Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1924 Page: 4 of 6
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THE BFtt)WNWOOt BULLETIN FEBRUARY 7 1924
TBE BBQWKWOOD BULLETIN
SUBSCRIPTION:
Brown County by mall or carrier.
per month; $3.75 6 months; $7.20
Me yer.
Tcxu ontatde county. New Mexico
Ottanoma Arkansas Louisiana 75c
tr oath; six .months $4.00; one
yaar. $7.75.
411 tr states $00 per month
VtJM six months; $9.00 one year.
KATES PRINTING CO. PUBLISHERS
Member Associated PressAmy erroMous reflection upon the
maracter standing or reputation
amy j)rons firm or corporation which
may appear In the columns of The
rowHwood Bull.etin will be gladly
wrractad npon its being brought to
tfee attention of the publishers.
Entered at the Postoffic at Brown
wood. Texas as second-class matter.
i
Tie Associated Press is exclusively
emuued to the use of republication c
all sews dispatches credited to it or
set otherwise credited in this paper
Sd also the local news published
Any error made in advertisements
imi te gladly corrected upon being
aceacht to attention of the publish
rs and the liability of this paper is
to the amount of the space
led by the error in the adver
JJsement.
. SOME SPLENDID WRITING.
jlLTEWSPAPER writers work at high
" speed and always nnder more ot
less nervous tension. They strive to
express facts clearly and briefly rath-
fer than to create literature. Their
mission is to inform the people - in
language which thepeople can under-
Stand readily. Occasionally however
there is a notable bit of writing to be
i&and in the columns of the day's
-sews when somebody somewhere
does just little bit better work than
& expected of him' in the handling of
xhe day's assignment. Such writing
seems to The Bulletin was the rule
'xather than the exception in the Asso-
ciated Press stories telling "of the lata!
Illness the death and funeral of for-
mer President Woodrow "Wilson.
Similar writing was noted in the
Associated Press reports of the funeral
c America's Unknown Soldier sev-
eral 'months ago. So good were the
reports of that event that a substan-
tial prize was awarded the man who
prepared the "stories" although the
general public was given little infor-
mation abont the writer himself. It
is the custom of the Associated Press
to feature the news it gathers and dis-
i
IrQr&les to Its members rather than
The .personality of any writer on its
Some of the best newspaper
world are included
among its thousands of staff men and
special correspondents and their one
purpose Is to get the news and make
it available for the newspapers of the
coentry. 1rouSh a vast organiza-
tion that reaches into every city town
and hamlet In this country and into
the remote corners of every land in
.lie world the work of these men is
. carried into the newspaper offices and
into .the homes day after day with a
fidelity that has made the line 'By
the Associated Press" the trademark
of'reliabfiity in the news of the day.
That occasionally there appears an
vespeciaHy good bit of writing is inci-
dental but not unexpected; for the
Associated Press employs the best
Newspaper writers that can be ob-
fSained anywhere.
The .leased wire of the Associated
jPress. comes Into The Bulletin office
and while this is a small city daily
with no aspirations to metropolitan
greatness its readers each afternoon
have before them the same news word
for word that goes into the greatest
dallies of the country. In no industry
has there been more marvelous devel-
opment than in that of taking the"peo-
ple's news to them the newspaper industry-
many men of course who are welt
qualified for the position but they can
not always be secured for the salary
that as offered. Brownwood's expert
ence with the city manager- plan of
government beginning in 1916 has
been in the main satisfactory; and the
several"" men who have served in the
position have given the city faithful
service. Improvement might be
brought about by the appropriation
of a more liberal salary for the city
manager and The Bulletin has al
ways believed that a more satisfac
tory service would result from broad
ening of the duties and responsibili-
ties of the manager.
All of these! considerations 'how
ever are besideUhe point. What we
started out to say was that Mr. Boon
has made good as a city manager has
given the city splendid service and
his resignation is noted with regret
THE OLD HOME TOWN
BY STANLEY
Don't forget "Clean and Beautiful:
That's Brownwobd."
And get your news in today's news
paper. Fresh".
Paragraphings
golf rig)
church this
Husband (donning
Area!t you going to
morning? . T
Wife: No; I'm not feeling well.
Husband Then call a messonccr
boy ;and send him. The family must
be represented. Boston Transcrint.
This age may be- remembered as
thq. one .in which the graphic arts
became phonographic. H a r d 6 r d
Times.
SSI f 'X'P- NVRYbU SAY (SeTNOTV UWtv?v-r-y
0kDMMAGE sai.e news - tenth andrajal day
g Vr ALc vAMS TO A SUDPEN END
ft T'"r WHEN THE. STOVE PIPE FEL.V-
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by mm POLITICIAN
SHOOTiXG WIS OVTGKOWTir OF
OLD POLITICAL FEUD PRECIP-
ITATED BT lVOJfAX.
Tips for Tax Payers
TIPS 'FOR TAXPAYERS.
staff.
-writers
In the
HE MADE GOOD.
THE RESIGNATION of City Manager
E. M. Boon Js regretted by many
citizens because he had "made good"
In the responsible position which he'
is abandoning. It would have been
'Impossible for Mr. Booh to please"
everybody as city "manager of coursefii
. but he gave a service which was with-
out doubt pleasing to a majority of
the people and which is much appre
ciated. J
!bne of the principal faults to be
CwWi.wftH' thecity manager systemi
secure efficieht managers. There are
Xo. 19.
Deductions for taxes form .i nnn-
siderable item in the returns of manv
taxpayers. Such items Include taxes
on personal property and real estate
whether business or residential.
Taxes assessed against local benefits
such as street paving or drainage
which tend to increase the value of
the property assessed are not de-
ductible since they are the cost of
a permanent improvement.
The Federal income tax may not
be deducted. Other Federal taxes
however are deductible; for exam-
ple the special taxes of oleomarga-
rine dealers proprietors ot theatres
pool rooms bowling alleys custom-
bouse brokers and stockbrokers.
Customs duties paid by a person oq
articles wWch he imports for his
own use are deductible. Sales taxe
paid by manufacturers of automo-
biles candy pleasure boats works
of art carpets trunks jewelry etc
may not' be deduc;ea by such manu-
facturers unless intruded in gross
income for he year. A purchaser of
such articles can not deduce the lav
es as they are levied against tho
manufacturer and not the purchaser.
Automobile license fees are regard-
ed as taxes and the amount thereof
may be deducteds Admission taxi-s
are deductible but the taxpavvr
must show that account has been
kept of the amount paid during the
year. Jlere guesswork will not be
accepted.
DAN DOBB
- SAYS - '
Teacher married superintendent of
schools in Barnesville O. Only 11
more month of leap year.
They claim a Mexican plot is beinj;
hatched In the U. S. That's the trou-
ble with plots they will hatch.
Many quack doctors are ducking
for cover.
The spring building boom plans are
under way. A building boom sounds
like prosperitj.
New York girl got -on her ear be-
cause man stepped on her toes. Girls
we are putting out ladies' brass
knucks to be used on men who have
too much brass. Buy now and avoid
-the" mush. v
A doctor wants to take an X-ray of
Bryan to prove his ancestors were
monkeys. The doctor says this will
give us some inside information.
"U. S. Loses Fight on Sugar Prices"
headline. That Isn't very sweet for
the housewife.
i (By Associated Press.)
OPELOUSAS La. Feb. 7. Mrs. Ro
land W. Clark former mayor of Pal-
metto La. was shot to death Louis
Meyer merchant of that . place was
fatally wounded and Wildo. IS year
old daughter of Mrs. Clark was seri-
ously wounded in a pistol fight at the
railroad station in Palmetto Tuesday
night. Cleon Clark 19 year old son
of the dead woman who also partici-
pated in the shooting was not wound-
ed. frs. Clark was killed by Meyer af-
ter she had shot him twice inflicting
wounds from which he died late last
night in a New Orleans hospital. Af-
ter Meyer had fatally wounded Mrs.
Clark he was said by witnesses to
have continued firing one of the bul-
lets striking the Clark gir"l inflicting
a serious wound. A bullet from the
girl's pistol struck Meyer In the head
and a load from a shot gun said to
have been fired by Cleon found Iodg-;
ment in the merchant's leg.
Political Quarrel.
According to advices received here
the shooting resulted from a political
controversy which started several
years ago when Mrs. Clark was elect-
ed mayor of Palmetto pver a candi
date supported by Meyer. In an elec
tion held recently Mrs. Clark was de
feated by A. Isaacson by one vote
which Mrs. Clark is reported to havOi
charged was obtained by Meyer send-
ing to Port Arthur Texas for his
brother to go there and vote for Isaacson.
"Witnesses testified at the Inquest
that Mrs. Clark and her daughter
went to the railroad station and after
questioning Meyer about alleged dis-
paraging remarks the woman charg-
ed he had made about her daughter
she drewa pistol from the folds of her 1
dress and shot Meyer. He clinched ;
with her and as she broke loose from :
his grasp both began firing. Mrs.
Clark fell shot five . times. Meyer
then Is said to have turned his pistol j
on the daughter who was shot In the
hip the bullet coming out through the
abdomen.
Meyer was hurried to a New. Or-
leans hospital where an operation was-.
performed yesterday. In a statement
to the pollqe he declared that he had
made no "remarks detrimental to Miss"
Clark's character.
Proposes Operation
of Muscle Shoals by
Federal Commission
AW
SQUIRRE
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SKIN
USED
Ml
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'ERMINE' FOB ROYALTY
HOW FRAUD IS PERPETUATED OX
KINGS AM) QUEEXS DIS-
CJISED AT TRIAI1
(By Associated Press.)
LEIPZIG. Feb. 7. If King Edward
III were alive he would probably
have been the most interested person
in the world In recent J.egal pro-
ceedings which proved most of the
Vermlne" used these days as trim-
ming for state robes at European
royal courts is nothing more than
white rabbit or the bleached pelts of
gray squirrels.
Of all the monarchs of early days
who were fond of ermine Edward
III stood first and soon after he as-
cended the throne. In 1327. the wear-
ing of tins fun was restricted thru-
out England to members of the royal
families.
Rabbit makes the best "ermine"
according to the testimony of experts
at the trial which was begun by a
disgruntled purchaser who contend-
ed he had been duped that1 he had
paid good money and a high price for
ermine which was nothing more
than white rabbit of the back yard
variety.
It was brought 'out at the hearing
that squirrels from the United. States
and RuFsla arc often used by Europ-
ean fur dealers to make op -orders
for ermine which; "come from royal
b vscholds where there is always
more or. less pomp and ceremony.
The court found for the plaintiff.
(By Associated Press.")
WASHINGTON Feb. 7. Operation
of the Muscle Shoals project by the
government through a "federal chem-
ical corporation" would be authoriz-
ed in a bill introduced today by Sen-
ator Norris republican Nebraska.
The measure Is substantially the same
as that submitted by the same sena-
tor last session. .
The war department would be au-
thorized and directed to complete
dams numbers 2 and 3 and then turn
the whole project over to the propos-
ed corporation which would be creat-
ed to manufacture chemicals for the
military service and for producing
"cheap fertilizers."
Special Engineer Will
Make Survey of Trail
Through Western County
(By Associated Press)"
AUSTIN Feb. 7--A special engineer
is to be appointed by the State High-
way Departmeht to ma"ke a resurvey
of the Old Spanish Trail road whore
it is to run through Jeff Davis county
because of reported opposition of the
owners of the McCutcheon ranch. It
had been planned to. run the' road
through a canyon on the ranch which
has been used as a public -road since
1S4S but opposition from owners of
the ranch may cause a change ac-
cording to George Armlstead of San
Antonio meniber of the highway com-'
mittee who made an Inspection of the
roads.
BACKER'S iVIFE ADVISES
I1R0WX WOOD P ErO V L E
'T had stomach trouble go bad
evedythlpg i ate soured and formed
gas. Was miserable until 1 tried
Adlerika. This helped the flr3t day."
Most medicines act only on lovor
bowel but Adlerika acts on both up-
per and lower bowel and removes
all gasseK and poisons. Brings out
matter you never thought was in
your system. Helps any case of gas on
the stomach in TEN minutes. Camp-
Bell Drug Cohipany.
Try'Longley's Meat Market
on Austin Avenue for Pure
Pork Sausage and Tender
Meats. Prompt delivery. Tele-
phone 202.
Rail Executives
Visit BrownWood on
Important Matters
Four well known railroad execu-
tives were 'in Brownwood today two
of the Frisco and two of the Santa Fe
and although their coming had no
connection with each other it is at
the same time Important that the four
should be here and looking over the
city on pratlcally the same schedule.
"W. E. Maxson assistant general man-
ager of the Santa Fe and K. S. Hull
superintendent spent several hours
here as did also "V. C. Preston gen-
eral traffic agent of the Frisco and
O. H. JilcCarty general superintendent
of the Frisco lines in Texas. The two
last named announced that there was
no. new developments in the brick
proposition llilch is known to most
people of Brownwood.
SECURES WATER RIGHTS.
XeV Orleans Men Sccnre Options On
Guadalupe JBlver.
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN Feb. 7. All water power
rights on the Guadalupe river from
Kendall county through Gonzales
county have been taken over on op-
tions by F. H. WillmOnt and C. W.
Besancon of New Orleans the state
board of water engineers announced.
The rights are owned by W. B Dunlap
and the Brown estate of Beaumont.
The project includes development of
thirteen dams.
Youth Claims He Was
Spirited Avay Without
Due Process of Law
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN Feb. 7. Charging that he
had been spirited away to the state
training school for boys at Gatesville
while his case was on appeal Edwin
Burkhart through his attorney today
filed In the court of criminal appeals
an application for a writ of habeas
corpus asking that he be released
from the school anl sent back to jail
at Fort Worth in order to perfect his
appeal. Burkhart who Is a minor
was sent to the school December 16
1923. He declares In the application
he was ''slipped" out of Fort Worth
while his attorneys were away from
the city.
The Yellow River "China's Sor-
row" has been dammed by an Amer-
ican engineering corporation. Mil-
lions of persons have been drowned
by the river's floods and it has
changed its course! many times in
centuries past. Tne land formerly un
der water will be reclaimed and pow-
er may be developed at the dam.
Central Committee to "L
Call Passenger Agents A
of Various RailfoSt
The Central committee which bas;n
hand the management of all lociil
matters pertaining to handling- 4e
West Texas Chamber ot Commerce
Convention which meets here in .May.
The calling of this meeting la jit
course for. the purpose of dlscussms
rates over the various railroada.tto
Brownwood during the Kflnvent'Ioa
period.
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If
Good for
you have a
Colds.
cold and
sore
throat come to our store and get
some of our lemon drops horehduni
drops mint lozengers horefiouHd
sticks and fruit tablets that wiU"-nptf
onlyput a better taste In your mouth
but wil ease your throat. We al$o
have hot drinks hamburgers chili
hot chicken sandwiches or if you pre-
fer cold drinks and ice cream .we
have- them. We also have the jUkiest
line of candles to be found anywhere.
KANE ASTER'S KANDY KITCHEN
Dollar for dollar in used cars
bought from the Allen Motor
Company.
Have You Heard It!
A Bulletin man promised to tell you that our sale of Men's
Suits at specially reduce prices will close at 9 o'clock Sat-
urday night. If you want a HART SCHAFFNER and
MARX Suit one of the best for $35.00 come arid get
it Friday or Saturday.
Suits
Suits
Value $45 to
Choice $35.00
Value $35 to
Choice $25.00
$27.50 to
$23.50
A few Suits
A few Suits
selling as low as $19.50;
selling as low as $10.00
Every HART SCHAFFNER & MARX & CLOTHCRAFT
Suit is guaranteed to give satisfaction. You get the Suit
that makes you look your best and a guarantee that it will
stay right.
Shop with us everyday.
Gilliam Dry Goods
Formerly Gilliam Brothers
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
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Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1924, newspaper, February 7, 1924; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342870/m1/4/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.