The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. [41], Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1924 Page: 2 of 18
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LOAN SHARKS TO
HAVE HARD LUCK
THE EL'ECTEA NEWS
Thursday, Jane 19, 1924.
T.
GUYER
(By American Legion News Service)
Washington, June 18. — Attempts
of “scalpers” to buy up for cash
at large discounts adjusted compen-
sation certificates from world war
veterans will be met by drastic
action.
A statement to this effect was
made here by officials of the Vete-
rans’ Bureau to representatives of
the American Legion.
Attention of the Bureau was call-
ed to an advertisement in which a
veteran offered to sell his certifi-
cate “to the highest bidder for
cash.”
Bureau officials were also advised
of reports that a huge financial pool
is being organized in a leading west-
ern city for the purpose of buying
up compensation certificates in the
hope of reaping huge profits at the
expense of the veteran and the gov-
ernment.
The “scalper,” it was pointed out,
will in all probability find him-
self, if he buys up such a certifi-
cate, with only a non-negotiable
“scrap of paper.” The government
has no intention of permitting
wholesale “scalping” of certificates,
inquiry at the veterans’ bureau and
among members of congress re-
vealed.
The law was carefully drawn, it
was said, to protect the veteran and
his dependent and to throw all pos-
sible safeguards around their inter-
ests. Section 606 of the law will
prevent payment by the govern-
ment to any other than the veteran
himself or his dependents or bene-
ficiaries designated only by the di-
rector of the veterans’ bureau.
This section is as follows:
“No right to payment under the
provisions of this title shall be as-
signable or serve as security for
any loan. Any assignment or loan
made in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be held void.
The director shall not make any
payments under this title to any
person other than the dependent or
such representative of the dependent
as the director shall by regulation
prescribe.”
Authorities are agreed, that per-
sons who attempt to purchase ad-
justed service certificates will find
themselves the losers.
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Miss Ruth Keaton spent Saturday
night with Irene Whirlow.
Chessie Chiseum spent Saturday
night with Mae Whitford. *
Mattie Chiseum spent Saturday
pight with Sue Bettie Pate.
Sunday School at the school house
was well attended Sunday morning.
The fruit supper at Mr. Waiter
Allbright’s Saturday night was en-
joyed by a large crowd.
Mr. V. A. Frazier and children
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Whirlow, Irene
Whirlow and Ruth Keaton went to
Wichita Falls Saturday.
Mrs. Bruce Gillis, Mrs. Edd Whir-
low, Irene Whirlow and Millard Gil-
lis were ni Vernon Friday.
Mr. Sawnie Ferrell and Albert
Cross from Bourland visited at Guy-
er Sunday.
Thema Gardenr and Mattie Chis-
eum took dinner with Noma Lee
Pate Sunday.
Quite a number rfom Guyer at-
tended church at Elliott Sunday
night.
The norther that came Sunday
night was very much appreciated.
Most of the farmers are busy,
harvesting their grain.
Mr. Fred Pate was accidently
cut across the face Saturday after-
noon. The doctor used three stitches
to .close the wound. We surely hope
it will be nothing serious.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner and son,
Walter, Chessie Chiseum, Mae Whit-
ford, A. B. Whitford, Curtis Pate,
Ollie Allbright and Fred Pate were
dinner guests of Charley Burchfield
Sunday.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
WAS CALLED TWICE
MRS. OLSTOM BURRIED FRIDAY
Mrs. Lydia Olstom, who died last
Thursday night, after an illness
extending over eight months, during
which time she had been confined
to her bed, was buried Friday after-
noon. Funeral services were held at
the residence of L. E. Sheldon, and
interment made in the Electra cem-
etery, Rev. Byron Hester, officiat-
ing
Mrs. Olstom was 89 years of
age, and had been a resident of
this city for seven years. Surviving
her are two daughters and two
sons, Mrs. L. E. Sheldon of Elec-
tra, Mrs. Seibold of Iowa, E. A. of
Electra and Ernest of Utah,
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Bargains are offered every week
in the News’ columns.
CUSTOMERS OF
EMPIRE COMPANY
TO BUY STOCK
A campaign whereby customers
of the Empire companies will be
given an opportunity to become
stockholders, has been started by
the Empire The sale of the secur-
ities will be conducted in all towns
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
which are served by one of the
five divisions of the Empire oper-
ations.
The conception of the Idea of
customer ownership is credited to
Henry L. Doherty, founder and
head of the Cities Service com-
pany, of which the Empire com-
pany is a subsidiary. In 1894 Mr
Doherty made the suggestion be-
fore the Ohio Gas Light associa-
tion that utilities should get local
business men to buy their stock,
not only to secure new capital but
to include local interest and mutual
development. It was in Columbus,
Ohio, that Mr Doherty himself
sold stock of the local utilities
to business men of that city and
this probably was the earliest known
application of this principle of
public customer ownership.
The growth of the Empire com-
panies has been remarkable in the
past 12 years About 12 years ago
the Empire consisted of about 30
employes with headquarters in a
small three or four room office.
Now the Empire companies em-
ploy some 4000 employes in Kan-
sas. Oklahoma and Texas. Some
of the interesting facts and figures
giving an idea of the diversity and
immensity of interests of the Em-
pire companies are as follows: It
has 65,000 acres of producing pet-
roleum leases and 3200 producing
oil and gas wells; 3W0 miles of
natural gas lines; 965 miles of
oil pipelines; 5,500,000 barrels of
oil tank storage; five refineries
with a dally capacity of 24,000
barrels of oil, located at Cushing,
Ponca City, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; and in Gainesville,
Texas; 520 service tank and barrel
stations; 211 tank cars; 45,000
gallons gasoline daily capacity in 9
absorption and compression plants
operated for the extraction of gas-
oline from natural gas; 19 main
oil pump stations; serves a popu-
lation of 1,250,000 with natural
gas.
The Customer Ownership cam-
paign is scheduled to open June
7. Already preparations have been
made for this campaign and meet-
ings are being held in a number
of towns and communities served
by the Empire. A feature the
campaign is the sale of securities
of the Empire by the employes.
A great deal of interest has been
created within the organization in
this manner and also in the com-
munities where the sale of Em-
pire 8 per cent preferred stock
will be sold to the customers.
LIBERTY GIVES FREE SHOW
The Liberty Theatre has completed
arrangements by which free moving
pictures will be shown each evening
by means of a special machine
erected in the lobby which will throw
the pictures across the street on a
screen built on the Winkler build-
ing. It is the plan of the manage-
ment to start the comedy about
8:15 p. m. each evening and show
for a twenty minute period. A new
comedy will he shown each night.
‘West of the Water Tower*
Star Talks of Stage Work
Glenn Hunter, who has had his
own experience and bumps in land-
ing a place in stardom and whose
hard knocks have given an added
authority to what he says and does
as the hero of “West of the Water
Tower,” a Paramount picture due at
the Liberty Theatre for a two days’
run, Wednesday and Thursday, June
25 and 26, says that photoplay act-
ing is more difficult than stage
work, as it requires a more exact-
ing technique.
“On the screen, you are entirely
dependent upon facial expression and
body gesticulation to get your mes-
sage across,” Mr. Hunter says. “It
is not enough to be natural, as so
many persons seem to think. As a
matter of fact, the appearance of
naturalness on the screen can never
he acquired by actual naturalness
on the part of the performer.
“Acting, like music, poetry, paint-
ing and sculpture, demands expres-
sion, selection and a certain amount
of exaggeration. If a player appears
natural on the screen, you may safe-
ly assume that he has worked hard
to acquire this desired impression.
Eyes Examined for Glasses
No Drops Used
Woolsey Optical Co.
621 Eighth St. Wichita Falls
The fire department was called
out at 10:15 last Saturday night,
to a fire in a vacant four-room
house in the 700 block on West
Wharton. The fire started, according
to firemen, in the rear of the house,
and this section was destroyed, the
front end being damaged badly. The
property was owned by Jack Mc-
Candle, and had been vacant for a
month. It was not learned if in-
surance was carried.
A small stove fire caused the de-
partment to make a run Sunday
morning at 7:45, to a residence on
Electra and Summit. The fire had
been extinguished when the boys
arrived. Damage slight.
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The amount of electricity used
in Italy has more than doubled
during the past ten years, rising
from 1,961,000 kilowatt hours to
4.281,000 kilowatt hours Most of
this electricity is produced by water
power.
Political
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Subject to action of the Demo-
cratic July Primary:
IUGHT UP TO THE MINUTE
your bathtub and entire bath-
room will be if you employ us
to fit it out for you. Also your
kitchen, laundry, and other
rooms in which you wish run-
ning water and sanitary plumb-
ing. Let us figure with you
TODAY
O. J. DIETZ
A Swedish capitalist has pur-
chased 300,000 acres of land
Guatemala for the establishment,
thereon of a large Swedish colony*
according to reports from Stock-*
holm.
The Electra News—$2.00 per year.
Judge of 89th District Court—
P. A. MARTIN.
District Clerk—
A. F. KERR.
Judge of 78th District Court—
GUY ROGERS.
EDGAR SCURRY.
County Commissioner, Pet. 4—
H. H. HAYNES.
County Attorney—
WAYNE SOMMERVILLE.
JOS. H. AYNESWORTH.
Tax Assessor—
ARTHUR C. HOWARD.
IRVIN DEATON
County Judge—
BEN W. TIPTON.
B. D. SART1N.
For Sheriff—
FRANK MORGAN.
W G. BRALLEY.
H. L. WHITE.
District Attorney—
JAMES V. ALLRED
To The
Motoring Public
It is with pleasure that we announce the opening of the
filling station formerly known as
The Highway Filling Station
at 300 East Cleveland by the Auto Tire Company of
West Texas
Conveniently located, just east of the main business sec-
tion, for the purchase of your Gasoline, Motor Oils, Ac-
cessories, Tires and Tubes
SPECIAL TIRE PRICES
We wiR close out our entire line of Goodrich Tires
at extremely low prices
ELECTRA AGENT FOR FEDERAL AND FISK TIRES
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“Your Troubles Are Our Pleasures*
Phone 222
Attorney, 80th Judicial District—
R S MORRISON.
Auto Tire Company
of West Texas, Inc.
ROY D. TATE, Manager
of the < ounty Court at Law —
W i WILSON.
( M Mel ARLAND.
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Liberty
Theatre
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
June 23 and 24
“Midnight Bell”
With
Charles Ray
COMEDY
“Flickering Youth” H. Langdon
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
June 25 and 26
“West of the
Water Tower”
With
Glenn Hunter May McAvoy
Ernest Torrence
COMEDY
Bobby Dunn in “Not Wanted”
PATHE NEWS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
June 27 and 28
“Fool’s
Awakening”
With Enid Bennett
COMEDY
Fun from the Press Sportlight
“Fast Black”
That Old Can of Mine
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Baker, Verne A. The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. [41], Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1924, newspaper, June 19, 1924; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893109/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.