The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 41, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 26—NO. 41.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, FEB. 17, 1924
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
U
■iday, February 22, is to be a
ay for the Federated Women’s
of Sulphur Spring*. The oc-
on il to convert Washington's
ay Into the observance of
i-p!anting, around which an sp-
ate program will center,
noon-day luncheon will be
by the ladies at the Car-
i library at 12 o’clock, in honor
Ira. Ed E. Maloney, district
dent of the Women's Federated
and Mrs. Lalla Pickett, sec-
. The Lions cluhg of Sulphur
has been invited to attend
luncheon and take part in the
ram. After the luncheon, the
or Day program will be put on
city park, and among other
Igs of interest there will be the
(ting of pecan trees by the Lions
other events in connection with
| program will be carried out.
he public ia invited to the tree
(ting exercises at the park from
to four o'clock p. m. This will
good opportunity to inspect the
and program of park im-
ement, in which all our citirens
[interested, and the activities
organisations have fostered
the year, reaulting in real
[trujetive accomplishments. Mom-
©f jthc Federated and Lions
confer a favor in
nitteoa by notifying them as
as possible whether or not
want a plate at the noonday
heon, os the number of covers
| limited.
Luncheon Program.
(tmlstrcfs...... Mrs. Dab .Junell
(cation ....
...Rev. J. Howard Williams
(•ess of Welcome _______
........... Mrs. W. L. Kline j
.......... Mrs. E. E. Maloney,
Diet. Pres., Commerce.
— -------- Mrs. Wai'il Gober
— -------- Mrs. Lnlla Pickett,
Diet. Sec., Commerce.
Representing C. T. A's.....
......Mrs. F. V. Shelton
Representing Tanti efub..
....-.......Mrs. A. W. Pate
...____Miss Grace C. Thomas
Representing Standard Club
......-----Mrs. Lester Smith
Representing Waverly Club
..._______Mrs. H. H. Thomas
...........Treble Clef Club
Representing Lions_______
....___ J. A. Dial, Pres.
Representing City _____
t...____ L. E. (\ee, lifuyor
(nd concert and dedication o'*
i at city park from 2 to 4 p. m.
FORMER SECRETARY
OF PRES. HARDING
TO BE REJECTED
(By Auocimtod Prraa,
Washington, Feb. 16.—Objection
to the confirmation of George
Christian, former secretary to Pres-
ident Harding, as a member of the
federal trade commission, was rais-
ed today by Senator La Follette, Re-
puhttran or Wisconsin, on the ground
that while at the White House Chris-
tian had interested himself in an
important case thee and now pend-
ing before the committee. The case
is that, of the Famous Player cor-
poration, against which the commis-
sion issued u complaint in 1921.
MRS. JULIA ALLEN
DIES SATURDAY
Mrs. Julia Allen died Saturday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charlton Dickerson, near Pickton,
after a lingering illness. She was a
good woman, past seventy-two years
their old arid leaves a number of relatives
and many friends who are grieved
at her passing away.
Senator Green Shot
Prohibition Agent
Under Arrest
(by Aaaoified Piean)
Washington, Feb. 16.—The pro-
hibition situation in Washington,
ior months the center of criticism
and controversy, has culminated in
the shooting down of United States
Senator Frank Greene of Vermont,
less than three blocks from the Cap-
itol building.
He was shot last night as a car,
containing porhibition agents, whirl-
ed out of an alley into Pennsylvania
avenue in pursuit of another auto-
mobile, suspected of carrying boot-
leggers.
It is thought that the wound will
FIVE CONVICTS
BEING HELD FOR
4 MONDAY’S MURDER
(Hy Auaonatcd Preas)
Pittsburgh, Feb. 16.—Five con
victs were held for murder today
by a coroner's jury, which heard the
evidence in an inquest into the
death* of two prison guards during
lb-* riot at the Western penitentiary
last Monday.
probably not prove fatal, although
final determination of the question
awaited a more careful physician’s
examination. Senator Greene was
walking with his wife when the
shooting occurred.
A prohibiten agent is under ar-
rest, but no formal charges have
been placed against him. Today it
was apparent that the shooting of
Senator Greene had deeply stirred
those in official positions. Many of
hif. colleagues in congress said they
were ready to demand that some-
thing be done.
SENATE ADOPTS
WALSH RESOLUTION
WITHOUT DEBATE
SULPHUR SPRINGS
SHOULD FINISH
WORK BEGUN
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FORMER CITIZEN
IS MAKING GOOD
(by Aaaociated Presa)
Washington, Feb. 16.—Without
di bale, the house adopted today the
Walsh resolution, directing the be-
ginning of proceedings to recover
sections 16 and 26 within the naval
o;l reserve No. 1 in California, now
operated by the Standard Oil cum-
in ny of California
CHARLEY ARNOLD
DIES AT PEERLESS
DISTRICT LIONS
IN MEET FRIDAY
IN TERRELL, TEX.
Saturday Prof. Haskell Pruett of
Oklahoma was in Sulphur Springs
and called to see his old friend and
former teacher, Prof. B. F. Vander-
Charley Arnold, one of the well
known and highly respected citizens
Peerless, died at his home Satur-
slice. Mr. Pruett was born and I day morning, after a lingering ill-
grew to manhood in the Tira com ft ess. He was 62 years old, and leaves 1 value
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munity and left here many year-
ago to try his luck in the new state
j of Oklahoma. Since going to Okla
] h'-ma, he has served two terms as
The district Lions meeting held jn j cm'"ty superintendent of put.lie
a wife and two children, besides
large number of relatives and
triends, who are grieved because of
his death.
IELS PREPARE
DEFEND AGAINST
TACK AT PUERTO
(By Attn, mini Pratt)
i Cruz, Feb. 16.—The United
cruiser Richmond has arriv-
pm Puerto, Mexico, where a
is brewing, bringing four
lean oil men and thirty-eight
gefugees. New arrivals from
Cruz say the rebels are fever-
| engaged in preparing to defend
Mexico, against an attack
irnment forcea.
Terrell last Friday was attended by
something like one hundred and fif-
ty leading business and professional
men who are officers uid members
of the Lions organization.
Sulphur Springs was represented
by Secretary W. W. Evans, who re-
ports a splendid mevtin:. of enthusi-
astic leader- of both national and
state reputation.
They were entertained by the lo-
cal Lions of Terrell at the new ( oun-
try Club house, two miles west from
Terrell.
Harry Galbraith, editor of the
Terrell Transcript, is president of
the Lions at that place. The presi-
<bnt of the international orgaiii/.a-
tjPn, John Noel, a business man of
Grand Rapids, Mich., was present;
J also V. P. Higgins of .San Antonio
I and State Director Julian Hyers of
I Kert Worth.
District Governor Louis C. Perry
cubed the meeting and presided over
the conference.
The state convention of Lions is
to be held in Paris, Lamar county,
on May 5 and 6. Elaborate prepara-
tions are being made by that city for
the entertainment of the Lions and
their wives from over Texas.
schools of Greer county. At present I rnijTfl . nr nr a rv
he is connected with the state do- | I W11 AKr Dr All
partment of public education, being! 1 " V UL,rlu
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His host of old friends here are i
delighted to hear of his success. |
Four years ago the Chamber of
Commerce in Sulphur Springs Snd
Council of Agriculture in Hopkins
county took up the work of better
seed selection for Hopkins county
farmers. A campaign was waged
for better seed and especially cot-
ton seed As a result of that cam-
paign Sulphur Springs was raised
from a low grade cotton market to
one of the best of Texas, with Hop-
ltihs county cotton being iri demand
by buyers because of its excellent
staple. That work was well done
and was a paying investment from
every standpoint. However, sied
alone is not all that is necessary in
growing cotton. The best method
of cultivation and the proper fertil-
ize^ jure important factors. Good
seed, proper cultivation
right fertilizer are the
factors in growing cotton success-
| fully. We have the first require-
ment. Shall we go forward or
stop? During the past year several
counties in the cotton belt put on
the five-acre cotton contest witn
most satisfactory results. Atten-
tion was given to seed, cultivation
and fertilization, with the result of
three hales to the acre being made
in some instances. In every in-
stance, the towns and counties that
put on the contest have gone into
it again this year. The farmers of
Hopkins county are ready to enter
such a contest, not alone for the
of the premiums that shall
1 be offered, but for the good that
will result from such. If the cot-
ton contest is lauched in Hopkins
county more than 100 leading
farmers will enter it. They will
give close attention and study to
their land, the fertilizer used and
The oil activity in Hopkins county
continues to get better and leases
und royalties are bringing - better
prices, with an increased demand
for both leases and royalties. The
oil boom extends ail the way from
Miller Grove, in the extreme south-
western part of the county, across
via Cumby, Ridgeway and on to Sul-
phur Bluff and dowa to near Mount
Vernon, in Franklin county. At
Dike, the prises seem tu be the
highest, as the week’s activities
close. Saturday W. H. Burress sold
a 50-acre lease for $750 and re-
ceived $10 per acre for 110 acres.
Scrap Orr has sold a one-half royal-
ty for $8 per acre. That is about
as high as we know of anything sell-/
ing in tfie county, but have h&ird i>f
higher sales that we were unable to
confirm.
Over at Miller Grove the pool is
being dug and the machinery for
drilling is now at Greenville, ready
t . be hauled out to begin the first
well. All around Brashear and Cuip-
hv leases are selling at from $t up.
and the , Over at Ridgeway the drill is down
essential I about 800 feet and the oil interest
i3 more active each day. Sulphur
Bluff has witnessed some active
selling, as high as $5 per acre. R. A.
Logan sold the lease on 175 acres
of land north of Dike for $1,300.
There are many oil men here
fiom day to day In such numbers
.hat the hotels are full to overflow-
ing. These men are not saying much
but the knowing ones who arc clos-
es! to them say that active drilling
of several wells will begin soon.
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NINE CASES OF
SMALLPOX NORTH
SULPHUR SPRINGS
County Health Officer H. W.
Pickett reports nine new cases of
smallpox north of Sulphur Springs.
the jeed planted. Tlu- contest will!"1’ sPent the '’ntirc day Friday
be of untold value to the farmers | n,nkinK an examination and quaran-
in the same way that the organiza-I,ininK Plac,s whore he found thc
TO DEATH
IN HOTEL FIRE
t _____
(By AttoriaUd Prm)
Worth, jP*b. 16.—J. J. Kelly
Um Statlbn was burned to
in a hotel fire last flight at
Two other guests were
WILL COKE DIES
LAST SATURDAY
—i
VV ill Coke, a well known and good
citizen of Hopkins county, died Sat-!
i.rday morning in the Greenville !
sanitarium, where he had been j
taken earlier in the week for treat- ;
merit, following a long illness He
had been in feeble heaPh fo, many 1
months and several weeks ago no !
el back from near Cumby u the i
li#me of his father, W. S. Coke. '
south pf town. He i* about 35 year- j
old and leaves a wife and two chil-
dien to mourn his untimely death.
IN PISTOL BATTLE
'l)y 41 Pratt'.
Salt Lake City, Feb. 16.—Two
are dead and two dangerously
v., utided as the result of a pistol
battle which occurred here last
l ight, when polieemen attempted to i Out business
arrest William Lee, alleged cafe j Springs said lie
bandit. ! ward raising the necessary fund
After killing Patrolman Nolan and that ho knew another man who
Huntsman and wounding Patrolman i would give the same amount. He
P II. Honey and Beatrice Hunter, suggested that the Chamber of
hi- woman companion, according to Commerce call a meeting of those
i < lice, Lee turned the gun fin him- j interested and launch the
> If- He died early today.
I disease developed. He had "quaran-
same way
tion of the poultry business in Hop-
kins county has succeeded beyond the itiried nine honu“3 Saturday morning
fondest expectations of those who and exPecf‘‘d h° have others to
first entered the organization in the | lll,arantine as the di,ease was ex‘
county. The writer has had at perU'd to devel°P more before 5t
least 25 leading cotton growers was c,M*ck‘‘d- Two weeks ago a
of the county who are anxious to Palt-V was bldd at a bome 'n tb*
see the five-acre contest put on Klora neighborhood, at which the
man in Su],)hu,. j young man named Brown, who later
would give $100 to- I cloveloped a case near Brashear,
was present. About sixty people
move-
J. J. MURRAY
SPOKE SATURDAY
IN COOPER
Saturday J. J. MuiTaf’, candidate
lor congress from this district, op-
ened his campaign at Cooper, ac-
cording to announcements that had
been sent out from that place. Mr.
Murray t expects to wage an active
campaign from now until the pri-
mary, as the writer understands,
end will speak in every county in
the district and at many placas in
the different counties.
STAND PATTERS
WOULD LINE UP
THE INSURGENTS
JAPAN PUTS DOWN
EFFORT TO FORM
NEW GOVERNMENT
The News-Tele- i
the motion.
of
was sought
organization
an effort to
(By Aaaoeiattd Pratt)
Washington, Feb. 16.—The aid of
Republican insurgents
today by Republican
leaders in the house in
ward off defent in their fight with
thc Democrats over income tax
rates'
An attempt was also made to have
President Coolidge use his influence
to line up Republicans who are out
of sympathy with the organization’s
stand for a compromise of a sur-tax
maximum rate of 33 per cent.
B. J. McClendon and
Thomas spent today in Yant|
rPl/ ArrB*a\rd
Tokio, Feb. 16.—Discovery of a
well formulated plot to form a
Communist government in Japan,
supported by Russian Communists,
has resulted in the indictment of
twenty-nine Japanese Communists
on a churge of plotting to form a
secret party, according to a publish-
ed announcement of the results of
an examination conducted by the
Tokift district court, and in detail
printed by the vernacular ncwi
pers here.
Mrs. Frank A. Ogelvie returned
to her home in Fort Worth after
a week’s visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Theo. Wester. Mrs. Wes-
ter and Miss Neva Nsll accompanied
her home for a few days visit.
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I meat at or
I gram healtily seconds
One hundred leading farmers
! Hopkins county engaged in a con-
i’.at rails for both brain and
| labor will succeed and their efforts
j will mean p great thing for Hop-
kins county in every way. We will
grow three bales to the acre, the
same as old Smith county. In fact,
no county in Texas will be able to
surpass Hopkins in tho record that
she will be able to make. Besides,
100 intelligent, experienced cotton
farmers will put new life in the
fanning interest of the county.
Let 's go. Let’s finish thc job
we have begun. It can be done and
will be done readily ^pd gladly if
the Chamber of Commerce or tome
other organization will call a meet-
ing of all interested and start the
ball/ to rolling.
North Texas Chamber of
' secretaries, county agents
and fatf officials will have a meet-
ing in Dallas Tuesday, February 19.
Able Pate and W. W. Evans will at-
the meeting from Sulphur
m
tend the
Spria|«.
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were in attendance at the party and
all that have developed smallpox
during the last few days were among
the number. Among those that
have the disease so far arc a son
of Ott Duncan, Allie Bearden’s son
land Sina Marshall, two cases at
lud Brown’s, one case at Jess
! Holder’s, son of Mr. Tantom, one
! case at Doc White’s and two cases at
Mr. Hathcoat’s.
Dr. Pickett is using everjj^effort
to keep the disease in check and
thinks that he will be able to manage
tho situation.
WORKERS STRIKE
FOR INCREASE WAGE
IN GREAT BRITAIN
(By Aaaociated Preu)
London, Feb. 10.—A strike of
dock workers, affecting 120,000
men, became effective today in ail
parts of the United Kingdom.
The workers are asking an in-
crease of two shillings a day in their
Billie Rufe, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Meek Boyd, is reported on the
sick list today.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 41, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 1924, newspaper, February 17, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826486/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.