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MOTTO: "QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY."
CROCKETT, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 21, 1912.
VOLUME XXni—NO. 43.
THE VOTE IN HOUSTON COUNTY.
Official Returns.
Presidential Electors
Democratic 1461
Republican 342
Socialist 247
Progressive 64
For Governor
Colquitt (dem.) 1598
Johnson (rep.): 313
Andrews (soc.) 264
Lasseter (prog.) 45
For Congress
Gregg (dem.) 1508
For Representative
Patton (dem.) 1M7
Shaw (soc.) 2b2
For District Judge
Prince (dem.) 1520
For District Attorney
Adams (dem.) 1524
For County Judge
Ellis (dem.) 1528
Hamlin (soc.) 264
For County Attorney
Dent (dem.) 1527
For District Clerk
Morgan (dem.) 1527
Larue (soc.) 263
For County Clerk •
Goodwin (dem.) 1528
Tunstall (soc.) 264
For Sheriff
PhilUps (dem.) 1527
Calloway (soc.). 264
For Tax Collector
Denny (dem.) 1528
Shay (soc.)... 263
/rtirTax Assessor
Ellis (dem.).. ....1527
Melton (soc.) 256
For County Treasurer
Sheridan (dem.) ..1526
Hilton (soc.) 262
For County Surveyor
Bean (dem.) 1495
Hill (soc.) 262
For County Superintendent
Mangum (dem.). 1524
Five Years for Britain.
G. M. Britain, indicted in the
Houston county district court for
making a false entry in a bank
book and embezzlement, was given
five years in the penitentiary by the
jury. Before the case went to the
jury Britain entered a plea of guil-
ty and was therefore given the low-
est penalty on the instruction of the
court. The verdict was agreed to
by both the prosecution and the
defense and a new trial will not be
asked for.
Britain was cashier of the Guar-
anty State Bank at Weldon when
the crime was committed. He is
the son of a Baptist minister, has a
young wife and two children and is a
man above the average in appear-
ance and intelligence. He came to
the Weldon bank with the best of
recommendations, having worked
in banks at Houston, Amarillo,
Jacksonville and elsewhere. While
cashier of the Weldon bank he built
a nice home which he still holds.
His father, the pastor of a Baptist
church at Paducah, Cottle county,
was here during ' the trial to lend
whatever assistance he could to the
defense.
Canse of Insomnia.
The most common cause of in-
somnia is disorders of the stomach
and constipation. Chamberlain's
Tablets correct these disorders and
enable you to sleep. For sale by
all dealers.
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Two More Convictions With Penitentiary
Sentences of Five and Twenty
Years Each.
The following proceedings were
had in the district court since last
report:
Jake Lewis, murder; continued by
consent.
Jim Dunn, murder; continued by
consent.
Jewell Christie and Audie Chris-
tie, murder; on trial Wednesday.
Walter Johnson (negro), criminal
assault; verdict of guilty and twenty
years in penitentiary.
G. M. Britain, making false entry
in a bank book; verdict of guilty
and five years in penitentiary. Time
waived, defendant sentenced and
the two other cases continued by
consent..
The Old Bachelor.
The old bachelor was giving it as
his opinion that in exciting times
people are apt to accuse the wrong
man. It suggested to him the story
about a former young lady of his
acquaintance. This girl had been
receiving now and then a young
man who had never made love to
her, but had admired her greatly.
One evening, before the young girl
entered the parlor, her mother ap-
peared and asked in a rough, stern
tone of voice what his intentions
were. Not having any intentions,
the youth turned every color of the
rainbow and succeeded in saying
nothing. His suffering was ended
by the entrance of the girl, who ex-
claimed: "Mother! Mother! That is
not the one."
During a discussion of the fitness
of things in general, some one
asked: "If a young man takes his
best girl to the grand opera, spends
$8 on a supper after the perform-
ance and then takes her home in a
taxicab, should he kiss her good
night?" The old bachelor answered:
"I don't think she ought to expect
it. Seems to me he has done
enough for her."
T. R. Deupree has sold his fast
pacing horse to Lee and Downes
Foster and bought Bobby Good, an-
other fast pacer. Bobby Good
paced the Houston County Fair As-
sociation track last September in
1:4 Vz. Major Mack, the horse sold
by Mr. Deupree, paced the
half mile in 1:06. Bobby Good won j
more races than any other horse
making the East Texas circuit last j
season and Major Mack won the j
largest purse offered by the Hous- \
ton County Fair Association. These
two Crockett owned horses, togeth-1
er with the two owned by C. T.
Hunter, are among the fastest
harness horses in the state.
For Sale.
Seven acres of land in Crockett,
on the town branch, part of it good
for pasture, part high ground for
residence, and suitable to divide
into a number of small lots for in-
vestment for small rent houses.
Adv. S. F. Tenney.
Tonight.
Tonight, if you feel dull and stu-
pid, or bilious and constipated, take
a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets and
you will feel all right tomorrow.
For sale by all dealers.
Had Grown Old While Waiting.
A Crockett young man had an
engagement to take his best girl for
a drive and had called at the livery
stables for the purpose of hiring a
horse and buggy. He found all the
horses engaged except one exceed-
ingly shaky, broken down veteran.
Rather than disappoint the girl, he
hired the animal and drove it
around to the girl's residence. He
was invited in and informed that
the young lady would be down in a
minute. After a full hour's wait
the fair one appeared. Going out
to the front, she looked at the horse
and then she looked at her escort.
Becoming indignant, she exclaimed:
"I positively refuse to go out behind
a broken down horse like that!"
"Well, gee whiz!" replied the young
man with biting sarcasm; "when I
drove this horse around here he
was a prancing young colt."
Ufe Term in Penitentiary..
Audie Christie, on trial in tKe'difiK-
trict court Wednesday for killing,
Dock Durham in the eastern part
of the county by shooting Durham,
through a window, was given a
life term in the penitentiary by the
jury Wednesday afternoon. Jewell
Christie, on trial with his brother
for complicity in the same crime,
was given his freedom. Audie, the
elder, is 28 years old and Jewell,
the younger, 21. The brothers were
together when Durham was killed
All the parties are white men.
No. 666
This is a prescription prepared espécial-
ly for Chills and Fever. Five or six doses
will break any case of Chills and Fever,,
and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will
not return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c..
Down Go tHe
Yes, deeper and deeper goes
the price cutting knife into all
prices until there is left us
only the smallest margin of
profit, and on many articles
even this small margin will go.
Our Motto Is
Extra
Special
on ladies' coat suits and coats,
misses' and children's cloaks,
and sweaters for all. Also
clothing and overcoats for men
—the Duchess and Kirsch-
baum kind, and until closed out
these will go at wholesale prices
Sell Goods
Burton
Daniel
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1912, newspaper, November 21, 1912; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177684/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.