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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
7
The Fifth Sunday meeting drew strong spiritual energy with speakers Boswell and Haggard. Organized efforts aim to fund and build church houses countywide, while members praise the Pleasant Valley church for support and hospitality.
The Nolan County Fair Association begins its annual premium catalog with a two thousand dollar list. An active countywide campaign for exhibits is underway and the exhibition is attracting broad support.
The Farmers Union of Texas will ask the Texas Legislature at the special session to appropriate 25000 dollars per year for use by the State Department of Agriculture to promote marketing and rural credits. President Peter Radford provided the information.
Washington reports the government will begin issuing postal savings bonds in lieu of accounts. New bonds are redeemable after one year, bear interest at 2.5 percent annually after July 1, 1913, and deposits converted to bonds before one year lose interest.
J. J. Handley of Wichita Falls promotes a window glass plant from Independence Kansas to local capitalists. He says a running plant here could be worth 75000 dollars and employ over 100 people, with local investors to supply 35000 dollars while current owners cover the rest. He plans another visit to organize a meeting with interested parties.
Through the chamber of commerce efforts a candy factory has been secured for Comanche and is now in operation. A good demand for the product assures a steady growing business.
Amarillo hosts the kickoff for soliciting subscriptions as the state fair drive begins. The committee reports strong encouragement and plans visits to outside points after Amarillo, with the event shaping up as a likely success per the Caldwell press.
The Graham Leader publishes the Oak Grove Cemetery Fund subscribers list for 1913. Trustee E S Graham urges readers who have not yet contributed to do so, highlighting community interest and support across Graham and the county. The names include E C Stovall, S Boyd Street and others, with many local residents contributing.
Forty thousand veterans from both sides converge on Gettysburg Pennsylvania to recall the 1863 battle. Survivors meet as friends and comrades marking fifty years since the greatest engagement in the Civil War.
The University of Texas marked its thirtieth anniversary with a campus celebration in Austin, featuring class reunions a barbecue a parade and a ball game between the championship team and the Alumni. About eighteen thousand students have attended since 1883 and current enrollment exceeds two thousand three hundred with additional students in correspondence and the Summer School.
The city council enacts a tax on vendors peddlers merchants and hucksters who ply fruit produce goods or merchandise on Graham streets and alleys. The daily tax ranges from one to ten dollars with penalties for nonpayment. Violations incur a misdemeanor fine from five to one hundred dollars and each day of offense counts separately. Signed by Mayor 8S. Boyd Street and City Secretary T E Wallace.
Ordinance No 61 amends Ordinance No 60 as City Council accepts modifications. Local notes mention S Boyd Street mayor and secretary signatures, residents Baker family moving to Graham, Mrs Holman visiting Dallas, Bowly Crockford returning from Dallas around July 12. International treaties with Japan Sweden and Portugal extended by protocol signed by Secretary Bryan and ministers.
No transfers between districts after January 31. Residents seeking transfer to Graham Independent School District must contact County Superintendent B. W. King promptly. Transfers still available for ages 7 to 17 before July List Day 1918. Edgar McLendon, Supt. Graham Schools. A. W. Callahan noted. Clarendon News.
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