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RECORD AND CHRONICLE
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DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912.
VOL XXX.
NO. 23.
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Scott’t
Emuhuon
? EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK g
Off THE SWEEPSTAKES LEWISVILLE SCHOOLS
NEARLY 4,008,000 IN j TEXAS X"?,
bridge, accused of the murder or
POULTRY SHOW AWARDS MADE
APPREHENSION AT
AUSTINIS ALARMED.
Exchange National BankCASKS AT 1'Hxrr POINT.
HE* «D WE IS ™«<
Will
Horn in the bouse which stands on
b Coiiln-Dj>nt.on county line. In 1855 I
only 32, barely
White Kock», J. M.
J.
J.
FOR MACADAMIZING ROAD
intra eocKerel* • nn- >< . . -— ' ei'e
second pullet-—Mrs W. A. Richards’.1 .’J’”00 available for the work. This,
four terms of the connty court.
COIIRTH MULING EXPECTED.
in
both
Ute those sanitary measures for
exhibit
hlbttloa of barred rocks, took first
*11000 bond, and is being sought
OF
RLY
RE-
TO
was
in
lat-
he
on
NEW
WAS.
of the
National
several
and offl-
«AS PRO-MJAET
DENTON BARt!
.«ET>«LER OF La
show—-Brown Leg-
Curran, North Fort
FIFTY’ CASES OF MENINGITIS DE-
VELOPED AT . HOUSTON TUES-
DAY NIGHT-
SEVERAL CHANGES MADE IN Dl-
KKCTOHATHN AND <
OF LOCAL BANKS.
CO.M.MISnO.NEKS ELECT CHARLES
MAYS* .ASSISTANT TO FILI. UN-
EXIMtLD TERM.
j7 »
t5.1
)1 0
the
D.
one
tbe
Ma: shall schools close
MAIUUALi., Jan. 10.—The City
schools closed on account of menin-
gitis today., although there are no
eases here now. One death occurred
yesterday.
NORTH FT.
BROWN LEGHORN’S SHOW THE
WAY FOR PENS.
1,621,843
745,449
86,345
2,623,604
343,409
I,047,5»8
975,809
902,562
1,509,297
380,949
3,953,539
11,302
Texas
Wilson s bond of 12.500 was
by J. Ed Wilson and H. Rowe
Not Bold.
court has not sold the Lewin-
HOUSTON,
of meningitis
night.
BANK! (DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS ARE-MAMtD
Use warm
to cold. Adi
H. R. WILSON NAMED
AS COUNTY ATTORNEY
HE- BOSTON l’AST”R CONFESSES TO
KILLING OF FORMER FIANCEE,
MISS AVIS LINNE1J-.
J. C. COIT.
J. R. CHRISTAL.
J. H. PAINE.Arriiu) of Refugee,, from North Tex-
as < a uses Alarm at Capita*—Mar-
shall Schools Close—situation or-
<-r the state.
WANT TO GRAVEL DENTON
AND FORT WORTH ROAD.DENTON COUNTY OFFICIAL
SIGNS AND WILL MOVE
FORT WORTH.PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
The Democratic Natlonal-Execu-
CONFESSED TO ’1WO
BIG BANK ROBBERIES,
Year
Tex-tfc ... i 1911
1910
1908
1906
, — .. ... . ”111111 I'litllUH UD
barred the Collln-Dj>nt.on county line, in 1855
the best pen mated tc I he lived with his parents until near-
er was planning tbe occu Road Dtatrlrt No. 1
Mongolia. 1 Total ........
DEATH Of G. W. SHIH
SUNW.JAIIIWffl
G. W. Smith, for nearly 57 years,
•he. term of his life time, a resident
on
diedSlww Cloxed Friday A*ter successful
Three Hals' Program^liad Wea-
ther Kept Down Number of En-
trants in Show.
A. J. NANCE. President.
J. R. CHR1STAL, Vice-Pres
J. C. COIT, Cashier.
E. D. CURTIS, Ass’t Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
A. J. NANCE.
T ~ " °<TES,
remained below freezing through
Sunday, the maximum temperature
recorded locally being 26 above at
6 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Tbe
mercury continued to rise slowly dur-
ing the night and^at 7 o’clock Mon-
day morning sho'
t reusing.
The arrival of a second blizzard at
7:30 again t *rned .he mercury
downward, however, and by g o'clock
it showed 30, a fall of 2 degrees In
half an hour.
Coming without warning and in
the face of the "rising tempera-
tures ’ forecast for Saturday by the
Weather Bureau, the blizzard per-
haps caused more frozen pipes and
burst hydrants' than in recent years.
Plumbers were kep. on the run
Sunday and the ca.-s Monday were
also numerous although the maxi-
mum of damage will not be known
until the weather gets warm enough
to thaw out the frozen pipes.
The Weather Bureau forecast Mon-
dayyaa for another blizzard dropping
the mercury 20 degrees or more,
but the weekly forecast was for
warmer weather during tne latter
nart of the week.Jan. 10.—Fifty cases
developed here last
EHDENIC SEEMS TO
of mine SOUTH
Arrival of Families Fleeing from Me-
ningitis Causes Apprehewsioe
AUSTIN, Jan. 10.—Fifty families
from North Texas arrived this morn-
ing having left their homes on ac-
cdui if tie tear of meal iritis
Their arrival caused apprehension
locally. Some of them are said to
be going to San Antonio. Many chii-
we:e laker, from the icmIi
here, although the schools have 'not
closed. Temple reports the schools
closed. ;
wag expected U perhaps due to the,f®tog *o cnosen.
fact that during the night tbe wind!1*? 8rF' thB‘»UTOr’
veered around into the south, it ab*e to yi,aon- t8e *7°^
999.11
*19.991.11
COUNTY ATTORNEY
MAYS HAS RESIGNED
CENSUS BUREAU PRESENTS
I’OHT ON COTTON STATISTICS
UP TO THAT DATE.
Road and Bridge .
General
C- H. Sinking No. 4
addressed demands to C. H Sinking No 6
All Previous Records top Cotton
Growing Exceeded in Season of
1W’ 1-12—Several States Exceed
Any I'revioua Crop.Second Norther Came Early Monday
Morning—Is Genera] over
Southwest—Many Hydrant*
*n* in Denton.
Citizens from .south of town inter-
ested in the Denton and Fort Worth
(Bartonville) have undertaken to se-
cure subscriptions for graveling that
thoroughfare and have secured from
the Commissioners; John B. Robson
said Monday, an agreement whereby
Messrs. Christal and Spams are to
pnt up 91 each for every *1 subscrib-
ed by thfc citizens. Mr. Hobson a>d
the rommllttee hoped to get 91,900
Individually, which would mean *2,-
000 more from the two commission-
eta— the road is a "line" road be-
tween the two precincts, and that
with the 93,000 they could build tbe
road from the corporation limits to
Hickory creek at a cost of of about
*900 a mile ’
adherents to snake »,lm by the Joline
letter apparently having failed.
The meeting was very bitter with
Bran the central figure. Once tbe
He was passed and blows seemed im-
minent. So much time was spent in
determining the^contests that the
selection of the place to hold the
convention and definite action on the
presidential primaries had to go over
until Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, JanMOTTO:
Safety and Service.
Your account respectfully
Solicited.
Bales Percent
3,953,539
2,888,393
3,486,007
3,626,117
MEfiCUBY.REACHED 6 CONVENTION MIME
180MNW A. H. HEW JUNE 25,1912
INFANTRY' LEAVEg FXJR CHINA.
MANILA, Jsn. 10.—Orders for the
first battalion of the Fifteenth In-
fantry to leave for China reached
here yesterday and the expedition
waa prepared immediately
NO DEMANDS BY RUSSIA.
IT FETE<8BBURG, Jan. 10—
J. B. Hobson said Wedn««day that
the-committev at work securing sub-
scriptions for the piking of the Den-
ton-Fort Worth (Bartonville) road
were, sanguine of getting gl.noo
»4«0 of which, he said had beeu se-
en re 1 without going into the com-
niunit Interested. For every dollar
secured by individual subacriptlons
it was said, Commseioners Christal
and sparks will each give a dollar
more and if the exjiecte 1 »l,00o is
*“ it win give
the committee thinks, will gravel the
road from the city limits to Hickory
creek, the estimated cost being about
*900 a mile.
Over *400 Kaisert for >*iking Denton
•nd Fort Worth Road to Hickory
Creek South of Town.
The court allowed accounts and
examined the reports of officers both
Mon ay and Tuesday; the election of
a County Attorney having been de-
me owummwv c r..< smumwr f«’rrwl f°r *rr,5*} “
tive committee, after selecting Bal- •«<>»•* <>••▼• 70’n“‘r‘0”*r„khrtItA‘
tftnore Md., as the place for the 1919 *• h°”- ‘ R”,Bok" and
conven'lon, endorsed ths proposition
of presidential primaries, but the
miestion of abrogating the two-
thirds majority rule was not btoocn-
e.l at the meeting
ODDEST WEATHlflf OF Till- DEMOCRATIC
WINTER FOLLOWED ARRIVAL:
"F SATURDAY’S ST.IBM
CHICAGO. Jan. 19.* Frank Hol-
loway, 39 years old, who is also
known by ditfer.-n' names, made a
statement to the police in which be
confesee'1 that he was concerned in
two bank roubries, one at Panama
and one at Now Westminster, B. C.,
in which *1 <6,090 was stolen. He
said also ho waa wanted for marder
and roblvery in Oklahoma.
He was arrested ob suspicion ot
being .a plckpohket. He said *54^
090 his share of the robberies, was
In a Chicago hotel but de-
cline,, to make Its whereabouts
ka»Wn. *
Prank Holloway Is wanted in Wil-
barger county, Texas, for the rob-
bery of the Harrold Mercantile Co.’s
CHICAGO, Jan. 10—In the trial celvod.by wire from a Chlcyo firm,
of the Indicted meat packers Judge and the other two houses b'd appro^-
Carpenter Is expected to rule today imatoly 99c on the bonds with acJru-
- ’ el interest. Th court Is demanding
Buff Orpingtons—First and second
cockerels; first cock; first pullet;
third pullet; first pen—Capt H. R.
Lyon.
Black Minorca*—Second cockerel-
second cockerel; second cockerel'•
first pen; second and third hen; third
pullet—Mrs J. h. Cleavolad.
First snd third pen; first cock; third
cockerel; first pullet; second Pen-
Will Burge. ,
Brown Leghorns—First cockerel
and second cockerel; first cockorhi,
first, second and third hen; first,
second and th*rd pullet; first and
second pen—Emmet Curran, North
Fort Worth.
Barre Rocks —Second cock; first
and third cockerwt; second pen—Dr
McReynolds, Denton. First and
second pullet; third pen—Fred Mo-
Cormlck, Aubrey,
White Rocks—First, second and
third cocks; first, second and' third
hen; first, * - 0X4 and third hen;
irst, second end third Pullet; first,
second and third pen—J. M. Martin.
T«o Cases Reported in Denton Coun-
ty Town from Greenville.
A telephone message received
here Wednesday afternoon from Pl»
lot Point stated that two cases of
meningitis had been discovered there
in a family which had just moved tn
from Greenville. The family is
quite a distance from any other
homee' It was stated gnd a rigid
quarantine has been jNlfsin effect.
Awards in the Denton County
Poultry association’s annual show
were made Thursday by Judge H. D.
Savage of Belton, one of -the best
known breeding and poultry exprts
ip the Soutn. Whil« the' entrants in
different classes 'were not so many
as bad been expected, bad weather
keeping many who had promised to
tome away, what the show lacked in
quantity is made up in quality, and
were generally
Judge |I. B.
Texas, having
noultry buslneas for the past twenty
Resources, $550,000
OFFICERS:
The vommlssloners court Wed-
neada elected Aasistant County At-
torney H. R. Wilson County Attor-
ney to succeed Charles Mays, re-
signed to enter practice’ of law with
his brother, »•. J. Mays at Fort
vv’orth. . The court’s action, it Is
said was on tbe first ballot and
unanimoualy, three commissioners
being present.
Mr. Wilson’s appointment is ef-
fective at once and Mr. Mays is ar-
ranging to go to Fort Worth within
the next few days. Mr. Wilson has
served three years as assistant county
attorney, coming here with Mr. Mays
frem Pilot Point, and it waa urged
upon the court that his familiarity
with tbe work pending In the office
should enttle bim to the appointment
Mr. Wilson is a graduate of the Law
Department of the State University,
and has had considerable experience
ia the criminal law
The court attended to accounts
officers’ reports arc other routine
has’nose WeCuea'ay
Mr.
signed
BoimM
The___ .. _
ville road londa, amounting to *75,-
00<«, as yet. Two representatives of
bond houses were present Monday
MTUATK’N . OVER HTATE
lUxord and (TirAnlcle Special.
DALLAS Jan. 19—Dr. StelMr.
State Health Officer, says the aitUn-
non over iue ocuce >• uug«v»cu «***-•
that no. cause exists for any general
alarm.
Shreveport has raised it* quarau
tine against Dallas and Fort Wprth
Four new rases are reported at ’
Fort Worth.
The Rockwall public schools bare .
closed on account of ten cases and
six deaths
Another death is reported from
-Mart.
Two rases are. reported at Sidler
Grayson county.
-i- Four cases are' reported in Kauf
man, two at Crandall and two at
Kemp.
One more diwh: TH rej.or’Pd at r
Marshall.
One deatti is reported from L*m-
rasa*.
No new cases have developed at
Cams.-on.
$eveir caste existent at Greenvilk-
One more case is reported at Tay-
lor All social or other public gath
eriiiR* and places of arausemerat have
been closed.
TempTfe has closed its schools,
churches and theaters to prevent the
disease getting a foothold. It has
hot developed (here so far.
St. Jo schools have suspended on
account of meningitis.
One death Is reported at Wortham
All saloons an I other business
houses <acept drug store* have beeh
Hosed at Teague.
One death at Corsicana was fol
iowej by closing down places of ■
amusement. (
A case is reported at Canyon CHy
KANSAS ELROTN PRESIDENT
Georgs A. Neely, democrat, was
Tuesday elected to succeed Rapr%
sontattve Madison, deceased, a r’
publican, from the Seventh Kansas
district.
The statement in Saturday's Daily
last week that the public schoo; al
LswUvilip had been closed onJ ac-
ount of diphtheria was entirely wltn-
*< i loundatiqn, it n ><v appears, hav-
ing been based on Infvrmution front
brother point. There hisa’t been <.
j:.- of diphtheria 11 Lsr.« IBs. >hls
“'I erd instead of cho I.’hoilt
in- I.rltor HanultJi of l^.ulrviHo
«l<! tier the telephone Scttur .'a?,
-.'tendance is the |ar ;n’. in ttelf
history and the trusties hatj to ordei
fifty new seats to take care of the
nec students since the opening of
the year.
Ill< HEMIN WI1L FAY
PF.N/xLTC Ilf ELECTRIC GgAIU-
BOSTON, Jani 9.—CArence g>che-
son In court tt^ay confessed tp the
murder ot MlsrLtadtaW-and wat sen-
tenced to ele’Tcteution during the
week of May p. He made no j ate-
ment.
ly manhood At an early age he
Joined the Methodist Epiiscopal
church of which he and his family
have been members n Denton. He
nttsriled to Miss Fannie Taylor
1878, and in 1898, twenty veers
er they moved to Denton, where
has lived since in the house
Collins street.
Eks les the children six grandchil
itren survive him. The children are as
loiloys Mrs. I^ena Bristol, Clarence
smith,^Mrs McLata of Wiley, Bessie
Melissa, Beunle, Sari, Ernest, Idari
and Marlin. The- grandchildren are
the three children of Clarence Smith
and tLcee of Mrs. 'Lena Bristol.
Reaides the members of the family,
of Mc K,nB»y- Mrs Hodges
of BHIevue. and the deceased’s fath-
er, C. L. Smith of Bellvue are here to
attend the funeral.
E. H. Smith and W. B. Smith of
Denton, Mrs. Lou Anna Hodges Of
Bellevue, Mrs. Spradlin of Bellevue
and Mrs, Kay McCormic# of Freder-
ick.. Ok., are brothers and sisters, of
Mr. Smith.
The funeral services wpre held at
i he First Methoiijst ' church at
Jclock Monday afternon.. Rev. O. T
( coper in charge, and interment fol-
lowed in the I. o. o: F. cem«ery.
Mrs. Spradlin of Bellevue came tn
Monda to attend the funeral.
The funeral services of G. W.
Smith were held Monday..afternoon
at the Smith residence 70 West Col-
lege street. Rev. o. T. Coopr was.ln
charge of tile funeral services, in-
terment followed in thq^Odd Fellows-
cemetery. A number of out-of-town
relatives atiende. The pall-bearers
were: D. R .Turner, p. J. Byett A
P Blankenship. S. A. Bavleiw R s'
Barns and Ed F. Bates
Judge James 'Ibn.as Houftt,
ot the best knoM members of
Denton bar and a eai.y rejdent of
Denton county, <hd suddc.ny at his
home on West <.< street at 4:3V
Saturday afternoa, age 14 years, 3
cionibw Mid 14 drs. Death was due
to a compllcattoiof h«ft trouble
* -th u dropsttel fecticn and though
Judge Pottorff id.hpei in ill health
f«r the i>aat gea# 'more,' having
on the motion of tbe defense to u- ---- ,
elude from the record of the case all ”ar ,nd accrual Interest. The nter-
doeumentery evidence presented br «•» emounta to *1950 and th* Cbi-
Wlmesa Jerome Pratt, including th* >'®S" b,d >«• ■bout ” 1'8c °“ tne
letters declared to bear pencil no-
tatlons by J. Ogden Armour, Arthur
Meeker and Thos. J, Connors.
orflHa) denial was ma t* today by
the foreign office that the the gov-
•ntnioxt
Mias Avis Linnell, gave out a written
confess on toaa/ It reads.-- "I here-
by confess that I am gu..t* of, tbe
oftense ot wnlcfa 1 stand indicted."
The confession gives no (ttalls--
it is charged that he sett cyanide
of potassium to Avis Llnteli in the
guise of a drug which wralt relief
her of an embarrassing ptywcal eoir-
dltion- She was a m>ul« itude.it
The district attorney saysRieheson’s
tr al wflL go on regard-qs of the
c<-n ;et slon.
The confession gives noAeeerlptlon
of tbe crime, but goes into the
greatest self-abasement aiji shows
the greatest mental tori re. He
says he confesses so as no » further
wrong "her whole pure yoing life 1
have destroyed" by subjecting her
past to publicity of a public trial.
Tne confession -Agicatee < pitiful
hope that God sometime forglve
him. It was written three due ago
(H<1 lt<>M<>ent of Denton County dead
—Funeral Service* at 2 P. M. at
M. E, Church.
G- C. Turbeville of Garsa won
swronstakee on ffrst eockerol, the
bird being a handaome Rhode laland
Red. beautifully colored.
Fred Bottorff’s exhibit of White
Orpingtons wot
attracted much
SMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE »OM-
MITTEE SETS DATE—MONDAY’S
SESSION BITTER.
BOSTl.m, Mass.. Jan f.—Rev.
The annual stockholders meeting
of tbe three Denton National Banks
were held Tu sday afternoon, for the
purpose of electing directorh.’l he new-
ly elected directors, in turn elected
the officers for ensuing year. There
were changte either in officer* or
directors of all three Of local insti-
tutions. The results of tbe elections
follow:
Exchange National—Directors: A.
J. Nance, J, R. Christal, J. C. Colt,
J, M. Inge, Alvin C. Owsley, J. H.
Paine, Ed F. Bates. *,.acers: A. J.
Nance preBident, J. R. Christal, vice-
president; J. C, Colt, cashlu; E, D.
Curtis, assistant cashier.
Denton County National—Directors
W. B. McClurkati, J. L. Blewett, U
H. Doavenfiort, J. b Raley, G H
Blewett and J. A. Rhoads. Officers;
W. B. McClurkan, president; J. 1.
Blewett, vice-president; B. H. Deav-
enport, cashier; R. M. Barns, assist
ant cashier.
At the annual meeting
stockholders of the First
bank Tuesday afternoon
changes in the directorate
cers were made. Directors chosen
were as follows: A. D. Turner W. T
Johnson, J. E. Wltson. . John ' A.
Hann, H F. Sdhweer, Jack Christal
and L. Hailey. A. D. Tur-
ner was elected to a new posi-
tion that of chairman of the Board
of Directors. Other officers chosen
were: W. T. Johnson, president; L,
H, Bchweer, vice pre*'dent; H. F.
Schweer, cashier; W. F. Wbodward
ang Jack Christal, assistant cashiers.
DR. SOPHlAN'H HUGGK8TIUN8.
In bi* lecture at'Dallas Saturday.
Dr. A. Sophian, associate of Dr. Flex
ner of tbe Rockefeller Institute and
a meningitis expert called to Dalia*
to combat the disease, gave a tew
suggtetlcna which will be of value
generally:
Have no dpyad of the disease, fur-
ther than that which Induces ear* in
,tbe condition of the health of the
person, cleanliness of the body and
of the premises.
Washing of streets and us* of the
disinfectant upon them are good (9*6
era] measures at any ume. they ar#
not particularly applicable to the
prevention of meningitis
Spray and gargle of the throat
and nose with mild antiseptic agents
are commended.
Isolation of the cases, quarantine
•• far as peautble, and concentration
to a treating place for cate and aap-
ratlon from th* w*l|.
Cafe of the persona of healthy
people, so that they may not bneoua*
carriers of the germ to others wnoee
condition Invites tbe Inroad of tbP
disease.
.home as much aa note*Me,
If home Is a comfortable piacw Avoid
crowds, refrain from visiting una*-
lemanly the places wh*r* many per
WORTH BREEDKKS MA1EMENT <>F™ MIKING OF
—1 * FW1HVI1.LE NCHfXJLH O-V TH »T
4< 0UUNT UNFOUNIWD
the biris shown
prize-winne r s,
Savage of Belton, ,
to consider the comparative merits
of the different entrants very care-
fully before making his final decis-
ions.
Emmett Curran of North Fort
Worth was for the third time an en-________4 ,.,v , r„
trnnt here and for the third time the of Denton county, born in 1855
wfnner of the sweepstakes for the the Collin-Denton county line «.«.
best pen of any breed shown at the Sunday at bls home 70 West Collins
show. His prize-winning pen was street after an illness from dropsy
headed by the unbeaten "Fryatt. ' which had held held hhn bedridden
l ie also won the best pen of parti-1 for nearly a year.
i blored andwith Fryatt won for tbe j Mr. Smith was a well known far-
best-shaped male in the show. in Denton county, but had lived in
J. M. Martin made a clean sweep • Denton for about 14. years He was
with bis White Rocks getting also [the father ot fourteen children, ten
second pen, bast sol d-colored pen -<>f whom are living, and were with
best shaped female, best colored te [him at the time of his death wi<h the
male and the largest and best dis- excepton of Mrs McLata of Bellevue
Play. " ' ’ ' ’
E. M. Arnold With his
rock* won (' '
produce exhibition female and divid-
ed the other honors with Dr- S
McReynolds and Fred McCormick
in the Barred Rock Hass. P. J
Henderson won the Rose Comb class.
John M Ilion the Single Comb Reds
Fkx) Bottorff Mrs. W. A. Richard*
and It. M Mitc.iel] divided the hon-
ors -in the White Orpingtons. Dr
C Lipscomb and Mrs. W. A. Rich
ar is divided the Black Orpingtons
Capt. H. R. Lyon swept the Butl
Orpingtons. Mrs. J. H. Cleavel'and and
Will Burge divided the Black Mi-
norca prizes..
The awards as ma-le Thursday
were as follows:
Sweepoiakes.
Best Pen In
horns. Emmet
Worth.
Second best,
Martin, Denton.
Beet solid color pen. White Rocks,
J. M. Martin. Denton.
Best pen partf-coloreo birds,
Brown Leghorns Emmet Curran,
vorth Fort Worth?
Best shaped* male in show. Brown
Leghorn, Emmet Curran, North Fort
Worth,
Beat shaped felmale. White Rock,
M. Martin, Denton.
Best colored female. White Rick,
M. Martin, Denton.
Best colored niale Brown Leghorn,
Emmet Curran, North Fort Worth. ’
Largest and best aisplay; White
Rocha, J. M. Martin. Denton.
Best pen Barred Rocks mated to
produce exhibition female, E. M. Ar-
nold, Denton,
First cockerel, G. (* Turberville,
Garza.
Indlvidua Awards.
Barred Roqks—First eock. first,
second and third hen; second cocker-
el; third pullet; first pen—,E. M.
Arnold, Denton.
White Wyandotte* First cockerel
and first hen—G. A. Hughes.
Rose Comb Reds—First, second
and third pullets; first cockerel—p,
J. Henderson, Aubrey.
Single Comb Reds—First cock,
second cockerel, first hen; first, sec-
ond and third pullet; first pen sec-
ond pen—John Million, Denton’
While Orpingtons—First, second
cock; first cockerel; first pullat* sec-
ond hen; first Pen—Fted Bottorff.
Second cockerel, first hen. second
pen—Mrs. W. A. Richard*. Third
cockerel—R. M. Mitchell.
Black Orpington*—First and sec-
ond cockerels; first pen; first pullet
Dr. C. Lipscomb. Third Aickerel-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Cen-
sus Bureau’s eighth cotton ginning
n-p-jrt <<! the season, issued at 10
' a. in. today and showing the number
of running bales, counting round as
halt bales, of cotton of the growth of
.911. g'nned prior to January 1, with
compurative statistics for last year
anj other years, as as follows:
, United States 14,332,756 bales,
compared with 11,084,515 bales last
year, when 95.8 Por cent of the en-
tire crop was ginned prior to January
1; 12.4ua.298 bales in 1908, when
95 3 per cent was ginned, and 11,-
741,039 bales in 1906, when 90.4 per
cent was finned.
Round bales included were 96,228.
Sea island cotton bales included
were 106,439.
Bales ginned by states follow:
Alabama .
Arkansas
i Florida . ...... . . ::
| Georgia ..........
i Louisiana ... ... ........
Mississippi .....
-•T’*e North Carolina ..........
Dt'niocratlc State committee decided Oklahoma .
jtnat National convention will be[^®ttt*1 Carolina
! , , , ..... Tennessee .
teet-l line 25. iTexas
The National Democratic Execu- f,,h
the five committee meeting Monday was
Vca. ia.1 . . i* a. . *1 .i. i COnipstfttive figure® for
Fro- an exciting affair and had finally; * e
[to adjourn over to Tuesday without:
selecting the place for holding the
11912 convention. Col. Bryan's ef-
The coldest weather of the winter to oust Committeeman Guffey of
of 1911-12 so far was registered ‘,en“By,L*nian ,aU’!d by »/®te OfJ(°
u . , . , „ , ■ . ito 18. Mr. Bryans effort for presl-
-Sunday morning, when, following the duntial primaries, however, was of
uJvent of the fierce blizzard that [greater success and while no defin-
catnc without warning early Satur- ite action was taken, it waa belfeved
day^ the mercury registered 6 above ’Monday night that the committee
zero That it did not reach zero aa w‘ 1 Provide for the seating of delei
wan nxn«<<ad fa nerbann dun tn the Kate* SO chosen. The indications at
cannot attend.
Trcn*nrer’« Report.
The report of County Treaaarer D.
M. Reeve to January 4 showed bal-
sf'-ee in the dtfferen. funds as fol-
low*:
Jury................. I l.M
10,279.18
999.91)
2,161.10
9.199.39
— —- ivr VU.C pan* uaviUS
OFFKTAf,H peon confined to • bom* m
the time for the p: several weeks,
the end was unexpd.
Judge Bottorff w born in Young
county, then the q*s frontier. His
father was killed <i scalped by ths
Indluns In a raidt Rock Creek,
Young county, wh he was only a
small boy and witais mother and
sisters, be moved ck to tbe settle-
ments, living in tkoutheru part ot
Denton county, wee his mother
married again ing Bottorff la-
ter <-ame to Dent,and for a while
lived with Dr. C. >scomb. He stud-
ied law in the off! of Welch, l’iner
& Austin and aftitudyng at Trini-
ty unversity. th at Tehuacana.
Limestone county* returned to
Denton and, was aitted to the bar
tn about 1886. n^ng his class-
mates at Trinltyste Judge W. F.
jl- -nsey of t he TB Supreme court,
Judge J_ A. L. Wi of’Sherman and
ex-Gov T. M. Caoell. x*e married
Miss Hktiie -iajd here In early
manhood She 1 two of the five
children born tom survive him—
Fred M„ a yotnawyer associated
with bis father the practice, and
Miss Corinne aung girl in the
city schools.
He was eiecte*unt attorney and
sorved. four yeathe only elective
office he ever b He also served
as special Distrfudge during one
term of the Sixth District court
here.
• In addition ts practice, re was
interestea in set Denton business
instituton. and ted considerable
farming propertrie was a director
in both the vet County National
bank, which hdped to organize,
and in tbe DenMilHng company
The pall-beaiwer* largely se-
lected from his I and business a*
cociatss.
A meeting os Bar association
was held Mond: 10 o’clock. Em-
ory C. Smith sleeted chairman
and George Mpkins secretary,
the officers beafterward made
permanent for oral Bar associa-
tion. A commtof five, including
the chairman, appointed to draft
suitaoie resolu on th* death of
Judge Holtorffslstlng of Messrs
Zumwalt, Maymblll, R, H. Hop-
kins, Jr., and’. Ferguson. AU
tbe members pt were appointed
a committee tend the funeral
and atrsngemfor a wreath of
flowers w*r* od mad*.
The Denton ty National bank
and the Deatoi plant were clos-
ed out ot resn Judge Bottom,
he having be«»lr*ctor
institutions.
I. U. O- F. in fr.
Following terries*
home, conduct Elder
, Rogers of the Christian church
and Rev. Walt Lattimore of the
i (lak Cliff Bafhurch, th* body
waa turned ov th* members of
, Denton Lodg*l2, I. O. O. F.
, Active pslloesiere: Georg* M.
Hopkina. FranTt, F. F. HUI. W
B McClorksn, Beyett, W. T.
Johnson. J. Hrctand and Job*
I Crain.
Honorary p rers yers Jo* A.
I Gambill, EmoFmlth, I D Fer-
guson, W. F. ; J. P. Blonnt.lJ’.
i H Blewett,
Rhoads of A
14,332,756 SUES SEI. C.V.T.U (U8RM AGAIN IKS NO DIPHTHES1A IN
MED TO JAN. I CONEESSES TO CM
From Saturday's Dally.
The resignation of County Attor-
ney Mays was filed with the County
Clerk late Friday afternoon and is
expected to be acted upon at tbe
session of the Commissioners' court
which convene* Monday Mr. Mays
■ eslgn* to go to Fort Worth, where
be wil engage in the practice of law
with his brother, W. J. Mays.
Whom th* court will select as his
xacceseor cannot of course be stated
until they elect, and no applications
hsd been filed for th* place up to,—— -------- * .
Saturday morning. There remains afternoon, tut after talking the mat-
PrRctically a full year of Mr. Maya* itev. ‘ veP. ?2tl1 th®, C0U,7’
necond term to be filled, including ’ mak» a bid^pverring that th* idea*
two term* of th* L-strtct court and ot fhe houses and of th* court wer*
so widely divergent that to bld were
One bid of a flat *76,009 waa re-
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