The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Pearsall, Texas, Friday February 16, 1912
Number 44
EPOSIT WITH THE PEARSALL NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL. SURPLUS AND . 000.00.
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if
ccnzMiv
atronize A House
That is constantly on
the move. We never
cease advertising be-
cause things look
gloomy. We always
look on the bright
side and keep pushing
We have just receiv-
ed the largest ship-
ment of the best make of shirts that has ever
0^1 made an appearance in Pearsall. The
Gotham Shirt. No other shirt is made with such a finish and
looks as well as the Gotham. A Shirt for a Gentleman.
We are also in receipt of our
Spring and Summer models of
men’s and women’s footwear,
the best shoes in the world for
. the price.
We handle the Beacon and Burt
& Packard Shoes, for Men.
unn Shoes for Ladies. The Webster School Shoes for
iys and Misses.
-de anti we appreciate any portion you may share
\ ®teSMF<fa<mi
Mercantile Company
‘In The New Eldridge Building”
RD LAXSON.
Laxson, of Big
fore the people
ndidate for the
Judge of Frio
o the action of j
•imaries in July. |
the office of tax j
o terms several;
scharged its du-1
st sat i fact ion of;
romises, if elect-!
, conscientiously'
dfill the duties of!
iis full duty. No|
necessary—Mr. j
>dy well known:
ounty He asks!
JUDGE S. r. DOWE.
Judge S. T. Dowe announces
this week for re-election to the
county judge’s office of Frio coun-
ty. The Judge has already held
this office for one term and has
demonstrated that he is fully com-
petent to discharge its duties well
and impartially His friends feel
that he has accomplished much
good during his term. He asks
the support of all voters in the
July primaries.
RD.
id this
II. J.
county
iect to
c pri-
e held
BREAKS LIMB IN TWO PLACES
Mrs. Geo. Hudson had the mis-
fortune to fall from the porch one
night early this week and break
her limb in two places, once just
above her ankle and again just
below the knee. It seems that
the children had left a plank lean-
ing against the porch floor from
t he ground and in the darkness
Mrs. Hudson stepped on it and
slipped, with serious and painful
results. V\ e are glad to learn
that she is resting well.
BARNHART-KILGORE.
MR. L. A. LOWE.
Mr. Lee Lowe announces this
week for re-election to the office
of tax assessor of Frio county,
subject to the action of the voters
in the democratic primaries in
July. Mr. Lowe has held this of-
fice for the past two years and has
proved himself competent in ev-
ery way. According to Frio
county democracy he is entitled to
a second term. He desires the
support of all voters.
BAPTIST NOTICE.
Sunday will be Education Day
at the Baptist church. Pastor
will preach Sunday at 11. A. M.
subject; “An Ideal Life for Our
Sons and Daughters”. The Sun-
day school scholars are all re-
quested to remain for the service.
The young people will have a
special programme at 6:15.
At 7:15 the Ladies Missionary
Society will have charge of the
service. We hope to make this
a great day. You have a special
invitation.
W. A. Pipkin.
ONLY TWO WEEKS
UNTIL CONTEST CLOSES.
Standing of Candidates will noj be published after this week. Turn in
your votes as soon as possible and work for more. Extra votes
given on new subscribers from now until Jt closes.
As the contest draws nearer to
a close more interest is being taken
in-it. This week sees the largest
vote ever polled with Miss Frank
lm in the lead and Miss Fore sec-
ond.
We are going to close this con-
test on February 29th and will
positively give this piano to the
one having the most votes. If you
have a favorite in this contest,
come in and subscribe, or pay up
your back subscription. It is a
hard matter for the candidates to
see each person but they will ap-
preciate your help.
We have had such success gain-
ing new subscribers the past two
weeks that we have decided to ex-
tend the time and will now give
1500 extra votes for a new sub-
scriber, which makes 2000 votes
fob 1 year and 3000 votes for 2
years.
Besides the piano we are giving
special prizes and any candidate
turning in as much as $12 \\4ll re-
ceive one.
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
Miss Cordelia Franklin,
Miss Lydia Fore, Pearsall
Miss Kate Dumont, Pearsall
Miss Cleo Watson, Dilley
Miss Julia Woodward, Pearsall
Miss Laura Rumfield, Dilley
Miss Katie Lee Sanders,
Miss Jessie Yeates, Pearsall
Miss Jessie Neill, Pearsall
Miss Mattie Erskine, Derby
Mrs. M. C. Brake
Miss Isabel Smith, Pearsall
Miss Lulia Sinks, Miguel
Miss Nancy Dewoody, Dilley
Miss Myrtle Maney, Pearsall
Mrs. Mayme Gouger, Tilden
Miss Saaye Dixson, Big Foot
96,805
90,205
50,490
42,700
35,710
13,870
13,065
11,825
9,840
6,380
4,515
5,065
2.500
2.500
1.500
1,490
1,000
i nvitations are out announcing
tlHi approaching marriage of Miss BEE KEEPERS NOTICE.
Artie Kilgore to Mr. Richard I am agent for Root’s supplies
Barnhart, Wednesday, February , for Bee Keepers. Let me rake
-1st,at t he First Christian Church j your orders. Prompt shipment
Pearsall. Phone 165 Wiley Moss.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
The City Council met in regu-
lar session Tuesday, night- After
reading minutes of last meeting,
the following bills were allowed:
Pearsall Mercantile Company,
items for hose wagon, 3.95; E. A.
LILLY, for FEED. LIME, etc.,
i$142.68. (Read Art 566 of Sayles’
Texas Civil Statutes.)
After deducting for accounts to
date, the treasurer reported that
there yet remains about $240 in
the fund available for street work.
John Owings then petitioned
the council to condemn and pur-
chase a strip of land thirty feet
wide at end of M. V. Ratcliff’s
place, in order to afford an outlet
to town for persons living on the
other side of this place. Upon
motion the Mayor appointed a
committee of J. E Berry, L. H.
Smith and S. J. Duke to investi-‘
gate and report at the next meet-
ing of the council
The practice of dumping trash
in different parts of the city was
discussed at length, but no action
was taken It appears that nearly
every road leading out of town
has a considerable amount of trash
strewn alongside, the public, gen-
erally, ignoring the fact that the
city purchased a piece of ground
for this purpose and passed an or-
dinance that it alone shall be used.
The clerk was authorized to or-
der the annual election of city of-
ficers to be held the first Tuesday
in April.
The collecting of delinquent
taxes received considerable atten-
tion. The city marshal had the
tax receipts, and not being pres-
ent, it was not possible to ascer-
tain how much remains unpaid. A
commission of ten per cent will be
allowed for collecting the first hun-
'dred dollars and live per cent for
i the balance.
BOOK LOVERS CLUB.
The regular meeting of the
Book Lovers Club took place at
the home of Mrs. E. G. Cochran
Wednesday the 14th. After the
transaction of the business, sev
eral interesting and instructive
book reviews were read with* a
short sketch of the authors’
lives. p
The meeting then adjourned to
participate in a most ['novel and
delightful entertainment, the
game of “Action.’’Each guest was
given a sack of money, or rather
beans, with which to buy any of
twenty seven articles printed on a
heart-shaped card, suggestive of
St. Valentine’s day.
Mrs. B K Nixon made a most
successful auctioneer, and so
plentiful were the beans that the
guests had an exciting time out
bidding each other. All were fort-
unate in bidding in something of
the many attractive things the
hostess had provided. After the
auction the guests assembled in
the dining room where delicions
refreshments were served. The
house was attractive in its decora-
tion of jonquils and sacred lillies.
In every way the Club was
beautifully entertained by Mrs.
Cochran.
The guests of the afternoon
were Mrs. R R. Reddit, Mrs. 8.
L. Stalling, Mrs. Cochran. Mrs.
E. A. Lilly and Mrs Hess.
The Club will meet the 28th
with Mrs. Mason Maney-
MEDINA IRRIGATION CO. BUYS
10,000 ACRES.
The Medina Irrigation Co closed a
deal this week’for 10,000 aerbs of
ihe Keystone ranch a few (niles
east of Pearsall. Engineers have
been busy for two weeks past,run-
ning levels .and making prelimi-
nary surveys. The land has been
examined and passed upon by
the company’s chief engineer, C.
H.‘Kearney, and preparations will
be made to place the whole tract
under irrigation. The Sims Lake
on the Ke.vstone is 157 feet lower
than Devine, which will make it
comparative!v easy to carry the
water from the Medina River to
the new land.
The commissioners court this
week provided for immediate
work to begin on the Pearsall and
Pleasanton"road which runs along
the north side of the Keystone
ranch. A first-class road here is
of great importance as it will
tend to draw the new settlers to
Pearsall to do their trading.
IT RAINED THAT DAY.
Yes, it rained Monday—a great
big gully-washing two and a half
inch rain. It commenced shower-
ing about one o’clock in the after-
noon, with a plentiful supply of
thunder and lightning thrown in
About 5:30 the rainfall became a
steady downpour, and continued
for several hours. Bishop Hollow
was several hundred yards wide in
Mexico town and that section is
cleaner now than it has been for
many months Everything and
everybody was benefitted. It will
enable farmers who have not fin-
ished breaking their land to com-
plete this work; corn, cane, maize
and melons can now be planted
with every assurance of a good
stand. As usual at this season,
everyone is looking forward to a
good crop year.
The'rainfall ^at Frio Town was
somewhat spotted—a half-inch
rain falling on the Woodward
ranch and about two inches on the
Slaughter ranch. The Cibolo had
a two-inch rainfall, but the creek
did not fill-
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.
“The Face at the Window” is
a Comedy Drama telling a beauti-
ful story in a realistic manner. A
play that is free from the usual
“blood and thunder?stuff” yet
brimful of clean, wholesome com-
edy. The company presenting the
play this season is made up of cap-
able people who are especially
suited for the parts. This play
will be seen at the Opera House,
Friday, Feb. 23, complete with all
the Scenic effects that go to make
this one of the best plays of it’s
kind on the road.
It’s easy to guess who sells for
less. Ben Rubinstein & Co
CITY GETS $1000.
The petition presented to the
commissioners court this week by
the citizens of Pearsall, asking
that Commissioner Melras be au-
thorized to spend $1000 improving
the county roads inside the city
limits, was granted without a dis-
senting vote.
EIGHT AND HALF ACRES SOLD.
John L. Pranglin sold 8.54
acres of land Tuesday to Chas. F.
Smith for $175 per acre cash-
The land faces East Colorado
Street and will be subdivided into
town lots and placed on the mar-
ket.
Furnished Rooms to Rent
Apply Mrs. J. A. Pranglin.
GOOD LINE OF IMPLEMENTS.
, Dutch Uncle Cultivators riding
and walking.Planters, Scrathers,
Harrows!! and Georgia Stocks*
Will sell cheap for cash or will *
take good notes on fall time.
Powell Furn * Racket Store.
ALL. II
Pure Rowden Cotton Seed
$2.00 Per 100 Pounds.
W. W. McKINLEY
flELON, TEXAS.
A NOTE TO YOU
Pearsall, Texas, Feb. 9, 1912.
Next Thursday is Washington’s birthday. The habit of tell-
ing thcU-ruth became firmly rooted in us when a boy. Conse-
quently we never prevaricate, and when we again remind you
that our store is stocked with Pure Drugs and Reliable Remedies.
plus the best of everything in the drug line, \i»u may s-*: it d *\vn
as a fact.
Y'ours truly,
H. A. MERCER DRUG COMPANY
“Ltdiif Drnggitts”
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Hudson, C. H. & Woodward, Roy. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1912, newspaper, February 16, 1912; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1009527/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .