Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 24, 1933 Page: 1 of 6
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MUKCKENUIDGE STEPHENS COUNTY THURSDAY AUGUST 24 193IJ
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Leading Cit '' I'"u(- Uik
Event Wlmlt Will Aid in
Milking "Trnclos Day"
Stand Out A Affnii
Inj' To lio Remember-
ed. The loading citizen of
Brcckenrldge have cooperated
to make Ti tides Hy one f
thr greatest even's in thr hls-
lory of Indiiotrlnl Hreckon-
rldge and at thn nine time
have provided an entertaining
feature to furnish fun sport
and good fellowship for the
tradesmen farmers merchant
and ranehers who wll) come
to Breckinridge Mond.iy to
irnde their produce and t-
meet with their friend and
business associates
A rodea ha been organized
to be presented Monday after-
noon and here are a few
atatementa by leading citizens
of the town and county about
It.
l'aul WIIIIa-tis rrdinl of the
Chamber of Commerce- "We are
'i i onfldent that the rodeo show to
Vhc hell In connection with ou
monthly Trade Day Monday. Aug-
uit 28. wilt add Bretly to the m-
tertalnment of all vlaltorj to catr
city on that day. The Trade Day
Committee under the .lli.c. Ion of
Ita chairman. A. L. Mtalllnn. haa
devoted much time and labor on
thl nrocram and we want ..voi-vl
citlren of thla trad tenltory t
be preenl ami enjoy a big day (
with ua. I am personally inlr-'
ccd in everv effort to .ike ev i
-. .. -.i . i... ilond bet tiller will receive 1250
Ktrnhen rotintv t fel like h.. I1
. . . I
weTre "nterelit eT'n "hu""!'.!
and bib alway anxlou to worki
toward thai end.
John Martin nocrrtary of the
Chamber of Commoree - "Anyonj
In HrcckenrldKo whn tins nut look
ed down fiom the top of tho hill
and een tho fine rodeo stadium
which haa iKien conntructiM In
HrerkcnrldBo will Its urprhiotl to
nee the liutttiitton which haa
pruni; up o ntlraculouel In the
pajt vcck or so.
Ilrcckcnrldge will now have
within the city limits one of the
Impoitant cnterprl-a rf tho West
The Itreekenrhln Chamber of
Commerce bnltMve thl will de-
velop int a apkiulid Inat tiittoM
Ur our elty.
"Kron i e porta of Trndea Duya
h other lAoalltl. rtMieo
ha.
"I
erved - an l..-.em .
rrca.o the t.udea t. mtory effected
hv the flral. onin.l Ihlr.l n
fourth Mund'iy a i-urnad on In
each ttadln. centei
7ha Clwmber of Commerc
Fourth Monday committee will u
ommlttee will up -
ti n of all mar-
vitally Interestail
prrcute etMipornti
chants and tlKaw
in uMraotln. tnnlvr and farmers
t' our city."
Header's "Urnd.-i . is hi filt. r .
oxpelatlen with the spirit of t 00(1 LOIlUIlltCS
Trades Day and the Ilvn Any
movement to littpiove ( city nnbj
the rnilnlv fiHAl I.. Iirlnm itii
"-- -...j ... .- mr. ..ta ...w
ra.le.men Inl.. . rtr.l l.. ..r -
dorsement."
I- 11. Wrkli "The llodeo has a
tendency to keep alive the cow -
boy spirit and will make Hreeken -
ridge a real old
trading center.''
time Western
Jlr .MIIU Mint Uburn .my
school superintendent "There la
no sport more wholesomo than a
good rodeo; there is none moreby hleh the Urso toKe box U
thrilling." j belag kept cool und the foods pre-;
. .
.Mayor A. J. MorEail 'We areww lnB worK r""y appreciate
all liitercoted in boouing Breck-
enridge and Stephens county and
all of us acl a klek out of
an or lis aci a kick out oinif if t
reminder of the days ot the ohiUUr. IUI(1 ilrS. CoWSCV i
Went KvdrvtMKtv kiuiiiM lain u.
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A "!.... ."""' "Vl"l""
In which the citizen
ridge and our neighbors
together. Thanks
nave been responsible for our.
havo such u day Evorybody booit'
Trades Dav and the Itodoo ' i
la .111 tl ! I t .. atelstttlai.j A
wo
making Trades D.y and the Ito- l"' " " v"ry ". I lw.ya laughed when sho told
deo an enteitulnlni." event" mlatnka In II The manuscript oflw "" "
iinkniii. M(. am iJr( Joc Cower ure en. that (rtc- BaWi ..Dr oonaolu and! 'hat hor husband wub tho first set
Frank Hick director of tin Y terUUvlnB "" thelr children at thelt 'fumlly were the first white people tloi. his wagon navlng bean pe-
MCA "Hrekenrldce has lomr' hon" n HreckenrluKe th wceU-1 that ever lived on Stephens county haps thirty feot In front of tho Cur-
. . " . .h .. .? ForreU Cowser who I manager Of nl." Whlrh thav ovldantlv wurc. ' rant uniirnn. Ilnlh men h.nl ti.n
. . i a(l nw iuucni or a & some time they left their message.
C F Martin vlco prcaidtnt of ColIe&. 1 nUo hon- !' I'a'nt Book five miles south of
the First National Bank-"! think' ForrMt Cowbcr resided here some town was tho reason they ncvti
Trudes DaV for Ilrcckenrld.e and Umo and hl" nuneroU8 'rlend" "'saw any of them. It could easily
Stephens county u irreat think' ! XJreckonrIdB0' out or ilxo I3bl "lx have been sometime in the 1830'
'jyears has been a resident of the for Mrs Gonsolus would Just b
(Continued on Page 3.) great metropolis on the Hudson. ninety were sho olive.
PRIZES GIVEN' :
IN RODEO HERE
Will Be Feature of "Swap
Day" Monday Aug. 28
Al Stalling. lately appointi I
chairman of Tiadr Da af falls m
Stephens county announce pliti-
are afoot foi a really big nil 1 ly
Went Texa special Mnnd-iy Au
usl 2Mh
For wrekn vuunteer wiket
assisted by HFC labor have b
constructing a iodoo p'ant on tp
vacant lot below the Klrt ciiri
tlan Church Th.-se are now i i
l foi the bin opening i"dey
eent that will occur thi 2Mh
llrahmn ateer twelve heal f
them are In pen awaiting the
whit I of the cowtnen'a iup-
SfMiiUh goats nie on t an I
mine of the beat burking hoi -i
In Wet Te.xna will defy the bct
rider on thla partlclar Mon I .
afternoon.
Hull dogging wild cow milking
'' n ont ttiplng. bronco bu-.t
" ' l " "1" taMure the'
"nv
i"0 w" nllv0" h venU.
"" ' e'" " bu oWrlbuu"
"" rd. for rodeo aklll.
"Itta children and ladle are
urK'd 0 n8r tho Hr r"co"-
A " !' " CMh- " cc-'
"" ot 2M w" be Pw ue wn
nrr
P"' 'h lt burklnR home
wl" c MW' 2M "" U" ecnnti
'1
The beet bronc rider cowtn.y
' w' rw and Ihe imc
receive 5o
' St! VLZ
Th' cuf roP
u ! t frtiB aiutAflil tictaat
. i k1 "rr win .u
"e"1u '" ""
ine DQBi Burcnujie nuer win gi
$20. und tho wlnnur Ut wild COWI
mllklns will draw J2.50.
Profoeatoniil rtdora will be lmr-!
red from tho rontoato this beltif i
proniotixl for amateur. Hut nil
riders of nmnteur standing ato hi-1
... -.... . """"callst from tho state department
nod pnrtlcliMlo. ! ...... ..-.. .irf-
lmonKthero.loonthul..tawho8l Ue mMtng Mplllln tho
(Continued on I'.iro 3.)
New Crop Loan
AvTIMlf A ll0VIls'
V' IIL ll l V -'
Murruv N'nli nf rwiii. haa ir.
rWatl In Itr.nrMr. a.iee..l'
. . . .. ..
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K.I r. Jay as fl.lo .upervlaor or- rynu-n ih...u.h the c.uny and
Ue crop production loan office in'" pi rent aiee to aign up
llalUa Ua uua rr.uuty.nlnl har.
ay hU wife.
Jay left tills morning for Sweet
water. Ue center of hla new dl-
'
;trte4. He said he wa tindecWiMt
aa to where he womW meka hana - '
quarters but said It wonk! probably!
be In etwaler ills family will
; leave the latter part of the week.
7'i rVrti fi
M IL LUllllLU
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' Miming nlnnt ennlln'
' " vr n.nB Pm
ue to be the iiieana of preserving
thousands o fenn of good food in
"P"os bhiuj wr. puiiimui.
i ' ' " 0 m0". c-
i Brows in our garden are
noun urwiKiu " me cannery nu
sonlsd In the most sanitary and
"I'l""" "wnner in .so. . unu j
" for winter consumption
This paper Is Informed that I) &
A company I contributing the lea
j served. All who are connected
tholr ussrstunee In this matter.
I
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! rr t;(f:rjffffr i . Mas tM f t'.wi
ro llreckrilhcleuc""'ltel of Now Yok
hbors oan cet'C'y' m r00m "truoturo' w
' holll .' -pending his vacation with his pai -
the Meucon Hotel of New Yoik'hul they were iiiimrentlv In Indian
cuts and has been Joined by his
.. . h i...v.i .'.
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Mr lynona Hargrove of Tyler.l
H"1 Cowcr' "tttr nthleto of Bicrk
Mtaineer Serenade First Lady
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A- LalaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKy I
Mountain slnrrrs. Jlccrs rind doggers entertained Mrs. Franklin O.
Uoo9eclt wl-er she ntt nded tho White Top Mountain folk festival
at Appalnrhla. Va. Mrs. Itooevcll's fattier tbo late Elliott Itooso-
toH out) ad land nearby and was well known In that section. Abovo
Mrs Itrosevelt itauds behind two mountaineers and Douglas Muriel
Dockcry 6 who are all let to strike up onothcr tune
-'DAIRY MARKET
BODY POSHED
Cfl at Wuls
Sales Control Organization
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. . lf lh mPllh.
. . a..ii uu..l
I WUNllti k'WMJ '- rww
I duy night the meinbrr voted to)ariteon of Ode a. who illwl In tlvit
I Nvork on the organisation of u
marketing aaaoctalioa for the
county
Uen p Cliapmiu)i marhPt ipe.
of agriculture at Austin address-
oranlsutlun of auch a body undor
tho state law.
The purnoac of thn marketing
association would bo to get dairy
product (o the consumer In the
most direct nivthinl and ut the
lowest inlbli' ent Chup nan
The no latlm w old conro
itaid
I ..i- .n .n ..i .i.i.u ....
wwav w t v ...j -
ducU bv It members.
.
A comrnllt. e IS Vl..ltln the Ul-
til become MIOntT. Illtn tor or-
ganiaing the mark ting body will.
P"4-
- .
IT- agieement wnicn the dairy-
' conforcw In every re-
- P " N R- A. regulations
Approximately 30 mumbei. and
visitor fiom Hanger wer at th.
I waeting
jFallicr of Ureck
AVI I Ii I
'VVrjiijjip c Kni'lpd
verely III as the result of recont
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' rrial seivic. were held in
(Jraham Tueduy for W M Slsn
totd. ST. father of Mr. W A Us
tuner and grandfather of Mrs. J.
j Taylor of this city
.ir jUnforrt. a ident of ilrs
am for a nvienbei of years dlii
frorn ne.rt ueue on Monday
Mrs. LsUttmer attended the funeral
Mrs. N. M. Davenport True Pi oncer Tells of First Stephens
County Settlers Neighbors Lived Fourteen Miles Apart-
Mrs. Davenport's Mnrj
The Gon.olus article brought
"le"
'sueli u flood of rem'niences that t!
.... . . ... .
! hut they were apiwrently In Indian smothered by m
country at tho time. five milos so they
; They drove tho cattle west tlll'annn so they woul
the grnss and wutor wns found tht
";."' ." "7 '' .'7. '. 7.
tiiuiuiia lununuu inc uuiiuio wuu
which was on tho western aide
Shackleford county though
R. RICHARDSON
DIES IN ODESSA!aSrl
Funeral Here Thursday For.
tfiineral nervlre for Ilov Hlch
. -. - rf
city at 2 90 Monday afternoon front
aelf Inflicted gunshot wounds will
be held hero Thursday afternoon
at 2.30. The litos will be held at
the I'lril Maptlst church with May-
or A. J. Moignn officiating.
ItichariUon wai formerly mana-
ger uf the Independent Bastarn
Torpedo company huro. He moved
to Odeawa a few year ago whore
he vvns dUtilct agent for that
company
He will be bulled In tho local
1 the"'nuIrrv IPllue nn wne who was
T . .. .
killed In an automobile accident
here in luan
"" ''"'" ' '"
l.t VJia Itlnhir.lann Infl Mnn.lnv
l. Mm. 17r rZlv
afteunion for (Meam after recelv-
I " WOtll of KICHardaOn I Ueillll
g wotil or itlcnaruaon' i uealli.
...
" "i'i oy lour soiui. uoy
JrV l.Bob' 0- Drk' 8 "'! """
t . ... .....
i Am.mer ii-r oi .Mr luennni -
on Mr . Bertha Barrett had mnilo
h.r home with them lnce Mr.
Itlchardson wa killed
C. L. Flamlarx III
...
I'Vliin Onprnfimm
llOnUptrailOnS
I CI Flanders libs been confined
rianaers ims oeen conunou
to lhe c"y houpiui fo rsome time'
operation. Mr. Flanders Is nn
i arly re.ident of Hreckenrtdge wa
'he builder of the old Slephuns
County court house fifty years ago.
and haa made his home here upd
In Dallas through the intervening
year.
Mr Flanders lias many frlonds
who hope for his speedy and full
recovery.
The first scttlois us told by Mrs
( hi Menscn. were tno Chrlstenscr..
and the Current. Mrs. Christen-
smothered by nolchbors within
oo me to Burh-
vould havo room to
breathe. Tho Currents In the vol-
7 . :. ..-.....-.-.
r at Wayland fouitoon miles apait her younger boy had fever! Sho'ty where they burned two homos
ut In an Indian country. With Fortlknew It would kill him to try lolkllllnp tho families ano. bursting
iey iiurin oi iun unu wiiriaieiiacnn
Griffin twenty miles west there
was couiage since such cruel In-
dlan as the Comunohes and Klo-
was were nearby.
Mrs Chrlsten.en said she had
learned that tho Indians never
raided but about the time of the
jMD m EM
JIN TWO WEEKS
BEFORE DEATH
i - -
Read Bible Constantly and
Said She Would Leave
Her Cell Dead
. LAGRANGE Tox. Aur.
21. (UI') Mrs. Anton Dach
i 3G farm woman sentenced to
death for the murder of a
1 farm hand died in a Fayette
count jail cell last niht of
' self-imposed starvation.
I Tiie widow who weiched
. 2t")() pounds when arrested for
I the slaying of HcnryStoever'
1 fis weijrhed 130 pounds when
she died.
Since last May when she
was convicted and given one
of the few deatli penalties
ever imposed upon women ml
rrv. i.... iv. ..l. t i r....i.il
I iv.mu una unuii mm liiniuui
i intermittently. She had not
eaten for two weeks prior to
her death. i
"I will be carried out ot!
this cell dead" sho told hen
jailers looking up from thol
German Bible with which
she solaced herself. i
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nilWVUI WHS SlillU lilSL I'BU
ruary. At the trial the worn
-
.1 . s i
Free nn 81(11)00
Bond lorMurder'WORKERS FOR
KItANKLIN Texas. Aug 21 -!
ISrvin Conway Baylor University
J10.000 bond today and vvns rolwued
from tho county Jail whoro ho wns
placed on a charge of slaying hi
fiancco Elizabeth Hammond 20. of
Kossc. also u Baylor student.
.. I). Lagrone Sees
Fall Prospects
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I f I .ihv..h. L.ilnAd k... nl
UrCCIlEnriOgO illlll CIOSU OOlOrVUr III
o condition remarked us the
Thllnu.v lftBP.
Brcckenrldgc and close observer of;
i " '
muin Ihn ii lhnl-nilihlv rvniul n.ltl
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rK. .I s..BfcB( on v
cronuv in iennon unnniv.
- M - n uowm m W(t ToM' ' .t
'
Septomhcr 15th." aay Mr. I-a-
U lllcelv tn ilnvnlnn nrmi.
rly. If this rain Is sufficient In
vnllltne II u.'lll r-lv not ton uliitiln
time to nut on blooms bv thl. .Into.
nd therefore 1 see honoaof a bit-
tnorciorc t soe nopoa or a on-
crop Pi1
likely for some time.'
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' WillI UMC..S 1U
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Seminole Meeting
- -
I'aitor Itoss Smith of the looil
Baptist church loaves Saturday for
Somlnole In West Texas to engage
somo days In a revival meeting. It
Is the second tlmo tho local pastor'
has been called to Seminole to load
evungellstlc services.
full moon and then only from April
throughout the full moon In Octo
ber. Mr Chrlstcnson was killed at 'r "" Pvsons. incy niovnu
Metca.f Gap three years after th.y J "' watch and'
moved to Buchanan countv Sho' . i S u ..
moved to Buchanan coun y. Hht8wed daep wery I Into ha mel led
und her two young sons lived on an Indian. Thut night the .log
their claim hut several ranches crawled and she watched thn hill
hud been btartcd by thut time. The
settlers' fort at Plcketvillo was
where ail the white people gathered
every full moon to havo protection
against un Indian attack. Sho told
... k. ..'...! i. u .
bf a harrowing experience when
move him to Plckctville. Buck of
the house slim oak bapllngs had
grown so close together thut u rub-
bit could hardly get through
she and Llsh cut a zig-zag path
Into the heart of it where a smaTl!
room was cleared large enough for)
Vote The
U O. MINATltA
Amrrlrii wresllei with nn
economic plague. World mark-
ets arc curtailed und domes-
tic coiiiiiicrc): stiignunt. Con-
dltloiw both national und In-
ternational luin resulted In
bunlnesH pnruljsls.
A chaotic world nn unfair
eteit Iniquitous distribution of
wealth nn out-worn currency
j stein tin; riotous nbusc of
creillt tho cuuses of Dcprcv
slon are I.eglou.
Cruitlilugly upon the hhop
keeper and agriculturist has
rested tho final burdens of
gn eminent resulting- In n
great group of "forgotten men'
at the bottom of tho economic
pyramid. '
Wage-earners and home-own-ers
of '20 am penniless In '33.
They hao been lohig their
Jobs through three painful
jenr.s seeing their homes fore-
closed trudging the strcctH
and fighting off the lneltablc
dole.
Tho "forgotten mini" has
M'cn grain burned In tin field
and cotton ploughed under thn
furrow while Ills ihlidreu weiv
hungry und thinly clad. Star-
vation Ims stalked him lit thn
midst of plenty. And he has
remained hopeful and temper-
ate lie Is mi American citi-
zen trusting tils government
for eventual justice.
America today has 171)1)011110
jobless. (iod-teuring self-re-hpcctlng
families are driven to
shacks und hovels that MiiarU
of peasantry und the Old
World. Semt-stiirvuttoii ami
tioelat degradation arc to them
acttialltlci.
One million three hundred
thousand of these ciisuulllrs
of Depression aro Tc.xuns.
ROTARY GIVEN
! LOITllTlltteeS ASSlgnCQ Dy
President Odie Minatra
Odlo M Inat i a president of the
Urcckenridgo Hotaty Club hua Is-
sued a revised list of committees
for the club a follows:
Program und Publicity John
Mnckey. chairman; Lyndsay D.
1 Hawkins. William Hclzor. A. IZ.
l .. nll v u Unllnn.l
''.. .... ...w....
J. T. Hughes chairman; I. It. Mc-
Arron and J. T. Wilson.
CIul Sorvlcc-Auron Kupperman
I chairman; Dr. W. 8. Parks and
A. W
Whitfield
Fellowship and Attendance Carl
ColllllS. CltallHian; Troy COUdllcr
' urnc Mlv rt- ' "wen una ur
. ft. tUdWUrUS.
"i"-' Wotk-Kuymon Stoker.
a"-mun; Tom Howrth and OS-!" .. " .. ""
. day of bad weather which has
- 'r"USllllir.11I61 Whllln.lnl pipped the A.iant.c seaboard in
Crippled Children- Kd Vuutruln
Dr. W. 8. UdwHrd and Ur. W.
8. Parks.
Community Service - C. K.
Ul.ll.ld nl.lpm..li tl... HaIii A
.JII.....V Will. .11. ..( ?.. v. ...
w. 'whuneid ami u. it. shaokic
' ford.
lntormitlon.il Service Uyndsay
Hawkins chairman N. 8. Holland
I Oscar Albrltton and II. IX. Shack
clford.
Special lookout Committee C.
K. Shields chairman; A. W. Whit-
field and Curl Collins.
ia mattress with unother small
- jroom some little distance- away for
ns-JL. .... .... .i- t
just ubovo where tho Indian trail
passed. That was ono time sho
said that she was afraid of Indian.!.
Sho heard that a large band had
divided Into bfjuuds to btcal horses;
they wont as far as Hamilton coun-
the baby's brains out against a tree.
Tho Indians went west till they
were beyond the settlements. Joe
mi. was saved both from fever and In
dlans lived to manhood. Ellsha still
lives on the homestead near Wuy
land.
Bonds??
Among thcb- nre 100000 men
and women vvlu'o only ci hue-
Is old ugo i'iOO.CIIII children
whose only sin U lielplessiiess
" are tiiule the whndow or al-
tciulj '.ipptil liy hunger. They
und liundri'ds of thousands of
other worthy Texans nre lie-
I endlm; upon Hl'C funds to
vviird off lit tciror.s of u f. !
lis winter. Cjtintlcs und cIIIch
Npendlug to the lust farthing
cannot alleviate the distress
that afflicts the state.
Uuclo Sain has sent Texas
$1:MX0(m)0 for bread und la-
bor. Hut the Federal Treas-
ury Is not Inexhaustible. Kiioh.-
velt asks Texas to arouse her-
self as have tho other states
and assist In carlnt; for her
sorely pressed people.
A bond issue Is proposed to
the voters August 2Hth where-
by $20000000 If needed will
be frugully and fairly admin-
istered ut a l'ubllc Works
program for labor and relief
over the state.
llonds are In high disfavor
In Te.xns. Injudiciously they
have been voted and hang us
millstones about the tup-payers'
nicks. Hut these 'bread
bonds" are essential to snvo
Texas families from starvation.
l'osslbly thero Is u better
wuy but none so practicable
und Immediate has been pro-
posed. Shall we urguo methods
wlille people perish? Food and
labor relief ut this hour Is n
challenge to a Christian peo-
ple. If these bonds are voted
HFC funds wilt continue to
flow to our every county town
and hamlet.
Kpjrct these bonds and God
help Texas!
'20 KILLED IN
SEABOARD GALE
Tropical Storm Takes Toll
in Several States
lly United Press
A terrific southeast gale lunged
along tho Atlantic scuboard from
Atbmtln riiv tn Hnlon to.l.iv
whllo the lashing tale of a trop-
ical hurricane which yesterday
cieated havoc In North Carolina
Virginia. Maryland and the Dis-
trict of Columbia wus blowing It-
self out In Pennsylvania.
Property damage wtia reported
in tiie millions. Sixteen wero
known to bo dead but It wtm
footed tho doath toll would ho
much heavlor when dozens of
conununltlea now Isolated are
heard from.
Today's gale was a now storm.
It marked the fifth consecutive.
all at least 20 Uvea have been
lost.
Six were known tn be dead In
tho Norfolk area eh bare tho
hi tint of yesterday's hurricane.
' Piaperty damage was estimated
i $5000000 In that area.
- FA.MKI) KI. MKI.I.AIIA SALT
MINKS GKT BIO OKI) KB
ROME (U.PJ The famous salt
mines of El Mellaha In Tripoli-
tunlu have contracted to export
their over-production of sodium
1 chloride to Norway Icelund Far-
Oer Islands und Nova Scotia.
Lately tho accumulation of salt
hlllj in the Itullan colony was
I reason for much thought especi
ally since bait yielding' ureas In
Sicily Apulia and Sardinia provide
a sufficient supply for needs on
lnj manjttm
The mU nM of K M.ahd
m " l pr0JuC - '"
thousand tons annually. Salt In-
d Mediterranean basin
u und.rgon t tlmcs dun.
... . . . .
cume ln Placing orders aro c.pe-
cially felt by mines In Tunis and
Spanish Jenitorlcs.
PUBLIC RECORDS
Civil suits filed in county court'
Arthur 11. Miller vs. Tho Travel-
ers Insuranoo Co.
Conn. damages.
of Hartford
- ' H. IJauni doing
business ni
Southwest Finance Co. vs. Ben
- Towb note and foreclosure of chat
jtel mortgage.
LAUNCH WHEAT
CUT CAMPAIGN
i Montfort to Name Tempor
ary County Committee
Ml.NUHAL WI:MS Aug :i
County agents from d0 Texas
wheat counties were enroute t
their homes today to begin the
drive for feu-oral wheat crop
reduction. .
The first step In the cam-
paign will be organization of
tho counties by county ug( ut
The agents were instructed 1 1
appoint temporary eonimltteis
In each county und to name ua
advisory staff.
A temporary wheat -mii i
committee for Stephens (ovini w1
be appointed In the next fc d
as the initial step In orarn.
wheat farmers P. T. Montr irt
county agent announced i iy ft
his return from Mineral Wi I
Though the fedornl wheat adt i
nicnt plan calls for ncre.iK i ii
tton In the crop years or lfol .
103. farmers joining In tin r i
paign win receive uonoiu ).im n
on the 1933 crop as well .i . in . I
and '35 Montfort said.
Tho temporary committ '
Immediately aat to work to uu. '
the county In districts and -mm
a schedule for a sette of ineiim.
The government's plan will i i -plalncd
and outlined at them- m . t
Ings and applications will be J
trlbutcd.
After the applications are i; I
n second meeting will be h. 1 l
which tho communities will t i
ganlzcd permanently.
Permanent chairmen fi an t.
various districts wilt fomi t
County Wheat Production Conn t
Association which will have u
plctc control of admlnUtrutton
tho county reduction pt t"
They will also set up the ul'oinu
basis on which fanners nn- to i
1 paid.
I The exact amount farmer . . ni
bo asked to reduce wheat hi. -
'Ton by scSI"-' ofnAK.i' .'
Kirkland Oi'lVi't
s
j- .... - . .
JhS (III KpWJlm I ()1
. VW.UW lit I (1A U lxL
Magneto's ReLuni
Krncst Klrklnml. counts
sloncr of Prceiiyt 3 suitl i
day morning that lie Is of" nn"
a reward nf $25 for Infonni'i u
leading to tho recovery of i n
neto stolen from u count j t i
In tho Copeluml KUt- i
Tuesday night and .ijiprelii n n '
tho man or men who l
magneto.
Hi
Tho magnoto was sioUu
time during- the night 1 1
and Sheriff Monow w
0 o
I .
1 I
Wednesday morning notifs r
fleers in surrounding conn .
be on the lookout for the m
which Is valued at $75
Commissioner Klrkl.md t i
atithat theft of the magnet
the first piece of county mo orn-
ery that has been stolen but th ii
gasoline has boon taken f i m ti o-
tor tunks and other urtulis of
value stolon which make t im-
perative that step bo made t
protect county propeity in mi it
section of tho county.
Man Killed When
Truck Overturns
MINEBAIi WELLS Aug -1. U.R
-Funetul services foi K. L. Hend-
ricks 10 wcro held hero tnls after-
noon. Kcndrlcks mot hit death when
his truck turned over nr r'
Pinto after he was roturin: ...
Urcckenridgo' whoro he i
truck load of gasoline. Wh n jic xr
Palo Pinto his truck turnr i 'Vtr
Into the ditch und he wa i u j.
beneath it-
Judge for Whipping Post
ATTIEBOBO aiass. UJb It!
oid'tlmo whipping post should by
revived for such ensoj Dlstrlot
Judge Wafter A. Brlggs declarad
in convicting Frances Barrett. 20
of throwing a btone which cut a
child's Up. The defendant wua
given a suspended Jill sentence.
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Minatra, Odie. Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 24, 1933, newspaper, August 24, 1933; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70509/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.