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CANADIAN, HEMI'HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1919.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 THE YEAR
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Boy Thirteen Years
of Age Suicides by
Shooting Himself
( has. Collins, thirteen years of
a..a. killed himself a! the home ot
his grandmother, Mrs. L. G. C• ii-
lins, on College Hill in this city
Tuesday morning about seven
o'clock by shooting himself in the
left breast with a shotgun.
The boy had been reprimanded
the night before for some boyish
misdeed and altho the boy had
shown sorrow for his wrong doing
and had been forgiven by his
folks, the matter seemed to
weigh heavily on his conscience.
After a boyish fight with his
younger brother Tuesday morning
and his grandmother had left the
house, he made an angry and im-
patient remark and ran into the
bathroom and shot himself. The
indications seem to show that he
had loaded the gun and prepared
the stick the night before after
his reprimand for those in the ad-
joining room to the bathroom
Tuesday morning said they did not
hear him load the gun. The first
intimation they had of his inten-
tion was when the gun fired. He
fired the guu by placing the butt
on tlie floor, placing the barrel
against his breast and pushing
the trigger down w ith a stick.
The gun belonged to Charles
Ginter, an adopted son of Mrs.
T. G. Collins, and he had owned it
for several years, lie and the
younger brother of the deceased
boy were in an adjoining room
when the boy shot himself.
The load of birds hot tore some
ribs in two but did not touch the
heart or lungs. It cut a large
artery. Dr. H. C. Caylor was call-
ed at once but the boy's injuries
were too fatal to be repaired and
he died forty-five minutes after
he was shot, bleeding to death.
(.'has. Collins was a boy of
moody disposition- and impatient
temper and he seemed to carry
little grieifciK.f • o.. • mind
much more than other boys do.
He was in the fourth grade at
school, and he undoubtedly must
have been mentally deranged for
the medical records do not contain
accounts of suicides at the age of
this mere slip of a boy.
The boy's father died in Wyom-
ing last winter of the 'influenza
and his mother and her children
came to Canadian to live. Charles
and his younger brother lived
with their grandmother. His
mother was at the home of J. C.
Studer, where she is employed,
when the homicide occured.
The funeral will be held today
and interment made in the Canadi-
an cemetery. The boy was a mem-
ber of the First Baptist Church of
this city, and the funeral will be
conducted by the Rev. E. I). Mor-
ga ft.
The sympathy of the entire city
is extended to the relatives in
their hours of sadness over the un-
timely death of the boy.
FOOTBALL GAME
The Amarillo High School foot-
ball team will play the Canadian
High School in this city Saturday.
Come out. and see a good game
and boost for the Canadian boys
to win the game and the high
school championship of the Pan-
handle.
The game will be called prompt-
ly at 2.30 o'clock. Come out, for
it will probably be the last game
of the season. The boys are at
considerable expense to bring
Amarillo here, so come out and
help defray the expense of the
game. It is a real treat to Cana-
dian to have the Amarillo highs
here.
Marriage Licenses Issued
November 10th: Sylvan M. Lan-
ey and Grace A. Burton.
November 12th: Chas. L. Glas-
gow of Canadian and Fern Jen-
nings of Alliance, Nebraska.
Novemebr 17th: Leslie H
Burkhart and Delia O. Largent.
Missionary and Flyer Come Back
Confirmation is received from a
reliable sourcs of the report that
the Santa Fe "Missionary" and
"Chicago Flyer" are to be put back
into service December 1. These
two trains, numbered 21 and 22,
have not been run for two years
past. The war made it inexpedient
for the company to operate more
trains than was absolutely neces-
sary, so these two fast trains
were abolished.
It will be good news to the
travelling public for these two
trains were formerly very popular,
and many efforts have been made
the past year to induce the admin-
istration to reinstate them.
They are to be real fast trains
from east and west and will stop
at but few points in Kansas.
Wichita being one of them. How-
ever, while the trains will carry
mail, they will not take on ex-
press at any of the points at
which they stop.—Wichita Beacon.
These fast trains stop at Cana-
dian and their re-appearance will
be welcome news to the people of
the city.
New Train Schedule
to Include the Flyer
and the Missionary
Under the new train schedule
which takes effect November 8,0th
at midnight, Canadian will have
the following service:
East bound, due at Canadian:
11.8 (out of Clovis) at 9.45 a.m. No.
22, the Chicago Flyer, fast train
from California, at 2.35 p. m. No.
114 at 9.45 p. m.
West bound, due at Canadian:
113 at 1.25 a. m., No. 21, the Mis-
sionary, fast train from California
to Chicago, at 1.55 a. m. No. 117
which continues thru Amarillo to
Clovis, at 5.10 p. m.
The Dallam County court is now
engaged in plans to build a court
house at an expenditure of about
$200,000, says the Dalhart Texan.
Lining Up for Central Time
The movement started by the
Canadian C r4 Commerce
to secure Central Time again for
the Panhandle, seems to be gain-
ing momentum over this section,
and we hope to see a concerted
action taken to get us back
straight with the world on time.
The adoption of Mountain Time
for the Panhandle puts us entirely
too far out of time according to
the sun. and the line of change
between Central Time and Moun-
tain Time should be moved farther
west. It is now at Waynoka, Okla-
homa. The McLean News adds
its approval in this manner:
"If the exchanges that comes tc
the News desk are to tie taken as
indicative of public sentiment
thruout the Panhandle, there is
nothing that causes any more dis-
satisfaction than the action of th<
railroad administration in moving
the clock back an hour, from Cen-
tral Time to Mountain Time."
The Panhandle Herald joins the
Centra! Time booster bunch in thi^
way:
"The authorities at Washington
took it upon themselves to move
the line, between Central and
Mountain Time, east from Texline
to Childress last January. This
puts this section of Texas about
twenty minutes behind sun time
and is not a fair division of the
day for our people, and the Herald
makes the suggestion that F. R.
Jamison, Secretary-Manager of the
Panhandle-Plains Chamber of
Commerce, take this matter up
with Congressman Marvin Jones
and prevail upon the proper
authorities at Washington to put
Texas back in Central Time, begin-
ning the first of the year. Running
behind time is objectionable to
people who are in the habit of
working in the lead."
The Higgins News staged that
Higgins has adopted Central Time
and the business houses observe
that time for the conduct of their
business. The schools there adopt-
ed Central Time also.
Red Cross Enrollment is Now 714
The Hemphill County Red Cross
membership drive had a total en-
rollment of 714 yesterday, when
the last report was made to the
Record.
News Print Situation Requires Drastic Action
On Part of All Publishers to Conserve Paper
The news print situation is be-
coming so alarming that all papers
are urged to observe all the war
time provisions enacted to con-
serve the print supply, and these
provisions mean that all subscrip-
tion lists must be put on a strictly
cash in advance basis. Material
increases in advertising and sub-
scription rate, limitation of the
size of newspapers and provisions
in advertising contracts whereby
rates can be adjusted monthly or
quarterly, were among the recom-
mendation's made by a special con-
vention of the American News-
paper publishers association, call-
ed ih New York last Wednesday
to consider the news print short-
age.
The result of the situation
means that every paper must trim
its list down to a strictly cash in
advance basis like it did during
the war, and conserve every sheet
of blank news where possible.
The report of the resolutions
committee at the meeting of the
A. N. P. A., adopted unanimously,
follows:
''Paper manufacturers have told
us that there is a world-wide short-
age of paper. At the present rate
of consumption, the newspapers
are using about 10 per cent more
paper than is being produced. This
means an annual shortage on the
present basis of approximately
200,000 tons. Your committee,
therefore, recommends:
"That the regulations of the war
industries board for the conserva-
tion of newsprint be strictly
adhered to and that the full text
of all these regulations be sent tc
all newspapers of the United
States, whether or not they are
members of the A. N. P. A.
"That no newspaper enter into
a yearly contract for advertising
at a fixed rate, but make rates
adjustable monthly or quarterly.
"That the A. N. P. A. send out a
standard form of adjustable con-
tracts for advertising.
"That the paper committee dis-
courage the hoarding of print
paper.
"That the white paper compan-
ies and the legislative committee
of the A. N. P. a. urge the enact-
ment of such legislation as will
permit the development of water
power, so that our timber lands
may be fully available for the
manufacture of wood pulp, lumbei
and paper, and we also recom-
mend that congress be urged tc
take steps that will induce the Ca-
nadian government to repeal the
order-in-council prohibiting the
export of wood cut from crown
lands.
"We recommend that the presi-
dent appoint a committee on con-
ciliation for the purpose of ad-
justing differences between pub-
lishers in competitive territories;
that the members of this commit-
tee be selected with a view to gov-
erning the country; that this com-
mittee formulate such plans and
recommendations as will assist in
adjusting differences so far as
possible; that each member of this
committee be given allotment ovet
certain territory and be authoriz-
ed to appoint sub-committees tc
deal with conditions in cities or
competitive territories within that
area."
Union Thanksgiving
Service is Announced
At the Baptist Church next
Thursday, November 27, at 7 p. m.
The following program, inter-
spersed with songs, prayer and
scripture readings will be ren-
dered.
"Public Thanksgiving"—D. M.
Wiggins.
"Thanksgiving in Hard Times
and High Prices"—E. J. Pickens.
"Practical Thanksgiving"—d. j
Young.
Come and hear these laymen
and offer thanks unto God.
THE PASTORS.
Don't Neglect Your War Insurance
The War Risk Insurance Bureau
announces some new decisions
providing more liberal conditions
for reinstatement of lapsed or can-
celled insurance.
In order t<> give all former ser-
vice men whose insurance has
lapsed or been cancelled, a fair
chance to reinstate their insur-
ance, including men who have
been out of service 18 months or
more, and who are therefore bar-
red from reinstatement under the
former ruling, a special blanket
ruling is made which allows all
ex-service men to reinstate their
insurance before December 31.
1919, provided that each applicant
is in as good health as at the date
of discharge or at expiration of
the grace period, whichever is the
later date, and so states in his ap-
plication. Of course it is neces-
sary that he tender the two
months' premiums on the amount
of insurance he wishes to rein-
state.
The provisions for reinstate-
ment do not protect a man until
he actually reinstates. If he
waits he may not be in as good
health as he was at the time of
discharge and consequently may
not be able to secure reinstate-
ment.
Don't put off reinstatement. Dc
it now!
The New 1920 Car Tags Are Ready
The new 1920 auto tax seals
have been received by Sheriff
H. H. Stickley and he will soon be
calling on the gasoline consumers
to carry new tags if they occupy
the highways. The new tags are
parallelogram in shape and three
by six inches. They are black
with white lettering.
Canadians Attend
Royal Stock Show
R. T. Alexander and Carl Studer
are in Kansas City this week at-
tending the American Royal Live-
stock Show, the premier show of
the United States. The American
is also one of the largest, if not
the largest Pure Bred Hereford
show in the world, and is the an-
nual event that all Hereford
Breeders look forward to. Mr.
Alexander is one of the oldest and
most successful Hereford Breed-
ers in the Panhandle, and he has
no trouble in disposing of his
young bulls and heifers every
year. His herd cows are from
Beau Militant, one of the famous
bulls of the Southwest, a prize
winner wherever shown, and the
successor to Beau Militant as the
herd bull is now Caldo the Eighth,
whom many Hereford judges claim
to be fully as good an animal, if
not better, than Beau Militant.
J. C. Studer and Sons are just
getting, into the pure bred Here-
ford business with as fine a bunch
cf cows as can be found in the
Panhandle and a Caldo bull re-
lated to Mr. Alexander's C-aldo the
Eighth.
The intention of Mr. Alexander
and also the Messrs. Studers is tc
maintain a stock of as good breed-
ing animals as can be purchased
anywhere, considering both strain
and price paid, and the superior-
ity of their stock in at least one
respect for the Panhandle can-
not be questioned, and that is
that their bulls raised here are ac-
climated and native both to the
altitude and seasons. Animals
purchased from sections where the
altitude and climate is different
require some time to become ac-
climated before they are herd
leaders.
Work has started this week on
the erection of a derrick for the
deep test well on the Hopkins
ranch about fifteen miles east of
Canadian. Three or four loads of
machinery and equipment have
been unloaded at the site of the
well.
A. Liske & Company, who have
been maintaining their office in
the White House Lumber Company
qflice building, moved Monday tc
the front part of room 2, Studer
Brick, on Kingman Street, where
their offices are now located.
Merchants Credit Association
The merchants of Canadian are
forming a Merchants Mutual Cred-
it Association for the purpose of
protecting themselves against bad
credit accounts. An alarming per
cent of the losses in the mercan-
tile business are due to credits ex-
tended to customers who do not
pay and a judgment against them
is uncollectable. It is the purpose
of the Merchants Credit Associa-
tion to compile continually a blue
book on the financial status of ev-
ery citizen in the town and county
and elect a secretary to keep the
records. In this way a man's fi-
nancial rating can be determined
on a moment's notice from the
secretary, and the merchants pro-
tected from contracting credit ac-
counts which cannot be collected.
The proverbial bill beater will be
shut off from credit when the asso-
ciation is completed. It will be ev-
ery member's duty to report to the
secretary all customers who do not
pay their accounts.
Conference Returned
M. M. Beavers to
Canadian Charge
The Rev. M. M. Beavers arrived
home Monday night from the an-
nual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, held at
Lubbock this year. It is almost
needless to state that he was re-
turned to Canadian this year, as it
was not expected that he would
be moved. He reports a most
splendid conference and that it
was characterized by the moving
of practically every preacher for
the coming year. Only a small per
cent were returned to their 1919
charges. The magnificent Metho-
dist Church at Lubbock, perhaps
the best in the conference, fur-
nished an ideal place for the hold-
ing of the conferences, and the
services were attended by large
audiences of Lubbock people
and people from the surrounding
towns.
J. W. Story, presiding elder,
was returned to this district.
J. E. Stephens was returned tc
the Zybach circuit.
J. P. Thomas was returned tc
White Deere charge.
The pastors at Dalhart, Texline
Panhandle, Wheeler, Canadian and
Ochiltree are the only ones re-
turned to their charges. All others
in the district are moved.
J. T. Howell of Higgins was
moved to Estelline. Bro. Strong
of Channing was sent to Higgins.
John Hicks of Miami was sent
to Snyder. R. A. Stewart of Can-
yon is the new preacher at Miami
O. M. Addison was returned tc
Wheeler.
J. S. Huckabee of Pampa was
sen# to Floydada. Arthur Laney
of the Wellington circuit was sent
to Pampa.
George Palmer was returned tc
Parrvton.
Wolf Creek Company to Drill Soon
J. A. Mcintosh, formerly Cana-
dian representative of the Wolf
Creek Oil Company, was a busi-
ness visitor in the City th> first of
the week. He states a geological
survey of the Wolf Creek Com-
pany's holdings in Lipscomb Coun-
ty was made last week, and that
the geologist made a very encour-
aging report. The Wolf Creek
people are preparing to erect a
derrick, and expect to start drill-
ing in the near future. Mr. Mc-
intosh left Wednesday for Homer,
La., where he has other oil inter-
ests.
The coal man hasn't anything
on Henry Ford when a wint.?r
storm hits the country. Last week
when the thermometer dropped
from 65 degrees in the evening tc
13 above the next morning, about
fifteen Fords went down the line
in Canadian with busted radiators
and bursted head pieces on the
engines. Each engine casting
costs $7. If the same proportion
of frozen Fords maintained over
the country, it is almost beyond
belief to estimate just how much
that freeze cost the car owners.
County Offers $250
Reward for Man
Who Disappeared
4
The county commissioners court
of Hemphill County has offered a
reward of $250 for information
leading to the whereabouts of one
J. G. Pemberton, who disappeared
one night while working on the
b-C-D Highway in the south part
of Hemphill County in November,
1918, and has never been heard of
again. The last session of the
grand jury took the matter up and
the court has started an investi-
gation.
Pemberton disappeared under
very peculiar circumstances. He
was known to have have some
money on his person, and he had
wages coming to him from Con-
tractor Sanders who had charge
of the D-C-D construction. He
had money in the bank, and per-
sonal effects, but neither the
wages due him, the money in the
bank nor his personal effects have
ever been called for. The supposi-
tion is that he met foul play and
was buried somewhere in a pas-
ture.
It seems that he and a com-
panion left the camp one night to
visit Miami and were never seen
again. The man who left with
Pemberton and entirely disappear-
ed from this section evidently sent
a telegram here telling of his be-v
ing killed in a town in Oklahoma
by a car being turned over, but
an investigation proved the story
to be a fabrication of the crudest
sort. The telegram must have
been sent from Miami; no tele-
gram was ever sent from the
Oklahoma town, and no accident
of the kind ever occured there, so
there seems to have bean some
criminal motive in sending it. Pem-
berton could not have sent it for if
he had been yet alive he would
have at least called for the wages
due him and his bank balance.
That is the story. It certainly
looks suspicious, and it is to, be
hoped that the investigation ' will
clear it up. Contractor Sanders,
who is acquainted with all the
details, urged upon the court that
they investigate, as he stated that
the circumstances of Pemberton
disappearing without asking for
his wages and his companion
jumping the highway job so sud-
den seemed very unusual to him.
Urges Voters to Stay Out
of Democratic Primaries
Waco, Texas, Nov. 19.—Voters
of Texas, and especially members
of the American party, are urged
to stay out of the Democratic Pri-
maries next year in an address is-
sued by W. P. Sebastian of Breck-
enridge, chairman, following an
informal conference held here.
The statement asserts that a meet-
ing of the executive committee will
be called soon for the purpose of
nominating a full State ticket and
that those to be selected are "men
who have set their faces like
flint at whatever cost to them-
selves and their prospects in this
life against the wave of fanatical
paternal and sumptuary legisla-
tion now existing in this State."
Clyde Essex of Waco, secretary
of the American party when asked
to define the phrase, "Fanatical*
paternal and sumptuary legisla-
tion," said, "The American party
is not opposed to prohibition or to
woman's rights."
Former Governor James E
Ferguson of Temple was to have
attended the conference, but he
was prevented by a death in the
family of his brother. The meet-
ing of the executive committee
will probably be held December
15 and Chairman Sebastian at that
time will name the national com-
mitteemen.
The Red Cross Call does not
seem to go over the top this time.
The Randall County News reports
that Canyon last week had enroll-
ed only 266 members. Canadian's
drive was not what we expected
but it seems to compare pretty
well with neighboring towns. Ca-
nadian had 594 members for the
first ten days and about 300 hun*
dred Juniors. The drive closes
November 21st.
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