The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 254, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 26, 1928 Page: 3 of 10
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BRECFENP.ITE AMEP.ICVN'
PAC-fc TkRBE
- SECOND SCOUT
?R00P SUCCESS
Dakc Evangelistic Party to Remain Here
For Another Week at Request of Church
ftftthodist Scouts Round
Out Into Final Form
The public dcmnndi another
uetk with the Dttkp Evangelistic
par'y In spite of the rain and
bud wriithi-i lecoid rrowds have
attended the neivlrer held for the
Texlco Uible School of Dallas and
Ih a vety excellent teachei
Sunday night' sermon mibject
will bo Paul' atatutnent "I Tiad
rather upenk 6 words of my under-
Under
WEST TEXAS
Skies
oi the third at
vi Methodist i
nlKht the
oTt int.. final
Ureckenrldge's second boy scout
troop has been completely orjrnn
Ited The ChrUtlun church unit U
the No 1 ncont trop
Ttly completing orranlzatlnn plans
01 llie tniru and nan mi pairui
scout unit. No 2
troop w..w rour ded
form 1 i: Joll
urf.ini.ter und scout master said
Saturday
Patrols Crow nnd l.lmi were or-
Rumrd at the rcKUlur weekly scout
tneetlnK at the Methodist church
tjfw patrol Is number three and
tfr I. ion patrol Is number four
Members of the Crow patrol art
Senior patrol leader Hilly Thorn
ton nsslstunt patrol leader Hat
vrr Itelschniani wrtlie Joe ftniltli
members are Paul Pse. Junior
Clark Cecil Pnsrli.il J T Kill in.l
Addison Werner
l.lon putrul member are . nioi
patrol lender. 1 Ionium Shlplt i-i
slatnnt imtrol ltdt r Alt Wnvuik
'irlbe I.tnr Cluik olhei im m
bers are Otis Illt In m k Don I- - -I
John M Jones I Allison itn.l
!uli Cupp
The Owl imtiol orKsnlai'l .me
time no I composed of II il. .1.1
llallovtny. senior jwtrol l -! t
llindrlckson (isslslant .ti..l
it Tommy .Meyt wiu
tv'l Cupp Don Kltoii I u. i .
pares Hitchcock. Hill I'mni
J ) Duvls
rile Flying KKlc pnlrol is i . m
past thiee weeks at the tent tab-1 standing than 1000 word in an tin
em&'le on the corner of Ureckun- known tongue"
ildge Ave and Second St Bible study Is held "Very evening
Hunday school will bo held nt 10 at 7 p tn ut the tent. Tuesday
i in this tuotnlng at the rhurch ' night there will be held In the tent
At II a m the morning eJiurth' tabernacle a Baptismal service
eilrei will be held with Rev and Thursday night will be devoted to i building on it
STAMFORD I he personnel of
the WTCC Constitution and Hy
Ijiws Committee has been an-
nounced by Manager Homer D
Wnde
LBVELUiND Contract hai been
let for a modem brick two dory
."iUxt22 feet business building here
Bit J KP1UNO A six tol office
Mrs Dake occupying the pulpit Divine 1 (online for the sick
The subject for this morning's Every night n ten minute ser-
seivlcis my Mis Dnke will he mon Is preached by Rev. Dake
Divine Healing ' Kvery moinlng upon questions being discussed by
dm tug I hi week days Rev Dnke the religious world
will take up a subject of the Ttl'i Instrumental numbers nnd solos
ity in other Fundamental Truth lire ft feature of i very service The
of the Bible Rev Duke befote hlsip.ibllc i must omllally Invited to
cnmlntc hele Wu-i pilmipal of the attend these servliei each duv
Hoy Scout Troop of First Christian Church
To Leave Sunday Week's Camp and Outing
built
site 100 by 00 feet
here at a cost of
A cotton crop of
ptedlcted for Hale
Troop No I Floy Scouts of Amer-
1 i. a of the First Christian church
ill leave Sunday afternoon for a
wirk'4 ramp The hoys will go to
th- mouth of the Kit le i reek on
the Hmm In Pal" Ptnto rountv
Tli
for ii rellKlous si rvice Huntlnv night
mil to get Into regular routine
Mi n. lay morning
Joe Mi-haven is to he the rump
tnik.U-1 anil will call the boys at 0
it in The hoys will go to the
-Mimmlng hole as they get tip nnd
iin for Ift miii'itrs After the
iri0'.hfV will eat breakfast then
hiw two i.Vminute study classes
' After the classes there will be a
two hour period of scout activity
! In in h u re.it period and then a
ttnre hum ixTlod foi hnsebull and
posed of Knight Kendall senior tlier outdoor sports At 6 30 In the
patrol leader; Joe Ben Paschall. evening they will go for an limit'
assistant patrol lender- Roy An-iHWim. get out and cat supper nnd
drevts scribe; William A'llson then build rampflre for a camp
James Sarver. Paul Pruona Roy. ring before turning In at 9 30.
Raines nnd Sidney Wharton Joe Taylor a native of Palo Pinto
Mr Jolly said that a second land a trapper In the Palo Pinto
troop of the Methodist srouts mountains near the camp will be
would be organized Just ns joon as with the boys on several occasions
a scout leader could be secured and
S-ecd
.adcr
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Ciini
There will be two or three pioneers
of that county to vlrlt the. camp at
night and tell the boys storlua from
actual history about the location
Hows Hood nnd Clarence Newsom
are to be with the boys for full
time and Carl llarvln and John R
plan is to reach i amp In time i Clark will tie In the camp fut mrt
time Other people will be tnere nt
time but Newsom asks that no
women visit the camp during the
regular rump routine Friday Is to
be set aside as visitors' day and
every one Is Invited to be there A
troop of scouts finiii Mineral Wells
will probably be there on Friday to
compete with the local hoys in va-
rious sports A big picnic lunch
will he spiead und a good time will
be hud hy all
Those who will make the tilp
are Francis Hall. Martin Taylor
Byron Crawford Jack Fotintleroy
Alvls TMldllo Gordon Boyd Kddle
Tuiidllo Cordon Addlngton. Stanley
Boyd. Murphy Wubb. heard Cope
Wallace Cope. Robert Martin. Wil-
don Fry. Claude Wood Ritchie I.oe
Davis D C Wharton Joe Schven.
Mutt Russell. Joe Whurtun. Marvin
Hill. Iwls Hood. C W Newsom
will guide them to interesting ' C 1C Huod J B Clark and (' I
Is to je
lloG.OOO
PI.AINVIEW
10.000 bales Is
county
MOBI2ETIK Cotton picking will
begin here two we.'ks eat Iter than
usual on account of favorable
weather.
BROWNWOOD The WTCC mo-
torcade ended here late Thuisduy.
August 10
WHliEliKR The local chamber
of commerce Is cooperating with
the farmers tn securing cotton
piCKing muor ior me coming sea
son.
QUITIQUU A sK Inch water
main ftom a new water wel! Is be-
ing laid to n proMsed location of
the Mi.iNM) gallon water tnv ei
l'OLA A new modern reinforc-
ed concrete nnd stucco two story
hotel Is under construction here.
UUI.K Rule Is the new owner
of a jtoo.000 sewer system.
CI.ADDE' A high line soon to be
Installed In Claude will replnce the
use of the local elrctllc jilnnl ex-
cept In cases of emergency.
Bnlllnger The "Henit of Terns"
I'omme'clal Secretaries AssihIii-
meroteM from 10 C s of C and 10 ClUdCdl Hospital
wichita PAM.S. its first ship- Newly Oryamzed
ment of paper direct from the I
steamship Wichita Falls has been The new Clinical Hospital form-
ipcelvctl by the Times Publishing oily the Medical Arts Building has
Co. 21 prlvute rooms all with outside
HERMM2IC1H. Hermlelgh has a exposure. It has three floow and
new newspaper The Hetukl being nn elevator.
published bv R S. Norman form- Miss Nell Abshlre who has been
er editor of the Booker News. with the East Side Hospital li the
MINERAL WBUS. This town superintendent. Miss Ola Christie W
I using the $25000 advertising the surgical nurse and Miss Ber-
budgol to exploit the health resoit nice Conycrs Is laboratory and X-
facllltlcs of the community. Ray nurse.
VERNON The West Texas The hospital Is open to all repu-
Chamber of Commcicu publicity table physicians. Those on the sick
committee meeting was held in
Vernon Saturday. August 18
POST Work In two new brick
buildings next to the First Nation-
al Hank was completed this week
CLARENDON President A. M
Bouiland and Manager Homer D
Wade of the WTCC have been
tendered Invitations to a combined
Lions and chamber of commerce
meeting there.
BARSTOW L. B. Campbell field
list ate Baby Patricia Splnks who
Is reported much better. Mrs. Luke
Davis was operated on Thursday
and Mrs T. J. Simpson who was
operated on Thursday. Mrs R R
White Is Improving and L II
Saunders Is much better.
was made undei the denomination
of an anti-Smith addtess. I dealt e
to Indicate my disapproval of much
of the subject matter used as well
as the manner of handling the
gathering.
H. A. LEAVERTON.
llli:S FROM HEART ATTACK.
KERENS. Texas. Aug. 25.1P) J.
T Yarbiough 74 died hete Ftlday
night from a hen it attuck He was
a pioneer of the community. He Is
survived by u wife and four child-
ren all of Kerens
LOTT TENNIS WINNER.
I NEWPORT. R I Augi 25. P-
I George M Lott Jr Chicago mcin-
I bor of the Davis Cup Team nnd
third tanking player palled with
John Doeg of Santa Monica Cul
icatrled off the huiiots In the Invl-
i tatum tennis doubles final this af
ternoon in straight sets o-J. tw.
0-1.
They defeated John Van" Ryn
membel of the Davis Cup squud
who was patted with Wllmei Alh
1 son of Austin Texas foimer nu
1 tlonal Intel collegiate tltleholdel
OH30laOCZOE330iOI30C2
EAVKKTON MAKES
STATEMENT AS TO
PUBLIC SI'EAKINO
I was reuuested to present Mr J
man of the West Texas Chamber of it. Minis to an audience at our City
Commerce Is working In the Bar-
stow Pecos and Midland communi-
ties THALIA Two citizens of Tim-
lin have put chased a site for a
Hall last Frlduy evening. As ex-
plained to the audience I did not
know the speaker or what he was
to say but presented him ns u
courtesy to n visitor. However.
seed housw where fin mers may sell ! owng to the fact that I did pre-
M-ed an theli cotton Is ginned. Hvni t. gentleman I feel that I
DAI.HART The Dalhutt Cham-; Hhould say. not by way of criticism
ber of Conimeice has sent lettets of another's views but tin a fact
of Information about the Callfot lnill j tl.Brt.i (hut such a speech;
nla rami study tup to laimets in
the trade terrltoty
DALLAS SELLS MILLER.
DALLAS. Aug. 20. if? Sale of
Hack Miller. Steer outfielder to
Mllinenpolls of the American Asso-
ciation was announced today by
lion meeting was leprcsentt'd by I Dullus hnsebull officials
Itaves and places in the mountains (larvln
Operations Friday
$ Nifihl Successful
Two operations were performed
Friday night nt the Medical Alt
hospital Patients of both cases are
rejHirted to be doing nicely attend
Ing nurses state
Mrs A J Simpson Is retting nice-
ly today following art operation for
appendicitis Friday night Mra
Luke Davis underwent a minor op-
eration the same night and Is alio
reported to be resting woll.
?rccA Couple Home
From Western Trip
Mr nnd Mrs H E Clay formerly
In the cafe business here returned
home Frlduy night from a very
lA'f.tsunt five wicks' trip to the
western states
Mr nnd Mrs Drey report that
tjiuy covered more than ohOO miles
iwi the trip ami met with only one
rjkjit u. cldent
THE L OF THE I . Alii. .MADE BV L.V-ABII)IN(i I'LOI'LE
THE TRUTH ABOUT PROHIBITION "
... ai - sn
anv Mr.Mnr.it or society i.ost;s elements or liberty
)n of the commonest state-
ments Is that prohibition cannot
possibly be enforced " wrltos Dr
Frank Crano In an article called
Tho Truth About Prohibition" In
law is nut mude by the IlidtMduul
but by scclety
"Personal liberty Is a fiction when
when It comes to civilized man.
You hivo no right to drive on the
left-hand sldo of the street ynu
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the Christian Herald of August 25. ihnve no right to spit on the side-
Aril where
That wu In Yuma
they had a alight
"You cannot change the Immemor-
ial custom of a people it Is said.
They have nlwnyn drunk nnd they
always will drink you hear.
"This Is a curious argument. In
substance It Is Hint the bootlegger!
hijackers and other law breakers
dominate the country It Is the
anme tut saying Hint bocnusu men
always will murder you lind better
repeul the law against murder on
the statute hooks because men al-
ways will steal you hud better luive
no law against theft Jurt remem
ber thnt there Is no law Unit is not
wre-k with unoth.r car m the ( broken and the fact that there Is u
hlKhway The accident resulted In
no one being hurt ami no damage
to the raru
States IU.nI by the Clays on
their tour Included Colorado. Wy
oming I 'tali Idaho and California
Buries Atfed Mother
J V Onrdner. operator of a
chicken farm near the Curry Pool
returned home the (laat week from
Post where he ntUnded the fun-
iral of his mother. Mrs D W
Hurtniun. S7 yeura old Mm Hart-
man had been a resident of that
section of the state for more 'linn
C3 years
T J Onrdner. Jr. father of Mr
Ourdnrr of this county was the
first husband of Mrs. Hnrtmnn
Mr Onrdner recalls the tragic
death of his father In the days
when Indians ronmml the plains
und cattle rustlers hold away. His
father. Mr Onrdner mentis wns
killed from ambush by Cox and
Bybee. notorious cattle thieves of
those duys when he refused to ac-
cept bribe money to keep quiet
about a repotted cattlo rnhbmy
Mr Gardner brought several re-
Tich used by his father and moth
r one of them being a hat which
his futher wore the day lie was
. killed. 6H years ago The lint Is
9'still good and Mr Onrdner Is now
" weurlng It
Shack Torn Down
An old shuck building fur many
years an eye Hore In the city park
tm West Wnlkor street has flnnlly
been torn down and tho lumber
put to a good use J. F. Chnstnlu
city commissioner lias supervised
the work.
Lumber from the old building Is
luiiog moved to the north part of
tJT.ii Nshere buililingtt tor ino cny
poSind und a house for the keeper
are being erected. Mr Chastaln
said Tho city park will he beauti-
fied a little better where tho shack
once stood
law iiassed Implies that there ate
those who would like to break It.
and do bleak It
"This country is tided and Us
lawi at.- made by the law abiding
H-ople They are not now ready
und nevei will be to turn the law-
making business over to the crim-
inals "All this turns of course upon
the question whothei' the drinking
of alcohol la wrong or not.
walk In a public place you havo no
right to use profane language where
It offends your auditors you have
no right to nppenr nnked In a pub-
lic place nor do a hundred other
things Civilization Itself depends
tiHn the restrictions of personal
liberty.
"The United States by abolishing
altogether the legal sale of alcohol
has made the greatest moral ges-
tute und the most profitable eco-
nomic move of all time
"For centuiles the church has
been busy picking up after the s:i
loon Just us for lenturlea chaplains
huve been busy pruylng for the
wounded in armies The time has
come when instead of clearing up
the wreckage made by the twin
devils of alcohol and war it hus
heeh decided to put those institii
tioiiM out of business It Is tin
same thing us sweeping up the
water that comes from an op n
fuiiret. or turning off the faucet
"It Is necessary to keep these
Milium in mind Many buslneis men
land others who were one in fnor
'In one sense It Is not wrong. A I of prohmltton are beginning to
man luu a perfect right to eat and
drink what he plonsos. That Is. ho
would havo that right If he lived
alone on a dwierl Island.
"Hut ImtncHllBtoly upon becoming
a civilised being and a member of
society he loses certain elements of
his personal liberty If what he
drinks may make him n madman.
or the creature of a habit that may
bring misery to his fellows he has
no right to drink As far us he
himself Is concerned a man has u
light to get drunk and become vio-
lent ns often as he pleases but as
fur as society U concerned he has
not that light provided it makes
him dangerous to his fellows And
woaken under the Insidious attacks
of wot propaganda It Is time for
every man to stiffen up his bm k
bone and not to be influenced by
the continual asset tlona such as are
put forth by the wets "
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A ORADUATE l'RACTICLNO
OPTOMETRIST FOR
IIS YEARS
Now In charge of Optometry
Department
ferome Jewelry Co.
-l'ny Uh Visit"
"IT'S ALL FIXED NOW!"
Wo clean cverythinp: nnd Riinrnnteo satisfaction from
Hit' daintiest silken lingerie to tlie heaviest piled nitf.
V are equipped with the best machinery money can
bti "so i!i take a chance 7" Send it to us and be
iH.suifd of an expert job.
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Besides giving you the best possible service
and every kind of automobile accessory that
will stand the test of quality we've got an
extra inducement that you will appreciate.
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extraordinary offer to every customer. You'll
be interested when you find out what its all
about.
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We wlih to exprewi our heart-
felt til link to nil our frlenda whom'
Krent klndneiM hint mude It eimler
for lia to belli' the Iohm of our be
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j Burch Coffee Shop
j Eddie Si nuns Mgr.
j Sunday
I Special Dinner
j $1.00
2 I'mit t'oektnil Li'ttuce and Tomato Salad
Tnousaiid Island Drussiii";
I Choice of Soups
I Coitsommu Chicken and Tomato Clear
1 I'attttge a La Heine
' Clioice of Meats
IHoast Tom Turkey Celery Dressing and Grape Jelly
Half Spring Chicken Fried a-L'a Maryland
Is Haked Young lien Celery Dressing
Vegetables
New Potatoes en Cream Baked Sugar Corn O'Brien
I Green Peas en Cream with Diced Carrots
I Desserts
x Cliocoi..wO Ice Cream Sundae
i Fruit Jello and Whipped Cream
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TWATER-KEiNT $119.50
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With tlie Atwater-Kent set you can listen in and get
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distance.
Keeler - Garrison Electric Co.
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THE
NEW
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You don't hvur it start . . . You don't hear it stop
You don't mir it run
Special Demonstration
all this week
See for yourself ftis lutest
development in automatic.
refrigeration
lHISin more t linn t iieitiiuoiiiK'r-
inont of 11 in'W n'frip'rutor . . .
more than tin tli'inoiiitratiuti of n
new product. 1 1 in the lirnt pri'tit-
tutioii of a nvw idua of quiet con
venient truly au-
tonu" refrijjer-
ution. Ice freezing
power? Tlie New
Fripdaire hau rc-
Bervert of power for
rrtry emeryeney
Coiivenienees?''lie
New Friyiduire
conveniences were
plunnetl hyilotnch-
tic Hcieuvo experts
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. . .for iromrn. ncatitiftil? The New
Frigiiluirc ii liuill to liiirniouic in
line and eolor with the modern
kitchen. Quiet? Incredibly quid.
Von don't hear it start. Yon don't
hear it ntop. You don't hear il run.
S tin' iVi'ir Frigulmrvfur your-
self . . . today 'e litnu arranged ti
Hpeeial dcnionstratioii of uhat tho
Neiv I'rigidaire ill do for you in
jour oi 11 home.
We nun joti to hee tho compact
powerful iueredihly quiet eotn-
prcssor. We want jon to find out
for youraelf that
you don't hear it
Htarl htop or run.
We want you to
check the uewcou-
venienrert. The hpeeial tlem-
oiiHtratiou InstH all
thi.sweek. For your
couveuieneewuaru
open each niyht
until ten o'clock.
Come in today.
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