The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 4, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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THE LYRIC
Office Opens at 7:45 -
—Show Starts at 8:00
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GOLDWYN Presents
THE GIRL WITH THE GORGEOUS SMILE
Madge Kennedy
“The Fair Pretender”
A Romance of a Beautiful Young Widow Who
Never Had a Husband
' ' Madge Kennedy sparkles from the beginning of the play
until the end of the last scene.
Again she is found in the environment which sets her off
so well—that of exclusive society—and her unique beauty is
enhanced by smart costumes reflecting styles of tomorrow.
Tomorrow—
TOM MIX
ACE HIGH
Tale of adventures in service of the Canadian
Northwest Mounted Police.
The Ford Educational
Coming Friday—Edmond Breese in “THE SHOOTING
OF DAN McGRAW.”
And 16th Chapter of “A Fight for a Million." '
First Baptist Church.
After a brief devotional service at
tbe First Baptist church tonight at
8:30 the regular monthly conference
will, he held. It is a very important
meeting and all. members are urged
to be present.
M. E. WEAVER, Pastor.
Another School Call Issued.
Under a school call recently issued
by the provost marshal general, Tex-
as is called upon to furnish 300 men.
Parker county’s quota will be two or
three men. Entrainment will be about
Sept. 17 for Austin. The men will
be trained as auto mechanics.
Cecil Caperton Called.
\ Cecil Caperton, formerly of Weath-
erford, but registered in Fort Worth
will go with the Tarrant county quo-
11 i
$ £. I
t& of limited service men to Camp
Bowie Friday, Sept. 6. He was forni-
5 but had been placed center of the old military police bar-
erly in class
_* |n class AT as the result of recent racks. The camp is surrounded with
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& examinations.
I Bridge Bums on
mbert and Millsap was de-
by fire shortly after noon
A
between
|£: etroyed
Tuesday and all trains were delayed
^tor-several hours. It is believed thai
tbe bridge caught from a passing en-
gine. The east bound Sunshine spe-
cial was several hours late on account
of the blaze-
PURELY PERSONAL
Miss Mary Heartsill is visiting in
Fort Worth.
O. P. Thomas of Abilene was a bus-
iness visitor in the city today.
L. Waldrfim went to Eastland Wed-
nesday morning on a business trip.
Mrs. S. II. Boyles is spending a few
clays with relatives in Fort Worth.
Miss Ethel Isbell has contracted to
teach in the Azle school the coming
term and is at present attending the
county institute in Fort Worth.
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HEAVY MU
E
SEVERE , WINDSTORM STRIKES
NEWCASTLE—HOUSE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING HERE.
Parker county was visited by the
biggest rain of months Tuesday night
and Wednesday. Heavy showers also
fell in many sections of the county
late Tuesday afternoon. Reports front
; various sections of the county indi-
A. Johnson of Pauls Valley, Ok., j cate that the rain has been general,
arrived a few hours before Aim death over two inches having fallen since
of his brother, F. M. Johnson, and Tuesday afternoon. A several hours’
was here to attend the funeral. He steady rain is reported at Garner, Ale-
evas accompanied here by Van John- j cio, Millsap, Poolville, Bennett, Den-
son and Mrs. Lizzie Guiles, children nis, Buckner, Azle, Springtown, Min-
ot' deceased, who will remain here a jeral Wells and other points in Parker
short time. ! and Palo Pinto counties. The rain is
William P. Phillips and family front reported to have been much heavier
Dallas, spent. Tuesday night in Wea-
therford, guests of R. E. Knox and
| family. Mr. Phillips is state secre-
! tary for the Sunday school depart-
I nient of the Southern Baptist conven-
tion and will conduct a distriet Sun-
j day school convention at the First
! Baptist church in Weatherford, Sep-
! (ember 8-12,
Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Owen of San
Antonio, came in Tuesday and spent
the night with Mrs. Owens’ parents,
| Rev. and Mrs. S. J. McMurry. They
left Wednesday morning for Strawn
| to visit a few days. Mr. Owen has
in the Garner and Millsap section
Tuesday 'afternoon than in Weather-
ford the heaviest' rain of months, ac-
companied by a violent electrical
storm, is reported to have fallen be-
tween 3 and 1 o’clock Tuesday after-
noon in that section.
Storm at Newcastle.
The late Tuesday rain is .reported
to have reached far to the northwest
and violent storms are reported in
many sections along the road from
Mineral Wells to Graham. Newcastle,
the mining center located about fif-
teen miles northwest of Graham, in
been studying for the ministry and young county, was struck by a ter-
! doing Y. M. C. A. work, but is now
! endeavoring to have his exemption
| board in Grayson county transfer
hint to class one in order that he
might be inducted into the -.regular
army service. Mrs. Owen will spend
1 ' the winter in Weatherford.
FIVE LIMITED SERVICE
MEN GO TO CAMP BOWIE
Parker county entrained its first
quota of limited service men Wed-
nesday morning when five selectives
left for Camp Bowie. Those to go
were J. A. Hopkins, W. C. Ford, W. i
W. Watson, Loyd Lusk and Lloyd C. j
King. The men left on the 5 o’clock i
train and reached Fort Worth at 6
o'clock, being taken at once to the j
detention camp, where they will re !
main for a period of ten days. The i
detention camp period is spent in in-
oculating the men against all conta- j
gious diseases, fixe or six different in-
oculations being taken while the men j
are fn the camp.
The Camp Bowie detention station
is located north of the Arlington
Heights boulevard and covers several
acres of ground, being well in the
Repairing Motor Inn Building.
Messrs. Putman and Barbee,
recently purchased the building oceu-
* pied by the Motor Inn garage, have
raised and strengthened the roof and
remodeled the interior. Workmen are
now putting tlie finishing touches on
the building, which will add greatly
to its appearance and the conveni-
ence of the occupants.
a barbed wire stockade about seven
feet high and the men confined to the
camp are not allowed to leave until
they have remained their allotted ten
days. They are provided with ample
eating and sleeping quarters and ev-
ery effort is made to make the men
as comfortable as possible.
The limited service men now being
concentrated at Camp Bowie will b°
trained in the non-combatant branch
of the service. It is believed that
many of the selectives will he placed
in the reclamation and utilities bit
who talion, which has recently been or-
ganized at Camp Bowei. These units
are connected with the qunrtermis-
ter’s corps and will be under com-
mand of the camp kuartermaster.
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Shock Absorber lor
Ford Cars-
Make your Ford ride like a
high priced ear!
We will place them ou your
Ford ear for only —
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We are exclusive agents for
Ilood and Parker counties.
E & L Garage
Bowden Remodeling Store Building.
W. H. Bowden, who recently pur-
chased the store building at the cor-
ner of York avenue and Spring street,
has begun work on remodeling the
store room preparatory to occupying
it about November 1 with his stock
Of dry goods. He expects to make of
' the building one of the most attrac-
tive stores in the city.
Be Coffee Wise
Hot Coupon Foolish!
Alameda
Coffee >
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CLARENCE HOPKINS, Owner
Palo Pinto Street
rifle windstorm about 4 o’clock Tues-
day afternoon and seven houses were
blown down. No fatalities are re-
porter as a -result of the storm.
But little rain fell Tuesday in the
eastern part of Parker county and no
rain fell in Fort Worth until early
Wednesday morning.
Lightning Strikes Home.
Approximately three-fourths of an
incli of rain fell in Weatherford Tues-
day afternoon. The rain was accom-
panied by an electrical display and
| one house, the old Jim Bridgman
place on Palo Pinto street, was struck
1 by lightning. J. L. Galloway, who oc-
; cupies the residence, said that the
! roof of the house was Jjadly damaged
i by the fire and that the loss would
total at least $250. Miss Gertrude
; Galloway, 14-year-old daughter of Mr.
i and Mrs. Galloway, suffered a severe-
ly sprained ankle while fighting the
fire. She fell down the staircase
! while carrying water.
Rain General Over State,
j Weatherford and vicinity was vis-
ited by a second shower about 11
| o’clock Tuesday night, but the rain,
j ceased about midnight. The heavy
| rain began falling about 3 o’clock
—PRINCESS-
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Madge Evans and
Johnny Hines
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NEIGHBORS
This is a charming story, laid in a quaint New England
town and centered about a charming little girl.
A most pleasing love story adds to the interest and de
lightfulness of this attraction.
Die Allied Official War Review
Tomorrow—
Gloria Swanson
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“You Can’t Believe Everything”
What’s a Neptuue’s Banquet 1
See, you can’t believe everything and feast your eyes on
this gorgeous spectacle—a banquet on a barge.
“Hearst-Pathe News’
Friday—Wallace Reid in “Less Than K'n.”
Saturday—“Hands Down,” (Blue Bird), and “The Sum-
mer Girls,” a Sen nett comedy. , „
Coming Monday and Tuesday—“Pershing’s Crusaders,”
7 reels of facts about our boys “over here” and “over there.
To the mothers, wives and sweethearts of the boys fighting
for the freedom of the world.
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YEGGMEN ARE LOCATED
IN COLORADO PRISON
John Frederick Wallace and Her-
bert R. Chase, alleged to have burg-
larized the A. H. Russell jewelry
store on the night of May 18, have
been located by the Fort Worth de-
tective department in the Colorado
state penitentiary, according lo ad-
vices received in Weatherford Wed-
nesday. The men were sent up from
Delia county, Colorado, charged with
burglary and have been in the state
prison but a few weeks. Wallace
and Chase were arrested shortly af-
ter the Russell robbery but succeeded
in making bond, but never appeared
for trial. The Russell jewelry store
was entered from the rear and about
Wednesday morning and at 1 o’clock $4,000 worth of jewels and other val-
Wednesday afternoon a slow rain was uables taken. Two Liberty bonds of
falling over most of the county. Re-
ports from every section of the coun-
ty show that the rain has been uni-
form, and additional reports show
that tbe rain has extended well over
the state. Passengers arriving from
the west Wednesday report that rain
$50 denomination were also taken.
Wallace and Chase have a long
criminal record to their credit, hav-
ing been mixed up in numerous burg-
laries, holdups and safe blowing jobs
in several states. Chief Connelly of
where there is any probability of stor-
ing waste of any character that would
add to the danger of or be In any
way susceptible of starting a con-
flagration. The business men are es-
pecially urged to keep their premises
free of waste in order that fires may
be prevented.
Chance for Competent Girla.
To prepare for the filling of vacan-
cies that may result by reason of war
demands in positions in
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ford postoffice, a civil jrtrvic. 1_I_
ination has been ordered to be held Jj»
Weatherford on Sept. 14, to secure A.
list of eligibles for clerks and car-
riers of city mail. For application
forms and further information call at
the postoffice.
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J. M; RICHARDS, P. M.
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Card of Thank*.
We wish to express our very deep-
appreciation of the kindnesses shown
us during the long Illness of our hus-
band and father. Our friends and:
neighbors have been considerate of
assisted us in
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MRS. KITTIE JOHNSON
and CHILDREN.
the Fort Worth detective department ,our "antB amJ av® . .
has fallen all along the line as far west l asserts that both Wallace and Chase | many ways, fot jt o w c -we
as El Paso and Roswell, N. M. Abun-jaie typical yeggs and are well known ,0 thank them niost »««*»»*■'
dant rains are reported at Cisco, Abi- j in detective records of more than one
lene, Anson, Sweetwater, Big Spring, j city. Finger prints of the men are or-
Odessa, Fort Stockton and other record in the Fort Worth office.
T .R. Erwin Addresses Teachers.
T. R. Erwin addressed the Parker
The men will be trained its shoe re- County Teachers’ Institute in behalf
pairers, tailors, clerks, blacksmiths ot the federal lood administration
metal workers and other allied trades. Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Erwin’s
----- ! remarks were along lines of food con-
Heartburn after a hearty meal serration and urged the teachers to
educate the people to the (joint where
means weakness in the digestive ot- j
gans. Prickly Ash Bitters gives them 1
strength, tones up the stomach and | *key would understan^ the full value
purifies the bowels. Price $1.25 per!” ‘ ......
of food conservation.
bottle. Kindei Drug Co. and Cherry-
Aka rd Drug Co., special agents.
JUDGE H. S. MORAN MEMBER
QF STATE DEM. COMMITTEE
Jodge H. S. Moran of Weatherford
was elected a member of the $iate
Change in Board of County Examiners
County School Superintendent W.
V. Shadlo has appointed J. M. Hart, '
principal of the Springtown High j
school, and W. E. Davenport, princi- j
pttl of the First Ward school of Wea-
points. Heavy rains are reported ;
from tlie South Plains and the Pan-
handle countries.
P. E. Bock of Mineral Wells was j
in Weatherford Wednesday morning
and informed the Herald that he had i
talked with the dispatchers on the j
G., -T. <Sc W. railway, also the dis-
patchers on the Wichita Valley road, ,
who reported good rains as far out
as Seymour and down the Wichita
Valley to Abilene. They reported an
average of 2.50 inches over the entire
belt. Mr. Bock stated there was’ no i
way to tell in dollars and cents the
value of (he rainfall, for in some plac-I
es it would benefit cotton and make a j
fall crop of feed, besides reviving
thousands of acres of grass.
While the rain has come too late 1
Wallace and Chase have' been close
“pals” in many a wild underworld es-
capade, and both have done time in
the federal prison at Leavenworth.
Kan.
FIRE MARSHALS MUST
LOOK AFTER FIRE WASTE
The habit of “putting it off” hatr
caused the loss of many lives. A dose
Prickly Ash Bitters at the first
sign of indigestion, constipation and
Ikidney trouble wards off sickness and
1 saves money. Price $1.25 per bottle,
j Kindei Drug Co. and City Drug Co.,
special agents. ... .' ,-ji;
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Democratic Executive committee frqm 1 '
the Thirtieth senatorial district, com-
posed of Tarrant and Parker coun-
ties. He was present at the conven-
tion in Wavo as a delegate from Par- Questlon^e7 Mailed
ker county, leaving Weatherford on . trants
as members of the county for cotton, it will be of great benefit
board of examiners, to succeed V. I’, to the growing hay crop, the present j matter to the national
Craven and H. F. Grindstaff, who! season insuring a second cutting of
| have resigned to take up other work.
New
a late train after he found the county
wras not represented in the conven-
tion. The Fort Worth
speaking of the contest over the elec-
tiqjt of committeeman from this dis-
trict ItAi foffowmg s4y:
“Judge H. s!xioran of Parker coun-
ty JS the successor of J. E. Mitchell
| ofFort^-'orth as state committeeman.
Mofan is-a lifelong prohibitionist ami
I has lived'in Texas-since 1873. He is
| a Virginijvn by birth-and sreved sev-
Questionnaires were mailed
Aug. 24 class WedfiFsdav and
Record in j expectej ,jjat the forty-one lads who wjjj a(so
enrolled for military service on the j
third national registration day will
be called to the colors within thirty
days. Practically all the new regie-
traids will be qualified for military
du<* * I not
hay if frost does not come prema-
J turely early. In the range areas of
Regis- the west the rain is of untold good,
furnishing abundant stock water and
to the | Rreatly reviving the grass. Late feed
it is crops such as milo, kaffir and feterita
be greatly benefited.
More Food Rulings Announced.
Breakfast food is not a substitute
for flour and cannot be included as
such in gprehasing the 20 per cent
W. R. Turner, fire marshal for Wea- ,
therford, has received notification '■
from S. W. lnglish, state'fire marshal, i
that he must visit the gin plants in j
this vicinity and ascertain i( certain
rules promulgated from his office on j
j
June fith of this year, relative to fire |
prevention, hare been fully complied ]
with, calling attention to the fact j
that already a number of gin fires !
have occurred throughout Jhe state, j
i The letter further states that “fires j
of this character are a very serious
government
and the cause of grave concern to
the food and feed administration.”
The fire marshal was instructed to
report till fires in cotton gins, cotton
yards or warehouses, regardless of
the origin or amount of loss or dam-
age sustained. The United States
bureau of agriculture now has in
Texas a corps of trained investigators
who expect to investigate every gin
fire they can reach, regardless of the
damage done.
The attention of the fire marshal
BAKER SISTERS
Taachar* 9/
Piano, Violin and Voice
.Studios 129 Spring Street
Phone S. W. 92.
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Phomj »> W. 348
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tr substitutes as ordered in the | was a]H0 called to the sabotage act
recent 80-20 basis rule announced by j passed by congress, which he was ln-
th- food administration. structed to enforce. Under this act
sral ffcrgts in the,lower house of the j nated ak' national registration day, : t
JHH* legislature. - • 1 which time all men between ii;e ages 1 profit allowed to retailers in the sale
Sept. 12 Registration Day.
Thursday, Sept. 12, has b<-n d« sig-
tbe destruction of any “war mate-
rial” is a grave offense and will be
“Judge I. W.’Stephens managed the . 0f is and 45, who hav< not i„u ij of wheat meal feeds in a commusica-j dealt with by the United Stipes de-
i/anipaiga’iMoran or rather insist^ registered, will enroll for military tion rpcf!iv«l by The county food ad- j partment of justice. “War 'material”-
j thar ’PiuTani delegates owed the’ flon- yervfee. Advices to this often have - ministrator Wednesday. The retailer includes a long list of articles used
or to* Parker county. Louis' J« \Vbr-. been sccqivc-d by the local draft may add 15 tjems per hundred to the tor the promotion-and winning of the
! th.nn and Mrs. W. P. bane*were./jack- board -and ‘thy various voting grt*- invoice price of wheat mill feeds war by the United States and her al-
. ed for the honor Monday night: thw*-boanty have been not! where qhe food is taken at his door j lies. All resources of the country'
ipbens pushed his fight,‘these names * * * and 20 cents increase/per invoice : must now be conserved and fire
' v.-er- withdrawn, and Moran iijafie the - ".4k - ___ pree when the feed is delivered. A ! waste reduced to a minimum
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choice of th$senatoriaI dfetrict. ; This
tid,
to M. H. Wolfe, the new -chairman.
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NO^ [jse drinking
iy substitute.
gate genuine satisfaction, is ffq snid, WFen you esn get genuine Coca- Cola
.......'**' * " * 1' at Kincaid’s Fountain.
fine of $1,000 will be levied on all
merchants proven guilty of profiteer-
ing. /
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Fire Marshal Turner and.Chief .Car-
roll will make a thorough Inspection
of all back yards^ alleys' and places
Mrs. Fred Sliger
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Studios Convenient
Phone S. W. 438
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for your'Confectioneric
A Glean Busy
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