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THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD "N-.
- >RIDAY, JULY 31, 1938.
WEEKLY HERALD
Allred Thrilled Congressman Luther Johnson Winner Visitor in Mexia
Office with the News Publishing Company
Entered at the postoi'ficc at Mexia, Texas, as second
£lass mail matter under act of March 3, 1879.
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~ Homes Bought to Live in
There's something distinctly refresh-
ing in the fact that half of America's home
owners buy their first houses and garden
plots "just to have a better place to bring
•i Up the children."
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A recent' nation-wide survey revtale
this happy 'tate of affairs. Moreover, it dis-
closes that next to this praisewprthy desire,. .
the greatest motive for home owning is
really a sentimental longing for "a place of
our own—a home." Investment runs a pret-
ty poor thirfi-;.- /£xr "1 Sj -
.1 About 3i per.cent of American famil-
ies build homes, the survijr reveals further,
and there are children in* 61" per.- cent of •;
these homes at the time of purchase. ; —
All of which implies rather distinctly :
that the man who,buys a home is thiuking
a lot more of the intangible values It"
resents than of tha dollars-and-cents siae. * : E
of the deal. "- Z
by Great Ballot over All Opponents by Ten Thousand
Corn Crop Is
m Being Reduced
WASHINGTON; Jtlly 29 (U.R)
Widow Controls!
W Eighty Millions
KAUFMAN, Texts, July 29 ftJ.FD
The nationV1936 corn crop is burn —Administration of the $80,000,-
' 000 estate left by the late E. H. R.
Green, son of Mrs. Hetty Green,
"richest woman in the world,'! was
entrusted today to his widow, Mrs.
Mabel Green of New York City
arid ferookline, Mass. . ..
District Judge Ben Brooks gran-
ted letters of temporary admiiltti
tration to Mrs. Green and set a
hearing' for Aug. 10 to make the
appointment permanent.
Green, who died in Brookline on
June 8, left no will. Although he
had lived in New York and Massa-
chusetts for many years, he main-
tained his legal residence in Ter-
rell, Texas. . . r •
Survivors besides his widow is a
sister, Mrs. Sylvia Wilkes, Green-
wich, Conn. Mrs. Hetty Green died
many years ago.
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Two Tourists Are
Killed in Crash
WICHITA FALLS, July 27 (U.R)
Gov. James V. Allred issued a
statement today saying he was
"thrilled beyond expression with
the wonderful majority thus far
given me over all of my oppon-
ents."
"It seems almost too good to
be true," he said, as he scanned
reports showing that he had a
lead of more than 37,000 votes
over his four opponents combined
and was unlikely to have to go in-
to a run-off with his closest foe,
Tom F. Hunter, in the Aug. 22
second primary.
"I trust the final count will
show a continued clear majority,
'so I can immediately get back
about tftr people's business," the
"govsmor continued. "This cam-
paign demonstrates two things—
firsts.-the-people do not approve
of rguifsUfifcihg or personalities,
and second, once, the people have
the facts, they can be depended
upon to render a righteous ver-
dict."
Write-in Wins
for Mrs. Shelton
i&g up for lack • of moiWura "arid
thousands of bushels are- being
sliced daily from tha. anticipated
yield, a weather and .crop condi-
tions report of'the weather- bureau
Indicated today., r .
The great midwestern corn crop
"continued to -deteriorate rapidly"'
during the past week, the report,
said. •••'• "
The report noted" that rainfall
iac relieved 'drought conditions
"at least temporarily" in litaited
ureas, - particularly the.-Ohio*: Val-.
ley, the-lower .Misosuri Valley, and'
the southwestern Great Plains, but
that throughout the interior mid-
west tha drought continued ".to
-cause extensive damage.'
July "has been an outstandingly
hot, dry month over much of the
interior of the country," the report
said, "but conditions in the east
and southeast were improving."
The Bureau said showers had
helped the corn crop in the eastern-
Ohio Valley, parts of Indiana, and
limited' ureas of Illinois.
Ft. Worth Winner
Swimming Tests
DALLAS, July 27, (UP—Fort
Worth Y. M. C. A swimmers held
-the senior arid junior men's divis-
ion team titles today in the first
Southwestern A, A. U. champion-
ships after scoring 72 points in
competition.
University Park was second
with 68 points, and Highland Park
third with 65. Longview scored
40 points for fourth place. .
Individual honors went to Bob
Tarlton, ..Fort ..Worth Y perforra-
^..er wha scored 27 poinst.
The meet was held at the High
land Park pool Saturday and
ts Sunday nighst.
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no Miss Carolyn Patterson of San
Antonio 4s the guest ef her par-
ents, Mr. and -Mrs. L. S. Pattarson
'-,Jfbr several- <iays.: §h'e was accom-
panied front Heame by Jfr'a. :Pat-
•'•'terson "iuia'Mfs. Clycle Ezelle. /
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■ DALLAS, July 30. (UP)—Ter-
rific impact of two automobiles
in a collision on a highway near
Dallas had resulted today in the
death of two Arkansas women
tourists and a third victim was
near death in a Dallas hospital.
Mrs. Anita Sargo, 45, and Mrs.
M. O. McKeller, 40, both of Hot
Springs, Ark., died in a hospital
here shortly after the collision
late yesterday. Leslie C. Houston,
27, Dallas salesman, driver of the
other car, was not expected to re-
cover.
Mrs. Sargo and Mrs. McKeller
were en.route home after visiting
the Texas Centennial Exposition
when the accident occurred. Wit-
nesses said Houston's car swerv-
ed suddenly as though to make a
turn and the machine driven by
Mrs, McKeller struck it broadside
FORT WORTH, July 28 (U.R) —
Mrs.'J. W. (Happy) Shelton pre-
pared for a vacation with her five-
year-old daughter today after win-
ning the race for her late hus-
band's county clerk job with sur-
• prishig "ease,: through a write-in
campaign. M ;\ :;
Shelton died about a week be-
fore the Democratic primary Sat-
urday after being ill through most
of his campaign for re-election as
Tarrant county clerk. County com-
missioners appointed Mrs. Shelton
to the unexpired term and friends
began an active campaign to have
Mrs." written before her hus-
band's name on the ballot.
Mrs. Shelton, a housewife and
former school teacher, overcame
three male opponents in a week of
stump .speaking and won by a mar-
gin of 7,000 votes over all.
Sustained by a court decision
the Limestone County Democratic
Executive Committee has refuesd
to count write-in ballots in a pri-
mary. The courts have ruled only
those who participate in the ex-
pense of the primary have the
right to have their votes counted.
Write-in votes are counted in gen-
eral elections.
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With Robertson county yet to be heard from Congress-
man Luther A. Johnson, Corsicana, had about 10,000 ma-
jority over his four opponents in Saturday's run-off pri-
mary. Reports promised another thousand majority in Rob-
ertson county.
Mr. Johnson carried every county but Brazos, home
county of George Butler, one of his opponents. The results
were as follows, with initials used the first "B" for Butler,
and the second for Burleson; "C" for Cook, "W" for White.
County— J. B. C. B. W.
Freestone 2682 968 194 199 57
Hill 5086 680 615 546 264
Ellis 3897
Brazos ,,1654
Navarro 7356
Leon ........1996
Limestone 4027
728
2028
671
578
569
495
90
694
103
2053
1568
45
754
103
801
708
59
227
81
494
Totals ..26,198 6207 4244 3404 1890
KIT. ANTI0CH IS
LAST PRECINCT
REPORT VOTE
Women constitute about 30 per
cent of the nation's drivers.
Miss Eoline Watson of Dallas
spent the week end here with her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jim Watson
Nine Killed at
Grade Crossing
HAMILTON, O., July 27. (U.R)
—Nine members of one family
were killed last night when a
Pennsylvania passenger train
struck their automobile at a
grade crossing.
The dead were Norman Sweit-
zer, the driver, his wife, and six
of their cihldren and a grandchild.
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-OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
ssti.- OF ......'
THE FARMERS STATE BANK IN MEXIA
at Mexia, State of Texas, at the close of business on the 30
day of June, .1536, published in the Mexia Weekly Henld,
" a newspaper printed an&published at Mexia, State of Texes
on the Slst day of July, 1936.
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• .1 RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, on personal or
collateral security
Loans secured by. real estate., ,
S«cu£iti?a_QiUl g„ any State or political
subdivision thereof 9,702.89
Banking house : 25,000.00
Furniture and Fixtures ; 5,000.00
Real Estate-owned, other than banking house.... 24,600.00
Cash and due from approved reserve agents 165,342.83
Due from-other banks "and bankers,
subject to check oh demand...... „
, J§tock and/or assessment Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp.
..$147,097.83
28,208.61-
439.13
THE TABLES ARE TURNED
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, she
of the hair-trigger tongue, is
supposed to "know all the ans-
wers." But Mrs. J. Borden Harri-
man of Washington, official hos-
tess of the Democratic convention
tells a story worth repeating. Said
Mrs. Harriman:
"It would be dull, I think, if
we all had the same beliefs. I
was with Mrs. Longworth and
some Republican leaders the oth-
er night, and all they did was to
attack Mr. Koosevelt.
"Finally Mrs. Longworth said
to me that 1 must have been quite
miserable. 'Oh, not at all,' I told
her. *1 enjoyed it. I took me back
to the eld days of 1607.'
/"What about 1907?' asked
Mrs. Longworth.
'"It is just the way they used
to talk then about your father.'"
—New York Post.
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It is said that hair wil stretch
one-fourth of its own length.
15,000.00
"661.90
With Mt. Antioch the last fcox
to report complete unofficial
figures were given on Saturday's
first Democratic primary of Lime-
stone county, with H. Fountain
Kirby, district judge, givgp .the
highest vote of any contested' of-
fice. The final precinct failed to
change any results. Returns will
be official when counted by the
Democratic Executive Committee
in Groesbeek Saturday at. 10 a. m.
The county convention meets at
2 p. m. Saturday to hear results,
and to elect delegates to the
state convention.
Limestone county's final figures
are: For U. S. Senator: Sheppard
4171, Fisher 784, Price 147, Bush
645, Eagle 440, and Glenn 360.
Governor: Sanderford 890, Allred
2999, Hunter 1106, Brooks 219,
Fischer 2188.
Congress: White 494, Johnson
4032, Burleson 302, Cook 2054,
Butler 569.
State Comptroller: Covington
1105, Sheppard 2983, Terrell 227.
State Treasurer: Adair 2573,
Hopkins 993, Lockard 3046.
Land Commissioner: McDonald
4205, Hawkins 2261.
State Superintendent: Bullock
3772, Woods 2880.
Agriculture Commissioner: Mc-
Donald 8877, Day 698, Segrist
436, Terrell 1420.
Railroad Commissioner: John-
son 1712, Rieger 75, Thompson
2151, Morris 906, Hardin 1492,
State Senator: Newton 2078,
Ford 1484, Hardin 3254.
Representative: Henderson 2267
Kirton 1083, Hardin 3522.
District Judge: Blackmon 1951,
Kirby 5192.
District Clerk: Cox 1775, Par-
ten 1462, Fitzgerald 2781, Sims
1052.
Sheriff: Adkins 2245, Simmons
4682.
Assessor-Collector: Tucker 4059
Browder 2807.
County Treasurer: Coker 1321,
Mrs. R. W. Steen 2308, Sellers
620, Mrs. Magee 791, Lockhart
882, McCoslin 919.
Commissioner Precinct 2: Burke
926, Slade 165, Iley 299.
Commissioner Precinct 3: Arch'
ibald 134, Popejoy 520, Ford 137,
Lauderdale 497, Plummer 119,
Kennedy 844, Prichard 53, Sims
78.
There are only two county-wide
runoff races. One between H. C.
Fitzgerald and Tom L. Cox for
District Clerk, and the other be-
tween Mrs. R. W. Steen and Wes
Coker for county treasurer. A
commissioner race in Precinct 3,
several public weigher races, and
other contests of local interest
here and there.
Principal state races will be
Railroad Commissioner and Agri-
culture Commissioner, and a state
Senate race between Bert ford
Husband Held
as Wife Killef
AMARILLO, July 27. (U-.F9—
Louis Kirk, 30, formfer insurance
salesman, was held without bond
on murder charges today after
his wife was shot last night and
an automobile driven over her
body. , x, i
Officers began a search for
Kirk after neighbors reported his
two sons jumped from the' fam-
ily automobile and ran to them,
screaming, telling them that their
father "just grinned and laughr
ed" after shooting their mother,
Fl«r?nce,. 32, and throwing her
body from the machine; •
Kirk was found wandering in
the . railroad yards. The eouple
had been separated for a month
and a divorce, suit filed by Mrs.
Kirk was pending. __
The two small sons, Louis Jr.,
11, and Billy Joe, 10, were in the
car when their mother was kill-
ed.
Dies of Illness
Ralph Chalmre Barr, 15 years
old, died Saturday night at the
home of his grandfather, E. D.
Fox out on the brick-yard road
after only a few days illness with
pneumonia.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. T. M. Lindley of Krum, Tex-
as, his grandfather, Mr. Fox and
two aunts, Mrs. Don Foster and
Mrs. Ila Belle Arthur, both of
Mexia.
Ralph came to Mexia last Mon-
day to visit his relatives here
and developed pneumonia almost
immediately.
Funeral servicse were scheduled
for Monday afternoon at Oak
Lawn cemetary near Krum in Den
ton county.
J. I. Riddle & Co. had charge
of the arrangements here.
Dance Scheduled
by Blind Committee
A dance at the Country Club
Thursday or Friday night is plan-
ned by the blind comtnittee of the
Lions club, with the Phil-King or-
chestra engaged for the occasion.
A definite date will be announced
at tha club Tuesday at noon. Pro-
ceeds will go to tbe committee's
funds for work among the blind.
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3otton Movement
to Mills Heavy
NEW YORK, July 27, (UP—
Although American cotton con-
tinues to move to mills of this
country and England in relatively
heavy volume, other sections of
the world spinning industry are
experiencing a sharp decline, the
New York Cotton Exchange Ser-
vice reported today. ,
Life in Prison
for Alvin Karpis
ST. PAUL, July 27. CU.R)— Al-
vin Karpis, former terrorist gang i
leader, was sentenced to life Ira- !
prisonment today for the $100,000 .
kidnaping of William Hamra, Jr.
Charles Fitzgerald, a minor
Barker-Karpis gangster, was aen-
tenced to lifa imprisonment toe
the same crime. Both had/\>lead*
ed guilty.
Claud Pearce, 23,
Dies in Groesbeek
After tour months illness Claud
Pearce, 23, died in * hospital in
Groesbeek Sunday, and was bur-
ied Monday afternoon. Services,
conducted by Rev. Hugh Porter
and Rev. Bob Hill, were held in
the home of Allen Therrell at 4
p. m. Monday, with interment in
the Faulkenberry cemetery, the
E, L. Connally company in
charge.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Pearce, two brothers, Ben Gene
and Fred, and two sisters, Mrs.
Allen Therrell and Margaret
Pearce, survive, as well as grand
parents.
of McLennan county and W. R.
Newton of Cameron county.
Highbank Has
Damaging Fire
MARLIN, July 27. (U.R)—The
business section of Highbank, It-
alian settlement 14 miles south of
Marlin, was wiped out by fire
early today.
Three business buildings, tho
post office and two vacant;,build-
ings—all frame structures^-were
destroyed. Damage was estimat-
ed at more than $15,000. ~i,
Another fire at Bremond Sun-
day night in the storage ware-
house of the O. M. Campbell Co.:
did damage estimated at eeveral
hundreds of dollars. The" blaze
was extinguished by-bucket bri-
gade.
Child Killed in
Teague Accident
Billy Sowers, 11 years old, was
mangled and killed, his four year
old "sister injured, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sowers, nar-
rowly escaped when their model
T Ford was crushed in an accident
involving a Ben E, Keith produce
company truck between Teague
and Fairfield Saturday1.' The ac-
cident happened near the L. R.
Boyd home.
The truck driver was attempt-
ing to pass the car at the *op
of a hill when an approaching car
forced the truck into the farmer's
car,. killing the boy. The trucl:
driver, whose name was not learn-
ed at Teague, was taken to jail
at Fairfield, where charges were
preferred against him.
Mrs. C. B. Shelton and Miss Bet-
tinel Phillips atctnded the style
show in Dallas Tuesday night and
they also visited the market in Ft.
Worth where California and New
York fashions were on 'i.splay.
Reroute Trains
of Burlington
Burlington-Rock Island trains
were routed from Teague to Cor-
sicana via Mexia Sunday and
Monday when 18 spans of a 83
span bridge at Streetman burned
out. A grass fire caught the
bridge on fire. Workmen were
rushing repairs.
Dr. Jas. S. Watson
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WUNSTOP DUZZIT
J... LIABILITIES
Capital.-Stock ^...$50,000.00
Income IXetienturea sold; 85,000.00
Total Capital "Structure j.; ^
. .Surplus -Fund
Individual Deposits subject to check,
including time deposits due in 30 days...
Cashier's -<3hecks Outstanding
.....$421,053.19
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85,000.00
2,101.13
330,510.40
8,441.66
Total
..$421,053.19
State of Texas, County of Limestone, :; r ^
We, W. D. Freeman, as President, and C. G. White, as
Cashier of said bank, each of us, do solemnly swear that the
above -statement is true to the best of our knowledge and
tielieft::"" "
- W. D. FREEMAN, President,
: C. G. WHITE, Cashier, r; ••
Subscribed and sworn to
Correct—Attest:
Geo. L. Peyton
Harold Nussbaum
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before me this 29th day of
July, A. D. 1936.
L. L. Steele,
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County, Texas,
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—the local Ford dealer haa a
lot of good Used Cars which
he is selling at bargains. If
you need a used car, see him
or any of his half dozen
salesmen . . . either at his
Used Car Lot or at his show
room.
The OLD Way
Laboring over a steams
ing wash tub, hot, tired,
disgusted. Then to think
of hanging them on the
line . . and ironing; no
wonder some women
dread laundry daya
when It means this I You
can be in the other pic-
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more ironing! The Mod-
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way, picks up your bun-
dle and returns it to you
clean and fresh and
ready for use! This All-
Finished Service costs
bo little..
: When Complete Modern Laundry Service
Costs So Little, Does It Pay to Do Your *
Own Laundry?
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916 North Kaufman St. ... Phone 989
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1933 Plymouth Coaches, both /h
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1935 Ford Tudor, a new late ^ , -«, [J
model 5-passenger car at a '
very low price ^
1935 Ford Pickup, a nice ^395
commercial unit
Many others to choose from.
All at reduced prices.
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