The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXI.
DUBLIN, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 12, 1906.
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EIGHT PA(
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THE CAPITOL
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Matters Gathered About The Th* time stoty comes from Walnut
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Young
Men’s Store
t’s what they say of this shop. They call it the
e cepter of the town. A title earned by showing at
aim— the very newest conceptions in young men’s
wearing apparel. Just now we are the only people
WfkOieem to realize that the young fellows of this town
want “swagger” clothes at least there’s no other store
that so carefully looks to their wants and so promptly
exhibits the “newfhings” as they come out
Let us Show you the Right Suit
for you. $10.00 up to $25.00
a* fa knowo to obtain elsewhere'
WALK-OVER SHOES
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| » Town of Stepbenville
P 1 KRATH DISTRICT OOFRT.
Erath dlatrfct oourrinst Monday
and took up tha crlmioal business.
The following cate* were dtapoaed of
and the jury dismissed for the week
Tuesday afternoon:
Tom Harbin, arson, set for Jpne
2«b.
J. Q. MGcee, swindling, set for
June 15th.
A. O. Benratty, burglary,
years in penitentiary
Staters. Clarence Grinin, theftj luce from the Independent line and
from person, two years in penitentiary i take up the Southwestern. There
Louis Snodgrass, burglary, two are other places aside from Walnut
year* and three months In reforma- where the people are being held up
regarding the unsatisfactory sereloe,
the determination to Ie»j every
cent against the service that the bus-
iness will bear and a generally one-
sided method of (^olng business, all
for the company and with little or
no consideration for the public or It*
rights. The people pf Walnut are
signing a paper agreeing to support
an Independent concern and It is pro-
posed to at oooe out loose from the
two!Southwestern and the neat time not
to submit to the subtle offers to cut
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Northcutt-UtterbackCo
Mens and Boys Outfitters
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^mrmF OF FAl?MFR!‘econd bMdetor* and to Mexican
vf * fUVluLiIV Frank. Both the latter were also
Well Known Former Citizen of »rr«*d and gave appearance bonds.
» . The Powell boy broke looie from the
This County •Endeavors to Kill offloerg and gave quite a chase, be-
Self With Shot Gt>n.
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J. M. Fair, a substantial farmer
residing In the edge of Palo Pinto
county ten milessouth-cf Strawn’and
►six miles west of Tanner, shot him-
self three times with suicidal Intent
fore be was re-arrested.
Will Oxford Shot by 5tep-Sun.
Will Oxford was shot and danger-
ously wounded this evening at 8:30
o'clock and his twelve year old step-
son, Joel Dennis, Is under arrest
charged with doing the shooting.
tory. r
Frans Mafshall, theft of horse,
two years and six -onths In penitent
tlary.
J. B, Ator va, J. B. Davis et al,
action for debt and foreclosure of
Jien, dismissed at cost of p atotiff.
Et+rr Dellay et ux. vs. Mrs.
Areola Lyon et al, suit for partition,
dismissed at cost of T. W. Walker.
Cheater Gaines, seduction, con-
tinued by operation of law, the de-
fendant having married the prose-
oatrlx. '
H. H. Hardin v». J R. and
Fannie Lancaster, suit to foreclose
material man's lleo, dismissed at
oost of plaintiff.
Cage & Crow vs. J. H. Compton et
al,suit on vendors lien note and fore-
closure and sequestration, dismissed
at cost of plaintiff.
Dismissed: F. 8. Booher, forgery;
F. S. Booher, frsudentlv disposing of
rootrgaged property; B. B, Smith,
forgery; J. E. Ball, forgery.
J. W. Collier vs. A. L. Cole et al,
suit upon note to foreclose vendors
Hen, judgment for plaintiff for
amount of notes and attorney's fees
by this corporation because they per-
mitted it to throttle private com-
petition.
I- -.rear-T •?—«wi>ww|iij«|py.
Subscribers Who Fay.
The- following good friends of
the. Progress have paid sums on
Subscription since our Iasi issue.
Arnold, G N Linn, Clarence
Barbee, H Morgan, C A
Brodrlek, J p Murray Dr. W C
Bllltugaly, E C Matthews, I N
Caudle, J R Oldham, Mrs F C
Chapin, O W Roulston, H A
Denman, J C Stone, Mrs Kato
Dublin Cot. Oil Co Smith, Edward
Dunn.Mru Maggie Van Horn Miss M
Fravel.M H Walker. J D
Hallmark. ,J B White, E B
Keith,F E Walker. RE j|
Editorial Notes.
Take the question to yourself, j
Are you a leach on the town of Dub-!
Ho, getting all you can and giving '
up asi little as possible? If you ate
look yourself over and loosen up. It j
pays to do It.
Comanche lias a city sewerage sys- j
tern, Stephenvllle Is agitating the
question of building and Dublin is
qulef. Looks as though it requires
Men’s
Oxfords
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More styles and better values for the money than you
will find elsewhere.
Stetson's make in Patent Colts, Vici Kids $5.00 and up
Williams Kneeland make in Tans, Patent Colts, and Vici
Kids $3.50 and up.
Other makes in Tans, Patent Colts and Vici Kids $3.50
and up.
Our success this season with low cut shoes demonstates
the fact that we have the right styles at the right
prices, , ■
No Trouble to Show
You our Goods
, Respectfully,
Tom Miller
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ERATH OOUKTY STATISTICS.
Deaths:—Dina Underwo6dat Chalk
Mountain at the age of eight months,
■bshsi: t»,, vwS»« — uwiu0 mo iiiuumiij. Elbe Lee Culwell at Dublin at the
«vtx ... J l. tjj well .nil them Th* w" flr#d ff0® the °“‘alde' »> of three years.
a 22-oalibre rifle being used and came Marriage licenses: —S E. \ andlver
-H-w-K-H-i H i M 1-H J JI M'|.+ i we fear she is too feeble to survive
0VE.R THE COUNTRY. •
I The writer made a trip U> Hloo
Friday and found the roads almost
impassible. If the arlships fail to
materialize to he used instead of
roads 1 do not know to what we
will resort. IToder the present sys-
'ports say lie is resting well and theie
ate some ohanoes or his lecovsry.
Our Information Is that A?r. Fair
had remarked to,hls w'fe that he ex-
pected soon to end his troubles, but
she was not alarmed by this statement
of this Intention, believing It mere-
ly the result of temporary discour-
agement, from which he would soon
recover.' r'
Friday morn lag he sect his oldest
>boyt away from home to bale hay and
tha older girls to the Held to chop j
cotton and himself went to the pas-1
i ture to diive up bis horses with the
‘'Stated Intention of making a trip to
Oabger. When he had returned
with the horses Mrs Fair went to the
Hot to shut the gate and during this
absence Mr. Fair entered the home,
procured and loaded his ahet gun
t and going Into the front room deliber-
ately plaoed the muzzle of the gun
under hla chin and pulled the trigger
In stooping to do this bis head was
»turned to ooe side In a manner
kbit the discharge only made a flesh
wound on his chin. . In this mauoar
'Re fired elk shots, the last ooe tear-
ing away the lower jaw and shatter-
ing tiro upper one. Surgical aid
was ImroediaUey summoned and It Is
‘»glveo out that liters Is a chance for
his recovery. Mr. Fair Is forty-
seven years of age and Is a brother of
,.T. J. ami W. W. Fair of the Lowell
'country In this county and has him-
<*«tf opent many years\*t Lowell,
Topaz end Desdemona, at which
‘tplaoes he was engaged in blaoksmlth-
Ing.
It is stated that hit mind was un-
over politics and religion.
i'*a Record Tr.ln. *
A man wboee name wa have been
lOnsble to learo committed suicide on
the Record train this morning. The
man was to have gotten off at Gran-
bury but before rescuing that place
the toilet room on the
After leaving Grenbury the
observed that the mao had
off and began a search for
ting in the discovery of hla
\ toilet room aod Indies-
that ha had cnmmiued
Hog carbolic acid.
through the screen door and shot Mr.
Oxford In the right temp'e, ranging
downward. The physicians failed |o
locate the bullet but think Mr. Ox-
ford has a good chance to recover
Young Dennis claimed that he knew
nothing of the shooting when arrested
but subsequently^ confessed and
cleared up what'promised tb develop
Into a first class mystery.—Thurber
Journal.
Condition of Cotton Crop.
The flrst rrport of the census bu-
reau at Washington on the notion
crop of the present year was given
out Juoe 2nd and upon a basis of one
hundred per cent for the best crop
theconditlon of tha present crop is
given as "9.'J per oent, with an aoreage
of 32,081,000 acrea, The aoteage last
year was 32.000,000 and the ooodltioo
on the same date wee 70.5 per cent
The doodltloo of the crop lo 1000 at
this time waa 84.0 per cent aod the
avarafea for tho past tweuty-flve
years has been 82.3 per oeof.
Wilson Host Office Discontinued.
The postoflloe department has or-
dered a discontinuance of the Wilson
postofflcc and the rural route oot of
that plaoe will hereafter go out of
Carlton and be known aa Carlton,
route one The patrons of the Wil-
son ycstoftlee will be served by route
eight out of Dublin. The chat gelt
to take plaoe after June 30tt>, the
Brat mall under the ohange to go oot
July Brit.
Soaks Took a Hide.
While lo this elty shopplog last
Tuesday Mrs. J. R Morrison had oc-
oaslon to raise up the cushion of her
buggy to put her mall under the
same and Imagine her oouaternatlon
at aealog a huge ohloken anak*
measuring some four and a half
feet nee hie head and look about
lo an Inquisitive way. His anak*
ship waa qulokly dlapatohed aod
dragged from Ms portable hldlog
place aod Mrs. Morrison proceed, rt
on bar homeward jourooy — Morgan
Hews
and Miss Biroia Yeager, Archie
Grant and Miss Danna F. CHnghan,
Chrster Gaines and Miss Carrie
Hazel, Will Wells and Mrs. Ora
Bale. ^
Births: — Boys to Ernest Burris at
Bluff Dale, Henry Holly at Llngle-
vllle, Marvin Chisum at Morgan Mill,
Luther Tlckett, Robert Thrash, Ira
Turnbow at Purves, James Broderick
at Dublin, Elbert Morton, Albert
Frazier, Will Taylor at Harbin, J. V.
Like, B. F. Busby at Bluff Dale,
R. P. McCann, Ben Cary, Lon Herron
at Stephenvllle. Girls to Jim Riley
at Victor, W. II. Like at Bluff Dale,
John Ganady at Clairette, Jeff Court-
ney, W. C. Campbell at Harblo,
Riley Brown at Chalk Mountain,
J. A. Jones, C. R. Crutober at Dub-
lin, Bert Oostott, Ike Gilbert, Wal-
ter Palmer at Puma, Henry Ven
able, R. Y. Southern, Sam Kelly at
Staphenvllla.
HTWHKNYII.t.t EOCAE SOTS*
Jugde Oxford went to Palo Pinto
Wednesday
Jno. Bay of Dublin apent Wednes
day at Stephcoville
Jno B. Woolvertoo of Bluff Dale
spent Tuesday in Stephenvllle.
I. A- Griffith of Abilene apent sev
oral daya here the first of tha week.
Commissioners court will sit aa a
board of oquallxatlon next Wednes-
day.
Judge Cetewell, candidate for Jus
tics of the oourt of olvn appeals, was
here Wednesday.
Quite # number of Stephenvllle
people went to Ilamilton Wednesday.
Others are preparing to go Thursday.
Lonnie, loodgrua waa adjudged
Intans here Tuesday aod Mrs. Lottie
Dickerson was adjudged Irsane Wed
oeedsy.
W. L. Griffith sold his furniture
stock this week to 8. A. Griffith of
Abilene. It Is understood that the
stock will be elosed at ooe*.
Some of the beet schools of tb*
oouoty have been ooatraoted for the
lest week. Ghee. B. Breedlove win
teach at Ilarbla, Henry dark at
Bunyan, W. W. Grime* at Smith
Springs, J, P. Culp at Oak Dale,
■idffar Watsoo at Hnckabay.
Several gentlemen of Itapheovill*
an getting up aa ioteraet la the
BTNyAN.
Kotfniar Uorrw*»i.MnMFnc*».
June 11th. — W» are having weath-
the expenditure of too much energy ier which Is very favorable to farmers
to light It out with the moss backs for working their crops
Mayor Haidwiu of Stephenvllle Is Mrs- 1!eeV(“ of Dublin wav the! tern of working the roads~m pro-
advocating the issuance of r.’S.OOO in of Mr* ,Jo0k lMt 5unda>' I tenrl,nK t0 *orli them-w* will toco
bonds for the Installation of a sewer-! M‘ss Louise Kellar Is visiting her I have no roads nor a place for them,
age system, a city hall and a Are iU. grandmother, Mrs Kellar. this week as they will all wash away and.
tlon. Mayor Baldwin has always A number of joung people attended leave uotirlng but galleys. It .nay
been a “live wire' as a citizen. As *•» childeru's day exercises at he that some day the people will
mayor of Stephenvllle the chances * Dreek last Sunday. work the roads by a taxation .yx-
are he will.have something doing. 1 V»D Williams and wife were tern and then they can be put In
guests at the home of Will Alien j permanent ehape,
Got. Wm.G . St met t Is making ! Tuesday night. j --------------------
an active campaign In tile Dallas- i _______________ ! PALMER
Bosque district against Hon. Jack DUFFAU. ] '4*'*u,*r > >rrn»iK>r>aenc«.
Beall for congress The Progress u«*uiar correspondence. June 10th—The singing at Palmer
hopes to see the people of thatdis- June 0th.-The farmers have been last Sunday was attended by <^ult*
trlct do themselves the honor ol elec- very busy tills pretty weather cutting * Iar8e crowd, there being singer*
ting Col. Sterrett by an overwhelm-, and saving the oat crop, which Is | Pfesent Do® all the surrounding
ing maiority. If they do the Dallas better than for many years. The . country. There was bounteous din*
district will have one of the brainiest, stubble cannot be plowed until it j ner served.
and roost conscientious represent* rains on account of the ground being ^rs Emm Lynch Is very ill.
tlves who ever went from Texas to so hard. I “Grandma" Marlin visited her
talnment
night
at Ids home Saturday
Corn will soon be In roasting ears j Saturday evening
the national legislature
In Fisher county there are a con-
siderable number of candidates for
the various county oliloes and lo or-
der that a majority vote Instead of a
minority may control the nomins-
tlo>, a petition It being circulated V” ” ”t” ^
asking the county executive commit- /#^ Ttylol vl|lted frlend| ov,r tfie
tee to adopt the double primary sys- j IIIOuntg|D suoday and reports crop
tern The first primary I. to b* a u flM
“free for all''race, In the second -
only the two candidates receiving OOW CREEK
the highest vote are permitted to u*«ro**«*..
ruo. Til* system Is not without June loth —Rev. Oscar Morton
its advantages, at tha same time filled his regular appointment frere
there are forceful argumenta Sunday morning.
against It. I Mrs. Clayton Is on the sick list
-r , . , I this week.
Progress pleads for Mff T
Mr Anaan and family visited at i Sunday,
the home of Mrs McAdams Sunday Mr *ni^ Mrs. Aiva Wilhite are the
Mr Roby gave a musical eDter- ; Pr0,|d parents of a baby girl.
The young people eojoyed a party
at the home of Mr. Press Fine
and then we will have our stock look-
Lewls visited Mrs.
The Gorman jhi*hii n,o«„» ■»< .j. ^
pesos in the miller of Bslleylsm and j^rfy Sunday
Rev. J M, Owens preached here
Insists (hat the Issue should be drop-
ped from consideration In the vote
for officers in the July prlmarlrs In
the meantime solely because of the
Baileylsm Issue the vottrs with whom
the Program Is elllgned In East land |h.k''1'>"ibj;"l0
county are endeavoring to carry out
Bailey's threat to defeat every can-
didate who has opposed him and they
Sunady night,.
Mrs. Minnie Ruatin Is on the sick
list this week.
“Grandma” Owens, who has been
Dan Morris it io our community
rounding up some cattle this week.
S. P. Creamer and family spent
are rnakln* a eystematlo> campaign Wtd0Md ,t th, hoirt of „ob
■gainst Representative Jacket® of ptr(Mr
tl.it court*, egeinst Osn. Davidson Mf M„ „ L gt-WMt tr.
for attorney general and against d u 0f, baby girl
•v.r, other eand date who wa. known whl8h irr)wl Moodir
to oppose the political bully ofTeiee. Mr Mf, ottM Ferguson of
The St.Louis meMhsnta aod Man- >!»• Gsk community ettanded
ufacturere assoolatlon Is engaged ohnroh st thle place Suoday night
very si rsononsly lo the loadable en-
deavor to rmtore normal lodostrlal
condltlooe nod In private letters end
oewspaper artlclm or* Insisting there
I* no ground* for the lack of bualoam
ooofideoen which precipitated the re-
cent perto, th* rnssill* *4 which (till
Tb* fit. Loots people
| Fred Col# has bought a part of th*
crop of If. G. Ifarknemend will stay
with Mr. Darkness until his crop Is
laid by. _ "
OHALK MOUNT AIR
Jon* ath.—Th* weather eeollooa*
oool and pi—ant. Tho ort crop la
about harvested. Th* root damagr
the crop to e greet ogteot. Corn to
about nil MM by.
Owen McPherson and wife have
gone to Hamilton to the picnic
today. “Urandpa" Hicks has also
gone to Hamjltoo wh% he will
meet Joe Broyles with wiim he will
visit for a while al the latter's
home near Lanba®.
A rain would be very beneficial
to this section of the country.
Theckla Marsh and wire vlsItedJ.A.
Sliest,s Saturday and Sunday, re-
turlng home Monday.
UM8LEVILLI
kr*«ulKr (-orrstBpoiitliHiOffi.
June loth — Dr. Wharton has re-
turned from Chicago
Miss Una Higgs of Tolar Is visiting
filends and relatives at this plaoe.
“Grandma" Cunningham, who hoe
been sink a long time, died at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Brown,
on last Wednesday and was burled
the following day.
Mrs Arnold of Stephen villa is
visiting Misses Susie and Dollfct
Mom.
I-on Cox has returned from Austin
where he lies been stteodlog school.
Several young people from this piano
at tended th* Suodav school end
League ooofereooe at Toler leak
week.
A party of young folks composed
of Mia— Bite flay*. Dili* nod Raoa
Higgs, Hsnole, Mny aod A os I*
Young with Mi*. A. J. Thompson as
chaperon, west down th* Bosque fish
Ing Wednesday
Be*. Watt* Of Ruefeabey preached
at the Method lei ehaiWi Sunday aod
hi* eon adds—ea tha Jaalor Magna
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