The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. [47], Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1930 Page: 4 of 6
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ch the Church at
ock in the after-
ng program will be
jV. J. F. Smith, Mc-
c—Mrs, Guy Bunch, Ce-
y School As a Promoter
Fellowship—Rev. C. A.
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ay School and the Budget
v, Prosper.
:c—Weston School.
Evangelist Hollo-
jL Reverence in the
of God^-Rev. L. T. Grumbles,
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Mks by the Superintendents of
nday Schools.
Closing remarks by Rev. T. F. Hoff-
van, McKinney.
The above program insures a great
nvention.
W. J. Epting, Pres.
Mob Burns Court Mouse
At Sherman to Get Negro
With The Jokesmith
His First and Last
-n dd Mose came dow". fron: his
"•’me ride, he said to th pilot,
uh for dem two rides.”
rides?” replied the pilot.
’ =aid Mose, ‘ my first and
How Did You Know?
some collars for my husband,
icrgotten the size
er. and a half, sai 1 the assis-
it, how did you know?
vho let their wives buy their
are always about that size,
Oh Yea
me everv time I
ion.
♦Yishbone
bought yes rerday had
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Mada he was so happy and con-
tented he had nothing to wi: i for.
Wobble, Wobble
What time does the next train come
in? asked little Phillip of the old sta-
tion ma.tei.
Why yr.u little rascal I’ve t«J.d you
five time that it comes in at 4:44.
I know it, replied Phillip, but I like
to see your wdiiskers wobtle when you
;i»ay 4:44. *
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A Good Title
The t- rcher held up a picture of
George Washington crossing the Del-
aware.
Can anyone tell me the name of this
picture? asked the teacher.
Sure, yelled a freckled-face boy in
the back. Sit down, you're rocking
the boat.
What’s the latest news about bus-
tles ? asked the Literary Digest.
Surely, they’re not coming to the
front ? replied the Tampa Tribune.
V danger sign can’t talk, but its
not so dumb as the fellow who disre-
gards it.
On Saturday, May 3, George Hu-
ghes, a negro 41 years old, assaulted
the young wife of a white fanner near
Sherman. A few hours later Hughes
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff L. B.
Shipp, after a gun battle in which nei-
ther was injured.
The following Monday morning the
Fifteenth Distrct Court grandjury
was convened in special session at
Sherman to investigate the case and
before noon of that day three indict-
ments had been returned against the
negro.
The trial started at 9:30 Friday
morning wth four or five Texas Rang-
ers present to prevent violence. The
crowd continued to grow until by 10
o’clock the square was jammed with
people and lynching began to be advo-
cated. By noon the people were pret-
ty thoroughly wrought up and Rang-
ers fired their pistols to keep the mob
from breaking in the court room doors.
A little later tear gas bombs -were ex-
ploded in the court room as a means
of deterring the mob. This reulted in
many people being overcome and the
aid of the fire company was required
to carry them out of the buildng, it
being found necessary to take them
out at second-story windows and car-
ry them to the ground by means of
ladders.
The mob spirit grew and the negro
was placed in the records vault of the
District Clerk’s office for safe-keeping,
Judge Carter, presiding at the trial,
having in the meantime been told by
Ranger Captain Hamer that it would
be impossible to try the negro in Sher-
man without bloodshed. Judge Car-
ter then suspended the trial with the
intention of permitting the case to be
tried elsewhere on a change fo venue.
The crowd increased as news of the
conditions found its way to outlying
towns and communities and with it the
mob spirit.
Talk of burning the court house be-
gan to be heard and soon two youths
said to be not more than 17 years old
tossed a can of gasoline into the build-
ing and applied a match.
Soon the building was in flames, but
would have been controlled by the fire
company had not the mob cut the hose
as fast as a stream of water was turn-
ed on the fire.
The buildings on the north side of
the square caught on fire, upon which
the firemen were permitted to play the
streams of water without molestation.
In two or three hours the court
house was a mass of ruins and what
had become of the negro was upper-
most in the minds of the people. While
officers, declared he had not been re-
moved from the vault, there was dis-
trust many thinking he had been taken
away, and the truth was not known
until after 11 o’clock Friday night,
vdien the vault was dynamited and th?
negro’s body found.
It is believed that he had survived
the heat and was killed by a piece of
iron blown from some part of the
vault by the explosion, which entered
his head. The negro had some wa-
ter in the vault and had used it feeiy
as a means of warding off the heat.
The body was thrown out, tied be-
hind a car and dragged to the, ne-
gro section near the union railway sta-
tion, where it was swung from the
limb of a tree in front of the old Fris-
co saloon building, which was being
operated as a drug store by a negro.
The fixtures of the drug store were
piled beneath the negro and set on
fire. When the body was cut down
Saturday morning by soldiers nothing
but the torso remained. The body was
buried by the county undertaker in a
cheap coffin.
During all of this excitement offi-
ceis seemed to be utterly helpless. A
company of soldiers from Denison was
brushed i ride and soon gave up the ef-
fort to curb the mob, probably fear'rig
the sacrifice of life if shooting start-
ed in such a large crowd, many of
which were women and children.
The mob attacked fifty or more mil
itamen under Capt. L. E. McGee, 112th
Calvry, with stones, bricks and bottles
and forced them to retire toward th0
jail. Before the jail was reached the
attack on the soldiers became so ss- j
vere that they were forced to tfum up- j
on the mob in self-defense. In the l
pitched battle that followed two
youths were shot and four of the mi-
litiamen were wounded. Fear of the
consequences if shooting started is
said to have deterred the wilitiamen
from firing more. *
Saturday night Sherman people ask-
ed for martial law and about 10
o’clock the reins of government were
turned over by the city and county au-
thorities to the State militia. It is be-
lieved this was due to the fea rthat a
race riot might break out under oth-
er conditions.
Probably three-fourths of the crowd
was attracted through curiosity and
nad no idea of taking part in any un
lawful conduct. Many of the people
present were said to have been from
Oklahoma.
Excitement became so intence and
the mob spirit so rampant that it was
unsafe to attempt to cousel against
lawlessness.
* The fire damage is said to be about
8100,000 and many court records were
destroyed. ,
The woman attacked was Mrs. Drew
Farlow. She was taken ‘to the court
house in an ambulance and conveyed
to the courtroom on a cot. The sight
of the victim greatly inflammed the
great throng of people.
Saturday twelve men were in jail
charged with incendiarism and insii-
,?atAng mob violence. A stick of dy-
ianij)te was found on one of the men
arx’tsted.
Celina Sends Check to
Frost Storm Sufferers
The local Red Cross, under the di-
rection of Mrs. A. McWilliams, rais-
ed a fund of $60.70 for the storm-suf-
fers at Frost. Mrs. McWilliams and
Mrs. James King personally canvis-
sing and collecting the money.
Those fortunate enough to escape
such a disaster, should feel it a privil-
ege to be permitted to help in a case
like this.
The money has been forwarded to
the Red Cross in charge of storm re-
lief work and will help buy clothes and
food or other things needed by those
whose savings were swept away.
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I will take horses, mule§ and cattle
to pasture at $1 per mcinth. Good
grass and plenty of wateriV-Mrs. Eu-
la Pafford, 6 miles east Celina. 46-2p
For Best Groceries
Fresh Meats, Etc.
Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Epting went to
Gainesville Monday.
For All Kinds
of Hauling
SEE JOHN WILLOCK
or Telephone No. 8-
Reasonable rates and
Careful Service.
WE ALSO PLOW
GARDENS.
come to our store- We render sudden service and it must
be right- We carry a complete line of goceries of the
most dependable kind and make prompt delivery- If you
have not tried our service try it and see the difference.
L. L. Lewis & Son.
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Shain Block, N. E.
Corner
TEXAS.
McKINNEY,
Civil and Criminal Pract
Read your home town paper.
R. B. NALL
Optical Specialist
Best Glasses Made in
Sherman
Commercial Bank
Dallas News, Dallas Journal
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best, the most reliable—That’s all.
Also the newsiest, the
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Boyer & Choate
DRUGGISTS
Carrying Out Instructions
The man was telling of the accom-
plishments of his dog. “I taugh him
to bark if someone came in the front
yard. Then my son taught him to car-
ry bundles. One night I awoke and
heard movements in the next room. I
got up and tnere were two men—and
■the dog.”
“Didn’t he bark?”
“No—he was too busy.”
“Busy doing what?”
“Carrying the lantern for the bur-
.glars.”
EYES EXAMINED
GLASSES CORRECTLY FITTED
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DRS. R.B.&J. T. NALL
OPTOMETRISTS
Sherman, Texas.
Dr. Jno. T. Nall in Celina at Boyer
& Choate’s Drug Store every Satur-
day.
“C” NALL, “C” BETTER.
Oh Yeah?
The Mississippi you~i said that his
musical training had been the means
of saving his life in a recent flood in
his home town.
“How was that?” inquired a by-
nder?”
Veil, when the flood struck the
my father got on a bed and
town stream.”
ou?”
ipanied him on the piano.”
hat Is This?
•» sunshine of my soul,
the dark, dark clouds
e for you will never
always reign in my
isal or a weath-
of Gaines-
and Sun-
otMr of
-d b'nby
of jsi
Pure, Fresh Milk
is one of the finest of foods, and
especially should children have a
generous supply. That’s the kind
we handle and are waiting for the
word to deliver it to your door
daily.
A little thoughtfulness on the
part of my patrons in putting out
bottles daily1'will save me much
annoyance. Please do that and
shall thank you.
(TIP) MIZE
Coal, Feedstuff
Flour and Meal
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at a price that will please and of a quality that can-
not be excelled for the money. We shall appreciate
any business you may give us and will endeavor to
give you the very best service possible.
We deliver anywhere in town. When you need
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something in our line,
Phone 110
T. J. McADAMS
Celina, Texas.
Celina-McKinney Auto Line
Leave Celina..............7:30, 11:30 a. m.; 4:30 p. m.
Leave McKinney.............9:30 a. m.; 1:30, 6:30 p. m.
McKinney Phone 16. Celina Phone 23.
Red Ball Station, McKinney; Dyer & Jones, Celina.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PACKAGES.
Jerry Franklin, Proprietor.-
Change of Bus Schedule
Started April 8
On and after April 8 t
will be as follows:
Lv. Dallas for Celina $nd Sherman. .8:00 a. m.
Lv. Celina for Dallas..............9:10 a. m.,
Lv. Celina for Sherman............9:30 a. m.
Lv. Sherman for Celina and Dallas. .8:00 a. m.
schedule of the Dallas-Sherman Bus Line
1:30, and 5:30 p. m.
2:40, and 6:40 p. m.
, 3:00 and 7:00 p. m.
1:30, and 5:30 p. m.
Dallas, Celina, Sherman Line
(INCORPORATED)
RELAX AND BE COMFORTABLE-
RIDE THE
BLUEBONNET LIMITEDS
between 11
DALLAS — WACO — CORSICANA
DENISON and int*> *te vn
Ask aniv Agent for
— SHER
McKinney-Celina Auto Line
Leave McKinney........7:30, 11:30 a. m., 4:30 p- m
Leave Celina...........9:30 a- m., 1:30 and 6 p. m
McKinney Telephone Np. 3. Celina Telephone No- 20
Celina Headquarters, "Boyer & Choate’s Drug Store-
J, D. Cox, Proprietor
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Andrews, C. C. The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. [47], Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1930, newspaper, May 15, 1930; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth773288/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Celina Area Historical Association.