The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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FIFTY-THIRD YEAR
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THE COUNTY PAPER— E.t.bUhed 1876
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY. TEX AS NOVEMBER 30. 1928.
FIRST in Ad. Service
FIRST in Local Newt
FIRST in Courtkoute Newt
FIRST in County Newt
FIRST in Dependability
NUMBER 10
ABLE SPEAKERS
TALK AT BI-STONE
BANQUET FRIDAY
Groesbeck was host to
delegates and members from
the various towns in the Bi-
Stone Empire Friday with an
elaborate banquet. F. B. Pey-
ton and D. B. Shelton repre-
sented Fairfield.
In reporting the occasion
the Mexia News says:
“Don’t go into the dairy
business—grow into it,” J. E.
Stanford agricultural director
of the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce told a gathering of
representatives of a dozen
towns in Freestone and Lime-
stone counties in a luncheon at
the Park Hotel at Groesbeck
Friday at noon. And that was
the keynote of the entire
gathering.
Cotton farming and dairy-
ing are two widely different
lines, Mr. Stanford warned
and farmers must learn the
business slowly. He declared
that only a few dairy cattle
are needed on every farm.
H. M. Madison, agricultural
director of the Southern Paci-
fic lines, touched on the same
theme, hut laid stress on soil
building. The decline of per
acreage cotton production in
Texas shows that the farmers
are hi-jacking the soil, he de-
clared. Mr. Madison pleaded
for winter pasture crops and
and declared the people of
Texas must awaken to their
danger.
Must Cut Cost.
Farmers look too much for
gross receipts and not enough
to net receipts, Madison de-
clared, pointing out that Hen-
ry Ford got rich—not by rais-
ing the price, on his product,
but lowering it 'and lowering
the cost through efficiency.
“It takes just as long to
cultivate a field which will
make a quarter of a bale to
the acre,” Mr. Madison con-
tinued. “All the legislatures
and congresses in the world
can’t keep a field from wash-
ing. Quit hi-jacking the
land, terrace it, plant pasture
crop for winter, use a system
of rotation of crops and build
the land and you’ll see people
coming into your district to
buy and build. That’s the
best advertising you can do.”
Johnson Speaker.
Congressman Luther A.
Johnson of Corsicana, who
had delayed his return to
Washington to attend the
meeting, praised the spirit of
cooperation which he saw
manifest in the gathering. Mr.
Johnson declared that nation-
al peace is based on friend-
ship and understanding and
the same principal applies be-
tween communities.
The luncheon opened with
every- seat at th^ three long
tables taken. Rev. R. G. Hill
gave the invocation, and
George E. Hugres, vice-presi-
dent of the Groesbeck Cham-
ber V Commerce, introduced
the "Entertainment features
during the meal. Four talent-
ed young women were present-
(Continued on Page 8.)
Miss Celeoka Walker and
Mrs, Lilian! Clark left Thurs-
day for Waco where they will
spend the week.
Born to Mr. W. D. Tcte, Jr.,
a big girl Thursday, Novem-
ber 22.
CONTRACT IS
TO BE LET ON
HIGHWAY 75
It i* reported that con-
tract will be let for build-
ing dump, drainage
structures and concrete .
topping on Highway 75
from Fairfield to Street-
man on December 17
or 18.
BUDGET PLAN
WILL BE TRIED
BY C. OF C.
Pursuant to call of Pr. si-
dent F'. E. Hill the Fairfield
Chamber of Commerce nu t it
the county court room Mon
day evening with representa-
tive professional and business
men present, also two mini-
ters of the city, the Revs. 11
L. McKissack and 1. O. Dent
The meeting was presided ov
er by Vice-President F. B.
Peyton.
The most business of tin
evening was the discussion of
finances for the various com-
munity projects of the town
—the cemetery, the Boy
Scouts, street lights, member
ship fee in East Texas C. of C..
and other community proposi-
tions that need funds. It was
decided to adopt the budget
system, and President Hill ap-
pointed the following commit-
tee to work out a budget,plan:
Frank Peyton,- H. B. Steward
and James Radford. Presi-
dent Hill and Secretary L. J.
Davis were added to the com-
mittee.
Bro. Dent announced that
the monument erected at
grave of Mrs. S. Philpott in
the Fairfield cemetery would
be unveiled December 9th,
and that Bishop Hay and oth-
er officials of the Methodist
Church would be here to take
part in the ceremonies. The
cemetery committee was in-
structed to confer with the
cemetery association and plan
to clean up the cemetery and
put it in as good condition as
possible.
It was voted to have a lunch-
eon in December for all adult
citizens of the town at which
Mr. Blanton, an effective
speaker engaged with the
East Texas C. of C. would
be invited to speak.
Co. Agent Shelton made a
talk on the terracing school to
be held here Wednesday, and
asked for all who could to at-
tend.
C. E. Childs, R. B. Middle-
ton and W. F. Tate were ap-
pointed as a committee to de-
liver and collect for member-
ship cards.
Bro. Dent and Bro. McKis-
aack announced a Thanksgiv-
ing service at the Calvary
Baptist Church Thursday
night, for everybody.
Judge French was called on
and made an interesting re-
port on the committee’s trip
to Huntsville, Friday, where a
delightful banquet was en-
joyed and enthusiastic High-
way 75 meeting was at-
tended. *
F. B. Peyton reported on
Bi-Stone Empire banquet at
Groesbeck, Friday. Also re-
ported Fairfield’s part of the
Boy Scout work was $200, and
that $75 had been raised. The
committee will endeavor to
raise the full amount.
Trades Day, December 12.
RECEIVES FIVE S.HIBLR1 ANNIVERSARY COUNTY W M. U.
YEAR SENTENCE ON OBSERVED BY LOCAL HOLDS MEETING
RAPE CHARGE HISTORY CLUB IN FAIRFIELD
Othel Wafford was tried Tin JU.-tory Club met One of tie most profitable
in District Court here Friday Thu»> .it tlo iu>m< of Mr*, a d *nuiyabie events in our
and Saturday on u charge of T P. land ley in commemura- y*ai * w >rk was held last
rape, and was given a fi\e tioi, of the one hundredth an \N <• li;e>day, when the Free-
year sentence, wln h lie - niwiMnx of the death of -tone County W oman’s Mis-
cepted. Kri.njj Pet. r Sehubort A pro- -oonary l n on held its second
The case again.-t Roland gram devoted to the com- regular meeting with the Cal-
Haley charged in cmneetion , os* i .* litv and composition.- vary Baptist ( huivh of Kair-
with Wafford, was continued «a» given Roli cull was an- field.
and he was released on bond, swered by naming a noted The attendance was good
These men live in Anderson j composer and the program on ‘‘Tithing’
County and it is alleged they Mrs. H. L Wooldridge gave was presented in an interest-
brought a girl from that Coun | “Tie Life of Finn* Peter fichu- ing way
ty into Freestone County near j bert.” Mrs. T. P. Lindley and Beside the benefits derived
the bridge and kept her all j Mrs. W. W\ Steward, Jr., from the study of the Scrip-
night, and later forced an-jplayed “March Millitaire.” tures. we feel that these meet
other boy to marry her. Mrs. W. W. Steward, Jr., ing* will bring about a better
Clarence Fagin, mfg. liquor, I played “Ave Maria.” Mrs. H. spirit of cooperation and give
continued, and released on B Steward sang “Hark !| as an opportunity to discuss
Hark! the Lark,” and Mrs. A. the problem* that confront us
H. Buss sung “Serenade/’ in our work.
Mrs. J. B. Gordon, Mrs. The Union was most fortu-
C E. Johnson, Mrs. Lucian nate in having Mrs. Parker of
Gordon, Miss Lucia Johnson, Dallas, State president, with
Mins Bennie Johnson of us on this occasion, and we
Teague, Mrs. Kate Sneed of regret that more of our mem-
Troy, Alabama; Mrs. Silas bers were not present to heur
Dockery, Mrs. W. H. Miller the message she brought,
and Miss Viola Miller of Fair- If you ure not a member of
$300 bond. Cloie Fagin, sarne
charge, is also out on bond.
The murder charge against
Clarence Fagin, growing out
of the killing of Special
Ranger Tim Willard was dis-
missed.
W. W. Steward, Jr., of
Fairfield; John L. Bonner of
Streetman, and C. B. Gray-
son of Teague served as jury
commissioners.
MONUMENT TO
BE UNVEILED ON
DECEMBER 9
It is announced that the
monument at the grave of
Mrs. S. Philpott, in Fairfield
cemetery, will be unveiled in
the afternoon of December 9.
Bishop Hay will preach the
sermon, and W\ W. Watts will
assist in the service. An ap-
propriate program will be ar-
ranged for the occasion. Fur-
ther announcement will be
made next week.
At one time Mrs. Philpott
w'as president of the W. M. S..
Texas Conference. She was
a woman whose devoted, con-
secrated Christian life was
known throughout the entire
State, and it is fitting that this
honor should be paid to her
memory. ,
field were guests of the club.
Mrs. F. E. Hill, Sr., honorary
member of the club w'as pres-
ent.
After the program Mrs.
Lindley served delicious fruit
jell-o topped with whipped
cream and cherries. Mrs.
Lindley was assisted in serving
by Mrs. Silas Dockery, Mrs.
W. H. Miller and Miss Viola
Miller.—Reporter.
this organization come and
join at our next regular meet-
ing which will be at Dew the
last week in February.
Reporter W. M. U.
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES HERE
An appropriate Thanksgiv-
ing service will be held at
Calvary Baptist Church on th?
night of November 29. It is
hoped that the ' entire citizen-
LONG STAPLE COTTON
BRINGS PREMIUM
Another argument in favor
of standard staple cotton is
the fact that Marion McAd-
ams of Teague sold a bale
of cotton to H. H. Gibson
here Saturday for ‘20c a
pound, which was estimated
to be 1 1-6 inch staple.
The ordinary staple was
sailing at same time for
$18.75.
J. R. B. Cain also has sold a
number of bales of long staple
ship of the town will turn out
for the occasion that this day at considerable increase over
should be' appropriately ob-
served.
Mrs. J. L. Childs of Teague,
who was operated on in that
city Monday, is reported to be
doing as well as expected, al-
tho her condition is serious.
the price of ordinary cotton.
With a large acreage of
standard staple cotton antici-
pated here next season, Fair-
field is expected to continue
to be noted as an outstanding
We are requested to an-
nounce that Thanksgiving
program to have been given
Thanksgiving night at Young, I cotton market.
was postponed on account of |--
illness, but will be given at a Mr. and Mrs. Lillard Clark
later date.
Trades Day, December 12.
spent the past week-end in
Mexia with Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Lott.
[judge FRENCH
TO HEAD BOOSTER
ORGANIZATION
Huntsville, Nov. 24.—Cele-
brating I he completition of
I the financing of Highway 75
ithiough Walker County, open-
ling of Huntsville's new bus
j terminal, and the organiza-
tion of a Booster Club for
I Highway 75 to push the con-
struction and keep the road in
the limelight, delegations from
|many points in Texas gather-
ed here Friday and were
guests at a banquet at the
Keep Hotel in the evening.
Following the banquet, the
organization ot' the Booster
Club was completed and the
following o f f i i e r s were
named :
President, County Judge P.
O. French, Fairfield; vice
presidents, K. J. Jackson, Cor-
sicana; County Judge Royce
Stout, Waxahachie; County
{Judge W. D. Lacy, Center-
ville; secretary - treasurer,
|County Judge P. H. Single-
itury, Huntsville.
Diructois «t the club are as
follows: County Judge Nr.r-
man Atkinson, Houston;
j County Judge-elect Perry Mc-
ICombs, Conroe; T. B. Warden,
engineer Gulf Co. st Good
Roads association, Houston;
J. P. Stephenson, chairm in
good roads committee, Dallas
Chamber of Commerce; Ike
Ashburn, manager Houston.
Chamber of Commerce; Coun-
ty Judge-elect Clay Nash, Cor-
sicana; County Judge-elect
Will Robinson, Madisonvilee.
Among the cities and towns
represented at the meeting
were Dallas, Conroe, Pales-
tine, Livingston, Buffalo, Cen-
terville, Leona, Trinity Love-
lady, Ennis, Corsicana, Madi-
sonville, Fairfield, Crockett,
Grovetown, Austin and Hous-
ton.
President M. R- Ball of the
Walker County Chamber of
Commerce presided as toast-
master at the banquet. Among
the speakers were W. N.
Blanton, manager of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce;
W. J. Jones, Houston; Rail-
road Commissioner Lon A.
Smith. Judge W. O. Huggins
and Ike Ashburn of Houston;
and J. C. Carrington.
C. N. Shaver, superinten-
dent of the Huntsville city
schools, presided ut the dedi-
cation of the bus terminal.
Among the speakers were W.
N. Blanton, W. Roy Christian
of Corsicana, and Railroad
Commissioner Lon A. Smith.
A tea was given the visit-
ing ladies in the social center
building of the Sam Houston
State Teachers’ College in the
afternoon, and a dance was
(Continued on Page 8.)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
SERVICES FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. J. P. Reynolds, pastor
of the First Baptist Church
announces services for next
Sunday as follows: Morning
service, subject, “The Men
of Issachar.” Evening service,
subject, “The Ten Virgins.”
The public is cordially in-
vited.
Mr and Mrs. D. D. Pittman
of Houston are spending
Thanksgiving her© with rela-
tives. Mr. Pittman lived here
some forty years ago.
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