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•AG I TWO
THE MEXIA WEEKT.Y fTERALD
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 19SR
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drought, Dust
Robs Farmers of
Profit in Wheat
ON THE GOLD STANDARD
WASHINGTON, April 11, <U.R>—
Drought and dust storms have rob-
bed farmers of nearly $145,000,-
000 potential income from the 1D8&
winter wheat crop, unofficial esti-
mates based oil department of ag-
riculture crop reports indicated to-
day.
Laat fall farmers seeded 44,306,-
000 acres in winter wheat. Contin-
ued drought and gales which strip-
ped fields bare of top soil and
smothered young shoots made fur-
ther cultivations on much of this
area useless. So 12,405,680 acres
were abandoned.
These 12,405,680 acres might
have produced nearly 170,000,000
bushels of wheat, assuming a yield
of 18 Vi bushels an acre. At 85
cents a bushel, 170,000,000 bushels
would bring $144,500,000.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace ap-
proved payment of benefits to
farmers participating in the con-
trol program who were unable to
plant any wheat because their soil
was too dry.
The acreage adjustment contract
set a minimum planting require-
ment, but farmers in counties of-
ficially designated as areas of "ex-
treme drought conditions," can
waive this requirement. The same
privilege vyas extended last year.
All the wheat harvested in the
United States this year will barely
equal normal consumption require-
ments, present conditions indicate.
The drought loss is centered in
Western Nebraska, Kansas and
Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle
and Eastern Colorado and New
Mexico. Elsewhere, if wheat comes
up well, and is spared for harvest,
growers will benefit from the high-
er "prices caused by the crop reduc-
tion in the Plains States.
The feed shortage which curtails
livestock production, and keeps re-
tail meat prices high, was illustrat-
ed graphically by the department's
report of only 15,600,000 tons of
corn and oats on farms April 1 —
less than half the average supply
for that time of year.
VtmWNE CO.
C0UPT RECORDS
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Marriage Licenses
C. C. Bass and Evelyn Lane.
A. D. Smith and Mrs. Ine!!
Stockton.
Aron Duncan and Minnie Lee
Edington.
James H. McMahan and Es-
telle Mcllveen.
New Cars Registered
W. W. Gandy, Groesbeck, Ply-
•T>-v * m ■'
Gloria Stuart, judging by appearances, feels the same way about
Dick Powell as the rest of America does. Incidentally, the two young-
sters make one of the most lovable star teams you've ever seen in the
movies. They're in-"Gold Diggers «f 1935" at the" National Sunday and
Monday, along with 10 of your favo rite Warner Bros, stars.
'Gold Diggers of 1935*
Coming to National
Theatre on Sunday
"Gold Diggers of 1935," First
National's latest mairfmoth musical
spectacle, opens at the Rational
Theatre Sunday.
The pciture is said to carry more
unique and unusual numbers, great-
er song hits and more hilarious
fun than any other musical produc-
ed by this company. Busby Berke-
ley, musical comedy genius, not
only created and staged the num-
bers, but directed the entire pic-
ture.
The story by Robert Lord and
Peter Milne is a rollicking comedy
with three separate love tangles.
There is a play within the play, a
wealthy widow producing a milk
fund show at a swanky summer ho-
tel.
Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart
have the romantic leads, with
Frantk McHugh and Dorothy Dare
in a semi-comic love affair and
Glenda Farrell taking an eccentric
millionaire over the jumps. Alice
Brady has the role of the rich wid-
ow who is bilked of a considerable
fortune by a theatrical producer, a
part played by Adolphe Menjou,
Joseph Cawthon in the role of a
scenic and costume artist and the
hotel manager, Grant Mitchell.
Winifred Shaw, the former musi-
cal comedy stage star, sings in the
show. Dick Powell also sings
catchy airs which were written by
the famous song team of Warren
and Dubin.
In addition to the ligular cast,
montj, : Ramon and Rosita. dancers, and
Mary Padgett, Groesbeck, Chev | ^ beautiful girls appear m the
rolet. «
Hunt Killer Who
Answered Backfire
Marcus Hanna. Groesbeck.
Ford.
Doyle Lauderdale, La Salle,
Chevrolet.
Probate Docket
Tom Taylor, deceased, admin-
istration.
Virginia Gantz, deceased
bate of will.
District Clerk
New cases filed in the office
of district, clerk, H. C. Fitzger-
ald.
Fred McCauley et al vs Com-
munity Natural Gas Company,
suit for damages.
First National Bank of Thorn-
ton Vs J. C. Hughes et al, suit
on note.
John Gilbert vs O. E
suit on note.
dance numbers. The screen play is
by Manuel Seff and Peter Milne.
Mrs. C. T. Stephens
Dies Sunday Here
Hot Checks Will
Be More Difficult
i:
AUSTIN, April 11 (U.R) — Is-
suers of hot checks will find it
difficult to cscape punishment
under a bill sent to the Senate
today by the House of Represen-
tatives.
Prosecutors have complained
that they have been used as col-
lection agents only to have com-
plaints dropped when checks are
made good.
The new bill allows five days
after notice to make a "hot"
check good. After that, a mis-
demeanor punishment is provid-
ed. Issuance of the check with
knowledge there are not funds
or - credit to meet it constitute
the offense.
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Leon County Has
New Relief Board
BUFFALO, April «. — Leon
county has a brand new county
relief board, composed of the fol-
lowing:
•Toe H. Sea'it, attorney, of Cen-
terfield; Ben Coleman, farmer, of
Middleton; John Childress, real
•state, of Oakwood; John Bishop,
farmer, of Buffalo; and O. Young,
blood, banker, of Normangee.
Other mills strive to do so
but somehow fail to equal the
superlative quality of the
RICH flour, MarechaJ Neil.
Ask your grocer.
Pt0"' Last vites were held Monday af-
ternoon for Mrs. Daisy Stephens,
72 years old widow of the la'.e.
Charles T. Stephens, wlio died Sun-
day at 8:30 a. m. at a local hospital
after several weeks illness. Rev.
Grady Metcatf, pastor, officiated
at the funeral which was held at.
| the First Baptist, church, of which
she was a member, preceeding in
terment in the city cemetery besiie
the grave of hei husband, who died
Karls, i in May, 1931.
( Surviving Mrs. Stephens are tvo
daughters. Miss Stella Schaffinij
and Mrs. Rhoda Mae Lewis, both
of Mexia, and two sisters, Mrs. W.
B. Culhirn, of Dallas, and Mrs.
| John H. Baker of Delhi, La.
Pallbearers included L. G, Shaw.
E. T. Lucas, Charles Nard, George
Peyton, Joe Stubenhaueh, Hugh
Everett, Emille Nussbaum and
George Perkins. The John R. Cor-
iey company Veas in charge.
Mrs. Stephens had operated a
boarding house here for several
years. She was widely known, the
widow of a prominent merchant
who for years was identified with
the Dollerhlde-Stephens Hardwaro
company.
ORANGE, April 10, <U.R) —Of-
ficers today sought an unknown
person who apparently believed
falsely he was being fired upon, as
the slayer of Weldon Teale, 20,
farmer.
Teale and four companions were
driving home from Orange last
night when the motor of their auto-
mobile backfired. A moment later
there was a flash from a gun from
the roadside.
Teajf, riding in the rumble seat
of the car, fell forward.
"I'm shot in the back," he cried.
"Take me back to Orange."
The wounded youth died en route
to a hospital here. A bullet entered
his body near the heart.
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Henderson Men
Visit in Mexia
Boosting ETCC
A group of five Henderson boost-
ers were in Mexia late Friday,
dressed in the drab of 100 years
ago, seeking to interest people of
this section in the forthcoming ah-
nual convention of the East Texas
Chamber of* Commerce, lo be held
in Henderson April 21 to 23. Gar-
land R. Farmer, editor of the Hen-
derson Times, headed the delega-
tion. With him wore Jay Weiser,
W. R. Harris, C. B. McClung and
Ted L. Hudson. Mr. Weiser for-
merly lived in Mexia, operating
"Jay's Cafe" here for a number of
years.
The delegation was met by local
Chamber of Commerce leaders and
others, and were assured that Mex-
ia will be well represented at the
convention. Mexia's famous cham-
pion marching high school band
will parade at the convention, and
E. L. Smith, Mexia, director, and
W. K. Boyd, member of the con-
vention nominating committee, will j
be among those participating in j
the program of the convention. i
Six Prisoners
Fail to Escape \
DALLAS, April 5 (U.fi) — Six j
prisoners ir^ the "death row" of
Dallas county's six-story jail slug- j
ged Dick Warren, guard, with
section of pipe today in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to cscape,
Warren fought off his assailants
and locked them in their cells, then
was taken to a hospital, where phy-
sicians said his condition was seri-
ous.
Sheriff R. A. Schmid said the
plot originated with Gilbert San-
derson, "mystery" prisoner held or
a theft charge, with Kelly Good,
held on a car theft charge, assist-
ing Sanderson.
Grays Winners
but Both Sides j
Showing Promise
Football fans were treated to
their first glimpBe of tho 1935
Black Cat football team Friday af-
ternoon when the two teams clash-
ed in their first scrimmage of the
Spring training. The Grays, com-
posed principally of lettermen from
last year, trampled the aspirants
for places on the 1935 team by
score of 16-0. Coaches Foster and
Hassell expressed themselves as
very well pleased with the work of
the boys in Spring training and tho
several hundred fans present for
the scrimmage were impressed by
the blocking and tackling the boys
were doing.
Clifton Bowden in the backfield
for the Grays seemed to have im-
proved his broken field running
and turned several nice runs during
the melee. Blackmon and Herrin,
two likely candidates for end
berths next season, showed promise
of making somebody hustle to beat
them out. Terry and Fessler with
a little more pep in coming out of
the line for Interference and block-
ing in the open should fit into a
well balanced line next fall. Their
work Friday was commendable.
The tackle positions will be well
taken care of by Weir and Parr
both big strong husky lads and
with a little more aggressiveness
they should stack up well against
any tackles they will have to face.
The fans can rest assured that
when the season gets underway
next fall that those two positions
will be in capable hands.
Felix Jackson, with one year's
experience behind him, looked very
impressive on offense but his work
at centering the ball could be im-
proved upon. Lain, who has the na-
tural ability to develop into one of
the best plunging backs that the
Black Cats have had in a long time,
was showing the boys how to pick
up yardage thr 'i the line. With
his passing al je will deal •
posing teams u Myers a
back seemed to be doing a gou
at blocking the end out and wuii
more pep he should fit in as a fail-
back. Bradshaw appears to be in-
clined to think out the plays but
his work with a little more fight
should help out a lot in next year's
backfield.1 He can also do a fair job
of kicking the ball.
The Reds had Mitchell and Rob-
inson at ends, both showing defen-
sive ability and with a little more
experience and knowledge of the
plays should see quite a lot of ser-
vice. Stuver held down a tackle po-
sition for the Reds but should be
ready to hold down a tackle or
guard position on the varsity be-
fore the next scrimamge. Riddle
seems to be picking up in his play
and with more aggressiveness and
determination to get a first string
postion for himself will make a
first class linesman, Brand and
Slaughter at guard position show-
ed a lot of fight on defense. Both
boys have possibilities of develop-
ing and unless something stops
them they will probably get the
call for starting positions on the
varsity in next scrimmage.
Cox at center, though erratic at
passing the ball, handles himself
remarkably well to be playing his
first game al this position. Prather
and McKnight at halfback, when
they learn the plays well, will cer-
tainly add a lot to our stock of
backs for -1935. Blaylock at full
showed worlds of drjve and will
make someone "hustle to beat him
out of starting on the varsity. He
is also a dependable center and will
probably see a lot of service in this
position. Aycock handled the quar-
terback position like a veteran.
Coupled with his coolness under
fire and his ability to kick out of a
tight place he will be a real asset
to the team next season.
While Coaches Foster and Has-
sell were putting their charges
through a stiff scrimmage session,
Coaches Lawrence and Bounds
from the grade schols were on hand
getting the fundamentals of play
as taught to the high school squad
so that when the charges come up
in the future they will have a
IN LIMELIGHT
m
Albert H. Berry, chairman of
Mexia's school board,4 who won
nation-wide publicity for accom-
plishments of the Mexia school
system In a magazine, "The Am-
erican School Board Journal."
Gasoline Too
Cheap, He Says
EXCELSOR SPRINGS, Mo„ <U.R)
—Harold L. Ickes, the oil coordi-
nator, may call oil men to Wash-
ington next month to tell them that
either wholesale gasoline prices
must be increased or crude oil pric-
es slashed, it wan indicated today
at the Western Refiners Associa-
tion meeting here.
E. B. Swanson, economist for the
U. S. Bureau of Mines, said that
it <n< the general opinion of oil
code heads that such a meeting
and such a course of action would
be necesary unless gasoline prices
at the refineries are raised very
soon.
For several months the whole-
sale gasoline prices have been so
low that few if any refiners have
made profits, delegates said.
FOUR KILLED
MEXICO CITY, April 8 OJ.fi) —
Four persons were killed and 14
wounded when a hurricane derailed
,i passenger train, a dispatch from
Merida said today,
thorough understanding of the sys.
tem tthey are to play.
Starting lineups
Qerrv Pictured
in Nation-wide
School Journal
Under the heading of "School
board members who are making
educational history in American
cities," in the April issue of the
American School Board Journal,
Milwaukee, Wis,, appears a trib-
ute to A. H, Berry, President, of
Board of Education, Mexia, Texas.
The article says: *
"Mr. Berry ha* served as a
school-board member for 21 years
six years at Coraicana, Texas,
and for the past 18 years in
Mexia, Texas. Ho is now chair-
man of the board and has held
this office for five years,
"Mr. Berry is a wholesale groc-
er and past president of the Gro-
cers' Association of the State of
Texas. He is past president of
the Mexia Rotary Club, Mcfxia
Chamber of Commerce, and ia a
leader in church activities.
"Throughout the years that Mr.
Berry has been a member of the
board of education, he has given
unselfishly of his time and has
worked for U e interests of the
school children of his city. He has
been a friend to pupil and teach-
er alike. During his administra-
tion, a building program costing
$500,000 has been completed, and
the Mexia schools started this
fiscal year in the best financial
condition they had been in in fif-
teen years. He has had co-opera-
tion in this work, yet he has had
the visioh and courage to fur-
nish the leadership necessary for
a progressive program of edu-
cation in this city."
The department includes six out
standing school board members
and their pictures together with
a sketch of their work.
When the volcanic Island, Kra*| Seventy-seven billion kilowatt
katoa, between Java and Sumatra
exploded in 1883, waves rushed
upon the land with * velocity of
100 miles an hour.
hours of electrical power wert*
produced in this country in 19112
as compared with 89,000,000,01)1
in 1930.
Doni? Wildcat
Oil Test Made
... .£
Special for Saturday j
Men's Hats
-Closing out Spring stock ... Men's felt
hats Saturday at reduced prices.
-A big variety of styles and colors to
select from.
—Men's Hats up to $3.95, on
sale Saturday, choice of lot
-Men's $2.95 Hats
on sale at
it-
Men's $2.50 Hats
on sale at
Grays
Pos
Reds
II err en
LE
Robinson
Parr
LT
Stuver
Terry
LG
Brand
Jackson
C
Cox
Fessler
RG
Slaughtre
Riddle
RT
Weir
Blackmon
RE
Mitchell
Bradshaw
HB
Prather
Bowden
KB
McKnight
Lain
QB
Aycock
Myers
FB
Blaylock
Reports here are that Frank
E. Frederick and others of Peoria,
111., have spudded in a wildcat
oil test on a 5000 acre block of
leases four miles East of Donie.
The test is on the MacAshan
farm of 1000 acres. The test is on
a trend formation on a southwest
line with the Cayuga production.
The test is between Donie and
the state highway No. 75.
j Karner-PhilLps
Tune in WFAA, 8 a. m. Tues.,
Thurs. and Saturday. Mare-
chal Nell Flour-gram. You
will enjoy this fine program.
KING'S
A Good Place to Trade in Mexia
Felz Bros
SPECIALS
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SATURDAY AND MONDAY
. 7
BEWLEY'S BEST
FLOUR
Narrow Escape
for Roosevelts!
WORCESTER, Mass., April 10
(U.R)—Two grandsons of the late
President Theodore Roosevelt nar
rowly escaped death today when
their beach wagon crashed into
a parked truck in Shrewsbury.
Theodore Roosevelt, III, and
his brother, Cornelius, both Har-
vard student*, were brought to
Memorial hospital. The latter was
treated for a fractured right arm
and facial injuries. Theodora was
shaken but escaped serious in-
jury.
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HIGHLANDS, Texas, April 6
(U.R)— Mrs. Clara Johnson, Glade-
water, was killed instantly here to-
day when the automobile in which
she was riding collided with anoth-
er machine.
SINCLAIR'S
Good Shoes
. Cost more by the pair
Less
by the Year
Boys' White qq
Duck Pants 2/0 C
Full cut, well made and
superior material.
Boys' Tan no
Crash Pants ... 1/OC
Same as above, well-
made and excellent qual-
ity.
\yhite Organdie
40 inches wide, very
trood material for this
price.
White Pique i a
yard 1"C
Yard wide, small fig-
ures.
White Waffle A A
ClothCloth, yd. 42JC
A new design in a much
wanted material.
White Purses
at only
Extra good
Tooth Brushes . .
White
Broadcloth, yd
Underwear
Material, yd
25c Run-Proof
for hose
25c Colgate's
Tooth Paste
Milk of Magnesia
• Tooth Taste
Colgate's
Talcum
Mouth Antiseptic
large bottle
Woodbury's
Soap ..
See our Bargain Counter
for Lots of Bargain
Odd Lots.
8-quart
Buckets
A real galvanized water
bucket, 8-qt. size, Sat-
urday—15c. One to cus-
tomer—adults only.
Flour
48 pounds
24 lbs. Flour
Bread
pound loaf
Tea Rolls
one dozen
Brer Rabbit Syrup
pure cane j"
gallon 0
Seedless Raisins 1
pound 1
pound
Coconut
Coffee
24 lb. sack .... 98c
48 lb. sack . $1.90
20 lb 50c
Bright & Early
lb 20c I
i
I
pound
15c
Vt
Rio Coffee
pound
1776 Coffee
pound .
K. C. Baking
Powder, 25 oz
Crackers
pound box
Crackers, 2 lbs.
Hershey's Cocoa
pound
Mackerel IHr
can IvC
Salmon
2 cans fcialv
Corn Flakes 1ft/
large box I Vv
Winesap Apples OA _
large size, doz
Florida Oranges OA-
nice size, doz
Pork & Beans 1A|
large can IvC
Prunes 1
pound IvC.
Dried Peaches 1 C
pound I«Jv
Dried Apples 1 A
pound 'wv
Sour Pickles 1 A _
quart 15FC
We always have a com-
plete stock of fresh
fruits and vegetables for
Saturday.
M ACKER AL, 3 tall cans. ...25c
Syrup «. !M 47c
LARGE SIZE
POST T0MT1ES 10c
MACARONI and
SPAGHETTI, pkg
LEMONS and
Winesap APPLES, each...
REGULAR 5c
Salt 3 boxes 10c
S'jf
KING'S STORE, Inc.
Now located at 213 North Sherman St.
Mexia, Texas
lb 15c
lb 15c
BLOCK
Chili
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