The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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Beattie Teacher Shot Through Head,
Recovers; Storm Wrecks Auditorium
Disastrous Wind and Hail Storm
Swept Path 9 Miles Wide Saturday
Eastland Judge
Delivered Address
To Graduates Here
Bonds, Warrans and old accounts
Interest paid anl set up
Total paid in interest and indebtednness
■' "■■'During this period I find that you have paid
as follows:
Watson. Mr.
vocational
Terrill Dairy
Soon To Supply
Grade “A” Milk
Subscribed and
(SEAL)
332,156.34
. 12,785.91
1.800.00
366,742.25
262.500.00
200.00
262,700.00
12,000.00
250,700.00
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Lcrops.
Bibby’s Variety
Buys New Store
At Stephenville
Annual Singing
At Round Grove
All Day Sunday
Judge Hickman, of Eastland Court
of Civil Appeals, was the commence-
ment speaker at the high school grad-
uation exercises, held at the Baptist
church in this city Tuesday evening,
May 20. Judge Hickman was intrpduc-
ed by Supt. D. M. Russell, and his
address following was both instruc-
tive and inspirational. Judge Hickman
is credited with having built up one
of the largest men’s bible classes in
this section of Texas, whfeti he resid-
ed at Dublin a number of years ago,
and he is a bible teacfier of outstand-
ing ability.
The baccalaureate address was de-
livered at the Methodist church
11:0O a. m. I
S. J. Rucker, and a capacity audience
attended the great service, in which
alL the churches' of the town parti-
cipated. The choir was composed of
members of tire various choirs of the
town. Special music was by Mrs.
Vance Singleton and Mrs. F. O. Jaye,
with Mrs. Holdridge at the piano.
Marvin Holdridge directed the choir
The senior class this year was com
posed of thirty-three members. The
scholarship attainment of some of the
graduates was thej highest' in five or
six years, according to Supt. D. M.
Russell. Miss Geneva Coley was honor
graduate with a grade of 95.375.
Frederick Schmidt was highest among
the boys;—with a grade of 82. These
received scholarship awards in a num-
ber of Texas schools which they may
elect to attend. Miss Lorene Ray de-
livered the salutatory, and Miss
Lucille Baker read a class history.
The Balfour Award, for the best all-
round boy, based on achievement,
scholarship and loyalty, went to Jack
Donohue, a member of the Junior
class. The diplomas and awards were
presented by Supt. Russell, to the fol-
lowing graduates:
Christine Ayers, Gentry Alexander,
Lucille Baker, Merton Bell, Geneva
Coley, H. W. Corbell, Modet Farrow,
Opal Mae Franks, Mill red Gardner,
Merlin Gooch, Frances Harvey, Win-
nie Zell Holleman, Ruth Howe, Paul
Johnson, Arlena Jones, Mildred Miller,
B. J. McClellan, Grady Parsons, Alton
Quinn, Lorene Ray, Vera Robinson,
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De Leon Boy Will Tour
Europe W ith
Simmons U. Band
Elmer (Jentry, Dee Bell, Emmett
Locke and Alfred 'a al lone* are away.
thia week on the Llano, fishing.
Rev. and Mr*. S. J. Rucker went to
Waco Thursday for a brief Vlait in
the home of relatives.
ctty indebtedness, including interest.
And the statement shows further that
“<jity officials do not receive any sal-
ary.”
■ The statement, which is self- ex-
planitory appears- below. Detailed re?
cords may‘be examined at City Hall
by any citizen interested.
careful check of all tha
of inter—
1 find;
sworn to before me, this 21 day of May, 193£
C. V. Singleton, Notary Public, Comanche Co. Texas.
Thos. L. Blanton, former congress-
man from the 17th district, who with
Mrs.R. Q. Lee was a candidate for
election to Congres for the unexpired
term caused by the death of the late
R. Q. Lee, was re-elected to his form-
er place in the7 special election held
last Tuesday. Blanton’s majority at
xlast account was approximately 1700,
the returns incomplete.
Bonds and warrants outstanding, April 30, 1921,
Accounts outstanding April 30, 1921.4
Purchase of Mohon land to settle suit „
. Total Indebtedness April 30, 1921
The present outstanding indebtedness as shown by the books, I find to be:
Bonds and warrants outstanding May 8, 1930
Estimate of accounts outstanding May fe, 1930
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walls are 10 inches thick, and the
building measures 16x24 inside, with
a 9-foot wall. Mr. Martin planned to
plant 25 acres in sweet potatoes, hut
will not now have sufficient slips.
as ilid the Knights
The Annual Convention of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce will be
held at Abilene on May 29, 30 and 31.
The delegations parade takes place
Saturday, 31st. The sessions will be
held in the Paramount, Abilene’s new
$400,000.00 theratre.
cess.
Bernice Clair ami Alexander Gray
I recruited from the the musical come-
dy stage, play the leads with a spon-
[taniety and freshness altogether de-
lightful. Both Miss Clair and ”..
(■fray have fine voices, thoroughly cul-
tivated and finely attuned to the re-
quirements of Vitaphone reproduction
1 Besides Mr. Gray and Miss Clair, the
: Gray, Fori
Emmett Lee Howard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Howard, is to leave
June 6th to tour Europe with the Sim-
mons Cowboy Band. Howard was one
of twenty-six men selected out of the
membership of 97, to make the trip.
The band will play before the crowned
heads of Europe, wearing the regalia
of Texas cowboys. They will be gone
for several weeks.
De Leon has a total population of
1766 people, according to a dispatch
from the office of Mr. Burdette,
supervisor of the census district, with
headquarters at Hillsboro. The census
in 1920 was 3,302. The decrease is
almost fifty per cent.
The preleminary statement gave
Dublin 2272, Comanche 2428, and Gor-
man 1148, Eastland about 4,500 with
Ranger and Cisco above 4500.
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insurance after the storm is some- I
whajt like locking the stable after the
horse has been stolen.
The storm blew the Free Press rain
gauge away and the rainfall of Sat- 'J
urday is estimated at from three quar- ’
ters to one inch. The instrument wna
recovered and during Saturday nfght
1.33 inches rain fell. Probably a
less than 2.25 inches of rain fell in
the space of ten hours, commencing
at S 00 p. an. Saturday.
Grove church,..which is always obsrrv-
ed with a singing. And in addition,
the De Leon District Singing Conven-
ton is meeting there. Singers from
far and wide are expected, accord-
ing to Edgar Butler, president of the
De Leon district.
The singing will be self-slipporting
Singers are ask«*d to bring all book* th
and come and spend the day enjoy-
ing a musical feast.
Spur, have been spending several days
as guests in the home of her son,
Georg* Vaughn and family.
116.042.25
183,655 255
$299,697.80
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Personally I was much and agreeably surprised fofind that you and those
who have served with you had so materially reduced this^qutstanding indeb-
tedness and doing this without any pay.
' i Yours very truly,
B. W. AYERS
seat, hemming him in between two
flames. He was forced to leay through
the flames to escape, and suffered I
badly burned arms and face. His in-
juries are not serious. The bus cost ;
six thousand dollars and had been in i
service two years. Partially insured.
Hon. James Young of Kauffman,
candidate for governor in the July
primary, will speak in the interest of
his candidacy in the Court House in
Comanche, Saturday afternoon, May
24th. Several hundred people are ex-
pected in Comanche to hear him.
S. W. Roberts returned from
Weatherford 1 a few days ago where
he had been to rebuild the house and
barn on his farm just outside the the
city limits, the place being occupied
by a ten nan t. Mr. Roberts said his
house was considerably wrecked, and
his barn was blown for half a mile
The Free Press has secured the1 fol-
lowing sworn statement, showing an
audit of the books of the Cityq^ De
Leon made'by B. W. Ayers and.i>worn
J to on the 21st day of M^J5>1930. The
' statment shows Th At'tti5^T)rt',“andcr
I the eight-ypars administration of N.
IT. Haskins,paid almost $300 000.00 on
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E. A. Terrill, owner of Terrill
Dairy, has been gradually adding the
improvements necessary to the produc-
tion of Grade “A” milk, and on Mon-
day this week had the City Health
officer and city officials out to in-
spect his plant. Dr. J. T. Flemmons
made the inspection, and said he is
confident Mr. Terrill will receive the
Grade “A” rating, which is the high-
est standard of milk production.^
Grade “A” milk depends upon a
number of things, most of them hav-
ing to do with sanitation. Cows must
Jbe tested for tuberculosis;'dairy barn
must be light, airy and clean of floor
walls and ceiling; concrete floor with
good drainage; milk house must be
| separate and screened, floors of con-
I Crete, plenty of light-, hot water boil-
De Leon Post
Office is Seeking
New Quarters Grammar School
Graduation Was
Observed Monday
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Heizer wri
here the past week guests in the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mi.-.
H. A. Watson. Mr. Heizer, wl •
taught vocational agriculture -,t
Throckmorton last year, will teach the
same course in Breckenridge
school next year.
Grace Whaley, Neville-Baker, Charnel
Brown, Fred Fields, Doyle Fine, W
F. Glazier, Ed Glover Coy Holdridge,
Charles Huddeleston, Woodrow Mai- -
lonee, L. 1). Merritt, Walter McIver,-
Taylor Morris, Ottis Parker, Henry
Garland Peevy, Joe Robinett, Woodley
Sadberry, Billie Snead, Ferguson Tate,
F. L. Terrill, Elmer Timmons, Byron
Wright.
Awards of merit in writing, read-
ing, attendance etc. were made to a
very large1 humbers, as follows:
Writing pins were awarded to the
following students:-
North Ward
Cloyce Tolar, Doline Parsons, C. A.
Parsons, ('. L. Mohon, Vance Roach,
Opal Mae Tate, Allene Haris, Helen
Fletcher, Ada Wisdom, Katherine Dun-
nahoo, Billie Coley Ora Faye Franks.
South Ward
Eugena Gentry, Mary Dolph Bos-
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Black Bus Line
Lost Big Bus in
Fire Wednesday Monday-Tuesday [
Fire originating probably from the '
exhaust of a fifteen passenger Buick
motor bus on highway sixty seven, a
mile west of De Leon, destroyed the
massive machine at nine-thirty o’clock
last night. R. V. Black, 21, son of W
S. Black, owner of the Waco-Hico-
Cisco Transportation Co., operating
between Waco and Cisco, was driving |
the machine which at the time had I
no pasengers. Black saw the light
and thought a car was about to pas--, |
the flames gaining headway before j
discovered. Black stopped the machine j
and ran to the back to fight the
flames. When he was thus engage-1
the flames crept forward beneath the
car and sprang up around the driver- ‘^.'rence. ..
i Sterling and Louise Fazenda.
Hubert Kelly, 28, a teacher in the
Beattie high school, was shot through
the head at the school auditorium,
reearsing for the Senior class play,
■which was-to have been given there
last Saturday night. The gun was
fired by Miss Floy Evers, 16, a
member of the senior class. The gun,
a 32-calibre pistol, was fired at close
range, probably not more than a yard,
from Kelly’s head. His face was
powder burned. The leaden missle
•was slightly flattened by its impact
against the bone of the skull and
ranged downward through the right
temple and bulged in the left tonsil.
Kelly did not fall. He was able to
walk to the car in which he was rush-
ed to Gorman by Supt. Ray McCor-
kle and Ambrose Morgan, another
teacher. At Gorman he walked into
the sanitarium unaided. Surgeons lo-
cated the bullet in the tonsil and re-
moved it. Kelly made such rapid re-
covery that he was able to return to
his home at Beattie Monday of this
week.
Miss Evers fained when she realize!
that she had unwittingly shot Kelly
and it was many hours before she
could be revived. The pistol was one
, that had been used at the school in frr the recent storm.
“Spring Is Here
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„ One of the most impressive Con.- -
mertcemCfft programs held her* waa
the grammer school ,exercises, held at
the Baptist church Monday evening
May 19. The ctass was large, and tb*
various numbers interesting. Rev.
Montie A. Davis was the commenc*-
I ment speaker, and his address was
; quite above the average for such oc-
casions. ’Invocation was by Rev. U.' J.
Morton.
The class membership numbers 39.
The students were seated in the choir
space, and after the address filed by
Supt., D. M. Russell who presented
their diplomas. Pansy Mulloy was
valedictorian and Doris Morton, sal-
utatorian. The class songs, directed by
Miss Phillys Short, wete well render-
ed, one of these being composed by
Hortense Glazier, a member of the
einss.
The list of grammer school grad-
uates follows;
Oleta Ashworth, Azalee Clark,
Teresa Clark, Gladys Cook, Dorothy
Nell Easterling, Hortense Glazier,
Pauline Gooch, Louise Greenwaldt,
Ima Hardin, Virgina Howard, Louis*
Jones, Ida McCurdy, Doris Mbrton,
I Pansy Mulloy, Estelle Plemmons,
I Florence Toland, Lois Upshaw, Lady
N. P. Haskins, De Leon, Texas,
Dear Sir
In complying with your request I have made a
records of the City books and the following statement may be
est to you and the Commissioners who have worked with’ you.
A. H. Bibby has been out of the cjt\
this week invoicing a stock of goods I 1
in Stephenville, which he purchase. He I ing event at Round Grove Sunday,-
C. < . Hampton Heavy Loser
Out at the plant of Hampton poul-
try farm the damage was at first re-
ported to he $1000 00. Later estimat-
es place the figure somewhat lower.
Mr. Hampton lost 250 pedigreed leg-
horns, mostly young stock broiler size.
Some of those were caught in the open
and the wind and hail unroofed a
building in which others were kept
Mr. Hamilton also lost the crop on his
large grape vineyard.
Numerous small building were
Wrecked by the wind. A score of
.... houses qre being re-roofed because
growing, I of the hail damage.
Insurance agents have been busy
writing hail insurance this week and
in adjusting claims. But taking out
The undersigned will receive sealed
proposals up to and including June
20, 1930, or such reasodafelf later
date as may be considered necessary
by the undersigned to complete the
negotiations, for furnishing suitable
quarters for post* office purposes at
De Leon, Texas at a stated price per
annum, including heat, light, water
toilet facilities, safe or vault, aqd all
necessary furniture and equipmment,
under-a lease for five or ten years
■from August 11, 1930.
Floor space of about 1500 square
feet is desired.
Good daylight and a reasonably cen-
tral location are important considera-
tions. Specifications and blank propo-
sals may be obtained from the post-
master, and a sample form of lease
may be. examined in his office.
Diagrams of the rooms offered
should be submitted, on paper of this
S'ze, showing inside dimensions, off-
Methodist church at i crete> plenty of light-, hot water boil-
Sunday May 18, by Rev. Jer, refrigeration, cooling devices, etc;
utensils must be scalded and kept in
perfectly sanitary conditions;, bottles
scalded; cows udders washed and
cows brushed clean of visable dirt
before milking; nouies properly capp- i
ed, and lastly, employees must pro-
vide a health certificate.
Mr. Terrill has a splendid <Tairy
herd of about 30 cows. Milking is
done twice daily, commencing at 2:30
a. m. and 2:30 p. m. R. E. ScOtt and.----
J. E. Halbrooks are employed. Every
animal has been trained to know her
place. The clean, white interior of
the milking shed is most inviting. The
floor is washed twice daily and
I sprinkled with lime. Where the cows
are milked is as clean as the kitchen
in the average home.
Accompanying Dr. Plemmons on the
tour of inspection were Mayor W. L.
Steakley, Commissioner J. D. Tate,
Free Press editor, and Will Martin
and W. E. B. Wilson, of Comanche.
will open up Bibby’s Variety St" ‘ I May 25th. The day is the Anniver-
No. 2 in Stephenville immediately. M .
Bibby purchased a stock and st<>ie
Which hail been in opration there f<T
a number of years.
Free Press- understands it is good
property, well located and doing a
nice-business. Mr. and Mrs. Bibby are
to be congragratulated in their enters
prise of expansion, f
S'ze, showing inside dimensions, off-
|sets, doors, windows, ets.
1 Tne lent Of fir* Department re-
serves the right to reject any or nil
proposals.
Proposals
‘aled
'PROPOSAL.
|N“'v Or'enns, La., June 22, 1930.
W. S. Watkins, P-st Office Inspec-
tor, Now Orleans, La.
Orchardist Believes
Trees Killed By Hail
H. Martin, who resides .nine miles
believes hrs
should be inclos“d in
envelopes marked “I.EASE
TWiey will be openel in
‘‘Spring Is Here,” the Vitaphone
production of the popular musical
play of the same title, plays at the southwest of De Leon,
Liberty Monday and Tuesday, May orcha rd consisting of about hund-
26-27. From every angle his bright red trees, is killed. The hail storm it
and diverting screen entertainment Seems, was much heavier in his local-
must be classed as a noteworthy sue- ity than here in town. Mr. Martin
brought in limits cut from his trees
and they were almost completely
skinned the hark being curled back
away from the exposed side. He be-
lieves should the trees live, they will
Mr. Iattract diseases and prove worthless.
Mr. Martin also lost seven acres of
newly set sweet potatoes, 2000 tomato
plants, and other truck. He estimat. il
his loss at probably $800..
Mr. Martini lias also built, of native
letone. a potato curing house, which
The story unfolds with both charm I he says will hold 2.000 bushels. I he
and simplicity, along with the added
appeal of presenting the younger gen-
eration in an intelligent manner. With
out being pretentious, “Spring Is j
Here” creates a more vivid impres-
sion than the usual store of more se-
rious intent.
The songs in “Spring Is' Here” arc
one of the most interesting features I
of the production. Such numbers as
“Cryin’ For the Carolines” and “Have |
A Little Faith In Me” are already
popular. Other catchy numbers irrelud-; | Saturday afternoon May 17, the I ed water damage,
ed are “Pad Baby,” ‘Sincerely Yours,’ Imost severe wind and hail storm of of Pythias lodge,
and “With A Song In My Heart.” | the -eason swept over the De Leon
section, leaving-in its-wake
i est imat
I lars. The storm
: shortly after six
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starting track events. Hugh Coan
had loaded it to “shoot a bird” short-
ly before the accident and did not re-
move the cartridge. Miss Evers pick-
ed the gun up and snapped it twice at
Ambrose Morgan. She then turned
it uppn Kelly. The accident happen-
ed shortly after two o’clock p. m. Sat-
urday.
Auditorium Wrecked By Storm
Following the accidental shooting
of Kelly, the class members and teach
ers scattered to theirihomes, leaving
the auditorium open. Between five
and six o’clock the severe wind an !
bail storm came up which swept this
section. The auditorium was blown
off ’ its foundation ami almost fv
demolished. The piano was turned
over and badly damaged. The build-
ing suffered several hundred dollars
damage from the wind and hail.
damage
I at many thousand^ of dol-
strii< k this city
o’clock and was of
duration, la-ting probably not
(more than twenty minutes. In that
brief time, hail the ,->ize of .-mall mar-
bles, beat crops unmercifully, destroy-
ed fruit, broke window lights and
damaged roofs to an extent hard to
estimate.
Farmers 4wst heaviest in
•rops. Much corn was from two to
sary of the founding of-the Roundtree feet high. Peanuts, cotton crops
and melons were up and (, ..
gardens and small grain crops were
looking fine. In less than half an
hour, fields were swept almost bare
by the ,<)rivin,g ice pellets, which
drifted up in places. The path of the
hail was about nine miles wide, cen-
tering on De Ix-on and moving from
southwest to the northeast.
The De Leon Peanut Company's
four story plant suffered the loss of
58 window lights.
Mfz. W. R. Vaughn and children oF . The three city school buildings lost
more than 100 window lights. C. H.
Lester Confectionery had the win-
dova blown or beaten out Md suffer-
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ON CITY DEBTS AND INTEREST i
Abilene May 29-31
' I AUDIT OF CITY’S BOOKS SHOWS
Official Census Gives De Leon Population of 1766 People
i Annual Meeting Decrease Near
i West Texas C. of C. Fifty Per Cent
From Boom Days
Thos. L. Blanton Hon. Jas. Young
Defeated Mrs Lee Candidate For Gov. $299,697.80 PAID IN EIGHT YEARS
In Congress Race Speaks, Comanche L --------------------------
HE LEON, COMANCJ1E COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930
ONE-FIFTY THE YEAR
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