Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 19, 1906 Page: 3 of 12
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fall Hardware Co
Plymouth Twine
Ballinger, Texas
Is The Best
•W IMPLEMENTS W
We Handle It
K3S
Do You Want a Buggy?
Hutchins Ave
Our Line of Shelf Hardware is Complete
Hale Hardware Co
no
IN-
HAS
of
IN-
Daisy
sa-
erected in
last 2 1-2
Harvest is approaching and
you will need twine. The old
reliable PLYMOUTH is
what you want.
A Letter From California.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Apr., 29 1906.
Mr. J. D. Hutchinson.
Friend Judge;
Well here I am all
0. K. since the shake up, we
Special prices on clothing at
The Hub.
Concho, Dr. G. Beaumont, Mr.
Aubrey Dunn, Misses Polk,
chaperoned by Mesdames S. P.
Woodward and Harry Hubert.
They were joined later by Isabel
Griffin, DoloreseGam and Messrs
Walter and S. P. Woodward. It
was a jolly crowd.
Thursday morning
Griffing was badly kicked by a
horse. No bones broken however,
and she is recovering nicely.
Mr. E. E. Gam was on the sick
list last week.
Travis Wiggins is able to hob-
ble around a little but he is not
fit for work yet.
Mrs. Skaggs was in Paint
Rock Tuesday.
Everybody in Concho intends
going to Millers View on May
the 18th and 19t h to the grand
picnic and school entertainment.
Then you should visit us, we can
supply your wants. We handle the
The Greatest Eye Glass in the World
For sale by Walker Drug Co.
Concho Locals
Farmers are still planting cot- j
ton. Crops in general are
ing well.
Mrs. Tickle was calling on Mrs.
Benge last Saturday.
( I A happy looking fishing party
! have pitched camp on the banks
7:—Borrowed indebtedness re- of the Concho. They are from
; duced $6,000.
8:- Bonded debt reduced $22.-
1500.
9:—Floating indebtedness has
J been paid aggregating $8,000.
10:—Interest on back notes paid.
11:—All current expenses met
and no debts made.
12:—Available funds now on hand
$23,277.
13:—Jury fees reduced last 2
years $6,810.
14:—Improvements in Belton dur-
ing last 2 years $120,000—more
than any like period in the last
twenty years.
15:—No business failures in Bel-
ton during last 2 years.
16:—Bank deposits in Belton
have more than doubled.
17:—Out of about 75 business
men in Belton only 4 signed the
petition for return of the saloon
—namely, 1 dry goods merchant,
1 butcher and 2 restaurant men. |
18:—Number of vacant business
houses in Belton now more than
50 per cent less than under
loon regime.
Mrs. E. C. Ely,
Mrs. T. N. Duckworth,
Ladies’ Committee,
Belton, Texas.
Connersville
Moon Bros
Planters, Cultivators,
Disc Plows, Walking Plow
John Deere and Standard
Stoves, Ranges, Heaters,
House Furnishings and
Builders Hardware.
Pipe Work and Cisterns.
We Will Appreciate Your Business.
e’s Record Under Prohi-
bition.
POPULATION
CREASED.
There have been
Temple during the
years more than 175 dwelling
housese, at a total cost of over
$250,000,00 and every one
these houses is occupied.
2: —RENTAL VALUES HAVE
CREASED.
Rent on dwellings have increas-
ed all over the town, and in
many instances the raise has
been as much as 25 to 30 per
cent of the rate charged in 1902
prior to local option.
3:—BUSINESS HAS INCREASED.
When the saloons were voted
out of Bell County, Temple had
18 vacant business houses, 11 of
them were brick buildings. Now
all are occupied.
4:—CRIME HAS DECREASED.
During the 29 months prior to
local option in Bell county, Tem-
ple’s corporation court record
shows 1683 cases for violations
| of the law, and the 29 months
llsince local option there have
been only 1288 cases in said court.
A net decrease of 395 cases.
5:—OUR SCHOOLS HAVE IN-
CREASED.
“The total enrollment for last
tile business again if I return to
Texas. If you know of a good
location let me know about it.
The business part of Santa
Rosa is a mass of ruins. Eevery
brick and stone building that was
over one story high is down flat.
They have taken out about 60
dead and no doubt will find
more. It will be years before
the town will be as good as be-
fore the shake and fire. What
cash I had is buried in the ruins
one of the banks here but guess
will get it after awhile. If you
like you can show this to our^,
friend Mr. Cockrell the Banner-
Leader man, as there may be
some that have a curiosity to
know how we came out of the
“quake’’.
With best wishes for your
future happiness and prosperity,
will close. Aanswer soon and tell
me all the news.
Your friend,
O. T. Hixson.
i were not damaged any but
houses all around us were dam-
look- a^ed more or less. The shake
was worse in town.
We have a 10 acre chicken
ranch out in the country three
miles from town, traded our
town property for it. While we
> have a good place here, Texas
Ballinger ' stil1 looks good to me’ an<* you
T K * . . , . need not be surprised to see me
Last week a crowd from Cole- in Texag a great while
man spent several days on the will probally go into the mercan-
year up to February, 1905, was
1661, for the current year up to
corresponding date, is 1859.
These figures show an increase
in actual attendance during the
past five years of over four hun-
dred pupils. ’’— (Report of Supt.
Kimball to City Council City of
Temple, Feb. 10th, 1906.)
The Board of Trusteees have
asked that the City issue $25,
000.00 of school Bonds for the
erection of new buildings to ac-
commodate this increased atten-
dance and our Mayor has order-
ed the election to decide whether
this shall be done.
Belton’s Record Under Prohi-
bition.
1:—Number of prisoners now in
the county jail three—the small-
est number in thirty years.
2:—Every case was off the crim-
inal docket last year in the Dis-
trict Court—first time in thirty
years.
3:—The last twenty-nine months
under saloon reign the number
of pleas of guilty and convictions
in County Court were 441, (432
pleas of guilty, 9 convictions.)
5:—Property has increased in
taxable value $565,270.
6:—Jail improvements have
been made to the amount of $9,- March 3, 1906.
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Cockrell, C. C., Sr. Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 19, 1906, newspaper, May 19, 1906; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180404/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.