The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1920 Page: 1 of 10
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Furniture Company
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
J. H. DOSS, President
B. MARTIN. Vlce-Pres.
H. U BREVARD. Vtce-Pres.
FRED SMITH. Cashier
NEAL BUTLER, Ass t Cash
B. A. DANLEY
J. W. BRASELTON
C. A. WALLER
J. TOM PICKARD
Merchants & Farmers State Bank
WEATHERFORD, fEXAS
Statement of Condition Made at Close of Business Sept. 8th,
1920, to Commissioner of Banking
- RESOURCES
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- Loans and Discounts ..,....................$506,119.79
Liberty Bonds............................... 3,960.00
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures......... 31,000.00
Cash and Exchange X.......................... 98,482.96
Total...'............................$638,562.75
LIABILITIES
Capital .................................$ 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits.......................... 28,039.28
Bills MdMe ................................ 15,000.00
Deposits' .. ............. 545,523.47
Total..............................$638,562.75
The Most Conveniently Located Bank in the City.
HOBBY CALLS LE6IS- iTFRRIFIC EXPLOSION
LATURE IN SESSION ROCKS NEW YORK-
THIRTY PEOPLE DEAD
WILL ASK CHANGES IN ELECTION
LAWS TO PREVENT ANY
D43CRI Ml NATION.
About 750,000 Persons Now Qualified
to Vote—Est.mats 2.500 000
of Voting Age.
POLICE AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT
YET DETERMINED CAUSE
OF DISASTER.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION
The First National Bank
WEATHERFORD. TEXAS
Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, Sept. 8,1920
Associated Press
Austin, Texas, Sept. 15.—The Texas
legislature was called to convene in
special session at 11 o’clock, Septem-
Banking House or Morgan A Company
Wrecked—Federal Investigation
is Ordered.
Associated Press
New \ork, Sept. 16.—A mysterious
ber 21, by Governor Hobby today. The I explosion, disastrous in its effect, ec-
j governor stated he had called the leg- [ curred at noon in Wall street, killing
RESOURCES
jf*11* .....................................$ 814,449.57
United States Bonds........................ 155,500.00
City Bonds and Warrants................... 22,'432,17
Federal Reserve Bank Stock................. ^OOO'OO
Banking House............................. 23^75
Cash and Exchange......................... 231,166.39
REPORT IS8UFD ON ! WHITE Will DPT ROB
COTTON CONSUMPTION REPUBLICANS OF JOY
islature to give consideration to the
subject of safeguarding the general
election In November, 1920, to pre-
scribe qualifications for the voters, to
prevent discrimination among voters
in the exercise of the franchise, and
to consider and act ppon such other
matters as may hereafter be present-
ed. The governor said, in a statemerf
accompanying the proclamation:
"I shall urge the legislature to pass
a law giving those who have not paid
their poll tax fifteen days in which to
pay a fee or tax equal to the poll tax
which those voters who have previous-
ly qualified have paid,
“I shall further urge that all funds
derived by the state from the collec-
tion of such fees shall go to the avail-
able school funds. Under this plan
all voters will vote in the November
more than a score of persons and in-
juring hundreds of others.
Office workers were just hurrying
into the street for the noonday meal
when a jet of black smoke rose front
thg center of the world's greatest
street of finance. * A moment later
scores of men, women and children
were lying in blood covering the pave-
ments. Two minutes later all ex-
changes had closed. Men had turned
from barter to an errand of mercy.
Trained Investigators have tried to1
determine whether the explosion was
from a bomb dropped in front of the
office of J. P. Morgan, or whether an
automobile dashed Into a wagon load-
ed with explosives.
The terrific explosion which rock-
ed all Lower Manhattan occurred at
noon just outside the office of J. P.
Morgan & Co., on Wall street. At 1:15
$1,253,303.12
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
.$ 100,000.00
Surplus and Profits....................’ - 153,596.82 ,
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Circulation.................................
Federal Reserve Bank....................... iffijftnfl
^Posits.................................. 843,67103
$1,253,303.12
—The sincere desire of this Bank is to promote pros-
perity, to help yon get your share of it and to use that share
with wisdom.
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COTTON ON HAND AUGU8T 31
GIVEN AS MILLION AND A
QUARTER BALES.
IS DECLARES AT GREAT COST MAINE
CARRIED IN HOPE Ol* INFLU-
ENCING NATION.
Associated Press
New York, Sept
Associated Press
Washington, Sept, 14.-*-Cotton con-
sumed during August amounted to chaiman of the Democratic national
483,193 running bales of lint and 36.800 i comiT"t4e«' ln a ^tement given out
_ . | today commenting on the result of
bales of linters, the census bureau an- .
| yesterday's election in Maine said :
"This is the Republicans' day of
nounced today.
Last year the consumption in
gust was 497,319 bales of lint and
21,718 bales of linters.
Cotton on hapd August 31 in con- i
sumlng establishments amounted to j
1,130,694 bales of lint and 267,766 bales j
of lingers, compared with 1,033,365
bales of lint and 262,455 bales of lint-
ers August 31 last year.
In public storage and at expresses
there are 1,963,218 bales of lint anjl
358,649 bales of linters, compared with
1,816,596 bales of lint and 224,141 bales
of linters.
i rejoicing. They planned, labored and
election on an equal basis.
“1 accept the attorney general's in-! o'clock this afternoon the police esti-
| terpretation of the nineteenth amend-; mated the number of Injured at 217.
ment as applied to the general elec- j Seventeen victims were taken from
tiou in Texas. Therefore, 1 convene $be side door of the Morgan banking
the legislature because, in my judg- j house at 12:35. The board of gover-
ment, it creates an emergency which j nars ordered the Stock Exchange clos
can be dealt with only by immediate! 9(1 two minutes after the explosion oc-
aotion on the part of the state's legis-^ currei}-
14 —George White, ■ lative authoritT Without legislative ! It is leported that an automobile
action the opportunity is afforded for J w***1 two men drew up in front of Mor
fraudulent voting. The possibility of i 8an & Company's offices shortly before
such a thing should be avoided by noon and when Morgan detectives ap-
statute." ;
About 750,000 persons in Texas have
qualified themselves to vote in the
November election by paying poll tax-
BOARD TURNS DOWN FRENCR PRESIDENT
REQUEST OF GROWFRS TENDERS RESIGNATION
HARDING ASKS THAT PEOPLE DOCUMENT EXPLAINING ACTION
QUIT TALKING ABOUT WILL BE READ BEFORE CHAM-
C^LAMITy | BER NEKT TUESDAY.
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igicii, *c:p 1..—Requests
t! . Vu rlcr.n Cretan, asso-.iauo..
•jjiernemntal aid in financing
the marketing of the cotton crop
Jt the South were denied yesterday
by Governor Harding of the federal
reserve- board.
paid for it and I would not by any j
rob them of their I e8-' atld at least 2-500’<M)0 Per80n8 ftre 1
| utterance of mine
meed of joy. u
"With, a splendid organization and
with the expenditure of every effort
possible to great finances, they pre-
pared the- Republican state of Maine
for this election in the hope of per-
suading the country that the trend is
heavily
race."
Republican in the. national
Convict* Rushed to Cotton Patch.
Huntsville, Texas, Sept. 14.—Every
available convict in the prison service
la being rushed to the state farms to
gather the cotton which is opening
during the present hot, dry weather
faster htan It can be picked. The plan
was decided on by the prison commis-
sioners to save the crop before It was
hit by rain. The stat efarms will pro-
duce between 7,000 and 8,000 bales of
cotton, the prison commissioners be-
lieve.'
FIRE DESTROYS TWO
. BLOCKS IN RANGER
preached the machine one man alight-
ed and either accidentally or purpose-
ly dropped what appeared to be a
bomb I elation asked extension of credit on j
______________________ ___________ It also is reported that an automo-1C0tt0n l0ans e8timated at aPProll i
of* voting age in the state under the I bile collided with a truck loaded with i mate*y 4500,000,000, in order to per-
attorney general’s construction of the [ dynamite. | growers to ho\d their cotton
nineteenth amendment, and all will j Many pf the girls who were injured ! 311 Prev,int umP n5 on the mar et
be permitted to ‘ vote regardless of ( were working in the office buildings.;
whether they paid a poll tax. The Hundreds) of persons were thrown to
governor contends that this should be j the sidewalk by the force of the explo-
avoided, because it is unfair. u |sioa and dozens of trucks and automo-
Assoclated Press
Paris, Sept. 16 —President Descha.
nels’ resolve to resign was reached
upon the advice of his physicians ac-
cording to Echo de Paris. He is ex-
pected to announce his intention to
Premier Millerand today.
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Rambouilet, France, Sept. 16.—Paul-
Deschanel, president of Franpe, pro-
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AIR MAIL SERVICE
OPFNED TO COAST
Fort Worth, Texas* Sept. 15.—Fire
destroyed almost two blocks of bus-
iness buildings and one hotel in Ran-
ger this morning, according to a tele-
phone message received here. It was
said the flames were under control at
9 o’clock, it is feared that a blind
man was killed and another man badly
injured. The fire started at 4:15 o’clock
Chicago, 111., Sept. 13.—The exten-
sive daily coast to coast air mail ser-
vice was opened today when planes
left five cities for points across the
continent.
biles were pressed into service in car-
| rylng away the wounded. Little infor-
i matton is obtainable from the Morgan
office. J. P. Morgan is now abroad.
An hour after the explosion the po-
lice were inclined to the theory that
the disaster was caused by the collis-
ion of a truck loaded with T. N. T.
and an automobile on Wall street be-
tween the Morgan office and the sub-
treasury building.
So far as could be learned no prom-
inent financiers or members of the
One plane will leave every morning
Lr°m.NeW Y0rk;With„mai'„f0r San Stock Exchange were injured in the
-explosion. Thomas W. Lamont and P.
STATE OF CONDITION ON SEPTEMBER 8th, 1920
First State Bank
of Weatherford •
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^.SOURCES
Total Loans..............................$1,180,918.09
U. S. Bonds and Certificates................... 174.750.00
War Saving Stamps.... ................... 24.33
Furniture and Fixtures ..................... 2,600.00
Federal Reserve Bank Stock........... 4,350.00
Cash and Exchange .......................... 126,026.43
$1,488,668.85
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ........7..................$ 125.000.00
Profit Account .......................... 62.708.49
Total Deposits......:........................1,160,751.55
Due Federar Reserve Bank on Bills Payable and
Rediscounts.,............................ 137,910.00
Reserved for Taxes......................... 2 298 81
$1,488,668.85
' Please note the gain in the business of this bank.
Total Deposits, September 8th, 1918 were.....$ 396.245 57 '
Totjj Deposits September. 8th, 1919 were ..... 1,657,036.13 •
Total Deposits September 8th,’ J920 Were !T*! * l[l60>51i
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Francisco; one from San Francisco
for New.York; one from Cheyenne for
San Francisco; one from Sait Lake
City for San Francisco and one from
Chicago to New York, every day ex-
| cept Monday.
I The first of the Chicago planes to
J operate under the new schedule left
| here at 6 o’clock this morning for \
at a 103“
The solution of the i.rmicm fac-
ing southern Cotton producers, Gov-1
ernor Harding said lay with the |
producers' representatives and their j
home banks.
"Go back home and tell the peo- j
j pie to quit talking calamity,” the
governor declared, suggesting that
the cotton men sell their high grade
stock to meet demands as they
arise which would enable them to
gradually liquidate their debts and
hold their low grade cotton for a
better market.
The federal reserve board is very
keenly alive to the importance of
doing everything to sustain agricul-
ture in all sections of the country
sented his resignation from that office
today. The president, at his residence
here, gave the letter Of resignsftlon
and the presidential message to ac-
company it to Premier Millerand, Who
will read the documents to senate and
Chamber of Deputies Tuesday.
CHAIRMAN WHITE SAYS
DEMOCRATS LACK MONEY
, , the governor told the association
Davidson, members of the firm, were I members blU he added that the
in the Morgan offices at the time but I board wa8 not authorized to deal
were not hurt.
nor'8 Islahd arrived on the scene at
12:50 for guard duty.
Doubt was cast on the accident the-
ory when members of the bomb squad
San Francisco, piloted by J. H. Chris-! ha3tened t0 the gcene of the explosion.
tiansen.
t the opinion being held tljat a bomb
Each plane will carry 800 pounds bad *xpi0(jed
in prices, though *its action might
United States regulars front Gover-: bave an effect upon them. Recent
estimates of the value of this year’s
staple crops are $22,000,000,000 the
governor stated, and expansion of
credit to assist producers in all
parts of the country would mean
of mail.
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KOREANS AND JAPS
FIGHT MANY DEAD
The unofficial estimate of number of
dead at 1:20 was thirty.
about $3,000,000,000 in loans.
COMMUNISTS CALL CONVENTION
JANUARY 1 IN MEXICO CITY
Tokio, Sept. 15 —Many Koreans and
Japanese police have been killed in
attacks by the Koreans on the police,
according to press advices reaching
here today.
Washington, Sept. 16.—Federal au-
thorities will investigate the explosion
in New York today, the department of
justice announced. William J. Flynn,
chief of the bureau of investigation,
is expected to leave for New, York dur-
ing the day.
Associated Press
Mexico City. Sept. 16.—The fourth
international convention of Commun-
ists will meet in this city January 1,
1921, according to information receiv-
ed here. The newspaper El Universal
states tjiat it was secured through
Mexican industrial circles.
STATE REVENUE FROM TAX ON
SAND, GRAVEL AND SHELL
ITALIAN SOVIETS
RECRUITING ARMY
Associated Press
New York, Sept. 14.—Chairman
George White of the Democratic na-
tional committee in a statement is-
sued referring to newspaper reports
from Main* that the Republican or-
ganization there was "active ana
widespread.” while the Democrats
were "weak and feeble of resour-
ces" said in part:
“That is true. Perhaps the gen-
eral public will be interested in tho
reason for this contrast.
“Wre are honestly but desperately
poor. The poor man must pick
and choose bis expenditures:
“Maine is a luxury to us in the
state election. Wre couldn't afford it*
so we charged it off long ago. The
Republican knew this and with a
conventional sense of political psy-
chology set out to roll up the bi^
gest majority possible for iU ef-
fect on the country.
'We do not conceal that the Dem1
ocra ic national committee Is
iously put to u I.* the matter of
money. We ate hopeful that we
ill find enough to make ends
meet and that «i will be able to
piece in the fie ^ behind our throne
command^' an effective army,
i \ small one.
"If we have c light barefoot and
f.<i «n empty imach, !t has beer
tire before aal successfully.”
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Austin, Texas, Sept. 11.—Texas de-
rived $45,354 from the tax on sand,
gravel anj}., shell from public waters
during the fiscal year which ended
August 31, 1920, according to a com-
pilation of tax reports to the Texas
Game, Fish aqd Oyster Commission.
A tax of $32,214 was paid on 704.291
yards of shell; while 18,584 yards used
by counties and municipalities was
free from taxation. A total of 228,706
yards of sand was used and yielded a
tax of $10,968 . Gravel used totaled
24,792 yards, on which a tax of $1,-
487 *ks paid.
, Associated Press
Rome, Sept. 16.—Preparation for the
recruiting of an Italian soviet army
are going on in Milan and other large
cities throughout the country, accord-
ing to the newspaper Epoca, which
prints a statement to this effect by
a superior officer of the Italian army.
One soviet organization leader is said
to be an anarchist chief.
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you’re dealing with
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The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1920, newspaper, September 16, 1920; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth585698/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .