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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
The taxable value in Oklahoma this year totals 1 173 942 390 dollars, down by 20 000 000 from the previous year, reflecting a slight decline in assessed worth across the state.
Dr. A. C. Oliver, senator from the first district, has been named Superintendent of the Confederate Home in Austin.
Lieutenant Governor Mayes acts as governor in Colquitt’s absence as he attends a Governors' Conference in Colorado Springs Colorado. The report notes Mayes occupies the gubernatorial chair during the conference period.
The United States placed a large order for enhanced Whitehead torpedoes akin to those supplied to Japan’s cruiser Kongo. They boast a range of 10 000 to 12 000 yards and a speed of forty eight knots.
Austin reports Representative R. B. Humphrey of Throckmorton is likely to join the Penitentiary Board as the third member. Humphrey sat on the legislative penitentiary investigating committee and served as a House conferee on the penitentiary bill vetoed by the Governor.
The general ad valorem rate jumps to 23 cents per $100, up from 10 cents last year, with 17 cents for the state school tax and 5 cents for Confederate Pension tax, totaling 45 cents. State expenses are estimated at $7,527,417 and taxable property is valued at $2.618 billion. Scholastic apportionment is $7.00 per person. Bowler-out by Forest Halsy, a three reel film, plays at the opera house next Saturday night.
Led by Dr. J. Frank Smith of Dallas clergy will recite the Lord's Prayer on September 14. Millions will participate in a universal supplication originated by the National Reform Association of Pittsburgh and carried globally by missionaries, now spoken in every language.
Commissioner Worcester reports widespread slavery and peonage in the Philippines Islands. Children eight to fifteen are bartered and sold. courts have legalized the trade and the assembly has blocked anti slavery laws. The United States may need to intervene to assert humanity over chattels.
Reported in imperial circles that the German emperor abandoned most alcohol during a recent cruise and now favors lemonade with orange juice. Separately, Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway shops at Teague burned, 20 acres gone, five locomotives and a baggage coach destroyed, $500,000 loss, with rebuilding planned.
The Scrap moving fund has reached cotton marketing centers with hundreds of thousands more to come. The Progressive administration expanded government functions aiding the South while northern manufacturing interests had benefited earlier, leaving the South urged to push forward with limited support from government.
An innocent man freed after a deathbed confession of another inmate walks home in rags. the case highlights potential reform for compensation of lost time. A separate card thanks friends for support during a wife's death, noting lasting loyalty and kindness from neighbors.
Maury Diggs was found guilty of white slaving in San Francisco and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. F. Drew Caminetti, son of a Cabinet member, faces trial this week on the same charge.
A Kentucky letter narrates a four year struggle with illness and pain, with relief after starting Cardui the woman’s tonic via Chattanooga Medicine Co. The testimonial urges others to consult their pharmacist and request home treatment guidance and the 64 page booklet.
The inaugural Baylor County 1913 cotton bale, shipped by Hudson Bros of Red Springs, was ginned at the Burkharter gin and sold by C H Mitchell & Co at 12 cents per pound. The 511 pound bale netted $61.32 to the producer and $20 to J C Week for a total of $81.32 excluding seed.
Megargel’s first bale of the 1913 season, raised by R. H. Nash of Spring Creek and ginned by Megargel Gin Co, weighed 518 pounds, surpassing the 1912 bale by 13 pounds. It sold for a price of tie with a $40.50 town premium, totaling about $97.48 plus seed value.
A digressive editorial notes waste on road repairs and imagines a large fund to span the nation. It then reports the first bale of this season’s cotton arriving Thursday, sold to John Black at eleven cents per pound, with merchants reacting to the sale.
The article notes Wm Brown receives the honor of bringing in the first base for the season. It mentions Breckenridge hosting a strong gin plant and cotton market despite rail distance, with updates on locals Chris Lawrence Arch White Preston Lawrence and weather and editorial opinions about summer and regional pride.
Mr and Mrs McJimsey returned on the noon train from Fort Worth visiting Mineral Wells from Graham and drinking the waters for health. Parker County residents favor building a Fort Worth to Mineral Wells road independent of government support if its offer falls short. Tar rant and Parker Counties are urged that if the Palo Pinto line is extended locals will finish the road into Mineral Wells.
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