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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS
YOUR BEST
ADVERTISING
MEDIUM
IN THE 64th YEAR
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE
ENNIS, TEXAS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19r>5
SIX PAGES—FIVE CENTS
NO. 239
TEXAS
BRIEFS
U.S. Reclamation Commission
Calls for Water ! .ogram
GALVESTON. Tox. (UP).—United
States Reclamation Commissioner
W. A. Dexheimer says a solid wa-
ter program for Tcxh.s is the key to
future prosperity measured in bil-
lions—not, millions—of dollars. Dex-
heimer spoke here, before the 11th
annual meeting of the Texas Wa-
ter Conservation Association. He
said Texag is reaching the limit of
economic expansion unless water is
provided for additional growth. He
said that if a man fails to get a
drink of water every now and then,
lie soon dies .. and if water us not
supplied to the expanding western
economy, it. too w ill die.
Senator William Knowland
To Speak in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH. Tex. iUP*.—Sen-
ator William F Knowland 'Repo of
California will speak at a $25 a plate
Republican dinner here November
9. Tarrant County GOP Chairman
Rayard Friedman says the Senate
minority leader has accepted an in-
vitation to open a fund drive for
the Tarrant County Republican or-
ganization.
Community Chest
Still Needs $3600
Drive Receipts Pass Over $7,000
As Campaign Enters New Week
LEGIONNAIRES BlIRY COMRADE—Members of the French Foreign legion pre-
pare a rave for a fallen comrade at Immouzer des Marmoueha, French outpost in the
Riff mountains of Morocco. He fell under fire of Berber tribesmen, who surrounded
the post and for a time cut off all supplies e xcept those received by parachute. (NEA
Telephoto)
NEW YORK (UP,.—A New York
newspaper reiroits Adlai Steven-
| son i.s out in front in the race for
I the Democratic Presidential Nomi-
I nation.
Mexican Officials Invited
To Daniel’s Dope Probe
FORT WORTH. Tex (UP).—Two
Mexican officials have been asked !
to sit in on the session when Sena- !
tor Price Daniel iDrm.i of Texas
holds a hearing October 21 on nar- j
cof.ie.s sales here. They are Attorney
General Carlos F Socli and Oscar
Rabasa, Mexico's international rep- | Af 1.1 P»-rvrv
resentative on the narcotics prob- | \/| V>0ll0fl v/l OD
lem Daniel invited them to hear ' ■
testimony with has subcommittee
investigation of the illicit traffic
crosses the Rio Grande.
Stevenson Reportedly
Leads Demo Prospect
Sixty Five Percent
I The “Wall Street Journal" says
I it polled 27 Democratic State Gov-
i ernors and (fther jxirty leaders
| across the country to see how the j
race shapes up. The journal sa\s
1 tile results show Stevenson, the de- j
j fee ted Democratic Candidate 111
1952, “clearly in the lead.”
it will wait until the Republicans
pick a candidate before it decides
whom to support 111 tin; big elec-
tion.
Filially, a presidential aide says
the President will run again. J. H.
Pyle made tins observation in a
speech.
A total of $7,358.53 in rash and pledges has been re-
ported by campaign workers in the 1955 Ennis Community
Chest fund campaign, according to figures supplied by Bud-
die Davis, campaign auditor.
Davis pointed out that the campaign is still short of the
$11,000 g0al by $3,041.47.
Of the $7,358.53 which has l>een credited on the books
to the campaign account, the actual cash collected and de-
—--------------1 posited In the bank amounts to $5,-
522.81, Davis said.
I Davis said some of the funds
I turned in to him were collected by
I the advance gifts division, some
l were collected in the general so-
licitation, a-nd some were collected
tn the Southern Pacific firm cam-
paign.
There has been no break-down of
the money turned over to him to
show in which divisions it was col-
lected, he said.
County Delegates
To Attend School
Conference
Houston Mayor and Council
Agree On City Charter
Estimated Ginned
The newspaper says Governor
Aierell Harriman of New York i.s
a serious contender. And it calls
Senator Estes Kefauvcr of Ten-
nessee “a definite threat to the
front runners, Stevenson and Har-
Sixty-five per cent of Ellis Coun-1 rina.’ It adds that as of now “no
ty's estimated 70,100 bale cotton! ether candidate is being considcr-
crop has been ginned, the weekly | cd.”
farm labor bulletin released by the
Texas Employment Commission re-
vealed Saturday.
TF.C officials stated that 45,500
this
Four Pistols Taken
In Burglary Of
Babcock Store
A word from Republican Na- Four pistols were taken in a hur-
tional Chairman Leonard Hall on'glmy of the Babcock iAut.o Store
the GOP situation. Hall says Presi- j on Main Street 111 Ennis sometime
dent Eisenhow er's illness has! Saturday night, the Ennis Police
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP,. - Hous-
ton Mayor Rov Hofeinz and six oth-
ixMiUcal'" fence^^have j comity^ThrotfglT^ast^Tl^uilday. ^ | brought about a kind of temporary | Department reported,
peacefully solved a long-fought tlTnated Production is 70,100 bales. !t,ucc between the two parties. But, Constable Obie Freeman and the
problem. The mayor and council- Ninety-eight per cent of th» ^
men. in a brief and Informal caucus I county’s cotton crop is open, the j nmctt Ion«cr-
in Hofheinz's office, agreed to name I weekly report revealed. The
a 9-member steering committee to ; condition of the crop is listed asjtT j)aco U1 f,acj1 caM1p Former! pi icd ol f dr,ot' 111
create a commission to revamp the sood. | Governor Harold Stassen of Min- j fhc building.
Speculation continues at a groat-
will last ■ Ennis Police Department are in-
vestigating.
Police said the door facing was
the rear of
city charter.
Fill is Count. Vs
County Judge Milton HarLsfield,
County Superintendent of Schools
J. E Wakelaiid, and Jake Smith, all
of Waxahachie are delegates to a
state conference on education to be
held in Austin. October 31 through
November 1 J F. Gardner, super-
intendent of public schools in Ennis;
E. R Kelly, pnneipal of David
Crockett School, and Tircy C, Wile-
mon, superintendent of public
■schools in Waxahachie, are alter-
nates.
The state conference is being held
in preparation for the White House
Conference to be field later in the
year. Delegates to the White House
Conference will be chosen.
Gardner and Kelly have repre-
sented the Ennis schools in several
recent district conferences, held in
preparation for the state, conference.
Problems taken up at the district
conferences included the need for
mor^, class rooms and the. care of
exceptional children.
Today, Gardner i.s attending a
don fore, re© of school administra-
tors hi Austin. Also in Austin today
for the conference, are Wilemon of
Waxahachie and L A. Mills, super-
intendent of public schools in Mid-
lothian.
Bad WeatFier Interrupts
Tampico Mercy Flights
SAN ANTONIO, Tex (UP).—
Fourth Army Headquarters here say 1
bad weather has kept any airlift, j
flights from taking supplies to flood- j
ed Tampico. Mexico today. Army :
officials say weather reports indi- j
cate no flights can be made this I
afternoon, either. A spokesmn says j
42.000 pounds of nee, sugar and !
flour, furnished by the American !
Red Cross, i.s being readied for ship-
ment from Brooks Air Force Base
here as soon as the weather im-
proves, and also 5,000
clothing made bv the San Antonio
20-30 Club.
total pioduction | waived a bit closer into the I of the missing guns i.s a .18
to date is the largest for the Dal-j jx lGoal spotlight when he an calibre pistol. Another is a. 25
las district and is also the largest! h„» vaid he would nrvent the nop calibre automatic while the other
ginned m Texas through last | ™Umtlo,i if Ml Eiscnhowc,• I two are 22 calibre, one with aj
Thursday. However, the percent -1 lZ for the job. ^ inch barrel!, the other with’
age isn’t the largest as Collin j a two-and-haif inch barrel!, of-
County has 91 per cent of its esti- Stevenson has received endorse- | ficers stated.
Car Skids 45 Feet
Into Rear of AnotEier
Veterans Land Program
To Reopen About November
AUSTIN, Tex. (UP) -The Veter-
ans Lanci Moaro nits formally ap-
proved plans for re-opening the Vet-
erans Land Program for applica-
tions about November 1. Land Com-
missioner J Earl Rudder present-
ed the plans at a special meeting of
the board. He said some $(>.000,000
will be available, meaning about. 1,-
000 veterans can be provided land.
Rudder says the first 200 applica-
tions will be processed first, with
records being given a priority as
they are received in the mail. He
estimated that contracts on the first
200 applications can be processed
within 30 to (50 days. Then ddi-
tional git>ui*s of 200 w ill be proces-
sed. until funds are exhausted.
mated 28,750 bales produced.
Downey Brothers
Entry Places Third
In Appaloosa Show
An Ennis entry placed third 111
1 , the two-.\ear-old stallion class of
a ni,,,,.,, the Appaloosa horse show at the
Heart O' Texas Fair in Waco.
The horse was “Grayson Choice,
entered by the Downey Brother?,
Joe and Henry, of Ennis.
Over 80 horses were entered,
making the largest, show of the
Appaloosa breed ever held in Texas
Henry Downey stated.
The Appaloosa horse is distinc-
tive as a breed of horses. All ap-
paloosas have breed characteris-
tics setting them apart from other
breeds in the equine world. The eye
is encircled by white the same as
a human eye. The Appaloosa’s
skin i.s mottled, an irregular spot-
ting of black and white However,
no two have the same pattern.
ment from Democratic Senator
Douglas of Illinois He was for
Estes Kefauvcr at the 1952 conven-
tion.
Stevenson also has picked up
support in Hamnuui’s own state
The independent Long Island;
newspaper, "Newsda.v,” says it. wnl1
hack Stevenson as (lie Democratic J
choice in ’56. Newsday, which says
Judge Hartsfield
Reports County
Finances Sound
Highest Per Acre
Cotton Yield Since
1866 Seen For Texas
first
most
do-
“Ellis County ended tilie
three-quarters of 1955 in a
healthy financial condition,
dared Count! Judge Milton Harts-
field Saturday after examining a
detailed auditor's report for the
Period Jan l-Sept. 30.
"Every department of the coun-
ty government, is operating just
about. exactly according to the
budget adopted last year for 1955
operations," Judge Hartsfield said
AUSTIN, Tex (UP'.—The United | "And every commissioner wdl
States Department of Agriculture j hove ample funds to carry on rou-
has predicted a 1955 Texas cotton j tine road maintenance and un-
crop of 4,000.000 bales. That would ■ provement until Jan 1, barring
be the highest pel-acre yield since i-nforscen floods or other emergen-
Pasadena City Engineer
Under Investigation
PASADENA, Tex. (UP*. — Pasa-
dena City Engineer George Smith
says he is under investigation by U.
S. Internal Revenue agents. But he
says he has done nothing wrong.
South is the first city official to be
directly named in a tax probe of
financial activities of the Houston
suburb during recent years. The in-
vestigation Involves alleged “pay-
offs” by a Deer Park contractor on
const rtieton projects,
Weather
Tartly cloudy and a little,
wanner this afternoon through
tomorrow. lltgduxl temperature
this afternoon near 80— lowest
tnnlghf upper 50's— high tomor-
row lo»«r NO'b.
1866. The estimate of 4,000,000 bales,
based on conditions as of October l.
compares with h September 1 fore-
cast. of 3,850,000 bales and the 10-
ycar average of 3,388,000 bales.
MUM’S THE WORD—Former President Harry S. Tru-
man and New York’s Governor Averrll Harriman put
their heads together at Albany, New York, at a state-
wide conference of Democrats called to boost enthusiasm
in municipal elections. Truman affirmed his friendship
for Harriman, but refused to say whether he would back
him for the 195G Presidential Rumination. (NEA Tele-
photo)
A car
man loll
in the pavement before crashing
into a car driven by a Houston
woman on Highway 75 here Sa.t-
urday, tlv; Enins Police Department
reported
The loading car received slight
damages to the trunk and rear
bumper while the other car re-
ceived heavy damage to the radia-
tor and hood, police said.
The I.aMarqiie driver was fmrd
lor negligent collision, oifivers re-
ported.
Ennis Area Cotton
Tensile Rated
“Very Strong”
Ennis area cotton is rated "very
strong" in tensne strength, “aver-
age" in fineness in a survey made
by the cotton economic research di-
vision of the University of Texas.
A comparison of the average ten-
sile strength and fineness of mid-
season cotton reveals tlmt the fiber
of this year's crop Is the same as
last year in the, Ennis area and
slight courser than last year's
<uop.
MUTE EVIDENCE—Rescuers begin the task of taking
canvas-wrapped bodies from site of the of the nation’s
worst civil air disaster atop Medicine Bow Peak, Wyom-
ing. Federal investigators are seeking an answer to the
mystery of why the New York-San Francisco air coach
crashed, taking G6 aboard to their deaths. (NEA Tele-
Tho Ennis cotton crop was rated
88 both years In tensile strength.
In fineness, this year's crop rated
4.9 as compared to 4.5 the previous
year.
William F. Harris, who made the,
comparison of the cotton crops
for two year's, listed the ratings as
follows for fiber strength—93 and
above; superior: 87-92 very strong;
81-86, strong; 75-80, average; 70-74.,
fair; and below 70, weak. For fiber
driven by a La Marque , flneneSiS thc ratings arp ^ follows;
skid marks 45 feet long 3 f) very fine; 3 0 to 35 fine;
4 0 to 4.9, average; 5 0 to 6 9 coarse;
and 6.0 and above, very coarse.
cits. With the beginning of the
nr v year, tax money now being
paid will hr available for next
year’s operations.”
Collections of delinquent taxes
in September were almost three
times as great as for the same
month last year, Judge Hartsfield
stated.
Delinquent county taxes collect-
ed last month totaled $5,700 as
compared with $1,950 lor Septem-
ber, 1954.
‘The Commissioners Court bar
instructed the county attorney to
kr» p the drive to collect addition-
al delinquent taxes going," Judge
Hartsfield said.
"Members of the court do not I
feel that it i.s fair to the citi- j
zrns who pay their taxes to lei a
few hundred people escape pay-
ment and for that reason they’re'
asking the county attorney to bear
down on persons ow ing past due;
taxes."
Jajncs Glrcson, young attorney
of Ferris, who recently was ap-
pointed assistant county attorney,
w ill be in charge of the dclin-,
fluent tax collections, it was stat-1
ed. Mr. Glccson is making prepar- ^
a lions to contact those who have'
uot paid for one or more years.
TRUMP CARD — French
Premier Edgar Entire pins
hope of saving his govern-
ment, tottering as a result
of the Moroccan crisis, on
Gen. Pierre Rillnt.te, above,
newly appointed defense
minister. Billotte is in Mo-
rocco to end the bitter
fighting stemming from
Nationalist unrest. He’ll at-
tempt to set tij) a three-
man regency council to suc-
ceed Sultan Sidi Moham-
med ben Moualy Arafa.
(NEA Telephoto)
Waxahachie’s cotton crop this
year is rated 84 as to 86 last year
in tensile strength and rates 4 7 as
to 4.2 last year.
Italy's cotton Is rated 85 In
tensile strength and 4.9 in fineness
in 1955 as compared to 86 and 4,6
last, year; the Palmer cotton crop
is rated 87 and 5 2 this year, com-
pared to 89 and 4.2 last yesr.
Midlothian's cotton crop Is rated
83 and 4.8 this year as compred to
84 and 4.0 last year; Ferris crop is
rated 87 and 5 7 this year while the
1954 ratings were 84 ana 4 i.
Muypearl's cotton is given ratings
of 86 and 4 2 this year while the
1954 ratings were 8-4 an d4.1
Harris reports that the difference
in strength is to small to be of any
consequence in the survey of the
cotton sampled at 30 locations this
year. The mid-season cotton for
1955 averaged 5.0 Micron a ire units
compared with 4.5 for the 1954 crop
He revealed that the averages for
the two years shows a 3.000 pound
drop in tensile strength with a .5
Micronaire unit rise In fineness for
tills year's crop.
Ennis Man Receives
Slight Injuries in Accident
An Ennis man, W. O Wilkins,
was reported to have sustained
slight injuries when his 1953 F'ord
overturned at 11 am. Saturday at
the Lone Elm and U, S. 287 inter-
section.
/■.lone in the car. he was taken
to the Waxahachie Sanitarium for
treatment according to the report
Ennis Knights of Columbus Dedicate
New Council Hall Here Sunday
The new- Knights of Columbus the principal speaker
Hall In Emits was dedicated Sun-
day.
After benediction at Holy Re-
deemer Church by Rev. C. E. Mc-
Tamney. Dallas, state chaplain of
the Knights of Columbus, a mile-
long caravan of cars escorted digni-
taries to the building for dedication
ceremomea.
After an address by Mayor Jack
McKay, punch and cookies were
served during an open houuse.
A banquet at 6 p.m. honored
Knights of Columbus of Ennis
Council 1353 and their guests.
Edwin D. Gunter. Austin, execu-
tive assistant to the state deputy
of the Knights of Columbus was
Quirk, easy loans made on cash
value of life Inaurajice policies. Low
ates Member of FDIC. ENNIS
IT ATE BANK.
When purchasing household ap-
pliances see u* for assistance In fi-
lancing. Low bank rates, conven-
ent terms. Member of FDIC. fcN-
MS bIAIK BANK.
EARLY ENNIS AND ELLIS COUNTY:
1881: ENNIS MILLS SHUT DOWN
By ALFRED K. MKNN
Research Historian, Austin, Texas
The Ennis Mills were closed and were not to resume
operations until the new crop of wheat was threshed.
At this time, the Ennis Recorder was being publish-
ed.
James I’. Kendrick, living near Ennis in 1881. and
his family picked fifty bales of cotton this year. Kendrick,
a native of Georgia, had rented Berry Gatewood’s farm.
,Thc Kendrick family came to Texas in about 1879.
Rites in Kerens
For Bob Davis
Bob Dowds, father of Mrs P. J.
Harper of Emils, died in Memorial
Hospital ui Corsicana, Saturday
morning.
Davis had been a railroad sec-
tion foreman for a number of years
before his retirement, several year*
ago
Survivors include tour daughters
Fail)'! al services were held in
Kerens this afternoon. Burial was
in a Kerens cemetery.
Father McTamney also spoke on
the work of the Knights of Colum-
bus and recalled that he, was for-
merly chtrplain of the Ennis Coun-
cil.
W L. Maroney, charter member
and past grand knight, gave a brief
history of the Ennis council.
He named all of the charter mem-
bers who formed the local coun-
cil 47 years ago. Only Maroney and
Joo Shebesta were charter mem-
bers present at the banquet.
Tommy Ferrell, Fort Worth, d::>-
trict deputy, also spoke.
Dr Eugene Beluie, serving a.s
master-of-ceremoines, introduced
grand knights of ether councils
present.
Included were Ben Douglass cf
Fort Worth Council 4104; Frank
Collopy of Fort Worth Council 2813;
John Ruidz of Grand Prairie Co • n-
cil 3460; and Bill Hudson of Dallas
Oak Cliff Council 3593.
Albert Petrash, former grand
knight of Ennis council, now of
Dallas, was also re,cognized.
Rev. John Morse, chaplain of En •
rus council, introduced clergymen
present. Included were Very Re-,
Msgr Vincent P. Ml cola of Ennf
Rev p e. Gallagher, former1.'
Ennis and now of Dallas, and R> v.
j William Botik of Waxahacl-ue.
Grand Knight Chare Is Nov. v.rl
corned visitors on behslf of the Fl i-
nts council and Mayor Jack M K v
welcomed visitors on behalf cf tiro
City of Ennis
MUSTN'T TOUCH—And she couldn’t. Hypnotist Arthur
Ellen is shown as he hypnotized Pat Morris, 19, in Hol-
lywood, Calif., prior to her attempt to pick up the $100.-
000 shown on the table before her. In her post-hypnotic
state she was unable to reach the rich prize, offered on
a TV giveaway show, She received a consolation prize
ul a new car and a check. Tor $1UOO. (NEA Telephoto) *
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