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THE NOLAN COUNTY NEWS, SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THUKSDAY, OCT. 20, 1832
National Returns Give
Roosevelt Lead in Straw
Ballot of Rural America
Girl Again Rules After Lion’s Rampage
2,000 PAPERS
TAKING POLL
REPORTS FROM 16 STATES
SHOW DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE AHEAD
The nation-wide President-
ial poll by some 2,000 weekly
newspapers, of which The
Nolan County News is one,
discloses the hint that when
the last ballot has been cast
for Hoover or Roosevelt on
November 8th, the small town
and country America vote is
going to be a big factor in the
final count.
Returns from sixteen states in
this weekly newspaper poll shows
Roosevelt leading Hoover in
popular vote by almost exactly the
same percentage as prevails in
other straw-vote polls conducted
in cities and large population cen-
ters . . but . . the weekly poll
brings out the fact that the coun-
try vote differs drastically with
city vote in certain states.
Both the Literary Digest poll
and the Hearst newspaper poll
show Roosevelt leading in Illinois.
The weekly newspaper poll shows
Hoover sentiment running strong
in small towns there, leading by
more than 3 to 1.
Returns from sixteen states
have been received at Publishers
Autocaster Service offices in New
York, the national headquarters
for the Weekly Newspapers’ poll.
These returns show Roosevelt
leading Hoover, 24,911 votes to
19,289. Roo'ovelt is shown leading
in 11 stales and Hoover in 5
states. Here are the figures.
Weekly Newspapers’ Nation-wide
Your Last Chance to Ballot
In Nation-Wide Straw Vote
THE NOLAN COUNTY NEWS
Nation-wide Vote For
PRESIDENT
A Straw-Vote conducted by weekly newspapers located in states
throughout the Union to show pre-election sentiment of small
town and rural America in their choice for President for the
next four years.
TO VOTE:
in the square before
candidate you prefer.
OUlls
Gordon Phillips, manager of
the Sione Department Store, was
on the job again this week after
undergoing an operation for re-
moval of his tonsils early last
week. Hersehel Whaley, formerly
of Sweetwater and now with the
Stone store at Plainview, was in
charge at the store during Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Driver of
Slaton returned to their home
Tuesday after visiting then-
daughter, Mrs. R. O. Peters and
family.
Mrs. H. A. Smith and son,
Graham, and daughter, Winnie,
arrived Tuesday to visit then
I Phillips' absence and is assisting j daughter and sister, Mrs. W. F.
during the "Campaign Days” sale : p’p0lll.
now under way there. J ---
Clark
Clifton Eakin is recovering from
injuries received last Saturday
when he was hit by an automobile
west of town.
These Candidates have been officially nominated.
HERE ARE Majorie Kemp, -ntrepid woman motorist and Sultan, the
big tawny cat that clawed her Friday at the State Fair of Texas. Mil*
Kerrm takes Sultan for a ride around the motorcycle drome in the
act. While a hundred people watched from above, Sultan tore Miss
Kemp’s shirt to shreds and ripped her arm and shoulder. Miss Kemp
brought the car to a stou, changed her shirt and finished the act, after
giving Sultan a thorough thrashing.
Mrs. J. P. Cowen and Miss
Maggie Cowen have returned from
Amarillo where they visited Mrs.
N. P. Middleton, a daughter of
i Mrs. Cowen’s. Mrs. Middleton and
I uvo sons accompanied them
home and will remain in Sweet-
water several w-eeks.
Dr. 0. P. Clark and Rev. W.
M. Murrell, presiding elder of the
Abilene district, left Wednesday
morning for Roswell, N. M., to at-
tend the New Mexico annual con-
i ference.
Ben Roberts left
night for Dallas to
State Fair.
Wednesday
attend the
Herbert Hoover
Jacob S. Coxey
W. Z. Foster
Verne L. Reynolds
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
William D. Upshaw
Voters need not sign his or her name. But to assist in national
tabulation please fill in name of Town and State.
Town ........ State
Bring or mail to The Nolan Co- nty News, Sweetwater, Texas.
DORA NEWS
Presidential Poll
State
Hoover
ioosevelt
North Carolina -
. 355
1,978
Minnesota ___
. 301
279
Kentucky _____
- 1,188
2,346
Florida.....
97
217
Illinois _____
_ 4,4.14
1.4,52
Massachusetts -
522
070
West Virginia -
126
1,246 1
Ohio _________
. 2,101
4,305 1
New Jersey___
97
231
Colorado ----- .
- 431
537
Wisconsin ....
. 279
1,397
Maine ...........
- 997
701 j
New York ___
-.1,956
2,085 j
Pennsylvania -
_ 1,784
1.698!
-Kansas ___
. 1,167
1,8311
Iowa --------
. 3,473
4,146,
19.289
24,911 j
Roosevelt—50
< votes
cast.
■ Hoover—44 '<
votes cast.
Three PcIs
Percentages
In its total of
730,837
votes re-
services
night and Sunday at
Baptist church. Rev.
The Digest and Hearst polls
show Roosevelt leading in Illinois
but the weekly newspaper poll
show Hoover sentiment running
strong. Hearst shows Roosevelt
leading in Minnesota while the
Weeklies show Hoover leading..
Both the Digest and Hearst polls | University held
show Roosevelt leading in Penn-
sylvania but the small town vote
as reflected in the weekly news-
papers’ poll show a strong senti-
ment for Hoover.
Summed up . . . and by combin-
ing all of the states where Hoover
is shown leading the three polls,
The Digest, Hearst and Weekly
Newspaper, he is leading in 13
states. All polls show Roosevelt
leading in the other 35 states. Un-
der such summing up here is the
way they are running as the
ceived, The Literary Digest shows
Roosevelt with 404,992 votes to
Hoover’s 325,845. This is 55!-i'c
of the votes cast for Roosevelt and
44*£'r for Hoover.
The Hearst Newspapers poll,
during the second week in
October, showed 403,928 votes
cast; Roosevelt with 234,278 votes
and Hoover 169,650; 580 foi
Roosevelt, 42'< for Hoover.
The Weekly Newspapers' poll
with its total of 44,200 votes, 24,-
911 for Roosevelt and 19,289 for
Hoover, shows Roosevelt receiving
560 of the votes cast to Hoover’s
'44 0 .
The Literary Digest poll shows
Hoover leading six states out of
20 reported. They are Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexi-
co, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
The Hearst poll reports Hoover
leading in 10 states, Roosevelt
leading in the other 37 states and
1 state tied. Those ten Hoover
states are: Colorado, Connecticut,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Mexico, New York, Rhode Is-
land and Vermont. The Weekly
Newspaper poll shows Hoover
leading in five of the 16 states in!
votes received to date. They are |
Minnesota, Illinois, New Jersey,
Maine and Pennsylvania.
Roosevelt is leading in the |
Weekly Newspaper poll in these j
eleven states: North Carolina,!
Kentucky, Florida, West Virginia, j
Ohio, Massachusetts, Colorado, j
Wisconsin, New York, Kansas and j
Iowa.
Where Polls Differ
Both the Hearst and Digest 1
polls show Hoover leading Massa-
chusetts, as against the weekly
poll showing Roosevelt leading
there. The Heard poll also -how:
Hoover leading in Colorado, Kan-
sas and New York as against the
weekly poll showing Roosevelt
iMntoitg is thoae states.
Roosevelt ahead in Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Deleware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louis-
iana, Maryland, Michigan, Miss-
issippi,
raska,
North Dakota,
Oregon, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Hoover ahead in Colorado,
Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, New
Mexico, Massachusetts, New Jer-
sey, Rhode Island, Vetmont,
Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania.
Have you cast your vote yet in
this nation-wide Presidential poll
being conducted by the weekly
newspapers? If not, clip the straw
ballot, vote for your favorite
candidate and send
Nolan County News
have to hurry
the national
today.
Cotton pickers are coming in
now to help gather the cotton that
is opening in a hurry.
Rev. Whiteaker of Sweetwater
and Rev. Bristoe of Simmons
Saturday j
the Dora
Willie
Richards who is pastor of a Funda-
mentalist Baptist church near
Ballinger preached at Slater’s
Chapel Sunday morning.
John Bardwell is slowly recov-
ering from an injury received
some time ago when a horse fell
with him.
Imajoy Wright spent Saturday
with friends in Sweetwater.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cook and
Lewis went to Abilene Sunday
to see Jim Cook who has just had
an operation on his leg, broken
nearly three months ago.
Mrs. Will Oliver and sons, Ira
and Wyatt, and Mis. Will Jones
spent Sunday in Abilene wi-h
Missouri, Montana, Neb-1 Polly Oliver who is nursing at the
Nevada, New Mexico, Baptist Sanitarium.
Ohio, Oklahoma, J Mrs. Emmett Armstrong’s fath-
Carolina, South | er, Mr. Harkins of Roscoe, and
her sister, Mrs. Eliot Blair and
family of Sweetwater, visited in
her home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Patterson
of Castle Peak and Dora Mae
Meeks of Blair visited George
Whiteaker and family Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Richards of
Norton visited her sister, Mrs.
Ear! Clayton, last week-end.
Mrs. Barton and Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson of Sweetwater visited
it to The: Harvey Wright Sunday.
But you’ll I Charlie Ware, Laura Wallis,
rf it is to count in] Jewell Burklow, and Modena and
tabulations. Vote Nov.s. J. Whiteaker visited in the
I Castle Peak community Sunday.
Mrs. F. Charles Shugart is ex-
| ported home Saturday from Tulia
where she has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Wright.
Miss Maryemma Simmons re
turned to Lubbock Sunday where
she will resume her studies at
Texas Tech. She was accompanied
by Miss Nina Mae Brand who will
spend the week in Lubbock.
Mrs. Ernest Wright and son
have returned to their home west
of Tulia after visiting Mrs.
wright’s parents, Judge and Mrs.
J. H. Beall.
Judge W. Van Sickle of Alpine
and sister, Mrs. Welch, of San
Angelo, are visiting their brother,
F. Van Sickle.
Mrs. R. M. Chitwood and Mrs.
L. C. latum of Lubbock were
week-end visitors in Sweetwater.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richter, who
formerly lived here, sisited friends
in the city last week as they were
Miss Ruby Robbins arrived this
week from Houston for a visit of
several weeks with her liter, Mrs.
R. L. Pittman and Mrs. Birt Deel.
Miss Dura Whaley spent the
week-end in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Askins visit-
ed ill Dallas last week-end and at
tended the State Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. C’alton Moore are
the parents of a baby boy born
Tuesday morning at the Sweetwa-
ter Sanitarium. He has been
named Calton Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W Linken-
enroute from Waco to Tucson j hoger are spending tin- week
where they will make their home.' Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
.and children and Mrs. ('.
of Dallas are visiting
Roden.
Stevener
L. Beryle
Mrs. L.
ALL THE ROAM IN TEMf
LAID END TO END-
WOULD ENCIRCLE THE
EARTH JEVENTlMef.G
Miss Laura Fay Wilson, faculty
member of the Roscoe school,
'pent the week < n«l with her sis-
ter. Mrs. John Aycock and family.
Zack Wilkinson, a former resi-
dent of Sweetwater, who now lives
in San Antonio, spent the week-
end with his brothers, VV. E. and
R. M. Wilkinson, as he was en-
route to San Antonio from Atlan-
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Hamblen
and son, John Henry, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Hamblen’s moth
ei. Mrs. W. W. Williams So
at Haskell. Mrs. Williams had
been making her home in Myrtle
Spring- with another daughter.
Mrs. Willis Lee of ArkaJelphia,
Ark., arrived several days ago to
be with her mother, Mrs. B. H.
Geldert, who was injured in an
automobile accident lust week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman L, Hardin
announce the arrival of a baby
DR. M.H. JENSEN
I department of epidemiology and
vital statistics in the public health
IN WASHINGTON .
I year ago Dr. Jensen spent a year
I u------J medical school,
a Rockefeller
I ta, tat. Mr. Wilkmson was accom-lgirl, born Thursday morning and
panied by Mr. and Mr-. Joe weighing seven and one-fourth
(luuitney ul .San Antonio and Mr. pounds. She has been named Gia i
Gaultney of Atlanta, Ga. 'Ann.
FORMER HEALTH DIRECTOR
HERE APPOINTED TO
FEDERAL POSITION
in the Harvard
Boston, under
scholarship awarded him during
his term as Health Director here.
Appointment of Dr. M. H. Jen-|
sen, former director of the Nolan j
County Health Unit, to a position ]
BLACKWELL NEWS
Rev. 0. P. Clark, presiding elder
in the U. S. Department of Health, °i the Sweetwater district, pieach
Washington, has been learned by
friends here.
Dr. Jensen is consultant in the
ed at the Methodist church last
Sunday evening. Afterwards he
presided at the meeting of the last
quarterly conference for this year.
Miss Alene English of Sterling j rapidly throughout this commun
MARYNEAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. E. M. Akin,
of Maryneal, visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Henson of Dora Sunday.
Ralph Jennings, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Jennings, came home
Saturday from Midland where he
had been attending school. Ralph
returned Sunday afternoon to
finish his school term.
Clifford Sanders, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Sanders, is attending
school at Camp Wood this year.
Cotton picking is advancing
BUD V BUB
THE STYLES OF THE AGES
By Ed Kressy
____Mrs. R. J. English.
Bids Ordered for
Highway 70 Work
From Rotan North
Bids for grading and drainage
structures on Highway 70 from
Rotan north are asked by the state
highway commission at its session
on Oct. 24 and 25. Right-of-way
purchases were recently completed
on tJiis route, according to reports
from Fisher county.
I City spent the week-end visiting in ' it.y.
[the home of her parents, Mr. and; Mrs. Author Gray of Hamlin, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
Mrs. Lace Saunders, who is
Mauzey in Snyder
For Court Opening
WPUCY ROSS Of DANVILLE
N.CAROLINA WANTS US TO
TELL HIM WHAT WE KNOW Ol
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Mrs. Lace baumlers, who is un-
dergoing treatment at the Baptist
|Sanitarium in Abilene, is improv-
| ing rapidly and will be able to re-
turn home very soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Henderson
are parents of a baby boy born
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John McRorey,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kinnard, all of
I Blackwell, attended a bridge party
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud-
dy Maxwell in Bronte last Satur-
day evening.
The Blackwell football team will
play its first game on the home
field next Friday afternoon with
the Sherwood eleven.
W. P. Hunt, who is critically ill,
is receiving treatment in the sani-
tarium at Ballinger.
Miss Kffie Copeland was hostess
to the Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Methodist church last Fri-
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mr?. Edward Saunders
and Walter Saunders visited their
mother, Mrs. Lace Saunders, at
the Abilene Sanitarium last Sun-
day afternoon.
Bauldin of Maryneal. J Judge A. S. Mauzey was in
The people of the community Snyder this week where Monday
met at the school house Sunday : he opened the three-week term of
afternoon and enjoyed a singing, j Scurry county district court. A
Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey are visit- j light docket awaited the court
ing in East Texas. | term.
Business Careens Around Corner to
Prosperity as Saturday Crowds Buy
JU&
At least this much is social gain
—for nearly three years one-half
of the world has been learning by
personal experience how the other
half lives.— Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
With the streets thronged
by hundreds of shoppers
who came i arly and stayed
late, business in Sweetwater
Saturday careened around
that elusive corner where
prosperity has long said to
have been lurking.
It was the busiest day in
this city for many months,
merchants were unanimous
in reporting.
According to reports from
other towns in this section,
similar conditions prevailed
everywhere.
Buying was brisk through-
out the day. Farmers as well
as local residents bought
liberally, and more merchan-
dise was moved on that day
than in any one day in sev-
eral years. It was by far the
best Saturday of the year,
most mere haute s«sid, and
buying even exceeded last
year’s Christmas shopping
rush.
One of the largest c rowds
een in Sweetwater in many
months filled the stores and
streets all day. Business men
said the unusually “big” day
came after two weeks of
steadily increasing business
including heavy buying on
the two or three preceding
Saturdays.
Most merchants are op-
timistic over prospecta for
the remainder of the fall,
pointing out that business
has held up to the new level
during the first of this week
and that increased movement
of the county’s bumper cot-
on crop will undoubtedly
maintain the improved busi-
ness conditions throughout
the rest of the year.
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Boyles, C. S., Jr. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1932, newspaper, October 20, 1932; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559095/m1/2/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.