Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1915 Page: 3 of 18
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Thursday, August 5, 1915
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF JACKSBORO, TEXAS
Capital $150,000 Surplus $50,000
James W. Knox, President. E. R. Worthington, Vice Pres.
H. T. Daugherty, Vice Pres
C. A. Worthington, Cashier.
WIZARD WELLS.
Town Filling Up With Summer
Visitors. Mass Meeting For Or-
ganizing Annual Picnic.
JACKSBORO GAZETTE
BARGE LINE BETWEEN
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BEAUMONT AND TAMPICO
PaOA T±iRj*ijBr
James W. Knox,
T. D. Sporer,
directors.
H. T. Daugherty.
W arren Worthington.
E. R. Worthington,
C. A. Worthington,
EXTRAVAGANCE IS A DANGEROUS CAR
DQESWr TAKE W/LD CffANCES. -y
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Started by Former Jacksboro
Business Man. Will Be Oper-
ated by Well Known Co.
Wizard Wells, Aug. 2.—The
shower Saturday night and cool,
cloudy weather is very beneficial
to growing crops A good rain
would be appreciated
The Church of Christ closed a
ten days’ meeting at this place
Monday night .The Baptists be-
gan one under the same taber-
nacle the following Friday. Good
crowds are attending the services.
Dr. Ponder who came from east
Texas a few months ago and lo-
cated at Sebree is moving to the
Wells to locate permanently.
Elberta peaches, home grown,
are being sold on our streets for
50 cents per bushel. The quality
is fine and the price such that ev- j
ery housewife should be able t j
fill the empty jars. •
Since the heavy spring rains, |
the fishing is fine, some very
A special to the Fort Worth
Record from Beaumont contains
the following item:
W. A. Bowie of Tampico, an-
nounces that three barges are to
be placed in service at once be-
tween Beaumont and Tampico,
Mexico, via Port Arthur, this to
be the first boat line established
on the Neehes river since it has
been made a deep water way. No-
tice has been received that one
barge will be ready for service
Aug. 5th, and that two others
Will be complete early in Sep-
tember. A letter was received
by Mr. Borne from Tampico mer-
chants declaring it their intention
to patronize the new boat line
and asking to be put in touch
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THE GOLDEN
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18: “DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM BO UNTO YOU”—you will fos doing this
when you trade with us—WE buy everything
possible at home in the way of Flour Feed and
Groceries, and everything the farmer has to sell
such as Bacon, Lard Butter, Eggs &nd Poultry.
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Farmers Union Supply Company
Phone 120.
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The man who stands still long enough, will have
mething come along and hit him. He will run into
something if he travels too fast.
The safe sane way for a man to live is to work hard
and always save a PART of what he earns from his
work or his business and BANK that part.
Nothing can stop the 3UGGESS of that sort of a
man. Are You that kind?
Make OUR bank YOUR bank
C. A. WORTHINGTON, Cashier
Total Rainfall, as shown by gauge at The First
National Bank;
the river just north of town.
The new residence of Will
I Laird, just west of town, is near-
ling completion.
Mr. Esc Worthington who lives
! .just west of town has built an ad-
dition to his residence which adds
greatly to its comfort and ap-
pearance. i
Boarders, bathers and campers
are fast filling up our town an
Wizard Wells is once more get-
with the wholesale houses ini
. . . Beaumont. The boats will be op- FIRST MONDAY BROUGHT
nice catches have .been made mi , , . . ^ „ _ 1 .
I erated by the Gulf Export and VERY LARGE CROWD
Transportation Company which
is incorporated with a capital'
stock of .$100,000. And Houses Advertising Special
The many friends of Mr. Bow-;
ie who is by birth a Jack County*
boy, will be glad to learn that lie;
.is making good financially arfdl
otherwise, and lias returned to
his native state to reside, having
located at Beaumont. Mr. Bow-
ie has just recently returned Jacksboro had) the usual large
ting back to the standard she hac j 5 crowd’ but the bu3iest season bc'
ing over farmers and stockraisers
Sales Had Big Trade as a
Result.
Monday was the first time since
farmers got so busy in their crops
„ , „ | closed a deal for a large steam-
attamed a few years ago before ;b the «Pilot and ho has
antagonistic competition and
were here with quite a number of
scarcity of water drove patient j^rC3Scd hoPe ®f bemg Per^' horses and mules for sale, and
ted to change the name of this $here was considerable trading on
away. With plenty of water and;boat and if
harmony among the promoters■ < , > »
of the new resort, it is expected j
that before the season is gone'
so v ill christen it the. that day among stockmen.
Also, the business bouses offer-
ing first Monday bargains and
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out.
Every effort was made to
Vive her, but she had been in
water so long that all eff
proved futile.
Miss McFerran was thirty-t
'years of age. She was born
Antelope, Texas, July 20, I£
At the age of fourteen she nest-
ed with the Methodist Church
Jacksboro, and was a member
the Methodist Churelr here at t&se-
time of tier death, '
Slic was a
Jacksboro Hi
ton Normal, antCfor the past
en years had been tct
Jack, Clay, Eratli and
Counties.
Her life had been one of
voted Christian service to
church, her family and
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Aug. 3,
1913:
11.18 In.
Aug. 3,
1914:
13.24 In.
Aug. 3,
1915:
20.73 In.
For the Last Seven Days:
Aug. 1........................32 in.
TOTAL .................32ln.
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P
A. F. LARNER
i : UNDERTAKER :
, Funeral Director and Embalmer
In the Callahan building. North side Square
Telephone calls answered quickly. The
same service in the country as in town. No en-
try charges. Call me, I am,
YOURS FOR SERVICE,
A. F. LARNER
, . , .social life wherever she JivedfP
business were not so numerous asi _ , , A1
... ■ I Besides the father and mot
at times m the past, but the peo-> . , ■ _ _ ,
, n i A three sisters, Mrs. Walter
pie were generally so busy tbeyi, ’
, m, ders, Misses Louvmm and
the town will be taxed to its ful j feting of Jack County Demo- summer sales enjoyed a fine bus- ^ ^ prominent ^ eWh
eapaciy. cratic Executive Committee. ine^- Thc attractions outside off—--3------ , «
The citizens of Wizard Well j
held a mass meeting Saturday! According to call of H. C. Me-
even'ng and organized an annu- jdure, county chairman of Jack
al picnic for this place, the first County Democratic Executive |dld not miss these. They are
entertainment to be held Friday,j committee, the committee met at showing more and more all the
Aug. 20th. Speaking, music, base- 1Monday, with all the com- time that they appreciate the ef-
ball, dancing, singing and racing mittcemen present,
will be features of the programs. The committee now is as fol-
The Mountain View hotel will (lows:
not be opened as per advertised1 No. 1, South Jacksboro, Ham
in The Gazette, but will probably Sp Her.
be used as a rooming house this
season.
Births.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bai-
ley of Gibtown, July 10, a girl.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Hill of Gibtown, July 18, a girl.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burk
of Bryson, July 27, a boy.
Bom to Mr . and Mrs. John
Seragum of Bryson, July 25, a
girl. j ' ‘ -jl I 1 '
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lee San-
ders of Bryson, July 23, a girl.
Married.
J. J. Burchcl and Miss Effie
Ensey were married July 25, by
iJ. F. Matthews.
Oliver Gilmore and Miss Lula
2, North Jacksboro, H. B. Wal-
ters.
3, Gobtown, J. C. Webh.
4, Cundiff, E. W Whitaker.
5 Newport, O. D. Wilkes.
6, Antelope, Billy Brown.
7, Jermyn, G. W. Ware.
8, Bryson, A. B. Kuykendall.
9, Keeclii, E. R. Cantwell.
10, Post Oak, N. C. Moore.
11, Vineyard, J. A. Duncan.
12, Finis, IT. H. Gaskin.
13, Joplin, J. M. Hicks.
14, Truce, E. E. Ireland.
15, Perrin, J. W. Sumner.
16, Roberts Prairie, C. V. Bailej
17, Sebree, T. J. Powers.
18, Berwick, F. W. McClelland, j
19, Burton Springs, S.
Price.
forts that so many of the Jacks-
boro businss mnee are making to
induce them to trade here. In-
deed, first Monday is proving a
good co-operation prize, bringing,
as it does, so many people to
town once each month, when they
have the time and opportunity to
discuss various problems of inter-
est to all farmers, stockraisers
and business men. *
4 Let this good work continue;
and every house that can do so
offer something special in his line,
and let every citizen of Jack
County who can do so continue to
consideration the ages of the
visit Jacksboro, especially on in awarding the premiums.
and one brother, Luther, survh
ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS
To the List of Exhibits at
Flower Shew to be Conduc
by the Mothers’ Club.
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The following list of premil
offered by Tom M. Marks
handed in this week for publ
ticn. These exhibits are g
for boys under 18 years old
the judges requested to take
First Monday.
Miss Minnie McFerraan Drown-
ed at Graham.
attended, when it was first call
ed to order there were some
Dowdy were married Jul y28, by I proxies, but the committeemen
G. W. Finch. came in before the body adjourn-
I el, which gave a full attendance.
The West Texas Reporter of
last week gave the following ac-
i count of the drowning of Miss
The meeting was unusually well Miimie McFerran, who was rcar-
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NEW ENTERPRIZE OR-
GANIZED AT GRAHAM
| later and shown here.
Davidson Private School to Open.
Miss Effie Davidson wishes to
Card of Thanks.
ed in Jacksboro, 'but with her
parents had resided in Graham
for several years:
M’ss Minnie Ola McFerran,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
McFerran of this city, was
drowned in Salt Creek Wednes-
diy afternoon while out with a
The main features of the new announce that she will open her' We desire to express our sin- swimming party of young ladies,
j grader will be seen from the il- private school Monday, Septem- cere thanks to the people of c’iaper< ned by Mrs. Henry
--- lustration, showing two revolv- }jer 6tli, and M ill teach a term of Jacksboro and our own eommuni- j Groves.
f .................. Grader a Local iug Parts> one of which controls njno months, using the text books Ay and from all parts of the coun-j The party wcre
Invention. First One to Be
Tried Out at Weatherford.
at the falls
the setting of the blade in a ver- adopted by the State of Texas for ty for their great kindness dur- near t}ie 0]q iCe plant, and Miss
tical position, the other the hori-!^e public schools. The patronage j ing the illness and death of oiir; Minnie stepped into a hole sever-
zontal position. |0f all old friends and also new dari ng daughter and sister, Lillie ;al jliehcs over her head, and be-
Dr. W. H. Logan, who is pro- ones solicited. I We ali appreciate our friends as ing imable to swim, sank. The
the premiums are $1.00 each
given by Tom M. Marks ex
one by Mrs. Marks:
Best exhibit from fall gro
garden.
Best collection of bugs, b
and insects.
Best exhibit of woodwork
use.
Best exhibit for woodwork
n ament or novelty.
Best handiwork in iron or
er metal.
Best original drawing, pain
or sketch, a pair of Ply mo
Rock chickens, by Mrs. Tom
Marks.
Best clay model of animal.
Best mounted bird or anim,
Best exhibit kodak pictures
Most novel or fancy kite.
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West Texas Reporter : A new
enterprise has been organized in
Graham for the purpose of man-'manufacture of
and selling a nnew
moting the company, states that1
all*the capital stock has been
subscribed, and that in a short
time the company Mill begin the
the grades.
WHAT CATARRH IS
n»*ver before, realizing that 0tlicr girls MTith her attempted
friends in distress are friends in- to ]ianc| }ier sticks with which to
died, H. M. Bunnell, wife jpull herself out, but could not
and children. reach her.
--- I Mrs. Groves started to town to
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Charter Granted to Texas
makers’ Association.
It has been said that every third
person has catarrh in some form.
____ Science has shown that nasal catarrh O n’t Forget th3 Flower Show.' get assistance, and met Will Stew
k^own as the “Cor-1 t0 clean Off ,a,Prepare your fruits for premi->* <*nd family, who were going
Pr'i/lpT the invention of the bodyt And loc<il tre&tinents in . i tho eveek to fish "\Ip Stew-
Grad.r, tncimen Graveyard. the form ofinvS,and vapors do little, urns. If you haven't a premium to the cteek to nan. ill. ou
*-• v* <vh *sri______ aa-r; - «*»—'• s=s:t=
will meet to clean off the grave- aa3t by enriching your blood with the nu ln ^ ,l
blacksmith,
.
Austin, July 28.—The
Texas Haymakers’ Assoeuj
tvhich will operate 150 hay
hous 's in South Texas, cove^
all counties in that section,
granted a charter today
Secretary of State. The
Mr. Stetv- stc)ck is $4,000 and the prii
office is to bo at Houston.
located the body, which was then
lifeless. Bismark Bower arrived!
If you are looking for
now under con-i
- - and as yard the first Friday in'August. ”4 F0R RESULTS—Try advertising'shortly behind Mr. Stewart and'Printing come and see us;
be * All who are interested are re- iron* alcohol or any harmfuldrugs. Try it. gazette ass'sted him in bringing the body it The Jacksboro Gazette, j
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1915, newspaper, August 5, 1915; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729891/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.