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Y'
HONEY GROVE SIGNAL.
VOLUME 20,
Honey Grove, Texas, Friday, August 19, 1910.
NO. 28
Another Car of Wagons
We have just received another car of Fort Smith Wagons
—the lightest-running, the strongest, best-ironed and
best-looking wagon sold in Honey Grove to-day. We
can furnish the Fort Smith with either the regular or
the twelve-foot Texas bed. If in the market for another
Wagon, we would be glad for you to call and look it oyer.
Richardson-Blocker Hardware Co
BITTEN BY GARFISH.
Its Jaws had to be Pried Open with
a Skiff Paddle.
A. W. Sheffield, of this city,
who has been spending a few
days in the country near Chicota,
was severely bitten on the hand
by a garfish last Thursday while
he was engaged in seining with
a party of friends on the river at
the old Hodgkin ferry, below
Garretts Bluff. As the seine was
reaching the landing place Mr.
Sheffield was engaged in running
the cork line to hold it above
water to keep the fish from get-
ting out.
While reaching under the wa-
ter to take hold of the top of the
seine something nailed two of his
fingers and clamped down on
them as tight as a vise. He
knew instantly that it was a gar
that had him although he did not
see it. His companions say that
he displayed remarkable nerve
and did not holler nor flinch.
The gar which, was three feet
long and weighed twenty pounds,
held onto his fingers after the
seine was dragged ashore.
Buster Stephenson, of Paris,
caught hold of the upper and
lower jaws with each hand and
tried with all of his might to
pull them apart but could not
budge them, all the strength of
the gar being concentrated in the
corner of its jaws. One of the
members of the party had to get
an oar out of a skiff with which
he pried the jaws apart. The
fingers were cut to the bone on
both sides and the pain from the
bite smarted considerably for
quite a while, but the wound was
not serious.
The day before Mr. Sheffield
was bitten by a gar, Oscar Chap-
pell the son of J. E. Chappell, of
Garrett Bluff, had a similiar ex-
perience while engaged in sein-
ing. A gar five feet long was
caught in the meshes and be-
came infuriated and when young
Chappell put his hand under the
water to lift the sein it nabbed
him and inflicted quite a wound
on his hand. —Paris News.
Mussel Culture for Red River.
It will be good news to all to
learn that an inspection is to be
made of Red river by the govern-
ment with view of introducing
mussel culture in said stream-
good news whether a mussel is
ever grown in the stream or not.
The Red has never been a valua-
ble waterway to anybody and its
chief function seems to be to
furnish a destructive overflow
once a year; and it usually mana-
ges to pull off its overflow about
the time fine crops of corn and
cotton seem assured. It appears
that we can't navigate the Red,
it lacks much of being first-class
fishing territory and nobody
would think of drinking the
water. Possibly it will prove
fine for mussel growing, and it
is sincerely to be hoped that it
will. The growth of fresh water
mussels is an industry of some
importance i n some of the
Southern States. In Arkansas
and Missouri the mussels dredged
from the river are used to make
buttons, pearl hairpins, knife
handles, etc., and frequently
pearls of considerable value are
found in them.
Itching Eczema Washed Away.
Is it worth 25 cents to you to
stop that awful, agonizing itch?
Surely you will spend 25 cents on
your druggist's recommendation,
to cool and soothe that terrible
itching eruption.
By arrangement with the D.
D. D. Laboratories of Chicago,
we are able to make a special
offer of a 25- cent bottle of their
oil of wintergreen compound,
known as D. D. D. Prescription.
Call, or write or telephone to-
Honey Grove Pharmacy.
We absolutely know that the
itch is stopped at once by D. D.
D. Prescription, and the cures
all seem to be permanent.—
Honey Grove Pharmacy.
Kills Niece by Mistake.
Denison, Tex., Aug. 15.—Mis-
taking his niece for a burglar
when she went in the yard for a
drink of water, D. L. Jackson
shot and killed Minnie Black,
aged thirteen, late last night at
Preston Bend, in this county.
The girl was killed instantly,
Prairie Hay—First class hay,
free from wiregrass, for sale at
the press on the Braden Meadow
at $10.00 per ton. Terms, cash
or satisfactory note. Phone or
call on J. A. Underwood.
Patriotism
The stomach is a larger factor in "life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness" than most people are aware. Patriotism
can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed dys-
peptic "is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." The man
who goes to the front for his country with a weak stomach
will be a weak soldier and a fault finder.
: A sound stomach makes for good citizenship as well as for;
health and happiness
Diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and
nutrition are promptly and permanently cured by the use qfs-
Dr. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
It builds up the body with sound flesh and
solid musclc.
The dealer who offers a substitute for the "Discovery" is
only seeking to make the little more profit realized on the
sale of less meritorious preparations.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent frte
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send
21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps
for the cloth bound. Address World's Dispensary Medical
Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y.
FANNIN'S TAXABLE VALUES
Show an Increase Over Last Year,
as Do Poll Tax Payments.
The rolls of the Tax Assessor
of Fannin county for the year
1910 are now complete and make
a good showing as compared with
the rolls of last year.
The total valuation of the tax-
able property of the county is
$21,676,300, an increase of $455,-
415 over 1909.
The number of poll tax payers
has increased from 7,755 in 1909
to 8,082 this year.
The number of live stock as-
sessed last year and this is as
follows:
1909 1910
Horses and Mules 17,559 18,707
Cattle 12,097 12,498
Jacks and jennets 113 110
Sheep 479 419
Goats 31 45
Hogs 17,821 15,086
Dogs ^ 292 176
The increase in the number of
horses and mules is an item for
congratulation, though it is a
matter for regret that there are
fewer hogs than were reported
last year. The high price is
doubtless responsible for this.
Of course the rolls do not show
the correct number of dogs;
there are many thousand of these,
but the rolls show only those that
are considered of sufficient value
for their owners to render them
for taxation.
Mr. Bralley to his Home People.
To the Democratic Voters of Fan-
nin county.
From the returns of the recent
primary election, I notice that I
lead the state ticket in Fannin
county, for which compliment I
am profoundly grateful to the
good people of my home county.
There were four other candidates
without opponents for the Demo-
cratic nomination for state offices
and I received from 3000 to 12700
more votes in the state than any
one of them. I shall always re-
member and appreciate the kind-
ness of the people of Fannin
county, and I shall earnestly
endeavor to continue to merit
their good will and confidence.
A great work for the people of
Texas has been intrusted to me,
and I shall give to that work all
the time, energy and ability at
my command. While official du-
ties require me to reside at Aus-
tin, I shall continue to retain my
citizenship at Honey Grove and
return regularly at each election
to cast my vote there. Again
expressing my gratitude to my
many friends in Fannin county,
I am, Sincerely,
F. M. Bralley,
State Superintendent
Austin, Texas. August 15, 1910.
Holiness Meeting.
Honey Grove Signal:
Please announce to the people
that Mrs. Lula B. Rogers, of Los
Angeles, Cal., will be in Bonham
August 17th to begin and con-
duct a 15 day's Holiness meeting.
All are invited.
W. D. Yeager,
For The Love of a
Honey Grove Woman
St. Louis Man Drinks Acid and Dies
A Horrible Death.
St. Louis papers bring the in-
formation that a young man of
that city who found in a woman,
formerly of Honey Grove, h i s
soul's true affinity, ended his life
one day last week because his
lady-love betowed, or he believed
she bestowed, a few of her smiles
upon another. The name of the
young man who loved so madly,
if not sensibly, was Rosco Kring,
whose age was 28 and whose
calling was that of a drug clerk.
The woman for whose love the
gallant swain crossed the Styx
without a summons from the
grim boatman is Mrs. Hetty Jolly,
who for many years was a resi-
dent of Honey Grove and whose
acquaintance reaches over a
goodly portion of Fannin county.
For about two years and a half
Mrs. Jolly has resided in St.
Louis, and, judging from the ac-
counts in the papers, she has not
lacked admirers in that great
city. The Signal gives below a
portion of an article dealing with
the tragedy from the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, but desires to
preface the excerpt with the
statement that an automobile,
true love's great disturber and
domestic felicity's bete noir,
played its part in this tragedy,
as in so many others; in fact we
are not sure that but for the dis-
turbing auto love's course would
have run as smoothly as an aero-
plane on an unclouded day. The
remaining portion of this article
is from the Globe-Democrat.
"Violent love for a woman, and
insane jealousy of a rival ad-
mirer who owned an automobile,
led to the suicide yesterday
of Roscoe Kring, a drug clerk
for his father at 1404 Missouri
avenue, East St. Louis. Be-
fore drinking carbolic acid Kring
attempted to kill his sweetheart,
Mrs. Hetty Jolly with a revolver
in her room at 4548A Page ave-
nue, and when foiled by a des-
perate struggle the woman made
Kring ran out of her room and
into the bathroom, where he
swallowed the acid. He died be-
fore a doctor could reach him.
Kring was 28 years old.
Mrs. Jolly stated that both she
and Kring's father had known
for some time that the young
man was losing his mind. She
stated that three weeks ago yes-
terday he swallowed morphine at
his home in East St. Louis and
came near dying. Various times
he swore that he was going to
die by his own hand, and in mad
frenzy tore his hair and begged
her to wed him at once. He was
jealous of everyone, made her
call him up every two hours for
the last three months, and sent
her almost every day a telegraph
message and two special delivery
letters. He followed her about
town, keeping the closest watch
on her, and threatened to kill her
and himself if he ever caught
her with another.
From that time on Kring acted
peculiarly. He would talk of
killing himself and her, would
rant of the beauties of the Mis-
sissippi, and said he could not
wait until she had secured her
divorce.
*'About three weeks ago,"
said Mrs. Jolly, "I visited Sedalia,
Mo. Roscoe was almost crazy
while I was away, and showered
me with letters. When I re-
turned I went to my sister's, Mrs.
L. M. Stone, at 2141 Russell ave-
nue, where he called upon me
many times each day. We all
noticed that he was acting crazy,
and talked about it to each other.
I called up his father about it,
and he told me that Roscoe had al-
most killed his mother during the
past few years by his queer ac-
tions. He told me he would take
Roscoe away or would send me
away if he could afford it, but
that he would have to delay a
little longer. Roscoe got worse
and worse. He would call on me
and tear his hair and with flash
ing eyes tell me of his love. I be
gaft to be afraid of him and once
at my sister's told him of his un
becoming actions. He tried to
take morphine there.
"Wednesday he called upon me
in the evening and was worse
than ever. He had been at my
sister's and told her he was going
to get drunk. I knew he did not
drink but learned lately that he
was a morphine eater. He al-
ways carried the little pellets and
took them every once in a while.
He would then get crazy. But
I still loved him and thought I
could possibly do something for
him. Wednesday night he came
to my room and swore again he
was going to kill himself. I told
him to go home and he said he
would. At 12:30 Thursday morn-
ing he called me up and said he
was at the river and was about
to jump in. I told him again to
go home and he did. This morn-
ing I called up his father and told
him I believed Roscoe was insane.
He said he thought he was. I
had just finished talking to him
when I heard Roscoe down-
stairs."
Here Mrs. Jolly broke off into
hysterical sobs and could say no
more. She was in a state of com-
plete exhaustion.
TRIED TO KILL MRS. JOLLY.
It was almost 1 p. m. yester-
day when Roscoe appeared at the
Page avenue address, which is
the home of Mrs. Blanche Flem-
ming and her mother, Mrs Ella
Kirchell. Mrs. Jolly had only
been there a couple of days. Mrs.
Flemming, who is employed at
West End Heights, is a friend
of Mrs. Jolly, and recently
moved into the Page avenue
house.
Kring rang the bell and was
let in by a daughter of Mrs.
Flemming. He went upstairs
and into Mrs. Jolly's room. He
was not there long when he
whipped out a32-calibre revolver
and aimed it at his fiancee. She
jumped up from the chair and
grappled with him. Being a very
small man she overpowered him
and pushed him into the hallway,
screaming all the while. Mrs.
Kirchell heard the screams and
ran out of her room to the hall as
Mrs. Jolly wrested the revolver
from Kring's hand and handed it
to her. Mrs. Kirchell took it and
ran for the police.
In the meanwhile Kring broke
loose and ran to the bathroom,
yelling, "I'll get myself if I
can't get you." He rushed in,
locked the door, swallowed the
acid, came out again, went into
Mrs. Jolly's room and lay down
on the bed. His lips were burned
white and he was seen to be dy-
ing. Mrs. Jolly called again to
Mrs. Kirchell, who returned and
went for a doctor. The police ar-
rived about the same time as Dr.
D. C. Todd, of 4530 Page avenue,
who pronounced the man dead.
Kring was wearing a great
deal of jewelry and had two let-
ters in his pockets. One letter
was a warning to young men "not
to fool with widows," explaining
that he had gone with widows
from the age of 25, and has been
fooled by every one one of them.
He claims that an automobile was
the cause of his last trouble,
and states that "women are
crazy over an automobile." In
the letter he exonerates the
family of Mrs. Jolly, and asks
that both his family and hers be
respected, as they are "the best
people that ever lived." He
hopes that she may live happily,
adding that he knows that she
will not."
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HIGH SOCIETY IN THE NEW STATE.
While Men Were Shooting Women
Sang, "What the Hell We Care."
If newspaper reports are cor
rect,the new state of Oklahoma is
giving to the world a touch of
other things that are new as well
as statehood and constitutions.
One item in particular deals with
new ideas in high society, with
the real smart set in full charge
of the proceedings.
Near the progressive and grow-
ing city of Tulsa is a fashionable
club house and it is to this that
many of high society's devotees
repair for social joys. According
to reports sent to the newspapers
there was a gathering of more
than usual importance at this re-
sort one night last week, and the
wind up was a tragedy that would
cause the fuedists of Breathitt
county, Kentucky, to take notice
and make new resolves. It ap-
pears one man objected to another
man dancing with his wife and
then the real fun began. The
objection was resented, epithets
were handed around freely,
friends joined in and finally invi-
tations to step out and settle
were given and accepted. The
shooting which followed sent
three men to the hospital in a se-
rious condition, but the shooting
and the wounds do not constitute
the pith of this item. The news
communication states that' 'while
the shooting was going on out-
side, women and men inside
were mounted on tables and
chairs in a drunken condition,
singing, 'What the Hell Do We
Care?' and that when the club
house was raided later, twenty
drunk women, two hundred pints
of whiskey and fifty pints of
champagne were found."
Items like this are not fit for
comment, and if undertaken no
pen would do justice to the dis-
graceful proceeding. An ex-
change asks a few questions and
answers with a statement bris-
tling with truth, we give these
rather than attempt comment up-
on a nasty affair.
' 'What can society expect when
a woman will so far degenerate
as to become drunk and dance
with a drunken man at a public
club house?
What protection has the home
when a man's wife will not re-
sent the affront that is offered
her if the man with whom she is
dancing grows braggadocio in
manner when her husband ob-
jects to their disgraceful per-
formance?
Woman is the conservator of
society. By instinct she pre-
serves its institutions. She is
the crowning glory of creation,
and her chief glory is her del-
icate influence for purity and
refinement which radiates from
the home. Coarseness is a word
that is incompatible with the
name of woman, and such per-
formance as that at Tulsa should
be a warning to the women of
American society to rise in their
majestic queenliness and by com-
bining good sense and propriety
with fashion put a ban upon such
disgraceful practices as are com-
mon in the highest social circles.
What is Man?
Was it Crowley who said:
Man is to man all kinds of
beasts—a fawning dog, a roaring
lion, a thieving fox, a robbing
wolf, a treacherous decoy, a ra-
pacious vulture?" And withal
man is the noblest work of God-
he is made in the very image of
God, and is but little lower than
the angels themselves. — Plain-
view Herald.
That man is the noblest work
of God is admitted by men every-
where; but until the Lord him-
self designates his premier
achievement there will be some
doubters as to what it really is,
The pslalmist—or was it the
hymnologist?—declared that man
was a worm; philosophers have
called him a fool and critics have
dubbed him an ass, but to hear
him tell it, man is the summum
bonum and then some.—Dallas
News.
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Somnambulist's Queer Stunt.
Taylor, Texas, Aug. 7.—A case
that might be interesting to the
medical fraternity at least oc-
curred near here, showing the
peculiarities of somnambulism.
Arthur Nygrin, the 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nygrin,
of Jonah, arose from his bed
while asleep, and without any
clothes except his night shirt,
went to the stable, saddled an
old mare, totally blind, and rode
the animal to the home of his
aunt, Mrs. Oscar Swenson, four
miles away. There he dismount-
ed and hitched his horse at the
front gate. He entered the
house and went in, stumbling
over the recumbent forms of
several of the Swenson children
who were sleeping on pallets on
the floor.
Mr. Swenson was awakened
and called out, "Who's that?"
The boy answered, "It's Dock;
I came over to tell you tfiat
brother is sick and they want
you to come."
Mrs. Swenson perceived at
once that the boy was asleep.
His eyes were shut and he
breathed like a sleeping person.
She bade him lie down, which he
immediately did, and slept on
through the night till rising time
in the morning.
In the meantime, the father at
home, Ed Nygrin, on awaking
discovered the abscence of t h e
boy and the old blind horse.
The father became frightened,
fearing some evil had overtaken
lis son, and in his fright fainted.
The neighbors were notified and
a search began for the missing
ad. The boy being but twelve
years old and a very timid child,
they knew he would have been
afraid to venture out knowingly
into the dark night.
While the excitement was high
and a fevered search was being
conducted, the boy arrived home
soon after daylight, dressed in
the borrowed clothes ojf his
cousins.
Mr. Nygrin, the father, says
that no amount of money could
have persuaded the lad to venture
out of the yard at night, the boy
being unusually timid and fearful
of darkness; hence, and in view of
Mrs. Swenson's testimony as to
his appearance and actions upon
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arrival at her home, there is no
doubting the fact that he slept
throughout his midnight trip and
continuously thereafter until
awakened next morning. He
was greatly astonished upon
waking and discovering himself
at his aunt's home, and remem-
bers nothing from the time he
went to bed in his own home till
he awakened at the home of his
aur t.
Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining un-
claimed in the Honey Grove, Tex-
as, postoffice July 25, 1910. If
not called for in two weeks will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Call for "advertised" letters.
One cent charged for the delivery
of each piece.
Gentlemen:—E lder Frank
Baker, Eck Beall, Allen Cole,
Hosic Exia, T. W. Jones (2), M.
T. Jones, P. S. Martin, Bob
Morris, E. M. Murphy, Laird
Nicholson, Oscar Nicholson, Deda
Patrick, Nelce Slaley, Tome
Walker, John Walker. Ladies:—
Miss Anna Barron, Miss Gray
Martha, Miss Perle Gordon, Mrs.
Emma Hall, Miss Sudye Law-
rence, Miss Mary Mallett, Effie
Matthews, Sara Rogers, Miss
Annie Smith, Mrs. Earlie Smith,
Mrs. Dona Torry, Ida Wilkins.
T. D. Bloys, P. M.
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