The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1922 Page: 2 of 8
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THE MINEOLA MONITOR
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1922.
FARM LABOR UNION
HAD GREAT MEETING
AT QUITMAN FRIDAY
Several Thousand People At-
tended and Heaifl Some
Interesting Addresses.
The Farm Labor Union of A-
merica had a great day Friday
at Quitman. It is estimated
that several thousand people at-
tended. The speaking began in
the forenoon and continued un-
til about 5 o'clock.
The meeting was hold at the
picnic grounds. The various
unions were represented. Ban-
ners were hung in the speakers
building. Among the unions
represented by these banners
were the following: Hainesville,
Mt. Zion, Concord, Lone Pine,
Stout, New Hope, Democrat,
Pine Mills, Excelsior and Red-
land.
During the day there wore a
number of addresses. In tTTe
forenoon T N. Jones of Tyler
delivered a stirring address.
In the afternoon, Judge
Beavers of Winnsboro, compli-
mented the farmers on their
tribute to the mothers and their
work in raising the ideals of
young manhood and young wo-
to 1 ho winning of the war that
I would not touch a nickel of
the profit."—Des Moines Reg-
ister.
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THE TOMATO BUSINESS.
According to figures com-
piled by The Associated i'ress
j Texas this spring shipped 1.600
jcars of tomatoes, of which 40:5
originated at Jacksonville, Ty-
! ler has 25:5, Alto 180, Bullard
129, no other point shipping as
many as 100 cars, although
Rusk is credited with 95. Jack-
sonville has long been the" een-
WOOD COUNTY GOES FOR MAYFIELD
IN U. S. SENATORIAL CONTEST
McLeod, Bullock, Shirey, and McCrary Successful in
County Races—Only Four Small Boxes Yet
To Be Counted.
Earle B. Mayfield, candidate land, Pe^ch and Crow, where the
for the United States Senate, vote cannot change the result, is
according to returns received !as f°H°ws'
and counted in Quitman Sunday ! ^01 ^ Senator. Feiguson,
and Monday, leads the race. His
11097 ; Mayfield, 1668.
j vote was 1668 against 1097 for
!er ot this industry, and tor
For Lieutenant Governor^
Mayfield, 1184; Davidson, 1488.
years to come will continue to Ferguson. Other winners in j For gtate Superintendent:
hold first place.—Jacksonville Wood County, according to the ;]$enueyf 1469; Marrs 1126.
Progress.
And Jacksonville tomato
growers had bank accounts
when most of us were busted.
But. the time is coming when
East Texas, the greatest di-
versified section of the world,
will come into its own through
growing these various products.
Here's hoping the time will
come when the marketing sys-
tem will b& such that the farm-
ers of this country will not raise
j cotton except for a surplus
crop.
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CURING THE KICKER.
—o—
Care Mid patience will cure
the kicking cow if the proper
methods are employed. One
a
trap around the body, with a
and to 1,0011 *n one enc'' anc' draw it-
vote tabulated at the Quitman
Democrat office are as follows:
Davidson for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, Garrett for State Treasur-
er, Bentley for School superin-
tendent and Taylor for Chief
Justice of the Fifth Judicial Dis-
trict.
In the race for county offices 1609.
Jewell J. McLeod was elected j For
County Clerk over Hall Benton. IBulloc
J. W. Bullock was elected dis-| '/379.
trict Clerk over Virgil B. Shaw, j For
T. U. Shirey running fo.- Tax
Collector has a slight lead over
George A. Lloyd. Ernest Mc-
Crary is elected Tax Assessor
over T. J. Shaw.
The vote in Wood County with
tiie exception of Stinson, Red-
For State Treasurer: Terrell,
12:54; Garrett, 1291.
For Chief Justice, Fifth Ju-
dicial District: Taylor, 1408;
Jones, 1168.
County Offices:
For County Clerk: Hali Ben-
ton, 1219; Jewel J. McLeod
District Clerk
<, 1453; Virgil
: J. W.
B Shn\v,
U STANDS FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN QUITMAN CASE
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Concerning the whipping of
the little orphan girl at Quit-
man last Monday night the fol-
lowing, purported to have been
issued by the Quitman Ku KIux
Klan appeared in last week's
Quitman Democrat:
Monday night. August 21,
C. H. Sinclair, a well known !l922, a little orphan girl about
cotton buyer, has recently made i 10 or 11 years of age, who had
an automobile trip to parts of been adopted by a family living
Wood County looking over the j in Quitman, was brutally whip-
cotton prospects. He is predict- ! ped for a minor offense. The
ing a much larger yield than screams of the child attrac-
J here, returned to their home in
IWaco Friday.
Mind you, they have not put
j that protective tariff infamy a-
|cross yet; and the voters are
| still to come to the bat.
It's a pleasure to ride over
! Wood county roads, Bui when
jyou go to an adjacent county its
I just one big bump after an-
other.
Miss Hazel Hancock, daughter
of C. S. Hancock has returned
to her home in Galveston after
a week's visit with her father
and other relatives.
last year.
Miss Thelma Pardue is here
from Greenville the guest of
Mrs. Hubert Thomas and other
relatives. She was one of the oiit
of-town guests at the Coleman-
Binford wedding last Wednes-
day.
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ted the attention of members
of the Ku Klux Klan and other
citizens. They got busy over"
the phone and requested some
representative citizens to go to
the place and investigate. The
little girl was found to be bru-J
tally bruised, slashed and bleed-
ing. The matter was reported
i';. : Assessor: George A.
Lloyd, 1413; T. U. Shirey, 1423.
For Tax Collector: T. J. Shaw.
948: Ernest McCrary, 1895.
The closest race is that for
T; x Assessor. It is said the
vote in missing boxes will not
change the result.
manhood, by seeing that these
organization. He declared thatimethod is to 1>aas a rope 01
it is the farmers who are to
make the nation grow
date there would b« a continued
term of three-days' recess un-
til the tariff bill was passed by
prosper. He paid a glowing j
children rceeived proper train- !
ing in the homes.
Following his address "Rev.
John Anderson, a Denison pas-
tor deliverde a brief talk, in
which he told what has been
done by the various unions in
Denison. He said the Farm
Labor Union there was with the
striking railroad men
pledged them food so long as
they themselves had ' hog or
hominy" He urged the farm-
ers to continue their organiza-
tion work, declaring this to be
the senate. However, owing t;>
the strike stiuation, the presi-
has called congress to re-
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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From Monday's Monitor.
Mrs. J. H. Cox is visiting rel-
atives in Tyler this weke.
Mrs. 1. B. Rice of. Lindale is
tight. The cow usually jumps
rt -first, but when she finds she
| j
! cannot, get out of the rope she I den
| i
!will stand still. Another meth- convene at once and to eontnueihere the guest of her sister,
od is to hobble the cow by pas- the call until a quorem be pres- Mrs. Oscar Hall.
J sing the rope around each leg ent. For these reasons, Con-! Miss Lucille Hugston of Piano
behind the udder and tying just gressman Sanders had to cut is here the guest of Miss Katie
above the hocks. After these j his vacation short and cancel Mae Harris.
methods have been repeated a {quite a number of speaking1 Mrs. H. J. Adair and children
■ew times the cow will stand j dates which he was anxious to .have gone Co Dallas to spend a
A colonel wanted a man-serv. 1 to the Sheriff's department and
ant, so he inserted""an afffgr-jthc little child taken before the
tisement in the local weekly, j Grand Jury and afterwards
One of the applicants who an- j placed in charge of the sheriff,
swered fvas an Irishman. The Orphans Home was notified
' What I want," explained the that is the people who placed
j Colonel, "is a useful man—one ! the little girl with the Quitman
who can cook, drive a motor, family and asked to come for
look after a pair of horses, clean , the little child at once.
boots and windows, feed poul- Everything that is possible to
try, milk, the cowr and do a lit- be done by any klan of laiw-
tie painting and paper hanging" iabiding citizens who believe in
"Excuse me, sor"\ said Mur-. [a strict enforcement of all laws
phy, "but what kind of soil j through their proper channels,
have you here?" has been, and is now being dontr
' Soil", snapped the colonel, ,'and if the party is handled in a
What has that got to do with j manner commensurate with j
it?" jtice an<a sufficient penalty^
j "Well, I thought if it was fh'cted. then the Klan will
| clay I might make bricks in me ceed no- further.
| spare time."—Exchange. | KU KLUX KLAN.
nd h di!iU'e,',v be milked.
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-Ex.
fill.—Canton Herald.
QUITMAN'S FIRST BALE
The per capita debt of the
nited States is -$226. but that ! —o—
merely the per capita of the! Mauley Blackmon, living on
ederal debt. There are thejh{s father's farm nesr Forrest
the only way by which the farm- State debts, about $11 per cap-I Hill, brought the first bale of visit with her son, Oscar Hall
er could hope to come into his j^'1, municipal and county j cotton for 1922, to town last j and family..
own. Me was severe in his crit- j(!ebts- T0 sav nothing of private J Friday. The bale was ginned by j Mrs. W. G. Church of Wichi-
week with relatives.
Mrs. F. G. Barnett has re-
turned from a visit with rela-
tives in Terrell.
Mrs. C. EL Hall has returned
to her home in Lindale after a
icism of the Farm Bureau. debts. The total indebtedness
, In the forenoon Judge Walter 01 Pe°P^e °f thi.s countiv is
Jones of Mineola delivered a Piobably not far from $1000 per
brief address in the interest of caPi,a- Posterity will be ask-
ing about us, "Didn't they ever
Judge Ben. L. Jones of Sher-
man, who was a candidate for
pay anything?"—Geo. M. Bailey
Chief Justice of the Fifth Judi- |in The Houston Post.
cial district. | M-D-M
All in all, it was a great day j The general opinion is that
bor Union of 1 this immediate section of Tex-
for the Farm I
America.
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THE TWO STANDARDS.
. —o—
"Bui if 1 had been a world (
war soldier and had come J
through unhurt I would be so ;
proud to have had the oppor- j
tunity to fight for my country i
that I would not touch a nickel j
of the bonus. I think the
right spirit of young strong A- j
mericans is to get out and make
a way for themselves. No, I
am not in favor of them receiv-
ing any aid in buying homes or
farms"—Chas. M. Schwab, head j
will make three or four times
the Horton Gin and Weighed 470 i ta Falls is here this week the
pounds. Manley sold the bale j guest of her sister, Mrs. Dick
to Lawson Morton for $100.00. Pendleton.
A premium was made up which . Mrs Pink Engel has returned
included one year's subscription jfrom an extended visit with
to the Democrat. Quitman j friends and relatives at Points
Democrat. jin California.
— M-D-M. Mr. audi Mrs. N. Pruitt, who
j Congressman Complimented. ' have been, visiting relatives
i Hon. T. N. Jones of Tyler, who j
addressed the Farm Labor U-
s much cotton as last yeai. , njon m,,etmg which was held at
he price at this time is moie|(]ant0n on last Saturday, spoke
in very complimentary terms of
| Congressman Sanders and of
• the work he is doing in con-
I gress. Hon. T. N. Jones
I long been recognized as
j friend of organized labor,
I any word coming from
than twice as good, which in the
end will mean that the country
•should be at least six or eight
times better off financially than
at this time last year.
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him
How some folks do change
their minds. We could name j Oould only have the endorsement j
lots of people who have changed j of the Farm Labor Union. So!
their light wine and beer plans iwhen he told the union that!
dnce Saturday night, but mod- j Congressman Sanders had made
esty forbids. j a good representative, they at j
M-D-M ionce understood that he had j
Returned to Washington. j taken care of their interests at
Hon. M. G. Sanders, congress- j Washington in an able way
1 MIg
of Bethlehem Steel.
Suppose we should turn this man from ths district, who was | Canton Herald
about and say: ;'If I had the
honor of furnishing steel for the
great war I should be so proud
of my place in the leading in-
dustry of America and of the
contribution I could thus make
taking a few days' vacation
while congress was recessed has
returned to Washington. It
was the understanding that
congress would be actjor.rned
until August 15, after which
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Adair, H. J. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1922, newspaper, August 30, 1922; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth285932/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.