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MORE -LOCAL NEWS -FEATURES -ADVERTISING Wellington Leader Selected 12 Weekly on 1931 Newspaper PAGES Eleven American "'A Builder In Collingsworth County'' VOLUME XXIV Welling Son, Collingsworth County, 'Texas, Thursday, March 2. 1933 NUMBER 32 Farm Loan Applications To Arrive Here This Week Free Service Will Be Monthly Event For Local People Articles Sold In Free Auction Must Be Listed At Leader Office To Swap Items Persons Have Items To Trade Urged To Meet On Auction Grounds Do you have sone housebold item, farm implement or machinery you would like to turn into cash? Do you have 3 cow you would like to swap for sonar hogs? Monday, March 6, will mark the second monthly free farm offered to the people of Collings. worth County by the Wellington Leader and in addition to the free auction sale, which begins ly at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. the morning will be devoted to the swapping of such itema AS the people of this county may fit to trade, Free Sale Service Following the same plan used the first Monday in February, Col. John W.

Jackson, cooperating with The Leader, will sell for cash, at poblic auction, such as the people may are fit to present. All items must be registered in The Leader office prior to the sale! however. There will be absolutely I no charge for the service and be. cause this service is free, persons are asked to refrain from by-bidding. Each person, under the state law, ix allowed one bid on his item.

Realizing that the people need A mutual meeting place to carry out their swapping plan, The Leader will offer the auction location, one block east from the Hotel (Continued on Page 19) Started School Census March 1 The county school census began March 1 and will extend through April 1, according to the announcement of J. D. Wilson, county superintendent, today. An effort will be made to secure the names each child in the county between the ages of over six and under 18 years on September 1, 1933. "Each child liated will draw the allotted amount from the state aid funda," Mr.

Wilson said, "and for! this reason it is highly beneficial to the schools and people of this county that every child between these agos be listed. The poople Are urged to cooperate with the enumerator for their individual districts as the listing of the children will increase the aid funds." If census takers fail to call on families these families are urged by school authorities to either see board members or report directly to the education department in Wellington in order that as much state aid as possible may be recel vod. Thieves Lift Wheels From Doctors' Cars Four antomobile wheels rami 4: horn were stolen from tiro belonging to local doctors Tuesday night. Tiro wheels anal o. horn were taken from the Chevrolet helonging to Dr.

E. W. Jones and two wheels were taken. from 01 Ford belonging to Dr. C.

E. High. Both cara were on the drives of the respective homes when the thefts were committeed. Funeral Service For T. C.

Fuller Held Saturday Old Timer Lived In County For 25 Years; Active In Public Affairs Funeral services for Thadeus (. Fuller, 80, were held Saturday afternoon, February 25, at 3 o'clock. the First Mothrlist Church with Rev. F. M.

Johaston officiating. Mr. Fuller died at 12:15 Friday; afternoon, following lingering illness that lasted over a period of two works and suffered from three I strokes of paralysis durling this time. He was born in Tennessee, November 10, 1852, and was 80 years, three months and 14 days of age at the time of his death in the Fuller home here in Wellington. Mr.

Fuller came to this county 25 years ago and located near Buck Creek. He lived in this location for two years and moved to another location north of town one year before Wellington ever had a railroad. He and his family came here in wagons from Chillicothe, where they had lived two years prior to the time they mov. ed to this county. They came to Chillicothe from Hill county, their old family home.

Mr. Fuller was an ardent member of the Methodist church and was A faithful worker in this or(Continued on Page 12) John I. Black Is Cleared Of Murder Charge Hall County courts Thursday morning, pronounced John I Black, Fort Worth, "Not Guilty," in the tease with which he was charged with the murder of his father, A. E. Black near Wellington last September.

The case ivas transferred to Hall County on a charge of venue by Judge A. J. Fires, but held 1271- usual interest over this county. The trial was attended by a large number of people from this coonty and a large percentage of the witnesses in the case were summoned from here to appear at the trial, New Denver Schedule Effective March Motor Car Is Removed Beginning March 1, mixed train Wellington, 1 p. Leave Shamservice wag submitted for the rock, 2:45 p.

leave Magic City, motor car now operated over the 3:45: p. leave LeFors, 5:15 Fort Worth and Denver lines p. arrive Pampa, 6 p.m. On through here, according to the an- the return trip the train will leave nouncement of J. C.

Daly, local Pampa, 6:30 p. leave LeFors, agent, today. The action followed 7:30 p. leave Shamrock, 10:15 the granting of permission by the p. leave Wellington, 12.01 a.

Texas Railrond Commission. Sat- arrive at Childress, 2. a. m. urday, The above schedule will operate This privilege has been sought daily with the exception of Sunby the Denver Northern because of day, No scheduled trains will opregular losses sustained in the erato over the line on Sundays, passenger service between Child- Mr.

Daly said. resa and Pampa. At the time of the formal openOfficial dispatches received by ing of the line last July, this road Mr. Daly listed the new schedulo attracted nationwide attention. for the mixed train, carrying both was the only railroad line under passengers and freight, as follows: construction at the time in the Leave Childress, 11 leave United States.

Rural Users Of Gas Secure Old Domestic Rate Former Rate Will Be tinued Indefinitely Is Agreement Settled Resolution Thanks Wellington Citizens For Aid In Project Rurul gas users, who were faced: I with a raise in the rate of domestic gas, will be able to obtain the old rates for an indefinite period, according to an announcement made Saturday by G. 1. Taylor, I manager of the Northern, Texas Utilities Company. The agreement between the Utilitiesi Company and the Rural ConsumAssociation was reached after a conference between Mr. Tay.

and :1 committee composed cf B. G. Glenn, J. H. Young and C.

B. Nunnelley. The following resolution has been presented to The Loader for I publication by the Rural Gas Consumer: Association: When in a period of depression: las this We are passing 4 large company sees fit to take! a stop which is 8 benefit to 3 great number of the people that! it serves: it wens in order for the people so benefited to express their appreciation. Sometime ago the Northern las Utilities Company sent out notices to its customers that an increase in rates was thought nec-! essary. A number of gas users talked the matter over and decided to organize in order to induce the company to change its plans in this case.

A meeting was held in the court house on February 11, and the Eastern Panhandle Gas User's Association WALS formed with Gibbs Glenn as chairman, and Rufus Sweat as secretary, At the same meeting plans were made as to methods of procedure, and 3 Resolutions Committee was appointed to draw up a protest against the increase in rates, The (Continued on Puge 12) Debaters Meet Hollis Friday With six students reporting for the high school debating team this! year. Mias Nora Cocke, coach, Wednesday that try-outs for the team would be held March 10. On Friday, March 3, the boysi will debate against the Hollis team after school in their first competition of the year. Candidates for the team have been working on the subject, "Resolved: That 50 Per Cent of the State and Local Revenue Should Be Derived from Other than Tangible Property." The two girls who are for the team are Della Mae landley and Mary Alice Wallace, Boys are Robert Blassengame, J. N.

Wallace, Theodore Wischkaemper, and Laurence Shields. County Wages War On Prairie Dogs; Poison At Cost County Judge Luther Gribble announced this week that the county has 300 pounds of prairie dog poison which will be sold to the farmers of this county at the actual "Now cost is of the five time cents to kill per pound. prairie dogs," Mr. Gribble said, "and all farmers wanting to secure the poison. at cost are urged to see Rolla Fisher as soon as possible.

The poison is already mixed and may be secured at any time." In addition to this poison. the county has an abundance of grasshopper poison, which will be distributed free of charge to farmers ns soon as grasshoppers. become a menace, Mr. Fisher said. Free Auction Cooperating with the Wellington Lender, Col.

John W. Jackson will conduct the free farm auction to be hold in. Wellington, Monday. March 6, nt which time form items, household articles mul other merchandise will be sold at public auction free of charge to formers. Junior Class To Present Play On Tuesday, March Annual Presentation Will Be "A Peach Of A Family" This Year Members of the junior class will present their annual class play, "A Peach of a Family," at the high school Tuesday night, March 7.

at 8 o'clock. The play is IL clever three-act comedy, humorous in nature, and presents an interesting plot. The cast has been working on the play consistently for the past fax weeks and in addition to the play, special numbers will be rendered between acts. The cast will include Freeman Moore, Ruth Smart, John Henry Baumgardner, Virginia Curry, Imogene Wynn, Marie Fulmer, Bliss Miller, Nellie Sims, Hugo Hauter, Marshall Wells, Pauline Coe, Harold Hardy. Special numbers will include a violin solo by Naomi Slay; Leta Mae Chastain, vocal solo; tap dancing, Freeman Moore; Music (Continued on Page 12) Legion Post To Visit Childress Members Mar.

19 Riley Dunson, Legion er, announced this week that the local post would be represented with a delegation at the invitation of the Childress post Sunday, March 19. Judge John Ice Smith of Throckmorton, a disabled war eran, will be the principal speaker of the occasion. Judge Smith is reported to be one of the outstanding speakers in the entire state and was the principal speaker at the thirteenth district mooting of the American Legion held at Olney recently and delegates from Quanah who heard him speak cooperated with the Childress post in securing him to address legionaires of this district. Large delegations are expected from Collings worth, Hall, Hardeman, Childress and Cottle Counties. The meeting will be open to the public and ex-service men are especially invited, Mr.

Dunson said. County Says No Trash On Roads Members of the commissioners court today issued a notice reminding persons that it is against the state laws to dump trash on the county roads, stating that any person found guilty of dumping trash the roads of this county would be prosecuted. The commissioners urged that all trash bo hauled to the dump grounds. Quail Man Gives Self To Officers After Shooting Special Agreement Sets Bond At $5,000 Here Monday Morning Daves Killed Body Shipped To Conway, Arkansas, For Burial; Survived By Family By special agreement of council and on the motion of the State, represented by District Attorney John Deavers, Fred Allred, Quail, held for shooting John Daves, Quail, was told Monday that he would be released on bond of $5,000 and a preliminary was eliminated with the trial set, for the April term of district court. Allred appeared at the Wellington jail Wednesday evening about 1:30 and gave himself up, telling Mrs.

V. L. Williams, the jailer's wife, "I had to kill: a man out at Quail a while ago." lle declined to make further statements concerning the shootting. which vas reported to have occurred around 7 o'clock at the filling station in Quail, where Daves worked as a mechanic. Daves was shot just over the heart and died almost instantly from the wound.

Allred was said to have lived in the Quail community for a period of 15 years and was a farmer. He has been married about two years. Daves came to the Quail community about four years ago and has been working at a filling station and garage there since that time. Mr. Daves was 36 years of age.

He is survived by his wife and three children, John Robert, James Marlin and Marl Earl. Also his mother, Mrs. J. T. Daves of three brothers, Will Daves, Price Daves, both of Quail, and Elvin Daves of Boulder City, four sisters, Asana Patchel and Aribell (Continued on Page 19) Rolla School To Present Comedy Students of the Rolla School will present "Wild Oats Boy," a (three-act comedy drama at the church house Saturday night at 8 o'clock, according to the announcement of Bernice Wood, director.

Wednesday. In addition to the play, the Bledsoe quartet will sing between acts and the Rolla String Band will play during the evening. An admission charge of five and ten cents will be made and proceeds from the play will be used to buy school epuipment. Characters will be Mildred Clement, Bertha Mae Wells, Leo Goodrich, Hazel Stephens, Gertrude Dillehay, Richard Dillehay, Marshall Milligan, Ruby Hollis, Lon Goodrich, Lester Harrison, Roland Shephard, Lorena Hudson, Alvin Hudson. Masons Attend Shamrock Meet On February 22 Members of Wellington Masonic Lodge attended the Shamrock lodge Wednesday night, February 22, in a Joint celobration of the birthday of Gedrge Washington.

The meeting was presided over by dobuty grand master, Dr. Nicholson. Those who represented Wellington were: Rev. T. M.

Johnston, Bill McDowell, Leonard Merritt of Altus, S. G. Henry, Jack Knight, M. Jack C. Somerville, Rolla Fisrer, Watson, Ray Morgan, C.

Only, J. M. Strong, Johnnie Wallace, S. K. Parsons, O.

M. 'Chittum, Dick Richards, J. B. Stephenson, Clark Anderson. Dog Saves Knoll Baby From Skunk Willie Knoll, who lives in the northwest part of this county, has a German police dog that thinks babies should have no scents.

While plowing last week, Knoll saw the dog push his two year old 80n into a ditch und when the baby climbed out, push him in. again. Hearing the dog bark frantically, he went to the scene and found that the animal protecting the baby from cL skunk a few yards away. Old Timers Pay Tribute To West Here At Funeral Elmore Dodson Tells Of Early Days Faced By County Pioneer Funeral services for Henry Zachariah West, 82, were held from the First Baptist Church here Tuesday afternoon following his death at the West home in Wellington, February 27. Mr.

West was born in Arkansas, December 22, 1851 and in 1876 married Miss Salvonia Williams; his second wife was Elizabeth Marlow and about three years ago married Miss Stella Young of Wellington. Mr. West came to this section of the Panhandle when he was still a young man and settled in Childress county about 1876, where he became interested in ranching and since that timo has pursued this occupation until he retired several years ago and moved to Wellington, The funeral services Tuesday were attended by a large crowd and Rev. C. R.

Joyner of Merkel, officiated at the ceremony; he was assisted by Luther Crawford of Hedley and Elmore Dodson also (Continued on Page 12) Wells Shop Is Represented At Spring School Mrs. Fred Watkins and Mrs. Melvin Burnett of the Wells Beau-: ty Shoppe left Sunday for Dallas, where they are attending the Spring Beauty School. They are expected to return Thursday. The school is conducted in Dallas each year and includes a curricula of the latest methods in hair dressing, the last styles and other phases of interest in beauty parlor operation.

These points will be demonstrated by some of the outstanding operators of the United States and the very latest type of equipment will also be on display at the school. Representatives of the shop attend the school each season to take advantage of up-to-date developments in the beauty shop business. To Start Taking Applications For Crop Loan Funds Acreage Reduction Required Of Farmers Getting 1933 Loan Money Old Rules Used Maximum Loan Amount Decreased From $400 To $300 For This Year John 0. Stovall, district manager, told Miss Katherine Boverie 1oday that application blanks for crop production! loans would arrive in Wellington the last part of this week, probably Thursday. Farmers who expect to secure loans from this source are urged to fill out.

application blanks as soon as possible, Application blanks for federal loans should arrive in Wellington some time this week, J. 0. Stovall, field inspector for district three of the Dallas region for federal farm crop loans, announced Wednesday. Mr. Stovall returned from Dallas Saturday after attending a meeting of all inspectors, regional and national officials of the crop loan division of the United States department of agriculture.

Amount Is Cut Rules governing loans this year will be practically the same as a year ago. The maximum amount to be loaned to any individual has been decreased from $400 to $300. For a landlord's tenants, $1,200 will be the top figure. As a year ago the first lein must be given the government. The (Continued on Page 12) Road Projects Show Progress Despite a short delay due to weather conditions during the past week, C.

L. Hasie, resident engineer, reported Wednesday that he expected the work on the new highway across this county to reach: 3 now peak beginning next week. Work on the north project is well advanced over that on the south project at the present time, four miles being under construc-' tion northward. It was also announced that the concrete work on this project would probably start soon. Mr.

Work of Huddleston and Work, is expected to arrive here the latter part of this week and work on the south project will take a definite trend next week, Mr. Hasie said. Instructions were also issued That all men whose names are listed by the department must see the contractors to find the time which they will start to work. The list is posted in the courthouse. and only those men whose names appear on the list are eligible start work; this is the group that: should contact the contractors in regard to work.

Two Scout Troops To Be Sponsored Here By Legion And Kiwanis Club If present plans are perfected orginized to hold regular courts Wellington will have two troops of of honor for the boys. Boy Scouts this summer, accord- During the past ing to the announcements season scouting of lead- in Wellington reached an apex ers Wednesday. with two One troop af scouts will be troops sponsored: by the the Legion and J. L. Anderson acting and sponsored by American Legion as assistant scoutmaster.

the other will be sponsored by passed many of their tests, The boye went the Kiwanis Club. The plan is on outstanding hikes and general considered to affect more competi- ly did much taward scout develop, tion and interest in the movement ment, A troop of cub scouts was and each also organized and found much a leader for its organization will furnish encouragement. As soon troop. Both the Legion and Kiwanis have as proper connections have plans under been made with national and expect consideration headquarters, the troops will be members and actual, the count to announco started and the Scout Council will in the scout leaders near future:.