The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Tribune.
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR.
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MAR. 17, 1916
No. II
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A PLUCKY IJl’FFAU URL
Miss jlonnit' Craig of the Duff an
country was hero Tuesday on bus-
iness with the county dork’s i>f-
fiee to have a fiord recorded, and
incidentally she stated that she
never comes here only on business,!
such a< |»aying taxes, etc.
Miss Bonnie is a trim little slip
of a girl, slender and neat ju ap-l
jvearance, and does not look as if
she had physical strength enough1
to handle a team-and a turning
]dow, and when the Tribune man,
suggested that her muscles did
not look large enough to enable
her to perform such tasks she
remarked that if she tried them on
him he would soon find out that’
they were equal to any emergency.
Miss Monnie is full i»f pluck an
energy, and is doing more today
than lots of strong young men.
Her father has been dead for
many years, ami on her frail shoul-
ders (frail in appearance only)
has devolved the management of
the farm and the support of her;
mother and a younger sister. Last!
fail while returning to her home
from HicO her mother sat on a
low chair in a wagon, a buggy be-
ing trailed, The shaves' of the1
buggy became loosened, flew up,'
• struck the woman, breaking her
leg. For ninety days Miss Donnie
bas cared for and nursed her1
•mother, ami has done the work
as patiently, as loyally and as ef-j
fieiently as.1 a trained nurse, and
the mother is now getting well.
Dot Mjss Donnie Craig is an ex-
ceptional young woman, and there
ace few as -brave and, a* self sac-
rificing as she. “No,” said she, “I
would not marry the best man in
the world, and .go off and leave
mother.”
Last summer her hardest work
1 .vas shocking oats, and she stated
that she came very near giving out
ast she worked until 1 o’clock at
night. Hut this plucky little Miss
bas her heart in the work. Hers’
is love's labor because she is mak-
„ ing a living for a mother and a
sister,and she never tires. she
breaks the land on the farm, sows
the seed, cultivates and gathers
the crops, and sells them when
garnered.
When Sparks Howell, the county
clerk bantered her about not being
sible to lay off straight rows, she
• quickly retorted: "I riot only can
lay off a straight!-,- corn row-than
you can, but I can catch more
fish than you can any time.” Now
*. if Mr. Howell bas a trace of Span-
ish chivalry in his make up he will
go out to Miss Donnie's farm dnr-|
ing corn planting time and lay off i
and plant every row. )
When she finished 'her business
at the county clerk’s office .she*
hurried for the S. N. A s. T. train,!
saying: “I must get back to my
baby chicks, and I have quite «
number, and I love them.”
This girl’s example is worthy* of
emulation by some of the youngi
men of the county. If she can !
make :i living a strong man should*
•not fail.
TOM COKER'S LAS!' LETTER.
Is Not Too Good for Our
Customers
TX7E make it a part of our business to know what is best in drugs, and also in
* » our jewelry department, and therefore never buy poor quality in either.
To get poor drugs might mean serious results in case of sickness, and poor
jewelry is about the poorest thing be know of.
Buy from “The Old Reliable” where you get the best.
IPearr’y Bros.
Jewelry
Drugs
The Old Reliable
Till'S* BETTER B VIIIKS CONTEST,
• I he first week of March, 11110,
was a red letter line jnthat,through
nil the United States, it was giv-
en over to tlie problem of uplift-
ing humanity by producing better
baliies. I'll is nation wide movement
\va« the outgrowth of a request by
Mrs. in nnyhaeker, president of‘the
national federation of women’s clut
in the-movement might be stimulat children. Doctors from other tov\W
ed. They responded loyally, with ilso lent their services and helped
'°n>e most excellent material on) most generously. Among these were
this subject. I lie ministers aided, I lectors Sessums, Gaines, Winters
too, by preaching sermons on child Bryan and Barnet from Dublin, Dr.
welfare. Copeland from Lingleville, Dr. M.
At .last, when the pubile mind L. Stricklin from Selden, and Dr.
was fully prepared, the better ha- Lancaster from Granbury.
hies contest was held in the Meth
odist church on ’Thursday and Fri-
lay, closing with a lecture Friday
• 'king that childwelaiv week be oh* night, at the Baptist,by Dr. . J.
-erved in every hamlet and town Spencer Davis, of Dallas, (he most
and city in the t inted States. j noted child specialist in the south.
IIO’ XXlh Century did. undertook^ I>r. Davis used slid"*.to illustrate
to cany out the plan in Stephen-j his lecture, making it very inter-
\i and on every hand these la- eating and helpful to all who •have
One hundred and twenty-five ba-
bies were examined and graded dur
ing the two days. Also the mothers
were given valuable literature, on
the care of children, a,nd were ( - _____ - _____ -____
diown numberless sensible and san- wall be some way for thefn.—As ev
Tom Coker took bis life in Ste-
phenville on February 25, by drink-
ing carbolic acid at the Last
Chance store, dying in about two
minutes. Hi' wrote the following
letter qii I >e(••ruber 16, 1915, which
shows that ho then contemplated
the rash act. The letter, just
found, reads as follows:
‘Huckabay, Texas.—’To whom it
may concern: If I should drop off
og lose my mind which 1 think is
affected. I have got the dreaded
disease that ILizziediis wife) died
with, and my life has been a mis-
ery for me two years, and there is
nothing for the better for me, and
I would like for some one to see
after my sweet children, and keep
them togothr, and if they could he
gotten into the orphan's home I
I think that would he a good place
| for them. I have gotten to where
1 ran t work,,and do not want to
get down on the mercies of the
world, for I had a time getting help
last. year. There were four parties
who stayed with me, and no one
knows ho I have suffered last and
this year I have just smothered
Iowii, and I have tried to stay and
keep my babies together, but my
time is about up, and I hope I will
meet my dear Lizzie and my two
dear babies that have gone on.
Some may say I am silly, hut I
just want the people to know my
feelings. This can be published in
the Dallas and Stephenville News
if it suitsl the people, and my ino-
-ther ami father. I guess there
lie< wfre met with the most hear-
y sympathy andco-operation.- All
organizations in town were asked
to furnish each a child welfare pro
-ram, in order that public interest
to deaT with children.
The Stephenville physicians aid-
'd nobly in this good work, giving
almost their whole time for the tw
days to the business of testing the
itary devices for the feeding „ and
clothing gtaid caring for their little
mes.
The medal for the child making
he highest score was wan by Nel-
lie Mellville Montague, whose grade
was 98.
Little .Mack Greswell’s score was
or, Tom Coker.’
John Doyle.Left Thursday night
’or his ranch in the south plains
country.
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DAIRY CHANGES HANDS
Ben Fill bright has sold his cattle and dairy fixtures to Messers John
Clark and Joe Jarrott, who took charge of same March 1, 1916. Mr. Clark
has moved to his dairy farm, while Mr. Jarrott has leased the John Oxford
place across the load from the dairy. Clyde Cox will deliver the milk
exeiy morning before b^eakfest. Phone 100-4 rings for anything you
may want in our line. Fresh eggs delivered to milk customers every day
We invite your inspection of our entire dairy plant.
Out Motto: “Safety First’’
CLARK & JARROTT
J8 and Gerald Mobley’s was 98 1-2
but these two babies.were not en-
rolled in time to be counted ac-
cording to the rules of the con-
test! T-t
Thn**e who won blue ribbon eer-
ificates were as follows:—
Gill under one year, Mary Paul
Gaston.
J Boy under oone year, Joseph D.
Fagan.
Girl under two years, Dorothy
Ellen Pittman.
Boy under two years, Jim Cage.
Girl under throe years, Danio
Lavern Stone.
Boy under three years, Otis
Smith.
■' Girl under four years Virginia
tiarekman.
Boy under four years, Norman
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Girl under five years, Mary Jane
Darnel t.
Boy under five years, Robert
Berton.
We believe that this contest has
done much good in arousing tho
people of Fralli county to the need
of taking the same pride in fine,
well-formed children that they
do in farm products ami live stock.
<>ur chief wealth, after all, is in
our boys aud girls.
WHY ,S ,T THAT SOME
J ® B PEOPLE prefer carrying large amounts of money around with them to putting it in
the bank and checking it out when they desire to pay?
Did you know that if everyone kept all of their money in the bank and paid all their bills by check the ^
country would be more prosperous? That would.increase the borrowing capacity of individual and would
increase the loaning power of the bank. To put a dollar in the bank is to put it in circulation, while sinking
it in your sock is to take it out of circulation. BANK WITH US.
CAGE & CROW Bankers, Unincorpbrated
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1916, newspaper, March 17, 1916; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881213/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.