The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1, Friday, October 5, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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AT TAYLOR.
Taylor Tex. Oct. 1. R. E.
ThrwuifiU one of the moat well
known cotton buyers In Teaxs
died Saturday evening after only
three-day illness. In 1917 Mr.
Threadrill came to Taylor rfom
Rosebud where he had been con
netted with the First National
Bank of that city. He started
the firm of Thrcadgill & Co.
whteh later became Thrcadgill
& Womack Cotton Co. Mr.
Threadgill was born in Bell Falls
Falls County Tex. and married
r Miss Cecily of Bryan and to this
Union seven children survive
him namely Fred Carl.Emmctt
Jr.. Jew. Jnck. Walter and Susie.
Besides his wife and children he
has a brother in Louisiana 'and
n fcfster Mrs. C. A. Weatherd of
Waco. Funeral services were
Held Sunday afternoon from the
family home with burial in the
cfi'y cemetery Rev. Joseph Gar-
den conducting the services.
"Mr. Threadgill served as city
commissioner April 7 1920 to
1 April 7 1922 and was one of the
moat active men who ever sery-
ed in that capacity. He is said
to be the father of the now high
achool building movement which
has resulted in Taylor having
one of the finest and best cquip-
ped buildings in the state. His
Services to the town and the
community .will outlive him
Wny years l:o como.
MRS. FRANCIS MACIIU M
DIES AT TAYLOR?
TavJor. Tex.. Oct. 2. Mrs.
Hfirances Machu 35 died Monday
inojnring at her homo six miles
JpESroMa&lonno funeral
' waft held at 10 o'clock Tuesday
'morning from tho Machu resi-
dent Itov. Bartosh of Granger
feottiiucHhg'the service and with
Uhe.S. P. J. S T. lodge partici-
luting. Burial was in the city
cemetery at Taylor.
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JARRBLL NEGROES DENIED
NEW TRIAL BY HAMILTON.
Georgetown Tex. Oct. 1.
In the district court at George-
town counsel for the defense
Harris Bell of Austin moved for
n new trial in the case of Bonnie
Mitchell and Jessie Hinkley ne-
groes convicted earlier in the
term and given 99 years and 75
vears respectively in the peni-
tentiary for assault to murder
in connection with the attack
made on Will Keeeling and wife
in their home near Jarrell about
two months ago. The motion
was overruled by Judge Hamil-
ton and the defense gave notice
of appeal to the court of crim-
inal anneals at Austin.
District court closed today
one of the busiest and most im-
portant sessions in the history
of the county. A number of
cases were continued till the next
term which will begin the first
Monday in January 1924
ACCIDENT TO FARMER
NEAR HARE.
Fritz Schier sustained a brok-
en leg while engaged in plowing
with a tractor on the Upchurch
farm near Hare Monday morn
ing. Schier was making a turn
at the end of the field when he
lost control of the tractor and
in jumping off he failed to free
himself of the machine and he
was ninncd "beneath when it
turned over. Schier was rushed
to a Taylor sanitarium where
he was given medical attention.
JOHN GOODNIGHT
SERIOUSLY ILL.
WfcHollandOct. 3.-i-John-Good-
night is very seriously ill at his
home one mile southwest of Hol-
land today. The near relatives
who are away have all been no-
tified and ore. expected to arrive
soon. Dr. W. L. Crosthwaite of
Waco was called here to his bed
side Wednesday.
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LINE UP WITH QUALITY!
People who transact their business with firms of established reputation and unquestioned inte rity add to
their own prestige as well as they thereby insure for themselves satisfaction. This is true of dealing
with merchants banks professional men and all classes of men. To say that "I trade with such
and such a good store" or "keep my money at this or that strong bank" will add to other peo-
ples' estimate of your good judgement.
For nearly seventeen years we have adhered to the policy of buying our goods from firms of national re-
putation. We will not take your time in mentioning them here; for you are familiar with our leading-
lines. Try us for service and you will pleased. Investigate our prices and you will be convinced
that they are right. Who ever you trade with and whatever you buy remember that in the
goods you buy neither service ' nor price nor anything else can take the place of
.
The
4URRAY JACKSON REFUSED
NEW TRIAL.
Georgetown Tex. Sept. 29.
Motion by the defense for new
trial in the case of Murray Jack-
son convicted and given five
years in the penitentiary for com
plicity In the assault and flog
ging of R. W. Burleson was
heard Saturday by Judge Hamil-
ton In district court at George-1
town. The defense tried toj
impeach the fairness of one of i
the jurors that tried Jackson i
The motion or new trial was!
overruled. The defendant wasj
sentenced by Judge Hamilton
and attorneys for thfc defense
I gave notice of appeal to the
court of criminal appeals at Aus-
tin. The defendant entered into
recognizance pending The appeal
His bond was fixed at $5000.
The defence was granted 80
days in which to prepare state-
ment of facs and bill of except-
ions. $70 ON FARM
BUREAU COTTON.
Thrall Texas Sept. 30. Cus
tomers of the Farmers State
bank of Thrall were drawing $70
per bale on their farm bureau
cotton Saturday in accordance
with in structions received from
farm bureau headquarters. This
is an advance of $10 per bale.
The past few days being dry
has caused the cotton to come
in very rapidly.
Here October 12th and tilth.
Dr. Roberts eye eoi; nose
and throat specialist of San
Mai'cos Texas willbc in Dr.
Harlan's pfilce Friday and Sat-
urday October 12 and 1?. Dr.
Roberts treats diseases of tho
.eye car nose and throat oper-
ates when necessary and fits
glasses.
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i Lawrence Bros.
QUALITY!
Gersbach-Wacker Co.
Where Most People Trade.
COL. IKE LOONEY OF
MILAM COUNTY DIES.
Waco Tex. Oct. 2. -Colonel
Ike Looney representative from
Milam in the lower branch of
the Texas legislature died at
his home near Ben Arnold at
1:80 this morning according to
word received here from Cam-
eron. Colonel Looney was serving
his second term as a member of
the house. The funeral will be
held Wednesday afternoon at
Ben Arnold where the. late rep-
resentative had resided for near-
ly a quarter of a century.
D. T. KILLOUGH
GETS PROMOTION.
Temple Tex. Sept. 30.D. T.
Killough for the last five years
superintendent of the state agri-
cultural experiment farm at
Midway four miles west of Tem
ple has been promoted to tho
supcrintcndcncy of the main
experiment station located at
College Station and will take up
his new work within a few days
His successor here will be A. B.
Cron of the Corpus Christi sta
tion.
WELFARE LEAGUE
MEETS NEXT TUESDAY.
The Womans Welfare League
of Bartlett will hold -their mon-
thly business meeting Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
Southerners Club rooms over
the Leatherman Drug Co. This
meeting will be ''primarily for
the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year. All the
members are urged to attend.
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SCHOOL NOTICE
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The Kelso school will begin
Monday October 15th.
J. E. TIPTON Trusloe.
Trade in Bartlett.
WILLIAMSON COUNT
TAX ROLLS COMPLETED.
County Assessor F. C. Hum-
phrey has completed the Wil-
liamson county tax rolls and
same have turned over to Col-
lector Sam V. Stone who will Be-
gin collections on the rendition
on October 1st. The total as-
sessment of the county is $31-
394400 and the total tax due
thereon is state $2354G7.50;
county $209991.70 ; poll assess
ments total $14097 and on these
an additional $25719.75 is due
making a. total of $531158.95
due on the 1923 tax rolls. Tho
assessor's rolls also disclose the
following additional information
nnd statistics: Interest and
sinking fund for common sch-
ools $19986.20 J maintenance
$500G9.27; the grand total of
all taxes including specials is
$601234.42. The number of
acres of land in the county is.n
714006 its value is assessed at
$18169920;' city pjroperty is
valued at $4704920; 14820
horses and mules at $587710;
9980 cattle $98900; 8800 sheep
$10350; 5870 goats $7690;
10170 autos carriages and bug-
gies $711430.
PREACHES FIRST SERMON.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hein-
sohn returned yesterday from
Bartlett where Mr. Heinsohn
preached his first sermon Sun-
day at the Methodist church in
his old home town. Mr. Hein-
sohn deckled to go into tho min-
istry some time ago but no an
nouncement was made of it ex-
cept to close friends until re-
cently. A number of Temple
friends were at-Bartlett Sunday
to attend thp service3therp.
It is understood that MrWIein-
sohn may become a member of
the Methodist conference here
at its meeting in November.
Temple Telegram.
Plenty of hulls and meal at
Lawrence Bros.
IMPORTANT CHANGE
IN NEXT ELECTION.
Austin Oct. 4. AUhuugh the
next election is more 'than eight
months in the oftlng practically
every member of tho county awl
district official family decided tc
be in the race according to a
casual canvass taken by a repre-
sentative of the Austin States-
man. One of the important change
at the electron next July will b
the fact that Judge Cooper San-
som of the Twenty-sixth Judic-
ial District Court and a candi-
date for re-election will run only
in Williamosn county. Judea
James R. Hamilton of the crlm-
inal district court will only run
in Trayis county.
m This change in the jurisdic-
tion of these courts was made by
the last legislature and will make
the Twenty-sixth District Court
resident court in WilFamaon.
county where it will take up both
civil and criminal cases. Both
the Fifty-third DDistric Court
over which Judge George Cal-
houn presides and the criminal
district court will take up both
civil and criminal cases. This
change will become effective oif
January 1 1925.
Judge R. Hamilton announc-
ed that he will be a candidate
for re-election.
NOTICE.
We The undersigned banks
will be closed Friday October
12 on account of same being a
legal holiday Columbus day.
First National Bank
Bartlett National Bank
Bartlett State Bank.
COITON RECEIPTS '
Since the recent rains have
subsided cotton picking hasr
taken on a jiewMife and the gins
arc running over time in order
to keep up.
Receipts up to last night are
10476 bales.
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1, Friday, October 5, 1923, newspaper, October 5, 1923; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76002/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.