The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 220, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1922 Page: 3 of 4
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
OCTOBER 2nd to 9th
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—It is easier, less expensive and less dangerous to pre
vent fires than it is to put them out after they start.
—Last year the fire loss was $488,000,000, or $4.47 per
person. Is it worth while, when care and cleanliness would
prevent so much Iosb?
—PACTICE FIRE PREVENTION and make doubly
sure you are protected against financial loss by insuring
against fire through
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Williams and Newberry
SAFE RELIABLE INSURANCE
M, & F. Bank Building.
PROMINENT FARMER
DIES FROM SELF-
INFLICTED WOUND
pOR RENT-
FOR RENT—New 5 room bungalow
on North Side. Cal) 236.
FOR RENT—2 nice furnished rooms.
All conveniences, down stairs, 201
Mast Oak street.
i With the whole side of his face
and head blown off by a double ’
■ barrelled shot gun W. A. Huffman, j
I age about 65, farmer, living nine;
i miles south of Weatherford was!
| found dead in a ravine 500 yards!
I frm his house Thursday morning at I
| nine o'clock by a searching party |
! of neighbors. A note found in the
clothes of the dead man clearly in.
dicated premeditated suicide. The
shot gun, witth one discharged and
one loaded barrel, was lying with
the mangled corpse in the ravine.
Huffman was found by a searching
party composed of Gordon Doss.
Ivan Warwick and Bill Connelly, the
last named being a hired hand of
Huffman’s. The suicide victtim was
missed by Connelly Wednesday night
when ho did not return home from
a huntt which he had started on
early in the morning.
According to the boy’s -story, he
was plowing in the field Wednesday
I morning when Huffman, with a
j shot gun passed by and told him
j he was going to hunt some crows,
j On the failure of the old man to
( return to the house Wednesday, Con. I
| nelly became alarmed and notified |
i the neighbors early Thursdtay morn-1
! ing. The body of the farmer was
! found about nine o’clock in a ravine
I a few hundred yards from the farm,
house. * j
Motorcycle Officer Gentry, Huffman had apparently sat down;
a speeder in East Weather- v)n a projecting bank in the ravine
he was and placed the muzzle of the shot
B. PINTO KNOPN IN
FT. WORTH FINED HERE
ON SPEEDING CHARGE
FOR RENT— 4.room bouse, water,
lights and gas, first class condition. When
one block of town on Water street, halted
Phone 431-J. fold last Sunday afternoon,
1 . _ ____moved to compassion that someone Klln ;n pm mouth, according to those
had stolen his Cadillac Touring Car who witnessed the scene of the sui-
and he was hot on their trail, and cide. One side of his face and
WANTED
WANTED—Boarders
Mrs. G. W. Squyres.
WANTED--jAt once,
Uookers Market, 215
Phone 27. ,i:
WTnTEdTaT ~ONC El-
housekeeper for family of
Phone 144-R or call at 804
Alamo. Mrs. Eddie Stephens.
and roomers, permitted the party to depart. After head was torn completely off. ]eav- j
Phone 390-R. talking with garage men where the inK his hea(1 a mangied mass of j
"delivery boy. Party halted, and learning that the torn flesh and shattered bones.
North Main. man 8W,med deathly scared of some-^ The following note, in an envelope!
thing, Gentry put out after him and addressed. ”To Whom It May Con.!
iT conipetont over*lat'*e^ t,ie speeding car just com.’’ was found in the clothes of
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POLO
CIGARETTE
Every cigarette full
weight and full size
—better Turkish
—better Virginia
—better Burley
CoPVRICHT I?--, I.1CGETT &: MVERS TOBACCO Co.
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west of town. The party gave
WANTED
cem,
Igyj. ...... — —..... ......•> "— h*s the dead man:
South nainP’ wb'cb turned out to be incor. j anl SOrry things have gone as!
rect and offered Gentry fifty dollars they have in the past. I have been j
._ _ to allow him to proceed. It was a
COUNTY VALUATIONS
By young man coming pona f|tje offer, as the man had an rie(j
here to attend business college, place pvcn |r)00 00 in billa
to work for room and board. Good tWQ six 8hooters
bpy and woll recommended. Phone ^ (,onspicuous
4S9, ask for Mr. Ayers. coming more
an unhappy man ever since I mar-
_____ I considered we were unequal-
lie also had |y yoked. T have w-orked hard all
in the car, handy|my |jfp and thought I would drag
Ofticoy Gentry, be- through, but no, I cannot put up
suspicious because o! with some things that go on. All
SHOW DECREASE OF
MILLION AND HALE
4pOR SALE -
FOR SAI.fcT-4 corner lots ou
Total renditions of taxable property
ihe' lfWMSthTY drreV, bi-ought the man the money and bonds we have is in ! in Parker County for the year 1922
back tr. town and to the city hall ti,P p s -----■- "•-**>—*.....— ’ '
__where'h'',rtfthVlj'ef~bf other officers $s 500 00.
Port were in consultation. To
Morth street, 901, easy terms. See J. p >va 3 O. 'K. . t b c speesler told
Hank. Weatherford, bonds amount to $13,892,640 or decrease of|
Postal Savings Stamps, j $1,241,250 from last year’s total, which
prove that $500.00 registered at P. O. in Weath. was $15,133,890. State taxes for this
FOB POULTRY INSECTS
—that suck blood, simply feed "Mar
tin’s Insectlmune’’ to your chickens
Kill all bugs in hen house by paintinc
with “Martin’s Taroline.” Guaranteed
by
TOM S. BULLOCK
officer to,: call ;a certain Party in Weatherford. F hope the
C. Carpenter, on property.
FOR"BALE
also would like to include furniture patty. Gentry-,' exiled the’Chief Of
the crt'ord They also are at
F. S. B., j year are $104,194.80, exclusive of the
last will i $10,800 poll tax: 'County taxes are
Do You Feel
Like an Oki
Young Pan?
NELLS R. FLEMING
CHIROPRACTOR
Phone 169 Weatherford. Teas*
Room 27, Kuteman Bldg.
MRS. J. SAMUEL RIDER
TEACHER OF VOICE AND PIANCV
At a bargain mV home. Fort Wont#' ’^jwtead of calling this j ngftte will stand in law, as it was ; $141,703.31. also exclusive of the poll' Do You Know That Without Vita-
Studio 120 E. Church Street
Studio Phone 36$. R
Phone 373- ft
Pn- Vrttfn m rood faith, signed by, tax, which amounts to $1800. School j
in sale. Phong 538-V; 117 W. Russell pee, who ‘<wm8 tuirjfc with the statej^panklieed and Shropshire of Weath-! districts of the countv; get • $44.123.88.'
Oakland n,ent that ’Weatherford was: then 'erfnrd. God only knows who Is right. The grand total of all taxes this year,
Would f>nt,Mta’ninE A ■ Ph)to. of erstwhile
FOR SALE Ok TRADE
Sedan in good condition,
trade for light touring car or small
house and lot. See it at Hopkius
Motor Co.
mines -m Iron You Wcuid Bo
Dead? Ironized Yeast Builds
Amazing Powerl
is $290,021.99.
W. A. HUFFMAN.
fame in Fort Wofjh a lew months Mr. Huffman lived with his wife , .
;>eo. when he was reported to have a, the farm. She had left for Ran- half million dollars in total renditions j vit.-.inine-''aid
The rn.-.n with punch is the man
with many ritumlnes and much ix'on.
Tlie loss of practically one and one-1 The man of dioopins energy and
1 llabbv nerves is the man with tiw
i ivh
mighty little iron.
been chastised twice by Kn Klux. tger, Wednesday when tlie tragedy: since last year is mainly thiough the ; n0( a mtj.e mixture ot’yeaat and iron.
Gentry then went back into the occurred. Huffman and the hi | depreciation of the following taxable'
room whoie the speeder was and in- boy. Connelly, were the only per. items: real estate, horses and mules,j
formed hint that ho knetv who he sons at the farm the day the sui- i oattle hogs, vehicles, meichandise.
was, and that his name was B. Pinto, cide was committed. It is said that too*s all|l implements, cash money and j
Almaryne Simmons
TEACHER OF PIANO ANU>
EXPRESSION
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notes and accounts. Last year's reu-:
The man then burst into tears, ac- . children of the Huffman couple live ll,,lvs «nu i jk
-cording to officers and with loud at Ranger and that Mrs. Huffman ' *liti°n on real estate was $S,9a9,492. j ,»
Itnnenaions besehched the officers to had gone to visit them.
accompany him out of Weatherford Shorip' John ft. Drown, acrompan- . ,
and back to Fort Worth. It seemed icd by Justice J. E. Hodges, left l'r j mately $211,000 deciease was cause j
j This year it is $8,672,350. or a decrease
i of $287,142. Of this loss, approxi-
that he was not so much afraid of the scene of the tragedy upon the''J- c'i-icontinuance ot Ptnai'cs i°r,
anything in Fort Worth as he was tcecipt of a telephone call from ,ailule ot Pr°Pert> owneis to ten ei ,
of an unknown force in Weatherford 'neighbors of Huffman. Justice Hod. j v,l*ues'
officers say, and implored them to'gcs held a coroner's inquest and:011*1 about $i6,0 .
escort him out of Weatherford as! pronounced the death of Huffman as' 'aluations ‘jM tat 1 wert mate
'quickly „ p«,,IMc He ,« u,e e[. j.-.c-MlMM. ‘“T.tT T I !T
fleers tliat he had been whipped According to Connelly and neigh- j t, Jn the tJec,.ease here
twice and bears scars of the punish- i bors. Mr. Huffman had in '
Studios at Prof. T. W. Stanley’s any$
at Home, 302 East Oak Street
PHONE 452-R
IF HEN S DON ’T LAY
j Feed “MARTIN’S EGG PRODUCER*
; and get more eggs or your money baclk
I Cure and prevent disease with -'Mar-
,tin’s Roup Remedy.” Guaranteed by
TOM S. BULLOCK
JScte'A V
About Child-Birth
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N eminent phyaiclac has
ihown to thousand* ol expect*
ant mother iut * how to Ur free
xu dread, ^nd fron* much of
experience
the ni'
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sufTerTnic which niu» y lucslieia
rienco for month*, ri^ht. up to
tnomei.t when the One nr-
rives 1
Mr*. Wm. W»»hintrton. 1 “7 JbHtlw I
Av»h NaihviUe, Tom.,,
is tKWitively no woman on oartn Uiat
would be without ;Moth4r a . 1 rienU^
lowest ebb. thtl§
Fee Thst Tt'orvc-Potroroil Get
_____ * ue rec-1 >lorvo-l-oivor iron lruniied V onul 1
, . „ n° ''aJ, i ords show that, while there are only j. i,.ontSC(j which is a sub-
ment. and that lie most assuredly 1 acted unusual m the last sevetal , |pss jiead of cattle this year than | stance'oll by 11><?if. ’This gives back,
did not want anotther experience of days. No suspicion of his intentions , wfire lasl tho difference in val-J ’y^1
like nature. According to Pinto’s was felt by any of his acquaintances ammjnts t0 nearly $150,000.
sttateaitnt, his wife was also accom- it seems. Reasons set forth and in.
panying jha - party who had stolen ti’.nated in the note found on his
his automobile. body are the sole evidences of mo- ............,„i.. „i2i, d 1 t.uiolc! u does it ia half th: usual
I
-Some People
‘ I ha vo los», and
1 After being fined for speeding, - tives for the suicido that authcri-;
P'nto 'depit-rted westward, still car-1 ties have found up to this time.
.•:u veed
nation amounts to
Other items that contributed to the I t.Mr.s, for "this •■cr.s.'o, Nature’:-, r reat-
, , , , i e« your .1 brain, nerve aaC ttsetM
million agid a haH^jecreare are tools n, rK,-. xt gives you lsitrcr plu >.
1 and implements, which show adr1' ^' i- -m™ it R, hafr th - ,
DON'T KNOW that Curtis Bros, tUs
the very best shoe repairing that
can be had.
1
CURTIS BROS. SHOE SHOP*
I crease in
notes and accounts, which have
rying those heavy six guns. Nothing
further has been heard from hint.
i
C.uHnjr expectancy if *te oaly knew
nfori."
the value of com:
"Mother** FHemT* i« rr*erm.’Ty np-
to the region of the abdomen,
back and hip*. It relieve* the ten-
sion on nerve® and Ugnmenta month
follows month. }*■ miiLes
chUd-hivth a joy ii-U-U i* » pu.n-
ful di’i’ud.
TTbo “MotbtrV rtlt-i” *» ««;
mothers and irrM.dniot^ets tW. * .
wait, t'.art to.ln;'. !-w irennwhdo
write to Bradfteld’ Il»i' ua < • .....
BA-47, Atlanta. Oa.. fo- •• P w,“'-
derful book containing ' . ovajacon
every expectant mr.tner ?h’’Ju „a.' *•
JL rfel v. l ogic of •'> ethe r .. 1 tit-ncl
I today. It is s’1'' J'-' “
druj^Icto—
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COl-LEGGE FOOTBALL TEAM
HAS TWO GAMES MATCHED
GREENVILLE AND CLEBURNE
The body was taken in charge by,t.reHsed over $ioo,000 since 1921.
t he Cott ml Bratton Undertaking Co.
and will be held until relatives have.
been notified. 1 BOYS SWIPE AUTO TIRE
Uoartk.Gregory, accompanied by tlie
College football squad, will laavo Fri-
day morniqg for Greenville where they
will play their first game of the sett-
son against Burleson College. On Fri-
day. Oct. 13. the local College team
WEATHERFORD BOY 16
PROMINENT IN SCHOOL
ACTIV’T, ES A ’ A. &.
M.
time. No matter hew obi yon «ri
values of over $45,000. and i now, you can s>.t a young tear, a
Iror, and a young m.-p.’s - i:r.nunc.";
de- ; yr.ung w -man s iron, ami :» young
woman s vUnmin.-:-.. There t\vr things
j ••!»- the twin? vf human strength,
1 om.vn ( r,- ■]. n'li. >- on an to you,
e.-.v—end business. There
1 <« orl.' cue I-onisetl Ytr.st in the
: sv. r’.T Be su-.-e that y on get it, and
' b. ware of subsMTuit-s. Sold nl till
j c'rug stores r.t St.be a package. Each
____ i package conraPm c.>‘i tablets, each
STREET : (ablet is sealed. They never lose
I their power V f’d bv Ironized Tenst
Atlanta.
York Avenue Opp. Baher Pestoitr
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING
WHILE OWNER IS MAKING
CHANGE ON MAIN
(ia. rtet tho
Lyman Black.stock was chansing
K. Bucknet'7 a Weatherford a on a main street of the city
identified quite prominently i Wednesday afternoon, and stopped
£ j the vulcanizing act long enough to
tail; business to another party for
by the « few minutes. When he turned to
i resume operations he found that the
! Co.
j tk-.t comes frora” Ironized Yeast!
"panel."
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Floyd
boy, is
with the school activities at A.
PEANUT CROP WILL BE
VERY LIGHT BECAUSE OF
CONTINUED DROUTH HERE
M. College according to advices re-
wil lgo to Cleburne where they play , fXkner6 wil^mi^tho " .H>si i resume operations he found that the I J. R. Fleming, of the Weathertoiti i
the Meridian College team, under the -'o.a.d.^ Buckner^ ^ ^ completely disal>.: IV:inut Mills, stated yesterday that
,l,e' peared, right from under his nose. {in his opinion the Darker Count'
direction of Coach Tom Dennis. Cle-;Ii°n
burne is the old home of Dennis, and team
in the coming game with
this is the reason the game will
played there Instend of Meridian.
Tulsa University at the Dallas Fair.
i ns it were.
Buy it In Weatherford Style Pageant
See the antique models, the Hula
• Hula girl, tthe Zook Band, old time
TWO CRIMINAL CASES SET
He played with the A. * M. team
last year and is considered one of!aroun,)
the most dependable palvers on tlie
He then recalled that a j peanut crop will be less than one I
boys had been playing]fourth normal this year, due to the;
Protect your steve ag.'.i&w 7-g: u»>o wear
by using
LCKSF’r *
•lew small
he was at work and! drouth that has prevailed for the;
believes tliat the youngsters rolled j past several months. “There are a|
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY Atrgie squad , the rubber down the street with or, few fairly good crops.” said Mr !
recent election. Buckner was! without intent to mis appropriate. ) Fleming, “but they are mighty few. |
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The case of State vs. R. Prince.!.^ choBen ar. a rePmber of the ath- Other parties recall seeing a number jin most- sections, the peanuts arc)
singers and costumed dancers. You charged with the manufacture of in-,,ptlc polmci, of the 0oUege. Two °r sma" boys rollinp a numbor of not thm>’ lt is t0° late no"' for
will get more fun. food and muon- toxicating liquor, has been set for „,en wprp p,pp|p(1 to ,hp co,at
shine than at uny Majestic program, trial on Monday, OcL 9 Jbe case of th0 ,ast eleciOD
Free will offering.
good tires down the street the same
afternoon
State vs. Homer Lanz. charged with
a ■ -. concealing stolen property, has been
THE
herald FOR job printing set for trial on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
For choice realty kune, easy term -
flow rates see W D Taylor « Co. )
DR. HALL. DENTIST
Roam i. Kuteman Building
a rain to help. The peanut crop
will be lighter than ever known in
Parker county.”
BEST JOB PRINTING ai hekalC
uiqd over again by millions ol\. ujcv> . tvv-bert-
Uasd by dcalei, op.oan'piyJ , .'Oo,t>l:>*.
btuon wutk^ -4
Sold bv
fu-.vi paste—one . Csfc ca*
Black. Silk Stove FoluL Woxkz
Storlinr;. ii<V«UHr.
Wa~k *•». r (i.r. ;,'o rfxr..e*,
retistunu i vvo i*iv ■. ,t. r. \ ,:t.
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