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CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928
$1.50 PER YEAR, 12 PAGES
51st YEAR, NO. 35
FARMERS TO MEET
Wil-
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DISTRIBUTION OF
CATALOGUE STARTS
NEW SCHOOL TERM
STARTED MONDAY
Jury, County Court
October Term 1928.
NOMINEE URGES
ALL TEXANS VOTE
KIMBRO NAMED TO
STATE LEGION POST
August Gasoline Tax
Increases Two Funds.
Service Officer For
Local Legion Named.
TIMPSON TO STOP
COUNTY AGENT AID
RECORD ENROLLMENT EXPECT-
ED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
FOR 1928-29.
Singers To Meet
At Joaquin Sunday.
School Per Capita
Payment to Be Made.
MEETING CALLED TO HEAR DIS-
CUSSION OF BETTER COT-
TON METHODS.
LEGION TO SHOW
WAR PICTURE HERE
Democrats Organize
To Fight for Ticket.
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FOR RENT: Three roo»n apartment
—T. J. Franklin. 5c
Mrs. Bessie Curry has returned to
her home in Dallas after a visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. -John Leslie,
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Mrs. Laura Nelson
Called By Death.
T. D. Kimbro, executive committee-
man of the American Legion for this
congressional district, was elected ser-
vice officer for the local post at the
regular meeting of the post Monday
night. This is a new office, recently
created, and the service officer will
have charge of all negotiations be-
tween ex-service men, whether mem-
bers of the legion or not, and the
government. Mr. Kimbro has acted
in this capacity for the local post for
several years, and is familiar with
most phases of negotiations with the
government.
The new commander, Ross Hopkins,
outlined his plans for the post for the
coming year, which include a drive
for new members in the near future,
and a number of interesting activities
The local post will sponsor a picture
show at the Crystal Theatre about
October 1, it was decided at the Mon-
day night meeting.
In listing the new officers last week.
The Champion failed to mention the
election of Frank Pigg as second vice
commander.
Center Rotarians Will
I Entertain Timpson Club.
CHECK ON VOTES
SHOWS NO CHANGE HERE ON SATURDAY
Shelby county singing convention
No. 2 will hold its regular meeting
Sunday afternoon ,September 8, at
the Presbyterian church, Joaquin at
2 o’clock, according to the announce-
ment of Furman F. Hayes, president.
Everyone is invited to be present
at this convention.
SINGING CONVENTION.
The Nacogdoches County Singing
Convention will meet at Nacogdoches
on Saturday September 15th, for a
two days session. We are going to
use the ne.w auditorium which will
seat about 200 people. We are plan-
ning this to be one cf the best con-
ventions that East Texas has had.
Come and enjoy this singing with us.
J. C. NEAL, President.
Mrs. Laura N. Nelson, wife of J. B.
Nelson, died at her home here Monday
night, September 3, following an ill-
ness which has extended over a period
of several years. Mrs. Nelsen was
60 years of age at the time of her
death, having been born in Alabama
March 2. 1868.
Mrs. Nelson is survived by her* hus-
band, J. B. Nelson, one son and one
daughter, all of Shelby .county.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Methodist church,
with Rev. J. F. Kidd in charge. In-
terment was in Fairview cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson had lived in
Center for many years, and have a
host of friends in Shelby county who
mourn her loss.
A meeting of farmers, to be held in
Center Saturday afternoon, Septem-
ber 8. at 2 p. m., has been called for
the purpose of hearing T. R. Day dis-
cuss the growing of cotton.
The call for the meeting, as furnish-
ed The. Champion, is as follows:
Everybody interested in the produc-
tion and marketing of cotton and the
production of a better staple is invit-
ed to meet at the court house Satur--
day September 8, at 2 p. m.
Tom Day, the noted cotton breeder
cf South Amercia for the past four-
teen years, will speak to the people
about his work and the possibilities
we have in this county. He will ex-
hibit some specimens of his great va-
riety of cottcn bred in Brazil.
There are more than 300 acres of
this cotton in Shelby county this year
and so far it is proving very produc-
tive with extra good fiber. This cot-
ton is known as the Silvermine. Mr.
Day brought 2 1-2 pounds of seed to
Shelby county three years ago. The
cotton is being carefully watched by
growers and buyers both in this coun-
ty and adjoining counties.
The plant matures lint 15 days
earlier than the standard cotton and
staple is 1 1-16 to 1 1-4 inch. Cotton
buyers are paying a premium for this
staple. The indications are that there
will be a great demand for pure seed
another year and it behooves farmers
who are growing the cotton to keep
their seed pure. Mr. Day will also
tell us how to do this.
Everybody invited to hear Mr. Day
and especially all who are growing
this cotton or plan on growing it an-
other year be sure to hear him.
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.
I
The Center Rotary club will issue
an invitation to the Timpson Lions
club for a joint meeting of the two
organizations in Center as guests of
the Center Rotary club on Tuesday
night, September 18, according to
plans outlined at the weekly luncheon
of the Rotary, club Tuesday.
Members of the Timpson club and
their wives will be invited to meet
with the members and wives of the
Cente/Rotarians in an inter-city meet
The idea recently was suggested at
the Rotary club when two members
of the Timpson organization were
guests here, and met with the ap-
proval of the visitors.
If the date suggested by the local
club is not satisfactory to Timpson,
another date probably will be agreed
upon.
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ESTABLISHED 1877. ' v
NOMINEES FOR COUNTY OF-
FICES ARE DECLARED BY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Dallas, September 4.—The Import-
ance cf party organization so that in-
different democratic voters will go to
the polls was emphasized by Senator
Joseph/ T. Robinson, democratic vice
president nominee, in a brief address
here Monday before an informal gath-
ering of the state central committee.
Robinson hailed Gov. Alfred E.
Smith, his running mate, as “a great
patriot and statesman,” and predicted
that thousands would cast their votes
in November who previously had not
voted in presidential election, when
the ability of the presidential stand-
ard bearer became recognized.
Hoover democrats were attacked
in speeches by Senator Morris Shep-
pard of Texarkana, Former Senator
Joseph Weldon Bailey of ballas, and
James Young of Kaufman, the cen-
tral committee chairman.
The former denounced the republi-
can party’s 50-year occupancy of the
White House as one “filled^with pub-
lic scandals,” and pleaded for a re-
‘urn to power of the “people’s party.”
Senator Bailey asked religious tol-
eration and open-mindedness cn the
liquor question.
Others who spoke at the meeting
were Former State Attorney General
M. M. Crane of Dallas and Mrs. Hal
Sevier of Austin, national committee-
woman.
Austin, Texas, September 4.—Cash
balances in the fifty-eight State funds
totaled $19,348,648.96 at the begin-
ning of the fiscal year, September 1,
as compared with $13,726,450.60 on
the same date last year but the total
would have been $21,319,159.96 if
the August gasoline tax had been re-
ceived in time to be included.
The three-cent gasoline tax for Au-
gust, which was not paid to State
Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher in
time for inclusion in the total,
amounted to $1,830,511 as compared
with $1,716,000 for July. The tax
went back to two cents per gallon
September 1. ’
Figures for the fiscal year showed
the available school fund at $1,839,-
286.94 with warrants outstanding of
$267,895.93, and the State highway
fund at $6,362,859.82 with warrants
outstanding of $721,801.30. To the
present total of the available school
fund should be added $457,628, the
fourth of the gasoline tax apportion-
ed to it, and to the State highway
fund, the remaining three-fourths or
$1,372,884.
Austin, Texas, September 4.—Pay-
ment of $2 on the per capita appor-
tionment of $15, representing approx-
imately $2,75’0,000 for the scholastic
yeai’ 1928-29, will be made to; all
county and independent school dis-
tricts having approved scholastic cen-
sus rolls by September 15, S. M. N.
Marrs, State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction, announced Tuesday.
This will be the first payment for the
new scholastic year which started
September 1.
“This payment will aid very mater-
ially in meeting the salaries of teach-
ers for the first month of the new
scholastic year,” Marrs said. “It in-
dicates that the entire amount of the
apportionment will be paid during the
scholastic year as has been the case
Austin, Texas, September 4.—^Con-
gressman Tom Connally, who defeat-
ed United States Senator Earle B.
Mayfield for re-election, expended
$9,115 in his campaign, his final ex-
pense announced, filed Tuesday with
the Secretary of State, showed. May-
field’s account filed several days ago,
listed expenditures totaling $9,520.
Connally reported that no contribu-
tions were received and he did not
boiTOw any funds for campaign pur-
poses.
Professor S. M. N. Marrs, renomi-
nated for State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, reported a total
of $1,732 expenses and donations
amounting to $369.
The period for filing final accounts
will expire September 5;
The 1928 Premium Lists for the
Shelby County Fair have been deliv-
ered by the printers to Wm. J. Law-
son, secretary of the fair, and are now
being- distributed through his office.
The Premium List is a 56-page
booklet following the modern design
of fair catalogues, and in addition, to
the list of prizes, and premiums offer-
ed, gives the rules and regulations
governing the fair, and all informa-r
tion needed by exhibitors and attend-
ants at the annual Shelby county cel-
ebration.
The fair is to be held at Payne
Park, Center, October 10, 11, 12 and
13, with exhibits and shows open day
and night during the four day pro-
gram.
The premium list is generously pat-
ronized by local advertisers and whole
sale and retail merchants of Shreve^
port, Beaumont, Longview, Marshall
and other cities. It is the most pre-
tentious catalogue ever issued by a
fair in this county, and as an example
of printing has received many compli-
ments wherever shown. It is a pro-
duct of the printing plant of The
Champion.
Officers of the fair, as listed in the
catalogue, are: F. E. Parker, presin
dent; Wm. J. Lawson, secretary; C.
P. Scurlock, county agent; Miss Myr-
tle Glazener, home demonstration
agent. Directors are the same as the
directors of the chamber of com-
merce, which organization is in charge
of the annual fair.
The different departments, all list-
ing substantial prizes in the different
divisions, and their superintendents,
are: Live stock, F. L. Moffett, super-
intendent; Poultry, R. J, Eddins, su-
perintendent; Fresh fruit and vegeta-
bles department, L. C. Smith, super-
intendent; Culinary department, Mrs.
Jas. G. Rogers, superintendent; Relic
department, Mrs. T. J. Franklin, su-
perintendent; Floral department, Mrs.
J. F. Kidd, superintendent; Individual
community and manufacturing exhi-
bits, T. H. Dillon, superintendent;
Candy department, Mrs. G. G. Strip-
ling, superintendent; Canned Goods
department, Mrs. R. V. Payne, super-
intendent; Poultry, dairy and live-
stock department, Tine G. Carroll, su-
perintendent; Textile department,
Mrs. M. H. Slayden, superintendent.
In addition to these departments,
prizes are offered in the parade .divis-
ion, the community exhibits division
and in the old fiddlers contest as well
as in other several other division.
Premiums Lists will be mailed out
this week, and all who do not receive
them and wish copies should get in
touch with Mr. Ladson, who will mail
a copy to anyone interested.
The Chevrolet touring car, which is
to be given away by the fair associa-
tion, has been delivered by the Run-
nels Chevrolet company, and is now
on display in Center. Season, ticket
sale started Saturday, and already
the advance sale has been much bet-
ter than expected. Season tickets
good any time during the fair, can be
had at $1 each.
Construction work at Payne Park
is under way, and the grounds are be-
ing put in readiness for the opening
of the fair.
PREMIUM LIST OF SHELBY
COUNTY FAIR LISTS
MANY PRIZES.
Dr. Frank L. Pearce from Medical
Arts Building in Houston is moving
to Center, will have his office over
First National Bank building anti is
is trying to get office in shape to be-
gin work by Saturday, September 8.
Dr. Pearce practiced dentistry jn
Center until about five years ago he
moved to Houston where he has prac-
ticed his profession until moving back
to Center a few days ago. i since 1923.
Official results of the August 25
Democratic primary run-off, declared
for the county executive committee
Saturday by R. S. Sanders, county
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee, did not change the results
as reported in The Champion last
week.
Leaders in all races in the run-off
were declared nominated, and a certi-
ficate of nomination filed with the
county clerk.
Following is the list of Democratic
nominees for county and precinct of-
fices in Shelby county:
For District Clerk: Ellis D.
burn. -
For County Clerk: B. M. Alford.
For County Judge: F. C. Powell.
For Representative: Jno. C. Rogers
Fcr County Superintendent: R. B.
Smith.
For Sheriff: Harry Burns'.
For County* Attorney: Maurice
Short.
Foi- County Surveyor: Chas. Hunt-
ington.
For Ccunty Treasurer: Wm. Beck.
For Tax Collector: C. E., Scates.
For Tax Assessor: Mrs .Dan Pullen
For County Chairman, Democratic
Executive Committee: R. S. Sanders.
Fcr Commissioner, Precinct 1: H
F. Campbell.
For Commissioner, Precinct 2: Lee
Swanzy.
For Commissioner,
Walter Peddy.
For Commissioner, Precinct 4: El-
mer Ross.
Fcr Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables in respective precincts: 1, I.
O. B. Parker and Joe Adams; 2, A.
Johnson and Jesse Samples; 3, G. C.
Jordan and O. L. Parker: 4, A. W.
Oliver and W C. Hooper; 5, R. H.
Burns and Geo. Hillin; 6, A. E. Mills
and J. M. Windham; 7, Bob Todd and
Barto Giles; 8, Curtis Peace and Bal-
lard Wilson.
C. V. Williams was nominated cot-{
ton weigher in Precinct 4, and D. I..
Barton in Precinct 5.
In all the above offices but one, the
nominee was made in either the July
or August Democratic primary. For
Tax Assessor, Dan Pullen was nomi-
nated, but died shortly after the pri-
mary, and the county executive com-
mittee named Mrs. Dan Pullen the
nominee fcr this office. The commit-
tee also recounted the vote in the con-
test for justice of the peace in pre-
cinct 4, after declaring J. M. Chil-
dress the nominee; and, after the re-
count, withdrew Mr. Childress’ name
and declared A. W. Oliver nominated.
The 1928-29 school term of the
Center public school was formally
launched with appropriate exercises
Monday morning, September 3, at the
First Methodist church. The church
auditorium was used this year instead
of the school auditorium because of
larger seating capacity. The change
evidently was appreciated by patrons
of the school, who turned out in
larger numbers this year than on
^••previous opening dates.
S. Sanders delivered the princi-
pal address at the opening exercises.
Miss Stanley, new expression teacher,
gave a reading, and Miss Virgie Duke
a violin solo. Two beautiful pictures
were presented the school by the Wo-
man’s Reading club, Mrs. J. E. Arm-
strong and Mrs. J. M. Sanders making
the presentation.
Classroom work in the grades vzas
started Tuesday, and Wednesday most
of the high school classes were func-
tioning. By the first of next week
all registration will have been com-
pleted, and the school settled down
to the nine months of work.
The schocl is opening about a week
earlier than usual this year, which
will allow foi- four full months of
work before the Christmas holidays,
which will be a decided advantage,
Superintendent F. L. Moffett points
. out, since the best work always is
t djpne during the fall term.
4L x Football practice started this week,
and the boys will be at work in earn-
est by next week. The schedule for
the year has not been completed, but
it is planned to play a/hard schedule
of games with nearby high schools
throughout the fall, and hopes are
high for a championship team this
season. Many of last year’s team
have been lost through graduation,
but a new lot of likely youngsters will
be ready to take their places.
Superintendent Moffett expects
registration in all departments to
show an increase this term with a re-
cord total attendance.
Registration Tuesday had reached
670, with new students being enrolled
as fast as officials could register them.
Mr. Moffett estimated that the total
would reach 700 by the end of the
week and approximately 900 during
the year. Last year the opening day
registration was 602, with a year’s
total of 880.
Withdrawal of financial aid of the
Timpson chamber of commerce from
the county agricultural agent and
home demonstration agent was an-
nounced this week in a letter from J.
R. Nichols, secretary of the Timpson
organization, to the Center chamber
of commerce, County Judge F. C.
Powell and the officials involved.
The letter stated that financial aid
would not be extended by Timpson
after October 31 of this year. The
Timpson chamber of commerce and
the Center chamber of commerce
have been paying the entire local sal-
aries of the'two agents this year.
Other sections of the county that as-
sisted in paying these salaries last
year have not entered into the work
this year, and it has placed the entire
burden on Center and Timpson, mak-
ing it a considerably heavier burden
on these two towns than was antici-
pated earlier in the year.
In the letter Mr. Nichols stated that
it was not through any dissatisfaction
with the work of the present agents,
or through a desire to have the work
discontinued That the action had been
taken, but that the burden was now
placed on a few business men in the
county, and that it was the sense of
his organization that the county
should at this time resume payment
of the agents out of county funds,
that the expense could be equally ap-
porticned over the county.
Similar action probably will be ta-
ken by the Center chamber of com-
merce, since this organization is with-
out funds to continue the work alone,
and would be seriously handicapped
if it attempted to retain the agents.
The Center chamber of commerce set
aside enough money to pay the agents
Center’s part of the salaries through-
out the year, but the failure of Tena-
ha and Joaquin to contribute any-
thing toward these salaries has made
it necessary for Center to assume
their quotas also, and this has de-
pleted the fund.
The two agents have been kept
during the past two years by private
subscription, the money coming prin-
cipally from Center and Timpson bus-
iness men, through the chambers of
commerce in the two towns. Last
year Tenaha, Joaquin and Shelbyville
made contributions to the agents sal-
aries, but such contributions were nut
forthcoming this year. C. P. Scur-
lock is county agent and Miss Myrtle
Glazener is home demonstration agent
Third Week.
A. L. Whitson, J. H. Wall, J. B.
y j Hughes, John Tomplin, G. M. Knight,
L. B. Lemons, N. B. Lucas, H. L. Car-
ter, W. W. Hickman, C. W. Christian,
W. D. Eaves, W. W. Shofner, Rex
Kirkley, J. E. Ellington, J. W. Shelton
W. D. Ballard, L. H. Barr, W. B.
Pulley, R. H. Blackstock, C. M. Bur-
nett, Ross Plemons, H. L. Green, W.
J. Goodwin.
Fourth Week.
Mabry Cook, A. G. Cross, Hermai:
Parrish, Carlton Crouch, J. G. Harris,
J. T. Parker, J. F. Lock, O. W. Pleas-
ant, C. T. Paramore, E. I. Bruce,
Willie Bush, T. N. Melton, R. K.
Cartwright, W. H. Conway, R. L.
Lambright, R. Billingsley, J. M. Dar-
nell, R. F. Johnston, J. F. Luce, Curtis
Peace, Robert Fulsom, Robert Powers
Newtie Crump, J. F. Fleming.
Arrangements have been completed
by Commander J. Ross Hopkins of the
local American Legion post for the
showing in Center' on October 1 and
2 of the official pictures of the World
War. The pictures will be shown
under the auspices of the American
Legion at the Crystal Theatre on
these dates.
The motion picture is the only of-
ficial motion pictures made during
the World War, and are gotten up by
the American Legion in cooperation
with the U. S. government, under
whose supervision the picture is made.
The series of pictures were originally
gotten up for presentation on the
ships taking the delegates to the Amer
ican Legion convention in Paris last
year, and were first shown aboard all
official ships carrying the Paris dele-
gates.
Following the convention, these pic-
tures were made available for Ameri-
can Legion posts throughout the coun-
try, in order that the public might
have an opportunity of seeing the of-
ficial pictures, which are said to be
the most accurate and thorough war
pictures ever made.
The pictures will be shown at the
regular Crystal Theatre prices, of 10
and 25 cents, and will be shown mati-
nee and nights on both days.
Nacogdoches, September 4.—An-
swering the call of District Chairman
Arthur Seale, a large number- of
Democrats met at the court house to
perfect plans to organize this county
in behalf of the Democratic ticket
from president to constable.
Interesting talks were made by Mr.
Seale, Judge V. E. Middlebrook, Dr.
A. W. Birdwell, Judge F. P. Marshall,
W. U. Perkins and others.
.W. S. Davis _was appointed county
chairman by Mr. Seale and wjll at
once proceed to organize
cinc't in this county.
T. D. Kimbro of Center was elected
a member of the state executive com-
mittee of the American Legion at the
annual state convention, held in Tex-
week- Mr. Kimbro will
reffresent the second congressional
district on the state executive com-
mittee. Kimbro has served in nearly
every office in the local post, and dur-
ing the past year has been assistant
executive committeeman from this
district.
Kimbro and Judge E. B. Lewis at-
tended the convention as delegates
from the Center post. The Timpson
band won third prize in competition
with a number of bands from Texas
and Arkansas, and a cash award of
$50. Port Arthur secured the next
state convention, and Rufus Scott of
Paris was elected state commander of
the legion.
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