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26—NO. 67.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1924.
GROWERS
CONVENTION
I0W AT HOUSTON
(By Anaonated Prett)
Jaton. March IS.—(’o-opera-
the only thing that will save
Ittle busineM of Texas and en-
to live under present condi-
1C. B. Farmington of Missouri,
bnt of the Producers Livestock
liaaion association, told Texas
puthwestern Cattle Kaisers as-
■on at its convention here to-
ffle said the cattle business is
the few remaining undertak-
f man that goes along on in-
alistic theory.
[E ABOUT
GOOD HIGHWAY
}ral automobile parties have.
the past r>r>nth, been gedetr
uveport to attend the Billy
meetings, and all have re-
enthusiasticrtlly about the
I'oads throughout Hast Texas
one leaves Hopkins county,
rly every Fast Texas county
network of standard graded,
surfaced mads that make
life in Fast Texas more do-
and worth while and that
|wntun!!y put Fast Texas on
Hip, With good rnnb, rural
Its nv-iy enjoy hettc F-u-inl
kigious life. .v* w- II a**- t’» make
lenient in cuia <.>•.< ,.»i ar.u
ps life of the farms and
flood road* tak> iruii\idual-
|t of our minds and broaden.
Jwf of state and nation. They
appreciative of the view-
|>f our fellow man.
NEW SENSATIONAL OIL SURPRISES
TODAY BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
REED-MADOO FIGHT
IS WARMING UP IN
STATE OF MISSOURI
BERDGDOLL SAYS
MIGHT COME HOME
IF GIVEN ASSURANCE
(By Atmocxaied Press)
Eberbach. Baden, March 18.— i
Grover Cl^eland Berdgdoll, Ameri-
can draft evader, authorized hi< !
ccretary'to state today that Berg- j
del! bad n->t neieed (<• return to the |
United States, as had been reported, |
hut uas " illing to consider the pro- |
posa.l, assurance being given him as j
to the exact punishment he would I
ha'r t«» undergo in such d?as<\
DELTA COUNTY
LAND JUDGMENT
FOR 75 CENTS
Judgment w-* i -iud »»ut of dis-
trict court for ---eventy-uve cer.ts
aid a t ruu t of .'v I-2 a< ■ »•> of hind
m :ir Mo- t<o- udeied - id for tile
(By Attorxaftd Prcns)
Washington, March 18.—The oil
committee resumed itfs, hearing to-
day after four days of recess. The
new surprises today were in the
form of fresh evidence in oil stock
spec ulation by government officials,
and further testimony about the
famous $100,000 loan to Albert
Fall. The brokers’ records submit-
ted bv an expeit accountant showed
Attorney General Daugherty had
dealt in both Sinclair and Dobeny
storks since he ente red the cabinet,
and that Bascom Slump, now secre-
tary to Bresident Uooiidge, also
bought some Doheny stock before
he retired from congress, and that
there were lecoids of dealings also
by Sem.tois Curtis of Kansas, Flkins
ot We L Virginia and a number of
otbci . esentatives.
Bru ejMcKinney of Cleveland tes-
tify d ibvCiiiici' Secretary Fall
had sMiighrla^ la- t > car t- ha\ o
McKinney -'•i. l.o had loaned $100,-
000 to Fall. *
The coinnuttoo adjourned until
tomorrow, after the testimony of
Henry Woodhouse of New York.
Woodhouse was questioned about his
published charges that the Doheny
interest had agreed to sell much of
the California naval oil reserve to
British interests.
Subpoenas were issued today for
Secretary Mellon and Senator
Weeks by the senate oil committee
investigating Attorney General
Daugherty. They will be question-
ed about ’he government contract
with the Standard Aircraft corpor-
ation,/ in ( muicction with which Gas-
ton Means previously testified that
he had accepted $100,000 tor the
late Jess Smith to stop further legal
action. Prohibition CoimnisMoner
Haynes •. d li.u-n.al Revenue t orn
Tpissionm Blair a! were summoned.
Willmu (ill, one •>! the alleged,
parties to the fight film ,-d< al. ' de- \
nifd charges today thut he bad rep-
imsenttii t!.e !::‘h- - Soil’ll 111 tltei
‘ deal’ before 'he Dauyheiiv mve'-ti-.
j gating committee.
SIX VILLAGES GONE
FROM FOREST FIRES
RAGING IN CHINA
i h*‘ i, ut-
rev.oid^ v.ere di,
VENTION OF
T) MAIDS WAS
'GREAT SUCCESS
fold Maid.-' Convention (riven
(auspices of tlio west ward
Parent-Teacher association
■y night, was a decided sur-
fum every standpoint.
high school auditorium was
•tably filled and everyone
(rly enjoyed every minute of
rh class entertainment. The
which ie deserving of especial
n, was furnished by the Ju-
Ii(th orchestra. T he president
convention, Mrs. J, M. Mol-
esided in a very dignified and
ntr mnnner. The proceedings
convention were carried on
in# to parliamentary rules,
one on the program deserves
mention.
]f$ mothers and friends of the
have worked hard on this
nd are to he congratulated on
|ccess they made of it. The
at the door amounted to
The high school was Riven
cent., leaving about $1 12 to
for the high school and west
fibrary funds.
Searla la here from Athens
his daughter, Mrs. Ward
t|.: " i ck to i, 11 i iii-i on in i , i Ini.'
an .dot not fol i he I nr whh’h l i
now owned by N G. Whistler.
It. r soooo-nd the jiniyment ns ,
: :,i off us tiii-m a.,.- nit iciMiil ..f ,
the sale under tin rouit'n direction.
.....Cooper Review.
JAILED NEGRO
HAS SMALLPOX
(, i) m■■ r. Ti-xu • Murvh 1 ^ Red
• ' iter, alias .1 diiuiy Say l.-s, negro,
(barged uith the murder of his wit",
m.,1 u ho u.is arse ted a week or
i n ago in Harrison county anif
lodged in jail lore, has u case of
smallpox which developed Sunday.
Whether the other prisoners will
be moved or whether he will be
isolated has not yet been determin
ed. The sheriff and his family live j
ii the lower story of the jail.
SOLDIER’S BONUS Bill
m house loom
(By AMaciated Prut) , vidt’d for paid-up twenty- p ur on- 1
Washington, March 18 — The Roe. mertV life insuramc policies and |
house today passed tins soldier bonus cash payments to those vetrtuns no!
hill, l iie vote v\ as :Jo7 to M. -j-wntitleilrto isen tliaa $-Ttl of adjust-'j
\ - s,uit to the senate the hill pro- ed compensation._
WOULD INVESTIGATE BILLY SUNDAY IS
TEXAS-OKLAHOMA WONDERFUL, REPORT
• liy Pteu'
Tokio, March 18.—Six villages
have been wiped out by foie11 fires
which have been raging since Satur-
day, near the city of Nugo>a, 170
mih from here. Scores of persons
are missing. Troops have been call-
ed out to fight the blaze.
HEAVY VOTE IS
BEING POLLED IN
CITY PRIMARY
The cit> primary election opened
this morning at eight o'clock with
Deputy Sheriff Bepny Williams
• asting the first ballot. The el«- :-
*i• ji, will close tonight .it seven
-clock. Everything is passing off
:u;etly with a good vote being
'-idled.
At .» .. cl... k i hi- n ■ ■ i i n ..m m 0
h-id been on 1 *»wt mail}, were
nd \ :u.g. li is tin. igrit that. EMU)
• in-.r\--tes will b»» pulled heford
7 d'tkk, v\hen the polls chise.
WOMAN INSISTS
SHE IS DEAF ON
BEING DISPUTED
FRENCH ARMY
TO HAVE 673,827
IV i*, March 18.—The total ef-
fectives of the French metropolitan
and colonial troops as fixed for
| March 1, 1924, will be 117:1,827 men,
I according to Minister of War Mngi-
not. The«e figures, he said, are the
minimum to which the French army j
can be reduced and still provide I
adequate protection for France. 1
j The amount placed in the budget
for 1924 for the sustenance and
equipment of these troops is 1 ,G 12,-
000,000 francs.
OIL BOUNDARY
I By A$»o~tatrd Pn**) «
Washington, March 18.—Another
oil inquiry was urged today by Sen-
ator Fletcher, Democrat of Florida,
who wants the oil committee to
recommend the repeal of the Wat-
son act of March 4, 1923, confer-
ring certain oil rights in the bed of
Red River, which is the boundary
between Texas and Oklahoma.
ii HOUSE GUARDED AS
(Bt AuooUUi Prtm)
in, DI., March 18.—Several
of Infantrymen were posted
the courthouse here today,
t than tjro thousand marchers,
by Glenn Young, moved on
iuse in protest against the
ement of seventy citizens, in-
by the “unrighteous verdict
special grand jury.”
POR HIGH P. T. A.
ilor High P. T. A. meet*
(Wed) at S o’clock at the
llding. Every mother la
M present. The contest is
gh. Special program to be
« .
HALF ORANGES
FROM CALIFORNIA
GOOD WOMAN DIES
MONDAY AT NELTA
Mrs. J. P. Talkington, well known
ufid mighty good woman, died Mon-
day at her home near Nelta after be-
ing in feeble for many
months. She was 7 VeSrs old and
had lived in that community for
many y<»ars. She i’' survived by a
number of relatives, being arv Hunt
of Mrs. Frank Flippin of this city.
Her husband died some eight years
ago.
MANY OF OUR FOLKS
MRS. J. H. SPARKMAN
DIES LAST SUNDAY
Mrs. J. H. Sparkman died Sunday
at Como, after a short illness with
paralysis. She wan 66 years old, a
very fine woman, and leaves a hus-
band and seven children to mourn
her loss. Funeral services were held
Monday, after which burial took
place at Black Oak.
Claude MeUorhle, Alien Ardis
and Misses I’lmla Kennedy and
Maude Ranley came in Tuesday
night from Shreveport, where on
Sunduy they heard the famous Billy
Sunday. They uere each delighted
with the trip and say that Billy Sun-
day is a marvelous man and great
preacher. He is conducting his
campaign in a tabernacle that seats
many thousands of people, more
than 8,000 being present at the Sun-
day night service. Ho has something
like 1,000 in his choir and the choir
director is said to be almost as won-
derful us Billy Sunday. Shreveport
gave Sunday $2f>,000 to hold this
meeting, which continues until Sun-
day week. Thousands * * f people
from ether cities are said to have
attended the -orviVrt during the se-
ries of meetings.
On the return trip from Shrcve
port the Sulphur Springs people had
a fine road until they reached
O'intishoro. It took nearly three
hours to come from Winnsboro
home, on account of the bad roads.
Wiixah.iehie. Texa'. March 18.—
What line, h! ha\e hoe a a r emarka
Me eure hut w asn ! ieei.U'1 ed in
the office of Miss Mattie Middleton,
secretary of the special service bw
i eau.
An need couple went to the bu-
reau's office, hogging.
In the course of telling Ids tale
of woe, toe man informed the seerc-
t:n\ that his wife %vas quite deaf
Mis' Middleton had heard such
stories before.
She turned to the speaker and
said to him in subdued tones, with
her back to his wife:
“No; she's not ui .f."
“I am deaf! I am deaf!" the worn
an loudly contradicted.
Virgil Lynch, wh" attends iho
State University, is here spending
spoor'd days i\ith his mother, Mrs.
Lynch, ami his sister, Mrs. fhurlov
A shcroft.
(Ru An*ociatrd Pre*»)
St. Louis, Mo., March 18. — Hit-
souri is being politically torn ann»-
der in the contest for delegates
to the Democratic National oonvea
tion, with United .States Senator
itunes It. Ru'd fighting the hia-
Adoo forces at, every turn. The
| state convention, where the deV?-
, ales at large are chosen, will he
| hold on April 16 at Springfield,
i The district delegates* will be
| hosen at, conventions held in each
1 congressional district. The fight
I iet ween Reed and McAdoo has Beea
j landed into every district.
Senator Reed has been touring
| , hi stale, and making speeches in
| which he attacked the former sc»
[notary <,f the treasury on his re-
) pord with the Doheny oil tnterexw,
• h '■ at the Chicago “get together"
renting "f MoAdoo’s fricid-, Reed
i was referred to as a "renegade
IT nubiican” !>v members of the Mis-
si aid delegation.
! Tbe MrAdoo organization in the
I is beaded by Frank Karri*,
airman of the Democratic state
■ pommittee, while the Reed force*
b.1. .! by Kd CU nn and Ben-
■ pit Clark.
Few fireworks ott the Republieaa
ide havi tipin reported as vet, but
‘t i ampaign i- expected to opva
a ah mt thp loop of l'p.. RppuMiea*
!'■(■» io11a! eonventiuiis. At, the
"i en' time the Coolidge forces are
; 1.i:oe a calm confidence and
I'.inc little, while Senator -Johnson
m expected to enter the state soma-
time during March and make hi*
p!cm fol support.
The Republican state convention
in elect delegates at large will also
he held at Springfield and will he
n April 29. There is a rather
aim contest on for Republieaa
national committeeman to take the
dan of Jacob Babler, who is nof a'
candidate. The race at present has
mum n d to Congressman L. C.
Dyer and Dr K\ B. Clements, chair-
man of the Republican State Com-
mittee. The national Committee-
man m Missouri is chosen by the
I delegates to the national convrn-
t ion.
With the state primary scheduled
fol August the gubernatorial co*-
! test has not even begun to got
warm, hut announcement of caa-
didates of both parties is expected
! to be made shortly before the state
conventions.
No United State* senator is elect*
j i in Missouri this year.
Mi s Florem* A herott. who is a
student iri the State University,
came home today to spend several
days with homefolks, this being the
end of the mid term at the univer-
sity.
TO PUCE STATUTES
OF FOUR NOTABLES
IN STATE CAPITOL
San Francisco, March 18.—The
California citrus crop last year sold
for a total of $105,000,000, accord-
ing to figures compiled by the Uni-
versity of California. This repre-
sented the gross profit, and about
one-third of it Jvent for transporta-
tion expenses.
Although more than 60,000 car-
loads of oranges were shipped, tha
consumption of the United States
was nearly twice that amount Lem-
ons shipped amounted to 8,741 car-
loads, 88 por cent, of the country’s
total consumption.
BALLOT BOXES
County Clerk J. T. Taylor receiv-
ed by parcel post last week the ten
county ballut boxes which were re-
cently shipped to Washington, and
which contained the ballots of the
general election of November, 1922.
The count of the vote by the com-
mittee on contest showed that May-
field received 1202 votes and Peddy
481, 48 ballots not voting for either.
The official returns gave Mayfield
.1187 and Peddy 422. This ahowa a
gain of IS for Mayfield and 9 for
| P«M,—CoopM Harm.
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* Austin, March 18.—Bronze stat-
ues of Woodrow Wilson, Gen. Rob-
ert E. Lee, Thomas Jefferson and
Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston are
to be temporarily placed In the ro-
tunda of the state capital, it was an-
nounced Monday by H. A. Wroe, ex-
ecutor of the George W. Littlefield
estate.
These statures were ordered for
the $260,000 memorial arch to he
placed on the campus of the uni-
versity at the expense of the Little-
field estate, but as it will be two
years before the arch is completed
it was decided to place the statures
in the meantime In the state capi-
tol. The statures are now ready.
Miles Blessings of Shreveport la
spending a few days here with
friends.
JUDGE J. H. DAVIS
THURSDAY AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Judge J. H. Davis will speak on
“Citizenship” Thursday afternoon at
three o’clock at the library on invita-
tion of the Tanti club. All the
ladies of the city are urged to be
present.
Judge Davis is an idealist with a
vast amount of experience in the
field of practical politics,, and his
many years of public service
eminently qualify him to discuss this
subject. Since this is the year for
presidential election the attention of
the whole country is turned to pub-
lic affairs.
Questions of greater importance
are before ua today than we have
faced aince the franchise wee grant-
ed to women. Mepwttt.
(By A»AOcimUd Pr*ut)
Chicago, March 18.—An alleged
ring of diamond thieves who have
been directing hold-ups to collect
thief insurance, and who are belov-
ed to have obtained more than Mi,-
000,009 from insurance concerns,
have been uncovered here, accord-
ing to police. Four men and a
woman are being held for question-
ing.
TRAVIS P. T. A.
..
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The convention at the high school
auditorium last night was a great
success in every way. We take this
method of thanking every one whe
contributed in any way to the stoe-
cess of the convention. Especially
do we thank Mrs. J. M. Mcleon, Min*
Addle May Glover and thoae from
the other ward schools and high
school. The high school received
20 per cent after all expenses ware
paid. We cleared $112. We thank
you again for your liberal auppfert.
REPORTER.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1924, newspaper, March 18, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825986/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.