Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1912 Page: 8 of 8
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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Telephone 71.
HELP SOME ONE TODAY.
When you are through reading
this week’s Gazette hand it .to
some one who does not get it. Ev-
eryone should know about their own
county and if they can not now sub-
scribe give them your copy when
through with it. It is a little thing
to you but might prove a bigger
tiling to some one whom you know.
The same old ring—44—means
^>od goods and prompt delivery.
Be a booster and not a “dead-
ner.” A booster builds and a “dead
ner” kills. Jacksboro doesn’t need
any killers..
“I was cured of diarrhoea by one
dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy,”
writes M. E. Gebbadt, Oriole, Pa.
There is nothing better. For sale
by Ail Dealers.
J. D. Gates of Rockland is one of
the successful farmers who brings
in the finest watermelons sold in
Jacksboro.
A vast amount of ill health is due
to impaired digestion. When the
stomach fails to perform its func-
tions properly the whole system be-
comes deranged. A few doses of
Chamberlain’s Tablets is all you
need. They will strengthen your
digestion, invigorate your liver, and
regulate your bowels, entirely do-
ing% away with that miserable feel-
ing due to faulty digeftion. Try it,
Many others have been permanent-
ly cured—why not you? For sale by
A.H dealers. V
Cleaning, pressing and repairing
&t all kiml3,—Ladies’ work a spec-
ialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Or-
man’s, one door south of Postoffice.
£& the trade boosters going to
be burdened with carrying you this
fetV er will you Join the campeign-
for-trade crowd? .
“Were all met Ines as meritori-
ous as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy the world
would be much better off and the
percentage of suffering greatly he-
creased,” writes Lindsay Scott, of
Temple, Ind. For sale by All Deal-
ers.
Commissioners court meets next
Monday in regular session. .
Cleaneasy Soap saves lots of la- i
bor; only 5c a bar at Brown & Spi- j
vey’s. Try a bar in your next or-
der. Ring 44.
CLUB AND SOCIETY NEWS
Personal.
W. J. Mathis of Senate was in
town Saturday.
Chloe Meadows made a trip to
Dallas last week.
Hugh Lamb has the Sebree school j
for the next year.
Miss L :clle Jackson of Fort Worth
is visiting in town.
Wm. Turner returned this week
from Wichita Fails.
Miss Elpie Allen, has returned
from a visit at Oakdale.
Miss Beatrice Henderson will
teach at Silver Hill next year.
W. H. Hall and son, Charlie Hall,
of Joplin were in towwn this week.
Miss Alma Fancher of Seymour
is the guest of Miss Lura Douglass.
Charlie Middlebrooks of the West
Fork country was in town Wednes- j
day.
Miss Ornee Berry is visiting her
cousin, Miss Beatrice Flowers at
Cundiff.
Horace Harrison of Rivieara is
visiting relatives and * friends in
Jacksboro.
Mrs. Granville Jinkins of Amaril-
lo is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Spivey.
W. R. Green and daughter, Miss
Lena Green, of Keechi Valley were
in town the past week.
Mrs. W. B. McComb is at home af-
ter a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Pearson of Archer City.
W. F. Bottoms one of the old-
timers of the Bryson country was
in town Saturday talking over old
times.
Mistos Maggie and Clara Woods
of Gibtown have been visiting Dr.
and Mrs. L. B. Woods the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
of Decatur hav° been the guests of
Mr. and Mis. J. H
week.
and Miss Fancher of Seymour, Miss
Carolyn. Stewart of Fort Worth, Miss
Pauline McJimfeey of Graham, Mrs.
Ringgenberg, Mrs. Lewis Johnson,
Misses Mary Johnson and Mary
Daugherty. Members present were
Misses Ava Cope, Lura Douglass,
Hattie-Lou Aynes, Sophia Sporer,
Louise McClure, Margaret Sporer.
Forty-two was enjoyed as the
amusement, after which ice tea,
salads, cream and cake were serv-
ed by the hostess assisted by Mrs.
Lewis Johnson.
Mite Social.
The Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church will give a mite
sO’Ciil at the home of Mrs. S. O.
Callahan on the aLerncon of the
16th from 3 to 7. An entertaining
musical program will be arranged
for the occasion,
vited.
Everybody is in-
Homer Sewell Graduates From the
Jackslioro High School.
It is a rare thing, we find a boy
who willl forego the inviting pleas-
ures of a long vacation, and choose
to pursue with increased effort,
his studies through the hot sum-
mer months, but such has been the
choice of Homer Sewell.
Homer lacked part of four sub-
jec s finishing * the High school
course at the close
session. During
months he has finished these, writ-
ing th.e examinations prepared by
the State Department of Education
as a basis for issuing State perma-
nent certificates; making
A Fair Complexion
Is Woith Keeping
If your complexion is worth
keeping at all, it’s worth keep-
ing well. That’s why you
should us3
Rexall
CREAM OF ALMONDS
a delightful preparation of the
highest efficiency in softening,
soothing, healing and preserv-
ing the skin. Renders the com-
plexion fresh and free from
blemish. Keeps the hands soft
and "white; absolutely pure,
free from all grease or oil—
and will not foil clothing.
Sold with the Rexall guaran-
tee—price per bottle, 35c.
New Drug Store
The REXALL Store
JACKSBORO, - - TEXAS.
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OF JACKSBORO, TEXAS
Capital $150,000 Surplus $50,000
JAMES W. KNOX, President E. R. WORTHINGTON, Vice Prea.
D. L. KNOX, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
James W. Knox, D. L. Knox, E. R. Worthington,
Warren Worthington, C. A. Worthington, J. W.
T. D. Sporer,
Aynea.
YOU KNOW WHO IS
age* of over 24 per cent in these
subjects, 9 2 per cent being his low-
est grade. x
Such nerve, energy, and applica-
tion deserve ihe hearty commenda-
tion of all. Our best wishes go
Timberlake with him, and we trust he may ex-
ercise these sterling qualities
Timberlake this . throughout life, with justice, hon-
or, and sympathy for his fellowman,
convention were elected. To the
State convention—Vester Stark and
T. H. Cherryhomes. Congressional
convention—R. H. Waller, George
Ware, J. R. Lilly, G. W. Patton, T.
N. Brown; District Judicial con-
of the regular i vention, L. Z. Timmons, B. L. Mc-
the summer Cloud, C. L. Karstetter. Judicial
convention— D. R. Sewell, J. R.
Moore, J. D. Ventioner. Represent-
ative convention, N. C. Moore, J.
C. Moore, J. M. Storie, J. R. Lilly.
The report of the count of the
vote by the executive committee
was received.
A resolution was passed unani-
mously thanking B. M. Davidson for
his efficient service to the party
as chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive committee.
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Miss Pauftne McJitneey has re- his watchwords,
turned to her home at Graham ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. L. A.
Ringgenberg.
Judge Sil Stark and daughter,
Miss Hat.ie, left Wednesday morn-
ing for Corpus Chrisri to attend the
Epworth assembly.
Mrs. B. G. Lancaster and daugh-
ter, Miss Loise, of Marshall are vis-
iting Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wells and
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Birdsong.
OF INTEREST TO BAPTISTS.
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YQUB MONEY, BECAUSE THE tTNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EX-
AMINES REWULARLY ALL NATIONAL BANKS.
ASK OUR PATRONS HOW *VE TREAT THEM. *
Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank
DAVID L. KNOX, Cashier
“Dante’s Inferno.”
At Majestic Monday ' night, Aug.
12th. 5,000 feet of film. Most
wonderful production of the mov-
ing picture art. Don’t fail to see
Mrs. J. W. Knox and Miss Alice
Connor left this week for Philadel-
i phia, Atlantic City and other east-
| ern cities where they will remain j
! for some time.
Remarks Regarding the Meeting
of Our Association Wednesday,
August 21. .
Jacksboro Gun Club.
You won’t' regret visiting Orman’s
New Tailor Shop. Fall and Winter 8p3n(i|ng jjj3 vacation in Jacksboro.
samples arrived and on display ■ jje was accompanied home by Kyle
Prices better than any other place j Spiller who gpent lart week at
in town. Galveston.
I have a sack salt at 50c per
The last regular shoot, while few
in attendance, was a most interest-
ing one and some creditable scores
wree made. Isbell was the lucky
man this time and seemed to tflor- j
loughly enjoyed his success from
George Spiller of Fort Worth is j the way he crowed over his oppo-
nents. The keenest rivalry exists
among
our club members and the
1. The p’ace is Ookdale, about
fourteen miles south of Jacksboro,
on the Jacksboro and Weatherford
road.
2. Time—beginning on Wednes-
day night before the fourth Sun-
day in August and closing Sunday
at noon,
3. Let every Baptist Church in
the Association be sure to send
three messengers, and let these
i nyessnegers be certain to COME
cwt. the strongest
salt on the market.
and best stock
E. L. Douglass.
** feeling le ever paramount, “lOSES^ ^
hence our great fun which comes
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Spiller of Fort
Worth visited Mr. Spiller’s parents,
CapL and Mrs. George Spiller, this
The ladies of the Presbyterian j week. Miss Carrie-Belle Spiller
Church invite you to attend their j who had been visiting in Fort Worth
Ice cream supper on their church ; has also returned home,
lawn. The funds are for a worthy
cause.
It is fatal to our work
when messengers are careless about
coming and leave before the work
„ , of the body is completed,
all expect another , . T ,
. . I 4. Let the clerks of all our
| in sackfuls.
j A new trap will be on the ground
next shoot and
The Decclaration of Independence
says: It Is an axiom in political
science that unless a people are ed-
ucated and enlightened it is idle to
expect the continuance of civil lib-
erty. To subscribe for and read a
good home paper is one way to be-
come educated and enlightened. | built. Mrs. Mullens and son and
daughter, Taylor and Miss Mary
Mullens will leave the first of Sep-
tember for that place, where Miss
Mary and Tay’or will enter George-
town University.
Mrs. P. A. Strange will leave
Wednesday for her old home in
Kentucky where she will remain
unti1 the middle of September. She
will be accompanied by Miss Willte-
Ruth Hensley who will also be a
guest In Mrs. Strange’s old home.
J. G. Mullens is at Georgetown
where he is having a new residence
The Gazette is a good paper to put'
in your home.
Mr. J. H. Walters has bought the
residence of Rev. H. A. Howard,
and will have It repaired and the
place improved generally. Mr. Wal-
ters will move Into it as soon as
possible. Jacksboro people are al-
ways glad to welcome new citizens,
and especially those who invest in
property. This is a pleasant and
conveniently arranged residence and
with the intended improvements it
will make an attractive home.
Since the rain it is really more
necessary than ever that the weeds
and grass be cut as soon as possible
on account of the health of the
good shoot. We also expect a bet-
ter attendance. The following
scores were made of a possible 25:
Isbell .................. 22
Cheryyhomes ......... ... 21
Worthington. ............ 21
Blount..................18
Hines .................. 13
Patton .................. 6
The next shoot will be Thursday,
August 8th. All are invited.
G. S. Blount, Sec’y.
COUNTY CONVENTION
Cope-Bigham Marriage.
Last Thursday monring at Hotel
Jacksboro were married Mr. Mason
Cope and Miss Lou Bigham, Rev.
J. H. Mallard officiating. The mar-
riage was a very quiet one, there
being a few friends and relatives
Showed a Decided Ramsey Major-
ity. Ramsey Men Elected Dele-
egates to State Convention.
present, among whom were Mr. L. I der by H. C. McClure, who was
L. Cope and Miss Ava Cope, fath- adopted the delegates to the State
er and sister of the groom, Mr. and elect.d chairman, and J. H. Timber-
The County Democratic Conven-
tion met at 2 p, m. in the district
court room last Saturday.
The convention was called to or-
churches be sure to prepare letters
to the Association, giving carefully
all the statistics of their churches
in regard to membership, contribu-
j tions to the work, Sunday school,
*young people’s and woman’s work,
| ministers’ names, times of meeting
' of church, names of dceeased mem-
bers during year, etc. Care should
be taken in compiling these facts
since we have no other source of
information for our minutes; and
these should be complete as possi-
ble.
5. Be sure and send sufficient
minute funds. Our minute funds
for several years have not been
sufficient.
6. Blank Assoclational Letters
may be obtained from Dr. F. M. Mc-
Connell, Dalylas, Texas, for the
asking. Enclose postage.
In conclusion I want to invite you
all to come—messengers and visi-
tors—come planning and praying for
the Lord’s work on this field.
C. W. Horschler,
Pastor of Oakdale Church.
Mrs. Bigham of Finis, Misses Lura
Davis and Lura Douglass. Messrs.
town. Look around and see what Will Mann and Fane Owens.
you can have done to make your
own premises more sanitary even If
you are not interested In appear- [
ance. The weeds and grass in some ;
places high enough to choke out all j
the life of any town. These with
the water that is stagnating pre- j
paratory to breeding millions of j
mosquitoes are sufficient to put the
town in the dead list. Let every-
one get to work on his own prem-
ises and those whose business it is
get to work on the streets.
lake was elected secretary.
The busincrs of the convention
was then gone into and a creden-
tials committee
gates from the
as reported by this committee as
follows:
South Jacksboro—D. R. Sewell,
L. Z. Timmons.
Marketing Cotton.
The groom is the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Cope and has been
brought up in Jacksboro where he
has many friends; the bride is the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. |
V. Bigham and is quite popular.
Mr. and Mrs. Cope left on the
morning train for Galveston, the Ka stutter,
bride wearing a handsome costume Oakdale—J. M. Storie, H. C.
of gray with hat, gloves and shoes OdelL
of the same color. After a few I Jermyn—G. W. Ware,
weeks stay at Galveston it is ex- ] Bryson—James Hayes, B. L. Mc-
pected that they will go to Pauls Cloud, E. F. Smith.
Valley, Oklahoma, where Mr. Cope ! Salt Hill—C. A. McQuerry, V. S.
The announcement that the finan-
cial interests of Texas would lend
appointed. Dele- tbe farmers $40,000,000 at six per
different precincts cent to take care of distress cot_
ton is by far the greatest event
that has transpired in Texas in
1912. The p lan is htat of the Far-
! mers’ Union, and the Texas Com-
More Men and Teams at Work on
G. T. & W.
La^t Saturday a large number of
men and teams began work on the
railroad taking up camp three miles |
out from town. This outfit belongs
to the Texas Company of Fort
will buy cotton for one of the large
cotton firms. Their Jacksboro
friends extend to them their best I
wishes but regret that they are
leav ng their old home town.
Sans Souci Club.’
The Sans Souci club was charm-
Worth, which company has the con- ingly entertained by Miss Helen
tract for the building of the entire Horton at its last meeting. The
line. * gut sts of Ihe club were Mrs. Hill
Antelope W. L. Patton, C. L. merciai Secretaries and Business
j Men's Association has approved it
and recommended it to the bankers
who are providing the funds.
The bulls and bears have set many
traps for the farmer and the poli-
ticians with the flare of trumpets
have issued proclamations in his be-
half but this is perhaps the first
instance on record where the busi-
ness interests have come to his as-
sistance by laying down the coin of
the realm and it means starvation
to the bears and the elimination
of the politician and prosperity to
the farmer. Business problems
must be solved in a business way.
Anglin.
Roberts Prairie—C. V. Bailey.
Cundiff—J. G. Haire, Neeley Tip-
ton.
North Jacksboro—J. H. Timber-
lake. H. C. McClure, A. G. Smith,
J. D. Ventioner, W. J. Pickens, V.
S. Stark, T. N. Brown, J. R. Lilly,
T. D. Sporer.
After the report of the creden-
tials committee on delegates was
convention and also to the district
QUALITY SERVICE!
The duality of Our Job Printing
is Unsurpassed. Our Stock is
Complete, and Skill in Work-
manship, and Right Prices, make
it worth while to Patronize Us
ANOTHER POINT
If you Spend Your Money for
Jacksboro Printing, You get a
Second Chance at that Same
money, but when a Dollar goes
out of Town, it is Good-Bye to
That Dollar
The Gazette Solicits Your Pa-
tronage.
The Home Newspaper—The Gazette.
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1912, newspaper, August 8, 1912; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730281/m1/8/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.