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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1924
Page
2
The paper discusses post election moves to amend Texas primary law including sworn oaths for candidates disallowing crossover votes and endorsements. It notes political party executive committees cannot place non compliant names on ballots and mentions Miriam Ferguson leading in the governor’s race with 1000 expected majority and Coolidge’s electoral votes amid uncertain outcomes.
Mr. George Baines authorizes The Avalanche to state that a marked erection ballot distributed in Alpine the evening before the election was written without his knowledge or consent and that his name was used without his comment or authority. He says he had no conversation with anyone to justify the use of his name.
The text proposes amending primary election statutes to allow the attorney general to act against any chartered organization or business in the state that endorses a candidate for office in a party primary or convention. It allows endorsements only if the organization is chartered as a political body and requires publication of a full nominee list 60 days before the primary, detailing state, county, and precinct.
At nine o'clock Thursday morning Mrs Perguson announced her support for Governor Coolidge as president. The event drew local officials and residents to the state capitol as the political move was made official.
Voter tallies from Glenn Springs Alpine and Terlingua precincts indicate Mrs Ferguson leading in Alpine with 205 to Ferguson 172 and in Alpine precinct No 2 Ferguson 21 total 226. County results show Ferguson overall ahead 270 to 248 with scattered presidential electors votes and county officers largely scratched. complete county totals incomplete due to uncollected precinct data.
C Bowles disavows authorship of a political handbill circulated Monday night that named George Uaines without authorization. The sample ballot urged vote against Mrs Ferguson and for Dr Butte while listing KeK Townsend J C Bird George Baines and C Bowles as likely authors. Mr Staines, visiting out of town, says he knew nothing of the ballot or its marking. printing was not by The Avalanche office.
Sheriff Townsend states his name was signed to political material without consent since last July. He emphasizes he did not support Mrs Ferguson in the general election. The report notes Nellie T Goss, widow of a former governor, elected Wyoming governor on the Democratic ticket and mentions Mrs Ferguson of Texas as a leading lady governor. Also a job notice for a first class adobe brick maker appears.
Mrs J D Jackson opened her home on a Wednesday afternoon to the Ladies Mission Society of the Christian Church. Mrs Job Caner led the lesson on China amid Chinese decorations and refreshments, with displays of Chinese articles and an embroidered shawl belonging to Mrs Kate Nevill.
Temple residents honored Miriam Ferguson Democrat Governor elect with a midnight party after results. Ferguson was escorted home by admiring friends while husband Jim Ferguson thanked well-wishers. City results likely favor Republican George G. Hutte despite Ferguson carrying her home county by about two thousand votes. Take time to renew your Avalanche subscription.
The Red Cross reports 192 disasters causing 735 deaths and 1,992 injuries, leaving nearly 1,000 homeless with losses over 44.75 million dollars in the year ended June 30. It spent 737,603.37 on relief nationwide and locally, with a mobile disaster unit ready for rapid response. The organization seeks continued public support as Armistice Day enrollment nears.
Temple Texas November 4 1930 Mrs Miriam A Ferguson elected governor tells AP Texas remains loyal to true democracy denounces Ku Klux Klan attacks and school teachers who urge Democrats to betray their honor She vows to pursue all platform promises and push education from rural schools to universities.
Frank Smith of Beaumont, convicted in 1922 for the Lee Duke taxi murder, received a full pardon from Gov. Neff. The pardon follows a confession by Eurebe Vidrine that he alone killed Duke and that Smith was not involved. An ongoing probe linked a watch to Vidrine and to Hot Springs, Arkansas, aiding the reconsideration.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to relieve catarrh and deafness with an external ointment and an internal tonic. It notes the remedy has been sold by druggists for over 40 years and lists J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as the supplier.
County Chairman John Perkins reports donors to the Democratic National Committee in Alpine Texas. The list includes W. W. Jenkins, P. E. Flemister, W. Van Sickle, Gordon Alvis, Jas A. Burke, W. D. Burcham, D. C. Bourland, and others, plus Watson Anderson Grocery Co and Turney & Turney.
Calotabs claim to break up a cold or flu overnight with a nausea free wipeout. The no-salt tablets are said to be purifying and effective, with a morning disappearance of symptoms. Sold in sealed packs 10 cents or 35 cents, with money back guarantee if not delighted.
A column critiques wealth bias and greed, contrasting money with virtue. It mocks rich opportunism and ponders poverty’s virtue, noting wealth questions permeate society. The piece ends with a humorous aside about subscriptions and ads.
County Commissioner G A Brown shipped ten carloads of cattle to market on Tuesday. Five cars carried steers and five cars held cows and calves.
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