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Vol. 8
RANGER SNOT
AND KILLED
HEREFORD. TEXAS. JANUARY S, 1909
the room found the forrr. of
Thomas in a sitting position on a
chair, in the same attitude assumed
when as in a sitting position on a
chair. His head bad fallen back-
f ward over the top of the chair and
Tr«rfT at Amarill. Occur. U a,, ! *«*« P 1 of hi. Wood had gu.htd
Cottoty Attorney*. Office—Dep- ""the chair °™r " floor
uty Sheriff Surrenders.
BUILDINGS FOR 1909
The Year Will See A Number
Business Blocks for Hereford.
Several Already Planned.
~ POST OFFICE
BUSINESS GROWS
every convenience.
will cost $10,000.
Another new building to go up on
Main street is that of Cardwell
Brothers. They have recently
bought of Messrs. Parker & Palmer
the 25-foot front next to their pres- j
ent More at the pricc of $2,500. and ••• Cir*,lu*1 "d SatirtKttry
will erect another building the same
size as tbe one they now occupy.
Daily Panhandle :
"Doc" Thomas, a member of A
Company, Texas Rangers, was shot
His right knee was against the table
that he sat facing and his legs ex-
tended rather out in front of him.
Justice K. K. Kerr was upon the something good, though not a prophet i ** * store room, their present build-
The Brand always optimistic, al-
ways hopeful, alwhys looking for j The rc*r half u#e<* by them
Increase for iqo8 Over Previous
Year
scene of the tragedy in a short time, !nor the daughter ot a witch or the
and removed the pistol and other son of a prophet, makes this forecast;
in the head about 10 o clock this j belongings from the person of the That the year iqoq will see the
forenoon and died about an hour af- ranger. The pistol was found in largest number of business houses,
county attorney s j its case at the right hip of the! public buildings and private res-
terward in the
office in the court house, where the1 officer.
shooting occurred. Jim Keeton,
the jailer and chief deputy to
Hughes, surrendered soon
shot was fired. Thom;
spoxe after the firing of tie
shot, and Keeton made but a
statement as follows, to a represen-
tative of the Daily Panhandle : "I
am sorry that the tragedy occurred,
but 1 could no longer avoid it. I
dodged Thomas for two ye&rs. He
has been seeking a meeting with me
for several days. He came to the
jail this morning before I was out. I
saw no other way to avoid further
difficulty." Beyond this Keeton
would not talk, and simply stated
that he had no expression for publi-
cation.
Sheriff Hughes was just quitting
the apartment in which the} tragedy
occurred, when the shot was fired.
One or more parties saw the flash
The shot that killed Thomas was
y fired at close range, the
fwiet burned.
MBit wiioim jnt flbatot fbo
ifldb-
the back of the ft# tmt,
great hole in the skull and going eu-
tirely through the door of the room
in which the shooting occurred.
ing being too small for their large
business.
Of course the recently burned d«t-
tnct will be replaced F. H Brit-
tain was at work in the derbis of his
two buildings before the embers cool-
ed. He will erect at once a build-
Mr. Tygret Dead.
A wire to Mr. Garrison yesterday
morning from Mineral Wells
brought the sad news announcing
the sudden death of Mr. J. T. Ty-
gret. It has been known that Mr.
Tygret was not in good health but
his friends were not alarmed about
his condition. Mr. Tygret is well
known in the city and the family
has many warm friends who will re-
has purchased the lot be-
tween the Hereford Hardware Com-
pany and the Horse Shoe restaurant
•sad will with F. H. Brittain erect a
MM fawtoatvo lots. Mr Dun-
tipilSP "SMNV^MM
Sm
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gret to hear of his death. He was
from the pistol and shortly thereaf- j for a long time proprietor of the
ter Keeton walked from the room j Tygret hotel which still
and surrendered. Parties rushing name.
idences erected than during any
previous year.
A few buildings already planned ln8 ne*t to the opera house fe.li
and begun will be completed; the Dunlap has purchased
flMtft Fe depot costing $23,000 ; the
&R k G. depoMUHMd lo cost
$19,911); and
S18.O09L Mm *
several ^P*
and are in the
W. H. and J. Ray, a brick, plate
glass front, to occupy ground where onc* buitdftlfc, begin at
Ray's jewelry store now stands. another on the same ftf.
This building when completed and building is to cost about $2,500 and
furnished will be the finest jewelry
store west of Fort Worth and south
of Kansas City. It will cost all
told $5,000. The next building
will be erected for the use of the
Warren Hardware Company. This claim in New Mexico
will be a 75 foot front by 120 feet
deep and likely two stories. Mr.
Morrow of Amarillo a member of
the firm was here Tuesday and re-
marked that the building would be
bears his j built especially for handling the
I hardware business and would have
Through the courtesy of C. Smith,
postmaster for Hereford, a statement
of the business of the office for I*>08
has been obtained, showing a highly
satisfactory increase over all previ-
ous years. A careful analysis of
the comparative receipts as shown
in the table of monthly detail found
below will convinc e the most skep-
tical "doughnut" man that Here-
ford has grown some, at least, dur-
ing the year The business of a
post office is taken as a safe crite-
rion for progress and prosperity, of
The total receipts for 1 '>07
u
it*
will be built of concrete. It is not
known whether the buildings owned
by Messrs. Murphy and Dale will
be rebuilt now or not. Mr. Murphy
is not here and Mr Dale is on a
For Sale
A nice clean stock of
Millinery Goods. A good
opening for a first class
millinery business,
tf. Geo. A. Stambaugh.
Jany
$59*.bJ
rm.m
Feby
.507 99
50.3.50
70O?
Mar
501.55
790 87
580.81
Apr
479.1.1
818 25
797.58
May
.. J25.68
422 50
58J.44
June
.. .347 97
5.3.3.29
512.47
July
.. 65h.6l
592.4f>
1167.76
Aug
J5J.82
440.04
57.3.81
Sept
. J71.45
470.68
582.56
Oct
566.99
580.69
789 J5
Nov
5J5.91
495.71
594.15
Dec
. 792.02
75.3 62
857.J4
Tot'l
$58.34 74
$7195.9.3
$8.38.3.90
The receipts of the office in 1 *>02
was only $2,885.7 I.
Our Best Wishes to You
for the Coming Year
At the beginning of another year we desire to extend to
all our customers our sincere thanks for their liberal
patronage in the past seven years. For the coming year
we are already making active preparations to make it
eclipse all other past years in every department. With
greater values to offer, larger stocks and additional lines,
we feel that we can serve you better than ever before.
O. E. Thomas, who has had charge of the books and
undertaking department for the past 2 years, will be with
the business and same will be conducted under the firm
name of E. B. BLACK Co. We are constantly studying
the future situation—looking for the best values and new-
est designs. Always on the alert to the interest of our
customers. Our buying connections enables us to warrant
the biggest return for the money in up-to-date furniture.
E. B. BLACK COMPANY
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909, newspaper, January 8, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253483/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.