The Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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ttbe BannersUeader
SSEH'S
I UP TO NOW
♦
ere’s a Bargain for You
and Prof. J. M. Skinner and Missi office.
Margaret Cofer, of Ballinger, • post ]
For the cattle, stock and feed
lome and let us
fat-
reg-
reputation.
His
OUS.
becoming tangled up with a rope
while ridincr a horse and leading
cattle and a five year lease on
Ms. Bryson’s ranch located in
Concho county. Five Thousand
two and three year old steers go
in on the deal, about two thou-
Fashfonable
SPRING
if elected and that names will be
petitioned to go on the ticket.
With two sets of candidates
on the ticket, the election prom-
ises to be an interesting one.
The election will be held Tues-
day, April 7th.
12:30 p. m 2:00 p. m.
2:35 p. m 2:45 p. m.
3:45 p. m 4:15 p. m.
4:43 p. m 4:55 p. m.
5:20 p. m 5:30 p. m.
C. F. Await, of Pumphrey, is
serving on the grand jury, this
week.
In Patent Leather
or in the new shade
of Brown
Steers. Some Horses and Mules
Change Hands in Concho County.
A deal was closed this week
and if we get the free delivery Mayor. It is reported that
the box rent problem will be t,hose °PPosed ‘° tbe Pr«se,nt A1‘
put the names of the three retir-
i ing aidermen, W. J. Miller,
j Herman Giesecke and T. S.
Lankford on the ticket for Aider-
men. Also two petitions for
Marshal, Jack McKay and B.
W. Pilcher, have been filed with
vfiii i STYLE
J |N I QUALITY
PRICE
Yours very truly,
Geo. P. Brown,
Secretary.
The excursion will make a
night run from Lampasas to San
Angelo, and will leave San Ange-
lo on the return trip early Thurs-
day morning, March 19 th. Fol-
lowing is the schedule for points
between San Angelo and Brown-
wood:
AWFUL CRIME COM-
MITTED THIS MORNING
;how you the
argest and most
qmplete stock
f Shoes in West
BALLINGER GETS
SUMMER NORMAL
CITY POLITICS. 100,000 DOLLAR
VERY QUIET CATTLE DEAL
ANOTHER CHANCE
TO GO UP
ir immense line is
>w ready for your
spection. The above
e samples of our off-
ings. We carry all
• .dths, and will fit you
. ith an oxford THAT
: ITS YOUR FOOT
id you won’t have to
>reak it in.”
City Council.
The City Council met in
ular session Tuesday evening.
The regular routine of business,
hearing reports and passing on
accounts was dispensed with.
The order for the regular elec-
tion for three Aiderman and a
City Marshall was made, and the
election will be held April 7.
An order was passed fixing a
new rate for irrigation. For
lawn, 50 cents for every 1000
square feet. For garden, $1.50
for every 1000 square feet, and
1000 feet made the minimum.
The question of condeming the
old awninings on main street
discussed, and the council ad-
journed and visited the different
houses for the purposes of in-
specting the awinings in ques-
tion.
Ballinger is Entitled to Free Mail Deliv-
ery and can get Same by Complying
with Postal Requirements.
Since April 1906 Ballinger has
Hurt by Horse.
Louis Martin was considerably
BALLINGER’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Where the Summer Normal for this section of the State will hold forth.
No better place in the State could have been selected for a Normal. The handsome, comfortable buildings
with free ice water and janitor s service, the desirable location of the buildings, the pleasant
boarding places for the attendants, the cool healthy climate, the able faculty in charge
of the work-.all these things will make work for the Normal students easy.
and Prof. Lockhart, of Robert
Lee, as assistants.
The Normal is to begin not
later than June 22 and last until
July 26. It is expected that the
attendance will be large, as there
is to be no other Normal in this
section of the state, and the fa-
culty is a strong one and Ballin-
ger is successful in securing the
Normal with such strong facalty,
Profs. Scott and Skinner have
both conducted Normals with
success, and are familiar with
Normal work, to say nothing of
their ability as teachers. All
the teachers selected hold per-
manent certificates and are cap-
able of filling any place in the
school.
Much credit is due Prof. E. L.
Hagan, Supt. of public school,
for his work towards securing
‘ the Normal for Ballinger.
Every good enterprise helps to-
wards the upbuilding of Ballin-
ger, and the Normal comes in as
a big help, and that Ballinger
will do herself proud in enter-
taining the many teachers to
spend a month here is a foregone
conclusion. The school board
will give free use of the school
buildings, and the Janitor’s ser-
vice, and the Artic Ice & Fuel
Co., will furnish ice free and the
Ballinger Commercial Club will
entertain the visitors during the
session, and other features will
be added to the program as the
plans are perfected.
Baby Born, Killed and Concealed in Sait
Case at Boarding House Here this
Morning. Woman Comes
From San Angelo.
A woman came in from San
Angelo yesterday on the noon
train and engaged board at the
Cole boarding house opposite the
depot. Her actions were such
this morning as to cause the lady
of the house to call in a doctor.
The physician responded to the
call, but after arriving he found
that an officer was needed, so
Sheriff Kirk was summoned.
From what we can learn of the
particulars, it seems that the
woman gave birth to a child
some time this morning, after-
wards concealing it in a suit case.
The ladies in the house claim
they heard the baby cry, but the
mother says the child was born
dead, and not wanting her peo-
ple to know anything of the dis-
grace that had been brought up-
on her she planned to throw the
baby away and keep the crime a
secret. The woman claims to be
a widow. She is about twenty-
five years old.
The case is the most pitiful
ever brought to light in this
city, and the unfortunate woman
has the sympathy of all those
who have heard of the particu-
lars connected with the awful
crime.
HOUSTON BUSINESS
MEN COMING.
Special Train, HoustM’s Premlaeirt Busi-
ness Men to Be Here March
at Noon.
Secretary Lee Maddox, of the
Commercial Club is in receipt of
a letter from Houston giving the
schedule of the Trade Excursion,
and asking that arrangements
be made for the Ballinger busi-
ness men to meet the visitors.
Following is the letter:
Houston, Tex., March 2, 1908.
Commercial Club,
Ballinger, Texas.
Gentlemen:—I Herewith hand
5 ou clipping from the Houston
Post containing schedule of the
Houston Business Men’s Trades
Excursion, which will arrive in
your city on Thursday, March
19th, at 12:30 p. m. and leave at
2:00 p. m.
The party will be composed of
representatives of Houston’s
banking, jobbing, wholesale and
manufacturing establishments,
and they would highly appreci-
ate an opportunity to meet your
business men if such an arrange-
ment can be agreeably made.
We would be pleased to hear from
you.
Our Hats Are Here.
Our hats are here. Come let me
show you our line of tailored
hats in the popular blues and
other colors, Just the hat you
want. Be sure to see them.
1 Misses Lola and Jennie Lewis.
ARRIVE DEPART. ~
San Angelo 5:15 a. m 10:30 a. m.
Miles 11:10 a. m 11:35 a. m.
Ballinger (din-
ner)
Talpa
Coleman
Santa Anna
Bangs
Brownwood (sup-
per and spend
night) 5:45 p. m.
Arrangements are being made
to entertain the visitors at Bal-
linger, and to show them our
town and the many advantages
and the progresive age we are
living under.
rici Blutcher Oxford,
rith high Cuban heel,
ew last. Regular
1.25 grade. In tan or
i black,
f $1.50
Faculty Selected and Dates Fixed. Large
Attendance Expected.
The committee for making ar-
rangements for holding a Sum-
mer Normal at Ballinger, met in ’
the District Court Room last Sat- keen entitled to free mail deliv-
urday, and elected Prof. G. D. ery. according to the volume of
Scott of Lampasas, as conductor, business done by the Ballinger
. On April the first next
Post Master Cady will make ap-
plication for free delivery and it
is a foregone conclusion that j
same will be granted by the pos-
tal department, provided Ballin-
ger comes up to the require-
ments in reference to sidewalks
street names and numbering of a10111® s nai
houses. the tlcket- .
Our town is not gifted to lay- once put in circulation, and the
ing down on any proposition that. has. be™. Pebtl0ned.,t.0
is for the upbuilding of same,
and that the city council will get
busy and comply with Uncle
Sam’s rules is also a foregone
conclusion. Mr. Cady has re-
ceived notice of an increase in
box rent for the Ballinger office
solved, in that we will have none dermen going back "dl bave ,a
to pay. This is a small items but I chance to express their opposi-
taken in a total amounts to no tlon '’otlnS for( ‘brtee
little sum in the course of a 1 men in the person of R. L. Shaf-
year fer, J. A. Ostertag and J. R.
' Let’s have the free delivery, “cVay. No petitions have been
and be up and doing on every b ed tbeLe names to go on
good proposition that comes our!tbe ticket. u't u is understood
wav. We can’t afford to let anv ithat the Partles named bave ex’
thing pass and sustain our good !>refsed a willingness to serve
Increase in Box Rent.
Post Master Cady has issued a
notice that box rent for the Bal-
linger post office will be increas-
ed begin! ig with April 1st.
instruction from the department
is to charge 60 cents per quarter bruised up yesterday evening by
for the small boxes, 75 cents for
the medium size and $1.00 for
the large lock draws. The rents another. We are glad to say
are fixed according to the busi- that the hurt is in no ways seri-
ness done by the post office.
Names to be Put on Ticket by Petition, Five Thousand Two and Three Year Old
Old Candidates in Race and New
Ones Will Be.
In pursuant to a call of the
chairman of the City Democratic in which Marion Sansom, of Fort
party, Chas. S. Miller, quiet a Worth, gets the John Bryson
number of citizens met in the
City hall Tuesday for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates
for Aidermen. Mr. Miller read
the law regulating same and it
was learned that nominations sand dollars worth of cotton
■ could not be made by Conven- seed, and a bunch of horses and
tion, but by a petition of five per mules.
cent of the votes polled at the
last general city election a can- Sansom pays right close to
didate’s name could be placed on $90,000. and leases the pasture
. Petitions were at of 27,000 acres for five years at
p. t. Mr. 1 ansom is at the
ranch now putting the three year
old steers on feed, and will
ten them for the market.
UME 27.
BALLINGER. RUNNELS COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 6. 1908.
NUMBER 25.
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Sledge, A. W. The Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908, newspaper, March 6, 1908; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1181457/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.