The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 11
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XXXVIII.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1909.
AFFRAY
AT DUBLIN
it fears dre entertainer
knife wounds, received by
sr Timmons at Dublin about
o'clock Wednesday morning,
will prove fatal. The report came
here Wednesday afternoon tha
he was dead, but pounty ^tor-
ney, L, 0. Cox and Sheriff Bates
Cox, who arrived from there at
an ear f hour yesterday morning,
report that a mistake but the
! chances appeared to be very
much„against him. He was cut
across the stomach and in the
region of the kiduteys.
The trouble occurred on the
street near Utterback store. Wil
Gallahar, who is said to have
the other party to the affray
right after the trouble for
forth, where officer Jim
of Dublin arrested him
Wednesday afternoon, and re-
turned with him to Dublin. His
bond was placed at $500.
He was still in jail yesterday
afternoon at press time, but his
father was expected to arrive be-
fore night and make bond.
Timmons is 24 years old and
resides in Dublin. Gallahar is
about 19 and is the son of J. M.
Gallahar a farmer six miles east
of that city.
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Lv Marriage Licenses.
H. C. Cason and Miss Willie
Cantrell, Bluffdale.
Doyle Cantrell and Miss Sallie
McAlister, Morgan Mill.
J. W. Luckie and Miss Bobbie
Henderson, Duffau.
H. J. Baker and Miss Roxie
Kirkland, Lipan.
H. H. Blackwell and Miss
Myrtle Riggs, Johnsville.
J. ,rG. Matatkowski and Miss
Zozina, Thurber.
ink G. Head and Miss Ber-
Humberson, Bluffdale.
I. 0. Whitfield and Miss Vir-
gie Bennett, Dublin.
H. Dan Turney and Miss Mary
Currier, Purves.
Jess Pell and Miss Lou Brock,
Proctor.
W. T. Coppedge and Miss
Rhoda Lee Foster, Dublin.
John Neely and Miss Mettie^
Allen, Ft. Worth.
MANY ERATH BOYS
JOIN CORN CLUB
The lectures of M. T. Payne
over the county has resulted in
many of the boys joining the
Boys Com Club. The teachers
are using their inflnence in the
matter and the Empire expects
to tell of fine results following
this laudable werk.
Each boy joining is to grow
one acre of corn under the dem-
onstration methods, as explained
by Mr. Payne. Prizes will be
awarded next fall to those mak-
ing the best showing at the an-
nual exhibit Three prizes will
be given under each of the. fol-
lowing divisions: 1. Largest
yield per acre; 2. Best*1 ten ears
exhibited; 3. Best single ear
4. Best book account showing
history of crop; 5. Best show
ing of profits om, investment.
Following is a list of boys who
have joined at pMtcei named ant
other names are f being addec
right along:
Shady Grove School.
Cathey, Lanas Laird, Tuman
Case, Alva Tackett, Down Stane-
fer, Ernest Leverett.
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Inmates of the County Farm.
We learn from J. D. Jackson,
who preaches at the county farm
on third Sunday afternoons, that
10 inmates are there for whom the
county provides. There are five
men, ,the age of whom, begin-
ning with the youngest is: 54,
64,. 65, 81 and 85; their native
home is, respectively: Texas, Illi-
nois, Missouri, England and In-
diana. The \yomen are 26, 34,
45 and 63; the oldest is from Ga.,
the others, Texas. A little girl
of 5 years and her mother are the
only natives of Erath county.
We purposely omit the names of
these unfortunates.
The county convict gang which
is under the management of
John Willingham also has head-
quarters on the farm. There are
at present seven in this gang.
Boys born to: Mr. and Mrs. l).
G. Lane, Morgan Mill.
J. M. Cantrell Morgan Mill.
Charley Rogers, Dublin.
Jess Elrod, Topaz,
ink Langley, Lingleville.
Miss Ruth Parr, teacher. Noe
McCarty, Edward McCarty,
Charley Thompson, Andrew
Bates, Lee Bates, Oda Gilbreath,
Claude Carrol, Ed Aikens.
Harbin School, i
C. B. Breedlove, principal.
Newell Alexander, Loy Preston,
Carl Sanders, Lewis Stephens,
Horace Carpentev^Ivor Stephens,
Adrain Stephens, Allie Monroe,
Roy Sanders, Kyle Dawkins,
Jerry Williams, John Harbin,
Charley Abies, Raymond Cope-
and.
Bunyan School.
E. L. Watson principal. Dale
Snively, Grady Perry, Josh Bos-
tic, Clifton Devenport, Jamer
iowell, Lotee Crouch Claude
Crouch, Ralph Conard, Jimmie
Clark, Marvin Rustin, Floyd Can-
non, Roy Vass Killo Cumby.
STEPHENVILLE R. F. D. 2.
Miss Jewel Watson, teacher.
Marshal Norris, Clyde Cox, Patsy
Fritzgibbon, Guy Wood, Lee Mor-
ton, Lewin Cratt, Holland Cox,
Charlie Hogan, Victor Roberson;
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STEPHENVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
W. T. Graves, principal. Jim
Skiles, Hugh Watson, Lawrence
Sligar,
To the Candidates
That no misunderstanding may
arise the Empire gives out this
advance notice to prospective
candidates: *We will not
oppose or espouse the cause of
any candidate for county or pre-
cinct offices, but will treat each
one fairly and courteously.
Terms for announcement:
$7.50 for County; $10 for Dis-
trict; $5 for Commissioners, and
$2.50 for other Precinct positions.
Cash in advance every instance.
The names of aspirants for
the various offices will be given
position in the Empire annouce-
ment column in the order in
which they are received at this
office. _
District Court
Next week is not a regular jury
week in the court. The jurors
for the fifth week, which begins
Jan. 3 are: H. L. Austin, Ben
Barrett, Fletcher Cook, Jack
Wells, H. J. Favors, Harper Her-
ring, B. F. Caraway, Jr., W. G.
Ingley, Wm. Stillwell, S. J. Whit-
man, J, A. McAlphin, A. W.
Rusk, R. L. Mobley, Dan McAlis-
er, Stephenville; W. C. Bishop,
J. W. Cooper, Harbin; R. B.
Chandler, W. B. Pennington, W.
A Berry X-mas
.AND
Happy New Tear
To our patrons and to those who are not
our patrons.
Business entrusted to us in 1910 will receive the
same careful attention which has built this
• banks reputation.
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First National BanK
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
f. Li Williams, Lingleville.
Sutler
»tic, Lingleville.
rrla bom
njW»: Mr. and Mrs.
|. HeiJ
ii^f, Morgan Mill.
Hither, Morgan Mill.
Dublin.
Lucas, Hckabay.
iday, Lingleville.
Lane, Lingleville.
1 Lively, Lingleville.
■ Williams, Stephenville.
O. hiring, Huckabay.
this issue the Empire
' era goodby until the
in January, and
will have a nice
lappy New Year.
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Kyle Graves, Cardon
Hewlett, Linwood Hewlett, Leon-
ard Mobley, Joe Hicks, Joe Hugh-
es. C—
Cow Creek School.
E. Crew, teacher. Roy Jones,
Leonard Watson, Edward Hollo-
way, Willie Gresham, George W.
Hudson, Jessie Smith, Fred Ow-
ens; John Hudson, Clarence Fer-
guson, John Smith, Scott Dumas,
Robert <fand Wesley Wofford, C.
J. and O. H. Crew.
Cottonwood School.
A. T. Breedlove, teacher. Wil-
lie Satterwhite, Robert Ewalt,
Abe Johnson, Henry Morgan,
Loyd Hines, Jim Matt Stephens.
Purvis School.
take the
X Bearden, J. Hf. Henderson, W.
R. Haynes, M. C. Moss, J. W.
Roberts, Lingleville; M. E. Blad-
er, J. C. Barrow, Hico; Paul
Buchanan, W. D. Cowan Jr., G.
G. Coldron, Alexander; Joe Dot-
son, Chalk Mt.; J. J. Evatt, Ex-
ray; A. J. Holder, Bluffdale; W.
A. Hudspeth, Selden; M. O.
Jones, Huckabay; Henry Gil-
breath, Edna Hill; J. R. English,
Johnsville; J. E. Winn, Sisk.
State vs T. M. Betts, the ne-
gro school teacher charged with
killing his baby, second trial,
the result of the first trial having
been reversed by the higher
courts. Verdict guilty, 35 years
in the penitentiary.
The jury in this case was
composed of only three of the
regular pannel of the week. G.
T. Kirkland, C. R. Howelton,
and J. D. Bishop. The others
were G. W. Moore, J. W. Wright,
J. C. Walker, J. R. Wright, M.
INTENSIVE FARMING
MOST PROFITADLE
A campaign has been inaugu-
rated by The Galveston Dallas
News for the purpose of impress-
ing upon the people of Texas
and the Southwest generally the
importance as well as the satis-
faction and profit that are the
results of intensive farming,
For many years The News has
preached in season and out of
season the necessity for the di-
versification of crops. The press
of the State generally took up
the slogan, with the result that
farmers of the State are much
better off than they otherwise
would have been.
Intensive farming necessarily
includes diversification, as The
News has stated, for the reason
that to intensify it is necessary
to grow as many crops on the
same land fn the season as pos-
movement in October The News
has received many indorsements
of the idea from a great many of
the best farmers in the State, as
well u- _.~Ci?XSFnment a£ents
of the D^tONEY ' -f Africul-
ture, Nationa*- ~ . J, and the
press of the States supporting
the idea. These articles have
been published, and have proven
interesting not only to the far-
mer, but to men in every walk
of life, for they see in the inten-
sive farming methods greater
prosperity for the farmer, and
they know what causes the far-
mer to prosper causes everyone
else to do so.—Dallas News.
W. G. Sears, principal. War-
ren Currier. Edgar Reagan, Os-
car Leverett Thornton,. Earnest _ .
w- l.eS J-n TcuSm.nd
bow, Oscar Bristow, Claude An-
Henry Stephens, Sidney
sible. This of course necessi-
tates the planting of different
crops; so that diversification is a
part of the intensive system of
farminff, and intensive farming
means simply the best farming.
Or, as Sne News defines it, “Get-
ting the largest yields and great-
east profits from a given area of
ground at the smallest cost. ”
In order to assist in getting
the best of information on the
subject of intensive fanning,
The News is offering to the far-
mers of Texas—those actually
engaged in farming—cash prizes
to the amount of $300 for arti-
cles on the subject of intensive
farming. The first prize is $100,
second $50. Then there five
prizes of $10 each and twenty
prizes of $5 each. It is hoped
that many splendid articles, full
of valuable information, will be
received, not only in the com-
To Close Saturday
We the undersigned merchants
agree to close our doors Xmas
Day, • Saturday, Dec. 25, 1909,
from 6 a. m. to 10:00 p. m.:
Blakeney Dry Goods Co.
Higginbotham Co.
Smith fr Stephen
W. Chamberlin Co.
Slaughter & Watts
Chas. Neblett
W. W. Moore & Co.
G. M. Carlton Bros. & Co.
Keith Bros.
Wyrostic, mur- petition, but wide from that
Since the
John Longs five year old gaugh-
ter Johnie was painfully burned
yesterday morning. Her gown
became ignited as she stood fac-
ing the hot stove and before the
blaze could be extinguished it had
burned from her knees up to her
neck. It is not thought that the
injury will prove fatal.
A letter from Bill Murphy in-
dicates that his business affairs
will make it necessary for him
to spend Xmas in Spokane Wash.
We can read between the lines
that it nearly kills the,old boy to
miss being with friends and
loved ones at this festive season.
It will be the first time in many
years that he has spent Xmas
away from Stephenville.
Stephenville Fire Boys will
play a match game of football on
Christmas day at College Park
with Southwestern medical col-
5 of Dallas. 16 2t
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909, newspaper, December 24, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877855/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.