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EDITION
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VOLUME XXV. Number 115
ABILENE TEXAS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1923EIGHT PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I
A JURY TO TRY MILT GOOD
SELECTING
!r
i
OKLAHOMA CITY'S MAYOR
OUTBLUFFS MILITARY AS
POLICE POWER RESTORED
By Tho Associated Prcs.
OKLAHOMA CltY. Sept. 17 -
Th& Oklahoma City pollco depart-
ment taken over Jiy tho -military
late yesterday Wan returned to
cUil authorities today when Mayor
O. A- Cargill .served notivo on Col-
onel AV. 8. Key mllltnry com-
mander In charge oC tho clly that
unless Ray Frostier chief of po.llcc
werd reinstated nt oncte thd entire
police force would bo retired by tho
citv and the task of policing the
city would bo left In the hattda of
the military.
The lrtnyor's ultimatum followed
called meeting of tho city com-
fission. Orders were issued by the
mayor at the samp tlmo to the
members of tho pollen fores to be
prepared to lenve their post at
2:30 p. m. unless the department
had been restored to the regular
nulhorltles. The mayor declared
that should the action of Colonel
Key in aurrenderlng military con-
trol over the department be rcetnd.
ed bv Adjutant General Markham
or u'overnor Walton he would
carry out hia plans for tho walk-
otit n'ld then put the matter to a
legal test.
Jhy tho Associated Tress.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 17..
ajllitary courts of inquiry Into the
hctlvltles of tho Ku KUix Klai
werft In operation today In the two
largest cities In Oklahoma. Oklaho-
ma. City and Tulsa.
Tho Oklahoma City court con-
vened today and summoned as the
first wltneiw Campbell Jtusseii
former chairman of tho state cor-
poration commission.
In no other city of the stato was
thero any Indication that mUitar-
rule in effect more than a month
In Tulsa had been extended to all
corners of th state.
Creek county which with Okla-
homa County (Oklahoma City) was
placed under "absolute martial
law" Saturday night by Gdverner
J. A- "Walton was still without any
vestlgo of military nativity. ?o
troops had been mobilized and ail
civil authority was undisturbed.
Adjutant General .Mnritnnm ar-
ried by airplane tern Tula today
and went rtt oncc Into conferonee
with Colonot W. S. Key In com-
mand of troops here. Tha adjutant
general declined to aay whether the
state military headquarters would
b. transferred here from Tulsa.
Tho military court her 1 cont-
inued of Colonel Paul -Walker Col-
onel V. A: Graves' and Major I.. H.
Ilarreld. It ha established head-
quarters In a downtown hotel. It
was indicated that Russell was
called preliminary to tho actual
opening of an Investigation in'-O
alleged floggings executed or di-
rected In Oklahoma City. Machinery
of tlv court lt not yet completed
hut the full forct of tho Investiga-
tion Is expected to be In- effect to-
morrow '
Courts la .Session
Meanwhile courts throuchout h
ftate. including Oklahoma City and!"? falls; second. God .use nien aJ
Tulsa aro in session. No mterrup-l "(n nave fitted themselves to be
tion .of regular rlvlr procedure Injured; and third every nt:tn Is the
the state occurred with the exce(- I molder of his own character
tion that in Oklahoma City a hip-I 'Unw do vn inm.. i. ... -..
clal grand Jury summoned to meet"
today Was forbidden by military
authorities
Thp grand jurj' was tn have In-
vestigated alleged misu! of state
funds by the governor who was
charged in a petition clrcolated by
Russell with having used atate em-
ployes to check signatures on ati
initial petition Tor an election 03 11
ronstitutioal amendment t enable j
the state legislature to eomeiu
without call by the governor. j
Cnpiinl Guarded
Meanwhile at thP stato cupitol a '
detail of national guards with fix-1
ed bayonets guarded entrances to
both house and -senate chambers.
No explanation was made hut it
ws recalled that Governor Walton
replying to a threat of members of
h legislature to meet in extra
Hftssinn. tvarncMl thpm last weU
that if tsui;h au attempt was made
every member who appeared would
be thrown ip jail.
No troops were In evidence here
today except those manning ma-
china guns that were an object of
(Continued on page two eeiuam two)
B PER BALE
ADVANCE FDH
COTTON PUCE
SEW YORK. Sept. 17. Hea-y
rains throughout Texas and OkUt-JR
homa caused a renewal of btivins: " y i.e-u w. iv ...-
noma caused a waewai or Dujiag j w ot w WalUL Greene.
in the cotton market here taday tjtaar tota aewaar acWdiag to
that qiilckli" ran prles up to new annunccm.eut lad. night fcy the
high leveU for t season. October poIh.. Gren wm shot Just' altar
reached 2 cants Decerhbar ?SC6
and January 2S-69 or SO' to 110
points above Saturday's ciu.
Near positions were relatively I
stronger tnaa taxa oc.ue of pro-
pecttva delay in the new movMut
as a result of the rains. Qeaides
good bug here. It wa imported
that KnsliMh juilia Jftad ba
come alarmed over condiUoaii smd
were buying heavily.
GALVBSTON SBt. 17 Cotwn
futurea .rigtsiered a gin of luOfin
poluls eaiUViloi t ten li m. bale mtother man im at-la red. int
tbe flc ht..- of trad..g L-.-cUy oujaioun-l the tiieti.ej
the tUly
Uar.g.-
v C-al-
reaching 1
urjay wery Si ;
K 1
llOIN UNDER
t I
BY STUDENTS IS
A. G.G.'SFATE
Vast crowd or visitors
JIKKK TO ATTKNB HOMI
COMING AXI) OPKNING OI
yisw coWiisou yijak i
"Snowed under with student? '
TMt wan ttiq. word thai went tm'
from Abilene cinvtinn Collcf-r
Monday' mornlnc. 2 4 limits bctort
tho opening of tho regular 1!)23
term. j
Tho hbmccomlng celebration
brought hundreds to the city ana;
the coiieKe authorities wem ii.tviri?lnn ir ni--h of plfmber ui
.. iMiiinm iimo 10 lane care ot tne
vis. tore.
The convocation and home-coming
of tho ex-students of Abilene
Christian College Was opened Sun-
day morning at 11 with a sermon
by Frank IS. Shepherd new Minis-
ter of the college Church of Christ.
Several hundred ex-students
trustees nnd patrons of tho 'ocl
institution from all parts of Texas
and neighboring states have arrl.
od In the city for tho remainder of
the three day program which ends
Tuesday evening. The Uoard ot
Trustees of the. college met nt 10
o'clock Monday morning aU'.Ii
President J. S. Arladgo presiding.
Among thw monitors of that body
who wero present were. J. C.Roese
T. A. Russell V?. jr. Freo. 0. R-
Tittle. Jr. C. V. Legott. O. C. Ilolvy
and
xwiiney Harvey of Abltwi:
a. icj siQQomild. I-uhbaek; Judge
R. O. Kenloy -Wtehlta Falls; Juilae
Allan U.. Hahney llHstUud. It. W.
Coojier. Gormant 11. it. McK-av.
lwerxl J3k V. rrti.faL- Vrt
wmmmm Hlr thv A4in anst-Ai.: r. bj
' - ---- w--T. Vrina V- mmim W Tf-9- -r 4m '
WOrtl): Verne' 'Roharia. WnjnllH-iWillr.n.1
ehlej J. W. Crawford. Stamford;
Lon Byarjt. Vernon; K. A. Jonew.
Quanah: O. 15. Bonner.Swetwnter-
B.-W. Logan rthom: J d. McOin-
ty. Terrell; and Mr. IluteJler
Georgetown.
Minister Phepherd apoko on the
subject. "I'sed of Ood". Tha btory
of J3sther in the -Itti chapter of
that Hook was used n the text es-
pecial emphasis being made Upon
tho words." and who knowetH but
that thou are come ;o thi kingdom
for Just such a time as thu."
"Kvery nntion has its rials Just's
as ui .lenisn nation hail; every
iirmoii has iu outstandingmin. Jn!
tins rtory Ilamaan Via the out
standing figure in some respects.
from this text I aaihtr several J
inougius. . i' irt. uod'a word nev-
not come to the Kingdom for Just'en lo Marlanua..yia'.
jSuvh a time as this You may be I. ' ' '
the man to meet the present crisis
There aro plenty of chances for us
to do distinguished service.
IIKRE'S WHY TUB WKST JS
SHOWING PROSPERITY
I.ORAIXB Tex. Sept. 17. Two
hundred sten bales ui cotton were
ginned her ThuriMlay representing
a money vulue qf oer Thirty thou-
aiul lioilu-s.
The crop la opening rapidly no
damage ot any magnitude from
worm or other ln-bte. Pickets are
m demand at a fair price.
The new school building is near-'
ing completion. School wll opvii
in about one month.
Shooting to Grand Jury
FT. WORTH. Sept. 17 The fa-
tal shooting of I-ouls lirouafcard JS
by hia wife. IJiliun IiroubarU 28.
Sunday morning at tkeir apart-
fmsiH Will b submitted to the
grand Jury within the next few
days. Asaistaut liistricf Attorney
W. It Tolbert said today.
POLICE CLAIM
fflfl CONFESSEI
U J SLAYING
KANSAS CITY Svpt.
17. Roksii -
RAchardaon exruatrolmaa and !
n.i j T . rf- -w ..il
driving hia autoiuUUe Into the
tMUueat garage at his home her.
The wiea. according to wfgturd
confeioiw) wat ta th Gra
hoine. ialndag tq rcb U. Ofen
was sna. they said when he fail-
ed to 1 on.pl v w.th a comnuind to
hold up in haujs retne died in
W-.the mini q( i.; .( before aid
cotiid be 8uwimw.ft4.
Ryan accordiDg to fcm eonfe-
bIou. remained in the autocnebUe
While the attempted robbery wstelSatiU Fe Railway la at work bniid-
fin prosiewt. Rivh-irdon and an-!
prosiewt. Rivh-irdsoo niid an
After l;.n JjuiU r - 1
nfebel-.ri
1 --l-Oji
sfci 1 rorifs of si of tlf
a Rforo ofWulors Avcrc bhcicl
tilup linvintr iieeit -wrcpkr-il lirynitft Rnhnu'e. Ihis pn'tnrr shows jn the immodintc jTorPBroiuui tlio hinst nnd ciinrthousp of tho
Delphi Mpintlroii flnRship which was first lo crash and behind which the other six ships running in lino under speed pilot!
tp; Back of the Delphi in tho capsized hulk of thd Young in which 10 men wcro boliovcd to hnvo been entombed. Thc'Chnun-
ley nnd sister ship can bo seen grounded on the farther point.
WRECK OF FUST
Til RESULTS
ME DEATH
DOTHAN. Ala Sept. 17. -Ono
person. Mrs.-1. T. Ijino of pothan.
Ala. was killed late last night
when a Louisville and Nashville.
teastbqUnd paseenger tram crashed
Into n MifVtliliatiml nvriimlnn tnlln
at rntfnnlali 1'U rail.
road lifflrlalH announced today
Hospital authorities reported that
a Mrs. Frances Holland of Dothan
was also killed in the wreck but
railroad officials have not confirm.
led this. Twenty two otheti were
Injured at least two of whom it j
1b feared
1 liny uir i
Of the injured brought to hospl
talB here T. J. Kelly suffering from
p. broken leg and internal Injuries
nnd Fred Lane nix yeara old whose
mother was killed and who suffer
ed n crushed skull are not expect-
ed to irte it was aald. They r.re
both from Dothan. The other in
jured brought here Included: Three
other Iiije emwren. joun. uooeri
and a little gfrlr Mr and Mrs. W.
V. Campbell; Mrs. M. C. Holbink.-
and baby; MIm Ine Cameron; Mrs.
K W uh Storman Bush S;
Masin Rouey; Joe Hodgea; Leroy
Olide: Ita Tines. Mr. J. U Tinot
Mrs. C. I Watford ami a Mr. Bat-
1 tie of llbthan.
Scseral of the injured were taK-
Ihiuk Insert $11500
aATEsauRG in. sept n
IockijBg the cashier' and assistant
cahler in tke vault two youns; un-
masked bandits secured J3.S80 in
cash and $9.00 I4rty bonds ih
u holdup today at tha State liank.
of Cameron near here. The rob-
ber made tnelr escape In a car
thought to have heen srtolep from
a Uatesburg garug lat mpht..
JAPSllPRESS"
APPRECIATION OF
AID IN DISASTER
By the Associated Presa.
ItCJBB. tVJa SJiaHghaO. Sent- Jl.
From coolie worker to tne highest
ffical hera a moat profound iat-
urMMon la observable crearea py
the world wid outpouring f sym-
pathy and material aid for tha
stricken districts of Japan.
Tha vernaenjar- presa is nwi
with re nor t of the taauner in
wKteh the nation of the world
particularly the united State aru
moving to supply relief and it i
a cejHuiou experience to hear Jap
anese reuidents exprenw ttierr grot
aud 1
Hum iq IlwetgJHJiB jii mnvftm
AH- t j
JUtMUvtllilg raiDiDeir auu ruii i
repressing any ourward show f ;i
mrvoDf At- the- Mime time every
avenu of aid U biiig utilised to
the fullest extent.
Tk buJb c-oDtBi- of refneee re
lief WO is the 'Oriental Jitel. f '
whieh haa heh threns e
I Tuesday. The manner m which
-ou rewueuu m exteoqw ijm.i
ave to jswevi4e clothing is appar-
ent i the eavwda whiyh Jam' the
ornate rotunda of the hoiel. The
lobby si-mathat of a hetei-aerdm-
iodat.ug: a convention rather thuvs
4 Katuermg w tae aesuiuie.
linlaiiuarwSn Depot '
LAWf. Texail Sent IT- Ttee
mg an '.addition to their bjeaj 4e-'i
iW Keyuest for tneee adnmnai;
dt-t-ni ilh il.iie w i r n.de boJj'e
!!). i;i I. i..i t .-.1 .'sit 1 i.'n
tvi V vfoniji-.
keerfuineM. the aeneial public ilclou4y aith iocs! hower: coli
GRAVEYARD OF
m'uii t s dt irdvrrs whuh pilr
n heav fog atid slrangr' rip rtiriviifs br hrr-t lo hne been induced by Japanese epinkes. Over
to haM- prrithr-il peii.hnK final
ROSS JURY
WITH NO WORD TO SHOW
HOW ITS VOTE STANDS
Deadlocked aa to what their ver-
dict should be slnco QMS o'clock
Friday night of lat wek th Jury
In tho casa ot the Huita vs. Tom
Rospi. charged by Indictment WjtiiLtlQp. thiaJtfJug FUuytt And nujju
last .spring hd tutnWtn ito ref
port of any kind u) to tfter noon
Monday. There wero rumor- r.fluat
as to how the Jury itood. but thco
were only rumors. a District Judge
W. R. Kly announced when district
court iccesseu at noon that pe nan
ClliinfllR
IT BKEL HILL
1
BE OF INTEREST!
MBRKEL. Texas. Sept. 17.
Merkol'a Community Fair Is to be
staged on Saturday. September 22.
Part of the day of the holding of
tho. fair will he devoted to Judging
poultry nnd dairy products. Far-
mers from Taylor and Jones ceun-
tiea ' are to compete for various
prises.
Products from this community
fair will later be Included In the
All-West Texas Exhibits to ha
shown at International Wheat
Show. Wichita Kansas; the ICan-
ib State Fair Htttchnuwn; the
Oklahoma state Fair Oklahoma
City; Texaa State Exposition at
Avnslir. ; Teas eotten Palace Waco;
lHjsliupl-Alabama J'alr at Meri-
dian and Georgia State Fair at
Maooii. alt of which ai'e tn be as-
sembled by the Exhibit Bureau of
the "West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce jj. M- Wbitaker. SshiWt
Manager at which will also attend
the eemmunlty fair here and Inter-
est farmers .In sending in choice ex-
hibits to the Weet Texas I'air at
Abilene.
If
WEATHER
-
U
S. Depsrtmcnt ot Agriculture
WEATHER BUREAU
For Abilene and vicinity: Tonight
and Tuesday partly cloudy to
cloudy occasions 1 shower cooler
Tuesday.'
Far East Texaa: Tonignt and
Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy ec-
caoniii thowmre. cueler in north
t wujt portion Tuesday.
tor vveet Tvxae: Tonight partly
atth locsl ahowere: cooler
taa Janate. Tuesaay general
ly fair and colder.
ItainfaNi fee 4 houre ending I
a. m. today 25 iwh-
Total reisdaU euiee iiret the
lactw.
w
n
n
as
.. . 8:if l
svtMHt . . - i
ii m. . a m. . 1 1
' - Ttrtirmtetertf
A V 4 - Jf .!
f fi iG n
iiJTir it . n 3
2! - pm
J& ?-. - sw
.. . 7 - .
Yfv tv..i. uiitit . !
V f i i i.-i it . fj
-Mfl4.. .
!..
.
THE PACIFIC
1 in th- roil-- nt 1'iiiut ArirucTIo
ilicik-up ninl tho mnnoiary loss
STILL OUTiS
1
had no word from the Jury ot any
kind.
The rumor afloat' In tho court-
housM oMnduy morning wan that
tho Jury stood 11 to l for eonvlu-
Th Jtfrsln ."the 'Ross dae hs
made no Ittdleatlou t .to how
nliijl dlnhn i aaAaltidl 4 Via rtfiaaaa
.i... ..ti. '.ri. . . t.nt
.. .!.(-. u ..-;. -.
l;:x. v ;; .h e'yd r. mi mi .
;;;i.--V.V.;;.i-.r ' "
EIAIN REPORTED
OVER TEXAS II
LARGE QUANTITY
X)AIJAS. Sept. 17. Raina which
have been falling over Texaa gen-
erally since Saturday continued
tod iv in spots and at Terrell' ft
heavy downpour between 7and H
o'clock this morning registered ac-
cording to unofficial reports -5.fi!!
Indies. Farmers were -quoted as
raying the cOuon crop t it some
places was being datnaged by wa-
ter. In central sections the pre-
cipitation since Saturday has aver-
aged round two inches while In
the north and on1 the qast gulf
coast around 1 inch la reported.
Wefc T also received rain-
fall Sunday and Sunday' night
ringing from showers to 1 37 inch-
m at Coleman and 1.50 inches J
Jveervtlle according to reports
from $n Angelo. Streams in that
section are reported flushed.
FIRST IIAfcK UROUGHT
TO JIH.VVII5W FRIPAV
nr.iiwreiv t.- c- t
Hale Countys first bale of cotton
was brought to pialnview Frid"Wficultle or some of the destitute
by It- I Turner a farmer of the
Halfway community. The bale
weighed 4 IT pound and waa sold
at auction briHglRff ti IS.4S cr Se.to
cenU per unuad. Mr. Turner alo
reeetwM tne isu preuuum ottered
j by the Piainvlew- merehaats ta the
tiate cauutv iarroer who weugat
in the first bale of ret ten.
Mr. Turner ttes that he kaa IU
acres which will make at least ii
half a bale to the aere.
AVOCA SI3TS UP AX
JOCIIflUT OP CROPS
STAMFORD Tex. Sept. 17
Aveca la progressive tittle town
eiKt of.jtluBiford i lealiins: a .)-
lection of fjjrtn ptoduve nd
sembhtig it at-the cafe wait the
produ .t. When a farmer brlagajmeney transfer pf .. phelo-
hW cotton to tbe gin he b-ijics aigvapks wer baatily gatheretl on
few made of maize or corn ori
uthei bii.-cirnu of farm . 'lo-luit'
that he ha to ehW- TOurieia whe
MM that way are- lav Wed to
lie eaikeeUm ajut WW care :t
I atoppiag there tu lofc at f.e irm
xmwu.
3IQJP"S CAMBSy
Amerknu League .
I'HJI-AjJPHlA &W. 1T-T-Ftr
game: . RUB
lXtro.t . ...M Mt 49 i 1
cHit ' 1 IM . 1
Uauee Oisea and. BajNrier Kay-
leTaad Jer4aa. '
BOSTON sept
IT
B it H.
Fiskt gaun
-- . U?B lie fiAil
l;
iu'....n 'ilUB i..'i.l ..
b . .. eee ct. i" 1 S 1
i Tli i M'.-n 3 1 t'.. e fi.lieitvu
!U.we Bietnea and JtctaKat.
imar Snn ltorbarn California
is jilaccd nt $l.i(MK)0(H) ovory
FORD HIS
IIREIISE
SCIUISTIGS
STAMFORD Tex. Kept. 17.
Stamford J'ublh; KChooii -perd
last week with tho largest attend-
ance In tho hiftorv of the Institu
tion. Tha first days nttendatiet
years faculty are: Superintendent
N- K- Holland; Hteli ?ch.Ml Mr
garet Crockett Mr. T. R Tlnsley
Sir. A. I.. WoOldrldge Miss Huttrilt
Miss Wldney Mrs ljert Flemmlngs
JHk Rertlia Rom and Mm. K V.
llardwiek. Jntermedinto School:
Miss I.ula Buckley Principal. Mr.
Newell Berry. Mrs. A. I Woldrid'ge.
Miss Park Mhw Willie Mae Funua.
Miss Pearle Hule and Ml J i.eni
Harlan. Central Ward: Mrs. Gsorge
Flnurnoy. Prineipnl Mrs. n. H. Ad-
dis. Mrs. It A. Gardner Ml 1'ena
Meyirt) Miss Graham MIsh I'eu-
liuri Rowan Mi's. L. K. Ijoiix. and
Miss Waggoner. Washington School
Jlre. Gladys V. Morton.
New books have been added to
the high' school library and addi-
tional facilities for doing labratory
work iiu been purvhiued. A
splendid moving picture machine hi
one of tho new equipments that
will be used In the laborato-y de-
partment this year liy the use of
pictures the teachers will be ma-
terially assisted In teaihln phy-
siology and hygiene agriculture
domestic science j.hyslial gecgra-
phy and bu'tugy.
0HAKE VICTIMS
SELL STORIES OF
SASTER SCENE
Sa-TTr.B Sept. 17 Newspaper
men of th. Parifie ooasi did their
ehare of relieving tne ttnam ii aif
survivors of the Japanese earth
quake who arrived here yesterday
Photographs of seeaee connected
with th dleeeter sold at a bign
premium ami eye witneee stories
ez survivors sometimes urougnt aa
jhigh aa fl0.
I 7t Jiaven't a cent but I have
stery" sud one wofnau in barrel-
ed clothee who had test everything
elie had ftntPiwe faeed with U
neeesuty Qt 4 lH5g
work
In a
e&BS8 M&T -WWs4Uefcr.
asked fer ill. H
"Fair enough" paid a reporter
ami' the deal iva etoeed. it
Photographs wer In thjj great-
est demand.
I( was. said that aae tranawctlon
for less than J wo complete Nile of
uudeveioped filme . uivsitned a
the ahm aa k lay at the Canadian
gevemaent naran'Une
station at
. .: .
William Head awl dtenatehed by
airplan ta Victoria aaM A'aaveouver !
B 0 Seattle and athev eeiats.
Others ware hurtled eaatwtunl by'
fast mail.
early two scorw reporter? and
newspaper - BheJogsanfeera bearded
the Jotferee at William Head.
v
Hspros Xo Cliojc?.
WASHIKOTON Sent IT Sna-
trn Pepper and Reed - of IMauey l-
vania. after a. eamfereaee -today
wUh Pi eeideat 2&UUzi ieaul
ioJat Matement reireidiair the 1934
nreeUenlial altuaxfa-t. savinic thai
thty faukd it unwise ftr tfe BtM-
eat to' xpj6u any jref erewiee he-j
tween Mi CtMlMge sjid Gcfveif.oi!
Pem.ai..4 fer the i
R-cit'l.caii
1yi1t.a1t.on f -r i...epi -
TI
LARGE
""-. " Vv" ' .""" ahMtinn nvinu mill that nnv drt. mi ready for tba defendant. "W
Wlff"."1; ' "'W O1 Jlw' is unamflrlann..un?rBmdnVtrn' kni Hon that has been overruled bVP tha
1"PF '" n"lS- nrr? 5?'rom unchristian warn dealt inio in court- Judgo Cunningham said.
It "m..?".1 5?Ai? "11 '"Jf..?"":- ...- forceful mnnner. Mr. Carter eni.i The venire wna awortl In at 033
1 ?ij iriiutiqiif iif vututmmv mi" .. : . ...---- .t .
W
MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE
OF CASE IS OVERRULED
BY DISTRICT JUDGE ELY
EOllCnTICMnS
THEME OF TALK
BYANEDUCATOR
CIllUSTlAN' MVIXO IS IMPORT-
SPliAKHK AT A. C V. TKI.TS
At'DIISXCll SVN'UAC AITKU-
. XO0X.
lly TAVndoll Ilcdlchck
"We.inunt hat a new building
for Abilene hrlstlnn Coltega and by
thn help nnd graeq of God through
earnest prayer from good men ami
women we will havq tills building."
said Mr. J. C Itiuta. a iiew resi-
dent f Abtlhe from Mineral
Wells who is one ofpth most en-
ergetic members of the Hoard nf
Trustees of Abilene christian Col-
1eg in closing a short nridrft to
the large ainllencn assembled rtt
the college auditorium Sunday evening-
Mr. Reese address preceded
that of Prof. Morgan II Cartor I .! JF""" or. Lubbocit and
new r-nfessor of Sociology in A.!J.U.K.' ffkhart ot Tahoka. Tho
C. c. who spoke on "Christian Hd-;1 e" f" "0nfr inducted by
ucation " Judge imyton Moses general coun-
Tln. two men spoke In the plncefa""' "r "" '" t-nttio jiaiser-
of Cha R. Brewer of Tennessee
and M. H. Moure of Fort Worth
.who were prevented from attend-
ing' the home-coming and opening
of A. C. C. through matters whloh
arosn during the pant Week.-
Christian JMucntlon
Mr. Carter defined Christian
Kducntion an tho means whereby
we lejid'outln physical. moral and
spiritual Ufa in a ChristllUo man-
nor. He emphasized tho fact ChrU-
Unnlty is hot a theory hut a life
and that tho test of our Christlan-
ty la not w'hnt we do but what wo
ure.
The fact that this nation U
founded upon the . principle of
that Ws must lnnkn ilnniocnirv niifu
for the world instead of making
th0 world safe for democracy and
that We must presorvj) and dovqlop
a-free government which is not
only constructive but constructive
on Christian living adding that wo'
are commended to take Christ tn
the world instead of taking tho
world to Christ
Jlliiory of Movement
The history ot education through
the nilddl ugo In Kurope inciud
ing. the coiKjuorlng ot thu Souther i
fltlll.iliM lkl' tltu .. tl(.pi Tllffllltf
nations by the northern Teuton
und the reniialseance which result-
ed in the change ot thu mothoii of
ticlioyl atid college education ir.
uuch a manner as to cause tue
prime puriiose ot education the
teaching of the child to read so
that he could read. the Bible ani
the subsequent removal to America : whether related to any ot the par-
of people imbued with such a de-ille in the trial. Mr. llambrick
aire to teach was reviewed by the1
speaker. The later revival of the
reetoratlon movement in the Unit
ed Statee after most of the pro-
tectant population liad been lost iu
a ma.e of secta and ereed was aU'i
brought out. the famous guiding
motto of this movement being
"Whern the Bible speaks we sneak
and wner the tiiblo 1 silent we
are silent" being repeated.
"The greateet peed Of thia hour
is not -orne radical social change
but a tituunshtp that la nioro
ChrietUke- Wu must have citizei.s
iv ho -hut e both knovilcdse and suit-
JHuulliy tor knOHiedgti without
.... UW... ... ".K- ... W... .. .-
croekn and mm iwlny wiihtut
knowledge will give us only good
-- -------j .. -f..v--.
S'Vr(.v k.w cj w uweu vm
said thft speaker In introducing tht J
chief theme of thB address. j
LEAGDE COUNCIL
DISCUSSES ACTS
OF MUSSOLINI
ffi.V
Press.
OttKUVA. Sept. 17. Die uasioat
in tne conmru 04 tne is"e 01 B"tnle of the Utah River district ac-
tions af the uueettoa of the league' I pt . l"a f"f n alswct e;
oeniiwfteavy in the dispute between I corded the Prinee ot Watea a royal
Italy and Greece was postponed j welcome when hia spee-al tra'a ar-
untiiimrrovv. after spc;he vwj
H7 M wn ipMJi.i. wots. --
Polttis the repreeeatatlves respec
tively uf Italy and Greece.
When the meeting opened HJaNInaated bv either secret gervloa men
mar Hiaivting of. Sweden declared
... ... . .. -rt..-.. . i
Me w o5eiHi e wiuiu
eoutrery to the prevhfteaa ot thj
coeaat and. might
nan.a aansgorewa pttcmkewu -;
mk ia
preetiae of the league
Lord i
Robert Cecil saul the esuA-
cil lw.ii.doae eveorthtirig it should
have don in the Itale-tlraeoQ cost
trevvray and had sa upon every
meana so oMaia a settleMtent.
I-Wd Ro4art adttuttt'd that the
MUeirtiun df the ieagae'a oompeten-
cy whiek had been rafeod by Italy.
I waa grave ajatl couW not b elc
unsettled.' He apiWd m the -
Kite aitd to Itali- to reach a. lielniioa
wlnVck'wottUl not iavCrtag the na
tioial prWe af Jtalr a tM
saa&e jm would leane imtaaMatrna1
Tm" SP" e""P WP- W appafasaahsaawawT
tne antHrti- -lh teas woo
w hih- to a great tsspat he VMe-ith4
d m tiOt h.itce y th( wfM
war
'MKaMK!L
Only on juror hid heen rer tir-
ed up to noon Monday in the- triat
of Mnt Good charged by irjjct-
ment With the unlawful killing of
II. I.. Robcrson at Seminola last
spring and when court recessed
until 1:15 o'clock Monday afer-
noon thirteen veniremen had been
examined.
coMrtderable delay in the exam
InaMon of veniremen was occasion-
ed Monday morning by thfc fact
that a large number Ot tho panel
sought to be excused. A total ot
fatty-one were excused on account
of various reaaons noma being ill.
Others being over age nnd for oth-
er reoeons. One of the veniremen
aroae during the proceedings and
declared that he was over age but
tlmt he would not claim tho exemp-
tion. Defendant Arrives.
Tho defendant camo into the
courfroctn at 11:03 o'clock and took
a seat by the side of his wife and
othr relatives who wero nrcscnt.
Good shook hands with counsel aa
110 came into the room greeting
each of them with "Godd morning.
Judge." The examination of ve
niremen ! be.lng made by Judgo
j. r. iiinningnam of tills city oth-
er defetiso counsel nresent liolnc
Association and Judge W. J. Cun-
mnguain. former dtetfict attorney.
Judge Cunningham was appointed
by the court Minday m.ornlng n
special district attorney in the .ab-
sence of Judgo MUburn S. Long
who Is In Granbury attending tho
funeral of his father.
Motion Overruled.
.Defense counsel fjjed a motion "r
continuance which was similar to
tho motion filed In tho Bas ias-
which won overruled by the iourt
dofenao counsel excepting. Tho
Good enso was called for trial at
D:IC o'clock. Dayton Mo.ics an-
nouncing ready for tho State and
Judge J. F. Cunningham announc
ing ready for the defendant.
O Clock
A considerable delay emtutd
iWhilo the veniremen nrestnted
tneir excuse -nnd asking to be r-
ireved from Jury service. Forty
names of veniremen were called
by J. K Fuller district tierk and
I ho venlreinen retlwd frc-m (he-
room to .ir.othcr room In the build-
ing I1rt Venireman.
The vwjlromeu were than called
In order only one of them be.ng
in the room at a time. ! C Ha.n
1 llWfV ettM ttA ttvnt vanlntm. m av.
brick was the first venireman ex
amined- The examination was con-
ducted by Judge W. J. C'unnn;?-
1mm. The questions nikci irciij.j.
od If (lie venireman knew the de
fendant; any of the d f "nd.v t a
relatives; whether the venireman
knew Row; any of the witnesses.
said he had lived In the county 7
. years that he waa fanning and at-
tending fchoal nt ' Simmons col
lege and waa studying for the min-
istry. Jle waa eiccu$d by the court
a he stated he had a fixc-4 o.n-
ion. Jrn Urenthani. who lives at
jl - awn. and t in. the dry good bus
hush there stated he had a fixed
opinion and waa exeused. J. W.
Ivy ot Tuscola reiident tcf the
county 24 year was excused by
the state. "rank Graham farmer
residing at Tueta eaid that he
was opposed to glvirig the death
lier-alty in any case and was ex-
I'usdd .;lr l. Guffey oil r.ian of
thi eity. said lie nad a fixed p-
initnt and waa exeused "W A.
aiuwii snse vveaea vavubi u b a
Harris farmer of Mrket res.dent
u 9tJS tUly U9 yeur3r EalU 1213 il.(l
.. .
(Ponttnued on Page 5 Col 11
iPRINGE GREETED
BY REDSKINS AT
CANADIAN RANCH
HIGH B.IYER. Alberta. Sart. IT-
Cowboys tanchera and iownspea-
.4 hire.Iat night.
The prinee walked from the ta
tien to the mala street uaarcora-
tor noUee.
wpa-.. ... v Ajj-hbors. Wh
k M w J-JS-T-. ' .skiS
-i.ha ..her at hie. aacreta-y.
vfa- t. -m- Wftra ecIa.
pel led to wateK the proceed nxm of
weioenUng the owner ot K- 1
-. er - -t -7 -s -
fraaeh freea the window ot the;r
private ear.
As th priae reached the street.
David Bar'a Paw and Red f':o4
minor chiefa of the etoaiea ladarj
Hroni the Morjey reervati.?a wer
f waiting 3n4 in yrtect Kng! sit
safal: "Greetfft? Chief Mormir
Star yHf' heel era of the btoiiK
alu44 you."
The W4M heeMaiad. Mmw grave -
Vy mmShvum- Wf haiut and. aaid
max H.yroow to gfe
TH- tw4ae ak
4 a h"
ftW
auesaMaMwe
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