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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
1
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson granted eight clemencies including one full pardon to Clifford Simmons of Wichita Falls serving two years for forgery. Seven were conditional pardons for liquor law burglary and forgery offenses, bringing total pardons to 464.
In Shanghai on June 4, Chinese strikers attempted to spread the shutdown to vital industries to starve foreign populations. Armored cars patrolled West borders as rioters clashed, two more British warships arrived, and foreigners were protected as authorities reported deaths in street battles.
Plans are complete for the summer school to begin Monday June 8. The grammar department at the high school will serve students who failed and seek to makeup work with Miss Simpson in charge. The high school department offers Spanish History Math Chemistry Physics Biology and English with Miss Zurfluh assisting and supervising History and Spanish. Longtime instructor Miss Lila T. Greene will leave for South America to teach English.
James C. Burger of Denver was elected Imperial Potentate of the Mystic Shrine in Los Angeles. David Crossland of Montgomery Als, chief Rabban, and Frank Jones of Houston, were named assistant Rabban.
Corporal Geo Milligan of the medical detachment Second Engineers says he was bound and gagged for three days from Monday night to Wednesday afternoon near the Fredericksburg road. He was found near unconscious, robbed of money and an automobile, and suffered from thirst and exposure.
The Redpath Horner chautauqua circuit prepares to begin in Mexia with Cathedral Choir and humorist Herbert Leon Cope headlining opening day. A parade of juniors launches the event Thursday night followed by a full six day program featuring Charles W. Bryan and other notable speakers. season tickets remain available through Friday.
In Sofia today, two communists were killed and one captured during a gun fight with officers. Police report four hundred fifty arrests as new confessions tie the attack to the Sveti Kral cathedral bombing.
Chicago celebrates its Golden Jubilee as a National League member next Tuesday with 100 diamond stars expected at Cubs Park for a Toeam clash against the New York Giants. Wm Veeck of the Giles and Frank Seean lan of the Old Timers Baseball Association lead the event.
All boys and girls in Mexia are asked to attend a 7 p.m. meeting with Miss Dana Batey, supervisor of junior chautauqua, at the chautauqua tent on McKinney and Titus streets. She invites attendees to bring items to make noise.
In Austin on June 4, Savannie Twitty of Dallas County faces execution by electrocution between midnight and dawn without clemency. He sits in the death cell with three others, including Frank and Lorenzo Noel and a Mexican from El Paso. Sam Phillips, jailed for a separate county murder, has appealed.
Texas Attorney General Dan Moody announced he would file suit in the U S Supreme Court against Colorado to stop the construction of a dam at the Colorado headwaters of the Rio Grande, warning it would threaten irrigation projects in west Texas.
The Mexia Municipal Band performs a second summer concert at Hughes Park tonight led by James E. King with about 25 musicians. Last Thursday drew hundreds to the park for a two hour program.
Funeral services for A. E. Mc Donald railroad man who died in Cleveland during a convention will be held at 5 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church Mexia with Rev. Dr. Herbert Springer and Rev. W. K. Aubrey officiating. A special train from Ennis will bring the body to Mexia Friday around 12:30 p.m. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will conduct the funeral and interment will be in Mexia city cemetery.
City officials in Mexia report rapid progress on plans to supply abundant fresh water. A 3,000,000 barrel reservoir will provide a three day supply, with a 100 inch line and pumped mains to the city. Officials estimate full completion by mid July, barring delays, and emphasize the plan is practical not speculative.
Congressman Tom Connally of Texas spoke at noon to the Mexia Rotary Club on The Spirit that Inspires Peace. A large crowd from Mexia and beyond heard him as he pledged to speak here this summer and urged local clubs to continue civic efforts.
W Rogers 81 of Newby died at the home of his son Reverend E E Rogers of Mexia on East Sumpter street. Burial followed from his residence to New Hope cemetery with Rev Joe Jeffers officiating. Survived by 3 sons 23 grandchildren and a widow. Born 1814 in Savannah Ga he served as a Confederate veteran before moving to Texas later settling in Limestone and Newby. He endured kidney trouble for a decade and underwent multiple operations.
Wilfred G. Arnett son of Mr and Mrs A J Arnett of Mexia married Miss Henryetta Newhold of Wichita Kansas at the bride local home on Wednesday June 3. The couple will reside in Mexia after visiting the bride's parents.
Axch Deacon Sloan of the Episcopal Church will conduct services Sunday in the hall over the City Drug Store, formerly the hall occupied by the Justice Court. Babe Ruth did little for his batting average in yesterday's game with the Senators. He had six trips to the plate without a hit and struck out in the 12th inning before Bob Meusel won the game with a home run.
Floyd Russell 42 killed his mother Rose Russell Emma Lowell and three Lowells children and a baby, then shot himself. Dorothy Lowell escaped. Heat and finances cited. Police found bodies scattered. about fifty shots fired. Other cities report heat deaths amid heat wave.
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