Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 126, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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Ballinger -Daiiy Ledger
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VOLUME 2fl
NIMJifU 126
RAIJINGKK, TEXAS. TUESDAY. SKITKMRKK 1. IM.V
MEMBER ASSOCIATED
ROCKEFELLER BIGGEST
INCOME PAYER IN U. S
DIES IN TENT; iPUNE FALLS IN
FAMILY IN WANT FLIGHT TO ISLAND
who
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Hun
the
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(By Ai»uriii«H Ptm»)
MEW YORK. Sept. l.-John D. |
Rockefeller Jr. paid an income
ttui amount ng to $6,277,669 for'
the poor 1324, it became known j
here tod;'y when the tax lists,
wore made public.
John D. Rockefeller Sr. paid
an income tax for last year
amounting to $128,429. J Pier*
pont Morgan's income tax was
given at $574,879. Judge Elbert
X. Gary, steel magnate, paid an
income tax amounting to $822,
480. Charles Evans Hughes' in-
amounted to $1,504
,eta ^president t?“S!'.v'ar l-n'ra'' wi,h ,h*
ticket, paid an in-
tax amounting to $49,533.
158,000 MINE
WORKERS OUT
(By A-.i>ociet«l
PHILADELI’IHA, .S.-pt 1 A
l»eaceuhlc, but tie up in
the hard iaoal fields was in effect
today as a result of the suspen
simi of work by l.jH.Otwt mine
workers
The last miners to -put work
left tile pits at midnight last
flight, which terminated the two-
operators.
Work will not resumed until
the contract lief ween the mine
o|x*rntors and the mmi- workers
has- been renewed Attempts to
negotiate a renewal of the eon
DETROIT. Sept. 1. -Figures
made public today showed that j tract v> lar have failed
. Henry Ford paid an income tax • ■.
£2L£S3S?c MISSING BANKER
Ford Motor Company paid mi in |
come amounting to $lti.l!l l.lti<t. ,
These figures were made public'
today when tin- list of income tax 1
4 payer* were opened t<< the public ;
l.y the internal revenue bureau
HELD WITH GIRL
LOS ANUKLKK. Sept. I Film
fans here expressed surprise to-
day when federal income returns
tlSv Associated TriMS)
SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 1 A
man believed by local detectives
to !»• Will Frazier, of Middle
lioro. Kentucky, bank cashier,
. . „ , . wil l deserted his faniilv and
.f internationally known motion ................. wi„,
picture celebrities v-re made aggregating nnir- than 410(1,01X1,
' . . - | j is being ln*ld here today A
V'T i~ * *' ,ai ' ^ j voting woman, s.iid to ba\e been
4 haplin. thought by many t.. ; ((f L(.xio,,fon. Ken-
liave one ot the largest incomes ... , , . ..
in the world, paid only .s.U.i per- >, * . .
, . 1 f»Tlleers as an aeeessorv to ’bi-
zonal income tax. while Koseoc! . • . ..
... i charges against r-ra/u-i
( Fatty , Arbuekle thought by, Krazi,.r fh„ ,„u , W,)II1H!1
many to be nearly broke. paid w,r„ arri.sftM, a, M hot„,
sM».1 Iti income tax
here
where they had registered
•Judge Lee Pierson, general at-
torney for the State Medical
Association, of Dallas, came in
Monday night to assist tin- prose-
cution in the chiropractor eases.
•Judge Pierson stated that In-
recently had two convictions in
prosecution of chiropractors, one
at McKinuev and one at Browns-
ville.
We can’t have another war !
One of w ar 's horrors is feeding j
..i.......t
Mi's .lentil' Louise t*0|M*land,
who had been visiting her aunt,
Mr>. -I. O Douglass, left for her
home ut t'leluiriie Tltesdav jf
ternoon
soldiers salmon,
crop i' short.
And the salmon
Miss .Jessie Lee Golden, daugh-
ter of K«*v and Mrs M t\
Golden who had been attending
school .; t Canyon during the
summer, is en route home, having
eoTnplet'-d her school work
CHIROPRACTOR
CASES POSTPONED
HAIL DESTROYS
3000 ACRES
Truly one half the world does
lot know how tin- other half is
liv mg or d> ing ;i' the case
rna.\ be.
Tile \|'it of the death angel In
a home is bud under the best eir
eumstanees, b u t when death
comes with poverty stalking at
the door, then what ’
We predicted some time ago
that the citizens of this city
would have unfortunate eases to
contend with, and all too soon
the prediction is coming true.
But you can’t blame the unfor
lunate.-, es[H'via)ly it their condi-
tion in this world lias been
brought about by sickness.
K D Wright, ag- oh, passed
away in a camp on tin- Colorado
River at th<- foot ot Seventh
Street at 4 .8*0 o'clock Monday
afternoon Death was due to
dysentery, and Ih\ F. M Hale
had been treating the patient as
a charity ease for some time,
v bile the local charity hoard had
I....... supplying soup o f tin-
necessities of life to the family.
Members of the family- old j
enough to work had been work
ing wIp-ii tln-v could get work,
but with a «iek father th- in
none was not sufficient to k— p
th-- wolf from tip- door
The remains of the stranger
were turned over to the King
Molt 1 mb-rtaking Company and
prepared for burial Relatives
arrived her** and arranged for
th- funeral »-x|m uses, and at 1?: P»
Tuesday nflernoon th- funeral
was held and tie- body laid to
re-! in K'ergreeii Cemetery. Dr
Alvin Swindell conducting -le-j
sct'V ice.
Mr Wright e.iiim to Ballinger I
several weeks :ig<> with hi' fam !
tlx* seeking work. They camel
from Smith Teras. and cx}*--ete«|
to spend tin- cotton picking >ea I
soil le-re Three failure- had left j
him without means, and the
drouth which prevails in South
Central Texas at tin- tune forced
the family to seek work
vvlo-r* And then eano- 'p-km-ss
and d'-atb
The iinfortuii.ite family i- ,n-
temporarily provided for. and
will SIIHII be able to make fil'd.•
•
own way. A wile and si -,, rail
children survive
j .1 F ll.u ri', who 11v•*> L o: |
| the eitv. called at the tent ot tip **
tunic
(Hjr Av,wi»ii-d Pri-Ml
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept I
The J*\ •• \i. :i wh' forced down
one lilindta-d mile off the Cali-
fornia coast today on it' at
tempted flight with tip I’N U No
I to Hawaii The No t was
forced to alight in the water
when the oil pres-me line oil
both engine' were broken
A report of the cause of the
plane’s trouble w,i made t • •
flight heud«|uart«rs here today
by the Destroyer William Jones,
which made th- ltt») mil- run in
four hours to go to the aid of the
srtiek-n plane. Cumni.iudcr Tay
lor of the de trover xaid that h-
was taking the piano in two
Mi and Mrs T-un Koiith and >-n employed to assist iu
Mi' Georg* Vaughn i «-t urne<) cut mg Glutton Davenport,
holm- Monday night fiom u ehargid with killing
It'.iim ll when- they 'pent >.-\ j |; _o r ami was going i«»
. ral days visiting Mrs. J,*ntifli*.J Angelo in it . interest of
inothei Mrs |{ IF S*-lnM»ti-r and I,r n„coutinn
family ‘ ~~ —
I Kir- crop is gootl Th irty-m.x
.lodge Walter ........fwnrd v a-, million tiii'lieU Now we
lor- from t oleinun Tti*-*dav -n 1 have i hole I red million
route to 'an Angelo II. tin- ding
1.
unfortunate family, was
pressed w if ii the need of
III! I
Itelpj
and eii ciliated among lit* fncml-
atid rat set I eight iu- ten t]o||ai-s u i
cash and som* groc< rn and ,
t III lied the HI over to those i f | '
IP-etl of help
o I • g
|oi'S|h|e to
any ; lung
h i to
"t- I'L-
\\ 11IIIII a 'pace ill I lew mill
ntes last Saturday afternoon, a
had st'U in wiped out J.nOtt ip-res
of eiittioi iu the I’umphrcy eoin
munity. Th.- 'form struck North
east of Ibimpliri v uipI fin- Ipuv.v
rain of hail t-i»iupb t*‘l.v 'tripped
tin- cotton, leaving nothing but
the naked talk' standing, uc
cording to report' brought to
Th*- Ledger Monday- afternoon
t l.irt’llce Halter Wit' llefe from
Wingate country Monday,
On account of tin- itbst-ncc <*J
Judge Beil L. CoX, one of the at
torm-ys for th>- ijefensi-, tile ehir
opractor eases set for trial in
count \ court here Tuesday morn
ing were postponed until Wed
nesday morning, when it is -x
fieeted that tin- eases will be
taken up and trieil .luilg<- l ox
notified the court from his home
in Abilene that Iti' little girl had
just undergone an operation and - and brought in report of tin
that he could not leave hcl In'
lore Wednesday Judge Winter,
of LnCrosxe, Wis., also tailed to
apjH-ur in court Tuesday morn-
ing, but further delay will not
be granted on account of his
absence.
Judge Lee Ricison, general at-
torney for the State Medical
Association, arrived here TtP-s
day to assist the prosecution.
Ue will ftastst Judge A K. Doss
and County Attorney C P. Shop
herd Judge Parish & (Yager, of
this city; and Judge Cox, of
Abilene will defend the chiro-
^jpruetors. The Andrus ease from
Miles is the first on the docket,
and following it Dr Nettie Mont
goincrv is to he tried, and the
third ease remaining on the
•docket is against Dr Craig, of
Winters. All are charged with
practicing medicine without a
^license.
FOR RENT - Mrs. Conn*
dwelling. 9t*0 F.iphth K. ^hep-
fierd. Agent. 1 2td
NOTICE-
TIP- part, in
advert Led in a
for a li"l|sekcr|-<
er.il ■ epln-' if In
Ledger offici-
It.tiling-i win- i
Ifoiiston pa pel
r can g-u s.-v !
will call -it The!
Id *
• b-'triietion of tin- eott--ii crop in!
the P'linphi'cy n«-iirltI•• >rIi• •• -,I Mr J
II.liter stateil ilnif h- w.i- in
!--i iii- il bv some of tho'i w ho -nf
fercil I - -s' of their crop' that it
W .Is est llliated till' loss would In-
al le.'i't 1.18 Ml hah , ;i' it vv.i' ** \ -
p'i-te.| that the yi.-ld in the area
wh'-re the hail fell would he a
third pi a bale pci aer- 1 ti,.t
more
Aei Tiling Hi |i (Hi|I' brought
to The Ledger tiler,; will llOt be
a lock picked iu some of tip'
devastated fields. Tie- fee-1 crops
were also damaged, but the
bigg- acreage vva in cotton
This is the second hail storm in
»tii- county during August A
couple of vve-'l-s ago eolislder.ilib
cotton acreage : outli of Rowena
xv as destroyed by In ivy I,n iI
The crop' destroyed were practi-
cally mad'', and harvesting would
Mxiri have been under wav. It i*’
too Inte to plint other props and
the loss comes as a heavy blow
to those who were -r tba stricken
areas.
BABE RUTH TO |
BE REINSTATED
i t-y AssiM iateil Pres )
N I, \\ A • • I * K, Si - pt 1 —George
Hernuin ■“Itulu Hull will be
reinstated immediately if Ii ■
ii|i"l"gi/--' for hi' ih-rogar-irv
.'fat- in*nt concerning the man
ag- r of the Yanke,- e|ub. Col
Rlip|--rt. owner of tin- elub, -.ip]
today after a conference with
Ruth Ruth indicated that In
would do this, iiud th- matter
will t.- dr p|-« d
M x\ YORK. 5»ept I M 1st
Ruth nturned here today and
llinrieiii„t>'ty 'Mend'd til- "live
hi .ins-L u> Col. Rup|Hit. owner,
and M.llcr llngguis, iiiauagei. o'
tl.e N, v Y'ork Yankees, the (at
tel V. !ii I.h:-« lp|. d .'lip! tap'd
th- v a I mg $,"».tHNt Gir miseiv;
i|i|-t while off the l-H eball d'.'i
tnotiii test ui*i k
Ituth arrang-'l t- . a c« nfe 11
this afti rnoon with Kupprrt and
aunt-unied that he would make
rv rv H'Sr* to .djust t»..-
ation.
With a billion !>.'!'■' - ’ t’ i .i
a billion |**• 1111'i ■ t'/ni-'i 1
ing grown the t" max
mixed
LISTENING IN
l all- for new batter;* -
\ dai :. r Ui «lr* .tiii- o in'
ty liglitirig fixture.'
Dirty -'lotIp' cry !-•■' . Mol;
xv ashing mnehine
Wrinkled garments beg foi
Simplex irot.
Thev're down lit
EVERITT ELECTRIC CO
tt.'i S 8th St I’honr 187
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. t.
Nothing has be> n heard from tip-
l*N tt No I. th< flag plane of the
flight from San l-’iaiieisco to
Hawaii 'Hi-- two planes, num-
bers one and three, were attempt
ing a non-stop flight from I’rise--
I t" Honolulu
s.\N FRA N< I si a i s. pt 1
Nothing ha* I- en li'-ai'd from the
I’N f* No 1 the flag plane in tip-'
San Fram-isi-'i *o Hawaii non
*top flight, -.ince t h -• plane
pa.st-il over the f-nd-r -*Im]i
Langley i.-irly today Tip- Lang-
ley i- 'tatp.ip'd half way h-tvveen
San I i.iiP’i'eo and Hawaii
N-- l-ars nr- ta-ing f--lt for th--
'.-ifety "t I *I.| fl— No 1 by flight
offp i.ll here It vva- atitP' III.....I
h-r- tlni* I’l iiie No I w hich v. a*
t«-r.• • -i! down tin* mol mug by
iin-to" t-oiibl- v- i-ul'l .i"i'iiijii the
flight again
DRY ARMY AFTER
BOOTLEGGERS
tHy \ •!*■* iat»d Trvs*)
WASHINGTON. Sept
Froliihitioii * r- vitaliz e -I .irrny
took the fi- Id today iii d- r Assist
ant Seci'-t.tty ot Tr- astuy An
«lr*-W' with order' d'-'ignatitig
th- capture of to*--:|e ,-gi r* ,i' p*
ilia in ol-j* > 11 v
Admit * mg a t--v v iilii- r.il'l--
'p'lt- c \ I st III m* .1 t eklllg till* -
Andrew' -mt i'"’ • ! .itlim '■
* ami n ntendt' to e.u
the Ilgt'1
D.Hoodpr
DRY OOOD4 OCX .
.TW BATH 00^^
L»4k At Y—r Hmi—
Ewrymt Bl$» 0mh/"
Other Mallory Htta, •• To *10
Hats Bold And Sweeping
In KeepingWith Suits
I
T S xvnsc: to go buy an up to-
date hat tius season tlian to try
to * get bv” with an out-of-date
heirloom frvm last season. All can
tell the Hat for Fall by its breezy
fullness of crown and bold sweets
of briin, just ax we show them in
Grays. D.u'-Grays, Li&ht Tans and
Medium Tans just as you prefer.
I
ny 4 (.omfilflt Arrtir (1/ \hap*i AnJ Stoidr* I\
MALLOliY
HATS
I
ailHHIUT’ CJMIMIMII n»Mirmii;i{3Mdm'UFO’UlDIMM;n»H'MI.U*tCin
NOW IS THE TIME |
To k- < p ill siia|>e Jiil' tlie
st r- I. Ip'll daV -of t lie T. 111
month' \ • -(>-! *• n will
a >'in . t h i* N\ ■ - . -nitnetid
,-ind guarantee
PEP-TONA
\V ,11 gi v < y iin ) and
i»i||e up 1 Ii- \V*ti til Bring
back tin v g<.r tb'i t!i»- hot
w - xth« t tn, tnkei t cm \ -u
$1
J. Y. Pearce
Drug Co.
m»fgggOi —
Ty
lkK •Ok •>
Tlu Fanners and Merchants
State Hank transacting a
hanking busin es s a long
sound and constructive lines
and soliciting the accounts of
forward looking firms and
individuals. : : :
FARMERS&MERfflOTS
STRICTLY A BANKING INSTITUTION
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Sledge, A. W. Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 126, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1925, newspaper, September 1, 1925; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162270/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.