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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1924
Page
11
Philadelphia August 9 United Press reports a convict labeled C-915 who sang on WIP during an Eastern Penitentiary broadcast won a pardon after a lawyer’s interview and a Board of Pardons appeal. The release ends a seven year sentence with three years remaining for banditry.
Dalhart Texas August 9 Much building activity is evident in the town with three new business houses under construction repairs on the De Soto hotel under way and many new residences being built or remodeled A new $20000 cotton gin is nearing completion
The Rev. J. L. Rice of Vanceburg Kentucky has accepted the First Christian church of Dalhart Texas call and preached his first sermon last Sunday.
M Johnson of Bowie Texas known as the chicken king is constructing a $30,000 home funded by his poultry business. He started 19 years ago with five hens and a rooster, now runs 820 acres with over 100 poultry houses and plans a county gathering on August 26 to tour the farm and flocks.
Sid Hedgecake visited from Plemons yesterday while F M Ryburn of Dallas travels through town. Meet at Dickson soda fountain. Mrs H C Pipkin and son Herman return from South Texas. Charles R McAfee learns of death of his sister’s baby in Galveston. Mrs Marvin Twaddell is dangerously ill with peritonitis and hospitalized after surgery.
In Panhandle Texas the city of Stacey is named for Minnie Stacey a reforming former madam rescued by Temple Houston in Oklahoma. Houston urged jurors to show mercy saying society’s walls and hypocritical justice would ruin her chances for reintegration. He asked the jury to let her go in peace.
Few wells operate across seven Panhandle counties as the depressed crude market stalls activity. Operators store oil rather than flood the market by producing. Local producers forecast a revival and expect prices aligning with production costs before year end.
Railroad officials report paving two blocks behind Fort Worth and Denver station and repairs around the platform began yesterday. Excavation will take time, a gravel base will be layered with crushed rock, improving station conveniences with completion expected before September 1.
Mrs. Jack Wilkinson of Panhandle visited yesterday. Mrs. Walter Nichols of Clovis N M called on Amarillo friends Friday. Mr and Mrs J Roy Smith at 405 Kentucky Ave hosted niece Miss Mary Croft of Fort Worth. Dr J B Nutt and family and Miss Stella Green of Valley Mills visited the Nutts at 1615 Washington. T E Durham family of 1510 Van Buren left yesterday for a month with Frank Jamison family in Loveland Colorado. Mrs Durham recently recovered from illness accompanied the group by train. others travel overland.
A permanent Boy Scout camp building at the Deleater place will begin Tuesday with Scout executive Thomas H. Nelson and five boys onsite to erect a large frame structure housing a kitchen dining hall and an upstairs sleeping room with eight double deck beds. Completion is hoped before school starts. Childress Texas. A high tension transmission line linking Texas Central Power Company stations will be built after a county franchise was granted.
Claude Texas August 9 The Methodist meeting started last Sunday has been exceptionally successful. Services are led by Rev E R Wallace with assistance from Rev Thomas of Hedley and Rev Annis of Amarillo who also leads song services for the gathering.
Dr. B M Puckett visits San Antonio. Mrs R E Dickson of 708 West Ninth is gravely ill. Canyon leaders J D Gamble Oscar Hunt and J A Guthrie visited Amarillo yesterday. Amarillo ladies praise Dickson drug store perfumes. M T O Neil returns from Galveston after lengthy illness and surgeries. 8 F Newbold returns from Portales New Mexico where he aided Security bank recovery. he forecasts recovery and payment of at least forty cents on the dollar with favorable farming conditions.
Washington D C New figures from the United States treasury show a drop in the number of large income taxpayers in southern cities. The report lists Texas cities with 1921 and 1922 counts and notes most Texans pay under $5000 yearly. Dallas, Harris, El Paso, and Tarrant counties lead in higher increases.
Childress County Texas estimates 20 000 bales of cotton for 1924 by county agent L L Hunter. About 50 000 acres planted with many fields expected to yield about one half bale per acre. Crop likely late. county equipped with six gins and a compress. Houston notices Texas Independent Telephone Association meeting featuring a traffic school led by experts from major Texas telephone companies.
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