The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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WEEKLY
THURSDAY, JULY
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To Our Many Friends and Customers:
We bare enjoyed a very nice and profitable bus-
iness from you in the past for which we offer our
thf.nlni and trust to be favored with a continuance of
same, and want to state that on account of high cost
of labor and other expenses we are going to either be
compelled to raise our prices on everything or get
CASH OVER THE COUNTER as we go. As this
is a time when business concerns and industries of all
kinds are trying to help keep down the high cost of liv-
ing we have decided to do business for STRICTLY
CASH ONLY, so begining with Monday, July 19th,
1920, everything will be on the cash basis at our
Oarage.
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We do hope that this new rule will not inconven-
ience any of our good friends as it will only reduce the
cost of many articles that you may need in our line and
save ns the extra expense of employing a collector, etc.
Again thanking you for the past business and ex-
tending an invitation to COME AGAIN, We are,
Very Respectively,
Lanier Bros. Garage
South Main Street.
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COUNTY CANDIDATES
SPEAK AT SPRING CREEK.
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W. E. DAVENPORT
Attorney-at-Law
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BROCK COMMUNITIES FUR-
NISHES FIRST ELBERTAS.
M. P. White of the Brock com-
munity was in the city Tuesday
evening marketing peaches and he
was the first man to bring Elber-
tas to this market this season. 'His
crop this year, like that of all the
fruit growers of the county, Is light,
but what he brought was very flue
and netted him $3.50 per bushel. He
sold seven bushels and says he will
have a few more to place on the
market..
There is quite a difference in the
market on peaches in this city when
compared with that of last year.
This time last year the produce
houses were taxed almost to the
limit taking care of the crop, while
this year the supply that is being
received will not take care of the
local demands. The crop this year
was killed by the late frosts.
A drowsy, half-sick, discouraged
feeling is caused by a torpid liver
and impurities in the stomach al
bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters is
prompt and efficient remedy. Mi
who work need Its cleansing ai
stimulating effect. Price $1.25 p
bottle. R. W. Kindel Drug Co. and
Cherry Akard Drug Co., special
agents.
Wot one penny will Rlch-Toae coot
yea, If If ImuI prove of rcboIbo
worth la trentln* roar ease.
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famous toalc—If ft *•«»’< krta* to yoa
uew eaerpy, a epIoadM appetite, rootfal
thlac—aot oae peaay.
family aid frleado to be etroas, well,
happy, brlitht of eye. brlek of etep,
ruddy of check, oblo to ko about your
work with u omlle ou your Upel
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Get a bottle today oa our meuer-baek
guarantee. Sold aad gaaraateed locally
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KINDEL DRUG CO.
Miss Anna Sturges of Baker-Pos
ton’s ready-to-wear department is
suffering from a sprained ankle, but
is reported as improving and trust
she will soon be back in her place.
Wild Animals Cause Trouble
Albert Light who lives a few miles
southwest of the city was in town
Saturday morning. He says some
kind of a wild animal which he has
been unable to locate is working in
his community, and the horses and
mules are becoming very much dis-
turbed The animal, or what ever
it is that is causing the commotion
aomng the stock, works at night, but
the exciteent remains among the
horses and mules during the day
and they will not go to the watering
places on the creeks. An effort will
be made to locate the animal.
Rain Falls Over County.
Rainfall registering .34 of an inch
was recorded by the government
guage in Weatherford Friday even-
ing. From reports that have come
to the city the rain seemed to be
general all over the county, In some
parts, however, it was heavier than
in others. As a result of the rain
the farmers are unable to work and
they are taking advantage of the
oportunity and coming to the city.
(By H. C. Gilliland)
D*ath of John Brown and Mr*.
Sherman.
The first white man murdered by
Indians in Parker County occurred
In October, 1858, sixteen miles north
of Weatherford, on Rock Creek. Mr.
Brawn was a farmer, and a splen-
did gentleman. He was about one
half mile from home, when the In-
dians attacked, murdered and :|:alp-
ed him while he was attending to
his horses. After killing him. they
took eighteen horses, and went to
his house, where they tried to get
a shot at Mrs. Brown, who was in
the house, but faded to kill the
good woman. I think that Booker
C. Tarkington is the brother of Mrs.
Brown, and can pdfesibly tell more
v^than I have told. This was the
beginning of Indian murders, and
from that day on, for seventeen
years, they were our continual ene
mies. Every moonlight night they
would come Into our country, kill
our people and steal our horses.
I am not sure whether or not
this bunch of Indians went to Mr.
Shermans house, however, It was
not long after this murder that
they went in a strong body to the
Sherman home, while it was rain-
ing and the first thing Mr. Sher
man knew, they were in the yard
and dismounted and came in the
house, shaking hands with the fam-
ily; without much ceremony the In-
dians said—“vamose, vamoose, no
hurt.” They did so, Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman and the four children. They
werp told that no danger should be-
fall them, and they were glad to
get away. These poor people paced
along the highway rapidly. They
had gone about half a mile from
the premises, joyful over their es
cape from a horrible death, when
the cowardly demons overtook them
and took Mrs. Sherman from her
innocent babes and distracted hus-
band. They said they wanted
“squaw” and suiting the action to
the word, tore the frantic woman
from those whom she loved best,
carried her back to the house where
she was maltreated is a manner
most outrageous and inhuman. Her
screams and shrieks seemed to af-
ford enjoyment to the merciless
wretches. They applied all sorts of
torture, scalped her, took all of
her clothing from her, fired several
arrows into the body and compelled
her to pass through an ordeal that
few could endure. They left her
for dead. After they were gone she
crawled to a small hole of water,
one hundred yards from the house
where my brother, Janies, and
othes found her a few hours after-
wards and kept er four days when
she bid farewell to her innocent
children and crossed the river of
death. She was carried to the
court house and was seen by the
people of our county.
Such things as this is what made
our hearts sad, and a hot bed for
all the hatred that ever embittered
the human heart. I could tell more
but enough has been said to let
you know were we were in this
day and time and why we fougnt
the scoundrels.
With kindest' feeling} for dear
old Parker county, and her gcod
cittaens, I remain.
Altus, Oklaoma, July 12, 1920.
The county candidates were at
Spring Creek Tuesday night where
they met the people dfid made their!
announcements. The school house
where the speaking was held, was
Tairly well filled, and tbe several
candidates were frequently cheered
during the discussion of the issues
before the people.
The time allotted tbe candidates j
is short and it Is almost impossible |
for some of them to express them
«elve very fully. More time could j
not be allotted however without a<
division, as It takes better than two
and one half hours to complete the
program.
A Herald representative heard the
talks Tuesday night for the first
time and we must say that we
were impressed. Taking the cam
paign as a whole, it is being con-
ducted on a high plane, in a gen-
teel manner, and 'll . matters n<H
which one of the aspirants are suc-
cessful, Parker county will have ef-
ficient officers.
A very noticeable fact is that the
majority of the candidates are na-
tives ot Parker county and from the
trend of argument it seems that a
majority of the “natives” were born
and reared on the farm, and some
who were not so fortunate as to
bear the imprints of “country bred”
long for a regeneration. Those who
are so unfortunate as not to be
able to claim Texas as a native
state hale from far away New York,
Mfcsouri, Illinois, Tennessee and
even the state noted for “goobers”
(Georgia) is represented.
Three suffragetts are In the race
and when it comes to discussions
of the issues they rank with the
sterner sex. The day does not get
too hot nor the nights too dark for
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Fashionable Georg'ette
Blouses at Half Price
—Dainty Blouses of finest Georgette in this season’s
choicest and newest models, exquisite examples of high class
dressmaker-made garments of unusual attractiveness,
' -IN TAILORED STYLES *
-HAND EMBROIDERED
-CHENILLE EMBROIDERY
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—WOOL EMBROIDERY
—TWO COLOR EFFECT
Blouses of distinctive styling—were $10.00 to $46.00
NOW $5.00 TO $22.50
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them to attend the gatherings and'
press their claims.
There is also quite a diversity in
the ages of the men and women
who are making this canvass to
office. Now don’t understand us to
say that we know the age of the
ladies who are in the running, for
don’t and we noticed that they
were not discussing ages, doubtless
believing this to be a dead and for-
gotten issue, so we are speaking of
the men exclusively now. The ages
as We w-ere going to say, run from
22 years up to a mature age. Even
though some of the men have long
passed the meridian of life they
are still active. The older men
seem only as boys as they weave
through the crowds distributing
cards and passing pleasant words
with the voters.
Taken as a whole, the candidate
crowd is a jolly good bunch of men
and women.
The fatal day is fast approaching
and the agonies will soon be over.
Soon after the 24th a few of the
candidates will return to private
T. & P. TRAIN KILLS
FARMER'S VALUABLE MULES
GREENWOOD COUNCIL
HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING
E. D. Baker, who livjs on H. L.
Moseley’s ranch, about twenty miles
west of this city, had seven head
of fine mules killed the first of this
week by a Texas & Pacific train.
The peculiar part of the accident
was that all the mules were killed
at the same time and piled off the
track in the same pile. The acci-
(fcnt happened sometime during the
night. The mules were in the pas-
ture but in some way managed to
get on the track, and were struck by
a freight train. The accident caus-
ed the derailment of one car and
the action of the engineer in quickly
applying the brakes probably pre-
vented a serious wreck. As it was
the derailed car was soon replaced
on the track and the train lost very
little time.
The mules were valued at from
$200 to $300 each and included all
the stock Mr. Baker owned with
the exception of a saddle horse that
he had in a lot at the house.
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On acount of the absence of Miss
Murray, Mi$s Josephine Tucker at
Weatherford conducted the plays
and games. She proved herself equal
to the responsibility and all declared
this to be the best “Good Timef
since the play section has been in-
troduced.
Mr. Withers briefly reviewed tbs
progress of the Greenwood .Council
which was organized about one year
ago with twelve members. This
meeting numbered 250 people.
Rev. w. M. Elliott, pastor of the
Grace Presbyterian church, gave a
most excellent talk on “Community
Activities” which was very much
appreciated by all.
Ice cream, cake and soda pop
was served by the ladies and a
neat sum was realized fro pi these
sales and the proceeds will be used
to defray the expenses of the coun
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WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
FOR ANYTHING IN THE
PRODUCE LINE.
—POTATOES
—BEANS
—ONIONS
—TOMATOES
-PEACHES
-CHICKENS
—TURKEYS
—EGGS, ETC.
—Be sure and see us before you sell.
—We can use any quantity and will al-
ways give you the very best market prices.
life, but they may be consoled byjeay you need when the stomach or
knowing that they fought a good
fight, they kept the faith but lost
the race.
bowels are disordered. Prickly Ash
Bitters oulckly corrects such troubles
and makes you feel bright end cheer-
ful. Every man should have a hot
tie at home all the time. It is the
dose taken promptly that prevents
sickness, misery and expense. Price
$1.25 per bottle. R. W. Kindel Drug
Co. and Cherry Akard Drug Co., spe-
cial agents. ,
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A coated tongue, bad breath, dizzi-
ness and a clogged condition in the
bowels ca be quickly relieved by us-
ing Prickly Ash Bitters. It Is man’s
remedy for such ailments. Priceless
$1.25 per bottle. R. W. Kindel
Drug Co. and Cherry-Akard Drug Co.
special agents.
Absentees Now Voting.
Commencing Wednesday morning a
number of legal voters in the com-
ing primary have filed their votes
with the county clerk to be cast
by him on the day of the election.
The tickets are now at the clerk’s
office and if you are expecting toj Roy Sells Market.
be out of the city on election day) n. J. Tate and W. J. Wilkerson
you can take advantage of the ah- j have purheased the Roy Market on
sentee voting provisions of the law j tj,e we8t side of the square and will
and cast your vote. jtake charge on the first of August.
Mr. Roy came to this city several
Work Resumed on Garage.
Insurance adjusters were in the
city Friday estimating the damages
sustained by the Hopkins Motor com-
pany, when a portion of the roof
on their new building was wrecked
Davis Well Now Drilling.
The Davis well south of the city
spudded in Saturday evening
and the drill was sent down ten feet
before the drilling stopped for the
daj^. Monday morning the work
started again and the drill will run
night and day until the well is com
pleted, at least that is the calcula-
tion.
This is the second well to be
drilled at this location. Last year
the Ranger Rock Island people drill-
ed a well to a depth of about 3600
months ago from Waxahachie and
bought the market of N. J. Tate.
Mr. Roy will return to Waxaachie.
Fishing Good on Brazos.
Sunday morning several parties
from the city were on the Brazos
where they spent Saturday night
fishing. Early in the morning a
small rise came down the river and
the water was muddied and a num-
ber of good fish were taken from the
stream.
Next Tuesday, July 21, Pro!. H. K.
Taylor of Texas Woman’s College
at Fort Worth, and Miss Patton
of the Young Women’s Christian As-
soiation will be present and deliver
addresses on community recreation
and will have charge of the play
hour. This is ekpected to be the
best meeting we have had ao Tar.
Every one is rordially invited to at-
tend.
The ladies and girts met with Mrs.
Frank Robertson Monday afternoon
to begin preparations for tbe exhibit
at the county fair. Miss Murray
conducted the demonstration* for
canning vegetables. The ladies are
planning to have a large exhibit at
the fair.
Next regular meeting will be July
22 and everybody is invited to at-
tend. REPORTER.
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by the high wind Wednesday night, j
It. is understood that the damages fret and in setting the six inch cas
Miss Celeste Bradford, mother and
two sisters were oh their way to
church, in a car when the radator
rods became hung and thrdw the
rear of the car against the banisters
on the Brazos bridge, breaking tbe
side of one spring and bending the
axle. The car Is not damaged to a
great extent and fortunately no one
was hurt. If the car had been only
a few feet further, the family and
both would have been thrown
car
into the river at its highest place.
ing, the casing was dropped and be-
fore it could be cleaned out, the rig
were assesed at $1400 which was ac-
ceptable to Mr. Hopkins and work
has started in clearing fhe wreckage !was burned. A new rig and string
The force of men will be increased | of tools was secured and an effort
and the work pushed to completion
Watermelons Now Coming.
Several loads of watermelons were
on the market Saturday morning
They were of god size and quality
and found a ready sale to the con-
sumers at around 4 cents per pound.
Cantaloupes are also coming in lib-
eral quantities and were retailing at
15 cents each for the medium sizes.
The offerings will gradually increase
and in about ten days melons will
come in large quantities. The crop
this year will be good if present
Indications count. The acreage Is
also large, even larger than that of
U»t rear- ^
Mrs. T. W. Malone has returned
from a two weeks’ visit with rel
made to clean out the well, but it
was abandoned, and the rig was
skidded about 50 feet south.
Raising Fine Corn.
J. K. Pumroy. who has been rais-
ing a special kind of com for the
past twenty years in Parker county,
was exhibiting a sample of this
year’s crop Saturday. The corn is
a cross between the Missouri King
and the Missouri Queen and it has
been and is still being improved by
Mr. Pumroy. The samples of com
he was showing was the best that
has been exhibited this year, and
he always raises a good crop.
laud other pel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kebelman, Miss
Bertha and Master Ben, are In Corpus
whore hey will spend severat
the sea bree.es apdl
ATTENTION!
—Our many patrons will find in our warehouse & com-
plete stock of Cotton Seed Products, M&ixe and Corn Pro-
ducts, also the best Flour and Corn Meal that can be found.
-OUR COAL BINS ARB NOW PULL AND WE ARE
ABLE TO DELIVER YOUR WANTS.
Dorsey Grain Compy
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
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