The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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A NEWSPAPER, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE
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iflNEOLA, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928.
NUMBER 16
INEOLA BEGINS GRAVELING OF RESIDENCE STREETS
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iTIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION APPROVES COL OWSLEY'S FARM PLANK
klv*n Owsley candidate for the KENNEDY-DALE
Jliited States Senate entered upon
tie last thirty days' lap in his race
ider most encouraging conditions,
spoke in Dallas Monday night to
the largest crowd to hear a Senator* -
al candidate in that city this sea-
o!h, with the large City Hall crowd-
to capacity. Frequent applause
erpolated his address especially
when he stated that he was the only
'candidate in-the early campaign who
ji^ade the statement that he would
support A1 Smith if he were the
Democratic nominee. All the others
waited until his nomination was im-
minent before they stated that they
too would support Mr. Smith for
President. "Now" he said "Practi-
cally all the others are trying to get
on the Smith band wagon."
•>. "Other candidates for the Senate
now scrambling to get t on the
lith band wagon and are claim-
ing parenthood of the Democratic
Rational Platform in face of the well
fact that the Democratic par-
ty rejected practically every mea-
re proposed by either of them, and
Spted precisely the farm measure
WEDDING HELD TUESDAY
The marriage of Miss Elsie Dale,
of this city, and G. Russell Kennedy
of Mineola, was celebrated with im-
pressive beauty Tuesday evening at
eight o'clock at the First Baptist
Church, the Rev. George A. Dak,
father of the bride, reading the beau-
tiful service.
The altar and choir rail of the
church were banked with Southern
smilax, while tall palms and fern?
formed an attractive setting for the
floor baskets of gladiolus, in delicate
pink and orchid, the chosen colors of
the bride.
The brides maids were Misses
Louise McCall, of Shreveport, La.,
and Miss Ophelia Spradling.
Mrs. James C. Edwards Jr., of
Dallas, sister of the bride as matron
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of honor, wore la handsome grown
of green georgette with rhinestone
trimmings and silver slippers. Her
flowers were Columbia looses.
The maid of honor, Miss Bonnire
Lee Phillips, was charming in a flesh
| Elizabeth crepe gown with silver
ich I advocated on March 3 when . head dress and sliver slippers and
made my first speech in the cam- | carried Columbia roses.
<gn," said Mr. Owsley. The Hous-j The bride entered with her broth-
>n Convention vendicated my farm £ E who gave her in
leasure exactly when it adopted its; marriage. She was lovely in her
tform last month." "Therefore wedding gown of white crepe Roma
«ry Democrat who subscribes to wjth coronet vqil and real lace caught
;fie platform which was adopted,
mat Subscribe to the one which 1
been advocating all during the
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."I have s^eh," continued Mr. Osw-
ley. "since last March more signs
<*or Sale' on broken-down fences of
Texas farms than there ever bo-
fore were in the* history of this
^ftite, yet there are members of Con-
gress from Txas who tell you the
farmer needs no Federal Relief.
That's what I am advocating and
What I shall do my best' to accomp-
lish should the people see fit to
to her hair w4th clusters of orange
blossoms and pearls. Her slippers
were white satin with rhinestone
buckles and she^carried a shower
banquet of white rose buds and Valley
lillies.
The groom's attendants were C. E.
Nesbit, of Austin, and Palmore
Curry, of Dallas, as groomsmen, and
D. C. Kennedy of Commerce as best
man.
An informal reception was held at
the home of the bride's parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Geo. A. Dale, 22108 Jones
stret. Members of the family and
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place me in the United States Sen - j the brides party formed the receiv
Site. That's what my platform pro- j ing line.
SHERIFF HENRY DOUGLAS AND HIS HAUL
Within the past several months Sheriff Henry-
Douglas of Wood County has been unusually-
successful in capturing devices for the manufacture
of whiskey. His record haul was made in the extreme
eastern section of the county several weeks ago when
he found a hundred gallon still, several barrels of
mash and several gallons of whiskey... F*w time to
time since'holding this offiee^^teriff Botigla&s has
raided places where stills were found and arrested
those connected with it. His record as a detector of
this vice is comparable with other notable sheriffs
of Texas. The inset shows Sheriff Douglass and sev-
eral of his captured stills.
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MINEOLA BUSINESS
FIRMS ENTER
FAVORITE IN REVUE
Mineola has been invited to par-
ticipate in the big Mid-Summer
The new city administration hna
begun actual work on the improve-
ments on the streets and alleys here.
Beginning with Broad Street on the
west edge of the business district
the city is laying a large amount
Frolic which will be held in Tyler! o{ ^-hite graveI on the street which
on the nights of July 11th and 12th,
next Wednesday and Thursday. A
special committee from Tyler was
in Mineola Wednesday July 4th and
extended the invitation to the Min-
eola business men in person.
lat^f will be covered again with a
tar/covering. The same will be done
soon on the East side of Broad
street beginning with the business
district according to a released an-
I nouncement.
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Each business man in Mmeola is. ^ gquare gtreet cornerg ^ R
invited to sponsor some pretty young D Adrians>( Noble WiUingW3 ^
lady who will participate in the fes- j AIford WilIiams>
are being made
tivities of the evening. The pro- round> the cornerg being cut off aey.
gram will be one of the most pre-
tentions revues of styles, vaudeville
etc., ever held in Texas, and will be
produced under the direction of Billy
eral feet which will make traffic
much eaiser at these points. Other
corners will be rounded. Besides thu
_ , , , , , , , 'street is being graveled and all oth-
Faber, pageant master, who has had ?e^gtreets in the city will be graveled
many years of experience as an ^ nafcural ir(m Qre grayel ^
as an
actor and director. The character of
the show is one which will appeal to
the most fastidious and there will
be something which will appeal to
every member of the family.
It has been arranged to have en-, ,
trants from twenty-five towns andl*he C,ty m cuttm^ weeds and *
cities in East Texas and Mineola has kf mosquito and fly breeding
been especially invited to enter their j f f°es c e^n" e which is
will place, when finished the streets
in excellent condition.
A letter has been prepared and
will be mailed this week asking the
property owners in Mineola to assist
\ j wdes for and I am determined to
accomplish it."
• Another statement made by Mr.
Owsley was that the Texas Con-
.• gressman new running for Senate
and Mr. Mayfield, all used the Gov-
ernment Printing Office to have
their campaign speeches published
;>in pamphlet" form and used their
-franking privileges to send these
Mrs. E. E. Dale presided at the-
brides book and Mrs. D. E. Ken-
nedy, of Commerce, Mrs. G. L. Butl-
er and Mrs. M. L. Cartwright at
the punch bowl.
! SMITH WILL SUPPORT
NEW SCHOOL
bill
if CONVENTION DOPE
RECEIVED BY MANY
I have read and carefully consid-
ered the Smith county school bill to
be presented to the Texas Legis-
The bride is the daughter of Rev. lature at its next session> and win
and Mrs. Geo. A. Dale, 2108 Jones | support it if x represent Wood Coun_
street. She received her education!
ty in that body. This bill provides
favorite beauty, without any expense
whatsoever to them. The contest-
ants will dress in the bathing suit
which she so desires and the only
other requirement is that she shall
wear high heel shoes. She must
report to Mr. Billy Faber on the
evening of the revue at the Fair
Ground grandstand by 7 p.m. both
on the llth and 12th.
Prizes will consist of a number
of beautiful awards. Several, large
loving cups and other rewards are
being arranged to be presented te
those winning prizes. Thj-ee prizes
will be awarded.
Each girl entered from Mineola
will be allowed to wear a pennant,
a ribbon or a slogan across her
breast in advertising the firm she
represents. The announcer at the
being sent out is as follows:
My Dear Sir:
May not your City Officials have
your co-operation, in a movement to
ilriprove the health conditions of
our Cfty well as add to its at-
tractions? *
The City will within the next few
days, undertake to clean the weeds
and grass from all our streets sad.
alleys, and would thoroogfalaj
ciate it, if you would co-operate to
the extent of having the weeds and
grass cut from your lots in the City.
Weeds breed mosquities, and are in
other ways a distinct menace to the
general health and it is our desire
and aim to minimize this possibility
during the present summer, and to
that er.d we are preparing to clear
our streets and alleys of weeds, grass
at Burleson College, in the music j for nine months free school term for _ _
department o Baylor University, jj the pub]jc schools in the State, for ployees out, with only once clerk left
Every available radio in Mineola
which could function was in action
during the entire proceedings of the
Democratic Convention the past week.
It was a common occurance to visi;
a business house here and find the
proprietor and several of the em-
cuments to thousands of voters Waco, and for the past few years
high school advantages for all schol- to attend to the business. When ask
revue will make any special announce ; anc* rubbish.
ment for any merchant which he! We hav* 35 or-iir.ar.r* governing
may desire to submit from the stage this matter, but it is not our pur-
during the revue. 1 pose to invoke the law. except in
Judges from various towns enter- j cases where property owners, wiEf cot
ing contestants will be selected, j willingly co-operate with us to bene-
From Mineola John Cowan has been fit our little City.
selected to serve. j Thanking you in advance for your
Col. Bill Easterwood, of Orbit. valuable assistance in this movement
j Chewing Gum fame, will be presenc (^ better and beautify Mineola, we
; and serve as one of the judges and j are 1
Yours Respectfully,
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over Texas. "The practice^ is not | has J,au£hta private class in piano, astics, rural as well as urban; for .ed where they were the reply was,
transportation „«for the children at-, "gone to the convention" or rather
tending school, where necessary; for to a raido. Mineola had gone con-
,only An added expense to the tax-1 The groom, who is a son of Mr.
,yers, it is unfair to other candi-! and Mrs. James Kennedy of Quitman,
ss whose campaign expenses are
lited by law."
Is In criticizing Mr. Connally in his
jposal for a farm relief bill in
lith it proposed to create a com-
ion with Secretary of Agricul-
Sre Jardine at the head, Mr. Owsley
was educated in the public schools
of Quitman, received his degree from
East Texas State Teachers College.
better pay, for efficient teachers, j vention mad.
and for a more liberal and comprehen ; One became a 'back-number' if he
„ ^ , . , sive public school system along all, hadn't heard the latest speech over
of Commerce and ,s now teacher l jline . K elected> , wiu champion tbe radio. ,Did hear Mr. Gore
«. meoa High School. ,he passage of this proposed new or Mr. Roosevelt or so-and-so" were
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy left for a[school ,aw I questions asked and if he hadn't
bridal trip to Dallas and other points I
As a member of the committee on j heard them he was immediately re-
Jt " The Texas farmer regard I ^nd will then go to Mineola where Public Education in the 24th Legisla- lagated to the class of a passe.'
If.; Jardine as their most . relentless r^e groom has prepared a home for | ture; j wag a tireless worker for the Crowds gathered at Bruner Bros.
sor and they are unalterably his bride. | best interests of our educational sys- Garage, Beckham Hotel and private
pposed to the creation of any more j —Greenville Banner, j temj and ag a cjtjzen and taxpayer j residences to receive the convention
imissions or bureaus through! ♦* ,1 have never voted against a school
ich they may be robbed of their, REV. THRESTO NOW j tax or a school bond issue.
Sard earned profits." j CONDLTCTING MEETING j Also, I am supporting the Demo
^Pfr. Owsley spoke in Bridgeport I j cratic nominees for President and
iesday tjb a large .and enthusiastic j The Methodist Revival which is! Vice-President. The voice of the
"aodience. Everywhere he goes he now in progress in Quitman is being Democratic party is my voice, and
is making votes by the hundreds conducted by Rev. Thresto who is j its candidates are my candidates.
^-end'thousands. . , wel known in Mineola. Rev. Thresto I am a Democratic.
As the-'day draws nearer for count- conducted a meeling here last Sum-; R. M. SMITH
the x°tes, Owsley's friends are mer and had unusual success. He; Candidate for Representative.
jftnore certkin that he will be the next is a fine preacher and holds his audi-
Senator from Texas.' i ances well. He is being assisted by, NATIONAL GUARD
' Rev. Pheffenbacker who was in Min- TO LEAVE SATURDAY
I4S FINE FIELD jeola as a singer during the Hub De- The National Guard Unit of this
: vi; Oi? CORN NEAR MINEOLA Lay meeting several years ago. j section will depart for it Summer
' ;■* ■ 'j ; ' . | These two gentlemen invite their (camp in Palacios Saturday July 7th
Approximately 25 acres of coin | friends from Mineola to visit the J with a full company. Captain Mc-
^ located three miles East of Mineola' meeting while it is in progress in j Reynolds who has charge of the
^>n the highway is as pretty a sight | Quitman. , , j company reports that the boys are
||ritich one wiil see ..in this section ., ■ • • • - _. | in excellent condition and that they
^<Jf-4he cotinty. The corn is the pro- JOE PARK IS A N" are looking forward to a great camp,
perty of W. R. Phillips well known CANDIDATE FOR OTFICE^ They will be away until July 22.
fariner and preacher of Wood Coun- I — —
| jy.v; It stands seven and eight feet By seme error the Monitor failed SHOOTING TRAP
slrieght and a big yield from it is to mention the. fact that Joe Parks,' REBUILT HERE
' "^jed, unless perchaftde*' a hail • present commissioner,.from rprecinct! ALL SHOOTERS INVITED
strikes it. Those p^6^>le *de- number, 2, j^a. ,^ndid^t^ for, re7elec- Trap shooting will be in vogue at
Itfag ^0 see a fine t (jorn tio^. Mr,-«Park has, gery^d the peo- (the local traps according to John
™ ^ *n " v ' " ■ 'j l -*'1 pie for two terms, aqd jisks for a-
nother term. He is c$K^petent. and
has served the county in that cap
news. Many night parties were held
over town where friends gathered
to listen in.
announces for
cotton
WEIGHER
1 he will award the prizes to the win- •
ners.
j This revue promises to eclipse any j
j such similar affair which has been
staged in East Texas.
The Tyler Municipal Band will fur-
(nish music for the occasion.
In addition to the above revue
1 there has been ari-anged to have a
Girl Baby Contest durig this pro-
I gram each night. All baby girls the
ages of 3 to 10 years, may contest.
Special prizes will be awarded in
this contest also. Several prominent
physicians of Tyler will serve as
judges of this contest.
Any girl who so desires may
enter all these contests.
A special committee of. Tyler
mothers' selected by the Chamber of
Commerce of Tyler will serve as
chaperons to all visiting girls.
John McRevnolds, Mayor.
Messrs. Chas. Green. Chas. Revelle
and A. J. Britton report a most ex-
cellent trip to Houston to the Demo-
cratic Convention. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Adams also were in Houston
and had a wonderful time so they
say.
Little Observer
Hit do tfell to drive out by,Jhjs^ieM
fcifc* oidy a few hundred yards West
•Jlope. i h
of La Fayette, La.,
Sam Jones this
acity acceptably. He courtesously
requests the consideration of the
voters in the coding July Primary.
Shipp within the next few days. The
opening Will be Friday afternoon and
all shooters are invited to go down
and participate. The traps have
been rebuilt and a good supply of
pigeons is on hand.
Jack Roach announced last in the
announcement column of the Monitor
that he was a candidate for the of-
fice of Public Weigher of this pre-
cinct to succeed the late R. T. Jones.
Mr. Roach is at present the mana-
ger of the Mineola Cotton Compress
Company and is thoroughly experi
enced in the matter of cotton weigh-
ing and is a very competent cotton
man. He is familiarly known and fav
orably so in this section of Wood
County having resided here for a
number of years. He asks the co-
operation and vote of his friends
and acquaintances in seeking this
office.
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A prominent Republican of Min-
eola remarked this week that it was
^amusing how some of the 'Big Dem-
ocrats' about here were agrieved be-
cause ithe political dope had turned
tlje wrong, way for them, especially
at the recent Democratic Convention.
Hf said, "Oh well, let them vote ac-
cording to their own PREJUDICES.'
LUMBERMEN OF WACO
PAYS MINEOLA VISIT
Chas. Brazelton of Waco, a mem-
ber of the Brazelton Lumber Com-
pany, was here last week looking af-
ter his interests. Mr. Brazelton
comes from a line of lumber peo- \ ^
pie, his father being the only sur- •
viving officer of the Te^as Retail' A
Lumberman's Association. 1 ^
Mr. Brazelton stated that he was j 2T
exceedingly pleased with his com-t^
pany's affairs in Mineola. He not
only owns a lumber company here f
but also is a large stockholder 1 j
the Cotton Mill here.
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Four young ladies from the
Teachers College at Commerce, three
of them from Alba, were in Mineola
Tuesday. They were garbed In
tramping togs jind were out on • a
hike. The following yorimg ladies
were in the group: Misses Sallys
Sue Stevens, Daisy Reed, Sybil Ter-
ry, of Alba and Aline Isier ef Green
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1928, newspaper, July 5, 1928; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth286069/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.