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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1922
Page
3
Mrs J S Starr is on an extended visit to Fort Worth. Dr W J Hodson spent the weekend in Dallas with his family. Joe Johnson was a business visitor in the city Saturday.
W E Stephens and son of Jermyn visited Graham on Tuesday while Raymond Leslie of Eliasville attended a Graham visit Saturday. W H McCann and R D Tyra of Murray were in Graham on Friday and Tuesday respectively. W W Farmer and son Winfrey from Farmer also came to Graham on Tuesday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs W S Grisham on July 12, and another son to Mr and Mrs Tom Gafford on July 20. W W Martin and family with Miss Dottie Dieter left for a short vacation to Dimmitt Texas.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lee Matthews announce the birth of their daughter on July 19, a joyful addition to their family.
Mrs M A Hess departed this week to visit relatives in Russellville Arkansas.
Mrs. H. E. Griffin left for Battle Creek Michigan last week and plans to stay several weeks there for a extended visit and rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Deets of Olney visited Mr. and Mrs. Sikes Wood on Sunday for a social gathering.
Mr. John R. Roach and family returned this week from an extended visit to the Gulf country.
Mrs Charles Hinson and Miss Elizabeth Morrison are visiting relatives at Haskell. Bern Parkinson and family and Jim Goode and family left Saturday for a visit to New Mexico. Mrs Sallie Bower came in on the train Tuesday from a visit to her grandfather T J Mauldin of Bryson. Mr and Mrs John E Morrison were in Dallas and Fort Worth the first of the week.
Henry Kramer visited from Murray country on Tuesday and has just come back from a journey to the plains, sharing details of the trip and sensations from travel.
The Texas Motor Company states they sell only straight run gasoline to prevent valve damage and engine failures caused by poor quality fuel. The claim highlights how inferior gasoline can burn up a motor and underscores their product promise.
John A. Woods of Murray visited Graham on Tuesday and is reported unburned after battling grasshoppers in Murray county.
Miss Bettie Harris of Eastland visits sister Mrs. Goebel Reese. Mr. J. W. Perkins and family visit relatives at Olney Sunday and Monday. W. E. Caldwell returns Friday from a trip to Brownfield and other West Texas places.
Mr and Mrs Benton Kramer and John Lynch departed Friday for an overland trip to Arkansas. W M Wade and son Horace Wade of Sweetwater are visiting Mrs John H Wood. Mr Wade is a brother of Mrs Wood.
W. V. Bigham of Paducah, a former resident, dropped by Graham last week and greeted many longtime friends. Rev. J. E. Evans and his family left for Odessa this week for a visit and may tour Arizona before returning.
Rev F E Suttle of Olney visited Graham on Saturday. He has been in poor health for several months but is improving.
John Horn rested in the city on Tuesday while recuperating after hauling 500 bushels of oats to Loving the day before, needing a rest.
Texas Motor Company states that dodge cars are entitled to the best gasoline available and that they obtain it. Louis Rubenkoenig and Horace Hughes recently returned from Colorado. Horace may come back later as his parents will spend the summer at Colorado Springs.
Mrs W E Taylor of Houston is visiting her mother Mrs L B Padgett and other relatives. Her twin sister Mrs Ragland of New Mexico has been here several days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McKinley and Mrs. I. T. Gilmer with children left Monday for a visit in Dallas. McKinley will stop off at Senate on his return for a short vacation.
G D Hinson came back last week from Colorado with his family after a summer trip. He plans to return later but has business matters here requiring his attention at present.
Miss Lois Martin of Wichita Falls visited Mrs. M W Larmour for several days last week. She is the daughter of Judge and Mrs P A Martin and spent part of her childhood in Graham.
Mr. Terrell Payne of Hominy Oklahoma visits Graham this week. He formerly lived here and has not been in Graham in fifteen years. He notes many changes in Graham and Young county. He is a brother of Brook Payne of this place.
If your car isn’t running as well as it did last winter, try buying your gasoline from the Texas Motor Company. They offer fuel at 48 cents.
I. V. Freeman is here this week visiting relatives and friends. He has been away from Graham about long enough to move back.
Mrs. E L Burns and her children from Morgan Mills are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E R Ragland, at their home.
Mr Claude Bloodworth is away on vacation this week and has taken part of it for the thresher. He did not reveal his plans at the thresher. W D McFarlane returned Monday from Chicago with W H Dyer in a Packard car. Dyer has not yet returned.
John McComas of the Jean community visited Graham Monday. He lived in Graham as a boy and attended Graham schools and is described as a good farmer from Jean.
Rev. W. D. Boswell visited the city on Saturday and plans to hold a meeting at Red Top later this week. He has many friends in Graham who are glad to see him.
Milton Snoddy left Sunday for Groesbeck to join Mrs. Snoddy and their young daughter who have been visiting relatives there for several weeks. They plan to return to Graham this week.
W C Bunger and J B Lisle returned from Arizona where they learned details of Forest Lisle's death on an Arizona ranch. His horse perished when he was struck returning to his house after tending cattle. He was son of T L Lisle of Graham.
The co partnership of Davis and Son composed of Vess K. Davis and J W Davis, general drilling constructors at Graham Texas is by mutual consent dissolved. Neither party will be liable thereafter for debts incurred by the other. Vess K Davis Ss W Davis.
The report lists 12,239,114 vehicle registrations for cars and trucks in the United States. It notes 1,838 consolidated rural motor transportation developments. Railroads operate motor buses on short lines at 40 routes. Total production, including Canadian plants of U S companies, reaches 2,659,000. Electric lines operate motor bus services in outlying territories at 60 locations.
A schoolroom joke centers on Willie and a teacher asking what an average is. Willie answers with a farm twist, saying a leghorn hen lays an average of three eggs a week, so ma says.
All American relief stations in Russia have been closed and the Soviet government assumed all future damage claims. The relief administration was released from all claims by mutual agreement signed June 16.
Dr. M. E. Dodd of First Baptist Church announces the build of a Baptist college for girls in Shreveport Louisiana. The $500,000 institution will sit on 35 acres in South Highlands and is set to open within a year.
Henry Ford undertakes the construction of a plant at the Ford factory in Walkerville Ontario to produce fuel by coal distillation. The process aims to yield up to 10 gallons of motor fuel per ton of coal as a by product, signaling a move toward alternative fuel production.
Dallas report from July 16 cites General Electric data on lightning growth. It notes Curtis turbine generators twentieth century scale growth, gas-filled Mazda lamps delivering far more illumination, Chicago artificial ice production rising from zero to 725,000 tons by 1921, and electric power enabling 8 million gallons of ice cream. US electric light and power firms rise from 1277 in 1892 to over 7,000 with investments surpassing five billion dollars.
A poem reflecting aging and appetite as a man recalls a place “down where the vest begins.” The verse links ease and growing prosperity with appetite, suggesting success as a sign of fortune. Poem names William Spottswood and is printed in Bonham Favorite.
Blonde Bess questions Mr Tuff’s honesty noting he claimed work in a Turkish bat and says he has not taken one. The remark exposes doubt about his integrity and reflects gossip tone in a light local column.
The Gunly News itemizes local happenings from Grandma Jarnigan’s new barn to trips by residents to Graham, Denton, and Electra. It covers sick relatives, harvest progress, grasshoppers damaging crops near Newcastle, visits by Ruel Young, Mike Crow, and others, a missing Sunday school, typhoid in Jess Willis, and upcoming travels to Abilene and Arlington.
Miss Flora and Fenton Whitt of Olney were guests of the Misses Jordan several days last week. Mrs Estella Weems was in Gra ham Thursday afternoon on business. W. P. Stroud and daughters Miss Willie Stroud and Mesdames C. L.
E H Huckabee wed Emma Spivey. W A Townsend wed Lola Sullivan. Harvey Wilcox wed Agnes Cunningham. Don Elder Beck wed Georgia Terrell Wilson. J M Birdwell wed Mary Evelyn Hawkins. D H Harkey wed Par melia Jenkins. I M Blackwood wed Ruby Justice.
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