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jRaham Leader
fABUSHED AUGUST 16th, 1876.
WITH MALICE TOWARD NqNE; WITH CHARITY FOE ALL.
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GRAHAM TEXAS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER >4. 1627.
HIDING BtUDGESCOHAlIN
HAND Vmi BETTER ROADS
Will Build a
Fine New Home
A contracting firm it here this
week from Wichita Fa lit moving the
M. K. Graham home from ite location
on East Fourth Street to another
lot' across the street. This work is
.tie to Olney and the north line preparatory fo the erection- by Mr.
Two very important and interesting
advertising announcements are to be
found in this issue of the Leader. One
of these is asking for bids on grading
and drainage construction on Highway
No. 84 front Graham to Newcastle.
Contract for the sector from New-
of Young county line will come in
a later contract after required
advertising. The State Highway
Department has made full allotment
for the entire construction of this
road, but the finishing work will be
done under a separate and later con-
^4^ tgact as is the rule in handling high-
As a matter of fact the contract
•for this work will be awarded by;
the Highway Commission in Austin,
tSough to carry out the form of the)
low bids must also be advertised for
in Young county. ,
The other advertisement is for bids ^
on a new bridge across the Clear Fork
Graham of a pretty new brick home
on the old location.
The new residence will be modern
in every particular and finished in
the finest manner, with comfort and
convanience as leading considerations
in the plans of the structure.
TWO MEN AM HURT
AT THE ROCK ISLAND
OVERHEAD BRIDGE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
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J. L. Norman and a 'companion
If U»r^ra*os”river between Eliasville name<1 Manness, both employees of the
and South Bend. Eliasville is men- Continental Supply Company of Port
tioned firsts as it U the first bridge Worth were »«vereiy injured Wednes-
out of Eliasville on the South Bend day night at the Rock Island overhead
road. This is an important lateral brid*e on the Jacksboro highway
road and the bridge has been mgarded east of Graham,
as too light to long support the heavy Norman is a World War veteran
traffic that pasaes over it daily. |ahd the shock of colliding with the
BOYTAST ASLEEP
ROLLS INTO FIRE,
IS BADLY BURNED
A rather peculiar and unfortunate
accident ia reported as having oc-
curred near Herron City, in the south,
eastern section of Young county. Wed.
neaday night. According to reports
received in Grahams this morning a
number cf boys of the community
were out on a hunt or frolic and
decided to camp out for the night.
A big fire was/made and the party
proceeded to lie down for a rest on
the bosom of mother earth, with the
sky for a covering.
Things went well until one of the
number, Cecil Preston rolled info the
big bed of coals ahd was badly burn-
ed on the back and other portions
of the body. His sudden cries of ex-
cruciating pain aroused the other
sleepers and a Graham physician was
summoned and treated the youth,
whose burns were dressed and ban-
daged and a quieting potion admin-
istered.
The names of other members of
the camping party were not obtained
as the youth was suffering too much
to bother with questions as to detail
of the accident. If there be others
than that mentioned.
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Brought Home
The Venison
CAR IS DRIVEN INTO
DRY CREEK AND ONE
MAN LOSES HIS LIFE
One man was killed and another
very severely injured this evening
about 6:10 o'clock in an accident at'
the Dry Creek brdige a mile and a
half east of the Court house on the
Graham-Finis road. J. D. Miles
and D, Alford both of Graham, were
driving toward town from the eaat
when the car missed the bridge and
overturned in the bed of the creek.
Alford was caught under the axle
of the overturned car and life was
extinct when another car arrived on.
the scene a few minutes later. Miles
had some of his teeth broken out,
ahd was 'badly injured on one should-
er, in addition to numerous bruises.
He was taken to the Graham Hospi-I
tal and given needed ftttcnUcm.
The Morrison ambulance brought
the body of Alford to their under-
taking parlors, where it was some
time before identification could be
established. Deceased was unmarried
and about 40 years old. He comes
from a pioneer family of this section
and was reared here. His parents
are dead, but he is survived by three
sisters, all residing here, and two
brothers. ,
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The advertisement calU for the Upright timbers of the bridge and
opening of bids for the new> bridge on overturning of the car had a severe
December 19th and after contract is ‘‘"eft on his nervous system,
made and proper bond filed with the Mr. Norman sustained severe bruis-
Commissioners Court work will be es as did Manness, but neither ap-
begun at the earliest practical date, pears to be seriously injured. The
On account of the great need of a men were brought .. to town in an
Arid** at that point, the commissioners ambulance and given medical and
surgical attention, being reported as
doing as nicely as could be expected
from the severity of the shock.
hope to rush the structure to comple-
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. - n. entering an era of highway and
N/f . road building. Young county cannot
* V afford to look back at this stage in
T development and next year will
witness wonderful changes in many
sections of the county.
P. T. Association
At Eliasville
Club Women
Surprise Friend
MB If friend Graham Stewart is seen
limping about these days, it may be
that he, is foundered, ss the sequel
to an encounter Monday with mem-
. bers of the Home Demonstration
of the county, under leadership
of Mias Norfleet Grimes. About twen-
ty of these good women ambushed
Mr. Stewart at noon Wednesday when
he was inveigled into the hall of the
Eliasville announces they have a
Parent-Teachers Association in their
little town that they are very proud
of. It was organised in September
with 32 members; has affiliated with
State and National—and the member-
ship is steadily growing: Mrs. O. E.
Meitoe i - —Tsident of this organiza-
tion and with her loyal corps of offi-
cers pud the splendid cooperation of
the pgtrons and teachers is making it
one of the most important and en-
thusiastic projects of the community.
We meet the second Tuesday even-
ing of the month in the Delong build-
Sheriff J. D. Foster and. Cleve Ellis
are home from a scccessful hunt for
deer in the Big Bend country of far
southwest Texas. With the gun that
the sheriff carried he could have
stood on the Texas bank ofthe Rio
Grande and killed a buck-tWo or
three miles away in the land of the
Montezumas, but that is not the story
of this hunt. They brought home the
“bacon.”—no, it was venison, we have
eyeball evidence of this _|act, _for
Sheriff Foster remembered the-Lead-
er with a hunk as large as a saddle.
It came in time to add joy to the
Thanksgiving observance and here's
our thanks and the kindly wish that
the sheriff's shadow may never grow
less.
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Chamber of Commerce by Major ing and we have had an attendance
Turner Campe and his car loaded to'......*
the groaning point under the weight
of a Thanksgiving bird, the condi-
ments that go therewith, pies, cakes,
and loads, with loads and loads of
pickles, jellies, relishes, and canned
goods of every kind, the pick and
choice Of the best that was on dis-
play at the Young County Fair by
Demonstration Clubs of the
Home
counties
Mr. Stewart was surprised com-
pletely by this act of the Indies, who
in the manner mentioned sought in
some measure to signify their appre
elation of the friendship and help
given thfem by Mr. Stewart. They
’ unhesitatingly state that he ia one
of the beet friends of the work in
the county and they each were re-
ts*. joiced to note the surprise end joy
'•*1 of Mr. Stewart in being so kindly
~ remembered by them. Of course, hi*
pleasure was enjoyed by his family
• their relatives snd friends, as a grace
, ful tribute to one whose liberality
and deeds of helpfulness is sq well
hidden from the public.
Pythian Sisters
Initiate Four
At the last regular meeting the
Pythian Sisters initiated four new
from 75 to 100 each time. Miss Ossie
Williams is chairman of the program
committee and her carefully planned
programs are certainly worth while.
Mrs. Eddieman is chairman of the
social committee and her refresh-
ments this months made us realize
that Thanksgiving time ia here.
Mr* Green Newel, (Siairman of the
membership committee is launching
a membership drive to continue un-
til February. The losing side to en-
tertain the winning. Our first get to-
gether meeting was at the Hallowe’en
frolic. A very large crowd attended,
everybody had a good time and the
net proceeds amounted to about $65.
Last Friday evening an old time
box supper was enjoyed by about
was rendered undeT the direction of
Mias Alan Bush. Supt. Lowning won
the prize for being the ugliest man!
and Mrs. Clyde Billingsley the prize
for being the prettiest one there. We
cleared about $70.' •
Thi* money is being used to buy
play ground equipment for the De
school and a piano for the high
school.
YTatjch the paper for an announce-
ment of a play <b lie' given at an
early, date by the P. T. A., ;
Whether yod become a member of
, aa follows: Mattis Phillips.’ty* p T, Ar or not,' come out and
Corbin, Mary Whitmire ahd ”------v
Helen
E. E. Durham. After work, the Si*
ters enjoyed refreshments of turkey
and condiments Annie Sargent of
Breckonridge was a guest rn this de-
ni occasion. ;
After Thanksgiving corns# Christ-
h comes on Sunday and will
enjoy these programs. Parents, teach-
er*.' and • pupils wffl take part on them
Our next- meeting, will. be December
12th.
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W. M. Matthews, a pioneer citisen
of Young county and for many years
a resident of Graham, is reported
quite sick at the Graham Hospital, to
which he wae moved front his homo
several days ago. At latest report,
he waa thought to be im-
proved. Friends hope for hie early
School Children
Thanksgiving Day
The school children are all out to
enjoy Thanksgiving, or will be Thurs-
day, and to give added delight to the
gladsome harvest vacation will be
given Friday off. All will be back
In school Monday morning, refreshed
and brightened by relaxation from
school room duties and will start on a
period of close study in preparation
for the longer holiday at Christmas
time. • .7
“Oh, were you ne’er a schoolboy,
And did you never train
And feel that swelling of the heart.
You can ne’er feel again.”
RED TOP P. T. A.
The parents and teachers of the
Red Top community met at the
school house Friday, November 18th,
for the second meeting of the Parent-
Teachers' Association. After the
house was called to order the follow-
ing program was rendered:
Song—“America."
“Lord’s Prayer”—in unison
Welcome address—by president.
Roll call, every body answering
200 people. A good musical program with a good health hint, and reading was had.
of minutes by secretary. '
Play—"A Toothbrush Fantasy”—by
fifth grade pupils. •• «
Talk—“The Value fo Teaching Good
Health Habits in the Home"—by Mrs.
1. G. Bills.
Talk—“The Value of Teaching
Good Health Habits in the School"—
Mr. Herbert Slater.
Business session and adjournment.
mvemotiiivenw
OFW.T.C.C. WAS HELD IN BOVIE
Hunting Parties
The “hunting fever” has broken out
in Graham and environs and prom-
ises to run ever higher than it is.
Ramsey and party are out in the far
section of the State. Sheriff Foeter
has a party scouring the Big Bend
country for deer end Wednesdays*
a party made up of Kent Williams,
Lee Repass and Emmett Bolin depart-
ing for the great southwest, deter-
mined if they can’t kill a buck to run
one down and catch him.
STEERS DEFEAT CUBS
AND WIN THE YOUNG s
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Graham and the local Chamber of
Are Numerous Commerce weTe “<>■* capably repre-
sented in Bowie on Monday ef this
week at the district meeting of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
M. K. Graham of Graham, one of
the vice president* of the We«t. T«X-
as Chamber of Commerce, presided
over the meeting which he called to
order at 10:00 o’clock Monday morn_
ing in the splendid new city audi-
torium and community house. There
were about five hundred persons in
attendance and after invocation by
Bev. Clark Russell, the andress of
welcome was delivered by Dr. J. T.
Laura, president Bowie Chamber of
Commerce. This was responded to by
Judge J. M. Potter of Gainesville who
lx 82 years young. - -1 —
B. M. Whiteker of the Agricul-
tural section of WTCC explained the
object of the meeting and was fol-
lowed by W. B Hamilton of Wich- ‘
ita Falls who quoted facts and fig-
ures bearing on numerous industries
in which Texas lags. His statement
of products ’Shipped into the state
The Olney Cubs lost the champion-
ship of Young county to the Graham
Steers this afternoon in a warmly
contested game on the local gridiron
by a score of 20 to 0. The Steers had which can be produced at home, and
New S. S. Class
At Eliasville
A new Sunday school flags has
been organized recently in the Meth-
odist church at Eliasville—a young
married ladies class—and they have
named it the “Wesley .X^irls.”
The newly elected officers are:
Mrs. 0. E. Melton, Teacher.
Mrs. Smith, President.
Mrs. Carpenter, Vice-President
Mrs. Brewer, Secretary.
Mrs. C. Byers, Treasurer.
The following standing committees
have been appointed:
Social committee, Mrs. J. Clayton.
Membership committee, Mrs. Brad-
ford.
Supt. of Cradle roll, Mrs. Dee
Clark. . .7
promised local fane to tame the Cub,even a large supply, were such as to
t Bears when they got a chance and 'convince all that the State ie net
made good in a sweeping victory over, living up to her opportunities. He
the visitors, who had won every advocated and stressed the demand
league game until they tackled ^ey-1 for conservation of oft by leaving
mour. “ untouched many virgin pools that un-
The Steers had lost only one con- doubted!)- lie beneath the surface in
ference game and that was against, this section of Texas.
Strawn, so they are justly entitled to Adjournment was had at this point
enjoy their signal defdat of the strong for luncheon, which was prepared
Cub team from the northern end of from prwlTn*ts grown in the Red River
the coujnty.^ district, including light rolls and
«- cakes
Figures Tell
made fronfi flour ground in
Graham. Amon G. Carter of Fort
C'raui fstnrv Worth presided as toastmaster at the
uredi ow«J;]uncheon and gpeeches were he>H
Those fellows in
-An executive meeting was called
last Thursday to meet in the home
of the president and plans of work
was discussed.
A bake sale will be held on Sat-
r, tt
prate about prairie dogs and sand- j, r
, . . . . , . | lege at Denton and Mrs. W. R. Pot-
storms in west, and even go so far , ,
as to intimate that farming ! V n ^
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cotton production in the sections in-
to indicate the date.
dicated by the eounties mentioned. If a representative of Graham,
there is windy county anywhere in Chamber of Commerce, Major Turn-
Texas, Wilbarger holds first rank and er Campe rattled the rafters in
lies along Red River the same as I Pouring to the convention the loca-
tion and, importance of Graham. He
ures to November 1, this year, and'tol<J th*m f‘rst that Wichita vFalU
is some seventy miles north, * Fort
^next meeting will V with ‘Mel'-',in Lamar county,Collini is next
ton December 14th. The Christmas to L*mar in winning®, her * far enough north not to he hnth-r-ri
packages that the members have been 37-»60 »nd thi» 18 m*tched by * **
urday 26th at the Etfoxville grocery L“mar county. Take the ginning fi* |
and market. The proceeds will be ures to November I. this year, and ^ Jfvr
used to help furnish a class room. Worth about one hundred
ginnings. her total
...B _nd this is matched
Taylor with STOSS’bales. Knox coun- W th« torrid heat o{ the south; just
wav If vou ty. heretofore considered a poor coun- enough south not to have the
some other ‘y, had 31,347 bale* to 26,07.2 in Hop- dissgreeabie north^ ^ far enough
SOIIlr UinCl past t n a t’rt i,l t Ku ■ *mi a
3ft..-r —•*» « — « - ^
not affiliated with
-----j wns. Kunnies county maxes a snow- -
Ing of 43,989 bales to 36,011 in Hunt, constant hot winds from the prairie
class, will you not join ours snd en-.kins. Runnle. county makes a show- avoid U* sandstorm and the
joy the social part of ("it, as well as
the Spiritual:
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Barnett Case
Is Reversed
The Court of Criminal Appeals at
Austin on Wednesday reversed and
remanded the rase of Bob Barnett,
tried last February in district court
at Graham and given a life-time
sentence on the charge of killing
Sheriff Heard of Archer county. This
is the second time a life-time sen-
tence in this case has been reversed
the case having been tried here dur-
ing 1926, when the first conviction
Barnett has been in jail in Graham
since the second trial last January,
but is expected to execute bond at
once, aa he did after the first con-
viction had been reversed and re-
manded.
Jkmes Frederick Cheetnutt, aged
two years, nine months and twenty-
nine days, died one day this week and
waa buried at Finis on Wednesday.
Services were conducted by Rev. G. W.
Black. The parents reside in Graham
and have the heartfelt sympathy of
all their neighbors and friends
SINGSONG AT JEAN
J.' B. Lunsford of Olney announces
that the monthly Singsong of the
Conn'.y Harmony Club will be held at
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members are asked to gather at the
Church there in the afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock aid are requested to
Stolen Flour Is
Found In Alley
Tile discovery of three sacks of
flour in the’alley of the-poet office
block this morning Is considered efi-
Jones county with 44,601 beles
compares most favorably with Lamar
where the total waa 38,987. Taylor
county shows a total ginnings of
37,295 bales to 30,786 in Fannin.
Hardeman cohnty is ahead of Gray-
son in ginnings and Childress with
23.207 hales tops Wood with 21,157.
But the figures given and compari-
sons made are sufficient to show the
people of Texas that the so-called
“famishing and undesirable west is
the banner cotton country of the
state. And the figures in all food and
feed products can he compared with
hurt to the blooming, bounding west.
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A Busy Woman
Is Miss Grimes
Miss Norfleet Grimes, Young coun-
ty Home Demonstration Agent, lets
no “grass grow under her feet," as
the saying used to be in her work.
She was out bright and early Mon-
day and visited fomger on a mission
connected with her work. Then she
drove heck through Graham to 01-
tncy,. where she made three celts and
later looked after work out eaat of
Olney. Tliat ia going tome, but then
Miss Grimes is Is industrious as a
and the plains, and just far enough
west to be in the center of God'a
own country. He told the convention
that Young county could have served
the luncheon uble with every and all
the splendid array of foods that had
been provided .by all the counties in
the district, and that when the big
road paving contract eras completed
there would be dispute to the asser-
tion that “Graham fs the Gateway
t« the Plains.” • •
After short talks by these repre-
sentatives Mr. Graham called for
nominations of cities for the place
of the next convention. Decatur was
put in nomination and seconded, and
although the Graham delegation had
gone to A>wie with intention of ask-
ing for the next convention tha del-
egation had decided that in lieu of
the fact that Graham had onee had
this convention, and Decatur had not.
Major Campe stated these facts to
the assembly and withdraw in favor
of Decatur asking their support and
the convention for Graham in 1929.
dence of burglary committed during>lla« and is on her work in
the night, or probably at some oth- and rain—not much of the- lltttlMn
er time. The flour was 'hidden be-: this section
neath scraps of paper and -waa prob-
ably stoMn fPrtn the Garvin-Johnson
Grocery ktora in the same block.
If other goods were stolen at the
. HOSPITAL MENTION r-----
Mr. Ellenberger, who had bis arm
crushed fo a car and truck collision
same time, ha* net been determined. we*k- temains ta the local hospital.
Officers are working- quisdly and if) Bom, to
any clues eauT bt found will likely L ^ ^ V. White art the
proud parents of a baby eon, born on
November 81.
Mrs. F. A. Powell and I. D. Ikard
i ben it ted te minor operations in the
tt.
on Sunday, November 87. The apprehend till guilty' party or par-
Mrs Hattie Daria aad Mm Arthur
of Ivan wei
day and W<
i Reports from Fort ^irth are to the
effect that the comUtlfHof J. M. Whit-
Add is very scrioM and that ha
appear* to be growing weaker day
by day. He ia at the home of his
daughter, Mrs, John Slice, in that
city, having Wen taken there seme
weeks ago for treatment, after "offer-
ing a paralytic stroke. The latter
ailment la now complicated with rheu-
matism and his condition is alarming
to the fam.lv ^
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J. R. Ramsey and Louis I
Mess Wednesday
from a hunting trip te the far I
west. It was a great trip
had a carload of
meat, hut oaiy bagged e
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