Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 77, Ed. 1, Friday, December 10, 1937 Page: 1 of 12
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Farm Program
Meeting Is
Scheduled
For Friday
Nigh I
Water Soil
Association
In Need Of
Members
Devoli-d (n k Fin in nnil Ilium-. him! lo Kveij U-Killmute Interest of Hrcckcnriclm and Stephens County
VOL. 7
Hreckenridge Texas Friday December 10. 19IJ7.
Number 77
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a lot of wheat Is plow-
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the tlifttl inuket will be
iiucli llko thu cotton mar-
in toda Too much of anything
firki'i the price go down wh
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Best Guess Now Work May
Start Sometime Next
March
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Miuition ii thi I'uss in K 14 i.
dam wnu il be oiti j I. t . 1 i I i
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li lire IS and bid. ai advritlard
fui hy Jan mi 15 or February t
mill then n ni'hth or ala wwka
tfiantod It would tx pualbl to
i'i' wuiU 1'iui.J i.n the dam totii
tunp In M in Ii .
tl.auO.000 hik made available by
I In- losriiiiii.nl for th ronntiur-
Mini i.f thH unr dam and It wan
iiiinrit ovei to the Biasoa Rrclainn'
lion mill l un.ri vali'in ln.tilit foi
i "imtiuctlon It then wa nece.
urn) that li! b rrvamped (o
ollir within tin- iilnoiint of nioliry
avallablf. Hhi.b i. now bring done
School luil(Iiiir
ISriiiir Prepared
Mtudenta at Neceaelty who Imve
bt-rn out of aehool elnce the btttttl
lug bumM there Sunday after
noon are to .uiitlnue their atudlea
in thr hiim ir nninlca building
SiiM-i Intel ili m J n DwlgKlm aald
llmr.day. A itititlon le to be plao-
i'ii '.ti the ui.ilinK to ) ready for
ii.i on H"IhIh Dicembri 30
li..k. I. in I" tn iiurchaaed from
I'm kit aii'l ii i h'Mik. hit In Ins
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mill nn . i'lit'1 nun Mi m I Mi
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known 1bin.iln.
Mod i'f Mi i liu ill of tn iiMii.
I will I.. ii tin Imllilay "ii Hi '
i mini 17 .in.l i. Dpi n oli J.iimnii
.'I It wa " oil
i'in Pontons llnmcd
In Apartment Fire
KNOXVIIjU-:. Turn lee II UJ?
Nine pei. n binned to death to
day when file swept a Ihiec itory
wooden npartment housu.
Th vlrllms. trapped on the- sec-
"ml floor were:
Mrs M Klnley Conna.tt V 33 uiul
hei three children.
Mis Coin Tate .V! mid ln'i hi.ii
Kugene 17 and ht-i thiec young
grandsons.
Nlnetien or npnnts of the build
In; escaped b) leaping f I tun win
dowa
Spectacular llaltle
On In Spanish War
PAIU8. lot H 'LP One of the
most apectaculni engaKements of
the atpaulah war in which airplanes
wai .hips and land battel lea wein
engaged Has reMirted today from
thr Island of Majoica
WILDCAT'S VERDICTS SOUGHT.
Ka.tein Shurkvlfoid'a lit west
Oidnvlrlan wildcat the loe )e
Urasler el al No 1 Maiy O. liar
baugh el al. la drilling ahead
again aftei trouble with surface
catniij to tsn frot
'i .ii; roiiimtion neai the sar
fl. ni t.ilitleil the biesking n'
ctineni around 'JO-inch plie which
had been set and rcrcitiented bi
low the eniea
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DEATH CLAIMS
EOLIAN YOUTH
WiihIiiiikIi'H K.'til h W'iI'I.iiih. H
lied Sumlay at 'i 3M p in nflri it
long lllni'H. nt thr Imiiir of lil'
brother. Hartv William 11 nillrn
aouth of Iltprkenrldgr In Kolinn
I'uneral nervier weio held
Monday t 2 30 In Fumitoii.
Ho le aurvlvpd by flvo liiothem
Harry of ICollati; Call of Hurnett;
Clarence of Ibex; Jeaa of CUeo;
Hill of Muwlay. Two elate! Mm.
Alllo Fminbro of Hamilton and Mm
fay Bleby of Cisco nlao survive
tilm. '
ThompHon-Klker funoral homo
were in rhiirge of funeral arrange-
monts. Huts In tixcPss Of
Total Allotment
ATS I I.N liu- II lUP IowiHt
1 I.Kit in ived on eiieh Item of the
I .poM ll ll SplllU' hi le lll.Npltlll
tot.il $7M IM. fie lnti hi hi ul ul
'ii.liti .1 wiih infm inni I oil .i .i
li'lnl in ixii'i" of the iiiiiniitit tlutt
t an In .pout.
' Appiuplllitln.i fm thr lioHpl'.'tl
I ind i ituipim nt ih JMiiihki Ir t
j i 'uipmi I il . o t nt It.mt $Wi
'MMI
To nil Ii 1 1 .i Claude Ten
ul i ci Ii 1 1 in i h wlli he held with
tin low I'l.l'l' i to .i'.' If iioini' Items
tun he . uiriiiliil to bllug the eoHt
within tin 'ippioprlnlbn. If so
niviMils will Im' inadn within a few
days
Itavlil Vn It. i Hweetwntrr. wna
1' w on h iitinu foi five buildings
and ft i plumbing on two.
AUrail Makes Hit
With Houston Class
HOUSTON. Dec 'U.R- Clover
not James V Allied held a lici
ii'putnllon with 300 Huustoulans
today ho heird him dehvei a
lu sermon on "the fiist com-
mandment." Thtt governor spoke at the
monthly banquet of the men's
liuaa of 8t Paul ilethiKllal Chuir.h
last night. Attoiney (Seneial Wll-
limn Mel 'taw who will be a can-
didate foi giivriuot .poke at the
banquet last month.
fos.re ill . p holes til llled bv HitXel
A Weat a. d Mumble In aeaic i oi
the deepei pays
Thi Phackelford county out pot. I
ti the Asocil field Ni 1 Kitteiltia
wll" lot l.i ill llle I In befiin Kiltln.
It hut 1 . i n lepm li il
I ii illl of ri nn nl will pioh.i'.i
tike a lull day alnce the tent
aiatKls with 100 feet of plug at the
bottom of the six-Inch pipe
It mi Indit-Htrri fUe-mile iioitti
. 'fl i 'cnio'i to the iioidthin'
im .loin i i mini pool Inning
.Wt.l I'S hi ail. tn. in 3. 'us 11 fi'i I
in th. l'.t o Pliilu liiilt I.o utl n.
l- t.i ' ttii. tOv-LULMaC itlivtt).
Is Undbirfhs Secret It Came To
il. ill I i i i - K liulli'lM .11 1
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Big Football Game
t Laughs Ai Weather
' "I'l i ' "i ii" cold v.nu the blK benrril l.niMiall Kiitin Mill ro
a'tirfii! KikIiv nfteiiioun at Huekniou stadium tun! pi men t indications
in f"i i htiti t'lowd those In chin kc doclniod Tliuisday.
It wis fill Hint II would bo wuiinci n tul if not tlio nme hihI the
li('iiaiii v. i ni'. I be hot enoush to kuop those picsunt wnimed up.
The Riime. Itself will lie u thllil.i
meeting b. tween the lilack Buck-
niiKis of IlreckeiMldRe and tho
coloied team of Krownwooit. Their
rccoid to dato is onu tied gtiiuo mid
one dsfenl by a mnnll scute for
Ilinekenrldgo. The fraens will stiiit
at 2 30 o clock.
The coaches or the two teams
are brothers and aie out after imch
other's scalp nnu the tunm of enclt
Is In there to back their couches.
Hii't-kcniidKe has a half back Joo
Wllliiiniit who enn ivnlly pluy foot-
bull .-nn! should be at n colored
m hnol Miniewheie. mid Iliownwootl
hat a iii. i lei back whose shift is
wot l h going to see
Hul tin gunie Is nut all. Mem-
beis of the Hotaiy and Lions cllllx
ind othei iiiusii'ions of Ihn city (up
(omiiig out with bolls on III the
(mm oi it mixed bam! J. Lee Jon
ts ih Hwie.htuit of the band and
Wilku Snyle Is ill tun mnjoi. They
hiive bci n practicing liunl and will
hne some apeciullles to offer.
Hacking Mica will bo the pep
itiiind if oihet club members. And
backing l hear will bo the colored
pep actuttd under diicction of Wll-
lld Aimstrong and a contlngoni of
colored folk from Urownwood.
A gay afte i noon and n good foot-
ball game Is looked forwniil to
all for the benefit of children
about to bo missed by BnnUt Onus
The Ooodfellows club to which
the funds will go vns sohotluled
to bo open Thursday nfternoon
and toys candles clothing food-
stuffs and checks will he welcome
for theic are about SAO families In
the elty whoso childien Snnta
Acinus will miss If something Is not
done about It.
Feryuson Takes Pen
In Hand In Forum
AUSTIN Dec. 9 IU R) The Kor-
Kiison Fomni. nilliwint polltlcnl
weekly uatiniod publication today
W'lth Kormer Ooveinor James IS.
Keigu.on as maniigm and editor.
A stnteiiient tlgned "Jim tho
tditoi" aald tho Kurum Is "not
tf supporting anyone for office.
A plutfoim ndvocatod old nge pon-i-i'Mis
for :.l persons over t50 who
mc constitutionally i liglbln mill (
two p.r cunt sales lux lo iay tho
n naioiM
Residence Is Fired
From Defective Flue
Km completely destroyed the
homo of Ficd Millet leolorod) 10)
I.iiuli;un Avenue. Thursday nl
in ')' a nt. flienien said the diiin-
iiiu Ainounlsd to shout $100 and
win not iuM'i.'d by liiHiirnnco.
liu lue uiik cau.sed bv a defective
Mm ii wiut mull and the cut liu
i"i n in. fui before the fliimca
itio noticed.
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Ii Years Penally
ForSwindlinir
Jmy in the Will dlstiict court
following tiial held Wednesday
Rtivo W. 13. Heed clRht years In tho
penitiintlaty flmllnj; him sullty of
a Hwitiillin chat'Ke.
Heed was clunked by Indlcl'el
with HWlnillliif; II. M. Tlioinpm hy
Kivliif; a woithloss check in the
sum of 31.13 in thu put clinic of
some Iiors.
This case completed tho settings
fur tho Wfoli with tlicn.xceptioit o(
that of Jack Noletubhy cliniceil
with dilvini; while diiink which
was contlntiod.
Otheis lesulted In n plea of
Kullty fnt driving while lutoxical-
cd by Hill Hamilton mid Hairy
I land convicted of forget y and
given two year.
The grand Jmy will leturn Mon-
thly for consideration of alleged
law violations.
Court Submit led
Appeal of Creecij
The case of C!. !'. Cieeey of Ste
phens county was submitted to tho
court of criminal nppenls Wednes
day it was loainud heie today an
tho result piobnbly will bo known
next weyk.
Cieeey was given thier and half
you 1 1' lu connection with the shoot-
ing and wounding of C. J. O'Con-
nor llicokoni'ldge attorney.
Wacjes And Hours
Hill Is Rewritten
WASHINfSTON. Pec 0. URI -The
house luboi coniiiillteo has ie-
written tlio iciinte nppinved wagos
uiul hours bill to piovide govorn-
nicnt committers similar to tho
code authorities of the N'HA the
United Pi ess learned todny.
Writer and Spouse
Missinf In Moscow
MOSCOW Hoc. 0 UR Donald
Itotilnion a Now York witter and
Ills wife dlaappiiaied iindei myster-
ious ciicum8tnnces It wna disclos-
ed todny. ItobliiRon illKajijuvit oil
novel al days ago ami his wlfo this
morning.
Victim of Crash
Near Olney Dies
OLNI3Y Drc fi. U.R Hlchnrd
Tllclnn Chostntltt .Ir 2o Injtiied
in nn nutomobilo iicolilont nrni
Newcastle Sunday died last nigh
Mai thu Williams of Newcastle iun
killed In tho crash.
(CHINESE CHIEF
FLEES CAPITAL
BY AIRPLANE
Americans Boarding Ship;
Half' Million Die In
Undeclared War
SIIANiSIIAI. Dec 7. OJ.Ri -fhiough
.i 1 1 nil of file and smoke
the J.ipntu.e aim;. fought their
wn pint the -uitmih of Nanking
and at lived tonight at the lioith
uii'l wi ii of the (iipitnl
Win;' the Japanese fmres nmss-
l iint the ancient wails (ten-
i i i --urn i 'tilling Kill Slick fled hy
pi' undenting that organized
i- h mil' was neni an end and
i fill of the capital was Imml-
n. nt
i 'lun si tioops weie tliawlng
ttimiiiy fiom the city leaving only
ittat l.nients to hold Up tempomt-
il the Japaneai-. As the Chinese
tetieated they applied a toich to
rveiylhlng In an effoit to tlnow
up a banter of fire.
(ieminl Chiang comiunuder of
China's ni mies was lepnttcd to
have li ft Nunking nccompanied by
his wife. Ills destination wns not
given. Members of tho Anieilcaii
embasi'y leniniulug in Nanking
v.cip lopurteil ready to boatd tho
Ainei Iran gun boat I'aiiny at any
moment. Anioi Icons nlteady
rtboaiu the un boat which was
niichoied off Nanking weie win n
i d nut to no nshoie.
I tellable soul os estimated that
he foui months old war has cost
neai l one half million casualties
among combatants thousands of
killed and wounded among civil-
ians and inoio than one billion
dollars In piopcity dumages.
United .States Interests stlf feted
losses icpoitliig to total tniiio than
$1000 000.
Doors Closed On
Unidentified Rodij
HAYMONnVIItMC Pec. 0. (U.R -Thomas
I lentil Justice of it court
of Inipiliy into (lie Bliinton ills-
ttppeniancu case today denied of-
(Iceis tlio piivlloge of vluwlng- n
huniiiu skeleton for possible lilnn-
tlfu'itiion ilh that of John Illaiiton
iniislng hunter.
On Heath's uidei i doors to the
funeiiil homo were cloned und
gum ds weio posted to krop out
nil who (.ought to entor. Hangor
I3ini'St liest In cliargo of tho stntfl
invest Igntlon and sheriff's depu-
ties woio (touted ontiaiicc.
Music Conference
To He Held In City
..I. 13. Reynolds of the nuiak: do-
pnilmeiit of the Hnptlst .Seminai-y
nt Ft. Wotth will bo In Hieokoii-
ildgo Friday Satunlny and .Sunday
nights for a music confcitncc All
choir membeis of tho local church
ttlo ut god to bo ptosont and all
musicians of the city mo Invited.
Relief Rolls Show
Continued Increase
WASHINGTON Dec. 9. U R
WI'A lellof lolls showed the sev-
enth consecutive weekly Incioase
today when officials lepoited ji
rise oi 0111 for tho week ondlng
November 20 California i open ted
the largest Incimuo VI 10 while
Toxas 1000.
POLL TAX PAYMENTS URGED
l'oll tax recQlpts aie being p.'il'l
to aome extent 13. N. Ilowoll tax
ussossi't -collector sold Saturday
but vvitli sixty days leiiiainlug
thme aie appioxlnmliily 3.100 yet
to pay this lax.
Tho nppi ouchlng year will be an
election year. Mr. Howell lonilnd-
ed and evoiy cltlyun will want
a poll tux iccelpt. Ho asked that
tlipy be bought nt tho em liest op-
pmtunlty to avoid the last minute
rush. To date only about 3.10 havo
I i id their taxes.
I Willi the cimtninuiy payment cf
1 poll I ix'T and exemptions hccotipo
of a 't cither yoiuu i old total
1 v0ung stiongth of tho oounty is
Entire Nation Hit
By Wintry Blasts
With Fifty Killed
i Hy I'liilcd Ticih)
Wlntei held lima! oi Teim
Tliuisday only the southern poll Ion
of Hie const and the "wlntri g.i.-
den" aiea of south Texas escaping
ii cold wave
howovei held out Hie ptospects if
('unci anient f enats however
watinei wuithi'i Thiiisitay night
and Friday.
Hhlppeis howevei win warned
against n tcmperatuie Thursday
night of 30 to 32 within a 300
mile i stilus noith and enat of Iml-
las and to the freezing point with-
III the same iinllut a.twmil and
vveslwiud.
I.ubboi k lepoited a minimum
lempeintiiio Tliuisday or IS de-
grees. Amniilln and Wichita Falls
20 Abilene 33 nnd Dalla. 20.
Icy gales whlpp.'d eastvvnitl
across the United State today
locking vlitually the entlie conti-
nent in the worst cold w.ive of the
wlntri and scndlnn the uieicury
to zi'io or below In seven states.
Abnoimal cold piuvnlled fiom
the Itocky Moiintnms to the Ap-
palachians mid snow blanketed
in fist uoithein and enitinl states.
Only California Nevada Utaii
Atlona and a small pnillon of tho
New lCllKlimd slates i-ncapcd the
bitter cold.
Woathei feiocasteia. howevrr
said that n new cold wave wis
nettling and piedlcted the mereuiy
would diop timing the night.
Tlio nation counted lu dead nt-
liibulrd to the cold wave In ox-
eesi of 10 since Monday Snow was
locmili'd us far south as the Texas
I'anhandle.
Texas Goes Ahead
With Road 1'rofjram
AUSTIN Dec. 8. U.R- Piosldont
Itooeevolt's lerniest foi i eduction
and di lay in fedeial load construc-
tion tiilny failed to hull the Texas
highway deiwrtmeni's lecomnion-
datlons lo the U. S. btiiciiu of pub-
lic loads.
Cluili ninn It. I. Hobhltt au-
lioiincod tlio pio'tiuni for $15 -ilft.220
expendltuies In 11130 on
loads lo he financed hair by the
fedeial government.. The proginm
calls foi impiovement of OOtl miles
of intijor highways und puvemeut
on Old miles of highway.
Death of Attorney
Heiny Inresliyaled
(iI.ADI2WATI3H Doc. 0. (U.f! -Of
fleets todny investigated tho
death of Hoiaco C'oihin 12 form-
ei Dallas attorney who was killed
by a Toxas and itociflc iwissengor
train last night near tho hotul
wheie he lived
A lax I dilvoi who sow III" uc-
eldent. said Cm bin was "almost
i tinning" when ho slipped in fi out
of the ttuln.
Mother and Five
Victims of Hlaze
OIU3CON. III. Dec. li U.R) -Flioinen
seal died today for Hie
bodies of Mis (ileim Imgc 27 and
her five children who wire binn-
ed to denth Inst night when file
dcstioyod their fnini houiO' Hoi'
huabniid 31 was burned soilously.
expected to teach about 1.000.
Pnyiwr.t of piopcity tnxos was
reported lining mndo about on a
imilty with last year.
Time limit for iwylng automo-
bile llconso this yonr will bo Apill
1 tho saino as for tho past two
yrius. No license plates ami ho
Issued liofnie Fehiuiuy 1.
UliieU and white will bo tlm
COloi8 of the plalcw for 1938 whlto
lottming on a black hnckgioiiud.
The county has boon making n
htendy effoit lo collect baok tnxos
and somo success is icpoitod This
has been done without the pay-
ment of exttn fees and It Is hoped
tlnoiifili the client to soon have
tlm county In tlio black.
SCHOOL BURNS
AT NECESSITY
Origin Of Fire Unknown By
Local Force Answering
Call For Aid
Oilgiu of thr flic which d '
ed the Necessity school Iimj
hunilny afteinoon sllll v .m
known by File Chlof I.usby nn -
ill!) 1110111111)'.
The four loom bilck buildir
was dostioyoil only the piano and
a few chairs being saved. It w.i
sold. The local (lie depattim i
nnsweied the call but Chief I.u-h
said the building had fallen m
when they an Ived.
One of tho loonu had been us 1
as n .Smuliiy school loom that du..
hut It was nut known what pa t
of thu building thu hlu.( ultntrl
In.
Insuiiince was ciililcd on lb'
building bill the amount was not
known by tho file departmni'.
hole. It was said the home e. on-
omlcs building nt NcccsslU Wiuld
bo used tempo! in lly for elusion
The flto (lopattment nnsweied
call eaily Tuesday moinlng to i
point about a mile north of t"wu
wheie an automobllu burned Jt
was thought to be owned out of
town mid tho fire department was
checking on It Tuesday motiiliig.
Shanghai Bailies
Toward Zero Hour
SHANCiHAI Dec. 0. (U.f!l -Whllu
Japanese planes lepcatrdly bomb-
ed Nanking supplemented by hiiil-
leiy file the Japanese council to-
day waincd fotclgu poweis Unit
Jiiiin would not bo lesponslhlc.
for .liimages to foiolgn prupett)
Tho Japanese aimy 11 .n.isiu
men was di awing a en i.n 110111
the capital which a -p- k. uiati
said they o.iectcd to captuu with
in 21 liotiis.
Americans Kemalii
Nanking - Klghteii ii in
and nit'inlnis of tin 1 1 1 1
stafr icmaliied In .N mi.n
spile the lapldly appma bn
hum" fot thu Japmici 1
tho city.
Mm 0 than SOO.Ofiu (hi it
weio taking positiuii-. .1 1
inllos of tho gieat wad I 1
for a "lust stand ' T 1 1
weio mounting field i. .1 t. 1
chine giiiiH As the elm if
ml within the wall- i-
tho toich to the cotiiHi) 1
nn .
di
1
.1 1
Mllg
11 l
.it
II '1
Notes llroppi il
Toyko --The Doin 11 m
cy lopuiteil that Japam u
planes flew over Nanking n un
notes ilcmaiiiling Hiiriondet b
city bofoio noon toiumiow win 1
the ChlncHo had not icpliod lut'
tonight a f lei co battlo eniiicd
Ivan Eolian HI eel
Program Leaders
Ivan and ICollmi held election
last night olectlng commit' m
in the .Stephens county fui. pin
giani for 1938.
At Kolinn C. II. Wulle 1 w i'.ci
ed commlttcoiiuin and C unm
Oat Ills altornnto. At Ivai lmi .
Leo was elected comu it nn
nnd IB. F. Coibett altrn.nif
A mooting of all fomi'i mi t
teomen will be held I'i l iy night
in nieckoiiildgo when offuu 1 will
be eldctcd and the oiiiiiiitiuu
comiiletcil.
Farmer Delegates
Leave For Meeting
Mr. nnd Mr. I. M. Crowley T
C. Hofiier nnd B. H. U111dord.1l
loft Wednesday for Ft Wotth
whcio they will nttend the meet-
ing of tho stnto ngilcultural asso-
ciation. It was said a number fiom
this county will attend tho bun
Mitel thcie Friday evonlr.if.
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Hall, C. M. Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 77, Ed. 1, Friday, December 10, 1937, newspaper, December 10, 1937; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70708/m1/1/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.