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Ph*®« Co. free Ubi
Carson County
Defense Bond
Quota $353,300
Carscn Co. LitraryS 15 43
VOL. 56—No. 29
The Panhandle Wedald
To Hell with Hitler
Mussolini and
The Mikado
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PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1943, * *
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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Hardin Begins Penitentiary Sentence
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Four Criminal
Cases Dismissed
To Close Term
84fh District- Court
Ends Work Friday
On Allen's Order
In closing the January term
of 8 4tli district court Thursday ,
and Friday of last week, principal-1
business was the dismissal of
four criminal coses.
District Attorney W. L. McCon-
nell asked that the cases be dis-
missed because he believed there
was insufficient evidence to ob- !
tain convictions.
Dismissal in all four cases !
were then granted by Judge Jack
Allen.
Cases dismissed were:
State of Texas vs. Vera Warren,
„ offense, burglary.
State of Texas vs. I. N. Stock-
ton, offense burglary.
(State of Texas vs. Roy Hialey,
offense, theft.
State of Texas vs. Edward
Franklin Atwood, offense, theft of
an auto.
Judge Allen allowed County
Clerk J. C. McCollough fees of
$10 in each case also $10 in the
case of the state of Texas vs. Paul
Hardin, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of anlurder.
Only other business on Jan. 28
was the report of the receiver,
Mrs. Willie O’Neal, in the case of
Maggie Wells, et al. vs. J. Polk
Osborne, et al. The report was
approved by the court.
Africa WAAC
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Capt. Frances Marquis, 46,
commands first overseas de-
tachment of WAACS, now in
North Africa on General Eisen-
hower’s staff.
Carson Group
Of 20 Leaves
For Fort Sill
. Registrants Who Passed
Lubbock Physicals
Ordered To Serve
Another group of 20 Carson
Report of tire jury commission, ““X; 9°o’clock yesterday morn-
ing.
composed of E. E. Ellis, Biggs
Horn and J. R. Sterling was ap-
proved B'riday morning. This
commission selected a list of 16
men from which will be drawn
the grand jury for August 20 term
of court and four petit juries of
40 men each.
Former order was issued Fri-
day relieving Constable Bud Bick-
le of receivership duties in the
ase of Orville Lee Thorngurg Sr.
vs. Alma Thornburg This was
necessary so that certain oil and
gas payments could be made by
the' Cities Service companies to
the plaintiff.
They were sent to Fort Sill
Okla.
j This was the group that went
,to Lubbock Wednesday of last
week to take physical examinat-
, ionsr Those leaving yesterday
were: Frank Overall Murray;
I Panhandle; Ones Dalton Green,
(Skellytown.; Dari Dean Sharp,
Panhandle; Walter Clarence Leo-
nard, Skellytown; William Arthur
[Thomas,' Jr. Skellytown.; John
j Clinton Karlen, Skellytown, Rob-
ert Brooks Tabor, Panhandle;
| Leo Lavern Lance, Skellytown;
| Edward William Hompn, Con-
way; Norris Lee Hoyt, Groom;
Cypher Feels
For Mother Of
Young Slayer
Calls Paul Hardin's
Mother Martyr,She Has
Three Sons In Service
Miss Valda Cypher cf the Bor-
ger Daily Herald staff reported
the trial here last week of Paul
Hardin, who was charged with
murder and who pleaded guilty
and received a sentence of 20
years in the state penitentiary.
Miss Cypher writes a column, In-
timate Jottings, in the Borger
newspaper and this article was
published Friday of last week:
I’ve just covered one- of the
most unpleasant assignments in
my ten years of reporting — the
murder trial at Panhandle.
Let’s forget about the* 17-year-
old youth who was sentenced to
20 years in the penitentiary. Let’s
don’t think for the moment of the
widowed mother with three beau-
tiful children.
Look at Mother
But let’s look at the entirely
innocent mother of that boy, Paul
Hardin. If there ever was a
martyr, she’s one.
A fine, good-hearted woman,
that mother knew her son had
committed a crime and knew he
had to pay for it, vet she stayed
right by his side throughout the
day.
Sure, she cried—you would too,
if your son's life was at stake.
The mother of eight sons, seven
of whom are living today, Mrs.
Hardin- has three in the service.
She’s especially proud of her Mar-
ine and went to her hotel room to
get pictures of her sons to show
me/ She iust beamed when she
locked at them.
This Is Worse
Then, she looked at Paul and
(Continued from i-AGE ONE)
Ju.lse iMilton Glenn Gripp, Conway; El-
more Thomas Powell, Panhandle;
jBelah Lee Hayden, Panhandle;
Melvin Stialey Walker, Conway;
!Charles Hazel Wilson, Pahhandle;
Elmore Hansel Inman. White Deer
ipaul Batie Driskell, Conway,;
Jack Landon Johnston, Skellytown
L. C. Parr, Skellytown; Donald
Lee Staats, Skellytown..
The selective service board met
Friday, Jan. 29, and made the
following classifications:
2A to 2C, Clem Benton Baker.
1A to 4F, Elsmer E. Patterson,
Lewis L. Barnes.
1A to 1C, Hugh A. Peck.
1C to 1A Cecil D. Pingelton.
0 to 1A, James A. Roberts, Calvin
A. Diew.
minutes of the four weeks term
Friday and formally adjourned
the coart.
Mrs McKenzie
To Head Red
Cross Again
The Carson County Red Cross
met in its annual meeting Tues-
day night at the court house and
the following report and recom-
mendation by the nominating
committee was read and accept-
ed:
Chairman, Mrs. T. H. MeKen-
zie, reelection; vice - chairman,
Mrs. Eva Craig; secretary-treashr-
er, Mrs. Jack Atkins'.
Recommendation: “That, an ex-
ecutive committee appointed by
the chair which should include
the chairman, vice - chairman,,
er members. These seven mem-
ermembers. These seven mem-
bers should be from branch com-
munities in this county.
The nominating committee was
composed of Dr. W. Paul Roberts,
Fred Surratt, Mrs. L. W. Bussey
and Mrs. Marshall King.
Reports from committee chair-
men were heard as follows:
Home Service. F. A. Render,
chairman reported funds spent for
wires and telephone calls (fur-
loughs, sickness, discharge, A. W.
O. L., etc. $50.57; assisted on de-
pendency discharges, 3; (one de- j
pendency still in process); loans |
to soldiers’ wives, two loans, $43; j
(all loans repaid); locating one A. '
W. O. L. Class A dependents, 2; 1
Class B dependents, 2; child de-
sertion, 1; Red Cross messages
sent regarding soldiers missing in
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Coitingame Talks
On Food Problems
Kelly Ccttingame, county agent,
discussed the part that food is
playing in the war at the Rotary
Club luncheon Friday noon of
last week.
Cottingame was recently elected
secretary to take the place of the
late Parker McCollough.
Visiting Rotarians from the
Borger club were H. S. Benjamin,
Rev. J. E. Kirby, E. B. Reinbold,
and E. J. Lewis. Herman Axelrod
of the Borger club was also a
visitor.
The Lions Club program Tues-
day was in charge-of H. H. Smith
who gave several good readings.
Paul Dollarkide led the singing.
January Rainfall
Was Only .04 Inch
During January, Panhandle had
a few bad spells cf weather, but
had little moisture. On Jan. 6,
rainfall was .02 inch, on the 19, .02
inch, and on the 28th a trace of
moisture. In all for the pionth of
January only .04 of an inch was
reported.
All the crops are doing good,
except the barley and oats which
were slightly damaged during the
freeze that we had about the mid-
dle cf the month. None of the
other crops were reported dam-
aged..
So far this month there was a
trace cf maisture Monday.
Wheat is in good shape with est-
imated five feet of sub-soil mois-
ture. Some winter barley was
damaged by freezing weather in
January.
Mrs. J. M. Cox
Passes Away
In Panhandle
Had Lived Here Since -
1888; Was Charter
Member Of Church
Mrs. Maggie Cox, 77 years old,
died at midnight Wednesday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Franklin, in Panhandle.
She had been seriously ill for six
weeks.
Mrs. Cox had lived in Carson
county since 1888 and was one
of the oldest pioneers in this sec-
tion. Her husband, James Meri-
deth Ccx, died Dec. 21, 1931, cf a
heart attack in a local domino par-
lor at 78 years of age.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the
Methodist Church with Rev. J.
E. Boyd, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Panhandle cemetery by
the side of her late husband.
Powell In Charge
Powell Funeral Home of Borger
has charge -of arrangements. The
body will be brought to Pan-
handle this morning tc the Frank-
lin home, where it will be until
the funeral this afternoon.
Maggie Bell was her maiden
name and she was born Aug. 7,
1865, at Palo Pinto, Texas. She
was married to Mr. Cox Dec. 18,
1884, and lived near Caddo until
they moved to Carson county in
1888. They lived on Antelope
Creek for about five years and
then moved to Panhandle.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox had eight
children, three preceding them
in death. Surviving children are j
two sons, Marion and Earl Cox; j
three daughtes, Mrs. Charles'
Franklin, Mrs. Earl Spain and
Mrs. Tom Henfy. All the children
live in Panhandle with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Henry, woh lives
in Wichita, Kan.
Had 13 Grandchildren
Other survivors are 13 grand
children and 3 great grand chil-
dren, two sisters and a brother.
The sisters are Mrs. Eugene Ac-
ton of San Angelo and Mrs. Lew-
is Tipton of Los Angeles, Calif.,
j both of whom were here at the
j time of . Mrs. Cox’s death. A
brother, A. E. Bell, lives in
Paso.
The grand children are Mrs.
Ellis Lemons and Mrs. Clarence
Howe, Panhandle; Mrs. Ralph
Metcalf, now. of near* Camp Ed-
wards, Mass.; Wayne and How-
ard Cox, Long Beach, Calif.;
BOY SCOUTS MEAN BUSINESS
III
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In '43 ■■
■SSSrf
f«r?V Silts
< “Toughen up, Buckle down, and Carry on to Victory”, is the
Boy Scout major task this year. Their 1,570,000 members are in the
conflict to the hilt on the home front, doing everything boys of
Scout age can do to help win the war speedily and a just peace
ermanently.
LOCAL DESCENDANT HAS
JOHN ADAMS' OWN COPY
OF U. S. DECLARATION
G. S. Deane, manager
Slayer Taken
To Huntsville
For 20 Years
Young Prisoner Gives
Deputy Sheriff And
Helper No Trouble
Paul Hardin began paying
his debt to society when he
entered the gates at the state
penitentiary at Huntsville at
10:30 o’clock Saturday
morning.
Hardin pleaded guilty Wednes-
day, Jan. 27, in 84th district court
on a charge of killing A. L. Brake
and a jury late that night senten-
ced him to 20 years in the peni-
tentiary. He was 17 years old that
day.
Deputy Sheriff Belmont Slagle
and Brice Mathis left with him at
4:30 o’clock Friday morning of last
week. Hardin was handcuffed and
place between the two men on the
front seat.
At five o’clock that evening the
car was in Dallas and he was plac-
ed in the Dallas county jail with
200 other prisoners. The trip had
worn him out and he did not care
to do the extra driving to get into
Huntsville that night.
Caused No Trouble
The prisoner never gave his two
custodians any trouble. When he
asked Judge Jack Allen Thursday
of last week for credit of nine
months spent in jail on his 20 year
sentence, he was told emphatically
“no.” Chief reason for the refusal
was that evidence was discovered
in Stinnett jail that Hardin was
planning to make an escape.
When the officers went to the
Dallas jail early Saturday morn-
ing after Hardin, he was in a
hurry to get to Huntsville. In the
jail the previous night he-had
talked a long time to ex-convict
who gave him a lot of advice
about how to get along in prison.
The ex-ccnvict was let out in
November and was picked up at
Dallas with “knucks.”
The ex-convict gave detailed in-
in i formation about prison life and
Hardin was in a hurry to begin
his sentennce. Hardin got a lot
of pleasure in listening over Slag-
of the beautiful hand writing and is
Panhandle Inn, is the owner of a good j condition even though it
large copy of the Declaration of is very old. When given to
Independense. He came into Deane it was wrapped in home
possession of this historic paper spun cloth, but he now has it le’s car radio. He said that was the
when he was 28 years old. iin a dark oak fname.
His motkei, Mrs. Jachery Taylor The creases Avliere it had been
Deane who before her marriage folded can still be seen. It is
was Miss Lucy Ellen Adams,- gave, gp incbes from top to the bottom
+1”~ document to him. Mrs.
this
first time he had been around
a radio since he had been in jail.
Was First Trip
This was the first trip to Hunts-
i ville with a prisoner by Deputy
„ and 231A inches wide.
Deane is a descendant of John /z. . -----
Adams family. Deane is a great- ■r?1’1® 1S no, de*mit® ^story j sheriff Slagle and Mathis, who
Clifford Cox, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, great grandson of John Adams. 011 11S document. It will have to retUrned late Sunday afternoon.
Norma Jean. John and ! It is believed that John Adams A\ the *>?. of ! They drove to
Va.; Norma Jean, John and ! It is believed that John Adams thifLper inline letted I They drove to Vernon Saturday
George Franklin, Betty Lou, Dor- had tlns C°W m,ade 80 tllat if aiW- <.In £0„® Tlll“ / V7? * night and got enough gas to reach
is Ann 3 t*-1-■>-— „ thine should hannen to the oris-- 1U. OOUt>-e“s July 4 lob . j ------ __.-j A
Jean,
n, Bel
and Bobby Spain, all of Ullnf 8noulct nappen to the orlg- R • h u"n derth is "ith-as written* the j horne- TheY were afraid that it
Panhandle, and Thomasine Hen- lonal tlieie would be practically TT---^-----^ 1 would he difficult to find cor-tnno
It Takes Both—H7ar Bonds and Taxes
IIP
Men and women of America are joining hands everywhere de-
termined to win this war for freedom. They are ready for what-
ever sacrifice is needed to bring Victory. They are feeling this
month the government’s new Victory tax ... a 5% tax deducted
from wages and salaries.
But purchase of War Bonds, regularly every payday must con-
tinue, for it takes both—War Bonds and Taxes—to pay for Victory.
U. S. Treasury Department
ry, Wichita, Kans.
Grept grand children are Su-
zanne and Neal Lemons and Har-
old Howe.
Mrs. Cox was a charter member
of the Methodist Church and the
Order of Eastern Star at Panhan-
dle. She lived an active life and
last fall decided within a day to
accompany her grand daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Metcalf, to California
for a visit of several weeks with
relatives.
la certified copy. So when you / 01 J he Unanimous Declarat-
llook upon this copy you are in a 1°.n.°1 1 Th^teen States, States
sense looking upon the original.
Had Deane realized the import-
ance of this document when it
wias given to him by his mother tlian the rest of the names and
'was the first to sign.
of America.’
It is signed by 56 men. John
Hancock’s name is written larger
he would have had her write
history on the back.
The document is written
De’ane has had this document
on display many times.
Production Credit
Group Will Meet
Proper war-time financing will
be topic of Amarillo Production
Credit Association meeting Tues-
day, Feb. 9.
Stockholders’ meeting will be
held at 9 a. m. at the Paramount . more for a sewage disposal plant.
Theatre in Amarillo.
Plans will be discussed
Two Sections
Required For
Disposal Plant
After taking thousands of acres
of Carson county land for the Pan-
tex Ordnance plant, the United
States of America has decidtd
hat it must htave 113S.2 acres
would be difficult to find service
stations open on Sunday.
The two men were greatly im-
pressed with the Huntsville pri-
son. They inspected their cells and
bunks. They ate prison food and
after the tneal was finished, they
were shown less than three gal-
lons of scraps. Prisoners can eat
all they wish.
(Continued On Page THREE)
for
keep the association services at
ditions; annual reports -will be
made; and two 'directors will be
elected. A John Snider barbecue
will be served at noon.
1113 Poll Taxes
Paid This Year
Carscn County poll taxes total-
ed 1113, according to Sheriff
Clarence Williams, tax collector.
There weren’t as many paid their
taxes as usual because this is an
off year when there are no prim-
ary elections.
The office was opened Saturday
night and also Sunday. Because
Sunday, Jan. 31, being the last
day to pay taxes, payment was
accepted on Monday also.
J. F. Pool, Groom
Pioneer Farmer,
74, Passes Away
J. F. Pool, prominent farmer-
stockman of the Groom vicinity
died Sunda y morning tat 1:30
o'clock at his home, one mile
south of Groom.
He was 74 years old.
Mr. Pool.had lived near Groom
end engaged in farming since
1917, when he came to the Pan-
handle from Wichita Falls.
He was a member of' the Groom _ ___
Baptist Church, serving as a mem- Herald, which carried informa-
and to make a perpetual easement jl>ei' of the board of deacons, and . tion about the Paul Hardin mur-
Lis Pendens case has been put
on record in Carson county notify-
high level under war-time con- tlie land owners that the gov-
ernment wishes to buy 1,111 acres
8-Page Global
War Alias Was
Much Enjoyed
The Herald has received ta num-
ber of new and renewal subscrip-
tions recently. Continued in-
terest by readers in The Herald
is always a pleasure to the mjan-
agment.
'No edition of The Herald in
recent months has been sought
after any more than last week’s
on *27,2 acres miore. .
Estimates are asked on the fol-
lowing land:
R. B. Latham,' 68, Block T. A.
B. & M. Survey, 7.4 2 acres.
M. E. McDoremott, Section 6 7,
same block, 13.4 acres.
L. H: O’Neal, section 66 same
block, 4.26 acres.
;J. H. O’Neal, section 56, same
block, 2.12 acres.
Land which the government
wishes to purchase outright is
owned by Mrs. Lou A. Callaghan,
L. H. lO’Neal, J. H. and J. C,
Damborn, Addie House Graham
(D. L. Slagle, tenant), and Mrs.
G. B. Bilbrey.
Tracts to be bought are in sec-
tions 56, 57, 58, 65 and 66. All
of section 57, owned by L. H.
i of the Woodmen of the World. [der case and which included an
Funeral services were held ■ eight page global war atlas.
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock | Copies of the last issue w,ere
in the Groom Baptist Church, 'sent from coast to coast. Extra
with Rev. L. E. Godwin, the pas- copies were sent, because of the
tor officiating. [murder trial; others because of
Pallbearers were: Cecil Culver, I the war atlas. Many readers
J. M. Yarberry, Carl Homer, thought their friends and relatives
W. W. Burnais, John Ray and in other places would appreciate
Art Barnett, and honorary pall- .having a copy of the atlas,
bearers were deacons of the Bap- j Extra copies of the atlas as long
tist church. [as they last may be obtained at
Mr. Pool is survived by his the First National Bank,
wife, Mirs. Betty Pool; a daughter, 1 Recent Herald subscriptions
Mrs. Blanche Redus, and three include.
sons,0. A. Pool, Virgil Pool and
Tom Pool, all of Groom.
Burial was made in Groom cem-
etery.
Flower girls were from Mrs.
Redus’ International Sunday
Ralph Kirk, who went into mili-
tary service sometime ago, is in
Africa, he has written relatives.
O’Neal would be bought and a con- School class, and were Ruby Ev-
siderable part of 58, owned by the ‘fans, Elofse Martin, Mary Lee Hen-
La.mborns. jry, Mildred Finley, Rozella Bur-
Dnly smiall acreage would be gin, Juanita Williams, Katherine
taken from the other tracts. ^Stapp. Louise Long.
L. A. Whiteside, Fritch, Texas
M. D. Eagle, Sr. Panhandle.
Mike Britten Jr. Groom.
J. A. Broadaway, White Deer.
W. L. McConnell, Panhandle.
Mrs. Eva E. Craig, Ptanhandle.
M. C. King, Panhandle.
S. J. Lawrence, Panhandle.
D. L. Slagle, Panhandle.
H. B. Slagle, Hereford.
Ralph Randel, Panhandle.
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