The Mart Herald (Mart, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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I. L. SPENCER, Publisher
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Quite a number of Mart ixjo*
a special course in music in Wa-
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visiting home folks.
which goeth out.
bable effect of the bill on Amer-
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meeting is expected tonight.
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fining plant at Whiting, Ind.
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MART, M'LENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY 8, 1921
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Presbyterian Meeting
Now in Progress
July Fourth Spent
Quietly at Mart
CITY COURT BUSY
WITH SUNDAY CASES
MART DROPS ONE TO
STREETMAN AT MEXIA
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OIL PLANT EXPLO-
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Batteries:
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HEAT WAVE HITS CHICAGO
Chicago, July 7.—Chicago
parks are opened for sleeping
purposes to enable citizens to
gain relief from the heat, while
temperatures continued around
85 degrees.-'
Mexico City, July 5.—Oil
companies which ceased opera-
tions in the states of Tamauli-
pas and Vera Cruz “without
sufficient justification” are or-
dered to pay indemnification to
employes thrown out of work by
their action in a decree issued
by President Obregon last
night. Cessation of work is es-
pecially noted among American
concerns.
ACCEPT PLANS FOR
KERRVILLE HOSPITAL
' tin, July 6.—When archi-
tects’ plans for completing the
Kerrville tubercular hospital for
ex-service men were present'd
to the building board yesterday,
State Health Officer Carrick,
chairman of the board, objected
strenuously to the plans for th:
superintendent’s home and ser-
vants’ house. The plans pro-
vide $16,900 for a superintend-
ent's home and $4,000 for a ser-
vants’ house. Carrisk said he
thought the figures too high.
Plans for all the buildings ex-
cept the servants’ house were
finally accepted by the board.
WOMAN KILLED IN
AUTO WRECK
Dallas, July 7.—Mrs. W. F.
Watson, age 32, of Dallas, was
killed, and her 11 year old
daughter seriously injured when
the automobile driven by Mrs.
Watson ran into a ditch and ov-
erturned on the Dallas-Fort
Worth pike near Grand Prairie
today. Mrs. Watson was on her
way to spend the day with her
parents at Grand Prairie.
RAILROADS TO Rtl EIVE
$500,000.0(10 MORE SOON
Washington. July 7.—Secre-
tary Mellon announced today
that under provisional refund-
ing arrangement with railroad
executies, carriers would re-
ceive approximately $500,000,-
000 additional advances from
the federal government within
the next six months.
Ry a score of 7-5 Mart lost
the game at Mexia Wednesday
to Streetman. It was Mart’s
game until the eighth inning
when Dunn, who was pitching
for Mart, was touched up for
six hits and as many runs.
The score:
RHE
5 9
7 8
Mart. Dunn and
Washington. July 5.—The
cruder Cleveland and gunboat
Sacramento have been ordered
to Tampico to protect American
interests in the event they are
jeopardized because of labor
troubles resulting from the un-
employment situation, accord-
ing to navy department advices.
The Sacramento should reach
Tampico today from Galveston.
The Cleveland is ordered from
the Cristobal canal zone and
probably will not reach Tampico
before Thursday. Roth vessels
are assigned to the American
special service squadron in
South-Central American waters,
Rear Admiral Bryan command-
ing.
rena. Two of the men in the
car had been down there to play
ball and were dressed in their
uniforms. Holland was em-
ployed in the I. & G. N. station
at Mart. One sister, Mrs. C. J.
Little, is living at Mart. Brock
is a traveling salesman for Mor-
ris & company.
It is understood that the bo-
dy is to be sent to Milano for
interment today.
10 INJURED IN DAL-
LAS HOTEL FIRE
Dallas, July 6.—Ten persons
were injured, several seriously,
in a fire which destroyed the
interior of the new Regal hotel
here early this morning. Most
of the injuries were caused by
guests jumping from the second
floor. The most seriously hurt
are Miss Alice Roberts, an inva-
lid, badly bruised, who was
dropped from the second floor
by her sister, Miss Eleanor Rob-
erts, who was also badly bruis-
ed. Ray Smith of Waco was
badly bruised; J. P. Desmond,
severely burned; J. R. Meeks,
seriously burned; C. K. Knoggs.
burned about face, shoulders,
hands and feet; F. C. Chandler,
proprietor of the hotel, and his
wife, received severe bums and
bruises.
THE MART HERALD
Revenue Officers to Clean
Up Delinquent Sales'Taxes
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Washington, July 6.—A force
of 250 specially trained revenue I
officers today began a nation-!
wide campaign to “clean up’’ de-
linquent sales taxes. Every
city < of importance, including
Dallas, Fort Worth and Hous-
ton, are included in the cam-
paign. Special attention will be
given verification of returns of
manufacturers excise, the tax
on soft drinks and transporta-’
tion of jewelry and insurance
levies. . .
ers to be answered, we must' industrial
practice the art of patience. * ‘
The largest attendance of the American valuation
a l Ml Infests
Texas Cetton CropDallas, July l.-i4Two-thirds
of the cotton in Texas is infest-
ed with boll weevil according to
statement today from the Tex-
as Farm Bureau f^der^tion.
Small Cotton Crop Forecast.
Washington, July 1.—Cotton
production this year promises to
be the smallest in thi last quar-<
ter of century, today’s forecast
from the department of agri-
culture indicated.
ing sacks with an ease and skill
that have made an old sack-
sewer turn green with envy.
Evidently we are raising a lot
of girls that will become women
of affairs and that we will some
day have reason to be proud of.
Oats are the sorrowest we
have had in years.
Boll weevils are
very numerous.
H. J. Baker and
Penelope are visiting Prof. Al-
exander.
Washington, July 7.—Demo-
cratic members of the ways and
means committee in a minority
report filed today in the house,
denounce the administration’s
tariff bill as a “conspiracy to
benefit a few favorites at the
expense of all humanity.” The
report continues: “Like every
conspiracy it has been hatched
in secrecy. We record our sol-
emn judgment that the meas-
ure is a plan to plunder the peo-
ple of our country and oppress
the people of every country for
the benefit of a few men who
succeeded in usurping for all
practical purposes the taxing
power of this government, us-
ing it primarily to enrich them-
selves. secondarily to finance a
political party which tolerates,
encourages and facilitates the
usurpation.” The report de-
clares the tariff not an issue of
A | the last campaign.
I Criticising the republican ma-
" You can tell the world we are cam 1IAII AND IQ
going to have a Mart oil field nULLAIw 1J .
don of Kirk, who came to town KILLED IN COLLISION |Blerest |acreasi.g
shopping. The big derrick There is general regret over In Presbyterian Revival
erected this week by the New £he of Sam Holland of
Domain Oil company prepara-
tory to their deep well test, on'
the Teagle tract about 7 miles
the "town. ***t Mart, is in plain sight
from second story windows in
Mart.
A rotary rig with all the nec-
essary equipment is on the
ground and the driller has stat-
ed his expectation of starting
actual drilling by July 10, if not
before.
Approximately $1,000 has
been subscribed by the business
men of Mart and the farmers of
the Kirk community for work
on the road connecting Mart and
the oil field territory. The
Limestone county commission-
er has agreed to match whatev-
er amount was raised, so that
there should soon be a good read
>11 the way—not only to Kirk,
nut to the Horn Hill road cqn-
necting thence to Groesbeck and
Mexia. Mart is the gateway
from the west to the big oil
field, which is approaching this
town.
The Kirk Oil & Gas company
which leased the 4,000 acres to
the New Domain Oil company is
receiving encouraging tips from
all sources, and there is much
confidence expressed over
“wildcat” test at Kirk.
Rev. W. L. Sheppard of Hous-
ton arrived Monday afternoon
to preach in the revival meeting
in progress at the Mart Presby-
terian church.
He preached to appreciative
audiences Monday night and
Tuesday morning. The subject
was dis-
ngt hour.
The subjectf or this evening
The First Miracle"
lay morning.
Life.”
will continue
situation generally
and substitution of a system of
' I’ i as a basis
|fnr levying tariff duties.
-W.hJ.ch •! £ It.UT Wil l. HEAR .rX'™ ’Tffi
SUPREME COURT report says we need no tariff to
cut off port exports of the Unit-
30.—Ap-1 ed States. Cunning has made
President it difficult if not impossible in
comparison by printing it in
deadly parallel with the prev-
ious law. This conspiracy has
required six months to hatch its
monstrosity, the democrats
say.
They vainly sought to have
the committee refer the bill to
the treasury’ department, with a
view of obtaining information
regarding the probable amount
of revenue to be derived as well
as its economic effect on the
country.
The republican majority lyis
fixed July 21 for final vote on
the bill.
GIVI COAT OF TAR AND
FEATHERS WITH LECTURE
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Fort Worth, Jujly 6.—Ren
Pinto, about 28 years of age,
was ordered to leake Tarrant
county within 48 hdurs by the
leader of masked men who. last
night, coated him with tar and
featers. lectured him on moral-
ity. and dropped him from an
automobile in a down-town
street, a local newspaper was
told today. Pinto called at the
police station today for a car
from which he was said to have
been taken last night, and drove
away immediately, not making
a statement, the police said. Re-
ports at Pinto’s home today
were that "he is not at home.”
With several complaints
against Mart firms for violation
of the Sunday law, Mayor
Lumpkin is busy this week try-
' ing the cases in the city court.
The room was filled Wednes-
day afternoon with citizens
summoned as jurors and wit-
nesses. The mayor charged
that many citizens were being
summoned as witnesses by de-
fendants in order to disqualify
them as jurors. R. W. Cowan is
attorney for the city in prose-
cution of cases.
Two cases were on docket
Wednesday afternoon. The jury
returned a verdict of not guilty
in the case of S. D. Powell, the
testimony against whom was
rather conflicting. Considering
the same situation existing in
the Garrett case, it was dis-
missed by request of the prose-
cution.
The business houses of Mart
were more nearly all closed this
July 4, than ever before known
in the history of l.„
There was no local program of
entertainment other than a ball
.game at 4:30 p. m. between the
1 Mart and Milford teams, the
I latter rated as one of the best
• in north Texas. The result was
'a victory for Mart, 16-4, and a
1 second game due to be played
July 3.—Jack!Tuesday afternoon.
a' A strong program at the
| Queen theater was entertain-
Taft Had Opposition
Washington. July 1.—Wil-
liam Howard Taft’s confirma-
tion as chief justice was not
without opposition yesterday.
Stators Borah. Johnson. La-
Follette and Watson of Georgia,
voted against his nomination.
Although elected president
from Ohio, the new chief jus-
tice will be credited from Con-
necticut!, since he resided at
New Haven after leaving the
white house.
Chicago, July 5.—8 men are
dead today and 36 injured—10
seriously—and property damag-
ed about two millions as a re-
sult of yesterday’s explosion at I i
the Standard Oil company s re- n«tion’M history to be chosen
fining plant at Whiting, Ind. for the highest office in both
the executive and judicial
les of the government.
For more than 30 years prior to
his retirement from the presi-
dency in 1913 he had been al-
most constantly in public ser-
vice.
atty, general
NOT TO ATTEND
Washington, July 1.—Attor-
ney General Daugherty an-
nounced today he will not attend
the championship bout because
he “had too much respect for
the opinion of people who disap-
proved of prize fights and of
whom I must be a sort of unof-
ficial representative.”
Derrick of Test Weil Democrats Denounce New
In Sight of Mart DBnML|L.,B Rill
Republican lann Bill
tint Church.
We ace noping to have one of
the greatest, if not the greatest,
revivals this coming week, in
the historv of the Vernal
church. The meeting liegins on
Friday. July 8. 1921, and all
people about us are most wel-
come to come out to help us ac-
complish our aims for God in
winning souls into His King-
dom.
Bro. S. E. Strick’and, a pro-
fessor of Baylor university, will
conduct the services,
come and be with
these few days.
Rev. W. O. Easter, Pastor.
into the car driven by J. W.
Brock on the Lorena road near
Hewitt Friday night at 7:45
o’clock. For - other men in the
car, C. P. Lumpkin, who was
driving, Willis Marburger, E. Y.
Blourtt and M. A. Anthny, all
of Mart, were scratched and
bruised, but none of them were
seriously injured.
The accident was described
by the men in the car as una-
voidable. The car in which they
were riding was about to pass
Mr. Brock’s car when one of the
tires on the latter blew out. The
force of the clow-out threw Mr.
Brock’s car against the other
auto, pushing it into the ditch
at the side of the road. Al-
though neither of the cars was
going fast, the force of the im-
pact caused the Mart car to turn
bottom side up, it was said.
The men pinned under the
machine, but were quickly giv-
en help by passers by on the
road. Holland’s neck was brok-
en and his shoulder crushed by
the car. The body was brought
to Waco by F. M. Compton, and
he’d at his undertaking parlors.
The men were going to Waco
from the Odd Fellow® picnic
There is evidence of increas-
'ing interest in the revival in
progress at the Presbyterian
church. Thursday morning,
Rev. W. L. Shepherd brought us
a message from the first chap-
ter of James. His subject was
"Faith that brings the answer.”
He said that God does not tempt
any man. The words prove,
tried, tested and tempt, were
from the same Greek word and
meant the same thing. God
tried men to bring out what was
in hetm. A man lays brick up-
on lirick until the wall is four
or five feet high, then be plumbs
it and if it is out of plumb, he
tears it down. The wall has
been tried. Man is not tested
or tried without, but wih'n. A ;
man may pass the saloon and j w r
not see the liquor and passes on., jority for withholding the bill
he is not tempted, but let a man from them and from the house
pass and see the liquor and the membership generally and per-
men. drinking. He goes in and mitting only a week for its stu-
He is tempted and dy, democratic members de-
He has been tried and (dare there has not been suffic-
found guilty. It is not that ient time to draft a substitute,
which goeth into man but that Emphasis is laid upon the pro-
^ek lmble pffect of the bin on Amer_
If we are to expect our pray- lean commerce and the world’s
joyment of celebrations held at
Mexia and Waco.
Jack’s creek reunion ground ►.
itiqg for. ?
Cameron park, Dl
Cotton Palace
others. Many
relatives or
ceived visitors, spending
> PRAIRIE HILL NEWS.
Prairie Hill,
Runnels has returned from
vteek’s visit in Mexia. ,
Mrs. De Board of Teague is ment for many during the af-
visiting J. W. Murphy and fam- ternoon and evening.
ily. Quite a number of Mart peo»
Earl Hitt of Teague is visit- pie Wt town to share in the en-
ing Jim Rowell and family.
Miss Dolly Fox who is taking
a special course in music in Wa-
co is at home for the week-end. the scene of an ou
Mrs. Eva Sutton of Henrietta many, while
is visiting Jim Rowell and fam- "ac0- and the
ily park claimed
Fred Lee Hardin of Dallas is visits to
visiting home folks. ----- —------
Prof. Harris of Dallas is giv- daLat home.
ing a series of lectures in Lime- . ‘he Presbyterian meeting is
stone county in the interest of!ln progress at Mart and a good-
the farm bureau. b’ number ware loyal to the op-
The Dale community has or-i P°ftunity for service of that
ganized a nice Sunday school. ! nature. The meeting continues
Hu patients this week: Mrs.!«l> this week on the church
W. W. Whatley. Mrs. Calvin ,lawn every evening.
Brown. Mrs. Vera Hollings-
worth and all of the Crockett
family. Others who are sick |
are: S. T. Dyer, Mrs. J. J. Bates
and Mrs. John Fields.
The contract for the erection I
of the Prairie Hill high school!
building has been let to Moore,
McCall, McNorton & Co., and
will be completed in 100 work-
ing days, counting from June
28. 1921.
Prairie Hill is raising a hunch
of high school girls that she ■ r
will some day be proud of. We I of “The New Birth '
noticed a graduate of one of ■ cussed at the ffiorni>
our best schools the other day
during a temporary scarcity of *t 8:15 is.
labor with a needle in her hands an’l f°r Wednesd.
at the threshing machine, sew- "The Fruit-bearing
! Services will continue ten
days or two weeks, 10 a. m. and
8:15 p. m. each day.
The visiting preacher is a
speaker of much power and
pleasing personality. He is a
convincing speaker and the pub-
lic is invited to attend all the
' services and be helped thereby,
becoming foporttir.
Washington, June
pointment of former
Wm. Howard Taft as chief jus-
tice of the United States was
formally announced late today
at the white house. He will
succeed he late Edward Doug-
lass White, whom he appointed
to the office in 1910. Coinci-
dent with the announcement,
Mr. Taft’s nomination for the
place was sent to the senate.
It was indicated that Presi-
dent Harding had acted so far
in advance of the winter term
of the court because he felt that
the new chief justice should
have ample time to reorganize
the court’s business before the
reconvening Oct. 1.
Mr. Harding is understood to
have been advised by legal of-
ficers of the administration that
all the federal courts were so
congested with business that
prompt action during summer
recess was necessary in
to expedite litigation as
as possible.
Mr. Taft has not been appris-
ed of his appointment by the
president it was stated at the
white house and the first news
he it expected to have of it, t
was expected, will come from
the press. The former presi-
dent is now in Montreal aiding
in a railway arbitration for the
Canadian government and is ex-
pected to return to the United
States soon to familiarize him-
self with the work of the court.
Mr. Taft is the first man in
some
Jhe tfejjth of Sam Holland
Man, nite 27 years, who was in-
stantly killed when the automo-!
bile in which he was riding ran
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