The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 248, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1924 Page: 2 of 12
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THE ABILENE REPORTER, ABILENE, TEXAS
Cross Plains
C. Of C. Holds
. Fine Session
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I falling Thursday night did not
I cause a single empty seat at the
: banquet. Cross Plains people are
- not the kind that let the weather
I break into their plans for the best
finterests of their town. The Cham-
I ber of Commerce has eighty-five
, I members and if there is a pessi-
tmist in the bunch, an out-of-town
presence here tonight and you
can accomplish many noteworthy
things by co-operation.
"Financial co-operation consists
of investing in your Chamber of
Commerce. it is fine to bear peo-
| ple talk about good roads, and
good schools, and other good things
and it is easy to talk if it doesn’t
cost anything. A Chamber of Com-
merce is a well organized body of .
people working for the best inter-
est of a community: I hear people
now and then talking about GIV-I
MIOM’N POP-
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NEXT SUNDAY!
—By Taylor
ING to a Chamber of Commerce.
It is not a matter of charity. If |
you consider your chamber of com- !
merce a charitable institution, then
you had better give your money to
the United Charities or Salvation
Army. A Chamber of Commerce
offers you an opportunity to IN-
VEST your money in town build-
ing. If you want to invest money
—go to your chamber of com-
OH WE HITS
, CLASSY-HUH
MOM?
OH-GOODIE!
WONT ATMAKE
AGGIE JONES
SORE ?
Vern, a suburb of Tulsa. As Sher-
iff R. D. Stanford and bis deputies
approached the shack, Pryor made
s dash out the rear door The de-
puties fired and Pryor hit the dust.
A bullet had pierced his head and
he died in s Tulsa hospital shortly
I before midnight. One of the men
who escaped from the jail with
Pryor was captured in the aback.
I man could not detect it.
: The program Thursday night
“opened with the singing of "Amer-
Lica,” followed by the invocation.
While the crowd was being served
all visitors were introduced, as fol-
flows: District Judge W. R. Ely of------------........ —- - water
Abilene: Homer D Wade, of Fort supply besides wells, an extension
Worth, Assistant Manager of the - • -1 - 21 = + - a 1 2* 1*
: West Texas C. of C.; Judge B. L
merce.”
Mr. Wade offered many sugges-
tions for the betterment of Cross
Plains, among them being a water
Assistant Manager of the of the railroad to Abilene, build-
YAS c or C: Judre R T,. ing of better roads, securing a
* Russell, of Baird, candidate for the county agent,
! State Senate; Judge Mark McGee, - -
of Brownwood, and Mr. Wilson of
: Ok la homa.
. - improvement of
schools and the making of men
and women out of the boys and
girls.
Other Speakers.
Other speakers on the program
included Judge W. R. Ely, of Abi-
lene; Mark McGee, of Brownwood; |
Judge B. L. Russell, of Baird, and
Russell McGowan, Paul Harrell
and the Rev. B. G. Richbourg all
of Cross Plains.
Judge McGee told numerous
jokes in his entertaining manner,
and emphasized the matter of
“Buying at home” ‘rather than
from mail order houses, saying
that the mail order house never
helps to pay for good roads, school
houses, churches, taxes—but mere-
ly take money out of the commun-
ity. "If your local stores have got'
the goods, you are exercising bad
judgment when you send your
money to mail order houses,’’ stat-
ed the speaker. Mr. McGee also
stressed the need of more stringent
immigration laws in the United
States.
1 The efficient toastmaster of the
•evening was the Rev. Torn W.
Brabham, pastor of the First Meth-
odist Church (formerly pastdr of
the Oak Street Methodist Church
of Abilene).
J The election of officers was done
in a verv quiet manner, the nomi-
Inating committee having decided
jon several names for each office
and submitted them in typewritten
•form so that for each office the
-members had only to tear off the
name desired and drop into the
trays that were passed. Nominees
for president were the Rev. Tom
Brabham, Geo. B. Scott and
from Anderson. .Mr. Brabham was
elected.
• Nominees for vice president were
the Rev. B. G. Richbourg, L. A.
Jarvis and Phil Anderson. Mr.
Farvis was elected. Nominees for
treasurer were Taylor Bond and
WV. T. Forbes. Mr. Bond was”
elected. The six directors were
chosen from a list of twelve nomi- : - —:------------.- .......
nees as follows: Joe Shackelford, take up the movement of a rail-
Paul V. Harrell, Tom Bryant, Vir- road outlet to Abilene. “If you
kil Hart, Babe Woods. A. B. Arm- will put your shoulders to the
strong, the Rev. S. P. Collins, F. wheel and push with the Abilene
R. Anderson, Gen. B. Scott, Oak t—*---
Lewis, W .E. Butler and Dee An-
derson. Of this number the fol-
lowing were elected: Messrs. Har-
rell. .Shackelford, Bryant, Collins,
Scott and Butler
1 Homer D. Wade Speaks.
; The principal speaker of the
evening was Homer D. Wade. As-
distant Manager of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wade
delivered a splendid address on
“Teamwork and Vision" which
might have been summed up in the
one word "Co-operation." He di-
Tided his subject into four phases
and showed that there are four
kinds of co-operation needed in the
building of every city—Mental,
Moral, Physical and Financial.
• "Mental co-operation," said the
speaker, “consists of saying some-
thing good about the people and
about your town. The man who
can not find something good to
say about his town ought to move
• “Moral co-operation is merely
another step of mental. It consists
of giving your moral support, your
good will toward the building up
of your town. It is bad not to
talk for your town and it is worse
not to give it your moral support.
“Physical co-operation consists
of your willingness to do some
work for your town. Every man
ought to feel that he is a link in
the chain and function for the best
Interest of his community. I be-
lieve in the women of Cross Plains
Judge Ely told the Cross Plains
people that he wanted to see them
road outlet to Abilene.
“If you
Chamber of Commerce, you’ll have
a railroad to Abilene,” stated the
speaker.
Vision of Cross Plains.
The Rev. B. G. Richbourg en-
tertained the crowd with a vision
of the picture of Cross Plains eight
years hence. He said, “I can see
Cross Plains with 3,500 population,
with farm lands doubled in price,
with a Katy extension to Abilene,
with a high school building erect-
ed at a cost of $100,000, with 300
children in the high school, with
the mercantile houses doing five
or six times as much business, with
a large printing office here pub-
lishing a daily paper, with a hos-
pital—but it will not have many
sick people in it on account of the
good health of this community. I
can see people coming here to find
out why our hospital is almost
empty and then deciding to remain
here themselves. I can see M. Mc-
Gee as United States Senator and
Judge Ely as Governor of Texas,
as they come to Cross Plains on
the evening train and I can see the
whole population of the city turn-
ing out to greet them." And then
the speaker branched out and saw
visions of the United States being a
better Nation and the people living
more Christian lives.
Russell McGowan, when asked
to speak on the subject of why he
had not married, said, “I’ve always
found it best to keep my mouth
shut." Paul Harrell spoke on the
same subject.
and urge that you women organ- Judge B. L. Russell related
Jae A Civic League. You women reminiscences of the past, he hav-
have the best interest of your city ing lived in the Cross Plains com-
at heart as manifested by your munity in 1889. Judge Russell re-
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lated how times and things have
changed with the prosperity of
Cross Plains and stated that he,
too, wanted to see a railroad from
Cross Plains to Abilene. “If you
people will go after it, I believe
the West Texas Utilities Company
will build you an electric railroad
to Abilene, if the Katy won't ex-
tend their system. Try thia big
utilities organization and see. They
have the juice to sell and if you
will give them a right-of-way and
some co-operation, they’ll do it,”
said Judge Russell.
SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY ..
20 bars White Naptha Soap, $1.
Swift’s Hams, per lb. 20c. Swift’s
Sliced Box Bacon, 40c. — NEAL
GROCERY CO., 418 Pine Street.
Phone 349.—(advertising.)
ATHENE
ECTIC U
OF YO
MAKES GETAWAY FROM KAN-
SAS PEN. AND JAIL IN OKLA-
HOMA BUT LOSES IN BATTLE
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 22.—Archie
Pryor, youthful bandit, made good
the determination he formed when
he escaped from the Kansas state
penitentiary never to return to con-
finement behind those gray walls.
J. N. Porter of Loraine, who un-
derwent an operation in a local but he did so at the cost of his life'
sanitarium, is reported doing nice- -*-- -1 . . **—.— -------
ly. Mrs. J. N. Porter is a sister of
R. V. Bigham of this city.
SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY
20 bars White Naptha Soap, $1.
Swift’s Fams, per 1b. 20c. Swift’s
Sliced Box Bacon, 40c.—N EAL
GROCERY CO., 418 Pine Street,
Phone 349- (advertising.)
No Pay No Party
Today his body lies in a local mor
gue. the victim of a deputy's un-
erring fire, while local officers
have notified the penitentiary of-
ficials that Pryor’s sentence of
10 to 20 years, imposed for first
degree forgery will never be serv-
ed out.
If you haven’t the cash, you can’t
pray
temp
•reummiT
said.
In some of the Japanese
s. These hoys and beggar wo-
ere photographed praying at
ck steps of the temple, be-
they didn't have money to
an offering for each prayer
Amusements
Adler’s Road Show Company Presents
a Real Big Show, Consisting of
4 BIG ACTS
Vaudeville
ONE DAY ONLY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
ONE DAY ONLY
ON THE SCREEN-SEE
“The Meanest Man in the World"
with
BERT LYTELL
— AT THE — -
t Queen Theatre
% ABILENE
Matinee 25 and 55c Night 55 and 75c
MISSION
Today and Saturday
MLLE. FLO LeROY
THE MYSTIC REVEALER
emu
— and —
ASON
mine
Also the
"FIGHTING BLOOD”
Pryor, in company with twelve
other prisoners, made a neat get-
away from the penitentiary last
December 2, by crawling through
an abandoned tunnel. The drag-
net subsequently thrown out
brought back all but four of the
fugitives. Pryor maintained his lib-
erty, but he found the law hard on
his heels. He made his way into
Oklahoma and as far south as Rog-
ers county. In Sand Springs he
was seen in an alleged stolen auto-
mobile and escaped only after elud
ing a rain of bullets fired by of-
ficers who had surrounded the car.
At Claremore he was not so fortu-
nate. Chief of Police Russel spied
him. Both men were on horseback
Then began a thrilling chase, such
■ as is rarely seen except before the
moving picture. With both men rid-
ing at breakneck speed and firing
at each other they raced to a point
| four miles from town. His amuni-
tion exhausted, Pryor surrendered.
He was placed in the Rogers coun-
ty jail while penitentiary officials
Delegates Named
CROSBYTON, Texas, Feb. 21 —
President A. B. Spencer of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
today appointed the following del-
egates to represent the West Texas
1 1 Chamber of Commerce at the 18th
Annual Convention of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, to
be held at Cleveland, Ohio, May 6th
Ito Sth. 1924.
A. B. Spencer, National Council*
lor; Rufus Wright, Sweetwater,
Substitute National Councillor; B
S. Huey, Cisco; L. W. Wall, Dumas;
J. S. Dickey, Henrietta; H. O. Cof-
Yee. Perryton; E. W. Hardin, Ama-
rillo: Clifford B. Jones, Spur: W.
M. Massie, O. T. Nicholson, Sham-
rock: Joseph Weaver, Eastland, all
as delegates. The following are
substitute delegates:
O. P. Thrane, Snyder: E. G. Ca-
ton, Claude: R. W. Haynie, Abi-
lene; J. D. Hamlin. Farwell; O. J.
Binford, El Paso; W. P. Hallmark.
Dublin; A M. Bourland, Vernon;
Hardy Grisham, Haskell; A. A. Gal-
laghan. Panhandle.
New Party Favors
Something different in party fa-
vors in our Dennison Department.
Abilene Printing & Stationery Com-
pany. Learn to try us first.—(ad-
vertising.)
SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY ,
20 bars White Naptha Soap, $1.1
Swift’s Hams, per lb. 20c. Swift's
Sliced Box Bacon, 40 NEAL
GROCERY Co., 418 Pine Street,
Phone 349.—(advertising.)
Constipation is ruinous to children-
keep yours health]
Constipation undermines s child’s
health. It saps his energy and makes
him listless. It can lead to more than 40
other serious diseases. Mothers should
take immediate steps to remove, safely
and surely, the dangerous poisons
from his system.
Kellogg ‘s Bran—because it is ALL
braa—bring* permanent relief. Noth-
ing bet ALL bran can be 100 per cent
effective. That is why Kellogg‘s
Bran, cooked and krumbled, is uni-
versally recommended by doctors. They
know it brings results.
If eaten regularly, Kellogg‘s Bran
is guaranteed to give permanent re-
lief in the most chronic cases of consti-
pation, or your grocer returns your
money. Kellogg‘s Bran acts on the
intestines exactly as nature acts. It
sweeps and cleans and purifies them.
It makes them function naturally and
The Month of
Holidays—The
Month of Parties
1 with Kellogg's Bran
regularly. It allows you to discon-
tinue forever the use of harmful,
habit-forming drugs and pills.
Kellogg’s Bran, cooked and krum-
bled, is a delightful surprise to the
taste—particularly if one has tried
ordinary unpalatable brans. Kellogg’s
Bran has a delicious, crisp, nut-like
flavor—an exclusive flavor. It is most
enjoyable with milk or cream, sprin-
kled over other cereals or cooked with
hot cereals. Try it in bread, muffins
griddle cakes and other recipes given?
on every package.
Have your children eat it regularly
—two tablespoonfuls daily—in chronic
eases, with every meal. Kellogg ’■ Bran
is made at Battle Creek and sold at all
grocers. It is served in individual
packages by the leading hotels and
clubs. Ask for it at your restaurant.
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RAINBOW
1000 Island Dressing
were notified of his capture.
Escaped From Jail
But Pryor had escaped from the
Kansas penitentiary. Escaping from
a small county jail was much eas-
ier. The means he adopted was
unique. The bars of the jail were
set far apart and Pryor was a small
man. Lubricating his body with
soap, he squeezed through the bars
and then with keys purloined from
the warden unlocked the jail door
and liberated four other prisoners.
When Kansas penitentiary officials
arrived a few hours later to get
their man they found the jail emp-
ty and the birds flown That was
early Wednesday morning.
No trace was found of Pryor until
late yesterday when he was report-
ed to be hiding in a shack near
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Today and Saturday
Emerson Hough's Great
Serial of Pioneer Perils,
“The Way of a
Man”
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— ALSO— E
E Reginald Denny in Round E
Five of the new
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Chas. Murray 1
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IT A ATI PRIINTANTAN
TACH THWATRH
ALUD IIDAIAL
TODAY AND SATURDAY
JACKIE COOGAN
In a 5-ring Circus, all in
one wonderful picture—
the greatest he has ever
made..
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circus
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1 ALSO A GOOD COMEDY
’ Special Saturday Morning Show
Beginning at 10 O’clock for benefit of school children.
Special Prices 10c,. 20c and 30c. Night 20c and 40c.
Did you know that Rainbow 1000 Island and Mayonaise j
Dressing was made in-Abilene, Texas, and sold all over
■ the State, and there is a good many towns smaller than
Abilene that is using more than our home town is, sot
there must be a good many people who do not know they
value of our product, so we are —-.
HANDING YOU A DIME
TO TRY IT
How are you celebrating? If
you’re giving a party and need
Dennison’s decorations, novel-
ties and table favors.
If you’re going, you’ll need
a costume, and crepe paper is
just the thing. Easy to use and
inexpensive.
The 1923 Gala Book (form-
erly the Party Book) has a lot
of ideas of entertaining. We
have it—only 10c ascopy.
Dennison Department
Abilene Printing and
Stationery Co.
Corner North 2nd and Cypress,
So clip this ad and give it to your grocer man as a
dime on both RAINBOW 1000 Island and Mayonaise
—After you have tried it and don’t believe it is one of
the highest grade Dressings you have used return it and
get THE RETAIL PRICE BACK. .
While vou are ordering this call for a package of
RAINBOW Potato Chips.
Abilene Provision Co.
North 2nd & Plum Sts.
Phone 259
If It’s
Draperies
Come
Where
-LARGE STOCKS
-NEW PATTERNS
-CORRECT PRICES
— And experienced Drapery
men can serve you better.
Barrow Furniture Co.
330-338 Pine St.—Phone 32
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 248, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1924, newspaper, February 22, 1924; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1697493/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.