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The Mexia Weekly Herald
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 23.
MEXIA, TEXAS, Friday, May 31, 1935.
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Orange Preacher, Held for Murder, Tells of Leading Mob
vivid career
mad preacher
told from cell
Insanity Defense to
Be Made in Orange
Slaying
whipped"a man
Often in Trouble,
: Says Eskridge
from Jail
DE RIDDER, La., May 30 <U.R)—
C. Edgar Eskrdge, 40, Orange,
Texas, Baptist preacher charged
with murdering Police Chief Ed J.
O'Reilly, said today that once be-
fore he had been the "instrument
of death."
"When I was a senior at Cum-
berland University in Tennessee,"
the crusading minister said, "I was
forced to lead a mob that lynched
a negro."
He was also a former lawyer and
federal prohibition officer.
Eskridge, a large man with a
booming voice, would not elaborate
on details of the lynching except to
say it was a "deplorable incident in
my life."
He still refused to discuss the
slaying of O'reilly.
"I'll talk about anything else in
the world but that," he said. "I
want the law and the evidence to
decide this case,
"I want to give a message to the
world, however.
No Revenge
"Two wrongs never make a
right," he said slowly. 'To the peo-
ple who have to continue to live in
Orange, I want to say that I don't
want them to get revenge duo to
their love and affection for me or
due to the love and affection for
the other party."
He did not mention O'Reilly by
name.
His talk rambled freely about
incidents of his life.
Eskridge told how he whipped a
man in Bartlett, Texas, because of
insulting language.
Occasionally he would almost
preach on the evils of gambling
against which he crusaded for
years.
He related an incident at Shreve.
port early this year, in which lie
said he was fired upon after a
meeting.
"I stepped on some of the boys'
toes in my fight against sin," he
said. "They stopped my car. There
were four <? them and that gun
looked too big for me to fight so
I left.
Eskridge declared ho was "crazy
yesterday, there's no doubt."
"But I didn't try to escape like
they said," Eskridge continued.
"I've hunted and fished all over
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Standardized Grade Schools
Aim of Grouping in County
In a "red hot" speech demanding that independent moves are under
standardized seven-grade schools
within reach of every child in
Limestone county, County Superin-
tendent J. J. Bates described his
plans before the county board of
education in Groesbeck Wednesday.
This was revealed in reports reach-
ing here Thursday.
The "grouping" of school for
high school education is merely a
by-product, Mr. Bates told the
county board and others present at
the special meeting. The first ob--
jective is standardized grade
schools of nine full months for all,
and to gain this objective it is nec-
essary to do something about the
higher grades that some schools
are attempting. The grouping of
schools for high school purpose is
the result.
At the same time it was revealed
way for grouping perhaps nine dis.
tricts around Prairie Hill in a plan
similar to the "High Center" plan
of five districts in the Southeastern
part of the county. Tho Prairie Hill
group proposed to change the in-
dependent district to a common
school t>istri<jt, operate grade
schools in all nine places in a large
area of the northwest corner of tha
county, and build a centrally loca-
ted high school for 300 students.
Delia, Cottonwood, Billington,
Watt, Dale, Mustang, Cowser anjl
Victoria or Callina are suggested
by some leaders in this plan. De-
tails will be worked out to suit the
people of that region.
Another group of Big Hill and
Pleasant Grove area in the south-
western corner of the county also
is proposed. Details of this have
not been worked out.
Clint Bars was declared by the
county board to be tho trustee at
large, winning a special election by
64 votes, and J. M. Patterson was
re-elected chairman of the county
board! Classifications were made
for some schools, Several 10-grade
schools being cut to nine, and one
10 grade school to 7 grades.
Heavy rains at Groesbeck pre-
vented Mr. Bates attending a final
meeting of the high center group
in the southeast at Lost Prairie
Wednesday night. Petitions to the
county board coverng the grouping
are being prepared, and the county
board will meet to consider the
plans as soon as the petitions are
ready. Mr. Bates goes to Austin
Monday to discuss details of the
plans for the county with the state
board.
price orram
wave halts as
houdaycomes
Appeals Continue to
All to Sit Tight
for Time
Love's Magic Makes Two One
hold parley
Watch Results
of Acid in Oil
Well in Mexia
First Acid Used in
Mexia Field; Test
Makes Heads
Oil scouts watched with parti-
cular interest today the reactions
of the Peyton Brothers deep test
on the Stubenrauch farm in the
west side of tho Mexia oil field,
tho result of the first acidization
in this field. The Acid-aire Cor-
poration of Shreveport put 1000
|gallons of acid in the test, in-
tended to enlarge the pores in
the sand at 5000 foot depth, and
left 1000 pounds of pressure on
for two days.
Thursday morning the test was
opened up. It began making
heads, showed gas pressure of 1,-
580 pounds and a leak, and after
making heads choked off. The
drillers were agitating the well in
an attempt to get it to clean it-
self out. Results will be known
before the end of the day.
Premier Faints
as Speech Ends
PARIS May 30 (U.R) — Premier
Pierre Etienne Flandin fainted to-
night at the conclusion of a speech
before the Chamber of Deputies, in
which he defended his demand for
arbitrary power to save the franc
from devaluation.
Despite his illness and a painful
broken arm, Flandin felt the situa-
tion to be so critical that he ignor-
ed the advice of his doctors and
staggered weekly into the chamber
to address the deputies.
Wp are making a spe-
p«al display of items
fhat wiH give you
new foot comfort.
Few people realize how those
tired, aching "red hot" feet
upset the entire nervous sys-
tem. During this week your
Rexall Store is making a
special display of many items
to aid in the relief of foot
troubles. Make it a point to
come to our store and see
these items.
Kendrick£Ho
pHONt
TEXAS
MEXIA
GETS REPRIEVE
AUSTIN, May 30 (U.R)—Lewis
Cemoch, waiting in the death
house at Huntsville prison for
death after midnight was granted
a reprieve until July 12 by Gov.
James V. Allred today.
The reprieve was granted to
give both the pardon board and
the governor time to study his
case.
Pension is First,
Repeal Third on
Amendment List
Draw Places for 7
Amendments in Vote
of August
AUSTIN, May 30, (UP)—Pro-
hibition repeal had an inside track
on the Aug. 24 ballot today. It
was third in a drawing for pla-
ces for seven proposed constitu-
tional amendments.
The drawing, conducted yester-
day in Secretary of State Gerald
C. Mann's office, was the first
of its kind ever held. The last
legislature ordered the new pro-
cedure. Capitol newspaper corres-
pondents drew lots from a hat.
First place was given the pro-
posal to allow pension grants up
to $15 per month for Texans over
65 years old.
Others were:
2. To permit temporary com-
mitment of persons for mental
treatment and observation with-
out jury trial.
3. To legalize hard liquor sales.
4. To permit constitutional
amendments to be submitted at
special sessions of the legislature.
5. To permit trial judges to
suspend sentences.
fi. To abolish the feo system
of paying officers in counties
of more than 20,000 population.
7. To permit free textbooks at
private and parochial schools.
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Beloved Mexia
Pioneer's Birthday
Finding out by a stranger in
our city that one of our beloved
citizens who looks like he was
in his early sixties was reclining
on his front porch enjoying a
good cigar on his 83rd birthday.
I found this out too late for my
column and am forced to make
front page, as it is almost time
for "30". But I do want to wish
this good Christian gentleman
who we all know, love and re-
spect, many happy returns of the
day. He is our good friend, T. A.
Griffith, better known to his
old Pal as Tom.
WILDCAT FLOWS
QUANAH, May 30 (U.R)—Be-
fore a large crowd of spectators,
the Alma Oil company's No. 1
Molly Lowe wildcat oil test, 18
miles west of Quanah. flowed 25
barrels of oil within a few min-
ite* today, shortly after the well
was opened.
Homage is Paid
to War Dead in
Far Away France
Flags and Poppies
on Graves of
Americans
By RICHARD D. MacMILLAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, May 30 (U.R).—Amer-
icans and Europeans gathered at
the graves of America's war dead
today to pay homage to their
memory.
In France, where some 30,000
soldiers and sailors are buried,
French officials and army men
joined American veterans and
American residents in simple
rites.
Graves were decorated with
American and French flags and
brightened with poppies. Flags
that had stood at half mast were
hoisted to full mast at noon.
Impressive services were held
in the American cathedral church
here. Dean Frederick W. Beek-
man repeated the service held on
Memorial Day, 1918, when the
German armies threatened Paris.
Catholic services were held at St.
Joseph's church. Later those who
attended both services marched
to the Arc de Triomphe and plac-
ed a wreath on the tomb of the
unknown soldier in the name of
America.
Ambassador Jesse I. Straus
spoke at the ceremony at Su-
resnes cemetery. Prominent Am-
ericans spoke at ceremonies at
the cemeteries of Belleau Woods,
Romagne, Bony, Thoaucourt, and
Fere En-Tardenois.
Among the prominent Ameri-
cans to pay homage at the cem-
eteries where the United States
war dead rest, was General John
.T, Pershing, who arrived yester-
day.
President Getting
Ready to Offer
Proposals
(By United Press)
Memorial Day brought a tem-
porary halt in a wave of price
cutting that followed legal abol-
ition of NRA codes and fixed j
prices, but the war in tobacco j
products and books continued in
those New York shops which were j
I open on the holiday.
Washington listened for reper-
[cussions from the expressed I
promise of "big business" to re- j
frain from lowering wages, leng-
thening hours or cutting prices |
until a solution of the political
and economic muddle may be ■
found, but was fearful of the !
result of labor's threat to "re- j
volt" if the principles of NRA are i
thrown overboard.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor, warned the
nation in a radio speech that
complaints of proposed wage cut-
ting had been received from 17
states. Other reports showed that
it was the smaller business men
who were, in the words of Gen-
eral Hugh Johnson, beginning to
"chisel."
Heads of the United Textile
Workers announced that thus far
ttere were no evidences of such
chiseling, but that trouble was
anticipated in some parts of the
south next week.
Automobile, rubber and steel in-
dustries, together with other
heavy trades, were awaiting clari-
fication of the situation, but
promised meanwhile to abide by
the outlawed codes.
A threatening situation existed
in the bituminous coal industry,
where 0,000 Union locals were
warned that a strike be called
on June 1(5.
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new record is
made in speed
of auto races
Wilbur Shaw Second
in Indianapolis
Race
one man dead
Many Drop Out in
Record Race of
Holiday
} SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS,
> May 30 (U.R)—Kelly Petillo, Sun-
ny California, won the 23rd an-
nual 500-mile race here today.
Wilbur Shaw,
second.
Indianapolis was
Few of Howard Thurston's famous illusions have occasioned as
much surprise at the famous 63-year old magician's unexpected mar-
riage to Mrs. Paulino Marks, 27. North Adams, Mass., divorcee. They
are pictured above aboard ship as they sailed on a southern honey-
moon after being married at Harrison, N. Y.
Three Measures Taking Requests
Get Allred Veto Again for Loans
One Filed, Three Are HOLC Applications
Signed in Day's Again Admitted,
Budget Says Bradley
i Just as Shaw crossed the finish
j line the remaining cars on the
| track were slowed down because
' of rain.
Wild Bill Cummings, Indianap-
olis, last year's winner, was third.
Petillo's time for the 500 miles
wr.s .4 hours 36 minutes and 47
seconds.
His average was 106.240 miles
an hour, a new track record.
Shaw's time was four hours,
43.2 seconds for an average of
105.990 miles an hour.
Cummings averaged 104.758
miles an hour.
Floyd Roberts, Los Angeles,
was fourth. mi
Ralph Hepburn, Los Angeles,
was fifth.
Clay Weatherly, Harman, III.,
was killed today when his car
shot over the wall at the north-
west turn during the 500-mile
race.
The principal speaker at
Romagne, before the graces of
soldiers who died in the Argonne,
was General Adelbert de Cham-
brun, descendant of the Marquis
<io LaFayctte and France's only
American-born general.
Gen. Chambrun reviewed the
exploits of the American army
which "leapt upon the flank of
the German armies and threaten-
ed their communications." He
contrasted the operations in the
Argonne with the battle of Get-
tysburg. Where the fate of a na-
tion lay in the balance, and spoke
of the comradeship between the
unknown soldier beneath the Arc
de Triomphe in Paris and the
unknown soldier at Arlington.
"Listen!" he exclaimed. "Do
(hey not conjure us to maintain
<h« peace for which they fell; to
curt no more youthful generations
into the abominable disaster of
war; and from their sphere of
infinite wisdom and justice do
they not warn the Allied nations
to guard their rights snd I'bcrties
With magnanimous mildness,
wHch is the best privilege of the
t"0ng?''
WASHINGTON, May 30 (U.R)
—Foregoing any Memorial Day
holiday, President Roosevelt
worked steadily on a program to
revive NRA.
His first major conference of
tiio day was with members of the
NRA board, headed by Donald R.
Ricliberg.
Absent NRA board members
apparently had been summoned to
the capital overnight to meet with
the president on the crisis which
followed the Supreme Court de-
cision destroying all existing
codes.
The conference broke up at 1:15 !
p. m. >
"We had a long discussion of
the whole situation," Riehberg j
said, "but there is nothing | g^ff
specific to state and no conclus-
ions have yet been reached."
Riehberg said that he and the
board would continue their dis-
cussions this afternoon.
In response to questions he
said he was ,.eceiving reports of
the nation's reaction to the Su-
preme Court decision and that
the material was being collected
as fast as it came in to provide
a general picture.
His riding mechanic, Edwin
Bradburn, Los Angeles, Cal., suf-
fered a broken leg.
A few minutes later, even
while the field was slowing down
as result of the accident. A1
ion has been reopened, Mr. Brad- j Gordon, Los Angeles, hit the wall
ley says, and persons whose j'•'ie same place.
homes are ah jut to be taken over | Neither Gordon nor his me-
for debt, may apply to the HOLC , chanic war injured. They were in
for financial assistance. onc nf the fastest --ars on the
Mr. Bradley has forms for the i
applications, or they may be ob- Weatherly s cat' was the same
i i .* i ■ i ■ i. : tniiipd from t li e I Ton i e Owners ^ '0 which -Toll liny H t.nnon, - orriS-
urnl reclamation district; to create ; 1 -intri noni tne uome uwncrs , __ * ... , .
a special board for Palo Duro | Loan Corporation, Kirby building, j t(wn' ! "•> was M^d during a test
i j i I--.. Houston Tevas t'lfi track May 21.
canyon state park; and to fix '"'union, le*"s' i _ _ . ' „ ,, Jg
salaries of district attorneys. I The HOLC aided a large num- Oscar Reeves, Indianapolis,,^
j bcr of persons, preventing fore- j who was mechanic for Hannon,
Approved bills included the $3,- j closure, when its funds wero ex ! i« in an Indianapolis hospital re- ;
898,250 judiciary appropriation; j hausted. Congress has made pro- j covering from a broken back.
AUSTIN, May 30 (U.R)—Vetoes i Home owners in "genuine fin-
for three bills and approval for j ancial difficulty" are to be aided
several others were announced to- by the Home Owners Loan Cor-
day by Gov, James V. Allred. | poration, according to B. L. Brad-
| ley, Groesbeck, local attorney for
One bill permitting 99-year the HQLC The application divis.
leases of some University of
Texas land for the City of Fabens
improvements, was filed without
signature and permitted to be-
come law.
Vetoed bills sought to create
a San Jacinto river conservation
the bill authorized a district for
constructing a fresh water pipe-
line from New Brannfefs to Cor-
pus Christi; a bill fixing rates of !
tax on inheritances of stepchi!-1
<!r<?p and adopted children; and j
bills validating road claims for i
highway building in Johnson and
Real counties.
\Arpiments Heard
vision for reopening of the loans
for a limited time longer.
World Peace is
Resting on Trade
Secretary Phillips in
Memorial Day Talk-
Tolls Arms
M
vmg
and Others I
Accused in U. S.
Court Action
Code Rules Will
Stick in Houston
HOUSTON, May 30 (U.R)—Em-
ployers were advised today to
continue operation under the NRA
codes which cannot be enforced
legally.
that "it was unanimously agreed
that it was for the best interest
of the community as a whole that
no changes whatever be made in
hours and wages and that we con-
tinue to co-opefate as has been
done under the code for the time
btingf'
LUBBOCK, May 30 (U.R) - Ar-
guments of counsel were in pro
gress today in the trial of three
Post, Texas, men charged with
murder for the shooting of Spencer
Stafford, federal narcotic agent.
Tho case was expected to be given
to the federal court jury late to-
day.
Dr. V. A. Hartman, one defend-
ant already had been given an in-
structed verdict of acquittal.
The three men remaining on
trial were Dr. L. W. Kitchen, Post
veterinarian; Tom Morgan, Garza
county farmer; and Sheriff W. F.
Cato of Garza county, who alleged-
ly shot Stafford.
j SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 30 (U.R)
i —Hopes for the maintenance of
I world peace rests upon efforts
being made to revive interna- j
J tiorial trade rather than upon the {
| p\ ram ids of armaments which j
j Knrope is feverishly construct-
ing, undersecretary of State Wil-
liam Phillips said, in effect, here
today,
Speaking at the opening ex- j
orc.ues of the Califorina-Pacific |
International Exposition, Phillip;' j
sain this government had turned j
definitely away from any ho, os |
that general disarmament can he
a hieved in the near future.
FORT "WORTH. M~ay" 30 (U.PJ—
I Six persons were injured, one of
them seriously, when their auto-
mobile crashed headon with an
oncoming truck which had side-
swiped another truck.
All of the injured are from
Dallas. Five ambulances brought
them to hospitals.
Ilannon's accident occurred on
the northeast turn. He apparent-
ly lost control of the tar because
of too great speed. ,
Weatherly was trailing well
back in the field when the crash
occurred.
The ear left the track and rol'^
ed to within a few feet of a
i gir.ndstand at the start of the
main stretch.
Weatherly died before reach-
ing the field hospital. Bradburn
I was given preliminary treatment
j at the field hospital preparatory
to being removed to mora pe*ni
j ancnt quarters.
KILLOUGH WELL ii.iO.I FT.
The Killough-Tucker wildcat oil
test in Leon courity on the G. W.
Lee farm Is down to 3300 feet,
passing through line shells and
shale firrniatioiu
FIVE BOYS ARRESTED
Five boys ranging in age fiom 15
to 20 years were arrested in the
Poco club last night, charged with
destroying property. Th« building
had been damaged
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Chrysler
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