The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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AT. MARCH 1». ISIS.
*
Easter Suit
the Stock it Complete!
Serges, Tropical Worsteds,
Cassimeres and Home
Spuns
SX
men and thm Con•
mad '
$20.00 to $25.00
Blakeney
y Goods Co.
NOW
A FEDERATED TOWN
new organization to be
as Stephenville City Fed-
was formed Friday night
court house where a num-
met and layed out
of work. ■'t,j
and by-laws
land the following
elected: President,
O. Blakeney; viee-presi-
lira. A. P.'Young; second
Jib*. G. R. Fagan;
secretary, Mrs. John Doyle; cor-
responding secretary, Mrs. W.H.
Mrs. S. N.
i; press reporter, Mrs. D.
parliamentarian,
r-two organizations were
for membership in the
Small dues from
i partially furnish funds,
i may become members
fifty cents dues an-
The object of the Fed-
is to make our town dean
r, thereby preventing
and making property
woman and child
ity is solicited to
They can assist by
tin cans, paper or
the street, by the
in the creek; by
| that grow on or
by planting
CHARLIE ROBERTS
BITTEN BY A HOG
Every now and then the Em-
pire has to tell of some one get-
ting "dog bit” but this is the
first instance of a man being
hog bit
Thursday of last week while
Chas. F. Roberts west of town
W*S
he was attacked by one of his
largest hogs and in the fracas
which ensued Mr. Roberts was
bitten on his right leg shortly
below the knee. The sharp
tusks of the porker severed all
the ligaments and veins 'they
came in contact with as they
passed through the fleshy por-
tions of the limb.
Mr. Roberts was quite weak
from loss of blood before Dr.
Lankford could get to him and
dress and sew up the wound,
which required seven stitchds.
and Mr. Robert
were united in marri-
Rev. B. B. Blalock '
Is the third daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. NJ J. Alford and
has been reared in this city from
childhood. Her many beautiful
traits of character and gentleness
of disposition have endeared her
to a'wide circle of friends . who
will congratulate Mr. Crane on
winning such a prize.
As for Mr. Crane The Report-
er can speak as one with author
isy* for he has been constantly
associated with this paper since
he first Came to Rockdale two
years ago. He is one of the
finest, cleanest young fellows it
has ever been our good fortune
to know; strictly reliable, honest
and posessed of a sense of honor
and industry in a degree seldom
found in the young men of today.
He is in every way'worthy of his
bride.
> The Reporter joins in expres-
sions of good wishes and esteem
for this happy young couple, and
we trust their journey through
life together may be long and
happy.
Mr. and Mrs. Crane are at
h6me at the residence of Mrs.
C. C. Bethea. —Rockdale Report-
er, Mar. Ig.
FATHER OF MRS. EDGE
DIED SUDDENLY
" g. Stanford, aged 77 years
died very suddenly about 6 o’clock
on the evening of March 11 at
the home of hi# daughter Mrs.
Edge in the northwest part of
town. The old aentlemaa had
been in feeble health. He had
stepped out to the toilet, only
being absent from the house a
few momenta when suddenly
stricken by heart failure he pass-
ed away. Mr. and Mrs. Edgd
accompanied the remains to Ran
ger for burial Friday. Rich Fa-
gan and Barney Cage went as
far as Fort Worth with them.
IFF DALE TO
K HAVE TRADES DAY
Bluff Dale business men
game, and they do not pro-
for their town to be longer
t a stated Trades Day in
month. Hence their page
lsewhere in this paper an-
ting that tomorrow, and
y Third Saturday in the fu-
ture, is trades day in that town.
Bluff Dale is located in an extra-
ordinarily fine part of the coun-
try and some of the best people
in the world live in and around
that place and there is every rea-
son to believe that Bluff Dale’s
“Big Saturday” will start off
favorably and grow in import-
ance with each successive month.
The editor expects to spend at
least part of the day there to-
morrow and hopes to meet many
of the papers staunch supporters
from all the country round a-
bout that splendid town. Some
of them may be kind enough to
impart some news to us and thus
help us tell the more interesting-
ly of the day spent in “Beautiful
Bluff Dale.” '
SPLENDID WOMAN
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. G. W. Allen died Sunday
at her home near Harbin after
an illness of two or three weeks.
Interment wp& made at Green
Creek cemetery Monday, where
many friends and neighbors as-
sembled to pay a last tribute of
respect to one who had through
many years been an ideal citizen.
•.Km not our privilege to
know Mrs. Allen, but we do
know the faithful husband of
the good woman and we doubt if
any man numbers more real
friends among his acquaintances
than does “Uncle George. ” He
was deeply devoted to the com-
panion who had so long shared
his joys and his sorrows, and in
this the sorest trial of his life,
we desire to be numbered with
the throng of friends who have
personally assured him of their
tender regard and sympathy.
Your Interests Here
The interests of the small depositor are not over-
looked in the management of this bank. We value
small accounts and do all we can to make this class of
depositors feel at home. We invite your consideration
of our facilities for rendering large or small service
in a satisfactory way.
Burglars are busy everywhere now, There are hun-
dreds of robberies every day in the year about which
we hear nothing, but through which people who are
caeeless about money, lose it That person who keeps
his or her money in a bank, has but little fear from
the hold-up man. It is the man who carries money
on his person that usually gets “touched.”
Cage & Crow 1
...BANKERS..
(UNINCORPORATED)
NORTH SIDE SQUARE
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
AVIATOR BEACHEY
KILLED LAST SUNDAY
Lincoln Beachey, regarded as
the most skillful and daring of
American aviators, was killed
Sunday at San Francisco while
making flights at the exposition.
At an altitude of 7000 feet
Beachey began a sharp descent
"When the wings of his
collapsed and the machfne plung-
ed into San Francisco bay.
Beachey, who was born in San
Franciico in September 1887,
made his first flight at Oakland
in 1905. The next year he circled
the capitol at Washington and in
1907 soared over New York city.
In 1911 he startled the world by
flying over Niagra Falls.
Mark Logan who has been vis-
iting his sister, Mrs. Andrew Dav-
is, returned-to Mexia Sunday.
GOOD RESULTS IN
THOMPSON MEETING
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Perry Bros. Drug Store
•'V • v •' **]•. /y ' * ’• .V*•’ * • f‘ r ■ -.v
-— In Stephenville--
«ly» so
oa the aoiith side of the public square at the same stand wo have occupied
Wo have no interests whatever in any other drug store in this
we fill your prescriptions please bring them to the same
wfl give them the careful attention which has always char-
Why
Your Trade Is Appreciated
We have always appreciated your business and still do, and have at all tfanef^end
show that appreciation by adding to our equipment here until we have perfected fo
villa one of the completes! and most thorough drug stores in Tenas, where thole is
either in
Knowing that so mafiy people
in old Erath want to keep in
touch with the evangelistic woric
of Judge M. J. Thompson, the
Empire tries to keep on his trail.
This excerpt is from the Strawn
Tribune of last Friday coneen.-
the meeting he closed there
the Sunday previous:
* The meeting was undoubtedly
the most successful one ever
held in Stfawn;. there were be-
tween thirty and forty convei -
sions and reclamations;it wim al-
so very evident at the close of
the meeting that the Christian
people of this vicinity had beea
awakened to their duty, and
much more interest will be mani-
fested by them.
Judge Thompson left Sunday
night for his home in Ft Worm
after having been with us lur
three weeks and delivering two
or three messages every day. he
is a very earnest man, one wliose
whole soul is in his work and we
feel that his visit to our city has
been a very pleasant and proiu-
able one to all who enjoyed his
soul-stirring sermons.”
FORMER TOWNSMAN
DIES AT BROWNWOOD
Laurence Wilkerson, soninlaw
of S. B. Watts, died at his home
in Brown wood Wednesday morn-
ing at 4 o’clock.
f A telephone message was re-
ceived in the Watts home he< e
about 8 o’clock Tuesday evening
that Mr. Wilkersoo would not
likely live throughout the night,
and Mr. Edgar Watts and his
sister Miss Lena Watts left for
Brownwood on the night traui.
arriving there shortly after the
death of their brotherinlaw.
Mrs. Watts and son John
there Wednesday to attend
funeral.
Deceased lived in this city a
number of years,going to Brown-
wood about nine years ago
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1915, newspaper, March 19, 1915; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882253/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.