The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Pearsall, Texas. Thursday, June lO, 1909.
M/th the rep&s/T
GAP/TAL. SURPLUS AND PROFIT. 3135.000 OO
Do not fail to read our letter setting forth reasons why you should deposit with us.
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EARSALL MAN.
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THINGS ARE AWFUL
! lis* absence of important lo-
: / us the scribes of the coun-
i • uspapers generally think
cm always gather a good
t news at the court house,
ig upon this plan, the scribe
Lender, sharpened his pen-
went to the court house and
ceded to till up several col-
- of empty space. First the
i-:ge license book was gone
but there was nothing
*: no. not even a Mexican had
1 for a license • with which
fully take unto himself a
dishwasher, wood cutter,
?u-rwise faithful helpmate,
arch of the records of the
tv court- revealed nothing
i'lte clerk was lazily jab-
hway at a typewriter and
a yawn said, “ain’t it awful?”
ty was trying to arrange
>1 torn deed so as to copy it
t ie records. The county J udge
■ tending to write on his
writer, but sometimes he
i kc\ and sometimes he
. By this time the Treas-
must have known that some
was up or a stray had brok-
s he herd for as we passec
door of his sanctum he hac
umed up and was full o
p-iness. We passed on to the
riflf's d e n. Nothin’ doin’.
-"Od up and gone fishing or else
:; a nap. No life any where
pi on the building of the side
where Will Angel has
•j ge of the county convicts anc
could not help but feel sorry
iin as he did have a job keep
. those fellows at work and the
ni , clink of one of the convict’s
hi and chain was grating on the
> the nerves, especially on a hot
June morning, a
Things were awful in the way
news arour.d the county seat
quent'y that and a lot of
ptv space is the origin of this
FALLS FROM WAGON
AND SERIOUSLY HURT.
Farmer Near Town Narrowly Escapes Death
From Fall-Stands on Head Several
Minutes Until Aid Comes.
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TILDEN
i been his bookkeeper at Pear-
'hi and took charge of his alfairs
Lifter his disappearance.
U e gave up hope of ever find
him alive, and this skeleton
y have found here looks very
uch as if it might be his. I am
sorry that the workmen were
not more careful in taking the
>nes out of the hole where the
■ l.v had been stuffed, so that we
could have studied other evidence
hich might have been left in the
j ground there.”
BUILDING CEMENT WALKS.
1 lie county .Judge has three
j county convicts at work under
\\. \ Angel building cement
walks leading to the main en-
trances of the court house. The
work adds wonderfully to the ap-
pearance of the building and Mr.
Angel! is doing a first class job
there. Jt shows up as well or bet-
ter than any other walk in. town.
Later, we are informed, the
j je: county will build sidewalks com-
pletely around the building, but
■ this work can not be
Mr. Scogin of San Antonio
here visiting his son, Ed.
Mrs. Amanda Burke has re-
tuned to her home at Cotulla af-
ter a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Richardson.
Miss Fannie Martin who has
been in school at San Marcos is at
home for the vacation.
Green Martin, wife and son of
Pearsall are here visiting.
Messrs. Townsend and Kerr of
San Antonio were here on busi-
ness last week.
Albert Porter and Green Snow-
den spent several days fishing on
the Nueces last week.
Miss Inez Martin visited friends
in town last week.
Mrs. Ed Byrne and two little
daughters, Helen and Mattie Hol-
land visited in town Saturday.
Miss Mary Tisdale was the guest
of Miss Millie Woody Saturday.
Mrs. John Shannon and child-
ren are visiting relatives in Co-
tulla.
Will Holland of Cotulla spent
several days here last week.
Henry Yeager returned home
Wednesday after spending several
days here with Albert Porter.
Miss Claribel Kuykendall en-
tertained a few friends with cards
on Tuesday eve from 8 toll. Sev-
eral closely contested games were
played, after which delicious re-
freshments were served. Those
invited were: Misses Cora Kuy-
kendall, Inez Martin, Henry Yea-
ger, Will Shannon and Albert
Porter.
We regret to report J. M. Mar
tin quite ill.
Town is very dull at present as
our people are leaving* for a cool-
er climate to spend tire summer.
Bill Kuykendall visited the
Muckleroy ranch Sunday.
Grandma Henry while out feed-
ing her dogs last Thursday was
)itten through the arm by one of
them. It was quite a painful
wound, but she is now better.
Rev. Spradley of Georgetown
preached a fine sermon at the
laptist church Sunday.
Don Martin is in from the ranch
LYTLE
II. E. Jones and daughter
io are the guests of
famtfrthfc week.
W. H. Gray and son, Letter,
transacted business at Jordan ton
this week.
Walter Wells and Uabe Webb,
of Devine visited relatives here
this week. N
Mrs. S. E. Hutchinson and
Mrs. Jim Brown visited in San
Antonio this week.
Miss Minnie Thompson is visit-
ing her sister, Mrs. T. Lindley.
Johnnie Spencer returned from
San Marcos where he has been at-
tending S. M. B. A.
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OFFFOR UVALDE.
Frank Woolls and Earnest Gray
have returned frero Uvalde where
they went .to investigate condi-
tions along the new railroad build-
ing from that town to Crystal
City. They were satisfied and
are now preparing an outfit to go
back over there. While there
they contracted to grade a little
over one-halt of a mile of the
grading. Walter Winters also
went along, and a report has been
circulated to the effect that he,
too, contracted for some of the
grading, although we could not
confirm this report We have it
on good authority, however, that
Mr. Winters is preparing to go
back over there some time this
week.
MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
is a
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LET ALL METHODISTS AND OUR
FRIENDS TAKE NOTICE.
Beginning next Sunday morn
ing June 13th, our morning
preaching service will begin
promptly at 10:45 o’clock and
closes promptly at 11:30 a. m.;
making our morning preaching
service just 45 minutes long, and
enabling the congregation to re-
turn home before 12 noon. In
order to do this the Sunday School
must begin promptl on the minute
9:45 a. m Now let all our people
attend Sunday School and preach-
ing each Sabbath morning. This
arrangement will continue through
entire summer. Evening service
8:30 p. ru. Prayer Meetings
Wednesday, 8:30 p. m. Benedic-
tion 9:15 p- m.
Z. V. Liles,
Pastor.
THE BOY PROBLEM.
The boy problem is the special
study for the Home Mission So-
ciety at its
day
uoy
tonio and other cities
but right in Pearsall there
problem to be solved.
It seems to us that from the
small number of boys connectec
with and interested in our church
work that in the years to come
there’s going to be a dearth o
leaders. Stewards, deacons, el
ders, Sunday School Superintend-
ants, etc. Other things seem to
be more attractive and fascinating
to our boys than the church.
It seems to be true here tha;
the children of this world are
wiser in their generation than the
children of light.
Should the church be willing to
turn her boys over to those who
care not for their moral or spirit-
ual welfare? Let us not forget
that while the Sunday School and
preaching services have their im-
portant places in a boy’s life, yet
boys are naturally inclined to
“gang” and their social natures
need training and developing; and
that he is going to find compan-
ions and amusement somewhere.
Why not the church help supply
these needs in the life of our boys?
Home Mission members, come to
our meeting Friday afternoon at
four o’clock and letis plan for our
boys.
J. F. Slaughter, a farmer living
on J. C. Eld ridge’s farm three
miles east of town, was the prin-
cipal figure in an accident last
week which came very near prov-
ing fatal to Mr. Slaughter. He
was hauling in his fodder and had
loaded his wagon high with the
forage when be climbed to the
top and started to the barn with
the load. The load being high, he
was not in the center of the wagon
and a sudden gush of wind over
balanced the load. Mr. Slaugh-
ter being on one side slipped, and
endeavored to catch himself, but
dry fodder is slippery and in his
endeavors to regain his balance,
his foot Slipped and he slid off the
wagon with the load head fore-
most He alighted on the back
of his neck and the mules hitched
to the wagon stopped just as he
hit the ground which threw the
rear wheels just even with Mr.
Slaughter.
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on the
in that
of his
was no one with him except his
little daughter and she was too
small to render assistance so she
ran to Mr. Eldridge who was a
considerable distance from there
and told him of the accident.
Luckily, however, the accident
occurred near John Ricks’ home
and the inmates happened to no-
tice the plight i n which Mr.
Slaughter was in *nd went to his
assistance. They unloaded the
wagon and carried Mr. Slaughter
to his home and Dr. Neeley was
called to the scene. He placed
the man’s neck in braces and at
last report Mr. Slaughter was up
and at work again in the field.
Dr. Neeley stated that it was a
narrow escape and had the ground
where he fell been harder he un-
doubtedly would have broken his
neck. The ground where Mr.
Slaughter fell, so parties who saw
the place said, waq beaten in about
two or three inches and the won-
der is that the accident did not
prove more serious.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORTS*
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1 now as there is not enough spending a few days with his
me unavailable for that purpose, mot her.
ENGAGE IN AUTOMOBILE
BUSINESS.
Messrs. C. H. Beever, Geo.. H.
Beever, G. F. Hindes and C. H.
Kellam, prominent citizens o f
Frio county, have organized a
company and asked for a charter
for the purpose of engaging in
the automobile business. The
company was capitalized at $10-
000 and its headquarters will be
in San Antonio, and will be man-
aged by Messrs. Geo. H. Beever
and 0. H. Kellam. They will
carry a nice line of automobiles
and fixtures and have in connec-
tion a garage shop. V
CONSTABLE SHOOTS RABID DOG.
Constable Jim Armstrong killed
a dog early yesterday morning
which showed signs of hydropho-
bia. The dog was noticed Tues-
day by residents near the school
house to be acting queerly and
Wednesday morning he was froth-
ing at the mouth as rabid animals
do. Constable Armstrong shot
the dog for fear he mad andtfnight
do damage, although he was in
good condition. It was the opin-
ion of some that the dog had been
strychnined or, perhaps, he may
have come from the country and
suffered from the intense heat of
Tuesday, but to be on the safe
side, it was thought advisable to
kill it.
Below are given the reports of
all the Sunday Schools in town
ast Sunday, June 0, 1909. The
total atteudance being 322 and the
total offering $9.36
Methodist y '
Attendance.................100
Offering................$2.68
Baptist
Attendance.................
Offering------1........... 3.15
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Presbyterian
Attendance.................,35
Offering.....__.......... _ £48
Christian
Attendance.......... 12
Offering----......____A ...r .50
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Attendance ............... 14
Offering.............. ^80
Mexican Methodist
Attendance............. 29
Offering............... .. ‘ .25
Colored Methodist
Attendance............. 03
Offering..............."... .35
Attendance . . . ........... 94
Offering.................. .15
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Davis, J. R. & Hudson, C. H. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1909, newspaper, June 10, 1909; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920691/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .