The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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wants your grocery
account.
The Tribuni
EIGHTEENTH YEAR.
The Hard-earned Honey
OF THE
FARMER
If you are fanning for the money you can
gain by farming, then you want to keep the
money you gain farming, in a safe place.
After yap have worked hard for your mon-
ey and after your crops have escaped all the
risks of the weather and pestiferous insects
you should not take any father risks, but
should make the proceeds of your crop safe
and solid.
That's what you will do if you deposit
your money in the Farmers National Bank
of Stephenville.
It will always be safe here and always
ready for you.
There is no reason why we should do
business with farmers, unless we can be help-
ful to farmers. Our farmer customers will
testify that we have been helpful to them. We
want to be helpful to more of them.
W.
The Farmers National Bank
of Stephenville ^
H. Frey, Pres. Carl C. Hardin, Cash.
Individual Liability SI25.000.00
Good milk cows with young For general delivery phone 300.
calves for sale.—I.ee Willis 7 miles John Cameron at Wells Fargo Ex-
west of Stephenville, T.ingleville j press office. Trunk hauling a
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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1910.
PERSONALS
The Duffau people bad quite an elab-
orate school closing last week, and great
crowds went to see the closing exercises,
which lasted one day and two evenings.
At the evening exercises the crowds
were so great that hundreds could not
find seating room in the building. The
school building is quite an ornate affair,
being built of brick, with white atone
trimmings, two stories high, and coat
£5000, yet it is not quite large enough to
seat the people when anv unusual func-
tion taken place. However, the Duffsu
people are to be congratulated for the
enterprise manifested in securing the
present beautiful structure. One whole
day waa devoted to oratory during the
exercises, Judge Chandler, Prof. Jen-
nings of Tarleton college, Dr. Goodner
main theme being to emphasize the im-
portance of education. However, the
people of Duffau, with some few excep-
tions, are deeply imbued with the idea,
and are doing perhaps as much as any
community in thecounty along this line.
Their splendid brick school is a striking
attestation of this fact. Duting the
noon hour a great feast was spread under
the tabernacle, and hundreds of visitors
broke bread with their hospitable Duffau
friends. The Tribune mail noticed that
there were great numbers of two, four
and six-seated surreys and hacks on the
ground that day, which indicates that
race suiciiie has not yet had any effect
upon the Dgffauians, and if ex-President
Roosevelt could have been there and
j observed the great number of children
tumbling out of these vehicles as they
arrived he would have smiled blandly
I and exclaimed, “I’m dee-lighted," and
! so was everyone who went to Duffau
anil met Jim Johnson, Coke Floore, L.
F. Martin and other solid, substantial
denizens of that delightful, fertile sec-
tion of Krath county, who treated can-
1 didates and even newspaper men so roy-
ally that they felt loth to leave them.
The norther of May 3 was hard on
cotton plants. Seriously cotton should
never be planted until after May 1. It
is a warm-weather plant, and does not
thrive until its proper season- arrives.
Birthday Celkhration—J. B. Blank-
enship settled in Erath cunty January 1,
|1870, and did hi* shore of the pioneer-
ing in pripailug ItJi Cue splendid citi-
zenship that now composes the county.
He settled An Alarm creek six miles
south of Stephenville. On Mav 1, 1910,
a birthday dinner was given in honor of
his 78th birthday, and a splendid din-
ner was served to his host of relatives
and friends. Among those present were:
J B Blankenship, aon-in-law and family;
J C McMahan, M M McMahan, Bencie
McMahan, Wesley McMahan; Prentice
McMahan, son and family; J W Blank-
enship, Alice Blankenship, Bertha Blank-
enship, Lue Blankenship; Jewel Blank-
enship, son am) family; J B Blanken-
ship, Jr., Effie Blankenship, Bruce
Blankenahip, Roxie Blankenship,Thelma
Blankenship, son and family; A F Blank-
enship, Ella Blankenship, Eatell Blank-
enship, Cuba Blankenahip, Kdell Blank-
enahip, Arvel Blankenship; Benson
Blankenship, son and family; Geo Blank-
enship; Pinkie Blankenship; Bessie
and others occupying the rostrum, the Blankenahip, and son Grover Blanken-
ahip; grandson and family; J A Mc-
Mahan, f)ora McMahan; Artie McMahan,
and stepson and family; I H Sageser,
Lurah Segeser, Ira Sageger, Ellen Sage-
aer, Bige Sageser, Tempie Sageser, Ten-
nie Segeser, Miller Segeaer, Bennett
Segeser, Lucile Segeser; granddaughter
and family, P E Moore, Zetta Moore;
Lois Moore, grand daughter and family;
J C Powell, Iva Powell, Earnie Powell,
Clarence Powell, Miss Hkttie Wyche, W
M Turpin, Boid
and VV E Bain.
Frazion, Dan Powell
The life of a fly is short and full of
troubles. He gets inte one’s coffee,
soup, or into the butter, and dies a mis-
erable death. Yet he goes to the happy
hunting grounds happy over the fact
that his life has been successful for he
has caused much sickness and death to
the human beings who set the soup and.
coffee and butter traps that caused his
ignominious death. Say, reader, never
let a fly reach the soup and coffee and
batter age. "I’i/.en" him with blue
stone. Do not let the dirty scoundrel
live to creep out of that pile of filth in
your little back room, and smear it all
over the mouth and eves of your sleep-
I ing babe. It may mean death to the
{child. Spend a dime and clean out the
: flies.
Mrs. Wm. Bowdry returned
Special Prices at
KEITH BROS.
on Ladies, misses and children dresses. Tailored
skirts and extra skirts at greatly reduced prices.
Muslin underwear on sale at big discounts.
Black heatherbloom underskirts...............................SI.00
Gingham underskirts..........................................................50c
All of our fine wash waist at cut prices. Pret-
tiest assortment ever shown by us.«
Big lot lawns at per yard ................................................_._§e
Special prices on wash goods, linens, lawns, etc.
Laces and embroidery on sale.'
Holesproof hose guaranteed for six months, all
sizes.
Geneva silk hose per pair...............'..........................25*
Men’s extra pants. 5()c to $1.00 off on each pair.
Voile and panama skirts, special .prices Saturday
and all next week.
Men’s overalls $1.00 grade special at .............................85*
Straw hats for men at reduced prices.
Millinery, all kinds—It is easier to pay a small cash
price now than a long price this fall. Pay cash for
dry goods.
We can save you money. Try Us. We are sat-
isfied with a small margin. All our goods new and
seasonable-— Try us on your next purchase.
Keith Bros.
Phone )83
SAFEST PLACE TO TRADE
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Tuesday
. While i
early wears himself out fighting crab j here she visited with the families of
grass. Early cotton requires about one- ' Bingham and Don King, who are her j
third more work to bring it to maturity. ! brothers
WEST SIDE SQUARE
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Are Almost Here
'{Vacation Days
I and it’s time for you to prepare yourself for moving day.
I Our assortment of trunks, bags and suit cases is complete.
See them on display in, our window.
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BLAHE2TE7 DRY GOODS GO
Gladstone Bags
from $3 to $6.
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Trunks
from $1.75 to $15.
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Suit Cases *
from $1 to $12.50
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The name of l’rof. W. G. Sears comes
before our readers this week for the
office of county school superintendent.
Mr. Sears comes within the requirements
of the law regarding qualifications, has
frequently served on the hoard of exam-
iners, and has taught several of the
largest country schools in the county,
which evidences that he is qdalified for
the office he seeks He is now teaching
at I’nrvea. If elected he will visit the
schools, do all clerical work connected
with the office, and do nil things neces-
sary to make the f school system
harmonize and achieve good results.
He will see you during the canvass.
Lawson Moore was in the citv Mon- A physician called a Tribune reporter’s
day. He is one of the few men now j attention recently to ati example of
living who witnessed Halley’s comet 75 economy—one, however, which he
’ years ago. His advanced age has not i hypes
clouded his memory of the great astral
tramp wtiich passed in 1835. He says
he remembers it as having a tail between
10 and 15 feet long. However, but few
at that time attributed evil portent as a
result of its visit. The old gentleman
is said to be 90 years old. He is the
father of Marian and Tom Moore.
Col. \V. A. Tuley is in Fort Worth,
atnl it is he is a very sick man with only
slight hope of recovery.
The Pesky Fly
Along with many insects of filthy and dis-
agreeable nature are soon to make their appear-
ance—why not he protected?
"RADIUM SPRAY"
will make them move out—It will polish your fur-
niture, cleanse your carpet; you can spray it on
your horse, your cow, your chickens, pigs and
other animals. It will kill mites, flees, etc.
Ask your neighltors about it.
will not be emulated by others
He said he watched a young man call
for a cold drink. He used a straw to
suck the contents into his internal re-
gions. He was very deliberate and pre-
cise in all his movements, and when he
had finished lie very carefully replaced
the straw in the receptacle for the next
| mail to use. He was not kicked out of
| the house as he should have been, but
the owner of the bouse felt that he
I should have been. The doctor also
called attention to homes he sometimes
j visits w-berc a different kind of econottiv
| is practiced. Water, he savs, is a scarce
commodity in some 'homes, and not a
drop is wasted, and when a member of
] such a family take a drink from a dip-
per or glass they throw the left over
portion back into the bucket, and thus
! the water bucket becomes a slop bucket
By the time the whole family and what
casual visitors drop in, there is a good
supply of the saliva and the attendant
.^microbes mixed up in that bucket of
water. No wonder some families have
j so much sickness. Such practices are
exceedingly disgusting. No family
| who reads the Tribune will permit one
j of its children to fall into filthy, dis-
gusting and dangerous lyahits. If you
want to keep healthly practice cleanli-
ness. Who wants to drink^wnter from a
bucket where children have returned
to the waterpail from the dipper what
remains after a drink haa been taken ?
As this issue of the Tribune goes to
press indications are good for rain.
Clouda have been hovering near for sev-
t eral daya and even a distant rumbjing of
thunder in the direction of Cleburne nas
been heard, but the latter may have
been caused bv the rage of Poindexter
after reading Rev. Rankin’a pronnneia-
mento favoring Johnson, or tha tramp
of votera from tha Poindexter to the
Johnson camp. But a rain ia naadad on
the corn. Tha m
Tribune ia enable
tainty whan it Will main.
a prophet of tha
predict for a car*
The XXth Century and N. T. S. clubs,
the Woman’s Wednesday club of C.ran-
[ bury and the Civic League of Bluff Dale
| came together in a picnic at Bluff Dale,
Wednesday, May 4. The Stephenville
clubs were met at the station by the
Civic League and taken to the grounds
on a large float decorated with the colors
of the league. The Granburv ladies
came through in their autos. The Bluff
Dale ladies had prepared every comfort
for their guests, and the morning was
spent in progressive 43. At 12 o'clock
dinner was served, and, after grace by
Mrs. Hanniford of Granbury, the ladies
enjoyed one of the verv finest dinners
ever spread in Texas. There were
chickens, hams, all kinds of salads,
pies, cakes, ambrosia, coffee and ice
lemonade in abundance. After dinner
talks on the work of the different clubs
were made by Mesdaines Shaulev and
Ilantiaford of Granbury, Mrs. Singleton
of Bluff Dale and Mesdames Orr and
Itassel of Stephenville. Following this
a beautiful reception was given the visit-
ing ladies at the home of Mrs. PaulChand-
ler. It was certainly one of the most
delightful occasions the -clubs have ever
had.
Geo. Schnabel has sold his interest in
the Blakeney Dry Goods Co., and will
leave Stephenville in 10 or 12 days for
his new home at Windoui. Mr. Schna-
bel haa been connected with the Blake-
nev’s for a long series of years, and ia
admirer! by all hia friends and acquaint-
ances, for his course In life has always
been upright, honorable and manly, and
he believes every man should practice
what he preaches both iu and out of the
church, and does not believe in shams.
He hat been an officer in the Methodist
of his church as
see
Itixenahip.
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ric uas "ecu an onicrr in me raemou
church, and people of his church
well aa the public generally regret to
him sever citizenship.
On May 10 Capt. G. W. Gentry will
laave for the scenes of hie boyhood daya.
Ha will spend the eammer in North
Carolina. visit the old blue iaMag mad
on the tall
M^rLmha huatedaqairnda.
A family farewell dinner was given
Sunday at Eb Jotie's residence near the
Frisco depot. The dinner was a joint
affair—Mrs. Steve Borders, Mrs. Henry
Cole, and Mrs. Orizzanl joining in pre-
paring it. At 12:30 the good things
were spread on two long tables under
the shade of large sycamore trees, and
no one ever sat down to a better feast.
All these ladies are culinary artists, and
, never were known to spoil anything
{ while cooking it. There were two epi-
I cures there to pronounce judgment,
these being Alex Johnson and G. W.
Ijenks. Inasmuch as the judges were
only able to eat half of all the good
I things on the tables they asked for
I another day's trial so that they might
| begin on the things they missed the
! first day. The evening was spent in
| listening to violin arid piano music, both
Mr. Johnson and Eb Jones being good
violinists and pianoists. Mr. Jones and
his family left Tuesday for a month’s
visit with Judge J. S. Watson’s family
at San Angelo.
Candidates are pleasant fellows to
journey with, for they mingle with the
people, and know everybody, and if
any favors are coming they are sure to
get them, for nearly everybody loves a
candidate—even as everybody loves a
lover and hia newly acquired bride.
The Tribuue man found this to be true
for he made a trip last week with Can-
didate Len Robert* from Stephenville to
the Selden and Duffau country, and was
thus given a good opportunity to look
upon that great stretch of fertile coun-
try which has been made to blossom and
bloom like a garden, and contribute to
the wealth of Erath county. It wa# a
delightful drive, one greatly enjoyed,
end w«-will say to the Tribune readers,
"if you want to have a good time court
the company of a good-looking, varan-
tile candidate.''
Did you ever attend one of Un.
M. P. Kilter’s concerts? Of course
you have, and they’re so nios7
you’ll be at the opera house on^
May 13. She has devoted much
time and thought and infi-
nite care this year to make the
concert instructive and enterfain*
ing, and she never fails. PriceaHT
1 5 and 35c.
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Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets will clear sour
{stomach, sweeten the breath and
create a healthy appetite. They
create the flow of gastric juke,
thereby inducing good digestion,
j Sold by all dealers. 18-4t
Marvel, Rowden, Triumph and
Mortgage Lifter, selected cotton
seed. Reil’s Seed Store.
Two new buggies and one new
surrey for sale, cheap, eithef fair
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Mina Dora Price
brother at Pilacion.
is visiting with
cash or on credit,
din’s lumber yard.
Call at Hat-
Boys will be Boys
and are always getting scratches,
cuts, sprains,bruises, bumps, bnrns
or scalds. Don’t neglect such
things—they may result serious if
you do. Apply BaUjud’s Snow
Liniment accordihg to directions
right away and it will relieve the
pain and heal the trouble. Price
25c, 50c and $1.00. Sold by Perry
Bros. 1841
New matting* at the right prices
Come in and see them,
Higginbotham Coj|
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1910, newspaper, May 6, 1910; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883146/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.