The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME xvn.
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY.APRIL 10, 1024
NO. 49.
PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY FILLED—SWINT-BURNETT DRUG COMPANY
OF SCHOOL WORK
MANY THINGS HAVE HAP-
PENED DURING THE
PAST FEW DAYS
Two of the most interesting
games of baseball yet staged on
the local diamond were the two
of last Friday and Saturday
against the Matador High School.
The locals had been defeated at
Matador last week because of
the fact that Itoley, Howell and
Jennings were missing from
Paducah’s line up. This time
Padueah was there a hundred
per cent strong, and downed the
visiting team both days. Fri-
day to the tune of nine to two
and Saturday by the tight score
of 17 to 16, the winning seore
being run in the twelfth inning.
Features of the games were
the heavy hitting of Paducah in
the first game, heavy hitting
of both teams in the second
game, and the splendid pitching
of Ilowell for Paducah, he, hav-
ing pitched all the first game
and the last eight innings of the
last game.
White House HoP«»
No. 4
ACCEPTS PLACE
IN CABINET
RESIGNS OTHER POSITIONS
TO FILL THIS
PLACE
Senator Samuel Ralston of In-
diana. who has been selected by
“Boss” Tom Taggart aa the Demo-
cratic Presidential nominee, if be
can prevail upou “Bosses” Charles
Murphy of New York, and William
Brennan of Chicago to hand over
New York and Illinois delegations.
Coalition of these three delegations
would prevent the nomination of
any other candidate so long aa the
two-third rale Is in effect.
Washington, April 2.-—Presi-
dent Coolidge filled his second
eubinet vacancy today selecting
Harlan Fisk Stone, retiring dean
of Columbia University school
of law, as attorney general.
Having gone recently to the
Pacific coast to get a secretary
of the Navy in Curtis D. Wilbur,
of California, Mr. Coolidge
turned to the Atlantic seaboard
for his attorney general and in
'Mr. Stone chose a present resi-
dent of New York City and
ADOBE WALLS
To Please Husband
MONUMENT WILL BE ERECT-
ED IN MERMOY OF OLD
INDIAN FIGHTERS
Three graves, containing the
bodies of three men who fell on
the plains of northwest Texas
50 years ago in a battle which
foreshadowed the white man’s
supremacy in this section, are to
be marked by a monument on
June 27. the anniversary of the
battle of Adobe Walls.
Several thousand persons from
the north Panhandle, western
Oklahoma and southwestern Kan-
sas, including deeendants of
both the white men and the
that bat-
ELECTED AGAIN
The second of April closed the
first fiscal year of Mr. Luftd-
.... „______ . . . gren's work with the band at
The High School Elimination tj,;s piase> Thursday night he
Contests was unanimously elected by the
At the
Thursday
schools held an elimination con-
test in the senior and junior
boys for another year,
last; ^an(j has
lAiromTcio'/
Mr*. Georgia Thomas of Tulsa,
Okla., shot herself through the knee
when her husband thought be would
ba less jealous If shs were disfigured.
Mew she wants a divorce.
FLURRY GIBSON KILLED
The report was received here
Monday morning that Flurry
Hibson, living near Aspermont,
had been shot and killed Sunday
night by a man by the name
of Bill Berry, who also resided
Baptist Church last | '[qie has gone into a
night, the Paducah j reorganization with a full set
of officers and directors. The
.........— summers work will soon be under
declamations for both boys and! uay alK} plans are being laid
girls. for the entertainments that are
A packed house greeted the j ^)( |)e given. The*band has made
voung contestants on this oc-
casion, and many were the com-
aem oi «sw lorn u , am a who fought jn that bat-
Mr. Wilbur was drawn from |,Vav 'for «* Iw^'dav^eeOration
California’s supreme court and: eommemorating the struggle.
Mr. Stone is being taken from a Thp |)att](, 0f Adobe Walls dis-
law school and from active p|aVt.d a heroism unequalled in
practice. frontier history. A little group of
The president selected Mr. j ._)(5 white men and one woman ________
Stone because he had known him |stood off a savage band of 700 j jn tjje samp community. Mr.
Gibson is a brother to John F.
Gibson of this city.
The particulars in the ease
arc not known. As best reports
can be had, Mr. Gibson was at
church at a community school
house, Berry came up and shot
him through a window. Mr.
for thirty years, and has confi- i Indians for a whole day and
denee in him; because he regards | finally drove the Redmen away
the New York man as possessing j h-aving many dead and wounded,
the desired qualities of thorough i Tin- Indian horde was defeated
legal knowledge and administra- j by the remarkable marksmanship
five capacity and because he;of the white buffalo hunters,
looks upon the Columbia dean as Adobe Malls was a frontier
“a $100,000 man willing forjtrading camp, established to pro-
patriotic reasons to accept a | vide supplies for the buffalo j Gibson died instantly.
$12„000 job.” | hunters who were making rich j There is no aeeuraey at to the
Mr. Coolidge chose Mr. Stone!hauls on the plains of Texas. It cause of the killing, but it is
from a list of six or seven and! consisted "t f)n^' ® *
summoned him. Arriving in house* am* a s
WILL DELIVER
EASTER SERMON
FEV. O. P. CLARK OF VERNON
WILL GIVE MESSAGE
AT THAT TIME
pimentary remarks passed upon
the efforts of those young people.
their parts well.
oe‘ wonderful progress—most of the j Washington on an early train an'ma'‘'- . t
boys now being able to carry; Mr. Stone and Mr. Coolidge were 1*»* M,t‘ |s n<nv' a P , ,
iin conference before most of Turkey I rack ranch owned >>
-......— - z a __ . Washington was awake this morn- ^ ■ I Coble of' Amarillo. ■ 18
a VgStif>USeappliuse, and the | SATURDAY^ ” j p^Ment^d"^ I ^rth’sidr “of the Canadian river.
indues themselves expressed - presuteni nau Tentierea ur. in 25-foot monument of con-
, uugew . „ , ,the port folio and the New \ork lV ,
much appreciation for all ot J Saturday Evening April 12th. had aecepted. Then at lS erete and marble is to be erected,
the numbers, despite the tact at 2:00 o’clock the C. C. Farm
that some of them had to lose. , Bureau holds its second quarter-
The affair was bandeled by, [v meeting at the Court House.
Miss Lois Martin, director of £very member is urged to be
the department of Expression
for the Padueah Schools. Miss
Martin deserves much credit for
the showing made by this splen-
did buneh of youngsters, all of
whom have 'been coached and
taught in her department.
Judge Owens, Miss Pet Cates
and Professor Stevenson, all of
Crowell, were the jupdges in the
contest.
The School Carnival
The School street carnival
held last Friday afternoon and
night was a splendid success.
All places of business, with three
exceptions were closed for the
oceassion, an dthe young folks
truly had one continual round
of pleasure from five p. m. till
eleven at night.
The band began with a con-
cert for the baseball game at
2:45, played at 5 p. m. for the
picture show, and then gave two
hours of splendid concert on the
Court House lawn during the
evening.
The management states that
something near a hundred and'
fifty dollars was cleared on this
occasion towards the community
budget now being raised.
HOME BURNED
present and remind his neighbor
of the date and hour. There is
also a School Fair Display in
the Court Room and the mem-
bers will get to see this splendid
work of the school children
throughout the County, so come
early and see this display.
There are several important
matters that members are want-
ing to discuss, and a program
of work that will be of interest
to all. The meeting will only last
an Ihour so be on time.
Read The Post.
mean unu nvvv picu. i in n <it ■ . 11+1
o’clock the president introduced Subscriptions are being eo ec ec
Mr. St-one as his new attorney by a committee ot which . ayor
general to a dozen sentaors in- !'• p K'dr of lamps is chairman,
vited to the White House for The monument will contain the
a breakfast conference. of the "ien who fou?ht
Air. Stone’s nomination was the Indians.
... There are two white survivors
sent to the Senate soon after , ... , ,
that body convened at noon and "'t the battle who will be urged
late in the day it was referred:’1 attend. The\ are n > - -
to the judiciary committee for j son ot Dodge 1 a”-’
inquiry. Confirmation is expected'Fred Leonard of Salt Lake City,
without delay although several Utah.
senators expressed to examine One of the leaders of the brave
the appointee’s record and par-;i,and of white men in the battle
ticularly to look into a letter u a> • Billy Dixon, famous buffalo
written by hint early in 1921 j hunter and later Indian scout
questioning methods of the de-jjn the United States army. His
partment of justice in the “red” | widow. Mrs. Olive K. Dixon,
raids in the year previous. jnow residing at Miami, lexas,
supposed that it came up over
an indictment of Berry bv the;
Through an invitation of the
Knights Templar of this county,
Rev. O. P. Clark, presiding elder
of this district, has agreed to
preaeh the Easter sermon at
Padueah this year for the Chib
dress Commandery. .
For the past two or three years
the Easter services were intended
to be given at Paducah, but from
unforseen causes we were never
able to have them here before.
A large delegation from Chil-
dress is expected.
Everyone is invited to this
service. Rev. Clark is one of
our greatest preachers and his
message will be well worth
listening to. He is a preacher
full of vim, snap, and of deep
religious convictions.
A dinner will be served to the
Sir Knights and their families
at the noon hour.
Permanent arrangements have
not been made as to the place
for holding the services. If the
auditorium at the high school
building is seated at that time
the services will likely be held
there, 'but if not one of the local
churches will foe used.
SCHOOL FAIR
The teachers of the county are
grand tar, Mr. GiW Iva, a ^ring ,1 Satool Fair ini tt.
member of the grand jury, and it
is rummored that Berry was in-
dieted for selling whiskey.
SECOND SIGHT
Biggs: “Yes, sir, I was about
to marry a rich girl when I found
out that she spent more than
$10,000 a year on her dress-
maker.”
Jiggs: “Then what did you
do ”
Biggs: “I married her dress-
maker.”
District Court Room this week.
The work will be left up over
Saturday so that every body
will hae? a chance to see what
the teaehirs and pupils of the
county are doing.
This is the first School Fair
ever held in this county. But
the work on exhibition would be
a credit to any county. And it
is being admiired by all who see
it
1924 EASTER BONNETS
The home of Dr. R. E. L.
Rocfcell of Chalk was completely
destroyed by fire Sunday after-
noon late. It caught from an
oil stove.
There was no one at the house
at the time it caught. Mrs. Roch-
ell had started to a neighbor’s
house and was about 200 yards
yards away when she noticed the
blaze. .No other members of
the fafdly were near.
Everything was a total loss,
even to.their clothing. We under-
rtamHfcere was no insurance.
Nossmro personal
First Yegg: “Did yon file your
in«o»e
id Yegg : '
.» j. MV.'Aal-Mse
J ‘TOT’ed
has written a book about the
battle. Among “Billy” Dixon’s
children who will probably at-
tend the celebration are Mrs. E.
P. Coble, Clayton, N. M., Mrs.
G. W. McKee, FLainview, Texas;
W. D. Dixon, Miami, Texas; and
Mrs. Walter R. Irwin, Slaton,
Texas.
Before his death, Mr. Dixon
dictated an account of the fight
to his wife.
“About 2 o’clock on the morn-
ing of June 27, 1874,” related
the old scout, “I was engaged in
rolling up my bed in front of one
of the three sod, buildings which
composed our camp, when I
noticed in the semi-darkness a
large body of moving objects
slowly approaching. A number
of us had been awakened by the
cracking of a ridge pole in one
of the buildings.
“In a few minutes an Indian
whoop rent the air and the Red-
skins were charging upon us,
driving all the stock before them.
“On they came, yelling like
demons and firing their guns.
They kept close together so long
that it looked like they intended
to strike the buildings in a hugh
wave. They were splendid horse-
men but they were not prepared
for what gwaited them, for when
they got within 50 yards the
guns of the buffalo hunters
rang out and a saddle was empti-
ed at every shot.
“And thus the fight went on
throughout the long summer
day. Time and time again the
Indians charged or attempted te
break down the doors of the hot,
but in vnb. When darknem
came the Redmen withdrew leav-
ing 15 deod and arrying away
many more, both wounded and
dead.”
“BHly ” Tyle* and the two
Shadier brothers were the only
whi^e men killed.
COUNTY TEACHER’S EX-
AMINATION
There were three applicants
from this county who took the
teacher’s examination this month,
Mrs. Euphemia Casey, Miss Car-
men Taylor, and Mrs. Ruth Dixon.
The examination was held by
Mrs. P. B. Godfrey and Miss
Vera McGowan.
The next eounty examination
will be given at the Court House
June 6th and 7th. Those who
expect ho take must register
their names with the county
superintendent by May 20th.
HIGH SCHOOL BASE BALL
It h an ironclad rule that
anyone taking part in high school
athletics or any other school af-
fairs must be taking at least four
subjects in school and making
passing grades on at least three
of them. Of the eighteen buys
most prominent in base ball not
one is taking less than four sub-
jects, and not one failed on a
single subject last month. That
is a record that is worthy of the
admiration of every patron of
Padueah High School. But that
is not all. It is remarkable that
more than three fourths of the
grades were above 90 per cent.
The Paducah High School Club is
composed of a group of boys and
girls that are as fine as any on
earth, and they are entitled to
the support of every citizen Padu-
cah has.
PADUOAH VS. OHTTDfBM
FRIDAY 111S.
The next game Is' wftfa CRH-
dress. We ate working hard,
We worked bard last"%«ek.1 We
did not get any rest. We did not
want any. Don’t fail to Me
the game next Friday.
High School Baae Ball Oak
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1924, newspaper, April 10, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth722454/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.