The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1931 Page: 1 of 7
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VOL. 49
Friday, Sept. 25, 1931
NUMBER 39
ANNOUNCEMENT.
McLemore, Miss Gladys White and
subscribers this low rate we must
Zandt county district court, which
tried
SANDERS TO SPEAK.
LN DISTRICT COURT.
STATE TAX RATE.
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THE ROYAL THEATRE.
SHELTON S CASH STORE.'
BAPTIST CHURCH.
BROKE HIS ARM.
METHODIST CHURCH.
THE BARTON WELL.
THE LAST DAT
to help along has
has sought
charges; 3 for rape, etc.
glary; Ches
Shamburger, burglary; E. Sham-
4
last week,
The Texas
summer of the past ever
more reluctant to let go
Hadley, Miss Mary Etta Lang, L. I
O. Matthews, Geo. W. Stringer and
The latest news from Dr. M. L.
Cox and his traveling companion,
Ab Sides, who shook the dust of
Canton from their feet about two
weeks ago, was to the effect that
they are enjoying life down at
Corpus Christi, with no idea of
setting their faces toward home
before fall zephyrs begin to breeze
in from the north. For their In-
formation it will be said that no
Tuesday of this week was the
last day of, summer, according
to the calendar, but according to
nothing else. The prevailing hot
weather this month of September
has been a sore trial to humanity,
compared with the balmy weather
of August, and at this writing
there is not much relief in sight,
with the one exception of slight
indications of showers.
INTERNATIONAL LIONS
HEAD TALKS AT VAN
I each week for what you have been
one. In order to give
Sacred Harp Singing.
The annual Sacred Harp sing-
Grady Parker.
T. S. T. A. Membership—W. G. paying, for
Feeding His Hegari.
Burke Cartwright of Terrell who
planted only 100 out of 700 acres
in cotton this year and the rest
in corn, oats and hegari, is selling
his hegari by turning 120 head of
three and four year old steers in-
to the field and supplementing the
grazing with one-half pound of
cake per day. He expects to feed
more grain later to give a better
finish.
■
Herald
The teachers’ institute for Van
Zandt county will convene in Can-
ton on Thursday, Oct. 1 for a two
days’ session. The general sessions
will be held in the Baptist church,
where the primary section will
also hold its sessions. The inter-1
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE
WILL MEET THURSDAY
The Barton-Nixon well, drilling
four miles south of Canton, was
down 1,500 feet this week, with
favorable prospects. The paper has
been saying but little here of late
about this project, for the reason
that every other Independent ven-
ture in these parts that the paper
seemed
its grip
sessions are open to the public week, the pages being reduced in
$7,500.
Another case
According to a death certificate
at Eubank undertakers Tuesday.
Royal Boddie, 18-year-old son of
J. Henry Boddie, died and was
buried at the Highland cemetery,
between Edgewood and Canton,
Monday. The young man had been
ill about two weeks or more.
collect for all subscriptions in ad-
vance. If your subscription for
either paper has expired, send in
your renewal at once.
There will be very little dupli-
LAST WEEK A BUST ONE
IN DISTRICT CCURT
eventually rebelled at the public-
ity given, and resolved itself into
a dry hole. By treading softly in
regard to the Barton well, the pa-
per has endeavored to entertain
the idea that all the people in all
the regions round about would
wake up some fine morning to be
informed that a gusher had come
in over night. Stranger things
have happened, so be prepared
for any further announcement.
cation of news matter in the two:
1 papers, the Van News carrying
news matter that can be printed
early in the week and the Canton i
Herald folowing with later gen-
e-ai news, Canton local items and
court housa news.
The many friends of Master H.
J. Burns, little son of Mr. and
Mrs. Minor Burns, sympathize
with him, as a result of the acci-
dent on the school campus Tues-
day morning of this week, which
resulted in a broken arm. After
Immediate medical attention, the
little fellow seems now happy on
the way.
and school trustees are espec- size, and this form wiil be used
ially invited to attend. I . .. , . .1. .... ce
■, 1. - .. in the future, the number of
The various committees for the
institute are as follows: pages of each issue depending
Resolutions — Wallace Broyles, upon the amount of advertising
Dewitt Dowdle, Mrs. Lurlynematter.
Strickland, Mrs. Ruby Shepherd In future the Canton Herald
and Miss Fay Pinkerton. ' and Van News will be edited so
Interscholastic League — W. H. as to give subscribers a semi-
Oliver, N. W. Kennedy, Mrs. Lo- weekly news service, the Herald
rene Hendley, G. T. Kennedy, and being issued an Fridays as here-
Miss Ara Wattner. i tofe re and the Van News on
Finance and Registration—B. O. Tuesdays. both papers being sold
Box, L. F. Sanders, Miss Jackie at the price of one. In other
words, you will get two papers
ing will be held at China Grove
_ the first Sunday in October, J. B.
burger, theft; Barkley Parker, Trent writes the paper to request
burglary? Barkley Parker, theft; everybody to remember the date,
Debs Erwin, possessing whiskey. ana come prepared to spend the
Wednetday, Sept. 30 -Ed Gore,1 day.
mediate and high school sections
will hold their sessions at the ’ . ... . ,
Methodist church, the high school Readers will note a radical
section using the basement. All change in the Canton Herald this
Parker, theft; E.
on the country and its swelter-
ing inhabitants than the present
season of downright suffering
from the heat that grows just a
little bit hotter each succeeding
flay. Did you ever?
cases); E. E. Wright, driving
drunk (2 cases); Lon Fitzwater,
possessing beer; J. D. Goff, ex-
tortion; Mrs. Rosa Goff, extortion.
How may one tell a good teach-
er?
What do you do to develop
these traits?
2:30 to 2:45—Intermission. ’
2:45—Assembly. Singing.
Report of committees.
"Growth of Teachers in Service,”
H. H. J. Fling.
What may a teacher do to be-
come a better teacher?
, - Monday, Oct. 12—Perry Curtis,
was appealed and sent back, the whiskey (2 cases); Sam Williams,
jury in the case at that time rape; Burlin Brewer, burglary (2
sought to award the plaintiff ca^es); Blake Martin, burglary;
J. J. Corley, theft of hog (2
Fruitvale his truck was struck
by some of the company’s rolling
stock, it was said, resulting in se- .
rious phuslcal injuries.
The case of R. A. Tunnell et al
vs. Texas company et al went to
trial Monday but before the case
reached the jury announcement
of a settlement was made, the
jury then being dismissed, how-
ever, it soon developed that not I
all parties concerned were agreed
on settlement, hence the case will
come up for trial again.
The case of W, H. Hall and
Mayfield Grocery Co. vs. Trinity
Fire Insurance Company, and the .
case of W. H. Hall vs. the North-
ern Assurance Company, were set-
tled by compromise, the plaintiffs ’
accepting a certain sum and de-
fendants assuming the court costs,
it was said. This cause of action
grew out of a fire several months
ago in Canton which damaged and ।
destroyed the stock of goods, also 1
damaged the building to some ex-
tent, on the southeast corner of <
the square, the business being (
known as “Hall’s Cash Store.”
Shelton’s Cash Store, south of
Denman, has another ad in the
Herald this week, giving prices
on goods, and quoting special
prices for Saturday of this week.
Mr. Shelton believes in advertis-
ing, says he finds it helps his
business, and readers of the Her-
ald on rural routes extending in-
to that territory are urged to
read over the prices offered in
this issue of the paper.
W. _ Point, Miss Lee, according
to the testimony, having mde her
home with the defendant some
months, as a member of the fam-
ily, helping in some of the house-
hold duties, and in turn being pro-
vided with clothes, schooling, etc.,
by the defendant, who for the
past forty years or more had been
a member of the Fuller house-
hold, and with whom J. W. Full-
er, an invalid, lives. It was al-
leged, that after the plaintiff left
defendant’s home, the latter
sought to have some articles of
wearing apparel returned by plain-
tiff, some statements or remarks
alleged to have been made by the
defendant in reference to plain-
tiff leading up to the cause of ac-
tion in district court wherein the
plaintiff sought $8,000 damages,
as a result of such statements or
remarks.
Quite a number from Wills
Point, both men and women, were
summoned as witnesses in the
case, spending most of the day
(Friday) at Canton. The plaintiff
was represented in court by the
law firm of Wynne & Wynne of
Wills Point and the defendant by
Attomey Wallace of Dallas and
Attorney Earl M. Greer of Wills
Point.
Another case, that of Fletcher
Smith vs. J. L. Duncan, resulted
in an instructed verdict for the
defendant, Duncan, who was iden-
• led with the promotion of the
van town-site soon after oil was
discovered there.
Following is the criminal dock-
et, set for this term of court, in-
cluded in the summary 19 whiskey
cases, together with 8 charges of
driving drunk; 21 cases of theft,
ten of which relate to chickens
and three to hogs; 15 burglary
theft of chielrens; Washie Gore,
theft of chic .ns; I. C. Mosley,
driving drunk; Blant Castelberry,
forgery; Carl Burnhart, burglary;
Allen Melton, driving drunk; Matt
Barton, burglary; Andrew Barton,
burglary.
Monday, Oct. 5—James Thomas,
theft of chickens (4 cases); Wil-
lie Spears, theft of chickens; Otis
Johnson, theft of chickens; J. B.
Burdett, sale of whiskey (2
cases); Eland Gore, theft over
The coming pictures at Can-
ton’s popular show house, begin-
ning with tonight (Friday) will
have special appeal to all theatre-
goers. You will certainly enjoy
Maurice Chevalier tonight in "The
Smiling Lieutenant.” Then, “Mur-
der By the Clock” Saturday and
Monday is one of Paramount’s
best offerings. Read the show ad
in this issue.
Congressman Morgan G. San-
ders will be the principal speaker
on the program Friday night of
this week at Forney, the occasion
being a fitting celebration of the
opening of what has long been
known as the “Forney Gap,"
known by the traveling public
from Maine and Florida to Calif-
ornia and Oregon. A large croud
is expected at Forney for this
। jubilee. By reason of the closing
of this gap a concrete road is now
open from Wills Point to Dallas,
and work is under way that will
not be stopped until two hard-
surfaced roads from east to west
will be completed through Van
Zandt county, one from Wills
Point by way of Grand Saline and
the other from Wills Point by t, ay
of Canton to Tyler.
Congressman Sanders also de-
livered an address last Saturday
afternoon at Edgewood to the
Parent-Teachers’ Association at
a county meeting held in that
city.
Sunday should be a day of wor-
ship by everyone. Come and wor-
ship with us next Sunday. At the
morning hour the pastor will
point to a cause which never
fails to produee a beneficient ef-
fec.. At the evening hour the sub-
ject will be "The Wrong and
Right Attitude.”
A. D. SPARKMAN.
Short Line Railway, resulted in a
"hung" jury, just as had happen-
ed twice before in the district
court, bringing the total mis-
trials up to three, together with
another entry into trial at a fpr-
mer term and a continuance be-
ing granted before gaining much
A headway. This case, as stated be-
fore, grew out of the burning of
plaintiff • gin at Grand Saline
near the railway mentioned.
The jury was discharged Satur-
day, after being unable to agree
"upon, a verdict in the case of
Miss rdie.ee vs. Mrs. Mollie
Mo°-s. Both •parties reside in
$50.00; Ed Gore, theft over $50.00;
Frank Erwin, rape; Debs,Erwin,
rape; Jasper Friend, theft; John
Henry Hutchinson, theft of hog;
Paul Byrd, driving drunk; C. F.
James, driving drunk.
Wednesday, Oct. 7—Russell
Welch, burglary; Russell Welch,
theft; Garland Welch, burglary;
Garland Welch, theft; Lawrence
Gray, forgery; Marvin Barber, for-
gery (2 cases); Jack Ellison, driv-
ing drunk; Clem McDow, possess-
ing .beer; Claud McCollough, bur-
glary; Robert Loyd, burglary;
May Preddy, alias May Freddy
Hightower, sale of whiskey; Bob
Scurlock, transporting whiskey;
W. L. Payne, transporting whis-
key (2 cases);! A. C. Colburn, bur-
glary (2 cases); Ren Kuykendall,
driving drunk; -eve Chandler,
possessing whiskey.
Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley.
Following is the program for
the two days:
THURSDAY.
9 a. m.—Assembly:
Singing, R. E. Jordan, leader.
Devotional, Rev. A. D. Spark-
man.
Announcements. Supt. A. O.
Loughmiller,
Address, State Supt. S. M. N.
Marrs.
"What Shapes American Educa-
tion?” H. H. J. Fling.
10:45 to 11—intermission.
11 to 12—Section Meetings.
Primary: "How Make Begin-
ning Reading Easy”, Miss Effie
Post.
"My Best Method of Starting
Beginners,” Mrs. S. C. Bobo.
Intermediate and high school:
"Pupil Promotion,” H. H. J.
Fling.
"Just What to Consider in Pu-
pil Promotion,” Homer Bass.
, 12 to 1:30—Noon intermission.
1:30—Section Meetings.
Primary: "Correlation of Read-
ing, Art, and Language,” Mrs. J.
C. Thormahlen.
Intermediate. "Measuremants for
the Grades," H. H. J. Fling.
High school: “Our Big Prob-
lems," C. C. Moore.
"How May We Best Meet These
Problems?" C. H. Corse.
2:30 to 2:45—Intermission.
2:45—Assembly. Singing.
“The Excellent Teacher," H. .H
J. Fling.
“My Greatest Lesson and How
I Put It Across,” Mrs T. K. Pro-
vence.
Business disposed in the district
court Monday and up to noon
Tuesday of this week may be
summed up as follows:
The case of R. E. Montgomery,
living in the Wallace community,
vs. the Texas and Pacific Railway
Co., was settled by agreement, it
being understood that the plain-
tiff was awarded $3,750. Mont-
gomery was engaged in hauling
timbers something like a year ago,
and at a railroad crossing at
Services at usual hours next
Sunday. Everybody is cordially in-
vited to attend.
R. B. MOON.
FRIDAY.
9 a. m.—Assembly. Singing.
Devotional, Rev. R. B. Moon.
Report of work of P.-T. A.
County Council, Mrs. F. V. Bry-
ant.
“Organization and Workings of
Congress,” Hon. Morgan G. San-
ders.
"Character Urges,” H. H. J.
Fling.
“How Develop Character? R. P.
Campbell.
10:45 to 11—intermission.
11—Section Meetings.
Primary: Remedial work in
reading for grades One, two and
three.
"How may I present word rec-
ognition and how may I prevent
word calling?” Mrs. D. M. King.
“How may I teach reading for
thought units, and how may I en-
courage slow readers?" Miss Ruth
Yantis.
Intermediate: "Class-room Mis-
takes," H. H. J. Fling.
How may I correct these mis-
takes?
How may the child be benefit-
ted thereby?
Why should I fail in my work?
High School: "Correlatic of
Grade Work with High School
Work,” Miss Willie Gilmore.
“What is the best to do for the
benefit of the actual work?” A.
J. Riley.
12 to 1:30—Noon intermission.
1:30—Section Meetings.
(From Van News.)
Before Lions and visitors from
the towns in group No. 17, Ju-
lian C. Hyer, international presi-
dent of the Lions’ club organiza-
tion, made an address at Van on
Tuesday nirht. The program in
which Mr. Hyer was th® princi-
pal speaker followed a Lanquet
at which 150 people were present.
Mr. Hyer pointed out that in
Lionism there was something of
religion, education, social contact
and business advantage, and stat-
ed that because of this fact, Lion-
ism had shown a more rapid re-
cent growth than any other ser-
vice organization.
In group No. 17, Gladewater,
Henderson, Marshall, Longview,
Mineola, Kilgore, Tyler and Van
are the towns with Lions’ Clubs.
! All were represented L the meet-
ing, and in addition a delegation
headed by District Gov. Oscar B.
Jones, came here from Green-
ville.
Last week was a busy one in
the Van Zandt county district
court, devoted to the civil docket,
with this week also given over
to civil matters. At the close of
the week there remained on the
docket enough cases set down for
hearing to consume more than the
allotted time under ordinary cir-
cumstances, and with a heavy
criminal docket to be .aken up
nen, Monday, there being 74 crim-
inal cases set for trial, it was
thought. Judge Joel R. Bond, pre-
siding, would call some judge
from another district to help care
for the "extra” business.
The case on trial last week
when the paper went to press,
Mrs. Ida Muckleroy, of Nacog-
doches, vs. The Hamilton Motor
Company, of Dallas, resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff, who was
awarded $17,500 damages in con-
nection with the death of her hus-
band, as the result of an automo-
bile collision in this county in
1929, as mentioned in the last is-
sue of the, paper. At a former
trial of this case in the Van
G. M. Morris vs.
Monday, Sept. 28- S. M. Manley,
manufacturing whiskey; S, M.
Manley, possesssing still; S. M.
Manley, possessing whiskey; Mon-
day Clifton, manufacturing whis-
key; Monday Clifton, possessing
p-hiskey: TEonday Clifton, possess-
ing sti; Solon Boswell, theft of
chickens; Dresborn Shiflett, theft
of chickens; Richard Burkes, pos-
sessing mash; Ches Parker, bur-
The state tax rate was announc-
ed Wednesday—two months late.
It was fixed at 74 cents, which is
five cents more than last year.
This is cheerful (?) news
from Austin. Now, if another spe-
cial session of the legislature can
be arranged, at a cost of a hun-
dred or two thousand dollars’ ex-
pense to the tax payers, every-
body should be happy, arise and
burst into song.
Primary, "Types of Desirable
Seat Work,” Mrs. Ada J. Smith.
"Number Activities in Primary
Work,” Miss Occo Fair.
Intermediate and high school:
"Teacher Traits,” H. H. J. Fling.
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Lively, A. G. The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1931, newspaper, September 25, 1931; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1515548/m1/1/?q=california+crossing: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.