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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
5
Mothers Day was celebrated in Graham last Sunday with large church crowds and special sermons. The piece notes the day’s history from Miss Anna Jarvis to its spread, mentions carnations symbolizing motherhood, purity, fragrance, beauty, growth, and fidelity.
In Pleasant Hill, farmers in Young County rally against Gen Green amid fighting oil interests, cotton price hopes, and a note on a one teacher school run by Miss Eula Choate. The piece mentions Ku Klux Klan opposition, Prohibition advocates Gambrell and Rankin, and the death of Rankin’s ally.
Mr. France Peveler of Grandbury and W. K. Deering of Tolar toured Graham for a Reunion on the Wichel berger farm. Peveler disputes a friend’s claim that he fought in the Little Salt Creek battle, noting his service from 1858 to 1869 locally and then with U S and Confederate forces. He recalls two brothers buried at Eliasville and says old friends welcomed him back.
The Graham high school senior class will take exams this week, a custom to let them prepare for graduation. Other grades begin Friday. Teachers are busy closing the year and the new building completion should improve next session.
The following took the teachers examination at the court house last Friday and Saturday. Miss Carrye Wallace Loving. Mrs Cordie Birdwell Loving. Miss Gladys Duckworth Loving. Miss Ethel Cornish Graham. Miss Verna DuBose Megargel.
The Wichita Falls Record News announces new management and improvements and offers daily and Sunday delivery for one dollar from now until August 1, 1922. Enclose payment with your advertisement and mail to the Record News. service starts at once and is guaranteed.
A hostile editorial lampoons O B Colquitt as "little Oscar" attempting to undermine the Ku Klux Klan while praising past anti prohibition efforts. The piece uses biblical imagery and mock prophecy to claim he seeks to damage the Klan and banishment of prohibition.
A historic note compares observed fish and marine mammal speeds. An observer says trout in fresh water reach twenty eight miles per hour while Florida coast observers report porpoises swimming at fifty miles an hour.
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