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BHIELOH AND WEEENIEFEASTokange wux haveWOMANS CLUB
TO TOP. OFF FULL BAY OF JOY
SHRINE RAND TO FURNISH MUSIC
wind up today’s program
at Stark Park, 8 p. m. will be held at which
a free watermelon ami
To wiua up loaay s pr
weiner feast at Stark Park,
time everything will be thrown wide open. According to
the entertainment committee the brakes will be released and
the crowd will be put on their own resource# for plossur.)
Making, as it is the intention of those in charge to make ev-
eryone enjoy the occasion. Watermelons galore, and wem
ers by the barrel will be dished out to everybody, visitor s
and townspeople alike- This is expected to be the stollar
event of the day. Music for the entire evening will bo fur-
nishd by the Shrine band, one of the most famous musical
organizations in the south.
With delegations pouring in from ing, the large crowd present being
si.r.rir:irj sr^!;~“ •• -t °\,rn
•welling as the hours pas* on. those"1™1* when branch busier, of
1« charge of Trade Week festivities] Tame-and ncar-faitie eitlicr rude or
this afternoon ptophesied one ot ] attempted to ride the aU-eda aseig ti-
the largest crowds to ever visit (heed to them Hcyii tlie pens,
city in its Malory, The Sabine t'er- At 1;25 (bin uiteruoon further
ry. tilled to overflow tilth uutomo- enthuaiaain was thrown into the
biles and other vehicles was exteudr jthrouga in iht. city when the i;t
lug every effort to take care of I In* Mhia Patrol band of Calvy-slon d*-
Visitoia from - Abe adjoining sluto. Inyikcd from their train' al the
while all tondr. leading Into the .southern PaciUc station and po-
lity from other direction* wife imled to tlie Holland hotel. Tin-
hourly adding rcon of people to4 parade was witaMfced bv hundred*
the swelling ittlendun.-o of tin- ini all . either lined the sidewalks or
tlal trade event. followed behind them after having
To atmt the excitement of the Kone to the station to fitness their
flay twenty five cowboys in the gain arrival. ,
Of olden days of I Im ypatrru pluius The banu tw III appear ou tAte
paraded the street “this morning *tre«ts thlr. afft-rnoOU, and wt'wthe
literally filling the ozone with ’Bhols rodeo grounds. Tills ovetilng at 6
from heavy i-alibre revolvers. They j° clock they will appear at .Stark
cttineted considerable attention, l-ark where a communitv sing vvll.
when upon entering Fifth Street 1 start at that hour. It Is here that
they let go u volley to nnntiuiieet *be amusement of the evening fvll
their arrival mid to infoni those ■ reach its height, and thousands ol
who saw or heard them of the Im-J people are expected to tutu out amt
pending thrills at the rodeo grounds lake part in the final event ol
near the Country cluh. For fully the day's entertainment, to whirl
flftten minutes they made things'will he added the frolic on Pi
lively in the downtown buslp-iffs see-1 street
tIon, after which they left for the Visitors will he favored (luring
scene of action to w here they -drew I the evening, seoies of eomfuitte*'
ft large crowd of local and v|sitlng | uieti and w ivuen being on hand to
people. IushIsi them In enjoying the even
I'ntsmed. never ridden, man hut-|tng. Tlu-je is n general desire on
ing bronehs, imported for ihx ocea- lip- part of the Orange public to see
elon, entertained the chap-wearing,I to the entertainment of those who
sun-tunned riders during the morn ilteud Trade Week.
$ SO, o o o bastile ,
IS COURT DECISION
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the indications are that the uu -pla.es tor two ehit-.es of criminals,
latritury und unsafe condition of Ur
oiinty’a antiquated jail will
ill the renstruettpn of a new
commodloua mru Hire to take
arc ot the county .a ,-nmiuap’ de-
cent an wi lt t«s tlie unfortunate.
Hid;; fur c^pi tacts for the eon
Iructioti of a throe-atory brick
.tl^l-s o i. rote jail house are Iteltig
advertised by the Orange county
omtiiho.loniTS Hide will he iceelV-
d up -o Kept cm lx r IP,
Oil II
basis
ot piuu.y und specifications furnished
It.v th# liuuiUera Steel company- of
Ian \ntpnlo. i
The plans provide for a capacity
d' S« prisoners u^th a blank space
.uffieleut io incraafte the capacity to
112 ghould this ^yer become neces-
sary.
The plana include living quartern
for the Jailer and family on the
llrat floor, hack of which there
will bo storage rooms, a bath room
cud general ante roccn toy the ex-
amination of prisoners after they
the i4t»di itieai.oi :.nd iylotiy easeu,
also lot lb- telltale pi I.oners und u
place toe the i.iek ot ilbaas.
The spec i firat ions provide th|it
the en-'S and all tualerlils exposed
lo th. prisoners utuiii be of tool
proof steel and that the lock at
Iiiiigvineut.. will Include the very
hyp mtvulious whicli will', insure
the ail against lull In inkers.
Tl.e silo- ot ihc* it -w hiiildlng on
TO HAVE mm
«T BIG KSDEO
NX ill Sell Chicken Sand-
witehes and Chasers to
Hungry Home Fans;
Proceed' ('o to the
Building i7 ••”d
Orange Diana Foils
Hunters’ Hopes
Here Today »*•
;*t v ■; ’ ;,x «4li
-'.a of 111.* i-liasn din»l-
O. wmiamson’R
its present spec Ml heat ions will be
SI by 46 feof. KW
Sheriff Melto#’*<d Jailer W. C. *
Woods linve shown that there Is a
dire nted of a new Jut| irom vurl
ous standpoints, .with
sanitation as features.
Kodeo f : - -It- Tooth con-
taining M k n Iviehes, hor
coffee, root lo -r ami vsrretles of
e-ke- t1 . j-rounds todnv when
i hev , ath -r w. wilnestt the enth-s of
the wild bucking l-'ord »nd the per |
safety sud ; versifies of the goat.
The Woman's Heading' club has!
T he plana of the Southern Sicel >re?ted a booth where these delisn-1
company were presented by Hull! cie3 will be provided to satisfy the |
Youngblood, son of the company. ihirst and hunger of the crowds j
president. Mr. Youngblood invited | who throng to the exposition
the court lo come to San Antonio to]grounds. Mm. Edgur Brown. Jr.,
inspect a efi nplete ji.il equipped j will he in charge of the booth to-I
with the matciiala that Is proposed ,lav
have left the jailer's oflier which is) lor the Orange couitv jail, which \ pointed tomorrow
o be ou the flrst floor. lit' built on the plans'sub,nitted will I The pr.......... realized from the i
The cell depart meats .contain' cost from 140,000 to $50,000 sale of these sandwiches. coffee.
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| the building fund of I he Weanin' I
I eliili.
$200,000 DAMAGES
RESULT FROM FIRESl0**”?J^u™t,fe
IN HOUSTON TANKS
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HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 17.—A 000 barrels of oil. valued al around
-flame started by lightning threaten-' $400,000 art- threatened by lin-
ed to destroy today the huge tadth ‘ blase; dt nage of $200,000 has al
farm of the Humble Oil and Hellfl, i ready been caused.
Ing company at Webster, near here. The first tank was ignited by .i
Two targe tanks captaining 04.-1 thunder shower late vesterdav, lan-
000 barrels of oil are blazing fierce-1 ned by a stiff breeze, the oil boiled
ly and three others of 00,000 bar-] ivet, and creepers of fire ruiiiilng
rel cupadty each are in danger. along the ground tired the olliei
The entire force of ihe iaak; tanks
farm, numbering 160.Otto are tight-] At noon tiday the blazing oil was
ing ihe flames. Officials of the com- irunning ntlo Clear Creek, a .tea.by
puny estimated that close to 750,- stream, threatening Several bridges.
Rust, Famous
Gunman, Meets
Reward Today
ST I'AIT., Minn.. Aug. 17. Ed
win J. Host, gunman slaver of
{Sheriff L. <’. Fulker of Aberdeen,
S. IJ., for whom police have been
searching for the last two months
was killed Itv detectives here loduv
Itust is declared to have « "lpi-
torious loeoid’" on the Pacific coast,
and in oilier western stales.
Host killed h’ulker on a Ureat
Northern train while• being returned
lo Aberdeen, crushing the .sheriffs
skull with handcuffs, and leaping
Iron: Ihe train, escaped.
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DIAMONDS TAKE FIRST GAME IS
TO 3 AS LOUISIANA STAR FAILS TO
SHINE FOR THE JASPER INVADERS
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Same Clubs Meet Attain !<md saeker, wTo
This Afternoon With Sfi* 'S
« tnghl one of
his favorite p.i-
. |taut the panels
Lefty Odum on the Hil-i'1* ,Bf* ,
. | f | |] I I Irst Baseman \v agner fulled to
, lock ror the Home- I put in his appearance In Thursday's
T l | game, due to inability to roach
mgS. ■ the eitv In time, and the Diamond
, -- j boss sent Jack Humphries to the
Gray, tlnj acclaimed superman keystone. Humphries. without a
from Louisiana, failed to do what, hobble, did perfect w ork in Wag-
Jasper would have him dq Thurs-1 tier's position.
day, and the Orange Diamonds gnl- Several times during this game
loped off with n one-sfded affair at j Jasper threatened, hut to threaten
West End park 16 to 3. Hud It while the Diamonds, wielding wicked
not been that Bert Glasler lonn •iv'-dj willow* and playing the In and out-
bls hold on the situation In the] field tight in every position, kept
seventh Jasper would have emerged]the situation ftivorable to their tn-
run
from conflict holding a single tnlley,
while the Diamonds throughout the
aetto continued to pile up an over-
whelming lead.
The Diamonds began tlio-r stick
work in the early part of the game
when they started Ivnhuutliig the
sphere for extra ba3es, even In send-
ing It over the enclosure for a home
run. Thlci was areoiiiplinhod by one of the most effeettvo righthund-
“Chink” Humphries, Diamond sec-ers In East Texas.
teresto until Ihe curtain was
down on the final act.
"Lefty” Odum, stejlar portslder
of the Diamonds, has been chosen
to oppose Jasper this afternoon at
4:30 o’clock, while Wallace Lee will
take the hillock for the visitors.
Lee was formerly an out fielder on
the local chib, and Is regarded an
Trade Trip Reaps
Results in Big
Crowd Here
Every town and hatnlei along the
'-'50-mile route covered by the Or-
ange trade trippers ten days ago, is
represented In the growing list of
visitors in the city.
As the delegations registered front
Merryvillc, La., one of the leading
ladies of that city declared that she
and her crowd cantc to Orange sole-
ly on account of the visit paid her
city by the Orange "Boosters." "I
want it strictly understood. too.
that we came here to return the
courtesies of the Orang- trade trip-
pers.”
WILL TRY TO
AVERT STRIKE
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 The Unit-
ed States Coal commission today
called operators into session to
avert the strike scheduled for Sep-
tember 1. ,
E. B. Worrlner, (hair,nan of the
policy committee of the operators
nnd'John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers. went Into
conference with the coal commission
headed bv John Hays Hammond.
They mot in t Hotel Pennsylvania
here.
•’Stay just Oho jump ahead of
your town.." Is the slogan adopted
by the Or-r.tc Furniture company,
regarded as one of the most stilt-!
t
stantial business concerns 4 it illis!
section of the state.
In keeping with tlti^ slogan and|
with the advance of modern bust-]
ness methods th- Orange Furniture
company has estalil hed another de*1
parlment to As -stahlishenent by.
converting the third story of their
structure from a storage room tntO|
join- of the neatest nnd best arranged
display rooms in the state. The en-
jtlie third floor has been rhnovated
land is used to display bed room
I furniture, floor coverings, rugs and
I home outfitting*, while the- second
TULSA, Okln., Aug 17. BohAt-lstory displuys dining room and of
kins, former deputy sheriff, arrest- lice furniture The ground floor is
used to display living room furnl-
TWO PACTS Pi
CONFERENCE. A’
CAPITAL TODA'
U. S. Battleships to be
Removed; Pacific Pact
Is Designed to Go Into
Immediate Effect.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—T>«
live power naval disarmament treaty
ft moving scores of battleships, a ltd
the four power Pacific pact, dollan-
d to remove the menace of war ill
the far east, went into effect today.
These treatiss are the principal
accomplishments or the Wasbingien
disarmament conference.
By s trick of fate, the final fru.V
Ion of the principal parts ot tt*
conference was heralded to tl»
wot Id. ..no week after the burial ct
the lau I’rc.ident Harding to sum-
mon tip- greatest powers of the
world tofcriter in conference here in
November, 1921.
Katillcutions of the two trur-tl-a
were exchanged and deposited in
a eoietuony in the cliplomcJ*i* loom
of the st.it. department shortly af-
ter noon today. ,
i h exchange v as made between
tojer -tary of HI ite 1 i uI.( S, the man
urd tft-.t two white men said who guided the unnlerenee to »Ufl-
i they would give him $500 if ' he es» and had charge of the affair ol
would hi* the "old man Mixon m 1 all the other powers, w.th the ex-
| the head." 1 .option ot Japan, which woa repre-
Mixon s bod v w»s found at tht,*. veptejj by. -Haul Haro,
mill The sktiTl had been hit with Secretary Hughes ojjWM the eor-
a heav, bar. Indications wore that : «ni..nv with the statement. "Op t!»e
he had been slain while asleep. Car- I behalf of the United States, I do-
wo w'liit* m.'n v\ho iN«si! lb.- rsHlfifi* atlo.i of tho treaty
An iq i tor tho 1 Imitation of array and .he
The , 'jJJ
ed Mrs. t’.
ing 38 W4n hester this mprt.lny
when she %f*t‘ fferee un.fv. x scur-
rying through the ttnderbrqsh,
one hearing her marks on Ida
hind leg.
The huntress accompanied her
husband hi the chase, and antici-
pated his sliot Orange hunters,
who have clierlAhcd hopes ot lyng
duration of slaving this printer
dial beast which haa been .rrmm-
lag the forests for th • pant
month, sink back in disappoint-
ment
Monk Stanton of the William
.on nettl.i nent. was one of tin-
pan v .it the woll .ham. Tv o ,,l
the big wolves .hjsed bv a big
pa U of hounds were sliul. but
were not captured.
NEGRO SQUEALS
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MARSHALL, Texas. AU". 17
All, n f’-r:er, n.-gro, was under ar
rest here today, transmitting n
signed . tail-wont. according to au-
thoritli s, that hi kill, d J G Mix
.it, niglit watelunian at a planiag
mill
ter uaii'i'd the
bad offered hint tlie money.
instigation Is underway.
1 (out power pact.
Former Sheriff
Is Suspect In ”
Whipping Case
ed along with nine others, whose
names were not made pttblh-, is the
only suspect being held ill "hip-
ping cases now probed in military
court here.
Attorney General Mleorge Short
departed early today for Oklnhoinu
lure and Vietrolas. in which
company are extensive dealers.
“We know- we have a good town
and intend to stay just one slop
ahe^td of its progress." Cliff Doug-
las, manager of the Orange Furni-
Olty with Governor Walton and will i ture company, said. "For that rea
return here tonight to handle nil] son we have gradually built up one
legal proceedings in cooperation with of the largest and most nodern fur-
aoldlcrn. in tin overing idleged mobjniture establishments in Ofnge to
activities in Tulsa county. I b efound anywltere in the state."
FAINT ECHO OF GAS WAR HEARD
IN ORANGE WHEN GULF SLASHES)
RETAIL PRICE FROM 19 TO 18 CENTS
The gas "war" wlin-lt has been j cents, whereas other concerns went
raging through the mid-western ntuintaiiug the former price of l»
stales during the past week twitch- "tuts .. • .
ed Orange this ,'n.lining when the) Other companies did. not If 1
(ittlf It.'lining company announced a that a cut in their price was fortttc
reduction of one cent in the price of coming, but it is possible, dealeii
gasoline to local stations. Th' say. that a drop may take place
Gulf’s quotation put gasoline »t 18 within the next few days.
HOUSTON. Aug. 17—Wives oft
"hard drinkers" are the best "tip-j
stent" of pro-agents. John Va»n, « ----
prohibition group head. says. 1 WASHINGTON, Aug 17. -eBrltldi
“Dozens of thorn call our office! Ambassador'Gcddes reported to the
dally, and dsk us to locate their j Brfticli government on conditions at
husbands in bootleg joints," ho] Ellis Island immigration statto
said.
Jk'VMMMI DAMAGE CAUSED
BY KIKE IN TROY
TROY, Texas. Aug. 17 - Damage
of $50,001) wur caused by n lire
Originating In n warehouse here late
yesteitduy. and which for a time
throat cued the town. Throe hitsanss
buildings were destroyed and sev-
eral others damaged.
The Temple fire department aid-
ed in extinguishing the flames.
1000 Klansmen Meet at
Richmond, Ohio, to
Make Plans for Release
of Six Held in Connec-
tion With Affair.
"strikes tlie keynote of practical!
all qur inimlgraUgjl difficulty,” Sec-
retary of Labor navis declared to-
day Is it statement commenting on
the Geddes paper.
"Immigrants whose ndmissabillty
is doubtful are responsible for the
condition pointed out In G.-dd.s’ re-
port.” staled Davis.
American immigration difficulties
He "not In the administration of an. , .. ...
immigration law. but in the Inv.ii'k®‘ , ,0Uln'y *w H h, ot
i rtotiDK W^an^aav nlj»;nt o*
i STEUBENVILLE. Ohio. Aug. t7
|—-Public assemblage was under the
than' It) Steubenville today, as city
probed the
grants themselves," Davis said
THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO NEW ORLEANS;
BUT SHERIFFS CREW BROKE UP THEIR DREAMS
"Side by aide In the cdV
slept," did John Franklin, negro
and Pablo Gonzales, son of Spain,
when they were rudely awakened by
members of the Orange county sher-
theyiff department yesterday. Not even
‘he hard floor of the blind baggage
Car kept God Morpheus away. They
snoozed on at peace with themselves
and with the world.
They were on their way to New
Orleans .the cosmopolitan city of
the south. Thov had no objections
to visiting Orange enroute, If for
only a few days. They wait in the
Orange county Jail.
.'<000 citizens and 100 Ktt KlUX
Klnnsmen. in which two men wore
wounded. A score of others were
Injured and several automobiles
xv reeked.
Th eorder banning public meeting
xvas Issued by Mayor Frank Haw-
kins to prevent a recurrence of the
fighting, which is believed to have
been an outgrowth of Tusdav's city's
primary.
One thousand Klansnten from
eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania
nnd West Virginia met at Richmond.
Ohio last night to make plans for
visit their display
Itors are invbed to
tleles exhibited.
Inspect th« ar-
Scores of Orange Merchants Who Have What You Need Are Making Special Price Concessions For
* 4 rades Day. Read TheirAdsJn This Issue. Do Your Duping Saturday, The Last
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PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE BARRED IN
"KSStip BRITON GIVES STEUBENVILLE AS AUTHORITIES
(vox^ott! jssue PROBE probe WEDNESDAY’S RIOTING
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securing the release of six of their
members held In Steubenville L*
connection tvlth the riot.
Camp Fire Girls
Sell Basketry
Work Here Today
Hand xvoven baskets In uniqob
shapes ami designed with ram artta-
irv and skill are placed on'Ndi»pla,y
on the first floor of the Lutchar
building for sale during the Trad-J
Week celebration.
The Camp Fire girls of this city
are selling their articles for funds
with which to carry on their pro-
llnndkerdtiefs, baskets, novelty
handbags are Included I* the dia-
plav which is offered for sale.
- Mrs. Steele Campbell, guardian of
the Cnntp Fire organization, urge*
tho women and girls of the city to
Trade W«4k vla-
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