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CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXA.S, OCTOBER 23, 1929
52nd YEAR, NO. 44
$1150 PER YEAR
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350
300
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Prize 75c.
J. A. Holt
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams have
returned from a w'eek’s stay in Dallas
with relatives and incidentally taking
in the State Fair.
Annual Banquet Plans
Practically Complete
For C. of C. Meeting.
Chief Metz Issues
Warning On Danger
Of Grass Fires.
Change In Calendar
Voted Down by Local
Chamber of Commerce.
Total
Prize, $3.00.
Third, Shelbyville.
Laury Hagler ...
Fred Adams
Warren Howard
WINNERS NAMED
IN VOCATIONAL
FAIR JUDGING
0. F. Metz, fire chief, made the
statement this’ morning that at this
time of the year it is necessary that
The Center Rotary Club made it
possible at its regular meeting Tues-
Total
Prize, $1.00.
High Point Men.
First, Center.
Loren Gunnels. Prize $1.00.
Second, Center.
Paul Metcalf.
Shelbyville.
Warren Howard. Prize, 75c.
Joaquin.
James Ellis. Prize, 75c.
Third, Center.
Alton Martin. Prize, 50e.
Total
Prize $5.00.
Second, Center.
Chester Jeane
Fred Lawrence
Donald Walton
Points.
118
113
103
Points.
125
115
110
Points
133
117
88
Points
100
... . 95
105 ’
Points
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. 95
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SEE CENTENARY
FOOTBALL GAME
Total
Prize, $3.00.
Third, Joaquin.
Elam Cockerel
Cecil Wharton
Floyd Wagstaff
Grand and Petit Jurors
For November Term
District Court.
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Prize, $5.0'0.
Second, Timpson.
F, M. Ramsey
Winfrey Shepherd........
Laclaire Bailey
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to cast the vote of the local organiza-
tion against any proposed change.
MORE WINNERS AT
COUNTY FAIR ARE
AWARDED PRIZES
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Since the score card for county ex-
hibits has been entirely changed for
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THE CHAMPION
Has more readers than
'Other newspapers in Shelby
7County combined.
SIXTY FARMERS
PLEDGE All) IS
TOMATO PROJECT
COUNTY AGENTS
HARD AT WORK
ON EXHIBITS |
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Roughriders Meet
Garrison Friday
In Class B Tilt.
the Shreveport and Beaumonts fairs l^e people be cautioned about burning
from the past years, it has caused the
two county agents, E. D. Gilchrist and
Miss Myrtle Glazener, considerable in-
convenience in the gathering of pro-
ducts for exhibition purposes. The
card has been so restricted this year
wrong with the present Gregorian cal. v,_. .
endar, so the secretary was instructed secured. Several meetings were held
Total
Prize, $1.00.
High Point Man.
First, Center.
Chester Jeane. Prize, $1.00.
Second, Tenaha.
Heber Parker. Prize, 75c.
Third Tenaha.
Buster Brown. Prize, 50c.
Fourth, Joaquin.
Ela Cockerel. Prize, 50c.
Poultry Judging Contest. ■
First, Center. •
Lren Gunnels
Paul Metcalf
Alton Martin
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SHRINE CLUB TO MEET.
Dr. W. C. Windham nas announced
t lat the regular quarterly meeting of
the Shelby County Shrine ■ Club will
be held Thursday night, October 24th
at the Polley Hotel. All members of
the club, and visiting Shriners, are
urged to be present. The meeting
will begin promptly at 7 p. m. Dr.
Windham would like to know in ad-
vance who will be present, in order
that the proper number of plates
might be prepared.
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Third Week.
H. C. Holt, R. H. Hamilton, H. B.
Corbitt, W. B. Harrison, J. N. Smith,
Ira Dolby, E. T. Lacey, J. O. Bush,
J. L. Davis, L. E. Holloway, O. C.
Cooper, T. E. Butler, H. K. Fory, G.
P. Gains, J. C. Metcalf, E. S. Wood,
O. S. Fowler, G. F. Cannon, H. B.
Beck, -J. W. Perm enter, T. J. Johnson,
J. G. Ellington, Frank Faulk, J. W.
O’Banion, B. B. Ballard, Walter-
Smith, J. H. Bradberry, J. H. Craw-
ford, Joe Crump, W. D. Ramsey, H.
A. Head, J. 8. Fields, J. E. Smith,
Alonzo Covington, A. A. Beck, B. IL
Johnson.-
Fourth Week.
R. E. Davis, E. C. Green, G. N.
Clark, M. J. Buckner, W. P. Langham; I
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of trash or grass. The unusually long
dry spell has caused grass to dry up
and a serious fire is likely to reeult
from a harmless trash fire if the wind
succeeds in spreading the fire into
the grass.
that it is hard to fill out all classes- Mr- Metz issued the warning that
j where necessary , to burn trash that
l someone stay by the fire until it was
; entirely out. People who have large
grass patches that.they want to burn
off are urged to communicate with
Mr. Metz before beginning and he
will tender the assistance of the fire
department in keeping it under con-
trol.
Legion Plans Program
For Armistice Day.
Armistice Day will be fittingly ob-
served in Center, according to a state-
ment coming from M. B. Simon, post
commander. Committees were ap-
pointed at the regular meeting Mon-
day nigt to work up a program for
the services. Nothing definite has
been decided on, but it is the inten-
tion of the post to have some method
f observance for the day.
ORGANIZATION OF
KIWANIS CLUB IS
COMPLETED HERE
Center became the Koine of its sec-
ond service club this weex when the
Kiwanis Club completed the organiza-
tion work necessary to secure a char-
ter.
Under the leadership of W. C.
Humpton, field representative of the
Kiwanis, International, considerable
Grand Jury.
E. T. Rhodes, W. I. Monroe, C. CL
Childs, R. M. McWilliams, J. E. El-
lington, J. L. Smotherman., J. R. Le-
mons J. O. Bryan, J. B. Bowers, W.
D. Ramsey, L. A. Runnels, J. T. Walk-
er, L. S. Creech, C. B. Harrell, L. B.
Dean, Victor Shepherd.
Second Week.
James H. Parker, E. R. Rushing,
Willie Nutt, Tol Patterson, Horace
Weaver, W. T. Baker, J. T. Cannon,
E. W. Rodes, R. L. Sanford, Drewery
McCauley, Sam Henry, J. K. Friddell,
J. A. Thomas, I. D. Cook, Willie Wall-
ing, W. T. Carroll, W. L. Childs, Ben
Holiday, Acie Stone, W. C. Keithley,
G. M. Haden, L. H. Barr, G. G. Craw-
ford, Jesse Adams, J. H. Herndon, J.
F. Stewart, H. C. Barlow. B. M. Sin-
clair, W. H. Neal, W. O. Meyers, R.
W. Pain, I. D. Bell, Fr»uk Wallace,
W. F.. Ballard, W. B. Chids, W. A.
Biggers.
Several graders and packers would
be required in the operation of the
shed and Mr. Wallace promised that
this help would be secured from the
local farm hands.
Following the talk given by Mr.
Wallace, a canvas of the farmers pres-
. ent was taken, resulting in the pledg-
ing of sixty acres to the project next
year. The farmers pledging the
acreage were E. D. Campbell, S. H.
Smith, Joe Cooper, Major Cooper,
F. T. Yeary, S. F. Hogue, D. L. Jones,
W. M. Bush, David Arnold, J. J. Wall,
L. H. Creech, W. J. Tomlin, M. D.
Ramsey, L. C. Screws, J. R. Grumbles,
Pres Hatton, I. T. Garrett, J. F.
Hughes, J. H. Holt, H .F. Collins, F.
S, Colvin, J. 0. Stack, F. B. Samford,
Frank. Faulk,. Bill Adams, B. Amason
and the vocational classes of Reeves
Haley of Shelbyville and R. J.. Eddins
of Center.
The. meeting was secured through
the efforts of the.Center Chamber of
Commerce, cooperating with E. D.
‘•..'iiekrist, County Agent. Mr. Gilchrist
. ad Mr. Eddins were in charge of the
meting Saturday night.
Secretary Curtis Morris and Gener-
al Chairman Ed McLeroy report that
the finest chamber of commerce meet-
I ing ever held m Center will be in
t readiness on the night of November
8th, the date set for the third annual
, meeting of the Center Chamber of
Commerce.
Hubert Harrison, newly elected
manager of the East Texas Chamber
of Commerce has accepted an invita.-
. tion to speak. Mr. Harrison has been
1 manager of the Wichita Falls Cham-
1 ber of Commerce for ten years and
1 comes to East Texas highly recom-
' mended by the selection committee.
* Another prominent speaker; and
the one who will deliver the principle
address of the evening, will be C. M.
! Evans, Agricultural and Lives. >ck
■ Director of the T. & P. railroad. Mr.
Evans will talk about East Texas as
1 a dairying country.
- Several other prominent Texans
’ will be present and will help to swell
; the crowd of 250 invited guests, a
■ large part of which will be farmers
! of Shelby county. The meeting will
begin at 6 p. m. and will be in the
- form of a “mulligan” or barbecue and
• will ;be held at the Shelby.. County
I Fair Grounds on Tenaha street.
E. W. Crawford, J. B. Anderson, W.
B. Wilburn, S. J. Crawford, J. A.
Deaton, R. P. Corbell, W. T. Pate,
J. H. Fears, J. A. Newton, B. F. Childs
G. M. Powell, J. C. Crawford, I. H.
Powell, Roy Hammer, Lee Warren,
Luther Brinkley, W. H. Ramsey, R.
E. Strickland, Elrne^ Hancock, B. M.
Campbell, G. N. Bagwell, Allen San-
ford, J. B. Daw, A. T. Doggett, J. D.
Majors, J. W- Hagler, T. E. Brittain,
D. A. McClung, J. J. Bradshaw, R. V.
Parker, P. O. Caldwell.
Fifth Week.
O. J. Rushing, W. D. George, J. I.
Brittain, N. C. Corley, J. L. Jolley. E.
L. Barber, W. H. Baker, C. T. IIr’Hv.
J. W. Dickersen, TV B. Childress. B.-
B. Doggett, J. N. Runnels, Lawren -e
Crawford, C. L. Fields, W. N. Ya!
J. B. King, T. J. Lambert. S. F. Jarry,
C. C. Bridges, H . O. Haitgi-ove, .
ard Bryan, Marley Childs, C. C. Par-
ker, J. D. Gilchrist, T. L. Ho’t, J. T.
Johnston, Earl .Hanson, W. W. B -1-
lard, C. L. Foyder, J. T, Holman, W
A. Miller, R. B. Adams, P. W. Brid—?
J. C. Black, J. R. Jopling, R. E. Shil-
lings.
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As Coach Moffett’s team rounds
into midseason shape, the class of his
competition improves and on Friday
afternoon his charges will meet the
fast Garrison team at Fair Park. The
game will begin at 4 p. m.
In last weeks game the Alto club
did hot loom up as strong as reported
and the Roughriders ran through their
line and passed over their heads for an
easy 33-0 victory. The Center line
played an excellent offensive as well
as defensive game, time after time
opening large holes in the line for
the backfield to run through.
Strickland and Shillings both made
sensational runs, Strickland running
back a punt for 65 yards for a touch-
down and Shillings going around end
on one play for 50 yards wjhich also
resulted in a touchdown. Baker and
Lawrence also played "stellar ball in
the backfield.
For Alto only one man stood out
in a class by himself and that was At-
kinson .captain and halfback. His
running around ends and dashes
through the line was the only high
light in Altos offense. His passing
was accurate and bulletlike, but his
receivers could not hold the ball after
he threw it to them.
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POULTRY.
Barred Plymouth Rock—27 in class.
First prize, Mrs. V/. C. McKee; sec-
ond, A. B. Hughes.
Brown Leghorns—-20 in the class.
First Prize, Mrs. J. B. Metcalf.
Buff Leghorns—50 in class
First prize, old and young pens, R.
T. Jones, first prize; second, J. C.
Oates; third, young pen, A. D. Nail;
second old pen, W. Webb-
White Leghorns.
First young pen, Terrell Smith; 1st,
2nd and 3rd young pens, Arlie Harris;
1st, pullet, Dick Davis; 1st cockerel,
Dick Davis.
Black Langshangs.
1st old pen, L. C. Gunnels.
White Wyandotts—34 in class.
1st pullet; 1st cockerel; 1st old
pen; 2nd pen, W. D. Gray; 2nd cock-
erel; 2nd pullet; 1st young pen, Allen
Pou.
1st cockerel; 1st and 2nd old pens,
Willingham, Teanha; 2nd pfcllet, Wil-
lingham, Tenaha; 1st pullet, 2nd
cockerel; 1st and 2nd pens; 1st and
2nd and 3rd young pens.
1st cock bird and grand champion
pen of the show (all breeds sweep-
stake) Mrs. Roy E. Payne and Mrs
W. B. Pearce.
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In a very successful meeting held
in Runnels Chevrolet Co. show-room
Saturday night, representatives of the
Newton-Wallace Produce Company of
Jacksonville explained to approxi-
mately 60 farmers and 15 Center bus-
. ’ ittess men the prospects of securing
a market here for green tomatoes.
A second meeting will ibe held on
Saturday, October 26th, this time in
the district court room and will begin
at 2 p. m. W. C. Nicar, prominent
tomato grower of Alto will be present
at this meeting and will give his ex-
periences in the business.
At this meeting an effort will be
made to secure enough acreage to in-
sure the project becoming a reality
for Center. If anyone interested in
pledging acreage cannot be present at
the meeting Saturday, he is urged to
send his pledge in at once to the
Chamber of Commerce office at Cen-
ter and it will be counted in with the
other pledges Saturday.
Mr. Wallace explained the history
and development of the tomato indus-
try around Jacksonville and showed
how that industry has been added to
the farmers crop system without in-
terfering with the growing of his cot-
ton and other crops. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars are released to
the growers in that section each year
that would not otherwise be earned if
it were not for the tomato growing in-
dustry. It was Mr. Wallace belief
that Center could get her tomatoes on
the market a week in advance of the
Jacksonville <frop and demand the
highest prices for an early delivery.
The Santa Fe railroad or the New-
ton-Wallace Company would provide
and erect a packing shed for the grad-
ing and packing of the tomatoes. An
expert on the growing and grading
of tomatoes would be furnished by the
buyers to aid the Shelby County
farmers in getting started. The Cen-
ter Chamber of Commerce has already
underwritten $30'0.00 to help pay the
expense of getting this field man here.
This representative would also grow
the tomato plants and sell them to the
farmers at cost price, maintaining at
the Same time a demonstration plot as
a further method of assistance.
Cash will be paid on delivery of the
tomatoes at the packing shed by the
Newton-Wallace people, eliminating
all red tape and bookkeeping on the
necessary number of applications were
last week and in the meeting held
Monday of .this week in the Polley
Hotel, permanent, organization was
perfected and the following officers
elected for th? first year. Rev. Jeff
Davis, president; C. O. Gibson, vice
president and J. W. Lynch, secretary.
The club will meet each Thursday
noon at the Polley Hotel.
Death again removed one of Cen-
ter’s most beloved citizens when John
Henry Gtyder was called away at
12:30 a. m., on the morning of Octo-
ber 19th, 1929. His .death came
suddenly and was a shock to all his
friends as he had worked part of the
day Friday.
Mr. Gryder had been suffering fo!>
several weeks with carbuncles and
doctors report that death was caused
no doubt by the system becoming so
poisoned by these infections as to
weaken the heart and cause his death.
Mr. Gryder would have been 50
years of age on October 21st, and has
lived in Shelby county most of his
life. He has operated a barber shop
practically all of the time he has liv-
ed here. At one time he was in part-
nership with W. H. Conway, later
joining forces with Jim Hurst, with
whom he was still connected at the
time of his death.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 p. m., with the Knight
Templars conducting the services, as-
sisted by Rev. Frank- Lukei* of the
Methodist church.
Mr. Gryder is suiwived by his wife,
two children, one brother and three
sisters.
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Through the courtesy of R. J. Ed-
dins, vocational agricultural teacher
in the Center High School, the fol-
lowing tabulated results of the con-
test conducted at the fair is available.
The boys in the vocational classes
competed both in livestock and poul-
try judging.
Result of the Vocational Agricul-
ture Dairy and Poultry judging con-
test at Shelby County Fair.
Dairy Judging Contest.
First, Tenaha. Points
Heber Parker 127
Buster Brown 118
Willie Balckom 115
Football team to see the game be-
tween . Baylor and Centenary a!
Shreveport next Saturday. The club
agreed to buy twenty tickets for these
players and sufficient number of autos
were secured to carry the boys over
in order that they would be no ex-
pense to the players. Coach Moffett
will be in charge of the squad.
The plan is the outcome of a sug-
gestion by F. E. Parker who is anxi-
ous that the team see at least one
college football clash this year. The
plan was preesnted to the club
through R. S. Sanders and met im-
mediate approval.
Dr. Geo. Sexton, president of Cen-
tennary College of Shreveport was a
visitor at the Rotary meeting Tuesday
and furnished the program, delivering
a wondei-ful lecture on the value of
friendship. He traced the origin of
the mottoes “Service” and “Coopera-
tion,” the keynotes of all luncheon
clubs, from the. beginning of time and
carried his point further by stating
that it was his belief that “friend-
ship” was greater by far than “Ser-
vice,” “Brotherly Love” or “Coopera-
tion.” He urged the development of
friendship as one of the primary ob-
jects of life.
At the close of his talk, the entire
club gathered around him and were
warm in their praise of his message.
Dr. Sexton was the guest of W. A.
Bridges.
Illustrated Forest
Lecture Scheduled
For Thursday Night.
One of the most interesting and in-
structive lecturers ever to appear in
Center will deliver an illustrated lec-
tue at the High School Auditorium
tomorrow night, Thursday, October
24th, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
The lecture will be delivered by H.
N. Wheeler, Chief Lecturer of the U.
S. Forest Service, and will be under
the auspices of the Texas Forest Ser-
vice and the local chamber of com-
merce. The talk will deal with wild
animal and bird life and will be illus-
trated by slides, which have been es-
pecially colored by a prominent artist
and which have been selected and
made from the thousands of pictures
of the U. S. Forest Service. They
represent the finest collection of
slides in the United States.
Mr. Wheeler, who has spent twenty
four years with the U. S. Forest Ser-
vice, and has played every part from
fire fighter up to director of a na-
tion-wide publicity campaign, is an
authority on his subject and is capa-
ble of keeping his audience interested
at all times.
Sixth Week.
C. E. Fallen, D. L. Chandler, J O
Hopkins, J. E. Shepherd, Bryan SmiAh,
M. O. McDowell, H. A. Daw, I. M.
Blevins, Dan Parkman, E. L. Lowe,
Cohron Davis, W. W. Hickman, J
Thomason, A. D. Hunt, D. A. Wi-
liams, J. H. Barlow, Harold Gary. W.
C. Corbitt, Jr., Carl Mcknight, P '
Green, Baby Crawford, J. L. J /
T E. Christian, E. L
burn, J. S Baldwin, R. H. Perr
" R. L. Whitso:
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Mr. Metz issued the warning that
from the crop on hand. | where necessary to burn trash that
Shelby county will be represented '
this year as in the past at both the
Shreveport and Beaumont fairs
Shelby county has always been able
to compete on a fairly equal footing
in the past with the other East Texas
counties and has managed to win suf-
ficient premium money to pay ex-
penses, but according to County
Agent Gilchrist, the competion he
hopes to furnish through the Shelby
county exhibit this year is going to
throw a scare into some of the other
exhibitors.
The best agricultural exhibits
shown at the Tenaha, Joaquin and
County Fairs have been saved and
are being culled down to make the
county exhibit. The office of the
agents is piled high with a wide vari-
ety of Shelby county products.
FUNERAL SERVICES IROUGHRIDERS TO
HELD SUNDAY FOR
J. HENRY GRYDER
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By a unanimous vote, the directors
of the Center Chahiber of Commerce
decided that the present 12 month
calendar was all right.
At the last regular meeting of the
day for the entire Center High School board, a referenduin from the United
” ■’ • ._ States Chamber of Commerce was
tt presented, requesting the local or-
ganization to take a stand for or
against changing the present calendar
to the proposed 13 month one.
No one seemed to find anything enthusiasm was stimulated and the
In last weeks paper a number of
premiums winners in the 1929 Shelby
County Fair were announced. Below
is listed another group of those
awarded prizes, which practically com-
pletespletes the list of those having
prize exhibits. ,
Lunceon Set. Mrs. W. C. McLen-
don, first prize; Kathryn Nelson, sec-
ond; Mrs. R. W. Mills, third.
Knitted Work. Mrs. R. W. Mills,
first pirze; Mrs. H. M. Watson, sec-
ond; Mrs S. A. Palmer, third.
Applique. Mrs. M. M. McCann,
first prize; Mrs. Lucius Rudd, second;
Mamie Lou Rudd, third.
Sheets. Miss Nona Ross, first prize;
Mrs. Duke • Bryan, second; Lyna
Smith, third.
Light Weight Spread. Mamie Lou
Woods, first prize; Mrs. J. W. Davis,
second; Elizabeth Corley, third.
Colored Embroidery. Mrs. J.
Rogers, first prize; Mrs. Arthur San-
ders, second.^—Mz-s. Charles Burnett,
third.
Colored Work Embroidery. Mrs.
Lon Price, first prize; Mrs. J. A.
Sanders, second; Mrs. Duke Bryan,
third.
Old Spreads. Mrs. C. A. Brady,
first prize; Miss Nona Ross, second;
Mrs. Ida Brawley, third.
Handwork. David Wilson, first
prize; Grover Cross, second; Harlan
Dunn, third.
Quilt. John Dickson, first prize;
Mrs. M. M. McCann, second; Mrs. J.
R. Beckham, third.
FLOWERS.
Wild Flowers, first prize, Mrs. I. T.
Garrett.
Best vace home grown, Mrs. S. H.
Sanders; second, Mrs. S. H. Sanders;
third, Mrs. Roy Payne.
Best Begonia, Mrs. Mize Ross, first
prize.
Best palm, first prize, Mrs. Marion
Davis.
Best Sultana, Mrs. Willie Walling.
Mrs. Lizzie Willoughby third prize
on plant not blooming.
Baby Breath Fern.
First prize. Mrs. O. C. Rogers; sec-
ond, Mrs. John Windham.
Boston Sword Fern.
First prize, Mrs. Clyde Downer.
Begonia. Mrs. Tyler, first prize.
Best display. Mrs. Lon Price, first
prize.
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