The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 141, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1927 Page: 3 of 13
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and followed Jesus, becoming one of the Twelve.
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Love letters
ARE BARED
ireen Ink Messages Used
In Schuh’s Trial
THE LIFE OF CHRIST
r.\GE 5—THE FORT WORTH PRESS—MARCH 1«, 1927.-
DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH
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PRYOR, Okl*., March 1«.—Fur-
tier revelations of alleged clan-
eatlne affairs climaxed by the
lurder of Leonard Greer, Spavl-
aw merchant, were expected to
e made today by the State in its
lo.secution of Ren Schuh, young j
tore clerk, charged jointly with
lurdertng Greet.
While the State brought In love
oita written In green ink, and a
lood'talueil bedstead, and parad-
ii a doctor, aherltf, wecha'ulc and
laid to the witness stand In Its
(Tort ;o convict Schuh, it lit
unit evident trial of Mrs. Anita
ieer, young widow, aluo accused,
HEllned a tew daya off.
The young widow and former ■
Birmingham Sunday school teach-
i had been scheduled to face the j
nne witnesses, telling the same j
lies, hut to a different jury, to-
ny.
Case Half Finished.
Meantime, the State, after one
ay of rapid work, has completed
nIf it3 case against Schuh.
Witnesses detailed affairs lead-
ig up to Greer’s death, told of
and' -tine meetings of Schuh
nd Mrs. Greer, and of Greer's
eavy drinking. The bed in
hich Greer was murdered,
loody quilts, scorched headboard
nd all. was set up In the court-
jom. Two love letters alleged to
ave been written by the young
idow while she was still a wife
ere introduced.
The State then brought into
yurt Mies Myrtli Miller, promt-
ent witness and former domestic
the Greer household. She told
accompanying “Anita and Ben"
n two trips to Tulsa, 50 miles
way. She recalled a hickory nut
unt in the woods and recounted
ow Schuh had instructed her to
diver to Anita ihc letters that
it now di ii v ered to the < mirt.
Letters Lenghty.
Two love letters, allegedly writ
by Schuh to Mrs. Greer and
jnveyed by the accommodating
i*s Miller, w< n introduced In
record over objections of
chub's attorneys.
The letters were lengthy and
ideating, and hinted of some
nssible way b> which the couple
Mild be married
There occurred this passage'
"One of the first things Mother
^ked me wtien 1 arrived, honey,
as how is *Nlta?’ Baby, mat
arted ttiat old heartarh' a!!
rer sgaln. I assured her that it
ouldn't he long now until she
ould have Nita as a daughter-
l law, as she had at last made
p he; mind to l-aie him. and
lother said that if you made me '
>el the way 1 looked, lie sure
oped you would hurr>
Jesus, healing a para-
lytic, on the Sabbath, at
the Pool Bethesda in Je-
rusalem incurs the anger
qf certain narrow Sab-
batarians. (John V :
2-18)
narrow Sabbatarians by
defending his disciples
for plucking and eating
the ears of corn on the
Sabbath. (Luke VI : 1-5)
hand on the
Sabbath, saying to his critics: “Is it lawful on the Sab-
bath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to
destroy it” (Luke VI t 6-11 01927 er nca scrvicc. inc
CHICK STEAL
ON INCREISE
Highest Penalty to Be
Asked for Thieves
SET TRIAL DATE Building Campaign Will Be Planned At Friday Program WIN AT SHOW
Norris Suit to Come Up
April 18
The 1130,000 damage suit;
brought against Rev. J. Frank
Norris by D. K. Cliipps Jr. for the
death of D. E. Chipps, has been
set down for trial in Judge Hal
Lattlmore's court on April 18.
Chipps was shot by Rev, Nor- |
i is, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, in the latter's study in
July, 1926. Norris was acquitted
of the murder charge in Austin
iu connection with the killing, but
attorneys declare he is liable civ-
illy regardless of the jury verdict
in the murder case, it being an
action for a wrong between indi-
viduals.
Watermelon time is yet far
off and tbe errant negro man’s
fancy is turning to chickens.
This was an opinion voiced In
tiie District Attorney's office
Wednesday, when it was an-
nounced that 600 chickena are
being stolen dally in Fort Worth
and Immediate vicinity.
Three negroes pleaded guilty
to stealing chickens from A. F.
Gurus on the South Side Tues-
day night and were given sen-
tences of six months In the county
jail by Judge Dave McGee Wed-
nesday.
Upon pleas of guilty, six
! months in jail will be asked,
: and when the cases are contest-
ed, the District Attorney's office
;will seek the limit of two years
in jail and a $500 fine.
LUMBERMEN TO MKKT.
I*. V. Keating has been named
manager of ttie headquarters for
the lumbermen's convention which
will be held in Fort Worth April
1 to it. The headquarters were
opened in the Texas Hotel1
Wednesday. More than 2000 del- (
pgates and visitors are expected
for the convention, Walter B.
Sloan, seneral chairman, said, i
Mrs. C. \V. Owens is arranging a j
program for the ladies who will
ttend the convention.
GIVEN NEW JOB
B. B. Buckeridge. secretary-
manager of the M&WA, has been
named manager of the Fort Worth |
office of the Department of Com-
merce, Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce, Buckeridge,
who takes the place of D. G. Fore-
man, resigned, will go to Hous-
ton next Monday to attend a meet-
ing of all Texas managers of the
Bureau, at whieh Ernest L. Tutt,
Texas Department of Commerce
manager, will preside.
In Bohemia, the willow is sup-
losed to be the kind of tree on
|hlch Judas hanged himself, and
o^cd to have a special at-
haction for suicides.
PLANS DEMONSTIt%TION.
W. AV. Bridges, assistant coun-
ty agricultural agent, will conduct
•i terracing demonstration near
Arlington Thursday, under the di-
rection of the North Texas Agri-
cultural College. D. H. Kiber, ag-
ricultural head of the college, will
assist III the demonstration.
Progress of the $200,000 cam-
paign for the building enlarge-
ment program of First Christian
Church and plans for continuance
of tile work will be discussed at
the I-cllowship Dinner of that
church at 6:30 p. m. Friday. The
building committee named some
time ago in charge of the enlarge-
ment project will direct the pro-
gram.
Tiie committee is composed of
W. S. Cooke, Van Zandt Jarvis,
E. E. Bewlcy, James Harrison and
It. H. Foster. The campaign so
far has met with marked success,
according to announcement from
the church offices.
This project calls for erection
of a five-story educational build-
ing to the rear of the present
church edifice and enlargement
and improvement of the church
auditorium and building fronting
on Throckmorton Street. Reten-
tion of Dr. L. D. Anderson as pas-
tor of the church last summer
was based on launching of this
piogra mfor advancement of the
church and congregation.
All workers in the campaign for
funds and church members are in-
vited to attend, with reservations
to be made thru the church of-
fice. Plans for the program were
discussed at a meeting of com-
mittee members Tuesday at the
church.
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CHURCH BAZAR.
St. Patrick's Day bazar will be
given at 7:30 p. m. Thursday In
the basement of the Trinity Meth-
odist Church, 25th Street and Azle
Avenue.
Irish rongs and readings will be
given. Refreshments will be
served.
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RADIO REVIVAL.
Delegation from Frost will have
charge of services in the radio re-
over KFQB from 6:30 to
m. Thursday, according to
F. R. Hayes, who with Rev. W. E.
Hawkins Jr., is conducting the
services.
The revival will close in May.
Servlci-3 lxavc been held for sever-
al mouths.
Services are held once daily,
from 12 noon to 1 p. m. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday;
from 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. Tuesday
and Thursday, and from 4.30 to
6 p. m. Sunday.
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WILL SPEAK FRIDAY
Rev. T. M. Melrose, rector of
the Church of the Holy Comforter
at Cleburne, will speak at union
Lenten services 8 p. m, Friday,
March 18, at St. Andrew's Epis-
copal Church. His subject will be,
"Confession, Self-Examination.”
The three Episcopal congrega-
tions of Fort Worth are combin-
ing each Friday evening during
Lent for union services at one of
the churches.
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WORKERS MEETING
.Monthly Baptist workers meet-
ing will be held Monday, March
21, at Everman with a number of j
speakers on the program.
The session will open with de-
votional and song service led by j
Harry P. Wootan, educational di- j
rector of Travis Avenue Baptist j
Church. He will make a talk on I
"The Value of Appropriate Music
in Church Services."
"Do Church Socials Aid or Re-
tard Consecration?" will be the
subject discussed by T. B. Maston, i
beginning 10:15 a. m. A. J. John- |
son will speak on "The Purpose I
of a Christian Life," at 10:45
a. ni.
Rev. J. C. Boyd, pastor of North
Fort Worth Baptist Church, will
deliver the sermon at 11:15 a.m.
Following lunch, meetings of the
executive board of Tarrant Coun-
ty Baptist Association and of the
Woman's Missionary Union, will
be held.
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FOUNDERS’ DAY
Twentieth anniversary and
founders’ day observance of
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
was held Tuesday evening in
George E. Cowden Hall, with Dr.
J. M. Dawson, pastor of the First
Baptist Churcli of Waco as prin-
cipal speaker.
Dr. L. It. Scarborough, Semi-
nary president, who Is entering
upon his 12th year as head of,
the institution, presided at the
program.
Dr. Dawson's address was a
eulogy in memory of Dr. B. H. (
Carroll, Baptist educator, writer
and pastor, who founded the in- (
stitution and was its president!
from 1907 to 1914. His talk was
on "Dr. Carroll As a Pastor."
“Dr. Carroll's greatness depend-
ed not so much on his denomina-;
tioual leadership, his presidency
of the Seminary and his author-
ship, but rather upon the building
of a great church," Dr. Dawson j
said. Dr. Carroll was pastor of
the same church of which Dr.
Dawson is pastor for 28 years be-;
fore his connection with the Sem-
inary.
The Seminary was first a unit;
of Baylor University and was not)
located In Fort Worth until I
1910. Since the founding, the
institution has grown from two!
departments to more than a
score, from one school to four'
schools and from attendance of
213 persons to 650 persons ex-
pected by the end of this year.
Property of the school when it:
was moved to Fort Worth and the
campus was donated by J. K.1
Winston was valued at $200,000.
Fort Worth Hall was the first
building erected. Property of the
Seminary now lias a valuation of
$1,040,000, consisting of three
buildings, a power plant, dairy
farm. 100 acres of land, two two-
story apartment houses and 30
residences.
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POLY PRESBYTERIAN
Ladles’ Auxiliary of the Poly-
technic Presbyterian Church will
give a social and box supper 7:30
p. iu. Friday, March 18, at tiie
church, Avenue L and Little
Street.
The affair will be a benefit for
the Christian Kndeaxer Society.
Tarrant County Boys
Get Prizes
Tarrant County boys under the
direction of W. W. Bridges, as-
sistant county agricultural agent,
won $245.75 in live stock and
poultry prizes at the Fat Stock
Show.
The champion pig, entered by
Sandy Willis Berry of Grapevine,
was sold for 20c a pound. It
weighed 300 pounds. Bridges is
compiling the amount of money
won by the boys on the agricul-
tural exhibits.
Thought She Would
Die From Asthma
Nearly Choked to Death. Tells
How She Found Lusting Relief.
MACHINE GUN
FOR POLICE
SON IS SOUGHT
Mrs. Aurita Smith, said to be
from Fort Worth, is ill in Sacra-
mento, CaliT., and in the custody
of the Travellers’ Aid, according
to Burton Roach, special officer of
tiie FW&DC Railroad. Efforts are
being’made to locate her son,
George Smith, an electrician, said
to have recently moved to Fort
Worth.
YOUNGS UNCH ANGED
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SAN ANTONIO, March 16—The,
condition of Ross Youngs. Giant
outfielder, ill in a hospital here,
remained unchanged today.
The City of Fort Worth offi-
cially warned mobs and desper-
adoes Wednesday thru the pur-
chase of a Thompson machine-
gun, specially made for riot pur-
poses.
After a demonstration before
City Manager O. E. Carr. Folice
Chief Henry Leo and police de-
partment officers, the purchase of
the gun was authorized and deliv-
ery made.
The gun, which is made by Colt,
fires 25 shots a second, with a
magazine capacity of four 20-shot
units and one 50-shot drum. It
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