Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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ARLINGTON, TEXAN, FRIDAY, APRIL B, 101?,
OLD SERIES—VOL. XXXV, NO. 1.
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R. W. (“Uncle Woods”) Collins Dead--One of Arlington’s
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Arlington, Texas
W. M. DUGAN, Cashier.
C. B. BERRY, Assistant Cashier.
H. T. LOCKETT, Asst. Cashier.
A New Tungsten!
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present
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Fellows are very strong, and Arling-
ton Is trying to get the Odd Fellow’s
Industrial school and Orphan's Home
of Texas hare, and we feel that the
reception the team gets April 11
will be one to make them friends
of Arlington.
The above was to have been given
last night, but as It was raining and
muddy, they postponed it until
April 11.
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this spray now. This is a good indi-
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Commissioner’s Precinct No. 2, 0.
W. Clark, Kennedale schol district
No. 82.
Commissioners' Precinct No. 3,
William Fitch, Bedford school dis-
trict No. 33.
Commissioner’s Precinct No. 4, J.
W. Taylor, Bindville school district
No. 85.
From the county at large, M. H.
Moore, Fort Worth.
The present board contains
They are
the state.
be held in ‘each common school dis-
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election in bach commop •eChovr Artekron uwrvnn
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Some of the best amateur tal-
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and he lived and taught so as ton Collins,
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Fort Worth Texas. March 21.—
Mr. Bo^en, Editor Arlington Jour-
nal, Arlington, Texas. Dear Sir: —
Please publish the .following notice
which is of general interest to the
public and will be a source of infor-
mation, perhaps, to the amnagers of
elections In some places.
which he continued for
the late James Ditto
In 1857 he was
Elizabeth
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Runner Ducks are taking the day.
They lay all the time except during
July, Aak Oscar Burton. He's
duck authority now.
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Last Sunday, March 31st, 1912, at
his home on the South Side, after
an illness extending over more than
two years, Mr. R. Woods Collins died
at 1:10 p. m. Mr. Collins was famil-
iarly and affectionately known as
"Uncle Woods" Collins by all, not
only in Arlington, but over most of
Tarrant county, where he has lived
He was born in Jack-
Alabama. Dec.
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As an evidence of the precaution
being taken here to prevent the in-
cubation of meningitis gdrms, .it
may be stated that Messrs’ Coulter
& Sons alone, during the first epi-
demic a few weeks ago, prepared
above an(l 80,(1 the Alkaline, spray
was
urged.
The members are getting the Bul-
letin from the agricultural depart^
ment.
FARMERS TO MEET.
The Farmers’ Institute will meet
|8t the City Hall Saturday, April 13
m. F. R. Wallace, presi-
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I have been in business eight
years and guarantee my work| 1
alao work 'cut hair and combings In
any style at lowest prices. Try me.
MRS. CLARA McBRIDE,
Phone 230 204 E. Main St.
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LET US RESOLVE
To stick for the big show.
Not to repeat the baby’s sayings. ;
Ta confine our gossip to people’s good points.
To keep our virtues off the band wagon.
To kick no dog.
To hurt no child.
To sneer at no man.
To reverence all women.
To tickle all vanities but our own.
To laugh whenever there is a chance.
To share all our joys.
To keep our sorrows to ourself.
To carry no chip on our shoulders.
To love our neighbors and still leave them alone.
To divide our punkin’ pies. .
To give no neckties for Christmas.
To work as hard as we rest.
To rest as h-rd as we work. ‘ . •
To remember the honey .mot the sting.
To see the rainbow, not the storm.
To keep the rose not the thorn.
To worship as we work.
To dream while we dig.
To live in*the sunshine.
To fill the soul as well as the pocket.
To keep an open heart for all wanderers.
To cling to eternal things.
To love man and trust God.
And to ke.ep our money in the CITIZENS NATIONAL
jt'l ..ohnston and R. W. McKnight. The'
floral offerings were very profuse (
since 1875.
soti county,
1833; came to Texas January 1874.
and stopped In Dallas a year, then
moved to a farm near Arlington,
where he lived until 1878, and mov-
ed to this city and began merchan-
dising in
many years,
being his partner,
married to Miss Martha
Gray in Jackson Co.. Ala., who sur-
vives him. He left the following
children: Mrs. J. S. McKinley, Mrs. J.
A. Elliott. Mrs. Julia Thompson. Mrs
T. F. Yates. Mrs. George Luttrell,
Mrs. B. F. Houston and Miss Fannie
Collins, all of Arlington, and Mrs.
Frank Meek of Decatur, Texas, and
Mrs. Will Moore, of Fort Worth;
and Thomas Collins of Fordyce ,
Ark., George Collins of Greenville.
Texas; Terrell Collins of Alvord, Scott.
Texas, all of whom were with him ‘one-third of the audience being di-
related to the deceased. It
, NEW HERIEti—VOL. XV. NO. 11
ANOTHER VETERAN ANSWERS
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and sold of the Alkaline
(which is the standard prescription
for almost every specialist in the
than to have my remains He world today) more'than 22 gallons.
resurrection beneath |
as rich a tomb as that of Taj Mahal
Itself without deserving that
logy. *
Services were held at the First ■ wher«‘ “P^ng by such prescription
Baptist church, of. which he had 18 do,le «nd carefully In
been a member—both in his native : tkroat and nose and people dress so
state and here, for more than sixty I
years. Several of the former pas- pr*oiically no
tors came to pay tribute to his mem-i^*1'8 18 ,hown by
ory. the principal address being by,
Rev. J. M. Hart of Weatherford, as-
sisted by Rev. M. C. Jackson, now of
Dallas, and by the pastor. Rev. P. C. I
The house was packed, over
X OFFICERS:
♦ THOS. SPRUANCE, Pres.
X W. C. WEEKS, Vice President.
X DIRECTORS: THOS. SPRUANCE, W. M. DUGAN, E. E. RANKL4. <
t JR., W. C. WEEKS. JNO. M. ELLIOTT, A. /. COLLINS, W. ' !
X 8. JOHNSTON. T F. YATES, JAS. D COOPER. < ,
ex-county superintendents who are
acquainted with the location and
oondition of each schol in the
county. The other three members
are conservative men of good judg-
ment. The present board was ap-
pointed by the commissioners’ court
about seven months ago and have
served just long enough to become
somewhat acquainted with the new-
rural high school law.
ly recommended that the
board be ele»5ted to serve
term.
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CHRISTIAN PASTOR RESIGNS.
Rev. Eugene Martin, who has
been pastor of the Christian church
in this city for about eighteen
months, has resigned his position,
which took effect April 1. Mr. Mar-
tin will leave today for Stuttgart,
Ark., to take charge of the church
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*’ Mr«. .Martin and children will re- election in bach commop-school
<» mafo hete. vwtM th* close school. ’tcVt end Indaugndapt achotib
X They will »y. niiamn W Btktrlct Tor the"purp<4e df nAtettfCp
; J Stuttgart.
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The All-Star caete of the humorous
laughable comedy, “All a Mistake,”
to be presented Thursday night,
April 11, at the Arlington opera
house, called forth unstinted praise
from both the Record and the flkar-
Telegram at Wort Worth, when it
was presented to full houses at the
opera house theme. It was worthy
of •old-Umeers? said the Rec-
ord. “Some of the best amateur tal-
ent in the etty are in the caste,”
said the Star-Telegram Prices in
Arlington 2B cent*; children, IB
cents. .. Seats on sale at Coulter\
Drug Store,
las to keep warm and dry, there is
Several of the former pas- Poetically no danger whatever.
‘ ‘ the fact that
nurses and physicians do not con-
tract meningitis 'unless they glar-
ingly neglect the above precautions.
Last week the Journal
to say that many people _
doctor when first taking ’
a chill or when the first suspicious
symptoms were felt, and that this
caused most of the severity and fa-
tality of this disease. But the item
was so worded as to mislead some
Into thinking that some of our local
physicians had neglected to admin-
ister serum in time. This was not
so stated, nor Intended, because not
[believed. As a fact, we have known
that. Arlington physicians have
shown a most commendable alert-
ness In dealing with all cases—and
(have had a success that would chal-
him-
qualifled to fill It, and not as cap-
able for other vocations as a strong,
vigorous man ab'e to do any and all
sorts of work. Aal he has a'wgys
been a democrat end will cheerfully
abldy by the decision at the July
primary. As he Is the only rurallat no
far running for this office he feels
he will not only get the support of
Fort Worth but tho solid si ;>|iort of
the rural precincts.
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TEXAS A PACIFIC making
IMI'ROVEMENTS HERE.
Agent Chas. A. Hargett,-Of the
A P„ in putting a table and wMHflj
materials, and reading arrangemeahK
has sot a pace for the th>nsai»M
the T. A P. He is the first to
in such a welcome convenieneo. Now
taw
working on thFerofcfw »s
, sod the tracks will •_
K. Ragsdale, Secretary Home
ing Committee, Georgetown.
Frank Dobie, Secretary ExStudents’
Association. Georgetown.
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The All-Star cartte of the humorons
laughable comedy, “All a istake,"
to be preeentixl Thursday night,
April 11, at the Arlington o|w»ra
house, called forth unstinted^pralse
from both the Record and the Star-
Telegram at Fort Worth, when i t
was presented to full houses at the
opera l»onse there.
<>f ‘old-timeers,’ ”
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ent in the city are in
said the Star-Telegrah.
Arlington 25 cents; <
cents. Seats <*n sale at
Drug Store,
The
sons-
J. S.
Frank
Moore,
George Luttrell. B. F. Houston. The
honorary pallbearers were: Col. >
Thos. Spruance, J. W. Ditto, J. S
The funeral was one of the, largest In IFrfrt- J- H Watson. S. Yates. \\ . S 'k.|lge even the grpat Soi)lllan
Arlington’s history. And well lt ]-ohnston and R. W. McKnight. The ge]f
might be. For' a man who l._..
known him for many years, and was
his pastor for four years—Rev. M.
C. Jackson, said: "In all the years I
knew Wood Collins I knew him ab-
solutely reliable In all filings and
in every walk of life. And in the
borne he found his greatest joy. He
believed in the home as the suprem-
la win be balled
those who live on the North Side.
A MOST ATTRACTIVE WINDOW.
The show window at the McKla-
ley-Slaughter Hardware house le one
of thermost atractive and tasteful |
we have ever seen anywhere. If M
thia window was in a large city It . , V w.
would take a poMoeman to keep the 'N
puted championship. Arlington Odd crowds from blocking the sidewalk.
There Is a pasture with a lot of rab- . J
bits in one aide, the bunnies eating
and aklpplng about in glee; on the
other aide ia a graasplat with Easter
eggs and little chickens and rabbits.
The words “1912 Easter GreeUngs”
are lettered with eggs, rabbits and
chicks. It ia a most interesting show
to old and young. Go and see it.
Tomorrow will be the big day (here
—hot coffee, biscuits, etc.
Since eggs went to fifteen cents
a doten everybody's hens are lajta*.
This writer has eggs to beat now
now.
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five ounty schol trustees.
Of these five county schol trus-
tees. at least three must reside in
common aohfool )djs^r|cts and one
shall be elected from each of the four
commissioners’ precincts and one
from the county st large.
The board of county school trus-
tees at present is composed of the
following members.
Commissioner's Precinct No. 1, D.
McRae. Polytechnic Independent
school district.
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din, of Hollywood. Ala.
also thirty-six grandchildren
five greatgrandchildren living.
Truly han “a man and a prince
fallen in Israel" wheh the Grim
Reaper mowed down a life like his. j
HAMMOND.
County Supt.
be at the High
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Situation Better kn Arlington—Pa-
tient* Improving.
. Since our last Issue Mr. Olin Smith
stricken with meningitis, has died
(The doctors found it diflcult to ad-
|minister the serum to him from the
start and he fought so that he Injured I
[ the nurse, and she left. Monday
, night Mr. Smith died. His 4 year
old son now has It. We are
glad to report all of the other pa-
Ben-
en, and he lived and taught so as ton Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
to make bls such." Will Collins; Lee Davidson, George
I will pause long enough in writ-! Gardner, - Miss Bessie Sibley, little
Ing this tribute to say. that I had Lorene Yates, daughter of Mr. and
rather men would say this above my Mrs- T- F Yates, who was siricken
bier, and hare my fellow citizens to j Tuesday morning,
believe it was true, as those did who
heard it and knew "Uncle Woods"
Collins, than to have volumes witten
about me, have' even a Marc An-
thony to preach my funeral address
In sentences that would never die or
to have the proudest shaft 1
the oostllest mausofcum tha^t
ever piled above mortal remains.
Yea,
awaiting the
AN EX FARMER CANDIDATE
FOR TREASURER OF COUN-
TY—LOST ARM DI fflN.
Mr. Ed Matthewson of ManaflAld.
this week announces for the offlcw
of Treasurer of Tarran County Mi.
Matthewson camo to thia county
more than 37 j^ars ago and settled
on a farm near Mansfield which 'he
successfully conducted until he Ion*
an arm In his gin. Since then h«
has conducted a small confectionery
and news t a nd oua’.now tn Mansfield
where he has the esteem and will re-
ceive the suponrt. of almost every
voter, so say thos’ who have spoken
or his candidacy. He never before
I asked for any office, but feels he
J is the man for treasurer since thia
This Is ah ltem!off,r« ls a office, and he la
.hat is vital to 10,000 ex-studen's of *- “•» •- • ---
Southwestern; that is intoresteing
to all people Interested In eduoatlon;
and that will be noted by the whole
Methodist aggregation. Please pub-
Ish it. Yours slnlerely,
J. FRANK DOBIE.
Secretary S. U. ExStudents' Associa-
tion).
father, but was at the funeral,
left also two brothers. M. ~
T. B. Collins, both of Arlington, and & Spruance undertaking establlsh-
two sisters, Mrs. Eliza Hall of Lar- ment, conducting the funeral,
kin, Ala., and Mrs. Mary A. Boul- active pall bearers were all
There arc In-law of the
and McKinley, Joe
j Meek, T. F.
floral offerings were very
and beautiful, literally covering the
casket, and were placed about the
altar and chancel rail.
"And his deeds do follow him. at 2 p m F R Wallace
Well might the old prophet exclaim. |dent; S. D. Lassiter, secretary,
when a man like this dies, "Det me I full attendance of all
die the death of- the righteous and ------
my last end be like his.
intended
neglected ,
: southwestern UNIVERSITY
HOME COMING.
Plans to Bring E*<k 10.000 ExStu- J J
dents. Renewal of the days of ' ’
“Auld laiiig Syne." ' I
Georgetown Texas, March 30.— ' ’
Three years ago at the first home ' ’
coming of Southwestern University 1 •
a second was planned for five years < >
thence; but changed conditions have J
made imperious an immediate home [ ’
homing, th date being Friday, April < >
19, 1912. o
At a meeting of representative ’ ’
ex-studen'tf of Southwestern the lol- 1 >
lowing "call” was issued;
Not for what you are, nor with
any design on what you are supposed
to have, but simply for what you
used to be—Oh verdancy and fresh-
ness'—we w^nt you to gather with
the old bunch and "play ball" once
more on the old grounds,
coming from all over 1
Won’t you meet them?
There will be special rates and
special sleepers on all roads. The
informal iprogram will be—just a
great love feast, no talks on money
or politics, a base ball game with
the University‘ Of Texas, barbecue,
midnight goat ridings, and all
things In remembrance of the dewy
past.
Write us please that you are com-
ing. Write us anyhow, sending the
names and addresses of ten or more
ex-students. Write to your room-
mate and to those of the old bunch
you want to meet. If you do not
know where they are, send to us for
addresses.
| Friends of the institution are also
invited to be present.
You>rs of the old bunch,
T. M. McCullough, Chm. Waco.
C. A. Nichols. Treas. Georgetown.
A. K. Ragsdafe, Sec. San Antonio.
Address communications to Allen
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Magnolia Rebekah, World-Champ-
ion Team of I^ufies Exclusively.
Thursday night, April 11, « the
opera house Arlington people will
have a treat The new workd-fhimous
On Saturday, April 6th, the^ Will "Magnolia Rebekah tean\ of ladies of
Fort Worth will present the most
laughable comedy that has mt, “
peat, and which has been engaged
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-come to Arlington and put on this
comedy drama, it Is “A|l a Mletake."
AH the parts will be by the team
Itself. There will not doubt be a
crowded house to enjoy this comedy,
as the prices are popular. The Re-
bekahs will go to Winnipeg, Canada.
<0 contest for the world’s prix® as a
team, which will give them undls-
when he died, except Thomas, who (oectly
arrived too late to see his revered was a most impressive occasion.
Interment was in the Arlington
. R. and ^cemetery, Hugh Moore, of the Moore
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