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Consolidated with Daily
Gazette July 28, 1924.
©I)t Da ill) iXcuis-iEdctjram
MEMBER OF THE
ASSOCIATE^ TRESS
)L. 27—NO. 213.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, TUESDAY/SEPTUM BKR 15, 1925.
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY.
SK JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS TO RESIGN
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'ed River Overflows;
ICauses Great Damage
(Hu Associat'd Press}
Wichita Falls, Texas, Sept. 15.—
|ed river is reported falling today
flowing one of the highest rises in
grent years which* swept great gaps
wagon and railroad bridges and
i gas pipe lines, A large ijart of
t wagon bridge south of Dcvol,
|tla., was swept away’ and more
Mn 300 yards of the Burkburnett
|gon bridge was washed out. Thir
bents of the Wichita Valley Rail-
Sad bridge, north of Byers, are
■me today. A section of the Lone
Itar Gas Co.’s pipe line north of
Byers is also swept out.
Wiehita falls, Sept. 14.—Swol-
en from three days of extremely
leavy rains in the Texas Panhandle
and Western Oklahoma, Red river,
faigest interior stream of the entire
authwfist tonight was a raging tor-
rent and at 10 o’clock had caused
damage estimated at $100,000, in
Hashing away two long toll bridges.
At this hour it was rapidly reach-
ling dangerous flood stage, and
(stood higher than at any time in 20
lyears, threatening vast areas of
■ lowland in both Texas and Oklaho-
ma. Many other toll and railroad
I bridges arc in danger of being car-
ried away.
The toll bridge across the river at
I Burkburnett was taken away at 8
o’clock tonight, and a toll bridge
1 three miles further up the stream
was washed away earlier in the
evening. The Grand field bridge was
repented ready to go, and the Wich-
ita Falls and Northwestern Railroad
bridge, near Burkburnett, was not
expected to last long. The, Wichita
Valley Railroad bridge across the
i iver at Byers was under water,
while the wagon bridge at the same
plaee was partly inundated.
The last rise is the result of a
Ibreo and one-half-lnch rain wist of
Vernon early this morning,- which
washed out roads and crops in the
lowlands and covered bridges over
the Pease river in Wilbarger coun-
ty. The rise north of Burkburnett
started shortly before noon.
dust before dark two cars from
Oklahoma wc^pe reported stranded
on an island in the river, on the
north bank, with the river cutting
a new. channel back of them and the
bridge In'front of Them gSW. Their
identity js not known, hut no jpmc-
diate fear for their Safety Tv felt.
Both of (he bridges washed out
■>re nearly three-quarters of a!,m41o
in length. The river channel has
widened more than a thousand feet
at Burkburnett.
The water was still rising late
tonight, and had washed out crop?
in the lowlands along both banks of
the river. No check could be made
on homes washed away or the ex-
tent of damage to crops and farm
buitdings.-------------—------—..........
FARMERS AND RUSINESS MEN FROM
OVER COUNTY HOLD MASS MEETING
WALTER BLALOCK
GETTING READY ,
FOR COUNTY FAIR
|FRANCE PREPARES
FOR OFFENSIVE
AGAINST RIFFIANS
| (Hu Associated Press!
. Paris, Sept. 15.—France i* pre-
(taring for fresh operations on n
large scale against the Riffiun rab-
els in Morocco, Premier Palnleve
told newspaper men after today’s
cabinet meeting.
He is very much satisfied with
the progress being mndc and hopes
that all objectives will be gained
during October.
LEESATTERWHITE
CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
(Bp A give‘a l "I I’rr Ml
Austin, Sept. 15.—Lee Sattor-
white, speaker of the house of rep-
resentatives in the thirty-ninth leg-
islature, will not be a candidate for
governor in 1926, he said here to-
day.
GOOD PROGRESS
BEING MADE IN
BAIN CASE TODAY
The jury in the Bain case was
completed just before the adjourn-
ment of court Monday afternoon.
The state began putting on witness-
es early this morning, good progress
being made with the case, which is
thought will be completed late this
afternoon or tonight.
The Skelton special venire case is
set for tomorrow, with 75 men sum-
moned to try the case.
FRANCE BEHIND
MOVEMENT FOR
PAYING DEBT
(Hv Associated Press»
Paris, Sept. 15.—the French cab-
inet today hoard Finance Minister
Cnillaux outline his intentions con-
cerning his debt funding mission to
Washington and then unanimously
gave him full powers to negotiate.
INTEREST IS GROWING
HOPKINS COUNTY FAIR
The interest in the County Fair
growing day by day. The size of
e premiums is as good as any oth-
fair in Texas, including the State
iir. This should encourage farm-
s to spend a little extra time in
oking for their exhibits that will
It tatyrg uniform quality to win.
4 $60 for fifty bolls of cotton
d $60 for one hundred ears of
rn makes the time profitable to
)se who go into their fields to
id cotton and corn of real worth
d qufllty. Alao the premium list
Its for an exhibit of five varieties
plate fruits and nnothor for ten
rietiea of plate vegetables. Most
sry farmer can fill one or the
ler of these or both, and a good
hibit of these will show the re-
jrcea of Hopkins county. V
The fair committee hopes that
mers from all seetlons will pre-
re exhibits to make Hopkins
unty more appreciated at home
il abroad.
Newspapermen and farm journal
sreeentativea will be in attend-
i to find atorles for their papers
of things worthwhile by progressive
farmers.
It is hoped that an exhibit will bo
put on that will enable the county
to go to the State Fair and win.
Showing at the State Fair requires
a strong exhibit of quality pro-
ducts, especially corn and cotton,
fruitx and vegetables, as well as a
good exhibit of soil building crops,
such as velvet beans, sweet clover,
peanuts, cowpeas, etc. Outs thresh-
ed and In the bundle are important
alao. The Exhibitors Association at
the State Fair is composed of the
counties that exhibit regularly and
have been working * to arrange a
score card that will permit the va-
rious sections of Texas to show their
particular kinds of product* on the
same parity with all other sections
and a score card that may be fair In
judging. This arrangements has
been worked out resulting in plae-
Walter Blalock of Green Pond
was here early Tuesday morning
with lots of "farm produce for the
market. He dug one hill of his fine
Dooly Yams and got nine potatoes
that weighed fifteen pounds. He
brought them to town and left one,
as large as a half-gallon bucket, for
us and one the size of a small turnip
for his farm partner, Attorney Gen-
eral Elmer Teer.
Mr. Blalock is getting ready for
LhiT Hopkins Fourty Fair and will
have an exhibit that will make the
boys sit up and take notice.
PROMINENT FARMER
FOUND DEAD NEAR
RAILROAD TRACK
(Bv AnaociatiA PrsuJ .. .r'
Scaly, Texas, Sept. 15.—Max
Ludwig, fifty-two years old, well to
do farmer of this section, was
found dead beside the Santa Fe
track at Peters, six miles north of
here today. His head had been sev-
ered , from hi* body.
It is supposed he was walking to
Scaly when struck by a train.
(Hy Associated Press)
Madisonville, Texas,” So.pt. 15.—
County. Judge Ferguson of Madison
County and the entire Commission-
ers court have been given until Sat.
urday to resign by a group of farm-
ers and business men from Over the
county.
The ultimatum was issued follow-
ing a mass meeting' here yesterday,
attended by about 50U eitizens. The
action came as a climax of a quar-
rel caused by recent action of the
Commissioners court in contracting
with a Dallas firm for the collection
of delinquent taxes in the county.
According to general understanding
the commissioners agreed to pay
the firm $7,500 and a percentage
on all delinquent tixes collected.
YOUNG WOMAN
NEAR MT. VERNON
Miss Lerle Floyd, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ewol Floyd, died Sunday
at the family residence three miles
south of Mt. Vernon, after an illness
of several weeks. She was buried
Monday at Providence on her 22nd
birthday, services being conducted
by Rev. A. E. Bradberry of Mount
Vernon. She is survived by her
father and mother, two brother* ami
two sisters and many other relatives
and friends.
J, U, HOOKS TURNS
DOWN 27 CENTS
FOR FINE COTTON
J. U. Hooks drove on the public
square Tuesday morning with the
third bale of fine lone staple cotton
that has been picked from a six-acre
field in White Oak bottom just
north of Sulphur Springs. He was
offered 27 cents per pound as soon
as he drove on the square but did
not sell. He sold two bushels of the
seed for $5.00 per bushel before
carrying the remainder home. He
has already gathered three bales off
the six acres, and has one more to
pick.- ----------- ■ ---------------
Mr. Hooks will have an exhibit of
this fine cotton in the Hopkins Coun
ty Fair.
DIES SUNDAY SECRETARY OF STATE
CRITICALLY ILL IN
AUSTIN HOSPITAL
(Hit Associated Press)
Austin, Sept. 15.—Mrs. I’mina
Grigsby Meharg, secretary ef-the-:
State of Texas, was removed ifrom
her residence to a hospital today,
where she will undergo an operation.
Her condition is reported to bo
critical.
500 UNDESIRABLES ARE ARRESTED;
134 SENT TO THE TOMBS PRISON
ANDY HAMPTON
MAKES MONEY IN
HIS POTATOES
(Hv Associated PressJ
„ New York, Sept. 15,—All
Andy Hampton of route 5 was
here Tuesday morning with another
load of fine Key West potatoes that
found a ready market at handsome
price. He has in eight acres and
from three acres of early potatoes
has gathered and marketed 300
bushels at prices ranging from
$1.60 to beyond the $2 mark. His
late potatoes have suffered from
the drouth and will not be as good
as the early potatoes.
Mr. Hampton left in the Echo of-
fice four Key Wests that he gath-
ered under one hill. They weigh ex-
actly ten pounds and are dandies.
Mr. Hampton is getting ready for
the Hopkins County Fair and will
have one of the finest exhibits of
potatoes ever seen in East Texas.
night
activities by Federal authorities in
their round-up of suspected unde-
i-aides in Chinatown, which netted
.500 Chinese, resulted today in 134
being sent to the Tombs prison to
await removal to Tllis Island for
deportation.
Dozens of suspects were found
with white women, who said they
were the* men’s wives.
The round-up, unprecedented in
its extent, came within a few hours
after leaders of On Leong ami Hip
Sing tongs had signed a peace trea-
ty calling for a truce in the tong
warfare, which caused the deaths
of a dozen tongmen within the last
few weeks.
Federal officials have announced
their determination of weeding out
every Chinese who remained in this
city in violation of the exclusion
AVIATORS WILL
RETURN HOME
Honolulu, Sept. 15.—The San
Frandaco-Honolulu aviators of the
seaplane PN-9 No. 1 will sail for
San Francisco Thursday on the U.
S. S. Idaho.
New orders Monday changed prev-
ious plan* to have Commander Jno.
Rodgers sail for the mainland on the
U. S. S. California.
MAN IS SLAIN
AT BROWNSVILLE
Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 15.—II.
H. Williams, well known attorney
of this city, surrendered to officers
lng the awards on the quality of the Monday, following the fatal ‘ shoot
products shown.
Let everybody fall in line with
their shoulders to the wheej for a
big county fair and a prize-winning
exhibit.
ing of Equillio Madraze, 23, a form-
er resident of Brownsville. Madraze
wai shot aa he sat inside a cage
at a local bank, witnesses said.
Death was instantaneous.
GEORGE ARNOLD JR.
NOW IN GERMAN
Aso Arnold is in receipt of a let-
ter from his son, George Arnold, Jr.
written from Hamburg Germany,
where he has been for some time.
Ho writes that he is enjoying the
country und strange sights but will
be glad to get back to the United
States again. George holds a re-
sponsible position with a b»g firm
in Houston and took a three months
vacation. He is another one of the
Sulphur Springs boys who has made
good in the world after graduating
from the Sulphur Spring s High
School. «
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LUBBOCK POST OFFICE
COLLAPSES FROM
HEAVY RAINSTORM
Three Killed When
Auto Goes Over Bank
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SULPHUR SPRINGS
COTTON MARKET
PASSES 26 CENTS
Sulphur Springs received SIS
bales of cotton by wagon Monday
and the -price reached 26 cents for
the best. The price was a little up
again this morning and t the very
best brought as high as 26.25 cent*
on the local market. The total re-
ceipts by wagon to date in Sulphur
Springs has reached 0,513 bales.
The public square is crowded to-
day and prospects are that -tthc total
receipts will near the 600 mark.
MAIZE AND KAFFIR
MAKE GOOD YIELD
SOUTH OF TOWN
R. R. Jobe, living on the Eli
Hargrave farm ten miles south of
Sulphur Springs, came in Tuesday
morning with five big heads of
maize and kaffir com that he has
grown this year. The heads were
well developed und very large. He
planted ten acres about the 15th of
May and the yield promises to he
extra fine. He carried . the heads
over to Henderson & Bryson’s store,
where Lester Smith has a fine farm
exhibit. , «
3 FIREMEN ARE
BURNED WITH ONE
Mount Vernon, Ohio, Sept. 15.—-
Three firemen probably were fatal-
ly burned and another man is miss-
ing and believed burned to death in
a fire which destroyed the storage
yard of the Knox Oil Company here
Monday. Damage was estimated at
$100,00, The fire is believed to
have started from a spark caused by
a contact between the metal on a
filling hose und the gasoline tank
of an auto.
Lubbock, Sept. 15.—The entire
rear end of the postoffire building
here collapsed during a heavy rain-
storm Sunday night, hut business of
the institution moved forward this
morning despite the handicap. The
cave-in came during a cloudburst
which broke- shortly after 8 o’clock,
and is attributed to the heavy weight
of the water on the rjlef, which is
not built to adequately drain the
caves under such a heavy downpojur.
No accurate estimate of the dam-
ages sustained could be made this
afternoon by Postmaster John L.
Vaughan. About two inches of rain
was dumped upon the city in the
burst, reports from the experimen-
tal station says.
Y MOB OF MEN TAR
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be work in both tho
Master* and F. C. degrees tonight
at 7j30. All members are urged to
be present. Visiting members are in-
HB&y
BROWN MEADOWS, W. M.
C. W. HIGGINS, Secretary.
AND FEATHER TWO
WOMEN IN FLORIDA
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 14.—-Po-
lice are investigating the tarring and
feathering of two young women by
a mob of 150 men (here Saturday
night. The women, said to be aia-
ters, were seized by the mob while
walking to town from the city pris-
on farm following a thirty-day sen-
tence for disorderly conduct. They
were taken to a secluded spot,
where tar and feathers were applied,
then were brought back to the city
and released, clud only In gunny
sacks.
They were admitted to a room-
ing house where the proprietor al-
lowed them to cleanse themselves
and obtained clothes for them.
Police found two suit cases filled
with clothing they had worn ,at the
prison farm, but Monduy had been
unable to locate the women.
MAN SHOOTS
EX-WIFE AND
SLAYS SELF
Springfield, 111., Sept. 15.—
Balsley, who kidnaped his divorced
wife as she was returning from a
party Sunday night in company with
another man, was found dead in his
automobile near Franklin, 111., Mon-
day. His former wife, dying, lay be-
side him.
The woman died Monday night fn
a Jacksonville hospital. Before
her death she told how Balsley had
shot her and then turned the gun on
himself,
Balsley and his wife were divorc-
ed three months ago, after Mrs.
Balsley learned that her husband had
a wife living in Missouri. Balsley
escaped prosecution ior bigamy
when hia first wife refused to press
the charge. She had obtained a
legal separation from him several
years ago.
(till AHHutuattii Prrng)
Pauls Valley, Okla., Sept. 15.—G.
A. Johnson, sixty years old, farmer,
and his wife were killed instantly
and their five-vear-old grandson was
drOwned when ar, automobile driven
by Johnson rolled down an embank-
ment at t ho i nd of a small bridge
across Panther Creek, near here,
last night
V.V1
COOLIDGE GIVES
BOARD FREE HAND
ON INVESTIGATION
(Hu Associated Press)
Washington, Sept. 15.—President
Ooolidge will give his aircraft in-
vestigating board a Tree hand aa to
witnesses to be summoned and the
course of procedure to be followed.
Acceptances have not yet been
rccetvfffl-from nil the nine-men who
have been asked to serve, but the
chief executive is confident that all
of them will accept.
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YOUNG MAN IS
STILL IN JAIL
RATHER THAN TALK
The young man placed in jail
Saturday for refusing to answer
questions before the grand jury has
shown no inclination to want to come
before that body agaih arid answer
the questions. He is still in jail
and tho grand jury hard at work on
other cases.
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MAN MISSING SHERIFF'S FORCE
GET STOLEN COTTON
AND FOUR MEN
Monday night John Booth, living
on tho J. B. Dial farm near Peer-
less had between 1,100 and 1,200
pounds of seed cetton stolen. The
sheriff's force was notified and be-
fore noon Tuesduy the cotton had
been located out west of Sulphur
Springs and four men locked in the
county jail in connection with the
theft. Thut is quick work on the
part of the officers, who are being
congratulated on the excellent work
done on this matter.
OLDEST MASON,
107, IS DEAD AT
MISSOURI TOWN
Breckenridge, Mo., Sept. 15.—
Dr. Joseph Singer Halstead, 107
years old, family physician of Henry
Clay and the oldest. Mason in the
United States, is dead. The aged
physician passed away shortly be-
fore midnight. Dr. Halstead was
born in Lexington, Ky,, March 4,
1818. He was the personal friend
of John C. Breckenridgs, James B.
Beck, Justice Thomas F. Marshall
and Governor Churlea’ A. Wycliff
of Kentucky. Ho marriod Gover-
nor Wycliff’s niece, who died April
26, 1925, at the age of 95.
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15,885 BALES COTTON
GINNED IN OLD HOPKINS
According to Government Statis-
tician H. B. Sickles for Hopkins
county, there had been ginned in
the county 6,010 bales of cotton up
to September J, against 1,770 for
the corresponding seacon the past
year.
Receipt of cotton by wagon in
Sulphur Spring* up to September 1
was 2,408 bales. These figures Elbow
that up to that date two-fifths of
tho cotton ginned in Hopkina coun-
ty had been weighed in‘Sulphur
Spring?. Taking the’name compari-
son of figure* a* a basis, there Have
been ginned to date in the county
15,885 bales, as the total wagon re-
ceipts in Sulphur Springs up to
Monday night were <y>18.
This Is a new record for cotton in
Hopkins county. ” .L. ,■;■ ,
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 213, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1925, newspaper, September 15, 1925; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815344/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.