The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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WRITE* C.OFC. THAT RAILROAD
HANDLE THE NIGHT
MESSAGES.
The Chamber of Com merce hu
received a letter from the division
THE WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1S20
DISAPPEARANCE OF ERWIN
•TILL A MYSTERY:
The Tory Hidden disappearance of
Herechel Ervin from this city more
than a veek ago remains a mystery.
No information has been gathered
that indicates that his whereabouts
will be revealed, although every ef-
fort has been put forth to unravel
the mystery.
superintendent of the Western Union r he^w 'hT 0t . b°y a“d
____.n„ n.ii.a ..... the car he was drlvln* been sent
Telegraph Company at Dallas, stat
ing that arrangements had been re-
newed with the Texas A Pacific
railroad to handle all antra roomier-
to practically every officer in the
state and hundreds of places out
of the state in an effort to obtain
oial messages at the station here af-i"°T ^,1 “**ht thr°W 8ome
*___^_____* _________ . !light on the situation
A purse of (4,000 has been made
to prosecute a thorough
COUNTY TEACHER* EXAML
Pjfc’*
NATION
HELD MONTHLY'
ter regular hours of the up-town of-
fice, but also stating that the re-1
celpts from the business here did|“P ™ ,,''°8ecure a thorough search
not Justify maintaining another ope-! 1 ® J and tbe car A reward
rator in Weatherford. f m° haa been 0,fere<1 for *n-
•This letter came in response to a|f°rmati(m leadm* “> ‘be recovery
third letter from the Chamber of! U tbe boy has be*n
Commerce office calling the super-!'“Urd"?d* a rpward of *3500 will be
intendant's attention to the fact that!8!'? ,lbe "rB,t and convirt,on
no response had been received ,3|0f * y p"ty °r P*rU“’
the protest resolution adopted some
weeks ago at the instigation of V
At the same time efforts will be
•of night service ai I his office of
SPRINGTOWN SCHOOL WILL
CLOSE MAY 21 ST.
Prof. J. M. Hart, superintendent of
the Western Union, both up-town and ■ the Springtown public schools was
at the Texas & Pacific station. | (n
This letter from the superintend-
ent does not give the satisfaction de-
sired, but if the railroad company
the ctty Saturday, holding the
county teachers' examination. While
in conversation with a Herald repor-
ter, he stated that the closing exer-
will live up to the agreement with I ci3vs of the Springtown school would
the Western Union, it will relievo
the situation to that extern, at lead,
plainly to be seen that it will take
continued to obtatn another opera-
tor for the up town office and estab-
lish night office hours up to at least
10 or 11 o’clock. The business of
the Weatherford office has grown
very materially in the year past, to
such an extent that It is impossible
be held Friday May 21st, after a
very successful year. The Springtown
district is the largest school district
in the county outside the city reU«f.
schools, and employs seven teachers I
The county school teachers exami-!
nation which was held at the court-'
house Friday and . Saturday will be
continued every first Friday and Sat-;
urday during the remainder of the;
year. In order that the young men
and women of the county may qual-
ify to hold the positions of teachers
in our public schooV At the exami-
nation held last week, six applicants
took the second grade work and one
the first grade.
There has never been a greater
demand for teachers than exists to-1
day, and h grqpt opportunity is now
open to the young men and women i
to engage in this work. During the!
past year the salaries received have
not been just what they should have
been, in comparison with other sal- j
aries, and the superintendents and
trustees of the rural schools especial- •
ly have been handicapped on account!
of funds. The people are awakening;
to the fact that something must be i
done to save our schools from wreck j
and ruin, and before another year
lelief in some way will be given.!
An amendment to the cnostitutlon is *
now penaing that will be beneficial
to the schools, but this amendment
will net help us this year. A session
of the legislature has been called,
and one of the things to receive at-
tion from this body will be the
schools and it is hoped thst at least;
some temporary legislation will be
passed that will give us immediate
in the regular literary course and
one . U«slc anu expression teacher
the hi:vt«Ies u> r. and in
aud si
eluding >le ten i grad-, aro'taught.
The enrollment during the past
ED J0HN80N PAY$ FINE
IN CORPORATION COURT.
Ed Johnson, colored, who lives in
the southwestern part of the citv
for one man to handle the volume year reached 290 and has been theiwhere he haa maintained a hog pen
Within the prescribed hours.
Telegraph operators are human,
Jnst like the rest of us. and must
have some sleep and rest, and it
aeems to be rapidly approaching the
juncture when the Western Union
company will be simply compeled to
place two operators here to do tho
•work efficiently—that is, to make
this what is known in telegraph cir-
cles, As a "100 per,cent office"
The situation has been handled
thus far by correspondence, but it is
plainly to be seen that it will take
a personal visit to headquarters by
a strong delegation from Weather
ford gent by all the civic organiza-
tions of the city in order to proper-
ly impress Weatherford’s need upon
the officials of the company
Mr*. Jane Ppnd Passes to Reward.
Mrs. Jane Pond, wife of S. T.
Pond, died at the home of her son,
J. A. Pond, at Authon, Thursday
morning following an illness of sev-
eral weeks. Early in January, Mrs.
Pond was taken sick and she never
fully recovered and a week or more
ago she was taken to the home of
her son. Deceased was 74 years of
largest in the history of the school. !and dumP yard for several months,
One remarkable thing regarding the jwas flA£d *35.00 Saturday morning
teachers is that six of them were|^or maintaining a nuisance. He was
born and raised in the Springtown j a‘s0 ten days in which to
community and sometime during! f'lean ”l> his place. For several
their lives were stndents In the: months he has been feeding hogs on
school. We doubt If there is another j*he refuse he gathers from (he res-
Bfhool In the state that employs as! taurants and markets of the city
many teachers and can equal that jand numerous complaints have been
record. filed against him and he has been
---—___ (let off with a plea that he would
SUPPOSED CRAZY MAN (stop it and clean up, but
up, but he never
CAU8E8 LOT OF EXCITEM ENT TruHiHed his promise.
- j There are other places in the citv
Some little exeitment was created; that will be cleaned by the same
on the North Side. Saturday morn -I methods if steps are not taken to
ing when an aged gentleman applied j eliminate them during the next few
a« a residence for "a bite to eat” j days. Notices have been given bv
He was told to wait in the yard the court and
while tho lunch was being prepared,
and his actions were peculiar and
business is going to
pick up. The action of the com-
mission in cleaning the citv will
rather suspicious. Officers were noti- receive the hearty support of every
tied that a crazy mah Mas runningiprogressive citizen. This premiscous
wild in that vicinity afad the ol-• dumping of trash is going to be stop-
ficers who responded to the call ped also. Some people who run
finally succeeded in locating the man.! wagons have a habit of getting a
He gave his name and said that he;ioad of Junk and when they find
was 81 years ol age and was an :a vacant lot they dump wifhout re.
escaped inmate of the Confederatej gard to (he public. A dumping
Home in' Oklahoma, and was only;ground has 5een provlded 5y the
making his way to the home of a j commission and all refuse must be
age and was born in Tennessee, son-in-law in Stamford. He was given !dunlpe<i jn the proper place in the
TwentyAwo years ago she and her|a mt,a‘ an<l sen‘ on hi8 wa-v-
husband moved to Parker county and
settled on the pface where she died
A few years later they sold their
place and moved to the Garner com-
HMWity where they lived At the time
MH 'her death.
Mrs. Pond was a faithful member
of the Christian church, a good wo-
mn Mfl a Mmi tntd lewtog w4fe and
mother. She is survived by her hus-
band and the following children:
J. W. and A. B Pond of this city;
J. A. Pond, Authon; H. O. Pond,
Mm. J- N. Money, Mrs. Olive Wadon
of Garner. Funeral services were
held at the residence of J. A. Pond
Friday afternoon with burial at the
Authon cemetery
Pearson & Winsett have rented the
Mrs. Putman building on the corner
of Spring t^ud North Main street and
they are now putting tbe building in
shape for their confectionery bus!
ness. As soon as the improvements
are made they will move to it.
Trouble Is about the only thing in
which there is an over-production
K. OF P. HOME DAMAGED
BY WINDSTORM TUESDAY.
future.
The Knights of Pythias Home east
of the pity, sustained a storm damage
amounting to several hundred dol-
lars last Tuesday night when the
high wind and rains hit this section.
A large window on the north stde
opening into the girls’ play room was
blown Into the building and a num-
ber ol' the large glass was broken
by the hail and wind. The roof was
also damaged Luckily none of the
children were in the room that was
damaged the most and no one was
injured.
High 8chool Wins Ball Game.
One of the fastest and closest
games ever seen here was staged
(Saturday when the lacaJ High de-
feated the Banker’s League of Fort
Worth 1 to 0. It was a pitcher’s
duel between Ward of High and Hol-
den Ol Fort Wort*. Hwtdva lOMwed
two hits and Ward only three. Rig-
gins and Cherry secured the safetys
for the home club In the 6th in
ning, Cherry hit a sharp single to
right and Ward made a nice sacri-
fice. Cherry then pulled some dar-
idg base running that won the
game.
J. M. Sanders, age 56 years, died
at the family home near Cartersvil'e,
Sunday afternoon following a short-
illness of pneumonia. Mr. Sander.*
and his family have lived about two
years in that community having
moved to that locality from Fort
Worth. He is survived by his wife
and three children. The body was
shipped to Tolar, Monday afternoon
for burial.
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—Our many patrons will find in our warehouse a com-
plete stock of Ootton Seed Products, Maize and Corn Pro-
duct*, also' the best Flour and Corn Meal that can be found.
ATTENTION!
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—OUR COAL BINS ARE NOW FULL AND WE ARE
ABLE TO DELIVER YOUR WANTS.
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Another Big Rain.
Another good rain fell over Parker
County Sunday night. The rain began
to fall about 7 o’clock in the city and
it continued practically all night, at
times falling rather hard.
The recent rains have damaged the
roads considerably, the damage be-
ing estimated at |20,000. Several
bridges have been washed awav and
others damaged. In some places the
concrete butresses have been under-
mined and destroyed and it will be
necessary to build new ones. In the
building, the commissioners are up
against a hard proposition, as they
are tumble to get the cement.
It has been reported that the grades
of the highway has also suffered
considerable
rains.
damage by the heavy
M B Kouns is preparing to again
enter the saddle and harness busi-
ness. He sold to Hugh Wyches a
few months ago and Mr. Wyches in
turn sold to the Frantz Hardware
Company and the stock was moved
to the latter’s placb of business
T. D. Smith, who was raised lu the
northern part of this county, but for
the past two years has been super-
intendent of the Waurlka, Okla. pub-
lic schools, has located in Weather-
ford and will be associated with the
Sand ltr Realty Company.
WANTED—Clean, white ootton rag*.
No blankets, qullto or aoeks. Apply
at THE HERALD
USAID
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DEGINNING Wednesday morning we are placing our en-
tire. stock of SILK ON SALE at extravagantly cut
prices - not that silks by the yard are generally any cheaper .
than they have been, but because we mean to take our share -
of loss cheerfully if it will help speed up a proper price adjust-
ment. With a complete line to select from, we urge you to
come early, as the sale will last through the week, and as a
matter of fact some items will run low and the selection will
not be so good S & ^ ^ ^
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Below is a List of the Extra Specials
And in addition we are selling almost every piece of goods in the
house at less than it would cost to replace it.
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PLAIN GEORGETTE CREPE
$2.19 YARD.
Full range of colors, 40 iuebes wide, origin-
ally sold for $3.50 yard.
PLAIN RADIUM
$2.48
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40-ineh $3.50 plain radium in rose or blue.
FANCY GEORGGETTE CREPE
$2.48 YARD
Extra quality, 40-inch Oepe, floral, Oriental
BROCADED RADIUM
$2.48
and conventional designs in beautiful com-
bination colors.
These are 40-ineh radiums, medium light col-
ors with satin brocade, reduced from $3.50
yard.
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DREAM CREPE
$2.98
These are Mallison's extra quality satiu
plaid crepes in such colors as Navy, Gold.
(>>pen and Gold, Orange and Nile, White
and Silver, Brown and Gold, which formerly
sold for $5.00 yard.
PRINTED RADIUM
$2.79
.rd
These are Foulard patterns. 36-inches wide,
extra quality for dresses or linings. Orig-
inal price, $4.35 yard.
PLAIN CREPE DE CHINE
$2.48 YARD
These are 40 inches wide, good, heavy qual-
ity. Sold at $3.00 yard.
LA JERZ
$4.29 YARD
Solid color yellow, brown, grey, tan, rose
and white, suitable for blouses, dresses or
skirts, $5.50 quality at $4.29.
FANCY CREPE DE CHINE
$2.48 YARD
40-inch combination color floral design on
solid color grounds, was $3.50 yard
$10.00 MOONGLOW CREPE
$6.29.
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SATINS AND TAFFETAS
$2.79 YARD.
Grouped together are all of our 36-inch satin
and taffetas which sold up to $4.00 yard.
40-inch heavy fancy satin, black in white
and turquois.
SPORT SILK
$5.29
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PIN STRIPE GEORGETTE
$1.29
These are 36 inches wride, in light and dark
colors, suitable for sheer summer dress and
the lighter shades good for high-class under-
wear.
Grouped together are all our Fanta Si, Dew
Kist, Kumsi Kumsa and Climax satin which
sold for $10.00 yard.
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GENUINE PUSSYWILLOW
$4.98
$7.50 quality wide stripe with the Belgian
coat of arms at intervals between.
SOUSINE SILK
33c AND 49c YARD
27 inch, 50c quality at................33c
36 inch, 60c quality at.................49c
SOCIETY SILK
$1.29
30-ioch Society Silk. This is the $1.50 qual-
ity.
SILK SHIRTING
$1.98, $2.48 AND $2.79 YARD
Ask to see these lots.
FOULARDS
$1.98 AND $2.19
40-iuch plaid Foulard in good quality for
linings or dresses, at $1.98; 36 floral and
Oriental designs at $2.19. Was $3.50 yard.
STENCIL GEORGETTE CREPE
$6.29 YARD.
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For exquisite blouse* or evening drewen.
These beautiful $10.00 stenciled crepes are
priced this sale at $6.29.*
BROCADE WWNGLOW
$4.98
Extra heavy and soft in Oopen, Taupe, and
black. Suitable for the extra skirt.
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NEW PORT CORD
$1.50 YARD
34-iueh satiu stripe Newport Cord for skirts
in white. Navy, black. Copen, taupe and Nile
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PONGEE
$2.48
Heavy weight natural pongee, $3.75 and
$4.00 quality. Suitable for skirts and sport
suits and shirts.
PONGEE
$2.19
Natural and black. Suitable
suits or tueu’s shirts.
for dresses,
‘Bukei.fmtcn
UJL.^rORE H/W Tt1L GOODS.
STORE. CLOSES AT 6:80
Dallas
Trinity Floods Lowlands
Associated Tress
Dallas, Texas, May 10.—The Trin-
Americans in Mexico.
Associated Frea*
Washington. May 10.—An estimate
ity river is above flood stage and I ‘hat has been given out by the state
lowlands and bottoms are flooded.
The river was still rising at Dallas
this morning. Service on the
Fort Worth-Dallas interurb&n has
been suspended temporarily. Rains
reported from the upper regions are
expected to still further swell the
river.
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department places the number of
Americans in Mexico at between six
and seven thousand. This includes
radicals and draft evaders the re-
port states. The department is
without additional advices .from the
American embassy or agents in
Mexico.
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