The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. [35], Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1928 Page: 1 of 10
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detail*, hot has lea
West, who live* out
not hurt badly. He
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•sounds were dr nsec
on the street* the n
The affair I* rvgrv
of both parties.
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CONGRATULA'
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
in Jonr*8 County, in Stamford and its
Tmdc Territory. Our Record* open
for Inspection
The Stamford Le ade
VOLUME XXVI
^PUBLISHED IN-THE INTEREST OF STAMFORD, ITS TRADE TERRITORY, AND JONES COUNTY
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STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1928
ROUND ABOUT
TOWN
And that, reminds us that one
wan said the other d*y that s
M'ort cotton crop hurts nobody-
u It is universal. Tlat’s the rub.
' If w*i«n. ten acres planted to
ci ttopni'A comes up. we work It.
we flav^jn what it will make *1-
•••• wing fifty per cent to go to ihe
* iftilt, the wave* and the wormn
vf some kind, just so they hit
Y r»n». and then hers comes along
!*’• dry weuther on our patch and
it goes blule, while some fellow
and gets twice .*« much n» he #V-
• red on. well, now. what would.be
more discomforting ? What i*
* i«ally more uncertain than t>>->
• whims of n woman, the nutronu*
if a Htseball vnme or the re
turns on cotton crop, anvway. j
And yet—we iust go right on
'piling it and praising it and
then cussnjr it—when it doe- not
pan out. *
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And, that reminds us that- a
•_ good friend came in here a few
day* ago and asked if we ever got
anything right. We told him hard-
ly eVer. • There may be some news-
paper men who will tell a little
white He now and then on that
.j subject fcnd say they are always I
right, but not us. He then pro-
,■ reeded to look up shat he called
some ommiesiuns and we showed
him and the nice gentleman
he always is to say he was mis-
taken, but a good lady not long
ago said her paper was not that
way—that it was not in her pa-
lter. It would cost too much,
good people, to stop and change
am. issue. 'Some jJaners cannot
dinged at all, for they are prin-
* ' *>fat*M wh»ch are either
right or wrong, but never, Chang-1
fd, opce the prerss starts.
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Stamford wili have the White
Vpy. It has been on the road a
long way, but it is about to come
after all. Many people thought
they might live to see it, they
ss’d—but big things like Wh'te
ays are not built in a.*, day or
*0 H is best not to get in too
ps Co. tare together on the
A-« proposition, so who ran beat such
> n pair
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Starting With This Issue The Leader Is Henceforth To Bey Printed On a Web Perfecting Press
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which mean* that H prints from ^|l/t,lfl- !'.ml *s fully automatic.,,\ t< r the press is sH and adjusted the operator merely throws a switch and puiU a lever when the m achine starts printing and fold-
uriivering the P*P^« Heady for *h« carriers or p^stoffiee, thence to the subscriber. This press w*s manufactured by the Goss Printing Press Gompan ,• oi Chicugo. Illinois, largest
_ l or P fstoffiee, thence to the subscriber. This press manufactured by the Goss Printing Presa^ f^mpon,- ol Chicugo. Ill
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IiniTss News, rort nor# ,Stu>*T- k^W. ana many SUMS mrifopu Alan dailies.' u*oe presses are to the newspaper frhu-rmty-wnat--tki rlfllac automobile* are to the public. •«■»■» ■
TKAIM.NG SC HOOL
A GREAT SUCCESS
pair?
* • • • *
The Stamford people and those
who live in the surrounding neigh-
borhoods are freouently treated
to * fine show . The\ have good
shows Ut the Alcove Theatre near-
ly all the time for the nLce is on
a fine circuit. Rut Richard Pi'
iji “Sporting Good*” w as lx re
Monday and Tuewlay and the >ue j -------
cess of the piece *»- marv. lons.l There were HO enrolled in the
It is really a captivating rtoiy. Training School of the St. John’s
one that one does not pa«s up n- Methodist Church which took
passe, as our wood French friends p|a<*p last September 9th-
round their frog-frvs. 14th. Cl members received credits.
< tliat is. '^e there every night
Once there was a Scotchman a,ul di«l the required amount of
who said he would buy anything '•* rkggi he School included eour.—
that anybody bffered him. whoth- ef' on^tewardship, Program of
Jones Bros. Get Building Contracts
Prominent Stamford Contractors
Are Lucky; Work Is To Start Soon1
er he needed it or not: he would <»•*' t hriatian Religion, Primary
help widows and orphans mAri Pupil *nd Orgimizatmn and .Au-
than they* could possibly nak him ministration of the M-’SuTn'.kiy
to help them; he would buy nil School.
the balls for nnv golf game that There-were about ..0 members
could b* starte.1; bs*» would even enrolled from Stamford, the >'tn-
huy and iyairy»in the tolf course, m coming from Rule, Haskell.
Jmt they* i*ut him in the jmd.led *nd Avpca. The school was a great sium of the high school
BJ > ~ success, consiilering all the hantli- Use of the gymnasium
'Tfc
Jones brothers were awarde.t
the thretf contracts by the Coat 1
cf Education. They were (awarded
contracts by the Hoard of Educa-
tion last Tuesday evening. These
contracts cover the construction
cf a manual training building for
< '.s, no ne economics cottage for
girls and n ward school building.
These buildings will be., located
on the high school campus facing
lUynolds Street, ('onstuction will
hi gin tit oni’e. The buildings w illj
be delivered eariy ne\t year. The
fuariual training building will be
rushed to completion. This is nec-
essary by the fact that at this
time the man*nl training classes
ale iboing cared for in the gytnna
Secretary Chamber of Commerce
Tells of His Visit to California;
Had Fine Experiences Along Line
K. >1. I.oekc, secretary of the
Stamford Chamber of Commerce,
it turned Wednesday night from
California. Locke was a member
f the poultry and dairy study paro
.y that was conducted by B. M.
Whitaker, agricultural manager of
‘.be West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, especially to study farm-
ing. dairying and poultry raising
dai
niethook of California.
buiding.
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caps that it had. ! purpos,. interferes seriously with
y are surveying the alleys Mr- B. L. .’Jtnce. the superin- the high school physical iduca-
and getting ready to pave some indent of the^ Sunday School I tb»n program for both boys and
ot the main ones over town. If ^ock for the Northwestern Com girls.
there ever wti* a rood ileeti done. f^«*«’<‘v. and his w ife left hntur- ( Contilacts for plumbing, heat-
that is one. ft mi^it be a good^dy morning for Amarillo where jnif an(j electrical work will be
idea to get some of the good ol^^hey are to conduct a mne-cours- ardtsl next Tuesday, September
fashioned filth out of some of «i training school.-Rev. R.
them before the start is mode. Stewart.
but this might be covered up with —-—--~
concrete, you know. Subscribe for The leader.
The pcrsornel of the above par-
ty was representative of west Tex-
as and included the following; W.
II. Lindley, farmer, Snyder; J. G.
Golden, farmer. Snyder; M. G. Ev-
ans. secretary chamber of com-
mircc, Snyder; Bert j^eott, farmer,
Snyder; S. G. Lunsford, farmer.
Snyder; J. JI. Greene, secretary
chamber of commerce, Colorado:
Garland Eubanks, banker, Throck-
morton; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H.
Moore, merchants, Lubbock; J. S.
Neeley, truck farmer and poultry-
man, Winters; C. B. Colvin, secre
lary chamber of commerce. East-
land; C. K. Payne, poultrj man,
SUphenville; B. M. Whitaker, west
I’eaas Cham tier of Commerce; W.
Vt: Free, newspaper, Haskell; C.
Out Of Old House; Into The New
Is Put Literally Into Practice Here
Leader Moving To New Quarters
The New Day lias
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The Stamford Leader-
Come For COTTON
■The Goss i
IS BURNED /"
IN S15*.M0
>. I'avis. p« ultrymop. Rule; J. 0.
lackson. pi-ultrymun. Rule; Rny
Heiton, farmer,'Stamford; F. M.
w-cke. s<‘d»tary chamber of com-
merce, Stemfard! and W. R. Per-
in. farmer, Haskell.
Thu trip was made by bus in a
qieoial coach funiished by the West
Texas Coaches. “This bus attract-
d eonshierable attention where-
■\er it a topped, owing to the name
f ‘West Texas’ in large goal let-
ters pnitite^L “A—jts sides," said
I’oinet Press has Helped Bring
That Day. The
the paper
olarr., South Ferguson street,
heltwd more, perhaps, also. Hard
work, wakeful
.ogothef with the help and aid' of
Rosebud, Sept. 18—Damage h- q-.—
ion warehouse, destroying 1,700
nights; busy days °f co^u,n’ to a
............. the help and aid'of >»«lroad aKlmg, where thr^ car-
constant and sure friends hus done ?* J
more than anything for the step Though smouldering hou*a ia£'
the* has been taken by the Stain- a*,Vr 14 ^roke out, the blase wa*
lord Liader—the buying of the unt*er c®n*ro‘-
web pns,; and the contracting with . ‘M-,R’W ct thp fire has not---~ tvu
__ Judge B. 1*. Davenport for he determined.
Gorki. “Wc were cheerTuIly receiv-spudding of a house just to suit the; .
■.I by th- farmers and ethers of! printing business, fii that house lap - MR. NEFF’S FATHER DIES
' alifornin, all of whom ekfchdcHjpri'-perti tied right, has nine large' Thursday morning a message
u us every courtesy and consider- windows for the north light, the came to H. D. Neff saying that
-.ion possible. In my opinion much s,ui)e for tb.- south light, four in |,j* father had passed away
,'ood will accrue to west Texas as thy east and the west front is as Commerce. Texas. Mr. Neff
road
bees
■ this way,
ing right
as'fhe east and the west front is as Commerce, Texas.
, -■all of r
be j,lot plentv of light? The floor is to Dauas for several hours when
result of this pioneer trip, and fulUcTf glia* as it'can be. so why'XT Gibson had ’been’on the road’S?1^.
g trip should be; not plentv of light? The floor is
acre profitable." _ |eom-rete—the buliding is nearly, t),c message came,but he was
.hese attides will appear
;ext issue of The Leader.
THE SPEED KING—A $5.00 ROLLER BEAW^G1
SC OOTER FOR EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN
STAMFORD
Come in and let us explain junt how you can own
one of these scooter* |T1$W than wholesale cost—in
fact they will coat you only $1.29.
RIBBON CANR SYRUP—We have a good stock of pure Georg-
ian ribbon cane syjaip which we guarantee to be better than \
any syrup you can buy. We offer it ut per gallon $1.10.
HORGHUM—We have n good stock of East Texas Pure Gold-,
en Sorghum at per gallm $1.00. Come in ami sample it and if
you don't agree that it's os good os the b.*st you ever tasted,
dost buy It.
ONION 8KT8— We have just received a shipment of Crystal
which wa offer at per gallon 75c.
Our cloahtg out prices on malt still prevails. We have
Pabst, Old Heidelberg and Budweiser, all of which nrc going
than wholesale prices.
6c
...... 6c
Medium Kraut, S cans for .............. 2.7c
Large Caa Krait*’ 2 cans for 25c
Large BoQJe Catsup, ... 17e
No. ! Soup, per can ,.;..*7T: .'.J ------- ‘ *«
Car of Kansas Flour due here for Saturday, Sept. 22. Don't
buy until you «*e us. , /
STAMFORD CASH GROCERY
& C. BURROW. V«r.
PHONES: 10l „d ,00
Accident Early Monday Morning;
2 West Texas Utilities Employes
*t Hj^hai
MraRim Hominy, per can
Largo; Homtny, per can
2?>th, provided bids are satisfac-
tory. Special contilacts for equip-
ping these buildings will be
awarded as soon as the* problem
can be reached.
When thes„ three buildings shall
have been completed the Sttuu-'
ford High School will have caught^
up temporarily with its housing
problem. If'the town continues to
grow us it has during the last five;
y« ars, the citisenship will be ft col.
with the problem of additional; There was an account to occur were dragged bff ihc truck. Nance ?“11
space. It might he mentioned thaljon West McHarg Avenue Monday va? hurt rather* seriously, and ,a
tltere is another source wheieby morning whep a Mexican li.i.ked Spoon was bruised, s the Sani
into one of the big trucks of the tarium officials reported.
West Texas Utilities company.
each succeeding trip should
profitable." (concrete—the buliding is nearly the message came,but he was lo-
A seriet of articles are betng|lire-proof fora fact. Many people rBted in I>allus and he wired hi*
■ report'd by Mr. L. cke which deal,compliment the building as to ap- <>ifr an,| children to come, but a*
vith the special s tudies engaged po.ntmehls, while the actual work. r,,Porrl services would be held Ot
n while in California. The first of: done by ‘‘Dad’’ Harris, seems to *» jq Thursday it was impossible man' whs h«r»
for J hem to arrive in time.—Ham- *4
Herald. ‘ ToT
in the please all who see it.
, The Leader is very much pleased (in
U> make this announcement to its
friend*. There is no intention to' C. N. Humphreys and
boa'tt at all; wc are just so grate- have moved to Abilene. .
ful for the condition so far that — —r-’—---
our gratitude runs almost into the
jhappv channels. We know we could
Are Hurt In Side-Swipe Accident T"Z ZSLfi
school enrollment grows. Rural
utodents by means of automobile
and good roads are no longer
content to remain in their homy j did
1 It Ibis | » JJXM lx II. D'H" , Olll
It men were taken to the Sanitarium j a
seems that the driver of the truck for treatment. i tiallv-hirgely true. We are thank-
of those ..... : .. ,____,
friends, the best posSr-ssions of
iai tli. For twenty years the writer
had .Hitch an office in view,
with such press and with two lin-
Rth otMUK an*l other things necessary
Bl1t ........ —•* a paper, and. it seems.
ns at least come par*
not see the Mexican's car It seems that it was one
ful for the fulfillment of that uin-
distiicts for instruction in the up-jeoming. The Mexican had his fani- unavoidable accidents, so far as we Ip:','."
I per grades of the local high jjy with him in the car. The truck lonrn, nothing furtltcr w as done l> l 4 ‘
school. Growth in the populationjside-swijted the Ford car the about it. | I'or more than fifteen years we
Mexican was driving rod two men,' Both injured men are doing nice- have been here, trying to give the
W. E. Nance and
of the city and increased patron
'the “
iage„from the outside of the dis-
trict are more than likely to make
!nccestiry the construction of a
senior high school building on the
present high school campus. The
Boa Hi of F.ducatiqrj, has indicated
1t!» faith in suoh n project by thy’
fact that a budding site l>* l»een
^ pi eserved in the center of the
eampus facing Reynolds Street.
Board of Education has Busy Day
f ast Tu«s</iy the Ilon' J of Kdu-
eation of the Stamford Schods
mrt four tlmw. One meeting was Tuesday night.. y«b«»
v t, , ,s ro-nnon. two meetings Rnd ^ huhdreds
»*rs held in th* afternoon, the . :: A
‘final meetinR wa* held in the
. Spoon, ly.
IXIMWI
Anson Put On a Great Demonstration
Last Tuesday Night; Gas Had Arrival
Thousands of People Attend Program
programs were rendered.
It was a gala time and nil tho
The county seat of Jones county
put on a great entertainment' last
all Aswan, people, aevedal thousands of them
many huhdreds of people enjoyed every moment of ‘Ihe oc-
ad_ casion.
around there celebrated the
mm
evening to la consideration of t00* P *** ■*iid where sonif good and better ell
________ to la censlderation
matter* vitally affecting ths. _r
established better
all ho while.
ari™ swaps**
(Tom to
ed-| Mr*.
>8unday.
». W. A. N
Z Neia Dead
•ill di*d in Dsllno
Neill was an *o* of
of - |M*Mr Upshaw
) people of Stamford a newspaper,
in some things we have signally
| failed. We know that. The hyper-
,critical need not sit up late at
! nights to conjure up our short-
Icomings. We have them all down
!fine—seme on the ledger in red ink,
which might be erased, but the
most of ihetn indented in our fee*
tie brains in a manner that not
oven a coal chisscl and u Id-pound
sledge-hammer could remove them.
So tilling us about our breaks and
busts, omissions and commissions
would-be as futile as rasping Mot-
es for . his mistakes, if he really
made olTy, foF they are made. We
have-also had some successes that
we prise Uke uato the loving bride
who ha* the faithful and loving,
orovident husband, anil that** m
awfqlly hard combination to boat
in one man. We look back n «v-
erythiag good that w* have triad
to do with satisfaction, thinking
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We have been helping to feed this
er ganir for fifteen years. We had
with it the first issue under the
more than fifteen years *$o, and we I
ad* in The SUmferd Leader then
Stamford, we beHeee. When we tl
sue. these guys got out herti we htoglu }
o fthe Goss Press, tee sutbaatic
ing press, together with
circulation in Jones count
added, the splendid new
some wsy to get in, we just can’t help
but this time it is s friendly kngh.
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Inglish, G. L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. [35], Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1928, newspaper, September 21, 1928; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024049/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.