The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. [43], No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
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NUMBER 16.
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isappearance of Son
JL CONCHO SLA YER
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Mr. and Mr s. E. M. Eubank are
has been heard from him,
ty and placed in
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Co.
the damage to the vault by
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at W
♦he business.diret.
re-
ess
day morning.
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AUTO ACCIDENTS CLAIM
ing from the signs
school.
11 LAST DAY OF 1923
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the Christmas season.
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a
RURAL SCHOOLS
West
the Parent-Teacher Association.
county arrived.
Other buildings have been im-
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of the county during
three years.
n at
' been keeping company with
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niels ease.
to
cotton than the world can
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regularly, and,
pearance is cat
will
the
the
his
to write hom
sudden disc
Mr. and M
of the McDaniels girls, and
families were supposed to be
ance of their son, Carl
is feared that he has i
)) BOY
IF STILL
the work was that of profession-
als, the job being successfully
carried out.
man have failed.
Carl wrote his parents from
stland
ceasd
id cl
viveh
l Cha
make ready for the rush Monday
—the last day of the year.
i common ense and Mt overdo the
which will result in producing more
nd again throw the Booth into bank-.
Hon unprofitabla.
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Wright was buried in
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"Due to th?
crop yields of col
cultural trade ter
urged the cotton
g
FEW BUSINESS
CHANGES HERE
tors and new members welcome.
“BLUE BONNET.,
foul play or misfortune o]
kind which keeps him from
member of the family at least
twice each week, until his disap-
pearance more than a month ago
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Mr. and Mra. E. \
are alarmed over the
municating with his home fol
Carl has been away from hoi
Saturday, the crowd standing in
line, waiting their turn. while
cash.
After failing in an attempt to blow open the
large steel door leading from the hall in court
house into the collector’s office, the burglars
placed a box under a window of the customers
room which adjoins the collector’s office, raised
the window and entered the customers’ room.
Using an iron bar the yeggs pried open the steel
fire-proof shutters leading from the customers’
room into the collector’s office and blew open the
safe with a charge of nitroglycerine.
ward obtaining his re-offheyear.
lease. I I
) to noon Monday no
>s had been taken to
ire bond for J. S.
Daniels, held in the
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The Mission Study Class
meet Friday night to study
most interesting chapter in
Sunday school every Sunday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Visi-
BETHEL NES. ....
IL F. Baker, of the Winters cou
try. Mr. and Mrs. Baker we
here to bring them to the train.
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Mrs. W. A. Hall has moved into
the Sims house and Mr. Hall will
go back onto his farm.
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John Greenhill has moved, but
is still in the neighborhood.
«BETHIELINE»
. _ - . ............ ..._____1 to homa to see if he can get any clue
interest of Seldon & barley in have saved his money, and it is to the whereabouts of his son.
----t h-i-----. Mr. Stroble ______________ '___________________________________________
where he
irly has been busy investigat- Friday night, January'4th. Every
g A murder,case. at. Erown- one is wecome to attend.
ood, and tied up ta the Tabor,
arder case at Ballinger, and no
’ring has been held in the Ma-
ble was known to exist be-
Mr. and Mrs. David Davis re-
timed to their home in San An-
after spending the holidays
ajhddb8. Davis and family.
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uday, after relativ e s
n a large car go
wvest, passing own , 1 itehing
Avenue about 00 0 lock
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W. L. Bell, one of the Winters
country’s pioneer citizens, had
business in Ballinger Thursday.
Wewoka, Oklahoma, on Novem-
ber 22nd, stating that he expect-
ed to leave for home within a
week. That was the last news
heard from him. The father of
I
uld agree to surrender to
the explosion.
The officers are making an in-
vestigation, but have no clue, and
it is not known at what hour*
Sunday night the yeggs did their
work. The night watchman who
left behind
A bad wound, bum or ent
raid be eleansed of dirt or im-
to their home in Dallas after
visit to her mother, Mrs. Orr.
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Read Dr. Kahn’*, opk 1
NEw DEA
in Christmas Gift*.
Phone 85.
JANUARY! /
The month of invoices, of turning new leaves, of clean pagen
of resolutions! """ 7
The only way we can use 1923 now is to profit by her M -
How.best may we use the days and weeks an months of "24
we have resolved that we shall do less resolving and mol
By that we mean wo shall put forth every possible effort ift . .
ing 1924 a banner year for every patron of ours. If we can d. /
we shall rest easy as to our own prosperity, secure in the belief ”
"Who serves most serves best," and also “Who serves beat or
must. "
We hope you will consider this a personal promise if you"ar
’ lreadza patron of uor bank. If you are not, we hope you will con
sider this a personal invitation to become one.
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS “TWENTY-FOUR" TO ALL.
The Winters State Bank
Wintere, Tezan.
Yea, we have a calendar for you.
..■it never alighted from
, but drove on to thetere
la and requested W. F. ab-
i, storekeeper, to notify Sheur- ,
Bob Miller to come and get.
n, but to send anymshhae.N
puty Sheriff Morris weakdd
: scene of the killing in%gg
sence of Sheriff Miller, and TT
s some time before McDaniels
SEANESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 1. time nothing had been disturbed,
proved ,and teachers’ homes con- Three persons, two men and a and it is known by that that the
structed, and upwards of $125,- young woman, were killed near robbery was not committed'Until
000 has been spent in school ini- here on the National High- Nunday night. Had no one visit-
provements in the rural districts way when the machine in which ed the office Sunday, and the
of the county during the last they were riding at a rapid rate robbery been discovered Monday
Iof speed collided with another morning, it would have been
'car. The two ears hit almost more plausible to fix the time
Jim Johnson, of Winters, was center in a head-on collision.
ad Chick and Mrs. Mary ., ,
urned from their homes more rapid progress in the devel-
rities and dressed with Liquid Elgin Davidson, Will Puckett,
rozone. It heals the flesh with Jim Low and Dorsey Freeman, of
rvelons speed. Price, 30c, 60c the Wilmeth community, wvere
l 81 JO. Bold by John A. transacting business in Ballinger
eeks. Wednesday.
urned their attention to
g their way into the eol-
office through the win-
it dark complexion, dark hair,
with Mack eyes, and weighs 170
" me pounds, and i s 5 feet 11 1-2 inches
" i- tall. The last news received
< from him he was with an oil
, —. - , . driller by thl name of T. F.
for about two years, only visit-
ing home occasionally, and he
was due to be at home for
Christmas. He has been working
in the oil fields of North Texas
and Oklahoma, and since leaving
home he has written to home
The yeggs wrecked the large Aside from about twenty dd-
steel outside door to the collect-lars which belonged to Mr.
f__-ee:___ 4ka evnlnuinn seatter-IBrown and other parties, the
money stolen from the safe was
The county carried
NRGES REDUCTION
) IN COTTON ACREAGE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 1.—Moderation in planting cotton in
the Sonthld to avoid over-production in 1924, waa urged in a
statement isshqed her* today by Carl Williams, president of the Amer-
ican Cotton Gnawers Exchange
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, , i . Among those who spent their
Others turned away deciding Christmas vacation at home were
return at a later date, and no/Miss Alma Koenig, Miss Vera
doubt the bandits were among: Shelburne, and Kalph Killam,
those who turned away. •udg:who have been away attending
Eubank much anxiety. Mr.
the missing boy has been in com-; bank has been in communi-
combination of co-operative marketing and short
on, the South during 1923 has been the best agri.
ry in the United States, ” Wiliams said, and he
Lee Zeigler, who has been with
late Saturday after- Jeanes * co for the past two or
n, and aside fromthrewar"tasrirm,randbistrohe
ining counsel in the ferred to the Currie Mercantile
person Of Judge A. K.
Doss, of thiseity, to de-
.. . . . H. M. Walker and wife re
iof the robbery at Saturday night. turned to their home in Milan
Mr. Falls knew the combination [county Nunday afternoon after,
to the office, and he did the jan- visit to Mrs. Walker's sister M,
itor work Sunday in order to” E n-i- a —. ’
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4 mother,Swo brothers, of San Rateenne rurtlaschtoo jurerincidentein
approximately $60,000, or an av- ty, near Elgin, Illinois,
erage of about $3500 per school. ---
riller by th —
Fitehcock nt Wewoka, Okla-
2ma.. Mri Hitchnock also left
Vwoka mid) his whereabout* are
pearance more than a month agon still without information as to the
and since which time not a word whereabouts of their son, Carl,
has been heard from him, and who was last. heard from more
all efforts to locate the youngtthan a month ago at Wewoka, steen oussue uvu. . .— -------- .---- -----
Oklahoma, an sion scatter-J Brown and other parties,
parents that I e would be home ing the combination knob over moreu stolen from the safe
for Christmas The young manthe hall and spattering up the tax money,
had made it a
Misses Nellie and Thelma Big-
| Through the forethought and tbyzteachers, were also among the
carefulness of Tax Collector W. holiday visitors to come home in
efore spend-
ing the holiday* n ithhhis parents,
W. E. Brown, anil othler relatives
. . . . :1 . at in San Naba. k
x for .about eighteen years. - __ \
nas six grown children, three1 Ar. r.c ■ i \. ,
. 5 • . ju j Mrs. Jack took has rhturned’
hom are. married and he and to her home in Corsicana Narter _____________
.McDaniels have been separ- spending the holidays 3h\ her transacting business in Ballinger --------------
efonesom tin Ssapte aniureh. Par X?'i Brown and fami ■ i1 hursday. Rend the acta and orotie
odd Fellows Lodge. NO and other relatives. a .................
book, “The Skipper and
EGGSCRAC COURT HOUSE VAULT
0 EFFORFMADE TO Paretes Alarmed olver....
' consisting of $42 in currency and the remainder
' —— . , in silver. The yeggs overlooked about $80 in
Eubenk that "e« * war savings stamps: Checks were scattered over
W-rttar. the floor in front of the safe, in the search for
Eola at. Eldorado last week after a opment of rural schools than
from plegsant isit with their parents.
Thai i. • — x—
f formerly lived in East-lir and Mrs. Leonard Brown,
inty. t ,na‘^ aba, spent’ night with
ri Y twoh Flmer and ■ E. Brown aNd family, then go-
neelAAsgighheirlmorgtned, Taw
anles,and"ihex were ali farm- « &»■
living about halfa mile, has been attending
Daniels, and had been living i .....
as Eola for about three years.
McDaniels had been living
en the two families. Hoy
inger jail for the —--
der of Elmer1.b,7
, a _ aT 1 , a number or business cnanges
ght, at Eola ftDOUt would take place in Ballinger on
.vJ o’clock Saturday after the first of, 1924,
. A. • i - ■ only a few changes around tow*
orning. McDanl e 1 s have been announced definitely,
as brought to Ballin-1 and the New Year began with
v I. 2 • ee the mere displaying of new cal-
r by Deputy Sheriff jendars to take the place of the
- Morris of Concho jones which have served for the
twelve-month.
Kirk Gregory, who has been
_UD, v* vau, vy -- with the ( ity Drug Store since tne missing voy nas veen in com-;vann uas ueeu m communr
fend him he has made completing his school career, has munication with the oil company'with the authrities at w
—5n" linn, ne •I i « transferred to the Hall Hardware for which Carl worked, and with and in other ciies, and has .
DO statement, nor taken Company, and was initiated intojhis associates for several days, the matter up with the cor
anv further steps to- the hardware business by hand-but has been unable to get any with whica nissc wwv .
____- j I12.2.:... 1.:. ... ling .the bill book on the first dayitrace of his son. Officers at We-but has been unable to get
. !woka were notified, but have trace of him.
'1 he Williams ( onfectione r y failed to pick up any clue that
au nniv ne eve w. was found closed on New Years, would lead to his whereabouts,
as only one . t that business having moved out
Bragedy, L. A. I enner, on the last day of the past
—g,who livesasnearMfi L. L. Storble, who can’t
dels' farmthree-T
BANNEN-LEDGER
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BALLINGER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANaK, 4, 1 924. _________________
Ulasterwailoitheoppo.stte side $500 burglary insurance on th*
f the hat. Tie explosion Th led । collector a office, and this will
release the levers contrelled probably cover the loss, ineud-
he combination, and the ban- "
aid."'!^!^ whichST«.’ The Bethel Epworth League
cag on the last day of 1923. In cash payments on taxes after the
------ .Cook county, three men and one deposit’was made. Many tax
There is perhaps no county in womana llpastfiftyyearsofeage, payers paid taxes by check, and
west Texas or in anv other , i ’ the checks were not destroyed.
West lexas, or in any other sec- bringing the countys automo- The robbery was discovered
tion of Texas, that is making bile fatalities to 725 for the year. . M.prtn int »o nen Ship." The meeting will be held
A driving snow storm blinded Wiseneri ri" "yndt. moronn i early, in the school house, after
Dr. Edward Highley in Glenellyn ana funa te vault ' door had whieh there will be a meeting of
Hunnels county suburb and the physician was in- been wrecked by explosion. ‘
" 1 coumV* stantly killed when his machine ». P v.,n„ i.___ c .1! . .
During the last three years sev- was struck by a train. M. a 8, ” e arge of the court
‘ - house park, was in the collector s
office Sunday afternoon about I
three o'clock for the purpose of
cleaning up the office and doing
the janitor Oork, and at that
a
t dne •n he Vbhy of
any tthe cou. i -use was broken open
by the safe-crackers in entering patrols . — -
Officers in practically every the hall and first attempting to port* having
county in Oklahoma and through- blow the vault door from the out- West, passing
The young man has been draw-'out North Texas have been re side. It is believed that the
ing a good salary, and according quested to help locate the young yeggs visited the court house
r , . stay to reports to his father had saved; man, and if nothing can b: heare durin, the rush Saturday and got
a, being with Wright at th out, °fthenmarktt, businesscsis up a "ice sum of money. Heis a from him within a day or two, "a lay of the land." Many peo- ..........
" ahyt pi ......." - -...... :
"edv somewhat.fromphe market business.
t account ofthe kihmhs. ftook charge Tuesday.
ms that Wright went to
• of Penner to arrange'
and was leaving the * • • •
when McDaniels * SOUTH BALLINGER *
ear and called to * NEWS
a minute.” The ***********.....* *
immediately, | w. o. Brown and family, of
a charge of Maverick, are visiting H. E.
side, and Brown and family. ,
Mrs. Coolidge and son returned NEW HOMES FOR i
Miss Edna Mae Lowry has re-
ight, a son of Charles Wright, turnedto Belton when* she is
I nephew of the slain map. had atte ing Baylor College.
homefrom. college andi 'Mr and Mrs. Lon Munsey re.
1 Keenine onmnanv wIth A.. • • v.. . •
turned home Thursday from
Eastland, after spending the hol-
good terms. i __x__
istriet Attorney Walter U.I The Literary Society will meet
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Sledge, A. W. The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. [43], No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1924, newspaper, January 4, 1924; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694762/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.