Somervell County Grand Jury Indicts in Prohibition Sweep
Waco Sept 17 Returning from Glen Rose Somervell county Frank B Tirey special prosecutor for Gov Neff said the Glen Rose grand jury returned ninety two indictments including eighty one for liquor law violations. Two indictments were returned against Sheriff T W Davis and one against E L Roark all to be tried in November in Johnson county with Tirey as prosecutor. Twenty one defendants remain in the arrest tally from the August 25 liquor raid after Rangers seized corn whisky mash and stills. The panel also studied the A T Holt killing in Waco with charges against a Texas ranger and two Bosque county officers but no bill was returned.
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Waco
Glen Rose
Somervell County
Frank B. Tirey
McLennan
Neff
Tirey
Tivey
Bosque County
Texas Rangers
A. T. Holt
Texas
Bocque County
District Court Reels In Local Criminal Convictions
In the 50th district court Judge H R Wilson opened the criminal docket with three convictions. Lisle received a four year suspended sentence for burglary after pleading guilty. Little Heavy got two years for possessing liquor for sale, with DA Abred securing the verdict. Maud Boyd pleaded guilty to selling illicit liquor and drew one year in the penitentiary. Herron City officials Cambern and Rhea lauded for their crime crackdown as grand jury indictments follow. In the 30th District Court Willard Scraper was convicted of theft over fifty dollars and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, with other civil cases and dismissals shaping the docket.
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H. R. Wilson
Iee Lisle
Abred
Maud Boyd
Herron City
Cambern
Rhea
Henry Fields
Employes Lumber Company
Fields
Schenck
Wilson
30Th District
Willard Scraper
Bud Price Leaves for Sherman Enter Austin College
Bud Price left Monday for Sherman to enter Austin College. He is noted as a good athlete and will be heard from in the games of that institution.
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Bud Price
Sherman
Austin College
Bud
Rehders Welcome Nine Pound Boy This Week
Mr and Mrs Herbert Rehders celebrate the arrival of a nine pound boy born on Tuesday. Herbert reports the infant is learning to say papa though progress is slow and ward to say.
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Herbert Rehders
Herbert
Papa
Ward
Smiths Return From Visit To Dowdles In Houston
Mr and Mrs Wiliam G Smith visited Mrs Smiths parents Mr and Mrs John E Dowdle and have returned to their home at 404 West Moreland Street Houston Texas.
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Wiliam G. Smith
Bright prospects as South Bend school opens term
South Bend public school opens the term with about 185 pupils. Principal P M Johnston, a familiar educator, returns after five years away. Trustees E N Mc Cluskey George H Martin and Chester Pratt secured strong teachers and plan improvements with oil royalties funding facilities and equipment.
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South Bend
E. N. McCluskey
George H. Martin
Chester Pratt
P. M. Johnston
Johnston
Valley View
Alexander store manager Rh ods returns from Dallas trip
Mr. Irby Rhodes, manager of the Alexander store, returned Wednesday from a business trip to Dallas.
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Irby Rhodes
Alexander
Dallas
Episcopal church services and community notes
Regular services will be held at the Episcopal church on East Fourth Street Sunday September 23. Frances Miller leaves for Gulfport Mississippi to teach at Gulf Park College and pursue advanced study. Two Oklahoma visitors tried baling hay to pay board, then returned to Graham. F M Burkett and Bruce Casburn return from a motor trip to Memphis Texas with rainy weather. Blanche Harte Smith spent Tuesday at Proffitt with the county women’s club helping kill and can beef. Curtis Dickenson left for Fort Worth to enter T C U and join early athletic work.
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Episcopal Church
East Fourth Street
Frances Miller
Gulfport
Mississippi
Gulf Park College
Blanche Harte Smith
Proffitt
Miss Smith
Visitor Lloyd Fisher Returns to City for First of Week
Mr. Lloyd Fisher of Cleburne visited the city at the start of the week. He previously lived here and many friends were glad to see him.
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Lloyd Fisher
Cleburne
Lloyd
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Young County
Oklahoma
Graham
Messrs
F. M. Burkett
Bruce Casburn
Memphis
Curtis Dickenson
Fort Worth
N. B. Carter
W. H. Brown
Golden, Wood Co
Eee
Sacer
H. M. T. Finder
Carolina Street
Tank Valley
G. W. Belyeu
Saleman
Graham Territory
J. J. Price
Stamcord
4Th St. de
WM. Johnson
Stfe
Oak St
Ammie Gatlin
South Elm St
East Third St
O. D. Lisle
H. M. Taylor
Ind
Ramsey Nursery
Austin
W. D. Spivey
Tfc
Brier Bend
W. E. Moore
F. Wesley Gray
Rounds & Porter Lbr. CO
Emma Hogan
South Grove
Findley’s
Dakin Switch
W. D. Weems
Jean
Plum St
O. A. Simmons
S. W
Ingersoll
F. Wesley Gray Jeweler
J. P. Alexander Co
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