Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XIV«—"NO. Hi.
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUN1V, TEXAS, JUNE 5, 1924.
Home Peoplo Endorse
Hon. W. A. Nabors for
Railroad Commissioner
At a meeting of the Winns- that those who shipped heavy
W. A. Nabors' Railroad and low priced products, espe-
| Snmissioner Club, which was clLa' X./*rm an^ ranch yroducts
I the citizens of Winnsboro, on
j June 4th. the following resolu
91.25 PER YEAR.
Wilson Not a
"Good Fellow"
('resident Wilson Never Slap*
ped Anyone on Hack
.«« —°r sr?
under present conditions, in or-
der that a producer may re-
turn was unanimously adopted*, ceive a reasonable price for his
Resolved that this Club, and products and at the same time
aeh member thereof, sijall use' the consumer Ije supplied with
everv effort possible from now (such products at a price which
until the Democratic Primary! he can afford to pay. Mr. Na-
o( July 26th, to present to the lw>rs has been working along
_. .•_! this line for many years and
as Railroad Commissioner, has
been giving this feature of
railroad service his particular
attention.
The members of this club
are especially pleased to know
that this idea, which has been
As a business man for 29 j so long fostered by Mr. Nab-
vears Mr. Nabors fully demon-(-/rs, has been endorsed by the
itrated his ability to the people Secretary of the Interstate
this section in the successful Commerce Commission and b>
gement of his own affairs, J the United IStates Senate by
ind during this time devoted J almost unanimous vote, only
much of his time to building up a short while ago, and it is the
those institutions which are for!sense of this club that the work
the best interest of the com- of Mr. Nabors as Railroad
I inanity, l oth morally and fi-| Commissioner will be of very
jnancially. Along this line he great benefit to the people of
developed a great industry in'Texas, as he is an incessant
the way of diversified farming worker for what he believes
voters'of Texas the special fit
Lgg 0f W. A. Nabors for the
position of Railroad Commis-
sioner which he now holds and
to which he desires to be elec-
ted to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Allison May-
(field.
President Wilson has often
been criticized for his apparent
aloofness and coldness of man-
ner, but perhaps one reason for
this was the tact that he was
utterly sincere. One could
never call him a "good fellow"
in what is meant by that term
in popular parlance.
Josephus Daniels, in
"Life of Woodrow Wilson,"
published by The John C. Win-
ston Co., tells us that "he did
not know how to pretend to be
North Mill Street Ten Candidates File
Residence Burns ** n t
i Names in Race for
Governor's Office
A residence on North Mill
street owned by Walter Wor-
thington and occupied by
Sampson Bailey was discovered
to be on fire about 1 o'clock I Waco, lexas, June 3.—One Commissioner
Thursdav morning. The fire of the latest applications to be Land Office—J.
boys responded quickly to the received here by Secretary of re-election; J. E.
alarm turned in and soon had
the fire under control, but not
until the building was badly
damaged and all household
goods destroyed except a few
his'things t' at were removed. Thfc
llaileys were not at home that
night. Insurance to the
amount of $600 was carried on
household goods and Mr. Wor-
of General
T. Robison
Binkley, Gra-
State Joe W. Hale of the State ^a"'' „ . . _
Democratic executive commit- Kailroad Commissioner— C.
tee for place on the ticket as E- Gilmore, full term, re-elec-
candidate for United States tlo|G J- c- Mason, Merkel, full
what he was not. He did not' thington had $800 insurancb
flatter, he slapped nobpdy on'on thp building.
the back to win favor by a fa-
MRS. J. B. LEE DEAD
miliarity not felt. He would
not waste time in adulation or
Ifm lfik' i!>Ut he al^8 ha4 Mrs- Jno- 1?- Lee died at her
time to show appreciation of home in the Clover Hill com.
■al merit plenty of time if munity early Wednesday morn-
the occasion requ.red it." ing. She was the widow of
T,„ .... , .. Jno. B. Lee who died in Aus-
Ilu' Winnsboro News onfe tin while serving this district
yeai Wid a copy of the Life a*-, representative in the State
of Woodrow Wilson by Jose- Legislature. The remains of
phus Daniels, for $2.o0. Leave Mi.s. Lee were buried in the
oi deis at News office. . Clover Hill Cemetery Wednes-
Senator was that of John F.'term: w M- w- Splawn, unex-
Maddox of Houston. P,red term of two years, re-
Another candidate, whose ap- e,ectlon' w A- Nabors, unex-
plication was mailed Monday, P,m! term of four years, re-
the last dav to apply for place election; J. M. Phillips, I eck-
and received here Tuesday, was vil,e unexpired two-year term;
that of J. W. West of Houston Ed E- Weaver, Texarkana, mil
for the unexpired four-year term; Lon A. Smith, four-year
term as Railroad Commission-! unexPired term" R- E- Speer,
er. His application was pre-' Eort Worth; J. M. West, Hous-
sented by twentysix qualified! ton> unexpired term of four
voters of Houston, and for.|-vears*
LARGE ONION
dav afternoon.
The largest onion of this
year's crop to come to Qur no-
tice was brought to The News
FIRST CRATE OF
TOMATOES RECEIVED
warded here to Secretary Hale
by E. K. Coombs of Houston.
Secretary Hale is in South
Texas at present, engaged In
the trial of a case, and the
ticket to be certified «o the va-
rious county chairmen in the
State, at the meeting of the
Chief Justice Supreme Court
—C. M. Cureton, re-election;
W. C. Wear, Hillsboro; R. H.
Buck, Fort Worth.
Lieutenant Governor— Bar-
ry Miller, Dallas; W. C. Ed-
wards, Denton; John D. McCall
Beaumont; Wallace Malone, Ft.
State executive committee, to Worth.
be held in Dallas next Monday, United States Senator—Mor-
aad producing, selling and ship-, should be done and will contin- ()ffjc(! a few f by D F' j ksonvi|le, Texas, June
pinR fruit and truck and oth- uc to push the proposition to s Ui Th r;,ninn was of /the first orates of toma
er farm products in large quan- such reduction and
classifica-
Itities. The marketing system tion of freight rates.
I of this institution reached prac-i The people of Winnsboro and
tically all points within the surrounding territory, who
United States, and from this have known Mr. Nabors for so
[experience, as well as the for- long and are so well acquainted
| mer experience as a brakeman with his efficiency and capab:-
on the railroad, he became very iity to do the work of the Rail-
familiar with railroad rates, road Commissioner, believe in
railfload conditions and the need him and are for him and in-
I of reform in rates and classifi- si* t upon all the voters of Tex-
I cation of freight to the effect, as giving him their support.
Young Man Gets in Jail for
Trying to Skin Mail Order House
will not be arranged until he
returns home, the latter part
of this week.
Up to Tuesday morning the
following applicants had been
listed in Mr. Hale's office:
Governor—T. W. Davidson,
Marshall; Lynch Davidson,!
4.
Sullivan.The onion was of'the - he first crates of tomatoes
Becmuda variety and weighed o''ml on the Jacks nville mar-
2 pounds and 2 ounces. The ket was brought to town Mon-
flavor was good. The Winns-/! .; by Boone Jowers, or Iron-, George W. Dixon, Houston; T.
boro country is one of the ton, and J. E. Turaey, of Galla- o Barton, Amarillo, J. E. Fer-
best in the world" in which to j tin. These have l>een placed guson, Temple; Joe Burkett,
grow onions and Mr. Sullivanjon exhibition and will bring a; Eastland; W. E. Pope, Corpus
seems to be an expert
cultivation of them.
lis Sheppard, re-election; Fred
W. Davis, Austin; John F. Mad-
doxi Houston.
State Superintendent of Pu-
blic Instruction—S. M. N.
Marrs. re-election.
BOOKKEEPER IN
COMPTROLLER'S
OFFICE RESIGNS
in the fancy price, as a premium will j Christi; Felix D. Robertson,
also be given by the merchants Dallas; Mrs. Mriam A. Fergu-
of the city. I ?0n, Temple.
Attorney General — Dan
State Comptroller—O. D.
Houston;' V. X^n^D^i1 GauJe;uD2.n F:. Sun?itJ'
Galveston; S. H. Terrell, West;
Tom Bell, Texarkana, A. J.
Smith, Haskell; Paf'iMoulden,
Austin.
Commissioner of Agriculture
—George B. Terrell, re-election
R. E. Sparkman. Italy.
Court of Criminal Appeals—
/ 'Moody, Taylor; J. C. Wall, Au- 0. S.
Lattimore, re-election.
Lavge-
I Still Found on
Cypress Farm
A young man about 20 years
old living near Cookville was
arrested last week by Federal
officers on a charge of using
n„ u, . , ... the United States mails to de-
, Un Wednesday our officers . 1.1.1 „n,
Seated a whisky still on a farm'fraud- li ,s a"efd the younR
on Cypress creek about 2 miles' man, using a fictitious name,
Nest of Mt. Vernon and Winns-| sent a #178.00 check on the Na-
wo public road. The still had tional Bank of Daingerfield to
■!.. C4"'.e. P tch- Montgomery Ward & Co., at
£ Fort Worth for this amount of
ine piopnetor of the place to , ,. , . , . , .
Jwn and placed him in jail, merchandise to be shipped to
Officers participating were1 him at Daingerfield by mail.
I Sheriff n. a. Campbell, City j Montgomery Ward & Co. wired
Walker, Consta-;the Dn'ngerfield bank regard-
' ing the check and the bank
wired back they had no custo-
mer by the name signed to the
check. The matter was turned
over t;i LI. S. authorities at
Fort Worth by the mail order
house. The officers advised
Montgomery Ward & Co. to
ship a dummy package by mail
Marshal Ben ,,,
p®8 Mack King, J. W. Hazle-
,w>d and Joe Amos.—Mt. Ver-
non Herald.
'Girl Graduates
Entertained
seized in
raid blows UP j tin; J. M. Melson. Sulphur: Congressman at
lNDEPlTY'S CAR Springs; R. N. Grisham, East- W. Cole, Austin.
Austin, Texas, May 31.—Al-' l!?ud;. E- B' Warf1' Corpu?! State Trewurer-
leging "there is less efficiency Dallas, June 4. — Driving Lhristi. ; ren, re-election,
and more extravagance being into town from Grand Prairie
practiced in the comptroller's with several cases of chock \A/inncKn >o Wicrl-i I Will
department at this time than beer in bottles which he had ",nndU0 0 Jtno°' YV 111
ever before," ft. B. Moorman, taptured in a ra:d Dave Rrad-
Saturday resigned his position haw, deputy sheriff, was start-
as chief bookkeeper in the de- led by p loud explosion in the
partment to become immediate- liack of his car. In a few sec-
ly effective. This allegation is onds arrr)ther explosion occur-j
made by Mr. Moorman in his red.
letter of resignation to Comp- Bradshaw stopped at the sidtj
troller I^on A. Smith. >f the road, drew his revolver)
"I cannot conscientiously de- and prepared for an ambush
fend vou or your administra- attack.
E.
-C. V. Ter-
Mexic
fore
l>e-
the
City, June 2.—Viila
ermosa, capital of the state
There" was another ex-' ('f 'tabasco and considered the
tion to my friends," continued plosion, then a pause and sever-! last rebel stronghold,
Moorman in his letter of res- a1 in rapid succession.
iirnatnn. "Therefore I don't Then it dawned on the offi-
feel that I can longer remain eer what was taking place.
in the state's employ under TIip motion of the automobile
vour d rection and be loyal to had set the beer to working
both you and the state." pind the bottles were exploding
Moorman was appointed to| Bradshaw finally reached the c-rmrand of Fernando Segovia
his position in the comptroll federal building with enough of wns dispersed, suffering a large
er's department from Bosque the beer to serve as evidence., mm,|MM- ()f casualties, the total
county where he has resided' of which was not Riven.
for the past thirty years. WILL BE DRV FOR 1
DEMOCRATIC MEET NOTICE TO SUFFERING
Add Commercial Department
1
LAST STRONGHOLD Superintendent Sheppeard
01* REBELS TAKEN informed The News this Meek
1 that a commercial department
fell
a federal attack in
early hours of yesterday, ac-
cording to a war ' department
"n1 ouncement quoting
rrom General Vicente Gonzalez.
The rebel garrison under
FATAL ACCIDENT
I J^.e ff'rl graduates were en-
nained with a dinner served
cafeteria style Friday at
' mL; n ,)y Miss Oieita Steed.
I ijj:c w®8 furnished by the
Portlri^u 1'<lison and it is re-
| Uj 0 t"ilt each one present
an enjoyable time.
(Must File Name,
by June 14th
law Provides that
I Precinct for count-v and
nam0o . Ices must file their
4.
New York, June 2.—Madison (
Square Garden will be "dry' ;v[ls
wd! be
Davis'
in Winnsboro,
residence, just
w 11 be added to the Winnsboro
High School at the t>eginning
of the fall term. A competent
instructor has been employed
to teach bookkeeping, short-
hand and typewriting. Flight
typewriters have been purchas-
a ^ e' ed for use in this department.
The Winnsbort High School
is progressive. It keeps ahead
of schools in other towns and
when one of them gets in out-
class, our school moves up a
little. Winnsboro Hi was the
first school in East Texas to
teach home economics and
manual training. Now that
at nearlv all of them teach these
Jacksonville, Texas, June Square Garden will be "dry ;viis. Davis' residence, just in branches, we go ahead of them
to be delivered to the man who ~?• M£Rnde, whJ |>veJ' a I during the Democratic Nation- front nf dopoti «ach Sunday af- again by adding a commercial
had sent the worthless check. £r, fl vT £ur' conventom, memliers m the tei.noon t0 examine and treat course. Watch Winnsboro
A oostal inspector went along I' * engine 8ometime 0nvention committee announc- j] desiring osteopathic adjust- schools grow.
,nJ v,hpn tK Sunday, and parts of his b-yfy e!j 1 ments.—T. C. Bedwell, Osteo- —
man canSd for the pack- were foundOMone m!,e west of David Latinlwrg, who haf path> sulphur Springs. Texas.
joung man called for the pacs• Doucette The trainmen were, .;he restaurant concession, has
age he was arrested and placed nofc aware of the accident until 1>een compe|led to deposit a sub- roons VT
a mechanic went to clean the stantia| l)ond to l>e forfeited in. a.
engine and found a human legmie eVent of violations of the; Winn. WMAiL.ti .
under the frame of the engine. Volstead act by either himself, ~ . . .i .. ., . ,
jt- , > empi0ye8. ' Mrs- ^ L Whatley has just At the semi-annual meeting
FORD COMPLETES j The contract also provides1 received a new supply of sum- 0f the Federated Clubs of
TEN MILLIONTH : for "moderate" food prices. | iner goods. One hundred new Woo<1 C;>untv he]d at the home
in jail awaiting to be turned
over to Federal officers from
Jefferson where his case will
be disposed and the young man
in all probability be given
free transportation to Leaven-
worth.
KILLED WHEN HE
REFUSES TO
Federated Clubs
Elect Officers
MODEL "T" MOTOR
Georgette
f. x , Clifton, Texas, June 2.—
|*r in«r the co""ty chiir- Frank Terrell, farmer, aged
hie"
Detroit, Mich., June 4.—Ford
HALT Motor No. 10,000,000 was com-
pleted at the Ford Motor com-
fALIFORNIANS LEAVE
of Mtu A. J. Britton in Quit-
l^mes with
1 in tho . r -7 ,1", rrana lerien, -«•—
,• re„ifJe in which about 22, was shot and instant-
d&v, before Satur-
I ^eir n«m J : .in. °.rder to «et
|)rinted on the de-
at,c official ballot.
V- P.
with
arrived
night for a
his parents.
ly killed by officers late Sat-
pursued on the Clifton-Merid-
urday night, as he was being
ian road. Ranger M. Burton
and Charley Barker, city mar-
from'shal of Meridian, tried to stop
bSSineiiT J.1 ,ana^.n^ a y1*0*
Wd at K for Virgil Mc-
ij^8^ki^ett' Whi,e th« tat"
a crop. He re-
Terrell and two others who
were in an automobile. rail-
ing to stop them, the officers
followed in another car. The
officers contend that the fug«"
^ business.
live fired first. Terrell
four miles from Clifton.
lived
dresses with lace
trimmings have arrived along
—"a™ u v, it I with a number of new tub silk man th* following officers were
$20,000 TO ? . m. IJ,I dr038es for summer wear. The elected for the ensuing year:
" . T tv! garments are priced very at- Mrs. W. N. Jones, Mineola,
£ thSSS *££ 'or the schoi- tractive,,.
millionth model "T" Ford car
will leave the assembly line at ship fund
of the Southern
win leave wie Methodist university was do-
' I oated in the will of Mrs. lllanch
"°The Tirat Sel "T* car waa M Paxia of Loa Arareloa. Cal..
completed October.^ 1908. jM ^
W dnesday of Dr.
duced. The
the company announces,
turned out complete in
several months ago
su vAiww., '"l""' ,1,u„ri ,r-ordine to announcement
" r nTi 000000 51.w dneaday of Dr. C. C. Setec-
motor No. president of the un.verai.
were • ,
132 Mr. and Mrs. Paxis gave th s
amount to the university *>e-
working days.
hud
cause they declared, they w
Alvis Ward and O. D. Martin "made their ^rtune in 'TVxas.
have returned from A. & M. I They each donated $10,000.
FARMER IS KILLED;
SLAYER SURRENDERS
Mrs. Jim Moore, Winnsboro,
vice-pres.
Mrs. Noble Jones,
vice-pres.
Mrs. T.
Quitman,
B. Breedlove, Alba,
Corsicana, Texas, June 2.—
Harlin Mesker, about 40 years; vice-pres.
old. whs shot and fatally woun-j Mrs. C. E. Revelle, Mineola,
ded with a shotgun Sunday af- Corresponding Secretary,
ternoon near Angus, Navarro Mrs. A. P.Buchanan. Mineo-
county. E. C. Carver surren- la, treasurer.
dered and was held in the Mrs. W. C. DuBose, Mineola.
county jail, while his attorney Recording Secretary.
nrrantred for hhnd. Both men Mrs. G. K. McK« nzie, Alba,
arc farmers. ' Parlianit ntarian.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1924, newspaper, June 5, 1924; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268326/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.