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TDD-MT,F,6-26-1931

-Thirty-First Year-Number 48

Typed as written - Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT

Thirty-First Year - Number 48 p1

Marlin, Texas, Friday, June 28, 1931

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WINS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME

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Tyler Man Victor in Finale of Tennis Tournament Held in Marlin

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For the third consecutive time, Leroy Newman of Tyler, former Marlin resident, won the city tennis singles championship in finals Thursday afternoon.

Newman was victor over Ernest Maxwell, stellar net artist of Abilene Christian College, whose is in Marlin, this pair having won over all other contenders in contests during the week.

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SMOKE RESULTS IN FIRE ALARM WHEN MOTOR STICKS

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Attention of Night Policeman Attracted and Damage Confined to Machine.

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Smoke resulting from a motor becoming stuck in an electric refrigerating machine at the Marlin Market & Grocery store on Live Oak street resulted in an alarm being turned in to the Marlin fire department at 1:15 o'clock this morning.

Attentino of Ben Taylor, night policeman, was reported attracted by the smoke and firemen were called to the scene.

Damage was confined to the motor, it was stated.

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DEFENDANT REMANED TO JAIL WITHOUT BOND

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Negro Charged with Murder of Brother Held for Grand Jury Action

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Charged with murder of his brother, Bennie Richardson, in a shooting in the Alto Springs section of Falls county recently, Pete Richardson, negro, was remanded to jail without bail pending action of the grand jury at a preliminary hearing before Judge J. L. Powers in justice precinct No. 2 court Thursday afternoon.

The slain negro was killed by a bullet from a .22 target, officers stated, being informed that the shooting followed an argument over a razor. The defendant was taken into custody by Sheriff Reese soon afterward.

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CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO CHILTON STORE

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Sheriff Follows Trail to Hillsboro and Back to Rosebud to Nab Negro

A trail picked up at Chilton, leading to Hillsboro and backtracking to Rosebud by Sheriff Reese has ended in the Falls county jail for Willie Phillips, negro, against whom a complaint has been drawn up by C.M.Pearce, county attorney, charging the defendant with attempting to break into J. B. Featherstone's store at Chilton. A negro by the same name is wanted at Hillsboro and also Corsicana in connection with burglary investigations, the Hill and Navarro county sheriffs have advised authorities of this county.

Officers apparently were without a single clue on which to work following an alleged attempt to burglarize the Chilton store recently. It occured at night, Constable Freeman of Chilton being in the building on watch at the time. Attracted by an attempt of what appeared to be two persons trying to get into the building through the skylight, reports stated, he left the building for assistance, but on returning the alleged intruders had disappeared.

Glass in the skylight of the building had been removed, but nothing was reported missing from the store. A fingerprint expert called into the case from Waco was unable to detect any evidence of this nature that would be of assistance, leaving authorities seemingly emptyhanded so for as any lead to solving the case was concerned.

In the midst of the quandary, a tiny bit of evidence was picked up. A negro of the type commonly referred to as a "stray" had been seen in Chilton on Sunday and again on Monday before the attempt that night. He had been seen conversing with negroes residing in that vicinity and inquiry elicited the information that there had been mention of a proposal to burglarize the Featherstone store and approaches with reference to furnishing means of transportation to haul away the loot. However, the Chilton negroes did not know the "stray" and he had disappeared, leaving investigators still at sea.

And then came the development that led to unraveling of the case like the yielding thread of a sock. The negro had been seen talking to another negro known to reside aat Hillsboro.

Thence, Sheriff Reese hied himself, and accompanied by two deputy sheriffs of that county, proceeded to interview the negro there. Yes, he knew the negro-he was sometimes called "Rusty." Prevailed upon to ransack his brain a bit further, the negro finally told officers the name of the party they sought was Willie Phillips.

"Why, we want a negro here by that name!" the Hillsboro officers exclaimed.

"You'll find him at Rosebud," Sheriff Reese and the Hill county deputies were informed, and it was learned further that the negro wanted was sometimes refered to as "Big Hand."

So to Rosebud the sheriff went. And there he found his quarry. And now the negro is held in the county jail awaiting further developments in the investigation, having been identified by some Chilton negroes as the aforesaid "stray" they saw there prior to the alleged attempt to burglarize the Chilton store, Sheriff Reese states.

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'CHIGGERS' REPORTED DAMAGING CEDAR TREES

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Sulphur Spray Advised by County Farm Agent -Red-Bugs Also Numerous

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"Chiggers" are reported attacking cedar trees this summer and Dan Clinton, Falls county farm agent, advises inspection of the trees by owners and use of a sulphur spray if they appear to be suffering from this cause.

Considerable damage is reported to trees in the Austin section from "chiggers," the county agent has been advised by a representative of the Texas department of agriculture. Some damage also has been reported in and around Marlin.

Incidentally, use of the sulphur spray affords good protection for human beings who have to work in infested areas, states M. W. Beck, who is making a government soil survey in Falls county.

Not only "chiggers," but another seasonal pest, "red-bugs," are reported unusually numerous and viciously hungry this year.

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