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VOLUME THIRTY-FOUR
CELINA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
Nobody’s
Business
By JULIAN CAPERS JR.
County Agent Discusses
NUMBER* ‘55'
Farmers who qualify for Govern-
ment grants of money in the new
AAA soil conservation program must
have at least one acre of soil conserv-
ing or soil building crops for every
five acres of soil depleting crops in
Austin.—The Public Safety Com- j the base acreage, says Jack McCul-
mission, appointed hy Gov. Allred in lough, county Agricultural agent.
v • n. iGrim Reaper Cal,s ! Brief Illness Fatal j Important information
New Conservafon Plan For E. J. Atkins To H. R For Cotton Producers
accordance with the year-old law
creating the department of public
safety, is running the department,
and has the final say on the appoint-
ment of its director, and other mat-
ters of policy.
This was made clear here when
A farmer who had 100 acres of
corn and cotton (soil depleting crops)
in the base period must have planted
on his farm in 1986 at least 20 acres
of conserving and building crops to
participate in the program.
Up to 35 percent acreage of cotton
the governor gave his full support to; he may shift from cotton to soil im-
the two majority members of the I proving or protecting crops and be
commission, Albert Sidney Johnson, eligible for payments.
Dallas lawyer, chairman, and George
Cottingham, editor of the Houston
Chronicle; accepted the resignation
■of D. D. Baker, Seguin; and appoint-
ed in his place W. H. Richardson,
Austin hardware merchant. Baker
resigned after a disagreement with
He may shift as much as 15 per-
Death claimed another Celina cit-
izen Saturday when the spark of llife
in the body of E. J. (Charlie) Atkins,
which had flickered for days, went
out. And among the many Celina
citizens the grim reaper has removed
from the walks of men, few, if any
of them, were better men than Mr.
Atkins.
The funeral of this good man was
conducted at the Church of Christ at
2:30 p. m. Sunday by Elder N. L.
Clark of Fort Worth, assisted by
Minister Van Benneau of Dotsonville,
Texas. Burial was in Celina Ceme-
tery, directed by the Helms funeral
home.
A great many friends and relatives
were present to pay their respects in
To H. R. Biggerstaff
This afternoon as the Record goes
lo press the body of H. R. Bigger-
staff is being consigned to the earth
in Celina Cemetery.
Death came in Baylor Hospital,
Dallas, at 9:30 Tuesday night follow-
ing an illness of shortly more than
two weeks.
The Record stated last Thursday
that Mr. Biggerstaff was being tak-
en to the McKinney city hospital for
observation and treatment. The di-
agnosis by the attending physician
that his illness wras tubercular men-
igitis and that there was no hope for
recovery, came as a great shock to
both relatives and friends.
The patient was brought back
cent of the wheat, corn, grain sor-
ghum, potato or fruit and vegetable
base acreage to legumes, cover crops ing the size of the^church—and“the ! behalf,'"took him~ to*'Baylor"Hospital | operation
n, grain sor- these last sad rites to deceased —' home last Saturday, but relatives
and vegetable enough to have filled another build- j unwilling to cease their efforts in his
s. cover crons imr tho ____, _ I v.Qv.oir +__. -r, , ,
County Agent Jack McCullough is
anxious to get -the following letter
irom Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace before the cotton produc-
ers of Collin County, as it is of vital
importance to them:
To County Agents;
new Mayor and Councilmen
Are Installed in Office
At a regular meeting of the city
council Tuesday night four new offi-
cials were sworn in — C. F. Wilson
as Mayor and Cameron Helms, Jim
Glendenning and Grover Sheets as
| Aldermen. Along with them City
There is beine- sent +n i I Marshali FI?yd Perkins took the oath
oeing sent to you under anew, having been reWtod
ton producers to obtain release of
warehouse receipts pledged to secure
loans made on the 1934 cotton crop.
Additional forms are being sent to
the loan agencies of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation and to cot-
ton buyers. This form and instruc-
tions constitute a complete explana-
tion of the plan which is being put in
or approved soil building practices
and receive payments.
No. payments will be made in Tex-
tile other two members over appoint- | as for good food and feed crops like
ment of L. G. Phares, who has been i corn or grain sorghums shifted to
serving as acting director, as perma- soil improvement uses unless it can
floral offering was one of the largest j Sunday and for the first day or two j ^ desired to direct your special
nent director of the depai*tment
Sheriff Albert West Jr., of San An-
tonio, was completely routed in his
■effort to dictate the appointment of
J. B. Arnold, former sheriff of Bee-
eo, as director of the state police.
Senior Ranger Captain J. W. McCor-
mick, who threatened to resign also
because he didn’t like the appoint-
ment of Phares as director, changed
his mind after a conference with the
governor.
The
Politics Out
incident was one of
several
be shown that these crops have been
produced in excess of home needs. In
that case the only diversions for
which payment will be made are on
the portion of the acreage which are
in excess of home needs.
Soil conserving payments may be
granted to help recompense farmers
for the sacrifice involved in giving up
a part of their soil depleting cash
crops in order to give a chance to im-
prove the land.
“Taken as a whole, the new pro-
gram helps a farmer shift to a good
sound farming plan without loss of
and prettiest seen here.
Pall-bearers were Will, Gus and
Sam O’Brien, George Meacham, W.
J. Gearhart and Lee Terry.
Mr. Atkins was born January 22,
1863, in Granger County, Tenn. He'
came to Collin County at the age of
16, about 57 years ago and had re-
sided in the county constantly since,
ror the greater part of that time in
and around Celina. He resided for
were given some encouragement. But a.Hention to these forms and instruc-
their hopes were blasted Tuesday
when those in charge of the case
stated it was a hopeless one.
The McKinney physician assured
relatives and friends that Mr. Big-
gerstaff’s malady was not the conta-
gious type of meningitis, allaying
fears of many local people who had
visited him.
The body was brought to Celina
Fellowship Meeting
which have occurred, and others are I ^c01116 ar>d buying power while the
expected from time to time, in con- are being made,” Agent
nection with the commission’s task McCullough states,
of moulding the Texas Rangers and
the state highway patrol into an ef-
ficient, disciplined non-political state
police organization. There is a fun-
damental difference between the
commission and cel’tain old-time
peace officers in Texas as to how the
Job is to be done. Modern crime de-
tection methods, involving technical
knowledge of ballastics, chemistry,
fingerprints, and other weapons of
twentieth century police operatives,
tYn commission thinks, are more ef-
ve today than the ten-gallon
hair-trigger pistols, and quick-
g ability that made Texas
officers of a past generation
t. The commission also feels
that no member or official
ate police should owe his job
al influence of local sheriffs
politicians, since there are
ten the state police may have
r with the local sheriff—as
case in San Antonio where
e police have carried on the
gainst bigtime gamblers with
about thirteen years ago.
_ He was married to Miss Retta
OBrien, daughter of the late Rich-
ard O’Brien and wife, October 26,
1890. The wife and three sons sur-
vive. The sons are Maynard and
Ross Atkins, who live south of Ce-
lina, and Lee Atkins, who resides at
Farmersville. All were with him
much during his long illness. He
leaves one brother, J. M. Atkins, of
Pasadena, California.
T D fi lj M p*,i j His death was due to diabetes. He
IO U0 H6la May Jtn was able to be up and about town
- | until the last two or three months.
The Collin County fellowship meet-! ^he deceased was a good husband
ing of the Christian Church will be! and father—a man who attended
held here Tuesday, May 5, an invita-! stl'ictly to his own affairs and was
tion to meet here extended the organ- j held in high esteem by the entire
ization having been aeepted. 1 town and community. He had been
A committee has been appointed to I a member Gf the Church of Christ
prepare substantial but not elaborate I f®* thirty-five years and was active
refreshments, and another to see that *n the work of the church. He was
the tabernacle is in readiness for the
meeting.
A program for the occasion is be-
ing arranged.
a number of years on his farm south j between 1 and 2 a. m. Wednesday by
of town, coming from it to Celina the Helms hearse and prepared for
“ burial.
Funeral services were conducted at
2:30 this afternoon at the First
Baptist Church by the Rev. LeRoy
M. Anderson, pastor of the First
Christian Church, with burial in Ce-
lina Cemetery.
The deceased was born near Celi-
na, Tenn., March 4, 1879, and was 57
years, one month and eleven days old
at the time of his death. He came
to this community with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Biggerstaff, in
1898. His father died in 1918. His
mother and two brothers, Dave Big-
gerstaff of Portland, Ore., and J.
Fred Biggerstaff of Frisco and a sis-
ter, Mrs. R. E. L. Miller, of this city,
survive. The Oregon brother was
unable to attend the funeral. Two
sisters and a brother preceded him in
death.
concerned about his fellowman and
ever ready to help one in need.
Any man who rears a family of
children to be the fine citizens that
these sons are has contributed much
PILOT POINT ELECTS to }h.e community in which he lives
TEACFTFR«i FOR crunm 1 and to the state. They and their
lEAlHRKS *OR SCHOOL families, showed their appreciation of
At the meeting of the board of ed-
ucation at the school house Tuesday,
the following teachers were re-elect-
ed for the coming year:
Robert Golladay, C. W. Morrow,
______ . . .Lucille Penn, Harold O’Neal, .Bess
-neouragemem from Sheriff j Walling, Grace Burks, Nina Lucille
I Moody, Lalla Francis Burks, and
• Mrs. J. L. Noel. Two colored teach-
Motorists Get Break
what this good man had done for i ____„
them by tenderly caring for him I relatives,
through his lolng illness.
The marriage of the subject of this
sketch to Miss Birdie Bunch took
place in 1899.
The funeral brought many friends
and relatives to pay their last re-
spects to the memory of a man they
loved and esteemed. Many flowers
silently attested love and esteem for
deceased and the sympathy of those
who bestowed them for the bereaved
Temporary Work Sheets
Are Now Available
- Mr. J. Thos. Robinson asks the
r . . „ _ ^ ^ , , ers> * • P; Love and Elsada Peace, Record to inform the farmers of this
sts Texas got two ad-1 were re-elected at the colored school, community that he has received
yantag s rulings from the state and it was voted to have an temporary worksheets covering1 the
fnghwa jommissxon here following a. 8-months’ school for the negroes entire farm setup and that those de-
conferetee of the commissioners with i next year.—Pilot Point Post-Signal, siring them can secure them at the
directors of the Associated General
Contractors’ Texas chapter.
First, the commission promised
that competitive bidding will be
sought on all state road work in fu-
ture, except in cases of extreme em-
ergency on small construction jobs.
The commission within recent weeks
has ordered a considerable volume of
work on roads leading to Centennial
centers by the force amount, or day
labor method, classifying this work
as “emergency.” Because experience
has proved the contract system is
cheaper and gets the work done more
quickly, the commission announced it
would issue a memorandum to all its
district engineers, specifying compet-
itive bidding on all but the most ex-
reme emergency jobs in the future.
At the same time, the commission
nnounced contractors have agreed,
cases where funds are not imme-
itely available for complete financ-
• of certain road projects, to ac-
t an “installment” payment meth-
on such contracts, accepting the
;ract at once for the entire job,
completing it immediately. This
ans that in a county where funds
re available, for example, at the
Ue of $5000 a month, on a road job
sting $100,000, that the work will
done within two or three months,
’ paid for over a period of 20
iths, instead of dragging out the
">nd leaving the roads torn up for
20-month period to the ex-
’venience of the public or
rt of the work until the
ry fund is accumulated.
0
1 Tax Policy
us interest to commu-
that want more and
Ich includes virtual-
•nity in the state—
declaration of high-
voiced by Gov. Allred
fling visiting members
ma state highway com-
came to Austin to ob-
is of their Texas collea-
'hway department of a
be free of executive in-
id this administration
a hands-off policy,”
“The highway de-
not be a' political
i every person con-
should be free to
, vote as he pleases,
t good highways into
tion, then will be the
bout reduction or ces-
ses for high way pur-
opposed to diverting
nues for purposes other
.y building two
PILOT POINT ELECTION
In the city election at Pilot Point
April 7 Mayor J. W. Peel was reelect-
ed without opposition, as were Bess
Garner, assessor and collector; Ar-
thur Chance, City Treasurer; G. B.
Moffitt, City Secretary. As alder-
First State Bank or from either of
the three committeemen, Mr. Robin-
son, R. G. Martin and George Dar-
nall.
Tom Neil, Wise County deputy
sheriff, is charged with murder in
connection with the death of Dick
,aL jtlb ai Fox, killed near Rhome last Thurs-
merq*Bob ~Heitzman" pt °E. BlakeTnd! day‘ A6*1 says *}e popped a car to
Wm. Hilz were elected. Edgar Hard- I arrf^ Fo* on a bootUegging charge,
wick defeated Ben Selma for City that Fox drew a knife and he shot in
Marshal.
self-defense.
Mr. Biggerstaff had long been a
member and an official of the First
Christian church and for years no
member had been more loyal or more
active in behalf of the church
than he.
He was an honest, God-fearing
man, who never stooped to injure but
ever strove to befriend. He had for
years been a member of the W. O.
W. lodge and was a member of the
Board of Managers at the time of
his death.
tions and to request that you notify
local banks, warehouses, and cotton
producers who have cotton in this
loan of the procedure to be followed
to obtain its releases and sale.
The plan that has been adopted
will afford producers a commission
of not to exceed 25 points for the
marketing of this cotton together
with such premiums which may ac-
crue on account of grade, staple, and
location. It is particularly import-
ant that cotton producers who desire
to take advantage of this plan be ad-
vised that they should insist that
buyers pay them the full market
price and all premiums which their
particular cotton should bring. In
other words, the producer should
market this cotton in the same man-
ner that he would market his crop,
because if less than full value is paid
by the buyers, the net amount wThich
will be obtained by the producer will
be less. It is desired to emphasize
this point as already we have i-eceiv-
ed reports that producers who have
cotton in the loan are pledging or as-
signing their equities at less than the
full value. While no assignments or
pledges willl be recognized, producers
should be fully advised of the value
himself did not take the oath’ until
later.
The outgoing officials were Mayor
M- Francis and Councilmen Lee
Ownsby, C. M. Moore and Jeff Ma-
lone, none of the retiring aldermen
having stood for reelection.
Before installing the newr officials
the council transacted its routine
business then sent word to the new
officials that it was ready t0 install
them.
A fine spirit prevailed throughout
the session, the retiring officials,
Mayor Francis and Councilmen C. M.
Moore, Lee Ownsby and Jeff Malone,
promising to cooperate heai-tily with
the new administration.
Mr. Francis retired after seven
years of service as mayor, giving
much time to the duties of the office
and often going into his own pocket
for funds for travelling expenses to
further the interests of the city.
Celina’s new mayor, Mr. Wilson, is
not a stranger to the public, having
served Celina as postmaster for
about twelve years in a very effi-
cient manner.
Record Time Is Made
On California Trip
Monday, April 6, Mrs. Charlie
Cunningham and Mrs. Tom Glenden-
ning left Celina in Mrs. Cunning-
ham’s V-8 Ford for California. At-6
p. m. last Tuesday—a week and a
day—they were back in Celina, look-
ing none the worse for wear.
Mrs. Cunningham’s mission was to
bid farewell to her brother, Edward
. - - -- -----,Day> member of the U. S. Army, who
of their holdings m order that pri- ] was sailing for the Philippine Is-
vate arrangements will not be made
which involve a sacrifice of the pro-
ducers’ return under this program.
It is apparent that there is con-
siderable demand for certain types of
cotton which will be available only
if a portion of the stocks now im-
pounded in the 12-cent loan is re-
leased. Producers also should be ad-
vised that successful operation of
this plan should result in a substan-
tial increase of the consumption of
American cotton for the remainder
of this marketing year with a corre-
sponding decrease in the season end
carry over of August 1, 1936. Such
a decrease in the can-y over should
have an important influence upon the
prices to be received for the next
crop.
Your cooperation in explaining this
plan and taking steps to put it into
immediate operation • is requested.
Sincerely,
H. A. Wallace, Sec’y.
Frassk Vaughan’s Barn
Burned Sunday Night
ago, and I still stand on that state-
ment. The use of gasoline taxes to
retire bonds voted to pay for roads
now in the state system has brought
untold relief to taxpayers. I have no
patience, however, with any scheme
to divert any further funds for any
purpose from the revenues now col-
lected from motorists to pay for
highways; nor with taking any ran-
dom chances to substitute other
forms of tax revenue for what we
now have.”
• j
Allred’s Answer
The governor’s speech was inter-
preted by observers here as an an-
swer, both to one candidate for gov-
ernor who would summarily wreck
the present well-tested method of fi-
nancing road-building in Texas, and
to certain wealthy bond brokers who
bought up millions of county road
bonds at depression prices, and now
seek to have the state use its avail-
able road-building money to pay off
these “dead horses,” at an enormous
profit to the holders of such bonds.
GREEN BISHOP DIED
NEAR FRISCO APR. 3
From the Frisco Journal the Rec-
ord learns of the death of G. R.
(Green) Bishop, which occurred at
the home of his son, Andrew Bishop,
who resides four miles north of
Frisco.
Mr. Bishop moved to this commu-
nity in 1812 and resided on his farm
about six milles northwest of Celina
for some years. He was 70 years
old at the time of his death. He
leaves to mourn his death his wife
and the following sons and daugh-
ters: Mrs. Grady Cothes, of Plano;
Harry Bishop, of Spearman; Fred
Bishop, of Fort Worth, and Andrew
Bishop, at whose home he died.
The body was buried in the Baccus
Cemetery.
Mrs. Winfred Watson and daugh-
ter are spending a mwnth at Madill,
years Ok., with relatives.
Whatever Else You Read...
Don’t Miss
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lovelady had
as guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Al-
len Langford of Van Alstyne, Mr.
2 MS* SolS? Finleyof Fo,rt Wo"th The barn on the farm occupied by
MM,!m L°velad-\+Wt° F^nk Vaughan and family about sii
a H might. miles west of Celina was burned
termed a family reunion, as all of about 9:30 Sunday night. How the
£ldr- and tbei1r fan?lhes e barn, which was a new one, caught is
^en Fmley also visited not known. it was falling in *when
s other, Mis. W. R. Finley. i one of the sons came in and informed
his father.
Mr. Vaughn had bought and stor-
ed his cottonseed for planting in the
barn and lost the entire lot along
with his feed and harness.
A paper was being circulated here
Tuesday for funds with which to re-
imburse Mr. Vaughan for a part of
his loss.
The farm is owned bv a loan com-
ply.
No man in the history of
newspapers has ever
gained such a loyal fol-
lowing—no other has
ever approached the
influence of his column
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WEEK
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COMMERCIAL FAILURES
IN TEXAS DECREASING
Austin, Texas, April 15.—Reports
to the University of Texas Bureau of
Business Research for March show a
decline in the average weekly num-
ber of commercial failures of 20 per
cent from February and 33 per cent
from March, 1935. Total liabilities
declined 9 per cent, and 44 per cent
respectively for the two comparable
periods; and average Liabilities per
failure were down 21 per cent from
the preceding month and same
amount from the year before.
lands. Mrs. Glendenning took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to visit
her sister, Mrs. George Lynn, at San-
ta Barbara.
They picked up Mrs. Cunningham’s
sister, Miss Lela Day, of Lubbock at
Big Spring and were in Los Angeles
between 12 and 1 Tuesday night, the
day following their departure.
After sleeping two hours in Los
Angeles they went on to Santa Bar-
bara and had breakfast with Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn.
Mrs. Glendenning remained with
Mrs. Lynn while Mrs. Cunningham
and her sister went on t0 San Fran-
cisco, arriving at 8 p. m. Wednesday,
where they met their brother at the
Palace Hotel, and remained with him
until midnight.
Thursday Mrs. Cunningham and
Miss Day took a boat for Angel Is-
land, where the brother and his uni
were stationed, and spent the d~
with him. The unit was brought
San Francisco Friday on their bat
ship, the U. S. S. Grant, and J
Cunningham and sister went abt
and remained with their brother
til noon, at which time the ve
sailed.
On the return trip the party
turned via Lubbock, where they s
Monday night, arriving in C<
Tuesday at the time stated. r
had no car trouble of any kind.
The round trip covered 4,600 n
Pus Drained From Lnng
Of Celina Boy Tuesday
Following an attack of pneumonia
suffered by Harvin Stiles, young sot
of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stiles of this
city, it was found that pus had ac-
cumulated in the pleural cavity. He
was taken to the McKinney city hos-
pital Tuesday afternoon, where sur-
geons drained the cavity. It is be-
lieved his recovery will be uninter-
rupted.
PROSPER YOUNG LADY
weds McKinney man
Charlie Bilderback
Underwent Operation
Charlie Bilderback, who resides six
miles east of Celina, was taken to
the McKinney city hospital at 3 a. m.
Wednesday, suffering from an acute
attack of appendicitis, his appendix
having ruptured. The appendix was
removed at once.
While the patient’s condition is
grave, there is a fair chance of re-
covery.
The marriage of Miss Edith Cher-
ry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Cherry of Prosper, to Johnny Bass
of this city, took place Sunday, April
5, in Durant, Okla. The couple was
unattended and following the cere-
MR. AND MRS. McCLURE
BOTH HAVE PNEUMONIA
READ THIS FEATURE
REGULARLY IN THIS NEWSPAPER J
_____ /#
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McClure are
both sick and their physician says
____________ ____■!!.—.....s ________flthey have pneumonia. Mr. McClure
mony returned to McKinney to make I developed pneumonia Friday. Mrs.
their home. Mr. Bass being employed j McClure had been ill, but was able
at the Collin County Motor Company,! or thought she was able to resume
Ford agency, here. * ! her work at the picture show and was
The newlyweds have the best! at tbe ticket window Tuesday night,
wishes of a multitude of friends here i but went home sick and Wednesday
upon their marriage. Miss Cherry j it 'Yas stated she had pneumonia,
has made her home here the past few i Their son, Richard McClure, of Van
years, residing with her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Beech-
am Gerrish.—McKinney Courier-Ga-
zette.
Alstyne, wras here today and stated
that he was just up from forf;y days
in bed as a result of internal flu.
-•-- Mrs. Rosaleen Awtry, sister o
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pettit visited rel-1 Mrs. Fred West, had an appendix oj:
atives at Collinsville Sunday and; eration at Dallas Wednesday. Mr:
were accompanied home by the lat- j West was with her. A message soo
ter’s mother, Mrs. Cora Jacobs, who after the operation stated that ther
will spend two weeks with Mr. and was every evidence that it wTouh
Mrs. Pettit. j prove successful.
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