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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
3
The Red Top column reports regular Sundays visits and dinners among local families, music at the McBee household, ongoing cotton planting and grasshopper concerns, scarce rainfall, and crop progress. It mentions names such as Dora McBee Ada Workman Isla Rutherford Vera Dowdy Floyd Alexander and others, plus local movements and seed sales.
Local updates detail visits and gatherings across Flint Creek. Families including Moore, Guinn, Ballew, Schlittler, and Stephens share visits from Graham to Oakland. A. J. Ballew, Mrs. May Caskey, and teachers like Mrs. Moore are mentioned along with end-of-week closures and merit awards for Eunice Ballew and Fay Schlittler. News is scarce, so no more.
Notice states the Morrison Smith Lumber Co intends to incorporate in Texas under the name Morrison Smith Lumber Company and proceed under state corporate law.
We have purchased motors to run the machinery in the office and will do away with our gas line engines. We have two engines one three horse power and the other four horse power. If either interests you and you are looking for a real bargain this is your chance. Call or write at once for the price we ask should dispose of them in a short while.
Mrs Pardue visited Mrs Moore Monday. Mr and Mrs Matthews visited J E Martin Sunday. Mrs J O Wilson and children left for Goree Texas to visit sister Mrs L O Brooks last Thursday. Nesbitt visited Mr Linear Sunday. J A Wright attended a picnic at Ivan Saturday. Willie Mask Millie Turner Lillian McClain visited Mrs E O Wilson Sunday. Bessie Brooks visited Stella Wil on Sunday. Minnie and Lyda Watson at Briar Branch visited Bertie and Stella Wilson Friday. Some men discuss cutting grain later in the week. J W Moore visited Tank Valley last Saturday. Rev Higgins could not preach last Sunday due to his wife’s illness. Ice cream party at J W Nesbitt’s last Saturday night. J A Timmons visited in Tank Valley last Sunday.
Community notices report Rev. Joe Mayes preaching last Thursday night and again Monday night June 9. Several residents visit relatives and attend gatherings including Mr. Griffin with Mr. Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Wes Wright with Gip Ratliff. Miss Mary McCallister returns from Mount Pleasant. Dozier sisters attend a holiness meeting. Ed Reeves hosts friends. Sunflower notes limited news.
Ice is available and stored at the Graham Ice Plant until the season begins. Parties seeking ice should phone or visit the Graham Ice Plant to arrange orders or pickup.
Warm weather brings rain urgency as harvest proceeds. weeds, grasshoppers plague fields with A C Anderson noting diverse hoppers. Local residents visit kin in Olney and Denton. Miss Ina Creager and Miss Dora Ratcliff appear in town. Harvesting dominates, grain yields vary. Rev Mayes preaches. misprint corrected for last week’s picnic dates.
The ad touts the Kirschbaum blue serge suit as handsome, light, cool, and durable. It promises color retention, shape retention, and satisfactory wear, claiming it is the best value in America for the money.
A Craig Point missive notes pending rain and lists local visits church services school events and social gatherings. The writer mentions ill health among residents and community doings at Pickwick Lucile Cedar Creek and nearby farms.
East Texas firm B. Street & Co has started shipping its green tomato crop and expects ripened fruit to begin around June 1. Indications point to an enormous yield this year.
Reliable Hail Insurance offers 6 percent cash or 7 percent on good notes. Agent R G McPhaill of Graham lists service across Young Archer Throckmorton and Stephens counties in Texas.
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