The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1932 Page: 3 of 10
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LISTS TEN
STRANGEST OF ODD FACTS
SO AND it YEARS AGO.
Bob Bullock of Newcastle «u a
business visitor in Graham Monday
afternoon.
in a rccen^ belie v#-it-or-not coot cat.
In my mam UOieve-it-or-not book
I have drawn a picture of E. L. Bly-
Can scared/ pierce the gloom
That comes with such a night.
Yet in my humble room X
Tie cosy, warm and atWJL
And children play upon the rug
Before an open fire.
What more could heart desire?
stone of Ardard, Penns., who wrote
! __ _ _ J__I _ ---«— _ M
/oars, numbers almost 5,000. .Now,
* The Graham Woodmen have
at all sorts and sises. Call at
oace and make four selections, aa
hs*t Tuesday is the day on which ’
these missives should be sent.
me a letter on a single grain of rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd' Lisle and sea
The massage contained 1,615 letters, , of Wichita Falls were guesU of Mr.
at the close .of another year, I took
baci^ at 03s vast' array ot unbelitve
able facts and to my mind there are
just lfl thgt I should choose to lead
which means that Mr. Blystone hiiid
written sight .ordinary typewritten
pages on this minute space—all
here Sunday,
the procession—10 that I consider
without the aid of a microscope.
stand out conspicuously.
Mies Margaret Campbell had aa
her gueat last weak Mias Kay of
Abilene. - Mias Key was a former
school mate of Mias Campbell, bub
is now teaching in Abilene' echeeie.
IN THE DI8TRICT COURT OF
TUB UNITED STATUS FOB THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
"r WICHITA FALLS DIVISION
NO. fit, IN BANKRUPTCY
IN THE MATTER OF
T?E BAM STORE _ — •
BANKRUPT
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PRO-
A premature explosion drove a
tamping iron, S ft., ? in. long 1 1-4
t Included in this s<|uad of believe-
■ it-or-not leaders, you would tipi tbs,
man who reads with his tongue,
Cyna Conly, the fastest talking hu-
man on earth; the rice writer, the
laborer who successfully survived
the most amaxing accident that ever
took place, the blind man who built
a house, -the donkey who discovered
There is considerable excitement on
Wagon Timber! and Huffstuttle
creeks occasioned by the discovery of
rich beds of stone coal. John Har-
rington has a b«d of oxeoUpnt coal
irv in' diameter, weighing 13 1-4 lbs.,
completely through the head of Phin-
cas Gage, who never even lost con-
sciousness,
The Young Ladles Home Mission
Society of the M. E. Church will give
_„_recovered rapidly and
lived a normal life.
A blind man built a bouse. Frances
A. Burdett, who was swarded first
prize in the New York believe-it-or-
not contest two years ago, built a
house three stories high without
any assistance Whatsoever, and at
the age of'BJ:—--
Huntsville—lira. J. P. Dawkiaa
based Coleman Hotel from Mrs. R. t
F. Coleman.
on his land, some four feet tbick^l' Valentine party at the courthouse
Unde Johnny James has also found
himself the owner of line beds of
coal. The southwestern portion of
Young county is evidently rich with
coal and other mineral substance. But
Uncle Johnny will doubtless go over
to town soon and be can tell you
alt about it "and more too”.
a mine worth 3100,000,000, Lindbergh
as the sixty-seventh man to fly tho
Atlantic. Babe. Ruth, who hit 125
home.....runs in sn hour; Charles
CougMsn, buried In Galveston, whose
Timer on—Otto and Jep Stain opeaad
baWry in 'former location' of Poaag
Bakery on Houston Avenne.
Orange—Abe’s Inc., men's clothing
TO THE CREDITORS OF ABOVE
NAMED BANKRUPT, THE BAM
STORK OLNEY, TEXAS.
NOTICE U hereby given that 1P. S.
M, K. Graham and J. T. Rickman
tv v/ i*vuu re s1’ ---j - * —
Richardson, Receiver, of said Bank-
rupt estate, has Bled a Petition with
the Referee of the Wichita Falls,
division of said -District, .alleging
that it would be to the best interest
coffin was washed to sen and re-
near future-
turned to his home. Prince Edward
island, 2,000 miles away, and. be-
Mt. Pleasant—iPlang being made
to improve local streets.-----
CoL E. S. Graham has had sheeted
• new observatory on tho top of the
Heve it- W not, there in' a Santa
banka in Graham aa published iR
corner of Indians, which I uncover-
ed two yenia ago.
a fine view of the surrounding j*
country can be had. The Cotonel's '
liberality is highly appreciated by
3II who have viewed the magnificent 1
longing to skid estate at tha earliest
possible date, and praying that said
assets Be ordered sold at Public Auc-
tion at OIney, Texas, at two o'clock
P. M., February 24th, A, D. 1 0 3 2,
panorama from this lofty eminence.
Cynga Conly is a lbcAT believe-it-
people are bound to be in good shape
financially, for the people keep the
banks going.
‘Messrs^ S.. B. and S. Boyd Street
loft Monday for the eastern markets.
Stock, of merchandise, inventoried
Our townsman, Mr. S. R. Jeffery,
contemplates a visit to his native
heath, merry England, during the
summer months. v.
Effective February 1st, .up?
J. G. Crow Comments On Problems
1 Of Current Interest To Public
North Bound to — WICHITA FALLS
Leaves 10:20 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.i
well as the common schools.
Graham, Texas.
TO THE GRAHAM LEADER:
1 will come Again With afew lines
in regards to tho conditions-at pres-
ent, as I saa it.
Sines Texas has bafn a notion, or
a state, them has heap a distinct
educational interest among her best
citizen*. Back in - the early days
Texas.....produced some outstanding
characters, whose influence is still
felt ia our educational life. Nearly
{very section of the state, boast some
outstaMiaig educator, who ha* had
a part in building up a public school
In such an adventure the State
authoritiaa invite criticism. What-
ever destroys local incentive ””in
schools, works a destruction of them.
In any unit of government local
autonomy should not bo destroyed. -
In every t6wn or rural communi-
ty of their State where, a good school
may. be found it can safely be said
thatt such a school was built up bjr
'he efforts of tha local citisenship
and for the State Department of
Education of this State to under-
uke to pursue- another plan would
Indicate a tack of a fundamental un-
Building, in tha City of Wichita
Falls, Texas at tew o’clock in the
forenoon, February 23,rd day A. D.
1 9 3 2,
Dated this the 8th day of February
V. D. 1932.
Me. . WALTER NELSON ■*-
Referee tn Bankruptcy- - -
South Bound to — BRECKENRIDGE,
-CISCO,, EASTLAND, and ABILENE.
Leaves 11:25 A. M. and 7:15 P. M.
f6r FURTHER INFORMATION SEE OR
CALL JOE T. CARTER, LOCAL AGENT.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller end
children of Eastland have moved to
Graham to make this city their home.
Mr. Miller is Owner of The Miller
5-10-A-26c Store here. , ' '
CLEAN CLOTHES
ik-i standing of
BAYER ASPIRIN
irai school interest,
Kb man has been a Westing to jtftutional Ufa;
An kind, and ,their influence will All over this
re Ml after they are gone, *ome feeling - <
Tha misgiving of tho present gene- the Stats sutho
Driver Hotel,
ration, and tho fear for the well-be-
ing of the public schools, at this
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
Southland Greyhound Lines, Inc.
' GRAHAM-MINERAL WELLS DIVISION___
. 4 JOHN KEMP, OPERATOR
Bna Station—Driver Hotel
BONDED [ INSURED
SPROL^S MOTOR
FREIGHT LINES
Over Sight Express Servtre
direct frem Dallas, Fart Wacth
to Graham. Rail Rates. Side
walk delivery.
J. H. New man, -
being expressed f try Chart.
educational affairs are being ad- excee<l |3.5o. There ia about-6JB00
. ministered, the constant tampering state Aid Schools in Texas and If
will in time get It out of order. Our eBfh made the purchase and if there
school machinery has been tampered WM 320, excess profit on each chert
with until It wlR require the best t)wre wauW be the sum 0? '$100,060
salt of tha bast cHiseas of this state, l{ th« moii4y provided for the chUd-
Nsfrtw ■■ KM—
Lv. for Mineral Wells 8:45 a.m.-n3:00 p. m.
Ar. Graham , r,, ;.. 1:15 p. m. .7:45 p. m.
Cofinwtion at Mineral Wells for Sll points East aad West,
EXCURSION FARES
Gr«h*m to Fort Worth, one way «SA6, Round Trip, |S.T»
“The Qu <v|raaf an,< f1iaanaa» Wu a_ E*___ wwv .« w
to avoid lost motion, and what tg.
MANAGER
'The Quickest aadCheapest W^tuFoS with'
tha confidence of the people nr thsis-
educational leaders, who ever they
the legislators wl
I Some ponsidoration should be
Much dissatisfaction has arisen j
.these matters'to the end that ,our
hi some counties and when aa at- <ctK>0lg m*y be saf* guarded and
tempt was made to compel the penlong unworthy of public confL
grouping for some consolidation pur- )ence bo lat out of public oft fee.
pooo of a large number af well ^ sincere hope, that some change
eeteblished schools. — ■ *111 be f made beneficiJt and main-
Tha citisens of my own county taining our rural school system of
have mot In several mass meetings „ur State.
and have publicly expressed their As a citisenship of tho-Siate, have
disapproval of tho methods of sd- .ome to realise tho great expense of
minislration employed by school]..ur selmol system,
authorities. —~ ~ With due respect tp all.
I do not think the citisens of this -”j remain, ss ever
state approve the enormous and j. q. crow
wasteful expenditure of public money V -0- V
made by the state department ,of M|>> and Mrs g u Richardson and
Education in the unnecessary pur- chndren of Meg*rgel visited
chase of texts. Richardson’s father, ‘R. L. Reed who
When money is not Xpent for u Mrlougjy Hl at hi* home on Fourth
texts that money reverts into funds -rMt ^ W#(JI
That tx "applied to tKe- opeirstion of , , |
UNLESS you iw the name Bayer and
the word genuine on the
pictured above you can never
sure that
you are taking the genuine Bayer Aspirin
that thousand* of physicians prescribe
Headaches Neuritis ,
Cold* Neuralgia
Sore Throat ?•“ Lumbago -
Rheumatism " Jroodiacbi
o harmful after-effects follow its use.
90S not depress the heart.
schools,‘so many unnecessary adop-
tions are made that It bicdmes a
drain upon tho funds set aside for
cl ti-
the use of public schools,
xenahip of this State cannot approve
the manipulation*- how promulgated
whereby independent districts are re-
quired- to pay s ( part of the salary
and expense* of th* county superin-
teadento.
- mis is *0 unfair that many inde- J
pendent district* have tried to »*-|
cure relief in the court*.
In recant years there has been an
‘effort to diafrenchisa the voters of
4Ma-State in ee far as tha office of
State Superintendent was concerned.
By making this office appointive.
This I regard as a serious matter
and a different departure frofn over
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1932, newspaper, February 11, 1932; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884347/m1/3/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.