The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 20 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
e Canton Hera
=
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1930
VOLUME 48
NO 81
*
A very heavy vote was cast in
with the Bachelor of Science de-
of Chandler.
1113 complete:
6
Miss Clean Poole of Dallas is
a
Mrs. G. W. Tull and family.
definitely
attorney
er Jim”, who was governor for a general, enforced
a
de-
he will entirely recover
TO YOUR VOTING BOX
would remain in third position-
W
X
her
old home.
here with relatives and friends.
News comes
friends.
MEETING CLOSED SUNDAY.
The unofficial returns of Satur-
i
ROY SIDES ILL.
are cordially invited to
after all.
attend the services. The preach-
D
CANVASS VOTES SATURDAY.
Y
)
REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Rev. E. S. Brawner, pastor
of
MORE GOOD PICTURES.
him- I
NOTICE.
health.
K
Thomas Todd and Miss
Bess
Ar
Gran-
31t2.
Buy Hay Wire at Eubank Bros. bank Brothers.
bury is now district superintend-
grandmother, Mrs. R. M. Lively,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D- Boyd have
had as their guest this week the
gree.
During the three years
IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY SATURDAY
week-end of her sister, Mrs. Shade
Conner and husband.
Dr. Ray W. Stephens optometric
eye specialist will be at Nolen
Bros. first Monday, August 4. See
voters to take their poll tax re-
ceipts with them to their various
three years she has
miles. For this she
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hardegree,
attending Denton summer school,
spent the past week-end in Can-
ton.
Miss Mary Ben Thomas return-
ed Monday from Rusk, where she
spent a week with her uncle, Dr.
Wm. Thomas and family.
highway work in Van Zandt coun-
ty, and they have quite a number
W. J. Rodgers and wife of Clyde
Texas, were here last week, visit-
ing W. J. Montgomery and wife,
the latter being a daughter.
ter shortage, which would be
serious thing for the town.
Hereafter, until otherwise
some
some-
slight.
ter for winning athletic points.
Miss Johnson is a member of
Historical-Phila Literary Society.
was compelled to resign.
In a hot race for re-election, Mrs.
Special attention given cases of
eye strain that produce headache
and nervousness.
ter each day so it will be safe for
people to drink it—families who
have no other source of supply,
and certainly it is too expensive
to use on the lawns, the gardens
and the streets of Canton at a
time like this.
Sunday, and Miss Earl Blackwell
visited homefolks in Cooper.
point. If you can’t keep cool, keep
as cool as you can.
day's primary in Van Zandt coun-
ty are printed on another page in
this issue.
banner Ferguson box was Short’s
Store, with 24 votes for her and
one for James Young.
Democrats of Van Zandt county
Miss Marienne Sparkman is a
Dallas visitor this week-end, go-
ing to be the guest of friends and
to fill an engagement over radio
Thursday evening.
Ed Marshall spent Sunday here
with his family and friends, re-
turning to Winnsboro, where he is
located for the present.
they are at work for the same
company.
Senator: Henry 150.201, Mitchner
33,291, Sheppard 441,644.
Governor: Ferguson 214,385, Love
74,443, Loven 2.640, Mayfield, 49.007
Miller 48,163, Moody 4,045, Putnam
2,586, Small 116,482, Sterling 154,-
meeting at Wallace last week, and
announces that a meeting will be-
gin at the church at Moore, east
of Canton on the Dixie highway,
next Sunday. Rev. B W. Ware of
Walnut Grove, Miss., will do the
preaching at Moore. All the peo-
ple of that community are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
Mrs. Sherley Cooper of Dallas
and Grand Saline spent the past
week-end here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Foster, and
family.
In another place in this issue is
an article to all users of city wa-
ter, signed by the mayor. Be sure
to read it.
Mrs. Albert Hargrove and sister
A new cotton sack, that wore
out 20 common sacks, on a test.
See it at Eubank Brothers.
1003, Young 66,752, Walker 1,991.
Lieutent Governor: Arnold 40,238,
Darwin 65,130, Hair 37,590, Parnell
96,995, Rogers 71,429, Strong 142,384
Witt 150.831.
as M. Ball in the contest with him,
but Ferguson beat Ball, anyhow,
and went into office on a wave of
popularity seldom equalled.
All went well, and two years la-
ter he was elected again over Ln
Morris, East Texas banker.
%
“Pounded" the Preacher.
An old-fashioned “pounding” was
Sheriff Still IU.
Sheriff W. P. Nixon was report-
ed still confined to his bed first
I"
L
running for his second term. He
was renominated by a majority of
343 votes, according to the unof-
ficial returns, the closeness of the
vote in this race being a great sur-
prise to many when the returns be-
IWO MOST PICTURESQUE FIGURES
IN GOVERNOR’S RACE WERE THE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR THE RUN-OFF
his
days i
a time threatened to replace Ster- “
ling for second place but nearly TAKE POLL TAX RECEIPT
is timely and will be of general in- i Largely because he didn’t explain
then and never has yet, where he
got $156,500 that was traced in the
ROSS STERLING WILL OPPOSE
“MA” FERGUSON IN RUN-OFF
ELECTION TO BE HELD AUGUST 23
IV
was over, a sociable hour or more
was thoroughly enjoyed by all the
visitors as well as the minister
and the members of his household.
primary they visited their parents. They
election date so as vote at their were accompanied home by their
Miss Charlcie Waldrip, who has
been employed here several months
with the Waldron-Elliot Abstract
Co., also Mrs. Veronie Hunt, have
■
The condition of Charlie West,
who has been confined in Bay-
4
2 44
L
(
So, in the next primary, have your
I poll tax with you, thus complying
with the law, and saving time be-
sides.
District Judge Bond, who ob-
tained a substantial lead over his
two opponents in last Saturday’s
primary election, attended to busi-
ness on the motion docket of his
court in Canton Wednesday.
not, “Farmer Jim” will call
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Pittman of
Dallas spent the week-end here
with the latter’s mother, Mrs. C
L. Hubbard.
for LOCALS $
Miss Cleo Liner of Wills Point
was a guest of her cousins, the
Smith twins, this week.
Unless steps are taken at once to
curb the waste of city water that is
going on day and night, and in
some instances, all night, some
Canton families who are depend-
ing solely on lake water for drink
if same is lost or misplaced, an
affidavit is required from the
dred ’ operating a little freight boat would-be voter that it was paid.
B. Mayfield, who ran sadly behind
in the Saturday gubernatorial pri-
mary Mayfield defeated him on the
Klan ticket, at the time the hood-
ed order was most powerful.
Mrs. Ferguson was chosen gov-
ernor in 1924 in the tremendous re-
pulson of sentiment against the
Klan, defeating Felix D. Robertson,
Miss Ailene Anderson of Green-
to be or not, he will be called
prince, and whether he is such or
primary indicates that Ferguson
will gather a majority of the rural
vote, and that Sterling will gain an
advantage in the urban centers.
But a storm was brewing. Fer- of the week with fever, being
guson’s political enemies dug up , first attacked more than ten days
charges of misconduct in office, ago.
state, while Ferguson’s support
Mr. and Mrs. S- S. Waggoner, administered to Rev. A. D. Spark-
accompanied by Verlene and Joe man and family last Monday ev-
Barnes Waggoner, the latter two ening, which was planned as a
having been visiting relatives here, surprise and so carried out The
went to Denton first of the week new parsonage, the home of the
to visit Mesdames D. W. Comp-, honorees, was the scene of the
ton and I. L. Johnson, sisters and ; joyful affair, and after the shock
on Galveston Bay, and in turn got
into business as a cross-roads mer-
chant and then as a village banker.
From two oil wells he bought in
the Humble Field as a young man
where grew the powerful Humble
Oil and Refining company which
he built up. He sold his part of it
five years ago for a sum that ran
high in eight figures, and he also
owns newspaper properties, sky-
scrapers, real estate and other
things to the extent he is one of
the state’s wealthiest men.
Sterling has given freely of his
time since his virtual retirement
from business to the state. He has
been chairman of the state high-
way commission for three years,
and Jie is making the race for gov-
ernor advocating a $250,000,000 bond
issue to make the state’s highway
system one of the best in the coun-
try.
Because Sterling is a wealthy
man and the political bed-fellow
of capital, Ferguson is all the more
delighted to have him for an op-
sented over payments, and Fergu-
son’s entire highway commission ing purposes, as well as domestic
jority.
Her administration was a stormy
one. She hadn’t been in office a
year until talk of impeachment
was heard. Convicts were freed
from the penitentiary by the hun-
dreds. Once the speaker came near
to convening the legislature in an
impeachment session, but didn’t.
The real storm broke when Gov-
the return of
trast for the run-off. The two
pared his lunch to take with him Christian church, and the people
when he left home that morning, j of Canton and surrounding com-
so he enjoyed a birthday dinner munities
ponent. Whether Sterling wants
terest at this time:
Dallas, July 28.—A multi-million-
aire newspaper publisher and a investigation “Farmer Jim was
matronly woman whose jams and ousted, and deprived of his political
preserves have gained state wide suffrage for all time.
recognition for their piquancy will In 1922, he came back into the
be paired against each other for spotlight to make the race for the
the democratic nomination for gov- United States senate against Earle
in-law, Mrs. Paul H. Stanford. The to indicate a frost, and whila
young lady’s many friends sincere- j Tuesday was a hot one, it had
ly hope the operation will be anothing on Wednesday. However,
pronounced success and that she there was a sprinkle of rain at
will soon be restored to perfect Canton Tuesday afternoon late--
and the night was cool enough,
for all practical purposes.
Martin visited Dallas Wednesday.)
------------- Iron wheel farm trucks at Eu- of good friends here. Mr.
State Senator Clint Small, who
bore the colors of West Texas, for by the press is negligent.
Miss Dee Stanford went to Dal- Heat records in Texas in some
las Tuesday to undergo an opera- places broke forty year record
tion for appendicitis at St. Paul’s Tuesday, according to the papers,
sanitarium. She was accompanied the thermometer registering 110 at
by her sisters, Misses Roxie and Texarkana. At Canton, Van Zandt
Geraldine Stanford and her sister- county, Texas, there was nothing
The Baptist meeting closed last
Sunday night, and while results
It is costing the city no'little
, ____ „ ____ _________ .__- — sum of money to "treat" the wa-
ernor if elected, Farmer Jim, Saturday’s primary has asked the
makes no secret of the fact that i paper to urge all the qualified
he will be her chief adviser as he
was before.
come is convincing at the present Sterling enjoys the suport of sev-
time. eral large daily newspapers in the
ernor of Texas in the runoff elec-
tion to be held August 22.
Out of a field of 11 candidates,
seven of whom had high hopes of
nomination, the widely known
Houston capitalist, Ross Sterling,
and Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, wife
of “Farmer Jim” Ferguson, emerg-
The latest published report of re-
turns to the Texas Election Bureau
give the following totals for can-
didates in Saturday’s Democratic
primary:
Returns to the Election Bureau
at the close of the bureau Mon-
day night from 246 counties out of
253 counties in the state, including
to Ferguson got out to leave Thom- him now if you need glasses.
■only necessary to call the public’s
attention to this very important
matter, believing that every indi-
vidual will gladly co-operate in
helping to avoid a threatened wa-
been transferred to George West,
Miss Edith Raper visited home Texas, near Corpus Christi, where
folks in McKinney Saturday and ’ ....
One of the election judges in
uncle, George Kellam and
Owing to the nature of injuries
sustained in his automobile acci-
dent, he is in a weakened condi-
tion. Relatives and friends have
been with him almost constantly
since he entered the hospital, and
all who know him earnestly hope
So in reality, the gubernatorial boxes, and thus save considerable
runoff will be between the Dirt time to the managers of the etec-1
Farmer” candidate who has been tion. He said where the voter was
CANTON GIRL GRADUATES FAVY VATE CAGT
FROM BAYLOR COLLEGE --—h V 1 V • 1 — •r 1
Lamar Sides departed Sunday
for Lubbock, being advised that
his brother, Roy Sides, was quite
sick. Later, discouraging news was
received from the patient, and his
mother, Mrs. L. H. Sides and Mrs.
Lamar Sides departed for Lub-
bock Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Sides only returned to Lub-
bock a short time ago, and the
young man’s many friends will
very much regret to hear of his
condition, all sincerely hoping that
he will yet recover from an ill-
ness that has been upon him for
some time.
counties, 69 of which were com-
plete returns.
No two candidates in the wide
edmsatsonsprimafyomandtrrdexs the Klan candidate, by a big -
S. F. Wiggins, writing the pa-
per from Fort Worth, says he and
his wife, in company with their
son-in-law, Earl Hopper and wife
of Oklahoma City, returned just
a few days ago from a 4,000 mile
trip, which extended into Canada,
their visit being mentioned in this
paper on the eve of their de-
parture. They passed through Ok-
lahoma, Missouri, Illinois, India-
na, Michigan and into Ontario,
and Mr. Wiggins states that the
drouth is hurting the crops up to
and Including Illinois.
The county Democratic executive
committee, of which W. E. West
is chairman, will meet in Canton
Saturday of this week for the
purpose of canvassing the votes
polled in last Saturday’s primary
election, and declaring the re-
sults officially
Next Tuesday, August 5, will
be the last day for candidate to
file their report of campaign ex-
penses.
Saturday, August 23, the second
or run-off primary election will
be held, to determine the winners
in such races where no one can-
didate received a majority of the
votes cast in the primary.
Mrs. Anna McMahon has had
for her guests during the past
few days her brother, Rev. John
Mayne, and family of Ranger; B.
F. Tunnell and wife of Matador,
the former being superintendent of
the school there; Miss Exa Jor-
dan of Houston, who is a niece,
and Misses Marie and Gordon
Jordan of Grand Saline, also
nieces.
county attorney’s race reached an ■ niece, who spent several
Mrs. Kate Todd returned to Dal-
las Wednesday, after a vacation
visit with her father, L. W. Ward
and family, Canton, Route 7.
Notice is hereby given that here
tofore on May 12, 1930, the Board
of Equalization of Van Zandt
county, Texas, was duly organized
and after deliberation some recess-
ed subject to the call of the coun
ty judge, and that said board will
resume its labors on August 14th,
1930, at its regular meeting place,
the court house at Canton, Van
Zandt county, Texas.
Any persons, firms or corpora-
tions desiring to have their taxes
equalized are notified to be pres-
ent at that time and place.
Done by order of the commis-
sioners’ court, this the 28th day of
July, A. D. 1930.
C. A. GROVES,
County clerk, Van Zandt, county,
Texas-
ent of state highway work, with
headquarters in Houston.
CANTON’S WATER SUPPLY . c..,
MUST RE CONSERVEN - in Saturday s primary
MIST BE CONSERVED disposed of al of the contests for
j younger brother and younger sister,
— who are visiting here for a while.
from Rockwall, -------------
Mesdames W. F. Couch and Lo-
rene Pinkerton visited Denton
Tuesday, and were accompanied
home by little Misses Josephene
Ashworth and Naomi Couch, who
had been visiting friends for a
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Walsh of the
Jackson country were shopping in
Canton Wednesday; that is, the
latter seemed to be doing the
shopping, while the former was
"brushing up" a little on politics,
since the recent skirmish in the
first primary.
here on vacation, visiting her
heard from the Texas stump ofi not personally known, and his or,
and on for 16 years, and a new-। her name was not shown on the '
corner in the field of politics who | poll list, an affidavit was requir-
has tremendous support. ed from the voter, and at his box
Ross Sterling and Jim Fergu- alone more than forty affidavits
son are both sons of the soil. Both, difficulty was encountered more or
began life as poor boys, and bat- , less at all boxes in the county,
tied their way to unquestioned The election law requires that
success without favor or family, the voter present a poll tax re-
name. ceipt as a requisite to vote, but
Sterling is a product of the coast
country. He earned his “first hun-
the Canton Methodist circuit,
name, and twice as wife of “Farm- ernor Dan Moody, then
The programs being given by
the Royal Theatre, Canton’s all-
talking picture show, have been
drawing many nice compliments.
The management is carrying out
its promise in the beginning, when
the new Theatre was opened, to
provide the best to be had in
screen offerings. The people of the
town and country-side now know
where to go for amusement of a
high order, and what adds still
more is the cooling system install-
ed which makes patrons comfort-
able throughout every perform-
ance. The new offerings appear-
ing in the display ad of the Roy-
al in this issue will interest you,
if you care at all for first-class
pictures. Turn to it and see who
is coming.
Miss Jack Kincannon of Grand
Bayou, La., was a guest last
complete returns indicated he
While Mrs. Ferguson will be gov-
daughter of Judge Jno. S. Spinks torial nomination last Saturday as
and wife, deceased, of Canton. 64,330 over her nearest opponent,
___ Ross Sterling. The final account-
; ing of the vote in the 253 coun-
J. W. Bateman, county survey-ties of the state had not been
or, celebrated his 65th birthday I made at that time.
Wednesday of last week, survey- _______._______
ing as usual in the Van oil ter- Christian Church Revival,
ritory. He says his good wife had A revival meeting will begin
his birthday in mind when she pre next Tuesday, August 5, at the
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Bateman of
Tyler spent Friday night and Sat-
urday here with the former’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J W. Bate-
self the pauper.
Sterling is a man of plain hab-
its, just as Ferguson is. Despite
his great wealth, his wants and in-
dulgenees are simple.
Ferguson’s political career is
history. Successful as a farmer, he
became a banker as a young man,
and he was president of a bank in
Temple when he first ran for gov-
ernor back in 1914.
The race got so hot that year
that all of the candidates opposed
the Democratic primary in Van
Zandt county last Saturday, the
_ . , . , M 88I vote for sheriff reaching a total of
Johnson has been in Baylor Col. ' as compared to 4,512 ballots
lege she has specialized in home in the first primary in 1928, a
economics and ha, been a member of 1,113. The large number of
of the home economics club for candidate, dor governor as well a,
the same length of time a number or county offices doubt-
_ 0 owing, er grad ua ion . • rom less accounts for the large turn-j former's sister, Miss Fairy Boyd
Canton high school M valed.etor^
ian she entered Baylor where she payments were lighter this
has been a popular student In than in 1928.
e I Mrs. Ferguson carried the coun-
.... . „ , , aS een ty over James Young, who was ex-
awarded three hiking letters and mcta . .. „ 11. ona en.
several stripes. During her senior pected to.set a Plurality, and for
year. Miss Johnson was president the first timeaa Ferguson carried
le L. Eiviu0 e,.,0. .0 two boxes in Wills Point in a Dem-
of the Hiking Club, one of the . , o. . , no ,
. . - .. .01 .. . ocratic primary. She carried 26 of
largest of the athletic organize- 11 ,. . .. ' . .
tions. She is also a member of the 31 voting boxes in Van Zandt
Woman’s Athletic Association and county, the remaining five boxes
vice-president of Woman’s Athle- giving majorities to James Young
tis Council this summer. She was and being as follows: Southwest
Baylor Athletic Service Swea-Canton, Southeast Canton, Myrtle
Springs, Colfax and Corinth. The
lor hospital, Dallas, for
time, is reported possibly
what improved, although
were not what had been hoped, gan to come in on Saturday night,
yet in many respects it was one ™ ...... x -
of the best meetings ever held in
the town. The sermons delivered
by the pastor, Rev. A. D. Spark-
man, were truly logical, timely and
term and a half. ' $600,000 to the state highway com- |
Mrs. Ferguson led Sterling by mission from road building com-
more than 55,000 vole, on the bas-panies which he claimed repre-
is of returns from 243 out of 253
acute stage on the eve of the pri-
mary, little attention being paid to
the opposition to County Attorney
Paul Stanford until the last few
weeks of the campaign as he was
man, other relatives and numer-Mrs. Johnnie Ayers returned last
i ,, ous friends, and incidentally tim- week from Moran, Texas, where
Mis.Opal Kellis is in Waco this ed their visit with the
week, "having returned with he
W. W. Weldon, living in South
Canton, who doesn't visit the court
house and its shade tree environs
as often as he used to, on account
of some infirmities, ventured out
Saturday and cast his vote in the
Democratic primary, and spent
some little time in the busy town
conversing with old-time friends.
Belton, July 30.—Miss Fontilla
Johnson, daughter of B. F. John-
son, Canton, will be graduated
from Baylor College, August 5.
Attorney General: Allred 243,720,
Becker 60,617, Bobbitt 222,791, Stor-
ey 104,970.
Comptroller: Mills 197,447, Shep-
pard 394,136.
State Treasurer: Ball 101,350,
Christian 79,693, Clark 79,280, Da-
vis 177,371, Lockhart 156,294.
Commissioner of Agriculture:
Freeman 97,735, King 110,968, Mc-
Donald 155,223, Maddux 68,054, Wal-
ler 61,244, West 68,718.
Land Commissioner: Burks 89,-
481, Johnson 158,039, Walker 318,790
Railroad Commissioner: Hatcher
143 701, Johnson 91,290, Neff 307,151
Patton 80,133.
Supreme Court: Cureton 366,045,
Thomas 220,533.
Criminal Appeals: Lattimore 346,-
765, Stephens 246,936.
READ IT CAREFULLY.
Jerome Groves and miy of county that Mrs. Homer Garden- Mrs. Ferguson’s Lead.
Breckenridge, Texas. arrived asthire ran second in her race for The latest report of the Texas
week for a visit with C. A. Groves I tax assessor of that county, there Election Bureau appearing in
and family and other relatives and being five candidates for the place.' Wednesday, afternoons Dallas
She will be in the run-off. She , Times-Herald gave Mrs. Miriam A.
was formerly Miss Blanche Spinks. Ferguson’s lead for the guberna-
The foliowig comment on the Overnight, impeachment charges
governor’s race, written by the were voted and Ferguson was put
correspondent of the United Press, on trial.
This week started out as about
the hottest one yet of the summer,
Monday being almost, if not a
record breaker in these parts,
while in the state of Kansas and
Missouri the thermometer register-
ed as high as 113. Without rain
between now and the date of the
second primary, the run-off in
Texas is destined to be an ex-
ceeding “warm" affair from both
a political and weather stand-
j closed a very successful revival
creed, it is urged that patrons re-
frain from using the city water for
the purpose of sprinkling lawns,
streets in front of their homes,
watering gardens, etc., while it is
requested that flower beds be
sprinkled “lightly.”
NOTICE OF BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION MEETING
Cemetery Working.
There will be a cemetery work-
ing at the Rocky Point cemetery
Friday, August A AU interested
are invited to come and bring
tools and dinner and spend the
----- ing will be done by Rev. Mr.
Geo. A. Rose and Miss Etta Ma-! Chambers of Dallas, who, togeth-
rie Reynolds, a young couple from er with his family, is well known.
Terrell, were married in Canton here, as he has held meetings at
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. D. this place each summer for sever-
Sparkman, Baptist minister, per- al years past. He is a forceful and
forming the cememony at the interesting speaker, and all who
Baptist parsonage. The marriage attend will enjoy his discourses.
altogether interesting, and last-
ing benefits are bound to accrue
from his untiring efforts to win
lost souls for the Master. The
song services under direction of
Sam Reaves were entertaining and
inspiring. The membership of the
church was revived and all
Christians of the town and com-
munity who attended were bless-
ed thereby.
ville has been here for several
days visiting her grandmother,
his new undertaking, knowing j
that he is capable and qualified
for any worthwhile position of
trust.
Emmett Steed, formerly em-
ployed with the First National
Bank, has a responsible office po-
sition with Gulf Oil Company in
the city of Houston. His many
friends wish him all success in
pected to inspire immeasurable in-
terest in the race to come.
Overwhelmed in her race for re-
election for the governorship four
years ago, the domesticated wife
of Texas’ most adroit politician has
come out on top of the heap again.
If she wins in the run-off she will
make her fourth trip to the Texas
White House, twice in her own
uses, may be forced to the ex-
tremity of “hauling their water”
field could have afforded more ^t^norZ
most picturesque figures in the majority ever given an elective of- •
race were the first and second j fleer in Texas. Moody got nearly
choices of the voters in the trial, half a million votes.
heat Analysis of the results of the first
It will be a brand new clash be-
tween capital and labor—political
factors as old as the ballot box, and
no basis for speculation on the out-
aunts respectively, and from there
they will go to Abile, the home of
the children's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Waggoner.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J Granbury and
two children of Houston spent
Monday afternoon and nigbt in
Canton, being en route home after
a visit with relatives and friends
in Northeast Texas. This family
resided in Canton for about two
years, during which time Mr.
Granbury was superintendent of
couple were occompanied by
friends from Terrell.
The City Council hopes this
statement will be construed kind-
ly and complied with according-
ly. . CANTON CITY COUNCIL.
J. R. Kellis, Mayor.
—---
county offices except for sheriff,
tax assessor and tax collector.
Sheriff W. P. Nixon and Ollie
Orsborn for sheriff, Homer M.
McPhail and Bonnie M. Nail for
tax assessor, and Roma M. Mathis
and Robert E. Jordan for tax col-
lector will compete in the run-off
election on August 23. Charlie L.
Simmons, the runner-up in the
treasurer’s race, has withdrawn,
giving the nomination to Mrs. John
B. Sides without opposition in the
the second primary.
The following were nominated in
the first primary without opposi-
tion: For representative, D. D.
Richardson; for county clerk, C. A.
Groves; for district clerk, George
L. Yates; for county superinten-
dent, A. O. Loughmiller; for sur-
veyor, J. W. Bateman; for county
chairman, W. E. West.
The two races that attracted the
most interest during the campagin
were that of district judge and
county attorney. In the district
judge's race, Judge Joel R. Bond
secured a majority over both his
opponents in Van Zandt county,
which was a surprise to many who
• expected the -opposition candidates
to poll a larger vote, though it was
generally expected that Judge
Bond would carry this county. The
Attorney Andrew West and fam-
ily of Phoenix, Arizona, arrived
here first of the week for a vis-
it with the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam West near Ben
. Wheeler and his two brothers in
! Canton, Judge S. L. West and W
i E. West and family, also a multi-
tude of old-time friends.
day.
i
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. French of
Woodville, Okla., arrived Tuesday
evening for a visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Dean Mathis and
family, H. J. Craft and family,
and others.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Lively, A. G. The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1930, newspaper, August 1, 1930; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1515489/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.