Grayson County Schools To Receive State Aid
Sherman Texas March 23 J A Giles says Grayson County schools will get state aid with Pilot Grove Tom Hean Gordonville Pittsboro Ambrose 500 each Lola 450 Rock Creek 400 Pink Hill 875 and Graysonland 350 in total funds allocated to the listed schools
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Sherman
Tex
J. A. Giles
Pilot Grove
Tom Hean
Gordonville
Pittsboro
Ambrose
Lola
Rock Creel
Pink Hill
Graysonland
Fee Case Is Decided in Sherman Texas
In a Saturday opinion by Cal Freeman of the Fifteenth District Court, County Clerks of Texas may receive a $1 fee on each delinquent tax collected for recording and verifying the tax to the Commissioners Court only when a suit is filed to recover the unpaid tax. Reeves vs Akers involved about $3,000 in fees.
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Sherman
Texas
Cal. T. Freeman
Fifteenth District Court
Commissioners’ Court
Reeves
Mr. Akers
Gasolene Expected To Hit Thirty Cents This Summer
A Dallas official from a local oil company says thirty-cent gasolene is not improbable this summer due to refinery crowding from higher refined oil demand and increased exports. He notes Texas port deliveries fetch higher prices than Dallas, and war would make future gasoline prices unpredictable.
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Dallas
Texas
United States
Mrs. J. J. Dillon Returns From Bonham Visit
Mrs. J. J. Dillon came back Saturday from Bonham after visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Parker.
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J. J. Dillon
Bonham
John Parker
Auto Hits Buggy Baby Killed in Celina Collision
A buggy driven by John Malone in Celina Texas was struck by an automobile this morning around 10 o'clock. The infant child of the Malones, about one year old, was thrown down and fatally injured when the car wheel passed over its head. The baby died shortly after at Sherman sanitarium.
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Celina
Texas
John Malone
Malones
Sherman Sanitarium
Sherman
Shooting at Howe claims landowner Murphy in Sherman
Tom Murphy a 58 year old Sherman landowner and former railroad contractor was shot and killed at Howe. Si Wheat his brother in law and storekeeper faced murder charges after an inquest and warrant. Wheat posted 10000 bond and was released. Murphy's sister Kate Wheat is now his wife.
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Tom Murphy
Sherman
Howe
Si Wheat
Murphy
Justice of the
Peace McDonough
van Alstyne
Wheat
Roberts
Kate Murphy
Navy Orders Recruits to Seventy Thousand Wars Need
President Wilson ordered immediate recruitment to the full war strength of 87,000 navy enlisted men. He also created two new army departments for faster mobilization and reinstated National Guard units as National police to shield industries if hostilities arise. The measure aims to decentralize command and speed up defense efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
Atlantic Coast
Congress
National Guard
Federal
of Georgia
Minster
Military Department
Sherman Tailor Found Dead From Gas Asphyxiation
Sherman Texas March 25 Burt Kk Farmer 55 a local tailor who has lived here thirty years was found dead in his shop just before noon He lay on a couch with a heavy quilt over his head and a lit gas jet nearby Justice of the Peace R A McCrary ruled death asphyxiation pending determination whether accidental or purposeful A rubber tube partially disconnected allowed gas to escape from an iron positioned at the couch head
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Sherman, Tex
Burt Kk. Farmer
Bob Caruthers
Justice of the Peace
R. A. McCrary
Burrage seeks new trial after assault to murder verdict
Rk W Burrage who was tried for assault to murder of J W Ashley and given a two year penitentiary term has filed a motion for a new trial at Melviney. Denison residents Mr and Mrs J R Westbrook and children Mr and Mrs Albert Freeman and Mrs Botha spent Sunday with J A Ragsdale.
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Rk. W. Burrage
J.W. Ashley
Melviney
J. R. Westbrook
Albert Freeman
Baptist Church Holds County Wide Revival Plan
Reverend H L Money and several ministers conduct services in all county Baptist churches. Whitewright Baptist Church hosts services Wednesday through Thursday April 4 and 5 followed by a B Y P U County Convention on April 6 and 7. Pastor W J Epting invites all to attend promising unusual interest.
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H. L. Money
Whitewright Baptist Church
W.J. Epting
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Whitewright, Texas
Grayson County
Navy
Pennsylvania Guard
Positor
Planters National Bank
Hanry Ch
Steeles
Maine
California
Whitewright
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