Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, November 14, 1927 Page: 6 of 8
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‘Approximately 1080 children wsi
killed and 1404)00 bays and girls
were Injured In A—JfleMI rtmU
and highways last year and statin- J
tics IndlcaU that 1627 will shag **» \
equal, bomber. V 5
News o
Ainon,: the nirch l t ixvptes of tne
«c*t. * mun » gtor. lay in hte baaiu.
VAN DINE ©
CKAkLES 8CRlBlJiai 8QK9
go owl and leave the house qn-1
lOCkrd,"
Vance Moptied into the hallway,
and I beard him opening and shut-
ting the front done. ’
“You're right. Mr*. Plate," he ob-
served, when he came back. "Now
tell me arc you quite sure no one
had i key?" T *
“Yes, sir. No one but me and Mr.
B*m*on bad a key."
Vance nodded hi* acceptance ol
her statement
J “YOU mid .you left your bed*room
door Kjpen oh the mpht Mr. B> iw
was isbot. ... Do you general)
leave; ft'oped?"
•m’t most always shut It. But
it wits te.riOle close that night .'
"limit was merely up accident
you lets' it bpen?^
“A* you might say."
"If your door liad been closed as
heard the
! DAILY REPORT FROM
DISTRICT OFFICE
•What good did it do you to make . “Oh. no—ne
yd .as* of me In front of that wo- stranger In.
man?" spluttered Markham. "I .
cant sec tliat you :ot anywhere. that nBt*
with all your tom-foolery." Positive, all
“What!" Vance registered utter '-cry emphatic
amassment. "The testimony you've
beard today is going to help im-
measurably in convicting the cul-
prit. Puthermore. we now know
sbeut the gloves and band-bag. and
who the lady was that called at
b<: .son's office, and w hat Miss 8t.
Clan' did between 14 and 1. and
why she dined alone with Alvin, j
and why she first had tea with him. j
and how the jew els came to be!
there, and why the Captain took her
his gun and then threw it away,
and why lie confessed . Myj
word! •
"Doesn't all this knowledge soothe ,
Vou? It rid* the Situation of so1
much debris.
He stopped and lit a cigarvt
"Tlve really important tiling the!
lady told us was that her friends |
knew she invariably departed at j
rmillnght when she went out ol an I
evening. Don t overlook or; belittle
that point, old dear; It's most per-!
t ent. I told you long ago that the
person who shot Benson knew she
was dining with him that night." >
4 "You'll be telling uie next you
know who killed him." Markham
totted..
Vance sent a ring of siiioke cir-
cling upward.
“I'Ve knowft all along who shot 1
the blighter
Markham snorted derisively
"Indeed! And when did this rev-
elation burst upon you?" '
‘ Oli. not more tfian five minute*
alter I entered Benson » house that
llrsi morning, replied Vance ;
"Well. Well! Why didn't you con- i
fide in me. and avoid all these try-1
Inc activities?
-Quite impossible." Vance ex-
plained Jocularly . You were not
ready to receive my apocryphal
knowledge. It was first necessry
to lead you patiently by the hand
out of the various dark forest* and
morasses into which you insisted
upon straying. You're so devTtshlyj
MdBMgtwMve. don't y know
A taxicab was passing, and he
hJtUed U. /
| j'Ughty-seven West Forty-eighth
40mr he directed
Then he took Markham s arm
confidlngftr.
Now for a One! chat with Mrr,.
f Notification* Filed with IMstrtct
! Superintendent at Cisco.
London Sc Slithers. Chaplmn No.
1. intention to drill. Brown rauifar.
Sec. 42; Comanche School Land Mtf-
vey. :..{ ,.. .
Roxana Petroleum. Corporation.
M. L. Smith No. 15; Plugging rec-
ord. 8. A. ft M. O. R. R. surety.
Brown county, T. D. 1J57 feet, f '
Q. M. Hines No. 10. plugging rec-
ord. Eastland, county. H. St T. C. R-
R. Oo. survey. Block 3. t. D. 3 061
feet.
H. O. Gwftiup * While Eagle Oil
St Refining Co.. J. Pox Casey NO* 3.
Coleman mpnty. Intention to pku
Clark Boflak> Oil Corporation. Ap-
plication to. Commission for Cefti-
ficate showing comphancr with laws
and rulea • ||.
H. J. Ouyer No. 4. plugging record
Brown county. Manuel Floret sur-
vey. 45'acres. ;T. D 885 feet.
A convenient charge
account if you prefer.
Our Market u Alway*
Complete With
Home-Killed <
Baby Beef end Por$
T* thaw a Ugh! on the front
steps?" , „v
**N<x att.'\ : .' Ljs 1 L !
"If Mr. Benson had looked out of
the window to see who was tapping,
could he have necogm/od the person
at night?"
The woman hesltaUxi
“I don't know—1 don’t think so '"
“Is there any way you can see
through the front door who is out-
idc, without opening it?"
"No. sir. Sometimes" I wished
there was."
"Then, if the person knocked on
the window, Mr.' Benson must have
recognized the voice?"
“It looks that way. sir. '
KAnd you're certain no one- could
. haye got tn without a key?”
"How could they? The door locks
by itself."
“Rs the regulation spring-lock,
isn't it?”
"Yea. sir."
’ "Then it must have a catch you
can turn oil so that the door will
open from either side though it's
latched."
"It did hare a catch like that."
she explained, but Mr. Benson had
It fixed sos It wouldn’t, work. Hr
JUd it was too dangerous —I might
ABILENE. Non 14.—<SP>—After
Ik 10 months of freedom Lee R.UlUI.
\oung >Cisco«n. must return to the
tfc,. -uate pen! ten Wan' to resume icning
law violation, it
iinB comnau18 yw« In sentences lor bank rob-
Coir oany m- ^ tt lK»uor violation, it
oUof orodue- ^ decreed by Ooverror Dan Moody,
r .-moractna who Saturday revoked the condl-
1 ores lease tn pardon granted RaUifl by
luction on the Mas. Miriam A. Fbrguson
On the basis of Information that
DTodiittion in I^O-Urr is charged with burglary In
^ Eastland county. Governor Moody
unl> lie Id thbl he had violated conditions
al4o under smich he was pardoned.
Cisco officers said Sunday night
that Ratliff is being held in the
Eastland county Jaiig having been
ction ^redght there last week from Cor-
it'ls P*1* Chri&tk where he was arrested
Bmlt^OU Company of Mexla Pndsy
"Ilk a deal consummated iiere Fri-
day the E. L. Smith Oil Company
of thB city becomes owner practi-
cally fii the to tire assets of J. K
Hughes• ®eveloping Company, con-
sisting 04. several hundred acres of
producing properties and approxi-
mately-34,000 acres of wildcat and
proaifeeUre leases. The producing
acreage__is scattered throughout
Texas on which located 165 oil
well**antF numerous undrilled prov-
en k^aUbns Ihe majority of the
Mbifroducing tracts are scattered
throughout almost every section of
Trxa3 fyfti small amount in Okla-
homa and New Mexico."
IHf^^hue. amounts or terms oi
the cpMttderaUon has not been an-
nounced although tt 1* known to
run in large figures.
The J. K. Hughes Developing
Ontogeny was organised In Mexia by
J. K. Hughes It* president, some
five years ago with a capital of
SX000.00Q and has been a big factor
in the oil bo&iue^. tn the Southwest.
The E. L Smith Company has an
Cuthartead capital ol $6,000,000 wtth
appraxlmateh 13.000.000 outstand-
... - i|
The Smith Company ha* .-^everaj
producing properties a* well as nu|
meroos royalty holdings in differ!
ent section* of Texas together with
several-4hoa*ancf acres of scattered
wildcat and prospective leases.
Ar ledge lease and that ffi the Rosen
Held rficki and also l
he Cro^s Plains field,
fibqludod in the Brown o
properties changing hands arc
*ver*: iw .-anda acres of w
agreage. in which are some c
>st sp ends In the county.
Tlie Hughe vBmtth traiua
•^as a .striiiglit' out oaah tele,
tat d. involving nothing in th
of a merger. The entireVl hoi
ol the J. K Hughes Deveknjin
including all leases and produ
were sold, but the company
«nut not Bold. That organlzgtic
mains intact, and it 1* undn
that it will continue opera
usual could you have
shot, do you think?"
“If| I'd been awake, maybe. Not
if I was fleeping, though. They got
heavy doors in these old houses,
sir.” 1
“And they're beautiful, too." coni-
COLD WEATHER
Fresh Sliced Pftrji Ham
Le^jnEtorfr'CRop*
JfeffPork Sauaage
^r>«*h Brick Chdi
Harper Grocery tmi
* di> » ar°-
dmasj The career of Ratliff who. with
£ Cohis younger brother. Marahall. was
citot. convicted for the robbery a! the
tttoll Valera State Bnnk in Coleman coun-
Q^lty 18 month* ago, following their
stood capture here by Sheriff H. T. O'Bar
uon., ha* attracted attention of Central
We*t Texas at various times for sev-
eral years. Hi* b: her was also
pardoned by Mrs. Fcnm
\ * AcBtoBkpeelei
L^x-al officer* said they had known
for txune time that step* were be-
ing takjm to have Ratliff s pardon
rercitemv
Iu was but • week after two young
bandit* had appeared at the Valera
bonk, one remaining in a hlgh-
sivc Mahogany double d<
opened into the hall.
t iTo Be Ceotinueth
lnoniejgr wa* tpada
il^rahrenheit in
experiments, he
me lri'-tead of mer-
is tube:'.
Baby Beef Market
1740. In his
ured spirits o
cury in his (
Cranflll St Reynolds Mr*. 8. J&-
Busk No. 1. intention to dfili Brown
county. Sec. 646. Jose Padillo gpr*
vev. depth 1.400 feet.
Charter Oil CoJHamp Byicr No
$. statement before and after Nhoot
ing Brown county. T. St N. No.»43
survey, production 30 barrels. .
G. L. Lyda et al ThO*. Anarew
No. 7. intention |o plug. Stephens
County. Sec. Block 7. T. 6i P. |w-
survey. f*0 aciw. 1 . '
Geo. E. Lasab A L- E Shaw. J. A
Gwathmey. No* lr, driU-
Brown county. David Hkrrt* Burigy.
40 acre*, dept* IA50 feat.
AJax Wilton St Co . B. 8. Boyeen
Tract No. 1. Intention to drill Brown
county. Sec. 604. \ Prosper Mapgel
survey. 40 acre*. . • -
Logan it Carter. J. Pr Mansfield
-robably beginning at once to ac\
uuifv u-ncr properti -s
The total amount ol product wi.
involved in tHe sale was around
4.000 barrels dally, and the leases
aid tel be approximately 135 00;
■Mi I I .[
, i T 55 —— #- ♦ '—i——•—l .1 • : L •
A. P. I. Places
‘ Brown Production
ipal 19S00 6.rr«t
Ralvatton Army hae 1362 field
und outposts in this country.
iviro
ic week ending Nevembei
the daily average produd
orrow. night you can
rude oil in Brown court;, at 1
jfor the state follow*r!
V ‘ RuUktk DMrict ' *
Nov. > Oct.
Auiaon CO •• 62 000 6t.(
14.000 1»J
1%
this beautiful 21-2 pound
county {■
n Count)
ler County
electric iron
one morning, a moment alter Lee
end Marshall and Lee's pretty young
wtfc had driven Into the shop. When
O Bar and Deputy M. Meek appear-
ed Let- Ratliff dashed lrom the slioy
through the &lww room into the
front door of a bailor) station neat
door. OBar wa* In close pursuit
and when the sheriff ordered the
youth to throw up hia hands Heim!
whirled, with his gun drawn from
the hip. But the sheriff s pistol was
di awn at the **iue time. For a mo-
ment the two men faced each other,
the sheriff's fingers pressing almost
350
86 750
| Among the Oil Men
jou
3100
11 460
.T.850
300
100
or o
Harry Randall', v. ho opened an of-
REAL ESTATE 1
■TRANSFERS j
flee to San Angelo a few weeks ago.
spent the week-end to Bro.rh'vbod,
leaviiKWtw* rr.orr*-.; *fo. Pit 3 j g' .
P»- and T .......'--n Oh: . er* ;r’-
'k» tie - D I,' r »■?! -x
west Cdtem.ui ernint?'. ;iix .tr f-crj
Trick.--in.- ui w.icih he t"» be-
k*n Ofc.-icit. m use near future.
He a ho he- —r-- rrc-4
nnd Terre'l coutv;fy».
O. ?. ituaii ic.ur.i | .-x Br-
•ere1 2& r*:-. rNo- !•’ hn; 1
.*1* i: i V. rt t
IS
o. p. Bush to J. F Mortesey, to
terest W 80 acres David Hanr» pre
imption survey. W- .
O. P: Bush to Jack R.
terest to-part of O. B. Brag sun a
$1, r 1 '•
S E Leonard to Ralph AI Looke-
« ac»» H. Battfn survey. fTT
F. W. (Cellar to J. 8. Hudnall an
s. 30 acres out of tra
1 Little. Milton Mays, C
Ry. Ob. and E. A. Moor
1 to Texas Oil and Dril’
—---1 8. A. 61; to
O. Ry. Co. survey., $1.
■tiaOcelford
Site entered the UvmH-room with
■tarcaiy an acknowledgmoiu of our
prrvnce, and took the chair Vance
placed for bar like a woman resign-
ing herself to a dmided but to-
p\ itabla iarlnal
When Vance looked at her keenly,
she gave him a frightened glanto;
and turned her lace away, as if. in
(he second their rye* mot. she had
read to* know'.Hk-f o! .some secret
she had been jealously guarding
; f Vance began to* uue*uoiung writlv-
oiH orelude or proton
Mr*. Plats, was Mr. Uetiaou very
particular about lu* toupee—that is
did he often Teceivc lus frleud*
without having a cm2"
Th* woman appearrr! rebeved
"Ob. no. am—neewt " j"
"Think back. Mrs. Plate. Has Mr.
Benson never, to your knowirds'
br*-n in anyone company without
to* loupe*?
She was silent tor some tune, her
(or traveling. A second
r the boudoir, or (or Intveling. A second iron el home
to do your light, fine work, perfectly, quickly, easily.
Greatest of all
Courr >
Pinto Co
^irr. U9oo "50
■t Texas
, ..Tuik\up
Cos. 3M0 3360
. 4 fjOO J.MX-
. 22.750 -* < 300
.130 460 127 A00
i -atsa# XP«6
i 32.480 30.700
. 17.650 15.780
. 2.750 2ptQ
• to some business here C 8
—- A rurveys.
rCE LOOKING GOOD llO.P.B
ance Oil Company's Hart mg Company. 20 acres
U looking good. Fred Mor- O. Ry. Co. survey., $1.
tts morning, and dppear.-> B. A. Whiteside W> O- R ^
wre to make a wqll Both 40 acres Devdi Harris pre-etoto**
-—*- \ • L E- Shaw; 40 acres Dovid Harri
MSI SMB "•ZZZ.’L. I
ED Dll Hi OF
__ Durr survey. 61 .. j.
toward County
vagau County
ItoCte-Upton Co
"rociem County
county? .
.18 400 210350
At it* regular
the heeling element if H ■
ever burns out
JS. * '1 I I L r i * j »
\ Only another day left! So
•eve money by acting now-
today—before our office doeet.
vp-j J . p.; te
If you can’t come in, be sure to phone
Vorth.im
,M issocim ^gsK1-r
CJTTWaTEH. Nov. 14.—<6p.i—* Stopmsii
WWI TTsxa* Retail Lumber Exploration 140 ***
Aarociation to ite annual wrxxl and wife to S. S^ Al
ttlon Saturday elected Claude , J. E , I 0
tyant. Sweetwater, president drld8f- !-° acre*. >18.
Jnj, Colorado, vice president; 1 ____. 7..^ ' II
Hogan. 8an Angelo. secretar>- . _ ..yiS, t b. .i-
rer. and choae Big Spring a> J A ’f , ifttimT^
it meeting place which will be. inan- ^r^oI0p*hiMO
n November 1628 l A. & M G. Ry. Co. survey. 6W-
I »L“^W.
directors of (he association *lty Com pan > 60 acre* .Ik
l raining year will te- Paul, R- R- Co. sumy. 110. 4
( Hamlin; Ed ManW Cole- ‘ C. Buttles and wMe to
Row Jennings. Abilene; V. • pcrUr. 100 agm Jom
Be,' McCamry; Prank Hardin, vey No. M6 and 96.7 acre. Geo. Wah
___a. * at ■*_ti wwites__te lie wiirrtoV Mn 14/1. 110
28 740
To’aLs
veption
motion
fleers for the ensuing year from
their own personnel. ' \
125 060
818 200
■lAftAMnoN ,
I wgnt to sue Mi Perto
_______Two psar* ago hs
ms a rhinoceros.
UwTWi. WI&duto t you MM him
before this?
Cltent U wfti only jenterttey thsj*.
I mw • rhinoceros^—Buen Humof,
Madrid X\ .
A hotel to OharlMte, N. C» has
ordered 20 special - beds <5 toctoto
longer than the average, to the hoy*1
that tall guest* will stop complain-
ing about having to alaep with their
w Mr. Benson pretty well to tap
the window Instead of ringing
bell. Don't you ftftog with me.
t Plate?" ,
ifes- sit ." Her ttoi’.e was doubt-
Client;
mith Is
•J/our Cltcirh- Ji
PHONE 34
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, November 14, 1927, newspaper, November 14, 1927; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024116/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.