The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 19, 1930 Page: 1 of 16
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CENTER, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 19, 1930
$1.50 PER YEAR—16 PAGES
NUMBER 12
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will
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Miss Sarah McKenzie, Shel-
CITY CLEAN-UP
8 ARE INCLUDED
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TOMATO PLANTS OFFERED BY SKEETERS
IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISE TO PAY AT
MARKET TIME; MANY EXPECTED TO PLANT
EXPERT HERE TO
TALK POTATO BAN
WITH FARMERS
LAWSON ATTENDS
TYLER MEETING
SCHOOL CENSUS
VERY IMPORTANT
FINANCIAL ITEM
TOM J, FRANKLIN
SEEKS COUNCIL JOB Farmer And
.This County Has Taken Lead
In Protesting To “Omissions”
Of “Philosophical” Incum-
bent.
WOMEN TAKING
GREAT INTEREST
SHELBY EXPECTED
TO STAGE GREAT
WELCOME RALLY
TWO MEN WILL
FACE FEDERAL
COURT CHARGE
Hubert Harrison Creates Fa-
vorable Reaction To Work
In Organizing Close Contact
With Units Over East Texas
Area.
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Mrs. Rebel Martin and Em-
ily Frances have returned from
Dallas.
Prof. Jeff Samford Urges Par-
ents’ Cooperation In Realiz-
ing $17 Per Capita On Schol-
astic Age Children.
Three-Minute Speakers To Ap-
pear At City Churches Dur-
ing Next Two Weeks; Other
Methods Discussed.
Completes Trio Of Very Popu-
lar And Able Citizens Seek-
ing Two Vacancies In Coun-
cil.
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Jas. G. Rogers and Jim Jr.».
left this morning for Austin.
They will return this week with
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rogers^
Many Believed Not
Registered In This
School District
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FEDERAL AGENTS
RAID TWO STILLS;
JAIL OPERATORS
Center business man, formally
announced his candidacy Tues-
day for one of the vacancies
which will exist in the City
Council after April 1st when
the terms of F. E. Parker and
0. F. Metz expire.
Mr. Franklin stated that his
decision to enter the race came
after earnest consideration fol-
Dr. Windham Urges Earnest
Co-operation Of All Con-
cerned and Predicts Out-
standing Success.
is due Doctor Will Windham
and for his splendid work in
ganization.
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Miss Vandine Scott of Le-
Compte, La., is the charming
guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
John T. Harris, and other rel-
atives and friends for an in-
definite visit.
Quantity of Illicit Whiskey
And Mash Nabbed In Series
Of Quick Raids In Shelby Fannin county.
County Sunday.
a plan in the near future which
will aid materially and grow-
ers are asked to-co-operate-to
every possible extent in help-
ing to return this “big profit”
crop to .its former good graces.
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NEW HOME AGENT
HAS DUTIES WELL
IN HAND BY NOWi
<• ‘"nTi —I mii — iimum;.
53 YEARS
way 9.
Sixteen miles of concrete
pavement from Throckmorton
to Shackelford county line on
•as Chamber of Commerce and i
completely demonstrates
desire through his conferences
with the men
needs of their sections.
Secretary Lawson also at-
tended the annual banquet of j
the Jasper Chamber of Com-J
merce on Tuesday night
which he made a short address■
passing complimentary re- i
marks to the Jasper people!
and extending them the best! HIWAYS 35_AND
wishes of the Center organi-
zation.
The News happens to know
that General Manager Harri-
son regards Lawson’s appoint-
ment here as a connecting link
An the great chain of progress
he intends to forge in East
Texas. He praised the ability
of the popular “Bill” recently
in a missive directed to local
sources.
ternoon for the purpose of dis-
the quarantine of
the entire city and urged his
associates to redouble their ef-
forts on behalf of a clean city.
Meetings will be held eaeh
Friday afternoon in the Cham-
ber of Commerce rooms and all
interested citizens are invited
to take part.
Secretary W. J. Lawson of
the Chamber of Commerce re-
turned today from Tyler where
he attended a special meeting
called by General Manager
Hubert Harrison of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce
at which the views of secre-
taries in this district were ob-
tained for the purpose of ap-
plying them to the 1930 prog-
ram of work for the. body.
Although comparatively
new-comer to East Texas, Gen-
real Manager Harrison has
won high regard in all parts of Prof. Samford said,
the district for his business-like
qualities.
of
While comparatively new to
this particular phase of work,
Miss McKenzie has had years
of experience in dietetics, or,
the medical or hygienic art re-
lating to food.
From various parts of the
county reports have drifted in
| of her, favorable reception by
\ l women,
E. T. Crozier of the State De-
partment of Agriculture met
with a group of Shelby county
! Hon. Martin Dies of Orange farmers in County Agent Gene
' County, candidate for congress Gilchrist’s office Monday af-
from the 2nd Texas District,
| has chosen Saturday, March cussing
IL 29th, as the date upon which sweet potatoes in this county.
’ he will formally open his cam-
j paign. He will address a
| multitude of Shelby County
people on the Courthouse
■ square at 2 o’clock sharp.
In his decision to open his
! campaign in Center, Mr. Dies
> has paid Shelby County a great Agent Gilchrist will introduce
i compliment. From every part
f of this district he has been
i sought for his opening speech,
J and, while some parts of the
j district might have promised
him a greater crowd, none, re-
i gardless of size, could promise
j him a warmer welcome than
‘ Shelby.
Elaborate plans are underj
i way to make this event a gala I
occasion in the political history
. of this section. Now, as never,
before, this great constituencyj
1 is sorely in need of aggressive'
and fearless leadership. Be- by County’s new home demon-
ing typically an agricultural Istration agent, is taking charge
> section, and knowing Mr. Dies’'of her duties with all outward
• profound and heartfelt inter-' signs of the • veteran from a
est in the welfare of the "farm-jstandptoint of experience.
! er, Shelby County is expected
I to greet him with the greatest
demonstration of enthusiasm
'• ever accorded any candidate;
! but two, one being the late!
? John B. Burns of Tenaha, and
the other being Center’s own.
dearly beloved and illustrious,1
; son, Hon. S. H. Sanders.
Saturday, March 29th, will'Shelby County farm
recall to thousands of listenersj and it is believed that she will
an eminent occasion two years experience no great difficulty
ago when Spot H. Sanders'in obtaining cooperation among
launched an offensive against i the people with whom she will
the present incumbent that
' won the hearty approval of
the entire district. It is fitting
that Shelby County shall again stated, Miss McKenzie is farm-
take the lead in a crusade for
I . the rights of the common peo-
i pie, in a protest against the
^talons of the monopolies that
are choking the farniiers and
wage earners and creating an
ultra-rich class and an ultra-
poor class.
Mr. Dies has requested that
seats be provided on this day
for the ladies, after being told
of the interest being taken in
his candidacy by women over
ithe county. There will be
music and good times in abun- ?
dance, everyone is welcome.
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OIL ENTHUSIASM HIGH
Taylor, Texas, March 17—
(UP)—Oil sentiment is pitch-
ed at a high key in the field
southeast of here today with
three new wells believed to be
*inear the flowing gold.
The Sarsfield Wilson-Link
Expert Makes Generous
Proposition To Help
—1 Further
Interest In Project.
sand at a depth of 1,785 feet,
and cores will be taken early
this week. Drillers continued
to core deeper in the Simms News.
Oil Co’s No. 1 on the Lawrence
tract, at 2,065 feet. Plans are
being made to spud in the Tay-
lor-Temple Oil Co’s No. 1 on
the M. F. Cain acreage.
Mr. Crozier made it clear
that the solution lay plainly in
the hands of local farmers and
urged them to take steps to
remedy the conditions now ex-
isting in this, an infected area.
It is believed that County
County Agent Gilchrist Is Out-
lining Plan Which Should
Prove Helpful In Face Of
Rigid Quarantine.
i TUI, CM AIMPION
ESTABLISHED 1877
Today’s meeting of Dr. Will
Windham’s Clean-Up Commit-
tee was no exception to the en-
thusiastic session held last
week from a standpoint of re-
sults and noticeable progress
in the direction of the city-
wide drive to be staged on.
April 10th.
A large attendance was had
today and various committee
chairmen reported unusual
success in their first undertak-
ings. Dr. Windham took oc-
casion to express his gratitude
Federal Prohibition Enforce- fer in Mason county on high-
ment agents, aided by local
members of the Sheriff’s de-
partment, reaped a rich har-
vest in illicit moonshine and
mash Sunday when they made highway 23.
Nine miles of grading' and
draining of highway 9 in Nav-
'arro county between Corsicana
and Powell on highway 31.
Fifteen miles of grading and
drainage on highway 43 in
raised herself, and comes from
a section of the state of Missis-
sippi that has problems almost
identical to those of Shelby
County. She seems to have
found no trouble in adapting
herself to local conditions and
this newspaper pledges every
support toward the climax of
her year’s vzork which will
show up notably in the 1930
Shelby County Fair.
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IMMIGRATION WON I
BE SMOKESCREEN OF
NEXT CONGRESSMAN
From all over this district
comes the report that Martin
Dies is “catching on” in the
campaign for congress. It be-
gins to look as though after
No. 1 is thought to be near pay ?the next election the congress-
zman from this district will not
be exclusively interested in the
immigration question—Lufkin
Austin, Tex. March 17 (UP)
—The state highway commis-
sion today began opening bids
on road projects that will cost
jmore than $3,000,000 to be let
to contractors today and to-
morrow.
Today’s bids were on:
Twelve miles of grading and
drainage of highway 3 in Pe-
cos county.
Eleven miles of grading and
drainage of highway 4 in Run-
nels county between Ballinger
and the Concho county line,
and a concrete bridge over the
Colorado river.
Thirteen miles
and drainage of highway 5 in
Grayson county beginning at
Sherman and extending to
Four miles of grading and
drainage of highway 6 in Gray-
son county, beginning at Deni-
son and running to the Red
river.
A bridge over the Llano riv-
Tthe champion !
“Center’s Oldest Busi- j
ness Institution.” i
motives were purely prompted
i by his interest in the welfare of
able hope that parents and others
whose children have not been
^vcry' enumeiated will co-operate c^y an(j eXpresse(j je_
county served by the East Tex-'with us to the fullest extent.” • sjre have the consideration
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^[ROADWORK BIDS
closed to the ^KEN UP TODAY
BY HIWAY BODY
The Publicity Committee of
the City Clean-Up Drive met
Monday afternoon with John
W. Lynch as chairman and
Secretary Bill Lawson as pre-
siding officer. Rev. Jeff Da-
vis, Rev. Frank Luker and
George Smith completed the
personnel, with Rev. C. V.
Dunn being excused because of
conflicting engagements.
As a result of the discussion
of publicity methods, speakers
,are to appear before the con-
gregations of all city churches,
both morning and evening,
each Sunday until the 10th of
April, Clean-Up Day. The
duty of these speakers will be
to limit themselves to as few
words as possible and at the
same time put over a message
of city-wide pride in sanitation.
Other advertising methods
will include motion picture
slides, window cards, handbills
und meetings. Another novel
feature will be the “bandwa-
gon,” that will be used several
days previous to Clean-Up Day for the response on the part of
to attract interest.
Each committee is function-
Leon county betweeri\Oakwood with ease and much credit
of the voters.
With the new entry in the
race, there are three popular
and extremely capable citizens
-seeking two offices, M. B. Si-
mon and Bridges Harris had
previously announced for
„ i places several weeks ago.
More Than $3,000,000 To Be,
Spent in Widely Scattered !
Sections of Texas. PUBLICITY FOR
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An announcement was made
Tuesday by M. B. Skeeters,
I local tomato expert, that
should gain the hearty re-
Tom J. Franklin, well known sPonse and approval of Shelby
County farmers and others in-
terested in profits from toma-
toes.
The proposition made by
Mr. Skeeters is as follows: “I
will furnish tomato plants to
anyone who wants them, either
for garden or field use, if they
agree to pay for the plants
when they market the green
tomatoes. I will either take
the money for the plants or I
will take the pay in green to-
matoes.”
I Mr. Skeeters explained that
his proposition, liberal as it is,
is made in the interest of to-
hiato promotion, and in an ef-
fort to be of assistance to the
farmer. He declared that it is
now too late for cold framing,
so plants may now be set out
direct from the hot bed to the
field.
His services will be free for
instruction purposes to anyone
buying plants and he can be
v* reached at Phone No. 172. He
DRIVE PLANNED !further added that only toma-
‘toes bought from his stock will
be accepted at the shed at
market time, thus making his
proposition doubly attractive.
The tomato plants are priced
at $1.00 per thousand to those
wishing to pay for them at the
time of delivery.
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FINE ATTENDANCE
MARKS MEETING OF
CLEAN-UP WORKERS
two sudden raids in the vicini-
ty of Center.
Three hundred gallons of
mash and two gallons of whis-
key were taken from one place
and 14 pints of whiskey from
another. The operators of
both stills were jailed and will
be taken to Beaumont Tuesday
where they will be arraigned drainage on highway
in Federal Court.
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Now is the time to re-screen
Use Kelly Plows and Imple- your house. Spend a little
ments. Built especially for money for screen wire and save
East Texas soil. a big doctor bill.
J. G. Harris Hwd. & Furn. Co. J. G. Harris Hwd. & Fum. Co.
and Buffalo. N x
Nine miles 6$*gra^ing
53 in
Crosby county between Cros-
byton and the Dickens county
line.
Great emphasis was laid up-
on the importance of a com-
plete' school census in this dis-
trict Tuesday by Prof. Jeff E.
Samford, official census en-
umerator.
“Each boy and girl enumer-
ated between the ages of 8 and
18 before September 1st means
$17 per capita to our district,”
“The loss
of several children can easily
He is an admirable I rob a school of sufficient finan-
organizer and possesses that I cial help to seriously curtail its lowing the solicitation of'many
rare ability of surrounding activities during the year. I friends. He added that his
himself with loyal and
workers.
He hopes to benefit
Continuous service to the peo-
ple of Shelby County.
<1 m III ■■
. Sanders | in obtaining cooperation among
spend the greater part of her
time.
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