The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY NEWS-TELEGRAM
j U'finty. ymars. Tlu> nature of his new
{e uinection is not known by the
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Issued at. 228 Main Street, Sul-j u,- Gilchrist is a native Texan,
pfcur Springs, Texas, every after- iM in Iiee. 22, Ihe., at Wills Point,
noon except Saturday (Sunday jn (he “Free State of \ an Zandt,
wi ieh place he still calls home. He
was graduated from Wills Point
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED high school in 1903. had one year
PRESS. Lit Southwestern university at
The Associated Press is exclu- Georgetown and three years in the
•ircly entitled to the use for repub j I niversity of Texas, receiving his
tication of all news dispatches ere
dited to it or not otherwise credit-
ed in this paper and also the load
news published herein.
All rights of republieation of
special dispatches herein are also
reserved.
I Month ------------------ 50c
1 Year (in advance) _______$6.00
J. S. BAGWELL, Editor.
ERIC BAGWELL, Bus. Mgr.
Phone 481
NEW HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Hopkins county does not claim as
her own son the new state highway
engineer, Gibb Gilchrist, but, to be
wire, the wife of Mr. Gilchrist is
from old Hopkins county, being Miss
Vesta Weaver of Cumby before
dtgrre in civil engineering in 1909.
lit was then connected with the en-
gineering department of the Cult,
Colorado & Saute Fe railway until
F.17. when he resigned to enlist in
the army.
lit' went overseas and arrived in
Fiance tm Armistice Day, 1919. He
was discharged as captain ot engi-
neers in 1919. After receiving his
discharge he was employed by the
Texas highway department as divis-
ior engineer, serving in this eapac-
itv until 1921. He was selected to
n present the state highway depart-
ment in Tom Green county on the
,1,000,000 road program for that
co.'nty. Since Decembev, 1923, Mr.
Gilchrist has been superintendent of
an! projects in the highway depart-
ment at Austin. He is 3fi years old
aril was married March 21!, 1920, to
Miss Vesta 'Weaver of Cumby. Hop-
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her marriage. No doubt she is the I Ions county.
Mr. Gilchrist is state highway en-
g,:commands the largest salary
paid by the state of Texas. It is
power behind the throne ami respon-
sible, largely, for the splendid sot
eeea her husband is making in life
. l^owever, there is another good !
'*t»om>n that shares the largest part
in the success of Mr. Gilchrist, ami i
that is his widowed mother. She did
most in helping the boy prepare .(oi
Ji(e. Her husband died when young
Gilchrist was a small boy. His moth
cr lived on the edge of Wills Point
and she, with the assistance of hoi >
oleest son, Henry Gilchrist, mating- ,
e.t to keep the younm-t children in
aciiool. Like each of the other ehil- 1
dien, Gibb took advantage of l he j
opportunities and made good. He i
almost literally devoured the -ub
jeets in school and especially the
course in mathematics. Nothing suit-
ed him so well as an original in 1
geometry that had been marked by
a those who had gone befnreuhim as i
heing difficult to master. And,
■i.illio per annum.
All division engineers have been
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the way, hi« sister, Miss Angus, wax
ju**t as good and as ambitious as
Gibb. Not only v as Gibb kept in
school, but much interest was taken
in his welfare outside <‘f the w< li*►«>!-
room to see that he kept good ivn
iiany, being regular in Sunday
school and church attendance. His
fncther did not believe that it was
necessary for her sen to his
wild oats” early i" life or -it any
other time. Gibb was k» pt busy all
the time doing somelhnig worth
while, and he has pursued that
course ever since. Now that he is
the highest paid salaried man in the
emnloye of the state of Texas, he
will still be busy. The writer con-
gratulates Mr. Gilchrist on his suc-
cess in life and also the state of
Texas on the good fortune of having
such a splendid son in every way to
become its high wav engineer. Old
Hopkins will get a square deal from
Mr. Qilchrist in the construction of
her good roads and so will every
other county get the same.
The Daily News-Telegram is au-
thorized to .announce following,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic ITim*ry> in July:
State Senator, 8th District!
GHAS R. FLOYD.
CLIFTON E. BEASLEY.
For Congress, Firat DUtrict:
B. B. STURGEON.
For Judge Eighth Judicial District:
GEORGE B. HALL
(Re-election)
by i For Representative:
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Gilchrist Named Highway Engineer
Austin, Texas, Feb. 21.—Accept-
ing the resignation of Capt. I D.
Fauntleroy as state highway engi-
neer, the highway commission Wed- ]
nceday announced the election of
Gibb Gilchrist of Wills Point, who
1ms been connected with the high-
way department since 1919, to fill
the vacancy. While Capt. Fauntle-
roy’a resignation does not become
effective until March 3, Mr. Oil -
christ will take immediate charge
of the work of the state highway
engineer- Capt. Fauntleroy is now
out of the city.
Re-entering Federal Service.
Cept. Fauntleroy resigned to re-
enter the employ of the federal gov-
ernment. A telegram was received
from him by the highway commis-
■taa Tuesday requesting that he be
relieved of the duties of state high-
way engineer. He was formerly
United States district engineer of
the bureau of public roads for Tex-
as, Oklahoma. Arkansas and Louis-
iana, which position he resigned to
accept that of Texas state highway
engineer more than two years ago.
......He had been in the employ of the
federal government for more than
ALEX BRICE. ,
For District Attorney, 8th Judical
District:
MARVIN P. McCOY.
S ip- rintendrnt Public Instruction
H. C. BULLOCK.
D>*»rict Clerk:
AUBREY M. STEPHENS.
i Rr»-election)
County Judge:
R K BERTRAM.
i Re election)
County Attorney:
KMM FT THORNTON.
[ Re -election)
County Clerk:
RUSSELL M. CHANEY.
( Re-election)
County Treasurer:
W. E. (Exer) JACKSON.
(Re-election)
Sheriff:
S. E. (Sam) SMITH.
(Re-election)
For Tax Assessor:
GUS CONNOR.
(Re-election)
For Tax Collector:
H GRADY SMITH.
(Re-election)
For Constable, Precinct No. It
I). H (Donald) HARRISON.
For Justice Peace, Precinct No. It
T D. DEATON.
Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
W. E. (BUD) MELTON
For Constable, Precinct No. 3:
W. W. HINTON
For Public Weifbar, Precinct No. 1
JOE TOM WOOD.
(Re-election)
CITY PRIMARY.
City Marshal:
J. L. (Jot) WOODALL.
JERRY LEWIS
GUY YANTIS.
City Attorney!
ELMER TEER.
(Re-election)
City Socrotoryt
JNO. M. BIGGERSTAFF.
(Re-election)
Commissioner No. 1:
T. C. McCORKLE.
(Re-election)
Commissioner No. 2:
,W. R. PATRICK.
(Re-election)
Such popularity must
be deserved
rT'’Q BE tingled out f6r public
1- honor,a man must have proved
Ills quality. And to he chosen by
millions, even a cigarette must
have ‘'made good."
S> Chesterfield’s swift rise to
popularity is more than a meas-
ure of success. It is proof posi-
tive of finer tobaccos — which
means better taste.
And better taste is t lie sole reason
for Chesterfield’s huge sales.
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
1Utyi*--
millions!
Copyright, 1924, Liggett & Myers Tohsrro Co.
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;; for a conference with the new bended and trap-nested and credited j Ancona*. 10, egg*
highway engineer and the highway I with the egg* she lays. drift, Texas, Barrel
commission for the purpose of out | havf. before me the Agricultural
lii ing plans.
Lee. Sea
Plymouth
Rocks, lOt! eggs; Alex Stewart
Ranch, Santa Cruz, Calif., S. ('.
White Leghorns. 106 eggs.
The City National Bank
Large enough to handle big( accounts; Not
too large to appreciate small accounts.
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
TEXAS NATIONAL
EGG-LAYING TEST
IS OPEN TO ALL
college report for the month of Jan-
uiiry. It may be interesting to poul . Ttle highest single individual for
tr.. growers who do not receive lhilt ! jlinUary just ended was won by the
tr* who are able to maintain
care for, not several hundred hen
bui several thousand hens.
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(By W W. Evans)
There is conducted at the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college at
College Station annually an egg-lay-
ing contest, open to poultry breed-
er:. throughout the United States.
Tin same kind of a contest is going
on at the A. & M. colleges in other
states. Breeders pay a nominal fee
sufficient to cover the expense of
teed and the colleges pay the ex-
pense of supervision and recording.
Hopkins county poultry breeders
have access to these contests if they
so desire, but up to date there have
been no contestants from this coun-
ty in the Texas contest or elsewhere.
A contestant may enter, and must
<’o so, six hens before November,
as the equipment is limited. It is not
difficult to fill the contest before
that date. Every contestant's birds
arc penned separate, with a yard,
house artd other equipment for their
exclusive use. All of the birds in
th< entire contest receive the same
kind of care and feed; the same at-
tendants, with system and regular-
ity, make all of the records. Six
hens are entered in each case and
the five highest birds determine
both monthly and total production
for the entrant. The Reason for this
is that should one bird die, there
will be one extra with the record to
take its place. The feed they con-
sume is weighed. Every hen is leg-
MB
report to learn that there are poul-
try farmers from Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Washington
state, Michigan, California, Virginia
r.nd Texas represented in this year's
c< ntest, who have selected their
pens and sent them to College Ste
tion for such records as they may-
be able to make. Here is a point in
this connection worthy of our con-
sideration, that while the owners
may live in a foreign state, their
birds are making a record in Texas,
urdcr Texas conditions and eating
Texas feed. Bo we should not imag-
ine that when we read poultry ad-
vertising literature that some other
slate has more favored conditions,
or has finer stock to select from, or
that possibly we will get more for
our money’s worth by buying from
far away. This is not necessarily
true. A record is a record, wherever
it is made, and we have many Texas
breeders that are making records in
the egg-laying contest iti Texas and
out of Texas.
The Texas contest has been run-
ning seven years.
According to the report, January
was the record breaking month for
ti e period of seven years, the high-
est pen laying 118 eggs, making a
high record for White Leghorns,
which was only seven more than a
pen of Barred Rocks laid in Jan-
uary last year.
The highest contest pens for Jan-
uary just passed, made by J. W.
Wood of Somerville, Texas, S. C.
White Leghorns, 118 eggs; L. C.
Basil Jr., Vashin, Texas, S. C.
White Leghorns, 118 eggs; J. C.
Dallas, Texas, S. C. Mottled
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Egg-a-Day Farm of Vienna, Va.,
with the Buff Orpington, and tied
by J. V. Boriskie of Bryan, Texas,
with the Barred Rock. Each of these
hens laid 26 eggs in January.
The average production and con-
sumption for January was as fol-
lows :
Cost
Gain per hen . -- 5.0 1b*. $ .10?
Mash per hen. _ - 4.8 lbs. .11?
Total feed pr. hen 9.8 lbs. .224
Eggs per hen _____14,4 .54
Profit per hen------ .316
II required 8.19 pound* of feed
valued at $0.19 to produce on do-.-
cn eggs valued at 45c.
A study of these monthly reports
is interesting. They make it possi-
ble for men to engage in egg farm-
ing on an extensive and exclusive
scale with a knowledge of what it
ct pts to produce eggs every month
in the year. It is not a difficult mat-
tei then to prevent leaks and losses
with large flocks of poultry. Sul-
phur Springs offers ideal opportu-
nities for extensive poultry breed-
PRISONERS ESCAPE
AS JAILER SI
Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 21.—Ad
chie Pryor, fugitive Kansas convicq
who was captured near Claremor
Okla., Sunday in a running gun fifh|
with Chief of Police Russell, brokf
out of the Rogers county' jail
Claremore with four other prisons
Tuesday night and escaped, accord|
ing to a report received Here.
The escape was discovered whei|
Kansas officers arrived at the ja
to return Pryor to Kansas,
County authorities sate a prelimll
nary investigation indicated thal
the prisoners had in soma way causj
ed their cells to be left unlocks
Tuesday night ami had escap
while the jailer slept, obtaining thtj
outer key* in hi* office.
After leaving *he building thejl
locked the outer door, leaving thd
Key in the lock. Officers from tlkJ
sheriff’ll office and Kansas authorial
tu* found it there when they wenfl
to the jail.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1924, newspaper, February 21, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825975/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.