Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 147, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1928 Page: 1 of 10
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Associated Press Leased Wire in Our Office Connects Brown wood With the World Every Minute of the Day.
BROWNWOOD. TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL! 1028
SLAYER IS FOUND
Gray Mare Is Officia
DEAD
A MAN identified as Troy F. Hale.
A 22, pi 8ipe Springs, Comanche
county, was fatally wounded at 11
o'clock Wednesday night at Blanket
while he and another man. now un-
der arrest, were robbing Luke Reeves
Dry Ooods Store. He di^d about S
companion escaped foDow-
shooting of Hale, but was
In Comanche Thursday
and returned to Brown-
tton during the convention it was large amouftf* of capital are naces-
prtndpally through his activity that sary. where Mr. Manb andhla
the contract for the Houston en-1 friends would not risk a dollar of
gagement was secured. Mr. Arm-1 their money.
strong, now a citizen of Fort Worth.1 ___ .
has maintsiined his tnteiest in I ... ■—• ■■"■g* . i
Brown wood and in the band, and "w# think arehave the most effl-
bid for the national convention!* quarter century of building in
contract, and through the assistance the round ban department of our
of influential friends, as well as be- business, which Is the most profit-
cause of the national reputation of »*>*•. volume considered, and which
the Old Oray Mar* Band, was sue- i» growing rapidly, ws have devcl*
cessful in securing the coveted-.en- opn* a method af merchandising
rr^» }" ; which places the farmer practicaliy
While the Houston «**gemem is in contact with the Winner witn
to be played by the band as a Tea- only one intermittent Unit between
as organisation, representing the* the two.
Houston entertainment commiures “This method is by at isaet $3
and all of Texas, since the whole per bale the moat oocnoaalcal and
state Is helping finance the nation- efficient method of moving a hale
si convention, the Band will be pre- of cotton from the Add to the {ac-
cented distinctly as a Bcownwood tory that has over been devised.”
organisation and win give this city Clayton mkl Congress, if It
much valuable publicity. All over thought it unwise that a single flrui
the United States the Old Oray handle as much as if par cent of
Mare Band is known and appredat- the American crop, could of eours:.
ed as a Brownwood musical organl- limit transactions by any one firm,
ration, and this city will profit very but that if Congress did so to would
materially from the work of the^be a “happy day for some of our
Bond at Houston, according to competitors but principally for those
found by a roadside in Qencord Met Friday Her clothing badly torn and store.. He kicked out a plate glam
her right temple crushed. window, ran to the ear and eluded
She hod been missing from the Beverly school for the deaf where the two Blanket men who had been
the eras a teacher, since Thursday, her day off. Know 1 ton admitted he awakened by the marauders. Hale
had customarily seen her on Thursday nights and that last Thursday was In the store when shot.
■he came to FraminghMfii. i t - TTie youth was shot eight
Investigation revealed that last Saturday Knowlton washed his oar tbws In the head and three times
with a solution of chloride of lime. In the left shoulder, a load of buck-
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WAKING PLANS FOR $100,000
llAAAAtt ri PAVIIIII Pb| m MV IIP||P Oil man and J. L. Jay of Stpc
NEW YORK. Apr Chaun-
cey M. Depew. picturesque grand
old man. who entered politics be-
fore Lincoln was mentioned for the
presidency and for more than 10
years was famed as an after dinner
speaker, died at'^rSO a. m. today
at his home of bronchial pneumonia
He had been ill for less than a
week and would have been M years
old on April 33. He continued an
active career until the end. serving
as chairman, of the board of the
New York Central railroad. He in-
tended to attend the Republican
National convention in Kanms City
in June. With the exception of the
1934 convention In Cleveland he had
attended every, Republican conven-
tion as a delegate, nine in all. since
1W. At his ftftt convention be re-
ceived 99 votes for the presidential
nomination, but withdrew in favor
His wit in
* 13m Farmers Oin Number Two and tbs
8anta Anna were wrecked. The storm struct
T:U p. m. and then apparently shifted and ve
shortly after 3:30 p, m. Da maps In Santa An
Two houses were completely wracked an
were damaged user Bangs shortly after I p. a
of Benjamin Harrison,
rousing political speeches was a
feature of conventions and caused
him in early days to be known as
“the peach." .
Senator Twa Tinas
‘ He served two terms as United
(Rates' senator, from 1IM to 1911.
-rMr. Depew suffered a chill while
coming to New York last week from
a five weeks vacation in 8L Augus-
tine. Fla. On Sunday be was stricken
with a cold and on the advice of
Dr. H. Lyman Hooker remained, in
bed at his home here. Monday he
became unconscious and medical
consultants were called in. Tuesday
he improved and regained coned-
After a good day yesterday. Mr.
Depew began to decline at T o’clock
ted from the .witness stand in
County Probate Court of Judge g.
D. Shannon Wednesday that he had
made payments from the estate of
C. G. Ralston without authority Aid
at the present time owend the es-
tate- 331 000
Attorneys Louis W. Pratt of Tulsa
and H. 8. Garrett of Fort Worth,
who had objected to Burns’ admin-
istrator’s report on behalf of Ral-
ston heirs and asked his removal,
contended that Burns owes 170,000
to $80,000 of the original $100,500.
instead of $21,000.
. Burns was due to bring bank
statements into court Wednesday
4 Buildings In
Mertzon Burning,
ii-> Fire Aid Ashe
NEW YORK. April 5.—(jP>—’The
stock market plowed forward again
today, breaking new high records
with startling rapidly, as buying or-
ders poured in for a-wide assortment
of stocks. Early gains in the active
issues ranged $3 to $7 a share.
Interboro Rapid Transit and Pur-
ity Baking fB> led the early ad-
vance by advancing $7 a share each
to new high records at $40.75 and
$140AO. respectively. Oeneral Mo-
tors. Wabash. Pittsburgh ft West
Virginia. ■ Hudson A Manhattan.
Oooitnental Can, Wright Areooau-
Ucal and: 8chulte Retail Stores
climbed 01 to It, moat of them to
new peak priest.
I CONTI NURD OK PAflX FOUR)
More Candidates
For Trustees Are
Announced Today
MARKETS
Three additional candidates lor
Trustees of Brownwood Public
Schools were announced today,
bringing the total of candidates to
two, it
Pen Chief1 Until
Successor Chosen
2 Killer, 1,000 Homekw in
Oklahoma When CreefcDverflowa
AUSTIN. Texas. April W.
L. Speer, who rssiguart Wednesday
as warden of the Toss prison, will
the weather
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 147, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1928, newspaper, April 5, 1928; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1093991/m1/1/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.