Wild cotton trees of Haiti and a political contest
A visitor describes Haiti where cotton grows on trees in the tropics and notes production peaks in 1791 with 3117 plantations. He cites American occupation changes, then details a Creole farm with ten foot trees and untended patches. The piece shifts to the National Oratorical Contest in Washington where Don Tyler of Los Angeles won champion secondary school orator, with Ruth Newburn and John M. Dallam II in second and third.
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Haiti
Tropics
Charlotte, N. C
Memorial Continental Hall
Washington, D. C
President Coolidge
Don Tyler
Los Angeles
United States
Ruth Newburn
John M. Dallam II
Philadelphia
Women’s golf pioneer C. S. Brown’s historic title
The piece notes C. S. Brown as the first woman golf champion in the United States, winning the title in 1895. It also mentions Elsie Sellers aiding USDA poster distribution, Dr. Florence R. Sabin becoming president of the American Association of Anath ests, and facts on women real estate agents in Pennsylvania, divorce rates in Turkey, and polygamy in Congo.
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C. S. Brown
United States
Elsie Sellers
Partition of oil and mineral rights in Bearden estate
Public citation issued to multiple heirs and guardians in Young County Texas. The suit No. 1318 seeks partition and distribution of oil, gas, and mineral rights across four described tracts totaling 525 acres in Young and Archer Counties. Nancy E. McChesney pursues life estate and remaining rights. executors R E Bearden and Pleasant Bearden act as guardians. court action set for July 7, 1924, at Graham County Court to determine division among all devisees and remaindermen.
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Young County
Annie B. Bearden
R. E. Myers
Annie E. Bearden
Palizade Hill
W. B. Hill
Pleasant Bearden
R. E. Bearden
Lou Griffin
T. L. Griffin
Hattie Claiborne
Bessie Lee Morgan
30Th Judicial District
Graham
Texas
A. D
Nancy E. McChesney
Young
Archer Counties
Archer County
S. G. Hardaway
S. E
J. A. Hopkins
Jas. A. Hopkins
Hopkins Sur
W. M. McCarty
N. Line
E. H. Payne
N. E
J. Psitevent Survey No. 2, Certificate No. 1-129: Beginning At the N. W
A. L. Bearden
Testate
Annie EB. Bearden
W. B. Mill
T. S. Griffin
T. S. Claiborne
Lee Q
Anna Lee Wilson
Paul Wilson
Francis Hampton Wilson
Robert Quinton Wilson
Carswell McSpadden
P. S. Claiborne
Nancy FE. McChesney
Amie E. Bearden
Onham
W. H. Kennedy
Clerk County Court
County
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Graham Shoe Hospital
Tyne
State OF Texas
Morris Sheppard
Bowie County
Fred W. Davis
Travis
John F. Maddox
Harris County
Mariam M. Ferguson
Poponlboas
K. Dikon
Harr
Felix D. Robertson
Eastland County
Thomas D. Barton
Potter County
T. W
Whit
Davidson
Harrison County
John D. McCall
Jefferson County
Will C. Edwards
Denton County
Wallace Malone
Tarrant County
Barry Miller
Dallas County
J. M. Mellon
Hopkins County
Dan Moody
Williamson County
John C. Wall
Grayson County
Edward B. Ward
Nueces County
C. D. Baker
Milam County
Don F. Smi
Cevene
Smith
Kel County
Terrell
McLennan Couty
Pat Moulden
Collin County
Tom Bell
Co. V. Terrell
Wise County
Public Traction
Ins S. M. N. Marrs
Travis County
George B. Terrell
Cherokee County
Robert E. Sparkman
Ellis County
J. E. Binkley
Will L. Sargent
J. T. Robinson
Morris County
Taylor County
Clarence E. Gilmore
van Zandt
ED E. Weaver
A. Smith
Robert E Speer
J. M. West
W. A. Neighbors
Wood County
Walter M. W. Splawn
Bell County
Supreme Court
Co. M. Cureton
Bosque County
William Clayton Wear
Hill County
R. H. Buck
Associate Justice Court of Criminal Appeals
C. S. Lattimore
Irby Dunklin
U. S. Congress
Guvin Williams
J. D. Parnell
Wichita County
C. L. Martin
Baylor County
John C. Marshall
Hardeman County
Walter F. Schenck
James V. Allred
R. S. Morrison
W. D. McFarlane
Willie Riggs
Irene V. McLaren
W. P. Stinson
W. F. Parsley
John B. Rhea
W. J. A. Cooper
J. F. Foster
W. E. Steele
Sam Copeland
Earl Gilbert
W. W. Martin
Willard Mobley
Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. H. Avants
N. S. Farmer
J. Wiley Moore
A. C. Anderson
Justice of the Peace
J. T. Rickman
J. D. Dawson
Robert A. Crawford Co
K. Holt O. R. Hill
E. L. Raney
A. A. Donnell
T. R. Billingsley
For Justice of the Peace
J. T. Lowe
J. L. Castleman
Sam Bird
Dudley Myers
W. M. Wood
J. W. Jack
B. T. Green
R. P. Flatt
H. ©. Gibbs
J. W. Loague
M. H. St. John
J. L. Bratcher Mack H. Sims
Cc. V. Sims
H. S. Thomas
W. H. Dent
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