Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXX—NO. 20.
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ID BE ASKED TO
FINANCETROQPS
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IN BOUNDARY SUIT
ALL ARE OF ONE MIND AS TO THE FACT
THAT MIDDLE OF RED RIVER IS CON-
SIDERED THE BOUNDARY LINE BE- J
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FLAN WMtRn> TO SHERMAN KKXATOK HARRISON
BV TEXAN CHAMBER OF MOfOCRATIC II
COMMHRCIS. , CANDIDATE AT
WllTftE SHORT HMETOSPEAKSAT S. BEND
WarmuiiH Issued Will Bo Distributed
And the Holding of Efcch City
Will be Comparatively Small—
FundH to be Apportioned
By LeiUature,
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County officials and . older citi-
zens of Grayson County testified: in
the hearing conducted liere Wednes-
day by Special United States Com-
missioner Frederick S. Tyler. gather-
ing evidence to be submitted to the
Supreme Court of the United States
for its guidance iu giving decision in
the texos-i iklahoina boundary suit.
Line liong Recognized.
Tlie two principal ;>oints brought
out by the evidence gathered here was
the line that has always been recog-
nized as the boundary between this
State and Oklahoma, and whether or
not lied River has ever been a navi-
and .Tames Moreland. of Denlson, and
others.
Grayson Case Cited
Sherman will probably be askrdto
carry, for the benefit, of National
Guard troops now on aut.v at Galves-
ton, keeping that port open in the
Democratic KdUors of Indiana to Hear
SfHjM-h Fri«lay Nlgfat—<Jov. Co*
Clothes Men.
game laws of Texas in fishing with
an illegal net in Red River, south of
the middle of the stream. Other evi-
dence along this line was introduced,
and all of tlie county officials on the
stand stated that their understand-
gable stretfm. The'witnesses offering, ing of the boundary was the middle
testimony included Former Countyi of the stream, and that they enforced
Attorney Hen F. Gafford. County Au- J criminal and civil jurisdiction that
dltor A. S. Noble. Postmaster VV. H. far.
Lnnkford. Sam Hon ham. Sr.. former
county surveyor, M. P. Caywood.
County Tax Assessor. \V. 'G. Hatfield
Forme;' Sheriff, Leo Simmons, H. M.
Wisdom, all of ShermanI)r. A. W.
{Achcson, W. H. Mnqson. O. Poff next heaving will l>e conducted.
ent
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values.
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stri|s s
season's
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rough the
Tuesday,
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and 89c
made of
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0 years.
$1.98
PHILIPPINE
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IS FAR DISTANT
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COM.KKSSMAN C. H. RANDALI,
WANTS . . PROHIBITION KX-
Included iu the testimony offered face Of labor troubles, and whom the
was a statement pf the case of the State Is now finding It necessary to
State vs. Carroll, tried In Grayson pay in deficiency warrants, a portion
County, in which the Court of Crim- of these warrants, until funds are ap
inal Appeals upheld a conviction propria ted by the State I>'ghslftluri? In
cured by Former County Attorney Januury for the payment of these
Hen F. Gafford of the defendant Car-j warrants.
roll, charged with violation of the* A Patriotic Sefviee.
The plan, as presented by the Texas
Chamber of Commerce In a letter re-
ceived by the Sherman Chamber of
Commerce and read at a directors'
meeting Wednesday morning. Is for
the various cities In the State, all of
which are benefitting from the jmtrl-
utlc service of National Guard Jroops
at Galveston in keeping that port open
for commerce, to raise funds with
which to carry these wanpnta for the
noldler* until funds, are available early
next year for their payment. It was
stated by 00? director at the meeting
that he understood the monthly pay
roll of the Galveston troops to be
from $30,000 to $25,000. With a large
number of cities carrying portions of
ascertaining Just what Sherman w afr
lotment would be, Kugene Cherry, wh>
is director of the Texas Chamber of
Commerce, was requested to communi-
cate with that. body.
Troops May Remain for Some Time.
Mr. Cherry, who recently ylsite.l
Calreston, s'tated it was his opinion
that it would be necessary to maintain
the troops In Galveston for some time
to come, as the men filling the places
of the striking longshoremen would
not remain If the troops left.
W. A. Keeling, first assistant attor-
ney general of Texas, conducted the
examination of■ witnesses. The en-
tire party left Sherman Wednesday
afternoon for Gainesville, where the
MSEBAIL FANS
MEET BODY OF
RAY CHAPMAN
A *ocint&t Preii Lhgptitch >
Ooinmbus, o„ Aug. 18.—A confer
etice on National campaign plans with
Senator Harrison of the National
Speakers' Rureau was tlie principal
jMilltlcai affair today before Gov
Cox, the Democratic Presidential can-
didate. Senator Harrison was called
here to discuss rounding out the Gov-
inlfc"
KHOLDERS
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TUNDEDW'THE" ISLANDS.
ilsstM i'tlril Pre.<* Dmjmtrh
Honolulu. Aug. IS—Indeepndeiice
for the Philippine island before the
next -•"> years was opposed as a
"crime of the first magnitude" by
Representative C II. Randall of Cal-
ifornia, a member of the congres-
sional party touring the Orient, who
came here today aboard the American
transport "Great Northern" on his
way to the Cnited States.
"You will tlnd practically every
Ineniber of the congressional party of
the same mind." he said. "Alter
seeing the Philippine island it was al-
most our unanimous verdict that they
are no( ready for independence.
Thoughtful men are in semi-terror at
the proposition of Japanese domina-
tion with Siberia. China. Korea and
the Philippine Island. If the I'uUed
States releases them later,
Randall said he had cabled Attor-
ney General Palmer urging that pro-
hibition be extended to the Philip-
pine*.
FAMOUS CLEVELAND PLAYKB
KILLKD IN NEW YORK WAS
POPULAR AT HOME.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
) BE OONOSEO DY DIG
,
Ahhoi'IoIi <1 l'rr*n Dinpntch
Cleveland. Aug. IK.—Hm.dreds < f
baseball fans gathered at the Union
I>epot here early today to meet th!>
body of Hay Chapman, star shortstop
of the Cleveland Americans who died
in n New York hospital yesterday
morning following an operation for a
fractured skull, suffered when he was
struck by a pitched ball at Monday*
game In New York.
It was Chapman's eagerness to aid
in giving this city its first pennant
that resulted in Ills death. When he
married Cathleen Paly, one of Cleve-
land's best known soelely women last
October, he was,asked If he would re-
tire from the game and devote ills
time to a business in which he ban
acquired an Interest. "I will play
next year, for I want to help get Tils
Speaker and the Cleveland fans the
first js'iinaiif Cleveland ever had,"
Chapman replied, "'then I will talk of
quilting."
FATHER OF MAN WHO IS
TO HANG FRIDAY TAKES
POISON AND WILL DIE.
Aiwoclatcd Pro** DUpatcul
Aberdeen. Miss., Aug. IS,—J. > E.
Marshall, father of Charles Marshall
the latter convicted of murder and
sentenced to be hanged Friday. Ill con
nectlon with tlie murder of three
members of a family at Armory last
January, was reported in a critical
condition shortly before noon, from
the effects of poison taken early to-
day. Physicians stated it was doub^
ful whether he would recover.
Forest Fires Reported.
A o<iatrrl I'it** DiHpnh h
Stan Francisco, Aug, IS.— Reports
Were received today of serious forest
fires In Northern California, the Pa
clflc Northwest and parts of Mon-
tana.
ernors personal organisation
remainder of the camroQpalgu
affairs referred from fifatioi
quarters at New Vofk.
To Be Believed of Details.
Relief of Gov, Cox from the direc-
tion of details of hp speaking Itlne
rary, such as titoln arrangements
schedule making «wd other affairs
was one of the sub,tects to be taken
up between the candidate and defla-
tor Harrison. It w|ts expected that
the National Committee would desig-
nate some person to take full'Charge
of the candidate's future tours. •
Publicity Affairs Discussed.
Publicity affairs of tlie Democratic
campaign, ft was sal<^ also were to
be discussed. Governor Cox has ex-
cluded professional "press agents" hx
lM>rsonal "publicity til rotors" and R
In understood that tfc** wiU be-at-
tached to the Governor's immediate
personal staff, but the candidate has
other publicity suggestion* in mind.
Governor to Have Personal Aid.
Another Innovation In the Cox
curnp is a suggestion for a personal
n id to the Coventor to assist him
through crowds where he sto|M fot
speeches. The candidate, shortly af
tor his nomination, refused attend-
ance of plain clothes men, and so fat-
has lieen without police protection
other than from local forces In cities
where he has spoken, but Ms adviser*-
are urging that a big. bulky 'man.
be assigned to him if only as a human
wedge for clearing paths through
crowds.
Gov. Cox will leave here tonight, to
fill a speaking engagement tomorrow
night at South Bend, I ml., before the
Indiana Democratic Editors' Assoc I a
lion. J
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THE WEATHER.
Washington, Aug;. 18—Arkan-
: sas and East Texas— Tonight
and Thursday partly cloudy.
Oklahoma '— Tonight and
Thursday, jwrtly cloudy, prob-
ably local showers.
West Texas-— Tonight and
1 Thursday partly cloudy, prob-
! ably unsettled In north portion.
Louisiana —Tonight partly
| cloudy: Thursday partly cloudy,
local showers iu southeast por-
( tton.
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, At a conference held at
lier of Commerce auditorium
evening between city ofBdar
rectors of the Grayson
A«so<'iatlon, f and
over by Pi-ealdent Will l^ealle
Chamber of Commerce, the plan will
was discussed two yesra ago of the
city securing on a long time ti se the
Old Settlers' Park property
east Shermhn, Incorporating
proving it as a part of the
park system, and each
the grouuds over to the
Valley fat* Association tor,
for the holding of the ann
there, was Again brought up.
effort on the part of the
OtHgmerce to aee if some
plan for the project could
worked out , . ■ ^ '■
14 Wants Equitable Plan.
Mr. Leslie pointed ot>t that What be
was interested lu seeing was some
equitable plan worked ouVfalr
dty hud the Ob! tJetUers' As*o<
He said tlia| If the attempt to d
up an agreement.!** yeara^tto^r
not failed,
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the past two yearn, as ihe ugreetnen|
Is now deemed necessary to p.>vlde
the Ited River Valley Fair a home.
CHy Was Beady to Improve. ^
City Manager O. ,T. S. Elllngsoniald
that the dty was ready two years sgo
at the tltoe the first attempt proved
atmrtlve, to carry out an extensive
program of Improvement' at tlie
grounds.
A vote wss taken by Mr. Leslie on
the numlMT favoring some equitable
plan being worked out, aud all pres-
ent voted lu favor of the plan. For
the purpose of drawing up rhe actual
agreement, a committee composed of
C. It. Dorchester, representing the
Old Settlers' Association, O. J. S.
Elllngson. representing the city, and
Will Leslie, representing the Red
River Vallev Fair Association, was
appointed. This committee will report
back to their respective bodies on the
plan adopted, for ratification.
The plan of the clfy taking over
the Old SettHfs' Park property aa a
part of the park system, Is embodied
In the George E. Kessler dty plsns
for Sherman* and the use of „tfie
grounds for the home of the annual
Red River Valley Fair have la-en ap-
l>roved by Mr. Kessler.
Those present at Tuesday night's
meeting Included Mr. I<eslle. R> A.
Cole, W. R. Rrents, Will Ely/C. R.
Dorcehster, W. T. Wilson, II. P. Ab-
ney, .leas Totten. Rarlow Roberts, A.
S NobU'. C- A. Shock, F. V. Grlbbh*,
Hay don W. Head, Max Glblis, K. K.
Hooper and John E. Burratt.
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liATION NOP
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Charles U Simmons Post of the
A*nerlenn i«egloii of this city will be
honored jti a ball given at (hid Fel-
lows* Hall 11I N:.*;o o'chs-k Wednesday
e\ ening by the Modern ^«s dineii
Camp of llii" city, assisted by the lo-
cal Yeomen Homestead
Good music .Hid a good time is
l>fi niised for nil who attend. An nd^
mission charge i 11 be made for meil,
ladies being admitted free. The pro-
ceeds will g.< to Charles R Simmons,
Post of the American l.egion of this
city to augment their fund being
raised to furnbh their new hall on tlu
HiMitli side oT Ihe vqunre.
AFTER COOKING FOR
HOMO 57 YEARS
. WOMAN TIRES OF JOB
A **or{ated Prcs* Dinpatrh
Jefferson City. Mo.. Aug. 1R.—Af-
ter ."7 years of marrbsl life. Amnion
Wolfe. S4 years old. yesterday filed
suit In the Circuit Court here asking
for 11 divorce from his wife, Mary
Ellen Wolfe In his i ctition Wolfe
alleges that his wife refused to cook
his meals for him and left him with-
out cause in July, HHP. The couple
have ten children, all of whom are
married and still living
K n er
C'enc t*mcn Reclerted.
Anoririted Pr-.tn l>:,i>r;t<li
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Jackson. Miss.. Aug 1H. Four «,f
the five Dcmor.dic congressmen
seeking reaomiuatlon wer suwessful
in yesterday's . prima 1 y. according to
returns conipi'cil l>v the Jacksoti
Oailv News> Congressman Candler,
In tlie first distj i -f: I >wrr. in the sec
ond. Slssfrn. ill toe fourni. and Qulnn
in the seventh, npoarently had safe
majorities, while the defeat of Ven-
Iibie In the fifth wee indicated. Ven
able was oppowd by Ross
formerly attorney general
slppi. and a bitter opponent of th*
present NattoBP' adniinistratlon.
Wreck on Katy.
Annorlateil Press Dl*patch]
St. Louis. Aug. IS—Twelve
persons
seriously.
were injured, two probably
when a Missouri Pacific passenger
train from St. Ixiuis for Kansas City,
was derailed near Warrenburg, Mo.,
early today, according to a report re-
ceived (it the general offices of the
railroad here.
Collins
of Missis-
New Railroad Talked of in Texas.
Fort Worth. Texas. Aug. 18>—There
Is talk of constructing a new railroad
from Cisco to Rising' Star, where the
Frts<*> will be joined, giving a north
aud south connect km with the trunk
fine, and at the same time giving an
outlet for the till fields south of! Cjsc<?>.
The road will l e about tw«nity*lve
miles long.
WHAT NEW YORK SHOE CLERK HAD TO FIT.
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AitonMed Prtut Dlnpatch
V Mexico, <HtyV Aug.
reported to have bee
I bridge Colby, Cnited
■flfvlHnvM to conditions upon which
recognition may few extended to the
present Mtpleia government, may tw
rejected liy Mexico, It Is indicated In
an Interview with Miguel Alewdo Bo-
hies, private secretory to Provlalon-
al President De Le Huerta, prtnted In
the newspaper Excelsior.
BllpK.! cannot accept the I untitle
tlons from another government
gardlng Its legislation," Senator
ibies Is quoted a% saying In reference
to the rejiort that derogation of varl-
|<ma CktftnnM decrees was wanted by
the United States government.
"Mexico, however, never has re
fused guarantees to foreign countries
aud lias made Indemnity payments
when they hive been Justly
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jefferson hichwayg
representative here
m 10 rusEirr new plans.
I. D. Ola rkaori, getferal manager of
die Jefferson Highway Association.
was in Bherman Wednesday, and pre-
sented to directors of the Chamber of
ID:.'U> a.
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comingtce at their meeting Wednesday ?'. * m '
morning, plans for the reorganisation ^
of the association, which calls
memberships In each dty t<
Ihe Jefferson Highway. She]
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This fnuch "assorted" trio sanntere<l Into the Grand Central Palace, dudng a shoe sale and demanded shoes,
to the dismay of the salesman and the edification of the crowd. "Tex Cooper" Is only six feet four Inches tall and
built to match, while the little lady next to him, "The AfneHcsn Doll I*dy" towers all of .*M) Inches from the floor
and weighs 40 pounds.
, walk bfo your store?
n ;
"Baby/ Beir only welglm 300 pounds more thsu the "Doll."
Would you like to, lmve them
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the Jefferson Highway. Sherman's al
lotment if lorty three ktembershlpe.
The proceeds from these go to mark-
ing and advertising the Jeffersou
Highway, servtog to increase tourist
automobile'travel over the route, *0
pe benefit of ffle
the highway.*'^.
Mr. Clarkson presented the plan* of
the assodstlon lu some detail. and
told at some length the benefit to tie
derived by the cities located on the
highway. He answered a numWr of
questions.
The tllrectors referred the matter of
endoraltig the plan and attempting ro
MMWfc'''• ne memberships In tMf asso-
station desired to a committee cont-
issted of H. K. l'earce# A. Y. Creager
and W. R. Rretits.
Included In t1
sell oil
Witts *# ■
Denlson, 0,1
and Fhrley
,\tc.\«ioo ('alls en President.
Washington, Aug. 1«, -Wm. 0. Mc-
Adoo called on President Wilson to-
day for !*#.'*•: flret time since the
l>emocrstlc National Vunventlon. A*
be eutered the executive office. Ia
was stoppe<l by . a photogTUpber. He
4^.|pi:;ffl|l6the first proof. "That
was too solemn. Oet one while I am
in&JHgL^ I do not wsnt anybody to
think 1 am unhappy over the out-
cimir at Hap^FVanclsco.
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