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fcAGE TWO
THE BONHAM FAVORITE
Published Daily Except Sunday
BY FAVORITE PRINTING CO.
SHERWOOD SPOTTS
OVID SPOTTS
3! Publishers
* ASHLEY EVANS
Managing Editor
UHA6. R. INGLISH,
Business Manager
THE BONHAM DAILY FAVORITE
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BONHAM, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1928
fishermen to be sending home ] advocate relieving us of our! Tom Connaiiy.—Houston Post-Dis-
pictures of the big fish that j two greatest bugabears-^tax-; patch.
did not get away. Some fel-jes and the high cost of living.1 -——--—
low could make a lot of If they can put these two pro- AN ASTONISHING BETRAYAL
money by having a stuffed j positions over we are ready
fish. Ire could lend the boys to 1 and willing to gladly . admit
SUBSCRIPTION
Payable in Advance
By City Carrier, 1 month_______.50
By City Carrier, 3 months ........$1.5c
By City Carrier, 6 months ________$2.75
By City Carrier, 1 year ____ $5.91
By Mail, 1 month .i....................$ .50
By Mail, 6 months ...................$1.73
By Mail, 1 year...........................$3.00
r CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In or
dering address of paper changed,
give old address as well as the new.
This is important and will avoid de-
lay in making the change
NOTICE—All notices of entertain,
mcnts, dinners and other benefits
where there is an admission fee or
other monetary consideration, will
be charged for at the rate of 7Va
Pnvtline*' FiY6 7?' tlie| million, (reader, and take the
line. Obituaries, resolutions of re- |0j^g
spect cards of thanks, etc., also ‘
pose with them in such
an interesting picture. It
might not be telling
truth, but how envious
boys at home would be!
the
the
Billy Ranieri, the kidnaped
Chicago boy, has sent word
to his father to “please pay.”
If that is a sample of the way
'this country should be ruin,
ransoms for the liberty of its
citizens, Big Bill, we want to
tell you now that we could
have more liberty than that
under King George, himself,
in person.
Dallas says “be one of the
that the female of the species
has the male specimen skin-
ned a country block for effi-
ciency. But the trouble of it is
it is I. W. W. stuff—It Won’t
Work.
--?GS„--
that an airplane smashed a truck
the other day.—Florence (Alabama)
Herald.
The Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton
of New York says he prayed bpr the
rain that fell while A1 Smith was
making his acceptance speech. Tex.
Rickard ought to emplay Dr. Strat-
on to keep clouds away from his
next heavyweight fight.—Amarillo
News.
Dr. Straton would be an inval-
uable adjunct to any company en-
gaged in rain insurance. He could
hold off until his confederates col-
million,” meaning there willlected the premium, then prevail up-
be that many at tlhe fair. The
fair is one of the greatest in-
The Southern Baptist church has
been severely hit Iby the amazing
of a shortage estimated at approxi-
mately $1,000,000 in the accounts
of Clinton S. Carnes, treasurer of
the church’s home mission board.
According to a mass of evidence
uncovered since the financial agent
of the board disappeared, after an-
nouncing that he would be gone for
several days on a pleasure trip,
Carnes perpetrated one of the most
astounding confidence games ever
recorded in America.
An ex-convict, having served a
term in the Federal penitentiary for
Worth a Smile
Operate at Once!
First Doctor—Well, what has the
patient ?
Second Doctor—It is a wonderful
combination. He has apendicitis,
gastritis, nephritis, laryngitis and
$100,000.—Pathfinder.
A Bumper Crop
The middle-aged, childless farmer
,, . and wife resorted to prayer that
usmg the mails to defraud, hav.ng their loneline3s t >
'been divorced by his wife on charges | After a time they ,m I(jcehr-
of cruelty and dishonesty, Carnes, ... .
. .. congratulations on the birth of trip-
according to the story placed togeth-; je£g F
er by the authorities, entered the
answered!”
enthusiastic
on the Lord to withhold all showers employ of the Southern Baptist' S ale a^wa^s
until the expiration of the contract.! church in the humble capacity as * • a\ & a P10UiJ-y
stitutions in Texas. Its location ] It is possible, (believably, that the bookkeeper. * I ,
1 Yes. but I never prayed for
in Dallas is merely an incf-jrain would have fallen at Albany He rose quickly to the position i ’ U never piayed for a
dent. It belongs to the state. I on the fateful night even if Dr.' 0f treasurer of the home mission- P Cr°P lke thlS> —Farm Llfe-
Straton hadn’t prayed for it from hoard. Apparently he began soon1 jjer m . » T .
New York. The prayer of the after achieving the office, to -----x np
righteous availeth much, and if church funds to his own use.
charged for at the same rate,
most accompany order.
Cash
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the
The school teachers of Mex
ico are going to ask for per-
New York. The prayer of the after achieving the office, to divert,
and
Dr. Straton is righteous—a matter j The home mission hoard granted
With a squeaking of brakes the
bus pulled into the pavement and
subject for debate—it can not be him extraordinary powers, allowing jlirtnr u'j ^eeblg ^be coa~
gainsaid that his interference with1 him to negotiate loans freely in the bp]I 6’ y ^s hand on the
, . - . - „ - the Albany -weather was not sup-' board’s behalf without anybody’s _tart Aj ! ** ed 'hlnf. nat *°
mission to vote for a presi-' ported by Him who holds the'approval and with no signature * Untl1 She had chmbed the
dent in that country. We the thunders in the hollow of his j other than his own ! *
Are you all right ma’am?” he
Heaters
Heaters
Heaters
Yes, it’s still pretty (hot these days, but cold weather is just
around the corner. Better get ready for it by coming in and
getting one of our famous—
KENNEDY SHEET FLAME
GAS HEATERS
They are real HEAT PRODUCERS and GAS SAVERS i
We Have Also:
Asbestos Gas Heaters, and any Style Wood and Coal Heaters.
Prices Reasonable. i .... .
* WELLS & HUMPHREY'
character, reputation or standing rcf i thought they already allowed hand. At any rate, Dr. Straton is j Through a system of dummy j . . , .V*
any firm, individual or corporation School teacheiS to vote in seeing to it that he gets some pub- bookkeeping he kept his transac-j
Will be glady corrected upon being j Mexico. That just shows how j licity out of it, and without pub- tions secret, at the
Balled to the attention of the pub-(^b-e we know about
Ushers.
Advertising Rates on Application
country, anyhow.
Texas, as second class mail matter.
taming of sulphur
_____The 101 Ranch ig going to
Entered at tie'poatJffice at Bonham, Paris'Jh,lT ^ngHag* to Sher-
man. Well, Bonham got a tent
show, all right, and if we can
jii'st get a good price for our
cotton, we’ll let the rest of
the shows go by, and go to the
rn, ~ , picture shows.
The Favorite’s ditcher man , i
sought new fields, or rather We want Sam Fryar to at-
iW+^Cje3 Sunday. He Chev- tend our fair this year—he
-dieted down about Ladonia, skipped last year, and we
and in his ramblmgs ran afoui want his general manager,
dltcb on Sulphur Creek Madame Fryar to see that he
that looked for the world as attends, and also that she
n a giant mole one as big comes with him.
Roy Chapman Andrew's] - - , - __
prehistoric monster found in San Juan, Porto Rico, re-
Mongolia, had come along ported that 8,000 are hungry
and burrowed him, a fairway on the Island. They will be
trpm he1 ^, to yonder. J clothed and fed; too by the
j I he people of that commifn- Red Cross and this counrty
ity Simply got tired of Sprawl-] will furnish the money.
mg Sulphur doing the Bolster- __im_
pus Bo is d Arc stunt, so they We don’t know how many
decided to make it behave, people are coming to the Fan-
if mortal man can tame the min County Fair, but be one
turbulent currents of such a {of the number, whether it is
mmiatuie liver, once it gets 10,000 or 20,000 customers.
on the rampage, so a mam- j x __jsb____
moth ditcher was drafted to { A careful editor is one who
work. | would not have printed the
^ the ditcher had gone by story of Jonah and the whale
the place where the highwayi without verificaton, had he
crosses this stream, and it been runnng a paper then.
was away up in the woods, I -__m__
but it might have easily been > They are killing them in
round had the investigator Dallas with automobiles,
wished to pursue it, as it went What’s the matter, has the
tearing through the forest on ammunition for the revolvers
its way to the headwaters of, played out?
the creek, which heretofore] ’ _.__ita__
has had a way of getting up] Senator Joe Robinson has
d rambling over some of campaigned in five states for
F. choicest acres in that sec- Smith. If Al does not hurry
tl05,10^ country. j Joe will complete the job him-
_ The crew working the self,
ditcher, at the place where the ----Ha__
,. . , No>” was the reply. “Wait a
same ime in- minute> pm coming down again.*
FIRE IREN BOOMED
AT EDINBURG, TEXAS
THNG CAUSES MIXUP
that, licity he might spiritually starve^ to' venting plausaible tales to explain i Im,patientIv the conductor ■! CITIZENRY RUNS TO THE FIRE
death. Even this respectful piece his own mounting personal fortune,1 even the passenffe s ^| AND THE RESULT IS A
is a contribution to the advertising his rise from financial obscurity to1 nprvous ^ ^
LOT OF CONFUSION
which the puissant doctor commands a position as one of the financial; T, )a, , , , , A . ___
for himself. The ministerial chat- giants; of Atlanta. ! b Jk to J ®d and Stepped j By United Press,
teibox compels the (press to give The greatest loss to the church,! «j»m not g0jng today” she said ' EDINBURG, Texas,
Sept. 17.-
him welcome to its midst, although perhaps, is not the monetary one,1 kindlv “Rut if -t’ ^ & ^ ’'Edinburg’s fire siren is doomed,
some members of the journalistic although the hardship entailed by a Am nrn. .,' . 1 S ln„ . omori°w, ] No longer will the warning whistle
confarternity have appeared so de- million-dollar misappropriation will thLghf i^bette/01 & ^ 1
blow so the whole town can rush
based as td say the pastor in ques- be felt at least tempoi’arily. The1,™ ft . . 6,^erT ^ * cou^d out and look for the fire, was the
tinn M/W behind the . ....... ..... - ...... 1tne stairs. —London Answers. ______j n t u___
tion hides benind the skirts of his fact that a church leader in whom __
church to, libel a faithful public implicit confidence had been placed *
servant, and then closes the door of should divert to his own use a MflTFQ ftM THE Til ID
the sancturary when the wronged iarge ,sum held for religious and de- 1MUI L0 1111 I HL I AIK
one approaches to seek admittance, nominational advancement, betraying
Still, if it is true that Dr, Straton the most sacred of all trusts, is
prevailed upon the Almighty to in-
terfere in Governor Smith’s out-
■> " x ■ ' \'J
door program it must be conceded
that he has great influence in heav-
en—.State Press in Dallas News. | might not have been possible on so INTERESTING DATA TURNED IN
severe blow to the pride, of one of
the greatest of Southern denomina-
tions.
The Carnes misappropriations
COMPILED 0Y OFFICER
OF TOE ASSOCIATION
o j iarge a sca]e had thi3 Baptist home
j m,]S9}011 board been i85s ready to
grant to its treasurer extraordinary
FVoin Other Pens f! powers without surrounding his ac-
BY JOHN I. BOON, THE OF-
FICIAL SECRETARY
TOM CONNALLY’S SENDOFF
highway crosses Sulphur, sim-
ply made another creek, dam-
Idaho reports snow in the
mountains around Boise al-
ihing up the old bed, and; ready. Something tells us
making a ^ driveway right ] that’s crowding the season.
over it—a (high embankment, i -— _n___
The stream has been straight-] There is no man good
6ned and when the winter j enough for a good woman,
rams come rolling down, it is. There is no man mean enough
hoped the water will be con- for a mean woman,
fined, to the channel that has
been cut.
They say this
ditch is a
Hoover went East and
Smith went West. We hope
The Fannin County Fair grounds
tivities with the chucks and saf e-s this morning was one of the busiest
guards ordinarily imposed by busi-' places in the city. Numerous work-
ness institutions. But it should be 1 ers were at work putting the build-
remembered that even the- , most (lnSS and grounds in shape, and car-
___ . scrupulously careful financial houses ' Peters , were . rearranging the live
“Tom Connaiiy will* die inf the iin serous instances have sustain- ] Jtock Pavilion as to enable the dif-
United States Senate” it l ed huge losses through mjsappro-: ferfnt dep^tments to properly house
dieted at the tomecoJL l&Z'' Potion or embezzlement oh the and care for the many entries in
held in celebration of the Marlin: part o:E trusted officials; and that J10Ss, sheep, cattle, horses, and mules
tLSi- “ *«-■» g wi,f house duri,,B
7riz tufL.Tto N^V'c“jwith ^ ,PJ v* r]t,y ^that b
n v/as not me^nt to c^n.cy the' , . ,. „ ,, under construction will be complete ’
tracrip ..TinUp0t;n« u • i and determination of Southern • , ,. p
tia.gic implication that might be in- ^ ... , , , m ample time to house the poultry
terpreted from it at first hlush-lBaptists Wl11 doubt the lurch’s F p y
that his health is so poor that he is| ablhty.to meet this temP°rary finan'
not expected to live through his ■ «al crisis. L®ad^s of the Baptists poultry exhibitors their. entries beipg j T . ^ ... I
term of office. It was rather a way; bave ann™nced that every obliga- cared for in a manner 4at will show ] Miss Iris Curtis is on the sick list,
of saying that he could never be de- Jtl0n e* a* d by the missin? treasur- j them to the best advantage, also I MlSS Jenn'e Howe11 left Satui'day
feated for re-election, and would Fr W1 1 bf mft ln ful1, and none wib I sanitary rules can be enforced more ”01 Shreveport, La.
hold the office for the rest of his Ibe repudiated. _ 'effectively.
life—if he so desires. *The Mar- L A part of the church deficit will | The Agriculture, or Main Exhibit _• w j--
lin demonstration was a magnificent! be C°Vered Jt 18 boped’ by real estate | Building and the Woman’s Building Sat^ . afternoiot1
tribute to the man who will serve and other assets of the missin^ will this year be covered Jo a depth j ?rf\ *Whlt® h&! bee” her
.........of two inches with shw dust to con- > dauZhter> Mrs- Geo- McConnell of the
trol the dust in ^manner that willf °Um Sprmgs comm«nity, but re-
ultimatum delivered by C. L, Hamp-
ton, fire inspector, last week, after
the fire drill was interrupted by
curious townspeople.
“Regular fire drill is held every
Wednesday and after the siren blows
every one in town wants to know
where the fire is and the boys are-
hampered by unnecessary automo-
biles following them down the streets
of the drill pun,” Mr. Hampton de-
clared.
Quite a number were attending
to business in Bonham last week. ‘
The light rains have hindered
cotton picking for the past
days, but at this writing it looks as
if picking might soon be resumed.
VIOLA.
♦ * 4» ’■8'.
* \ HUDSONVILLE *
Mrs. Eva Robinson and children,
who. have been living at Kaufman,
and Mr, and Mrs. Willie Love and
children of Bonham, spent last
Thursday wpth their grandmother,
Mrs. J. W. Routte.
One little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Marshall has been right sick
for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Wakefield nad
daughter and two neices of Mem-
phis, Tenn., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Shelby Hudson. Mr. Wakefield
This building is being constructed f mT:d t0„Te“’ a year ago
along lines that will insure to the! “"<1 ‘5 well pleased with his new lo-
, j patch.
-ong one—some fifty miles neither lands in the cucoo
long. If this is true, and,nest.
there is no reason to doubt it, — -_m—
it greatly benefits the people] Snow in Idaho and 90 in
and travelers between Paris the shade in Texas—we’ll
and Cooper, where the nasty take the shade.
stream has been in the habit' — -r j»«_
of getting out over the bottom • There is lots of cotton in
and covering the concrete the boll that ought to be in
with water to a depth of some the .bale.
three feet, thus making it(--^_
extremely dangerous to cross' j**#
with an automobile, saying |
the engine don’t go dead on J
one in the attempt. j J
The Favorite congratulates *
that section on this great
triumph.
,EXCHANGES
1.1 ti 1WO CANDIDATES
Massachusetts has two women
King Alfonso, of Spain has candidates for governor. One is
announced that he is a fe- running on the socialist ticket and
rocious driver of an automo- the other is an independent. They
bile, and that if it had not are going to stump the state, and
been, for the good roads in that ought to be enough to break
Spain he would have been the monotony. It is said the in-
killed long ago. Many of dependent Avants to take the tax off
the crowned heads of Europe real property and the socialist favors
have died with their boots on, the government supporting the peo-
Alfonso and long before the pie. Either (proposition put t owork
automobile made its debut, would make it pretty soft, eh?—
Not hinting at anything, old Sherman Democrat.
topper, just relating a fact.
-PS.
What a pity Massachusetts
cannot elect both of these
This is the open season for women, since 'both of them
as the junior senator from Texas for
the next six years. Growing encom-
iums upon his past record in con-
gress and his personal character
were paid Mr.. Connaiiy by numer-
ous prominent speakers of the state,
and they were received with spon-
taneous cheers by the multitude of
friends who gathered to pay him j ---0-
homage. Great achievements were i {*'**+***++*+++**•*+++**+**++++*++**■
foreseen in his senatorial service. ] £
Such confidence as the people of j |
Texas have displayed in Mr. Con- j j
nally should start him off in the! f
new work fired rvith inspiration, j
The high esteem in which he is held | “He who hesitates is lost” was the
by his colleagues in 'both houses of 0ld version. Tn these cafeteria days
congress will he a great advan-
tage to him. And the outstanding
treasurer. And though the esti-
mated total loss is large on its face,
it would require only a small dona-
tion from each member of the
Southern Baptist church to reim-
burse the home mission hoard, dol-
lar for dollar.—Houston Post-Dis- the first ticket goes to Miss Minnie
cation.
Mrs. John White of Hollis, Okla..
was a caller at the home of Mrs.
WHY DO WITHOUT?
the use of your fan or oth^r
Electrical Appliances when
you can have us put in con-
venient outlets in every room
at small cost. v
Phone 662
Jones Electric Co.
‘The House of Hustle**
* FRANK DAVIS <*•
* Your Tinker and ♦
* Sheet Metal Worker •; >
* ■ * (Same Old Stand) ♦
********** * * * * * *
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* BAILEY E. CHANEY *
* B. S. C.-M. D. C. .. Veterinarian *
* Office Bonham Drug Co. *
* Phone 33. Bonham, Texas ♦
* Specialty Canine and Feline ♦
* Pathology ♦
************* ***>
NEW SCHEDULE
BUS LINE
be satisfactory to all exhibitors.
Season tickets for the Fannin
turned home Sunday.
T. S. Coonrod of the Boyd com-
County Fair went on sale Saturdav apd: Miss Brackett’ whose
afternoon and the honor of buying 'hpme 'Ve did not learn’ were quiet
legislative ability and influence
which he has already demonstrated
during his 11 yeras in the lower
house afford him implements to cul-
tivate the fallow field opportunity
that lies before him. Texas may feel
assured of full representation by Owners of small cars will rejoice
Eldridge, our county Home Demon
] stration Agent; the second to Philip
j Wise, President of the Fair Assa-
j ciation, and the third to Tom Ray-
burn, one of its directors. These
tickets carl be found at Henderson’s
Confectionery, Shinpaugh’s Drug
Store, Bonham Drug Company, ana
the Red Ball Confectionery. Those
desiring to purchase season tickets
— ------ ---------- are asked -to please purchase them
he Avho hesitates is a nuisance.—! before the opening day of the fair,
Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal. as that will speed up operation at
the gate.
The Paragraphers
But how does a perfect lady get
thrown out of a political conven-
tion . without mussing up her per-
manent?—Dallas News.
Those desiring concessions
or exhibit space at the Fannin
County Fair, Sept. 25—-29,
See J. I. Secretary.
63-6t
ly married here Friday night, Rev.
J. P, McVay officiating.
Bro. Rowe filled his regular ap-
pointment here Saturday night arid
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Levans of
Shawnee, Okla., are visiting Mrs.
Bevans’ parents here.
Mrs. J. R. Howell, whose health
has been failing for the past year
left Sunday for Rochester, Minn.,
for medical treatment at the Mayo
Brothers’ sanitarium. Her brother,
Dr. J. J. Gill of Chatham, La., met
her at Texarkana, and accompanied
her.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Putman and
several other relatives whose names
we did not learn, were here from
Uba, Okla., the first of the week to
attend the bedside of the little Mar-
shall child.
J. C. Magouirk, P*op. 1
WEST BOUND
Leave Bonham 6:00, 8:15
10:15, 12:15, 2:15,4:15;
6:15, 8; 15.
All schedules make direct
connection with
BLUE BONNET :!
INTERURBAN
South to Dallas, Fort Worth,
and Waco.
Katy North at Bells.
Frisco North at Sherman,
Busses North to Tulsa, Kan-
sas City. v •
RIDE THE BUSSES AND
GET THERE QUICKER
For further information cal!
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Hitt and Rlinn —1 ' If This Keeps Up We May Have to Go Back to the Fig Leaf!
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