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VOLUME XXI
PADUCAH, TEXAS, JULY 28, 1927.
NO. 13
SERVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT—NORTH SIDE PHARMACY
JOHN ESTES AND FAMILY
IN SERIOUS CAR WRECK
LAST SUN. AFTERNOON
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Big Hogs from Little Piggies Grow!- —
===== By Albert T. Reid
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OCCURRED ON HIWAY WHEN
SIX MILES OUT OF
THIS CITY
Last Sunday afternoon, about
2 o’clock, as John Estes, wife
and daughter, Sarah Frances,
were coming toward Paducah in
their car, they were in a bad
wreck about six miles out of
town on the highway.
They left Wichita Falls en
route to Spur, to attend the fu-
neral services of the father of
Mrs. Estes in that city. Accord-
ing to a statement of Mr. Estes
he was driving as fast as he
thought he could with safety.
Suddenly the steering wheel lock-
ed and the next thing he knew
the car had overturned and land-
ed the occupants at the bottom
of a six-foot embankment. Mr.
Estes said he thought the radius
rod must have come loose to
cause the steering wheel to act as
it did.
The windshield was smashed
and Mrs. Estes and the little girl
were badly cut as a result of
the force with which they were
thrown against the jagged points
of glass. Mrs. Estes was cut on
the back of the head, on the fore-
head, and received a long gash
which extended under her throat
from one side to the other. She
was also cut about the face.
Twelve stitches were required to
sew up the wounds.
The little girl was cut about
the face, the most serious injury
being to her nose which was laid
open.
Mr. Estes escaped with only a
few minor bruises.
The victims of the wreck were
brought to the Paducah Hospital
and given treatment. Monday
morning they left for Wichita
Falls. ___
Band Stand Has
Been Finished
WILL GIVE CONCERT
The band will give its Friday
night concert at the band stand
on the court house lawn, begin-
ning promptly at 7 o’clock and
closing at 8 o’clock so as to not
interfere with the revival in pro-
gress at the tabernacle.
A choice program will be rend-
ered on this date and a cordial
invitation is extended everyone
to come out and enjoy it.
The band stand, which was
placed on the northwest comer
of the court house lawn, was
finished this week, and the Cham-
ber of Commerce Band now has
a suitable place for giving their
concerts.
The stand is built m circular
fashion and is large enough to
accommodate all the boys and
their instruments with ease. There
ia a place underneath to put
any article which they might wish
to store there.
The West Texas Utilities Co.
has wired this headquarters for
the musicians and they have
plenty of light for their work.
The building of this structure
was due largely to the efforts
of Instructor King, and he was
voted a card of thanks by the
boys for the accomplishment.
Trying to play on the court house
lawn, with no seating furnished,
and with temporary lights strung
here and there made it difficult
for the boys to put on a con-
cert with any satisfaction to
themselves or the listeners. The
present arrangement is a source
of gratification to everyone.
Joe Bell Car
Has Been Found
JOE FRY IN CAR
WRECK THURS.
WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
BUT SOON RALLIED—NOT
PERMANENTLY HURT
Thursday night, bewteen nine
and ten o’clock, Joe Fry was in
a car wreck which looked for
a time as though it would prove
fatal to him. He was driving a
Ford coupe out on the highway
toward Matador, and as he pass-
ed the house on the J. R. Martin
farm, a few yards past the
curve on the highway, he ran in-
to the Overland car of Rev. J. R.
Hibbert. Joe’s car was turned a
complete somersault, and he was
pinned within the machine- As
soon as Mr. Hibbert could get
to him he pulled him out through
one of the windows. At the
time he was unconscious and
Mr. Hibbert thought him to be
dead. Another man coming along
about that time, he had him come
to town and notify Joe’s rela-
tives and he was placed in a
car and brought to the Paducah
Hospital. He soon rallied and it
was seen that he was not serious-
ly injured, although he com-
plained of his back paining him.
The major part of his injury was
there, and aside from a few
bruises, a badly sprained back
was found to be the extent of
his injury. It was a miracle that
he was not killed outright.
Rev. Hibbert had his right
shoulder sprained, and his wife
sustained bruises on the head
and a badly sprained knee. The
member was considerably swollen
by the time they reached the
city. However neither Rev. Hib-
bert's nor his wife’s injuries are
considered of a permaent nature.
The car of Joe Fry was con-
siderably wrecked. The front
axle was knocked off; one wheel
was minus; a lamp was tom off;
the radius rod was bent double,
and other damage was done to
the machine. The peculiar part
of the accident was that the
windshield was not broken, and
none of the water was lost from
the radiator.
The Hibbert car had a fender
stripped off; a front wheel was
missing; left axle was knocked
off. It is estimated that between
$50 and $75 damage was done
to this car.
About two weeks ago the car
of Joe Bell was stolen from a
business street, in Fort Worth.
At the time the thief changed
numbers with the old wreck he
lift, putting the number of Mr.
Bell’s car on it, and taking his
original number and putting it
on the stolen car. Officers in
Fort Worth got busy but did not
disco'tr the machine in that
city.
Saturday Mr. Beil received a
letter stating that his car had
been found in Long Beach, Cali-
fornia, and two men had been
arrested whom it is allege I had
plead guilty to the crime.
The auto will be sent back to
this country at an early date.
Mr. Bell is very thankful, indeed,
to gain possession of his .ma-
chine again, and was unstinted
in his praise of the deUtcive
work which it took to find his
property and apprehend the al-
leged guilty parties,
THE CROP OOTLOOK
The crop outlook continues to
be very favorable in this section.
Feed is doing extra Well and cot-
• ton is coming along at a splendid
rata. The cotton crop Is in
(such a diversified stage of growth
■’ that in some sections the fanners
are anxious f»r » ram, while in
other portions of the couftty the
' people say they hope the tarn
will hold off for several days
y*Thi« month has seen blit few
hot winds, and they have been
Of a mild nature, of short dura-
tion, and have thus far done no
Advertise it in the Post
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C. of C. Secretary
Receives Letter
Many .of the good things which
come to a town and a community
are first made known to the
secretary of the local Chamber
of Commerce. W. H. Aber-
nathy received such a letter this
week from the North Texas Agri-
cultural College at Arlington,
Texas. The letter is published
in full that the importance of
the matter might be fully known
to any who might be interested in
the proposition set forth in the
letter. Any boy who might wish
to investigate the matter will
do well'to see Mr. Abernathy at
once:
Arlington, Texas, July 21, 1927.
Mr. W. H. Abernathy, Sec’y,
Chamber of Commerce,
Paducah, Texas.
Dear Mr. Abernathy:
Is there a worthy young man
of limited financial means and
good mental ability in your com-
munity who would be interested
in working his way through
school? The North Texas Agri-
cultural College has recently com-
pleted arrangements providing
for additional one Hundred boys
of that type during the ensuing
year. I am asking, for the co-
operation of the Secretaries of
the Chambers of Commerce in
reaching the boys we desire to
aid. ' Will' you please make' men-
tion of the plan herewith attach-
ed? Get it published in your
local papers if it is possible.
Also, let me have the names and
addresses of any bojrs of your
acquaintance who might be in-
terested so that I mav communi-
cate with them at once.
Very sincerely,
E. E. DAVIS, Dean.
Those who walk have the law
of the land on their side, but
they don't always remain on
land if they get In front of reck-
less drivers.
Big Cicso Dam
Was Presented
W. R. Cabaness and W. H.
Abernathy were in Cisco last
week, attending the big celebra-
tion in that city occasioned by
the formal presenting of the use
of the big dam to the people of
that city and section.
Mr. Cabaness came in home
early, and reported that the oc-
casion was a great success. W.
H. tarried several days after Mr.
Cabaness got home. He was
rather reticent about explaining
the caqse of his absence but it
leaked out that he got it into
his head that there was some
sure enough fishing in those parts
and he was hanging on thinking
a ten-pounder would yank his
cork under and he could come
back with a fish tale of gigantic
proportions. Judging by Mr.
Abernathy’s silence about the
fish, the manner of biting, the
result of the effort, etc., it must
have been an off day for him.
Evidently the fish, like their hu-
man neighbors, had absorbed the
vacation fever, and were off in
the cool sections of the country,
wielding a brassie, a mashie, or
whatever it is that makes the
golf balls hie themselves to the
secluded sections of the course.
When it comes to' Chamber of
Commercing we take our hats
off to our amiable secretary,
but if this last effort is the best
he can do along fishing lines we
fail to salute.
Delwin Meeting
Has Started
Rev. W. S. Crawford began
a revival meeting for the Baptist
people at Delwin on Wednesday,
ThJ^rvices are being held in
the auditorium of the school
building and splendid congrega-
tions arb' assembling at each
service to hear this atyle minis-
ter deliver his soul-stirring ser-
mons.
Reports from' the Delwin com-
munity are to the effect that the
interest in the revival is growing
daily, and much good is expected
to come from, this series of ser-
mons.
j A REMAKABLE RECORD
Doc Harrison and family re-
turned from Crowell this week
where they had been called on
account of the illness and death
of Mr. Harrison’s father, J. . C.
Harrison, which 'sad event occur-
red on Sunday, July 17th. His
death was caused by high blood
pressure.
Mr. Harrison was 78 years old
at the time, of his. death, and
when a physician was called just
prior to his death it was the
first time in his life .that one
W*» ever at Ida bedside. He had
enjoyed perfect health until
stricken with this malady.
'if a man is unable to make an
ass of himself in any other way,
depend on him to do it with a
few drinks of prohibition liquor.
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PADUCAH BOYS
HURTSUNDAY
WERE THROWN FROM CAR
WHILE RIDING OVER
CITY SUNDAY
Sunday afternoon several boys
were riding over town in a
whoopee and apparently were
having a splendid time. All
went well for while, but Leslie
Howell, who was riding, on one
side of the machine, fell off,
one foot getting caught in a
wheel of the car. He was drag-
ged several feet before his plight
was known. While receiving
several scratches he was fortun-
ate in not being seriously hurt.
Glenn Eblen was on the same
vehicle and while jumping up
and down on a side of the wreck
he fell off. He was knocked
unconscious for about two hours
and at first thought he was seri-
ously hurt. He was taken to the
Paducah Hospital for examina-
tion, and about all he complain-
ed about was a pain in his back.
There were no bones broken. He
was taken home and for several
hours was unable to stand up be-
cause of being stricken with
nausea. A report from the
Eblen home, however Tuesday
morning was to the effect that
he bad recovered sufficientlv to
be able to get about with his
usual ease, and it is not thought
any serious results will follow
his experience.
Isaac O. Newton i
District Judge
Isaac O. Newton of Seymour
was appointed District Judge of
this district last week by Gov-
ernor Moody to fill out the un-
expired term of Judge Milam,
deceased.
An -effort was made to have a
Paducah man obtain this honor,
but after an extended time tak-
en to deliberate over the matter
the Governor appointed Mr. New-
ton.
The new Judge is well known
in Paducah, having been district
Attorney several years ago. He
is a man of pleasing personality,
is capable, and will no doubt
make the District an able Judge
who will carefullv and conscienti-
ously take care of the interests
of the people. __
PRESENTED US WITH
KKt piME WATERMELON
W. T. Mackey of Grow present-
ed a Post reporter with a fine
water melon this week, and it was
a luscious one. It was the first
time this season the repotonal
teeth had the opportunity or-
biting into one of these Cottle
County melons. We have lived
here long enough to be thorough-
ly “Westernised” with the ex-
ception of our desire for water
melons. That is one Eastern trait
which will stay with us until we
have written 30 in our career.
The man who believes in him-
self as a rule believes in his home
town also.
Will Run the
Swearingen Gin
F. • Detwiler informed a Post
man this wee^ that he was going
to return to his first business
affinity, commencing August the
first. Commencing on that date
he will become manager for the
Swearingen gin for this season.
Several years ago he held this
position, and it is needless' to
say that he made good there.
Mr.' Detwiler is a practical gin
man and a practical farmer, and
coupled with these qualifications
is an agreeable manner which
makes friends of all his acquaint-
ances.
The Swearingen people will De
pleased to have Mr. Detwiler with
them again, and his Paducah
friends congratuate him upon his
appointment to this position this
year.
Thinks Paducah
Real City Now
Fred Jones (Casey, as he was
known when he lived her ' was
in Paducah this week for the
first time in six years. As he
looked from one new entemrise
to another he expressed surprise
that this city had grown »b such
an extent during his absence.
He said: ■
“Six years must be an awful
long time to be away from a
town, judging from the way this
one has grown during my absence.
When I drove in I was puzzk'd
to know whether I was really
in Paducah or not. Down in
my nortion of Texas « few years’
absence does not. make a mark-
ed difference in the development
of the smaller places. I know
towns there which have scarcely
marie any change in ten o?
twelve years. They remain practi-
cally the same as the seasons
come and go. But that can not
be said of Paducah. There was
no pavement when I left. No
sewerage, a poor water sunn!"
and it seems to me not half the
pretty homes one sees here at
this time. The most marked
business change I have noticed
is on South Main Street’ and on
the South Bide, of the square. It
is a pleasure to see all those
wooden Shacks disappear from
around the square. Things now
lUBUtess in th
THE COTTLE COUNTY
REVIVAL ATTRACTING
IMMENSE CROWDS
PADUCAH CAME OUT WINNER
Tuesday the Matador Fire-
Boys came over to this city and
played the Fire team on the
local diamond.
The game was an interesting
one, good work being done by
both sides. It was enjoyed by
those who witnessed it. The
score was 4 to 0 in favor of the
Paducah team.
COUNTY AGENT
AT A. & M. C.
WILL GET NEW IDEAS OF
HIS WORK AND BRING
THEM BACK HOME
look like business in that part
of the business section. You
have a good town now, and if
it grows as much during the next
six years as it has the past six
it will be a real city by that
time.’” ,
BU1CKS HAVE COLLISION
Thursday afternoon, near the
school house, the Buick ear of
Zay Shirley and that of Miss
Irene Campbell collided.
The details of the accident are
very meagre, and little is known
of the affair. It
Campbell car was
any, but the machine
in was said to b«|-..', , '
considerable extent.
Cottle County is fortunate in
having one of the best County
Agents in Texas. He is a man
who has a theoretical knowledge
of his work, ami has coupled
this with a practical, farming
experience. H. M. Cantrell takes
a pride in his work, and is un-
tiring in bis efforts to give to
the people of Cottle County the
benefit of his extended experi-
ence along the lines in which he
has specialized.
Mr. Cantrell is at College Sta-
tion this week, attending the
Farmers’ Short Course. At these
special meetings those who attend
are given the best of lectures
along all lines of farm work.
Stock raising, poultry raising,
the proper care of milk—in fact
no item is left out at these special
meetings. These sessions corre-
spond to the institutes which the
literary teachers of the schools
attend each year. Facts art
brought out and demonstrations
made which are of untold value
to the farmers of Texas.
Mr. Cantrell will take in every
minute of this meeting. He
will get next to all the latest
kinks in the farming, cattle, poul-
try line and when he comes borne
will have in his possession new
ideas to put out relative to mak-
ing this the best farming sec-
tion in the Lower Panhandle.
The time he spends there will be
taken up in real study and in-
spection. All this new knowledge
gained will be given to the peo-
ple of this section gratis. There
will be no extra charge for it
on the part of Mr. Cantrell. He
will gladly impart his informa-
tion to any who desire it and
this will be of great benefit to
the citizenship generally. Not
only are the farmers the only
ones who need the services of a
county agent. The town garu-
ner often calls upon him for
help. The town man asks for
and obtains information about
tree planting and cultivation:
the ladies seek information about
flower gardens. All these things
are given full attention at the
Short Course sessions. Therefore
the information Cottle County s
representative gains there will
be brought back and handed
down to the folks who could not
get away to learn for themselves
these necessary things.
It would be difficult to fully
estimate the value to the State
generally the conducting of a
Farmers’ Short Course. It is im-
possible to figure what it would
be worth in dollars and cents.
This can not be done. And each
additional visit of the County
Agent to College Station makes
manifest the fact that this work
has become a permanent fixture
in thisr State.
Dumont Revival
Has Been Closed
The union revival which had
been in progress at Dumont for
the past twelve days came to a
close Tuesday night.
The meeting was held by Rev-.
W. M. Bowden of Fort Worth,
under a big brush arbor. While
he is a Methodist evangelist, yet
the meeting was strictly a union
meeting.
In the evangelistic party were
Rev. W. M. Bowden, Mrs. Bow
den, Pauline, Dorothy, Jonnie,
Wesley Bowden, Jr. These peo-
ple are singers and instrumenta.-
|sts of rare ability, and the mus-
ical portion of the meeting was
a rare treat as well as the splen-
did sermons delivered by the
evangelist.
Splendid crowds gathered at
the arbor for each service, and it
was with a feeling of regret that
the people saw the meeting come
to ft close.
There were thirty-five conver-
sions as a result of the religious^
effort, and additions were had to
the Baptist, Methodist and Chris-
tian churches.
There’s a Copper and Brass Re-
search Association in New York,
which seems wholly unnecessary
in view of toe great prevalence of
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DFftw. •
PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM
OTHER TOWNS AND FROM
ALL PARTS OF COUNTY
The Cottle County Revival be-
ing held at the Paducah Taber-
nacle is attracting immense
crowds at every service. Peo-
ple are coming from adjoining
towns, and from all portions of.
this county and adjoining coun-
ties to hear the messages being
delivered by the evangelist, Rev.
Burke Culpepper. This wonder-
ful man has a manner all his
own. and from the subjects tak-
en he weaves beautiful word pic-
tures, and strikes home with the
most beautiful of Cod-filled ser-
mons. Ho preaches in a manner
easily understood. He talks to
the hundreds as though they
were one individual, and individ-
ual preaching is what reaches the
spot for Christ and for good.
Gentle in his manner, refined in
speech. yet firm in the denuncia-
tion of sin in all its forms, the
evangelist brings at each ser-
vice some mighty messages, to
be recorded in the minds and
hearts of his hearers, not soon
to be forgotten. As time conies
and goes the influence of this
wonderful preaching will bring
forth fruit unto the harvest. The
secret of Rev. Culpeper's preach-
ing is in the fact that he “be-
lieves” in what he is doing. He
has direct contact with his Heav-
enly Father, and he is given the
power to sway his congregations
as he sees fit. One moment he
will have the crowded auitorium
laughing; the next moment they
will be in tears. He does not
appeal especially to the emotions,
but he does appeal to the reason-
ing powers of men and women.
He thinks religion is a common
sense proposition, and acts ac-
cordinei- and his hearers realize
that they are listening to a man
who is versed in the art of im-
parting his knowledge and experi-
ence to them in a tactful, un-
derstandable manner.
The music is one of the strong
features of the revival. The music
committee got busy prior to the
beginning of the meeting and en-
listed the aid of almost all the
musicians of the town. Piano,
violins, baritone, comets, clari-
nets, xyolonhone, trombones, and
a large platform of cultured
voices, help to make the musical
portion of the services one of
the greatest ever held in Padu-
cah. On the streets of the city
every day are to be heard com-
pliment after compliment on the
great music which is being given
at the tabernacle each evening.
Rev. James Culpenper, son of
the evangelist, has charge of the
young people’s meeting which is
had each evening at 7:30 o’clock
in the First Methodist Church.
This young preacher is a young
people’s worker of rare ability.
He has had several years’ experi-
ence in this endeavor and knows
how to make the young people
understand and appreciate the
importance of their work in the
success of any revival and their
importance in the maintaining
of their local church life. He
stresses the point that it takes
the young and the old, the learn-
ed and unlearned, to maintain
the work of the Kingdom on
earth, and in his talk each even-
ing he emphasizes the importance
of their taking an active part
at all times in the church work
and church life of the commun-
ity Yeung Culpepper is a pleas-
ing and a convincing talker, and
his earnestness appeals to those
who attend the services snd hear
his talks.
This revival is being run on
a business, common sense basis.
In the Church annex are to be
found chairs, cots, water, glas.t*f,
plenty of light, etc. • This is done
a m der that mothers who bxiag
their children to the service can
take them there for rest when
they become weary and fretful.
This will add much to the pleas-
ure. of the mothers and the chil-
dren, qnd will enable the parents
to hear the sermons without In-
convenience to them. |
The meeting has started off
with every indication of success.
The immense Corwds show a de;>
interest in the revival, and the
meeting is being talked from one
end of the county to toe oi*—
People evervwhere are
the meeting on their mind
there is a keen interest
manifested in the
streets, on the farms—in
wherever a crown ■ gathers
subject soqn turns in tint
tion and some ‘
the work Which
at the tabernacle.
BURRS WERE FIRED
Some cotton hnrrs
ed in toe
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day they
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toward the
was placed
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