The Sulphur Springs Gazette (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1915 Page: 5 of 12
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TBS SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE, OCTOBER 1,1915.
AVOID
"WAR !
.BANK
YOUR,
RAPARTDCZ is scare time. It la better for * mmtioa to AVOID WAR.
TP The United States took this stand at the start of the ffeneral Eu-
ropean conflict. Result is that hanking conditions were NEVER
BETTER. With our country financially SOUND and STRONG this is
% good time to ^
- BANK TOUR MONEY WITH US. .
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FIRST STATE BANK
NEW FURNITURE CO.
Funeral Directors
JIM MURRAY, Licenced
Embalmer.
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Local News
C. B. Warren is in Pilot Point on
business.
Scott Gibson was here from Pickton
Wednesday.
Ollie Pharr was a business visitor
at Dallas Monday.
J. A. Worsham of Dallas attended
court here this week.
Mrs. Morris Rudman has been sick
several days this week.
Dr. Long retrned Monday from a sov-
eral weeks stay at Hot Springs.
Roily Birthright, of Birthright Bros.,
was here from Birthright Monday.
W. H. Ellis and wife of Palestine
visited Mrs. Dr. Oliver this week.
Judge J. H. Dinsmore, of Greenville,
Was here this week, on legal business.
Oourt Stenographer J. O. Nicholson
returned to his home at Greenville
yesterday.
B. R. Ramey returned Wednesday
from a two days trip to Pine Forest
and Bethel.
Mrs. I. H. Harrison has returned
from Sulphur, Okla., whore she visit-
«d relatives and friends.
Mrs. M. T. Watson of Muskogee, Ok-
lahoma, is here for a visit to her sis-
ter, Mrs. I. H. Harrison.
COMMISSIONERS MAKE
GOOD ROAD
TOUR
Commissioners W. H .Furney and
Callie McCauley returned Wednesday
evening from an auto trip to Winns-
boro, Quitman, Tyler, through Van
Zandt county, Terrell and Dallas, re-
turning via Greenville. Mr. Furney
reports a close inspection of good
roads. He says the clay and sand roads
which haved&en built in Smith coun-
ty at a cost of $1,000 a mile are simply
Al. He says the Smith county sand
has a large per cent of iron ore in it,
which makes it better for road pur-
poses than our sand, but that he is
convinced that good roads can be
made in Hopkins county by a proper
mixture of clay and sand. He says
the gravel pike which is being built
out of Greenville, east, eight miles of
which has been completed is the best
piece of road they cr.w.
DISTRICT COURT
District Court convened Monday
morning for the sixth and final week’s
work of the present term, with Judge
Pierson on the bench and District At-
terney Stell and County Attorney
Pharr representing the state.
The Herman Spencer murder case
was called Monday morning and the
entire day was consumed in enpannell-
ing the jury. The evidence wj.s con-
cluded Tuesday afternoon and the ar-
guments heard Wednesday morning,
Hons. C. E. Sheppard, D. Thornton
and Emmett Thornton representing
the defense and Hon. J. L. Mother-?
shed, as Special Prosector, assisting
District Attorney Stell and County At-
torney Pharr for the state. Like in
the former trial of this case, the splen-
did legal talent arraigned on the op-
posing sides contested every point and
each side made strong appeals to the
jury.
The case was turned over to the
jury Wednesday at 1:30 o’clock, and
as the hours passed by without report,
it began to look like another mistrial.
The jury reported yesterday morn-
ing that they could not agree, it be-
ing reported they stood nine for ac-
quittal, two for conviction with sus-
pended sentence and one for convic-
tion without suspended sentence. Judge
'.Pierson gave . the' jury a goed talk,
Stressing the point that they should
strive to arrive at a verdict, but up
’till the hour of going to press, no
further report had been made.
The case of Pat Barnhill, charge of
burglary, was put on trial Wednesday
afternoon, and after the State failed
to make-a case (in the opinion of
Judge Pierson) District Attorney Stell
dismissed the case.
A divorce case, in which the woman
in the case plead abandonment, and
the evidence showed that she had
abandoned her husband, was brought
to a close by Judge Pierson declining
to grant the divorce prayed for.
FIFTY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY
ReV. S. H. Brooks, now of Winns-
boro, was here Tuesday enroute to
Mt. Vernon to attend the Baptist Re-
hoboth Association, which convened
at Mt. Vernon that evening. This
makes the forty-eighth consecutive an-
nual meeting Rev. Brooks has attend-
ed the Rehoboth Association. He is
now in his 74th year, and if he lives
until Sunday week, he will have been
in the service of the Baptist church for
fifty years. He lived at Evans Point
for 'many years, moved to Como, v/here
he remained ten or twelve years, then,
a few years ago, moved to Winnsboro,
where he now resides. Ho served as
pastor of various churches in this and
adjoining counties continuously up
‘till three years ago, at which time he
declined to further engage in pastoral
work, but he is still in the Master’s
service, still preaching the gospel
from time to time, as/ occasion pre-
sents and his feeble health will per-
mit.
STETSON HATS IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
The grand jury will adjourn today
and Judge Pierson will adjourn court
for the term then just as noon as the
Jury In the Spencer oase Is discharged.
R. A. Landers, of Brinkcr, who has
been quite sick for the past fow days,
is reported to be improving nicely.
Congressman J. H. Davis left Tues-
day for Hillsboro, where he made a
speech before the Hill County Fair
Wednesday.
Before buying your fall hat be sure
to see my line.
MISS JENNIE SEARLS,
At PofTs Dry Goods Store. Q2-3t
The biggest event in Northeast Tex-
as—Better than ever before. Don’t
fail to be there—Northeast Texas
Fair, Pittsburg, Texas, Oct. 11th to
l$th, Inc. 2t
Miss Medora Cranford left Tuesday
for her home at Galveston. Miss
Cranford has been here for the past
three weeks with the family* of her
brother, Jno. Cranford.
Deputy Sheriff White, of Franklin
county, brought in Edgar Norris Wed-
nesday night, who is wanted here on
a charge of perjury. Norris was
lodged in jail.
REMEMBER
In the market every day
for
Poultry, Butter, Eg£s
Theo. Wester
N. W. Corner Square.
Buyer Shipper Poultry, But
FICKLE COTTON.
Cotton sold for 11 3-4c here Satur-
day. The fleecy staple just keeps
climbing up, and we’re afraid to guess
HOW high it may go. The crop is
reported short—just HOW short no-
body seems to know—and the rule of
supply and demand seems to be work-
ing in the rut which all scientific
figures say it should work. But, these
figures” have so often fallen short,
failed to work—a short crop bringing
low prices—that the matter of prophe-
sying what the market will be has al-
most become obsolete among men
who care for their reputations. But,
at any rate, we can all say, “Hurrah”
for the good prices and hope and
trust that they will continue on the
upward grade.
FLEET NEGRO BROUGHT BACK
City Marshal O. E. Nunn returned
from Dallas Friday night, bringing in
John Ellis (colored) who is wanted
here on a charge of assault. Ellis is
the negro who pushed a white man
named Jones off the bridge near the
light plant one night, several months
ago, and then gave the officers a foot-
race—coming out winner. He also
made a break when City Marshal Nunn
and a Dallas officer went to arrest
him, but they were anticipating the
probability of his testing their sprint-
ing facilities, an<t bagged him before
he got started good. Ellis was lodged
in the City Calaboose to await trial.
HogDays
Next Monday and Tuesday, 4th and
5th of Oct., will be our next hog days.
If you hate hogs to sell bring them in
on these days. Both phones in our
residence. PHARR BROS.
STREET SWEEPER AT WORK.
The combination street sweeper and
sprinkler purchased recently by the
city is here and now in use on our
paved streets. The sweeper is said
to be the very latest and best made
and there is no question but what It
will do the work right.
By reason of the heavy accumula-
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Real Clothes Satisfaction
Is Found Only In The Product of RELIABLE MANUFACTURERS!
You can base your confidence in our clothes upon
our knowledge that the makers put into them the Solid,
Lasting kind of Value that is possible only with high
standards and scientific methods; and
Combined With the Lasting Qualities
of Our Clothes
We guarantee you a perfect fit, no matter what the pat-
tern or cloth you select from the extensive range and
variety that you find in only such an enormous clothing
stock as ours.
And the Price is Right, Too ^
We guarantee to save you from $1.50 to $5.00 on your fall suit or overcoat,
and will take pleasure in showing you thru our large stock. It will be to
your interest to look our line over whether you are ready to buy or not.
Remember, we have any kind of an outfit you might want.
Alfred Benjamin Suits S**™*1.from 525 t0.*3S'.a.lafge.. $14.50 to $25
Clothcraft Clothes ^Suit $9.75 up
Rrtvc’ Quite Just received almost 1500 new, snappy school Suits AC aa C7 CA
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tion of dirt on some of the pave<| » Washington
streets, it will require several sweep-
ings (or the use of shovels) to get
them entirely clean, but after they
are once cleared of the dirt, the sweep-
er will keep them in splendid condi-
tion.
We are pleased to see this praise-
worthy work going on, as it is almost
necessary that our paved streets be
kept clean.
COAST DEFENSES TO GET TESTS.
Newport, R. I., Sept. 26.—Maneu-
vers for trying out the coast defenses
of New York, New London and Bos-
ton will be carried out next month be-
fore the forts and four divisions of
destroyers, it was learned Saturday.
While the details were not mado pub-
lic, it is believed one object of the
drills will be the testing of the effici-
ency of searchlights and the determi-
nation of ranges.
The maneuvers off Boston will take
place from Oct. 4 to 9, the drills at
New London will be held from Oct.
13 to 19 and at New York from Oct.
27 to 29.
NEW BAND.
H. O. Munden reports the reorgani-
sation of the Sulphur Springs band and
says indications point to a good band,
with many pieces. Already 18 mem-
bers have been enrolled, and we un-
derstand others are aotniag in. Soon*
four or five ladies will Join.
We would be pleased to see all who
are interested in band work lend the
new band organization every encour-
agement possible, and we trust the re-
organziation may result in a big high-
class band, one that will be truly
representative of a prosperous little
city like Sulphur Springs.
COTTON RECEIPTS.
We give below the number of bales
of cotton received at the two cotton
yards in Sulphur Springs for this sea-
son, up 'till yesterday at noon:
Alliance Yard..........1,510
Wood’s Yard .......... 1,255
Total................2,765
The price paid yesterday was from
11:30 to 12c. Co.ton sood were still
steady yesterday at $29 a ton.
FOR SALE
Smallest size Victor safe.
17-2 ELECTRIC SHOE 8HOP.
Tom Cannon of Beckham was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Merle Ticer left Thursday for
Dallas where she will make her future
home.
HUMAN VOICE IS TRANSMITTED
ACROSS U. S. BY WIRELESS
Sept. 29.—Wireless
telephone communication across the
continent was accomplished for the
first time today when experiments ex-
tending over several months'culmin-
.ated in successful transmission of the
human voice by radio from the great
naval plant at Arlington, Va., across
the continent to the station at Mare
Island ,Cal., 2,500 miles away. The ex-
periments were conducted under di-
rection of Captain Bullard, chief of
the navy’s radio service in co-opera-
tion with the American Telephone &
telegraph company and the Western
Electric company. Secretary Daniels,
announcing the result tonight, predict-
ed that further development of wire-
less telephony would make great
changes in long distance communica-
tion both for military and naval service
in commercial usage. Successful opera-
/ion of a device for automatically trans-
ferring the radio telephone conversa-
tions originating on metallic circuits
also was accomplished in today’s tests.
President Theodore N. Vail and other
officials of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company at New York
talked easily with the Mare Island
station, the conversations traveling
over an ordinary metallic line froifi
New York to Arlington and thence by
radio across the continent.
North and South Railroad
Coming—Some Dayr
j One of our progressive business
men stated to the Gazette editor yes-
terday that he believed a trunk line
North and South railroad would be
worth a million dollars to Sulphur
Springs. We asked him what he
thought about the argument advanced
by some that a North and South raif-
road would build up small towns in
our trade territory and have a harm-
ful effect on trade conditions here. He
said: “Oh, well, they might as well
present that argument against the
first railroad, or the second.” He stat-
ed further, that it had been his obser-
vation that when a town the size of
Sulphur Springs got the best railroad
facilities that it went right on up into
the real city class, mentioning Green-
ville as an appropriate illustration.
Yes, we think all progressive spirits
are agreed that Sulphur Springs and
Hopkins county needs a North and
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South railroad, and we believe it would
be worth a great deal to our town and
county. We also feel sure our people
will be willing to put forth every pos-
sible effort to get such a road when-
ever a bonafide proposition is put up
to them.
We understand that Dr. Goldsmith
of. Quitman is still figuring on the
Quitman, Sulphur Springs and Great
Northern road, but he doesn’t seem to
be making much, if any, headway with
the matter, and our idea is that the
attendant tightness of matters financi-
al, incidental to the war, has post-
poned if not annulled his project.
However, that may be, the time will
come when a North and South rail-
road project can be put through, and
when the opportunity DOES come.
Sulphur Springs will be found ready
and willing to meet the promoters on
half-way ground.
Warranty Deeds, Mortgages, Ven-
dor’s Lien notes, Promissory notes—
all kinds of legal blanks at the Ga-
zette office.
The work of paving the public
square is now moving along rapidly.
With fair weather and no delay in the
arrival of material, the east side of
the square will be opened for traffic
by Saturday at noon.
Ed. Clark was here from Como yes-
terday.
Undertaker’s Supplies
I have a complete line of coffins,
caskets and undertakers supplies.
Phone my Drug Store, day or night,
I am always ready to wait on you.
W. H. Haworth.
SALTILLO, TEXAS
A BANK FOR EVERYBODY
A Bank having a broad operating policy, offering positive
security for deposits and affording a modern banking ser-
vice, can be a bank for everybody. It is upon these princi-
ples that the CITY NATIONAL BANK transacts business.
We invite new accounts on the basis of complete equipment
and unexcelled service.
The City National Bank
W. F. SKILLMAN, Cashier
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1915, newspaper, October 1, 1915; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824923/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.