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THE FAKB WWt, PAWS. ITXAf MMMEBMOfcN) rtmunoNO COMPANY 4 Saturday i'T JK OrouUtlon HtUfUc Editor Second CJaw Mail Matter at the Pcxt- ai Paria, Texas, under Act of Congress KATES Mail, One Month 60c Mail, Three Months $1.50 By Mail, 5 Months $3.00 By Mail, One YeaV $6.00 Delivered By Carrier ISc Per Weelc Any reflection upon ot any Individual, firm or corporation which miy In coltimiu o( will btlnc brought to of City iDbscrlbera who I p. m. GIB their to from tbi It you do not your rriAki coraplataL If there no compUtntilt pruumtd that to (i to for ol to or not credited la thli alto locil sot for cop; typographical errora, or any unlnlentiopal that mar occur In idvettiilnr than to correct In after It brought to attantloo. AD advcrtlilnf order, accepted on thli hsala only.

DAILY BIBLE THOUGHT BlbU Sirvlca, Inn, ClaelBnatl. DO NOT QUIT: And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint 6:9. Two Governors EE the difference. While Texas is wondering what will ba the results of the recent session, Oklahoma, on July 1, will begin reaping the results of her briefer session, but one which had concrete results. On that date the obnoxious ports of entry will cease and the salaries of more than a -hundred inspectors will stop at the same time, and Oklahoma will be not one whi'i worse off as a state.

The pay of many state employes will be reduced an average of 10 per cent. This wil distasteful to the employes but most, if not all of them, will manage to get along. Tha mean some money, toward reducing the state's deficit or the providing little more liberally for people in need and with no em- at any sort of or wage. On the whole, the Oklahoma. Legislature seems to have done very well, and to have agreed with most of Governor Phillips' recommendations for economy and for less pat ronage and better service.

Phillips is a poll tician, and knows how to get done the things that have to be done by political authorities He talks the language, and while some of the legislators have no love for him he was able to get along much better than was the case in Texas, where a "business man" thought he could manage the state government by what he called business methods, while the last say was with men who make politics their chief occupation in life. Politics, fairly played, is necessary to the operation of any government. Politics unfairly played is reprehensible and while it may get results for a. time it does not last. But politics cannot be operated like keeping store Whose Responsibility? T7ERY pathetic is the story of the Canadian family that was separated in Los Angeles by the immigration officers of United States, part to be returned to Canada, the others to be put in institutions in this country, because Canada not allow them to come into her territory.

Lots of people will be inclined to censure the officials for their action and charge them with being hard hearted, without taking- time to reflect that the officials were only enforcing the law and that the law was made for a good purpose and for the general benefit of the citizens of United States. The man had come into United States without, obeying the law regulating immigration. iir- M-as no doubt aware of the regulations. Few people, if any, nowadays are ig- that removal from one requires taking certain legal steps. Such a law is especially necessary in United States, because if there was no restriction the country would he overrun with nil sorts of people from all sorts of countries, coining here to escape persecution or poverty in their native land or former place of residence.

Many of these would be desirable, citizens, perhaps, but they would be outweighed by tho undesirables, the criminals and disturbers of government, classes of which unfortunately we already Lave too many of our own or AFTERNOON, JUNE If, WASHINGTON DAYBOOK By PRESTON WASHINGTON. When you can't fet Anybody to listen while you tell about your trip to Europe, write a letter about it to the Department of Commerce. Every year for 15 years or more the department has mailed out thousands of questionhairei to travelers chosen at random from passport They ask whether you traveled first class, second or tourist, how much you spent in each country and how long you stayed. Primarily department Is after Information, to help determine international balance of Last year American tourists a half billion dollars traveling abroad. Foreigners reciprocated by spending 5160,000,000 here.

The fun in the answers begins when the business is over and the tourists get down to facts of life abroad. One sardonic soul, after journeying through Switzerland and England, bluntly staled: "It is better to stay half as long and' pay twice as much lor accommodations." Finland PraUed It seems we will have to go to Finland some day. Besides being the only nation paying its war to the United States, it is a.nice place. One tourist reported. "In Finland, the honesty of the people Beyond reproach.

Germany, Denmark and impressed me as being just the opposite." One romantic troubadour told the department: 'I sailed to Italy for the purpose of getting married. After I married I sailed back home." The bulk of the travel to Mexico and Canada Is, of coursa by automobile and the tourists are inclined to be matter of fact. To an automobile tour- st a spade is a spade. One Yankee traveler in Canada, after reporting that the roads are not especially good, added: "The inadequate toilet facilities at practically all gasoline filling stations stood 1 "Our greatest handicap," observed a Texas traveler in Canada, "was in the native's inability to inderstand us in small towns. Ironical as it is, very few of Britain's subjects in Canada can speak or understand English." norant of the fact, country to another have been let in under kinder immigration laws.

Separation ftf a family is to be deplored, yet the man who takes the responsibility ol' rearing a family should at the same time take the determination to stay within the law. His own act led to the sorrowful separation and could have been avoided had he remained in his own country or waited to enter United States until he could do so legally. Our Nazi friends accuse us of mistreating the Indians. The heek they do. And who was Strihat gave us America for a perfectly good string or two of beads Titusville Star Advocate Inviting Japftn to into a military allianct at this point an untimely aiking a man who too much breakfast what he'd like tor Torrington "There'f Uttle wrong wltt tttt toooomia ot this country.

The it unaa.ua! From maaaaiM artiek. But that's 1 that 1 wrong with QM Washington Canada Gels Boosts Another, who must have wandered into Quebec complained that "everybody speaks French." For the most part they praised Canadians, and 'specially the customs officers, comparing them avorably to gruffer Yankees. Mexico and Mexicans also came in for paeans praise. Yet one traveler warned cryptically: "Do lot ever frown in Mexico." Dozens of complaints came in about the quality of Mexican gasoline, which should soothe the feelings of Yankee oil companies recently One pleaded that Mexicans should mark the roads in English while another perhaps adventure bent, complained: "We went from Tampico to Villa Zuarez and didn't see a sign of a revolution." But if there are no revolutions there are other hazards. "There are," said one traveler, "too many dunkeys on the highways." How to Torture Your Husband Voo-Hoo OH, VISIT TEXAS TODAY, By The Associated Press What price a song? In Texas it is high, for songs hold communities together.

In the broad expanses of Texas there are of singing conventions, some almost as old as the 103 year old state. The Sacred Harp singing convention, veteran of all rafter rattling organizations in the South, was established 96 years ago and today has 33,000 members in Texas. It conducts numerous singings annually and one state-wide songfest in the early fnU. The big event, usually a two-day affair, attracts 10,000 to 20,000 singers who lift their voices with old sacred airs which were classics in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Sacred Harp singers use only three so and have not adopted Une modern round notes.

Their song books, In use since 1844, are written in the old-time square notes. Singers sit in a hot school house, church or auditorium and sing, or chant all day. Apparently hard times, war scares and the farm problem are lorgotten, for those subjects are never mentioned at a Sacred Harp singing convention, nor at the other singing conventions which attract from 1,000 to 10,000 singers. StephenviHe is a town of 5,000 population in West-Central Texas, but when the Central Texas Singing Convention convenes there for its annual two-day harmonizing, 10,000 persons must be accommodated and that convention isn't the largest in the State. The T.

P. Sunshine Convention vrhich embraces a wide strip of Texas from Texarkana to El Paso has thousands of members. The convention takes in many counties, each of which has its own convention. This means each county has a singing each Sunday, a big affair each fifth Sunday and the annual convention-wide songfest. Then there is the Plateau Singing Convention which embraces 30 counties on the Texas Plains and eastern New Mexico.

Every Sunday there is a county-wide singing with an average attendance at each of at least l.OOQ, making a total of 30,000 persons singing old and hew sacred songs each Sunday in that territory. The annual two-day songfest of this 19 year old convention was held in June at Clayton, N. with an attendance of 10,000. A week before the songfest started all hotel rooms in Clayton had been reserved and singers from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Tennessee and Arkansas attended. FOUR BLIND DATES By Edwin Rutt John F.

Taylor of Borger and Canyon has been president of "the Plateau Convention the 19 years of its history. A former school teacher, Taylor is an old-fashioned singing school teacher. He goes from community to community in Texas and New Mexico conducting singing schools. Hundreds of persons wanting to learn the 'rudiments of music so they can sing the old songs attend. One the best examples of what a songfest can do in a civic way 13 demonstrated each Sunday evening at Holt, a community in Hutchinson County.

Holt was an active little community with its churches and schools before Borger and other towns sprung up the oil boom. Gradually Holt began lose. Consolidation took its schools and people 'n the community started going to tomi for worship. Then sing master Taylor started a lingmg school at Holt and a regular weekly singing was held at the school house each Sunday evening. The crowd increased.

For several years from 100 to 200 persons have £one each Sunday evening to the little Plains school house to sing. It is the only community wide activity and it has held the Sunday school together. It has the support of each person living in the community and ftttractn many persons front the neighboring towns which took Holt's school and church. Taylor estimates that around 150,000 Texiw go each Sunday to some school rural church or village or city auditorium to sing. economy bloc in CongMMB on nti result'usually is that it Into it to Joumtl.

Hitter may i wrpriae U. tt will £. numtar at report I I.V.. CHAPTER FOUR North "Shs tried to close the door," Jumbo continued. she couldn't'." "What?" Couldn't shut a door?" ajked Tacks.

"The girl must be a moron." "I had my foot In it," Jumbo explained. "He had his foot in the door," Tacks said to Bill and Van, "Softwood door, oh?" "Oh, you know what I mean," growled the badgered Jumbo. "Not in the door. Between the door and the the thing. Sirr or jarnb or something." "I see.

Go on." "Well, she told me to tak- my foot away and go away myself and "Yes?" The other three leaned forward expectantly. "Well, I didn't do either right away. I took her hand that is, I didn't taka it. I was only going to see if I could take it and all of a sudden, bingo! She socked me square Sn the eye," "Well, gee," said Tacks disgustedly, "what did you expect? Girls ara insulted nowadays if you only take their hands. You should have flung our arms around her, of course.

I never heard of anything so Mid- Victorian." "I stepped back," Jumbo went on, "but I forgot the stairs were there. I fell down backwards." "Nice word, Cutler. Go on!" "There isn't any more. I and ran like the dickens." Tacks smote the table. "You fool.

You unmitigated fool. You had the ball rifeht in your hands and you dropped it. Don't you see that your cue then was to play dead and get carried back into her apartment? I told you something like that before you went out." He flung up his hands. "You could have had the girl signed up by now," "List2n, boy," said Jumbo, "all I wanted to do was get out of there. I heard her running down the stairs shrieking "Shrieking? How? In concern or like a fishwife?" "I don't know.

I didn't wait to find out." "Dumbell! Whet became of your hat?" "It's in the hallway, I guess. Or on thosa stairs." "That's a break," said Steele. "You can go back now and ask for your hat." eyed him pityingly. "B-ack? I wouldn't go back there for a million dollar! cold cash." "Come on!" Steele said. "Don't a sissy! You've got another eye for her to shoot at, haven't you?" "So," returned Tucks, "you ran off in cowardly fashion and paraded the streets festooned with What a degrading gpee- Ucle you must htve been.

Cutler." "You try," said the injured one, "letting poke in the und falling down about a hundred iteps all at once." "LlsUn," Stwle asked interett- "what is this girl, anyhow?" Jumbo glared defiantly. don't it he Mid fiercely. "But if ybu'vt got to know, ol Phyiical CuJturt." Patricia K. Hla. had thrust bare feet into black satin, peach-lined mules.

Miss Patricia North, in the black negliges and the black satin mules, looked swell. There Is nothing surprising about that. Miss Patricia North would have looked swell in a bit ot gunny-sacking. Subtracting the mules, Packy was five feet six inchis tall. She had a complete set of great dark eyes that reminded you of black stars.

Her hair was raven's wing, spun through with blue fire; her moijth was wide, with humorous Iittl3 crinkles at the comers. Somebody or other appeared to have mashed rose-petals and late- autumn leaves to get the color for her cheeks. Match all this with svelta sapllng-ln-the-breeze figure and you've got Packy. One million dollars farmed out at exorbitant interest couldn't have looked any more inviting. On this particular afternoon, Packy was pirouetting about her apartment.

Not that she was a secret dancjr or anything. The cause of the pirouetting was simply a new song number which she was obliged to learn and which Was running through her head and out of it again via her perfect red lips. There was a foot-tickling quality to this song that seamed to drive the singer, involuntarily, into 3a dance. Packy would have sung and danced with less abandon, however, had she been aware of a presence standing in the hallway Just outsid2 her door. The presence had gained admission to the apartment house in which Packy lived by the simple expedient of waiting until-the combination doorman and elevator operator was aloft in his chariot and then sneaking into tha building.

This procedure had necessitated a great deal of snooping in front of doors on tho part of the presence. On the third floor, however, his snoopery had been handsomely rewarded. Packy's name was on a card just above her doorbell and the presence's fingers had been stretching toward this sama bell at the precise moment that song had arisen from within. Tacks removed his hat and listened almost respectfully. The voice was the kind that always fas- cinfiled him, low-pitched, bluey, croony.

So ho waited until the song was finished, applauding silently. Then he squared his shoulders, gulped, shot a glance Heavenward as if seeking divine as- slitance and landed a straight left to the doorbell's Within, Miss Pack North whirled gracefully across the room, jerked the door open. Inspiration a door be flung wide to re- veal precisely the sort of girl you've dreamed about since you with rhythmic nonchalance. BACKWARD GLANCES By A. W.

NKVILLE CATTLE THIEVES WHIPPED AT ALIKCHI Two Paris Men Saw Deputy Sheriffs Use Hickory Switches On In a copy of the Ad- vocaU, a weekly newspaper published in Paris, date July 28, 1898, I find this story which should be of some interest as telling of a method of administering justice which was usually effective and accompanied by little expense. The story tald: Arthur Johnson and Scott Galbreath returned Friday night (July 22) from a stay of a week at Alikchl Sulphur Springs, in Indian Territory. The Choctaw District Court has been in session thero for some time, with Judge Abner James, a well known old Choctaw, on the bench. Johnson and Galbreath attended the court at times and saw two Choctaws punished for stealing cattle. They were sentenced to receive one hundred stripes each with a hickory switch.

The prisoners were walked up to a big tree and a deputy sheriff caught hold of their hands and pulled their arms around the tree and another deputy sheriff hit the prisoner fifty licks, followed by another deputy doing the same thing. The sheriff stood by with a supply of switches and saw that the punishment was properly inflicted. Just before the court adjourned Thursday evening they saw what was almost a shooting scrape between a Negro deputy sheriff from Towson County, in tho eastern part of the district, and the court i deputi-as. The Negro walked into the court room, smoking cigar, which is considered a grave offense in Choctaw courts, and the judge fined him $2.50 for contempt of the court. After' court had adjourned and the Negro had failed 1.0 pay the fine the Judge had ordered the sheriff to put him 5n jail and make him work out the fine.

The Negro deputy said were: not enough men in Alikchi to put him in jail and began fighting. He was choked and battered before he gave up and concluded to pay the flno. He made threats that he would kill the officer who choked him and the officers wore their arms and watched the fellow closely during the afternoon, but failed to make any attempt to carry out hii threat. When I was In Alikchl the next year to see the sheriff shoot William Goings, condemned murderer, that whipping tree was pointed out to mo. 1 met Sheriff Thomas Watson and District Attorney Abner Clay nnd wss sorry that Judge Jarnes was not there so I could talk to him, but ho was ill at his homo several miles south of Alik- chl.

They told me nbout the whippings for theft and similar misdemeanors, snd said they seldom had repeater. I still believe that form of punishment would do more towards curbing crime than what we practice now. In The News 1 3 Years Ago From The News' IS Years Aro Tuesday, June 29. 1926 Introduced by R. K.

Eubank, jx-Govemor James Ferguson spoke to a large assembly on South Side Plaza in advocacy of nis wife's candidacy for re-election as Governor, especially stacking Dan Moody, opposition randidate. L. A. and Miss Cora parki were married by Justice Dickson in his office. The bride was from and thty were to live at Kiomatia, Red River County.

L. W. Jockxon told a News re- xirtcr that 15 acres of cotton on his farm three miles west of Paris were knse-high to a tumble-bug hud been ruined by web worms and speech does not always How ond he plowed it up and planted Other farmers reported similar damage. Negro Whipped In Open Court HUGO, Okla. (Special).

As the result of his pro-Fourth of July celebration, Hubert Martin, 13 year JCcgro, was declared delinquent after a hearing before County Judge Tom Hunter hero Wednesday and ordered whiprx-d in open court. Martin, the boys mother, gave her son about 25 with a leather belt, and both cried ai the oping look pi ice. The boy was then paroled to William Marshall, agriculture teacher of the local Negro pending good behavoir. The Negro was charged cruelty to animals by "inserting a firecracker in the sexual organ of a young sow and exploding "Uuuugh!" Mr. Adams managed, without undue brilliance.

Packy looked at him out of great cool eyes. "Well?" she said, in a puzzled The individual before her pulled himself ogethcr. Of stern stuff are tho sons of Ell. you Miss Patricia North?" he began. "I am," said Packy.

There was an uncomfortable pause. Then Heaven senl Tackt Adams an inspiration. "I'm a radio man," announced Tacks Adams. The puz.7.1ed expression Mill decorated the face ot Miss Patricia North. "Is that so?" she said.

"I mean, sell radios," said Tacks hastily. "I fix them, too." "Well, I've got a radio and it doesn't need fixing." So much for Heaven's inspiration. Mr. Tacks Adams dropped Heaven like a hot potato and be- coma of the earth earthy. "But I'm really here," he said briskly, "to read meter.

only sell radios on the side." "Well," Packy said, "I haven't got a meter." This time Facky gave way to impulse. "Do I look like a taxlcab?" she said, and smiled. That smile hit Tacks right where he lived. It was the most dazzling, charming smile that he could remember slnca he had become smile-conscious. (To Be Continued) Amis Btothers handled 150 crates of tomatoes from Powderly to supply the local demand.

They loaded car of potatoes at Parh, the producers receiving SI-25 bvhol and a car of onions wfis londod and on Playing on the home Paris baseball team defeated Greenville. 6 to 5, young George BulU driving In two runnel's nhead of his homer in addition to his good pitching. Library Directors Elect Officers HUGO, Okla. board of directors of the Hugo Public Library met Tuesday afternoon for the annual election of officers. Harold Griffith elected president; Mrs.

R. H. Stanley, vice Joe Wolff, secretary, and Mrs. Olhfest, treasurer. Mrs.

Robert Warren was named librarian and Miss Louise Ward, assistant. This is the beginning of the twenty-seventh year for the library, having been in 1912 by the Pierian CJub and if now sponsored by the three federated clubs of the city. The saxophone Invented by Adolphe Sax about 1840 and introduced into tht French army bands in 1845. Summer Prosperity By proper grooming combined with cool comfort, you Inspire added confidence which Will naturally lead to You know your own abUity Itt tu mold tult to fit and that ability, tor only by wMrtat OiothM thtt dttifMd tO fit your individual personality cut you that aooMthiac which IUCCCM. Drwt JOE W.

WUNSCH Les Tulloj resigned as manager of Paria baseball team because of ill health rind Faustin Gallegos, "the Walloping Wop," was named as his successor. Hugh Colley and Miss Eva Beacham married at the home of the bride's parents by the P.ev. E. H. Mays, pastor Bonham Street Methodist Church.

Carson Installed At Hugo Lions Club HUGO, Okls. (Special). J. P. (Kit) Carson succeeded I.

R. Armstrong as president of the Hugo Lions Club here Wednesday as the civic group h'Jld the regular noonday luncheon meeting at the Webb Hotel. Other officer's Installed were Dale Eddleman, first vice president; F. M. Divine, oecond presldent; J.

Hodperit, secretary-treasurer; Willis Fry, assistant secretary; A. C. Cooley and Henry W. Younft. trustees; I.

R. Armjtrone. Harry Oolclf-dder. Rtr- dolnh Perkins. Holmes, directors: and "Pill Smith.

Dr. TVvine. A. Phinnev t. ers: snd Dr.

J. C. Wyche, Lion Tamer. MEETING POSTPONED TALIHTttA, OklB. (Sneclal).

There will no meetln? cf the Talihina Lions Club during the first week In July AX the regulnr meeting night would fall on July 4. The speaker has been the presiding officer in the house of commons glnce 5377. Cnlifomia Visit Hugo Relatives HUGO. Okla. Mr.

and Otis Evans and their daughters, Norma Jean and Frances, have returned to their home in Los Angeles, after a visit with relatives and friends. They entertained informally and a family reunion dinner was jfiven In their honor, when about forty members of the Evans families were present Thoro from out-of-town who were present were Dr. and Mrs. W. L.

Evaiw rind children cf Durant; Mr. nr.d Mrs. M. A. Evans nnd daughter of Norman; Mr.

and Mrs. T. A. Gnltz, Norman; Dr. E.

L. Warren and family, Durant; and Miss MAbellc Wnrran, son. Mr. and Mrs. Roy en- tcrla Inert with dinner at their home, South Second Street, for the out-of-town visitors.

A large number of of the First Baptist Church and friends were in Paris Tuesday to attend the funcrnl of O. W. Lud- wlck, father of Mrs. W. E.

White. Those who attended were Ralph Eajtlane, Robert Huttash, Mae Wood, James Wright, lah Brock nnd Miw Doris Tucker, the Rev. and Mrs. Gene Spearman, Mrs. W.

F. Mr. and Mrs. Dnn Bridges and Dan, Mr. and Mrs.

R. L. Ku'nne, Mmes. Eunice Burton, Hollia Marshall, Guy BurrOus, Roy Brooks, J. D.

Harry Montgomery, Robert Chiiders, Harry Gottlieb, A. G. Potter, Wren Moore, Irvii, Harvey, Joe Johnson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ambler Chinv Goodwill Group to Visit In Tulihina TALIH1NA, Okla.

Arrangements to meet a goodwill group of the Wilburton Lions in tho interest of Wilburton and the Eastern Oklahoma A. 4: M. College in Talihina Thursday afternoon have been made by the Talihina Lions Club. Twelve carloads of citizen! plan to meet the large Wilburton group, which includes 30 automo- bllejr, at the north edge of Tali- hlnn nbout 4:30 p. m.

and a place for the meeting on down town streets will be ready. The Lions Club making the arrangements Superintendent L. M. Doughty, Dr. E.

E. and Don Bollinger. A Ptctwt of Smmrt Woman tmart becauM called 33 or 33 before A. Friday woM ret her famllr back before ta for over UM She left problem family MI oo "WMh 32 or 33 BLAIR'S IDEAL LAUNDRY.