The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 19, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CHAMPION
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while he was serving as dis-
trict attorney. He has many
friends here and all have the
utmost confidence in him, since
in the days that he served as
an officer he conducted the af-
fairs in a way that command-
ed respect.
Mr. O’Quinn prefaced his
remarks by saying that he had
nothing personally against Jas.
E. Ferguson>but was djscuss-
WOMEN have always had their rights
at the First National Bank. We wel-
come the personal and household ac-
counts of women, assuring every cour-
tesy and the promptest attention. Our
women patrons appreciate the service
which we render and we are pleased to
open new accounts for any woman who
desires to have the convenience and
safety afforded by a bank account.
Interest paid on Savings Accounts.
No. 25,
itors upon this occasion. Dot g-
las Swanzy came next on the
program as a representative of
the club folks of the county.
His theme was the “Benefits of
Club Work.” To say that
Douglas did himself and the
club boys and girls proud,
would be putting it mildly, to
say the least of his speech, in,
fact, it was heard on every
hand that “that boy made the
best speech I have ever heard
a boy make.” The boys and
the girls as well as the old folks
all feel proud of Douglas and
his efforts.
Mr. Geo. W. Johnson, As-
sistant State Club Agent of Tex-
as, came next on the program,
■Strong Speech Here
Saturday by W. B. O’Quinn.
According to previous an-
nouncement Hon. W.B. O’Quinn
of Lufkin appeared here Sat-
urday in behalf of Governor
Hobby for re-election as Gov-
ernor of Texas. Mr. O’Quinn
was greeted by many of his
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He quoted from the Congress-
ional record of the investiga-
tion and which showed that
of the votes at the primary, the organization was interest-
ed in the election of Mr. Fer-
guson in 1914.
Mr. O’Quinn discussed the
University matter and all the
matters pertaining to the cam-
paign, and appealed to his
hearers to not overlook the
possibility of a republican gov-
ernor of Texas in the event Mr.
Hobby was defeated in the pri-
mary, for he gave it as his hon-
est opinion that Mr. Ferguson
could not be seated if he receiv-
ed a majority of the votes.
——Pledge the President----
Attention Ladies.....
I will be at the following
named places on the date men-
tioned for the purpose of regis-
tering the women desiring to
vote in the coming primaries.
Shelbyville, June 27, 8 to 12
a. m.; Hurst June 27, 2 p. m.;
Halbert, June 27, 5 p. m.; Dre-
ka, June 28, a. m.; Patroon,
28 and 29 p. m.; East Hamilton
July 1, a. m.; Pleasant Hill, Ju-
ly 1, p. m.; New Harmony, July
8:30 the night of the same day.
The public is invited to attend
the speaking and hear Mr.
most hearty welcome to all vis- King.
----Pledge the President-----
Negroes to Leave Friday.
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View college, where they will
take special training for war
service.
----Pledge the President——.
Oil Field Development.
There is no particular news
in connection with the oil field
development in the Shelbyville
field. Well four has been
brought in, as has been stated
before, and is a fairly good pro-
ducing well, about like well
2 and 3, with a possible better
prospect. Well number 5 will
be put down but work on it will
not begin until the present well
has been finished.
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and the possibilities of club
work in Texas, concluding by
teaching the boys and girls a
number of club yells. We all
appreciated and enjoyed Mr.
Johnson’s talk very much.
Senator Collins was in Cen-
ter Saturday and advantage of
his presence was taken by the
program committee and he was
pressed in to service for a fine
£alk. He pictured to us the
days when he was a boy in p e
wilds of Hardin county, where
the razor back hog and the
long horn cow roamed the for-
est primeval almost unmolested
in a day when more thought
was given to the chase than to
the school or to the farm. Sen-
ator Collins’ speech was cut
short by the blast of the noon
whistles. We all appreciated
the speech of Senator Collins
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In the afternoon, two hours
were spent in fun-producing
contests in which practically
all the boys and girls took part.
In the egg race, Joe Thomas
came out.first best; in the sad-
dling contest, Guy Harris was
first best, in the chicken call-
ing game, little Miss Clark was
declared first best, in the hog
calling game, Arwin Largent
was victor. Second and third
prizes were also awarded in
each contest.
After the contests were con-
cluded, Mr. Willis formed the
boys into a parade and march-
ed around the square and into
the picture show where the
club members were given free
admission to see a most excel-
lent picture, “Miss U. S. A.”
Upon the whole, Saturday
was one of the biggest days
Center has ever had, marking
the beginning of a new era, in
a farming way, entering a
wedge that is destjned to clear
forever away, the remnant of
prejudice that once existed be-
tween the town and the coun-
try boy and girl, for last Satur-
day there was no town boy or
country boy but they were
formed into one united broth-
erhood and sisterhood that au-
gurs well for Shelby county
and the State of Texas.
----Pledge the President----
Steve King Speaking
Dates Next Week.
The Champion is authorized
to announce the following
speaking dates in this county
for Hon. Steve King, candidate
for congress:
Patroon, Monday night, June
24; Shelbyville, at night June
25; Huber, at flight, June 26;
He said that Mr. Ferguson had
the right of appeal), but had
not appealed his case, except
to go to the people on the plea
of his not having had a fair
deal at the hands of the Legis-
lature. In this connection he
told of several Senators who at
the beginning of the impeach-
ment proceedings, were warm
personal and political friends
of Mr. Ferguson, not only at
that time but had been for
years and had given him their
support in matters' of Legisla-
tion at every session of the Leg-
islature after he had become
Governor. In fact, they were
his stand-bys in the Senate end.
They went into the proceedings
as his friends and assisted him
all the way through, aided him
all the time for hearing by him-
self and by attorneys, that he
desired. But that at the con-
cluding days of the trial that
they become convinced that
they could not vote for his ex-
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ing the matter from a stand-
point of the best interest of
the country on one hand and
on the proposition that Mr.
Ferguson, by reason of his con-
viction and impeachment was
disqualified to hold the office,
on the other hand. He dis-
cussed the constitutional part
of the question, quoting sec-
tions of the constitution, both
state and national, dealing with
the matters of impeachment spreading German propoganda
and made a clear case against
the possibility of his being seat-
ed should he receive a majority
hand felt that to vote other Pauls Store, July 3,
than to impeach and remove Campti, July 3, p. m.; Aken, apportunities, the privileges,
June 27, a. m.; Grigsby, June
27, p. m.; Waterman, June 28,
a. m.; Stockman, June 28, p.
m.; Huber, June 29, a. m.; Ar-
cadia, June 29, p. m.; Joaquin,
June 27; to July 6 inclusive
Haslam, July 3, a. m.; Ashton,
July 3, p. m.; Tenaha, June 27
ry is won. - I
When you think of the va-
cant chair, think why it is va-
cant, and that your sons will
nelp fly “Old Glory” in Berlin.
Two negroes, Alonzo Greer
Whites to Leave Monday. and Henry Osby went to Prairie
Senator Collins Aiken, at night, June 27; Stock-
man, at night, June 28; Timp-
son, Saturday, June 29 at 2:30
p. m. and at Tenaha at 4:30 of
the same day and at Haslam at had the opportunity until victq-
“Women’s Rights”
him from office, that they
would be untrue to their obli-
gation to their constituency
and to themselves. Mr.
O’Quinn went into? detail on
many of the subjects and re-
personal friends, friend^ ceived considerable applause
■of other days in Shelby county throughout his speech.
Possibly the most stratling to July 6 inclusive; Paxton, Ju-
part of the argument was his
reference to the German-Amer-
ican Alliance. He told of the
organization of this organiza-
tion, its,securing from congress
a charter to do business in
America and told of its affilia-
tion with a like organization in
Germany. He told the pur-
poses of the organization as
having for its object to teach-
ing of the German language in
the schools and colleges of this
country, for the spreading of
German kulture, etc. He told
of the investigation of the acts
of the organization, after
America had entered the war,
and told of the facts that were
brought out which showed
that the organization was a dis-
loyal organization and work-
ing to the interest of Germany,
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FERGUSON TO SPEAK
AT TIMPSON TOMORROW x
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. .The Champion is requested
to announce that James E. Fer-
guson, candidate for Governor,
will speak at Timpson tomor-
row night (Thursday) at 8:30
o’clock.
----Pledge the President——
Shelby County Soldiers to
A. & M. for Special Course,
Last Friday seven Shelby
county boys left here for A. &
M. College, where they will
take special mechanical train-
ing for military service. Those
going were: Vessie Wiggins,
East Hamilton; Bishop Porter,
Center; S. F. Neal, Center; Tal-
mage Reese, Joaquin; C. J.
Black, Joaquin; Carl Hayden,
Tenaha and Obie Andrews,
Center.
Yesterday morning The
Champion received the follow-
ing letter from them, the let-
ter being signed by each one of
the above mentioned:
College' Station, Sunday Eve.
Editor Champion:
We reached College Station
Saturday morning at 1 o’clock.
Picking them up along the way
we had 59 more, making a total
ot 66. We lay over in Silsbee
three hours and Navasota one
hour.
We were met at the train by
two officers who marched us to
our barracks and assigned our
rooms. We were lined up at
6 o’clock and marched to the
mess hall which seats two
thousand people. ' We are
twenty four hundred in num-
ber now. After mess we were
marched to the medical board
where we were examined, then
to head-quarters where we
signed up for service. After
our evening mess marched to’
the medical board where we
received our first serum for ty-
phoid, in the right arm, and
vaccinated in the left.
We are well pleased with
our branch of the service, so
pleased that we have all about
decided we wouldn’t swap jobs
with the president. We are
anxious to get started after the
kaisers goat.
In signing up, our musical
talent was questioned, and
Frank Neal, Obie Andrews
and Clim Black had to report
for duty at the band.
We have all the modern con-
veniences the high school boys
have in fact we occupy their
quarters. A big lot of framed
barracks are under construc-
tion for use after the school
starts in the fall. <
To the Home Folks:—You
should be glad to send us, if
we are glad to give our sevice,
for the sake of humanity and
“Old Glory.” None of us
would come back now if
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Center, Shelby County, Texas, June 19, 1918
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honoration, but on the other 2, a. m.; Huxley, July 2, p. m. making us a very inspiring and
~ \ , a. m.; instructive talk, picturing the
ly 3,; Timpson, June 27 to July
6 inclusive ;Neuville, June 28.
COHRON DAVIS,
Tax Collector.
----Pledge the President----
County Agricultural
Club Day Success.
Last Saturday was a red let-
ter day for the boys and girls
of Shelby county.,. It was
County Club Day and a very
fine program was rendered
which kept every boy and girl
on the expectant go from 10 a.
m. to 4 p. m. with the maxi-
mum of interest in each phase verjr much,
of the program. The day was
ideal from every view-point
and a very large crowd of, not
only the boys and girls of the
county, but of the fathers and
mothers of those boys and girls.
Prizes had been offered for
each contest and for the best
farm exhibit, and, as a result
a magnificent display of near-
ly everything grown on the
farm in Texas could be found
in the collection. Probably,
the best exhibit of any one
crop, was corn, and it seems
impossible that corn will grow
to the enormous proportions
that we saw in the corn collec-
tion here Saturday; one.speci-
men measured 15 feet in height
with fine prospects for 4 ears
to the stalk, while we noted
severaj that were not quite so
high but gave prospect for ev-
en a better fruitage. One
sample stalk of cotton had 43
well developed squares already
set and the stalk seemed just
beginning to fruit. Of the oth-
er field crops besides corn and
cotton, were oats and wheat of
the finest quality, while among
the garden crops were noted
several cabbage heads that
weighed 10 and 12 pounds, on-
ions in proportion to the cab-
bage, turnips, beans, peppers,
and potatoes. To each boy
exhibiting corn or cotton, a
prize of $2.10 was given for
each of the two exhibits. This
was made possible by the gen-
erosity of the visitors, the busi-
ness men ef Center, and the
untiring efforts of Prof. W. G.
Harris who made the collection
for that purpose.
The program of the day be-
gan at 10:30 a, m. with an in-
vocation by T
followed by an address of wel-
come by Judge Postell. The
Judge was in his happiest mood
and for thirty minutes, por-
trayed to the boys and girls the
beauties and opportunities of
the farm, concluding with a
The local board received in-
structions yesterday to entrain
the negroes drafts, list publish-
ed in paper last week, Friday
morning. They are summons-
ed to report here tomorrow af-
ternoon.
The instructions called for
the entrainment of the whites,
list published last week, Mon-
day morning and they are sum-
monsed to report here Sunday
afternoon. It is possible that
the board will be asked to send
additional ones in this list,
though this is not an official
announcement.
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Gilmore, R. M. The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 19, 1918, newspaper, June 19, 1918; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1321387/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.