The Fannin County Favorite. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fannin j ounty Favorite.
THiRTY SIXTH YEAR
BONHAM, FANNIN COUNTY. TBXA^. FItIDAY. II NK 13. IJM3
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Plumbing
Is the k»’id that yields’ the best and most service. A
handsome bathroom lor instance, is such an inviter lor
frequent use that it is the ideal of practical plumbing.
We can equip your bathroom handsomely lor much less
than you may imagine, and that too, v\ith a class ot work
of which we will both be proud. PHONE AND
HAVE US QUOTE YOU A PRICE.
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. Chas. Davis Hdw. Co.
THE HARDWARE PEOPLE ’phone 12 BONHAM,TEXAS
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LAMAR COUNTY
TOWN HAS FIRE
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Five One-Story Brick Build-
ings and One Two-Story
Brick Destroyed
Paris, Tti\, Juno 10.—Fire at
IVport, Lamar county, #rt?irting:
about midnrightfrcmi an nknovn
origin, destroyed five spuo-story
brick buildings ami one two-!
story brick building, embracing
an entire block on tb© west
side of Main street.. The place©
'of huims burned cunt were:'
E. K. Crtinn, proeeri •«, stock
i valued between $3,000 and $4.-
000; Wright and Jordnjn, barber
shop and putstnriuni • Deport
1 Furniture Company, stock valuci
at about $4,000; Dr. E. II. B.
Steel's office and M. C. Andrews
dental office above the furni-
ture st<>rc, efich valued atl nbomt
$500; Hart’s drug sore and .1.
W. Neal, jewelry, in the same
building, combined loss alMiut
$4,000; Edgar Smith & Brother,
hardware, $3,500; Isbell & NixnSi
cold drinks and confectioneries,
$2,500.
ROBINSON SMITH
s
COOL
OUTFITTING
The vacation season is here and
we'd like to check you through to
Outing Comfort without charging
you an excess price!
We’ve Two Piece Suits and Noi •
folk Suits of Serge, ll.iiinet ami Home,
spun.
Soft shirt* and they’re beauties
— some with soft collai!*.
$1 <H», *l 50 to fit.00.-.
Cool Neckwear — cool Hosiery
that's tine cool Fnderwear in* a va
rietv ol Styles.
Panama and Straw Hats!
Bool everything to wear jou can
a-k lor and all at cooling prices!
•lust come to set* w hat’s what be-
fore you go away !
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THE <3 000 CUOTMCj VtorTI
Bonham .TtX*V
The Interstate (Joinmere© Bom. $5,000,000, for scores of clerk? and
mission, which must stud) the ac engineers must be employed for
counts and operation of every rail* several years in the>ork.
road in the country which crosses. The Interstate Commerce Com-
the holder of a state, now has he. mission is complete again since
fore it the largest task yet under- Woodrow W ilson became Presi
taken. It must place a physical blent. He tenominated Edgar'E:
valuition bn every one ot these Clark, the chairman, a'd the Sen-
mads. The cost is estimat 'd at ate quickly confirmed. Then he
ing at Hot Springs and
Is Badly Injured
named John H. Marble, seeretaiy
of the commission for the place
made vacant when Franklin K.
I.ane was chosen for the cabinet
The nvemhers of the commission
from left to right are Balthasar II
Meyer, James 8. Harlan, Judson
i'. Clements, Chairman Clark,
Charles \ Prouty, C C. McCbord,
and John A! Marble. >
GOACHfS JUMP
1 T. & P. I RACK
w.'rtm-sitay's Daily
Today ai 12:10 o'clock at the
First Met In (list parsonage, Pc'
Warren T. Wbiteavde, pastor of
Hu- l iist. Methodist church said
the words than uiiithd Mr. P. O.
Itubim-on and Miss I a* tin Smith
a© husband and wife. Mr. and
Mrs. Hobhisifti. left immediately
on the Texas and Pacific train
for Denver, and other points of
intirift in Colorado, where they
expec.,, to remain about one
month before retpunting homo.
The bride is a daughter of
Mr. ain-d Mrs, B. Smith anil h;u*
bet n connected with the millin-
ery establishment of Miss Ida ; IP’est rooms of
Sm,ith for a Utimber of
and is exceediingly popular,
numbering tlurr friends by her-
WILLIE RICHARDS DOLLAR DAY
SERIOUSLY HURT IN BONHAM
Jumped from Burning Build- City Thronged With Bar-*.
\\ illie Richards, a
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well
known
gain and Pleasure
Seekers
Today was Dollar Day in Ron-
Uoriham tKiy, was seriously injuicd ham and the city was thronged
in an attempt to escape from a witli haigain and 'pleasure seek
burning hotel, in which he wa8|t.,8
waiter at
employed as
Springs, Ark.
The fire s nrted
years '^'lae. The blaze was no; dis-
covered until it had gained, a
This is the first Dollar Day
j|, the history of Bonham and it
j has proven to Ik- more than a sue
in one of til©jce>8. People from every point in
the Princess ^hc county were in the cityjaml by
noon the streets jjlooked as though
it were circus day. .The wag' ii
great lieadwy. While andeav- J yards were crowded with farm
acquaintance^ and the announce-! oring to save the furnishings of wagons and buggies.
of her marriage will come the place Richards found that Nearly every store in Bonham
great surprise to pradti- VIUS capped and that it offered bargains for one dollar,
would be impossible for him to [and nearly every one who visited
WHEN THE BOWELS DON’T MOVE
ment
as a
(•ally all of her friends. I *,v ' ."“T : I . . .
‘is one of Bon- leave the burning building wibli- the city bought something.
and ou* jumping. He ruslied to one
At the regular morning hour you’re uncomfortable and the ‘ ^
longer this condition exists the worse you feel. A dose of $)g5-
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS 1
IS THE REMEDY YOU NEED $£
It quickly sets things moving. You feel better at once, and after a
copious bowel movement, you experience that thrill and joy of living, *LJ
that exhilaration of spirits and activity of body and brain that only
those can feel whose internal organs are in a state of functional “\J
activity and cleanliness. It helps digestion, sweetens the breath and re-
stores \ igor of body and brain. Tryit. Sold by all dealers in medicine.
Price $1.00 per Bottle $^5-
'•t ^ Prickly Ash Bittors Co., Proprietors, St. Louis, Mo. if®-
J. W. PEELER., f ocal Agent.
fr()stTndm
IN EASTERN STATES
No One Injured, However
By Accident Near
Sherman
Mr. Rohinwyi) is <»n(>
I m mn i (xst p ro gr cssi \ o
| lending business men, njid is h
prince n the estmation of tlmsc
I who know him best.
Tile Favorite joins tibe many
ffrieiwls of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
n©on in wisli^ng for them all
tlio happiness tl'iia world affords.
Old friends met and jeonversed
with each other on the streets, in
York, New England. Ptuusylvan
ia, Ohio and Michigan.
l rcists were predicted for t<>-
niglr int the Bread; I nkers ri g on
jflic upper Ohio Valley and the
North Atlantic Sfa es.
| Shernian, Tex., .Tune 10.—Pas
senger train No. 32 on the Tex |
as and Pacific, due in Sherman
from tllie cast at 2 ji. m., jumped j
i tlie track at I’iukliill, about h
I miles cast of Sherman, at 1:45;
•'hb'clc .today. The engine fti- •
, dcr and all the cars but the
(•hair car left the track. The
chair car was filled with1 women
rSlwrrrj
Just Opened
Cooper's Cafe is now opened.
Located on South Main street, one
door north of Hale Grocery Bo.
Short orders and square meals.
Square moil's, i'.'ic Your 'patron-
age will be. appreciated. Phone
Ml. Donald Cooper, Prop.
’ ’-'IN COUNTY WOLVES. i,omn
\V. A. DarvTn, who li\(s 4 or tonecl by
man coming from Paris, "herejjj. ,,.iIt-8 southwest of Hu" city,1 Dcparim
heighi in the hides of iwo'u-0t sill
gray wolves v liiph he had
of tht* w i dows on the second ^
floor and jumped to he s reet the store, and wherevCf thfy hap ■—
Mow. He was taken in ftu P«nei110 nUH‘t- Th<* visitors met
lance to St. Joseph’s Inf irntaty | nearly JaU of the businessmen,
where is was fpund that he' Today was a day of happiness for
ha^l siictainod aevercbruises in Ixith aenef and consumer. I ho
the region of the side and ,hip>''rchants and the Board of Trade
. ... , . . are to be congratulated on the
W illie is out of the ho-*piiHl (SUC(ies8 they have made of Bon*
at the present time andwll soifn ham’s first Dollar Day and it «?
he well of his injuries. hoped by every one that miinyj.
more such days might be had.
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The Texas Bo in m e rc i a 1 j See rc tg«
returned this morning from Aus-'ijes have just issued a jackass sta*
tin where he lias hone for tlhe tjstics for Bowie county, giving
three or four days in the in er- the |>opulatiou as thirty six. This
<st of the school bonds. The maybe authentic so far as the
•RETURNED FROM AUSTIN ,
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City Attorney B. A. Wheeler
rcgi-s- four Icg’vaiidy
is COIlCl
•nicd,
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“High Barometric Pressure
of Great Magnitude”
Given as Cause Bonham is to have a “dollai
- - ..... . • [day’’ in the near future and they
Washing on, June 9.—The cold-( promise that if you spend a doliui
out weather ever recorded <ltiiv, with them on that day you will
ing June in the middle Atlantic save several dollais. A great
and New England Spates, the scheme, and we bet Sherwood
Ohio Valley itnul the Great Lftkos.8potts is at the liottom of it. He
region wo© reported today to wants you to spend the dollar with
they Lad bpru. attending 7a|
Blirisfian 'Emit ave r couveniioii '
No one was injured.
A relief train was s-mt ou
from Slicrnmn and brought in!
the passengers and baggage ami
jjeft for Fort Worth two hour*
mid forty-five minutes late.!
’1 he track was badly orn up
tor ii e length of fytir teli-phonc!
polcw, bnt the engine did n»!,j
leave the track.
I to include the
we know they ate
Texarkana Four
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killed near his home, lie pre-j
.seiiud them to die (.‘umiui'sion.-J
era’ Court and demanded the
bounty that the State pays for
tl o scalp of each wolf. The scalp
of • no of the wolve* wa- found
It 1 u in ]>♦ rJ«ct (•on'diticui while!
one ear of the oiher wa* found
re ajiproX'.ed and
if. Attorney Geniial’s if it is suppi-
nt. Mr. Wheel er did two-leg variety
lc lx nds pi, Austin, dead wrong,
s that several nogotia- States Press
tii nis an pending for tlx ir sale. We are sure that tho statisties
-— —:- I did not include the two leg variety,
for it it did it was a long way from
correct as to tin* numlh-r in Fan
nin count) .c* well as Bowie.
WHITE MAN
Word eome> from Wh.tewright
to be slightly damaged. A(eword- of
tlie Weft her Bureau. The Gulf
Stat<« arc the only ones east of
Use Ivock ic*> to cAeup- an unaea
aouahAe drop.
“A higtli harometrie proMUre
him —Honey Grove Citizen.
Bure Mike. Bonham is not over-
looking anything these days
our friends and customers
With The Favorite
Denson Gee has accepted a |w*si-
tion as city reporter fer the Fa
vorite. Any favors shown him
and will be appreciated troth by the
can |editor and Denson. If you happen
always diqiend upon getting their i to know any news item that would
of giftsil magnitude,'' w (he offi- money’s worth when they come tH- of interest to the public Just
cial rcaHon Praits lUv re|x»rt- here to do their shopping
<sl In VurTxin’, B'ff.’i 'l
New to Bonham
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Bum© phone Denson and
i *t.
he will do the
NEW BANK.
B , ' Tlie Guaranty State Bank of
a M-noua cu Unit ft.11,cay—at , ... , „
ini u the law ti e scalp and that plan Sunday afternoon **' J*® < 0',n. ' ’ <x* ’
both ear# of each w olf killed when Jim Sliercr, a wliito man, lfl* n ’ art* ^1 ” '
must be whole and in perfect tun alanlmd about the anna and 11,11 •s,<" ^ * '* * 11
condition. Because of tliie coiv- abdomen wAtli a razor in the / ',rPora or^ ° 1 '* no"
dition the court could pay for humic of a negro barln-r by the(\u'^ 4r* \ t>' ti /,uiin^1^ * v'
only on© of tlie wolves. They name <if John Hniith. The vi
gave a bounty of $5 to Mr. Dar- of the iu*suult ia under 'the eane
win. This ia tlie second wolf of a surgeon, wSio ways his
tiliai the (siiuity lias paid a boun wuiiimIm may prove fatal, und the
tv for, tlie oilier was brought in wieldcr of the Murderous wea|»-
st tbs* last term of court lastjun i>* jn jail wuitnv tin
fall.
l. s* ' oil is
oi bir
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|ii1n Johns and R. M. Colkrm.
E<1 McKinney,^aaa» and daiigb-
tena. GhIoti , Doth and Dorriw,
aril\«al in the city oday to at
outeome (iiw* Ge fiim-rul of Mrs. B. B
m \ ing proeli** i'*v
Hunt.
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Spotts, W. S. The Fannin County Favorite. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1913, newspaper, June 13, 1913; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913319/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.