McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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ESTABLISHED MARCH 4, 1897.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924—8 PAGES.
TWENTY EIGHTH YEAR
DEMOCRATS OPEN CONVENTION
IPANS CONTINENT IN
ESS THAN DAY
MAUGHAN WRITES
NEW CHAPTER IN
CONQUEST OF AIR
Bad Eggs Cost
Produce Man
$50 Per Day
COUNTRY FIDDLER” TONIGHT
41 Prisoners
Tunnel Out Of
Tennessee Jail
“TIRED, BUT HAPPY.” IS FLIER’S
' FIRST REMARK.
San Francisco, June 24.—Lieut.
Russell M. Maughan wrote a new and
spectacular chapter in the history of
man's conquest of the air yesterday
when he spanned the North American
continent in less than a day.
The hazardous and gruelling flight
was his third attempt. He left
Mitchell Field, N. Y., at 2:59 1-2 a. m.
(eastern standard time), halted brief-
ly at five refueling stations en route
across mountains and plains, fought
fatigue and constantly recurring
nausea for 21 hours 47 minutes 45
seconds, and arrived at Crissey Field.
San Francisco, at 9:47:15 o’clock
(Pacific time) last night.
Worn and nervous from his long
and bitter Struggle with the perils of
the air and the illness which had grip-
ped him, the courageous trail blazer
was engulfed in a cheering, wildy
excited mass of humanity which ex-
tended to him an almost unparalleled
ovation upon hla arrival.
Dick Commons, the premier
produce man of North Texas,
says that he is now destroying an
average of $50.00 worth of spoil-
ed eggs per day. Before making
up his egg shipments by the car
load to the Northern and East-
ern markets, Mr. Commons can-
dles the eggs to ascertain their
freshness. In that manner all
spoiled eggs are discovered and
discarded. Mr. Commons says
that it costs him $10.00 a day to
candle these eggs. Of course, the
customers, from whom hr buys,
sustain a loss of the spoiled eggs.
Hut this is a great waste and fi-
nancial loss to the farmers and
poultry people. By discarding
their roosters and selling only In-
fertile eggs, this loss could be
eliminated and a great money sav-
ing affected. This is a concrete
example of the benefit of selling
only infertile eggs. Such infer-
tile eggs also command a pre-
mium on the market of twenty-
five to fifty per cent better price
than the fertile eggs bring. bo-
sides sustaining no loss from
spoiled or bad eggs.
CHAS. R. TAGGART
TO ENTERTAIN
AT CHAUTAUQUA
GILBERT’S ALL-AMERICAN BAND
COMING TOMORROW.
TWO CANDIDATES FIGHTING
FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
‘Tired, but Happy.
“Gee, but it's good to be here!” he
said as jubilant comrades of the air
service lifted him bodily from the
cockpit of his plane. “I’m tired, but
happy."
The ostentations reception was in
sharp contrast to the lonely, single-
handed battle which the airman wag-
ed throughout the day In hla race
with the sun.
Lieutenant Maughan soared away
from Mitchell Field in the waning
light of a half moon, undounted by
prospects of none too favorable
weather, a cloud-flecked sky and the
knowledge—of his two previous
failures. .
LADIES REST ROOM
AT PICNIC THIS
YEAR BY HARRIS
Charles Ross Taggart, "country
fiddler de luxe" from Vermont, will
be the attraction at the. Chautauqua
tent tonight. Taggart is a ventrilo-
quist. a monologist, pianologist and
what-not, and is billed as one of the
best entertainers on the 1924 pro-
gram. He puts over his stuff in a
tremendously funny way, and must
be seen and heard to be appreciated,
according to Mr. Gwinn, the local
chautauqua superintendent.
Tuesday afternoon Misses Terwil-
liger and Harper gave a concert and
entertainment, followed by a lecture
by Wallace Brucy Amsbary. These
young ladies will give the prelude
to the Taggart program tonight.
Program For Wednesday.
Wednesday, Chautauqua-goers will
be treated to band music—Gilbert *
All-American Band providing the aft.
ernoon and evening programs.
The first time Horner sent a band
| over the Premier Circuit (and It was
a good one, too) he paid salaries
amounting to one-third of the salaries
Memphis, Tenn., June 24.—For-
ty-one prisoners tunnelled their
way from the Shelby county jail
last night. Four were captured
during the night and posses were
seeking the others early today.
Sheriff W. 8. Knight said the
wholesale delivery was engineered
by H. Diggs Nolen, who is under
sentences aggregating 19 years in
the state and federal penitentiar-
ies for forgery and violation of
the federal anti-narcotic law.
The prisoners escaped by dig-
ging a hole in a three foot brick
wall using pieces of an iron cot
and a table knife and fork.
COMMITTEES TO
BE NAMED BY
KEYNOTER TODAY
SENATOR HARRISON MAKES
KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
GOV. ALFRED E. SMITH.
Sherman Pythians
Coming Tonight
Lerianee lodic so. 88, Knights of
Pythias, will meet 'tonight in regu-
APPRECIATED CONVENIENCE for the Band you have this year.
It isn’t very hard, therefore, to
FOR THE VISITORS figure out the economic problem in. lar session at their hall
volved, and yet Chautauqua patrons Louisiana street.
have so insistently called for a Band
on East
At this meeting
U
on
WILLIAM G. MCADOO.
another close in the Rank of Page
will be started and all Knights and
Esquires are urged to attend. About
fifty members of the Sherman lodge
will visit the local lodge tonight and
arrangements will be made to have
a D. O. K. K. ceremonial here in the
near future. All the band members
are urged to attend this meeting, al-
so, as they will be called on for
some music. Defiance Louse 18 en-
joying a steady growth now, the
lodge room has this week been put
in first class shape and they have a
very cosy place to meet.
M’KINNEY FOLK
MAKING BIG PLANS
FOR JULY FOURTH
HORSE RACES AND LEGION
MEET TO FEATURE.
Rough Weather. -
From the start he encountered
rough weather, but surmounted all
difficulties as he drove his powerful
PWS army pursuit plane with the
sun.
Darkness enshrouded Han Francisco
bay as Lieutenant Maughan appeared
The drone of his motor came to the
ears of the waiting thousands and
they broke into prolonged cheering.
The flier circuled the field twice, his
plane blotted from view part of the
time by a light mist. Then be shot
downward and taxied almost to the
door of army headquarters in a per-
fect landing.
The belt buckle of the world had
been pulled up a few more notches.
Clarence C. Harris, local under- that we secured it, and here it is.
taker, will provide a complete and it has to be a good Band to keep
userut rest tent for the ladies and up the record of previous yours. Think
children on the picnic grounds thisot the fine bands we have
year, something like the one he had in the past Royal Ital-
equipped last year. His efforts to Jan Band, two years; The Italian
provide every convenience for the Bersagliere Band; Cimera and his
ladies last year was, no doubt, ap- Band; Thaviu, two different years,
preciated, as his tent was one of the We had to get something that would
most popular places on the grounds, set a new high water mark, and this
He says that no trouble or expense is it.
will be spared in order to have There is more in that "All-Amer-
everything complete again this year ican than you may think of the
and Invites all the ladles to feel first time you read it. Contrary to the
welcome to use it freely. Every- opinions of most people, American
thing at this tent will be free, players demand and secure better
E. L. Vickery, McKinney plumber, salaries than foreign players, and they
has for the past two yearn, fitted are worth it, too.
up this tent with the toilets, basins This is the American Chautauqua
and other plumbing work. He did and “« American year, and here is an
all of this complimentary, for the American Band.
people’s convenience and will see Every man in this band is an artist
that they are provided with all these who has devoted years of study to the
welcomed conveniences again this Instrument he plays. He is a type ot
year and it will all be located at player who can take a solo part and
carry it through with distinction. He
WOMAN, NEARING CENTURY MARK,
DIES HERE AFTER HAVING LIVED IN
COLLIN COUNTY SEVENTY-ONE YEARS
One of the grandest and noblest afternoon before the Civil War. Mrs.
of Collin county’s womanhood passed Roberto was sitting on the back
from this life into the world eternal, porch of the old homestead East of
at 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon, Melissa, when there appeared a
when the spirit of Mrs. Elisabeth group of Indiana. Mrs. Roberts was
Ann Roberts, was taken to the world churning at the time and well she
above to live and dwell for.evermore remembered, until the last, that af-
among God’s chosen ones.
ternoon. She jumped from her chair
Mrs. Roberts was in her ninety- and started to run, when one of the
fifth year. She was born in Illinois Indians said: “Me no hurt pretty
November 11, 1829 and removed to
Texas in 1853, settling with her live-
band, A. J. Roberts on a farm, three
miles East from Melissa. Thus for
Farm Labor
Union Picnic
Here July 22
Tuesday, July 22, is the day set by
the Collin county Farm Labor Union
of America In have their big picnic
at the ox-Confederate and Qld Set-
lers picnic grounds, one half mile
east of McKinney.
Thia picnic, as announced will be
an old fashioned basket dinner, free
barbecue and ice water for all.
All district unions In Collin county
are to co-operate in the “biggest far-
mers parade over held in Collin coun-
the same place in the Harris rest
tent.
seventy-one years, she had been a
resident of Collin county and for the
past twenty-five+years had lived in
McKinney, making her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Alice Wilson, 417
North Church Street. It was at this
home she passed away Monday after-
noon, following an illness of about
not only plays notes, the meaning of
it, and knows how to interpret his
part in the ensemble work.
The American people love music
of a brass band, even of an ordinary two weeks. She died as pentully
brass band. Band music has a thrill in and as quietly as she had lived. All
KU KLUX PLANNING
RARRECON it for all of us. American has a wealth the children were with her when she
1 DO ARAYA of patriotic music. To mention only a died.
NIIDINA NEVT MANTI few: "The Star-Spangled Banner," Funeral services are to be held
DUN1 MUN 1 n |" Dixie,” "America" and "Yankee th is Tuesday afternoon at the home
Doodie," and the "Stars and Stripes of Mrs. Wilson on North Church
Street and will be conducted by Dr.
SPECIAL MEETING
Forever.” Any of those will bring an
IS CALLED American on his feet.
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. .
But combine Gilbert’s All-American
Band with a program such as they
will give both afternoon and night and
ty. . , Iyvu nuve u cuvanaton wi
The initial anouncement regarding onicial. or the McKinney Chapter SSL AGCO T u
the speaking is as follows:------c me n uuauic -Hins-band-history this VCAF-
W. W. Fitzwater, president of the
you have a combination which is mak
F. L. U. of A.
The following gentlemen endorsed
by the Farm Labor Union Political
Conference.
T. W. (Whit) Davidson, for Gov-
ernor.
Dan Moody for Attorney General.
Fred W. Davis for United States
Denareivemnererperromeeorrneienerainrepriareree
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an- There are scenic and lighting effects
nounced Tuesday morning that a spe-for atmosphere—the like of which
cial meeting of the members will be you have before seen.
held tonight at the Klan Klavern on Included in the program are such
East Hunt Street. Plans, It is said, will numbers as “Oberon Overture’' and
be discussed for another big barbecue such descriptive pieces as “The Evolu-
to be given some time in July. Every ton of Dixie."
Barry Miller for Lleutenant-Govern
or.
Hon. Luther J. Truett of the Consti-
tutional League.
All candidates for County offices
are invited to speak.
Other announcements will be made
later. The program committee is com-
posed of L. Lynn, Grover Stewart and
J. T. Grubbs.
members of the Klan la being urged to Ellsworth Gilbert tried out literally
attend the Tuesday night meeting, hundreds of men in making up the
It is planned to make the July bur- personnel of this organization. He
becue one of the the biggest events o spent months on the program and
the kind ever held in Collin county. It ‘weeks in final rehearsal. In addition
is also staled that a large class of to all of this, he will be in personal
candidates will be initiated. The exact charge of the organisation and direct
date, the place and other details will the concert himself. As a director he
probably be worked out at the meet- will be a revelation.
REBEL CHIEFTAIN’S
: BROTHER KILLED
ing tonight. Klansmen in all parts of
the county have been notified of the
Tuesday night meeting.
Love’s Election Ratified.
Mexico City. June 24.—General Al-
fonzo de la Huerta, brother of the
rebel chieftain has been killed in
battle,' according to a dispatch re-
• ceived by Senator Cristobal Castillo,
New York, June 24.—Re-election
of Thomas B. Love as Democratic
national committeeman from Texas
was ratified Monday by the Texas
de legation.
Band Day, of course, is a feature.
It always is. Arrange to be in your
seat for the opening number and the
big surprise that will come with IL
Sculptor Found Dead.
Kansas City. June 24.—James Gib-
son, 43, widely known Kansas City
garden statue sculptor, was found
dead late Monday.
Clifford 8 Weaver, minister of the
First Christian Church. The body
will then be laid to real in Pecan
Grove cemetery.
The active pallbearers will be her
grandsons, as follows: Jack Roberts.
Garnett Roberts, Will Roberts, F. E.
Jones, Metz Scott and H. T. Flynn.
Mrs. Roberts is survived by" three
daughters, Mrs. J. C. Jones of
Brownwood: Mrs. C. R. Scott and
Mrs. Alice Wilson of McKinney. One
child died in infancy. A son, F. E.
Roberts, died in this city about seven
years ago. His home was In Sher-
man, but he was here on business
and was taken ill while here and was
never able to return to his home.
Other surviving relatives are six-
teen grand children and thirty one
great grandchildren.
Recalls Days Of Indians.
Grandma Roberts, as she was
known and loved by all has convers-
ed with many McKinney people
about the early day life here and it
seemed she enjoyed to recall these
early days In Collin county. That
was a time when Indians frequent-
ly raided homes and farms. One
particular incident, which she so
often related, occurred on a summer
white woman, pretty black hair."
She also loved to relate other Inci-
dents concerning those bygone
days.
Mrs. Roberts was married on April
7, 1850 to Mr. Roberts. Her maiden
name was Elisabeth Ann Nichols,
being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Maxey Nichols. She was born in Sin
Clair county, Illinois. It was in the
spring of 1853 that Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts, and several other young
married folk set out for Texas, trav-
eling in covered wagons. They en-
countered many hardship on this
Journey and finally stopped at Me-
lissa. After looking around for sev-
eral weeks they bought a farm of
several hundred acres of land East of
Melissa and there they lived peace-
fully together until about forty years
ago. when Mr. Roberts died. Mrs.
Roberts continued to live at the old
homestead and removed to McKin-
ney twenty-five years ago.
.....Mrs. Roberts often related__the
hardships of the early life; how it
was necessary to go to Bonham to
Mill; to East Texas for lumber and
to other places in quest of the things
they could not buy in this section.
They purchased their farm at $1.25
per acre and after paying for the
land, fifty cents in silver was their
only money. =====
Grandma Roberts had been a con-
secrated Christian for many years
and was a member of the Christian
church. Throughout most of the
years of her life, she enjoyed the
best of health. In spite of the fact
that she was almost a centurian. Last
summer she was visiting relatives in
Han Angelo and other points in that
section and while there fell and suf-
fered injuries which has caused her
much pain throughout the closing
Friday of next week will be a big
day for the people of McKinney. In
the afternoon the outstanding event
will be the. horse races which are
being arranged for by G. J. S.
Walker. In addition these races will
also be run on Saturday, July fifth.
Another big feature for the Fourth
will be the District Convention of
American Legion members.
Mr. Walker is expecting the rac-
ing program to be one of the best
programs ever given in McKinney.
Some new horses, he says, will be
entered for the running, trotting and
pacing events. He has not yet com-
pleted the detailed program, but will
do so early next week so that the
people who desire to attend will get
Some idea of the horses to be en-
tered' and what they may expect.
The District Legion meeting is
expected to draw fully two hundred
legion men from this congressional
district. The first meeting will be
held at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Business will be discussed at that
hour. In the afternoon another busi-
meeting will be held and at 6 o'clock
in the afternoon a big barbecue
served by Jimmie Geigas Post will
be the feature. Dancing at the new
Legion Hall on the Mouth side of
the square will be a closing feature
of the convention.
Many Porminent Men
To Attend Wholesale
Opening On Thursday
months of her life.
health was considered
However, her
good
two weeks ago, when she
until
became
seriously III. She was perhaps the
oldest citizen of Collin county at the
time of her death.
Announcement of the formal open-
ing of the Boren-Stewart Co. In the
new brick home on East Virginia
Street has been received with con-
siderable enthusiasm by the officials
of that company and by other busi-
ness men interested and as a result
a large number of gentlemen promi-
nent in business circles over Texas
will be here on Thursday night of
this week to attend the formal open-
ing. .
Among the many visitors well
known will be: R. W. Higginbotham,
chairman of the board of directors
Boren-Stewart Co.: A. H. Bailey,
vice-president of Hissinbotham-Ball-
ey-Logan Co.: O. 8. Boggess of the
last named firm: J. L. Higginbotham,
a Boren-Stewart Co. director;. Hy-
man Pearlstone, president of the
company: A. C. Munsen, vice-presi-
dent; O. 11. Mann, secretary-treas-
urer: E. E. Logan, vice-president: W.
T. Bolton, manager of the Denton
branch; Lee Laswell, manager Waxa-
hachio branch: Graham Anthony,
manager of the Terrell branch; John
Kote, manager of the Tyler branch;
T. C. Brown, district manager for
Proctor & Gamble; C. S. Hyde of
Proctor & Gamble; J. Frank Wolfe,
district manager Van Camp Co.; A.
F. White, district manager Postum
Cereal Co.; E. C. Tallichet, district
manager for Pennick & Ford; E.
Alexander, salesmanager for the
Brown Cracker & Candy Co.; C. G.
Quillian of the American Sugar Re-
finery; C. O. Morris, district man-
ager for the Kellog Co.; W. W. Over-
ton, district manager for the Imper-
lal Sugar Refining Co. and many
others.
1 New York, June 24.—The Demo- -
cratic national convention set out
today to lay down a platform and
find a presidential nominee.
The opening program, beginning at
i oon, daylight saving time, gave lit-
tle indication of the seething under-
currents of clashing ambitions and
opinions that have bewildered the
delegates for days and are likely to
rock the convention for many days
utter disposal of the formalities of
temporary and permanent organiza-
lion. •
The high spots of today’s formal
prelude to the impending spectacle
In Madison Square Garden were the
keynote address of Senator Harrison
of Mississippi, as temporary chair-
man. appointment of the resolutions,
rules, credentials and other commit-
tees sundry speeches and action on
a resolution of respect in memory of
Woodrow Wilson. ,
+ + •
Candidates Busy.
The McAdoo and Smith forces,
moving at a swift and rapidly accel-
erated pace, swept on with their op.
posing drives, and the Underwood
camp, its enthusiasm raised even
higher by the Alabama senator’s
presence, also put on more speed.
Likewise, the supporters of John W.
Davis, Senator Ralston, James M.
Cox and the numerous more or less
dark horses seemed to find the going
to their liking.
Although the platform and rules
reports will give the 1,091 delegates
their first choice to do battle for
their opinions in the traditional-----
manner, many of them expect the
majority of such issues after today’s
session and look for the real fight-
ing on the convention floor to start
Thursday or Friday, when the bal-
loting on candidates begins.
Plenty k> Choose From.
Indications today are that votes
will be distributed on the initial bal-
lots among at least 10 candidates,
with William G. McAdoo having at
the start about 450, Governor Alfred
E. Smith approximately 250, and
Senators Underwood and James M.
Cox about 50 each.
Others who will be in the be-
ginning at least—and some of them
have “first, last, and all the time”
supporters—include Governor Silzer
of New Jersey; Senator Ferris of
Michigan; Senator Glass of Virginia;
Governor J. M. Davis of Kansas;
Senator Harrison of Mississippi; Sen-
ator Robinson of Arkansas; Governor
Brown of New Hampshire: Govern-
or Bryan of Nebraska; Governor
Sweet of Colorado; former Senator
Saulsbury of Deleware and Senator
Kendrick of Wyoming.
Under the somwhat tentative pro-
gram devised by the convention
managers, the nominating speeches
will be made tomorrow to give the
resolutions committee time to build
a platform out of the mass of ma-
terial prepared largely in advance
for its consideration.
May Iron Out Wrinkles.
___Whether the resolutions commit._____
tee. under the chairmanship of Hom-
er Cummings of Connecticut will be
able to Iron out all of the differences
of opinion over declarations of prin-
ciple was left In almost as much
doubt today as the result of the
nomination race, with predictions
pointing in various directions. Mr.
Cummings was most optimistic In his
om «rm**ner upe-hariinouiboehwgwhn dileionrardogii sweno mi i eoreerensbopesoeeinsnlt
expressions, but other party leaders
predicted that minority reports
would give the convention something
to fight about.
Declarations on the Ku Klux klan
foreign relations, prohibition and
farm aid continue the chief stum-
bling blocks In the way of the of-
ficial platform builders, the volun-
teers having succeeded only tn clari-
fying their divergencies on these
questions.
On the foreign relations question,
Mr. Baker also has joined the forces
favoring direct reference to Ameri-
can membership in the league of na-
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1924, newspaper, June 24, 1924; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1678113/m1/1/?q=%22Perkins%2C+Tom+W.%22: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.