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A CONSTRUCTIVE NEWS
SERVICE FOR SMITH
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ADJOINING COUNTIES
VOL. 8. NO. 18
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Smith County'* Better Farming Program to Our Own People and to Texes—and Tyler to Her Neighbors
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FINAL RETURNS, STATE AND
LOCAL, IN SECOND PRIMARY
TYLER. TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1932
HENRY EDWARDS fit CO.. Pubs.
The latest returns on the govern-
ors race for the state as a whole,
as announced by the Election Bu-
reau, give Mrs. Miriam A. Fergu-
son 476.031 to Gov. Ross S. Ster-
ling s 473,742. Mrs. Ferguson’s ma-
jority, according to these figures is
• n^„votes‘ T!'e total tabulated vote
is 949,470, being complete figures
from all save six of the 254 coun-
ties of the state.
The complete unofficial returns on
the various races, for Smith coutny
are as follows:
For state offices: Governor, Fer-
guson 4769; Sterling 4330, the ma-
jority for Mrs. Ferguson being 439
votes. Railroad commissioner, Sat-
terwhite 2885; Terrell -6330, Terrell’s
majority being 3445 votes; Hatcher
2993 and Thompson 6211, Thomp-
son’s majority being 3218. Thompson
has won in the State.
In the race for Justice of the Su
preme Court the results for the
county were as follows: Pierson
6535 and, Hickman 3313, Hickman’s
lead being 2322. Hickman wins in
the State.
Johnson led Rabb, in the race for
Justice of the Sixth Court of Civil
Appeals, by a vote of 5251 to 3839,
his lead being 1412. Complete unof-
ficial returns show Judge Johnson
winner in the district.
The vote for the three congress-
men-at-large posts was: Place 1—
G. B. Terrell 6597 and Parrish 2397.
Ten-ell’s lead was 4200; Place 2—
Bailey 4780 and Davis 4300, Bailey’s
lead amounting to 480; Place 3—
Strong 5381 and Burkett 3598,
Strong’s lead totaling 1783. Tn con-
gressman-at-large races Terrell,
Bailey and Strong win, State returns
show.
Latham trailed Cooper 6350 to
2961 in Smith county, though his
vote in Gregg county put him over
the top in the final taulation and
gave him the office of flotorial rep-
resentative. Magee defeated Hanson
by a vote of 4946 to 4246 for State
Representative, the majority in this
race being 700 votes. Price was
elected sheriff over Phillips, the
vote being 4986 to 4469, the major-
ity being but 517 votes.
C. C. McDonald defeated Miss
Jewel Frazer, incumbent, for Justice
of the Peace, No. 1, Place 1, 2706
to 2562: Gaines topped Oden for the
same office, No. 1, Place 2, 2767 to
2399 votes.
E. D. Hall defeated Threlkeld, in-
cumbent, for the constable’s job in
Precinct No. 1, the vote being 2822
to 2390.
OPENING DATE OF
TYLER CITY SCHOOLS
Tyler city schools, including
Junior College, will open Monday,
September 12. Regular schedule will
be run on this date. Hence, it is very
important that all students of the
junior high schools, senior high
school and junior college make their
schedules before the opening date.
Under such plan of registration,
time for enrollment of pupils is not
taken from the regular nine months
school term as is done by many of
the schools in the state. All prelim-
inary work is done by a committee
oi teachers who give their services
to the public school in order that
no time be lost from the regular
school term; thus giving to the stu-
dents full nine months of recitation
work. This plan of organization not
only saves money to the school sys-
tem, but provides additional oppor-
tunity for personal, supervision. • It
aids students in making their sched-
ules, and prevents much annoyance
and worry in selection of courses.
Therefore, the school officials ear-
nestly ask for the co-operation of
both parents and students in Carry-
ing out this plan of organization.
New students of junior and se-
nior high school classification includ-
ing those who have been -in Tyler
schools before, but who were not
enrolled in the last term of the 1931-
32 session, should report to their
respective schools for classification
Friday, September 2, or Saturday
morning, September 3. All students,
including those entering the senior
high school for the first time who
have been temporarily classified bv
the principal, will report to the high
school building on the following
dates:
The Gubernatorial Race
Our general report of Saturday’s
election returns gives the state-wide
tabulations in the gubernatorial race
up to> the time of going to press.
Texas has never witnessed a closer
race for a state-wide office, nor one
in which more votes were cast than
in the present year.
Mrs. Ferguson, according to un-
official reports made to the Texas
Election Bureau, is leading Governor
Sterling by some 2200 votes. It is
believed that less than a thousand
votes remain to be accounted for.
Both Sterling and Ferguson are
claiming the victory. The voters, as
well as the candidates, are in sus-
pense—and they will remain so un-
til the final action of the State
Democratic Executive Committee
when it meets at Lubbock on Sept.
12.
From statements given out as au-
thoritative by friends of both candi-
dates the prospect looms that even
the State Executive Committee may
not be able to settle the matter.
That means, in the event of failure,
that the contest will go into the
courts—and that means that there is
no telling just how or when the con-
test will be finally determined. In
anv event there will be more or less
bitterness, rancor and animosity;
for such has always marked very
close contests when the question of
illegal votes and of strict compli-
ance with every feature of the
election laws were brought in. It is
not a happy prospect for Texas just
at this time. But one thing we may
all do with propriety—and that is to
guard our temper and our tongues.
None of us can afford to be parti-
san anv longer; for there is nothing
that any friend of either candidate
can now do as an individual out
among his neighbors whereby addi-
tional votes may be given for either
candidate.
Argument, crimination, recrimina-
tion—none of these will do any good
for either candidate. But they might
estrange neighbor against neighbor,
friend against friend. Keep your
dignify your profession
High seniors — Monday morning,
September 5;
Low seniors — Monday afternoon,
September 5.
High and low juniors — Tuesday
morning, September 6.
High sophomores— Tuesday after-
noon, September 7.
Low sophomores—Wednesday mor-
ning, September 7.
Postal cards for ninth, tenth and
eleventh grade pupils were mailed
Wednesday, August 31. This card
will prive the following information:
Student’s classification, number of
credits, number of home room, build-
ing, date school begins, and time to
come to make schedule.
Postal cards for the junior high
school pupils will be mailed Septem-
ber 5.
Dates set for registration of the
Tyler Junior College are Friday,
September 9, and Saturday, Septem- j
her 10. Entrance examinations by
students not having sufficient en-
trance credits will be given on the
above dates. The regular college
schedule will bo. run .Monday, Sep-
tember 12.
TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE
PROSPECTS VERY FINE
Strong Faculty Line-Up; 4 States
May Be Represented Besides
Large Local Registry ,
TALKING HEART-TO-HEART
WITH OUR YOUNG FRIENDS
There is an advertisement in this issue to which we would like
to call the, careful attention of our readers among young men and
women and high school graduates. It is the advertisement of Tyler
Commercial College. Read it carefully—it was evidently: prepared
by someone who has “gone over the road of experience,” and who
knows much of the problems that confront our young people who
are just starting out in life at this time.
Since the arrival of the economic depression, or business re-
cession, whichever you want to call it, many people have lost their
jobs. It has not been an uncommon sight in every part of the coun-
try-and of the world, as to that matter_to see people, many of
em, in search for jobs, hunting and begging for work whereby
they could maintain themselves and dependent ones. Teachers,
clerks, bookkeepers, secretaries and others of the professional class-
es have been thrown out of employment along with tradesmen, ar-
tisans ana laborers of every class.
There is, in consequence, a peculiar mental slant that has de-
veloped in the thinking of many young people, especially those who
are just out of high school, or who have had to forego the addi-
tional college training which they had planned, because of stress-
ful economic conditions. These young' people are saying “what’s the
use? There is no work for us to do—and even those "who are train-
ed and experienced cannot find work to do. So why spend time and
money on further training?”
That’s a wrong psychology, young friends. The advertisement
to which we refer asserts that the depression that has been as a
nightmare for three years is passing. There is no question about
that. It is passing—just as all similar periods in the world’s prog-
ress have passed. This is the thing to remember: Better times, nor-
mal times, are ahead of us. When they arrive there will be a need
for your services, a demand for your skill and efficiency along what-
ever line of human endeavor you have chosen to make yourself skill-
ful and efficients, in, whether it be as laborer, artisan, or professional.
The demands of commerce, finance, industry, manufacturing, of every
line that has engaged people in the past, or that may engage them
in the future, will provide opportunities for the youth who are
equipped with proper education and technical training.
There is not any question about this. This country is new com-
paratively. It will come back, in fact is now coming back, to nor-
malcy—and it will probably get back quicker than any of us sus-
pect that it will. Then will be your opportunity—if you are pre-
pared to serve efficiently. We say, in all earnestness to our young
friends, that they can afford to make every sacrifice—and even en-
dure many privations— to obtain general and technical training at
this time. Lincoln and Garfield and scores of other noble and illus-
trious men never had a chance to go to school—but they had faith
and, at greater sacrifices than you will ever be called upon to en-
dure, they prepared themselves to serve—to do worthwhile and
useful things for the world. It doesn’t take much jtioney to attend
school now, certainly not as much as it used to. While jobs are
scarce why not employ your time getting ready for the good jobs
when they become available? You can take your choice: Forego
costly clothes, cigarettes, extra auto expenses, the cost of extra
society activities, and scores of other things for which we all spend
too much money, and get skill, training, efficiency to the end that
you may have these things when you can better afford them—or
forego an education now, which is the only time you can have to
devote to education, and be compelled ever afterwards to deny your-
self the luxuries and possibly some of the necessities of life.
You can have your choice, young friend—think it over. You
are at the forks of the road—if you choose wrongly Failure awaits
you—if you choose wisely Opportunity will meet and greet you and
success will be your reward.
HENRY EDWARDS, Editor.
'TYLER IS NOW ON THE |senger station Mineola 10:10 a. nt,
TCYAC p nininn nv {connecting with the famous Sunshine
1LXAS & PACIFIC RY. Special passing Mineola 10:23 a. m.
pecial Motor Coach Arrange*
ments Give Direct Train-Side
Service Via Mineola
CITY TICKET OFFICE IN HOTEL
William R.
Hart, Veteran Ticket
Agent, Transferred to Tyler
Tyl.^7
line of
.. _ - on the main
the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way. The Texas and Pacific coaches
will operate between Tyler and Min-
eola, furnishing train-side service in
connection with the crack trains of
the Texas and Pacific Railway.
The Texas and Pacific Motor
Coaches will operate from and to
the Union Bus Depot in Tyler, lo-
cated immediately behind the Black-
stone Hotel.
The Texas and Pacific will also
maintain a city ticket office in the
lobby of the Blackstone Hotel, Ty-
ler, for the convenience of its pa-
trons. Mr. William B. Hart, passen-
ger agent for the Texas and Pacific
Railway, will be in charge of the
city office.
Motor coaches will leave Tyler 9:10
a. m., arriving Texas & Pacific pas-
arriving Dallas 12:25 noon.
The motor coach will leave Min-
eola 10:30 a. m., handling Tyler
passengers off of the Sunshine Spe-
cial. Another motor coach will leave
Tyler at 5 p. m., arriving Mineola
6 p. m., connecting with T. ft P.
train No. 7, The Southerner, leav-
ing Mineola 6:17 p. m., arriving
Dallas 8:35 p. m. Motor coach • will
leave Mineola for Tyler 7:40 p. m„
handling passengers off of the east*
bound Sunshine Special, arriving
Mineola 7:30 p. m. Under this ar-
rangement, passengers can leave
Dallas on the Sunshine Special at
5:40 p. m. and arrive Tyler 8:40 p.
m.
The train-side motor coach service
being inaugurated by the Texas ft
Pacific Railway between Tyler and
Mineola. said a representative of the
Texas & Pacific Railway, is on thd
same order as the B. & O. handle
their business into and out of New
York City, and ' which has proven
very satisfactory. The same arrange-
ment is in effect between Millsap
and Mineral Wells on the Texas ft
Pacific Railway.
When the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way built their line, said L. B. San-
doloski, assistant general passenger
agent, the Texas and Pacific Railway,
they should have placed Tyler on
the main line. Today, however, said
Mr. Sandoloski, we are remedying
the situation and we hope to be able
serve our good friends in Tyler
the same as we are serving other
points on our line with high-class,
dependable passenger service.
East Texas News Briefs
Waskom Fire Damage
Totals $35,000
Fire which threatened to wipe out
the business section of Waskom was
brought under control Sunday after
,$35,000 damage had been done. A
two-story frame hotel and annex, a
section house, and several other
smaller buildings were destroyed.
Fire originated in the hotel, appar-
ently from defective wiring. It was
discovered by a pedestrian about 10
o’clock Saturday night.
Grand Sa-
there last
sustained
as a good citizen. The contest, how-
ever and whenever it terminates.
nriUmhawa. to. h>i terminated by and
:»h„the du,y c°n8tituted iaw» °f
THE EDITOR.
Tyler Junior College will open
7th regular session Monday, Septem-
ber 12, at 9 a. m. Registration and
examination for students not having
sufficient entrance units will be giv-
en Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday,
September 10. Since the regular
schedule will be run Monday, all
students should register the preced-
ing Friday and Saturday.
Numerous reports have been re-
ceived from students who intend to
enter Tyler Junior College, and it is
probable that the student body this
year will include not only young
men and women from Tyler and East
Texas, hut also from at least four
other states. Indications at this time
are that enrollment this year will
be the largest in the history of the
institution. ■ .[.* ,>
Following is a list of the faculty
members who will have charge of
the administration and teaching work
during the coming session:
J. M. Hodges, president; P. H.
Walser, Dean; Miss Mary Henderson,
Dean of Women, history; Miss Al-
lene Brandenburg, English; Mrs.
Pearl Robertson, education; Miss
Adele Henderson, history; Miss Mil-
dred Howell, language; Miss Mattie
Jones, public speaking; Mrs. S. T.
Jones, government; Mr. J. C. Hender-
son, science; Mr. J. A. Poston, math-
ematics ;Mr. JL A.-1-awvor, meohait-
ical drawing; Mrs. Merle DeBona,
home economics; Miss Ina Roberts,
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Pioneer Swan Merchant’s
Funeral Held Wednesday
Funeral services for C. F. Powell,
73, pioneer Swan merchant and
former postmaster at Swan, were
conducted Wednesday afternoon at
the family home in Swan by Rev. C.
.T. Youngblood, Smith county Bap-
tist missionary. Burial was at Rose
Hill cemetery at Tyler.
Surviving, besides the widow, are
two daughters, Mrs. Walter P. Jones
and Mrs. Harlan P. Smith, both of
Tyler; and one son, Frank M. Pow-
ell of Swan.
Pallbearers were Ray Smith, Bland
Ray, Virgil McCain, E. S. Richard-
son, W. E. Clenard, E. II. Wood, O.
0. Lewis and Mack Swann.
Funeral Services Held
For Starrville Woman
Pure Oil Test Near Troup
Has Material For Drilling
Material for a test well 12 miles
south of Troup, in Cherokee county
near the Summerfield community, is
being hauled to a location on the
H. B. Nicholson 72-acre tract in the
Robert Stewart survey. The test is
expected to be spudded in early in
September. Fuel will be obtained
from a pipe line running a mile east
to a connection with a line from the
East Texas field to the coast. The
test will be drilled for the Pure
Oil Company which has some 7,000
Funeral services for Mrs. A. A.
Wells, 61, were held Thursday mor-
ning at the Starrville Methodist
church by Rev. Janies Morgan and
Rev. Bass. Mrs. Wells, who died at
her home in Starrville Wednesday
morning, was a life-long resident of
Smith county.
She is survived by seven daugh-
ters, Mrs. Walter Johnson of Wi-
nona; Mrs. Olin Weaver and Mrs.
E. J. Orr of Tyler, Miss Reba Wells
of _ Dallas, and Miss Allyne, Mary
Alice and Alpha Verne Wells of
Winona; four sons, Bvron, Chilton,
Herbei-t and Cone Wells, all of Wi-
nona.
Oil Company Man
Killed By Train
S. 0. Londsey, 45, of
line, died ii\ a hospital
Saturday from injuries _ ----- ,----
earlier in the day when he was “Bcksonville, Texas, was awarded by
Longview New Road
Plans Made
Work of procuring rights-of-way
for the new Longview-Kllgore high-
way was reported well under way
last week, County Commissioner B.
C. Todd expressing *the opinion ac-
tual construction will begin in a
short time. Engineers will begin
shortly preparing surveys for the
view with Daingerfield to the north,
new trunk highway connecting Long-
by way of Judson, and effecting a
between highways No. 11 and
No. 26.
Post Office Contract
For Jacksonville
A $75,617.00 contract,
struction of a new post
for con-
office at
struck by a T. & P. passenger train.
He was hit as he walked along the
tracks. Lindsey had been agent for
the Texas Company in Grand Sa-
line for the past eight years.
Gregg Will Have
Two Solons
WOMEN DRESS WELL
TN VAN ZANDT CO.
FOR $23.35 PER YEAR
Canton —Careful planning and
buying, keeping accounts, and the
exercise of good taste enabled six
Van Zandt county farm women to
dress well in the year ending July
1 for an average of $23.35 each, it
is reported by Mrs. Mary Ethel
Brandon, home demonstration agent.
The women were wardrobe demon-
strators for their respective home
demonstration clubs. Their average
expenditures were $6.73 for outer
Gregg county will have two men in
the next legislature for the first
time in 40 years by virtue of the
victory of Sidney Latham of Long-
view ever Tom Cooper of Lindale
for flotorial representative from
Gregg and Smith counties.
Latham’s majority was 673. Gregg
vote: Latham. 5148; Cooper, 1086.
Smith vote: Cooper, 6350; Latham,
2961.
Latham is principal of a ward
school here. He recently passed the
bar examination. He is prominent in
fraternal and religious work.
W, C. Holloway was re-elected to,
the house without opposition.
Collision With Truck
Fatal To Woman
Mrs. T. E. Freeman of Edgewood
was fatally injured when her car
struck a truck on Highway 15, three
*"iles east of there, Saturday night.
The truck had parked on the con-
crete wi+h no lights, Mrs. Freeman
died Sunday morning without gain-
ing consciousness. She is survived by
her husband, T. E. Freeman, and
daughter, Juanita, of Edgewood; one
sister, Mrs. William Gentry of Van;
two brothers, Jimmie and Henry
Smith; mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Smith, all of Edgewood.
The driver of the truck is being
held in the county jail.
the Treasury Department at Wash-
ington Wednesday to Sanford Bro-
thers Construction Company of
Montgomery, Ala.
Fire Losses of $105,000
Near Marshall
Fire said to have been caused by
defective wiring destroyed the Ros-
borough Springs Hotel, nine miles
south of Marshall, Tuesday night
caused damage estimated at
$85,000.
Originating .in the top of the big
frame building, the fire spread ra-
pidly until it had destroyed the ho-
tel and the adjoining bathroom.
There were eleven guests in the
hotel, two of whom, Mrs. W. M.
Greene of Marshall and Mrs. C. L.
Taylor of Longview, had to jump
about fifteen feet to save their
lives. None of the other guests fac-
ed any real danger, but the firte
spread so rapidly they were unable
to save their luggage.
R. D. Clancey. formerly of Long-
view, had leased the resort hotel
from the owner. D. C. Driskell of
Marshall. Driskell had about $25,000
insurance.
Telephone communication with
Marshall was cut off when the fire
began and it was some time before
the Marshall fire department could
be summoned to the scene. When it
arrived ell it could do yras to guard
against the spread of the fire to ad-
joining buildings.
Occurring about the same time as
the blaze at Rosborough Springs, a
fire in the cotton gin of the S. C.
Black estate at Elysian Fields,
eighteen miles southeast of here,
partially destroyed the plant, caus-
000 damaKe eatimated at about $20,-
s$ii
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2S% £Su: to, Morris County Gives
for hats. $4.75 for shoes and hose,
acres leased near Summerfield. -pjand $3.28 for accessories.
New Cherokee OH Tati
It Near Jacksonville
IDT WORK. GOOD PAT
Air*.
Reliable men wanted to call on
farmers in Smith county. No experi-
ence or capital needed. Write today.
McNess Co., Dept. S, Freeport, Illi-
nois. tip
DR. . SKINNER MOVING, TO
NEW PEOPLES BANK BLDG.
Dr. L. E. Skinner, Tyler's exclu-
sive optometrist, who has occupied
an office fqjr the past ten years on
the north Tide of
sept.
Peo-
l
Tt. is predicted that New York City
will have a population of 29 million
fcy tho year 2000.
nounces that after
he will be located
pies Bank Bldg., on the . seventh
floor, office 702. Dr. Skiner will have
the only complete optical office in
Tvler and the best grinding plant
where he makes all his g|«*8«s.
(Adv.) It
EDOM PERSONAL ITEMS
Edom, August 30. — Bucl Young-
blood of Edgewood is visiting in
* twrawmsf:' ' -vrif*"'"
A new wildcat test five miles .Mr, and Mrs. Benjie Farmer and
i. in .Cherokee children of Edgewood have moved to
in this week Edom to make their home.
S. C. Beall returned
from Navarro county where
county, was Spudded
for the Stanolind and Marr Drilling
companies who are having the well
drilled as a joint enterprise. Loca-
tion of the well is on the E. W.
Green tract in the A. D. -Kelker sur-
It is said to be located in a
faulted region in which major com-
panies took acreage after extensive
geological surveys. . P „ -p
Carlo, Egypt, has more newspa-
pers for Its size than any other city
in the world.
S. C. Beall returned Saturday
, . re afid
several others have been conducting
a two weeks’ school of music. They
left Monday, August 49, for their
fifth, achool of the. summer which
will be at Trinidad.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Blackwell and
daughter, Elsie Marie, of Canton
visited in the B. E. Youngblood home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Youngblood
of Grand SaHne visited their par-
ents at Edom Sunday.
Candidates Tie
Morris county plays no. political
favorites. In 1930 when Mrs. Fergu-
sfln ( «hd Governor Sterling were
staging a hot battle for the nomina-
tion. the county gave Sterling a ma-
inrity "of eno vwtw. the count Being
791 to 790. ThM year the vote was
evenly divided— 818 votes being
chalked up for each candidate.
>■ /' —i-*- .. . J
Victim of Heat
h Buried
Marriage Changes
Letter in Name
Miss Eva Ray Seagrovcs of
Virginia Hill community of He
son county dropped ttK>~ letter _
from her surname when she married
Sunday evening. She was wed to
E. Segueveai alee of Hcwde
tv. The newly-weds will make
home on a farm south of A
near the Koon Kreek Klub
Gasoline Stolen In
Midst of Crowd
Funeral aerrkea for W. A. Davis, thrbu5ines*d^8 °f
B3. veteran oil field emplove who
succumbed to the heat last Thursday
while at work on the Yount-Lee
lease near Tenerville, were held Sat-
urday afternoon. He had been em-
ployed bv Yount-Lee for many
years, coming to Longview from
Uvalde for the company.
SIS
jeoplo were in
rfiiir
Wm
•eds of people we
------------- section of Palestine
Saturday ni**ht obtaining election
returns, thieves broke a lock on a
nump at the corner of Texas Ave-
nue and Highway No. 43 in down-
towb Palestine and stole more
80 «-aBons of gasoline. The
evidently was pumped Into
era and hauled away.
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