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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
5
R G Taylor of Loving and many neighbors visit Graham for holiday work. The Christmas Cheer Club plans candy sales at the picture show Friday and Saturday to help the county’s poor children. Local residents from Loving, Newcastle, Indian Mound and Olney were in Graham on Monday and Tuesday for work, shopping, and visits.
Mrs Noel A Cropp left Monday for Brownwood after weeks visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J T Cunningham. Christmas Cheer Club will sell candy and novelties at the Opera House Friday and Saturday nights. Mr and Mrs B W King host Mrs W P Hancock and Miss Edith Hancock of Weatherford. Edith will attend school here this winter.
County residents are urged to support the Christmas Cheer Club by buying candy and novelties at the Opera House picture show on Friday and Saturday nights. Proceeds aid needy children in the county and a wood yard ad suggests community charity efforts.
Local notes mention Sweet Potatoes contact J W Padgett or phone Ind 102 5 for Ira and Doyle Woods who are ill. Various residents listing visits, trips, and purchases at Morrison's including fresh Creamey Ruste and Fat Mackerel. The text also covers a November tax penalty for unpaid revenue tax and lists annual taxes for brokers theatres and other services, with stamp tax details and War tax extending to December 31, 1915.
J. M. Hughes of Newcastle spent the week with his brother in Graham. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fulps returned from Lockhart. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Casburn of Newcastle visited their son A. B. Casburn. Luther D. Clark and family move to Fort Worth for work. Mrs. Lester Ringgenberg returned to Jackshore after visiting W. S. McJimsey. W. L. Howery reports wet conditions after a West Texas trip. Inez Lamons improves after a week of illness. Hub Whitmire returns from Ivan after heavy rains. Louis Rubenkoenig buys Graham Tailor Shop. Clem and Edd McCarver attend Ed Wallace funeral and return to Cisco.
Texas, Tamel & Mortgage Co. offers extended loans or new loans. Contact E. C. Stovall for arrangements at the local office.
Mr. Cope of Weatherford spent the first part of the week in this city visiting his daughter Miss Mary Cope who is one of the teachers in the school here.
W. J. Cooper returns from a business trip to east Texas noting heavy rain soaked countryside and impassable roads in many areas. Alice Graham hosts twenty children onWednesday afternoon November 25 for her seventh birthday with games and refreshments around a decorated cake.
To lease 320 acres including 60 acres cultivated with one set of farming implements. Location one mile north of Samford Texas. A. F. Stewart and family depart for Lincoln Arkansas to establish a new home. Fred Stewart and family remain. Misses Alice Stewart of Fort Worth and Margueret Robinson of Dallas visit Dallas hostesses this week and depart with Mrs Bruce Street. Major Smith of the Salvation Army to open a workingman dining room offering one square meal daily to unemployed men in Dallas.
Oakland letters report school began Monday November 30 with Miss Florence Carmack as teacher. Local residents like Mr and Mrs Blount, John Singleton and Davie, Miss Jewel Lester, and others visit relatives in Jack county and around town. Several Enlow and Lester family members travel, with comments on cotton picking and helper needs. Oleander signs off with a pencil donation.
Persistent rain last week kept roads rough and reduced Sunday school attendance. Students and teachers returned to a Monday start, while the Literary was postponed to December 11 due to wet weather. A Christmas tree is planned for Christmas Eve, and several residents visit kin and friends despite the delays.
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