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The Meridian Tribune
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
42ND YEAR, NO. 6
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, JULY 5, 1935
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
Political Talk
Begins to Stir
Cleburne Hears Candi-
dacies Discussed
Appreciation Banquet
Honors Rep. Lemens
The political gauntlet is report-
ed to be down at Cleburne, where
rumors and announcements with
reference to the 1936 district po-
litical races bring forth the belief
that next year will see the follow-
ing candidacies:
Vernon Lemens, flotorial repre-
sentative of the 98th district, com-
posed of Johnson, Somervell and
Bosque counties, will run for the
state senate seat now held by Sen-
ator Will Martin, of Hillboro.
The senatorial district is composed
of Johnson, Ellis, Hill, Somervell
and Hood counties.
District Attorney Penn J. Jack-
son will run, it is reported, for
either district judge or the state
senate. Regarding Mr. Jackson's
proposed candidacy, the Cleburne
Times-RevieW says: "District Judge
O. B. McPherson says he thinks
it would be a lot better if Penn
J. Jackson ran for state senator
than for his office. But Vernon
Lemens, who is due to run for
state senator, says he thinks Penn
shoMd runl for district judge."
Jackson made a trip through Bos-
que county last week, and accord
ing to persons who talked with
him, he didn't deny he was think
ing of entering the district judge
race, and since Bosque isn't in his
senatorial district, his vi^it ob-
viously had no connection with
any proposed senate race.
Gean B. Turner, county attor-
ney of Johnson county, is regarded
as due to seek the district attorney
post if Jackson doesn't run again.
With Bosque county candidates
eligible for both the district at-
torney and flotorial representative
office's, ais well als the district judg-
ship, some announcements from
this neck of the district may yet
enliven .the district political pot.
Clay Francis Called
by Death at Waco
Funeral services for Clay Fran-
ces, 62, who for many years was
a resident of Meridian, were held
Wednesday afternoon from the
CHay Avenue Baptist church at
Waco, Rev. Floyd E. Johnson, offi-
ciating. Interment was in Oak-
wood cemetery.
Mi*. Francis, who had been in
ill health for several years, died
iat his home at 500 South Seventh
street, Walco, Tuesday. He was
a brother of Isaac Francis and
Mrs. Torn Gandy, of Meridian,
who with other relatives, were in
Waco for the funeral.
Other surviving relatives are:
three daughters, Mrs. Clyde C.
Hays, Mrs. Corine Mote, Miss Mil-
dred Francis, all of Waco; three
sons, Edward and John of Waco,
and Harry of the U. S. Navy;
two other brothers, Joe of Perrin,
and Rev. Henry Francis of Em-
ory; four other sisters, Mrs. Mary
Irvin of Glen Rose, Mrs. Addie
Hansen of Longview, and Mrs. El-
sie Jordan of Dallas.
Typewriter ribbons, 50c at The
Tribune office.
REP. VERNON LEMENS
Vernon Lemens, flotorial rep-
resentative to the legislature from
Bosque, Johnson and Somervell
counties, was honored with an "ap-
preciation banquet" by Johnson
county friends ait the Liberty ho-
tel in Cleburne Monday night, in
recognition of his service to John-
son county as a member of the
legislature during the past eight
years.
W. T. Bradbury presided as
toastmaster. Rep. Lemens was
introduced by Rep. Bob Calvert,
of H'illsboro, candidate for speak-
er of the House during the past
session of the legislature, and pre-
sented by R. B. Anderson, of God-
ley, state tax commissioner.
Meet Up With
PA PIFFLE,
Folks!
You'll love the salty
old reprobate—see
him every week in
MESCAL IKE
By S. L. HUNTLEY
Meridian Wins
from Kopperl
Bulldogs Pile Up 17-1
Victory.
Pounding four Kopperl hurlers
for a grand total of 19 hits, the
Meridian Bulldogs won from the
Kopperl team of the Tri-County
League by the lop-sided score of
17 to 1 before a large crowd on
the Union Hill diamond Sunday
afternoon.
While the Bulldogs were pump-
ing up their batting averages, Dav-
is and Marchman held the oppos-
ing batsmen to four safe hits.
Three of these came off Davis in
succeission in the fourth, account-
ing for Kopperl's solitary run.
Gill, with four hits out of six
chances, including two doubles,
and E. Gandy, with three hits and
a walk for four attempts, and A.
Gandy with threle out of four, led
the Bulldog batting parade.
Granfills Gap's strong team will
play here next Sunday at 3:30.
The box score:
MERIDIAN.
AB
E. Gandy, 2b.... 3
Spitzer, 2 b 3
Dorman, c. . 3
Gillajspie, c 2
Porter, lb 6
Brantley, If 4
Gill, 3b 6
A. Gandy, ss 4
Fuqua, rf. . 3
May, rf 3
Myers, cf 4
Jones, cf 2
Davis, p 3
Marchman, p 3
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Pioneer Dies
at Age of 87
Ex-Postmaster and Of-
ficial Passes.
BUILDINGS MERIDIAN SCHOOL PLANS TO BUY
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Ab. Greer, 3b 5 0 1 0
Al. Greer, lb-p. . 5 0 0 0
W. White, c-lb-p. . 2 0 0 0
Wells, cf 1 0 0 0
Day, 2b 3 0 0 0
B. Carlisle, If 4 1 1 0
Belcher, If 1 0 0 0
R. Johnson, rf. . . .4 0 1 0
Archer, gs 3 0 1 0
T. Carlisle, p.... 0 0 0 0
B. Johnson, p...1 0 0 0
C. White, c 2 0 0_ 0
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Score by innings:
Meridian ...041 262 200—17
Kopperl 000 100 000— 1
Two-base hits: Gill 2, Archer.
Strike-outs: Carlisle 2, Johnson 2,
White 1, Greer 2, Davis 3, March-
man 3. Umpires: Tims and Hall-
mark.
Another Bosque county pioneer
was claimed by death when Thad-
deus T. Angel recently passed
away. The Altoona Mirror gives
the following account of the life
and death of Mr. Angel:
Mental telepathy, the mysterious
invisible chord which binds mind
to mind no matter how far sepa-
rated on the planet earth, probably
explains a premonitory dream re-
ported by Mrs. Thaddeus T. Angel
of Neffs Mills, Huntington county,
immediately after a telegram was
given her Sunday at 11:30 o'clock
announcing the sudden death of
her husband at the home of his
son, Thaddeus, Jr., in Tulsa, Okla.
More than 87 years old and one
of the few scattered survivors of
the generation to .which the late
Oliver Wendell Holmes belonged,
Mr. Angel died late Saturday eve-
ing. "It all dawns upon me now,"
exclaimed Mrs. Angel after the
news was broken to her. "I real-
ize why be came to me so often in
my dreams during recent nights."
The infirmities of age forced this
couple to relinquish their home in
Tulsa two years ago, Mr. Angel
taking up a residence with his only
surviving son there and Mrs. An-
gel coming to Neffs Mills to reside
with their daughter. A few days
ago Mrs. Angel received word by
letter that her husband was failing
in health, but his condition was
not believed to be alarming. She
planned to go toi Tulsa as soon as
arrangements could be perfected
for the long journey.
Mr. Angel was born at Yaleville,
Ark., on Feb. 12, 1848, his given
names Ibeing Thomas Thaddeus.
He was only 13 years of age at the
outbreak of the Civil war and his
youth saved him from participa-
tion in this period of bloody, fra-
tracidal strife. Despite the fact
his father, Patrick Angel, sympa-
thized with the confederacy, Mr.
Angel himself grew up into a com-
pletely "reconstructed rebel," Ab-
raham Lincoln and the late Wood-
row Wilson being his political he-
roes. He always was proud of the
fact that Lincoln and himself both
entered this world on the same
date, Feb. 12.
Mention of Lincoln's name, the
immortal leader of the common
man, at public ceremonies which
he attended or even in private
coin vernation with friends some-
times would move him to tears.
As a young man he invariably
voted the Democratic ticket, later
switching to Populism when the
famous Union general, Benjamin
F. Butler, tried to capture the
presidency under the Populist la-
bel. After this infant third party
died aborning he again returned
to the Democratic fold.
Mr. Angel's early life was pass-
ed under very primitive conditions,
his mind often harking back to
pioneer days when the rifle was
the great equalizer between men
in the southwest and combatants
frequently died with their boots
on.
He moved from Arkansas to
Texas in 1868, locating at Merid-
ian. His mother accompanied him
on this pioneering expedition. To-
gether, they homesteaded a tract
hear Meridian. He taught the sons
and daughters of his neighbors
reading, writing and arithmetic in
a little red country schoolhouse
two years, next securing an ap-
pointment as deputy clerk of Bos-
que county, Texas. Later, he was
elected treasurer of Bosque coun-
ty, upon the completion of his
term being appointed postmaster
at Meridian. Several years were
spent in the mercantile business.
Subsequently hie moved to Tom
Green county, Texas. His ability as
a writer and accountant attracted
the attention of officials and when
Coke county was sliced away from
Tom Green county in the 70's he
was hired to transcribe all the pub-
lic records. Following this he op-
erated a large sheep ranch, moving
to Tulsa, Okla., in 1915. During
middle life he was active Mason,
attaining the Royal Arch degree.
He was a member of the Chris-
tian church. The maiden name
of his widow was Miss Rhoda Ford.
They became the parents of four
sons and one daughter. Ralph, the
youngest, died in infancy. Ewell,
the eldest, secured a college edu-
cation, grew up into a newspaper
man, edited a newspaper at Sweet-
water, Texas, sold stories to Tex-
as magazines and died at the age
of 27. Oscar, a third son, was 26
when he succumbed. Surviving,
in addition to the widow at Neffs
Mills, and daughter, Mrs. Moore,
are his son, Thaddeus, Jr., at Tul-
sa, one grandson, Thaddeus III,
and a granddaughter, Mrs. James
Wiggins, also of Tulsa.
Jesse Welch, of San Benito, who
had been visiting here several days
left for his home at San Benito
Tuesday, accompanied by his wife
and children, who had been visit-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mm E.E.
Gardner, for the past two weeks.
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Property taxpaying voters of of Meridian Independent School District will vote July 20 on a pro-
posal to issue $11,200 bonds for the purchase of the buildings and grounds of the former Meridian
College. Top photo shows the main building, which it is planned to convert into the high school.
Lower photo is the brick dormitory building, which together with two other structures and a 40-acre
campus, will be included in the deal. The present school would' become a grade school.
Tribune Announces Enlarged
and Improved News Service
Answering the call for a larger,
better and more infomative news-
paper, The Meridian Tribune with
this issue goes to its readers with
its page size increased from six to
seven column's, and the number of
pages increased from four to eight.
The first four pages henceforth
will be devoted to The Tribune's
customary coverage of local and
county happenings, while the addi-
tional four pages will contain fea-
ture material of the higheist class
obtainable, with writers such as
Zane Grey, Will Rogers, Arthur
Brislbane, and Edward W. Pickard,
a page of the best comic strips,
and other features to be added
that are as high class in character
and as up-to-date as those publish-
ed by the leading newspapers of
the nation.
Each edition of the Tribune will
hereafter publish an installment
of an outstanding serial story. To
initiate this new service, the pub-
lisher has selected one of the latest
stories from the pen of Zane Grey
—one of the most absorbing of
all his stories—"Robber's Roost."
Zane Grey's popularity with Bos-
que county readers and movie fans
has created a demand for more
of this kind of fiction here, and
The Tribune is attempting to sup-
ply this demand. Be sure to read
the opening installment, which is
contained in today's edition.
The humorous and philosophical
writings of Will Rogers will occu-
py a column each week Will Rog-
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EDWARD W. PICKARD
Famous Commentator Who Writes
"Weekly New? Review."
ers is perhaps the most popular,
mo^t friendly and best beloved hu-
morist in the country. Known to
stage, radio and newspaper read-
ers everywhere, Tribune patrons
will no doubt give his column a
hearty welcome.
A weekly interpretation of gen-
eral news events will be carried,
which tells about happenings that
are making history in the nation
and world. Edward W. Pickard,
one of the highly trained news ob-
servers of the country, prepares
this department. By reading it you
will keep in close touch with
events of consequence, for it cov-
ers the kinds of events that in-
telligent citizens talk about, that
they wish to be informed about,
so that they may discuss impor-
tant happenings with authority.
The Tribune recognizes the fact
that people today are profoundly
interested in developments that
are taking place at the seat of our
national government. Federal leg-
islation is having a far-reaching'
effect on the lives of everyone—
the farmer, livestockman, mer-
chant, banker, professional man—
the welfare of every person is
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Zane Grey
Mrs. S.C.Keith
Passes Away
Burial at Home City of
Merkel.
Mrs. S. C. Keith passed away
Sunday morning ait the home of
her niece, Mrs. A. D. Clark, with
whom she had made her home for
the past nine years. She had been
in declining health for several
months, and did not fully recover
her health after receiving a fall
last year, in which she sustained
a broken hip, which with the best
of care and attention, required
miany months to heal.
Mrs. Keith was born in Ala-
bama, April 3, 1855, and came to
Texas when she was thirteen years
olid. She was married at Hender-
son in 1873. Her husband pre-
ceded her in death in April, 1926,
at Merkel, where they had made
their home for twenty-five years.
She then Came to Meridian and
made her home with her niece and
family. She had no children.
The remains were conveyed to
Merkel Monday, where funeral
services were held in the1 Church
of Christ at 2 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon, in the presence of many
of her old friends and neighbors.
Interment followed in Merkel cem-
etery.
Mrs. Keith affiliated with the
church early in life and was a de-
voted Christian.
During her residence in Merid-
ian her kindly disposition and
character, as particularly shown
by her patience in months of con-
finement, won for her a large cir-
cle of friends, who join with the
bereaved relatives in mourning her
passing.
BOSQUE PIONEERS HOLD
POOL PARK GATHERING
Old settlers of Bosque county,
joined by their descendants and
friends, were holding their annual
reunion at Pool Park, four miles
south of Clifton, Thursday. Under
the limbs of a gigantic oak tree
where the county was organized
in 185 4, the annual gathering is
held each year, and looked for-
ward to from time to time by a
rapidly diminishing group of real
old-time pioneers. Dinner on the
grounds, and a program reminis-
cent of pioneer days feature the
day's attractions.
District Honor
to Bosque Girl
First Place in 4-H Bed-
room Contest.
First place in the District Bed-
room Improvement Contest among
4-H Club girls was awarded to
Miss Mrytle D. Murphree, of the
Cranfills Gap club, it was announc-
ed here Saturday by Mrs. Bernice
Claytor, of Texas A. & M, College,
extension specialist in home im-
provement, who was in the county
for the purpose of judging Miss
Murphree's room for the state
contest.
District 3, of which Bosque is
a part, is composed of 17 counties
lying between the Brazos and El
Paso. Second district honors were
won by Miss Nita Mae Boyd, No-
lan route, Sweietwater; and third
by Miss Rena Louise Taylor, Rt.
A, Loraine, Mitchell county.
Miss Murphree was recently ad-
judged winner of the county 4-H
bedroom improvement contest, in
which Mrs. John E. Robertson and
Mrs. Levi A. Dunlap served as
judges. Her high ratihg in the dis-
trict is a tribute to the class of
4-H club work being conducted in
Bosque county.
This year is the fourth year of
the girls' bedroom improvement
contest in Texas, and this year a
total of 682 club girls took part.
These girl bedroom demonstrators
represent 83 counties. Local
judges picked county winners, who
were then judged occording to ex-
were then judged according to ex-
says that there is a noticeable im-
provement in farm homes because
of the influence of the bedroom
demonstrators.
In 1932, the first year of the
contest, there were 602 bedroom
demonstrators entered represent-
ing 52 counties, plus 6803 4-H club
girl bedroom co-operators. In 1933
there were 641 bedroom demon-
strators from 72 counties with 11,-
587 co-operators. The following
year, 626 girls entered the contest
representing 75 counties. This
year the numbers continued to in-
crease slightly with 682 girls from
83 counties deciding to improve
their rooms. More than 11,000
4-H club girls co-operated in mak-
ing a few changes in their bed-
rooms, such as improving their
beds, building larger clothes clos-
ets, making dressing tables, adding
curtains, linens and pictures.
"The greatest changes are seen
in more comfortable beds and
more adequate closets," Mrs. Clay-
tor said.
Three state winners will be
chosen froim the nine district win-
ners. Places will be announced
the night of July 30 during the
Farmers' Short Course at A. & M.
College at a banquet honoring all
bedroom demonstrators.
ARM BROKEN WHEN AUTO
OVERTURNS ON HIGHWAY
Harold Lovett, of Ft. Worth,
who was visiting his uncle, Ben
Wilmoth here, sustained a broken
left arm just above the wrist and
severe bruises when the automo-
bile in which he, Miss Merle Grif-
fin and Johnny Crenshaw were rid-
ing overturned on the highway
about three miles west of the state
park about 8 o'clock Monday night.
The other two occupants were un-
hurt.
The ear, which was being driven
by Lovett, owned by John Cren-
shaw, Sr., was badly damaged.
Ask your Meridian merchant for
Good Will Tickets.
Washington
News Made
U nderstandable
The vast amount of news ema-
nating from the national capi-
tal today is apt to be confusing
to the average reader. The rap-
idly changing scenes, the many
new projects that are being un-
dertaken, are difficult to follow.
To help you to get a clear un-
derstanding of the events taking
place in the capital we are pro-
viding for you each week the
Washington
Digest
written by William Bruckart,
noted capital correspondent. Mr.
Bruckart's clear interpretation
of what is going on makes the
Washington scene understand-
able. No matter what your po-
litical beliefs you will find
Bruckart's column interesting
and fair because it is always un-
biased. Make a habit of reading
this feature every week if you
want to be well informed.
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