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Slit Brechciirionc American
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iuate salary o thoiM- wurth tif
Zf.hr r hire nrf 'aid to be deinindH
i' thus? who ( lleve In Justice for
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v Kr ruling nut u fr bill. (aw In.ik i
.' r- air grinding uut taxation bills
''.aw makers ore puntllng thfir
i -ami over prison problems ami
li w in handle convicts to make
t- o who are wi!in good rltuicns
future and to make penal in
tiition b-i runt -i If-suppartlng
i puible
IAV maker from n black land
county Introduced a ltl to niter
a thousand a n r from the sala
iin of high rourt judges nnd din
tr.ct judges. Hit measure was very
promptly nnd emphatically chloro-
formed by a committee Now the
judicial system of Texas consists of
something more thon 210 county
con r In nnd county court at law
about 110 district courti It courts
of c'vil appeals a supreme court of
three Judges a commission of n)
tal attached to the supremo
rourt composed of six judges and
the court of criminal appeal com-
posed of three judges and two coin-
i.intaloncm of appeal
'PHIS for the law maker In
1 at rail of reducing the salary of
. Rh emit nnd district Judges why
lit take the judicial map of rtxas
nd re-dlttlct the state according
i population and territory' It In
aid by high nuthar!' that an im-
partial re-dlstricling would reduce
ir numbei of district Judges 'mm
110 to IK) thus Raving the money
now made In salaries to the 20 nnd
nil incidental coU of maintaining
that number of dimict courts It
U the exclusive province of the leg-
.Uaturc to redlatrlct the stale at
Its pleasure.
jrpilERE li a way to save money
and thus lighten the load of
tre tax payer. One way Is present-
ed to those who nrc clamoring for
reform of Judicial procedure In or-
der to cut down the expense of lit-
igation Many lecommendntlons
made by the Texas bar association
liuve failed of legislative enuct-
ment Many have been crystallized
Into statutes. Repealed effort of the
bar to make the necessary changes
In the constitution have been in-
Jested at the l-olls by the people
In a paper read before a meeting
of the Town and Gown Club by
Presiding Judge Morrow of the
Court of Crltulnul Appeals this
atorv wne totd
MIE constitution adopted In 187(1
provided for a supreme court
or three members Acrordtng to the
retlitu of 1870 the population of
the ntute wait slightly over SO0.OO0
nhd probably wns not more than a
million and u quarter In lh7C. At
that time great areas of the stale
which ate now the homes of mil-
lion of people were an open coun-
try where cuttle coyotes and prol-
ine dons ranged ut will Upon It
here were rtu cllles n Amorlllo
.Lubbock Wichita Falls nnd many
Others that now adorn the state.
There wne no oil wells no gas pro
duction no fields of groin aucn as
vhcat. sufficient to alinot feed the
nation
"TN THE entire state there was
1 hardly a city of 40.000 Inhnbt
tnnts Since then the Industrie of
the Stale have expanded IU lxip-
utntJon ha Increused its wealth
h.ls multiplied. Ita hidden resour-
ces have been brought to the sur-
face and as Mid by Chief Justice
C M. Cureton of the Supreme
Court at n meeting of the State
it it- Aidoclatlon. now wii have a
great empire with nearly tl.000000
people with wealth that Is prnctl-
cnlly boundless and wllh new and
ir.iHn.ir. nuesttons arising out of
our Industrial enterprises that need
our
IK
flUe passed and pawed upon au-
rltutlvcly und finally ny tne an-
omc Court.'
"fPIIK membert of the bur and
the" appelluU court prepirod
with the alii of the members of
the IiB.Aturc' n constltulional
amendmriA proposing to Increuie
the suprttite court so aa to mitUo It
consist of nine Judges and sweep
out of the constitution the provis-
ion requiring that the cvurt remain
(Continued on page 3)
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Onion Skin
Second Sheets
GLA'ED UNGLAZED
or COCKLE FINISH
A-l QUALITY
Telephone No. 1
WE DELIVKIt
Program For Betterment Of Farms Adopted
C. C. SPONSORS
PROGRAM FOR
2-YEAR PERIOD
Will Spend $3509 Toward
Terracing Farms Of
This County
Plans for inauutiratinu; a
program for tlio rural com-
munities of Stephens county
callinjf for the expenditure of
approximately '$600 within
a two-year period by the lo-
cal Chamber of Commerce
at agreed upon at a meet-
ing of the Chamber of Com-
nii'rcr atrriruIUire committee
la.t nijtht antl endorsed by
the entire C-C body today at
.10011.
In starting Uili ruinl piogmin
the Chnintjei of Commerre here
plans to aid the farmers i f Steph-
ens rounty by pushing a fuim
tei lacing program wh'rh. it Is
thought could b" eTtendril to Hike
in at le-ist 7V) fat inn of the coun-
ty With thin terruolng piogiam.
cm ried on foi two years loin!
C-C leaders believe the farms of
Stephens county will almoit dou-
ble In value and productivity.
The two-year rural program
calls for the expenditure of ap-
proximately $3500. It wag pointed
out At the present .the Agnail-
tine commltteo is asking for $375
to start their program to work-
ing Plans right now call for
Uie puichusc of three terracing
inurliliHis which will be placed In
tluru of the rural community cen-
leis Two Ivvelcrj will alto be
pui chased at this time 'Die pro-
gram in the county will be undoi
the direction of Frank I-ochriilgn
county farm agent und the dl-
fvrent community center leadeis
As the terracing work pro-
gretiseh more machines will be put
Into use by the local C-C The
work will cover nvi ry section of
the county and funnels will tr-
celve thi utmost coopi-iiitum ftom
local Mjurceti
In addition plum were made
IiihI night to fwn.l Monif l"i 01 li
boy ami miN Irotn if munty
to I hi' State A b M fa I in shoi t
com tills nuiumei ut College SUi-
tlon The tlianiber of Commerce
hat agrveed to furnish $100 foi the
exjieiuies of sending 10 or 12 l-H
clul bo und glila to the courne
and $AO foi sending f.v oi -l
local high school agriculture stu-
I denu to A & M.
Another meeting if the agii-
eulture committee and the key
men of the rural communities has
been called for next Tuesday
night at which time the Cham
tier of Ceun-Misrcc prcpmal and
program will be outlined In de-
tail to the farmers and stifffes-
tlons fiom these rural reftroti-'nln-tlve.
will be heard In regards ' ."
(Continued on P.ige 4i
Marital Trouble
Kmls Willi Death
CHICAGO Feb 10 IU.P Pet r
ami Mmi-v Kcatentv fought oi't
lelr InartU troubles with pistols
j ty on a e-r North Side street
Mrs Kosenty. 27. wua kilted I..
the duel und Kanenty 37. w-aa tak
en to the hospital noar doatti w.th
a bullet under his heart.
Sitpntated evral month be
cnuso Mrs Kosenty wild he
wouldn't w-ork they met us ahe
went to work. Itcth reached fo-
pUtols on alglit nd Ihcy flretl
atmoul slinulUuieoualy.
Rookie Policeman
t j fa y ' lml "" ll'i nip .in iH'imui .s -
I llOllfjIlt yC71i.C'pccu to make all new spring pur -
DALLAS Feb 19 UP.v Jasp r
Pllliod. 23-yeat-old rookie police
man was put back In n strniaht I
Jacket lit the hospital ward of the;
county Jail today alter he ran
amuck and nttucked several follov
prisoners.
Officers think Pillold is dement-
ed. Sevcrul days ago bo flil
three bullets Into a fellow offi-
cer's body and has Iwen acting
like u maniac since.
UONIJS AITKOVKD.
AUSTIN Feu 19. (U.PJ The At-
torney General's Department today
approved $1700000 Port Arthur
seawall bonds and $215000 city of
Corpus thrlstl bonds for streets
Incinerator parks sanitary and
storm sewers. All the issues bear 5
per tent Interest
To
11.001
o n o w
!
F
roplo
II
(M'Cj
'I Iiiti nr1' 111.01 peiili ll-
iug uilhlii the ill limit- of
ItrcclienriilKc ut tliU thin- or
at li'itl that U hou man)
liiimrs will appear Insldt lb'
'ocr- of tlio new illj dire--tor
which will muku" Its cp-
pciirance uilhlii 'M ilus.
These figures urn1 glwu out
lod.ij bj llcber Page ill
chargr of (he dlrcrtorj work
here. .Mi. Page lidded that
nil uork on the bonk was i oin-
pleted jesterdnj mid the In It
will ciiiiio off the ir.i u'tliln
HO d.is. 'I hi- l!)3l (llnctory
Is being complli-d under t!
din clloii of the lncitl ( h.ini-
Imt of Coiiini"rci and pr.nn s-
i's to be tin- must atitlrnlu
nnd (iimpleti' our cM'r p.lb'.i li-
ed here.
'I In- 11 IHH n. lines of lire 1e-
riirldgc ri's'deiits line not In-
cluili' aiiMiii" lllng iut-!(lo of
the clt. limits .Air. Pngi' s.ild
Tlio popul illon flgurt's if com
piled to include the inui.v
(aiup( and those cltli'iis lilug
just outside of the cit limits
would no iloiibt reach n lig-
u ro of several th'iu mid iiiore
iiccordlng to .Mr. I'ngr. 'Ihr
directory nfflcl'ils il-stltr the
fact that n thorough ca'iaw
of the city 1ms been nind" for
this hoolt figure that the ac-
tual population f gurcH nro off
some five nr ten per crnt.
Tho new directory will also
show that out of the 11001
cltlrens represented ill this
cuiiMiss only 8!5 ari colored
li'inlniC n white population of
lli.tiot).
'Ihoso piTMins having last
iinuii's slnrtillg with the I 't-
ter "If lire nmsl proinliieiit in
the book. Thru ar. I.IU.'I po-
plo In the "It" elms. "V
cltlrns rat" second wl.li U!I7
listed while tlnn'' having
mimes starting with "11" come
third. There urn !lfi f tlrse.
The smallest listed class io
thov with ii.imei starling wPh
"'". Onl four people have
n. lines starting with this lit-
ter. There are six p (( le with
names starting with ' I' ' mid
10 with "I" No one In llrrck-
cnrldxc had n name li 'gluif ii
with "V.
WILL START
Man Requests His
Term Be Started
Jail !
OKLAHOMA CITV Okln.. Feb.
U 'U.P Otis Hobbins. confessed
piirttcipjnt in the Pottawatomie
i County wh iky ring today wns
I piainl in Jail ut Liwtou to start
! senrlnrf a tour mi ntlis sentence.
Itobblri wus Bentericeil Iy I-od-erul
Jude Iigai S Vntight after
h- uppeured at the V S District
Avtoiuey'n office and lequcatcd
tli.it the enulty be set Immediately
o he might st .iit serving his teim.
I whs also fined $000
Kobbins was one of twenty-eight
who pleuded guilty to pnrticiKition
in the Pottawatomie rum ling. Thu
remaining 27 ate to be sentenced
Saturday.
ON HUVINC. Till I'.
and Mrs. C. M. (Sender left
Mr.
DiiTdorv
this morning for Dallas on n pur- Op0lator here was preparing to
chasing tour for the Hendor t3rol0)0n for q (lay two mnsked
of Hruckenrtdge Mrs. Sender will i bandits foicod him to oiion the
return Kxlay but heir husband will snf0 inu oscaped with $101 In
leave for the New York markets. I curiency A hoaN-y tog mado tho.r
cnaxes.
Investigate Bank
FOUT WORTH Tex.. Feb. It).
(U.P Grand jur Imestlgiitlim
Into the Miurce of rumors
wlileJi cnuscj u run on the
First Nutloi.ul Until; late Tues-
day wus under Hii) todu) after
u sH'cliil charge delUcred by
nliitrkt Judge George E. Hon-
ey who iippniUcil the probers
of ths state law against false
rumors uhout a bunk's condit-
ion. OfflciuU of the Institution de-
clared It us sound iih nt any
time In Its history. It is ouo or
Fort Worth's largest bunks
having deposits of $-.! 1139009
JOINT LEGION
MEETING WILL
ATTRACT 150
Interesting And Varied
Program Arranged
For Occasion
One of the high-lights of tho
I year on tho ptogrnm of the Amcri-
can Legion and American Legion
Auxiliury Posts heie will be the
' Joint bnnn.uet and meeting of tho
j two organizations to be held at tho
Y. M. C A. Thursday night. The
' mi elmg will start at seven p. m.
i When both of these organizations
come together in this fashion more
than 150 are expected to be gath-
ered about the banquet table.
The splendid program arranged
Iniludea entertainment frcm the
links of both organizations thus
assuring varied and interesting en-
teit iinment. The meeting will be
leplete with music and similar en-
tei tJinment and little speech mak-
ing aceonling to the piogram com.
I mittee headed by Hrn st Maxwell.
Denver's string orchestra will
furnish a portion of the musical
entertainment. A c'.iorus from the
Fine Arts Club composed of Misses
Winnie Wlggs Florlne Martin and
Jeanette Hayncs and Mcsdames
Frank Sloan I L. Davidson J. It.
Bancs John Ward and Ernest
Maxwell will render several num-
bers tho announced program Indl-
cntos. Ml 83 Margaret Jo Cowser
will lend vmlety to the program
with a reading. An unannounced
spenkor will address the gathering
while Post Commander Illake
Johnson and Mis. Frank Sloan
president of the Auxiliary will
tnuke short talks in the Interest of
their respective organizations
As has bten predicted by those
In charge of this joint gathering. It
Is the desire of tho committee in
charge of arrangements to make
the occasion one which will long
be lemembcred.
Study Cause Of
lie finer if til a si
ELIZABETH N J.. Feb 19.
Photographs und bluepunt-s' of
the liaywny reflner scene of
an explosion yesterday which
took ten Uvea will be used by
prosecutor Abe J. David in an
attempt to discover the cause
of the blast.
More than 50 persons still nro
In Now Jersey hospitals suf-
fering from Injuries lecolved
when flaming nuphtha gus shot
through the Standard oil plant
at Linden.
David began his Investiga-
tion by questioning U'llllnm J.
McCallum assistant superin-
tendent of the plant and Hugh
H Skivln Jr. construction
foreman.
m:kvici:s to hi: iiki.d
VERNON Tex Fob. 19 U.P
Mrs. Anna M Uourlonil. 57. wife
of Andy M llourland former pres-
ident of Uie Wct Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce died at her
home hero today after un illiiesi
of several wcults.
'unernl .service will ho held
Thureday aftornoon with inter-
ment In n local cometery.
IIAMHTS I103 STATION
WACO Feu. 10. (UR) Just at
dawn toduy as a filling station
teicape easier. iiiiuvra iijiu no
'clue to the robbiey this after-
noon.
''Kim' -Depositors
and capital and surplus of S'i-
IKMMHKI. The hank was kept open un-
til K o'clock btbt night long
after Its closing hours nnd tho
long line of depositors seeking
their mnnej was served with
hot dugs und coffee und the
hank und cutcrtnlni 1 by an
orchestra. Officials said tho
bank would have stuyed open
nil night had not thu run sub-
sided. Several of them uddress-
rd the crowds assuring theui
they would be paid.
Fcdornl Reserve Hank trucks
from Dallas delivered $5000000
50 Chicago Millionaire Minnie Men
nsull Utility Magnate Ready With Cash
Pledge Weal ill In Financial Sim jade
I5 Mi:UTON T. AKIIItS.
lulled I'ress Muff Correspondent
CHICAGO Feb. 19. (U.R) -Fifty
millionniie minute men mi-
lled today at bankrupt Chica-
go'n volunteers to seive In tho
financial ciisis.
The half n hundred men
among the city's laigest tax
payurs. Indicated they would
gather tit I p. m. at the Mid-
Day Club where Silas II.
Stiawn Hobert F. Cavr Lewis
E. Myers and Ernest R. Gra-
ham leaders In the relief move-
ment will outlined their plan
to raise $71000000 or ns much
of It ns is possible.
Half of all the taxes paid in
Chicago will be icpre.sonted by
the 50 men Invited to nie meet-
ing. They are captulns of indus-
try heads of vast me.cintMj or-
ganizations Ijankers capital-
ists railioad executives and
othet poweis In the world of
finance. They could probably
raise billions if they wished.
They will be asked to pledge
purchases of 537000000 of the
$74000000 In tax anticipation
warrants provided In the tenta-
tive relief plan of Strown and
his co-workers 4t was reported.
The plan as generally under
PEP FEATURE
OF PROGRAM
Melhoist Fellowship Club
Meeting Starts 7:15
With nothing less than a "full
house" oxpected. the Fiist Metho-
dist Men's fifth monthly Fellow-
ship Club meeting and banquet
will be held tonight in the base-
ment of thu chinch beginning at
7 15 o'clock "sharp" according to
the iittangement committee.
Where moie than 100 men at-
tended the past four affnlis of this
club officers of the oiganizatlon
are hoping to double the attend-
ance tonight. A piogiam headed
by Dr. Frank P Culver well-known
Methodist minister nnd famous
attei -dinner speaker has been nr-
uinged to keep the attendants In
a peppy spit it. Ladlch of the chutch
will serve their usual fine supper.
Those in chaige uige tho club
members and their guests to be on
tlmo for the banquet will s'.att
promptly at 7 15 o'clock
Pistol Duel May
End In Death
PLAINVII3W Tex Feb. 19. (U.R)
- Doctors said Wednesday morn
ing it wab doubtful if either
Chorion IJooitz or Mrs. liooitz
31 would sin vive a pistol duel In
which they engaged late Tuesday
at Hortez's home 15 mllus north
west of bore.
lSstrangcd slnco December tho
couple had been living apart.
Hoortz said ho was sweeping the
tloor Tuesdny afternoon when his
wlfo appeared ut tho door and
shot him In the chest. He slam-
med tlio door ho said nnd she
emptied tho gun at him through
a window.
In the exchange of pistol fire
Mrs Hoortz was shot twice In
the head one of the bullets sulk
ing her In the eye. Physicians
roJiioved the eyeball at the hos-
pltal to which she was taken
Soothed With Strains From Orchestra
in cash to the Institution lute
In the dii
Officials of tho bank after
the run ended estimated that
they had paid out only about
$700000 but had taken In near-
ly six times that much In de-
posits und currency from the
Federal Reserve Bunk In Dal-
las. When the dcpotltors of tho
bank watched policemen escort
government officials Into the
bank with more than $2000000
nnd heat crc W. T Waggoner
pledge his fortune estimated at
more than $200000000 to keep
stood is to push the attemp to
raise the full $7-1000000 If the
50 big tuxpayci'3 agtee to taise
half that sum but to tilm the
total to $59200000 should they
pledge a lesser amount.
Samuel Instill utilities mag-
nate and one of the wealthiest
men In tho middle westerns re-
ported ready to pledge $10000-
000 to help Chicago c-ny on.
After conf cuing with Myers
Iribiill announced he would be
represented at today's meeting
by several associates from the
People's Gas Light and Coke
Company the Public Service
Company and the Common-
wealth Edl.son Company.
Others scheduled to attend
Include. Melvln A. Trayloi
preside nt of the First National
Bank; Hufus C. Dawes finan-
cier and president of the 1933
wot Id's fair a bi other of Am-
bassador Charles G. Dawes;
Fred W. Sargent president of
tho Chicago and Northwestern
railroad; Edward N. Hurley
financier; Sewell L. Avery
president of the United States
Gypsum Company and George
O. Falrwcather assistant bus-
iness manager of the Universi-
ty of Chicago
IY0UTH RAGES
WITH DEATH
Hurrying Across Frozen
Land With Injured Man
TUB PAS Man. Feb. 10. U'l'i
Kvery lesouice of the North today
sought to aid Hud Stewait youth-
ful niusher as he iaced with death
across the ptauie his seven-dog
husky team hauling the emaciated
and barely living fiame of Hgatook
an Eskimo ttapper.
Egatook was caught In a blizsatd
in the Churchill legion Feb. 13 and
he crawled back to his cabin with
both Ifgs and one ntm ftozen.
When meagei medical attention at
the outpost settlement failed Stew-
art loaded the Eskimo in his sled
nnd set out for the Pas 1100 miles
awny.
Wotd of the race with death
reached hero late yesteiday. Mount-
ed police Hudson Hay and Nntlon-
al Hallway officials nnd Indian
agents laid their plans to aid the
rescue.
A bpeclal 2000 type engine was
dojpatched fiom Ilo 130 and sped
toward the winter tormlnus of tho
Hudson Hay railroad with medical
supplies to stop the spread of dead-
ly gangrcen.
Old bettlcrs and explorers io-
mcmboier Egatook as u native who
has nlded several expeditions of
sclftntlHt.s and geologists in the far
North.
LOCAL HUSINi:S''.tli:N
IIOMK lltO.M new .mi:xico
S O. Allgood manager of the
S4- Q Clothiers hero and O. C.
Connelly mnnuger of tho Toombs-
Klchnrdson Drug Company ro-
turned Tuewlny afternoon from
rtoswell New Mexico wheic they
have .spent the paBt three days.
Mr. Allgood stated that there Is
plenty of shade in rtoswell. In a
i recent tree ccn.sus tak"n by the
Hoy Scouts of the city 3001)0
Ittees were counted.
.1'
the bank open they stopped the
run and only a comparative
handful withdrew accounts dur-
ing tho night
After the tun had ended tell-
ers were left sitting by huge
stacks of green currency while
a police guard stood by.
After rcassuilng talks from
bunking officials an orchestra
wua called in and played popu-
lar music while couples danced
in what llttlo space wna left.
Hct dog sundwlches were
passed among the crowd by
(Continued on page 5)
SLAYER GIVEN
MAXIMUM TERM
FOR SLAYI
Had Begged Officers To
Turn Him Over To
Milling Mob
OLATIIE. Kan Feb 19. (U.RX
Pi itfoni'ts In Lansing Stat Peni-
tent laty will bo the only men who
can ' mob" W. E. Skeltcn CO con-
fessed sluyei of a man past 80 to-
dul. Sltelton wns itndei sentence to
life inipilsonment.
Skelton threatened by a mob
that milled mound the county Jail
here Sunday aftei he had confess-
ed to the slaying of TA. Sanders
let lied p captain of Lenesu and
Skcltnn's neighbor asked the she-
lit f to i dense him to the mob.
Instead he wus mailed to Kansas
C.ty. Kan and held theie until
1'itc jestciday when he returned
heie nnd was sentenced
Fifteen minutes after sentencing
beioie it became generally known
he lud been sentenced he was en
mute to th" penitential y undei
htav g'laid Tne pen.ilt W.u the
maximum in Kuiisjs
rikclton clu'olicu Snnders to death
Ills motive was robbery
Big Business
Men Denounce
Prohibition
WASHINGTON Feb. 19. (UP)
The "Pioto'itimt Church Lobby"
is iosponjlble boih fr piohibl-
tioa and 'ie con U' Ion i it h-- de-
veloped Homy D. Joy Detm.. au-
tomobile manufucturoi chnigtd
today bofoie the House judiciary
committee which lesumod heal-
ings on proposals to lepeal oi
modify the 18th amendmunt.
Joy also charged that Geoig"
Wirkct shorn chairman of Pieal-
dent Hoover's law enfot cement
ceminissiun his been for yeats a
powei in the oigjnizations wHch
auppoit the chutch lobby
Joy's ehaigiM cuine aftei two
other lepresentathes of "big bus-
iness" had gone on lecoid befoie
the committee as uncompromising
proponents of national prohibi-
tion. All th.re wlttu.vies hcl.l
thnt prohibition Is unonfotclble and
bus bi ought corruption hypocrisy
aad bloodshed which cannot long-
er be tolerated.
When tho commlttoo losumod
hearings today Chairman Graham
Issued a tilling denying to diys
other than commltteo members
tho right to ctosa-oxamlne wet
witnesses Graham a wet also
announced that pioponents of the
bills under consideration by tho
committee will bo given additional
time beyond tho two eltys tenta-
tively fixed.
Women 1'Jndorsc
Moody Pr ofram
GREENVILLE Feb. 19. (U.R)
Govornoi Dan Moody's piison ic-
foim piogiam wuh given unani-
mous endorsement Tuesday by the
bonid of the thlid district Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs
held at the Washington Hotel
here.
A icaolution asking that tho pro
posed government veterans hos-
pital for North Texas bo located
In Greonvlllo also wua adopted.
About 35 board members attend-
ed the session.
( OUNTV AGENT VlhlTS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
The count faun agont C F.
Lochtldgc hos been spending tho
paat two days In visiting tho dif-
ferent communities o the coun-
ty In the intorost of tei racing
projects for farm ownors and the
tei racing campaign that Is being
conducted nt the present timet ov-
er the county.
Monday afternoon Mr. Lochrldge
paid a visit to the Pleasant Hill
community and supet vised tho
terracing project of land owned
by Mr. Mclntyro of that com-
munity. OIL MEN TO MEET
AMARILLO. Feb. 19. (U.R) In-
dependent oil men royalty owners
and landowners of the Panhindlo
will meet here Thursday night to
discuss further plans for continu-
ing the present fight for an oil
tariff
5TH SPECIAL
SESSION IS
BEGUN TODAY
Gas Legislation Would Add
One Cent Tax To
Product
AUSTIN Feb. 11). (UP) -A
tax on natural tfas of one
cent ti Ihtnisaiui cubic ftet is
proposed in a bill offered b
Uepresentntive T. N. Mau-
ri tz of Ganado at the open-
in? of tho fifth special sc-
sion of the Texas Legislature
today.
Three bills to tax sulphur
wore offered. Two call lor
a tax of i dollar a ton and
one fur . tax of fift cents a
Un.
Itiv.il pnn bill will b offered
.ig.nn at th - session Rep Dewey
Young and ntheis an- piepmrtg a
bous b 11 t. rehabilit itc the pris-
on it Hunt He and present i wred
prison ' ii n- Senatoi lalgar Witt
said he i p'lputing a ni w bill fot
an industiiil pilson nem Au-(in.
Rep. Roll md Hrndle of Heits-
ton offered i bill to iiipuii regis-
tration of a' tnotoi ehnlr dilv-
I'tS
Senator W. A. Williamson of San
Antonio was elected pre-ldent pro
tern of the Senate. Tho Houau con-
tinued its same organization.
The Senate will stand at ea3c un-
til Monday morning while the
Houso goes Into consideration of
the charges Initiating Impeachment
proceedings against State Comp-
i troller S. H. Tertell.
A small flurry occurred In the
House when a tesolutlon was offer
ed by Rep. H. H. Ray declaring In
favor of nn effective .stnte highway
commission. Ray declared tint
tliete is wide protest over icroutlng
highways so that they omit com-
munities nnd decluied something
should bo done to have the wishes
of the people re. pectcd The teso-
lutlon was tabled 01 to -10
No message wab s nt to the leg-
islature by the Gov ei nor He Kfel
led a committee who notified luni
the legHlatuio was in session to hn
proclamation.
Stale Rebuttal
Wtinc-M Accuses
F.Irs. Lung Today
I.":
f SVILLE Feb. 19. (U.R)
Mail J Long thieateJil to kill
Lang her husband If nece i-
Jim
oary in order to "have" Pat Smith
1 1 yonr old son of a neighbor ac-
cotdlng to testimony given today
In Mrs. Long's tual fur her hu -band's
slaying.
John Long bi other of tho dead
man said he found Pat Smith kiss-
ing his brother's wife one time and
on n n toher occa iun found them in
a still nime compromising position
When he temontrn'.eel with her
she told him she would "have Pat
if I have to kill J'm" the hrothei
testified as a state ! buttal witness.
John Long siiid he told his broth-
ot of I olutions he had seon between
Jim's wife und Pat Smith und aUi
cf threats he sa:d she made against
.Ilni Long's life
Yc-ste relay Mis Gilbett Smith
i to' her of Pat Smith tho ll-yeai
old boy wlio testified of having It
licit lcliitinns with Mrs. Long em
phatioally denied charges by font
wltnossos thnt she was the one who
poisoned Ixmg. She also denied fu
Ing n shot at Long us wltnes ea
fot tho defense hud chuiged
Census Takinp Is
Biggest Job Yet
Ry United Press.
Employment of moro than 12o.-
000 persons to canvass dwellings
farms shops factoiios stotes and
establishments of all classes in onn
of tho most gigantic compilations
of statistics ever undertaken In
this or any other country la en-
tailed In taking of the 1930 census.
Topics to bo covered by the cen-
sus nro population agriculture Ir-
rigation drainage manufnctuies
mines unemployment nnd distribu-
tion. Tho censm is latgely concerned
with wholesale und tetail Made sta-
tistics. It will tabulate tho number
of stotes of dlfforent types and
other distributing agencies; num-
ber of persons employed by such
establishments; principal expenses
Including rent! intere.it and total
wages paid; stocks of g6ods on
hand Dec. 31 1029; sales during
1929 to far as possible.
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Hodges, Wesley D. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 69, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 19, 1930, newspaper, February 19, 1930; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth71067/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.