The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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QUALITY ■
We have
tested seeds in<
Ribbon Cane, I
Goman Millet.
We have ■
eyed peas that
Mr. and Mrs. B. W\ Cullum, J. f .
CulUim and family, and Mrs ,T. R.
Tinsley and daughter,.....Peggy. .at-
tended the funfral ofl Mrs. Cullunfs
paper on this oasis.
* Mr. and Mrs. Louie HarSy announce
hundred pounds of California black
riiUy dam^cMhhnt perfectly food foi
perfect^good
the birth of • son The
young lad is to be
Buy a Rayburn Bond for
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R. L. LINK, YOUI
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SUDDENLY
Stamford
aple who have
lived here fery long,*11 are shocked at
the news of the sudden death of R.
L. Link. .
He was only 30 years of age when
he suffered fatal h^mri failure while
in Brownsville recently on profes-
sional business. After graduating from
.'j ljL high school in Stamfond in 1916, he
/If! attended University of Texas Law
' ’ School receiving his degree from that
school two years ago
time, he has been pra
the Rio Grande Valley,
Only last Christma!
Miss Virginia Christopher ‘of
Feria, Texas, where they have re-1
aided. Besides his yoimgT&fide, he is
Since that
:ticing law in
married
La
DunjEfbVit
ents wnc
UNION SERVICES TO BE j
HELD AT METHODIST CHI RCH
Next Sunday faiapt will be the last
Sjunday service before the tabernacle
meeting begins and the four congre-
gations, Baptist, Christian, Presby-
terian and Methodist will all joint in
a union service at the St. John’s M.
E. Church at 7:45. Rev. Fred S.
Rogers, the new Presbyterian pastor,
will preach the sermon. An attractive
tjve musical pri>gYilr$;has been arrang-
ed in which all. the churches will par-
ticipate. The1 program is ks follows:
Organ Prelude
“Thanks be to God,” from the “Eli-
jah’—Mendelssohn.
Hymn—Congregation.
Prayer. c,
Male Quartette—“Work, Watch, and
Pray," from members of Presbyterian
survived by his parents who live in Church.
Idalou; several brothers and sister: Mixed Octette—-“Thy Brother Calls to
Mrs. R. B. Buie, Stamford; Mrs. Jeff Thee,” fropt Baptist Church
McAlister and E. E, Link, Tuxedo; “Inflammatus Chorus
Mrs. Tom McAlister, Sweetwater: John's Choir.
W. F. Link, Clarendon and Miss Duet—“Whispering Hope," from the
iJecpTest,Spudded
Flattering Prospects There, Report
C. T. Subbie and Associates Head Move
Another deep test has Started drill-
ing north of Stamford. ’ It is the
Jeter No. 1 of Subbie Oil Interests,
located in the ceter of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 63, Block 1, H.j&
T. C. Ry. Survey, Southwest Haskell
County. A standard derrick was com
three weeks, the first being the Black-
stone Oil Company well about four and
one-half miles east of the Subbie Oil
Interests Jeter No. 1. According to
reliable reports two other locations
have also been made in this same
CROSBYTON SESSION
FOR RAYBURN MEETING
iCrosbyton, April 5.—Almost the en- Whereas, the moral and religion*
tire offieial family of the West Texas; interests of a city are its greatest
Chamber of Commerce headquarters j assets
office will be present at the third dis- And whereas the churches of Stam-
trict conventioh of the organization j ford have set a uriion revival campaign -
to be held here Thursday. For the J to begin April 17th. f J by the noted
first time in the, history of the West Evangelist James Rayburn
Texas body girl members of the staff AnH
will attend a district meet. At a spe-
Evalyn Link, Lubbock.
The remains were* prepared and
shipped to Stamforfd. Interment will
be made here today1. , —
The Leader joins the other many
friends of this good family in ex-
tending sympathy to them in their
bitter sorow os losing a fine hus-1
band, sen and brother, who was just
beginning to realise result* from his
preceding yean ef preparation.
Christian Church.
Sermon—Rev. Fred S. Rogers.
g pedal Notice
The Rayburn Meeting Tabernacle
is going to need a large force of men
to work on that edifice. If yon want
to work, see J. Q. Butler, ehairman
of the committee J to secure men.
will be up thenmnd all the men who
can get on the job will beneeded.
OFF IFOR CROSBYTON
Thursday morning Silliman Evans,
Victor Shofflemeyer, Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Adair arrived here from Wichita
?■ Falls and went on to
RECITAL
Mrs, N. M. Phy and Mrs. R. R.
Robertson present Miss Lillian Ter-
ry arid Miss Dorothy Harlan in joint
recital at High school auditorium
Tuesday evening, April 12, at 8:15
p. P*. \
The following is the program:
She Never Told Her Love, Hayden
Mias Terry.
Orientals,Cui—Hiss Harlan.
Dawn, Curran; The Heart and The
Sea, Carrean; Thai Moon Behind the
CotonwoOd, Cadman—Miss Terry.
Qavglleria Rusticana, Mascagni;
$rea and rapid progress
mad^ on this location.
C. T. Subbie, head of Subbie Oil
Interests of Fort WOrth, yas at the
Rossini St. jeter j^o. j when this test was spud-
ded. Drilling operations are in charge
of J. E. Daniel, and day and. night
crews will be used to drill this well.
According to Mr. Subbie. a thorough
test will be made of all formations en-
countered. And it is planned to carry
the well to 2;700 feet or possibly 3,000
feet, unless commercial production of
oil or gas is found at a. lesser depth.
This makes the secona tost to start
drilling north of Stamford in. the past
Men wanted Tuejday, Wpdnejday andlGfadle Song. Hauset; Waltzing Doll,
Thursday of next week. The framing roldini—
Miss Harlaiji.
Scarf Dance, Chaminade: Polonaise
in A, Chopin—Miss Terry.
Blarney,Ambrose—Miss Terry and
Painfully Hurt
Eff Cooper is suffering from a dis-
Crosbyton, located shoulder, sustained when he
where the district meeting of the West
j Texas Chamber of Commerce is hold-
t ing a district meeting. Frank Locke,
secretary of the local Chamber of
Commerce went with them.
fell from a box while working at his
home yesterday.
Mr. R. H. Nisbett is in Dallas this
week on business.
There's a Fork
in
ies a JrorJi m
the Road/
One road is used by the folks who
feed their chicks in a haphazard way.
Chicks fed like that can’t be very
profitable. They cost you..more than
i they areworth.
Bub there’s another road. It’sthe
G profitable road. It’s the Puj
Rn^d.i There is nothing dl
' about
PURINA
CHOWS
phone ui for Purina Chick Startena and
Purina Baby Chick Chow.
Us For Field Seeds
t received, a big shipment of Government
tiding Corn, Maiae, Red Top Cane, Seeded
fir Corn, Hegira, Sudan Grass, and big
ge(>1og^L ^n»na^e'a^hwougl^^urv^ ' conv^nf ^
of the territory north of the Noodle jconvemon in a
Creek field in southwest Jones Coun-1 The girl members of the West TeX-
ty before closing a contract on his;as Chamber of Commerce staff who
drilling block ijorth of Stamford. 1 I will go ,to Crosbyton are Miss Clara
Considerable interest is being shown! Lively, assistant to the manager; Miss
in the progress already made by Sub-1 In?* Lively, membership secretary;
bie Oil Interests on their Jeter No.1 an<i Miss Sena Alleen Wright, assis-
1 due to the speed in getting opera- ■ t*nt publicity manager. B. M. Whit-
tions under way, and this test should ieker> agricultural mgr, of the West
mean much to Stamford should it, Texas Chamber of Commerce, will ex-
openj up gusher production in the area plain “The Object of District Conven
it ik developing. ' ” ° -
------- Mr. Subbie is very confidenY^of.°f Sacrejary S. W. Cwir- mittee to create a fund
pleted last Thursday and the well j opening Up production for southwest |er 0 e r08Vl yton am er o om-
was spudded in during the midd* of -------- - merce’ who made a tr,P to Stamford
this week. I
Drilling was started with a 20--
inch hole to make 1t possible to drill
to deep levels and the test is being
pp,t down with1 cable .tpols. It is one
i of the best equipped outfits in this
should be
Much of the credit for bringing this
new operation north of Stamford goes
to Adler Edmiston, who has been very
active in oil development here. Mr.
Edmiaton blocked up the acreage for
the Subbie Oil Interests of Ft. Worth
and closed a deal for this block when
C. T. Subbie’s geologist approved the
area in which it is located.
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Merchants Report Good Busiaooo
I BABY ESCAPED UNINJURED
I IN FATAL CAR WRECK
— There are several merchant* to re-
port good buafnass last Saturday: It
so happens that moalt of them adver-
Mason, Texas, April 6.-
, be}ieved to be Mr.
sons
•Two per-
and Mrs.
tions” during the Crosbyton meet.
Manager Homer D. Wade will preside
as toastmaster at the noon luncheon to
be held at the beautiful Silver Falls
Lake Pavilion, and President Arthur
P. Duggan will talk on “Needs- of
West Texas" during the afternoon
session. Publicity Manager E. H.
Whitehead also plans to be at ,the
gathering and will take part on the
program. - j
The Crosbyton convention promises
to be a banner meeting surpassing
even the Oil Belt District CortVMrtion!
And where" as a one;dollar bond de-
vise ds to be used by the local com-
to help de-
fray incidental expenses before the
meeting -begins, thus distributing
among a large number $h«| total'ex-
pense
Therefore, I, T. A. Upshaw, Mayor
of Stamford, in the interest of the
above mentioned evangelistic cam-
paign, proclaim Tuesday Aprjl 12th
as Bond Day for the Rayburn meet- •-
ing and request every citizen who
sympathizes with this campaign to
purchase one of these bonds.
T. A.
Signed
<UP:
SHAW
TAYMAN DEFEATS THOMAS
FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR
• Thepe was not such a heavy vote
cast ast Tuesday as was expected. W.
B. Tayman defeated R. C. Thomas in
the race for mayor T»jr a majority of
•ighty-nine votes. Mr. Tayman re-
ceived 235 votes an^i Mr. Thomas got
146 votes. The election was quiet
uneventful.
At th« same time the mayor’s race
which broke all records for members! ?as on thf^ wa* two al-
and enthusiasm, on March 23 at
Baird. Thirty-seven towns of the j
is gratifying to the paper, as we' are
always glad tp learn of the success
our pa.ttons. We might drop the hint | guard railing on the highway at
that we Still have some space that we Mason fountain, four miles north of
cians from Lubbock. The pep squad j
of Crosbyton will give a number, and
members of the Crosbyton high school j
will spll reasonably and we would Hkelhere „t noon today. A 15-months-old
to demonstrate to you that the paper baby ^ape^ unhurt.
Will do its part in carrying your good' The accident happened on the steep
messages to the people. Our »ub- inclil)* known atT^htlrCufv^ and at
scription list seems located among the the salne spot where Louis McFall,
buying people. Being the largest list, Rreckenridge oil man, was killed and
and oftenest reached. It also has a Steve Lillard Jr., Ranger banker, was
talking point there. ¥fe are very t-fata|iv injured, nearly two monthlj 6tadfn^b</y wil1 Present a skit en‘!
thankful to our’many customers for,ag0 i J
their good business and tike would like | The QUMhby car was demolished
to show others who are not with us. A piece of timber smashed through.
We are Working ^ for all Stamford ^be machine’s windshield, pinioning
and all her people and interests; Jones and mutilating the tivo occupants of
county and all her people and inter- the front seat
A card with the identification, “S.
C. Quimby, Sun Juan, Texas,” was
found on the man’s body. He appear-
ed and his
SCHOOL NOTES
The senior class met in the senior-
titled, “Dethroning a King. ” A "Home ’ Tuesday. (Joseph Payne wa*
Town Contest” wil liven the nfornjA'*i eT‘ec.ted ^ lel’resent the senio.r8 at the
session as boys and girls of distrifct | Jonmr-Sen.or banquet which-is to be
wage word battles over the superior-, lfl’’t*n ncxt Wednesday night.
?sts.
the
Wichi
Chamber of1
lat games between thesV
[earns would be a big entertainment
feature at the convention, since these
teams are so well known in West Tex-
as, being jhis section of the state's
entry in the Texas League.
1 Exp«ct 10.006
Wichita Falls, Texas, April 6.‘‘We ed t0 be about 40 years
are making plans to accommodate ten wjfet 30.
thousand people at Spudder Park May j The dead, the infant and Mrs.
16 and 17, President J. Alvin Card- Broyles were brought here pending
ner of the Wichita Falls Baseball As- definite identification.
sociation said Saturday. __
These are the dates for the West Mr. j. D. Heliums Very III
Texas Chamber of Commerce Conven-: For tht. past-few days Mr. J. D. Hel-
tion and oft these' days Fort Worth |ums> fathl,r of Mr!1< 'B. C. Burrow of
and Wichita Falls, of the Texas Base"-1 this citV( has been iu indeed. The old
liall League will play. Mr, Gardner1 jfentlt>man has not been able to leave
asked that these cul^s be permitted hjs room for several years,; being in
to play these days, following a request a very bad state of health, but it
that he suddenly took for the
go. Wednesday
night h# nearly passed away, and as
we go to press Thursday he is just
alive. >* All his children are .here with
him by the time the paper reaches
the press, Mrs. Grace arriving on the
evening Spur train. She left Spur
Wednesday night but the rain caused
them to turn back after coming this
way about twenty miles. . Till Hel-
iums got in from his traVeTin^ route
and John Heliums arrived from Rotan
Wednesday night. A mighty fine old
man seems just about to leave us. He,
in liff, was strong, willing worker.
Old RitL Restored
"• The Dallas News writes The Leader
and says the old rates are restored on
the Farm News, which are as fol-
lows: %1'tot one year, or $2 for two
years. The Stamford Leader will be
sent with the Farm News for one
year for 92-25 for the two. If you
want The Leader for one year and
The Dallas Farm News for two years
the price will be only 93. Better get
in on this. You may renew for our
this Basis.
51
Death of William Jefferson Petty
Mr. William Jefferson Petty died
at the residence of ills daughter, Mrs.
Newton , Wright, Wednesday night.
The remains werep repared for
burial by The Barrow Furniture Xp.
Undertaking department and were
carried to'Sweetwater by Undertaker
Kinney, ajid from there they were
shipped tb Hale Center, Texas, for'
burial.______ _
Mr. Petty had only been sick for a
few days in a serious way, the im-
mediate cause of the death beipg
heart disease with, other eomplica-
tions, we are told, J 1—
The friends of the family have the
sympathy of all in this hour of be-
reavement.
come from practically every point.'
The famous Ukulele Club of Lock-
ney will be one attraction which is
sure to draw throngs of boosters.
Massed bands will play during the
sessions, including a group of musi-
dermen. D^E. Larche received 36U
votes for fourth place and Reece
Mr.
ran
and
beaten
i tyy Mr. Pratt, whom we waU»t -least
, assume voted for himsef and inveig-
; led some other good democrat intcrAhe
same notion just )to arrive at a ma-
jority over his colleague, not his op-
ponent, of course?
ity of various points in the territory.
Five prominent West Texans will
speak in addition to these program
features.
Here From Fort Worth
Our good friend. Judge J. M.
Hannah, is here from Fort Worth. >
He is one of the staunch men of the
state. He has holdings here that he
came out to see nbout. The judge •
gave us a nice call and we welcome :
him back again. (
Mr. and Mrs.-. I,. P.
from Wicihita Fulls.
Heper are in
Buy a Bond for the Rayburn Meet-
ing. Costs you one dollar; may be ! the 15th. of this month at
worth all the world to you. | Auditorium.—Reporter.
The Forum met in the Auditorium
in regular session Wednesday .Harlan
Kilpatrick, Carl Stubbs and Charlie
Tunnell made very ertjoyabl^ talks.
Several other members of the Forum
made interesting talks. The question
of installing hot water for showers
was discussed and a committee ap-
pointed to see about this. The district
meet'which is to be held in Abilene
in about 2 weeks was discussed.
Stamford has a very good Chance to
take several places at' the district
meet and all of the boys are working
hard.
The Seniors are working very hard
on the play. "Aaron Boggs, the
Freshman," whieji is to be presented
the City
muniiNiUiumanniiiiinBiiinimiiJiiinia
For The Best
roceries
ome Here
You wil find us ready and Willing to serve vou at all
times during jusiness hours. We ahe right at the* same old
stand, but wi ^h a jiew, fresh stock oKgoods that are priced
right. If yoj. like, you may make arrangements for thirty
day business.
RemembAr, we are headquarters- for' file business in
Stamford of the Gold Bond Stamps. Call andW the won-
derful list of girts that go with this.
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TWICE BACH WEEK
Circulation Covers Stamford Trade Territory
OVER 4,200 COPIES PER WEBB
VOLUME XXV
STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY APRIL. 8, I«T
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Inglish, G. L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1927, newspaper, April 8, 1927; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890735/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.