The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1952 Page: 2 of 10
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,THE MONTAGUE COUNTY TIMES
TOM AND BEN DANIEL, Publishers
tau, 1
as second class matter, November 28, 1906, at Bellevue,
under the act of Congress on March 3, 1879. Re-entered as
class mall matter on May 28, 1048, at the post office ,a
i, Texas.
erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or repu
m of any Individual, firm or corporation which may appea
be columns of the TIMES, will be gladly corrected upon it
g brought to the attention of the publishers.
SUBSCRIPTIONS. Cash In advance, $2.00 per year In Bowie trade
■CM composed of Montague, Wise, Clay, Jack; Cooke and Denton
Monties and Jefferson county, Oklahoma. Elsewhere $3.00.
KIR AROUND COURT HOUSE
LEASES
3. W. McCall et ux to J. Paul
Wlgh tower, O. A. Harrell et al
to Jack Grace Production co.,
3. J. Monroe et ux to Gulf Oil
corporation, Oscar L. Pembroke
et ux to Shell OH Co. Nell Pern-
brake Bradley et vlr to Shell
CM1 company, James V. McNabb
•t al to M. E. Singleton Jr., H.
M Crenshaw et ux to J. Lee
Youngblood, Lela Blllingsworth
to 3. Paul Hightower, Elizabeth
Dow et vlr to C. J. Simpson,
JPkad Husfleld et al to C. J.
•gimpson. Myrtle Milam et al to
Allied Material corporation, D.
3. Reynolds et ux to Texas Co.,
DHhall Reynolds et ux to Texas
company, Ida Reeves et al to
X. K. Chambers, Snow Sadler et
«x to J. R. Ryan.
DEEDS
3. P. Hammondss et ux to
Mrs. Dovie Fooshee et al, S A.
Wells to A. W. Harding et ux,
Mrs. Vera Salmon to Mrs. Esle
Dennis, S. D. Howard et al to
Mfc*. Essie Dennis, Miss Isabelle
Fotne to Don H. Dennis, Tex-
xnna McGuair to Eugene M.
Thomas, L. E. Sloan et ux to
W. M. T. Richey, Buck Ken-
nedy et ux to T. P. Skinner et
al, W. F. Sidwell et ux to An-
thony Fenoglio, Esther Mae Hall
et vlr to Elmer E. Hudson, Joe
Benton et a] to J. M. Land et
ux, Jayce Gudel et vlr to A. H.
Goodwin, Clarence Ray Worsh-
em et ux to Velma Rugh Mun-
day et vlr.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Newton B. Whitehead and
Miss Ruth Henry.
GUESTS IN AVERY HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Avery are
enjoying this weeks visit of Mrs.
Avery’s sister, Mrs. Jodie T.
Burnett from Oklahoma City,
Okla. Mrs. Avery’s nephew,
Gary Burnett of Midland visited
Wednesday with the group.
VISIT IN BOWIE
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walsh and
children of Corpus Christl are
visiting this week with Mr.
Walsh’s sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Hoffman and
daughters, Gene and Nell.
SUNSET
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mayes of
Fort Worth were in Sunset last
weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. McDaniel.
Charlie Thompson of Moun-
tain Park, Okla., was in Sunset
over the weekend as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Brewer. Mr.
Thompson is a former Sunset
resident. He will be 83 years old
next September.
H. S. Daulton of Farmersville,
Calif., was in the Sunset vici-
nity last week visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Hail and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stevenson
and children left last weekend
to visit relatives in Denver, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Halford
and children spent the weekend
visiting relatives in Fort Worth.
Mrs. Mollle McKelvey recently
returned from spending several
days visiting relatives at Lewis-
ville.
Mrs. Etta Thompson left on
Monday for Bryan to visit sev-
eral days In the home of her
son, Clifford Thompson and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Richey
and daughter, and Charlie Bur-
ris returned last weekend from
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vern Gol-
den and other relatives In Souix
City, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Holloway
of Wellington were in the Sun-
set vicinity last week visiting
Mrs. Laura Burris, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Hail and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Chalie Cantrell
and children of Harlingen were
in the Sunset vicinity last week
visiting Ben Dyer, Mrs. Odessa
Studebaker and other relatives.
Mrs. John Berg returned from
an extended visit with relatives
in Hobbs, N. M_, Grand Canyon,
Arlzone, and Balt Lake City,
Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Booth
and daughter of Areata, Calif.,
spent a few days at Sunset vis-
iting Mrs. Booth’s father, Jack
Matthew, and other relatives.
Sgt. and Mrs, Art Raty of
Hamilton Field, Calif.,, visited
JESS WHATLEY
SAYS:
The Records Tell the Story
The business of your county’s government is recorded in the County Court
house, and open to the citizens of Montague county. In these records we find these
dates, names and figures.
December 31, 1948, Road and Bridge fund indebtedness of $45,000.00 with
credit of $2,010.62 leaving a balance of $42,989.38, no farm to market road right-of-
way indebtedness shown. ,
July 15, 1952 Road and Bridge fund indebtedness of $42,529.58 with credit of
none leaving a balance of $42,529.58.
The right-of-way fund at this time overdrawn $39,896.84 and this covers all
four precincts, approximately $10,000.00 of this being due by this precinct. Most
right-of-way funds spent are well invested in providing farm to market roads, but
this fund must be set aside out of local taxes, thus decreasing the road and bridge
fund. Therefore, the indebtedness of precinct 2 at this time is approximately $52,-
529.58.
On February 24, 1950 a voucher for $4,185.42 was issued to Oran Spear for
furnishing and erecting the steel on a bridge, and others*have been so constructed.
I am opposed to increased taxes, or indebtedness and bond issues. I am certainly
opposed to haphazard, hit or miss, inefficient practices with excessive spending dur-
ing election year or anytime. I am for published financial statements twice each year,
also a well planned and managed road and business program giving all a fair deal. I
am also for operating within the budget, with every effdrt to lower the increasing
indebtedness.
In order to keep our country Democratic, the tradition of two terjns having now
been fulfilled I urge you to vote for a change and nominate.
Jess Whatley
Who stands for honest, efficient, economical service.
la the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Hail east of Sunset last
week. Mrs. Raty and Mrs. Hall
are sisters,
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Miller en-
tertained a number of visiting
relatives at the home in Sunset
last Sunday,
Leo Lawrence of Fort Worth
was in Sunset very recently, vis-
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Lawrence.
Mrs. C. J. McLecd and two
sons returned from visiting sev-
eral days with relatives in Cave
City, Akr.
Mr. and Mr. Lee Lassiter of
THE MONTAGUE COUNTY TIMES BOWIE, TEXAS, FRIDAYL JULY 18, 1952
Electra were In Sunset over the
weekend visiting his parent^
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lassiter.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ramsdale
spent the past week in Temple,
Texas.
BENSON'S HAVE GUESTS
Clyde McDaniel of Los Ange-
les, California, Mrs. Marvin Rid-
dle and Mary Beth of Altus,
Oklahoma, and Mrs. Leslie
Steele of Decatur were guests in
the D. B. Benson home, Monday.
True Barbee For
District Clerk
In issuing my formal state-
ment, I would like to thank my
many friends for the support
they have given me in the past.
I have tried to make for you
an efficient District Clerk, and
I will surely appreciate your
vote and influence. I believe
that with the added experience
that I have had, and by con-
tinuing hard work and appli-
cation to the duties of this of-
fice, I can 4-ender you con-
stantly improved service.
I am a member of the Vete-
rans of Foreign Wars and
American LegionJ. 1 am married _
and live in Monllague. & )
I respectfully “Task your sup-
port in the comjing Democratic
primary.
TRUE BARBEE
John Wainscott | was in Fort
Worth Monday.
IT PAYS TO RE I THE ADS.
I"
vote for A SECOND TERM
for JUDGE HOWARD MAYS
LET'S LOOK AT THE RECORD!
The record here presented to you is direct from the public record books, which are open
for your inspection six days a week, in the courthouse at Montague, with volume and page
given, or from the printed newspaper statements of the two candidates.
JUDGE MAYS’ RECORD
AND STATEMENTS
"— that record is the foundation of this campaign,
and on that record I earnestly request vour vote and
support for a second term.” (Paragraph 4*)
FIRST COMPARISON — “INCREASED VOLUME IN COUNTY COURT’
"An increased volume of business has been han-
dled in your county court.” (Paragraph 7*)
108
Criminal cases involving convictions were tried in
county court during 1951, Judge Mays’ first year.
"I have never carried on a large private law prac-
tice while serving as a public official, then paying
county money to another lawyer to act as assistant
in the discharge of the duties of the office •.(Para-
graph 24*)
Personal cases filed by Judge Mays during 1951, his
first year of service as county judge:
(See District Court Clerk’s File Docket, volume 34,
pages 53 to 159.)
(Rather than accept a large volume of cases in per-
sonal, private practice, Judge Mays tried, or held
hearings and took action on exactly 324 cases during
the first 18 months of his First Term, including all
civil, criminal, and probate cases, for Montague
County, which is a substantial increase over former
years, and also expended much time and effort in
obtaining more paved highways* for Montague
County. At present, there are seven (7) paving
projects under way, with surveys complete on most,
totaling about 19V2 miles in all. These are divided
among the 4 precincts and will be added assets to
our county of $253,500.00, the cost of construction
to be met by the state highway department. This is
more than bos ever been under way at one time be-
fore in Montague County history! (Paragraphs 8,
10, and II*)
THIRD COMPARISON — “FULL TIME SERVICE’
"I am buying and paying for one farm, the same
farm on which I made the down-payment years be-
fore I held public office. I am making the same regu-
lar payments on it as usual. I own no other business
interests. See Montague County original rendered
tax roll, 1951, page 129, line 23.” (Paragraph 25*)
•From Judge Mayo’ acMeocac on hit candidacy for a second
•a all 5 county newspapers.
OPPONENT’S RECORD
AND STATEMENTS
"Your careful investigation of that record is re-
spectfully solicited.” (Paragraph 6*)
"Having served you as county attorney, I fully
realize the importance of cooperation between vari-
ous branches of our law enforcement and the courts.”
(Paragraph 5*)
85
Such cases were tried in the preceding year, 1950,
the 4th year of opponent’s term as county attorney
in charge of criminal prosecution.
(See Record of Fees of County Attorney, volume 2, pages 85 to 1 12, inclusive)
SECOND COMPARISON — “FULL TIME SERVICE”
(Both a county judge and a county attorney may carry on a private law practice in district court, personally
collecting the fees In addition to county salary, providing such personal law practice does not cause neglect
of work as county official. This comparison deals only with «he district court of Montague County, as a county
attorney may practice in all courts, county, probate, and district, while a county judge may not.)
"I have always served you to the very best of my
ability, giving all of my time and efforts to the inter-
ests of the office.” (Paragraph 3*)
Personal cases filed by opponent during 4 years
(1947-50) while county attorney: 90. Average per-
sonal cases filed per year:
22*
(See District Clerk’s File Docket, volume 31, page
276, to volume 34, page 8.)
This was even more than the personal cases filed
in 1951, the first year out of public office, practicing
in own private office, when total personal cases filed
were:
(See same record, volume 34, pages 49 to 169.)
While conducting this large personal law practice,
collecting the income from it personally in addition
to county salary, opponent hired another lawyer in
the county to help him on county duties as assistant
county attorney and paid him the total sum of
$1,091.00 of county money.
(See Montague County Auditor’s Sworn Annual Re-
port, 1948, page 12, line 23.)
"I shall devote my full time to the duties of the
office. I shall not reduce the office to the status of
part time or side line employment. I feel that the
salary of the office will adequately compensate me
for full time service.” (Paragraph 4*)
Opponent owns, or owns interest in:
Sixteen (16) rent houses.
Picture show business, "Hilltop” outdoor drive-in
at Montague.
(See Montague County original rendered tax roIL
1951, page 137, line 17.)
•From opponem’a own formal election KatemoR^ui aU 5 comatr
newspapers. 7
Those public records of Montague County instantly show how hollow gfcj Insincere is the
political propaganda myth “full time service” as used by the opposition machine for many
months in criticism of Judge Mays’ record. Some political band-^agons hope to run
smoother in the mud than “on the level.” This will never succeed against the sound com-
mon-sense of the voters of Montague County. \
For Honesty, Integrity, Sincerity, RE-ELECT HOWARD MAYS i
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