The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1927 Page: 1 of 10
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CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 15, 1927
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CHAMPION
ESTABLISHED 1877- _______________________________
CAMPING GROUNDS
OPEN TO FARMERS
First Cotton Bloom
Of Year Brought In.
POLL OF PROPERTY
OWNERS IS TAKEN
GAS LINE WILL
CROSS COUNTY
SALVATION ARMY
DRIVE A SUCCESS
Fresh hot barbecue every day at
Pay and Save Grocery.
CABBAGE PLANTS, ONION
PLANTS and ALL KINDS OF
GARDEN SEED.
STRIPLING & ARMSTRONG
If you are in the market for furni-
ture take advantage of the special
bargains offered by us until July 1st.
—Harris Hardware & Furniture Co.
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Officers Elected
By Letter Carriers.
Hulls $6.00 per ton, Ring 914-F 22.
--W. S. Beckham. 15p
A REMARKABLE BUY!
4-piece Bedroom Suites in Walnut
Ivory or Enamel, $75.00.—Payne &
Payne-
CRYSTAL GAS.
We guarantee it starts better, runs
better and is better. You will find it
at present at Wayne Downer’s and
Doggett Garage.
ROUTE OF TRIP
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Shelby County Poultry Associa-
was organized Thursday night.
COUNTY POULTRY
ASS’N. ORGANIZED
ILAWRENCE SANDERS
SUCCUMBS TO DEATH
CENTER BAND IS
TO GIVE CONCERT
MRS. I. O.B. PARKER
IS CALLED BY DEATH
fixed up so
their stock in the pen while they are
using the grounds. The barn also
will be fixed up, and farmers can use
this free of charge at any times they
want to.
Will be open Sunday and will ap-
preciate your trade.—Wayne Down-
er. t n J
R. A. McWilliams, owner of the
ground west of the Munnerlyn cotton
shed, where farmers have been camp-
ing for a number of years when they
come to Center, states that
grounds will be kept open for
farmers, and ahyone desiring to
it is welcome.
Because the state highway depart-
ment has been using some of this
space to store machinery the report
has gotten out that farmers will not
be allowed to use it. This is a mis-
take, Mr. McWilliams said, and all
farmers who want to use it are wel-
come. If necessary, Mr. McWilliams
The first cotton bloom of the year
to be brought to The Champion of-
fice was brought in Wednesday morn-
ing by D. G. Reynolds. Mr. Rey-
nolds says that he has six acres that
will be in bloom within the next day
or two. It is on the Mel Stephens
place on the Cotton Ford and Garrett
roads.
Upland cotton is in the grass, due
to the continued rains, and bottom
land in the county is almost all un-
der water at the present time, with
more rainy weather in prospect.
Shelby County Singers have a
special invitation to meet at the Mun-
nerlyn cotton shed Sunday night at
8 o’clock. Everybody invited to at-
tend. Plenty of good song books for Friday and Saturday.—Stripling &
the eervice.—Furman F. Hayes.
Russell Day and Misses Yuma and
Olena Day are attending sun^ne?
scchool at Nacogdoches. 4 ,
TENAHA BOY GRADUATED
FROM LON MORRIS COLLEGE.
Jacksonville, Texas.—William Hilh
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hill cf
Tenaha, received the Associate in
Arts degree at the recent commence-
of Lon Morris College. Mr. Hill has
been a student of the Jacksonville in-
stitution for two years. He ranked
with the upper ten of his class.
Misses Lucile Harrison, Lucile
Brown and Rubye Carter all of Ten-
aha returned home last week after
completing their first year course at
Lon Morris. They attended the com-
mencement exercises which marked
the close of the fifty-fourth session,
of that college. Senator Earle B.
Mayfield delivered the principle ad-
dress.
The Center band was reorganized
this week, and will give the first of a
series of summer concerts at the band
stand on the court house lawn on
Friday evening.
Alton Hughes will be director of
the band this summer. Mr. Hughes
had had a great deal of experiencec
in directing bands, having been in
charge of the Ennis High School band
during the past year. Mrs. P. L.
Sandel will be assistant director, and
James Bridges, secretary-treasurer.
The organization asks the cooper-
ation of every citizen and musician
in the city to help make the band a
success.
Following is the program for the
Friday evening program:
Energy Overture.
On the Square, March.
In Pansy Time, Schottische.
Fortuna March.
Debutante Overture.
Esmeralda March.
Zenith Overture..
Plantation Melodies.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible School 9:45; Communion and
Morning Worship 11:00; Jr. Y. P. Sy
C. E. 7:00; Mid-week Prayer Service;
Wednesday evening 7:45.
There will be no evening preaching
service because of the Evangelistic
Campaign which is being conducted
by the minister in Shelbyville. The
congregation will plan to visit with
the Shelbyville congregation for this
service.
Marion Weaver will be Prayer
Meeting leader for this Wednesday
evening’s service.
CHAS. D. POSTON, Minister.
Mrs. L. C. Musgrove and son,
Clyde and daughter, Gertrude, spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Wiggins.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
The Newburn church will hold spec
ial Memorial Services on June 25.
Everybody invited to come and bring
song books and dinner.
Dr. J. B. Sims has returned to
Center after having been confined to
a hospital in Dallas for three months
Dr. Sims underwent an operation in
Dallas, and his condition was very
serious, little hope having been held
out for his recovery. It is a source
of pleasure to his friends to know
that he is now able to be back home,
and it is hoped that he soon will re-
cover fully.
The Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will meet in a
home to be announced later, next
Monday the 20th at 4 o’clock with a
well prepared lesson from the Bible,
the last of the series as planned for
awhile. As there was no provision
for a program for Monday, the 27th,
Mrs. Runnels, our capable president,
says the committee has arranged an
interesting one which will complete
the last quarter and also be the last
meeting until the first Monday in
September. Be sure to come to both
these meetings for you will be bene-
fitted.—Mrs. J. E. Armstrong, Super-
intendent Publicity.
The fourth annual Boys and Girls
Tour will leave Center on Friday,
July 15, at 8 a. m. The first stop will
be Shreveport for lunch, a visit the
Textile Mills and other things of in-
terest, leaving Shreveport at 2:15 p.
m. and arriving at Minden at 3:45 p.
m. at which point will be served cold
drinks. Homer will be the next stop,
and there will be entertainment at
that point by the chamber of com-
merce. «
Saturday, July 16, the caravan will
go to El Dorado to see one of the ;
biggest oil fields in Arkansas. Lunch ’
will be eaten in Camden and at 2:00
p. rn. the caravan will leave for Pine
Bluff, going, through Eagle Mills, Mill-
■ ville, Thornton, Fordyce and arriving
at PiYie Bluff at 6:40 p. m. where the
second night will be spent.
The next morning at 8 a. m. the
tourists leave for Little Rock, and
upon arrival will attend 11 o’clock
services at one of the churches. That >
afternoon they will visit some of the 1
points of interest, including the capi- '
tol buildings.
Monday the caravan will leave for 1
Hot Springs, going by way of Benton
where they will visit the pottery
works. In Hot Springs we will visit
the Ostrich and Alligator farms, the
tower the bath houses, the springs,
the kennels, the big dam, the 1000
Dripping Springs,” Mirrok Lake and
other things of interest, including a
mountain climb.
Wednesday morning they will go
to Arkadelphia, making a drive
through the beautiful Ozark Moun-
tains. At Arkadelphia will be in-
spected the flour mills; then to Mur-
freesboro and visit the diamond mine;
then through the biggest peach or-
chard in the world seeing the packing
and grading of peaches. Then down
the road to Ashdowm to spend the
night.
Thursday the caravan will leave for
home, returning by way of Texarkana
Atlanta, Jefferson, Marshall and Car-
thage.
Mr. Scurlock and Miss Hill have
issued the following statement to
those who plan to make the trip:
“All members who have their club
THE MASTERS MEN.
A men’s Bible class with a real vis-
ion. Undenominational; meets every
Sunday morning at 9:45 in Noble
Weaver’s office.
The Master’s men have great plans
for this coming Lord’s Day. We are
expecting fifty. Come and be one of
them. The Master’s Men offer Cen-
ter her greatest opportunity for fame.
Come and learn of it, come and help
accomplish it. - ' i (
CHAS. D. POSTON, Teacher.
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NOTICE TO HOLDERS
OF LATEX GAS BONDS.
Bonds of the La-Tex gas company
are-mow being called in by the compa-
ny, and all holders can secure
payment of $103.00 and accrued
interest on each bond, by sur-
rendering the bond at the Farmers
State Bank. Payment will be made
immediately upon surrender of bond.
Each bond is now worth 104.70, in-
cluding premium and interest to date,
or, if you have not clipped the coupon
$107.70. Bonds should be surren-
dered as soon as possible.—Farmers
Statp Bank.
See “Daredevil” Lee Cathey driv-
ing his Chevrolet on a 100-hour non-
stop run. Drive ends Saturday, June
18, at Runnels Chevrolet Co.
A poll of the property owners in
Center is being taken by the city
council to determine whether or not
sentiment favors extension of the city
sewer system at this time. Ques-
tionairres have been sent out to all
property owners asking them to ex-
press their opinions on the matter.
A survey of the city showed that
the extension proposed would cost
approximately $30,000. The city is
without funds to make this improve-
ment at this time, and the condition
of the city finances will not warrant
the issue of new bonds without a de-
cided increase in property renditions.
The questionairre explains this sit-
uation, and asks the property owners
favor the improvement provided it
carried with it a 25 per cent increase
in rendition of property for taxation.
Any property owner who has not
received a questionairre can obtain
one at the office of the city secretary
over Payne & Payne’s store. The
council makes the request that every
property owner answer the questions
sent them.
Crews this week are making a pre-
liminary survey of a new gas pipe
line which will cross Shelby county,
and will carry natural gas from the
Louisiana fields to South Texas. The
line will be one of the largest in the
state.
Following is a news dispatch re-
garding the line which was published
this week in state papers:
Galveston, June 13.—A
pipe will be constructed from North-
west Louisiana for the purpose of
serving various points in Texas with
natural gas, according to a New
York announcement received in Gal-
veston Sunday. The company has
been organized and will be known as
the Dixie Pipe Line Company. It is a
holding of the Moody-Seagraves in-
terests, a Galveston and Houston con-
cern. The main line, which will be
22 inches in diameter, will originate
in Northwest Louisiana, Texas, and
branch at Livingston, Texas, 140
miles distant. Here it will be divided,
a 16-inch pipe being extended to
Houston and another leading to Port
Arthur, Orange and other East Tex-
as points, will provide capacity for
100,000,000 daily into Houston and
50,000,000 feet daily for the East
Texas pipe.
The cost will approximate $10,000,-
000 and work will start as soon as
surveys are completed. Pipe already
has been ordered, according to O. H.
Seagraves, president, who believes
the new arrangement will insure
a dependable and unlimited sup-
ply of natural gas for Houston and all
Southeast Texas points for many
years.
“Besides owning many gas wells
and leases on thousands of acres of
proven gas lands through Louisiana
and Texas, we have acquired half in-
terest in the Reserve Natural Gas
Co., of Louisiana, which has a com-
plete gathering system from almost
every field,” Mr. Seagraves said.
“This company also has extensive
ownings in both gas wells and leases
on all of the Texas Company proper-
ties in East Texas and in Northwest
Louisiana are included. We also
have acquired the gas rights of the
State Line Oil and Gas Company,
which has many producing wells in
the Waskom field, as well as the gas
produced by Thigpen & Herrold of
Shreveport and many other independ-
ent producers. There will be more
than 200 gas wells connected with
this line.”
SPECIAL—Large Pink Powder
Puff FREE at our store Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.—Stripling &
Armstrong.
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A
tion
At the call meeting of the Shelby
County Poultry Club No. 1, held in
New Shady Grove community, dele-
gates were sent from various sections
of Shelby county to perfect the coun-
ty organization. Those presents were:
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pincham of Cali-
donia; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hammers
of New Prospect, A. R. Davis and C.
R. Coxsey of Tenaha, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Cammack and S. Winfrey of
Timpson, Miss Zola Mae Hill and C.
P. Scurlock of Center.
By a unanimous vote organization
was entered into. A. R. Davis of
Tenaha was elected president and
Mrs. R. L. Cammack of Timpson was
elected secretary-treasurer. The fol-
lowing directors were then elected:
Mrs. S. M. Pincham of Timpson, Sid
Black of Center, A. D. Grimsby of
Joaquin, A. R. Davis of Tenaha and
C. R. Coxsey from the county at
large. Membership dues were plac-
ed at $1.00 per annum to begin Jan-
uary 1, 1928. It was agreed that
anyone raising a pure strain of stand-
ard breed poultry would be eligible
for membership. A membership
drive will be begun at once. Each di-
rector is a member of the membership
committee and
the president added the following
names: J. B. Hammers, Mrs. M. M.
Carroll, Mrs. Don Hooper, S. R. Pe-
terson, S. D. Childs, A. D. Glenn,
work up to date are eligible to make ^rs\Dan RamseV and Mrs- Clarence
the trip. All record books must be in
the office filled cut, up to date by
July 2nd.
“Any one who wishes to furnish a
car or truck should notify us as soon
as possible.
“Each person must turn in their
can goods and 6 eggs by July 2nd.
“July second will be registration
day and every one going must regis-
ter that day. Registration will be-
gin at 8 a. m. A general meeting will
be held at 1 o’clock in the school audi-
torium. Every one who expects to go
should be at this meeting.
“Come go with us and enjoy a week
of outing, educational and entertain-
ing.
“SHELBY COUNTY CLUBS.”
THE FLAG.
Tuesday, June 14, marked
150th anniversary of the adoption of
the United States Flag by congress. .
It is especially appropriate, then, that
we published the following history of
the Flag and its symbolism, taken
from a recent issue of the Dearborn
Independent:
The United States Flag was first
authorized by Congress June 14,
1777. This date is now observed as
Flag Day throughout America. The
flag was first flown from Fqrt Stan-
wix, on the site of the present city
of Rome, New York, on August .3,
1777. It was first under fire three
days later in the battle of Oriskany,
August 6, 1777. It was first decreed
that there should be a star and a
stripe for each State, making thirteen
of both; for the States at that time
had just been constituted from the
original thirteen colonies. The colors
of the Flag may be thus explained;
the red, is for valor, zeal and ferven-
cy; the white, for hope, purity and
cleanliness of life and rectitude of
conduct; the blue, the color of heav-
en for reverence of God, loyalty and
sincerity, justice and truth. The
Star (an ancient symbol of India,
Persia and Egypt) symbolizes domin-
ion and sovereignity, as well as lofty
aspiration. The constellation of the
Stars within the union, one star for
each state is emblematic of our Fed-
eral Constitution which reserves to
the States their individual sovereign-
ity except as to rights delegated by
them to the Federal Government. In
1794 Vermont and Kentucky were
admitted to the Union and the num-
ber of stars and stripes was raised to
fifteen in correspondence. As other
States came into the Union it became
evident there would be too many
stripes. So in 1818 Congress enact-
ed that the number of stripes be re-
duced and restricted henceforth to
thirteen, representing the thirteen
original States; while a star should
be added for each succeeding State.
That law is the law of today. The
name, “Old Glory,” was given to our
National Flag, August 10, 1831, by
Captain William Driver, of the Char-
les Doggett. The Flag yas first car-
ried in battle at Brandywine, Septem-
ber 11, 1777. It first flew over for-
■ eign territory January 28, 1778, at
: Nassau, Bahama Islands; Fort Nas-
. .sau having been captured by the
■ Americans in the course of the war
> for independence. The first foreign
s salute to the Flag was renderd by the
. French Admiral La Motte Piquet, off
• Quiberon Bay February 13, 1778.
Have you paid your May account?
If not, please do so this week.'—Will
Rogers.
The annual drive of the Salvation
Army in Shelby county is meeting
with- much success, according to Cap--
tain Walters, who is in charge of the
drive, and Judge J. F. Willis, treas-
urer of the Shelby county organiza-
tion.
Practically every business house in
Center was called upon this week by
Judge Willis and Captain Walters,
and nearly 100 per cent donated to
the Salvation Army. The organiza-
tion is using the money to help thQ
needy in all parts where there is sor-
row, distress or need.
To date Center has contributed
$215.00, with several donations prom-
ised before the close of the campaign.
Timpson had contributed $85,00.
Some of the usual contributors were
out of town when a visit was made to
Timpson, and Captain Walters will
make a second visit to - that city.
Shelbyville has contributed $11.
Tenaha, Haslam and Joaquin are
to be worked during this week. Cap-
tain Walters is well pleased with the
generous response of the people, and
has asked The Champion to express
his thanks.
People who wish to contribute to
this work, but who have not been so-
licited, should get in touch with
Judge* J. F. Willis, who is county
treasurer of the organization. An-
other opportunity to contribute will
be given everyone Saturday, when
Captain Walters will be on the streets
all day.
Officers were elected at the meet-
ing Monday night of the Shelby Coun-
ty Rural Letter Carriers association.
J. W. Williams was elected presi-
dent; Robert Bridger, vice-president;
B. J. Pearce, secretary-treasurer; F.
F. Hayes, Rex Kirkley and Willie
Savage, delegates to the state con-
vention, to be held in Abilene in
July.
Rainbolt.
Shelby county already has two
very active local poultry clubs. Club
No. 1 of the New Shady Grove com-
munity has eighty two members and
is now marketing their products
through their organization at consid-
erable advantage over those who are
not members. They are marketing
infertile eggs exclusively, and are
candled and guaranteed by the organ-
ization and are bringing a $1.00 per
case over the eggs of the open mar-
ket.
Tenaha also has a splendid local
club. Their membership is possibly
not as large as that of club No. 1, but
they have some members more exper-
ienced and with much larger flocks.
The object of the county, organiza-
tion is to promote the growing of
standard bred poultry and to cooper-
ate in marketing, whereby it is hoped
to get even better price than the local
clubs are now obtaining. Each mem-
bership committeeman will be given
subscription list and if you are a
producer of pure bred chickens you
should call on a member of this com-
mittee and subscribe to this organi- with past<
<zation. President Davis has called a
directors meeting to be held in Timp-
son on Friday night June 24, at
which meeting it is the purpose to
canvass the list of applicants for
membership, to prepare constitutions
and by-laws for the organization and
to arrange a program for a meeting
of the entire association to be held
in the near future.
Mrs. I. O. B. Parker died at her
Center early Wednesday •
morning, after a long illness,
had been an invalid for a number of
years, and her condition had been
serious for several days. (_
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Newburn cemetery.
A veil of sorrow was cast over Cen-
ter Saturday when word was received ]
from Shreveport that Lawrence San- 1
ders, who had been confined in the ;
Highland sanitarium for a week, had i
succombed to death. Every possible -
effort was made to save his life, but i
his weakened physical condition
through years of illness was too great j
to overcome. Death was due to the
effect of poison which the young
man had taken the preceding Friday.
Mr. Sanders had been in bad health
for several years. After his gradua- :
tion from the Center high school, he
went to St. Louis, where he was em-
ployed by a wholesale mercantile
in addition thereto, firm. He was in bad health prior to
going to St. Louis, and after a few
months it was found that the climate
did not agree with him, and he re-
turned home. Two years ago he
went to Shreveport, where he had
similar employment with a wholesale
house. His health showed no im-
provement, and only a short time be-
fore his death he underwent an oper-
ation for appendicitis in the hope of
regaining his health. He never com-
pletely recovered his health after this
operation.
It is thought that his nervous con-
dition and continued brooding over
the prospect of the life of an invalid
and dependent were responsible for
the act.
Mr. Sanders was 21 years of age
at the time of his death, having been
born in Center October 15, 1905. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Sanders of Center. He was of a
very cheerful disposition and proba-
bly had as large a circle of friends as
any young man who has been raised
here. The floral offering at the fun-
eral services was most beautiful and
profuse, and the large building was
too small to accommodate the host of
friends who gathered to pay a final
'tribute.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the First Baptist church,
;ors of all local churches
taking part in the services. Inter-
ment was in the Fairview cemetery.
If necessary, Mr. McWilliams
said, he will have all road machinery
removed from the lot in order to
make room for the farmers.
He also plans to improve the
ground right away. New troughs are
to be built, and the stock pen will be
that farmers can turn
SPECIAL—Large Pink Powder
Puff FREE at our store Thursday,
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