The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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BIBLE CLASSES OF
METHODIST CHURCH
ENJOY IHG FEAST
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wwk thU paper carried
following program of a county-wido
educational meeting that it to he
held in Graham cn Saturday, D.<£*v-
her 16th:
10:15—Invocation, Bar. J. E.
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tune of the year. Bermuda greaa ia
'green and teeia lire Woomftf~lh the
yard*. At the time this ia written
(Wednesday) It is raining slowly and
prospects are good for more ram,
wheat is looking fine.
Prospects are good for next year?*
crop. The gruBnd is fax.Jgna condition
10:30—Welcome Address, Hon.
J>. McFarlane, Representative-elect
Ingleside School Board and Sac.
Houng County Trustees’ Association.
Il:00-The Trustee in his Rela-
tispd||p tu the
and the "'Community, Supt. L. Z.
Timmons, of Throckmorton.
1:30—Address, Dean J. Davis of
John Tarleton Agricultural College.
2:48—Financial end lAgialati:
ere talcing
advantage of the fine weather and
have a large part of .their land
broken. There has been e few light
one lKtirnfaig Ifcii
The -Goedfallow dob wee recently
reorganised in Graham. It la not a
chart tyTiisociation anlUnot intend-
ed to take the place jof the United
Christmas holidays, who are
not able (hemsslvss to provfa* tile
funds. ----------- ’— ---------f-
. The following funds have been re-
ceived to date:
Kettle donations, Armistice
M 3®irrl'Cs
amiia
-ICS iof
Charities, but Mb purpose is to bring
good cheer Into homes of many dur- the radio concerning GrmhMi Tmil:
e j Young eouhty. The TrtK* wit
in Graham Friday, December 16.
At this time the broadcasting station
in Dallas will deliver a message over
carry
a loud speaking tube end It will be , » '
poeeible for the peojhe who assemble ff**1!-** «*** *» **»..**. Bl* M°n
"of Tessa Public Schools, Supt.
H. Moors of Fort Worth public
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Systematic and painstaking efforts
Juuta . been put firtiulo make this
meeting one of permanent value to
our public schools. Invitations bars
enough for ice, but it has not been
cold enodgfa to kill tomato vines and
other tender garden plants. A farm-
er remarked to The Leader man
yesterday 1 that H waa the -first time
he had ever seen the vegetation as
green in December as it is now.
The weather man states today that
there is a bliisard in the north head-
ed southward and by the time this
reaches our subscribers it may be
real bog-ltilling weather. The firm-
been mailed from IbfrihsBtf ■ Super- wee-eee '>«M weather so that
ntfu-m t«»rhpr and |^y can kiu hogs
intendent’s office to every teacher and
trustee in the county. Through the
press the public has also been invited
and a large attendance is confidently
expected. This should be th« greatest
mass meeting ever held in the eounty
for public education. *______’ . ..
; On ths progrsm will be found men
who have achieved success in their
particular fields, and they corns to us
filled 10th a crusading seal for tbs
cause they represent. Three educa-
tors of state-wide reputation will ad-
dress the meeting. If you love the
public schools of Young County and
Texas (end «f course you dd), you
should be present so that your faith
may be strengthened and so that you
may got the spirit of bigger things
that soon must be done for Texas
schools.
The teachers of Texas have just
closed s great convention at Houston.
NEW TEST GOING
DOWN SIX HLES
WEST OF GRAHAM
donation rvr
A. F. and A.
T. R. Casey .
M. Lodge
tVTSb News received a letter this
60.00
... 6.00
... 2.50
it will need
Miss Ityl Chadwick
The Club thinks that
at least 61,000.00 to
necessary fund*.
Anyone having finds for this pur-,
pose please hand same to any mem-
b» r cf the finance eommi(t««. A.
i). Stewart is chairman and will have
change of the funds collected.
The following compose- the officers
and Qpjpmitteea:
As stated above this truck caniflij^ Graham .next Monday. December
a receiving set equipped .with a loud
speaking tube and a large number
of people will be able to hear the
message about Graham which will
be broadcasted from Dallas to every
part of the country.
Chairman~oT PthSMT" CoramitU* t**.Stelioe are yery popular through-
and Treasurer—A. D. Stewart.
Finance Committee: H. L. Morri-
son, A. E. Caldwell, E. C. Reed, Tom
Corbett and A. D. Stewart ,
Committee on Relief Work and Ex-
penditures: Mrs. W. P. Babb. Mrs.
Will Jarnigan, Mrs. A. W. Kay, Mrs,
E. Lynch, Mrs. V. E. Eddleman,
A new test will be put down on land Mrs. John B. Rhea.
'the Garmes survey between the
Miami and Timmons wells just west
of Graham . The TiBoons well was
one of the first drilled in Young
county and was abandoned after It
seemed that it would not be a com-
mercial producer. Whan the wsjl was
Governor Pat Neff
Addresses Teachers
Governor Pat M.-Nsff~addr*ssed the
______ State Tsaohers’ Association in sos*
lbir|dohed many believed that oil ^ion at HbuatotTlast'Saturday. His
was found in good quantitlss. Many
Graham people visited the well and
saw oil flowing. Later on the Miami
address was along general educational
lines. Hs is one of the most flusnt
speaksrs in Texas and his address
on the Keen land looked good for a was weH Vreceived.
that; If successful, Witt put Wucer. Oil was produced from
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schools bn front of the tanks.
The teachers of Young County begin
their institute work on December
\9th.and immediately before that we
held the meeting described in this ar-
ticle* so that we may unite all our
publle school interests for the great-
est year in our history. Texas can
• adequately support her entire public
school system. She must do it. She
will if her citUenahip demands it
and works for It. What we expect to
put into the future of Texas we must
put into the public schools now.
« Young County can do her part In
the great 'forward-looking work that
la new necessary for public education
in Texas only if all her forces join
hands. Your trusecs’ association and
teachers’ association arc sponsoring
this meeting and they need and de-
sire the helpful presence of the
general public.’-May we expect you?
Texas schools will some day be the
best in the world and the name of
Young County jfflT toad aR the rest
if you desire such a happy condition
enough to work for it unceasingly.
Remember the place and data—Gra-
ham high school auditorium, begin-
ning at 10:80. a. m., Decembsg 16th.
| JBAKER.REHDERS
Mr. Herbert Rehders and Miss
Myrtle Bakov surprised their friends
last Wednesday evculWf by getting
married. Rev. Gary Smith performed
Ceremony at the manse at 6
)’clock, November 29th.
Die bride is the beautiful daughter
pan wd Mrs. Ed Baker. She
here with her parents more than
ago and*hm"become popular aral far
her circle of friends.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
|a. Wm. G. Rehders and has beeti
Graham. Hs is a prowdi-
witb a bright future.
___happy ooupis ia at home in On-
i ham and is receiving the cohgratula-
ions of their many friends.
M. Barry called The Leader man
[intently about a statement
to a raid made on a still be-
Oll City and Herron City. It
[ in The Leader that a man
_ name of Berry waa arrested
nnnection with the raid. Soma of
Berry’s friends in Graham
»ve accosted him about the matter
wanted to know ,if lit was not
Berry arrested. Of course his
imt
butchered hole some time.
This^ new test which is being put
down by 8. S. Kouri of Wichita Falls
is between these two wells, about one
mile from the Timmons and one-half
mile from the Miami. We understand
that the land belongs to J. W. Sed-
don. The fact that oil Was found
in the tests on each side of it makes
it ah interesting teat.
The Fred Foster-Parsons No. 1
came in this weak for about 180
barrels.
Whitehead and Hinson are starting
a well on the Criswell land.
There is vary little activity In the
field at this time, immediately fol-
lowing the holidays M is expected
that development Will take on new
life. Many of the oil field people are
now planning to take Christmaa trips
and the oil field will be quiet until
the holidays are over.
A summary of his address follows:
First:—The state must recognise
education as a vital function of the
government.
Second:—Let the state make a
thorough, scientific, impartial survey
of our entire educational life.
Third:—Make tho state the big unit
of the educational system with a
strong, active, aggressive state board
of education as the administrative
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Fourth:—Invest not less than $60
In every child in the state within
scholastic age.
Fifth:—Provide nine months of
school each year for every child In
Tax**,. .......* •.
Sixth:—Tap In Texas new sources
of revenue in orddr to get money with
which to pay our educational bill.
Seventh:—Enact a law making a
safer, saner and more economic meth-
od of buying distributing and using
free text books.
Eighth:—See to it that our scholas-
tic census is accurately and* honor-
ably taken. *
Ninth:—Make scholastic apportion-
ment on the basis of actual attend-
ance at school. If -p*~ \
Tenth:—Take up the stock, stop the
on the streets of Graham to hear
this message. This message about
Graham will b* hoard *U over the
United States. -
of the Pallas.
Monday in each month has
before and spend the day in Graham
Automobiles Have made It possible
for more people to come in on trades
day withont losing so much time.
Maajr IT expect# to come next
Monday to do their Christmas shop-
day before the holidays. The Leader
has suggested from time to time for
friends and relatives to arrange to
meet in Graham on each second Mon-
day,_The stores have, comfortable
stating that the track would be here
on that date if the people Wanted
it. The Chamber of Commerce wired
The News . immediately stating that
to come this way.
rest rooms for the ladles and the mer
chants nearly always have special bar-
gains and inducements on that day.
This year they have on display Christ-
mas goods and other articles that will
Telephone your friends to meet you
out the country at thlstfM* Tffp’+vf ■ ■
is believed that they will grow In
favor. The Ramsey Drag Company
and E. S. Graham have had radios
in Graham some time. Howard’s Con-
fectionery has recently Installed one.
There are probably others in Gra-
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
WINS SOUTHWESTERN
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- • qu« Which was enjoyed Tu<
Football has attracted more at-
tention this season than ever before.
The Interscholastic League contests
Nat Price, Mrs. Ixtofe ** th®* are several aortal# in many and spirited. These, of the bassmsnt
the city. —*“*■ ----- “* w------”— *----1 “
. The coming of the News radio will
be looked for eagerly as many of
us are anxious to hear the message
about Graham that will be sent
throughout the country.
L. F. Mallow Buys
Corner Drug Store
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L. F. Mallow If now sola owner
and proprietor of tb* Old Corner ___ ...
Dn»g Store. He recent* bought the
interests of E. W. and Dewey AtlamT1^’ •«* **»!*«• the waste and
Mr. Mallow is a successful business
man and will continue the business
along tie Mms successful lines that
it has followed since the firm began
business here. ;
E. W. Allan afid Dewey Allan are
both very popular in Graham and
'their fridhde hapA that they will re-
main fat Graham. They have both been
connected with the store since it was
organized and it will Klpt seem net-
Graham Attorney
Is Suspended
Herman T. McBrayer for aoi
time • practicing attorney at Graham
and'a candidate for' county attorney
In the recent Young eounty primary,
ha» been suspended from practice
for a period of five years.
Tbs action was brought by the
Young County Bar Association, and
it was heard before District Judge
Wilson and a jury at Graham this
week. Arraigned on 13 accounts,
charging professional conduct unbe-
coming a member of the bar, the
jury found McBrayer guilty on
eleven of them. Judge Wilson impos-
ed the sentence Wednesday after-
noon.
Judge Wilson asked members of
the bar if they had anything to say
for the defendant, and various mem-
bers spoke good words for Mm.
It waa strictly a civil action
against McBrayer, but It was the
duty of tbs county and district at-
torney* to prosecute the suit Under
the Verdict, It will be five yean be-
fore McBrayer may resume the
practice of law in the State of
Texas.
contacts have- not yet been completed.
Several teams have tied and this has
prolonged the high school contests.
The collages have unusually good
teams and the contests have been
spirited. The * State' University,
Baylor University and Southern Meth-
dist University were all strong con-
Mr Southwestern honors.
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State’s defeat Tsy'the Farmers' tHa-prep** tagST lOu
and Baylor’s victory over S. M. U.
Thanksgiving day gives Baylor the on
disputed championship. __
The following is the All-Southern
football eleven as compiled from the
selection of each coach in the South-
western conference:
L«ft end—Bedford, S. M U.
Left tackle—Williamson, Baylor.
Left guard—Johnson, Texas Ag-
gies.
Center—Swenson, Texas Univer-
aity.
Right guard—Gray, Texas Uni-,
versity
Right tackle—Blailock, Saylor;
Right end—Wilson, Texas Aggies.
Quarterback—Bradshaw, Baylor.
Left halfback—Swartz, Rice In-
stitute.
Fullback—Tanner, Baylor.
The above is not the umpire se-
lection, hut was compiled by vote,
the pick of each of the conches
counting as a vote for each player.
Robertson, star left halfback of
Texas University, was the only con-
ference man recommended for the
mythical AR-American eleven.
The Senior and the junior
BiMe elasses of tile Pint
church, with their wives and
hearts and a few invited gus
enjoyed a bounteous turkey die
with ihd usual aecaaiori
meat at t£rt Methodist church.
Hay evening.
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These Bible classes of the Metho-
dist church are liv* wires and be-
lieve in 'dofig things.” Each dgaa
has an enrollent of approximate*
fifty member^ Juriye M. n Rm— to
the popular'and efficient taacher at
the Juniors and Superintendent EL
B. Cogdell has for more than Vn
year taught the Seniors. The com-
pletion of the magnificent building
several month* ago made mere ef-
ficient Sunday school work possible
and the men of the Methodist chursh
feeling the need at more systematic
Bible study have entered upon their .
%ork enthusiastically. The Senior
class was organised many years ago,
but the Juniors were prgmiized only
a few months ago with Judge Brown
as their teacher.
social side
......... . the ban-
quet which was enjoyed Tuesday eve-
ning by about one hundred people.
On assembling, the members of the
classes and invited guests were di-
rected into one of the spacious rooms
■M-m
were furnished and an opportunity to
bny conversation tags was - offered.
The price of the tags varied. Te
talk with an unmarried person cost
more than to talk with one already
married. This f urns bed much amuse-
ment. Fines were imposed for “park-
ing” in the center' of the room and
for a failure to
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minutes of this kind of pUksure it
was announced that the feast wan
now ready.
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MR AND MRS. HOMES FORD’S
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
duplication in our educational system.
Eleventh:—Teach the boys and girls
of the state som« of*.the practical
things of Hfe. and impress On their
minds the thought that thq man whose
brow glistens with thw beads of honest
sweat fs king of'men “for 'a that and
fir *a that.." /r ,
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.Jill
the threa v4iliggw fee* of
Mallow and/Allen. Mr. Mallow, bow-
wifl’fib()tfrfnFtfi ypMl pm cus-
tomers in bit genial way.
HAQtN-BIRDWRLL
a1*'* . ilia*.*?*
friends knew that he was not the one
but he pretended to take it seridusly. j their home.—Megargel
Married, Wedne{djfr afternoon, at
the home of the boride's parents,
Theodore Haden and Miss Viol*
Birdwell. The bride is ft daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Birdwell and is a
sweet and accomplished young woman
The groom Is an employe of the Gra-
Elevator Company and
with all his associates.
A. Nichols performed the
ceremony, using the beautiful and
r.olemn ritual of the Methodist church.
The newly wadded couple left at once
for Graham where they will make
Post - ,
CHAUTAUQUA CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. C FOX CLARK
„ to
Thanksgiving, fourteen Chautauqua
members responded to .roll call Wed-
nesday at tbs home of Mrs. C. Fax
( lark. Mrs. Esigto, Mibstitutlng as
director, oapablg led tbs leesoa on the
Psychology of Lamming. f’The dis-
cussion proved «o interesting that of
necessity the time .was cat abort for
the rest of the program.
A splendid paper, “Plate*as of
Learning,” was re*d by Mrs. Milton
Snoddy.
Mrs. Penix/Vur post laurel*, ax-
praised her thanksgiving fat Verse.
. Mrs. John Dowdls gave Freudian’s
Theory uf Psychoanalysis,” and Mes-
dames Beavers ahd Allen sang an
ever popular folk song, accompanied
on the saxaphone by Walter Allen.
Visitors present were Mesdames
Beavers, Vance and Millar.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ford of South
Band- celebrated their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary at their horns
Thursday by serving a big turkey
dinner to many of their friends. They
were anxious te have present ovary
one who was present at the wedding
twenty-five years age, but tteknaes
kept some of the older ones from at-
tending.
Fred T. Arnold and family and R
v. Tidwell and family from Graham
were present to enjoy the hospitality
of Mr. and Mrs. Ford. About thirty
people were present and all rspO
a great time.
Mr. Ford has been one of the out-
standing characters in this seetfc
of the country for many years. H*
is one of Young County’s meet sub-
stantial citizens and has many friends
who hop* for him many more happy
wedding anniversaries.
Judge W. W. Price
Ass’t County Attorney
Judge W. W. Price has been ap-
pointed assistant eounty attorney by
John B. Rhea and the appointment
has been approved by the commis-
sioners’ court. ,,
Judge Price is well known In this
county, having lived at Eliasvills
during his boyhood. lie wss away
After tjm people were saatod. fat
the banquet room, Judge Broom an-
nounced A. W. Kay as toastmaster.
Mr. Kay tr a postmaster in this Capaci-
ty at banquets. After the fiast was
over the following program wss ren-
dered:
Invocation—Rev. B. A. Snoddy. .
What Do Men’s Classes Mean to
the Sunday School?—S. Boyd Street.
What Do Men’s Classes Mean to
the Church?—Rev. T. E. Bowman.
What Does the Bible Mean to
Men?—M. K. Graham.
History of the Junior Bible Class—
Charles Hinson.
What the Junior Class owes to the
Senior Class?—James Akin.
Following the program Judge
Brown was called for and made a
good talk praising hisi class.
E. E. Durham, who, with the as-
sistance of other members of the
class, had prepared and served the
banquet, was called and made an
appropriate talk. In his talk hs stat-
ed that Charles Russell had K*>pri
him in the kitchen. One unique fea-
ture of the banquet was that It was
prepared and served by the men.
Those partaking would not have
know but that it hod been prepared
by the best chef in the country. It
w** well prepared aad sorvedrto
most excellent manner. Too much
praise can not be given Mr. Durham
and his assistants. ,~
Tho happy peqple then returned to
the room from whence they came
where the remainder of the program
was rendered consisting of vocal solos
began in that section. He practiced
law at that place until he moved to
Graham several months ago and
opened offices on the west side of the
square.
He is a strong lawyer and will be
a valuable assistant to County At-
torney Rhea. He is now at work on
the delinquent tax list, getting It
ready fir publication. A$y one hav-
ing property In Young county on the
delinquent list should see Judge Price.
fae I. W. W. organiser, who was ar-
rested in Breckenridge in connection
with the recent trouble between negro
and Mexican laborers and -White
Gwls, has gained,his release from jail
there via. the habeas corpus root*.
The district judge on bearing tbs case,
said the man had bean in jail twelve
days, but no charge hhd been filed
against him.
Mr. and Mrs. Lea Heighten tear* in
th« Finis community Sunday.
J. B. Norris and Cl eve ElUs re-
turned Monday night from an ex-
tended1- hunting trip to Brewster
county. They killed four deer and
other game- They enjoyed the trip
but did not state whether (hey visited
Old Mexico while on the trip.
■m. L. Scroggins and Miss Nor*
Thompson of True were married by
Rev. T. E. Bowman at the Metho-
dist parsonage last Saturday at
noon. The young people live in the
True community.
from Eliasville several years but]
moved back when oil development hy Mrs* H. B. Cogdell and songs by
R. E. Lynch and his “Troubadours."
All present left praising Brother
Bowman, Judge Brown, Superintend-
ent Cogdell, E, E. Durham ami all
others to whom credit is due. It mm
truly a great evening.
AMERICAN LEGION
- ELECTS OFFICERS
The following officers were elected
at a meeting of tho Ligon-Daniel Poet
of the American Legion at th* regu-
lar meeting Monday eight:
P. S. Phillips, Post Commander.
Otto Deats, Vice-Post Commander.
W. D, McFarlane, Adjtltlfil r
8. H. Heavy, Chaplain.
Dr. Cha*. B. Gant, Historian.
J. J. Akin, Sergeant at Arms.
• The Legion meets the second and
fourth Monday nights in etch mouth.
The boy* are considering soma vary
important matters and would ba glad
to have a full attendance at each
meeting. ..... • Mi
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