Alansman Unmasked in Denison Church
About fifty Knights of the Ku Klux Klan members in Denison Texas visiting two churches caused crowd reaction. A masked man’s face was revealed at First Baptist and Dr W L Smith was involved. They then spoke at First Presbyterian before the group dispersed amid jeers from townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Texas
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
First Baptist Church
Frank B. Solin
New York
W. L. Smith
Sherman
Alex W. Acheson
J. S. Hodges
First Presbyterian Church
H. R. Long
Presbyterian Church
Teachers Discuss Appeal To Governor Neff For School Funds
Grayson County teachers met in Sherman to plan how to appeal to Governor Neff for a special appropriation to raise public school funds. They warned the 1923 per pupil amount would be only $10 under current funds, down from $14.10 in 1921, risking a $5,000,000 shortfall if no bill passes.
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Sherman
Grayson County Teachers’ Association
Neff
Miss Blanton Seeks Congress Seat in Texas
Austin Texas April 4 Miss Annie Webb Blanton State Superintendent of Public Instruction announced she will be a candidate for Congress to fill the unexpired term of the late Lucian W Parrish and also seek the next regular term from the district Mrs Parrish has declined to run for the place.
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Austin
Texas
Annie Webb Blanton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Congress
Lucian W. Parrish
Blanton
Partish
Young Men Organize Prayer Meeting After Revival
After a revival ended last Sunday, twenty five young men attended the first young men prayer meeting at the American Legion hall Tuesday evening. Officers elected include Fitz Bryant president and W. M. Morzan vice president with Roscoe Pace secretary treasurer. The next prayer meeting will be at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening. A collection was approved to aid charitable causes and a nice offering was received Tuesday night.
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American Legion Hall
Fitz Bryant
W. M. Morzan
Roscoe Pace
Jim Pink Montgomery
Skillet Passer
R. C. Brown
Presbyterian Church
Evangelist DeLaye
Sherman city council race yields seven members in upset
Sherman Texas April 4 in a warmly contested city council election seven members were chosen Ed gar Peveto L J Reynolds R A Cole Max Gibbs D W Gulick Lon McKown and J M Gillespie All but Gillespie were on the citizens ticket charged open shop and labor union lines influenced votes The anti Ku Klux Klan citizens committee backed the labor ticket Denison Texas April 4 municipal election chose Charlie Peter on the labor ticket to be Commissioner with 1550 votes over independent candidate Geo O Morgan who had 599 votes
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Sherman
Texas
Edgar Peveto
L. J. Reynolds
R. A. Cole
Max Gibbs
D. W. Gulick
Lon McKown
J. M. Gillespie
Citizens
Mr. Gillespie
People’s
Open Shop
Labor Untion
anti-Ku Klux Citizens’ Committee
Denison
Charlie Peter
Petet
Geo. O. Morgan
People of Our Town Editor rejoices as paper goes to press
The editor prints a cheerful note about the newspaper going to press with ads, praising merchants for vigor and resilience in town. The tone counters gloom, suggesting commerce remains strong and spirits high as the paper resumes production.
Greenville swindler fools local firms with forged Bergin letter
Greenville, April 3. G. A. Mason used a forged Bergin letter and checks to swindle Beall Hardware, J. W. Sinclair Furniture, and G. A. Pfaeffle Jewelers. He posed as a relative and auditor, bought a Hamilton watch and dining sets, and left with $110.50 cash plus the watch. Officials warn nearby towns and pursue leads. no arrests yet.
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Greenville
Geo. A. Bergin
Sulphur Springs
G. A. Mason
Beall Hardware Company
J. W. Sinclair
G. A. Pfaeffle
Mason
G. W. Mason
Wright St
Texas
Bergin
Pfaeffle
Hamilton
Shreveport
Katy
Mr. Pfaeffle
Beall
Sinclair Furniture
Wright Street
Beall and Sinclair
G. Pfaeffle
Wife of Waco Pastor Dies After Operations
Waco Texas April 3 Mrs Elizabeth McMillan 32 wife of Rev E W McMillan pastor of the Church of Christ died tonight after heroic measures to save her life. In two and a half months three major operations and four blood transfusions were used two hip amputations were performed and a goiter operation done January 17. Her brother in law A L McMillan of Ballinger and her husband supplied blood. She was born in Howe Texas near Sherman and leaves her husband a daughter her mother five brothers and three sisters Jesse Baxter of Dallas among the brothers.
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Waco
Texas
Elizabeth McMillan
E. W. McMillan
Church of Christ
Henry Watterson Laid To Rest In Louisville Funeral
Henry Watterson, veteran editor and dean of American journalists, died in Jacksonville on December 22. His funeral in Louisville featured a large turnout of active and honorary pallbearers, a ceremony at First Christian Church, and a granite grave marker at Cavehill Cemetery with his name and his widow listed.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
America
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
First Christian Church
E. L. Powell
R. L. McCready
Christ Church Cathedral
Dr. Reubert
Christian Church
Jefferstown
Watterson
Mr. Watterson
Robert W. Bingham
Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Edwin P., Morrow
S. Thurston Ballard
George Harvey
Great Britain
Cavehill
Dismissal of Charges Against County Attorney Bookout
Sherman April 3 The extortion and illegal fee collection charges against County Attorney Hubert Bookout were dismissed by Judge Silas Hare after no prosecutor appeared. Previously, a grand jury in January returned two indictments. an ouster trial began February 20 and ended March 2 with a not guilty verdict.
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Sherman
Hubert Bookout
Silas Hare
Fifteenth District Court
Hare
Ben Gafford
Bookout
Fifty-ninth District Court
Grayson County
Coal Mine Talks Spark Record Opposition
Columbia Record notes opposition to coal industry talks, with critics arguing existing coal bills are already too high and influencing policy. The statement signals discomfort with unifying miners and operators.
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Columbia Record
Post Office to Close General Delivery on Sundays
Postmaster H. L. Webster announces that starting next Sunday the general delivery window at the post office will not open from 9 to 9:30 a m on Sundays. Mail will go to boxes and outgoing mail will be dispatched, but no deliveries will occur from the general window on Sundays. The change follows new Postmaster General Work regulations urging Sabbath rest.
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H. L. Webster
Advertising Now Increasing Nationwide
Chicago reports F Guy Davis of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association says national ad campaigns are expanding. Businesses new to newspaper space are doubling and tripling space this year as a necessity of the current economy. A firm that began national ads in 1920 now runs in 40 papers and earned a 7 percent dividend. this year it plans to reach 200 newspapers.
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Chicago
F. Guy Davis
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Lawyer Drops Dead Pleading His Case
Amarillo Texas April 3 Judge W H Kimbrough aged 60 died in Dalhart at 6 40 this evening while pleading a case in court He was a prominent Panhandle lawyer who came to Amarillo in 1909 He served as Houston schools superintendent eighteen years ago and helped author Sutton and Kimbrough Arithmetic with five years as secretary to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction before moving to Houston He left a wife and five children.
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Amarillo
Texas
W. H. Kimbrough
Dalhart
Kimbrough
Panhandle
Houston
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sutton and Kimbrough
Revival closes after three weeks in Whitewright
One of Whitewright's most successful revival meetings ended Sunday night after three weeks under the hub of the Hub DeLaye evangelistic party. The event, led with Rev. Max Strang and J. Q. Adams, drew conversion and re-consecration of over two people, raised total offerings of 1235.00, and saw more than fifty new church members join across the city.
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Whitewright
Presbyterian
Hub DeLaye
Evangelist DeLaye
Max Strang
J. Q. Adams
DeLaye
Senate Cuts Out Free Seeds Item
Washington April 3 The agricultural appropriation bill carrying 35808000 but without 360000 for free seeds was reported to the Senate. The measure, as turned over, is 116300 larger than when it passed the House, with 298000 for TB disease in animals and 52000 for cereals. 47000 for the Bureau of Agricultural Economics statements. and 75000 to prevent spread of the European corn borer.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Senate Committee
Five Inches of Rain Fell Here in 24 Hours
The heaviest rainfall in years drenched the area Monday into Tuesday with over five inches. An onlooker noted seven inches in a tub, while floods overflowed low lands but caused little overall damage. The Sun did not record a precise total.
Palo Pinto County Drilling Is Resumed
Mineral Wells Texas April 4 Recent rains have filled tanks and pools across Palo Pinto County allowing drills to restart. Hodges & Shandler test on the Bleeker farm near Brazos drills at 3775 feet after a prior shutdown for water shortage and sand line wait. Owens Burkett & Wheeler have rig up on Wheeler No 4.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
Palo Pinto County
Hodges & Shandler
Bleeker Farm
Brazos
Owens, Burkett & Wheeler
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Alansman
Miss Blanton
Young Men’s Prayer Meeting
Quae
Hambone
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