Center Daily News (Center, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 131, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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CENTER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NUMBER 131
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Crockett Banker Finds Lost Burleson College President
Sidewalk
Review
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Nov.
Memphis,
Tenn.,
today, in an effort to restore
9:45
Sends Out S. O. S.
to
Pigeon Point, Cal.,
4.
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Dr. W. C. Windham is
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MISSING MAN TOLD
FRIEND HE HAD TO
RUN FROM WORRIES
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GARNER PLEDGES
AID TO HOOVER
IN RELIEF WORK
Uvalde, Nov. 6 (UP)—Re-
gardless of whether the demo-
crats control the U. S. House of
Representatives in the next
session, Representative John N.
Garner of Texas will cooperate
ROMANCE OF 1885
BLOSSOMS AGAIN,
ENDS AT CHURCH
How?
Grace
: SKEETER:: KELL
AND GANG COME
HERE NOV 24TH
Tibbits Says Show Is Bigger
And Better Than Ever Be-
fore With Full Complement
of New Acts.
Nov. 7
tanker
aground
There’s a boy with a future.
C. B. Wallace, Jr., who has a
swell slant on life and knows
how to apply common sense to
everything he does.
Delafield, Wis., Nov. 7 (UP)
—Maj. Gen. Charles King-, ac~
► years and five
at an astounding discount or'wars, sees no depression ahead.
DISTRIBUTION OF
POWER SHOWS 218
SEATS AS CERTAIN
FREE COOKING
SCHOOL
Brooklyne, Mass.,
’(UP)—Wind whipped
Mrs. J.
ing this
her husband.
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of Center unite and show some
interest in this movement?
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Big Oil Tanker
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MAN CARRIES SHOT
IN FOOT 51 YEARS
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Rusk County Claims
Youngest Editor, In
Etex; He Is Only 19
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American Legion.
According to Tibbits, the
show is bigger and better than
ever before and comes here
with a full complement of new
The
suc-
Slim Templin has a second-,
hand matrimonial mutual in-j
Isurance policy that he will selftive despite 86
| at an astounding discount or (wars ™ ri.
trade for a harmonica or some in his business.
i syrup.
Left Early Today For Pales-
tine; Wife And Family
Physician Leave Greenville
To Follow Him.
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Michigan Couple Separated 45
Years Re-united By News-
paper Notice of Man’s Pres-
ence In City.
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LUKER LEAVES M.E.
CONFERENCE TO BE
AT FUNERAL HERE
One of the best all-day meet J
ings of the Shelby-Doches As-j
niauuuvu m wiv sociation was held at the First;
Won’t the fathers and mothers Baptist Church today, accord-
New York, Nov. 7 (UP)—A
Senate controlled by republi-
cans and the house of repres-
Crockett, Nov. 7 (UP)—E.
Province, musing presi- with President Hoover, he said
• dent of Burleson College,
Greenville, spent the night prosperity to America,
here and left early this morn-
ing for Palestine, according to
•J. E. Walden, Crockett bank-
er.
“I had to get away
Mrs. Levy Windham with
her radiant smile and soft
voice. No wonder she collects the
so successfully each month.
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MOODY SAYS TEXAS
SUFFERING SLIGHT
IN UNEMPLOYMENT | "Jh
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. . GLUME TWO
Rev. Frank Luker made a
flying trip to Center today
from Houston where he was
There’s Prof. Robert Ed-
dins, whose work with the vo-
cational agriculture classes at
Center High School has caused
widespread comment among
schools of this region. Of
course, the work may be inter-
esting to the boys but that’s
not half the story. Bob Eddins entktives ruled by democrat^
is a princely fellow and he
knows whereof he speaks.
NOVEMBER
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IT IS 19 30
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show, who was here making
arrangements Friday for the
presentation under auspices of
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atop Corey Hill here eariy to-
day forcing its occupants to
leap for their lives. Forty pa-j
tients| were Endangered at a!
nearby hospital. j
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S. Beasley is spend-might and Satuiday.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 6 (UP)—-
A cornorer was today investi-
gating the death of Jim Car-
roll, 40, of Corsicana, who was
found with a bullet wound in
his side early Sunday after-
noon here. Carroll died a few
hours later.
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Old Warrior Says ,
“Business’’ Fine
Brockville, Ont., Nov. 7
(UP)—Fifty-one years ago, W.
himself in the left ankle with
a .22 caliber rifle. He was
living near Council Bluffs,
Iowa. The bullet was not re-
covered, and the ankle healed.
Complaining recently of a
pain in the sole of his foot,
Livingston, now 73, consulted
a doctor. The physician found
a lump on the sole of the foot.
Opening it he found the bullet.
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PROBE DEATH
emerged today as the probable
lineup of the 72 congress.
Following the distribution
of power the results show that
the republicans have 48 senate
republicans have 48
Farm-Labor party one doubt-
ful seat. 49 seats are neces-
sary for a majority.
In the House the republicans
have 215, the democrats 218
and Farm-Labor party one.
doubtful seat. 218 seats are
necessary for a majority in the
• House.
Beside oil possibilities, crop
records and vast timber re-
sources, Rusk county has an-
other claim to distinction.
The county has the youngest
j while 45 crew members defied newspaper editor in East Texas D. Livingston accidentally shot
of the youngest in the himself in the left ankle with
Mrs. O. H. Polley driving her
big cream-colored limousine
out Cora street. Wonder if;
it’ll go fast?
G. O. P. Wins Control of Senate
By Hairsbreadth As Entire
Nation Watches Fight For
Domination of Legislative
Bodies.
“Show me any 25 years at
American history where there
the general
challenges pacifists. “Why,
head- there have been five wars since
1861.”
General King was in all of
them, including the Civil Warr
this} the Indian War,, the Spanish-
American War, the Philippine
Insurrection and the World
War. He received medals in
all.
All the fault does not lie with Bro. Cowper. sei.
: 6. Organizing the Associa- While there was little dan-
as the!tional B. Y. P. U., 11:00 to ger of the crew losing their
11:30—T. C. Gardner. lives, the tanker appeared to
7. The Greater Baylor Cam- doomed.
paign—L. E. Finney. I--0
xt T t 4- SUSPECT IS HELD
Noon Lunch seived at the DALLAS ROBBERY!
Church. j __
1. Devotional, 1:45 to 2:00 Dailas, Tex., Nov. 6 (UP)—'
P. M.—Bro. Nations. , ho admitted;13 othel 01 k’ too>
■ 9-nn +„ 9-co E Adams, who admittedjc]aimg part of his time
Addiess, 2.00 to 2.30 — that he made a living hauling'
T. C. Gardner, liquor was under arrest here
3. Board Meeting, 2:30 to tonight, charged with the rob-
adjournment. ibery of a union terminal pas-
4. Ladies’ Program, 2:30 senger on Oct. 20, in which
to adjournment. z $16,000 was stolen.
' He said he recently had
at- been released from the Federal
There’s Jacqueline LaRue, wasn’t a war,
billed as “The Girl Who Sees
Tomorrow!” She’s a
liner at the Shelby tonight.
Wonder if there are any rich
widows in the offing for some
of us poor boys around
town?
ing to an account by those who
attended.
The program:
1. Devotional: 9:45 to
10:00 A. M.—S. W. Collins.
2. Our Rural Churches:
10:00 to 10:15—M. F. Gath-
right.
3.
hundreds of youngsters!
who are growing up in a civili-: j i. ■ ■
; 4. Can a Country Church —The huge oil
have a B. Y. P. U.? How? Tamiahua was fast
10:30 to 10:45—Miss ^iace six miles north of here today
Conn.
5. Value of the association- a pounding sea in an apparent- jand one
al B. Y. P. U., 10:45 to 11:00—■ ]y futile effort to save the ves-'na^on>
He is J. R. Compton, 19
years young, editor and busi-
ness manager of the Mount En-'
terprise Progress. But his!
work doesn’t end with editing
and managing. He knows the
mechanical end of the business
'and regularly takes a hand in
m XT n /tt™ ' printing.. the weekly. There
Dallas Tex., Nov. 6 UP)-;.s other wQrk> wMch
Earl Adams, who admittedand
talent, that of soliciting ads,
looking after the circulation
and other clerical work.
Young Compton took charge
of the paper when he was but;
17. At that time he probably
was the youngest newspaper
editor in the Union, excluding
possibly a few college papers.
. He re-
i and the mar-
riage followed.
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Shelby-Doches Ass’n.
In Successful Meet
62, of the year at Hemphill fol-
widowed and mother of 3 chil- lowing the Center engagement.
(the responsibilities so faithful- dren, wrote Van Ness,
disappeared while Ty discharged by these beloved plied in person u.™ .
short trip to Dallas pre- men who are going on?
Center needs a Boy Scout
movement. The small invest-
ment required for a council
i here would be returned in won-
derful dividends of glorious
manhood in the years to come.
“Skeeter” Kell and his gang
(UP)—A romance which thriv-1 of comedians and entertainers
ed 45 years ago and then was | will invade Center for a hilar-
dormant until early this fall ! ions week of fun and frolic on
has resulted in the marriage of i Monday, November 24th, ac-
a Memphis artist and a widow, i cording to William H. Tibbits,
who was his childhood sweet-j advance agent of the popular
heart in the early ’80’s.
The couple were married re-
cently in Kalamazoo, Mich.,
and are now honeymooning in the Norman G. Crocker Post,
the south.
The romance was reopened
when Frank L. Van Ness, 64-
year-old newspaperman, ar-
tist and painter, visited in
Michigan. The visitor was plays and comedy skits,
mentioned in the columns of company has had a very
the Paw-Paw Northerner. Be- cessful season and will termin-
lieving it was her old sweet- ate its 42nd consecutive week
heart, Mrs.: Ross Sliter,
Mostly cloudy with local
showers in the south part to-
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week in Houston with!tonight in the east and central! tending the Methodist Confer-( penitentiary at Leavenworth,
portions. ence in Houston this week. 'for holding up a postoffice.
Death has stalked with tell-
School for awhile or my health ing. effect among the ranks of
y?ould be broken,” Walden pjoneer East Texans during the
said Provence told him. Earlier: past year. The latest addi-
in the day Walden wired Mrs. | tions to the appalling toll are
Provenc£ at Greenville and I Millard F .Witherspoon of Cen-
told her that a man answering!ter and Charles W. Hurst of
her husband’s description ap-'gan Augustine.
* peared at Crockett evidently ; -------
suffering from a mental lapse. [ Each year we find these
United Press reports from ; courageous pioneers harder to
Greenville indicated that Mrs.' replace. Is it any wonder that
Provence and Dr. E. P. Good,'the thinking people of this city
family physician had left for are interested in training the
Crockett to identify the man youth that will someday bear
there.
Provence <
on a short trip to Dallas pre- men who are going on?
sumably to visit his sister. Fear.
had been expressed for hisj
safety by members of the fam-'
ily.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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from
Are the parents of today so
wrapped up in commercial pur-
suits that they cannot lend a
helping hand to the young
attending the Methodist Con-'boys who are floundering
ference, to officiate at the fun-;around in an age of speed and
era! services held for Millard:jazz? The danger sign is at
F Witherspoon who died late ; hand and distress is imminent
Wednesday evening at his' for
residence here.
A huge crowd of local peo-
pie gathered at the church for ciety and dashes with reckless
the services which were made, abandon toward an mevitab e
doubly impressive by the large
floral offering. Interment was
in Fairview Cemetery u-----
the youth of today. They cer-j
are as we]j off as
of 1880. But today the
Austin, Nov. 6 (UP)—With
more public construction under
way than ever before and with
railroad budding going for-
ward rapidly, Texas is suffer-
ing less from unemployment
than other places, Governor
Dan Moody announced Wed-
nesday after making a general
review of conditions in all parts
of the state.
Place of the Training'
Service in the development of
i a church, 10:15 to 10:30—
I Bonnie Grimes.
zation that flaunts laws of so-!
pie gathered at the church for. ciety
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dump heap of shame and bit-
ter remorse.
in Fairview Cemetery under
Ahe direction of the Center Un-!
dertaking Company. |
Rev. Luker left immediately tamly
after the services for Houston.' youth oi aoov. dug
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rri tion in everyday life have re-
Flames Imperil imoved the old.time parental
HXpiui;'.-“?
j children groping in a mael-
Nov. 7 strom of conflicting emotions
flames'that are carrying them they
raged through a nurses’ home,know not where.
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Lynch, John W. Center Daily News (Center, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 131, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1930, newspaper, November 7, 1930; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1357040/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.