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Timpson Weekly Times
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VOLUME 45
TIMPSON. TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER S, 1930
NO. 49
ANOTHER BIG
GUSHER AT
HENDERSON
TUI Of URL
PRINCE H PR1
TTUSWEEr
ESS
LUFKIN
The trial of Ei
year-old man of
ty, is in progress
week. Sanders
of Center are the
neys. t- numb-
if . I
. Prince, 21-
3 communi-
Lufkin this
nd McLeroy
efense attor
of Timpson
Henderson. Dec. 1.—Stroube
& Stroube No. 1 on the Fred-
erick tract. 600 feet north of
the Joiner No. 3, came in this
morning throwing oil twenty ^ been c,Ued as
feet over the top of a 120-foot w-tnesscs A formidable array
people have beei Attending the
trial, with oth rs from the
derrick.
The well was permitted to
flow for forty-five minutes
clearing itself. It is good for
10,000 barrels daily-
The city is again crowded
with interested oil speculators.
This well makes the third
prodcuer for the Held west of
Henderson.
of witnesses was offered by the
defense Wednesday in an ef-
fort to prove that Prince was
“mentally unsound” when he
shot his 17-year-old bride to
death on a highway near Luf-
kin November 14th.
RED CROSS DRIVE
REACHES TOTAL OF
SUTMLMSHERE
The recent membership cam-
paign for ‘the Red Cross
brought into the fund a total of
$60.00, according to lira. J. O.
McDowell, local chairman.
The campaign closed last Sat-
urday and Mr*. McDowell says
she is gratified over the results
and the splendid co-operation
received from the public.
GOUNTTTAXGOLLECTQR.
DNS NEW LICENSE PLATES
FORJS31 ON SALE
Motorists now have the
privilege of “dressing up” their
cars with bright new 1931
license plates, and Tax Collect-
or C. E. Scates has a good sup-
ply on sale .at Center.
Throughout the state, sale on
the new plates commenced
Monday. All cars most be
registered by January first,
according to requirements of
the law.
Lufkin News, Dec. 2.
Following a calling of wit-
nesses and veniremen Monday
morning, Attorneys S. H. Sand-
ers and E. J. McLeroy, counsel
for Earl Prince, charged with
the murder of his wife near
here November 14, filed motion
for continuance of the trial un-
til next term of court. The
motion was overruled by Judge
Brazil.
Counsel for the defense then
made motion to squash the in-
dictment. and hearing of the
motion was proceeding as The
News went to press. A crowd-
ed court room followed the
hearing.
Earl Prince, 21, of Timpson
is charged with the fatal shoot-
ing of his wife, Edwina Prince
17, in an automobile near
Biloxi Creek November 14, as
he and a party of his wife and
three young women were en
route from Lufkin to Donovan.
He Is alleged to have told the
members of the party that he
was "doing this for love,” as
the young woman received
mortal gunshot wounds.
Prince and his wife, married
only a short time, were said to
have been estranged at the
time of the shooting.
District Attorney Townsend
is being assisted by County At-
torney Fenley in the prosecu
tion.
EGLAMIT10N DIRECTOR
FOR SHELBT COM
RECEIVES NEW ROLES
A copy of the new and re-
vised Constitution and Rules of
the University Interscholastic
League has been received by
Mrs. Chas. Wigley, recently
elected director of declamation
in this county.
"The declamation contest,”
said Mrs. Wigley, "is conduct-
ed in eight different divisions,
four divisions for high schools
and four for rural schools. The
junior division is now open to
contestants who were more
than ten and less than fifteen
years of age on the first day of
last September and who are
bona fide students in any mem-
ber-school in this county. The
senior division is open to con-
testants more than fifteen and
less than twenty on the first
day of last September. The
junior divisions, both boys and
girls, use standard poetry for
declaiming, and the senior di-
visions, both boys and £»irl8, ifse
standard prose.
"This contest is designed to
train hoys and girls in sincere
and effective public speaking
and at the same time contribute
to .their mental enrichment by
requiring them to memorize
{TOMATO GROWERS
1 GALLED TO MEET
SATURDAY AFTERMOR
TOMATO PLANT CRBUER
BEGINS DUTIES HERE
Hot bed3 which will furnish
_____ plants for the tomato growers
A meeting of tomato growers of this section will be located
of this section will be held at on W. A. Smith’s property
the Armory Hall in Timpson west of town, formerly the fair
Saturday afternoon att2r30 grounds. This location was
o’clock. This meeting is call- selected Tuesday and work of
pose of discuss- preparing the ground has
ed for the purpose
ing important plans, and Mr.
J. N. Suttle, plant grower, will
be there and speak to the audi-
ence. All growers who have
signed for acreage and others
who might be interested are in-
vited and urged to attend.
SISTERlF TIMPSON
MAN DIES AT
HOST!
Mrs. Caroline Matildey Bag-
gett, aged 81 years, died at the
home of her daughter in San
Augustjne. Manday, NoV. 24,
after a prolonged illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock
at the Baptist church in the
Ironosa community, conducted
by Rev. Wilson.
Mrs. Baggett is survived by
ready begun. J. N., Suttle,
employed by the tomato grow-
er’s association to grow the
plants and supervise the deal,
entered upon his duties Mon-
day and is here to lend his en-
tire time to the work.
Additional acreage is being
pledged daily, it is reported,
and everything points to a
large crop of tomatoes in this
section next season.
Til COLLECTOR
COMING TO TM
BECEMflER 1HI
Tax Collector C. E. Seates
announces that he will be in
Timpson December 19 and 20
for the purpose of collect!**#
state and county taxes. He
will abo have a supply of new
automobile license plates for
car owners.
MS CIR LORO
SWEET POTATOES
Secretary E. H. Hebert of
the Chamber of Commerce re-
ports that he is in receipt of in-
quiry from a concern at Corpus
Christi wanting to buy a car of
sweet potatoes in this section.
Mrs Baggett is aurviveu uj The communication did not
two children, Mrs. Ada Watson state the price to be offered,
s t of <jon AncMiA- but merely ma
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drew, Jeff and Lee Whitton of
San Augustine; one sister, Mrs.
Frances Willard of Neuvilie.
ENCOURAGEMENT SEER
FOR FUTURE 8T10IER
literary masters. It is hoped
that there will be a large num-
ber of entries in this eontest in
our county meet-’’-
Program of The Shelby- •
Doches Association*! Work-
ers Conference at Nacog-
doches, December 19.
10:10, Worship—A. T. Gar-
rard.
10:15, The Local Budget—
Jeff Davis.
10:45, The Denominational
Budget—M. F. Gathright.
11:15, An Inspirational Ad-
dress—J. R. Nutt.
12:10, Noon.
1:30, Board Meeting.
2:00. Woman’s Hour—Mrs.
T. P. Todd.
2:45, Inspirational Address
-J. N. Phillips.
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but merely made inquiry as to
the probability of securing a
shipment here. Mr. Hebert
states that if the growers de-
sire to make up a car load that
he will secure prices from the’
buyer.
URLH11ARLBSTII
FRANCE FINDS WAY
BICnRITSiHI
San Antonio, Dec. 2.—A
missing half-dollar traveling a
devious and unmapped route,
has found its way back to the
San Antonio owner who lost It
on a devastated battlefield in
France in 1918.
The half-dollar belongs So
W. E. Hardin. And after 12
years of roaming it is back
home sgain, never, Hardin,
says, to roam again.
The coin has Hardin’s name
and a masonic emblem en-
graved on one side and was
given him by a friend when he
sailed for France In 1917.
The coin was deposited in a
San Antonio bank and was
recognized by a teller • who
knew Hardin.
This Bank
Represents
the Future-
Many!
’
WHEN people pass our doors and say,
"That’s my bank,” they mean they’re proud
of the way they’re budding their own financial
futures.
Ou; future is simply the joint future of all
we serve. Can we make yours brighter?
COTTON BELT STATE BANK
-THE OLDEST BANK IN SHELBY COUNTY”
Healthiest Girl and Boy
Named at 4-H Clnb Congress
’ Chicago, Dec. 2.—Marian E.
Snydergaard, 15, of Grundy
county, Iowa, and William R-
Rodenhamef, 20, of Johnson
county, Mo., today were named
as the healthiest girl and boy
in the United States in the con-
test conducted at the annual
4-H club congress.
The Iowa girl scored 99.7
out of a possible 100 points,
the highest ever made in the
nine years in which the 4-H
clubs have held congresses.
Bodenhamer scored 98.7.
Fairchild U. S. Crop
Estimate, 14,593,000 Bales
New York, Dec. 2.—Fair-
child’s estimate of the Ameri-
can cotton crops is 14,697,000
gross bales, equal to 14,593
000 running bales; ginnings
are'12,829,000 bales; weevil
damage 4.4 per cent of normal
crop, or next to smallest on
record.
Estimated crop by States is:
Alabama 1,483,000 bales, Ar-
kansas 990,000, Georgia 1,-
655.000, Mississippi 1,575,000,
North Carolina 870,000, Okla-
homa 985,000, South Carolina
1.080.000, Tennessee 422,000
and Texas 4,180,000.
Washington, Dec. 2.—En-
couragement was drawn from
the present, the past and the
future today by President
Hoover—despite the difficulties
of the times.
“Substantial progress has
been made during the year in
national peace and security,”
he advised congress. "The
fundamental strength of the
nation’s economic life is un-
impaired, education and scien-
tific discovery have made ad-
vances, our country is more
alive to its problems or moral
and spiritual welfare.”
After citing the last year’s
business depression, the presi
dent continued:
“There are many factors
which give encouragement for
the future. The fact that we
are holding from 80 to 85 per
cent of our normal activities
and incomes; that our major
financial and industrial institu-
tions have come through the
storm unimpaired; that price
levels of major commodities
have remained approximately
stable for some time;-that a
number of industries are show-
ing signs of increasing de-
mand ; that the world at large
is readjusting itself to the situa-
tion, all reflect grounds for
confidence.
“We should remember that
these conditions have been
met many times before, that
they are but temporary, that
our country is today stronger
and richer in recourses, in
equipment, in skill than ever in
its history. We are in an ex-
traordinary degree self-sus-
taining; we will overcome
world influences and will lead
the march of prosperity as we
have always done hitherto.”
Begin your Christmas shop-
ping now and buy your mer-
chandise in Timpson. Loyalty
to your home town is the only
way to make your town grow,
and when your money is spent
at home, it will pay you divi-
dends in more ways than one.
The dollar that is carried
away or. sent away for mer-
chandise never comes back. It
goes to help some other town
grow larger and your own town
grow smaller. H you want
your town to grow and the
value of your property to in-
crease, buy everything that you
possibly can at home.
Plans to Prevent
Holiday Crime Wave
Are Made by Sheriffs
Austin, Dec. 2.—Prevention
of any holiday “crime wave”
by rapid dissemination of news
of major felonies via radio may
be attempted by the Sheriffs
Association of Texas.
Robert Goodfellow, secre-
tary, said today that the asso-
ciation had been pledged the
co-operation of commercial
radio broadcasting stations in
San Antonio, Houston and Fort
Worth and that the association
hopes to complete its arrange-
ments In time for the Christ-
mas holidays.
Please phone the Time? any
[local new* fou may know.
The
Friendly
Bank
»
Two heads are better
than one—and so are two
pocketbooks. Lets get
together. We’ll spell
each other over the hard
places and get ahead lots
faster.
Guaranty Bond State Bank
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1930, newspaper, December 5, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765077/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.