The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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S8UTHENERS RESENT PROMINENT IX AN
CHARGES BY NEGRO DIES SUDDENLY
DECLARES. HOWEVER, THAT »10,-
000 WAS TAKEN BY
TWO MEN.
. Ru|tr, Texas, Dec. 20. — Jack
Howell, cashier of the Guaranty
State bank of Leeray, is in the East-
land county jail.
He was taken into custody by
State Ranger Jim Bracewell and a
deputy sheriff of Stephens county
after IIO’OOO in currency which was
being transported by him from Cisco
• to Leeray disappeared through as
he stated the work of two highway
assecutm rrsas
Washington, Dec: 50—Southern
members of the house census commit-
tee, holding hearings on the congress
ional apportionment bill, were aroused
today by the charge of Walter White,
of New York, assistant secretary of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, that a
majority of the white people in many
of the Southern communities were law-
less.
Representative Larson, Democrat, of
Georgia, declared that the charge was
“untrue" and demanded that witnesses
before the committee be required to
robbers, according to word received
here. * i confine themselves to facts of their
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own personal knowledge and not be
permitted to give "hearsay evidence.”.
Larsen asserted: "I am unwilling to
let witnesses come here and make
wholesale charges standerlng ny sec-
tion of the Unit d States."
NEW ARMY POST PLAN
SUFFERED SETBACK
GEORGE W. BRACKENRIOGE WAS
BENEFACTOR TO MANY EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTION*
AMecUtrd Frees
'■Washington, Dec. 30.—The $50,000,-
0*0 item for army poet construction
submitted by the war department and
refused by the House appropriations
associated rrea>
San Antonio, Dec. 28.—George W.! committee in reporting the sundry civil
Brackenrldge, aged 88, capitalist and! supply bill was the initial step in the
benefactor of numerous institutions, j new army housing project contemplat-
among which was the State University j ing estimated expenditures of more
of Texas, and the Columbia University | than $300,000,000 over a period of ten
of New York City died suddenly here'or twelve years.
PLAN IS SUBMITTED ■
FOR WOMEN WORKERS!
REST PERIOD SUGGESTED WITH FARMERS AND MANUFACTURER*
HALF HOLIDAY ON
SATURDAYS.
Associated Press
Austin, Texas. Dec. 22—A total
of twenty-one recommendations for
legislation is made in the report of
the Woman's Division of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics recently submit-
ted to Labor Commissioner T. C.
Jennings by Mrs. Claude Do Yaan
Watts, bead of the division.
Mrs. De Vann W'atts outlined the
not sit silent under the statement
made by the witness from New York,"
Howell, who is 21 years old and
• large stockholder in the Leeray
institution, will be held, until the
matter is thoroughly investigated by
Rangers and county officers who are
now working on the case.
In a room in Cisco in the pres-
ence of Mr. Bracewell and Munro
Rooney, state Rangers, John Barnes,
ibcal peace officer, Stephens county
officers and a reporter from the Ran-
ger Times. Rowell again went over
liis version of how the two men j he said.
appeared as he was driving to Lee —-
ray alone with the $10,000 in hills1 TU/IAIC ||fl| I] I ID \j (]
of one, five, ten aud twenty dollar! I *1 ■*MO IIULU Ul li« U*
denominations ,and forced him to
throw his hands up and give them
the money. Howell began his story i _
two miles back of where the 'hold- i Associated Press
up took place. ' Kankakee, 111., Dec. 29.—One of the
"At that point j had a blowout on two youthful bandits who held up the
a front wheel of the car I was driv- New Orleans-Cbicago Flyer on the lilt-
ing.” he said. "Then I was two nols Central railroad "near here last
iniler, from Cisco. 1 removed the' night was killed in a fight with police
tire and decided to go the balance j and railroad detectives at Aroma Park,
of the way on the rim. It was about1 f°ur miles east of here early today.
10:3h In the morning. Perhaps two * and tlle other surrendered,
miles from this point I was driving I The alleged bandits are Joseph and
the car about ffteen miles an hour i Jacob Scott, twins, aged 24. and are
Representative Bee. Democrat, of enter the army and kept him in the
Texas also took exception to White's! treasury department three years and
charges. “Knowing what we have done j subsequently sending him to New Or-
in building up the negro race, I can-{ leans in charge of the commissary
last night at 9 o'clock. i Details of the scheme, which was
Mr. Brackenridge was born in In- formulated by the general staff, was
dlana in 1832. His father who was j revealed in testimony taken by the
a lawyer and merchant had known' committee and just made publip. In
Abrahom Lincoln and part of Lin-1 urging approval of the congressional j following policies, which she deciar-
coin's education was acquired from j plan, Secretary Baker recommended ed should be adopted by the state
loaned him by the elder that .many of the existing army posts, | "No woman should be employe-1
particularly those near large citic3, le (B)r nlore than eight hours in any
ti-tC and „..J :.aJ :k f_..Jvu.td onp da>- The time when the work
period begins and ends and the time
allowed for meals and rest periods
should be conspicuously posted in
work rooms and a strict supervision
of overtime kept.
books
Brackenrldge.
When the war between the states
broke out George W. Brackenridge of- in financing the new project,
fered his services to the federal gov-
ernment but Lincoln refused to let him
PLAN MEAN* BY WHICH TO
IMPROVE MARKET*.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
. CUTS SUNDRY BILL
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 34.—That a se-
rious shortage of cottonseed oil and
meal will occur in the near future un-
less there Is such improvement in pri-
ces, both for cotton seed and cotton-
seed products as will justify the far-
mer in selling the seed now in his
hands and in harvesting the remain-
der of the crop, was the announcement
made following a meeting of cotton-
seed crushers, oil manufacturers and
farmers from all parts of the South
held here.
The meeting, which was called to
discuss the present condition o< the
cottonseed market In th# South fflftt
map out plans for its improvement, de-
termined on a scheme of closer co-op-
! eration between the producer of cotton
j seed and the manufacturers. In the
it-., „ . , , .,! formal statement issued following the
Halt holidays on Saturday should j _______t ^ ^ ' ... . „
be the custom. The weekly half S ^
TRAIN-ONE KILLED
there. While in the city he was dele-
gated to carry a message to Benito
meeting, it was stated that "due to the
! holiday has been found to be almost! t°UaPS<‘ in PriCeS °Dly 36 Pef CeBt *
the seed harvested has been offered to
Associated Press
Washington,-Dec. 29.—The sundry!3 necessity. It enables the worker, -.
Juarez of Mexico who was then in re-' civil bill> carrying a total of $383,611,-’t0 d° necessary shopping, to attend j ve*r”!!*r et’ as *®a D#t *** ■®f
volt against Emperor Maximillou. The or $420,914,192 less than asked hy!to social and household duties, and j' ., y
message was to the effet that the Uni- ,bp government department, and re- affords opportunities for recreation!. °. ! *as a *’* ®
ted States would recognize. Juarez in Po''le(i today by the House appropria-' w'hich cannot be obtained after ... !\ man^ cotton
support of the Monroe Doctrine. j lions committee, was the first of the. working hours of the full day, there- s. w c are una e seeurt u
Mr. Brackenridge moved to San An- bi* supply measures for the next fls- fore becoming one of the principal
tonio and one Of his first business con- ‘a* -VPar *° bp completed. ,ageneies in building better inteliee-
uections there was with the San Ail-' The total was $52,237,514 less than At least three-quarters of an
tonio National Bank, with which he ,lie anu>unt appropriated for similar j,lour should be allowed every wo-
served until 1912, He was the holder! Purposes last year. Iman worker for meals,
of large real estate interest and at' Requests from the Department of "A les* period should be allowed
one time possessed the land on which Justice for $300,000 for the enforce- *n ,bp middle of each work period. . .. , „
Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis:,nent tlle national prohibition act The da>' should be divided into twoj Thpan alata^onla
are now located. He built the San An-1 werc o’imlnated entirely. j work periods by the noon meal, ard
tonio water works system and later --- short rest periods of trom ten to
supply of seed.
The statement says that "the visible
supply of cotton oil, including that
contained in seed in the hands ot the
mills is only sufficient for four months
domestic supply," and that the “risi-
ble supply of meal is only sufficient
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These statements were made to Ug
meeting by E. W. Dobbs of MayarlHe.
sold the establishment to Belgian in- FARMERS 8EGIN SHORT
terests. \ COURSE AT ARLINGTON of each Period. This is one means
- j of avoiding the consequences of la-
Arlington, Texas, Dec. 30.—Farm- Hfhie, b> affording relaxation trom
Mr. Brackenridge never married. He
when I was approached by men in ] said to be the sons of an automobile j is surivived by Miss Eleanor Bracken
another car. I turned out of the j mechanic residing at Greenvills, 111. | ridge, sister, and by numerous neph-;er8 trom a11 over this Part of Texas ,he physical strain incident i<> cm
road without diminishing my speed! Several hundred dollars in cash and! ews and nieces. He owned large blocks ’bpgan a holidaystudyperiod at Grubbs Payment.
! fifteen minutes alloed in the middle S' C" repre8entinK grower*, and
by J. H. Dubose of Memphis, Teas.,
representing the crushers and maau-
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expecting to pass on but when
about thirty yards away oue of the
two men stuck a rifle through the
upper part of the windshield which
was down, and demanded that I
throw up my hands.
"When the order came to throw
up my hands 1 did so without ap-
plying the brake to the machine
which continued running until it
hit a tree and stopped, the engine
dying instantly.”
In answer to a question he said
that the other machine had stopped
when the order came for him to
throw up his hands.
“With my car against the tree,"
Howell resumed, "and both cars
stopped the man on the right alight-
ed. When between the two cars, he
said, ‘Give me that package.' I did
not give the man the package and
he came on and reached between
ray legs and the steering wheel and
took it with his right hand and
reached around in my right hand
coat pocket and took my pistol.
"After getting the money,” Howell
declared, “the man who took it
a few thousand dollars worth of jew-
elry stolen by the youths has been re-
covered.
operating Expenses of
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Associated Press
Austin, Texas. Dec. 30 —Business
handled by the State Highway Com-
mission during the past fiscal year, ac-
cording to a report to the state comp-
troller. totaled $4,108,353. The depart-
of stocks in railroads and his pri. | Vocational College Wednesday. Pres-) "No woman should be employed
vate fortune was large. He was cred- j iden‘ W B' B1*zp11 °r A * M College between .he hours of 10 m and
’♦*d with financing so re o. the r«»!l |an<* Clarence Ousley, former assistant m-
road projects iu Mexico. j secr<^rv of agriculture, were the chief j “To secure a* P«y for equal
Mr. l.raCanridge made many bene-'speaker8 The course will continue un-|work regardless of sex. If a dit-
laction®. a complete list of which he I “» Saturday. ,lerenee m the output is shown. th-
"The lure of cotton production has *a£p su°,lm based on Ine dfl-
ment started the year with a balance ! valued at $500,000.
of $1,584,795 and ended with a balance i
of $1,697,068 on August 31, 1920. the
report shows.
Receipts were divided as follows:
Automobile licenses for latter part of
1919 totaled $76,037; for the first of
1920 they totaled $1,671,938. These
figures represent only half the amount
pever made public. Among the most, ...
prominent was the donation of ,helwrought such a sppU over the average 1™<’ !n ««« arbi-
famous Brackenridge park in ibis city jfarmer tha‘ “ ba* evidently blinded'“a'dl>. a* •* <bp case,
which is recognized as the most beau-1 mauy t0 ,he relations existing between J Cont B"ous RliU^ing' sl,!,n-»r or
tifui national city park in t„e Cni.eu j8cre yields and ,he possibl<‘ Profits |heavv liB,ng sbo*'ld bp Prohibited.
from products which may be grown ;and su,,ilble seats provided tor every
jupon an acre of soil," said T. O. Wal- onjan employed, and their use
j ton, director of the extension service {encouraged.
States, it is estimate i 'hat the land is I
The first county park to be estab
lished in the south, it is claimed was
of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical! AB machinery should be sae-
Roosevelt park, donated by Mr. Brack
| College. "Yet this is an important fac-!guardpd and ,ire drilbi a"d other
facturers of cottonseed products.
It was the sentiment of the meeting,
as expressed by a number of speak-
ers. that the farmers would conttnvn
to hold their cotton seed until a pries
above the cost of production could be
secured for it and the manufacturers
and crushers announced their inten-
tion to refuse to dispose of their pro-
ducts at prices which are below tbo
cost of manufacture.
Speakers expressed the opinion that
if this policy was adhered to by both
the producer of cotton seed and the
manufacturer, the present demoralised
i condition of the cottonseed oil market
would be materially improved and the
cotton growers receive a fair price for
cotton seed within a short time.
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tor in the final determination of alforms 01 safet-v regulations institut-
e'f:
A series of district conventions of
ir^Ly1^rand profltabie 8ys,em otied'Dless suitJible for 0 !^piMTrc^cri^risdicars
"S- , t. »t«>-«i»»wbrz.^:“f'”■"01 ““s°"",'ra
. t* r,ai"" ^ ** :n "——*
I a crop for the farm hand should belma,teis ol Industrial hygiene in] i liklllll'lin irrrnmn
order to be cognizant of conditions fl WrWI | W / III ll I I- U I \
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in which it is collected. Miscellaneous Other donations were $50,000 to the j _,.u the ra8ult that we are and be able to promote industrial
thinking in terras of acres rather than ! b>g'”ne and sanitation.
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receipts were $22,075.
Operating expenses were $171,037;
supplies for tax collectors, number
plates and seals cost $51,473. There
was advanced to counties $293,794 •
stopped to the right of his own ma- 8tate ald for roads amounted to ,B9i;
chine and ordered me to alight and' HQd f(>dora, ajd for roadg was $1>.
run. I did hot go back to my car go3 59()
but ran about six hundred yards * -! _______
down the road around the turn in j UNIVERSITY STUDENT WINS
the road where I found a man named'
Bagget whom I know on sight and I
who is a customer at our bank. Associated Press ]__
He had two horses, one of which j Austin, Texs, Dec. 30.—Another nat- j rickards APPOINTED CHIEF
University of Texas for Brackenridge ]Bonf;’ wBb
Hall, $40,000 for a similar hall at the
Medical college at Galveston, $50,000
for an additional building at the Colum
bia University, New York, to provide
facilities for women students of medi-
cine, $50,000 to a negro college at Se-
guin Texas, $250,000 worth of land in
in possible acreage production. Too, "rr°per provisions should be made
frequently the farmer is content to fol- j 01 BgbBng- ventilation, and comtor-
low a rut of sowing, cultivating and!*ab*p dn>ssing and rest rooms pro-
harvesting. without due investigation jvldpd
as lo the possibilities of making a pro-! “No "ork should bp R,ven ouf t0
fit for himself and family.” jbp done in rooms used for living or
___ (sleeping purposes or in any rooms
Austin to the University of Texas and ANOTHER CHAPTER WRITTEN ;directly connected with such quar-
three public schools to San Antonio.
PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE : besides funds for manual training and
libraries.
IN TEXAS LIBEL LAW lers. •
- | “No child should be employed in
Associated rre»« industrial pursuits where the service
Another 1an adu^ can be used, and under
Autsin. Texas. Dec. 30.
was saddled and the other being'ional distinction has come to the Uni
led. I said to him, 'I have been hl-;vprsi,y of Texas- Thp lirst prize in
-jacked out of $10,000, let me have j architectural design in the contest fos-
chapter in the Texas libel taw, which
TERMS OF ITALIANS
Associated Press
London, Dec. 30—The Evening News’
Rome correspondent today says that
Gibriele D'Annunzio has accepted the
terms of General Caviglia, command-
ing the regular Italian forces about
Flume. D’Annunzio’s legionairea will
be dissolved and granted amnesty, the
correspondent declares, adding
D'Annunzio will go to South America.
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no circumstances where it comes!
OF THE MILITARY BUREAU an assistant attorney general once said in con(acl with innUences which i
is written in court opinions, rather jmav have H bad effeot upon ltg]
than in a statute, was added by the physical. moral or mental condition 1
MORE CRIME THAN EVER
BEFORE, HOUSE IS TOLD
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Associated Press
, , , — iii. tpred hv thp Rpaux Arts Tnstitntp of IVashiogton, Dec. 30. Col. Geoige
vour horse so that I can ride into ierRn. Bv >ne Beaux Arts insuiuie or supreme court recently This court, ........ .... . ..
A New York was won by H. C. Heath of Hicltards of Oil City. Pa., was appoint-1J ‘, J, . , , ^ l] No child should be permitted to ] tivity at this time is the greatest
Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 30.—Criminal ac-
town and notified the police.
I luiiv «iv* wuu ity 11. v-. nrniii ul • * i .» . . . . . * » ......
| Austin, a junior architectural student I pd ,odav h>' President Wilson to be! po uunu'a lons to the;work more than eight hours per day [ in the history of the Secret Service,
CONGRESS WILL APPROPRIATE of the university. Professional archi-i ,,f thp B'ilHftr>T burpau °ftbp war |_a , ,,oa<l .09 aBso-|of tweniy.fonr. hours, and under .^according to testimony 6f William
LARGE SUM FOR
ROADS tects ami students of the nation were! department. Rickards, who has been !lutply pnvdpdeed- >» « notation made, conditions should be l>ermitte<l toll. Moran, chief of the Bureau, be-
serving with the general staff, will ,n (ll8ral88lI1K an aPP‘lcation for writ Work alter 8 p. m. or before 6 a. m. j for# the House Appropriations Coai-
of error in the case of the Aransas
j
I eligible iu the competition. The first,
Austin. Texas, Dec. 29.—Congress;.prize tn thls contest last year was also!,lave supervision over employment of mPI "‘The child who is pro))tbited fromjmtttee. There were more wrreata
will appropriate $400,000,000 j won by a Texas University student, E. |*be National Guard an as an
road construction in various states, | Davis, who is now engaged in ar-j l^d ^ army of the l uited States,
in the opinion of R. M. Hubbard, 1 (.bite(.,ural work iu North Texas. | as provided In the army reorganization
who is chairman of the Texius High-]___
Wind-
! act.
way Commission; and R. J.
Soldiers Must Pay Poll Tax.'
ro,w, state highway engineer, both \ Galveston. Texas, Dec. 29 —Former ] NEGRO SHOOTS AND KILLS
recently returned from Washington,! service men will he required to pay YOUNG MAN NEAR HANDLEY A nofflcinl pf ,hp railroad company
integral,lIal 1,01 ’rpnVjnal Rail"ay vs. C S Ta- working should be in school and the!last year than
bor. of Aranans.
According to the statement of tacts,
iTabor made complaint to the railroad
• commission that the railroad company
was not rendering satisfactory service.
in any single
school should make every effort to | since 1897, he said. “At the rite
interest the child, so that he will i we are going now this promises to
postpone going into industry as long
as possible.”
Mrs. De Vann Watts said that her
where they attended a meeting of
the National Highway Commission,
which was held in the interest of
pending legislation.
The bill under consideration which
tfyey believe will be passed without
amendment, proposes that the first
appropriations become available June
3P, 1921, and cover a period of four
years? The pro rata for Texas would
be $6,000,000 a year or a totaj o£
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$?4,000,000, under the proposed legis-
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poll taxes in 1921 just like other
citizens, according to State and
County Tax Collector William C.
Lothrop. Mr. Lothrop declared the
special dispensation of the state leg-
islature, remitting former fighting
men to present discharge papers in
lieu of poll tax receipts, would not
apply next year. "
wrote a letter to tho commission, in
[which he referred to Tabor as a trou-
Will it take more government em-
ployes io do the work of eliminat-
ing the unnecessary employes T
Associated Press
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 30.—Guy J ble maker and said that the best etti-
Milson, 21 years old, son of Mr. and | zens of the town were "out with him."
be a banner year in this respect,”
Mr. Moran declared. “The activity
in all lines of endeavor, particularly
Mrs. M. E. Milson of Handley, was shot
and killed about one mile north of
Handley at 5:40 p. m. Wednesday fol-
lowing an altercation. Ernest Hill, a
negro, was taken In custody by Sheriff
Carl Smith and Officers R. F. Poe and
H. W. Rhodes following the shooting
and brought to Fort Worth, where he
was placed U jail.
The letter also said it was a “pity
for the commission's valuable time to
be taken up by complaints from such a
source as in this instance." Tabor
sued tor alleged.damages from alleged
libel, and the decision of. the Court
of Civil Appeals that be was not en-
titled to recover was upheld by the
Supreme Court.
division has done much educational. as to bank robberies, is serious. Two
work in the state in an effort to I hundred and forty cases a month
better working conditoins for wo- has been our average on forged
men, and “gs a result of this educa- checks alone.”
tional work many business men’s' -
organizations in the state have been ( SMALL TOWN WIPED OUT
actively co-operating with the de-
partment in the law enforcement
work by circularizing their member
ship in an appeal to them to strictly
observe the laws, adopt the stand-
ards recommended by the division,
and advise with representatives of
the department.”
BY FIRE FIEND LAST NIGHT
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Palestine, Texas, Dec. 30.—Marques,
a small town near here, was practical-
ly wiped out ot existence by a Are last
night. Ten business houses and • ho-
tel were destroyed. The origin of the
fire is not known.
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