County Delays Tax Suits Amid Delinquency Rise
Grayson County plans to delay filing tax suits in the October term to ease resident burden and allow more delinquencies to be paid by December. County auditor J. N. Dickson notes sharp rises in owed taxes from 1932 across real and personal property, with 76.9 percent of 1932 taxes collected last year and expectant improvement.
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J. N. Dickson
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Caraway
Prison System Sends State 60 000 Dollar Cashier’s Check
Huntsville Texas Prison System cashier T L Tennison remitted a cashier's check to the State for more than 60 000 from the sale of cotton crops reaching 250 000 with over 140 000 already remitted.
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Huntsville
T. L. Tennison
Texas Prison System
Ferguson Back McDonald For Governor In Dallas Report
Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson will not seek re election and will back C. C. McDonald of Wichita Falls for Governor. Ferguson hints at a possible Senate bid in 1934, while McDonald’s campaign style and experience are noted. Other potential candidates and party strategy are discussed as jockeying continues in Dallas.
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Dallas
Miriam A. Ferr
James E. Ferguson
C. C. McDonald
Wichita
McDonald
Ferguson
Tom Connally
Mc Donald
Perguson
Senate
Lovie J. Wardlaw
Fort Worth
Dan Moody
Wardlaw
Moody
Oak Cliff
Edgar E. Witt
James V. Allred
Tom Hunter
Clint Small
Allred
Roosevelt
Cotton acreage disputes and 3.2 percent beer vote in Texas
Farmers near Athens sign up for 50 percent of acreage but report 75 percent actually plowed. Census figures may understate yields as abandoned land shifts remaining production. Grayson County court records show a beer sale vote in Justice Precinct No. 3 with 282 vote margin against 3.2 percent beer, and an order to publish results.
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Athens
Texas
Cottom <Co-Operative
Co-Operative Association
Grayson County Texas Court Order Enacts Election Retates
Grayson County Texas court records dated August 31 1933 certify the transcribed election retates under an August 71st date order. County Clerk C M Cole and County Judge Jake J Loy sign seals. Publication directed in The Yaawright Sun, Justice Precinct No 4.
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C. M. Cole
Grayton County
Texas
Commissioners Court of Said
W. O. Williams
J. Loy
Grayson County
Yaawright Sun
Justice Precinct No
Jake J. Loy
Dream of purgatory shows Black and white figures
A Black man recounts a dream in which in purgatory both Black and white people appear among the damned. He tells a friend the dream includes white men holding Black people between themselves and the fire, illustrating a stark, allegorical scene.
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Purgatory
Beer Election Results Given Justice Precinct 3
A 1933 Grayson County Texas record notes the August 26 beer referendum in Justice Precinct No. 3. The court confirms the election was legally held with 596 votes cast and lists the supporting votes for permitting beer at 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. The results identify Grove and Kentuckytown as voting sites.
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Tom Bean
South Bells
Justice
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Grayson County
Texas
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