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PRIL 27, 1934
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• VOLUME XLVI
(Six Pages)
NUMBER 209
NEGRO ONCE
Oiorrow
intuplets
BLOWN DOWN
SAVED FROM
AT HOUSTON
MOB, IS SLAIN
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A heart attack suffered early
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cine like mother gave me,”
told in court today by
W
trial on a charge
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The illness was aggravated over
the weekend when a gangrenous
10-POINT PLAN
Kentu
both of Marion,
y, and
brothers preceded
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man, and was the
in
he said; business can absorb more
Mats just
ni
health.
1’5,
$‘1‘
inches and Wichita Falls 16. This
At that time, palace sources en-
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In 1902 in the same court rooi
he sat up a chemical apparatus.
First
poisoned a
a
1
able and how to fill them »
tive efficiency are secured, busi-
15.
sumer the benefits of the lower
from the city of the
p as-
sence
the
had
e
on the child’s life.
nadoes, insurance companies hand-
grief and regret, and many Were
Show Insurance Polieles
from
f
property owners.
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of alliance.
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To the extent which his death
1 now creates a certain internal in-
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l
of its entrance into the Union. The i
PROFITS REVEALED
capital of the Blue Grass State, grimage.
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WASHINGTON, April 28 (AP).
Know Your
Allister and other notables.
Home Town
WASHINGTON, April 28 (AP).
night.
The Weather
at which speakers
New York Plans
DALLAS, April 28—Arrange
Va., during the night.
wearing
gan showed a decrease of 1.672
There are 15 oil pools and
M
being re-
in
i
omy
was 112,690 barrels.
(Continued On Page Six)
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charge, with interment
view cemetery under the
he had conducted prayer services
at First Baptist church in the ab-
blown down, and two radio broad-
casting stations were put out of
. CAIRO, Egypt, April 28 (AP).-
King Faud I of Egypt, 68-year old
friend of the British, died today
near
rail-
stability in Egypt, it is expected
to have an adverse effect on Brit-
45-
re-
Memphis'
Committee
Commerce
the train.
healed.
The mob, climaxing a series of
A. E. Koon, Business Man
of Gainesville for 26
Years, Succumbs
weeks.
His death came as
PHONY,
k Robin?
Dday *
'morrow
attack of influenza "
It is now believed he then was a
victim of a severe attack of pleu-
risy which weakened his heart.
The troubled political situation
in Cairo, including the revival of
the Wafd party strength, leading
. €
4;
Shot to Death By Crowd of
40 Men Just Before He
Was to Face Trial
jured, none seriously, when a twis-
ter struck before dawn
Substantial rains soaked a vast
area of the state today, breaking
the most prolonged spring drought
was
W.
under a regency until
birthday.'
erville
Dthy Peterson
armed with two pistols,
the dispute and Higgins
about 9 o’clock.
SECRETARY ROPER’S SPEECH
REGARDED AS HAVING THE
INDORSEMENT OF FDR
trade agreement program.
“7. Business should have a re-
search program, conducted by in-
dustry and business, for the pur-
pose of informing business on a
Savs Dorothy McCasland
Begged Not To Be Given F.
-
methods for speeding up the trans-
fer into other fields of earning ca-
pacity of workers replaced by ma-
chines.
2’ . d
ally moistening the Paris region,
aiding growing crops and making
it possible to begin delayed plant-
ing.
Sherman had .22 of an inch early
today and skies were still cloudy.
There was a light shower at Van
‘/DAILY OUTPUT
OF CRUDE OIL
SHOWS DECLINE
tible
sist-
cles.
need
ion,
cool
ring
r is
specialists were summoned to the
summer palace at Montazah.
Pleurisy Blamed
*
ve a
10s.
Du-
! do
raid
em.
Storm at Houston
At Houston. several houses were
to parch the state in many years
In Gainesville, rain amounting
jail in an attempt to reach him.
Judge Warned Crowd
-aem
Mr. Clement, who -had been in
ill health for several months pass-
in the county in paint of service,
at the time of his death.
- The regency will.be composed off commission by a severe windstorm,
three men whose names were writ-l A Mexican woman was slightly in-
ten on a sheet of paper, then sealed I jured when the roof of her home
rels daily 4,316 less than the daily
production the previous week.
Oklahoma showed the greatest
For the week ending April 25
• the production was 2,941,652, bar-
Insurance company, of which his
son-in-law, the late Wert Roberts,
was president.
Invented Machine
Mr. Koon had also given much of
his time and thought to the per-
fecting of a cotton picking ma-
wife, two sisters, Mrs. Su
ham and Miss Jennie 1
Monday telegraphed Charles Ros-
ter. director of publicity for the
State Centennial Commission.
Mr. Critz is in the East as ad-
vance agent for the special train,
checking arrangements and other
(Continued On Page Six)
, Ten Point Program
‘ Roper’s ten-point program:
" 1. "Business should survey its
own needs and its own conditions
from the viewpoint of employing
as many persons as current im-
provements and future programs
demand!
GAINESVILLE
“Main Entrance”
TO
CENTENNIAL
EXPOSITION
1936
this evening, after which t. y ,
were to travel toward Richmond,
I
Ak
WASHINGTON, April 28 (AP).
Secretary Roper today proposed a
(Busteri McCasland. father of the
child. ।
McCasland, the first husband of
TULSA. Okla. April 28 ( AP).
A slight decrease, in the daily
average • production of crude oil
k N in the United States during the
F b past week was reported today by
the Oil and Gas Journal.
by a.
I to testify concerning the shoot-
elaborate welcome in New York
for the Texas Centennial goodwill
tourists. J. Ben Critz, vice presi-
„___,___idL.
ing another
Austin Ervin Koon, 71, for 26
years a pom in ent Gainesville busi-
ness 2 man and church leader, ।
passed away at his home, 214 Da-
vis street, Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, following an illness of two
g‛
trying a
shock to members of his family
and friends. While he had been
quite ill, his conditicn was not
considered critical, and he passed
away suddenly.
Funeral services will be held at
rious condition.
Hig
Mrs. Vil___________
at Greenville, Tex., was
More-‘Rest Medicine’
GREENVILLE, April 28 (AP).
How little Dorothy McCasland
followed by a thirty-minute broad- DALLAS, April 28—Arrange-
cast over two stations at which ments have been completed for'an
McAlister and Allred spoke.,
man for poisoning his
Billie Faye is gone.”
Mother at Bedside
Mrs. Patterson, the witness tes-
tified, was with him at the child’s
bedside, then awaiting for the ar-
rival of a physician.
"Dorothy begged for a doctor
and 1 asked Mrs Patterson if we
areas, declining 12.600 barrels for
a total of 557.100 barrels daily |
while East Texas showed a slight ,
j in Memphis, Tenn, where
they were banqueted, and traveled
/ Doctor’*
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in Fair-
lirection
(The chamber announced yes-
terday it wold survey the country : e—-—- - - e . * —1 . I
to see how many jobs are avail- stages of his analysis to a jury
meme
ing when the grand jury took up
the investigation Tuesday morn-
ing ! • ,
REP. ZIONCHECK TO
Mr. Koon was i
member of the First Baptist
church of Gainesville, of which he
was an official, and he was active
more than 400 producing
wells in Cooke county, with
production exceeding 8,000
barrels daily.
MARRY TEXAS GIRL
--—
WASHINGTON,-April 28 (AP).
Rep, Marion Zioncheck of Wash-
ington who has clashed frequently
with Washington police, obtained a
license today to marry Miss Ruby
ness.should pass on to the con-
‘ Oklahoma — Cloudy, probably
thundershowers in east portion to-
night; Wednesday unsettled, cool-
er in northwest portion in after-
noon. ,
- East Texas — Cloudy, local
thundershowers in south and east
portions tonight; Wednesday un-
Mrs. veima Patterson sat calmly between her lawyers while a jury
at Greenville, Tex., was selected to try her for the alleged poison death
of her daughter. Dorothy McCasland, 12. She is also accused of poison-
daughter, Billie Fae McCasland, 11. (Associated Press
of the jobless.
The administration spokesman
addressed the convention of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. His speech was re-
garded by his audience as bearing
White House approval.
The commerce secretary said
“business should utilize every pos-
sible channel of approach that will
result in the most effective cooper-
ation between business and gov-
ernment.”
Immediately preceding Roper,
Harper Sibley, chamber president,
called lor a cooperative alliance
ty's best known and
esteemed educators,
Joseph Clement, 64. •
centered on
proper national, state, local and
private endeavors
"8, Business should.make inten-
sive research study of the relation-
ships that should be maintained
with respect to the production,
wages, and hours of labor and the
necessary methods and mechanics
to be utilized in maintaining this
balanced relationship.
Educational Program
"9. Business must recognize and
apply its best endeavors to a fun-
damental' educational program in-
volving methods and efforts to get
the states and sub-divisions to re-
ever the Texans went.
A banquet sponsored by the wei- ___________________
coming committee was given at I tween the States J. Gilbert Leigh r
■_..... were was in charge of Little Rock's pro- 1
reach the two Governors, Publisher .Wil- gram. Mayor R. E. Overman was I
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nour-
> Only this morning, the king
had called his premier and other
officials to the palace and insisted
on (transacting state business, but
the gravity of his condition was
lear when plans were made for
Crown Prince Farouk's departure
for England tomorrow.
Faud. who celebrated his 68th
birthday anniversary March 26.
had been in indifferent health for
many months. He had never fully
recovered from his serious illness
ay map of the
be secured at
35 cents a
He said Weiss was
turned to New York.
The Cooke county grand jury
was investigating Tuesday, the
wonnding Monday night of Pat
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Louisville For
, a N
highly
Fidellra
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;.mdh
in return.
A mob of 100 men formed there
and battered some bricks from the! whte res
his 18th
ling windstorm insurance reported his friends and associates who paid
a landslide business * "
ten-point program through which had better call one, but she said t
• -• - • • - ’No wait until morning. 101 W
Dorothy was buried February 18 i dent
in Pleasant Grove cemetery and 1
McCasland returned to his father’s '
and his services
I were always in demand.
m I Mr. Clement was a devoted arid
it cnemacar appar auun, , faithful member of the Fil
frog and explained the Methodist church, having been
nunlein *e „ member of the board of stewards
gan showed a decrease of 1.672 (AP-- District Attorney William
barrels daily for a total of 140,- Geoghan announced today the ar-
729 barrels. j rest of Harry Weiss, one of five
Rocky mountain area produc- men indicted in the Wendel kid-
tion decreased 3,550 barrels daily, naping case, in a small Ohio town.
The daily average for the week
itizens Tuesday
- h 5
they were scheduled to
Crown Prince Farouk, 16 years । badly damaged, power lines of the
old, and now attending school in i Houston Light and Power com-
England, will come to the throne pany’s Deepwater plant were
in an envelope to be opened by the | collapsed into her bedroom.
proper authorities. At Cuero, six persons were in-
s Premier Ali Pasha Maher, in
making the official announcement
of his sovereign’s passing, said
death came at 1 p. m. local time
(7 ». m. Eastern Standard Time).
Cairo Shocked
1 of February 17, several hours be-
fore she died. .
He said she made the statement J
in response to his question as to
ether she wanted some “rest ।
medicine.” ....
“I know I am going to die and
I don't care,” the doomed girl said,
according to McCasland, “Little
badges of greeting. The guests
were hustled to the city hall in
special cars escorted by motor-
cycle officers with sirens at full
blast. After the speeches a parade
to their hotel followed with
the residence Wednesday aft-
ernoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. A. L. Jor- ]
dan, pastor of First Baptist church after a long illness,
officiating, with burial in Fairview — — •
bv his! cemetery under the direction of
n Big- ' George J. Carroll & Son.
ement Mr. Koon is survived by his wife, -~-uuevevpvu aa us
Am Mrs. Florence McIntosh Koon; two preventing him from taking
daughters. Mrs. R O. Blagg, Ard- ishment.
more, Okla., and Mrs. Austin a
Roberts, Gainesville; and three ,
sons. Rev. Victor Koon, Baptist
missionary in Harbin. China; Ho-
mer Koon, Dallas, and Weldon
Ranger Captain Leonard Pack (Gov. J. Marion Futrell greeted.the
leading on his trick horse, Texas. Texans. Allred’s response was that
NT
ville and Cooke county as a young
oldest teacher
“2. At improvements in produc-! wife.. The defendant was assessed
----- 1- f . the death penalty.
Virtually all of the state’s testi-
mony - against the 34-year-old
Commerce widow, who pleaded in-
_ - 100 feet and buried them in the
condition developed in his throat, debris.
WEATHER
Ganesville and Vicinity—To-
night, cloudy; Wednesday un-
settled
Today noon. 81. low last night,
<1: WK yesterday, 82, for year
high. 15, low, 8.
happened,” Dickerson said. "They
just told me they wanted the ne-
gro. He didn't say a wor<i when
they dragged him out.”
Tied To Tree
Plowlines, cotton ropes used for
guiding workanimals in the fields,
were cut up to tie the negro to the
tree.
_ They had spent the evening be-
long term useful public works plan fore
looking to the coordination of P—
roek station, and Curry was shot
I by Night Patrolman Herman
Bailey of the city police depart-
- k* Denison street, east of
The difficulty began, officers
were informed, in the residence of
a colored family on East Main between government and business
street, over the affect oils of a col- cure the unemployment malady,
ore woman, Higgins being involv-i I - r
her other daughter, Billie Faye. . __________
- “Don’t ever give me another at First Methodist church Wed-
spec lal welcoming
of the Chamber of
met the Texans at
with even policemen
The trippers left at midnight for
Nashville, where they will begin
the second day's activities at 7
a. m. Tuesday. Other cities on the
day's itinerary are Louisville and
Cincinnati.
Two Centennial States
The first stop of the tour was
made at Little Rock, Ark., where
assume their social responsibilities
as soon as possible, to study eocn-
government and the
Alstyne. Farmers said it would
help crops but more rain was
needed. Denton likewise had rain,
amounting to .25 of an inch.’
Cleburne reported the drought
local him high tribute as a friend and as
a business man.
and newspaper men
home building programs, privately
financed and managed and
adapted to local needs, to foster
better American home standards
“6. Business should launch more
aggressive endeavors to expand
our foreign trade all along the line
and especially in cooperation with
the administration's reciprocal
* 6,100 barrels daily for an average
of 567,900. Louisiana' production
increased 3.102 barrels daily,
totaling an average of 244.002.
Eastern fields including Michi-
costs of production which result.; i
“3. Business should form andinosence, . .
launch industrial committees to poison angle, the only departurebet
study in a comprehensive way! ins mentionof an insurance policy
technilogical unemployment and
during the night to Nashville.
Leaving Louisville at 3:30 p. m.
dent and general manager of the
Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
The Texas Press Asociation : Ch'ldre n Lead Parade
special train, bearing 100 boosters Conspicuous in the parade was
of the Texas Centennial celebra- the University of Texas' thirty-
tions, halted in Louisville, Ken- five piece Longhorn Band, which
tucky, at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday aft- 1 forms a goodly part of the pil-
ei noon, for a two hour visit in the gramage. It was led by Gladys Razorback State has no plans for '
capital of the Blue Grass State, grimage. It was led by Gladys , a large celebration, but a number
The tourists had left Nashville Marion Pharr, 8, daughter of Bur-1 of local fiestas are planned. Mu-
at 9 a. m. Tuesday morning, after nett Pharr, band director. She.
a two hour visit to the capital of clad in chaps and ten-gallon hat of
Tennessee, during which they were i the rangerette, and Jimmy.Jr., 8.
greeted by Governor Hill Me- J son of Governor Allred, himself
toting a minature .45 on each hip,
were the center of attention where-
! McCasland said his daughter ut- of George J. Cai roll and Son.
tered the words early the morning Mr. Clement is survived by
away by their screams.
First he was taken to jail at I - ।
Danieisville, Ga,enroutehe stab-ithe Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight
bed the officers and wassshottwiceist ation, when curry is allegedto
Lotion
RUG STORE
bbbed/.
hrinits tracks
wot, siippery
have drayn a gun on the officer
listing arrest.|
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(In this spnee. The Reginter
will publinh daily. one fnet
nbout Galnesville and Cooke
eounty. It ka muggested that
readers elip these daily faeta
aad nave them for future ref-
ereare. Thia series la la-
traded te better aegunint lo-
ral eitinens with their home
town aad eounty, mo that they
may he better quniifled ta aa~,
awer cuestions at Centenninl
eelebration vimitors this year).
nesday afternoon at 4:39 o’clock.
Rev. J. A. Old, the - pastor, in
for many years. If J iin the religious affairs of Gaines-
He was active in civic affairs, ville and North Texas The day be-
and supported every movement for fore he was stricken ill, April 15.
the advancement of the city and '
county.
cE GAINS ' tor.
The death of Mr. Koon brought
many expressions of profound ।
previous week
in Kansas crude production ' bill •_ a system of rates to apply
showed an increase of 11,320 tar-: to corporation incomes graduaied
rels daily, making the total daily according to proporations of earn-
average production for the state ings withheld from distribution to
159,075 barrels. stin k holders.
California production declined 1 | k_____________—
ARREST ANNOUNCED
IN WENDEL CASE
(By the Associated Press)
Accompanied by winds which
reached tornadic proportions at
Rockdale in Central Texas, at
Wharton and Houston in South-
east Texas, and Cuero in South
Texas, beneficial rains fell early
today over a large area of Texas.
Four negroes were killed when
a tornado struck a farming sec-
tion six miles northeast of Rock-
dale. and a freak twister struck
the eastern part of Wharton coun-
ty today.
Three houses on a ranch were
demolished near Rockdale and
Young Brooks, 31. of Egypt and
his wife, Minnie Brooks, were
killed when the Wharton county
tornado carried their home about
Cincinatti for a three hour visit' liam McIntosh of San Antoni©, among the speakers,
they; and Cliff Davis. Memphis Police
— ’ and ‘Fire Commissioner. This was
thrice married’ Velma Patterson. , . .
on trial for her life on a charge of 1 ed away at his home, 402 North
। poisoning Dorothy, 12. Mrs. Pat- i Clements street, at 7 o‛clok,shortt
terson ’is also accused of poisoning ly after he was ^stricken.
Funeral rites will be conducted
Mr. ement hid taught
every section of the county prior
I to 1916, when he was elected
j county superintendent of schools.
1868, in Marion, Kentucky, where
he was reared. He ame to Gaines-
placements due to obsolescence,
depreciation, and other causes.
Home Building
“5. Business should develop ef-
fective and wisely engineered
The news came as a shock to the
Texas for a number of years. He population of Cairo following c) il-
married Miss Florence McIntosh ier reports that the monarc' Jkad
on December 4, 1892, rallied after a better night.
Coming to Gainesville in April, ' - -
1910, with his family, Mr. oon
engaged, in the laundry business
with John McIntosh under the firm
to 31 of an inch fell during the
early morning hours, accompanied
by an electrical storm. This
brought the precipitation in the
past 48 hours to 52 of an inch.
Showers in North Texas
Steady showers fell all over
North Texas, missing only the pan-
handle. which was moistened in
part by rain yesterday.
A brisk rain squall struck Gal-
veston, precipitating 1 09 inches,
Houston had .48 and Port Arthur
.68.
To the west. San Antonio re-
ported 1.68 inches, the genet alerain
did not extern! to Del Rio and El
Paso or touch the extreme west-
ern border of the state.
Abilene, however, had 108
ily were among the earliest set-
tlers, and one of his brothers, was
I He served three consecutive terms i killed by Indians, Who attacked the
I of two years each as superinten- I community in which they lived.
, retiring from office in 1922. | Mr. Koon came to Texas in his
For six years, he returned to the ■ youth and was a cowboy iff West
teaching profession (He taught one T * — ihe f "e He
Higginp, colored, shot through the
left arm bove the elbow, and
.. .1 • Arthur curry, colored, shot
The jail here was the third in through the left thigh.
was identified bv the girs as thecHigsinswas allegedly shot by
man who pursued them with a Curr y.on E ast Main street,
knife and threw one into a val-the M isspuri-Kansas-Texa
ley The assailant was frightened
GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS.TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 28, 1936
TORNADOES TAKE FOUR LIVES IN TEXAS
NEGRO ONCE | motVieRA8SSUSEg25egoisoning. FATHER TELLS Death Claims Two POWER LNES
Hg Siaffit Prominent Local
CHILD S DEATH d
Substantial Rains Soak
Wide Area of State,
Breaking Long Drought
Photo) i
GRAND JURY IS
tary questions made it more diffi-
cult for the Egyptian monarch to
throw off the lingering effects of
his 1934 illness.
His death came at a time when
Anglo-Egyptian relations had
only recently progressed from the
riot stage, caused by agitators, to
brought the Wichita Falls precipi-
tation in the last 36 hours to a to-
tal of 1.14 inches. Skies were still
overcast.
Farmers and stockmen through-
out the eastern part of the state
were jubilant as the downpours
definitely ended the dry period
which had dried their crops and
made water scarce for their herds.
At Austin, rainfall totalled .58
of an inch, Dallas 40: Fort Worth,
.95; Longview, .25; Palestine 94
and Shreveport .08.
Corsicana Drenched
Corsicana was drenched by a
1.70 inch rain which greatly bene-
fitted corn and oat crops, as well
as cotton.
A thunderstorm broke over the
Fort Worth-Dallas area after mid-
night. bringing steady rainfall
which extended into the day. •
peaceful negotiations for a treaty It was still raining at Longview
Re aienna. and a slow downpour was gradu-
TORNADO INSURA
RALEIGH, N. C. (P). In the
wake of a series of southern tor-
judge.
From Danielsville
of 1934 when numerous foreign
quired the intervention of national
guardsmen, broke into Royston’s
one-story jail about midnight, cor-
nered Night Chief of, Police W. A.
• Dickerson and smashed a lock on
the prisoner’s cell.
"I couldn’t see exactly what
sgelg
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it " •
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home that night, he said. The next
day he went to the home in Com-
merce. spending several days.
• "Each day she asked me to go to
the cemetery with her,” McCasland
continued. “She would walk up to
the grave and say, ‘Well, they
haven’t dug her up yet.’ She would
ask me if I thought she would col-
lect the insurance. She said she
was broke.”
Dr. Moore ('ailed
Dr. Landon C. Moore, Dallas
chemist, who 34 years ago
demonstrated with a,frog to sho©!
a murder case jury how poison
ROYSTON, Ga. April 28 (AP).
Lint Shaw, negro farmer once
sayed from lynching through the
pleas of an aged judge, was shot ]
, to death by • mob of forty men.
eight hours before he was to go to
Louis© Nix, 21, of Texarkana,
Texas L
increase. 1,146 barrels for a total HEART OF NEW TAX
of 452.424. ' BILL GETS APPROVAL
The total state of Texas produc-
ed 1:160,266 barrels, an increase
and several years in the Valley
View school.
He was again elected county
superintendent in 1928, and served
another two year term. Since then.
etet- r- **
* « to n da, '•
t .T pey baek
up to recent street rioting, the in-
terplay of British and Italian
opinion, and the emphasis on mili-
chine operating on a suction prin-
ciple. which he invented, and he
had received much encouragement _______.____, ,_____________
from manufacturers to whom he deavored to spread the report that
had demonstrated the machine. | the short, thick-set, fair complex-
a consecrated l ioned king was merely suffering i
‘ Pn-tit from weakness following a mild 1
service to the ounty
Of attempted
. Evidence that American Tele-
tual co-operation between the two phone and Telegraph Company
to sell the Southwest to summer long distance operations added
tourists was promised. ' • $180,000,000 of profit in excess of
After the Texans paraded at a 6 per eent return on invest-
Little Rock, they were guests of ments, over a 23 year period, was
the Arkansas Centennial Commis- given today to the communica-
sion at luncheon, at which speakers tions commission.
pointed out many common ties be-
year at
BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 28
he had taught one
begged ins she lay dying not to bell A heart attack suffered early
given ‘/another dose of rest medi- Tuesday morning brought to a close
the career of ones or Cooke coun-
Offiqers were notified and
“StoD violating the law by Patrolmen Bailey and W. W Cox
breaking into jail” * warned the andsantaFe Agent NO. Brown
• * • > droye to the scene of the shoot-
shaw was ing They learned details of the
taken to Atlanta, both to save him , dificultyand started a serch for
from further mob outbreaks and’curry.who wag sighted between
to give him medincal attention He California and Broadway on Deni-
was returned to Danielsville lastisonjsteet i ’
(Continued • on Page Six) i As Patrolman Bailey left, the
l police car, armed with a shotgun,
1 Curry was said to have stepped be-
' hind a hole and to have aimed a
pist at Bailey, whereupon the of-
j ficer fired one charge of buck-
i shot, which struck the negro in
the thigh, breaking the leg bone.
A Brooks Powell ambulance was
called and Curry was taken to the
sanitarium about 9:30 ©clock. He
remained there Tuesday in a se-
year in Gainesville high school,
of 5,149 barrels daily over the The hpuSe today gave tentative ap-
! proval to the heart of new tax
production : • - e—•— -f -etad ta ehnlv
settled, showers on the coast.
Fresh southerly winds on the
coast.
West Texas—Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday; slightly
cooler in the Panhandle Wednes-
day afternoon.
decrease of the large producing
Superior Judge Berry T. Mose-
ley, 74, left a sick led to warn the
throng against a lynching, and in i j controversy
deterred the leaders until a na- J eouoens-
tional guard unit, rushed to that f* T
city from tornado emergency duty t Jon" ‛ ,
at Gainesville. Ga . took the ne- j Wa8 Sdo
gro into custody.
Brief Visit_____________
i lab and Egyptian relations and
of one Centennial state to another, may delay negotiations.
18 since Arkansas this year is observ- !: ,
ing the one hundredth anniversary|LONG DISTANCE
is in-
. demonstrations against the
year-old negro which once
name. Snow Laundry, for a num-
« Fmynarhptrcanan r w.
two years ago on account of ill gaxgdscreteryiorurensutuaince
Koon, Gainesville, and several
grandchildren.
Born in Ohio
A native of Van Wort, Ohio, Mr
Koon was born December 22, 1865.
While a child, he moved with his
parents to Kansas, where his fam-
criminal assault
• His body was fount! at dawn to-
day, tied to a pine tree in a creek
bottom near Colbert, Ga. his
home.
’ Pierced by shotgun, pistol and
rifle bullets, he died at the scene
, where two white girls reported he
attempted to attack them after
their motor car broke down April
10
Two bullet wounds the negro re-
ceived after stabbing two officers
in resisting arrest had not yet
During Mr. Clement’s regime as
county superintendent, the school
system of Cooke county made for-
ward steps of importance and his
a distinct
OKLAHOMA SHOWS GREAT-
EST DECREASE: EAST TEX-
AS PRODUCTION HIKES
1 ”4. Business should stimulate .
Train i Halts At
C. W Ambrose, Greenville in-
(Continued On Page Six)
dose of rest medicine like mother
i gave me,” Measland quoted Dor- ।
I othv as saying. “It makes me
' sick.” •
several nieces and nephews. Two
.____2 J him in death.
Bom in Kentucky
Mr. Clement wa born June 16,
worked, was called to testify tot
day. L : estimable.
Dr. Moore reported finding . Popular Teacher
poison in the bodies of Porothy । He was regarded as one of the
and a sister, Billie Fae McCasland, most popular and capable teach-
11, after they were exhumed last ers in the county
month. . i ‛----- 1------- 2 -3
-111 ~ - 1
J. Clement, Pioneer
Cooke County Educator,
Dies of Heart Attack.
INVESTIGATING
SHOOTNGHERE
TWO NEGROES ARE WoUNDED
MONDAY NIGHT; GUN IS
DR \WN ON POLK EMAN
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