The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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ery of mail and the telephone. There is another
convenience which all farmers Vliould have—and
many do have—a checking account with a good
bank. The possessor of such an account avoids
tl^e risk of having his money on his person or
about his home, where it is in danger of fire and ’Sp
thieves.
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ceipt, but also a convenience in his home trans-
actions, where very often the necessary change
for concluding a settlement is#not at hand.
Don’t stop to think this over, but start an
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Dairy Maid’s Convention %
| Dr. Edwin (Cyclone) Southern.
Mrs. Dr. Miller left this week for
Chiacksha to join her husband.
What would you do if you were the
devil? Cyclone ijouthets will tell you,
opeia house, April 6.
Thurber apent
[ Norman V-ermilya of
; severa days in the city.
Mrs. I. F Way is visiting in Fort
i Worth.
E O-Land, who formerly lived near
Stephenville, is farming near Wichita
Ntephe
1 Falls.
Opera house lyceum course, April 6.
Ladies of the Twentieth Century club
will give an entertainment "Dairy
Maid’s Convention.
Hon. Weldon {Odell will speak at the
court house Saturday, April 4, at 2 p.
m., in behalf of Hon. J. W. Bailey.
Ladies of the Twentieth Century club
! will give an entertainment "Dairy
Maid’s Convention ’’
Ladies of the Twentieth Century club
; will give an entertainment "Dairy
i Maid’s Convention."
W O Daniels has returned from Big
Springs,..and reports that that section is
j still suffering from the panic, and that
I there is "nothing doing" out there.
C S Oates visited his family in this
j city Sunday. He reports that there has
j been no rain at Stamford for months,
and the country is very dry.
A petition was circulated Wednesday
receiving numerous signatures request-
ing the Failroad commission to require
the Frisco railroad to build a new rail-
road depot at Stephenville.
Druggist J W Smith may now be
called‘‘Doctor,"for he has been granted
a diploma frdm the state medical asso-
ciation. Some day Mr. Smith is likely
to follow tliis profession, but hot in the
near future.
The fifth and last number of the opera
house lyceum course, Dr. Edwin (Cy-
clone) Souther* in his originalfar-
reaching lecture, "If I were the Devil,"
opera house Monday night, April 6.
Mrs. J B Cooper has received #986
insurance in the Home Circle of Cdman-
che county, her husband having been, h
member of that order. He died in this
city recently from cancer of the face.
Sunday when Joe Roberts stepped out
on his gallery to go down to the market
he wa* overcome with a fainting spell
and fell over and was in bed for several
days.
Garland Lyman < f El Paso, who ac-
companied the remains of his grand-
mother to Theny, after the burial, spent
a few days with his Uncle Joe Tcrrett
in Stephenville.
Dairy Maid’s Convention.
There will be an all-day singing at
Plainview on the fourth Sunday in
April, where there will be present prom-
inent speakers from all portions of the
county.
M M Cornelius, who lives between
Oak Dale and Pigeon, says there are on-
ly two Bailey men that he knows.of in
his section, while Ira Thompson of near
Huckahay says it is six of one and half
a dozen of the other.
Dr. Edwin (Cyloiie) Southers.
Miss Ida Holt of Bluff
jof Miss Inez Ilyatt.
The public school closes * to-day at
Pigeou, and besides the utfual school
exercises, there will be a number of
speeches along educational lines.
J F Norris announces that there will
be an old folks’ singing at Crater Grove
that Jack Crain
will be there.
Ira Thompson visited Barton creek
section Sunday, and finds that crop con-
ditions in that section Are very promis-
ing. The late rains were not so heavy
Dale is a guest there as in the Flat woods section.
Bert
Watson angered old Boreas by Grandpa Allen, who lives east of Ste-
we.tritig bis ioe syeam suit, and Boreas. ] pUenville, maw in
angered because bt this evidenceof dis- j Texas, and will ceTdWW* ni > ll)2d hirtli-
courteous treatment while preparing to day on May 20, 190H. Two years ago
retreat north, turned around and shut ovei %"<• friaudi anie in to cungratulnte
beck a blast from hisicy Inreathon Thors-1 the old man, and to enjoy the hospital-
day. No one sympathises with those ity of the Allen home. Last year had
• who angered the old man by coming out weather prevailed, and the attendance
fn panama hats and ice cream suits. All was not very larfce, blit .this year the
we can say is, if it gets cold enough i event will he of unusual importance,and
Thorsday night to kill crops and fruit it is 1 relieved that at least 700 visitors
the losers are liable in their wrath to j will be present to see the old man on
rise and ainite them, even unto death, j hia natal day. His mind is yet very
As the Tribune goes to presc the weather j clear, and he remember*, events tlnit
ia very cold, and ft is likely to frost if j happened in the early days with great
ApriJ 12, at 2 p m., and
I and other noted singers
| Notice is given by J B Hatchett that a
; Bailey club will he organized at Selden
I on Saturday. He expects to secure a
I large list of Bailey supporters.
Dr. C» C Rankin of Dallas, editor of
the Texa-. Christian Advocate, will preach
at the Methodist church Sunday even-
ing, April 5, at 7:30 o’clock.
the weather clears.
The caboose on the south bound S N
8c S T was derailed Monday and badly
broken np. It is supposed the accident
was caused by a couple of depressions
In the track, causing the caboose to vi-
brate so violently that, the roar wheels
were thrown from the track, and the ca-
boose itself twisted from the vails and
jimmied into a dump. The front wheels,
however, never left the rails. The
train left it and went on to Hamilton,
and Car Repairer John Main loft Ste-
phenville in a motor car, rigged up de-
vices and put the truck hack on the
rails.nn d patched it up so that it could
I distinctness, hut the more recent occur -
; renees are not so clearly kept in remem-
brance.
T R Allen, who formerly lived east of
Stephenville, is now a resident of the
Huckahay country. He went there cotn-
paritively a poor mat! and bought lain!
on credit. He first bought a small place
on which lie lived three years, and paid
it out, and then added to his possess-
ions until he now owns 200 acres, in
two different farms. He savs many far-
mers are afraid to risk buying land on
credit, and this is why so many remain
renters. Not desiring to work for an-
other man all his life he took the risk
of buying on credit, and now he lias a
Being a
believe in,
be hauled to the repair shops at this | splendid home for his family,
place. The damage to the air cylinder sensible man lie does not
and running gear was considerable, and making himself and family a slave to
a temporary car will be put into com-j cotton, so he plants sparingly of cotton
mission for handling the mails Until it | putting in 12 acres this year’ and this
Can lie repaired by Mr. Main. This ca- ; year’s operation.; will consist in planting
boose had onlv been put into commission largely of feed crops.
Sunday alter having undergone thorough
repairs in the shop. Ilad the accident. .. ... ,
occurred at a fill it would have been j Mattings and carpets at Higgm
auite serious. jbotham Co’s.
NEW SPRING ARRIVALS
We have just received
ladies Voile Skirts and Shirtwaists.
Ladies of the Race street Christian
church will give a dinner in the Dawson
building Monday. It will he one worth
the money you pay.
Ladies of the Baptist church will give
a dinner on the first Monday in Mav.
Doni- forget the dav, and remember the
proceeds go to a charitable cause.
M innie Hall savs his lady friends
are sometimes great nuisances, yet it is
pretty nice sometimes to be "pestered"
by them.
Opera house lyceum course, April 6.
J A Gibbs, who has recently been in
the mercantile business at Lingleville,
has sold out there, and gone into the
real estate business in Dublin under the
firm name of Carlisle & Gibbs.
Henry DeFord of this city is progress-
ing nicely on the two-story James build-
ing over at Hamilton, nnd will have it
finished by July 1. It fronts 50 feet,and
runs back the entire length of the lot.
Rev J P Gilliam began a protracted
meeting at Thurber .Sunday, evening.
Mr. Gilliam is an able exponent of the
gospel, and ought to he able to do some
good word at that place ^
"If I were the Devil. ”
handsome lines of
Men’s Hats and King Quality Shoes in all the
newest shapes and styles.
Our prices are right, a trial will convince you.
THE MODEL
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M. COHN,
Proprietor.
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E A Winn, G W Winn, J T Winn,
Prof. Jennings, Rev. Watts, and J O A
Clark of Huckabay went over to Dallas
Wednerdav to attend the state Sunday
school convention. The Winn boys
will also visit relatives in Dallas,
W R Sullivan several weeks ago tried
to cut wood. Not heing accustomed to
Uie work he let the axe slip, cut a vein
fti his foot, ami is now a cripple. Mor-
al—Men who do not know how to cut
wood should always keep good axes for
their wives,
Cqft-’.n Toliver, one of the squarest
men that ever'snuffed ozone in Krath
county, expects to announce for the
office of county clerk. For fealty to
principle, and for honesty and integrity,
his escutcheon is without a blemish.
J H Gordon thinks lie has the best
cow in Texas, and states that since
Christmas and up to Friday,' March 27,
,te has sold 76 pounds of butter, besides
using all his family needed, and also
furnishing his son-in-law butter.
“Bread is the staff of Life."
Why not eat the best? Albatross
flour makes it. Higginbotham Co..
S T Webb states that a splendid rain
fell at Selden Sunday. He further states
that never in his life has he seen so
much fine weather as we have had
this spring, and that all indications point
to a big crop, provided the owner ot the
farm will dp his work even half right.
While B P Barrett believes that 15
cents ought to be the ruling price for
cotton he decided to turn loose a lot at
10 cents this week. He realized that if
he forced 15 cents for it he migbteorner
the money market and precipitate an-
other f ioney panic.
James Colling is announced as a can-
didate for re-election to the office of
mayor. He lias many friends iti this
city who believe in him, and they are
going to the polls next Tuesday to vote
to give him another term in office. The
old gentleman wants to live to hold
office until he sees that city hall an Ac-
tuality. '
J W Robertson, F G Webb, and John
Higginbotham of Hog Jaw, Math Rob-
ertson, W E Coon An an of Duffau, at-
tended the meeting of the farmers tin ion
at Kxray Thursday as delegates.
Dairy Maid’s Convention.
We desire to thank the citizens of Ste-
phenville fdr their great kindness and
generosity during the short illness and
death of our husband and father. Such
deeds of kindness is a stop heavenward,
and stars in your crown for generous
deeds rendered. May your rest be sweet
in the bright beyoud. Mrs.F M Bentou.
P II Gibbs of route 5 came in Satur-
day to renew for one of the greatest pa-
pers in tho state—the Dallas News. He
gets the News and the Tribune for
#1.75. You can do the same thing.
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"If I were the Devil."
J C Floor* of near Duffau was hi town
Monday. He is one ot Krath’s pro-
gressive young farmers who cannot af-
ford to vegetate, thererfore he reads and
keeps twisted on current events and pol-
itics, and for this reason jmid for the
Tribune and the Dallas News.
The friends qf S B Cook have Jbeen
urging him persistently to enter the
race for county clerk. Mr. Cook lives
out on route 7, and the people out there
would not ask him to come out for such
an office unless they believed he would
make an efficient official. The writer
| Jl#H known Mr,. Cook for a number
years, and has always regarded him
an upright, honorable man.
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Wednesday, April 8, 1908.
Higginbotham Company
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Get peace artd wealth, if possible with
grace; if not; by any means get peace
and wealth.—-Pope. When the great
poet wrote the above sentence it must
have been a prophetic forecast to cover
present political and commercial con-
ditions.
W C Burnett, of Duffau is having an
unusual amount of hard luck these
days. On the 17th of March his mare,
worth #100, died, and he bought a horse
for #75, and on the 25th of March this
one died, but Mr. Burnett says he is go-
ing to continue his canvass for assessor
even if he is.forced to walk over the
country to meet the people.
J K Shaw of Johusville, who was in
the city Saturday, is authority for the
statement that in the election May 2 in
his precinct Hon, J W Bailey is des-
tined to bring up the hack end of the
rear,* and as Mr. Shaw lives there, and
knows his people, he ought to be able
to size up the situation.
Our old and esteemed friend D B
Shaw of JohnsviUe. one of the best ihen
in Krath county—the type of men who
helped to make this one of the greatest
counties in Texas—was in the city Sat-
urday, and arranged with the Tribunes©
that lie could read it with his title clear
up into 1909.
"If I were the Devil.’
R. G. English wants to be justice of
the peace for precinct 1, and so an-
nounces in today's Tribune. Bob, as his
friends call him, has lived in Erkth
President Bruce Cage and Vice-Pres-
ident Polk, accompanied by an engineer,,
left the city Tuesday for areconnoisance
of the country between here anil Slrawn
to choose a route for an extension of
the S N & S T railroad. After they
finish preliminary surveys will be made,
and then a permanent location selected.
It is believed that dirt will bagin to fly
before harvest time.
Low prices and choicest goods
make our business good.
Higginbotham Co.
DF. Edwin (Cyclone) Southers.
Charley Hancock, who lives near M0r
gan Mill’ while in this citv Friday, lost a
pocket book containing #51.70, and for
a few hours he was about the unhap-
pieit inan that ever struck this town.
Finally some one found the money and
returned it to him, which brought glad
smiles galore. He had been sick for
several weeks, and was just getting back
a lost appetite, and depended o;i that
sum Of money to gratify it, and its loss
he felt sure would cause a relapse. The
editor knew he needed the money for
he watched him eat dinner.
In speaking of the freeze that killed
crops in Erath county 10 years ago R A
Swansey says it came on March
20. Farmers generally believed their
corn was ruined and began replanting,
hut he waited to see what the effect
would be, and soon discovered “that his
corn would come out. Some made fun
of him and told him he would not make
an car of coru. The stalks did not
grow so very large but put in good time
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county 20 years, and everybody knows making ears, and a splendid crop was
him to be fair, conscientious and honor-
able, and if he is elected they know the
pourt over whicli he presides will he a
enemy to prejudice.
Last Wednesday a well attended and
very interesting meeting of "United
Charitv” was held at the residence of
Mrs. Will Crottv. Three new members
were added to the list, and plans for a
dinner to he given the first Monday in
June. The next meeting will he,held
Wednesday, April 8, at 'the home of
Mrs. Day Cage. We urge a full attend-
ance.
Joe Terrett who was called to El Paso
last week on account of the illness of
his mother got there in time for her to
speak a few words with him, hut she
was railing fast, and rjied Monday of
cancer of the stomach. She was 72
years old, and was buried at Theny, a
small town west of Dublin.
Jim Oxford is farming on the Groes-
beck farm this year, and expects to make
a big crop. lie alwavs makes plenty of I
coru, but this year ' he will ,/educe his I
cotton crop, and plant heavily of corn
because lie says lie can make money |
when corn brings 50 cents. His wifeal- |
wavs cautious him to keep the Tribune
as a regular visitor. , •,
Next Tuesday is election day. Don’t
forget to go to the mayor’s office oppo- I
site the Triburte office and vote, and
be careful how you vote. On the per- |
sound of your aldermen a great ileal I
depends for 4ie next two years. Ste-
phenville should make rapid strides in
progress, and she cannot do it unless I
progressive men are are elected tooffiee. j
Pink Stramler of Micbioacan, Mexico,
is in the city, .anil will remain here some
four weeks. He is a mining expert,
and has been in the employ of mining
concerns in Old Mexico. He says Micli-
iocan is well timbered, and is destined '
some day to become a very populous, I
wealthy state. A great JJmany American
colonists arc flocking to that country to
acquire lands while they are cheap.
F M Benton, an old and highly res-
pected citizen of Stephenville, died
March 2S, at 4:10 a. in., and was buried
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Renton was horn
in 1831, and was over 77 years old.
lie lived i. quiet, modest life—honesty
heing one of the cardinal principles of
his life, He followed such occupations
as fie could find, and no matter what he |
did the task was done with painstaking
care and conscientious desire to render
full value for the money to be received.
If he belonged to any religious organi-
zation at all it may have been the Prim-
itive Baptists. However, his life was
the result.
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J A Lee has a dog ting acts as a mail
carrier. The animal ft nine years old,
and understands his business thoroughly,
and, in order to make himself both
popular and useful, he divides his time
equally with Mr. Lee and' a neighbor, 1
Wimberly, who lives two miles distant.
When Mr. Lee has a message he writes
it, tie^ it to the dog’s neck, and it is
promptly delivered. The answer is
likewise prepared and the dog delivers
it back. This animal certainly deserves
recognition by the government, and
ought to receive a commission and be
put into service as special mail carrier in
Mr. Lee’s neighboreood.
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pure and clean, and it is uot believed
he ever knowingly wronged or hurt the
- teelinga of hia fellows. He was a prince
as in modesty and gentleness. Mcl). Red
had long been his friend, and often
helped him when the billow's of life got
a little too rough for his gentle spirit.
Patronize it.
S.N.&S.T.Ry.
We will take dr send freight
for you to and from the re-
motest parts of the United
States.
5|Shift the burdens of your
railroad business off on
us. 51 In placing’ an order
for the largest or smallest
commodity tell ’em to
route via S. N. & S. T.
Ry. 5fGive us a memo-
randum of the shipment
and wc will trace it
through to ydu vigor-
ously.
B. C. CAGE, President, “
JAS. B. GILMER, Ylce-
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
J. M. Cage, Gen.’Supt.
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