Upshur County Echo (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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veteran, statesman and citizen,
was inducted Sunday morning
Palestine, Texas, Jan. 9.—All
of Bast Texas, or at least all
those who could crowd into the
Elks’ Club house in Palestine
Friday night, paid honor to John
W. McFarlane, winner of the
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Edwards, Clarksville.
Member State Board of Con-
trol, Roy I. Tennant, Temple.
Member State Board Prison
Commissioners, W. R. Dulaney,
Houston. ______ 1
State Fire Marshall, J. J. Tim-
mins, Austin.
Member State Board of Teach-
will be effective March 4. when
he completes four years as head
of the State Department. Mr.
Kellogg is expected to take office
immediately after.
The prospective Cabinet change
it was said, desired, after twen
ty years of public Ilfs, interrupt-
ed only for a short period, te
roturn to private life.
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Dr. T. W. Dee, Houston, Dr. D.
C. Johnson, Atlanta, D-. J. Burt
Thomas, Sulphur Springs.
Adjutant General, Mark Mo-
Gee, Brownwood.
State Banking Commissioner,
Charles O. Austin, Dallas.
Secretary of State, Mrs. S. W.
Meharg, Plainview, Hale County.
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Chronicle Bldg, Houston, Texas.
THE COMMISSIONERS
DIVIDE AUTO FUND
was announced late Saturday at
the White House. NE- *
CONTRACT LET FOR
A NEW COURT HOUSE
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Kansas Supreme Court
Ousts Klan In Decision
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eimer, Texas, Thursdav January 15. 1925.
between klan and State for more
than two years, the Supreme
Court handed down a decision
sustaining the State's plea and
ousting the klan from Kansas.
Members State Board ofPard- whose record of his five acres of
ons, W. P. Sabastian, Brocken cuttun will contribute valuable a
ridge, and J.N.Aldredge, Gil- information to west Texas cotton
Washington, Jan. 10.—Charles
Evans Hughes has resigned as
Secretary of State and will be
succeeded by Frank B. Kellogg
of Minnesota, now Ambassador
to Grsat Britain.
By Victor H. Schoffelmayer
(Cotton Contest Editor
Semi Weekly Farm News)
Deserved congratulations are
being poured in upon John W.
MoFarlane of Palestine, Ander-
son county, whose perseveranae
and skill captured the $1,000
prize by the Dallas Morning'
News and the Semi-Weekly Farm
Newstethe winner of the “More
Cotton on Fewer Acres’'contest.
Mr. McFarlane's achievement
brings distinction upon himself
“Around the World
with Speejack”
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Upshur County Echo
ROBBERS PILLAGE
TOWN OF CHANDLER
psny.
Not content to confine their
efforts to fifteen business houses
the robber* made bold to enter
the residence section and some
half dozen homes were burglar-
ized. About noon the total loot
of stolen merchandise, money
and other valuables and jewelry
that had been checked amounted
to over $3,000, and when the
check is finished it is likely that
this figure will be doubled.
Two safes balonging to Blake,
Cade & Smith and Jerome Davis
were opened, the former ‘ losing
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l Topeka, Kan. Jan. 10—The
Ku Kux Klan was outlawed -by
the Supreme Court of Kansas
Saturday. Putting an end to
todlsquakfy himself in the will
mso of Mrs. Mary ORuil'y.
from all parts of Texas, and
many lifelong friends of ths man
who may be said to be the most
Use Verabest Flour for your
Cooking. It is better than the
best.
Being made from the very
choicest of wheat it cannot be
excelled for baking anything from
pastry to the finest cakes.
For Sale By
Knowles Grocery.
growers. There are other rec-
Hughes expressed to Presldent
Coolidge his "'deep appreciation
of the confidence you have re-
posed and of the privilege of
aerving under your leadership."
Mr. Coolidge replied with an
expression of regret and of
renewed confidence in his retir-
ing Secretary.
___________ PALESIINE FEIES
HUGHES RESIGNS JOHN W. M'FARLANE
BLAYNEY BICOMES
PRESIDENT OF C.I.A.
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Denton, Tex., Jan. 11.—Pledg
ing himself to a program insur-
ing just, political liberty and
religious tolerance, and the prop-
er relative emphasis upon the
vocational, spiritual and liberal
training of the young woman-
hood of . Texas, Dr. J Lindsey
Tyler, Texas, Jan. 12.—The
little village of Chandler, twelve
miles west of Tyler, was literally
pillaged by two carload a of fast
warking- robbers at an early
hour Wedhesday morning. The
two high-powered cars were
I heard to arrive shortly after
' midnight and leave about three
hours later.
Attempt was made to enter
i every establishment in the oily
Houston, Texas, Jan. 12 —
County Judge Chester H. Bryan
declared efficially Monday that
he had quit the Ka Klux Klan
"toward the first of the year."
He still retains some stock in
the klan’s benevolent association,
he said, but “doesn't even know
its atatzs." 4-
An application was filed font
week by Attorney Toghram H.
Roberta ask ing the County J udge
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Hudnall, Route 5, Pittsburg,
Roxas, appearing in the Echo
this week. We also call attention
lege of Industrial Arts in a bril-
liant ceremony. The services,
beginning at 11 o’clock, were
conduced in the auditorium,
decorated with plants and How-
ers, American flgs and the
banners of the Amer lean Legion.
..VERABEST..
..FLOUR..
banquet given under auspices of
the Palestine Business League,
oo operating with other organi-
tions. The banquet began
promptly at 7:30 p. m. and the
speskipa program was broad -
cast far and wide by -gpecial ar- -
State’s Attorney, 8am D. SUn- ords in the contest which recent-
srn, Greenville; assistant state’s |y closed, all of which will throw
attorney, Nat A. Gentry Jr., light
Tyler.
importance will be published in
* theNewsand the Semi-Weekly
Farm News.
F. II Littleton of near Vernon,
Wilbarger county, west Texas,
came within fifty one pounds of
lint of winning the prize. He
has made four successive cotton
crops on the farm of J. D. Sum-
Drour & Son nr Vernon, hav-
ing gone there from Lewisville,
Denton county. He originally
came from Ellis county, where
he was reared. To show the
kind of farmer he is, he raised
sixty-eizht bales of cotton on •
sixty five acres of land the first
year aftar he settled in west
Texas. The farm is located in
the famous Pease river valley,
whleb resembles an enormous
flat rather than a val’ey, since
there are no perceptible hills.
T‛he Pease river valley, however,
is extremely rich, as is evidenced
by the fact that it was made to
cotton raising in various parts of
Membera Stata Dental Board, the slats. Those of greatest
In his letter et resignation Mr. talked-of tiller of the soil in East
Texas today, took part in a great
rankement with Station WFAA,
the Dallas News and the Dallas
Journal, and with the South-
western Bell Telephons Com-
pany’which had installed special
equipment for the occasion.
The Commissioners’ Court
was in sessien Monday. The
most important matter dis posed
of was the divleion of the auto
fund by Commisaioners pre-
cincts. It wss decided to give
J. R. Hinson and L. A. Richard-
son 61 per cent of the fund for
their precincts and to give 8. G.
Newsom Jr., and J. B. Woodfin
89 per cent for their precincts.
The division was farther mads
by giving Mr. Hlnssn 84 per
cent for Precinot No. 8, Mr.
Richardson 27 per cent for Pre
cinctNo. 4, Mr. Newsom 20 per
cent for Precinot No. 2, and Mr.
Woodfin 19 par cent for Pre
cinct No.1.
We understand the division
was made somewhat on the basis
of the nufber of autos and ths
roads to bs cared for in the re-
spective precincts.
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to gain entrance to the store of
the Pinckard Mercantile Oom- into the presidency of the Col-
Who’s Your Friend?
There are four kinds of friends
in this world who are outstand-
ing among all ethers. First, the
one who is a friend to you while
your money lasts. Second, those
who are friends to you as long
as they can use you to their own
advantage. Third, the one who
is your friend while fortune
smiles upon you. Fourtb, the
very rare but sincere friend who
does not gutge his friendship
fJr you by wealth, position or
on profitable methods of
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Appointments mads and ds-
cided upon and made public by
Mrs. Ferguson are:
State Health Officer, Dr. H. 0/
Sappington, Galveston.
State Fish, Game and Oyster
Cummissioner, Turner Hubby
Waco.
Tax Commissionen, Edward
Morning News and the Semi-
Weekly Farm News in the
“More-Cutton-on Fewer-Acres"
contest, the man who had
brought distinction upon East
Texas by "whipping a four-
to the advertisemenb. by South-
MRS. JOHN CLAYBROOK IS THE lana Produeta Company, 501-5
and upon east Texas. However,
----------------------- ' out in- Wilbarger county, in west
Colleges, A. B. Martin, Plain. Texas, lives a man who ran a
, close race for the big prize and
MONDAY and TUESDAY
JOHN GILBERT In
“HIS HOUR"
except the bank and postoffice,
and each attempt was success. Blayney, scholar, World War
BIG- BOY WILLIAMS in
“AVENGER”
EPISODE SEVEN OF
“The RIDDLE RIDERS”
ALSO A TWO REEL COMEDY
11 a. m. te 11 p. m. Admission 10a and 20c
being stripped of valuable mer- County Judge Announces
ehandise. _m
The contract for the erection
of a new court house was award
ed to the Rice Construetion
Company of Dallas, last week.
The contract price, so we are
told, aggregates 0118,894 which
ineludes the building complete’
in every detail, such as steam
Starts 7:00 p. m, FRIDAY Admission 10 & 20c
VIOLA DANA in
“REVELATION"
_ Also ASOPS FABLES
besides other merchandise,
while the latter lost $250. Jew-
elry, watches and fountain pans
were stolen from the City Drug
Store in large quantities. The
Coleman Mercantile Company
also suffered, the entire etore
months drouth with his walking
Mr. Hughes, plow.
Two hundred and fifty persons
John Olay brook of Austin, who
supported Felix D. Robertson in
the second primary and made
speeches for Dr. George O.
Butte, Republican candidate for
Governor, Monday was elected
messenger of the Texas presi-
dential electors to carry the
prssidontial vote at Texas to the
National ElectorisIllege.
The eollege meets in the Sen-
ate chamber in the National
Capitol Feb. 11.
Mrs J. Frank Coffey of Fort
Worth, who admitted to the com-
mittee that she was a supporter
of "all of the present adminis-
tration" and that she had voted
for Mrs. Ferguson in the gener-
al election, was the aandidate
against Mrs. Claybrook. R. H.
Cousins also was a candidate,
but did not receive a vote, Mrs.
Oiaybrook winning 15 to 5.
We call especial attention to
the alvertisoment of the North-
east Texas Nursery by H. C.
heating, electrio wiring, and the
building is to be firoproof from
i basement to garret. It also in cAse of Mrs Mary ORail’y.
o udes the leveling up and ter-
. racleg the courthonse yard, with
concrete curb all around the yard
and concrete Walks frou the —- w* -u--v auuuus Ul winus-
lcourthouse to l be curb.—Wood will contained a bequest to the hero was here on business Mon- - H, ConnelLla, „estereay nn ,
County Democrat, Quitman, Tex. KuKluxKlan, _ day-——— ----—--- -eidegeein,m-oS
x Published Weekly Number 21
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Crystal Theatre
WOMAN THUS HONORED.
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APPOINTEES NAMED SEOONB MAN WHO
FOR STATE PLACES RAISED MORE THAN
popularity. Sean your hsb of . .. , . .
friendsand catalogua them I nielda total of 5,030 PO»i>d» of
theclass where yon think they lint oolton on five measured
. , v. . . . । acres without tertilizr of anv
belong. You may be surprised tI . 1 . “n-
Two wills purportiag to have atthe result— yx kind, net even barnyard manure.
been stgned by Mrs. O’Reiley, , __ _ a , That Fveaks well for the soil.
were fled for probate, and one q. Marvin Toumas of Winns- -----------------
I Why Live in a Shack?
I BUILD YOU A GOOD HOME.
J A Federal Farm Loan Makes It Possible.
1 Five and one-half per cent interest,
f Long Time, Easy Payments.
1 NOW IS THE BEST TIME. Borrow money
| durirg hard times, pay back in better times.
WORK IS SCARCE, LABOR IDLE.
I MATERIAL CHEAP.
I Make a contract for the house you need, work unde: ;
I your contractor, thereby earning money to carry you
I through the winter and spring, or enough money to
t make payments on your loan for three or four years.
I Have a Good Home for your Boys and Girls.
J You Owe It To Them.
■ If you owe some on your home, why pay 8'or 10 per cent?
I | We carry it at 5i per cent.
I See me at once if you are an actual farmer, and let us
I work out a plan to help you.
| “The boy or girl brought up in a white house has a
| tremendous advantage over one raised in a hovel."
A. L. BRADFIELD.
I Office over First National Bank. >
A WOMAN MESSENGER
NAMED BY ELECTORS
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Stephens, J. J. Upshur County Echo (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1925, newspaper, January 15, 1925; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1439538/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.