The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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County Judge
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For Re-Election
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< AIL AT SWAGERTY FOR GAS
WANTED-Two girls to work in
ligious service assisted
Seba Kirkpatrick.
CALLED TO MEET AT
NEW HOPE SAT. 16TH.
Yours very truly,
R. A. Luker.
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feels
well
from the standpoint of experience
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Miss Virginia Lowe
Elected Member Of
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I hope that every morning sun
Finds me prepared , to go
Where unfamiliar pathways run
And where strange waters flow.
I never want to see the day
When I n<» longer thrill
In prospect of the joys that may
. Me just beyond the hill!
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dent, and Charles A. Timm, secretary.
The officers of the Texan chapter are
.• Campbel) Beard, preaident; J. Alton
Voight, .secretary.—Daily Texan.
pi and grew to manhood there,
was married and partly reared
family in his native state,
| coming to De Leon about
i years ago. 12.
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Mrs. Vernon Doss
Undergoes Operat n
r byO-Lawtcncc Hawthorne
for the consideration of thy
at primary time,
Fertilizer Meet
To Be Held At
Duster Tonight
County Agents Barton of Comanche
and Bush of Eastland will meet with
the farmers of the Duster community,
also at the same time invest $100,000
in Commercial paper as well as taking |
care of all home demands,
fact, the bank has not used
help for a number of years.
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GAS. OILS. ACCESSORIES—SWAG
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Pastor
| Torrence next Wednesday.
Methodist Church
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$115,000.00 gtjtutions of the town,
a year j *
are
a year
more evenly
Nearly everybody, he
The nu«>bor of
'■•vi ts on the bo »cs »:f
tnerially larger thin a
. evictions were ,<o>! the
increased. We have rent-1 The Guaranty State entered
[ed the county farm for the customary j New Yeaa-with about ten per
I hope tJiat 1 shall always fee!
The uFge of discontent
That fills the soul with ready zeal
For new turomplishinent.
I want each >day to challenge me
With some heroic test, >
And then I hope that I shall l>e
Disposed to do my best.
i pay was inconsistant with
service. *
■“We have retained a County Audi- f-
tor although with our present valua- ers ant* laymen f,rom the Cisco
tion it is not mandatory. We l„,_
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The Free Press has the announce-
ment of County Judge R. A. Luker
for re-election to second term, and in
sending his request Judge Luker pre-
pared a statement which we feel the
voters will be glad to consider. It
follows herewith: ----------—
“In public employment as in private
employment usually those doing the
most effective work have the least to
say about it. I have tried to perform ' ... ______,
the duties imposed upon me with out I was rage a year ajfOf
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Methodist Laymen
Hold All-Day Meet
At De Leon Church
expense than the Auditor,
this ,we would i . . . ■ ■ j -
I incur the occass'nnal exoense of an assembly of the progress being made
In view of these facts we are on the building of the Methodist bos-
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t:oqs spread had been prepared. Hot
coffee and salads, chicken, cakes, pie*.
gal<*re greeted the party and the so-
cial hour spent there was an enjoy-
ai.lr
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-the close of business the last day of a percentage of 800, losing but
the old year showing an increase in game to a Class B school, that
deposits of 22 per cent., one is forced for the championship of Distrnct
With
jthe’funds available road improvement
is of necessity a slow process, but we
are. making progress.
“I have been greatly
find a spirit of hearty
I on the part of citizens
nities. In this respect
donations of money and labor
been made which has enabled
accomplish things impossible
paid for out of the road and
fund.”
Burn mu. world’s strongest
Don’t mis the big three in one
u nitty Show. .
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plv,. ‘ ?ive his entire time to the discharge limit.
Press editor, Miss Coan asked us to '
Mr. Brown has a common school edu-
cation, and has made snecial study
came I s‘nc® school of technical sub-
(j1(. i jects pertaining to constrection work. ; •— “2 J
His business experience will enable the county jn an old lawsuit this year!
co-operation |
in making,
road improvements in various commu '
considerable
have
us to
to be '
bridge
c£ron free Jlress
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DE LEON, COMANCHE COUNTY, TE XAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15,1926. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR
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Guaranty State
Elects Officers;
Bank Shows Gain
Tuesday, January 12th, the Guaran-
ty State Bank held Its annual busi-
ness meeting at the banking house
and in the election of officers and di- .
rectors that was held the old board
was re-elected without change.
Commenting -on the financial con-
dition, Pres. B. J. Rittman stated to
Fre'» Press that it is his opinion that
there is peihaps twenty per cent more
money ire the country now thart
. , and that
1the money is more evenly distributed.
Nearly ♦verybudy, he stated, has some
money. 1 ne number of individual
accounts on the books of the bank, is
•rateiially larger than a year ago.
end thut the money is
distributed.
<ta'< d has i ».>• ev.
>1' hv'U. • I
' re ha.' t,
:. e:ir ago.
expense of the Pauper Fund has 'past fall months.
Austin, Jan. 8.—Out 6f the yb734
YES SIR REE-READ DUB ?'* ’,ri,,ed in TeM*
NANCE’S AD ON PAGE 8, IF YOU "’t4 weT P^ucers, 3650 were dry
,i._i— —> g.o--—j wells, the
j balance not being completed, it wax
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mission, oil and gas division, today.
rooms.—Mrs. T. P earning good interest on the invest
itc.
at the school house, on Friday night,
Jan, 15th, for the purpose of discuss-
ing fertilizer. A community order
will be pooled at that time if those
attending desire.
This is the same meeting that was
announced to have been held on' the
night of January 8th, but the meeting
was postponed one week. All interest
ed take notice and be on hand.
FERTILIZER MEETING
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to De Leon cemetery where the Ma- ' Wanda Wiley, Texas’ Own. in Th- .
sonic funeral service wbs held. His Winning Pair, hilarious Century Com
Jim Brown Is
2 Out For Job Of
Commissioner;
------- I of an auditor we would l>e obliged to
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presenting the announcement of Jim ( offices ■ which would 1m»
• o onrwli/lnt fnr ________ .1___xl »
Commissioner constantly during the
past three years, and is thoroughly
conversant with the principal func-
jjer i tion of the office, which is road work.
I father, T. J. Coan, resides on De Leon
Rt. 2, .near Duster where he is en-
gaged in farming. The family
from Alabama to De < Leon in
year 1905.
Miss Coan
YKi* MR REE—RE AD DU B
NANCE’S AD ON PAGE A IF YOU
HAVE CHICKENS. EGGS, BUTTER r
PECANS. HIDES, FURS. CREAM,. li<ht housekeeping
FOR SALE. I Weaver.
'from J. F. Carter home, also suite of . during the tw« years It has operated, w uinrv virnu
u-L. L____l___?________ M— m o 1 invest- PM ANS. Hll$KS, Cl KS,
men| the greater portion of the time. FOR SALE.
were at the
Downing ‘at finest work of his
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bnast or apology.
“There were few changes of impor-
tance which could be made to advan-
tage, for there are certain things for
, which the county is responsible and
which cost a certain amount of money.
However frugal we may be these ex-
penses are incapable of material reduc
tion. As an instance after the com-
missioners court has -^exercised the
greatest care possible we find that
j the VApru; _ ___ ____
I materially increased. We have rent-1 The Guaranty Stat^* entered the
]ed the county farm for the customary New Yeas-with about ten per cent
share of the crop instead of employ- larger deposits than was the case a
1 ing a superintendent as was the cus-, year ago, Mr. Pittman said, which
tom ,the reason is that we found the * may be taken to mean satisfactory
cost was more than the total-from the j progress in this, one of our city’s val-
|farm. ued business institutions.
i “We have centralized purchases) ———
I for the county to eliminate unwise or I
I needless purchases.
I “We have declined to reduce the
i janitor’s salary, though it has been
■ urged upon us. The Janitor is on du-
“ ‘ ty twelve hours a day seven days a t
week, and we believed a lower rate of j
i pay u’as inconsistant with efficient,
1
. "'.’W
I will he at New Hope sch >ol house
Saturday night, Jan. 10th. to dbcuss
fertiliser with all who are interested i,school work within
At 7:30 o’clock the time is set for our
meeting.
Will be at the school hrtUse
Suet Friday night. January 22nd for j illness naturally distracting
the same purpose.—J. D. Holmes.
r w SLOAN SISTERS
Pete Morrison will be seen in fXOHE THEIR STORE
Nine members were elected to. and
initiated into Pi Sigma Alpha, natioi-
nal honorary political science frater-
nity, Tuesday night. Those elected
and initiated were:
Mildred Ellis.
Wm. H. Evans.
Virginia Lowe.
Alva C. Bounds.
J. Anton Rauhut.
Sterling Takeuchi.
Amelia Williams. •
Bascom Nelson.
DeWitt Reddick.
Pi Sigma Alpha was organised at
, the University of Texas in 1919 with
the aim of granting recognition to
those students who have done credit-
able work in the field of political
science. Since the establishment of
the initial chapter at the University
of Texas, the fraternity has grown
until it is, now represented by seven
institutions in as many States. At
present there are chapters at the
Univertdties of Kentucky, Oklahoma,
Kansas, Stamford, Southern Califor-
nia and Texas.
Following the initiation of the new
members last night, a banquet was
held at the University Cafeteria.
Dr. Patterson, notional president,
spoke on the interest of the organi-
zation while others made additional
remarks..
National officers of the organisa-
tion ate: Dr. C. P. Patterson, presi-
I’ETE MORRISON TO HE SEES
NEXT SATURDAY
At the morning sendee the Pastor <>r‘ Saturday, the Liberty Theatr
will have a special message for the ! ”J'
boys and girls. All the children of . £“w P‘ = V "
the Sunday School are invited to hear R"P,n RWin’
4Ma mewcage j western <.rama. Also a good come ! a
BounlHe, .. *£i.!??,and • A union !*rvic,‘ has been arrimged an<l
‘ for Sunday evening. Every citizen is,
invited to be present at the union
service. —Seba Kirkpatrick, pastor.
extra clerk* in at least two of »us laymen made i
a greater , dresses. Dr. Matthews
- Besides- Worth represented the hospital work
necessarily have to cussjon of church ijroblems.
, „ incur the oecass'nnal exnense of an assembly of the progress being made
ic primary nexUJuly. There is per- j
hafr- no other man in the Precinct, ;,
D^-! except the present Commissioner, who Audfa,r’iZ real ec’onemy. " ~ ‘ W-«te Whd haing. under-
thr'o .thojisand dollars! taken in the state by Methodists now.
__?•*’ I ^'’’’renovating * '1 u—..— n rjf
the >nil. Conditions were unsafe and local people, together with the vim-
unsanitary. We found that escapes ’ »i’S, were entertained at lunch in the
from the jail were of common occur- . basement of the church where a sump
rance and we also found that the
keys of the jail had been in hands of
irresponsible parties allowing ample
; opportunity for duplication. In that
case we saw nothing to do' except to
, renew locks entirely.
“We will pay a iudgement against |
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public ! h*m to efficiently attend to the vari- amounting to about twenty four hun- |
tering ; ous °tber duties of the office. |dred dollars and meet an increased
Mr. Brown asked the Free Press to ,yuiary of twenty four hundred dollars1
21, died after the family moved to
occuring some
There are nine
Whi'e M r at d Mrs. Vernon E. Doss I
wue vintiug friends in Brnynwood,
M"«. D -s- v.’a.' >• ken very ill, ;-i.d was '
orjed to i-de; gr an operator.. She1
is getting along very nicely accord-
ing to latest reports, and it is thought
she will be able to be back at her
s> few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Dosx( we.re et joying
their holidays and getting some rest |
at I from the school room. Howev.this
r their
1 pleasures as well as making the hour
'a very grave one'. Mr. Doss is sti|l
with Ida wife.
Mrs. M. H. Brannen is teaching this
week for Mrs. Doss . They are get-
ting along nicely with the work and ;
the school is progresing.
(Mrs. Doss was formerly Miss La-!
Verne Mohan, daughter of Mr. George
Mohon of this city.)
REE—READ
conluaiiniii. xutoin NiwsrApix
stern c.rama. Also a good comeuj i ,->ioan auwrs nim cios»-«i <>ui
il -Perils of the Wild featuring Joe their millinery business here and will
man. not operate this spring. The reason
Sat for suspension of business was that
Mrs. Counts, me-~1-
r ■ '’r ~ ■ •■•■w:•——- sired to be reli
SWAGERTY SELLS GASOLINE i i in the buainor
— ------ I d’d not desir.
House for rent,—First place south The business
A great union service of all the mo- *
ral and religious forces of the town
will be held at the "Methodist Church
’ at the seven
stated that the
-- - - - -— purpose of the service is to exalt the
It has been my pteasure to co-1^-^ of the taw. Pastore Seba -
; operate with the commissioners >njthe t Rirk k j N c wi„
matter of road improvement. With]have char(,p nf the program <n. '
Hire population of De Leon and com-
imunify is urged to attend this great
mass meeting. 7”
Pastor J. N. Campbell will fill his
pulpit this Sunday morning as usual.
The services will be he|d in the High
School. But the night service is call-
ed off for the union service at the Me-
' thodist Church. > .'
I Sunday School and preaching ser-
! vices are held in the High school and
[all other services in the city haU, Sun
'day School attendance last Sunday
numbered 206. All are urged to come
“on time.”
Beginning with this Saturday after-
noon the Women will meet weekly at
three oclock with Mrs. J. N. Campbell.
Note the changed day—Saturday.
The Intermediate Union meets at
half past one oclock with group 4 in
charge of the program and Henry
Grady Sharp leading. The Juniors
meet at two thirty oclock and group t
i with Paul Campbell will lead the pro-
gram. The Seniors meet at five for-
, ty five and group 2 with Craig Nich-
ols will leead.
A large congregation heard the
Pastor’s sermon on “Belshazzar’s
Feast" last Sunday evening. The
music furnished by Mrs. Gentry’s or-
. Ichestra was a feast to all music lovere
, A unique feeature of the orchestra
was the use of an accordlan by Mrs. ,
K. J. Weatherford. '
t The old chureli buikOag ?ril fiat
Wednesday with a bang. The building
committee is working at the problem
+of iretting plans ready for the new
i building and hopes to soon have thesa
readv.
Death Calls R. J.
Grissom Saturday
same time invest $100,000 ------ .
——-----” --- | R. j. Grissom, prominent farmer ’
and, in ifor many years of the Downing com-
outside munity, is dead! Death came as a
blessed relief from much suffering.
For six months his condition grew
worse. Two months of his life were
spent in almost hopeless illness at the
Gorman Sanitarium, where he had an
operation for the relief of a malady
that Proved incurable. He was a weH lified educationally, as well | "■■■ ■■■““ (tor tne county commissioners t»y enact ... . ... t h ,
patient sufferer, biz bouyancy «f *P«r- ’ from the sUndpoint of experience [ a ' the voters in the Precinct before * nt of the last legislature. , Wei^ J? J ~ 1
I to satisfactorily fill the position she ; p,pction day and make his appeal in ( wjn do this out of current funds with . , . . . .. .
seeks. I l>*,rson; He promises, if elected, to the tax rate below the constitutional inilrtww4, nf
i In duscussing the matter with l .r<, ■ ,, - . . , V
I Press editor. Miss Coan asked us to th« the office and asks
i state that she promises her very best , f'”* the consideration of thy people
[effort to the duties and responsibiliti .at Pomary time.___________
es of the office in case of her election « HR
And she is counting bn her friends in ;
De Leon and elsewhere in the county
' for their support in the coming pri*
j mary., > 7
1 many years. He was a member of! W ■ •
thb Masonic order at De Leon. His | I IAPkIP
church membership was at Downing. ‘ nJClVlklV
Seven sons were born to Mr. and 1 XN , 1 •! .
Mrs. Grissom, five of whom with the! vOOfZcHl Hl LlUCrtV
faithful wife and mother, survive. ’ z
They are: Eugene of Memphis, Terih, I * D--.
Cully of Munday, and Sam, Houston j 111 1 Uv IVdg ITlClll
and Romie of De Leon. R. M. met I. ,
accidental death at the age of 14 Qn prjduVi a
while playing ball at school. Bascomb , ^hat every man, woman and child in
21, died after the family moved to r)r ljeon should
De Leon, his death occuring some Coogan in The Rag Man. The Kid
fifteen years ago. There are n>ne comes to the screen again bett< >
grand children. i than ever. In The Rag Man Jackie
Funeral services were at the has a part suited for him anil
church of deceased at Downing at the finest work of
2:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Jan- Bring the children to see America’
uary 10th, and the body then brought .foremost actor in a fine picture. Al
attended the j
schools of the county l^fore entering . . . ----- -------- ---------- --—
upon her business career, and feels) -------.• -• -------j
well qualified educationally, as well ; that be will.make an effort to see 1 for the county commissioners by enact
it sustaining him until the last. ’ as
Mr. Grissom was born in Mississip-J
pi and grew to manhood there. He ~
his
native state, before
Leon about twenty
He was in the late sixties
not yet having reached his “three
score years and ten.” He led an av-
tive and useful life, was honored by [
his fellow men, and was devoted to j
the work of the Methodist Church for [
Hxipe-that I shall never know
What satisfaction means’
I want each day of life to show
That growth anil changing scenes
And interest in what is new
Have kept my spirit free—
' I want to find that every view
Holds great appeal for me.
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r of the firm, de-
f her partnership
Miss Bess Sloan
inve alone. w.-. • «»»» «, ■
been profitable H AVE nHCKENS, EGGS, BUTTER iM«»s and. 51H were gas
( REAM, ^pgrted. at the Texas raffroud
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Talks were made by Coaches Comp-
$528,-! ton and Johnson, for whom it might
- be said the members of the team ’
would do “anything.”
[ Miss Velma Bell inspired those pre- [
sent with a speech; displaying her
• one of_
the best yell leaders De Leon has
ever hail. Enough credit cannot be
given Miss Bell and her assistant—
Miss Elkins— also all of the pep
squad. !
of 15 per cent to all stockholder^! The climax of the delightful even-
again this year, which is their usual ing was when Prof. Russell told the :
custom. In fact this bank has not • men t—----
failed to pay a dividend in many years >ed sweaters.
After paying the* dividend the L<...k • ------• «-------.
was. able to add a substantial amount j Sweaters with the coveted ”D” were
to its undivided profits account, which awarded the following men: Capt.
indicates a healthy condition. ■ Smith, Boswell, Easterling, Butler,
Old Board Re-Elected Harvey, Short, Mulloy, Howe,
- The annual election of officers and [Smith
After the stockholders had vot- !
uary 10th, and the body then brought foremost actor in a fine picture.
sonic funeral service was held. His' t— - ----- - -
pastor, Rev. Neal, eaadufled the re-1 ed,: Itept Slgh’t Uh'ln New
" I by Partor yOrk with Lillian Gish and Ernest
Butler, |
, J. I
Farrow,
Miss Clyde Coan ■?
the directors in turn re-elected the of-; sell and Johnson. It might be said . a «-»
1 ip*'”7-Announces I or co.
I is concerned, but they came from the I - .
directors are: R. W. Higgin-. depths of hearts of men who present-1 dnrLft'OrTirP
botham, J. D. Ham, W. A. Nunnelley, [ed them. CzivllA VrlllVv
“ — - — • •” j a new system was adhered to a* to I ____ *
" captaincy of the team. It was decid- . ... . ,
The Free Press is authorized with
this issue to present the name of
I of De Leon as a
1 candidate for the office
—i
C. Steakley.
The officers are: R.
botham, president ; W. A. Nunnelley, i back field and
vice-president; R- R- Harvey, active | choice fell
r for
-1 Leon and is perhaps as widely known j bas
‘ and universally liked ^s any business ' "
i woman in De Leon, fler duties have >" this pointion, than has Mr. Brown
been largely clerical, hence she has He has been employed by the present
[ gained wide experience during the
[ years she has been thus employed.
I Miss Coan has lived in and near
i De Leon for twenty-one years.
are better than a year ago.
To be more exact, the bank closed
its books on Dec. 31, 1925 with depor
sits subject to check of
Tmore than on the same date
ago. Their total deposits
980.76.
The total resources of the Farmers .
& Merchants National Bank on the
last day of December 1924 was $544,- [ usual “pep” which made her
152.58. On the same date in Decem-
ber 1925 the total resources were
$648,637.04 ‘ .
Declared 15 Per Ce^t Dividend
The bank declared a cash dividend
of 15 per cent to all stockholders
In fact this bank has not 'men the value of th"'letters, and issu
----w. __—>_j -----x— Each of the fourteen I
* « bank men responded with a short speech,
able to add a substantial amount < Sweaters with the coveted ”D” were :
.. .. . —. . ---• i wl , men:
I Smith, Boswell, Easterling,
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i Stover, Steakley, J
directors was on Tuesday, j January [ Holleman, and Nance.
12th. After the stockholders had vot-1 Tokens of appreciation were given i
ed to retain the old board of directors i by the men to Messrs. Compton, Rus-
the directors in turn re-elected the of-, sell and Johnson. It might be said
ficers who have served the bank for j the gifts were nothing so far as value ■
a number of years. , |is concerned, but they came from the I
The directors are: R. W. Higgin- depths of hearts of men who present-
botham, J. D. Ham, W. A. Nunnelley, [ ed them.
T. P. Patterson. R. R Harvey and Z i A new system was adhered to a* to I
ox—«-•. ~ — I captaincy of the team. It was decid-'
W. Higgin- led to have two captains, one for the !,.•"? *
‘ 1 one for the line. The ‘b is issue to present the . Brown as a
r I on Elton Boswell for the )*»» Com of De L^on as a Commissjoner of Prpcinct
— riee-premdent; Z. C. Steakley, cashier backfield and Lewis Easterling for• > a Coan n<)w and hjjfi r
- Jeff Tate, aft * ■
- -An accompl
the healthy condition of the institu-
tion, and of which the officers can feel
< justly proud, is the fact that they
were able with their own resources
To handle the peanut crop, which was
marketed within a period of
four weeks, aggregating $150,000.00
A large number pf visiting preach-
' “ . dis-
have trict at the Methodist Church gath-
; done so for the reason that it appears ered at the local church on Tuesday
.that if we dispense with the services , this week and spent the day in dis-
' of an auditor we would lie obliged to cussion of church nroblems. Numer-
Tlje Free Press takes pleasure ih!UPe an extra clerk* in at least two of ous laymen made reports and ad-
----*-----■ — * * > a trreater . dresses. Dr. Matthews of * Fort
candidate for the office
* “ * ) No. 4,
subject to the action of the Democr
se.-rr. - .^UlUU J------- .. _________________
in the Precinct, * opir;nn that retainini? a County pital at Ft. Worth, which is the larg*
H*onemy,
i a more thorough working know- ; «We snent i
ledge of the work required of a man |;(<t vear repairing and
as any
Her duties have
F. & M. National De Leon Y.M.B.L ;
Bank Report Shows Banqueted Football
Flattering Condition Team January l&l
The amount of money on deposit' A banquet was given January 9th
ia a community is a good medium by at the Travelers Hotel, De Leon, maik •
which to test real prosperity, and ing the formal closing of a verj sue- ..—. R
when the Farmers & Merchants Na- cessful year for the “Bearcats”. In
tiofiAT Bank-issued--their statement^l. her own class. De Leon finished with
2 one
was
3.
to admit that conditions in De Leon’j Dr. A. M. Allen, president" of the
school board, was toastmaster, and,
delighted his listeners throughout the
evening. Rev. Seba Kirkpatrick was (
• present, representing the religious in-
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1926, newspaper, January 15, 1926; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262163/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.