The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 370, Ed. 1 Monday, April 2, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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SILK SPECIAL
IT $1.28
I ,_This lot consists of broken
assortments and short lengths
of silks of most all kinds.
Good quality Taffetas, Geor-
Jgette Crepes, Messalines,
Imprinted Silks, Etc., go in the
[ lot at this special price—
PEE YARD ONLY
$1.28
OXFORD SPECIAL IT M.85
—This group consists of the popular Black and Brown
Sport Oxfords in low heels for the girls, and the desirable
Glazed Kid Oxfords with military heels for the ladies. All
have welt soles, rubber heels, kid and calf leather. OJ IJC
Beal values at only..........................................................JtiOJ
NEW BRASSIERES
—Just received a'new shipment of the newest styles in
Brassieres, Combinettes, Girdles, Etc. All good materials
used throughout, neatly finished and made to fit properly.
Popularly priced now at only . Of) Art
36c, 65c, $1-25 to...........................................................dZiUU
NATION’S FARMS
MORTGAGED FOR
$7,857,000,000
By Aggoclatea i-re»*
Washington, April 2.—More than
one-tenth of the value of all farm
lands and farm buildings of the coun-
try Is owed on mortgage debt. In the
first compilation of Its kind ever
made, the Census Bureau and the De-
partment of Agriculture jointly esti-
mates the mortgage farm debt of the
United States at $7,857,700,000 on Jan-
uary 1, 1920. The value of all farm
lands and buildings at that time was
$06,316,002,602.
Iowa, premier farming state of the
country, had mortgage debts on Its
farms aggregating almost one-seventh
of the country’s total.
The total mortgage debt on farms
by States, as announced, follows:
DIVISION OR
STATE TOTAL,
NEW ENGLAND................ 120,860,000
Maine .............................. 20,890,000
New Hampshire .............. 8,600,000
EX-GOVERNOR CAMPBELL STOCKMEN KILL TWO
DIES ATGALVESTON
HAD BEEN IN GALVESTON HOSPI-
TAL FOR NEARLY ONE
YEAR.
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Dodge Business Coupe
—Now on our floor. We would like for YOU to see this
' New Coupe, before it leaves our show rooms.
—YOU WILL WANT IT!
OSCAR JONES DEALER
PHONE 186—FORT WORTH ST.
WILL BE NO EXECUTIONS
WHILE I AM GOVERNOR,
WALTON TELLS SOLONS
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Oklahoma City, April 2.—There will
be no executions in Oklahoma for cap-
ital offenses during the next four
years, Gov. J. C. Walton declared In
addressing a joint session of the Leg-
islature just before final adjournment.
“The State will take no lives while
I am in the Governor’s ohair’ Mr. Wal
ton said.
Recalling that as an engineer he
had personally designed and installed
the first electric chair placed in the
Oklahoma State penitentiary at Mc-
Alester. the Governor averred that
no one would pay the supreme penalty
as long as the power to extend clemen-
cy remained In hts hands.
Six men biding their time in the
death row at the State penitentiary
will be saved from the electric chair,
if Governor Walton carries <mt bis
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GASOLINE
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—PENNANT OILS
—AMALIE GILS
—ALL GRADES
LANIER ORE GARAGE
intention to prevent executions during
his term. I
Those under death sentence are
Arthur L. Henderson who pleaded guil-
ty to a charge of killing William H.
Prewett, Oklahoma City salesman;
Ellas Ridge, negro boy, who killed
white woman with an axe; Cleo Go-
ben and Will Tate, convioted of slay-
ing a Lawton service driver; John
Doublehead, an Indian and J. W. Phil-
lips, convicted of the murder of a for-
mer "Sheriff at Tishomingo.
TRAVELING SALESMAN GIVEN
COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS
Taylor, Texas, April 2.—R. W. Bur-
leson, salesman, age 26, Is reported to
the police today to have been taken
from an automobile by six or seven
unmasked men near here last night,
beaten and a coat of tar applied to his
head and arms. He is reported to
have been warned two weeks ago to
leave town. He Is said to be from
Waco. He told the officers that he
driving with a friend, the latter’s wife
and a young lady, all of the Weir com-
munity, when attacked. Officers said
they had no clue to the assailants, but
believed they came from a neighbor-
ing town.
By Associated Press
Galveston, Texas, April 2.—Former
Governor Tom M. Campbell of Pales-
tine who has 'been ill here for nearly
a year, died at 8:38 o’clock Sunday
night.
The former governor became un-
conscious this afternoon, according to
a statement issued by his physicians.
Thomas Mitchell Campbell rose from
the humble position of mill worker at
Longview to the highest office In Tex-
as. He was born in Rusk, Cherokee
county, Texas, April 22, 1856, the son
of Thomas D. and Rachel (Moore)
Campbell and had the distinction of
having been the second native Texan
to occupy the governor’s chair, the
first having been Governor James
Hogg. Ilig mother died when he was
but seven years old. The father mar-
ried again and young Campbell grew
Vermont ............................ 29,040,000 110 love his stepmother to idolization.
Massachusetts ................ 34,180,000 As a child he attended the common
Rhode Island ............— 2,350,0001 schools in Rusk and Jacksonville and
Connecticut .......—........... 25,800,000 the Masonic institution at Rusk. In
MIDDLE ATLANTIC ........ 396,640,000 1873.73 he was at Trinity university.
New York .........iJ........... 224,060,000 then at Tehuacana, 'but because of
New Jersey ...................... 39,500,000 (his father’s financial reverses, was
Pennsylvania.................... 133,080,000 obliged to leave the university before
EAST NORTH graduation. Thereafter, while work-
CENTRAL ...................... 1,591,420,000 ing in various capacities, he studied
Ohio .............. 210,760,000 haw at night and was admitted to the
Indiana ................ 206,600,000 bar in 1878. He served as master in
Illinois................ 502,850,000 chancery in the I. & G. N. receivership
Michigan .....?s.................. 215,750,000 Mn 1889-91, as receiver in 1891-92 apd
Wisconsin ........................ 455,470,000 upon termination of the receivers1
WEST NORTH as general manager from 1892-97 when
CENTRAL ...................... 3,199,690,000 he resigned and resumed practice of
^Minnesota ........................ 455,540,000 law at Palestine, with Selden Mc-
lowa ................................ 1,098,970,000 Means.
Missouri ...............—......... 385,790,000 in 1901 he became a candidate for
North Dakota ............— '67,780,000 governor subject to action of the Dem-
South Dakota .................. 278,880,000 cratic party, but withdrew early in
Nebraska ........................ 416,86(\f)00 1904. In 1906 he again entered as a
Kansas .............................. 295,870,000 candidate and was elected for two
SOUTH ATLANTIC ........ 347,470,000 | terms.
Delaware .......................... 8,900,0001 During his first term, Governor
Maryland ........ 49,230,000 Campbell enforced many economies
Dist. of Columbia ............ 340,000 which he had promised and in his sec-
Virginia .................... 61,600,000 ond term got the tax rate down to
West Virginia .................. 15,90,000 the lowest point it has ever reached.
North Carolina .............. 56,580,000 Many notable acts were passed during
South Carolina................ 51,220,000 his administration, including 28 laws
Georgia .............................. 83,840,000 designed to better the condition of
Florida .............................. 19,710,000 the working man.
EAST SOUTH When he retired from the office of
CENTRAL ........................ 320,100,000 governor, ne resumed the practice of
Kentucky .............. 104,100,000 law in Palestine with Thomas B.
Tennessee .—....... 83,130,000 Greenwood, now a justice of the Texas
Alabama............................ 55,41)0,000 supreme court, and A. M. Barton, for-
■Misslsslppi ...................... 77,420,000 merly his secretary, as partners.
WEST SOUTH Mr. Campbell organized a number
CENTRAL.................— 703,680,000 of bankg in Texas and had interests
Arkansas .......................... 76,870,000 in several other business enterprises
Louisiana ....................... 41,250,000 from which he amassed a comfortable
Oklahoma .......— 188,890,000 fortune.
Texas .........“..................... '390,670,0001 According to physicians of the de-
MOUNTAIN ......................... 544,550,000 ceased, his long illness has been borne
'Montana ............................. 154,940,000 with rare fortitude and courage in
Idaho .................................. 115,350,000 the face of a constant suffering and
Wyoming .......................... 32,970,000 steadily growing weakness.
Colorado..........—............. 138,400,000 Mrs. Campbell and their children,
New Mexico ...»................ 23,670,0001 with one exception, were at the bed-
Arizona ........—,......_... 31,790,000 side when the end came to the form-
Utah .................................. 35,550,000 er governor. He had been uncons-
'Nevada ............................. 11,880,000 clous since 1 p. m.
PACIFIC ..........5—............. 633,290,0001 Mr. Campbell is survived by his
Washington ..................... 116,740,0001wite, Mrs. Fannie Irene Campbell;
Oregon .............................. 91,090,000 Mrs. D. S. Womack, Thomas Mitchell
California.......................... 425,460,0001Campbell Jr., of Palestine; Mrs. C.
V. Dillev Of Dallas; Mrs. R. R. Allen
of Fort Riley, Kan.; J. N. Campbell
and T. D. Campbell of Longview, half
brothers.
The funeral will 'be held at Palestine
tine Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
By AMoclated Press | The body was accompanied to Pales-
CATTLE INSPECTORS
By Associated Press
Fort Worth, Texas, April 2.—Tom
Ross and Milt Good, stockmen, resid-
ing at Brownfield, Terry county, are
in jail at Seminole, Gaines county, fol-
lowing the shooting to death of H. L.
I’.oberson and W. D. Allison, inspec-
tors for the Texas Southwestern Cat-
tle Raisers’ Association. The double
killing took place in the lohby of. a
hotel a Seminole last night, according
to word received here.
The two inspectors were in Semi-
nole preparatory to going before the
grand jury in cattle theft cases. Ross
and Good surrendered to officers after
the Idlllac. *
Attorneys and officials of th^CatUe
Raisers’ Association will leave here
this afternoon for Seminole, where an
investigation will be made.
Charges of murder have been filed
against both ranchmen. Charges of
cattle theft have also been filed
against Ross and Good. The trouble
is supposed to have arisen from this.
TWO BANK ROBBERS
TAKEN AT JAY, OKLA.
By Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark., April 2.—Clark
Pitts and Campbell Keith, who were
captured by a posse searching for the
bandits who robbed the First National
Bank of Gentry, Ark., Saturday, have
admitted that they were members of
the band led by A1 Spencer, and for
whom posses have been beating the
foothills of Eastern Oklahoma for a
week, according to advices from the
sheriff's office at Jay, Okla. Pitts and
Keith were taken to the jail at Ben-
tonville. Ark., after the robbery.
Three women, one of whom is said
to be the wife of a member of the
band, also have been arrested. They
are in Jail at Jay. Carl Reacer, of
Row, Okla., at whose home the men
were captured, was also taken to the
jail at Jay.
NEW
SILK CAPES
—The NEW SILK CAPES
are here and on display to-
day. Clever models develop-
ed of Roshanara, Canton and
Crepe de Chine. Some mod-
els fringed.
MODERATELY PRICED!
Nemo Corsets
For Stout Figures
—If yon have had difficulty
in getting the proper corsets,
come in and see the NEMO
SELF-REDUCING and the
NEMO WONDERLIFT COR-
SETS. You’ll probably find
in them just the Corset yon
need.
$5.00 to $7.50
SEE THE NEW
GOSSARD LONGERLYNE
BRASSIERES
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SEVERAL FT. WORTH OIL
OPERATORS ARRESTED
ARMED BAND HOLDS
UP U. S. MAIL TRUCK
St. Louis, Mo., April 2.—Five or six
men, armed with sawed-off shotguns,
today held up a mail truck in the busi-
ness section, took a quantity of mail,
including nine pouches of registered
mail, locked the driver and messenger
in the cage on the truck and escaped.
The truck was enroute from the main
postoffice to a substation.
The mail was for delivery to large
business firms, including banks and
brokerage houses. Postal officials
explained that the amount of money
and valuables obtained could not be
ascertained until the registry records
were checked. Postal inspectors stat-
ed that a reward of $2,000 would be
paid for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of each of the
robbers.
Postofflce inspectors later stated
that indications were that the value
of the loot would not be more than
$2,000.
WOMANS AUXILIARY OF THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NINE CIVIL WAR VETERANS
VISIT COMRADES IN FT. WORTH
Eastland—There are 283 defendants
in a suit filed In the county court at
law for the recovery of $502.08 rec-
ently. The case was filed by Ed Boone
against the Gorman Home Refinery.
Fort Worth, Texas, April 2.—Many|tine by Thomas M. Campbell Jr.
oil operators were arrested here today
on a charge of using the mails to de-
fraud In inducing people to buy stock
by false representations. The arrests
were made as the result of the federal
government investigaiton of oil opera-
tions in the Southwest.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the South-
ern Presbyterian Church will hold an
open meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the lecture room, to which
all women of the church are hereby
cordially invited to attend. Miss Ag-
neg Davidson, the Assembly’s repre-
sentative will present the work of the
progressive program of the Southern
Assembly and explain fully the duties
of the secretaries of the various
causes.
ELLY’S DRUG- STORF
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GASOLINE PRICES BOOSTED
FOUR CENTS OVER SUNDAY
By AaseelMed Preu
Dallas, Texas, 'April 2.—Gasoline
prices in Dallas were increased from
one to four cents per gallon over Sun-
day. Prices quoted today are from
18 to 2S cents. Dealers predicted that
a higher price woulc^ prevail before
the week end. Prfces were advanced
at Honaton one cent per gallon, the
new price being 28 Bents.
HERALD WANT AD* GET RESULTS
Nine members of Tom Green Camp
Confederate Veterans motored to Fort
Worth Sunday afternoon and spent
two hours as the guests of the Robert
E. Lee Camp in that city. The meet-
ing was held in the quarters of the
Fort Worth camp and a special pro-
gram of music and speaking was giv-
en. s
Those going from here were H. C.
Fallon, J. F. Wells, J. R. Babb, R. J.
McKinney, R. W. Bonner, J. L. Jones,
J. J. Stoker, B. W. Akard and Warren
Williams. Dr# A. S. Garrett also
went as the gneat of the Tom*Qreen
members.
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$1.75 VALUE ............... "1.25
$2.50 VALUE ........... ...1,75
$3.50 VALUE .............^.......... 2.60
$4.00 VALUE .......................... 2.96
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Goods- Our stock is complete and
the prices are the lqwest.
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The American Legion boys are mak-
ing great preparations for ther enter-
tainment and social gathering Tues-1
day night, when every ex-service man
the county is especially Invited to
attend. Music will 'be served and ref-
reshments Pendesed. Commpkider
Sharpe in the opening speech will weL
come the members and visitors, out-
lining the proposed basis on which
the local post will operate paring the
coming ye&r.
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