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V!«■COMMERCE WEEKLY FARM JOURNALo--- ‘ ‘V. .. ■ - ■ ■ - ■VOLUME 42.COMMERCE, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOV. 6,1931.NUMBER 45.AlmostRadios Are InDr. G. £. WatsonFormer Citizen,East TexasLONGVIEW, Nov. 3. — Your neighbors’ radios may be making you jumpy. In which case it may make you wratby to learn, thatthere are 125,380 radios in Bast Texas nightly gathering screeches from, the air.Your misfortune is not an un common one for the statistician gf the East Texas Chamber of commerce figues that approximately one out of every five families in East Texas has a radio.Half of Texas* radios are in East Texas* More than a fourth of all the radios in the Southwest —Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas—are in East Texas homes.Seriously 111Pie Supper ToBe Held SoonDr. G. E. Watson, former citizen of Commerce, but now« living in Dallas, is reported as being seriously ill with pneumonia at his home in Dallas. Dr. Watson has been in the realty business in Dallas since leaving Commerce several years ago.Some Sweet SpudAnd Grown OnBlack Waxy LandMrs. G. W. Sandridge of this city brought to this office recently a pumpkin—beg pardon, a sweet potato (it was as big as a pumpkin)—that tipped the scales at 5 pounds.The potato was one of the finestH light TestingPermits Sought|J. G. Estes Dies :In Tyler Hospital AtDALLAS, Texas, Nov. 3,—More than seventy applications for appointment as official headlight testing .stations have been received by Morris Parker, bead of the headlight test division of the state highway department, he announced Tuesday. Mr. Parker said the headlight law will be enforced more rigidly here this coming year than in the past. He pointed out that his department will have the co-operation of the highway patrol.Designation of official headlight test stations will be made prior to Dec. I, as that is the date on which testing of lights and issuance of certificates will start. A minimum charge of 25 cents is charged for the test. Motor car owners cannot register their cars and obtain 1932 licenses without presenting headlight test certifi-Mfcates showing that the lights on the car have been tested and approved within the past thirty days.4:35 A.M. ThursdayTYLER, Texas, Nov. 5-—“He was a good man.” Such was the expression coming frbm fthe lips of scores of persons following the death of Joe Guinn Estes. 69, who succumbed to a five day illness at Tyler General Hospital early Thursday. Mr. Estes, father of Carl L. Estes, editor of the Tyler Morning Telegraph and Courier-Times, was taken suddenly ill last Friday and removed to the Tylerhospital, where shortly afterwards he showed a marked improvement, only early this week to suffer two successive paralytic strokes, which proved fatal.Aubrey Stell to BeBuried TuesdayAubrey T. Stell passed away at the State hospital at Terrell Monday afternoon where he has been in failing health some time. Smith Bros.’ ambulance brought the body to their funeral home in Cooper Monday night, where it will rest until the funeral, which will likely be held Tuesday afternoon.Kathei LattermerDies at HospitalJim Bell SuffersFractured SkullIn GreenvilleMiss Kathei Lattermer, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cull Lattermer, living 4 miles north of Commerce, died in a Greenville hospital Wednesday afternoon. Miss Lattermer was taken to the hospital Sunday with an advanced case of appendicitisOn Hunting Tri|For more than four years, his good, jovial and kindly disposition has been an inspiration for all those that have chanced to come in contact with him. Mr. Estes came to Tyler in 1927 from Commerce, his former home, and as aDeceased was bore and reared in Cooper and was well known, having held a number of prominent positions. He had been a successful attorney until h i s health broke down. He served two terms as County Attorney and represented this district in the State Legislature.He xs survived by a wife andone son, Wamba Stell, of Dallas, a half brother, Lawrence Stell, and two half sisters, Mrs. 33. C. Jones and Mrs. Allie Love of Dallas.— Delta Courier.Amputates Own HandWhen It Gets CaughtIn Corn Husker CogsSPRINGFIELD, III., Oct. 29.— John Oglesby, 44, a farmer of Wil-liamsvxlle, Thursday amputated his own right hand after it became inextricably caught m the cogs of a corn husker Half an hour he tugged at theJim Bell, accompanied by group of friends, left Commerc late Saturday evening for 32a* Texas, where a hunting trip ha* been planned. On arriving at tb camp the men in the party beg* plans for the night. As one of th men was cutting a small saplinj down for firewood a part of th sapling fell on Jim Bell's heat fracturing his skull.Mr. Bell was brought to Com merce and remained the balanc of the night, and was taken t Baylor hospital in Dallas at o’clock Sunday morning.Reports from his bedside Mon day are in effect that he fias ; skull fracture and is in a seriou condition.Eating Quail Out OfSeason Against Lav
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Commerce Weekly Farm Journal
Commerce, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 06, 1931
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