The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1924 Page: 4 of 4
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Roper B. Y. P. U.
Larner—Marshall
Program Feb. 24, 1924 by Roper
office.
Thel-
wlth
As.
of
Practice
Stewardship—
committee
Every effort
Over P. & M. Bank
DR. 0. C. HOWELL
Dentist
Phone 119
more
COOKING
r
were
Student,
IS A PLEASURE
had •
when you have
There is no fear of house
keeping
becoming
mo-
no! onoti' if you patronize
MARR & REED
on
Bill
The College Grocery
■eng^r boy «unt
Phone 16?
WALTER ACKER
ward
sell.
to
HAV-A-DATE
et and
int
KING'S CANDIES FOR AMERICAN
QUEENS
PUDDLE JUMPERS
and
tnulnter
bin
who
ha
THE NEW PALACE DRUG STORE
the
As Good as the Best and Better than the Rest
not
The
hands
urged t
V. L OWEN’S TAILOR SHOP
We Call For and Deliver.
Happiness
h
Ih* Ct
III*
hui
M
and
•.v.n,
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tm« much
I, kl
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w ths
an
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DICK ANDERSON’S TAILOR SHOP
In Rear of Citv Barbor Shop
I
me
I
debate*
t
••d boy WMuo*d, •« heart rarMinx »
• hook hi* body.
THE CASE OF THE
PADDED MITTENS
you. is
ation that owns it
with him yesterday.
Man*,
late *
time
But
toward
; con-
. ______ She wore
going away suit of midnight blue 1
who
i you
knows
just
all
the
I'nlted
and
have
and
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DR. H. H. WHITLEY
Dentist
Lady Attendant
‘•Our chan-
t’d have
I didn't
ha m
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WMtual
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tart *4
hit» trip
Hh* ia
pix-cdca
th*
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■‘That
] door
FOR THE SHINE TH IT
SHINES
GUS GOSS
SHINE PARLOR
College Trade Appreciated
in1
the
...
• ful
hu
rxperta ntly.
follows ■
decided
Hardy ”
1 to their
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oil officer..
The chief of police sent the
natural
could have caused
kti< hen dour,
• Uh a
At the telgrapii office that after-'
messenger <oiument<Mi up-
A man in the
dthe hoy. and told
and
Mr.
he al-
YOUR CLOTHES
OUR WORK CAN STAND THE TEST
If
kMXNNNWNN
Your Favorite
MAGAZINE
is on sale here as £oon as
it is published.
RENTAL LIBRARY
in connection
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
1‘aitl SololiMifi mi tinev)>>•«• t»*4
% llll’t W
Hit >1114 IlB
This is a description of the quality of our work and
the service we rentier. See us fur Cleaning, I’rc-Fing
anti Alteration*.
with th* di
**V #*b*4 • hrt«t<wr
whether lh*» had
BFffW that
»aM.
about th* »*l|
& h*T b**4N
v* th* lr
he anaw
and
wll, you'd have
wen
saw
and sixth
preliminary
to make
arc, Joe
those who attend The hoy.
studied their subject carefully
Me.han rebels broke Into a house
<>«, upted by »» aunt aa>1 her iwn
vmlM he* I,- niece. We .Itoll wttle
marry you Ibra* wovaea
•We are helfdee* .poke one •( th*
I Item.' but |de«ae .bare our .WBl " to
IM y«"tr «•• fatotUeas
a Inti* the aunt." war to ••» ”
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I Th»n W ilklMfn Hat* t**bi how
I willed Mari* I'MWll
! “I wasted that well
antilp «MtbtBs la the world/
t-tual, I knww that
r«wil*w to my on*
Ihll* I
* «»<!!• I
I I
returned and carried her out
to my car. After removing the to-
boggan. 1 took a wet handkerchief
and washed the chloroform from her
face. Then I drov eaway. Before
Never before in the history of the
College has things been In such a
stir, so many shocked looks, and sly
, “I told you so’s” as there has been
during the past week. A dark and
vi»it i>iic
•*| hmln't heard half lit- g|<
ytmr Nlivlm find ynti even
lake >-arv of
The invesiga-
his sb;>neful
the
this
As
Prof: At what tower
i Ilevere see the lantern,
Tew. Hi.te T
Ver lost both i
rear On ansae
i l<>*t «iue deb.
<me, and Ih «
on both de hale
went lo I Thi. year one of the te .ma nl'l
H I meet Weal Te.w Htate Ten, her* t 'nl
• ent | les* »f » anyon i ity. la <i Lite al
The Other team will
toeel the North Tua. State 'teaehera
I olleg. team IB debate at (teuton
a long pause. Then
“Gentlemen, if there’s
I suggest that we move ]
called in to witness the examination
She could not I remove the scent from her clothes I
smile, i^ave been chloroformed nor gassed;) Then I returned to the alley back ot
* thlil >1... ... • U..t—1
out a large volume ot
>n> his cigar, and watched it make
;igs on Its way to the ceiling; then
lne tives found on Marie were only those ticed?”
"I attribute that fact to the same
in- reason that there were no fume- in
room
That
of I
| seen
on
with
him in
Still he was adamnant.
a hi 1 resort hi* was placed under the
grueling third degree
woman.
The groom has business connection
Store and
Commerce
reputation
any man.
I maar
Billy r.B to her boern
U lb. nmr bait
iH>«.ral b.rd kM»i>
Imle band IB • faw mi
t , read .ad •••4 Wa*<
»«*f •••••• '*
Mr. i «ma«» <im bm
;,mki **** f.’va* *1
• sibed •« Marta'. dw»*r k
rttmad ayrm tb» d«w ■
• M* (taw. tb.B aka valtoM
• aba xp. Mart*. W. arttlB
noon, lhe
year old >u Hale, statement
naked perniiaaion to office hear
she might see the
father
nay
• -iint> I
■ bier. Marti
>. uo that
•■Ila. Her
day
but Marie office
•ai.t and ifflce. the attorney .aid, “Mr.
that
I
< nnway had three ebanc-1
M> problem »«• to I
»fi him from coni* to Me.la I® bld. 1 ion. they hav
decided to kill lb. shl M» be iVMtld I »«•» the other
I paihad my «wr In the alley I slaneea have ’
i rm«*>’a b«mae I went Io I Thi. year one of the
.nd opeBeal It I ——’
.keleluB key helote I
pot oa h>HMe .ll|.|wr. I had ••minieur
from my rat le the <l««'» ta my
I I .boobt m»i leave
4«m the kitchen
•iintaa room «ad
By
<i the. office I
and handed Mr. Conway a telegram, but
•n ; > g’nirm-d at it and said,
explained that be
the next day and attorney and two policemen to Huie’s j lion and three the affirmntiv;
her along but Marie office When they walked into the the question
a round hi.
er-evermgly
to m quiesce
Tb Mdne «b. to mor. kind, but not
ie > rwel. .be band, them be
• turned aad they di'Mb even to
H.,piu®e» r»l<m> aiHom
a variety.
well .est this year
trade before
Men who made fifth
j place last year in the
contest, who are expe. Iigl
a good showing this year,
Estes and Fred Bailey.
The contestants «ill be given eight
minutes for a main speech and three
minutes rebuttal Six of them have
city i chosen the neeallves aide of the qMes
------------ .— .............. -ide of
When they walked into the the question The outlook for a good
Hale,, evenings entertainment 1. bright for
we wish to talk with you upon bus!
neaa. *'
Hale rubbed hi. hand, together, will present .ome facts wx<rth while.
cm< .ide In hi. chair and ' The men making first, second third
"Have seats. |aiui fourth place in the eetimatloo of
team
will
de-
lao Neal
and '
■lowly, "Have neat*, and fourth place
g« atlemea. sad I’ll tell you all about ) the )udge. will be declared
I for I9J4, ihe one rank
I tw declared the lw*.l I
i hator and will receive
I medal
The
• ollege
tn any
tone
One of the policemen spoke up:1*1""1 •“ vv .»•■■■•■■••“■-••
____ _____LI... af several of the witnesses, in order i
of the |
fear and
shrieked,
MM k
»ay be»i print. Fvmb tba
t s-SI IMO lb. •MnlBB '«"*
.Bat then In Ihe girl', vbambor
a darkened light
•a th. bwi, a epma pcMielolly I
dM ted *t* hlaa ieeve any tutea IB
the huawe aw I loart a hiutebanbbf.
■ampene-l II with ihloNafrMH eltabt
ty. and betd N BBM live atrl*.
After a f*» i.rwmia. I pad
r worthy
of the love and esteem of his bride. Telephone Bldg
Paul
signal
l girl out, and
been placed her in the bed just as I had
_______________ As I went out, I locked
f MafI*>
*n«l HH
’•» Mart*
1 "n*y '~e.ee «*M- | ’I'*’ *'» •
n«»t U* I ►**Il I
III » r im (iRai
W* ha** to *••»*
_____________ ________ did
I the nature of Mr. Tittle's offense. | Revere see the lantern, th
A scribe from he East Texan was)’ha‘ 'he enemy was coming-
Student: About midnight.
e, sbe. said, had had the r
of being known by her for
She testified that !
he
his
She said that
) . he had lived next door to him for
j more than a year. A:i(l that beuqpth
: his window was a stack ot star-
comb jars more than two feet high.
I Mr. Tittle was then called to the
He looked pale and worn, and
evident that he had list much
He seated himself nervously.
' very evidently on the verge of a men-
ital breakdown. His hands and feet
shook like the branches of a tree in
la wind storm. He was placed under
loath. After much questioning it was
that he was hanging doggedly
to his story, and that it would
take some exceptional force to drag
I 'he truth out of him.
tors painted for him
career, and contrasted it
good opinion held of
school
Oa mhiw •h. »n>il».
■ha wMi !«••••. 111 •
to k»»., 4*alBway; 4®
mor-r H.|.|"»»». >• *•
.nd by fi.ltriie- u> by hrtba. tob
lb. n>>< In King, qnivbvv tb.® 4»
what
her death -
Detectives
n<> clue was found The Con-!
and said, ways and the paople of Dallas came
Andrews to believe that Marie was not killed ■
The ihat she died of natural causes.
*•»• + + + + T4-4--F + + + + + T
Exactly one mouth after Marie I;
' mwuy s death, William Hale, the
■in who made the highest bid forthe
Mexia oil well, sat at his desk con-)
versiag with his
bout his well
so well as he
the course
i.sengcr
-m his well
va. asking
Marie htir-j answered
m.ka t'rep
The rest of th.
till. whtl.
ce. and did
■t evening,
blren.
slat <m the verse of tb,
■ mi be.titifvil a* th* r.
smlhB* da light** of lb*
isht, sh* to
un »»pe«T*d, oft*
bo s**k f>
■ it 'h* «»<••
■b* to toil.
that smlttB*
Yrt, whoa
I o«Bd. .>nd • h»n
oM.IbmI. «hlto Hi
bar the >00.1 dlllaawtiy,
and stole from the house, t'pon
reaching my ear, I placed her in the
rear seat, and poured chloroform
i pi th- touo-.i a which co.. ;
c . I drove : di. teL to
v nt ren hoire ©dt cn Arp >ti
I t •“ ih- g rl in, r.r.d 'aid b." up
;• c.ull’. which I hxd p’"?ed cn th )
bathroom floor, and threw the whole ... v
. , . storm, threatening to burst at
bottle of chloroform on a rag and . . , , . , ,
, , , . minute and bury us in a deluge
placed it on her face. After lining
, , Ignomious shame,
room door and
An investigation committee was
immediately placed upon the task of
solving this profound and puzziling
i mystery. Every effort was I
I the iir.cnediate solution of the
... . ... . (founding mystery,
—the fumes were terribly strong. . . .
, , . ... An omniotts silence and forebod-
I votiirnno inn r»av-»-iza*i hnr rvivt
ing in all the offices foretold an im-
pending disclosure of a shocking
scandal.
Students were seen filing in and
out before the committee in charge
of the investigation An enterising
reporter for the East Texan manag-
i ed to get an interview with one
the witnesses, and found that
students under investigation
none other than William Tittle.
I student biMly was shocked to learn
' this, but they were still more puz-
zled because they could not find out ■
The beaulful ring ceremony was
used by Rev. J. A. Old who perforin- . _
ed the solemn rites which united in B. Y. P.U.:
marriage Mr. Fayne lairner and Miss Missionary meeting —Stewardship
Hilda Marshall, Monday night, Feb- meeting in principle and practice.
Lesson text, Luke 12:13-21; 16:19-
31—By Group Captain IV.
The general principle of Steward-
ship.—Emma Robertson.
A principle of Society—By
>na White.
The Christian principle—By Neal
ring Horn.
Recognize our Creator’s Rights.—
The bride was given away by her Lillian Johnson
Stewards, No Less—Maggie Pigg.
Stewards, No More—T. H. Walker.
Denial oes not Profit vs.—William
ceremony Reese.
The
which place they plan to leave on a Arthur West,
honeymoon trip to St. Louis.
will make their home in Commerce, j A friend is one '
The bride is the daughter of Mr. about you and likes
and Mrs. O. P Marshall. She w as! same,
reared here and has made many { .. . -
friends by her womanly graces. She]
i received her education in the public,
j schools of Commerce and in the East!
] Texas State Teachers College and is |
,an accomplished voung
•with the Wheeler Drug
of! during his residence in
tj,e 1 has built for himself a
vag that would be an honor to ;
The "r- I-arner is in every way
--- * of th* !nv* and nf I
ruary 18, at 7:15 o'clock at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
0. P. Marshall, on north Park street.
The groom was at'ended by Mr.
Frank Salmon, as best man. and
Miss Oma Carr, aunt of the bride, <
was maid of honor. Little Miss
Elaine Pritchard, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pritchard, was the
bearer.
•tnt m
I
d
I
vkMrtMmwmMWkmk'
Frank Potter
Slightly past 'he uoon hour. Mr.
J. Howard Conway stepped out of his
limousine and walked briskly into his
When he opened the door, his
private -• retary juuiped up and
greeted him with, "How are you, Mr.
Conway? and low is Mexia,
Mr. Conway threw his silk hat
uown on bis desk and greeted George
\ndrews very cordially,
ct '• he beg in, "are fine,
phoned you last night, but
i;et in till late, and I’ve been at the
tanks all morning. Let’s have a
; moke and I’ll tell you nil about It.”
Mr. Conway leaned his broad
shoulders against the back of his
chair, and slowly removed the tin
toil from his cigar, lie continued:
“The well I one of the best in
Mexia—making four thousand a day.
it’s just what I'Ve wanted all along
My old friend, Bill Hardy, as I told
the head of the little corpor-
1 had a long talk
He told me that
he thought most of the directors wish
ed to sell—little fellows, you know —
fear it may go dry; He promised I
me that, if the directors hould de-
cide to sell, hr would send me word (
immediately.'’ Thon, with a t
Mr. Conw y added. Irf't hope that
they get a little scare.”
“But you are mH sure." put
Andrews, "that you should get
«. I. if it should be sold. Aren’t
there others who would like to buy
it?”
Mr. Conway was undisturbed.
blew out a large volume of smoke she had not been poisoned,
seeme dto have quit breathing.
a rag and;
After doing I
this, I closed the room door and
waited outside for at least an hour.
When I went back into the bathroom |
the girl had ceased to breathe. She!
was dead. I stepped back outside
for a few minutes to get some fresh
air:-
“I
fd. “If you had seen
a lot more who have tried to buy of the family who clasped her in their
thought that you anguish. The whole room was
in iJailan instead of Mexia* I spected.
All rt Shaw and • : • Mullins night before.
Ui» 1 . 1‘hey bail talked with hut the screens were still latched.
Bill Hardy about the well. I saw The door leading out to a little side-
W rain Hale. Bill told me that porch was locked; the key was still
• ; '» everything he could to in the lock, just as Marie always left
1 ’*1 to him. Ho it. There were no fin-er prmlv < a! that you left
; 1 nly man whom I fear, be- Marie, as said before; and
caun<’ h< will resort
r ot i
is my
at the bank,
this morning
about the
there w ere no fumes in the room.) the house, took the
Certainly she could not have I—... -
choked nor smothered, because there 1 found her.
were no marks upon her body, to the door behind myself.”
indicate a struggle. Heart failure) There was a long pause,
was unthinkable. Her body was not) Hale added,
I swollen, and an examination of her ] nothing else,
He stomach proved beyond a doubt that on.”
She just I C
___ , ’ , . - ar several or me witnesses, in orner i ™——
! Why do you suppose that your foot [ha) m(ght know of „!p |
he finger prints which the detec- prints in the yard were never no- , . —---
1 shame of this student.
I Mr. A., Prominent Student, was
the first to take the witness chair |
Ho disposed and said that he
] known Mr. Tittle for some time and |
' that he considered him as an equal, ,
socially and morally, and as a pal.
: I Knowit All. w.i. next call-i a
•I in and volunteered a bulk of very I
damaging evidence to the defendant L
’”iMr. Tittle, sb", said, had bail the , |
■ are c_____
’ some seven years,
she knew him at the time that
had the permanent wave put in
hair, and even before.
There was no response. She called
again, but Marie did not answer. This
frightened her, and she called aloud
for her husband.
Mr. Conway pounded on tbe door
with his big fists, at the same
t (touting, "Wake up. Let’s go.”
this did not get the desired response.
Then Mr. Conway took out bis keys
and opened her door
When the ton ways entreed her
room, Marie was lying on her bed ap-
parently asleep, but dead Mr. < <>n-
way shook her, and called aloud,
■ “Marie!”
1 Tn a voice filleii
' anguish. Mrs. Conway
1 "Dead!” ,
It all was so unbelievable that Mr.
i onwy- continued to call and to
shake Marie for several minutes. By
this time, two policemen made their
• v into the room. They explained
’ to Mr. Conway the necessity of let-
|ting Marie and the room be un-
touched until detectives and physic-
ian. should arrive. With the great-
est endeavor, they were able to force
Mrs. Conway from the room.
Jletectives and physicians arrived
within a few minutes. The detectives'
looked for finger prints upon her
face and body first, then turned her
i over to the physicians.
The physicians examined her
closely. She was untouched. She .'returning to Conway’s, I drove
has not been shot, for there was no around the city to let the night air.
wound upon her body.
We have a larse s~ -ortment of candies In .** and IOc bars
including Hav-a Date. Puddle Jumpers, Goober Bar,
Orangettes. cherry Crusli and many others.
private secretary
nway "I loaned liout his well which was not doing;
ice when he was so well as he had expected. During
hasn't forgiitten.'’ the course of this conversation, a
preparing mine- messenger handed Hale a .elegram |
to Mexia. He f- >m bis well manager. The manag-
go< necessary er stated that the well was pumping!
vtartad clearing much less than the previous day, anil ) les. Dale dowry,
hich had accu- then added that unless somethin*.: ) ~
Mance the past developed, he feared that the
might go dry.
When Hale read thi. last sentence .
tie mumbled in a low tone, "Conway i
I children, who I have lost "
4. that be was go-
to Megfa the next u*y. Im-
hi* nineteen year old
luv. Iler
r.” If yo«i
ore Ilin it
The whole room
It was just as it was the the room the next morning;—the
Two windows were up, strong breeze blew them away."
“Should you mind answering one j
more question." put in the attorney. ■
“No," said Hale, “what is it?"
“I should like to know how it was*
il to him. Ho it. There were no finger print, cnjthat you left no finger prints on
1 f; ar. be- Marie, as said before; and there i Miss Conway nor o nthe door knob.” |
t-.i any means in were not any on the door knob, nor ‘That was because I opened the
'••'ing to h.vtb t, on anything in the room. The de- door with eny handkerchief; while, I
friend, and I tectivea could not find any clue what-all the time, I had on padded mit-i
I spent over. They were of the opinion that tens.”
talking Marie died of natural causes. In: - —-------
:i. and truth, what else could have caused' DEBATING CONTEST
SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday night at 7:30 a* th* Col-lj *
| le<<» auditorium, the preliminary de-1 j
I bating contest will be held to select j e<
a team to represent East Texas
State Teachers College, in InterTeach
er (’ollejre <i“bates this year.
The question i> “Resohed.
the production and distribution
coal and oil In the I'nlted States
I should tie controlled and regulated j
1 by the Federal Government.” The
i < ontestants are. Charles T« nnyson.
•Joe E«tes, Fred Bailey. Jesse David-
.»on, J. I). Alexander. Walla -e Broy-
and Keith Delay.
Tennyson In the only man in the con-!
ih.i e the , degree The poor fel-
' i»w finally hung his head and buried
his face in his arms and cried like a
W'hipped child Between soba h*
confessed the truth of the whole
shameful affair In a foment of
dt iMHidency and dispalr he had Inat
(ontrol of himself and in a moment
of «i4 xfieratlon he had pplir i soap
and nj .»•••* to bis heauliful pr inane nt
ta When he ramt to himwif
I nd realised the diabolical nature of S
fa c . 1 > . u ■ . 1 ■ ■• t* < I I 4 Iv 4
more u|>ou tbe handkerchief and Isid DDAMIMpRIT CTII
It upon her none. Then I pulled a 1 IxvnUllLlIx 1 UlU**
no difficulty in doing DENT DISGRACED
nit ruffle her hair, because it was
dressed in two plaits. In a few rain- i
utes, I shook her head. She did not
budge. I shook it harder. She did
not move Then I realized that she
was completely under the influence
of the anaesthetic.
I picked the girl up from her bed . . fa fa j »
, , , . , deep mystery has hovered above our
campus like a dark blanket, and has
dampened the spirits of all. Our
usually quite and unpreturhed belov-
ed domocile has been torn asunder
by one of the most disgraceful
scandals in the history of our rchnol.
The mystery hutr- about our camp i futher> Mr o p Marshall,
us like a threatening spring thunder I u
storm, threatening to burst at any . accessories to match
) Immediately after the ceremony
I the happy couple left for Paris from
■ Ichi/'h Ill’ll then iJnil lA IaAI’A ATI •>
They ]
himself j
.nd realized the diabolical nature of 5
his disgraceful offense, he had hunt-
cd for th* carbolic arid bottle, but J
had found it empty "Oh’ but my j
pretty perwianetot waves ar. gon*.
■••in*, forever gon* ’ th* broken li*-mt
The Roamancers Tues. February 26th
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