The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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The Conroe Courier
VOL. 21. NO. 22
CONROE, cTWONTGOMERY COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, cTWAY 1. 1913. *
If we stop The Courier when your sub-
scription expires dont swell up about it, and
worry over making the printer mad.
When your paper stops it is just a lov-
ing reminder to you that we wish to see
your dear face again and shake your hon-
est, friendly fist.
So when your Courier stops please
call and renew. We will welcome you.
NEWS ITEMS FROM |144,000 FREE MEALS
ALL OVER TEXAS FOR THE VETERANS
Interesting News of Other Parts Immense Preparations Are Being
Made at Chattanooga to Enter-
tain Confederate Veterans.
Texas. What Other
Texans Are Doing
MANY TOWNS IN
Break In Mississippi River Levee
Forces Thousands of People
to Flee for Safety.
Natches, Miss. April 28.—Many
Louisiana towns, inundated, oth-
ers partially covered, thousands
of acres of additional land sub-
merged, two lives lost and hun-
dreds of persons fleeing from the
path of the flood—this, in brief,
is the day’s developments in the
lower reaches of theJVlississippi
river, which early Sunday morn-
ing burst through the levee at
Lower Lake St. John, La., and
hurled a portion of its flood water
through the crevasse in seeking a
shorter cut to the Gulf of Mexico.
Clayton Junction, in the same
parish, is under four feet of water the federal garrison, from Colonel
and hundreds of persons have
sought refuge on higher ground
with their stock and household
goods.
WHITE HOUSE PUTS
ON A BIG SALE
Commences Saturday and Lasts
Three Weeks, Closing Sat-
urday, May 24.
Blum & Sternberg, proprietors
of The White House dry goods
and shoe store in this city, are
preparing for a big sale to be in-
augurated next Saturday and will
las three weeks.
Thesejup-to-date merchants have
distributed over the county over
thred thousand double-page cir-
culars which were printed in the
Courier office announcing the big
event and cjuoting some of their
prices.
This event should draw quite a
crowd to Conroe while it is going
on.
Conroe Merchants.
Conroe merchants handling the
various linos of merchandise have
made special preparations for
handling this season’s business, in
that they have bought larger and
lietter stocks than ever 'wfore, so
that their customers can do their
shopping at home aod avoid an.
ooying delays and disappoint*
ments which so often occur when
you send away anil buy goods
without seeing t^eiu. The Conroe
merchant* are hire with the goods
and are ready Ul •erv* Itu* people
ot M ontgomeryjnoijtiiy with wital
SLAUGHTER CON-
TINUES IN MEXICO
Decatur will vote on May 24 to de-
cide whether $27,000 in bonds will be
issued for the erection of a high
school building at that place.
...
A modern apartment house <fco con-
sist of three stories and a basement
and to cost $30,000 is being erected
at Waco.
• • •
Bodies of Massacreed
Line Streets of Town of
Santa Rosalie.
Citizens of Comanche will vote
May 20 on a proposed bond isBue of
$16,000 for the purpose of erecting
[ another new public school building in
Federals that city.
El Paso, Tex., April^O.—Eight
hundred men, women and children
driven from their homes last week
when the Constitutionalists cap-
tured Santa Rosalie, are walking
to Chihuahua City, nearly 100
miles-distant. 1 his is the report
brought here today. The Mexi-
can Central railroad was cut be-
tween the captured town and the
state capital, and the townspeople,
fleeing frnm the rebels, are unable
to get vehicles.
After taking Santa Rosalie the
insurgents, under Colonel Rosalie
Hernandez, executed all officers of
Manuel JPueblita down to the tirst
corporals.
The refugees relate that the in-
surgents insisted on leaving the
bodies in the streets for 24 hours,
asserting that President Medero's
body was treated in this manner.
CITY BUILDING NOTES.
Hard work is the best antidote
for hard luck.
It requires enterprise to secure
industrial enterprises.
Men and towns often sidestep a
lot of trouble by moving straight
ahead.
An educational institution is a
staunch pillar in any community.
Erect more school houses.
It is the policy of some people
when they cannot use a com-
mercial organization to abuse it.
To leave foot prints on the Hands
of time, one must first perform
some feat.
The new $15,000 union passenger
station at Greenville iB nearing com-
pletion. The station 1h being erected
by the Cotton Belt and the Texas
Midland railroads.
• • •
While waiting for a street car in
Dallas three policemen were the vic-
tims of the accidental discharge of
a revolver. As the weapon fell to the
pavement all made an effort to stop
its descent. The wounds are not con-
sidered serious.
* * *
Bight well known San Antonians
were seriously stabbed when a de-
mented Mexican ran amuck on a
crowded downtown street. Brandish-
ing a dirk in his right hand the mad
man dashed upon the group, and he
was only subdued after being fatally
shot by a policeman, who attempted
to arrest him. Several of the victims
aro Jn a precarious con&iUou, .*. /-
* • •
The two congressmen at-large from
Texas, Hon. Hatton W. Summers and
Hon. D. E. Garrett, last Friday held
full sway in the tariff debate in the
house. Representative Garrett was in
the chair as presiding officer, while
Mr. Summers delivered his maiden
speech in congress on the" pending
Democratic tariff bill.
* * •
The Carnegie Hero fund commis-
sion lias announced an award of a
bronze medal and $2,000 in cash to
J. Floyd FraBer, of Dulaney, Texas,
who saved a 16-year-old farm hand
from drowning there May 28, 1911.
The money is to be paid as needed
for educational purposes. Fraser is
13 years old and a school boy. Many
other awards were announced at the
same time by the commission, but
this is the only one for Texas.
• • •
Because four large spring hats,
which were sent from St. i-iouis by
parcel post were mangled beyond
recognition, as many Waco women
have declared war upon the parcel
post. They say It will be a light to
the bitter end.
Sixty carloads of onions were ship-
ped from the Rio Grande valley one
day last week, which was the largest
shipment ever leaving that section in
» I i •. * it? . . .a single day. The onions were routed
A habit of efficiency is a greater vla Galveaton New York.
asset than a heritage of genius. • • •
More hopes would become real- Mucb intere.t I. beinR taken In the
. , proposed Texas motorway between
izations if the right amount of Glen KojW antl Dallas, it is practical-
energy were applied in the proper ly assured the undertaking will be suo-
channels.
Brighten up yonr town' rand
promote its social, industrial and
commercial progress.
To build good streets only to
permit them to disentegrate
through carelessness is poor busi-
ness management.
Support the educationai insti-
tutions and pay the school tax
oessfully carried out.
Owing to the "high cost of living'’
the authorities of Wellesley College
announce that the charge for tuition
and residence at the college has been
increased from $460 to $500 a year.
- • • •
Dallas will soon boast of a modern
hen ordinance if the proposed new or-
der goes into effect as planned.
Chattanooga, Tenn. April 20.—
In commemoration of the bloody
battle at Chickamauga fifty years
ago, Chettanooga announces per-
fection of the plans for entertain-
ment of the United Confederate
Veterans and the Sons who will
hold their 23rd annual reunion
May 27 29. High officials of the
G. A. R. state that Chattanooga's
expenditures for entertainment
and amusement, etc., will be on a
more lavish scale than was ever
necessary for their meetings, even
surpassing the high water mark at
Los Angeles.
It is expected in Chattanooga
that upward of 12,000 veterans
will be present, all of whom will
be tendered free lodging and
meals at Camp Alexander F.
Stewart. Some fellow with love
for statistics has dgured that this
means the service of 144,000 free
meals in the course of four days.
The requisite number of Govern-
ment tents and cots have been
loaned by the War Department.
The year 1013 will perhaps mark
the last pilgrimage of most of the
veterans of 1803 to ground made
sabred 6y tho'htit&es of the t»lue
and gruv on the heights and in
the shadow of Lookout Mountuin.
What Conrbe Has.
Conroe has one of the best
equipped and managed public
schools of any town of its size in
the state.
She has a good waterworks sys-
tem which supplies its patrons
with an abundance of pure arte-
sian water.
She has an efficient telephone
system.
She has an electric light plant
which will soon be equipped to
furnish a day current.
She has more brick store build-
ings than any other town of her
size in East Texas.
Conroe has nice stocks of goods
and courteous proprietors and
clerks.
Conroe has as good citizenship
as can be found anywhere.
Conroe and Montgomery county
are to be congratulated on the
stand that has been taken for good
roads. It means much in every
way. It means more good people
Hoekiug citizenship among us. It
means more and better schools. It
means a grealo^npd better town
and county. xhe good roads
movement starte<r^sn Conroe and
is spreading over the county, and
several more improvement dis-
tricts are being planned and bond
issue elections will be held.
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COURT, MAY
Jurors Drawn for May Term of
County Court, Which Opens
Third Monday, May 19
The May term of the County
Court convenes in this city on
Monday, May 19th, for a session
of two weeks.
Jurors drawn are
as follows;
V. FIRST WEEK
Alex Rabon
Ed Finley
Jim Long
C. C. Cox
Chas. Osbum
Tom Wiggina
Jake Ilabon
Fred Peters
Ed Tom Post
J. k. Marshall
Fred Peynghaus
Harrison Walters
SECOND WEEK
John Martin
Joe Golden !
Henry Furlow
I. N. Walker
Field* Scott
Walter Manning
Chaa. Beckham
W. L. Guinn
Ansel Powell
T. E. Dardqn
Buck Martin
Geo. Horton.
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Mrs. Viola F. WiOiaaa. i
husband.
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Mtiles Wanted. *
Montgomery county will buy three
Internet in the famous Charlie Ross
kidnapping case, which startled the
without kicking. Educate your \ oeuntry a number of yeara ago, ■■
___ ,__. .. . .. . , was revived recently when the damage spans of mules on Monday May 12th.
|>eople in< attract the educated. ot Charlie Rom at Whitney was Mules must lie at least I non pour* Is,
A truined mind is the world’s tired In th« Ussal courts. Reas wss ( young, guutiu and free from blemishes,
greatest force, j suing the II. * T, 0. railway for $40,. them to court house In (Joiuroe
j tor ell-g*4 p* rsoael Injures Kos* m (U|U w M WILLIAM:*!.
C^ounty Judge,
Died, at the home of her
1719 Carr street, Houston, Te; _
day, April 27, 1913, Mrs. Viola F. Wil-
liams, wife of W. F. Williams.
Sister Williams was sick only five
days with typhoid pneumonia. Shu
was the mother of eleven children. She
leaves behind a husband and four chil-
dren and one brother, with many
friends and relatives to mourn her loss.
The surviving children are; Miss
Iduma, age 20 years; Bessie Lee, age
10 years; Myrt*, age 7 yr»t»; Beatrice
age 6 years.
Her remains were brought to her old
home, Montgomery, where now sleep
four of her children. Hhe was only 44
years old. Oh, how sad for mother to
be cut down thus in the primC of life
and have to go and leave her loved onea
behind. But He who doeth all things
well knows what is best for us mortals
here below.
Weep not, father and children, but
strive to be prepared when you are
called to go to meet wife, mother and
other loved ones who have gone before
in that house of many mansions, where
partings will be no more, is the earnest
prayer of your friend.
MaJ. C. R. Scott.
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Fort Worth Market Prices Goad.
Fort Worth, April 20.— Wed-
nesday, April 23 was an eventful
day at the Fort Worth stock
yards, as there were several recods
for both prices and receipts bro-
ken. Notable was the price re-
ceived for grosser cows raised by
Mrs. U. M. King which brought
$3.75 per hundred pounds. Two
weeks before King cattle estab-
lished a record of $3.25.
Weight considered, the highest
price was paid for calves to ba-
slaughtered for packing, that has
ever been known on thia market,
when a load of calves averaging
315 pounds was sold at $7.00 per
hundred i*ounds. One load of
Oklahoma hogs brought $9.05 per
hundred pounds and averaged 208
pounds, which was only 5 cents
under the top price on the Chica-
go market for hogs of the very
best type.
More than 25.000 bead of cat-
tle were shipped from Texas
(total* to the markets aod to the
|j**tureu in the Northwest, Kansas
and Oklahoma during Hie pa»t
week wucordmg to report* of Ut«
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The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1913, newspaper, May 1, 1913; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844219/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.