American Legion Plans Fifth Annual Picnic Program
The fifth annual American Legion picnic runs through Friday and Saturday with Gray Amusement Company rides. Daily at 2 pm feature negro baseball games and 4 pm games between Tom Bean Nobility and Blue Ridge. George Dugan Orchestra plays as candidates for county and state offices speak at 2 and 8 pm each day.
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American Legion
Gray Amusement Company
Tom Bean
Nobility
Blue Ridge
George Dugan
Bells
Mr. Cox
Bascom H. Thomas
Dallas
Judge Wardlaw
John L. Andrews
Denison
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Roy Finley
Jardine Suffering Break Down Forced Rest in Alaska
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine has a breakdown from overwork and is ordered to rest in Alaska. He can work only about an hour daily and plans to stay in Washington until about August 1 to straighten departmental duties before a long vacation. He likely cannot participate in the Hoover campaign.
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Washington
Jardine
Alaska
Agricultural Department
Grain Crop Saved In Whitewright Region
The threshing season was ideal with only a few crops left to thresh and no rain damage to grain. Yields exceed average and prices were fair. Cotton prospects look strong as crop growth accelerates. Insects minimal and weather favorable for two weeks. Corn also shows good yield. Rain touched areas south and east, aiding crops, while north and west need rain soon.
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Whitewright
Pumphrey Reports Poor Olney Crops After Hail Storm
J A Pumphrey returning from Olney says the crop prospects there are very poor due to recent hail destroying fields and cotton stands. Miss Faye Martin, east of town, visited Miss Jessie Byers of Nashville who is visiting her parents at Ector. Byers plans a Dallas trip with friends for a Mammoth Cave tour and other stops in North Carolina and Memphis.
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J. A. Pumphrey
Olney
Faye Martin
Jessie Byers
Nashville
Tenn
Ector
Byers
Dallas
Mammoth Cave
North Carolina
Memphis
Democratic Party Receives About 200000 For New Campaign
New York report on Jesse H. Jones outlines that the Democratic national committee will begin the new campaign with roughly 200000. Since January 1925 total receipts reached 708000, including 200000 from Houston convention donors and 44000 from concessions.
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New York
Jesse H. Jones
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Jones
Houston
Women's Club
Washington
Political calendar remainder of year outlines primaries and conventions
The schedule lists key dates for voter lists tax collector fees primaries runoffs and county and state party conventions. It covers July 28 through December with deadlines for filings canvassing of returns and nominations by Republican and Democratic committees and eventual general election day on November 6.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
Republican State Executive Committee
Secretary of State
Reverend Waldrum Returns From Northern Trip
Reverend J. R. Waldrum pastor of the Church of Christ reports a month long visit to Chicago Detroit Buffalo Niagara Falls Boston Washington D C and parts of Canada. He says politics dominated discussions with Governor Smith seen as leading presidential candidate in the Northeast.
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J. R. Waldrum
Church of Christ
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Boston
Washington
D. C
Canada
Waldrum
Smith
Hamilton accepts post with Kilpatrick Brothers Lumber Co in Oklahoma City
H. M. Hamilton has accepted a position with the Kilpatrick Brothers Lumber Company in Oklahoma City. He traveled there Sunday and will be joined by Mrs. Hamilton and their young daughter later. Hamilton previously taught at the Texas Military Institute in San Antonio for two years.
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H. M. Hamilton
Kilpatrick Brothers Lumber Company
Oklahoma City
Hamilton
Texas Military Institute
San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Jack Webster Move to Jacksonville for New Job
The Websters relocated to Jacksonville this week as Mr Webster assumes a position with a furniture firm. He is returning to the company with a substantial salary increase after previously being employed there.
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Jack Webster
Jacksonville
Webster
Democrats To Fight Bolters In Texas Fight
Democratic leaders in Texas plan a vigorous campaign to oppose bolters and raids on votes for Al Smith. Jed C. Adams reports an anti Smith strategy to form a separate ticket of Democratic electors while remaining in the party. Constitutional Democrats may be the label for the anti Smith faction.
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Dallas
Texas
al Smith
Jed C. Adams
New York
Democratic National Committee
Adams
National Committee
Gotham
Smith
City Hall Auditorium
W. A. Collins
Hoover
Collins
Rotary Club program shines with Ben Hall leading
The weekly Rotary Club luncheon last Friday highlighted Ben Hall as the program chair who redeemed a prior shortfall. Guests Mrs. Lee Weathers and Miss Elizabeth Clark entertained with readings and piano solos, praised as some of the best in months. Ed LaRoe will host next Friday and has invited Dr. C. L. Pickett, a long time Philippine missionary, to speak.
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Rotary Club
Ben Hall
Hall
Lee Weathers
Wolfe City
Elizabeth Clark
Leonard
Lee McAfee Critically Ill in Fort Worth
R L Lee McAfee former sheriff of Grayson County lies critically ill in a Fort Worth sanitarium after a major surgery on Saturday A daughter Mrs Ben H Moore is at his bedside and Sam M McAfee a brother who was with him during the operation has returned to Sherman for business but will rejoin him in Fort Worth.
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R. L
Lee) McAfee
Grayson County
Fort Worth
Ben H. Moore
Sam M. McAfee
Sherman
Kentuckytown Dairy Program Announced
The Sun receives word from P. H. Connelly that a Kentuckytown dairy program will be held Friday night July 20. Featured talks include Food Value of Milk by Derryberry and The Jersey and Holstein by J. R. Westbrook, with additional lectures on pasture milk hog value and sire selection. Music will be provided by Sandford, Dodson, Neal and Harris.
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the Sun
P. H. Connelly
Kentuckytown
Lee Simmons
S. H. Dodson
C. C. Morris
H. G. Webster
T. E. Vitti
Miss Inez
J. R. Westbrook
John Pennell
J. R. Oliver
Man Shot Chasing Tire-Thief Truck Near Austin
George Pearson of Plagerville near Austin was shot after chasing a tire thief gang on the Austin Round Rock highway. Pearson boarded their truck and, with a driver, pursued the machine before overtaking it. A constable who helped arrest two men brought them to Travis County jail.
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Austin
George Pearson
Plagerville
Austin Round Rock
Pearson
Travis County
Grayson Road Bonds Sell for Premium
Garrett & Company of Dallas won the $245000 Grayson County road bonds bid opening by the commissioners court. Bonds run 40 years at 4 percent interest. Price paid included par accrued interest and a $7100 premium. Total received by the county is $271797.67. purchasers bear all sale expenses.
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Sherman
Garrett & Company of
Dallas
Grayson County
Commissioners’ Court
Speech by Dr. Pickett on missionary service in the Philippines
Dr. C. L. Pickett speaks at 8 pm on Twenty five years of Missionary Service in the Philippines Then and Now. He offers first hand views on political educational and spiritual matters and will answer questions after the talk. Bible school at 10 and communion at 11. Reporter
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C. L. Pickett
Philippine Islands
Church of Christ to Hold Bible Study and Services
The Church of Christ will assemble for Bible study at 10 AM Sunday. Minister J R Waldrum, away weeks, will preach next Sunday morning and evening at 11 AM and 8 15 PM. Members urged to attend. visitors welcome. Services changed to first and third Sundays.
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J. R. Waldrum
New Democratic Chairman Named for Smith Campaign
John J. Raskob of General Motors and E. I. Du Pont will run Governor Smith’s bid for the presidency. Raskob succeeds Clem Shaver as Democratic national committee chair, naming Herbert Lehman as finance director and Senator Gerry of Rhode Island as advisory committee chairman. He warned against mudslinging and urged constructive policies to secure Smith’s election.
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New York
John J. Raskob
General Motors Corporation
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Smith
Raskob
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Raskbo
Herbert Lehman
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Gerry
Rhode Island
Josiah Marvel
Delaware
Norman E. Mack
Father shoots at daughter then kills himself after misjudging outcome
In Kansas City Missouri Thomas McClanahan 44 obtained a shotgun after a family quarrel over their car. He fired at his daughter Mary McClanahan who fell over an embankment. Believing he had killed her he killed himself with the same weapon but Mary was unharmed. The man died minutes later unaware his daughter survived.
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Kansas City
Thomas McClanahan
McClanahan
Mary McClanahan
Cyclone Davis to Speak in Whitewright Saturday
J. H. "Cyclone" Davis will speak in Whitewright Saturday afternoon at 2 oclock according to Mayfield campaign headquarters. Davis is regarded as one of Texas best campaign speakers and residents look forward to hearing him discuss political issues again after several years.
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J. H
Cyclone” Davis
Whitewright
Mayfield Campaign
Davis
Texas
Mr. Davis
Accidental Poisoning Deaths Near Crockett
At Reynard six miles northwest of here Mrs Pledger Chiles 26 and Martha Walker a negro helper are dead from ptomaine poisoning believed caused by home made ice cream. Chiles and the Chiles baby were very ill but slowly recovering. They fell ill shortly after eating the cream.
Cotton Acreage Rises 11 Percent From Last Year
United States Department of Agriculture reports 46,695,000 acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1, up 11.4 percent from 1927 but 4.2 percent below two years ago. Adjustments include 150,000 flooded acres in Arkansas and Missouri. California and Arizona show gains over 1926. Stand 6 percent below last year due to late planting and replanting needs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Arkansas
Missouri
California
Arizona
Cotton futures slide after government acreage report
New Orleans reports a $5 per bale drop in cotton prices after the government acreage data. October contracts fell 101 points to 20.99 cents, closing 10 points above the low, with a net loss of 91 points. Overall market finished 91 to 93 points lower.
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New Orleans
Kinder Garten Friday Exhibition At Toonerville
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church sponsors a home talent program at Palace Theatre on July 19 for the church Building Fund. Emma Dee Randle directs and provides the program featuring more than sixty men in costume performing humorous roles for an evening of fun and amusement. Admission 35 cents for adults 20 cents for children.
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Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Palace Theatre
Emma Dee Randle
Whitewright
New Postal Rates Cut Costs Across Mail Classes
The July 1 rate changes cut postal costs by about half for most classes. Postcards and private mailing cards drop from 2c to 1c. Newspapers and magazines pay 1c per ounce. Fourth class fees fall 10 to 15c. Letters and first class stay the same. The Post Office expects higher receipts despite reductions. Mrs J W Wilson and daughters of Chickasha and Miss Mary Grace Wilson of Oklahoma City visit Mr and Mrs C A Wilson.
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Post Office Department
J. W. Wilson
Chickasha, Okla
Mary Grace Wilson
Oklahoma City
C. A. Wilson
Toonerville Trolley at Palace Theatre July 1
Fans are urged to arrive early for the Toonerville Trolley show at the Palace Theatre. The performance begins promptly at 8 15 as audiences fill the seats.
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Toonerville
Palace Theatre
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