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MEX1A, TEXAS, Friday, October 5, 1928.
Indictment is Served in Forest Glade School Ballot Incid
I
~*ocke-Taylor Incident
Looms Again After
Jury Probe
I BALLOTS LOST
Forest Glade Affairs
Threaten to Get in
Court Again
r.ROESBECK, Oct. 4 (Sp.).. —
Charles Ilntchcr, Forest Glade, is
under $1,000 bond to answer a
grand jury indictment charging
false canvass In connection with a
school trustee election last April
at the Forest Glafle school, it was
revealed today from books of the
district clerk's office, where the
indictment has Just been filed.
Jury Probe
The indictment shows return
made Saturday and bond allowed.
The indictment had been voted by
the recent grand jury and theie
was several days delay before l«
service and filing in the records.
Hatcher is alleged to have maw
false canvass of the returns in tlie
election in which there was a court
investigation earlier, and a ballot
Box lost. The grand jury, in its
report, had deplored the lack ol
clues as to the person guilty of
taking the ballot box from the of-
fice of the county judge.
Mrs. Focke Win#
The returns from the election
showed Mrs. J. H. Focke, 30 votes
and Jeff Taylor 32. Mrs. Foclw
threatened Court action and the
ballot box was lost. A court in-
quiry produced 32 witnesses who
.swore they voted for Sirs. Foe*"
in the election and the grand jury
action was the result of thia revel-
ation. Mrs. Focko was awarded
the office by the district court.
A large number of witnesses are
said to have been called before the
grand jury.
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Six Teachers in
Ben Hur School
CO. TEACHERS MEET
SCHOOL MEET
INVITED BACK
BY DIRECTORS
Singing Convention Is
Also Asked to Come
Back to Mexia
BACK FAIRS
Forty Schools
in Limestone .=
Ask State Aid
Hope to Get Special
Funds for Added
k,i:r Equipment
GROESBECK, Oct. 2 (Sp).—A
total of 40 schools have applied
through the county supftinten-
dent's office foj- «tat« rural aid In
making their regular school terms,
It is announced by Mrs. Cora Fer-
guson, superintendent. The state
aid provides for a term of 6-
months, if local funds n.-e avail-
able, the term may be longlnened.
A njimber of me echouls hi>v« also
applied for aid for vocational
equipment, provided f" ' by the
state school laws.
The schools making application
through their boards of trustees w. li. Lanitum, secre-
aro Mt. Joy, Lutust Grove, Hethel, i tary_monaKer ..f the Chamber, to
Three Events Coming
in Mexia Soon;
C. of C. Acts
Two more events were invited
to Mexia and three already sche-
duled were given assistance when
directors of the Chamber of Com-
merce met Tuesday rooming.
The dirccton- voted to invite
the Limestone Counts Intcrscho-
lastic League u> hold it's annual
meet here again next llarcl., and
Mesquitc, Union, M-irx Chapel,
Oakes, Dale, Science. Hf ll. v .ctoria,
Yarbroville, Rocky Poirt, Fort
Parker, Lost Prairie, Fallon, Box
Church, Davis Prairie, lSureka, lio-
ulah, Harmony, Billingtm. CiulUnA,
Frosa, Watt, f easant Grcve, Litr
tie Brazos, Farrar, Bi< Hill, Kifk,
Munger, Personville, Ben Hur,
Delia, Shiloh, Thorn;,?!, Kosse,
Tehuacana and Prairie Hid.
Two Girls Hurt
in Auto Accident
ioow--W) z "> > Naa
was opened heie J. ,n.i morning
at the Ben Hur schojis wilb an
enrollment of «75 -pupils Fred E.
Kay is principal. Thy teaching
staff of the Ben Hur wrhoojj now
numbers six. Mrs. F. '«!. Ka., will
teach the ninth gra<ie, and depart-
mental work, Mr. Kay the 10th
and 11th grades. Mrs. KImcr Cole-
man, seventh and .ighth Miss
Sophie Pose, fifth and sixth Miss
Grace Bonner, third and fourth,
and Mrs. Charles Atkinson pri-
ntsry.
Revival meeting goir.g on at
Pentecostal'tabernacle, corner Mi-
lam and Red R.ver slrsets.
GP.OESBECK, Oct. 3 (Sp.). -
Grim tragedy was narrowly avert-
ed here Sunday afternoon when
the Studebaker sedan of G. W.
O'Neal, south of Groesbeck, skid-
ded in the loose chat between
Thornton and Prairie Grove and
turned over in the ditch. Nino
boys and girls were in the car.
Two were injured, both girls, nrit'i-
ei of them seriously.
According to the story told oy
the two girls, Marguerite and Mo-
selle O'Neal, who were broug'.t
to the Groesbeck hospital, tut
treatment ,one lor a broken leg
and the other for a broken arm.
a boy by the name of Dick Sher-
man was driving . the car. The
sedan hit the loose chat, careened
to one side and hit the ditch,
turning over.
Marguerite O'Neal is 13 and Mo
xelle O'Neal is IB.
Barg
in
ains
Hardware
Webber & Damme Farm Wagons, Steel
Gear Farm Trucks, Wagon Covers, Cot-
ton Pickers Sacks, Scales and Knee Pads,
Collars, Bridles and Lines, New Perfec-
tion, Kerogas and Puritan Oil Cook
Stoves, AH Kinds Wood and Coal Cook
Stoves, All Kinds of "Harness and Harn-
ess Repairing and Leather Work. ..
5 The Hunting Season will soon . be
nere. Let me sell you your Guns and Am-
munition. Good goods a,t fair prices. Come
to see me.
F. R. KLOTZ
Hardware and Harness Store
Main St. Phone 387
[ff.rAM.er T| R. COUSINS IS
[ Program Friday \
GROESBECK, Oct. 4 (Sp).—
Friday's program at the Lime-
stone County Teachers Institute
follows: ■
9:00 Invocation—Rev. S. L. Cul-
vell.
Roll call.
Violin solo—Miss Mary L. Bhee-
ly accompanied by Miss Aloi« Da-
lee.
Reading—Mr , W, B., Lar.iimm,
Mexia.
Address—C. R. Kalquist.
Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion—Roy M. Andrews.
10:00 Section Meeting?:
High School—Dr. Cousins in
charge; Miss Virginia Bedford,
leader—The Characteristic of the
Best high school teaching.
Intermediate—Mr. Wibox — His-
tory—Units and Methods of In-
struction.
Primary — Mies Riddle --- Lan-
guage and Spilling— Demonstra-
tion.
11:00 Address — Dr. Coatins—
Education and the State.
1:00 Interscholastic Ltague—
Election of Officers.
2:00 Section Meetings-
High School—Dr. Cousins, in
charge—Supt. Hoy M.
leader—Tests ar.d Measurements.
Their Use and Value.
Intermediate—Mr. Wilcox—His-
tory—Units and Methods of In-
struction.
Primary—Miss Ruijte - Langu-
age and Nature Study.
3:30 Address—Dr. Cousins--The
School and the Church.
Roll call.
Expect 3,000 to
at Kosse Oct. 14
accompany Roy Andrews, school
superintendent, to Groeshcck Fri-
day to ask for the m«.".'t
Agk Singing Meet
The directors also v>ted to in-
vite the Limestone O.-.unty Sing-
ing Convention,, meeting in Kosse
October 13-14, to hold the arnual
Spring convention in M^xia using
the new auditorium. Representa-
tives will convey the Invitation
to the singers.
Tho Chamber also agfted to as-
sist in prizes tor the Point En-
terprise community fa'r. ai-d. to
lend further co-operation with the
Limestone County Colored tail to
bo held here ir a short time.
Prizes for the women's home dem-
onstration clubs window displays
in Mexia will oe arranged by a
committee, composed of Gene Sin- /">.
claw.- UaLilorn and f.i'Wjuarri T«L • - . vOllIjUjr
well.
Leonard Tidwell was instructed
to act for the Chamber on the Sal-
vation Army board of advisors.
Roads Suit
J. 1. Riddle, .-hairmor of the
road committee, made an optimis-
tic report on the road suit against
contractors of the laiwrai roads.
exposing confidence in a victory
for the people i'.i this action
The two events scnedulod for
next Spring will bring about :i,900
people to Mexia during the two
week-end?. The school event will
have' about S6 schools taking part
while the singing convr.ntior
crowds will till to overflowing the
auditorium, it was pointcu out.
Expenses foi the entertainment
was voted by the dir^-tcr at
limited amount.
C. W. Helme, president of the
Chamber, presided at the meeting
Paul G. Haines, county agent, talk-
ed briefly to the Jlrr>ctc>-t and
asked for an agriculture; commit-
tee. The committee will be com-
posed of the poultry and dairy-
ing committees with -I Dcsenberg
in addition.
LEADER COUNTY
TEACHERS MEET
George Wilcox and
Miss Riddle Are Other
Experts Present
♦
Barfield Elected Head
of Teachers; Friday
Is Big Day
GROESBECK, Oct. 4.—Prat tic- j
ally every teacher in Limestone
county schools was h ie Thurs-
day for sessions of the three.-day
teachers institute, and the dele-
gation was expected to be 100 per
cent Friday.
Mexia teachers will meet with
the institute Friday and Satur-
day for the first timo in years, j
All other schools have u.sed the J
institute previously.
Barfield Honored
Jim Barfield, newly elected j
county school superintendent, was [
elected presid ent of Che Limestone j
County Teachers Association at j
I the opening session Thuisday,
Anc'rews i showing a vote of corJideiice in
Hunt Relatives
of Gas Victim
GALVESTON, Oct. 4.—Efforts
were being made to locate relatives
of H. A. Bvirton who was found
dead in the clothes closet of his
home at Four Seasons Hotel late
Wednesday.
Relatives are believed to be in
Kansas City and Pennsylvania. A
letter addressed tr the man's moth-
er in Australia was found in the
room. ,
"I love you .mother dear, and
regret I have to say goodbye this
way," it read.
Forecast
East Texas—Tonight and Fri-
day partly cloudy cooli.c in north
portion.
West Texas — Ton.fcht partly
cloudy, cooler except in southeast
portion.
Ben Hur Starts
Basketball Work
BEN HUR, Oct 8 i p>—Bas-
ketball practice for the Bon Hur
boys high school team will start
within two week's, Principal P. E.
Kay, who also is coa.'h. Not en-
ough boys attend the school for
football teams, Kay tatt. and the
opening of basketball practice
gives the Ben Hur school a slight
advantage in time over the schools
that have grid squads.
Prospects are bright for a good
team at Ben llur this year, Coach
Kay said.
County teachers institute in ses-
sion Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day at Groesbeck.
Box Supper Friday night at
Forest Glade.
Seven Held for
Grocery Robki
DALLAS, Oct. 4 (UP . S,v<
men wer« detained at police h
quarters on suspicion in con]
tion with a series of r^iibeiie* o
warehouse of the Gr;at AtlantK
and Pacific Tea company h r«.
NEW YORK, Oct. «
Cotton futures closed fs^Jj
steady:
January
March ...
May
July ...
October ...
December
Spots
19.50.
18.98
18^7
18.76
18.67
1910
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closed quiet,
18 90-91
18.77-4#
18 65-61
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Many Singers Will
Gather for Semi-
Annual Festival
'By N>w Spec in 1 Corr««pondcnt>
KOSSE, Oct. 4.—Final plans for
the entertainment of the Limestone
County Singing Convention, which
is scheduled to meet here Sunday,
October 14 and Saturday night
before, have been completed, ail
committes appointed and other de-
tails worked out.
Otho Amen, president of the
convention, expects that approxi-
mately 3,000 will attend. The con-
vention is a self sustaining organi-
zation. The Chamber of Commerce
here is sponsoring the convention
and is making ever;: effort thnt
the huge crowd will be properly
cared for. Quartets from Fort
Worth, Mexia, Marlin, Jacksonville.
Jewett, have signified they would
be here.
the new leader. He, however, was |
not present, being on a district I
court jury which has detained him j
for several week®.
Mrs. Cora Ferguson, ret ring j
superintendent who holds office
until tho end of the year, pre-
sided and she offered a till of
speakers that rivaled any prev-
ious institute.
Cousins Speaker
There were Di. R. B. Cousins,
former Mexia superintendent,
former state superintendent, and
now president of the South iexas
Teachers College, at Ktagsville,
George B. Wilcox. eupervisor of in-
termediate education seetior., a j
professor of education st A. and !
M. College and Miss Mario Kiddle
primary supervisor of Waco
These three were the leadtr.s of
sectional meetings.
The institute opened at 9 a. m.
in the auditorium. Gr.jc.in>;3 and
fellowship affairs were I'irst in or-
der. Dr. Cousins' addles was at
11 a. m., when the latest crowd
gathered.
Sectional Meeting*
After sectional meet'r.ga in the
afternoon the teachers Katlered
again for talkh by county Agents
P. G. Haines and Miss Verna
Evans, followed by a heelt!) talk
by Dr. T. J. Green.
There is no session Thuisday
nignt, but Friday will r-ea election
of interscholastic league directors
and an address by C. B. Ko'quist.
of the Texas State Tetchers As-
sociation, and by Roy Xi ^udiewB.
Mexia.
Five New Members
at Prairie View
PRAIRIE VIEW, Community,
Oct. 2.—On Septembjs 25 Miss1
Verna Evans, home demonstration
agent, met with the P.airie View
Girl's Club and gave a demonstra-
tion on housmold linen*. 5'ho made
a very interesting talk a bom the
club exhibit at the Dallas Fair.
Miss Evans elected three girls
who made-the best club record to
attend t£e' fair. They ore: Vjrene
Fox, Elolpe Cox and Ruth Nance.
There were t'ive ne* t e nters
to join the club. They are: Misses
Bill and Maccll Cook, Lucille
Brooks, Louise Williams and Ed-
die. George Shelton.
The Girl's ar.d Women* club
will have a community fair at the
Prairie View school hoiifc, October
20. Everybody is invited to attend.
Big Booze Trade
in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (UI*>
—About one million gallons of al-
cohol are received each yen-
by "under cover" houses in Phila-
delphia and after redistillation tho
alcohol is converted into synthetic
whisky, according to an estimate
of District Attorney John Monag-
han. Monaghan based his esti-
mates on report* from prohibition
■gent'. , V'
Robertson Co.
Man Dies Here
Late Wednesday
C. E. Elliott" 71, Die3
at Home of His
Daughter Here
C. E. Elliott, 71, resident for
36 years, of near Franklin, Robert-
son county, died at the home of his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Riddle, 512 North Sher-
man street, at 4:15 o'clock Wed-
nesday afternoon. He had been
confined to the heme of his daugh-
ter ttince July 4, when he came Co
Alexia for a visit. He hnd been
bedfast virtually all that time.
Mr. Elliott had. lived in Robert-
son county since moving theru
from Prentice County, Miss., whero
he was born in 1857.
Elliott is survived by five soot,
and two daughters, M. C. Elliott
and R. Burton Elliott of Norman
gee, D. M. Elliott of Mexia, Clar-
ence Elliott of Franklin and T. M.
Elliott of Corsicana; Mrs. Jack
Riddle, and Mrs. L. B. Farrar, both
of Mexia.
Elliott had been a lifelong mem-
ber of tho Baptist church.
Funeral services were held at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Whelock, Robertson county, near
Franklin. Rev. Charles Bullock
had charge of the sen-ices. Burial
was dn the Wheeloek cemetery.
Bulls for Prizes
in Harrison Fair
A method of placing good dairy
bulls over Harrison connty f.nd at
the same time stimulating inter-
est in the Central East Texas
Fair at Marshall has b(;en worked
out by the fair secretary and the
county agent Good bul'j have
been bought hy various clubs,
firms, Chamber of Commerce, and
the fair association, one bull to
be awarded to every community
that makes a community exhibit
at the fair. Comm umties have
their choice of tho bill's accord-
ing to their winnings in the com-
munity exhibit competition. It is
planned to have the buds brought
back to the fair each yar and re-
awarded. This Scheme is in line
with the work of the local Cow
Finance Association which ship-
ped 200 dairy cows Into Harrison
county recently.
Mexia Folks at
Relative's Funeral
f Mr. and MrB. 3. A. Randolph
and Tommie Randolph left Mexia
Monday evening for Temple, to at-
tend the funeral of their uncle.
W. T. Randolph, who died Mon-
day morning in a Bua mont hos-
pital. The *funeral will be at the
Temple cemetery Tuesday morn-
ing at 9 o'clock. Neph«ws if the
deceased, inoteding the two Ran-
dolph brothers fret* here, will ho
pall btareriy
Wham! Down! Down! Goes
Prices - Quality Up! |
You have heard it talked about, but now you arc goins to witness one of those
big jubilee days down at the Clarence Saunders Store and Market. Turn over the
rusty nickels, loosen up—buy where buying is saving. Saving is what Clarence
loves to do. We don't want to make a lot of money to worry us with. Our aim is to
save the people money on groceries and meats so they may be able to buy more.
Clarence Saunders is saving Mexia people money every day—why not be one of the
many who save—It's useless to pay more and dangerous to pay less. Why not econ-
omize and take advantage of these ridiculously low priced items. ST. PETER-
BLOW YOUR TRUMPET. ^^^
FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE
SAMPLES — DRINKS — SPECIALS — LUNCHES — Sovenirs — Almost a Meal:
Savings for Saturday, also Monday ECONOMY RULES!
Demonstrations and Store Sales Galore—Yes, Sir! i?
National Cake & Cracker Co. 1 School Pencil Free t
1 Ppnril Ta let Frc°
MnlXunndemoi^ t lb> Mixed Cake ZZZ1ZZZZ .33c ^
Folder's Coffee Co. 1 lt>. Folger's Coffee, each —4!)c
2 lbs. Folger's Coffee — $1.01-
Mr. Leftwich demonstrating. 3 lbBt Brazoa Coffcc $1.47
Borden Milk Products Co. "small Miik!"each
Mrs. 1' armer demonstrating. Malted Milk and Shaker, each 43c
HAMS! HAMS! Swift's Pre- JPRI1)E 0UR HAMS 0fV
mium Hams. Mr. Chas.Melton pER IB
nationally 3 lb. can, ea .$.61
LIxlJl/U advertised 6 lb. can, ea 1.21.
Cn A D crystal white 20 bars ,.82c
jUAi EVERYBODY KNOWS jq barg 39c
F'T'OT'TR "HI" crest 2Mb: £S:::::::::z:::8I:24
A JLuV/ A\, HACKER'S BEST 24 lbTbags 84
48 lb. bags................ 1.63
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SPUDSs™:?,.™* 10 lbs, 16c
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Toilet Paper 25c -
QI A O NOT SOLD ALONE .
O vy VS/TlZV PlTRE CANE 10 LBS. O %JC
i i « Why do people eat meat—cannibals ate each
MR Will I AM y other? Today we eat the flesh of animals. If
irjii. rr iijR^sniriUy prije what we eat why not get the best
If-.L.i Qsatisfaction by eating Government Inspected
Market IrlGHG.0£Ty uCL\S. Meats? Our meats are better and our prices
arc right—E PLUR1BUS ITNUM.
MTHISIS"CU5E'D MEAT WEEK —
SMOKED BACON, Sugar Cured lb. 26c
SLICED BACONy the kind that tastes so good, lb. 35c
DRV SALTy bellies lb. 20c
LARD, Bring your bucket lb. 12 l-2c
VFATkOASTy sweet juicy lb. 20c
VEAL CHOPS, nice tender
WYERS, far pp. nice, over 2 lbs lb. 29c
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