The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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CROCKETT, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1914.
VOLUME XXIV—NO. 51.
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WEALTHY NEW JERSEY MAN
BEING HELD IN MOBILE
Arrested by Federal Officers With Pretty
17-Year-Old Stenographer Under
White Slave Law.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 9.—Joel M.
Foster, a wealthy poultry farmer of
Browns Mill, N. J., remained in his
room at a fashionable hotel here
today, denying himself to inter-
viewers, while the pretty stenog-
rapher, Miss Delilah Bradley, whom
he is alleged to have brought here
in violation of the Mann act, left
the hotel at which the two were
arrested to seek seclusion in a pri-
vate boarding house. Foster has
employed two leading attorneys of
this city to defend him. His pre-
liminary hearing is set for January
14.
It is understood that the recent
decision of a Texas federal judge,
who held that the intent of the
Mann white slave act was merely
to stop commercialized vice, will be
invoked in Foster's case.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster, as the couple
were known during their stay here,
obtained entry into the best society.
Foster exhibited interest in a plan
to establish a magnificent sanita-
rium at Spring Hill,- near Mobile,
and land agents had sought to sell
him the property.
When an Associated Press dis-
patch telling of her mother's offer
of reconciliation was read to her
today, Miss Bradley listened with
no show of emotion. Then she
repeated what she had persistently
said to every interviewer:
"I have nothing to say."
"Your reply will go back to your
mother in Pemberton," she was
told.
"I have nothing to say."
Pemberton, N. J., Jan.. 9.—News
of the arrest at Mobile, Ala., yester-
day of Joel M. Foster, charged with
violation of the Mann law, created
excitement here. Summary ven-
geance is threatened against Foster
by residents of this place. Foster
is general manager of one of the
largest poultry farms in the world,
located at Brown's Mills, N. J.
On December 15 he disappeared
from his home and at the same
time his stenographer, who was ar-
rested in Mobile with Foster, also
disappeared. The girl, Delilah F.
Bradley, 17 years old, is a daughter
of Harry C. Bradley, a railroad
baggage master. She was only a
year out of school and was an ac
tive member of the Pemberton
Methodist Church and a teacher in
its Sunday school. Foster, who is
40, is the son of T. J. Foster, head
of a correspondence school at
Scranton. The deserted wife and
16-year-old daughter of Foster are
now at the home of the latter's
father in Scranton.
The father of Miss Bradley is
heartbroken over his daughter's
escapade, but says he will receive
her with open arms if she returns
home. He has not instituted pro-
ceedings against Foster, but this
was explained by the statement
that the federal authorities have
preferred to handle the case under
the "white slave act."
The mother of Miss Bradley said
today that her daughter could come
home and live as she did before
she went away.
"We will forget her absence and
help her to forget it," the mother
said. "She is an innocent, trusting
girl. Her life has been spent
among persons upon whom she re-
lied for protection."
WE ARE NOW
" prepared to
give you the best
work obtainable
anywhere. Tele-
phone us your
business and our
wagon will be
glad to call.
Crockett Steam
Laundry
H. R. Mills, Mgr. Phone 314
New Cotton Chopper.
On invitation of Mr. Cuttler, busi-
ness and sales manager in Crockett
for the Planters' Cotton Chopper
Company, the Courier editor in-
spected one of the new cotton chop-
pers now being manufactured in
Dallas by the Planters' company.
The chopper was originally designed
and manufactured by S. E. Parsley
of this city and a few of the chop-
pers were put on the market and
sold last year. The manufacturing
company was quick to see where
improvements could be made and
the chopper was temporarily taken
off the market. The company was
so well pleased with the success of
the new design that new organiza-
tion was perfected and manu-
facturing headquarters moved from
Crockett to Dallas. The chopper
Mr. Cuttler is showing is the 1914
product of the Dallas factory. It is
on exhibition at the machine shop
of S. E. Parsley, Mr. Parsley still
retaining his interest in the new
company. The new chopper has
marked improvements over the old
one and practical demonstrations
of its work will be made as soon as
there is cotton to chop. Mr. Cut-
tier tells us that orders are now
being booked for the new
NEW ETIQUETTE MAY
BE SOCIAL BENEFIT
Discarding Formal Introductions Will
Eliminate Error and Embar-
rasment.
Individual Road Work.
An example of what can be done
with the proper effort is the road
from the intersection of Grace
street past the Tom Self place—a
part of the San Antonio road east
of Crockett. In three hours' time
two men, four mules and a road
grader borrowed from the county
put a mile of this road in first-class
shape. The work was done by in-
dividuals owning property and liv-
ing along the road as a test to de-
termine what could be done to get
the best results without any waste
of time. It was under the super-
vision of Thos. Self and had no
connection with the district road
work whatsoever, except that a
grading machine was borrowed
from the district.
The "Mischief Quartette" and Its Work.
Each year the month of 'January
numbers its list of victims from in-
fluenza, la grippe, bronchitis and
pneumonia. The prompt use of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
will check the onset of a cold and
stop a cough, preventing the
development of more serious con-
ditions. Keep it on hand. W. A.
King.—Adv.
It is not going too far to say that
nearly everybody who has ever at-
tended a oocial gathering and who
has passed through the ordeal of
being formally introduced to others
will be greatly pleased to learn
that formal introductions are on
the very point of going out of style.
There are many reasons why this
may be counted as one of the great-
est social reformations of the
period. As we understand it from
an article in the Monitor's house-
hold page, a proposition is being
laid down that a lot of people in-
vited to a social gathering should
regard this fact alone as sufficient
warrant for talking to those they
care to talk to. In other words, the
fact that people are under one roof
socially should mean that they are
all on a social level, and should be
further interpreted to mean that if
they do not know each other al-
ready they have a perfect right to
make each other's acquaintance
without the interposition of a third
party.
A common understanding of this
kind would be an immense relief to
the host or hostess. It would pro-
tect people from being introduced
over and over again to the same
people. It would enable people
who have not been introduced to
step up and talk to people they
desire to meet or to step back and
avoid meeting people to whom they
do not care to talk. It would put
an end to the stiffness that now so
often pervades the formal recep-
tion.
But this is not all. The abandon-
ment of the formal introduction
would prevent people from intro-
ducing other people who do not
want to be introduced, and it would
be a priceless boon to the person
who is pressed to the point of intro-
ducing a person whose name he
has forgotten to another person
whose name has just slipped his
memory. Moreover, it would mean
the last of the person who always
chopper, introduces another person by a
wrong or a mispronounced name,
and it would enable everybody who
is desirous of remembering names
to get them at first hand and with-
out a mumble.
We might almost go on indef-
initely givings reasons why the
abolition of formal introductions is
a great step in social progress, but
they will occur spontaneously to
the reader. With the formal intro-
duction out of the way, it is not at
all improbable that a large percent-
age of those who now meet and are
introduced at formal social gather-
ings would become acquainted
sooner or later.—Christian Science
Monitor.
Mrs. Corry, reported $15.40 on hand
and stated that she would at each
meeting read out the names of
those who had paid. Letter was
read from Fitz-Hugh Lee Chapter
of Graham, the secretary was asked
to send reply. Mrs. D. A. Nunn
gave following report on cemetery
work: Paid the sexton $30.00 for
month of December for cleaning
walks and trimming trees. Received
from Mrs. Painter, $25.00, money
left over from old balance on hand.
The iron gates not having arrived,
bars are being used to keep out
cattle. Mesdames J. P. Hail and
Fisher Arledge names were added
to the committee to solicit funds
for this work. Business finished,
the chaplain held memorial exer-
cise in memory of Mrs. H. F. Crad-
dock. Mrs. Earl Adams read a
selection of Scripture, the chaplain
joined in a prayer. "Lead, Kindly
Light" was rendered by the quar-
tette and was followed by the reso-
lutions, in memoriam, read by Mrs.
D. A. Nunn. "Some Other Day"
was beautifully sung by Mary Den-
ny Bynum, representing the "Win-
nie Davis Auxiliary." The chap-
ter adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Estelle Wootters the last Saturday
in January. A delicious salad
course was served by the hostess.
Mrs. Theo. L. Dunn, ,
Secretary Pro Tem.
Starting the New Year Right.
Among Courier subscription re-
néwals since January 1 are to be
found the following names: J. D.
Friend, Decuir-Bishop Drug Co., N.
E. Allbright, Johnson Arledge, J. D.
Woodson, R. G. Lundy, W. M. Pat-
ton, J. A. McConnell, M. Scar-
borough, Crockett Lumber Co., S. E.
Parsley, John Morgan, W. V. Berry,
J. T. Harrison, George Denny,
George Calhoun, Louis Bond, James
S. Shivers, S. L. Murchison, Crock-
ett; Mrs. D. W. O'Dell, Cleburne;
Dan McLean, C. W. LeGory, J. P.
Hail, T. J. Waller, W. E. Hail,
John I. Moore, John F. Baker,
H. J. Castleberg, D. A. Nunn, Rob-
ert R. Nunn, G. Q. King, R. E. Mc-
Connell, Clifford Kennedy, Crockett;
C. W. Newbury, Burke; Marvin Ellis,
Ney Sheridan, Joe Adams, Everett
Douglass, Dr. J. S. Wootters, O. C.
Goodwin, Henry Powers, J. W.
Young, H. J. Phillips, A. B. Burton,
I. A. Daniel, Frank Chamberlain, J.
W. Hail, John LeGory, First Nation-
al Bank, Dr. E. B. Stokes, J. R.
Estes, J. C. Satterwhite, T. A. Hays,
Crockett; R. R. Harvin, Sutherland
Springs; Moore & Shivers, J. V.
Collins, A. A. Aldrich, Armstead
Aldrich, C. L Edmiston, F. G. Ed-
miston, T. R. Deupree, J. H. Smith,
Crockett; F. A. Smith, Chapel Hill;
R. L. Shivers, J. P. Rains, J. S. Cook,
J. C. Millar B. B. Warfield, Crock-
ett; Allen Newton, Galveston, and
Mrs. George L Hughes, Manchester,
Va.
2500 FEDERALS SURRENDER
TO UNITED STATES
Mercado Among Those Who YieltaT
Sword to Major McNamee After
Evacuation.
Presidio, Texas, January 10.—The
Mexican Federal army, with its
nine generals, evacuated Ojinaga.
Mexico, at 10 o'clock tonight. The
triumphant rebel forces under Gen-
eral Francisco Villa immediately
occupied the village.
General Salvador Mercado, com-
mander of the Federal forces arid
Federal Military Governor of the
State of Chihuahua, surrendered to
Major McNamee.- He had been
reported among the missing, but
surrendered himself as soon as lie
found the American officer.
Orozco and Sa lazar are reportéd
to have escaped.
General Francisco Castro later
crossed and placed himself under
protection of United States troops.
He was followed by several subor-
dinate generals.
The losses of the Federals is re-
ported to be heavy. The fleeing
Federals were shot down in tfaae
streets of Ojinaga as they retreated,
and many were killed as they en-
deavored to cross the river to Pre-
sidio. The rebel loss is declared to
be less than 100. Many on both
sides were wounded.
Major McNamee, U. S. A., has
the situation well in hand. Mora
than 2500 Federals have surrendered
to him and are being brought to
the army camp at Presidio. The
Federals' ammunition was exhaust-
ed and they were forced to evac-
uate.
Villa cut off retreat of several
hundred Federal soldiers trying to
cross and has them prisoners.
Many executions are expected.
After the rebels occupied the
town General Ortega came to the
river to water his horse and he
yelled across to the American side:
'Hello, there, this is Ortega. Have
you got all the Federals over?"
Prominent Visitor Here.
James H. Ferriss, editor of the
Joliet, 111., Daily News, was a visitor
in Crockett this week and the
guest of his friend and former
business associate, Mr. H. A. Fisher.
The News is now one of the most
influencial newspapers in Illinois as
the result of Mr. Ferriss' untiring
efforts. Mr. Ferriss began his news-
paper career with practically noth-
ing and is now at the head of a
publishing company capitalized at
$110,000. He has been sued for
libel and under arrest a number of
times because of his undaunted
courage in showing up official rot-
tenness in his home city and state.
Besides being a man of large liter-
ary attainment, he is a cousin of
the Morans, the New York artists.
U. D. C. Meeting.
The D. A. Nunn Chapter U. D. C.
held its - last meeting with Mrs.
Fisher Arledge. The lovely new
home of the hostess waá ^still in
holiday attire, the holly wieaths
giving just the added touch to the
charming interior decorations. Tie
president, Mrs. John Millar, called
the meeting to order and the chap-
lain, Mrs. Earl Adams, led the
prayer. The secretary being ab-
sent -Mrs. Theo. L. Dunn was asked
to serve in her place. The treasurer,
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ly if you select it here from
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please you in price and pocket
if you will pay us a visit.
House Furnishers and Undertakers.
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1914, newspaper, January 15, 1914; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177728/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.