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Oe Canton Herald
VOLUME 48
FRIDAY, MAY 16, IMO
NO. 20
E.
y-
nt of the heirs, came in Tuesday for an esti-
much business transacted,
L. Tubbs, secretary of the Pale
Van pool, has the Christmas tree chamber of commerce, who
that no other school can boast of,
the same grounds.
non
Clark heirs’ No. 3 is ready to spud court room being crowded with peo-
TEXAS IS SHAMED.
about 100 tank cars from the ship-
Belt
the state attended the State Home business session. The following com humiliated. Justice has been scorn-
2. All displays and exhibits must!
have assembled again Wednesday of have been executed since October
i 1, 1929.
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A HOUSTON VISITOR.
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oil test.
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FAMILY LOST ALL.
Elliot,
was
STRENUOUS TIMES NOW.
A VERITABLE WASHOUT.
Van Zandt county is now facing
pared with some previous showers sympathize with them in their mis-
Already it is seen that the wear
fortune.
SPECIAL COURT TERM.
ever known and
planting of cotton will be
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Notice to Bidders:
Monday marked the presence of
baccalaureate sermon.
CANTON’S POPULATION.
DAMAGE BY STORM.
day, May 25. The program will be
than our neighbors.—Eubank Bros. ‘ for work, thus giving many from
the
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
will damage, according to report.
Regular preaching services
See our new furniture. Our stock
Pictur frame moulding, 10c to
ey.—Eubank Bros.
Perkins. So, there!
will be cordially welcomed.
$100 was forwarded to headquarters
and it is likely that others not seen
has been used in Van. In all wells I
drilled in the pool a showing of oil '
Our expenses are not high. That
is why we sell furniture cheaper
We fram pictures and charge for
moulding plas. 25c for labor.—Eu-
bank Bros.
The special session will be for the his ailment being stomach trouble,
purpose of taking care of business His many friends throughout the
be held at the Christian church in
Canton next Sunday. All members
elected president. Hubert. M. Har- one of the largest crowds in Can-
rison was re-elected general man- ton during the present term of the
ager and Tom Ball of Huntsville district court, the day being the be-
else was gone. The Parker home
was eleven miles south of Ennis.
The family moved from Canton a
been completed on the Coker No. 1
and the test drilled to 450 feet. Ef-
pour that began early that morn-
ing and continued until after the
noon hour. It was the opinion of
many that the Saturday rain was
the damaging rain of the present
short duration. To explain in a few
words, it will be said that the dew-
berry crop is now coming on, with
promise of a large yield, many of
the berries growing wild. Dove-tail-
ing with this affliction will be the
Peters No. 1, came in at 2,88
for a daily potential flow o
barrels, although it was i
their
will
port of Mrs. Lexle B. Sides,
enumerator.
Every day is first Monday with
us. Bring your trading stock in.—
Eubank Bros.
broken leg, and Hansford
minor cuts and bruises.
The car driven by Cosby
Palestine, chairman; B. F. Johnson
Paris; A. H. Luker, Grapeland.
The next meeting will be held in
Palestine in August.
county will regret to hear hear of
his condition, and wish him an ear-
ly recovery.
heavy rains above here.
All traffic on the Greenville road
is halted because of the river being
out of banks. The water is over the
Golden River bridge, according to
reports reaching here.
has been found around the 1,400-
foot level, and it is believed a pro-
ducer can be obtained at that depth
and this test will prove or disprove
that theory. A standard rotary rig
first erected on the Coker has been
dismantled.
In three and one-half days last
week nineteen case ; were disposed
of in the district court, most, if not
all, of them requiring more or less
time for disposition, such a record
being a splendid one and not often
duplicated in any court.
This week, which is the last one
of the present term, has also seen
, up to
following
f .< :nid beautification.
J. T. Rainey of Hopkins county
said that his county has funds now
Many New Wells Begun
in The Van Oil Field
Edge wood, May 9. —
! association met in sr
. Thursday in the base
FREE STATE FAIR
OFFERS PREMIUMS
TO SCHOOL ENTRIES
County Club Members
Attended Denton Meet
pipe line to the tank farm from the
Van field, with a daily outlet of
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Thought for the Week.
I meant when I was a young man
to write a great poem; and now I
am cobbling little prose articles and
in excellent spirits. I thank you;
and though I have been repeatedly
down again below sea level, and am
scarce higher than when I started,
I am as keen as ever for that en-
terprise. Our business in this world
is not to succeed, but to continue
to fall, in good spirits.—Robt. Louis
Stevenson.
NEW TEST BEGUN IN
VAN ZANDT COUNTY
MACHINERY COMING
FOR NEW ICE PLANT
OIL SHOWING IN
TEST NEAR DETROIT
Edgewood is Host
Of Highway Body
VAN GETS ITS 37TH
BIG OIL PRODUCER
LOCATION NOT YET MADE
FOB WILLS POINT TEST
in and Will Morris No. 1 is due in
early next week. Will Morris No. 2
is ready to spud in, Leonard No. 1
is in the sand around 2,600 feet, I.
W. Thompson No. 2 and A. R. Tun-
nell No. 1 are rigging up.
VAN ZANDT ASSISTS
IN STORM RELIEF
(From Wills Point Chronicle)
The Free State Fair Association
has allowed to be created, a depart-
men of education. This department
will enable the public schools of the
county to exhibit their work for
the year. All public schools are eli-
gible to compete for the prizes of-;
fered, in their respective classes.
Rules and Regulations.
1. Competition will be confined to
C. of C. Convention.
Dr. M. L. Cox of Canton was re-
elected as one of the directors of
VAN SECURES ITS
38TH PRODUCER
fellow the Neches river "spread out" over
much of the country.
al who marched up the hill, and
marched right down again." Charlie
Matthews, son of the late Dr. Mat-
C. J. Matthews, after an absence
of between 30 and 35 years, arrived
" am Shortage.
"Mama," said little Dora at the
breakfast table,, "does God know
feet and the hole in 300 feet north-
west of the Pure No. 1 J. B. Clark
congregation.
Invocation, Rev. A. D. Sparkman.
Scripture, Rev. E. S. Brawner.
Solo, Arlene Steed.
Sermon, Rev. S. L. Terry.
“Blest Be the Tie,” congregation.
Benediction, Rev. E. S. Brawner.
Recessional.
Commencement excercises will be
held at the Baptist church May 29.
at 8 p. m., the program to be given
next week.
INDEPENDENTS WILL
DRILL IN THE VAN AREA
mat au uluiei duuuui van vuas 01, । ducer early Tuesday,
that of having a large oil well on
The baccalaureate sermon for the
graduation class of the Canton high
school will be preached by Rev.
I
him a wide range of business exper-
ience.
He was for a number of years in
the restaurant business at 213 North
Lamar street, operating the T. & P.
cafe with H. O. (Oscar) Dooley as
a business partner. In 1918 he esta-
blished the D. H. Haralston Realty
company and since that time has
been in the real estate, brokerage,
building and investment business.
everything?"
“Certainly.”
"Does he know that I am now
eating bread with jam on it?”
“Yes, dear.”
"Then, mama, does he know there
isn’t much jam on it1)”
I heirs and
one and one-half miles
While bathing in a lake at South-
port England, a man lost his glass
eye, which was found by a swim-
: mer and thrown on the beach as
useless, then rescued by an attend-
l ent who returned it to the owner.
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b* ne place
t/ his re-
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ton seed as hey were told that they
were badly needed and none were
f coming in.
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1 A FORMER VAN ZANDTER
SEEKS OFFICE IN DALLAS
east of Grand Saline, has reached
a depth of 4,007 feet and 1,000 feet
more of drill stem iis being shipped
with which to carry the test to the
5,000-foot level if necessary.
berry hazard which is calculated to
subdue those not strong of will, and
finally squirrels are now said to be
seen. Verily, with so many other
things engaging the mind of the
public, which has suffered long,
there is no telling this far in ad-
vance what the outcome will be,
hence it behooves everyone to be
on guard and ready to meet these
issues as they arise in turn. Van
Zandters are a peculiar people, won-
derfully and powerfully made, and
have never yet failed in a pinch,
but a battle royal is before them.
that Tom W. Perkins, former may-, stalled last Saturday by the down-
or of McKinney, and aditor of the ' " . -
Daily Courier-Gazette of that
arm; Mrs. Lillie Cosby, his wife,
Earl Eugene Sosby, 2, broken hip,
cuts and bruises; Joe Hill, Dallas,
broken hip; Mrs. Elsie Hill, double
facture of the lower jaw and in-
ternal injuries; Naomi Jean Hill, 3,
Following is brief resume of ac-
tivities in the Van oil field at the
end of last week. The heavy rains
over the week end and early this
week have somewhat delayed oper-
ations in some instances.
J. T. Stewart No. 1 is rigged up,
Consolidated No. 1 has been spud-
ded in, Clark heirs’ No. 2 has been
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Ambulance service anywhere, day
or night.—Eubank Bros.
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three large boxes of clothing and
gsent to be used there as it might
tEbe needed. The farmers of this sec-
"tion sent a large shipment of cot-
glary of this car
mystery. The splendid manner in
which you and your department-
ment co-operated with us and other
officers In the investigation of this
burglary shows beyond a doubt that
Van Zandt county is not short a
sheriff's department. Sincerely
yours, I. N. Fatheree. chief special
agent, Dallas, Texas.
Bids will be received by the com-
missioner's court of Van Zandt
county at Canton, Texas up to noon
•on the fourth Monday in May, same
• being the 26th day of May for the
purchase of one or more Crawler
type tractors. Bids should be filed
with the county clerk with 5.pert
D. H. (Hugh) Haralson, form-
feet, by sixty-four out-of-town highway
7,500 ' boosters, representing fifteen coun-
were injured,six seriously in a head-. well near W ills Point has not yet
on collision six miles west of here, been made. It was to have been
Saturday afternoon. determined last Saturday, but the
Those hurt were Clifford Cosby, heavy rains over the week-end and
Dallas, sever cuts on head and the part of this week probably de-
layed the preliminary work for this
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, Contractor W. H. McKnight is fin-
ishing his part of the work for
Canton’s new ice plant, this week,
just off the public square on the
east side, and informed a reporter
' for the paper that machinery would
begin arriving next week to be in-
■ stalled at once for the purpose of
thews, well remembered by many
of the older citizens of Van Zandt
county, was born and reared in
Canton, leaving the old
are urged to attend and the public is complete. We can save you mon- ted for the job than this
To use a term of street parlance,
it “re-rained” Monday night of this number of years ago, and
week, bordering on a deluge com- many friends in this county
; was re-elected treasurer. Marlin
was selected for the 1931 meeting.
Killed by Lightning.
Claude Adkins, age 45, was killed
Monday by lightning as he stepped
from his stormhouse near Silver
Lake. Several children were stunn-
ed at the same time, but recovered, men.
collector of Dallas county, subject
hthe Democratic primary in July
a ’if 30.
5 Mr. Haralson was born and rear
C ed in Troup county, Georgia, and
’ came to Texas in 1894 when a
young man. He located at Canton,
Van Zandt county, residing there
for six years, coming to Dallas in
the late months of 1899. He has re-
sided in Dallas for the last thirty
years. During this time he has been
engaged in various lines of commer-
cial activities which have given
forts will be made to get a produc- gested the planting of pecan trees
I er in this well around 1,400 feet, and । along the route through Texas for
j this is the first time a spudder rig ‘ ‘
(money, the town making the best
, g M showi g in this being Canton. They ( - -
4 Wvegacalled on for $50 and sentments loaded at the Cotton
1510 i rack at Chandler.
The ladies of Wills Point packed |
Saturday Night Singing.
Don't forget the special program
for the singing at the little hope
for the singing at the Little Hope
I church Saturday night, the 17th.
This singing is held each Saturday
night before the third Sunday in
each month. Everybody is always
Nius Persons Injured
In Crash Near Terrell
H. Lenard, about 300 feet east of I Method
came in the late afternoon. Local now and the new session,
weather observers, some few who , ---------------
considerable re- Canton on the first
necessary June, the second day of the month, home in Wills Point.' the nature of
when a young man. Uh v-
turn visit he had the pleasure of
meeting several old acquaintances
and associates of his early days,
though many more have either
wandered away to greener fields or
long since passed over the river to 1
rest beneath the shade of the tress., with any marked degree of success.
He visited a few of the old homes “ •-----"he ™
in Canton that he knew as a boy,
talked with those who knew his
parents before him, picked out only
a few of the old familiar scenes
rigged up, liner set, and is expect- that nearly all of Highway 19 is field and is not far from the Smith
ed to result in the thirty-eighth pro-, provided for from Van Zandt coun- county line.
dne" qq‛l Tpeedoy. , , tyto Freeport and when completed All connections are completed and
The Fort. Worth spudder rig has | through to the Red River would be everything is in readiness for bring
the most direct route from all East ing in the thirty-ninth producer,
Texas to St. Louis. He further sug- Pure No. 1 Mary Neal, one-halr mile
due south of the discovery well.
The location for the Chatman
and tear will not be slight or of
business having been transacted;
Herbert Shamburger, charged
the most attractive schools in this
section when complete, and can pro
bably boast of having one thing
Van got its thirty-seventh pro-
ducer in as many attempts Monday
when Pure Olli Company No. 1 J.
Surveying School Tract.
Van, May 10 — Three engineers
from Austin, New York and Ar-
kansas are here in the interest of
J. L. Duncan, developer of the Van.
townsite and holder of a deed from
Detroit, May 9. —- Although the
test well now being drilled by E. L.
Chapman of Fort Worth on the
Norris & Guest tract, six miles
north of Detroit, has only reached a
depth of 530 feet, already there has
been three good showings of gas
and oil. This well is checking satis-
factorily, it is reported, and the
first pay sand is anticipated around
1,400 feet. It is to be a 2,500-foot
test. Much interest is being shown
and the test is being closely watch-
ed. Due to the good showings made
several other drilling blocks have
been assembled, and tests will be
started shortly.
thriving little city, will be a can-
didate for lieutenant of Texas if
he finally yields to the many and
pressing invitations to run that are
coming from most every quarter.
Well, not having time to look up
the list that's now in the race, it
will be said that the voters of the
state might go on a long journey in
search of a capable man for the
place and not find one better fit-
Waynie Smith. DRILLING CESSATION Nacogdoches county to all claims
Mrs. Phoebe K. Warner, chair- of that county’s interests in school
man or the committee on rural co- r. c. „ lands in the Vanarea. This deed
operation and federation extension Grand .aline. May 11. — High was purchased by Mr. Duncan
of the general federation of Wo-1 water from the Sabiine river has April 15 for a reported sum of $35,-
men’s Clubs, was one of the princi- caused work to be suspended on the 000 and the territory covered there-
W. J. Carnes No. 1. three and one- in involves many of the producers
------ ------------ „ half miles north of here. The water estimated from 7,000 to 50,000 bar-
Our National Life."Miss Clara Tuck is standing four feet deep around rels daily. These engineers are sur-
er of the college faculty gave an il- j the hole and is up in the boiler veying the Nacogdoches school
lustrated lecture on "Child Train- Higher water is expected, due to tract the present time and the
ing and Play Equipment in the heavV roine ohnve here
Home.” At noon the visitors were
welcome. Be sure to attend next
Saturday night.
Baptist Church.
Large crowds attended All ser-
vices at Baptist church last Sun-
day. However, there is room for
more and many more in our vicin-
ity should assemble for worship
each Sabbath. The pastor had the
joyful privilege of preaching o
the splendid crowd at Blue Springs
in the afternoon. It was good to
meet the pastor and his peop e who
received the visitors so cordially.
Next Sunday’s lesson in Sunday
school contains that great text
"Render therefore unto Caesar, the
things that are Caesar's and unto
Goethe things that are God’s” The
study of this will make everyone
better. Come. The pastor will
preach at both hours, morning
theme "Two Sacred Duties of Ev-
ery Man and Woman.
Evening Evangelistic services.
A. D. SPARKMAN, Pastor.
outcome of this survey involves
millions of dollars.
church, being attended
mated daily production of 7,000 bar-
Ireis. The pay was reached at 2,878
at the
pie, including quite a number of
ladies. At 9 o'clock that night the
jury was discharged by the court,
after declaring they were unable to
agree on a verdict.
Frank, Scott and Edward Vickers
charged with theft of cattle, result-
clothing will be acceptable, provided
it is in fairly good condition, and
no doubt donations of this kind can
be easily given by most every fam-
Uy.
The people of Wills Point and
Van Zandt county responded nobly
as usual to the call for aid for the
Frost storm sufferers. The county
» sent the Red Cross their quota of
this week, the body did not con-
vene until Thursday, intending to
complete their labors for the
term by Friday perhaps or at least
by Saturday of the present week.
Unless Judge Joel R. Bond de-
cides upon a special session, court
will convene again in regular ses-
sion in September.
The school population has increas barrels, although it was choked j ties extending from Freeport to the
ed so rapidly at Van that an ad- down to about 1100 barrels. Pure : Red River Dr. A O. Johnson of
ditional school building had to be No. 1 Mary Neal, east offset to Edgewood made the welcome ad-
erected. The building, which will be Pure No. 1. A. W. Ellison, which dress and introduced the Rev. W. j due east of the Pure No. 1 W. T.
Canton was called upon last of
the week for a Red Cross donation
for storm victims at Frost, Texas,
and a committee composed of Mes-
srs. C. F. Riley and A. O. Lough-
miller called upon a number of
people in the business district for
cash subscriptions. The sum of
Monday in dent, was reported quite ill at hin
I the country an opportunity to do
shopping in town that was fore-
Several hundred women from a
number of counties in this part of
Terrell, May 10.—Nine persons
mittees were appointed: Member- ed Authority has been mocked. The
ship and finance, M. B. Sherwood, law has been lynched, or nearly so.
Sulphur Springs, chairman; E. H. Texas should show that the law is
Shelton. Palestine; T. J. Aycock, neither dead nor impotent. — Dal-
Trinity. Publicity, W. L. Tubbs, las Evening Journal.
a three-fold dilemma, which will
Grand Saline. May 12. — Grady
& Bell, drilling contractors, spud-
ded in a wildcat on the D. W. Car-'
ter excess acreage lease, eight miles
southwest of here, Monday. The
drilling equipment was recently
moved in from Bonham, The D. W.
Carter tract is a short distance
northeast of the proven Van area.
The Sharp No. 1, three miles
Vickers also drew two years for
burglary.
Sam Martin was sentenced Tues-
day at noon to two years in the
penitentiary in three cases each,
the sentences to run concurrently.
Jess Parrish, charged with driv-
ing while drunk, was with the
jury Tuesday afternoon. Several
Wills Points citizens were witness-
es in this case.
Although the grand jury was to
on the docket at this time that
could not be reached, and other
matters that may arise between
It is noted in the newspapers
Railroad bridges were washed out
between Terrell and Dallas and the
bus line put out of commission,
hence no Dallas papers arrived in
Canton until the Times-Herald
Edith Parnell and Dennis Tid-
ball, each aged 15, recently set up
a record by swimming six miles
from the Flatholm, in the middle of
the Bristol Channel, to Penarth,
Scotland, in four hours, ten min-
utes.
the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, at the annual convention
held at Port Arthur this week.
Guy A. Blount of Nacogdoches was
the public free schools of Van
Zand county and to the bona fide
pupils of said schools.
The preliminary announcement of
Canton’s incorporated population in
this paper two weeks ago was 699.
The revised figures place it at 704
five families residing just outside
the narrow corporate limits are
not Included in the census, embrac-
ing the exclusive residence district
just across the creek in the west-
ern part of the city. Canton also
enumerated 16 farms in this cen-
sus, according to the finished re-
that were considered rather heavy
downpours until Monday night’s <
precipitation which must have been
around five inches. The crop
damage was heavy throughout the
ready for building its part of the In the capital of one of the old-
highway through that county. R. A. est counties in Texas, a city that
Thompson, highway engineer of the has been justly proud of its pres-
Dallas chamber of commerce, made tige as an educational and cultur-
a short talk in which he said he al center, there has been staged an
was very favorably impressed with exhibition of mob lawlessness that
the progress of the association and has never been exceeded in violence
| that It was his opinion that High- To the end that it might "wreak
I way 19 would finally be designated vengeance upon a negro who was
। as a national highway. Judge J. T. facing trial for the unpardonable
Rushing of Emory represented, offense, the mob at Sherman put
। Rains county. the torch to the very temple of jus-
Judge Leroy L. Moore of Crock- tice itself. More than Grayson coun-
j ett, president of the association, ar- ty and the good city of Sherman
rived at 11:30 a. m. and opened the have been shamed. Texas has been
as follows:
Processional.
Hymn, "O’ Worship the King,”
A destructive hail storm .accom-
panied by high wind, did consider-
able damage in the Watts communi
ty, northeast of Ben Wheeler, Mon-
day afternoon of this week. Several
barns were blown down or were un-
roofed by the wind, among them the
barn of Frank Murphrey, and the
young cotton was beaten down so
by the hall that much replanting
will be necessary. It was said the
area affected extended about two
miles. In the Small community
Thursday afternoon of last week a
hall storm also did considerable
j ginning of the second week of the
' criminal docket. Not all were in at-
l tendance upon court, however as
the preceding heavy rain Saturday
made all the farming lands to wet
Tuesday at noon the
pal speakers, speaking on
luncheon guests in the college
dining halls.
Approximately 30,000 barrels of
oil daily are passing through the j ed in two years for the first named
"1jand two years suspended sentence
for the last two defendants. Frank
about the town—and went away.
All who knew him were indeed
glad to see him, and to learn that
he is doing well in the big city on
the bayou. But he didn't stay long
enough. He didn’t.
backberry hazard which is to
"bank" heavily on the moon, had I
predicted beforehand that there j
would be wet times until the moon j
fulled, which It did Monday night,
and now that that feat was accom-
plished according to schedule, a
better brand of weather is prob-
able during the remainder of this
month, which is desired by all con-
cerned.
by 10 a. m. of the opening day of
the fair.
4. In no case shall specimens I
entered, for individual premiums be
a part of the display of the school. i
5. The school display must be:
arranged according to grade, that
is all subjects belonging to a cer-
tain grade must be grouped under
that grade.
6. No entry fee will be charged
in this department.
Divisions.
7. Schools shall be divided into
three classes as follows: Class A.—
Retired Physician Dead.
Wills Point, Texas. May 13.,
Dr. C. L. Mallory, 63, who died
here Saturday was burled at Wea-
ver cemetery near Elmo Sunday
afternoon. Dr. Mallory had been
manager of the Peace hotel here
forethsalaswtwn W Vtraveiing 50c. We charge 25 for *
was wen frame—Eubank Bros.
tax the multitude to withstand
"Farm Woman's Contribution to
THANKS THE OFFICER.
Sheriff W. P. Nixon is in receipt
of a letter from I. N. Fatheree,
chief special agent for the Texas
and Pacific Railway, stating that,
the cases growing out of a box car
robbery near Edgewood some time
ago have finally been disposed of,
and among other things, said: I
wish to take this opportunity to
thank you, your deputies and the
county attorney, Mr. Stanford, for
the wonderful assistance and co-op-
eration given in clearing up this,
burglary. I thank you for the per-
sonal interest you took in the case
from the time I first reported it
to you and to congratulate you on
your being able to get th first in-
formation as to the guilty parties,
with the county ciern not been for the information
cent of bid in cash or certified Had secured chances are the bur-1 Sam L. Terry of Athens
check. Dated April 29, 1930.—S. L 1 you C Lis car would still be a Canton Baptist church next Sun-
WEST, Conty Judge. 18t4 " ‛ .... ---- -------" "
Greenville Architects
DISTRICT COURT Get Van School Job
The third independent wed in the aepaantonnsunterpaft’ortn nekt
Van fsidcwmpanoncompolddofc. day, reminding one of.the."Genen
Andrade and L. B. Pruitt, has its
derrick completed on the George
W. Carter excess acres lease, two
miles northeast of the discovery
well and will spud in about the
last of this week. This well will be
drilled 3,500 feet, unless the pay is
struck at a lesser depth. This is a
tract of nineteen and one-half acres
on which the railroad commthsion
gave a permit to drill recently.
going east and met the westbound
car when the latter attempted to
pass a wagon. It was driven by a
man named Freeman of Fort
Worth. He was slightly injured, as
was Rex Mallory, Dallas, passenger
in Freeman’s car.
been received that second-hand
Judge Joel R. Bond announced George D. Staton, superinten-
spudded in, Fowler No. 5 is rigging
by the committee will yet make up, as is J. T. Thowpson No.4.A
contributions to the f .nd. It is un- location has been made on them -
derstood that the churches of the Wells homestead. Mary Neal b o.
town are assembling a box of is drilling about 1,900 feet, offsett with selling liquor, resulted in an
second-hand clothing to be shipped ing the Ellison No. 1
into the storm area, which will go Derrick Is erected for . . . .
forward in a few days. Word has Thompson No. 6 is completed. C an- went to trial Monday morning and
- No. 2 is down about 1,850 feet, consumed much of the day, the
season; that the manner of its
falling constituted a veritable
"ground soaker" that was not
needed, and rendered the farms un-
fit for tilling for several days, also
causing more or less replanting to
be necessary. All creeks were swol-
en, roads washed, and it was said
Highway 19
ssion here
Demonstration Club convention at
the College of Industrial Arts at
Denton Thursday of last week.
John Parker, living just west of
Canton, heard from his brother,
Bob Parker, first of the week, who
stated In a letter that he and his
family repaired to a storm house
on Tuesday, the day of the Frost
cyclone, and that when they emerg-
ed from their underground refuge
they discovered they had nothing left
of their household or other belong-
ings save the clothes they were
wearing at the time—everything
of a Spanish design, will be one of marked a south extension to the
Van’s thirty-eighth producer.
Pure Oil Company No. 2 J. B. Clark
Board club and Mrs. Mary Ethel ' ---------------
Brandon, county home demonstra- ICL WATEp CATRFG
tion agent and her assistant, Miss -u.i •hlcm —hvrL
stine Jarman, discovery well. It marks
said an important east extension to the
Greenville, May 8. Local Archi-
tects Lindsey & Kilmer have been
awarded the contract to draw plans
for the new $50,000 Van high school
building, according to announce-
ment made here today.
manufacturing ice at the county
seat for the local trade and for the
territory surrounding.
This announcement will set at
rest the idea among some that the
new plant here would be maintain-
ed only as a cold storage. The
Southern Ice & Utilities Company
promoting the enterprise, evidently
intend that Canton shall have a
modern establishment of this kind,
and has gone to considerable ex-
pense in the erection of a brick
and concrete building specially de
signed for the purpose, which is to
be equipped with the latest ma-
chinery and devices for turning out
the finished product. This means
that during the coming summer
months patrons will for the first
time have the privilege and exper-
ience of having "home-made” ice
delivered at their doors.
Mr. McKnight is also finishing his
part of the work for Canton’s new
theatre this week, The Royal, which
is scheduled to open later this
month under auspicious circum-
stances, with complete sound equip
ment, opera seats, inclined Boor,
and every modern touch of an up-
to-date picture show.
I er citizen of, and well known in ,
“3. Van Zandt county, announced last
Saturday For the office of tax col-
lector of Dallas county, the fol-
lowing concerning him being taken
from the Dallas Times-Herald:
D. H. (Hugh) Haralson announc-
ed his candidacy Saturday for tax
IA BUSY WEEK IN
3. All displays and exhibits mustwhich was the fourth annua) short
be arranged in their proper places course held at that place.
-- - • • -I Those going from Van Zandt
instructed verdict not guilty.
Charley McBride, a liquor case,
Grammar schools of Independent
districts. B—High schools of inde-
pendent districts; Class C.—All ru-
ral free schools of the county.
8. This division shall govern and
determine all entries for school dis-
play.
9. A school display may be enter-
ed in only one division.
10. Application for space must be
made in writing to the chairman on
or before two days prior to the
opening of the fair.
11. A complete school display
shall consist of exhibits from ev-
ery grade taught in the school, and
shall be as follows:
Class “A” Division.
Primary grades 1, 2. 3. Five speci-
mens from each- grade in each of
the following subjects: Writing, 30
1 points; free hand drawing, 30
points; busy work, 30 points.
Grammar Grade 4, 5, 6, 7„ Five
specimens from each grade in each
of the following subjects: Writing,
40 points; Free hand drawing, 40
points. Five specimens in each of
the following subjects: English, 10
points; Arithmetic. 10 points; Geo-
graphy, 10 points; Physiology, 10
points. •
Class "B‛ Division.
High school grades. Five speci-
mens from each grade in each of
the following subjects: Englsih, 40
points; History. 40 points. Five in
each of the following subjects:
Mathematics, 10 points; Manuel
Arts, 10 points; Home Economics,
10 points; Science, 10 points.
Class “C” Division.
Grades 1, 2, 3. Five specimens in
each of the following subjects:
Writing, 30 points; free hand
drawing, 30 points; busy work, 30
points. Grades 4, 5. 6. 7. Five speci-
mens in each of the following sub-
jects: Writing, 40 points; Geogra-
phy, 40 points; English, 10 points;
Arithmetic, 10 points; Drawing or
hand work, 10 points; Scieince, 10
points; HHistory, 10 points.
First prize in each class, $5.00;
second prize, $3.00.
Individual Exhibits.
Best safety poster, $1.00; second,
50c.
Best humane poster, $1.00; second
50c.
Best bird house, $1.00; second, 50c
Best collection of five free hand
drawings, $1.50; second. 75c.
Best collection of five physiologi-
cal drawings, $1.50; second, 75c.
Best collection of mechanical
drawings, $1.50; second, 75c.
Schools, please begin on your col-
ection of exhibits at once.
MRS. M. M. SIMMONS. Chairman
county, water in some of the creeks Wednesday that another term of dis dent of the Wills Point high school,
and branches was about as high as trict court would be convened in former county school superinten-
county were Mrs. J. R. Cotton of
the Morince club, Mrs. Gabe Scott
and Mrs. W. A. Johnson of the
U Annual Ail-Day Singing.
Ek Alsa’s annual all-day singing will
V. be the fourth Sunday and Saturday
night before in this month, the 25th
, / Of May. All singers and lovers of
bd " music are invited. We have lots of
I W good singers booked for this date;
E don’t miss it. Alsa is eight miles
W nerth of Wills Polnt.-L. M. Teel,
Mhaz yr., president; L. O. Matthews, vice
42 P president; Ethel Stafford, secretary.
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Lively, A. G. The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1930, newspaper, May 16, 1930; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1515478/m1/1/?q=%22Ellis%22: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.