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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
7
Local items list visitors and illness updates including Mrs. Emily Padgett and Mrs. L. D. Lovett. Fort Worth and Abilene visitors noted with Mrs. F. H. Bowron and Mr. C. P. Goode in Graham. Widespread snow reports in South Dakota referenced. local races priced at fifty cents.
The Graham Leader notes fair activities with reminders to visit exhibits and races. Rev. Joe W. Bickley prepares church finances for next month’s conference while Mrs. Lora Garrison and Mrs. J. A. Allen call at the Leader office. A new subscriber from Porterville, California is listed. The Williamses’ Russian Wolfhounds attract attention at the fair. Airmail routes expand as Postmaster General New sets a contract between Chicago and Dallas.
RACES at Fair only 50 cents. Mrs. Leon Slaughter and children of Newcastle were in Graham Monday. The Graham Music Club will meet Wednesday, October 21. Miss Myrtle Ballard visited Miss Frances Donnell at Eliasville. County Judge Parsley and Auditor Hutchings were Jack County visitors Tuesday. C C Calvin of Markley attended the funeral of R E Bradfield in Graham yesterday. Carroll Dickenson of Dickenon Motor Co Tuscola passed through Graham last Friday.
Mr. A E Posern of Woodson arrived yesterday with hogs and vegetables for the fair. Mr. M M Wallace of Roswell New Mexico came this week for the funeral of Mr. R E Bradfield. Large crowds are expected to attend the fair Friday and Saturday, the big days of the event.
The fair committee promotes the best racing program yet with races admission only 50 cents. Messages mention Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Mowery and family visiting Bryson, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young, and Miss Etna Wilkinson of Proffitt visiting city friends. Wilkinson is principal of Spring Creek school opening October 19.
Mrs. Thos. R. Casey and daughter Virginia returned from Sapulpa Oklahoma to visit Mrs. Casey's mother Mrs FE A Runyan. Iowa Park will come here tomorrow to play Graham High School football. The game will be called immediately after the races. Mrs. S. E. Hunter returned from Fort Worth where her son Curtis Hunter was injured last week.
Mr Lee Douglass mayor of Jacksboro traveled to Graham yesterday. He is described as a Graham visitor with many friends in the city.
Mr S A Overton arrived from Fort Worth and will buy horses and mules starting today through next Tuesday night. Anyone with stock in good condition for sale should meet him during his stay.
Messrs G F Kavanaugh of Hamilton and C W Chick of Carlton are constructing a brick drive in filling station on the southwest corner of the square. The previous shabby shacks were cleared away last week to make room for the new facility.
Mr. B. B. Garrett, long devoted to his garden, notes two dry years reduced vegetable yields but this year enjoys a fine crop of hot red peppers. Though the stalks are few, they are heavily laden with peppers.
Rev W B Lockridge performed a marriage ceremony this week in Graham. Mr and Mrs Will Slater and daughter from Tahoka Texas left after a visit with Slater's ill mother. Slater moved away nine years ago and Graham has changed. many students attend Texas colleges and universities, with many subscribers already away as they follow The Leader.
Miss Edna Bowron resigns as secretary of Graham Baptist Church and leaves for Durant Oklahoma this week. She will take a similar post and attend the State Normal at Durant while pursuing college courses. Bowron contributed greatly as secretary and will be missed by the church.
Louis Bower and family spent two weeks in Lubbock country visiting his brother-in-law M. T. Howard. Rain extended the stay but he enjoyed wolf hunting with eight races and seven wolves captured. He aids the upcoming Fair dog show as superintendent and the hounds are entered. He brought back Plains grown feed samples and notes a promising cotton crop for fall.
A historical safety guide lists ten commandments for pedestrians and drivers. It warns against jaywalking and crossing behind streetcars, urges looking both ways, and stresses stopping ability, child vigilance, and careful driving in slick weather to prevent accidents and save lives.
Annual Methodist Episcopal Church South conferences in Texas start October 14 with Bishops Moore and Dickey presiding. North Texas in Greenville October 14. West Texas in San Antonio October 28. Northwest Texas in Canyon November 11. Texas Conference in Jacksonville November 11. Central Texas in Waxahachie November 18.
Classified notice notes that Leader Want Ads offer swift, targeted placement for buyers and sellers. Readers are urged to submit clear descriptions with contact details, deadlines, and prices where applicable to maximize responses and secure prompt sales.
Austin reports a threatening note to a prominent North Texas figure demanding 10000 in thousand dollar bills by October 16 from a group calling itself the D and D. The crude threat claims a 37 killings and a 20000000 total ransoms, promising loan options and a Jan 1, 1931 deadline. Governor Miriam Ferguson and former Governor James Ferguson dismissed it as a crank letter.
San Antonio on October 7. S E Beetley 35 a veteran post office clerk died from rabies nine weeks after scratching his arm while rescuing a cat from a neighbor's dog. The injury occurred during the incident and led to the fatal illness.
Drivers are urged to be extra careful at crossings where highway runs parallel to tracks. Do not shift gears within 75 feet of a track and look both ways before crossing. The danger lies in driver negligence as many cars stall or collide with trains, prompting calls for grade changes.
A Cisco News editorial urges readers to think before mailing orders to outsiders. It argues dollars spent outside the community leave forever, while money spent at home stays to fund civic improvements, taxes, schools, churches, and local commerce. It emphasizes supporting local merchants and the home newspaper.
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