The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 26, 1927 Page: 9
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VOLUME 18
MURDER SUSPECT
Robort P Dlako of AmnrlUo
who litis been hold In Jail since
his cnpturo some weeks ago was
brought up for trial yesterday A
special venire consisting of 250
men was called for duty yesterdayAfter several unsuccessful attempt
by the defense to have tho
trial postponed a motion was made
and sustained that the defendant
be tried for present sanity The
first 36 men were retained from
which a jury will be selected to
try this charge The remainder
of tho 250 men wore dismissed
until Friday when if Dlako Is
found to bo sane ho will bo tried
on tho murder chargo
District attorney will have to
aid him attorneys D Zlrnmor
mann D H Coulton and A B
Martin of Plainviow The dofonso
is in tho hands of Attorney Mood
of Amnrillo
One of tho largest crowds over
assembled in the courtroom was
present yesterday with prospects
for even larger today and Friday
S S Class to Canyon
EK Hulsoy and his Sunday
School class loft Monday morning
Delphian Banquet
Upon You
Invocation Mrs Sternenborg
Toast MlBtress Mrs W C
Crawford
Piano Solo Aldlno Swopston
Toast to Cliartor Mombors
Miss Reoves
Piano Solo Lottie Boil Suggs
Toast to President Mrs Bon
ton
Piano Solo Mrs E C Harris
Address Miss M Moss RichardsonSong Auld Lang Syno
In a short business mooting after
tho luncheon Mrs Stornon
bergs resignation as secretary
Avas accepted and Mrs N S Mc
Brldo elected to fill tho vacancy
A vote of thanks wns oxtended
iie
ROBERT F BLAKE CONKER
5SI
IAL
J ORD ANTIUTCniNSON
The wedding was solemnized at
tho Methodist parsonage tho Rev
J S Huckaboo officiating
Tho bildo was attended by nor
sister Mrs Boy B Orrlll Tho
brldo is tho accomplished daughter
of Mr and Mrs Ii S Jordan
of that city and is very popular
among tho social set She is a
graduate of McLean High School
and has attended W T S T C
at Canyon j
Mr Hutchinson is the son of
Mr and Mrs G C Hutchison of
tills city and holds his Bachelor
of Science Degroo from Texas A
M Ho is now County Agricultural
Agont of Beavor County
Oklahoma
After visiting with relatives in
Amarillo McLean and Tulia Mr
and Mrs Hutchison will bo at
homo in Beavor Oklahoma
IE
in his truck for tho Lower Falls s
somo twentyfive miles east of Dear Club Member
town They left with tho inton Saturday June i will bo Club
tions of roughing it through two Day in Tulia Wo expect every
days and nights of fishing member to bo present Bo at
ming and having a good time in County Agent office promptly at
general I noon We will go in n body to a
Members of the class who mnde restaurant for lunch After din <
up tho party wore E K Hulsoy nor wo will have somo shoit talks
teacher Edwin Crawford Eldon from business men I will brief
Nicholl Hilton Lambert Jake ly outline first caro of club gilts
Burns Chas Engleman and Chasl Your gilt will be here and ready
Brooks Thoy will probably dp for you Shes a dandy Re
hungry for somo of mothers cook member it will be necessary lin
ing when they return home
o
your father to come and sign
1 the note with you
i Some one will set tho bunch
up to lunch at noon and to the
picture show during tho afternoon
One of the most enjoyable af j30 8Ule to bo jresent and lets
fairs of the season was the Del havo a g001 tltllei and got ac
phian banquet given in tho homo maintcI with oacb other
ot Mrs Nora McMurty which was Yours very truly i
beautifully and artistically docorit Harinou Benton County Agont
ed in tho seasons flowers and the Not0 All membeis who have
club colors of blnck and gold tUcil giUs at homo wlll bo oxpoct
Covers were laid for 28 guests e1 t0 como and joill ug ln th i
Mesdames W A Graham E K
Hulsoy W C Crawford W C
Cowan F P Engleman F Klous
J E Swepston W A Stornon
berg N S McBrido Nora Mc
Murtry V O Hill H Benton J
R Noland S Scott S J Payne
Ray Jordan L Noble Jno Stevens
B Hanklns C L Cooper
Misses Reeves Cooper Lottie Bell
Suggs Aldine Swepston and Alto
Stallings Out of town guests
Mrs McGeo of Canyon Miss Moss
Richardson head of English department
W T T C Canyon Mrs
Edward C Harris president of
Music Club and Fodorated study
club of Rotan
Miss Moss Richardson gave n
rally H B
SWISnER CO PIG CLUB
In nn effort to got at least one
sow on every farm tho four banks
iu tho county tho Farm Bureau
and entorprising indlvidauls agrood
to finance a pig club organized
by tho county ngont who works
under the supervision of the Extension
Department of tho A
M College
Every rural school in tho county
was visited by County Agont
Benton who oxplnlned tho operations
ot a Plb Club Necessary
date was handed to tho Vocational
teachers of Tulia Happy and
Kress with tho request that thoy
delghtful and interesting talk on
n UlJ operatlons to pupllB
clubs what ho club
anu women
BchJ0
of Texas nro do ng and it wns
Iortythreo boys filed nppllca
surely appreciated by 1 present
fQr niomll0raUp ln tho plg
Mrs Edward Richardson
gave
own tholr m
soveral piano solos which wore
A 2 boys havo withdrawn their ap
greatly enjoyed
I plications Twontysix boys will
gram
liecoivo bred gilts Saturday Juno
Song Tho Eyes ot Texas
° are member will recoivo
i per
sonal notico of tho distribution of
gilts in duo time
Gilts of both DurocJorsoy and
PolandChina breeds lmvo boon
solocted All gilts distributed
will be bred during tho month of
May und will farrow late August
nnd September
Tho boys nro to bo congratulated
on tho fact that ovory application
for loans to buy gilts has
boon arranged Not a single boy
was refused tlio necessary loan 1
One change In tho application
bocamo necessary during April
It was noted that some of tho
gilts wore getting too fat for
broodsows It became necessary
to sot n future price fuir alike to
Mrs McMurtry for her hospitality tho boys nud omw ot < he
on this occasion Bllt8 In conforonco with ado
visors it was decided to mako a
o
Murl McCaslnnd Mr and Mrs BOt nrc0 ot 3000 ° r high grade
G B McCnsland of Amarillo I ureil Kilts and 3500 for gilts
woro In Tulia Monday on account subject to registration This
of tho death of tholr friend and change seoms fair to both buyer
old acquaintance Mrs Boyd EI and owner as tho owner could
kland Tho McCasland brothers aroBOt tho market valuo of his hogs
in tho contracting nnd Give the boys bettor develop
tion business At Amarillo od gilts
TUL1A SWISHER COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 26 1927
New Home in East
Part of Town
R n Vaughn who Is employ
cd at tho Olympic Darbcr shop is
building a neat little four room
homo threo blocks cast of the
Miss Floyclo Nell Jordan of j court houso near tho now home
McLean was married to Mr Wallace
It Hutchinson in Porryton
Texas Saturday May 21st
of Berry llooton This part of
town is destined to bocomo one
Lofland Builds New
Home
Mr Lofland of tho Lofland
Shoo Shop has under construc
MIL GAME FOR
un
tion a four room and bath ro l Tho Kiwanis Club Is sponsoring
donco two blocks south of tho in baseball ganio for the bonont
Tnlla Bank Trust Company of tho great Flood Sufferers funtla
This now homo will bo equipped to bo sent through tho Rod Cross
I An admission fee will bo churn
ed of not loss tlinu 2Hc and as
much moro as one Is willing to do
nato to tho Rod Cross for tho
if 577 sMicken flood sufferers This
ifeiV a should ip a very interesting gumo
chnnts Association which is in week from Kansas City whore thev uri8 provided they can secure
roll both of Kress May 21 yards and the plctuie will bo sent pialnvtew will bo colobratod
Connor Oden and Miss Bernieccto several stock and faun papors These tlneo mon will bo selected
Avent Tulia May 21 j by our county agent Harmon Ben following tho gnmo horo when
Jim T Mobley Stophonvillo ton w0 mpo to pick tho host ones
and Miss Laura Lee Robertson Tho Gardner boys havo solved H predicted that tills game
Comanche May 22 The latter tho pioblom ot stockrnlslng Inwill havo tho largest attendance
couple wlto were on their way to this county according to mon who r nny KaIn0 over hold on tin
visit relatives in Amarillo wore should know what is best Thoy i0ai diamond Dont fall to son
married in the clerks office at have received top prices for thoir n
000 oclock Sunday evening oy catllo by ubing tho cheap feed
Rev E C Lambert j that others sell the grain at a T
Building New Five
Room Home
Woik was begun tho first ot
the week on
in features etc and will bo a
crodit to our town and the pride
of its owners
Mrs Hanklns was formerly Mies
Jowoll Fostor who for the past
two or throo years has been n
teacher in our schools and Blake
is employed at tho Fannors Grain
Company
Thoy nro anxious for tho home
to be completed in as short time
as is possible
o
very low price nnd nlso sell stock
cattle at about half tho pilco of
Ford Residence
Under Construction
the finished pioduct Then there
is another argument for feeding James Ford omployeo ot tho
tho grain raised on tho farm by Montgomery Burch Oil Company
AVENTODEN j
A ceremony was performed at
tho resldonco of tho Mothodlst
minister Row milium Just holow
tho camp grounds In Cota Canjonl
Inst Sunday at sunset which unit
oil Connor Odon and MIbb Borntcof
A vent in tho holy bonds of matrl
nt Anmrillo and tho North Plnlns
returning to Tulln Tuesday eve
nliiB wlicro thoy will make tbolr
future homo
Mrs Odon Is tho bonutlful nnd
secretary of tho Tnlla R M A white Uolt yenr mt WU not C
faced cattle bat they hnd tho heroic
Thoy will visit friends and soo tho raised and fnttpnod on thoir own dark C ° vL
Conuor iB lho 80n of Mr mul
sights at other Gulf ports while piare with tholr own feed >
except soveral would bo exports are
there
o
Marriage Licenses
During Past Week
Mr8 JA Odea of Canyon nnd
cotton cake These cattle were aen tin tho diamond each eve
W of
jyoniliugs somo over and jnnny hK after work hours trying to
under in fact severnl woro only rPnew their acquaintance witli
six monlli8 old One 17 months mn nmi bat ns well as tho rules
old stoor weighed 1170 poundsi0f tho gnmo
Tlio average woight wns S34 J Three members of lie local Ki
County Clork JnQ W Qrigg re pounds and the price received wa wants Club will bo selected to
a grandson of O Connor
Tulln nnd is employed ftfl malinger
of tho service station of Con
uors Garage in tho Crowdor build
j ing Ho has been connected with
this Institution fortho past two
feeding the cattle on tho farm tho will soon move Into a brand now UdHuItor Simla Geilrudis Mistlo which
a modern now innd is enriched instead of run borne which la being constructed a ai assued Flowonlnle concern to tout i tie i
Spanish bungalow for Mr and down by constantly taking from in the northwest part ot town Dallas Orvillo liiillliiglon Texns Gaa foinii m
Mrs Blake Hanklns Just across1 the soil and adding nothing to ro near tiie W C Cowan residence Wichita Falls aro olhnr big herds for was agitud on
the strct east of Mayor Jonlans build it By running hogs with
residence This will bo a modern the cattle tlieso boys havo fatten now homos iu Tulln In modern in
homo In every respect with flvoed out at least a car of these u respects It will contain five
rooms bath hardwood floos builtporkers looms and bath with many built
These boys wore and should b in fixtures A great number of
proud of furnishing tlieso top
notcliers for the maiket No
doubt tlioie nro others in the
county who have done as well or
hotter If so lot ub know about it
us wo arc anxious to soo tills kind
of fanning and stockraising in
this agricultural county
o
Mrs H J Mooro and son j V
of Phoenix Arizona arrived last
week for an extended visit with
Georgo Cochran is vlBitlng in her sister Mrs A C Julch and
Plainviow this week other rolntives in and near Tulia
While F roes Sleep
the now homes have put in gns
plpo fixtures in order to bo able
to connect thorn up as soon as
tho gas lino roaches Tulia which
wo liopo will bo boforo snow
flics this noxt winter
o
Rev Fisher who is to conduct
tho revivnl horo failed to got
beginning ot this meeting
ports the following marriage 1010 the top price paid for to be given ml llttB mml ° mny blends
111 games
llcens os issued since our last week cnttlo ln TuIm
j as Plainviow Juno 1th when un nll
report
Those cattle were beauties Thoy day mooting of Kiwnnls from
South this fall couiKxiuoutly wo
oxpect as many dairy cattle on ox
hiblt ns we can handle said Mr
Holland recently
Even grantor progress toward i
big show Is being mndo in tho
I
esteemed all who know
My by
and Miss Roba Tall
NUMBER 21
SOUTH PUIS TOme
m tis
YEAR
Tho South Plains torrltory will
reot and Miss Mar supply of
bo an adequate
with water and A team will be selected froni given
lights sower
of tho best residential sections of I J ° r T IL Jl ° TiU Ba ° ° y ° °
connoetlon8 nM wI11 1Q a convcn this club to play against other men to tho homo tho minister J 1
tho city It Is near the school lont litlo llomo Talf pnr f 0f tho town fow of whom havo
tho snunro and is a section own lmg gtwn iurlng tho pa8tplayed ball for 10 or 20 years
u b > u yuoi M j j A j
ninnmJ o
that Is duo an tnerensn In piopoi yonr or lW0f aomo ftVQ or 8N This game will bo played at the
R M A Secretary
Attends Meeting
Mr mid Mrs John P Myers
left Inst Friday for Port Arthur
Texas whoro they will attend tho
si
state mooting of tho Retail Mer Swisher Counlv leturnod Inn
of and Amarillo gas field said to bo tho
later to tho homo of Connors par hirgost In tho world
This liopo became n doflnlto
certainty Friday when tho Prarlo
Oil nnd dnn Company took over
all of tho franchises nnd plana of
tho Wont Texas Ons company nnd
A J McMnhnn of Oklahoma City
for piping gas to that area it bo
curno known Inst night
No terms of tho trnnsfor woro
as the players will undoubtedly bo complifed daughter of Mr ami imlo pulUc n lh0 brlef atato
T sovornl
Gnrdnor Bros of Vigo Park Cports in Oils line nnd will bo
in trim to knock several home
session this wcok Mrs Myers is marketed three cars of finished runners tluit can
hold out to
Mrs J Avent who lives
miles northeast of Tulln She
taught school here In Tulln the
pnBt yonr nnd wns roolooel
mont which tho officials of both
concerns npprovod
Tho Prnlilo Oil and Gas Com
uatiy has taken ovor tho franchises
and pinnn of Mr McMahnn
and will at umc commence tho
coni ruction of u gas plpo lino
fioiu tho Am ii ilio Hold to Lubbock
nnd probably other towns In
tho vicinity beyond Lubbock It
Is pioposud that bis lino will furnish
gas to Lubbock Plainviow
Tulia Cnu > on and other intervon
Considorable matirial for his
I11 ° nlready boon shipped
>
Both thoso young pooplo an
1 onginoorfl nro now on the ground
Oren Carj were photographed at tho 80Illfi flvP or ss clubs adjacent lv
onItrucUon ot the lino
nnd best 11 l ° ohii union oi me mm
tboni Congrntulnllons
wishes aio hoard on every tongue wl J0 rau l fllflt aB P0siJo
Tho lino will bo 1G inches in diu
motor at tlto Hold end
Tho purchase by tho Pralrlo of
j tlio MeAluhun gas franchises and
> lm 01lB l HttltUon tlmt tor a
Amnrillo Miiy 2t
livestock1 llmo lookc1 tn01 K1 lt woud
for one of the greatest
ot w > < l > olully wh n
shows ovor held In tho Southwest
tl10 McMnhnn Interests appeared in
mo good this year according to
tho1 lmvo oucounlorccl insurmountable
division superintendents of
Amarillo TrlStato Exposition 4 olmlnclos In pulling through tho
ol rnto plnns agreed on
11 H Holland superintendent
or tho dniry division reports thnti The city commission of Lubbock
flvo great Texan diiliy lieids Tox has agreed to tho trnnsfor of tho
as A M Taft Hunch Ed O McMnhun franchi to the Pralrlo
will peimi ti > MiMniian
i I the Wolt
Tin trans
ill Nelson
Tills home us nro most of tboln H0I1 assured I Moody prosWkM T J Flan
Kali field Farms Topoku Kan fly general eouuao nnd Victor
ims is Bonding a select herd of nys bond of tlj m depart
Ayrshire mont all of tho Ptalil nnd A J
The National Dairy show McMuhan nnd Goorgu R Broad
being held In Memphis Teun well both of Oklahoma City S
October 1H22 and tho tendency ot M Williams contractor of Tulsa
tho breeders Is to show in tho nnd J W Mooie coutnu or of
Anmrillo piununt Other owns
nro also willing to approve tho
transfer
All of the contracts and deals
entered Into by McMahnn aro to
bo accepted and carried out by
bore yestordny but nccordlng
Joof CUU > Iv8loll ncconlUB to th ralrK <
a telegram from him will bo here
w M aouIyi flUlorlnUjndoilt ot The Lubbock und other fr jv
today Tho big tent Is up nmi
tJftt Uvlon Mf aouJy anU chHjH wpr < i nlancJ n
everything is in r adIneBs for th J
cpatp lmvJnB t Iiimml McMnhnnB
space for his exhibit than hasoriginal plan gns was to be piped
ever been usod before Big herdsfrom the Lee illvlns ranches in
from ovor tho Southeast havo been Potter Moore Carson and ndjo
entcred for the show cent counties to an absorption
I J F Ford superintendent of the plant to be built outside of Am
boys cluli declares that one car arlllo A 10 Inch line will plpo
load of baby beeves will be on the gaB to this plant In addition
tered bore from Lubbock Hcj to tlio gasoline plant n helium ox
expects moro than 100 hogs wlll truction plant may also l built
be oxhlbltod by Poller County there iu the fuluie as ti i i I
Pig club boys neers say that the Amaiillo field
Plans aro being made now for gas contains it porcontngo or
additional room for the livestockhelium The imovnl of tho
department and although each helium mid g isollne doe iit in
division will be grontor and bet1 any way Injun ih < i
tor thun over C It Amackor tout of the ieHiduil ims id i
socrotury declares that ndonuntc fact tlio stripped
fncllltlon for curing for tho nnllgns for dom < htl <
inulH will bo provided rognrdlesspurposes
H 1 In II i
I llicll ii
of how many nro entered
The orlglimi McM ih > 1 11
°
od for u I llieb lin from Am
laets ouspendea Senjuniio to piainvit i diHtnn of
tence i76 meM l n0 n h nt lsimii
Okloy Bums who yras brought fr0 PJ view o Lubbock 17
I to trial Tuesday for thoft of ft ot 8Inoh plpo from Lubbock
plead guilty and was sto < U < 1 20 miles of Blndi
flvo your susupended soutencoJ from slHt0 to tloydadn
j Ho was ovartnkon by the Tow to > sorved nro Canyon
i sheriff nonr the Oklahoma line1 Kt8 Tullft nulPy Abernathy
with tho horse in his poaseaslon IItt Ciiter Slaton I nkriry
which belonged to his former loydada Lubbock Plulnvliw and
ployor Mr Will Jowoll wlio ltvos l slbly othora
n fow mllos west of Tulln j McMnhan had given tho general
contract to Williams Bros Inc of
GIRL SCOUTS iTulsa which In turn sublet por
Tlio Bluobonnot patrol girl
scouts mot Wcdnofldny morning at
ton oclock Jn the homo of their
captain Mrs Lora Goodrich Ellon
Ponil Simms wns eloctod patrol
louder and Mary Edna Kelloy
secret nry
lions of the work to John W
Mooro Construction company of
Anmrillo Panhandle Construction
company of Lubbock and Inck
Construction company of Plain
viow
X private telephone ysttm I
Many plans wero mndo for work also to be constructed from Am
and entertainment throughout the arlllo along tho line Ainarilla
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 26, 1927, newspaper, May 26, 1927; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42059/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.