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THE ABILENE, TEXAS. REPORTER-NEWS
Page 3 - Friday Evening, October 25, 1946
TWO CHARGED WITH PLOT TO
TAKE OVER’ CAROLINA COUNTY
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. Oct. 25.—(P—Two men associated in a
"public welfare and protective" association have been bound over
to auperior court here to face trial on charges of conspiracy to
commit murder and conspiracy to rebel against the state.
Charges against the two—W. E. Connor. 32-year-old sponsor
the Public Welfare and Protective association of Buncombe
county, and David B Wright, * 24-year-old associate— were heard
in police court yesterday.
Witnesses testified that Connor snd Wright related plans to
"take over" the police and sheriff’s department and get justice
One witness, Groce Banks, said that Connor admitted having
dynamite and being ready to blow up the courthouae to gain
control of the law enforcement agencies.
Another witneaa. L. C. Crawford, said Connor and Wright told
him of a plan to take over the law forces “like the boys over in
Athens (Tenn.)"
Congressional Croup Moves
Cotton Hearings to Haskell
BY HARRY HOLT
Reporter-News Farm Editor
Members of a special congress
tonal agriculture sub-committee,
which ia making a awing through
the cotton belt to get firat hand
reaction in regard to resumption
of s control program, moved into
Haskell today for a ahort hearing.
tinuation and expansion of the
soil conservation program, a more
flexible plan for quota allotments
and * normal annual cotton carry-
over of approximately four million
bales.
South Plains farmers turned
thumbs down on the domestic al-
lotment plan, under which a farm-
er would grow a portion of his
cotton on the quota basis and all
over that would be exported. Un-
der such a plan, there would be a
The lens of the humin eye
The Grand Canyon of Northern The lens of the human eye is
Arizona is 217 miles long and from in a flattened condition when at
four to IB miles wide, rest
rest
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The committee, still somewhat
agog over the vastness of farming
operations in West Texas, held a
highly successful meeting in Lub- , __
bock yesterday with more than 200 wide variation in the price of the
farmers from the South Plains at-two and growers said they were
tending, giving their ideas on the opposed to it in that administra-
cotton program that ia to be re-
sumed in 1948.
Representatives who testified
yesterday were virtually in accord
on all issues, and Chairman Steve
Pace of Georgia said their views
were almost identical with those
in other cotton ststes They have
held hearings in Tennessee, Mis-
souri. Arkansas and Mississippi
Cotton farmers here yesterday
favor the following:
being the same on acreages in oth-
er words, if it is necessary to re-
duce the acreage 40 percent, each
state would take that much cut.
Chairman Pace, on the other
hand, argued that under such a
plan that farmers who have follow-
ed good farming practices, fertiliz-
ing their land and planting le-
gumes to increase production
would be penalized. He contended
that farmers in other states would
not want to give up any of their
acreages.
Rites Saturday for
Ranger Ranchman
RANGER. Oct 25—(P — Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
at Macedonia cemetery for Walter
Jackson Gardenhire. 75, prominent
ranchman wno died at his home
near here yesterday.
A native of Grayson county.
Gardenhire married Virginia Tur-
nell of Addington, Okla , in 1879.
He ia aurvived by his widow, a
son. Van Gardenhire of Cisco, snd
four daughters. Mrs. C. J. Samuels
of Fort Worth. Mrs R. L. Justice of
Ibex; Mrs. Roy Trower of Ran-
ger and Mrs. R. E. Steel of Ranger.
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THE /
Friday Evening,
- A continued price support pro-
gram with controlled acreages, in-
I elude production costs in calcula-
tion of parity prices, increase and
expansion of one-variety cotton
program on a voluntary basis, con
The acreage planted to cotton;
has not been controlled since 1942
. and there will be no control in 1947.
One of the big issues of the day.! However, in view of the present
not only between growers, but j high price of cotton, committeemen
members of the committee, was in expressed fear that “every fence
regard to allocation of cotton acre- row” will be planted to cotton next
ages to the states. year, resulting in a surplus as in
Rep. R W. Posge of Waco con- ----
tended throughout the meeting
that Texas snd Oklahoma have
been penalized under the govern-
ment cotton program, saying the
reduction of cotton in those states
has been two and half million bales
snd only a million bales in all oth-
lion would be so difficult.
er states. He favors a return to
1932 for calculation of acreages,
with allotments fixed on a state ba-
sis. with percentage of reduction
ALL
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AT “M” SYSTEM
PRODUCE DEPT.
LETTUCE
FRESH
CRISP
HEADS
lb. 9
937.
Plant to Expand
HAMLIN, (HW)— The Phelps
Locker company will install a meat
curing department and make oth-
er improvements to plant and
building as soon as materials are
available, it was announced here
today. -
E. URNER GOODMAN 1
Scout Meeting
Set at Lubbock
E. Urner Goodman, national di-
rector of program for the Boy
Scouts of America, will be the -
principal speaker at the annual
regional meeting in Lubbock Novi
6 when a large delegation of local
scout leaders, headed by George
F. Barron, council president, will
attend.
Meetings of the lay committee
of Region IX. which embraces all
of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
and parts of Arkansas and Arizona
will be held this.year in four con-
venient points throughout the re-
gion, Paul Ireland, scout execu-
live, pointed out. Opening meet-
ing will be in Tulsa. Okla., on Nov.
4-Second in the series will be held T
at Dallas, Nov. 5; third at Lub-
bock,. Nov. 6; and the final meet- -
ing. at Austin Nov. 8. |
“This is primarily a laymen’s
mating ''. Ireland explained. “Our |
council is urged to have present |
its entire executive board, includ-
ing council officers and district
chairmen, its planning chairman,
for cub scouting and senior scout-
ing, and certain other key scout-
era. Becauae of the present em-
phasis on our program and the
great expansion which is now un-
der way, we hope for a large group
of men to represent our council
at this meeting."
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Home Grown TURNIPS end
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TURNIP GREENS 61c
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GREEN ONIONS 61c
Mello Rumen
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Mesh Beg 476
u 15c
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New Mexico Firm Needs
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LONG GRAIN RICI 11c
PIMENTOS £ 39c
Armour’s Star ____.
PEANUT BUTTER ". 56c
Gerber’s
BABY FOOD can 7c
ARMOUR'S STAR
CAN
5
MA BROWN
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PRESERVES
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Jor
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FRUIT
JUICES
Tropic Gold
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 12c
ORANGE JUICE ^ 49c
Bruce’s Blended Orange
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 17c
TOMATO JUICE V 13c
Pole Cabin
HOMINYE 15c
No. 1 TIN
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Dishe Sliced Syrup Peck
PEACHES %
19c
Libby’s DEEP
BROWN BEANS 12c
TENDERONI10c
Everlite Fresh Ground
CORN MEALeJL 39c
Sunlend Pure White
COCOANUT “; 29c
"M" SYSTEM MARKET
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and PORK
STEAKS
ROASTS
CHOPS
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2 lbs. 29.
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Fancy, Full Breasted
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Pure
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Full Cream Cheese Lb. 59c
Fancy, No. 1
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Chuck Roasts
Grade
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Potatoes 10 LBS. Ms; 35c
LETTUCE Final Heads 124c
Home Grown Mustard or Turnip
GREENS
YAMS
Bunch
9c
Kiln Dried
litre Nice
u71c
FRESH CRANBERRIES
Every day we receive Fresh Fruits end Gerden Vegetables right
from the ferm
Fishing Supplies . • . Minnews end Camping Supplies
Just received large shipment of ENAMEL WARE
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New Store Hours: Weekdays 7 e.m. 90 a p.m—Saturdays open
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 130, Ed. 2 Friday, October 25, 1946, newspaper, October 25, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1644935/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.