The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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S. W. THOMAS, Editor and Proprietor.
ASPERMONT, Stonewall Co., TEXAS, Thursday, February 18,1909.
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Vol. II, No. 32 ,
Boost Your Town! Boost Your 6ounty! Boost Your State!
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HEAVY LOSS
AT HAMLIN
Fire Destroys Nearly Entire
Block in Business Por-
tion of The City.
About 12.00 midnight Wednes-
day night fire broke out in the
building- occupied by Black &
Austin, (the Star Restaurant)
totally destroying the building
and contents. The fire spread to
the woodén buiklingson the north
and destroyed all the wooden
buildings up to the brick build-
ing occupied by Joe Bowen's
DrugStore. The fire completely
had control of the section of the
city, only being stopped by the
brick buildings on each side of
the ones burning. Those who
suffered loss are as follows:
Black & Austin, loss of house
and restaurant fixtures $2,100;
insurance SI,000.
D. M. Durrett, loss of frame
building $800; insurance $400.
The name of the person own-
ingithe next house is unknown.
We fail to find out whether or
not there was any insurance on
his building.
C. A. Hill frame house, value
$1,000 insurance $500,
Hill & Mullins, barber shop,
fixtures value, $1,800;1 insurance
$900.
W. R. Brown building value
$2,500; insurance $1,000. This
building was occupied by a bar-
ber shop, sewing machine agency
and harness and shoe repair shop.
Albert Waterman, Candy Kitch-
en, no insurance.
C. N. Funk . building value
$1,500; partially covered by in-
surance.
W. S. Huddle building value
$300; insurance $150.
The C. N. Funk building was
occupied by Rogers & Taylor, the
tailors. They saved most every-
thing.
The house between the barber
shops was occupied by Mrs. Boze-
man. We fail to find out what
her loss amounted to.
The origin of the lire is un-
known. These buildings will be
replaced with nice large brick
buildings at an early date.—
Hamlin Herald.
Only Another Step.
Oniast Friday a black negro
carrying a Winchester rifle passed
through the north part of town
and stopping at the residence of
S. S. McCord asked Mrs. McCord
to prepare him a lunch, which
she did without delay. Now this
is a very bold affront for thiscoun-1
try and one that should have been
resented -by our citizens. But
some of our town people say,
"No. let the negroes alone and
let them build our railroad." No
doubt some white man,—we mean
Either that or the negro was a
'"tough" and no one knows what
he was getting away from, nor
what he might accomplish ifleft
alone. This is only another step
in the direction of lawlessness
which is sure to follow, and who
knows how soon or how serious?
We don't, neither do you.
Beginning with Saturday night
and continuing to Tuesday our
people experienced some of the
coldest weather we have had for
several years. Some fruit had be-
gun to blobm, owing to the warm
a man who poses as a white man,
—had instructed this darkey to ¡ weathér preceding this spell, and
come armed for fear of trouble, j it was nipped in the bud.
For Sale:—Moving
Outfit.
A complete moving picture
outfit, nearly new and in good
condition, for sale or trade cheap.
Will trade for good work stock.
Apply to R. A. Sims or call at the
Star office, Aspermont, Texas.
A series of accidents or mis-
haps has caused us to be some-
what late with the paper this
week. First our gasoline engine
froze up and bursted, then to add
insult to injury our printers gave
us the "hike." However, we are
still doing business at the same
old stand and expect to get out
several more issues of the paper.
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ASPERMONT PHARMACY
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Picture ¡ Affidavit to County Treasur-
er's Quarterly Report.
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The State of Texas, Stonewall
County. In Commissioners
Court, Feb, Term, 1909.
Before me R. S. Tillotson Clerk
of the County Court in and for
Stone wallCo. personally appeared
the said Members of the Commis-
sioners Court, whose names are
below subscribed, who, upon their !
oaths, do say: That the require-
ments of Art. 867, Chapter 1,
Title XXV. of the Revised Stat-
utes of the State of Texas, as
amended by the regular session
of the Twenty-fifth Legislature,
have in all things been fully
complied with, and that the cash
and other assets mentioned in
the quarterly report made to
and filed in this Court by J. M.
V. Bulloch County Treasurer of
said County, for the quarter end*
ing the 31st day of January 1909,
and held by him for said County,
have been fully inspected and
counted by them at this Term of
said Court; and that the amount
of money and other assets in the
hands of said Treasurer are as
follows, to-wit:
Total amount of cash in the
=0
Carries A Complete Line Of
DRUGS
Druggist's Sundries, Chemicals, Paints, Oil,
Patent Medicines, Window Glass,
In fact everything usually carried in a first-class Drug Store.
We want a share of your patronage.
THE ASPERMONT PHARMACY,
S. W. Thomas, Proprietor,
SUCCESSOR TO "LITTLE JOE" THE DRUGGIST.
various Funds belonging to the
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Rest and Sleep.
Few escape those miseries of
winter—a bad cold, a distressing
cough. Many remedies are re-
commended, but the one quick-
est and best of all is Simmons
Cough Syrup. Soothing and heal-
ing to the lungs and bronchial
passages, it stops the cough at
once and gives you welcome rest
and peaceful sleep.
Now-a-da^s when people want
anything they look in the news-
papers to find where to get it. If
they want the services of a paint-
er, a carpenter, a plasterer, a
plumber or any other mechanic
or tradesman, they expect to find
a card in the paper. They look
for it. If they find one the adver-
tiser gets a job. Judicious adver-
tising pays.
Letter to Ernest Herring,
aspermont, texas.
Dear Sir: A new word has come
into use in paint; it is strong.
Strong paint is paint as strong as
paint can be. Weak paint is paint
not so strong.
If one paint takes 10 gallons to
do a job and another 15, the 10-
gallon paint is the stronger.
If one paint wears 10 years, and
another 5, the 10-year paint is the
stronger.
The strongest paint is the one
that takes least gallons and wears
longest.
But do such differences exist?
Yes and greater. Devoe is the
strongest of all. A job that takes
10 gallons Devoe takes more than
20 of some. Anda job of Devoe
wears several times as long as a
job of some paints.
O. E. Perry, East 8th St, Erie,
Pa. painted two houses same size;
same time; with two paints same
price; took 3 gallons Devoe to 4
of the other; and in three years
Devoe was the better looking job.
Ttíere are strong and weak
paints: we all want the strongest;
paint can't be too strong.
Yours |rulv
F. W. Devoe & Co.
Higginbotham, Harris & Co. sells
our paint.
Victor Hugo once said that wq«,
need not worry about things be-
yond our power to do nor about
things neglected by others for
which we are not responsible.
Do your own part and do it as
well as you can and God will be
responsible for the rest, is about
the way the French poet put it.
That is what we also say to
those faithful comrades who re-
spond to every call and who now
and then get discouraged because
they feel that while they are do-
ing their duty others are care-
less and indifferent and doing
nothing.
County, Twelve Hundred
Eighteen Dollars ($1218.00);
Total amount of assets other
than actual cash to the credit of
the County, In Vendors Lien*
Notes $133.00, Dollars ($133.
Ernest Herring, County
Stonewall Co.
F. Luedecke, County Com-
missioner, Stonewall Co.
Wm. M. McGinty County Com-
missioner, Stonewall Co.
J. W. Mc Means, County Com-*
missioner, Stonewall Co.
W. Y. Kennedy, County com-
missioner, Stonewall Co.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me, this 9 day of Feb. 1909
(seal) R. S. Tillotson
County Clerk, Stonewall Co-
Tex.
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Through all the ages there-
have been those human nonenti-
ties who could not or would not
do anything. Perhaps they could
not help it. At any rate beyond
having served as atoms and
molecules in the highway of hu-
man progress there is no trace
that they ever lived. They are
as utterly forgotten as the coral
insects which build islands and
perish in the building.
But men and women who do
things, often under great diffl-
dulties, leave their impress upon
their age and their names are to
be found in the index of
of human progress.
Those of our readers who have
the fibre wrhich keep them active
should not for a moment get dis-
couraged because others fail to
do their duty. Let them do their
own part and the rest will surely
take care of itself.—Crosbyton
Review.
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where you can get health,
wealth and climate, write to Dr.
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information.
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Thomas, S. W. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1909, newspaper, February 18, 1909; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168330/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.