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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
2
The Leader notes subscription prices for one copy, one year, and six months. The paper lists editor Frank H. Bowron and indicates Graham Texas postal registration as second class mail matter.
The Postmaster General orders a rate reduction for parcels sent within a 150 mile radius of the origin point and raises the weight limit from 11 to 20 pounds, affecting domestic mail and shipping costs.
Officials worry over a statistic indicating more than 100000 Japanese migrants in Mexico and about 20000 of them reside in or near Mexico City. The figure prompts discussion on integration and economic impact amid local concern.
The large August cotton long built in anticipation of July’s rise was sold off last Thursday causing a 31 point drop in New York trading.
An order by Postmaster General Burleson last week adds 174 presidential post offices to the list of postal savings banks to take effect on September 2. The move expands financial services through federal post offices nationwide.
The farmers of Young county seek a fall fair in Graham. The Leader argues prosperous counties plan fairs and Young county should not be disappointed, noting fairs are profitable for counties statewide.
Friends report an irreparable split between Governor O B Colapuit and Col Jake F Wolters after Wolters was allegedly swapped from Senate race to aid the Governor. Wolters resigned from the Governor staff and vows to oppose the Governor in all future actions.
A Thursday morning blaze in Decatur destroyed the Lillard Flour Mill causing substantial loss estimated at forty thousand dollars. The report notes the fire as a major local disaster impacting the business and agricultural community.
In Baltimore last week a new treatment for cerebro spinal meningitis showed marked success. A cure was effected by injecting carbolic acid into the muscle, a method previously used with success in tetanus.
A Washington private cablegram dated July 24 reported Secretary Ryan’s projection of a United States protectorate over Central American states. The message triggered protests in San Jose Costa Rica with newspaper rebuttals and a large public protest meeting.
The Leader endorses a County Fair in Graham on the second Monday in September. Farmers express willingness to cooperate and business men are urged to organize. The paper pledges free newspaper advertising and cost-priced circulars to promote Young County’s fair.
Judge W L Davidson resigns from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals amid a deposing by associates as Chief Justice Governor Col quitt to name a successor. Mrs Ferry near Floydada fires a pistol at Harry Snodgrass over hog trespass. shot hits saddle horn and Snodgrass retreats. Burglars steal hats gloves knives and about $3 from Robinson General Merchandise Scotland. Clay County votes defeat the 15c road tax with large towns opposing. auto ownership linked to tax gain rumors. Jacksboro area reports bond issue for a new school house. Post Office changes with J W Gaskin as postmaster. Eleven new steel bridges contracted in county building program.
Readers are offered a sale on remnant fabrics including 5c calicoes 10c dress ginghams and 21 2c percales, with bleached domes and browns priced around 10c to 13c. The page advertises various fine dress goods and white goods, with silks half price and multiple yardage entails.
Seventeen hundred pounds of this year’s seed cotton were ginned at the Howard gin near Graford yesterday. The cotton came from the O. D. Yarbrough farm four miles south of Graford. A. L. Jackson who killed C. P. Yeary last week is seriously hurt by a handax thrown by Slim Tallow and is slowly recovering at Mackechnek sanatorium. He may live to stand trial. One legal quirk of the case is noted.
Silos in Baylor county are being filled with maturing feed crop as cutters circulate, with about 75 tons daily blown in and tramped with water. Commissioners canvassed election returns and approved the new road work law paying hands and teams 1.50 per day. Local notices mention residents from Graham visiting, a school house remodeling contract at Orth, and election returns delivery by H B Thomas.
Visitors from Olney attend a Graham picnic. Bill Allen and Bill Johnson visited Graham last Monday. Judge Woolfolk spoke in the city on Saturday and noted the Brazos bridge needs repair. The Socialist Encampment runs from Wednesday to tomorrow with crowds enjoying the rides and talks.
Anxious for the Middlebuster, Baker Richmond notes coast residents fear railroad interests throttle progress. They hope a north south line will save them as President Walker reports Cowper-Thwaite and associates granted extra time until January due to financing, with Europe unsettled by Balkan war.
British steamship Birdwind arrives at Galveston with a wheat cargo bound for Rotterdam. Cargo quantity cited as 288 hundredweight. cargo value reported by the master as unknown due to garbled text.
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