Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 45, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 1926 Page: 4 of 56
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PART ONE
E AUGUST 18-20
COUNTY CAMP TO BE AT FAIR
GROUNDS, COUNCIL DE-
CIDES HERE SATURDAY
GIRL’S ENCAMPMENT TO
BE HELD JULY 7 T0 9
County Liao Wins Dry Land And
Bowie Irrigated Spring Gar-
dening Contest
Large Crowds of . F
Visitors Attend -
Store Opening 1
Large crowds visited Sherrill and
Boyd’s new pharmacy at Fifteenth
and Holliday streets Saturday eve-
ning during the hours of their open-
ins and inspected the modern plant
of the new establishment. The new
store was beautifully decorated
with many baskets at cut flowers
sent with the compliments of
friends of the now firm. Music was
furnished during the evening by
the Blue Blasers orchestra. Brick
too cream and souvenir boxes of
chocolates were served to the viol-
tore at the store.
The new store to owned by W. W.
Sherrill and J. B. Boyd, both resi-
Plans for the annual women’s
encampment of Wichita county
were discussed at the monthly
meeting of the Home Demonstra-
tion Council Saturday afternoon in
the chamber of commerce offices.
The encampment will he held Au-
rust 18, 19 and 20.
It wan voted to hold the encamp-
ment at the Texas-Oklahoma fair
grounds, since a building waa al-
ready provided with shower hath,
running water and other conven-
fences. A swimming pool is also
within one-fourth mile of the
grounds. Miss Ethel Louise Webb,
county home demonstration agent,
WSs authorised to secure a speaker
for the encampment. A stunt night
was planned, and other features on
the program were discussed. It was
decided to refer to the various
clubs the question of either paying
a fee or of furnishing part of the
provisions for the camp.
For the girls’ encampment, "July
T, 8 and 9, the Barwise club will
give first • prise to bread making
and second prize in dress making.
Tbs County Lias club will give the
first prise in bread making. The
I Moyle Farm club will have a’called
meeting to decide on giving second
prise to breed making, representa-
tives of the club stated.
Miss Webb announced some
changes to the premium list for the
Texas Oklahoma Fair, and read the
list for complete exhibits.
, dents of Wichita Falls for a number
of years. Mr. Sherrill was for over
seven years connected with the
'• Wilford Harrison Drug Company
and later became associated with
Mr. Boyd in the Monroe Street
Pharmacy. They were later asso-
elated in the management at the
Bungalow Pharmacy, Mr. Sherrill
to a registered graduate pharmacist
and will be in charge of the pre-
scription department in the now
store. v
Fountain service will be a feature
, at the new pharmacy. Ample park-
lag space to provided in front of the
building on both Holliday and Fif-
teenth streets and special attention
• will be given to curb patronage. All
equipment in the store is new and
a complete line of drugs and sun-
dries wU be kept in stock. .■
COTTON HOPPER IS
MENACE NOW IN 29
COUNTIES OF STATE
BRYAN, Texas, June 26. IIP)—In-
formation is reaching the Texas ag-
ricultural station here that the cot-
ton flea hopper is doing early and
extensive damage this season.
la many sections infestation al-
ready has boon reported. Reports
have been received from 29 coun-
ties oxtoadlag from Hidalgo oa the
south to Hopkins, north, according
to Dr. L Thomas, entomologist. Dr.
Thomas said that last year only
one infestation came tc notice be.
tore July 1 and only IS counties re-
ported infestation during the sea-
• Experiments conducted last yoke
on infested weeds showed. Dr.
Thomas said that sulphur flour
dusted on the cotton at eight day
intervals, using IS pounds per acre,
would get them under control. He
Winners Announced
County Line club was announced
as winner to the dry land spring
gardening contest, and Bowie club
was announced as winner to the
contest on irrigated land. The clubs
must hold their record in the fall
warden contest in order to become
county winners, Misal Webb ex-
plained. TO F
Mrs, May Hunnicutt and, Mrs. ‘m.
F. Groves, winners in class 1 and
class f to the kitchen improvement
contest, will have a free trip to the
aheuu.oour .cu-re, An. WE elf theineeneral vigorous pint
its Falls Chamber of Commerce, will hasin. ta nut an '~.....*---
Miss Webb announced. -
Reports were given from the fol-
lowing clubs: Barwise, Bowie,
Mayle Farm, Pleasant Valley, Clara
and County Line. The following
women were present: Mrs. N D..
Cooper, Mrs. O. A. Wittenbach and
Mrs. Tom Haynes, County Line
V. g. Bruce and Mra. J. a
loon. Harding club; Mrs. A
shall, Mrs. C. E. Taylor and
will begin to put on top crop from
July 15 to August 1. following par*
tial cessation of hopper damage.
The Texas station has prepared a
bulletin on the hopper flea.
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ties Ruth Wallace, Barwise club:
Ire. J, a Downing, Lakedale club;
fine Emma Davis, Miss Bula Davis
nd Mrs. A C. Hathaway, Pleasant
alley club: Mrs. May Hunnicutt
nd Mrs. Dave Gay, Ruyle .Farm
lub, and Mrs. Jack Hamner, Clara
lub. ,
■ .... MISSIONARY PROGRAM
2 TO FEATURE MEETING
OF GARDNER B. Y. P. U.
J. S. Downing, Lakedale elub
Emma Davis, Miss Bula Davis
DECISIONS FORT WORTH
I. COURT CIVIL APPEALS
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" Motons submitted June as, 1928:
A special missionary program on
"Luther Rico, Baptist Seer,” will be
given at the meeting of the Gard-
ner B. Y. F. U. of the First Bap-
tint Church Bunday evening.
The complete program follows:
Song: Congregation.
Fra ver.
Special musle (vocal), Mlases Car-
meta and Celeste Smith.
“What Missions Mean to Mexico,”
Rey, R. P. Olivaroe.
“Luther Rice, a Poteat Faroe la
Early Missions," Miss Eula Brown.
Bible quip. Miss Hanse. »)
Reception at new members. .
Song. %
; Benediction.. Sie.
“28“ # wanerer:
on for mandamus.
ions wranted June 26. 1326:
•m Texas Traction Company
ra. Marguerite UUlbert, to issue
ate without payment of the
r Dodson’s Liver Tone Makes
You Feel the Old Liver is p
Born Again eci
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sort the slant of Old Piedmont
re it rolls away into the foot-
ed South Georgia. Bad Ivans
SO a good stand of cotton. A
ago he was too sick to even
w a plow. Ktoright side seem-
hard, felt as if his liver had
ed to stone: belched gee all the
I couldn't hold up his head for
pain; calomel just turned him
to out. You couldn’t imagine
ner sicker than Bud’Evans. It
happened that an egg buyer
ped in on him one day and says,
at you need. Bud, to a dose of
on’s Liver Togo—your liver is
dand full ap so it doesn’t
. And so Bud got a bottle at
own drug store for a few cents
very first night it doosened up
PANHANDLE
GASOLINE
Makes
The Hills 1
as flat as
The
PRAIRIES
ed
PANHANDLE
REFINING
COMPANY
the swelling went down,
system righted itself and
new man entirely before
■ no question but that
Liver Tone will do more
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811 Tenth St.
Ninth and Scott -
Tenth and Denver ,
Sixteenth and Holliday 1
Hays and Seymour Road
Harrison and Avenue H
Burnett Street Bridge
Refinery—Burk Highway
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HU VICTIM OF
■ ACCIDENT TO
BE IEASTLANIT
The body of Ernest Smith, II, of
Burkburnett, who was totally In-
jured late Friday afternoon when
he dived into the Mod River swim-
ming pool, will be forwarded to
Eastland, Texas, Ms former home,
for burial. Brief services will be
conducted at the chapel of the Col.
Uer Brothers Funeral Home la
Burkburnett, at S o’clock Sunday
morning.
Smith died ta the general hoe.
pital here about 4:80 o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon with a broken
neck. He never regained conscious-
ness after the accident
He was hurt when he dived late
the pool, striking his head on a
hidden pipe used to drain the tank.
After receiving medical attention in
Burkburnett he was brought to the
hospital here, where it was found
his neck had been broken and his
skull fractured.
Smith is survived by his widow
and one small son. Hs had been
employed by ths Texhoma Oil and
Refining Company as a pumper on
one of its leases near Burkburnett,
and had been a rootdent of that city
for the past two years.
FUNERAL MRS. SELLERS,
’ PIONEER WICHITAN, TO
So BE HELD HERE SUNDAY
Mrs. Oerrie E. Sellers, 60 years of
age, a pioneer resident of Wichita
Falls, died at s o'clock Saturday
morning at the homo of her daugh-
tor, Mrs. H. L King, ,400 Adams
street, after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at
Riverside cemetery at 3 o’clock Bun-
day afternoon, with the Rev. J. P.
Ingle, pastor of the Church of the
Nazarene, in charge.
Mrs. Sellers is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. H. L. King and Mrs.
William Kirby, both of Wichita
Falls; three sons, C. a Bellers and
H. J. Bellers of Wichita Falls, and
Ike Bellers of Abilene; and a broth-
er, A. L. Buggs of Abilene.
Fall bearers at the funeral will
be John F. Nelms, Marvin Carr.
Tommie Harding, Melvin Lowry, W.
O. MeAda, W. L. King, Harry A.
Uray, and Freak Cripliver.
WICHITA DAILY TIMES
LEROY WILKS’ INJURIES
SATURDAY NOT SERIOUS
* medical examination. Saturday
vening of Leroy Wilks, tire sales-
an tor the Marcus Brothers Tire
ny. who was thought to have
red Ma skull during a souf-
ne Saturday afternoon, revealed
that he had merely been “knocked
out" and that his injuries were not
serious 1 ,2 5-
When he was first taken to the
■eneral hospital it was thought that
he was suffering with a fractured
skull Wilke was hurt when hs fell
la a playful souffle with a aegro
employe of the company. In the rear
of the shop at the corner of Tenth
street and Indiana avenue. His
head struck the concrete floor.
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SIX, STA
A COMP
BENDar. rows M, sone
TOD
AT HIGHWAY MEET
FORT WORTH, June 26. W)—Dis-
cussion of the highway bond tangle,
a resolution asking civil service for
highway department employes and
a number of technical talks are on
the program of the annual conven-
The new Star Six Sport Roadster
just announced by Parmenter Mo-
tor Co., local dealers, brings this
increasingly popular type of ear
into the less than $1,000 class, being
the lowest priced six apart roadster
in the market at $910 F. O. B. Lans-
ing.*
Examination of the ear and spe-
fame IF *
on account of the yerr low price
for this handsome quality product a
very heavy demand to anticipated.
-: The New Star Six line iu now the
only complete line of sixes selling
for less than $1,000 and includes the
touring, soupator, coupe, coach,
sport roadster and Landau sedan.
This line with the established
Star Four line to attracting the at-
tention of the highest class of au-
tomobile merchandisers, because, of
well-known volume possibilities of
the low priced field and the high
standard of engineering and body
design that characterise the whole
Star line of fours Md sixes.
cifications indicates that the very
low price has not been made at a
sacrifice of quality, on the contra-
ry, in engineering, performance, ap-
pearance and equipment, this latest
product of the Star division of the
tion of the Texas Highway Associa-
tion at Galveston. July 5 and 6. It
was announced Saturday by Wil-
liam T. Wheeler, secretary-treas-
urer.
Mayor IL C Meacham of Fort
Worth and J. A. Kemp of Wichita
Falls, will discuss the validation
question: J. a MoVea of Houston,
president of the Texas division,
American Society of Civil Engineers,
will present the resolution asking
civil service for stats highway ds-
partment employes: R. M. Kelley,
Longview, president of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce will
discuss “Needed Highway Laws"
and A. R. Losh, Fort Worth, United
States district highway engineer,
will speak on “Ten Years of High-
way AM."
Other speakers will be Mrs. J. U.
Fields. Haskell, president of the
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs:
W. A. Williamson, San Antonio,
chairman of the roads committee In
the house during the last session .
the legislature: President W. E. Lea
of Orange; Secretary Wheeler of
Fort Worth, and Hal Moseley, chair,
man of the state highway commis-
sion, Austin.
of
Durant Motors compares favorably
with other six sport roadsters of
much higher prices.
The Haynes-Hunt body is beauti-
tolly designed, having graceful
streamlines that please the eye.
whether viewed from the side or
from front or rear. The finish is in
two tense of lacquer, artillery gray
below the blank beltline and beige
brown above. Top and top boot are
of brown khaki, and upholstery of
driving and ramble seat is of grey-
ish brown genuine leather in Span-
ish grain.
There is a lavish use of nickel
plating that gives the car the sein-
tillating effort of a jewel, including
bumpers, bumperettes, radiator
shell, radiator ornament and motor-
meter. headlamps, cowl lights, wind-
shield wing support, kickplates,
stop plates. Interior and exterior
top fittngs, door handles, rear deok
handrail and grab handles, top grab
handles and look escutcheon.
The rumble seat is notable for un-
usual roominess and oomfort, being
38 inches wide and affording ample
log room.
Tire equipment consists of five
balloon tires and spare tire cover.
* Steering wheel to natural wood
with pistol grip, and aluminum spi-
der. Wheels are of artillery type
with natural wood spokes, and nick-
oiled hubcaps.
Chassis is equipped with 4. brake
horsepower, six cylinder motor with
a high gear speed range of from
three to more than 60 miles per
hour. Its power ratio to about one
housepower for every 50 pounds of
weight providing acceleration from
Brownell’s Iced Melons
Only ice-house watermelons to be had in Wichita Falls.
They’re Simply Delicious
% 4 $1.00 EACH OR BY THE SLICE
GET THEM AT
Ice Bouse Platforms and Green Stands
Ninth and Brook .
Adjoining Wiekits Feral Green House
Acnoss PROS v
Peoples Ice Company v
Fifth and Indiana
Or PHONE BROWNELL 7063
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Noble’s Wholesale Specialty Co.
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Can't Be Bothered.
. “You recently inherited money.
Why not pay me what you owe
“I wouldn't like people to think
that inheriting money has.changed
my habits."—Vienna Die Muskete.
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AWNINGS
Just CaU 8700
price, and samples submitted on request. Fifty samples from
which to choose.
ACME AWNING CO.
CONCERT BY
MUNICIPAL BAND
OF WICHITA FALLS
First of a Series
Junior College, Sunday, June
5 P. M.
A T.SS Children ...
Admission Adults ....
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......50c
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Beginning Next Saturday, July 3rd
The ORIENTAL STUDIOS
. Will Close at 1 p. m. Saturday
During July and August
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Extra Values
Used Talking Machines
Genuine Bargains That Won’t Last Long at
. These Low Prices
Get Yours Early Monday Morning
Victrola
$275 Value
‘And Over
$90.00 Worth of Records
Edison
$250 Value
Brunswick
$100 Value
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Brunswick
$250 Value
1000
Victrola
1125 Value
Nunn Electric Company
909 Scott Phone 8118
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