The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXXIX.
8TEPHWTVTLLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1910.
SO. 14
PROF. BRAMLETTE
1»- WILL BET A PLUM
Also Editor Thomas of Co-
manche to be Favored
by Colquitt.
Sidney J. Thomas of Coman-
che, to be superintendent Deaf and
Dumb Institute, is editor of the
Comanche Chief. He was a teach-
er in the Deaf and Dumb Insti-
tute during the years 1888, 188®
and 1890. He is thoroughly con-
versant with the sign language
and with methods of Obstruction
of the deaf and dumb. Mr. Col-
quitt selected Mr. Thomas for
this responsible position not/mly
because of his political friend-
ship, but on account of his fit-
ness for the place. , Mr. Thomas
practiced law seven years and
has been in the newspaper busi-
ness since 1897.
Prof. E. E. Bramlette, superin-
tendent Blind Institute, is now
superintendent ,of the public
schools at Huntsville. He is a
gra'
Ho
He is an A. B. of of the Univer-
sity of Texas. He also took post-
graduate work in the University
of Leipsic, Germany, and at the
the University of Chicago. He
has had extensive experience.
For three years he was an in-
structor in the University of Tex-
as; for five years was principal
and superintendent of the Port
Worth schools; one year proffes-
sor in A. & M. College; six years
president John Tarieton College.
He was bom in Lamar courtty.
His home is now in Fannin county.
aduate of the public schools of
M**y Grove, in Fannin county.
CHILD NEAR PURVES
FATALLY BURNED
Fell Into a Pot of Boiling
Grease While at Play.
Gloom was cast over the Fields
school house neighborhood near
Purves on Tuesday qf last week
when it became known that little
Bernice Lee Bristow, the six year
old daughter of J.T. Bristow had
been fatally burned by falling in-
to a pot of boiling grease.
The Bristows had killed hogs
that morning and were engaged
in rendering lard, using a* large
iron washpot for the purpose.
The child was playing about the
place and before anyone knew it
she had fallen backwards against
the pot, falling into it in a sitting
posture. She was fearfully burn-
ed from her shoulders down. Dr.
Laird came at once in response
to an immediate summons, and
quickly detected the hopelessness
of the case. The suffering child
lived twenty four hours, when
death came to her relief.
Marriage Licenses.
A BARN BURNED I
A NEGRO JAILED
Between 3 and 4 oclock last
Friday afternoon the barn of G.
L. Reed on Graham* street was
consumed by fire, with all its
contents.
Mr. Reed shortly after the fire
made complaint against Sam May
berry a negro who is supposed to
be 17 or 18 years of age and he
was arresied and jailed to await
investigation of the grand jury.
The loss to Reed is quite se-
jfrlpus as he had just finished put-
ting away his feedstuffs and had
no insurance. He says it con-
tained 150 bushels of com, 100
bales of wheat and oats, 85
bundles oats and 250 bundles of
cane. We are not informed as
to the evidence connecting May-
irry with the burning.
Selden school community has
Regain voted in favor of issuing
bonds for the erection of a more
commodious building, the former
election having been annulled.
This time the amount voted is
$3,000 instead of $5,000. The
vote was 26 to 9 in favor of the
bonds.
The Presbyterian ladies de-
served a far greater patronage
from their excellent dinner of
Monday and would have recieved
It but for the disagreeable sand-
storm which prevailed through-
sat the entire day. However,
By took in nearly $40, and felt
considering the
■
Ed Allen and Miss Lannie
Chambless, Patillo.
E. C. Anderson and Miss Fred-
die Lusby, Gordon rte 1.
R. S. Hopper and Mrs. S. 1^
Scrivner, Gordon rte 1.
H. D. Wood and Miss Grace
Bailey, Oak Dale.
T. H. Cornelius and Miss Ada
Dunn, Lingleville.
S. E. Gray and Miss Maud
Head, Bluffdale.
Births Reported.
Boys to Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Knight, Morgan Mill.
G. W. Ballard
P. Chanipi, Thurber.
Sidney Clay,
Jacob Jones,
Campbell Bennie, Thurber.
Charley Turley, Selden.
W. H. Carter, Dublin.
T. W. Head,
Jim Carnell, Huckabay.
E. G. Cowan,
A. A. Flannery, Duffau.
J. M. Toler, Duffau.
E. H. Stone, Salem.
Girls to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lucas, Huckabay.
Jas. Kitchens, Thurber.
J. D. Choate,
F. Rios,
Emory Hill, Morgan Mill.
Ed Koonsman, Duffau.
J. W. Burks,
H. J. Wooley, Dublin.
COTfON RECEIPTS
Stephenville has passed the
ten thousand mark on cotton re-
ceipts. Up to Thursday the Rob-
erts yard had weighed 4008; the
Farmers Union yard 5340, and
the North Texas gin 920 making
a tqtal of 10,268 bales.
Ordinarily this would be light
or this splendid market, but
considering the small yield, it is
regarded as good receipts.
W. A. McClure a prominent
farmer near Chalk Mountain was
FORMER DUBUNITE
HELD FOR HEARING
Charged With Being Implica-
ted in Embezzling Ex-
press Money.
aA Muskogee, Okla;,dispatch of
Nov. 28,says: “Sheriff John W.
Wisner this morning filed infor-
mation against O. F. Sensabaugh
express messenger, W.H. Kelsey,
driver, and F. O. Givens, acting
agent of the Midland railway,
charging them with the embez-
zlement of $16,000 of the com-
pany money, in being implicat-
ed in the theft of the iron safe
Sunday night.
The men were arranged before
a justice of the peace today and
pleaded not guilty. They were
held for a preliminary hearing.
General Superintendent Haynie
of the Wells-Fargo Company, is
on his way here from Kansas
City.
The safe which was taken from
the office contained $5,000 in cur-
rency and $11,000 in unsigned
bills.
Two thousand dollars was con-
signed to the American National
Bank of Muskogee and $3,000 to
the Midland Valley Railroad Com-
pany. It is understood that the
$11,000 in unsighed bills was
shipped from a Kansas City
Banking house to local banks.”
O. F. Sensabaugh, mentioned
in the above dispatch is a former
Dublin boy, having jnade his
home with his brother,fL.F. Sen-
sabaugh, while a resident of this
city several years ago. He comes
from a splendid family, and im-
pressed every one as being a
steady, reliable and industrious
young man.
■ It is difficult for his friends
here to believe he would willing-
ly become involved in a criminal
action, and it is the general opin-
ion that he will be able to prove
his innocence. —Dublin Telephone
5l?e first f/atiopal Bai?^
OF STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS
Be Generous With
Yourself!
You have been ‘good’ to your friends for a long time, you
have been a spender, norone ever called you penurious, or
close, qr tight. But what have you to show in return?
Why not be a “good fellow” to yourself, open a saving
account with this bank and turn your generosity to your
own account and credit for a time? The results will show
up in a short time, and of a most satisfactory nature at that.
Be good to yourself. Begin today.
Jl?e first f[atioi?al Bai?l^
Southwest SSuar?
Stepbetyuille, Sexas
Officers Elect of Local Lodges
Six
Months For
i Cotton.
Stealing
E. Crews, recently released
from the custody of John Willing-
ham under whom he had worked
out a jail sentence for aggravat-
ed assault, was arrested by Dep-
uty Sheriff Tumbow last Friday
on a complaint charging him with
theft of cotton from Troy Livings-
ton near Corinth. He entered a
plea of guilty before Judge Keith
and his punishment was assed at
6 months in the county jail.
Mr. Livingston’s cotton was
taken on Thanksgiving night and
Sheriff Deaton found out that
Crews had sold a load of the
fleecy staple in Dublin the follow-
ing day. Further investigtion
followed and resulted in his ar-
rest.
We hope those fine people of
the Bluffdale vicinity will take
W. S. Reeder and family right
up to their hearts and make them
feel at home from the start. And
we are sure they will, for thata
the Bluffdale way when such
worthy folks locate in their midst.
Mr. Reeder only lived in this city
2 years but made a host of friends
in town yesterddy to pay taxes, and the Empire is one of them.
Is
The newly elected officers for
local secret orders for 1912 are as
follows:
Modern Woodmen—Counsel, B.
I. Trueitt; adviser, Jim Hickey;
clerk, A. I. Allard; escort, W. F.
Cobb; physician, Dr. A. E. Lank-
ford; watchman, W. L. Coile;
sentry, A. G. Cockrell; board of
managers, R. B. Harrison, Hen-
ry Thornton and A. G. Cockrell.
Woodmen of the World. —Con-
sul commander, Frank Neblett
banker, O. T. Cline; Tom Max-
well; advisor lieutenant, Dennis
Walton; escort Emory Jones
watchman, Roy Sherrill; sentry,
William Dowell; camp physician,
Dr. A. E. Lankford.
Knights of Pythias.—Chancel-
lor commander,Ollie Henson;vice
chancellor, M. P. Kiker; prelate,
P. E. Payne; master of work,
Silas C. Buck; keeper records
and seal, W. A. Shelton; master
at arms, Roy Burge; master ex
chequer, L. C. Sellers; master
finance, Frank Henson; inner
guard, Ed Bryant; outer guard,
Richard Fagan; trustee, W. S
Watson.
Odd Fellows.—Noble grand,
Will Savage; vice grand, W. R
Miller; secretary, Henry Clark;
treasurer, J. E. Mobley; repre
sentative, J. E. Mobley; alter-
nate, Kay Roberts; trustees, John
Barham, Will McClesky, Fayette
Miller.
QUEER HALLUCINATION
OF CRAZY THURBER1TE
Imagines Himself Owner of Mil-
lions of Dollars.
Constable Charley Love
brought Winsel Stefanko here
a few days ago to be tried for
lunacy.
Tne demented man is a miner
who has worked in the mines at
Thurber about two years. Symp-
tons of insanity have only re-
cently appeared.
It is said that he labors under
the hallucination that he is a
multi-millionaire, and that he has
several million dollars on deposit
in the banks.
When arrested by Mr. Love, it
is reported that Steffanko was
making arrangements to go to
Washington city, where he imag-
ined he was under engagement
to marry a daughter of President
Taft. The deluded man had nev-
er become violent or dangerous,
but as he appeared to be gradual-
ly growing worse, it was thought
best to detain him.
Crow Will Admitted to Probate.
For the sake of the boys and
girls growing up all around us
here in Stephenville, the Empire
Would like to see 1911 the banner
year of the towns history from a
Sunday school standpoint. More
parents in these schools is what
will make it such. Its hard for
children to realize the importance
of a work in which their father
or mother never engage. Think
enlist at
nor mother never engage,
it oyer good people ana et
the beginning oi 1911.
When the Empire went to press
last week the closing speech in
the contest case of Mrs. M. J.
Crow’s will was being ma^de by
Mr. George and it was getting
up toward midnight before he
concluded his speech.
Judge Keith immediately ren-
dered his decision which in sub-
stance was, that Mrs. Crow was
in her right mind, was not undu-
y influenced, signed the will her-
self and that it expressed her
wishes as previously indicated by
ler long before she made it
Judge Keith stated that he ad-
mitted the will /to probate for the
foregoing reasons.
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1910, newspaper, December 9, 1910; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877870/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.