The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, April 16, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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E.P. CATES, Editor and Proprietor BARTLETT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1915. $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXIX. NO. 43
THE OIL FIELD
SCHWEitTNER FIELD
GIVES BIG PROMISES
MIDDLE TEXAS
LEACUE OPENED
IS WIDENING
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At noon on Tuesday the Thrall
Independent Oil Company's firBt
weil was brought in with the
0 ' largest flow of oil which has yet
been found in the new field, and
the bringing of the well was wit-
'' nesaed by a large crowd.
This company is composed of
all home people, headed by Y, F.
' Hopkins of Thrall, president of
the company. The other direc-
tors of the company include A.E.
" Probst of Thrall, secretary and
treasurer; J. W. Await of Thrall,
J. B. Godfrey of Taylor, J.Lock-
wood of Hare, Hodge of Rock-
dale, Grosse of Bartlett and many
x others murrounding towjis.
i The information regarding this
last strike reached Bartlett
shortly after the noon hour on
a Tuesday and following receipt of
the information excitement in
.. Bartlett was intense. Hundreds
"", of people left Wednesday for the
oil field and many of them" in-
.-" vested in stocks in the many
different companies which are
being organized.
This well is conservatively es
timated at 500 barrels per day,
ana wun lis Dnnging in miiu
north of the proven field has in-
,( , creased in value and experts are
of the opinion that,the field will
, extend a long distance in that
-'" direction. Two more producing
h wells were expected in late yes-
- terday, but up to the hour of
.going to press none had been
tv -rikprted.
ANOTHER OIL CO.
HAS ORGANIZED
Another new company has
"been launched in the Thrall oil
field headed by Bell and Wil-
liamson county capitalists and
investors. The company has
been titled the Temple - Taylor
Oil Company.
It seems that the foregoing
company, in the press" dispatches
became confused with the Temple-Thrall
Company, which is an
entirely separate corporation,
and is composed of the follow-
ing incorporators: A. J. Jarrell,
C. M. Campbell, P. Doering and
M. McCarty of Temple; E. M.
Wilson. E. L. Hardin, A. R.
Grosse and J. A. VI" acker of
Bartlett; D. B. Spillar, W. S.
Drake and E.L. Steck of Austin
Mark McCarley of Temple, is
sales manager of the new com-
pany and states that every share
has been sold.
AN EARLY TUES-
DAY MORNING FIRE
Local investors in the recently
discovered oil field's have decided
that the prospects at Schwert-
ner are aboye par, and with that
conviction a company has been
organized and stock certificates
issued. A contract has been en-
tered into with the Gem Oil Co.,
of Wichita Falls, and under the
direction of D. C. Nelson drilling
will begin within the next few
days on the land leased by this
company, and which has been
favorably passed upon by several
geologists.
As was stated in our last issue
signs of oil have been observed
for many years in the Schwert-
ner neighborhood and this com-
pany is determined to exploit the
territory thoroughly.
APPOINTED DIS-
TRICT ATTORNEY
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Corn Mill Notice.
An T hnltn mtr -Frtrirt . nitao
'';Jtq look after, I will grind corn
for customers on Saturdays, only
'" vCome to see me.
'r- W.J.King.
At 12:30 Tuesday morning the
fire bell summoned the depart-
ment to a fire which totallycon-
sumed a large residence in west
Bartlett which was unoccupied
at the time. The structure was
owned by J. W. Jackson and was
was not observed until was nearly
consumed. O wing to the fact that
fire plugs were too far from the
conflagration to permit action by
the fire' boys, Chief, Blair or-
dered the apparatus back to the
station and the building and out-
houses were consumed by the
flames. The origin of the fire
aqd the amount of insurance has
not been ascertained.
Governor Ferguson this week
appointed Hon. Dan J. Harrison
of Liberty, as district attorney
of the Seventy fifth Judical dis
trict, created by an act ot the
34th legislature. The new dis-
trict is composed of Montgomery
Hardin. Chambers and Liberty
counties.
Mr. Harrison is" a son of our
fellow- townsman, W. D. Har-
rison, and was reared near Bart-
lett. The Tribune joins his many
friends in congratulations.
The first clash for the 1915 pen-
nant took placo yesterday, with
the six clubs in operation Aus-
tin at Bartlett; Belton at Temple,
and Schulenburg et Brenham.
At the opening game here yes-
terday an immense crowd wit-
nessed the contest between the
local team and the Austin bunch.
All the business houses closed
between the hours of Jktp 5 p.m.
Wacey did the pitching for
Bartlett and allowed the visitors
five scattered hits and only at
one time was he in danger, but
he easily pitched himself out of
the hole. Dpspite the one-sided
score the game abounded in bril-
liant fielding plays and was a
snappy game throughout. The
score by innings follows:
Innings 123456789
Austin 00000000 00
Bartlett ... 00100103 05
HEINSOHN RESIGNS
ATTORNEYSHIP
Assistant County Attorney
Heinsohn has resigned from of
fice, to take effect the 15th inst.
Mr. Heinsohn has been assistant
county attorney for some time
and has filled his position accept-
ably. He resigned because he
has formed a partnership with
W. F. Grimes of Austin. They
will have offices over the Farm
ers State Bank. Telegram.
WILL HOLD
UNION MEETING.
On last Sunday night at the
Methodist church in this city
was held a meeting composed of
all tne pastors and many mem-
bers of the various churches of
Bartlett, taxing the seating capa-
city of the large church. Rjv
McCarty, pastor of the Central
Christian church, delivered a
message that was, in deed, in-
spiring, and well worth the at-
tention oE any one. At the con-
clusion of the pastor's sermon.
Rev. Rhodes, pastor of the first
Baptist church, made a few re-
marks, explaining that the'object
of the union services was for the
purpose of deciding upon the ad-
visability of a union meeting be
ing held during the summer
months, conducted by the pas-
tors of the pastors of the differ-
ent churches of the city. Upon
the question being submitted to
the congregation, it was almost
unanimous that the meeting be
held.
The time of the meeting will
be in June. The place of hold-
ing it wiil be at the tabernacle.
The Tribune heartily endorses
the move, and us columns are
open to any announcements con
cerning same,
Announcement
The Tribune is authorized to
announce the following as can-
didates for Mayor of Bart-
lett, election April 20, 1915.
Jap. C. Laughlin,
Stanton Allen.
Presbytery Adjourns.
Cameron, April 14. Central
Texas Presbyterialadjonmed to-
day to meet next time at South-
ern Presbyterian Church, Austin.
Mrs. C. M. Hutton was re-elected
president. All officers were
installed. About $300 was rais-
ed to send a physician to Congo.
SHERIFF LOCATES
. BANK ROBBERS.
Sheriff Hugh Smith, who re-
turned two days ago from El-
Paso where he lost the trail of a
negro murderer wanted here, his
quarry having disappeared into
the wilds of Mexico, stated last)
night that he had located the
Heidenheimer bank robbers.
Deputy Bobinson left last night
for Fort Worth where one of the
robbers is being held, and sher-
iff Smith stated that he would
leave today for the other one,
he had located in a nearby town.
BIG. MEETING
AT CONFERENCE
The District Conference of the
Methodist church for the George-
town district convened at the
First Methodist church here on
last Monday. The 'convention
was headed oy Bishop E. D.
Mouzon and, including the pas-
tors, nearly eighty delegates
were in attendance. The work
accomplished during the' meet-
ing is expected to result in much
Rood to the church and its affili-
ated organizations.
The pastors present were:
Reverends Booth of Georgetown,
Knickerbocker and Cox of Tem-
ple, Mimms of Belton, Berry of
Bartlett, Turner of Granger,
Stanford of Rogers, Patterson of -Salado,
Bond of Holland, Sice-
loff of Jarrell, Creed of Taylor,
Bowden of Hutto, Gaskins of
Florence, Cook of Oenaville.
Swinney of Troy, Poteet of
Thrall, Fryar of Midway and
Anglin of Weir.
Besides the aforesaid pastors
delegates were present from the
district towns of Belton, George-
town, Temple, Granger, Rogers,
Salado. Troy, Taylor, HuttO, Jar
rell, and Thrall.
Taylor has been designated as
the next place of meeting for
the conference, the date of
which will be announced later.
Withal the meeting was a a jro
nounced success and muclT fu-
ture usefnlneBS is anticipated to
be accomplished by the organization.
New Road to Thrall -
The Commissioners' Court at N
Georgetown has agreed to put
the county road in shape to re-
ceive gravel and had donated
enough to fix the road from
Thrall to the oil field. Work will
begin on the road at once.
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Tuesday and Wednesday
APRIL 20th and 21st
We will place on sale 35 Skirts ranging in
price from $5.00 to $7.50.
A! $2.48
THESE Skirts were bought about six months ago but in these
few months styles have undergone a slight change which
bars us from placing these remaining 35 skirts in the front row
However the styles are all practical and the materials are light
weight wool fabrics such as; crepes, serges, etc., in colors that are
suitable for spring waar. These skirts will not be here longer than
two days at the price we are offering them. Your choice Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Always a bargain!
Always one price.
Always the best value
at the price.
NEVER MORE
NEVER LESS
You know the yalues
are guaranteed. Why
don't you wear
IN last weeks Tribune we announced the
sale of a lot of Spring and Summer
Dresses made of Rice Cloth, Printed Foulard
and Silk Poplin $7.50 and $8.50 values
At $5.48
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Womens Silk Outing Hats
This weeks express brought us a wonder-
ful collection of soft Silk Hats. They are
now on display. All solid colors and a
striking collection of checks and stripes.
Priced at 50c bach
Styleplus any
Clothes, ,.rJl
Th earae price the world ewer,"
We became the exclusive
distributors because they
have the distinctive style of
higher priced clothes, in
addition to a guarantee of
wear.
Big selection of fine fabrics.
All the popular styles.
Specials for young men.
We have a few of these left which we will
place on sale Tuesday morning at the same
price. These sizes are 34, 36 and 38.
Another special to make things interesting
at this store Tuesday will be
SENQRA BLEACHED DOMESTIC
36 inches wide 8 l,-2c grade for
Tuesday only
20 Yards For $1 .00
Briarcliff 27 inch Dress Gingham our regular 7 l-2c
Gingham and worth every cent of it. ( 4 AA
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, April 16, 1915, newspaper, April 16, 1915; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48922/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.