The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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The Bonham News
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Volume L1I
BONHAM, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY <>. 191'
Number 22
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Here are a few of the many things
we have for you to select from: Coo!
Cloth, Palm Beach and Dixie Weave
Suits for men and boys. Straw, leg-
horn, Panama and felt hats. Shirts
ai' kinds, from the cheapest to the
best. Walk-Over, Florsheim and Ha-
nan Oxford Shoes. Underwear all
kinds. Hosiery, Neckwear and Hand-
kerchiefs galore, and many things we
can not mention here in this small
space. Come and see for yourself.
Come early and often, we are glad to
show you.
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SCHOOL BOARD
HAS MEETING
GEORGE ADKINS EMPLOYED AS
TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS
AND OTHER BRANCHES
strutted to make arrangements to
have the proper fire escapes put m tide
James Duncan School budding, a
thing that has been needed a long
time.
The city school board met Tuesday
morning to attend to some matters of
importance. One thing done was. the
selection of Geo. AdKins as teacher of
mathematics and other branches. This
fills all the vacancies at present.
The second Monday in September,
w hich is the tenth day thereof, is the
Ume ffltcd for the opening of the fill
term of school.
The committee on property was in-
WELL DRILLER WANTED
CAR AND HEARSE AMERICANS SINK
HAVE COLLISION SUBMARINE
ACCIDENT ON TUESDAY AFTER-1 l . S. TROOPS ARE TRANSPORTED
NOON LOOKED BAD. BUT 1 TO FIGHTING GROI N’D WITH-
WAS NOT SERIOUS ’ OUT LOSS OF A MAN
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Tuesday afternoon about 5 :‘U) as
the Halsell & Caldwell Co. hearse
was 'returning from a funeral and as
Washington, July 3.—American de-
stroyers convoying transports with
troops for France, fought oft two sub-
the driver turned the corner at Cen-! manne attacks' Thc fiist news of
ter and East Ninth streets, a ca, j the fights was given out late today
driven by Will ‘lull of Ehvood ran, by the Committee on Public Informa-
into the hearse turning it completely ti’on with formal announcement of the
over and wrecking ;t .pretty bndiy. safe arrival of .the transports with
The thick plate glass side was broken j their convoys.
as it struck the pavement, an ax cj This announcement was issued:
was bent and other damage done. The
car was also considerably bunged up.
The lights were broken, thc fenders
bent and other damage done.
‘The Navy Department at 5 o’clock
this afternoon received word of the
safe arrival at a French port of the
last contingent of Genei'al Pershing’s
It looked to those who saw the ac- expeditionary force. At the time tire
cideiit that it was inevitable that information was released anndunce-
seme one was going to be hurt or ment also was made that the trans-
killed. but fortunately no one wa» in- j ports were twice attacked by subma-
jured. The driver of the hearse saw rines on the way across. .
his danger and jumped as the vehicle At least one submarine was -sunk,
went over. Although he has one leg t Both of the attacks were made in
off at the knee, he made a raf» j imp firce shownng that the Germans had
ami held his lines to keep the horses; ir formation of the coming of the
in control. The two men in the car transports and planned to get them,
escaped injury except for the shake- “No ship was hit, not an American
up and the fright. life was lost and whilenhe navy dis-
The car was moving at a very mod-: patches report the sinking cf one siro-
erate pace. The cause of the acci- marine onl.v. there is reason to !>e-
dent was the want of knowledge on ! lieve that others were destroyed in the
the part of the driver howr to manage first night attack.”
his car. Mr. Hull had just bought1 ■- *-
the car and had started home with
it. ^He said he saw he, would strike
the hearse and tried to stop his car,
hut he did not know' how to do so;
quickly enough. He was pretty much
excited by the experience, as any of [
the rest of us would have been under
like circumstances. He expressed his
thankfulness that it was no worse
that he had not been the cause
i*.ny one being hurt.
A CANNING CLUB
IS MAKING MONEY
■ i SELLS $2.3(1 WORTH OF TOMA-
a *1 TOES PER DAY TO BONHAM
of MERCHANTS, SHE SAYS.
To re-drill and case a well.—M
Burns, Bonham. Texas 22 Tt
WE HAVE THE BUYERS,
YOU HAVE THt LAND.
List your land with me. i.o sale, no
charge, we have four buyers waiting.
16-4t. A. L. McRay, E. S^ie-Sq.
STRAYED—Mare, four year*- old,
sarrel, white blaze face and stocking
feet, branded “J” on left jaw. Notify
J. R. Truss, Windom, Texas. 20-2t.
Miss Catherine Sherrod, who lives
with her parents, five miles north
of the city, on the Ivahhoe road, is a
member of the. Adapts .Canning Club.
This young lady who is not near out
of her teens, has already marketed
473Y* pounds of excellent tomatoes,
besides the cuilcd ones used by the
family, off of her one-tenth acre or
land. It will be remembered that she
received the Will H. Evans meih-.l i..st
season, She is a whole .team by her-
self, as she has worked up a good
trade with the Bonham merchants, and
- averages $2.50 per day off of her to-
bet's do some figuring—let’s m?c niatoes. This she expects to keep up
where some new- cash wealth can be un^ no^ <ai1 a.nS to'
. . _ . mrtoes for some time vet, she figures,
treated in Faonm County. A con- Mr. Arthur Sherrod,’her father, w-no
rvative estimate of kannin County’s is some divesifier himseLf, showed
overflow land is 100.000 acres. the writer some excellent varieties of
Let’s place a fair average present he > raisi"8’ a,,d f®r whk h he
will receive ready money just as soon
RECLAMATION IN
FANNIN COUNTY
ESTIMATED THAT ONE HUN-
DBI D i HOT SAND ACRES CAN
BE RECLAIMED
value on it—yes, a little better. s2h ■
as he puts it on the market. The list
ah acre —that means about two mil-j includes, black-eyed peas and berries,
-i .on dollars. Mr. Sherrod also raises cotton nd
orn. botF crops looking very well.
BIG 4TH OF JULY
PICNIC ON RIVER
PEOPLE OF TELEPHONE COM-
MUNITY AT HOME TO LARGE
NUMBER OF FRIENDS
Overflow land in a reclaimed state
worth from $150 to $200 an acre.
While he is "resting’ 'he puts his
spare time.in. in raising hogs. He has
No better land in the world. la nice lot of them, ami has sold some
When this 100,000 acres io reclaim-j good ones.
vou have added to the value of Sheiiod has iound out how to keep pLague.
the'wolf from looking rn bn him. if
m is living on. the sandy land.
The Guaranty
Fund Bank
i annm County the difference between
>20 ami SioO an afro or thirteen mil-
lion dollars. !
Suppose at outside corporation
wanted to locate a thirteen-million-1
ATTENDED THE PUNK
Miss Edna Huffaker and her sis- i
The good people of Telephone,
Johnson's school house and Monks-
tewn were at home on the 4th of July
to their friends at Forest Grove, the
occasion being one of the biggest pic-
nics given in Fanin county in some
time. '
In the forenoon there was sing-
ing, and music by the Honey Grove
Juvenlie Band. Following this dinner
was announced. There may have been
at some time in this world dinners
to equal that feast. Possibly Belshaz-
zsi’s approximated it, but for gen-
uine good things to eat supplemented
by a hospitality that knew no limits,
there has never come to the eye of the
writer anything to surpass it. Every-
one present did his or her best to
see that all were filled, and when all
had load a sufficiency there were more'
than twelve baskets-fuil left of viands,
simply' not touched, to say nothing of
the fragments.
Rev. Wilkes of Honey Grove made
an address on the University after
dinner, w'hich was good.
The people of this community are
genuine in their hospitality, as in-
timated above, and w'hen this sort of
welcome meets the guest he is not
only pleased beyond measure, but is
loth to leave, while he wonders if
this is not a little bit of heaven, this
feiephone-Johnson - School - House-
Monkstow-n community.
A’ter the writer had eaten dinner
2nd had had sauntered ovey the
ground some meeting the people, a
trip was mau? to Monkstown, some
five miles distant. The little village
was practically deserted, everybody
having gone to the picnic, but here
ctuid be seen the handiw'brk of the
farmer, his crops his stock and his
good home.
On returning to the picnic grounds
a stop was made at a home that has
been made desolate, for mother, the
guardian angel around whom every
ti ue home is built, was not there. The.
children were there, and on being
asked why they had not gone to the
piepic. they declared they simply
could not, as they felt too sad.
Do you know', reader, why their
sorrow? It-is this: Along in the
bleak days of February the dread
scourge of smallpox, like a hideous
nightmare, made its appearance in the
neighborhood ->outh of where this
family lives. Unfortunately it was
uiagnosed as measles, and thc good
woman of this household, hearing the
cry for help from her neighbors for
aid, went to their assistance. Soon
i‘ was known to be the horrible
Realizing that she was sure
to tiake the disease, this good woman
bade her family good-bye and walked
down the road to a little two-room
house, there to suffer and to die, for
she told her family when she left
Jf'yotuw&ttfr-
to sat I into
the harbor
of- H&ppy-fget h ***'v
wear qu&lity
Shoes!
We are selling quality shoes to the men and women of
this town. \Ye have dressed a lot of feet in this com-
munity in dependable foot-garments. We would like to
supply you with shoes that would add a joy to your daily
-walk in life. Walk right in and be seated and you’ll be
satisfied.
LEWIS Thksr
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Open All Night
TRY US FOR
SATISFACTORY
WORK
Jy’s Garage.
Phone 309
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FIRST STATE BAIffi
OF BONHAM
<d>llar factor} in F annin Uountv—whv Ilri • Jim. attended the picnic at J theywouhl never see her alive again.
„,»n in.x-v.ry ilusinenf ' Sg S %
.ow n woui<i get iU hingh interested, Fner official capacity of county oemon-
Why? lie* ause that, thirteen-mil- tfetor, visiting several of her can-
licii-doilar Factory would produce a ling dub girls, including Mias Alpha
pay roll. vlerrcll. who lives this side of Monks-
ii'L.,, „.;ji iMonno t- . row-n a mile. Miss Morrell one of
1 the brag pupils' under Miss Hunaker?
eu lanu produce. * •horeportsthattheyounglaily'sone-
\ou'don’t have to figure closely— tenth of an acre of tomatoes is very
a rough guess will give you some tall promising,
thinking. ‘
Vote for the amendment Aug. 21
that overflow laud owners can re
claim this valuable property.
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Her remains rest in the graveyard j tend, if possible, even if he hat to
w hich is hard bv to the picnic, leave Bonham in the rain, ju»t like he
grounds, and now you know why i did Wednesday. f
those children could not hring them- j _z_
selves up to the point of wanting to-: SOME FINE PEACHES
gc to the picnic, when mother, who, _____
meant much to them, sleeps so close Our good friend J. P. Hipp. who re-
to w here a sound of revelry and mer-1 about 34 miIes north ^
riment broke the stillness of the i the city presented the editor with
primeval fore.-t*. ! some very fine peaches yesterday.
Many people from Bonham attend-'! Mr. Hipp is one of the farmers who
ed. the picnic, and there would have I knows how to raise a liviiy at home
been more, but the threatening and hav4 some to spare. He has a
clouds and rain here in town caused. very fine peach orchard, though this
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them to stay away.
year the crop will be light, so he in-
The writer hopes Telephone and her, ^( rms us'
contiguous neighborhood will give an-
other picnic next year, and he will at-
Sub^cribe for the Bonham Newa.
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VISITED TELEPHONE PfCNK
IKE PROGRESS OF THIS BANK
ar. reflected in tin recent *wi'fn state-
ment is due t< the fait that we rave
ample .< ap ta to take rare of a out
customers all the time.
We off* r .our < ust-ev< rv
ern facility for the prompt fania -
tmn of their bankiDg busmeaa.
Plenty of >>ur uwp money to mu at
very itrw rates.
INTELLECTUAL REST
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Inglish and two
of their children. Katherine and Dan, j
were in Telephone Wednesday to at-!
tend the big 4th of July picnic. Mr.
Inglish not only attended the picnic]
- “De nran flat talks de loudest,” said :i-' an indivi<lual. in which capacity he
Uncle Eben. “general] lets his voire thp <linne'' «hle: but he
, , . also oflhciallv represented the Bonham
keep workm while his mm,l rests. _ Roard of Xra(lr ar,1(,Iip th( p,.nplv pf
Washington Star. that good community. ‘ I
GOOD WAGONS!
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J. M. Darling left Wednesday For Mr. Ralph Rigser went to Dallas'
a trip to- F.l Pa. o. yesterday on business.
Your Banking Business Is Cordially Solicited
First National Bank
OF BONHAM TEXAS
BE SURE AND SEE
Helen Holmes
The Railroad Raiders
EPISODE NO
“A Woman’s Wit.’
SEE H AT
QUEEN THEATRE
Saturday
Good Harness
Sulkey Plows
Mowers, Rakes, Hay Presses
and Bale Ties
Chas. Davis
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THE HARDWARE PEOPLE
HOMIAM. TEXAS
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Dicus, L. E. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1917, newspaper, July 6, 1917; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth898422/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.