The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1932 Page: 1 of 10
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WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE. WITH CHARITY FOR ALL.
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GRAHAM. TEXAS, Till'Its DAY, APRIL M, l»32.
JNKWSI’APFR PUBLISHED IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
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MEETING OF FORT WORTH PRESBYTEBIAL HERE NEXT WEEK
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YOUNG COUNTY LOAN TOTAL L£SS Political Rally 'New Aldermen EXPECT ABOUT 100 OUT OF TOWN
THAN FOR ANY COUNTY IN WST. Ptamodby C. C^m Srnm ln L , VBTFWIS'FOR THREE DAY
u,■.*.*»«.u ^Committee Now
Doflining Plaits
application for loans from tbs state
farmers’ seed loan organisation of
-> the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
^ioa,-according to M. S. Duncan, dts-
trim field inspector. Though Young
coilnty ranks second ft number of
^arms in the district, - the-total «-
mount of money, sought In loans is
less ip this county than any of the
other five. TIM 17 IttSnS Bus
totslerL$mfc»,
For Boys Week
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$01.06 per fanner.
_• All applications fo|r loans must be
made..by.....April 30. Any farmer
desiring a loan may confer with
any member of the county loan cont-
«. mittee, or may place the application
through the Graham or Olney Cham-
ber of Commerce or the banks at
.......Newcastle and Kliasvilla. »-
It is expected that between $2,000,-
At 000 ant* W.000,000 additional farm
credit will be granted Texas farmers
following a meeting to he held- in
Dallas Saturday. This meeting is
to .be- - attended by representatives
from the various county lo#.n com-
r ...■**• mitteee, as well sis about 100 offi-
Hala of the loan organisation.
Mr. Duncan made the following
report for this district, to April 10:
L* County AppI.Re’cd Total Amt Farms
Archer 14 $1822.00 TOY
Baylor 30 3086.00 867
Throckmorton 23 1R0S.50 Oil .
Wichita m 7809.78 lane
Wilbarger 40 4294.75 2139
Young 17 lt4b.00 1 520
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Town Attracts
lh. Committee 51
lha -Moye Work -Comailtee u A„ detaiU of the plan> arc yct t0
For June 24-251 Monday Night District Meet
HISBM' Wichita Falls
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"At the luncheon meeting of the t At a meeting of the City Council
Chamber of Commerce “Tuesday it 1 Monday night the two uew sidtrmertj
was decided to set June 1\ and 85- elected on April 5 were duly sworn
as^e daie*
iiJm xponsW hjr-the-wrfmzstmn. i R L Kirtley to Position No. 2.
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making plans for a busy week April
49 to May 6. On AprU 29 -‘Th*^ ^ ’
issa • member of U^oys^ang’and trace* uidates will to invited to attend HE- . . 0rt0 _______, ' ..... *rrr
nd committees tor
;hat purpose will- be
I*resident 3. L-Gallaher »t an ’ca-ry-f-6*^
The regular council meeting, »>- Meet starts ^at Wichita J-'alls tu^ay
held last ThltFaday night, at' which vritte-the tennis tournament. Gi(tiihaiii
] About ‘100 women are expected to
he guests here for the TQfwtfrC —
11 he Woman;* AWliliary of. the fort
Worth Prhebytery to be held at the
Presfy.criait. Churcji Jg^t,Xta4U»-
XirariaSitT^ Friday, April
inclusive. i Mrs. ft. M. liyer,
^»!XubW''lft,er«tl>ota»itc league|l>»»id*nt of the GiahanT Auxiliary, •
,,nd-. a group of commit-ees have
harge of arrangement "tor. the.....
Tn~er;atmnent
•4; churches of
the qity sleetion wae madsij1 icftool lh boys' singles, and will by
tni—Mavrrr WfTi U fol ..riiki i.«L II
a member of a boys' gang'and traces
Ids development as a boy scout. .Ac-
companying' the picture’will be an
interesting demonstration made pos-[
vibla by the scouts of Wichita Falls
and Graham. TherV will be no
harge for the. program and the
public is invited^ to ^ttpnd. i—-
‘ Qn the same' evening there will
be hli display in the basement of the
auditorium a merit badge exhibit, an
exhibit of what boys learn and do
n wcoui'T. * Jah4r-o»Mbtt M~
-jossibi* by the co-operation of the
ncrit badge examiners and scoot-
Hsters. Ths entire program will
e interesting and beneficialr and a
arge audience is,expected. - •
The annual Father and Son Ban-
Uiei will be hald on May 6. H. L.
Plekerell, professor of Religious
Kdueaton at Texas' Christian Uni-
ersity, -will be the principal speaker.
All radio broadcasting stations with,
i a-radius of ISO have been asked
7 make some contribution to the
orogram. The prices, as usual, will
uidates will
ially and to appear on the- program
of speeches.
The Chamber of Commerce elected
D. H. Bolin-to - serve, as represent
stive of ths Graham organization
on the Board of Directors of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Rehders—208. Several vot«s als-v
wrote in other names, including C.
F. ManrtMTI. T. -T. mn«li»nmir T
■ft. *W«Haee. For Position No. 1 on
the board of aldermen the vote was:
T. O. Calvin—330; Clyde Haden-
412; and for Position "No. C. B.
HocksdsJ—i32; B. L. Kirtley—420.
C. W. Johnson, Jr.
■yltaaieuforfost -^is MiDed Here
The name of C. W. lohnson, Jr.
was sent to the Senptr'by President
Hoover Wednesday for. appoinjlment
held tn the minimum to enable to the federal ppsifon.
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firmation by the Senate is expected
within the next few days. - ■
Mr. Johnson recently returned from
Washington, where he- was called
by the Department of Justice, for
pn interview -eelative to his appoint-
ment to the federal position.
Red Cross Wheat
Literary events will take' place to-
morrow, with the folldwiug Gisham
and Robert McCloud, debate; Bernice
;J Phillips and Bill Shaeffer, extem-
poraneous speech;- I.aKuc Uuff-
hines and James Melton,' declama-
tion; I.aura Bowman, essay.
In the track events on Saturday
He G. H. S. Representatives will be:
Carl Nicklas, high and low hurdles;
100
open at
2:30 Wednesday afternoon, at which
time the visitors will be welcomed
student* competing: Cieoige MayeJ"Hy Mrs. Bryan H. Keathley, and a ..—
reaponae will be made by Mrs. Renrjr
Austin of Hillsboro. The devotional
wiir be led by ¥“* Stella Hovay
if Fort Worth, followed by roll call
A Presbyterial officers and local
auxiliaries. Reports from several
. dinmiUees and the three districta
•a ill be heard at this time.
A car load of wheat received by
the local Red Cross chapter from the
Farm. .Board has been ground by
as United States Attontfy fof the the Graham Mill & Elevator Co..
Northern District of: Ttsxaa. Con- 42,«$0 pound* of flour being milled
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Local oil operators are watching
with keen interest the King Royalty,
Iron Mountain 4k West No. I Lows,
which was expected to ha drilled jn
today .after topping the sand at
2117 fast All big pipe has been
pulled and the • 5-8 inch set on top
of the pay, and they have a goad
water shut-off. All indlenflima print
yt that occasion.
he spared to make this the' greatest j *
Fsthmnd Son banquet GraWim Wkrtr
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m1' it. W. N. Varble, 'county
' liaumanAf the Red Cross, hss plac-
ed 6,000 pounds fDr initial distribu-
tion in the three larger towns of the
••ounty, Graham, Olney and New-
est-tie. The flour will,be distribu-
ted through the ’charity organization
etHgtsc
Mre VarWr stated that
Tack Wheeler, 100 yard dash am]f“ On ftednaaday evening the_
,o0 yard low hruriWi Edgar BlngH’T*!" hddress trill be delivered by
'fham, javelin thfcw; Terrell flol-)Rev, O: V. Williamson, profassar in
omb, discus; J. L.- dark, 44(?~yard] >h«» Austin Presbyterian Theological
t'ash and high hurdles; ’ Uoy<l Seminary. This1 program will open
Daniels, high jump, broad jump, an<j \ *4 8_. o’clock with an organ prelude
■high thurdleaf . ' l*-v^*Iiss Mwtrie:Quean Friee. Thura-
" _ t ' 1 .......Wav nioin^Anril 21. offTcew reports
LI* m , wiH-he given as follows: vice presi-
KeDUh leans |(T“, Idem. Mrs. T; M. Cunningham; trea-
licpuuuuuio , I surer. Mrs. Tat Hooks; recording
retary, Mrs.' Walter Glazner; cor-
. . committee of
'clock to make plSKs for the serf-
"g of the banquet
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to a good wall.
In the same area,
^tekan; Y. H,. Djt
northeast of
« al. are. ready
to apudd on their No. 1 J. A. Allan:
Nash A Windfohr arc rigging up on
thoir No. 1 Atwell; Mook-Tnaa No.
1 Stephens is drilling at I860 feet;
and Christie Bros. No. 1 Norred is
temporarily shut down. ... __________
Reports from the Jena district in-
elude: Wootten Tk HjM&lJto. 3 Y.
Swain put on the pump Wednesday
with an lnital production of M bar-
rels from a sand at 688 foot; Woot-
ten A Rood are moving to their No.
2 A Annie E. Robinson and will
spudd. tomorrow; Iron Mountain Oil
Co. Ny. 6 Tatum, tnnaing 8 Inch
pifo at 8(76 faat and will drill la
Fust Service
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rt House
Rebuilding of the apartment house
ctoned by Dr. H. E. Griffin, which
was gutted by fire about a month
ago, is now under way. Tha build-
ing, which is to be called the Fourt-i
Street Apartments, la to bo re-con-
structed on the same general plan as
Lit was orglnally built, but- wHf-44^5^.
many new and modem features.
'“-‘-1.7 -A rock foundation is being con-
The new BapUel Wberuacle at tho **,0^ -tha three
chase of seed .potatoes and onTon
Convene May 10:
tespomling secretary, Mrs. Floyd 1
, , Bpnd; historian, M.m.i R. B, Rawls; —
republf<.-sa|l'ar*T*,rwntarisn, Mrs A. Bronquist; —t ..
jy. Johnson,
chairman for Young county, anno tin-', I resident. Mrs. A-
ces that the county republican eon-1 P' TtS wl" also be
■vgptten will be held in hia office at1 Hovey, Director of
. packages of garden seed are avalt- j 2 o’cloclt on the afternoon of May cationl Mrs. Hugh J. jNhtte, chair-
—L*bte at the Chamber of rommarcelio. and * "H* J.r - a*.
. msp Ja£
of religious Eda-
Former Resident
Welcomed Back
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x>ng, Newcastle; W. H. Junker, South J Service^. C. E, A M. R-, j Literature,
OJney; A. A. Cooper, North Olney; Religious Education; report of Ws- -
Mrs. Hugh Cunningham, Eiiasville; triet 6 by Mrs. Barton Wright; as-
W. F. Lindley. South Bend; £. W,
Johnson, Jr., West Graham; I). H.
French, East Graham.
comer of Oak and First ptreets is
now.....nearing completion, 'and the
first- service la the building will -be
held Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
At that time Rev. R. C. King, pas-
tor, will .deliver a sermon on the
subject, “God’s People Going For.
ward”. “ Special music also wiU be
zrrauged. '
weeks.
about
Services wflTbe held twice
dally, at
sad at
»i*e at 576 feet and will drill !*[# »'
frldayf C. C. Williams is drllllag I invl,*d
10 e’elock each 'morn in*
7:30 o'clock each evening.
Tentative phma have been made For
dedicating the tabernacle sotaatime
’urtng the revival series, and sev-
ral out of town preaeherz will be
to attend. Large crowds
Prairie Oil A Gas Co. No. 1 O ' D.
Lisle is shut down at 3000 feet."
Two mile* north of Graham Green
,.1’reuction Oo,. et al have a rotary
rig on location. for a teat just waat
of their producing* well.
Jim Aldeit Bosyron spent Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday hi Deltas.
He wae accompanied by Mrs John
B, -Hants and Mrs. L D. Battle and
little daughter of Delbert, who will
attOpM the Baptist Sunday School
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Lewie have
___ _ _w_____,____Tltenud from Mineral Walla where
-tis*- CenriMiea haM hi Dallas this week, they ipmi hnk ntOk ‘iiaWR^jMlpRtr
re expected for every service. The
auditorium will aeat 400 persons.
The church organisation trill be
-ompleted and several deacons or-
dained during the meeting. Plans
have also boon made for the oi
organ-
School,
,-at 260 feet on tha No. 1 Bishop; <X
K. Beavers is drilling at 460 feet
on-the No. 1 Foster; the Underwood
_ Drilling Co. ot a) are rigging up on
their No. 1 Eichelberger; McMeens
ot -al have abandoned their No. 1
Boyd as a dry hole at 800 foot.
FYom the south part of the (tounty
the reports include: L. A. Long et al
are drilling at 400 feet on their No.
1 Roark, Kuykendall survey, which
is to be a 2800 foot test; Dillard
Hinson A R. V. Tidwell are drilling
at 460 faat on the Montgomery farm,
which also is to be it 2800 fool teatj, _ Sbme excitement wae occasioned
i cation of a standard 8unday Scl
a B. T. P. U., a W. M. S., and a
volunteer band.
Prisoner Makes
Escape Saturday
Will have hardwood floors and
*beence of about eight
“TyrArt'4Walter Dearmin has returned
n ' to Graham and has assumed the-man-
' of the LeSago Motor Co, j
llM| Mr. - Dearmin lived in Graham from .
most
Construction
modern hotting equipment. |1920 *° which he went
OTYhe buttfflng tr ax-;*° Htw” Cab**
lc h* rompl»t*d hg, Umf 15.
MACHINE SHOP MOVES
netted with the Cuban branch of the
LeSage Motor Co. for seven years.
U K. Sigmund, who for the past'
several months has been manager
of the) LeSage Co., has been trsne-
Th« opening aervlc. will be the BuUdlnK
much more space than In their pre-
■VtBUs location on tha south side of
the square. A. J. Sarsfield, pro-
prietor, invitee hie friends to call at
tha new place of business.
Miss France* Bell has returned
from Pampa -and Amarillo where
Mr: and 'Mrs: Frank ‘Winisms and
aon' of California arrived last wqek
for a rieit with Mrs.
mother. Mrs. John B.
Williams la spending
■ svmwa. Saar's.
Mrs.- Williams’
f. Wood* Mrs.
'• few Hays in
City Wide Golf ~
Tonrny Thursday
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ment will be staged at the Shawnee
Country Club next .Thursday, April
21. Prises aiill be awarded for
each flight. A team will be choeen
from this toumameht for entry in
the big tournament at Widths Fails
port of nominating committee _*ud
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Lions Debate On - 'ss*
ProperDpenhig — r
Date For Lake ■ •
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A spirited debate on the topic,
Reselvad That Lake Eddlemaa should
be opened on Mpy 1, formed the
program for the Lions club luncheon
Wednesday. Judge ft,..At- Ptedx and
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btft May 21 and 22. ^
golfers are Invited to l>articipate4
The tournament wlH be on *the
illiams’fhandicap baeis, so that all golfers
will have an equal advantage. Flights
will be arranged oh the basis of the
, , S. H. Peary took the afflrmqt+r« i
1 .Hr H th. qasskiat. „st Spanwg —"
Mayes and Dr. W. A. Morris do-
fended the negative. The judge* ....
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Mrs; T. J. Lamons aad Mrs., *■
B. Justice and children spent Sat.
she spent a few days visiting friends, urday Dear. Ivan visiting relatives.
Houston attending to., business mat- eeere turned tn by players in'the
J qualifying round of nine holes, which
may be played from April 17 to
April 20 - inclusive.
tore.
Interior Work On New Courthouse -
Now Going Forward At Rapid Pace
Saturday
morning when a
b, Sheriff -I B-
young
Foi-
ter made bis escape as ha was' being
taken to jail. lha young man mpde
a break for freedom while being
taken from the courthouse to the
jail. Officers pursued him to Twin
Mountains, where jie succeeded tn
eluding them. A charge oi theft
had been filed against tha prisoner.
Exterior work on Young county’s
new courthouse Was practically com-
pleted this week, thopgh about four
or five weeks of cleaning and point-
ing remain' to be done by the i. W.
Huffman Co* stone setting contrac-
tors. ’ I *'
Work on the interior U already
wall under way, with several sub-
contractors busily engaged with var-
ious foaturoo of tho building, and is I
rkpected to
about three
Among the.sub-*ontractors now en-
gaged on the structure are: Eugene
Ashe, electric wiring; A. P. Cash,
plumbing; Lydick Roofing Co.; W.
walls; Fort Worth Plaster Co., lay-
ing metal lathes; Veniee Art- Mar-
ble Co., laying terra»<j floot^.
The building will have no wood in
it other than the inside dooFs and an
Much Interest In
Trap Shooting
Much interest—hi being taken in
tiv.p shooting at tha present time,
and tentative plana have been made vaneed the argument'
decided with tha negatives, that the
opening should be on June L
It was argued by tha affirmative
that federal and state game laws,
which were enacted after careful
study, set a precedent far opening
the fishing season on May 1. the
argument wae also presented that
•the spawning at fish is practically
over by the first of Mag, though the
negative side refuted this argument
when Dr. Morris stated that he
had caught fish during May that
had not spawned. Mr. Mayas ad-
that
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1 pi the organization of .i local gun
(Tub. A group of ethuaiasts as
scmblcs at the Lglte Eddieman ranrj
each Friday afternoon at 8:30 o’clock.
tha opea-
ing of tha fishing reason on May 1
would detract from the efficiency of
Air. Peavy’a school work as ha would
be constantly thinking of the fan
L. McAtee, ,Inc., watar-proofingrAn>ona interested Jn. trapshooting mjoyed ot the lake by others while
may secure information regarding be was detained on duty- He also
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the local program from either J. A"* "Scalled the Ihet that throa mem-
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rnamental wainscoting sfonnd the
. district court room. All'doer and
he completed within | window frame* are of metal, and the
months, though Joss | windows have tha moat modern auto-
Gallaher of J, G. Staples.
It is hoped to organize a team
later for the purpose of competition
with groups in neighboring cities.
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ft'ATCH
Williams, superintendent oT construe-! nstic control. AH walls are being
lion, states that no definite date for;
the building’s completion can he
fitted 'at this Mas*. Brick layers
are now engaged In placing the ppe-
titions on tho third floor, those on
tha ground aad second floors being
treated with 4k-Wter-prooflng solu-
‘ ion to safeguard tha plastering,
jvhich will ha applied later. A lay
sr Of thick tnaulatbig material made
of wood pvlp eras placed underneath
tha roofing to minimise th» hast
| loader
cd Bribe many interesting 'items in-
< luded In this week's advertisements.
This season of the year brings many
needs for home and wardrobe. What-
ever poor needs may be, it will pay to
iavsatlgate the bargains offered by
nv.
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Iters ef the <Snh are caadidates, and
leclared that they would he too busy
fi"k *>r1ng May. wlMraaa they.
prohaMy would have ample time at
their disposal after July 23.
The Lions Club - is'i
sale of tickets for the first
baseball game at Wichita Phils to-
morrow afternoon, and urge ga many
fans aa can to, secure tickets A
sliver loving cup ia to he
to the town hart represented «t *
game, and ths
the moat tickets wiU . ho hi
al one game *Mte Mn
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