Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 169, Ed. 1 Monday, March 23, 1936 Page: 4 of 4
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TUESDAY. MARCH
~^J. P. ALEXANDER’S DAILY PARADE of VALDES^-
DAILY SPECIALS
For Tuesday, March 24th
Each day you will find listed in this space ar number of real specials that will save yoo
good money . . . Watch for thepo!
FINE
LINGERIE
One Lot of Ladies
and Misses Silk or
Rayon Lingerie.
Men and Boys
< Chambray
SHIRTS
Values to 50c .... For
Tuesday Only...... Per
Garment ............
19C
Green River Stand-
ard cut Blue and
Gray Chambray
Shirts . . . Double
pockets . 77 Sturdy con-^^^
structed Ihnuiif hout.
regular 50c value at
«a|jr .....
39
PRINTS
Big Assortment
of New Spring T
Yard Wide Fast P
Color Prints—- “
Better Grah Several Yards
at This 1/OW Price and
Save Money ... 1 5 ards
for only ...............
29C
HENS
HATS
Good Grade Spring
Felts . . . Regular to
$2.50 Values. A Real
Bargain for Tuesday
Only, at ...........
$149
J. P. Alexander Company
“The Store Of Personal Service”
You Know That.
CLEVELAND PREPARES FOR AN
INVASION BY THE REPUBLICANS
Political oonvHtvtlon* cost lht‘ t>ur
tlfH a lot of money although it i*
the usual custom for the convention
city to guarantee a party a certain
amount of money toward ‘ expenses
of the visiting politicians. Bill aside
from tlie money guarantee conven-
tions are usually held'in a section
of the country where there are
votes 10 he -won. Political strategy
this year required that the Repub-
licans hold their convention some-
where In the West or Middle West.
Three cities Kansas Pity. Chicago
-and Cleveland—each bid I ISO .000 in
'cold cash for the privilege of en-
M-rtaining the' G. O. P and its
friends. Cleveland won. All politici-
ans know that the "right place”
must be selected but it is because
are good 10 capture ..the Buck-
eye elect roal votes — a juicy fltw
If It can be shaken from the tree
by holding the convention there.
In addition. Ohio -has no formidable
candidate to offer for the presi-
dency this year and is therefore
neutral ground. On the other hand
Illinois and Kansas were the home
grounds of Col. Frank Knox and
Gov. Alf I.andon. respectively, who
are among the present leading fav-
orites for tile O. O. P. nomination.
Another point not to be overlooked
was tile fact that Ohio is identi-
fM no closer with the agricultur-
al) West than it is-with the Indus-
trial Hast.
When the elephant arrives in June
It will find a different Cleveland
Some half dozen new bridges have
been constructed in greater Cleve-
land. Those arriving by rail will de-
Train—rn—a—new—Colon—Station_at.
Public Square which is now sport-
ing a “white way" lighting syktem.
The .old depot has been demolish-
ed. Those going by air will descend
on an enlarged flying field whiclj,
by tlu^time the convention opens'
will be one of the largest com-
Only 86.2 per cent of American
trade was carried in American ships
in 1935, but that was better than
the 8.7 per cent they carried in
11*10.
There are fewer than 800.000 Jap-
anese living outside their native
land. '*■'
There is an accidental death in
the United States every six min-
utes.
Americans have spent over four
| I)'11 ion dollars for radios in the
| ast 15 years.
A total at 150 different attain 1
j of black stem rust in wheat have
I been identified. ________________________
I five members of the IRtooeevelt
I family have served the nation as
1 assistannt store tary of the Navy.
The Tennessee river flows across
the state of Tennessee twice.
A oentury never begins with eith-
er Wednesday, Friday or Sunday.
There are no radio broadcasting
stations in Greece and Albania.
Fur farming i« now established
H S6 of the 18 states.
—Pathfinder.
—--0-
Science Nibbles
Harvard scientists are searching
for an effective method of insta-
ting road lleds against frost to pre-
vent damage to pavements by heav-
ing.
A delicate camera with micro-
scope attached has been perfected
which will detect hardening of the
arteries in its early stages.
— -Or, ■ Francis farter____Wood,_______an
authority on catiotr. believes causes
of the growth are fewer than have
been' supposed.
A new method whereby the
. afth’s structure may be mapped
(11 detail to depths of' 4,000 feet 4l'
electric currents was- recently an-
nounced. “ '' •1
An accidentally discovered treat-
1 ment for trachoma has been brought
to this country from France. No
treatment for this eye disease has
hitherto been known.—Pathfinder.
:—- a "--
BYNOrSM
Condemned to li/d on "Shark ,
/•land," America's own Devils ]
/eland, where k/m imprisonment |
toot an ironic term tor slow \
death Dr. Samuel Mood, began i
Ms hideous sentence. The doctor
had been found guilty of con-
spiracy in the assassination of
President Lincoln because he
had unwittingly set the fractur-
ed leg ef the murderer . , . Ar-
riving at “Shark leemd“ he was
overjoyed to sec Buck, a negro
from hie pteafoMen. But the col-
ored man refused to recognise
• him. An old enemy of Mudd's.
| Sergeant Rankin, was stationed
■ en tbs island. Bis greeting was
to kick at and spit upon the doc-
tor. Then he showed the now'
J
prisoners the moat which ran all
the way around the island.
It
>» 1
ho said, filled with "pet*
Chapter Savan
Glaring around at the shackled
r en. Sergeant Rankin grinned
again.
“And now. my hearties.'' he said.
' ' ‘ ‘ because I Ilka
treat.”
_ hie humor, ho
turned to a soldier and taking from
him a cloth sack, pulled a mangy
black cat out of tt and threw the
“Juat for you and becau
you. Ill give you a little
Obviously relishing his 1
turned to a soldier and tat
him a cloth sack, pulled
black cat out of tt and t
animal Into the moat.
As the equalling creature hit the
water a dosen black fins streaked
towdrd It. There was a pitiful wall,
a threshing of the black tails and
the wster became black and still
AMERICANA
Collecting unconstitutional taxes
from the middleman and then 'pay-
ing them back after he has collect-
ed from both the producer and con-
mereixl fields in the world. A WPA sinner.
allotment of *2.800,000 has been | A Long Island, New York, fam-
granted for improvements which In- iiy inviting President and Mrs.
solves enlarging it froni 570 acres Roosevelt and other prominent p«T-
to approximately 1,000. ' , sons by means of engraved invita-
Thrre will be more hotel space. tiona to their eviction from their
for the visitors, too, four new hotels home.
the aforementioned reason rath- from that visited in 1824. An inter-
«r than that they believe in “horse- va[ „[ j*. years has made big chan
shoe” . or lucky cities. So despite g(,„ |n everything from transporta-
Ihe fact that Calvin Coolidge was ,|OII (aciHtles to uppenrance of the
nominated in Cleveland in 1924 (and cjty jtself. Those driving their own
subsequently elected) it was not c>rg wj]| find the highways leading
mere belief that Cleveland was a (o Cdevtand considerably smoother
lucky city for the G. O. P. which< because of expenditure of PWA and
caused Its selection for du^-imiJaud money on thorn. North and
gathering. south roads In Cuyahoga county are
To begin with Ohio is regarded reported as superhighways while In
as a pivotal slate. At present It is the city itself workers di'e busy on
under the control of Democrats but a wiile lake-front boulevArd extend-
party dissension has led many Re- ing from the downtown spctlon to
ptihlir im to believe their chances Gordon Park along the eaat shore.'
having been built and another en-
larged slncp 1924. Eight of the down-
town hotel* are located within 10
blocks of the convention hall. Hotel
men report that reservations have
poured in 1 since a few days after
the committee's decision on the
convention site. Other buildings new
to those who visited there hi 1924
include the fine new post office.
A marriage subsidy by states
being urged.
A judge giving three defendant*
suspended sentences when their law-
yer quoted Shakespeare’s “Merchant
of Venice”: ‘‘The quality of mercy
is not strained,” etc.
A Boston woman, disguised as a
man, losing her job in a railroad
snow shoveling crew when the wind
Federal Reserve Bank, criminal blows her cap off exposing her
courts building and Severance Hlall.
home of the Cleveland Symphony
Orcheatra. Perhaps the greatest
change Is found at the Mall, the
city’s civic pride. All
long hair. Pathfinder.
The negro race will he recognised
at the Texas Ontennial Exposition
commercial with $100,000 Hall of Negro Life
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1
Both Engineers
It takes years of training before
a man it permitted to rnn a loco-
motive—wbieh runs on a private
right-of-way at speeds lower than
the potential of the automobile-
yet w* permit operators with no
formal training and !" «•"> •‘•ten
no examination, to drive a vehicle
rapebte of doing terrific damage.
la Cooperation With Pollen Officiate
buildings obstructing the area's com-
pletion were razed and the area
landscaped. Cleveland's new stadium
will seat 80,000.
But of more immediate concern
to the 1.001 delegatee, their alter-
nates and many thousands of ex-
pected convention visitors Is the
fact that the scene of the coming
bgttle over the G. 0. P. presiden-
tial nomination has been greatly en-
larged. Addition of two wings has
52 provided a total of more than 250,-
S§ j non square feet of floor space in
jg I the city's *12.000,000 Public Hall.
^B-j-erected in 1932. With it* new Wings
SB and annexes it stretches out for a
■' full city block In downtown Cleve-
5 land. The main auditorium seats 12.-
Sb i 000 persons while the music hall,
3Sj which opens Into the auditorium.
25! will accommodate 3.000 more. Roost-
g| I Ing spots could no doubt be found
Sj, fhr a few hundred visitors more If
2S | necessary. Delegates to the 1924
SB , convention could find no place In the
a I building for a quiet conference. They
]2 were forced to use the Armory ac-
5 j ross the street snd s bank build-
S' ing two blocks atgay on such occa
S' slows. This wag the primary cause
S <>f the addition of the two new wings.
S j Later, an underground exposition
3 hall was added. Thus there are now
S Plenty of facllltlss for "cloakroom"
3! conferences, and some pretty good
I 3 authorities say It Is In th« smoke
B filled conference rooms that the
S roal nominating
“ The average American
t. VlM In litt
and Culture in which will be por-
trayed the history and progress of
the negro in America. Thin is the
first World’s Fair to officially rec-
ognize the negroes of America.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
License to wed wan issued Saltfr-
1 day to F. V. Hendorsee and Mary
| l>ou Douglass, both of Olney.
Is done.—PathAsder.
sat* less
tant
tie
it any rikti country.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Miss- Imogene Butler, in the
Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas,
underwent another operation Friday
evening, and is getting along nice-
ly.
-;-0-'
R. J. Anderson of Jacknboro vis-
ited his daughter, Mrs. Ida Boling
and Mrs. John Price at Big Spring,
sister to Mrs. Boling, visited her
Sunday.
BREVITIES
That New York man who inad-
vertly sent his wife an invitation
to attend hie wedding must lead a
harum-scarum existence.
Reminiscence: of the Florida real
estate boom -new item, “Jasper,
Florida, farmer's ham sinks out of
sight in his back yard.”
Ubeihia'a tt the Department of
Agriculture have found a cheap aro
effective method of
canvas.
‘Sharks!" he gloated. “Ever see
’em before?”
He turned back to the soldier and
taking a wooden bucket from him,
continued:
"But maybe you think that’s all
I bey 'll eat — cate. So I'm going to
give you a look at the last fell
that had that idea, a
•• $
do? I've exhausted every posHbto
means of getting Dr. Mudd oat of
prison!"
"I said, ‘get your hat!'
the Colonel.
Shrugging Erring took his hah
“But where are we going?”
tt, sub. I'an not at liberty 1*1
A short time later the
conduetsd hie Tankas friend Into n
Jhnbby rooming houao.
"My home, sun,” be declnrad stif-
fly, (waning the door Into a large,
bare lookln* chamber. If
Psggy Mudd, thinner, bat as
eager ns ever, took tbstr visitors
hand, smiling her welcome. Thea
she Introduced him to the Other oc-
cupant of the room, an elderly own.
slightly pompous, who was trying
his boot not to look uncomfortable
In those surroundings.
“This Is Judge Halbao, ef that
District Bupsrior Court," she said ,
"Ha's going to get Bam oat at
jail," said the Colonel bluntly.
Embarrassed and annoyed, Judge
MB^ Mra*l^dt^lnontedthlm with
n quick, apologetic smite, and sssld
ed her father. "Now. dad, yes
mined to be good!” Then, tu
to Ewing, she said. “Le* aae eastern.
Csncrotf At nVy request, and for,
my own satisfaction. Judge mhmaa.
has gone over the whole record of
' 1 ease, wor' '
You have
See"" Ewl
the ease, word by word.
"Tou .have some kind at plan.
Judge?" Ewing asked after a te-
spectful pause In which _
Mudd and her father exehaaged ex-
cited glances.
"The plan," said Malben. "to Mrs.
Mudd's. No judge would dare devlae
anything so — so extreme.” f
Mrs Mudd turned eagerly to
Ewing.
"I explained to Judge Malben 1
what happened to the writ of ha-1
bean corpus you obtained for Bam”
she said. .....•‘-i (
“The Government simply laughed - ■
■SSI. isuuw at It," Ewing remarked blttoriy.
(allow. U**1 she said softly, “If a writ;.
Y >
r;
J)
H i
Sharks1 The prisoners passed at the moat filled with man eating
sharks and reaMeed the fuHkty ef escape.
ought what you pig* have been
inking ever dace you got here —
. thoi
thinking ever since you got here —
that a man might be able to got
through the moot.”
kneeling down he thrust the bot-
tom of the bucket Just under the
surface of the water. “This la a
water-glass," ha told thoas. "and
Dr. Mudd la going to look first.
. aaaMt _ _____
because Dr. Mudd Is the mas* fa-
mous murderer hare.”
Reluctantly Mudd looked through
the glass On the battens, age tool
the side of the ment. he aosdd see
a skeleton kneeling, a tow na apt
slinging to hie bones, one hoisey
daw stlU • eiutaking at the wall,
chains stOl weighing hte ankles 1 .
Dr. Mudd's- sickened heart light-
ened as he woe lad into the areo-
ence of Dr. MacIntyre, a kindly
looking old mas who was sitting
at a table checking some reports.
Perhaps here, at last, warn someone
who would understand
“Doctor,” he said in a low voice,
at the cooeluatoe ef his physical
examination. "1 also am a physi-
cian."
Back at hie desk, the deetor re-
plied. without looking up. “I know
you are."
The old man lifted hte head and
stared at Dr. Mudd. If you lsours-
ed you might find sympathy bars,"
he said quietly, “get rid of the Idea
profession you have dishonor
s ashamed of you — aahamet
ef your membership In tt. As n Aoo-
you have dishonor-
ed la ashamed of.you - «*Mgi
l_______ tldMgSa
you even beyond the rest of the
may inform you that I -
right, Buck, sold Mudd.
i joy flooding hte aiok
gratefully. “Tou rs
the first hope I’ve
nlghti
htmare
world.'
This was the greatest blow to hla
spirit of all.
That night as “tops” were sound-
ing on the ramparts of the fort, an
anxious black face peered in at Dr.
Mudd. through the bara of his cell.
"Marso Sam . . whispered Buck,
“Ah'm sorry, sub. hut Ah was too
ekeered this afternoon. Ah eouldn't
say anything to you then.” ■
“It's all right, Bush.1
relief and
heart.
“But Ah’m gonna try to do ac
thing to' you If Ah kin, euh ”
‘Thank you.”
giving me now
had sines this — this
started.
"To*, suh Ah gilaaa so, euh. But
hyah’e aom* soap I brung you.”
Hearing a noise, the Negro van-
ished. And Mudd. looking at the
soap continued to smile. Then,
touched and cheered, he put the
soap down. Finding a pencil and
scrap of paper he ant down on hie
cot and, slapping every now and
then at the mosquitoes, began to
write.
’’My darling Peggy: I am aow
convinced that If I am ever to see
you and Martha again ere must take
matters Into our own hands. So if
you will omansnalsats with ms
through Buck, who la a soldier here,
hut as devoted as ever, sre will try
to work out a plan . ^
Weeks later Peggy Mudd's father
salted upon General Ewtng. *? 1
Tankee efBeer who had been
r'e counsel when he
were served ea bias in. say br,
West, a civil municipality, it wield
be bewared, wouldn't itf*
"Of course, but Dr. Mudd's net
in Key Weal.*
"I knew be Isn't . . . yet!”
Judge Ms then chuckled dryly, ed-
iting the eonctoreqthw eu Oinsrctl
Ewings foes. His BOae reissuing.to
wetted to sou h« "daws' Swing,
e^bd the Osnsrsl waa a hnrdar nut
“But great scott. Mra Mudd.” ho
was oresataateg ns the toil meaning;
at what She had aaid da wed upon
Mae. Tou auruly wouldn't due**-?'
“General Erring." fiercely. Td
dare anything for my huebaad Audi
it's net only freedom I want tori
him; R'e exoneration, toe. He's in-
nocent . . . and they’ve pet to ear'
so ... to the whole world
“Just n moment, Mra. Modd.”
brofce in Malben soothingly. She,
waa close to tears and If these wan-
anything he hated It waa toms*
woman cry. Taming to Brriw ha1
aaM guietqr:
“All I have to any to this: If Dr.
Mndd should be-able to deliver btoa-
eelf to the civil authorities In Kay
West. I oouid have a writ ef he bees
corpus there to be served en hka.
Under its protection he could than
be brought book hare. I would re-
open the caas and. I am sure, give,
rmiwi
•r*.
J
him n fairer
■vs-Srs
trial than he
Martial.”
FT
5 ■
At the door- he added In a low
voice. “And don't let ssytMsf dis-
courage you.”
Qawng tbs door behind him Per-
p^umed^a^riumphant faee on her
"We'll sell everything
everything — mortgage everything!
— we'll get the money somehow”
she announced hotly- h
She stopped, and slowly the look
of exaltation faded from her faee.
"What la the matter?" she
hZWLfZZld
ry,” he muttered, “but If you're set
on such a foolhardy plan .1 meet
withdraw from the oaae."
Standing aide by aide the two
watched General Ewing go out Oft
the room. He did not turn er speek i
and they said nothing as the door
closed behind him.
But alone they turned and looked'
at each other and slowly they both,
smiled, the same Indominatibte
courage In each smile. At that ato-|
ment father and daughter looked'
singularly alike.
"I — Gad. sugar, we'll show these,
dad-blamed chicken-hearted Tankee
lawyers svsn if I bars to esM
Gut sword that Stonewall Jaokaoul
me!”
n~
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n *
hat.” 1
able to r
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.Sew
t3£5kt°2r«r 4 Ik
‘JJse The Daily Reporter Ads For Result*.”
Vrt. Mudd reshes her mad
' re.rcua her huehaud from
•nnd and tohe hhn is Mam
'■» run husgi'
*f Cam sued a
vvedf Don't
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