The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume Thirty-five.''^^iere The Salt In Your Shaker Comes From1
Grand Saline, Texas, Thursday, March 17,1927
'Consolidated With The Salt Shaker”
No. 18
CELEBRATE ON GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
LOCAL MEN VISIT
TWO GRAND SALINE
MEN ON GRAND JURY
TWO CHILDREN DIE
SUDDENLY TUESDAY
DAIRIES IN MARSHALL
Within the short space of three
hours, two children, a daughter and
a son of brothers, died in Grand Sa-
line on Tuesday. The children were
Thomas Snow Jr., three-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Snow and
Rena Louise Snow, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Snow.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning at ten o’clock. Interment at
the Woodside cemetery.
A half century ago, or just a few
years after the ending of the Civil
War, C. J. Washmon and Miss Tol-
bert were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony, and it was in celebration
of the anniversary of this event that
over 160 friends of this venerable
couple gathered at their home near
Grand Saline on Tuesday. Music and
singing led by C. A. Glover and a
sermon by Rev. C. E. Bailey were
Included in the list of grand jurors
called before the April term of tha
District Court, which convenes on
April 4th, are two Grand Saline men,
J. E. Andrews and W. A. Reid.
Other men called to serve on this
investigating body are J. E. David-
son, Edom, Route 2; S. O. Cooper,
Ben Wheler; P. E. Neil, Garden Val-
ley, Route 2; W. H. Pickens, Edge-
wood; T. E. Thompson, Wills Point;
E. L. Breckenridge, Wills Point; W.
P. Nixon, Canton; J. M. Chamblee,
Mabank, Route 3; G. B. Richards
Canton, Route 1; H. E. Durell, Wills
Point, Route 6; J. M. Hall, Edge wood,
Route 1; W. B. Herrin, Wills Point,
Route 2; J. R. Finney, Wills Point;
E. A. Heard, Canton.
To Play G. S. A. C. in Ben
eht Game At Gym
Friday Night.
Pretty Weather Aids in
Completion Of
Work.
doing this they ure enabled to com- With approximately 300 men work-
niand the extra two and one-half injf on tht. |ayin)f of the M.inch pipe
cents per gallon which the market |n neighborhood of Grand Saline,
grants for this class of milk. Not work progressed rapidly the fora
only is there a prepossessing list of part o( the Week during the pretty
dairies now established there, but weather. The ditching machine,
but this number is expected to in- which advances at about the rate of
crease materially within the next one-haif mile per day, digging a
year. As an indication of the sta- trench which will allow the 14-inch
hility of the project, it is said that pjpe 4o i)e buried 30 inches, is now
in no instance has any who has about four miles east of Grand Sa-
started in the industry for themselves jjnt,
been disappointed or forced to aban- The recent high stage of the river
don '*• forced abandonment of that particu-
Personal visits of inspection were |ar section for the time betng, and
made by the Grand Saline group to this Work will be taken up by an-
soveral of the dairies near Marshall. „ther crew.
High grade stock was found and the Between Latex and Ft. Worth there
conditions were ideally sanitary. are six independent crews working
The Marshall people are trucking until the jint. j„ constructed. The
all their milk to Shrev.port. which majn eamp „f the crew working
seems to furnish the best outlet for aroumj Grand Saline is now located
hast loxas milk. m Friendship community. The
Those making the trip from Grand hauling crew is camping in the Per-
Saline were high in their praise of son!, pasture in Grand Saline. Both,
the true Southern brand of hospital- ,hl. ^up a,„i the group doing the
it>' which was given them by the ditching, are independent of the La-
Marshall business men. All werejtex £ompa,b itself, these particular
very enthusiastic over dairying and! duties huving been contracted to
gave generously from their store of them> 0n the hauling erev there are
knowledge on the subject. about 50 men, while the main camp
Those making the trip from Grand h,„ ,,-l0 ditching crew has
Saline were Sam Terry, Earl Persons, jq,)
H. N. Geddie, Jack ( raddock, C. A. The pipe is given two coats of
Marion, C. O. Dixon and T. S. Me- ..aint and wraooed in a heavy grade
FETE BASKET BALL
TEAM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Dr. J. O. Crimm ws the host at the
City Cafe to the Grand Saline Ath-
letic Club basket ball squad on Wed-
nesday night.
A fine chicken dinner
was served to a total of twenty men,
* which included the squad, coach, man-
y ager and a few others.
RETURNS FROM TRIP
TO ATLANTA CONVENTION
right side from close range with a tiers who attended the Coca-Cola
12-gauge shotgun, the shell of which Bottlers convention in Atlanta. A
was found close to the body. The special train was made up in Dallas
clock he had been carrying showed and Ft. Worth to transport the Tex-
that he had punched a dial at 1:15 a. as and Oklahoma delegates. In all,
m. about a block from where the body, there were approximately 4,000 pres-
was found. ent at the convention.
A filling station was broken open The men not only made a thorough
in Clarendon during the night and a inspection of the Atlanta plant, but
quantity of gasoline stolen, but no they^were also allowed the privilege
connection has been coupled with the of visiting the plant in New Orleans,
killing. the largest Coca-Cola Bottling plant
Slaughter’s children, a girl, 8, and in the world,
boy, 2, are with his sister at Wills Mr. Carter states that the Coca-
Point. He also is survived by four Cola company is preparing to do ex-
other sisters, father and mother, and tensive newspaper #hd billboard ad-
three brothers. Funeral arrangements vertising. To add public interest,
are held up pending arrival of rela- they have hit upon the thought of a
tives from Fannin county. contest, to commence the first of May.
-^ »- In this contest there are six slogans
LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS or key*. and. from the advertising
TO ENTER LEAGUE MEET «sed- tl»e public will be asked to se-
_ lect the keys. A total of $30,000 in
Austin, Texas, March 16.—Reports Prizes are being offered to the public
from nearly 200 schools which will and neither Coca-Cola employees nor
participate in county meets within their families will be permitted to
the next month are in the hands of enter.
Roy Bedichek, chief of the Inter- Since returning from Atlanta, Mr.
scholastic League Bureau of the Ex- Carter has been giving the wood
tension Division of the University of work in his building a fresh coat of
Texas. paint, and otherwise making improve-
Employees of the bureau are busy ments. He states that he will be glad
at the present time mailing out 8,000 to have any one visit the plant nt
silent reading tests and 8,000 arith- any time, that they may see how and
metic tests for use in the “three R” under what conditions Coca-Cola is
contests of the countv meets. 4.000 bottled.
INTEREST IN DRILLING
SOUTH OF COUNTY SEAT
On Saturday night the T. W. C.
14-piece orchestra under the leader-
ship of Dean Carl Venth will play at
the Gymnasium commencing at 8
o’clock. This orchestra, which is
composed entirely of girta, is making
a tour of East Texas at this time
and have been brought to Grand Sa-
line under the auspices of the Junior
class. An admission charge of 15 and
25 cents will be made.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the test oil well being drill-
ed in the Old Bethel community by
Cranfill Brothers Drilling Company of
Dallas. This well is located on the
Margaret Neal survey on the farm
owned by Phillip Smith and is about
9 miles southwest from Canton.
This acreage was blocked by B. P.
Hervey, who has worked on the leases
for several months, and according to
assignments of record in the county
clerk’s office, those interested in the
operations included the Magnolia
Company, the Sun and probably the
Wittmer Property Trust.
The drillers are using an up-to-date
rotary outfit and those who have seen
the work going on state that it is the
best outfit yet to drill in this section.
At a reported depth of 1,000 feet a
pocket of gas was found but no par-
ticular importance was attached to
that. On Sunday morning the drill
stem was broken off and a fishing job
was necessary, but was soon complet-
ed and at this writing the drilling is
steadily progressing at a depth of
around 1200 feet.
Van Zandt County has about every-
thing necessary to make for pros-
perity except an oil field, and it might
turn out that this is the season for
this last facility to be added.—Wills
Point Chronicle.
COUNTY COURT HEARS
CIVIL JURY CASES
Longview, Texas, March 15— The
panoramic picture of a year of prog-
ress will be spread before East Tex-
ans when they gather in Tyler April
20-21 for the first annual convention
of the East Texas Chumber of Com-
merce. Literally thousands will be
on hand to see the results of organ-
ized effort, if the present indications
mean anything.
”1 am confident,” says R. M. Kel-
ly, first president of the regional or-1
ganization, "that at the convention!
i of the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, there will be the greatest
gathering of its kind ever marshalled
in the Lone Star State."
“During the last year we of East
Texas have witnessed a change for,
which we scarcely dared hope. We
have seen a section reborn. We have 1
seen East Texas, fed by the springs1
j of cooperative effort, take on new
I life and almost overnight replace
the sere leaves of stagnation with the
The County Court with Judge
Love West presiding convened Mon-
day to hear civil cases requiring the
appearance of a jury. Commencing
next Monday criminal cases will
come before the court, together with
certain civil cases set over.
SINGING CONVENTION
AT ( RE \GLEVILLB
The Central Van Zandt Singing
Convention will convene with the
Creugleville class on April 3, 1927.
We are expecting many singers from
different places, so if you wish to
hear some real singing come nut and
be with us on this date.
PRESIDENT.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
On last Tuesday evening a number
of friends and relatives surprised
Mrs. N. S. Maxfield by gathering un-
expectedly at her home to honor her
on her 68th birthday which was
March 8. Though this lady was
barely able to be up, due to illness,
she was glad to be remembered by
her friends and children.
Mrs. Dona Burgess presented a
beautiful birthday cake, bearing lit-
tle candles of pink and red and having
a wreath of yellow jasmine blossoms
around it, to Mrs. Maxfield. Follow-
ing a pleasant time together, all were
invited into the dining room where
cake and hot chocolate was served to
the following guests: Mrs. Dona Bur-
gess, Mrs. Vara Maxfield, Mrs. Fan-
nie Stewart, Mrs. Enola Burges, Mrs.
Jewel Cade, Mrs. Eula Padgett, Mrs.
Ruby Box, Mrs. Alice Skinner. Had
the weather been more favorable a
larger group would have been pres-
ent.
\\. II. Q1 l\N AND I R.
LAMBERT. S. S. TEACHERS
ATHENS FIRM BUYS PRIZE
COTTON FROM G. MOM ADAMS
Bidding against cotton buyers from
several points in Texas Antic &
Karnes, Athens cotton buyers were
the successful bidders for fourteen
bales of cotton raised by G. Mont
Adams of Tyler, Texas cotton king.
They paid Adams 15 cents a pound
for the fourteen bales and the staple
classed middling. The Adams cotton
was sought by several buyers due to
the fact that it won in the $10,000
cotton contest and the fact that Ath-
ens buyers were the successful bid-
ders is but another evidence that Ath-
ens takes the lead in all matters in
East Texas.—Athens Review.
COUNTY AGENT HERE
HERE FOR CONFERENCE
Dewitt Huckabee, Van Zandt’s ag-
ricultural agent, will be in Grand Sa-
line Saturday, meeting all interested
farmers in conference at the Nat-
ional Bank.
Fertilizer and the best adapted
varieties of seed for planting seem
to be uppermost in the minds of the
farmers at this time.
FINISHES SCHOOL CENSUS
S. C. Niblack, who has been taking
the scholastic census for this district,
state that he has been over the ter-
nary. Me asks that, if there is any-
one whom he has failed to see, they
should get in touch with him before
the time necessary to turn in the com-
pleted report.
most optimistic believed would re-
quire several times as long. The reas-
on for this rapid advancement can be
found only in the new spirit with
i which the citizens of this section have
become imbued. It is this same spir-|
it which can be counted upon to make
our annual convention at Tyler an ov-j
erwhelming success.”
“Last March the East Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce was organized at an
enthusiastic meeting attended by i
several thousand citizens who had j
eaught the vision of a new East,
Texas. The organization did not be-1
Igin to function until June 15, when'
offices were first opened in Long-
JONES SCHOOL HAS
DECLAMATION TRY-OUT
On Friday afternoon, March 11, the
Jones school had their declamation
try-out for those who expected to
enter the county meet. The winners
were: Junior Girls, Velma Wimber-
ley; Junior Boys, Richard Tunnell;
Senior Girls, Ruth Tunnell.
The judges were Messrs. Reid, Mal-
lory and Proctor from Grand Saline.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
HAS PARTY FOR HER
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
SINGING CONN ENTION
On last Friday, March 11, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Dorough
of the Lawrence Springs community,
a surprise dinner was given in honor
of Mrs. Rebecca Anders, mother of
Mrs. Dorough, this being the 77th an-
niversary of her birthday.
The dinner had been very cleverly
planned and all necessary arrange-
ments made for the occasion without
“Aunt Becky,” as she is known to her
friends, being aware of anything out
of the ordinary until the guests came
pouring in with well-filled baskets
containing all kinds of good eats.
Tables were spread in the yard and
a sumptuous dinner, to which all did
justice, was served. None present
My„. Howard Lucas entertained the
Fidelis class of the Main Street Bap-
tist Church Sunday School at the
home of Mrs. John Luce on Tuesday
night. Twenty-five members of this
class were present.
Games were played and readings
yqlven by Mary Janette Roberson and
Lois Rucker. Delicious refreshments
were served.
The East Van Zandt County sing-
ing convention will be held nt V’an
on Saturday night and Sunday, March
26 and 27.
They have conditional promises
from the Quartet and Trio Music Co.
as well as the Stamps and Vaughn
Company. Many others are also ex-
pected and this convention promises
to be one of the best sessions yet
held.
S. C. BEALL. Pres.
S. J. McKENZIE, Sec.
RAISE FORTY DOLLARS
FOR JONES PIANO FUND
At the Tacky party given by the
Ladies Club of the Jones community
at the school house on Saturday
night, March 12, forty dollars was
taken in for the piano fund of that
place. The interesting program con-
sisted of songs, readings, dialogues
and various other numbers.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
The children of Mrs. Emma Riggs
surprised her with a birthday dinner
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holland
at Jamestown on February 27. The
cake, on which “mother’’ was written,
bore 62 lighted candles.
The six daughters of Mrs. Riggs,
together with their families, were
present. These daughters are Mrs.
G. W. Mallory, Mrs. N. E. Marett,
*Mrs. J. P. Geddie, Mrs. Jule Adkins,
Mrs. Lucian Ray and Mrs. Henry Hol-
lan.
Folowing the dinner, Mrs. Riggs
left for Ft. Worth where she will
make an extended visit with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Sam Kingston.
Coming One Day Only
Dallas—Preparations for the meet- a|jst will be at Snow Drug Store
ing of the Southwest Division of the Thursday March 24. Special atten-
Natural Gas Association of America 4jon given cross eyes and cases of
here April 12 and 13 indicate that it evi, strain that produce heudache and
will be the biggest meting of natural nervousness.
gas people ever held in the Southwest.__m m .___
- j San Angela—The West Texas Util-
Texas has an area along the coast ities Company is preparing to build
with an altitude of less than 150 feet a substation here on a site just pur-
above sea level that is ai large as the chased and will connect it with the
state of South CarolinaL It has a new transmission line to the Big Lake
subtropical climate. J 'oil fields.
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Proctor, Willard. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1927, newspaper, March 17, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003894/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.