The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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Every Section of Freestone County Covered by the Circulation of The Coipnty Paper
Lm Kirgan, Editor and Publisher.
Established 1876-—'The County Paper.
Subscription Price, $1.50 Cash
FORTY-NINTH YEAR
MEETING OF DEW’S
PARENT-TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION
The Parent/Teachers’ Asso-
ciation, of Dew, wishes to call
attention that next Saturday af-
ternoon at 2:80 there will be a
social given at $he schoolhouse.
We give a special invitation to
all women of this community
who do not belong to come and
join us.
We have designated Mon-
day, Oct. 14, as clean-up day.
We want to urge that every
house-keeper, merchant and
school teacher to do something
that will make this a more
healthier and sanitary N com-
munity to live in.
Halloween night will be ob-
served at the schoolhouse. We
hopv to make every one from
our grandfathers and, grand-
mothers to the little tots have
a good time. So if you are not
afraid of “spooks” come right
along. '
The Reporter.
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY., TEXAS, OCT. 10, 1924
FREESTONE BOY
NATIONAL FIGURE
CONCERNING THE
PARENT-TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION
SCHOOL TAX NOT TO
BE LEVIED THIS YEAR
There being a question about
the legality of levying since
Oct. 1 the extra 50c school tax
voted on Sept. 30, by agree-
ment of parties on both sides of
this question, it has been de-
cided not to attempt to levy
and enforce collection of the
tax this year, and all opposi-
tion will cease. The trustees
will make arrangements for
money to run the present term
9 months. •
‘ We are glad that a contest is
avoided as naturally ill feelings
and strife would have follow-
ed. It is our hope that all will
get together, not only in school
matters, but in every oth/fer way,
to make a better and more
prosperous communi t y in
which to live,i%
WORTHAM CITIZEN
DIES FROM INJURIES
•__
Mr. E. C. Crouch, aged citi-
zen of \Vortham, whom we re-
ported last week as being in-
jured when struck by an auto,
died from his injuries. ’
Mr. Crouch was a pioneer
resident of this section. He is
survived by a number of chil-
dren, one of whom, Mr. Tom
Crouch, lives East of Fairfield.
Fred Marberry, . born j&nd
reared in the neighborhood oi
Tehuacana Creek bottom, be-
tween Kirven and Streetman,
Freestone County, Texas, is a
national figure, and today com-
mands more attention by more
people than does the President
of the United States.
This notority i s brought
about by two things. First, the
interest of the American peo-
ple in the national game—
base ball—is focused’ on the
world championship series ber
ing played this week between
the New York Giants of the
National League, and th£
Washington Senators of the
American League. Second,
Fred Marberry, of the pitching
staff of the Senators, has been
proclaimed as the greatest re-
lief pitcher in the game today,
playing in over 50 games dur-
ing the season, going into the
games at crucial perjods and
saving his team from defeat. In
the present world series, when
Zachary weakened in t*h e
ninth inning, Marberry went in
and with three pitched balls
struck out the last batter. He
was started In Monday’s game,
but weakened when the team’s
manager made an error, two
scores being made by New
York. Marberry was taken out
in the fourth for a pinch hitter.
Three other pitchers were
used, blit the game was lost.
On Tuesday, Marberry again
went in as a relief pitcher and
stdpj)6d the Giants.
Marberry’s first professional
ball Was' with the Mexia team
in 1922 at a salary of $125 per
month. Little Rock, Ark., club
paid Mexia $750 for Marberry
and he pitched for Little Rock
until the latter part of 1923,
when-Jie was drafted by
va1hh^'?”d Wnt ‘° the
big leagu®.
Marberry wHj receive four
or five thousand dollars for
his share in the world series,
besides his regular salary, and
his success as a pitcher insures
him a salary of several thous-
and dollars a season. He is
young, his pitching career hav-
ing just begun.
NEGRO BOY .LOSES
LIFE IN EXPLOSION
ASSOCIATION NOTICE
To the Churches composing
Freestone County Missionary,
Baptist Association:
If not providentially hinder-
ed, our Association will meet
With Caney Church, Wednes-
day night Oct. 15. Let every
Church be represented, and re-
member that we have a mis-
sionary, Bro.-A. J. Goodfellpw,
on the field for full time. If
your Church hasn’t taken an
offering for County missions
since the Fifth Sunday Meeting
at Cross Roads let me ask you
to do so.
Come praying for a great
medting. •' ■>
1 H. L. MeKissac'k,
M
Last Friday night at the
Negro Association at Spring-
bank, about 8 miles East of
Fairfield, Bud Foster, aged
17, son of William Foster, was
almost instantly killed when a
drum used in connection with a
soda water fountain, exploded.
Gas had been turned into the
drum, and the boy was shaking
it to mix the contents when the
explosion occurred. His neck
and body was cut by flying
fragments of the drum and he
died in a short while.
The . Parent-Teachers’ As-:
sociation, always a very vital
organization in connection with
the life of the school, has beqp
organized on a very effective
basis in Fairfield, and is wag-
ing a very determined fight to
place our school on the highest
plane.
The enthusiasm of this* As-
sociation of mothers and teach-
ers, denotes a school spirit in
Fairfield that cannot be defeat-
ed. It denotes desire of the
parents to stand by the facul-
ty: to give what assitsance is
in their power. On the part of
the faculty it shows a desire to
know the parents of their
pupils more, to understand the
lives of thb children better.
WithNthese things accomplish-
ed, a school, no matter how
limited its funds and supplies,
must be a success.
The mothers of Fairfield
and vicinity realize how much
the life of thtf'school means in
the lives of their, children.
They also realize that there
are many children in our com-
munity who will never enter
the walls of a college, and the
sum and substance of their
book education will be that re-
ceived inside the the walls of
our local schoolhouse. There-
fore they know thaJt it is the
solemn duty of the citizens of
this school district to give these
children the best within their
power.
So the women of Fairfield
have gone to work. They are
effectively organized, they
have expressed their views;
they are selling sandwiches,
and making money to build up
a library and other necessary
equipment.
There has been a great deal
said about “Ma," during these
last few days in Texas. The
trouble with the world, a very
brilliant woman writer tells us,
is “Too much Pa and not
enough Ma.” While the value
of Pa in affairs can never be
doubted, yet the time has un-
questionably come when Ma is
going to have to be reckoned
with. She is taking her place
with very good results in all
paths and ways—and We Re-
lieve she will accomplish her
aim in her fight for the better-
ment of our schooL
ELECTION CONTEST
NOW BEING HEARD
Judge Bell’s Court is engag-
ed in the trial this week of the
election contest of Jack Lott vs.
Judson Davis, for the nomina-
tion for County Clerk, 'and as
the trial is closely contested
with a large array of able legal
talent engaged on both sides,
ORGANIZATION OF
PARENT-TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION
On Friday afternoon, Octo-
ber 3, a number of parents,
and the teachers of the city
school, gathered in the High
School auditorium to organize
a Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion.
The meeting was brought to
order by Superintendent Louis
Yarbrough. He presented con-
cisely the importance of the
organization and the benefits
to. bo derived therefrom. Offi-
cers were then elected, and a
temporary meeting date, Tues-
day afternoon.at 4 o’clock, was*
agreed upon. The oficers are:
President, Mrs. Wm. H.
Childs.
Vice-President, Mrs. Frank
Peyton.
Secretary, Mrs. Finis Pey-
ton.
Treasurer, Mrs. Louis Yar-
brough.
t The matter of raising im-
mediate funds was the chief
consideration, and it was de-
cided to sell sandwiches on
Saturdays for a time.
Further plans were made to
secure a motion picture ma-
chine in order to obtain neces-
sary funds. A committee wa§
appointed to select a play to be
presented as soon as possible.
The business of the meeting
was then concluded. Twenty-
one members were enrolled at
this time.
The second meeting of the
Parent-Teachers’ Association
was held Tuesday afternoon.
Alter the reading of the
minutes tyy the Secretary, re-
ports were given on progress
made since the last meeting,
and suggestions were offered
for the furtherance of the
plans. A nice sum was realiz-
ed from the sale of sandwiches
last Saturday. Dues of twenty-
five cents are to be paid month-
ly. A cordial invitation to join
the Association is given to all
who are interested in the wel-
fare of our city and schools.—
Reporter.
PEOPLE ASKED TO HELP
Protect cemetery
The-grounds of the cemetery
are being leveled in orde^ that
they may be mowed in the
Spring, and the public is urged
to keep their hogs confined
and not allowed to repeat the
devasation that they wrought
last year. As soon as funds are
sufficient the cemetery will be
made hog-proof, but at present
the workers feel sure that th-
reverence of the frood citizen-
ship and the respect of people
owning hogs, will protect the
burial place of Fairfield’s dead.
Fairfield Cemetery Asso.
THE HONOR
FARM AT THE
PENITENTIARY
Honoring the birthdays of
her two children, Alta and
Bob, Mrs. M. D. Bloxam enter-
tained the little folks last Tues-
day. A write-up of the
occasion was
it is expected that at least 10
days of the Court’e time will ’ ^e/v Rgdio for^ sale,
be consumed in the trial of the
case.
There are some wonderful
turnip patches in this town, the
fall crop of “greens” promis-
ing to be----
Only
used'for demonstration. Made
by best Radio Company in Unit-
ed States.' Uses
which makes
pemtes light.
$42, for quick sah
faction guarantee)
j further information.
Hardware Company.
Governor Neff’s honor farm
at the penitentiary is an experi-
ment which may supply the
element lacking in his penal
policy throughout the greater
part of his tenure at the State
Capitol, With Intentions which
have been admittedly good,
the Governor has insisted upon
limiting clemency with the ut-
most strictness. In emphasizing
the fact that the protection of
the public is the first justifica-
tion of legally imposed punish-
ment, his policy has done a
public service. But in gaining
that emphasis, at the expense
of the prisoner’s hope of re-
ward for good conduct, the
Governor has been open to
criticism which has seemed to
The News to be pretty well
grounded. It is this criticism
that the Governor has contriv-
ed to meet late in his second ad-
minstratioji.
There is good sense in an ar-
rangement which transfers the
reliable convict to the honor
farm where he leads an exis-
tence approximating more
nearly the life he will be called
upon to resume upon his re-
lease from the custody of the
State. By reminding him in this
impressive fashion that the
privileges and processes of
society are built upon the faith
of man in man, the State does
perhaps its utmost to prepare
him for the re-entry into a lifa
where every map must be his
own keeper if he would not be
kept by others.
In Texas the responsibility
for the readiness' with which
crime is resorted to lies less up-
on our Governors than upon
our courts. The courts, under
handicaps of their own making
in part' and under others
against which they have pro-
tested bt little, have come
to the point where pun-
ishment for crime is by
no means certain. And the
uncertainty of punishment,
rather than any mildness of the
penalty itself, has set up in the
criminals mind the idea that
he takes a sporting chance
with at least a considerable
probability that Ije will get off
altogether if he provides him-
self with enough money to hire
competent counsel. Once in
awhile Texas Governors and
their appointees on boards of
pardon have released under-
punished criminals to prey
again upon the public. But in
the main Texas has suffered
more from unpunished crimi-
nals than from punished
ones. If we can reclaim a larg-
er proportion of those released
from our penal institutions the
reclamation is a net gain. The
honor farm will be' watched
with sympathetic interest by
the State at large in the hope
that it will justify its establish-
ment.—Dallas News.
NUMBER 3
DEATH OF WELL
KNOWN BAPTIST
MINISTER
Eld. J. W. Richardson, aged
Baptist minister, died at home
seven mile.s East of Fairfield,
Wednesday night. Death was
caused by typhoid-pneumonia,
following a long illness from a
carbuncle.
The death of Bro. Richard-
son ends a long life of devotion
and service to the cause of
Christianity. He was dearly
loved by all who knew
him. He had pastored
churches in various sections of
the County, and his passing
over the river causes universal
sorrow.
DUCKS AND GEESE
MENACING CROPS
Wild geese and ducks have
become such a menace to the
crops in the Panhandle that.
West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce has applied to Governor
Neff for a reprieve from the
game laws as they apply to
these birds. Porter A. Whaley,
manager of the West Texas-
chamber, said while on a brief
visit to Dallas to attend the
conference of chamber secrf:
taries here.
Game Commissioner W. W.
Boyd, to whotn the matter was
referred, denied the permis-
sion to exceed the bag limit
without a sworn statement (,f
facts with the indorsement of
the County Judge. In the
case of migratory birds, such
as geese and ducks, he inform-
ed the chamber that further
permission must be obtained
from the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington.
CHARGES VETERAN
WITH CAUSING DEATH
NOTICE, MASONS
Tonight, Friday, is regular
meeting. It is expected there
will be work to do. A full at-
desired, and Visitors will meet
with a hearty welcome.
W. A. Parker, W. M.
dwelling, four
located, 1
use square.
Fair-
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Austin, Texas, Oct. 6.—
Charles C. Richart, 78 years
old, inmate of the State Con-
federate Home, is charged in
.a complaint filed in a Justice
Court with murder in connec-
tion with the death of J. W.
Hassell, another inmate of the
Confederate Home. During a
heated argument at the home
on Sept. 10 Richart is alleged
to have struck Hassell over the
head with a heavy walking
stick. Hassell died last Satur-
day.
Judge H. B. Daviss, of Corsi-
cana, is here this week, one of
the counsel for Judson Davis
in the Lott-Davis contest for
the nomination for County
Clerk.
The record for box suppers
was broken at Mt. Zion last
Friday night when $301 was
taken in, for the purpose -
buying a piano for the Church.
FOR SALE.
Practically new Ford car.
Can save you qppe money, J..
H. Harding. 8o2tp
Frank A. Miles, a former
resident of Fairfield, now liv-
ing at Long Beach, California,
tendance of the membership is Jy visiting here.
D. A. Haddick, of New Hope
was here Friday. ^
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Spuds 3c
Owens’ Store.
per pound at
the fiwt o:
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1924, newspaper, October 10, 1924; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1126765/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.