The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1931 Page: 2 of 12
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CLAUDE CALLAN SAYS—
Utter* lQ Mi w'th
the rudest thet sotietblng be Mid
about the aiHinea* of chain letter* In
general. like appear* to have Mid
enough" herself when she petal* out
that tht particular letter at band ir
in the fifty-seventh , “link” of the
cKEin, which fntatta tf tbr
chain .ha* .been followed to date the
number of letters sent out h*» been
CEO. T. SPEARS. Edrtqt-Manager.
Entered »t the Post Office at
mother, father should take time to
consider the nueslion of what really
la useful. In a sense a new iron-
ing board or a new mop would be
useful, but these things are not *o
useful se jewelry or fun or some
»uch luxury. The gift with wfcfib
mother must work reminds her that
Have you tried to bca#od boy?
Are you impudent ?
Do yoiicit what you arc tofat to?
[onths
*1. rctul -hundred thotiaand times the
you pick, up your pi
total population of the world.
gift depresses her and may
actually shorten her life, while s
luxury wiH cheer her up and pdd to
her days in tha land. Fot this rea-
son the luxury is the most useful
gift that father can buy. When
he gives mother a luxury he help*
tation of any person, firm, or corpor-
evening and figure it out for your-
Milf. —It wili be well to get a very
large piece of paper, however, and a
convenient wai\hoU*8 floor fo|| a
desk, for the eventual total will
kbatch a great dutanee. The admo-
nition jp.aaeh receiver of the chain
letter i* to make nine copies and send
these to a* many persons; this mul-
tiplier carried forward to only the
alien which may appear in the col
•aura of The Leader will be gladly
corrected upon it being brought hr
the attention of the publishers.
you Vigil your hditth and fee
Do you t/ar* mud into the hou'
to extend her years, and by keep-
ing her in the world longer he gets
7F Member 1q31Y
Do you *Wys say "thank
tossL hmiotUAl AssiKisnoe.
Ane >oa.rUc<* to your lif
o/avmoLt&s ?
pjAymates
just jinglets
thirty-second UtoklJrilljare a *<**1
|to bed vKea
you arc told ?
of 187,112,086,151,841 ,pur coffw-
powdea* aetabi ..out:-- . ~*r
Some irascible pertoils annoyed by
the receip. of cham letter* Jiaye sug-
The old man told the bright young
That he really hadn’t oughter;
lecause," says he, -,jfou really see,
She is my only daughter. r >
suggesting a 2-eent stamp, w» can TberrtrTi way it seema to ns,
hardly expect- the post-effice to take
action. Of course some may wonder
xEho-is selling all these 2-cent stamps
since all the postoffices in all the
world since stamps were soty have
sold but a fraction of that .number.
'"'ft la .perfectly obvious from our
correspondent's multiplication that
They put us under. ground.
DON’T BE A LOBSTER
own efforts, are waiting for some | A grain sorghum seed analyst ie
grand billow of good fortune to act being sought by the Lubbock Cbam-
them afloat. Yea, it is easy to bo w *.* Commerce. ..' 2 .7
a “lobaurt** Put. on the other hand
It la -just at easy, and far more .. -~r--- —■ . .
satisfying, to be . wWl-Wglk- Hardfun county production hnut
__________ « borrowers hate repaid approximately
That he couldn't be her mother.”
chain. Of eourse.Tt is possible that
high and dry among the rocks, has
not the energy and Instinct to work
by means of self-reliance and earn-
all these persons encounter the mis-
fortune thrMtened, but if this is
true it would account for more than
the total of the miseries of the hu-
man race. And if it la true thoee who
send ont chain letters and thus open
the wtky for misfortune to attach -
thoee to whom they arc sent are the
worst enemies of -the human race. If
the belief of the chain-tetter addicts
were trim, what tha world need* M NOTICE OF AWtftAJ._____—
- 'ir,** Nations seelnet was I---- ----—--*
but a league against chain letters.
Star-Telegram.
eat effort in th* face of difficulty,
hi» way back to sea bat waits for
th# sea to coma for him. If it decs'
not come, he remain# where he M
He-must have been a fool.
and dies, although the slightest ef-
fort would enable him to reach the
waree which, perhaps, are teasing
The world is full of human lobsters,
men stranded on th* rocks of Ufa
who, instead of putting forth their
Notice is hereby given thal'fka
ANOTHER HONEST INDIVIDUAL
12th day of January, 1922, between
the hours of »:M A. ML and 2:00 P.
ML, for the election at Directors and
the transaction of such business as
May properly cams before the meet-
YOUR CHRISTMAS
'SHOPPING WILL BE EASY
IF YOU COME HERE FORr-
C. C. BLOODWORTH
Sunshine Laundry
Adv. 17-20c.
Wilbarger county’# cotton aceegae
will be reduced eighty thousand
acres under the Texes cotton acre-
age reduction- law. —
MOTOR
YOUNG COUNTY ABSTRACT
Abstracts and fk* Insurance
ARNOLD * KAY. Managers
Office ever First National Bank
This store is all aglow with a complete Has ed beautiful,
practical and useful GIFTS for tha ChrirtssM Bhcpfrt
GIFTS for the entire famUy, for both yoang aad grown-
ups. . . And Prices are Lower this year so as to moot moat
any budget. .... Own* boro and me will bo |M to help
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
earth’s sweet flowing
Who intimately lire* with rain.
Poems are mad; by fool* like me,
L. R. (Jack) Joyce* Proprietor
“Whan you want drugs bad; You want them Good.'
GRAHAM, TCXA8
By Joyce Kilmer.
LOOK lor the name Bayer and th*
•mrd genuine on the package as pictured
above wh*d you buy Aspirin. Then
you’ll know that you are getting the
gfUN'ae Bayer product that thousands
of physicians prescribe.
Bayer Aspirin is SAFE, a* million*
" user* have proved. It does not de-
ma tha heart. No harmful after-effect*
FOUR TEAKS LATEK
McFARLANB A McFARLANB
LAWYERS
Tidwell Building
GRAHAM. TBXA8
. Four years ago the Seattle Star
conducted a newspaper poll on prosi-
ln that poll
•rs and dentist candidates,
frontier Mr. Hoover nerved M2 vet**, A!
to the j Smith received 478, with scattering
Because I figures for other possibilities,
rb herit- Rece-mly the same paper has been
tans of conducting another poll., Ka latest
' should tabulation show* 884 vote# for Gov-
gfnor BtftRinlt, RSI far Mtk, M
for Hiram Johaaou of Califlmle, 67
for Murray of Okkkoma, M for
~ ex-President OooHdge—and for Prso-
ta roue- Mart Hoover, 22.—Wichita Dally
Southland Greyhound Lir
GRAHAM-MINBBAL WELLS DIV
JOHN KEMP, OPERATOR
DEMAND
One wx*k„.from unlay will be
Christmas Eve. ' Preparations foT
th* holidays will go forward at a
rapid pace during the next few day*.
Local stores have -for-the past two
or three weeks had-the appearance
"*uf Sapte Claus work" shop*. offering
* a fascinating array of
from which to choose. With sdeh
tempting display*. ' shopping should
be very nearly completed, and all
packages to be Sint by mail should
be posted at least by Monday ja,
order to be delivered before Friday.
Remember that the postoffice de-
part merit is to observe Christmas too*
and bo mail will be delivered that
A little boy told hit mamma
He, loved her for his Mother; ;
But, Oh, how happy he would be
keeted-lhcre-should be a law against 1 If she could be his brother,
sending such things through the mail
•a., that the threat implied against
ury recipient who breaks the chain
inight 'fujjjijih a peg on which to
hang prosecution under the postal
laws. However, when we look at the
long string, of figure* above, each
«ksEA_A VX—,.
Thi* week the ' people of Graham
have had the opportunity of sharing
material bkssingi with other* by
ooatributing to the United Charities.
At this mu* of the year the
tferaghto of the whole world turn
to giving. The real joy of th* Christ-
mas hoitday*; come*. in the thrill of
making ether* happy, and there
should be n deep Mtiatoetien as wall
ta making gifts that guarantee eess-
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Aa an alto
our neighbors is a real privilege and
those who have not yet contributed
to the fund fpr the United Char-
ities should avail themsclve* of th*
opportunity to add a bit of cheer
for sonwobe during the' ' coming
rtanths.
- ^-v _
Foot major intereat* share in th*
molding of th* mental aad moral
characteristics of a e»ii»«ii»liip Uh'uf-
chee. schools, hbrariee, and recreat-
tonal agencies. Not tha least of
these is the public library, from- the
shelves of which Hi* boy* and gill*
of the community get many of thkir
ideals of life aad the trend of adult
thought is largely influenced. Grn-
’ h*m't pnbiw Ubt*,r^ rrevise* all of
the municipal *uyport'£futt'Ti tR|*«sd
possible by th* City Council, but
depends largely on gift* from In-
dividuals for the purchase Of new
books and necessary equipment. Por
the second time a Christmas tree
for the library will be held this year,
and friends of th* institution have
been asked to give either hooka or
money. A gift to the libi sry is
really a gift to hundreds of individ
uals, one rood book; being iMUW
again aad
Old Man Diogenes, wW with bis
lantern looked for an boneat-man.ua-
til Father Time cut him down, just-
didn't took in the right place. And
than when he found the honest per-
son, it might turn out to be a wom-
an Inst end of a man. He should have
come to ill# Deport country, where
N. D. Hammond could have pointed
out such a p -non. Thru the mail the
other day -.here came a letter from
*' woman, which read: “Dear Mr,
Hammond! Pitas* find enclosed $2
for a mistake made_ on^ cotton pick-
ing six years ago, and $2 additional
(oi .intt/es! on it.” Mr, Hammond
dsea nat semk itt
that he was returning all the money
•■o the woman with instructions to
buy some of the things they will
need this winter. Aside from S clear
conscience, honesty has its own re-
ward of self respect, to which
added in this case the generosity ot
N, D.
tree be weighted down
and cheeks!
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During the past month death bn#
claimed four pioneers who shared la
the development oi Young county.
On* established his heme on a young
County farm before Graham was
founded; another came a short time
after the city’s inception; ariJ the
others long before the modern char-
acteristics evident today ' Aad taken
shape. To them and that# com-
panions of the busy years that lie
behind ere due the credit for the
pleasant place that Young county
is today. They or their father* •
came from eastern stale*, where civ-
ilisation was established, because
they had s vision of greater pros-
perity' and success in a new Hind
Leaving behind , the cnmdifiiP'tnnd
conveniences of the older communi-
ties they dared th* dangers add
privations of the western frontier
and
tack
Against the
breast;
A-tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A. nest of robins in her hair;
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1931, newspaper, December 17, 1931; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884086/m1/2/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.