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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
2
The Graham Leader shows publisher names Bowron and McLendon and a standard notice on correcting reflections and supporting education. It urges support for rural schools and cites Freemasonry slogans about backing country schools and public school funding in Texas.
Freemasons should back the public school system and ensure every child has an equal chance. If you have not visited your school this term, visit teachers and offer encouragement. Such patron visits boost teacher inspiration and student effort, reflecting the Masons’ historic role in founding and safeguarding free, high quality public education.
Governor Neff spoke on law enforcement, stating the law is the foundation of government and civilization. He warned that without law there is no liberty and that upholding the law is the first duty of a government.
The state issues a citation by publication to O B Carter and L L Kinnebrew in a suit filed January 6 1923 in Young County District Court. The First State Bank of Eliasville seeks foreclosure on promissory notes totaling 1500 dollars with 10 percent interest, tied to real estate in Eliasville. The action names Carter and Kinnebrew as defendants and calls for their appearance at the March 1923 term at Graham court.
The passage argues that without law a government collapses into chaos and the jungle rules, stressing that laws must be obeyed by all. It states that law governs man, not the other way, and emphasizes universal, impartial enforcement without immunity for wealth, business, or power.
A quick courtroom exchange centers on a $20 bill. The judge offers to alter the fine to twenty dollars, while the motorist asks to change a larger bill. The brief scene ends with the judge applying the fixed amount.
By order of the District Court of Young County a constable sale is set for the first Tuesday in February 1923 at the Graham courthouse. The property to be sold is the interest of C G Woolfolk and wife Ernestine Woolfolk in Lots 15 and 16, Block 9, College Heights Addition, Graham, bounded by Virginia Street and a 20 foot alley, to satisfy a judgment of $9,644.14 plus costs in favor of C B Gant dated November 20, 1922. J D Dawson, Constable, Precinct One, Young County, Texas. Graham, Texas January 2, 1923.
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