The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume Thirty-Four
CAL SCHOOL TO
OPEN ON SEPT. 6
ACUERS SELECTED, FOR COM-
ING 1926-27
. TERM
The school bells will agpin soon ring
Grand Saline, the date of Septem-
6 being the one set for khe open-
Plans have been completed for
a great school term.
The following is a list of teachers:
L. Farrell, Supt.; W. C. Darnell,
incipal; W. M. Vernon, Science,
thietics; Josephine Wallis, Latin,
athematics; Myra Germany, Span-
h, English; Grade teachers. Artie
orn, Trudie Edwards, Lucille
riffin, Sallie Beavers, Helen Black-
11, Rosa Lee Gibson, Mary Berry,
ora Lee Pope, Jewel Booe and
ances Head.
THE MEN AND
WOMEN VOTERS OF
VAN ZANDT COUNTY
W are The Salt In Your Shaker Comes From” GRAND SALINE, TEXAS, Thursday, August 26, 1926
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“Consolidated With The Salt Shaker” Number FortV-Oll©
EAST TEXAS FAIR PROMISES
THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY
Since-the campaign is now nearing
a close, it is only fitting that I should
issue a statement concerning my can-
didacy.
I look back with much satisfaction
upon the character of campaign which
I have tried to wage. Believing that
the voters of the County deserve the
opportunity of observing at first hand
those who seek to represent them in
their County government, I have gone
into every secton of the County dili-
gently trying to meet each vot-r. In
this effort I have worked hard. Hav-
ing been born in the County, and my
family having lived here almost
century, 1 have tried to conduct my-
self in such a way as no: to discredit
either myself or the family name. I
^believe I have been fair. I have not
\fiarie one disparaging remark con-
cerning an opponent, and I would not
do so to win the office. Knowing my
opponents to be men of credit to Van
Zandt County, I have so stated many
times during the campaign. Better
men never lived than the the three
other original contestants for this of-
fice, F. M. Simpson, R. M. Samford
and A. T. Travis. Having on more
than one occasion earnestly supported
Mr. Simpson and Mr. Samford for of-
The dates of the 1926 East Texas
Fair are September 28-October 2.
Every effort .will be made by the of-
ficials in charge of the fair to make
this .year’s fair the biggest and best
ever staged. It has grown to be an
outstanding event on the year’s local
calendar.
More liberal classifications and more
prize money are offered for educa-
tional exhibits this year than ever be-
fore. Special attention has been given
to the live stock and agricultural de-
partments, and record exhibits in both
quality and quantity are expected.
Other departments that are being
stressed are those for boys and girls
club work and women’s activities for
which big exhibits are being solicited.
An entertainment program of the
same high quality as the educational
ones will be presented by the fair. Of-
ficials are giving much thought to the
entertainment features in order to get
a well balanced program. The pro-
gram will feature Ernie Young’s Re-
vue, a large number of high class
vaudeville acts band music, foot ball
and J. Geo. Loos Shows.
Premium lists and entry blanks will
be sent by the secretary to any person
interested in making an exhibit at the
fair.
TO THE VOTERS OF
PRECINCT NO. 4:
• me Sphinx*
HOMER SIDES SERIOUSLY
INJURED AT SALT PLANT
PRESENT WHEN BROTHER
DIES AT CHICK ASHA
Saturday, August 28 the date for
the “run-off” primary, is close at
hand. There are many of the voters
whom I have not seen and will not
"a j be able to see, and to you I ask that
you give me favorable consideration
for the office of public weigher.
In the race two years ago I went
into the “run-off” and was defeated
by only a few votes. This year I am
again in the second primary by a lead
of 31 votes and, to those who voted
against me, let me say that I bear you
no ill-will. I do ask however that you
reconsider and, if .your convictions
will permit, cast your vote for me for
public weigher.
Yours to serve, adv.
Robert M. Young.
For Public Weigher.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moore were in
i Chickasha, Okla., last week at the
bedside of Mrs. Moore’s brother,
Thomas P. Moore. The latter had
become seriously ill with blood poison-
ing and passed away at his home there
on August 16. Judge Thomas ,P.
Moore will be remembered by Grand
fice in Van Zandt County, I could have) GRAND SALINE GETS
no greater honor, now that they are
out qf the race, than to have those
voters who supported them in the first
primary, make me their second choice
by supporting me in the run-off. It
would be an added incentive to me
to be always honest, diligent and cour-
teous, should I be elected to be a suc-
cessor to the long list of good men
who have held the office of Tax As-
sessor in the County.
Having led my opponent by a plur-
ality of 501 votes in the first primary,
I want to thank each man and woman
who voted for me or who has said a
word in my behalf during the cam-
paign. I cannot see each one of you
to thank you personally, but wont
you consider this as niy personal
thanks, and know that I do appreciate
your suport?
If elected, I promise to be honest and
courteous and to conduct the affairs
of the office in such a way that every
man and woman who voted for me
in either primary can always be glad
that they helped me when I ran for
Tax Assessor in 1926. If defeated, I
shall accept the result with a smile
and do everything in my power to
make my opponent’s administration a
success. That is my conception of what
a man who wants to be a good citi-
zen should do.
It is the duty of every citizen to
vote, and I trust that every man and
woman in the County performs this
"►obligation on August 28th, regardless
of whether their ballot is cast for me
nrjrnv opponent. As the parting word
o™Ju campaign, let me repeat to you
th^words used by the lamented Wil-
liam Bryan in closing his last speech
for J,
cap*.
utterance of his life—“May God direct
you as you mark a freeman’s ballot,
adv. Homer F. McPhail.
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
John W. Davis in the presidential
campaign of 1924—the last political
REV. J. W. BOST WILL
CONDUCT TWO SERVICES
On last Thursday Mr. Williamson,
a farmer living in the Garden Valley
community just across the Smith
county line, brought the first bale of
1926 cotton to Grand Saline. This
bale purchased by Mr. Andrews for
the Salt City Company, weighed 528
pounds and brought 17 1-4 cents a
pound. It was a middling bale of the
Mebane variety.
At the time of going to press an-
other bale raised by W. H. James near
Grand Saline is being ginned at the
Morris Gin. A Premium of $25.00
has been raised, to be equally divided
between the men who bring tl > first
two bales to Grand Saline.
CONFEDERATE VET DIES
IN RANGER, TEXAS
Uncle Dewly Rose, 85, died Aug-
ust 9 at his home in Ranger. This
veteran of the Civil War was one of
^kan Zandt's earliest settlers, coming
to this county with his parents in
1857. In his early youth he worked
in the first tan yard to be established
in this neighborhood and he was thus
Saline people, he having visited here 1 employed when he joined the Confed-
about four weeks ago. At that time erate army at the beginning of th-
he was hale and hearty, and, despite I conflict. He served faithfully until
his advuncing years, was an impres-jhis discharge four years later, and.
sive and inspiring figure. ' although he took part in 28 engage-
The following is an artivle from the Intents, came through unscrached. At
Chickasha Daily Express: the dose of the war he returned to
Funeral services for Thomas P. ^ a" Zandt, marrying a Miss Schot-
Moore, aged 78, pioneer of Oklahoma, jfett- daughter of a prosperous German
and Justice of the Peace here since ; farmer in the Owlet Green communi-
1907 who died at his home 419 Min-J tF* To this union one child, Will H.
nesota Avenue (Sunday morning at was bo,’» «"d he, together with
4:40 were to be held this afternoon tbe deceaseds wife '‘till survive,
at the Anderson chapel at 3:30. Rev. | Both were at his bedside at the time
G. Lyle Smith of Tuttle, was to con- death.
duct the services and interment was dhe deceased was well known over
to occur at Rose Hill cemetery. ithe county, haying spent the greater
The active pallbearers were as 1 Pa!-f °f his life here. He had only
follows: Ben Cuff, H. F. Courtney, lived in Ran*er a few months when
John Hartman, J. H. Mills, Jack Hop-ihe had the strok* ,,f paralv-i- which
Homer Sides, carpenter at the Mor-
ton Suit Plant, had both lower limb#
broken below the knee, when the cuff
of his trousers became entangled in
a sprocket wheel of a line shaft. The
accident happened oa Monday after-
noon at three o'clock when Mr. Sides
was installing a new conveyor beneath
the salt bins on the second floor of
the dairy mill. The ladder on which
he ha^i been doing the work was plac-
ed about twelve inches fronvvsprock-
et on a revolvng line sltjfu In des-
cending this, his clothing was cuught
in the sprocket, from which the chain
had been removed, and his clothing
wound around the shaft in such a
manner that it was with difficulty
that he was cut away. Although it
was his left leg which wus caught, it
was his right leg which was most
HERE IN INTEREST
OF COUNTY FAIR
WILLS POINT CROUP VISITS
GRAND SALINE ON
TUESDAY
badly crushed.
Mr. Sides was taken to a Dallas ^andt exhibits to the Dallas,
sanitarium on the evening train and und ^hreveaport fuirs. Such
Tuesday afternoon about fifteen
cars loaded with Wills Point busiaaea
men and merchanta drove into Grand
Saline for the purpose of advertising
the Free State Fair which in to be
held in Wills Point in September.
Literature portraying the various fee
turee was distributed and banner*
were attached to many cars calling
attention to this County attraction.
The group was headed by Mr. J. C.
Wells, Secretary of the Wills Point
Chamber of Commarce.
It was proposed by the Wills Point
men that a sum of money he raised
from ull the towns in the county,
such fund t<» be used to carry Van
Tyler
a co
an X-ray picture was made Tuesday.|“Prrative move would advertise Van
Hospital physicians hold out hope of!^andt und ber resources to the out
being able to save both leg.* despite
the seriousness of the accident.
On February 29, 1924. Mr. Sides had
his hand badly lacerated when
slipped into a revolving band <aw,
with which he was cutting lumber.
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WATERMELON FEAST
HONORING MISS HD1.HRooK
side world. Mr. Wells, in commenting
on the proposed exhibits said, “Van
Zands has more und says less about
it!1* than any other county in the state
and it is high time she commenced
I talking."
TO THE VOTERS OF
VAR ZANDT COUNTY;
Mrs. George White entertained with ^ take this method to make my last
a watermelon feast Tuesday evening I al>lK?*d to you for your support. Four
honoring Miss Edith Holbrook from F,,u,s aK"
Edge wood. Those who enjoyed the
feast Were, Verlie Cofer, Nellie Cur-
nett, N dine Cross, Louise Alien, Cor-
inne Hank*, Edith Holbrook, Mildred
Hanks. Avonell Gladden, J. V. Cur-
nutt, V r. Allen. Hugh Mulky, Virgil
Frazi ir. Frank Brown, Dempsey (liv-
ens. Woodrow McLain, Frank Huey,
and Louie White.
Mrs. White was assisted in enter-
taining by Misoss Minn
Muurir White.
RETURN FROM I RIP ID
THE PIKES PEAK REGION
(1922) I announced myself
us a candidate for the office of T««
Collector, realizing the fact that
someone would be elected und others
defeated. I took two defeats ut the
hands of mj good frend, K. H. Hut
chin-on, with the very best of feeling
toward him and the voters of this
County. Submitting to the will of
the voters at that time and thanking
them for all the favor, shown me. I
Rushing and quietly stepped out and remained
I silent until this year
—— I huve heen before you since the
first of January, this year. You have
had ample time to investigate my
character from every angle. If you
DEATH RESULTS FROM
SWALLOWING PIN
The Fourteen months old baby of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wiliams died
Saturday morning following an opera-
tion in which doctors in a Dallas sani-
tarium attempted to remove a safety
pin which the baby had swallowed.
The safety pin was swallowed the pre-
ceding Tuesday and a local X-ray
showed it to be located in the wind
pipe. The baby was accompanied to
Dallas by its parents and Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Wiliams, Mrs Louise Al-
len and Emmett Bennett.
Funeral services were conducted at
Sand Flat, Dr. W. R. White having
charge.
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COOPERATIVE SOCIAL
Rev. J. W. Bost, district superin-
tendedtn of the Dallas district, Church
*>f Nazarine will preach at the Na-
sarine church Saturday night and
.Sunday at. eleven. Public invited.
1$ *
All the ladies of the town are in-
vited and urged to be present at the
cooperative social to be given at the
First Baptist Church on Monday af-
ternon, August 30.
ARRANGES FOR REGULAR
WRESTLING AFFAIRS
Kelly Jackson, Working in conjunc-
tion with Willoughby, a Dallas sports
promoter, has arranged for the stag-
ing of wrestling matches in Grand
Saline every two weeks.
kins and Jeff Williams.
Judge Moore is survived by his
widow and five children, Mrs. *M. L.
Middleton, W. S. Moore, and Lane
Moore of Oklahoma City, T. Y. Moore
of Booneville, Miss., and Brown Moore
of Chickasha. Mrs. J. H. Moore of
Grand Saline, Texas, and Miss Sallie
Moore, of Coleman, are surviving sis-
ters. All of the surviving relatives
were at his bedside at the time of his
death.
Thomas P. Moore, son of William
and Matilda Moore, was born January
14, 1848 at Pulaski, Tenn., where he
spent his boyhood and married Miss
Adella C. Young of Pulaski, August
30, 1868.
The couple spent 23 years of their
married life in Tennessee until they
moved to Texas, where they made
their home for 11 years, moving to
Chickasha, Indian Territory, in 1902.
When Oklahoma was admitted a- a
state in 1907, Judge Moore was elect-
ed Justice of th* Peace and had been
re-elected to that office at each elec-
tion since that time. He was nominat-
ed in the August primary for re-
election.
Mr. and Mrs. W. l> Barber and ;,,uv* investigated and found me to
childn-n, accompanied by Mrs. Jewel ,H‘ w,’rth>' I,nd .‘“"duct in ull the
Hill, Longview, returned Monday P"*1 a* w<>11 a" ,n thi* rut,‘' hat* b‘H*n
night from an automobile trip to 'iUch thal wil1 ""•ri* >“"r ^pport, f
caused his death. j Colorad o Springs and Denver. Out- l’**'Pei.tiully ask that you go to the
Funeral services were conducted by j side of a IV« unsuccessful utempts toil"'R' "n "ext •Sa ll,da>- August 28th
Rev. Smith Lendey, Pastor of the coast when they were apparently 1 n,.ld vo|‘‘ l on' u'ti“n* *** ***
Christian Church at Ranger. It was going down hill, they h ad very little
in this denomination that the deceased trouble. Commenting on the filling b*l’tor»
had held his membership for the* past station service, Mr. Barber said that
twenty-two years.
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
HAS ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
Grand Saline’s thriving orchestra,
under the direction of Mr, John Luce,
has recently added five new members,
bringing its personnel up to a total
of twenty. This growth includes one
double B bass and four violins. There
will also be a transfer from the violin
to the saxuphone section.
This orchestra composed of Grand
Saline students, recently mude a dis-
tinct hit while playing for the Grand
Saline Farmer’s Short Course. At
that time they were invited to play
over W. F. A. A., the Dallas News
broadcasting station. This invitation
will probably be accepted in the near
future. «
CARD OF THANKS
INFANT CHILD BROUGHT TO
SAND FLAT FOR BURIAL
Little Joe Ellen Darnell, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dar-
nell, died in -Dallas last Wednesday.
The remains were brought to Sand
Flat for burial Thursday. Rev. W. R.
White of the Main Street Church of
Grand Saline conducted the funerul
services. Those out of town attending
the funeral were the father, Ralph
Darnell, John and Frank Darnell,
Mrs. Jones,. Mrs. Ruinwater and John
Weathered of Dallas and Mr. and
Mrs. Duras Darnell of Mineola.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our loved ones
and friends for their sympathy and
kindness and for the beautiful flow-
ers ail given at the death of our dear
babj\ God bless all of you.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Darnell.
We take this method to,express our
sincere thunks to the many people of
Grand Saline and surrounding com-
munities for the thoughtfulness and
kindness shown us during the short
illness and death of our baby. We
appreciate the many florul offerings
so much, and shall ever hold each of
you in grateful remembrance.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McLain,
And Other Relatives.
A GENTLE REMINDER
Next Saturday, August 2H is elec-
tion day. Be Mure and vote, for to
help a man into the “run-off” and
then not edme back and vote for him
the second time is like turning the
life line loose before the drowning
man is out of deep water.
George L. White.
For Public Weigher.
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some of the proprietors needed to
come to East Texas to learn the
meaning of the word “service.”
Mr. Barber went up on Pikes Peuk
while in Colorado Spring-. He saw
plenty of snow and -hook ns though
with the ague, despite the fact that
he wore a heavy overcoat, a raincoat
and had'encased his frame in a wool
blanket. Speaking both editorially
and parenthetically, we venture the
opinion that he was shaking oecause
he realized how incongruous he look-
ed, for to cap it all off he wore a
debonair straw bat along with his
other trappings.
TO THE VOTERS OF
VAN ZANDT COUNTY:
I huve no desire to hurt or hinder
arty candidate but us my name has
been circulated over the county by R
M. Mathis in an affidavit sworn to by
J. H. McKenzie and G. W. Carter, I
am submitting the following uffi
davit
Mr*. O. Tunnell,
Copy of
Affidavit
Before me, the undersigned authoi t
ity on this day personally appeared:
Mrs. O. Tunned, know n to me to be j
a reputable person, who after being
duly sworn deposes and -av» that she
diil not make the statement sworn toi
by J.* H. McKenzie and G. W. Cartel i
and circulated by R. M. Mathis in re-
gard to J. R. McKenzie’s bolting thej
ticket in the general election in 1924.
And further she deposes and says
that she had no conversation with]
Mrs. McKenzie relative to the elec-
tion of 1924.
(Signed) Mr. O. Tunned
Subscribed and sworn to liefore me
on this the 2lst day of August 1926.
J. W. Thompson.
Notary Public in and for Van Zandt
County, Texas.
Sen I adv.
who should be your next Tax Col-
adv.
Yours Respectfully,
J. R. McKenzie.
VV. VI.
VERNON SELECTED
AS ATHLETIC COACH
VV. M. Vernon, Spur, Texas, hot*
been elected as teacher of Science ami
and Athletic couch in the Grund Sa-
line High School.
Mr. Vernon is u graduate of Sim-
mons University and comes highly re-
commended ns a teacher of Science.
Mr. Vernon also stands high in ath-
letic circles, having had much practi-
cal experience in this line of work.
PREMIUMS It) BE GI% I N
BEST I’AKVDE FEATURES
Wills Point, Aug, 23. J. H. Harris,
chairman of the parade committee of
the Free State Fair says they will
have some real entertainment Sep-
tember 22nd. He is plunmng to fea
ture clowns and Shetland ponies in
the parade with premiums on each.
Escapes Ending Brick
It is reported that one Grund
Saline youth on entering Dallas
for tin- first time, remarked to
a total stranger sitting in the
seat beside him, “Look Dullus
is built up on both sides of the
track" It remained for Grady
Hendley to huve u more thrill-
ing experience than that in Dal-
lu.i. Some time ago, while
walking down the street beside
a Dallas resident, in the shadow
of the great Magnolia building,
a brick descending from ita for-
mer resting place some hun-
dreds of feet above, struck hia
companion on the head killing
him instantly.
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Proctor, Willard. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1926, newspaper, August 26, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003672/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.