The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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S. Cabell, a reserve officer,
lapsed and plunged into the Gulf of
restoring political rights to Jas. E.
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recently in the walls of an ancient
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flooded with complaints from women,
winners,
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A VALENTINE GREETING
EXPRESSED IN ATTRACTIVE FIGURES!
man can leave to posterity.
has
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Favorite Want Ads Get the Desired Results
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Polk Bell, 72 years old, was hurt
ant caller at the Favorite,
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NORTH HONEY GROVE
BIG CROWD PRESENT
BEL- EOR-ALL FIGHT
OVER MEASURE TAKES
PLACE IN WASHINGTON
nitro-
hard
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TOWN GIVEN FROM 7
TO 9 YEARS IN PEN
The U. S. Senate
the nomination of
TOURNAMENT CARDED
AT SHERMAN FEB. 19
prize was won by Rev. E. H. Gideon
of Bailey, a new member of the post.
one known death and
eountry-sida - within a
ty miles, and causing
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athletics at Austin College, and Ce-
cil Cale of the’Sherman Y. M. C. A.
that he
division.
AMERICAN LEGION OF
THIS CITY HAS MEET
RESERVE OFFICER IS
KILLED WHEN PLANE
PLUNGES INTO GULF
bred White
McRAE.
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THE EXPLOSION,
PORTS TODAY
untry and
Iruck Mel-
Il worker,
was more
MOODY SIGNS MANY
BILLS AT PRESENT
MAKING—GOBFRELI B GOES
FROM FANNIN COUNTY
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mansion demolished in Medford.
Under the heading, “Dancing”, the
author, in 1831, wrote:
‘Nothing shows the national char-
acter, or thoughtlessness and gaiety,
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Feb. 15.—The presence
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The State National Bank
OF BONHAM
COURTESY—EFFICIENCY—STRENGTH
PASSENGER RIDES TO SAFETY
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ASKS THAT A RECEIVER
be Appointed
he District of Columbia committee
which was inquiring into the advisa-
ility of enacting Sunday blue laws
or Washington.
After a heated exchange of words
the -same 3
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THE FANNIN COUNTY STATE BANK
“THE BANK OF SERVICE
it, and in conversation they discov-
ered that each of them was wounded
Qp the same front on the same day
and was transported to the rear on
the same -train and placed in the
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Feb. 15. -Governor Dan.
Moody signed the house joint reso-
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N. R. Troy of Ladonia, was a pleas-
investigation of the bribery charges I
against .F. A. Dale of Bonham and
H. H. Moore, of Cooper, expelled rep-
resentatives.
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ly United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-—A free-
RICHMOND HILL, N. Y„ Feb 15 ! AUSTIN,'Feb. 15 —Forfeiture of
confirmed
. Neff, of
A BANK Book is .the best autobiography a
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Bomham, Taxa*
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showered rocks over the i
Borger, and one of them I
vil Morris, aged 35, and
killing him instantly. Ho
than a mile from where
plosives were stored.
Only a few window lig
ger remained unbroken. I
It was first believed t
Favorite “want ads” get results.
GRADY McCULLOCH WINS THE
TRIP TO PARIS, FRANCE, TO
REPRESENT POST
Cooke, Collin and Fannin, are includ-
ed in the district. The winning trim
Final Reduction on
Texas, as a member of the U. S.
board’ of mediation. The organiza-
THEA’ SEE THE SIGHTS
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nstalling
or time.
seeking to legalize the summoning
[ of jurors by mail was reported un-
। favorably by the civil jurisprudence
By United Press.
AUSTIN Feb. 15—Governor Mooy
is suffering from an indisposition,
and was not at the executive of-
fice this morning.
POITICAL RIGHTS MEASURE OF
FORMER GOVERNOR FERGU-
SON STILL UNSETTLED
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' jarring the
radius of six-
thdusands of
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Kansas City has had a $40,000 fire
caused by an explosion, which is be-
BILL TO REPEAL THE .i
AMNESTY ACT STILL
HANGS IN BALANCE
AGAINST BERLIN M ASHEnS I committee.
Beasley, Willard White and Walter
epeal of Ferguson Amnesty Bill Passed to Engrossment
or the lieved to have occurred in the base-
ment of an unoccupied1 house.
of the regular army, and
went over with the first
He asked if any -members
the company sold stock without al
permit. S
A general revision of the postal
rates has been voted by the United
States senate, in adding a series of
amendments to the house bill mak-
ing postal cards 1 cent, instead of
2 cents.
was asked by Attorney General Pol-
lard in a suit filed in a Travis . Ferguson, impeached-governor.
Fhe-capitg stork-oft Ff forts'.to' su^end the rules and
the concern is $10,000,000. Among place the bill on the third, reading
the petitions in the allegation is that failed. .asn:
I Whose incomes are small and who see no prospect for larger
I incomes within the near future, are nevertheless building up
f a reserve fund through Pmall weekly deposits in the Savins
■ Department of our Bank. The man or woman who is wait-
C ing for the day of an enlarged income before beginning a sys-
l tematic savings plan is, in nine cases out of ten, facing failure
■ so far as the prospect of building up a fund for future, con-
l tingencies is concerned. .
By United Prest.
AUSTIN, Feb. 15.By a vote of IS
to 6 was passed to engrossment the
bill of Senator Love to repeal the
amnesty, act of the 39 legislature
le forme r presidentaof the Seth M. Five counties, Lamar,
Little Lumber Co., was found shot
his old-time neighbor’s sake as much j which is accredited as the
as anybody. started the World War. The quake
Bob Beasley and Wain e Loftin and .registered nineteen separate shocks,
Willard White have h em interested ' semismograph showed.
PI BMC SCHOOL SYSTEM Now
APPARENTLY ON PROGRAM
FOR REORGANIZATION
Chief of Police George Elam. Bob German capital. had been drunk
Cavaliers who approach unfamiliar । got caught.
THE WEATHER. .
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION' BOY OF TWELVE MAY FORFEITURE OF FOOD
OCCURS AT OIL TOWN I FACE. MURDER CDARGE COMPANY’S CHARTER
OF BORGER-MAN DEAD IN NEW YORK STATE IS ASKED DY POLLARD
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glycerine was stored inhe
ware building.
have been selected as officials for
the meet here.
The Grayson county championship
will be decided here Saturday, when
in this meet will participate in the the work it is doing. He stated that
state tournament* at College Station,yhe considers the American Legion
Fannin county.
The Favorite trusts that this will
address. He made a very interesting
talk, stating that at the time the
war was declared he was a member
dol’ars worth of damage, officials
of the hardware company reported.
A party of borger offi iaN with
officers are at the scere of the
blast to conduct an investigation.
would lead them to a lfe of
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EoNEAM TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927 LoCAL COUNTY •wa NUMBER 191
LANTON AND BLOOM FIGHT
.pionship of*district o. 5 qf th? In
terscholastic league will be held at
Sherman High School gymnasium
Feb. 19, it was announcet-Thursday
by Judson. A. Rudd of Austin C‛ol-
lege, newly , elected director of
athletics.
15 — Lieut,
at Center, Shelby
blasting stumps.
a22ja tournament-of class A and class
* B schools will be held.
It is better to* buy a good Standard make Gas Heater, than to have a
Cheap Heater given to you free of charge. Call and see our line.
It must satisfy.
American girls have been criticised because of their regard for
the dollar. But when we consider what they do with it and
how well, we respect this attitude.
Money is an essential — why pretend not to see it?
We think this is about the time for the chap who hopes to make
his sweetheart his wife, to start a year-’round Valentine in
which his affections and their sincerity are expressed in savings.
-Michael Porosegw, Jr., an eighth
grade pupils, shot and killed Marcus
Gold, a leather goods shop proprietor,
here. Gold said before he died that
he thought the boy was-playing ban-
ousine, Charles Ponzi, silent and de-!
jected, appeared incourt here where
he was sentericcd from seven to nine
years as a common and notorious
thief.
your birth
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G. E.Eller,wa» driving the truck
conveying them to Bonham. -he} y
it 75 or 100
red. White
rd. 185-5t
HOUSTON, Feb.
well is out in that part, of — ,
country where Georgi hails from. j town where ti Archduke F erdinand
and of course he is interested for of Austria, was murdered. ..nd , j
’ ’ act that 13
8 Overcoats.
Middling basis on cotton today
was 14 “tents.
face a charge of murder. However,
his age may prevent him.
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CRITICISM OF DANCING
IS FOUND IN OLD BOOK
BOSTON, Feb. 15 . (UP.)— The
dance craze was the object of almost
as much criticism a century ago as
it is today. This was shown by a
relg- |
some of the men connected with the
proposed oil well add, ed the tig who assert that Berlin men have
crowd. । recently become shameless in their
The people of Honey Grove are | advances.
worked up as never before about this
By United Press.
. POSTON, Feb. 15.—Presenting, a
or-all fight broke up the meeting strange contrast to the dapper fi-Phillip _________
f the subcommittee of the house in | nancial wizard who once toured Bos- i was killed when a Curtis plane col-
ton’s streets in a custom-made lim- |
By United Press.
BORGER, Feb. 15—0 ly dynamite,
was stored in thef Thoi pson Hard-
same ward. After this very inter-
esting talk the main event of the
evening came off, the drawing for the
trip to Paris, France, next Septem-
ber. This was won by Grady Me-
lough. It was decided to have a
second drawing next Monday night
but after McCulloch accepted the
trip this meeting was cancelled. The
local post has a live membership
to death in his garage. A gun was
foud lying by his side. The coroner
held an investigation.
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I Secretary Mellon says it would
Rest $800,000 a year to administer
[farm relief work.
IN SOD HOUSE, IS CHARGE ]
By United Press.
TOPEKA. Kans., Feb HL—To the.
growing list of causes for . divorce
another was added recently by Mrs.
Mabel Foster in her petition seeking
a divorce decree from her husband; •
She alleges that soon after they were
married, in September, 1924, her
husband took her to Western Kansas,
where they began life in a sod house
which had no floors, and that to
save her health she had to move.
She asks for alimony and the cus-
tody of their children, who, she de-
clares should not be reared in such an
environment.
be the well that brings forth the
golden fluid that makes millionaires
a fluid that has yet to be harmed
by the boll weevil, anel it is a pity
that the boring proclivities of a
boll weevil cannot be l lined to ac-
count, and the low-down nuisance
to be held the first week in March, one of the greatest organizations in
Coach P. W. Cawthon, director_of; existence and every, legionnaire
dit. The boy, only 12 years old, mayyEouhtyeourt
Bloom, Democrat, of New York by
Is X.XXXX"'DISTRICT FIVE CAGE
r Blanton accused Bloom of oppos-
ng the law because he represented
the movies.
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Feb. 15.—The senate bill
I
and is expecting to do a
work.
resentative Blanton of Texas,
ocrat, grabbed Representative
general propensity for dancing.
• “A passion for this amusement af-
! fects persons in .every grade of life.
' iV might be supposed that * those
only would be disposed to engage in
it whose spirits are continually elas-
tic and buoyant, under the cheering
smiles of prosperity and ease.- Put
this is not the fact.
"The thoughtless and gay will
often do it in order to suppress
those movings of conscience which
One of the men who assisted in
the erection of the new Austin city
jail was the first prisoner in it. He
OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
-------- I mite, intimated that thelblast may j book, yellowed with age, which was
have been set off. Th explosion- ------ —----------
which occurred about* midnight,
on-lookers at th spudding in of
about all of the wells drilled in j
IN HIS GARAGE TODAY, SHERMAN Texas Th. basket-
I ball tournament to decidle the chain
NOTED FINANCIAL WIZARD
PRESENTS STRANGE CON-
TRAST TO FORMER SELF
lution proposing an amendment to
the constitution investing power in
the pardon board, concurrently with
the supreme court chief justice and
vhe attorney general. Also the sen,
ate joint resolution paoxosingitna--, _
amendments to the constitution-in a F .
program for reorganizing the pub-
lie school system, and the house joint
committee to increase salaries. The
members of the legislature also
signed. A
and his relatives compi l ed to bore
oil wells, instead of perforating our
cotton bolls. just when we think we
need them most.
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The bursting of a boiler in the
Rockdale oil field shook the town
and injured several. The accident
occurred Monday.
BERLIN (UP)—Berlin police have]
revived an ordinance prescribing
drastic penalties for mashing in the
Mexico. Private Ashley Cabell, a.
passenger, rode to safety via the
parachute. • --— ‘—
GOVERNOR MOODY ILL
should be proud to have the privilege
of belonging to such an organiza-
tion. The qualification for member-
ship in this organization closed on
November 11, 1918.
A very interesting part of the pro-
gram was a contest by nine mem-
bers in the manual of arms. The
SHOOTS DOWN STOREKEEPER 1 ATTORNEY GENERAL
WHO THOUGHT-HE WAS
The American Legion Post of Bon-
ham, had the largest attendance at
its regular meeting last night., n
the history of the post, there being
104 members present. There were
several interesting talks by members.
Dr. D. Peace of Leonard asked the
post to indorse a move to eradicate
tuberculosis among the cattle of Fan-
nin County. The post gave their
unanimous indorsement to this move.
FredeS. Rogers made a very 'able
talk, bringing out some of the things
the Legion stands for and some of
Miss Thelma Prath teacher at
Ivanhoe, accompanied by about fif-
teen pupils of the school, visited
the Favorite office this afternoon
and looked over the web press, the
linotype machines and other things.
However, it so happened that “the
devil** was not in at the time or
they might have seen him also.
Loftin went to Honey Grove Monday, i
and from there out to where Honeyatoning for their action during two j
Grove parties and others are spud- ! weeks in jai or, if they are. luckier. =
ding in an oil well. • ■ | by paying a fine.
The people of Honey Grove were Deputy Police Chief Fenimnand
so impressed with th. test that/Friedensburg has just brushd th
they closed up their places of busi-dust ofT a 1903 ordinance '■ ™ ulate 8
, ness and attended in a body, taking to stem the epidemie of mashing eng
. Uk . r I Present i their band with them. ' | Eerlin stteets and in public convey •
went over with the first. W. A . spudding the ances. In announcing this
Giles stated that he went over with band played and James H. of Friedenburg declared that.
Honey Grove, made a speech. Also headquarters .have i
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.hch
its charter and the appointment of
a receiver for the Texas' Fdd
Packers, a San Antonio corporation.
ware Company’s building one mile
Rev. Gideon was called on for an
West Texas, partly
of Ranger Captains • Hamer and
Hickman at the T ,
Ehe Bonham Pailufavorite
An earthquake shakes the little 8
are one of the number of consoli- .
dated school districts in that local-
ity. Other places visited ) hile
the party was in town were the cot-1
ton mills, flour mill, jail and ice
factory.
Following are the pupils in the
party: Mary Lois Sharp, Ray Nell |
Beauchamn, r ay Curry, May Rene ;
Eubanks, Palmer Gray, Will Todd.1
Garland Ballard, Alton Delashaw, 1
Malcolm Burrell, Olin Seas. Ardis
Keene, Wesley Wells, Eugene Spear-
man.
and an eighth from here, where a
terrific, explosion occur ed. causing
UN Fol ND LYING BY HIS
SIDE; CORONER MAKES IN-
VRSIIGATION OF AFFAIR
ly United Press.
HOUSTON, Feb. 15—Seth M. Lit-
house is regarded as an indication
that the grand jury has started an ,|
LLANTON OF TEXAS AND
BLOOM OF NEW YORK CAUSE
MUCH EXCITMENT
the ex- more plainly than a strong and
county, while day. He left a subscri
Daily Favorite.
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STORES AND TOOK frs BAND
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other labor disputes.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 15, 1927, newspaper, February 15, 1927; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1548351/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.