The Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 84, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 23, 1916 Page: 2 of 12
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THE BROWNWOOD DAILY BULLETIN BROWNWOOD JTEXAS SUNDAY MORNING JANUARYlQl
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Rilic of By-Gone Days
Gives Way io Progress
(CONTINUED PROM PAGE 1)
steel will' be harder than ever. The
contractor will have to prepare a
-platform upon which to work. This
platform may be arranged to float on
the water in the tank the water be-
ing: leveled .when necessary; or a
swinging platform may be arranged.
The sheets of steel are heavier at the
bottom of the tank than at the top
and it is believed that none of the
sheets have been materially damaged
by corrosion during the past twenty-
eight years.
. Contractor Had Bad Luck.
It is remembered that the same
men who built the standplpe here
erected some six or seven similar
tanks at other towns In Texas. Im-
mediately following the completion of
the job here the contractor took his
crew to Temple and built a stand-
pipe identically the same as that here
except that it was anchored to its
foundation. The tank was finished
one fine day and the city council was
called out to inspect and accept the
job. But a small leak was found and
despite the fact that the council was
ready to accept the job the contract-
or insisted that he must fix the leak
first Accordingly arrangements
were made for a second inspection
and final acceptance the following
day.
That night someone placed a big
charge of dynamite under the tank
and blew Jt into smithereens. There
were certain citizens who did not
want Temple to have a standplpe and
the contractor was made the goat Of
course he failed to get his pay for the
Job since the city had not accepted It
Early History Recalled
The arrangements to tear down the
old standplpe have caused a number
of pioneer citizens to recall events in
the early days here. It is recalled that
Brownwood was first incorporated in
1776 and that one McClure was the
first mayor. Some time Inter the
town was again incorporated when
plans were made to Issue bonds to
pay for the standplpe and the new wa-
terworks system. Holders of the
city's script insisted on this action
in order that they might have protec-
tion. But it developed soon that the city
had been twice incorporated. This
caused complications which had not
been foreseen. The early pioneers
were crafty however and began plans
to eet rid of one of the corporations.
The waterworks system was leased j
to John Kennedy and John Knight
took charge of the fire department
equipment Then an election was
called and by vote of the people one
of the corporations which had been
previously voted was cancelled. Re-
. yarding this point there is even yet
& decided difference of opinion some
Men Women
Boys Qirh
Little Children--The Baby
JOIN
OUR
See Below How
Your Pennies
Grow into Dollars
Christmas Banking Club
lOcClub 5c Club
1st Wk. 10c 1st Wk. 5c
2nd Wk. 20c 2nd Wk.' 10c
3rd Wk. 30c 3rd Wk. 15c
4th Wk. 40c 4th Wk. 20c
5th Wk. 50c 5th Wk. 25c
Increase Increase
Every Week Every Week
by 10c ' by 5c
Total In Total In
50 50
Weeks Weeks
$127.50 $63.75
ypii want
bsmbw sKtftislsto ssV
ext'Chnsimas?
PUT ONLY SCENTS IN OUR. BANK
and Increase it 5 cents each .week
YOUlU.HAVE $63f NEXT XMAS
2c Club
le Club
1st Wk. . 2c 1st ' Wk. lc
2nd Wk. 4c 2nd Wk. 2c
3rd Wk. . ' 6c 3rd Wk. 3c
4th Wk. 8c 4th Wk. 4c
5th Wk. . 10c 5th Wk. 5c
Increase Increase
Every Week Every Week
by 2c by lc
Total In : Total In
50 50
Weeks Weeks
$25.50 $1275
jm I III sfEsay
First Presbyterian Charch.
Sunday morning Bible school at
9:45. The Brotherhood Bible Class
for all men at 9:45. Morning serv
ice at 11. Evening service at 7:30.
Wonderful Word." Psa. 119:18. The
evening .Vrmon "Epistles of Christ."
II Cor. St n The public is cordially
invited fflPITOhd all the services of
the church.
Come in Today and Get Your Bank Book
It Is Easy To Join-
All you need to do is to come into our bank with 10c 5c
2c or lc or 25c 50c or $1.00 and tell which Club you wish to
join.
We will make you a member of the Club and give you a
BANK BOOK showing- the Club you have joined.
We want every MAN WOMAN and CHILD in this city
to join our Christmas Banking Club and we extend to all a
cordial invitation to come into our Bank and join this Club.
Come in NOW!
Join The Club Now-
Eight now is the best time to join our Christmas Banking
Club and we urge you to also help your children to join.
The "saving habit" early acquired is one of the best
habits a child can have.
The systematic method of our Christmas Banking Club
'makes it EASY FOR ALL TO SAVE and have money.
Nearly all Wealthy men began by saving and banking
their money. You can do the same.
Do it today!
St. John's Chare
Services today: Morning prayer 11;
subject for sermon The Witness to
Christ. Vespers 4:30; subject for ser
mon The Gospei for the Day. Sua-
day school 10 a. m.
"Let Ais go into 'his tabernacle:
and fall low on our knees before his
footstool."
JNO. POWER Restor.
Austin Avenue Presbyterian Chnrci.
The S. S. will meet at 9:45 a. in
come and bring one. The pastor
will preach at 11 a. m. taking as his
subject "The Hallowed Name" this
being'the second of the series of ser-
mons on "The Lord's Prayer." At.
7:30 p. m. the subject of the ser- A
mon will be "The Stiff Neck" this
being the first of a series of illustrat-
ed sermons on "The Seven Worst
Things in the World." A good collec-
tion of colored pictures will ibe
shown illustrating the truths of this
sermon. Come and welcome.
St. Xary's Catholic Church
Services: Sunday school at 9 a. m:
Holy Mass and sermon at 10 a. m.
C. HAAS O. M. I.
First Xethoolst Church
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preach-
ing by the pastor at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Everybody invited.
K. P. BARTON Pastor. .
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The Citizens National Bank
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First Baptist Church
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Royal
Embassadors and Girls' Auxiliary 3
p. m. B. Y. P. U. 4 p. m. The pastor
will speak at the 11 o'clock hour
Sunday morning on 'the theme "God-
Is Calling Men" and Sunday even-
ing 7:15 "The Bereaved Home Made-
Glad." Special music. Baptizing
Sunday evening after sermon. Gener
al public Invited to all services today
and all who come will be made ta
feel at home.
L. J. MIMS Pastor.
Kpcurelv to a tree.
ciuu o w v w
Court procedure followed according
to the old-timers who have been ais
& ucviutu q yig OlQ-UmerS WUU IlUtJ uccu
maintaining that when the corporation J cussing aie early days and Tuttlc
was voted out the city became an I wflg fQund gujity 0f having assisted
uuiuuui jjui aicu yicujuuv j jn hanging Reeves tic ana ouitm
who were convictea were scut w m
or wide place in the road as the case
may be and that the city of Brown-
wood is not now legally Incorporated
for the transaction of business. This
point though is probably imaginary
and does not seem to cause any diffi-
culty for all practical purposes.
A Hanging Bee.
j Just why the city voted twice to
Incorporate was hard to understand
and is still difficult of comprehension.
One theory secured from one of the
''fust ones" is in substance as fol-
lows: Among the early mayors of Brown-
wood was a man named Tuttle. One
day the mayor was in a saloon here
everybody went in saloons -then and
a stranger came in. The stranger
recognized Tuttle and was anxious to
renew acquaintance with him. The
.stranger was named Reeves. Tut-
. tie professed not to know Reeves and
In the resulting argument Reeves in-
timated that Tuttle had left Colorado
for the good of the state and dared
: not go back. A few nights later
.Reeves was taken out into the brush
Wet Weather Brings?
Colds 1
penitentiary. This caused a disrup-
tion of the city government and to
use the expression of the old-timers
"the city government blew up." A
short time latdrv.it became necessary
for the city to be incorporated in or-
der that needed Improvements might
bo made and there ensued a second
corporation election followed later by
an election to dissolve the corpora-
tion. There the matter stands.
Some Interesting Stories.
Many interesting stories are told
regarding the old standplpe. Stand-
ing as it does in the very heart of
town and at the Intersection of three
streets It is at once a nuisance and
an eternal source of confusion to
visitors. Strangers who visit Brown-
wood find themselves every few min-
utes" walking up to the standplpe as
they meander through the short and
irregular streets of the business sec-
tion and from this fact has come
the well known and oft-repeated state
ment that Brown wood nas xiuneen
standpipes In the business section.
It Is also recorded that many years
ago a certain painter became consid-j
erably Inebriated. He could not walk!
straight In fact couM hardly walk at
all. The city marshal who In those
davs was the most Important official
fin town and was the backbone of the
city government undertook to arrest
the offender and place him in the
lock-up.
The painter Intoxicated though he
was objected to the lock-up as a rest-
ing place and ran away from the mar
shal. Some of his friends lifted him ;
up so that he could catch hold of the j
ladder running up the side of the'
standplpe and like a fly crawHng up I
the wall the painter chased himself
up the ladder to the top of the stand-
pipe. Then on the narrow edge of
the top of the tank he ran around and
around in unholy glee daring the mar-
shal to come up and get him. In the
meantime the entire population of the
town gathered and held its collective
breath while waiting for the drunken
painter to fait to his death. Ho didn't
fall luckily although how he. avoided
it has always heen a mystery.
Am April Feel Joke.
The standplpe also figured in an
fnnl Intra In 4Yia &a1ir ?avi
Tit KZXAItli Btor X Brownwood twenty-five or thirty years
4$ ago was the headquarters of a bunch
BREAD
A orfirl nn matter Tinw V
slight should never be near-
leoted for aerious complicar. Y
tions very often develop and
the result is a grave limess. ?
The! best treatment the
kind that doe the work- x
when other treatments fail f
is
l Rexall Cold Tablets !
Gently laxative pleasant
to take and guaranteed to
give you relief or your mon-
ey back. Secure a box today
and have it near at hand
for when a cold first starts
is the time to break it up.
Camp-Bell Drug Co. i
The bread-making methods of the old Romans
may have been satisfactory to the people of their
day but such methodsr would not suit the fastidious
taste of the people of this country at the present
time.
Our Bread
Does satisfy the people of this community be-
cause it is wholesome is scientifically made in a
sanitary bakery and is everything that the best
bread should be. We use the very best of ingredi-
ents which gives it the' desired home like flavor.
. . Quality and cleanliness are the twin mottoes of
the bakery at all times
Sanitary Bakery
PHONE 1009
mistook him for the aerial. After the
day was over and the people learned
that they had been April-fooled they
waxed very angry at the merchants
accusing them of putting out the fake
circulars in order. to attract the crowd
to town and boost business.
The old standplpe as a relic of by-
gone days has been reverenced by the
younger generation but it is to give
way to modern improvements. Under
the system now in use here the tank
is valueless and to prevent deteriora-
tion and to make its sale more prob-
able it is to be torn down and stored
away. Some day in some other city
It may serve its accustomed purpose
of storing water for fire protection
and domestic consumption and may
continue its active and useful career
for many years.
First Christian Charch.
Sunday school 9:45. Preaching serv-
ices at 10:45 a. m. and 7:15 p. m.
Morning theme "Change of Heart."
Evening theme "The Church Its
Purity." Ladles Aid. will) meet Mon-
day afternoon at 3 with Mrs. W. G.
Baxter. The Willing Workers will-
meet Monday afternoon with Mrs.
V. Davis. Prayer meeting Wednes-
7:30. Choir rehears-
S al Friday evening at 7:30. A cordial
invitation is extended to every one.
C. M. ASHMORE Pastor.
CHEVROLET
Oliver typewriter ribbons 50c each.
Bulletin Office.. - dS6
Caarck ef Christ.
1515 Brady Avenue.
Services for today: Bible School
9:45 a. m. Sermon 11 a. m. Com-
munion 11:45 a. m. Sermon 7:3C p.
m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:3C
p. m. Come and bring a friend.
A. R HOLTON Minister.
DH. 1. L. F ARRIS OSTIOFAM
m Brwnme JfaH. Baak IMf.
MAUD rOWELL IS' AXOXG THE
GREAT. IS PERFECT XAS-
TER OF HER INSTRUXEXT
of youngsters who made practical
Joking a profession. They stopped at
nothing which could yield a little fun.
Accordingly two young mon one of
whom 'now lives here and admits his
part in the affair planned to have
some fun on the first of April follow-
ing the completion of the standplpe.
A day or two before April fool day
they printed and circulated through-
out the county circulars stating In
bold lettering that on April 1 a man
wouM give a tight rope walking ex
hibition on a rope stretched from the
cupola of the courthouse to the top
of the standplpe.
On April first the town was crowd-
led with people. tFarmefrs ' and
stockmen came in and brought their
entire families. The streets wero
crowded wlth people babies and ve-
hicles. All day they waited for and
inquired about the exhibition. Late
in the afternoon a cowboy who had
Just bought a large Quantity of rope
was almost mobbed when the crowd
Refined TempcrHeHt Smoothness
Breadth and Accurate Technique
Xark Her Work style No-
hie Deep and Daiaty.
Maud Powell is undoubtedly the
greatest violinist who has yet appear-
ed in Los Angeles. Every number of
her program last evening proved her
the master of her instrument. Such
refined temperpent such ravishing
cantabile such breadth smoothness
and accurate technique.
One Is thrilled and inspired when
listening to her luscious tone her
endless flow of magnificent Tonal
language.
Her style is broad noble deep and
also dainty when occasion requires
hut always polished and dignified. She
has a fine stage presence and her fa-
cial expression while playing is won-
derful and shows how the Maud Pow-
ell personality is lost in the composi-
tion which she is interpreting a qual-
ity rare in artistic. Los Angeles
Herald.
FORT WORTH DOCTORS IX
TROUBLE OYER SEW LAW
FORT WORTH Jan. 22. Twenty
additional indictments alleging un-
lawful writing of narcotic prescrip-
tions lave been filed against five
Fort Worth physicians. The new in-
dictments are supplementary ones.
Among the indicted are Dr. E. D.
Fyke who was tendered the post of
state health officer but whose name
was subsequently withdrawn fcy Gov- v
ernor Ferguson.
$44000 GOES TO EACH OF
SEVEN HEIRS OF WHITE
AUSTIN' Jan. 22. The largest in-
heritance tax paid into the comp-
troller's department in months was re-
turned Friday by Robert Maud tax
collector of Travis county from the
estate of Thomas D. White. The
amount was SS.29L59. Each of the
seven heirs will receive practically
$44000 under the will..
Get your Gas Tanks
exchanged at J. L.
Morgan's.
COTTON REPORT
Sjets.
New York 12.35 5 up. i
New Orleans 12.13 unchanged. .
Houston 12.40 unchanged.' .
F tires.
Close
Ifew Terk: Open Close Friday
March 12.30 12.33-34 12.31-32
May 12.56 12.57-58 12.55-58
July 12.67 12.71-72 12S-G9
New Orleaas:
March 12.14 12.16-18 12.15-16
May 12.44 12.46-47 12.14-45
July 12.60 12.65-66 12.63-64
Wfeat Site Hfea Xarx. -May
Wheat Saturday hit the high
price of the seasofi L33 3-8 but clos-
ed at 1.32 6-8. May wheat c!oe4
Friday at 1.32 2-8.
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White, James C. The Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 84, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 23, 1916, newspaper, January 23, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth345716/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.