The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1924 Page: 10 of 16
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THE TAFT TRIBUNE, TAFT, TEXAS.
Baseball, Golf and Tennis Stars
Texas Items
Holds Conference With Tex*
1 as Friends While Passing
Through State.
The Senate Adopts the Entire
Democratic Income Tax
Substitute.
Ah Recommends Lyd»* £<
pjakfacm’s Vegetebto
Compound
«"iM ^t!:n oj
iMlWlTlIl!- ' trouble*and
H kvi k>«-a vetf~i t-f
••••r Washington.—The much UlacuwcU
Houston schools win close tha Mellon tax plan was laid to rest
{roars work Mar 30, according to an- Monday with tin; adoption by the son- I
aouursnicor Saturday. More than ate of the entire democratic income tax j
30,000 children are enrolled j substitute.
„ . _ „„ „„„„„„ ,, , i The minority’s schedule of surtax
Mere than **.000,000,000 cubic feat ^ ^ „ to while
«{ natural m> were consumed In 1 ex- , |t> revis(on of normaI ratra wasm!lopt.
grass: ; * •*- s r.......... r-?
commission. j ;n ,he pr0Kt„m. j
The attorney general has approved I The surtax rates written Into the ;
the following Grime* county road ill*- I till Monday provide for a reduction j
trict bond* all aerials RM>4: District j 0f the present maximum of 59 per cent !
No. 8, $80,000; No. 7. *175,000, and Mo. I (U a maximum of 40 per cent, and for j
*. 1*00,000. | corresponding revisions all along the i
All crops in an area seven miles long j line. I hey arc nlmoat similar to tnoas ,
and five wide, centering at Bradshaw. : adopted by the bouse.
Taylor County, worn destroyed Friday ! The normal rat s accepted were 2;
night by a hailstorm which lasted 1 per cent on 'he first. $4,000 of income, j
thirty minute* ! 4 per cent on the second X 1,000 anu oj
_. , „ , ,_ i oer cent on all above fS.oOo. This com- i
The pecan trees in Brazoria county , I
I pares with the present rates of 4 per
sue alt In full blossom and well laden ‘ \
■with young pecans. Indication* are j cc“l b° liret *<;000 and 8 »er ccnt |
that the entire country will yield a ; ah°v® that »™ount
splendid crop this fall If so m.sfortuu. A conpariwa of the various income j
overtakes It 1 ,ux rate schedules before congress this ,
! session with the Simmons plan ap-i
More than 30 school districts Sn j proved by the senate Monday follows: I
Shelby county have raised the Iocs! ; Simmons plan:
ta*. rat* above the 50-cent limit with j Normtt, rrtt„8: Two p„r 0(,nt on ln. '
In recent months. The cause of the j ,.ommc# oi }1 000 und ,lnd(!l- fjUr w j
tucreaso is the universal desire for a t,.ai OD bclwe,n $tM(t aud
longer school term, j j.s.OoO: six per cent above 8,000.
According to reports from the port Surtax rater. Start at one per cent
commission at Houston, the Houston \ on $10,000 aud graduate up tu forty
whip channel, with the exception of j per cent on amounts in excess $500,-
three miles, will all have a minimum ! 000.
depth of 30 leet and a minimum width , Present ia r;
<of 150 feet by July 1 Normal rules: Four ne.
reroiit signal victory m tic
county ilemoi rallc primaries. William
d .,{. Adoo, candidate for th- demo-
cratic nominallon for presidonl. ■■’b'P
j„.,j over In San Antonio Friday for »
brief conference with a group of hi*
backers from various sections of tb>
alatu.
TUe .stop was mtitle ,N.<
whs r*nroute from Lalitorr.ia I*’,
nesswe
The con fere nre wi»h lit the na^’ro
of a hurried review "f <■'" Pl,:illcal
Kitualion during tie course of a break
licet at which expressions of satisfac-
tion on lb" outcome of slut' P1'1
i,iarieu already held were heard on ah
y Men.
Included in the Texas delegations
were. Marshall Hick', {.rtih't.;' .'f th-
Texas McAdoo club, Frank C Davis,
Ibut they continued
much the *ame. i r*n
j read your wlver-
tisement in the
newspapers and
thought i would give
Lydia E. Pmkbarn a
Vege t»Ma Com-
mine, or xnyw.ys hue rom.., Ison
ways' glatMn recommend the Vegetable
Compound so that they, «>«£* J*
right kind of medicine. — Mrs. Jo*
Novak »>v Wi, Ltmianlle, N't)
In t recent country -wide canvass of
purchasers of Lydia E. I’mkham it Veg-
etable C<>nij»>iir,d, 88 < .t r„ every , 3
xepor'. thro wire henc'oed hv its use,
iVir sale by druggist,i everjwhere.
Tyrus Hayn onc! Cobb, manager of the Dclroit Tigers and long a leader of
big league bnismnn; Walter J. Travis, clean of American golfers, and William
Tllden, II, international tenuis champion—left to rigb. -snapped at the Au
gusto (Ga.) Country club, during (be South Atlantic tennis tournament held
there.
Hit Aliev
Alvin C. (iwsiey of Denton, lexas. iv*«:
eoinsnandei of th<- American Ic-gloa
as a candidate for vice president on
his ticket, McAdoo Jtaied that he wa1-
i*i no ’‘OFftfoic ?f> Hdvncat*' «ir.y virf
prertid^ntiai andMaH;?- as tJiul »iiat
ter Ip. «*ntireiy up to th“ T>riir«ari»’it
The candidate pnid that already
eiecior i voU’n SL" th(* nai .oriit! c»o.
ventU;i? had been aw»ure<i him Ir, f
stale and county primaries? held thus
tar and conf* leuce wa- eif*rei*ft«d
fh’it a large majority would b*; .“hown
In the state primaries yet to bo held
H»« victory *r the Tex;:- democratic
county prfmarfee was d»*'dared by hv
aw a K***a( victory tor progrespive do
niocrai y and ci»*an pohtjc s.
11 M l ■l»M l- H-d- H’-H-d-HH-y r+d-H*
Star on Rugby Team
Spitter Easy on Arm,
Says Star Southpaw
Is the spltbal! hard on the;
" arm? Great wpltball pitchers
■ ■ like Ed WicUh arid ,)ac-k Chttabro
\) always 'nslsfcd tbrowtag »»•“
•• ircciist delivery took a lot ou* ni
" a pitcher's arm.
■■ Left bangers using the xplttpr
!! have lieen the decided exception.
•• Clarence Mitchell of the I'hlln
dolphin Nationals 's one of them.
Mitchell takes » directly on
view from that enter-
guiitv, sii!i
pr»u;»ptt'
cent on $4,-
000; sight pier cent above.
Surtax rates Start at one per cent
ou $6,000 and graduate up to 50 per
c ent on amounts In excess of $200,000.
Mellon plan
Normal rat-s Three per cent on In-
con>e* oauer $4,000; six per cent above
$4,000
Sur'ex rfetes- Start at one per cent |
at $10,000 and graduate up to 25 per
cent on amounts in excess of $100,000.
House plan:
Normal rates: Two per cent on In- ;
comes under $4,000; five per cent on !
Incomes between $4,000 and $X,0tl0 and
six p»r cent above that amout
Surtax rates: Start at 1‘2 per cent
at $10,000 and graduate up to 37 Vw per 1
cent on amounts In excess of $200,000. j
By a vote of three to one, JKl Faso
voters ratlflled a bond Issue of $1,039,-
000. of whh-h 5500,000 Is for schools.
The municipal Items are for park
improvements, paving, sewers, flra
Atatlons and rivsr iavtea.
Direct trolley connection between
Galveston and Texas City was pro-
posed and Indorsed Friday at the semi-
monthly meeting of the Gsl-eston
chamber of commerce The proposal
was placed ln the hands of a commit-
tee for investigation
killed and
Ton hc-Hid
.. posite
” fa wj t._ ujcsf spit! M! pitchers.
■ ■ He says the spltbal! Is far
’ ‘ easier on his arm than the fast
•• one or the curve
V Feasibly southpaws are hr,
mune from the toll that the spif-
!! hull usually exacts
■ ■ It s a cinch most of 'em are
.! erratic.
Dallas, Tex. Vote- in !h.- Texn*
democrath state convention instruct-
ed to support McAdoo contlnmd :o
idle up as belated reports of th.- dem-
ocratic county conventions come In,
Instruction-. In support M< 1 c. ■ • r.
given 772 delegates, V! w.-r*- - :r.i
ed for I'nderwood and . Vt were- sjnln
slructeri, the reports from 1 ■ - -
ties to dale show . The • , .0* o s hea l
from ha'“ a total of 1 led votes :,f the
1257 voles in the state convention.
Thirteen persons wer*
twenty two Injured in grade crossing
Occidents in Texas (n February ac-
cording to a statement just Issued by
the Texas railroad commission. Elev
an of those killed ware la automobile*
and two were pedarttrlanx AU of th#
Injured were ln automobiles.
Telephone companies must pay th*
state gross receipts tax cn commls-
alors obtained for colleclng tolls from
other companies, according to a ruling
Juat made by the attorney general's
^gsjplepartment. The tax also applies to
ijp^nilscnllaueouH revenues derived from
y iustaUatlon charges and sale of ma-
terials, th<- ruling said
Felix T Mel burn of Weir recently 510.53S.
offered a prize of 100 baby chicks for ' Gatherings from other counties tu- j
th® best easay on “Tb® Care of Pool- | eluded Brazoria with 42o,579 barrels; j
try to Insure Greater Egg Production\ Caldwell. 471,318; Chambers, 2,003; i
The essay submitted by Miss Eva Fort Bend, 22,151; Hardin, ,701,595: I
Rascoe, a member of the Vau Zandt ; Harris, 524,913; Jefferson, 28.639; j
County Home Demonstration club. ; Liberty. 684,774; Matagorda, 1,727;
Is Your Work Hard?
Ambitious Rookies Had
No Chance to Win Out
| Hill Clynipr tu a manager was a
| groat Jokeamith. On*1 of his tricks bad
i to do with inveigling players Info !ay-
j log down and healing out hunts, and
j those who were In n the joke always
j kept still and enjoyed seeing Bill make
I a monkey on: of newcomers who boast-
| ed of their speed In getting to first.
It was simple enough, hut It took s.une
j new men on the team a long lime to
| get on.
C'lymer would hot them that he could
i pitch to them, that, they could not lay-
down a hunt to him and beat It out.
; A fast man would Invariably take
him up.
Bill would station fielders at third
and short and at first, while be pitched
to the ambitious batter. He wont!
lay the ball over, the batter would
bunt, and always the ball would beat
him out by a step
It was simple enough, but batters,
bunting and running head down to
first, couldn’t see It until a "diagram"
was drawn for them Bill would use
two balls. One he would pitch, the
hatter would hunt It; Bill would make
an apparently desperate effort to fieid
It—and the ball would heat Mr. hatter
to first.
Simple? Bill would make u well-
timed throw of the hail he had up his
sleeve to the first baseman and the
runner was always out by a step.
Otymer. so they say, would make as
much money out of this little betting
proposition as out of his famous slit
envelope trick, which Is another story.
PIPE LINE OIL FOR MARCH
TOTALS 13.128,470 BARRELS
George Dixon, star football player
of Ltlnnd Stanford university football
team iuot year ami selected as ail
American, has won a place on the
doited States rughy team that will
represent this country ln the Olympics
Austin, Tex
I’w Dona's /'(Jj
Paris, Ter.—After adopting i teao
i tit ion ratling for . I -. r co-opat atlon
| between Texas cities In promoting the
work of the organization and for the
securing of legislation essential to
solution of municipal problem.-, par
tioularly those involving ?. ,.n!c* and
city planning, and election of offi-
cers for the next year the T*x*a
League of Municipalities adjourned
its twelfth annual convention Thurs
|- day,
The executive committee, in a brief
session following, selected Wa. o for
next year's convention place from a
field of six contending <■*.»r«- Hous-
ton. San Antonio Temple, Bay City
and Weatherford.
Mayor its.-ar K. Holcombe of Hous-
ton was elected {.resident, succeeding
W. E, Lea of Orange.
Mayor F Hayden nf P'lo* Point
was elected first vice pt‘-«h!*nt,
Mayor J. M Walter ,if Plainve-w
second vice president and Mayor J.
Austin Barnes of Beaumont, third
vice president. Frank M l-Hewart.
head of the government research ril
vision, bureau of extension of th*-
University of Texan, automatically
continues aa executive .■ re'ary.
Tom Fluty, Jr., of Dallas was the
first speaker at th« session, at whit n
Mayor E. li Lock roll of Fort Worth
presided Speaking oa the n«'-esslty
of revision of municipal statute:: in
Texas, Mr. Fluty reviewed the major
problems which unprecedented growth
had brought to many Texas communl
ties, and declared it to be hi* Jndg
meet that relief could 1c bad only
through amplification of the power-
now presumably enjoyed by fhesy
cities under the home rule. hill.
help . : t'-.i ,tli \ r ’.-IgA
A Louixianci Cam?
Devereaux Mltburn Is coaching the
Tale polo team.
a,j k. 1 Mfjri
w frc.-tiV^H
Ol.H.C.g • ' .
of f - tu.-penem
I hud an c f., *
arrow) my hick,.‘.a-
ft r: d a c r » s in
Idler. I found It jj-Pcult
lifting. I used Doan b p{
r-ell—1 me immedUlniy.
cured of tht# trouble-
Boxing has been adopted at th®
Tokyo Imperial university ln Japan.
- ! The boxing matches In the Olympic
Instructed for McAdoo. j games are to be held front July 15 to
Houston. Tex.—Naming an instruct- j 80.
«d delegation for McAdoo consisting of 1 • • •
twelve delegates and twelve alternates j Coeds of the University of I'ennsyi-
the democratic county convention, | vanta have organized a women's polo
meeting a! the court house Tuesday, team,
went on record favoring Alvin M. |
Owsley of Denton for the vice presi-
dential nomination, adopted a resolu-
DOAN.’S
PILLS
sdm:
LAf4T DIURETIC TO7HE KIDNEYS
FoBtev-MJbura Co..Mlji. Owm. Budsio, N. V.
Richard A. Durham of Louisville,
Ky.. bus been chosen captain of the
Harvard fencing team.
FOR OVER
200 YEARS
Sandy Herd, famous British golf
professional, has made no fewer than
seventeen hole* In one.
Uarlcm oil hat been a world-
wide remedy for kidney, kver and
bladder disorders, rheumatism,
lumbago and uric acid condition*.
The women’s world’s record for the
running high jump Is 4 feet 1074
inches, held by Miss Katherine Lee.
Tlte longest distance for which there
Is e recognized world's running record
Is 500 miles; the shortest Is 20 yards.
C,oU>
■ HAARLEM OIL "'V
Jap Star at Harvard
/ ":-i
Mr. Dempwry may go down oefore
soiri4* adversary one »f these days, but
he will light on a pile of »oft money.
c^jrrtect internal troubles, stimulate vttftS
organs. Three aiaees. AH druggista.. Insist
on the original genuine C.oijj M suaL,
The lon^ertt ^kl slide in the world
i* In a beautiful stretch of tne Swed-
ish forests. It Is <30 miles from end to
end.
Frtince won only »»ne field and track
event in the last Olympic games, the
5/>fX)-nieter rmi, ruptured by Ouhto-
met.
Houston Loses Injunction Appeal.
Texarkana, Tex 4 motion filed on
behalf or the city of Houston seeking
a rehearing of Injunction proceed Inga
Wluth resulted In lb* granting of a
veal raining order i„ prevent rt-mova
of the shop* and offices of the Inter
catsouat-Great Northern railway from
Palestine to Houston. Texan, was over
ruled In the state court ot < j-u ap
peal* at Texarkana Thursday.
One difference between a boxing
contest and a prize light la that one
is permitted snd one is stopped by the
police.
Grove's
Tastefe&s
Ghitt Tome
Invigorates, Purifies and
Ennches tne Blood, $tjc
Now that a golf player has broken
a leg ln the course of a game It would
seem as tf that particular shot ahould
be barred.
his wife and five-year-old sou, 16 nilleu!
southeast of Graham.
The millennium must be getting ap-
preciably nearer as few teems have an-
nounced positively that they cannot
fall to win the pennant.
Sale of Arms to Cuba,
! Washington.—Secretary \v,
I Bounced Thursday be had a
j the request* from the Cuban
I mem for the purchase of arms and ROSE*FTVFK
j ammunition from the war department, - |* j
I the amount Involved ir. the two order* I
i Awarded from Havana being appro* j VITH, „ . B
Red Barron, Georgia Tech's senna-
Uona! football player, has signed with
Jackson of the Cotton States league.
He will play th* outfield.
Death Calls Texas Statssmair.
Hondersoit, Tst—Gsnsi-al Wabuttr
Fiacifciran- 93, famous T*x*s statexnxaa,
41*41 suddenly at hi* hew,® at Header-
»** 3ts*d»y..
It may not he possible wholly to
eliminate biting and chewing from tire
noble gaase of football, but at least the
ppttcUe® of fttln* the testh h*for» meh
Sm.rm obaviS4 L
Y*«v Mswv Aiwwt f*f
b andnttii isatiMtt always retisbiet
UStestf sthowt » w»*%#^ti»r Ups**® m
• Hl4tt*esu»!t $«}
%itch?
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1924, newspaper, May 15, 1924; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712221/m1/10/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.