The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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üNNOUNCEAÍENTS.
B. ATTERBURY, Jr., EfiUr. land over. Seymour has been
-¡his headquarters for the past For Reprcieatalive. (104th DUt.)
twenty-five years and if there
is a blot against him at that place ltrt *
we have been unab'e to learn of Stonewall oun y
it. He is qualified to serve the ¡ R- E Humphreys,
the people in the capacity of ; °f Throckmorton county.
District Judge and if elected will Disfritl Au# (50th DUt.)
se ve us well.
Published Every Friday Evcaing.
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rísiDAY, MARCH £0, 1908.
Entered as secand class roitter at
Knew C ty, under tho *ct ol Congress
of.Mcrch 3,187 .
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
One Year.
Six Months.....
Three Months
We are proud to say thai we
?1.001 have a few citizens who know
.50! that which is best for our town
25 i and a e working hard to have
our town incorporated. This
Invariably Cash ii. Advance. means more Knox C'ty than
111111 anything at present. Occasion-
\\e have atrain bought the ai y you find one who is opposed,
Knox County News and with the incorporating our town. The
hearty co-operation of each at.d 0j>jection with the majority of
every business nan we nre g^- them 'is that the taxes will be
ing to make the News the best j tQO j^j, ^t present everything
B. D. Glassgow.
of Dickens county.
District Jndge. (50th Dist.)
Jo A. P. Dickson,
of Baylor county.
For County Judge.
J. H. Milam.
For County Treasurer.
J. M HODGES, of Benjamin, au-
thorise*;} thj News to announce him as
a ca.'.dida.t ior treasurer of Knox eoun-
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subject to the Democratic party
G. L. ERNEST authorizes the News
nuu.i c
him
as a candid
*te for
piper in the west. It is use.e.-s ¡g ^ong donation if done
for us to try to exp.aiji tne pleas-. ajj when done by taxation
ure it g ves us to ugain be \v th: C0S[S each an£j every citizen alike ! Treasurer of Knox county subject to
the good peonlc of Knox Cityj 0f our opinion it is the on]y
way 'i ac* on of Democratic party,
and vicinity. Having been un~ i to do business and we must i.i ! ní.frírf -nJ n^lr
able to find a country that cfters Q0rp0r9>iem The sooner the be4- „ ^
somary g Iden opportunities as ter | ••• B- JONES, of the Gillespie com-
this, we are safe in saying we * pu -ity authorizes the Now. to an-
• u. , no.mco h:s candidacy for the office of
are ere 01 'e- , pv~rv I Mr. Lee Coffman, anwouncsp |Dlstnct and County Clerk, of Kno^
deal fair and honestly .th even ^ County, subject to the .«¡on „t the
citizen and patron, vve will ucfl
take «,;y pv/= in
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Drs. Gibner a Pope.
Offic hovrs 10 to 12 a. m. end 2 to 4 />. m.
/, 2 and 3. Retident 'Phom S'ot. 31 and 8.
The latest improved medical appliances for tieatius cucases, such as X-Ray, etc
L'i r(c ji> in Jort'l v itüng, roen
Of He 'Fhon No. 28
D. A. LiNDSEY,
Notary Public.
The Knox (bounty Consolidated Abstrr.ct Company, Inc.
Capital Stock $5,0C0 pai:
id up.
Directors: P. D.
W. N. Coombes.
Chas. E. Coombes, Pre3; W. C. Johnson, Sec .--Tres.
Sanders, H. S. Wilson, Chas. E. Coombes, W. C. Johnson,
Own and operrte two complete set of aWrr.cta of titles of Knox County lands
and town lots. A safe reliable rbst-rnct of your title furnished on .short notice.
Address all communications to W. C. Johnson, Manner, Benjamin, Texas
Coffféan "has lived in Knox CÓJ- 1
ty for many vears and is well
and favorably known. We could
say nothing hut gocd things
about him an i if elected w:1'
serve us well.
There is not a v.;cant house in
i x. . .V ir> this issue ?f the News,
politics,; ' ------
pr8^bit'ión or any sue * is .W 1
The News is everybodys paper,
is read by nearly every family in
the county and we will dish it to
them all alike. However " .lit
we are, we are that, whole sou1.
mind and body, but our Ve.:ds¡
afe level enough, for us t. look |
at both sides of a question and Kncx
because a man does not think
just as we do, for our part wc,
are frit nds just the same. Wish- j &> of busmess. now a your op-
ing every business man and sub- r>0: r-an,t> •
scriber prosperity, which will j —
surely come to them'in this iar.d Stilwell Appears For Funds.
of : lenty, we s';ar: endeavor t:. President Stilwell of the Kan
serve you in the iuture in v.he gag \fexico and Orient has
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V. C. JÓrl.sSÓÍÍ, uf Benjaniiii,
a'.ithcrizes the News to announce his
cardidacy for the office of District fttul
C< unty Clerk of Knox County, subject
to th ? action of tho Democratic Party.
J. A. üíARTIN, of Munday, auchor-
izcá the Mews to announce his candi-
dacy for the office of District and
Coun4y Clerk subject to the action of
This shows there 1 ,hc ><-™ocratic Party,
is something doing hete. If you j
want to live in a town that is
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
i
N. R. Morgan.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAV.'
AND LAND AGENT
Abstracts of Ti les Furnished
Collecting1, Conveyancing and
&,xaminin£ Titles a Specialty.
Ol
i hysicon
Orille Bullington,
f
attorney-at-law.
Luans made on land. Vendors'
Lien notes bought. Office in
Campbell Building.
M. WILSON
a:;rj ObsUtirciiian
E.\tr:itllng Teeth A Spcc.nltp.
¡OfF.cc it rtvic'ence on cast main
1 s'.:c¿t.
Phone No. 61.
KNOX - CITY - TEXAS.
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Munday, Texas.
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John H. Brice, M. D
* physician
and surgeon'
Office in Farmers State Bank. '
Office 'Paone, 9; Residence, .")
KNOX CITY, TEXAS.
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Coombe« & Coombes,
attohfifeys-at-law.
Practice ir¡ State and Federal
Courts.
benjamin, - : - texas.
C. E. Bailey,
DENTIST
Office over Farmer State Bank
Permanently Located
way most satisfactory to all.
The following: appeared in the ¡
Munday Times under the head
of League Echoes by Fairy
Queen:
'One of pur neighbors met an
sent a letter to stockholders ask-
ing that while the officers of the
company are again undertak ng
the tale of bonds and stock in
Europe, the stockholders sub-
scribe either to one-year 6 1-2
old darky a few days ago on a j per cent joint notes of the two
loaded wagon and he said, construction companies which
"Hello Uncle Ephraine, you! are building the railroad, each
seem to be freighting." No sah!$1000 note being secured by $2,-
l am only haulm' a Title fertili- ¡000 in first mortgage bonds of
zin\ "Fertilizing?"'
dar is plenty of waste dirt
¿ah
Ivin'
Cclenan \V BRADFORD of Benja-
min authorizes the News to announce
:m a candid .te for sheriff and tax col-
lector of Knox county, subj >ct to the
Democratic party.
•T. H. Y A FBTÍOUCIT, of Benj-.mi-,
au'.horizco ihe News to announce his
candidacy for «.he office of Sheriff uf
Knox County, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
W. D. ROI.'SE of Benjamin, author-
izes th :- News to announce his candi-
dacy for tho office of Sheriff of Knox
Cóuuty, subject to the action of the
uemocratic pr.rty.
S. W. HENDERSON, of Knox City,
authorizes the News to announce his
candidacy for the office of Sheriff of
Knox County, subject to tho action of
the Democratic party.
II. B. WILSON, of Munday, author-
izes the News to announce his candi-
dacy for the office of Sheriff of Knox
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
T. J. REAGAN, of old
thorizes the News
General Directory
state officers
Go . r or- T M C impbcih
Lieut-Gov—A 15 Davidson.
Attorney General—R V Davidson.
Comptroller—J w St">nhens.
Ti'.a '.urer- Sam Sparks.
Com Lund Office—J J Terrell.
Sunt Pnb In's't—R B ^ousins.
Railroad Commissioners— Allison
Milam, pre. i '¡."2 judge.
Commissioners—No 1, J W Smith,
Knox City, No 2, J H Steward; No. 3,
J G Horn; No 4, M M True, Goree.
Commercial Club.
Meets the 1st Tuesday night of each
month. Dr. G. P. Gibner, presinent
Mayficld, chairman,
O <' oiijuit.
DISTRICT COURT.
Judge 50th Judicial District—J M
Morgan, of Knox County.
District Attorney—B D Glasgow, of
Dickens county.
Court meets at Benjamin the 6th
Monday after the 1st Mc::day in Feb-
ruary and August, six weeks'each term.
The District embraces Baylor, Knox,
King, cottle. Motley, crosby and Di '
L J Storey and 1 and T'"e s^tterwhite, secretary.
G-ee.
Knox City dirt is a little sup- JQoncludes follows:
erior to Munday dirt as we do! "I can not urge on you too
not have to haui it awav from | strongly the necessity of com-
Knox to sell it, however we willjpleting the sixty-seven miles of
say that good dirt shines in a! track necessary to connect tre
good town and around people road between the Red River and
who know how to use it. If'Benjamin. This will give us a
Fairy Queen could spai e the time
from her cozy coop during the
fall moi ths and take her little
line in operation from Wichita,
Kan., to Sweetwater, Texas, and
will enable us to secure a great
the railroad company, or to first .
mortgage bonds of the railroad
around Munday and I am haulm' company, with a bonas of 40 per
some of it out west to fertilize1 cent in preferred and 40 per cent
dem little towns like Knox City j in common stock; either of these ^ ^
and Carney to mak 1 'o-n grow1 subscriptions to be made at par. thorizes the News t<J amK>ün¿e 'hir^ a
like Munday. j The funds thus obtained are to candidate fr^ and Tax Couec.
'He knew a good thing when ¡ be used in pushing constriction jtor -x Knox eóanty, stbject to Demo-
he saw it didnt he Mr. Editor?' jas fast as possible. { Mr, Stilwell |cratlc rarti-
For Tax Assessor.
LEE COFFMAN atthorize* us to
annonnce him u a candidate to the
office of Tax Assessor of Knox county,
suDject to the action of the Democratic
Primary.
For Constable Prect. No. 5.
C. M. WOOTEN, authorizes the
News to annonnce him as a candidate
tor constable of Prcclnct No. 5, sub-
ject to the action of the Domocratic
Party.
For Public Weigher.
S. W. BOH ANNAN authorizes the
News to announce aim a candidate for
Public Weigher Pre'c't. No. 5, subject
to the Democratic party. ^
P. F. J AC vSOM authorizes the News
to announce him as a canoidare for
Public Weigher Pre'c't. No. 5. subject
to the Democratic party.
J. O. SMALLIN authorizes the News
to announce him as a candidate for
Public Weigher Pre'c't. No. 5, subject
to the Democratic party.
D. W. BLANTON% authorizes the
News to announce him a candidate for
Public Weigher Pre'c't. No. 5, subject
to the Democratic party.
en? counties.
REPRESENTATIVE 104*
. . . . . WSTW'JT
(Composed of Ar >. .
R V,unff,Throck-
v' ' -«ytor, Knox, Haskell and
S R craviford of Graham.
SENATOR 31 st DISTRICT
J W Ycale, of Amarillo.
COUNT\'
county court meets on the 1st Men-
day in January, April and July and on
the 3rd Monday in October.
Judge—J H Milam.
District and county clerk — E c Young.
Sheriff and Tax collector—J R Reeves.
County Attorney—W S Bailey.
Tax Assessor—O W Lee.
Treasurer—J M Hodges.
COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Meets on the 2nd Monday in Febru-
ary. May, August and November. J H
br<.od for a walk to our city, she ¡deal of through business. We
would find that not only that have experienced very trying
Munday's dirt was hauled this. times and it has been difficult to
way but here she would see corn, carry on construction work dur-
cotton, wheat, oats, maize and j ing the past ninety days, but we
all such béíñg marketed in Knox j have continued to do so, and I
City which rightfully belonged i hope our stockholders will now
to Munday. Our heart overflows'come to our assistance and ena-
with sympathy for the little town ble us to build this sixty-seven
when we think that she is not miles so necessary to the success
able to hold the natural resourc-
es which the God of Nature has
given her.
Hon. Jo A. P. Dickson of Sey-
mour left his announcement for
District Judge in this the 50th
Judicial District with us this
Week. Mr. Dickson did not
give us any data in regard to
of the enterprise. This will give
us 434 miles of continuous track
in this one sect'on which ought
to show earnings of $20,000,000,
or much more than we have in-
vested in the entire line up to
the present time.—Houston Post
Go to the O. K. Chop
for a first-class lunch.
House
Secret Orders.
K. of Pr
Meets every Thur^a ^ht. yisi.
tors always invif A Dr G p. Gibner
C. c. and J. Leverettei K. of R. &
Seals.
w. o. w.
Moirts every 1st and 3rd Saturday
night of vach month. E B Warren c c
and Dr 1 M Wilson, clerk
I. o. o. F.
Meets every Friday night.
L. C. Everett, N. G. and E. C.
Couch, Secretary.
A. F. and A. M.
Meets on Saturday night on or
after each full moon. Visiting
brethren cordially invited. Fred
Papworth, W. M. and J. B. Jones
secretary.
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 281.
Meets every 3rd Tuesday night
in each month, Royal compaions
invited. W. M. Sandifer, H. P.
and Sam Anderson, secretary.
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The Orient Drug Store.
DR. IRA J, CULVER, Prop.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
We will try to always
have a full line of
school books on hand
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Atterbury, E. B. The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1908, newspaper, March 20, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178933/m1/4/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.