West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Graham Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the UNT Libraries.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1
_ 1
West Texas Reporter
9.
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912.
Volume 1
Number 12
ROBBER’S WORK IS COARSE
TRADING WAS VERY BRISK IN ALL LINES
The next day was spent in —NelErahamreturnerrto school
Young County Day from every
Races.
Brps., won by Robt. Bower.
ties to join in celebrating the re-
Mr. Street
own
upon
can
can
us
•res-
OS
won by
Robt. Padgett.
A.
Racket Store.
weighed 21 % pounds.
/t
R. F. Short & Co.
Awarded to Mrs. J. M. Parker.
Fourth prize, pair of silk hose,
II
■
f
g
ri
■
I
□
Gra-
suit-
Drug Co., won by A. H. Jones.
Boy’s race, prize suit of clothes.
2
4
8 day
r the
their
e ev-
ne us.
Last Thursday night about 9
o’clock a man walked boldly into
the store of S. B. Street & Co.,
wearing a blue handkerchief over
his face for a mask, closed the
front doors and ordered Homer
A. S. Moore and family were
in the city trading last week.
I
Man With Gun Tries to Rob Store
of S. B. Street & Co. Thursday
Night Without Success.
YOUNG COUNTY DAY
COMPLETE SUCCESS
discuss.
Visitors to Graham came that
day by rail, wagon, buggy, auto-'
mobile, horse-back and walking. 1
the long- distance Walker being
Mr. G. C Boyle, a man about 60
years old who walked from his
Is the Statement Made by Mr. Street.
Manager of the Store. Man Runs
When Constable Appears.
office and made him
back.
> In the meantime !
Mrs. Mollie Gilmore, given by B.
A. Snoddy & Co.
ed at the carnival last week.
All the pupils are looking for-
ward with great expectations to
the Christmas holidays.
Eighth prize, bottle of per-
fume. Miss Myrtle Norris, given
by B. S. Doty A Co.
Ninth prize, dozen cakes of
soap, Mrs. S. F. Clark, given by
B. S. Doty & Co.'
People Came from All of Young County
and Many Parts of the Adjoining
% .
Counties for Celebration.
started from home early with the
expectation of being overtaken
by some sort of conveyance but
as none showed up, suppose I he
walked faster than other people
rode.
020
7/
Vo
0,E2
HOLD-UP ATTEMPT
PROVES EUTILE
Contestants for Prizes Received Quite a Number
of Valuable Presents Donated by Graham’s
Enterprising Mercantile Houses.
9
Other Prizes.
Best coop of full-blood chick-
ens. 1st prize $5.00 Stetson Hat,
given by John E. Morrison Co.,
awarded to R. E. Boyle on Gold-
en Wyandottes.
r 5
(205.
■)
time until adequate lights will be,
furnished the users of the audi-whatever subject they saw fit to
We regret to learn as we go to
press that Mrs. R. L. Tankersley
who is very ill in Ft. Worth is
not doing so well; we trust that
our next message will be brighter
and more encouraging.
3
Seventh prize, box of candy, ,
Mrs. W. D. Norman, given by -prize in the mule race and last in
St. Louis Restaurant. the chicken contest.
[NG OFFER
n wants to keep
L own commun-
fore he needs a
He also needs
NEWS and for
orld-wide hap-
Lt
FARM NEWS
I secret of its
gives the farm-
khat they need
newspaper. In
Lews and agri-
I special pages
nd the girls,
narket reports
becial crop re-
ian any other
W. H. Corbett of Stephens Co.
took in Young County Day and
carried away the prize offered
for the largest number of eggs.
' /
Thursday and went away with
turn his
A (ii,
v
Mrs. Gus Hickerson, given by S. The latest word from our friend
B. Street & Co. Hal Jackson is that he is recover-
Fifth prize, leather hand bag. ing very fast from the last o
Mrs. Roy W heat, given by R. F. ation and is expected home with
Short & Co.
epaREo
last week after a week’s absence
on account of serious illness.
Leonard Norman was taken
sick last Monday night and was
unable to return to school the
next day.
The Junior Class loses one of
its most popular members, and
home to < iraham, a distance of given by Baker & Son.
13 miles. Mr. Boyle said he R.bt. Padgett.
sidered. I would just like to run
in for a little bit. We are en-
joying good health.
With kindest regards for you
and yours, best wishes to all the
good people of Graham.
I am sincerely,
T. E. Cannedy.
J L
Recital.
Miss Lucille Miller will hold a
recital at the Opera House Fri-
day night, Dec. 20th, for the ben-
efit of the lighting fund of the
High School Auditorium. The
program will close with a one-act
farce entitled, “A Cyclone for a
Cent,” by Pauline Phelps. • The
program will appear in our next
issue.
week and it will be only a short
Mule race, 1st prize. $2.00 bri*
le, given by Eddleman Bros.,
completing unfinished business
and the election of officers.
Three resolutions were offered
and adopted unanimously:
That in all future Conventions
special attention shall Im* given
to all Chapter reports.
That before the Convention
ends the Daughters shall renew
their allegience to each other
and to the work.
That the Veterans shall at all
times be the principal care of the
Daughters, second to nothing,
taking precedence, over monu-
mental and educational work.
Miss PEAKI, MATTHRWS,
Delegate.
ed $6,000 of this. With Miss
Daffan at the piano playing
“Dixie” in ten minutes time the
women eagerly contributed $350
toward this cause.
The banquet and ball added
much to the pleasure of the dele-
gates. Covers laid for one hun-
dred, were setin the lower end
of the Westbrook dining room.
Soft shaded lights illuminated
Third prize, pair of kid gloves, , Largest amount of country
Mrs. W. C. Mcombs, given by butter, prize $1.00 in cash.
7822
r
the school one of its brightest pu-
pils when Miss Emma Price leaves i standppint
in the next ten days.
Sixth prize, pair of scissors,
1 S. T. Needham was in the city
two prizes. He won the first
J
h "ogiu.-nlo " r ■■■•' " rp" d M
the long tables and the U. D. C.
colors were discovered in the
masses of red and white carna-
tion used in decoration as well as
vases of American beauties used
at the intersection of tables.
There were the shimmer of cost-
ly and artistic gowning and of
truly beautiful women to make
the scene a more than brilliant
one. As the dinner progressed
numerous toasts were responded
to. The banquet lasted from
0:30 to 8:30. The ball room at
the. Westbrook was decorated
with Southern smilax that hung
from the beams and walls in lav-
ish profusion. Here were exhib-
ited a pleasing array of hand-
some gowns and jewels and the
loyal Veterans in their grey uni-
forms.
Rev. Cannedy Sends Regards
In a letter to The Reporter
from Rev. T. E. Cannedy, former
pastor of our Baptist church, now
of Seymour, he says:
“Yes I am still chicken cranky.
I now have the Silver Campines
direct from England, and so far
as I know they are the only ones
in Texas. They took blue rib-
bons at show a few days ago.
I am sending them to Amarillo
show today. I also have beauti-
ful W. Orpingtons. Sold my
last Red lat week. My work is
The sale of Red Cross Christ-
mas Seals began this week. The
cost is ohe cent each. They are
designed to lx* placed upon Christ-
mas packages and correspondence
conducted during Yuletide. They
are considered symbolic particu-
larly of this season because
while bearing a message of good
cheer to the recipient, at the
same time each represents one of
the avalanche of pennies that will
Ite collected to bring happiness
and hope to some poor, friendless
soul suffering from the most
dreaded of all diseases tubercu-
losis.
Call Mrs. Widmayer, the local
chairman and tell her the number
of seals you would like to have;
she will be glad to send them to
vou.
Foot race, 1st prize $2.50 cash,
won by Roy Wheat. 2nd prize,
pound of tobacco and pipe, given
by Graves A Ward, won by M.
M. Stephens.
Old man’s race, prize pair
$7.50 glasses, given by Sloan
Annual Convention U. D. C.
The Seventeenth Annual Con-
vention of the U. D. C. met in Ft.
Worth December 3rd, 1912.
By 10 o’clock 192 delegates as-
sembled in the First Methodist
Church. They were greeted by
the gray clad veterans of R. E.
Lee Camp who sang war time
songs that echoed around the
camp fires of the 60‘s. The erect
forms of the old soldiers lent pic-
turesque color and dignity to the
assemblage of patriotic women.
Many notable women attended
the convention among them being
Mesdames O. B. Colquitt, W. P.
Lane, Jos. Dibrell, H. W. Greer
and Miss Kate Daffan. After an
eloquent invocation by Dr. J. A.
Rice, pastor of First Methodist
Church, the veterans assembled
disturbed conversation
vance we will
y Farm News
porter each for
you will get a
l a combination
you will secure
Luy times over,
ubscription to
RKPORTKR,
Ilham, Texas.
PP
a
At the Temple of Learning.
The High School was favored
by two visits last week. B. W.
King, our new county superin-
tendent was for the first time
since his installation present at
the opening exercises, and deliv-
ered to the pupils an interesting
and instructive address. Prof.
Terry, ex-Supt. of Henrietta pub-
lic schools was present just a few
mornings later and the talk he
made was very much appreciated
by the pupils.
Elver Stone was forced to miss
a half day this week on account
of sickness.
Joe Wootton was absent from
school for two days this week in
his capacity as salesman in the
dry goods department of the J no.
E. Morrison Co. ’
give him the keys. Mr. Mayes
told him he did not have the
keys so he ordered him to bolt
the door. This Mr. Mayes told
him could not be done and while
the two were at the front door,
Q. Street, who was at the office
in the rear of the store, taking
avantage of the fact that the
pistol was not turned on him,
ran to the back door and out for
help.
The hold-up man evidently
did not see Mr. Street as he
inarched Mr. Mayes back to the
next Saturday for Ft. Worth to
enter school there.
The school was well represent-
torium.
Phe schonl year is. now alnost
half gone. The work during
the first two quarters has been
especially pleasant, and the entire
course has been very interesting.
It might be well to give our read-
ers an idea as to the course in
Classics that the High School has
been pursuing. Miss Rogers has
exercised rare taste in the selec-
tion of Literature for the English
classes. Following is the list of
the books studied during the last
quarter: First year, for class
study, Lowell’s “Vision of Sir
Launfal"; for parallel reading,
Hawthorne’s “T a n g l e w o o d
Tales.” Second year, for class
study, Irving's “Sketch Book”;
parallel reading, Dickens’ “Tale
of Two Cities." Third year, for
class study, Shakespeares’ "Jul-
ius Caesar"; for parallel reading,
Scott’s “Ivanhoe.” Senior year,
for class study, Milton’s “Minor
Poems”; for parallel reading,
Shakespeare’s “King Lear."
Jonathan Mudd.
The ladies had considerable 2nd prize 2%i gallons sour pick-
pleasure guessing at the number les, given by Hallam & Jones,
of marbles in a jar for the pur- awarded to J. T. Rogers on Buff
pose of securing the prizes offer- Orpingtons.
ed by our enterprising merchants. 3rd prize, .3 Ib. can of coffee.
Only two guessed the correct given by Stewart & Son. award-
number, they being Mrs. F. L ed to Grady Millican, on Rhode
Harting and Mrs. Tabbie Nelson. Island Reds.
night and “We are Old Time
Confederates.”
The mayor of the town deliv-
ered the first welcome address; he
spoke briefly of the noble achiev-
ments of the U. 1). C’s., touching
on the recently completed Confed-
erate Home and the work in re-
gard to proper text books on the
subject of the war; he . in
closing that the women were the
real heroes, left behind with bro-
ken homes, laboring cheerfully to
supply not only inspiration but
supplies and tender assistance in
the hospitals.
The president of the Julia Jack-
son Chapter, Mrs. J. D. Covert,
then delivered her welcome ad-
dress. extending a gracious and
personal welcome from every
member of the local chapter.
Following these were addresses
from the president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, Capt. B. B.
Paddock and Mr*. Joseph Dibrell,
Telegrams and letter* from ab-
sent friends were read. A greet-
ing from Miss Marv Curtis Lee,
among the most interesting.
Greetings were sent to officer*
and prominent women, especially
to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, stating
that the country needs her, a
Southern woman, in the White
House, as much as the services of
her eminent^husband. Further
greetings were sent to President
Taft, President-elect Woodrow
Wilson and Gov. Colquitt.
For the benefit of the old sold-
iers it will be interesting to know
that Mrs. Baugh went to Wash-
ington at her own expense in or-
der to get the time for granting
Crosses of Honor extended indefi-
nitely. As Custodian she report-
ed that she had ordered 1258 of
the crosses this year.’
The U. D. C’s. have undertak-
en a great work along the lines
of Memorial. Educational and
Relief work.
The Memorial services empha-
sized that branch of the meeting
most fittingly paying tribute to
the well loved dead of all time,
as especially those the last year.
A solemnity and sadness marked
the exercise because of the length
of the list of the dead read by the
Secretary.
The Arlington monument, at
the home of Robt. E. Lee when
finished will lie the most splendid
tribute to a dead hero ever erect-
ed by any body of loyal admirers.
The Daughters have undertaken
to pay $60,000 toward this fund,
Mayes at the peintef a pistol tn in two ranks at thefrentef the
church sang lustily “Tenting To-
Iwas a complete sue- Bicycle race. 1st prize. $5.00
cess. The day was bright and watch, given by D. G. Vick &
clear, though a little cool and the Co., won by Bismark Bower. 2nd
people came from every part of prize, pair gloves, given by Price
the county and from other coun-
Ehad secured assistance and just
5 as the hold-up man was going
around the corner of the counter
to the safe, S. W. Lane, the new-
ly appointed constable. and sev-
eral other men rushed in the
front door.
Realizing that he now had an
armed man to deal with the
would-be robber pushed Mr.
Mayes bet ween himself and Mr.
• Lane and backing towards the
back door, ordered Mr. Mayes to
follow. Mr. Mayes followed be-
cause he didn't like the looks of
that pistol.
The back door of the store is
made of iron and is pretty heavy.
The hold-up man backed through
it just as Mr. Lane got in two
feet of it, and slammed it in Mr.
Lane's face.
By the time Mr. Lane had got-
ten on the outside the man hail
departed to parts unknown and
is still in those parts.
His work was described as
* coarse, slow, and not at all up to
the standard of what a real hold-
up man would do. The robbers
union should fire him out of the
order as he didn't get a cent nor
a piece of merchandise and didn't
even have sense enough to know
that Mr. Mayes hadn’t fastened
the front door.
In speaking of the affair Mr.
Boyd Street, manager of the
store said: “I am glad the back
door was left open and the fellow
got away, as he might have hurt
some one if he had been cornered.
As long as he didn't get any
money it’s just as well that he
did get away, but it might ac-
cidentally be dangerous for an-
other man to try it.”
.nn--T
Young County Cotton Crop
30,000 Bales.
Taking available statistics as
a basis, we figure that Young
county will market thirty thous-
and bales of cotton this season,
at an average of $65.00 per bale
this will figure in the neighbor-
hood of two million dollars for
the cotton crop alone in Young
county this year.
Up to Wednesday afternoon of
this week Olney had received
8.534 bales, Graham had received
something over 9,000 and New-
castle had received about 5,000.
We figure that Olney will get
11.000 in all, Graham 12,000~and
Newcastle about 7,000.
When you take into considera-
tion that there is just about
twenty-five per cent of Young
County in cultivation, and that
cotton is only one of the many
crops we raise, the above is. an
excellent showing. Although
Henderson county and some oth-
er counties may look better to a
few people, old Young has deliv-
ered in the goods this year in
great big packages. —Olney En-
terprise.
turn of prosperity to Young
county. won by S. T. Needham. 2nd
The wiring on the High School j rhe ladies were furnished n prize, Shumate $1.00 razor. giv-
building is being completed this room in which they could care en by |j S. Doty & Co., won by
-..... for their children and have un- Joe Tavlor.
rade.
house with
pcs, cistern.
Ln acre lot.
hurch in O1-
I on F. L.
Las.
gscas
First prize, pair wool blankets. Corbett.
Mrs. Tabbie Nelson, given by S. Heaviest baby, prize go-cart,
B. Street & Co. given by W. S. McJimsey, award-
Second prize, bowl and pitcher, ed to Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Me-
Mrs. F. L. Harting, given by the Arthur. 4 months old baby
their guesses being 120. 4th prize, $1.00 in barber work.
All the prizes were awarded given by Graham Barber Shop,
except that for the ladies riding Awarded to S. T. Needham on
contest, this one not being com- Plymouth Rocks.
peted ior. Following is the list Largest Turkey, prize, $5.00
of awards made. carving set, given by Lyon Hard-
Heaviest bale of cotton. $5.00, ware Co. Awarded to Will Bur-
J. H. Carter. gess.
Second prize, $2.50, A. S. Greatest number of Eggs,
Moore. prize sack of Hour, given by Tid-
Ladies’Contest, well & Sons. Awarded to W. IE
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1912, newspaper, December 12, 1912; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1558327/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .