In the Governor’s Shadow: The True Story of Ma and Pa Ferguson

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287 A Achilles, W. A., 87–88, 99, 114, 258 Adams, Jed C., 205–206 Adolphus Hotel, 200 Alexander, Charles C., on the Ku Klux Klan, 5, 242, 266, 279 Alice, Texas, 225 Allred, James V., 191–193, 206–211 American Bankers Association, 47, 251 (The) American Party, 142, dissolved, 144 American National Bank, 108, 124 American National Insurance Co. of Galveston, 100 American Printing Company, 173 Anderson, James (historic home in Salado, TX), 7, 243 Anti-Saloon League, 28 Archer County Bond Issue, 172 Arlington Downs, 196 Atkinson, Bertha, 4, 241, 242, 243, 284 Austin American Statesman, 173 Austin, Charles O., accusations against Poe, 94; appointed commissioner by James Ferguson, 54; appointed commissioner by Miriam Ferguson, 160; charge against him, 81; criminal indictment, 133; defends actions, 109–110; deposits state funds in Temple bank, 126; first meets with Poe, 53; judgment against, 114; notes, 259, 260; testimony, 104–107; un-cooperative with Crane, 94 Austin, Dave T., 165–166 Autry, R. L., (VP of Houston Ice and Brewing) 32 B Bailey, Joseph Weldon, 34, 68, 141, 144 Baldwin, Captain B. C., Texas Ranger, 173 Ball, Thomas, 1914 gubernatorial candidate, 28–29; 31–34, 56–57, 60, 248 Bandit Wars, 67 Barber, Jim, 200 Barrow, Blanche, 203 Barrow, Buck, 203–204 Barrow, Clyde, 203–205, 248, 280 Index 288 In the Governor’s Shadow Barrow Gang, 203–205 Bartlett, Churchill. J., Texas secretary of state under James Ferguson, 103, 133 Battle, Dr. William, J., Acting President of the University of Texas, 38, 65, 71, 73–75 Bedichek, Roy, 79–81, 239, 241, 253, 281 Bell County, history, 1–4; Ku Klux Klan, 5; local option elections 25, 63–64; Reconstruction, 4; school year in 1900, 7; soldiers in the Confederacy, 3; state road contracts; 177–178, 182; support for Miriam 157–158; notes, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 254, 259, 261, 264, 265, 267, 268, 276, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285 Bell-Bosque Stock Farm 23, 38, 40, 41, 49, 68, 108–110, 113, 134, 157, 182, 234, 255 Belton, TX , history of, 1–3; 11–12, 15, 16–18, 22, 31, 44, 158, 168, 178, 210, 212, 229, 242 Belton Trust and Loan Company, 15–16, 31 Biggers, Don H., journalist, author and politician, 166, 265, 267, 270, 272, 279 Blackshear, Edward, 56, 231 Blanton, Annie Webb, xv, 137 Bledsoe, William H., Senator, 82 Blum, H. F., employee of Temple State Bank, 115, 126, 250 Blum, TX, site of Jim Ferguson’s first political speech, 8, 29, 45, 243, 246, 248, 251, 284 Blum, William, 115 Board of Pardons, 177 Boss of Duval County, 223, 227 Bosque County, 23, 139, 147, 176 Bosque Creamery, 186–187, 209 (The) Brass Rail, 20, 246 Brents, W. R., UT Board of Regents, 79 Brooks, Judge A. G., 128 Brown and Root Construction Co., 223 Brownsville, TX, 67, 283 Bullington, Orville, 189 Burck, R. H., 198–199 Burkett, Joseph, 149, 166, 168 Burleson, Albert. S., U. S. Postmaster General, 69, 255 Burleson, Robert, 164 Index 289 Burns, Gordon, 198 Butte, Dr. George C., xvii, 156–158, 241 C Calvert, Robert, 209 Canales, J. T., 67 Campbell, Governor Thomas M., 31 Campaigns/Elections: Gubernatorial: 1914, 28–34; 1916, 70–71; 1918, 136–138; 1924, 151–158; 1926, 171, 173–175, 176–177; 1930, 183–186; 1932, 187–190; 1940, 214– 215 Senatorial (US), 1922, 144–145, 146–148; 1941 special election, 215–219; 1948, 223–225 Presidential, 1920, 142–144 Canyon City Normal School, 124–126, 129 Capital Insurance Exchange, 175 Carranza, Venustiano, 61, 67 City National Bank of Temple, TX, 17 City National Bank of Eastland, TX, 37 Civil War, 2–4, 6, 242 Clabaugh, C. W., 15–16, 31 Clark, Champ, bid for the U.S. presidency in 1912, 25 Cole, G. W., Jr., 42 Collier’s Weekly, 160 Colquitt, Alice, (Mrs. Oscar Colquitt) 34–35 Colquitt, Oscar B., 25–28, 31, 34–35, 38–39, 55, 58, 60, 70, 86–87, 113, 124, 175, 248, 253, 271 Columbus, NM, Governor of Michigan, 67 Comstock, William, 195 Connally, John, 219, 222, 276, 280, 282 Connally, Thomas T., 183 Conscription for WWI, 61 Craddock, Captain W. E., 107, 114 Crane, Martin M., xvii, 83–89, 91–92, 94–95, 100, 102, 104–111, 124–129, 145, 147–148, 154, 175, 258, 259, 268, 270, 284 Cranfill, Dr. J. B., 174 290 In the Governor’s Shadow Culberson, Charles A., 69...