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Stephenville Tribune
•FIRST YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923.
NUMBER 4S.
ET EVOLINE, GASOLINE AND MOTOR OIL AT EVANS AUTO COMPANY
I’arleton College
Exhibit Extensive
The John Tarleton Agricultural 1
>lleKt* of Stephenville, Erath j
Minty, has a lar^i and comprc
isive exhibit at the State Fair
Texas this year, which is to he
ind in the Agricultural Building
Jacent to the A. & M. exhibit.
The main portion of the exhibit
Consists of specimens of work-
mship of all descriptions turned
it by the manual arts department
the college. The booth also
Jntains a music-room, which set
fes as a rest room for women visi-
)rs to the fair, and a completeh
jrnished living-room, the articles
.furniture of which were manu-
ketured by the pupil - of the man
ttal arts department.
The furnishings consist of up-
holstered chairs, a settee, a large
table and radio cabinet, lamp and
Jlower stands, all the woodwork of
JpThich is ot solid mahogany cut
from 'the rough slabs ami ex-
quisitely finished.
**• Floor space measuring 18x5 1
feet is occupied hy the John Tarle-
Brownwood Man Buys
Stephenville Laundry
A deal which was closed this
| week gives Ed Selvidge, of Brovvn-
I wood, po. .a nion of the Stephen
| ville Steam l.aundry. J. A. Barek-
l man and If. A. Walton who have
I been operat i ng t tie business for t he
! past eight months closed the deal
and will not be connected wdh the
; business any longer, although Mr.
i Barekman may possibly he employ-
led by Mr. Selvidge for a few
months until fir becomes acquaint-
ed with the trade. Mr. Walton it j
i expected will go to Weatherford. |
Mr. Selvidge is an experienced
laiimlrymaii and has been in the
business sevral years. Lately he!
ha been in Abilene but sold his j
biisiiies- there and do iiled on Ste-
phcnville as offering the fiest op-
portunitv for hi- business 11 h' i s |
I 1 me.
Bead This Before
You (Jo IIunling
TURN OVER
Quick turnover is a matter of demand.
The demand for Quality Groceries is
steady and growing every day.
Quality (iroceries are the only kind we let come
into our store, and we find the “turn-overs” are
so fast it enable-- us to sell them to you at a
moderate price.
We are pleasing lots of good people
let us please you. A trial order is suffici-
ent then you are our regular customer.
Frank Henson
Sam M. Russell Will
Make Race Eor District
Attorney Next Year
Dublin Plays Hi
School Team Today
1 What promises to he one of the
best football games of the season
is scheduled at the City Park this
,, , ., , afternoon when Stephenville and
attorney for the past two terms, Dublin high schools tie
Sam M Russell who has so faith-
I fully fulfilled the office of county
tells flu* Tribune that he is in
race for District Attorney in the
th„ | ............-........ up in their
animal game. If goes without say.
.a.e MM w,slmcc Aiiu.-m.-v ... the , ■ that |)ublin has no particular
“ I’nmanes until the last vote | ,(?Ve f(),. the stephenville boys and
vice versa. Furthermore each team
going to put forth its best ef-
is counted. He feels that the ex-
perience he has gained in the coun-
ty office gives good qualifications
for the next higher office.
I When Sant went into the countv
j attorney’s office he had an uphill
battle. At that time he had only
I been practicing a few months and
the countv was filled with
(forts at winning the game, more
[especially Stephenville, as they
. were given a handsome drubbing
| m ’.wo games last season The lo-
i cal boys haven’t forgotten that
Ernst Side Grocery Store
The House of "Appreciation, Sanitation and Service
cri'mi ! not *’>' any means and if it’s
| mil from all parts of the nation!'!1 tl(!Rm thRV are going to return
because of the oil excitement in ; tbe ^lavor this atternoon.
thi- section. But taking the situ- 1
alien just like he had all other bat- , , • , • ....
ties he had won during a life 0r c hampionship game. Abilene, Cis-
hnrdship and struggle, the ener-l''° a,ul. Stephenville r.re the only
getic Sam soon demonstrated his
This game is all that stands be-
tween Stephenville and the district
I
tqn exhibit, which wa
-; arranged
T ; e l;tl 1
11 dig e
a "ii
w iih 11 s
•Tul forwarded to t tie L
lir by F. II
Mall' lie,
11 - a m 1 -
ol i
|“\S
Duntci
Funkhouser, professor
in charge
will be Ml
the lie
Ids
\ 1 1 s
fall. It
of the manual arts- <
lepa rt meat.
won id be
well 1 oi
■ all
till*
!■-•(■ m i l .-
-The booth is divided
into three
a nil t he \a
et era e s.
loo,
\ • I
read ’ hi
compartments, the fir-t
of which :s
appended
me- sag.
■ fn
• III
the ('on
the living room, the
second the
>cr\ at mn
Board o
f Br
it K'
('olum-
music and restroom and the third
Ida. Du' w
hieh is ;
a ppl iea h
i|e even1
contains displays of a
large mini-
w Ii ri. -a;.
- the ei
il d or
of
Ml (tut-
ber of photographs depicting col-
door ;
lege activities, ineluding football
D" md
dest r<i>
|5-li,
or |, rop
Early Days in Stephenville
ability and those who were bent on
lawlessness soon found this out.
Mr. Russell feels that in this
■“.instance he is entitled to the pro-
— ! motion and since Mr. Arrington,
the present incumbent, has decided
not to rim, he will probably receive
Bv W II. Fooshee
games and athletic events.
In one of the exhibit rnntiN a
large wagon bed of the be.-d mate-
rial and workman-hip, a produe!
of the manual i raining depart-
ment, is displayed. There are also
glass front cases along the wall-
containing various kind- ot me
tallie tools, ticn as hammer-,
drills and chi-el , forged b\ tie-
pupils who work a: he black-mill,
shop forges in the snum depart
ment. In audition to all of these
manufactured predict' an agricul
tural exhibit is presented, coii'ain
ing excellent sample.- o- van m
fruits and vegetables, wheat, kaffir
SM
I gr;pn, corn, peat tils,
. . nd a ■ ,nnpie”. e
ety of products of the fan
diversification is one tn .nl
Product - of the dome.-t ie
department on d.splay cm
so it
van -
w here
ert; of the farmer and alwav ask
pi r in i - - i on to shorn over h i - p rop-
erty.
iti i no; -hooi ,, i a: \ 1 a 111 g m the
bn h mile.-s yam are sire of what
vou a 1 e s hoot i iig at
I to not i'ii hunt in;’ until on a re
acquainted w H h the game law ■
I >i not fiirgid to make ii iv it a
buck. I! may be a m -e. a II w . I ■ r
: i m..! lb i w would you fee !
I l| | l11 it . L- .t| o-. a11 Vc l ! I - 11 i;O ,-
■ it her !/' j i ii -11 ■ (I tied r - '
• w bad, ■,on ,-ae h Hi' my
I'ii not enter a limit or r, i: w - '■ h
a load'd .".I. ui' n lit ,
I in n a di-chai ge Iirearims fruni
an automobile or other vehicle, as
i! is very dangerous practice and
also a g a i n t ho law
I 'll In.* ferret h a\ e a I Hl’i
pillow case-
■ i' fan1
s’ d it • - -. - and j,
•1 • j• rf
, I» • i -< i"
led -n
W\. Other spec n
It'll ; of
i eed lew ork. ill- ,
1 J eluding cap
- and e
i Miter pie: -| ,
oft*’ 11 ; T i
- . wild
| |j
* M Of great
inter, •'
i an a > - -' i' t ,.,
t' ! A . Pi.MI
■p <• . «
' '"I'el -
, .1 II
1 Sjient of be
ant i I'u 1!
1 i ' ■ ' ' • 1 I'll j.;.
ri» • i.,in «■<!
It M W D -
and
r . «• • i
highly poll 1
j|qdian blub
turned or o
lied W oo
- a ret
,i 1 he la
dell dllillb-beil l ,,.
11:■; 1 a r a I'l i, Ie , |, i
1 i e O' 1 ■!''• "• | ,
1 1 • ! M’.\ | • . » .
1 r :
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Q of the mam'
lal art r
i p ’1 ■
: or
Altogellu
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Dear reader, this \v i11 he the last
of my series of articles on the
early day- in Stephenville and
Lrat h eounly. 11 I liese let ters j
have interested you, I feel amply!
repaid for t he 1 inn; and t rouble of |
w rit i tig t hem I n fact, it i no
i rmiIde. but a plea-ure. to write !
• t
'void pa ; n t i! g. I’m’ have t r on;
.-. -! e ’ l.eo; hi plain, s j mpi- • la gt; -
age, i li.it a ; h lid i an nine) ' at; d.
Some may erg ici/e me, because
I have had so much to say about
• •;. e|; I will admit that 1 have
made my se!!’ somewhat eou-picli-
on ; but it • u i'h :io spirit of ego
! i-m that i lia\e dme
• am. i i' i * ‘ ■ *1 ail '■ i
teams in this district that are un-
defeated and while Dublin and
Stephenville are battling this af-
ternoon Cisco and Abilene will be
going thru a hot contest at Cisco.
It is very probable that Abilene
will eliminate Cisco and Stephen-
ville fans expect the high school
[strong encouragement from tlte|!° Dublin in easy fashion.
I voters of Erath countv, as well as event that. StephenviUe does
j good support from Hood and Palo "'"1 tr(,m Dublin, it, will place
l i»|,,10 counties [them in line tor district honors in
| Those who are acquainted with j 1 wot ball tor the first time in the
the main’ problems Sam Russell (history of the school. Their foot-
l has been confronted with during \h&'} teams have in past years been
1 could see for myself, that I had the past fifteen years, admire his unfortunate, or to say the least,
made a mistake. It has been so strong will power and determina- unlucky and have time and again
long since I lived in Stephenville, ti.m to succeed. Quite naturally, lbeea eliminated from honors atthe
that it is a little hard for me to lo-i he has been criticized in many in-1 beginning of the Reason. This
cate some of the places correctly, j stances I .nit the good record he has
In the third article that I wrote, I ' made as county attorney hoars out
said that so far a> I know, J. C. Cox the contention that he was right in
majority of his arguments,
the proper time Mr. Russell
now of Sant
Texas, is t lie only , h
the good old iin
jus \\ *1 i;
ad, in I pens.
' M i A 1.1 \V
Ii v
i i i v‘. w!
1 o >
. n ■ ill
A‘
•ally <! a >n t
he d"ai
old 1 1 ui si:
,i“'S in
S'epi
‘!b!:\ •! U
*. in
1871. 1
\' i 11
ol Steph.i nviiIe.
! ha'.x-
^ 1 1 i ‘ ‘ t ’
learn
P(! thiii
Die
k Kin-
: i liis
will ng t he " a r
1 u ! r s, i
, ,e (loll.
Wtin W
ns a
ill'll Vf Lr
n in
Steph-
m, 'ii
ri--d to u.- - anv
11 o W e 1",
Ian ' i'
l.'V 1
•; v Qi|
i i;\
■ i mr a i
hi- i
Have made i
m a t ,11 >;
nl at : '>Yea'
M < • r !<> i *
,!. T
. w
hiMV
he lo
that
year, however, it’s a far different
tale as Stephenville has one of the
best teams in the country.
The Stephenville team is prob-
ably at the peak of its strength.
■ke his announcement for i F.very man on the squad is in good
city park at
<i ' ;H least,
;-t ephmix i Mi
' i" -t -f t In
to lie
|. I, of a |;
'i I rath
-i ■ a |
I do ii of
ill-; or; .
• - 'em iif
i o a n t >.
mu i a j
ennui win n
either IS',2
article, ! • -a.i
trijp. with a
i di-fanee of 2u mire
ville: ;mii
Mi Will's
Sii phenvi
I • f t S1 e | 1 e 1 - v i I h - ': i
or 1 I a not he:
I i bat m 1-71. I took a
other loan, to Mans-
in Jfjast land > entity. a
from Stephen-
hat after passing Dr.
ace, -i\ milis west
rai e
t ere
bom
important office, and in the | condition and
time his friends are pushing , v* d h them thi
uiididacyA- for the report
he would run for re-election
■mint' attorney he stated to
T, ; i :ic that he won Id not
r any circum-tance be in the
a- he was opposed to third
..tTice holders and had always
ready to go. Be
afternoon at the
4 o’clock. Vou will
ee a good game.
Auto Tax Will Help
Road and BridgoKJnd
JTf
l-s
•h.
w e di 1',’t
we arrive
I renu m
iere
v e
. nee-- at m v i *\v;. perse mi I exper i-
md
• e;-\.-' i mn.
i w i it e
i : -- i - o i
|-o
■I'll
of
;not her
Mans
I iat -. r.
hir ti e
ed t he
I
SOME TURKEY FACTS
1st before w re
I last I., ml ( minty line. It 1. him nrn
v. here | lie tow it ot i a. s den mi;.a w n>
a ,'lerw ards located. I a my art ic U
we h before last. I said that
n judicial i i i -■ t r i c t
Itri ' , iui i;i p* ■ ; i-‘ r.i
I shouhi have inc
t he
now includ-
!i Hood a d
T. x
US p
rodnces C,
o per ,-e
lit of
t 1 ,
, t -
i 1 ke.
y , rop o
f the 1
'nit ed
SI
at e:-
’1
’here wa-
7 It* ear-; of
11
!'k( a
s 1
dpped f-e
an Tex a-
la -t
\v
< l
The
est i mated
1 crop fm
■ this
ye
nr i
- pi,
need at 1 •’
>51) cats.
On
( )t
■toi
T I.
1922 we
had in
Cold
t
'Uipunceq In ■
J nire cxi-illi''/ >
4 the ini I,-in
the public
ropfill display, i -
,4jtlhnufm tilling
I" *
ll.ciu 1
i . I»
t r«■
i I o I
11
1 *.
I i 1 , •
A
jriior the -
yoitructors.
ip
t w
John Tarleton a -d •
College, created Ip tut of tie- Leg
llttture in 1S17. and is a hram h m
t. & M. 411 is situated at Simile n
{file in tne heart of the best agri
ttiral district ot Tevi: ami has
Siindowment fund ot .'fTo.uon a ml
itudent memorial fund from
;h any studont may but row
I n addition t here i a st u
ibor fund for t tie payment of
itudent who desires to work
fefray a payl of his expenses
jHji in college.
ffSmti* u college hand and twenty
Ridings, ineluding a new $L'>u.
agricultural building and a
jrym lias in m fully ('quipped,
oillege courses include agi i
ture. (mine economic', manual
business administration and
"irts, including all branches of
lc. Stephenville. where the col
is located, is a thriving city
'"S.OOO inhabitants.
le hIiovi* story appeared in the
lias News, last Saturday.
F’Claude Kay who is teaching
ifeol in Lorenzo this year came
HD tbis week to \ isit hi- parents
It. and Mrs. J. I’. Kay. He also
iRited his brother, Win., who is
in a Fori Worth sanitarium
t *1
!i"
'•/el
f ■ t • ' . i ; ! -
,it 11 1 e
! .
he;: om '
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Mi
l'B
-i "del
tile
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ml
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-n I), Ip
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Me|
forming
t I'.el
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111
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1 to i r>
ari
1 make
I:,«
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fin end.
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mu will
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a 1 ; he Me
r .-1
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rt
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'o rest I'll
a -
Im th<*
lii'
a arden
or
me
1; : i II
om l .1
.- Ai-
L | i •. i ) -. ' |
til \\ «; v
‘ 111 low
Imild
II ml
III
w arden
f roili
recent oper
l
Work on New HijLvhwny
Assures Early Election
The pr,-1iuiinary w ork which is
hi ing done in cm imct mn with t he
highway running through L.reth
eounly’ beginning at Thurber and
end i ng in the vicinity of (balk
Mountain i beginnig m assume
com rete form. It i- ^-xpei ted t haT
all l he detail wot k will soon Iu‘
i omplel ed and at t hat t ime t he
commissioners court will more
than likely be presentcii with a pe-
tition from the voters of the county
for an election for bond- to finance j
I be prope-it ion. 11 seems from
what can he learned that there will
he little opposition to this venture,
Thurber, lluckabay and all point-;
south are said to be highly anximi
to see the road completed.
The Slat ■ Highway Commission
ha- given its assurance that they
lor s' la ii'! a ml c h u rt h purposes, I
-a n! il mood w her, ! lie Ada je.-1 ie
I nea t rc e row lo. a t ed. When I
was m Siephem ille la.-I Augu-t, I
was in Bale's barber simp, ami Joe
Bat" told me I hat it w as on t he lot
just across tin' - tree!, north of the
Map-sin- Theatre; and Joe said
that hr- i’a: her helped build it.
When I walked mil of the barber
•■hup. and licked arro-s t h * ■ street.
hu\
t hat
Ims
Tin
i i - ! i
V. lot
B out
I
mint
1 he-
al tv o
a
!■
Be:'.)
re;;
HIM,
Imt
111 is-
;i -t • mm. I only w n»te 11 ar-
’I ills 'mie I have writ ten
1 could w rite two or three
hut ,ay eyes have been giv-
i- some i rouble, lately, and f
As a result of the raise fn
automobile tax 'in the state of
Texas, Era tli county road and
bridge fund will be enriched seve-
ral thousand dollars in 1924. As it
now stands there are approximate-
nf i iy 2Sou cars in the county and they
will each pay into the county tax
collector four dollars and this will
he applied directly to the road and
bridge account. The regular road
and bridge tax will bring in
armim! $ I S.OOi i and the two funds
added together will likely total
near .'jt'iO.OOl».
1 lowrver. the bad part of it all
i- that the road and bridge fund
of Erath county is about $200,000
in debt at this time and to pay out
will take many y ears yet, even with
the big income. The floating in-
debtedness alone i< near $50,000
A'ai' and help 'lean up. turn lug [and until that is paid thecommis-
-I or -arc
;11
h
if average
oms j,-i t h
i.Olld pound :
we had in
0, mTJ'Oii pounds,
carr' o\ ,-r for l lu
s of frozen turkex
1 ’ itml
()i i I,
a m i ■
The
la t
w; i s
1.115,000 pound-. Every family in
Texas should eat turkey for
Thanksgiving. Christmas and New
surplus and thereby put the price
up again.
to stop reading and writ - , Thursday of last
mg urn s
will havt
ing ■ a- awhile, and givi> my eye- a
re si.
Dear old Stephenville. It was
there land other parts of Erath
county* where I spent about 35
years of my life. It was there that
Mrs. Raymond, Armstrong
parent:
11 ico.
Mr. and
cut
week with her
Mrs. Chaney of
*
Abstracts, I Mats, Etc.
LuPrompt; and Efficient Service
good plant of Erath County
jflt with care and understand-
i ng
rath County Abst ract
Company
Side Square
twill
he more
t han glad
to p:iv
half |
i lie
('Old ot
(Mil
st met r
DM. ;ill(
1 Of |
, oni
-e under
1 ho
new highway
law
I hex
would m
a i lit ai it iL
S ''oil I
d mi
eh
tion he 1
leld
W il 11 :
li the
next
I w o
lie id hs.
em
, | .. ee i s
i re of
1 he ;
''I'll*
mil 1 h at
1 h
e i’< at d
, mild
he
soil’
ph led W
din
il i'll'1
t or
1i Ili-
i , .o
tin, (h-; .
i. 11
ng 1 ' ;
; In 1 ge
ex
teu!
Ill,
Oil t h
Imild:, e
e >■' a 1
cle- led
for
>r fear t
hm
some
lira ,1
h i 11 k 1
i t he
Tribune
has
been
asleep
thi
j wcej
ii yt> jAjll
state that
“the rains
■ .W
SJfth -
is
EFFICIENT SERVICE
EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT
To those three features we attribute
our success as bankers, and we offer
them to you as an inducement to
make our bank your bank.
The FIRST STATE BANK
of Stephenville
No I'm posit nr in a State Bunk in Texas lias Ever Lost a
Dollar
o
I had the Dost friends that I ever
had in the world; many of whom
are still living. It was there that
I spent the happiest days of my
sinners court will lie forced to con-
tinue their rigid program of econ-
omy. A large part of the regular
road and bridge tax is tied up in
the Dawson warrants until 1936.
County officials are hopeful and
state that every economy possible
is being exercised. With the big
lot of delinquent taxes which it is
hoped will be paid this year and
next perhaps the big sum can be
reduced still further. Rut for the
fact that Erath county had to pay
By Big Collections
life; and it was there t hat I suffer- so nla,1.v big back debts, the financ-
ial my deepest sorrows. <’s the county would now be in
II was there that I enjoyed my excellent condition,
j brightest days of prosperity, and it J--
was there that I experienced my j Schools To Benefit
| darkest days of adversity. \ 1 " OCI1CIII
It was there that I married one
lot the best women in the world. It.
-was there where my children were i
hern; and it was there in West |
End cemetery, where some of my
j loved ones were laid to rest; and
[where I, with the rest of my fam-
j iIy. expect to he laid to rest, when
life’s journey is over.
! It may never be my privilege to
i live in Stephenville or Erath ooun-
C. V. Terrell, state treasurer,
authorized the statement Thursday
that the deficiency in the general
fund will be reduced by $1,000,000
during November, and that early
in that month the schools of Texas
will receive $1 per child as the
first instalment of the $12i per
■ ry, again; but 1 shall always have | capita apportionment for the cur-
ia warm feeling for my old home rent scholastic session.
I town and county, and the people | “More money will be received in
w ho live there.
Bit-t .
N,' millliT \\ hm* tin let In
N it matt* r in hci« I roam.
ui ol'l town of Strphi'MVillo,
H hv -c* m Iiki* homo
Th.
\N
1 h
I w
.1 fo
mn n>
Wife.
t ho i
Uittv 1 pei'l ni> Itriv'litoif tlny-t,,
•ppic’-’t of m.‘ hit'-
< NVl'.tr --f
f coni rit ro
•f will MOV
ho piHMi ol' (lan
WHS f l'(,C,
•r romo avain.
|'i tti> old Lmc ft ionds or itd*.
I fool that I am ►’rowing oM.
(i'iiv •• few moro yrnrs, Hi ho t,
Whop 1 11 ho hark in Stophonvillo.
Xri^‘ut Wont tml laid to rost.
—W. H. Fooshoe.
the Stott* Treasury for the current
| quarter than for many months and
jit. will materially aid the school
fund and holders of general fund
| warrants,” said Mr. Terrell.
“Collections of all kinds will net
'at least $1.00(1.000 to the general
j land next month," continued Mr.
Terrell, “and the deficiency of
$4,300,000 cn Nov. 1 will soon be
' reduced b> near $3,000,000. This
I means that we are doing much
better than we thought we would.”
I At this time the available school
I fund lias a cash, balance of $818,-
516 and with the quarter’s collec-
tions and transfers it will easily go
to near $ 1.500,00.0ty Nov. 10, Mr.
Terrell asserted, ■
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