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HE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
VOL. 25, NO. 27
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Seven Cases Dis-
posed of This Week
In District Court
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FOR JUST THREE DAYS
Ex-Service Men
Can Vote Without
Paying Poll Tax
The following cases were disposed
of in district court this week:
B. R. Arther et al v. Walker D.
Hines, Director General, et al, suit
for damages; judgment for plaintiffs
for $510.
M. L. Bearden et al v. Canty, Teas &
Head, trespass to try title and for
damages, also to remove cloud and
cancel an oil, gas and mineral lease;
instructed verdict for plaintiffs.
S. J. Wilm et al v. E. Constantine
et al, suit to cancel oil and gas lease,
etc.; plaintiff dismissed as to the In-
vader Oil and Refining Company.
After the case had been turned over
to the jury and they had deliberated
for several hours they were discharg-
ed, having failed to agree on a ver-
dict.
H. C. and J. H. McCullough v. Es-
tate of Mrs. Emma McCullough, ap-
plication for probate of will; jury
failed to agree on a verdict and the
case was continued to the next term.
Mrs. Ella Canuteson et al v. Clifton
Mercantile Co., verdict in favor of
plaintiffs for $143.36 as actual dam-
ages, and $75.00 exemplary damages.
Miss Cora Canuteson v. Clifton
Mercantile Co., verdict in favor of
plaintiff for $340.48 as actual damages
and $50 exemplary damages.
Mrs. Hazel Bullard v. T. B. Bullard,
suit for divorce; granted as prayed
for and child awarded temporarily to
plaintiff and maiden name of plain-
tiff restored.
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The criminal docket will be taken
up Monday, there being ten cases set
for trial.
Petit Jurors For Next Week.
Following is a list of the district
court petit jurors summoned to be in
Meridian next Monday: J. F. Vick-
ery, Mosheim; 0. J. Knowles, Mo-
sheim; Curtis Odle, Valley Mills; G.
E. Robertson, Clifton; C. C. Wright,
Clifton; J. L. Adams, Walnut Springs;
J. H. Cole, Walnut Springs; J. S. Bird,
Roswell; J. R. Cate, Morgan; J. T.
Cook, Morgan; A. C. Crabtree, Mor- t0 transfer $200 from the general
gan; C. B. Allen, Morgan; Henry Anz,
Clifton; A. Biffle, Clifton; J. F. Sea-
wright, Valley Mills; C. C. Blackwell,
Walnut Springs; T. Blair, Walnut
Springs; L. R. Duke, Morgan; W. M. -
Gandy, Meridian; R. S. Robertson, following officers were examined and
Meridian; H. E. Stokes, Meridian; W. .
V. Odle, Meridian; C. J. Lewis, Me- R H' Young, county clerk; J' S. La’
ridian; W. W. Todd, Meridian; J. S.
Lomax, Meridian; J. P. Hudson, Ire-
dell; A. C. Smith, Iredell; W. B.
Hughes, Iredell; L. Cartwright, Ire-
dell; W. J. Phillips, Iredell; Fred Lun-
berg, Iredell; W. A. Miller, Iredell;
Conrad Phillips, Iredell.
The grand jury will resume their
investigations Monday.
When others fail, bring your car to
the Ford Service Station—Kelley can
fix it.
adv
“The Noble
Outcast”
(A Drama in Four Acts)
By the Senior Class
The story of a man who weent to
prison to shield a guilty brother.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Col. Lee,..................A Southern Banker
James Blackburn,................His Nephew
Mrs. Lee,........................Wife of Colonel
France,..............A Disputed Possession
Sadie,............................Faithful but Free
Gerald Weston,.......................................
................Known as Jerry the Tramp
Jack Worthington,....Blackburn’s Rival
Meridian High School Auditorium
Thursday Night—December 18th
- at 7:45 o’clock
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Business Transacted
By the Commissioners
The Commissioners Court was in
session Monday at which time the fol-
lowing business was transacted:
The County Treasurer was ordered
county fund to, the jury fund.
The official bond of A. J. Ford, dep-
uty public weigher of Precincts Nos.
5 and 8, was approved.
The monthly expense accounts of
approved: W. A. York, county judge;
mar, tax collector; J. W. Conley, tax
assessor, and Chas. Romine, sheriff.
Order passed refunding J. H. Sadler
$4.15, amount of taxes erroneously
assessed against him.
After disposing of the claim docket
and approving the Minutes, Court ad-
journed Monday afternoon.
Quite a number have called during
the past few days and renewed their
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many dollars to you during a year.
The fourteenth decennial census of
the United States will be taken dur-
ing the month of January, 1920. The
first census was taken in 1790 during
the administration of George Wash-
ington, and related solely to popula-
tion. About 650 people were engaged
to take the first census of the United
States, while the 1920 census will re-
quire the services of 90,000, notwith-
standing that the ingenious machines
used by the Census Bureau to count,
sort and tabulate the information
gathered by the enumerators is capa-
ble of sorting 300 cards per minute,
the counting machine can do 500 cards
a minute, and the tabulating machine
is capable of handling 400 cards each
minute. Many interesting facts will
be disclosed by this census.
The latest tabulation of reports
showed Texas had subscribed $15,240,-
000 of its quota of $16,000,000 in
the Southern Baptist $75,000,000 cam-
paign to meet the needs of the .de-
nomination along the lines of missions,
education and benevolence for a period
of five years.
Oil Strike Expected
In Well Near Waco
An oil strike that is expected “to
wake the natives” is expected in the
near future at the Harrington well
near Waco. The formations encoun-
tered so far are exactly the same as
in the Ranger field just above the pay
sand. This well is now down to a
depth of 2,960 feet. Financial ar-
rangements were made some time ago
to sink this well to a depth of 3,700
feet, but from present indications it is
thought the pay sand will be reached
at any hour.
Cooper School Opened Last Monday.
A few years ago there were two
small schools between Meridian and
Clifton. These two schools were too
small for either to be successful. In
1911 the Round Mountain and Cooper
schools were consolidated, this made
it possible for the citizens of' this dis-
trict to vote bonds sufficient to build
a new school building that is a credit
to the community and a monument to
the trustees who have so faithfully
worked for the completion of such a
building.
Last Monday, the old Cooper with
its bat infested house was forgotten
for a new and better Cooper. All the
pupils were not there, but as soon as
the remaining cotton is picked there
will be something like fifty-five pupils'
who in appreciation of what their par-
ents have done for them, will do one
of the best year’s work they have
ever done.
Only a few of the citizens were at
the opening of the school, but it plan-
ned that even the “older children” of
this community will take part in the
debating or literary society to be or-
ganized soon.
County Superintendent Powell was
present and explained the free text
book law as well as the cumpolsory
attendance law.
Misses Willie Hornbuckle, of Mor-
gan, and Opal Powell, of Meridian,
are the teachers for the ensuing term.
Williams, the four-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shipman residing
near Walnut Springs, picked 53 pounds
of cotton in one day recently, and
didn’t put in a full day at the job
eithr. At the prevailing prices for
cotton picking the youngster only
made about $1.50 for his time..
For Sale—A 1919 five-passenger
Ford, practically new. If interested
address P. 0. Box 108, Meridian, adv
Oil Man to Spread Good
Cheer At Walnut Xmas
L.’V. Wassam, a member of the
drilling firm of Coleman & Wassam
who are putting down a test well on
the Cox farm near Walnut Springs,
has charge of the plans for a big
Christmas tree exercise at Walnut
Springs, and from last week’s issue of
the Walnut Springs Hustler we learn
that he has already contracted for
candy and oranges in sufficient quan-
tities to supply at least 800 children
with an orange and a quarter of a
pound of candy each. He has limited
the age of those participating in this
treat to twelve years and promises
that every child in attendance will re-
ceive a present. He also says that
any child absolutely in need of any
special article will be supplied with
same: provided they make their wants
known to him.
While we are not acquainted with
Mr. Wassam, yet we know him as a
big hearted man. This will surely be
a happy Christmas for him, in fact
it could not be otherwise, for the man-
ner in which he , is planning to send
good cheer to the children’will act as
a boomerang and come back to him
accompanied with their smiles and
thankfulness for his having been
among them.
Do You Live With Your Family?
The Youth’s Companion is published
for those families who purpose to live
together, work together, play togeth-
er, and read together. The editors
believe that a united family means a
united nation. S
It is surprising how many stories—
over 250—are printed in the 52 weekly
issues. Every member of the family
will enjoy reading Charles B. Hawes’
serial, The Son of a “Gentleman Born,”
in 10 chapters, beginning in an early
issue, and the 8 other serial stories by
Elsie Singmaster and others.
New subscribers for 1920 will re-
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3. The Companion Home Calendar
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THE YOUTH’S COMPANION,
Commonwealth Ave. & St Paul St.,
Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions Received at this
office.
Bosque Boy Died At
El Paso Last Week
Thos. E. Spencer, age 27 years, 7
months and 25 days, died at Hen-
drick’s Sanitarium, El Paso, on Tues-
day, December 2nd, and the remains
were shipped home and laid to rest in
the Spring Creek grave yard last Sat-
urday.
Deceased was a son of Mrs. M. E.
Spencer, who resides near Help, and
was born and reared in this county,
and was well known and a highly re-
pected young man of that community.
He professed faith in Christ in July,
1917 and united with the Missionary
Baptist Church.
Mr. Spencer entered the army ser-
vice in March, 1918, and sailed for
France in July. He was a member
of the 357th Infantry, 90th Division,
and participated in the fighting in the
St. Mihiel section and was at the
front when the armistice was signed.
While fighting in defense of his
Country he was slightly gassed and
from exposure developed a tuberculo-
sis condition.j He returned from over-
seas on April Sth, 1919, with a casual
company and was discharged at Camp
Bowie on April 21st, 1919. Later he
was sent to El Paso by the Govern-
ment for treatment where he died.
Besides a mother, he is survived by
six brothers and two sisters: F. W.,
W. D., and J. R. H. ’ Spencer, Jr.,
Strawn; F. R. Spencer, Iredell; R. G.
and S. S. Spencer, Oklahoma; Mrs.
Jas. Horn and Mrs. D. N. Austin,
Electra.
Card of Thanks.
Through the columns of this paper,
we wish to express our sincere thanks
to our neighbors and friends for their
kindness and assistance rendered at
the death of our dear son and brother,
Thos. E. Spencer.
Dear neighbors and friends, words
have not the power to express our
sincere gratitude for your kindness
and assistance, but He who doeth all
things well will reward you and we
earnestly pray his richest blessings
upon you.
Mrs. M. E. Spencer and children.
School Taxes Are Now Due.
Notice is hereby given that the tax-
es of Meridian Independent School Dis-
trict for the year 1919 are now due
and are payable at my office at the
Farmers Guaranty State Bank. J. C.
Tittle, Tax Assessor and Collector of
the Meridian Independent School Dis-
trict.
adv20tf
Discharged soldiers, sailors and ma-
I rines who served during the last war
3 will not have to pay their poll taxes
a in Texas this year in order to be
■ granted the privilege of voting in the
■ elections to beheld during 1920,
■ these privileges will be granted them
■ just the same as if they had paid a
I poll tax receipt.
At the first called session of the
Thirty-sixth Legislature a law was
passed unanimously which restored to
soldiers, sailors and marines their
voting rights without their having
a poll tax receipt.
The act applies to all elections—
general, special and primary, and the
manner in which they may vote is as
follows: On election day discharged
service men can go to the voting box
in the precinct in which they now re-
side and present their discharge. If
they have lost their discharge papers
they will be required to make an affi-
davit that they served during the war.
"Discharged Soldier Ballot” will be
stamped upon their ballots. The dis-
charge papers will also be stamped so
as to show that they were presented
on the date of the election.
Anyone who is not a discharged sol-
dier, sailor or marine under provisions
of the law, and who represents himself
to be such will be deemed guilty of a
felony punishable by confinement in
the penitentiary from two to five.
■ years.
Refusal on the part of any election
9 officer to receive or properly count
■ the vote of any discharged soldier,
I sailor or marine who is entitled to
• vote under the law, shall be deemed
= guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
_ by not less than twelve months in jail,
or not more than $1,000 fine, or by
both imprisonment and fine.
Mrs. J. L. White died at the home
of relatives in Cleburne where she had
recently gone for a visit. The re-
mains'were shipped to Morgan where
they were laid to rest on Tuesday of
last week. Mrs. White was 84 years
of age and had resided in Morgan for
many years. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Alonzo Monk, Jr.,
of Arlington,, assisted by Rev. H. B.
Clark. She was the mother of O. D.
White, one of Morgan’s prominent
business men.
There will be a sale of articles
suitable for Christmas gifts, includ-
ing dolls, camisoles, slippers, boudoir
caps, aprons and fancy bags. Sale to
begin Saturday, the thirteenth, at J.
E. Turner’s Drug Store. Proceeds for
benefit of the Episcopal Church. New
articles daily until the 24th.
A tax of half a million dollars on a
pint of whiskey will be asked of Con-
gress in the event the Supreme Court
declares the war-time prohibition
amendment unconstitutional.
and
and
Loans
If you are interested in
OilInvest-
ments
don’t fail to see me
I am prepared to make loans
on Real Estates at all times
and at reasonable rates.
Quick service.
Call ‘Phone or write
ROY I. BOUNDS
Farm Loans and Real Estate
MERIDIAN, TEXAS 40
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919, newspaper, December 12, 1919; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1630701/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Meridian Public Library.