Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. [10], No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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ARROLLTON CHRONICLE
CARROLLTON, DALLAS CO., TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913.
NUMBER 19
rla to Belmont iocl|
Si?!/ter way to 8®* a stai"t ^an to “limit
^ond the balance.” It is sur-
chaptt can create capital when
0r°H*y«* the proper way and with determi-
«d if you will determine to save and
tu un*1 you ('count with us, an opportunity will pre-
..^^ituTit Itself for an investment—and remember, what
you save for the “rainy day” often comes handy to
use in the “sunshine.”
Your deposits with us are guaranteed and we
want to advise with or aid our depositors in any
legitimate way. We seek to please.
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First State Bank
CARROLLTON, TEXAS. E. W. Broadhurst, Cashier
County Bridge Losses.
Member# of the Dallas county
■commissioners’ court declared
Saturday that the loss of bridg-
•es in Dallas county from the re-
cent floods would probably reach
$25,000. Several big bridges
in the southern portion of the
-pount-y and a number in the
Northwestern portion have been
taken from their foundations.
... Kn~s«e£l al places the bridges
liave been washed entirely awny.
Scores of smaller bridges have
Dallas County Jail.
County Judge Quentin D. Cor
ley held a conference Saturday
with Architect H. A. Overbeck,
who drew the plans for Dallas
county’s new jail now under
course of construction. The
two discussed the progress be-
ing made on tho building und ex-
pressed delight at the progress
being made and the character of
work being done.
All of the work on the new
jail building is being done by
been destroyed and it is impos- Dallas contractors and the mat-
sible to pass over many of the j erial is being furnished by Dal-
county roads. Members of the >' las concerns. County Commis-
court declare that new bridges sioner Jim Miller declares that
will be. erected as soon as pos- Dallas should be congratulated
s^^^jorder that traffic over all
ly priced and intermediate roads
in* revelsjnUB The court dis-
friend ofp'«n« fnr 9iis bridge
of the fiat the meeting Sutur-
■he kneijfc no agree men t was
of hie of ,
Belmon/' llle l,,HS to tlie
■he thlfs road system will he
JJJJJJtju# ami plans for the re-
..w^)g upd regrading of the
in tliis regard
“This jail building, which will
be more complete than any oth-
er of tlie kind in the United
States,” said Mr. Miller,' “is be-
ing built by Dallas contractors
and every piece of material is
being purchased from Dallas
concerns. It shows that Dallas
can build any kind of a structure
TftpfrcJays will be resumed as j without going else where for the
soon us the high waters have re- [skill and for the material.’’
ceded. Present indications are
that this work will begin within
the next few days.
Constipation Poisons You.
If you are constipated, your
entire system is poisoned by the
waste matter kept in the body—
serinns results often follow.
Use Dr. King’s New Life Pills
and you will soon get rid of con-
Comstock Castle heater and stlpation, headache and other
cook stoves at Risien's. troubles. 25c. at Druggists or
cu iii l. . . . , I H. E. Uuckien and Co.
Wool blanket# at Iiisien’s. 1 Phi la. and St. Louis.
Quality first., price next! Be
Jieve me, I am. there with both.—
A. W. Kisien.
Dallas County Criminal Statistics.
That Dallas county, the most
thickly populated of any in the
state, is not the bloodiest in Tex-
as, is indicated in a report com-
pleted Saturday by County At-
torney Currie McCutcheon. He
has compiled figures for the
past ten years,^taking these fig-
ures from the records in the
attorney general’s department.
In his report Mr. McCutcheon
has made comparisons between
Dallas, Harrison, Bexar and
Tarrant counties. His work
shows that Dallas from 1900 ui
1910 had 183 murders; Harris,
235; Bexar, 113, and Tarrant,
221. His report also shows that
74 per cent of the murderers
placed on trial in Dallas county
have been convicted, fewer ac-
quittals resulting in this county
than in any other in the state.
County Attorney McCutcheon
has also prepared a table show-
ing the number of other felony
violations in the four named
counties. In this connection it is
shown that Dallas county grand
juries returned fewer indict
ments for other violations than
murder than any county in the
state. The number iu Dkllas
county.is 1992. Harrison county
leads in this regard, with 2809
indictments, and a county popu-
lation by several thousand less
than Dallas.
Mr. McCutcheon, with Assis-
tant County Frank Harmon,
spent several weeks in prepar-
ing this report. It is the first
und only one of the kind that a
county official has taken the
time and pains to prepare. It
is accurate in eyer.v detail, for
the figures are taken direct
from the attorney general’s de-
partment. • The Dallas county
prosecutor by such a report
shows that he is more than or-
dinarily versed in conditions
throughout Texas.
On November 30 this year Mr.
McCutcheon completed hi# first
year us county attorney. He
has made a great record, having
conducted fifty four murder
trials, with thirty-seven convic-
tions and thirteen acquittals.
He and his deputies have con-
ducted 229 o.ther trials and have
secured 182 convictions, witli
forty two acquittals—a record
challenges any other, in Texas,
and that of any predecessor,—
Dallas Times Herald.
John R. West Dies.
John R. West, who ha# for
sixty-eight years been a citizen
of Dallas County, died at his
residence, 4203 McKinney ave-
nue, at seven o’clock last Mon
day night, following an illness of
several weeks.
Besides his widow, Mr. West
is survived by one son, John R.
West Jr., and one daughter,
Miss Retta West. He is also
survived by a sister, Mrs. Alice
Floyd of Baird. .
Funeral services were conduc-
ted at'the residence at 1 o’clock
Tuesd'ny afternoon and burial
followed At the family burying
ground at Webb’s Chapel, Fann-
ers Branch. The active pall
bearers were W. M. Winn, E. F.
Winn, H. H-'Winn, F. W. Winn
an,d E. W. Winn, nephews of Mr.
West, and P. C. Smith. The
honorary pallbearers were Capt.
George. W-. Blair, Joseph L. Cole,
Henry Myer, .Tames H. Mathis,
J. E. Buchanan and C. B. Gilles-
pie.
John R. West was born in
Washington County, Tennessee,
May 8, 1842, and came with his
father, Robert J. West, to Dallas
County in 1H45 and settled near
Farmers Branch. His early
education began in a school
taught by his mother in their
pioneer home, and as he grew to
manhood he aligned himself witli
all the forces for law and order
in the new State. When the
Civil War came on he enlisted in
Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry
and made a gallant record until
its close, when he returned to
his home at Farmers Branch,
where he followed farming until
1889. In that year he moved to
Dallas, where lie had sihee re-
sided, and followed his profes-
sion of civil engineering with
his son, John R. West Jr., under
the firm name of West & West.
Mr. West was married on
Sept. 8,1885, to Miss Emma W.
Winn. He was a member of the
Methodist Church. A number
from Carrollton attended the
funeral.
§ Maybe We Don’t ■
Know Everything*
About lumber but we have been handling
it for a good many year* and have
helped a lot of home builder* save money
on their purchase*.
If you intend to build now or in the future
come in and talk it over with us, prob-
able we can save you some MONEY.
We carry a full line of yellow pine buildin;
material, mill work, brick, lime, cement
corrugated iron, huildinjf harwdare, etc.
W e have also a j?ood supply of coal.
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New MethodiM Pattor
News was received in Carroll-
ton Monday morning of this
week that the Methodist congre-
gation at tins place und Farmers
Branch will have a new pastor
the coming year in the person of
Rev. D. H. Fuller, who comes
from Howe, in Grayson county.
Rev. W. H. Wliisler, who has
served in'" Carrollton the past-
two years, goes to Howe.
Other conference news of in-
terest to Carrollton folks follows:
Rev. (1. A. Sprugin# continues
us presiding elder of the M*$
Kinney district. ^ *
Rev, L. A. Hanson continues
as business manager of North
Texas Female College at Sher-
man.
Rev. S. E. Pritchett, formerly
of Carrollton, goes to Montague
Circuit,
Rev. L, P. Smith goo# to
Jacksboro station.
Through the efforts of S. A. I).
Myers a large box tilled with
clothing for flood suffers in
south Texas was made up in
Carrollton yesterday and ship-
ped to Dallas for distribution
through the proper channels.
'*» "«.v# the donations
Vno and eusyi
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liddlo busters.
Wade
Calls Meeting of Good Road
Builders.
Stamford, Tex., Dec. tl.—Ho-
mer D. Wade, Secretary of the
Texas Good Roads Association,
whose headquarters is in this
city, has issued a call for the
annual mid-winter meeting to be
held In Fort Worth, January 20,
27th and 28th. Everyone in-
terested in better highways lias
been invited to attend the meet-
ing and Mr. Wade has been as-
sured of strong delegations from
Arkansas, Colorado, New Mex-
ico, Oklahoma and practically
every county in Texas.
The features of the convention
will be a practlcul model road
exhibit built and operated by
the office of Good Roads of the
Federal Department of Agricul-
ture; a school of instruction on
Improving highways, conducted
daily by Prof. R. J. Potts of the
A * M College; an Illustrated
lecture by Torn J. Tynan, War-
den ef tlie Colorado Penitentiary
which will show and explain de-
tails of the Colorado plan of
working convlqt labor on public
roads; a trip over the Tarrant
County million dollar system of
highways, personally conducted
by Mr. J. C. Travllla, one of
America's greatest highway on
gineers, and talks by many oth-
er men of affulrs who arc sock-
ing to lift Texas out of the mud.
The meeting Kill bo held in
the new Chaiumr of Commerce
Building, art Mayor Milam
will \|oleotniv#ftlio visitors, and
John ly, yen of Sun Antonio,
p jfyn^of the' Assoc!'-
Christmas Baking Will
Soon Have Attention
And we have specially prepared ourselves to take
care of your every want for the Holiday Dinners.
We have fresh quantities of Nuts of all kinds,
Citron, Raisins, Gurrents, Figs, Etc.
We have recently added to our stock a full
line of Folger’s Golden Gate Coffee, Teas, Spices
and Extracts. These goods represent the highest
grade of food products and are sold with the posi-
tive guarantee of- full satisfaction or purchase
price refunded.
PEACEMAKER FLOUR
Yours to please,
G. W. Myers
COPPELL
Fred Hurst is working in Dal-
las.
See the holiday goods at W. W.
Ratliffs.
A pail of fresh tnackeral for
75c at W. W. Ratliff’s. *
John and Roy Ratliff visited
relatives near here Sunday.
Mrs. W. N. Sanders visited
her sister here last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Willing-
ham visited in Dallas Monday.
Mrs. Skelton spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Breeding.
Hubert Kirkland visited home
folks Saturday night and Sun-
day.
The young people enjoyed a
singing at P. S. Corbin’s Sun-
day night,
Dec. 9—T. J. Harrison and
daughter. Miss Lena were Dallas
visitors Tuesday.
Misses Winnie and Bessie
Ratliff visited Misses Raney and
Edward# Sunday.
Misses Cora and Laura Bul-
lock spent Friday witli their
sister, Mrs. Cole.
“Uncle” John Martin spent
Snturdayand Sunduy with W.
W. Ratliff and family.
Misses Lima Harrison and
Kate Woods were the guests of
Rutli Ratliff last Sunday,
Mrs. Henry York of Dallas is
tho guest of her father, B. B.
Howell for several weeks.
Mamie and Lucille Harrison
were the guests-of Winnie and
Bessie Ratliff Saturday night.
Mrs. W. E. Corbin was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Clint
Corbin near here a few days last
week.
Duncan Harrison and Hub-
ert Sanders visited friends (?)
in Lewlgvllle Sunday. Wonder
what?
Croup and Cough Kuimaly.
Croup is a terrible disease, it
attacks children so suddenly
they are very apt to choke un-
less given the proper remedy at
once. Tlie re is nothing bettor
in the world than Dr. Kings
New Discovery. Lewis Cham-
berlain, of Manchester, Ohio,
writes about his children:
“Sometimes In severe attacks
we were afraid they would die,
but since we proved what a cer-
tain remedy Dr. King’s Now
Discovery is, we have no fear.
We rely on it for croup, cough#
and cold#.” So can you. 50c
and $1.00. A bottle should he in
every home. At all Druggists.
11. K. Bucklen A Co. Plilla. St.
Louis.
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Large assortment
docks at llisieu's.
, inuntli
School Notes.
School is steadily moving on,
with new pupils coming in all
the time. When it rains the
pupils get inside and keep a#
dry and comfortable as they can;
but it is impossible to keep every
thing dry under such a roof.
Few barns, for tire stock of the
patrons, will leak as does the
building in which they house
their children to be educated
and trained for future citizen-
ship. This may be giving the
child the best advantage. Pat-
rons, you be the judges. The
school law of Texas provides
that tlie Board of Trustees may
order an election for bonds to
build a school, when petitioned
by at least twenty tax paying
voters of tlie district. Why not
the required number, or even
mortf, of the voters present such
a petition; so that the Board
could ofder the election and
have a substantial, commodious
school house ready by Septem-
ber 1914. Action should be tak-
en at once.
Tiio children are preparing a
program for Friday night Dec-
ember 19th, consisting of drills,
songs, music and readings. A
small admission fee will be
charged and the proceeds will
be applied on the piano fund.
Tho public is cordially invited to
attend this program and thus
encourage the children and help
a good cause.
Parents or guardians are re-
quested, when children are ab-
sent for any cause, to send a
written excuse to tlie teacher in
charge or see thorn in person
and give the reason for such ab-
sence. This is a regulation of
the Bourn und it is necessary
that it bo complied with if the
teachers keep up with the pup-
ils, and tho host results are ob-
tained. Parents, in this fail not.
if you really want to stand by
tho school and your own child-
F. B. Mi'Math.
Keen Kutter cross cut saws
at Itislen'*,
The Public School
I# one of the greatest factors
in our country. When reinforc-
ed by good, wholesome, reliable
newspapers, it gives tlie Ampri-
can child a practical education.
W i11K»Ut the aid of newspaper#
the public school cannot give a
boy or girl that degree of gener-
al intelligence that you wish
your children to have. You can
now get the Carrollton Chronicle
ami tlie Dallas Sen.i-Weekly
Farm News for one year, three
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Risien, John T. Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. [10], No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1913, newspaper, December 12, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556211/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.