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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1930.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR1S1
ATHER FINDS DAUGHTER SHOT TO DEATH
. R. M. PAYNE
IS FATALLY SHOT
sfy
Thursday morning about 8 o’clock!
R. M. Payne, well known dentist
Sulphur Springs, was fatally shot
jle on the stairway leading to his
lice on the west side of the public
jare. An ambulance was summoned
jhe died just before reaching his
me on Mulberry street
[rs. Robinson went to the Sheriff’s
(ice and gave herself up. She was
erreleased on $5,000 bond. So far
the Echo man was able to learn,
has made no statement for pub-
tation.
fipr, Payne was 55 years old and
born and reared in Hopkins
junty, being of one of the oldest
id best families. For many years he
an office upstairs in the Pulley
ling. He is survived by his wife
i several children.
Funeral services are announced
r tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
dock at Myra Wilson chapel, with
irial to folloAV in the City ceme-
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NFERENCE COACHES
NAME WINNERS
IN ALL 1930 ELEVEN
ECHO FREE TO
WIDOWS NNAELE
TO TAKE PAPER
The Echo man is again renewing
this offter to send the Echo free
next year to all widoyvs living in
Hopkins county, who are unable to
take the paper.
We had more than 150 on our list
this year and it has been a joy to
send them the Echo, and we trust
they have enjoyed it.
If you are a widow in Hopkins
county and want to read the paper
free next year, send us your name
and post office address. The list
will never be published. If the post-
masters and rural carriers will send
in a list of those they may know, who
are unable to take the paper, we will
appreciate it.
PAYNE FOUND
NEAR PECOS
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 10.—
aches of the Southwest Confer-
ee Wednesday had set up the first
ficial all-conference team of the
uthwest. Individual selections of
mentors, made Tuesday after-
on, were kept secret. Composite
actions placed the following myth-
i! eleven on the honor roll:
Ends—Long of S. M. U. and Peter-
n of Texas.
Tackles—Blanton of Texas and
(swell of T. C. U.
Guards—Koch of Baylor and Em-
son of Texas.
Center—Atkins of T. C. U.
Quarterback—Wilson of Baylor.
Halves—Shelley of Texas and Dale
Arkansas.
Fullback—Koy of Texas.
University' of Texas, Southwest
impious, grabbed major honors in
t mythical eleven with five berths,
sylor and T. C. U. finished second
d third, respectively, in the con-
fence, securing two positions each.
Rice Institute and Texas A. & M.
‘iled to place a man.
Wilson, Koch aijd Long were the
fanimous selections of the coaches,
fording to Francis A. Schmidt,
fretary of the coaches’ organiza-
% while Koy and Shelley received
1 votes each.
JOHN COFFEY
DIESSUDDENLY
IN OKLAHOMil
A message was received by Johnl
%y late Wednesday afternoon!
,0'n Muskogee announcing that hisl
l0ther, Mrs. Elizabeth Coffey, died!
Jddenly that afternoon. She was thel
'dow of the late John Coffey who!
'ls a business man and well known!
Uzen in Sulphur Springs many|
*ars ago.
OUNTY SCHOOL NEWS1
The Primary Teacher Association
meet this coming Saturday in
16 Junior High School at 10 o’clock.]
am very anxious for all the teach-
1s of the county to be at this meet-
Miss Mildred Moffett, a pen-1
"airship specialist, will be here and!
"s<mss this work in the grades.
If you have not handed in yourl
>5f lesson plan, please do so at this|
feting.
Come hear Miss Moffett and then
are invited to the Coca Cola Bot-I
% Works for a bottle of pop and]
!jme points on this trade.
Sincerely,
ERA G. PIERCE,
County Supervisor.
Pecos, Texas, Dec. 11.—Payne,
Pecos dairyman, who disappeared
from his home several days ago, was
found Wednesday wandering on the
plains 61 miles south of Pecos. He
was found by cowboys on the “U”
ranch and brought to Pecos for med-
ical attention.
He carried extra clothes, food and
money on his person, but failed to
recognize anyone and did not seem to
know what had happened.
Payne was a brother of Payne,
Amarillo attorney who recently kill-
ed himself by an explosion in the
jail at Amarillo, while he was await-
ing trial on murder charges in the
death of his wife, who was killed by
the explosion of a bomb which de-
molished the family automobile.
At the time of his disappearance
last week, members of Payne’s fam-
ily here said he had worried so over
the tragedy of the death of his broth-
er, that he seemed dazed mentally.
BANK BANDITS
AND OFFICERS
WERE WOUNDED
Frankston, Anderson Co., Texas,
Dec. 10.—Two men believed to have
been members of the bearded band
of four which robbed the Frankston
First State Bank of $11,236.90 on
Wednesday afternoon lay wounded
in an open, fleeing truck somewhere
in this section early at night while
a pair of officers, who had engaged
them in a gun fight, likewise bore
wounds. A third officer was in pur-
suit of the truck.
Deputy Sheriffs Curry of Franks-
ton and Emmerson of Poyner and
Constable Slaughter of Frankston
met four men, whom they believed
to be their quarry, in a mud-stalled
automobile near the Miller ranch,
some twelve miles from here. Both
groups, Slaughter reported after he
was brought back here, began firing
and two of the suspected bandits
were shot, as was Emmerson, who
got a bullet through the chest, and
Slaughter, himself, who was nicked
in the hand-
The two suspects untouched by
bullets aided their wounded compan-
ions in a dash through the roadside
brush that brought them out shortly,
on the road again. Here they stole a
truck from a passing driver named
Hilton, placed their wounded in it
and sped away to the west toward
Wild Fence Ferry on the Trinity riv-
er and the town of Fairfield, Slaugh-
ter was quoted as saying.
Curry, seeing that his fellow-of-
ficers had been taken in charge by a
passing motorist, recruited a negro
farm hand who chanced by and, en-
tering the officers’ machine, gave
chase to the truck.
The bank was robbed just after
noon. Four men entered together,
Cashier Perry said, but two remain-
ed at the front while their compan-
ions walked back, held pistols on
Perry and Mrs. Watkins, assistant
. cashier, and forced them into the
vault. The robbers took all the mon-
ey in sight, the $11,236.90, and
backed out, closing the door and
throwing the holt. They failed, how-
ever, to force the combination lock
shut, Perry said, and in consequence
persons who entered the bank when
first news spread of the holdup were
able to release the cashier and his
assistant without great difficulty.
“These men told us that the two
in the front part of the bank had a
machine gun. I did not have time to
see whether they did or not. They
told us we would be all right if we
didn’t try to make trouble,” Perry
said. The loss was covered by insur-
ance and would occasion the bank no
financial embarrassment, he added.
The robbery followed by less than
twenty-four hours that of the State
Bank of Velasco, which is some 250
miles south of here. The Velasco
bank lost about $3,000 to three men
and robbery charges were lodged at
Angleton Wednesday against three
suspects.
FRANK NORFLEET,
NOTED MAN HUNTER,
STILL ACTIVE
ROBBER QUARTET
TAKES WOO IN
KANSAS CITY RAID
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 10.—Four
unmasked robbers took charge of the
Interstate National Bank Wednesday
and held employes and officers at
bay with pistols for more than an
hour, awaiting the opening hour of
a time lock on the vault. The quar-
tet fled with loot estimated at $45,-
000.
One man followed the negro jani-
tor into the bank, located on the sec-
ond floor of the Live Stock Ex-
change building in the stockyards
and packing house district. He show-
ed an automatic pistol and ordered
Young to proceed with the morning
cleaning as though nothing unusual
was happening.
One by one the bank’s employes
and officers came in to begin the
day’s work. Each was compelled to
“step right over here” or “go over
in the corner and sit down with the
crowd.”
Twenty-seven persons had gather-
ed before the vault could be opened.
The bandits revealed that they had
studied the bank’s methods for two
or three weeks in planning the hold
up.
While the time lock clicked away
the minutes before its opening hour
some of the women engaged in rep-
artee with the bandits.
“Well,” one robber remarked, “it
is getting around Christmas time and
we have to have some money.”
“But what will we do about Christ-
mas?” a girl clerk asked.
“Give us your address,” he replied,
“and we’ll see that you get some
presents.”
The quartet escaped down a l^ick
stairway and entered two motor cars
attended by two men.
Description Obtained.
■ Virtually complete descriptions of
three were obtained by bank offi-
cers. The men apepared to be be-
tween 30 and 40 years old.
The excitement recalled the $90,-
000 robbery several years ago of the
Drovers National Bank, situated just
across the street from the Live Stock
Exchange.
A messenger of the Interstate Na-
tional Bank was held up in Decem-
ber, 1922, and robbed of canceled
checks for $2,000,000. The checks
were recovered.
BRICE TAYLOR
HAS GONE TO
WASHINGTON
Abilene, Texas, Dec. 12.—Still
free lancing and roving from one
end of the nation to another, J.
Frank Norfleet, noted man-hunter
who usually “gets his his man,” pass-
ed through here recently on a mis-
sion he is not yet ready to discuss,
and stopped long enough to say he
had “run in” his 83rd felon. Of
these, 80 have been tried, and con-
victed, mostly on evidence gathered
by the Hale Center sleuth.
The hardships of the trail have not
had the usual effect on Norfleet. He
| is heavier now, and apparently heal-
thier than he has been for several
years. He says he feels better than
probably at any time since he left
his Hale County home in 1919 on
trail of a gang which “took” him for
| $55,000, his life’s savings.
Norfleet recently caused the ar-
Irest of three men alleged to have
swindled Mrs. Talbert of Spring-
]field, 111., out of $55,00. She is a
I member of the faculty at the Uni-
I yersity of Illinois.
Brice Taylor has resigned his po-
sition as job printer at the Echo of-
fice and left Thursday morning for
Washington, D. C-, to accept a posi-
tion in the Government printing of-
fice. Mr. Taylor was with the Echo
office for several years and proved
to be a very valuable employe and
high class gentleman at all times. He
carries the very best wishes of the
entire force for success and happi-
ness in his new home in the big city.
Mrs. Taylor and little daughter
will remain here for some weeks be-
fore joining him in Washington.
RAMEY A. SMITH'S
HOME BUNNS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
1930 COTTON CROP
PRODUCTION COSTS
MATERIALLY LOWER
Washington, Dec. 11.—The 1930
cotton crop was produced at a lower
cost per acre than either of the two
preceding crops, it is declared by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in giving the agricultural situ-
ation as of Dec. 1. The dry grow-
ing season which made weed control
relatively easy probably resulted in
lower labor expenses to farmers who
depended on hired labor. Expendi-
tures for weevil control due to the
drouth were also below normal. La-
bor during the present harvest sea-
son has been plentiful and the pre-
vailing picking rates have been low-
er than in any season during the last
fifteen years.
Unless industrial activity increases
markedly, says the report, labor will
probably be plentiful next season and
wages rates, at least through the
growing season, are likely to be low-
er than in 1930. Retail prices of
fertilizers are now lower than they
were last spring and, with prospects
for reduced sales, further reductions
in fertilizer prices seem probable. On
the other hand, supplies of home-
grown food and feed crops in the
drouth area,s are the smallest in years
and the amount farmers in these
areas will need to buy will probably
entail relatively heavy expenses dur-
ing the coming year, the report adds.
FLIER DEAD.
TWO AIDS ARE
FOUND ALIVE
White Horse, V. T-, Dec. 10.—
Capt. E. J. E. Burke, pilot missing
since Oct. 11, died from exposure, it
was learned here Wednesday with
the return of Pilot E. J- Fasson and
Burke’s two companions, Emil Fad-
ing, mechanic, and Bob Marten,
prospector, found 40 miles from the
plane. Wasson had mushed in to
where the plane was found.
Wasson and Joe Walsh, veteran
prospector, sighted the Burke plane
from the air late in November. They
returned three days later, alighted
15 miles from where they had seen
the plane and mushed in to inspect
it.
A message dated Oct. 17, saying
“Leaving for Wolf Lake, need food
badly,” was found carved in a tree
near the plane.
They returned to White Horse and
a few days ago went back to the
area where the plane was found to
search for the men.
Burke landed in the Liard river
without damaging the plane and
headed for Wolfe Lake, 50 miles
away.
In an attempt to find the Burke
party, Pilot Robin Renahan and two
companions were lost Oct. 28 near
Prince Rupert, B. C. A search for
Renahan by a cost guard cutter, two
Navy planes and several private
planes has been without result.
Samuel J. Clerf, Seattle mining
man, and Frank Hatcher, mechanic,
were with Renahan.
CLOTHING AND
SHOES NEEDED IN
CHARITY DRIVE
The home of Ramey A. Smith, on
College street, was badly damaged
by fire of unknown origin about 12
o’clock Wednesday night. The loss
falls heavily on Mr. Smith, as he car-
ried only a small amount of insur-
ance on home and furnishings.
WEATHER
OFFICERS MAKE ONE
ARREST SOON AFTER
EARTHQUAKES
REPORTED IN
MEXICO CITY
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, Dec. 11.—Sharp
earth shocks fell today at Arteaga,
Michoacan State, several hours apai’t.
The populace was reported in a panic.
None were reported dead.
TWO OFFICERS
SERIOUSLY SHOT
IN OKLAHOMA
Ardmore, Okla., Dec. 10.—Two
young desperadoes shot and critical-
ly wounded two Carter County offi-
cers at Wirt, 35 miles west of here,
late today and escaped in the offi-
cers’ car with the officers’ guns.
Kiersey, 37, deputy sheriff, was
shot through the throat, Cason, 35,
undersheriff, was shot through the
neck and through the abdomen.
Keirsey and Cason, acting on a tip,
went to Wirt in an effort to trace a
stolen car. The car was standing in
front of the house where the gun
fight took place.
Keirsey went in and attempted to
question two young men who were in
the house. Suddenly one of them
whipped out two guns and shouted:
“We’re going to kill you.”
They disarmed Keirsey, who plead-
ed with them not to kill him.
•Meanwhile, Cason, hearing the ar-
gument, came in the back door and
covered the two men. One of them
fired at Cason and Keirsey tackled
him.
Cason fell to the floor, shot thru
the abdomen. The two stopped to dis-
arm him and left. They came back in
a few minutes and took two more
shots at Cason, one bullet inflicting
a flesh wound in his neck.
The two then left the alleged stol-
en car in front of the house and fled
in Keirsey’s car.
Keirsey is a brother of Officer
Keirsey of Seminole, killed in a gun
battle at Seminole about six months
ago.
SENATOR WAGNER
MAKES APPEAL
FOR UNEMPLOYED
(By Associated Press)
Austin, Texasj Dec. 11.—Going to
his daughter’s room to call her, as
was his daily custom, Bankston today
found the body of his daughter, Mrs.
Carpenter, slumped in a corner of
her room, shot through the head.
Bankston called police, and an in-
quest was held. Officers made one
arrest.
She apparently was disturbed ear-
ly, jumped from her bed and cowered
in the corner where she was shot.
LEARN TO READ
AND WRITE IN '
30 MINUTES
(By Associated Press)
■ Washington, Dec. 11.—Senator
Wagner, Democrat of New York, to-
day demanded legislation to prevent
future unemployment.
Addressing the United States Sen-
ate, Wagner criticized President
Hoover for not presenting a perma-
nent program for controlling the ef-
fects of slack business. He also urg-
ed enactment of his bills to prevent
unemployment, which passed the
Senate last season. Wagner said he
was not opposed to the pending re-
lief measures, but ivas pleading for
a better way in the future.
East Texas—Generally fair tonight
and Friday. Colder in northwest and
southwest portions tonight.
West Texas—Fair tonight and Fri-
day. Colder in southeast portion to-
night,
Your United Charities Committee
is having calls nearly every day now
for shoes and clothing. We have
been supplying some of this demand
with second hand clothing given us
by the good people of the town but
our supply is getting low and we
would appreciate it if you have any
articles of used clothing stacked back
in the closets that we could use that
you would send it to the library or
if you cannot send it and will call
phone 86, we will arrange to send
for them, however, remember that
we are all giving of our time to this
work and it would be a great help to
the committee for you to send them
and save our having to come for
them.
COMMITTEE,
WILLARD PRINCE
SAYS RAIN OR
Willard Prince dropped down in No
Man’s Land this afternoon with his
little derby hat cocked on one side
of his head shouting that a big change
in the weather was on the way, eith-
er a cold norther that would freeze
the horns off a billy goat or a gully
washer that will overflow town
branch. He did not say which, and
we do not know.
Women’s clothes will be worn
longer for a season or two. So will
men’s.—Grand Rapids Press?,
Austin, Texas, Dec. 12.—There is
no need for a person who cannot
read or write to remain illiterate, ac-
cording to Dean T. Id. Shelby, head
of the division of extension of the
University of Texas. Dean Shelby
said a system had been worked out
by leading educators of the country
whereby a person, who cannot read
or write, can be taught to write his
name legibly in 30 minutes and is
able to read a simple lesson in as
many more minutes.
The manual, printed after months
of study and investigation, is now be-
ing distributed by the government.
Dean Shelby said the greatest at-
traction of the manual was the be-
lief course in the three R’s which
quickly turns illiterates into literate
persons.
“‘There is nothing new under the
sun’ and this book is proof of the
truth of that old adage,” Dean Shel-
by said. “The illiterate is taught to
write his name as a first lesson- A
number of copies written in grooved
letters on blotting paper are given
him. By tracing in the grooves, he
gets the form quickly. The average
illiterate will learn to write his name
by this system in about 30 minutes.
He is then taught a simple reading ha
lesson which requires about the same
amount of time.
“At seven o’clock he appears at.
the schoolhouse, unable to make a
letter of the alphabet or to distin-
guish one word in print from anoth-
er. By eight o’clock he has learned
to write his name and read a page
in his book.
“He is simuply amazed and de-
ilghted at his progress, for, like most
illiterates and many educated per-
sons, he had believed it would be ex-
tremely difficult, if not impossible,
for him to learn. The course pro-
ceeds in easy stages through a be-
ginner’s period of 24 lessons in
which the pupil is taught to write his
letters, read the news and keep sim-
ple mathematical accounts.”
HOPKINS COUNTY
COTTON GINNED
22,042 BALES
Hopkins County had ginned 22,-
042 bales of cotton this season up to :
December 1, compared with 25,054
bales for corresponding time last
year, according to the Government
report sent to H. B. Sickles, county
statistician for Hopkins County.
BUZZARD THE BODY OF
MRS. WOODRUFF
TO BE EXHUMED
(By Associated Press)
San Antonio, Dec. 11.—The body
of Mrs. Woodruff, young widow who
died after a Thanksgiving party in
the basement of a fraternity house at
Austin, is to be exhumed and an au-
topsy made at the request of rela-
tives who were dissatisfied with the:
Austin investigation at the time of
her (jeath,
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 294, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1930, newspaper, December 11, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128018/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.