Navasota Daily Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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NAVASOTA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1924
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ed by a reception committee at the
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EASTERN STAR MEETING
at
he Hawk Hall after the rail service.
DALLAH, March 13. -Machinery
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-- ro witt AtM
undertaMng-Including the selection of
Btatertf Twat at a date ae egrty as
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to
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morrow, at which time it is expected
that the final order op th6~ bonds for
this district will be entered.
-white man have
motion with the M to Proce88 tw the formation of
ill at flberxnan. what 1» perhaps the most gigantic en-
the
that
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K. K. K.*s
ebration. gnd- *1®° lt* character and
C - R t* doctored to the rerohu
7 The method of selecting delegates
igl districts in repi
is defined in d
: under which <
tog effected.
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of the operations of the Centennial
organteation plans, it was announced.
, All plans that are concerned with
the scope of the Oentennjal Ctelehra*
BIG WELCOME
GIVEN DENBY
IN HOME CITY
(United Press.)-
DETROIT, March 18.—Bands Mar-
l’d and factory and steamboat whtetl-
es shrieked a noisy’ weicnine to Edwin Court herv tod»Y asking that the
least one delegate .and if the popula-
tion te large they have the right to
select one delegate for each 10,000 in-
habitants or major fraction thereof as
shown by the Federal census of 1020.
To preserve in complete integrity,
minutest detail. The popular conven-
tion held at Austin last month made
manifest its enthusiasm for this great
undertaking. Its mandate is our
hundred of them -adopted this dec-
laration and on that w are prot'eed-
ing.
“We, as citizens, representatives of
all Texas, in the convention assembl-
ed, are of the opinion that the time
is at hand when Texpns shall com.
memorate the achievements of those
who gave Texas transcendent glory.
We give our endorsement to the pains-
taking work, that hgs been accomp-
lished in preparing the stage for a
great Commemorative Expositionr apd
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An important business meeting
ie local chapter, Eastern Star, will
•elusion of the revival service to-
ght i Members are urged to he pres-'
“-to“
this protest, which/,
been suppressed.
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rain/gauge here
1.10 inches rainfell
* this morning.
sonator-
HtylUttvp assom-
gil in the re«o-
ianlMtion is be-
lt is provided that in
ry county in Texas, popular meet-
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Navasota Daily Examini
PUBLISHED SVSST WUKDAY ATTEUIOON Uf XA.VASOTA-XBAM OF T8B B1AZ0I VALUY
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the destinies of a commemorative ex-
position designed to giorifp the acblg- 1wrrT„
vemente of the tautlreretern World to do ail things
ta promptly and mo to particularly thv dramatic reetieu and accomplishment of thia
k®* boutrlbuted to i
tseftfttorynfhnmim gciifiiiiiJHimift
dm I The plaa^agreed jesll.'at AnHU »|
muAj in the convention was tfon. ,
carefully, with the intention
ting from all walks of Texas lu counties and din
» hundnt Npeeaentative dti.
have complete charge of the Hies fa
ten- thM *ali call th* ntiM fhfon
ImtotoW to the works that ~
een wrought *■“ -—•* - -
ted Press.) f
Mh Utnbr March W.-
of the disaster
-the Utah Fuel
y, Up to this
•een 131 bodies of
victims of the ex-
ited the mine, re-
time, based on inresent assessed val-
> body of
as round
1 as Ful-
WCHEYEM®
FEDERAL COUI
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OHHYMMNE, .Wyu., March 13.^
national charges iot illegal and A
ulent dealing in We leasing of
Teapot Dome naval oil ntofodd
Harry F. gfaclair were mhde
tition filed tn the Federal Bfi
’**** offices have beau spaatd in XtoU
InVAlidl **• to® wM®®® be conducted
■ mrr. . • J®** 4rtvtog thirty-flve day 0HpJ:
. ■KE IA—Holding ths i. s M
StotostVR fixing a ®haU constitute the board of diree-
vwhttote tex <ra traveling f<* tb<- Texas Centennial
sd dramatic <<ompanies mandate uf a popular convention of
t'show at regularly estab- Texas citisens held f *
m. unconstitutional. The »Wte Capitol. Cato Hells, of
the relator in tbe ow Q< *■,' <rf’ Corsicana, as secretary,were
« ---to execute a
well defined plan' for organization of
the Centennial Committee who will be
clothed with complete power to shape
.rains we will wot 1
New Trial For
HfliCom^yM
tUoitod Press.) r
AVtiTIN, Mawii E. F. K
HUI county will be given
in connection with oto rWRat*^
ffwgSgim
tetday reversed and mteahdew g
ah's enae in . whtote 4fo eaa »e«M
to six gears toONhMfeMt <*
grrnmK that ui attaint in HUI |
ty was toe strong against hkRjta
dare a fair trial and a change
ue should have been grualk’^
SCHOOL AT
HOUSTON IS
BURNED TODAY
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HOUSTON, March ,18.—The Hous-
ton Heights Junior High School was
destroyed by fire today with a loss
* estimated at Sixty-five thousand dol,
' lais. The school accommodated about
alx hundred atytaWw > -..v‘ v
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The big coupon sale tomorrow, Fri-
day, will bring the crowd to our More,
Look up the Coupons <*» dresses, hats
and shoes.—R. A. Patout A Co. ;
Mrs. J. E. Cfarke of Houston spent
terprise eyer launched lu the South-
western world, it wan announced to-
day by Cato tails, chairman of the
Texas Centennial Celebration. \ < Exec-
her mother, Mrs. Rhoda Muldrow. -
mmTW«ww wm*«r’nwr \f —ww min '-
uations, exceed the campaign pledge
of 80c to 82c on the $100 valuation.
ThA plan adopted also eliminates the
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sinners Court that the taxpayers of part or all of the bonds before matur-
ity, which provision has a definite
effect on I
PLANS GET UMBER WAY FOR GIGANTIC TEXAS CENTENNIAL
Ings shall be held in April 12, at
which time delegates to a senatorial
district convention will be chosen.
for the selection of three election com-
missioners in each senatorial district.
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to^^ndi^’bi’LteTte^t flTv'h®^ ful1 ^PC’-vlsion of the county
— — - and district conventions in which they
reride. ' /
On taturduy, April 1», a week fol-
lowing the county conventions the dis-
trict convention will be held in some
centrally located point in the district
to be determined by the coinmisrion-
erd. Without regard to population
figures the senatorial district conven-
tions will select two directors for the
Texas Centennial Celebration.
The matter of selecting the corps of
03 election commtesionere already bar
been taken up and a plan Is being by these presents we decree that there £
worked out to writ to ttaA-pfeee wf- Wfe 'EM
leadership outstanding men in th T 7 4 * ’
business and gMrgtthtea M tta dta
tricts, Chairman Sejfe said. No man1 “ *’
is to he selected because of political
prominanoa and politics of every de
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wamh»o»on. Mo
g. Kenyon, of lama, <• wB
have accepted the peat of fl
of the Navy la the cabinet o
dent Coolidge. AW * Wto
conference with the Presidea
yon said that he would issue
ment late today. The P
he would also have a a
contaects lie cancelled.
Attorneys Attee Poim
en i. Roberta, special gow
counsel, appeared before Jud(
uedy and presented the petl
which the charge- is’iuade that
Secretary Fall obtained the
from President Harding tor ti
-v ’by fhtae representation!
deal with the Ufads Ip
to rhe public benefit.
It is charged further
that Denby took ne partta
iatfons and that the lease v
ed without competitive puN
It is also charged that F
with John C. HchaffeMTW
Heber, that he would see.tis
Afek March 13.—Texaa second |
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MB the Itonhandle country ear-
r, mild and unaccompanied by
The heavy snows were wel-
b r«rm«. and eatU«(n.n !«<■♦• •“«*«*<«
Im and raam counto. nrantnitlona were re
E?^“-t> Urei pre, “ *“
t Twa, doi-lng t»e
and non^^nnl to-
■■X. and many are- r?*w»l". fllr ft*
Ited ’the biggest in * * ’**
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of
position, told enough to please the
w ______ . _ . still hearts of Austin. Travis, and
gree is to be completely taboo In any ^Houston, and big enough to mirror
the accompUshmcnts of Texan* to all
of the sons and daughters of earth,
to all of which we pledge our sup-
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Cion and ita l^acc of holding have been
pushed into the background and no w
I . ,, consideration wHl be given these mat-
Counties have the right to ^lect at *ters until the complete directorate 1>
has been organised an# begins to D
function. ' z / *
•We have no other t bought in mind
now," Chairman Sells said, “than to
call to leadership in thia great enter-
prise the strongest personalities avail-
local control provision has been nuple able.” The program is defined to the- (United Press.)
Albert H. Fall, when flecfei
the Interior, issued an7«rt«r-.
8hlto<l State® Marinte to
Dome in 1022 to eject aWflM
the Naval reserve ~
„ r___________ ______ acting secr^
the saleability of the bonds, fry. and Major Genera
I- —O k-uwy'-j. ■ t. s ®f tlte
in it ted M the comTnisaloners court to- told the Senate investiB.iu.» ,
tee today. 1
The two witnesses reveafei
Fall overrode the objections ol
dent Harding and the protes
friend of the President, agali
uao of armed force. Lejune <
also that the governor of W
protested to the Preridept. I
Walsh at once started a
t-Afe
writ w
L. Renick, to Austin to attend the
hearing on the matter, which IwiH be
held late this month by the Texas
Railroad Comm^sion. .
At today’s* Meeting, to which had
the reading of the minutes ofp^ lnvlte<1 members of the advisor
mocHney <> z».# 4>K«»vb.V<» »»»«•« .. . . _ . ♦ —
committee of the Navasota Road dis- the first of the week in this dty with
triet, Senators H L. Lewis submitted
three possible plans for the road bond
issue of this dtattict and the dicussion
of the kind of bonds best to be issued
was again taken up. Mr. Lewis ex-
plained' again flat it -was his desire
adn the desire of the County Oommis-
the district decide what kind of bonds
shovAd be issued. ,It was decided -wwwaiwE. —
the meeting to recommend the issuing The n'a« adopted today will be sub- June, commander
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The government’s a
the court for an iujui
Ing further drilling. jT
for a Deliver for the
the lease be nullified.
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Mrs. Ella Camp was hosted to the
Hannibal ®bone Chapter, U. D. C.
Tuesday afternoon, 1
9wepc the boule of her daughter, Mrs. pave
Barnes. z t '•'x
After the regular routine of - busi-
* ! a number of com-
read which were of
^interest. The treasurer reported “
went tos the Jeffesson Davis higfltaiF ies rid a large number fo representa-f
fQBdt $2 tfrmn. tiveu fmiii HPftriiv nhnoturw a>M> ,.v
t»jM*t to other caurog Mlfll
rate for the “Veteran” for the
school library and the chapter.
bapter agreed to comply with
seat of tta State President
members buy an annual.
The concert to ba given by the Chap
ter, directed Mr Mias Katherine tang-
tier, will be on March 2Bth, at which !
time all members are urged to give *
hearty co-operation. . * ‘J
There are papers being made out
for new members^ wltah are always
Wdteome. flV® urged to
rf rffcri <iues t6is month > ; ? w
Tt»e historian, the pros; '
gram which was much enjoyed. A
j dteirilteK.“*Blueliote<* by Mm Goree
M Wood, was followed by two vocal
* numbers by Miss Louise Brown in her
charming manner. Mrs. Parkerte pa-
per, on “Pioneer Women of Texas”
was very Interesting. The reading,
“The Alamo,** by Mrs. Menger closed
the program. r Mrs. Dave Barnes, as-
sisted by Mrs. Camp, served delicious
refreshment* of tea, sandwiches,
Muffed dates and salted nuts. '
—REPORTER
white-skinned men in Texas in one
hundred years.
Briefly, the program outlined pro-
vides for the choice by popular assem-
blies in counties and senatorial dis-
tricts of rixty-two Centennial direct-
oft, to be chosen two from each sena-
torial district. These sixty two
rectors then shall be called together
tamtam*: ^twenty-nine directors at
prign as the Bret *aie of tbe popular without particular regard to dis-
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w be added five directors to be nomin.
By ated by Governor Pat M Neff, two
amor T. W. Davidson and two to be
nominated by Speaker of the House^of
When the complete board of one bun
dred has been cboseu, formal organ-
ization will be effected and tbe board
will hgve 'control of its own affairs.
Howers conferred under the terms of
the Centennial resolution are broad.
“This board shgll have full powers
I necessary 4n the di-
legin Fight to Cancel Teapot Oil Les
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ear’s tleaViesil^Snoi^ Storm Visits Te^as action
' DistriWhM eeting^t
Eastern Star to Be Held
HereMonday-Tuesday
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March 11th, at‘ Preparations are te-tng made by tbe other pfomlnent officials of the fra
loeal Eastern Star chapter for the ternity will a-teo attend. Degree work -- -7~ _ w
holding of the district school of In- in the order will be pot on by repre- Denby, former Secretary of the Navy,
structlon of that order at the Masonic sentatives of the chapters in attend- *fh« came home today. He-'was greet-
hail here next Monday and Tuesday, auce, and the occasion will be an es- ed by « reception committee at the
'F^001 to for Easfcern 8tar chap- pedally interesting onebfor all,mem- station and taken to the City hall by
K Uta 0f Grimes and surrounding count- Vera .of the Eastern Star. a motorcycle escort where ho was wel-
■^7- tn *“?■«-“***-r In ortier to assure suitable accom- homp hy Mtti’nr Jo«®Ph
^tomMoun- tives ftw npgrby chapters are ex. Farions for the visiting delegates Martin <
-t™! .ta »^Med to be la attendance. those of the dtjr who cau
Mrs. Norton B. Wellborn, grand ma- tertain one or more of the visitors to
trim of Texas, and T, J. Holbrook, the dty are asked to notify Mlas Maud
i of Galveston, grand patron, will*be Dixon, worthy matron of the local
Mhoug the visitors and a number of chapter.
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d Of Road
^ftodt To Be Issued
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The Chamber of Commerce • direct-
ors met in regular session at noon to.
day with almost g full attendance
pfesent. President R. D. Haxrls pre-
sided. J7 .. ,
* “er i
lit meeting, a v^te of thanks was
eMepded to the Western Public Serv-
ice comimny, through District Super-
intendent Paul Freeman, for the vol-
u^afy reduction in electric* rates
which has l*en announced by that
ccftnpany. - .--7 — --z .
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^B»e proposed purchase of theJL-G.
the Gulf Coast lines wag dis-
cussed at tbe meeting today, with the
attention of tbe directors centered on
th® effect of such purchase On local
.... - The directors passed a of thirty-year serial bdnds of such
reputation approving the project and. kind that the tax rate necessary to
authorizing the sending of a commit- take care of them would- not at any
tee, composed of T. H. Mackie and R.
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las from whence will be conducted!
a tard driving thirty-five day cam,
•election of one hundred Texans who trfct »«Mdence. To thia personnel shall
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ccwpatitm tax <m traveling tors f<* the Texas (’entente).
iad - dramatic '’ttaipsitas niandate of a popular conventlc
kt’ntaw at regularly estab- Texas citizens held at Austin in the
Lrea nneonMttntionai. The State Capitol, Cato Bella of Fort, .
iprat® Wedneetay ordered riorth, as chairman and Lowry Mar- Representatives, R. E. Selgler
tr " . ' ‘ *
C. Blair. Jntatou.wmty, ui . vroefid to execute a
the Oratraaial Committee who win be
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Navasota Daily Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1924, newspaper, March 13, 1924; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1336364/m1/1/?q=%22Eastern+Star%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Navasota Public Library.