The Lynn County News (Tahoka, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1930 Page: 1 of 10
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Volume XXVI
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Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas, Thursday, April 10th, 1930
Number 33
400 Expected At Judges’ Convention
Commissioners To
FAIR ELECTED
Attend Meet Also
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and
Five boys, ranging in age from
r<> in wi 1 be re-
and
county
Demons! ration
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to give much valuable
over the
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won
During Past Week
to be held in the court house here at *3.00 to $10.00 per acre, and that 24c.
2 o’lock next Saturday afternoon, I there is very little land valued atj Tl
It is possible that a representative ( O'Donnell. The average valuation of. net a Lynn Co.nty Fair Ground
of the Federal Farm Board will be the county for County and State shoyld be bought and equipped is
failure
Jordan
sale
with the cars
One hundred and sixty acres,
Maximum
tractor went wrong and the
began running in a circle,
to regain his seat on the
his foot slipped and he fell.
not seem to be clear-
One report is that
of them, no doubt,
A large crowd is
first big skirmish
The ladies as well
to dis-
end of
T
t
for running a
license plates
meeting of the beard of di-
of the Lynn County Fair As-
paid
1930
H. B. BREWER IS
HURT TUESDAY
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY—DATES
State Highway Patrolmen Nab CH-
liens For Failure To Comply
With Automobile Laws
ness to go, paying a large part of
his own expenses.
Representatives frem all parts of
the United States and Canada will
be present.
Parton and Grider
Buy Swan Insurant'
trac-
Try-
trac-
Pos-
T
f
will
This pro-
the Home
Phebe K.
TAHOKA HOLDS OWN IN
NUMBER OF SCHOLASTICS
I
Page Of Oklahoma Is Victim
Of Accident Near Here
Monday Night
whether it is wor h what it will cost
him. He can find out just what it
will cost him by taking his tax val-
uatiifu for Co ;nty and State and
multiplying th. number of $100 val-
uations by 5c and the results will be
the total cost of the tax on his pro-
per day,
oil field.
Company
of a well
the next
of
Wells as
was relieved by Lefty
in the eighth, who held the
in check the rest of the
been furnished
but we under-
Local Citizens Form
Oil & Gas Company
LOCAL PEOPLE
PAY CAR FINES
County Judges
Assurin'ion win
months ago at
W9s the first in her
O’Dornell community
county fair here last
paid $125.00 for the
has already won pre-
wheel
bod'y
to the
man was
Mary friends
that these gentlemen
In Critical CondiUon; Gets Cld'hing
Caught In Tractor Wheel
Whi’e Plowing
While some of the school
;. districts of the county show a
■; slight de reaso of scholastics
[• from last year, according to
the scholastic census taken in
March, Jim Weatherford, cen-
s.s enumerator for the Tahoka
I: dependent Schcol District,
reports that his rolls show ex-
actly the same number as last
year, 704. This is an increase
of about 100 over the number
listed two years ago, however.
With a normal crop this year,
there should be a considerable
increase before the next scho-
lastic census is taken a year
from now.
think that he wa i
establish
ins irance
Mr. Barton
the News
has a cre-
good fire
effect on
be a very
people of
Five Young Men Take Gaso'ine.
Soda Pop; Get Fired On; Are
Now In Jail
the big trac-
was about to
for the third
negro.
taken to
# O’Donnell where the wounds were
given first aid treatment by Dr.
Campbell In the meantime, Harris
& Applewhite of this city were noti-
fied and requested to sen dtheir am-
bulance at once in which to convey
f the injured man to the sanitarium.
Mr. Applewhite respended immed-
iately to the call but some of ths
bearings in his ambulance burned
out before he reached O’Donnell and
it became necessary to send to La-
mesa for an ambulance.
Mr. Brewer is a son of G. T. Brew-
er of this city, and a brother of Tom
Brewer of Joe Bailey, now a candi-
date fcr Tax Collector. The injur-’
ed man’s father, however, had goned
owwn in the Ballinger-Coleman
country on a fishing expedition and
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Homes Program
29 and 30.
given by
Cl bs and
Homes Are Needed To Care
Visitors At Big Two-Daya*
He shou'd know what the county, total tax at 5c per $100 val-! lfn4 11/(nfher Horn
amount to and what is to uation is 51c. nui (III fl r fl
I be purchased with his money.
| The Tax rolls of the Tax Assessor
We’ve always heard the say-
ing “If you give the beat, the
best will come back to you."
Mrs. Taylcr Whi*>e started
off Wednesday morning righ
by taki.ig flowers to her neigh-
bors, and on her return ho.ne
she found a dollar bill in her
back yard. From whence i.
came she cannot account.
BOYS JAILED
FOR STEALING
Several fines were collected from
local citizens M >nday for various in-
fractions of the sta'e laws relating
to traffic over the highways.
Two truck owners were required
to dig up fines for failure
play red flags on the rear
their trucks.
Three fines were paid for
on the part of automobile salesmen
to give bills of
old.
One f ne was
car with ut the
and one for failure to have number
' plate mounted on the rear end of
Minimum the car.
Saturday on charges of stealing gas-
oline from various cars in different
parts of town Friday night. Other
similar thefts had been committed
by them at other times, it is under-
stood, according to confessions mad?
by some of the boys.
The boys came to grief when they
were discovered by Harley Hender-
son at a late hour in the night pur-
loining bottles of soda pop from his
truck parked near his window. Pre-
vious conduct on the part of some of
the boys led him to believe that they
were preparing to make a raid on his
liquid refreshments and he was pur-
suing a watchful waiting policy.
When he heard and discovered them,
he leaped cut of his window land-
ing almost in the very midst of th?
intruders. They scattered like shee >
and as they fled he fired his pistol
several times. They made their get-
away in an old car but the number
of the car was obtained and th?
identity of the boys established
When brought before the county at-
torney one at a time, they are said
to have made various and sundry
Jordan Goddard of O’Donnell
first place with his year’ing Jersey
heifer in‘* class of 24 at the
Plainview Dairy Show Tuesday, ac-
cording to Ray Shaver, county farm
agent. This heifer also took th-*
premium as the Junior Champion ov-
er all he’fers under two years of age.
There were about 125 heifers shown.
This calf
class at the
fair and the
year,
calf and she
miums for her owner amounting to
$57.50 In cash and a go'd watch.
Only one other Lynn county calf
was entered in the show at Plaim
view and she was to have been judg-
ed yesterday.
Jordan is a club boy and last year
he won second place in the entire
state in the 4-H Club contest.
WHAT A COUNTY FAIR GROUND
WILL COST EACH TAX PAYER
R. Ely of Abilene, a
the State Highway
Messrs. Barton & Grider have an
nounced the purchase by them of th ■
insurance business of E
They recently
ance business
Co. anfi have
The mas Drug
are endeavoring to
the best equipped
in West Texas,
a represen ative of
“Tahoka now
dit of 15 per cent for its
record, which went into
March 1, last, and this will
substantial saving to the
Tahoka.”
Mr. Swan will continue his loan
Before any citizen of this or any 5c per $100 avluat'on is file. ‘business in the same office which h?‘
other county votes an extra tax on One hundred and sixty acres val- has been occupying the past two
himself he is interested in knowing ued at $fi.41 per acre, which is the years or more.
the facts of the case in the fullest average valuation of the entire- 0_____
details. He shou'd know what the c unty, total tax at 5c per $100 val-! tf.f
tax will amount to and what is to uation is 51c. HUI frlulfl.r Fl VC
Parsonage Re-Papered - and Repaired
Will Hold Services Sunday
Morning and Night
The Better
be given April
gram will be
Demonstration
Warner Club co-o; erating.
The program for the first day will
be as follows:
There will be a tour visiting the
winners of the Living Ro m Con-
test, 4-H Pantry demonstrators and
poultry demonstrators. The follow-
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New Home To Have
Candidate Speaking
At a
rectors
sociation hr,14 here Tuesday night.
Claude Wells was again elected
President; Tavlor White, manager;
and C .C. Williams, secretary-treas-
urer Sam Kit.hens of New Home.
M. J. Whitsett of O’Donnell, D. G.
Phinps of Wells, and Rev Roth of
M ilson were e ected members of the
executive committee.
A change in the score card for
communi'y exhibi s was also author-
ized, requiring each exhibit to con.
sist of not less than 25 and not more
than 50 varieties, but these need not
be d signaled. Heretofore the var-
ieties to be e- h bited were designat-
ed and exhibitors were required to
conform to the designated list of ex-
hibits.
The meeting Tuesday night was a
very enthusiastic one. There were
about twenty-five individuals pres-
ent, including fifteen directors.
Owing to the fact that it is now
too late to levy a tax for this year
even if it should be voted, it was I5 to 21 years, were placed in jail
decided to postpone the election for
the fair grounds tax until the gener-
al election next fall.
The Lynko Oil and Gas Corpora-
tion was organized here recen ly and
a charter granted authorizing the
company to drill f r and market oil.
The incorporators are Charles F.
Shook, J. Anson Coughran and A. I.
Stephen. The holdings of the com-
pany consists cf a tract of land in
Medina county just south of the big
gasser which came in a few weeks
is producing 75,-
of gas
is a big
& Gas
ago. This gasser
000,000 cubic feet
arid not far away
The Lnyko Oil
expects to begin the drilling
on their property within
thirty days. Wi'.son Edwards
Waco and Tahoka has the drilling
contract.
hoping
here are
may
M. Swan,
purchased the inaur-
of A. J. Glasgow &
their offices
Store.
ho* el a comoda-
125 visitors and
lira ex ected t >
It will be nec-
sis’ure rooms in
These fines ranged from $13.00 to
$22.00 each. The cases were filed
< in the justice court here by mem-
bers of the state highway patrol.
and afternoon sessions be-
We are
Mana-
MAN IS DEAD; OFFICERS FOR
FELL FROM BUS
Mel's, White and Williams Re-Elect-
ed p Promised Tax Election
\ 1« Postponed
Example—Valuation, $1280. 12.8o
H. B. Brewer, a prominent farmer
| residing in the Joe Bailey comtnun-
I ity a few miles east of O’Donnell,
I lies in the Lubbock Sanitarium in a
[ most critical condition as a result of
• injuries received early Tuesday af-
ternoon when he fell or was thrown
beneath the wheel of a tractor
whichwhich he was operating on his
farm. One wheel of the tractor is
said to have passed over his body
twice and the engine was stopped
just in time to prevent its passage
over his body the third time. Two
A or three of his ribs were broken, the
J$ end of one of the broken ribs was
driven into cne of his lungs, the
flesh on the right arm and shoulder
and on the left leg was terribly lac-
erated, ard other severe bruises and
1 abrasions were received on the body.
| The most dangerous injury perhaps
was that in the lung. Reports from
the sanitarium Wednesday afternoon <
were to the effect that the condition
of the injured man was very grave
and little hopes for his recovery were
I entertained.
Mr Brewer was driving one trac-
tor and a negro, Andrew, was driv-
l ing another a few yards behind him.
While the tractor was in motion
Mr. Brewer undertook, to clean off
the knives skimming the soil and
while doing so one cf the guides on church and the city,
the
tor
ing
tor
sibly the cleats on the wheel caught
his clothing and? pu'led him under
the wheel. At any rate, when the
wheel had passed over his body the
first time he was thrown or pulled
over in front of it again, and it
passed over bis body the se ond time,
according to the negro Andrew who
quickly stopped his own machine
and ran to Mr. Brewer’s rescue. II?
succeeded in stopping
tor just as the
pa s over the
time, according
The injured
. The question for the property
as was announced in this paper last $10.00, and that land is locat d ad- holder to consider before voting for
week- . | ioiring the townajfes of Tshoka and cr against the issue of whether or
the pr gram. Possi-
A schedule of speakings by the
various candidates in the several
communities of the ccunty is being
arranged, according to informiation
given by some of them to the News,
and we hope to be able to publish
the entire schedule next week.
The first of these meetings will
be held at New Home on Friday
night of this week. All the people
of New Heme and surrounding com-
munities are invited to be present
and hear the candidates fire their
opening guns. The list of candidate*
is becoming rather lengthy but it is
expected that most of the talks will
be brief. Some
will be snappy,
expected at this
of the campaign.
as the men are urged to be present, bring in a big g ;sher.
section loosely designated as
Besides county judges
commissioners, many
Jordan Goddard’s Yearling Heifer
WinM - Two Awards At
P’ainview Show
Tahoka defeated Southland Sun-
day afternoon in the opening base-
ball game of the season, played on
the local diamond, the score being cal club and has expressed a willing-
Ifi to 13.
The game was an interesting one
from start to finish. The visitors
were leading until the sixth inning,
i w hen the heavy hitting of Edwards,
i Wells, Hollis and Squires began and
' the locals forged ahead.
pitcher
Sq ires
visitors
game.
Batteries: Southland: Cummings,
Neal and Taylor; Tahoka: Wells,
Squires and Hollis.
The Tahoka team wi 1 play South-
land at Southland next Sunday
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Meeting Of Farm
Bureau Saturday
Th- convention co-’—it ee of
TaRbka Chamber of Commerce
bran busy the past few davs making
arrangements for entertrin ng the
visitors who are expected to be here
Thursday and Friday of next week
a* tending the convention of the
West Texas Co rn y Ju Ige* and Com-
mission rs’ Arao iatioi. The com-
mittee. consisting of Chester Connol-
ly, Bill B rleson and W. S. Anglin,
are asking the c’tixens to open their
homes to the visitors for Thursday
night. The’? are
ti ns here for about
300 or 400 visitors
be in attendance,
ess ary therefore to
private homes for manv of the vis-
itors. and every family in town who
can possibly snare a
quested to <fo so.
The West Texas
and Cotm’ssioners'
organized about six
Lubbock and has hud one meeting
sirce at Plainview ’t covers an un-
defined territory including the en-
tire
West Texas,
and
re"resen'stives of implement houses
and possibly -a number of state can-
d i'ates will be present. A luncheon
will be served at noon Thursday by
the Women’s Home
Clubs of the county.
No program has
us for p blication
stand that a splendid program has
been prepared for ea h of the two
days of the convention. There will
be morning sessions beginning at 10
o’clock
ginning at about 2 o'clock,
ud vised that I*. A. Bandeen,
ger of the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce, will be one of the speak-
ers. His subject will be, Equaliza-
tion <>f Tax Valuations. He is said
to have made a close study of this
and related subjects and will doubt-
less be able
information.
Judge W.
member cf
Commission, will also be one of the
speakers on
bly other d st ngu shed men will dis-
cuss other matters of vital concern
to the people of West Texas. Cer-
tainly there will be many other num-
bers on the program.
The meetings w ill ; r bab y be held
in the district court r oni. Lunch
will probable be served in the base-
Smith Is Elect d Plan Belter Homes
Kiwanis Delegate Program Apr. 2D-30
The board of directors of the Ki-
wanis Club Wednesday selected Tru-
ett Smith as a delegate to the Ki-
wanis International to be held in At-
lantic City, New Jersey, this sum-
mer. Truett is president of the lo-
Rev. and Mrs. O. J. Hull
daughter, Miss Doris Lynne, arrived
late Wednesday afternoon and are
now bona fide residents of Tahoka. .
Rev. Mr. Hull is the new pastor of
the Baptist Church here. For more
than seven years he has bee nth?
pastor at Gatesville, where he has
done a marvelous work for the
He began his
active work here Wednesday even-
in ;*xjst the midweek prayer service,
which began within two hours after
his arrival.
Preparatory to his coming, the lo-
cal church had some repairs made on
the parsonage, repapering all th?
rooms, placing the furniture, con-
necting up the lights, water, tele-
phone, and gas, and providing a sup-
ply of gro.eries for the pantry.
There was nothing for the family to
dfo upon their arrival but to go in
and take possession.
The new pastor will be in the pul-
pit next Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock and again at 8 in the even-
ing. Large congregations are ex-
pected to be present to greet the
new pastor and his wife and to wor-
ship the Lord.
A reception in honor of the pastor
and his family will be held in th?
church Tuesday evening,’ at which a
most excellent program will be ren-
dered and refreshments served.
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Tahoka Wins First
Ball Game Sunday
“We
one of
offices
said to
Wednesday.
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O’DONNELL BOY
WINS AT SHOW
The weather here has been unsea-
sonably warm for the past few days,
according to the government ther-
mometers kept by the editor. One
of these thermometers registers the
maximum temperature and the* oth-
er the minimum temperature reach-
ed each day. The thermometers are
set about six o’clock each evening,
and the minimum and maximum
temperatures registered, therefore,
are for the succeeding night and day.
This week we give the record since
Sunday.
Day—
Sunday ____
Monday__
Ore hundred and sixty acres val- times 5c equals 64c tax.—Contrib.it-; Tuesday
j toU] Ux at|ed. ' Wednesday
tion and the means which the Gov-
ernment is employing to help the
cotton farmer.
New officers of the local organ!- the fol'owing on the various valua-
zation will also be elected. Not on-, tions c(f land,
ly are the members of the Farm
Bureau urged to be present but all vrbed at $10.00 per acre, total Ux perty.
other farmers as well as the busi- at 5c per $100 valuation is 80c
ness men are urgently requested to. Ore hundred a1
attend. | ued at $8.00 per
vs wasv a vuv.-, * ... HIV VUUllVy iUI VUUIIQ RHU
present to discuss the cotton situa- tax purp:ses is $6.41, ac ord ng to
“ “ the figures of the County Tax As-
ressor.
Now, at these figures it will cost
One hundred and sixty a res val-
, ued at $3.00 per acre which is the
We are requested to again call at- of Lynn County shows that the land minimum valuation in Lynn County,
tention to the Farm Bureau meeting in Lynn County is valued at from total tax at 5c per $100 valuation is
Otto Page, 32, of Ear'sboro, Okla-
.•. homa, d ed in the Lubbo.k Sanitar-
ium Tuesday night from injuries re-
ceived a mile south of Tahoka just
before eight o’clock Monday night
whnn he leaped or fell from a bus in
which he was riding •
The accident, or incident, occurred
just as the bus was making the turn
as the road curves from an easter-
ly to a northerly direction a mile
south of the city. He had boarded
the car at Lamesa, accord'ng to oth-
er passengers. Whether he deliber-
ately leaped from the car or acci-
NEW BAPTIST dentally fell from if as it rounded
PASTOR HERE he deliberately leaped from the bus
while others
either sick or under the influence of
'• intoxicating liquor and fell out.
. After being given medical treat-
; ment here he was rushed to the
sanitarium at Lubbock, where an op-
eration was performed His skull
had been fractured and he had also
suffered several internal injuries, it
is said.
An identification card was found
in his pocket, revealing his name
residence.
f “IF YOU GIVE THE
BEST. THE BEST WILL
COME BACK TO YOU
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