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THE SAINT JO TRIBUNE.
ESTABLISHED 1898
8AINT JO. MONTAGUE -IIITNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928.
VOLUME 30, NUMBER 18
Tooting a Horn
A colored parson was warning his flock to be ready "when old
Gabriel toots dat horn," when a surprised sister arose and said:
"My goodness, parson, is he comin' in a car?"
Don't be like the sister and imagine that auto drivers are the
only persons who can toot their own horns. Every advert;ser
"toots his own horn," so to speak, when telling people what
he has to offer. We advertise to tell the people the many ad-
vantages our Bank offers in the way of security and service, a
modern bank at your command.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SAINT JO VISITS BOWIE.
FIGHTERS UNDER FORFEIT
Two Score of Our C:t:zers Accept In- Longed for Bout Between Doherty
vitation to Visit Rotary Club. and Harris Definitely Arranged.
H. D. FIELD, President
JOE BOWERS, Cashier
GEO.
S. M. KING, Vice President
A. WRIGHT. Ass't Cashier
WHEN PROMOTERS USE "CHARITr
TO DECOY TRUSTFUL CONTRIBUTORS
A very pleasant and highly enjoya- Saturday night, March 17, 1928, in
ble inter-city affair was most credit- the American Legion boxing arena in
ably carried out by the Bowie Rotary Saint Jo will be staged the crowning!
Club Tuesday evening, when its mem- event of the Legion's show activi- j <1
hers entertained as guests the mem- ties in Saint Jo, when Jack Doherty,
bers of the Noeona Rotary club and victor of every engagement in which ' ■
about thirty invited guests from Saint he has appeared in our arena, and Ike' '<!
Jo et an elaborate dinner. Harris, well known aspirant for the; j J
District Governor Ellis Boyd of local crown, will appear before the
Wichita Falls was present and made public in a ten-round duel, to settle
the principal address. an old and bitter rivalry, and to de-
The Noeona visitors ^were intro- cide definitely the issue of local pu-
ducde by the president of the Noeona gilistic supremacy.
Rotar" Club, those from Saint Jo by Both of these men are in the wel-
S. H. Camp, and the Bowie contin- ter weight division, and each is in
gent were presented by Rev. Clark the pink of condition. Each is under
Russell. Many witty and humorous a cash forfeit for his appearance in
remarks were made during the intro- the ring.
ductions. The promoters of the show look for-
After dinner had been served and ward with confidence that when these
the speaking and introductions con
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
Poultry, Cream and Turley Checks are mortgage lifters
for their fortunate holders.
This bank encourages its farmer customers to raise better
brood sows, more milk cows more sheep and more laying hens.
PROSPERITY ALWAYS HELPS THOSE WHO HELP
THEMSELVES.
Our Bank is always at your service.
JAMES R. WILEY, Pres. S. H. CAMP. V. Pree
GEO. D. P5DIGO, Cashier.
HARD KNOCKS AND LOVE
LICKS.
moved into Texas and have killed out
some of the snakes and bears and
wolves and wildcats, put the country
under cultivation and built cities and
towns and railroads, and made Texas
a fine place for people to live in.
They also built churches and schools
Investigations of Various Schemes for Defrauding Public
Out of Money Disclosed by Bankers Association—
Many Kinds of Fake Industrial Promo-
tions Used as Bait.
Time was, and not so very long and developed a splendid intellectual
_ men meet in the squared ring there aK°> when the buffalo by the thous- an(j moral citizenship.
eluded, a most amusing and entertain- will be a brilliant and sensational en-, ands, and may be by the hundreds of _0—
ing play, entitled "Rotary Ann's gagement—a fight that will uphold thousands, roamed over the plains of But wait a minute. While they
Daddies," was put on by members of the dignity of the show, the prestige Texas, making an honest living on' were slaughtering the wild animate
the club, assisted by Miss Estell Mil- of pugilism, the traditions of the the wide open ranges. Also great and killing the snakes and growing a
ler and little Miss Bo"nie Thompson army and the navy, and one that will herds of antelope and deer and thous- great population of fine people in this
of Bowie. It was higMy appreciated in every way justify the patronage ands of wild turkeys—report says counry, we have also developed, by
by the guests. ] of the fight going public, as well as! sometimes a thousand or more were some hook or crook, quite a lot of
Altogether it was a most propi- one in which one of these contenders seen in one flock. State Press says, toughs and thugs and thieves and
■ssMMaSi**?
By W. R. MOREHOUSE
i Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association
MILLIONS of dollars raised under the disguise of charity go
to line the pockets of promoters. Ticket sales on raffles are
commonly used, and while the loss to any one person who buys
a ticket is small the aggregate loss for the
United States runs into millions of dollars.
Usually the promoters of these schemes first
make a contract with some charitable insti-
tution to conduct a campaign for funds on
behalf of the institution. They are to run
the campaign in the name of the institution
and share the proceeds. The whole scheme
is often one of deception. To those who
have been led to believe that their contribu-
tions go practically 100 per cent to charity,
the following case wo investigated should
prove illuminating.
A number of promoters'reccntly contract
ed with a charitable institution to put on a
campaign to raise funds by the raffle of a
new automobile. So far as the public could
tell from the banners used in displaying the
automobile, the full amount of the sale price
of the tickets went to the institution. There
was nothing to convey any otner impression. Apparently it
was open and above board and was being conducted by men
who were contributing their time gratuitously.
For several days a new automobile. <S> ■ ■
j tious get-together and good will will demonstrate and establish his su-
meeting of the three best towns in periority in a way that will leave no
I Montague county and augurs much further room for doubt or argument.
| for cooperation between them in the i o ■
future, ps well as reflecting the splen-
did hospitality of the Bowie Rota-
rians.
Rotary means genuine good will
Charles Hurd.
"Come to Texas." bank robbers, who in some sense seem
—o— to be taking the place of the wild
But wait a minute. There were animals, making it unsafe for good
thousands, tens of thousands, may be people to go on with their business,
hundreds of thousands of rattlesnakes ...
and thousands of various other kinds But in recent months the bankers
Charles Hurd, aged 79 years, died Also bears and mountain lions and of Texas got their heads together
at the family home in East Saint Jo wolves and panthers, and catamounts an(j decided that dead barjk robbers
and intentions translated into active j Sunday, March 11, at 6 a. m. and wildcats, to say nothing of the were WOrth more than'living one on
service, and a live, wide awake Rotary j The funeral was held at the Church fishes and the fowls and the squir- ^he market in Texas, and they are
club is one of the most valuable as-' of Christ Monday afternoon, March rels, jack rabbits and rats. We have now offering $5,000 a head for dead
sets any town can have. It not only j 12, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Elder a few rats and rabbits left over, and ones. Presumably they don't want
broadens the vision and perspective John Raymond of Dye Mound, fol- they are with us unto this day. anything to do with living ones,
of its members, but it exhibits hu-jl°wed by interment in Mountain Park —o— they can help it. It is certain th
manity as connected with business re- j cemetery under the supervision of ®ut it cams to pass in process of ^hejr money and their lives are saf^l
lations in a new light and from a> Scott Bros., funeral directors. time that a dead buffalo was worth jn presence of dead robbers
j Pall bearers were Messrs. Johnnie more in the markets of the world than 0j jjvjn~ one what shall we do
| Wilson, Bige Davis, J. H. Phillips, a living one. So the cruel hand of ' ■ J
l Raymond Hendricks, Ben Thompson, greedy man began the slaughter of fll. w{fh „r.of
and Custer Davis. these great herds chiefly for their If" ■ Li *
10:00 o'clock, a. m., Sunday School, Charles Hurd was born in Missouri hides, which brought a fair price in " " JL_ , ' *'
Dr. C. W. Yetter, superintendent. in 1849, and came to Texas in 1879. the markets, and when dressed and * P'®" . f
11:00 o'clock, morning worship. He settled north of Gainesville and developed into buffalo robes they ® J"" ® bu"™ who
Sermon topic: "The other brother." remained there about a year. He brought fancy prices. * hU re«d the IBuffalo« for their
Evening worship at 7:30. Special !came then to what was called Head -o-- hides with us now, they might clean
music. Sermon topic: "Burning of of Elm community, and has lived in The buffalo meat was also said to this bunch of_bandits and robbers
different angle.
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At the Presbyterian Church.
But ^oo^-
to do that kind of ,v
Baptist Worke^
v . d, MOREHOUSE
mouutcd on a truck, was driven up
and down the streets, with banners
telling about the drive for funds for
the charitable institution. One day
the truck would go by displaying one
of the popular makes of automobiles.
A tew days later it would parade l>y
displaying some other popular make.
Periodically the truck would pull into
the curb where It would park for sev-
eral hours while the promoters plead-
ed wit'a passers by to tako tickets on
the raffle and thereby help a deserving
Charitable institution to meet its bills
Thousands "Touched"
Thousands of people, touched by the
appeal for help, bought tickets, the
total sale running Into the thousands
©f dollars. Contrary to the belief of
the ticket buyers their contributions
did not go 100 per cent to charity.
Instead the charitable institution re-
ceived but 26 cents on the dollar, the
promoters getting 52 cents ou tho
dollar as their net profit, or twice the
amount received by charity, while the
remainder of 22 cents on each dollar
represented the amount charged
against gross sales by tho promoters
as expenses.
In other words, every persou who
bought a CO cent ticket for the sake
of charity, contributed but 13 cents to
charity and ,'!7 cents to those promot-
ing the scheme. Whether you give
to charity or make an investment it
will pay you to get the facts!
Unfortunately there is a general im
pression abroad that wildcat promo-
tions are confined to oil, mining and
new inventions. The truth is, many
stock selling promotions are operated
under the name of other industries.
False Claim*
A certain group of promoters in-
vestigated offered for sale stock in a
proposed woolen mill. In order to sell
the stock they resorted to the use of
misrepresentation and false claims.
After renting space on the uround
floor of an office building fronting
on a'lbuay street they began their cam-
paign. Orally and by printed adver-
tisements extravagant claims were
made for the proposed corporation
which were grossly false.
th* Bavlk,J"."v, ... .. , t thar"same"commun'ity"the"remainder be fine beef- but there beinP practic- m short order-
Fhe church extends a very cordial ^ j Jgg ^ married ally no market for it, except what lit-
;t0 the PUbl,C t0 a11 lhCSelto Miss Cora Fiel<L and to ^hem were tie was eaten by the slaughterers of
J. M. WRIGHT, Minister, j born eight children, seven of whom those great herds, it was left to rot
o I with his wife survive him. Five of an(^ then* fbones to bleach in the sun-
At the Baptist Church. the children, namely Travis Hurd, shine on the plains of Texas. Later
I Mrs. Tisha Hoover, Herbert Hurd and many bones ,^ero gathered up and
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening; Mrs. Sybil Crump of Saint Jo and Ev- s°l^ ^1&r fertilizer. Many may yet be
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It was claimed that the promotion
had the support of the Chamber oi
Commerce, but it did not have au\
such an endorsement. It was claimed
that the corporation had a signed con
tract for the sale of millions of dollars
worth of its products—orders enough
to keep the mills running day and
night for many years and accordingly
insure its success, but all that it had
was a valueless faki agreement.
It was claimed by two of the prin
cipal promoters that they had had
many years of experience in the maun
facture of woolens,—in fact had or
ganlzed and financed a woolen mill
which is the largest in the United j
States. The facts were tli; se two pro
at. 7:15
Sunday school Sunday morning at
1<) o'clock.
Sermon at 11 a. m. by Rev. W. W.
NeSmith.
Quartette arranged by Bro. K. R.
Barlow.
Ordination service at 3 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. program Sunday 6:30
p. m.
Sermon at 7:30 p. m. by Rev. W.
W. NeSmith.
Remember these hours and come.
In addition to having Bro. NeSmith,
one of the best, preachers in Texas,
we are expecting an evangelistic sing-
er, Chas. Sparks, to be with us in
these services.
R. C. BRINKLEY, Pastor.
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At the Methodist Church.
H.
The "Charity" Drive
motors had not been connected with
any mills for over twenty years and
they had attempted at different tlmea
to promote mills, all of which had
j failed. One of the promoters repre^
sented that formerly he was president
and general manager of one of the
largest woolen mills in Canada. The
fact was the mill referred to had gone
into bankruptcy and he had been care
taker of the plant
This story of misrepresentation can
be duplicated in practically the whole
industrial field, and because our In-
dustries are being exploited with in-
tent to defraud, it behooves every in-
vestor to investigate carefully. lit
should consult hi? banker before draw-
ing his savings out and losing them
on somo wildcat Investment
Masonic Visitors.
Saint Jo Lodge No. 483 A F. & A.
M. had the pleasure of the presence of
the following visitors Monday evening
at the stated meeting: W. Peterson,
T. B. Hodge, J. W. Maddox, W. D.
Hearne, and District Deputy Grand
Master S. Yancey, all of Noeona; and
Roy Hart of Archer City, Jim Wil-
son of Mai /sville, and O. L. 9chmitz
of Gcaham.
Three decrees were conferred at
meeting.
Births.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shields, But-
cher, March 5, a girl
To Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Evans, city,
March 9, a girl
To Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dennis, Illi-
nois Bend, March 11, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Dennis, Jr.,
Mountain Creek, March 7, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. D. Wier, city, on
March 14, twins, a boy and a girl.
Sunday School at 10 a. m., S.
Camp, superintendent.
Sermon by pastor at 11 a. m. and
7 p. m.
At (i i>. m, Epworth League, Cecil
Moore, president
No citizen of this town either
could or would remain in it if the
churches and their influence were re-
moved.
Anybody is welcome in any church
in this town. The church has many
forms, but one mission.
J. GRANT FORESTER,
Pastor.
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BURR OAK ACORNS
At Bonita, March 19, 1928.
10:00 a. m. Devotional.
10:15 a. m. Reports from the field.
11:00 a. m. Sermon, V© T. W. Ky-
ser.
12:00m. Lunch at church. '
deer! 1:30 p. m. Board meeting.
erett Hurd of Wilson, Okla., were found as they continue to bleach and
here to attend the funeral. Mrs. Elsie i decay. The living herds are gone.
Chase of Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs. | „ . , —0 . , I
Mary Russell of Bakersville, Calif.,! Meantime, the antelope, the deer,
were unable to reach here in time for and the turkey have practically dis- 2:00 p. m W. M U. Program, ar-
the funeral [appeared except in a few out ot the ranged by Mrs. J. A. Russell.
More than fifty years ago his fath-| v;aV Places and we have a few men 3:00 p m "Why go to- the B Y. P.
er-in-law Elder Newton Field or- m Texas who would kill the hist one U- and S. S. Rally at Garnesville on
ganized the first Church of Christ of them tbe law would allow it and March 21, 22 and 23." W. B. Pierce.
here. Mr H ^ l.« of the chw- «' Thl! ra: TfJ" ^
ter members and remained a consist-1 Moodthirsty men. They are not thr s- summer revivals, round table dis-
ent member up to the day of his! ty for human blood maybe, but th«y, cussion led by R. C. Bnnkley.
tloath. just can't stand to see a beautiful °
deer enjoying life, nor a nimble an- J For Sale-
elope skipping ove? the hilb, nor yet.
a fine turkey as h« gobbles in who! Ten pigs six weeks old. Fred Hil-
death.
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THE HARWOODS ENTERTAIN.
Well Known Saint Jo Musicians Dc
light Radio Audience.
On Friday night of last week from
9:30 to 10:30 the Harwood Orchestra,
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BURR OAK, March 13.—Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Talley ad little daughter
Marj|orie Lee visited in the home of
her father Sunday night, Mr. Bob
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davenport spent
Friday night with Mr. J. M. McCrack-
end and remained for a few days with
her father, who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fatheree spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Fatheree near Bonita.
Lee Gray and family and John Fos-
ter and family were gests in the home
of G. R. Hatfield Sunday.
Miss Ora Admire was called to No-
eona this week to attend the funeral
of her grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Smith
who was brought from Weatherford,
Okla., for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. John Agee and Mr.
and Mrs. David Fatheree visited their
mother here Sunday.
Rev. Roy Patton filled his usual ap-
pointment here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Dowd of Illinois
Bend attended church here Sunday.
BABY CHICKC, Special prices each
week. Texas accredited. The best
chicks at ordinary prices. Custom
hatching, 138 egg trays. Eggs re-
iceived Saturday and Wednesday.
GAINESVILLE HATCHERY, Gaines-
1 ville, Texas, Mrs. T. J. Clark. Prop.
tree top on an early spring morning.' t°n> Star Rt., N., Saint Jo, Texas
They want to stop his gobbling. Yes, ~~ ~ ~
they want to see'them all dead. ' ,?eor*e .Hund,ey hus b^Kht the
^ i filling station at the end of East Wil-
But during the time of this awful | liams street from T. Shannon, and
composed of Ben Harwood, on the' slaughtering a great population has | took possession last week.
mandolin; Chas. Tuck, guitar; Mrs.)
Jessie Searcy, piano, and Herman
Harwood, vocalist, entertained a ra-
dio audience over KFQB, Fort Worth,
with the following numbers:
"Stay in your own backyard."
"Bontparte's Retreat."
"The Bully of the Town."
Vocal, "Sidewalks of New York,"j
by Herman Harwood.
"Everybody's Twostep." .... j
"Turkey in the Straw."
Vocal, "Lonesome—That's All," by
Herman Harwood.
"Golden Slippers."
Waltz in D minor.
Vocal, "School Days Sweetheart," |
and "Among my souvenirs," by Her-
man Harwood.
"Since My Mother's Gone to Hea-
ven."
"Jing-a-ling Poker."
Vocal, "Baby, Your Mother,
Herman Harwood.
"Nobody's Business."
"Dixie.'
After the radio they returned to
Saint Jo arriving hero about 3 a. m.
Letters, cards, telegrams and phone
calls have been received since from
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louis-
iana, Colorado, North Dakota, Ar-
kansas and Alabama, as well as from
numerous points in Texas. Most of
the messages from outside of Texas
reported the music as coming in clear
but in Saint Jo especially static was
so bad that some of the numbers
were very indistinct, while others
were quite clear.
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VISIT OUR BEAUTY PARLOR, MISS TIMS. Operator.
MARCELS. MANICURES. FACIALS AND FINGER WAVES.
Sanitary Barber Shop
Bulliner-Angell.
Miss Irene Angell and Phillip Bul-
liner were married at the home of
the bridle's mother, Mrs. Lee Stoat,,
Saturday, March 10, at 11 a. m., Rev.
St. C. Brinkley performing the cere-
jmony. Further particulars will be
1 iven next week.
New Filling Station
I have bought the Magnolia Filling Station
formerly owned by T. Shannon on Highway in
the east part of town. I am now prepared to
sell you
Magnolia Gas and Oils
and Kerosene
WHOLESALE or RETAIL
Will appreciate your patronage.
GEORGE HUNDLEY
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Briar us your Job prifitia*.
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