The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1930 Page: 1 of 10
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$1.50 PER YEAR—10 PAGES
CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL
16, 1930
NUMBER 16
Closing Exercises.
According to the records of
T~N 99 JI VAXAKJ HlvllJ
Blue Eyes, the tax collector, at this time Southwestern
an-
pro-
i
Oklahoma City, Okla., April
uty Marshals armed with fed-
day Morning at Ten.
Miss\ Lucille Davis of
p. m.
dent,
I WRITER THINKS
JERICHO FOLKS
WILL BOOST TAX
tional activities in Nacogdoches
County, at his home in Nacog-
DECREASE SHOWN
IN AUTOMOBILE
REGISTER HERE
of the de- and help us catch up.
Furman F. Hayes, Pres.
BALLARD SCHOOL
BRINGS YEAR TO
SUCCESSFUL END
FUTURE FARMERS
PLANTING TWO
ACRESTOMATOES
According To Records of Tax
Collector Autos and Trucks
Show Big Decrease Here;
Expect To Continue Through
Year.
$5,000 Paid For 50x100 Foot
Site Church Now Stands On;
Plant To Be of Spanish De-
sign.
inations beginning April 21st.
On Wednesday and Thurs-
day nights, April 23 and 24,
| pie of Shelby County.
The “Future Farmers,” an
oiganization in the local high
Need of Funds; Election
Will Be Held First Saturday
In May To Vote Tax Hike.
LOT PURCHASED
FROM CHRISTIAN
CHURCH TUESDAY
Mrs. Jewel
house
years Prof. Davis had headed
the Nacogdoches schools as
superintendent and his sudden
demise found him in the very
prime of his valuable service to
that city and to the thousands
of men and women who have
had the privilege of receiving doches High School,
(Two New Faces Are Now To Jei*icho School Is Badly In
Be Seen On City Council;
Officers Take Oath of Of-
fice and Are Enthused.
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COMMITTEE THANKS
MEN WHO HELPED __
TRAINING SCHOOltwO NEGROES ARE
IN JAIL FACING
LIQUOR CHARGES
Bustling activity marked the
last; preparations of teachers
and students of Ballard School
for their closing exercises ____
which will follow final exam- the boys will receive credit i
their agriculture
the work they are doing.
Today the boys are setting
| 53 YEARS
| Continuous service to the peo-
CITY OFFICERS
TAKE STATIONS
■ AT TUES. MEET
Funeral Services To Be Held
From High School Auditor-
ium In Nacogdoches Thurs- family in the late evening.
The district interscholastic
league made up of Shelby and
San Augustine counties m e :
entitled ’Saturday, April 12, at the Cen-
cast ter Colored School here.
By voice of the people Prof.
C. H. Daniels, principal of the
------r Colored School, was
elected general director of the
district.
The following pupils won
their contest and are eligible to
enter the state contest which
is to be held at Prairie View,
April 21, Alma Davis, Lola B.
Cartwright, Ora Regan, Othie
Driver, Harold Polly.
A large crowd of out of
town visitors were present and
expressed themselves as hav-
ing a wonderful time.
Scores of Center and Shelby
County people are expected to
swell the tremendous cortege
malady resembling tonsolitis anticipated as a result of the
to 75c in order that state aid
may be obtained for the school.
“In the belief of this writer
the people of Jericho will car-
ry this issue one hundred pre
cent strong for they realize
ihat their school is sorely in
need of help. Here’s boost-
ing the people of Jericho,—
they’re alright!”
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Colored Schools
In District Meet
Preparations are now under
way for the presentation of the
annual high school senior class
play soon.
The play is a three act com-
edy drama and is
“Climbing Roses.” The <
has not yet been announced,
but according to Miss Liem
and Mrs. G. H. Yates, directors Center
In an interview this morning
with Mrs. J. C. Hurst, county
chairman, Dr. W. C. Windham
and Mrs. J. E. Armstrong, they
oxi^ressed their appreciation
and thanks to the business men
who contributed and helped to
make the Better Home Week
Training School such a huge
success
This school was i
of the biggest things of its na-
ture that has ever been held in
this county.
It was estimated that over
seven hundred ladies attended
the school during the four days
that it was in grogress.
1
Shelby County Singing Con-
vention No. 2 will hold a call
session at Tennessee Church
next Sunday afternoon, April good attendance
20th, beginning at 2:30; also
at
Sunday afternoon, April 27th.
This is done to try to catch
up. We are still twelve more
calls behind. Every one is in-
vited to attend these services
Students And Faculty Cap
Splendid Period of Advance-
ment With Busy Week of school and under the direction
of R. J. Eddins, are planting
about two acres of tomatoes at
a site located on the fair
grounds.
This work is being done in
connection with the school and
- ------in
courses for
on this project two hours a day
until the crop has been gather-
ed.
In connection with this the
local merchants and men have
donated fertilizer to be used
[in this experiment. The fol-
lowing have donated: Cary
Samford, Blaine, Woods, John
At a meeting of the City
Council Tuesday afternoon the
newly elected officers were
duly installed.
O. F. Metz is now the official
Mayor of Center. He is by no
means a new man at this job
as he served in this office dur-
.. ing the year of 1916 and 1917.
T. D. Kimbor who was re-
flected at the recent lecetion
®ill hold the office of City
Secretary for another term.
M. B. Simon and H. B. Har-
ris were formally received as
aidermen. This is the first -
either of these men have serv- 1
ed on the council. However, ter Sunday for an Easter
£hey are capable men and are
expected to look after the in-
terests of Center with much
pride.
Y. W. Rogers was elected to
serve the city as judge for the
next term. “Katy” Peace will
still be seen on the streets as
^hief of Police. It is expect- ment 50c on each $100 _
ed that he will give the Judge Perty valuation shall be raised
much business.
Eros Carriker will continue
as superintendent of the water
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SENIOR CLASS
WILL PRESENT
ANNUAL PLAY
Hundreds of Shelby County Dorothy
people received a distinct
shock today in learning of the
death of R. F. Davis, for three
TIE CHAMPION
---------------- --------- ESTABLISHED 1877 *
From out Jericho way comes
the letter of a fair damsel who
signs herself as “
This paper doesn’t usually take
stock in anonymous writings
but this one has a sincere tone
and so we pass it on to our
readers.
“School closed at Jericho,
Friday, April 11, and was
justly celebrated by the pupils
when their teacher, Mr. Chas.
H. Smith, chaperoned them on
a fishing trip and picnic
which ended happily for all.
“The folks of Jericho com-
munity will gather at the home
of Mr. Ocland Johnson on Eas-
egg |
hunt. Much fun is expected
and this writer has seen no one
to date who is not coming.
“On the first Saturday in
May a popular vote will be
taken in the form of an elec-
tion to decide whether or not
the present school tax
Idleton and Clabe Thompson.
A very close record is being
kept on the tomatoes and the
funds derived from this will be
added to the Future Farmers*
treasurer.
Center should be proud of
this organization as it is one
. , _ | — --oo—■. more
lard community, but persons life than any other in the state
all over Shelby county are ex- Mr. Eddins said that the boys
ended a cordial invitation to had their heart set on their
share in the happiness and en- work and that it was expected
tertamment that will mark the to be a great success in every
closing of the year. way>
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NINETEEN BODIES OVER FIVE HUNDRED
RECOVERED FROM PERSONS PARALYZED
BIG BUS WRECK FROM DRINKING JAKE
Surviving the beloved educa-
tor are his wife, two daughters,
and Evelyn, four
sons, Collis, Roy, C. B. and
Jeff Davis, four sisters, Mrs.
S. A. Ellington of Shelbyville,
decades jdentified^ with educa- Mrs. E. E. Hesser of Houston,
Mrs. R. H. Homan of El Paso
_ and Mis^ Lucille Davis of
doches Tuesday evening at 8 Mexico City, and six brothers,
r ‘ Charles S. Davis of St. Paul,
For jno»re~than twenty-five Minn., James F. Davis of Ver-
non, Texas, J. Henry Davis of
Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Neal
Davis of Houston, Hon. T. O.
Davis and Hon. W. I. Davis of
Center.
< Funeral services will be held
in the auditorium of Nacog-
, Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock, with in-
It was announced by Miss _____________
assess- McKenzie, county home dem- -ment is received.
onstration agent, that the 4-H ing will be moved
Tenaha Baptist Church ent the club is working
• rugs and gardens.
meeting will be held (in the
i home of Mrs. Elsie Grubbs. A
■ talk on staking and prunning
tomatoes will be given in con-
nection with the exchange of
flower plants.
it will be ready for publication
later in the week.
In order not to have the
§elnor play and graduating ex-
ercises too close together,
April 29th has been set for the
date of presentation. It will
be staged in the high school
{auditorium.
t Club girls are preparing
. have <
'the annual county fair.
She stated that the girls
would feature home made
braded rugs in connection with
their regular pantry exhibit.
These girls are taking much
interest in the work and it is
expected that they will have a
complete exhibit. The fair
has granted two sections for
this county wide exhibit.
It is expected that the prizes
in this department will run
well over $50.
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The Flower Shop has re-
ceived a shipment of Gladiolas
and red, white and pink Car-
nations.
Albuquerque, N. M., April ’
12 (UP)—The bodies of nine-|^^ (UP)—United States Dep-
teen persons were in the
gue here today, victims of the|eral indictments, naming thir-
, w’orst railroad crossing acci-
dent' in the history of the
West.
Three separate investiga-
tions begun here to determine
the responsibility for the crash
of the Santa Fe passenger train
;and a Pickwick Greyhound bus
yesterday which occurred 12
miles from here.
All but three of the bodies
have been identified. Nine of
the survivors are in a serious
condition in the hospitals here.
Several of the mare not ex-
pected to live. The driver of
the bus was killed.
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SHELBY SINGERS TO HAVE
SEVERAL CALL SESSIONS
Two negroes, John Cart-
wright and Mack Johnson, are
now lodging in jail here facing
a charge of possessing equip-
ment for the purpose of manu-
facturing intoxicating liquors.
The raid was made by of-
perhaps one. T0m Davis> Ka t y
Peace, Jess Sample and Joe
Adams. No liquor was found
but about 100 j ”
was taken in connection with a
gas drum still.
The still was J
|miles southeast of Shelbyville. Tuesday.
registered. At the
date 2,800 have been issued
license. This shows a decrease
of 211 cars.
To date last year 538 trucks
had been issued license while
this year only 524 have been
issued. This is a decrease of
14.
It is not known how many
trailer license were issued last
year but up to the present date
66 have been granted.
CLUBGIRLST0~
HAVE EXHIBIT
IN COUNTY FAIR
Negotiations were complet-
ed this morning between the
--------------1 Bell Telephone
ast year^ 3,011 cars had been Company and the First Chris.-
present tian Church of Center for the
sale of the lot upon which the
church is now standing for a
consideration of $5,000.
Church officials, in
nouncing the 1
ed that a lot, 50 by 100 feet,
would be sold to the Southwes-
tern Bell Telephone Company
for the purpose of erecting a
new exchange of Spanish type
architecture. Plans call for
the removal of the church
building to a point near the
parsonage where it will be
raised, remodeled in brick
veneer and equipped with a
large basement to house the
Sunday school department.
Workmen will begin the re-
moval of the church building
as soon as the necessary equip-
. The build-
—uiuvcd back eon-
_ to siderably to conform with the
a wonderful exhibit at forward line of the parsonage.
The telephone building will
then be built to harmonize
with the other two buildings.
The new telephone building
is expected to be one of the
most attractive and up-to-date
in this section. It will be of
Spanish design with graceful
effects combining the new
modernistic notes in architec-
ture. The entire cost of the
exchange is believed to be in
the neighborhood of $35,000,
alt|iough the exact specifica-
tions of the plant have not yet
been made public.
■-------—o---------
M. H. Thomas is spending to-
day and tomorrow in Dallas.
R. F. DAVIS, nacogdoc5s5Hr“
DIES SUDDENLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT;
HAS HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS IN COUNTY
ed to be seriously ill until dis-
covered in a semi-conscious
condition by members of his
at his hands.
The deceased was fifty-six terment in the city cemetery,
years of age and had appar-
gallons of mash ently been in good health with
the exception of an attack of
a i
. , , “ -------—vmxxovaxujlo tuiiavipautu. as a res
SS C.Onfi"ed him t0 “V*,ome ^niversaI Popularity
.. He was not believ-[ceased.
| THE CHAMPION {
| “Center’s Oldest Busi-
ness Institution.” |
Relatives Sought To Identify Barnes Not Released Until Ar-
Persons Caught in Voorst I rested, Thirty-Four Firms
Accident of History; Bus And Persons Charged With
Driver Killed; Nine Serious- Selling Sub-Standard Jamica
ly Injured. Ginger.
transaction, stat- two entertainments will be pre- the Plants from the old bed in-
50 by 100 feet, sented by the pupils. The field. They will work
. first will be a roaring comedy,
“The Laughing Cure,” the sec-
ond is entitled, “Scheming Mo-
thers.”
On Thursday night in con-
junction with the light comedy-
farce the Senior class will pre-1
sent its annual play, a sparkl-
ing drama in three acts, en- L.
titled “The Pace at the Win-| ’ Camker> Johnson and Mid-
dow.”
Music and other features
will accompany the dramatic
presentations each evening. |
On Thursday, Prof. R. H. Hoo-
per of Joaquin will present his
famed quartet.
Not only people of the Bal- of the biggest, and has
mor-
. ty persons and firms charged
with selling substandard Jam-
ica Ginger today sought out
defendants in Oklahoma.
The federal grand jury was
called to investigate the sale
of the drink and returned in-
dictments. One hundred and
twenty-six true bills were re-
turned.
Several druggists are indic-
ated. The names cannot be
i eleased until they have been-
arrested.
The investigation started
after a sweeping illness of five
hundred persons paralyzed af-
ter drinking the jake.
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GOODHOPE NEWS
Shelbyville and Good Hope
clubs met with
Schillings. The nouse was
called to order by the Presi-
Mrs. Jim Howard. A
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with two visitors. At the pres-
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Lynch, John W. The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1930, newspaper, April 16, 1930; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1356846/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.