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Graham Leader

Location

Graham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1923

Page

3

Rules For Pedestrians In Georgia Times

Pedestrians must wear a white front light and a red rear light when crossing. A right turn requires three short horn blasts. Those behind vehicles must stay alert and yield. Pedestrians should not carry sharp tools near tires. Do not dodge cars faster than 11 mph. Annual license to walk costs 7 dollars with no year pro‑ration. Licensing requires demonstrating dodging crawling leaping and extricating from machinery before a board. Pedestrians liable for damages to cars or occupants.

Geona Times

Hergesheimer’s Bright Shawl in Cinema with Star cast

Richard Barthelmess leads in The Bright Shawl a First National release at the National Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. The Cuban romance set in Havana features Dorothy Gish as La Clavel, Anders Randolf as Santacilla, Mary Astor as Narcissa, and William Powell in supporting roles with John S Robertson directing.

David Inspiration Pictures, Inc National Theatre Edmund Goulding Joseph Hergesheimer Cuba John S. Robertson Barthelmess Charles Abbott Havana la Clavel Santacilla Narcissa Escobar Abbott Dorothy Gish Anders Randolf Mary Astor Narcissa Jetta Gondal la Pilar William Powell de Vaca Andre de Beranger

Osage Symbol of Wealth Highlighted for Tulsa Expo

An Osage Indian motif adorns grounds for the International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa from October 8 to 14. The Osage Nation holds mineral rights in Osage county and receives oil royalties, with individual incomes sometimes reaching ten to twelve thousand dollars annually for a family.

Tulsa Osage County

Richard Barthelmess rises to stardom and production

Once earning eight dollars a week with an insurance firm Richard Barthelmess has become a popular motion picture star and vice president of his own producing company. His latest film The Bright Shawl is set to show at the National Theatre next Monday and Tuesday.

Richard Barthelmess National Theatre

Thirty Million Lost The Value Of Men To A Community

Opinion piece argues that a society’s strength equals the disciplined effort of its people with a comparison to mules. It contends that productivity follows controlled labor and restraint, echoing a national roads policy theme from The Nations Highways.

New Laws In Effect Since August Fourteen In Texas

Austin reports the second called session of the thirty-eighth legislature enacted laws becoming operative August 14. Provisions include capital punishment by electrocution, anti Negro voting in Democratic primaries, inheritance and delinquent tax collection, coin operated vending tax, Blue Sky stock sale regulation, stock promoter permits, and a $7,500 annual admin appropriation. Also raises motor vehicle license tax collector fees, validates bonds signed by retiring officials, tax pauses in Wharton and Matagorda counties for a coastal channel project, lighting districts, sand and gravel removal, separate assessments in independent school districts, and state parks promotion. A Houston monument to General Sam Houston is funded, and reform includes separating insurance and banking, finishing American Legion Memorial Hospital at Kerrville, and creating a Texas historic board. Other measures cover nonresident guardianships, extended oil and gas permits under federal receivership, farm and livestock producer pools, delinquent levee-tax collection, Anderson Federal credit law access for farm loans, private employment agency regulation, and a five year closed season on antelope and Rocky Mountain sheep.

Austin Texas Secretary of State Wharton Matagorda Colorado River Houston Sam Houston Department of Insurance and Banking Board of Control American Legion Memorial Hospital Kerrville Texas _historic board Supreme Court of the United States

Citation by Publication in Young County Texas

The notice commands Constable of Precinct No 1 to summon A C Whitaker by weekly publication for four weeks in the county or nearest newspaper. He must appear at the next Justice Court term in Graham on September 24 1923 to answer a debt suit filed July 20 1923 by Central Filling Station Rex Cornish and S S Bates seeking $67 50 plus costs.

State of Texas Young County A. C. Whitaker Justice Court Graham Central Filling Station Rex Cornish S. S. Bates W. P. Stimson Justice of the Peace Texas

Tax Exempt Bonds and Fair Taxation Debate

A writer argues tax exempt bonds mainly benefit holders who pay no taxes on interest while labor incomes face heavy taxation. The piece questions equity, noting Bill Jones pays higher taxes to compensate for exemptions and asks readers to consider universal access to such tax breaks.

Bill Jones

Tax Exempt Bonds Drain Funds From Productive Enterprise

The text argues tax exempt bonds divert money from productive enterprise and raise the tax burden on those not holding the bonds, questioning government funding sources and sustainability. It emphasizes ongoing bond issuance as a financial drain.

All Alone Laments World Ties in Witty Exchange

Dialogue contrasts a wish to be cut off from the world with a quip suggesting a telephone booth as refuge. The brief exchange notes desire for solitude and the humor of a simple, everyday solution.

Young County Treasurer Report of Receipts and Expenditures 1923

The document presents the Young County Treasurer W W Martin page listing funds and balances for the Jury Fund Road and Bridge Fund General County Court House and Jail Fund and Brazos River Bridge Bonds. It includes totals of assets and liabilities, a sworn certification by Notary G Earl Hutchings, and the Clerk W H Kennedy certifying the copy as true for the quarter ending July 31, 1923.

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