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AH member. °f tb*^
their own lunches whirii
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Following the meal, the
found ent*rtainment jn .....
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which was scheduled to P|! J
ed to put in appearance *
Among those who attended,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nash, J,
Mrs. C. E. Armstrong, jfr
M”-Joe Reid and children, i
*nd Mrs, J. B. Hollaway 2
Iren, Mr. and Mrs. E. ty d-
dr. and Mrs. J. D. GiddingT]
nd Mrs. John Kilgore mV
dra. Gus Jacobs and fami],' i
,nd Mrs. Harry Blum art!'
“• “d Mrs. J. R. -Kellew
unity. Mr. and Mrs. L7
orth, Mr. and Mrs. j'jm'
j “d Mrs. H. M. Tolland;']
id Mrs. R. B. Wame, Miss 1
ett Moore, Miss' Rose San
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OF GOOSE CREEK. PELLY AND BAYTOWN
GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS, SATURDAY,llJNE 24, 1933
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Kenneth Buck, on trial at
-acwteble, kid-
naping of 10-year-old Margaret
MeMath, is a “good boy," Ms
aged mother declared on the
witness stand. Below Kenneth
and Mrs. Bertha Buck.
ifth Suspect Held
n Louisiana Rot
CILGORE, June 23 d'.Pi_X,
Ported as the fifth partfdp,
the Haynesville, La., piM^
ik & Trust company robbery]
uary 18, 1932, was held in j
today.
exas rangers, assisted by <
cers, arrested the man.
pur men, alleged to have ]
in the $16,787 robbery,
DRUG
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2 More Days
la has never ‘ '
peped before!
LEE TRACY
In , .*
the NUISANCE’I
With
Madge EVANS
Mcaoia
“It's Cool’’
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THE GIRL IN 411”. J
TOMORROW
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Harry CAREY
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TEXAN KILLS
FARMER AND
SLAYS SELF
M. Kilgore To
Give First
Sermon
: more states, Iowa, New
, .Connecticut, have
r repeal of the prehibi-
The vote .ior te-
(tends 14 to 0, Those,
it impossible to get ]
148 states to vote against
bootlegging and rack*
may find that they were
ij
— I
jcut voted six to one end
[iunpshire two to. one
IgpiOB.
i Billion Americans, voting
^tave averaged four tf
i the eighteenth amend-
'That chapter in American
, and American crime and
; may soon be closed.
, fLLA A. BOOLE, presl-
t of the Women's Christian
Union, bitterly disap-
|by the repeal vote that has! DETROIT, 3une 24 <l!.R)_The
every state thus fif,- says,’'residents of this qSiet little coun-
have to accept the n. try town today were shocked by
it is.1* T»* shows the shooting of 'Oscar Wortham,
spirit. The nation has «>out 26, as he was leading a mu>e
tci m from p isturc and the subse-
quent suicide of L. L. Gregg,
bachelor neighbor.
>leaving the d«nori 8.2 ' Jcond. In*^8uS Z St»'*mhm ¥conttou« «• <
Murderer Attempts to
Destroy Own Body in
► Home by Setting Fire
to House After Deed
EMe^ing” bootlegging Md
$ for a iong time, .
•ly repeal of the dgh-
jbsBdmertwfflpdtprevent
.....Tuy were attracted to I
work destruction among Gregg’s farm by pillarg of sm()kc<
I Gregg’s body, a bullet wound
through the he’.d, was recovered’
from the burning home.
Reconstructing the scene, neigh-
bors said it was evident Wortham
and Gregg had engaged in conver-
-fee - -yanngiar v-amr, f
going, to getiiia. rauk-tsam. Tracks.
to md from Gregg’s house indi-
on to helping the gov
^ which, needs money arid
jt from the beer tax, beer ap-
I to be helping the fanner.
“5“ u. of has in-
-per ceflt;"W%guf
i production oi prettala has
i because of beer. And be-
the amount of salt on
£ the pretaels making men
Lincrease the consumption
f reports say the United
i t ready Do "peg the dol-
• of oa^mKmim
mend. _ *1 ‘
jf, in the name of providence
MMif all this peg-
RT Row cm we toll what
■ poand will be worth six
bence! When England
[ the gold basis, we didn’t
|*rNgfeet any “pegging",
i cut 80 per cent from the
fb»r franca, thus cutting
Mat from the amount she
i Eaglishmen that had len
of mdlUona at tha oil
The English were not
Why all the "dollar
Are we unable to at-
Sunday will be a proud day for
Rev. Morris Kilgore, 19-year-old
son of John M. Kilgore, for his
father and other relatives.
The young ministerial student
will deliver his first sermon at
Cedar Bayou Methodist church at
11 a. m. tomorrow.
Morris,* who graduated last year
from Robert E. Lee high school,
entered Southern Methodist uni-
versity at Dallas and has been
granted a- local license to preach
by Highlands Park Methodist
church there. ' [
The young man has chosen as a
topic for his first sermon, "Why
Tarry?”
D/waat [| Broadwiayt lent Jure
imber to continue his studies.
| Rev. S. P. Wright, the pastor,
twill preach at night and a Mis-
sionary program will be presented
mder direction of Mrs. Delmer
Fowler-' .. v • m#
Lone Juror Named,
In Robbins Trial As
Venire Is Exhausted
urn,
GONZALES, June 24 (Sp.)—The second day of the LeRoy Bob-
bins murder case opened here this morning with only one juror In the
box, after a special venire of 30 men hod been exhausted. An add!
tional 40 men were ordered for jury service today.
As the trial opened this morning, the state had the edge on the
defense in the matter of selecting the remainder of the jury. In Fri-
day’s jury selection tilt W. H. Blanton defeuan attorney, used eight of
his peremtory challenges, while the state only used three of the fif-
teen nUeted each side under tbev mmi
law in a case involving capital
pams|Mnent. »**.*,
That Robbins will enter a plea
of "not gtttttjr by reason
IJRENCIL WHEAT
IMPORT BANIS
BLOW TO PARLEY
cated he had left the farmer be-
fore ;.e caught his team, that lie
shot him at close range and then
fled to bis home which he set afire
before shooting himself.
Wortham’s young wife, hysteri-
cal and grief-stricken, was unable
to explain the shooting. She said
her hosband left home shortly af-
ter dawn to get his team, and that
Gregg had always been friendly. in* « ^eat subsid by the
Sheriffs deputies who investi- vot* of L>80 to 36, the Chamber of
Subsidy On Exports
Will be P*id
Farm or* ^
PARIS, June 24 0/B-Approv-
gated said Grjgg shot Wortham .n
a fit of insanity.
ATTACK SUSPECT
UNDER $2000 BOND
LeRoy Jesse is Held
In County Jail
at Houston
deputies today dealt a drastic blow
at international trade—one expect-
ed to have grave typereussion*
among delegate! to the world eco-
nomic conference at London.
The bill’s provisions are:
1. Foreign wheat Imports Into
France are forbidden, even under
the present temporary admission
plan which is abolished. This
means France la unlikely to im-
port a single bushel of wheat for
. learn a year.......
2. A bonus of approximately ?1
Goose Creek , bushel Is granted to French
haretitanded^ to^heir ^orMlt ch*r«*d with burglary and j wheat exporters,
nave ettenau w m«r ^ ^ ta S. The legal price of wheat in
connection with the'midnight at- j France is 135 francs ($4 90) a
- - c- »■ •* iff. SL'tS r-T
or buys wheat at a lower price
without asking ou -
permitting ear interfer
man from* the Harvard
of Business said: “Pre-
on Page Stgi# '
ID TOWN
•takes end beer—what a
I bat ie seeawd
0. K----Al Pee
i Bertram McCulloch
Saturday so they can
J. F. Camp-
•t a few work
Mrs. W. F. Morri-
the postoffice ... A.
and Uds in Goose
that Mont Belviau
tt Tri-City Besch
I torpid . . . U McKin-
:s\ZT.d
to put the pan on
... Dr. H. H. Duke
(T) up a
•i- Norris
^ —J tunisd
rup"
ONLY MAN PICKED
IS KEPT LOCKED UP
GONZALES, June 24-R. A.
CHANCE SOUGHT
“ i PAYMENT OF
RELIEF WORKERS
Friday out of a apodal venire -
of 36 men to hear the murder Possible
c .se against Leroy Robbins,
spent a lonesome night last
night "locked-up” in the jury
room. He could not even play
dominoes, unless the sheriff
chose to play with him-—and
tha ijtpoA ^taAswii
‘^^^.T^verTm like-
ly get to catch up on domino
playing Sunday, «s he now has
other jurors for company.
sanity” or “not guilty" by
of temporary insanity" is highly
probable. All prospective jurors
Friday were asked question* per-
taining to the insanity law. Blan-
ton explained to each prospective
juror thai'~tawh ,tha ritwd
(Continued on Page Eight)
MASONIC BODIES
(NSTALLTONIGHI
Mew Officially ta Tate
Positions in Joint
Ceremonies
Three Days Cash and
FARMERS TO
HEAR ABOUT
CUT IN CROP
Series of Meetings
Planned To Inform
Harris Growers; One
to Be at Highlands
Harris county farmers will be
iswrinM WWt ter— of the HA-
era! cotton acreage reduction pro-
gram and Win be asked to offer
portions of tneir crop for leu; in
series of meetings to be held
over the county Tuesday and Wed-
nesday of next week, it wu *»-'
------ineuneed tedey.--------
900 Preliminary to the meeting in
the rural communities the agricul-
tural committee of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce and others
interested In farm legislation w.ll
be addressed by J. E. NdMald, I
Texas commissioner of agriculture.|
This meeting will' be held on thfj
’Geer «4-*-tl»e->ri»»»te^’--»#-J™
Possibility of a change in the
method of payment sf men work-
ing in the Tri-Cities area on pro-
acts under supervision of the I
Harr* enmity agency, wu prwdlet-J'y” "
w-itjtir 'ty J. r CampwrT;
v. u- -l.^. ,Tat 4p! ra. The meeting wwJH
tlu nkTati ¥ *
o « .1 1 T . Ellisor Organising
ZT* ?*t,e°ry W°*r k! ? The P«rtnct meetings are being
rector tha he will attempt to ob- ^ under Q of G. C.
Harris county agricultural
bons pertaining tireompenution so, t. ^ for holdin, them
that instead of the men being paid j waw jounced by J. W. Garth of
four days in grooeriM and two ,
pliMp|| payment will be h j^ ' ntetlngs wil he held
three daay groceries and three TuMday and tom more on Wed-
dkys • - 'nsadar At« p. m. Tuesday meet
There will be no change in the (Continued en Page Eight)
number of days the men will work' ■
rc*whkfc “ ^ k G00SE CREEK FAIR
Campbell also said that by the I AItA-t
end of thi. month, between 166 QUQTA IS FILLED,
an
Japv w
%W.
Vi
f 7
Anti-Saloor
BackSolor
of Move
Adoption
open the repeal eampal
plays oi strength promise j
crowds of thousands for the
convention of the factions
next Tuesday.
Each working quietly has
upon the same plan of j
huge crowd to its
start Hs supporters off
Drys will rally back of U. &
Senator Morris Sheppard, -
author of the 18th amendm.
now threatened with repeal. B
Cummings, Fort Worth, will _
•enable the wwta.
Wets
leadership on
man-at-large it_____
n.er Governor James E*.
«aek AJ 4*1, . J.
c*cn nave nuBia OI inoiHUl
them * leaders of the anti’s
State Democratic
Maury Hughes, Dallas, appears
| another possible wet leader.
Hip gtaU committee
meet here on the eve of the
and dry oonventiona, teHi
I to take o decided stand on tha
IfjtQp,
Both aides are keeping secret the
delegates and alternate* they will
place on their ticket* for the
wide election August 26.
OF PLANE CRASH
ON LAKE SAVED
|fe)mari Clings to Gas
“ 'Tank of Craft;
L— Three Drown
and 160 men will have been given I
* total of six days work each
fin at their home here May 81, to-
day vu still in jail at Houston
waiting efforts of relatives to
make bond of $2000 on the twol
i charges.
Wealey Edwards, 14, of High
lands, arrested hut week follow-
ing All IHSkO** m th4“"»*ih3
charges, has bedh removed from
the Harris county jail to the Clear
Lake home for boys, whsre he is
being retained until given a hear-
ing ta juvaoile court.
Hearing for Jem will be held
before Justice of the Peace Ervin
Flowers here at 10 a. m. Tuesday.
jesse and Edwards were charg-
ed three week* after Mr. and Mrs.
Griffin were hasten by two men
or boy* who were waiting ta their
home the night of the attack.
Griffin w*s 'truck across the heed
end Mrs. Griffin in the face. Both
were hit by blackj *ks found ta
the yaid of the Griffin home. A
black mas*, watch crystal and
fingerprints were the other clue*
!
is liable to prosecution.
4. Owners of ten
quintals
(36.7 budiels) or more of'wheat
(Continued op Page Eight)
HORSEMAN IS
HIT BY AUTO
Frank Tompkins, owner of Riv
erview Inn, today was at the Lillie
hospital recovering from injnriee
received at 6 p.m. yesterday when
he was knocked from his hone
when the animal was struck by an
automobile on the highway near
the lam k
The driver of the car, a wom-
an from Houston, brought the In-
jured man to Dr. 0. A. Utfie’s of-
fice, where he was given emerg-
ency treatment. He was removed
to the hospital in a Paul U. Lee
ambulance.
His Injuries consist of s braised
Afikto ind should#!*.
’ — ■ in, . I HI mi . ■
In an impreasiv* ceremony, new-
ly elected and appointed officers of
Goost Creek and Masonic organi-
sations will be Installed at 8 p.
ra. tonight at the Masonic temple
here, with John Martin, past grand
master of the Cedar Bayou lodge
acting as installing officer.
Officers tt Ooem Crush Lodge
No. 1192, A. F. and A. M. are M.
Wiggen, worshipful master; Nat
Pace, senior warden; Jeff Tanner,
junior warden; H. G. Bailey, trea-
surer; R. H. Weaver, secretary
and H. C. Durham, tiler, all elec-
TlWfOsItions.
Appointed officer* are E, Q.
Camp, Senior deacon; A. Wehring,
junipr deacon; J. C. Smith, senior
steward; J. M. Ivy, junior steward,
and a A. Jordan, chaplain.
Cedar Bayou Lodge No. 821, A.
F. and £■
Shirley, worshipful master; L L
Swlnt, senior warden; B. F. De-
fCon tin ued on Page Bigot)
during June on the present plan $40 ig Raised Here in
^ punc] for Exhibit -
The only objections that have
been raised to the plan, he said,
have come from two men, who
wanted to know why they could
at Chicago
FRANKFORT, Mich., June 24
<UPi—Rescued after she drifted
over the choppy water of Lake
Mkhigu for 88 hours, the Sole
survivor of mi sir tragedy which
cost the lives of three companions,
including her JJtiiM affhMt
here to»laib>»,..,.k '»---
Mrs. Margaret R«mle, 27, moth-
er of three children, fatigued af-
ter her harrowing experience, re-
Huntsvllle, author of the state pro-
lUMto hmr; Atticu« Webb. Dallas,
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league In Texas, Tom Ball, Hous-
ton, and many other leaders of
the prohibition foreeis in earlier
daya. Gen. W, D. Cope, former
adjutant general cad leader <
dry forces i
■tentative* :
time jis has1
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AMERICA
RECORD REC01
Raoid Advances on
Fronts ftevi
By Surveys
WASHINGTON, June 24
less than two hour* today, [tur»«l to this port at 6:10 a. m. 1 ....................—^
not be paid al! In cash. Campbell Goose Creek raised its quota of " ith* *#nT which rescued her at, American business ta the past two
Tr.v™ City tth. Ur. 1,^, ^
said be Informed them he did net, ^ for x*xad exhibit at a* Csn-
make the rules and that ho is ^ a Vngrem Exposition and
PERRY HEIRS SUED
AUSTIN, June 24 flU»»-Sult
filed todxy In 63rd district court
here by Assistant Attornsy Gen-
eral Ralph Yarborough for the
stats, name* 26 heirs of the late
William A. Perry surrey in Rusk
county, ta the East Texas oil field.
• • •
powerless to change them. WM forwarded to the
|0u» sf the two, he said, has goner*] treasury at Dallas,
been m charity for threa yacre, or j x jotter received here today by
TH* J. 8. Kelley, president ;|f the
|Goose Creek Chamber of Com-'
The workers have been assigned fnm Wi N. Blanton, gen-
t" win,,“» j°ll!< ta each of the Tri- ^ manager of the Houston or-
CMm, with one crew delegated to station asked Goose Creek to
work under Ed Dickens, county j,, jt, (hare toward sending a Tex-
reud foreman for this precinct M eJchibK to the Chicago exposi-
That crew at present la st work ooa
eleaaing up the Mexican and ne* i TV' committee which
gro quarter, of Baytown. Ithe funds found it note
make but a few <
instance* were they rejected. Many
firm* had nqt been seen when the
quota was raised.
Name* of those who contributed
wfore the quota was reached are
(Continued on Page Eight)
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NEW CLUES IN
BRYAN KILLING
HOUSTON, June 24 <UP>-
M. officers ore W. 8. Ronr* Captain E. H. Hammond
said today he was investigating a
‘new angle" in the Bryan
of Elisabeth Ledelle Hammond and J. L. Echo)* Goe* to
Rennie at the dock. She appeared
somewhat rested, but her face
drawn and white..
In less than 48 hours, Mr*. Ren-
nie had started on a trip by plane
to Milwaukee, crashed ta the ship,
clambered aboard an improvised
raft, and witnessed the drowning
of her companions, one by one, as
they sank exhausted after cling-
ing for hours to the gasoline tank
af ika Wraitail
wl wnwini cnuT.
Then, with all hope of
gone, she was sighted by the
ly 1.500,000 men have
work, federal
fiance, Ervin
Federal
wounding of her
Conway.
“We are still holding a roan and
woman ta the case," said Ham-
| "but our Investigation ta
taking a new angle, We are wait-
ing on a telephone call and may
go back to Bryan today."
The ranger referred to a parol-
ed Arkansas
aboard tha vessel. First wont of
the tragedy which cost the live* of
hosband, Charles, Jr„ 29;
(Continued on Page Eight)
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program i
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J. L Echols, assistant
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where he
Furniture 1
While ta
plans to attend U>* ’
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 331, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 1933, newspaper, June 24, 1933; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019433/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.