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The Canton Herald
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VOLUME 55
THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1937.
NUMBER 40.
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DISTRICT COURT WILL BE CROWDED THURSDAY AS FUND SUIT UP
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Good roads for
DRAWS FAVOR FROM FRANCE
factor that is carrying on for the
Address, value of reading, S. O.
use of money therefrom, makes it
SAFEGUARD.
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setting
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angles. That condition gives the
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in the county
POLITICS
any office holder under our govern-
Indictments.
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ANNOUNCING.
COMING ATTRACTIONS!
ROYAL THEATRE.
a
Double Quick.
elect him
RESTRAIN HIM
and
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gusted senators and representatives He was convicted of the bur- sickness and death of our father
trying to break into office Texas i glary in the homes of a number of and grandfather.—Mr. and Mrs. O.
Don’t work too much looking for
Canton citizens here recently.
H. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Terry. the ethics of leisure.
has ever seen.
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being cleared. In a district court
hearing, there is no power in num-
any
this
That the superintendent or princi-
pal of each school be made respon- j
sible for that school’s being 100 per |
cent; 2. That each week a list of
100 per cent schools be published in
the county papers. That Mr. I.ough-
THURSDAY. .
What will it be
all
ru-
V. R. Smitham, state director of
the Farm Security Administration
called on the local county FSA of-
fice Thursday in connection with
HEARING TODAY ON
ROAD & BRIDGE FUND
DIFFERENCE IN COURT
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dawson and
sons, Athol Allen and Bobbie spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Wor-
tham with Mrs. Dawson’s father, A.
W. Holton. Mr. Dawwson attended
to business in Austin while they
were away.
sanctions
tions.
Then
warned
which
ed.
the Capitol.
It lies in a desk-shaped marble
case on the second floor of the li-
brary. Nearby is the Declaration of
There was no time lost in the
trial of 'L. C. Dennis (Col.) in dis-
court here Friday. The negro was
indicted by the grand jury for bur-
glary at 9 o’clock, tried before the
court at 10, was given a ten year
sentence and was carried to Hunts-
ville that day to begin serving his
term.
New Car Registration.
S. P. Leeper, Ford coach.
Robert Fling, Plymouth coach.
E. A. Wilson, Ford pickup.
Hermon Burthal, Ford coach.
T. D. Smith, Ford pick-up.
J. C. Orsborn, Ford pick-up.
Is At Stake Unless Something
Done To Stop Murders"
mental system having a flock
’em.
With State politics already
with Gene
Sothem.
Oct. 12-13,
I
Commissioners Court
Proceedings Given
many benefits can be deriv-
(Signed):
WILLIE GILMORE,
ADA CLARK,
H. B. YOUNGBLOOD,
JNO. T. RHODES.
RESOLUTIONS ARE
ADOPTED BY THE
COUNTY TEACHERS
School Contracts.
Turner, Porter Richards.
Arcridge, W. H. Calloway
A. V. McWilliams.
X ■
PRESIDENT TELLS
NATION THAT PACE
OF WAR GROUPS FAST
Historians Tell
How Constitution
Escaped Burnine
The North Van Zandt County
District Singing Convention at En-
terprise, Oct 9, and 10. the second
Sunday and the Saturday night be-
fore. A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to all singers and lovers of sing-
ing to attend. B. W. PIRTLE.
President.
Group Asks All of
Schools of County
To Join the League
A. J. RILEY,
J. E. RHODES,
M. L. MATHERLY.
W. G. COLEMAN,
GRADY' L. COATES,
ROY' NORMAN,
RANDALL RICHARDS,
M. DUNN,
THELMA BAGLEY,
FAYE TERRY.
BRAINS AT ODDS;
VOICE STUTTERS
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We recommend that all schools)
of Van Zandt county become mem- "The Peace of The United States
would only result in the court room; impossible for road work of
Roosevelt Hits Foreign Wars’ Aggresso
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No particular potential candi-
date has approached us about run-
ning for office, but talk has it that
quite a few are becoming ambitious
and somewhat covetous of county
offices next year. This does not
mean that there is disatisfaction in
regards to the present office hold-
ers, but when a fellow like Morgan
G. Sanders has to make a race as
Card of Thanks.
May God’s erichest blessing for
ever be with each and every one
who was so nice to us through
Marriage Licenses.
Oliver Kenney to Dessie Calder.
Luther B. Harman to Orpha Zet-
ty.
T. W. Adams to Maxine Erwin.
A. C. Joyner to Sallie Dickerson.
W. H. Denton to Alarie Brum
mett.
G. W. Erwin to Christine Hen-
drix
Kirby Scott to Evelyn Bradley.
W. L. Craven to Ella Oree Whit-
tington.
J. T. Russell to Jewell Bilbrey.
J. T. Pitts to Pearl Lynn.
up the
is a fairly
about the injunction recently grant-
ed by the court against the Com-
missioners Court dividing Road &
Bridge incomes between the pre-
cincts.
Information received by this pa-
per is to the effect that cards are
being mailed citizens of Precinct
No. 4, the precinct that is contest-
ing the court’s privilege to divide
the funds equally, in an effort to
have them at court today. The con-
The Program For
P.-T. A. County Council
against trus
the‘flare and statements coming
forth weekly that this one and that
one is a favorite among the voters,
it looks like a lively six months the
first half of next "open season on
handkerchief picker-uppers.”
bers—only in common sense
legal knowledge.
Subscribe now to the WILLS
POINT CHRONICLE and CANTON
HERALD from now until October
1938, $1.00. This offer is good only
to residents of Van Zandt county.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mills of Edge-
wood enjoyed a family reunion with
their children at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Curtis Hilliard, and
family in Canton Sunday. They are
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wellmaker of
Corsicana, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Mills
and Mr. and Mrs. Rawliegh Mills
of Van, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mills
of the Willow Springs community.
Miss Nettie Faye Mills of Edge-
wood and Miss LaFarris Mills of
Arp.
brain are attempting to control his
organs of speech.
The speech specialist said that
it had never been definitely estab-
lished in any individual case that
forcing a left-handed child to be-
come right-handed caused the child
to stutter. He said, however, that
statistics showed that ten per cent
of the persons so changed became
stutterers.
Judge G. O. Crisp was back op
the bench in district court Monday-
after an absence of two weeks
which he spent presiding over the
court in Henderson county in an
exchange with Judge Sam Holand
who presided here.
Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter.
Oct. 15-16, "Reported Missing",
with William Gargan, Jean Rogers.
Oct. 16-17, “They Gave Him a
Gun", with Spencer Tracy and
Franchot Tone.
Oct. 19-20, “Rom onaedkfE
Oct. 19-20, "Romeo and Juliet",
with Norma Shearer and Leslie
Howard.
Oct. 22-23, "Charlie Chan at the
Olympics,” with Warner Oland.
Oct. 23-24, "Pick a Star,” with
Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley and Lyda
Roberti.
Oct 26-27, "Wee Willie Winkie,”
with Shirley Temple, Victor McLag-
len.
Oct. 29-30, “Venus Makes Trou-
ble”, with James Dunn and Patricia
Ellis.
Oct. 30-31, "Parnell," with Clark
Gable and Myrna Loy.
Raymond and Ann
Washington, Sept.
This was Mr. Smitham's first
visit to Van Zandt county and the
local county FSA personnel was
highly elated over a visit by such
a distinguished official.
Mr. Smitham is endowed with a
very magnetic personality which
renders him invaluable in public
service and it has been said of him
that he is a conservative business
man of the John Garner type,
which would indicate that the Ten-
ant Farm Purchase program in
Texas is in safe hands.
Mr. Smitham was accompanied
by T. C. Watson, assistant state di-
rector, who has been devoting con-
siderable time recently to training
the county personnel in farm plan
making, and the investigation of
the eligibility of applicants for Re-
habilitation laons. Families who are
not susceptible to supervision and
whose earning capacity does not
ena,ble them to repay their loans as
they mature are not eligible for
loans, Mr. Watson stated.
To Mr. Watson goes much of the
credit for the practical adaptation
of farm plans to this area which
are formed at Washington to apply
generally.
No application for farm pur-
chase loans can be received until
funds are allotted to the county, it
was stated.
said account to pay said warrants,
18.—Histor- it was ordered that the Jury Fund
4 in the court house Thursday
'Slave Ship," with
purchase warrants No. 17 and 18
series together with interest on
warrants 15 and 16 at par and ac-
crued interest amounting to $1100.
"The matter of the balance in
the 1932 series funding warrant
sinking fund came up for consider-
ation and it appeared that the war-
rants against said fund have here
tofore been paid off and there is a
balance remaining in said fund of
$741.38. It is hereby ordered that
said fund be transferred to the
1933 funding warrant sinking fund.
The vote on all orders were unani-
mous.
"The court also voted to employ
the services of West & Sanford and
Wynne & Wynne to represent the
Commissioners Court in the pend-
ing hearing today, Thursday.”
nature to be carried on in
county.
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da
Following are the resolution
that were adopted at the Van
Zandt county teachers meeting in
Canton Saturday. ,
Since the teaching profession is
a profession and since the State
Teachers’ Association is our cnly
professional organization, to join I
this organization is the obligation!
of every teacher in this county of'
Van Zandt. Last year our county!
had a 61 per cent membership—a1
member below the average. Since'
ral and class B schools an equal
footing on the board with the Class
A organizations. Not that the Class
A groups will over-ride the little
fellows, .but just as a matter of pre-
caution.
he has had to in the past few times, since has the original been out of
one can look forward to practically
tection. He said world conditions of
late have been "growing progress-
ively worse” until a ‘haunting fear
of calamity” pervades the air.
He said the peace, freedom and
security of 90 per cent of the
world’s population now is jeopar-
dized by a 10 per cent which threat-
ens to destroy international law and
order. “Surely,” the President con-
tinued, “the 90 per cent can and
must find some way to make their
will prevail.”
Speech Draws France O K.
French diplomatic and political
quarters expressed great satisfac-
tion today over President Roose-
velt's speech and called it a “time-
ly warning to troublemakers.”
the county or good ones for only
be or not to be restrained from a
distribution of funds to depleted
treasuries, is what the Commis-
sioners Court is overly anxious to
determine. The state of affairs now
is that the Court can make no ap-
propriations to any road precinct
for this or any other month until
something definitely is decided
upon. With Thursday of this week
set as the day to hear the merits
of the case in which Shivers, et al,
are the plaintiffs, Canton will see
a record crowd in the court room
or we miss our guess.
against aggressor na-
More About Yams.
Gilmer, Oct. 4.—Forty one yan
producing counties of East Texa.
today were formally invited to join
in the celebration of the Third An-
nual East Texas Yamboree here,
Oct. 21, 22 and 23.
Yam growers, business and civic
leaders and schools of a wide area
"Be it remembered that this be-
ing the fourth day of October and
the First Monday of said month
and this being the Commissioners
Court Day to set up appropriations
from the Road and Bridge fund for
a working fund to each respective
precinct, and it appearing to the
court that due to the litigation of
the Road and Bridge funds for the
month of October that the set-up
be suspended from day to day and
term to term until the courts, .both
district and commissioners, find it
proper to make such set-ups."
This motion was made by Com
missioner Joe M. Chamblee and
duly seconded by Commissionel
Frank Green and the vote was
unanimous. The fact that the Com
missioners Court’s hands are tied
sensus of opinion in that precinct
appears to be "there is power in by injunction granted Shivers and
Independence. Officals estimate
that from 2,500 to 3,000 persons
view them daily.
Friday night and Saturday after-
noon “Behind Headlines” Lee Tracy
is the energetic newshawk in the
pepy tale. Through his short wave
set he saves the girl, Diana Gibson,
a bright new come and blocks the
theft of a lot of gold bullion.
Saturday night and Sunday
“There Goes My Girl.” The aged
set-up of two-newspaper people who
fall in love while covering a mur-
der. It has good comedy.
Tuesday and Wednesday, "Slave
Ship." A rugged and skillfully di-
rected drama dealing with teh Af-
rican slave traffic of 1850 with
Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery.
Gov. James Allred fought ex-
travagant measures at the last ses-
sion of legislature until his tongue
lolled out, if the records are
straight, and we’ve hardly ever
heard of them being otherwise. He
vetoed measure after measure that
called for expense to the state, but
let those measures ride which seem-
ed to have the mass approval of the
public. Now, after the worthy sena-
tors and representatives have voted
social measures that require huge
appropriations from a depleted
state treasury and the people have
voiced their sanction of same, Gov.
Allred is ridiculed, criticized and
called vile names by his legislators
because he desires that they raise
the money with which to pay the
state’s obligations, with Senator
Holbrook the loudest in his inane
charges and preamblings of nothing
but show stuff.
Allred will run for a third term.
That seems like a rash statement,
but he’s going to run for a third
term and incidentally the people
are going to re-elect him. The only
way such could be stopped would
be for the legislature to give him
all he asks for and thereby take
him out of the “martyr” light he
is now in. Personally we admire
Allred for his stand on matters. He
has re-enforced courage in face of
a clamoring majority, but our pre-
diction i th majority in this in-
stance will be for him.
Restrain him and elect him.
Abide your time and watch the cul-
minations. Next year’ going to see
some of the sickest and most dis-
day, Thursday, in Canton, when it
. . . qut s onwill be decided what is to be done
The grand jury was in session
on Friday of last week and return-
ed seven bill of indictments. Four
burglary. One horse theft. One
chicken theft, and one driving
while drunk.
ians at the Library of Congress re-
told today the story of the narrow
escape from diestruction which the
original copy of the Constitution
had in the early days of the repub-
lic.
It was 1814 when the British ad-
vanced on the Capitol.
Three unnamed clerks of the
state department were the savior.
On the night of Aug. 23 they stuf-
fed the Government’s records and
valuable papers—including the ori-
ginal of the Constitution—into
course linen sacks and carted them
to an unoccupied grist mill in the
Virginia side of the Potomac river.
The next day one of the clerks,
fearing that a cannon factory near-
by might attract a British raiding
party, procured wagons and con-
veyed the papers 35 miles farther,
to Leesburg, Va. There he placed
them in an empty house, locked the ■
doors and gave the keys to a min-
ister.
That night (Aug. 24) the Gov-
ernment offices in Washington
were set afire.
Libriary officials said at no time
Transfer Funds.
Minutes of the court show: “On
this the First Day of October, the
commissioners court met and there
came up the matter of warrants
against the Road and Bridge Fund-
ing Warrants Sinking fund and
there being insufficient funds in
in solemn language he
that Isolation is not pro-
State Teachers’ Association at
Houston during the Thanksgiving
holidays; 4. Since the reading of
professional literature is another
duty of the teacher, that the teach-
ers read the “Texas Outlook," from
miller, or a secretary appointed by (Farm Tenant Program which was
him, compile this list each week; ( recently assigned by Secretary Wal-
3. That we place Van Zandt county lace to the FSA for ejecuticn.
on the map by attending the state
Oct. 8-9. "Behind Headlines,”
with Lee Tracy.
Oct. 9-10, “There Goes My Girl,”
Their intention seeming to be a
safeguard against a Trust, the
County Interscholastic League
group met recently in Canton to
name heads of the various depart-
ments, but refrained from naming
a director general until after the
location of the league center had
been named. Supt. A. O. Loughmill-
er will serve in that capacity until
the place for the meet has been des-
ignated. It was also decided that
when the place was designated and
the director general named, then
that person serving on the board of
directors from the general direc-
tor's school will be asked to resign
in order that any one school will
not have more than one member on
were invited to send exhibits to the
Yam Show and compete for a list
of fifty-two cash awards, be repre-
sented at the All-Service Clubs
Luncheon, in the Yam,boree Parade
and many other activities as East
Texas pays homage to its famous
yam crop.
Four states, Louisiana, Oklaho-
ma, Arkansas and Texas have
been invited to be represented by a
state princess at the coronation of
Queen Yam lii, while many cities
of the state are also expected to
designate a representative to this
social event.
The Yam Show, about which the
three-day festival is centered, is ex-
pected to attract 200 or more en-
tries as indications point to an ex-
cellent crop and growers evidence
great interest in this contest.
The Yam Pie Show, another fea-
ture of the celebration, will witness
the women of the yam producing
sections, vicing for cash awards for
the best plain and variation of yam
pies, while other delicacies having
the yarn as a basic ingredient,
ranging from cake to ice cream,
will be exhibited.
School bands will compete for
three trophies in the parade and
floats will also vie for three prizes.
the board.
Which all in all i
good idea considered
Little Rock.—A stutterer is two
persons when he stutters, according
to Dr. Robert Millsen, director of
the Indiana speech clinic.
Speaking before the annual con-
vention of the Arkansas Stutterer's
Association, Dr. Millsen explained
that in normal people one side of
the brain controls the body, but
when a person stutters both sides
are struggling for control. One-sid-
ed brain control, he said, accounts
for persons being right-handed or
left-handed.
“When a stutterer stumbles,” Dr.
Millsen said, “he really is two per-
sons. besides both sides of his
the State Association is the one children.
benefit of the Teachers of Texas, Loving.
therefore be it Resolved: that we Announcements.
make Van Zandt county 100 per' Adjournment.
cent for the State Teachers’ Associ-j ----------------
ation by Nov 1. STATE FSA OFFICIALS
To Achieve Ibis the following
recommendations are suggested: 1. WERE HERE THURSDAY
bers of the Interscholastic League.
We call your attention to final date
of paying fees.
We recommend that a separate
meet be held as was done last year
one for class A. and B. schools, an-
other for rural schools. The meets
to be held on different dates.
That a director general not be
selected until the place for holding
the county meet is determined.
That the county superintendent
act as director general until a di-
rector general is elected.
That the following directors for
the separate events ,be elected, each
to have an assistant. These assist-
ants are to have the responsibility
, and the authority to direct the ru-
ral meet. The following are the di-
rectors:
Declamation. S. O. Loving,
Edgewood; Roy Norman, Went-
worth.
Debate: C. C. Moore, Van; S. C.
Bobo, Dawson.
Extemporaneous Speech: Mrs. J.
L. McElvany, Wills Point; Randall
Richards, Fairview.
Spelling: Miss Faye Terry, Mar-
tins Mill; Mrs. C. L. Simmons, Bur-
nett Chapel.
Ready Writers: Miss Mary An-
drews, Canton; Miss Eyelyn Poe.
Owlet Green.
Athletic Director: M. L. Mather-
ly, Grand Saline; John T. Rhodes,
Pruitt.
Music Memory: Mrs. Ruth Scott,
Edom; Miss Farrel Burnett, Colfax.
Picture Memory: Mrs. H. L.
Burns, Myrtle Springs; Miss Eton
Baker Watts.
Motion carried the school which
is selected as the site of the county
shall relinquish its member on the
executive committee, since this
would give said school two mem-
bers on the executive committee
and that this place be filled by a
representative from a class B.
school, by the executive committee
when the site of the county meet is
selected.
Motion carried that all schools
that were awarded temporary re-
volving trophies at last year's
county meet must return said
trophies before they will be eligible
to receive any awards of any type
in this year’s meet. It was pointed ‘
out in this connected that signed .
receipts were on record showing .
which schools received trophies
last year. (Signed);
Creagleville, Saturday, Oct. 9.
Morning session, 10 a. m.
Assembly singing.
Welcome, Mrs. McAffee.
Devotional, Rev. Hunter.
President's address, Mrs. V. B.
Cozby.
Business Session and Reports.
Announcements.
Noon, lunch.
Afternoon Session, 1:15.
Assembly singing.
Local talent number, reading.
Address, Mrs. G. D. Staton.
Local talent number, singing by
The hearing before District
Court on the Road and Bridge
Fund differences is scheduled to-
RESOLUTIONS.
1. We thank Bryan Dixon for his
efforts during his period of super-
vision in our county. We feel that
through his efforts the standards of
Van Zandt county schools have
been raised.
2. We welcome Arthur Maberry
as our new Deputy State Superin-
tendent. We pledge him our sup-
port and co-operation.
3. We extend our appreciation to
Miss Faye Pannell for her con-
structive health program in Van
Zandt schools.
4. We wish to commend our
county superintendent. A. O.
Loughmiller, for his faithful and
co-operative work not only in the
rural schools, but in all schools.
: 5. We extend our thanks to Miss
Reynolds and John Palmore for
the service they are rendering in
4-H Club work.
6. We thank the East Texas Cot-
ton Oil Company and B. P. Tunnell i
for the book covers donated to the)
schools.
7. We wish to thank those indi-
viduals and firms that made it
possible for the schools to have free
report cards.
8. We endorse the State Teach-
er’s Retirement Plan and urge that
all teachers affiliate with it.
9. We recommend that all rural
schools try to meet standardization
requirements thereby making Van
Zandt 100 per cent in nine months
schools.
10. We extend to the P.-T. A. or-
ganization our sincere gratitude for
the work it is doing.
11. We ask that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to each person
concerned. (Signed):
K. F. COOPER,
BEOLA ASHWORTH,
GLADYS CALLOWAY,
B. O. BOX,
MARY TUNNELL.
numbers," but everyone is aware of others of Precinct 4 prohibiting di-
the fact that 15,000 people of Prec. vision of road and bridge funds, or
COURTEOUS......but speedy
With District Court in progress
and the people of this section nat-
urally all court minded, this is a
good a time as any to pass this
story on to you. You’ve gotta read
it sooner or later, cause it’s on the
hook: It is told of an English judge,
whose strong point was the clerity
with which he dispatched the busi-
ness before him, on one occasion he
sentenced a prisoner to be hanged,
and, in his haste dis-
missed him without pronounc-
ing the usual and important
closing formula. The clerk remind-
ed him of his omission. "Ah, yes,
quite so!” exclaimed the judge:
“bring the prisoner back. Prisoner
at the bar, I beg your pardon.
May the Lord have mercy on your
soul! Officer, remove the prisoner.
Next!"
Warning that the United States
may be attacked if developing
international anarchy” thrives un-
checked, President Roosevelt Tues-
day in Chicago, Ill., deliberately
aimed a bristling speech at nations
involved in Spain and China and
proposed a “concerted” effort by
peace-loving peoples to maintain
justice in the world, says a United
Press story in the Dallas Journal.
Mr. Roosevelt’s targets scarcely
could be mistaken and they seemed
to be Germany, Italy and Japan.
He suggested a quarantine of
offending nations, raising instant
conjecture whether the administra-
tion would join in any method of
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Lumpkin, Ila. The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1937, newspaper, October 7, 1937; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1515686/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.