The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1935 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXVI
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1985
10,500,
Contract is expected to
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New Legislature Convenes For Vital Session
Bogata Women Hurt
Nephew Mrs. Griffin Dies
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Three Days of
Rain Followed
By Ultra Cold
afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Deport State Bank building to
Department at Austin
for Approval
HOME MADE CANNON
USED IN CROW FIGHT
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
AT DEPORT IS ROBBED
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
LAMAR CO. ALLOWED
12% INCREASE IN
COTTON ACREAGE
GARNER’S NAME WILL
BE ON TICKET IN 1936
SEARCHER FINDS $5,000
IN POCKETS OF PANTS
CATTLE STAND ON
HIND LEGS AND
ESCAPE DROWNING
COMMISSIONERS COURT
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
UNEMPLOYABLES TO BE
DROPPED FROM ROLLS
BACK TAXES BRING
BANKRUPTCY THREAT
TO TITUS COUNTY
Officials Place
Limit 1935 Crop
Bales
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Houston, Jan. 12.—Prosperi-
ty note to end prosperity notes:
A “searcher,” who rummages
the pockets of garments at the
A. J. Jones Cleaning company
here flipped out five crisp
I $1,000 bills from
I pants here today.
Investigation
Thieves Raid
Smokehouse at
Skaggs Home
PARITY CHECKS FOR
LAMAR CO-COTTON
PRODUCERS ARRIVE
CRIMINAL DOCKET
CLARKSVILLE COURT
BURGLARS MAKE RAID
ON RED RIVER STORES
several port and Paris this will be the
j first part of the new road to be
SAYS ADVERTISING
STIMULATES SALES
FERA Payroll Large
Payroll Saturday at the La-
(Q______. was
,169.57 for 1,140 workers,
jia is the largest number of
1 since the days of
Works Administra-
COMMITTEEMEN TO
BE SELECTED FOR
1935 AAA PROGRAM slumps.
at Austin, aacond only to tho National Capitol In
ablama conaidared greater
to halt natural gas waat>
r Railroad Commission re-
___________________gas consumption of tho entire
, oil centre! and other vital subjects demand early aohtttea^
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south o>f town
Only pasture lands were
flowed and there was
damage.
the Deport disrict.
and *fo7^1935*a*re*to*"be‘elected circle—“decreasing brings a de-
by cotton growers of the area I
served.
The election will be held con-
vention style and producers are ;
asked to be present at the ap-I
pointed hour. Three commit-
teemen and one alternate are
to be selected for the Deport
district now served by H. R.
Webb chairman, N. D. Ham-
mond, J. B. Tidwell and Sam
Harvey.
Territory worked out of De-
port includes school districts of
Deport, Lone Oak, Independ-
ence, Chappell Hill, Milton,
Martin, White Hall and Hoov-1
ertown.
Mrs. W. C. Carter, wife of.
the Presbyterian minister at
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body iwias carried to VanAls- parted.
Darrel Elbert, month old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Epps of
Bagwell, died Thursday of last
week at a Paris hospital where
he had been carried for treat-
ment. The child was a nephew
of Mrs. J. B. Griffin of Deport.
Burial was at Bagwell Thurs-
day afternoon.
W'Ws
President Roosevelt has as-
sured Democratic leaders that
he desires John Garner as his
running mate again on the 1936
election. Pronounced liberals
had talked of replacing the
vice-president with Ickes or
Wallace on the next election
ticket.
The president was definite in
his pronouncement for Gamer
and hopes of other prospective
candidates were dashed.
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Awarded First Place by State Fair 1933 for Beat Small Town Weekly Newspaper in Texas—Second Place 1934
A 12 per cent increase in cot-
ton acreage will be permitted
in I^amar county during 1935,
according to County Agent A.
L. Edmaiston. Voluntary re-
duction contracts signed last
year call for a 25 per cent cut
for this year. The average re-
duction during 1934 was 37
per cent.
All contracts signed last year
are effective this year. New
land eligible for contracts is
that of any farm on which cot-
ton was grown in 1933 and
1934 or on which cotton was
grown for the first time in
1934, Mr. Edmaiston has an-
nounced.
Criminal docket in the 102nd
district court at Clarksville will
be called for trial Jan. 28 by
Judge N. L. Dal'by. The as-
signment consists of 66 cases,
eight of which call for special
venire. Four murder trials are
scheduled.
Contracts have been let by
the city of Pilot Print for sew-
erage projects to be construct-
ed with PWA funds. Sewerage
construction work was left to
W. P. Carter of Tulaa, Okla.,
for $25,050 and the sewage dis-
posal contract to Lindh Gustaf-
son of Dallas for $10,270.
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Mustang creek Saturday was paved.
Maps, specifications and all
necessary papers have been
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mar Relief Board office
workers paid
the Civil V
tton program.
Delivery of first parity checks
in Lamar county was begun
’Friday, 92 checks totaling $2,-
357.51 having been received.
Other checks are expected to
arrive rapidly.
Notices are mailed to pro-
ducers when* checks arrive and
these notices must be present-
ed at the county agent’s office
before checks will be delivered.
There will be about 4,000
parity checks issued Lamar
producers, bringing in a total
of approximately $105,000.
Cotton producers of this sec-
tion are called to meet Monday ironing out the bumps in busi-
aftemoon at 2 o’clock in the ness.
Deport State Bank building to Mr. Babson thinks that busi-
elect cotton committeemen for Pess men temporarily lose faith
the Deport disrict. Number of.1” advertising when sales
committeemen is being reduced thus ^nter a vicious
' cline of advertising budgets;
lecs advertising space brings a
further drop in sales; and so
on down the toboggan slide.”
same
year and says this means that
i manufacturers and merchants
weather, but | alike are ]00; jnj? forward to
routed over
Highway 5 in rainy times.
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Burglars carried off a rain-
coat, some snuff and tobacco
from the office of the Kiomitia
Mercantile Co. in a recent raid,
says the Detroit News-Herald.
They failed in an attempt to
enter the main building. The
C. D. Hart store at Kanawha
was robbed of more than $200
worth of merchandise, includ-
ing shoes, shirts, flour and
other supplies. No arrests h?ve
been made, accurding to the
News-Herald.
Photographed above ia the famous capitol building 1
aiaal Hara the naw Texas Legislature convenes early thia month to face I
In variety and importance than over before. Action ia anticipated prompt!
•go in tho Panhandle. Thia wastage has grown ao rapidly, that reports to tl
veal that each day it now equals tho daily domestic and commercial gas
United States. Taxation, liquor laws,
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Sportsmen and game rangers
near Chickasha, Okla., have an
effective home-made cannon as
their chief weapon in an anti-
crow drive being conducted. A
erix-inch oil well pipe has been
sealed at one end and is wheel-
ed to the crow roos-t after dark,
loaded with a hatful of black
pciwder and crammed with nails
and rocks. To discharge the
weapon a ten foot fuse is light-
ed and the gunners put as much
distance as possibe between
themselves and the gun while
It is burning. As a crow exter-
minator the contraption has
proven highly successful. Other
hunters are using grenades
loaded with dynamite and bird-
shot.
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a pair of
revealed tho
j pants belonged to E. F. Wood-
ward, Houston capitalist. There
was some fast telephoning.
“Mr. Woodward’s gone to
Detroit,~died'Sunday night.’The, San Antonio,” his secretary re-
body was carried to VanAls- ’ parted. “As for the money, he
tyne for burial after funeral just must have forgot it.”
services conducted at Detroit;
by Rev. L. P. Parker of Clarks- |
ville. P‘—■■‘“S — 1— v‘—
'band, two sons and two daugh- is
ters. I of diphtheria.
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will be delayed for
weeks.
Unemployables are to be
dropped from relief rolls next
week and at present no provis-
ion has been made for their
care. Those who are unable to
provide for themselves may be
thrown on local charities.
Plans to place relief on a
work basis will call for many
projects. Counties, municipali-
ties and school districts are ex-
pected to submit plans for
worthwhile work. Wage scale
has been reduced and more pro-
jects will be needed to keep
men busy.
Cotton production for 1935
Was fixed Thursday by Secre-
tary Wallace at 10,500,000
bates of 500 pounds each.
This was the figure set under
provisions of the Bankhead cot-
ton production control act.
An additional 700,000 bales
not sold during 1934 was add-
ed to the 1935 figure.
The 1935 quota represented
an increase of approximately
1,224,000 bates over 1934. The
1934 quota was 10,476,000
bates of 478 pounds net weight.
The quota in bales of 478
pounds net weight and last
year’s carryover would bring
the total to 11,600,000 bales.
Secretary Wallace also an-
nounced that under the volun-
tary cotton adjustment pro-
gram producers would be al-
lowed to make an additional cut
in acreage up to 35 per cent of
their base acreage and receive
additional benefit payments.
Under the adjustment pro-
gram as originally announced
farmers were asked to reduce
acreage between 25 and 30 per
cent.
Cotton futures were stronger
following fixing of the 1935
limit kxwer than had been ex-
pected, but relief was not be-
lieved permanent as experts
see increase in exports as the
only cure.
In pegging the price of Am-
erican cotton high enough to
give the producer a profit the
United States has encouraged
increase of foreign crops which
the textile jiations purchase at
a lower figure than the South-
ern farmer wants to sell.
India, Egypt and Brazil are
leading competitors of the U.
S. in cotton production. Brazil
has had trouble with low price
of coffee, her national export,
and has turned to cotton.
The government is putting
-the cotton situation first in its
studies and Secretary Wallace,
regarded as one of the ablest
cabinet members, is expected to
need all his ability to find the
answer.
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Meat From Five 400 Pound
Hogs, Bedder and Soap
Included in Ixx>t
Expect Contract
for Paving to be
Let in February
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Roger W. Babson, noted bus-
iness statistician, points out
that newspaper advertising for
i fourteen consecutive months
I has registered gains over the
rx- 17 ..i ------V 7 same month of the previous
Wires which were dripping; Deport-PattonvilleL road has
with water from the rain were been kept passable in spite of
saved by the wind which dash- continued bad weather, but
ed the water off before it could heavy traffic is
Bids for repairs of 12
houses under the government
rural rehabilitation program in
Lamar county were opened
Saturday. There have been 44
houses completed in Lamar
county.
Producers Allowed to Make an
Additional Cut in Acreage
for Added Benefits
freeze.
Several Deport residents have
had galvanized tanks burst by
freezing water, and there have
been many bursted pipes.
Livestock which were not
sheltered suffered from the cold
which found them soaked and
chilled by Sunday’s rain. A
few head of cattle are report-
ed to have frozen to death, but
the loss has not been heavy.
Temperatures rose to more
comfortable levels Tuesday and
Wednesday, but the norther re-
newed Wednesday night and
Thursday dawned raw and cold.
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It is expected that
the Highway Department will
begin advertising for bids be-
fore the end of the present
month and let the contract in
February.
Paving of this section will
again make Highway 49 an all
weather road. JFhe old road
from Deport to Pattonville was
rebuilt and ' has been without
hard surface throughout the
winter. Completion of concrete
to Pattonville will make a con-
nection with the old road from
Prittonville to Paris which may
be used in wet weather. The
Titus county faces bankrupt-
cy as a result of delinquent
taxe-, according to the Mt.
Pleasant Times. The county
has been unable to collect ita
taxes and approximately $57,-
000 is owing on special road
bonds on which payments for
1933 and 1934 have not been
made.
Bond holders have brought
action in Federal court to force
payment but efforts are being
made to affect a compromise
satisfactory to both bond hold-
ers and the county.
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and soaked the soil. ]
tation was estimated at
proximately a total of 4 inches the exception of the portion
for the three days. Farm work within the city limits of De-
Tom Bean, Grayson county
town has received approval of . K
a $20,000 PW’A loan far aw-
struction of a city water sys-
tem. The project will provide
ample water for the city’s use
and for fire protection.
Commissioners court of La-
mar county Saturday appointed
Paul Maxfirid superintendent of
the county farm. He will as-
sume the position Feb. 15. The
court also named G. B. Brown
courthouse custodian and re-
appointed W. A. McClung op-
erator of the courthouse ele-
vator.
Authority to employ extra
help in rush periods was given
twx> county officials.
W. E. Geer was telling Tues-
day of some resourceful calves
in his herd of cattle that stood
on their hind legs to keep from
drowning during the overflow
of Mustang Creek following
Saturday’s heavy rain. Pony
Cogbill, who had gone into the
pasture to see about the cattle,
found 16 head cut off in a bend
of the creek with the water
rapidly rising. There were four
or five spring calves keeping
their heads above water by
standing on their rear legs.
Mr. Cogbill waded into the
water and saved the cattle.
None of the 42 head in Mr.
Gear’s herd were lost, though
Mustang Creek was higher in
his section than ever before,
Mr. Geer believes. Channeling
the creek in Deport lets water
reach the unchanneled portion
more rapidly.
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NUMBER 51
Thieves one night last week
raided the smokehouse at the
W. M. Skaggs home, three
miles east of Deport, taking
the meat of five hogs which
weighed 400 pounds each, a
good bedder and a box of home
made soap.
Investigation disclosed that
the lookrirad been carried to a
corner east of the Skaggs
home. It was loaded into what
tracks indicated was a model
T Ford truck. One ham was
found which the thieves in
some way/failed to get into
their vehicle.
Tracks also showed that
while robbing the smokehouse
the robbers were frightened
and ran.about 150 yards into
the field south of the house.
Distance between footprints
pointed that the runners were
making record time in escap-
ing the danger they feared.
About three years ago Mr.
Skaggs’ smokehouse was raid-
ed with approximately the
same amount of loot rewarding
the robbers. At various times
there have been other things
stolen at the Skaggs residence.
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higher in the business section
of Deport than it has been _________
since the channel was widened, completed by the Highway Div-
deepened and straightened two ision< office at Paris and mailed
years ago. In low places the, to Austin. It is expected that
creek left its bed and ditches
were backed out of their banks.
Water moved swiftly, however,
and the town was never in dan-
ger of being flooded.
Sunday afternoon a cold wind
struck from the north and the
temperatures dropped to 10 de-
grees, a record low for the win-
ter. The chill blast continued
Monday and temperature did
not rise above the freezing
point.
Water systems on many cars
were frozen and there was lit-
tle traffic on the road Monday.
I alike are looking forward
better times.
Mr. Babson calls attention,
however, to the habit of busi-
ness men of reducing their ad-
vertising appropriations in
. He urges them to in-
crease their advertising in or-
der to take advantage of one of
the most valuable methods of
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and most of Sunday flooded let early in February for the
streams, washed out bridges paving of six miles of the new
Precipi- Highway 49 from Deport to a
ap- point west of Pattonville. With
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Jenkins, Ky.—The thirty—-Jggl
fifth child has arrived at the 1
horn? of John I). Sloan, 60.
Sloan has been married
three times. Twelve children
were born to the first wife, flf-
teen to the second and eight to h
the present wife. >3
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Mrs. C. P. Pearson and Miss-
es Tom Underwood and Myrtle
Spier were painfully but not
•erfously hurt in an automobile
accident Thursday evening on
the highway between Clarks-
ville and Bogata. The car,
which was badly damaged,
akidded on tihe wet road and
overturned, pinning the occu-
pants inside until passing mo-
torists came to their aid.
Burglary of the Deport tele-
phone exchange some time Sat-
urday night netted the thief ap-
proximately $43. A small slit
was cut in the window screen,
the catch unhooked and the
window raised to permit the
robber to take the cash box
from a table near the window.
The box was locked and the
thief carried it away to be op-
ened.
Due to observance of R. E.
Lee’s birthday, banks were
closed Saturday and the money
was not deposited. About $6
of the amount taken was in
checks. The loss was discover-
ed Sunday morning and officers
are working on the case.
Streams Reach Flood Stage and Specifications Sent to Highway
Blizzard Sends Temperature
Down to 10 Degrees
Downpour Friday, Saturday
Charles Tanner, son of Mr.
Surviving are her hus- and Mrs. C. P. Allen of Bogata.
‘! improving after an attack
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