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who will be greatly missed by those
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| Cooke and Denton gouty people in
of 1919 in Liberty Bonds, and again
his plan W$s accepted.
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Women Get Most
Divorces; Cruel
Treatment Most
Popular Cause
First Session of
Scout Leaders’
Course Is Held
FUNERAL OF G. O.F. Harrison
Dies at Home of
Daughter Here
IN DEATH OF
LOCAL WOMAN
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general.
As tokens of the high esteem in
curious appearing egg
a White Leghorn
The egg is very i
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rue..i»y tohn Funeral
Held at Chicago
Monday Morning
J'“jMrs. Gadberry Is
Buried In This
City Friday Morn
. the veteran citizen who had passed
to the other shore.
Mr. Rogers is survived by
widow and five grown children, as
follows': Lewis Rogers, general attor-1
ney of the Federal Land Bank of
Rogers of' Corpus
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W.SMOORES
NAMED JUDCE
ligned with Ifallas to fight the pro- i
will
as well as |
business intvtests of Oklahoma. Ark-
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is still held in the
nfity jail. has-denied even
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suspected sentence in criminal
on a plea of guilty to
a camp at Lake Worth,
j The autoinobile theft indictment
‘igauist Tlipmas also charges him
with receiving and concealing the An-
Beckley.
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or not it was owned by the r
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Robert Loerwald. a ]
farmer residing three miles
Lindsay, brought to The Register of-
fice Friday a <
which was layed by
hen on his farm,
small, measuring alxiut three inches
in diameter, and is shaped like a
2. It is on display in The Reg-
ister show window .
Austin. March 15. (Associated
Press):—State Senator W.,3-
Moore of Gainesville today was
named by Governor Fetxqaqn,
judge cf the 16th judicial d>s-
<iict court at G*tn«*<*U*.io
succeed the late Judge ,< C^Jl.
Pearman, who died Saturday.;;
The district court comprises
Cooke and Denton counties.
children, two sisters.
Palmer and -Miss Nel!
a brother. Frank Lum-
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. Mr*. Ola Moody, who resides near
Era, 15 miles southwest of Gairiex-
' ille. bear* the distinction of beir^*
------,ll<* Grat woman t>< enter the Cooke
county 1926 cotton contest. and jhe
first from the county to enter th'
Gainesville. State cotton content conducted bv the
Farm
BURGLARS GET ^XtZn^“ «ig
SMALL LOOT IN contest here Banquet Here
his pension allowance had been raised
from fifty dollars to seventy-twft
dollars per month.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers .if
Dallas are guest* of Mr. and Mrsl
Roliert Obuck. east of town.
sis- ‘dist church, officiating, with inter-
jmeut in Fairview cemetery.
present for. roll call.
Alderman Davis stated to the coun-
cil that*tlft sinking fund of the Ne$
City Hall Bonds of 1964 had >n ha nil
$2,100 in cash and 'Liberty Bond|.
and that by the sale of the bund,
j would make it possible to pay off
Alderpian Ed Nelson reported the
claim ijf a non-resident owner of'
property here for refund of taxes >
paid on! rendition which he declared [
was too high as fixed 1
ization Imard. and the matter of set
ting a (precedent in refunding taxes
in such! a manner invoked considera-
ble dis<tussi<>n. Aiderman Bell finallv.
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Dougherty Memorial High j
evening, with Scout Execu->
five F*rank I.
seventeen
Funeral services for Judge Charles
I R. Pearman. 55, who died at the home
. , . . , I of his brother-in-law. A. S Horn. 9
A few hours after Mr. Rogers had
passed away, the death of
Fight on Houston
Cotton Proposal
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Gainesville |iis one of a group of
fifty-four Te>‘a« cities which have al-1
Burglars active in-
Wednesday night were mkeessful ini Dallas News and $emi-\V«»ek]v
Obtaining loot to the amount of, News.
about $55. after breaking into a ; Her husband. H. Moody, has
filling station operated I ~
Kendricks, colored, on West Scott
street and the L. A L. Cafe, former-
ly known as the Vogue Cafe, on East
. (alifornia street.
Kendricks w«s in !>ed asleep in the
rear of the filling station when the
rohery occurrrti,’ the burglar enter-
ing the building and securing about
$5») in currency from the negro’s
trousers pockets while he slept.
•Entraiwe to the cafe was
by prying o|
up- l
rly today. •
1 eighteen husbanqs
ing. were held at the Horn home
Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock in
the presence of a large gathering of
friends and admirers of the well
known jurist, who had been a resi-
dent of Cooke county forty-four
Appellate ^?ourt
Hears Martin Case
Austin. March 17.—(United Press)
—The Court of Criminal Appeal* took
submission on oral argument <m the
case of W. A. Martin fnwn Dallas
county sentenceil to 99 years for mur-
der <>f R. B. Parsons, D><iit<>«i eouMty
deputy sheriff. The killing' is.'’al-
leged to haie grown out of the cele-
brated Story gang case, which wjm in-
vestigated by Staite Rangvra and a
iiumls-r of North Texas peace. />f-
ficers. including the Dallas coupty
sheriff.
Please telephone j ]wre prjday moaning at 11
^o’clock, the Rev. Father J. A. Brady She is survived by two
< three of the $500 City Hall bond|.
[and he introduced a resolution au-
thorizing such action, the measure
'being passed without opposition.
To Invest Money.
Aiderman Davis also introduced *’
resolution for the use of $2,000 in
Liberty Bonds and $2.SOO in casl) of
the Cemetqry Fund for the purchase (
of four vendor's lien notes from J. I
D. Ix-eper. These notes executed by
the Board of Education to Mrs. Ell*
Dougherty for the purchase of Ian’S
for the high school campus draw 6
per cent interest and would l>e a
good investment of the money. ML
Davis declared. This resolution alsp
passed siicjeessfully. and the aider-
man introduced a third—for the in-
vestment of $13,000 of the sinking
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j .t was announced that there are
! S.V students enrolled in the public
t of the school,
and that Gainesville High School is
of 36 in Texas having free cours-
Harper Sells His j |
Invention to Group
Of Ardmore Men
Ed Harper, well known Gainesville
mechanic and inventor., has sold the
parent on bis battery terminal inven-
tion, together with the'equipment for
the manufacture of the device to a '
I igrtiup of Ardmore capitalists, who ;
will move the machiijery to tlat*
city and open a plant for their ma$u-
fajrture.
The consideration was said to pie;
about $.*>,000. and Mr. Harper’s friends
arte Congratulating him upon his s|ie-
cess in disposing of his invention at
sue Ira compensation. *■■■■■
department was noti-
fied of the thefts, and loafers about
the fit} were rounded up and ques-
tioned by officers during the morn-
ing. no arrests in connection with the
no arrests in connection with the
case having been made Thursday af-
ternoon.
It was also reported to the sher-
iff’s department timt burglars stole
meat to'the value of about -S-Ml from
. the farm of Jack Martin, one and
one-half mileh east of Valley View
Tuesday night and an investigation
of this case is being carried on by
officers.
$60,000 Fire Loss
At Denton Today
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not able to devote much time to th'1 '
I ■im,, I, mu, Liirirmr mv JUIII^I.I. II ~ :
is that the only way these men can
serve Jesus is bv their pay cheek.- was one
in giving of it—of their life.” j loved friends..
He asked the question. “What will;
1 do with my life, -my pay check?”
and answered it with the statcnien’’,
“I should remember my partner. Von
hear people say they earn their pay
checks themselves, and that it is all
■ theirs, but there are three other fa<‘-
r a prominent part in
what a man earns—God. the employes
working for him. and the fact that
he is living in Christian America.”
The second query was. “How shall
tlji. T remember Him?” and the speaker
nle isnrc *n 'answered the question with the state-, „ -------
vi.it Cin^ville an.l th. Ch.'.i.i.-r <" C-l lir.t of hU-.,-t | «-»t «« »P »
■Commerce.
i after spending their money for ma- !
! terial things, instead of first setting
aside God’s part.
, at
. Monday morning, according to City
- — - - - ‘ i regular t
• Vennie Harrison, all of Gainesville. Tuesday elening. this action const!-
mni L^u'huus. L. T. Iiaiiisoii of tuting the principal busine-1* tratU-
Winnsboro and R. E. Harrison of Dex- acted at the gathering. ,
Mayor Keel presided and all al-
Funeral scnices will lie held at the detmen except Alexander Canon wet.’
Truitt home Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock, with interment in Fairtiew
cemetery under the. direction of Un-
dertaker Geo. J. Carroll.
New Odd Fellows’
Chieftain Native
Of Cooke County
(*. A. Whecfler of Austin, who was
this week elected grand master of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
TexaX at the annual meeting of the
l<slgc in Austin, is a former resident
of fookc county, and his mother and
* sister lesi'Ie in Gainesville, the
latter being Mrs. W. E. Chalmers,
wife of the principal- of the Senior
Ward School.
Mr. Wheeler formerly resided in
the Callisburg community. 11 miles
northeast of here, where the family
owns considerable land. He more 1
rwivntlv resiqed in Texarkana, going
t<> Austin upon his appointment as ■
-i asSietqnt attorney general, la-ing in
charge of all I winds of the state. He
has a brother, J. I. Wheeler, who is
prominent attorney at Texarkana
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The condition of S. L. Stacks, who
has been seriously ill for several
days, was reported critical Friday
morning. —
e Denton. Texas. March IS (Associ-
uted l*ri‘ssi-4 Fire starting in an
stair* tailor shop here ca
lairned into adjoining buildings and
resulted jn a loss of between $00,000 r|jon froin their wives.
The most popiilar allegation for
cause of seeking divorces is “cruel
treatment,” Mr. {Midkiff stated.. ■
There are a score or more of divorce
six
of
of States Liberty Bonds
Marietta, and Mesdames J. G. Truitt, Ion
I Tuesday
Village Creek
automobile that.
She
W hitesboro Oil
Mill Is Sued In
Federal Court
McCormick-Deering
• (Formerly Known As Canton or P. & 0.)
PLANTERS AND CULTIVATORS
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are two of the strongest and best lines of Implements on the
market. They are equipped with the latest and best;im**
provements and are up-to-date in every way.
When you buy an OLIVER or a McCORMICK-DEERING
PLANTER or CULTIVATOR you will have one that will
five entire satisfaction. ■”
Thomas
The first session of the jioy Scout
i leaders’ training course was held in
xcw-wme
1 Klf»l>ol
Kidd in chnri* £ni
business and prof«*«sll4ial
.men interested ill scouting present,
first lessons of the -caurs?
given, a lift two patrol*, the
Whites” and the “Wiki Cats’*
formed. Work started’’ with
pep and interest, and proved both
Writauctive and enjoyable.
Th«‘ next les^ni periisl w ill be -next
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, and
it is hoped that a much larger nutn-
Ixt of men will be {Wcseiit fdF the
instruction.
Those present TuesdJb night tfe.re
J. G. Estes, Frank R. Stanford; ‘W.
R. Block. L. R. I’owledge. J. D. Al-
sup. Ix*o M. Kuehn. J. I’: King. F.
IL TurlievillF. J. L Griffin. WUIihui
Rue. W. II. McDaniel, Frank Morris
Jr.. Claude Jones. Rex. \V. Harrison
Baker, l*"e Clark, Gideon Bell . and
Carl M'a>re. . .
The men of the First Presbyterian
church enioyed a banquet tendered
by the Women’* Missionary Society
•n Tyler Hall at the church Wednes-
day evening, at which time I>r. ,G.
L. Morrill of New York City, secre-
tary of Stewardship of the Presby
terian church. U. S. A., delivered
powerful and inspiring addres*.
More than sixty-five men were in
attendance, and a most delicious re-
past was served, the tables being I
prettily decorated in St. Patrick’s
Day colors, while the member# of th*1
Westminster Guild served the meal
Dr. R. E. Joiner, the pastor, pre-
sided as toastmaster, introducing Dr.
Morrill, who spoke on “What My
Pay Cheek Has to Du With My Re-
ligion.”
Dr. Morrill declared i
not to mean the giving of money,
saying. “<»<>d does not need our mon-
ey. for he gave it to us. 1
wants is us—stewardship is to get
into the church.” He showed how a
man’s pay cheek represents his re- ;
turn for so many .flours of his ner-
vous energy, his talents, his time—
his life. an«l that the pay check is
not so much money, but so much of a
man’s life.
He gave illustrations showing how-
some men are forced to spend so much
Aiderman Davis offered a resolu-
tion declxring- the invalidity of $47«-
000 in pavjng warrants of 1919 issued
to -the f’
pany on the ground that .they were
illegally {issued in advnace. and that ,
the city had received no
return for the warrants,
olution was passed unanimously.
Street Improvements.
’ Alderman A. M. Bell reported tljit
a cyncrcite dip was needed for the
street crossing at the intersection of
Elm and Weaver streets, and on mo-
tio nof Alderman Davis, the matter
was referred to the street committed
with power to install the crossing
Alednnan J. B. Tanner reported
the need of gravel on the road run-
T’uneral services for John Cohn, 50
well known Gainesville business man,
i v ho was found dead in his room I
cstihi’ited $.40,000 damage ’a I suits filed within the past few months ‘Milliam Ratliff and William Kirk- | ‘ W<r’ ’1<'''
’ F ' - ' numlier of these ham on the negative, with Miss Qua- / h«Pd- . at < Hhno.s,'
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Attorney W. L. Blanton. W’ho return-
ed from Chicago Tuesday morning,
after Imving accompanied the body of
Mr. Cohn to that city. Mr. Blanton ,
here by Harry
Cohn of Dayton. Ohio, a nephew- of
the deceased, who will assist in dis-
posing of Mr. Cohn's business affairs
here. *" : '. -
Mr. Blanton stated, that the St.
Louis Store of which Mr. Cohn was
Women secure the largest numlier
of divorces grantad in the Sixteenth
District Court in Gainesville, records
compiled for-the United States
reau of Census 'by District
Tam Midkiff show.
In 1925, there were sixty-two di-
vorces granted in this city, the largest
numlier for a single year since Mr.
Midkiff has been: in office, he stated,,
'there having lietpn 34 the previous,
year, and 52 in 1923.
The figures show that forty-four
w ives ware the recipients of divorce |
decrees, while (here were only
seeking separa-
ision,' rendering valuable service
[ each bench. »
I He is survived by his wife, four
children. Raymond of Fort Worth.
i Misses Luci Mae and Frances and
i.'XItlVU
Edwin of this city, and three broth- i ,...r
er*. Lucius, Shirley and DeWitt, al! j|Sve 4 piece of land on the Iwnk
of the Fish Creek community. ; - I ,. r •
Following the funeral services, the 'l 'ay' ^(r^ycd
remains were taken to Fairview cem- '
etery, where a slftirt burial service
preceded interment, under the direc-
tion of Undertaker George J. Car-
roll.
for inventory, after which it will morning damaged fruit
be reopened and the business will
continue as before for an indefinite
period.
Mr. Blanton stated that the re-
mains of Mr Cohn wefe met at th-?
train by a committee representing
the Knights of Pythias Ixslge of
Chicago, headed by .John. H. W illiams
and that thq laxly ky in state Sun-
day. The floral offerings, sent by
Chicago friynds of the family, were
many and beautiful.
One of Mr. Cohn’s nieces is the
wife of Chief Justice Hugo Frend,
one of Chicago's most prominent
jurists. Mr. Blanton and Mr. Cobh
will go over the papers of the de-
ceased to determine whether or not
he left a w ill, before any disposi-
tion of his property is made.
0. F. Harrison. 86. died at the
------ • home of his daughter. Mrs. J. G.
The last chapter in one of the Truitt. 1204 East Tennie street
Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock, fol-
in 1
ill;
resident j
of Gainesville for alsmt four months,
, hax i-onie here from Wichita Fall*
with-lier husband, who is agent for
J the Fuller Brush Company. She hail
— Iieen il! about three w’eek*. but was
thought to have l>cen improving, dy-
« ing suddenly.
She is survived by her husband,
three jsmall
- Mrs. L
Lumlek-
Z i^y-
as chairman,
and Frank Kid spoke, briefly in the
interest of the Boy Scout leader*’
training course starting at the high
school Tuesday evening.
Albert Herrmann, former member
I of the club, was welcomed l>ack as
(an active member of the organiza-
tion.
Guests at the luncheon were Harry
Cohn of Dayton. Ohio; Rev. Earl J.
St. Jo. Misses Quanah
Ru|th
Moore. Mrs. Claude Jones, Mrs. Law-
rence Johnson. William Ratliff. Wei-
Thomas. William Kirkham. Ray
* Davis and W’. Temple Lewis, all
r of Buck and Broadus
intersection requesting t!
; antu aj tier husband. H, Moody, has alw>
by Buck "igned up for the county and state
ci>nte«ts. and their small son.'Henry
H. Moody, has entered the bovs’ cp*-
ton contest.
Mr. Moody ami his eon were vis-
itors in the city Thursday, calling
at the ( hamlier of Commerce and reg-
istering for the contest.
Ho stated that ho acres would
planted in cotton on his farm, fif-
ill lx* set aside for
secured! fhe contests, and that Mrs. Moody,
ipj^n the re^r_-entrance,
and the intruder ransackedithe t-ash
•curing alxiut $5 in silver
Whjtesboro. Texas. March 16.—-
Nuit has been filed in the United
States district court in Sherman
against the Whiteslxxro Cotton Oil
Mill for violation of the food an.l
drug jtet of 1906. On or about Jan.
5. l!»i'». it is alleged that shipment
of -acks of feed to Athel. Kansas. &nd asj_ for a(j taker,
failed to contain proper percentages I
as declared on the tags of the sacks. |
The 4>apers title declared that the "tag :
showed not less than 43 per cent of
protein and not more than 12 ’per
cent of crude fibre, and says further
that the product did contain 39.68
|>er cent of protein and 12.67 per cent
of crude fibre.
posal of the iHouston Cotton Ex-1
change. Boardjof Trade and Chamber j
of Commetve (bat the Interstate Com-
merce Coinn^ssion assess higher
freight ratesJon cotton concentrate*!
or comi>re*sc4 at interior tow ns than
at the ports. !
To put in$> effect the proposals
would practiijally abolish the cotton
trade in thel: interior of Texas and
concentrate t|ie business at Houston
in the opinioq of Albert Reed, general
manager of |he Dallas Chanilicr of
Commerce, aid Ed P. Byars of Fort
Worth, representing interior towns
and industrit|i. who mot with the
Ixoard of directors of the local Cham-
Ixt of Commerce recently, and se-
cured its su]>jxirt in the fight.
Mr. Recd k chairman special
defense comi|ittee w hich w ill repre-
sent the fifti’-four cities
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ansa* and W'estern Louisiana in
same case, j
man Indicted
Jim Thongis, 22. of Saginaw. Tex-
as. was indk-ted by a grand jury at
Fort Wort ft Tuesday on charges of
murder in ijmneetion with the death
of Mrs. Marv Bentlev. 14. daughter
XX JXX W“rrantS of Mr. aid Mrs. C.’ L. Merrell >f
Gainesville.! The girl died as th?
result of iijjuries received during a
“joy ride” ih a stolen automobile -on
February 1ft
An indictfnent charging
________________________________________GAINESVILLE iTEXAS REGISTER. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21. ’.926.
REVIEW OF MOST IMPORlflNT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN MINKVILLE, AND NEARBY TOWMf
BONDSORDERED Gainesville In
RETIRED BY THE ~ ”
CITY COUNCIL
Fjmcral services for Mrs. Lena
Gadberry. 23. who died here Thurs- home. 616 Denison street. Wednesday
day morning at 4 o'clock, follow ing ! morning, following an illness of sex -
a severe illness of influenza and pneu- feral days. She was the widow of the
monia. were held at St. Mary’s Cath- late Barney H. Seiger. who was killed
in a railroad accident here last year.
• sons. Frank
I officiating, with interment in Fair- of Hemming. Texas, and Joseph of
view cemetery under the direction of 1 Gainesville.
Undertaker George J. Carroll. I Funeral services will be held at the
Mrs. Gadberry is survived by her family residence Thursday afternoon
at 2.30 o’clock. Rev. W. Harrison
sides five miles west of Era. her Baker, pastor of’ the First Metljp-
mother. Mrs. Mattie Hacker, one
ter and two brothers.
Resolution* calling for the retire-
ment of three of the remaining thir-
teen New Pity Hall bonds of 190|.
and for the investment of vario>js
idle funds f of the city in Unital
were acted u»-
favorabiy by the City Council at
semi-monthly sessidn
Valley View, Texas—(Sjiecial to
proprietor, will lie closed Thursday Register)—The freeze Saturday night
' ami early gardens approximatelv
twenty-five per feent, according, to
estimates by leading fruit and truck
grower* in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Giese visited
friends in Fort Worth Sunday.
F.arl Gregory has gone to Wichiti
Falls to be employed by a business
firm there.
Mrs. Mattie Seiger died at her
Valley View Man
Died in the City
Sunday Morning n
George W. Briimliaugh, 64. pioneer • department
citizen of Cooke county, an<t a l°nS
time resident Of Valley View-, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E. Hall, on East Broadway Sunday
morning about 2 o'clock, following an
Iness of several weeks.
Mr. Brumbaugh contracted influ-
i enza. and aftei being ill for some
time was brought to Gainesville Fri-
’day for treatment, but Uiedical at-
tention was unavailing.
The deceased! is survived by his
wife and several children. D. VV.
Brumbaugh, former proprietor of
the Vogue Cafe here, is a brother.
Funeral services were held at the
cemetery in Era Monday afternoon
at 2 o’ehx'k. I„.. _. ------- ----------
pastor of the First Baptist church, (jQ‘n
officiating, with interment being!
under the direction of Undertaker
George J. Carroll.
Harry, their son and himself would
keep their own records on their cotton.
Mr. Mtxxly said he had always
planted purebred cotton seed, and
that despite the drouth last year, he
produced eighteen bales of cotton, six
of which sold at 24 cents a pound,
and the remainder at from 18 to 21.-,
75 cents j>er pound, all being of one
inch staple or better.
He deplored thp practice of many
farmers in Cooke county of plant ipg
half-anil-half cotton, and he declared
that the soil is suitable for staph*
cotton, and the f*ult lies in the cul-
tivation. and the seed.
Mr. Moody stated that it was his
practice to plant bis cotton in April
if a warm period had preceded that
time, and later [if the weather <>f
early spring had Ix-en coM and wet.
“I don’t plant cotton under any con-
ditions between April 20 and May 1,
however,” Mr. Moody stated, it be-1
ing his observation that there is al- -^''r' "J1*^ pl®}
most always a 'heavy rain during
that periiwl. which would prove detri-
mental to cotton planting.
Mr. Moody, his wife and son
enthusiastic over prospects for
contest, arrd declare it a
JUDGE MOORE
ENTERS UPON
NEW DUTIES
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State Senator W. S. Mocire of
Gainesx ille announced Monday irfter-
noon his acceptance of the apptdnt-
ment by Governor Miriam A.l’,’Fer-
iguson a* judge of the Sixteenth dis-
[ trict court, embracing Cx*»kc an.l
Deuton counties to succeed the late
Judge Charles R Pearman. He went
to Denton Tuesday morning to fake
up the docket of the court who'h ;s
now in session in that city. lie sub-
mitted his resignation as. senator
Tuesday after qualifying as judge.
*
I
answered the question with the state-
ment.
j aside some definite proportion
your pay check for Him.”
Dr. Morrill then showed in con-
clusion how it is the habit of so
many people to give a “collection ’
' instead of an “offering” to tlm [
church, giving what they have left •
He is survived bv his wife.
(lending, and a
lx* grantxxl at the next term of ! nah Lewis and Weldon Thomas as
convenes here ! alternates.
Miss Moore spoke second, being
---- I followed in turn by William Ratliff,
Miss Allene Flowers and William
Kirkham, all of whom acquitted ."V *™n*’ani‘,d
themselves in excellent manner and
showed the splendid training they
have rei'eived.
t was annoiim
Kiwanians Are
I Entertained By
School Debaters
Members of the debating team of
the Newsome Dougherty
IFigh School entertained Kixvanian*
at their weekly luncheon '
at noon, with arguments on the ques-
tion. “Resolved that a Child Ijlhor
Amendment to the United States
Constitution Should Be Adopted.”
Ray Davis, a student of the Gaines-
ville Junior College, was in charg«
of the team and introduced its mem-
b'Ts, Misses Allene Flowers and Ruth
Moore on the affirmative side, an.l 1
Ratliff and William Kirk- |
Dallas Saturday
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Funeral services for Mrs. Day L.
w ho died here Friday
held Saturday aftei-
it the home of Mrs. J. W.
■t ni Dallas, with burial
Hill cemetery in that city.
Mrs.I Palmer had been a 1
1 j 111" < 11 !*( JI If* SI < F • I • IMli |lllrlll»t
justice of peace, county i niovw| that the taxes be refunded,
judge and district judge in succes.- (a||(1 (1|j^ f)f thp ,.(„1|K.j| rPi,,ilted
0,1 in a 4 to 4 tie. Mayor Keel castin,t
'the deciding vote against duch a
fund. I
stewardship ‘
- ----1 cause J
’. I Sunday
What ho celebration of the birthday cf
son,
and $7tMmo.l
The Grant! Ijcader clothing store,
over which ibe Hollaway tailo rshop
wa* located! was the greatest loser
with ati •
stork, while the loss on the building now
was Srti.tMxi Other losers, prin.-i- will
(•allx liix water damage, were L. P. district court which
Mc< T>nii- giloeery. Service Drug Store | the last week in; April,
ami M<|( reajy Realty Company.
- Funeral of Mrs.
Palmer Held At
Try a Classified Ad In the Sunday
Morning Register. U’
citizen of Cooke county, and a long
I uno
1 es in public speaking.
Claude Jones presided
'iding alxiut three and
1............. “T....... 1 ......;
completely destroyed by fire togeth-
er with its Contents Sunday evening.
The home was not covered by insur-
ance. it is tmdersUxxl.
Patton of
Lewis. Allene Flowers and
Rev. J. Frank Murrell. [
LOX* BKAX*. A
ud fe.14 ■MttiacxV/
Bta* Utaa. X/
BK*N» riLU far**
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5QLDHM1METSE
most active lives ever liveil in Cooke * * . . .
county, was written Sunday after- low ing an illncM of several dtfys.
noon when the remains of G. N. i He is survived by hi* wife.
(Newt> Rogers. agP 93, were laid to daughters. Mr*. Willie Henry,
rest in Fairview cemetery. Funeral ~
services were held at the family resi-
dence, 711 East California street, at John Long. R. H. Snyder and Miss its
of , tuting the (irineipal business trad*-
strebts
j petition of citizens on North Con|-
ce street for a street light, wetr
referred tq the light committee f<fr
investigation.
Bl. C. Davis was granted permission
to move his store on city land 4*
the corner of California and Culber-
son street in return for rent en ujej
of (the land until January 1, 19273 E
3 o’clock, conducted by Rev. R. E.
Cornelius, pastor of the Grand Avenue and two’sons. L. T. Harrison
Baptist church, assisted by Rev. J. F. T
Murrell of the First Baptist church, ter.
and J. C. Marshall at the Whaley
Memorial Methodist church.
The sudden death of Mr. Rogers
last Saturday morning was a par-
ticularly sad event, from the fact
that be had been active up to the .
hour he w as fatally- stricken, and be- ; IT PF A P A M
he was looking forward to J X I-aXvlvlVx/vl T
r with happy anticipation of;» A T T\ ’T O !"• O T1
T.rot irwn r\f fVi- Ki rt ti/tn V r> ( I /\ 111 III I*
his son. Lewis Rogers, who was j LUI
coming here to attend this family IT JT D f? Of TXTFA A \7
festivity. Ix-wis was enroute tojJJ |\ j*, OvJi sLz/l 1
Gainesville at the time his father
w as stricken and knew nothing of,
the latter’s death until he arrived in
this city Saturday afternoon.
ta- . • South Grand avenue. Saturday even-
District *l_
Judge Chas. K. Pearman occurred
of their time at work that they are 1 i® Ulis city and it was recalled that
not able to devote much time to th*? ( f°r many years during his young
church, and therefore “my judgment ; manhood, Mr. Pearman was a board-
er in the home of Mr. Rogers and
was one of the latter’s mo»? be-|yparA
Due to het* frail physical condition
j as the result of illness over a |>eriod
of months, the grief-stricken widow
was unable to leave her bed and the
services were held sb thnt she might
hear the comforting words sjxiken
by the ministers, and the tender ut-
terances in song) The death of Mr.
Rogers broke a beautiful chain of
wedded life of nearly sixty years’
duration, this estimable couple hav-1 dete™inatron”'to Tu^il
iniT clltlarrol Inzi hnerLAunn e *> ••
m the profession he chose to follow,
his stand in favor of education, and
j bis splendid home life, all of w hich
take care of them in the wintry days
of life.
Scores of friends and relatives, in-
cluding persons of all ages and from
all walks of human activity were
in attendance to pay final honors to 1 wl|3h hp’ was jipld bv ajj wbo knew-
____ ____v_ v_ j___*---1
1 him, scores of beautiful floral offer-
(ings^were heaped alxiut the casket,
hls and words of praise of the splendid nin? Fo^th'of the cemetery, and 05
life of Judge Pearman were on th" j , J " ‘
lips of all who had been associated graVPlPd.
with him. ‘
Houston; Tom Rogers of' Corpus Judpe peannan wa9 a native of
|< hristi. Mrs. W. A. Linn and'Mrs. Mississippi, coming to Texas at an
.Oscar Oatis of <>ainesviile, and Mrs. (ear]y ajrP, and settling with his par-
1 -John Wyatt of Clearwater. Fla., also enls’ at Fish Creek, eleven miles
.eighteen grandchildren. Tom Rogers • northwest of here. He came here
and Mrs. yaM. could not come here when he was 18 years of hge. anil
for the funeral owing to illness, in after attending school several years,
entered the practice of law. He
served as j
| High tribute was paid to Judge
I Pearman I y the Rev. Sam M. Black,
pastor of the First Methodist church
at Denton, of which the deceased
was a member, and the Rev. N. B.
j Baker, paztnr- of ' the Presbyterian
churches at Krum nnd Sanger, and
a close friend of the judge. They
mentioned principally his high ideal*
of citizenship, the fair and square
I manner in which he decided cases in
V, .___________>
ing suffered the hardships of early
pioneers, but bravely struggling on
until they- reared « family of splen-
Southern Construction Com- wjtb the tft-ft of an automobile lie-
1 longing to Manway Anderson on the
. ' same date h* tL, 4...^..?...
xalue >|t ’ rp(lirnej bv] the grand jurv.
Thi* rest- in Hospital
Mrs. Ben|ley was found
Kennedale foad near
t by? the sidd of an
apparently pad been wrecked,
ditxl a few [days later in a hospital
from several fractures of lx>th jaws
aqd body injuries.
Several <$«ys after the alleged
crash. John | Beckley. 16; G. B. Ar.l,
18, anil Mrft Hazel Pinney. 18. mad 1
statements jo Assistant District At-
torneys Tojber^and Trickey that
Thanio* haft lxi>rfc,n the Bentley girl
up on the j“joy ride”. They said
'that Thomis than made them all
1 ow ner i t | ^urn rti<> call over and “fake a crash.”
property here for refund of taxes, ■ ArJ ^epudiates Story
I -Ard laterkepudiafed his confession.
2 and’said tftit the Bentley girl .was
hurt in thegwreck of the automobile,
which tx'lonjrcd to Mrs.Maggie Manis.
Mrs. Pinhejr and Beckley clung to
their original statements.
Thomas, *ho
j Tarrant cm.
striking the; Bentlev girl. He is
J * ‘ ’
' district contfc
To Survey Land: . Liri,larizin„j
lAhhjrniaru Davu moved that City, p —
>n|ey Blantou lie empowered to •;
iderson car from
—j---
I The home! of Harvey Jennings, a
, . , | . ifarmer residing alxiut three and one-
j Th« North School tilling Citation m;(Pl, southeast of the city. Was
was granted permission to install an ‘ J - -
tjndergrounft gasoline tank at the
cormft of H^rxey and Weaver streets,
1(11 mption of Aiderman Brown, with
the work th be done under the su-
Damaged By The !^r,nnre "■
Ct’PP'/O Qof V A jwtition for the placing* of an
1 VVAiV Odl/Ul. UCWJf advertising sign on the California^
Street bridge over Elm Creek wa-r
read, and Aiderman Tanijer moved!;
permission be granted. A dis-li
ciissi in arose, however, and when thftl
was taken, the cmmeil stixxl!
in opposition to the placing of suerfj
On motion of Aiderman Elaiftl
Johnson, all signs now on the bridg.i, ’
■ werei ordered removed within a reaM
sonaple length of time. <1
Street Lights Requested.
E. W. Love, principal of the colored j
, scholril addressed the council in bef ’
O. W. Myers left here punday for half! of the colored people residing in |
Austin, where he will attend the the ' vicinity
meeting of the Grand Lodge of the _ „
Odd Fellows, as a delegate from theLtreet light, and that matter and the
Valley View lodge. |petition of citizens on North Conj
Prof. .Joe C. Yarbrough of Southern . street for a street light, wero
Methodist University-, Dallas, visited .
relatives here Sunday .
M. E. Cope was a Gainesville vis-!
itor Sunday.
W. B. (Uncle Billy) Wright wa*
made glad by receipt of a telegram
from Hon. Guinn Williams, congress-
man from this district, notifying him!
street light.
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Gainesville Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 71, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 21, 1926, newspaper, March 21, 1926; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1323351/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.