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The Paducah post
volume xxxiv
PADUCAH, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940
NO. 17
GRAND JURY RETURNS 7 INDICTMENTS
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detect counterfeit bills and coin,
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young lady above is holding are be-
ing issued by the U. S. secret serv-
ice in Washington, D. C.
DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN MORROW
RITES HELD SATURDAY
FOR POISONING
VICTIM
John Morrow, 40-y e a r-old
farmer of the Salt Creek com-
munity, died at a Paducah hospital
about 9:30 Friday morning from
poisoning.
Justice of the Peace W. F.
Wimberly returned a verdict of
“death from an overdose of
strychnine which was self-inflict-
ed.”
Mr. Morrow was found in the
basement of the courthouse by L.
E. White, and was rushed to. the
hospital by Sheriff C. A. Brooks.
Mr. Morrow idied a few minutes
after reaching the hospital.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday afternoon from the First
Baptist church, with Rev. Frank-
lin E. Swanner officiating. Burial
tollowed in the Paducah cemetery
under direction of the Norris
Funeral home.
Surviving are the widow and
two sorts, J. Ross and John Jr.,
all at home; two sisters, Mrs.
Nona Hughes of Childress and
Mrs. Beauiah Wiggers of Okla-
homa; a half brother, Ernest
.^^Middleton of East Texas; two
,(^*uncles, Bob Morrow of Paducah
'^^and J. C. Morrow of East Texas.
Pall bearers were C. A. Brooks,
H. A. Wilder, R. L. Russell, Noel
Chapman, Jack Parnell and Dick
Nance.
Mr. Morrow moved to Cottle
county 22 years ago from East
Texas and had been engaged in
farming since that time. He was a
member of the Baptist church.
DAVIS RITES
HELD SATURDAY
MOTHER OF PADUCAHAN
BURIED IN THALIA
CEMETERY
Contract Is Awarded for
Construction of REA Line
VA $138,000 contract for construction of a 274-mile rural
electric line in Childress, Cottle, Hall and Hardeman counties
was let Monday by the Gate City Electric cooperative.
Successful bidders were Richards and Mullinix of Okla-
homa City.
Construction is scheduled to get under way in about
three weeks, REA Supervisor J. B. Morris of Cee Vee said.
About a hundred days will be re-
quired to complete the job.
Engineers will start work in
about ten days. •
The line will serve approximate-
ly 565 consumers in the four
counties. Additions to the line
are expected later. Henry Givens
of Childress, coordinator, already
is planning an extension into King
county.
Easements for the line have
been secured on most property,
Morris said, but cooperation of
members is requested in securing
the remaining easements.
Group meetings to arrange for
cooperative contracts for wiring
homes of members will start with-
in two or three weeks, Morris
said. Wiring contracts let in
groups will assure better work and
lower costs, the supervisor said.
AD VALOREM
TAX REDUCED
SCHOOL FUND CUT FROM
35 CENTS TO 27
FOR 1940-41
Literary Exile
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His long hair put up in a net,
Maurice Maeterlinck, famous Bel-
gian author of “The Bluebird,” is
shown soon after his arrival in the
United States as a war refugee, fol-
lowing the German triumph.
Mrs. J. C. Davis of Rayland,
62, died here early Friday morn-
ing, Aug. 2, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Bill B a r r e 11.1 in the comptroller’s office, esti-
AUSTIN, Aug. 9—Texans this
week were handed an eight-cent
reduction in the state ad valorem
tax which will total 69 cents for
each $100 of assessed valuation
for 1940-41.
The portion for school purposes
will be 27 cents instead of 35.
Unchanged were the 35-cent
rate for general fund purposes
and the seven-cent figure for the
Confederate veteran pension fund,
both at the legal minimum.
The reduction in school rate
was possible because the board of
education has a $500,000 balance
in its textbook fund and will need
only $1,500,000 instead of a
normal $2,000,000 to buy free
texts next year, and because there
will be an estimated unpaid
balance of only $1 in the per
capita apportionment at the begin-
ning of the new year. There was
$4 unpaid balance at the be-
ginning of this year.
The board, composed of Gov.
W. Lee O’D a n i e 1, Comptroller
George H. Sheppard and Treas-
urer Charley Lockhart, deliberated)
only a few minutes on the new
rate. The meeting was held in
the presence of reporters in con-
trast to last year’s session behind
closed doors.
R. S. Calvert, chief statistician
Funeral services were held Satur-1 mated the available school fund
day afternoon, Aug. 3, from the would! need $37,587,467 to meet
"" ” 11 ” ' 1 1 jjrJ 1 next year’s obligations, including
$34,537,500 to pay a $22.50 per
capita apportionment, $1,500,000
for textbooks and $1,549,967 to
meet the eliminated $1 carryover
in the per capita apportionment.
Opening Dates For
County Schools Set
Thalia Methodist church with Rev
Don Culbertson officiating.
Pallbearers were Cap Adkins
and C. E. Blevins of Thalia, R.
A. Rutledge, T. E. Lawson, H. T.
Faughn and Buck Clark, all of
Rayland.
Special music was presented by
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gray and
sons, Norman and Lloyd. Mes-
dames T. E. Lawson, R. A. Rut-
ledge, T. F. Lambert, Cap Adkins
and H. T. Faughn were in charge
of flowers.
Burial was in the Thalia ceme-
tery.
Survivors include the husband;
eight children, C. A. Davis of
Edinburgh, Mrs. S. G. Presley of
Chillicothe, T. C. Davis of No-
cona, Mrs. Bill Barrett of Padu-
cah, Mrs. O. W. Holland of Kil-
gore, Mrs. Bill Phillips of Odessa,
Mrs. Bert Blanton of Vernon and
Miss Margie Davis of Vernon;
three brothers, T. L. Culver of
Whitesboro and Emmett Culver of
Dublin; 14 grandchildren and a
number of neices and nephews.
All survivors except C. A. Davis
were present for the funeral.
Relatives of Mr. Davis who attend-
ed were Mrs. J. F. Matthews and
family, Mrs. C. C. Parker and
family and W. T. Davis and fam-
ily.
Mrs. Davis was bom Aug. 17,
1877 in Gadsden, Ala., and. moved
to Texas in 1890. She and MY.
Davis had lived in the community
of Rayland, near Thalia, for 34
years. She was a member of the
Methodist church.
Mrs. Davis’ death followed a
three weeks illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brazier
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamrick
took Mrs. C. H. Brazier and Jo
|Ann to Wichita Falls last Sun-
day. Mrs. Brazier and Jo Ann
went on to Fort Worth to visit
relatives there.
'/Opening dates for county
schools were designated by the
county school board at a meeting
last Saturday.
The Cee Vee school will open
Sept. 12, Valley View and Delwin
schools Sept. 2 and Broadmore,
Chalk, Moon, Hackberry and
Ogden schools Sept. 9.
The Tennessee Valley school
opened July 29 in order to dismiss
later for the cotton picking sea-
son.
Singers To Meet
Sunday at Ogden
The Cottle-k i n g Singing as-
sociation will have its monthly
convention Sunday afternoon,
Aug. 11, at Ogden, beginning at
2 o’clock, according to announce-
ment by H. M. Nichols, associa-
tion president.
Residents of Cottle and King
counties are cordially invited ito
attend.
BOOSTERS HERE
An automobile caravan, includ-
ing a band, invaded Paducah early
Thursday afternoon to invite resi-
dents of this section to attend
the Fifteenth Annual West Tex-
as Old Settlers Rqunion at Hank
Smith Memorial p a r Jc between
Floydada and Crosbyton Thursday
and Friday, Aug. 15-16.
DAWSON REID
HEADS LEGION
JAMES W. BULLOCK POST
INSTALLS OFFICERS
AUG. 1
Headed by Commander Dawson
Reid, new officers of the James
W. Bullock American Legion Post
were installed Thursday night,
Aug. 1.
Other officers included P. E.
Godfrey, first vice-commander; C.
R. Wood, second vice-commander;
J. R. Meacham, adjutant; S. A.
Deason, chaplain; B. F. Hobson,
service officer; R. R. Gaggers,
historian.
John H. Davis Jr. is the im-
mediate past commander.
RAINRELIEVES
HOT WAVE HERE
Rain, which covered most of
the Panhandle Sunday afternoon
and Monday night, ranged over
Cottle county in varying degrees
and broke a two-months drouth
and heat wave which had serious-
ly threatened cotton and feed
crops.
The rainfall in Paducah meas-
ured .91 of an inch Sunday and
.77 of an inch Tuesday/ and
totaled 1.68 during the two days.
Precipitation was heaviest in
Swearingen and Tenn'essee Valley
where rainfall ranged up to 2.50
inches. Salt Creek, Hackberry,
Chalk, Delwin and Dumont re-
ported fair rains.
Cee Vee and Dunlap received
only light showers. The section
northwest of Valley View and
parts of the Ogden community re-
ported no rain.
Continued cloudiness and light
showers in Paducah Thursday
gave relief from one of the
longest heat waves in recent
years.
Misses Lyda and Inez Kelley
are visiting in Dallas this week.
FEW CHANGES
AREMADEIN
PRIMARYVOTE
Correction Made by County
Democratic Executive Com-
mittee Affect Outcome in
No Races, Chairman Dawson
Reid Announces.
A canvass of the returns of
the first Democratic primary by
members of the county Demo-
cratic executive committee Satur-
day morning showed only a few
changes in the unofficial ballot
totals released last week. The
changes did not effect the re-
sult in any race.
Complete official returns in all
county races follows:
County Judge
Riley ............................... 1,393
Davis ................-.................... 749
Sturdivant ............................ 479
County Attorney
Jones .................................. 1,938
Graves ....... 653
County and District Clerk
McArthur .............................. 906
Harper .................................... 751
Bishop .................................... 517
Merrill ........................ 428
Sheriff & Tax Assessor-Colle(;tor
Payne .................................. 1,361
Brooks ....... 1,238
County Treasurer
Redwine .............................. 2,614
Surveyor
Jones ..................................- 2,613
Commissioner, Precinct No. 2
Stokes .................................... 282
Townley ................................ 256
Lee ..................................'}....... 182
Rodgers .................................... 74
Brownlow ................................ 64
Detwiler .................................. 39
Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
Willingham ........................... 206
Wilson .................................... 100
Harrison ..........................- 94
Commissioner, Precinct No. 4
Love ........................................ 450
Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
Morris .................................... 330
Galloway ............. 250
Hill .......................................... 2T1
Justice of the Peace
Barron .................... 760
Wimberly ................................ 716
Constable
Washburn .............................. 792
Bearden, .................................. 418
Russell .................................. 182
Fields ...................................... 73
Cottle County Rural
Schools Classified
Cottle county schools were
classified for the 1940-41 term at
a meeting of the county school
board last Saturday.
Classifications were announced
as follows: Tennessee Valley,
seven gpades with two teachers;
Hackberry, six grades with two
teachers; Moon, seven grades with
two teachers; Chalk, six grades
with two teachers; Broadmore,
four grades with one teacher; Cee
Vee, nine grades with four teach-
ers; Delwin, nine grades with
five teachers, two year affiliated
high school; Valley View, 11
grades with eight teachers, four-
year affiliated high school.
*5” Teachers at the various schools,
who have been elected by local
boards this summer, are Jack Har-
ris and Miss Goldie Butler, Tennes-
see Valley; Willis R. Osburn and
Mrs. Lucille Osburn, Hackberry;
J,. Fletcher Floyd and Miss Mary
Kate Evers, Ogden; Gordon Gate-
wood, Stanley McDonald, Mrs.
Marguerite Culberson, Mrs. Ah-
nise Lindsey and Miss Jewell Mor-
ris, Delwin; Mrs. Nova C. Howell,
Broadmore; C. R. Wilson, Earl
P. Smith, J. K. Sullivan, Mrs. E.
P. Smith, Mrs. Hobson Howell,
Mrs. Clarice Walker, Mrs. C. R.
Wilson and Mrs. S. E. Stockstill,
Valley View; L. W. Sams, Mrs.
Bess Ward, Miss Josabel Rice and
Mrs. G. W. Lane, Cee Vee; Mrs.
Naomi Martin and Arlis Wyatt,
Moon.
Commissioners To Consider
Cutting Tax Rate 7 Cents
They’re Ready to Learn American Ways
Safe from the horrors of war are these three children of Maj. Arthur
Lockhart of the British army who landed in New York city recently.
They were members of another band of refugee British children seeking
a haven in the United States. Their father is an officer in the King’s
Hussars, now fighting for England against the Axis powers. The young
refugees are being cared for by relatives in America.
Sino-Japanese War Goes Savagely Ahead
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Prospects for a second reduc-
tion in Cottle county’s ad valorem
tax rate in as many years loomed
today following announcement by
Judge L. D. Gibson that the com-
missioners court would meet Mon-
day to consider slashing the rate
from, $1.38 on each $100 of as-
sessed valuation to $1.31.
The rate was lowered from $1.-
50 to $1.38, a 12-cent reduction,
last year.
A proposed county budget will
be nresented to the court Monday
by Ivan D. Allred, Wichita Falls
auditor, and the court will fix the
tax rate for the coming year.
“It is possible that there will
be no change in the rate,” Judge
Gibson said1; “but if it is at all
possible the court probably will
make a reduction.”
Cottle county tax rates since
1919 have been as follows: >1919,
45 cents; 1920, 83 cents; 1921,
80 cents; 1924, 65 cents; 1925,
75 cents; 1926, 80 cents; 1927,
$1.60; 1928, $1.65; 1929, $1.80;
1930, $1.68; H932, $1.60; 1933,
SI.60; 1934, $1.31; 1935, $1.31;
1.936, $1.09; 1937, $1.50; 1938,
$1.50; 1939, $1.38.
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While the war In Europe has diverted attention away from the Sino-
Japanese conflicts, scenes like the one above show that hostilities are
still in progress. The Japanese soldier is one of a party wiping out
the streets of Ichang, one of the most important strategic points in the
defending army o* Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. A bomb explodes in
the background.
DEMOS NAME
5 DELEGATES
O’DANIEL ENDORSED AT
COUNTY CONVENTION
SATURDAY
Five delegates to the state Dem-
ocratic convention Sept. 3 at
Mineral Wells were elected and
a resolution endorsing the Dem-
ocratic candidate for governor
was adopted at the county Dem-
ocratic convention here Saturday.
C. E. Blount was named per-
manent convention chairman and
C. R. Woud was chosen permanent
convention secretary.
State delegates elected were
Blount, Wood, Dawson Reid, J.
V. Payne and Roy Jones. Alter-
nates were Lennis Smith, Wiley
Jones, W. R. Mauldin, W. B.
Handley, and B. F. Hobson.
County GOP’s Name
Convention Delegate
11 Births And
2 Deaths Listed
W. C. Briggs was named dele-
gate from Cottle county to the
state Republican convention to be
heLd at Beaumont next Tuesday.
Cottle is allowed only one dele-
gate.
The selection was made at the
county convention here Saturday.
Cottle Republicans failed to pass
any resolutions and did not name
any candidates for county races
in the general election next fall,
Accompaning Mr. Briggs to
Beaumont next Tuesday will be
Mrs. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Dumont and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Parnell.
Mr. and] Mrs. Floydi Eblen of
Abilene and Val Eblen Jr. of
Tahoka are visiting their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Val Eblen.
Eleven births and two deaths
were recorded in Cottle county
during July by W. F. Wimberly,
registrar of vital statistics.
Births were registered as fol-
lows: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burn-
ett Ellis, girl, July 21; Mr. and!
Mrs. Porter Wilson Donnell, boy,
July 30; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ed-
ward Mitchell, boy, Aug. 1; Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Piland, boy, July
2; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Royal,
boy, July 16; Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Evans, girl, July 27; Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Moore, boy, July 27;
Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Green, boy,
Aug. 4; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Roy
Dobbs, girl, July 3; Mr. and Mrs.
Timothy Lee Porter, boy, July
26; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Baxley
Jones, girl, July 13.
Deaths were the infant of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moore, July
27, and John Morrow, Aug. 2,
4-H Club Boys
To Meet Saturday
TWO NEGROES
ARE CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Negro Youth Indicted in Con-
nection with Theft of Bill-
fold Containing $115; Sec-
ond-hand Store Operator
Charged with Receiving and
Concealing Stolen Property.
The Cottle county grand jury
Tuesday afternoon returned
seven indictments, two of which
were for murder, and adjourned.
The jury had deliberated for two>
days.
Murder indictments were re-
turned against Clarence Stephens,
42-year-old Paducah negro, in
connection with the fatal stabbing
of K. C. White, negro, in a Padu-
cah cafe on the night of May
26, and Tom Miller, Dallas negro,
in connection with the ax-slaying
of Dave Spencer, 60-year-old
negro cotton picker, on a farm
near Paducah Dec. 15, 1939.
White was stabbed to death at
the Blue Front cafe in northeast
Paducah following an argument
over a card game. Stephens was
arrested the following morning
in Vernon by Deputy Sheriff
Wiley Ellis of this city. The de-
fendant is in the Cottle county
jail.
Spencer’s body was found in
a cistern on a farm approximate-
ly 15 miles south of Padrtcah Dec.
16. His forehead had been crushed
and his pockets turned out. Blood-
stains near the cistern and on an
ax handle led to discovery of the
body. The murder suspect, Tom
Miller, alias Willie Battles, alias
Howard Bazzie, alias Marble Eye,
was arrested in Floydada last
month and returned to Paducah
to face charges. Wanted in Dallas
on a burglary count, Miller was
taken to that city recently, but
was to have been returned to
Paducah Thursday.
Jess Spencer, negro, was in-
dicted on a complaint charging
theft of a billfold containing
$115. Spencer, former employe of
a local garage, was charged with
taking the billfold from beneath
the floor mat of a car belonging
to H. E. White of Coleyville. The
car had been left at the garage
for repairs. Approximately $65
of the money has been recovered.
Eva Ingham, who operates a
second-hand store in Paducah, was
indicted on! four misdemeanor
charges. She is charged with re-
ceiving and concealing stolen
property as, follows: (1) 15
blankets and bedspreads, <2)
eight bedspreads, (3) one electric
fan and (4) one coin-operated
electric fan. The property, stolen
from the Paducah hotel last Feb-
ruary, was allegedly purchased
from Bill Griffin, negro, who is
charged with burglary ift con-
nection with the cases. The mis-
demeanor cases were transferred
to county court.
The grand jury completed: its
work and was dismissed. M. L.
Allison was foreman. Other mem-
bers were Tom Canon, Harry
Lynch, T. J. Richards Jr., T. C.
Sivells, Cecil F. Can1, R. L. Rus-
sell, J. C. Clary, J. B. Hamrick,
Jack Tippen, Levi Goodwin and
M. B. Dowlin.
MAN KILLED ON
GUTHRIE ROAD
J.
N. LOWRANCE OF
ROARING SPRINGS
KILLED BY CAR
Cottle ciunty 4-H club boys who
are interested in attending the
district encampment at Lake Pau-
line will meet Saturday morning
iat 10 o’clock in the county court-
room on the second floor of the
courthouse, County Agent G. J.
Lane has announced.
Fifteen boys already have in-
dicated they will go to the camp
and others who wish to go should
attend this meeting, Mr. Lane
said.
The camp will be held Aug.
15-16-17. Cost for each boy will
be $2.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stand-
ridge have returned from a va-
cation trip to Arkansas.
GUTHRIE, Aug. 9—J. N.
Lowrance, about 50, of Roaring
Springs, was instantly killed last
Saturday afternoon when he was
struck by two automobiles on.
Highway 82, ten miles east of
Guthrie.
Mr. Lowrance was aiding his
brother-in-law, also of Roaring
Springs, in filling the radiator of
the truck in which they had been
riding, when the accident occur-
red. They had stopped the truck
on the edge of the highway to
get water from a nearby stock
tank.
Mr. Lowrance started across the
highway and was struck by a
passing car. He was hurled about
40 feet down the highway and
under the wheels of another
vehicle. Members of the Highway
Patrol, who investigated the ac-
cident, said that he was crushed
by the impact of the first car.
Word was received here this
week that Capt. and Mrs. B. E.
Pollock and daughter, Linda Kay,
will sail Oct. 15 for Hawaii. Mrs.
Pollock is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Johni Brown of Paducah.
Miss Beatrix Cobb made a bus-
iness trip to Austin Tuesday.
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