The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXXVII.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1909.
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THE
CONSERVATIVE
BANKER
In making loans must know to a ceartain-
ty that his applicants or sureties are respon-
sible and worthy of credit.
Likewise, the prudent depositor should
know the character and the standing of the
bank with which he deals.
The business reputation of our directors
and the experience and ability of our offi-
cers with a record of several years of suc-
cessful business is sufficient guarantee that
the interests of every depositor will be care-
fully protected.
f=r A RMERS’ /RATIONAL
£ANK
Residence Destroyed By Fire.
The residence and smoke house
of Walter Hayes, between Oak
Dale and Huckabay, were burned
Monday shortly before noon. The
fire originated in the smoke house
where some meat was being
smoked. The residence was lo-
cated a few steps south from that
place, right in line for the wind to
carry the flames toward it, and it
soon caught and burned rapidly.
he men folks, at work in the field,
hastened to the scene as quickly as
they observed the fire, and found
Mrs. Hayes very busy trying to
save as many of the household ef-
fects as possible. In her anxiety
to save these articles, she had not
noticed the rapid progress of the
fiie, and it is said that Mr. Hayes
barely had time to rush in and
grab her out of the building when
the roof fell in.
Walter Hayes is one of those
farmers with good business ideas,
and took out a policy on his home
soon after he built it last year. So
the Farmers’ Mutual will help him
in his loss by paying him $700.
While this will not cover the full
loss of course, yet it will come in
quite handy to a family in trouble.
Old papers 25c a 100 at this office.
Business
/li^oupeemept
I have moved into the store formerly ,
occupied by Richards Bros., and have
added a line of........
Dry Goods, Boots apd 5l?oes,
J4ats apd Gaps,.
To my Groceries. Will still keep my
Grocery department up to its well known
kigh standard of excellence, and hope
to retain all former customers both in
-""“City and country, and add many more.
Your trade will be appreciated.
W. D. BENNETT
PHONE A •
NO ..... V
pre« Delivery flpy part of $ity
FIREMEN ENTERTAIN
IN NEW CITY HALL
Long to be remembered, by those
fortunate enough to have attended
is the entertainment and banquet
given by Stephenville Volunteer
Fire Company Tuesday night in
the new city hall. The firemen
had as their guests the honorary
members of the company, and the
business men of the city.
A nice prgram, especially ar-
ranged for the occasion, was carried
out In perfect order and highly en-
joyed. It consisted of music by
Mrst Ferguson; address of welcome
by W. A. Shelton; response by
Mayor Baldwin; recitation by little
Catherine Collie; speeches by F.-
H. Chandler and Marshal Fergu-
son, and the presentation of a gold
headed cane to the Mayor by Miss
Inez Hyatt, sponsor, on behalf of
the fire department.
Following this program the
guests were invited to seats at a
table which extended from end to
end of tire hall, and which fairly
groaned under the weight of so
many eatables. This part of the
affair was prepared by the good
wives and sweethearts and sisters
of the active members of the fire
department, and the Empire here
by ties the blue ribbon on that sup-
per as having been one of the best
ever spread, even in Stephenville.
Sol Frank the leadiug ladies’ man
of the city, was to have responded
to a toast to'uiese SeaUTtdTes.Tuit
had left the hall betore the time
arrived, so the writer, whd was too
full for utterance, was substituted.
The Stephenville fire depratmeut
has about thirty active and forty
honorary members. The honorary
members pay $5.00 per year to the
department, and the active mem
bers do the work. For the en-
couragement of these valliant pro-
tectors of our homes and business
places, the Empire hopes to be
able to carry the news to the public
ere long, that every business and
professional man'in the city is on
the honorary list. These men have
saved the town from great losses a
number of times already, and will
do the same in days to come. Our
reduced insurance rates are due to
the protection they furnish us, and
all the encouragement possible is
richly deserved by these noble vol-
unteers.
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See the exquisite line of Valentines we are offering
the trade
From one cent to $2-50 each. Only today and to-
morrow are left in which to buy.
R. Er. COX
DRUGS AND JEWELRY
EAST SIDE OF SQUARE
with their families have move
d
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Our New Business Men.
Stephenville has been and still
is a fortunate town in one respect.
Whenever a good man moves away
from here some other good man
moves in. Especially noticeable
is this feature in the business inter-
ests of the place. It was wondered
where the man would be found to
make us a good citizen such as
Bob Williams had been. Y. L.
Jones, a prominent business man
of Palestine, Texas, sold out over
there, bought stock in the Higgin-
botham Company, and with his
family moved right out west here
to the best town on the map, and
in the dry gooods department is
making new friends every day.
The face he wears indicates that
Mr. Jones will prove a valuable
ajdunct to the town.
Richards Bros., two other good
merchants, who went from our
midst with the coming of the new
year, are supplanted by J. B. Smith
and J. N. Stephen of Proctor, who
doing a general merchandise busi-
ness under the firm name of .Smith
& Stephen. In this exchange the
town gained two inhabitants, in
point of population. And now the
coming of the clever F^d Keith of
Dublin to engage in business here
with his brother, Everett, gives
this town two merchants to take
the places of John Steele and
Charley Hickey, who lately quit
business, but still live here. All
these new business men are receiv-
ing a warm welcome to the city
and they will fully realize that it’s
THE TOWN as soon as it rains.
In a spelling
.match at
Lipau a
jeopl^.
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Start You9^....
To train a child into good habits. There is
no habit that will add so much to the good
character, the general happiness and thor-
ough 'contentment of a life as the good habit
of saving.
The best way to start this habit is by open-
ing an account at this hank for the child.
The child will become as interested in watch-
ing this account grow as it would be with a
toy. This interest will harden into a habit
and the habit into character.
You can start an account for the .child with
as little as ONE DOLLAR if|you like.
The First National Bank
Stephenville, Texas.
“The Oldest Bank In Erath County.”
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who as boys and girls used to study
Webster’s blue back spelling book,
defeated the school pupils. Men-
tioning the matter the Granbury
News remarks: “The modern
school does not give enough atten-
tion to spelling, and this is not
altogether the fault of the teachers,
but of the system. So much jtime
is required ou subjects not of prac-
tical value in everyday life that
spelling and reading are necessari-
ly neglected.”
Harrison has received his cases
of Dated Seeds from the Texas
Seed & Floral Co., for whom he
is district agent. Try some of
them. 21 -tt
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The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909, newspaper, February 12, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877752/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.