The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 54, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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DE LEON, COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 18,1926
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Wigwam - Houston
Chevrolet Station
Moved to the New
Swagerty Bldg.
Wallace Morgan Is
Called by Death
2500 Pounds of
Honey From 38
Hives Is Record
Travelers Hotel
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Friends^ of Robt. Noel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. A. Noel, have heard of
his graduation from Oklahoma State
University recently. Noel was > a
graduate of De Leon high school and
later took the medical course at the
Oklahoma school.
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Time To Fight
The Melon Louse
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A huge bone, evidently the verta
Ai* ebra of a very large animal, was
found by Pink Scott, on Copperas, or
rather on the J. oMore farm on the
Copperas watershed, and the bone,
was brought to Free Press office by
Doc Jenkins this week, where it is
being‘displayed. The bone measures
17 inches around the long »’»y andis
some seven inches across the face
the long way. tl shows signs of de-
" terioration and was doubtlses much
larger when the .cartilage surrounded
it '
Mr.- Scoft found the specimens in
. the side of a gully on the Moore farm
The bones were embeded in the side
of the wash, indicating that portions
of the skeleton had been washed away
He found several pieces of the bones,
' including a tooth some two and a half
inches long. The tooth resembled the
jaw to’oth-of a mule, except that it
w£B much larger.
Some who have viewed the speci-
men think it may have been the vere-
bra out of the hump of a very large
buffalo. At any rate the Free Press
will send the specimen to Austin to
the museum at State University and
ask for an opinion. Whatever the
- bone mpy prove to be it will be pre-
sented to the university museum.
Slim Comanche County
Boy Is New World's
High Jump Champion
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Mastodon’s Bones
Found on Copperas
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the De Leon Baptist elurch at death.
During the 53 years of his life he liv-
ed about 27 years in Alabama. 11
years in Mt. Pleasant and had lived
in»the Bowman community here since
1911. He was a son Of Jas. A. and
•Annie E. Morgan, boh of whom are
dead.
Funeral service wts at De Leon
cemetery Thursday, tine 10th. with
Revs. W. L. Skaggs and A. Fs No-
bora and the W. C W. in charge.
Peace be to hi» raced ashes!
Rev. and Mrs. S. Kirkpatrick and ;
children have gone to Dallas and to j
Sulphur Springs for a visit in the |
homes df relatives. They will be
home the last of the present week.
Rev. A. F. Nabors filled the pulpit
at the Methodist.church at the 11:00
o’clock hour Sunday and Rev. U. J.
Morton at the evening hour. . “ ■
Mr. Bell was offering the honey hot and cold running water thruout.
The building is heated top ta bottom,
with natural gas. Every room is an
12.25 each. The quality df the honey outside room. There are rugs on all
floors.* The office and lobby com- "
pare favorably with some of the beat
hotels in larger cities, the tile floor
and wainscoting being very service-
able and attractive.
Recently Mr, Thompson has had
Mr. Bell still has a the woodwork neatly painted and
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75 Carloads of
Watermelons
Output Last Year
Last season it was estimated that
no less than 75 railread carloads of
watermelons were shipped or trucked
from De Leon market. Lt would be
impossible to more than give a care-
ful estimate as the melons were,
trucked out for the most part and
that at all hours of the day and night
Tiucks loaded here in the late after-
~ roon ahd-the product _was _pn sale
in distant cities at sunrise next morn-
ing after the cargo had been hauled
all night.~De Leon melons sold in Ft.
Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and four
cars were shipped to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, one of these to
Brownsville. The success of the past
few years in melon growing has
caused the acreage to be particularly
heavy this year and the seasons have
been Ideal. The new crop will begin
to move somewhere around July 4th
although the bulk of the Tom Wat-
sons will not be ready until after
that date,
is a< fine as the writer ever tasted. It
war made partially from mesquite
but largely from the wealth Of wild
flowers throughout that section this
year. The territory along the south-
ern rivers is particularly adapted to
bee keeping.
supply of the boney for salO at his
home here.
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This week a deal was made by J.
M. Thompson, manager of the Trav-
elers Hotel, with Higginbotham Bros
& Co., for furnishings for the remain-
ing rooms on the third floor which
have never been put into use. Mr.
Thompson is having nice furniture,
rugs, chairs, draperies, etc., to make
these remaining rooms attractive and
inkeeping with the remainder of the
building. z —
The Travelers now has no reserve
room. The hotel has 54 rooms with '
The Free Press acknowledges an
invitation to attend a band concert
on the newly paved streets of the
city of Dublin at 3:00 o’clock next
Sunday afternoon, in fact the invi-
tation is general to De Leon people.
Editor Sullenberger assures that all
syill he well repaid for the trio. Dub-
lin has a crackeriack amateur, band
and they will entertain the large
throng sure to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chambers had as
their guests from Friday to Sunday
last week, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Miller,
(Ella Rich) of Spur, ami Miss Jennie
Shields, formerly of this place. Sun-
day the partv went to Gorman where
a child of Mrs. Era, Rich Barnes of
Rising Star had an operation."
everythlufg'there presents a new and
attractive appearance.
Sometime soon Mr. and Mrs. Thomp-
son plan to have open house and in-
vite the home folks to visit them and
see the hotel (our hotel) in its com-
pleted state.
De Leon Boy Is
Medical Graduate
Carter & Lloyd, Chevrolet dealers,
have this week relinquished their
lease on the Holden Motor Building
and have taken a lease on the Swag-
erty Motor Co., garage building,
which has recently undergone a
thorough overhauling. The Swagerty
building has a new concrete floor, a
new metal ceiling and newly paste red
walls, making a vety attractive in-
terior.
Carter & Lloyd will maintain both
sqles and service on Chevrolets hav-
ing' retained the services of Sam Self
who was foYmerlV with Swagerty
Garage. . Their location is a much
more central and convenient.
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On next Monday and Tuesday the
Liberty Theatre will present Gloria
Swanson in the big Paramount pic- J
ture "Stage Struck.” It is is entranc-
ing, fascinating, delightful. Glorious
Gloria in a new role. Don’t let any-
thing prevent you seeing “Stage
Struck.” Also Fox News, the latest
events unfolded before your eyes.
And last but not least “Felix the Cat”
Don’t forget Family Night each
Wednesday. The bargain show of the
week. Lots of entertainment for
small cost. Bring the family.
During the four summer months
about eighty members of the 4-H
boys agricultural clubs will have two
complimentary passes each month to
the Liberty Theatre in this,city, com-
plimentary of Manager M. D. Stew-
art. The matter of giving this recog-
nition to the boye and girls for their
efforts in keeping up their record
books was mentioned to- Mr. Stewart
by County Agent Barton. Mr. Stew-
art is always ready to assist in or en-
courage any worthy movement and
so the tickets have been printed and
turned over to Mr. Barton. *
There are three active Clubs in this
section, at Duster, Cornyn and Beat-
tie. About ninety per cent of the
membership is composed of boys.
There are six different projects, the
matter of'projects being elective by
the club members. The projects are
cotton, peanuts,, sweet potatoes, beef
cattle, pigs and poultry. The record
must be neatly kept in a book furn-
ished each for the purpose, and the
fr»e tickets to the show depend upon
the faithfulness with whirt they keep
their records.
Mr. Barton holds a geieral meet-
ing with each club once tach month,
when reports on their activities are
heard and their record broks review-
ed by the county agent.
Grand prizes that will reward the
efforts of the club boys aid girls this
year consist of four fret tickets to
the Dallas Fair with :11 expenses
paid while there; seven fr*e passes to
the A. & M. Short Course with all ex-
penses paid and considenble amount
of cash and merchandise prizes.
Club boys and girls ae beginning
to get ready for the amual summer
encampment, which will be held two
day about the middle of July
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Yes, home-life should receive the best i
Attention men can give. ' J
They ought to counsel with and help
Their partners while they liv^;
And surely they should ever gui
Against that doubtful day
When circumstances unforeseen
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Coach Littlefield recognised ,in him a
natural bom high jumper and began
working with his form.
Using the western conference style
or Osborne roll as it is more fre-
quently known, he regularly cleared
the bar over « feet, a height he could
turn around and walk back under. In
1925, his sophomore year, be broke
the conference high jump record but
was beaten by his teammate, Garland
Shepherd in the 1926 conference
meet. Prior to the Chicago meet
Haggard’s best jump in competition
was 6 feet, 3 3-4 inches. Shepherd
was also entered in the meet but fail-
<d to place.—Dallas News.
Joint Celebration
W.O.W. - Circle
Held Tuesday Eve
When the members, of the Wood-
men of the Work! and the Circle give
an entertainment they don’t do the
thing by halves, as was proved last
Tuesday night at the hall-here. The
celebration was in honor of the birth-
day of Woodcraft, which exact date
was June 6th, however, it was found
advisable by the local lodge to defer
the observance of same until Tues-
day night.
For the occasion the Woodmen and ■
tlie Circle invited a number of their
friends who were riot members of the
order. The pricipal address of the
evening was bv W.-’E. Lowe. Music
was furnished by the Rippetoe quar-
tette and Hafford Bros., orchestra.
Mrs. J. N. Joiner conducted several
interesting games and contests.
The crowning feature of the even-
ing was the sumptious banquet
spread served at the conclusion of the
program. J. L. Fundprburgh, master
of ceremonies, welcomed the guests
and announced the banquet which the
members arranged quickly after the
exercises had closed. The spread con-
sisted of fried chicken, sandwiches,
salads, cakes, pies, iced tea and many
other things—all served in lavish
ebundance and enjoyed by ahotu two
hundred members and guests.
The end of his earthy life came to
Wallace Morgan, well known citizen
of the Bowman community, at eight
o’clock last Tuesday evening, June
In his last hour he was
surrounded by all the members of
his family and by the most skillful
physicians, all with an eagerness to
. Io whatever possible for him. He was
conscious until an hour before death
came. He was ill since December 28,
last, and during his fatal illness he
bore his intense suffering with,forti-
tude and patience, never complaining
of hi* lot. He had been confined to
his bed constantly for seVeri weeks,
and had been ill for more than five
months. Just before the presence of
the angel of death drew near, he told
tlM.se about him he was ready to go.
L Wallace Morgan was born June 25, |
1873, at Langston, Jackson county,,
Ala. Here he grew to manhood and.
was married on Dec. 8, 1891, to Miss
kittie King. Three children were
born to them in Alabama, and four
after they came to Texas, two having
died in infancy. The five surviving
ijre Mrs. A. A. Grimes, Bearden, Ok.,
Mrs, D. L. Griffith. De Leon; Mrs.
Newman Bowman, De Leon and Les-
td£ and Myrtle Morgan who* still re-
tide at home^ His faithful wife also
survies him.
Deceased had been a member of the
Methodist ehureh since a small boy,
joining the Baptist ehureh about 20
years ago. His membership was with
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PROMINENT CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS MAN HERE
Gloria Swanson in
“Stage Struck atz
Liberty Next Wejek
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11.50 THE YEAR
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Mr and Mrs. A. E. Northdutt have
moved here from Loraine and will
•nake De I.eon their home. These
good people are parents of R. L.
Northcutt of City. Grocery Store.
early spring when vines are small.
The first lice if not killed will ruin
On Saturday, the Liberty Theatre
presents the big 3 in 1 show. The
feature is Buddy .Roosevelt in "Tang-
led Herds” a western thriller, sure to —
please. It has action, thrttts, rar- •
prises, in fact everything to make an
enjoyable evening. Don’t miaa ft. A
hilarious Fox Sunshine comedy will
also be shown and “Phantom Police”
a chapter play that is pleasing and
delighting everyone. Don’t mis* the
big variety show each Saturday.
Marion Davies will be seen in Zander
the Great, a feature corpedy drama
Friday.
FURNISHED ROOMS — for
* housekeeping —Mn. £. H. Ed
R. W. Bell was offering for sale
a truck load of as fine comb honey
on Second Monday as the writer has
ever seen. It was produced on his
Colorado river ranch, Mrs. Bell hav-
j ing brought 800 pounds home from
there last Saturday. Omar Bell is in
| charge of the ranch and has robbed
I only a portion of the hives and has
taken 1500 pounds. He will get, at the
same rate, 2500 pounds when all his
38 hives have been robbed. -- bath between each two rooms, and
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Nicotine sulphate or Black Leaf 40.
In wet spray use Black I^eaf 40 of
40 per cent strength with 1 oz. to 6
gallon water to which is added
small! block of yellow soap,
should be applied with a
has tqmed up nozzle, as the lice are
under the leaves and this spray must
hit the louse as the louse is a sucking
insect and must be hit by the spray.
In dry spray use Nicotine Dust, use
powder gun to apply. This should be
applied on a still, day, as dust must
fsettle on lice or the fumes must arise
and kill insects. To get the best re-
nits a small hover made of cloth
should be placed over the vine and
then spray with powder, this hover
will hold the fumes and will if used
on a hot day will, in most cares, kill yoar patch lateri *
lire. This hover h fine to are in the T. A. BARTpN. Co. Agent.
Keep a close watch on melon patch
for the lice for often from one or two
infected vines will spread too al) the
patch.
It is very important that the early*
lice bekilled, if so later infection will
be stopped or held in check.
Several ways to combat this early
rpp<arance: *
1. When find melon vine badly iri-
iw and kerosene and
burn where they are. *;
2 The best plan is to spray,"Aiding
| either dry powder
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Joe Tullos went to Gnesbeck early
in the week to bring hs aged father
hre for a visit.. The elfer Tullos has
1 been so very ill that hit life was dis-
paired of within recent months. He is
’ much improved.
“Doc” Tomlin is out of the city
this week. eHe threw dull care to
the winds. left the business inxharge
of Mrs. ; Tomlin and is circulatin’
among the Pharmaceutical experts at
the big convention at Dallas. (Phar-
maceutical is a big word and we un-
derstand is non-intoxicating.) The
subpect of this sketch leaves town so>
seldom that his name rightly has a
place among the headlines. (
Rufus Haggard, who broke the
world’s interscholastic high jump re-
con! with a leap of 6 feet, 7 1-2 in-
ches in the national Collegiate A. A.
meet in Chicago Saturday entered the
University of Texas in 1923 from the
Gustine high school Comanche county
He was a slender, modest young-
ster who bright have been taken for
a bookworm or scholar mere rapidly
than an athlete. He had had no coach
in high school and very little track
experience. He went out for track in
his freshman year but it was some .
weeks before Coach Littlefield knew
he had a freshman track candidate
by the name of Haggard. With the
crudest sort of form he could ap-
Child Sufferd
Broken Leg When
Heavy Door Fell
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Little Normalee Kuhn, daughter
of Mrs. Katie Kuhn and granddaugh-
ter of Mrs. and Mrs. John Grisham,
suffered <n accident in which she sus-
tained a broken leg dast Monday
morning. The little girl was playing
with the small children of Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. George when a heavy gar-
age door which had been loosened by
the storm of Sunday afternoon, fell;
across her leg, breakmg both bones
above the ankle. The other children
Barely escaped injury. Physicians set
the wound and the child is recover-
ing.
A Noble Enterprise
If business men would so conduct
The program of their lives
That they could be more helpful to
Their children and their wives.
Oh, what a splendid record of
Contentment we should tind, .
And what a priceless benefit
Would come to all mankind!
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A truly noble enterprise
Is that of bringing cheer
And peace of mind and happiness
To those a man holds dear; <
And marriage is a partnership a
That he should place* above
All other obligations, for
Its covenant is love. -"^7
Cyrus Tunnell Is
To Head Blackwell
Oklahoma C. of C.
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In the daily press the Free Press
learns of the appointment of our old
friend Cy Tunnel Ito the position of
secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Blackwell, Okla. Mr. Tunhell
has been city editor of the Blackwell
Tribune for three years, coming to
that position from Hope, Ark., where
he was secretary of the chamber of
commerce. He was former commer-
cial secretary of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce or some such
petition. ,
Mr. Tunnell was in partnership
nith the Free Press editor for a few
months back in those early years of
our experience in the business. He is
a good newspaper writer, and a good
publicity man and will doubtless
make good for the city of Blackwell.
Mrs. F. P. Dixon (formerly MJss
** Velma Stewart) returned to her home
’■ M La Fayette. Tenn., this week af-
ter a few weeks visit with relatives
■'[ and friends. Mrs.’ Dixon is amonr
our new subscribers to Free Prese
Sam Cockerell, manager of the
famous Huntington 1000 acre orange
grove at San Gabriel, Calif., was vis-
iting in the home of Mrs. Mollie Tate
and with W. G. Kimble arid others
here the past week. Mi. Cockerell
rianages the estate upon which De
I eon men have always found employ-
is*rnt v, hen they went to California.
Cockorcll formerly liver! in Mississ-
ippi anr* is well known among old
time residents of that state.
Charley Counts is home from Hous-
t..n for a short vacation before he
and his brother-in-law. Carl Fine,,
oven their second “Wigwam” in that
city. Their first store is on Harris-
burg boulevard and the second will
be in the heart of the business dis-
trict. on Main street. Wigwam is
the name they give their fruit, and
vegetable market, and they make the
interior decorations carry out the In-
dian scheme.
Eari Painter and littfe son, Elmo,
of Homer, La^, visited his parents, ‘ ‘V€* • K® stra
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Pailter here the (
past week. He is erjiioyed as en-
gineer at a gasoline phot.
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