs, to the end that a better
price is obtained. All are uiged to
attend and to bring someone.
BLAKE ALLISON, Sec.
Young County Poultry Assn.
HIGHWAY WORK
‘SHOWS PROGRESS
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Highway development is rapidly
taking form in the Olney territory
and within a short time the grade
and concrete drainage structures
on all the principal highways will
be ready for use, later to be topped
with concrete or asphalt. Active con-
struction started about 25 days ago,
and already the right-of-ways have
been fenced, and the grade thrown
up between Olney and Newcastle.
Forms have been placed for two new
concrete bridges at the South city
limits, and the grading crews will
be ready within the next few days
to start grading the south ^nd of
Avenue C entering Olney.
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LIGHT SHOWERS ARE
BENEFIT TO FARMERS
The light showers which fell here
early Monday morning have added
considerable moisture to the ground
and at this time of year comes as
a great benefit i to the farmers.
FAIR CROWD SEES
BAND MINSTREL
Only a fair-sized crowd greeted
the home-talent minstrel show pre-
sented at the municipal auditorium
last Thursday evening as a benefit
for the Chamber of Commerce band.
We are informed that something
over sixty dollars was realized from
the presentation, which was by local
talent and was directed by Miss
Louise Scott.
Those attending the show seemed
well pleased with the entertainment
offerred, although the time taken in
preparation was insufficient and the
show was not so well presented as
have been some other home-talent
performances.
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SCHEDULE OF GAMES FOR
BASKET BALL TOURNEY
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Announcement was made here
Tuesday of the schedule of games to
be played here this Friday and Sat-
urday, when the basket ball teams
of Young county meet in their an-
nual tournament. According to B.
C. Schulkey, director of athletics in
Young county, the following schools
will be represented: Olney, Jean
Loving, Eliasville, Newcastle, South
Bend, Flint Creek and Graham.
The opening game will be played
between Olney and Jean at 2 p. m.
Friday, followed by a game between
Loving .and Eliasville. At 7 o’clock
Friday night Newcastle will meet
South Bend and Graham will meet
Flint Creek.
The semi-finals will be played Hat-
urday morning, between the winners
of the Olney-Jean game and the Lov-
ing-Eliasville game; also between
the winners of the Newcastle-South
Bend game aqd the Graham-Flint
Creek game. The winners of these
last two games will play for the
county championship at 7:30 p. m.
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LAST LYCEUM NUMBER
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Dr. George Emerson Francis, well
known and popular lecturer, will
appear at the high school auditorium
February 20 in the last number on
the lyceum course for this winter.
Dr. Francis has several lectures
which have proven popular and in-
structive, among them are: “The
Phylosophy of Civilization,” “Mon-
archy of Public Opinion” and “The
Jazz Jungle.”
As a lecturer he is known for
the vivid manner in which he pre-
sents his themes, and he possesses
in a generous measure the warmth
of nature, the eloquence and the
wit and humor which make his lec-
tures sparkle with popular appeal.
Again and again he has been de-
fined as a cure for people “who do
not like lectures.” Once heard he
will always be remembered.
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SOUTH WARD BOYS’ GLEE
CLUB PRESENTS PROGRAM
The boys Glee club of the South
Ward school entertained the Parent-
Teacher association last Wednes-
day with two songs, “My Blue Heav-
en” and “I Had a Dream Dear.”
The club, has reorganized and
elected Talmadge Brown, president;
George Gilmore, reporter.
Under the leadership of Miss Clair
Purdy we are learning many new
songs that will be helpful to us.
While we are learning these songs
we have grown in number from ten
to twenty-one.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. ,0. Hickman
were visiting and shopping in Wich-
ita Falls Saturday.
ANNIVERSARY
SERVICE FOR
BOY SCOUTS
On Sunday, February 12 at 3:30
p. m., the local Scout Troop will
hold an anniversary service in. the
American Legion hall in this city.
The Scoutmaster and troop have ar-
ranged a most interesting program
for this event, and the public is
cordially invited to attend. Follow-
ing is the program as arranged:
Song—Audiencg.
Scout Talk—O. P. McCary.
Prayer.
Duette—Misses Audrey and Edith
Ellis.
Scout Anniversary Sermon—C. E.
Lindsey.
Reading—-Mrs. Morriss Hannis.
Song—Mrs. Seaborn Benson.
The committee is very anxious to
have all of the parents and their
boys present at this meeting, and
all other parties who are interested
in boys’ work.
HARRELL ANNOUNCES
C. OF C. COMMITTEES
W. C. Harrell, president of the
local chamber of commerce, has an-
nounced the chairmen of the various
committees selected to carry out the
work during, the following year. Six
major committees have been ap-
pointed with the following in charge:
Highways, M. D. Wolverton, chair-
man; agricultural, E. W. Hunt,
chairman; civic, O. P. McCary,
chairman; industrial, O. T. Ander-
son, chairman; publicity and trade,
S. J. Marcell, chairman; and mem-
bership, D. H. Thompson, chairman.
The personnel of these commit-
tees will be announced within the
next few days.
“AIDA”Yo open
OPERA SEASON
On Wednesday night of February
29th, the Chicago Civic Opera com-
pany will open the season in the
Memorial auditorium at Wichita
Falls, with the opera “Aida”; on
Thursday night, March 1, '“Resur-
rection” will be presented.
The company will appear in two
Texas cities; Wichita Falls in North
Texas and San Antonio in South
Texas. Wichita Falls invites the peo-
ple of this section of Texas to par-
ticipate in. this great opportunity to
see and hear, that, for which they
usually have to travel so much farth-
er and pay so much more.
Rosa Raisa, in the stellar role of
“Aida” is worth going many miles
to see and hear. Her voice is peculi-
arly _ fitted for the song “Ritorna
Vincitor.” This aria has served to
wreck soprano voices incapable of
handling it. “O Patria Mio,” sung in
the Nile scene, is wonderful in sus-
tained loveliness and the scenic back-
ground is beyond comparison.
Others in the cast include Cyre-
no Van Gordon, Chase Baromeo,
Virgilio Lazzari, Louovico Oliviero,
Elinor Mario. The conductor is
Giorgio Polacco.
In the opera “Resurrection”, we
have Mary Garden—our own Mary.
Her personality is the most vivid of
any grand opera star. In the role of
Katiusha, the Russian peasant girl,
Miss Garden runs the whole scale of
human emotion.
The last act is colossal. In this
act alone, Miss Garden rises to sub-
blime heights in acting and her voice
is at its best.
Others on the cast include Rene
Maison, Lorna Doone Jackson,
Cesare Formichi, Maria Claessens,
Anna Hamiln, Desire Defrero, Lodo-
vico Oliviero, Alic ed’Hermanoy,
Jose Mojica, Antonio Nicholich and
others. The company travels in two
special trains and eighteeen baggage
cars carry the equipment, compris-
ing scenery, properties, wardrobe
and personal trunks.
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