Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 298, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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Pantano of Brooklyn, one of those
arrested thia morning, had agreed to
make a complete confession of his
part in the crime which the district
attorney said consisted of furnish-
ing information regarding the trans-
portation of money to the West End
Bank.
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ditions existed in Gainesville Wed-
nesday, snow, rain and sleet falling
within a period of an hour, white the
evidence for a part Press.’)—A heavy snow is falling this
city and some
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Dallas, Nov. 28.—(By Associated
Press.)—Fire of undetermined origin
in the packing room of the Trinity
Portland Cement <
early today cairned a loss estimated
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The American Red Cross does not
issue and has no connection with the
Christmas seals, according to an an-
nouncement received by The Register
from William M. Baxter, Jr., of St.
Louis, who is division manager of
this district. The proceeds from
the sale of these seals go to the Na-
tional Tuberculosis Association, Mr.
Baxter states, and the American Red
Cross has no financial interest in
these seals, although there is a cor-
dial cooperation between the anti-
tuberculosis associations and the Red
Cross.
As the seal campaign comes at the
close of the Annual Eled Cross Roll
Call, people are inclined to confuse
the Christmas seal sale and the Roll
Call.
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IRuston, Nov. 28.— (By Associated
Press, i—J. W. Vann, group head of
the federal prohibition enforcement
in the Houston district, has been
made head of the .field forces of
Texas, succeeding E. B. Henson, ef-
fective December 1, it was an-
Houst on, Nov. 28.—I
—Mrs. O. W. Rogefa,
mother of Baby Mane Rogers, one-
BBmA tot, who clung to life for
twenty diys, was thankful today for
returning health.
Coiriateocing from a four months’
of typhoid npilaria, it was
thought that grief o)er the-, babe's
death might pmve fatal to the child
mother. However, physicians today
said ft was only a matter of days
until she would be well.
SEPARATISTSCON
TOOL PALATINATE
Mayuwra, Nov. 28.-4(United Press)
‘ 1 ratista today Controlled prac-
the entire palatinate as a re-
milt of the occupation of Franken-
’ thal by Rhineland forces from Spire.
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NRS
/Will Introduce Big
R. R. Payment Bill.
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“joy” ride Tuesday night, and as *
result of their trip, each are 8&20
poorer today, after coming ia con-
tact with -de taw.” It seems that
London, Nov. 28.— (By Associated
Press.)—Mrs. Enrico Caruso, form-
erly Miss Dorothy Parks Benjamin,
of New York, and Captain Ernest
Ingram of London were married here
today.
A. E. Koon brought to The Regis-
ter office thi8 morning a cluster of
grapes grown on a vine of one of his
neighbors. The vine is two years
old, and bore four clusters of grapes
early in the spring of this year.
About six weeks ago, a cow ate the
clusters from the vine, and since that
time four new clusters have appeared
on new- branches of the vine. The
cluster brought to this office was of
normal size and i$ indeed ^curiosity.
Oklahoma City, Nov. 28 — (Asso-
ciated Press.)—Arraignment of J. C.
•Walton, former governor, on six in-
dictment* charging diversion of pub-
lic funds and dispersal of a meeting
of the state legislature, was contin-
ued today until Monday. The de-
posed executive was to have entered
plena this morning. The continuance
was »aken by agreement after it
was found that (four jury trials were
docketed for today.
Dr E. A. Davenport, state health
commissioner, indicated with Wal-
ton on five counts charging diversion
of public funds, was granted a sep-
arate trial upon his application. He
was given until Friday morning to
plead.
Arraignment df T .P. Edwards,
Walton’s former personal chauffeur,
also set for today, was continued
until Monday. Edwards is charged
in five indictments with diverting
public funds.
A seventh indictment charging a
misdemeanor is pending against Wal-
ton in county court.
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Quality Is Said to Be Poorer Thia
Year And Prices Higher
Thaa They Have Been.
lisburg this morning, where she te msiaio^
•Aeduted to conduct a beef canning chief w
Omrleg Houser today,
w ■ , . executive ton ““
Jananeae coaamittee will meet in Delta*, De- Ed
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Tuesday afternoon in the audi-
torium of the Newsome Dougherty
a Parent-Teacher’s As-
sociation was organized. Mrs. C. R.
Johnson was elected president; Mrs.
Will Rosa, vice president, and Mrs.
W. 8. Moore, secretary and treasurer.
H. O. McCain, principal of the High
school, opened the meeting and Sup-
erintendent Clark expressed his ap-
preciation qf the splendid spirit of co-
operation between the patrons and
teachers, explain that there is a
service to be rendered and a work
to be done that can not be accom-
plished in any other way except thru
an organization of thia kind.
The next meeting will be bcld
Thursday, January 10, at 3 JO o’clock
in the High school. Friends and
patrons of the school are expected to
be present.
HAVE ENTERED PLEAS ON
CHARGES TODAY.
Bioat twice What they were ia IMS.
A Date rate of 17 1-2 cents far all
passenger yhietea par horsepower
wiU be charged and all cars weigh-
ing between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds
will be taxed an additional apaouri.
for each 100 pounds. All pts—gw
motor vehicles will be taxed an addi-
tional 84 for each passenger the onr
carries. Thus each person operating
a seven paasepger ear as a has or
taxi must pay 824 besides hia hone-
power and weight tax. The driver
will not be counted as a passenger.
COTTON PISSES THE
37 - CENT NUHN 1H
NEW YORK CITY
lectures on Citizenship Practice to be
delivered monthly to the lodge mam-
bers.
Despite the cold weather, the larg-
est attendance in several months was
noted at the meeting Tuesday, and
a number of Masons were present.
Preparations are being made for the
ceremonial to be held Tuesday, De-
cember 11, when a ctaM of eleven
candidates will be initiated. This ia
tha largtat ieiaM tbe ~
since th« ips|itatkM
here. '
ifomia’s coral strands, Thanksgiving
day will be celebrated with cheer that
does not all come from the turkey,
according to claims of the bootleg-
gers and the administration of dry
agents throughout the United States.
In some instances the merry-mak-
ing will have a less liquid founda-
tion than last year, it is agreed to,
being particularly the case with the
south and far WMt.
In more states than one those who
deal in illicit liquor report their bus-
iness booming, prices are higher, qual-
ity is poorer and demand greater.
atan af to^onamriMaa
Robert
Truman
. • Harold
McDaniel, Conductor of Accused; Wil-
liam Johnson, Orator. Theodore Criim-
ly, Senior Guard; Orris Russell and
Fern Nickle, guards.
W. E. Murphy Speaks
The feature of the meeting was the
first lecture no Citizenship Practice,
which was delivered by Hon. W. E.
Murphy, prominent local attorney and
president of the school board. Mr.
Murphy delivered a very inspiring
address which left a deep impression
upon the minds of the young men
who heard him. 7*
MISS BOLTON BUSY
WITH BEEF CANNING
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•eW nnd well as the horsepower, aceordtag to
^Mtaan; the lataH maHad ant by
D iv- Texas where they win reaWe. > 8«ha stat* highway department ui
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By Commiseion Houses And
English Agente Busy,
New York, * Nov. 28.—(Asaoetated
Press.)—Cotton took another jump
today, December eontmcte renchim
37 cents in midafternoon tradings a
nwe high level since 1820. The tA-
vaace was attended by active cotn
mission heuae buying and reports that
English agents were scouring tha
Miss., Nov. fe-(Ateatf-
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Boardman. Asks If He United States Build-
ings Lost In Big
Blaze.
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city will begin e ’rive to raiM suf-
A -- <re for tke poo,
<of the city next
December fl, the
iil Friday, Decem-
^viil be taken up
pnization and the
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New York, Nov. 28.—(United
Press)—District Attorney Dodd in
Brooklyn announced today that the
Diamond brothers, Morris and Joe,
have made important admissions con-
cerning their part in the hold-up and
murder of two bank messengers in
Brooklyn, November 14th.
Both men denied firing the fatal
shots and named three gunmen as the
murderers.
Morris (Barlow) Diamond assert-
ed his brother knew little about the
hold-up.
i Arthur Pantano, arrested today as
| the “hip off’’ man in the crime, has
agreed to make a complete confession
of his part, Dodd said.
New York, Nov. 28.— (Associated
Press.)—Seven additional arrests of
men suspected of participating in the
slaying and robbery of two Brooklyn
Lank messengers, Nov. 14, were
J made today. Six were taken in a
raid on an apartment in the Bronx
while Anthony Pantano, accused of
man |pr the gun-
was arrested at his Brooklyn
Barlow and James Diamond,
l>rothers, are already in custody
charged with murder and robbery.
Pantano was formerly a bond sales-
man for the West End Bank, whose
messengers were killed. The police
understood he gave advance infor-
mation to the actual slayers, includ-
ing a statement that the messeagers
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i TEXAS DRY AGENTS GRADES IT TEXAS 0.
Austin, Texas, Nov. 27.—Girl* at-
tending the University of Texas
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former, while return!)
after selling oottoon
unsolved at Bonn today. Offieera of
this and adjoining counties contin-
ued their eeareh4or the aeiamng man
white many nanon were euiveni. One
of these la to Ute effect that a Mw-
ly made grave had been found m a
cedar break south of Children which
led Sheriff Ptattereoa to leave town
in pursuit of hia investigation. Of-
ficers generally expressed th« belief
that Strand haa been kidnaped for
some unexplained reason.
ginned in Cools
prior to Novemi
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county cotton n
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Austin, Nov. 28—(By Associated
Press.)—Dwelling on the “bountiful
riches of Texas,” Governor Neff to-
day issued his annual Thanksgiving
proclamation iti which he called upon
the people of the state to “join in
ring to Go0 for the bonnte-
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problems will be Pr«8*)—The disappearance’ Monddy
t stores of bitum- of J- C. Stroud, prominent
to hia fam
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lY IHeHoh|t® form A cabinet
1 f°r DEPOSED EXECUTIVE WAS TO \ Berlin» !fov‘ «•—(Unite<i. Preaa.}—aeCordiagly make the taxes a>-
HAVE ENTERED PLEAS ON Germany has turned to her st^rm | BWet twic< wtrtl im na.
, There were 19,243 bales of eotton
~ * i eounty dhie 4 year
itf J4( according to
inprter7'inade''to th* man> “*• an examination of the gov
qnteaa Buraga.
ktes had been ginned
■wThig date of ladt readily shown him.
i** record show, the 17‘" " . ..
amountiu to more than 7,- operating income of about 81,071.000,
s, or neafly 80 per cent in-
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men, unntaaked, entered tie Bank of
Cuba at Cuba, Ala., 88 miles north
of Meridian thia moraing and. nt tfro
' »tol, held np C. W. Me
ant easMer, obtidaad
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Detroit, Nov. 28.— (By Associated
Press.)—Starting from an over-
heated stove in a watchma i’s shanty
early today, fire destroyed the De
1 !i “s Windsor Ferry company
lock, housing United States immigra-
.ion and eustoms offices, spread to
; six-story building which was burn-
ed to the ground and then deatroy-
1 a four-story warehouse and sev-
ie*»t small buildings oo Woodward
Avenue and Bates street.'' v -
When the fire was brought under
control, a few minutes after 5 o’clock
this morning, the total loss was esti-
mated at 31,500,000.
The warehouse of the Finsgervald
Furniture company was consumed by
the flames which were fanned by a
brisk breeze. The first swept sec-
tion was one of the oldest in the
of the buildings born-
standing fifty years,
were injured, one prob-
morning from Weatherford to Colo-
rado, Texas, accordiag to reports to
railroads here.
This is one of the earliest snows
in that particular territory on rec-
ord. Snow began falling'here thia
morning, setting a new record for
this city.
Plans for the Community Christ-
ma* tree for the unfortunate poor
children of the city have been com-
pleted, and the toys havu been con-
tracted for by the ^committee to
charge of th« Empty Stocking Fund. Tokio, Nov. M-*<By
All persona who desire to Make do- Thntea.) GymaM^ Kflttato
toil
ited to tli
grades than the boys,
he mid-term records of
the current session. Of the 198 stu-
dents put on probation for failing to
pass the minimum amount of work
after mid-term examination, there
are 54 girls and 144 boys. Not a
girl in the senior class failed to pass
the required number of courses. Of
the failures among the girls, there
are 31 freshmen, 18 sophomores, four
juniors, and one irregular student.
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and needy peop
Thursday morni
drive continuing
ber 7. The dril
witta the civic o|j
money is expected
the two days* tim
The Absoeiated
dered an invaluable service in
Gainesville for many years, accept-
ing donations at all times, and ask-
ing for aid on special cases. The
drive for funds is being limited to
two days thia* year, in order to elim-
inate the continuous solicitation of
/funds and clothes ss has been neces-
sary previously.
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| New York. Nov. 28.—(Associated
| Press.)—-Barlow Diamond and his
E* LrotbelC1 Joseph, have made a com-
I ptete coafiession qf their part in the
I* robbery and murder of two West End
bank tiartsengera in Brooklyn, Nov.
14, District Attorney Dodd announc-
ed today after seven additional ar-
rests had been made.
'Both Diamonds denied firing the
shots <»hirh killed the messengers
from whom 343,000 whs stolen but
fkraMmkl the names of three gun-
men alleged to have done the actual
slaying, according to Mr. Dodd. Mr.
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The postoffice will be closed
throughout the day Thursday ia ob-
servance of Thanksgiving, according
to an announcement of Postmaster
J. L. Hickson. There will be no de-
’jvjries by either the city qr rural
carriers during the day, and no col-
lections will be made from the sev-
eral mail boxes in the city. AH
outgoing mail will be dispatched as
usual, and mail addressed to boxes
will he distributed as is customary.
Amarillo, Nov. 28,— (Associated
Press)—A rising temperature greet-
ed the Plains and Panhandle today
on the heels of its first big sntfwj
storm of the season. The snow was
melting rapidly by noon and, outside
of a delay ia the harvesting of crops,
no damage was sustained by the
county.
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Press.)—Power*twelve times as great
The DeMolay band of 25 pfecn'uti- as that produced today at Niagara
der the direction of C. C. Shell, will FalU awaits the magic touch that
will transform thp great bituminous
coal fields of Western Pennsylvania
into energy in the form of electric-
ity.
One county of Pennsylvania alone
i» capable of supplying five times
the horsepower that Niagara can
supply under most favorable develop-
ment for a period of 500 years.
The Giant power survey, authoriz-
ed by the last legislature at the in-
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sidering these disclosures made by
the State Geological Survey under
the direction of Dr. George H. Ashley.
Careful -examination of possibili-
ties for power development in this
state, as well as in New York and
Canada reveals that in future years,
the whole eastern section of the
United States will look to Pennsyl-
vania for cheap power which can be
supplied over high tension lines from
the generating plants located in the
heart of the bituminous coal region.
If this project, advanced by Gover-
nor Pinchot, which is pow being stud-
ied by Morris L. Cook, director of
survey, and a board Ojf experts on
this subject, is approved by the 1925
legislature, within a few years this
dream will be a reality and Pennsyl-
vania will be the first state to offer
■uch advantages to an awaiting pub-
lic.
Street car fares will come back to
five cents. The country can tell the
anthracite coal industry where to
“head in” and coal (
no more, for the vast stores of bitum
inoua will be utilized in the genera -
Mr.**Murp^’L. talk tion of e^tro-energy for heating, and
was the first of a aerite of eight V “ P0*" ^G*0**-
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cording to the engineers who havs
been working on the survey under
direction of Governor Pinchot. Th*
Pennsylvania governor ha* /or many
years advocated the development of
natural resources for the benefit of
the publie at targe and not for private
gain. He seeks through his power
survey to establish, first, the feasi-
bility of the enterprise and, second,
the launching of the project under
state supervision.
; In n recent report to the gov»-
nor, Dr. Ashley, a weH-kMwa geol-
ogist, pointed out how this state
a would be practically self-sustaining
in this connection and independent
of the power resources of New York
Innd other states, where water power
>is available, if coal can be coaverted
directly into electricity.
**Fhe other states will be looking
--- to Pennsylvania instead of the peo
A young negro couple wont for n P1* of ***** *eeking a solution
“iA»” ria. Tu-4*. -_j ... of their power and fuel problems
in other states,” said Dili Ashley.
AUTDTAXESARE
VERY NUCH HIM
Automobile taxes far 1834 will bo
iy has 1
center, Bavaria, for a chancellor.
Adam Steger Wald, born in Ba-
varia, and former premier of Prussia
was endeavoring today to knit to-
gether the fragments of a stable cab-
inet, having been given a mandate
by President Ebert.
There was no earlyword to the
effect that he had been any more
successful than others who tried
since Stresemann fell, but Steger
Wald, a member of the right wing
center party, is a politician of abil-
ity and able economist. He is leader
of the Christian trade unionist and
a writer on sociological subjects.
Seger Wald’s summons to the chan-
cellorship came at a moment when
the cabinet was seized with the most
imposing array of police, bayonets,
tanka and other trappi.igs of war
seen since 1918. Searchlights played
through snow and rain, straining thru
the slush of a disagreeable winter
day to pick out communists sup-
posedly staging a Moacdw-inspired
demonstration.
Thousands of laborers, among them
possibly many communists, would
attempt to enter the lust garten but
were prevented by the police who
then camped down with stacked
arms. A few of the workmen were
wounded while about seventy arrests
were made throughout the day. Other-
wise the night from which so much
had been feared when whispers of
red revolt spread, passed quietly.
Smyrna flogging case featured the
■teniiag hessiM s Ifdat of the trial
Of Parks ©Dok, charged with being
a member cf a ganfl which is al-
leged have flogged Mrs. Bertha
Holcombe, a widow, ami « Stephen
Morton, her escort,
Solicitor General John Wood's move i
waa crierruleu, th* court sustaining
objection by the defehse counsol to !
the question asked Joe Bramlett one I
of the six indicted then, ami a de-
fense witness, as to whether he was ,
• member of the Ku Khix Klan.
Bramlett and ether indicted men,
including Keller Hasty, pitcher for
the Philadelphia American league
baseball dub, his brothers, Arthur
and Frank Hasty, and Tom Black
tarern'the first witnesses put up by
the defense. Esch denied that they
were members of the flogging party i nounced today at Austin by Director
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MttTHER OF POUND $[1LS HOT SOLD BY
W™CB WIOOWOFSiNGER
15-year old The American Red Cross does not f*
Kansas City, Kansas, Nov. 28.—
"Will Senator Brookhart as United
States Senator, sworn to uphold the
law* of the United States, introduce
a bill in the senate and vote for its troit, &
passage, which will provide for a ri<
payment by the government to the
m i r*iiro*da of over $1,000,600,000 which p
” **** F”vernment records show th* e<.
railway* were short iu earning the tJ
fair retqru fij^d by the govarameat
during the past three years?”
Thia challenge was put up to Sen-
ator Brookhart by George G. Board-
man, secretary of the Western Rail-
way Presidents’ Committee on Pub-
lic Relations, in an address delivered
before the Kansas State Bar Asso-
ciation here yesterday.
“If as Senator Brookhart asserts
the government guarantees to the
railroads 5 3-4 per cent net earnings
on a valuation of approximately $19,-
000,000,000, then the government
owes the railroads more than a bil-
lion dollars and it should pay it,”
continued Mr. Boardman.
z “I challenge Senator Brookhart to
produce one scintilla of evidence that
the Transportation Act of 1920 guar-
antees to our railroads, or to any
one of them a net return of 5 3-4 per
cent on their valuation. Moreover,
I am now asking Senator Brookhart,
if he honestly believes that the
Transportation Act does guarantee
such a return to inform us how and
by what means the railroads are to
recover the amount thereof.”
Speaking further Mr. Boardman
said, “Senator Capper of Kansas, in
an address made in New York, on
November 22, said that the farmer
will seek legislation in the next con-
gress for relief in transportation rates.
From present indications the west-
ern railroads will earn a net operat-
ing income this year of about $350,-
000,000. Their fixed charges, large-
l^made up of interest on their
mortgages and based upon the figures
for 1922 will be about $280,000,000 so
that they will have left from their
net,operating income for distribution
to their owners and for such addi-
tion* and betterments to their plants
as may be necessary, only about $70,,
000,000. This does not include cer-
tain so-called non-operating income, El‘gh school,
the amount of whjeh is not pres- ■oci*tion wa
’ ’ .As the capital stock
held by the owners of western rail-
road* amounts to about 83,600,000,-
000 the above amount represents a
return on said stock from their net
operating income of lea* tAan 2 per 1
cent. How, in view of such a re-
turn to the owners, any reduction
hi freight rates can be expected at
present, is more than can easily be
understood,” said Mr. Boardman.
. “Senator Capper in the same ad-
dress stated that the railroads are
prosperous today than ever,
is a mistake,” said Mr. Board
ernment’s figures regarding opera-
tions of the railroads would have
In the year
»lfl the Class 1 railroads had a net
000. This year, with an investment
la their plant of $4000,000,000 more
than it wa* in 1918, and based upon
the returns for the first nine months,
the net operating iacomc. will be
about 81AMMN»,W0, and H may be a
____ little Maa than that. This does not
in nr in inelude, ia either year, certain non-
ll ||rn|| operating income as the amount it
>11 ULHU for thia year is not known.
Waco, Nov. 28.—(Associated Pmm)
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I GNSE MICHED
FARtft COOK ON TRIAL CHARGED
WITH BELONGING TO A
WHIPPING GANG.
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Georgia Quart Overrule* Question Re- 'L^ing the “tip off”
latiag to Membership In
Ku Klux Klar.
Marietta; Ga., No|. 28.—(Asso-
afatednVnsa.)—Effort* Of the state
to bring the Ku Klux Kla r into the
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of the trial
T 'with I
which is nl-
sun ‘also was in < ‘ ’
of that period. The rain started
falling early in the morning, turning
to sleet for a short time about 9.30
o’clock. After the sleet had contin-
ued for several minutes, snow be-
gan drifting lazily to the ground,
tile sun coming from behind a cloud
for a short period at this time.
The three varieties of precipitation
amounted to one-fifth of an inch dur-
ing the day up to 3 o'clock. The tem-
perature reached a minimum of 32
degrees early Wednesday morning,
while the mercury rose somewhat,
during the day, being at the 37 de-
gree mark at 3 o’clock in the after-
noon. The sky has remained over-
cast /for the remainder of the day,
SEN1T0R BRDOMT STOYE CIUSES HUGE
OFFERED CHALLENGE '
I
propriatad baloagad to a local garpga
1 Mgra man was employ-
i taken out without per-
*argas cf matieknu mis-
fitad agnhmt each, and
w guilty, tbs fines were
rigs N. C. Snider.
demonstration agtet, v«t to /Cal- B-d
BAND IS TO IKI TO
SHERMAN ON DEC. 7'
The DeMolay band of 25 pieces un-
accompany the member* of the local
DeMolay Chapter, when they go to
Sherman on Friday, Dec. 7, to at-
tend the second anniversary cere-
monial of the Sherman Chapter, ac-
cording to a decision reached flt the
regular meeting of the lodge held
Tuesday night. About 50 members
of the local DeMolay and Rainbow
lodges will go to Shennan, and the
local DeMolay second degree team .
has been selected to confer the degree stigaticn of Governor Pinchot, is
on the candidates there. The Dallas J J~’ J
Chapter will confer the first degree.
The degrees of the lodge were con-
ferred on one candidate, Joe Taylor,
Tuesday night, and R. E. McElrath
and Guy Britton, prominent local
Masons who mad* short talks, prais-
ed the work qf the second degree
team. The team which conferred the
degree Tuesday night will do the
work in Sherman next week and is
composed of the following:* George
Atkins, Jacques DeMolay; Morton
Smith, Master Inquisitor; ~
Evans, Senior Inquisitor,
Bentley, Junior Inquisitor;
Tokk>, Nov. Rfa-(By Associated
, ~r Ogani, $7, —The state Democratic
bring military eoiumalor of th* .-
JSjymimaM ^>9l»3M7 and, *
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 298, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1923, newspaper, November 28, 1923; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1316295/m1/1/?q=WAR+DEPARTMENT: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.