Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 13, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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F. N. May,,-.j
Known Real Estate
Anti Oil Man, Dies
By WflHami
‘.Central Gross
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of Repre-
sentatives?
U Who opened
the U. 8. 7Sd
Congress?
IS One to whom |
I, u i reoult of heart trouble. Ur.
May had been suffering with this
malady for more than two year* but
had been confined to hie home only
a short time prior to his death. Mr.
May was born In Bell county in
1874 and moved to Coleman about
1IQ6. settling on Jim Ned creek
twelve miles north of Santa Anna
wffrre ha lived until 1612 when he
moved to town.
Mr. Mgy waa very active In com-
munity affairs until his health fail-
ed same taro or three years ago. He
served a number of years 1 as a
member of the city commission, fill-
ing the place as street commission-
He has been Interested In the oil
business and during the oil activity
In this section, he gained quite •
reputation as geologist. **• I
He owned considerable Interests
In Brown county at the timd of his
death. He eras a member of the
Praetorian and Odd Fellow lodges
and was recorder for the Praetorians
for more than eighteen years. .
Funeral rites were held from the
Methodist church at 3 p. m. Sat-
urday with Rev. W. T. Oray. pas-
tor, officiating, assisted by Hal C.
Wlngo. pastor of the Baptist
church. Funeral was In charge of
the Santa Anna Furniture-and Un-
dertaking Company and interment
was made In Santa Anna cemetery.
Member* of the family who survive
him are his wife. Mrs. F. N. May,
two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Garrett
of Santa Anna and Mrs. Roy Qlb-
son of O’Donnell, Texas, two sons,
Homer and Lynn May of Santa An-
na and one sister, Mrs. Nannie Mc-
Donald of Waco.
If Finishes.
^ VERTICAL
1 Loadstone.
2 Epoch.
3 Species of >
pier.
4 Shelter.
6 Matter.1 r
« Gaelic, i
7 Supped. ' j
1« Sea eagle. 33 Thin piste.
If Borrowed.'. 40 God of love,
ll Merry. 42 Toting devil
SO Foretoken 44 Males. <
33 Living. 40 Secured.
|4 Smooth. , 47 A letter, v ?'
S3 Thread. 60 In what conn-
27 To go hack., ,try la Adolph
24 Skillet. Hitler the
30 Assistance. head of the
31 To operate on » . Fascists? /
the skulL 63 Wigwams.,
34 Huge serpent. 164 Country r
37 Afternoon , gallants. v __
meals._66 Chestnut tree,
34 MM-days. ^
37 Ta bind.'
30 Myself.
41 Eye tumor..
43 LSI It stand.
'46 Chaffy part
\ of grain.
41 Spring. '
40 Field, v
61 Female tbto£
62 Middle, f
Offhand, one might reply that It
Is also a tragic commentary an
business If that Is really the way Its
pulse responds to the doings In
Washington. Because, when you
examine things, such a reaction is
completely unjustified.
Congress adjourned last spring
and gave business a clear road
ahead. What happened? Where Is
the revival that waa sure to start4
Did business find Its way out of the
depression, once Congress left It
alone? Could It, In fact, have
floundered much more pitiably If a
meddlesome Congress had been on
the Job every minute of the year?
'JEI comparatively good fire loss
record made by Brownwood last
psa^ls gratifying, and encourages
the offlrlals of the fire prevention
department of the city government
to renewed activity having for its
purpose the Improvement of the
record for this year. BroWnwood
must get back In good standing
with tht state Fire Insurance
Impertinent
Paragraphs
with anticipation of soon seei
white form emerge from the
SUNSET PASS
declare that there are three major1 The federal government facet i
-r * srrsjft
incendiarism. Actually, there are J- .
but the two cause*, carelessness end When the United States eras help
locodUUm. with om-iiwurwK. «p <*<««■ <*■*■«». “ °
eooMhotta* hMvtiy to both. tw tCLfe«.-
Insurance, in fact, is regarded by1 the San Diego Union.
State Insurance Department as one - .
rrn-js -r -tsss
time one of the mom important employes’ wages and railroad bond
problems In connection with the holders' blood-pressure.—Judge. *,
reduction of fire Meets, ft eontrl- i\ . —— _, . __
* nKlHnea b, th.
property owner a feeling of security of New Yorkers will under
against financial lorn In ease of fire, stand.—Life,
and inspires Incendiarism by point-
ing the way to a “sell-out to vthe
Insurance company.” It is to be
remedied by co-operative action by
the Insurance agencies tn each
community, each of which Is to
writing policies, and by a more rigid
policy of settling fire losses. Over-
insurance, in fact, is-to be made as
near impossible as can be done, and
to be made unprofitable in any
But an hour passed. She did not
come Another went by I
The night threatened to be
stormy.
All the lights except that one
in Ash's cabin were now lout.
It must have been long after mid-
night when Rock heard the door
clcae. Hr waited, straining eyes and
ears. Another door closed, and
that he was sure had come from
Prestcn's cabin. How pitch Mack
it was at a little distance! Then
a pale sheet of lightning Illumined
the heavens. By IU aid Rock dis-
cerned a white form, gliding swift-
ly.' Thtry! He moved to Intercept
her.
Out of the blackness a slender
vague shape glided, like a specter.
"Thiry! ‘niiry!4 he whispered,
unable to make his voice clear or
steady. Bt heard her gasp. ~
"Thiry! Don't be frightened. * I
waited. . .• It’s Trueman."
“You!" she cried, and seemed to
loom on him out of the shadow*.
Her arms swept wide and that ex-
traordinary mUo*> paralysed Rock.
The next instant they closed round
his neck. .
(Copyright. Zane Orey)
“Why did jam do that?- Reek
asks la the next toatalharnt—and
trams that he mat play hi* hand
carefully.
Saida Anna Fire
Company Meets
At Annual Feast
Charter of City Is
Buried IniProtest
Of State's Action
American Is Hange
In Ireland Today
For Death of Ts
> Members of the city commission of Panuco, roaring oil camp of a
attended as invited guest* and the decade ago. was buried today after
.KHr wu » b«c «c- a „tunmr cmmCB) „ ,
« pm- M«l°« ..ppoinunm ot . cu, m.,-
d-e,
&*(£?
Barnea.^R. L. Hunter.' Kenneth towered hsto a grave, followed a
Harlow. J. L. Boggus St Company, solemn barbeoie for former Mayor
B. T. Vinson and W. H. Ragsdale. Rocha, who waa declared elected
Fire Chief W. I. Mitchell served by the people but was supplanted
as toastmaster and a "»"»!>*■ of by the Mate.
interesting talks were made by the The coffin containing the charter
member* of the company and city was carried on the shoulders of four
commission. men to the cemetery. A lone man
Secretary J. T. Garrett palled at- with his hands tied, represented the
tention to the fact that for the past people, preceding It. Wreath bear-
ten years, Santa Anna has enjoyed ers followed,
a good fire record credit during nine At the grave a funeral oration
out of the ten year*, and has had n, delivered The oration dealt
the maximum of 16 per cent over a qq the causes of the “death" of the
period of eight ofthose years, tn* city nod regretted that “those
Credit for this condition may be ^ kuJe<1 ^ rtty wm not even
ghren largely to the efficiency of the at the-grave, but only the
M* *uH*ring people came v>
LS; ta ‘ h*w"r "■*-
new year: Chief, W. I. Mitchell; tn
first assistant. Oeorge Johnson;. 2*****™j£'™ *
second assistant Eleene Hensley* “5*n ® * mam rseettng where toe
KMOT-uuum. Tr. a• topoaitor n. *ncnmc«l
foreman. W. C. Ford. W. Du Bols ■Pcecnes.
is the retiring chief, having served1 difficulty at Panum ortgl-
ln that capacity for the past threeKrml montht "° JoUowtng
yeors ' *n election.
------ —, Mayor Rocha, the people said.was
The sgg cell from which a whale elected but the state xovemmeni
grows is oulr twice as large as that certified another man. whom the
which produces a mouse. 'dtlscns refused to accept.
neutralised United States dtt
was hanged today for the slayta
Achmet Mum, a Turk.
Mum promoter and companio
Zero Agha, who claims to be
oldest man in the world, mas fi
slain in a field near Carrlck-Fe
and Cullsn was arieetsd and *
victed of the crime.
Ever since he Mas cgnvV
friends of his In the United 8!
and elsewhere mads strenuoiS
forts to obtain a modification a
sentence. Dm cam was taken fe
appeal court New. Year’s day
the appeal was rejected.
During the last day or two C«
was attended by Rabbi Schnad
Jewish leader of Belfast. The yi
man was in good spirits, prescrvi
philosophic calm, smoked inceaa
ly and regaled wardens at the
with stories* of Hollywood and
York, where he once worked t
flkn projector. !
Cullen walked bravely to the a
fold and maintained his calm
meaner to the end.
himself. Rock, however, divined
that was a calculating speech.
“You hit it. Gage. There’s the
rub. My hunch ts you must quit
the butcherin'" said Rock, deliber-
ately. his eye on Ash. He antici-
pated that individual's reaction.
“I will by thunder!“ replied the
rancher, wheeling Instinctively to
face his son.
Ash rose out of the cloud of
smoke. At that moment, for True-
man Rock, nothing In the world.
could have been so desirable as to!
smash that tic*. Ash took no no- ;
ttce of his fathers decision. He
flipped his cigarette but: almost st
Rock
• I’m butcherin' tomorrow, Mister
Rock." he asserted.
“Butcher and be darned!” retort-
ed Rock, absolutely mimicking the
others tone.
“You're gettln' too thick out1
heer.’’ said Ash. backing to the
door, which he opened. “I told you
once to dear out. This's the
second time. There won't never be
no third "
“See here. Ash, I’m not tirin' to
run your affair*. I was Just glvln*
my angle. As for clearin' out-
well. IT consider thst Reckon I
a Washington daybook - H
vyASHlNOTON—The lanky and
” humorous Joe Byrns of Tennes-
see ran into a “hot spot" the very
first day he ventured onto the floor
of the house with one of his ap-
propriation Mils.
As the new chairman of the ap-
propriations committee. It fell to
him to push through the first defi-
ciency measure—funds granted va-
rious branches of the government to
enable them to keep functioning un-
til their next regular appropriation.
Byrns, who is long and thin and
whose keen twlnkly brown eyes look
through breetllng brows, la no nwrhl
in congressional ways.
Since' 1616 he has been the rank-
ing democrat on the appropriations
committee, and for eight yean be-
fore that sat as a member of the
committee.
But U so happened that one of the
The other elements of carelessness
and incendiarism are likewise to be
combatted, the one by constant
appeals for caution and the other by
aa rigid enforcement of the laws as
can be secured. It should be kept In
mind that all of this campaigning
for reduced fire tosses Is for the
personal benefit of every Insured
property owner, and therefore merits
the hearty and active support of
every person who share* tn the
payment of Insurance premiums.
The local authorities are to be
commended for their successful
battle against Are tosses tost year,
and ■ re assured that the people of
Browi wood will support them
throughout this year as they con-
tinue their efforts to conserve the
property and protect the lives of the
Radio Day by Day I
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THE PA GOES/ MAJSH TURNS TO RIP «N SCORN.
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SELL FRIEDA'S D^&gC
TO MOtFGAN* POO.
$900? ,UW*T OF \T?
voo cheat* ^iou TRAITOR!
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Now It so happens that Byrns Is
a member of the bicentennial com-
mission as well as chairman of the
committee which gives ft money to
keep going.
A man of deep sentiment (be
likes ta reminisce of the days when
be wad a barefoot boy in the hills
of Tennsssss). Byrns believes whole-
heartedly In the bicentennial Idea.
But, too, being a man who thinks
thh is a time for economy In gov-
ernment he coolly looped off 6177,-
000 from the sum the commission
asked to spend the remainder of
this year.
On the floor, when the bicenten-
nial appropriation came up. a half-
dozen members Jumped to their feet
and began firing crack at Byrns.
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 13, 1932, newspaper, January 13, 1932; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024149/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.