The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1940 Page: 3 of 6
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ed River Voters
Stick to O’Daniel
Red River county voter* stormed
the polls Saturday, casting 5,978
votes but running up a total of ?26
votes leas than the 6,304 cast two
years ago. The county joined the
rest of the state on the O’Daniel
bandwagon, giving him 3,832 votes,
slightly less than the 4,224 they
turned to him in 1938. Thompson
was second in the county with 1123
votes and Mrs. Ferguson third with
375. Sadler received 311, Hines
250, 'Davis 81 and Condron 6.
Coke Stevenson polled 4103 for , _
lieutenant governor with Mead get- .....1...........
’♦j— toa I Clarksville No. 5..........113
Chesshir Re-elected
Commissioner No. 1
J. A. Chesshir was re-elected
commissioner of Precinct 1, Red
River county with a vote of 1,190 to
872 for A. A. Thomas. The vote
by boxes was: Chesshir Thomas
Cuthand _________._________ 22
McCoy ........................... 60
S. Detroit______________ 16
Rosalie _____________,________ 59
; Johntown ....... 24
ting 794.
Red River county voters favored
L. A. Woods in the hotly contested
state superintendent race, giving
him 3214 votes to 2199 for S. R. Le-
May.
In two or three eounty races a run-
off will be necessary. W. R. Garland
i and John Ford will be in the sec-
ond primary for representative and
Marion Lawson and A. G. Skaggs
for county judge. Two candidates,
E. W. Bowers for district clerk and
and Linsay McAllister for assessor-
'collector, had no opposition; Jim
Geer won a majority in the sheriff’s
race and there were only two can-
> didates for criminal district attor-
ney, Burnell Waldrep defeating
Clark Holloway. Austin Guest
lacked only 10 votes receiving a
majority for county clerk. Unless
the official count changes this, H.
A. Terry, who received 1818 votes,
will be eligible to oppose Guest in
the second primary.
The complete, unofficial vote was
as follows:
U. S. Senator:
Connally, 4392.
Fisher, 501.
Belcher, 354.
Congress:
Patman, 3661.
Waters, 582.
Smith, 1902.
Representative:
Garland, 1686.
Ford, 1516.
Garner, 546.
Leach, 445.
Cornet, 1208.
Venable, 482.
Criminal District Attorney:
Waldrep, 3586.
Holloway, 2185.
County Judge:
Lawson, 2932.
Anderson, 1,190.
Skaggs, 2104.
County Clerk:
Terry, 1818.
Doss, 1268.
Guest, 3074.
Sheriff:
Geer, 3804.
Sparkman, 614.
B Stribling, 1796.
B County Treasurer:
" Marable, 4563.
Antone, 1313.
In commissioner’s Precinct 1, J.
A. Chesshir defeated A. A. Thomas.
Chesshir, candidate for re-election,
received 1190 votes and Thomas 872.
Justice Precinct 3 will have a run-
off between M. N. Dunn and Fred
Horner for justice. The vote was:
R. M. Bell, 174
Fred Homer, 264.
M. N. Dunn, 388.
Paul Duncan, 114.
W. J. Corbell, candidate for re-
election as constable of the Bogata
precinct, defeated A. F. Roberts, re-
ceiving 527 votes to 378 for Roberts.
l J. A. Fortner* cotton weigher at Bo-
gata, was unopposed for re-election.
Red River Wildcat
Abandoned as Dry
Rig was moved to Camp county
this week after the White No. 1
Kurth in the Elizabeth Smith sur-
vey, 13 miles north of Clarksville,
showed dry in the Glen Rose, Trav-
is Peak and Paluxy sands. The well
logged high on Georgetown and an-
hydrite, but sands were shallow and
dry. A complete closure for the
Paluxy sand was reported deter-
mined and there was speculation as
to whether it would bring on fur-
ther testing in the much drilled
North Red River county area.
SQUIRREL SEASON CLOSED
Squirrel season closed July 31^
and will remain closed until Oct.
1st; then will be open October, No-
vember and December for hunting.
■ malaria
Pin 7 data and relieves
COLDS
IuM-T*blets symptoms flrst day
Hales boro ___________:______39
S. Bogata___________________ 118
N. Bogata__________________ 187
Bagwell ......................... 19
Fulbright ...... 116
Clarksville No. 1 ............314
Total................ 1190
33
86
8
41
45
20
152
9
97
97
13
63
208
872
Former Rosalie
Woman is Buried
Mrs. J. A. Evans, 72, who was
born near Rosalie, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Cox, died
July 23 at Detroit, where she had
made her home for the last 48 years.
She leaves three daughters: Mrs.
Tom Drymer of Colorado. Mrs. Lah-
man of Morton and another in Cali-
fornia; three brothers, Bob Cox of
Blossom, Warren Cox of Clarks-
ville and Frank Cox of Detroit, and
three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Fodge and
Mrs. M- L- Warren of Detroit and
another sister whose address is not
available. She was buried at De-
troit on Wednesday.
Vote Heavy in
Franklin Co.
on Satorda}
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Franklin county voters displayed
unusual interest in the Democratic
primary Saturday at the 1() polling
places, casting a record of 2,750 bal-
lots, as estimated by County Chair-
M. M. Mahaffey. Total vote
in 1938 was 2,700.
Joe W. (Coon Creek) Gandy,
Franklin county's candidate for state
representative, 126th Flotorial Dis-
trict, polled 1990, which was far
more than both his two Hopkins
county opponents for state repre-
sentative. J. M. Biggerstaff receiv-
ed 455 and E. T. Sellers, 137.
Wright Patman received a major-
ity in every county precinct, get-
ting 1,558 votes to 677 for Howard
Smith and 312 for R. G. Waters.
In district offices, for judge of the
76th Judicial District, Sam Wil-
liams received 1503 to Claude Hut-
chings’ 1016; Newman Phillips, for
judge of the 62nd District; Joe Mc-
Casland, for district attorney, and
Joe Arrington, for district clerk,
were unopposed.
For county judge, A. C. Moffett
received 1445; Carlton Newsome
678 and J. W. Middleton, 507.
County officers unopposed were:
For county attorney, F. B. Caudle;
clerk, E. E. Parnell; sheriff and as-
sessor and collector of taxes, J. R.
Godwin, and county treasurer, Opal
D. Chambers.
For public weigher for the county
the votes were: Dennis Payne, 694;
Johnnie Gandy, 619; H. C. Guthrie,
542; L. Ross Briley, 398 and Wesley
E. Barnes, 356.
Local Masons
Attend Barbecue
In Tilco Three and
Four Years Ago
From tha Back Files of
Hm Talco Times
Corbel! Re-elected
Constable at Bogata
W. J. Corbell made good his bid
iqr re-election to the office of con-
stable in Precinct 3, Red River
county, defeating A. F. Roberts. The
vote by boxes was:
Rugby ...............
Corbell Roberts
58 59
Halesboro
21
24
S. Bogata
....._______ 170
106
N. Bogata
............ 135
121
Fulbright
143
68
Totals
527
378
NYA LOWERS YOUTH AGE
REQUIREMENT ONE YEAR
Unemployed boys and girls in
Texas who are 17 years of age and
need the work experience and train-
ing provided on National Youth Ad-
ministration projects are now eligi-
ble for such employment, J. C. Kel-
lam, State NYA Administrator, has
announced.
HARD LUCK
“Why are you crying, little girl?”
“’Cause my brother has holidays
and I don’t.”
“Well, why don’t you have holi-
days?”
“ 'Cause I don’t go to scho6l yet.”
Don't let the
Three Talco Masons attended
the annual chicken barbecue held
by Lamar county Masons Tuesday
evening at the Lamar county fair
ground and enjoyed an interesting
address by Texas’ Grand Worship-
ful Master Leo Hart. In apprecia-
tion of his ability and service, La-
mar county Masons presented Mr.
Hart with a walking cane cut from
a hickory tree under which David
Crockett slept near Paris during
his fust visit to Texas a century
ago.
Masons from Jive adjoining coun-
ties were present, numbering about
300.
Those attending from Talco were
Dave Berman, L. E. Tipton and J
A. Davis.
Vote for G. R. (Roy) Fry for Jus-
tice of the Peace, Precinct 3.—
(Political Adv.)
Week of July 39, 1937
According to a church census
completed that week, Talco popula-
tion showed 4,300.
Members of the Mt. Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce had met
with the commissioners’ court for
the purpose of discussing plans for
securing a new court house for Ti-
tus county.
Dr. W. M. Wright, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Paris, was
scheduled to hold a revival meeting
at the Talco Baptist Church, begin-
ning the following week.
Miss Christine Broadstreet of Tal-
co had applied for a bachelor of
science degree. She had completed
her course at Texas State College
for Women at Denton.
Announcement had been made
that Humble Co. had staked seven
new locations on the A. W. Batson
tract in Talco.
Week of July 31, 1936
Henry Brady, 45, Talco oil field
worker, was found dead in the loft
of a barn, one mile east of Talco.
Investigation by officers revealed
he died of natural causes.
According to Farris Brown, local
postmaster, the Talco postoffice was
to be advanced from fourth class to
third class, due to increased busi-
ness caused by the oil boom.
According to J. R. Lee, local agent
of the Paris and Mt. Pleasant rail-
road, 180 cars of Talco crude had
been shipped during the month.
Work was progressing on the
Arkansas Louisiana gas line from
Mt. Pleasant to Talco. Over 100
men were employed to lay the line.
Talco Chamber of Commerce had
met in the Burks building on Tues-
day night. The group was presided
over by Felix Jones.
Thanks
May I take this method to thank
you voters of Titus county for the
fine vote and support that you gave
me in the election July 27th. I an*
deeply grateful for this honor and
solicit your support in the coming
primary as your candidate for
Sheriff. Sincerely yours,
EARL ALBRIGHT.
(Political Adv.)
Lamar Gets First
1940 Parity Checks
Delivery of the first 1940 cotton
parity payments in Lamar county
was started Monday to farmers who
have not overplanted their 1940
ootton acreage allotments.
289 checks amounting to $12,104-
.28 have been received. Distribu-
tion will be as rapid as possible.
BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP
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that we are able to offer to some
energetic young man or woman at
a substantial saving. If you are in-
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first class Dallas school, come to
see us.
Ernest Brown
Thanks Voters
To my friends of Precinct 3: I
take this method to thank you for
the votes you cast for me in Sat-
urday’s primary. Although I was
defeated, my best wishes shall al-
ways go out to you and Precinct 3.
ERNEST BROWN.
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Payments are being made six
weeks earlier than in 1939, accord-
ing to J. P. Maxwell, county chair-
man.
It is hard to tell which element
is getting the most condemnation
these days—reckless drivers or
reckless spenders.
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To The Voters of Titus
and Morris Counties
It is impossible for me to adequately express my
appreciation for the way you supported me in the first
primary.
If you support me in the second primary as you
did in the first primary, you will be giving me an op-
portunity to repay you by doing the very best job of
representing you I possibly can.
Thank you very much,
P. D. THORNTON, JR.
(Political Adv.)
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To Cause Us HEADACHES!
That’s Why We’re
Cutting Prices!
Our sale at bargain prices—We don’t want any “Hang-
Overs” to cause us headaches—That’s why we have cut
the price to assure them moving out—pronto.
SALE
47 SUMMER SUITS
14 Regular $15.00 Suits
ON SALE
AT ONLY
10.95
14 regular $15.00 suits on sale at
$10.95. Here are the sizes, 1-36,
2-37, 4-38, 1-39, 4-40, 1-42, 1.44.
16 Regular $18.50 Suits
ON SALE
AT ONLY...........
13.95
$3.95 Val. Extra Pants $2.95
16 regular $18.50 suits—extra
pants, $3.95. On sale at $13.95—
with extra pants at $2.95. Sizes
1-35, 3-36. 1-37, 1-38, 5-39, 1-40,
4-42. *
9 Regular $21.50 Suits
ON SALE
AT ONLY
$3.95 Extra Pants for
14.95
$2.95
8 Regular $24.50 Suits
ON SALE
AT ONLY
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pants, $3.95. On sale at $14.95—
extra pants, $2.95. Soze's: 3-36,
1-40, 1-42, 2-44. 1-46.
$4.95 Extra Pants
$3.95
8 Suits regular $24.50—extra
pants, $4 95. On sale at $15.95—
extra pants, $3.95. Sizes: 1-38,
2-44, 1-46, 3-48, 1-50.
—Includes Curlee’s and Sewell's
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Hardin, Paul. The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1940, newspaper, August 2, 1940; Talco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911775/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.