The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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V-The employee who saves
part of his or her earn-
ings stands the the best
show for promotion
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impressed by the young
man or young woman
that manages to lay aside
at least a part of their
earnings
One Dollar will Start You with
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NOCTH SIDE SQUAKE STEPHENVIUE, TEXAS
JONES' NEPHEW
>AT ON BATTLESHIP
L Lott of this county
the seven seas, be-
the frowning guns of the
' taught New Hamp-
of Uncle Sam’s alert
formidable “watchdogs pf
who is a nephew of
of Lingleville, en-
I in the United States Marine
its Fort Worth recruit-
on April 21,1916, and
In his career was transfer-
or duty on the high seas.
B are military men who
ined for the purpose of
; and ashore. These
not only “go
the sea in ships”, but
in our foreign
our navy yards
land in expedi-
te settle the dis-
our Latin - American
already has had
experiences while
the U. a Marines
duties carry
the out-of-the-way
r,»he world.
PARTY
THIS MORNING
lain receipt of
stating that D. E.
i Antonio, T. P. Grant
£. L. Kilpatrick
will arrive here
morning en-
and will stop
of the good
from Ft Worth
3olp is secretary
Roads association
to all the folks
wktlA Kbm
»wfine iHjivt
highway is routed
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MAN
.WITH KNIFE
LIGHTNING KILLS /
TWO LITTLE GIRLS
A heartrending account of the
death of two little daughters of
Rev. Ben Richbourg struck by
lightning in Lovington, New
Mexico and instantly killed on
Sept. 9, is told by the Leader of
that place. . ;
Their father was reared in Hi-
eoby G.M. Carlton, now of Ham-
ilton, and is well known to many
citizens in the southern part of
this county.
The children were struck down
and their clothes were nearly all
consumed before anyone got to
them although the space of time
was very brief. Mr. Riehbourg
was in Toyah, Texas, when the
crushing death message reached
him.
Stephenville rootatorial
ha* come to life again
be depended upon to
the Tarleton crowd in
enthusiasm in all the college
sport for months to come.
Last Friday when it became
known over the city that the
Tarleton football squad had left
for Brownwood on the noon train
to play the first game of the year
with the Howard Payne college
squad, local rooters were all- a
tremble as they thought of the
probable result. But hbout six
o’clock that eveing a message
came from Brownwood telling of
a 3 to 0 victory for the Tarleton
team and now everyone is expect-
ing old J. T. C. to come off with
all sorts of scalps at the end of
the season, f .f *. *'•*'
Raymond Ferguson made the
only 3 points in the game by
kicking a field goal.
LIGHTNING FIRE* *
BARN NEAR CORINTH
Hiram Richardsons barn in
the Corinth community was fired
by lightning during the electric
storm Sunday night and destroy-
ed with its contents. Mr. Rich-
ardson estimates his loss at $800;
insurance $300. We are not ad-
vised as to what the exact con-
tents were but understand there
was considerable corn and wheat
consumed.
Card of Th&nkte
We take this method of thank-
ing our many friends whoso
thoughtfully came to our aid
when our home was destroyed by
fire on Sept IX. We extend to
each and everyone our sincerest
thanks and appreciation for ser-
vices rendered, kind words and
gifts. May the kind heavenly
father watch and care for each
and everyone is our praver. — Mr.
and Mrs. John Lidia and children;
Oak Dale. adv.
$
GETS
ON A FENCE
Jim Winters declares he will
advocate the removal of all plank
fences and allow no more to be
built if he ever goes to the legis-
lature. 1 * ‘
His son Harvey had just return-
ed from a Ft. Worth sanitarium
Sunday, where accidental con-
tact with a fence had caused
him to go for repairs more than
two weeks before, and on Tues-
day Jim slipped as he stood with
one foot on the fence and the
other on his wagon and threw
him full weight on his left side
against the end of a plank.
The faet that £be plank remain-
ed in its position on the fence
and that Mr. Winters 'was hurt-
ing in his lower ribs led him to
believe one or two of themjnight
have been broken so he made a
hurried trip to Dr. Naylors office
for examination, and sure enough
two Of his ribs were found to
have been broken. He was get-
ting along nicely yesterday.
POLSON AND CLEVELAND
; PAY LARGE POLICY
W.H. Cleveland and B.F. FVE
son, dgents for the Bankers Life
Insurance company left for Gor-
man Monday to pay to Mrs. Ell-
en Oldham of that city the policy
held by her husband Frank Old-
ham Jr., who died a short time
ago. I *
The amount of Mr. Oldhams
policy was $4000 and it had earn-
ed $68 dividend since it was writ-
ten. Therefore the‘draft which
Messts. Poison and Cleveland
carried with them was for $4068
and was signed up in due form
by their company, the Bankers’
Life.
These gentlemen believe they
are representing one of the best
and promptest paying insurance
companies in America and are
soliciting business on that basis.
They expected to spead the week
in Gorman, —adv.
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T. U. Little, optician, with
White Drug Co. 44-tf
3CHOOL GURRLI E8
We have Everything the Student needs ex•
cept text hooka
GOOD GRADESMODBRATE PRIOE8
Buy your Tablets, Pencils, Sharpeners, Pens, Pen-
points, Inks, Drawing and Note Books, Composition,
Theme and Correspondence paper and Envelops,
Erasers, Bookstraps and Bags, Etc., at our store
where the
QUALITY 18 TOR AMD PRICE 18 LOW
Druggists for Particular People
PERRY BROS
DRUGS AMO JEWELRY
Phone No. • • • Slsphravillt
WHO HAS MOVED TO
' THURBER FROM HI
Clint Kimbro and Lem Day
motored to Stephenville last Sun-
day, and there were joined by
two members of the fair sex for
a motor tour to Dublin. It may
be stated that since Kimbro has
become the owner of an Over-
land “car, and since September
12th, he has made eight trips to
Stephenville presumably on “bus-
iness’ ’. Farmers along the route
have become so accustomed to
his presence on the highways
they accuse him of being respon-
sible for thousands of jog-holes
in the road-bed. However, since
the attraction has moved Thur-
berward, Kimbro promises not
to make another trip over the old
route as long as things stay put.
-Thurber Journal
HOG DA YS!
ES hog days have arrived again. Will commence with next Monday-First Monday, and will continue
throughout Hie winter to make Monday of each week our HOG DAYS. It wijl pay you wall to keep
your hogs and bripg them to town on Monday. WE WILL BE IN THE MARKET EVERY DAY
FOR HOGS, but Monday will be die big day and we can pay more on those days. So don’t forget
M V ES hog days h
%/ throughout ti
V your hogs and
m FOR HOGS, but
the date and bring in your hogs. We will.
his home^ ten
Guarantee Ft. Worth Prices on Hog Days
Less One Per Cent on Our Class of Hogs
Remember I made the Hog Market in Stephenville. Have shipped since January 1st thirty-five cars. We
are now much bettor prepared to handle your hogs than we were last season. Wo ask for a continuance of
your patronage on the grounds that we will give you HONEST WEIGHTS and the most money.
FURTHERMORE-—If you have Apples, Potatoes, Peanuts, Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Oats,
Chickens, Eggs, Butter and Pecans bring them to us; we want your business
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AM CO.
MISSIONARY JORDAN
DOING GREAT WORK
The revival meeting at Alexan-
der is in its second week now
and is reported as wiot having
lagged in interest at any time
since Rev. T. C. Jordan preach-
ed the initial sermon of the series.
Rev. W.B. San sine who serves
the church there as pastor one
Saturday and ene Sunday after-
noon in each month, came home
last Saturday to All his pulpit dur-
ing Sunday. He stated there
had been 14 additions at Alexan-
der and he was looking for fully
that many more by the close of
this week.
He said Mr. Jordan was doing
some great preaching and he is
more than ever convinced that
Erath Associations’ board mem-
bers did a wise thing in electing;
Jordan as county missionary*.
Mr. Sansing is looking for Mis-
sionary Jordan to make one of
the best reports to the Associa-
tion at Lipan next September
that has ever been addressed to
that body.
We are informed that up €o>
Wednesday the number had
grown to 26 additions to Alex-
ander church.
FARMER NEAR SALEM
HAS DAMAGING FIRE
Parties in town Saturday from
the Salem neighborhood between
Selden and Hico, reported that
H. F. Gillespie of that communi-
ty lost his barn and contents by
fire the previous Saturday, en-
tailing a loss of nearly a thous-
and dollars.
Among the contents that went
up ill smoke was about 150 bush-
els of cotton seed, 400 bushels of
corn, one bale of cotton and some
implements and vehicles. One
of two bales of cotton was saved
with onlv partial damage. The
fire occurred about 4 o’clock in
the morning and none of the
parties here could tell how it
originated as there was no clue
i yet Harry Gillespie is a i
did citizen and we regret
of this loss. H
have inquired the
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1916, newspaper, September 29, 1916; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882258/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.