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WEATHER FORECAST
West Texas Partly clouily lo-
night Probably showers in Pan-
hindle FARMING
"OUB SALVATION"
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(UP Means United Press BRECkENRIlXIE STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS. WEDNESDAY sEi'TEMBEU 30 1931
(UPJ Means United Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHAMBER FAVORS BROOKS MEASURE
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ranno tst. h:n th h ..i
fn - drp-eion n anywi r ty t'
H cchenridge i the pre-' "t mo-
'""' The ! Witt-h inn'- -v.-y
S in.l(i morning the Pii . Th
ntie ne l i r m i Vilnu.
m-an i ijf ir: find ti i.Mtln
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'Pii
LMNALLY i' wi . mnnunced In
rntm a .-ri an wiuld hf tnk
rr fivor ninety d'lai winnttin
r I in a few m mi The reg In t
'He' on b.. ti (4 to wherr
nmh wii. whi xd to purer .nf
lip mIrument N.w the claSc ha
i new pinn
'Pin: actl'.i - th l eckenrldge
Ministerial Association in
launching a Ua Tn-fhurr'i Move
nicnl fur October i r mmendbl
B erkenrklge h.n exrelant rhu 'i
' and their Sunday service offn
'srcedlngly Rood rrrmoni lint
there l somcth.ng nine to u churrh
..lt-'l' P sermon nnd a h.mn
AGrhere In the fellowship Thorp l
'" 'onsrestt ng place in nnv eitv
that ctin equal thf audit turn of f
church building There la that at-
mosphere that spirit that tends 'to
b.tng one closer to another
MM 1 12 ohurche- need the support
f every JlreckcnildgB r tm
bat not neatly much ai the nv-
age llrnekenrid';e cit zi-n need-
the church.
I AYMEN -will apnea bet .re :
v ce cl hi .ind other niee'inijs
''ur ng the m n"i seeking endor e
nicnt ami -i p-raMn of t! p p! m
The ehurehpif arp tnde-ivo ur t
bring buck th.ne that aip memb'M
bit do not rtirml church services
r'gjlarly nrj i . Interest non mm-
hr In br.-.mnc affiliated with
the (lurch .f the i-lloirp It -i
iT-o t ritov. imi n n! npe thit
Uo4"J appc il to the residents of
th 1 city
1 MOVBStKNT i Urted to-
day at the "hamher of Onm-
i' ce meeting to prevail upon Gov
e nor Howi SterUoK in b'rt th
Irooka olll. civlnz one-fourth of
i?e gaaaKne Uvx to cuurit ej U re-;
t tc bond uonl on otntp htsH-
wiya. It U a bill thfct calla for In-
tenae atudy. At flrat glatieo it ap-
pear that every county In the
ite w.th heavy bonilcl Indibt-i
cdnc- ahnuld be In favr of It
cy piM:ige
ci. eome ot mom arc
It We can e no reaaon
i '
why Stephen County ahotikl not
endome the mtaaurc The fact that police of murder In the aiaylns of
It would jlaah 41.12 off of a h.gh Quy Green Coleman eouniy larm-
tix rate of tl.Sii per $100 viluat on tr. and ecommended a three-yonr
aeema tn be rcaaon enough Stoph- auapended aentence
en C'junty Is bftlng weighted dou-n I Green waa wounded fatally the
wth the ahaafeles of h'ghwny nlRht of September lfl 1080. In the
bmda Theae bondi demand regu-'nigro aoctl.ii an the llitrltott high-
Ur payment of prlno'pat nnd inter-
est If the measure bring to this
cunty enough to pay thl. enn
itephenH County afford to be op-
Foied to It? The American think-
njt V C'OUnUE it a been branded
V f ix a "potltleil move ' Moat hilt
sie befo e they rcawh the tloak of
the governor It la apparent th-1
State H ghwny department la1
sga nst It. Judge Kxy of Ablleno hna
at cady stated he Is ngalnst It IE t '
It acitari as the road aver vh ph
Nmde.1 counties must travel t0i d ho met Buaker in the e ty hall
reach the stag of cutting down thicm "" nlht of ae '" "d t
taxri'e i Itucker rektud fncts About the
Uhootlng. stating It was neetdanttl.
I N INSIGHT intn huma.t naiur. that he had nothing agilnefGrt.ii.
i- 'iv . ...f.. ..i
local .Unil.i tha nin im ...t
of ten w.ll re-ily. when naked how c"n- l wUn. .hal B'' hot my-
lons they aptnt each Utile they "if '"te'(l f '"'
bruh thrlr teth. "five m-nutea." .
The avenge persona spend lesaj fail(llls JO'dll
than a minute. the dentist say.1 f .; '!' n;
About a btestle . molar we p4e ' I Htl O L III fill
sume I
I HANOI. Frrnch Indo-Cblna. Sept
rAIIMAMKNT OVKlt. 'JO. UJ1 Chinese boailtts arm-d
LONDON Sept. 30 lUPJ Prime with mach n guns derailett Uie In-
Mln ter J Ilamsey MaeDonald an I
nnunrfil m Ihn ITvua of fnmniniii
lodtv that P.irllamont would .l.
X.journ The announcement was lik
Ten li indicate that the quest.on if ri'ire the bnd.ts cmnoss autnor-
A general elc.Uon would be helditlos co-pratel in tae saarch. The
Jkmpirarly in abeynce train v. a derailed
IDENTIFY NEGRO TRASH
WAGON DRIVER AS HEIR
TO ESTATE OF MILLION
l;..N'ir.lt epU :tO. An nn negro truth tvugoit ilrixer who
died here lat night vtii Identified lodii) Ui Iliu-U Curler one of
the lirlr lo uu Oklalium.i oil land rotate vuliird ut mure tlutu
IHMI.IM'I.
The- iicgm Im-1 ilrUcn the reliie uu;uii ten jears mid wiu.
kiwmn u Itlll I)uU. Iteforn he died laot Suturduy night he told
negro neighbors hi real name. They notified relathes In Okla-
homa. Tun ofllcer nnd a daughter urried tmla and Identified tha
Hum U4 the kuii of a negro nlm wat rnrli'hrd throuxh holdings
In tho Curler oil paid.
Thu body uu hlpprd lo Weuoku Oklahoma today.
A $IO0i reward had Im-ii offered at to Carter uhireulwut
the ofllierk said.
BORGER BANK
TELLER HELD
BY OFFICERS
Statement Made Regarding
Looting Of Vault
Sunday Night
BOtVlER Sept. 30 hatgri of
theft ovtfr $.".0 were filed agnlnat
Rowan! Itugelev bank teller nnd
tmH O Im lormni houae nronn
etor tonlitht in connection with thp '
JSIQO rebbary of the Horjf. S ttc I
Bank The bank was robbed Sunday '
night.
A eiirned tatemnt wnx mml" to-
day by Itugetey to Henry V Moy-
er C'tunty attorney involving hlm-
If C'r.m and a third man. Crltn
was arreatett he atom! on 'he
atpp-i of the federal building nt Am
ar llo No money va recovenrl
RiiKeley told offleera yeaterday .ie
w i kidnapct by two men imp f
whom forced him to open tho
bank'a aafo
ST1NNKTT. Sopt. 30 JJ- Uo-
land Itusetey. 33. iyln teller cin-
feeaed today that a J3.0iX) ghort-
nRe in hla account led him end an
arrompllce to alage a "robbery"
Sunday nH?ht of the Itorer State
ISank
Ilugetcy and Uewla Trim. Border
roominic hoiue proprietor were In
Jnll hore today. The arroat of u
third man win expected today
ItuRcley told of making an en
easement Sumlay night with two
KirU and J li Caatle. bank bork-kei-per.
all of whom he anlil wrre
innnrent He then arranged fur
Crlm nnd a third man to ambuah
the quartet kidnap and force him
to help rob the bank The money
totaling $H li waa actually taken
Sunday afternoon he aald
The aame bank then locateil In
Stinnett. wn robbed of 4J00 In
' much tb Mm maimer In 1020.
I The money vUa recovered nnd the
guilty teller convicted.
Former Chief
Of Police Is
Found Guilty
(.umeaian. Kept .30. A dlatrtct
court Jury today convicted Kinnk
ituekfr. former Coleman chief of
way He waa seated in h a i.tomo-
hij having Just brought mwn ne-
gro cotton pekers to town
Itucker testified th k King waa
in arc dent tht he had called
'. e tlmra to whoevei waa in tho
rar to atop but th t the 'iivr f-.t-ed
t.i do an and that in following
out a custom of of f.ei he fied
hi ptatot tu frighten the mot. it
'nto atopplng tlMt evidently the
bullet glaoced from the road bed
and struck Oreeri.
E. P Scarborough mayor of
'olenvan at the time of the k lllng.
He stntetl further tliat "I
wish I
'euld have o-ichangeU Ida cos
with
ternatlonal Iran from Yunnansu
diJIil f Viinnun nmvlniu lull1"' redfrat Sill IS )7WW ttlllS
' nn.rilr .1 . M nneh ralklv affle-
lal They escaped Troca were sent
Sky Queen On First Night Flight
Silhouetted anainat the iky thr r ii nen t n-id lirgcat man o'
wm of the air. the 1 S S. Akrm hnvn h rr on it flrt night
flight at Akron O The bi i i: lup t- unib-igo n. Intensive teits by
the na; airnn-n
Longshoremen Strike
Called For Tonight
(iALVESTON. SM)t. an. U) A
thousand loiDj.tliorenitMi in (inhesion
City ami Corpiu Ciiustt i cNpectcd to bi-come effective at I
mtcittiirht lonii'ht '
The expected strike is the result of lonslioremen to re-
fuse an offer of miuter stevedore to reduce their wages
from eighty to sixty-fivo cents per hour. The present
eighty cent contrnctexpires at iridiiight.
Ely Declares Brooks Measure
Passed For Evident Purpose
Of Embarrassing The Governor
ABtLKN'E. Sept 80. W It i:i
ohalrman of th state highway
eommlaslon Tuenday characterised
the Brooks bill which would pro
v.ile retirement of c unity and dis-
trict road bends on rend now a
?a t of tne staid systum by using 1
cent of the l-cent gua. line tax ;.
'pol tics I LiaiiH paaaed for the evl
dent purpose of embarrassing Uov
ernrr Sterling." and declared that
the measure. If made a law would
cut load contracts In the state S30
000.000 and roduae probably more
than 100000 men. woman and chil-
dren to absolute want."
Ileply lo Don Lett
Replying to a telegram from Don
Leo of Austin aMioUry of Hie
highway division of tho Stats Con-
tractors nsaootat-on. relative to the
effect of the Utnofts bill on high-
way revenue. Mr. Ely said
Advise tint 1 c:nt gaaoUna tax
appropr attal to ret re county band
will tke 700XOa leaving Jll.-
400000 from the gasoline tax foe
the department. Four and one-half
million dollars from regbttntlion
I will give the department $18000000
but It w.ll take J13.000.0CO for main-
tenance bettermonts overhead and
equipment. leaving JH.OGO.000 for
eonnieton liagtnnlng in January
a J5.0X).OOO loan Is o be repa'd the
fwleral government i 1.000 000 pe.
year. leaving $o 000000 for construc-
I TeXOS will lose 3i00000 fsdera!
J04' Have inalstsil the governor sign
the bill bemuse pasied to embsr
rass h'm the legislature well know
ng highway department would be
left practically without funds and
practically 50000 people thrown out
of employment. Most disastrous es-
pecially to southern and western
half of state where construction
Just commencing nnd will now ne-
cessarily be practically stopped.
' Charge Afainst
Bishop Cannon
1 WASHINGTON Sept 30 (U.PJ -1
Federal district attorney Leo A.
Rover announced today that
charges that Methodist Bishop
James Cannon Jr.. had violated
the corrupt practice 'act would be
presented to the grand Jury hero
Oct. 8.
MONI1AV KIKK.
fire which bioke out In the
of the Colonial Hotel about
last night was extinguished
A
rear
7-30
with
very little damuge aocorilntf
to Fire CKcf Pardvc.
The bWze started Imnf a water
heater Pardee bald
QOraHjlL
POKMaLalaalalm
v alkout of several
Houston ailtl Texas
STUDENT NOTRE
DAME JAILED
AS FORGER
Alleged He Forged Note To
Complete College
Education
HOUHTON. Sept 30 'U.R) A col-
lege stud nt who fc rgert a T00
note to cimplete h a eol.ege en rear
was in Jail here today
jooh Russell Miynurd. Jt. t - -
asm or otre Danm wi arrested
on a wa-rant from SeuUi llendi. . . there were 178 squirrels
whore lie attended Not a Dauu l'n-1 had their turn at the spit.
Ivvrsity
Scalp of Indian
Chief Is Heirloom
FORT WORTH. Sept 30 (U.P -Tho
scalp of an Indian chief slain
by her father is among the cher-
ished possessions of Mrs. Burch
Young of Fort Worth.
This heirloom and other trap-
pings taken from tho dead wur-
rior passed Into her hands recently
upon the death of her mother.
Mrs. Ira Long widow of the farm-
si Texas Hunger contain of fron
tier fame. Capt. Long died In 1013
at 71.
The Indian chief was killed by
Capt. I.nng in a hand-to-hand en-
counter In Lost Valley In Jack
County Texas more than 50 years
ngo.
Pupils On Probation
For First Two Years
CIEVELAND. Sept. 30. (U.PJ
Undergraduates at Adelbert Col-
lege of Western Reserve Univer-
sity ure now on "probation" dur-
ing the first two years of their
collegiate career under a new
polley adopted this year.
Frushmen nnd sophomores are
considered provisional students
who must attain n certain stand-
ard If they ore to continue their
studies fpr a degree. If their en-
deavors fall they will be nsked to
leave.
JUDGE HOSEY
WITNESS FOR!
ALSUP TRIAL
Testifies Defendant Was In
Courtroom As Venue I
Change Given
WICHITA FALLS Sept 3.1 'IP'
George E. Hooey criminal district
tudge at Kort Worth waa tho
state's first witness here today at
the tral of John Alsup. forne'
Fort Worth policeman charged
with the murder of Isaac Tate. 1 eit '
Worth negro. The Jmy was com-1
pletcd shortly before noon in the I
case which was transferred heic
from Fort Worth.
Hoscy was to testify Alsup wu In
the criminal courtroom at .-r-''
Worth when granted a ehjtige of
icrtuc. i
SENATE READY I
TO TRY JUDGE
Court Of Impeachment To
Hear Charges !
AUSTIN'. Sept. 30. l T Tho
Tcxiu senate today resolved Itself
Into a court of impeachment to try
Judge J. U. Price of Unstrop The
Jurist Is charged with gross 'negli-
gence In the approval of mileage
and witness fee accounts.
The court today heard the charg-ia
nun iicmurrcrs. .ticanwnue inc I
House mirked time wn'tlng for thp
a.rrl"al from the Senate of the
Puil-llawllngs bill prov ding for
drilling for oil In navigable stream i
A number of new bills nnd resolu-1
Itlons were introduced
UKDISTKICTINC. . i
AUSTIN" Sopt. 30. U.R-Senator
W It Ponge of Waco on tho gov-
ernor assurance that he will sub-
mit congressional redisricting to-
day offired a ted'str.cting hill In
Uie Senate It red'strlbutea congres-
sional districts to avoid the nrcca-
slty of electing three congrcssmen-iit-largc.
f
Squirrels? Well
Yes. And The
Nuts Too
IJust bring on the folks . . and
they did come. They said some-
thing about Wiving un annual
j squirrel supper at the HuptUt
I Church Tuesdny evening. They
had It und how' Last year the
crowd wasn't so big . . . n good
many . . . and It looked U" It
might be the' tame this year lint
when they started coming . . . lo
nnd behold . . . about twice us
many showed up . . . not enough
fjit to start with . . . but those
Baptists knuw how to do things
and do them quickly . . . and In
short order everybody had a sent
and squirrel meat . . . baibccued
to a perfect done . . . began to
find Its way . . well those of you
who weren't thore know where to
. . . D. T. Bowles was tho official
barbecuer and what a hand he did
get . . . when It wis unnounced
who did It . . . nnd to be exact
that
j The Hev. Herbert Mnrkley pro-
nounccd the Invocation ... In the
meantime wntie everybody wns get
ting seated the Breckcnrldge High
School Orchestra under the direc-
tion of Mr. Burkley rendered sv-
erul pleasing selections. After all
the squirrel meat was picked out
of tho teeth with pocket knios
nails and matches (the only thing
they didn't serve Was toothpicks)
then the fireworks began. Judge
Tom Rldgell started prevaricating
flrat . . . and he told several . . .
(stories) nice ones of course but
very questionable . . . this brought
on Dr. Gray . . . with u barrage
of counter prevarications . . . who
wm followed by Mr.
Caldwell . . .
. . even tho
I ami several others
preacher . . . the Rev. Ross A
Smith forgot himself for the mo-
ment . . . nnd then two radius
got up and topped the whole works
with n real sure enough whopper
that won the prize. All In all It
looks like the Baptists will have
to build another unnex to take
caro of the crowd next year
becuuse everybody will want to
come . . . ufter they hear nil
about this one. About 350 attend-
ed the event.
Yates Operators
Asking Increase
AUSTIN'. Sept. 30. (U.PJ-A pro-
posal to increase the allowable
production of oil in Yates pool to
76000 from the present 70.000 per
day was before the state railroad
conimlaslon today presented by F0
her cent of the field operators.
Flyers Safe After Week Afloat On Fallen
Plane
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lund pl't-n-shown
hi i
for New Y
Port ig il
inwn
IX til
mlginil ile-tin I'mn of thvii it t.T.ipte.l flight fr mi
'it 'ion. I nifiiM'il r j" i ft i ii t' :tu t r hip
i. iifl them tin i as and 'lani'i. fiotn !h- w.er.i-
if N w nii ml 'I hut i- .ll Itodv owner an I
ill i plane ninJnj iic hi.1 I. i
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Grand Jury Returns
Twelve Indictments
The ft. Nil n C imty gi -ind juiy
oX the September Oct ibei te-m '
d'utilct court ri-ported to Judge ('
O. H'imlln TuosJay afternoon af-
ter being in session two days.
Twelw Ind ctments charging
eleven felonies nnd one misdemean-
or were returned by '.he body. The
Indictment brought the totnl for
the term to twenty-four felonies
und two misdemeanors.
The grand Jury will reconvene
during Octrher. offlciula declared.
Indictments ware returned
against Marvin Powors U. U. Puco
sml Jerome Srlla. cha. gtng burg-
1 lary
I It is alleged the men stolo nier-
icury valued nt pprox'nintety J800
from meter houses of the' Lono
Star nnd Phillips Petroleum oom-
1 ponies.
I They were arrested Saturday ut
iStrtwn on advice of the Stephens
'County sher fr department.
i Confederates
To Meet Here
A meeting of the Nathan Bed-
ford Forrest Camp Sons of Con-
federate Veterans w II be held at
the cltv hall. Sunday afternoon at
3 30 o'clock. It was announced to-
day by J. W Dai den eammandcr.
Ail Confederate reto-ans. Uie
! rnters rt the Confederacy and
cniiiiren and gramlolilKlren of Cmi-
fedrate are urgud to attend tho
i meet ng
iV program hits been arranged.
The meeting has been set for the
convenience of those living In the
r-ra! dial ieU
Delegates to the Fort Worth
meeting to be held October G-8
w 11 be elected.
2 Journalism Prizes
Now Offered Writers
COLUMBIA Mo. Sept. 30. (U.PJ
Establishment of the Walter Wil-
liams.' prize for the best work on
history of Journalism approved by
the Press Congreiw of the World
makes two audi awards to be "giv-
en yearly In tho name of the pres
ident of the University of Mis-
I sour!.
The Pros Congress prize was
approved at the recent regional
conference In Mexico City.
Another Walter Williams' oi-It
Is piesented yearly to Missouri's
outstanding author by the Mis-
souri Writers' Guild.
Farrington New
F. W. & D. Manager
FORT WORTH. Sept. 30. (U.PJ -John
Purrington today was named
general manager of the Fort
Worth land Denver City Railway
to succeed J. H. Aydelotte. who
lias been transferred to Omahu
whero he will bo In charge or nil
Burlington lines went of the MU -
stssippl River.
i a ii.ii i'- week "i'int upi n i -.li w'y sink ng
I in tin Atl iiitn. Hie fler of thi- 'll-fatel Eau ur
s b Ji ili-d the pa'-Ki-nger Unci S'av inc-rf lord bound
JUDGE ORDERS
VENIRE DRAWN
ABILENE CASE
100 Prospective Jurors For
Murder Trial Of
Woman
AIIILENU. Sopt. 30 1L.R1 A spe-
cial venire of too men for the trial
October 21 of Mm. A. R. Franklin
on a charge of murder in connec-
tion with Uie fatal shooting U Mrs
LosUc Wlicoxon. 2rt. f mer beauty
shop operator was ordered today.
-Mrs. Franklin mother of twv
children admitted alio shot Mrs.
Wtlcoxson three ttmos at the bit-
ter's apartment to which she had
gone In senroh of her husband. She
entered a plo-i of not guilty how-
ever. London Police
Fight Rioters
LONDON. Sept. 30 U Police
dashed today wth mobs in renew-
ed unemployment riots during
which mnny were Injured.
Demonstrators vt-o trampled by
mountod police who charged crowds
outside the British muieum. The
unemployed. Including many wo-
men reassembled afti r having
besn elected from the vicinity of
Bow Street station.
The demonstrators gathered
early and sought f force their way
Into tho station where eleven men
and one woman wore hold after an
unemployed demonstration before
the houses of Parliament last night
Laval Discusses
Business Angles
PARIS. Sept 30. (U.l -Plsi re 1
Laval premier of France In ex-
clusive 8urvoy of world flnUnclil
nnd economic troubles for tho
United Press today declared his
faith In complete recovery. He
furnished an answer to the piob- j
lem which has bothered many 1
economists as to why Franco is
appurently tlch and busy her
workers fully employed and her
mills nnd factories humming while
her neighbors and Amoriaa are
suffering from trade depression.
1'UllSUi; ItlOTKlW
MUKDEN. Manchuria Sept 30
d'.IP- -Japanese an pianos were dls
patched today in pt suit of retreat-
ing Chinese soldiers after It wtu ie-
' ported that they had sacked a nuni
bej of Koieun immlgiunt village
land killed 300 residents.
COUNTY SOLONS
TO BE INVITED
HERE FOR MEET
Body Votes To Appeal To
Governor For His
Signature
A movement to invite cojn
Judges and commissioners of -
teen West Texas countlos to tin '
In Breckcnrldge In regard to Hi
Brooks Bill which now awaits 1 1
signature of Governor Ross St
ling was started today nt the ic
gutur meeting of the Chambct of
Commerce.
County Judge Jesse R. Smith
wai asked by the members of the
commercial organization to com-
municate with West Texas solun
in regard to meeting here to tuko
some action.
The chamber; went on record to-
day as favoring the Brooks bill
and otcd to lend telegrams t
Governor Ross Sterling asking I1I1
signature nnd en'Jctmcpt of tho
measure.
The action was taken nfter n
talk by Smith. In which he de-
clared that should one-fourth of
the one-cent gasoline tax be de-
voted to letlrlng bonds of coun-
ties where tho funds were used on
state highways would slash the
county tx lute from $l.Sfl to 71
rent approximately.
He stated that ut the present the
bonded Indebtedness en lis for 11
tax rate of $ 12 In order tu p.i
the Intereat und principal of the
SJ.au0.000 iseuti voted far the ccn-
xtuii'tlon of highways. Only seventy-four
cents per $100 vnluatlon
li needed for the general fund
road and bridge purposes court
house nnd Jail mtilntennnce coutt-
house and Jail warrants and bomli.
and Jury fund. Thu rest goes lnt'
the bond issue payments Judgo
Smith declared.
Our county valuations slumped
from twenty-onu million to seven-
teen million plus this year."
Judge Smith gaUl. ;'As Jhe valua-
tions drop the tax rate Is utito-
rr.'atlcally raised. Tills county
would be In an excellent condition
were It not for the heavy pay-
ments each year on the bonded in-
debtedness. According to Judge Smith. $3
35O.UO0 of the original bond Ijhuo
of J3.SOO.000 have been sold.
"There Is some opposition to Mi
bill" he declared "but I bolli'W it
is our salvation and I nm In fav
of its passage "
After Judgo Smith had declar l
that every county In this secti "
from Palo Pinto to Mldlind 1
loaded down with bond Issues i
wus suggested that tho solans he
asked here to discuss the nun it
and take concentrated action 1
nn effort to have tho hill enact 1
Into law.
If the governor sign the b U
will not go Into effect fur ra. .
days and It did not reccitr t 1
necessary two-thirds majority
Illness Fatal
Stephens Man
Chailos L. Pugh. 31. died ill '.
ly ut h.s home seven miles oa 1
Brcckenridge near the Moon r 1 'i
ihls morning about 4 o'clock. '
death Is said to be the result 'r a
leart attack.
Pugh. who was a farmor h
M in Stephens county all i 1 I
and is well known nmonn c I
tiers. He Is survived by hi wifi
ind a daughter Jackie G A hi"tb
er. Jess and n sister Mi A th .
Woods also survive
Funeral services wid b 1 r 1
d nt the Arnold cfmPtot tn tl
Moon ranch this afternoon ly !..
Rev. A. J. Morgan.
Insane Slayer
Is Apprehended
SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 30. UT
Homer Edward maniac slayci or
John Bradshaw who escaped fnm
Rusk after beating a guard ut-
conaclou3 wns captured near here
torflay while sitting under 1 tree
I
AMATEURS
Imagine Thinking Money To Bo
Found Iimide Newspaper
Safe.
CISCO. Sept. 3D. Yeggnirll
entered the office of tho Cisco
Dally News sometime Siinil.ij
night and knocked tho loioln
off the safe ..securing Sli.lU In
cash. Tho burglars left no clue
us to their Identity but It Is be-
lieved the work was that of an
iimuteur certainly homeouo un-
I'i'iiiuilnted with the newspaper
business where cash U known
to bo a rare commodity.
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Campbell, Robert C. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 11, No. 259, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 30, 1931, newspaper, September 30, 1931; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123564/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.