The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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The Carrollton chronicle
DL. XXXIII—W. L. MARTIN, Editor
CARROLLTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1937
NUMBER 23
father Flanagan Saves Boy
15 Year-Old Billy Meagher,
Denver “Duty” Slayer Starts
Does He Tell‘em? Last Week’* Best
He Certainly Does |
I There is a man up in Michi-
gan in the newspaper broker
Strike News Item
The best news of the week
I ff i, n 'T' | age business, and he is an Ex- wasthat coming from Hershey,
[New Lite At Doys I own; Newspaper man. He knows |Pa.. on Wednesday. In the fac-
people. He knows human na ,tory there where hundreds and
ture, and likewise the other j hundreds of people are employ-
He had a client who ,ed, some fifty men sat down
Priest’s Eloquent Plea That He Be
Saved From Penitentiary Wins
Parole For Boy Killer
sort.
wanted a paper in a certain
location and so the Michigan
man placed an advertisement
in a recent issue of a trade
at their places and would not
work, nor let others work.
That is what is called a “sit
Unavoidable Accident
Puts Milioway In
Toils Of Law
Cletus Milioway was in the
toils of the law Saturday night
because of his failure to stop
when he accidently struck
Pearlie Anderson while driv-
ing with his auto off the Car-
rollton square. The girl was
crossing the street at the Gulf
station, operated by Herk Car-
down strike” and it paralyzes|l0y, and, according to witness,
paper we get. l he advt. was I business because it stops pro-|es, seemed to get confused and
fln Turna t-in» wa mtra'j .. ’
“ NO CRIMINAL !
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Tuesday morning, Apiil C,
fifteen year-old Billy Meagher,
heard himself sentenced to 7
to 8 fears in the Colorado pen-
itentiary in a Denver court
rroom and to quote his own
“Words ‘‘thought life was all
'Waahed up for him.”
Audible throughout the
•crowded court room weie mur-
imur» of disapproval that near-
ly turned into a demonstration
that the fifteen year old Den-
•ver bay who shot and killed
Ilia father because “he was
abusing mother” should go to
the penitentiary and come out
•a hardened criminal.
Then came the turning point
r|n young Billy’s life. Fourth
from the rear of the court-
room stepped, tall, mild-man-
nered Father Flanagan, his
’usually good-natured face
drawn and tense:
"If it pleases the court, I
should like very much to say
just a few words in regaidto
this case!”
Granted permission, Father
Ftuuagan went on to make his
\ iplea which saved Billy from
Hie penitentiary;
“I come here humbly to plead
for the future of a boy’ Fath-
er Flanagan continued. “In
this busy, every day world of-
affa;rs the future of a single
boy may not be very import-
ant. To me it means more
than my own life!
“No Criminal!”
“This boy is no criminal.
I have investigated the case
thoroughly. I have just talk-
ed with Billy in his cell. It
WOSn’t the hand of Billy
Miagher that pulled the trig
gdr of the gun that sent his
father to his death on the
night of February 7—it was
the neglect and abuse of his
family by a derelict father, a
circumstance over which this
lad&ad no control, that pulled
that trigger.
"Billy is a normal, healthy
bojr In every respect. If there
•!■ .anything unusual about him
■at all it is his great love for
hit mother. Billy simply could
not and would not stand by
■add see that same mother
abuged further. He had saen
bli father strike his mother
an! break ner nose! On an-
-other occasion, he bad seen
that same mother taken to the
hospital with a broken back as
tha result of a savage beating
Administered by his father!
"You and I, your Honor, with
-our age and years of experi-
ence behind us would have
known how to answer that
problem, had we been con-
fronted With it as Billy was.
We would have known the
proper sources of law to sp-
peal to- But Billy is Only a
so interesting that we give 'duction.
most of it that y°u may smile | In st0pping prod,lcti0n it
with us at the truisms it con-
boy. He took what to him
se, med the only answer to the
staggering problem confront
ing him.
‘To show how little Billy
knew of the right way to pro-
ceed to enswer his problem—
and it was a great one, one
you and I would certainly have
answeied someway—let me
quote his own words. “Once
when Dad was beating mother
I called the police—a lot of
good they did me!” Billy
didn’t know the police will not
and cannot interfere in such
difficulties. You and I would
have known that, but Billy
didn’t know it, your honor!
“You Vi ill Never R gret It!”
“4,446 boys of all races, col-
or and creeds have already
left Boys Town and gone out
into the world. All are today
successful, respected citizens
of thejr communities—not a
single one is in a jail of peni-
tentiary !
“If you will trust Billy to
my cafe, I give you my solemn
word you will never re-
gret it!”
For only a few moments the
judge considered Father Flan-
agan’s plea. Then he said:
“Billy. I’m going to parole you
to Father Flanagan--the rest
is up to you!"
Father Flanagan returned
with Billy to Boys Town at
once. Today as he put it ’ a
whole ne^w world has opened
up for him!”
„ .. . .stopped the market for thous-
tains. Here it is; lands of gallons of milk from
‘ Hotchal We have a client who. the farms aboUt Hergh No
wants to buy a paying weekly news- \ „ , . .
paper in N.... w... .1...., for SPOT .reasoning seemed to have any
CASH, no monkey doodle business.'effect on the sit downers SO
ran directly into the path of
the car. The screeching of
the brakes as Milioway tried to
stop could be heard for blocks.
The girl was bruised a great
deal and was carried to Park-
land hospital and cared for; no
Darn few want to pay all cash, but'about fifty farmers, so the re- bones being found broken and
this man has It and wants to spend it.
So get the word right back to us, pron-
to, if you have a good paper, in a good
field, that you want to sell—or ought to
sell. Some of you have been in one
town too long. Perhaps you don’t know
it, but your town does. Here’s your
opportunity to inflict yourself on sent
other community.
To Have A Bigger
And Better Show
A letter received from Will
Hayes, of the Press Service
Depaf iment of the Great Lakes
Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio,
states4hat the show this year
is to be greater than hereto-
fore, and expresses the hope
that we shall be able to visit it
again this year.
It is quite possible that we
shall do that Very thing, and
if and when we do we hope to
spend a few more days there
and in the city and see a form-
er schoolmate and a number
of old time friends who reside
there'.
Cleveland is a beautiful city
and they have a great show,
educational as well as enter-
taining, and time spent there
with good eyes and an open
mind is well repaid. When our
people from this section of the
Nation get in or near to Cleve-
land we would advise them to
go to the Great Lakes Exposi-
tion, it is worth while. And
there arc a lot of our people
vtho do go that way during the
season so we repeat here that
II A TL J 8“time of the ®how this
Here Un lnursd&y year is May 29 to September
6, 1987.
port. stated, went to town.
There they showed their in-
tense interest in thef proposi-
sition that the factory produc
no really serious injuries being
found.
Milioway dfd not stop and
render assistance, as he should
tion start that they were joined have done, and therein lies his
by a lot of employes who did not greatest offense to law. It is
want to strike, and armed with
clubs and other like weapons
they stormed the gates, in-
stated that the car he drove
was without license plate, and
th§|ein lies another law
tered the plant and clubbed the, cnjtffee. He was carried to
sit downers out. Some twenty Dallas and held pending pre-
five of the sit downers were binary hearing and making
ready for the hospital, which is df bond. It was at first stated
located across the street from;that Milioway was driving
the plant, when the foray was i while intoxicated but those
over. who know nim state this to be
It may be well to mention Mn * rror as he does not drink;
that employes at Hershoy areiand further those who saw
among the best paid and the him five minutes before the ac.
best cared for of any employes1 cident state he was not mtoxl
Lions Will Meet
District meeting for Lions
Ciubs wih be held in Carrollton j w. Hardcastle of Clovis,
next Thursday night, Apr,] 22, N. M. is visiting this week in
r°mt 81X 'Ponton w,th his siste,, Mrs.
other clubs in th.s terr.tory Wood Smith, and his many old
r « Wu T T'Wltl time friends. Mr. Hardcastle
T?,n ,? r Tew n ,had not P*id Carrollton a visit
Jenson of Dallas, and the D.s forty s an<J 8Ce8 t
* - Jack’ changes. I„ commenting he
son of Hillsboro. |,ays that he Wou)d not *aV(J
The meeting will be Ladies known Carrollton as it has im-
Night as well as District meet- proved so much and many of
ing and at least 175 persons the old-timers have moved
are expeettd to gather in the away and those who are here
Grade school building in Car- have changed. Mr. Hard*
rollton on that night and hear castle seems to be enjoying
the program and partake of a his visit very much. His early
banquet. Apiiceof 76 cents manhood was spent in Hebron
per plate has been aanounced, ^d Carrollton communities,
and one of the Ladies organize- ... . . .
tion* of this city will serve the Nc,r y {JP’’ *ost when we
banquet. Went to Vendergrtffs this
t Inn. rmw. n# B-n n „ np week. Those folks seem to
rail, Kaufman, and three’clubs
th got h nil a w hi c h* d* " * * f ** Clean'uP “d Check-Up. The
wSg?w.w« office force were moved to
held hnourdty1 ** * |theshowroom while the main
held in our city,__ (offices were being renovated
We try to make the Chronciie *nd Painted. Mrs. Roberts and
worth more than the snbsortptlon Miss GravJey will have a nice
price. If you like the paper per-.... __ .. . . ,
Ijape you will send In your aubacrlp* room when they get back
tion. 'to it.
in this country, ltsecmsthat
the CIO was trying to get a
foothold so as to be able to
collect a nice sum each month
from this body of employes.
It would seem that many
more Farmers Organizations
like unto this one in Hershey
should take action, if the prop
erly elected governmental au-
thorities tail to do so.
cated, nor had a breath indi-
cating that he had taken a
drink.
Some couple* get married in
a hurry because they fear the
other party might change
their mind.
The Chronicle le only $1 per year
In Dallas county, or counties adjoin-
ing. Where do you get another dol-
lars' worth like this.
Closing Date Of Boys Towil Contest
Extended To April 30!
■"PHIS newspaper is pleased to announce that, through
A the permission of Father Flanagan, founder and
director of the nationally Famous Boys Town, Nebras-
ka—Home Of The Nation’s Homeless Boys—the clos-
ing date of the Build Boys Town Contest, running in
this paper will be extended until midnight, April 30.
First prize in the contest is $1,000—for a ten word
slogan. There are 38 cash prizes—$2,100 in all. See
the rules of the contest oti page four. >
Crime is costing America 16 billion dollars a year.
That's what crime is costing you! 16 Billion dollars a
year or $1.50 a day for every wage earner in this coun-
try, every single day of their lives! '
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Nation’s G-Men has
called Boys Town “an outstanding check on Crime in
the country today”. "If Boys Town were just finan-
cially able to care for ail the boys that need its help,
Crime would be dealt one of the most effective and
crushing blows I can imagine!" Hoover said. The Build
Boys Towrt Contest has his endorsement.
Why not help check the terrible waste of Crime by
taking part in this fascinating, easy, simple contest
Enter your slogan today! Mail or bring it to the office'
of this newspaper.
Game Preserve
Now Stocking Birds
Four Hundred quail were
placed on the farms on Chas.
C. McKamy, John Furneaux,
and Guy Jones last week in
this movement to get Dallaa
county restocked with gam*
birds which are friends of tha
farmer and which make for
good hunting in their season.
These farms just named have
good bird protection, there be-
ing lots of timber and brush
in which they may breed and
care for themselves.
With proper protection and
hearty cooperation of all land
owners in this county it will be
possible within a couple of
years to have lots of these
birds again in the territory.
You will note as you drive
about over the country that
many of the farmers have sign-
ed up in the Game Preserve
and have placed signs on their
premises to show that they are
in the Game Preserve and work-
ing in conjunction with the
Extension Service of the Tex*
As A & M College to restock
Dallas county with game. Mr.
Merle Buckner has been ap-
pointed as Game Warden for
this county and will assist Iff
getting the territory stocked
with birds. You will find a
lot of the signs at the local /
bank for sale at a nominal
price.
Dallas Lady, Pioneer,
Celebrates Birthday
AAAAAAAAAA
A Dallas lady, granddaught*
er of a pioneer minister, Rev.
James A. Smith, who came to
Texas soon after the state waa
taken into the Union of State*,
Mrs. H. B. Johnston, who re-
sides at 3412 Haynie street,
celebrated her eightieth birth-
day anniversary on Wednesday,
April 7. at her home. Her
grandfather, J. A. Smith, set-
tled on land one mile north of
the present location of South-
ern Methodist University. Her
father was Capt. Fayette
Smith, who served in the Con-
federate army. Mrs, Johnston
is a valued subscriber to the
Carrollton Chronicle and we
wish her many happy return*
of the natal day.
During the afternoon of her
birthday a number of close
friends and relatives attended
the small party. Attending
were Mr. and Mrs. JV (Pete)
Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Villo
Winn. Mr. and Mrs. Gus L.
Ford, the daughter and son-in
law of Mrs. Johnston, and her
niece, Mrs. Edwin B. Doggett.
Arthur Crow Die*
Boy Scout Meeting
The Boy Scouts met in the
Methodist church Monday
night, April 12, at 7,80 o’olock.
Most of the time wa* spent in
planning on the Court of Hon-
or, to be held In April. Every
Boy Scout is planning on re-
ceiving a badge that night.
The Scouts will meet in the
Methodist church, April 19, at
7.80 o’clock.
JobWorkT Tbs Chronltl* of conns,
According to word received
byW. F. Hofmann, Elder W.
L. Grammar of Dallas will
serve Union Baptist church
next Sunday (April 18th). As
always, everyone is promised
a cordial welcome.
Mrs. Fanny Rison returned
to her home here Tuesday night
after spending several days in
Dallas with her daughter, Mrs.
Charley Hanson and husband.
Wedding Announcement, at the
Chronicle.
[Mr. Arthur Crow, aged about
165 years, died at his home in
Houston, March 30. and burial
was made at Alice. Texas, be-
side |jis mother who was bur-
ied there years ago.
Mr. Crow was a brother of
J. H. Crow who used to reside
iwest ef the river. He was
I reared in the Coppell commun
• ity and here he married and
brought up his family until
they were of a good age and
then he removed to the south-
ern part of the state.
He is survived by one son,
Charles Crow of San Antonio;
one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Cor-
bin who resides in New York
state; two brother*, John of
Alice and Ed of Galveston; ond
one sister Mrs. Lucy Savage 0f
Laredo, Texas.
Mr. and Mr*. Earl Smith ond
daughter of Delias were guests
of their mother, Mrs. Wood
Smith Sunday-
You e«t St Visits ot tbs Chronic!*
(or |t. Worth lots mors.
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Martin, W. L. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1937, newspaper, April 16, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727561/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.