The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1932 Page: 4 of 12
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By Lip Lee
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\ Next Tuesday, for the fortUth
um, the United State* will dUct n
President. _ Thtrty-one men hav«
heM this high office, nine have been
elected twice. Only thirty-two of
tho Presidential elections, however,
have been decided by popular vote,
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matter, there io.no prevision ia the
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under which the people .are eitbei
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requirea or permiiwu w wi
Presidential riedtoia. . ■ ~S...
In fhe early days of the republic
—the idea that everybody should have
a vote for Preeident'never occurred
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to tfcie gentlemen who conducted
i the Revolution and framed the De-
claration of Indepcndeaee and tht
Constitution of the .Unibxi States.
Those things were left to the states,
and the Constitution reads that “eath
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rtote shall appoint, in Vuch manner
as its Legislature may direct," the
required nymber of Pnwidentiej
electors.' If any state Legislature
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wished to, it could today pass a law
repealing the privilege ’of its cilv-
. tens to vote for Prcidentiatl rie«to.ffv
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and hsv* them appointed by \he
Govern^ or- triosen by the_ legis-
lature.
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■s doable the
for which the property »o*d.
Une of the prdpdeed amendment* to
be voted ea Nov. 8 proposes a new
proivlsoA that 'proparty may &e re*-
deemed within one year by paying
taxes, etc., end 12S per cait of the
sale price; er within two years
by paying taxes, etc., end 180 pw
cent of the sale price. Tie pur-
poec of this proposed amdndment
is to make the redeeming of pro-
perty l«e difficult. ^ .. __
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Several , cases of stiff neck have
been reported in Graham from pep
pie watch in* the. destruction ef the
old courthouse. ' The courthouse,
the political campaign will -soon
he a thing of the past.
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Chicken House And
Hay Shed Burned
League Union
I. Plans Banquet
M YEARS AdO-
rn YEARS
J. W. Burgees and family of South
Bend w,-re trading in Graham last
J. C. Caaburn ie takiag j* . the
Dallas fair this week and wUI like-
tt till It cloaca.
ly' *lny with
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urday night
had been for
ion returned Ja»t Hat-
from Dallas. Wheru. he
days.
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Hallowe'en- ha* cyme. ,and gone.
We remember when Hallowe'en was a
time of destruetjon add nothing to
compare te the quiet of this occasion.
The school children.of Graham sign-
ed 'a petition stating that they would
hoed to many requests of celebrat-
ing only with playful 'pranks such
as they were. Several years ago
it was. dangerous to leave anything
movable around- the house, and
jfcC. remember Of; seeing ’ a wagon on
top-of pur school house the day fol-
lowing Hallowe’en when we went
to school. Keans of celebration
have ndeed changed with the time&_
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What "is going, to take the place
of :alf £Se puUtisal talks after the
elect ion~‘Nbvemhcr 8th V People
Pr-suUnt--—jAarhtngto" Aiiain,s mini hare snmeVhtng tn listen to.—
and fetienan wrerr'all elected under! ‘ " 9 * V 9T
the old prvnnsTotts of the Constiiu-1- The fanners . of 'tKts community
turn, chajigted in 1804, whereby the, laVo lieen__ picking cotton between;
< andidatrt ’Who got the .most-votes Chow era lately. And now that cold-
waa presWent. and the one'who gnt se**mX~fh he here Mmyt- ^
th^jipxtHighest number waq^ljcy-' • he faemevs hnv,. another drawW.
President. m —- ■ ' .* j n gather the fall crops. What
The jr^aenV .paHy convention sy*--;-Gr*hatji needs is sunshine. The,
‘ cotton ergp of this county has Keen
overestimated in our opinion, we
belii-ve that.,..tb» actual number of
oales will fall short of what has
been estimated. *-.
rietta,^ where
session,
District Attorney P.' A. Martin
came’in Thursday night from Hen-
district court... ia. in
and returned there Monday
to finish up the State’s' businees
for the term. -1
Quite a large party of Grahamitea
went down to t^e Dallas fair . Sun-,
day on the excursion and did not j
get back until
morning, owing to the fact that'
the “Nancy Hanks" ran out of water
this side of Bridgeport.
, Indian summer milletl ia cheap;
candidate* restless; the leave* are
falling; sausages arc almost ripe.
A chicken house and bay shed at
the J. B. Morris home, 907 Virginia
street, were destroyed by fir* Mon-
day afternoon. Sixty .bale* of hay
stored in the shed ware saved, but
were somewhat damaged by water
in extinguishing the' bias*. '
Mr. and Mr*. Bob Harper df Pa
at from ft.75 to $2.00
Bring wood to the 'Leader 'office,
yc delinquent subscribers.
ducah spent Sunday in Graham vis-
iting in the homes of Mr. and Mm.
E. K. Brooks and Mr. and Mr*.
Roger Lisle.
W. S. McJimsey and Capt. James
left on Monday for the East. Mr.
McJimsey will take in ■ Fort Worth
and Dallas, but will return in time
lo vote.
A huge panther was seen on
Thursday and Sunday evenings last
on Farmers’ branch, one and a halt
mites north of town. Our sport men
can now have some amusement by J
8 o'clock Monday' hunting the varmint, as this report
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reliable in every respect.
Fjtzhugh Lee chapter of the Uni-
~t?d Daughters qjf the Confederacy {
Elm street presents a better ap-
pearance since being cleared of all
deadened^ timber.
hhd a plepsant meeting at the resi-i The spelling-bee, every Friday
dance of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Morris ' night at Prof. Smith’s scKo.
,„sm Bt. rrvx. omun * scn’onl build-
last Thursday night. Many of the jng, is a source considerable
a source
Daughters were present and renewed amusement as well
merest in the organization was a- improvemenl. These meetings arc
roused. Light refreshments were always well attended and much jn-
lw^ed' and the party remained in terewt is manifested by the young
social -'converse Yo..a’ Inter hbuTr I people. * 1 ___——r-~
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u*m of nominating »ar-<liUat«f7» an<i
-r- - 'pledginc--#rdi.itk»ntDif rK'Ctor.H to
W*e.‘r i» °"'y A 1‘ttle over
, ■ a hundred yv»rsroht' ln'that hun,
dred years atale after' sl’at'e Hjut. eoiC
stently extended the privilege of
votirg for Prtrident until it has
' ■ • become such
day affair that few, espeiigQy of
,, the younger voters, realise that it
i is not an Inherent t ohstitutional
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With tho electioA so near a! hand,
commonplace, every- the. table.electoral vote, of the-
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it distinctly, a privilege. It
is an honor conferred upon the or-
dinary man and woman—an honod
which carries "will), i! a correspoitd.-
ing . responsibility. It. is. not a
privilege Ur be exercised -lightly. Stake
The prv. uiuption is that every volet Alabama
AptU go to the polls with the Tecln-g Arizona
_• that, he is discharging t soleiyi Arltahsss
duty, for w-hfeh he ’has. prepared ] California .
himaelf by intelligent thought and f’ohvwdn
exam,nation of "the programs and Connecticut
policies: of the opposing parties. Delaware
‘ ' We fear that few voters in' these' Florida .....
day* take responsibility as seriously Georgia
as they should. We urge every.1 Idaho
Tuesi ' lllinni
states will perhaps lw of uusnsat to
the readers of the Graham Leader.
IV-is therefore printed herewith,
showing the present electoral vote
count, also the loss and gain..ip
votes by the variana state, sines
the national election in Jd>28. _
Present
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one who, gets to the polls' next Tuesi'l
day tq vote in thJ ligiht of his or Indiana
h«r own deepest! and innermost eon- fowa
viettona. Only if ev*rj!_ju#»r does Kant*»
just that will the result reflect’ th* Kentucky
intelligent judgment of the Ameri- i.niHuara
cao" people. ‘
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paper, are' the forum for the ax- Minnesota _________ .. 11
change of Wants. ,£or only a few | Mississippi. ,... - 9
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want, and for the pnhe of -one paper Montana —1 r *
you can find the offerings of others. Nebraska :..... 7
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'vli Spw Hampshire ...7 4
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Ita million eggs
This * hen is quite I
GDhe egg—stiff her crow;
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different.
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lew Jersey
bird \ew Mexico
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Thelfish we spurn, imt crown’the'hen \. Carolina
which leads me to surmis«i , .Ljhip tv :
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Don’t hide your lijcht • hut blow your “t)i-epon
*u>rn r- , 'Pennsylvania
. It pajfs to ADVERTISE. TIhode ■ Wand
'# * * # oklahoM*. .
If Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson is ts. Carolina
inaugrated Governor of Tesas "on's. Dakato
January 17, a number of1 .records Tennessee
will be broken. „
! Tex.
Shr will have received more votes C'ah
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than any other woman.
She will he tLe first
ele.-ted governor of a state.
woman ra-
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She will be the first
' move into the Texas
mansion three timee.
She will be thy first Democratic
candidate whose party opponent JOHN
h*M, •_ ; .1
She t$ill have attended four, in-1
aagntiana. ' Two of them have
t>een the inaugurations at her hus-
band. Two will have been her
own. -
(far two daughters" are the only
Total ...
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election 266.
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DISPLAY
children of Oovyrnor parent, on both
“Uncle Johnny” Were this week
received a letter notifying him that
he won a $5.00 prise for the beet
poultry display *t the State1 Fait
at Dallas, In addition to the prifcaa
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aides, both flVTitg. ""
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Under present pro vision the for-
mer owner at propsety which has
been said for taxes may redeem It
Inst week
which were listed in a report given
Mrs Jack F.llard and Him Mar-
"ns'et Johnson spent Saturday In
South Bend kisiting raUMrss and
High School
East Ward Honor
_ fl . - ' _ -*°n Esvie Mae Cole, Dortha Da via.
Sells Announced
Bobby Deals, Bruce Johnston,-Frieda.
Mae Kendall, Vivian Morton. Mary
il.Elixabefh Ranspot, Hadbel Ann !Jnod-
e Grahatu j dy, Doris Wheeler, Rillie Akers, Jf,.
j Harold Ashley Jr., Irie* Newby,
have not Johnnie Slice Jr.', Earl H|rn«mng^
ma<le leas thAp, ninety on any spb- Don Martin, Jack Re pais, Topny
ject during the pakt, six weeks. Sock well. 1 .....
-High -Honor Roll'for I
High School,,____
The .. following pupils
Heler.
Tent h. -grade: El win Butler.
Ninth grade: Paul Deats,
Kpox, Suzette PauJ, .^yr-
Kightb grade: Vera Helen' Aber
natKy.;
HONOR ROLL* - .
The following pupils have not
n*uV' I«t* than 60 orr any subiocV-
during the past | six weeks, j
Eleventh grade" Edgar Bingham,
McAfee, Maxim- Melton, Ruth
Rogers, Emily .Shefwrrt.- 'Jprk Sbep-
ard, Graham Stawari.
Tenth Grade: -Joe Edena,- Neal
Harlan, Louise Hutchison, Annie B.
Perry, Cora Perry,; Irene Parry.
Harold Rick«U. Virglhia Ellen' Riggs,
LofentT Shoemate, ]Earl Taylor.
-Ninth grade: 'Horace Choate, Wp-
bert Gough, Fred Grant, Bessie Ruth
Mq^onald. k -
Eighth grade; Lillian Bullock,'Wal-
ter Cook. IVed Davis, Lawrence Mt-
J. P. Alexander of Qlney, ■ Clini
Btrrria of Newcastle and Irby Rhodes
■pent the first of tjka week in Dal*
las buying merchand'ise for the ./. P.
Alexander stows.
not
Swetnam. Elizabeth Tidwell, Ruth
Virgile Tidwell, Willie Washburn.
High HtmoF Roll for Ekst Ward
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The following pupils have
made leas than ninety on sty - sub-
ject during the past six weeks.
First grade: Gwendolyn Barrow.
Bobbie Joe Cozart, James Irl Moody,
Wanda Jean McClesky, William Ed-
gar Steele, Jack Stewart Jr., Mal-
entnr Stewart. r .
Swond grade: Harry Howard,
Doris Mobley, Bobbie Morrison, .Ar.
thur Lee Shahan.
Thirl*' Grade: Genevieve Yancey,
Yi/ginin Hpyard, Betty Ruth Craw,
ford, Pauline Ball, Nadine Callahan,
Barbara Justice, Eva Madelie Kea-
thley, June McConias, Joy McFar-
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Fourth grade: Barbara Blood-
worth, Betty Jo Friedel, Mary Jane-
Johnston.
Fifth grade: Mary Elisabeth Gal-,
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Honor Itoll for East Ward 'School
The following pupils Have not madej
less than 80 on any subject for the!
past six weeks:
First Grade: John E. Brown, Ed-j
ward Earl Karp, l^ora Ftymn, Mary ’
■Louise Slice, Hollis Qulgel, Donald;
G. Haden.
Second Grade: Wilbur Brisco, Mor. i
ris K. Campbell. Myneka Payne, Lsota
Robertson, Mary Catherine Snoddy,
Jack Whitmire.
Third Grade: Margaret Gene Bra-
xelton, farms Mae Wilson, Henry
Schlittlsr, Kenneth Mayas, Clsupef
Bloodworth, Charlotte Burton, Billie
Joe Heighten, Mary Ellen McFar-
lane, Lewis Stinehower, Dayton
Warren, Dorothy Pearl Washburn.
Fourth Grade: Kathleen Baker,
Tocllle Bryant, Louise Bray, Monica
Courson, Henry Earl Iarkford, Mary
Arnold, R*t Cain, Ixnilse Ooldston,
24 Cana $1.00;
8 O’CIDCK, Per Pound
BOKAR, Per Poaad ...
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PORK SHOULDER.
CURED HAM,
CENTER SLICED,
CURED HAMS,
ARMYH RS, Half or Whole. Par LA..
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MELLQ WHEAT, a Delicious Cereal Accepted by the
American Medical Association
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BEANS, In Rich Tomato Saiice, Case of
6 Medium Cans For .. .. .
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IONA PEAS, Good Standard Quality, No. 2 Cans 9c;
3 No. 1 Cans . _________ -L-
ECONOMY OATS, 3*Pound Package,..
A. L P. COFFEE TRIO
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N. B. C. SPECULS
Puff Cakes, Assorted, Lb.. . 15c
Chocolate Assorted Cakes, lb. 20c
DELICIOUS RAISIN BREAD, Per Loaf ..
B A NAN A S, Pc£Xb.....5c
APPLES, Jonathan. 2 doz... .25c
SWEET ONIONS, Per Lb.... 4c
FRESH TOMATOES, Per Lb. 5c
I GRANDMOTHERS BREAD
I Regular or Sliced Loaf........5c
I French and Rye, Per Loaf...7c
S T E A K S, Veal Round, Loin and T-Bone, Per Lb..., lgc
Breakfast Bacon, 1
SLICED, PER POUND ___________ X VV
POUND
PORK STEAK,
DRY SALT BACON, 7«
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PORK ROAST,
SHOULDER, Coster Cute, Por Lh.
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1932, newspaper, November 3, 1932; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884174/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.