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Number 254
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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1925.
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TRIAL SET FOR
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ATTORNEYS CONSIDER ASKING
NEW TRIAL FOR V. A. HARUN
Boy*. The- youth
place*
motion of Judge
ty* and Assistant County Attorney
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•a a result of the rain* dur
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Illi
Chairman of House
Committee on Stand
Before Inquiry.
J. Harris Keeps His
Home Run Record
Up to Standard.
Stinging From Shut-
out Sunday, Nation-
als Go On Warpath.
congretm
in aome
Continued on Account
of Illness of Wife of
Defendant.
WAS ACTIVE AT
VALLEY VIEW
TWENTY-FIVE
DIE IN WEEK-
ENDACCIDENTS
A Pleasure Boat Is
Capsized; Fourteen
Persons Lost.
printed by
amounting
No
the
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are ex-
Texaa
—Too Much Efficiency—
Over 2,500
Registered at Fair
from Gatesville, Texa*.
went to |
Pity the Poor School Teachers
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the service will be started will be
made soon Mr. Wanamaker said.
—Too Much Efficiency—
Paralyzed Negro
Is Electrocuted
in vest iga ti
some fz~-
in
line.
Harris walked.
Goslin at third,
rora.
rice paid on the
from 15c to 21
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HAPPENINGS
’of THE DAY
New York, Oct; 12.—An airplane
service between New /York and Mi-
nes manufactured
STORY MURDER “
mi
il door, secured about $5
Prosecution Did Not
Contest Application
Of The Defense.
not l>e Safely left to the armed forcys
if we ire to take our place among
tla> countries of the world in the air.
Surely it is not too much to expect
ttat tlH‘ millions spent should have
purchased more than is in evidence
in tangible results."
Madden cited the purchase of 262
Denton Man Sentenced to Serve 99 Years in
State Penitentiary For Slaying of Deputy
Sheriff R. B. Parsons, August 6.
PIRATES SLAUGHTER 4 SENATOR TWIRLERS
nary l*>ya; never gets sick; never
sasses the stenographer; in-ver goes
to a ball game; never w<
grandmother * funreal ”
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Money Spent on ‘Pur-
poseless, Meaning-
less Orgy,’ He Says.
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Bellefonte. Pa., Oct. 12.—(Associat-
ed Press.)—Paralyzed from the waist
down by the bullet that caused hi*
capture, Edward Stevenson, negro
was carried on a stretcher to the
death chamber of the Western Peni-
jUnecntesL Stevenson killed Deputy
■Constable Robert Mason in Union-
town in January, 1024, during a
gambling raid.
—Too Much Efficiency—
McMillan Party
Reaches Home
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Dalles. Oct. 12.—Guilty of murder,
with a sentence of ninety-nine years
in the penitentiary, was the verdict
rendered in District Criminal Court
morning at 8.55 o’clock
by the jury against Winburn A. Mar-
tin of lienton for killing Deputy
Sheriff R. B. Parsons of Dentun coun-
ty on the Denton public square Aug.
6. Martin, who sat with his 8-year-
old son. nervously awaiting the ver-
dict, was unmoved when the prison
sentence was read by Judge Pippen.
Attorney Maury Hughes. Manin’s
counsel, told newspajter men in Mar-
tin’s hearing just after the verdict
was read that he would file a mo-
tion for a new trial Monday morn-
ing.
tin’s attorneys would not ask for a
new trial provided they received as-
surance that Martin will not have to
on other indictments
against him Among these are several
for robbery with firearms, a capital
offense in Texas, punishable by death
as an extreme penalty.
—Too Much Efficiency—
Seven Men Are
Taken to Pen
Cemetery Association
Is Called to Meet
The Fairview tametery Association
in called to meet Friday morning at
the ( hamtar of Commerce at 10
o'clock, Mrs. Roy Potter, secretary
of the organization, han announced.
Hunines* of importance is to be trans-
acted and all person* interested ar®
urged to attend.
> Houston. Texas, Oct. 12.—(Asso-
ciated Press.)—A good feed crop will
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vided frost does not come too early,
the government October 1 crop re-
port made public today, indicated
JThe report said that nearly all crops
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Wolf Ridge Club
Wins Phonograph
A Victrola donated by R. M. Field’s
Bookstore wan awarded to the WoW
Ridge Women’s Club at the Cooke
County Free Fair here Saturday. The
machine wan offered to the club of
which a representative came the
nearest of guessing the number of
the Vietrola, and Mrs. Conns Allen
was the winner of the contest.
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<jf Denton county on whose farm in-1 ami. Fla., using plai
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thoritiea recently led"to tW'indict- 4 the John w*namaker department
meat of a number of Denton county'
men on charges of bank robbery and
other crimes alleged to have been
committed in the past several years.
F. M. Chandler, special prosecutor
from Stephensville. was n<4 present
Monday, county Attorney Hooper of
Widow Loses Purse
Containing 9IS.
A small round purse containing
one $10 bill and one $.'» bill was lost
by a widow residing in the west part
of the city here late Saturday, it was
reported to the police department
The wonmn had l>een picking cotton
«ud the $15 wa* her earning*. Since
she has several small children to sup-
port, the money was greatly needed
and the loss wa* deeply felt. Any
person who may have found the pur»e
• >r know* it* whereabouts is urged to
notify Chief of Polk* Dock Dudley.
Judge J. V. Bouriand, of Fort Smith,
Ark., believes his collar button holda
the world * record for long service.
Ho has worn it every day for 47
years. It was made from a $5 gold
piece given him by his wife, when
theyxwero sweethearts Id grammar
' school?
Washington, Ort. 12.— (Associated
Press.)—The army and navy were
charged today by Chairman Madden
of the house appropriations commit-
tee with squandering millions of dol-
lars "in a purposeless. meaningless,
endless experimental orgy” in techni-
cal aricraft development.
Testifying before the president’s
air board which resumed hearings
after a recess of several days, Mr.
Madden declared technical develop-
ment of aviation could no longer be
**afely left" to the two military
service*. if the United States was to
take its place “among the countries
of the world in the air."
Mr. Madden submitted a plan for
promoting army and navy aviation
at a <wt of $87,560,000. which among
other things would place all design-
ing ami const ruction of planes in the
hands of private manufacturers.
G. B. Atkins spent Sunday in Dal-
las attending the State Fair.
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President Sherwood, of the Econo-
my and Efficiency Corporation, Lim-
ited. glanced up from- his desk and
smiled at the juggernaut, which at
that instant vanished through Its
hole like a startled prairie dog.
‘'Office-boysaid Mr. Sherwood.
‘INewyfangled business, eh?” ob-
served Mr. Brooke, staring in fasci-
nation at the hole in the wall
“Oh. certainly."
“Bet it coat you a lot < 4 money.”
“One thousand, three hundred and
twentv-six dollars and fortv-eight
cents.” any Mr. Sherwood brukiy, as
he blotted a paper and placed it in
the jaws of a steel contrivance, from
which presently the office-boy re-
moved it. “But for maintenance—
well, between eight and nine eenta a
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The attendance at the Cooke Coun-
ty Free Fair is estimated to have
exceeded 4,000, according to fair offi-
cials, .basing their figure on the reg-
istrations at the main exhibit hall,
which a mounted! to 2,542. Many vis-
ited the hall but did not * register,
‘and still others attended the fair and
did not visit the exhibit hall.
The Red Wolf community club won
the set of Reference Books for the
.'school there, having the largest num-
ber of registrations, 473, the books
being donated by J. O. Patterson.
Registrations from other communi-
ties represented were as follows: Cen-
ter Point, 151; Muenster, 258; lib-
erty-Violet, 218; Lindsay, 211; Wha-
Jey, 200; Woodbine, 191; Spring Creek,
121; Elm Grove, 119; Myra, W;
Hays, 75; Leo. 58; Reed Bolton, 45;
Sivils Bend, 14 and Freemound-Linn,
Judges in the contest were Misses
Winnie Rigsby and Marion Crawford,
and Clay Newton.
—Too Much Efficiency—
Frost Alone Will
Hurt Feed Crop
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It>HX W# BROOKE, manufacturer
I of machine tools, drills, pumps,
saws, files, and other matters of
lardware, sat up straight in an un-
compromising chair and watched the
mysterious maneuvers of a small
electric juggernaut. The juggernaut
went its way along a narrow steel
track, which turned corners not only
> sidewise but up and down. The
| track skirted the wall for the m<wt
part, but occasional!v took a short
jaunt across the ceiling. There was
one point at which it disappeared
from the room, through a hole in the
wall.
The juggernaut ha.l a habit of
stopping at desks, dropping papers
on them, picking up other papers,
dropping the other papers some where
else, and eternally going about its
business in an awesomely silent and
precise manner. It was mechanically
uncanny.
“What the blazes is it?” demanded
John W. Brooks.
WASHINGTON
Rice, cf; 8. Harris, 2b; Goslin, If:
Judge, lb; J. Harn*, rf; Peck in paugh,
ss; Ruel, c; BJuege, 3b; Uoveleak ie, p.
First Inning.
PITTSBURGH—Moore fouled out
to Peckinpaugh. Carey singled to
left field. Cuyler gut a Texas
Leaguer to right field. Barnhart flied
It lookedjike a cer-
Travffior walked,
\ynglit grounded
Coveleskie de-
Wiseasset, Maine, Oct. 12.—(Asso-
ciated Pres*, i—The McMillan Arctic
expeditiou is home again. It arrived
here this morning after a stormy
crossing to the mainland from Mo-
hegan Island, where it had been held
by gales for nearly three davs.
—Too Mock" Efficiency—
Weeks Returns to
Cabinet dQffice,
Washington, Orf. 12.— (Associated produced this year in Texas^ pro-
day. Does the work of three ordi- hi,^4* at tWwar departtae
i jirgt
when ill health compelled him i
ent to Hal rew^r active charge of the d
I meat. 1 ■ j ‘ v ; r
(Continued oa page 3) | —Tao Mnch Kffieieacy—
■of Commerce, announced SatunMy.
. The largest attendance will be at
of the Texas Butter, Egg and Poul-
try Association.
5(J0 persons are e:
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pected to lie here for
ciutions convention Oct. 22 and 23.
Phil Pfirman, Fort Worth, is secre-
tary of the league.
Alsiiit 75 will attend the meeting
Get. 23 and 24 of directors of Texas
tlie annual gathering Oct. 19 and 20
Between 400 and
pected.
Approximately 75 persons
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League of Building and Loan Asso-
Washington, Oct. 12.—(Associated
Press)—Under a shining sun, the
Washington Senators and the Pitts-
burgh Pirates took the field today
for the fifth word series game of the
1025 season. A crowd estimated at
38,000 witnessed the game. Among
those present was President XVxiljdge.
The Senators have won three games
and need only one victory to lie cham-
pions again this year. Pittsburgh
must take three straight games to
win the world series as they havu
only one win to their credit.
The batteries for Pittsburgh was
Aldridge and Smith, and Coveleskie
and Ruel for Washington.
Washington was the first to score.
Rice, the first man up, singled, ad-
vanced to second on a sacrifice and
scored on Goslin’s two-base hit in
the first inning.
Pittsburgh, however, took the lead
in the third inning, when Cnrey walk-
ed, stole second and scored on Barn-
hart’s single, after Cuyler had walked
before him and who stopped at third
er the play. Cuyler then scored on
a Sacrifice fly.
The line-ups:
PITTSBURGH
Moore. 2b; Carey, ef; Cuyler. rf;
Barnhart, If; Traynor, 3b; Wright,
ss; McInnis, lb; Smith, c; Aldridge,
P‘
Local Men Spend
Week-end Here
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Contractor T. D. Blanton and five
member* of hi* force of carpenter*
■ ml |*ainters engaged in the „ con-
struction of a residewe for Rev. E. IL
Crandall, formerly pastor of the
Whaley Memorial Methodist church
at Dalia*, where he i* going to re-
side, spent the week-end here with
their families. The party include*
Jack Walker, Weldon and John Blan-
ton, John Arterberry and Henry U*ng.
Sr i
Too Much Efficiency
BJ E.Jj®>Ra/A
Jury Ready at 7 a. m.
“Must I wait here?” Martin ask-
ed Mr. Hughes.
“No, go back to your cell and 111
see yon later,” said Mr. Hughe*. Mar-
tin evidently umlerst«»od that the mo-
tion wouhl be file«l immediately and
that his presence in court was neces-
sary.
, Mr. Hughes said late Sunday night
it had not been decided whether al
motion for a new trial would I**
made. Mr. Hughes explained that
there were a numl»er of other indict-
ments against Martin, in two> of
which cases the death [wnalty might
be inflicted, and that under the sen-
tence given1 in the case tried here he
would be sent to prison under the in-
determinate sentence law for a term
of from five to ninety-nine years.
This situation would have to be thor-
oughly considered before decision was
reached as to a request for a new
trial, he said.
Word e*me from the jury room at
7 o’clock that a verdict had beeq
reached. Judge Pippen. District At-
torney Shelby Cox, Assistant Ihstrict
Attorney John Tipp*. Maury Hughes
and newspaper men were notified
Sheriff Schuyler Marshall. Jr.. Capt.
Tom Hickman and Sergeant Stanley
Stewart of the Texas rangers, with
several Deputy Sheriffs of Dallas
county soon gathered in the court-
room awaitii^r the arrival of Judge
Pippen from his home.
Martin came into the coart room at
8.45 a. m. leading his son by the hand.
He was given a chair facing Judge
Pippen’s bench. In • few minutes
Judge Pippen arrived. The attorneys
out to Goslin.
tain home run.
filling the base*,
out, Harris to Judge,
fleeted the tall to Harris, who threw
out Wright at first base. No runs, 2
hit*, no errors.
WASHINGTON—Rite singled to
left field on the first tall pitched. S.
Harris sacrificed Rice to nei-ond. Gos-
lin doubled to left field, scoring Rice.
It was a Texas taaguar near the foul
Aldridge struck Judge out. ,1.
Peckinpaugh forced
1 run, 2 hits, no er-
the name* were
lucky youths, 1
Myna. Gilbert »—
arid Guinn Fortenberry of Leo will I
leave Tuesday morning, remaining' at
the Fair for three day*.
—Too Much Efficiency—
Young Man Fined
In County Court
Washington, Oct. 12.—Coming tack
with a vengeaiav after being defeat-
ed 4 to 0 in Sunday’s game. the
Pittsburgh Pirate* slaughtered four
Washington pitchers and took the big
| end of a •> to 3 score in Monday’s
j contest. This will necessitate the
playing of the sixth game in Pitts-
' burgh Tuesday afternoon. The Sen-
| ators have won three and the Pirates
| two to date. Four victories are necce-
sary for one club to take the se-
ries. Vic Ahiridge, who defeated the
Senators at Pittsburg last Thursday,
let them down with eight hits tcslay
while hi* mates were gathering thir-
teen bingle* off a quattet of Wash-
ington flingers. J. Harris, Wash-
ington right fielder, who got a home
run in the o|>eniiig game and Sunday's
game, duplicated that feat today on
the first tall pitched in the fourth
, inning.
Millions Squandered On Airplanes, Madden Charges
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Seven men sentenced to serve
terms in the state penitentiary at
Huntsville from Cooke county in six-
teenth district court here recently,
were taken to that institution Mon-
day by Deputy Wardens Bud Russell
and Cloud.
The men’s sentences were passed on
by Judge Holman last week. and
those in the party included J. B.
Jones. 10 years-, Jess Smith, 5 years;
L. A. Shannon. 2 years; Roy Goodson,
2 years: Roy Fleming, 4 years, and J.
C. Smith. 2 years.
Small Amount Cash
Taken; Frightened ;
Away From Store.
Burglars entered the J. W. Leaser
Hardware Store at Valley View, ten
miles south of here about three
o’dork Monday morning, and after
knocking the knob off of the safe
in change
which had been left in the safe. Sev-
eral guns and other merchandise is re-
ported missing.
The same robbers are believed to
have been the persons who went to
the Santa Fe railroad station, secur-
ed cotton trucks and brought them
to the business section of the city
where £hey were left in front of the
Valley View Drug Company.
Officers believe it had been plan-
ned to haul the safe away oa the
trucks before robbing it, and were
frightened away before they com-
pleted the job.
Detective Cecil Burch and Sheriff
Elliott visited Valley View Monday
morning and made an investigation
Detectire Burch taking some finger
prints which may aid in running
down the criminals.
’ —Too Much Efficiency—
Fort Worth to
Have 3 Meetings
Second Innin?.
PITTSBURGH—McInnis flied out
to Goslin, who made a nice catch.
Smith singled to center field. Al-
dridge hit into a double play, Blcege
•to S. Harris to Judge. No runs, 1
hit, no errors.
WASHINGTON—Rae! popped out
(Continued on page 3)
No wonder school teachers think they are underpaid Just think of try-
ing to call these triplets by their right names every day of the school year
Jtbay^are. .from Jett to rlght. Caalme,-. Harry and Stanley Kowalakl oC,
"• Milwaukee^ >
John Sherrill, whose home is in j
Cleburne, wa* fined $5 and coats in
county court here Monday morning
when he pleaded guilty to a charge
of embezzlement, in connection with
the taking of fund* belonging to u
local newspaper establishment for .
which lie had been working several,
month* ago.
The case of Gertrude Norton, et al
v*. Lucy Killgore, et al. a suit to
tweak a will, which had been set for
trial on Saturday. reset for Oc-
tober 17th. on a plea in statement.
—Too Much Efficieaey—
Ginners Giving
Faster Service
rewreMrerewrevvwvwf
The Price of
Cotton
The cotton market wag quite a bit
off today and the price paid <m the
local market ran
centj per pouqd,
€«30 per toe is being ]«id for cotton -
sred today, i • . * ]
Wagon receipt* at the local com-
preu up to last Saturday totaled 4y ,
One Drunk In
Qity Court
One person charged with drunken-
ness was the sole defendant in muni-
cipal court Munday morning. The de-
fendant pleaded guilty to the charge,
and a fine amounting to $0.70 »'«»
HKseswd by Judge N. S. Snider,
other arrests were re|*>rted t>y
police department over Sunday.
Boy Is Taken To .
the Refonnitory
Sheriff M. K. Elliott has returned [ g’*** ” ?
from Gateevilh*. Texas, where 1 ,
went to place Lindell Bowles of this: should know that with few excep-
eity in the State Training School for | tions ik. real step tas Iteen made. I
Boy*. The youth wa* found guilty | cannot help but conclude the techni-
of deliiiqiirm y recently in the county i cal development of this new art may
faurt hihI wiitehrvd to serve two
year* in the institution by Judge G
W. Dayton.
Dallas, Oct. 12.— (Associated Press)
The question of asking a new trial
for W. A. Martin given a ninety-
nine year sentence for the killing of
R. B. Parsons,. Denton county sheriff,
was considered today by Martin's at-
torneys. The effect such a move
may Lave on indictments for robbery
against Martin, was a large element
in the consideration of counsel.
Washington. Get. 12.—(By United
Pre*s.)-tA bathing denunciation of
the war and navy departments for
inal administration of money appro-
for aircraft
instances to
‘‘criminal waste*” was made by Rep-
rearutative Martin Madden of Illi-
nois, c|ikirman of the house appro-
priation* inminittee, before the spe-
cial ainjraft ls>ard tislay.
^Millions of dollars appropriated
by Congress during the past few
years fpr development have been
M|iiandefe<l in a purposeless, fneaning-
less »j»eiiding orgy,” said Madden.
Replying to tlie statements of the
war and navy department witnesses
who blamed Congress for the back-
wanhiesH of American aviation. Mad-
den Contemptuously exclaimed:
“Blame shifter*.”
“If credit is to be given to the
testimony of many of the witnesses
ulm halve precr<le<l me,” said Mad-
den. “this period of development and
experimenting has la-en productive of
very little if any advance toward n
plan wtaih might be accepted by Con-
-.. gie*».”
he I *‘Voti ’have been told by men who
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of the Traveler* Protective Associa-
tion. of which C. M. Cates, Fort
Worth, is secretary.
—Too Much Efficiency—
Ford, Wanamaker
Plan New Air Line
Chicago, Oct. 12.—(By Associated
Press.)—Twenty-five persons lost
their lives in major accidents over
the week-end and more than a score
of others were injured. The most dis-
astrous accident occurred in Florida
waters when the pleasure boat Clara
B. capsized near Melbourne, drowning
11 persons.
The week's automobile toll in eight
middlewestern states totaled 106
seven of which occurred in Texas.
Melbourne, Fla., Oct. 12.— (Asso-
ciated Press.)—Fishermen and other
volunteers today were searching for
the three additional -bodies expecting
to bring to fourteen, the death list
of the Clara B, launch which capsized
in tlie Atlantic at the mouth of an in-
let yesterday with a party of twen-
ty-three. The missing are listed as
John Salmans, a Mr. Husted, and s
Ford interests. A more detailed an-
Three Boys Get
Trips to Fair
Three Cooke County club 1h>v* re- ____
reived free trip* to the Texas Stiwtv Thomas Morse plane* by the army air
Fair a* guest* of the Texa* Fair As- M>rv ice. which were relegated to the
s<M-iation. in a drawing conducted, Kevond line within a year after pur-
here Saturday by County Agent taw < chase, because of their lack of speed,
renew L. Johnson. AH club boya de- | ■—f have heard something of the
airing to make the trip were asked ugharge of criminal negligence,” he
to register dming the county fair an.! ^aid. “but that borders on criminal
then drawn. The t I Think of buying 262 pursuit
_______ Raymond Broun of planes that a pilot has difficulty in
Hlhert Teague of Woodbine ageing out of. Congress certainly
pa* n<4 to blame in thia instance.” _______
DecUriug that the “demand* of \o o Sunday
Kome .if these bureau people would
bankrupt the government," Madden
said the army and navy were worst
of all.
“But;” he continued, “I don't con-
demn them for that but I do con-
demn them when congresa has appro-
priated all the country can afford for
trying to blame congress when they
find themselves in difficulty tacause
they have not wisely applied the
money placed at their disposal.”
“Thq failure of tlie army and navy
to apetai their money in the air aer-
vice is not unique. Similar extrava-
gance. get-no-where programs, are be-
ing carried on in tank development,
artillery development, chemical war-
fare Mid ammunition development.”
Because of the experimental state
of' aircraft development and the lack
of any definite plan. Madden said it
would be unwise to grant huge ap-
propriation* for air work.
Madden opposed the separate corps
propo^d.
He recommended an organization
scheme which would cal! for 1.500 new
planes; 10 ground men for each plane
and 1JU4) officer*.
Electric power ha* practically rey-
olutionized the ginning business in
Texaa. Htindreda of gin*, where
electric power is available from line*
of *urh companies a* the' Texas
Bmnt A Light Company, have chang-
ed to electric power in order to re-
duce operating expense*. Gia* us-
ing thi* form of power can start ami
stop their gin* owing to the amount
of cotton to be ginned. Steam power
gin* have to fire up in the morning
and stay firevi up waiting for farm-
er* to bring cotton in. If the gin-
nings that day are light most of the
profit of ginning goes for fuel. Cus-
tomers al*o receive faster and better
service from electric gins, it i* said.
—To* Much Efficieaey—
Pari*. Ort. 12.— (Areociated Preys*
—Rioting broke out today at Saint
Deni*, a suburb of Paris aa a result
of the general strike relied by the
communists. About thirty shot*
were fired and three pe’ieemen. in-
ciudiag one captain, were wounded.
Fort Wdrth, Oct. 12.—Three con-
ventions will ta held in Fort Worth
this month. Chester Leffler, conven-
tion commissioner of the Chamber
in the case took their usual places
and the jury was ordered by Judge
Pippen to I* brought in.
The attorneys have until tomorrow
to present a motion for a new trial.
It was unofficially stated that Mar-
tin’* attornev* wonLI not **L- fnr a. ’
trial provided they
stand trial
The case, of Nathan Story, charged
with murder in connection with the
fatal shooting of Fred Crain, a ten-
ant on Story’s farm several months
ago. was set for trial in sixteenth
district court'here on Monday, Feb-
ruary 8th, during the January term
of court, by Judge H. S. Holman
Monday morning.
The <-a«e was called for trial Mon-
day when court convened at 10
o’clock, and after County Attorney
Elbert Hooper of Denton had called
tlie roll of state witnesses, most ,t>f
whom were present, he announced
that the state was ready for trial.
-Attorneys W. C. Boyd of Denton
and George H. Culp of Gainesville
counsel for the defense, then asked
for an hour to prepare an applica-
tion of the case, ami Judge H«dman
complied, recessing court until 11.30
*-’cl<wk.
At that hour the application was
presented, and after perusing the pa-
paper*. Hooper told Judge Holman
that under the circumstances, the
state would refuse to contest the ap-
plication. the continuance resulting
therefrom. "
The application for continuance
was based on the fact that Mrs.
Nora Story, wife of the defendant
is seriously ill with typhoid fever
at her home 7 1-2 miles from Krum,
and it sets out that she is the prin-
cipal defense witness, since she was
present when the shooting occurred.
The paper also states that tlie ten
year old daughter of the defemlant
is also ill, and pointed out that less
than half of the 100 s[>ecu(l venire-
men tailed for the trial, were pres-
ent.
, This is the second time the case
has been continued since it ka* plac-
ed on the docket of the district court
here, having been transferred from
Denton county on
C. R. Pearman.
Story is a brother of Yancy Story
■stigations by state and county au- hy Henry Ford, ia to be established
?__L __._a.l__ 1 _ .1 ■ a U • 1! _ A I 1*1^ ♦ Izxlsm Wanamalzor mpnt,
store it was announced by Rodman
Wanamaker, president.
. Engineers of the Ford Motor Com-
pany are now seeking suitable land-
ing fields between the two points,
Mr. Wanamaker said. The venture „„„„ u auU
___________________ is to be sponsored jointly by the, Mr. Davidsod. all of Wichita. Kan.
Denton. County’ Attorney j|. L. Get-1 Wanamaker department atore and the
tvs and Assistant County Attorney Ford interest*. A more detailed an-
Ray Winder of this city, being the nouncement definitely ^ating^when
state counsel present. Boyd and Culp *1“ ~ —
of the defense counsel were present.
No other cases having been set for
trial Monday, Judge Holmaa dismias-
ed the petit jury for the week until
9.30 o’clock Tuesday morning when
several <«se*,are scheduled for trial
including two forgery cases against
Andrew Belton, and two liquor c^ies
against E. E. Richardson.
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Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 254, Ed. 1 Monday, October 12, 1925, newspaper, October 12, 1925; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1323167/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.