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52nd YEAR, NO. 22
CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, -MAY 29, 1929
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THE CHAMPION
ESTABLISHED 1877 __________________________
COMMITTEE SOLICITING FUNDS TO
RETAIN EXTENSION AGENT WORK
REPORT FINE SPIRIT; PROGRESS
School Campus
Being Graded
and Beautified.
Boy Scouts Enjoy
Free Drinks At
Meeting Friday.
Fifteen Boys
In Motorcade
Visit Center.
Negro Woman Carried
To Rusk Asylum By
Officers Tuesday,
SCHOLASTIC ENUNERATION
ANNOUNCED FOR SHELBY
COUNTY FOR YEAR 1929-30
Memorial Day Services
Postponed By Legion.
James Community To
Vote on School Bonds.
Tom Mix at Crystal Friday and
Saturday.
Additional Credits For
High School Secured
By Supt. Moffett.
Mrs. W. I. Davis and children are
visiting in Sherman this week with
Katherine, who is attending Kidd-Key
college there.
Miss Lila Mae Vaughn returned to
Center Saturday following a pleasant
visit to Camden, Ark., where she vis-
ited relatives.
be followed by further improvements
of a permanent nature from Center
to Nacogdoches.
Colored
537
187
102
184
392
1,294
White
478
269
419
157
675
4,171
Total
1,015
456
521
341
1,067
5,465
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Several hundred children were pres-
ent last Friday afternoon to attend
a free moving picture at the Crystal
Theatre given under the auspices of
the Durrett’s Department Store.
“Robin Hood” was the picture pre-
sented to the children and from the
loud and generous applause continual-
ly resounding from the audience it
was thoroughly enjoyed.
Souvenirs were distributed free to
the children.
Equalization Board
Adjourns. To Meet
Again June 11th.
Free Picture Show
Given Children By
Durretts Dept. Store.
Lucille Brown, negro, who was ad-
judged insane by a jury in the county
court a short time ago, was carried
to the asylum at Rusk by county of-’
ficers Tuesday. The woman has
been confined in the county jail since
her trial.
Scholastic enumeration for the year has been completed,
county school superin-
from his office last
was also granted a certificate in voice
and was presented in graduation reci-
tal by Prof. Miller Devereux, head of
the department of voice. Weldon
was one of the soloists of the College
Glee Club this year.
Miss Thomas was a member of the
Life Service Band, an organization of
young men and women who had given
their lives to religious service; a mem-
ber of the dramatic club of the Col-,
lege. She lettered in basketball this
year and was captain of the girl’s ten-
nis club both in 1928 and ’29.
Much activity was manifested
on the high school campus last
week as graders, slips, teams,
shovels and rakes were put to
work to level off the rugged
spots on the school grounds,
-preparatory to improving it for
next year.
The entire campus has been
plowed up and dragged and
John Thomas was busy Saturday
sowing Bermuda seed. He will
soon have a lawn to mow as an-
other of his duties.
This is the second effort
made this year to beautify what
has heretofore been a very bar-
ren campus, as the ladies of the
town planted $50 worth of
shrubbery around the building
in the spring.
The grading and terracing of
the campus is another of Supt.
Moffett’s projects to improve
the Center schools.
A surprise was handed the troop of
boy scouts here last Friday night at
their regular meeting held in the
chamber of commerce offices. Free
soda water was furnished them by
the Coca Cola Bottling Works and
the Dixie Creameries sent them up all
the frozen suckers they could eat.
One boy who drank three bottles
of pop and ate two suckers attempt-
ed to drink his fourth bottle of soda
water before going home, but regis-
tered a complaint with the scoutmas-
ter that the last bottle did not taste
as good as the first three!
Plans were discussed at the meeting
relative to making a trip to Clear
Lake sometime in June.. No definite
plans were arrived at pending a re-
port from the State Game, Fish and
Oyster department at Austin who is
planning on sending an experienced
man up to take charge of the trip.
Roy Woody and young son, Roy
Houston, were visitors at the meeting.
SKATING RINK OPENS
HERE LAST SATURDAY.
Clark’s Roller Skating Rink opened
up on the Willis lot on Tenaha street
last Saturday night and enjoyed a
good crowd.
The entertainment is being held
under a specially constructed tent and
a good maple floor seemed to insure
the skaters of an opportunity to show
their skill and speed.
Most of the skaters seemed to be
enjoying themselves in spite of the
fact that most of them fell down at
least once, and some of them many
times.
NOTICE, SINGERS!
The singing convention of the Shel-
by-Doches-San Augustine units will be
held at the Frost Johnson front next
Sunday, June 2, according to an an-
nouncement made Wednesday by Fur-
man Hayes, president. He stated
that a barbecue lunch would be serv-
ed and urges everyone to be present
and bring their books.
' dedication.
A deal for the park was made sev-
eral days ago with Henry Runnels
and the Legion has outlined plans of
erecting a club house on the plot and
to turn sufficient of the remaining
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the samples of work carried before
them. The department praised the
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Ross Hopkins, commander of the
Legion Post, announced Tuesday that
the dedication services and memorial
day exercises planned by the legion
for May 30th had been postponed in-
definitely, pending the arrival of in-
corporation papers and completion of
the deal for the Memorial Park.
The Legion had originally planned
to present the park to the City of
Center as a memorial to the American
Legion on May 30th and an elaborate
program had been planned, but'when
it was found advisable to incorporate
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June 8th has been set as election
day in the James community for the
purpose of voting a bond issue to re-
build the school house destroyed in
the cyclone several weeks ago.
C. A. Manning has been named as
judge of the election and the voting
place has been designated as the old
school house site. A suitable voting
booth will be provided.
The amount of the bonds to be
voted on will be $1700, the maximum
amount allowed under the present
rendition and outstanding indebted-
ness.
Very little was saved from the old
building after the storm as a great
deal of it was blown away and brok-
en, but some few desks and lumber
can be salvaged.
THE CHAMPION
I Has more readers than all
other newspapers in Shelby
i County combined.
DEPARTMENTHEADS
NAMED FOR COUNTY
FAIR FOR 1929
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Fourteen committee chairmen were
appointed by President F. E. Parker
at the called meeting of the directors
of the Shelby County Fair Association
held in the chamber of commerce of-
ces Tuesday.
A review of the two previous fairs
was given and the president outlined
some of the projects which were in
line for execution this year. For
the purpose of seeing that the work
was efficiently and promptly done,
committees were appointed and heads
named to take charge of practically
every phase of the fair. Last year
the board of directors attempted to
handle all details and too much work
was evolved on a few men.
Curtis Morris, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, was requested
to seve in the capacity of active secre-
tary and an advisory committee head-
ed by President Parker as chairman
and composed of the following mem-
bers to help him: O. F. Metz, R. S.
Sanders, M. B. Simon, W. A. Bridges,
D. P. Middleton, T. H. Dillon and H.
W. Beckwith. W. J. Lawson, secre-
tary for the past two years will con-
tinue to serve in the form of advis-
ory secretary.
In most of the instances where com-
mittee chairman were named no other
members were chosen, but will be left
to the chairman to chose. In a few
specific cases, however, several men
whose qualifications in the past have
marked them as particularly well fit-
ted for committee work of certain
kinds have been added to these com-
mittees. The committees and the
chairmen and members as appointed
Tuesday are as follows:
Advisory Committee: F. E. Parker,
chairman, O. F. Metz, R. S. Sanders,
M. B. Simon, W. A. Bridges, D. P.
Middleton, T. H. Dillon, H. W. Beck-
with.
Finance Committee: T. JI. Dillon,
chairman.
Building Committee: H. C. Parker,
chairman; J. A. Sanders, T. Wood
Wood Smith and W. A. Bridges.
Advertising: W. J. Lawson, chair-
man; J. L. Butts.
Educational Department: Hubie J.
Johnson, Neuville.
Textile Department: Home Dem-
onstration Agent in charge.
Parade: Dr. W. C. Windham, chair-
man.
Funeral of Mrs.
Todd Held at Center
Sunday Afternoon.
THERE IS NO
Substitute for circulation
Place your advertisement
where it can be seen.
Once again the business and profes-
sional men of Center and the farmers
in this trade territory will meet the
call issued to them for the purpose of
raising finances to retain the county
agent work.
A committee composed of W. A.
Bridges, chairman, F. E. Luker, Tom
Baker, T. G. Carroll and W. B. Rider
began work last Saturday raising the
finances necessary to insure the re-
tention of the extension work for
Center.
With the exception of a five months.1
period which wjll close on June 1st
the extension service work has been i
carried on in this county for three ,
years by public csription. The five
month exception referred to was paid
S ' by-the county, but was cut off again
effective Saturday of this week.
The county agent work is not new
in this county and the results obtain-
ed from the work have been so many
and profitable that the business men
and. farmers of this county would not
in the past allow the work to be dis-
continued for lack of finances of the
county. Twice before they have re-
sponded to the call to raise the neces-
sary finances and for the third time
they will come forward with their sub-
scriptions.
Chairman Bridges reported more
' than $1000 in pledges Wednesday
morning and stated that about half of
the prospects only had been worked.
Business houses and individuals of
Center will be solicited first and just
as soon as the weather clears up so
that the committee can get into the
country, a canvas of the farmers will
will be made for subscriptions.
SHELBY COUNTY DELEGATION
APPEARS BEFORE COMMISSION ■
IN INTEREST OF HIGHWAYS
Weldon Sanders
Receives Degree
From Lon Morris
English work brought before theml^0^. comp e^e
and Mr. Moffett said that credit for ,
such good work was due to his two |
English teachers, Miss Weaver and
Miss Malone. Mr. Eddins was also
complimented upon the showing his
agriculture department was making. !
Mr/ Mbffett and Mr. Eddins were ^ound «*» to the clty t0 make “*>
i xv j i , - , , I a civic center., equipped with a chil-
I the first delegations to appear before 1 , , , ,
the board this year and submitted the.id,’ens Play ®round’ P001 and
i other improvements. The tract of
mx v u kt u or j? ■ ground lies on San Augustine street
Center high school now has 25 af- . . . ° TT
.... x j j-x £ ■ -4. i and was originally owned by O. H.
nliated credits for university or col- & J J
lege entrance. Most colleges require, j
that graduate have 15 credits in ac- !
credited subjects. Sixteen credits are
required for graduation from the Cen-
ter schools. Following is a list of the
subjects and credits allowed each in
Center: English 4; Ancient History,
1; Modern History, 1; American His-
tory, 1; Civic, %; Economics 1-2;
Algebra, 2; Plane Geometry, 1; Solid |
Geometry, % ; Trigonomerty 1-2; La-
tin, 3; Spanish, 2; General Science 1;
Physiology, %; Physical Geography,
t2 ; Physics 1; Vocational Agriculture
4; Commercial Geography % ; Com-
mercial Lavr, Is.
Last Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Rogers, Y. W. Rogers, Miss Hazel
Rogers, Jim Rogers, Jr., Miss Ercyl
Crawford and Y. W. Rogers, Jr., left
for Dallas to attend the graduation
exercises of Y. W. Rogers, Jr., from
the Baylor Dental College. They re-
turned to Center Tuesday.
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A delegation from Shelby and Sa-
bine counties, including Judge Dent
and Commissioners Edgar, Minton
and McGowan of Sabine county and
Lee Swanzy, Commissioner of Pre-
cinct No. 2, Shelby county, attended
the meeting of the Highway Commis-
sion at Austin on Friday, May 24th,
for the purpose of laying before the
Commission the proposition of having
the public road from Carter’s filling
station on Highway No. 8, three miles
south of Shelbyville, to Geneva in Sa- •
bine county, designated as a State
Highway.
The proposition was laid before the
Highway Commission, but was not
| finally acted on, because of the lack
of certain data and information which
was desired by the Commission. For
the purpose of securing such infor-
mation, the matter was referred to
the State Highway Engineer for in-
vestigation and report.
This proposed addition to the State
Highway System would form a very
important link in the thorugh highway
from Orange northward, known a$
Highway No. 87, which runs through
Hemphill and to Milam where it con-
nects with Highway No. 21. The
opening of this highway would cut
approximately ten miles from the dis-
tance it is now necessary to travel in-
getting from Center and points north-
ward to Hemphill and pojnts south-
ward, as well as western Louisiana,
or in getting from Hemphill and
points southward on Highway No. 87,.
and from western Louisiana to Shelby
county and points northward.
This road was designated as a State
Highway many years ago, but for
some reason the’designation was lost.
Shelby county has graded and im-
proved as far as Patroon ,a dis-
tance of nine miles from Highway No,
8, while Sabine county has improved
the same from Geneva almost to the
county line, part of the same being
graveled. The unimproved strip is
approximately six miles in length.
In addition to its value to through
travel, this highway would vastly ben-
efit the two neighboring counties
which it would connect, and between
which there is, at this time, no direct
connection by State Highway, as it
would afford an all-weather outlet
for one of the most fertile farming
sections in eastern Texas.
It is understood that the contract,
for asphalt topping on Highway No. 8
from Center to Carter’s filling station
will be let at the June meeting of the
Highway Commission, provided an
eighty foot right of way is secured in
the meantime, the requirement for a
one hundred foot right of way being
waived as to this particular stretch
for the time being.
The Champion has it from a source
which it considers reliable that the
building of Highway 76 from Nacog-
doches to the Shelby county line will
proceed at once. This work has been
held up for a considerable time on ac-
count of right of way. The comple-
tion of this road will mean much to
Shelby county. In wet weather, pora-
tions of this road have been practical-
ly, if not wholly impassable, resulting
in great inconvenience to local as well,
as through traffic. Its completion to
Grounds: O. F. Metz, chairman.
Catatlogue: Curtis Morirs, chair-
man.
Poultry: C. P. Scurlock, chairman.
Live Stock: F. L. Moffett, chair-
man.
Agriculture: R. L. Eddins, general
chairman. T. G. Carroll, ’chairman
in. charge of Community and Farm
Exhibits.
Boys and Girls Departments: Coun-
ty Agent and Home Demonstration
Agent in charge.
Fireworks: O. F. Metz, chairman.
Other departments will be added
from time to time as the occasion de-
mands.
Mrs.. Anne Smith Todd, 85 years,
died late Saturday afternoon at the
home of her son, T. P. Todd, in this
Her death followed an illness
of several months, and children and
loved ones were at her bedside when
the end came.
The funeral service was ‘ held at
Center Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
and interment was in the cemetery at
that place. Rev. M. F. Gathright,
pastor of the North Side Baptist
church of this city, had charge of the
services, and was assisted by Rev. C.
E. Dearman of Center and Rev. E. C.
Harris of Tenaha. The pall-bearers
were: F. T. Cooke, F. R. Bussey, W.
'M. Byrn, Sam Baldwin, Joe Norris, J.
E. Blankenship, G. C. McDavid.
The floral offering was beautiful
attesting the love of hundreds of
friends of the good lady.
Mrs. Todd was born at Bladen
Springs, Ala., September 14, 1844.
She came to Texas with her parents
when she was 13 years of age. She
joined the Baptist church at the age
of fifteen years and had been a loyal
member almost seventy years. In
1865 she was married to J. D. Todd.
She was the mother of five boys and
seven girls. All are living except one
daughter. All of the living children
were present at the funeral except
one daughter, who resides in San An-
tonio, and who was unable to attend.
She is survived by 45 living grand-
children and 26 great grandchildren.
Her husband passed away sixteen
years ago.
Mrsu Todd is survived by the follow-
ing sons: T. P. Todd, R. W. Todd,
Frank Todd, J. A. Todd, Timpson; P_.
Belton Todd, Center. Daughters:
Mrs. Joe P. Downs, Edgewood; Mrs.
Florence Avery, San Antonio; Mrs.
D. K. Boone, Shreveport, La.; Mrs.
Bryan of Center; Mrs. Ed. Norris
Center; Miss Evie Todd, Timpson.
A friend to every one, a kind and
loving wife, a devoted mother—al-
ways happy, exemplifying her faith in
God by living a Christian life this
good lady passed away to that great
beyond where eternal joy and life is
her reward.—Timpson Times
cording to a report issued by R. B. Smith,
tendent. The following figures were
week:
Name of District
Timpson Independent District No. 5
Tenaha Independent District No. 13
Joaquin Independent District No. 38
Shelbyville Independent District No. 41
Center Independent District No. 48
Rural District
Jacksonville Texas, May 29, 1929.
—Weldon Sanders, Center, and Miss
Mary E. Thomas, San Augustine were
among the graduates of Lon Morris
College who . received the degree of
Associate in Arts when the fifty-sixth
annual commencement was held here
recently.
Weldon was a. prominent member
of the senior’ class this year, serving
as president of that organization. He
Monday morning a truck
bearing 15 of the happiest
looking boys ever seen drove
into Center and stopped for
breakfast.
The boys were from the Jones
County Junior College located
at Ellisville, Miss., and were
making an educational tour of
Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex-
as. They left Ellisville last
Friday and had traveled via
Jackson, Vicksburg, Monroe,
and Mansfield prior to coming
to Centdr. They left Center
for Beaumont, Port Arthur,
Orange, New Orleans and then
home.
The boys were in charge of
R. A. McLemore, a teacher of
the college, and the one respon-
sible for the trip. Pie stated
that the cost of the trip was
nominal as his plans called for
as many outings as weather per-
mitted. Each of the boys bore
part of the expense and the col-
lege bore the other part.
The boys ranged in age from
16 to 18 years and everyone
stated that he was having the
time of his life.
The county commisisoners court,
sitting as a board of equalization, ad-
journed last Saturday after complet-
ing its duties of checking and assess-
ing renditions.
Citations are being mailed this
week and the board will convene
again on June 11th to hear the ex-
ceptions taken by property owners.
County Judge Powell stated Wed-
nesday that the board had found it
necessary to make a number of
changes in the renditions in an effort
to equalize the .renditions.
F. L. Moffett and R. L. Eddins re-
turned from Austin last week where
they had appeared before the State
Department of Education in an ef-
fort to secure additional credits for
the local school in fourth year Eng-
lish and fourth year agriculture.
This makes the.third effort Mr.
Moffett has made to secure these ad-
ditional credits and this year he was
successful, as the State Department
granted his request after examining •
| the Legion Post sufficient time was
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The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 29, 1929, newspaper, May 29, 1929; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1350669/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.