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43rd YEAR.
NO. 47
CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 23, 1921.
ESTABLISHED 1877
Have
giving Services.
BERS LATEST PLAN.
F.
tine county.
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Love.—Bro.
Situation
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courteous to all.
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physical improve-
hospital a month ago.
be had.
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fe.—Stripling & Arm-
J. C. Rogers has returned to
the sanitarium at Galveston for
further examination and treat-
ment. He intended
The following assignment of
will be
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Maize last of the week, will
sell right.—R. H. McCauley.
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& Armstrong.
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x GIFTS THAT LASTjj
Stripling & Armstrong.
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at O. H. Polley
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Dr. Brothers to Preach Here
Sunday Morning.
Dr. L. F. Brothers will occu-
py the pulpit at the Methodist
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Nest.”—By Pastotv-—
Reconsecration .
12:15. Benediction.
. HhjAygrainh-
Luncheon. '
Goodfellowship.
1:30. Business Conference.
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fre last day of
Sale. Be on
save mon-
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Johnson,
Mrs. W. W. Hanna, Miss Leta
Holt and Herbert Sanders
spent yesterday in Shreveport.
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Men! S^e those
and oversoafs : ‘
Mercantile Co.
Plate Supper at Neuville.
There will be a Plate Supper
at the Baptist church at Neu-
ville, Texas, Friday night Nov-
ember 25. Money collected
at supper will go to help paint
church. Everybody invited to
come.
STRAYED from my 1
on November 16, one 1
horse mule and on’
mare mule with wii
fore legs, near shoj^
one ear split, and
in forehead, eJ
about 800 ''pouffl
years old. Fin®
fy T. J. Menefee;
Broke In Store; Caught in Po-
ker Game, Landed in Jail.
L A man by the name of Will
h Hanks is in jail charged withi
I burglarizing the store of Wade ■
Hutto, near Huxley. The store j r
was pnt.pred nffpr nio-ht Thnrs.1 ’
day. cigar box contaijyhg
some thirty or ’forty'dollars in
«mall change was taken. Mr.1
Hutto discovered the burglary
the same night and made a
hunt for the intruder and locat-
ed Hanks in a poker game in
the same community. He sent
him here the same night and
officers placed him in jail.
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Little Robert Weaver has
been real ill for the last sever-
al days but is improving.
ing. We are going to get a
speaker here for the occasion
if possible. To that end I
have already written head-
quarters for them to send a
man over here.
Done by order of the Presi-
dent, J. R. Lemons. •
D. O. PRICE, Secretary.
Tenaha Personal Items.
To All Farm Bureau Members.
You are hereby notified that
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man, attentive to business and o’clock p.vm., the Shelby Coun-
ty Farm Bureau will hold its
annual meeting in the County
Court House for the purpose
of electing officers, for re-
newing membership, and for
obtaining new members. You
are urgently requested to be
o nhand and take part in the
a president, vice-
1 a board of di-
rectors. All farmers and all
interested are requested to be
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year and we must begin
now to get ready for it.
Renew this month while
the price is only $1.50.
of the Sand
died at the
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mental affairs in a ~
more just, more expeditions
and more economical, accord-
ing to a statement issued by
the executive committee, fol-
lowing the meeting.
A constitutional amendment
would be necessary in order to
effect the desired change.
Marion Davis Seriously Ill In
Dallas.
Miss Louie Mae Davis was
called to Dallas Monday night
on account of the illness of her
brother, M. L. Davis. Informa-
tion from her states that Mr.
Davis is critically ill, though
not necessarily serious. He was
a victim of an accident in a
train wreck two weeks ago and
returning ! received a bruise on the side of
at this time when he left the the head. This is the cause of
his trouble, the bruise becom-
Nyal’s 1 cent Sale continues -tag inflamed and it is feared.
Gome and see for yourself.— .that an operation will have to I
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Baptist Church.
With this issue of The Cham-
i pion I am making my bow to
the good people of Center. We
have been very kindly received
and feel sure that the fellow-
George Ol.ver to Run for Con- shi wiu be fine
gress.
While he is not making his
formal, announcement, George
F. Oliver of this place states
CaTn±datr: Sunday1 moTni^"^ is ££
Burns already having announc-
ed.
Creating
.. An elephant, "belonging J
-----j shows went
mac. while the performance
was going
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Program For Union Thanksgiv- LEGISLATURE OF 40 MEM- Elephant Shot After
giving Services. ' » «■rT’T'c'nr’ » WT
Thanksgiving will be observ-
ed hei’e tomorrow by the clos-
ing of all the banks and the
postoffice. If the siores will
be closed TThe Champion has
not been advised of it.
A. union service of all the
churches of the tomn has been
arranged for to be held at the
Mehtodist church beginning at
10:30 o’clock, to which the cit-
izenship generally is invited
and while not’particularly re-
quested it would be fitting for
all business houses to close dur-
ing the service. The following
interesting program has been
arranged:
Thanksgiving Program
Union service at the Meth-
odist church, Novemebr 24,
> a. m.
Opening Hymn.
President Harding’s Thanks-
giving Proclamation.—T. O.
Davis.
Scripture Reading, Psalm
107; 1:22.—Rev. D. C. Gordon
Prayer, Thanksgiving.—Dr.
L. F. Brothers.
The Story of Thanksgiving.
—T. H. Postell.
Chorus, Bless The Lord, O,
My Soul.—Choral Club.
The True Spirit of Thanks-
giving.—Rev. J. P. Olive.
For what are the Business
Men of Center and Vicinity L. Leap, Wallace Carnahan,
Thankful.—B. Johnson.
For what should our Nation
be Thannful.—Supt. A. E. Day.
A Dream.—Opal Liem.
Pageant.—Young People of
Center.
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The Champion would
urge all who possibly can
to renew for their paper
this month, that is those
whose time expires in this
month. We are badly in
need of funds to meet our
obligations and prepare
for the business of 1922.
LOST: One brown Jersey cow
Crop of one ear, two splits in
the other. Notify J. R. Ed-
wards, Shelbyville. 23c
Give serviceable Christmas
Gifts and shop early.
J. W. MOTLEY CO.
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Onep We contemplate consider-
ciLlrj jrx ttciic* 1 1 wt v\v» rx T t r\
Save * ment of our plant next
Arm-
Saturday is
Great One Cei
asking the citizens here to hand if you wint to
ey.—Stripling* & Armstrong.
Imter,
as, telephone No. 70 F4.
pay reward. 2
bridge. ... ! Bronson; E. L. Ingrum, 33rd
The securing this aid will ■ Street Church, Galveston; J.
complete the road from coun-!w. Mills, first church Beau-
'ty line to county line and the mont and W. F. Davis, Nor-h
aid that has been received will J End church, Beaumont; J. W-
he 50 per cent. In other words Goodwin, Jasper; C. B. Garrett
the highway commission has: presding elder, Marshall dis-
spent a dollar every time the trict and J. F. Carter, presiding
county has spent one on this elder Brenham district; Frank
rc^-d,—This—is. possibly the pjatt, Alto; R. C. Goens, Kosse,
highest amount of aid that has Rev. Carter is a brother to
been received by any county in
the state.
In this A connection,
Champion merely wants to call Rev. °Garrett served as pastor
Wanted this week, one
good Ford Roadster. .Will pay
pay cash.—C. M. Burnett.
Your opportunity to save ers.”
money is fast getting away
from
Cent
strong.
Jr., Walter H. Whisenant, La-
mar Seeligson, William S. Pey-
ton, Maury Maverick, Frank
R. Williams, Gerald Meliff,
Hull Youngblood, Henry T.
Matthews, George R. Thomp-
son, Charles R. Tips, Willace
Rogers, Russell H. Hill, Carl
Newton and Walter W. McAl-
ister.
With a legislature
in size and the members there-
of devoting all their time to
solving and meeting the legis-
lative needs of the state, it is
hoped to effect the repeal of all
antiquated and worthless laws
onC
and make certain those laws
that are worth while and to
obtain the passage of a few
simple but well constructed
laws calculated to bring about
curing information, etc., whirfi^ «Mln®l.strataon^of govern-
. 1 . TVinni-o I in I LOT
will be forwarded to the main
office at San Antonio.
One of these gentlemen in-
formed this reporter that the
new company was contemplat-
ing a changed here, but he did
not say the nature of the
change except that an adjust-
ment of the affairs of this plant
would be made within two or
three weeks that he felt would
be satisfactory to all. In the
meantime the San Augustine
promoters are, so we are in-
informed, making arrange-
ments to install a plant here
under the terms bf rates that
was published in this paper
two weeks ago. They are to
have an engineer come here
and make a blue print of the
town and arrange at once to
start the construction. Our in-
formation is that the city coun-
cil is favorable toward grant-
ing them a franchise. They
are :
Tenaha Personal Items. pledge support to them for un-
Mr. Walter Jones has just ^ess a guppOrt pledge is made
returned from Crosbyton where they could hardly hope to in-
x x amount of money that
would be necessary to put in
a new plant.
The matter rests for the
present, but there is every in-
dication that something is to
be done at once, since it seems
that the patronizing citizens
are weary of the present high
rate and lack of service.
Renew This Month.
The Thanksgiving nun®
the Crystal is a good ■
“Dinty.” It is a 50 cent 1
ture in the cities. Ma|
and night. The regular (
gram for the balance of
week is a good one also j
does not appear here o®
; count of lack of space^flH
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he spent last month.
Mr. Howard McCauley has
returned from Arcadia, where
he spent a few days with his
relatives.
Mrs. Lillie McCauley and
Miss Vera McCauley have just
returned from Warren, where
they spent last week with their
aunt, Mrs. W. P. Emmons.
REPORTER.
Shipment of Chocolate de-
layed, will be reader .for sale
Friday and Saturday -at One
Cent a pound.—Stripling &
Armstrong.
Light Plant
Unchanged.
The situation of the light
plant of this place is unchang-
ed in so far as the installing a
new plant is concerned. Two
engineers of the operating com-
pan y’ ^x^ixed here first of the
week and areYb^king over the
plant and property^^Jiex^^se-
a vv a
Center, being twenty three m|come jn
all. They stayed until a late i a prjze worth asking about.—
hour. Hoping he would have -- - — - —
61 more birthdays just as pleas-
ant. A GUEST.
Complete Methodist Preacher Assign- Christian Church
ments for this District.
The Texas Annual Confer-
Organization Just P
Would Have Body Com-
posed of Persons Giving
Entire Time to Task.
San Antonio, Texas, Nov.
14.—Reduction of the size of
the Texas legislature to 40
members and the payment of
salaries which would enable
the people’s representatives to
devote all of their time to leg-
islative business, are the two
objects sought by an organiza-
tion perfected in San Antonio
Monday morning.
The organization for the
smaller legislature movement
is fostered by some of the
most prominent attorneys and
business men of the city and
at the meeting Monday, which
was held at a local hotel, it
was decided to form a local
branch in every county of the
state, the object being to car-
ry on a campaign of education
and arouse public interest to
such an extent as to cause the
subject to become an issue on
which candidates for the leg-
islature will have to declare
themselves.
Charles M. Dickson, local
attorney, was named chairman
of the executive committee,
which is composed of Harry
Celebrated 61st Birthday.
Mr. L. R; Bagwell Of Hal-
bert celebrated his 61st birth-
day on November 17th with a x v
splendid dinner, and received church here Sunday morning,
several nice gifts. The follow- it being his farewell sermon
ing were present: Mrs. J. T. here. He will move next week
Petty and daughter of Milam, to his new charge at Rosebud.
Mrs. Jim Brady and son of in speaking of Rev. Hayes, the
Shelbyville, Mr. and Mrs. Sim new pastor for this place, he
Collins and children of Hal- said that he was a very able
bert, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Bag- pastor, having served large
well and children of Shelby- charges in the past and said
ville, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Bag-.that Center should be delight-
well, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Jop- ed at seCuring him.
ling, Mrs. D. J. Pearce and son,
of Tenaha, and Mrs. J. F.
Saunders, Mrs. J. N. Smith of
Rev. Carter is a brother to
E. H. Carter of this place and
went from Galveston as pre-
The ! siding elder to the new charge.
attention to the fact that The here a number of years ago.
Champion said at the time the | Rev. Mr. Hayes comes Here
bond issue was proposed, that frOm Alto anti is said to be a
if the county would comply very able preacher, having
with the requirements of the served large churches in the
highway department, that they past and the Alto station being
would receive liberal aid and a strong one.
possibly 50 per cent. | The conference will meet in
, w Marshall next year.
Will Go to Dalias to Look at
Tractors. Early Wilson Died at Hospital
Commissioners Wimberly; Last Night.
^nd Neary will go today, ori Early Wilson, a young man
soon, to Dallas for the purpose about 22 years of age and son
■of investigating and consider-! of q. l. Wilson, ’ ’
ing the purchase of two trac-ijiill community, x..
tors to be used on the roads of: hospital here last night. __
their respective precincts. I was il lonly a few days, follow-
They have m mind the buying ing an operation Saturday af-
of the light catapillar tractors ternoon for appendicitis. His
for use in dragging the high-, case was a critical one from
ways and to be used on other , the start and all that was pos-
roac*s- - | sible_was done for him. The
'remains were carried to the
| Mt. Pleasant church this after-
!noon, where the funegal ser-
vices and buriakweYtr field.
The youny man worked at
the Harkji'der Drug Store and
was entered after night Thurs- 'stricken suddenly. He
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who knew him, for he was
considered an excellent young Saturday,
Aid Sufficient to C
Highway 22 Secured.
Engineer T. H. Dillon rer. _____
turned yesterday from Austin,' ence ended at Beaumont Mon- paid advertisement
where he went to appear be- day and the following assign-
fore the highway commission ment of preachers for the
to apply for more aid on high-' coming year, are of local inter-
way No. 22. The commission est:
gave him sufficient additional!' Presidng Elder V. A.
funds to complete the highway -bey; Center Station,
to the San Augustine county j Hayes; Center CL_..L,
line. In the arrangement of:Innes; Tenaha, I. T. Andrews:
the completion of this highway, Timpson, H. C. Adams; Shelby-
the three counties, Shelby San ville Circuit, S. H. Irvin.
Augustine and Nacogdoches, i TLl .. i..o
will jointly do the work of the ministers known here
short stretch of the San Angus- interest: Dr. L.
This county will Rosebud; J. F. Wallace, Corri-
also aid in the building of thp gan; J. L. Ross, Hemphill and
I Bronson; E. L.
Fresh Thedford’s Black
Draught and Stripling & Arm-?
strong’s Liver Pills at
Cent a package while sale goes j * able
on. Be wise. Pay cash. C
money.'—^Stripjing &
strong.
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Ladies see the new i dresses
at O. H. Polley Mercantile Co.
Old Fiddlers Contest Saturday
Afternoon.
There will be an old fiddlers
contest at the court house
here Saturday afternoon at
2:30. Admission will be
charged and p oceeds to go to
a church at Joaquin. See the
circulars.
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Big Sleeping Doll to be giv-
,■ en away pecember 24th.
i and-ask about it, its
Mrs. Jas. W. Durrett, Tenaha,
Texas.
to
Home Coming.
As has been announced in a
; for two
weeks, the Christian church
organization here will have
their annual Home Coming
Service here Sunday.
The program aranged for
the day begins with Sunday
school, followed by the regu-
lar church services. Lunch will
be served on the church cam-
pus after which the church
building and attendants will
have a picture made. The en-
tire day will be spent in religi-
ous services and good fellow-
ship among the members and
visitors. The invitation is to
all members of this church in
Shelby and adjoining counties
ann no doubt a very large num-
ber of visitors will be present. 1921, 10:30
The churih property of this
organization has been made
very attractive. The grounds
are very attractive and the in-
terior of the church building
has recently been redone and
is not only attractive but
very pleasantly arranged.
Program.
9 :45. Sunday School.
10:30. Praise service.
1. Hymn, 190.
2. Hymn, 215.
Greetings. Dr. J. C. Hurst.
Hymn, 313.
10 :45. Lord’s Supper.
Offering.
Scripture.
Prayer.
Quartette. Kelly-Davis.
11:10. Laymen’s Talk.
1. The Bright Side of
Record.—Mother Downer.
2. The New Testament
church in Shelby county—No-
ble Weaver.
3. Brotherly
Doggett.
4. The Second Mile church.
—Prof, A. E. Day.
Hymn, 169,.
11:50. Sermonk
Hym^b\239.
1 sniP will be nne. election of a
I Services next Sunday at both president and
hours. We were glad to have
the visitors with us last Sunday.
thalhe win make^heracTforIFe7eFfOT"'the’7e= “eeV-
Bible or New Testament next
for Shelby county, John B.|*““eSsarv to maintain our Z1
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J. P. OLIVE, Pastor.
Great Excitement.
Perfected (the Sells-Floto
the
i - on at Orange last ®
week. It is said that the V
cause of the ill temper of the 1
animal was that a boy gave 1
mm a piece of tobacco instead
oi a peanut. The account of 1
the affair says that the ele- !
phant had. just been returned
from the ring where he went
through his performance and
was to all appearances in a
good humor. The boy, presum-
ably in fun and not knowing
the awful result, proceeded tox. ''
hand him a piece of tobacco ’
and right there the fun and ex-
citement that prevailed at
Orange and in the community
is taken from the daily papers:
“Orange, Texas, Nov. 19.—
Perhaps the most exciting per-
iod in the history of Orange
was ended at 7:30 o’clock this
morning when the big elephant
escaping from the Sells-Floto
circus last night was shot to
death in the western outskirts
of West Orange. The vicious,
animal spread terror through-
out southeast Texas last night
by his disposition of destruc-
tiveness to all life and objects.
The fact that this irresisti-
ble beast of the jungles was at
large resulted in almost a pan-
ic-stricken condition * through-
out this section. His powerful-
ness has been demonstrated in
his tossing the animal cages,
including the hippotamust
float about like toys and his «.
fierceness in his attack on Har-t
ry Watson, a local citizen
whose life was almost crushe.d
reduced out .when he was slammed
against a telephone pole by
the trunk of the beast.
When attacked this morning*
the elephant responded to the
first volley by tearing a tele-
grapn pole out of the ground
the statute books, to clarify an^ away from wires and with
this he tried to club his en^fi
mies. Next he fled across th^
prairies followed by men
foot, horse back and in cars,
Many a narrow escape was 1
had in the running fight of two
mdes when at last the massive
animaUdi^^gd._with a thud
which meant his tragIF*^MA«^_ A
The custodian of the herd of *
elephants turned the task of
hunting the beast to Dewey
Godfrey, manager of the East
Texas Hardware Store. With
a number of others, Mr. God-
T , . , . , , frsy did effective shooting and
I will get a car of bright when the ferocious animal was
killed, he proceeded to remove
one of the big tusks, which he.
displayed in his store show win ®
dow. Sheriff Helton, who B
credited with firing the fatal. B
shots, has in his possession the B
other tusk. It is said that the B
pair of tusks have a value^^f
about $300.
Before the crowds had ifl
their first look at a dead®
phant, the animal had
skinned. The skinning
done by Tom Marshall, Henry®
Prejean, Zan Courmier and®|
Mr. Perkins.
The hide was brought tqB
town and turned over to J. wW
Pavell, who had it put in hi
warehouse, where it was salteq|^^H
down. Mr. Pavell will make aiyB®
investigation as to the value of B
an elephant, hide for the own*
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