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WEATHER FORECAST.
Tonight fair, wilder; Thursday
fair.
ft.
SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED DRESS.
T»«F DEMOCRAT has been nb
lisM roatinooualy longer than
any other newspaper in Orajrsod
Co.—Established, Daily 1881. Week-
ly 1879, by G. 0. and E. C. Hunter.
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
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SHERMAN, TEXAS, APRIL 9, 1919—WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Subscriptions Rates on Page Two,
INS IV ASK ALLIES TO MAINTAIN
ORDER IN GERMANY BENEFIT OF ALL
Aa*'teUtttd Prcns Dispatch]
Pflrtu, April —A late session of fliej
Gernmn caUiuet council government i
lm« c*<:nsi<l»»ml the eventuality of I
making an appeal to the allitni ar*‘
mies to ma in fa in order in Germany
in tlie interest of the whole of Eu-
rope.
Strikes in Berlin.
A**oeiated pres« DispaUh\
GOOD ROADS
SUBJECT OF
A BIG MEET
tliis country wjU lie United ,together
with permanent! highways. just ns it
is now .linked' together by the rttilrond
right of trays. For a community to
live or even to exist it, must have
permanent liard-suffneed roads, and
tlie community which failed fn recog-
nize this, would make the same mis-
take as a community which failed to
recognize the importance of railroads
several years ago.
In closing ids remarks. Mr. Hide.
, , | laird Pressed the importance of main-
, •• ray son j tenance and tile employment of a
..... I county citizens that has attended any eomuetcnf road engineer Tl><> most
Paris. April It—A_ general strike linsjof the recent good roads meetings ,.xp<.ns,Ve engineer i* the wNeri in-
been proclaimed in Berlin and sn- held in this city heard the addresses vestment he said and the unit ev
lint iis of Spand iu, according to ad- delivered by it. M. ............. <'hair-J ‘ che*p
vices received here. Herr Noske, min-1 mat. of the State Highway Depart- engineer
is.er of defense, is reported to huvcjnmit. and Judge Adrian FikiI. former p,„,i «™.,t,c
concentrated thirty thousand loynl! county' judge of Kl Faso minty and Following Mr Hubbard's •lurircs-
..oops at the gates of Berlin for use „mv chairman of .Inc go al roads com- Mr. . ,'eager mHliiied Zue of
in ease of trouble. I niittee of the state legislature, in I
a bond issue for improved road* to be! and' Kidd-Key College, but we people
defeated, and the community whirl1|in Kl Fmso pbuntty think yon lntve got
| neglects to build now tpay find it tiyo of flie greatest institutions in the t
j necessary to dp so later” wljew aid j South right here. By butldiug a *y*.|
| from the State and Federal govern-1 teai of hard surfaced roads you malfej
| incut* will not lie available. The timet it possible for the farmer hoys antT
is coming, salt! the Chairman. when tlie farm Kiris of tins county to re
PROCEEDINGS
OF PRESBYTERY
The largest gathering
Hints March on Ksseu.
Associated Press Dispatch 1
j •; rays on county citizens are in favor
I of tlie good roads movement' or not. it
Copenhagen, April 9~Geiumn gnv-|js obviously apparent that they are
eminent troops are marching on Essen onuiciisel.v interested, in addition to
wliere n collision occurred lietweeii 11m dresses delivered at tlie meet-
srrikers and Christian workers. an ^ legate of Denison,
organization that desired to remainj chairman of the load and IhiiuIs •cmn-
al work. The strikers have occupied 11,11appointed at a recent mass
the
. suggestions that have licen made re-
dds city Tuesday afternoon. Whether g„rdlng die reconstruction and extern
shin of
tern.
been the construction of a ooiiertets
highway from north line to south
line of the county, eliminating all
main on the farms and to attend
(these "Isolds, coining in daily,"
Jtid.,o Fool spoke principally con-
cerning a state system of highways
and the floating of a Slate tabid issue
for road building purposes.- Whatever
may ta‘ said in favor id a county ays
tern Of highways applies equally to a
stnic system. Judge Pool said Hue
Grayson county tuts had dm (*xis*rl-
Tho Presbyterv of IHillas opened its
spring session last night nt tlie First
Presbyterian church at H o'clock. Tlie
Rev. Samuel I WOodliridge, who is
tlie First Presbyterian eliureh's own
missionary to China, read the Scrip-
ture lesson from the fifteenth chain
ter of Paul's letter to the Corinthians,
which was followed by a prayer by
Ui v Wycoffe of Fort Worth. Mrs.
DEATH IN THE WIND THAT BLEW
OVER WIDE SECTION OF, COUNTRY
CYCLONE STRIKES EAST GRAYSON, WEST FANNIN AND HI NT
COUNTIES—TWELVE LIVES LOST AND THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTED.
cnee of many other communities in I,. J Manlius and Mrs. Joe Etter eon-
rpai: building but (that Grayson conn-j tribute*! a" pleasing duel to the even-
tv had more titan gotten her money's i jug’s program.
worth for iter good roads, and would j 1 In E. K. Fincher of McKinney, re-
mit swap her" present roads for the tiring moderator, preached a most | their home
money that has been put into them, [forceful sermon, taking his text from
Judge Pool (old of some of ids road 1st Corinthians 1)i:t) “For a great
building accomplishments. including1 door anti effectual is opened unto me,
die construction of a fjfty-niile pikejatid then* are many adversaries." Dr.
across El Paso county which repre- i Fiticker pointed out that Paul was a
serfs an origin!.I investment of $1 j man of vision who saw and utilized
100.000. Imt whit 11 in the. several j his Opportunities. and as tlie text was
years it has licen in use Ins cost tint j true of tin* apostolic days, so it is.true
$t<Ml to lnaintaiu. lie is now working!of today. We lntve before us a church
tlie Grayson county road sys- on tile projs)sitiin of a highway eon-[of God ju>t as great as tlie door op-
Aniong these suggestions lias neoting El Paso and Fort Worth. cued unto Paul, our opportunities are
Explaining the proposed $75.o0o.no > '"rger 1""l1 wc, "iust '"he advantage
Grover Atnip, living on the Floyd
Everlteart farm at Canaan, north of
Hells, was killed and ids wife and
two children injured seriously when
was wrecked by a tornado
and water spout which visited Ua-
ea st
house anil no one was hurt.
The houses and barns on tlie pick
Pennington farm, east of Wliite-
wriglit were’demolished. Tlie storm
home saved the families.
Storm at Fetor and Mulberry.
Jackson Rated, with the G. H. K.
-Smith .Milling Company of Sherman,
part of Grayson county alsait •>j received a pfiofte message from ids
o'clock tliis morning, Jilr. Atnip is well, sister, Mrs. Goiter of Bonham. She
known iii Sherman, and buff a number' staled that the little community of
- -.......* rvi
out. The i-cports were that several
State liond issue. Judge Pool said that
Inf them.
. cumulating an - ni-rtviainii in Hie State I mission cause has
curves and making it follow the short- ' st-.i,. Hiiplier urged the
the Krupp plant.
Concessions Not Recognized.
Assnrlolcd ere** /impulchl
Stockholm, April 9—The French
minister here announces that he has
learned Hint the Russian Bolshevik
est and tuns' direct route. So far as
possible thp present road foundation
, , , j would lie used, and tlie bends which
condition and needs of Grayson couti- Would l,c abandoned by tlie concrete , , „ ,, , .
..........swa
formal re|H.rt to the meeting from I Th!j, plnn mPt witll th(. approval , . of nmou,,r 'vill- not lie Issued at ■ one*.
During tlie war. the lioiut
lias suffered but Dr.
StPntion for tlie State appropriating;''congregation to
for road building. Tlie amend-! Vk,‘ ,,nr 'V':'.'k HKaiu1""'1 tmsh lt
me,it which will be i del u|v>„ t|i;, >';'r years l liristian people have pray-
fail if adopted wit give tlie Kegisla
meeting here to investigate fully the, uonl(, llyo<l BIlll |11>11<ly ............... ........... 1lir ,lie opening of tlie Jaist, GO.1
lias iHairil them and opened- these
heatlien countries and now tin* natives
want the gospel, it is a wonderful op-
................ ............. »
k - " 11 present niHc s. of exteinling .iiew roads | fi)v( ,.1|IWi |„n : that nil new Ms a question that many are asking. | is it fu,.t niat ttai maiiv never gaiin '’
1,1 and of malti'ainlng '
, '. and it is probable that it will lie
erookeil|......... ., i : .....i si______
every
in* earnestly
of No. Tl’l West Pecan street is a siS-
terin-law. and was liotifiisi tliis
morning of Mr. Atnip's death. None
of tin* family Is expected to live.
The only other death reported this
morning was that of a woman whose
name eouid not Is* learned, living a"
Delba. south of Trenton, in Hunt
county. It was impossible for tlie
Democrat representative who went to
tlie east part of tin* county tliis morn-
ing to reach Trenton on account of tin*
impassable condition of tin* roads.
Black farm lands laid been strewn
Imd been kHted and many hurt.
At Ector eight lieopie were rejiortPd
killed, and many hurt. It Is stated
(lint nearly every house hi Ector was
damaged. *
North of Ector the farm home of
Marsh Huffaker. a prominent farmer,
was blown away, and his two sons
were killed.
Storm Notes.
Monday night during the storm Lib-
erty churcf) was damaged, being split
almost apart and Akers’ Chapel Was
moved from its foundation a little.
liberally over the road between White- , , “ . . ,
Calls have l>een made fern arses -of
wrigtit and Trenton tiv the water spout st yiiM>ent and Sherman Hospital
which struck tiear Trenton. [ and every one that cpuld be spared
A storm of cyclonic proportions W(,re sent. ,
struck Grayson ooUnfy on the eastern
ring counties; tliiit gnivel roads run- *-'»iiig to have to provide the jmn
_ quesled tile couiniissioners' court t«] nine into mud or dirt road eiuts lie
v. -i i. ii | t{ lnl. iustniei < utility Eiiglmvr Julian connected to otlc-i- eravel roads; tlmt
J,wmtu/?*o i. w!x| *.V']d *" snpiily the committee i.t, t.mv-j ,vhi,fewer noun, of bonds are voted
with Hie neiessarj data and inform,*-|,w, issued by degrees as needel; tiia
Rome. April U~-Tb(* Home Conn, il Hon, - ; a maintenance fund be set aside, for-
-of General Federation of Labor iiasL The meeting was presided over by|.,„ mn,is built.
decided upon a general strike to last, <leneral t'lmlrnian A. V.J’reager, wlio j jj_ w. witelier. w dl known lianker
twenty-five hours. >-The strike li'n
bi’ert sc to iiegin Thursday at six in
tin* morning. _ __
PROHIBITION
TO BE WELL
ENFORCED
called upon Hujileti \\. Head l,fjand good -roads enthusiast, was called
Slieiinan to iiitroduee^ Hiibliatd. | lipoll |1V (’hnlrimin Creager to iritro-
1 u liis remarks Mr. Head said that it
citizens
, ,, , , , . .duoe Judge Pool. Mr. MJiteller as a
was probably essential for tin* ' ltizens „„,of roads and lends .oinmit-
°f <’raym> county to have earned i,„f „.hicl, ,*„,. r.n!rtlt(, |s .chairman,
something of the value of good mails,HRkp(1 f|m| oojmty
let tin* committee know what It .wants
and needs in tin* way of mad work.
by consTnefing a large number of
miles of them at the least (Missilile
exjiense. Tliey were cheap, and w"
have gri'fen full value out of tliem.
We now want something ]>ernianent
In tntrodueiilg Mr. Ht’.blatrd. Mr,
Head said that we owed our apprecia-
tion to such a siteeessful business
man. who lia
tcrests
Attnrinled Pir»* Dispatch] ,
Washington. D. C„ April !).—Three
thousand special Internal Revenue of- j
fleers are working in various zones j
tlmmghout tin* t nitrii StatesVwiH en-t , .
forte prohibition after July, according minks by saving that
to plans announced by the Revenue "of(' 1,11
Bureau. in addition tliis goveruuient ,,
will depend chiefly on local police. jGtajsoti countj
Tin* committee is wiping t i incorpor-
ate in Its rereUiTnetidarioes whatever
flip people of tin* count - w-iwt. Gray-
son countv lie is confide"* will not be
lioliind in tin* road luiiblbig move
, , meat. He Introduced Jt"ge Pool as
left bis own pi it ate »g- i m-oGnDJv the best--informed mail in
to serve the people of Texas^#tp nl) Hl(, mnttrr „f r0H,i
in ids present enpnetty
Chairman Huhhard Sp<‘Hl<s.
Mr. Htiltliard introduced liis
COTTON MEN TO
MEET AT WACO
Assiwiatnl Press Dispatch]
Dallas. ,Tex . April !>.—Tin*
Farmers' Cotton Conference
tailed for a general mass meeting'of
Cotton growers for Waco Suturdnv,
April 19.
building.
Judge Ponl < netted bis re'warks liv
,1 tiiankliig tlie one woman in the au-
.! dlencp for her presence, saying that
i not until the women of Texas became
alive to tlie many public questions,
will Texas take her place in tin* front
ranks of progress. Commenting on tin*
suggestions outlined J"- Mr, Cresirer
Judge Pool sail] emphatically thn*
only straight .-roart« should ftp lmiH
as cardinal highways. When a por-
to
WOMEN HELP
BOLSHEVIST
note tin* splendid interest ami on
thusinsni shown by tip* people of
for permanent harii-
surfaoed roads. Sherman and Gray-
j son county, lie said, have always
, been progressive. The community
I that dta*s not i-epoynizc tlie paramount
i ill | sir fn nee of permanent hard sur-
faced roads at this time is destined,
to go backwards instead of forward.;*0" 'v,ln"5 fo *<’ f,,°m
I"] have iK*ver lienr,I of either Shei- another, lie doesn't "'ant to travel -ill
man or Grayson , county I song non- j "round the country in getting there,
j progressive." said Mr.,Hubbard. “nnd|ko satd.
■‘"Texas yet .if tliis county fails to vote bond*j Tlie speaker said (lint he was glad
today |« construct for itself a system of;Grayson eountv is considering a epitn-
liighwars, it lay*, itself justly iialil**, fvqvido l>ond issue. There is no reason
io tlie 'Critioism of not being wide w liv IHuiison and Stierman should not
ifiK'ake. help tlie entire county build- goo-1
ME Huldtnrd devoted ids remarks! roads. Iieesusp whatever is of benefit
prinelpnlly to a discussion of tile! to tlie entire eotitxlv D of benefit to
State and Federal apfiropriations; Sherman-and Iteuison. Trite, Sherman
Associated Press Dispatch]
and Denfson .pav nbeutritaif tin* tiixes
of tin* county, but they can afford to
do so, ami enjoy glie* full lienefits of
their expendtinre. Nothing slmrt of n
that are available to the counties of
the state for road building purposes,
in 1919 I lie Federal government ap-
propriated ift7o.000.0lHI for road bnild-
ing purmises. 8-l.o09.000 of tliis up- j county system of roads should b*
propriutihn going to Texas conditional I htiilt. in order to develop every section
, that a State Highway Department lie I of tlie county, making those sections
M aslilngton. April 9—-Reports that (-|-m,tcf| tinougli wliieli (lisliursenieiits! that ata* ]ioor<*r more productive in
the Bolshevik agitation in tin* I nited. woultl la* ma le Jo the counties. This .tflmc.
“Anolliev reason why yon should
S ales is taring bnanced |i\- a ntinii*er money to la* availalde as fidlows: Onc-
ol wealthy persons. particularly fifh ilt imv. two fifteenth? in
women, have reached the Department lln<Sf ttnw-fifft.amths in 1919, four
of Justice, Imt have not been taken flft,H*ntli in Vd'iO. ami five-fifteenths,
seritaisly thus far.^ iov'tlit* remainder, in IlKJt, on account
CurDMAM onv uriKic "f ,Jlr 1"" li,,|p "1,s expended
uHtKlYlAn DUI WINS I in 1917. litis, and there is now avail-
SHELDON SCHOURSHIP fnr
i tins year alone.
By the (Kinditlons laid down by
Hie Federal government, the State!
and Federal aid could not la* morel
Hum one half tlie cost of any one
project, local funds" furnishing lhe|
remainder of tlie money. The trouble
in Texas lias not been for tlie local
eo'mmunities to match the state and
Federal money, imt for tin* State ami
iitfihi it countv system of roads is tlie
presence in, Shcrnpin of two of Hie
finest scliools in tlie houiIi. I do no'
know wliaf yon people here' in Gray-
son county think of Austin College original form-
in life. We must pray without ceasing,
ey. and i; docsn t uniter much ltnw ' , f*iic business session was - ojs*iu*d by
is inovided. ls*ei:use eventually it prayer and roll call. Rev. Herts*it
will come from the people. jSpriugall wits electisl new moderator.
If lias been suggested that
tax bo imposed K;,.earo
! Ilia! a dire-ri amt klf laekal reading clerk and pi-ess I 1,1 „r
for'tlie iiitere-t ,ei«irtev. - traveled lltfrtli
, ... * . - __ liiiiviiiir Y Iwt .vis
and smiting fund. Twenty cents on
tlie hundred dollars would tie ample
to care for tlie entire issue, if it wer*
edge last niglit at 12:4b o'clock, car-
I eying death and destruction in its
| wake.
The storm seems to have struck at
I Dcllia. a small community south of
j Trenton, in Hunt county, first, ami
and slightly northeast.
Today's Session.
— leaving the ground and passing over
Wldfewrlght and striking the ground
At tliis morning's session the dev«-1 at Caiman, one of the oldest
i •< s i h * * J • «i 1 nnrr. Tlin‘<‘ ^ on tiu* tioluil hour was ’charartorizod by ji | ,‘nuiuiuni(n*s in («ra.vson county. Ii(*r(*
Slot) would cure for the first $19.- stirring address in belmlf of tlie earn- jresiliences, tlie gin, store house,
Olid.ooo i-i*-no-1, end the next $10,090,- j paigu for schools and colleges by Kev. uuri other byiildings were literally.,
01HI would not Cost that uiuuli, ii.e:. \V. R,.!!all of Milford. blown away. Grover Atnip, .15 years,
cause property valuation would have; "Thniimunicntioiis to the Presbytery “f **gp, living on the i'loyd Tlverheart
•increased." It is probable that the tax Were read, new members enrolled, and birill. Was killed His bfldy was found
would never amount to-- more, than $ j standing committees appointed, J fifty feet from liis residence, with a
or 0 cents to dtirc for die whole $75.; Mr. I., VV. Moore, an Austin CoBege crushed skull and luidlv -taceratml
090.000. *-• I student was taken under tlie care of
I' has also tiSrii suggested. said the Presliytery. He is preparing to
Judge PooL Hint a tax of one cent a {enter the ministry us a foreign mis- covpry is very doubtful,
gaileti be levied mi gasoline, and ills >; sionary.
erusbeti skull and Imdly lacerated
arm. Mrs. AtnRi and iter two children
are also seriously injured. Their, ve-
O. Burdette, llv'ingjhree miles south-
east. ti'lis tin* Democrat that his
dock stopped at 23 minutes till four
tliis uioruing when the storm was
raging. His house, ha lit and grainery
were damaged ami smaller buildings de-
inolisliiMi. He ean see debris, tanirds,
etc., at a distance away fron,i Ids place
Indicating other damage In the neigh-
borhood
house.
of ThonywonviUe selmol
A smoke house on the farm of
Frank Short, east of Sherman- was
blown over by the high wind last
night.
•that tin* auto fax la* used to provide j At 11 o’clock tliis morning.
Rev.
The
regular Presbyterial Communion ser-
vice was (iVijidueted by - Rev-.'
our. well of Dallas.
the interest and sinking fund. lmt|Nishet of Gaiuesvillq, preached,
there is nothing in .tin* res
concerning tliis.
There -iff 'no use concerning ... , , , ...
selves how ’or where tlie money will ) The afternoon meeting will be given conductor and one hrakciijiui- were
Is* spent U'caiiHc the bunds have net over to further business of the Pres-J..bruised. The conductor and brnkemen
!)<-eii i'-sinsi yet Any plans adopK'd •‘S'twy There will lie a prfpular pro- were taken td Denison and the etigi-
now wmd J la* obsolete by the time gram tills evening at 8 o'clock, at which
tlie money was ready time l»f- T. S. Clyee of Austin College
State i><mil issues for imllding roads "'ll present the cause of Presbyterian
are be no means new tilings. Judge ••'•bools anti, t olh*ges in lexa.*^
Pool s ,id In p.iio t':i 1 iforiiIn voted Devotional Kxtttrises, birst Morning,
on the same proposition Texas will Subject: "The Importance of Train-
v,.le on the fall, and immediately if- l*eHdership . (15 minutes.) Five
forwards issued ITO.OOO.Otk) in bonds. “Pet ml prayeis.
In 191ft t’alifornla issued $12(109.0001 Program Second Evening,
more. New; Vink Inis amended hey g01j_ ,
ConstUntion*'allowing her to issue not j p,uveu.
to exe(*eil $ 10tt.090.0tKi worth Of j Address; “The. tangible Assets
H. Sperry of Dorchester was In
Rherman tills afternoon and stated
that there was considerable damage
at tbivt place lent night by storm
Almut half the roof was Mown from
tlie waiting Boom at Hie railroad sta-
tion ; the Methodist church was blown
some-ef them taring blown quite n j°ff blocks anti tin* belfry blown
distance from tlie track. Tin* engine 'l,,wn: about $o00 damage was (lone
stayed on tlie track, but ............... ‘to the lumlH-r yard; tin* Dvo-sfory
iirukcican were itotel just east of the railroad station
was blown off its blocks, and several
A southbound Katy freight trait!
was iiif- full force by the cyclone and
thirty three-box cars were turned over,
lioer to Whitew right. The train was
a. merchandise train.
J. W. Taylor's house aT Tnnnnn
was hl^HSHcaiffl&ai aiul ten inemtiers of
tlie family were hurt. It was miracu-
lous that there were no deaths, for
I tin* house was a total wreck.
Dave Alvcrson's house was blown
| down, but the eight members of the
I family hail gone to u storm house
| and escaped injury
galvanized iron grata bins were blowu
down. No one was injured, Mr. Sper-
ry stated. .
At Winnshnro.
Associated Press Dispatch)
of
I)r.
(15
SZUXTeTi, ssr** "***'
Geiirgitt. $10,900,90(1: North Camtinai Sun." ’ *......
and South Carolina $25,000,000 each. (A,i(,n>ssf "The Small College
In fmt. a great many of tlie states minutesi—Kev. W It. Hall,
have nmctidivj their constitutions and i|1.v,,jralioiml Address: (.",0 minutes)
are Issuing road building 1 winds. __j)r || |*
Senator George W. Dayton of Cooke j i>rilyer. "
county was present and commended | Song,
to Hit* audience tlie advice of Mr. i lienedletilm.
HnMiaii' and Judge Pool and Sena- Devolional Exercises, Second Meeting,
tar Dayton. j subject: "Co-Oik*rution amt Tliis
Representative lee It. Reeves ask- Gam[>aigti (JO minutes). Three sik*c-
ed for Hie courtesy of tin* floor and j,iI prayers.
explained that he was absent from i --— • » --
Austin at the time the Grayson county j
good road law was passed by tie*;
House, and would be glad to have ^ismiated Press Dispatch]
tin* law amended as first, drafted j ............<■•.* ........
when tlie special session meets. Sena-; Paris, France, April 9.—The evueua-
tor 1 *a y I on also pvomisi'd liis .rssis- tion of the Black Sea port. Odessa, by
In lice in getting (lie law through in i * * tin* Allied forces is confirmed offic-
Greenville, April 9—A telephone
message from; Shaw T. Kay, post-
master at Wtnnsboro this afternoon,
stated he believed fiftrs*n persons near
that village weir dead as a result of
last night’s storm in addition to a
The.. Presbyterian churidr, the school number so severely Injured they are
not ex|M*eted to recover.
Six miles east of Winnshoro, Post-
master Ray said, fifteen houses have
been destroyed and four persons kill-
house. Vaughn & White's gin. tlie
pump house and storage warehouse,
were totally wrecked.
A house occupied by tlie name of
*“ Allies to Evacuate.
Clark was blown array, but thejed. They were Mrs. L. C. Calhoun.
Mrs. S. J. Austin and Mrs. W. A.
Austin and baby. Three miles south
of that town eight houses wen* blown
down and twelve persons injured,
those most seriously injured being
Anonon McLeod, Mrs. It. A. Lawson
and E. S. Ross and wife. At Oak
Grove, twelve tniles south of Winns-
horo, it is reported five members of
the little family were killed. This is
not verified, however. Hundreds of
thousands dollars damage to young
crops and buildings haft resulted.
hilly.
Previous to sailing for Europe to
cnupletp tils" eduea'ion, permitted bv
the winning of tlie Sheldon Travel
m- > darsliip of Harviml I’niversity,
Kart Bryan Sebwttlsf is coming to
Dallas to visit his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Sohwidst 1300 Penpsyl-
vania avenue, until Aug. 1.
Mr Schwulsf Is 22 years and was ^ernmou, 'id nn»lcl."Vi»e"Fo:
graduated from Harvard in three anil l(p,>l.„|,r|Krim1s. However, there ‘s
onp-lmlf years. His scmlarshlp en- Hmy |lV|ti,., ,nrg,.r amount of
allies him to travel in Europe until he
has completed liis education, and
the funds ami facilities Mr Hl|,,l)lir(, explained
1 tt ^ i - r»i t n » , that has Ihhm» adopted by
^ He is a memlier of the Pin R"la t Highway Department. whereby a
Ki".jii. Lesei'e'l i's s- •ml seeretaiv (.oun'v cannot receive more than
of Hie PliHips Brooks House Ass,a la- $._>(Kulll() fl„. ,1)iy sin(,|(, pmJ(H.t. saying
Hon. Dallas Journal. 'that tliis sum "ill ia* sufficient for all
Karl Bryan Neliwulsl s a nephew ipp||(| (lnrilla n„, tilll(, ,;„n(Ts
of Mrs. Jim Pellev of (ids eitv and M |_|. Tin* department
will b<> rememta'ml by many of- the wi|| H||,„ lnaUl, nppropria-j
young people.
Stale and Federal money than was at
first thoi)Kld.
the mb*
the Statej
Huns Must Pay.
Hons to ttie eountv from time “to Time}
a« projects of road huilding are
adopted ami ready to Is* put into ex-
ecution. provided.’ however-, that the
Assnrtpted Press Dispatch] people of Texas vote favorably on the
Paris. France, April 0—-Tin* propm- adoption of the state constitutional
ittarv )ieaee treaty will require Gor- amendment permitting tlie Eegisli-
matiy to make an immediate indemnity Hire-to authorize State bonds not to
payment on account of twenty-five exceed $75.01)0.000. which will provide
ldiiton francs in cash am’ raw ma- all netx'ssary funds for appropriation
terial. according to the Echo De Paris, by the Highway Department.
The treaty. it declares, does not, All ar» A (liina Bands,
l an e uii' ertain I lie total amount which | Tin* thoughts of a large nuniber of
Germany Is tq, ,v’Vf HvtiC amotuit tieopb* of Jin* 1’nited States irive
’^111 lie yrt'itfbn in W docetiment. • ) turned to hotter roads since tlie *<cn-
->- — * ■ ■ ‘ 11 line of tin* armistice, said Mr. Hub-
Ekpdrinieiifs by the T'n(te,d States bard. In Texas. $15,009,000 in lnuds
birrecu ef fisheries , have shown flair have already been voted by several
1 eerfnlli fish Oils can he used in the eonnth's, and1 825.090.990 are to lie
jnaWufactnre of ma fgarliies and lard, j voted upon. soon. It Is a rare thing for
- - •-,.
■Ml I > 1
rm, $
Clarks had gone into a storm house
and were not liurt.
A large crew of Mexicans had -been
engaged in track work, and were
camped at Canaan. Their house was
bown away, and nine of them were
taken to Denison for surgical treat-
ment.
Just south of Bells tlie tenant
houses occupied by four negro fami-
lies were demolished. Six negroes
were more or less hurt, none seriously.
East of Wiiitewrigiit great dutmtge
was wrought. On the farm of Tom
May the house was blown down. Mr.
May was injured, his skull being
crushed. His wife and two children
were also badly hurt.
At tlie Joe May place. east of
I Wiiitewrigiit tlie house was blown
away, an_(l Mrs. \V. H. Horton was
seriously hurt, the two children pain-
fully hurt, Mr. Horton was only
slightly bruised.
Tlie Dee German farm house. ’ oil'*
mile southeast of Wiiitewrigiit was
Mown away, hut the faffitfi<~eseapod j
by going into the storm house.
At Ihriha twenty-three houses arc* !
! reported to have been blown from j
their I docks, and one woman is re- |
ported to Itavp licen killed. However. |
! all wires are. down and the road tot
I Hriba is well nigh impassable.
At Trenton tlie Katy depot was |
wrecked, mid twenty 'other buildings. [
iiiidudlpg the large concrete garagy* of
i* store of
At Tundra.
Associated Pr ess D ispatch j
Terrell. April 9—Eight persons
were killed at Tundra, Vim Zandt
county. They are Herbert Burns and
four children. Mi's. Burns and tlie
fifth child are seriously injured ami
not exiK'cferi to live: Will Jordan and
two children, killed, and James Mar-
tin killed.
DR. BUCKNER
DIED TODAY
Associated Press Dispatch}
Dallas, Tex.. -April 0. —Rev, Robert
Cook Buckner, evangelist, author and
founder of Buckner's Orphans Home
, „ , . , ... i , I here, died today, aged eighty-six. Dr.
i Mtirsha l Ihtyts. the forn.ture stare ot | nn,.kjwr has thonsamls of or-
Uiit MeMilUn mid tlie lid! gin, nett. fpjla!» chlidran ami many who went out
: K 1 ecked. It XXHS Stilted that a (out | . Il,I y,il,*i*,ti(f tnsliluflon iint mm*
fifty people were more or less injured, j
but that only one man was serkmslv
j hurt. His name could not la* learn-
ied. On tin* Oliver farm six miles
j south of Canaan the Ellis Dillon farm
house was blown away. The family
had gone into a storm house and es-
caped Injury.
A tenant house on the farm ofrii. P.
j Sears, east of Wiiitewrigiit. was de-
} motished. No one Waff- hurt.
On the T. H. Sears farm east of
j Wiiitewrigiit a large number of burns
and other hill buildings were demollsli-
ed.
At the Ad Vestal farm two mites
sontlieast of Wiiitewrigiit tlie house
was blown away, as was also the Dave
f.von house. Rot!) families suffered
nily slight injuries.
Du it. A. Ki'.-kimtrick's farm, east
front that splendid institution ure now
worthy * and useful men and women
throughout tile South.
Mrs. MjrHe Crowder.
THE DAN'CE OX THE RHINE In tii i* heart of every doughboy of tin* A. E. F. in FnOav there no doulit Ihigerfil ........ .......
a lio|m that lie would some day s|H»nd a "pleasant afternoon" on tile Imnk n f tlie Rhine. How tills hope Was made Lf Whitewright the lairn was dem'bV-
a fact Is shown in the above photograph of men of the "Rainbow Division" Mslied and several smaller outlumses
, (U> U. 8. Official Photograph of Underwood & Underwood. hjowb kway. All were iti tlie storm
Mrs. Myrtle Crowder died at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Cnughey, living six miles soutn
of Sherman, about 5 o’eliH'k yesterday
j afternoon At the time of her death
she was visiting her parents, her home
taring at Durant.
Funeral services were held this 'af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Cnughey, followed by
interment in Akers Chapel Cemetery.
Tile Rev. Cyphas Shelburne cmjfiiweted
tlie services.
The deceased is sniwivi'd by her
husliand and five children;' uJ^ii tho
following iirottjyH and sisters ;L. Roy.
Barney and Ear] fnngbey, and Mrs.
Bert Sherron, all of near this city.
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