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REVIEW OF MOST IMPORTANT N GAINESVILLE,
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Austin Nursery
W. H. Stobaugh,
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Speeder Forfeits
Bond in City Court.
Register Feature
Writer Visits Here.
Improvements Made
At the Postoffice
School Districts To
Elect New Trustees.
Killgore
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fr<im a two weeks’ illness
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overweight!
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Quarterly Conference
Held at L°cal Church.
I Whaley Memorial Methodist Church
was commended for its splendid re-
ports of activities of the past three
months hy the Rev. Finis A. Crutch-
field of Denton, presiding elder of the
of his contemplated departure,
an active me
Kiwanis ( lull and otherwise identified
with the city's progress.
Roy Blanton, who is now
local office of his father's
after
J. Brock and George Bur?h
Wichita Falls are in the ("
days on business,
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being trrged by many friends to
race foil I
evening. Rev. Crutchfield preached to
an unusually large Wednesday eve-
ning congregation.
Wednesday’s News
Georte Burch of Wichita 1’alls is
the! city for a
Miss Ownby is conducting a 1
class for leaders of women's
the first demonstration having been
given last Saturday.
‘ i a Carroll am-
critical condition
Friday’s News
MrsJ S. M. Miles of North Weaver
street has been confined to her bed
for several days with an attack of
Sol Zacharias
To Move to City
Of Dallas Soon
Judge Owsley Is
Urged To Make
Dunn, Mr. and Mrs.
his hlomie with illness.
; business
Rev. J. Frank Murrell, pastor of draft on
F? train No. is Sunday morning it
le.10 o’clock, and will be taken direct
jita Falls and Bifrkburnett police, at st- Mary’s Catholic church, where
Judge John f
tended the funeral of Judge C. R
Pearman here Sunday.
Ranger Captain Tom Hickman of
Fort Worth was a visitor in the city
Sunday.
Mrs, Joe Kathnian of Muensti r was love street Sunday.
,it til IP fiuluv a nel waa a VorV
r j. O. Patterson is up after a Week’s ploa^ar
Illness with influenza. and *hi
Mrs. W. T. Enlow has been called, iweekl;’-Sunday Register
anomie* year.
having failed to get relief decided f0 Der.V'i
to go to Battle C~ * »«■ « •
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Dovie Matthews, who underwent aii ])avton,
ope ‘at
day
J. M. Potter is able to be up after
an illness of six -weeks.
Travis KiUg has recovered from an
attack of influenza.
Ranger Cftptian Tom Hickman l«
reported ill with the flu at Fort
Worth.
Mrs. Arthur Boaz has returned to
her home in Austin after a visit
here. i I
J. H. McPeck. formerly with the
Katy lifTcs in Dallas has been as-
Members of the sheriff's depart-
ment were busy Friday carrying elec-
T Jon supplies to three school districts
which are to hold elections on Sat-
urday. April 3. to name new school
trustees. Valley View will elect
seven, Era is to choose three, and
Hood will elect five new trustees.
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hospital. *■ !
, j Mrs. Homer Massey and children the Senior Ward School will
the Santa Fe as
J make the race. Judge Ben W. Boyd,
I well known Denton attorney, who
i has entered the race, will withdraw,
it is understood.
Stigler, Oklahoma, where he will con-
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Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stinnett spent
Sunday in Sherman at the bedside
of the former’s brother, J. A. Stin-
nett. who is quite ill.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Garnett and
children returned Sunday from a
visit* in Fort Worth.
Rev. G. A I. , — -
Charles Powers, Rev. W. R. Yowell
Sheriff M. E. Elliott
Tuesday afternoon from a
p to Norman, Okla. .
Deputy Sheriff Jack Glasgow
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So] F. Zacharias, for a
have returned from Abilene where
they visited Abilene Christian Col-
lege. " ,
Mrs. Alex Weathersby of Dallas
spent Sunday here visiting her par-
icnts.* Mr.,and Mrs. Dan Siddall.
Mrs. Floyd Brooks, of Ardmore
spent the week-end here visiting rel-
atives.
Alleged Dope Fiend
; Taken to Sherman
Mrs. Mary .Dean, alleged narcotic
J addict, was thken to Sherman and i
i lodged in jail there by Deputy U. S.
| Marshal Satterfield. Mrs. .Denn ami
i her husliand kere arrested here re-
cently. and Dean is now held in the
county jail on three felony charges
in connection with alleged forgery of
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and Mrs. Cecil Roberts are
f a fine boy who
arrived at their home on East True-
W. H. Stolmugh. 82. former well
known citizen of C<»<t,<‘ County,
.lied at th,, home of his daughter. Mrs.
« M. Riddle, ut Quanah. Texas, Fri-
day. according Jo a message receiv-
ed by Mrs. S. B. Ixrng. -
Mr. Stobaugh had been a resident
of the Westview community in this
county for many years liefore mov
ing to Quanah to reside with his
daughter last September. Funeral ser-
vices are to be held at St. Jo, Texas,
Saturduy, it is understood.
few days o i bin i- !
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Race for Judge
Judge Alvin Owsley, Sr., of Den- ' ■»
ton. is lieing urged by his friends in
■ that city to make the race for judge
of the Sixteenth Judicial District
comj*»sed of Denton and Cooke
counties, in the coming July Demo-
cratic primary, it has lieen learned
here. j •
In cAse Judge Owsley decides to
several the flu.
> Mr«. W. B. Cullen and daught*-r
left Thursday afternoon for Galves-
ton to attend the funeral of a niece
who died in that citv Wednesdav
night •
B. F. Mitchell left Thursdav afte--
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Plymouth, Vt, March 19 (As
• sociated Press)—President Cool-
idge came home to Plymouth to-
day. At 10.10 o’clock, the pres-
ident arrived at the farm house
where his father. Col. John Cool-
idge, lay dead. He was driven
to Plymouth from Woodstock,
accompamed by Mrs. Cooldige.
their son, John. Attorney Gen-
eral Sargent and Major James
Coupel, White House physician.
The presidential party arrived
in sleds, having left their auto-
mobiles at Bridgewater Corners
for the last seven miles of snow- *
t covered roads.
It was announced that the fu-
neral services would be held at
2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and
that burial would be in the cem-
etery here. 11
Second Demonstration
To Be Held Saturday.
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The second of a series of demon-
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Leia May Ownby at the S. J. Ken- ;
nerly Hardware Store here, will t»e I
given next Saturday afternoon on'
done nothing wrong. Two charges of
forgery were fileil against the man
and he declared that he would em-
ploy an attorney to represent him
in "the preliminary hearing, ’after*
which he was placed in the countv
jail to await trial.
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Monday’s News
Little Buster Nutting, eon of Mr.
and Mrs. Miller Nutting, is very Hl
with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
have been confined to their
with the flu for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harrell of Cor-
sican* visited friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hicks and
son. Walter Jr., visited in Sherman
Sunday.
Misses Foye Kidd and Mamie ar.d
Christine Keeling of Sherman were
the week-end guests of Mrs. R. D.
to be held- Clack.
Judge
evening in Nocona, where they at- ;
tended a revival meeting in progress '
there.
Fulcher 'Armstrong of Wichita
Falls spent Sunday ^here. the guest ^’nndlv' Ifegi^tJr.
of his mother, Mrs.-Minnie Arm-1 r-l__ _1
strong on,South Clenient street.
Mrs. I. D. Reed went to Wichiti
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Those You Know, Who Come and Go
'the school Thursday afternoon at ;
3:30 o’clodT. '
Mrs. W. H. Ainsworth and daugh- '
ter. Miss Luirille. will return to their ,
home in Wichita Falls after visiting'
here for several day*. |
Mrs. J. B. Piper, wh hoas been id
for several weeks, will undergo an '
operation at the sanitarium Thursday I
nom ing.
Harvey Hulen. feature writer on the
staff of the Daily and Sunday Reg-
ister. who is now engaged in writing
a series of articles on the early
schools of Cooke county, was a visitor
in the city over the week-end. stop- st rat ions being conducted by
ping here enroute to his homej in
Chickasha. Oklahoma, from Houston
where he has b^en for some time. He
left for his home Tuesday morning.
Kegis)
on lecal busiiie*s Tuesday morning. I Gadberry,
Arthiir t’j Herrmann is re] - —
quite! ifl. at ; his horn.e on
iiett street. ■
Sox play the Fort Worth Panthers.
Clyde’ Matherly went to Dallas on
business Friday morning.
’Peter Brogan is reported at ill quite
ill of influenza.
J. W. Joyner, who suffered a stroke
of paralysis late Thursday, was re-
ported seriously ilf Friday.
M. M. Hall is reported critically
ill at his home here.
F. J. Gates remains,quite ill at bis
homte with influenza.
Postmaster M. A. Taylor of Bon-
ham was a visitor at the office of
Postmaster J. L. Hickson here Thurs-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jap Coursey are
spending the day in Fort Worth.
Matt Joy of Tensell is in the city
on business today. k
Julian Russell left Friday morn-
ling for Dallas to confer with his em-
ployer, L. O. Blanton, on business
matters.
Dillard Lile is visiting in Ft Worth
and Dallas over the week-end.
Joe Coursey njotored to Fort
Worth today to give the “Cat” the
once over in their exhibition game
with the Chicago White Sox at the
new Panther Park this afternoon.
Mrs. W. A. Parrish of Cleburne,
formerly of this city was here Thurs-
day afternoon lie tween trains visit-
ing friends.
Mrs. A. M. L. Graves left Thurs-
day afternoon for Norman, Oklahoma,
to be with her aged father. H. H.
Pirkena. who is critically ill at his
home there. .
e A. I. Stone, who Inis been quite
ill with influenza for several weeks,
was able to l>e up town Friday after-
noon for several hours.
Shearon Bryan, who has been Buf-
fering from an attack of the flu
for several weeks, was able to be on
the streets again Friday.
nujde
trip to Wichita Fal s Tues-’
having
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. business this morning.
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imomihg from Chicago, where he at- a,rajn after
com pa pied the remains of tlje late v"'„„ „
John Cohni. Harry Cohn, a THplnftv geveral days.
.,f the deceased, returned with Mr. (• (• f.ani'cr
Bic nton assist in arranging the
affairs of Lis. unde.
is r ■pbrt|<l
Ir4'
Thursday fronj Austin, where he has
been as a delegate to the Grand
Lodge of the Odd Fellows, which has jn„
as president of the
Medical Association, as a
at Baylor Medical College
at important stat *
Joe Coursey went to Fort Worth
Friday to are the Chicago White
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threat of J
For yen'si
pennant u
have the\ wl
Sfflag. This 1
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Whe l«e»t t rtB
Anil Le.igu. . I
or three i> efl
capable -ti tfl
league «t.<'<dfl
On sonic ifl
Lu Blue. .1 dl
regular fir-’ I
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ers in the !■
Mftigney. ■
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Well e<|U:pt'ffl
-poitant I -ifl
base, a- t);<<fl
Four athlefl
oq<! base, bl
taint) that ■
t Rourke " it fl
j»*tion sho«
Leslie Bil'kM
to step ii to fl
This telloj
sensation ifl
termit ion fl
jicnr- t<> . \fl
a big ratio) fl
a second - o-fl
pair of h idfl
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tor taken efl
Jack \\ .1 efl
I'ably at 11 nJ
last ycat hdB
ien. late of fl
to Im- an mH
diffi' tilt i "rfl
Mullen is fl
(he "Miih< lefl
Jake has toy
pennants at F<
le scries. Thi
staged each y
hant winnetj
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with t In
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work. M
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There is a good season for
planting. the best .in nine
years. Plant a commercial or-
chard and let people come and
pick their fruit. They will pay
you more than if you took it
to them.
Plant Peaches, Plums, Pears,
. Figs. Aprjcots. Nectarines,
Pecans, Grapes. Jujubes, Ber-
ries and other fruits.
We have new sure bearing
rarities, like Smith. Carpen-
ter. Leona and Best June
Peaches, and thirty other good
ones. .
Bruce, Exceljoir, Burbank,
Happiness. A.Kance, Santa
Rosa Plunss anil fifteen others.
Haupt BBackljerries, Carman
- Grapes. \ f
Let us Viawe your home
Grounds Hteytifu! Forever
with Evergreens, Shades and
Shrubs arranged the right
way.
Plenty of old sorts like A1-*
theas. Crape Myrtles, Xapan
Quinces,, Hibicus. Bridal
Wreath, Nadijja, Roses and
then:
Many sorts of Climate Proof
Native Shrubs of West Texas.
Stop the northers and the
view’ of your neighbor’s .back
yard with Evergreens. We
have thousands of Ligustrums,
Chinese Arbor Vitae, Amoor
Privet and twenty others.
We make plan for planting
your home ground or 'parks.
We send drawing paper by
mail. Fifty years constant im-"
provement. Catalog. We pay
express.
Agei.ts wanted.
The
Austin Nursery
F. T. RAMSEY & SON
Austin, Texas Since 1875
The first building permit of the
Dick ' month was issued Tneaday morning
j by City Secretary F. M. Savage, who
day afternoon, and together with '
ichita Falls officers began a searnh 1
for the missing man. They visited '
Burkburnett and gave officers there |
a description of the man, who was j
picked up bv patrolmen there late;
questioned by County
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signed statement
drew
was
scout by the oil
one
training ! physicians of
t clubs, j
that Senator
Gainesvillt. a
judge of the hith District Court by r Pearman.
s (Jovcrnor Miriam A. Ferguson. Mon- Tuesday morning
Fire ladieved to ha\e l>een of in-
cendiary origin destroyed a barn be-
longing to Pat Ware of Gainesville
at Woodbine, nine miles east of here
Friday morning at an early hour.
The barn was located on a farm
on which W. ('. Garner was a tenant,
and the fire was discovered shortly
.after it started. Owing to the fact
that a tarpaulin had lieen arranged
for a bed in the building, it is believ-
ed tramps slept • there during the
night ami started the blaze.
A large quantity of feed, an auto-
mobile and 1 a quantity* of harness
were destroyed, the kiss being esti-
mhted at |H,50O with the barn and
contents insured.
Incendiary Origin
Suspected in Barn
Fire at Woodbine •
Only one case was docketed in Mu-
the defendant in the suit' failed to
ap|»ear. Since 1-ond for appearance
to the amount of $10 had been post-
ed, failure of the offender to appear
caused Judge N. C. Snider to forfeit
the amount to the eity. The of-
fense charged was speeding.
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visitors in tlie city
.loaay. :
I Attention! is called to the jage Rd
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with ttn? street, with influenza.
I Mjss Kate Butler returned Thurs-
r fturiied | day ftjom a visit in San Antonio.
Mrs. M. E. Eccles and Mrs. Shep-
pard Sheers who have been the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bringman for
several days, have returned to their
homes in Cleburne.
con-
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was a .
Court Adjourm in
Respect to Late Judge
The Sixteenth district court now
in session at Denton, was adjourned
Sherman, Texas, Minh 10. (Spe- |,v Special -lodge Ben W. Boyd at
rial to Die Registerl. \\. b the an- o o’clock Monday afternoon for the
noUncement that Senator \. S. remainder of the day out of respect
MOore of Gainesville. appointed t(, tj,.. menmry of the late Judge C.
judge of the lllth District ' ourt by p, Pearman. The court resumed
with the
day. has resigned, friends of Judge ncwly appointed judge, W. S. Moore,
J. H._ Wood of Sherman, declared they jn charge. ~-
were necking to secure his consent
to ntn for th,, office, and he is said Rev. J. F. Murrell to
to l>e considering the race. Conduct Stigler Meeting
Judge WimmI is not
his friends declare, but they are ask-
MAN FACES TWO
FORGERY CASES
IN COURT HFRFi'’3*1'-'...... .......... ««•
“ ’ V>(a\ a X xLax\l—4 , creest of Ennis, and two sons. Dr.
--- ! Edgar Gilcrcest of San Francisco,
i B. F. Barstine, 58, wanted in con- Galif.. and O-car Gilcreest of >’che-
nection with the alleged forgery (>t ; m’.-tady, N- Y-. all of whom will at-
dratts and checks drawn on banks in tend the funeral except Dr. Edgar
Gainesville, St. Jo and Bellevue, was Gilereest. who is unable to Im- here,
captured after a two day search by ! The remains will arrive in this
Chief of Police Dock Dudley. Detect - froni Ennis on northbound Santa
I ive C. II. Bailey of the Burns De-
I tective Agency at Dallas, and Wic’n-
: Burkburnett Thursdav evening altout ■ body will lie in state until tie.- proved.
19.30 o'clock, having been picked up
by patrolmen there.
According to Chief of Police Dock
Dudley. Barstine came to Gainesville
early this week, and stopped at the-I
Farmers’ Restaurant and Rooming!
House. Posing as an oil scout, he ■
hired Carl Rhodes, a local young man. |
to drive him about the country in
Rhodes’ car, promising to pay him ,S°' F. Zacharias, for a ntimlw-r of Vacuum Oil Company
$10 a day ami expenses. Rhodes ' .V’’"™ conne ted with the L. O. Blan-
i consented, and they left here Wed- I . • . i
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of Childress, who have been spending
the past two months at Sulphur,
Oklahoma, have returned to resiifc'
permanently in this city.
H. C. Johnson of Wiohita Fall*,
whit has been conducting^he adver-
tising of the Chicago Store during
the illness of A. I. Stone, has re-
turned to his home.
Mrs. I. D. heed left Monday for
Wichita Falls to attend the bedsidt
j of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Paul Mas-
sey. who is to undergo an operation.
I. 4o GRllagher and Alliert Schmitt
spetit Sunday visiting in Dallas.
R. E. Henderson of Mountain
Springs, was -in the, city Monday oil
Speer of Denton atv business* .
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Shawnee, Oklahoma, having been as-
signed to a Ain.out of that city orf'
L-__ L t - i • -• >•
I Engi
wood
to Sanger to attend the bedside of
her mother, who is re|K>rted critical-
ly ill-
W. F. Russell stated todpy he had
made a deal for the VJjkeelfr land in
tlie town of Callisburg tn place of the
as stated’in this
■" a few- days ago. Mr. Russell
Cotton Company in. Gainesville, has great confidence in the Callis-
! nesday ■ morning after Barstine had W|Gi his family to Dallas n .
j given a check for $3.85 to a local
man, and had drawn a
the Empire Refining Con
pany at the First State Bank her-
for $20(1. signing the name of J. A.
duct a two* weeks’ revival meeting in Victory to the two instruments.
rnpysc V..U.VU o. vu.i v.v,. ■ signed Various Names.
serfn-es wtll be »n charge Upon reachTn,, St. Jo.
At a meeting of the Masonic Lodge
held Monday .evening, a . committee
was appointed to get up plans .for the
erection of a new Masonic building on j
it he property of the lodge, ciyater of
'Commerce and Elm streets. A $90,-
(HM> structure is proposed, it is un-
i^rstood, and if the present plans are
4t<iisiimmated,'Gainesville will have a
valuable addition, in the form of a
l>eautiful Masonic Temple.
race,
a candidate
ing him to make the sacrifice and *'1,‘ Baptist church, has gone to
offer himself for tin- office. Judge
Wood is one ’of the leading I .wyers .
in Slierman and is well known over *he first Baptist church of that city t
The song seryh-es will be in charge
great service to B. B. Co*, who recently conducted
p.>sed of Cooke, Fan-- meeting held at
Dr. Ed#ard McShane Waits, pi eai-
dent of TRxas Christian Vniversi'y at
Fort Worth, was the distingu:-!:ed
the Rotary Glee Club Here
Club of Gainesville at its weekly
luncheon Wednesday at noon in con-
Uaction With the program offered by
the Rotary < Ittb of Fort Worth,
which was rep” anted by ten of its
Ibetnhera at the gathering.
Dr. Waits delivered n powerful and
inspirational lecture on “The Six Ob-
jecte of Rotiiy,” in which he stressed
the neccOBity.of tl— people of Ameri-
ca to cater into tin- spirit of broth-
Xrhnod that will bridge the gulf ex-I'"”'' oei^. , aiee <-iui> w alld piacmg of a 1. .
, luting between this country and th<>*e , ronq»oae<l of sixteen youths, and is ac- pffjce of Postmaster J. L. Hickson.
of other continnenta to j—
world wide pea-e for all time
come.
In addition to the splendid address,
Mias Mary Broadus of Texas Chris-
. tian University, gave a
, reading. Ixm» M. Kuehn,
of the Gninesc ville Rotary f lub, pre-
sided aa chairman, and introduced
President Wilbur Allison oT the Ft.
Worth Club, who in turn introduced
Rotarian Joe Stevens, who was in
charge of the program.
Rotarian* here from Fort Worth in
addition to those .>n the program,
were Claude Alh-n, Harry LeTelli- r,
Ed Pennington. Kelly Shannon. Erid pem. t of Month
McDfrmitt. Bert Tolliert, Bert Rose,
aiid Emr>t Lasker. Denton Rotar:’>ns |
present included B<-rt Fowler, Dick !
( riddle and Bala WjBiam*.
The club wch’oined back to its granted a perinit to J. Ancil Smoot
»• luneiieon Rotarian Jim Potter, who . for the erection of a five-room frame
• has been ill for the past six weeks, residence on East Main street, be-
and*who was received with much | tween Morris and Taylor streets, the
pleasure by a!^menihers of the club. • structure to cost approximately $2,-
---- I 090.
TWO MEN BEING ' Masonic Building
. - Committee at Work.
MENTIONED FOR
STATE SENATOR
’ ! Bonham. Texas. March 10. (United
Press).—Judge S. F. Leslie of Bon-
ham will 1h- a candidate for State
Senator to succeeil W. S. Moore,
who resigned following his apoint-
nient as District Judge at Gaines-
ville, according to an announcement
here today. Moore was appointed.
Monday to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of .Judge C. R. Pearman.
orchestra of five »
(Cupid Goes On A
I Strike In This City.
Dan Cupid has evidently gone on a
strike in Gainesville—at least. so
thinks County Clerk Guy Turner and
his deputies, for no marriage licenses
have been issued in an* entire week,
the last certificate having been
granted a couple oh Saturday of last
week.
Thursday’s News.
Mr. anj Mrs. Clarence Glazier are
the proud parents of a fine baby girl
1 born Wednesday morning.
Dan Bvyning. flagman at the j
■ ii Broadway railroad crossing, is re-
51 rs. J. C. Quinn of Vernon is heije ported vegv ill.
H. E. )('ohn .left for his home in
, Ohio, Wednesday, after
the sanitarium Satuf- spending several days here going over
uffaij-g of his uncle, the'late John
I Cohn.
aip Mrs. J .W. Laughlin4>f Sulphur. Ok-
lahoma. -is a guest of Mrs. J. H.
j i Welch on North Denton street.
Walteif Killgore is able to be out
• an attack of the flu,
which confined him to his bed for
Jaunita Louise
made for Barstine. and it was dis-
covered that he had left the town.
Detective on Case.
The Burns Detective Agency was |
notified of the incident, and sent De- '
tective C. H. Bailey Jo work on th- j
Judge W. S. .Moore of the Sixteenth case, while Chief of Police Dock Dud- i
district court went to Denton Thurs- ley of Gainesville also became inter-
day morning to hear the report of th • ested in the case. The officers re- [
Denton county grand jury and dis- reived a tip that Barstine was in l
charge the body for the term. He (BorLburnett. and Dudley met Bailev |
will return to Denton next Monday j >n Wiehrta Falls at 2.30 o'clock Thurs-|
morning to begin the hearing of cases
scheduled for trial there.
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i Delegate Returns
From Lodge Meeting
Attorney Ralph Bell returned.home ] Thursday" evening'
Barstine was <
Attorney J. L. Gettys Friday
and made a f
acknowledging that he drew the j
drafts, claiming that he was em-
ployed as a scout by the oil com- •
pany and maintaining that he had;
on oil Business.
Royal i’Fijpmerman. Sr., tormerly of
this citly^now residing in Brown-1
I wood wlhere he holjls a run on the
Santa Fe as locomotive engineer, ar-
rived, here Thursday for a visit with
friends and relatives.
W. 5^. LeCbmpte, local special of-
ficer for the Santa Fe, left TlQirs-
<lay morning for Los Angeles, Calif.,
to attend a system I. S. & D. meet-
ing which will convene in that city
March 23, and will be attended by
high officials and others of the en-
tire Santa Fe lines.
Agent E. J. Gates of the Santa Fe
is reported quite ill at his suburban
home Jiorth of the city.
George Hoag, local cigar inanu-
turer, is said to be quite ill at
the family home on Red Rivt-r jttreet.
I. N. LeCompte of Fulton. Missouri,
who hqs been the guest of his cousin,
iValteiL LeCompte, returned home
Thursday.
Betti’ Jane, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gideon Bell is ill at the
family home, 109 West Garnett
■to be asMaiated with the office of A. I. Stone, manager of the Chica-
the company in that city !about Aug- g" Store, who has been quite ill at
ust 1st. . his home on Scott* street, is reported
Mr. Zacharias has lieen a resident to la- improved today.
of Gainesville for many years, and Is Baum and son. Samuel, have re-
his many friends will regret to learn turned from Dallas where they spent
He Sundaj’-visiting at the bedside of Mr.
t-mber ;of the Battm'-s father who is quite ill.
b. ‘L. Painter, manager of the shoe
department at BaumX^-« ialty Shop,
with the is visiting relatives in Waco.
company. ( Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stanley are the
ter * Mr. parents of a nine |>ound son. who ar-
l riled recently. The father is liook-
kqeper for Lyon-Gray Lfimlwr Co. and
Littje Jaunita lamise Bailey is they reside on East Broadway.
convalescing after having her tonsils ! ipIrs Olna Boaz is here from Austin,
remifxed at the sanitarium. , having come to attend the fumixhl; of,
; hqr grandfather, G. N. Rogers. |
Sheriff M. E. Elliott left Mondayj
>n a week-end business trip to
, Okla.
Houston Maupin went-to En-
xas, Thursday night upon re-
his Jiome in Houst<*n, a her ‘at,., ceipt of a message announcing th.’
r, death of her father, Dr. J. E. Gil-
meet Speiien, who goes to Browrn-' signed to (he bill clerks des in t e
office of H. Perkins, local agent,
succeeding Jack Estes, who has been
transferred to the position of ware-
house foreman in place of John
Reed, the latter havirfg been granted
a sixty-day leave of absence.
Mrs. Bob Bernard and daiyjhter
of Oklahoma Ctty, are guests of
Mrs. Axilda Harrell on Tast Scott
street. i ,
R. H. Smith. Supt. of Harvey
Houses on the Santa Fe lines is the
guest of B. E. Newcomb, local man-
ager. for Fted Harvey, in this city.
Engineer W. E. (Gene) Harris,
running out of Cleburne on the
Santa Fe. wjas here Wednesday trans-
acting business and greeting old
i friends. Mr,' Harris lived in Gaines-
ville in the long ago and while here
disposed of the Harris home, corner
Belcher anid*. Sdhopmeyer streets.
Jesse Hotlgkinson of. Wichita Falls,
~ was
here Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Ix'na Gadberry, wife of O. R.
residing ’ twenty-three
_ ‘ > w as
Gar Ji brought to the local sanitarium Wed-
■ | nesday afternoon in
Scuatnr Cowell of Whitesboro is- bulanre in a critical condition as
heinj urged jiy many friends to mak^ the result of flu-pneumonia and at-
the ace for! the Senate and his an-! tending physicians hold little or nol
nounrement w ill’likely appear il thid liope for her recovery.
i------L Lx —I 1_ j Shearon Bryan, who has lieen ill |
t»urvH of with_lhe flu for several weeks, is
cit r fo| recovering rapidly, and will lie out
: ! within the next few days.
Mrs. Joe Bergman o^ The Isiard of directors of the Jun
i here in the city today shop] «or ( hamlier of Commerce will meet .
apd were pleasant callers i t thJ • 1 hursday evening at 7 ockx-k. %
...... Mr. and Mrs. Bergl
ate regular readers of the’Veek| t^e proud parents of
Mr. and Mrs. John Coursey have
returned from a visit with relatives
in Fort Worth. |
Tuesday’s News
Mij. and Mrs. R. C. Hames and
daugliter. who spent the week-end
kisiting friedds in Gainesville.■ re-I
turniid io their home in Dallas.
, Talmage Glutting is confined to-j
Lis hjotne with illness.
and Harold Sarles spent Saturday. f. j. ]Jeath and sister are vis-‘
.. v. ul^rx ♦!>«, nt- jting relatives in Durant. Oklahoma?
j L. H.l Odom, residing at Era,! was
tin the rity today and called at;this
Office and subscribed for the Weekly-:
A. Is. Madijox of Valley View h is
Iv-Spridity Register extended for an-
. Mr. Maddox stated that
Mrs. Jack Bell is reported
■r home on-.West Crunmings
S. M.. King ami son,
jweit to' llallas on a
| Tuesday.
Petet Brogan. M. K. T. flag nan.
renortijl ill at his home on 1 Idridjre
street Iwith influenza. I
G. G. Boydston of Valley 1’iew jis^
a l ew I
iday Register.
Geo. | Wade and Theo Denton hf
[xiro were
wyers
ov er
North Texas. Ulis'friends declare h«
will ba rendering a
the district, con [
nin and Grayson counties, if he is th® First Bapjtist church here.
I elected, eve . though at a personal
aacrjfice.
jClRLS' SCHOOL
= EXPENSES ARE
.GREATLY CUT
* ------ an imlorsemenit to a check and pos- j
Austin, Texas. March 19 (A-soci- session of twd alleged forged instru-|
I he Average per capita Inwtit*. He is also wanted on fed- I — w ,
in charges ! t*’nP’ an<^ wl,e» informed of th * {
kept here i transaction the following morning bv
ed by th« hotel proprietor, a search was |
grand jury at the next term of dis-
tdrict court. I
i
_T. IL Evans called at the Register
Dunn, Jr., and Rev. W. R. Yowell to the Daily and Sn nday f°rmer resident of Gainesville,
«er for nnothrtr year.
•Judge W. K Moore went to D>ntoni
. T . . ■ .1 . t
[ortedl miles southwest of Gainesville
East
e turned
•r at.
'*r
—>4 °i
delightful f • . ... .
nl ! nicipal Court Tuesday morning.
int roduced
part ’of
i Airs. Ki. E. Bradley, who has been
o his’
. alter
father,
I
i eturtied
the Battle Creek sanitfarixim. Mjr.
Robinett is suffering from a severe
mises to get relief in the northern Gj. N; Rogers.
The Parent-Teachers Assoc atioi
.... ---------e—-t- ..iqage i..
ment in the Santa Fe hospital and i Miss I
ei reuei ueciuea tc Der^on
Creek, Michigan, Judies at
where he will undergo treatment in Arts.
Judge Lewis Rogers has ’<
to F“ ’--- '■ ” L
case of intestinal trouble and pro- tending the funeral of his
onlerl’d his subscript ion to the Week-
Falls Sunday morning to be at the fdiler VPar.
bedside, of a sick relative. : ]),> js veil pleased with the Suhiday
. L. P-! Blanton of Dallas was a bus-
iness visitor in the city Saturday. | — — - - - • •
Dr. . H. Thurman. Rev. A. jodayj and renewed his sub-
n fear
! M r.
IMyr i
i ping L ----- ,
Register office.
. JnianFi. __
L<iis Tudor who has been quite ill jly-Siinday Register,
for several days, is reported im- ; ]
ijn tlhe
I .
Sheriff
Walter Killgore is confined to hip.^^ Norman. Okla. .
home on Red River street jyith an i
attack of the flu. !a i„lb'ina'
pllie Massey of Wichita Falls is ‘,jav
visiting his mother, Mrs. E. A, Mas- t-
sey, in this city.
George B. Nourse of Dallas, dis-
striij manager T”
and Inspection Bureau, was here
Monday in conference with Clyde
Matherly. local inspector. j’J reported improved!
John W Robinett of Sulphur, Ok-1 Ravmon-I Pearman returnei [ to
lahoma, was here Monday enrpute hrme’ iA Fort Worth Tuesda r. i
home from Temple where for some ^tendii}? the funeral of his 1
weeks he has lieen undergoing treat-pudge C. R. Pearman.
ment in the Santa Fe hospital and ■ Miss Luci May Pearman
Tuesday to rest me
the College of Irdusthal
the
Fred H. Minor, Judge Ben Boyd. ' j
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hooper, John jiajier kt- atj early date.
Xlejtander, Rev. and Mrs. $. M. Black, !
and Rev. Baker were* among those
from Denton wh<? attended the funer-
al of Judge C. R. T$*arman here Sun- (
lay. *
Mrs. A. G. McClure left Monday j
afternoon for a business visit of sev-
eral weeks in Jacksboro.
city today and w-as a ver^
t caller at the Register, offic| ’
and fluid her subscription to! th|
L ' ’ renewed foj
anodhe ’ year.
Rev. Earl J. Patton of Saint Jp
was a visitor in Gainesville .Tuest-
day
th<f liedside of her sister. Miss
County Jailer Jack Bell is
new house erected *>n his faJ*m
*.in the east
Western Weighting thi- county.’
.»i. r.. urao ley. wno 1
e i|l with the flji for
ion at 1
, day and who is reported doing ijs
1 well ais could be expected.
Geo J H. Culp; Arthur Teagije i
A. McElrath went to Denton <in
siness this morning.
I L. Blanton returned Tjiesdiiy |
■ — Tr -------- r. , ; - I TT
l eoiiipaiiied the remains of tlje la|
• a <
th0 deceased, returned wit
i aff airs of his. uni k*.
Mrs! John MiUarty
quite- jll at her home on East
love sireetj
been in session at Austin since Mon-
day. He report* a very interesting
convention. The next annual meet- pjbycd
I ing of the Grand Lodge will be held
I at Waco in 1927.
I •ervices for Mrs. Mattie
Sieger, who died at her home, «IO
Denisort •treet. Wednesday morning.
4 were held at the residence Thursday
* afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Rev. W.
X Harrison Baker, pastor of the First
~ Methodist Church, officiating, with]
* interment in Faimew cemetery under vi i'tikuu, presiumg eiuer oi tne
* the direction of Undertaker George j Denton district, who held quarterly
-J. Carroll. |conference at the church Wednesday
morning for Norman. Oklahoma, hav- - jle)
ing custody an escaped inmate of tha ] <
ins-ant asylum there, who is to be re- •
turned to the institution.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cobble are vis-
iting relatives in ForFAVorth for sev-
eral days.
Mr. ami Mrs. F. D. Garner and fam-
ily of Sherman were the weck-em|
guests of Mrs. L. \ . Hays on
Mofqs street.
Mrs. J. J. Smyer and daughter Iw^ftesL
of! Ardmore were visitors in the city f tO£ a
■ Mbnday.
R. E. Henderson of Mountain
Springs was in the city on business
Monday.
Virgil P. Keel returned Sunday
from Fort Worth, where he has been •
participating in the horse show al
thi- Fat Stock Show.
_____ . — - . . •
Red River street with an
attack of the flu.
Dr. J. E, Gilcreest, 76. for forty
“Vegetable Cookery”, it is announcetl. I years one of the most prominen*
l . 7 Gainesville, dropped
I dead at the supper table in his home
a’ Ennis. Texas. Thursday evening
about 7 o’chwk.
Ettneral services are
-'Sit st. Mary’ii (athnKe <-liur<-h in this
city Sunday afternoon at 3.3tr o'clock,
with the Rev. Father Frank O'Brien
<>f Texarkana o^'icitiating. Inter-
ment will be made in Fairview ceme-
tery under the direction of Under-
taker George J. Carroll, the followin’
having lieen named pallliearers: J.
Wl Gladney, f-eo M. Kuehn. Will Ross,
O|to Vaeth. sr„ Dr. Rufus C. Whid-
d<)n and Luther ^Xp>r.
]>r. Gilcreest wa>S|ne of the fees*
known physicist of Texas, having
sdrved as president of the Texas
State Medical Association, as
speaker
irj Dallas an 1
functions.
For more than forty year* he en-
gaged in the practice of medicine n
Gainesville, and was a*sociated with
Dr. Frank Garrett here ‘for some-
time. the latter m'bving to El Paso.
Dr Gilereest was also in partnership
w lh Dr. C. B. CI’hayer and the la'.-
Dr. John L. Lewis here. He retire 1
from .active practice about five years
ago, at which time he ipoved-to En-
nis with his family, and has resided
there since that time.
For some time. Dr. Gilcreest had
teen in ill health, and his death was
not wholly unexpected, bpt came
a great shock to his ma.ny friends
in Ennis. Gainesville and other cities
throughout the state.
Dr. Gilereest is survived by hi*
’wife, three daughters. Mrs. Houston
• ; Maupin of Gainesville. Mrs. G. G.
’ and Miss
freest of Ennis, and two
of
. : has been
Bar|* inc
drew a draft for $200 at the hank ‘
there, and d/posited it for collection,
signing what he claims to lie his
own name. "B. 1. .... .
draft. Proceeding to Bellevue, an-
other draft for $200 was drawn, the
name of J. A. \ ietor being signed to
that instrument. The bank,at Belle-
i vue wired the Empire Company I
I eerning the draft, and received
| answer stating that the draft
forgery.
Barstine and Rhodes spent the ’
night in Bellevue, ami the former
j gave the owner of the hotel posses-|
I si<>n of the car as security for a ■
$10 loan. Rhodes had retired at 11$-
“ ated Press) The average !>.>r rani* > I
w cost at the t.irls Training School it lend narcotic law violaiton charge.* *’me’ a,,,l "hen informed
• Gainesville since Mrs. Agnes Steph-j at Sherman but will be 1
• en* has teen superlntend-nt. has been until his case is investigated by th'
w retnarkablv reduced. H. H. llarring-
* ton, chairman cf the lioard of con-
3 trol said! yester/tay, The average
I cost from September. 1921 to Feb Moore Goes to Hear
e ruary. 1925. was $83.61. while the Grand Jury Report
* average per capita cos’ from Sep- ,
e temter, 8924. to February. 1996, wa
a $53.93. he said. The amount spen* j
* for maintenance and support was |
• $ 14.-MS>hiring the latter period. c<nn-
♦ pared with $16,306 for the former,
S despite in increase in population
j. from 73 to 107.
~ The value and efficiency of an in-
~ atitution is not to be measured bv
t a reduction in expenses but the eco-
*» nomic administration of the state’s
« yioney at any of the institution*
without, det riment to care and effi-
a ciency, is always to be desired, h-»
— added.
s Funeral of Mrs.
B Seiger Is Held
T ? Funeral
The Boys’ Giee Cluh-of Austin Col-
lege at Sherman,’’was in Gainesville
Monday at noon, enroute to Nocona,
Texas, w here they were scheduled to |
ap|iear in recital Monday night, the | Several worthwhile improvement*
first engagement of a road trip (have been made at the postoffice
which will take them far into Meat here during the past few days, num;
I exas. The trip to Nocona was 1 notable of which wa* the placing of
made in a large moQir bus. and the (iarRe awnings over the windows.
. | Isiys lunched here. The glee club is at,d the placing of a new rug in the
preserve ! 'ompanie.l by an
. to P>*rea.
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