The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 261, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
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CONSOLIDATED WITH THE DAILY GAZETTE JULY 28.1924.
~SULPHUR~SPRINGS> TEXAS, THURSDA^T^CTOBeOo, 1924.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
(By Associated Press)
London, Oct. 30.—The people of
Great Britain have put a crushing
end to their first experiment with
Labor government, by returning the
Conservative party to power in par-
liament, with one of the strongest
majorities recorded during the last
century.
Prime Minister MacDonald, David
Lloyd George and Liberal, Winston
Churchill were all reelected to the
ouse of commons.
THE RESULT OF ELECTION ON
PARTIES
lisy Associated Press)
London, Oct. 30.—In the sweep-
ing political change the Liberal par-
ty has sunk to the weakest position
it .has experienced since re-align-
ment of British political parties,
more than 90 years ago, at the time
of the reform bill.
The standing the parties this aft-
ernoon was, Conservatives 384, a
gain of 143; Labor, 148, loss of
40; Liberals 40, loss of 104;. other
parties 13. Total 585.
JUDGE THREATT
BETS ON DAVIS
Judge J. F. Threatt is offering to
wager a little money today on the
result of the vote in New York Tues-
day. He heard John W. Davis last
night in Brooklyn and said that he
could distinctly hear the applauds
th© great masses as the speakers
•^appealed to the crowd in a most
eloquent manner.
Judge says Brooklyn is in the
Davis column and that he has a few
dimes to back up his word. The
Judge was sitting in his home and
listened to the speaking over his
radio.
CAMPAIGN FUND
OF REPUBLICANS
STILL UNDER FIRE
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Oct. 30.—While the
Washington end of the senate cam-
paign fund committee was inquir-
ing into Republican collections . in
the East today,. Acting Chairman
Caraway announced that he had re-
ceived a telegram from George
Morris, Republican state chairman
of New York, refusing to appear
before the committee except on cer-
tain stipulations.
“I wish the state committee is not
making any stipulations or under-
standings with any witness,” said
Caraway, “as I assume there is
something he does not care to ex-
pose.”
TWO ARE DEAD
IN CALIFORNIA
FROM BURNS
(By Associated Press)
El Paso, Oct. 30.—Herbert Tullett
of California, trainer for Tom
Oshanter’s racing stables and Buck
Murray, assistant to Tullett, died in
a local hospital today of burns re-
ceived in fire which originated in
an express car here this morning.
COTTON MARKET
LOWER TODAY
The cotton market came in just
a little down today and was selling
around 22 1-2 cents with 106 bales
brought in Wednesday that brought
the total to 9,546. Seed are worth
$32.00 per ton.
ELECTION ON
NEXT TUESDAY
Judge R. E. Bertram has all the
election supplies ready for the man-
agers of election to get as they come
to town. The election will be held
on next Tuesday and everything
points to a big vote. Hopkins coun-
ty folks never do things by halves.
SYCAMORE CLUB
LOSES SEATS
J. M. Kitchens of Cooper was
here Tuesday to meet with the Syc-
amore club. In fact, he was one of
the main speakers at the 11 o’clock
hour, when the governor’s race was
discussed, pro and con. Late in the
day he bought a new Ford car from
the Alexander Motor Co. and left
for his home. Wednesday four of
the double iron beats were' missed
from the club grounds at the big
tree. Search has been made for
them, but so far no seats have been
found. Captain Blansett can not be
located. The members of the club
are uncertain as to whether the
Captain has taken them out to his
persimmon orchard, or whether Mr.
Kitchens is trying to move the club
from Sulphur Springs to Cooper in
the same way that Wills Point, in
early days, moved the court house
from Canton to that place, in one
night. Special guards have been
appointed to watch the remainder
of seats.
WEST TEXAS
TOWN DESTROYED
BY BIG FIRE
DEATH PENALTY
WAS INFLICTED
IN SWITZERLAND
(By Associated Press)
Bernes, Switzerland, Oct. 30.—
The death penalty was inflicted yes-
terday in Switzerland for the first
time in twenty-two years, at Altdorf.
Clement Bernet was guillotined for
the murder of a girl, who surprised
him while in an act of burglary.
ABSENTEE VOTES
BEING POLLED
Absentee voting is still going on
at the county clerk’s office, where
26 had voted up to early this morn-
ing. Tomorrow is the last day for
casting your absentee ballot and you
will have to hurry, or be sorry.
(By Associated Press)
Abilene, Texas, Oct. 30.—The
town of Hawley, in Jones county,
fourteen miles north of here, was
destroyed by fire last night, with a
loss of between $30,000 and $40,-
000.
Nine buildings were destroyed,
only two garages being left unburn-
ed.
FIFTH VICTIM
OF POISON
STERLING STRONG
FRIDAY NIGHT
Sterling P. Strong of Dallas,
former anti-Saloon league president
of Texas, will speak Friday night at
7:30 o’clock in the District court
room, according to a telegram re-
ceived from state Democratic head-
quarters Wednesday.
Mr. Strong is a splendid speaker,
and the public is invited to hear
him. He will speak in the interest
of the straight Democratic ticket,
from constable to president.
GAS
JUDGE H.C. WILLS
ifr MONDAY NIGHT
1 Judge Henry C. Wills of Dallas
fl^will speak in Sulphur Springs Mon-
day night at 7:30 o’clock in the in-
terest of the straight Democratic
ticket, according to a telegram sent
out from the Democratic headquar-
ters in Dallas.
Mr. Wills is well known to many
Sulphur Springs people, having
spoken here two or three years ago
on the public square, and also hav-
ing been a law partner of the late
Judge H. C. Connor of this city.
Judge Wills is a fine speaker, and
** the public in general is cordially in-
vited to hear him.
Monday night closes a county-
wide campaign by speakers who
have waged a fight for the straight
ticket, and a county-wide meeting
is to be held here Monday night.
FATHER AND SON
IN SAME CASE
Dallas, Oct. 30.—A father and
son, charged with violation of the
Dean liquor law, cast their fates in
•the balance together with Judge
Charles A. Pippen’s criminal dis-
trict court .Wednesday morning
when their cases were called.
The father, a tenant farmer, and
his 19-year-old son, were arrested
by deputy sheriffs on June 24. Of-
ficers claim they were sitting close
to a still from which three gallons
of corn whisky had been run.
DIES TODAY
BABY IN ARMS,
DIVORCEE SLAYS
FORMER HUSBAND
COTTON GINNED IN
HOPKINS COUNTY
OVER 20,000 BALES
Hopkins county had ginned this
season up to October 18, 19,843
bales of cotton, according to the
government report received ffom
Washington by* County Statistician
H. B. Siekles, against 28,973 bales
for same tinje last year. According
to this report Hopkins county has
already passed the 20,000 bale mark
and still going.
FOREIGN FUG
AT HALF MAST
SAYS REPORT
(By Associated Press)
Peking,' -Oct. 30.—AH foreign
flags, excepting the Russian nation-
al colors, are at half mast here to-
day while the entire diplomatic
corps gathered at the funeral of
Edward Bell, American charge d’
affairs, who died Tuesday.
BALLINGER HAD
DISASTROUS FIRE
LAST NIGHT
REV. MILLS AND
FAMILY HERE
Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Mills
and daughter, Miss Janet, came in
Wednesday from Pawhaska, Okla.,
and are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Gould. They will make their
home at 209 Oak avenue, while
Rev. Mills serves as pastor of the
local Episcopal church.
All Sulphur Springs joins in ex-
tending a hearty welcome to this
good family and trusts that their
stay may be long, pleasant and of
great good to all our people.
(By Associated Press)
New York, Oct. 30.—The fifth
victim of the mysterious gas pois-
oning in the research laboratory of
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jer-
sey, at Bayway, N. J., died in a
hospital here today.
Herbert Fuson, 29 years old, of
Elizabeth, N. J., was the latest vic-
tim. Eleven additional men are
suffering from the poisoning ana
were brought to the hospital last
night, bringing the total number af-
fected to date to thirty-three.
OIL WORKER
FALLS TO DEATH
NEAR CORSICANA
(By Associated Press)
Corsicana, Oct. 30.—Wister
Hughes, age twenty-eight, oil field
worker, was instantly killed yester-
day when he fell from a derrick
near here.
San Francisco, Oct. 30.—While
her two-year-old daughter clung
tightly to her neck, Mrs. Beulah
Harris, 23, a pretty divorcee, raised
a shotgun to her shoulder and kill-
ed her former husband, Roy Harris,
29, late Tuesday as he was about
to enter her home in the fashion-
able district.
Harris, riddled with buckshot,
rolled down the steps.
“Oh, Daddy, Daddy,” screamed
the child as her mother calmly
walked to the telephone and notified
the police.
Mrs. Harris appeared calm as the’
officer entered her home.
“He threatened to kill me many
times,” she said. “I was attracted
by noise at the rear door and on ar-
riving there I found him trying to
force open the door.
“I warned him to leave and told
him I would shoot if he entered. He
threw his weight againt the door
and as it flew open I grabbed a
shot-gun and fired. It was all his
own fault.”
A murder charge was filed.
POPULAR COUPLE
WERE MARRIED
Wednesday night Johnny Bigger-
statf and Miss Lillian Gregory, two
of the finest young people that ever
lived in Hopkins county, or any
where else, took their many friends
by surprise and were united in
marriage by Rev. J. Howard Wil-
liams. This is a big secret as
Johnny said not to tell it till he is
gone.
NOT ILLEGAL
TO WHISPER TO
BEST GIRL
Austin, Texas, Oct. 30.—It is not
a violation of law for a young man
to chat with young ladies during re-
ligious worship, provided that the
chatting is done in whispers or un-
dertone.
Decision to that effect was made
Wednesday by the Court of Crimin-
al Appeals in reversing and re-
manding the case of Oliver Thom-
ason, from Dickson county. Thom-
ason had been convicted of disturb-
ing religious worship by “loud and
vociferous talking” during services.
He was fined $25.
The record showed that Thoma-
son during services talked with sev-
eral young ladies by whom he was
sitting and his words could not be
heard except by those who sat im-
mediately around him. When the
minister admonished him Thomason
ceased talking.
The higher court held that the
young man had not wilfully disturb-
ed anvonp. in the chnreh
(By Associated Press)
Ballinger, Texas, Oct. 30.—A
loss estimated at $125,000 was caus-
ed by fire last night at the plant of
the Ballinger Cotton Oil Co. seed
house.
Three thousand tons of cotton
seed and 125 bales of linter were
destroyed.
(By Associated Press)
Belvidere, N. J., Oct. 30.—The
tody of Frank Thomas, held in jail
here as a material witness in con-
nection with the slaying of his wife,
Grace Thomas, was found hanging
in his cell here today. He had hang-
ed himself by his suspenders.
^The body of his wife was found
in an abandoned iron mine hole
near Oxford Tuesday.
PECANS GROWN
AT GREAT PROFIT
IN CENTRAL TEX.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 30.—Raising
special varieties of . pecans is the
hobby of Dr. J. E. Pearce, head of
the Department of Anthropology at
the University of Texas. Eight miles
from Austin on the banks of the
Colorado river is located the pecan
grove of Professor Pearce from
which he gathers annually great
quantities of some of the largest pe-
cans in existence, it is said.
The two best varieties of pecans
grown by Prof. Pearce are the Bur-
kett and the Texas Prolific, both of
which retail for $1 and more per
pound, he said. There are more
than 300 trees on the plot of ground
known as the Pearce Pecan Grove,
which covers 120 acres. Most of
these pecans are shipped to the
Eastern states.
NOTEDLEADER
LOSES LIFE IN
AN EXPLOSION
(By Associated Press)
Nelson, B. C., Oct. 30.—-Peter
Veregin, leader of the Dpukhobors
colony in Saskatchewan province, -
paid for his progressive methods
with his life yesterday when the
enemy opposed yeregin’s use of
modern appliances on farms and
in homes iny the colony and placed
a bomb under his seat in a Canadi-
an-Pacific passenger coach, accord-
ing to the-theory advanced today
by police investigators.
The explosion killed eight and in-
jured twelve passengers on the
train.
TEXAS RAILROAD
TO EXTEND LINE
NEAR DALLAS
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Oct. 30.—The Hous-
ton, Texas & Central Railroad today
applied to the Interstate Commerce
commission for authoriyt to build
a nine-mile extension to its line
near Dallas.
AGED VETERAN
FREE OF SLAYING-
FIGHTS FOR HOME
Austin, Texas, Oct. 30.—Applica-
tion for a temporary injunction
which would restrain members of the
state board of control and the
superintendent of the Confederate
veterans home from ejecting C. C.
Richart, 78 years old, and inmate of
the home, was field here Tuesday
afternoon in the fifty-third district
court.
Suit was brought by Richart fol-
lowing trial at the home before
members of the state board of con-
trol, their verdict being a six months
term otf; suspension.
Richart was tried on complaint of
another inmate of the home in con-
nection with the death of J. C. Has-
sell, 82, also an inmate of the home,
who died several weeks ago. Two
days before Hassell’s death Richart
was tried in justice court here on
a charge of assault upon the former
and was acquitted.
Testimony was offered that Rich-
art had struck Hassell with a cane
in course of an argument. After
Hassells’ death a charge of murder
was filed against Richart but after
an investigation of the case the grand
jury returned on indictment.
The order ejecting Richart tfrom
the home which he is contesting, was
signed by Chairman S. B. Cowell
and R. B. Walthall and H. H. Har-
rington of the state board of control
and E. Winfree, superintendent of
the veteran’s home. Definite date
for the injunction hearing has not
been set.
RETAIL MERCHANTS
MEET TONIGHT
There will be held at the court
house tonight at 7:30 o’clock, a
meeting of the Retail Merchants
association. Each and every mem^
ber is requested to be present. Busi-
ness of importance to come before
the association.
L. M. McKEE, President.
L. E. TEER, Secretary.
SUIT AGAINST
HOUSTON PAPER
LOST BY SHERIFF
Austin, Texas, Oct. 30.—Henry
Thomas, sheriff of Galveston
county, Wednesday lost his libel suit
against the Houston Chronicle in
the Supreme Court. The court re-
fused a writ of error to the Court
of Civil Appeals which had re-
versed a judgment of $10,000 ob-
tained by Thomas in the trial court.
Thomas complained the Chronicle
had printed an article on April
18, .1924, which he alleged imputed
to him neglect of duty.
OIL MEN WATCH
GULF TEST HERE
Practically all eyes of the North
east Texas oil fraternity were turn-
ed toward the Gulf test well being
drilled this side of Campbell Wed-
nesday, watching with keen interest
the developments at the well which
is reported as beginning to show
favorable signs.
The test well was visited by a
number of leading oil scouts Tues-
day and again Wednesday. Many
of the leading companies of the
southwest have representatives on
the ground.—Greenville Banner.
TRY A WANT AD FOR RESULTS
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 261, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1924, newspaper, October 30, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1125688/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.