The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1931 Page: 1 of 10
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53 YEARS
VOLUME 54
CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 18, 1931
NUMBER 7
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John Willis Lynch, former
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fines when caught in the state
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DISTRICT COURT
Former Editor Of News
In City For Few Days
Logansport Chamber
Of Commerce Makes
Resolution On Traffic
Kirk Martin, 42, died at the
Sanitarium at Nacogdoches this
rooming at 6:20 after an op-
eration for Peritonitis perform-
ed a few days ago.
Kirk was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Marfin, and for many
■ears was a resident of Shelby
County, having been
as fast as possible it
be long before Center will be
the proud possessor of a new
telephone exchange.
gansport Chamber of
merce:
J. W. Caraway,
Secretary.
C. Beasley,
President.
Mrs. Wheeler Duke of Joa-
quin was a visitor in the city to-
Resolution |
Be it resolved, by the Board;
PRES. HOOVER’S AIDE
REPORTS ON DROUTH
SUFFERERS’ RELIEF
has been in Center for the past the border lines,
few days visiting friends and
homefolks.
John is now located in Aus-
tin, where he is Secretary to!
Lieut. Governor Edgar Witt.
Mr. Lynch was accompanied
home by Miss Edith Currier.
They left for Austin Tuesday
morning, after a pleasant stay
with John’s parents, Mr.
Mrs. John Lynch.
The Shelby County District
Court opened the second week
of work this morning at ten o'-
clock, with Judge R. T. Brown
on the bench.
This week of court will be
the trial of civil cases with a
jury.
has Chamber of Commerce meet-
l on the
they do not have the
plates even tho they are able to
prove the license have been or-
dered from the state depart-
ments. The trucks crossing
the lines are fined if both state
permits are not shown even
tho the owner of the truck owns
license from his own state.
That, These penalities cause
( hard feelings between the bor-
OPENS 2ND WEEK
was
a small cabin
After being delayed for al-!
most a week on account of bad;
weather, the work on the new
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company building has started:
with a real bang.
The last of the brick work home of Major Morrow,
bornedj will be completed this 1
and reared in Shelbyville, later} and with that completed it will! blockhouse built of heavy pine
matter of time before logs hewn out with broad-axes
cor-
building was . a
and had
evidently been erected with an
as numerous
The Logansoprt Chamber of
Commerce^ under the, leader- hounding and barking toward
- , . " _ . 1 him. They stopped at the gate
, and Bolling was glad it was
locked and presented an im-
i'hej passable barrier between him
~ i slUU Lilt: iSLAd-L Llllg yCVvK, that
both Texjas and Louisiana in • g-rowled angrily as they eyed
moving to Center. | be just a —
Mr. Martin is survived by his the building will be ready for and dovetailed in at the
widow, his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Martin, two
sisters, Mrs. S. H. Sanders of
Center, Mrs. Walker of Grand
Bayou, La., and tw*o brothers,!
Reese Martin of Orange, Tex.,
and Allen Martin of Shreve-
port, La.
Funeral services will be held
from the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Smith on Mound Street,
in Nacogdoches Sunday after-
noon at 2:30 o’clock, with in-
terment in the cemetery at
Nacogdoches. ;
CHAPTER FIVE
After traversing several
miles of beautiful country,
Bolling found himself at the
gate of an immense,, field.
From a previous description
he recognized the place as the
The
week: residence was in reality a great
: by the roots.
' and tell me about your nigger
j that got lost a few nights ago.”
Bolling started with the be-
ginning—that is when he and
Caesar crossed the Sabine river
into Texas at Logan. North-
ing was kept back. The entire
story was told just at it had
happened.
At the conclusion of the
story the Major said: “It is a
bad case. They were no com-
ship of C. Beasley, met in
their regular session February
12th and have resolved
i write special letters to
| State Highway departments of: anc] the snarling pack
' T’o-vfac! ond T.niiiciano in! . .. ..
regard to the present tactics in I him-from the inside.
force on the highways near the1
border lines. Following is the | corner of the cabin near the
resolution passed by the Lo-jgate ancj ashed: “What might
gansport Chamber of Com-jyfir business be stranger?”
; “I want to see Major Mor-
I row:,” was the answer.
j “In dat case you will have
j of Directors of the Logansportj to send in yer name,” the ne-
gro answered.
“Tell Major Morrow* that
Mr. Bolling would like to see
him.”
The negro hastened
and soon came back.
“Massa Morrow* say
He be ver yglad to
Washington, Feb. 17 (UP)I
—Lieut. Colonel Campbell
Hodges, President Herbert
Hoover’s Military Aide, who
has ben making a survey of the
Southwestern drouth areas, re-
ported to Secretary of War,
Hurley today that the sufferers!
in. Oklahoma and Texas were
\ being adequately relieved.
V Lieut. Colonel Hodges
the installation of new equip-
ment that the telephone com- magnificent affair,
pany will install.
Contractor Hablin has made eye to defense
a speedy job on the building so portholes pierced the walls on
far, and with the work going! all sides, so far as Bolling
will not| could see.
The great house and the sev-
eral outhouses stood in the
field some distance from the
big gate which was locked.
Bolling noticed
near the gate.
As he drew rein at the gate
bediam apparently broke loose
in the yard for a pack of dogs
right in. He be very glad to
; “No danger now7,” the negro
i answered,1. “They know you
That, Louisiana citizens and'have been asked to come
Texas citizens are subject to and will not pester you.'
And so it turned out.
other than their home because! dogs apparently understood
license that Bolling was a friend and
began to disperse, by trotting
away in various directions.
Major Morrow was standing on
the porch as Bolling dismount-
ed and walked towards the
house.
He was accorded a hearty
welcome by Morrow* who said:
“you must excuse my life hand,
Mr. Bolling, for as you know*
that beast of a hunter came
on the laws of our states and} very near jerking my arm out
governments. ! by fbe roots. Take a seat now*
That, it is urged for Louisi-,
ana and Texas Highway Com-!
missions to come to some agree-
ment whereby these extra pen-
alties will not be levied and the
border towns can continue to
live under the laws without
strife.
been' Covering Texas and Okla- regular session
r.oma in trying to estimate and} night of February 12th, in the
see if the suffers are being town of Logansport, La., that C.
taken care of. i Beasley, President, and J. W.
____ j Caraway, Secretary, be and are
hereby authorized to write
special letters to the Louisiana right in.
Highway Commission and the see you.”
Texas Highway Commission inj “But these dogs,” said Boll-
regards to the present tactics, ing, “they might bite me.”
editor of the Center Daily News in force on our highways near
RENEWED WORK IS I
KIRK MARTIN DIES
- IN SANITARIUM AT STARTED ON PHONE
NACOGDOCHES EXCHANGE TODAY
TEN INCH LINE FROM KILGORE WILE
Au
Actual work will begin
on
In a statement from Superin- *
CONNECT WITH COMPANY LINE HERE;
WORK TO START WITHIN TEN DAYS
LUFKIN GETS NEXT
VETS CONVENTION
Sheriff O’Banion Returns
From Houston With Prisoner
University Airport
Owner Goes To Del Rio
Grady Hayes, Horace
Elvin Sanders, Meyer
Clifton Brittain.
Probably 250 Men Will Be Em-
ployed; Work To Start From
Both Ends of Line.
been
High
be
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State Legion Commander At
Marshall Convention Flays
Secretary Mellon.
Sheriff Jim O’Banion has re-
turned from Houston w^here he
went after Gid Hooper, negro,
who is wanted in Shelby county
by th eauthorities.
Hooper was arrested in
Houston by the Houston police,
and the authorities were noti-
fied here. O’Banion left Sat-
urday afternoon and returned
with the prisoner 'Sunday af-
ternoon.
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With Legionnaires and mem-
bers of the Auxiliary from
posts throughout the East Tex-
as District present at the Con-
vention held in'Marshall Sun-
day, Feb. 16th, at which Hal C.
Brennam, state commander,
and Mrs. F. H. Carpenter, state
president of the Auxiliary were
principal speakers, one of the
I best conventions that has ever
j been held in this district came
I to a close at 5 o’clock Sunday
! afternoon.
State Commander Brennam
outlined the work of the legion
in connection with the advocat-
ing of the cash payment of ad-
Mrs. Lois Sinclair Hensley
has returned to her home in
Beaumont after a two weeks’
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Sinclair. Her hus-
band, Mr. Thomas B. Hensley,
came up for the week-end and
she returned with him.
The Legionnaires that
tended the convention
Center were: T. D. KimbroJ ——---
Frank Pigg, Jack Finley, Barto High School Starts
Work For County Meet
Austin, Texas, Feb. 17 (UP)
—Webb Ruff, owner of the
University Airport at Austin,
hopped off this morning with
two other pilots for Del Rio,
where he will assume the duties
of the Municipal Airport at
that place.
Ruff has for many years
been owner of the Universal
Aerial Service at Austin, and
has taught many students the
art of aviation. An able as-
sistant will take over the duties
at the Universal airport.
Duke, the Shelby County meet here
Simon, have started in real earnest for
the meet that is to be held in
Others from Center making
the convention were: Mrs. M.i
B. Simon, Mrs. Grady Keasler,
Mayor Metz, Edgard Crawford
and Mr. Beckwith.
Lufkin was selected as the
next convention city at the close
of the business session of the
; Legion and Auxiliary from the
2nd district at Marshall Sun-
day. Date of the convention
showed Bolling hag not bee„ set
Officials of the Magnolia
Petroleum Company have de-
;finitely selected their Center
station as the one to receive a
ten inch pipe line from the Kil-
gore oil field, at an estimated
cost of $850,000. Company of-
ficials from Shreveport and
Dallas have been here for sev-
eral days making a survey pre-
paratory to beginning work. It
is understood that Mr. C. E.
Swank of Shreveport will su-
perintend laying of the line.
With this announcement it is
stated th'at all Magnolia sta-
tions south of Center will be-
come active again. Several in-
cluding the station at San Au-
gustine have been closed down
for some time.
With the addition of this
new line into Center it is under-
justing the service certificate of | stood that the company plans
the world war veterans. ; to add several new tanks to
Brennam was also strong ini their station here in order to
> condemnation of the stand tak-1 care for the extra supply of
! en by Secretary of Treasury oil.
i Mellon, whom he termed, “the
larch profiteer of the world the new line within the next ten
war.” | days. Probably 250 men will
Mrs. F. H. Carpenter gave a I be employed on the project,
Timpson in the near future.
The music events under the
direction of Mrs. Sandel is ex-
pected to prove to be one of
the best that has ever
turned out at Center
School in many years.
Track team under the able
leadership of Coach Malone
will give any of the contenders
a hard contest, and should
prove to be the best delegation
in the meet.
Mr. Moffett states that Cen-
ter will be represented in every
event in the meet and expects
to take off quite a few of the
prizes.
! very interesting address on the ‘ and it is understood that work
work that the Auxiliary haS| will start from both ends of
done, and has plans of doing? the line v/ith the line being
at-, brought together between here
from: and Kilgore.
mon robbers, or petty theives,
but the ringleaders of a power-
ful band of well organized rob-
bers and bandits. However,
we will do our best to get your
nigger. It will be necessary
for me to consult with some
of my neighbors and this I will
do within the next day or so
and let you know the result.
The men who assaulted you
and got your nigger are out-
laws and ought to be lynched.”
“Why not get them all to-
gether in one place, give a bar-
becue, and poison them?” ask-
ed a voice in strange wild
sweetness, and turning Bolling
met the gaze of a strangely
beautiful woman.
“My wife, Mr. Bolling,” said
Major Morrow, “and her idea
of getting rid of the robbersj
might be a good one if it could!
be worked, but the trouble is!
that it could not be worked, be-
cause the whole bunch would
not eat at the same time, and
if a few did eat and the poison
showed up, none of the others
would eat and so there it would
need in this country is a band!
be.”
The woman bowed coldly to
Bolling and continued: “Well,;
my plan is at least more merci-j
ful than your plan,” she said to!
Morrow, “for while you shoot;
and maim and kill, and cause;
much suffering, my plan is mer-
ciful as I have said, for the vic-
tim dies quickly and easily.” |
Bolling was spellbound.
There was not a gleam in her
pale, colorless face. Her wild,
black eyes seemed inexpressi-
bly sad, and ]
Her head denoted intel-
pronounced
kind, and her language was
absolutely perfect so far as
grammar was concerned. Her
lips were thin and icy, sculp-
tured into a sinster smile that
seemed to have frozen there
forever. Her age might
forty-five summers and
though she was the mother of
a troop of sons and daughters,
her appearance showed few-
traces to indicate age.
Following a general conver-
sation on various things, Ma-
jor Morrow*
through the great building,
concluding with the room
which he called his armory,
and which was indeed an arm-
ory, for it was stacked with all
kinds of military implements
imaginable — guns, pistols,
swords, powder, lead and other
warlike contrivances.
“You see,” said the Major,
“that I am prepared to under-
go quite a siege in event an
armed force of bandits or In-
dians get foolish enough to at-
tack my blockhouse.”
The Major then proposed a
walk over at least a part of his
large field and this Bolling en-
joyed very much. The land
was level and very fertile.
was the month of April and
corn *was up large enough to
plow, and as far as the eye
could see, apparently was a
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! Giles, Ross Hopkins, Walter
. | Williams, Bryan McCollum,
profoundly earn-; G Re Mr Bl^
Ari ripnnrprl inr.pl-• TT . ,
| Rogers, Howard Parker, Carl tendent Moffett of the Center
■Thompson, Burton Samford, High School, the entrants for
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lect of the most
The Regulators and Moderators
A Romance Re-Written from Capt. Mayne Reid
By Henry C. Fuller
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Foster, Joe B. The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1931, newspaper, February 18, 1931; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1357058/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.