The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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The Carrollton Chronicle
VOL. XXX—W. L. MARTIN, Editor
CARROLLTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 20,1934
NUMBER 36
over the Columbia network,
If you cannot attend the meet-
ing you are invited to listen-in.
G. L. Thompson Held
Anti-Field Rally
G. L. Thompson of Farmers
Branch held a rally here Tues-
day night speaking against the
candidacy of Tom W. Field,
candidate for . reelection as
1 commissioner for Dist. No- 1.
| A fair.y large audience was
j out to hear Mr. Thompson and
“DallasCounty is on a pay as j he recit«d the reasons why he
you-go basis today, thanks to w jng Mr. Fleld.
the efforts of, its New Deal j
Commissioners’ Court,*’ said | Rus,e|l Blanton came down
Tom W. Field, Commissioner from KangaS City the latter
District land candidate for,re- p,rt of the week bringing Billie
election to a second term.‘‘Not - -• ......
TOM W. FltLD
Candidate for Commissioner,
Dist. No. 1, Dallas v ounty
Maury Hughes To Tom Hunter In j Cotton Information
Be At Fair Park Dallas July 20 if i® very important that
Maury Hughes, candidate for Tom Kun^Tcandidate for County'know howTobU^n''his
governor, will speak at Fair governor will speak at Lake ba,e allotment for the cotton
Park next Wednesday night Cliff Park in Dallas, July 20 grown in 1984. It will be nec.
beginning at 8.30 o c.cck. The (next Friday ) It ,s proposed essary for each gfower in ur
speech will be broadcast over to give a radio hookup from L mmunity 10 cont.,ct the loral
KRLD and thruout ,h, l. 9.30 and br„,d.„t ,hi, .S
speech. Of course a lot of our
people will desire to go to Dal-
m. '01 iBlanton with him. Billie has
only do we pay as we go, but lbfeen haVing a nine Vlsit Up
the two-year budget period, There. Early Tuesday morning
1932-34 has seen a reduction in j Mr B1?nton started on his re-
operating costs of $476,000.00 ' |rip and his sistei, Miss
and a reduction in the inherit- 'Florencej who has bien visit-
ed overdraft in the General . here for many weeks, and
Fund of more than $50,000.00 B tt Blanton returned wjth
in 1933 alone. Yet in addition y
community in which his farm
, , . , , „ „ is located to make application
las and not only hear Mr. Hunt-1 for his ba,e allotment> Every
er but see him ,n action in one c0tton grower wm have to
oi his speeches.
Remember the date and time.
Next Friday night at 8.30 in
Lake Cliff Park, Dallas.
Revivalist Draws
Great Audiences
make application to bis local
community cotton committee-
men for bale allotments wheth-
er he has signed a 1934-1935
Cotton Acreage Reduction Con-
tract or not. All signers and
non-signers alike make appli-
In as much as Rev. Baker I cation for the number of bales
Cauthen will do the preaching j of cotton that they will be per-
for the union revival meeting | mitted to sell tax-free., We are
to be held in Carrollton begin- ^expecting to start giving the
ning Aug. 5th I feel that the allotments under the Bankhead
people are interested in know-
Viola Anderson Made a |(Jnion Revival
Striking Fire Poster
Last school term the grade!
The Union Revival Services
For Carrollton
rooms in Carrollton schools
entered some fire prevention
posters in a contest sponsored
by the State Fire Insurance
Commission. One of these post-
ers was so good that a prize
would have been awarded, we
aie informed, had the grad:
from which it came been on
it. It received honorable men
tion and is now being display-
ed in a group of posters being
taken over the state and exhib-
ited by Miss Juniger, repre-
sentative of the State Fire
Insurance Commission. This
display is to make our people
fire-minded and to have them
be more careful with fire.
This poster was drawn by
Viola Anderson in the Sixth
grade and is a pen and ink
him. Betty may remain there
ing something of Brother Cau-
then. He was reared in East
Texas and has had several
years experience as pastor and
evangelistic work though he is
Act any time. We arc still wait-[sketch representing an open
ing on some necessary forms; book, on one page of which are
for Carrollton will start Sun
day, August 5, the meeting#
being held at night on the lawn
at the Methodist church and
the day services to be held in
the Christian church. The
First Baptist, Christian, and
Methodist churches have join1
ed in this Union meeting and
ask for your cooperation and
support in them.
Rev. Baker Cauthen of Poly,
technic Baptist -church at Ft.
Worth has been secured to do
the preaching. He comes high-
ly recommended as an able
revivalist. Rev. Orbin Turner
of the Methodist church will
have charge of and conduct the
song services. He has the abil-
ity to make them not only in-
teresting ' but inspiring. The
however,
meetings promise much for
we are expecting'some facts regarding fire in'Carrollton and you are asked
these forms any time. There-1 the United States. The poster j to give your hearty coopera-
nut ; Cl mu juaiu vj. vuw-.. g--- ~ Fv-w.
is pastor of one of the largest biiity is upon the grower to
churches in Texas, the Poly-j make application for his bale
technic Baptist church, of
fourteen hundred members and
in my judgment he is one of
the most promising young |i® located. If he fails to make
to these economies we have untj) September. They went! preachers, not only in Texas J the application which will en-
been able to reduce e tax eaStward thru the Ozarks andlbut, in America.. He is sane, title him to his bale allotment,
r?te jC‘- » /! spent a day there on the wi y sensible, fair minded, construe- the will be forced to sell ail of
shared in this 18 months «f* | home. itiVe and seeks to magnify the ] his cotton at a penalty.
ty, and pledge a continuation I Miss Georgia Myers, who has J savil1g P°wel' Jesus Christ! In all probabilities we will be
of these sound business ! been attending school in Den* in his preaching. It was my j measuring the cotton acres at
policies. ton, is taking another six-weeks j privilege to hear him in a great' ‘J™0 gJJ
nex?tCoSycVarsP1^musVene|coldwelI and Christine Mayes j dist church, at which service Tstration to render ail assis-
large and improve Parkland , have returned home at the con- P®«P'e turned away be-, tance possible to the committee-
Hospital’’ he said “It must be I elusion of the first period.
&&ts&3ss& pipp mit
.,a ,PIPnl0nJ. 1 .,e Good-_I voting days went to China as a ed acres over and he does not
- ' missionary where he still serv j believe enough acres have been
attention to the most recent es his Loid- Some eight years set aside, then it is his duty
accomplishments of the Court, aro Mrs. Cauthen, formerly to measure these acres. If the
cause of lack of room. imen who comes to his farm to
Mrs. Cauthen is also a very 'measure his „otton acres. The
’ . - ___ ______i ........ j • lo«/1 tUot lino hoon nlotif y/l tn
public hospitals of the nation
“I also favor the earliest pos-
sible completion of the North
Fort Worth Road. This impor-
tant project is of profound
significance in the development
of the great northwest area of
Dallas Connty and the Dallas
Fort Worth trade territory.”
‘‘Another improvement badly
needed,” Field said “and one
3 shall continue to work for, is
the widening of Maple avenue
"beginning at Parkland Hospital __ _____r
mid the widening oi the old jmade by the Commissioners in.both much in demand as speak- until lie I
Greenville road. I shall assist 11933 road and bridge opera-[ers at .reneral assemblies of Hons to do
namely the refunding of $829,- M ss Eloise Glass, came from farmer has planted more acres
000.00 in County bon(ls to save ;China to Baylor University to than his contract permitttd
the taxpayers a total'of $192,-1 finish her education; in her him to plant, then it will be the
000.00 in interest, and the pro-'junior year Mr. Cauthen came duty of the committeeman
jected paving of thirty miles to Baylor to do his work for measuring the land to measure
of the Belt Line Road. “This 1 the degree of Master of Arts and stake off the number of
$50,000.00 paving project,” [It was not until after both had acres the farmer will have to
Field said, “has been accom- graduated from the Seminary plow-up in order to come with-
plished without the issuance of at Fort Worth thatthey became in his contract, but the farmer
Vote for Judge John H.
Sharp of Ellis County
fore, let me insist that this is j says “Turn a New Page!” tion and support
an important matter to every Just recently this collection of
not yet thirty years of age. He cotton grower. The responsi- posters, with the above men-
'tioned Carrollton poster, was
exhibited at the State Teach-
aliotments through the com-
munity cotton committeemen
in the district where his farm
ers College at Commerce, we
are informed by Miss Exie
Braudrick who is attending the
summer session there. She,
and the other teachers, are
naturally very proud of the
distinction Carrollton Grade
school attained and to have
this poster included in the col-
lection making the tour of the
state .
Miss Braudrick states she is
having a very enjoyable time
in her school work in Com-
merce. She has been chosen
to lead the sing-song in chapel
an<f with 1500 taking part it is
duite inspirational; it really
sounds good. Miss Braudrick
also sang last week at the Pres-
ident’s reception when they
were honoring two prominent
educators from Peabody Col-
lege, Nashville, Tenn., and
from New York University.
She states that 2300 students
are enrolled in the college for
the first six weeks period. It
is some lively school.
bonds or warrants. The work husband and wife.
will not be expected to start
so from the County
iis being done out of savings j jyjj. and Mrs Cauthen are plowing up the excess acres
jmade by the Commissioners in,both mUch in demand as speak- unti> he has received instruc-
ureenvine roact. 1 snail assist 11933 road and bridge opera-iers at general assemblies Of Hons to do so f
In every way possible toseeitions, and the improvements' different kinds sponsored toy ASents office.
will serve practically every1 religious groups. Their coming' Please remember farmers
rural community and town in to Carrollton is expected to be must not plowup until they
that these improvements are
made.”
Commissioner Field called
the county.’
|| Something to Chew On *
Jgj Mack Says:
Said old Si Chestnut: “That man who com-
ujfl plained because it took 300 bushels of corn to
Jfj pay for a set of false teeth could have bought a
,'j)Pl feed grinder much cheaper.”
•g Yes, but think of the fun of chewing he would
■Jj have missed! Of course we have all had to prac-
•ffl tice economy, but there are many ways of doing
2] it. It is well to economize and keep your savings
■Jg in a sound Bank like OURS where it will be sub-
ject to your check. Avoid reckless spending or
useless hoarding.
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
$
K
t#
Tom Nash Asks
For Judgeship
JOHN H. SHARP
For Associate Justice oi the Su-
preme Court to succeed Judge
Greenwood who is not a candidate.
He is now a member of the Su-
preme Court Commission and has
filled this position with honor and
distinction. He is well qualified
f-iip nosition.
a blessing to the Lord’s work, have been given instructions
—Contributed. to do so. Each farmer is ex-
- pected to help the committee-
Will Hold Meetings !™an to meaSure his cotton land
. ~ by carrying one end of the
In Old Home Town chain. The committeeman will
_ . m n", " . . ! not be furnished help to carry
,„Rev. A. T. Pilgreen went to the chains, therefore it is the
Chandler, Texas, the latter duty of each farmer to help the
part of last week and tilled his committeeman by carrying the
regular appointment at the cbajn when the committeemen
church there. Then he went to ;s measuring the land on his
Athens, La., where he will hold farm. The committeeman will
a series of revival meetings, jbe forced to go to the next
these meetings lasting until fa]-m and measure the cotton
the 29th of the month- This ]and on the farm if the farmer
meeting wil be the fifth to be js not at home when he comes |
held there by Rev. Pilgreen. f0 bjS place.
His first charge was at Athens
and he has returned there to
hold revivals on these several
occasions. He anticipates hav-
ing a wonderful time while
there. He will return here in
ample time to participate in
the meetings scheduled for
Carrollton in August.
Carrollton, Texai
DAN D. ROGERS. Pr.iid.nt
J.T. RHOTON.Vic-Pr.iid.nt
F. H. McMURRAY. C.ihi.r
"A FRIENDLY CONSERVATIVE BANK"
Affiliated with
Mercantile National Bank, Dallas, Texas
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits ovar $2,600,000.00
Respectfully yours,
A. B. Jolley, County Agent.
The Hon. Sterling P. Strong
TOM NASH
Tom Nash, candidate for
Tom Field Rally
Saturday Night
A Humdinger
The largest crowd of peopl#
to assemble in Carrollton in re.
cent years for any event wa8
here last Saturday night at the
Tom Field rally. A conserva-
tive estimate of the crowd wa#
3,000, and they gave attention,
to the many speakers who were
here to speak. There were
many speakers to tell why Mr,
Field should be returned for a
second term, and Mr. Field him.
self spoke for a short time to
recount some of the saving#
effected during the adminis-
tration of himself and associ-
ates. He did not try to take all
the credit for the savings but
told the folks that it was the
team work of the Court which
made it possible.
The loud speakers provided
for the occasion were not work-
ing to any degree of satisfac-
tion and the speaker who could
make himself heard of his own
voice power had the best of the
ine Aiim. gening a. oiiung ' Drotrram
and his daughter Miss Ruth Judgeship ^of the County Court>^ conclusion of the Field
made a political visit to
Three carloads of Chvrolet
cars have been received so far
this month by the Vandergriff
Ohevrolet Company. With the Terrell of Alto were the three
salesmen here and at the Irving
branch diligently at work they
are placing plenty of cars. It
- at Law No. 1, visited here this, Speaking other candidates,^
Carrollton last Friday. Mr. wee‘? m intei est of his i their friends on their behalf,
Strong was elected as a Con-,candidacy- jwere given the platform for
gressman at Large two years Mr’ Nash has a great many then- message and there were
ago when he and Joseph W.,friends he, e at,d says that he is j ^X^unoTtunRv wi?»
Bailey of w,a, „d Ge„w near en« rith...eh we-lurnty. It w...
Torrpll nf Altn WPl*p t.hp thrpo ! Visit. Mr. Nash Says that he mpaonppmea nnH monv um«A
successful
the people.
message across and many were
candidates before exPect® to be with us a number able to do so.
He is this year
takes a lot of knee-action to get, seeknto? the position of con-
the business, but they are I gressman trom this district,
getting it. |the Ftfth, and has as his oppo.
' Tom Vandergriff has recov- jnent Hon. Hatton W. Sumners,
ered sufficiently from his
of times between
election day.
now and
Next week will be the last
issue of the Chronicle before
the First Primary election.
Candidates who desire to get
a Last Word to the voters can
Miss Ollivene Patterson went mer work at SMU apd will now d° Thursday"and the^aper^will
Mary Grace Good, Ruth
Frances Hughes and Doris Bax-
ley have completed their sum
[operation to be able to be back i to Forreston Sunday to look'take a vacation until Septem-1 be in the hands of the* voters
Chevrolet company.
lat his desk in Vandergriff |after her school work there.
| W« appreciate your patronage.
ber. I Friday--the day before the
Job Work? The Chronicle of courae, [ election.
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Martin, W. L. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1934, newspaper, July 20, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728713/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.