Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1930 Page: 3 of 12
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Friday, November 28,1930
Pioneer Texafrty oman
Has Seen Five ft ars;
Is hofoliO I ears Old
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(By M. Rhine hart in Groeabepk
Journal)
To have lived 110 years, most of
which has been spent thru
mtios, and over sixty ■
t time it) one communR
.....
trips
lived in that immadiata community
lot a number of years. There were
only' a few settlers there then, and
a .big. aaloon formed the chief track
counties, and over sixty years of ing post whert the men would gathi
ifaitmi 4---a‘—*—f|------ * ’*-
n the stfte take pa
•s, and Id have taken
snort trips on a railway train,
msems almost incredible in this fest
as the
and it
forget.
“'Children,' he said, ‘the world
is cornin’ to an end. We had better
have a little prayer meetin'. To-
gether1 we knelt and father asked
the Lord to help us. We all were
scared to death. Every minute, as
the stars showered down in flam,
ing streaks, we expected to see
the flames leaping out of the tall
pines around the house, burning
up and all of us too. We did not
sleep that night, but morning still
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only two
mov ing age when distance seems as
nothing and time brings so many
changes. But such la the experi-
ence of Mrs. Julia Palmer Roberts,
one of the three surviving Mex-
ican War pension receivers of Tex.
as.
A friend of mine who was enu-
merating the last census, brought
the story of Mrs. Roberts, and a
few days ago I started lot the
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of Seale, we were told where she
lived. We left the main road and
turned into a side road that led
through pastures, creek bottoms,
and worn out fields. Over road>
lined with blushing shumacs, red-
dening upon bushes, we followed
the trail over the sand hills cover-
ed with oaks turning gold and
brown, over creeks without bridges
—the trail grew dimmer and dim-
mer, until it becamS almost impos-
sible to travel in the car. At the
end of this trial, in a small three-
room, unpainted house, Mrs. Rqby
arts makes her home with her wiH-'
owed daughter, Mrs. Mattie Vick-
ery, her only living child. ,
In fragments, as she could recall
the incidents that have happened
in her more than a century, here
in the world, she told the story of
her life — a story mingled with
hardships and drams, and a story
that told of the suffering of the
pioneers of Texas.
Mrs. Roberts', who before her
marriagfe was Julia Palmer, is the
youngest of a family of eleven
children. She was born in Shelby
county, in 1820, when that country
formed part of the neutral ground
end was the hiding place for crimi-
nals from both Texas and Louisi-
I ana. When she was in her early
teens, the family moved to Leon
I county, near Jewett, and it was
there that she was first married,
I to Enoch Bradshaw. To this union
two children were born, a boy and
a girl. The boy, John, died at the
age of 18. With the girl she now
m»kes her homo. Soon after the
...... birth of thp daughter, Mr. Brad-
shaw died and a few years later
she was married to William Rob-
erts.
For a few years the family lived
near Groesbeck, in Limestone coun-
ty. Then the War with Mexico
broke out and Mr. Roberts enlist-
ed and went away,' while his wife
stayed behind to make her home
with her sister.
“I never heard from him the
whole time tie-was gone,” she said,
“because we could not get mkil
through to the company he was in.
He was gone over a year, and dur-
ing the whole time I did not know
whether he was dead or alive, but I
had hopes all the time of his re-
turn.”
“One day he came home. I had
no idea he was on the way and of
courae it was a complete surprise
to me. We started out to farming;
and moved to Headsviile where we
er on Saturday afternoons to talk
-*-and sometimes fight.
“While there we had a big com-
munity .picnic on election year. It
was the year of the Hogg and Clark
campaign. Governor Hogg was pa%-
sing through and took dinner and
made a speech later. I talked with
him some during the meal. He
fcould sure eat lots of chicken.”
“Do you remember the time the
stars fell” I asked her.
“Oh yes, very clearly," she re-
plied, and faintly smiled. “I was
about fifteen years old then. We
lived in Shelby cotAity, three miles
from a neighbor’s house. We were
eating supper, when I suddenly de-
cided to leave the table and go out
-an the porch and get a drink of
water. When I opened the door, it
seemed like • million stars were
shooting down to the ground in the
front yard. Out several yards to
the side of the house, we had a hog
pen, and it looked like most of the
stars were falling right in on top
of our hogs.
“I screamed to my father that
the sky was falling. The whole
family came rushing out. Father
razed- for a minute on the scene of
ailing fire. I could see^iis face
.1 Tl
saw t)>p vyodd standing, The next
nu tn
ivipus'niRM, an<
ottnd Where any
mcrn _
inddeni
no
of
v t»g> world star
rnijjg there wa*
idenTsf.Vp^
sign could be f<
tfU? fallhag ,^j»d(ea
gttma.. -
‘‘l have
she said. “I
hit the
never traveled much,”
Was in Louisiana once
when a girl, but don’t remember
much about it. I have moved a
lot of times in my life, and we
never owned a home. Twipe I
have ridden on a train from Per-
sonville to Farrar, a distance of
about ten miles.) I never rode iu
an automobile much until 1 bought
the old Ford I now own with the
Mexican War pension l get, and
some one has to drive it for me.
Mrs. Roberts is a character ef
the old Texas; a typical woman
who shared the early .hardships
with her mate, never asking qu«
tions, nor giving advice, but tak-
ing things as time handed them
out She never learned to read
and write, and declares that she
has taken up more than her al
letted time here.
The Governors Who
' Were Elected Nov. 4
This Agency Offers .J
- COMPLETE
INSURANCE
AND
Loan Service
Alabama, B. M. Miller, Demo-
crat.
- Arkansas, Harvel Parnell, Dem-
ocrat.
. California, James Rdlph, Repub-
lican. . ; , ’..I
Colorado, Wiliam H. Adams,—
Democrat.
-Connecticut, Wilbur L. Gross,
Democrat
Idaho, C. Ben Ross, Democrat.
Iowa, Dan W. Turner, Republi-
can.
Maryland, Albert C. Ritchie,
Democrat
Massachusetts, Joseph B.' Ely,
Democrat
Michigan, Wilber M. Brucker,
WASHINGTON
BY RADFORD MOftlEY |ff
WASHINGTON. — “Come into
the kitchen.”
That’s the title of one of the
papers dl the Home Economics Bu*
reau, but it Isn’t necessary to tell
the farm Wife that the invitation
isn’t aimed at her, or shouldn’t be.
Rather, it is science which has been
missing from the kitchen for too
long. Strangely enough, this most
fundamental of all activities of
man has been one of the last for
science to discover.
The fact that the Home Eco-
nomics Bureau itself is only seven
years old shows this. Yet, after
only seven years, when the home
economics expert visits your home [ 44
now, she is backed by the experi- Yx
ence and intelligence of 60 special-
ists and experts at Washington.
epul
Mir
Do you need money for the
holidays? This agency
makes personal loans.
ELLIS
INSURANCE
AGENCY
innesota, Floyd B. Olson, Far-
mer-Labor.
Nevada, Fred B. Balzear, Re-
publican.
New Hampshire, John G. Win-
ant, Republican.
New Mexico, Arthur Seligman,
Democrat.
New York, Franklin D. Roos-
evelt, Democrat.
Ohio, George White, Democrat.
Oklahoma, William H.J Murray,
Decomrat.
Oregon, Julius L. Meier, Inde-
pendent.
Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot,
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Republican.
Rhode Island, Norman G.
Republican.
• South Carolina, Ibra C. Black-
wood, Democrat.
South Dakota, Warren E. Green,
Republican.
Tennessee,
Democrat.
Texas, Ross S. Sterling, Demo-
crat
Vermont, Stanley G. Wilson,
Republican.
Wisconsin, Philip F. LaFollette,
Case,
Henry H. Horton,
Stephenville
Texas
Republican.
Arizona,
Hunt,
is.
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PROGRESS
and the BA NK
Gorge W. P.
Democrat
Kansas, Frank Haucke, Repub-
lican.
Nebraska, Charles W. Bryan,
Democrat.
Wyoming, Frank C. Emerson,
Republican.
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'OFHEN a business institution
W is called upon to expand
it * finds the advantages of a
strong banking alliance' of
paramount importance.
The First State Bank is
identified with Stephenville and
Erath County’s successful com-
mercial undertakings.
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Build a Bank Account
TL First State D
111C 0/ Stephenville, Texas
“Where Safety Dwells”
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which they are gathering and put-
ting in form for practical use in
the home.
Everything that cah be discov-
ered regarding every problem of
the home—that’s the prime aim of
these experts, virtually all of whom
are women themselves. Especially
is this work significant for the
farm home, for its other main pur-
pose of existence is to find out now
useful and economical each agri-
cultural product is for food, cloth-
ing and other domestic use.
The Bureau is thus a sort of
connecting link between the farm
,home itself and, the production
which goes on around it.
Although the Bureau has three
main divisions, two of which are
those devoted to economic studies
and to food and clothing, perhaps
the best concrete instances of the
practical nature of ita work lies
n the division of foods and nutri-
tion. - f* —_
There are few rural communi-
ties which have not, at one time
or another, suffered to some ex-
tent from pellagra; quacks and
fakers for years preyed on the ru-
ral population with so-called cures
for this trouble, when all the time
the trouble lay mainly in the ab-
sence of those invisible substances
called vitamins.
In this case, it was vitamin B
which was missing, qnd a peculiar
type of vitamin B at that. It is
only recently that it was discov-
ered some foods containing this
vitamin had what the called “tfn-
tineuritic” properties, while others
with the same vitamin could pre-
vent pellagra.
As a result of its specialized con-
tact with new developments, the
Bureau took full advantage of this
discovery to classify the foods
which had one or the other, or both
of these kinds of vitamin Bv As
a result, wheat germ and yeast
were found to contain both; white
corn had the antineuritic type; so
did rice polishings. Other . foods
are ‘ classified at the Bureau not
only according to this type of vit-
amin, but according to all the oth-
ers.
Other vitamins are vitamin A,
which is essential for growth,
health at every age, and -for suc-
cessful reproduction; vitamin C.
which must be present in your
food to some extent if scurvy is
to be avoided; vitamin D which
wards off such disease as rickets;
and vitamin E, the anti-sterility
vitamin.
This information is ready for
anyone who wi\l write the Bureau.
It will tell you that orange juice,
lettuce, carrots, raw collards, raw
green peas, spinach, concentrate
tomato juice, liver are good or ex-
cellent sources of all these vita-
mins, among other foods.
Not only that, but it can tell you
what amount of each food every
type of person should have during
the week. And in the economics
division, the Bureau will help bud-
get the expenditures for these
foods.
But vitamins, essential as they
are to growth and well being of ev-
eryone, are an insignificant part of
the actual food. This contains
varying amounts of fats, protein,
carbohydrates and the other sub- ■
stances necessary for life. These, j
too, the bureau has carefully stu-
died for the home manager; and
one of the most recently completed
of its studies is one of the com-
position of fresh fruits, shortly to
be followed by a similar study of
vegetables.
The fresh fruits study shows some
surprising figures. For instance,
outside of such tropical fruits as
avocadoes and mangoes, the fruit
which has the most, fuel value is
the lowly persimmon, which has
640 calories to the pound. Calories
are merely terms of measure for
the body neat contained in food.
Other fruits which have a large
amount of calories are prunes, pa-
paws, scarlet haws, bananas, and
Delaware grape juice.
Other things the Bureau has done
with foods include:
Proof that claims of certain
manufacture's that Japanese green
tea was valuable aB a source of
vitamin C are fflse.
. Discovery of the exact point to
06 which hartr, pork, beef and other
meats should be eooked to insure
utmost palatability.
Data Indicating that wheat
germs should be preserved sepa-
rately and added to white flour at
the time of making bread, to solve
the controversy over the virtues of
whole wheat flornr. ,
Revelation that rice polishings,
formerly thrown away at the mill,
ly gained called are a valuable food/ rich in vita-
At once one half min F, and can be easily preserved
assigned to the1 for later use.
Some of the other activities of
•Always an Oak
<| 4ok«f.
Plant an acorn—horse's and Cattle may break some of
its young branches, stojrms aft4< frost may stunt others,
but no power on earth is strong enough to make it any-
thing but an oak.
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When a bank’s officers and employes treat people courteously, friendly, serve
them efficiently, and have the integrity to operate a banking institution safely
nothing can keep it from being a strong, sturdy bank.
“BUILD A BANK ACCOUNT”
HH’TtSS,: is; The Stephenville State Bank
f.ViAir ora traflinrimr onH nuf_ ^ M ^ « **
J. W. MOSS, President
L. W. PHILLIPS, Cashier
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the Bureau, and its relation to the
office of education, the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, the
Farm Board and the Extension
Service, in making rural homes bet-
ter places to live in, will be de-
scribed later in this column.
Gainsborough’s “Blue Boy” is
the highest priced painting in the
world today.
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BELFAST.—Two hours after
her marriage, Mrs. Ruth McGov-
ern found her husband fatally
shot. His funds had been ex-
hausted by paying the wedding
expenses.
Basso Profundc
Mrs. W. C. C. writes: “I had
bene away overnight visiting my
sister. Next morning I said to my
three-year-old daughter,"and how
did my little girl get to sleep
without mama?”
“Oh, she replied, papa twied to
sing .to me like you does, an’ I
went to eleep weal quick so I
couldn’t hear him.”—Boston Tran-
script.
CAPETOWN. —Princess Rets-
hosa and Obedsite of the Bamang-
wato tribe have been sent to pris-
on for ten years for leading a pe-|
volt against the new chief.
Annual Resolution
Gent—Do you intend to do your
Christmas shopping early this
year?
Last-Minute Shopper—‘-Yes I al-
ways intend to.—-Chicago Daily
News.
Perhaps Days %
“He is the recording secretary
of a chess club,”
“But what does he do?”
“Oh, he reads the hours of the
last meeting.”—Life.
St. Louis, Mo., is an indepen-
dent city not in any county, but
St. Louis county inclbdee tne en-
virons of the city of St. Louis. '
Another
THANKSGIVING
from the Carlton Store
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In Stephenville
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One of the oldest mercantile establishments in Erath county bids you many,
many happy returns of this Thanksgiving. Even though we may think at
times that fortune has failed to smile us, still most of the people of this coun-
try are enjoying that intangible asset, good health, and with good health we
can still combat any obstacle.
Sunday School
Lesson
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Zacchaeus The Publican—A Busi-
ness Man Converted
Luke 19:1-10
Rev. Samuel D. Price, D. D.
During the past, summer tree
sitting became a fad with many
ambitious youths, and even sume
women, who wanted to establish
a new kind of record. Zacchacus
also used a tree when he had a
supreme purpose in mind. It was
while Jesus was passing through
Jericho for the last time. *
Curiosity was doubtless the mo-
tive that impelled him to get a
sight of the Nazarene, about whom
he had heard so much. When he
tried to press near the bystanders
Would be none too gentle in el-
bowing him away. Then our man
of ' determination ran around the
crowd seeking some point of van-
tage on the road whither the com-
pany would pass. A sycamore
tree with its outreaching, low-
hanging branches revealed tne pos-
sibility of an unobstructed view
and to this placp he climbed.
No matter how busy Jesus had
been in meeting the outcries of
individuals who needed help He
always was agrare of every one
else in the crowded throng. When
in sight of the tree-sitter He look-
ed up with recognition. Then the
unparalleled thing occurred a s
Jesus in a kindly manner called
Zacchaeus by name. There was
still greater amazement when the
Passerby invited Himself to
the guest that day of the man
who was held in contempt by the
entire community.
When in the presence of Jesus
there is instantly the conscious-
ness of unworthiness. Involuntar-
ily there is effort to measure up
to His idea of righteousness. A
quick audit of his record as tax
collector revealed the excess that
had Uken place in his office. What
he had wrftngly gained called
for restitution,
of his goodr are
poor.
Are still in effect and saving money for hundreds of people. Many have al-
ready taken advantage of what we have td offer, while others are invited to
cash in on these remarkable savings. We do not have time to quote many
prices, but just as an example we mention the following:
Elf T;
Men’s Suits
AND OVERCOATS
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From
*1495
To
$4J 95
Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Curlee
and other standard brands. A
big stock to select from and
values yob cannot afford to pass
up.
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Ladies’
Dresses
AND COATS
From
$495
To
*29™
Here you will find remarkable
values and we urge you to see
them before they are all gone.
STORE CLOSED ALL DAY THANKSGIVING
Thursday, November 27
Kindly Arrange Your Shopping Accordingly.
G. M. Carlton Bros. & Co.
Stephenville, Texas
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