The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1909 Page: 1 of 11
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 4 1909.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE
CONFERENCE
Many new bright and happy
faces were to he seen on the streets
of Stephenville from Monday to
Wednesday, delegates to the Ha-
worth League and Sunday school
conference at theMethodist church.
Attorney W. H. Garrett in his
address of welcome to the confer-
ence Monday evening was so cor-
dial and enthusiastic that he caught
the good good will of the bodj' for
Stephenville on the very first
[round, and the guests proceeded to
pel at home from that time for
nard.
A good many of the visitors who
have been to a number of these an-
nual conventions said that the
local League gave them a good
time and one of the most profitable
meetings they have ever had.
The newly elected officers are:
Dolph Thomason, of this city,
president; Jerry Oliver, Huekabay,
vice president. Miss Johnnie Me-
Cleskey was re elected secretary.
Dublin was chosen as the place
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS
of meeting for
The “fats and "leans’’ had a
match game ot ball at Granbury
last week in which the former won
by a score of 20 to 18. Rev. K. V.
Cox, the Methodist pastor was
pitcher and postmaster Henry
Zweifel was catcher for the fats and
their great stunts won the the game
The leans had two Jack Gordons
on their side, the furniture man
nd the cotton buyer. Joe Bowen
formerly of Litigleville also helped
the leans. The Gianbury News
thinks their fats can beat any fat
aggregation in the state. “Sic em"
Dr. Borders, Bruce Cage, Jim
Crane, Will Bennett et al.
Man Indicted in 1893, Arrested
Last Week
Dave Blunt was indicted 1^’ an
Hrath county grand jury in 1893
on the charge of unlawfully dis-
posing of mortgaged property, but
not until last week was he arrested.
Sheriff Ccx learning that Mr. Blunt
was in Austin, went to that city a
few days ago and located him and
served the papers on him. Mr.
Blunt at once made bond for his
appearance. He came here Tues-
day and employed counsel. He is
an electrician in the capitol city
and has many friends among the
good citizens there, who speak
highly of him as a good citizen.
Wind Mill Bargain
FIREMENS PICNIC AI HICO
STKPHKN VI LI.K TIF.S
Fills I HONORS
F 0 If
Nearly Wins
Loving Cup
The pet r less fire laddies of Steph- j
enville in company with about 47 j
of the best looking ladies that ever 1
cheered a firt company on to vie- |
tory, left over the North and South j
via Alexander Wednesday morn- j
ing for Ilico to attend the hire-
metis Picnic. So far as the pienk
part of the program was concerned !
our boys were not especially inter- I
ested, although it was a fine out j
ing for them. The feature which i
had most attraction for them was1
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the cash premium, and the race for
the silver loving cup which W. II
Frey, president of the Farmers
National , bank of this city, was
offering. It is said to be even
more beautilul and artistic than
the one sought after at the annual
state meets.
At Ilico on this occasion, the
firemen from Comanche, Cisco,
Dublin, Stephenville ami Ilico 11
were the companies contesting. I
Stephenville had to go then short
of two of her best race team mem- J
hers, John Arendell and Brick !
Cameron, and the boys had mis- '
givings of the result on that ac- !
count. Yet in spite n! their J
crippled condition they ag on tied l
Cisco tor first money, and best the
loving cup contest to Comanche by
only a ‘ fifth of a second.” How
the score keepers < (imputed that
small fragment of time John Watts,
Bert Yeager nor Wilty Creswell
cannot explain, but they are posi-
tive that was the small margin by
which we lost the cud
OUR ADVICE
TO THE YOUNG MEN
FOR YEARS HAS BEEN
ave A Bank Accoun
The young man with a bank account is in a position to with-
stand a jreriod of hard times. If misfortune befall- him and
he is out of work, he is backed by his monev in tin bank.
This bank will be glad to assist you.
Slarl A Bank Account Al Once!
First National Bank
Of STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
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PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS ELECTED
District Court Proceeding#
Lue Farrow vs. Walter Farrow,
divorce granted and care of child-
ren.
I can give some one a splendid
bargain in-a second hand wind
mill. Am abandoning my well
because the water is not good. Will
sell the mill, tank, towers etc. for
$75, cash, buyer to move them at
once at his own expense. Go and
see the outfiit, if interested.
W. H. Hawkins.
H. J. Wooley vs. Della Wooley,
j divorce granted and care of child.
Five special venires drawn of 36
men each, itr following cases.
Sam Jenkins case, set for July 1 :
Rva Betts, July 2; .Sam Russell, Jr.
July 6; Hall Wheeler, inly 9; Ben
Douglas, July 12.
Other cases set are: J F. Tucker,
June 28; Arthur Stell, June 14.
The r-riminnl dm- —Will—be- —
Tom Hall, of Bluff Pale was in
towu/Tuesday. He has sold his
literal in the drug store at Bluff
Dele to Ulpian Holt of this city
•nd will seek a different location,.
. We hope Mr. Hall will not leave!
““ His many friends in1
le would be glad to •••
to this dty to reside.
county.
»henrill<
Bruce Cage has received his new
automobile and it is one of the
prettiest makes yet seen here. But
automobiles like horses and people
seem to get contrary at times. Mr.
Cage invited Judge Hardin and
Dave McCarty to ride over to Hico
with him Wednesday. The start
was alright, but out near Roscoe
Ctx, a mile from town, the auto
balked and refused to go forward
or backward. The gentlemen
walked into town and gave up the
idea of going to Hico.
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Rev. L. J. Mims of Dublin was
in Marlin Friday, where the Em-
pire man nplt and interviewed him
relative to an item which appeared
in one of our county paper
last week to the effect that he had
resigned the care of Dublin Baptist
chorclf and would move to plai n-
view-He said it was a mistake and
that he would remain in Dublin.
The trustees of Stephenville dis-
trict at a meeting held Monday
afternoon elected the following
teachers to assist Superintendent
Henry Sims in the public school
next term.
High school: Prof. W.T. Graves, Jones, .Stephenville.
Mrs. W. Chamberlin, and Missj John Espinosa and
Mary Marrs. Reyes, Thurber.
Grades: Mrs. Jennie Brown, of John Kelley (col)
Morgan, Texas; Miss Gertrude Clara Martin, Dublin
Marriage Licenses.
Movd Cathrya^wii ivf^T Annie
Belle Collier, Hamilton.
J. M Canard and Mrs. Laura
Bobbett, Dublin.
J. F. Miller and Miss Rditli
Baldwin, Alexandei
Jim Griggs aiuk Miss Minnie
Miss T. ,S.
and Miss
liooker, DeLeon; Miss Della Bar-
ham, Smith Springs; Miss Lucy
Stine, Dublin; Miss Kate Booker,
Morgan; Mrs. H.K. Starr, City:
Miss Goldie Granger, Comanche;
Miss Sloan Jones, City. Mrs. B.
K. Cook will still have charge of
the primary department.
The colored school will be pre-
sided over by Camelia Tyler.
R. H. Goodwin and Miss Mamie
Plummer, Thurber
turned
■nts up
taken up Monday.
The grand jury h.n
seven felony itidictn:
Wednesday.
List of jurors lor next week and
also members of gram jury will be
found on page 3.
Mrs. L K. Counts, the mother of
Mrs. Ruth J. Frey of this city,
died at Hart, Texas, near Plain-
view, on May 19. The announce-
ment telegram did uot reach here
until too late for any of the rela-
tive to attend the funeral. She
died at the residence of her dangh-
ter, Mrs. M. E. Edwards. Mrs.
Counts was a resident of Erath
county many years, and had reach-
ed her eightieth year.
Aldermen John Doyle and W.H.
Frey visited Paris, McKinney and
Denton last week for the purpose
of inspecting the sewarage system
of those cities. They are on the
•ewarage committee of the city
council here and want to gat the
best there is.
Birthr. Reported.
Boys to Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Shaughessy, Tlnirber.
B. Bennett, Thurbei.
U. Malpocher, Thurber.
Lum Cook, Clairette.
W.O. McCain, Dublin
Tom McClure, Morgan Mill.
Henry King, Morgan Mill.
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Girls to Mr. and Mrs:
Frank Bass, Morgan Mill.
James Iiarp, Morgan Mill
Cliff Glanton, Dublin.
L- E. Shillett, Dublin.
John Companola, Thurber.
M. A. Williams, Thurber.
J. K.S. Lee, Thurbr 1
J. Onstott Purvis
John Turney, Purvis
Ed Allard Compton, who is now
arranging dates for his entertain-
ment “Pleasant Evenings”
Miss Emma Sheffield returned
Wednesday trom the California
trip. Miss Mamie Phelps stopped
over at Fort Worth to visit Mrs.
Richard Prank-
Deaths Reported.
Elbert Crouch, Clairette, age 16
years, malarial lever
Siman Yallarae, Tlnirber, age 19
years; typhoid fever.
Luciana Amalia, Thurber age
45 years; malarial fever.
Infant of John Campanola, and
infant of Frank Kalcic of Thurber.
MrS. Fred Collier of
visiting her mother
Prey.
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The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1909, newspaper, June 4, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877877/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.