The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 304, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1923 Page: 4 of 14
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THE HOUSTON POST: FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 2 1923
CHECKING HABIT -GROWING
AMONG
ENGLISH PEOPLE
Government Tax Makes
Small Impression on
Year's Total '
Associated PrM Report. '.
IjONDON Feb. 1. Tha English ars
Deginnlns to ballev their naDit
using checks more and more and cash
leea and leu to par their way thrown
: life haa been one of the factor In the
: recent epurt of the pound in Its race
to catch up with the dollar. Of course
. It has not reached the point where
people writ checks Indiscriminately
. Just as a matter of national pride but
all the newspapers have been giving
serious consideration to the thought
that the check-writing habit ever be
coming more common has helped Im
prove the financial situation. ' - ;
The Idea appeared In print the other
1 day when the London Bankers' Clear
ing house announced that of the sums
now paid Into city banks only seven
tenths of 1 per cent come In currency
and coin alt the rest being transfers
of credit by cheek. Not many years
ago the 'percentage of cash deposits
was several times higher than tMjy.
It has been pointed out' frequ ently of
late that the use of -cheeks InsUad of
cash allows banks usefully to employ
perhaps larger sums than otherwise
mignt. do possiDio in piling new stones
upoa the nation a economic structure.
The. Engltshr so their newspapers
say are more given to the check habit
... than other people! and this despite the
fact that each check la taxed two
pence. A check book can not be had
for the asking. a in America; It must
do bougnt and paid for. isven house
' wives make general use of checks
when they goi to market and as many
of the larger banks have hundreds of
. branches there is usually a bank with
In walking distance of the home : The
high fees for postal money orders make
It cheaper to remit by check for
. amounts over on pound and this too.
na encouraged the check habit.
Psychologically some observers
question whether the habit la a good
one from the standpoint of thrift since
many; people who Would think twice
before spending a certain sum out of
their pockets do not hesitate to write
a check for the amount; Just ss It
often seems easier to tell a store clerk
to charge a purchase to one' account
than It Is to shell out the actual coin.
. Hut others contend that the increas
ing bank clearings they amounted to
more than S7.000.000.000 pounds sterling
- in London alone last year show not
only economic betterment but also
that the average Englishman has ore
served his own honesty a well as his
belief in the honesty of hi country-
. Officials of Four Counties
Face Conspiracy Charge
. Associated Press Report
BAN ANTONIO Texas. Feb. 1 Al-
leging that a conspiracy existed In (he
' counties of Uvalde Val Verde Kinney
. ana Maverick from October. 1920. until
April 1922 to Import and possess liquor
irons nexico in violation of the na-
tajtiai prohibition act the special fed-
eral grand Jury of the Del Rio divis-
ion has Indicted a. H. Johnson sheriff
of Uvalde county; Kay Reagor his
deputy and Fred McKensle a rancher
Sam Blalock J. H. Davis. Ed Dean
Frank Clamp and other upon whom
warrants have not been served.
. The indlotment allege that the de
fendants subsequent to the formation
of the alleged conspiracy and up until
the last overt act In April 1922 DOS
jessed great quantities of intoxicating
liquors Intended for us In violation of
title II or the national prohibition act
The Indictment specifies that the al-
legations were only that the coasDir.
aey was for the .purpose of violating
thla title and did not exist for the
illegal sale of liquor although other
violations were incidentally alleged.
The Indictment of Sheriff Johnson
- and others was one of the eight Indict
ments returned by the special session
of the grand Jury for the Del Rio
division In a report to Judge puval
West. .... . ... 4 .; . s .
Canadians" Will Raise
monument to LJiantecler
Associated. Press Report.
j ii" --v wigi rcD. i. a monu-
ment In honor of the founder of the
only .Canadian breed of domestic fowl
the Chan.ecler. will be erected at the
Oka Agricultural institute La Trappe
Quebec. - The memorial which wilt
have a' large block of granite as Its
ose will be surmounted by a bust of
Brother Wilfrid poultry husbandman
of the Institute and originator of the
breed. An Iron arch wilt carry in
reproduction a pair of Ctaantclere.
Fund will be collected among
friends of the breed to erect the me
Groundhog Day Excitement in Toonervillev
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department of agriculture official.
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Man Missing for More
Than Year Found Dead
United Press Report.
OKLAHOMA CITY Okla. Feb. L
Gone from home more than a year and
half. Lever Horner 24 today bad
returned dead.
He was supposed to have been work
ing In St. Joseph Mo. according to
members of hi family when early
today hi body was found in the yard
of his parents here.
The man had been dead at least two
days according to undertakers who
examined the body. A bullet wound
through the abdomen Indicated death
had been sudden the undertaker ald.
A mysterious person knocked on the
door of the Horner home and shouted
Bar la your boy' body." and dis
appeared in the automobile members
of the Horner family said.
A brother of the murdered boy re
ceived a mysterious telephone call at
Okmulgee lat Wednesday it became
known here today. An unidentified
vole told the brother that the Rtvlure
body would be returned to Oklahoma
City "between midnight and rooming."
By the fact that the boy ha been
dead two day. oolic said they be
lieved the boy wa murdered in St.
Joseph and hi body brought here In
an automobile.
Aged Carpenter May
Be Multi-Milhonaire
KANSAS CITT Mo. Feb. 1. M. D.
Streeter expected to become a multi
millionaire today from the disposition
of the most fought over plot of ground
In the United States.
Streeter a Kansas City carpenter.
who because of his advanced age has
worked very little In recent years has
depended on hi two sons largely for
sustenance. But he is the only living
blood relative of the famous Captain
Oeorge Wellington Streeter "King of
Squatters" and owner by right of
might of "Streetervtlle" a stretch of
200 acre of land on the Chicago gold
coast who died early In 1922.
Btreetervlll haa been under the
Jurisdiction of the court line the cap
tain' death and today has been set
as the date of the final distribution of
the property. "I expect to receive not
lea than (100000000 for the 200 acres
when I offer them .for sale and that
will be as soon as I get full title."
Streeter declared as h left for Chi
cago.
'1'he history of "Old Cap" Streeter
and his squatter palace covers a period
ot mora than 30 years.
Baylor Students Observe
Annual "Charter" Day
Houston Post Special.
BELTON Texas Feb. 1. The seventy-eighth
year of the establishment
ot Baylor College for Women of this
place was observed here today by the
annual charter day exercises held in
the Alma Reeve chapel.
At this time more than (0 members
of the senior class were welcomed Into
the alumnae association by Mis Emma
C. King president of the Baylor Col-
leg Alumnae association.
Member of the senior class dressed
In Oxford caps and gowns marched
down the aisle of the college audito-
rium to the platform where the ex-
ercises war held. More than 2000
students visitor and graduate at-
tended the celebration.
Tha annual luncheon held In Luther
Hall Just after the exercises In the
auditorium u attended by more
Dr. Geo. W. Truett Will
Hold Revival at A. & M.
Houston Post Special.
COLLEGE STATION Texas Feb. 1.
Plans have been completed for the
campaign for religious enthusiasm
which will be conducted at the A. and
M. college" February 7 to 11 Inclusive
by Dr. George W. Truett pastor of
the First-Baptist church of Dallas.
In a telegram received by President
W. B. Blzzell yesterday Dr. Truett
finally accepted the datea for the re-
vival. He will preach eight sermons In
the five days hat he will be on the
campus.
Local religious groups are co-operating
with the college offlicals in plan-
ning for the revival
BACON BETTER THAN MARKS.
United Press Report.
OBERINGELHEIM Germany. The
mayor of the district of Frankenberg
Hessen have resolved to accept their
pay only In foodstuffs. They prefer
bacon and eggs to worthies German
mark. -t " i -. : .
Children Near Death
Found in Negro Home
DALLAS Texas Feb. 1. Welfare
workers found two white children aged
2 and 4 near death from starvation in
a negro home here. The woman in
whose home they were found de
clared a white woman representing
nerseir as tneir mother left them
there two weeks ago. saying she would
return the following day but failed
to do so.
CANADIAN FALLS
VICTIM TO BAND
OF CAIRO THIEVES
Wealthy Tourists Visiting
Valley of Kings Prey-
ed Upon . !
United Press Report
LUXOR. Egypt Feb. 1. Travers
Allen Montreal who was visiting the
Valley of King where the tomb of
haraoh Tutankhamen Is being opened.
wa murdered and robbed Juat outside
of Luxor on Tuesday night authori-
ties disclosed.
It 1 believed the Canadian fell vic
tim to a band of thieve or thug from
Cairo or Alexandria who hare bean
attracted bar by the presence of nu
merous wealthy group of tourists.
Tot latter have been warned by th
authorities not to stray from th
neighborhood at night. Stories of th
fabulous wealth being uncovered In
th tomb of th eighteenth dynasty
monarch have attracted adventurer
from all part of th world a wall a
rapidly growing tourist population
that ha settled down upon Uttl
Luxor.
Th work ot excavation wa speeded
up and among th trophies wa a cat's
head fashioned of solid gold and of
rare design.
Resumption f excavations attracted
a hug crowd which wa disappointed
when but a few small object. Includ-
ing th cat's head were brought to
Ught '
Three pottery vases on with a
curious spout not unifies that of a
modern coffee pot presumably used
for sprinkling sacramental oils were
displaced.
Next cam a small bouquet of flow-
er that grew amidst ths sands In
Tutankhamen' grave woven into a
funeral wreath. Th blossoms were
now much faded but excellently pre-
served f '
Anticipation of seeing th chariots
in which th Pharaoh rode to war
and (he Couches upon which hi luxu-
rious banquets were partaken of by
brava men and fair women of ISM)
B. C will draw even more visitor to
th tomb this week-end.
Tourists are beginning to complain
of th way th Tutankhamen snow Is
being stage managed. They maintain
th excavator ought to publish a
schedule telling what will be brought
out at certain time to obviate the
necessity of their standing In the
broiling sun for hour perhaps to se
few pottery vases.
Lord Carnarvon' party explained
that so many visitors arrived to be
sbown about th tomb Wednesday that
a great deal of work wa Impossible.
To allay somewhat th disappoint
ment of th. tourists. Lord Carnarvon
xhiblted a eoupl of heavy . marble
goblata which are believed to have
been ornamental rather than for table
us. - . x ...
Th excavators have mad a dis
covery which thsy believe oasts a deal
of light upon the history of th ob
ject being brought from Tutankha
men' treaaur houe. Examination ofJ
a tomb In th Medlnct valley not far
from th Valley of th Kings proved
th new edifice to be th burial place of
on of Tutankhamen' courtiers.
scientists declare th new tomb and
It content confirm th height to
which art was developed In the latter
pare of tn eighteenth dynasty and
prova that th content of th Pha
raoh' tomb now being brought up are
characteristic of Tutankhamen' period
and are not an accumulation of th
valuable of many periods as ha bean
suggested. i
Plan Drag Net to Stop
Drug Habit in Schools
United Pre Report. '..
CHICAGO Feb. J. City oounty and
SUt official 'co-operated today to
stamp out ths. drug evil which threat-
ened to sweep into th rank of Chi-
cago high achool students.
Eleven thousand teacher wr ori
ganlsed to lend their aid to th fight:
Th campaign against th dope was
begun Wednesday by the fairy tale of
Oeorge Roth li high school atudent.
who told pollc nd eduoatore be hot
himself because he could not over-
corn hi cravings for drug.
Roth later admitted the story was
false and that through It hoped to
save himself from punishment for
"skipping classes" and pilfering mon-
ey from home.. .
An operation will be performed to-
day to remove the bullet from th
boy's shoulder.
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Court House as Station
HUNTSVrtLE Texas Feb. t 'At a
called meeting of th commissioners
court of Walker oounty th city leased
th lower floor of th court house
to b ued a a fir station.
Th city is to remodel and keep up
th building a th rent I nominal
Th room wa formerly used a quar-
ters for th county -demonstration de-
partment which haa been discontinued.
CONVICTS ANO CHURCHES
MONTGOMERY Ala.. Fb. 1. A tt
cent prison census showed according
t0( a report of Stat Warden Feagaiu
that ot th I0U convict In the Ala-
bama Stat prisons 1289 claimed they
were Baptist. Of th other convict
127 claimed Methodist affiliation and
19 Catholic Only two of th prisoner
claimed to' be Episcopalians.
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prices. The quality of Silks at
this shop is the best we can command-in
the New York market
which means the best in the
world.
Printed Crepes ......... .$2.48
Canton Crepes $2.85
Other Crepes ... . $2.95 to $5.95
Taffetas . . . ... .$1.75 to $2.49
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DEMONSTRATION DISPLAY
TODAY and TOMORROW
There are right ways and wrong Come to see the showing of Seald-
ways of preparing and serving Scald- ' sweet grapefruit right from some of
sweet Florida grapefruit. the fine citrus groves of Florida.
The right ways" will Jbe demon- Learn how genuinely good they are
strated and explained at our store on when properly prepared and in how .
Friday and Saturday of this week. many ways they may be eaten.
FREE SOUVENIR AND BOOK
"Florida's Food-Fruits" '"..
Every visitor to this demonstration display will be given free an attractive
souvenir containing directions for cutting and serving Sealdsweet grapefruit.
Also coupon-card good for free copy of valuable book of recipes "Florida's
Food-Fruits" filled with helpful information and illustrated in natural colors.
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