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WEALTHY RANCH OWNER SHOT TO DEATH
STATE
STATE
Morning Edition
Til K I'A" Kit I'OK T II K P K O I' I, E
THE ABILENE TIMES
Morning Ediition
Vol. Two
'The Paper for the People'
Abilene, Texas, Monday, March 5, 1928
Want Ad Headquarters—Phone 255
No. Ill
SIX HELD IN McCAULEY ROBBERY
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COTTON ACREAGE CUT IS ENDORSED HERE SATURDAY
SUSPECTSARE
ARRESTED IN
OKLAHOMA
k McCACI.KY, .March . " Ceil
"'iiven.s, assistant.( ashi>• r 111 the
First State Ifynk -here, and !"■
I'irt<itliVM'rh:ijit:,• \vh>> 11 i''1' 1 "" the
fleeing lunik 1 obliei's,: U iI for Ok-
lahoma City Saturday hi'.rmni;; I•»
identify thy.)' 1.1 11 :ir*t<• ~ 11 J then;
as suspects 111 Hi'- I1<<I<I<11 > "I l'"!
institution last 'I hui .lay
Kiven v a Mi I !!• < t • >1 accompanied
Sheriff Floyd Darker of FiMi.-r
County and Shi riff Tom. 11 uilsoir of
■tones County. who will br.inp b.ici;
llv prisoners.
Officer" learned soon :• f• *' the
hold-up thai a' - least .on'" Woman
■accompanied tin- bandits when they
exchanged automobiles 10 miles
north of Anson.- A woman'-.foot
prints were discerned jit ti 1«• gi "unit
gj round the stolen car in wljicii. tho
Pi! to the bank wn'.< made . and
Which the mlil" i' abandoned l lairs
day afternoon. Tliis-rar and a se-
dan, Rcucha \va:- r.yio.i.teil seif.i d
in Oklahoma 'ity, were seen park-
ed the pre vim i.'1 night at this point,
and officer« I oil ml as.ll- o. a ramp*
fire eigarett<■ fillip and other de.'
hris in thi- virility.
OKliAjjuMA Ci iA , M uiv-ii 3< •—
Working on information from Tex-
as officers he is :,nr ten l ii 1 ee im 11
and three women at a rooming
house Saturday litorning who are
held as susjieit, 111 the robbery of
t h«* l-'irst Slate Bank at McCuulU 1
'I hurwlay.
The officers recovered around
JM,0 in cash an.d live aiilomaiir
Bistols fully loaded from the thiee
1 ouples, Four of the feusp'i l.i
were taken when four pi^lTce of li-
ce rs went to the rooming house
where the. su^iecta wero staying.
Loaded guns wi re taken flpni un-
der the pillows ol each of the men
and they were awakened 10 find
themselves under arre.Bt. They
were carried to the police station
where one of the women is said to
have told" officers where the other
.suspect, were staying. They \yere
noon in the custody of the officer?.
The McCaulley bank was robbed
of $1,100 when u lone employe was
susprised Thursday.
SPECULATION
IN FUTURES
HIT IN MEE1
•' Uea.so.nahh.' 1 eduction" of the
Coiti'in acreage 111 1 uylur County, a
■fi 1.1 it 1 hi:a 11 < e of the prograiit' of di,1
vc'i>i ficat i< >rv, and t he parage, of
the lall .beforfe, Congieosaicoigricd to
outlaw jiei til .it 1 <»n in cotton futures
on lh- «,\i:ha 11 j.*e -> oi the nation wa.>
favored 111 II.' ri'.o.luiioua passed
by the cm in I v Av'ide. con f': 11 life here
Saturday altei noon at tiie city liall
aiidil"i juni
The . 1 nea I in (•; wa; attended by a
delegation or around <100 farmers,
Ifl.'. Ins.. ami: 11 I'll fe i;< II1.11 111' II. ['.II -
111(1,-. being •greytly in the majority.
the chief uUUrefss oi lite after
noon wa made by I' S Cumniuigs,
niember of the ,.tat'
who was a delegate t.
wide cot ton. ' ioufer.in
ton, AliHuissipjii. lie
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legislaturi
i the south-
re .it Jack-
made rt'-
Abilene officers were notified of
the arrest oj the McCaulley bank
roblier Busp»'cts at C^tlahoma <aty
early Saturday morning by tele
^ahone and District Clerk Clem Cal-
Wloun went to McCaulley.inini' diate-
ly to begin to lay plans for the
calling of a special session of the
104th district court and securing a
grand jury to return indictments
A speedy trial is planned.
The arrest of the suspects will
break Into a special session of the
court in Abilene called for the trial
of the Martin murder.'rase. The
trial was ,sot for Thursday.
I)»scriptaoiT: of tlie nu n taken
st Oklahoma City fiiHher.('olivine
mI the loi al officers that one of
them was Aubrey Kay, escaped coi'i •
vict who Was sent to'the peiiit'n
tiary from here last summer for
the robbery of the' batik at I! lad -
*haw
SIN(iF.H> "T \ Y MKKI
—' HKItEn* SWvt.-FKSU
The' T. T. Sunsiiine Singing -Con-
vention will be invited-to bold its
annual cotivenljon in Abilen,. dur-
f)g the month of June. 12,000
ingers from all parts of We-1
Texas and visitors fi.om i.thet*
ntates wore present at the conven-
tion in 102H which was hrld in (ioi
mad, according to 'I. I t. 11 ailey ■ ol.
this city, vTee president id' the or-
jfiiiii/.ation. Ofve hundred citi/ens
of Sweetwater last week began a
r.aiitpaign .urging that the Sweet-
wati'i' lioa rd of I (on elojinient in: ke
a pull for the convention w-liicii i.s
being done. Olfice'rS of the as-
sociation Include U. 1.. Uust, of
1'Iastland, president and S. V\ . .lone.,
«*f Abilene, .vice presidi'ttt. ilTn
Joval chamber of i ommeri/ is co-
npi'jalillg in i\teriiling the nn na-
tion
M'lJIiMC FASHION SHOW
MAU< II 7 A l MIN I Kit S
According fo amvotinceinent by
the Minter Dry floods Company
every indication points to the most
•iccessfuT spring Style Show ever
1 Id by Uiat concern. The ev nt
is scheduled to take place Wednes-
day, March 7, anil hundied.- of out
of town visitors are expected.
poit on the irri cl ing at Jackson,
giviiig the sUli:,tajICD ol tlie I'cwilu-
j' til>11.. lia.ss.ed.
Uosh ( hairinan
The parley was called to ordei by
T. N. Carswell, M'cieta.y of the
Ahiieii. < hanihi i mI' t'oinmercc,
who stated that the meeting had
been called jointly lay the Tuscola,
Mi- i t -J a nil V'..i.l '. e'lambers <r'
commerce ut the puWic rcqtiest ot
Cove trior I 'an Moudy. I le pen «•< t
111 Icrnju'lary . hairniau while the
body elected a chait man, l)r. T. 1'.,
Has;; of the State Hospital l"i
eplejilir, being naiiiCvJ Without any
oppo-iti..ti,
( iiiivniings S|x ak»
"You are polrig to control .uVit of
this meeting, and Similar inert i ■
which will In- influenced by the
outcome of this the first meeting
of the kind held in Texas the cotton
market this-year," Judge (aiiiPtiings
tolil the giouji after he had made, a
report on the Jackson meeting
"The eastern, states are afraid of
West Te\a> and they are expecting
' Uf to increase instead of reduce the
licri-nge. It ihu,st . go out 11 oil,
West T exas that we of West TuXa .
aie going to reduce the acreage
"Uepresentatlves at the Jackson
meeting iroiri the States east "f
here insisted on le|'i- iatiou to cut
the cot ii ill acreage 'because tin y
Were afraid that West Texas Would
not. decrease the acreage, hut we
rtf Texas joined by Oklahoma
fought for the right1 of.farmeis to
exercise their free will in the'mai-
ler believing that they would re
pond in the rtrht wny when tlie
tails oil the .situation became
known, and we won," Judge Cum
mlngs said.
"It was decided at the Jackson
conference that for the immediate
relief of cotton farmers a reduction
of acreage was necessary and an
appe.nl was made to the fanners to
adopt a ten per cent reduction pro-
gram and to the bankers to help
| pul into effort.Cuinmings said.
Free For All
At tlie Cnnrhis:ion of Judge Cum-
tilings i*i |,o11:ii committee appointed
by the chairman of the ineetitig
ri tired tai ill aft the resolutions
which Would put the body on re-
cord in. the 111a'i<• % .discussed. The
committee Was composed of L. II.
Thoni.p'-on of Merkei, chairman; C
l!» TimIiiIc, Tiisi ula;yjes» Higgihs
Mejkel; Iiilke l.aiKlers, Abilene;
J. T!. Masterson, county ,'igent; and
j Ifenry James, Abilene banker.
I While the committee was out two
hours were, spent in round table
I discussion of I he )>i ohletiis of the
| cotton farmer and a large tiiiinher
expressed their personal ojilniolis
on the,matter, most of them wax-
ing warm on the subject of cotton
exchange "gambling' 'und the Unit-
ed States iJi'parliiient of Agricul-
ture system of crop reporting and
forecast s.
The resolutions reported by I,. 1!
Thoinpsiin, cbairniVn of the com-
mittee .and passed alter co.ii.sjdeia-'
b|e alisclissioiV follows:
Kesolulions
Whereas thi- convention of Tay-
lor county cilizVnshin has been
l alleif b> I In- Honorable I tali Moody
liovernoi of Texas for the purpose
ofcarryitig into effect plans for
ilie iiromobion of i'otloti orices, and
partici'ilai ly of the reduction of cot-
ton acreage in order to assure tlie
priMlucer of cotton a- reasonable re-
turn for his labor; thi'Vefore,
HM IT IfKSOI.yKl i that this con-
vention now assembled, go on rec-
ord as appreciating the necessity
(Continued on page (i)
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olliinat' l> wiiflie a' 1.1),HI III ho.r.'e
power eirrl ric, ('renet'al itlg sial.ioll,
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1" 111. ell' Ijlalil . I hi - I'.i In . , iiu
plel eij lay "l fit e I) 11 li> I' J ,
I iai: ('oi till- plant weie pie
paled by Saigeiii anil Iain<I>, pi i.i
iiiineiit ;i j,i lit ei ; . uf Chi. ip.i
: THE DAY IN
TEXAS I
IU W l\A. il. M\ VLS.
Idhiofi.iI <.<mxI Will 1 rip.
| I • 1 «U . .titd
!>i,u JraV<- ju..,t "liii>p»ii"
j I . \a • i.i hil« i ' 11• •; of;
i Mi. imi11 i'jtiln 1 iiu .; nil UmmT
Ah:m«'»i I ■» *'i vilit*I»t iiii li !•
Im t Wi-'-Mi 111:t . « oilllt} y uiid
GRAND JURY
RETURNS 17
way
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COWBOY GRID
TEAM TO PI. AV
SPRING CAME
Simmon., Ciuvcitity un'il North
i Texas Slate Teachers Coib ge of
1 lenton, 'I exa. , will euguice in tie
lii'.' t Sjlriiig football' uumebl in. the
history ol In* Ami i'icun gume ill
Hie S"i|tli.wei>t, by playing uli April
20, at Abilene, and u letuni t.iui"
ill Jielitull A m il <10.
I lie u|i a for the two gunie in
The . pi aig was In igiiiateil by
Coaches 111 lilgl o ulld FouU III lie
lief thai in future Jll'illg football
will have it.-, jilace yi iob' giale
athletic, circles : the hum- a.s utTu i
pp'lrts,. 1
The. li.imiiiiite IJriilges lias done
much to ptaco football ulayed in
the Si ai ill west on a par with played
in ' Ve ry til ller .section of the Colli! •
ti>, and believe that, spring game
will do niUc lull placing the <ype of
play on a hijjhci giude liian it !» al
the pi i'sent.
..vw i 11 o 111 11
wi i.i ;in T • xa I
I lie mil .<V,I I'tlitlg
kept III! II. ry • .
till ) V. i I • 111 I lie
Th'-y w' ri( mo
and aim niuiiiling
jlhat tiny .ii'
I • \i i jl Ii111gl iiu
l liey Saw 111 ni .1 o
I i l.l.pUvi ,, I 'i l l ht I
I an,it. ail t l:e , niiiit I
j Lay nothing ol tit
I lei ii.tory w ith 11.
| aild \ iil.i|p IT
tioli
Alt' i they have seen Mexico and
finished. IIhii "cementing" they
wall retUI ii tTiinUgb Texas snd tx-
given a final lipporlunity to feast
their eyes on the finest state in all
ibis "galaxy ot tales", Texas t'dl
Im. will be watching, tilt' papers
edited by this good wyll party.
TI iV I a w days Lliey
i wear their peii'
about it, if tbev
wide open while
I ate.
tly 11 <nil MlsSoUi I
' ales and auinil
mil to. lie ihnwn"
a good tiino.'
II and (i.dvcHloll,
a mi lirovrri iville
i loll lad about, to
e va.'it stretch of
pisperoua cities
1 > xai kana Ui the
1 lo uird tone was inadi b\ the
! gralld joiy i tin' special taiki "1
j-lli''' H) II 'l d 11 n I i olll't W.I lie IT was
"ill\ in e inn aiioiit inie and three
I'V-iaiter days and retuineil im o
'.<«. II tin! 11 111■ t.i ' 111* 11',.
• ".til NV.II IH'SSrM VVC IP I' X ill II11H ' I llV
ill" ^IUImI jUl;Nt »r< I i 11 t • ► 11« ■
v. i ill» ii irp<»it mudu by llt»- I'nn
in.iji, \ .1 Inn., sylii n W\r ImhIa
\\ .1 inijM'Hrm il .11 '1 o'rl'M K I'l itliiv.
1 wt'Ivp fH'W 1411s Wrro r« jMi'i t«'il
l'u«l.i> and livo were'* i • • t n i;'rir<l
'I Inii «j i\, it'll «»1 liwin w» r« fm Nvl
»ii i • , An 111< I It I int' nt rfmi^iny, .1
!•'. IViarlln Willi numli'i' in ruiiniM
Ih'li w ith l-tif killing of A1 !»«• it VV.
i ><iiin ns.i iintiii^ tho in >! hil-l^..
11n«,\v i»111 wort* fur MP. inl-
|.»uin^ offfHRPh! ; ion aiivi
li aii- jxn tatinn .if* ln|Uoi , • r\. tin ft
t»f liM'l ^ W, • I" •
ioi^t'ry, 1
N (11 K \ I <) v\ \ I l-:ic 1 SKKS
11 i:t^at iiui v'l • 1:in'1 la^\) S
jran.lt'n , or ilTi^atit'ii any *
):111«I vs ill iTr>T im' jiri nvilt»'«l aft • r *
S:it u)'«|;i v., Match .'.rjl, 1 x, nil *
lit .ui lifivs i •• iip.li! n.'VI.
\V« | i;t t hat lid' IV't-IW *
a inl j»i r >•*f11 jH'td I Ui t if • 11 ual l »m♦ t
' jih t it'\ fin tin i fFi itfa1'i««Tr at
',_J. In 11 nif. •
N •»111 t "lit unn -I cm • <j»♦• i at iuii v
' i n»'«'-»■ ai> .ithI will Im* a|*|»i*
< ciiH.nl, *•/-•' ' . *
I :•».1111 t rf < Iillllll l '■' m-TIM* I*'
Inn lary, Z\ aiui
Lawyers Plentiful
In Breckenridgft
liKI'CKIATiinCT:, March n (l'p>
A glance tin uilgli' the llreckeii
l.idge city diiei lory will show that.
. it i /et i lie re iieed iiev<r fear lliey
will have tioulile ill gaining the
i ei-vics of a lawyer!
'I lie ih'rectory l.fst.1'4'2 numes of
law>< ts, thi; largest of any profes- I
•inns. tirocers and gasoline man -
uf.'icluroi's tii'fiir second jilai'e with
.'III names each.
1ST METHODIST
VOTETOCIEAR
NEW BUG
T'nanimous approval of a plan to
pay , the-.i:-|0,000 debt oh the 'First
Metliodisl' i'hTlieh buihliiig before
the third anniversary of compleii,
tion <if the .structure was given at.
a. meeting of the board of stewards
in- the church parlors Friday even-
ing at H ii'cloc.l
'I lie jilaii * to pay off the debts
of the church by < Ictober I and
Hishop .laihn M. Moore h-as s/ea<ly
agi'i'i'd to C"tne and dedicate, the
building . on I lie t bird anniversary,
October lift; if Was announced.
Fvery individual in the meeting
Friday, night jiledged a definite
amoun' toward the liipidation of
the debt and, a total, of $12,400 was
subscribed by them... Tie matter
will now In- carried to the congre-
gation.
The adoption of the,debt paying
plan was', made, following talks
made by C A Cockrell, chairman
of .the board of, stewards. Key. J.
I/. Henson, pastor of the church;
and Itean Thiyd McKeown uf Mr-
Nliirry ''ollege.
Two Burglaries
Are Reported To
Police Saturday
Twenty .automobile casings were
takenwhen burglars bloke into the
High School Service station operat-
ed by I,. R I'liitlips Friday nifeht,
and a considerable amount of bed
i,heels and clothing w;:is stolen In a
, iiiiilur job at the. Liberty Laundry
aci'ordlJlg tii repoli.i t<i the Jiolice
t at i< .11
I
Those Canieron Coimly Itonds.
Cann ion i'• a■>t\ has coinjiletcd
Of, mil' ui hard surface feeder
roads, .some uf which are the finest
to be found anlwli<;te, and still has
Home $4,000,000 of the $t5,0.)(l,000
bond voted a year ago Willi which
to complete what will perhaps be,
when: finish'-'d, the best mad yslem
to lie found In all Texan. Cameron
county learned < at I>. while many
counties W' le still i"\j|e| llllellting
Willi |xioi loads', that, in road--build-''
iiig the l« t is ulwayx Um ciieap-
< at.
Hoover May Cleanup
In Texas Homef
I.L I'ASO, lev., fdarch r: II I')
Mrs. Helen Reynolds, secretary'
of the Hoover cluti tor pre -nlent
here, is iK'glnillllg to (WOtider Iver-
nelf what' Mime women are donig
ill Jiolitles.
iiirs. Keynolds in enrt^ssing for
'lie ■:Secretary/til' Commerce asKed a-j
w"tnan what sne thotign of Hoover, I
"(lit, 1 have a lloovei awl il l
VV'orks penectlv," ttle woman re I
plied.
"1 mean n Hoover for president,
not a vacuum cleaner," Mr . Key I
nold , told the woman.
Experiment Made
With Cherry Trees
From Chico, Japan
j AUSTIN, Tex , March •'! il'l't.
i Twenty j ix .new iinniigi:l)i! ai tiv
t<d tills week,
Tin y w'ei e cherry trees which
•| liave been set out Id the liolanical
gardens. They were obtaiiteVI by
Mr, It.' C. Tiiarji', director of the
botanical gaidens of the University.
Tin trees are of six varieties and
ivi'ie received .from the litire.au'"of
plant introduction of tlie I'nileil
.States Department of AgricnlTine
al < 11ii ii, Japan.
Building Boom Now
On In Bryan ,Texas
llUVAX, Texas, March :i (I'l1).
■Iliyan is enjoying its greatest
building and business boom since
the world war,
'Tin $,'100,000 La, Salle hotel and
; 150,00(1 Fir-t Ilapiist church build-
ing are expected to be completed
within ihe next .'10 days.
Three chain stores systems have
put iu stores here sllliv .liiiiuary Tj
while ten business houses have
moved into larger buildings,
The Palestine Ch.a.'iTier of Com
miope has pa? a d a reuoiuttoil pro
le'ling against the csiablislnnent
of a bus line front that fity to
Houston on the ground that then
is ample and convenient railroad
transportation, between the two
cities and that the eottnty high
ways over which such a litis Jfne
would In.' operated should not be
burdened Willi such a line.
Palestine' is Ti xas headi|uaiters
for thi1 'International and < J rent
Northern railroad lines and in this
resolution is certainly showing an
Unusual iiit-i'i!•;-( in and fondness
for its "h 'tne i ail road".
The finding,of a frog aiive in the
corner stone of thi" Fast land Court
lions' after Ml years, confinement
there Without loi id, air or water,
lias caused peojile everywhere to
Want to place other frogs in the
corner done he.ijig placed in build
I tips'. Tliis has re tilled in an an
nounceincnt that officials will not
permit any , frogs to be placed In
the corner -sione of a'ltallas muni
cipal huildlnp going uji in IJnivcrs
ity park, DalliiS
C. T Iliu'ow and four daughters,
Misses Alice, I tee, llynl and M r-,
(ieo. At km. of Ciw^o »wited In the
home of Tom liocuw, kon of C i
liacoii, Saturday.
Girl Marries Into
the United States
l;L PASO, MaiT,n 8 (CP).— It
took the wires of ('lipid to bring
A lite 11 egg Mi'oias, Zl, ot .luarec.
Illlo Hie I lit I I'd StatiS lll'tel .she
liii<l. tried since T02T to enter till.-,
country!
Miss Nicolas, a native of Syria,
was. far bemml oi| the quota from
that Country which only allows 100
inuiilgiaiits to this country each
year. It would have tieen 10 years
niore belore she could have enter-
en.
Miss Nicolas went "lieyond the
law" and married Fred C. Voss, 22;
a clerk ..of Kitni, (tkla., and now int!
migration authorities have allowed
'he gii'l to, I'hter the L'IIiled Stales
In Hie non iptota ininiigrant group.
WEATHER
For Abilene and vicinity: Sunday
occasional rains.
For West Texas: Sunday cloudy
occasional rains in south east por-
tion, somewhat warmer in north-
west portion
For Fusl Texas: Sunday occa-
sional rains, "somewhat warmer in
south wesf portion.
'Secretarying' Is
Chief Occupation
of This Young Girl
MF.XIA, lex., March .'! (IT).—
The title uf the most-sec ret arkid
young woman in Texas I.s claimed
lor Miss Cora Oliphant of Mexia.
rifle" is assistant secretary of the
chamber,of commerce, assistant, sec
letary of the Rotary Club, assist
tint secretary of. the Lions Cloli,
assistant secretary of the Oil and
Cas illvision of the Texas- Railroad
commission, assistant secretary of
The Mexia Shrine club, secretary to
the lloy Scout executive of Mexia
and a notary public,
In addition to these labors, Miss
Oliphant finds Utile to aid mer-
chants an getting up mailings lists
and she conslit t|te,s a walking di-
rectoiy and social register ol the
cit y.
Youngest Postmaster
Claimed By Bryan
Lion Hunter Takes
Them Alive With
His Big La*»o
FL I'\SO, Tex., March r! (UP).
- After catching two full-grown
nioniitain lions alive IIr. Henry M.
Kalvin of Tiulllmoro is now pre-1
paring to ciipture a silver tip bear
alive!
Kalvin savs lie will attempt to
lasso the bear.
"If 1 succeed in this I am going
to Alaska and rope a type of bear
they have there which is said to
he the world's largest," Kalvin said.
Oak Trees Planted
Along Bryan Road
11RVAN, Texas, March :t (UP)—
Three hundred and fifty oak trees
have been planted along both sides
of the ltryan-A. and M. College
road by the Woman's jlnb this
city,
More than 100 citizens contribut-
ed The trees.
This is olio of the most widely
traveled highways • in Texas, an
average., of 146 vehicles an hour
passing along the road between 8
a. in. ami <1 p. in.
M ASTFR HILL THOMPSON
imphovim; slowly
Mrs, l>r. Stein special nurse from
Dallas is here iu attendance upon
Master Hill Thompson, son of Mr,
HllV;ANy TexaS,- March .',( (CP), land Mrs. ('Iiaries Thompson of 2857
Simmons Avenue. The little fel-
low has been suffering for several
weeks and Is reported improving.
Allen .Myers, recently appointed i
postmaster of liryan by President I
Coolidgi', is. only 2,i years of age,
believed to he "one of the youngest I
postmasters in Texas. |
His father J Allen Myers, local
capitalist, was posttn\sler here for
a nuinber of years,, having been
personally acquainted with William
AlcKinl.ey, Theodore Roosevelt, Wil-
liam Howard 'faft Und Warren l!.
Harding
Snyder Ilealu- 1'ieiil
SNVDFR, March 3 <S)i).— lie-
fore a crowd ol six hundred wildly
applauding fans Snyder won a hot-
ly contested basketball game here
Saturday evening against Trent,
the score being Snyder 20, Trent
24. The game was a see-saw af-
fair from start to finish. These
two teams, each county champions,
will meet in the Dublin tournament.
Coiisliliition.il Amendment*.
You will forget if, of course, but
It is well enough to be reminded
now that you will lie given the
privilege, if you have paid your
poll tax, of voting on four consti-
tutional amendments on Nov. C
These win I'o;
Authorizing aid to Confederate
uoldiers and sailors and their
widows in indigent circumstances.
Fxempting from taxes property
owned by churches or strictly re-
ligious societies for exclusive use
us dwellings for the ministry.
Providing that school officers In-
cluding boards of institutions of
higher education shall serve for
terms not over six years.
Providing for appointment of a
atnte board of education.
WIFE AND MAN
ARE CHARGED
WITH KILLING
SAN ANTONIO, March 3 (UP).
Ripley L. Terrell', 28, wealthy Vic
toria (Texas) ranch owner, died in
a local hospital today from a.bul-
lct wound In the abdomen.
Terrell's estranged wife and W.
1! Hunt of San Antonio were charg
ed with murder a few minutes af-
ire Terrell died. .
PoJico announced they are seek-1
ing a"second man who \scaped at
the time Hunt was arrested early
today.
Broadway Most
Important Road
Says Caldwell
"Abilene regards tlie Broadway
of America as the greatest motor
Highway in the country," declared
judge J M. Caldwell, vice president
of the Broadway of America Asso-
ciation here today. "Our nation is
in the midst of a great period ot
development in which ..the hard
surfaced artery of motor traffic
will play an important part," the
Judge continued, "livery town that
ir. located on the route that haa
been so wisely chosen Is very for-
tunate. Tapping as it doee the
great Centers of eastern and mid-
western population, this highway
will before long M> carrying at least
',() jier cent of tho transcontinental
traffic. 1 am uoing to join the
motorcade from California when it
reaches Abilene and go with it to
Memphis for the convention, April
20 and 21st."
R. W. llaynie, president of the
West Texas Chainlier of Commerce,
which is the largest organization
of its kind in the world will b« with
the motorcade it was announced
here today. Haynle will act as the
official representative of this great
body composed of Chambers of
Commerce in 300 Weal Texaa cities
and towns.
STEAM SCALDS THREK TO
DEATH
POINT PLEASANT, Va., Merch
3 il l').— The death list in a throt-
tle explosion aboard the Ohio river
steamer Senator Cordill last nlglu
mounted to three. to<juy when l<uy
Roc, 36, boilermaker aiect.
l.eorge McElhose, 60, cheif engi-
neer, and lieorge .Lippntan, 02, Jus
first assistant, were Killed outright
Captain Ceorge Beagle, who wai
severely scalded, was not exacted
to live through the day.
The explosion resulted from high
steam pressure, Which caused trie
throttle to blow out. Tho craft was
being prepared for its first trip
of the season to Pittsburgh.
FIND PARTS OF MISSING
1'LANK
WASHINGTON, March 3 (UP).
—Parts of the amphibian>dane is
which three naval airmen disap-
peared last Monday were found to-
day by the Navy Department four
miles south of Cape Charlea City,
Va., on the eastern shore of Chesa-
peake Ray.
The rudder nnd tho starboard
horizontal-stabilizer were the twM
parts found.
ITALIAN POET AND WAR
HKltO IS SERIOUSLY ILL
CARDONE, Italy, ilarch 3 (UP).
—Gabriele D'AnnunzIo, world fam-
ous poet and war h^ro, was seri-
ously ill today with bronchitis.
Announcement that. he. was con-
fined to bed was followed at mid-
day with news that his Condition
was worse.
Sotiora— Range conditions are
repoited good over the section.
Gout shearing will begin at an ear-
ly date.
. . . I-./
Santa Anna— Dedication services
for Santa Anna's new high school
building have, been held.
Theo Parker has returned from
Wichita Falls.
Cecila Rishop, former McMurry
student, visited on the campus this
week. She alHo attended the first
annual quartet banquet.
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