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GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913.
Volume 1
Number 22
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Nominations in Piano Contest
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Mrs. H. W. McGowan, Graham ....
48,000
Miss Stella McBride, Lone Oak
27,000
against a fence pst and sustained Miss Bessie Hinson, Salem....
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22,000
Mrs. Ella Carter. Graham
17,500
7,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
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4,000
caused by
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Miss Stella Stephenson, Bryson......
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The election was
The following election
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everyone else
should
L. M. Pratt, Edd
training, at their posts.
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ev.
The Reporter extends sympathy
Parlor
(;. R. Thomas. R. T.
Chas. N. Keen, (t. L.
still pursuing” was adopted for brother. W. S. Timmons,
our
Prices
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weekly meeting Wednesday after- of the Lodge, a copy be given to
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Mrs. Rhema Campbell. Proftitt
Miss Lila Ritchey. Cedar Creek
there
heads.
Miss Ramelk* Cooper, Graham.........
Miss Myrtle Sensibaugh. Spring Creek
Mrs. Brit Alford, Elat Rock ...........
Mrs. Lillie May Gregg. Markley......
Miss Clara Rowe, Briar Branch.......
held
1913.
(iooseneck
Whitten berg.
South Bend
McCleskey.
Eliasville
L. DonneB.
J. Cochran.
Proffitt 1
Wells.
Farmer
Joiner.
Mrs. A. M. Graham and H. B.
Street and family left yesterday
for Mineral Wells for an extended
visit.
rdered, to Im*
. March 22,
Mr and Mrs. C. C. McBride of
Lone Oak community were in the
city yesterday and were welcome
visitors at the Reporter office.
J. S. Matteshard of Farmer
was in Graham, on business Sat-
urday,----------—’
J. W. Davis of Farmer was in
the city Tuesday.
The marriage ceremony will be
solemnised at the Presbyterian
church, on the morning of march
12, at 6:30 to which affair all of
Miss Akins friends are cordially
invited.
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a W wel
stock of
seems to be excited
be sufficient cool
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Les Hibeaux.
Les Hibeaux Club enjoyed
hospitality of Mrs. W. D.
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Hallam.
The announcement of this en-
gagement was made in a unique
manner. in an original poem, by
Mrs R. G. Hallam, which follows:
"Were I an artist.with power divine
To direet this hand of mine.
I'd use his tecnique and his skill.
His Power, his genius, all until
I had told in colors grave and gay.
of a fair girl's wedding day.
"Were I a poet for one brief hour.
With his wonderful words and Ids
magic power.
I'd invoke the muse from Olynyias
height
To rhyme of "love" the poets de-
light.
Of love, and of mating, and "of
nests for two"
As the Spring time poets always
do.
"Were I a prophet, some wise old
seer.
With visions bright of the coming
year.
I’d sing of happy days galore
in a vine-clad cot of an open door.
On a sunlit ranch where dwelt the
pair.
A young man dark and this maid-
en fair.
"An artist, a poet, a prophet or seer.
• >n this gala day < >. would that I
were!
on Saturday,
The accident
N. E. Cantwell of Farmer was
a business visitor in Graham
Monday. He paid the Reporter
a pleasant call while here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Darby of
Midlothian. Texas are visiting
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, afternoon at d.u clock, the funeral
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Nor-l,
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man Saturday afternoon. I he ,
, ! church
reception rooms were attractively
. . • . . i t •/ member,
decorated with red ami white
ol hearts, the cut resulted in the sequentes"—"Still a c h i e v i n g;to the memory of our deceased
beautiful souvenir spoon going still pursuing” was adopted for J brother, W. S. Timmons.
W. P. Stinson. G.
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which was also approved. The appointed for the purpose, do
committee on motto made its re- hereby fraternally submit the
port and "‘Adhuc facientes; adhuc following resolutions of respect
The following nominations in The Reporter Piano Contest have
been received up to the presentime. Look over the list and select
the candidate you want to support and help her out. This piano
is a valuable prize and one that will grace the home of any lady.
carnations and ferns, while a . .
. , . . to the bereaved tamily.
profusion ol red hearts, cupids
the family of the deceased, and a
copy furnished The Graham
Leader and West Texas Reporter
for publication.
Fraternally submitted,
W. M. TERRHLL,
A. B. EDDIRMAN,
D. G. Vick.
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new home. We trust Mr. Her-
ron will In* able to convince them
that Graham is the only stopping
place.
Musical numbers by Mrs Will
Loving and Mrs. Wadsworth
preceded the regular bridge game
in which four tables competed,
tin progressions being/marked
by a little cupid or heat on Val-
entine score cards. As Mesdames
Parrish. Clark and Wadsworth
each captured the same number
this in all kindness to the fire
boys and do not mean to cast any
reflection upon them, except the
id point, and I'd sing and fo, tell to | fact that more of them should
for a meeting of the Junior class
Tuesday morning. The class re-
sponded and the president presid-
ed over the meeting. The min-
" vZ> the Temple of Learning.
tine Day.
W. E. Crick. one ot our good
friends north of town lost a
valuable mule last Friday night
and came in Monday to put an ad
in the paper asking the people
to look out for it. Ten minutes
after we wrote the ad he found
the mule. You see, it pays to
advertise.
Study of Mormonism.
The class of the Missionary
Society for the study of Mormon-
ism'will meet at the Methodist
church Monday, February 24th
at 3 o’clock. Please be present
at this hour. We will study the
last chapter of the book and have
a review of the entire study.
Other matters of importance will
be discussed by the society.
Mrs. J. Hall Bowman.
der to clearly show the high
standing in all lines of this year's
seniors when compared to past
or future classes. All other minor
business having been attended to
the class adjourned until its next
regular meeting.
noon with Osmer Kramer presid-
ing. After the minutes of the
preceding meeting had been read
and approved, the matter of com-
mittees was brought up; they
were soon aprointed and received
the admonition ‘‘get busy” from
the president. There are many
arrangements to be made in or-
who have hail
Resolutions of Respect.
To the W. M., Wardens ami
Brethernof Young County Lodge
No 485, A. F. & A. M.
We, your committee heretofore
have been present at the tire.
The city has spent considerable
money to buy equipment and
there should be plenty of patriotic
spirit among our citizens to have
a tire department that could cope
with any blaze. There should
be regular, stated periods at
which the boys could practice
and each man ought to have his
particular duty to perform.
'We trust there will not be
another occasion in the near
future for the firemen to be call-
ed out, should the occasion arise
they ought to be prepared. If a
fire were to gain as much head-
way in one of our business blocks
as it did in this last one, it would
be practically impossible to check
the flames.
Why not call a meeting of the
fire company and have a reorgani-
zation and prepare for the
future?
people whom they are calculated
to benefit will be pleased to know
that they have been completed ,
utes were read and approved.
The treasurer rendered his report
to Mrs. Clark. Mrs. R. G. Gra-
ham received the guests prize,
while the consolation fell to Mrs.
Fowler, and each guest received
a souvenir valentine.
A dainty salad course was
served with coffee, Saratoga
flakes and stuffed dates.
Members present: Mesdames
Frank Parrish. Bruce Street, R.
Fowler, John Gay, C. Hutchison,
Luther Clark, Will Loving, Har-
ry Wadsworth, M. K. Graham.
Misses Vera Norman. Pauline
McJimsey, Dot Graham. Al lye
Logan, with Mrs. R. G. Graham
and Mrs. C. E. Stovall as guests.
President Short issued a call
Dolman House Destroyed
By Fire
Last Thursday morning about
1 o’clock fire broke out in the
upper story of the Dolman House
and the flames had gained such
headway before an alarm was
given that theoffortsof the fire
company to extinguish the flames
before serious damage wa“one,
proved futile.
No one seems to know the exact
cause of the fire, but it is known
to have started in the upper
story as all the fire was in that
portion of the building when the
fire company arrived.
The hotel was full of guests
and all those up stairs were
forced to abandon the most of
their belongings in order to get
out before the fire reached them.
Most of the furniture down stairs
was saved but practically every-
thing in the’upper story was
C< m pletely dest r< y ed.
Only by the heroic work of
some of the citizens of the town
was it possible to keep the flames
from spreading to other build-
ings. There were only a few
of the regular firemen that re-
sponded to the alarm; these did
valiant service ami with the
assistance of outside parties the
flames were put under control in
about an hour after the alarm
was turned in. It is to be re-
gretted that Graham’s tire de-
partment is not better organized
than at present. The chief of
the department was sick and un-
able to go to the fire and as Here
is no assistant no one was present
who could actually take charge
and direct matters as they should
have been done, and it is a well
known fact that at a time when
Proceedings of Commissin-
ers Court.
Commissioners Court met in
regular session on Monday of last
week and continued throughout
the week. Quize a lot of busi-
ness was attended to, the most
important of which was the in-
inspection and acceptance of the
five new bridges recently built.
The bid of the Graham Nation-
al Bank for County Depository
was accepted.
The bid of E. M. Burkett tor
County Depository of School
Funds was accepted.
The resignation of Hon. E. E.
Hall as Justice of the Peace was
accepted and Watt Mayes was
appointed in his stead.
The janitor service for the
court house was ordered discon-
tinued.
W. W. Rhodes was appointed
constable of the Olney precinct.
The contract heretofore exist-
ing between the Register . Pub-
lishing Company ami the county
for stationery was declared void.
This contract was made when
Messrs. Hubbard Ar Warren were
proprietors ami was not made
with the present owners.
A petition was presented to
the Court by a number of New-
castle citizens for an election to
determine whether or not the
county seat should be moved to
Newcastle or remain in Graham.
Five New Bridges Accepted.
The five new bridges recently
built by the Newton Construction
Company were examined by the
Commissioners Court Saturday
and all were accepted. These
are some of the best bridges that
the county has had built and the
Commissioner Casey Hurt
Last Saturdav, while the
members of the Commissioners
Court were out in automobiles on
a tour of inspection of the new
bridges built by the county, one
of them backed off a high dump
near Newcastle, on what is known
as the Woolfolk hill, and Com-
missioner Allen Casey, who was
in the front seat was thrown out
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Death of Mrs. C. C. Mayes
The entire citizenship of Gra-
ham mourns with Mr. C. C.
Mayes and family on account of
the death of his beloved wife,
Mrs. Cordia E. Mayes, whose
demise occurred at an early hour
last Friday morning, at her home
near this city.
Mrs. Mayes was 42 years old at
the time of her death. She
leaves eight children, four boys
and four girls, the youngest of
which is two years old. besides
her husband to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Mayes has for a number
of years been a member of the
Presbyterian church and was one
ol that congregation’s most
cherished members.
The remains were interred in
1 the: Grave cemetery Friday
the motor going dead just as the
car reached the top of the hill,
and it seems that the brakes
would not hold, allowing the car
to back down the hill at a terriffic
speed, just before reaching the
bottom it toppled over on. one
side, throwing all the occupants
out.
Immediately following this car
was Mr. Sebe Newton, County
Judge E. W. Fry and the balance
of the Court. in Mr. Newton's
car. As soon as Mr. Newton
discoyered the car ahead of him
was backing up he stopped his
car, but rushed to the assistance
of the overturned car a s soon as
it happened.
Judge Fry did nut wait to stop,
but jumped out when it was go-
ing almost 20 miles an hour and
running to where the accident
occurred, pulled Mr. Casey ont
from beneath the wreck. The
car was pretty badly torn up, and
only - by. the narrowest margin
were the occupants saved.
painful, though not serious in-
juries.
Besides Mr. Casey and the
driver there were in the car Com-
missioners A. H. Jones and J. T.
Hunt. These last named gentle-
men were in the rear seat and
were thrown out also but only re-
ceived a severe shaking up.
the class motto. Purple and gold
were selected for class colors.
The committee on class flower
was not prepared to report, and
were given till the next meeting
to make their selection. The of-
fice of Administrator was then
created and Henry Schlittler was
elected to that position. There
being no further business to come
before the class, a motion for ad-
journment was made, seconded
and carried.
Goodman Holbert did not at-
tend school Thursday morning.
Nell Graham missed a half-day
Friday.
Osmer Kramer, Lee Carmack,
Oscar Finley and Gus Spivey re-
mained away from school Friday
evening.
The seniors held their regular
you.
Of a happy event Almost in view.
For of all happy days, the happiest
f ween,
is Mureh the twelfth. nineteen
thirteen.
"On this day of all days in the
early Spring
Mid sighing trees and birds on
wing.
Like Hiawatha brave and hold
Who traced a patli through the
forest old
To win his lovely, tawny bride.
So comes tile hero, if naught lie-
tide.
”O. Hymen’s bells, swing soft and
alow.
For Grady Fletcher of Waco.
The fiancee: the bride-to-be,
Roberta Akin: Bing merrily!
Bing happy bells, for the joyous
scene ,
of March the twelfth, nineteen
thirteen.
Indian Mound W. W. Wil-
liamson, Harry Kindley.
Olney W. H. Keen. W. F.
Keathley.’C. West, John Blood-
worth.
Markley W. W. Gregg. J. M.
Wallace.
True Lee Hardy. M. M. Bur-
ris.
Bitter Creek J. J. Gray, H.
Barry.
Rabbit Creek C. M. Webb, A.
M. Eddleman.
Loving—A. J. Wheat, G. Me-
Cluer, W. H. Simmons, Frank
Beard.
Red Top-Will McGee, Geo.
plater.
Huffstuttle- W. W. Fauks, A.
M. Jones.
Camp Creek—D. K. Lyons,
Edgar Tandy.
Jean--J. L. Duncan, C. C. Car-
penter.
Conner—J. A. Chandler, F. W.
Fay.
Lone Oak J. V. Hamm, J, G.
Hawkins.
Fish Creek C. E. Donnell, C.
E, Grubbs.
Miller Bend G. W. McCalas-
ter, R. F. Arnold; Jr.
Newcastle Charley Daniels.
H. S. Thomas, c. M. Proffitt, P.
.... , . tn the city, guests of Mr. and
B. Hall, pastor ol the ‘
. . . Mrs. r. Herron. Mr. Darby is a
of which she was a , ,
former business man of Midlo-
thian and is looking around for a
Whereas the Grand Master of
the Universe, in his wisdom, has
seen fit to call from Earthly
labor to the Celestial Lodge above
our brother, W. S. Timmons:
Therefore, Be it resolved, that
in the untimely, death of1 our
brother, Young Couuty Lodge
has lost one of its most faithful
members, and the membership a
most trustful friend.
That in the death of our bro-
ther, the family of the deceased
has lost a devoted husband and
a kind and loving father.
That our county has lost an
honest and upright citizen, a'
man who was a credit to the
state and an honor to the Mason-
ic-Lodge.
That a copy of these resolu-
tions be spread upon the minutes
A“a
judges were appointed for this
election and to serve for the next
t wo yea rs:
Graham F. M. Burkett, H.C.
Fields, i has. Long, Walter
Burns.
T. L. Lisle. R. B.
Announcement Party.
On Last Monday afternoon.
Mrs. H. P. Rose charmingly
complimented Miss Roberta
Akin with a delightful social
affair, announcing the latter’s be-
trothal to Mr. Grady Fletcher, of
Waco. Some forty of Miss Akin’s
friends enjoyed this pr-nuptial
event. -The home was very
beautifully decorated with hearts
and cupids, these little love gods
being especially appropriate for
thisoccasion, while the attractive
program of fourteen numbers all
savored of happy courtships,
love, romance, and marriage.
The personnel of the program
follows: Musical numbers by
MesdamesCrabb, H. L. and A. A.
Morrison, Rose. Akin, Mabry.
Duncan. Misses Akin. Garrett
and Elsie Rubenkoenig; Readings
by Miss Morrison and Mrs.
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Nearly all the contestants have shown marked improvement
since eur last issue and those who have only secured a few sub-
scriptions are likely held back by their school duties. To them we
would advise using the telephone ask your friends to take The
Reporter and thev can pay you on Saturday or any other time.
It should Im* verv easy to get subscribers now as everyone in
the county is interested in the county seat proposition and thev can
be assured of keeping up with everything concerning it by reading
The Reporter. The tight has just started and will get warmer
each week until the close and there is not a man in the county who
would not be willing to pay a dollar to keep up with what is going
on.
All you have to do to get subscribers for The Reporter is to
ask people to take it; very few will say no. And the presents we
are going to give for this little work will more than repay you for
the trouble. Work hard and see who will Im* ahead next week.
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