The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 5, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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The Bonham News
ON TUESDAY
AND FRIDAY
Volume L.
Bonham Fannin County, Texas, Tuesday October 5, I9i5
FOUR PAGES
Number 48
Next Week Is The
Nation’s Dress
Up Week
“DRESS BP, BOYS, DRESS IT
Dress up with the rest of
your fellow American citi-
zens—dress up and be
grateful that you are
wearing peaceful worsted
instead of warlike khaki-
dress up and learn for
yourself the comfort, style
surpassing fitting and
wearing qualities of our
Clothes at $15, $20,. $22.50
and $25.
Hi
RODGERS -COMB
The Good Clothes Store
-£E=TADLERy RSKHESTER^ CLOTHES
CURRENT LITERATURE CLUB
PROGRAM FOR OCTOBER 5.
Hostess—Mrs. C. A. Wheeler.
Current Events.
Maupassant.
Book to be Read: “The Odd Num-
ber."
Drill: Pronunciation of French
words in the lesson for the day—
“Critic.
9 ■ i.
Leader: Mrs. J. I. Rodgers.
Talk: Fiction and Fireside (Beth-
am-Edwards’ “Home Life in France”)
—Mrs. C. L. Bradford.
Talk: Characteristics of the French
—Mrs. S. E. Bartley.
Poem: “Love Song” (Arnaut de
Marvill)—Miss Carleton.
Critic’s Report.
BROKE HER ARM
Last Thursday Irene, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ris-
ser, had her arm broken while at
school. The accident occurred at the
time the children "were assembling to
march into the school room, when
other children crowding together
threw her down, and she fell on her
arm, breaking one of the bones and
cracking the other.
She is getting along very well now,
and is able to be out.
Subscribe for Ths Bonham N«
JOHN FLEMING DEAD
John Fleming died Saturday night
his home in the South part of town.
He had been ill for several days.
The funeral was held Sunday after-
noon, and the body was buried in the
Willow Wild cemetery.
Mr. Fleming was a farmer and a
horse trader. He had recently been
employed hauling material for the
good roads. He has lived here for
a number of years. He lcav&Ss* fam-
ily- *
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Loyd Henslee and Avia Lumpkins.
Alvin Hamilton and Love Rushing.
Isaac Mooney and Bessie Wilson.
E. J. Cox and Ruby Cobb.
Richard E. Swain and Verna C'.co
Cruse.
Orick Duckworth and Corrinne Gar-
rett.
Odis Parsons and Maye Lumpkins.
Herman Walker and Estelle Wrenn
Colored »
Matthew Steyart and Lelia Lane.
Mrs. A. E. Parks and daughter,
Miss Lillian, arrived here Friday last
to make their home in Bonham. These
ladies are the mother and sister of
Mrs. T. R. Caldwell. They have lived
in St. Louis for years.
Why
YOU SHOULD HAVE
A BANK ACCOUNT
BECAUSE You will avoid loss through burglary,
fire or the careless handling of money
BECAUSE You will'make payments by check
and avoid disputes over amount paid
BECAUSE You will acquire habits of thrift, econ-
omy and a desire to save money
BECAUSE You will have a record of cash recived
and paid out without the trouble of
bookkeeping
A GOOD PLACE TO KEEP THIS IS AT THE
First National Bank
WOMEN TO Mm
IN RAVENNA
PISTRICT WOMAN’S MISSIONARY
SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH TO HAVE SESSION
The Women’s District Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold its meeting in Ra-
venna on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. The following program
has been arranged for the meeting:
FIRST DAY
Morning Session 10 A. M.
Devotional—Rev. J. A. Wheeler.
Welcome—Mrs. J. E. Kimbrough.
Organization.
Vocal Solo—Mrs. J. L. Waller.
Noon Bible Hour—Miss Lelia Rob-
erts.^^
Afternoon Session, 2 P. M.
Devotional—Mrs. Bascom Adams.
Report of District Secretary.
Report from Auxiliaries.
Our Young People—Mrs. R. D.
Owens.
Our Children—In Costume.
. Reading—Janette Evans.
Evening Session, 7:30 P. M/
Hymn 635 in Hymnal.
Special Music.
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Duet—Mesdames Spotts and New
ton.
Sermon—Rev. C. C. Young.
The Holy Sacrament.
Doxology and Benediction.
SECOND DAY
Morning Sesison, 9:30 A. M.
Devotional—Mrs. Mattie Nickols.
Our Literature—Mrs. J. J. Pender-
grass.
Talk—Mrs. Frank Bennett.
Solo—M'rs. Sherwood Spotts.
Presentation of Work—Mrs. W. H.‘
Johnson.
Duet—“She Hath Done What She
Could.”
Noon Bible Hcu'-—Miss Lelia Rob-
erts.
Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M.
Devotional—Mrs. M. R. T. Davis.
Institute on Mission Study—Mes-
dames I. W. Evans, D. H. Cabeen and
Scott Fulton.
Posters and Awarding the Banner
Report of Committees.
Adjournment.
Moore’s Chapel
Cotton picking is the order of the
day at present, but the crop is re-
ported very light.
Mr. J. L. Horton and family at-
tended preaching at Bonham Sunday
night and while there witnessed the
baptizing of their daughter, Miss
Ruby, who was baptized in the
Christian church at that place.
Mr. R. S. Pike and daughter, Delma
are quite sick at this writing.
There will be preaching here Sat-
urday night and Sunday morning at
eleven, also baptizing Sunday after-
noon at 3:30.
I have been informed that Misses
Sallie Jarvis and Katie Lee Smith of
Bonham will teach* at Harrison this
year.
Quite a number from here attend-
ed prayer meeting at Union Grove
Sunday night.
Mr. Edd Hill, who has been quite
sick for quite a while is reported some
better.
I think “Two Chums” was kindly
mistaken about our Sunday School at
this p'ace. Will say that I have been
going to Moore’s Chapel to Sunday
School almost every Sunday for the
past seven years, and although it gets
rather weak at times, it has never
gone dead yet. So we will continue tc
have our Sunday school every Sun-
day afternoon. Everybody come and
bring some one with you, and if it is
going dead we will build it up again.
Two of Mr.' Doan’s family are able
to be up again after long cases of
typhoid fever. The others are im-
proving we are glad to say.
Another good road contractor began
the work on the road south of the
Chape! Monday morning.
Most of Ihe Ohapelites have been
attending the Harrison Theatre at
Bonham the 'ait two weeks.
The carpenters have just completed
a nice bungalo house on the J. R.
Dale farm.
Mrs. Esker Chaffiin has been real
sick for the past two weeks with ty-
phoid fever, but L- reported some bet-
ter at present.
Miss Ruby Hortou is attending
school in Bonham.
Miss Josie Morrison, who has been
j visiting her brother, Arthur, in East-
ern Texas, for the past month, re-
turned home last Sunday.
School Girl.
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COUNTY COURT
NOW IN SESSION
HAD A BIG LOT OF PLEAS OF
GUILTY YESTERDAY. SOME
CASES DISMISSED
Yesterday Judge Leslie convened
County Court and took up the docket
for the day. By noon all the work
listed for the day had been disposed
of, most of the accused parties plead-
ing guilty. The following cases were
disposed of:
Bud Pyle, theft, plea of guilty.
Fined $1.00 and given six days in
jail.
WiU Martin, gaming; plea of guil-
ty, fined ten dollars.
Isaacs Thomas, aggravated assault,
and battery, plead guilty and fined
ten dollars.
F. Hilbum, carrying pistol; con tin
ued to next term of court for plea
of guilty.
Dewey Lane, Carrying pistol; plea
of guilty, sentenced to 30 days in
jail.
W. J .Wright, two cases of giving
liquor to minor, dismissed.
W. J. Wright, vagrancy, plea of
guilty, fined $1.00.
Y. H. Richards, theft, plea of guil-
ty. Fined $1.00 and one day in jail.
Earl Robinson, two cases for viola-
ting local option law, verdict of not
guilty. Also acquitted on a charge
of carrying knucks. Earl Robinson
plead guilty on two charges of giv-
ing liquor to minor, fined $25 in each
case.
John Johnson, plead guilty to carry-
ing pistol; fined $50.00.
Jim Grover, plead guilty tp carry-
:ng pistol, given 30 days in jail.
Finis Weddle, aggravated assault,
ola of guilty; fined $5.00.
John Smith, theft, plea of guilty,
fined $1.00 and given five days in
jail.
John Smith plead guilty in two
’ases to violating local option law,
pined $25 and given twenty days in
iail in each case.
Ely and Kerr
NOTICE TO FARMERS’ UNION
The Fannin County Farmers’ U-nion
will meet in regular session at Bon-
ham on Oct. 6, at 10 a. m. in the
Court House. AH locals in the county
are urged to send a full delegation
to this meeting
A. N. WhetU*, P »■«»..
J< C CkftptuM, «*». >
. Cotton picking is the order of the
day and should the fair weather con-
tinue for a few days the bulk of the
cotton would be picked.
Lots of com is being put on the
market at Randolph at 45 cents per
bushel.
Randolph also has a good cotton
market. Seed cotton selling for about
cents, lint cotton around 12 cents.
The present prices of cotton we guess
will cut the wheat acreage short this
fall.
Mrs. B. F. Allen, who has been sick
for some time, is getting along fine
at this time.
We don’t know of much sickness.
We are too busy to bet out much to
gather the news.
J. A. Stafford of Ely has a child
that is quite sick at present.
Sore eyes has been pretty bad in
somq, homes.
Jim Woodson had a valuable mule
killed by lightning a few days back,
and Bully Massey had a good mule
killed the same way. J. A. Willis has
a vauable mule, sick with lock jaw,
caused by sticking a nail in its foot.
Mrs. Tom Frailicks has been visit-
ing her sister at Wolfe City who is
very sick.
Farney Henry has been out West
looking out a location. I have been in-
formed that he bought some land and
rented some land and he and Harve
Booher will move to it in the near
future.
R. J. Philips of Kerr has been in
West Texas prospecting.
W. R. Thompson has returned from
the country north of Bonham, where
he had gone for a laod of sweet po-
tatoes. *
C. V. Newell of Fulp was in the com
munity the first of the week selling j
potatoes. That’s right, boys, there
are other ways of choking a dog to
death than choking him with butter.
A. T. Newell of Ector was a caller
at W. R. Thompson’s Sunday.
J. W.. Glaspy and wife visited J.
B. Jernagon the past Sunday.
Bradley Miller and family visited J.
A. Stafford Sunday.
J. A. Willis is holding down the job j
of keeping books at the Randolph gin, j
making the third year for him at that i
place. Mr. Willis is an expert book-;
keeper and gives perfect satisfaction.
The Randolph grain Healers bought
a car of wheat the past week, paving
•l.ftfi to $1 in ,
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SEVERAL HEN
BADLY BURNED
GAS TANK AT THE ENTERPRISE
CHURCH EXPLODED LAST
SUNDAY NIGHT
From -S. B. Williams of Porter
Church, who was in town yesterday,
we learned of a serious accident that
occurred at Enterprise Church Sun-
day night. He did not have all the
particulars, but the information he
had received was as follows:
The church house is lighted with
acetylene gas, and Sunday night ser-
vices were held there. Some young
men went out to the house that held
the gas tank to either turn on the
gas or to learn why the flow had
been shut off. One of them struck a
match and an explosion immediately
followed. Some of the gas had es-
caped from the generator, and the
lighted match caused it to explode.
Several parties were burned and the
top of the gas house was blown off.
Those most seriously burned were
Walter Cox and a ,son of A. W. Lay-
man. A young man named Perkins
and another named Owens were con-
siderably burned. Others also received
slighter bums.
Walter Cox was thought to be se-
riously burned. He was • taken to
Whitewright for treatment.
Sending Out
ur Shoe
rummer!
A SMILE FOR ALL
To The News:
The thing that goes the farthest
towa d making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the most
is just a pleasant smile.
The smile that bubbles from the heart
that loves its fellowman
Will drive away the clouds of gloom
and coax the sun again.
It’s full of worth and gladness, too,
with manly kindness blent
It’s worth a million dolars arfd doesn’t
cost-a cent.”
I found these pretty and impress-
ive lin^^fiecently in a Colorado paper
and they conform so well to my views
that I present them to my readers
with a few comments.
That person whose face is generally
wreathed in smiles is welcomed
everywhere. He makes life worth the
while with every one he meets. That
one who sang,though the storm may
break tomorrow, I’ll he all smiles to-
night” was certainly imbued with the
proper spirit. Our associates will al-
ways be pleased to meet us if we
will scatter a little sunshine along the
way. Besides there is a reflex ac-
tion and we will feel better our-
selves. The smiler is almost invari-
ably an optimist, an uplifter, one
who aspires to a higher level.
What a difference we find in peo-
ple! Sometimes we meet those who
seldom smile. Then again they are
of a morose disposition. Instead of
a smile they wear a frown. We fre-
quently find them looking upon the
to announce that your Fall Shoes are ready! You’ll b« wanting them
soon and it’s a splendid idea to make your selections early!
Women’s Shoes in Gun Metal and Vici Kid, Medium and low heels
with good soles $2.06, $2.50 and........................ $3.M
The best shoes for the money. Women’s fine dress shoes $2.50 to..
.............................. ................$6.06
Misses’ Shoes from $1.50 to_........................ $2.56
All solid leather and every pair guaranteed.
Men’s Work Shoes for $2.50 to............ $4.00
No better shoes anywhere for the money.
Men’s Dress Shoes $2.50 to____.«....................... $640
Boys’ Shoes in all the latest styles $2.00 to..................$340
Sizes 2Vi to 5%. Smal'er sizes $1.50 to..................$240
We carry a very arge variety of shoes for the little tots from
50cts to .................................................$140
Our shoes are not “Just Shoes” they are shoes that at
every point of Artistic and Skillfull Shoemaking—they’re shoes that
rise way above “the level of the crowd!” .For the Best Shoes for
any purpose come to the House of Better Shoes, Bonham’s Big
Shoe Store!
LEWIS THE«£*
JUSTICE’S COURT
dark side of life. They see nothing j
good in anybody or anything. Op- ______
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objective case. The harder the times an(j costg
and the darker the prospects the
better satisfied they seem for they are
in their element. “Laugh and the
world laughs with you, weep, and yon
weep alone,” seems not to impress
them. Thank God, the majority of
Arthur Ford plead guilty when ac-
cuesd of engaging in an affray, and
was fined $1.00 and costs.
Wm. Bunkly, colored, was attested
by Constable Fincher on a charge of
us prefer the sunshine to the shadow ^eft, and was given an examining
and in the short life allotted to us ^rial before Justice Bragg. He was
here prefer to be “smiling, smiling, i bound °verto the County Court in the
happy every day.” L. C. Penwell. SU™ °
Bunkley was a servant at Mrs. Cur-
tis’ boarding house and Saturday he
extracted a pocket book containing
twenty dollars from the pocket of B.
J. Hampton, who had left the money
in his room. The purse and part of
the money were recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Timber1 ake
have gone to Dallas to make that
p'ace their home. They have lived
in Bonham for years and have many
friends here. Mr. Timberlake was
yard master in the T. & P. yards for
a long time until recently that place
was abolished.
FOR SALE—OLD NEWSPAPERS
Call at The News Office.
II ll
This Quality Sidn Is On My Wlndew
HIS store of ours is a
business with a purpose
—and if you have been dealing
with us for any' length of time,
you will have guessed what
that purpose is.
The shortest wawe can state it is
that we aim to give standardized service
in standard goods.
By “service” we mean a good bit more
than handing you what you ask for and punch-
ing the cash register—more than courteous
treatment and quick deliveries.
It means keeping alive—up with the new things.
It means looking for better grades, wider assort-
ments, progress all along the line.
It means going a little further than many a hard-
ware store usually' thinks of going.
It means carrying bigger stocks, more satisfying
range, greater freedom of selection—and every article
backed by' us, to give satisfaction to the customer.
In Arms and Ammunition, for instance, it means
that we make a feature of REMINGTON-UMC Rifles,
Shot-guns, Cartridges, Shot Shells. It means keeping
right up-to-the-minute in our display of guns—the new
models as they' come out. And in Ammunition it
means that our stocks are always fresh—often re-
plenished, boxes clean and ammunition dependable.
If you are interested in shooting, come in and let
us show you our REMINGTON-UMC Display.
Chas. Davis Hardware Company
“The Hardware People”
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 5, 1915, newspaper, October 5, 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974495/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.