The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1935 Page: 2 of 10
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SHAMROCK MOTOR
COMPANY
Everything For Your Car.
"Shamrock Service
Satisfies."
OUR NATIONAL BIRD
is the eagle, but we believtf
it ought to be fried ehick-
en. Do you know whether
your wheels are in align-
ment? A driver is the last
one to see whether hi*
wheels “shimmy.” Nothin*
will wear out tires quicker
than wheels out of align-
ment. We can tell you in,
a few minutes whether
your tires are correctly
aligned, and fix them if
they are not.
THE GRAHAM LEADER
Published every Thursday at Gra-
ham. Texas, and entered at the
Post Office as second class mail
matter.
Goo. T. Spears.
Geo. T. Spears, Jr,,..
Edward B. Dugan,....
Owner
.... Editor
Reporter
Subscription Ratos .;
One Year ...................................*2.00
Six Months ............................U**
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NOTICE: Any erroneous reflection
upon the character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm, or
corporation which may appear in the
columns of The Leader, will be gladly
corrected upon its being brought to
the attention of the publishers.
MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ASSOCIATION.
MALCOLM GRAHAM
studei
There
j\00.
/ Th«
M their
w ways
Out at the..University of Texas
there is a quiz PaP‘r >yin* on one
of the instructor's desks. It will
never be called for. The other .day
students filing by picked up their
p^Ts! Grades ran from 40 on up.
,ere was one which was marked
100.
The students filed by, picked up
their papers. One paper was al-
ways shifted aside, so that stu
dents could get theirs. It was
atill lying there when all the
others had jfont*.
It bore* thr indorsement. “Mai-
com Graham.” The grade. 100. -
stop to weigh upon their words ir.
order to hit upon the most appro-
priate one, while few speakers can
observe all the niceties of expres-
sion without writing out their
speeches and memorizing them be
forehand.
This is not due to any lack of
words in the English language,
however. Possibly it may be a re-
sult of our having too many to
choose from. The latest unabridged
dictionary contains more than 400,-
000 words, and the list is Increasing
constantly.
__ Noah Webster’s first dictionary,
published in 1828, contained only
about 70,000 words; the edition of
1864 included 114,000, and that of
1890 about 176,000, as compared
with the 400,000 recognized words
today.
Yet, President Wilson, who was
one of the foremost masters •*
English, In 75 public addresses used
a total of dnly 6,221 different words.
In three of his published books,
however, he used about 40,000.
This shows that vastly more words
ate used in writing than in speak-
ing.
A leading lexicographer estim-
ates that the educated person of
1 fair ability understands on the
I average about 50,000 words, but
| uses only a part of that number
In either speaking or writing. The
mass of people know and use less
than 8,000 words out of the 400,-
000 available.
An interesting experiment is to
inspect a few pages of an un-
abridged dictionary and count how
many words out of a hundred you
are really familiar with, both as
to spelling and meaning. Try it.
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gence waa determined to be 214,
said to be the higheat ever record-
ed in the United States by a per-
son of any age in a Binet-Simon
test . During the following year
while in college she wrote six ar-
ticles which were accepted and pub-
lished by Vanity Fair. These and
other intellectual feats brought her
much fame as a child prodigy.
Recently a New York reported
rediscovered Ellen Elizabeth, now
21, living In a small apartment in
the suburbs of that city. She said
she was very happy, and hoped
later on to resume her literary
work, which has been neglected for
several years, but at present she
finds other activities more exped
lent.
She was married several months
ago to Harold S. Leach, an em-
ployee of an Ice company, whom
she declares to be a perfect hos-
band, in spite of his limited edu-
cation. She, too, has a job—as
cashier for an automobile con-
cern—which is more than a lot of
other bright people can boast of
right now.
TWO YEARS MORE OF LIFE
Science has done much to length-
en the span of humana statistically,
due largely to a decrease in infant
mortality. Here ia a little cheer
and comfort for those in their 40’s
and 50’s. Take sodium rhodante,
says Chemist Milder D. Bancroft
of Cornell. It ia a compound of so
dium sulphur, and nitrogen, be
lieved by him and his research as
sociates to retard the onset of the
I^ILDERS OF TEXAS
*♦*
r?<
TO
f$0RN IN IOWA, SON OF
A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN.
I ATTENDED SMATTUCK MILI-
TARY ACADEMY IN MINN.
IN OfFICE OF GREAT NORTH-
ERN R R AT SIOUX CITY,
i IOWA FOR 5 YEARS
With rice hotel at
HOUSTON THREE DIFFERENT
TIMES IN 4 YEARS AS
NIGHT AUDITOR, CASHIER
AND ROOM CLERK. FROM
THERE TO RALEIGH HOTEL
AT WACO,TEXAS
WAS AVIATION FLYER .
IN WORLD WAR. SPENT
MOST OF HIS TIME IN
TEXAS. FIRST HOTEL JOB
AS NIGHT MANAGER
WESTLAND HOTEL IN
WICHITA FALLS. THEN
TO TREMONT HOTEL AT
GALVESTON 4 YEARS.
Sag
ill
! »
First managers job
IN 1924. SERVED ONE
YEAR AND OPENED AND
MANAGED GRIM HOTEL,
TEXARKANA; DEEPING
HCTtlTEMPlE MANAGED IA
SALLE HOTEL AT BRUM AND
MANAGED SAN AN10M0
CASINO CLUB 3 YEARS.
/
Of 0LDES1
EARL
i
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nerves. Take it regularly for the
rest of yorr life, If you are 45 or
over. “We predict,” says Dr. Ban-
croft, “an average increase in the
probable length of life of at least
Mr. and Mrs. Bd Bowen spent
Mrs. J. B. Hill of Newcastle wma
two years, provided the medical
Sunday In Wichita Falls visiting
a Graham visitor Saturday.
men will cooperate." The chemist
relatives. They were accompanied
admits that the medical profession
by Miss Reba Rogers who return-
R. C. Wood apest Sunday In
is hostile.
ed home after a week’s visit here.
Jacksboro visiting his parents.
DOUKHOBOR TACTICS
Malcom Graham, the student, was |
killed in an accident over the hoii-.
days. It is .seldom that a stu- -
dent makes the direct hit with his ;
Instructors and hi* fellow stu- j
dents as he did. He was brilliant
in • his work, clever in his compan- J
mnship.
He had background, ahility, and |
the desire t>> succeed.
But there was an accident. Onej
of those unavoidable kinds. So |
he will never call for that last quiz j
paper, the one he wrote and hand- j
ed in just before making a dash ;
for home and the holidays.
The one graded 1**0.
—“Town Talk”* in Austin j
• Statesman.
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business is better
There can be no question but
business as a general thing is much
better than it was two years ago.
Retail business has made decisive
progress. The farmer, by artificial,
means, has been able to largely in-
crease his income. Except for gov
eminent, bounties in one way or
another agriculture would be in a
dire condition. We have lost the
greater part of our export busi-1
ness and we are now importin'; |
fenm Mot.
large quantities of com from Mex
ieo and Argentina, our exports of
cotton have fallen off 4,000,000 bl--*
in one year, which we are buying
wheat in Canada. If the govern
ment can keep up ita bounties
riculture will continue to be pros
peroua. And through the us* of
the processing tax it can continue
indefinitely, if thoae nine old men
supreme court let Mr. Wallace a-
Ume. But the main problem is
m Washington who preside in the
■till unsolved. The American Fed-
erate aof Labor puts the number
of unemployed at lU64f*00.-Mar-
shall News.
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One pf the most peculiar relig-
ious sects is the Doukhobors, mem-
bers of which often clashed with
authorities in Canada, as a result
of parading nude in protest against
their expulsion from certain com-
munities. Aside from their hobby
of going without . clothing, the
Doukhobors are said to be unob-
jectionable, ' being ordinarily quiet
honest and industrious people. Their
religious and political views are
primitive and eommnnistic. They
accept certain portions if the Bible,
but have no preachers or priest/
When they assemble for prayer, alT
members are considered equal. They
have no ceremonies at marriages,
which are contracted on conscience
only.—Wills Point Chronicle.
The Doukhobors moved to Can-
ada from Russia long before the
latter country began teaching the
world how to be obedient to a dic-
tator and be happy with a bread
card. The present colony is mostly
of the second generation in Can-
aria, but the old tribal customs
still obtait#They adopted passive
resistense as their method of com-
bating Canadian laws and enforce-
ment officers. When ordered to
stage a protest, they take off
their clothes and go on parade.
The Doukhobor ladies
more persistent in this method than
the Doukhobor gen’lemen, the la-
dies no donbt realizing that they
look better on that kind of parade
than their menfolk do. Policemen
who have dealt with them report
that neither the ladies nor the "en
tlemen look very beautiful. How-
ever that mav be, and at this dis-
tance we would unhesitantlv belie”*
the police, these people are lnd*e-
ative of the psychology unon whi-h
the Russian dictatorship has found-
ed its power. The herd mind. A””
sort of fantasty may be a*c**>t*d
In a country where the voice of
the he-d«men aeems the voice of
God.—State Press In Della* News
n
Graham loat
pioneer citlaen ei
when J. A. Allen
and long promiru
affairs, paaaed <
Third Street.
Mr. Allen, alt!
logo county, ML
1846, lived the )
We in Texaa an
waa one of the fi
who fought in
C—pans 8.
The pioneer m<
whop only 11 y»
snored to Grahan
since., Mr. A
Mollie Mathis ii
together they w
Young county gi
home became a
self.
The Rev. J. 1
the Baptist Chi
Allen was a ms
officiated at thi
the residence,
was made in Oa
Besides Mrs.
Is survived by t
Allen of Wichit;
. M. Singletary o
Out of-town p
to comfort Mrs.
tribute to the t
L. U Mathis of
Mrs. S. B. Mat!
Mathis of Dodsc
O. M. Slngletar;
rge Allen, of J
C. Boyd of Ho!
Laura Hhyle£ o
Mrs. W. E. V
Dwight Allen o1
Mrs. Robert All
STATE CHI
FOR PARK
EXPEND!
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hold no terror for the ear filled with..*
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CONOCO
BR9NZE
GASOLINE
I
A VOCABULARY TEST
How often do wo find diffi-
culty in thinking of just the right
WOrd to axil rasa a certain idraf
About eight years ago consider
able publicity waa given to the
precocity of Ellen Elixbeth Benson
ef Texas, who was rated as Ame--
ica’s brightest child. Before she
waa nine years old she had passed
examination teat* eequva'ent to
those required of a high echo I
taoeher.
When she was 12 her Intel’i-
um wma
—te get easier
Hoe mileage. Ask yssr Co
dealer for the IOW ar 80W grade
ef Caaaee Germ Proreseed Meier
Oil. Yea will see a4 aaer how
You’ll have no trouble starting your car an y time, anywhere,
if you have -Specto/ If inter-Blend Conoco Bronze Gasoline in
the lank! A NSW BLEND! A live gasoline for the dead
of Winter, specially made for tare-fire starting and smooth
pick-up. MORE ECONOMICAL! Saves your battery.
You choke less—waste no gasoline. TRY IT! Drive intn
your Conoco dealer’s for a tank of Conoco Bronte and sen
for yourself how it performs!
CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY ? EitablUh* 187$
instant STARTING
Possibility of
aad maintaining
Graham loomer
cation from D.
the State Parks
will be sent 1
the next wo v
possible locatioi
According to
merce officers I
ing several sit
which a minim
be apent on in
The park, if
deeding 500 ac
return for whi
will promise to
as are necessi
tract and to mi
out coat to th
Pointing out
undertaken
of ui
roods
bridges, and er<
ttaaal building
pool.
To accompli;
of converting 6
scaped state
station a comp
devote their en
work. The p<
the C. C. C. cai
dition of . anotl
haa also been •
Graham off
Colp’a encourai
the state
the park
tract la
are beini
suitable site to
Board officials
ly
clearing
Hon of
that
Ush
sere
steps
Resident <
Comm i
Sund
LIGHTNING PIWIJP
Funeral serv
o’clock Sunday
, M. F. Howard,
Young county
Saturday mom
The Rev K
tor of the Nev
officiated. Bur
Oiney cemeter
Mrs. Howar
yeti eounty in
Ipi since thi
Surviving Si
K. Q-
JV.
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Spears, George T., Jr. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1935, newspaper, January 24, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1034940/m1/2/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.