The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 64, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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Cft| Aunrt%lti Prraa)
Washington, March 11 — Gaston I
ns, a former depart moot of jus- i
lagent, today testified before the
|te committee investigating At-j
by General Dauirherty that in :
|Uary, 1922, he received from |
apanese representing the Mitsui ;
Ipsny” $100 000. to slop'the gov-
pant prosecution in the S‘at-dard !
raft c: se . ltd :hat ‘i t'.i ne,| tlm
py ovei to li.t biu -i- \m- ti.i.itii,
rney General I laughterty
hper and friend." Secretary
bn's name was brought into the (
iteration by Means, who said he
■titrated matters connected with
|ain permits" having to do with |
tions of the \ ulsb ad a- : f t I
Ident Harding
pare Smith wanted in to catch
»n; w^ caught him," Mean.- said, i
■ident Harding wanted mf >r
in." Means said lie gave Cap
JScaifc, formerly department of
’investigator. $1,000 to catch
|whington, March it. Whisky i
deals for pardons foi a fedet- i
|rwing of prize fight films, j
denis arid various other alleg- l
|als of a highly sensational na- j
featured Thursday testimony j
ip senate committee Inveitiga !
K Attorney General Daugherty. i
|a two-hour session replete with j
SOLDIER BONUS
VOTE WILL BE
NEXT TUESDAY!
(By Aaaociaiad Preaa)
W.i 'limrton. March I i. —The |
hull »' ?i!! vi-'c n< xt I’liMwHay mi the)
mldier bonus bill, under an a^roe- j
n nt r<*f lndav.
> P".th< r C’fb lt announ •< (1 that ho
would entortain a motion to suspend \
rules and pass the bill as approxod
the w ays and nioan« cerv.> lit’ee. \
D MOLAYS ON !
NEXT SUNDAY
The sen-
ate committee jrot into a squabble
over the report ;rom Secretary
Huphes today in response to the
-enatc request for information as to
for-ihle i'i’ influence^ in negotia-
tion of the rtdunihian treaty. As-
serting that tile repmt had a specif-
ic hearing “upon the r’all c*vu\" Sen
a tor Dill contended that it should
be referred to the oil committee.
S nator Lodjre wanted it referred to
the Ion ian relations committee, and
l .s demand finally prevailed.
CHICAGO GREAT
CITY FOR ALL
CONVENTIONS
t Hu Annotated Prent)
DUr&am, N. H., March 14.—The
suppewion that farm women spend
mart1 time in the making of pies, j
cakes ;«nd cookies than their food |
value {justifies, is made by workers j
of the, state farm extension service, j
These ; workers, with the aid of I
charts'kept by representative farm- I
era’ wjves, have figured that the (
aver a up farm woman in this state
performs nearly 4,000 hours of labor j
a yeaij. in effect giving her an J
j eleven; hour day, including Sundays:
i ..ml holidays.
Tht i extension workers are trying
jto woiii out ^onu means of reducing
j this b4rd< n. A campaign for bettei
j food flection is being made, in
I view i|f the fact that the charts
| show <jn average of lour hours a
I day sjjfcnt in food preparation. The
inconvenient at-rangemont of4 kite It
ns arvjd poor equipment is to be an
TAX DELAYS
ARE INVESTIGATED
BY COMMITTEE;
w
b.-f,i
'Ly Prtti‘
hingten, March 14. -
“ p'o'tio:. ,.f the buresi
national levcn^e opened
t he
Inquiry
..o
, head-
.. h- it-a n
i a n a
officials of
(’<>mmi-
quirv
heard |
by I
I
DcM'dav** will observe l’ev..nonal
Sunday at the 11 o'clock servile
the Chri tian church. All lh*M *
vs take notice. Meet at 10.45 at
ission theater entrance.
JOF DAN AVINGER, M <’.
HARRIS SHOE CO.
HAS BIG SALE
yrs, Mr*. Roxie Stinson, divorc-
w of Jesse W. Smith, "bump
plfriend’ of the attorney go»-
[ttsstk.ieii Smith told her that
r, Daugherty stood to make
00 (through showing of the
tier-Dempscy prize fight pic-
vrhich the attorney general
taut prevent.
L Stinsun followed thut by re-
a conversation between Smith
loe Weber, the actor, which
n to getting a parole for
rs brother-in-law. "a Mr. Sol-
I” at the conclusion of which
I told her Weber was awfully
and "wanted a lot for noth-
Had >78.000 ia Belt,
another occasion, the divorc-
ee testified that Smith turned
I Washington Court House, ().,
kim Washington, with seventy-
11,000 bills in a belt around
kist, but would not tell her
he got the money,
laky, she said, she knew had
larithdrawn from government
puses on permit, ‘oen after
pugherty took office as altor-
pneral, but they soon stopped
Ithe witness said, because
Igot afraid of it."
a dramatic moment in her tes-
r, the witness called to the at-
I general’s brother, M. S.
lerty, sitting as a spectator in
laring-room, reminding him
pa had told him she had de-
led to “tell all.’’
I Stinson’s testimony Thurs-
|a her preliminary testimony
lerdey, waa replete with alle-
I of, end pertlel descriptions
lious deals in which she said
I was associated with Daugh-
puch of which could be prov-
b said, by personal papers
[era on their way here from
a!
>i ’n
■ 'rd market iilwiiii.ijn-- mm ■ ii,I by
■ f bo - ‘ " \ •- i,rill! HO ,f I ..in-
motci- to bo romributing factors to-
ward ( hicago having li.jronip iho
loading convontii.n oily of tbo Unit-
- t State
Figures jo-t announced -how <'hi-
- -o ta-1 ;.oar tt- have boon the host
to 753 conventions with an attend-’of two weeks th
anoe exceeding 700.(100. The-e are <ashing machine
exclusive of the hundreds of small i ___
_ ! group meetings which were not reg-
Tho Harris Shoo Company's log j istered. Selection of the "New Ath-
s:do began this meriting as adverti. -, enH> Chicago self-styled, as tbo stto
id and the first day has proved -ft *’"1’ international eucharistic
great success in Cviyy way. The I congress to Id'-o. which i- expected
building has been filled to over-1,0 ^ing more than I 000,000 visit-
flowing with people who have been ^ orH 'n or,‘ nionth. was based large-
eager to take advantage of the | "n t*le!ie conditions, commerce of
gieat bargains that are offered in
Mr. and
i-- ,-i: r j nipoilj.nt 'actio- in the situation, j
Maich ! !. !' - central j I lie tirm sjm-my on sowing, the
'' 1 11,1 -f ''ailivay s\-- : workoih -a;., can i>o induced hy cdu-'
M-’-miv ample hotels j ration dn equipment and methods.
do!ter ;washing equipment will help |
m l.iiiodr\ work.
Th(' ‘'xt( service heard of a | anooum ed
farmer w-ho was forced to do th<- J
family washing because his wife was '
ill. She had done her laundry work .
for tw«nty-siven years with the in
idequute equipment, hut at the end:
farmer bought a
senate committee
tor Walton. I- r
at a met m
The committee
the bureau headed
ionei I). II. Blair. The in
wa." ordered hy the senate
-! 1 lei ;i '(‘sohit’ rn f t ascertain the
reason for the reported dclnv in the
- • t li» meat oi lax case.'.
(By Atsodatfd Prana)
Washington, March 14.—Curtis
Wilbur, chief justice of the Cali-
fornia Supreme court, has been se-
!< t ted by Pusident ('oolid^e to suc-
reed Edwip Denby as head of the
navy department. Judge Wilbur an-
nounced his acceptance of the ap-
pointment last night at, San Fran-
cisco. Wilbur, for many years, has
hi n (me i f the leading lawyers and
i i is in <\iHfrmin and lender in
child welfare and Sunday school
work. He graduated from the naval
idemy in 1888.
MR AND MRS. PHARR
OIL COMMITTEE
NOT IN SESSION;
WALSH IS ILL
'By Asaoonh’d Preaa)
\Va?liingi.in, March li.—Plans
f hearing by the oil committee to-
day were suddenly canceled, be-
■ aM-e nf the illness of Senator
Walsh, the committee prosecutor.
The hearings will beresumed Tues-
ilm.
Senator Walsh has been suffer-
ing from cold and will be confined
BAPTIST FIFTH
SUNDAY MEETING
ill kinds of high class shoes.
The management has been highly
, atified at the result of
’s business.
MORE NEW BOOKS
FOR LIBRARY
Mrs. H. E. Henderson reports
that several more books have been
donated to the public library, among
which are The Baptist Standard, by
Mrs. H. E. Henderson; The Chris-
tian Advocate, by Jimmie D. Spence,
ntvl The World’s Call, by Mrs. Lan-
don Davis. These books are appre-
ciated ami the committee ami pa-
trons of the library will appreciate
many other such books.
ficiais believe.
A dozen new hotels were built last
year and more than a score are pro-
the first i f°r 1924-25. The normal ho-
tel capacity of Chicago is in excess
of 100,000 rooms per day, it is
claimed, while materialization of the
new projects within the next few
years will double this capacity.
"The diversity of activity in Chi-
cago is so great that there is found
a replica of virtually every human
problem, be it manufacturing, edu-
cational, sociological, medical, mer-
cantile or financial," the association
asserts. “Situated in the heart of
a population of 5(1,000,000 within a
night's ride, more persons are able
to take advantage of fl,ese activities
th, n in my other city. On the social
side, the features are unlimited "
LATEST DISCOVERY
PEPPER WEEVIL
Washington, March 14.—A brand
new kind of weevil has been dis-
covered by the department of agri-
culture. It is known as the pepper
weevil and is found mostly in Cali-
fornia. A few of the insects have
been reported in Texas and New
Mexico and agents of the bureau
of entomology have been ordered
to stamp out the evil in the three
states.
“SEt ^ CAKE SALE
last night from mine No. _
Utah Fuel company, wh *re The Christian Ladles’ Missiot
.were entombed on last society of the Christian church will
by a serial of explosions, have a cake sale at Kuykendall A
i remain in the mine. Gafford’s store Saturday.
SULPHUR SPRINGS
SUNDAY SCHOOL
VS. GREENVILLE
Pastor J. Howard Williams an-
nounces that a contest for several
months has been put on between the
Sunday school of the First Baptist
church in Sulphur Springs and the
day school of the First Baptist
church in Greenville. The plana
for conducting the contest have not
‘men announced fully but will be
n. The contest trill begin next
sttnday and continue till some time
in the summer, when the winners
will be guests of the losers at a
banquet to be given by the losers.
COTTON CONSUMED
DURING FEBRUARY
. f®v AMCrfSUS Frau)
Washington1, March 14.—Cotton
consumed during February Rotated
507,887 bales of lint and 41,898
bales of linters, compared with
576,644 bates <ef Hnt and 40,281
bales of linters in January of this
year, and 666,806 bales of lint and
47,206 bales of linters in February
Of last year, the census bureau an-
nounced today.
The fullowmg program has been
arranged for the Fifth Sunday
meeting of the Baptist Rehoboth as-
sociation, to be held with Paint
Rock Baptist church, beginning Fri-
day, March 28, 1ti24:
10:30. Song and Praise, led by
J. F. Childress.
11:15. Sermon II l„ White.
Mrs. C. O. James will have
charge of the program
Devotional—Mrs. John Buford.
Hospitals—Mrs. Askew.
Marguerite Fund—Mrs. Antle
Endowment Fund—Mrs. Van
Wry.
Siate Missions—Mrs. Lemon.
Buckner Orphan Home—Mrs.
Bird.
Mission Study—Mrs. Brown,
i hristian Education-—Mrs. J H.
Williams.
7:30 Song and Praise - Winter
Anile.
8:15. Are Baptists Under Any
Sci ptural Obligation to Preach the
Go-nel to the People of Foreign
I nnittries? If SO, What Are I’ln-y
!' mg to Fulfill That Obligation?—
•I. Howard Williams.
Saturday.
10. Song and Praise—Ernest
Tucker.
10:80. How Can a Local Church
Carry Out the Scriptural Injunc-
tion to Preach the Gospel to Every
Creature?
In the Local Community (thirty
minutes)—John West.
In the Association (fifteen min-
utes)—F. H. Hollis.
Sermon—Lester McKinney.
2. Devotional—M. W. Hough.
2:15. Resume the discussion for
the morning. How Can tho Local
Church Carry Out the Scriptural In-
junction to Preach the Gospel to Ev-
ery Creature?
3. In the State—W. L. McDowell.
2:45. In the Nation—Rev. Rep-
pond.
3:15. In Foreign Fields—A. L
Eaves.
7:30. Song and Praise, by Ap-
pointment.
8:15. Inspirational Address—G.
W. Owens, Field Secretary.
A««day-
10 Sunday School.
11. Sermon, “The Origin of the
Christian 8abbath’V—A. L. Eaves.
J. HOWARD WILLIAMS,
F. H. HOLLIS, Committee.
Mrs. Hi ury Pharr hav-
to their many friends
r> the fact that tticy will, in a
w days, move to Commerce to make
•: r f i i u re hone1 Both Mr. and
Phan are natives of Hopkins
j maty and have a host of friends
I ",1.**;J®BRji j’0 know they anartn^nt fqr a few days.
I w ill leave, hut hope for them much ____— ■— ,
I | lospciitv and happiness tn their
I ew home.
Mr. Pharr was county attorney of
' Hopkins county for four years, and
( —nee his retirement several years
| ago, has enjoyed a splendid prac-
tice of law. Mrs. Pharr is a leader
n both the social and church life
of Sulphur Springs. Commerce is
o be congratulated on securing these
"did people who will prove help-
ful and worthy citizens of that
fast growing little city.
JUDGE ROBERTSON
SPEAKS TONIGHT
AT COURT HOUSE
NOTICE TO ALL
The News-Telegram, from day to
day, has requests that some, II tie
notice about social or church events
be run for two days. Now, we never
charge for such notices and arc al-
ways glad to tun such in the pa)n.i
However, we prefer new matter
each day, ami not the old notice re-
peated. It you wish anything
I" tilled, write different notices and
send them in front day to day and
we will gladly carry the notice, but
do mu like to fill up with items that
we have run before. It is like re
prating an ud.
Judge Felix I >. Robertson of Dal-
las will speak tonight in the district
court room in the interest of his
candidacy for governor of Texas.
He speaks today in Mt. Pleasant and
will come here from that place.
Judge Robertson is a very fine man,
an able lawyer and a splendid
speaker. He has many friends here
among the legal fraternity and oth-
ers and will, no doubt, have a large
audience to hear him tonight.
RABBIT HUNT
MDONALD FUNERAL
THIS AFTERNOON
The funeral of J. A. McDonald
was held this afternoon at tho fam-
ily residence on Gilmer street at
1:30 o’clock, in the presence of a
large number of relatives and
friends of the family. J. N, Ivey,
pastor of,the, FirRt Presbyterian
church, of whYilt the deceased had
long been a member, officiated.
After the funeral exercises the re-
mains were carried to his old home
at Reily Springs for burial.
The girls and buys of the Senior
class went on a rabbit hunt Thurs-
day afternoon, chaperoned by their
class sponsor, Miss Mamie Blythe.
They domicil their boots and hunt-
ing in,no”; and tatted out on the
west pike I: is reported that they
t-o'h'ed one rabbit, but it was SO
"rule" that the girls begged to let
it go unmolested Anyway, they had
a nice, muddy bike and all came
bark with good appetites.
BOY SCOUTS
MEET TONIGHT
A new troop of Boy Scouts is to
oe organized tonight at 7 o’clock,
with Dr. White as Scoutmaster and
Aubrey Stephens assistant. Let’s
go, boys. Let’s make this a live
one.
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Washington, March 14—Livestock
producers west of the Mississippi, as
organized In the American National
Livestock association and various
state and district associations, asked
the interstate conimrrco commission
for a decrease of Livestock
freight rates amounting to approxi-
mately 80 per cent Unless some
such action is taken, the petition de-
clared, the production of livestock
in the West will be seriously reduc-
ed In the future.
The petition asked that the rates
be reduced to levels of 19U.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 64, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1924, newspaper, March 14, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826473/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.