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^ a THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
4 A Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, January 19, 1953
Negro Testifies Illness Led
To His Arrest on DWI Charge
TODAY’S MARKETS
NEW York, Jan If un — The
stock market was narrowly mixed
today with trading fairly active.
Small fractional changes were
the rule. , .
Livestock
Argument was expected to be-
gin at 1:30 p.m. Monday in case
of the state against Daniel Fer-
rell, 60, Negro, on trial in County
Court Monday on a charge of driv-
ing while intoxicated.
Ferrell testified that before Na
arrest on Nov 11 at North Second
and Cypress Streets by police he
had received three “shots” from a
doctor and had taken a few drinks
of Hadacol, which contains 12 per
cent of alcohol.
The state’s first witness, Ernest
Tate, 1974 Marshall St., who is
coordinator for the Taylor Coun t
Vocational School, testified Fer-
rell’s car collided with Ma and
that the fenders locked. In Ms op-
inion he said Ferrell was drunk.
“He slumped over on the wheel a
moment, later got out and stag-
gered," Tate said. “His eyes were
bloodshot and I smelt an odor on
his breath."
On cross examination by Tom
Reid, Ferell’s attorney, Tate said
he could not say whether Ferrell
was ill.
State Game Warden J. D. Jones
testified be saw Ferrell before the
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impact end he was driving on the
wrong side of the corner strip.
‘‘I was afraid he# pit a parked
car," he said. “I couldn't tell whet
be waa drinking." 0
Police Sgt. E. F. Creech said he
arrested Ferrell and took Mm to
the police station. “He didn't act
like he was sick," Creech testi-
fied on cross examination. “He
acted more like a drunk man.”
In rebuttal by Tom Todd, County
attorney, Creech said that the odor
of Ferrell's breath was s ■‘com-
bination like wine and whisky.”
At this juncture Reid offered a
bottle of Hadacol in evidence, tak-
ing a sip to let Creech smell it,
and passing the bottle of Hadacol
to the jury.
Willie May Campbell, grand-
daughter of defendant, said Ferrell
was 111 that morning, a doctor had
been out and given him three
“shots' and be had drunk some
Hadacol Mrs. Ferrell, she said,
kept Hadacol at the place moat of
the time.
Ferrell, in his own defense, said
his malady had been pronounced
pneumonia, and he had taken three
injections. He said he drank the
Hadacol after feeling badly, got
up, “felt pretty good,” and walked
to a garage on the east side of
town to get Me automobile te a
repair shop.
He said when he got to the acene
where the impact occurred he was
ill and groggy.
The jury selected to try the case
consists of John T. George, 3317
South Fifth St., Hugh Oliver, Route
5; Howard Barrett, 3162 South
Eighth St.; J. H. Heliums, Trent;
M. P. O’Brient, Route 2: and J.
C. McKee, Jr., 3030 Pine St.
Court was dismissed at 11:41 a.
in. by Judge Reed Ingaisbe to pre-
pare the Charge.
Auto Crash Leads
To Damage Suit
Suit for $388.55 for alleged car
damage was filed in County Court
Saturday by L N. Anderson
against John Rogers, 1382 Sam-
mons Ave.
Anderson in his petition alleges
that on Nov. 23 a Chrysler esr
operated by Mrs. Anderson was
in collision at South 14th and Palm
St., with a Plymouth sedan owned
and operated by Rogers. Plaintiff's
car, petition avers, was knocked
over the curb into a parking lot
through negligence on part of de-
fend ant.
Asked in the suit is loss of use
of car during repairs of $105 and
for repairs $283.85.
FOBT worrs
FORT WORTH Jan. so un-
calves 800; fed steers, yearlin
weak to sharply lower. Bulls
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Death Claims
Odus Williams
odus Williams, 7, resident of
Abilene since 1929, died at 11:50
p. m. Sunday of Hendrick Me
mortal Hospital. _
He waa Bara Sept 18, 1873, at
Macon, Ga., and moved, to Texas
with his parents when be was 9
years old. The family settled near
512 227 married to Leila Bolton
at Troop Feb. 19, 1906. They lived
near Henderson until 1807 when
they moved to Tulln.
The couple moved to Olney In
1908. Mr. Williams opened the first
grocery store in Olney that year.
He operated the store there un-
til IBM when be moved to Lamesa
and opened a grocery store there.
In 1929, he sold his business and
moved to Abilene to retire. ..
Funeral will be at 3 p. m. Tues-
day at the Kiker-Warren Chapel
here. The Rev. A A. Watson, pes-
ter of the Ash BL Baptist Church,
will officiate. Burial will be in Elm-
wood Memorial Park.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Vera Maude Shahan of Lub-
bock end Mrs. Dan Newton of Abi-
lene: one son, O. B. Williams of
Midland: two brothers, Lee Wil-
Home and Jota Williams, both of
Henderson; four grandchildren,
five nieces end two nephews; and
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Cosmic Wil-
liams of Durant, Okla.
Pallbearers will be Jarrell Hale,
lene: one son, O
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Suit Asks $1,750
Damages In Crash
Elbert H. Martin seeks, $1,750
personal injury and car damage
in a suit filed Saturday in 104th
District Court against F. W. Couch
and H. H. Brown.
Martin alleged on Nov. 19, 1952,
plaintiff's wile waa driving a 1947
Plymouth ear northward on Mes-
quite. A car owned by Couch and
driven by Brown waa going west
on North Seventh. The cars col-
lided at intersection of Mesquite
end North Seventh, allegedly due
to negligence of defendants.
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Funeral services for Curtis Ray
Couch, 38, who was found dead
Saturday night after being hit in
the chest with a 22 calibre slug,
were to be held at 3 p. m. today
in Elliott’s Chapel of Memories.
The Rev. Willis P. Gerhart, mo-
tor of the Episcopal Church of the
Heavenly Rest, was to officiate.
Burial waa to be in Elmwood
Memorial Park.
the alarm turned in by the T&P
workers.
Hunter went into the office and
found it enveloped in smoke, and
the corner near a public address
speaker blazing.
Fire Marshal L. A. Blackwood
said the fire apparently was start*
ad by a short-circuited wire in the
speaker of the public address sys-
tern He stated that If the blaze
bad been given a few more min-
major tire would have re-
suited.
Neely praised the gulck work of
the T&P workers and the Fire De-
partment as preventing heavy loss.
Inflammable supplies were stored
on the second story.
Church Delegates,
Vestrymen to Be
Selected Tonight
Jack Osborn, 47, of Abilene was
released from the Taylor County
jail Sunday on $2,500 bond after
betas charged Saturday with mur-
der in the death of Couch.
Couch, who lived at 602 Maple
St., was found sprawled inside the — ---------
doorway of the Osborn residence, elected Monday night at the an
2350 Hardy St. by Patrolmen B.
H. Fillmon and Floyd Isbell. The
slaying occurred at 7:15 p. m.
Saturday, after which Osborn
called police and told them a man
had been shot at his home.
Six vestrymen and delegates to
the annual convocation are to be
Couch, according to friends, was
totally blind. Police said be was
partially blind.
Charges of murder were filed
against Osborp in Justice of the
Peace Henry Long’s court Satur-
day night,
Mrs. Canto B. Bynum, 39. of
541 Peach St., a witness, said in
a signed statement before Raleigh
Brown, assistant county attorney,
that Couch was shot after he bed
tried to choke her and had Mt Os-
born over the eye with i bottle.
Pallbearers in the Couch funeral
were to be W. E. Koonce, Jack
0. Wilson, H. H. Brown, M. E.
Welch, Floyd Smith end Thad
Hall.
nual parish meeting of the Epis-
copal Church of the Heavenly Rest.
The parish meeting will follow
a dinner set for I p.m. In Iris
Graham Dining Hall at McMurry
College. The Rev. Smythe Lindsey,
D. D., rector of St. Andrew’s
Church at Amarillo and owner and
editor of the Church Times, will
be the dinner speaker. Dr. Willis
P. Gerhart, rector of the Church of
the Heavenly Rest, will introduce
him.
Church members will be present-
ed with year hooka containing re-
ports, information on all church
funds and a list of memorials giv-
en to the church building fund.
Reservations indicate between
Produce Plant
Fire Put Out
Alertness of Texas and Pacific
Railway workers and the Abilene
Fire Deportment Sunday afternoon
averted a major fire at Wilson &
Co., produce house. North First
and Mesquite Sts.
Ths blaze damaged a portion of
the office, burning two windows,
the office celling and part of a
south porch.
Manager Jamea R. Neely said
Monday that the damage waa not
large. He did not have an esti-
mate prepared yet.
T&P employes switching on the
tracks immediately south of WU-
son & Co. discovered the fire and
called the Fire Deportment at 3:07
p.m.
Five trucks answered the alerm
immediately and had the fire out
and were back to service at 1:44
p.m. e
Mack Batter, 39, of 426 Mulberry
St, an employe of the produce
house, was going through the es-
tablishment, trying to locate the
smoke, when he heard the sirens
of the Fire Deportment answering
HOTELS
175 and 200 will attend the dinner
and meeting.
Delegates are to be elected to
attend the convocation scheduled
for March at St Paul’s Church in
Lubbock.
Retiring vestry men to be re-
placed ere Max Bentley, senior
warden; Davis Scarborough, Junior
warden; Frank Strange, John
Ward, Cecil Childers and Henry
Tillett, Jr. Hold-over vestrymen ere
Dr. Mack Bowyer, John Ray and
Ray Grisham.
Hugh Ray Again
Owner of Abilene
Spring Company
Hugh Ray, 602 South 11th St.,
haa regained ownership of the Abi-
lene Spring Company at 1009 Oak
St.
Ray came to Abilene from Od-
essa to 1943 as one of four part-
acre who established the old Abi-
lene Spring and Axle Company at
923 North First St He had a 25
per cent intereat. The other part-
ners were W. C. Montgomery and
Harry Tibbits .both of Fort Worth;
and J. W. Stafford, Odessa.
The partners conducted the bus-
iness until Dec. 31, 1946, when
closed the shop. Ray purchased the
equipment and opened Nie Abilene
Spring Company on Jan. 15, 1947,
at Ml Oak St After purchasing a
building at the present location,
he moved the equipment to the
new quarters in the spring of 1951.
On Nov. 20, 1951, Ray leased
the "business to H. M. Lenders,
Abilene, who operated it until lest
Jan. 1. Meanwhile Ray worked as
service manager for a spring firm
at Fort Worth. Ray purchased the
business from Lenders effective
last Jan. 1.
The firm will service all types
of springs, Ray said._____________
Long-Time Mitchell
County Farmer Dies
COLORADO CITT. Jan. 19.
(RNS)—1 Benjamin C. Cook, 86, re-
tired farmer, died Sunday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Josie
Harris of San Angelo.
He was born April 27, 1866, in
Titus County, Texas. He married
Rebecca Fishback Feb. 10, 1889.
Mrs. Cook died Sept. 12,1950.
The couple were residents of
Mitchell County for 62 years.
Mr. Cook had lived to San An-
Selo since the death of Ma wife.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tues-
day st the Kikar and Son Chapel
in Colorado City The Rev. R. B.
Murrey, pastor of the Oak St Bap
tist Church, will officiate. Burial
will be in Colorado City Cemetery.
Survivors are six daughters,
Mrs. Harrie of San Angelo, Mrs.
Vada Belabor of Phoenix, Ariz.,
Mrs. Lucy Henley of Loraine, Mrs.
Dolly Youngs of Houston, Mrs. Ed-
u Trogel of Shreveport, La., and
Mrs. Iva White of Monahans; four
sons, William Edgar and Wayne
Cook, both of Lovington, N. M.
and Eugene Cook of Houston and
onto D. Cook of Snyder: 11 grand-
children and eight great-grandehil-
dren.
Center Woman Dies
In Auto Accident
SHREVEPORT, La. Jan. 19 —
Mrs. Beatrice Fleming, 18, of
Center, Tex., was killed here Sat-
urday night in an auto crash
A Shreveport girl, Betty, Jean
Moore, 15, also was killed in the
accident that injured two soldiers.
Moore
Delicious
ALL WHITE
CHICKEN
Meat Orders-
FRIED, TASTY, DELICIOUS
AND TENDER
Dixie Pig
1403 Butternut Phone 2-0006
Fatal Shooting, 2
Burglaries Mark
Week End Crime
One fatal shoottag. two burglar-
ies and five thefts of hub caps
made up moot of Abilene’s crime
happenings during the week end.
Reports on the hub cep steal-
ings added to evidence that some-
body la to the car parts theft rac-
ket, police said. A long series of
such incidents has occurred here
to the peat few weeks.
Jack Osborn, 47, of Abilene was
charged with murder in the fetal
shooting early Saturday night of
Curtla Bay Couch, 38, which re-
portedly happened at Osborn’s
home, 2350 Hardy St. He waa re-
leased from county jail Sunday
under $2,500 bond.
Mercer’s Humble Service Sta-
tion, South Fourth and Butternut
Sts., was burglarized Saturday
night. Stolen were two flashlights
and one and one-half gallons of
anti-freeze. Entrance was gained
by breaktag a rear window glass.
Two teen-age boys broke into
Fair Park Exhibition Building, but
were released by police after a
lecture.
The following persons reported
thefts of hub caps from their cars:
C. A. Farr, 782 Palm St.; Howard
Guthrie, 2234 South First St.: J.
H. Clements, Peacock, Tex.;
Jerry Files, 866 Sunset Dr.; Mrs.
Harry Orman, 1241 Amarillo St.
Leon Thompson. 2410 Simmons
Ave., reported that a dark green
overcoat was stolen from his auto.
“I was half crazy
from torture and pain
until P.
Federal Credit Union
To Declare Dividend
Third annuel meeting of the Abi-
lene Federal Credit Union will be
held Monday at 7:30 p. m. in the
Fair Park Auditorium.
A dividend will be declared.
President C. B. Hicks said.
This will be the first dividend
the organisation has paid since its
organization.
Hicks did not state the amount
of the dividend, which will be
mode public at Monday night’s
meeting.
Membership In the union is en-
tirely made up of City of Abilene
employer They own the stock.
The organization war formed
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