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Tttk, GAAHAM LEADS* IHLRSDAY, NO
**, 1M.
COON CREEK PHILOSOPHY
f clean place to ait in. To a fanner’s
way of looking at it, the greatest
waste of time on record is listening
to a bunch of city women exchange
Mr and Mrs. Charlie Brown and
children of f*ort Worth apent the
week end visiting here with rela-
tives.
By JOE CANDY
LIT!! IN A HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH—The wife hns
andergone a serious operation at
the Methodist Hospital here in Port Y^**P »nd fttp—.
Worth and thanks to the good Mas- j . , .
trr iKf is doinfc fine. Naturally I *J4 . *?. an , ? . nam sprm ouiiuay wim mnr uiiuKii-
' r -^2r t »• ■* * - »•
*•’ 1 c,n ........ ' ............. the women’s w.rd The baby de- MB
partment is the most interesting
part to me. They keep from 15 to
vrwi of
SOUTH BEND
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones of Gra-
ham spent Sunday with their daugh
think worth while to know. This is
eur first experience owning and op-
erating a hospital, and if I ever buy
another one it will be of the junior
type. This one covers an acre of
Dennis.
Mrs. Alton Thompson attended the
district home making meeting in
NEWS OF
HERRON CITY
Rev. Boyce Dwiggins and Rev.
Bronson from the Seminary at Fort
Worth visited Sunday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Harwell.
Famous Americans Series Of
Postage Stamps Soon To Be
Issued By Postoffice Department
ground and is nine stories high, and | f0n®**nGy- *’he" I"*"*
" , ... . . v.. , comes they load them in little bug-
they do everything here’ but change c'"1” " * * . „ ,. .
gies and start around when they
20 on hand all the time, and at least ^“r Saturday,
half of them squalling blue heaven T. F Kennedy of Mineral Wells
time
* man'* idea of social security, und
his views of baptism, I mav tel<,°me to
WASHINGTON. — Denomination*
Lila Rose Newby of Graham spent designations for the famous Amer-
the week end with Dorothy Kibble, jeans series of postage stamps, aoon
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hendermn and to * iMued b* th' *****
Mr. and Mrs. A. Pugh visited friends P*r"",nt' were •"Boun«*d Mt nl*bt
in Salem, Saturday night. ^rley° " Crf *
Mr. and Mrs. Bud MeMaken of ]
South Bend visited Wednesday with
Mr. and Mr*, Frank Ribble, parents
of Mrs. MeMaken.
Mr. and Mrs. Waters of Eliasville
The postmaster general pointed
out selection of the various dt
. nominations which will include a
' 1, 2, 3. 6, and 10-cent stamp for
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sims
Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Guest spent several ________ _____ .........._
z -ar-.-J: -a=S!"sra tf.xz-jsz'jrjn: - n A~H“--W
run. Not near all the people who j »f Archer City , visited in the Edd On the sick list for the Ming Bend j l„ other words, the lowest de-
°h T thl^^lr^n^rdT^Uh come here have babies, but if ,you Garter bome Sunday. school last week we have: Ira Bobo, nomination in each of the seven
Jit ^contemplate an increase they will | The first and second grade pup- Jr„ and Joe D. Auatln. {group, has been assigned to that
”” CTO 1“ on matter where I guarantee ■ boy or girl one amilin j jU " wjlf'have^a*grand* opening Th* Aid picture ma- partjjuigr famou* American whose
a few instances one of each. The Dennis, will have a giand opening ch,ne wi„ be at ^ M|ng Bend (late 0f birth precedes that of all
doctors say most babies are bom at j of the Phillips filling station built Khool Monday at 1:00 o’clock. , others appearing in
night' The only reason they can ! in their boom Friday night.
wrong about his social security views 1 station they connect him up
not being changed. A great many
no doubt go away with their views
that subject more radically ^ ^ j Carter home Sunday.
than their innards.
of SJR No. 12. no matter where
the money copses from.
This .
As I go about here and see the
modern and scientific methods of
treating diseases and reconditioning
the human body I think what a far
cry it is from the time I’ used to
have hiRipus fever every summer
from eating green watermelons to
the present. 1 would be so sick,
death would be a sweet relief when
the doctor would come and leave a
double handful of little papers fold-
ed and doubled back at the ends.
He would always say: “Follow this
with oil.” The oil was seldom neces-
sary because the powders usually
produced death within from six to
aine hours. If a man 50 years ago
give for that is that there is always j is the most complete _.ta- , JnsureJ ^Qans
„ lTowd here in day time, and the tion few people have an opportunity
stork knows everybody would be to see. There has been *’movie
stopping him wanting to look at the made of it in operation, which will
habv, so he slips in at night, while also be shown. *
the curious are not here. | The P.-T.A. is sponsoring a has-
ket lunch at the whool house Friday
Come and bring a basket, i
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coley of |
Made To 1,057
Texans Last Month
Paeta
lc—Henry W. Longfellow __
2c—John G. Whittier .........__
Sc—James Russell Lowell ___
5c—Walt Whitman ___________
10c—James Whitcomb Riley .„
Scientists
lc—John James Audubon. —..'..IT
2c—Dr. Crawford W. Long______18is
Sc—Luther Burbank ..________1843 1
5c—Dr. Walter Reed .............IBS!
10c—Jane Adams .....................18601
The
Liveatoc
Edwin Graham, III
Arrives Sunday
In Corpus Christi
load of
Hcrefori
Three
fe>rd cal
of Wes
moo
this particular
group, with the famous American
of the most recent birth being
awarded the highest denomination.
The complete list of denomina-
tion designations as announced by
the postmaster general follows:
Artists
______ J T 7 • “Y , t ’ 1 * “-****'*• | Denomination: Year of Birth
Every class of people is here. , night. Command h™*“ **,k- '. f—---—----------------J lc—Gilbert Charles Stuart ... 1775 | . _
Some hard-boiled and aristocratic] Mr. and Mrs. Robert l ole> I Borne loans totaling $2,0*7,168 j 2c—J. A. McNeill Whistler 1834 to go to Corpus Chriftl soon to V1
and some down on the ground where , Phillips, Texas, spent T^^Jay n,K?: were mRde {0 1j057 Texans last! 3c—Augustus Saint-Gaudens .1848 their new *r»nd*°n
I live. Some will talk to you and in the Phillips camp. They so a mQnth by lhp ]2) jngured savin(r, 5c—Daniel Chester French 1850; ------- '1
some won’t. 1 have told a thou- their house here and stored their ^ ^ a.sofiationg jn the gtate 10c—FVederick Remington .1861 MARRIAGE LICENSES
sand lies since I have been here. I furniture till thev get a new house October wa. the third consecutive Authors John Aubrey Hilburn, Grahai
Announcement has been received !
here of the birth of FMwin S. Gra- i
ham. III, in Corpus Chriati, Sunday]
morning. Edwin, III, ta the ion of]
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Graham, Jr.,1
of Corpus Chriati, and the first I
grandchild of Mr. and Mr*. E. S.j
Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Graham pi
have passed myself off as' every-
thing from a tight rope walker to an
arctic explorer. One lady like to
got me in a tight place one day'
could have got in a hospital like when j wag descr ibirg the
this he would have thought they bad ; panama Canal. She had been there
moved heaven back to earth. If a
in -the camp at Phillips.
Ray Bahn, a student A. and j done by the associations exceed- 2c—James Fenimore Cooler
M.. College Station, spent the week ^ ^ ^ min|#n do„ar mgrk ac., 3c-R*|ph Waldo Emersoh
end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. cordinK ^ ^ cumnt Qf 5c_Louiggl M#y A,coM
I crciooer was
•month in which the volume of lend-
le—Washington Irving
j The accommodations for the friends
YlXt walked up to his bed and be-, ,omrwbat )imit«d. They
gun bathing his face his heart would | »jiajnlj elevator service, and drink- ( ed Linda Ruth.
ing water, but you don’t get any
A S. Bahn | th
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Reeves are
the proud parents of a baby girl
Federal Home Loan Bank of 10q—Samuel L. Clemens
l Little Rock, which serves the home Composers
financing institutions in this area, lc—Stephen Collins Foster
ITjp and Lenta Jean McGrew, Dallas.
1789 W. Roberts, Graham, and Ml
]g„3 Belle Slaughter, Graham.
1832 Donald Edward Lobo, Graford,
1835 and Earline Wilson, Graford.
beautiful nurse clothed in snow unite: and r<,lativeg of the patients arc horn at the Graham Hospital Satur-1 Continucd activity in new home, 2c—John Philip Sousa
furnish day. The young lady has been ; congtruetipn throughout the state is! *c
have busted every rih ho had in *ix f jne water, but you don’t get any' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thornton and review 01 uvn|<_ 41I„11V11H,
beats The doctor said country peo-i from the nurses. However, children and Mrs. Lida Williams of conditjong Coan? for the construe-!
pie pull through these ordeals better I yon ar), privileged to prowl around Brcckenridge visited in the Phillips
than city people. The country peo- >nd gjjc|j your head and nose into camp Saturday.
pic have always depended on the, nt^er patients’ doors and business. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Harrell and
1826
1854
1859!
1861 •
____18621
Victor Herbert
noted by the Bank in its monthly 5c—Edward A. MacDowcTI
of Texas home financing 10c—Ethelbert Nevin ...........
Educators _____ —
, tion of new homes in Texas in Octo-1 lc—Horace Mann ......... .1796 cause tt goes rlght't^the^eatof the
her totaled $926,307, bringing the 2c—Mark Hopkins 1802 trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm,
aggregate amount loaned for that 3c-*— Charles W. Eliot mss Increase secretion and aid nature to
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
la>rd. and city people depend on the ; •ph^^ jg ]ot, to ]earn about running daughter Cynthia visited Mr. Har-
■tility companies and when a crisis a bjK hospital, but I know more rell’s mother in Cisco Sunday. Mrs.
comes the utilities can’t de>iw the j ahout this one now than some of the Harrell is taking treatment for her
a00*1* doctors. They made a great mis- eye. Her home is in Breckenridge. ^ ^ ^ wlc y »«_«.„ „nwney .............
- take when they built this one. They | Billie Joe Wood is on the sick 1'” , totaling *1.049.156 for the repair! 2c—Samuel F. B. Morae
It take* two hundred and fifty nQ provigiong for snuff-dippers (this week. We hope for her a speedy and improvamant of existing dwell- i 3c—Cyrus H. McCormick
prople to run this place, and twa whatsoever. Of course, one i* sup- recovery,
hundred of that number are nurses. to ^ too sick to dip 9nuff
|..i luuruo acuwwi UN uiu iwkuic wj
' soothe and heal raw, tender. Inflamed
1839 bronchial mucous membranes. No mat-
.....1858 ter bow many medtelnes you ham
tried, tell your druggist to eell you a
Crcomulslon 1
purpose by the associations since 5c—Frances E. Willard
January 1st to $9,467,000. In addi- 10c—Booker T. Washington...
tion. the associations have made; Inventors bottle of Oreomulaldn with the under-
loans since the first of the year ! lc—Eli Whitney 176-~> that you are to Ilka the way
1791 it ouickly allays the cough or you an
to have your money Nflf
, was i.u„ .. ................55 CREOMULSION
, #4 _ ■ vQnw, • , . The Baptist w.M.S. ladies met at { The report compiled by the Bank 10c—Alexander Graham Bell 1847 For Cougfcs, Omt Coldft,
A man hesn ♦ it Chinaman s chance W^CT1 they come here, hut they should . the church Monday. The meeting jncludeg" thf-figmea of the Graham J
opened by singing MTo the Work”
dving with all that many nurses kave known the visitors are not all
standing around feeling of his ton- sick * *1^
gue and looking at his pulse, poking j
thermometer* down hi** throat and
piling ice on hi? stomach. There are
a hundred and twenty-five doctor? i
associated with the institution in'
ovte wav or another. That is like,
, Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
and “Saved By Grace.” Prayer, Uon b which the local area is
haring that many lawyers when you
get into trouble. What one can’t
think of another will. They rati
operate on a man for seven or eight
different ailments at the same time.
Sometipie the operation is so inter-
esting 1 a man asks t -try awak'
and watch it. They would have >o
operate Or me awake, because I could
not go to sleep wit’’ a hundred d>>r-
<1200,000,000 For
American Airplanes
___by which the local area
Mr?. Otis Mosley. Each lady gave ,erved
her favorite scripture for the de-__
votional. Short business with presi- ■-* 1 O 1 II
dent. Mrs. S. A Easterly in charge f()OCl OaleS Here
The last three chapters of the book,
“Constraining Love.” was brought
]- , by Mrs. Otis Mosley. Refreshments.
NEW YORK.—France was report- ] consisting of smacks with pimento
ed in financial circles Saturday to cheese filling, pumpkin pie with
' "vc «dvanned $15,000,000 to finance whipped cream, and coffee were
the construction of new American ,er*ed by Mrs. Harry Shoemaker
aircraft factories in an Allied move and Mrs. L. A. Dennis.
*o gain air supremacy. | - . -
Return $34,086
In Hidden Taxes
“France is merely paying extra to j
™et quick - production,” it was ex-1
tors standing around sharpening plained. |
hnfeher knives, hacksaws, and crow-, Meanwhile. the United States ■
! Aeronautical Board has taken steps
to imure that the building program
Tlteu ms tmi hundred pH ♦»" for thp Americap air forces will be
room- in which thev keep patients, carried out despite the influx’ of Al-}
"ini aEgar th^manf-Tfr ivhrch- they -^ ordcra... Americifl plantn JtUL-te
keep tools and machinery. They r^uired to «'V1' Preference to army Graham Chapter of
h»v«* machinery that will do every- navy orfI<*rsl*
thing but give milk, and inatiumenla
Charls Walker
Elected FFA Area
wj. p, . * buried in
Vice rresident ch*sr ’ ,th
Farmers of America t
. vice president of Area IV at a meet-
Officials said new orders to be in(f „f Puturp Farmers and their
that -hey can reach clear down into placed immediately total about *200.- advisors at Effeckenridge November
the strmach and fish oqt bois d arc 00o 000 I
, 15.
I The Texas Association of the Fu-
appies. and plow points or last year’s
tax receipts and th* thing has a l.yxi BROKEN
head ap<J tail light on it. The build- ACCIDENT
I Families in Graham pay an esti-
mated $31,086 in hidden taxes an-
j nually through their purchases of
food, a National Consumers Tax
Commission survey showed today.
“Nearly eight per cent of the total
food bill represents shifted taxes
the price of every pur- j
the report stated. “These
unseen levies, for example, take 11 ]
' per cent of butter costs, 6J per cent
Charls Walker, president of thH bread coats. 104 per. cent of sliced!
the Future i bacon and 141 per cent of the cost j
elected of cnftee "
The report was made public
through Mrs. Kenneth C. Frazier, of
Dallas, Chairman of the Board, who
leads NCTC study groups in about
810 Texas communities in the Edu-
ture Farmers of America is divided j cational crusade against “unnecessary
into ten areas.
w > l^fir h
lucsnay nignt ior than fhapters of Future Farm- families are hidden taxes These
pie r*' stantlv at work to keep the treatment of injuries sustained when i ’ ’
piaee clean. Lots of the town wo- he was a,nick by a car near I,Re ^ W.lker and Robert Long
ig suffered a broken .v,„ r.r.hnn, I __ , .. . .._____ .. ’Y.
men rrm. in and bring their knjt- Eddleman. Craig
ting aid crocheting just to have a leg.
| °«N OAK ST. GROCERY
« a. h. AND MARKET ,
CLOSE
At *
10 P. M.
POTATOES, No. il Washrei, in Pounds
17c
DOC FOOD. Red Heart or Vim. 3 can*
23c
CRACKERS, 2 Pound bor
TOMATO JUICE, CamobelTs 3 cans
TOILET TISSUE, Fort Howard, 3
COFFEE, Bright and Earlv. 1 lb. phg.
MACARONI or SPAGHETTI, 3 boxes
POTTED MEAT. 4 cans for .....
SUGAR, Imperial, 10 lb. cloth bag . .
MARKET DEPT.
STEAK, Round, Pound ......
PURE PORK SAUSAGE, Pound..........
.......18c
SLICED BACON, Pound .............
We Have A Complete Line of FRESH MEATS
* We Appreciate Your Patronage.
-were delegates from the Graham ' and diatrihutor. Unable to- abaorb
chapter of the Future Farmers, jhe load, each must pass on a share
Walker was elected by the other af taxes and the consumer ulti-
delegate* By a large majority. Charls mately pay* them, usually without
has a very great responsibility rest- knowing it.”
Ing' on Tiis shoulders since the area
officers are next to the State anil
National of'icers. Hi* election shows
the faith that the area has both in
Chnrls end the Graham chapter of
Future Farmera,
—Jack McCoy, Reporter.
WAR'NOT PROFITABLE.
SAYS ALFRED SIcOAN
The commission, in whose non-
partisan crusade groups in approxi-
mately 5.100 communities have
launched tax study programs, said
the hidden tax figure does not in-
clude the many other hidden and
direct taxes families here have to
pay.
The food tax estimate was com-
puted from. NCTC averages based
on last available U. S. Bureau of
NFW YORK.—Alfred P. Sloan, the Genius figures which placed 1935
Jr., chairman of General Motors udes in Graham at *437,000.
Corp., declares thst “the belief that Government estimates of total sales
war is a profitable enterprise is i„ the country last year approxi-
entirely without any basia of fact.” j mate the total in the 1935 study, the
I In a a*at'‘ment to be incorporated NCTC said.
In the company’s third qusrter re- ( '
port, Sloan conceded thst “war, piRE ALARM
causes a temporary stimulation of- The Graham Fire Department »«*
called out Wednesday to answer
“But,” he added, “irrespective of, , ra|i on Second street, which proved
all the facts and circumstances all BOt serious. Driver John Ruben-
ultimately lose. The destruction of koenlg reported that a small hole
wealth can never. In ths last analy was burned in the roof of the house
sis, lead to a better order af things ”, end damage was slight.
The charming young lady above is certainly smart
looking, dressed in her new Fall clothes. And she
surely is smart, too, for she SAVES Money by buying
Groceries in large quantities at the GRAHAM FOOU
STORE.
f % Too, Can Save By
Our Bargain Prices, Thi:.
Jy Taking Advantage OF
Friday and Saturday.
PICKLES,
Dill or Sour, qt.
15c
POST TOASTIES
2 Boxes . .
19c
OKRA
2 No. 2 cans....
15c
GREEN BEANS
2 No. 2 cans ....
15c
Vienna' Sausage
3 Cans .......
19c
CORN,
2 No. 2 cans ....
15c
SYRUP, State
Fair, Gallon ....
4 r
COFFEE, Our
Special, 2 lbs. ..
29c
CORN BEEF
Regular 25c Size Al*C
2 Cans for......
POTATOES,
10 Pounds ......
IT
HOMINY,
2 IVo,^2'/j cans
15c
CRANBERRIES, •
Quart........
19c
Okra A Tomatoes
2 No. 2 cans ....
15c
ORANGES. 252
Size, 2 doxen. ,
257
POTTED MEAT,
2 Cans for.....
5C
APPLES,
Peck...........
29c
EGGS, Fresh
Country, doxen. .
25c
GRAPEFRUIT, 96
Size, 9. far ,K...
Graham Food Store
„ *
J. W. SON NAM AKER
North Elm Street
CHAS McGEF
Graham. Texas
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