The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 250, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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■Consolidated with Daily
{Gazette July 28. 1824.
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L. 28—NO. 250.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAsi WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1926
MOCRATS CAIN IN
, -M
ORRIS TRIAL GOES TO
AUSTIN NEXT MONTH
■Lstin, Texas, Nov. 3.—The Rev.
HE, Frank Norris trial, transferred
re from Fort Worth on a change
■s venue, will come up for setting
Biel! Dr*t Ml)f,lav in December, Judge
■K milton announced today.
(From Dallas News.)
Fort Worth. Texas. Nov. 2.—With
mddenness almost breath-taking,
which might have been expect-
the trial of Dr. J. Frank Norris,
(tor of the First Baptist church,
irged with the murder of D. E.
ipps, came to a dramatic tempor-
f, close Tuesday afternoon, when
jdge George E. Hosey declared he
made up his mind to transfer
case to another county. This was
irtly after 2 o’clock. It was almost
-ee hours later before opposing
;orney» finally agreed on Travis
junty as the place to which the
insfer should be made.
When court recessed Tuesday at
^on attorneys for the State real-
ifd that granting of a change of
j nue was certain to come shortly,
any witnesses had testified they
d not believe a jury could be ob-
. inert in Tarrant county which
I Mild give Dr. Norris a fair and im
irtfal trial. In an effort to find
I Itnesses to controvert this testi-
mony attorneys for the prosecution
dnd that practically everyone in-
•rvfchred had his mind made up
REFERENDUM
Of WET AND DRY
STILL IN DOUBT
LJther as to the guilt or Innocence
J the clergyman.
|Ut the morning session the de-
iwa
LJtAse introduced seventeen witness-
Some were from Fort Worth,
from smaller towns in Tar
F
hers .......
,nt couhty. With few exceptions
*y said they did not believe a jury
auld be obtained which would give
Dallas, Nov. 3.—Scattering re-
turns from Tuesday’s election show-
ed Montana voters decidedly in fa-
vor of repealing the state prohibi-
tion law.
The Colorado prohibition law re-
peal gave 4,1)05 for and 5,143
against on scattering returns.
Wisconsin gave, on a beer refer-
endum vote, on partial returns, yes
vote 20,326; no, 14,081,
A top heavy vote for prohibition
modification in Chicago kept the
wet margin at two to one.
Prohibition lost by a majority of
more than two to one, on the face
of returns from 450 out of 4,105
precincts in Missouri. The vote was:
yes, 23,485; no, 54,633,
A heavy vote was piling up for
repeal of California’s prohibition en-
forcement law in early returns from
today’s balloting.
'Dry leaders attached little import-
ance to the wet trend, however,
pointing out that mos of the vote*
were coming from San Francisco
county which in 1922 voted three
to one against the enforcement act.
which neverthelesa became a law.
MRS, LANGLEY
WINS IN RAGE
FOR CONGRESS
(By AumwidM Prttot
New York, Nov. 3.—Election re-
turns today show* Mrs. John Lang-
ley of Kentucky, wife of forhier
Representative Langley who is serv-
ing a sentence in the Federal pris-
on for conspiracy to violate the na-
tional prohibition law, only one of
nineteen women aspirants to be
elected to the House of Representa-
tives.
DEMOCRATS WIN
BY OVER 10,000
IN OKLAHOMA
f
ir, Norris a fair trial.
Jury List Examined.
3 No witnesses were introduced on
he conspiracy allegation* in the mo-
ion for a change of venue. J. M.
flynn, United State* Commissioner,)
Vm called to the stand and .State j
fttorney* thought he would be ques- ,
jioned concerning the alleged ronspi-
^acy, but he was excused without a J murder «
Question being asked. ■
Testimony that members of Dr.
x'orris’ congregation had held a spe-
cial meeting Sunday morning to go |
fiver the jury list seemed at the time;
i0 be the outstanding development i
M the morning session. A. F Plun-j
^ett told of this meeting. But in
(view of the abrupt decision of Judge
(Hosey such incidents as the Plun-
kett story were dwarfed into insig-
nificance. Judge Hosey made it clrsr
hat he was taking action only on
that portion of the defendant’s mo-
tion which alleged that, on account
ifof the prejudice or bias, it would he
' Impossible to ohtain a fair and im-
^ partial jury in Tarrant county He
a explicitly stated that he w as taking
,jno action on other allegations
if District Attorney R. K Hanger „
|srtd W. "P." McLaan. special proae- j general
i-u'or, agreed that they thought a'
change of venue was best.. Mcl-ean
said it would take weeks, if not
NOTED MURDER
TRIAL BEGINS IN
NEW JERSEY
Oklahoma City, Nov. 3.—Virtually
the entire Democratic ticket in Ok-
lahoma dashed away to an early lead
and gained steadily tonight, as re-
turns from today’s election were
compiled by the Associated Press.
Senator John W. Harreld, Repub-
lican, fell nearly 9,000 votes behind
Congressman Elmer Thomas, Demo-
crat in the race for Senator in 806
of the state’s 3,185 precinct*.
Henry 8. Johnston, Democrat, hud
a lead of more than 10,000 votes
over <)mi*r ,K, Benedict, Republican,
in the gubernatorial race, with 71
precinct* counted.
One of the state’s two Republican
Congressional seats appeared to be
in danger.
HOPKINS COUNTY!
■ ELECTION TUESDAY
There was practically no ItjL.n cd
Ittt AmrrmlrJ PrrMl
Somerville, N, J., Nov. 3.—The
first trial of the four-year-old Hall-
Mill* death mystery began today.
Mrs. Hall, her brother Willie, and
Henry Stevens are charged with the
murder of Rev. Hall and Mr*. Mills
TURKEY MARKET
OPENS WITH PRIGE
AROUND 25 CENTS
A number of ,Hopkins county
farmers were in town today with
turkey* for the market at prices
ranging around 25 cent*. The tur-
key crop in the county is said to be
an average, with the turkeys in fine
shape at present for the market. The
big rush will be on for the next two
on trial now only for the j week* and the big gobier I* expect-
murder of Mrs. Mill*. cd to take hU pigafg*#* «iuare
■i1om BW*Mc of Cotton and Dooly
Read the Want Ad* For Result* YaHpMtf'm*.
Ke*<1 T.n« warn ror | —
I
SEALE WINS FOR
DALLAS SHERIFF
Dallas, Nov. -The election of
Allen Seale as sheriff of Dallas
county was practically assured on
the face of returns compiled by the
llallH* County Election Hpreau at
The vote stood at this hour, M»r-'
shall 5,184, Seale 6,134, and T. R
Harper, Republican candidate, 199. j
Seale's lead over Marshall has in- j th<i
creased steadily a* additional boxes j
Commerce, Texas, Nov. 2.~—Voters"
of Justice Precinct Six today took
into their own hand* the long drawn
out election contest between E. P.
Hirkley and Floyd Land* and wrote
a final verdict for Blckley, enough
voters writing in the name of Biek-
ley on the ballot to roll up an ut-
most two to one lead over Land*.
Returns tabulated by the Com-
merce Journal tonight from five of
the eight boxes, including all the
large boxes, gave the following tot-
al*: Bickley 607, Lands 355. Boxes
included in the totals are Com-
merce, Boxes ill, 48 and 51, Jardin
and Prairie. Boxes which had not re-
ported were South Sulphur, Pecan
and Yowell, the vote of which would
not affect the result. Bickley car-
ried every box that had reported.
Thu* ended the alection contest
that dated back to the August run-
off primary. Lands led a Held of
candidates in the first, primary,
Bickley being second in the run-off
primary, however, Bickley was de-
clarcifrtbe wiiuigj. over Lands by 13
vote*.
Lands thereupon contested the
electionand upon failing to obtain
relief from the County Democratic
Executive Committee, appealed 'to
Judge J. M. Melson in Eighth Dis-
trict court, his contention being bas-
ed on the claim that the August
run-off primary in Hunt county was
illegal because no format order for
it had been recorded in the minute*
of the committee’s meeting on June
21, when the primary, or primaries,
were considered. Judge Melson sus-
tained the contention of the contest-
ant Lands, holding that the second
primary was illegal. Attorney* for
Bickley secured an opinion from
Judge Newman Phillip*, in Sixty-
second District court, that the el|c-
tion was legal, but he refused to
intervene hecause of the action hav-
ing been brought in another Dintrlct
court.
Appeal was then taken to the
1 Fifth Court of Civil Appeals, which
[ body held that the District court was
I the court of final jurisdiction in
such a contest, hut declared that the
i election was legal and asked attor-
I neys to refer the matter back to the
District Court Judge Melson refus-
ed to grant application of Bickley'*
j attorneys to reverse hi* previous
opinion, and County Clerk I. W,
j Briscoe w»» ordered to print the
j name of Floyd Land* upon the tick-
j et a* the Democratic party nominee
for Public Weigher in the Com-
merce precinct.
There followed a movement to
name of Bickley upon the
ticket and it* success was attested
in the vote today.
taken Tuesday in the election ever
Hopkins county nnd no official ru
port is available on the vote c»*t:
Evcn-in Sulphur Spring*, the ehtti.- n
manager*' dosed £he„ ppHit, counted
the votes and went home.'There was
approximately 500 ’ Votes polled in
the four boxef Id town, gcca'ling
to the best information obtiti :ahle
The return* from oyer the -rtinty
will be brought ip fh time for ‘he
Commissioners Court next Monday
to canvas* the return*. Under th*
law the return* can not be opened
before that time.
The Democratic ticket easily won
in all the boxes, with a light • i.e
for the Roywblican ticket. >'
amendments ^-tarried In Sulphur
Springs by a Mmi majority, but no
report ha* been rbarived a* to how
they fared in the country boxes.
WILDCATS WILL ,
■PLAY GREENVILLE |
■I NEXT FRIDAY
, Coach Head of the Wildcat* will
leave Friday morning for Greenville
where they will play the Greenville
HI that afternoon in what promise*
to be one of the hardest games of
the Wildcats fbr the season. Sul-
phur Spring* people, In large num-
bers, are urged to go over'during
the day and help the Wildcats bring
buck the scalp* of the Greenville
boys,
NEXT SENATE MAY
HAVE MAJORITY
- OF DEMOCRATS
I Hu AtmarMt* Prr—)
‘ New York, Nov. 3.*—Later returns
showed that Senators Ernst of Ken-
tucky and Cameron of Arisona, Re-
publicans, are running behind their
Democratic opponents.
If the Democrat* win the four still
doubtful *e*ts they will have a Sen-
ate majority in the next Congress.
SCOUT BOYS .
AND SCOUT GIRLS
THURSDAY NIGHT
AJJ Scout* of the three troop* ct
Boy Scout*, and two troop* of Girl
Scouts will meet at the Methodist
church promptly at 6 o’clock Thur#
day evening to practice for Novem-
ber 11 program.
ALLEN ARDIS.
W.K. CLIFTON IS
| MARKETING FINE |
NEW POTATOES
W, K. Clifton, our farm partnc
was here from Paint Rock Tuesday
with a lot of a* fine home-gr- w:i
fall Irish potatoes as ever grew If
East Texas. They are large and mi-
form in size. He find* a ready mar-
ket for them at satisfactory pritss.
He left our share at the office. Aft-
er selling all he brought to town he
deposited the money in the bank »nd
went back home to bring more from
day to day.
I B\i Auormttd Prim)
New York, Nov. 3.—An off year
net-back that so often falls to the
lot of a party in powir'eame ta.: vih»
it the Republicans in yesterday’s
election.
Outstanding Democratic
were recorded In New York which
by a quarter million ms
elected Governor A1 Smith,
whatever effect it may have on .
Governor’s presidential oandLdaey
1928 and in Massachusetts,
decisively defeated Senator --------
President Coolidge’s personal friend
and chairman of the Republican Na-
tional Committee. The slide also
showed Senator Wadsworth, another
Republican power in the Senate, de-
feated, while Oklahoma refused to
return Senator Marred to Washing-
ton, Available returns show Repub-
lican Senatorial eandtdatto either
trailing or hard pressed in Arisona,
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland’, Ore-
gon, Colorado and Indiana.
A large block of scat* in the House
of Representatives still hung in the
doubtful column today, though the
Republicans ware working along to-
ward perpetuation of their pretent
control with only a few unseated.
Thirty-three statas •Urtedgatcr-
nors and, although returns from
many are far from complete, few
change* In the state administrations
are indicated. • •*. -V
11'
HIGHER C0URT|
AFFIRMS CASEH
OF MRS. COLLIER
The
woman governor, ______ ______________________
Wyoming, did not find the going
easy. Her Republican opponent is
running, alagto. axan with °n l»- _
itu AttatitttJ Prut)
Austin, Nov. 3,—The Court of
Criminal Appeals today affirmed the
conviction of Mr*. Frank Collier of
Wichita Falls In connection with the
killing of bar son-in-law, Elsie Rob-
ertson.
Second Sheets for Sale at this office enson.
ALL AMENDMENTS
WON IN ELECTION
complete returns. ‘ , .........
South Dakota, indulging in much
ballot scratching, apparently had
elected W. J. Bulow as Its first Dem-
ocratic governor in a quarter cen-
tury.
Prohibition figured as an issue In
several senatorial and gubernatorial
contests, and in eight states some
feature of the dry taws was voted
on directly a* state-wide referen-
dum*. But the wet* and dry* still
were figuring over incomplete re-
turn* today before announcing their
deduction*. Voting by referendum
for modification of the Volstead
act in New York state returned a
wet majority of about three to one.
Voter* in Illinois, passing judgment
on a similar proposal, apparently en-
dorsed it likewise by a substantial
majority.
midnight Tuesday from 89 ..f the reported to the election bureau. Mar-j
110 boxer In the- county, including shall was ahead by 244 vote* on the) ____________
58 complete and 31 partial, in the! first returns, hut the lead melted j
election. ; »«»> in « **<•« “me. NEGRA RAY Kll I \
„ , , . , c,cuv ! Judge Claude M. Mcfallum hasilBtUHU BUI WUAe
Seales lead over Shenir >chu>- , _ . , . ... ... . ,»■
let Marshal! Jr. the meumbent and , »*en -Dried Jud*-<’f th« ,0,lrt
...... the Democratic nomtnec, with 18,- Met court over U. R. Htmng. h.s|
months, to obt«.n a fa.r jury in Tar- 3,0 vot<f„ rountpd ln thk rgfP, wa* | Republican opponent, who „ report-
, rsnt county. The State’s attorney*. I ^ Hl% lead |ncr„a*ed with M tbe .upport of
j nowever, made a stubborn f.ght t« j new f„mpl|ation of return* j t»»"y of Seale , friend. The vote in
| force the defense to introduce the.r | „„„ wly in th„ gening, and ad- ^ McCal.um 6.64J.
support of the j ditlon>| reports can hardly change ) Herring 2,288.
Dan Moody. Democratic nominee
ROGERS BEHIND
WURZBACH IN
LATE COUNT
, evidence, if any, in
S conspiracy charge
I since early in
i ditional report* can
! the result.
Many Miwds M.de Up
Before announcing what he in-
ftnded to do, Judge HosCy address- .......... __
,-d members of the jury panel, all j c*„didate, 286.
The votf in the sheriff* contest
*t»K»d: Seale 9,1*25, Marshall M.099
and T- R Harper, the Republican
of whom were supposed to be In th|
courtroom, ami asked those who had
formed an opinion either for or
Itgainst the defendant-to raise their
hands. The room looked like • »ta
of hands. At lea*t 80 per cent thus
answered that they had their mind*
made up as to Norrif guilt or inno-
cence.
“Those who have no opinion in
j the rase hold up their hand*, the
Judge requested.
Here and there a hand was raised,
the total not being more than fifty.
It was then that Judge Hosey said
he had made up his mind to grant
thf defense motion.
Mr. Hanger deelared he believed
Judge Hosey should state on what
(Continued on page 3, column 7)
Dan Moody. Democratic nominee
for governor, has a majority of
more than 18 to 1 over H. H. Haines,
Republican. The vote for governor,
on partial return*, was: Moody 12;»
452, Hajne* 784.
The total vote accounted • for1
when the Dallas County Election Bu-
reau closed *t night was 20,923.
From 20,000 to 24,000 fates prob-
ably Were cast.
Return* from aixty-thre* boxes,
twenty-two complete and fdrty-one
partial, out of 110 in the county,
gave Allen Seale a lead of 939, vote*
over Sheriff Schuyler Marshall, the
Democratic npminee. an the Dallas
County Election Bureau comp4Ha-
tion at 9 o’clock Tuesday night In
the general election.
ipilja-
■ 4 ■
rang-
MAN WHO TRIES
TO ENTER HOME
San
for Governor, is leading H. H.
Maine*, Republican, by a vote of al-
most sixteen to one in the county.
The vote was Moody 8,034, Haines
519.
Sheriff Marshall’s lead over Seale
of 244, shown on the first compil
tion by the Election Bureau, me
away when vete* from Scale str
holds, particularly Oak Cliff boxes,
began to come in.
Sheriff Marshall was declared the
Iiegiocratic nominee, for Sheriff,
after a bitter election contest be-
fore Judge Claude f M. MeCallum,
judge of the 101st District court. On
the face of refurn# from the primary
certified to the Democratic county
■executive committee. Seal# had a
small majority over Marshall, who
was seeking nomination 'for re-elec-
tion. Marshall brought suit, contest-
ing the election, and on a recount
he w** declared to have a small ma-
jority over Seal*. \
l Hi SneM Prrttl
Antonio, Nov. 3.-—Firing
three ahot* through the front door,
Bruce, 14. negro, today killed one
of two unidentified white men who
were trying to gain entrance.
| San Antonio, Nov. 2.—Returns
from ten of eleven counties in the
Fourteenth Congressional District
give Harry M. Wurbach, Republican
incumbent, 6,010 vote* to 5,185 for
A. D. Roger*, hi* Democratic op-
ponent. The missing county (Com-
al) is a heavy Wurxbach stronghold.
In Guadalupe, his home county, and
also the home county* of Eugene
No|te, Republican state chairman
and hi* long-time political opponent,
Wurxbach, is leading Rogers by
more than 1,000 votes.
I Hu A MOninlud PrtMl
Dallas, Nov. 3,—Returns today
showed that the Democrat* elected
a full state ticket in yesterday's
election by the usual sweeping ma-
jority.
Seventeen Democratic incumbents
In Congress were re-elected. The
state's only Republican Congress-
man, Harry Wurxbach, of the Four-
teenth District, today had a substan
tial lead. The four amendment* to
the State Constitution appear to
have been approved by considerable
majorities.
COTTON REDUCTION I
I MEET IN FRANKLIN
DOOLY YAM FiM,
HARVEST STILL , PROfR*MrnW£* p
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS
I still
in Hopkins county with th7 square j Carnegie library by the fine art*
class, under, the supervisio^nf Prof
The Dooly Yam harvest id
Rp_„_________:m- ,
crowded *Vrom day to day with wa-
gons and trucks loaded ' with yams
ready Ui be hauled to the black
I an dr. Three car* are being loaded
on the tralk and both potato curing
plants are being filled with thou-
sands of bushels to await higher
price*. The price range* around 55
rents. . fakgyll
on The program Tuesday nigbt in
Wanek, Mr* Ernest E. Sparks and
Miss Vcnnie Ruth Williamson,
a marked success. The building we
filled to overflowing and the lgrg'j
audience greatly appreciated the tr-
tire program, which was one of ihe
best ever put on in Sulphur Spring*
along that line of wotk.
Mount Vernon, Texas, Nov. 2.~’A
J, Patton, cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank, called a meeting of th#
business men and farmers at the
courthouse Monday for the cotton
acreage reduction of Franklin coun-
ty for 1827 cotton crop. The follow-
ing were elected a* a Central com-
mittee: J. M. Parchman, M. Zer
cher, W J. Moore, J. T. Harper,
l.ester Smith and Gjft. Devall, and
the meeting was cdRed for Monday,
Nov. 8. At that time It is hoped to
organise each school community for
a farm to farm campaign for pledges
of cotton acreage reduction.
> t
country's <mly remaining
governor, Nellie Rosa of „ ?|
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■m
MRS RUTHERFORD
DIES TUESDAY IN
MOUNT VERNON
m
Mr*. Johnny Rutherford, pioneer
citixen and one of the best women
In Franklin county, died Tuesday at
her home in Mt. Vernon after *
long itinea*. She and her husband
have been outstanding figures In ev-
ery good movement for th# advance-
ment of Mt. Vernon and Franklin
county for the past third of a cen-
tury. She la survived by her hus-
band and two sons, Griff Ruther-
ford, of 3ft. Vernon and Henry
Rutherford of Fori Worth.
Funeral sendees will be held to-
day in Mt. Vernon.
With the passing of Mrs. Bother-
ford nnd Rdv. Ab Smith# who 41*4
Hatunluy morning. Franklin county
lost two of her best citiaen*. who**
influence for good will live on for
years after their labor* on earth
have ended.
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MASONIC MEETING
THURSDAY I
Rev. J. K. Jobe 1* en the siek list
this week, having returned from Ok-
lahoma Tuesday sick. He la improv-
ing and hope* to be abl| to fill hi*
appointment Saturday night and
1 Sunday at Shady Grove.
There will he a stated !
Sulphur Spring* Lodge No
F. ti A. M., Thursday '
T HO.^oy. 4.
attend. Visitor* ar«_
’ C. C. PAT
C. 8.
Mme*. C. A.
Long vWted
Kennemur, 1*
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