The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1895 Page: 3 of 4
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Everybody Wake Up #
And Keep Up With the Times
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Our Spring and Summer Stock
IS NOW COMPLETE. This season’s selection surpasses all former efforts. Reliable and Honest Goods sold
at the closest possible prices. We never fear competition. Correct Styles, Standard Goods and the Lowest
Prices are the interesting features of our new stock. Money made is money saved. Come and see us.
HIGGINBOTHAM BROS.
people
the pionio at Walnut this
^ —Married—at the reeidenoe of
Rev. B. T. Rarnum in this oitv
week.
Wednesday, May 15,. 1805,
11 to Misi
PERRY BROS. Hfr
DRUG
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STORE
-Carries the finest line of-
Frejf? Dru<£s, pa^ey Stationery,
perfumery, Joilet /Irtioles, ai?d Druggist's Sundries.
Prescriptions Carefully Filled
. Day or night, by a oompetent and experienced phar-
macist. Next door to the bank. Try them.
THE EMPIRE.
STEPHEN VILLE, MAY 17, 18M.
ADVERTISING RATES:
One Inch, $1 per mouth. 60f*euiM per month
per Inch Id ex res* to 80 InchcH. Km-m of SO
Inches, 40 cent* per Inch (column meaeure)
able diwcf
Rea m«i
Iona tin
tor
(column measure)
iwcouute for coutract* to run
•aj uoticee Htrict ly fire ceut# per line per
week after ttret week.
Obituaries. reeoluHoue of re*i>e«*t by lod**»
Km ietieN, etc., iu execs* of IhO word*, or where
former notice ha* been publlwbed, 3c per Hue.
Town and County News.
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* 1 THE
! Queen & Crescent
ROUTE.
Choice of routes via
New Orieans er Shreveport
Te the North and East.
Solid Trains New Orlenne to Birm-
ingham, Chattanooga & Cincinnati.
Through Cars Shreveoort
To Chattanooga, and New Orleans
Te Waehington and New York.
Th« Q. ft C. afford, the only Ui:e from
Shreveport to Cincinnati, all under one inan-
;l- vr*«K srlifl v«»iibi:led trail* fr-im
Mertdi.ui. Only one change Shreveport to
New York on vHlibtic I trains, 'i hrough
Sleeper New Orlr;n* to New York. Direct
coaaectiun at Snrcvep.irt and at Nc w Orleans
with Tmii Lines.
T. M. Haat, T. P. A.. Dallas, Tom.
Ik H. Oarratt, A. O. P. A., New Orlea’ia.
I. if^r. a. a. p. a.,
Vicksburg, MIm.
W. C. Rlnaaraon, C*. P. A.
C.1 notarial.
Shortest
Line
tist church at this place, requ©8t8u
his paper changed from Pickenst va8*i improvement over the
ito Deaeonvillo, Mies. ylsmoky oil lamps or torches,
V- _ , , bf former days.
—To make room for a large v
Dr. O’B.ion and Maj. Gil-
lette were among the Dub.in oit
\jzens here this week.
—Go to the Racket Store for
ladies’, misses’ and children’s
hoso in tan, red and blaok. 39-
—The Dublin Progress is talk-
ing of beginning a daily edition
soon.
—Higginbotham Bros, are sel-
ling furniture cheaper than the
oheapest. 32
—When you want the best syr-
ups go to Love * Prey’s. 38-tf
—Quite a number of our
farmer friends this week report a
large supply of crab grass slips
on hand. In fact that is rather
an abundant article since the late
rains.
' —Spring has come, gontlo
•Annie, and if you will take your
jug to Love & Frey you will get
the best molasses at the oheapost
prioe. 34tf
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/—A card from Rev. B. F.MilA / —Electric lights are being -put
/(er, formerly pastor of the Bap-l *n P‘* bottoms of shafts 5, 0
tist church at this Dlace.reauestslan^ ^ Thurbor, which is a
he
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telephone line is being
tea from Murphy BrosT'
NcD. REIL
Commission and Brokerage.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS.
Can furnish you on short no-
tioe anything you need. Leave
orders With him, Sells Wire,
Grain, Hay, Bran, Millet and
Cane seed—any seed you want.
Has on hand seed oats, fine se-
lected peanuts for planting.
Will buy cane seed, and find sale
for anything you havp to sell. A
fine seleote i stock of seed sweet
potatoes. For information as to
field seed call on him.
Standard “Cotton Belt”, At-
tractions.
Through trains twice each day
from Fort Worth, Plano, Green-
ville, Sherman, Whitowright,
Wolf City, Sulphur Springs,
Waoo, Hillsboro, Corsi-ana,
Tyler, Pittsburg and Texarkana
to Memphis, Tenn., making
close connection at Memphis for
the Old States, and at Texarka-
na making close connection for
St. Louis and the north via St.
L. , I. M. A 8. Ry.
Pullman sleeping coach service
from the above cities for Mem-
phis via ‘‘Cotton Belt Route,’’
and for St.Louis via St.L.,I.M.
AS. Ry. from Texarkana.
Through Pullman sleepers from
San Antonio to Memphis via In-
ternational and Great Northorn
Ry., Tyler and “Cotton Belt
Route.,r
Close connections to reoeive
and deliver passengers in Texas
asfollowB: Greenville with the
M. K. AT. and Texas Midland
Ry.; Plano with H.AT.C.Ry.;
Fort Worth with Ft.W.AD. C.,
Ft.W.A R.G., G.C.A S.F. and
T. A P. Rys.; Big Sandy with
T. A P. Ry.; Tyler with the 1.
A G. N. Ry.; Corsicana with H.
AT. C. Ry.; Waoo with tne M.
K. A T. and S.A-A A. P. Ry.;
McGregor with the G.C. A S. F.
Ry.
All Texas railways sell tickets
via- the ‘.‘Cotton Belt Route. ’ ’
Ask for them and seoure the ac-
commodations and quick time
offered by the ONLY line run-
ning solid trains from Texas to
Memphis. All inquiries answer-
ed promptly by
8.G. Warner,G.P. A.,
Tyler, Texas.
A.A.Gusson.T.P. A.,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair,
DR
CREAM
BANNti
POHDtR
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
BRIAR PIPE
GIVEN AWAY
E VE/fy
ONE
POUND
bewle
stock to arrive the Arcade has
inaugurated a olearing sale at
prices below any other house.
—A now lot of buggies just re-
ceived at Crouse A Leonard’s.
The price is from 855 to 885.
Good goods, fully warranted. 40
F —Eli Oxford and family spent'
several days this week with
friends and relatives here, re-
turning to their homo at Rock-
wall Thursday.
—Attend the great clearing
sale of dry goods, notions and
millinery during the next thirty
days at the Arcade and save
money. 39-2 .
f —The editor is absent this'
week attending the State Press
Association which met at Waco,
yesterday. J
—Fresh car load of flour just
received at Bennett A Wright’s,
which will be sold as cheap as
the same flour can be bought for
anywhere. 39-2 l
f —John R. Daniel, son of Dis-\
trict Attorney Daniel, was in
town Saturday. He has taken a
position as compositor with thoj
Dublin Progress.
/N-T. J. Fisher wants to sell his-
farm and restaurant, so that he
car, go to Eureka Op ings.Ark.,
for his wife’s health. TTe has a
All persons needing wall pa*
per will do well to call at the
Book Store and examine styles
and prices before buying. 38-5
—Mrs.J.P.Sharp has return-'
ed from a two weeks’ visit to
Vlexandor.T J. P. grew very
Tred of playing widower, but he
won’t admit R.
—The cultivator season is
about over, and wo have only a
j few left, and as an inducement
to close them out, we will make
handsome present to every
V
od farm ard a ffood business.
Bargains in Valnncirnnc ?
lace at the Racket Store. :>9-2
DUKES
MIXTURE
for ,3£>cenl's
Every pipe sfamped
Dukes mixture or <^>
2oz. Packages 5$ __
SECURE A POSITION.
Wanted; for office work, on mvlary. In moat
every county In the «outh and weal, a ontifr
lady or ireuttaman. Tlioac from the country
also accepted. JCxperirnao not ncccHway; In
fact, prater beginner* at at a small salary at
first, way to begin, from $8n.0d to a month
Chances for rapid prom >t n o 'rood. Muni
deposit In bank <‘iish nlxmt MUU.(V>. No loan
an Red ; no investment required. Ills a su at
led and permanent position (Btrictly office
work.) The enterprise in Mtvougiy endorsed hy
bankers Adovcsn I*. O. llo* 4b8, Nashville,
Tepn. (Mention this paper, j ,*9-121
—Experience in a great teach-
er. Those who have b ••eg’t
their groceries at Love A TYey' s
know that it is the place to g-t
fresh groceries at living prioe: .
—For trade—A good g'g ar.d
a enrt. Will trade for or we.
Call at this office. <6
—FRESH MEAT—Bill Main,
the lris;i lord, has opened up a
moat market in connection with
his ice business, and will hereaf-
ter keep on hand a good assort-
ment of fresh meat,sausage, Ac.
Call on him first door west of the
bank.
Jurors and Witnesses
purchaser of a cultivator after
this date. 40 Crouse A Leonard.
-Low-priced high-class mo-
lasses at Love A Frey’s. 38-tf
—Higginbotham Bros. for
spring and summer dress goods.
—A good stock of ladies’ vests
at the Racket Store. 39-2
■Buy your clothing from Hig-
ginbotham Bros. 32
—Ladies who wish to be in
style all buy their hats at the
Arcade. _t ■ 39-2
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises,sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
acres, tetter,chapped hands,chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions# and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required
ft is guaranteed to (five perfect satis ae
non or money refunded. Price 85 cent*
Ler box,at M .T. Gil tontine's drug store
jEpworth League Conference.
ion struct
rug store to the depot. We
ope soon to have a down-
town express and telegraph of-
fice. There is no reason why
Stephenville should not have
this convenience. Other towns
ot less business have their ex-
press offioe down town, and we
hope before the fall season sets
tp to report it here.
'5—A full line of millinery, laces
and notions at the Arcade. 39-2
—Democrats and populists oan
both get the best molasses in
town at Love A Frey ’s. 34tf
—Mr. Lee Simpson has sever-,
his connection with the coal
mpany as store keeper at Thur-
ber. Ed. S. Britton, who has
been in the employ of the com-
pany for several years, succeeds
^r. Simpson.) Ed is an oblig-
ing, whole-souled gentleman,
and a good business man. and
we are glad to see him climbing
up.
—Dr. Wright will be found
hereafter at night at the resi-
dence of his brother, J. W.
Wright,two blocks north of the
northwest oorner of the square,
and in the day at Murphy Bros,
drug store. 39-4
xermany
—Try Bennett A Wright when
you want the best flour in town.
Oi
fer
I veil A way a briar pip**. See Hpeclit
iu adv't of Duke'* Mixture. febl-
I of-
My
Should go to Love A
buy groceries.
In securing tickets for the in-
ternational conference of the
Epworth Leage to be held at
Chattanooga, June 27 to 30, in-
clusive, be sure that same read
over Texas A Pacific railway,
whioh is the only line that can
give you choice of routes via
Memphis, Shreveport or New
Orleans. The rate will be one
lowest first rate fare for the
round trip; tickets to be sold
June 25 , 26 and 27, limited to
15 days from date of sale for re-
turn, with privilege of extending
the limit 15 days by depositing
the return portion of ticket at
Chattanooga.
For further information call on
or address your nearest ticket
agent, or W. A. Dashiell, trav-
eling passenger agont, or Gaston
Frey’s to Moslior, general passenger and
34tf | ticket agent, Dallas, Texas.
— ‘‘Have you observed,’’
said a merchant to a customer,
“the handsome advertisement I
have just had painted on a
fence?’’ “No,’’ replied the
customer, ‘ ‘but if you will send
the fence to my house I will try
to read the announcement. I
read the papers and I do not
have time to run around reading
bill boards.’’ And the mer-
chant scratched his head.
—I am being gently led; I am
in the procession—selling out at
cost and under. Cost—just like
the balance.
40-2 The Racket Store.
—Down gently—plenty of la-
dies’ hats at cost and below cost.
Sell them just like other people.
40-2 The Racket Stoke.
Sorghum and Millet
A large supply just received at
McD. Reil’s. 34-tf
Four Big Successes.
Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed
for them, the following four remedies
have reached a phenomenal sale: Dr.
King's New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, each bottle
guaranteed; Electric Bitters, the great
remedy for liver, stomach and kidneys ;
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the beMt in the
world, Dr King’s New Life Pills,
which are a perfect pill. All these
remedies are guaranteed to do just what
is claimed for them, and the denier
whose name is attached herewith will
be glad to tell you more of them Sold
M T Giltontine’s drug store
From A Well Known Citizen.
Stephenville, Texas, Dec. 11, 1894-
This is to certify that, after using an-
other well recommended eye salve for
S or 10 weeks without any material
benefit, that the Magic Eye Salve and
water cured our little girls eyes in
twenty-four hours.
18-tf. E. B. Jones,
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16 to 1.
Is the almost universal demand of
the South and West. But the de-
mand of
Positions Guaranteed
r reaMonabta condition Do not
lot be done, till you hcih! for 180 pag*‘
e of Dratiffhoa’a Practical Baaif
nlotfiie of Draufthon’A Practical Bttbinaaa
College, Na*livllle, Tenn. ThU collt ;re In
tatronffljr endorned by lank-rsuml men hiiIn
all over the United Hint on, am well an f-.retail
countries FOUR week* by I>i'Htt|rhon*M meth-
od of teaching book keeping U equal to
TWELVE weeks by the old plan Special ad-
vantage* In uliorthatid, penmannhlp and teleg-
&taap board. Open to both ftcxen. 8ff Ntate*
and terrrltorii** now i-rpreM*ni<'<l. Write for
12b nage catalogue, wbleh will explain “all.”
AddrcN* J. r. Drauffhon, Prcst., Naehyille,
Tana. (Mention thU paper.)
N. B.—Thln college ha* prepared Ifook* for
home study book-keeping, pcntnanHhlp and
Hhorth and. !AH2t
The People of Erath County lfr
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^l-Best Goods at the Lowest Prices.
-Wo cannot solve the first demand, but as to the second we have solved it already.
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OVEDl
IURPHY BROS,
Our stock of Dress Goods is unexcelled,
Our stock of Clothing is unparalleled,
Our stock of Shoes is full and complete,
Our stock of Furnishing Goods can’t be beat.
DRUGGISTS:
Have moved txx th^-Northuaat oorner
Iding formerly
They will be glad]
PRICES
yW^frTi
NO OBJECT! Come look at our>, Goods,
and wo will agree as to the prloes, and don’t you forget that.
Bed-rock Shall Not Stand in the Way
Yours to Sell ** ' *
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E. Mitchell to Miss N. B. Thom-
as. They were acoompanied by
quite a number of friends.
—Buy yourself a nice, new
style fan at the Racket Store.
—A German woman was sent
down to the oounty farm a short
time ago from Thurber. She
was put on the train here Wed-
nesday morning by the manager,
Mr. Moore, and sent to Fort
Worth. She had with her seven
children, the oldest only nine
years old. At Fort Worth she
expeots to give the little ones to
the convent. Her husband died
five months ago at Thurber, and
she is unable to make a living for
so large a family of small chil-
dren. Yet they were not legal
subjects for the oounty farm.
She had been from G<
about 12 years.
» —The jury commissioners tq
Select grand and petit jurors fol|
the next term of the district court
are J.J. Bennett, John H. John-
son and J. J. Davidson. They
did their work this week. There
was perhaps never before in
Erath oounty a stricter charge
given a sot of jury commissioners
than that given these gentlemen
on Monday by His Honor, Judge
Straughan. \ They are good men
and we lookTor an excellent
of jurors for the fall term.
/ —Ex-County Clerk Billio Koith^
/leaves within a week with his
family for South America. They
go to the Republic of Columbia,
'about 200 miles from Bogota, tho
capital. There is to be a colony
which he and his family will join
at Galveston. The colony will
consist of about 2000 people.
Sufficient provisions will be/
taken to last a year.) Billie has
write ba
list
promised to write back to tho
Empire occasionally,and his let-
ters will be interesting. Tho
boys say Billio will be baok in a
few months, but it will not be in
lime to vote next year.
—The Dublin Progress of last
week ‘ ‘lights into’ ’ the Stephen-
ville ladies’ church organizations
for giving a couple of dinners in
the court house. Wo fail to see
that any great crime has been
committed. The court house is
not hurt. The people who pat-
ronized the ladies wore served
with just as good dinners as they
would have been anywhere else
in Stephenville,or Dublin either,
and paid the same for it. In
fact, we think the only persons
who have a shadow of an excuse
to kick are the Stephenville res-
taurant people, and we have
heard no great deal of complaint
from them. It is customary
everywhere for the various be-
nevolent organizations to spread
dinners on public occasions. The
Progress man wasn’t out any-
thing. He needn’t be kicking.
The late rain was acoompan-
ied by some lightning, and the
freakiest kind of lightning mani-
fested itself out near the north-
west oorner of this county. It
seem9 that a young gentleman
had dropped into another neigh-
bor’s dug-out during the storm,
and while eating supper were
visited by an electric current that
swept the dishes from the table,
struck one of the men, hurling
him some distance across the
room. The current also struck
the other man on the knees,
stripping pants, drawers, socks
and shoes from his limbs and
knocking him over, also, and
passed down through the floor
leaving quite a hole where it
made its exit. The other man
was tho first to. recover, and
though severely shocked, was
able to help his friend to bed.
As soon as the man was in bed
ho asked his friend to remove his
shoes, and the friend on turning
to comply with the request was
astonished to find the shoes gone
and the feet nakod, burned and
bruised. Neither were seriously
hurt, but the chances are they
will long remember their experi-
ence with tho electric current on
the Llano Estacado.—Plain view
Herald.
The Empire hw ftsMrttxl several
times la the last seven months that ar-
ranyeuient* were about perfected to be-
Ifin the construction of the Thurber
road. Each time something haa occur-
red to pi event and hinder the matter,
and some of onr readers have at times
grown a little impatient. But they
should remember that enterprises in
vnlrlng the outlay of hundreds of thon
sands of dollars cannot be gotten under
way in a week. It often takes years
even to get the construction started on
a line of railroad. We have always
thought Mr. Smith would do great
work if he got this line built during the
prenent year, and we have always felt
it the doty of our people to lend all pus
sible aid to the scheme, and they will
have done great things to get the read
with the small outlay required.
The money has been ready and wait
lng for the construction for some time,
but the contractors have been other-
wise engaged temporarily. The wires
have been kept hot this week, and as
result a contractor came in yesterday
and went on over to Thurber. He is
on the ground for business, and we feel
snre we can tell onr readers next week
that the company has been organized
Mild tile work begun
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W J KoIhmIhoii,
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U0M1I11*
a*|M*r L>avU,
ThomAN.
B O Ortffin.
J L Blaurhard,
J K Prmhtarloti,
C 8 McCall,
N M Chatham,
Lac Coker,
Convention of School Trus-
tees and Teachers.
To the trustees and teachers of public
free schools of Erath county:
Deeming our public free school in-
terests of vital importance and that
both trustees aud teachers are clothed
with powers and duties vitally affecting
the usefulness of this public interest,
therefore, I, as ex-officio county super-
intendent of schools, hereby call a con-
vention to meet at the .‘court house in
Stephenville on Friday, June 14, 1895,
at 10 o' clock am., and continue in
session two days.
To this convention each and every
trustee of the several school districts in
jEratli county, as well as all the public
'school teachers, are cordially invited
aud urgently requested to attend.
The consideration of such subjects as
the following is suggested:
The exact legal relation of the trus-
tees to the school.
The teacher' * salary.
question of importance,several kinds
and prices of school furniture, appar-
atus, black hoards, etc.
The school session ; whether it would
not he better, in contracting with
teachers for a six mouth' s school, to
have the school taught four months,he
ginning December 1 and ending in
March, and two months in July and
August.
The disposition of the funds arising
from the admission of pupils over und
under age.
What can be done to secure perma-
nent teachers.
The consideration of such other sub
jects as may be suggested by any mem -
her of the convention.
The organization of a permanent
trustees institute.
Thos. B. Kino.
A Card of Thanks.
For Sale.
iMue yuuii^ urviio.ru iuu
in fact, everything to
family happy. Will sel
terms. Call in and see
1 want to sell my farm of 40
acres 1 '4 miles from Stephenville
on Dublin road, 35 acres in cul-
tivation; good fence, and most
all hog proof; 3 wells with plenty
of water; 4-room house, barn,
wagon and buggy sheds, seed
house, and other out houses.
Nice young orchard full of fruit;
make a
sell on easy
me at the
Farmers Restaurant. Will also
sell my restaurant at the same
time or after my farm is sold.
Party buying restaurant can pay
some cash and assume what I
owe on same. Anything I owe,
either here or elsewhere, will be
taken as cash, individually or as
seourity. All 1 owe must and
will be paid. Two mares, new
wagon, second hand buggy and
harness, farming tools, hogs,
and 35 acres nice growing crops.
Comeatonoe. T.J. Fisher.
60 Cents Worth $1,000.
Mr. T. B. Hancock, of Santa
Anna,Tex.,says: I have had the
worst form of granulated lids for
10 years; was almost blind when
I oommenoed using Magio Eye
Salve and Water, and am now
most well. This is the only med
ioine that has done me any good
Id by Dublin Drug Co.
In Erath County.
We wish to return our heartfelt
thanks to the people of Stephenville and
surrounding country for their kind as
sistance to us in our affliction caused by
the storm of May 4 . There were ten of
us iu the house when the storm struck
it. Three of the children were severely
injured, and none escaped bruises ex-
cept Mrs. McKinney, who was not at
home. We feel thankful that it was no
worse.
May God bless those who helped us
is the wish of
Mb. and Mrs. W. H. McKinney
A Card.
As my name has appeared in the pa-
pers as one of the parties soliciting aid
for W. H. McKinney, I wish to make
a statement. I wish first to thank those
who contributed so liberally to the re-
lief of Mr. McKinney and family. The
house was blown down Saturday, May
4, about sunrise. That night we had
three loads of lumber and one load of
shingles hauled. The house was com
pleted the following Thursday. The
cost of the building, all told, was
♦ 174.80. My cash collections was
♦HI. HO ; secured at lumber yard,♦26.50 ;
merchandise, ♦16; total, ♦104.40.
G. L. Sikes collected ♦50. TO cash, and
♦I in merchandise. Several others col-
lected small amounts.
John H. Johnson.
The Belled Buzzard Dead.
The famous belled buzzard that
has for eight or ten years been
heard from at intervals all over
Texas, was found dead last week
in the Goodman pasture six miles
north of town. The bell was a
small one, fastened on by a col-
lar made of domestic four double
and sewed securely around the
bird’s neck. It had been on so
long, that all the feathers were
worn from the bird’s neck. It
is not known whether old age
killed the poor creature, or
whether it got into this section
whero cattle and horses hardly
ever die and simply starved to
death.
Just about a week before, Willis
Roark had set a steel-trap for
some small animals and caught a
buzzard. He proceeded to boll
it and turn it loose. And it may
be the old. buzzard died of a
broken heart when it discovered
that there was another of its tribe
wearing the same distinction as
itself. The truth of it will per-
haps never be known.
From Sklpp«r Gap.
from our Rtfular c orro«p4>ndeni.
A petition was circulated in
this seotion asking the commis-
sioners court to order an eleotion
to determine whether or not in-
toxicating liquors shall be sold in
Erath oounty, resulting in four
signing it to one not doing ao
That is about the way the election
will terminate at this plaoe.
/ Mrs. Johnathan Ewers reoeiv-l
ed intelligence several days ago'
from Indiana that her mother
was dead. She was 107 years
d.
N. Shapard sold 390
ItoSkipper Gm
Local Taxation.
The thought often oocurs
my mind, why the difference iin
communities? But we have'it
solved when we think of the iL>
dividuals composing the commib.-
nity. { «k
A nation wields influence, aM
commands respect abroad just*i\
proportion to mental vigor, ep-f
terpriso and energy of the mem-
bers composing it. The same
may be said of a state, county or
community. The greater the
number of men and women of
intellectual ability,of energy,and
of enterprise in a community, the
higher will bo tho standard of
education and morality. The
higher tho standard of education
and morality, tho more attrac-
tion it has for men of roal worth,
hence the most desirable class of
nen hunting a location will set-
tle in such communities regard-
less of expense; and men who
have a nigh regard for their com-
munity will do all they can for
its advancement.
Just now the subject of local
taxation is attracting attention.
As this community has voted a
local tax, I cannot be accused of
having a personal interest in ad-
vocating it. A few years ago
the apportionment per capita was
85.20. Now it is S3.50 per
capita, besides the state at the
close of this scholastic year will
be in arrearage nearly $1,000,-
000, and the prediction is made
that to reaoh a cash basis it will
be reduced next year to $2.00. It
is not a question as to how much
longer term we will have, but oan
we run them as long as in the
past.
It is a matter of local taxation
or no schools. Every communi-
ty will sooner or later have to re-
sort to a special tax, or have
their school term greatly re-
duced.
E. Fleming.
The Pan-American Congress
of religion and Education will be
held at Toronto, Canada, July
18th to 25th, 1895. Rev. Samuel
G. Smith, D.D., of St. Paul,
Minn., is President. The Con-
gress will be composed of repre-
sentatives from every country,
Province and State in North and
South America, including, Pro-
testants, Roman Catholics and
Hebrews. The Congress will con-
sider the great moral and social
questions of the day. Many of
the highest dignitaries of Church
and State, and prominent phil-
anthropists, have promised to
participate. The Congress will
have the following sectioris:-(l)
Authors, Editorsand Publishers;
(2) Education, including Col-
leges and Church Schools; (3)
Philanthropies, Hospitals, Asy-
lums, Homes, Reformitories,
etc.; (4) woman's work, Tem-
perence Rescue Work, etc.; 15)
Denominational Section; (0)
Young People’s Societies and
Sunday Schools, Kindergartens,
Missionaries, eto/Tt is expected
there will be-'seven thousand
delegates. Cities, Counties,
Churches and Bonevolent. So-
cieties are asked to send dele-
gates. Each Section will hold a
session each afternoon, besides
tho general sessions forenoon
and evening. Tho following are
a few of the many who have
promised oo-operation: Arch-
bit hop Ireland, of St. Paul;
Rev. H.W. Bennett, D.D., of
Akron, Ohio; Rev. BishopMah-
lon N. Gilbert, [ Episcopal J,
Minnesota; Rev. Bishop J. H.
Vincent, and Rev. Bishop Hurst
Methodist Episoopal; President
William R. Harper, Chicago
University; Rev. Dr. Gunsales,
and Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards,
Chicago; Chancellor Nathaniel
Burwash, Viotoria University,
Toronto. The terminal railways
leading to Toronto have granted
a half fare rate, (Plus $1-00 Pan-
American membership fee), and
all other Railways in North
America are asked to grant tho
same rate. Board and lodging at
private house $1.00 and up, ho-
tels $2.00 and up. Toronto U a
charming city on Lake Ontario,
forty-five miles from Niagara
Falls. Vcrr low excursion rates
to all points of interest by lake
river and rail.
For particulars about
routes and n
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Moore, Eugene. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1895, newspaper, May 17, 1895; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857252/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.