Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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AILY
For your protection all kinds
of insurance.
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Buy property novr and make
money. It is going up.
E. B. HENLEY & CO.
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BHOWXWOOD TEXAS MONDAY DECEMBER 18 190!).
$ 0. 49
ONSTANT AUTO DRUG
HOTEL PLANS ME
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WILL BE .SI BMITTED IV BKVISE1)
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MeKee Walker of Mexico City Nephew of
L. E Walker of Brownwood Died
From Speeding.
The news reports of Saturday from
Mexico City give the account of an
untlua! cause ot the death of MoKie
"Walker of iMat city who is a nephew
of L. E. Walker of the rtggiu & Ford
Co." bank of this city. The young
man's mother visited Brownwood last
year and is well kmnvn to the people
here. Aside from the unusual cause to
which the death js attributed the re-
lationship to the Brownwood . family
makes 'the case one of sad and es-
pecial interest. The report says:
To automobile speeding physicians
declare -was doe the death here today
t McRie Walker one of the .most
vridely known Americans of this city.
The immediate cause of Walker's
death was given as capillary bron
chitis aggravated by heart trouble.
Walk- : a .is. an autoTobile. emhaskist 1
and :i.ii made assay
record-breaking i
outlaying ; 'int. 4ariag"'.tho'j
run-
pas dec ..
tio.
to
the
the
this
.si that th- nsfirt exhitara- r
: t.-t drivh.r. vSasmjg the 2il0
. :".!-rer than iwirmal jarpeh i ;
the heart jha'd haraeed:
about that orgas and that-"
d.t.on actod asaittst the. -
covtr of The patient w hen he was at-j
tacked by bronchitis.
Walker was 2fi years of age and was
born at Salado. Texas
FOURTH ANNUAL POULTRY
SHOW OPENS 01
Probably Six Hundred Birds Will be Entered
and Among that Number will be .
Found the Best Strains .-.-X
The. fM)rih annual poultry show by
fee Browa County Poultry associa-
tion tvHI be opened tomorrow morning
at the Law building on Center Avenue.
' ind there is a treat in store for all
those "Who attend. There are from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty'
-coops and each coop will contain from
"three to five birds making the total
number of birds wore than live hun-
dred. When a Bulletin man dropped
in at the Low building this afternoon
he found considerable activity amom
those interested in the exhibit. Tht-y
-were straightening up the coops and
making the chickens comfortable for
f the night. Some twenty-five or thirty-
coops were -already filled and it could
be told very readiiy that some fancy-
birds would be exhibited.
Secretary Emll H. Gehrke was there
registering the exhibits and seeing
that everything is put in readiness
lor the opening tomorrow. He is as-
sisted by Messrs. H. R. Kaneaster
Clarence Remington. A E. Wilson
TTATERS-riERCE COXCERX
AFFAIRS FINALLY CLOSED.
Epeclal to Dally Bulletin:
Austin. Texas. Bee. 13. -The closing
chapter of the famous Waters-I'leree J
when Robert J. Eckhardt. receiver for j
ghe Waters-Pierce Oil Co. in Texas
fnnounced that he had practically
completed his task of closing the af-
fairs of the company which was re-
Sntly sold" to Col. S. Pordyce of
St Louis a tattaesa associate of H
'ctay Tvl The deed to the. prop-
ertL whicb have been signed by Eck-'
hart tiave been recorded which con-
summates the sale.
fJJILDREXS AUXILIARY
WLLL 3TEET THURSDAY.
The Bulletin is requested to an-
nounce that the Childrens' Auxiliary
vftll meet-Thursday afternoon at the
Library. Those interested are asked
to .take notice.
STATE SUM CLOSING
LAW DEFIED YESTERDAY
Mining Picture Sfiow Proprietors of
Fort Worth Gho Exhibition?.
On Sunday
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Fort Worth. Tex. Dec K5. The
prosecution of the proprietors of the'
focal moving- picture shows who yes-
terday defied .the ' State Sunday clos-
ing law and opened their places of
business is being watched all over the
estate. The outcome is favorable to
the defendants and will probably be
a. signal for Sunday. pen"ing.f shows
throughtoiu ihfi. .state. The defend-
ants are -ih K. Cun n hi gh-a . i xu K
Waniilttta.; -Tlnv. appen d fUr ji. 'wiit of
heteas ftr"pas'; today . ir angering the
ca.e from city . to . district .couft.
The Rmwnwood iodke'.'A. -.. &. A. 11.
afl -the iJrown wood Chapter have i-
in Stations io a reeeptiii to h
given at the 'Masonic hall on Tuesday
evening. Dee. 21. in honor of Grand
Master T. d Yantis There will be' -a
musical program rendered at. the halt
along "with appropriate exercises for
the occasion.
Dolph McLekey and others. -Mr.-
Gehrke said he was . expecting the
t fourth annual exhibit to -behe biggest
I the association has held -and that the
! attendance would likewise be - very
Jarse. He snid the manatccrs had. de--
elded that they would -not charge an
admission as was 'first pljiuned and
that "the show would be free-. io all'
who cared to come and see it.
; The Bhlletin would urse all 'vrho are
interesteid in. fine poultry to-go setlj?.
"show toaiiorrow or n.-xt day.' ".Out of
;the twenty-five-pens on display" this
jtiftfernbon- there were eiwih :prize-
J "winning birds to pay well for 'the visit.
Those ' who attended the first show
three years ago will appreciate more
than any others tlie vast improvement
made in the grade of poultry since .the
first show. Then the birds shown
were not much better than the aver-
ago barnyard fowl but in the show
tomorrow will be found as . fancy an
exhibit as will he found anywhere in
Texas.
ISTRAI' WILE LIKELY BE
ABOLISHED Q FARMS.
Special t. pally Bulletin.
Austin. Texas' Dec. 13. I.t is under-
stood here today that the Governors
forma as announced by his wrftton
statements Saturday night have been
received
n V. H. Gill and Walter r.ppj of
the state penitentiary board. I h s
practically. assures that the governor s
BWlon will be accepted and that a
movement -to abolisl: the strap on a
majority of the- convict farms will be
undertaken
'
Mrs. J. Bennett of Coleman is in the
city this week . in the interest of novel-
ty advertising which will run in Sat-
urday's Bulletin. Mrs. Bennett is a
clever newspaper woman .and one ca-
pable of getting up something worth
while.
row
t'erspertive sh(.nin.r front and side
S TO MEET .
EXCHANGE GREETINGS
"ILeaitive; nill bt ('in-i of (Hj t!
'-' . I'el H?i. ntiritiir'.Aniitinl
Ciuc FcsthhL
Special trr Dailv Bulletin;"
. Del Kk De'. III'. Otnnior Canvp-
helf of Texas imd (Jtjvernor .Jesats Del-
valie of Coahuila Mexico will meet in
this city January "th and exchange
greetings during the annual civic fes-
tival. ' The executives will be guests
of the city and it is expected that they
will remain here for a few days. The
eonmiittee today announced elaborate
plans for the entertainment of the two
governors:
WEST TEXAS SCHOOLS
IN ATHLETIC LEAGUE
Letters Will -k Ail to Appoint Dele.
. "inife'v ur .Meeting at Fort
Worth.
. The Vest Tevas Intj.-roholastir As
sociation may he- formed -this winter.
Aa now .outlined it will embrace all
8chHiiS atii ; cut'leges b.tvvefii San An-
geio.on the: ou.th Fort Worth-on the
ea.t Xew Mexico ojft th west ami the
Fort Aohh & Denver- on the north.
ScJi: t-r.onK schools as Polytechnic
KiJiortVqrth DanieJ Baker and How-
a rd ? I 'ay ht; at iJ.ro wh wo d; Simmons; at
Abilene.. ;Fort Worth University Clnr-
endod;.cbiiee at Clarendon Decatur
naptjst eoiIege San Angeio college.
Taxas" Christian. Institute at Stamford
and -mjiny otjiefs" will represented.
. Letters will be sept t v all these
Scjioois and colleges nor later than
.Jan. 1st asking them to appoint dele
gates ""dr proxies to" a meeting in Fort:
yorth-.at which the preliminary plans
"will be discussed and plans laid for1
A 'final meeting for the. organization of
the association.
.Many reasons are evident why such
an association should be formed in
the flrst place these schols and col-
leges named above are about equal
In attendance and in athletic strength
and at present do not belong to Khc
association of which the State Bay-
lor. T. C. U. and A. fe M. are members.
Support of the local schols and
coaches has been assured in -the form-
ing of this association.
Capt. J. A. Henley left this after-
noon for the bead waters of the Llano
where he expects to spend a few
weeks in camp. He took along enough
ammunition to kill more than the limit
of deer and make a grizzly know that
he had been in a fight. The Captain
went alone.
Jack Hall has just about completed
.Substantial additions to his home on
Austin Avenue.
D..S. Camp is moving into the Jer-
sig place at the corner of Coggin 'Ave-
nue and Vine street preparatory to
having his home place remodeled
throughout. Quite a lot of repairs are
to be made on bis home place and he
is moving out so as not to interfere
with the workmen.
Judge' S C." Coffee went to Bangs
tills morning on business.
e'catim af tii f roi-"''l lt(fel ''iiMing
hile jd A?i it'r-on Str'-'
WILL STAR
Will Widen the Dump on Santa Fe Main
Line Between Temple and Coleman
and Part of New &oad
J. 1 McSpadden railroad contract-
or was in the city for a few hours thk
morning in consultation with local
parties - regarding th widening of the
nud bed on the Santa Fo between
Ten) pl.o and- Coleman lie-has recent-
ly been awarded the contract for this
ivork" and for twenty-five miles of
grade wofk on. the. Santa Fe extension
out of San Angeio to Carlsbad hike
the a vecAue. contractor' Mr. "McSpad
den. had . nothing to gie out furttpir
than' that he had received the contract
for widening .the road bed on the main
line and "for the grade work on the
extension put of San. Angeio. He al-
ready has a force of teams at' work In
the vicinity of Killeen on the' widening
contract- and. he: wants to cet other
leama and outfits 'for different places
along the line.. ' .
Frank" Champion of this 'city; who
was with Mr. IcSpadden while grad-
ing the" Brady extension some years
ago. "will" probably be placed in charge
of some fifteen "or twenty teams on the
work. . .
The widening- of the road bed dump
means that the Santa Fe is getting
ready 'to handle heavy trnlic over the
main line -as soon as the cut-off" is
completed. - .
SLICK STBAXGEB: COLEMAN MAN.
After coughing up the sum of $2 In
the hope of getting two quarts of
whiskey and waiting for two hours on
the. corner of Twelfth and Houston
streets for them to be brought to him
A. E. Marshall a liveryman of Cole-
man thought twice and decided that
he had been buncoed and reported his
troubles to the police .department
about midnight Sunday.
According to the story Marshall told
the police he was standing at the cor-
ner of Twelfth and Houston streets
when a weli-.dre.ssed young fellow ap-
proached him and convincing him that
the lid was not on tight in Fort Worth
even on a cold Sunday night asked
the visitor if be would dike a drink or
two. When Marshall replied in the.
affirmative the accommodating young
man told' hlnr that for. a small sum of
S2 he would fetch him two -quarts of
good whiskey in ajveryfew minutes. ( through hgypL Cnop . ...
No .sooner had he said it than the The Pyramid's atrd Viinx.
money was in his hands and lie was) Memphis and HWirpxnLs. Leader
off after the wet goods. " 'Mrs Humphreys.
But the ..lid was not off presumably; ' lii Required Books' Greek View of
for the visiting liveryman waited two Life. Chap. 3 to page. lt'7.
long hours for his messenger's return
only to conclude that he would have
fn iio without the whiskey and tlie
money too. He gave the "police a good
description of the artist who worked
for Bnr uwood. Corner CenteV Ave-
I WORK SOO
W. J. BRYAfi ADDRESSES
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
XebraNkan Is (iin-t of Cute. Sell
Formerly" a Prominent Demo-
crat of Ionil .
Sneclfil to Dally Bulletin:
"Cleburne. T.oxas. Dec. 13. William
J. Bryan arrived here this morning
ami letetfred at the High School build-
lug and wf-li speak at the court house
tills afternoon. Bryan is the guest of
Cate Sells formerly a prominent Iowa
democratic politician and a long time
personal friend of the Nebraskan.
BUOWXWOOD JIAX HOLDS
GRAND LODGE OFFICE.
1-1; S. Frey returned last Saturday
night from Waco where 'he attended
a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ma-
sons. Mr. Frey is a regular attendant
of all the Grand Lodge meetings and
Is. well known among .Masons through-
out the state. He was elected to the
office of Right 'Worshipful Grand Ty-
ler for the ensuing year.
him for the two bones. Fort Worth
Becord
TEXAS BAPTIST ANNUAL
ISSUED BY BULLETIN' PUESS.
The Bulletin Is this week complet-
ing the work of printing the Texas
Baptist annual minutes of the Baptist
General Convention of Texas. It is a
book of 215 pages containing reports
of the different officers committees
and the general minutes of the con-
vention which was held in Dallas.
The Bulletin secured this printing
over competition of larger job offices
and we have every reason to feel
proud of the work.
XX CENTURY CLUB
PROGRAM FOR DEC. 1L
Boil Call Conspicuous characteris-
tics of the early Gjsflw.
In Cliautauquan Bending Journeys
. Leader Mrs. Hunter.
1 lomerlc Stories Odyssey
10. Leader Mrs.. Jennings.
Current Events.
. . Hostess Mrs. iiufford."
Books S-
! OUTLINE Of PLANS RECEIVED
Specifications anil Complete Plans
Will Bo Considered ami
Accepted.
When it was announced some weeks
qgo that the plans for the new South-
ern hotel had been accepted it was in
part error because at that time the
plans hml been accepted only in part.
'pi. f . ... .. i - .1 . i . .
i nv v;uu.iiiuit:u piiins imve not yet ueen
submitted and. will not be submitted
until December 28th. An outline of
the plans has been submitted and met
with the approval of the building com-
mittee but there is much to do before
the completed plans are accepted.
Architects Waller-Shaw-Field of Eort
Worth -have visited Brownwood and
consulted with the committee at
length and they have announced that
they will be ready with the plans com-
plete by the date named. In the
meantime the company is making
everything . ready for" organization
which will be effected fmmediaM af-
ter January 1st. The plan will be ac-
cepted and bids asked for in the mean-
time and actual work wilt bfrin on
rii- hotel early in January.
V NOT 11 EB At TOM OBI LE EX-
DFKAXCE. CONTEST LS ON.
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Dallas Texas Dee. 13. Seven auto-
mobiles which have entered the North
Texas endurance run will start to
Weatherford today and return to Dal-
las by three o'clock this afternoon.
The circuit as planned will take the
contestants through the towns of Ter-
rell Greenville Mt. Pleasant Paris
Denison Sherman Gainesville Weath-
erford. Fort Worth. The trip will re-
YOUNG MAX YICTLH OF
( OLD XKAH McKIXXEY.
Special to Daily Bulletin: . .
McK!nny Toxas Dec. 13. The
first vietin of the cold weather here
for this winter is Leonard Burk aged
10 years who w-as found dead this
morning- m a haymow on a farm four
miles west of town His doftth was
presumably due to "exposure. Justice
Webb has gone to the scene and will
hold an. inquest this afternoon.
LEPROSY CLAIMS SERGEANT
MIX THIS MORXIXG.
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Savannah. Ga.. Dec. 13. Sergeant
Mix of the Seventy-second company of
the United States coast artillery died
this morning of leprosy at the isolated
camp In the Fort- Screven reservation.
Mix enlisted at Brownsville Texas at
the outbreak of the Spanish American
war and served In the Cuba Campaign
This Is the only case of leprosy In the
United States army.
PROPOSE ROM) FROM
ABILENE TO COLEMAN.
Special to Daily Bulletin:
Abilene Texas. Dec. 12. Four gen-
tlemen from Coleman J. A. B. Miller
J. E. Boog-Scott. W. J. Coulson and
Roy Davis forming a railroad com-
mittee from that city visited Abilene
yesterday looking to the establish
ment of a railroad between Abilene
and Coleman with a prospective ex
tension south toward San Antonio.
This commitee interviewed the local
railroad committee but at the con
clusion of this Interview nothing was
given for publication The proposed
project will in no wise interfere with
the Abilene- Rising Star line.
Captain L. M. Cravens died at his
home near Mercury last Saturday his-
death being caused by Brlght's Dis-
ease. Mr. Cravens was 73 year . old
and. was an ex-Confederate soldier.
He commanded a company In Forest's
cavalry during the war and distin-
guished himself as among the bravest
of the brave on many fields of carnage
He was highly esteemed by all who
knew him and his loss will be mourn-
ed by his countrymen.
WEATRRK REPORT.
Tonight increasing cloud!
uess; warmer: Tuesday part
ly cloudy weather.
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Mayes, Will H. Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1909, newspaper, December 13, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth345830/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.