Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 221, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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W«tkb| together in eloM liar-
mooj, eliminating all potty;
jealousies, and pulling la ink
HO for th« greatest city in the
Panhandle plains phould be
our goal.
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t PZjnOUli PUBLICATION CITY 0« BOBGHB, TEXAS
VOL. 2—iNO. 221.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAR DECLARED ON LIQUOR VIOLATORS HERE
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TWO BANKS ROBBED IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS TODAY
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BANDITS LOCK
INEZ CASHIER
AND CLERK UP
Escape With Loot in Automo-
bile; Guard Surround-
ing Roads
WORK TOGETHER
One Man Commits Texas
Holdup; Three Rob
Muskogee Safe
INEZ, Tex., Auk. !t (AP)—The
state bank was robbed here today of
between $400 and $500 by two un-
masked men. The holdup was car
ried out by one of the men whi'o
the other remained in an automo-
bile outside. They escaped after
John Bianchl, cashier, and Miss
Willie Bailey, bank clerk, had been
locked in the vault.
The employees were liberated by
a customer ol the bank a few air rel-
ents later and a crime posse was
formed and all roads in this com-
munity are being watched.
An arerst is reported from Col lad.
MUSKOGEE. Ok la.. Aug. 9, (AD
- The Citizen;; National Bank here
was robbed of approximately $,'{,000
by three robbers shortly before noon
today.
Legion to Sponsor
Picture Here Aug.
29; Other Business
"Thanks for The Bufjtgy Ride" is
the naiue of a moving picture which
will be presented in benefit perfor-
mances at the Rig or Bex theatre
oil August 20 and 30 for the local
post of American Legion, it was de-
cided at the regular weekly meeting
of the organization Ihs« night
Announcements were made of the
district 40 and 8 convention to be
held at Pampa next Saturday and
Sunday, and all Legion members and
ex-service men were urged to at-
tend
Th ,ork of the painting • otnmit-
tee, which has been paintin; the
parking spaces on the curbing was
temporarily suspended after a re-
port from the chairman of the group.
Members o£ the Americanization
committee appointed to assist I r
Crosby. chairman, were D. I Wat
ner, Phil Throck, and II M. Hood.
The members inspected the work
being done on the new home, which
fa progressing rapidly, and reports
on the work stated that the home
would be ready for a grand opening
within three weeks. The walls are
being painted, frescoed and panel-id
with pictures symbolic of happen-
ings in the World War.
One of the main features of the
building Is its fireproof construction
A "water curtain" will be installed
in the, roof and sides. This is a
series of perforated pipes into which
water can be turned with a safety
faucet.
Late Nettys j
<8? Tb* MMhiKt Proa)
H/tMMOMt, I ill.—<>ne man
w«« killed and three other* were
injured near here today when an
inutoinobile struck loose gravel
Hnd overturned. P. \V. Rrlgiiiu-
of lint on Rouge was pinned be-
neath the car in a ditch filled
with water and was drowned.
THANKS FOR THE BUGGY RIDE!
It's so dog-goncd hot
Wichita family, lust
I i ore's
during lite dog days in Kansas that Marie, pet of a
has to lake, her quadruplets out for a cool ride
hoping no cat crosses their path!
Braly and Allen
Officially Counted
In Run-off Primary
Official returns from the election j
of district attorney for ihe " 1 st dis
trict as reported by the election of-
ficials in the various counties of the
THEFT CASES
SCHEDULED AT
SPECIAL TERM
Clifford Braly leading!
C. S. Wortman by j Docket
ber
and
Wort man
j district show
| Walter Allen
ja substantial number or votes. PUu-
j ing Allen and Braly in th run-off
j primary, August 25. The returns
follow:
County Braly Allen
Roberts 230
Hemphill 32 1
Cray 658
Carson 989
Wheeler 859
Ochiltree 8 1
Hutchinson 92!t
Lipscomb 13
Hansford 21 5
Tot a If' 133 4
Crowded For Septem-
Session of District
Court
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20.':
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20 7
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123 3
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GROUPS TALK
ROAD PROGRAM
Seven theft cases have been placed
al the head of the docket for the
special term of district court which
j will start at Stinnett September 3.
| Two of the cases are those of B.
L. Brookins. who last term .jumped
iiwo s3,00o bonds. He is now being
I held-by Fort Worth police while his
; attorneys carry on habeas corpus
| proceedings in an effort to keep him
from being returned here. He is
j charged with the theft of pipe from
I an oil company.
Jim Hodges will be rit..1 for theft I hand
CRIPPLES ARE
CLUB GUESTS
AT LUNCHEON
' —
Miss Medora Duncan and !
Number of Patients
Attend
I
TELLS OF WORK
Interesting Program Describ- !
ed by Lions District
Nurse Today
i
Oiie of the best meetings held in
the history of Border's Lions club ,
was hold today at the Black hotel
A large membership was present and |
an excellent program was glvin.
Mrs. Medora Duncan, crippled j
children's nurse from Amarillo, j
was present accompanied by a num-
ber of the children whom the Lions j
clubs of this district have helped j
in a financial way by subscribing to j
the crippled children's fund.
Airs. Duncan introduced the child
ren io the club. Those to come from J
Amarillo with Miss Duncan were j
Maxino and Roberta Gettle, Marietta l
Robinson and Ludle Sponts and I
Miss Geneva Craig from Abernathy, ;
Texas. OJan Craig from Amarillo |
was also a visitor. Bob Quails, .lames j
Spencer and R. Lee Mara were thss j
local boys nresent.
Tells of Work
Miss Duncan was given a place
on the program and told of the work !
of giving assistance to the children. I
Since December of last year 52 child- \
ren have received aid and IS have |
been completely restored to normal-
cy and soon nine or ten more will be
released from the care of doctors. I
According to Miss Duncan there are i
at, least 20 more children who are |
now seeking assistance.
The girls were given a place on
the program and Miss Roberta Cet-
tle, who not so long ago, seemed to
be a hopeless cripple with the af-
fliction of curvature of the spine, I
did the Charleston to the satisfaet-j
ion of the entire attendance at the i
club.
Miss Duncan was given a hearty ,
and highly complimented on '■
THE ARMY'S LATEST DEATH CAR
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CITV OFFICERS
MAKE SERIES
OF BIG RAIDS
Police Chief Says Campaign
Will Continue Through
County
SECRETED STILLS
City Officer Adds Deputies to
Assist in Cleaning Out
Booze "Joints"
r; not a sports roadster desisiuri for tho
new fleei of .'irmoreti r.irs being built
,\m. t
one <
Trubee Davison, assistant serrotarv of war for aviation, i-- shown behind
tho machine Run mounted on the steel windshield He inspected the mo
torized fort'; an the> passed through Washington or. their way to Fort
Leonard. Md
Ik VS-HH AS H Herald Circulation
BUI Denartment Robbed
DIED OF BURNS
RECEIVED HERE
Injuries Fatal to Bennie Mc-
Ciintock After Week in
Hospital
A
motif
in en I
was
small t
y of t
of the
broken
G. Granville
terytate Meet
bad, N.
Tells of In-
at CarU-
M.
At a meeting Tuesday in which
governors of Texas and N'ew Mexico
and the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce took psrt, support was
promised in a road building program
which will improve the roads lead
ing to the Carlsbad caverns in
which the meeting was held, ac- j
cording to C C- Granville, Chamber!
of Commerce secretary, who attend-j
ed.
About a thousand people attend j
ed the meeting which was held more
than 700 feet underground in tlie I
famous cave. The most oxtensive j
road building campaign ever known j
id by high- nature, among them Ihe school tax
suit at Slinnel
in two cases, Others who will he
tried for the same offence are Red
Mathis,' Harry Bice, and H, B. Guth-
rie
According io present indications,
ihe special term which was called
to help clear ihe docket of criminal
cases, will hi presided over by Judge
Newton P. Willis-. It is thought
Judge Willis will be appointed as
special judge, because ho under
stands the situation in ihis district
and has had experience with such
<-ises more than any other probable
j- dge. His appointment would be
satisfactory to all attorneys connect-
ed with ca-i- on the docket for the
special term
Joseph H. V. nesworth will act as
special district attorney during the
term
There are I 1 "i other cases on the
docket beside - t lose mentioned but
less than 2u of them are expected
to be tried during the 21 days of the
term. Some few civil cases may be
inserted anion-: those of a criminal
the way she had handled the work
of caring for the children. Kvery boy
and girl at the club today spoke
very affectionately of Miss Duncan
and all when addressing her referred
to her as "Mother" Duncan
Scouts Praised
Area Scout Executive Mclver was
present at the luncheon today and
in a few remarks told of the recent
( boy scouts meeting at Camp Carl
I Freeman. He complimented the city
I of Borger on the way the city hail
handled her contributions to the
Scout fund and said Borger had the
best record of any city in the dis
in the district is predict"
way oficials of both states. | «nit at Stinnei:. n. wh.il. the school
The meeting, which was swelled district i: sain, the f-. innctt town
to a houtsand persons by several j company for approximately $*,-
tourists, was said to be the delinquent school taxes.
hundred
record to go
one day. The
through the
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ALAMO SHOWS
BEFORE COURT
Seven Pay Fines Following
Raids on Midway by
Sheriff
Bennie McClintoek. 4-year-old son
| of Mr and Mrs. W. H. McClintoek,1
w ho suffered severe burns when he j
fell into a slush pit near his home
! last Thursday, died at an Amarillo
hospital Wednesday afternoon.
The body was taken to Okmulgee,!
I Okla., a former home, for burial
| Young McClintoek fell into the
slush pit while playing with his ti
■ year-old sister. Dontiie, and the \
quick work of the latter in rescuing
; him is thought to be all that kept
1 him from dying immediately. He was
i in the pit but a few seconds but was
badly burned below the waist and
on one hand and arm. The flesh was
badly rooked.
He seemed to be recovering tor
a few days after the accident and
then his condition became worse
The suffering was borne bravely,
however, and the lad did not cry as
most, children would H< was so
anxious to recover that he did
everything the hospital attendants
told him. and suffered in silence.
The lad w;i . a general favorite in
in box in which the
te circulation depart-
Borger Herald is kept
open last night and
I looted. The exact amount contained
j in the box is unknown, but it is
(estimated at approximately $10 in
|small change Clarence Cosby, cir-
j cuiat.ion manager, is out of the
I city.
The box was taken from the front
I office to the rear of the building
i and apparently opened with tools
'obtained from the mechanical de-
partment. Included in the loot was
lahout $1 in pennies colli ■< ted by the
' newsboys.
wa -
his neighborhood
phone calls ai kin
numerous.
Mr. McClintoek
the Barntim Oil
lyST PROVIDE
KAIL BOXES
Postmaster Says Small Per-
centage Up; May Dis-
continue Service
Borger residents living in the dis ,
trlcts covered by the new postal de ;
livery service must put up mall box !
e>; ii they wish the service to con-
tinue, postmaster Rothehild ni.l to
day
Not more I ban one percent
people affected by the servic
procured the necessary box
Ope war was declared on liquor
violators today by city oflfcsr.r
Raids starting before noon lasted
until the middle of the afternoon,
and, according to police wiil con-
tinue until the town and county is
thoroughly cleaned up.
Large quantities of beer and iodii-
whisky «nd Jamaica ginger wa
found and destroyed by th« raid*r ,
they we id. Owners of place® raided
were released nder bond for appear
slice and trial tomorrow morni*£
I) an interview- with Chief of Po-
lice John Crabtree, b« stated that ha
had fot some t4t.no been anxlotui to
curtail the sale and handling of bear
and whisky in the city and had bey
using every effort to do so, but that
owing to the number of stills and
breweries operating and bein^ se-
creted in the canyons in Hutchinson
<:oItaly outside of the city limits
from which whisky and beer had
been supplied in large quantities
he has been unable to curtail flta
handling of it in the city
He has now reached un agreement
where his city policemen are to
have and exercise authority all over
th. county and anyone having k*ow
ledg- of any violations of the liquor
laws anywhere in Hutchinson cous
ty are requested to notify the chief
of police and action will be taken
immediately in regard to the same
The clt'y has made a number of
arrests this afternoon on liquor
charges as results of raids under
search warrants In the following
places: Elk Drug St.ere, located
across the street from Borger Her-
ald office, the rongress Hotel, op
• rated by be Roy Dompsey, Corner
Drug Store, owned and operated by
Lewis Crim and John Ware's room-
ing hous. on Main street, the cln~f
said. Raids of this nature will he
continued from now oa until
conditions exist in the city o* Bor-
ger and Hutchinson County, the
chief said ,
.i nd
a be
daily
ill him
tele-
wen
of the
■ have
s, the
irriers
< an employe,
unpany
of |
through
visitors
caverns
the cave in
were shown
immediately
I'HIIjADKIjI'HIA— Hugh Mc-
lioon, ISO, former mascot of the
Athletic baseball team, ««s kill-
ed and two other men wore
wounded today when three sun-
men opened fire on them from a
closed*automobile and then sped
away.
AIjBANV— Governor Alfred
K. Smith has decided to go to
Chicago to attend tIn- funeral of
George Brennan. It is his inten-
tion to leave for the west 'to-
night, returning to Albany tomor-
row night.
l/ONDOKw-Atvortlinii to re-
ports transmitted by a resident
today nearly the entire island of
Palocweh in the Dutch Kast In-
dies had been destroyed by tire.
The death toll wa* believed to
be nearly four thousand.
(Continued on page live)
Florida Hurricane
Moves to North as
Fury of Storm Dies
JACKSONVILLE, Kin.. Aug 0
(A'> The government weather bu-
reau announced today that the trop-
ical disturbance which struck the
east coast and raged through the
citrus section to the west coast was
centered this morning near the gulf
coast about 40 miles north of Tam-
pa and was moving slowly up the
coast in a northwesterly direction.
The bureau said that was due to
the greatly decreased velocity of the
storm there is now not a great deal
of concern felt over it.
No major damage was done at
Tampa hut all telephone and tele-
graph lines were down within a ra-
dius of 50 miles, according to a
radiogram received from R. S.
j Vance, Associated Press operator at
| the Tampa Times office.
Truck Driver Gets
Bad Hand Injury
Another Warning
Issued by City On
Sewer Connections
Cl.vdt Woolward. truck driver
Ihe Crabtree drilling company,
derwent a minor operation at
Malone hospital yesterday for
infected hand.
Woolward received a badly
j tired hand when a wire cable
his truck slipped and a strand
it entered the palm.
member later became
for
u li-
the
an
in- i
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark —The lat-
est in fly swatters is tb° electric
chair. A packing house here charges
Its screen doors and the flies elec-
trocute themselves by flying into
the wire.
The Alamo shows suffered a
stinging set back Wednesday night
when county officers headed by
Sheriff Joe Ownhey pulled a whole-
sale "raid" on the midway. f Another warning was issued to
Practically all of the concessions i day (.,IIine,.tlon ,vttll i,u|ivid.uil:
were closed and seven of the con-|hooklnR 011tn ,.iu 8ewer malns b
cession operators were arrested and jCommilwionel ni^.ni.
taken before Justice Alonzo Tur-1
11 r on misdemeanor charges. Five' Som,> P «mbers have been hook
of the men pleaded guilty and '"K "u 1 ,(> ma w,,hou' ,lnd'"g
on I were assessed lines of $1 and costs.\l*r ^ J0,n,R fo'
' a total of $19, on each count ,lu\ connections. Mr Higgins said.
The injured The other two men were releas- anrt «<-n"" ance of this practic
infected °d after they had convinced the wo,,ld sadly interfere with the sew
lllllt ItU. HVfitfllYl
judge that the games operated by
them were "games of science and When digging to connect with
skill" rather than games of chance.-"10 mains the men sometimes miss
One operated h game of pitching jibe ^ joints and instead of look
rings over knife handles, and the lng farther for them merely knock
other was tempting the passersby
postmaster said, and the c
cannot continue to leave th
unl.i! 'hi is done.
A survey will be
riers earh nexl w-i
her of houses with
termined. If this
small, the service
suspended and perhaps discontinued
altogether
Carriers cannot cover th
in the alloted time if they
ed to knock at doors and
residents to come from th
made by th. car
ek and the num
boxes will b. d<
number remains
will probably be
sir
or |
of
the homes, from tile back
from a neighbor's home,
master said. The men an
just time to cover lb. rout,
ing the mail to the box
porch and delay of i
even hall that much at
throws them far behind
u t es
ire fore-
wait
rear
yard, or
the post-
e allotted
. - deliver-
es on the
minute oc
;ach home
chedule.
92 Stations For
Hoover Ceremony
Half Interest In
Oil Comoany Sold
PA.MI'A, Aug. It —The
sale of u half interest in the
Shamrock Oil Company to the
( ocki-ell-Mcllroj t ompany was
announced here today. The con-
sideration was said to have been
$300,000.
was tempting the passersby to
toss balls into buckets.
The men were warned not to op-
erate the games again or the tines
would be doubled for the second
offense.
The action, which was started
about the middle of the evening
when the concessions were running
full blast. followed a warning
Sheriff Ownbey issOed to the car-
nival management early in the week
before any of the concessions were
opened.
a hole in the mains to attach the
smaller pipe This helps to fill the
mains with dirt and mud. Mr. Hig-
gins says.
Anyone found hooking on the
mains in this manner will b. fined
$25 and if he is a plumber, he
will be restricted
the plumbing trade
commissioner said
A survey ^S- ill be started soou to
determine how many residents have
hooked onto the mains without the
proper permission,
NEW > (HiK Aug 0 (/P) An
I noun cement of li additional radio
stations today increased the number
I which will participate In the broad-
feasting of the notification ceremon-
ies of Herbert. Hoover, Republican
presidential nominee, to 02 stations
The ceremony will be held at i'a-
from following I Io Alto. Calif.. Saturday night and
in Borger, the the stations will go on the air at
the start of Ihe affair which will he
at 7 o'clock eastern standard time.
New stations included in the line
up include WDAG at WBAP Fort
Worth.
Stinnett Woman
Files Alienation
Suit in Oklahoma
N'EWKIRK. Okla.. Aug 8—Peek-
ing $50,000 for the alienation of bm
husband. E. P Wilson's at'tectiony.
Mr? Clara Wilson of Stinnett, Tex ,
lias broucht suit in district court
against her sister-in-law, Mrs Rose
Eaton, 212 South Second street, Pon-
ca City
Mrs Wilson is asking $25,0#0
actus! damages «nd $25,000 putii
tive damages
The petition states that for th*
past two years Mrs Eaton has writ
ten to her brother. Wilson, and br
the eso of persuasion, thregtn and
artifices iias alienated his affection
irom his wife, causing him to di
regard and ignore her in all trtn
actions She also claims thst ha
husband, due to th* inflnemre o'
his sister, has refuse* to giv hw
sufficient money for household •*
penses and clothir*;
On., to tf>e alieimWon, ril* «t«<*
her husband ha a sault«M V«t
Really and severely wouadsd be
He threw h >- out of their hum* *<
one time, she claim* when it was
necessary that city offlc*r« «ome 1
the resilience to settle the trenbl*
Mrs Raton. Mrs Wilson
has taken th* busiaeBs affait-4 of
Wilson out of hi« control and hs
I informed l\i wife thst lie shall
! never have any of her husband •
i property.--Ponca. City New*.
Brother of Clarence
Cosby Died Yesterday
Word was received lsr restordsr
afternoon of the death of Olia f
by, brother of Clarenca Cosby «*f
Borger, at Mi* hospital fn Unru.
where he had been ill ftr shout *
week. Cluvuce was ca!l d to the
bedside Monday ev««>ig
Besides the widow. !\f - r«*hy it
c . -vlved by M,-. mother an 1 arrarftt
proth«« *Oi Wtpt\
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Witten, Frank. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 221, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928, newspaper, August 9, 1928; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209518/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.