The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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You can uD«p«ndon” our Red S«al Oinghams (book fold only). They wear and do not fade. Price, l£^e.
You can “Dependon” our UNWEAVE White Good a Looks like linen, wears just as well, costs less, will not wrinkle, heavy and medium
weights, also the sheer dainty patterns. Price, 20c to 35c per yard. >
s You can "Dependon” our line of “Dependon” Hosiery and Underwear; also our “Buster Brown” Hosiery, best made, linen heel and toe.
You better try ours next time. SAVES HOLES, SAVES DARNINO, SAVES TROUBLE, SAVES WORRY, SAVES MONEY.
You can “Dependon” our line of Stadium all-wool guaranteed Clothing fOr men and vounf men. They wear, they «»—$10.00
to $25.00. ‘ "
You can “Dependon” the celebrated “Ferguson-McKinney” Shirts, the bast shirt made for the money—none better and few just as good.
Cut full and roomy. Full stock to.select from. All prices, 50c to $1.50.
You can “Dependon” our Lion Special end Big Bear Hats. Best on earth for the price, $2.50 and $3.00.
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You can "Dtpandon** our AMERICAN GENTLEMEN SHOE for men, our AMERICAN LADY SHOE for women, SECURITY SHOES for
Iboys and girls. The leather Is the beat money will buy, made by the best skilled labor that money can hire. Security, $2.75; American Lady
and American Gentlemen, $3.50 to $5.00. , y
Bill I IIUTDV You can “Dependon" yopf Hat being stylish and up-to-date if made by our milliner. Miss Rogers, of McKinney, has charge
lnlLLInC.ll I v of this department She 1$ a lady of exceptional taste and natural abilMy. NO OPENINC.~Our business has opened up.
so much earlier than we expeoted, our orders are coming in so fast that we will not be able to have any special opening. 4=
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THE ‘‘DEPENDON” STORE
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In the Oil Field. | C. L S C.
Fire new drilling outfits are re- The Chautauqua Literwy and
ported to have been ordered for Scientific Circle met WedoeR-
the oil field north of town, and day with Miw Mary Ellen Fino^i
boring wiH begin in a few days as hosteS®. Quite a good mem-
on ihf Clarence Keen place near >rship reported at this interest-
tWer. A numlif-r of oil .m* ** «>“h. Mm GdUher pre-
have bean m tow. thk weric, bttt -ASS*
I. It is importable to get much newa „ . . .
of importance from them. How- phymclly. pototovUly, and m eul-
ever, we have learned that as
A cortiparwoii tieitween
the .Vnited States and England,
tun* and manners
Uve interest of this
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aixsorlied
b for »ev-
tvigh as $7.50 per acre, option
. . .__ •. v„ • n.m eral oomieeutivet meetings ana
lraae, has been pwd during «>« di- .
1 AiWerican
which was
District Court. I Priscilla Club.
District court has been m sea- Last-Tuesday the regular elub
sion all this week and a large day was observed by a' Urge
niwnjtfr of oases have been dia- membership at tbe home of Mrs.
posed of. which are as follows:
State of 'P^xas vs. Nat Swan
sey; guilty, punwlmnent at tw<v
years.
State of Texas va. R. M. Todd;
continued.
State of Texas va H. M. Jones;
continued.
Stat; *bf Texas vs. R, C.
A (buns, .not guilty.
Stoate of Texas va. Jack Fo^te1*;
dasnussCd. J ~~
State of Texas \w. Jim Hobbs;
jury out.
Mrs. A. F. Hanglwi va. J, A.
BSughn • di\Y>rce granted.
R. F. Fofclw. Tlie
uiofft pleasantly and
was
Caldwell; divorce refused.
Mm. Dovie Matthews ve. DeWit
-s w-a^jsss,
t , f re]ionUd with currmt notes of
odferttab bright «eh <*** art r11' ^ f**
, at Um AtnoM w«U and re- Mn“ Grah“" 8 W*U
*. of a good atrike «on papsr on
j3t^:laT~ Agf r || d|jH' , n is 1 olwtieB Jn hngliand,
Xtotlhe oil wvie^ed l>y RdcHomaiv. Al-| Mrs. Mattie Alexander vs. R.
[ ' here will prove to be thirty th(>llkb “affaire politic” are ofte t W. AiexancW; divorce granted,
f brty .,»!«, in wkW, m*Mm dry 8,1(1 to ladies, it Mrs. Launa Caldwell va. R. W.
J . U*d UiWwun will be fourtd P«'v<*1 *° /daly
takT in th, Md aouhheaxt U WhA* A^Z \ Xl' ^ Anoth.7 kll V
! Orrfmm, hut the™ may not W ‘e" “ 8 ^ V ^ a^i
a^r work done toward dewiopi^ W‘S ,^1
i. for mm time, or until Judge J^TJ °«l*“*. ^
Arnold*, well, went of town, h«a ^ernuig the bmrmMr.
been bronglit m or p« to the ^ “ W*^*
tended depth and the mwulto « * * 2? „
the work known. In oaae oil w rr, ^ _
atruek oh both aide, of OrUvam, "" 1e^8»PTfhe
there will likely he a well drilled « 'luh '•*» ^
in the outakirta1 of the city, and W. 8^
, . ,__# fc.t ^ ducted by Mrs. Parrish which
a thorough teat made of th* m- M mvnont
hu-diate territory. TMie SoutJlw“a*'n'Uw,<* ““P™8”1'
i The Circle will moot Wntli Mrs.
Begad country is also receiving *
its share of conaideratkm and t h
a well may be sunk there soon
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Wc bavo lieard enough oil
V»unors, reports and new^s this
OT&k'V* fill «p * doaen 'pai>er»,
bn^mont of i)t is hearsay and »i>e- j we have
ciilation. One ttiing sun' is tliat Salr am ior
& Ins bc*en jsgruck north of town Mardi
\ and our (ditwons have good r»‘a* I Read /viur «w
'‘'son* for believing Graham will then pome J
noon Wi the canter of th** gmiitewt want some
porter, pro tern.
TANT7" NOTICE.
nut of fchr big ancoeas
oil fktfd in Texas.
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SALE
iavue tlie
tli m paper and
the Sale /if you
bargains. s'
8. B. Stroeit k Co.
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Another Ileal Blixsard.
■ A fierce north wind which soon
devoloped into a blizaard struck
this section< of tlie country rtiort-
ly after dark last night and has
contended all day. A good rain
foil early tliia warning, which
was followed by a heavy Aloot
that covered -the ground.
Tlie weather this week has'been
warm and pleasant, causing some land had lived a devout Christian
time
profitably
spent d( ing dainty needle work
and exchanging useful ideas,
leaving W time for gossip, a
liabit which has never been
known to exist in tlie Priscilla
hClub.
' «Mre. Fowler had all to lay
aside their sowing while she
served / refreshing - punch ~ with
wafers. Guests were: Mosdames
S. B. Street, J. II. Riibonkoenig,
J. T. Rickman, B. B. Garrett,
Glen Q. Street, W. D. Norman,
C. B. Jones, C. M. Rickman, and
Miss Mayzolie Morrison.
Mrs. H. A. Wadsworth will be
next hostess.
------Death at Jean.--
Mrs.. B’auoie Smith, wife of W.
B Smith, died at her home newr
Jean last Tuesday and was buried
at that place yesterday.
Mrs. Smith had lived in this
county only about one year, but
had won tilie esteem and friend-
ship of a large circle of the bert
people in her community and
will be greatly missed. She was
a member of the Baptist church
WilkinsWoods.
W. W. Wilkins and Mb* Jessie
Woods were, married in this city
last Sunday evening, J&q. E. Bl.
IL&U performing tlie ceremony.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
llm J. T. Wilkins, old citizens
of Graham, and has grown to
manhood here, where he has a
large circ le of friends.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. G. Woods of this
city. She is a -charming young
lady and wHi make for the man
of her choice a splendid wife.
We join their fqjend* in ex-
tending congratulations and best
WiaJhee.
J. H. McClain, Sr., Dead.
J. H. McOlain, Sr^ died at-hhe
home of his son in the. Mount
Pleasant community last Friday
morning and was buried in the
Median
evening.
Commercial Club Banquet.
A banquet was given by Hie
Graham Commercial Chib for the
Road Overseers of Ptreoinot Now
One at the Mountainside Hotel oa
last Saturday, March 16th, at 7 .
o clock. This was a meeting in
which road overseers, county of-
ficials and members of GraJwm -
Commercial Club came together
for the purpose of talking and ~
planning good roads and was one
o<f trfte first of ita kind ever held
in the county.
AEter tlie big banquet wm
terved, at which Judge J. K.
Simpson acted as toastmaster,
spoeelus were made by E. W. Fry
S.'R. ; Crawford, R. J. Johnson, r ~
wTT. Slater, C. W. Johnson, F.
M. Berry, A. H. Jooes, M. K.
Gnqhaun, and others relative to
the construction and maintenance
of good roods. 'The merits of
Chapel cemetery......thatelhe splite log drag and th© ad-“~
visibility of using them on our
romls was thoroughly diaemfeed
life'. t>he leaves a husband and
eiyht ehildiren. ,
Pots, Pan® and
Uatenails at
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of the early trees to put out and
graso to start, ahd the aiukieai
ond severe change may rt>nslt se-
riously for the fruit crop.
Do you need a Range or
Stove? Ydu can veA#nc ait act-
ual firat cost
Kay. - —
Mrs. Henry Schuster was call-! business
ed to Olney last Sunday on He rem^mbMed the leader force
account of the serious illness of with * fralcrmil rail *ud slated
lM»r father, C. Deiter.1 She re-1 that his country was vtyy much
turn'd Monday aud nq)ort©d her excited over the oil d^eloptnenU
father improving.
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' 'm%k
. Dishes, Gl-
all kinds of
cost.—A. W.
Ralph Shuffler, the genial and
wide-.a-wake editor of the Olney
Enterprise, was in the city on
last Monday evening.
tL.i-L-u.'fa Archer county.
He was seventy years old, a
Confederate soldier, and hue of and it waa agreed that several'
the best men in his community.
He leapies a number of children,
all grown.
Proibyterian Church.
Services Sunday morning and
night." Put die cordially invited.
Pastor wild preach at B’lat Rock
at thfee o’clock.
Gaines B. Ilall..
Cul-
ell &
Repairs for PI
tivAtors at the
Cooper stand.—A.
L. H. (Bud) Harris has opened
a carpenter and repair shop in
the Craig building next door 4 to
Chism's Studio. He is prepared
to repair furniture of all kinds,
screed dors, etc., and asks a
share of your work in his lin©.
Our Horn® and »Br/akfast Ba-
eon are fresh an<
had. ^ Wre wUI^
next order.—V, I.,
to be
your
*ihvell k Son
sJuauld l>e put’ into service at once
W. F. Slater is an experienced
rood 'man, i* enthusiastic ovar
good roads and made one of
the l>e®t epeechea of the evening.
A Road Overeeers’ Association
waa formed add all present, were
dorliared. ahagter lmMiibers
it waa plaamed to bo
inoetmgs in the future.
The meeting was thoroughly
enjoyed by all and the good
speeches -made will Do doubt
stimulate tlie movement for good
roaxia in thin county.
Special Services.'
Next Sunday will be- Rally dag
St the CliriatiaA church. In tha
maw»ing the subject will be the
requirements of a front chfurdt
and in the evening a special pro-
grmix consisting f of paper®, ro-
eitatiors, special music ad Stating
wifh church roll call
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1912, newspaper, March 21, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth849931/m1/1/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.