Palestine Daily Herald. (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 160, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1912 Page: 5 of 8
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PALESTINE DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1912.
5
TWO DIE
or EIRE
KATIE MAY AND LEROY DEWEY
BASCOM, CHILDREN OF MR. AND
MRS. T. A. BASCOM, LOST LIVES
IN FIRE IN THEIR HOME.
Latimer & Ezell undertaking parlors
and prepared for burial, and later
taken to the Odam residence. A
further.notice will be made of the
funeral services.
The dead:
Katie May Bascom, aged
Leroy Dewey Bascom,
years.
Seriously burned:
Mr. T. A. Bascom, father
dren.
Mr. Arthur Bascom, oldest
family, about 18 years of age.
10 years,
aged 13
of chil-
son of
Dr. R. W. Dunlap
Locates in Palestine
Dr. R. W. Dunlap, late of Fort
Worth, eve, ear and nose specialist,
has located in Palestine, and is open
ing offices in the Link building, on
Oak street. Dr. Dunlap comes to Pal-
estine very highly recommended, and
will no doubt receive a genuine Pal-
estine welcome. The doctor w~th his
wife are domiciled at 402 Magnolia
street. h
BY MRS. C. W. HERRINGTON.
A Morning Tragedy.
As a result of a fire at 1:30 o’clock
this morning, two members of a fam-
ily were burned to death, and other
members were seriously burned, and
those making their escape from the
fire had a narrow and perilous escape
from death in the flames. '
The home destroyed was the prop-
erty of Mr. T. A. Bascom, located at
No. 9 North Jackson street, and was
occupied by Mr. Bascom and his fam-
ily, consisting of his wife and five
children, four boys and one little
girl. The house was a large two
story wooden building, and the entire
family was sleeping in the second
story rooms. The first known of the
fire was when some member of the
family was awakened by the roaring
of the fire, and by the time the fami-
ly was awakened the house was a
seething mass of flames, with a roll
of fire roaring up thd only stairway
leading to the lorwer floor. The fa-
ther and mother at once aroused the
children, and thought all of them re-
sponded to the alarm, and all made
for the back of the house, \vhere de-
scent was made to the ground ov£r
the rear porch. Mr. Bascom dropped
to the ground and told the oldest spn
to swing the smaller children to him.
but when the work was begun it was
found that two of the children were
missing. On learning this >Jr. Bas‘
com and son. Arthur, both made des-
perate effort^ to re-enter the room
occupied by three of the children. ,t6
rescue them. And It was while mak-
ing this efTort that both of the eldeT
men were badly burned. Mr. Bascom
entered through a window, and while
groping his way was overcome by the
smoke and beat and fell in the floor.
Arthur hearing his father fall surmis-
ed what had happened and went to
his rescue, pulling him out and from
the building. Mr. Ba^ocm was so
badly burned that his forearms are
literally cooked, and he will be laid
up for .several weeks. Arthur Bas-
com's arms are also badly burned and
cut, as a result of breaking into one
of the rooms in an effort to save the
lives of his borther and sister. The
youngest boy, occupying the room
with the other two children, made
his escape in some way.
Leroy, the boy burned to death,
was evidently guffocated before he
ever left his bed, as his body was
found where it had dropped through
to the lower floor beneath the place
where his bed had stood. The little
girl's body was found on fhe back
/porch, showing that she had gotten
that far toward safety when over-
corns. ' '
The news of the Are and of the
tragedy in connection with it, soon
spread all over the city, and hundreds
of people visited the scene, offering
assistance and sympathy. The - fire
company rendered every help possi->
ble, but as the building was practi-
cally consumed before the alarm was
turned in had little opportunity..
Both Mr. Bascom and son, Arthur,
are employes in the local I. & G. N.
shops, and today the employes of the
shops have rendered every assistance
possible.' A committee took charge of
affairs, made arrangements for the
funeral of the two children, and gen-
erally looked after the comfort.of the
surviving members, measuring up to
in
Akridge & Wagnon
Close Their Doors
• Akridge & Wagnon, doing a gro-
cery business in . Old 'Town, have1
closed their doors and turned over
their stock to their creditofs. Their
liabilities are said to be about $48oN.
with a stock that will invoice about
$2000.
Basket Ball Team
Leaves_For Tyler
The Girls’ Basket Ball team of the
High School left this morning for
Tyler- for a m^tch game with the
High School girls there. The Pales-
tine team’s line-up for the game is as
follows:
Forwards—-Misses Jeannette Markle,
captain; Mary Lee Taylor.
Centers—Misses Iris Welborn and
Ola May Hamilton.
Guards—Misses Emma Langston
and Rachel Richardson.
Coach—Miss Doole£. ~
Substitutes—Misses Sallie Belle
Robinson, Johnnie Moore, Lillian
Marsh and Dean* Hamilton.
The following High. School
ladies also accompanied the
Misses Grace Hutchinson,
Jameson, Tessie McDonnell,
Richardson. Ava Moore, I^uby Saw
young
team: ’
Gladys
Leah
BacneTor Maids.
Mrs. Tucker Royall entertained the
Bachelor Maids Thursday afternoon
with six tables of bridge. At the close
of the ^.fternoon an elegant two
course luncheon was served. ¥rs
Royal! was assisted in entertaining
by her mother, Mrs. Dora Douglas.
Entre Nous Club Entertained. .
Mrs. John McKay entertained
TUfcrsday afternoon in honor of the
new club, Entre Nous. The valentine
season was honored with hearts and
the colors in every detail of the
pretty affair^ Bridge was the game
bf the afternoon. At the close of the
afternoon the dining room doors were
thrown open and all invited to enter.
The dining table was beautiful, the
centerpiece a large red heart, with
ribbon streamers ending rtf each
cover, “Pull your fortune.” The for-
tunes of the party \yere read and en-
joyed. The luncheon was elegant.
Turkey with dressing,’ oysters, Sara-
toga chips, olives,. heart nut sand-
wiches, cream biscuit, fruit salad and
chocolate. The personnel of the party
was the hostess, Miss Almarine Allen,
president of thejclub; Misses Jennie
May Dick, Kathleen Caldwell,- Mar-
garet Sue and Claudia Barrett. Liela
Broyles,
Bailey.
Ida Stevens and Mrs. Llpyd
Dance.
“The Boys” gave an enjdyabip dance
last evening at the city ball in com-
pliment to the younger set
Leap Year Dance.
The Moose hall was a festive Scene
Thursday evening, the occasion a
leap year dance. The following dainty
invitaiions were mailed the first of
the week:
-"The Alpha Epsilon.. Social Club in-
vites you to be present at their Leap
Year dance to be given hr the Moose
hall Thursday evening, Febtuarw
15th, 1912.”
The meaning of the ciub name is
“All that is eleggpt,” and the whole
evening’s entertainment showed that
vers, Ellie Wiley, Nellie Hassell, .Lil- the meaning was' true. Red hearts'! ^ The Womans Wednesday Club of
lian Tarbutton, Jqbnnie Wiley.
Other members of the party w'ere
Mies Fannie Lou Fullinwider, teach-
er; Mrs. Tarbutton, Mrs. Will Irving
and son. and Messrs. Harvy Radev
and Harland Smith.
Mrs. Mary Inn Newell
Died rills Mornlny
"
This morning at 5 o'clock Mrs.
Mary Ann Hewett died at the ..old
HeWett homestead, one and one-half
miles south of ' the city;, aged 85
years. The funeral will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock,', with
interment in East Hill cemetery. .
Mrs. Hewett was the mother of
Messrs. W. Henry Hewett and M. M.
Hewett of this ejty and county, and
Mr^ T. M, Hewett of Crockett, Hous
ton county, and was an. old pioneer '
resident of the „ county. And while
her-death was expected, she is never-
theless mourned, because she was a
good woman, and had lived a-godd
and useful, life. The sons are receiv-
ing. sympathy from -their - numerous
•friends. ' V i
were floating everywhere; the letters
. of “Leap Year” were beautifully ar-.
ranged across the hall. Ferns were,
here and there with floral decora-
tions - of yellow chrysanthemums:
Dainty program? bearing the club
name were given ouf. Mr, Porter, as
pianist, furnished the music which
was fine. The grand march w;as led
by Mrs Beatrice Steler and Miss
Bessie Fox. There were twenty
dances and a heart special* -Tiny
hearts bearing the names, of the iclub
members were us$d. and the boys
drew'partners with these At -.10
o'clock all were invited toy-;e dining
hall, which was beautifully arranged.
The. centerpiece was an Embankment
of yellow chrysanthemums and - ferns.
An elegant t-h-ree course supper was
served and more than eighty guests
Injured the charming hospitality - of
this .cjub, the personnel of which is :.
Misses. Mayme Ryan, Gertruda'. Arm
the full
the time
requirements of friends
of need and distress.
As stated above Mr. Bascom own
ed the house, and had It. partially in-
sured, as were the furnishings, -The
house and contents are a total loss,
except as covered By insurance.
No tragedy of recent years here
has so stirred the sympathies of this
people as has this fire and -its awful
resutls, and the parents and brothers
have the full sympathy of the com-
munity. • ; \
Heavy Express
Business Now
Passenger train No. 3 from tht
north this morning - brought six ex-
press. baggage and mail cars in, all
loaded. One of the cars was,a solid
steel ma.H car, one of the new mode^
and the others were baggage and ex
press. The express business through
this city at present is very heavy,
and calls for a great deaf of equip
ment. Most of the cars arc used in
hauling early vegetables to the north
New Vaudeville
Starts Monday
Another good audience was at tin
Majestic last night'., and the quisle. h>
the house orchestra was again thj
feature. A'tfeo the fancy Shooting cane
in for a gootT [*art of- appreciation.
^Jcginqing Monday evening and foi
1 three nights 'the fb.nbwing- yandeviUt
I numbers ar.e, aimouncext; - , f
Musical fiel'gv in a '.novelty nt.usira
Funeral This Afternoon.
Funeral services for the Tittle ..bo
and girl were held at 4 o'clock this
a ct.
afternoon
J. Odam,
from the hone*, of
at No. 10 North
street,, and interment was
Mr. John*
Jacksprf
made in
Mis* Marl
qjdiomst l’:
TV'-^Randalls.
Frank Merritt.
With the. tistta
Jef.Ht'o, j.rcnr
iio-veb y
sihetii
debt! hi
East Hill
the' little
cemetery. The bodies of j
victims were taken to the 1
Read the Herald wapt ads.
some loved one. The occasion was a
delightful ope for all.
Beta Delta Club.
Mjss. Eleanor Watson was hostess
on Friday evening at a beautiful val-
entine leap year party in compliment
to the Beta Delta Club, and boy
friends. The parlors were pretty in
red hearts and red carnations. Parlor
games were enjoyed, especially "cross
questions and crooked answers” with
candy hearts. The dining room was
very attractive; the centerpiece was a
large heart from which streamers of
ribbons containing.the fortunes of the
guests, were pulled. Tbe fortunes
were read and enjoyed. The person-
nel of the pretty affair was the hos-
tess, Misses Phylis Ash, Charlotte
Davidson, Annie Joe Helen, Eleanor
Houseman. Louise Hathcock, Dorothy
Lee and Glayds DuPuv. Escortsj
Elmer Welden, Henry Williams. Ben
Ash, Morris Parsons, Ben Hamilton,
Forney, Bowers, Albert Maier, Russ
Baty and Charles Rady.
Woman’s Social Club.
Mrs. B. H. Gardner entertained the
WQmans Social Club yesterday after-
noon, naming her honorees Mrs. W.
R. Moore of Houston and Mrs. Knox
of Mississippi, who is visiting her
daughter, .Mrs. H. L. Houseman. (The
afternoon was passed in pleasant
conversation, closing with/luncheon.
Mrs. R. Lee Joiner of Amarillo was
a guest.
•
B. Y. P. U. Entertainment.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Eastland's home
on North Jadkson street was a gay
scene last evening, the B. Y. P. U- of
the Baptist church holding a pretty
entertainment. Parlor games, music
and conversation were enjoyed,- clos-
ing with luncheon.
^ - .if,' v'Ty’ ‘
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Mrs. Percy V, Pennybacker.
A movement has been started to
elect Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of
Austin, president of the General Fed-
eration ,of Women’s Clubs, the initia
tive having "been taken by the Wo-
man’s Club of Charlotte, S. C., which
has indorsed her.' Requests, have
been^made by various prominent
club women in other states, asking
that she allow her name to be pre-
sented at the biennial convention of,
federate clubs, to be held in June
at San' Francisco.
this , city passed a resolution at its
last meeting asking that the presi-
dent of the State Federation appoint
a committee,- whose duty it will be
to confer with Mrs. Pennybacker-
and having secured her consent, to
take steps to bring about the c.o-oper
ation of the club women of Texas
and other states that may secure her
election.
Mrs. .pennybacker is etninenily
qualified to fill this position through
her natural ability and by her ex -
perience, being at present a member,,
of the executive board, having served
two,terms, and is at present the chair-
man of the endowment committee of
the General Federation.—For-t Worth
Record, ^ ,
The Methodist Jaxiiefc of the Cen-
tenary M. E. church have closed an
engagement: with Mrs. William Void,
her. a German artist, yftio' will, give a
• ,r' • « - , - - , * 1 ^ . ’’ Lt £) l V " it
strong. Nel].Ryan, Maggie .Mav Arm- musical matinee, on March second at
strong, SteRa Ryan- Be«s;-Fox, Etlna|the city hgJl.V This , will no doubt iie
Henry,. Addie Belle McDonald,'MoHie
Beayis. Annie ALay Mehahr. Mercidfes
Ryaiij Maii^ Roscoq. Elizabeth,‘Mead-
-wwp. Katie Etorek. EnitiKi’ Roderick.
Mafceji Fox, Rosalie Delanyj Alesdanies
RfemHiioh, Beatrice, Stehriland Beilr
, Rethenberg. ,
—o-•
Shower Party. -ftT
y “Mias’-Robbie Norman was the hon-
aree of. a pretty ,shower f>arty given
r by Mrs. Thornhill, Mrs. Clarence
Angejl and Miss Willie Nall at the
hospitable home of Mr. E.. J.' Irvine
on John street, in honor of Miss
Norman's approaching marriage to
Mr. Hughes of Taylor. Red hearts
w’ere festooned and grouped in every
conceivable manner,- suggesting that
Cupid was near. Beautiful gilts were
brought to the young honoree. An
elegant repast of cream and cake
“losed the happy occasion.
rate treat; as, the artist, is. one- of
renow.n arid prominence. • , . -
'
Mysy ehb- \V t.-i.iv i* entertaining
the Qui-Vives -thi- -afternoon.
Tliat . was a beautiful valentine, on
the f4th tbe adiqm sion of Arizona into
the.-I nited - States, adding the forty-
eighth star to the dag, and bringing
the last bit bf ; territory within the
confines of the United States. "Our
’country, sweet- land of liberty/'
Mrs. Roy Phillips
guest of relatlves-
of Tyler is fhe
Leap Year Valentine Party.
Thursday: evening .Miss Ida P<dl im
pertained the Veneris Chib,, coni piii
rnenting the young men -wio are
friends ' Everything ariggested the
-ya Fen tine yea< ori 'Hearts- • * Were - truf
itrips, here rind the re in si reamers.
• ! he: -eaniy of > veil ing ' was
r hearts." tire seprg-. cards .her i ts. ; At
tho. close of 'the games every ,bb,V ' re j
; ej-vetl a- proposal wrirten and pa-gig I
m ;tlny cii'is.- The 'beys*ofc’cotim.-.au
sW^red ab ; arr . : •
•
)rtiggtf r-. Bwall: v aldtvf iji bs \y e i e gi yen
wbi.ch • ti».- sef k . rn.-rii for'Wp
tgT. 7The, dining tab!e was -pre'i tU in
jhg yH'-orf iqe. eo’prs/ The Y’efiYerpret <
Vag ca n dcla W; -tstrrtri in Rig i
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rintOj; h^»rtk ori tl;e ‘tabh.- -p; ,
Mrs. 6. G. Berryman of Alabama
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Cutter.V -
- '
Mrs. Ed Pells of Houston is in the
City visiting-friends.
Mrs: H R. Moore of Houston fe vis
itikg .here' tp the delight of -mariy
friends. , . . M h v ''' ' t’ ..
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The Alpha ppriilon Social Club is
under obligations to the .Moose Club
for .extemlfd- cotirtekies - arid, desires
by this to thank th’E ; members- sin-
>en :
Majestic Theatre
House of Good Vaudeville Motion Pictures
Vaudeville Bill for First Half of Week
Beginning February 19
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MUSICAL BELLS
In a Novelty Musical Act
MISS MARIE QENARO
Premiere Contortionist
1 HE RANDALLS
' Novelty Act
FRANK MERRITT
' Singing Comedian
3000 FEET MOTION PICTURES
Reserved Seats are on sale at the box office of
the Theatre. 1 he following prices prevail.
Dress Circle, 25c
Parquet, 35c
Box Seats, 50c
Matinee 3:15. Night Performance 8:15
Box Office opens 9:00 a. m. at Majestic Theatre. Phone 42
THIS THEATER EMPLOYES NONE BUT UNION MEN.
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The Busy Bee Cafe
Has the best cooking and unsurpassed service in town.
Private Dining-Room for Ladies.
When in Dallas patronize our place, the Center Cafe, 215 1-2
S. Ervay St. Also visit our Forth Worth Cafe, the Moose,
1504 Main St., when in Forth W7orth. - You will get nice ser-
vice and good meals.
Specialty in Short Order and Sandwiches.
' • Tables Reserved by Telephone. Call No. 64.
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V. Palestine Daily Herald. (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 160, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1912, newspaper, February 17, 1912; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992018/m1/5/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palestine Public Library.