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VOLUME LI.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931
NUMBER 43.
Drought Relief Loans.
following is an outline of the
.requirements for the securing of
a drought relief loan:
Who May Apply:
.These loans are for persons
who suffered from 1930 drought
Negotiations Between Rock Island
and Denver.
Negotiations between the Fort
Worth and Denver City and the
Rock Island Railroads towards
an agreement for a joint track be-
Revival at First Baptist Church.! School Trustee Election. Prominent Masonic Officers To T. E. Kirk Acquitted Wednesday:.
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The revival in progress at the The regular school trustee elec-!
First Baptist Church, with Rev. tion for this year will be hekli
W. \V. Rivers of Electro preach- Saturday, April 4th.
Speak Here.
and the applicant must show that t'veen Shamrock and Wellington
his distress is the direct result of(ar? Pressing nicely and its
the 1930 drought. Applicant ! Emission to the Interstate Com-
must be able to show1 merce < ommissioi. is expected
1. That he attempted to make I s?on» n"' tren. John A. Hulen,
a crop in 1930. j ™ent of the »™ver Line,
2. That his crop yield apprag-;S,1J< ■ ■ „
ed less in 1930 than it did in 1929, ■ 1} e lils •1US( returned from
—.that is if he was farming injJ,amRa "'here lie conferred with
i the Pampa Board of City Devel-
3. That he has no'means Of ®Pmpnt 011S, t*1? routing oi
livelihood other than farming. 1. ampa-( lnldress extension
the
4. That he can give a FIRST trough Pampa. Problems in
lien on the entire interest in his connection with the routing oi
1931 crop. f1? Im<: tJro«Bh Lefors al*<> ai'e
Landlord and Mortgagee must I s'l,( l<“‘
waive all liens until the govern-
ment. loan is paid and must agree [fl,uul.
not to transfer their liens with- "0H hi reach 1lie but said
General Hulen wan unable to
state just when the agreement
out written consent of the gov-
tliat the matter is being speeded
eminent representatives.
(Except that wheat or
as rapidly as possible-. Such agree
other! nients, he said, necessarily re-
grain sown in the fall may be ex-
cepted from the mortgage and
waiver of the lien not required.)
5. That he does not have the
seed to plant 1931 crop, feed for
Work stock, etc., and because of
the incumbrances on his proper-
ty and lack of funds is unable to
procure the seed, feed, etc., and
that failure to receive this loan
will (prevent him from farming in
1931,
6. That he has the necessary
power and equipment to prepare
the land and sow and harvest the
quire time.
ing. is growing iu interest every Tile following names have been
service. Nearly one hundred at- filed:
tendance has been i crn-heS iri th« he.- county school trustee—
respective pr;n <t i.;< efi.... ; ftcid Prvt. No. 1. Chester Walker:
at the church e.ieh evening at ‘’rect. No. 4. Paul < hristian.
7:15. Splendid mug services by :
three clioim—senior, youii; peo- * • B. t laytou. .1, II.
pie and junior—ore rendered at *>. Hester. Lee Sanders. J. E. Hen-
the eveniii::' services, under the ( erson. ’i. A. 1 rv lor, B. B. Jones,
The Gazette is authorized to
announce that Past Grand High
Priest. Helms, and T. M. Bartley,
the grand secretary of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of
Texas, will lecture on Masonry at
BrVso.riiuh Dist. "(4 Vo "elect). t^"‘ Ioch1 Ma*«"ic HaD. Saturday
Af.mid in I evening, March 28 th, at 8 p. m.
All Masons arc invited to attend.
Tom Kirk, who was charged
with the murder of John Roland,
was found not guilty by the jury
in district court here Wednesday
afternoon in a trial that had been
in progress since Monday morn-
ing.
The death of Mr. Roland ooeup-
red in March, 1930. Both the'de-
ceased and the defenda.it wore*
I prominent men, both were in the
C. Miller of
able direction of (J
Mineral Wells.
Rev. Rivers conducted chap d
servieew at school Wednesday.
Friday evening', Rev. Rivers <,v'
wishes to speak to the Sunday
school officers tu.d teachers, after
the service.
Organiation.
i. ' Peml.vrto::.
•facksboro lud. District (4 to
(‘Pi!, John A. Moore. Chas. V.
jStev.vrt, Dr. C. E. Putnam, Gi-o. ,, ,,
i. i , | (j. C. Miller, educational direc-
! tor of the First Baptist Church of
, tIiis city, was elected president
Name:. Filed for City Officers, "f the'Twelfth District Sunday
School Convention which closed
" " * cattle business and had been close
G. C. Miller Elected Head Baptist j friends and associates for m.jrny
years. /
Petition.' have been filed with I B two day session in Bowie, Fri-
Antelopr.
Antelope, March 24.—The W.
1 . met Monday, giving a very
j iLt* city clerk for the names of I ,|ay at „o0n. He succeeds W. C
interesting program. Nine were
present and it is urged that more
attend these meetings. The sub-
| the following men for office:
\\r. II. Breech, mayor; Kirk
c't< wart and W. N. Thompson,
city commissioners.
The Denver vice president sta-jjpct 'discussed was “Forgotten
ted that approximately 2^ miles j Americans”; topics were discuss-
The Worlds.
The World Children's Circle
of grading north of ( hildress, j (H] i)V j\jj-H. jjni Hadley,Miss Ada and the Boys and Girls Club of
Westbrook of Gainesville.
.Miss Pauline Wright of Fort
Worth was named B. V. P. U.
president to succeed Rev. A. R.
Bilberry of Jaeksboro, and E. J.
Iluffaker of Gainesville was elect-
ed secretary.—Mineral Wells
Index.
crops.
PnrpoaO and Amount of Loan:
1. For seed—Approximate cost,
but not it® exceed $2.00 per acre,
for corn, cotton, oats, and grain
sorghums. (This maximum amount
not usually allowed.)
$15.00 per acre for truck crops
(including potatoes and
where connection with the main
line would be made already has
been completed. He said survey-
ors are working in Pampa and Ip,, April (ith
Plenimons, .Airs. Lillian Hadley, the Methodist Church held their
and scripture reading by Mrs. quarterly Mothers’meeting at the
Clint Pollans. Next meeting will church Thursday evening. The
Graforcl.
Graford, March 23.—The Sub-
Other cases disposed of irt this;
session of court are as follows?
Cora Pickard vs. Matthew
Pickard, divorce granted.
Calvin King vs. Oma King, di-
vorce granted.
.Lewis Johnson, et al vs. Allen
Bros., judgment for debt and fore-
closure granted.
Ex parte Rutlu'ord Walters,
disabilities as minor removed.
J. B. Ballard vs. Fannie Bal-
lard. divorce granted.
Arabelle Morris' vs. Sail,a Nich-
ols, judgment for title and parti-
tion of land.
Mollie 0 '.Sullivan vs. Fannie
O Sullivan, partition of laud
granted.
Gwaltnevs vs. A. J. Myers:,
meet at Post Oak Friday. j Song, by all.
Wayne Moore was home from i Declamation, Margaret Smith.
as Denton teachers’college to spend ! God’s Other Lads, Muriel
Teague.
Lefors and added that the route
of the line between the two cities
is practically decided upon..
The Denver is anxious to get
the extension iu operation
soon as possible. General Hulen I the week-end with his parents
declared, adding that the people j0i,n Ralph R0na,w has re-
in the towns along the route of turned from Denton where he had
the proposed hue are enthusias* | been attending college.
Misses La-Verne Barry, Mary
Rollans and Nora Mae Patton
spent the week-end at the for-
mer's home near Olney.
(ladies of the Missionary society countv track meet is being held for debt.
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A large number of boys, girls, were also guests. Their program
and teachers attended the track was as follows:
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Juanita
tic over‘the project. The terri-
tory has prospects of a wonderful
wheat crop, lie said, and express-
ed the opinion that the laying of
the line through the territory
would lead to prompt develop-
SAveet! "mat of the section in many I Mrs. Fogg of Archer Citv visited
fields. The country needs tli<* ifriends here during the past wc.'k,
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Mrs. Roy Isbell and daughter,
Nail, and the former’s mother,
$5.00 per acre for other crops, j roatJ badly? General Hulen said, j Rt>v. W. W. Robbins' filled his
$15.00 for family garden. .i0111* trackage ^agreement, regular appointment here Satur-
2. For fuel and oil for tractors, has held up construction oi the i day and Snndav.
—not to exceed $2.50 per acre for ‘’-’‘tension, and the official ex-1 _______
number of acres to be cultivated, pressed the hope that the matter j
3 For feed —For work teams, I c°hM he acted upon soon by the, Sycamore.
_$ltK) per acre for the number | interstate Commerce Commission;
of acres to be cultivated. so *hat. ,tlie, company could pro-
For dairy cows (not to exceed need with the line. The Sham-1
three,)— $15.00 per cow. rock-Wellington stretch is
For hogs (not to exceed four),!*"1!™ long.—Star-1 elegram.
—$4.00 per hog. j -■ — »-—
For chickens,—ten cents per
Tribute to Mother
In Life's Garden.
Daggett.
Mother, by six children rep-
resenting each letter.
The Little Kitten Who Didn't
Like Elis Breakfast. Jo Marie
Cooper.
Piano selection. Florence
Gw’Jlltney.
on the Graford campus today
and as the weather is very agree-
able a wonderful time is expect-
ed.
Zone Three of the Palo Pinto-
Jack County B. Y. P. V. Associa-
tion, met here Sunday, at which
time a very interesting program
was rendered by the First Bap-
tist Church of Mineral Wells.
Avis News.
I Geo. Patterson vs, J, W. Kiav
der, judgment for defendant.
Jarrell Moore, chicken! tfreiT,
100 days jail sentence suspended.
Doyle Stoddard, theft of rifiiek.-
ens, two year suspended sent cnees.
< liftord Alcorn, four eases, two
years in each case to run coeeur-
rently.
Raymond Armstrong, theft of
automobile, two years.
Claud Parks, theft of automo-
bile. two years.
Avis, March 23.—Friday mark-
ed tie closing of a very suceess-
Two LittleJProgs, Lorei^e Sharp. of M*ho«1 f ^vis; T,u;
rhe Choir iiml thV Yew Born,el lwtrdns surprised the teacher and
pupils by bringing baskets well
Bryson News.
Sycamore, March 23.—Messrs
Frank and Donald Searbev and
26 | Jim Me An ear were in Bowie Sat-
' prday.
I -Mrs. E. L. Spangler and daugh-l
Iters were in Jaeksboro Thursday. I , ,
| Mr. and Mrs lco"ld
The ‘Choir and the Yew Bomief,
Ertalene Middlebrooks.
Under a Toadstool. Harry Dag-
gett.
Quotations about children, by
the mothers.
After a short discussion there
was a penny inarch, The children
are helping, pay the coal bill in
the primary mission schools of
Korea this quarter. It is the only
Vineyard.
Vineyard, March 23.—The F.
t I. A. met last Friday afternoon
filled with a picnic lunch. Those ja* the high school building, with
enjoying the occasion were Mes-: a g°°d attendance. An into • -st-
danies Belle Campsey. Gladys |in^, Drot?r»m was rendered.
Reeves. Ilerscliel Kirk, Jno. Camp- j rheir^roips ' ' ,US*V
bell and J. W. Campbell. ; Miss Lynn met the ladies’ club
II. Kirk was in Fort Worth the; last Monday,' in the home of Mrs.
past week. E. Wampler, and discussed
j yard lmrovements.
f had been vis>iting the
chicken, but not to exceed $10.00.
Jlrs. Jno. Campbell and sister. ,, .
means by which the schools Miss Mabel Gladden visited their Chico have^inoved ‘ s ’ f<irgan ot
be heated as the financial Mother, Mrs. I). M. Butler of Post
July 1st. (In some cases allow a
little more than this amount per
person where there are only two
or three in the family.)
Information required for appli-
ations:
1. Description of the farm,—
location, number of acres, gener-
ally known as what farm, etc.
2. Name and address of each
person holding any lien on any
part of your 1931 crop, and the
amount secured by each lien.
3. Full statement of your pres-
ent indebtedness,—showing num-
ber of mortgages on farm, mort-
gages given on crops, mortgages
given oh livestocks, or other per-
sonal property, store accounts,
unpaid interest, unpaid taxes,
and other debts, with the amount,
of each,—interest rate, and name
and address of the creditors.
4. List of all your livestock,
tractors, and automobiles.
5. Statement of your crop acre-
ages and production in 1929 and
in 1930,—showing number of
acres of eorn, wheat, oats, cot-
ton, and other crops planted each
year and the bushels or bales
produced from each crop each
year. .
6. Names and addresses of the
pie’s class of the Methodist j^qj.
Bill ^ °" I,1 " I'*’ | burden of the Council is so heavy. ,, .
*' ei 8iThe lessons about Korean children ‘ ’ <l
II. r . Lewis and son. Alton, and
Mrs.
Sunday school at the home of the Mr. ami .Airs. V. O. Searber ar
come interested in this project. Mrs. Ruth Frazier of Burton
The money received goes to help Springs visited the former’s
pastor, Rev. G. C. House, Satur-jjj0n Campsey were amoilg thosei^'*8 lu'oject. Games were played daughter, Mrs. II. Kirk, during
day night, Various games were un Jaeksboro during the week. ‘by the children and there was a the week
enjoyed, after which refresh-
ments were served. Out of
toAvn guests were Mrs. J. E. Gar-
rison, Dorcas E. Richards and
Alii wee Jones of Jaeksboro.
W. J. Cannon and O. T. Epps I contest for the older group. Re-
Averein Post Oak Saturday. ; freshments were served by the of Denton visited here Sunday
Airs. Willie Spangler visited adult Missionary Society, and an
Airs. R. Brothers at Post Oak, enjoyable time was had.
Aliss Cornelia Sanders of Dam-1
eron visited in the home of her]
parents, Air. and Airs. L. E. San-
ders, during the week-end.
Airs. Alary Hodges of Graham
visited E. H. Hodges and family
recently.
Aliss Alargaret Lovelace of Ol-
ney visited here the past Aveek-
end.
Mrs. Hugh Aloore and Aliss Pau-
line Newman were home from
Weatherford College for the
week-end.
Airs. John Barton is visiting
relatives in Wichita Falls.
Bert Bost and family were
called to Stephenville last week
to the funeral of Airs. Host's
grandmother. Mrs. Dansby.
Linford Herman Pemberton,
age two years, son of Mr. and
Airs. J. L. Pemberton of the Long
TIollow community, died last
week and the funeral was held at
ON THE MAP
to W. A. Nel-
son s farm.
J\lr. and Mrs. Wa.lt.pr »Stono of
Vera have moved to the* J A.
Felkner place.
Airs. Chas. Anderson and Mrs.
Marshall Crawford visited in
1 ort Worth the past week-end.
Jacob Lyda who formerly lived
Air. and Airs. Floyd Sell in it ton j *n this locality, died recently iu
west Texas.
George Noxon is erecting a j p^. died^GooS
- on*his ranch here. (The following children werepres-
: ent: Bud Pankey of Vineyard,
Airs. Flavius Worthington of Wlz-
! ard Wells,
f ham.
house
By A^lhert T. Reid
i-S'/Tt.’ '
Bam Pankey of Gra-
Alrs. Archie Sartain, a
JfA
J grand-daughter from
dealers through whom you usual-1 the Pemberton home, Sunday,
ly sell your crops-.
Generally:
Each applicant gives mortgage
on his 1931 crop and signs a note
payable on or before November
30, 1931. The Government re-
serves the right to make the loan
in lump sum or in installments.
Most of the loans now being ap-
proved for less than $200.00 are
paid in lump sums.
Alaterial increases in acreage
will not be allowed, especially in
cotton. The plan is to have half
the acreage in feed and half in
cash crops.
Blanks with full information
may he obtained at the office of
J. N. Wheeler, Comity Agent.
March. 22nd.
Aliss Alaxine Clayton of Breck-
enridge, Aliss Kathleen Clayton
and Ray Perriman of Denton vis-
ited in the home of Mr. and Airs.
C. P. Clayton the ast week-end.
Aliss Olga Berush, itinerant
nurse of the state department of
health, spent Thursday and Fri-
day in the Bryson school. About
two hundred and seventy pupil'
were inspected and their condi-
tion of health was reported to
the parents of these children.
‘ * The Mystery of the Third Ga-
ble” will be presented Friday
night, April 3, at the Bryson
school auditorium. This is the
junior play and is the story of a
•thrilling and baffling mystery.
brook.
Luvoice Franklin and Aliss Do-
Gray went to Frederick last
Alonday, and were married.
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Dennis, J. R. The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1931, newspaper, March 26, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730664/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.