The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 306, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 20, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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iJttrilan vimi iici-in.ir.n mir waiilul
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tire th- . nehliiK ' M id' ill i.in at i v-re unable to get the
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" stanlvniit of law r I '!o' driver
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p.tin' is vi'hrr of th.s h -im; tt.s ON TOP
. i it st mils in a ter. 0." in' t r Al'A KT.IIIiN 1" HOl'ME
mt of today s judi.-ial sv t.m e I i jj.-. yoKK Nov 20 iUP An
fie legal profesalon D . in delay .piB )t i ishe.i on the top cf a
itelav tn hnlcality on t . hnicalt hulldlng m .nld-town New York
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tiv ie an I n'.tie dmrfust- d with tre
prix-cnac of our courtt tu.l Ihn
Ui'.hing w mill never h .1 t.. t iki
p' ice wen- it no! for th." plocras
tination in "in judicial proc.fd
ings Unless the better el -riirnt in
the legal piofiMinn succenis soon
In u revl'-t of ptai tlci th' pu.ilii
nin be diiv?n o tlt it for th.
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LMIRKVKI'OUT
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i' rtntnh Prantz. Editor Hie
Ivnchini: of the 'Santa Clans Hi
.ii" was an Inexcusable er'mt.
h... y.rnucrhl shame to the Great
S ate of Texas It has directed r
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.Harpersville Woman
HIT-AND-RUN
DRIVER BEING
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Belisve Driver of Car lias
Escaped; Woman Is In
Seriors Candt-on
I ocal county and tit of fit -
t .u'lv rtudy to Rive i'p
tht'T hunt toda for the pt'i-
Mit hi iK-rnns who late fs-
tciil.iv ri ashed nto the re.u
it i l-'otd IIoatltci i;i which
Mi- M H. Kith. .'- .m.i hei
. -I (' t Kc th. l! fi nrl-
.11..' I. Ill-It)" tl'i' -iM'10ll 1I1JU1
. Mis Kt itli ami pan-fill m
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t ..I. t.- alp Miill'lil alu1 La. k in
juiit ' i ttM indicati' tlitt Mia
! it h i .i s will not proo fa-
tal It -. nn' though' that her
s;-ilp Is frai turfO Her son i ur-
filr.8 from minor yet painful ruU
ond bruiees about hi ptrson
According to Mrs Keith's
tory.iP"
aho and her son. who are residiuts
of the Harpewvllle community
were coming to Brecltonrlde about
3-30 p m Tuesday wlitn they wore
sfidder.ly hit from bahind nd
Uirown into a. ditch on tho rtRht
iiid nf the road The car mult
have ' i.iud uui one or two times
HookIiS i iii the extent of the wreck-
age Mi- Keith mid net "ort sa
they .lui not tert know that the
hit ur.l i un ilr.vi-i wa appioachins;
fmin fu ir ha k u.itii the .iu !i
Mi Keith W..3 Ihronn Ichi if
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to 'i.ii t .1 .oi just 'r.
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lea'ling Wist Mr iltosei lose
i !iu .id J C P.uchanan
t the njured pan to the
i Ail hospital immediately
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':mli i.alh of Breckenndge
I OI'iui upon learnil.g of the
lac-iilii.' staittd a scaioh f r the
'ilimi of the hit jnu-run cui lhe
' exten 'ul tin ir search far into last
l night md throughout ti.da but
havi in tn uii'tblc to find ar. liact
of a. ar showing s.gns of be log the '
today
1'.(. win. na
a hasty inveati-
i gition
ant i he pilot waa Injured i
i ."empti 1 t. paraihutt-i
vt ien ii .'empti 1 t. paraihutil
jump '
TUe plane strutk nn apartment i
building Hiindridsr of persona as-
umbled :n front of the building. I
i nuking it difficult for pol'ce to en-'
ler the building ..nd get to the
piap'
'.j275 Fathers and Sons
u'lianquct Last Niht
tire of Dierkeriridgis' moat
Inspiiing gatherings assembled
at the Y M r A. Ut nioht
atul di'dintted the evening to
thv Fathers and Sons ot Ureak-
eiHldge. More than 275 were
presoat for the annual ban
nuet mist of th- eiowd being
roinpcpcd of fn' in i -nil tlo ii
eons. et thai w. r. t i;nat
number of mei v. in. 1. . I no ..i -to
brint but brought irum onu
to foiii boys and called theiii
i.'.! lo.is' for thii die night
I' was noefssary to hold the
li.iii.iu t in the lare gmnas
In i a tin ngulai dining room
w .uld not ai i .iniuate thi large
orowd
A his meeting fathers and
sons adults and youths mingl-
ed on even terms There was
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LEGION HOLDS
REGULAR MEET
THURSDAY NITE
Paul Williams In Charge of
Entcrlainmsnl. Has
Good Program
I'.rei ki m uIrp l.egionnnlrps will
niri't Th it -.dav niht in the i rebu-
ilt m.iiit)il Kfni lal tnoi tniK iu--cuidihK
to RUkr Join-on Post
Commander uhu urgoo full at
tendance including the many new
member who have recently join-
ed the local Legion Post.
The meeting wili be held at the
V. M. C. A. and will start at 7.15
Paul Williams chairman of the
entertainment committee announc-
es a well balanced program and one
that will be pleasing to every Le-
gionnaire Resides the llpht lunch
which will bu served. Dr. Roger
w. Gray appeal a on the program
aa a apoaker; Mra Hob Wynn has
an Interesting surprise M H. Smith
nnd his popular young daughter
have a part on the program the
former rendering a vocal solo and
the Dttle daughter a clever leading
and H. II. DeRoeck will render sev-
i era) musical numbers.
John 7. Martin. .M. B:. Daniel
Juke sandefer and James E. Alli
son will be doing "K V
duty ac-
i 'tiding to Mr Williams
Young College
President Takes
Over Ilia Duties
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iltMA Xn.. 'ki HID A .. .r- k
J'ltif jvu.ib w. . -j
and alert as any collegian that
swings across the campus of the
University of Chicago wus official-
ly placed tn charge of that $00 000-
000 institution today.
Robert Mnynmd Hutchlns who
at 30 looks younger and usually
adtis to the impreaaion by letting
his socks flap garterlesH and to;;-1
glng himself In collegiate tweeds
was Inaugurated the president of
the University In the $30C0.000
Gothic Chapel given by John D
Rockefeller Jr
lioovin: 'io in: ckoko
TO VISIT IN DALLAS
DALLAS. Nov 20 (U.PJ Pre.sldent
Hoover will be invited to visit in
Dsllnp In the near future when
Mayor Wuddy fate goes to Wanh-
Ington Monday to seek deslgmitlon
of a new air mall toute through
Fort Worth Dallas and other
Noi ih Texas cltlca.
SIT.CIAL TO OIL MIIKT
DALLAS. To.x . Nov. 10 (UR A
.pectal tram loud of Texas Arkan-
ias tind Loulsiuna delegates to the
American Petroleum Institute con-
ventlon at Chicago Dec 3 I and S
will leave here the firsu cf the
month.
Attend Annual BreckiJili'
.lude Hickman Talks f";
l laughter good food songs nnd
I short. Inspiring talks. Judge J.
I K Hlcltmau Chief Justice of the
I Court of Civil Appeals of Easi-
j land made the principal ad-
1 diesa. Rev. Fmnk II. McDowell
Ignvtt it toast to the "lads" and
Hilly Pltrei answered with a
toast tn tho "dads" Claud Law-
sou and Rev. McDowell led tin:
nut singing.
I . his talk. Judge Hickman
I 'aid that he had never rained
I .. b iy and therefore could not
tell the fathers how to ralto
' ii i ons no also sum mac
his uwu father had died when
lie was a small boy nnd there
ifort tould not say how a boy
.htmhl b. treated by his father.
Judge Hickman conffned his rc-
(Continued on page 2)
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WASHINGTON
WAR LEADER
James W. Good Ceremonies
At White House
Today
WASHINGTON'. Nov Jn i P
The memory of James V. (.
numhlf servant of a proud pi l-
was honored today In imprc .ii
cetemonlus symbolizing the ti h i
of the entire nation.
Under a pioclumation u-ucd b.-
Preitluent Hoovn tt.i giguntit go
eminent niBihliif w.i it a t ind
.till this moinlii Ma w.r if
I half mast on .ill public build ng-.
land on eit u i of the h gh -.c i-
whlfh flu.iid .i I tut. ii Statns n.
j nl craft
The utateh ca-it loom of th.-
White Hou.se w.i tin ji ttinrf for of
fu ml futli lal hi I . ii t -. at 11 o i loi k.
in which ranking officials of all
branches of the government an 1
the diplomatic corps joined Pres.-
dent and Mrs. Hoover In final trib-
ute to their friend and counselor
Late today the body of the form-
er Secretary of War waj to leave
the capital on a special train for
Cedar Rapids native city of both
Mr. and Mrs. Good Rurlal w.ll
follow services at the First Presby-
terian Church of Cedar Rap!d3
Krlday morning
A milltaiy guard of honor which
took up Its vigil last night escorted
the body to tho White House early
today. There it lay in state nnud
bunks of flowers the tribute ufl
friends and associates throughout j
tho nation. . i
The Rev. Josejih Ii. Siz70 pastor
of tho New York Avenue Preahj-
tetlnn. Church wus selected by Mrs
Good to officiate at the White
House services In keeping with
her expressed wish rites of the ut-
most simplicity were arranged.
After the White House bet vices
Mis Good planned to remain with
ft lends until a few minutes befou
the scheduled departuie hour when
she was tosmotot direct to the train
Army posts throughout the nation
wr:e to f'if a 1'J-gun salute in hon
or oi the uepaiieu cinei m n-ut-.ii
;.UB.hi
The passing of Secretary Good''
snld Pie.ldent Hoover in his eulo-
cv. "remove i a devoted public offi
cial ' That was his formal tribute
to his cabinet officer
Man Two Women
Plead Ouillij In
r fA l ' atlli' ituiii ttic ntiiiiLuririg crity pri-
LlUUOY LsliarfjeS.or to open hoaUlltles that will be
- waged on tho Hreckenridge gridiron
! field Thanksgiving Day between
TEXARKANA. Texas Nov 20. the Ranger Bulldogs and the local
(U.R O. K. Cox of Fulton his two IJuckarooa.
dnughtera Mrs. Maggie Parsons Di. Roger W. Gray acting chair-
and Mrs. Ruby Knrtis and a giiindjman of the chamber of commerce
daughter. Mis. Smith pleuded gull- j in the absence of the organization'
ty In Fodetal court Monday to president. J. D. Sandefer Jr who
chin ges of selling intoxicating hunting trip. Introduced the
ll..nr nn.l sfnteiirO Willi lln er.'.ll
tit.tii Tiniii SO. The easel"
iicninit Mrs. Clyde Little. Textir
prossed
Explain Newest
Insurance Rates
AUSTIN. Tex Nov i.0 iU Pi J
W Deweese state fire lnaur nice
commissioner will nit Dallas
iTIiursduy for a conference with in-
ince agents on new insurauct
rnw and tatou. He will hold a slm-
r conference at Paris on Friday
Rato oxpeit Jess Cntter of the de
partment will hold such a confer
ence In Fort Worth on Friday
Kingston Pickford of the deput-
iii ut will t onfer with agents In
Houston on Monday In Ueuuniont
on Tuesday and in Galveston on
Wednesday of next week.
tiiursijay's nvi: hi:st
RADIO l'KOGltAM
(Copyright 1929 by United Press)
WEAF NBS network 8 00 CST
Selberllng Singers Melton James
Shaw and Glenn.
1 WABC CBS network 8.00 CST
True Detective Mystery-
WEAF NBC network 9:00 CST
Victor hour.
WJZ NBC network 9:00 CST
Atwatcr Kent mid-week program
WEAK NBC network 10:00 CST
l-Oounod'3 Opera "Faust."
ugain .-uni. v.'1"' ''vv5 '"'" ing the game here Nov 2S The fol-
kuna bride of 10 months was nolle o mfn ( n.
Qr-n InJrorS An Ui'nrliiiroir
"uuii uijui ui V7ii 4 liii vvaj ;
Steel Heir and
i A 526.000.000 fortune didn't mttitt any difference when love was at
I 9take. For pictured lute -happy togethci in a dingy 55-u-wcek room
at Oyatfcr Bay Long Island are William W W'lllock Jr son of the
iteol magnate and hla corfiely Swedish bride who as a chnmbcrmald
In his father's household. wan Adelaide Ingebrogyaon. Once heir to
town liouses bi..ad acieh varhts. stables ker.r.tl.s and fleet"? of high-
pi iced curs t'n- 22 year-old outh now is .uppi 'iny his fUxon-haiied
wife on his salar ..a a gaiae riiKihahie
C. C. Entertains j
Ranger Citizens j
At Lunch Today;
Wltli tho exception of a few com-
mittee reports and an annual hui-
vey of his work by Frank Ioeh
rklgc. county farm agent the rha'n
ber of commerce luncheon toda
was taken up with an inter -change
of good will between representa-
tives from Rangre and local busi-
i ness men
Six Ranger citizens repiescnting
Ranger buslnesa men schools and
athletics were guesU of tho local
organization and brought a mes-
sage of peace und good sikh Union -
! """" Bu """' "u
short talK gu .runteeing a clean
sporting team aa we 1 as funs dur-
W D. Conway president chambe.' I
of commeice Wayne Hickey s -t :
tary cnambcr of commerce R F
Holloway nupcrintondent of Itungi r
schools. Charlts Moore piesiden"
of the Ranger Lions Club; A N
Larson member of the ochool ath-
letic board and Dr Han Logadm.
prominent citizen nnd rabid Ran-
till luuiumi tan.
M. B. Daniel and E
K Farmer
responded
londed to the sood win mes
ou extended by the Ranirer
ke.s.
sageu
npoul
Tomorrow at noon a dohfeatlo-i
of local Lions Club members will '
be guats of the Ranger Lions for '
the same purpose that the Range i
citizens were in Brecltenrldge to-
day to attend th chamber of com-
merce luncheon that of creating
friendliness before the Thnnksgiv-j
log Day Ranger-Ureckenridge foot
ball game.
On WYdnosday of rn-xt week '
BrockenrJdRe Rota'ians will be the
rtutvita of Hingei Rotaiuns on tin
nume niloslon I
Superintendent N S Hollunil said .
today that reserved tickcta for the I
game would be on sale from tomor-1
row on at the office of the school j
superintendent. Although a great
number of teats were sold today
there arc yet many good seat ti'
1 be eold Holland said.
Housemaid Wed
DEATH CLAIMS
W M. REDICK
Funeral Services Held To
day at Local Cemetery
Walter M Redick. 28 a reshlent
nf Fll Uon I illfo frn -i nuttihi.t nf
...
cars. was buried th.n afternoon in
tie Biefkeninlgc cmeteiy. follow-
ing i .vices which wete held at
the Thompson-Kilter funeral chapel
roncluctrd by the Rev Kenneth
Pope paitor of the Ftrst Methodist
I Church
1 Mr Redick died Tuseday aftei-
I noon ti the Westside hospital fol
lowing on illness of only a week.
He wus an employee of the Philllns
Petroleum Company.
The deceased Is survived by his
j iung wife his patents. Mi. and
Mis M 'W Redick; three brothers
Paul Tl eador a-id Howard and two
sisters Mrs C. A Davis and Mrs
Iia Davidson all of IJutler. Penn.
lib. omenta weie here at the time
i t .leith they having come all the
aa" fionl their Pennsylvania home
in an automobile.
VOUTH SHOOTh (5IKL IJi:-
causi: Ki:t'i'hi:u maukiaci:
JERSEY CITY N J. Nov 10.
(LP) Edweul Maher. $25 a week
plumbtis h'ipei was in jail here I
i today charged with murdering his.
i fiancee '. cau le she would not mar-
ry him immediately to piove she!
really loved him.
The girl IL-len Wittpen 10 nnd
pietty was slvt tn death in hei
( ome yesterday.
Newly Formed Wool -
- . -
Body Make More
.SAN ANGELO Nov. 20 (U.R)
Vasertlng that the newly farm-
d wool-growers marketing or-
ganization will make for a more
!tuple price C B Denman
Missi un member of Presldontt
Hoover's farm board today said
that membeis of the Nntlonnl
Wool-Growers Association will
gc moiu of the coistimeis' dol-
lai s bv ro-opeiatrte marketing
The fnrni board feels that
uu hae de eloped a jitacticnl
and woi liable plan upon which
mohair and wool may be mark-
eted with more benefit to both
small and latge producers with-
out making the consumer s.uf-
f .t " Denman said "Your po-
rtion with wool and mohair
'hould show good rcsU'-s
tnruugh orsani7jtnm. A a na
SINCLAIR TO"
i BE FREE WM
AT MIDNIGHT
'Jailers Glad To See Rich
Prisoner Free; Public
; Gae Them Trouble
. -HIN(fTON N-i 20 IU F.
I i'-' i i i if Columbia Jail offir als
.i b.a f ie ell at midnight proh-
.' 1- w li deep sighs of relief to
t i ii iiultl-nullicnalre pr.soner
i 1. 1 !' Sinclair who will then
haw 'WivhI mere than seven
n onth i . tr contempt of court and
-e .ate. gu wing out of the Teapot
lionie oil case
('tie of the several tiain" which
1. ave tot N-v York sho.tly after)
midnight ii expected to cany S.n-
Mcu on' k to active duection of his
gigarttK oil business but he till be
. .. . . i . it. l.tlt until mill.
night ti un irow
it he choose to do""' l"e 'yB " "''
i.l. This I a coi..- To townspeople the affair is
aO his jaiUas
tesy extended to all prisonets after "oseu i..ciUi:o - mu . out ct
u.i .- . ..i- .i oi-.ioi. vo.'a rrote3t aaalnst the drawn out
not Indicated what his plans ate.
VJer since the oil operator be-
came prisoner number 42060 at the
district jail on the misty night of
May 6 directors of the jail have
had their troubles not with Sin-
clair himself whom they have pro-
nounced a model prisoner but with
the public interested In him
The first contioversy started
within 21 hours of Sinclair's Incar
ceration when reporters were bar-
...! fn.m rtin I nt II 11 1 inn nn t)li
ground they were disrupting prison jrlnchl' within the
business. Authorities obje-u-d toP'n"'s laat night
detailed newsjiaper accounts o!
Sinclair's first night In Jail paiu-
cutaily tho.se which described his
pink silk pajamas and held it was
ih-li duty to protect him from the
public.
Vicoious criticism greeted the
niUng on the floor or the Senate i
and in Washington newspapers and j
the han.'aseii jnnors tinuriy wun-
dtt'W their exclusion order
All went well for a trme.
Then it waa learned Sim lair was
allowed to take automobile rldra
almost daily outside the priso:i
'walls More criticism followed un-
; m Sunerlntenaent VMxAm Peak ex-
( ialned that Slnclaii s motor expt-
dltlons took him to the municipal
' dock where he was pharmacist a-
I sisted in the treatment of prison-
em nuartered there
Neectheless the
motor rides
were dlscontlnuid
M.MITU W'LLL AGAIN
AUSTIN Nov 19. lU.R)-State
Railroad Commissioner Lon A
Smith returned to his office touay
for tho first time since Oct. S
when he was taken seriously ill
He was at the office but a short
I llme i-iecuoii oi a cii.iii.i.ui .
the commission to succeed the late
I Clarence Gilmore likely will bo do-
1 laycd until Smith is able to attend
a regular session ot the commis-
. .lion.
NULCKS COl'NTY LIUDS
IN COTTON l(i:i'OUI'
AUSTIN Nov. 19. (U.PJ Nueces
countv cinncd 122 771 bales of cot
ton up to Nov. 1 and led Till conn -
ties a fcdctal ginning report is -
sued hetv today shows Ellis-county
ginned 88 593 McLennan county
82189 Navano county 809."1 Oth-
er counties wei under 80 000
bales
Growers Marketing"
r it mt. l-i
Staple Price Thought
tion wo are only pioduclng
about 50 per cent of our domes-
tic wool consumption Our po-
sition In the mutton maikct is
being appreciated by an Imptov-
ed appetite for mutton and
lamb. With controlled and or-
derly muikotlng and propetly
supporting tailffs the future of
the sheep aid gout wool and
mohair industry should bo as-
suring." Denman traced for the dole-
gates tho work of tho Federal
Farm Board since Its selection
by the president. The second
national group of cooperative
marketing officials called by the
board was tho group which
handled mohair and wool Den-
t.ran snld.
i MAN SHOT BY
BANDIT DIES
THIS MORNIM
Citizens Of County Sorry
For Action But Think
It Justifiable
EASTLAND Nov. 20. (Ii)
A wave of reactionary
onie-s s'.vept ovei Eastl;"il
county today as an official i"
vestijjation and inquost w
launched into the hiului'tr
Marshall llatliff. cumet I
bank robber.
Judge- Geoi-oo L. DaMMipmt
of the distnct C(.urf ordi i d
a commission to mri t f ' ti i
of a grand Juij to ini 'ih
hnnglng. The -i-nu si
scheduled to mei;t if J i i
Tom Jones the j til i 'ii. m It.
liff shot In his attempt i . i
from jull Monday night .lied ui '
hospital here thi- moiuint. Woe '
ed thiee time-. b thi batiK lubo
he had been at the point of dej' i
for ."(i hours Ills death teilden
of JJastland felt wus a vindlcati
technicalities of court procedu.-o
which allowed Ratllff to live oa
long a time under a death sentence
They 'discussed the lynching in
hushed voices and no one could be
found who admitted participation
In the affair.
EASTLAND Tex. Nov. 20. (U.P
The Inst of the four men who
staged the Christmas eve ban!
lobbery party in Cisco Dec 23. 1'iJ"
tluw8.s the victim of West Tex is' fusi
rneiiiuiv oi r
The houc th.et who w.i.. nan
to the .jwi-.iite ttee was rIvi n
chance foi his lift if he sunn
the fiiit attempt to bieulc his in .
I'.ut not so with Mm shall Hi i
condeni'ieil bank robb-r who
stuing up to thi g.i .n i
(continued on page 2i
CALL MEETING
OF MERCHANTS
To Discuss Holiday 'Boost-
ing Friday Night
Meet.ng 1 'st night the meirlia
committee of the locul chatnbi i
commerce made piclimlndlry pi i-
for conducting a coopeiatlve adt
tisiag campaign for local meic'ia1
during the coming holiday sen . i
C M Lender piesrded at i
night s committee meeting ami
though no defipi- u' v
adopted the in-ni'tn tlce'.a
call a meeting u. ill Bieckt ir
merchants for F' 'a ni h . a
cuss the proposed iln't ng nlan
Eveiy meirhan' u jigi' i o I
present at the Fnd'it nigh' i i fi't.
which will be held a Mi
A. staiting it i
merchant's coniiiu"e
tent a plan to Li . kf
chants which wi I hi i..
1 M t
k Ii
if ' I
this entire tia.l i '
1 enridge to d
' ping
.in i
Will Consider
Howard Freedom
AUSTIN. T.. No. 20
Governor Dan Moodj has m
consideration a plea foi con. i
freedom for Peuy Howard . ' J
Paso whom he leeently repn- I
from the clcctiic chnii until !
Howard was convicted of kill r
N. V. Nixon whose body wa.s Kun . I
neor Van Horn in 1920 Hownru
former wife who had tes r .
against him repudiated hei
mony two days befoie his exc. u -v il
date. Governor Moody is not expei-
il to ac upon the new appeal .r II
W. S. Ham who has been char ll
with Nixon's death ha i hei n t i
at Abilene.
CASE I)IMISi:i
The case of State vs C B Cu tnl
tried this morning in tho 90th d
trlct court charged with theft 1
bailee resulted In the state's takln
a non-suit and the case resubrr.if'c i
to the grand jury.
After going Into the trial frinl
witnesses Introduced testimony thai
Iliad not formerly haen introduce'1 j
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