The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 5, No. 132, Ed. 1, Friday, December 5, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS COUNT TEXAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 5 1921.
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MRS. FERGUSON HAS CALLED
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS
HIGHWAYS AND TAXES;
S.VV A.VTOXIO le(. .. V
highway coufeteiire rot- tin- .Us.
ciiosloii of n-vN. atiiiitiiuliilc-
iiiul county tuxes luis been mile I
l (ioxcrnot- .MJt'tiun IVrgum
til IIDVt ill iMlllls II.VOIIiImt 1 1
nnd li! 11201) rMits will ill-
tend. .Mrs. Ferguson nnd her hus-
band. Former tlnvi'rimr .llm Fer-
guson deisuttsl from hero today
for their limits utter attending
the tick eradication i (inference.
Itntli expressed sutlxiut thin ni
tin outcome tin conference-
WOMAN SHOOTS
U. S. CONSUL
THEN SUICIDES!!
IIRLCIIADK. Juko Sl.n.i. l-c ;.
Henry l);i)toit. American Vic-Con-ruI
here was shot ami tnii!l
wounded yesterday ut lii- 1 Him' t
a young woman who afterwards coin
Ulltteed suicide b iiuliw the xns
In her forearm t.
The shooting wr ured during au
interview according to report. The
Vic Consul Is said to hnxe told
tho woman that their friendship
niust ceairn whereupon sbo fired
thm revolver ahot.s which entered
thn VIco Consul's nock and then
o:nnilttd ulcltl.
Dayton'a condition I sttld to tie
pcrlous.
Legion and Auxiliary
"Will Meet Tonight
TmtlKht at tho Uonton Hall tl
I'Klon and the Auxlllaiy will hold
a Joint uiueUng at ":6. Thlc n
th first of the Joint meeting to
he hold b thi ort;anl:atlotu and an
ratwriVHtmc program han brfn ar-
i-aneiii and rrtn-'lhlllPnta will ' b
served by th Austliary.
All nifinbT of both orunl
tlonn am uraea to attend
'Honest Enough
To Remeinhor
Ilrlng our lantorn DIob
Lot this stimulate our faith n
S inur fallow Illla.
JW. . a...--
Not that thU man did an J
muro than h ouRht to bav done
I but becauM- he u an example ot
I a rially honrat man. in thu
.a wheft a ffrw crooki. now ai.d
jlhen shatter our ronfideocM lo
j 'ktntthurone." 1
Hor"a the utory:
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A prominent pnicin aim
........... nt ihlu Kin rrrtlved K
letter from l-os Angelr. Call-
' .. i it
fornla today u m '-
check for 177 09 payable to th
doctor and tw Biewiae to
which tho check wan attached
read as follow:
"Dear Doctor: Am -endius
!.... i....b fnr tT7 no for what
'j I'm duo you on tht check you
tl.mdor80d for m hack In 1!2
'l can't find words to eprM mv
J eratltudo to ou for your klnrt-
ijnesa to m for wattlnB H the
years. I have hon prntty coe
run for money all this Um and
not no Hush yt. and am not
(working ut presunt."
Tho check was not lor pruiw
6lonal services but the man re
ceived a check from an oil com-
pany which waa defunct and when
ho went to tho bank to cash lt
the hank not knowing hlra refus-
ed satisfactory endorcement and
tho doctor signed his ondorsomont
to tho check no the man could
jet tho money but tho chock
vaa roturncd later and the doctor
jad to pay It. This was four
4'eara ago during the boom days.
HIGH RECORD
FOR SCHOOLS
DURING MONTH
The tin rtl limiuli 1 ' poll in I'
i llreokeiiridce sihools nut')" lU.
i hv Superintendent I I' " !
'it nniro ilitiit ill .i'l r !!. 1
' tdf schools ut t FiK till tii;...i
with the same uiont Ii of U-t - ir
Tho total enrolltntnt was -'
compared with 2259 for tn sum.'
month last year. Th attendiinc-
roll vna 2039 compared with 19 7'
a year ago.. The percentage f
attendance was 96.35 compared with
9I95. For punctuality. thi uMord
for the past month was 2".
compared with 99.0 1 for tii imi
.sponding motitii Inst M'siiilon Tli
last namod n-oord t coiiidMMl
iwrlally good and wa u hhi tr'
to nonio of t)i srhiml h ail-. !'
raum of no in. my dctrarti'Mi' h.i
mK lien In idinci tliii si hhiim.
The records of th" r- spTtiv'
-ohoolii a.i tliowu hy lh' .ill- tid.inci
avrai;" follow South ward fit .1
with an aw..u'" of i? i''.i (.'. utnil
Ward M-cond with 96 9'.t and Wal
Uer-CaldwHi third. It crad ti'-lrr;
9C 7a Thf HlKh School Mii-..jt-
age averane v. .. 9B.0S.
The honor rooms In th r)ic-
tvo hcIiooIh woro South W'anl: Mtb.
Hnyori 9S.00 and .Mwj HIkIi'h room
9S.09 thOrto two rooms hnvlnr tied:
Ontral Wnrl. Ml Cradilock'a
room 99.04 with Mlw Wllma Cook'3
room flcond with a ffrado of 9S 97
WalkPr-Caldwell "wliool. Msh Pow
ell' room 9i " ard Mm f)v(.r-
rtlsh- room
rond vth
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COMMITTEEMEN
ENTHUSIASTIC
ON BOND ISSUE
At a intM'tnm of tl.- t'i riiiu com
inltth of the Hupporters of thi new
(court houitt and Jail propoial to
day definite pinna wvr laid for put
time over tho campaign which U
being launched to carry tho bond
uuue whe-n the election U hMd ou
January 10
Much enthuala-m waa arouad
a report from different quarters
w-t made. f)ow mi that th pro-
poaal l r-cenin it. a i -upport
from many whr aupport wa not
c-pvoted e-pcially from many who
opi"v..'l th.. othtr H-hoii
Mayor Ridden hada fhe d-rlng
committee a.v! II s Walker waa
e-tHi chairman of the aupportera
with W. C- Voalo aa Tco-ehnlrwnn.
It was pointed out that to atari
thn froctlon of a court Iiouho would
Klvo work to 100 or 150 mon and
put around 1200000 Into circuln-
tlon immedlatoly to help bualnosai
in general in this cominuulty and
that the building would ho an aa-
Ret to tho clve pride o? the olty
atid county.
Thoro will bo a largo numbor of
men working in bobalf of tho move-
ment dally until tho election is
hold it was announced today. At
the meeting this morning then wero
many large property ownera who
enthuslaMienlly favor the Proposal
and who declare that from sanitary.
flro protection and consideration
to tho Jurors wlrnoases and others
who havo to use tho building thoro
uing tnoro
should ho a now court houso and!
Jail building erected at onco.
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CHICAGO. Dee.. 6. President
Coolldge waa enroute buck to Wash
Ington today after delivering two
addresses and visiting tho Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition hero
yesterday. Tho Preeldentlal party
will arrive at the Capital early tonight.
Jftees FromPaHicity
mm "M I I
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M klV
rara. K. EL. Kntuht Jr.. rnwlncnt
f'"aPP ftt wlth a 8toc m-mny In Houston under th nawl
co coXi30. mad0uch a '- that tho ne-ra-urS kS
cot curtoon4ind found out who tho younc actrc-w rwally war. 'rbmiir-
1 -nlcbt Jlcd back to Dallas. -.-u-t a-rr-
Many Delighted By
Big Comedy
Shows
Hutidp ds who filled the audi-
torium oi the HlKh School Imt
night wero tlellghtwl with tlu come- j
dy. "Tho Af fectlonato Qlrl" and the J
Klks MltihtreU la tlu-ir firm pro-i-ram.
ThH play waa d-llKlitfuUy Mtat(ed.l
each character performtnit hM part '
wtll and lh cast of thin iw wll
aa of tho mtnatrl did aplfudtd
work for amateur
Harry Schultnan of tho mlnatri-la
mndo a rpecial hit with his aou
and performing his part alone l)-
inK declared by many to bo worth
far more thaa the price of admis-
sion. Tho mualo waa splendid and
In keeping with the high charac-
ter of the whole program.
The performance will be given
again this evening and many tick
tt have btn sold for It already
Funeral Meld For
Jlr?. Elsie Alexander
Mrs. Hlsle Alexander age 31 died
at the King Hospital yesterday tvf
afternoon following a lone tllnesa of
several months with cancer. It waa
claimed.
Funeral services were held at tho
Thompson Undertaking Parlors this
afternoon at 3 o'clock the Itev. C.
H. Shlrar pastor of the Plrst Bau-
tlst Church officiating- Burial was
In Bsot Cemetery
Surviving are her husband moth-
er. Mrs. U. A. Young a son t'in
years of age. one sister Mrs. Vir-
ginia Hughes and five brothers
Roy Jim. Willie Albert and Fred
die all of this city.
Deceased had been a resident of
this city a yoar and nine months.
4;AT- r. -!!" C
AUL vrllllL Uu a
Jury For Negro
The Jury In tho case of tho State
vs. Jack Mackoy wis out only two
minutes yesterday afternoon when
they came back with a verdict of
not guilty. He was charged with
the theft of a hundred dollar bllli
dropped by one of his customer at
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younir soclutv matron nt rGiw..
and Minstrel;
Again Tonight
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COLLEGETOWRR
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COI.I.EOK .STATION. Dec. 5.--John
V. Kubalu. of 0 ranger sen
tor in tho Agricultural and .Mechan-
ical Collpgo was found dead t the.
foot of the 130 foot water towor
this morulug.
It in bellevod that Ktiuala fell
from the tower last night while
making an adjustment In a wlro
less that is attached to the towor.
his shine chair.
Mackey was represented by IHd-
ei and Osborne while the Dis-
trlct Attorney was prosecuting lor
the State
Children And Autos
(An Kdltorlal)
. A comtant ineimre tlmt tilings over the hundred- of llttlo rhlhltoti
Ulti llreckenrldgo U the threat of txdng muugk'il by nit automobile.
I Till- (lancer Is Increasing day by day as tho highway and
UrtvU hernnin uioro t'oiigviteil and a- lxth the nutoinoblllsts and
the children become moro carelevs.
I While tlieci Ii nleiiiv of i-ooiii in eiimnliilii nt .mx'iNllmr curs anil
rnreless drivers thoro Is also pleut) of room for mivnth to consider
tlio nuj.s of their own children. It N no unusual thing to seo
children on their sn to and from m'1uh1 plajlug with death Itself
by tiintolling unto drhers getting In tho way of cars and daring
them to touch lluMiL etc. It. Is no unusual sight to mv children
I phi) lug In the streets or dashing
show folks they nn do such n
ineio Is Km iiiiieli danger of it mild being crippled for mo or
for life to ho snatclnsl out entlrel) by .such practice) for immit.s to
Im Imllffeivnt townnl It.
'I'lieie t-lionlil be even more dilhient trnlnlmr both In school nml
In the homes us to avoiding Injury on tho streets than drilling
to protect against n school room fire. Children might well lx lrlll-
eil ilally both In mIiooI and at homo and Impressed moro horlously
with tho iiieuaco of death that hangs oter them every ir.oment they
aro on n strvot whero nutomobllos dash by constantly
Iiirtliormoro on tho other hand there Is plenty of room yet to
pinch down on tho spcoders. Antomohllo drivers constantly violate
too law n-s they dash thirty and forty miles an hour along Hij
paved streets thus endangorlng not only llttlo children tliat might
bo trying to cros on their way to school but tho lives of adults
as well. Tho monthly property loss by wrccklug; cars is olono
worth tlio salaries of many officers.
Too much dlllgonco can not bo glvon to rcilnclng tlio danger of
auto accidents In Hrcekenridgo.
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IRIOT ON IN
I RIVAL OVER
COMMUNISTS
Bf - 'mlil' 1rr.
HKVAI.. Do :. Thr. Co.
iminiHtw Inchidiiiu' -1 .nt ot.ii'i-
Uii; of the K-thotiiah r.irliunntit.
! Iilt'd .iiid ihr"'. pnliri'iiii ii
! wound 'd during tli nulii In it loin
ici-i' ti iolCi (t (!)' house '.n
which p.n tielpaulii In tin- racent
'mi tnn eii-1 ' outbreak had taken
refuge.
The hou.se wai Hitrrounded last
int-ht and firing by both side lant-
d until daybreak when polio- -f.
r(i i the iiitrauc
CHITWOOD TO
SPEAK TO THE
LIONS DEC. 12
A rising vote of thnnkH nnd ap-
preciation to H. A. I.enverton for
hU leadership in putting over the
playground hulldlnir procram was
niiide at the I.lon.- Club today. The
motion wok offered l O (' Oood-
win. Mayor T. 11. Itidvoll presided and
pet tonally emphasised the work that
has been done nml that remains to
h.. done declaring that work con-
tinueH oven today on th grounds
by u number of workers. W. ii
Morrison also mado an Interesting
roport on tho work accomplished.
Tito IteV. Jordon pastor of the
Colored FlaptlK. church with Rome
of hi." Bingora .entcrtalnod tho Llona
todny. Jordon asked tho white
pooplo of Tlrockonridge to provide
a cemotory In which tho nogroi-
may bo burlod duclnrlng that oft-
entimes money hnii to ho made up
among the whlto people to ship a
colored body away for burial aa
there Is no plac herc where the
negroes may ho lawfully burled.
Miss Oladys Kirk entertained
with music at tho piano.
Judgo Jeiiso It. Smith announced
for tho oratorical commltteo that
on next Krldny at noon Senator
Cnltwood of Sweetwater ono of the
modt outstanding legislator nnd
orators of tho state will deliver
an oration before the Mon. th'
to he the first of a eer'oa of ora-
tiouH to If! given naming S(mator
Jo.-.-1 It W. Tdlley. Judr' Horry of
t kt ohnlimau of the Sta'e
lVi ocratlo Kxeeulir- Commltteo
and other prominent speakers ns
among those to dnllrer addreases.
It. M. Pnyne offleo Deputy SUer-
Iff. Ih In Rockwall today on bust
neas.
-o
j. V. MlngUH of tho Texas Quar
nnty Unnk I In Dallas todny on
btisluoflfl
i
hank and forth across them Just lo
tiling.
TOTAL PROPERTY
MAY REACH
ORIGIN OF
FIRE DESTROYS
HOME AND ALL
TC CONTENTS
PI re destroyed the horn f J.
D. Hobo near tho Urooki Hanlon
GRKOllne plant in Ki'st Side this
morning at 10: 15
Th three room houae nud oil
the furnishing' clothing and fur-
niture burned tho total loan being
approximately JD00 with no insur-
nnco. Tho building was u flatties
when tho alarm was turned In-
Tho blaze was started from a gas
cook Htove according to Mr. Hobo
who left tho stove burning and went
acroaa tho street to a neighbor's
house. As she walked through the
yard she turned thj gas off from
Under n wash-pot ami this I be-
lieved to have made the fire un-
der the cook stove flame up. the
gas lino being n high pressure one
from tho Urooks Hanlon plaut. Mr-
Hobo work at tho plant.
The house of E. It. Smith on rn
udjacont lot was slightly danuig' d
Tho fire department mud a
yiilck run and saved noar-by pro-
perty BUCKAPOOS ARE
READY FOR FT.
WORTH CHAMPS
When the Central HUh .-Weil
team of Fort Worth hoads Ilr c
enrldgo tomorrow they will come
with tho prldo of all Fort Worth
back of them with the belief of
their home folks that their team Is
the best lu Teas.
And th" facts on their Km"n
played thug far po a long wtiy to
vorUy that opinion Cleburne
touted o:i the possible championship
team of th state haa played no
hotter ball than Central High for
the two have played the same
teamB and Fort Worth Central High
hoe pilod up ns big score as has
Cleburne.
If tlio Ureckenrldge Uuckaroos
ca bent them and the Uuckaroos
bellevo they can. it will go a long
way townnl attracting attention to
I)rckonrldge for next year for
both teams nro slated for cham-
pionship honors next Season.
Tickets were selling rapidly to-
day for the game which will he
played on tho Uuckaroos field to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and
a great throng U expected on the
flold for tho contest.
Two Prominent
Women of S. A
To Appear Here
Mrs. Lieut. Col. Edwy Whlto and
Mm. Staff Captain Whitney wives
respectively of the Chief officer and
second In command of the Salva-
tion Army Southwestern Division.
aro paying their flist visit to Ureck-
enrldge and will have charge of tho
Salvation Army services Saturday
and Sunday on the street and In
the ITatl. 230 West Elm Street
The officers and members of the
local Corps aro looking forward to
a really Interesting and enjoyable
week-ond under the leadership of
tho visiting ladlea. Soldiers (son.
lor and Junior) will bo enrolled at hnaL an prank Harro of Union
tho mooting Sunday night oud alCOunty South Carolina woro elec-
most hearty Invitation la extended to troouted at tho state penitentiary
all to attend all thoso meetings on
tha street corner at 7:15 and in the
Hall at 8:15. Saturday and Sun-
day night.
LOS!
$20000
BLAZE UNKNOWN
One lite uis lost and nppro-
imiitel) -VJO.tliKl ww-iJi of proper!)
destroyed b fire oiwl tuhi In
the .lose Hi tig store building.
.Mis. iiii i.nmbeit. ago i!2.
was taken from her tiis(nirs n-
piutmeiit of (he KhJ; Hotel In a
dying conditio to the Miocki'ii-
rldgo Hospital and uus believed
to ho dead when sho reached the
hospital. She scrambled from her
bod nml got Into tut adjacent
room where site fell on tho floor
anil Is believed to have lel of
suffocation. Her body and feet
wore hndly burned and tliero
were also bruises on her face nnd
head. Tho hotly was can led from
the building by Chief H. It. Smnl-
ley of the Flro Department tho
build lug beln.'; in flames when
Hie department arrived. Appar-
ently the woman had started for
the stairway which ut that time
was already liui-ncd out near the
lop nnd had sho ever reached It
would probably have stepped
through into the hottest part of
I ho blae. Chief Sinalley lil
tho electric lights wero on at
t fir time hut there was so much
smoke that It was difficult to
find one's wu. The hhre start-
ed at :t:l. a. m.
o other persons were Injur-
ed. Mrs. Lambert Is survived by
her husband who drives for tlio
I.ono Star Stage lt"e nud two sons
one ago - nml one about lit
)oars of age who nro said to 'h
lu Fort Worth.
Tho Stokes Shoo Shop tho Joso
Drug store tho King Hotel nnd
IlrkKey Brothers llnttery station
all housed In tho on" rock
building were nil wiped out
by (ho uln7 It being near n to-
tal loss for nil.
Klrkscj Hrothers are tho heav-
iest losers perhaps ns they had
Just restocked from a fire which
or en red -on the mornlijr of N'o-
iinher IK. Kver.Vthlng was plac-
ed anil all stork wns ready to be
ctivolris! today and no Insurance
had been taken out yd. It bsng
pluuipsl to Insure as soon us tho
Invoice was taken today ouo of
(ho KlrlChey brothers deelnreil this
morning. Their loss was approx-
imately sw.ooo. J. J. Itixmsanl
who owned tho furnishings of the
IClug hotel declared his loss Is
$2000 without Insurance. V. A.
Lafferty and Dewltt Travis who
owned the Joso Drug Soro de-
clared their stock was valued at
$2500 their fKttires at $.'1500.
nml they hud Insurance for about
Sii.UOO. ft Is not known what
the shoo shop loss s liu an In
siinwicu ngetit said today ho ear-
rlod 5:5 ."()() ou the stock and ma-
chinery. Tho building Indonged to H. S.
Walker and tho ilanuige to It Is
about $o000 covered partly hj
Itisiiranco. for It will probably
havo to ho rebuilt.
This was the third flro that
has started In this Mime building-
within threo or four lies.
Insuranco men and officials aro
today conducting an Investiga-
tion lo ascertain tlio origin and
can m of tho blare.
Chief Smalley and his firemen
found tho peed of a ladder truct-
In this flro as they have Only
two ladders with which to try
to mako ent ranees to ups(alr
windows whero lives aro cmlun-
. gered or where It Is dosnsl to
push several .strings of hoso n
efforts to extinguish fires.
The body of Mrs. Lambert Is
being held at tho ThnuisOii I'll-
dertaklii); coniiany's morgHo and
will bo shlpiKsl to Fort Worth
tonight for burial there tomorrow.
tlr Awv-ltKl Iitm.
I COLUMBIA. S. C. Doc. C Mcr-
tlraor King of Canton North Carc-
hero this morning for tho murder of
Major Samuel McLoary off tho Ra-
leigh Columbia highway July 3
lost.
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