The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 36TH YEAR, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1936 Page: 1 of 10
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The Hereford Brand
PubUthmi Every Thursday
Our Slogan—"More People—More Farms**
the Hereford brand, Hereford, tixab, Thursday, September 10, lwe.
FIVE GENTS PER COPY
Clyde Posey Wins
Invitation Crown
AROUND ‘S5S
TOWN .
wHhftMhh
: A M,
hik Bum; aaya Chicago ku
bathing oo Hereford. Saturday
Omm were two passenger trains
nd a freight train ta town at the
name time and they Just about
overtaxed tbo capacity of lb« lo-
cal yards.
777 Students
Registered In
Local Schools
DECLINE FROM 1686-1686
TERM SHOWN IN MOST
GRADES; 6th LARGI8T
Not Included In tba Lions soft-
ball Ktotjr In tbla Issue, bocanaa
* tba Informtiao was drat suigtlicd
V tbo modest baaoaa: 11.
drove ta tba tying run
tbaa mm bam an Harold
(to to ellaeb tba dis-
trict ohampfcmahlp over AaurlUa,
(after tba gasaa bad gano aa
tra
a H. DUlabay tails of tba au
who aaagbt a lab ao laac that
bp tba ttam bla taU was
out of tba wal
a taunmmmf Into a taasily af-
fair and yeang Clyde merged
wMh n 1 up slat ary.
Only after a sob-par battle waa
tba pro-tournamaat favorite able
to merge with tbo title tucked
safely away. J. M. took tba first
bole, thereby gaining bla only
margin of the 18-bole Inal match,
and Immediately ran Into trouble
that, although tearing him one
stroke nnder par oo the first nine,
also left him two down to Clyde.
Ills furious battle on the back
nine regained only ana bole aa
well aa only one stroke. Clyde
finished the 18 with a
Hearing of Protest In Sheriffs
Nomination Recessed Until Sept. 17
Death Claims
W. S. McNabb
In Amarillo
SECOND TO 8U00UMB TO
INJURIES RECEIVED IN
CRASH NEAR HEREFORD
Sevan humtoed and seventy-
seven pupils ware regiatered In
Hereford public schools Tues-
day. the ascend day at aetlvi-
w !r ‘‘‘•y **"*■ WON, «. McNabb. HI. of bpcac
"* ■ ■ man. died laat Friday morning in
"iS 1 , •",rM,n j an Amarillo hospital, as a result
. , ** . T*®* . . of injuries received In an ante-
A decline from last years fig- mobile accident on Highway 00 a
nree was shown In almost eveyy m„e. we>t of „mfor|| on A t
grade, with the total being with hta passing, the era.h
low laat year's total on the second cUlniMl Utt vMlm< u u
FALL CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN IS
ORDERED BY CITY FATHERS
A fall clean-up campaign has
been ordered by the local city
commission during the first part
of next week, it was announc-
ed yesterday. All cltlaeua of
Hereford are urged to conduct
an individual clean-up of tbelr
premises before uext Wednes-
day.
On that day, city garbage
collectors will canvass the city
gathering up all trash placed tn
containers or neat piles tn the
alleys. Their route through the
city lma not la>en mapped,
therefore It U essential that all
liersoiiH have their cleaning com-
pleted prior to that date ao that
their traah wilt not be missed.
Everyone is urged to assist
In putting tbe city to its best
dress for the winter months.
hbi head had (Ooottooad an laat paga)
Arch Paster has Um for
tag tart talk of the brlUtaat toot-
baX stem ha aaw to Dallas Man-
day eight
Hereford's Boy Scoot troop
aiming out of tba dirk
Electricity will reach their hut
to titty Park to Um for Chair
meeting Friday night
i, Mona and riraoMu are more
la paying for tba bam
benght laat spring than to
lag tba atty haaeball cl
Ip to their gam hero Kundgv,
CLYDE
IMllID
TRACTOR
Mrs. Clyde Itusaall waa brought
to Aa Deaf Smith county hoapttai
Tusadsy aftornoou for axamla
tton after aha waa Injured alight,
ty at the family home near Frtoua.
uaaell attempted to osou
being driven by bar hue-
waa reported, when hat
toot slipped and Mm was dragp
a abort diets nee. With the on*
aepttoa of minor braises, no to-
Jnrlaa were fannd.
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Herd Has One
• Week Before
First Battle
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WKXUBUMMOMD 0R1W TO
R1 ftMT AGAINST REG-
ION'S STRONOSST CLUB
WKh tbelr tout game of the
season only a weak off, Hereford
Whltofaoe grtddors art being aant
through stiff pane tbla weak as
Ooaoh Tommie McCollum attempts
to whip a workable ball dub into
shape out of a group of wining
lade but moody unexperienced
t i**F*f*
A weak from tomorrow tbo Hard
Journeys to Psnbandle to do bat*
tie under tbo arm with tba moot
touted ball club tn Region One.
Chances of winning the opening
1 encounter seem remote, what with
Um Hereford Itoo-up not yet do-
torus lord, whila the Font bars are
■ora or teas starting where ebay
Mil off at tbo dose of last year's
wnv win «v
JKdany toThT
_ Of
on as
0r>
year's lattaraen
la
will ha In the** but alx
atartora font a matter of am
fMfl IfllffftMHI IfOttM
•Ignal practice has
on for only a weak,
bare, had little actn
Tbla does not atlmlaato
tba running to tba l
sgaMlt an
it do« aan
t Um. On#
Ttop hare i
They hare ton a
tut
Rites Held For
Pioneer Ranchman
"NAT*” 10RD ONCE HELD
n,„mrunraS?
Funeral services for Nathan
fillla Hortt, 74, pioneer Panhandle
rancher, ware held Tuesday after-
noon to Amarillo, conducted by
Ihr. Roy Jnodgraaa, pastor of the
fi"X Christian cknrch.
A heart attack Monday morning
ended bla aotarful earner at the
boms of a - daughter. Mrs. 'Max
Marry, ta Aataiitlp Ha bad many
friends to tht* section, being well
known among cattlemen, and hav-
lag bald extensive properties to
Deaf limit h coanty before ha ra-
ti rad mare than 80 yeere ego.
“Nate" Hoed, aa be was gen-
erally known, waa a native of
Illinois, born April 1, 1888. Ho
redo aprons the Texas Plains to
18lt,<Walng to New Mexico, where
ho redo the trail to Dodge City,
la the earty Wi ho eeUMtshed
hie own baalaaaa, and before ra-
ti ring aoqulred axtaoelva holdings
to this county and naar Adrian.
BaaMto ths danghtar at whoaa
heme his daath occurred, Mr. Hord
survived by a step-daughter,
Mora Bell of Yega; two she
Mrs. W. A. Carrington of
Angetea, and Mrs. Mary V.
a of Atlantic, Iowa, and
day of school. Sophomore and
freshman high school Hasses, and
second and sixth grades were en-
larged. with the sixth grade pres-
enting the major problem. With
two sections already overflowing
with 81 pupils, n third section may
** 4 . I car which rolled more than 100
Two hundred and seventy-etx
of the pupils ore llatod In the
four high school grades, aa oom-
lwired with 818 for the same per-
iod last year. The senior Haas
Richardnou, also of Spearman, hav-
ing been killed Instantly when tbe
car overturned. T. L. Taylor,
third menfoer of the Spearman
party, eacaped with minor injur-
tea.
McNabb waa the driver of the
after grastag the automobile
driven by W. 0. Nix of Hereford,
I when McNabb attempted to pom
to front of the Nix car, which
- -*n,:r srv5Ly?r.jy
compared with 86 last*year. Tho
Junior Horn a bowed an Increase*
of seven poplla, having 75 this
(Continued on laat paga;
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Alderson Buys
Variety Store
mOVUmiT nnAflUAM
IS PLANNED AT FORMER
S AlfDI VARIETY STORE
by tho Deaf Mmllh county grand
! Jury.
Ilia death occnrred at 18:40
o'clock Friday morning. He bad
remained In the Deaf Hmith coun-
ty hospital for four days before
being taken to his home In Hpear-
matt. Later he waa carried to an
Amarillo hospital for treatment
HEREFORD LIONS CAPTURE
DISTRICT SOFTBALL TITLE
Hereford Liona, playing only
one game Thursday afternoon cap-
tured tbe softball championship
of the district during the quarter-
ly convention at Amarillo
After drawing a bye In the first
round, when only three of tho
teams entered showed up for com-
lM-tltlou, the local Lions went Into
the championship with a 0-5 vic-
tory over Amarillo, who in the
first round had defeated Dalhart,
5-8. A two-run drive in the laat
inning put the local club In front
as the tilt ended.
Those taking part In the champ-
ionship clash were Lee Morgan,
for internal Injuries. The body ^ll'h Smith W. M. Emmons,
waa takam to Hnearman where' Jl"imle ltoblnson, J. M. l»oeey,
waa taken to npearmau, wnera UonHim i4nnui,
funeral services ware held at 8
OF LAND
TO BE STARTED SOON
Tbo mcasursmant of land under
the new farm program probably
will be started weak after next,
County .Agent Alex Bateman an-
nounced. Rack former will ha re-
quired to measure each field on
his farm, he stated. This will give
them definite Information concern-
ing the amount of toad to any
field, which heretofore baa bean
left mostly to guras.
If each farmer will have tbla
woejt dona before tbe Inspector
arrtuas to ebook the acreage, tho
week will be greatly sgpadlaied.
NIECE OF LOCAL LADIES
IN AUTOMOBILE WBBCK
Mrs. R A Oottlngham and Mra.
Oconto Millard ware called to,
Spearman Monday, Heptembsr 7,
to attend ton funeral of thotr
niece, SHn Rates Jenkisfi, killed
la an automoMte crash naar Spear-
Announcement has
of the purchase of the H H Va-
riety atom hare by T. IV. Alder-
son of Lubbock. Mr. Alderson
took active charge of the business
last Thursday. Ha was accom-
panied to Hereford by Mra. Al-
derson and daughter, Marjorie,
and they have made their home
at 711 Bast Third Street
Mr. Aide non baa been la tbo
dry goods and similar hustaamao
for tbe past SI years, and la a
progressive business man and dtl-
sen. Ha plans numerous changes
and knprovdmaats tn the store la
order to lender a batter service
to tbo people of tbla area.
Included tn th# Improvements
are the addition of more tbaa
H,00() worth of new merchandise,
remodeling and modernisation of
tbe stoie's Interior and re-arrange-
ment of stock. Tbe new concern,
to be known aa Alderaon's Variety
Store, will not interrupt regular
business to make those improve-
ments, and will announce shortly
Its formal opening date, which
will he postponed until tho improve-
ments are completed.
Will Vteit Bister. '
Miss Verna Culpepper, owner of
tbe Charm-Aid Htudto, will leave
Tuesday for l'taornlx, Artsona,
o'clock Batufday afternoon from
the First Baptist church.
Survivors Include Mra. McNabb,
! a son, daughter and four brothers,
been made' McNabb waa a member of the Bap-
‘Bull" Marcum, llomer Thompson,
H. L. Rice, Pete Murchison, Alex
Ratemnn and Harold Close.
(Tiff Haggard of Borger was
named president of the district
Unity Marks
Opening Of
Rural Schools
14 ARE IN OPERATION IN
COUNTY; RNR0LLM1NT
NOT ANNOUNCED
Fourteen rural acbools In Deaf
Hmlth county opened tbelr regu-
lar aes.-dona Monday, took Tuesday
off while teachers attended a comi-
ty-wide teachers’ meeting hare,
and then reconvened Wednesday
„ . , _ .for regular work. Books were la-
fort he coining year. Dalhart waa I „ued t0 rhe KhooU from tb9
Mat Church amt a Mason.
Lions, Firemen
To Meet Sunday
Lions and Firemen—those mlgtv-
ty bane haliers who ruled the city
league early to tbe summer (they
were the only teams ever to get
started) have decided to settle
tba matter of toumball supremacy
for once and for all—for the past
■eaaon. They will dash Sunday
afternoon at I O’clock at tbe local
diamond.
Beating In tba back of the play-
era' minds as they go on tbe field,
will be the expense of bases they
purchased last spring and did not
play enough baseball to pay for.
The game Is for the championship;
rhe money Is for (he buses. The
admission fas wUl be small.
The Lions got tbelr training
laat week tn Amarillo during tba
district softball tournament, and
all should be well unluaa Chief
Bateman or Doe Wills forget und
start throwing underhanded. To
offset. Mils practice, (he Firemen
have been drilling secretly—behind
locked doora, as It were, In order
to have some startling surprises
where Nhe will visit her sister, I In store. They may even fool
Mrs. K. K. Kuykendall, for two ihcm*elveH. But It's a champlon-
wseks. In her absence Mra. Lyn-; ship game, and In tbe venaculur
deli Mitchell will have charge of of eporta writers, thousands are
the studio. expected to attend.
selected as the site of the next
quarterly meeting over the Invita-
tion of the Hereford club to bring
It here. Following to tournament,
local Lions, most of them accomp-
anied by their wives, attended a
banquet and dauce given In con-
nection with the convention.
fli-Y To Attend
TrainingCamp
Hereford Hl-Y members will at-
tend a training camp at Oeta Can-
yon, September 17 to 80, Inclusive,
O. M. Hudson, sponsor, announced
Tuesday. Ted Clancy of Hereford
la president of tbe camp.
According to a tentative pro-
gram, the camp will open with
supper at 0 o'clock Thursday after-
noon, followed by assembly over
which Clancy will preside and
deliver the president's message.
Friday and Huturduy will lie fill-
ed with activity, o|x>nlng with j
setting up exercises at 7 o’clock,
In churge of Mr. Hudson, and a
series of meetings for talks, devo-
tlonals, songs and athletic com-
petition.'
The camp will adjourn Kumlny
morning, following devotional *cr-
vIcok and a final nddriws by 1'at
county Huporlntendent'a office on
Tuesday and to the puplla Wed-
nesday.
Registration blanks were given
to schools Tuesday. They will be
returned to tho county superintend-
ent during the next week or two,
and until they are all In, complete
figures on the number of pupils
registered In the county will not
lie available.
The meeting was called to order
at 10 o’clock by (luilford Millar,
Mjwnenger principal and presi-
dent of the county teachers’ asso-
ciation last year. Ralph Arsen-
eaux, Progressive principal, was
elected president for the coming
year; Tandy Legge, Bummeriteld
principal, vice president, and Mlsa
Htfliel Worn hie, Wycho teacher,
WILL HEAR STATE FARM
GROUP LEADER DURING
LUNCHEON NEXT WEEK
H. O. Lucas of Browuwood,
president of the Texas Farmers
Association, will speak ls>fore the
Hereford Lions Club at Its regu-
lar luncheon next Wednesday. Hto
talk wlU ha one of many such ad-
dressee by farmers and farm lead-
ers throughout the state during
next week.
Knrti member of the Lions Club
has Ih*«>ii urged by President Ralph
Hintth to Invite at least one farm-
er to be his guest at the luncheon.
The talk will ls> followed next
Thursday by a farming ini>etlng In
LuhlsN-k, which probably will be
attended by several agriculturists
__ I from this section.
After a few minor changes are- 11“' ,'fljir****’ "/ *
made on eon.pIhuTee forms, they|'“........ w" * awJU",Bt ,H? J
will is. ready to dls,mtch to Wash ' n,,“rH and huni'u'” mi"\ " llh
lngton, County Agent. Ale* IlnU-1 I*r'»*r«,n ‘ «rrle, on
man and Homer Thompson burned hHn« ^ r
........- --------------------- at •, conferenoa with authorities " ","liIw|ork; T , r '"7^
rick Henry, Jr., n^lgmal district :„f the Amarillo wheat section on , M‘ ", .f,,r!n of.*n °'
oecretary. Adjournment will come the eompletlon of paiwrs for those' teahbmod lawkat picnic. Approxl-
(Continued on laat page)
--o ......
Compliances To
Be Ready Soon
FILED BY J. 0. ALLRED
AGAINST 1-VOTE MARGIN
GIVEN J. 0. NEWELL
Hearing at ths prates! filed
laat Thursday by J. C. Allrad
against the nomination of J. O.
Nowell aa the Democrat ir candi-
date for sheriff of Deaf Smith
county ymterday morning was
set by the County Dcmaeratfa
Executive Cammitte to ogam
next Ther*day.
The committee met yesterday
morning in the district court room
und receased until next Thursday
when attorneys for the conteotee
announced they ware not ready
to answer charges made to the
protest Prior to the committee
meeting, attorneys failed to ranch
an agreement to waive the com-
mittee hearing ami enter district
coart to February.
The proteat waa filed with B. 8.
Ireland, Chairman of the executive
committee, after Newell's nomina-
tion by one vote tn the run-off
primary August 22. It Included
three charges of fraud and mo-
rality. Tho contestant is repres-
ented by R. O. Nortfecutt of Ama-
rillo and the coutoatee by BUI
Hua sell and John Coffee. Tbo
committee gave conteotee until 8
o'clock yesterday morning to pro-
para an answer to the protest, but
attorneys stated In tbelr request
for a recess that the time waa not
sufficient. The committee recess-
ed immediately after setting tbo
new date for the hearing.
The protest charged “fraud and
illegality existed ... in that the
Judges permitted Illegal ballots or
votes to be cast and counted tor
tM-utestee” and “that if such il-
legal ballot* ... had not bean
counted . . . results of said pri-
mary election would have boon
(Continued on page seven.)
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Lions to Invite
Fanner Friends
at 12 o'clock,
per.
followed by din- who signed nppIU'MlhinN for 1113(1
i wheat contracts.
mutely 5,000 farmer* are eximct-
night.
ted the two ladtee.
and Mrs. Las
ta May from I
bool, and wora IT
of ago.
Mtea Haaal
are eortooaly
gad 18 years
Federal grand Jury
returned an Is
K. 8. Posey, former
president and cashier of tba
National Bank af
About 9« Ex-High School
Students Attend College
Ki yeara,
tbla fact commends th#
hr *
ly by I* A,
■z-T.2r.rsr
Approximately 60 a*-stu-
dents of Hereford High School
have left or are making last
minute preparations to leavg
for college, Tho total number
planning to Attend this ye
from Hereford is th#
in several
WhUa
ambition of the atndaote, It also
apeaks well for the scholastic rat-
ing of Hereford High Itehonl, es-
pecially slues the majority of col-
lages have recently passed "the
resolution eot to admit any stu-
dent who ranks to the fourth
quart tie of his graduating class
la blgti school, and to accept those
wlfhto the third quart!!* only on
saver* condition* of trial.
Mxtaon schools are
In tbs list setected by
seem to to tba favorites; however,
Texas A. A M. at Cottage BUiion
la the favorite of tba boys. Al-
though students wUl scatter to
four states, a larga majority of
them wUl attend Tags* schools.
Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas
are also represented.
Tho lilt of collage students aa
reported to the Brand Include:
Howard Williamson, Joanna Sny-
der, Mildred Btewart, Boh Baird,
tienevs fine Benton, Bffyte Whit-
sett, Krnest Kerr, Betty Bruce
Junes and Mary Kate Brotberton,
West Texas Htatc Teachers CM
sen, C. J. Borden, Mary KlUa-
belii btnnford, Oeorgu Conklin,
Roy Hastings, Chrtstlue Fincher,
Homer Henslm>, Texas Tech; Nan-
cy Conkwrlght, Baylor Itnlrerslty,
Waco; Noel Bryant, Houthern
MetbiNllwt University, Dalln*; Vlv-
tonne Davis, Kaat Texas 'IVachers
College, Commerce; Jim Kirby ami
Bill McLean, University of Tex-
as, Austin; Jack llnssell, Rice
Institute, Houston; L. It. Rue
ihI to In? preiH’iit and to hear Dr.
R. II. Montgomery of Washlngtim,
Nine hundred and thirty appll- „ (, „ notwl uirri,ullurnl au-
cations were signed In Dt-af Hmlth ,horlty wlu, wln ,N. prlneljail
county. It will In* only a short MpWlj,,,r
time until the form* are s. nt to H„r,.fonl Uolm iri, fortunate
Washington, Bateman stnted, but j Mr. UH thrir
Just how soon the cheeks will 1 N|K>llk„r for this aneaahm. When
sent out la ^unknown. ^ Ttie nfTU+ |( ri'queNteil by the farm*
uNNiN’Iutlun, County Agent
In working day and night on ™«
form* lu order to
the
get them off
' Alex Bateman to turn requested
aa soon as itosslhlc in an effort r himself come here
to get a quick return of tbs;
money.
Mr. Lucas originated the unique
congratulatory visit by fartnem
with l'rusldcut IUmsmvoR lu May,
LOCAL BRKKDKKfl WIU. '<m, and later was select«d to
EXHIBIT AT AMARILLO head the fanners' assoctotlon.
.......-S"
Atauit a dosen poultry breeders
In Hereford are pn’partng to ex-
saTl'/ l'iiria Junior” Ooilegi" Paris; I ■»«* ,'7 Tr, HUI#
Weather Chart
Ms I lie (lllbreath, Kansas A. A M.,
Manhattan; Wilhurn Benge and
R.
Fair In Amarillo, making up pens
and singles. Although all will
r'Daiileir ARus Junior Co\- -iwrately, they will strive m^runent
I—: Bill p...™, ntmm N«to„, . *»*. .............. K1S.I-U.: J,',y i1:,^ "S “T
m, ip „
sas diversity, Fayetteville, awl Ovteter 1-10. , Friday .....
Lorraine ilu-1 and Floreoa1.
I bitets are Jwk H right, Hoy II•« . HsMirdsy ...
derson and son, N. ft Vogste, Mtea Monday ...
RUby Callahan. Boos Fuller, Joe- Tuesday ...... 80
par Cockrell, Ralph fimttb, M Wodorodoy M
| Thoredoy —tf
Kdwsrd Full Wood.
Jack (lllllland, Joe lluekert, J.
D (Isyton and Clyde Hussey,
Texas A. A M. I Wayne Evans
and Mary Freness Holder, Hardin-
llnnter, M'-wtay Hospital (studaM
nursing*. Oklahoma filly| I
Raster, Amarillo Bus to—
Temi* rature extremes slid moist-
ure for past week, furnished by
■ of Agriculture’s were
In Hereford.
Max. Min. Motet
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— HI m 8 Ob
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Odom, Adrian. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 36TH YEAR, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1936, newspaper, September 10, 1936; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584062/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.