The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 23, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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C. W. Howth.
vices.
ASPIRANT FOR CONGRESSIONAL
HONORS TO SPEAK HERE MONDAY.
Methodist Church.
Services next Sunday morning
and evening at the hours else-
C. W. HOWTH TO SPEAK
HERE MONDAY, 28TH.
Will Open His Campaign at
Timpson Saturday, 26th.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Jolly, the
singer who will accompany him
and who will have charge of tho
song service.
Rev. Sid Williams is a noted
evangelist, is classed with the
big ones, and will no doubt at*
The meeting will be purely evan*
gelistie and every denomination
in the town is urged and request-
ed to join hands with the Baptist
organization to the end that great
good may be accomplished for
Christ at this meeting.
Millinery Opening.
Invitations have been issued
by the Ladies Aid of the Christ-
ian Church for a Millinery Open-
ing at the residence of Mrs Marion
Weaver, on Shelbyville street,
Feb. 26, 1916, from 3 to 5:30
o’clock. One hundred patterns
will be on display and you can
purchase your Easter bonnet at
reduced prices. This display
will be in charge of Mrs. 0. J.
Rushing and Mrs. Earl Souther*
land. It was intended to have
this opening St . Patrick’s day
but the ladies saw fit to change
the date to Monday, Feb. 28.
Come and see the pretty spring
patterns and enjoy a social hour.
Sam D. Sapp, of near Timpson,
was here Monday and honored
this office with a short call. Mr.
Sapp is serving as deputy sheriff
for his section and has been for
years. He is well known through-
out the county, and has, from
time to time, been solicited to
run for sheriff, for he makes a
good peace officer, but he has re-
fused on account of the delicate
condition of his wife. Mrs. Sapp
is an invalid, and he prefers to
be where he can be with her con-
stantly rather than to seek politi-
cal honors, which would necesi-
tate his being away from home
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and friends to mourn her death, i to attend court matters.
Marvin Redditt’s
Residence Burned.
Last night about 11:30 the fire
department was called out to the
burning residence of Marvin Red-
ditt in the Blount addition. By
the time any assistance could
reach the scene of the fire the en-
tire building was enveloped in
flames which prevented the sav-
ing of any of the household fur-
niture and both the building and
effects were a total loss.
Mr. Redditt and family are not| paper appears the picture of Rev.
in the city. Mrs. Redditt and
children have been away since
before Christmas and Mr. Red-
ditt has not been here in two
weeks. No one knows how much
insurance is carried, if any, or
how the fire originated. Mr.
Redditt owned his home and it tract a large crowd to hear him.
was nicely furnished with ex-
pensive furniture, and the loss
will, therefore, fall heavily on
him. _____________
began a series of sermons on
“The Bible Christian.” Both
morning and evening services
will be devoted to this subject,
and both the negative and posi-
tive phases of the life of the
Christain, as portrayed in the
Bible, will be presented. His
faith, his service, his motives,
his principals, his relationship to
God, to men; to the Bible, to the
church, to the world, to business,
to society, to moral issues, etc.,
etc., will be discussed. The pas-
tor is thoroughly convinced that
these messages are needed by all,
both saved and unsaved people.
Every member of the church is
j be present at these ser-
All friends are welcome.
E. D. Watson, Pastor.
Capt. A. W. Oliver, teacher at
Patroon, was here Saturday and
Sunday with his family. He says
his school will last about five
weeks yet. Mr. Oliver told us
of the death, on Thursday, of
Mrs. A. C. White, who lived in
that section of the county. The
remains were interred the day
following in the Rather grave-
yard. Deceased was a pioneer
citizen of the county and a splen-
did woman in every way. She
was about 75 years of age and
leaves a large number of relatives1 so much.
Mr. C. W. Howth, announced
candidate for congress from this
district, advises The Champion
that he will not be here Saturday
on account of the refusal of Mr.
Dies to meet him in joint debate,
but will address the people of
this section here Monday at 1
o’clock at the court house.
Mr. Howth has been here and
has met a number of our people.
It is said of him that he is a
splendid speaker and that he will
entertain his hearers all the way
through. He is in line with Pres-
ident Wilson’s policies on prepar-
edness and will, it is presumed,
meet the issue as it is set forth
by Mr. Dies in his recent ex-
pressions on the subject. No
doubt a large crowd will greet
him on this, his first appearance
in this county. He will make
other speaking dates in this
county. _______________
Rev. Sid Williams Will
be Here March S.
The organization of the First
Baptist church here announces
that Rev. Sid Williams will be
here March 5 to begin a series of
meetings at the church building
here. In another place in this
Center, Shelby County, Texas, Februaiy 23, 1916
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THE CHAMPION. 1
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Martin Dies.
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Tate to
Lovetta
Hunter, J. S. Howard.
ness.
Safeguarded
First National Bank
Center, Texas
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Non-Jury Docket This Week
Criminal Docket Monday.
At Tenaha Night of Same Day
and Joaquin March 11.
DISTRICT COURT
PROCEEDINGS.
MARTIN DIES TO SPEAK
HERE SATURDAY.
by its columns for the political Thursday here attending to busi-
news this year.
Pickering Lumber Company
Cutting Timber Near Here.
F. L. Haslam, Superintendent
of the Pickering Lumber Compa-
ny of Texas and Louisiana, head-
quarters at Kansas City> has
been here for a week in consulta-
tion with the company’s attor-
neys, Davis & Davis, and (timber
agent, Noble Weaver, with ref-
erence to handling some timber
near Center. The company is
placing a mill about six miles
west of town and will probably
place another one at a later date.
This service is to cut off some
that he will pay off all tie makers timber they have in this section
Saturday that have had ties in-
spected this month. Mr. Bounds
says that hi® payroll will not be
as heavy this month as usual, for
he cannot get as many makers as
he would like. The price has
been raised over last year but it
seems there are not as many de-
siring to make ties as is usual at
this time of year.
Marriage Licenses.
Helon Beckham to Nora Par-
mer.’
Lawrence
Cheshire.
L. E. Grayson to
Busby.
W. H. Hunter, Center 1, did
the handsome with The Cham-
pion Saturday and will be guided
in
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taking of the census, which is in
March instead of May. Also the
age has been changed from sev-
en to eighteen. There is another
change in the law, and that is
the local board of trustees ap-
points three qualified electors to
hold the trustee election and they
are to be paid one dollar each of
the common county fund. If, at
the time and place of holding
®uch election, any or all of the
persons appointed to hold such
election are absent or refuse to
act, then the electors present
may select of their number a
person or persons to act in the
Hon. George Chilton, Referee
in Bankruptcy for the Eastern
District of Texas, spent last
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Warr, E. D. LaFitte, J. T. Booth,
J. T. Wheeler, John Potts, M. D.
Coeper, J. A. Payne, L. R. Bag-
well, S. D. Anthony, H. B. Mc-
______ I Carty, W. J. Creech, J. W.
H. C. Hughes to Willie May Mitchel, Mrs. Lillie Jones, W. H.
Childress.
to act. J. B. Hammer.
The crowd in town Saturday
was a pretty thrifty one. The
people from the surrounding
country seemed to be in good
spirits and predict good times for
the year. The matter of - Con-
gressman Dies and Mr. Howth
speaking here the coming Satur-
day created comment among
some, the prevailing idea being
that a joint debate would be ar-
ranged. Anyway trade was
good, the weather fine, and with
a little encouragement along
weather lines many farmers
could be induced to begin plant-
ing soon.
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MR ., a
CONGRESSMAN WHO WILL
SPEAK HERE SATURDAY.
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When you open an account with this
bank, you are in good company, for many
of the representative citizens of this city
hnd vicinity are depositors and patrons of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Your
banking requirements, whatever they
may be, can be completely met by our
ample facilities and your money will be
constantly safeguarded by large Capital
and Surplus.
which is needed to suply their
trade. Contractors are now in
the field cutting timber and the
output will be hauled here for
shipment.
List of Immortals.
From Monday Feb. 14 to close
of business Saturday, Feb. 19.
J. M. Miller, Jim Rogers, L. B.
Hightower, G. G. Lout, L. A.
Hamilton, Hugh Smith, D. P.
Middleton, T. J. Murray, R. L. jaw has been changed as to the
Congressman Martin Dies has
given out a list of speaking dates
beginning here at 2 o’clock Sat-
urday, Feb. 26, speaking at the
court house. His subject will be
preparedness.
On the day that the public an-
nouncement of Mr. Dies’ com-
ing, Mr. Howth, . candidate for
congress against Mr. Dies, was
in Center and immediately wired
Mr. Dies at Washington request-
ing a division of time in joint de-
bate. The next day Mr. Howth
received a statement with the
simple statement, “No.” In
view of that fact Mr. Howth ad-
vised his friends here that he
did not think it would be proper
to force himself here Saturday,
and will not, therefore, be_ here
at that time. He has announced
that he will speak to the people
here on Monday, Feb. 28, at 1
o’clock p. m., at the court house.
Mr. Dies has many friends in
this county and will no doubt
have a large audience to hear
him on this visit to Center.
In a circular distributed on the
street here it is announced that
he will speak at Tenaha Saturday
night and at Joaquin on March
11. From this circular it seems
that he means to cover the dis-
trict but no announcement is
made for a speaking date at
Beaumont.
Public School Work.
Mr. C, A. Jay, of the Depart-
ment of Education, will be in our
county Monday and Tuesday,
Feb. 28th and 29th, for the pur-
pose of inspecting and finally ap-
proving those schools in the
county to which state aid has
been granted.
’ Blanks are being mailed out
this week te the census trustees.
District court is busy with the
trial of non-jury cases this week
and a number of cases have been
0 presented to the court for ver-
/ diet.
In the matter of the Baxter
case, on trial last week at the
time The Champion went to
press, the jury returned a verdict
Saturday giving Mr. Baxter
judgment for $3000.00. It is un-
derstood that the judgment will
be paid by the defendant railroad
company and no appeal taken.
The case attracted considerable
attention and was stubbornly
fought by the attorneys of each
side.
The Court appointed B. W.
Burns and D. R. Taylor attorneys
to represent Jack Hopkins and
Willie Sewell, negroes, charged
with murder. The defendants
had no attorney and it was nec-
essary for the court to appoint
some one to represent them. A
special venire was summoned in
the case.
The Champion will not attempt
to give an itemized account of
the civil cases disposed of this
week for in many of the cases
submitted, the court has not ren-
r dered decision in.
Tie Foreman to
Pay Off Saturday.
Mr. Walter Bounds informs us
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Gilmore, R. M. & Price, L. G. The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 23, 1916, newspaper, February 23, 1916; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1288978/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.