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STRIPLING & ARMSTRONG
Center %E9
50th YEAR
CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 20, 1927
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NEW DIRECTORS
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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ken Weeks, Shreveport promoter,
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ROADS TO BEPUT
IN GOOD CONDITION
Zed Bridges Employed '
To Collect Back Taxes.
MANY LEAVE FOR
- TYLER MEETING
Elga Daniels Named ■
East Texas * Queen
For Tyler Meeting.
Promoting Wrestling
Match For Center .
Meanest Man Is
One Who Stole Truck.
S. H. SANDERS NAMED ROTARY ELECTS
ON COMMISSION
SHREVEPORT MEN
VISIT CENTER
Considerable Damage
Is Done By Rains.
CABBAGE PLANTS, ONION
PLANTS and ALL KINDS OF
GARDEN SEED.
j Piling arrived in Center this week.
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WORK TO START
ON BRIDGE SOON
THE. CHAMPION
__ESTABLISHED 1877-
Ford Ton Truck for sale, nearly
new tires, motor in real good shape.
A real buy, price $150.—Parker Mo-
tor Co.
See them, buy from us and save money.
; So can you.—Harris Hardware.
FUNDS NEEDED
FOR ROCK SPRINGS khe near future. He
grammar school, and did some dam-
age to the house. Mr. Samf ord’s lit-
tle son was struck by lightning, but
only slightly injured.
W. W. Bennett Is
With Insurance Co.
been seeking.
Bible Class
gram.”
CHAS. D. POSTON, Teacher.
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A cordial invitation is extended you j Mrs. I. D. Armstrong is visiting her
to meet and worship with us. Ser-, parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Runnels,
vices eevry morning at 10, and every in Jasper.
evening at 7:30. ------------
CHAS. D. POSTON, Minister. . ■ Don’t go to the big towns where
, everything is high to buy many of
Word has been received from Lw
Ellinger, state highway maintenance
engineer, or Austin, that the state
highways in'Shelby county will be
I condition right away.
The information was in answer to a
resolution adopted last week by the
commissioners court of Shelby coun-
ty calling on the state highway com-
Smith Sanders, T. Wood Smith, O. F.
Metz and W. W. Mayes. Dr. W. C.
Windham, present president, auto-
matically becomes a member of the
board when he retires as president.
The directors will meet before the
next meeting date and select from
their number the president, vice pres-
ident and secretary of the club.
These officers will be announced and
j installed at the meeting next Tuesday
I As a part of the entertainment
| feature of the club meeting this week,
James Brittain sang two solos, and
Edgar Carter recited. The numbers
presented by these two young men
were thoroughly enjoyed by the club,
all of whom expressed a desire to hear
them again and often.
Rapid progress is being made on
the construction of the Rotary club
house for the Boy Scouts, being built
on Peacock Lake, which has been do-
nated for this use. The lake belongs
to Smith Sanders and Tol Smith.
1926 Model Ford Touring for sale,
five good Balloon Tires, new top, new
paint, motor in first class shape.
Price $225.—Parker Motor Co.
W. W. Bennett, formerly superin-
tendent of schools in Center and dur-
ing the past campaign a candidate
for state superintendent of public in-
struction, advises The Chanjpion that
he has accepted a position with the
educational department of the Kansas
jQity Life Insurance company, and
arzill make his headquarters in Dallas.
Mr. Bennett’s duties will carry him
throughout the state, with schools
and civic clubs. During this month
he will work with the East Texas
chamber of commerce.
and
Shelby county, as well as East Texas,
should feel proud that Mr. Sanders
Jias been appointed as a member of
the commission. He is a lawyer of
unusual ability and business experi-
ence, a staunch believer in economy,
and well qualified for the position.
George Armstead of Houston, and
Clifton H. Morris of Fort Worth, are
the other members of the committee.
, The commissioners court at its reg-
ular April session last week entered
into a contract with Zed Bridges to
handle delinquent tax matters for the
county, in cooperation with Maurice
Short, county attorney.
Mr. Bridges has been .employed in
this capacity by the county previous-
ly, and is experienced in tax matters.
You are 'entitled to the best. You
get it at Franklin, Smith & Myer.
Call for S, & H. Green Stamps.
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The special train bearing the
Shreveport boosters on their annual
trade extension trip, arrived in Center
according to schedule at 3 p. m.
Tuesday.
The delegation was headed by Yan-
dell Boatner, president of the Shreve-
port chamber of commerce, and C. W.
Close cutting. The Elwood,
them at Harris Hardware.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
The Boy Scouts of America are re-
porting the departure for parts un-
known, and under an unknown escort,
of a Ford car made into a truck,
which was presented to them by MJ.
Metz. /
This car had been abondoned by
Mr. Metz and the Boy Scouts, need-
ing a light truck upon their “hiking
expeditions” and needing something
which could be used to make money
and defray the expenses of their or-
ganization and work, secured it from
him. He had it brought down and
parked in the rear of the garage at
the Christian parsonage. It was with
out tires, and had not yet been li-
censed this year.
The Boy Scouts were working to
secure tires and money for a license,
in order to put the truck into com-
mission, but some one, one night last
week, hitched on to the machine and
departed with it.
Now this person may have thought
it just an abandoned vehicle and free
to anyone who wanted it. If that was
the case, he will bring it back when he
sees this notice. We hope that no
one would steal it, for we are trying
to teach honesty and fair dealing to
Boy Scouts, but it is not easy to do
so if people steal from them.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
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employed by D. R. Taylor of this place
as stenographer and during the time
Miss Tinsley has worked here
made many friends.
Mr. Enmon is the son of Mr.
Mrs. T. C. Enmon of Clever Creek
community and for a while he was
employed in Center but later went
to Logansport where he is now em-
ployed by the Logansport Motor Co.,
as bookkeeper. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Enmon have many 'friends in Center
who wish them well. The young cou-
ple will make their home in Logan-
sport.
Considerable damage was done in
■the lower part of Shelby county by
the rains of last week. Many farms
were completely
under water, and fences were washed
away.
Corn, some of which had been work ■'put in .good
Directors for the ensuing year were
elected at the meeting of the Center below Shelbyville
uni-' Rotary club Tuesday of this week.
amongI The new directors are: T. H. Dillon,
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S. H. Sanders has been notified by
Governor Moody of his appointment
on the Commission to establish a
form system of accounting
the various State Departments, and
has accepted the place.
This commission vfrill meet in Aus-
tin immediately to inspect the vari-
ous State Departments to the end
that a uniform system of accounting
can be established, so as to eliminate
as many of the present unnecessary
clerks and useless employes as possi-
ble. After the committee makes its
inspection and investigation, it will'
make recommendation to the legisla- j
ture as to the best method for the de-
partments in the. future to work cn,
.and laws will be enacted to the effect
that each department use, so far as
or ac
de-
ments have about been completed'
‘ whereby a match will be held here
under the auspices of the American
Xegion.
Chance will wrestle in Haslam in
wrestled last
I week in Lufkin and previously has ap-
A second appeal for funds for the “[ Hemphill and other nearby
storm sufferers at Rock Springs, Tex- ‘he Center
... . , . .. , , match has not been named,
as, which was completely demolished
by a cyclone last Tuesday, has been
issued by the American Red Cross,
through O. F. Metz, local chairman.
An appeal was isued through The
Champion last week.
The town of Rock Springs, county
seat of Edwards county, was entirely |
wiped out by the storm, only a few i
buildings in the town remaining stand
ing, and many homes destroyed. The
city is destitute, and funds for aid
are badly needed.
A fund of $31 was raised Sunday
at the morning services of the Christ-
ian church here. This will be forward-
ed thorugh the Red Cross agency
here. This fund will be added to by
donations made directly to Mr. Metz.
Shelby county was extremely for-
tunate in escaping serious damage |
i Texas Chamber cf Commerce which
holds forth at Tyler, Smith county,
j April 20 and 21.
When plans got under way for the
first annual' convention of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce, the di-
Placed Under Bond. rectors Mteated the plan of selling
TINSLEY-ENMON.
Miss Edna Tinsley and Mr. Clinton
Enmon were united in ma?iage Sat-
urday morning with Rev. J. F. Kidd |
performing the ceremony. Only a
few close friends of the couple were
present.
Miss Tinsley is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Tinsley of near town
and for the past two years has been !
A large delegation of Center citi-
zens left early Wednesday morning
for Tyler, where they will attend the
first annual convention of the East
Texas chamber of commerce, in ses-
sion in that city today and tomorrow.
The Center delegation planned to
go from here to Timpson, and, there
join the residents of Timpson and
other towns in the county who are to
attend. They will form a caravan,
which will go to Tyler in' a body. All
cars 1
will meet at Henderson for entry into
Tyler with the Shelby county group.
The Shelby delegation will be head-
ed by the Timpson band, which will
be augmented for this occasion by
musicians from Center and other
towns in the county, and which will
be the official band for Shelby county.
An interesting program has been
worked out for the convention.
Those who were not able to attend on
the opening day are urged to go to-
morrow for the second day’s program.
Following is the morning program
for Thursday:
9 a. m. General business; Commit-
tee reports; election of directors; se-
lection of of next convention city;
new business.
11:00 a. m. Address, “Standards
Progress.”—Hon. Morris Sheppard,
United States Senator.
12:00 m. Announcements.
12:15 p. m. Adjourn.
12:15 p. m. Big East Texas Bar-
becue. High school athletic field.
Thursday afternoon group sessions.
Following the main convention a
series of group conferences will be
held from 2 to 4:15 o’clock,
conferences are a vital part of
convention and are arranged to af-
ferd special discusison-of special pro-
blems. Much cf the serious business
of the convention has been reserved
to thse conferences.
ed once, and cotton that had been
planted were washed away and will
nave to be replanted.
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home of Jeff Samford, principal of the mission to do something to relieve the
situation here.
Shelby county once boasted the
best highway system in East Texas,
but the gravel topping has been grad-
ually wearing away, and now the high
ways are about gone, exce.pt for the
roadbed.
No specific information as to the
plans of the highway commission were
•given in the letter, but it was defin-
itely stated that the roads here
gvould be improved right away.
The underpass on highway 35, near
.Tenaha, will be .built as soon as the
Santa Fe railway appropriates its
half of the cost. The state already
has authorized this underpass, and ap-
propriated the money. The railway
_ ,, J „ company also has authorized construe-
Longwell, secretary The Centenary tion of road under ;ts
has not yet set aside its part of the
.cost.
The underpass will straighten out
the highway where it crosses
tracks, just outside Tenaha on the
Timpson road, and .will eliminate the
grade crossing at this point. It is an
important piece of work, and one
that will greatly improve this high-
way. Last week, as stated in The
Champion, the state appropriated
$61,000 as its part of the cost of
graveling this road, conditioned upon
the federal government appropriat-
ing $60,000 to pay the remainder of
the cost.
The meanest man. in Center is one
who stole a comparatively worthless
Ford truck from behind the Christian
church parsonage a few nights ago.
This is the unanimous opinion of the
local troop of Boys Scouts and all oth-
er friends of scouts who have heard
the news. For the truck belonged to
the scout organization. ,
Several weeks ago the scouts ex-
pressed a desire to earn some money
with which to buy some needed sup-
plies for their rooms, and reading
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which do not go with the crowd came t0 the rescue and donated’ a
Ford truck for the purpose, and the
boys proposed to get the truck in run-
ning shape and use it as a means of
earning some money. They towed to
what they thought was a secure place
behind the Christian parsonage, and
were making plans for its reconstruc-
tion.
Then it disappeared. No trace of
the truck or the culprit has been
found, but the scouts have some good
clues and they hope to locate the
truck in a few days.
Honesty and consideration for oth-
ers are two of the principal lessons
taught the scouts. While the thief
did not set them a very good example
he probably impressed on the scouts
the utter contempt with which others
regard those who violate these two
important lessons.
Work will begin the latter part of
Bible School, 9:45; Communion and this week, weather permitting, on the
Morning Worship, 11:00; Junior Y. B. new bridge across the Flat Fork creek
S. C. E., 6:30; Evening Worship, 7:30 on the Center-Joaquin highway, it was
Our Evangelistic campaign is still announced in Center Tuesday. J. S.
i are con-
Swanzy of tractors, and the work will be under
college band furnished music for the
trip.
The boosters were met at the train
by a large number of people from
Center including officials of the cham-
ber of commerce and a group of
school children. A parade was form-
ed, and, headed by the band, proceed-
ed to the court 'house square where
a short concert was given. Mr. Boat-
ner made a talk in which he express-
ed appreciation of the trade given
Shreveport by Center people and told
of th* good will existing between the
two cities.
Because of the crowded schedule
of the trip, the stay in Center was
short. Following the visit here the
boosters went to San Augustine, then
back to Timpson. They will attend
the East Texas chamber of commerce
convention at Tyler Wednesday and
Thursday.
Shreveport has always shown more
interest in Center than have any of
the other cities which compete for
East Texas trade, and a very kindly
feeling exists between the two cities.
Two yars ago the trade trip did not
include Center, so the Shreveport
chamber of commerce arranged a spec
ial trip of Center, spending the day
here. The trip was made by auto-
mobile.
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the highest percentage basis, permit-
‘ting the county selling the highest
Oscar Beard ano qe c ge, e ■ percentage of tickets over their quo-
in connection with tommetbe qMe» rfButTeas.
■Wash Lee last Wednesday, Conntics wer<3 assigned quotas ac.
' cording to their importance, wealth
; and psychological position, relative to
I the development of East Texas. Nac-
ogdoches allotation was 250 tickets.
The Rotary club here joined hands
with the Nacogdoches chamber of
Nacogdoches, Texas, April 19.—
! Twice within a year Miss Elga Dan-
iels, 18-year-old Southern lassie,
daughter of Jeff Daniels, who lives
five miles east of Nacogdoches in the
Oak Ridge community has been nam-
ed queen, f,
First, in the early part of this year j
she was named cotton queen of the
South, for having grown two and a
half bales of cotton on one acre cf
land, unirrigated. The second time,
queen of East Texas, to reign at the
first antiual convention of the East
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Every style of awning for „
car. Prices $3.50, $4.50 and $7.50
pair.—Parker Motor Co.
THE MASTERS MEN.
An undenominational Men’s Bible
Class meeting every Sunday morning
at 9:45 in Noble Weaver’s office.
This class has maintained a splen-
did average of attendance, and is de-
veloping a splendid program of work.
It offers the opportunity for men
have had no interest in Christian ser-
vice, because of the meagerness of
; the tasks presented an opportunity
for real and vital service in Jesus
name.
If you are a real man, believing
that Christianity has a real program,
and desiring to have part in the devel-
opment and operation of that pro-
gram, the Master’s Men offers you
the opportunity for which you have
It is indeed a “Men’s
with a man sized pro-
! known in the sporting world, having ’
■ promoted a number of matches in ship which has been shown by the' the Ferguson administration, but was
j new highway com-
meeting. Real Christianity is always mission took office, later being au-
shown in the manner in which we thorized again. Work was first delay-
treat felow servants of Christ in their: ed because materials failed to arrive,
work. !"
The campaign will continue (D. V.) , Machinery and other materials
until Sunday night, after which the already on the ground,
minister will go to Houston to the would have started the first of this
Annual State Convention of Churches week but for the heavy rains of last
of Christ, which convenes there on week.
during the storm, and should be gen-
erous in its donations toward , the
Texas cities which suffered in the
'■’v^disaster.
These i
I Centei’ in the near future.
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in connection with the '<sht0°ting' of.
waived examining trial and were pYae- j
ed under bond of $5,000 each to
await action of the grand jury.
Their cases will come before the j
grand jury before the next, term of
court which is to be held in the fall.
I commerce, and within 48 hours after
your the sale had started, all of the quota
had been sold. A second batch of tick
! ets, the same in number as the quota
of 255, was ordered, and long before
the date of closing ticket sales, Nacog-
doches county had subscribed the ex-
tra 250.
When the judges met to canvass
the returns it was found that Nacog-
doches had won the honor, with 200
per cent, and the candidate named by
the county was elected as queen of
East Texas. Each county was asked
to name a candidate for the queen,
and since only one county may win,
candidates as maids of honor to her
majesty, the queen.
and Eddie Chance, wrestler, were in ■ in progress. The music under the di- Moore and Sons of Lufkin
Center Tuesday making arangemnts' rection of Bro. Bert
' for promoting a wrestling match in Timpson, has been splendid and the the direction of Terrell Todd of Cen-
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According to Weeks who is well-doing exceptionally good work.
’ We are appreciative of the fellow-, awarded during the closing days of
Louisiana and East Texas, arrange-! other churches of Center during this ' cancelled when the
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The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 20, 1927, newspaper, April 20, 1927; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1353866/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.