The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME LI.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930
NUMBER 16.
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Houston, Sept. 13.—The head-
! quarters and ilisisional staff of
the Thirty-Sixth Division, Texas
| National Guard, will bo removed
from Houston to Port Worth
Sept. 20, Lieut: Col. Dallas J.
I Matthews, acting chief of staff,
i!announced Saturday.
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By Hugh 'PetaZextcv <?
WutSrilions hy
Irwin Myers
Jack Co. Club Boa's Enter Judging Gains In Texas Cities Shown By Jim Goin Sentenced to Ten Years Farm Displays at State Fair Are
Contest at Graham Fair. Census. In Penitentiary. Bigger and Better.
J. N. Wheeler, county agent, J. Washington, Sept. 17.—Texas ! The jury returned a verdict of j The banner crops produced in
informs the Gazette that he is on- lias ten cities in the class having guilty in the trial of Jim Goin Texas, despite the drouth, will he
tiering sixteen club boys in the hvipHation of. between 25,000 and who was charged with the killing
live stock poultry, dairying and j 100,000, according to a tabulation! °f Carl Gregg
grain judging contest that will be J issued t lay by the census bn- sessed was ten years in
held at Graham next Friday, the' ream Beaumont tops the list with tentiary.
Punishment as-
the peni-
The action was caused,” Col.
Matthews said, “by Major Gen.
John A. Hulen’s removal to Fort
| Worth when he was advanced
i from receiver for the T. & B. V.
; to vice president and general
I manager of the Fort Worth &
I.Denver Railway! General Ilulen
[wanted his• headquarters and staff
j right at hand. Officers for the di-
j vision headquarters in Fort
j Worth have been obtained in the
; Fort Worth Club Building, Sixth
land Throckmorton Streets.”
- Division headquarters first was
CHAPTEH 1— Impoverished by the ' established in Houston in Nen-
oyen-handed generosity of his lather. I , , ' xrotlMOll ill .'tep
Virginia gentleman, young Webster | tember. 1921. ( olcnel .Matthews. |.
di-
Copyright by Hugh Perulexter.
WNU HerVtCe
THE STORY
26th, at 1( a. nt., on the fair
grounds. Mr. Wheeler has secur-
ed passes for all the boys and will
go to Graham early Friday morn-
ing with tlie boys to compete
against ten other counties. Mr.
Wheeler also stilted that the boys
have- had sufficient training to do
some good work, and expected to
: ke a fair showing. A complete
list of the teams will be given in
next week’s Gazette.
reflected in the biggest and best
agri< allural show ever held in the
entire State, it has been announ-
ced here hy J. A. Moore, superin-
tendent of agriculture, who has
round over the
Mrs. Geo. D. Brownlee Hoj’.ess to
Library Club.
57,483 inhabitants, representing a1 The charges in this case grew
gain of 52,3 per cent during the lout of the killing of Carl Gregg l just completed
last 10 years. Galveston is soc-1 " hich occurred at the Stevens State.
o?id with 53,427 or a gain of 20.7 home northwest of here on the] There will not be sufficient
per cent, while Austin is third 2Jrd of December, 1929, while alliroom for till of the counties wish-
with 53,118 or a gain of 52.3 per ril(J parties were attending ajhig space in the Agriculture
co,j ’ r I deuce. It is understood that a Building, it was announced.
In point of per cent Amarillo, ploa will he made for a new trial. | There will also he more county ex
with a population o,f 43.107, tops S The ease of the State of Texas
the list with a gain of 178.2. | vs- Tom Kirk, charged with kill-
Corpas Christi, wjth 27,789, is mg John Roland, was set for
second with a gain of 164.2 per j Thursday of this week but upon
cent, while San Angelo with 25,- j application of state’s attorney
:: 5 is third with a gain of 151.8 j was postponed until next term of
per cent. The other cities with the ; court which will be held in March
population and gain of each are:]^’”-
Laredo 32,716, gain 44.1 per cent;! The grand jury was in session
Port Arthur, 50,067, gain 125 per j t he first week of court reported
Dibits at the 1930 State Fair than
have ever shown before. The
exhibits will also be of a better
quality than shown heretofore.
In addition to the increased
number of counties, there will be
more individual exhibits than be-
fore, and all of the additional 10,-
000 square feet of space which
will lie devoted to the Agricult-
for0,l2o':,rBraer,un.faenr,0acn8eCr^tBBrSSdS^ i Major A. F. Christie. U. S. A
'“LTas^uT^tuTnertol™ instructor; Major Marvin
Alexandria from a visit to the fort, j D. Steeil, acting ad jutant, ailfl
!secure’dP wdu*w« ‘.nSff j Sergt. Jack Clark, instructor, will
WeafiM u^'n^lT : ^company the division head-
Brond is sent bank to Fort Duquesne, ] quarters to Fort Worth.
.also bearing a message'’’' tleorge j
Croghan, English emissary among the
Indians.
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CHAPTER II
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Der Hexenkopf
After passing through the Blue
ridge I felt as if nty visit to Alexan-
dria had taken place in a dream. No
place here for gay coats and ruffled
shirts and silken hose; and what
Football Game Friday,
The Jaeksboro High Tigers will
open their 1930 football season
Friday at 4:00 p. m. with the
■scrappy Bryson High team. Al-
though this is the first football
j team Bryson has produced, they
are expected to give the locals
mockery would the undergrowth make plenty of trouble and the pros-
of my dainty lady’s exquisite attire! pects for a good game are excel-
A buzzard quartered the sky and I |(,„t The Ti have ,,,,en work.
knew there would be many of them ,, , , , .
before long following the army. *?* i n t,u‘ l>flat
# * * * * * , 4 tlie -direction 01 Coach 01ivrer, and
Round Paw of the Wolf clan bare- | alt,,ou^ there is a good array of
ly glanced up as I stood beside his 11uderial, it remains to be seen
small fire, and yet he had discovered ! Jpd how they are going to funic-
me coming or else he would not have ! lion as a unit. Coach Oliver has
been seated with his scarlet blanket j been trying several combinations
covering him from head to foot. I ] in order to find the most consist-
dropped on the ground and laid aside | ent line-up, and the fans are like-
my rifle. Be filled nnd lighted his iy to se(, something new in the
pipe and passed It through the blue ,... .. „ ■ ,, ,, .
smoke. After a few whiffs I returned i 'Va' *.00*ba11 th/ ^me,Fri:
It Finally he remarked: !( ♦ * * 1S P^an the local
“My white brother has come from i merchants to close their business
the home of his father.” during the game, the jazz band
"My father Is a ghost. There is no ; organized for the football season
home for me in Alexandria. My fa- will be on hand, and a large
Last Thursday afternoon tile
Library Club held the first meet- CP)d. Waco, 52,825, gain 37.2 per: indictments in seventeen felony j we b'how will be taken up, and if
ing of this year with Mrs. Geo. I). i cenP all(j Wichita Falls 43,614.1 !Uul one misdemeanor case. more room were available it
Brownlee as hostess. A business ^ajn y g ,)er eent. Other criminal cases will be dis would be filled also, according to
session was first held with the " ___m ______ , posed of during the remainder of (Mr. Moore.
president, Mrs. II. II. McConnell. . „ T a ,*l's week, or will he heard next] bt his swing around the State,
presiding. At. this time the year Baio 1 into uounty if air is upeneci. week> Several civil cases have | Mr. Moore found that north, west
books were distributed and three Mineral Wells, Sept. 17.—Palo been disposed of by the court. ja,1,l central Texas had a bigger
new members were received,' Mes- Pinto County farmers and mer-1 _. m |_ wheat, oat and corn crop than in
dames W. R, Cannon, W. R. |chants today in the opening day [he past several years; South
Johnson, Ivan p. Olivers’ At close of the fifth annual Palo Pinto Antelope Wins Baseball League, lexas lias already harvested tie.:
of business the program was giv-1 County Fair vied in displaying j Championshin. , most profitable _ vegetable crop
en with Mrs, H. H. McConnell, 1 products and wares’. | j', lf,ls u ^0<’^ citrus crop; and
leader, this being the date for the | More than 5,000 persons were. The Gazette has received a re-j **'ai> ‘''x«s has ha,| a most
regular Bible program. Those ! attracted to the grounds at Camp port stating that Antelope was the : P> ohtable tomato and other vege-
taking part were Mrs. Guy Mor- j Wolters, east of Mineral Wells, to winner of baseball championship tao[e crop.
gan, Mrs. A. R. Bilberry, Mrs. C. view the exhibits and attend first in a six-team league composed of [ *‘[e iu>w scoring system which
A. Worthington, Mrs. J. W. Knox, night entertainment. * Antelope, Bellevue, Deer Creek, j "’aa inaugurated at the 1929 State
Twelve large exhibit halls are Vashti, Buffalo Springs and Shan-i ?**’ " show up to much better
Miss Frances McConnell, by spec-
ial request, gave a very interest-
ing talk on “The Passion Play”
as given at Oberammergau, anil
which she attended during her
recent European trip. All enjoy-
filled with the displays of firm-'non. j advantage at the 1930 exposition.
ers, merchants, hoys’ and girls' i Shannon was winner of the first j * ounf*es have had time to learn
clubs and of individual exhibi- half of season and Antelope the1'1'1 scoring s\s,cm better and
] tors. Two buildings contain last half and the deciding games each comity is belter prepared to,
I poultry exhibits. were played Saturday, September j niajor in the crops that are best,
ed very much this part of the pro-1 A style show tonight, at which : 6th and Wednesday the Htth. j s,,ited tor the climate and the soil
gram. Refreshments were after- a young Palo Pinto County couple j with the above results. oi their particular county.
ward served to Mines. A. R. Bil- i "'ere married, was the first of a j _^ -* -____ j ^Ie new s.Vs^eui Jl^so show
berry, J. W. Knox, S. Castleberry, iaeries of elaborate night enter- , ,ll,‘ results of the past few years
Gus Jones, R. L. Gwaltney, W. T.! tainments. The couple were Miss »unaay
Spivey, Kirk Stewart, E. C. Rich-1 Lucile Wilkerson, who resides
crowd is expected to he out to in-
augurate the season and to cheer
the boys on to another elmmnion-
ship campaign. The game will
start promptly at 4:00 o’clock
and will be played on the new
high school football field immedi-
ately north of and adjoining the
new building.
Tibbs Riley Dies at El Paso.
The remains of Tibbs Riley, age
thirty-eight years, was returned
here for burial Monday, following
his death which occurred at El
f!
tber’s house belongs to another.”
He was silent for a few minutes,
then asked:
“You carry belts for Onas?” (The
governor of Pennsylvania.)
“I carry a talking-paper to George
Croghan,’’ I told him, tapping the
breast of my hunting shirt. “The big
chief from over the stinking water
has asked me to get men with long
rifles for his army. And I have said
I would go to Duquesne again. Does
the man of the Wolf go with me?”
He rose and allowed his blanket to
drop down on his loins. > 'Hiring my
absence he had repainted white the
paw on his chest, the totem mark of
bis clan, and he was oiled for war, I
knew he was eager to be deep in the , Paso SaturdaV) September 13th.
Funeral services were held at the
family home three miles east of j
town, Monday afternoon by Rev. |
C. B. Garrett, pastor of the Meth-11
odist Church. The burial service j •
was conducted by the American ] i
Legion.
Mr. Riley was a native of this j
county, being the youngest son j
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Riley, the for- j
mer now deceased. He was a vet- j
eran of the World War having I
served as an instructor in the
army at Camp Mabry. For the
past several years he had resided
at El Paso. lie is survived by his
wife, his mother, Mrs. E. Riley; a
brother, Robert Raley; two sis-
ters, Mrs. L. B. Carr, of Cresson,
and Mrs. Sam Cullers of Bryson;
all of whom were here for the fu-
neral services. Other relatives and 11
friends from out of town, here
for the funeral were Mrs. M. S.
Russell and Mrs. Kate Dallas of
Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Nes-
bitt, Vernon; Gene Nesbitt. Fort I
Worth; Mrs. Mae Morton, Airs.!
j Helen Horton McClendon and i
little daughter, Alary Helen, Fori J
Worth; Mrs. Frances Horton Do-j
mingas, Dallas, Air. Carr, Cresson, j
and Air. Cullers of Bryson. j
ards, H. IT. Flowers, C. A. Worth-
ington, H. C. AlcClure, F. F. Cady,
W. M. Breech, Ira Butler, O. B.
Powell, Hubert Green, Ed Sewell,
C. C. Hawkins, Guy Alorgan,
Floyd Dixsoii. Coleman Powell, C.
W. Patton, Alisses Alice Rogers,
Alpha Lynn, Frances McConnell,
Margaret Sporer, of Marshall,
and the hostess.
south of here, and Ray Warren of
Mineral Wells.
Alineral Wells Kiwanis and Ro-
tary Clubs tomorrow will stage
entertainments for prizes. Brad,
Gordon, Sturdevant and Sales-
ville communities will participate
Friday in the Community Day
program. Friday night will be
i carnival night, when Palo Pinto
Recent American drama was J «itizen.s will appear in masquerade
selected hy the committee for the ;1" Pr*ZPS-
study course this year, and all
members are expecting a very in-
teresting year’s work. Mrs.
Brownlee, chairman of the year
book committee, Avill give each
member who is leader the outline
of her program.’
School Officers
Teachers Honored.
and
On Tuesday evening Air. and
Airs. George 1). Brownlee enter-
of campaigning on the part ©11
farm leaders, business men and
hankers for diversification. The
system is to allow a county to*
choose its own crops for exhibit
lained in honor of the teachers | at the State Fair. The countv
Former Pastor to Preach Here
Tuesday.
Dr. J. Hardin Mallard of Alem-
pliis, Texas, will preach at the
The next meeting xvill be with: Presbyterian Church in Jaeksboro
Airs. E. C. Richards, with Airs. J. next Tuesday, Sept. 28rd, p. m.
W. Knox, leader. The topic will Dr. Alallard will be remembered
he O'Neil’s “Beyond the Hori .as a former pastor of the Presb.v-
zon.” terian Church at Jaeksboro.
and officers of the Sunday school
of the First Baptist Church. A
short business session was held,
at which time it was decided to
observe educational week. At
close of business a social period,
was enjoyed by all, the host and
hostess directing the games and
stunts. Cake and punch were
served to Rev. and Airs. A. R. Bil-
| berry, Alessrs. and Mines. II.
i Woolley. - Kirk Stewart, R. II.
' Tate, C. B. Porter. II. II. Flowers,
Guy Morgan, II. II. Glazner, Ver-
gil Denison, Elmer Brownlee, Airs.
S. Castleberry, Mrs. W. AI. Ilarp-
must show as many as three ma-
jor crops and twenty minor
crops. If a county wishes to ma-
jor in cotton, they can do so, hut
are not forced to, as was the cus-
tom at one time at the Stale Fair.
‘Farmers as a whole,” Air.
Aloore said,“are not in bad shape.
They will end up the year witli
more feed in their barn, more
food in their pantry, more live-
stock on their farm and more
money in their pocket.
“Crops perhaps have not
brought as much money as they
have in days gone by, but they
er, Mrs. Glenn Allen, Alisses Joan- j have been planted and are being
tie Rogers, Winnie Harper and harvested more economically
Alice Rogers, J. (’. Hines, the I Than heretofore. Banks have not
host and hostess.
”My White Brother Has Come From
the Home of His Father.”
forests beyond the Alleghenies and
was even now ready to start. Al-
though leg-tired I did not unpack my
blnnkets^^but signified my readiness
to travel. He produced some smoked
Uient mid parched corn for me to eat
and after I had finished he made up
Ids travel-bundle, nnd we were off,
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iigh school
as fol-
; disheveled pair, I <
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as they
most in-
he bar-
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[j loaned as much money I
:have and the farmer in
! stances will own what
vests.
“AVe are quite enthused over
our Agriculture Show, and believe
i it will show the people of Texas
and the Southwest what Texas
can and does produce to the very
best advantage.”
The senior class of Jaeksboro
high school was called to a meet-
, ing last Friday, Sept. 12, in order
i to discuss problems of the school
year which ensues. The major
officers, who were elected last
May, took charge of the class dur-
ing the session. The first problem
mentioned was that of a sponsor
; for the class. After a short dis-
I mission, Mrs. A. Lee Whitt was
elected by acclamation. The school
] colei’s were chosen as class colors,
and white carnation chosen as the
class flower. At a future class
meeting an honorary sponsor anr
a class mother will be elected.
After all the offices were filled,
the class officers and their re-
; speetive offices were: Edwin Alc-
Clure. president; Alaxine Grable,
'vice president; Thomas Cherry-
homes. secretary-treasurer; Geo.
i Cherry homes, reporter; Mildred
Kemp, social chairman; Herbert
j Lucas, floor bouncer.
The senior class, with the hear-
| tv co-operation of its members,
, the faculty, and the citizens of
] Jaeksboro, intends to do grea
i things this year, and prove
; the best class that, has
graduated from
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Dennis, J. R. The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1930, newspaper, September 18, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730800/m1/1/?q=virtual+music+rare+book: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.