The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906 Page: 1 of 10
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XIX. NO. 27
DUBLIN. ERATH COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1906.
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A CAREFUL
Examination
OF OCR RAIN
COATS AT $10.00,
$12.50, $15.00 $20
and $25.00 will
prove to you that
they are superior
iu quality and style
to others that are
offered at the same
prices.
The
Rain Coat
is the most practic-
al overcoat to be
had. Our assort-
ment of these coats
is about four times
larger than we have
ever shown before
[IGGINBOTHAM BROS
DUBLIN’S GREATEST STORE
THE CAPITOL NOTES | SSVSSr
~ j Dale Independent district
News Notes, Court Items and Other of me Purvev fn
Blatters Gathered About the
Town of Stephenville.
Bluff
J. J.
Independent
j district. Quarterly reports of var-
ious county and precinct officers
were also approved.
Petition for stock law election In
precinct eight rejected because of de-
fect in petition.
Petition to correct tax rendition
STEPHENVILLE LOCAL NOTES.
Rufus A. Cole and wife of Dublin
were visiting here last Sunday.
Judge LMN ’Trank was^pplicaSJ j °J,J’Kp TurDe* rejected those of J
for a psoitlon on the board of par. | *• McClure and A. L. Murphy al-
dons at Austin. The bar here gave; „ ... ...
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Thomp«o carried Ml* L.I-: °utf" “ the c0"”'" th.t of M
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lie McAlister, a deaf mute to Fort
Worth last Satin day and sent her on
to the school for the deaf at Austin.
; She could neithei read nor write but
; was very anxious to go.
The Methodists of tbis section are
greatly elated over the year's work.
The pastor at Huckabay doubled his
usual collections and the Stephen-
ville circuit nearly doubled theirs.
The Stephenville station paid out oo
{everything.
Surveyors are at work, surveying
for a line of railway south of town.
O. Jones and others, granted with
*73 50 damages: that of Dee Cantrell
and others granted and jury of view
appointed. Two other roads were I
also granted. Three of the road
changes granted were Jones' School!
house and Highland road, Chalk |
Mountain and Illco road and a road
to the Lee settlement.
Allowances of live dollars a month !
was granted to Mahala Butler of ;
Morgan Mill for months of Decem-
ber, January and February coming, !
also a regular allowance of tivedol-l
Not many Calm Vo know the object ! *’"> ■ -oath *•* granted Jeff Card-
of the move atfd those that do refuse ner of AI«*an<Jer’
to tell. McKewn Johnstone is at the
head of the work. There doesn’t
seem to be much Interest manifested,
j _ Mr. Joe Thompson, father of Judge
j Thompson, and his family have ar-
rived in Stephenville from Franklin
county. They come to make thler
'home in Erath. Mr. Thompson was
here prospecting in the summer. He
Official bonds of new officers have
been approved as follows:
George F. Parker, county treasur-
er school bond *80,000, county bond
*5,500, sureties B. C. Cage. J. H.
Cage, Mrs. M. J. Crow, II. H Har-
din, J. J. Bennett, J. B. Ator, Lee
Young and J. C. George.
Bates Cox, sheriff, bond of *5,000,
ED IN RUN AWAY
ftti/Sn Tbrown From His
i and Dies From Reeult-
; Concussion of Brain
swart of this city met with
jident about the noon hour
day, which caused hia death
ftioon.
Dublin a little less than two year*,
having come here from south of Bas-
se, where he had made a crop three
years ago. He was married about
the boll weevil >.» to,Wed"■
the cottoo cop In Ft.nltlln count,. I
The ladies of Stephenville are con- aD° Av
Clothing Sale
AT TOM MILLER’S
Is Attracting Lots of Buyers
BOO to 800 mens suits at from {fit
$4.85 to.................. WAV
MOO to 500 boys suits at {Q til
from $1.50 to............vDivU
Boys long pant suits from {It
$3.75 to................. flv
250 or more overcoats at {IQ Cfl
from 2-50 to..... .......OlOltfU
Come let *is show you the
Clothing Store of Central
Texas.
Tom Miller
ducting a tlower show
An entertainment is
this week,
given each
tive years ago to Miss Byrd, who night. Wednesday night they gave a
resided at the Andrui9 ranch south fiddler’s contest at the opera he use.
of Dublin. Burial took place at They also had a baby show and var-
Theny Wednesday afternoon. j lous premiums were offered. The
Deceased was a son of R. F. Stew- proceeds will go to the cemetery as-
art, who lesides near Theny and he
.also has four brothers, all of whom
wait was a teamster ami; live near that place,
tome time been driving an Frisco Train Wredt.
int dray on his own ac- j The north bound night train on
late givlog most cf his at- j fhe i, rjs00( <jue |D Ft Worth about
o hsullng coal for J. D-(flight last Sunday morning, was
wrecked In the edge of the city limits
and Fireman Joseph
•y at the noon hour he start-
ive to IHs home In southwest
land had proceeded as fsr as
Mr. Blaloe, beyond the!
eotra! crossing from the bust-
tlon of town, when his team
Iran away and threw him off
goo or he fell off and the team
an. No one saw the see I-
cur but Mrs. Blaine saw the
^ruDDing off up the hill to the
quickly reported to Tier
who at once ran to th#As-
i of the Injured man, who was
In the road unconscious.
after the arrival of Mr.
> he regained consciousness and
1 the proffers of assistance to
oe with the remark that .he
*<not badly hurt and could make
Iflght." Mr. Blaine and others
anted him however and before
) reached home he became ao
it he had to be supported
16:30 in the evening he died.
Mr. .Stewart fell or was
from the wagon his head ap-
PMIy struck a large stone Im-
JM In the road and It is thought
pie also that the wheels of the
rao over his head, producing
lion of the brain, from whloh
I occurred. He became uneon-
t again within a halt hour after
ling home and never rallied,
■eased was abopt twenty-eight
|ot age, was married and had
gplldren aged ^respectively four
■to veers. He has resided In
of Ft. Worth
D. Wilson aod Engineer R. V. Fallon
were killed and a number of others
on the train more or less Injured.
A dead switch engine had . been
left on the siding and had run down
onto the main traok and as the
train turned a curve at good speed it
crashed Into the rear of the dead
engine. The fireman was killed
almost Instantly and the engineer
died during the day. The front end
of the mall coach was telescoped
but the mail clerk was not lojured.
Asks Dissolution of Oil Monopoly.
Suit has been brought gt St. Louis
In the federal court by United
States Attorney General Moody to
dissolve the corporation of the Stan-
dard Oil Co. and Us subsldary
branches as an unlawful combinat-
ion. Jno. D. and William Rocke-
feller were named among the defend-
ants. This Is the first move to be
made by the government in a big
fight that means much to the peo-
ple aod to the Standard Oil monopoly.
Hlco Lady Dies at Houston.
Mrs D. J. Rarrow of Hlco, met
death by asphyxiation at the home of
her son, B. J. Barrow In Houston
Tuesday night. The dead body was
found prostrate on the floor of her
room and a leaking gas jet told the
story. Mrs. Barrow went to Houston
the first of the week to visit her
sou and see the carnival.
THANKSGIVING DAY
Jhe undersigned merchants of Dublin, believing tb“*day
%£Sffi^*ia£stKaaa=
respective stores during the dky of * V
Thursday November 29th
•order that this degree of spec**1 hoa^IJ^‘/^aa the^ervic^ve?? j
fc*ow assistantssn<ourselves may *•*»•** oubuc join us in this
i be closed for the dsy mentioned. . <
i-niit-- Co-Operative A^» ;
Co Higginbotham Bros
sociation.
President F. M. Martin of John
Tarleton college and the college
quartette attended the opening of
the high school at Duffau last Mon-
day. On account of the busy season
they did not have a large hearing,
but those present so thoroughly en-
joyed the occasion that they were
compelled to make an engagement for
a future date.
George Summers, who resides near
Duffau, oossessed himself of a quan-
tity of “Oh be happy" last Sunday
aod made a geueral assault on the
peaoe and dignity of the communly.
He was landed in jail Monday night
and has before him the task of an-
swering to the charges of displaying
a pistol, assault, false Imprisonment
and exposing his person In public.
The ladles of Stephenville are mak-
ing a move to secure a new public
school building. They called a meet
log last Friday night at the school
building. Quite a number were pres-
ent. Thev effeced an organlzaloo and
appointed committees. As generally
understood, they propose to bring
about the desired resujts bv agitation
and education. They will have to
secure a new district Incorporation
aoc^vote taxes and bonds.
JoeJ. Pate was the first of the
newly elected county officers to take
tlie oath of office. He took Jno. W.
Gray’s place early Wedm-iday morn-
ing, Geo F. Parker tbok the oath
Thursday evening and Rates Cox be-
came sheriff late Thursday evening.
No eputieb have been announced yet.
It Is reported that Frank Hall of
Llngleville was offered the position of
deputy sheriff " but refused. Will
Pannill also tooir the oath of office
Thursday morning. The county
judge, county clerk and. commission-
ers will enter their terms of office
Saturday
There are four county officers going
out of office. John W. Gray has
served four years as district olerk and
voluntarily retires aod will; devote
himself to the insurance business.
Mack Creswell also retires after four
years service as sheriff. Mrs. Cres-
well'a health Is very bad and on that
aooount Mr. Creswell has made no
arrangements for the future. He
moved out of the •!*** Wednesday to
his place he purchased reeeotly near
the cohege. John W. Fry retires
from th* county clerk’s office after
six years faithful service end we ere
not Informed as 40 what he will now
devote his attention to. Rlgga Rob-
erts retires from the office of tax col-
lector after four years service and has
entered the grocery business with his
brother In Stephens I lie.
ERiTB COMMISHIomERS COURT.
Commissioners
session a
following
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I. N. Pond, tax assessor county
bond *10,000, state bond *5,000, sure-
ties W.H.Frey, 8. C. Pemberton, W.
A. Hyatt, J. C. Laney and A. J.
Wells.
J. 0.Connor, justice of peace at
Dublin, bond *1,000. sureties W. P.
Hallmark and Jno. M. Jordan.
J. II. Deason, constable at Steph-
ecvllle, bond *1,000, sureties J. W.
Leocx, J. P. Harris and R. T. Rob-
erts.
T. P. Thornton, commissioner
precinct four, bond 83,000, sureties
Jno W. Frey and J. H. Herring.
Will Pannl’l, county attorney,
bond 12,500, aureties W. D. Bennett,
H. H. Hardin, Jno. Doyle, W. H.
Hawkins end S B. Watts.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Total Vote of Erath County as Can-
vassed by the Commissioners’
Court the Present Week
The official returns of the receot
election In Erath county, canvassed
this week by the commissioners
court, gives the following figures:
For Governor—Campbell, demo-
crat, 1,072; Gray, regular republi-
can, 92; Pearson, prohibitionist, 29;
Edwards, socialist, 22, Dowler, soc-
ialist labor, 1, Acheson, reorganized
republioan, 4; M. B. Fox, indepen-
dent, 1.
Commissioners were elected as fol-
lows: L. D. Moore for precinct
Jno. Long, justice at Stephen-; one, R. S. Pope for precinct two, J
vllle, bond tl,000, sureties L. F.
Hudgens, J. M. Oxford apd D. P.
McAdams.
Joe J. Pdte took charge of the dis-
trict clerk’s office Monday and has
retained Mrs. Ellen Bledsoe in the
office as his assistant. Geo. Knight
will probably be sworn In today as
county clerk aDd will retain Miss
Minnie Doyle In the office as an as-
sistant. Sheriff Bates Cox moved
the first of the week to the jail and
took charge, but will probably not
be sworn in until tomorrow or later.
Tax Collector Bud Oates is now at
work filling out his bond, which is a
very heavy one and which must go
to AustiD and be approved by the
state authorities before he may be
swom In and take charge of the col-
lections.
The court has had under consider-
ation the matter of haviog a sub-
stantial iron fence placed around
the court house, but oo actloo had
been takeu up to Wednesday. It
is believed tbe fence will be ordered
however.
On aooount of the dearth of busi-
ness the court took up the list of
claims against the couoty Wednes-
day and a large number were ap-
proved. Adjournment will probably
be reached Saturday morning.
ERATH COUNTY STATISTICS.
Mariiage Licenses;—Clint Gaither
and Miss Bessie Williams, Lee Pow-
ers aod Miss Myrtle Akey, Roy B.
Bledsoe and Miss Julie Norvel Pitt-
man, Roy Geren and Miss Ellen-F.
Phelps, A. N. Steavenhagen aod
Miss Eunice Mcdieh.
Births:—Boye boro to R. M.
Wright at Llpan, M. D. Ellis at
Immermere, Wm. Meadows at John-
sv 1 lie, Buroy Hollis it Smith Springs,
Edgar Justice end Wm. Vlrdell at
Stephenville;' girls to John Powell
at Dublin aod E. W. Barnes at Im-
mermere.
Deaths:—H. L. Banks, age one
year, Joe Maitheral (col), .age thirty
years. •
Deal Closed Up.
Messrs. Frank Denton, T. L. Ken-
nedy and County Attorney M. J.
Thornton of Gall In Borden ooonty,
were here the first of the week 'on a*
has been In trip to Purvee tee
.1 made by
could not get away end apparently
the hunter had shot Into a drove
of these little fellows, scarcely large
enough to fly well aod there'e no
telling how many of them were In-
jured. The birds are beneficial to
om crops because tbey destroy the
bugs and other insects that ravage
the crops and we need to proteot In-
stead of slay them. In any event
moderation ought to be practiced by
the hunters, even In their own In-
terest of having more gam*"
Hamilton Well rend lYap—Moe.
The Progress has It from meager
reports that the Hamilton railroad
proposition Is again reoeivlng at-
tention and that It Is thought that
the Frisco is behind the operations.
Our Information la that the object-
ive poiot for the north end of the
line is Stepheville and that Surveyor
McKewn Johnstone left that plaoe
with assistants last Saturday to
make a survey from Stephenville to
Hamilton. It is also stated that
there is *3,500 In the Cage Ac Crow
bank at Stephenville to pay for the
survey and a deposit of *35,000 al-
ready made from' some souroe to as-
Biown for eight, jslst In paying for the grading. We
contests except in ! do Dot know as to the accuracy of
in
J. Davidson for precinct three and
T P. Thornton for precinct four.
There were no contests.
Justices were elected as follows:
Jno. W. Long for precinct one, J.
G. Conner for two, Jdo. D. lnabnet
for three, G. F. Higbee for four, A.
L. Greenwood for five, G. S. Wat-
s3o for six, G. C. Hamilton for sev-
en and F. M.
There were no
number seven and G. C. Hamilton ) the report, which came to us
there received 86 votes against 33 for somewhat mysterious way.
Jce Aaron.
Constables were elected as follows:
G. H. Deason for precinct oqe, J.
A. Arnold for two, J. A. Mayes for
three, W. T. Montgomery for four,
J A. Duckett for five, Jess Btook
for six, A. T. Albright for seven
aod G. Bea* for eight, no contests.
The exemption amendment carried
In the county by a vote of 459 to 422.
That to authorize tax for jury ser-
vice defeated In county by 482 to
502. The amendment to’ Increase
pay of legislators waa defeated by
211 to 682. The first two mentioned
were carried In the state aod the
last defeated. V
Save the'Bints.
Jno. Maloney, who resides down
near Alexander oo route seven out
of Dublin, was In town last Saturday
and to a reporter of the Progress he
said. “I wish you would, on behalf
of the people of my community and
those of the suction in general, say
a word against the ruthless slaugh-
ter of quell that is now going on.
Thu birds are unusually email for the
time of year and offer easy prey to
the huotera who dome out our way
and who appear to care nothing for
the number bf little bide whloh they
cripple. One- of my neighbors
found three small birds yesterday,"
■aid Mr. Maloney "In his ^cotton
patch, so badly wounded that they
To Assume Official Duties.
The new officers In Brown oouoty
ere to assume their duties a week
from next Monday, except In the case
ot shetlff. The old sheriff, Mr. Den-
man, Is to be relieved tomorrow be-
cause lie has accepted a position with
the compress there and wishes to as-
sume his new duties.
________—Tier__
Major General Shifter, who
commander of the Cuban expe
during the Spanish-American .
died at the ranch of hie son-in-law
near Bakersfield, Cal., lift l(te«*Ia|^™|
While returning from the election
polls Tuesday of the week before, Gen.
Shafter contracted a severe chill a
this was followed by pneumonia.
The general -vas on tbe retired list
on account o! agu. General Shaftar
had a long military reoord aod in
early days operated largely in Texei
coming to the state In 1867 as lies
tenant colonel of Twenty
regiment of United State* li
His operations here were
the Indians and he later
Arizona, tnen in Oil
last in the Cobei
was a native of M
ed the federal ar*a
August 1861 aod
seivjoe until his' retl
a raw months n
years after.
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