Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 10-25-1929 The Ledger & Times, October 25, 1929 The Ledger & Times Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt Recommended Citation The Ledger & Times, "The Ledger & Times, October 25, 1929" (1929). The Ledger & Times. 53. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/53 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ledger & Times by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. —— , — — ' • 1 tnt» • ' "^SfTiP ) ••i'*^> - - • - mt* -:- < -Bir ^P^^aMi • * <-#* >* ' ~— ~ ifilfc*** mm : lard Oil plant* bathtown Har- Calloway Can Be The Fifth County In America to Abolish The Scrub Sire. LET'S DO IT! **. Central Cl- Jowllag Green. ». Hopkln»»llle. • will be mark- is for the bene- Si 00 * i T Maiahall. tlnw, Umm- 1 sad Strait —T —*T- ADS *2-<x> zezzj?- THE LEDGER & TIMES Icely furnished eplng. hot wa- "Kentuckya Moat Progressive Weekly Newspaper" e entrance, tfc > 8. Sixth. Mrs. Ntunn xcvm MURRAY, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY MORNING, <M TTOItKIt 1929. NVMUKR FORTY-ONB lie •uru EiVCJU h- IMU Hdh.' d form, haa all t)saal Rain* oh Circur bay Cats Crowd; Another Unexplained Phenomenon- By Aibwt T. KM ITS.00. S. M. SON; *2, IS LEFT MRS. BLOOD RIVER '., R. 7. ltp. Most Folks Go Home After Street Parade ere (arm 1-4 HE. Cah Sit Awd Reel off foil touts all int Viwutb dbtaua CHURCHES IN tale Teach era WHEN MOTHER, There Is s tradition that it al- was little better patronised. If any. AUXILIARY CHIEF >ui*. fl- « stock ways rains in Murray on circus The circus was about up to ex- of ffcJT Dealsexplicit as to names, places, dates amd 1 water; on day and Monday was no exception. pectations for an organisation of ANNUAL MEET ughes, Murray. 99, IS CALLED The chilly day, however, failed to its size. There Is one groat im- State Society Honors Murray AMOUNTSO*, SVEAYTJUMd. "•"•»• p keep a large number at their fire- provement in circuses in the past Woman; City Loses 1930 Hip Last Week I* sides and when the street parade few years however, that may well Mora Than 1,000 Hear Pro- LLY KNOWN Convention. was due at twelve o'clock the be mentioned, and (hat is that will atart you Fatal to Mrs. John Law- gram Thursday at Salem 1 court square was packed with _a the people uncrating they seem yourself We rence of Kirkaey. Church ia County. jostling mass of humanity strug- to be much fairer and squarer In Mrs E B. Houston wire of Dr irylhlng Many gling for advantageous positions. their dealings with the public than E. It Houston, waa honored In weekly profits, I.oalavllie Tuesday with ejection NINE CHILDREN SURVIVE But cars parked In every availa- not so many years ago. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED ilneaa Writ* to the office of President of the ONE OF OLDEST WOMEN ble inch of space, two columns The circus folks were kindly WEDNESDAY MORNING Woman's Auxiliary of the Stat* deep in many places, matte the re- and courteous, as well as evidently 0 COMPANY Medical Association. maining avenues too narrow for honest and above board in their Committee ititou, ill. gjgo Remarkable Family History the huge parade wagons and the public relations. Of course, prices Mrs. Houston attended the Heard and Discussed R» cflvnpletWy Is Made; All Reside in parade was compelled to re-trace for popcorn and peanuts, cracker- meeting as a delegate from the u expert lUullo Calloway County. Its steps to the grounds after j^cks and candy^and toy balloons Calloway county Woman's Auxil- Thursday and Friday. siring. IMcea reaching fourth street. Only those were higher than a cat's back but iary. She lias been active in •a tUdlo Shop. A broken hip in an accidental on the east side of the square got when one goes to a circus he ex- Auxiliary work for several years The annual meeting of the Plume tut fall on the hearth at her homo to Bee the attraction. petes to pay sky-high prices for and her election Is a just tribute Blood River Association of. Baptist near Klrksey brought death last Somehow or other, the crowd evsjyt ii i n i to her splendid work In the churches of Western Kentucky Mir Huiiaahuld week to one of Calloway county's melted away after the noon hour. Murray wa sthe last stop for organisation. and Tennessee, which includes ap- oldest matrons. Mrs . John Law The tent at the afternoon per- Gentry Bros, before the circus In addition to being prominent proximately seventy-five churches, John Water* rence, of Kirksey. Mrs. Lawrence formance was not more than half goes into winter quarters in the In local civic club work. Mrs is in session this week at the Sa- ldg.. PbuneSa. was in good health and indlca filled and the evening performance north. Houston la district leader for the lem church about eight miles second hand lions were strong that she would Woodmen Circle, woman's auxil JsnX it Rinny /u>w cJair oxes /rundis times, - northwest of Murray. Mrs E H. have reached t lie age of ltk» had lary to the Woodmen of thi More than 500 attended Wed- ltc. not the fatal accident occurred World, and Is a member of th. nesday's session, at which time She would have been 100 years RUFE LASSITER IS B. V. ANDRUS OF National Council of the Woodmen the meeting was opened, officeis !e. see H D. old on January 24. 1930. Circle. elected and letters frem the rnton's Drug Mrs. Lawrence fell on October Murray lost the 193f) conven- churches read. More than 1,0**0 Hp. 10 at her home in Kirksey and SUMMONED FRIDAY DEXTER IS CALLED tion of the state's doctors by only were expected at Thursday's'meet- —Weigh front passed away on October 15. Tin six votes, according IQ a telegram ing when reports from commiti^eS See Otley Far- hip bone was crushed by the fall received Thursday morning by I>r and their discussions will b^gln. Up. and, on account of her extreme Prominent Farmer Succumbs Popular Railroad Man, 58, Ben B. Keys from Dr E. B The introductory sermqn was age, recovery was impossible preached Wednesday morning by grade Jersey al Home on East Side; Succumbs Friday After Houston. Who is attending the A remarkable family history Elder R F. Gregory, of Murray. In spring and Was 62 Years Old. Eight Months Illness* meeting as delegate from the Cal- was enjoyed by -Airs. Lawrence, Officers elected tor the meet- r bull, 2 years loway County Medical Society who's eldest son, John DeeHLaw- ing were: R. F Gregory. Modera- enton, Ky ltp Bowling Green won the conven- rence, is now 82 years of age Rufus H. Lasslter, aged 62, one B. V Andrus, 58 years old, one erator; L. V. Hanson, clerk, aud newly papered tion. Nine children were born to her of Calloway county's most popu- of Dexter's best known and most tor; J. J. Cough, assistant uiod- water, lights, „ and her husband, and all living lar and prominent farmers, died liked citizens, succumbed last J. H. Thurman, treasurer. J. Rv tween 9th and today. Wayne Lawrence, th Saturday morning at his hom* Friday at his home In Dexter after Ledger of 24 Years Brandon. R H Falwell snd Roy !ar. See Mrs. youngest. is_ 53 years^ old. All of four miles east of Murray. Mr. an eight months illness of com- IV-Lee. ~~""the,.. chlldr en have continued aUuflUgr had been In a critical • pltcatlons."~Mr. "Andrus hart bf*pn —Afo k~Good Paper trier missions board to serve with live in Calloway county all their condition for the past three weeks connected with the N. C & St. L tbe Moderator, Clerk and Treas- lives. Her oldest son lives near with leakage of the heart and Railorad for a number of years. J W. Cole has presented th* urer. Elder N. S. Castleberry was Kirksey. where he wax born. complications of asthma. He had' He was a man of quiet disposi- Ledger h Times with a copy of moderator of the 1928 meeting. been In failing health for the pact Mice The surviving sons and daugh- tion .indiisirioMs. firm in It 15 be- Ihe Murray Ledger, doted October The following committees will eight months. ters are John Dee Lawrence. Kufe liefs ahd honest 4n TTls undertak- 26. 1905. which is just -exactly report Thursday and Friday: IIS Lawrence. Jim Lawrence and He is survived by his widow, ings. The members of the M. B twenty four years ago thlx i»m,< Missions-'—H. B Taylor and W. Wayne Lawrence; Mrs. Martha one daughter, Mrs. T. O. Shelton, W. E.. railway union, of which At that time the present editor ot T. Sledd Edwards. Mrs. Monroe Edwards. of Paducah; two sisters, Mrs. Sant Mr. Andrus was a member, sent the Ledger A Times was wearln-. -And how s/uffish Ajict befbf&d it-CAn become. itoiJterS Budget—R. F. Gregory and J. Mrs. John Robihsojk and Mrs. Ma t'nderwood. of Murray, and Mrs. large delegation-to represent them dresses and had never heard ot R. Gregory. Agent ry I>oores. Mrs. John Shelton, of W T. Brandon, of Fullbrlght, at the last rites. such a thing as a newpaper' Education—J. J. Gough and^ Texas, and one brother, N.