The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914.
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Store News
READY-TO-
At Home or abroad
ou watat to be pressed
Never a complaint have we had of our Red
Seal Zephyr Ginghams They don’t fade, and
wear and Ian * * '** ' ■
New anddM
h» taste, style and comfort. In onr Ladies’
Ready*to-Wear Department we have dresses
ittCTBB,
Ratines, Cotton Crepes,
th imported and do-
mestic manufactured
PRICES RIGHT
The boys want to look like father and
big brother. The little men appreciate
stylish, up-to-date togs as well as the
older members of the family We are
better-prepared to please tlmirfastidioiiS
tastes than ever before. We know what
" Save from 10 to 35 per ct.
— Some folks just will not believe a truth. Some
you havejo show, some will uot be -shiywn^We
have been telling you tor a year 'about “Ouf^he w
buying deal—31 big stores ail buying together,
eliminating the middleman and the drummer and
his big expense account. .Those who have looked
into this matter are satisfied that we are saving
them from 10 to 35'# on their dry goods. This
^saving should interest all. It has brought us many
new customers. iDo you buy your dry goods
from Store No. 22? If not. why not?
vur Millinery Department
We invite you to^paU an<£ see our -Millinery
Department. Jt is no trouble to show you our
hats.- Miss Nabors, our milliner, will appreciate
a call, whether yon buy or not.- V e want to
please you in a hat and do not jvantyou to take
k,hat froal us that does not please you. -
THE STYLE WILL BE RIGHT and THE
PRICES WILL BE REASONABLE. -
man ever Deiore. Wei ___
a boy likes and have bought and now
have on display for -your inspection a
nobby line of Knickerbocker Suits, Peg-
top pants, ages 6 to 18 years. Priced
$1.50 Up
FURNISHINGS
Store No. 22
». I I i Itotfc 1 •- 4rn -w- *•*•»*■* j**-*-*-*
R. F. SHORT & CO
- THE DEPENDON STORE
Just the kind of Shirts, Oxfi
— Store No. 22 ,
R. F. SHORT & CO
• THE PRICE IS THE THING
Caps, Baseball and Telfnis' Shpes
you have been looking for. V
See our lino before you buy,
Throckmorton Coming.
I E. S. Graham, secretary of the.
‘ Graham Commercial Club, rv-
• craved a telephone message from
riinuckmortou l.nst Tuesday morn-
ing atating tiiat t.lie Commercial
flub of that town, forty srhwig,
would visit Gratiiam Monday in
tfUi interest f of
Catch Large Fish.
Jo. T. ami Diek Goi ter caught
a yellow catfish in Clear Fork
river on tlie Stovall plantation
bust Saturday hiorniug that
weigh**! seventy-five and omj-
luJf pounds. It was the largest
fish that has been brought to
town ip a long tame an*! at
Graham Flour in Cuba.
But few of our jwople realize
and appreciate the high ostocu
■ in which the flour manufactured
t»y tin* GmJiam Mill & Elevator
Company of this city is held by
people away from here and the
gn at advertising value it is to
the town.
to .look forward' to it and pW1-
to W here. N^rt Monthly
wiH bring the UNiinl crowd here
if the weather is favorable and
aLL will have a jolly good social
time. Our frae/nds are invited
to call jn and/ see us while in
toivn and give uis what news of
importance they miay know. If
nny have hot taken advantage of
either of our great clulddnig of-
feru We would be pleased to
show samples and explain why
everyone, on die rural routes
should be on one'of these lists.
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Roy. I*. E. Finney, who. is oon-
diuefing the revival mooting at
t ranted—cmuaklonalule
attention.
This week a full oar of .Supreme
K’our was shipped to Cuba. Tlie
four ''aa put up in large jute
hags which held tiv« hundred
and tree {minds each. TfcK «
imt the first ear of (fnaliam
flour exported; many go each
mouth. Besides this foreign trudfj,
the leading rides of Un> state
keop the Graliam Sn^prane Flour
constantly, ami large firm*- in
Dallas and El "Faso have orders
for mouths ahead.
There is no better flouring
mill in the State than ounra and
the men at its ltead are making
it famous.
In measurements the fish was
eight inches between tlie eyes,
fifteen, and oc-half incites from
corner to carmen* af mouth around
(°d, fifty-three inches in. length
from now to dp of tail, thirty-,
seven indies hr* mad body at
lanpwt part, tweflve inoh>'« aH*ross
tail and twenty-seven inches from
tip to tip of fins aver b»ek. The
fish was caught on an ordinary
trot line and was t*o large that
the boys had to call in assist-
ance to get it into the boat and
n.-n^ .'i V * <
MavvU JE. Vkmeyf of Midland, Z Z au t,ut oi<1'
m WlUk the piieaelung, naid it j <*omvertctl when a l>oy
ft being don*' well. Brother, in Alabama and joined the l’r**s-
Hinncy is one of tlie most success- hyterian church. Later in Cory
inl «vangeli«ts in die state. Hej^ county he ami his wife joined
jap a man with Large experience JJ1* Methodist cliurcli. I knew
p evangedisti<* w«pf and is at “**her ^ndon as one who
present, pastor of ,• oru> of the°°d and (he chur*c«i and
largest and m*g important ho dp, his duty as a citi-
Wirchss in the state"' ’’ ' - ■ I550®- A large crowd witnessed the
f’AU chriadans ^Mted to ^ial in the Oak Grave Ce«ne-
fttitte and oo^perw# w-ilh ; ,r |t^ry. Among others were his
who
land it.
pdse of explaining (he plans of
tlie proposad, highway.
—This propoaed road, which has
already been built to a distance,
of forty miles thin side of Fort
Worth, lias aroused considerable
interest in Mineral Wells and
Weatherford, where meting* were
way they walk The public
general, is iharitedl to all
‘ services. If you sing, come
join the great choir,
rvices every morning at 10
ek. Just one Lmt, froan ten
Methodist Church. «.
Don’t forget that next Sunday
ia Easter Sunday and be sure
remembrance of him deposited
their sprig of cedar. May Qod
bless the widow and tlie family.
J. Hall Bowman.
th» Baptist Church widll ddfcv-
cr his famous lenaunc, entide*!,
.. ‘ Moulding a Man”, ait the churol
Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
Only men and boys arc invit-
and fathers il/rc urged/ to bring
their sons with them , Thi* loc-
turo has l>cen i delivered in the
largest ehtirohas of (fi»? oountry
aiul teacher* And physicialMrbAW
Farmers’ Union Meeti
Tlie Farmers’ Union of
w oe on nantl ior toe two serv- w rarnu>«' Union of Young
»ces of Sunday School and eleven *bounty met in the- Gmunercua
o’clock. No service at night on Flub room in this city last Frt*
account Of meeting at 'Bajitist diy ami iuild an ope® meeting
eleven. Bvwry evening at'
lA. You cannot alffprd to miss I
ipin|f Bt». Finney eiid' getting
. touch with this ’meeting.
We appreciate very much, the!
Ming of the motioli picture sliow
the Graham Opera House, dur-|
( the revival meeting. The
wagemetit has onr gratoful
m*M. V;D. Bonwell.
• Olidewell-J&rnagln :
s. T. Glkkavoill and) Mist Nc*Mie '
| Ja/rnagin, were Tuarrk d last
ft. April 8, M the homr> of
K brid^Vi mother in the Heury
ipd .ooSfrnngnAty, Rev. J.'HWI Sunday School,
|j»An, pnMffl* of th/p M^hodist their mothers, ar
this eity .offU^uaiug. priw('init..at th<> A
HTpopnlar young oou/ple has orfferingg at 9:3(
Vs of frimds ovbr tlie conn- morning. The n
Vio wiM join wiith us in wish- be locked and l
Whom a long, halppy and pros- MteMnoary S/'t ip y
church
that night to wiiich the public
generally was invited to attend.
At the night meeting $, L.
McCoukey, presklon of be FWm-
ds’ Gotton Oil Co., of Wichita
halls, s|>oke On co-operative mar-
keting of farm products, lining a
chart from which he showed ths
I resent different systems af mar-
held last week to devise plan's
to draw it by those towns, The
proponed line runs north of both
Mineral Well* and Weatherford
and makes the difctnnce from Gra-
ham to Fort Worth contedaraibly
greater than it would be through
them. While we are in favor of
good roads ahvng all lines and
will gladly welcome the new* pro-
posed highway, if awns to
The LeadlPr that a rout** tfhNmgh
Mineral Wells and .Wnatlicrford
would be of the greatest bene-
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frn hiwt' for Sunday StJiool pu-
pils in. another part of the paper.
Cool Easter Spell.
A fierce Portlier blew up Tues-
(tey night and stayed with • Us
until this morning. The r>«ult
was' a light freeze both Wight*.
Garden truck has suffered more
than any other v<*g*tation^ aiul
corn hae he*® cut <*flf the
ground, but wiB_qwne again.
Eshdsrv-Buti#.
Joe Rohrirrs and Mrs,
Iminodiately after the Wedding
elding and the points that should
l*c eliminated in order that the
rrodmits.of the farms might go,
direct fr**m the panodpoer to tha '
tvusunisr. Mr. MoGonkm ’s talk '
was brood and instructive, and
was enjoy*d hy^thnw' prwssM.
UluAtikted Lectors. ||
doliyer an illustrated leotore at
fit to' DM, as a large- per cent of
the automobile travel through
this town is to and from the
former eity. However, it seems
to us that tlie Line our people
should be mowt interested in is
the one between Graham and
Joe Rohikrs and Mrs. Annie
Lee - Butler Were nfarried last
Sunday mortlSng, R4>v. G. W.
BWk, of this eity, afflfieiating.; \
be able to tell our reaiten noxt
weeft^ that Afrangetnents liave
heon^ complete*! for the jmmedi-
otel oCwnmefucetuent of work oh
We join tliedr many friends in
congratulations and
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914, newspaper, April 9, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884363/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.