The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL XLV.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS. FRIDA1
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ADVANCEMENT
The employee who saves
part of his or her earn-
ings stands the the best
show for promotion
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Employers are
Watchful
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and are most favorably
impressed by the young
man o r young woman
that manages to lay aside
at least a part of their
earnings
One Dollar will Start You with
CAGE CROW
...BANKERS...
(UNI NCORPORATtD)
NORTH SIDE SQUARE , STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
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TON TIES TRINITY
. IN SCORELESS GAME
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P Prof. A. B. Hayes with his
Tarleton football team left here
. at 6 o’clock last Friday morning
in four autos and arrived at
Waxahachie at 2 o’clock that af-
ternoon.
7^ Soon, after arrival the boys
jb|||| were lined up on the Trinity Uni-
Ity gridiron against the crack
Jfceam of that institution and de-
[jjGpite the long tiresome journey
of the Tarletonites they held the
University big fellows down to
aathing while getting nothing
themselves.
A Waxahachie report in the
Dallas News says: "The game
Wat an interesting one, despite
the fact that neither team won.
The Trinity team tried innumer-
able forward passes, but only
taro were successful. These came
in the last quarter and gained
five* and twelve yards each. The
IVtoity men showed up well in
runs and line bucks and sev-
eral times were within five yards
of the goal line, but could not de-
velop the punch to put the ball
across. Tarleton’s right end,
' Winters repeatedly broke through
and spoiled plays before they
were well started. The Tarleton
team was also strong on punting,
their punts averaging nearly
forty yards. Tarleton did not
succeed in making a single first
down until the last two minutes
of play, when they made three
in succession. Trinity tried for
a place kick in the last quarter,
but the ball fell short. The one
really exciting moment in th»
game occurred in the second quar-
eer when Overall circled the end
l&j for thirtyfive yards and Carr fol-
lowed around the same end for
twenty-three yards more, putting
| . the ball on the eight-yard line.
Tarleton then took a brace and
punted out of danger. Both teams
re evidently evenly matched
to weight.”
BROWNWOOD GIRL
HELD UP BY BURGLAR
Brownwood, Texas, Sept 30.—
At the ppintofjW gun, Miss Ruby
Itfc^Jnley was the object of one
of the most sensational hold-ups
in |texas^;early
"when her room was enter
? a masked burglar and the
kved of four diamonds
be worth
the entrance of the room.
An officer, who heard the
screams of the girl when the
robber pulled the rings from her
fingers while standing over her
body, appeared on the scene only
to receive terrific blows on the
head with a pistol.
CANNING CLUB GIRLS
MADE FINE SHOWING
Better and better every year
and this time tfie best of all!
Such seems to be the universal
verdict of all who attended the
annual exhibit of the Erath Girls
Canning clubs in the courthouse
Wednesday and Thursday.
Many more people have become
interested in the workings of
these girls since Mrs. Lulu Mar-
tin, the county director, provid-
ed ways and means for the first
canning club exhibit three years
ago, than seemed to care any-
thing about it then. The won-
derful achievments of the girls
have wrought the change.
A further account of the ex-
hibit will appear next week.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means of
thanking our friends for the
many kind things done for us
during the sickness and death of
our darling baby. We sincerely
wish you each a long and happy
life and our father in heaven will
reward you when your time
comes. —Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Hook
and family.—adv.
For Sale.
Some good farms and some
good resident city property prices
and terms reasonable: would take
some trade. Call and see me.
—L. N. Frank.—adv. 51-tf
TOT NEAR ALTMAN
~ GETS AN ARM BROKEN
Parties here Monday from near
Altman reported that a little
daughter of Sid Clark of the
Palmer community met with a
severe accident a few days ago.
She was playing about the lot
and had climbed into a horse
trough from which she fell and
one of her arms was broken in
the fall. Dr. Tull of Carlton was
hastily summoned and reset the
injured member and at last ac-
count the child was reported as
getting along very well.
GREEN PEANUTS FATAL
TO CHILD NEAR HERE
Aaron Skyles, aged four years,
died Monday of last week at the
home of his father Jim Skyles
near Johnson school house, after
an illness of 24 hours. It is said
the little fellow had eaten some
green peanuts the previous day
and the cause of his illness and
death is attributed to the effects
of same. Mr. Skyles’ little
daughter also ate some of the
peanuts and was quite sick for
awhile but was reported out of
danger by parties here Saturday.
Right in the midst of his two
weeks of rejoicing over the ad-
vent of a baby brother, little
Charles Melvin Kiker was plung-
ed into sorrow Wednesday morn-
ing because someone had poison-
ed his dog during the night and
the adored animal was dead.
The editor only has to go back
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
We have Everything the Student needs ex-
cept text books
good grades -Moderate prices
Buy your Tablets, Pencils, Sharpeners, Pens, Pen-
points, Inks, Drawing and Note Books, Composition,
Theme arid Correspondence paper and Envelops,
Erasers, Bookstraps and Bags, Etc., at our store
where the
QUALITY IS TOP AMD PRICE IS LOW
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Druggists lor Particular People
PERRY BROS.
DRUGS AND JEWELRY
Phone No. 8
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about forty years to fully sympa-
thize with this distressed lad.
The loss of a dog is as calamitous
to a boy as the loss of a fortune
would be to a man. We are glad
the new Kiker baby arrived in
time to so interest Charles Mel-
vin that his mind will not stay
too long on the departed canine.
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...We are...
THE MARKETH
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....At all Times for....
Peanuts, Cotton, Hogs, Cattle and all \
Kinds Produce
We are prepared to pay top prices and will do so. Be sure to see us
when you have anything to sell.
Solid Carload Peanut Sacks
We are ready for Peanut raisers with a solid carload of sacks and at
prices which will interest them
Also Carload Hay Ties
Just received enables us to sell same at comparatively close rates
we will be pleased to have the orders of all needing them.
Get Ford Gar Coupons by Buying at
and
HIGGINBOTHAM CO.
ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW
LAST OF NOVEMBER
Pink Payne informs us the in-
dications are excellent for the
Erath County Poultry association
to pull off the best poultry show
here on Nov. :{() and Dec. 1 that
has ever been held in this sec-
tion of the state.
Since its organization five or
six years ago the association has
steadily labored to put this coun-
ty to the front in a poultry way
and no small share of credit is
due it for the commanding atten-
tion that is being given to tkat
industry today in its every as-
pect throughout Grand Old Erath.
The men who have been at the
helm in the Poultry Association
have not been actuated by
thoughts of financial gains from
an associational standpoint, as it
would have been less expensive
to them personally to have con-
fined their patronage to counties
already organized. But embued
with the Erath spirit of progress
they have striven for home en-
terprise and have won out until
this Erath Poultry Association
can put on a show that compares
favorably with the best of them
and excels in many instances.
Those who attend the show
this year may come expecting a
rare treat as it is believed there
will be more fine birds exhibited
than ever before. The officers
of the association are: P. E.
Payne, president; Bud Britton,
vice president: W. T. Graves,
secretary: Ed Fleming, W. E.
Davis, Frank Chamberlin, exe-
cutive committee.
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I AM A PROGRESSIVE
SAYS PRESIDENT WILSON
This is an excerpt from a re-
cent campaign speech by Presi-
dent Wilson:
"I am a progressive. 1 do not
spell it with a capital *P\ but I
think my pace is just as fast as
those who do. It does not inter-
fere with the running, and I am
very much astonished to see the
company that some gentlemen
who spell their name with a cap-
ital are keeping. They are en-
gaged in the interesting enter-
prise of trying to capture a party
which is fortified against them,
land refusing to enter a party
(which is already captured by
(those who believe in their prttfK
I plea. The intellectual prooease*
II by which they arrive at their
j | conclusions are entirely obi
•1# to my intelligence.”
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1916, newspaper, October 6, 1916; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882505/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.