The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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BODY POLITIC OF FAMOLA COUNTY AS A GOOD NEWSPAPER SHOULD.**
CARTHAGE. PANOLA COUNTY. TEXAS* THURSDAY. JANUARY 2*. ISM
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The </Psren>TcaeLer
ciatfon to in receipt of a let-
ter from the executive of the
Stele Departmer.t of Health.
Siting that % nurse would be
neat to, Carthage at an early
date far the purpose of ex-
amining the se’iod children.
K to'urged that each par-,
ent will examine Its child's
shaft that will be aenTht the
end of.the examination and
try to correct
fecta which the
out The Pare
•ocfatiob has arranged this
temporary clink to raise the
health standard of our child-
ren. Will you parents not
do your bit by landing your
co-operationT
Any rural eehool may se-
cure the nurse's services by
furnishing bsM transportation
jritb board. rqP and laundry.
V* to th» only expense at-
tached to her work in an7
school and '
at
sanunauen ana
the physic 1 -
Franklin, La.. Jan. 24,-
Mrs. Julia Berry waa shot aad
killed Monday eight aa she
waa seated at the desk of tin
Commercial Hotel here.
H. F. Cloud, her sou-ln-law,
waa arrested later In a room
of tha hotel and faces a
charge of murder.
The shooting was witness-
ed by Mrs. Cloud daughter
of the slain woman, who en-
tered the lobby aa the trigger
is pulled.
Mrs. Cloud was manager of
the hotel, which was owned
IhP mother. Claud was
# former traveling salesman.
Mrs. Berry, reported to be
also owned a hotel
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DEMONSTRATION
TRAIN FRIDAY
College Station, Texas. Jan.
23—Dates for the nineteenth
annual Farmers' Short. Course
to be held at the A. A N.
College of Texas during the
coming summer have been an
nounced aa July 34-Aug, 4 by
RURAL AID
RECEIVED
PANOL
rial having
•Up* Gary where, althoilfh <rf 0*17. parent, of PrMi<f,nt ■"--"V
am, Texas, the f s «- this was not a scheduled stop x, 0. Walton of A A M 1 * or*'
on tha original itinerary and —- — - ■ An evai
only short advance notice waa
Mrs. Berry was a fonr r
citizen of Carthage aad was
prietof of the hotel here
r known as the Kettle
Hotel. She has, mny friends
here who will be grieved to
learn af bar death.
Um Crowd* Sat
ahe?t!“t
Mr. Dinsn's talk, the
This will be one week later
than last year when the short
Carthage and Panola
people greeted the arrival here to
Friday afternoon, Jan. 20, of "Bough and Tambl* Quartet . .
the Texaa Farm and Home aa It Was introduced by Chas.' w** h* d ^u y^f6'^0
W. Une, amtotant manager of\. ^ »r?*W ior,
agricultural development of
Special, operated by the San-
ta Fe Railway Company and
the A. k M. College of Tex- the Santa Fe, Topeka, Kan.,
aa ce-operattng. Carthage gave a cuple of selection* that
waa the second mgnp of the brought some applause from
day in Panola eeMp, the ope- the crowd
» morning Mr. and Mbs. J. A. Watte*
ing abort
being
bsvfffg announced plana fCr
the be* educational program
yet offered, dealing with var-
ious phases of Agricultural,
livestock and home demouetra-
givan, a crojvd of more than
460 turned out for the pm
As nt forth by the s(mk
era, the Farm and Home fe-
cial to carrying a meassat of
improvad farming condhionr,
with stress upon diversifies-
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The name of Mr. Joe Fite
for re-election tothe office of
District Clerk appears tito
week and henceforth In the
| sif’ouncement column of The
Watchman.
Mr. Ffta believes that his
experience gained in the term
he has served the diat.icv as
Clerk, merit# the consider »ti ui
of the voters and re-eleftion
if srttofaction has been rnn-
fdered. > A,
He will make an active c*m-
[paign and asks that you give
candidacy due and j art
consideration.
For Constable
We are authorized to an-
nounce the name of Mr. Ben
Pearce for Constable of
Precinct Ho. 1.
Mr. Pearce lives three mile-.
>uth of Carthage and has
ion a resident of the conn-
for If years. He has had
.onsidersble experience as a
leputy sheriff and promises
faithful performance, of
|ty in apprehending rio’nt-
of the law if elected to
offico of constable.
We submit hie name for
ir careful consideration.
For Commbgkmor
We are this week adding
the name of Mr. George Furrh
of DeBerry, in our announce-
ment column. Mr. Furrh
wants to represent Precinct
No. 3 as county commissioner.
He to well known through-
out hi* precinct and through-
out a good portion of the coun-
ty. He promises hto beat ef-
forts to conduct the affairs
of offlea to the best interests
of everyone in his peecinct
the people see fit to elect
tm • CELti ,
We command hto candidacy
yogr
turned'
a entity
and saw gH exhi-
bits the train had in it’s three
coaches including Hvettock,
poultry, farm product* and a
Home Demonstration trhibft.
The following numbers of
people in the various Rost
Texas towns visited the tiain
at it's stops: {
Navasota, 350. (Rain pre-
vented more).
Montgomery, 1,045.
Conroe, 2,100.
Cleveland, 860.
Votaw, 650.
Silsbee, 2,710.
Buna, 1,175.
Kirbyville, 1,270.
Jasper, 700.
Bronson, 720.
Ban Augustine, 1,192.
Center, 889.
Gary, 460.
Carthage, 1,400.
Carthage and Panola coun-
ty showed the biggeet attend-
ance of any plaee on the San-
ta Fe between here and Beau-
mont
For Sheriff
With this issue of The
Watchman, you will find the
name of Mr. L. M. Hunt, who
asks for election to tho office
of Sheriff, in the announce-
ment column.
Mr. Hunt has resided hero
all of hto life and for ten
years he has served tho peo-
ple of Pfccinct No. 1 as flnifi
stable. His experience ns a
peaea officer ia well known
and he promises tho faithful
performance of duty in the
higher office he seek* if the
people favor him with their
votes for the place.
Hia candidacy ia formally
submitted for your careful
consideration and he wi l pre-
sent hto claims personally tc
the voters during the coming
months prior to the date of
tha primary, _
Watchman
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increased revenue from the
farm. The train to operated
by the Santa Fa while the
A, * M, College to
the program, including
Three
attracted,
tlon on theipagt of tfie ct
during the atop at Carthage
The special left Navaaita Jan.
16 on a els week’s tour that
rails for 117 stops, 118 of
these being in Texas an l four
In Louisiana. Tha schedule
will be completed February
26, at Follett, Texas.
. D. M. Foster, Panola coun-
ty farm agent, presided '. as
chairman of the loos! meotirg,
L. F. Dinan, agricultural ng»nt
of the Santa Fe, Galveston,
opened the speaking program
Collage, joined the train at
and made the trip to
They returned to
home with the special
passed through Gary
Afternoon en route to
Tenaha where night slop was
scheduled. J. R, Owens and
J. T. Hollis, editors of The
WAtctnisn, attended the meet-
tJcn, the live-at-home ides and Ing at Gary and Mr. Owens
returned to Carthage with the
•pedal.
Senator Margie R. Neal waa
visitor at the
maritgg “
but -mMr ;
address and in her «esrtf in-
imitable manner added fclfacb
to the pleasure of the guests
The special to ah eight-ear
train, with three cars devoted
to exhibits. Speaksn appear-
ed during the Carthge meet-
ing from covered flatcar in
the middle of the train, the
crowd standing on the walk-
way at the depot and on tha
loading platform in front of
■iwt
Sopt. L. R. Sharp fioa
eeived 812,690.00 from
Department of
be allotted as
Dead wood —
Mt.
Ysmell
Brooks
Clayton ^
Mitghell
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me
evan larger attendance
than in 1927, when between Gary
8,000 and 8,800 people were
present, to expected for the
1928 gathering. Two new
dormitories now being erect-
ed at the college will be fin-
ished soon and aa these will
add 216 dormitory rooms to
Loagbrsnch
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Antioch
accomodations on the eampu^. Rural Flat
tha college will be better
ped for handling short course
visitors. *•
Capt- A. W. Holnci
im New’
Reeves
Beckville
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(CONTINURD ON PAC1R 4)
H. and F. W. Baker Monday
night stated the death of their
brother-in-law, Cgpt. A W.
Holmes, at the Confederate
Home in New Orleans, La.
Death came at 8 p. m. Jan.
28 after several months of The name of Mr. j
feeble health. Funeral tor- Holmes, present incuni
vices were held In New 'Jr. I County Clerk to added to the
leans, Wednesday morning pt l*st of names in the announce-
Is
The rural high school
p|w.
For County
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10 o'clock and interment was
In that city.
Captain Holmes was vril
known in our city, haring
lived here many years. When
ha was a young man he was
married to Misa Ella Baker of
this city. For several years
they lived to) other cities !»it
later returned and built the
Holmes Hotel, what is now tha
Kellie Hotel and most of their
later years were spent here,
m. Holmes passing away
few yeses' ago. Slnca tha
time Captnin Holmes has
Hided at tha Confederate home
where the end came. He is
survived by a daughter, Midi
Ruby Holmes of Chicago to
whom we extend our si.teero
sympathy.
For Sheriff
Mr. I*ea. Bird, present sher-
iff of Panola county author-
ises his name this week for
re-election and his name will
be found in the regular an-
nouncement column.
Mr. Bird states that ha has
done his best to give the peo-
ple of Panola county a good
administration and has endeav-
ored to do hto sworn duty
in apprehending violators of
tha law. regardless of raco
or station. He will make an
active campaign and oaks that
you check him up and after
doing ao, if you think he to
entitled to a second term, your
vote and influence will be ap-
preciated.
We commend hia candidacy
for your c
Scribe for
WS.^d*'
ment column of The Watch-
man this week.
sir. Holmes seeks re-eiec-
tlon, having served one term
and he invites you# examina-
tion of hto work sines taking
charge of the Cleric's
believing you will show him
favor when you know tho con-
dition of the affairs of the
office under his administra-
tion.
.r’* We commend his candidacy •
f^for your consideration,
it ........-
W.. For Tax Collector
We are authorised to an-
nounce the name of fir. B. J.
Anderson for re-slsction to
the office of Tax Collector.
Mr. Anderson has no state-
ment to make further than
to say: that if you baHeve
his work for his first term
has been satisfactory and
merits his being returned for
second term, he will be
grateful for your support. He
will present hto claims moro
fully to the voters during the
coming campaign.
For County Attorney
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Owens, John R. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1928, newspaper, January 26, 1928; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth901082/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.