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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 2

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HUM THE ABILENE MORNING NEWS Ttiursaay Morning, September 1932 MYttAMEl on state affairs, but after Rep-1 Tills year the committee meets retei'tatlve Walter Beck of Fort, sept. 12 in Lubbcck, one day be- Woith, chairman of the committee Or the state convention in tne TIME Eguia, 16, i Grandfather; Also Named in Witch Slaying Br ne AftMKlatfd FTWY VICTORIA, Aug. 'Chute wu filed here yesterday afmrnst Henry Eguia, 16, of Nursery, liter the assassination of his grandfather, Alcario Eguia, 57, a fanner. Ifcuta vas shot while reclining on a eat. The youth also was charged with the slaying of Domingo Cisneros, S2, at Nursery June 17.

His father, Manuel Eguia, 35, the boy's maternal trartdfattier, Sabino Flores, his uncle, AlfWdo Flores, 35, and Chano Dies and Sam both 23, and not related to the others, also were charted with murder in connection with the slaying of Cisneros and are under bonds ranging from on highways and motor trafifc, told the house he believed the resolution Should be considered in connection with the bills proposing assumption of county and district road bonds by the hishway fund and said it was his desire it and the highway bond bills be brought before the house I sitting as a committee of the whole, Burns asked that the investigation proposal go to the Beck committee. Later However, the road bond bills were referred to the state af- 'air committee. Twenty eight bills had been introduced in the house and ten In the same city. Other Races On returns to the Texas election bureau, George B. Terrell of Alto.

Joseph Weldon Bailey of Dallas and Sterling P. Strong of Dallas were nominated for the three congress- at-large places. Texas was given senate. to 19,000. Henry Eguia was under $2,000 bond for the June killing and the grandfather was one of his bondsmen.

The boy was arrested after the slaying of Eguia as the result of accusations made by his own family. The slaying had no connection with the killing of Cisneros, Sheriff R. S. Weislger The officer said the youth's grandfather had reprimanded him for not working. The Cisneros slaying is said to have followed a fortune teller's advice to Eguia.

that he could not recover from "fits" until Cisneros was Legislature- continued from Page 1 house before it reaches the governor! A number of senators said it was certain that the legislature would here the maximum thirty days provided In the constitution if these new were opened up. Bums first proposed the highway fund Investigation be undertaken by the house and senate, or that either make the inquiry on Its own responsibility, but he later substituted that resolution with one that tavolved only the house. Originally, Burns wanted the resolution referred to the commit- Sorae Out of Order Contest- (Contlnued from Page 1) duty undtr my oath of office, and it is a duty I owe to the friend! of good government. Having put my hand to the plow I will not turn bflok. "I am busily engaged in the effort to recure legislation relieving the Representative Dewey Young of Wellington complained that some oi the house bills were out of order recaitse they were not upon subjects submitted by the governor.

Speaker Fred Minor said he would not rule on the. point until he had studied question. The bills were for enactment ot special game laws, designation and maintenance of certain highways and for other purposes other than assumption of county and district road bonds, remission of interest and penalties and interest on delinquent taxes and to permit insurance and building and loan asociations to invest in stock of the federal home loan banks, created by congress as an economic relief, the subjects submitted by Governor Sterling. All bills were before committees and hearings had been set, it being likely most of them will have been reported to the floors of the respective houses by the first of next week. The bond assumption bills in the senate had been set for hearing Friday at p.

m. A bill by Representative Bailey Hardy of Breckenridge proposing that'the highway commission not let any contracts or make further expenditures for construction of roads until enactment of a measure providing for assumption of outstanding county bonds, was set for hearing on tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. Final Tally(Continued From Page 1) before the official count, eight days later. The official count will be certified to the Texas state democratic executive committee, which in turn will certify the nominee to the state democratic convention.

The convention then declares the nominee and authorizes the placing of his name on the p'arty ticket to be voted on in the general election. place No. 2, votes and J. H. Sulphur Springs 354,239.

Strong had 460.115 to 388,688 for Joe Burkett of San Antonio. Terrell, Bailey and Burkett were endorsed by organizations seeking repeal of the eighteenth amend- a former Texas state ment Strong Is a i i 10 a tuvi --superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition was not stressed in their campaigns, but all candidates came out for rtsubmis- sion ot the question and voters generally classified them as "wet" or oral home loan bank laws recently enacted by congress in renewing and carrying the mortgages on their homes in order to avoid foreclosure. 1 am confident that this legislature I luve called In apeclal neMton will be the most valuable to the tax payers of Texas of any in the history of the state. "The friends of good government may be of good cheer.

I have been nominated and will be re-elected governor. I thank them for the manifestations I am receiving of their widespread interest and support, which I know I hive In increasing measure." James E. Ferguson, husband of Governor Sterling's run-off opponent, told that Governor Sterling claimed he had received a majority of the "votes legally cast," said he or Mrs. Ferguson did not care to comment. "We prefer to wait until after have read Governor Sterling's statement," Ferguson said.

VFW CONDEMN HOOVER ROUT OF BOWSERS Resolution Urges Members to Evacuate Capital at Ballot Boxes By the AMCCIMM fnu SAOBAMENTO, Calif, Aug. Veterans of Foreign Wars unanimously adopted a resolution today that condemned the president of the United States for using the army "to rout and malm a pitiful and inoffensive of ragged and unarmed bonuses." The resolution was Introduced by Joseph Carl Thompson, a past commander of the New York Post. It recited that the United (States presented to the world -a movement a the use of gas and then ordered gM used against women, children, veterans and men, unarmed and defenseless, weakened by hunger and unemployment. The resolution continues "this encampment makes a solemn protest against'the unnecessary use" of the and that "the American public may become dramatically aware of this organization's attitude, that every post possessing a club house be ureed to mount the same with sand bags and post a military, guard from now on until November so that the Washington evacuation may be fully completed it boxes." Signs of Believers Will Be Sermon Topic Tonight for Church of Christ Preachet A sermon on. "And These Sir." Shall Follow Them That Believe, scheduled by G.

B. Shelburne, at the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ revival last night, will be delivered tonight. The sermon was postponed on account of rain. Shelbnrne is. preaching for the annual summer meeting of the church, which will continue through Sunday.

Services are held eacn night at the Jenkins dairy oil South and each morning at o'clock at the church house, in case of rain tonight's service will be held at the church house, or postponed until Friday morning. Fierson Beats Hlckman Judge William Pierson won a close race from Judge J. E. Hickman for associate justice of the Texas supreme court. Pierson on the final tabulation, had 433,157 votes while Hickman had 419,470.

D. McFarlane won the contest for congress in district 13 over George W. Backus. They sought the seat of Congressman Guinn Williams, who did not run for reelection. McFarlane received 25,258 votes to 21,003 for Backus.

C. V. Terrell defeated Lee Satterwhite of Odessa for a six-year term on the Texas railroad commisison Terrell, the incumbent, had 530,073 votes and Satterwhite 352,529. For a four year term on the commission, Ernest O. Thompson, former mayor of Amarillo, was given 453 661 votes and W.

Gregory Hatcher of Dallas, former state treasurer, 416,820. Thompson is a member of the commission under appointment by Governor Sterling. For justice of the fifth district court of civil appeals, Judge Joel B. Bond won over Judge Robert -M. Vaughan.

Bond received 47,592 votes and Vaughan 41,623. For the sixth court of civil appeals, George W. Johnson defeated Ed Eabb. The vote was Johnson 59,522 and Rabb 41,403. Returns on other state contests wero not as ctmplete as on the governor's race, but were regarded as having definitely indicated the result.

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