The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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can get. Take your title papers and the whole matter is closed up in a short while and you
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YOUNG COUNTY ABSTRACT & TITLE COMPANY
" ' GEO. H. McLAREN, Proprietor and-Genet al Manager. — —
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SPEECH or BENJ.
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- At UpStW Secretary Sta
ton, of the Graham Commercial
Club, we publish the address oi
Benjamin Lauderdale, which was
delivered at the reception ten-
dered the Graham Boosters by the
captured Breckenridge and Boost’
er Law has been declared, r
At half past one o’clock this
afternoon, • Breckenridge
thrown into great excitement, by
4h» warlike li’~
doubteable Colonel Staton in com
era" and supported with thir-
teen pieces of artillery (automo-
biles) had suddenly sWting loose
from his entrenchments and for-
tifications at Graham, and was
Breckenridge Commercial Club on headed south: The purpose be-
Tuesday evening,’ March 28.
Judge Veale, the toast Master
of the evening, introduced B. W.
Lauderdale as follows:
Mr. Lairderdale will speak oa
the ‘“Capture of Direkeui idg^ ■u*
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He regards it as an epic. His
utterances are hardly responsible
as he is suffering from a mental
derangement by reason of his
constant reading of 'the newspa-
per accounts of the bloody bat-
now raging in Mexico.,
blip. Lauderdale • spoke as fol-
lows:
Ladies and Gentlemen.—The
Commercial Club of Graham has
ing raid, and the objective point
being Breckenridge. These war-
like tidings were further con-
firmed by despatches announcing
that Ivan , one of our out posts,
had l)Wll dipt HI
composed of- veteran mallet Weld
efg^fied at the first call to arms
Our capture was rendered * all
the more galling by the fact that
grjm old warrior, Frederick the
Great, seldom ever wore a sword. r______^ , , - .T _ ____
Instead of a sword he carried a] leaving their route ftrewn with the Graham brigade captured
ick. Even *6 with
Colonel Furr, instead of a sword
ho always wears his famous forces. In
Smith Premier typewriter swung however, i:
RC.McPh&ffl
to his sword belt. So hastily lin became boosters and
buckling his trusty typewriter
from his side; he placed it on a
gun carriage and dashed off hjs
famous proclamation reading, as
follows:
“Now is the time for all go,od
men to come to the aid of the
party.
, This proclamation he ordered
Juan had fallen, and that Heavy
firing had been heard off the
mole St. Nicholas.
’“War gnashed loud its bristlin
• rest of bavonettes." _JX ir. '
Colonel H. B. Furr, command-
ing the Breckenridge garrison,
began to rally his forces to meet
the invasion. Here is where his-
tory* Te peats itself. For military
historians inform us that r that
woman and' child in
Breckenridge, within the next
fifteen minutes, r He then order-
ed the—famous regiment -of
“knockers" to meet him*at the
arsenal, but, instead of atsemb-
hling at that place they went to
the hoppital. The hatchet bri
gade, by forced marches, made
a retrograde movement to the
high weeds and tall timber. Even
“Heroic Old Mallet Brigade’’,
which afterwards
hands of the inva
the crisis of battle
Of the
many
knockers
prepare
trotn sixteen flags (the colors
of our Commercial-Club) which
our.-dear lady friends had just
mado for us.
K**Uh R«4l Estate, Makes Mort
gage Lo»n. on L.uid.
Give un* a lift
.‘Otlce in Court Houa«
tions were made; to give the Gra-
ham forces a warm reception.
Hastily detaching a part of his
forces, (’olonel Fnrr, accompani-
ed by Major John Black and
Captain R. W. Lee, supported by
four pieces of artillery, went out
on a scouting* expedition to re-
connoiter the invading
posted in the skating rink, where ami aacsctattrthelr intentions,
it would naturally., bn pent! 1* R ing adjutant uf~ Col. Purr**
staff I accompanied the exj>edi-
tion. We met - them at Metre
Hill, where our entire force waslhonoi* that- they would
surrounded and captured. We
attempted to enter into a treaty
with them, but they were flush-
ed with victory,
declared that he was
Colonel $t&ton
bent
theirkrtillriry as trophigL -They
swept into town under a heavy Graham
cross, fire of photographers cam- "
eras and deadly kudacks, and , ___
.aptured it. OHaoel Staton'aul ’ GARBLE AM ORAN HE
tnnatum was brief but decisive
Its provisions were to the effect
that all hammers, hatchets
mallets should hf;_ hiiritnf"' That
oru»" should be
abolished. And that all knock-
ers and kickers should be held
as prisoners of war until they
gave. their paroles and word of
become
Boosters. Resistance is folly!
They are in possession of our
has been
parked in the''very front of our
C'orauiissary! the Hotel ~Uresent.
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the , capture ©f Breckenridge, Their batteries sweep all of our
and that his ultimation and terms streets, consequently there is
would be issued from the court nothing to do but accede to their
house steps of that ynrv * town, tefliis. We surrender.
nk in roar kitchen ana
pi p«therefrom seres
A nice si
drain / j
mr good yi
ickachej ’i
Cooper Egooh, make the stake an<
drain plpa^^tiot the doctor bills. ,
a
your good woman many a step and
backache^ colds, and doctor’s bill
and
I represent Cisco and Stamford
Marble Works, and can fill vour
orders for Tombstones and Iron
Fencing promptly and satisfae*.
torily. _______; W. E. Baker,
Graham, Texas.
CITY BAKERY
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When it comes
to Leadership
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^JpHIS year it would seem as though
seasons themselves favored
footwear fashions. Ordinarily die Silks, Velvets and delicate
Suede leathers which go to make a goodly proportion of this
Springs styles would be inappropriate for Eastertide, but its
lateness this season foretells the balmy air and sunshiny days
of Spring — just die weather to most effectively display the
beautiful new Creations in “Queen Quality" footwear.
The makers of these “Famous Shoes" have spared neither
nor expenselo. present to you. a line of Spring and
r.r.mer fashions that for beauty of form and variety has never
• Wore been equaled.
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Our assortment of these “World Famous Shoes" affords
an opportunity for selection that even the smart, exclusive shops
of Fifth Avenue cannot outdo. From our stock you may be
as fittingly shod in the Easter parade at the smartest Paris-
ienne on the Boulevards. jrS »
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Qualify For Business
“Young man, qualify yourself'
for business. The age demands i
Educate yourself for business 1
AND 1IEREAFTER. ’ ’—Henry
(’lay.
“Grt a practical-. education.
Business colleges furnish their
Fresh Bread and Cakes every
day. Your patronage appre-
ciated
^"North Elm Street
H.W. McGOWAN
graduates with a better educa-
tion for practical purposes than
either Princeton, Harvard, or
Yale.”—.James A. Garfield.
. “No young lady could have a
better safeguard against adver-
sities of fortune, or a better re-
source in time of need than a
knowledge of Bookkeeping and
Business, affairs."—Harriet B.
Stowe.
“A shorthand writer who can!
typewrite his notes is safer from J •
poverty than a Greek scholar."—<
Chas. Reed.
’ “The education I acquired in .a
business college, I consider as
of the greatest practical value
of any I ever received!"—Hon.
Lyman T. Gage, Ex-Secretary of
U. S. Treasury. S
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Contracts for all
kinds of
DIILLINO—WATER WEILS
Accurate logs furnished on drilling
for ooal end minerals, lnd. phone 20
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
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The fame of “Q^ieen Quality" is universal; millions of
women wear them and sing their praises ; •— and •when it
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comes to leadership — in fit, form and variety
of Ayles, they lead the world.
S. 8. STREET & CO.
GRAHAM, TEXAS
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“If I, were fift^n years old a-
gain, arid wanted to be earning
$25,000.00 a year in some great
business by the time I was thir-
ty, l would gel into a manager’s
office as stenographer. There is
no quicker and easier way to
mi<M-e.-4.’’—-Frederick Irdand,
Official Reporter House of
Re p r<‘sentati ves.
4 After all has/ been \aid and
j done/ It is Reiults Th^t Count.
The time has! omne When we
{no longer needA^ruend upon ar-
; guiprnt to provir^hir ease. We
need qply point to the ACTUAL
RESULTS gained through our
instruction. •
\V<* liavr* no scholarships to
GIVE AWAY, but we wfU guar-
l antee to sell you a scholarship
Nat a reasonable profit to oursel-
ves, * and equip you with —g-
thorough Business Education at
' less eost to you than the schools
that advertise to “GIVE” you
,' a scholarship. We will save you
more than the cost of scholar-
ship in price of board alone, and
^ besides our town is free from
negroes and saloons, and vari-
ous attractions that lure young
' men and ladies away from their
work. All we ask is a chance to
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1911, newspaper, April 13, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth849943/m1/4/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.