MPs Lead B Cs In Sunday School League
The Methodist and Presbyterian ball team extended their winning streak to seven, now leading the Baptist Christian team by two games after 30 games. Monday's game featured a 8 1 to 1 start, then a 10 11 comeback by the MPs with Grammers starter and Blanton finishing. Three homers were hit by Skaggs Barbee and Bailey. Wednesday saw a dramatic finish as Lowell Blanton drove in the tying run with two out in the last inning, then Barbee sprinted home Blanton later for the win, Blanton earning the mound win. Friday's matchup looms as another strong contest.
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Methodist and Presbyterian
Baptist Christian
M-P
Bcs
M-Ps
Baptist and Christian
Mps
Grammer
Blanton
Houston Blanton
Skaggs
Barbee
Bailey
Ross
Lowell Blanton
Leans and Fats Stage Hilarious Four-Inning Ball Game
The Leans beat the Fats 21 to 13 in four innings at the ball park in a lively afternoon. Fatty Bowling pitched for the Fats and starred with a first-base steal and score without batting. Constable Ed Lankford, playing for the loan team, dashed a pop-up to second and sprinted home but was ruled out for not touching first. Notable Fat players included Barbee Kirkpatrick Hand Sard Huf fines Gattis Hollingsworth Gould and others, while loan players included Haile Craig Montgomery La Roe Gordon Bryant Lankford Gillespie Webster Sears. Uncle Horace Thompson umpired, showing old-time form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Park
Fatty
Fats
Ed Lankford
Tom Barbee
Lee Kirkpatrick
George Hansard
Chesley Rutledge
Walter Huffines
George Gattis
John Hollingsworth
Ben Gould
Lester Haile
Marion Craig
Thurston Montgomery
Ed LaRoe
Horace Gordon
C. B. Bryant Jr
J. C. Gillespie
Gilmore Webster
Bob Sears
Horace Thompson
Tarwater and Rainwater wed in Shallowater
Amarillo reports the marriage of James L. Tarwater and Helen Rainwater in Shallowater. They have moved to Runningwater near Plainview to establish their home. Tarwater is recently from Stillwater Oklahoma.
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Amarillo
James L. Tarwater
Helen Rainwater
Shallowater
Tarwater
Runningwater
Plainview
Mr. Tarwater
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Lanois Permanent Wave, Done by Mrs Tom Barbee
A brief note credits Mrs Tom Barbee with performing a Lanois permanent wave. The item reflects a salon service detail and a specific practitioner in a local community setting.
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Lanois
Tom Barbee
Sherman Man Buys Coffin Then Shoots Self
Frank Kate, 72, Sherman businessman, bought a coffin and funeral shroud, then shot himself in the chest at a local hospital. He told doctors he had a premonition he would not remain, saying he had no family to live for. Initial fears of fatal outcome gave way to reports of possible recovery.
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Dallas
Frank Kate
Sherman
Kate
Mr. Kate
Wily Cal Coolidge Dodges Klan Issue
Washington reports the Klan permit on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Washington Monument drew protests. Col. C. O. Sherrill sought White House guidance, sending a letter to President Coolidge, who had not received it and did not plan to acknowledge it, Swampscott dispatches say.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Swampscott
Col
C. O. Sherrill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Sherrill
Revival At Enterprise Church Opens July 26
R R Hicks renewed his subscription and announced the revival meeting at Enterprise Church starting Sunday July 26 with Rev Claud Johnson of Sand Springs Oklahoma preaching and J W Gordon leading songs. A tabernacle will be built near the church and all are invited to attend.
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R. R. Hicks
Sun
Hicks
Farewell party for Ruth Biggerstaff and Margaret Pettus
Misses Ruth Biggerstaff and Margaret Pettus were guests of Mrs. Hugh Wilson at 335 South Windemere to bid farewell before departing for New York City. Biggerstaff will study voice and Pettus piano. punch and about thirty guests attended. Biggerstaff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Biggerstaff, has worked at the Dallas Western Union office and will transfer to New York with a higher salary to continue studies. Bennett Story of Durant, Oklahoma, visited Dallas and stayed with his aunt, Mrs. Crawford Montgomery, over the weekend.
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Ruth Biggerstaff
Margaret Pettus
Hugh Wilson
South Windemere Avenue
New York City
Miss Biggerstaff
Miss Pettus
Punch
Dallas News
J. H. Biggerstaff
Western Union Telegraph Co
Dallas
The
Western Union
Sears Leaves for Four-Week Farm Work in Lubbock
T. H. Sears and Mrs. Sears left Wednesday for Lubbock to oversee farming interests in the area. The couple will stay four weeks.
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T. H. Sears
Lubbock
Sears
Girl Killed at Own Request by Youths
Byrle Healey a 17 year old girl from Garden City was slain by Winfred Meek and Robert Lappier who confessed after arrest to meeting her Sunday and driving her into the country where she begged them to end her life. They struck her with a tire iron choked her with a scarf and placed the body in a straw stack then returned to Bradley for a movie and later set the stack on fire to hide the crime.
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Watertown
S. D
Byrle Healey
Garden City
Winfred Meek
Robert Lappier
H. Hanson
Hanson
Meek
Lappier
Miss Healey
Bradley
Gainesville Doctor killed in Airplane Crash
Dr Roy E Hughes a prominent Gainesville physician and aircraft owner died when his airplane caught fire and crashed four miles south of Gainesville about 4:30 this afternoon Jimmie Cole ex army aviator piloting the craft escaped serious injury by leaping or falling from the plane He is survived by his parents wife and two children with Mrs Hughes having died six months earlier Cole had been teaching Hughes to fly and Hughes also ran a dairy business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Here
Roy E. Hughes
Jimmie Cole
Train Cuts Off Arm Then He Dies At College
E W Kynard 23 of Dallas a college summer student was severed at the shoulder by a freight wheel he picked up his arm and ran toward A and M College calling for help. He died early this morning after being rushed to the college hospital. He jumped from the train in Dallas and carried the arm torch like as he walked toward the entrance of the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
E. W. Kynard
Dallas
A. & M. College
Kynard
College
College Station
Dean FE. J. Kyle
NORFLEET TO PERFORM IN VAUDEVILLE ACT
Fort Worth July 13 J Frank Norfleet the nemesis of the con man has become nationally known for trailing the Joe Farley gang He has signed a vaudeville circuit contract after the return of Norfleets last man W B Spencer to Texas Norfleet said he will perform for a liberal weekly stipend reflecting his recent notoriety in crime chasing and publicizing schemes
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Fort Worth
Plains of Texas
J. Frank Norfleet
Joe Farley
Norfleet
W. B. Spencer
Texas
Whitworth visits Sun office after long trip
T B Whitworth, living south of town, visited the Sun office Saturday afternoon. He just returned from a auto trip to George West, Waco, Austin, San Antonio and other points in Central and Southwest Texas. He reports very poor crop prospects due to insufficient moisture in fields planted to cotton, though some areas appeared the most prosperous he saw.
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T. B. Whitworth
Sun
George West
San Antonio
Mr. Whitworth
Waco
Austin
Texas
Fort Worth Guests Share Sunday at Davidson Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Biggers and daughter Emma Jane visit Fort Worth relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Patterson and their young daughter also join the Davidson family and other kin for a Sunday gathering at the Davidson home.
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W. R. Biggers
Emma Jane
Albert Patterson
Fort Worth
J. W. Davidson
Ranger visitor Dee Little returns home with mother Nora Little
Dee Little of Ranger visited relatives here over the weekend and attended the dance. He was accompanied home by his mother Mrs Nora Little who was visiting her daughter Mrs G F Bryant.
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Dee Little
Ranger
Prcnce
Nora Little
G. F. Bryant
Miss Lucile LaRoe Visits Dallas Aunt
Miss Lucile LaRoe is in Dallas visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. D. Howard.
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Lucile LaRoe
Dallas
T. D. Howard
Farmersville Boy Killed in Windstorm
A severe windstorm struck Farmersville on Tuesday afternoon at 5 30 killing 18 year old Jack Henslee and injuring two younger brothers. Jack died instantly when the hullhouse of Farmersville Cotton Oil Company collapsed as boys sheltered inside. James Henslee, 11, broke an arm, and James Hale, 9, was slightly injured.
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Farmersville
Jack Henslee
B. P. Henslee
James
James Hale
Ned Hale
Farmersville Cotton Oil Company
Jack
American Legion Picnic Huge Success
The American Legion three day picnic ended Saturday night with a large night crowd and ideal weather. Promoters expect a profit of over 400 dollars. Elmo Wallace led as general manager with strong Legion support, and Hoard Park provided free use of the grounds.
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American Legion
Elmo Wallace
The
Legion
Hoard Park
Hoard
Lockridge Pays Fines for Chicken Theft
D. L. Lockridge of Greenville paid fines totaling 164.25 in Sherman county court for five chicken theft charges. His son Emmit Lockridge paid 35.80 on a similar charge. The elder man was arrested in Denison with thirty seven chickens at a produce house.
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D. L. Lockridge
Greenville
Sherman
Denison
Emmit Lockridge
Lockridge
Leonard Takes Two From Trenton in Three Game Set
The Leonard and Trenton ball teams played three games during the picnic. Leonard won 8 to 3 in the opening game, Trenton took the middle contest 8 to 7 with Pie Bailey hitting two home runs and driving in four runs. Leonard closed the series with an 11 to 4 victory on Saturday.
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Leonard
Trenton
Pie” Bailey
J. W. Davidson Faces Creditors After Business Reversal
J W Davidson a pioneer local grocer has turned his resources over to creditors to satisfy all involved after thirty years in town business. He has conducted affairs honorably and earned the esteem and confidence of residents, who regret the reversal and hope he resumes mercantile activity once affairs are adjusted.
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J. W. Davidson
Davidson
Granddaughter of Fort Worth woman ill, leaves Colorado
J R Fleming received a telegram from his son William Fleming in Colorado noting that Mrs. R R Maxim of Fort Worth, a member of the Colorado party and Fleming's granddaughter, became suddenly ill and will return home escorted by her mother Mrs. Annette Wilson.
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J. R. Fleming
Wm. Fleming
Colorado
R. R. Maxim
Fort Worth
Colorado Party
Annette Wilson
Revival preacher returns with 32 additions to church
Elder W. N. Carter finished a Bon Hur revival reporting 32 new members. He will depart Saturday for Emory to lead a meeting there, accompanied by his daughter Miss Gwendolyn.
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W. N. Carter
Bon Hur
Emory
Gwendolyn
Mr and Mrs Joe Hamilton Return From Colorado Visit
Mr and Mrs Joe Hamilton returned Friday from a month long automobile trip to Colorado. They toured various places of interest and enjoyed the journey together.
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Joe Hamilton
Colorado
Baptist Encampment Growth At Woodlake July Meeting
Sherman July 13 The North Texas Baptist encampment at Woodlake shows growth in numbers and interest with about 100 tents and two dormitories filled. Attendees come from New York Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas Kansas Mexico California Beaumont Texarkana and counties Grayson Collin Dallas Denton Fannin Hopkins Hunt Lamar Rockwall Wichita.
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Sherman
North Texas Baptist
Woodlake
New York
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Mexico
California
Beaumont
Panhandle
Texarkana
Fl Paso
Texas
Collin
Cook
Dallas
Denton
Fannin
Grayson
Hunt
Hopkins
Lamar
Rockwall
Wichita Counties
City Marshal Slain On Street in Lott
City marshal E. J. Daffin aged 56 was killed on main street while attempting to arrest Raymond Bailey. The shooting occurred at 7 p.m. as Daffin took Bailey by the arm. Bailey, 27, surrendered to Sheriff Barton and is jailed in Marlin. Daffin left a wife and three children.
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Lott
E. J. Daffin
Raymond Bailey
Daffin
Bailey
Eugene Bailey
Barton
Falls County
Marlin
Kentuckytown Baptist Camp, Revival Planned
Seventy five members of the Kentuckytown Baptist Church and Sunday school attended the Baptist En campment at Woodlake. A bountiful spread was prepared by the ladies. The revival opens Friday night July 17 with Rev Wallace of Fort Worth assisting Rev C Chumbley. Miss Mildred Dean of Sherman spent last weekend with Miss Ita Jane Lovell.
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Kentuckytown
Night patrol stops youth party. arrests follow
Night Officer Henry Williams chased a truck party of ten Trenton youths through the business district and onto East Grand Avenue. He lectured them and sent them home, warning they should tell parents about their stunt. Deputy Ayres and Brinkley later arrested four youths near Sherman for stolen car possession, with two from Conway, Ark and others linked to the Oklahoma City theft.
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Henry Williams
Trenton
East Grand Avenue
Williams
Orangeville
J. C. Ayres
George Brinkley
Sherman
Court House
Arkansas
Ayres
Conway
Ark
Oklahoma City
South vs North Baseball Clash at Ball Park
A 6 pm game between South side business men and North side players draws big interest. Admission 10 cents supports Sunday school league needs. South lineup includes LaRoe Sears McMillin Spindle Roberts Cox Russell Manning Cox Russell Bowling Kirkpatrick Rutledge Gould. North lineup features Bryant Jr Gordon Hughes Webster Christian Gordon Sears Greenberg Chambers Jones Reeves Montgomery.
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South Side
W. E. LaRoe
Bob Sears
T. K. McMillin
Buell Spindle
Paul Roberts
Walter Cox
J. E. Russell
Ray Manning
Pascal Cox
Prohibition Agents Raid Peoria Saloon Network
Prohibition agents, who arrived in Peoria in May, bought a saloon called Uncle Sam's Place and spent two months gathering evidence. Today they raided the town, targeting road houses and dance resorts, and arrested over 200 people linked to bootlegging operations.
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Peoria
Ill
Madame Sans Gene film heads Odeon engagements
Gloria Swanson stars in Paramount's Madame Sans Gene a drama of a Paris laundry woman who befriends a future Napoleon. The film is booked for Wednesday and Thursday at the Odeon Theatre. Also noted is H T Arterberry returning from Alaska tied to a Justice Department mission with new Dallas headquarters and family update.
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Gloria Swanson
Paramount
Napoleon
Odeon Theatre
Catherine Hubscher
Rue St. Anne
Paris
Catherine
Lefebvre
Danzig
France
Madame Devil
H. T. Arterberry
United States Department of Justice
Alaska
Department
Arterberry
Dallas
Sarah Catherine
Social guests attend in Commerce and Sherman
Miss Merle Anders of Commerce and Miss Sarah Richardson of Sherman are guests of Miss Edna Womack. Miss Womack entertained for her guests Wednesday evening at the home of Misses Inez and Gladys Ray. Mr. and Mrs. W F Holland and Mrs. Grover Gillett and children went to Dallas Wednesday for a short visit with relatives.
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Merle Anders
Commerce
Sarah Richardson
Sherman
Edna Womack
Miss Womack
Inez
Gladys Ray
W. F. Holland
Grover Gillett
Dallas
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Sherman Man
Wily Cal Coolidge
Enterprise
Bennett Story
Durant
Okla
Crawford Montgomery
Mrs. Montgomery
Train
Kentuckytown News
Madame Sans Gene
Swanson
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