The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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“Where The Salt In Your Shaker Corner From” Grand Saline, TeXOS, Thursday, July 26, 1928. “Consolidated With The Salt Shaker”
No. 27
A. E. Poe Identifies
Highway Robber
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A. E. Poe, who was held up at his
suburban store two weeks ago last
Saturday at the point of a gun, made
a trip to Dallas Wednesday morning
for the purpose of looking over some
men confined in the Dallas jail.
According to Mr. Poe, several men
were lined up for his inspection and
he readily identified the one who
held the gun on him while the money
drawer was ransacked.
The identified man, whose name
is R. L. Wilkerson, is one of three
arrested near Shreveport last week.
The other two men, both oL whom
are from Grand Saline, jfre under
charges which include theft and rob-
bery with firearms. The Gland Sa-
line men have not been fonnected
thus far with the Poe robbery.
When arrested in Shreveport the
three men were in an automobile
which had been stolen from Dallas.
Officers are of the opinion that
the arrest of these three men wiU
clear up several recent hold-ups in
East Texas, including the one in
Marshall about £' week ago.
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LITTLE INTEREST LOCALLY
SHOWN IN ELECTION
POSTOFFICE 6EPARTMENT
COMBINES TWO SERVICES
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It may be due to the fact that
Grand Saline this year has no favorite
‘sons who are seeking a county of-
fice, or the cause may lie with the
not weather. At any rate the Sat-
urday for the first primary is ap-
proaching with less interest being
evinced than has been customary in
the past. Aspirants for the office of
County Clerk, Sheriff, County At-
torney, County Judge, Tax Collector,
in fact every major office except com-
missioner and representative, reside
in sections of Van Zandt other than
Grand Saline.
The East Grand Saline box will '.»*
located at the city hall Saturday with
S. C. Niblack in charge. “Sug”
King holds sway over the West box,
which is to located at the Sun office
The polls will open at eight o’clock
in the morning and close at seven
in the evening.
MRS: ERNEST REYNOLDS IS
RECIPIENT AT SHOWER
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Last Thursday afternoon the ladies
of the Methodist Church gave the
newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G.
Reynolds a shower at the home of
the bride’s mother. It was a show-
er of miscellaneous gifts of kitchen
articles and bed linens.
On Friday afternoon the Baptist
ladies gave the same fortunate couple
a shower, also of useful gifts. This
shower was given along with an en-
tertainment for the bride and groom.
There were several contests for the
newlyweds. Among them was a con-
test for the most words spelled from
the letters in the word, “newlywed’’.
This contest was won by the bride.
Another contest, won by Miss Jose-
phine Wallis, was a telegram writ-
ten by commencing each word with
the consective letters in the word,
“newlywed”.
W. E. Conine of Houston was a
visitor in Grand Saline the first of
the week. Mr. Conine is in the dry
goods business in that city and re-
ports that he is having a good trade.
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F. V. Stewart, Walter Jarvis and
Walter Jarvis Jr. left Tuesday for
Houston. Mr. Stewart will attend
a convention of advertising men while
there. They expect to return Friday.
TO THE
VOTERS OF
VAN ZANDT
COUNTY
On the eve of the coming primary
I take this method to solicit and as-
sure all voters that I will sipcerely
.-appreciate their support of my can-
-didacy for the office of Sheriff of
Van Zandt County.
Having served as Constable of the
precinct for 12 years. I feel
I am fully capable of discharg-
duties of said office ratis-
torilyi to all law-abiding citizens.
t has', been impossible for me to
every voter in person, and I
through the papers to get this
ige to you—-that your sup-
influence will be highly
by the undersigned who
fe by the wiH of
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Under a new law enacted by the
last Congress and made effective on
July 1, a new service was created
with reference to the expeditious
handling and delivery of parcel post
matter. While this new service is
called Special Delivery, it has the
effect of making all classes of mail
except first, have the same treat-
ment as first class mail in transit,
plus Special Delivery at the office of
the addressee.
To secure this combined service, the
package is marked Special Delivery
and the following postage in addi-
tion to the regular postage is at-
tached: 15 cents on matter weighing
not more than two pounds; 25 cents
on matter weighing between two and
and ten pounds; 35c on matter weigh-
ing more than ten pounds.
This new method is a combination
of the former Special Handling ser-
vice and the Special Delivery service,
with the combined service cheaper
than the cost of the former two ser-
vices.
Mailers desiring Special Handling
service in transit without Special De-
livery may, if they desire, secure
this service for ten cents on parcels
weighing not more than two pounds,
fifteen cents on parcels weighing
more that two pounds but less than
ten pounds and twenty cents on par- Q”and” 'salinc
cels weighing more than ten pounds.
There is no Special Delivery now
that does not carry with it Special
Handling in transit, so if the mailer
purheases Special Delivery service,
he thereby secures Special Handling
Service.
The World’s Market
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MILK PRODUCT8 PLANT
OPENED AT MARSHALL
NEW . UNIFORMS ORDERED
BY HUSTLER NINE
Business Manager Hardy Beall Mc-
Bride of the Hustlers has placed an
order with Lowe and Campbell of
WELL LOCATION TO BE MADE
BY HUMBLE COMPANY
U is reliably reported that the
Humble Company has three more rigs
coming to the Carey Lake field from
CANDIDATES FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Candidates for county offices filed
their expense accounts with the
County clerk as required by law, on
Monday, July 16th.
Those in the race for the office
of County Superintendent show the
following monies paid out: A. 0.
Loughmiller, $267.00; E. F. Barnes,
$251.68.
Expense accounts for aspirants for
the office of Couny Clerk are:
Dallas for 10 uniforms. These were i other places where the company has
bought by eleven business houses ofj,)een operating, which will make five
The purchaser will there in all. Mention was made Fri-
put his advertisement on the back of
his uniform.
The Hustlers are very greatful to
the following, City Cafe, Morton Salt
Company, Dixon Chevrolet Company,
Salt City Company, H. L. Advertising
Service, Coca-Cola Bottling Company,"
McGrain Motor Company, State Na-
tional Bank, Hunt Insurance Agency,
Hi-Way Service Station and Grand
Saline Sun.
Cron Conditions Are
Very Satisfactory
day of another location on the Hall
1.‘10-acre tract northwest of the Tom
Jones gas well, three and one-half
miles. It is understood that still a-
nother location is being considered
and will be announced in due time.
It will be on the Weinberg S7-ac”e
tract abut one-half mile north of the
Reynolds-Mortage well drilled last
year. The location is about 11 miles
from Jacksonville, and about t.va
miles northeast from Carey Lake.
It is very probable that other k-
cations will follow on this side of
the river later—Jacksonville Progress
REV. W. K. RAY
HERE SUNDAY
$258.85
$164.13
$248.50
$230.80
$235.05
$181.50
R. E. High ..............
Carlye Mae Wallace ______
C. A. Groves......... ..............
M. K. Thomas
H. J. Craft ..........
Sheriff Expense
George Palmer
W. P. Nixon........... $219.99
H. F. Howie..'.............„...........$260.00
F. P. Moseley ..... $199.38
Ollie Orsborn .... $212.30
LEAVE ON OVERLAND
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
Mrs Cora Phillips and son, Harold,
both of Dallas, and Aunt Lucy Wil-
derspin of Grand Saline left Satur-
day for California. They expect to
be gone for about four weeks, and
are driving through in the ■ Phillips’
car.
NOTICE TO MASONS
Monday night, July 30th will be
our regular meeting night. All arc
urged to attend. Visitors welcome.
J. C. Alsup, W. M. •
V. B. Moore, Sec’y
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method qf expressing
our appreciation to our many friends
for the useful gifts given us in the
showers. Each gift was appreciated
very much and we shall think of the
givers as we use the gifts.
Mr,, and Mrs. Earnest G. Reynolds
DR. COZBY RETURNS FROM
PALACIOS ENCAMPMENT
Dr. V. B. Cozby, who has been
spending the last three weeks at
Palacios with the 36th Division of
the National Guard, returned home
Sunday night. Mrs. Cozby and
daughter, Ruth, returned with him,
following a visit with the former’s
parents at Tahoka.
Dr. Cosby has been a medical of-
ficer in the National Guard for the
past eight years, and at present is
Senior Captain in charge of the Med-
ical detachment with the 144th Infant'
ry. Dr. Sanders of Wills Point is
the regimental surgeon.
Rev. W. E. Ray, who is conduct-
ing a meeting at Deberry, will le
back in Grand Saline for the regular
1 church services Sunday at the Main
MRS RICHARD E.VSON
GIVEN BOUNTEOUS SHOWER
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eason, bride
and groom of a recent marriage, who
are living in Ft. Worth, were in
Grand Saline for a week, leaving Mon-
day night. During their stay here,
the bride, nee Bill Casey, was given
a shower of useful gifts by the ladies
of the Main Street Christian Church
together with several other friends.
RESOLUTIONS
Longview, Texas, July 22—Agricul-
tural conditions are generally good
in the East Texas areas, it has been
revealed through a personal survey !>y
J. E. Stanford, argicultural director
of the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, conducted the last week, and by
correspondence from practically the j Street Baptist Church,
entire territory. Crop conditions, ex-
cept in small scattered localities
were found to be very satisfactory.
Although cotton has shown marked
improvement with the hot weather uf
the last ten days, it still is two to
three weeks late, and there are reports
of some weevil damage from many
localities.
Feed cropd give cause for optimism.
Acreage in feed crops is considerably
above the average for this section of
the state, and good production is
assured. In a wide variety of feeds
are corn, oats, peanuts, peas, grain
sorghums and hay crops.
Prospects for the sweet potato
crops are good. There has been a
large production of Irish potatoes and
onions in some sections, but the
prices recived for Irish potatoes was
unsatisfactory. The tomato crop i i
both quality and quantity was con-
siderably above the average, and pri-
ces to the whole were fairly satisfac-
tory. The peach crop throughout tlw
section is good and the movement so
far has brought fair prices.
Many pure—bred dairy cattle are
being brought into .all parts of the
territory. The new blood and improv-
ed feeding methods are resulting in a
gradual increase in milk production
export rather than import. Several
cars of registered gilts have been
shipped out of East Texas within the
last months and a similar movement
of highgrade feeder pigs is expected
to go out to the com and grain
sorghum belts early in the fall. Many
inquiries relative to the movement of
feeder pigs through the East Texas
Feeder Pig Association, have been
received by the agricultural depart-
ment of the regional chamber of com-
merce, which sponsored the organi-
sation of the association.
WILL BE
FOR SERVICES
Marshall, Texas, July 23—Farm-
ers and their wives from six counties
flocked to Marshall Saturday to at-
tend the official opening of the Tex-
as Milk Products Company erected
at a cost of $150,000 jointly by the
Douthit Engineering Company and
Mashall capital.
It was an event of far-reaching
importance to all of East Texas and
was adequately celebrated )with a
symbolical wedding of “King Cotton’’
to “Queen Diversification’’, repres-
ented on the platform in the court-
house square by an imported Jersey
cow, the property of Mrs. J. A. Mat-
thews of Marshall.
Cy Evans, chamberlain to the queen
otherwise agricultural agent of the
Texas & Pacific Railway, read the
procotol of better farming as exem-
plified by the dairy cow, while J. E.
Stanford, agricultural manager of the
East Texap Chamber of Commerce,
held forth for king cotton, who was
impersonating “hard times”, “Johnnie
Boll Weevil,” “Bennie Cotton Flea,"
“too wet” and “too dry” and other
rumored ills of a one crop cotton
farming system. School girls carrying
sheafs of East Texas grain and feed
made up the queen’s train.
The’ skit closed with A. L. Ward,
educational director of the Texas
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
as the minister tying the knot amidst
shouts and laughter from the crowd
—Semi-Weekly Farm News.
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GEO. L. YATES GRATEFUL
TO ALL THE VOTERS
As I am a candidate for district
clerk I wish, to take this opportuni-
ty of soliciting your vote in the elec-
tion Saturday. Although I am run-
ning without opposition, I will ap-
preciate each and every vote. I feel
grateful to the people of Van Zandt
county who have made it possible
for me to make this race without an
opponent, and I shall try to merit
this honor by rendering faithful and
efficient service. Thanking you a-
gain, I am,
Sincerely yours,
GEO. L. YATES
Hustlers Wallop Ben
Wheeler Crew, 11 to 8
“Unkie” Morris, crave ball artist
of the Hustlers pitching, kept the
good work up here Thursday and set
the Ben Wheeler baseball team down
with six hits. Ben Wheeler gather-
ed eight runs due to errors. Not one
was earned.
“Chock” Simpson hurled for the
Ben Wheeler aggregation and pitched
fair ball, but a couple of Hustler fans
kept him rattled.
“Lefty” Rucker and “Kid” Bryant
led the batting attack for the Hust-
lers.
The Hustlers take on Colfax today
(Thursday) on home soil. Colfax is
is the only team to beat the Hustlers
this season and a good game is ex-
pected. Be there.
WHITE—SCOTT
TO THE
VOTERS OF
VAN ZANDT
COUNTY
It will be impossible for
meet all the voters of the
LADIES TO MEET IN
COOPERATIVE SESSION
The ladies of Grand Saline will
meet next Monday afternoon at the
gym in their' regular fifth Monday
meeting. All the ladies of the town
are invited to be present.
The meeting will he held at four
o’doek.
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Since God, in his mercy, has seen
fit to call from our midst our dearly
beloved member and co-worker, Mrs.
W. H. Roberson;
Be it resolved that we, the mem-
bers of the Main Street Baptist Wo-
mens Auxiliary extend our love and
sympathy to the much loved family
and relatives. We feel that one of
our best loved members has been
taken;
And further resolved that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the
Grand Saline Sun and to the Baptist
Standard.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. H. Lucas,
Mrs. Jno. Luce,
Mrs. L. H. Beaird.
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Van Zandt County
Gets Fine Rain
On Wednesday night and Thursday
morning, Van Zandt was visited by
a rain which was worth thousands
of dollars to growing crops over the
county. The rain commenced falling
Wednesday evening and continued
practically all night.
MORE WORK NEXT WEEK
AT CREAGLEVILLE CEMETERY
Workers with rakes and hoes work-
ed hard and long Wednesday at tho
Creagleville cemetery but so much
work remained undone that it was
thought necessary to continue the
labor on Wednesday of next week.
Thdfc in charge extend a special
invitation to thoae candidates who re-
main in the political race after Sat-
urday’s primary.
.
me to
countv
and I am taking this method as a
last opportunity to solicit the votes
of the people whom I have not been
able to meet.
I was born and reared in Van
Zandt county. I am qualified to fill
the office and will appreciate ’he
honor or serving the people of my
native county as County Clerk.
MISS CARLYE M. WALLACE,
(adv)
BARRY MILLER SPOKE
AT EDOM
FRIDAY
Lieut. Gov. Barry Miller in an
address at Edom Friday afternoon
said: Four years ago, without soli-.*-
itation on my part and without any
intention on my part to become a can-
didate for any office, an orgnizatioi,
composed of the Farm Labor Union
of Texas, and the members of the
Union Labor Organizations of this
State, endorsed me for the office of
Lieutenant Governor of Texas and ur-
ged m* to make the race.
“During all of my years in Dallas
and in a business way, have been the
farmers and union men of ^Dallas
County. I owe them more than I can
ever repay, and I felt that I could not
decline the distinguished honor which
they had tendered me. I made the
race and largely through their un-
tiring efforts was elected. Two years
ago I ran for the same position without
opposition and had the honor of re-
ceiving the highest vote accorded any
man upon the ticket, who, like myself,
had no opposition. I had thought
that this was the end of my political
career as Lieutenant Governor, and
so stated on several occasions, but my
friends from the different parts of the
State, many of whom served with mo
in both sessions of the Senate, over
which I had the honor to preside, de-
manded that I again become a candi-
date for office. I trust that I shall
never be able to resist complying with
such- a request from thoae to whom I
am under se many obligations. They
felt it necessary that I should run, ana
I yielded
Miss Essie White, Grand Saline,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F..
White and Marvin Scott of Longview
were married in Edgewood Saturday
afternoon by Rev. Fdgar, pastor of
the Methodist Church.
The bride, one of Grand Saline’s
most popular and attractive girls, is
a graduate of Grand Saline high
school. She later attended business
college and following the completion
of the course at Tyler secured em-
ployment at the Morton Salt Comp-
any as stenographer.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott will make their
home at 304 East Methvin street,
Longview. The groom holds a re-
sponsible position with the Longview
Daily News.
Shower Given
An indication of the high esteem
in which the bride is held in Grand
Saline came when many of her
friends, including the Methodist Sun-
day School class, gathered at tho
home of Mrs. Denman Hill and from
there went to the home of the bride’s
mother. Here, the shower was held
and many useful gifts presented.
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U. OF T. HAS WORLD’S
DEEPEST OIL WELL
Austin, Texas. July 25—Reaching a
total depth of 8,220 feet just before
drilling was resumed the first of last
week, the deepest oil well in the world
is on the property of the University
of Texas, according to Dr. E. H. Sel-
lards of the University Bureau of Ec-
onomic Geology. The well, Texon Oil
and Land Company B. 1, is located
in the big lake oil field of Reagan
County in West Texas.
The University Bureau of Economic
Geology has made an examination of
driU cuttings and has determined tho
various geologic formations through
which the drilling has gone.
“Limestones and sandstones of cre-
taceous age are found at tho surface
to a depth of three or four hundred
feet,” Dr. Sellards explained. “Just
beneath these are red sandstones of
triassic age, while below this are the
premian formations, the uppermost
layer of which is constituted largely
of red sands, salt, gypsum and an-
hydrite.
’ “The salt beds reach a thickness of
from 300 to 600 feet and contain con-
siderable potash. Beginning at a
depth of approximately 3,000 feet,
limestone and dolomites from 800 to
1,000 feet in thickness are found.
These terminate in the great shale
and limestone series which constitute-
the last formation found in the welL"
Since it is a well known fact that
temperature increases as the earth is
penetrated, interesting results are ex-
pected from the temperature testa
which Dr. Sellards and his associates
made shortly before drilling was re-
sumed. The usual temperature in-
crease in the part of the State la
which the well is located is approx-
imately one degree in 135 feet whan
there are no geologic disturbaMaOb
Dr. Sellards explained.
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ART KIRK HERE TUESDAY
Art Kirk, a well known
Grand Saline in paat years,
been in Prescott, Ariaeaw
past three years, was
with friends here
came through Grand I
day en route to Louisiana,
companied by his wife
ren who remained In
visit. Mrs. Kirk aw
on visiting k)
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Proctor, Willard. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1928, newspaper, July 26, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003021/m1/1/?q=%22divorce%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.