The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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The Cotten-Braiton
Furniture Company
Cvwytfclng in the bouse furwishisg
line. Undertakers and llceneed em-
Mtmere. Call answered day oc night
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WEATHERFORD 8 OLDEST BANK
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The Citizens National Bank
(Established in 1868)
WANT8 YOUR BUSINESS, BIG OR LITTLE
afui promise you the personal service that will please you.
CAPITAL AND PROFITS NOW AMOUNT
TO OVER $200,000.00.
WEATHERFOnP, TEXAS, THURSDAY MAY 13, 1920_
LIPANlSINfSS MEN siARKET SQUARE | C
WANT US AS GUESrSLl SECURED FOR CITY!
W. A. White £
UNDERTAKERS
We deliver coffins ane eaee
to any pert of tke
county.
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CASHIER ROACH SAYS COME AND
-FORGET PRICE FOR
DINNER."
I Y. M. B. L. LOCATES SITE—COUN-
TY AIDS CITY IN SECURING
PROPERTY.
Although the state of the weather
and bad roads following Tuesday's
big rain made it necessary to post-
pone the Chamber of Commerce
trade extension trip to Granbury,
Lip-m and elsewhere, it has been
The Young Men’s Business League
which was organized about two
months ago, has put over another
proposition that has been iiefore the
people of this city and county for
the past ten or fifteen years, when
they located a site and secured the
Bananas! Bananas!!
8 l-2c PER POUND
To Country Merchants
CALL EARLY
CITY PRODUCE COMP’Y.
(learned that Lipan business men are I co-operation of the city commission
i anxious for the trip to be made. ) and the county court in securing a
W. H Roach, cashier of the First) market square for Weatherford and
National Bank of Lipan, called the
Chamber of Commerce office this
morning and inquired about the pro-
gram and was very sorry to learn
that the trip had been postponed in-
definitely, or until the weather set-
tles and the roads become fit
comfortable travel.
Parker county. This question was
presented to the league soon after its
organization and the matter was re-
ferred to the committee on civic de-
velopment of which H. H. WfPtams
is chairman and Ben Holyfield, Pres-
forjton Mirtin, Ward Bankhead and W.
A. White are members. The com-
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Statement of Condition of
First State Bank
of Weatherford, Texas
At the close of business on the 4th day of May, 1920.
RESOURCES
Diana and Discounts..........................$932,325.47 H!
Overdrafts .................... 1,244.84
U. S. Certificates and bonds................... 274,794.45
Furniture & Fixtures......................... 2,600.00
Stock Federal Reserve Bank................... 4,350.00 y
Warrants ................................... 1,842.50
Acceptances and Bills of Exchange............ 288,535.62
Cash and Exchange.......................... 214,559.24
Mr. Roach and other business men | mlttee got busy and a plot of ground
! of I loan had been written to by the | facing on Fort Worth street, 150
i office in regard to having dinner pre- > feet and running north 272 feet, was
The Market.
The produce market has been quiet
during the past week. Eggs are com-
ing in liberal quantities and the supply
of hens has been liberal and the pric-
es have dropped two cents Tier pound.
out Thursday morning:
Eggs, dozen ..........................................25c
Friers, per pound ...............................40c
Hens, per pound ................................22c
pared by the ladies of one or other
of the Lipan churches and a reason-
able charge made per plate and an
answer was expected Tuesday, but
bad wire service prevented an earlier
answer.
But the Lipan people will not
located and an option taken on it for
$17,500 The matter was then placed
oefore the city commission and com-
missioners court and the county fur-
nishes one half the purchase price
$1,720,252.12
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ..............................$ 125,000.09
Surplus and Profits .................... 60,026.73 £
Reserved for Taxes ........................ 2,5H)8.81
Deposits .................................. 1,481,082.09 g
Rediscounts .................*............... 51,844.50
$1,720,252.12
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JIM WOOD8 GETS But (he ldpan peopie wm not I the city Is to clear the property and
ACQUITTAL VERDICT. | hear to such an arrangement. They1! see after the upkeep. This is a
- i will not for a minute consider set-1 very desirable piece of property and
Jim Woods, who was charged with [ ling Weatherford guests a dinner and | conveniently located for a market
assault and attempt to murder was J charging them for It—not a cent. | square. The plot of ground is also
tried In the district court Wednesday I Mr. Roach stated this postittvely: I intersected by Hast Dallas Avenue,
Friers are in demand and the prices and he was acquitted. Woods is the | “Come on when you can and you which Is another decided advantage,
are good, but there are feW coming.1 party who assaulted a brakeman on will be odr guests. You will not only; Walnut street on the east, extends
The following quotations were given ; the Texas & Pacific railroad several, hav.' a good dinner prepared and be: the full length of the property. Coun-I
months ago. when the brakeman tried entertained by us in that way, but1 ty JOdge Swofford and Mayor Queen
lowbrow him from the top of a moving you shall have a good time while 1 ure now working out the details, and
train. He severely cut the brakeman bore; so good a time that you will: closing this deal./
with a kpife. and when the train ap not want to leave us at all. The
..We solicit your business upon the basis of the above
statement. ........ ................
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Brazos River Runs High.
Late reports from the river states
that it is running pretty high at this
time and has been that way for sev-
eral days. It was also reported that
the Brannon Bridge has been damag-
ed and it is not in a very safe con-
dition at this time.
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! a farm house and phoned the officers | arrangements made. Be sure and !
j who went out after him. tie was giv- i will have pleutv of time to have thei
I en a trial at the last term of court Lome as soon as the roqds get in)
Farmers to Plant Large Peanut Crops, j
Farmers have been in the city this
week buying large quantities of seed
peanuts and the indications are that
In the proper column in this paper
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WEATHERFORD MILL TO
OPEN EASTLAND BRANCH
Pitchford. Millsap.
.1 astro Dawson and
Fine man, city.
Miss Laura
and Woods prosecuted his own case i good shape.”
The big Crystal Palace Flouring jand hun* tht> 1“^- Nolan Queen as- j To this cordial invitation, the seo j J w Brown Morgan Mills
Mills of Weatherford, one of the I ^'d l'<m in the defense at the trial j retary replied that Weatherford cer-! ; ^ * '
'< finest institutions of the kind in the! •• Tuesday. , tainly would go, and go strong. r~ ■ *
state, is preparing to establish a,---! haps early In June after the chant--„
flour depot in Eastland ami Manager GOVERNOR COFFERS REWARD (a™ "as over as everybody will soon|
Waller is to be congratulated upon! FOR SLAYER OF ERWIN.; be occupied with that event and j
(there will be no time to give overi
acreage in the history of the county
in the crop this year. A number of
farmers who have planted cotton have
Sid Lush and Miss Dewdrop Ben-1 had their crops destroyed by the high
water and rt is almost impossible to
and get more good seed with which to
replant und they are turning to pea
Frank Thomas and Mrs. Pearl Boyd, j nuts.
f ts no flouring mill in Eastland conn- County Attorney C.rlndstaff reeeiv-1
IgWCAjr. and vast quantities of that article! «| a letter from Governor Hobby j
iave to be imported from mill points. Thursday morning, in which he offers!
a reward of $250.00 for the apprehens j
ion. arrest and final conviction of the j
! party or parties guilty of the murder i
his enterprise and foresight. , There
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Bo we are going to make the trip
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just as soon as we can do so. Every-1
body bear this in mind and every-1
body get set for a good time at
I.ipan, the dandy and hospitable tit-
le. M. Scott, Godley and Miss Laura
L. Wansley, Oklahoma City.
Joltunie Smith and Miss I.orena
Wool.
J. E. Youngblood, Millsap, and Miss!
Opal J. Glenn, Brazos. ’
WEATHERFORD MEN ELECTED
OFFICERS OF STATE K. OF P.
las Tuebday morning. Mrs. McCall la - £1
the widow of the late Col. J. L. Mo-
Call, and is about 60 years of age. .;
She has made Weatherford her home
for the past twenty years up until a
few months ago when she went to
her brother in Dallas. Funeral ser-
vices will be held Wednesday with •'>«j
burial in Dallas.
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will be found the announcement of
Will Current for re-election to the oC-
fice of constable of precinct No. 1/
Mr. Current was appointed by the
court at its February session in 1918,
to fill the unexpired term of Ross
Wagner, resigned, and he has made a
faithful and efficient officer. He Is
also holding the position of traffic of-
ficer under the appointment of the
court at this lime. He promises that
he will give the duties of the office
to which he aspires the same careful
attention durifig the future as he l}aa
in the past. He asks your consider*-
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Newberry-Pltchford.
On Friday May 7, Marvin Newber-
ry and Miss Jaenette Pitchford of
J the Millsap community, were happily j tion in'tllP juiy primary,
married at the home of the bride in j
I the presence of a few friends and j
relatives, with Rev. E. N. Scarlett i
officiating.
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Rains Beneficial to Small Grain.
T* 'a* * Sh oe mi a ker° an (L^T o n * Bridges! of’ HerschTi Erwin 'on th^night "of i *°Wn wl‘ere 'h* peop,« aro , oar I -
PTahurao I Anrll 29th. (friends and neighbors. The invi- Henry Miller, and Theo. Yarbrough
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wtere^he^^ur^Med^pevera^head ^It^has^iiow been two weeks since',a,ion bPen af„<epted on behalf I returned Thursday morning from Gal- and useful life.
llorochol Pruln Inff this Htv in a
the citizens of Weatherfordd.
gee bought a cow for which he paid j new ______
$400 and Mr. Shoemaker bought a whereabouts still remains a mystery. FORMER PARKER COUNTY
cow and two heifers, which cost him: notwithstanding the fact (hat every | BOY VISITS HIS PARENTS.'
11210. Mr. Shoemaker Is getting a ; effort hnr heen exerted to locate the i
The rains of the past week have
been very beneficial to the small
These young peopie are highly re- j grain crop in our section of the coun~
spected in the community and their; try Commissioner Gilliland, who catan
many friends wish for them a long jin from Springtown Monday morning
to attend the session of the coart
said that grain was smell and look-
ed just like a failure a week ago has 1
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... , , .... Horsrhol Erwin left this citv in a !of tlle Chamber of Commerce and' yeaton where they attended a meeting'--——-
- Mr. ^ M j of the Grand o[ the Knigbls of | „ ___
Pythias of Texas. ^ *b reP°r'e(1 rals are ! r»omo n\\t won^rfnllv th*
Mr. Miller was re-elected grand ine c,,0,*8 and gar,lHDS ,n HOmi' Parts week and it now looks as if we would
keeper of records and seal and this;<>f Ule.‘'0U"^,- and e*p*c,*-,,v 18 th,R 1 have a r'nd oren this year; The »rr«-
0ue day last age jg smaji tins year, but tito yield
will be above the average.”
This same report comes from all
parts of the county where grain la
boy and the car. Several clues have
George Wythe, who has recently *» the thirty-second term he has been j “ gathered, at the home
everything so far has proved futile. Commissioner in the Near East, with
nice Jersey herd started, having sev » . - , . . . . ... , | .tf, uc^iiuuia ^ulu.icu ,uu uuu,»
oral head before his last purchase, been picked up and run down hut been appoined United States Trade'e t,Us Position wituoui oppo- j ^ sharpei eigUt north of
,||^ flfiyg finds tt bPttftr to rHi80 on #ne hna nrrwaB futlla f'ftmmlujlonor In fVto Moor Vaat xrfth i SltiOll. HO hftS> ‘IttSOP this OTOPl HH ;
good stock than sorry ones, as he can
always find a readv rale it a good
price for all «urpl,,c: sL 'k.
It is th'3 supposition that he was mur-! headquai’ters at Washington, is here ^Bcient and faithful member, and is
tiered and his car stolep. ton a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. j known fronl one end of the state to
Rewards aggregating about $5,000 is j T. A. Wythe. George is a native son
| the other, and it is useless for any oth-
Uplown ire station at B. F. BROW-
DIBR'8.
Cotton Seed ! Cotton Seed !
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ton seed for planting Friday or
Saturday. See me before buying.
TOMS BULLOCK
Merchants & Farmers State Bank
WEATHERFORD. TEXAS
being offered for the recovery of the of Parker county and was educated j er mernber to offer for the office
in the city schools. After graduating ] aRa*n8t bim.
here he attended the State University Mr. Yarbrough wai also honored >
and while a student in the universiy j being elected secretary-treasurer of
was selected as representative to a the State Association of Keepers of
peace conference at Utica, N, Y. It i Records and Seals. He has been
car and arrest and conviction of par-
ties guilty of the murder.
the city and in a very short time 200
rodents were killed. They were bedded
under the barns and in a peanut hay
stack. If the farmers of the county
would meet and have killings it would
only be a short time until they would
show a decrease.
Mrs. Josephine McCall Dead.
Word has been received in this
I was while attending this conference Keeper of Records and Seal of Lone I dty Q{ (he death o{ Mrs jot.ephine H.
| that he met Henry Ford, and when Star Lodge No. 1 for the past j McCal, whlch <*,curred at the home
j .‘his distinguished gentleman arranged j veMrs and he also has been a capable ^ ,(er brother,* T R. Bowles in Dal-
i for hi? peace conference in foreign i officer.
I countries, Mr. Wythe was invited to J These gentlemen report a very j - -------------g
i join the party. He accepted the invi- j pleasant and profitable session of the
' tat ion and made the trip with the! lodge.
I pa: tv, visiting a number of the for-1 ____
raised. Before the rains, it was iteely
predicted that with few exceptions it
would be Impossible to cut the grain, ,
but the rains have made it run up
and now it seems if all the grain will
lie high enough to cut and will yield-
a g'tc,’ crop.
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Mrs, B. W. Painter of Sacramento,
California, sister of Mrs. W. M. Elliott
who has keen here for several weeks,
returned to her home Tuesday.
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_1 * j. H. DOSS. President
! H. U BREVARD, Vice President FRED SMITH. Cashier
E. H. MART-IN, Vice President NEAL BUTLER, Assistant Cashier
Statement of Condition Made at Close of Business
May 4, 1920, to Commissioner of Bunking
RESOURCES
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Loans and Discounts...... 1547,500.62
Liberty Bond* 1.127,03
Banking House and Fixtures. 31,000.00
Cath and Exchange..........— 94,460.03
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LIABILITIES
oign countries on a mission of peace. Cap Theft Fruttrated.
After returning to the btates, lie Automobile thieves were quite ar-
wont to Pallas where he joined the j „ve ln Weatherford Tuesday night,
staff of the Dallas News. Wheni^.|10V CHr „<• prank Porter and
the United States entered tbo war, beiU((u|,| possible have gotten the car of,
at once went to the officers training fc;d Weil? had they not been in such,
school and secured the rank o' lieu- lmrry Mr Wells p„, his E„rd |„ the!
j tenant. He was soon adv anted t° ( ganu’o at his home on Palo Pinto J
I the rank of major and was selected, u„d „llb,,,lette streo, between 10 aud
| to go to Europe to study and equip j,, ,/clork ,,nd went to the house a.id '
| himself for duties in the general staff. | went be(1 ,,,„ w,fri |l0WPVer w?p 1
| After the dose of the war. he was se-|Ftjl| ,,p ; ud sitttne in i "t ther r ,rr !
lected to write the history of the Nin- j w,.wn v,.(, , „ar;? ,S;. . , ,of a ^tartirg i
tieth Division and with a corps of ste- H„d as „ S0Ulldt.(, K011V, sho opened |
nographers and other assistants, made!,, door and called Mr. wells. When
a special trip to the Rhineland coun-' ;hp op<,ned the door thp ,ieht from
try. where the necessary data was se-!,lu) roon, fp„ on thp car atl(1 thP
cured to complete the reeordi and the j would ba-thieves made their escape,
history was published. This is Pro-j when Mr Wt>|ls Rot t0 the garaK„ hp
nounced the best history of any *11’ j found his car out and in the absence
vision of the American Army. of a key tt had been rewired and was
ready for running. Had Mrs. Wells
Capital .—......-------------------
Surplus and Profits............
Bllla Payable........------
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$ 50,000.00
_ 24,941.14
NONE
.. 401,134.49
Totals.
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Mr. Wythe’s appointment as trade
commissioner in the Near East will
necessitate him spending part of his
lime abroad, and he is now preparing
to tegve for Constantinople which city
will be nis headquarters. All Weather-
ford la proud of George Wythe and
his achievements. . .
been In bed It Is probable that the car
would have been stolen,.
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Miss Etva Fronabarger of Altus,
OkI»., is here visiting friends. She Is
n daughter of Rev. B. F. Fronabar-
ger who served North Side Baptist
church., as pastor for several years. |
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W. S. FANT, President. GEORGE FANT, Cashier
R. W. DAVIS, Vice-President.
E’Ae First National BanK
of Weatherford
Statement of condition at close ol' business, May 4th, 1920,
made to the* Comptroller of the Currency
RESOURCES
Loans ....................................$1,001,318.28
D. S. ami other bonds..................... ‘-'To,725.52
Hanking House .......................... 23,7n0.00
Federal Reserve Hank Stock .............. Ij.OOO.lH)
Cash nod Exchange ....................... 236,077.58
Total........................$1,542,871.33
LIABILITIES
Capital and Surplus ........................$ 200,000.00
Undivided Profits ......... 50,553.77
Reserved for Taxes ...................... 3,010.76
Circulation ................................ 100,000.01)
Federal Reserve Batik ...................... 100,000.00
Deposits .................................. 1.089,306.80
Total,.
......$1,542,871.33
i . The sincere desire of this bank is to promote pros-
perity, to help you get your share of it and to use that
share with wisdom.
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