The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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ESCORTS HIMSELF
TO PENITENTIARY
Pat Singleton Voluntarily Re-
porta at Huntaville for
Penal Service.
D. P. (Pat) Singleton waacon-
victed of killing a man at Lyra,
and on trial was sentenced to
serve ten years in the peniten-
tiary. He ap(>ealed the case and
was admitted to bond. At a re-
cent sitting of the Court of Ap-
peals his case was affirmed; and
Mr. Singleton immediately put
his business in order, and with-
out waiting for re-sentence, vol-
untarily reported for penal duty
at Huntsville, and has entered on
his long term of service, as is
shown by the following letter.
Imperial State Plantation,
Sugarland, Tex., Feb. 7, '10.
Mr. C. M. Smith,
Strawn, Texas.
Dear Editor:—I am bookkeep-
er at the Imi>erial Farm, 1 1-2
miles southwest from Sugarland,
and 25 miles from Houston. Am
a full state trusty. Capt Gus
Harris is sergeant in charge.
My work is light, as it is mostly
keeping time and expense ac-
counts, carrying mail, eta I am
sending this as promised, and
on receipt of your first paper I
will write up a description of
what I saw in Huntsville prison;
also, what I see here. I was
"dressed in" at Huntsville Jan.
16, and stayed there 10 days
only. Let'my eyes be gladdened
by the receipt of the Strawn En-
terprise, and oblige
Your well-wisher,
D. P. Singleton.
—Strawn Enterprise.
CHILD AT STRAWN
FATALLY BURNED
The Enterprise last week re-
ported a sad fatallity at Strawn.
The three year old little boy of
Dave Looney while at play in the
yard and ventured to near a pile
of coals which had been emptied
from the stove and thrown out
His clothing caught and before
the flames could be put out he
was burned so badly that his
death resulted within about thirty
hours. The family have relatives
in this county living in or near
Thurber.
MORE PRIZES FOR
BOYS CORN CLUDS
Much interest is being shown
all over Texas not only by the
fanners, but by the business
men in the new movement for
"more and better corn.0 A re-
cent Bankers Convention offered
the following prizes.
First prize, a trip to Washing-
ton in Pullman car with dining
car accomodation. A week at
one of the leading hotels. The
boy under the chaperonage of
Dr. Knapp will be introduced to
the President, members of his
cabinet and the two houses of
congress and be allowed to spend
several days in the Agricultural
Department with a side trip to
New York.
Second prize, a years course in
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, all expenses
paid including a college uniform.
Third prize, $100 in gold.
Fourth prize, $50 in gold.
Fifth prize, a gold medal. A
similiar one to be given to each
of the five winners.
II You Are Thinking About Buying a
CULTIVATOR
We want to show the Famous 6-Shovel J. I. C. Eclipse.
It’s the lightest running Cultivator on the market, ’has the strongest
beams, and is also the simplest Cultivator manufactured.
We also*have a full stock of J. I. CASE and JNO. DEER
4-Plow walking and riding Cultivators.
Wejhave a few J, I. CASE R.idin£ Planters left and it will
payryou to investigate them before making a purchase in Planter line.
Higginbotham
MSP ANY
Texas sends out of the State
each year twenty-five million dol-
lars for corn and fifteen million
for pork. The "Corn Club" boys
are going to stop this drain. Just
think of it With hogs at
10 cents per pound on foot and
bacon selling at 18 cents per
pound every bushel of corn you
can raise is worth more than one
dollar to feed on the farm. How
easy to increase our annual yield
five bushels per acre, this means
twenty-five millions annualy add-
ed to the wealth of the State.
This movement now as exten-
sive as the continent means
more for the material prosperity
of Texas than any movement
that has been started in recent
years. Let every man and wom-
an as well as the girls and boys,
help push the good work along.
These magnificient prizes that
have been hung up by the Bank-
ers Association as well as the
hundreds of dollars offered by
the Dallas Fair and citizens of
Stephenville and Dublin, can be
reached as easily by Erath county
boys as those of any other coun-
ty. Boys for the honor of old
Erath see that a few of these
prizes come our way. We have
the soil and climate, the boys
have the brains and muscles, and
in the dictionary used by our
boys there is no such word as
fail.
Yours Truly,
N. C. Baldwin.
Erath Election Officers.
The commissioners court ap-
pointed election officers for the
ensuing two years, as follows;
Stephenville, box 1, W. H.
Garrett, B. P. Barrett, John
Cage, Jess Brown.
Shelby, box 2, Pete Lanham
and Mark Stewart.
Dublin, box 3, B. M. Utter-
back, E. C. Fewell, J. R. St Clair,
Marion Whitfield.
Kikers Gin, box 4, W. C.
Campbell, W. M. Latta, Sam
Mayfield, Willie Kiker.
Alexander, box 5, R. L. Ross,
Jno. Inabnet, Hugh Pittman,
Burl Caudle.
Purves, box 6, C. G. Goodwin,
Frank Stephens.
Duffau, box 7, S. E. Wilkerson,
Jim Johnson, W. D. Nelms, A
Geisecke.
Pony Creek, box 8, John
Adams, Josh English.
ffDale, box 9, Jno. Woover-
to$iflj>aul Chandler, A. L. Green-
wogSl Jfcck Fallen. _ _
Grove, box 10, Bud §en-
ter, '■pnroe Cowan.
Morgan Mill, box 11, E. A.
Williijs, J. A. Earp, W. H.
Brooks^ Geo. Perry.
Patilli box 12, Armor Hunt,
G. S. Williams.
Exray, box 18, W. O. Moring,
M. L. Gibson, Jim Davis,
Shelby, Jr.
Highland, box 14, N. N. John-
son, H. E. Thiebaud, Dan Morris,
Dave Wright.
Moccasin Rock, box 15, J. W.
Rogers, Arthur Zeeke.
Thurber, box 16, N. L. Ver-
milya, Mose Miller, Pete Vietta,
J. W. Ivey.
Lingleville, box 17, Frank
Grissom, Jim Davis.
Huckabay, box 18, Bob Huck-
abay, Henry Belcher, GudeBass,
Mack Allison.
Chalk Mountain, box 19, Joe
Dodson, Riley Brown.
Halsel, box 20, Lott Cummings,
C. B. Holder.
Clairett, box 21, T. M. Lee,
S. O. Durham.
Pleasant Home, box 22, Sam
Britton, J. J. Turpin.
Selden, box 23, Chas. Ponselot,
J. R. Preston.
Victor, box 24, Sabe Gary,
Bob Chilton.
Altman, box 25, Ed Stringer,
Andrew Jordan.
Russel Chapel, box 26, C. C.
Lusby.
Stephenville, box 27, Floyd
Wood, W.T. Graves, Bob English,
Barney Hall.
Harbin, box 28, A. L. Wil-
liamson, Ben Gibbs.
Notice.
•»
To all who have their barber
work done at barber shop I want
to solicit you for a share of your
work. All I want to know is
what kind of hair cut you like or
whether or not you shave close
or smooth. When I know that I
will do the rest. I am asking for
a share of your work,
live and let live. I work at
Shop on third chair.
26-2t B. F. Poison.
now mat i
asking for
rW^nt to
For Sale. My resinence on
College Street and business house
on east side square at Stephen-
ville. Write me at Thurber for
particulars.—J. W. Smith 20tf.
Good Juicy
Steaks and
Roasts
Are what makes Breakfast,
Dinner and Supper a pleas-
ure—Such
Can Always be
Had at
The Old Reliable Market on
the West Side of the Square
known as
The| Oxford
Market
I have recently bought this business and intend
to keep it up to its already high Standard.
Will ^appreciate all patronage received.
Joe|Robert8 will still be in charge
J as cutter.
^ • i, r\. i\‘Z Jt-YT .
FRANK W. LEWIS, Proprietor
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1910, newspaper, March 4, 1910; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877927/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.