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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
9
Wiley M. Imboden former secretary of state and ex journalist from Austin said in a San Antonio Light interview during a visit that he favors restoring the bat as a disciplinary tool in prisons. He warned discipline at the penitentiary has deteriorated since its abolition.
Senator Morris Sheppard gave his maiden Senate address last Thursday defending the democratic tariff bill. The lengthy speech lasted an hour and a half and drew attention from both parties as Vice President Marshall sent a note praising the effort on behalf of the democratic party.
Beginning with the first of the month a change was made in the manner of making public reports of cotton ginned. Local correspondents will be permitted to publish results in each county as soon as their reports are sent to Washington, rather than waiting for the complete state statement.
Following Missouri, Arkansas held its second statewide road working day with widespread participation. Business and professional people closed shops and joined in a day of public labor, a plan gaining popularity and proving profitable as counties adopt the method.
In Galveston on Monday September 1 ex-Governor Campbell indicated he is not out of politics and hinted Texans will hear from him again. Some read his remarks as a plan to enter the gubernatorial race next year. He criticized Colquitt for vetoing the education appropriation bills passed by the recent legislative session, drawing cheers.
The Grand Jury assesses rising felony crime in Young County, notes irregularities in a county seat election but finds no sworn proof of corruption. It warns vendors on Sunday sales, urges more vigilant investigation of malicious mischief, and commends County Attorney C. Marshall and District Attorney Elgar Scurry. It calls for a finance committee and reports a well kept jail and cooperative prisoners.
A burglar entered the sheriff’s Dallas room while he slept and took from his bedside a pair of trousers containing a watch and money.
Fifty thousand children in Massachusetts were thrown out of work last Tuesday when the new state labor law went into effect. The law prohibits the employment of any child under fourteen years of age and provides that no child under sixteen shall be allowed to work more than eight hours per day.
The Perrin community received its first direct mail from Jacksboro on Wednesday September 3 as the post office opened. John Harmon serves as postmaster. A big Monday crowd gathered for First Monday District Court and Labor Day, continuing the season’s thriving monthly trade day attracting local business interests.
Paducah Post urges Texans to endure the dry and hot season of 1914 urging patience over migration. The piece argues moving costs money and offers little chance of improvement, advising residents to remain in Cottle County as conditions, though tough, will improve in the future.
J F H Wood attended court at Graham on Wednesday. Tom Long reported strong Olney county conditions after a tour of East Texas counties. Local figures including W W Rhodes Smith Groves Frank Noah Chas Treue and A D Harmon attended District Court in Graham. The Olney Enterprise announces catalogs printed for Olney Public Schools and a scheduled eight month term with a possible nine month term if funds allow.
The new law, effective September 1, provides compensation for workers injured on the job and for their families in case of death. Once adopted, it follows the rule in the North and East where such laws are common.
Sheriff Brown visited the city on Saturday. Grand jury members Jim Larimore Blue Terrell were summoned and excused. The Graham grand jury sits this week drawing local citizens. We corrected Newcastle pupil count from 109 to 336 including 27 transfers. Labor Day horse race saw Pat Shelton’s horse defeat Bob Carlton’s colt. Local news upbeat about state conditions despite cotton shortages.
A new federal statute makes it a crime to kill migratory ducks anywhere in the United States with a 100 dollar fine and ninety days in jail for violations. States cannot override the law through local season codes, and Texas hunters will need to comply as hunting licenses no longer grant permission to shoot ducks. Dallas Times-Herald notes uncertainty in bill specifics even as enforcement begins.
The government report shows the coming cotton crop at 68.2 percent versus 74.8 percent last year, triggering a sensational rise in the price of the staple. With the crop short and other conditions favorable, 15 cent cotton seems possible if farmers do not receive that amount, indicating something is amiss somewhere.
Commercia Appeal recounts Davy Crockett’s early presence near Trenton Tennessee including a cabin, spring, and barbecue pit. Court records show Crockett as an overseer and public worker in the 1820s, a bridge payment, fines later remitted due to flooding, and a hotel bill in 1834. Local lore claims a bear sign and carved inscription but skeptics doubt the bear tale.
F Drew Caminetti son of a Wilson cabinet member is convicted in San Francisco California of violating the Mann white slave law in a trial just concluded.
A fire wiped out Bokhoma Oklahoma near Idabell last Friday causing an estimated $900000 in losses. Fire crews battled the blaze as residents watched the town vanish from the map with extensive property damage and evacuations reported.
A Tuesday afternoon head on crash on the Fort Worth Dallas interurban line left a motorman dead and about thirty persons seriously injured.
A express train crashed into a local passenger train near New Haven Connecticut last Tuesday killing twenty one people and injuring fifty. Rescue teams worked through wreckage as officials investigated the cause of the railroad accident.
A major blaze ripped through Hot Springs Arkansas last Friday, scorching sixty blocks and causing losses estimated at 10 million dollars. The fire began in a shack and spread rapidly as high winds fueled the flames threatening a wealthy section of the town.
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