The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1925 Page: 1 of 12
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L*« Kirgan, Editor »nd Publisher.
FORTY-NINTH' YEAR
established 1876—The County Paper.
^FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 13, 1925.
Subscription Price, $1.50 Cash
NUMBER 20
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REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY
OF THE 87th D1S1RICT COURT
DOINGS IN THE DISTRICT
COURTS OF FREESTONE CO.
We did not publish the Grand Ju-
ry report last week due to the fact
that it had not been entered on the
records at the time of closing our
fprme. The delay in recording the
document was due to the illness of
District Clerk J. H. Harding.
January 31st, 1925. •
To the Honorable J. R. Bell, Judge
of the 87th District Court:
We, the C^nd Jury empaneled
for the January term of said Court,
beg leave to submit the following
report, to-wit:
We have been in session for 19
days; we have examined 176 wit-
nesses, and have returned 28 bills
of indictment, 24 fcf which are for
felonies and 4 misdemeanor bills. We
have diligently inquired into all vio-
lations of the law coming to out
knowledge, and have earnestly con-
sidered all offense® against the pe-
nal code of our State brought be-
fore us by the officers and citizens
of our County, L
We have examined and inquired
into the'matter of the County fin-
ances of Freestone County, partic-
ularly the disbursement of the spe-
cial road money realized by the sale
of Freestone County’s $1,000,000
County-wide road bond issue, and
The following cases were dispos-
ed of during the recent term of the
87th District^ Court, not previously
reported in this paper:
Mary Jane Titus, transferred to
thq 77th District Court.
Oscar Woodard, dismissed.
Ruby Roes, murder, dismissed.
Anderson Livingston, violating
liqour la.w, dismissed.
Guy Webb, dismissed.
Oscar Wiley, transporting liquor,
transferred to 77th District Court.
Annie Ru|h Maxwell, transferred
to 77th Diet. Court.
Report of criminal proceedings in
77 th District Court.
Brunett Kelley, keeping gambling
house, retired from docket.
William Coats, selling liquor, re-
tired from the docket.
W. W. Frazier, mfg. liquor, dis-
missed.
Jim Myei-s, mfg. liquor, bond of
$500.00 ordered forfeited; sureties,
Chas. Williams, A. L. Daniel, T. E.
Traylor, A. N, Gunter and W. H.
Cockrell. Alias capias, ordered.
Sol Daniel, selling liquor; wit
nes3cs Clyde Webb and John Whit.?
fined $25 each, and attachment is
sued. Case reset.
John Armstrong, selling liquor,
witnesses Willis Brown, Wood1 Ev-
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AUSTIN KING DIES AT
HIS HOME IN M:.X!A
In mention of the death cf Mr.
Austin King, aged 73, at hi? home in
Mexia recently, The Teague Chron-
icle says:
Mr. King is survived by four broth-
ers and two sisters: Gordon and La-
mar King, of Teague; Sandy King, of
San Angelo; L. E. King, oi Brown-
wood; Misses Helen and J. vin a
King, who reside with Lamar at the
old homestead here. Surviving are a!
WHOLE LIMESTONE COUNTY
FAMILY TO BE LAWYERS
Monday’s Dallas News carried ths
following special from Lebanon,
Tenn., and will prove of much inter-
est to our people as it concerns well
known and prominent residents of
our neighbor County:
A daughter graduating from the
law department of the mid-winter
class and the mother to graduate
with the June class, furnisnes an un-
usual experience to Cumberland Un-
so two sons, Claude King, oi ( heevus iversity at Lebanon, Tenn.
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Bros., and Zeno K n£, of the Kir.g
Motor Co., of Mtxia; two daughters,
Mrs. Roger Farquhar, who with her
six-year-old son, lived with her fa-
ther, and Mrs. Gilbert C. Ward, of
Teague.
Thus closes another page in the
history of the development of Free-
stone County. Austin King’s father
M. A. King, and his mother, Mrs. Hel-
Mrs. C S. Bradley, now of the jun-
:or law class, and her daughter, Lu-
clle, of the senior class, both from
Groesbeck, Texas, are working side
by side to earn their Bachelor of
| I ev degrees. The daughter is not
only in the senior class, but 3he la
the youngest member of the clasa
consisting of fifty-three. If is no
discredit to the mother, however, be-
FORMER STATE SENATOR OF
THIS DISTRICT SENTENCED
TO PENITENTIARY
we have to report to your Honor that ans ^ Joe Bryant firtd $25 oach.
our investigation haa resulted in a and attachmpnts ordend.
most anaatisfactory'’ impression in. claborn gurvance> perjury: wit-
nesses M. A. Riley, Wood Evans and
the method of handling and disburs-
ing our special road bond money,
and of other public funds of Free-
stone County, Texas.
We find that claims filed in Corns.
Beat No. 2 and approved by the
County Auditor of Freestone Coun-
Wlllin Brown fined $10 each and at-
tachments ordered issued. Cat* re-
set.
Henry Survance, assault with in-
tent to murder; witnesses Charlie
Survance and Laura Brown each
ty, and allowed by the Commission-| fined $10 and attachments ordered
ers’ Court, and paid out of the spe-:4ssued< Continued,
cial road funds of Freestone County, j Fr8,nk Watson, murder.. This case
Texas, are incapable of showing spe- ?rew out of th^ killing of a negro
cifically what, if anything,, the- Coun-
ty redelved therefor; we find con-
tracts made in strict violation of the
law, for amounts in excess of obli-
gations authorized to be contracted,
except by competitive l»d9 filed with
the Commissioners’ Court; approved
by the County Auditor and paid by
the Commioaibnera’ Court of special
road money. We consider the diver-
sion of the special road money to be
) of grave importance to Freestone
County, Texas, and we recommend
to your honor that the County Au-
ditor of Freestone County, Texas,
and the Commissioners’ Court be in-
structed to observe the laws of the
State of Texas in receiving and dis-
bursing County funds and to refrain
from any further diversion of our
special road' money, to any other
purpose than the purpose for
which it was voted.
baby at Post Oak by Watson when
he- threew a stick at the baby’s moth-
er. The stick struck the child in the
head. The charge was reduced to
negligent homicide, and the jury as-
sessed punishment at a fine of $150
and 15 days in jail.
Sallie Hill, burglary, veTdict of
five years, suspended sentence.
Will Babers, driving car when in-^
ted, fined $1.00 and iccsts, a to-
xical
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$35.00.
Dallas, Feb. 8.—E. A. Decherd,
Dallas real estate dealer and former
State Senator, was given six and ono-
half years in the penitentiary this
afternoon by a jury on charges of
forging land titles.
Dech „:J faces five more charges.
Trial of1 these cases will begin next
week. * v
Decherd was indicted in connec-
tion with recent land fraud investi-
gations here. He is alleged to have
forged title to a piece of land in Dal-
las County.
Decherd declined to make any
statement. He was taken back to jail
and had not made bond at a late hour
Saturday night.
All of the alleged forgeries revolve
srpur.d money loans made to Decherd
b;, Dr. Morgan Calloway, English
piefeosor at the University of Texas,
County officials claim. Dr. Calloway
was chief witness in the trial which
ended Saturday.
During closing arguments Assist-
ant District Attorney McGraw was
sent to jail by Judge Robertson, but
was released after 15 minutes. Mc-
Graw objected' strenuously to re-
marks of defense and was jailed for
TWO RAIDS BY FREESTONE
COUN.TY OFFICERS NET
STILLS ANtr MASH
en King, moved from Montgomery,, cause she is in the lower class. She
Ala., in 1814, and settled at Fairfield. I entered the university six months la-
Eight years later, in 1852, they set- ter than her daughter.
The following members of the
Sheriff’s Department made a sue
cessful raid on stills Thursday of
lact week: Deputies L. P. Archer,
Jack Stafford, Luther Marberry, A.
Chavfsrn and Constable Harry Robin-
son.
About 7 m’les East of Fairfield
they found 21 barrels o^ mash but
r.o still. While the officers were
searching the woods, they sqw a
man who ran when told to stop. The
officers fired about seven shots in
h's direction but this failed to stop
him^
They next found about 3 miles
East of Young, a still and 19 bar-
rels of mash and a few gallons of
whiskey. No one was found around
the still.
About three miles North of Young
they uncovered a few barrels of
ma?h.
No one was captured on the raid
and only one still was secured, yet
colorful and wonderful news stories
have been published about it.
Last Tuesday, another raid was
made by Sheriff Terry And Deputies
Marberry, Arche?, Lamb, Chavers,
and Constable W. H. Robinson,
tied the old King homestead about
one and one-half miles North of
Teague. Here Austin King and hi3
brothers and skaters were reared.
About 40 years ago he moved from
The husband and father is a lead-
ing oil attorney in Texas, and f o y
ar.-ny years both his wife and daugh-
ter have cherished ambitions to enter
the legal profession also. The receipt
the old place to Mexia, which he has | of their LL. B.’s this year will gratify
since made his home. He belonged to that ambition and incidentally make
one of the pioneer families of th (, all members of the family lawyers,
bounty. | Both the mother and daughter will
Gordon and Lamar King, two of enter Judge Bradley’s office, where
the old timers in Teague, composing | Mrs. Bradley will specilalize in brief
the present business firm of King making. Miss Bradley will give her
Bros., bought the stock and build r'g attent on to domestic relations and
of J. D. Sawyer in old Brewer, near kindred matters. I
where the Booker T. Washington This is not the first time Mrs.
school now stands, 34 years ago, and Bradley and her daughter have aV
this store held the postoffic? when tended school together. For fjve
Teague was established 20 years ago. years they were fellow-studente ) %
With the coming of the railroad they {he Woodrow School of Expreetjeoi
moved to their present, location, on of Dallas, from which they graduated
Fourth Avenue West' of the Chroni- j together. Mrs. Bradley, is also’’ a
cle, where they have conducted their j graduate in voice and holds an A-
business in ther own building since. | literary degree. Miss Bradley gained
The funeral was one of the largest her literary edneation in the Groen-
attended1 in recent years in Mexia, all beck High School and Ward-Belmcnt
of the old pioneers being among the
assembled crowd, including the Wom-
acks, Smiths, Beckhams, Watsons,
Storeys, and others.
Won of all cases reported to us, we
ask to be finally discharged this the
81st day of January,-A. D. 1925.
D. E. GREENE,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
refusing to sit down, the Court said. and they captured a still in opera-
White Leghorn eggs for sale at all
J'mea. Raise you some winter layers
from Leghorns that lay all the win-
ter. $1.50 for 15 eggs, $8.00 per 100.
T. L. McAdams, R. 1, Kirven, Tex-
Some of our readers are consistent
users of want ads in this paper. If
they didn’t receive results they would
not use them. If yoti have anything
to sell, or want to buy, let the little
want ad do the work. S tf
G. H. Burnham and Mrs. Bibb
Johnston, of Eldorado, Ark., visited
Having concluded our inveatiga- .Mr- *nd Mre- Finil here la,t
week. They are brother-in-law and
sister-in-law of Mr. Peyton’s first
wife, who was Miss Minnie Johnston.
During the first two weeks in Feb-
ruary we have something special to
offer our friends in flour. Coma in
and investigate. It is a real pleasure
to pass this good thing along to our
friends. McMichael Produce Corner,
Teague. 6f2t
Mrs. P. S. Mcllveen has been se-
riosnly ill several days, flu hairing
developed into pneumonia. O n
Wednesday the services of a trained
nurse were secured for her.
Now is the time to plant early cab-
bage and Bermuda onion plants.
Come and look at them. J. A. Kirgan.
Fresh ground corn msal Is one of
our strong }ines. In this article we
?lways have quality and low price.
McMichael Produce Corner, Teague,
Texas. 6f2t
Mrs. H. L. McKissack returned
Tuesday from a visit to her mother,
Mrs. S. C. McGaw at Shanks, and
were accompanied home by Mr. and
Mrs. McGaw.
Note.—rDecherd was elected to the
Senate while he was Lving in Robert-
son Courfty, over Maj. Houx, of
Mexia, by a few votes, it being sever-
al days before the total returns from
the Southern end of the Senatorial
district could be secured. Later Dech-
erd ran against Judge Hardy for
Congress. He was a man highly es-
teemed by his friends and made an
excellent record in the State Seaatc.
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Lost, black Poland China stag,
long tushes and tail, weight about
400 pounds. Notify Douglas Willard,
Fairfield. 6f2tp
Joe Lee Kirgan, engaged on the
Graesbeck Journal, accompanied by
hi s young friend, Mr. Batchelor,
spent Saturday night here.
McMichael Produce Comer wants
to buy some country bacon, peas and
peanuts 6f2t
tion East of Fairfield about 6 miles,
and North of the Cook’s Ferry road
r.nd West of Brown’s Creek. No one.
was found, but the still of about 100
gallon capacity, 10 barrels of mash
and a few gallons of whiskey were
secured.
Our special heavy Texas Red Feed-
ing Oats, a wonderful value in feed.
Not to be compared to the low grade
mixtures often sold as oats, but in
reality composed of low grade bar-
ley, rejected black oats, light wh'tc
oats and mill screenings. McMichael
Produce Comer, Teague. 6f2t
Miss Bonnie Suttle, aged 12, has
won a $25 prize offered i>y Holland’s
Magazine for articles in the Bird
Sanctuary contest. She is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. R. I. Baty, teacher in
Teague, and was reared at Freestone.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McDonald and
Uncle Frank Huckaby have all been
down with the flu.
Lost, two Hampshire pigs. F. T.
Lynn, Fairfield. 2tp
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peyton were
in Dallas the first of the week.
of Nashville, Tenn.
A DOZEN HENS WORTH MORE
THAN A COW! Have you as many
as a dozen average hens to sell? If
so, we will pay you as much or more
for them than the average Freestone
County cow will fetch* McMichael
Produce Corner, Teague. 23jtf
Sadie Kirgan, teacher of public
speaking in the State Orphana’
Home at Corsicana, spent last Sun-
day here withjiome folks.
For sale, 1 registered Hpmpshira
brood sow and some'good 5-mos -old
gilts at bargain priies. J. F. Read, R.
1, Kirven., 6f3tp
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Safety
On any day in any week yoj> can
find ready aale for caah for all your
poultry. McMichael Produce Comer,
Teague. 6f2t
J. T. Moore,
Saturday.
of Mexia, was here
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Plan now for the home garden.
Our selections of new crop seeds are
ready. McMichael Produce Comer,
Teague. Bf2t
J. O. S win bam, working at his
trade as a brick mason in Corsicana,
spent Sunday at hieipe.
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—We Press Them.
—We Alter Them
—We Deliver Them
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