This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CEB.2ACI/579.581.585.590 Message Board Post: Forgot to add: The mill help provided the money for "Spindletop." And the money from G. W. Carroll's percentage in "Spindletop Oilfield" helped finance him when he ran on the Baptist ticket (I believe it was called the "Texas Dry".. meaning the party was against all alcohol) for Vice-President of the United States. I cannot remember the name of the Presidential running mate nor remember the year - 1930s ??- I definitely know they didn't win! (Francis Lafayette "Frank" Carroll was the son of Thomas Johnson Carroll.) My ggrandmother was 1st cousin to G.W.