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The Stamford Leader
PUBLISHED IN THE INTBRB8T OF STAMTOKII* ITS TRADE TERRITORY, AND jONE8 COUNTY
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY.TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940_
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Wood
Wilson
ICE IN
tOGRAM
\dm Union
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The suggestion for a
"Grandmothers’ . Day," ad-
vanced ini this column some
time ago, has met with an en-jone in this series Where a meeting
FHA Officials to
Sponsor Meeting
»
At Inn August 27
Stamford has been selected as
one of the cities where a series
of nieetings under ithe sponsorship
of the -Federal Housing AdminJa-'
tration are to be held within the
next several weeks, according to a
.letter, r^eeiyed M Mayor *>Anci»
from P. S. Luttrell, state produc-
tion FHA manager,
“We have selected your town as
1/
thusiastice response as, in-
deed, it should because many
„ of the golden memories of ev-; ^
Jfcveryone’a childhood center ^
Ufounrf grandmother.
-My grandmother^-as l am
sure yours is d'r was—ift a ro-
< markable woman. Her hus-
< band died and sha was left
with the responsibility of pro-
viding for four girls, two
vised' thttt the d
MX* AV 27,
tKeyXtamfonl Ir
hus bfen scheduled and you are ad-
httt the date for such meet-
' 1940, at 8 p.m. at
Inn/” Luttrell said.
The letter goes on to say $jhat
the purp.se of these meeting* is to
give a simple, understandable ex-
planation of all of the features of
the home ownership loans for
houses ranging from $1600 to
$4500. These will include houses
small sons and an infant i which have been built and financed
daughter on a rocky farm in
the hills. That she succeeded
is a tribute to her energy,
courage, and intelligence.
The earliest remembrance
of my life pertains to her.
There was going to be a "cem-
etery working" and the oldest
grandchild, then 4, begged to
ten along. Grandma
but, as she tells it, no
were we there than I
..began pleading to be taken
back home. After all, <4 four-,
year-old feels a little embar-
rassed when folks surround
dnder -FHA during recent months
in this section of the state and pic-
tures of, them will be shown in the
form cf some thirty-six colored
slides.
All business firms in this city
will also be sent letters so that
ffTCy ind their1 employees may have
the opportunity to attend if they
*o desire.
r
him^ike th
county fair
ley
*n
y do a
d say.
calf at a
"So that’s
Wichita Falls to
Be Host to All Its
Visitors Oct. 3-5
Maggie’s boy, is it?"
A few years later,
that! Papas and mamas, brothers and
JNN
KFORD
o. 4
same grandson was punished j*Ww», •tints and uncle* und folks
by being locked up in the who do the quare dance: in fact,
smokehouse. Rummaging
around. I came across a tat-
. . • m a a i f f__
r GERALD C. MANN .
Attorney General of the State
of Texas who will make hi>
appearance in Stamford, Mon-
day, Aug. 26, at 4:30 p. m. to
apeag. , !
ATTORNEY GENERAL MANN
TO SPEAK IN STAMFORD
Austin, Aug. 20.—Gerald C. Mann
who is making a month’s tour over
the State to render a report of his
stewardship as Attorney General
of Texas, is expected to appear at
Stamford, Monday, Aug. 26, 1840,
at 4:30 p. m.
Attorney General Mann plans to
reach every section of the state
during August to give a report on
the conduct of the activities of his
office since he assumed the posi-
tion of Attorney General on JAn.
1, 1839, and upon completion of
the tour, he shall “again devote my
full time to my official duties."
. In announcing plans for the trip
here recently, Mann declared:
When I asebmed the responsi-
Mexican Woman
Dies of Injuries
Received in Crash
Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock
a Mexican woman, Jovita Vielma,
was instantly killed in an automo-
bile wreck about one mile out on
the Anson road, south of Stamford.
The wrecking car was sent ot|t to
remove the car from .the woman
who was pinned underneath, .. ■
The Voman’s daughter was driv-
ing the car, which seemed to. be
going at a rapid rate and was out
of control of the driver, soothe re-
port goes. The daughter herself
had her back broken and wa* oth-
erwise injured. Her name is Joso- [
phena. 1 / ' <
A son, Eulio, was -catapulted
from the car, but escaped with only
slight injuries.
A second boy was also thrown
from the car and jam mini against
a wire fence, suffering various cuts
apd bruises, but he is reported to
be not seriously injured.
All parties in the car weri rev-
dents of Stamford and had started
to work on a farm south of t >wn.
Kinney’s ambulance answered
the call and brought in the injured,<
also the dead woman, whoso fu^
neral occurred Wednesday after-
noon at 4 p. m. at Firpt Baptist
Church, Rev. P.-D. O’Brien, offi-
ciating, with the burial in the
Highland Cemetery Mexican q ur
tar.*
ABILENE REPORTRR-NEW8
MAKES EXCURSION
- ^ ...........RATES
ThU seems to be a day of ex-
cursion rates' and the Abilene
Reporter-New* has joined those
who are making those rates.
Yi« can ntw get the Abilene
Reporter-News one year, every
da), Sunday deluded, for the
amall sum of $4.95. If you are
« preacher rc a teacher In the
schools, you may get it for $4.25.
It’s early to start this, but that
bench down there at Abilene
wants you to get tie war news,
the campaign new* and the elec-
tion news, so here's y« ur chance/
Further, they say, if yon do
not happen to have the moi.ey
to spare at the present, just say
you want the paper and It will
come to you—say that to ss>
member of The Stamford lead-
er force. •
The 8tamford Leader p an
authorized agent frr The Abi-
lene ReporterNews. VWo ha»e
been dehlfng with them for
years, every day a pleasure.
u'T' 7‘ 47-ti
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Grand, Pietit Jury
Lists Released for
Sept. Court Term
The September term of the Dl»-
' trict Court of. Jones County wiH
j^onvene Sept. 2, 1840, and rentain
‘ in session for six week*. The f L
lowinglk alfit'of grand and pet>»
juror* for the term.
Petit jury for the second, third,
fourth and fifth weeks only.
List of grand jurors for Septem-
ber term: :
R. A, Bible,, Stpmford; Grover
{Smith, Hamlin: R. B. Buie, Stam-
ford; W.-H. Albritton, Hamlin;,C.
; T,1 Dodson, Stamford; E. E. LiHk,
Tuxedo; O. C. Gilbreath. Hawley;
S. B. Lawrence. Ayoca; W. L Bur-
ton, Merkel, Rt.; Herman Herrick,
l.uoders; L. C. Breland, Anson, Rt:;
H. C. Hodnett, Hamlin Rt. 3; Mar-
cus Foster, Abilenc-Nugent. Rt.;
Mell S. Barkley, Anson; J. W. Gro-
gan, Hawley, Rt. 1{.J. W. Tiner,
Me.kel, Rt.
IP
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JOHN LEE SMITH
uf Throckmorton who is clos-
. mg his campaign for nomina-
i. tion to the office of State Sen-
ate. Smith, for many years,
has been prominent and' irvTlu-
ential in fjjlitics, Amyriehn
nights of Pythias
Legion, And
Lodge wo
AndjK
MriL.
’Whoop’ Cannon
Manager of Mill
In South America
eveiy crtiidl in the Stamford area
who is under 100 year? of age, is
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DRIES’
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tered copy of "Abrnharq Lin- invited to be the guest of Wichita
coin’s Jokes” and when th‘6: Fans on Oct. 3, 4 and 5, as the citj-
relenting grandparent 'soon jZ<H)* ^’orth Texas city stage
opened the door: the "prison- \ » celebration which they plan to
er” declared, "I don’t wanna •« »nnual «‘vent* accordm*
come out; I’m readin’ a book’." jt(1 information received here this
Probably those Abe Lincoln|week. , v
stories sCarted me off on a For the first time in the history
lifetime of fondness for good,, of celebrations, the citizen, of Wi-
robust, human jokes. chitnFsll, are staging a three-day
.celebration with many interesting
' ’ “ents to be staged-free of charge
My grandma has
it -
always
M.
liad difficulty in hearing but,
when we ^young-uns” were
plotting to slip away from
tk8ks around the log cabin in
order to .slide dowrn Rock Hill
or |\ving JMl.....the grapevine
"Swim?, she had a way of sens-
ing the conspiracy if. the word
“Grandnia” was mentioned.
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to out-of-town vilstors, sticking the
home folks for the price of ad-
mission to pay for the visitors, ac-
cording to Merrill W. Blair, gener-
al chairman.
bilities of this office I felt it was
ray duty to render to th,e people of
the State of Texas the highest ser-
vice of which -I am capable. It 'las
been necessary for me to remain
in Auatin .in order to properly ad-
minister the affairs of the Attorn-
ey General’s 'Department.
“Since this is election year and
I am again offering fpr Attorney
General, I am going to make a
speaking tour into every section of
the state and report to the people
on the conduct of the activities of
this office. Aa soon as the tour ia
over, I shall again devote my full
time to my official duties." .«,■
Mae West Movie
At State Revives
Wildness of West
LOUISIANA BOMBER CRASH
PROVE8 FATAL TO 4 FLTER8
—.....— - Ruston, La.,‘ Aug. 19.—Two of- u.
‘Wichita FaUs has viaitod everyl^^ ^ t^ enlisted men were ,hine" ***” A" She 0on®
celebration within a radius of 100
miles for the past eight years with-
out once inviting her friend* to
killed instantly when an army
bombing plane crashed, exploded
and burned in an open field seven
One of the most celebrated’wom-
en of the world was her$ this week
(on the ecreen) at the New State
Theater. She wag none other than
Mae West, who ia cursed by the
elite in England, sometimes; like-
wise Cb>nA-Greenland, Arkanaaw,
and Stamford, and, at the same
time tolerated by the common herd,
and at all times seen by both claaa-
ea, some of tfif elite saying they
From his sister, Mm. Wiley
Hughes, we learn that CalvirvCan-
non, knoWn by the name of
"WboopV perhaps better, is non
manager of the big oil mill in. Ica
Pen/; where he ha* been for mole
than a year in the employ of An
derson-Clayton Co.
The many friends of Whoop will
be glad to know of' this, and :t i*-
easy to predict <hat he will mak’
a go of the mill.
These Stamford boys will nis'te
good, nearly every time, if given
the chance.
Petit juror* for second week-
^ J, S. Varner. Merkel, Rt. 8; Cur-
tis Tidwell, Stamford, Rt. 2; R. G.
'Stephen*, Stamford, «t. .3; Art
Carmichaql, Hamlin; D. Fer-
ru*oo, Hamlin; Oa*h Wjlemon,
Stamford; Jack McClendon, Stam-
ford; W. H. Morphy, HamliN; E.
F. 0*ment, Stamford, Rt. 3; W. M.
Braymer, Stamford; G. W.| Gro-
gan, Anson, Rt. 2; Herman^Cox.
Avoca; Frank Swafford, /Avoca,
Rt. 1; V H. Giles, Anson; V. O.l
Dub>, Stamford; Curtis Marlin,
Hatpliri; R. W. Arledge, -Stamford;
Paqj Galey, Stamford, Rt. 2;_Carl
A^, Abilene-Nugent; Ollen Ste-
phens, Tuxedo; G.-W. Rollins, Stem.
f.ird; O. H. Smith; Stamfqrd; W.
T. Sloan, Merkel, Rt. 2; B. W.
Neidecken, Hamlin; Alton
ian, Stamford; • A. N. Mai
Avoca; J. K. BUif, Merkel,
J,, N. ALLISON PURCHASES
MIDLAND DAILY PAPEI^
iWichita Record News.
■Purchase of the Midland (Tex-
as) Reporter-Telegram by James
‘jest went to hear what she might j M.' 'AUIaon, former
isy this here time." That is what jeon of Mr. and Mrs. J.’H. Allisqn
of Wichita Falls, wa* announced.
Thursday. Allison, an Associated
the producer* put her on the screen
for—to get the doubting ThomasH
aa well as the Simon Pure.
Mae had somewhat of a better
show than ahe generally does,
though, of course, she did her big
. jt ___ are asxing every .ciumii in
0?? 1 Wf. A | area to come in and enjoy our hos-
cUmbing up the hril from the i -
big road after goinx to the 1'Ilu|lJ
mail box and when th(> crest
was reached, she turned and, ^ llir —.........
looking bade over the valleys [# . *ai] tnmt races, square dance
as our guest," Blair said.
Included in the program are a
horse show, street dances, style
show in the auditoiium, rifle *hoots
with their waving wheat, said
V j9o-ht?ritelf. “The fields of gold-
^ en grain." Grandma had kept
id fiddlers contests, and they
Tree to folks from out of
Falls. The visitor will re-
r and be given a badge which
!Y FAMILY
it Fsatily
teturw
burning, on the hearth of her
heart a love for the beautiful. wJn e||tjtle him to one admiMion
Another day, rummaging ;t0 thl. innumerabie programs of
through old paper*. I came fun an<1 entertainment, Blair said,
across a scrap-book in which ..Fun Kaiore> free for our viait-
thefe were some poems writ on ^ 3 4 and 5 win ^ the
ten by Richard O’Brien and aIo(ran of every cjtisen of Wichiu
Falls, for the next several weeks,”
Blair announced.
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12-23
•LACE8"
n
VS
isooiir
MY WAY*
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ROSBY
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re —wry y ]
at w— not I
ctly
mtmn
two of them were entitled “To |
Mary.” He was my grandfa-
ther; my grandmother’^ name
ia Mary. The poems-were quite
pretty.
f The memory that I carried
~~aw&y from my i^at virit to
Grandma’s was fene--sight of
her sitting in the lamp-light
chuckling, ar she read a little
joke book of which I was the
author. My grandmother has
never grown old.
* Most unsual rain story, re-
cently ia the one told bv Cari
Roew'e in the Turk?y Enter;
prise. It seems that .a citizen
rejoicing in the nickname of
“Durable Denver”,was stand-r
ing in front of a store wher:
a rain arrived without any
warning and the citizen was
so shocked that he fainted.
But the storekeei>er knew
V- what to do; He grabbed a
handful of sand,, threw it in
DenveY*ft face and he revived
immediately!
pay her a return visit and now we mi,cf| s0Uthwest of here during an
are asking every .citizen in ^tis electrical storm last night.
Apparently the pilot had tried to
land the B-12 bomber at Arcadia,
L7 miles west of Ruston, but failed
because the storm had disabled the
lighting system of an emergency
landing field there.
. The, dead:
Second Lt. James H. Griffin, 27,
of Ashville, N. C,, the pilot.
•First U. Hubert T. Elders, 33,
of Columbia, 8. C.
•Private E. E. Quinker, Valdosta,
Ga.
Private Daniel C. Johnston, El-
be rton, Ga.
All but Lt. Griffin were burned
Inside the ship. Griffin bailed out,
but too near the ground for his
parachute to break hi* fall.
Wrong,” with all due respect
the grammar, of course.
Mar had aome of her dialect de-
leted, and yet It bordered on the
border of border land, after all.
Some of her jokes do not look so
ugly, unless one is booking (for
ugly things. Mae is not too hard
to look at, and those in the show
Press staff writer and bureau man-
ager foVHhe last 13 years, purch-
ased the paper from the Midland
Publishing Company.
•Until taking over the publishing
activties of the Midland paper,
Allison was city editor for the The
Associated Press at Kansas City,
Mo. for six years prior to that
time he was chief of the Nebraska
Associated Press bureau at Lin-
coln. ,
>In addition to hi* work as a bu-
reau manager, Allison had served
Petit jurors, second week:
W. J. Bicknel, Merkel, Rt. 2;
Travis BoucRette, Stamford; Jack
A. Haidin, Ramlin; L. g. Baker,
Merkel; H. R. Caffey, Anson, Rt.
2; O. L. Caton, jAvtoca; W. B.
Hampton, Hamlin; Sid.L. Gentry,
Ansqn; Carl Barton, Hamlin; M.
M‘ Culpepper, Anson; E. R. Clark,
Anson; Dock Cajloway, Anaon, Rt.
2; B. H. Gardnnfr, Waiplin;’B, Ho-
nea; Anson; Ben Maborry, Hamlin;
E. E. Meads, Stamford, Rt. 2; Fred
Carpenter, Hamlin; Kelley Coke*,
Anson, Rt. 2; Wortham Crqw, Ham-
lin; C. A. Cox, Hawley, Rt. 1; W.
B. Hagens, Jr., Anson; H. T. Med-
ford, Hamlin; L. H. McBride, Ham-
lin; A. A. Dunwody, Anson; Paul
Gardner, Anson, Rt. 1; Paul Bry-
an, Hnnrffih; W. C. Eoff, Merkel,
Rt. 2; O. A. Kinney, {Stamford;
Clarence NewhLn, TretR, v ’Rft. 2;
J. O. Jonea, Hamlin.
Stamford Man Is
Beaten, Robbed of
i T* •
'Money and Track
' Saturday night Mr. Cherry, who
runs an upholstering establishment
on South Anson Street, was robbed
and beaten ,by a couple of' high-
jackers, a few miles this side of
Albany. ' 1 {
Mr. Cherry n*ports that the twv.
men were given a ride up to Hill
Top, about tern mile*
Albany. It seems the
to stop the truck befj
there, then told him they would
take the truck back fo Albany and
he must give them his mt>n*>y.
' Cherry -put up a fight; -whieh he
lost as the two besieged him with
a pair of pliers and a soda pop
bottle. After he was beat<
men took the truck and hur money
and went back toward Albany,
Cherry following as soon a* he
could got a ride. ....
Cherry sought the sheriff and
both hunted till —at l.g. W to a?
avail, (bug/QWerry got *Uck his
truck, so he came home.
__TH« men proved to be regular
highjackers, known to the low, a*
they were caught within ,<a few
days, so’ Cherry reports, and h^
went down to identify them a day
or so ogo .when they were to be
arraigned in court.
Stamford,Unit of
National Guards
Due Home Today
Committees
By Mayor to
On Industrial
The Governor of Texas, W.
(/Daniel, ha* recently
letter to Mayor C. M*
regard to Texas’ Industrial
gram. The governor urged
towns that do not have the
mittee to head this ,wi
get in liner v
•Answering the gov
Mayor sent a very nice
the nairvps of those ha.
on- the committee, who will look
ter Stamford’s part in
governor calls "Industry is on
March to Texas,” which
tseems the situation, many
believe. .....
The Mayor’* answeyr, with
appointed rommittee is as f
"Aug. 19, 1840.
"Hon, W. Lee OlDaniel.
"Governor of Texas,
“Austin, Texas.
‘Dear Governor:
“Ax' per yoqr Iptter of the
requesting that I appoint an
duxtrialisation Committee to
in connection with your Texaa
dustrialixation Program which
state is under way throqgh
state. ,. v I
"Beg to advise that T took thh ;
matter up wjtb the City Council
and they insisted that I act as
chairman and appoint' the
members, which I have done,
I give you below the names of
Committee; ';
. “Mr. C. M. Francis, manufactur-
Ibr, chairman; Mr. George Sroii
agriculturist; Mr. W. W. ScOh, .
manufacturer; Mrs. Ona L. High,
Businas* Sc Professional Women1
CTisS; Mr*. George Wyor.
ffl
wife; Mrs. J. H. Rutherford, Fa
era ted Chibs; Mr. J. K. Brady,
building materials merchant; Mr. •
W. J. Bryant, general merchs
di*e. ' ) • ,
“I am very glad to
with you in any way poosi
further the industrial devele
«f the State of Toma, and
the above Committee meets
your approval. S, '
"•Sincerely yours,
■ “C. M. FRANCIS,
“Mayor of Stamford."
business who produce her shows several years as a field repre*entar
generally get folks in the plays
thaf help Mae to look better than
she possibly really ia. But, that is
an old plan of the "legitimate
stage,” as they us4d to call the
“opry" house shows—-get ugly star*
so they would not dim the shine of
the pretty star at the head of the
show. Thi* is a fact, but some-
times a real *tar,-with the positive
mention of
see to it tl
MONTE KNUTSON SINGS
' FOR ROTARY MEETING
Men who wrjte the r.ewa:
Fifty years* continuous pub-
lication has lip.'n frBCngnhroJ
through presentation to
Memphis Democrat (J
(Continued on Page 7)
After a brief and intereating talk
on the history of yocations- by
Weaver Medlin, chairman of the
Vacation Service Committee, the
Rotary Club in its Tuesday meet-
ing wa* entertained by one of our
meat talented youngsters.
Monte Knutson piesented ^i»
marionettes in several numbers of
comedy, song snd dance. Monte al-
so sang two song* which were re-
ceived with much aldause. Monte
should go far with his golden
voice. - V
Elmer Dayle was introduced as
a new member of the club.
Jim McCulloch also announced
that the next regular meeting of
the club would be held at the Bunk
House Tuesday evening at 6:30,
with the farmer* as gtests of the
club. v •„' ' '
Two visitoJ* weie present: J. S.
Criswell of Graham and Mack
Rrundage of Halmin.—Reporter.
TWO DALLA8ITE8 CALL.
ANDERSON. HUMPHREY
-j l
Dee Humphrey and Earl Ander-
son, of Dallas, were herp Wednes-
day snd called on The Leader of-
fice. Both men are well-known here.
Humphrey is a big oil man and he
knows his job, too. He is one of
the men who has made money and
big money out of his business. He’s
genial, big-hearted and successful.
Earl Anderson is so well-known
that he hardly needs any comment.
However, he, like a lot of others
who graduated in The - Stamford
Leader offiee and went to higher
places, used to “sling the little
leaden messenger* of thought” for
this newspaper, therefore is nearly
kin to us, snd always will be liked
by/us. >,
Sarah Bernhardt, would
hat pretty women got in
the cast. Though she was as ugly
as her nautiest sin, yet she, Sarah,
outshined , the beauties when the
acting started, so one forgo; see-
ing her ugliness and thought of
her brains; •—* ,•
The name of Mae’* play wa*
eallad "My Little Chickadee.”
Namsd that the sake of W. C.
Fields, Who played well opposite
her, Aa “Westerns” go, it was a
tip-top one—a play with some mor-
al, aome and some sense to it.
That’s a tot more than could be
said alfout some of the very top-
notchsrs and their sex ■‘‘repeal"1
tive for the new* gathering asso-
ciation.
The new publisher of the Mid-
IbnT paper came to Wichita Fall*
in J9B3 and left ^he city several
years later to take over duties a*
city editor of the Vernon Record.
During his residence here S\\\san
wa* a reporter for. The Wichita
Daily Times. He had previously
*eeo service on the Fort Worth Re-
cord and newspapers at Cleburne
and Austin.
Mrs. Allison U the former Mimr
Helen. Young of JWichita Falls. The
couple has one child, Jame* K.
Allison Jr. Allison’s father, Jame*
H. Allison, is vice president of The
Times Publishing CoRip*ny.
List of petit jurors, fourth weekt
C. E. Brownfield, Stamford; I<e-
roy Carter,.Hamlin; Roy Gilbreath,
Hamlin; Ed E. Gardner, ^tsinford, 2:10 p. m. on the Katy. They will
Rt. 3;vW E. Akin, ^voca; Roy E. he greeted by the many friend*
The Leader has been informed
by Mrs. 'Frank Locke that Captain
Frank Locke and his company of
National Gaurdsmen will arrive in
Siamford from the Louisiana esmp
near Alexandria today, Friday, at
Prichard, Tuxedo; P. M. Beaty,
Avoca; M. H. Bond, Hamlin; R. L.
Watts, Stamford, EC. 3; Irvin San-
ders, Anson; E. V. Chastain, Stam-
ford; J, D. Exner, Avooa; Thompty
Young, Hamlin Rt.; Craig Elmo,
HamHn; L. R. Faulkenberry, Ham-
lin, Rt. 3; Roscoe Hood, Stamf i;
C. L, Daniel, Merkel, Rt. 1; E.
Bradley, Merkel, Rt. 1; J. W. Elli-
COMANCHE COUNTY FARM1
FOUND TRUSSED AND SI
Comanche, Aug. 19. — Sher
deputies began an investigation
day into the death of Jamas '
Couch, 64-year-old farmer,
trussed body wa* found late
terday in his dugout home
Gustine, 13 miles southeast of hs
Sheriff Wid Spivey said Couth’s
skull had been fractured and
head battered, apparently with
blunt object. His hands were
behind his back and his body
only in underwear. Blood
the walls of the room.
Justice of the Peace Paul
said after an inquest that
had beep dead since Friday ni|
and relative* on their arrivsl home.
As is well-known. Company K,
142nd Infantry, haa been undergo-
ing maneuvers near' Alexandria
for nearly three week*.
SOCIETY IS ORGANIZED
BY LOCAL CATHOLICS
JUDGE JAS. P. ALEXANDER
WANTS CHIEF JW
The Catholic people of Stamford
son, Hamlin; H. V. Brown, Ham-• and eurrotfnding territory met at j pi erne Court.
In the run-off primary Saturday^
the voter* of Texas, will hsve
opportunity to elect one of
ablest jurist* of our time, Judgdjl
James P, Alexander, of Waco, tM
serve as Chief Justice of the Su-
LAYMJEN’B meeting
AT THE• PRESBYTERIAN
lin; L. E. Loveless. Stamford; T.
A. Upabaw, Jr., Stamford; Bert
Flemins, Stamford; I. B. Ray, Aa-
aon, Rt. 2: D. L.. Renter, Anson;
TC. C. Bailey, Hamlin; W. B. Con-
ner, Stamford; W. R. Keeton* Stam»
ford; E. L. Berry, Hawley, Rt. 1.
E. F. Hannan and family «f
the Grand Iilsftd, Nob. have been vis-
C. Bing hit mother, Mrs. Maud Han-
sqft, and other relatives.
Included in the famous Swenson
collection of coins, now housed in
the Texas Memorial Museum ut
Austin, are 2,217 bronte places, 1,-
172 silver pieces, 87 gold, and 1,-
846 metal und gilt. The aarlMat
coin included in the collection dates
back to seven centuries
j Christ.
LKk"
You can’t gut away*with a thrift
before talk to the family with a 15-cen'
[cigar in your mouth.
J. Lareau
meeting.
Chaiiman of the
The Fellowship of Presbyterian
Men will hold it* monthly mooting
in the Stamford Pios’.yterrin
Church Thursday evening, Aug. 22.
About forty, laymen from- tfio
plays. Ohe reason why some foil ' Presbyterian Churches of Abilene,'
do not Hke Mae Weet'Hi because ot > Albany and Breckenridg- ann the
-her slow motion. She talks and acts I local church sre expected. El ler S.
slowly, which some call a drag.
T^ie shorts that went with this
“longy” were good. The musical
playlet was of the bettor order.
There hardly was a dull moment,
for something new was continually
bobing up and down while the pro-
gram was in progress.
. The New State seems to be get-
ting in a state of stiektoatireaess,
some say,- showing that the folks
who run it are hustler*.
Back From Vacationing
Mr. and Mr*. Charles Turboi’te
alto Misses Olive McDoug!" snd
Cornelia Johnson, are back from
an extended visit to points in New
Mexico. They; have Had a very
pleasant vacationing time. *-
the home of Mx. and Mrs. Franji, Judge Alexander wa* bom of
Kutach Sunday afternoon and or-1 humble phdents in a l ig cabin near
‘ Moody, Texas. By his Own effort"
he worked hi* wa.v, through Slat
University and received his law «*
ganized a Catholic Society, so-call-
ed “Saint Mary’s Aluir Society.”
Officers were, elected. They are:
Presiddht. Mrs. Frank Schaefer; igrec thefe.in 1808 Fact he pMt
A**ociatai
Attorney Geueral Mann
Attorney General Gerald Msnn
here Wednesday, on his way
Seymou . He will be back here,
remefnber, M.nday, August 2(1.
Petit juror* for fifth week:
‘E. C. Cade, Trent, Rt. 2; W A.
Cassle, Hamlin; Roy H. Mays, An-
son; G. E. Ranson, Hawley; 0. L.
Sherrell, Merkel, R^t. lr J- E. ..Moo-
dy, Hamlin; A. A. McDuff, Hsv-
ley, Rt. 1; Bob Mashburn. Mtfkel,
Rt. 1; Thurman Sinymon*. An.ion;
Gattis Rich, Hantlio; Brandon Cur-
ry Stamford; C. N. Bennett, Stam-
ford, Rt. 2; M. H. Winter, Abilene-
Nugent Rt.; Claude Russell, Mer-
kel, Rt. 1; Ernest Glazner, Anson,
Rt. 2; J- W. PArryiban, Hamlin;
E. B. Rebee, Mwkei, Rt^.2; L- »•
Furrh, Stamford;*J. H, I'. Jobes,
Merkel^Rt. 8; O. L. Jenkins, H ir.i-
lin; A, j, Barbee. MerkeK Rt. 2;
L. A. Hill, Hamlin; Ted Bledsoe.
Hamlin; W. H. Hollis, Hawley Rt.
1; J. W. Hines, Hamlin; K. K.
Francis, Stamford; Seth Adams.
Hamlin; Milton Hateriu*. Aron.
J. H. Braswell, Stamford, Rt 2.
J. E McCoy, Hamlin.
vice president, Marie Kutach; sec- , years he ha* servi
retary, Martha Kutach; treasurer., Justice on the Court of t'ivjl Am
Mrs. Frankie Muehlstein; reporter,
Ulah Suliviin.
fake and iced drinks were served
to the following members present:
Mr*. Mollie SchoVp*. Mr. and Mrs.
peals at Waco, u
Judge Alexander ha* a wonder*
ful record as Appellate Judge. He
has passed on more ca*W thtTO Hoth
of the ther Judge* on the MM
Frankie Mu#*hl*tein, Mr*. J. A. &ul- Court of Civil Appeals aa4
livan, Mr. and M>s Frankie Puste.
jovsky, Mr. §nd Mr*. J. A. Hilscher,
Mr*. Jacob Muehlstein, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Vosek. Jr., Mr. and
Mr*. Eddiq. Muehlstein. Mr. and
Mr*. Frank S^Jhiefer, Mi**e* Mar-
tha and Marie Kutach, Ulah and
Gertrude Sullivan and Virginia
Muehlstein.
The next meeting is on the third
Sond*r of September at the home
of Mt;. and Mrs. Jacob Muehlstein.
Everyone interested in the work of
the Catholics ie invited to attend.
—Reported.
the lowest record on reversal*,
record i* 98 per cent perfect
Judge Alexander is a broihe. ufj
our neighbor, the famous Here-'
ford'Breeder, 'F W. Alex
Diamond Ranch at Albany, Tex
We s#4 plenty of room im-
provement in our friend* snd
neighbois. ' 1
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chestra. with 110 musicians
artists, will again be presented
a frea attraction at the 1940 St
Fair of Texas. A to 20. "
i* one of the mo4t intematt
famous musical groups in the
the world.
''i it’s • pky th*t no way has
found H bamaae the
ta dWipated On golf
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