Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 166, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
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Gainesville Reformatory
LOCAL LEGION
TO DECORATE
CITY STREETS
City toi Present Pretty
Appearance for Odd
Fellows’ Meet.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE HAS
NOT YET REACHED DECISION
ON TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
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WHITEWAY FOR
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This sub-committee worked most
of Wednesday night and Thursday
night, drawing up the platform. The
members could not agree on the klan
and league planks. Hence, they sub- •
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SPEAKS HERE
ON THURSDAY
SECOND CHARGE
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PARTY’S STANDARD BEARER OF
FOUR YEARS’ AGO GIVEN GREAT
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United Press Headquarters, Wal-
dorf Hotel, New York, June 27.—The
resolutions committee of the. Demo- «
cratic convention today swung into
its third day of labor in an attempt
to draft planks covering the Ku Klux •
Klan and League of Nations.
So bitter has the klan situation
become that leaders desire to avert
a fight on the issue on the floor of
the convention at all costs.
Dragging of the klan debate to
the floor, it is recognized, might split /
the party wide open, to heated baveft
the contending factions become. £
Advocates of a strong endorsement^
of entrance into the League of Na-w
tions are equally insistent with an- ,
ti-klan leaders that such a league \
plank be adopted.
As a result of the delicate situa-
tion, the full resolutions committee,
after long hours of weary haggling,
voted at 3.30 a. m. today to turn
the task of drafting planks to cover
the two major issues back to the
KLAN ISSUE BEfO.
sand acres under lease where they
to find a paying oil well around of
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The Nocona field now has eight in
big gas wells and one r:’ ’ j
Most every foot of acreage in Mon- ha
tague county fa under lease and oil th
men feel sure that this county some I of
the biggest oil ne
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Florida, was his party’s undisputed
leader.
The demonstration like that of Cox
manifestedly was another tribute to
a name revered in party history than
a manifestation of support for the
man placed in nomination today.
Wther candidates placed in nomina-
tion today were Governor Fred
Brown of New Hampshire and Gov-
ernor Silzer af New Jersey.
Scout Executive
Goes To Pilot Point
Scout Executive Frank I. Kidd left
Friday afternoon for Pilot Point for
the purpose of inspecting the Boy
Scout troop of that place, and ar-
ranging for the registration of the
boys enrolled in the troop. Mr. Kidd
held the Scoutmaster’s Training
• Course at Denton Thursday night,
and states that the meeting was very
successful from every standpoint.
Boy Scouts To Have
“Feed” This Evening
The members nf Troop One, Boy
Scouts of America, will hold their
regular meeting in the basement of
the Whaley Memorial Methodist
church shortly after the band con-
cert this evening, according to Scout-
master Talmage Nutting, who states
nhat there will also be "eats’’ for the
wys who attend.
Tonight and Saturday
fair, continued warm.
^AfiT AND WEST TEXAS—Tq-
^Kt and Saturday—Generally fair
MS continued warm.
TODAY’S PROGRAM AT THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Convenes 10.30 a. m.
Invocation by Rev. Dr. Dwight
W. Wylie, Central Presbyterian
church.
Resumption of roll call for nom-
inating and seconding speeches.
Probably balloting for presi-
dential candidate, or presentation
of platform tonight.
Those to be placed in jiomina-
tfan todajH Gov. Selzer of New
Jersey; Charles W. Bryan of Ne-
braska; James M. Cox of Ohio;
Senate/ Carter Glass, Virginia;
John W. Davis, West Virginia.
Well On Whaley &
Jones Land Is Down
To 1,200 Feet •
Good Roads
The senator declared he was in
favor of good roads, but he wanted
Xp see the automobile tax wiped out.
He explained that two persons buy
the same kind of automobiles and
pay the same license tax for the up-
keep of the roads. One person may
travel 25,000 miles dwring the year
over the roads of the state, while
the other m<y not travel 500 miles,
yet they both pay the same for up-
keep.
“My plan is to establish a gaso-
line tax of tour cents,** Burkett de-
clared,” and make the person who
uses the roads pay for them. A tax
of 4 cents on gasoline would pro-
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this pipe can be unloaded and taken
‘to the well the drillers will proceed
with their jrork and every effort
will be made to eliminate the water
trouble. At the time this we’l was
cloned down several weeks
had < good showing of both <
g*a- »•
Just as soon as a
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I up on this test again.
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Fort Worth, June 27.—Jazz and
joy rides Thursday morning sent
pretty Mildred Barnett, 15, daugh-
ter of H. C. Barnett, 2725 Loring
Avenue, to the reformatory for way-
ward girls at Gainesville, according
to statements of witnesses. In that
institution she, will have from one to
five years in which to mend her
ways. /
The hand of the girl’s father sign-
ed away her liberty. A carpenter,
he stood in Juvenile Court and told
C. E. Baker, chief probation officer,
that Mildred “is going to prison.”
• “Jazz and joy rides almost have
ruined her life.” he said. “She has
no mother at home and I can’t give
her the attention that a girl of her
age needs. So I’m going to give her
up to the reformatory and see if
they can’t make her over.”
The girl was charged with theft
of an automobile from a salesman
he of the Percy Garrett Motor "Com-
pany. It was through a clever ruse
left at that she procured the coupe a few
” days ago. Flashily dressed, she
went to the salesroom of the auto-
mobile concern and asked for a dem
onstration. The salesman took her
”orth Sid* he y»w rr fn •»» v
Dr. Higgins Addresses
Physicians at Meeting
Dr. D. M. Higgins, well known lo-
cal physician and surgeon, addressed
the medical men assembled at the
convention of the North Texas Med-
ical Association held in Decatur thia
week on the subject of “Surgery.”
The doctors were royally entertained
while in Decatur, and enjoyed every
moment of their stay there.
“There are more than 20,-
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tutions, and the tuition they would
pay, together with one-fourth of the
automobile license tax, would pro-
vide sufficient funds to extend the
school terms to six months.
" “It might be said that the college
students could *ot pay tuition, but
I know it to be a fact that 80 per
cent of these students are able to
pay, and the remaining 20 per cent
have received sufficient education
after they ^complete a high ecSool
course to be able to earn enough
money to complete their educational
work in the higher institutions of
learning.”
Temperature Reaches
The Century Mark Here
For the first time in more than a
week^ the temperature reachpd a
maximum of 100 degrees here Fri-
day afternoon about 2.30 o’clock.
The temperature has been one de-
gree higher each day since last Mon-
day when the maximum registra-
tion was 96 degrees. The minimum
temperature Thursday night was 73
degrees.
The well being drilled by the Red
River Drilling Company* on the
Whaley & Jones ranch some nine
miles northwest of .Gainesville has
now reached a depth of tome 1,200
feet and the drill is now passing
_"i a very hard formation.
Some of the best geologists in the
United States haye made
the territory w
ing drilled and the indications for
finding both oil and gas arc said to
be very favnrable. The oil here
should be found within the next few
hundred feet.
The five inch casi
in the Big Indian w<
burg should reach Whitesboro the
first part of next week. As soon as
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and in
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had
The No. 1 well of the Boyd Oil
Company on the Salmon ranch some
ten miles northeast of Nocona has
increased in production to 108 bar-
rels pei day. When this well was
first drilled in it made 72 barrels
per day, then the production was in-
creased within a couple of days to
96 barrels per day and the well con-
tinues to show a little better each
day. The actual gauged production
Thursday was 108 barrels. The oil
is now taken from this well with a
big ten inph bailer, but just as aoon
aa a pump is installed the well will
produce from 150 to 200 barrels per ,
day. The actual depth of this well'
is 902 feet and the drill is only -two '
feet in the sand. Oil men are of
tha opinion that the sand found in
this well will produce for many years
and should make a wonderful pum-
per, as well as all the others wells
that should be found in this same ter-
ritory. J '' y
The Boyd Company will toon start
a 3-500 foot test on the Salmon
ranch near where they have just com-
pleted this shallow well. This deep
test will be^Watched with much in-
terest.
TM O’Donohue Company of Wich-
ita Falla now have a rotary rig mov-
ing in on the Jackson farm for a
test and this same company will also
have a well drilled on the Howard
farm. Both of these testa are north
of the new Boyd well.
The 'Jexhoma Oil Company of
Wichita Falls made location for a
well this week to be drilled on the
Bealdin farm about one mile north-
west of the Boyd welt
The Boyd Company just completed
a sixty million foot gas well at 550
feet on the Loy farm near Red river
some two miles northwest of their
new shallow oil well on the Salmon
tract.
The Texas Company is going down
at this time with a test well on* the
Gist farm which is located some two
mites due west of the Boyd welL drafting sub committee.
This is a very important test and — “
is- being closely watched by the oil
scouts. This well u being drilled
just a short distance south of the
j gas structure in the Nocona field
and the Texas Company feel very
hopeful of picking up a paying oil
■and here at a reasonable depth.
Should this prove a paying oil well
it will open much new territory to
the west of the Boyd shallow wejl.
Several wells are now being drill-
ed just across Red River in Jeffer-
son county from Nocona and some
of these are soon due to reach the
pay sand. The Jefferson field at
this time has two oil wells' and one through
b>0 gas well and soipe eight other
tests are now being drilled for this
same sand, which has been found at
1372 feet in that field.
Work fa being pushed on the
bridge being erected by the Nocona
Bridge Company across Red river
some nine miles northwest of No-
cona. Austin Bros. Construction Co.
have the contract for the erection of
this bridge and they agree to have.
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ture ready for use by August
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Barbecue Planned At
Caeafield July 10.
A big picnic and barbecue is to be
held at Coesfield on July 10, ac-
cording to the plans being made by
the people of that community. Two
Farm Labor Union speakers will ad-
dress the gathering during the day.
and a number of candidates will also
■peak. Amusmeent features for all
who attend are to be provided, and
toe people of Cooke county are in-
'Wted to be present.
Mrs. Haas Stands
Successful Operation.
^4rs. J. E. Haas, wife of J. E. Haag,
l<*tl M7 K. A T. conductor, was op-
erated on tn the Sherman Sanitarium
Thursday morning, and is getting
along nicely, according to a
gram| received by Mr. Haas here
Thursday afternoon. A small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haas who
underwent an operation for the re-
moval fo her tonsil here last week,
is also reported recovering nicely.
S. J. Kennerly—“I’m
favor of it.”
J. M. Botter—“I heartily favor-it.”
R. M. Field—“I’m ready to sign
up now.” •
The remainder of those present
for the most part also expressed
their approval and interest in the
movement, and a motion was passed
to appoint two committees to secure
the signatures oLproperty owners to
a paper signifying their intention of
financing the street light system.
The oon^mitj qfea appointed were
Frank Morris, Jr. and Luther Tur-
ner, and Floyd Watts and William
Sipipson, while Leo M. Kuehn will
assist both committees.
The following signed up for the
street lights before the meeting was
concluded Thursday evening: Tyler
and Simpson Company, Turner Hotel,
Watts Bros., First State Bank, R. M.
Field, H. F. Smith, W. A. Robert-
son and Kuehn and Levin.
The work of securing signatures is
progressing 'rapidly, a number of ad-
ditional business men having signed
up Friday, and their names will be
published in another list to appear
in The Register within the next few
days.
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oil &ud
new boiler ar-
will be
sfaeets
Letter Received By
Sister Concerns the
Atlantic Voyage.
An interesting story of the trip
across the Atlantic Ocean from New
York City to London, England, is
told by State Ranger Captain Tom
R. Hickman of Gainesville in a let-
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who vesides on North Mills street.
Captain Hickman is one of the
judges of the Tex Austin Rodeo Co.,
which is staging a real American
rodeo in the Imperial Stadium at
Wembley, London.
Captain Hickmairt letter was writ-
ten on board the Steamship Menom-
inee on Monday, June 2, before the
troupe had landed. Since that- time,
the rodeo has been staging perform-
ances in London before immense,
crowds, according to press reports re-
ceived here.
“I am now nine days east of New
York City, or 2,560 miles away from
the United States,” Captain Hick-
man writes, “and we will land iu
London about Friday, June 6.
“The reporters of all. the big news-
papers in New York and the repre-
sentatives of the London papers
have besieged me for interviews and
pictures nf myself and the little
Texas pony that I an) taking over
to give to the Prince of Wales. Some
of them seem to think that |his voy-
age is being made for no other pur-
pose but to take the Prince a pony.
“I have nat been a bit seasick and
I am getting so fat that my clothes
won’t button. These Englishmen
certainly do feed. They serve four
meals a day and besides that, the
steward brings us coffee and fruit
before we get out of bed each morn-
ing.
“All expenses, even horse feed on
this boat is being paid by the .Brit-
ish government. We have 120 people
and 238 head of horses on the ship.
The cattle, 300 head, and 25 people
went on another boat which should
already b<_ in London.
“I will have only one week for
sightseeing before the show starts,
but I am going to go when I get a
chance ot get off of the ship. My
horses have come along in •fine shape.
I hope to leave England by July 2,
and thereby have time for a short
visit in Louisville and Tompkins-
ville, Ky., before I return to Texas in
time to vote.”
Captain Hickman is one of three
Pr®gram at the Training
School to be Held Tonight
The regular Friday evening
gram i
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evening in order to enable those who
wish to attend to get back in time
for the Boys Band concert at the
courthouse. The program at the
Training school tonight will be of a
miscellaneous nature.
State Senator Joe Burkett of East-
land, Texas, candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor of,
Texas, addressed a crowd of about j
150 .people assembled on the band-
stand, corner California and Com-
merce streets Thursday night in the
interest of his campaign.
The speaker opened his address by
narrating a few facts concerning his
record in public life, having served
as district judge, county judge, dis-
trict clerk, state representative and
state’ senator during the past four-
teen years, and not having been de-
feated in any race in which he par-
ticipated.
He discussed leading issues, of the
campaign, and also took several of
his opponents to task for statements
which he declared were untrue. He
issued a challenge to one of the can-
didates for governor, Lynch David-
son, declaring that he dared David-
son to prove that the penitentiary
system of Texas has cost the state
more than $840,000 during the past
fifty-four years, asserting that he — — - —
had received the oorrect figures from to his sister, ^Mrs. A. J. Conley,
the auditor of the system, and thht
the cost to the state did not ex-
ceed $840,000 in the 54 year period.
Education .
Burkett gave his plan for financ-
ing the educational system of tiie
state, declaring that an effort should
be made to increase the average
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each property owner being not more
than $2.50 per front foot. The ter- learning in Texas,” the speaker de-
ritory to be included in the lighted clared. “There are more than 20,-
district extends from the Santa Fe 000 men. and women in these insti-
railroad on East California street to
_____ _____________ Chestnut street intersection of W’est
ation of Governor Charie^ Bryan, of California street, and around the
Nebraska, a brother of the great “
commoner. At the name the con-
vention arose cheering and several
western delegates started a parade
around the hall.
Once again the Democratic conven-
tion rang with shouts of “Hurrah
for Bryan”, while the band played
the tunes of old days when William
Jennings Bryan, now a delegate from
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Democrats Pay Tribute to James Cox of Ohio
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Name of Former Ohio Governor Placed In
Nomination at Madison* Square Garden
Friday Morning Amid Remarkably .Color-
ful Demonstration by Delegates.
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Madison Square Garden, New York, ,
June 27.—(Associated Press)—Paus- '
ing in the midst of party conten-
tions of its favorite of the hour, the
Democratic national convention
united today in colorful tribute to
its fighting leadership of the past.
While a band in a far gallery
played, “Should Auld Acquaintance
Be Forgot” delegates from every
state stood on their chairs and cheer-
ed the name of James Cox of Ohio,
the party’s standard bearer m the
desperate and) disastrous battle of
four years ago.
It was a personal tribute, unor-
ganized and unguided, conveying the
gratitude of democracy for the ag-
gressive fight of the former Ohio gov-
ernor to stem the mighty Republican
tide of 1920.
Ohio led in the demonstration
which lasted for a quarter of an hour
after Mr. Cox’s name had been placed
in nomination for the presidency by
Newton Baler, President Wilson's
war-time secretary who himself re-
ceived a warm-hearted welcome and
aroused repeated applause by his
praise for the Wilson policy and
the League of Nations. '
But a moment laber the delegates ____________________ „
returned to their rivalry over Me-.Dallas, explained in a clear manner ' w'h°ol term of four months now ex-
Adoo and Smith with more demon-[the value of street illumination, andi‘8t‘n" *n Texas, to a period of six
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He stated that'raisinS taxea> Mr- Burkett declared,
. 1 flvowr boro alvoa/lvr roe/ hcwl 4 Ko
made, the cost of installing the 47 i Hnait.
liverej for the candidates not reach- about $7,600, the maximum cost to j charge tuition af $150 for annual at-
ed on yesterday’s roll call and the
way cleared to begin ballot tonight
or Saturday.
During the afternoon, the Cox dem-
onstration had a counterpart in one
that followed the placing in nomin-
Madison Souare Garden. New York.
June 27.—(United Press.)—The Ku
Klux Klan as a political issue eom-
ptetely dominated the Democratic na-
tional convention as the delegates
gathered for the fourth session of .
their meeting here today.
While the sub-committee of the
resolutions committee was getting
near the burden for another attempt
to draft a plank no the klan and on
the League of Nations that might
be accepted by the convention, it
was evident that everything is now
turning up->n the question of whether
the klan shall be denounced by name.
The forces of William G. McAdoo
are endeavoring* to bring about a
situation similar to” that which de-
veloped in }904_ when Alvon B. Par-
ker was nominated. They hope to ,
continue their fight within the reso-
lutions committee against naming the
klan long enough t o force balloting
in the convention for presidential
nominees before the platform is
adopted.
McAddo adnjjttedly has the great-
est early delegation strength. With
a gpod showing through several balA
lots, the McAdoo people believe they ?
can force the platform framers to
eliminate reference to the .klan. .Or
they further calculate if they should s
be able to muster the necessary two-
thirds majority and nominate Mc-
Adoo before the platform is present-
ed, the former treasury secretary
could then demand that reference to
the klan be eliminated as Parker de-
manded that a gold plank be writ-
ten.
courthouse square.
Following Mr. Mitchell’s talk,
those present were called upon to ex-
press themsleves concerning the pro-
ject, and among the expressions were
the following: .«
William Simpson—“Am ready now.”
W. A. Robertson—“Will sign up
now.”
, Funeral services for Mrs. R. C.
Bone, age 78, who died in Los An-
geles Saturday, will be held in the
First Presbyterian church Saturday
at 9 o’clock. The body is
to Arrive on the Santa Fe
tonight and will be conveyed from
the station to the home of her son,
L. F. Bone, 811 North Dixon street,
until 8j30 tomorrow when it will be
removA to the church.
Mrs. Bone resided in Gainesville
about 45 years until a few years ago
when she went to Los Angeles to
make her home with a daughter,
Mrs. G. L. Pennybacker. She was
an active member of the First Pres-'
byterian church here and the serv-
icer will be conducted by Dr. R. E.
Joiner, pastor of the church. /f
She is survived by six children, as
follows: Mrs. G. L. Pennybacker, Loa
Angeles; Mrs. C. C. Brady, El Paso;
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Frank Bone, Hereford, Tepas; R. C.
Bone, Childress, Texas, and L. F.
Bone of Gainesville. They will all
be here to attend the funeral except
Mrs. Nawfon who is in Los Angeles
now and Frank Bone of Hereford
who cannot be here on account of
illness- • k?
The following have been choeen to
act as pallbearers: W. B. ^inna, Wm.
Tyler, G. W, Bradley, 8. J. Kmuwrly,
Henry Fresher, W. W. Levefett. The
llbearers are H. H. Rob-
Lacy, Chas. Priddy, V. P.
" Z , Frank Pitt-’
Prnrcy, John Cobble, J.
and D. B. DeBerry.
A charge of introducing stolen
property into Cooke coutny was filed
against Ray Pitcock in district court
here Friday. Pitcock was arrested
at Nocona Wednesday, having been
wanted here on a charge of swind-
ling, it being alleged that he pass-
ed five worthless checks at local bus-
iness establishments.
The second) tharge grew out of the
allegations that an automobile T
had been driving, was stolen in Ok-
mulgee. Okla. The car was l«.
Nocona, and Detective Oeeil Burch
went to Noeona Thursday night,
where the machine was identified by
its owner. Pitcoek is being held in
the county jail here.
Second Band Concert
of Season Tonight
The second band concert of the
Season is to be given by the local
boy’s band on the mrthwest corner
of the courthouse square in the new
bandstand, according to
Garey C. Shell. The same program
which was to have been given last
Friday nij t will be played this
evening, a number of hew pieces be-
in^ included on the list.
Dry Gcods Stores To
Have Longer Hours I
At a meeting this morning of the
dry goods, cbthiers and shoe mer-
chants it was decided to keep all
the stores open until 9.30 o’clock
every Saturday evening during the
harvest season, thus enabling the
farmers to their week's shopping
after working hours. Heretofore the
stores closed at 9 o’clock on Satur-
day, but during the month of July
the time has keen extended 30 min-
New York, June 27.— (Associated
Press.)—The Ku Klux Klan and
League of Nations remained today
the only stumbling block in the way
of an agreement among the' Demo-
cratic pltaform builders. ( /
On all other planks, including
even those dealing with prohibition,
agriculture and transportation, the
platform committee of the Demo-
cratic national convention was in ac-
cord.
The platform committee toiled over
the party declarations until nearly
3JO o’clock this morning before giv-
ing up the effort to complete its
work. It finally adjourned, however,
until this afternoon after instructing
the drafting committee to meet this
morning for another attempt to
reach an agreement on the klan and
league issues. .
Thirty-five or more planks had
been put into place when the com-
mittee adjourned and little difficulty
was encountered until the klan and
league question were reached.
The first and principal plank as
reported by the sub-committee and
efficiency and corruption” charging
the present administration with fail-
ure and accusing it of “attempting
to impede and stop” the senate in-
vestigations.
For relief of agriculture the com-
mittee would pledge the party to
foster the creation of national co-
operative marketing associations and
a corporation or commission to in-
crease exports of farm products; to
seek reduction of transportation
costs on products through develop-
ment of internal waterways and to
move for revision for the tariff and
of rail and water transportation
rates.
The sub committee law enforcement
declaration was revised by the com-
tnittee to make the pledge apply
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Adjourned Until Afternoon at Three o’Clock
Friday Morning After All Night Session;
McAdoo Campaign Managers Disavow
Sympathy for Religious Intolerance.
PRODUCTION'
NOCONA WELL
IS INCREASED
Beginning on Tuesday, July 22,
when the district Odd Fellows’ and
Rebekahs* convention convenes here,
Gainesville will be uniformly decor-
ated hereafter on special occasions,
according to the plans of the officers
of the Dennis-Anderson Post of the
American Legion.
A. C. Berry, wifh the Shenandoah
Decorating Company »f Shenandoah,
Iowa, has been in the -city several
days this week, and, with the offi-
cials of the Legion, has sold 116 mer-
chants and property owners, equip-
ment for the uniform decorating
system which will be installed in
time for use On July. 22, and it is
also the plan of the Legion tn ad-
vocate the placing of the flags on
Trades Days here.
Local Legionnaires who assisted in
the campaign to secure the uniform
decorating were Bost Commander
Frank R. Stanford, John 8. Hardy,
Joe B. Pettit and Henry Lynch, each
.if whom spent considerable time in
securing the signatures of merchants
to the contract.
Equipment Furnished
The contracts which have been
closed, call for the installation by
the Legion of a small housing in the
sidewalk, eight inches from the edge
of the curb, a twelve foot varnished
flag staff, with rope, and one 4x6
fc.it fast American flag. The price
of this complete outfit is $4-85, to
be paid for when delivered and in-
stalled by the legion.
The staff containers are placed per-
manently in the side walk, and on
the day of a celebration when a dis-
play of flags is desired, the flag
staff may be quickly inserted in the
holder, and on the tetreets of Gaines-
ville may be seen more' than 100
large American flags, uniformly dis-
played in front of practically every
business establishment.
An order for 35 extra outfits was
placed by the legion, with a view of
having calls for them after the first
lot is installed. Frank Stanford,
post commander of the Legion, states
that those who solicited the sale of
the flags were unable to see every
merchant, and in case any of them de-
sire the flags and equipment, they
may place their order by seeing him
at J. O. Patterson’s Dry Goods Store.
Similar flag displays have been in-
stalled at Denison, McKinney and
other neighboring towns, and it is
said that the flags present a very
gala and patriotic appearance when
they are placed on display.
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judges chosen from the
Stakes and Canada to accompai
rodeo performers to England, i
also presented to the Prince
Wales, a fine pony, which he
owned for same time.
MRS. ROME
BURIED SATURDAY g
"’.n, ■ V
The regular Friday evening pro-
—=i at the Girls Training school
will begin on the lawn at 6.30 this
' _ * _ ‘ ’ ’’----vi
wish to attend to get back in time
at the
be I “My solution of the problem is to
tendance at the higher institutions of
A system of street lights for Cal-
ifornia Street and the courthouse
square appears ^assured, following a
meeting of the property owners on
the streets anil the (ward of direc-
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
held in the Chamber of Commerce’of-
fice Thursday evening, at which much
enthusiasm over the project was dis-
played.
Leo M. Kuehn, president of the
Chamber of Commerce presided at
the meeting, and about fifty busi-
ness men were present.
, L. Mitchell, electrical engineer from
Me- .Dallas, explained in j. ..........
___ ______ aon-[the value of street illumination, andl‘8tinF in Texas, to a period of six
strations and oounter-demonstrutions haw it could be secured in the most jmonths. T’ __ _ :
as speakers from a dozen states pro- economical manner. L„ . ..
ceeded with a long string of second- according to estimates that have been (f.or. ^iey have already reached the
ing speeches.
Nominating speeches also were de-1 electric light standards wouM
their work- completed and the struc-
Mrs. H. O. Newton, Wichita Falls; jf B good oil field is opei
sides of the river this bri
* big paying proportion.
The Gulf Oil company wiU be
drilling the next few days on their
4J00 foot teat about one miles south-
east of the town of Nocona. The
Gulf company has some eleven thou-
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are drilling this test arid they
stopped to get rome cigarets. And
he didn’t see the automobile any
more until the girl was apprehend-
ed late Wednesday by City Detec-
tives Reagan and Smith, according to
evidence. .
Mildred was tearful as she faced
a battery of officers at her trial
Several weeks ago, in another au-
tomobile, she had run over a woman,
Capt. Henry Lewis and Lieut. W. E.
Wyatt of police headquarters, told
Baker. And she ran away without
rendering aid, the officers declared.
“Fm the boss of you,” the girl’s
father said to her, when she attempt-
ed to persuade him not to sign away
her liberty. “You’re my daughter.
I guess your old daddy knows what’s
best for’you, hmey. You’ve had, too
much jazz and. joy riding.’ I think
they’ll take some of your wild de-
sires away from you up at Gaines-
ville. Come on home with me and
pack your clothes. We leave here uem, o. i. «_u»b.
at 1 o’clock for the reformatory and Keel, Will Merzbacher,
wefre goto* ta an lMutomobfi^. “
quite a while and I’m sorrvthat it
won’t be a joy ride. But I’m glad
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 166, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1924, newspaper, June 27, 1924; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1323026/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.