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Stephenville Tribune
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 192^4.
NUMBER 8.
LET US SHOW YOU THAT WE DO GIVE SERVICE----E VANS AUTO COMPANY
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING B<
HELD BY BUSINESS MEN
AXLEY STUDIO WILL
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
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Led by Rev. S. B. Culpepper, the
business men of the city met at the
Hall Hotel last Friday night and
held one of the most enthusiastic
meetings in years. The idea of the
meeting, was explained by Rev. Cul-
pepper, was . to bring about a better
understanding between the business
interests of Stephenville which he
jfelt would result in a bigger volume
of business for them all. Another
meeting scheduled for tonight will be
held to perfect some plan whereby
the plans as outlined can be put into
effect.
Talks were made by Hon. Fred
Chandler, Mayor; Hon.- C. C. Hardin,
Fred Westcourt, L. „G .Rich, Paul
Higginbotham, Win. Panmil, Luther
Hurleson, O. L. Talley and W. H-
Hawkins. All stressed the need of
just' such an organization and felt
that seme trade plan would be highly
ofeneficial to every business man in
Stephenville.
Almost every day something comes
up that requires the attention of the
business men of the city. As it now
stands there is no organiation to
„■ which these matters can be referred
'to and therefore they go unattended.
■ It is the present plan to perfect the
organiation in* such a way that noth-
ing which is calculated to be of bene-
fit will go by unnoticed. -On the other
hand the organization is not to be a
money raising affair and no fees of
any kind are required for member-
ship. r *.
The Tribune hopes to be able to say
after tonight that the city of Steph-
eftville has a real live commercial
organization.
Baxley’s Studio, one of the largest
and most efficient in Texas, has this
week let the contract for approxi-
mately $1,500 worth of additional im-
provements. The improvements will
consist principally of a rearrange-
ment of the entire studio. • A.part of
the front of the building which has
been occupied by Dr.'L. F. Tate for
several years will be utilized and
thereby give a larger and more in-
viting entrance. D'r. Tate will re-
move to another part of the city;
It is doubtful if a better equipped
photographer could be found any-
where than Baxley. Almost every
conceivable contraption for the malt-
ing of better pictures can be found
there. Only last year while attend-
ing the state convpnttbp of photo-
graphers Mr,. Baxley purchased one
of the highest priced and latest model
macRines manufactured and it has
since been in use at the local studio.,
Not only that but other late models
in equipment' are constantly being
added by Mr. Baxley.
The contractors will start the work
immediately and when they have
finished’ the Baxley Studio 'invites
the people of Stephenville and Erath
county to come and see what’ a fine
place he has.
Incidentally, Mr. Baxley wishes to
call the attention of all Tribune read-
to the letter found elsewhere in
INCREASE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
By Paying Cash for Your GROCERIES
-We sell groceries for cash only. This way we can sell
to you for less money. * The overhead expenses that other
stores have to charge on the price of their goods you
-may leave in the Bank or usd for something else.
Try * Us For One Month and See the Saving
The groceries we gell are absolutely the best grade.
The Price Sells—Quality Counts
__________GIVE US A TRIAL „ . .—r
Frank Henson
East Side Grocery Store
TARLETON WINS TWO
BIG GAMES THIS WEEK
BRISK LAYING FOR
PU6L4C SQUARE SOON
STYLE SHOW FEB. 22
BY HIGGINBOTHAM CO.
this issue with reference to the class
of work he does.
THE NATION’S BIG PAYROLL
ED SETTLER WRITES -
FROM SOUTH TEXAS
I
^ihdililM a stranger in a strange
land until I receive the Tribune and
read all the news from home. I have
lived on the Paluxy almost continu-
ously for fifty-three years, and of
course there’s nb place like it to me.
This coast country is fine. It is said
to be a dry country but has rained so
much this winter thgT very little
plowing has been, done, and it is al-
most planting time now. Watermelon
planting will begin next week. The
earliest melons in the state are rais-
ed here, ^hipping begins the first of
June. Melons are raised on the sandy
loam, but most of the land is blafk
and suited to’corn and cotton, hay,
etc.
I am visiting my nephews who live
twenty-five miles west of Corpus
Corpus Christ!. Banquete, our station,
is a live little town with a romantic
history. It is on the Texas & Mex-
ico railroad that runs from Laredo to
Corpus Christi, a branch of the Mex-
ican National.
In March 1836 when Santa Anna
was on the way to San Jpripto they
* ^stopped oh the creek near the village
and had a banquet,* which is “Ban-
. Jtjuete” in Spanish, pronounced “Ban-
' fee tty,’' and that has been the name
of the place ever since. I,an* is high
here, improved ..Hand from $100 to
$200 an acre, owjng to the location.
- It is hard to rent a place. So many
rent from several hundred to even
thousands of acres and work it with
Mexican labor. That suits landlords'
for they only have to build shacks
for Mexicans. There are more Mexi-
cans here, and all seem to live in
peace and harmony. This is the dis-
puted territory between the Nueces
and Rio Grande rivers.
One person’ out of every dozen over
16 yeahs of age gainfully employed
in the United States, is on the public
payroll, and as aresult the American
people are footing a huge salary bill
of nearly four billions of dollars a
year. These figures are made public
in a statement issued by the Nation-
al Industrial Conference Board, in dis-
cussing the rising wave of taxation
and its relation to the public welfare;
The annual cost of salaries paid di-
rectly to active and inactive, govern-
ment employees is $91 a person over
10 years of age gainfully employed.
Exclusive of pensioners, there are
2,700,000’ public servants on the pay-
roll of national, state and'municipal
government. They receive approxi-
mately “three* an done-half billions a
year in pay. pensioners and other
inactive person!? number 670,000 per-
sons who get annually $320,000,000.
Thus the total active and inactive per-
sons on the public’s payroll are close
to 3,400,000 and the cost to- maintain
them there including the active pub-
lic servants’ pay, of $3,500,000,000 a
year, reaches the huge totals shown.
Further analysis by the National
Industrial Conference Board shows a
yiabitc payroll cost to- every -man,*
woman and child in the . United
woman and child in the United States
Of $34 a year, nearly half—46 per
cent—the amount paid- out in wages
by all the factories producing more
than $5,000 worth of goods a year in
1921. ' -
The report which was circulated
last week to the effect that the street
paving would not go ahead as first
planned, is strongly discredited by
Messrs. Burke & Corbett, who have
the contract to. do the work. The
only i&ason the work has been held
ttp~ts that the- water ditches recently
Opened for placing the 8-inch water
mains have not settled and there-
fore the pavement cannot be placj
on them. Hence the work Will
start until these ditches are safe and
sound. It is hoped that the work
will be resurped not later than MarcK
1st.
the general lea
prc. the visitors' Will
icediJP? by -.studi
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Those who think, it never gets cold
here are mistaken. We have had a
'( little ice twice this winter. The nor*
thers sometimes are about played out
when they reach Us and it. can turn
warm about as suddnly as it gets cold
with you. 7
l am seventy-sevven years old—
ton years to ^ day older than our la-
mented Woodrow Wilson. I am about
the last leaf on the tree.—S. E. Sell-
ers, Banquete, -Texas, February 5,
1924.
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I sell the celebrated
DOMINO FANCY GRATE
EXCLUSIVELY ,
fcthied from the famous Sugarite
.District of New Mexico.
NONE BETTER
^Enough wheat to feed 500,000 per-
-sbns for one year can he stored’in a
grain elevator recently built at a rail-
road terminal on the eastern sea-
board. The structure, said to be the
largest of1 its kind Jrg-the world, will
hold 2,500,000 bushels. Figuring the
United States average piercapita con-
sumption at bout, five bushels’ per
year, the supply in this huge store-
house is sufficient to feed some of
Europe’s hungry nations for (twelve'
months. ' The quantity that can be
kept in this granary is estimated to
be about one-fifth as'much as the
to£j£l .crop of Iowa.
The streets of Stephenville have
beeiy crowded with people for the past
several days, especially since .the
pretty spring weather came out. Dur-
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streets
looked painfuly bleak. Yet when* the
weather is so nice wul pleasant very
few care to stay inside. While the
farmers of the county are exceedingly
busy at this time, some of them are
forced to come to town at times and
since so many farmers make this
their trading headquarters hardly a
day passes but a good representation
cannot be found in the city.
PARKER MELON MAN
COMING FDR CAUCUS
Wiley Messer, .one of the promi-
nent melon growers of Parker coun-
,tv and who has made 'a decided suc-
cess in the business, is coming,to Ste-
phenville (and will likely be here Fri-
day, February 22. If it is impossible
for him to get here on that date’ he
will doubtless be 'here or) Saturday,
the 23rd. • ,1 ’’ • *
Mr. Messer thinks this section of
Erath county well adapted to the
melon business and he sees no rea-
son why Stephenville should pot' be
the centeT of one of the biggest melon
markets in' the state. Weatherford
and Granbury and -other towns in that
section have the business stabilized
and each year sell thousands pnd
thousands of dollars worth of the
melons. The1 sale in Stephenville has
always been on an individual basis,
but, if the farmers will go in together
and raise standard sized melons the
market will follow and a good, money
crop will be in store for those who
care to go into it.
HALF or three-quarters of business
house to rent; nice place.—See L. F.
Tate.
According to an .announcement in
this issue of the Tribune the Higgin-
botham 'store will present their an-
nual spring style show, Friday, Feb.
22, from 3:30 to 9:00 p. ro. ' Ar-
rangements have been made to take
care of a large crowd. Aside from
the general features of what’s new,
411 be entertained with
students of Tarleton Col-
souverjirs for all.
The Higginbotham store is ex-
tremely fortunate in having sales-
people- who really know how to stage
•n affair'of this kind. Mrs. Lee
Williams, Mrs. Roy Qeren and Mrs.
John Watts.bave all had a wide ex-
perience in this line of work. Better
still, the Higginbotham wholesale
hogse at Dallas haft offered to co-
'operate in every ’ possible way to make
jt a success,
The public is cordially invited to
keep this date in mind and attend this
style event.
ERATH COUNTY LEADS
IN POLL PAYMENTS
What basketball fans pronounce
the . best game of the season was
played Monday night between Tarle-
ton and Shurtleff Colleges at the Tar-
leton Gymnasiumi A record crowd
was on hand and many were doubtful
as to whether Tarleton would be able
to compete with their yankee rivals.
The game was close from start to
finish and only the very strongest
efforts on the part of the local team
enabled them- to merge winners. In
’’wnsvelr work to be done, and work that’ had
break and the time was called with
Shurtleff with a two point lead. Yet
in the second half the Tarleton team
came back and Shurtleff only scored
four points while tne Farmers went
to work and marked up 16, making
tho-'final score 29 to 19 in favor of
Tarleton.
Shurtleff is one of the strongest
teams in the country. The men com-
prising their team have been together
for four years and thereby hangs the
tale of the successful team Work and
wonderful passing. Yet the Tarle-
ton team has more than covered itself
-with glory in every engagement this
year and so far have not met a single
team that: outclassed them.
The Tuesday night game was equal-
ly as interesting and at the end of
the first half the score stood 8 to -9
ih favor of Shurtleff. However, Tar-
leton came back and scored 20 points
m the second half while Shurtleff
only counted 4. Thus it was that
Tarleton won two of the best games
of the season. This leaves them un-
defeated and it now appears that
they will be state champions in Jun-
ior College basketball. *
DEATH OF MRS. A. M. MOORE
Mrw. Alfred M. Moore, aged 41
years, died at her home near* Cedar
Point, Monday night after an illness
of several weeks duration.’ She was
buried at East End cemetery in Ste-
phenville Tuesday afternoon, funeral
services being conducted by Rev. S.
B. Culpepper of the First Baptist
church.*
Mrs. M%>re was well known in
Erath county and had made her home
here for practically’all her life., She
is survived, by her husband and two
little gftds, and other relatives. In
their sad hour the Tribune extends
to them heartfelt sympathy.
UNIONS PRAISE WILSON ON
HIS MOVES FOR l . S. LABOR
ELEGTIOK FOR THREE
HIGHWAYS ORDERED
The preliminary work in connec-
tion with the election to decide
whether or not bonds will be issued
for the construction of highways run-
ning from Thurber to Chalk Moun-
tain, Johnsville to Duffau and Mor-
gan Mill to Stephenvillo .has been
finished and the election Will be held
Saturday, March 22. Judge A. P.
Young has had—the matter-in his
hands for the past three weeks and
inasmuch as there has been so much
to be done’ exactly in accordance with
the legal procedure, the election is
perhaps a little later than had been
expected.; However, it is safe to say
that everybody wanted the entire
matter settled correctly so that no
complications can ?0me up later and
eaiiso the job to be repeated.
The matter of building these roads
has been discussed from almost every
angle for the last several months.
Some that were against the propo-
sition at first have decided to cast
their vote in favor of the roads and
likely there are yet some who are
undecided. Yet, it appears now that
the measure will carry .by a hand- ’
some majority.
Another thing in favor of the build
.ing of these roads is the fact that the
highway commission is getting their
organization in much better shape
and will undoubtedly maintain the
roads in a high state of perfection.
Heretofore, this has been- a little
doubtful but anyone who will look
at the work being done now under
the direction of Supervisor Luther
Burleson can see the nature of the
substantial construction he is doing,
and with 'only a limited amount of
money. On the highway already
Built he will of course have mon-
money to spend for maintenance. ’ -1 ,
With ,a total of better than 6250
poll tax payments already recorded,
and which total Will likely be greater
when the final count is made, UfRjth
county is in the lead of all surround-
ing counties in voting strength. Tax
Collector Alexander has not been able
to make the final total lip to date ami
therefore the exact number for Erath
county cannot be known until he gets
that finished Following is the total
payments of surrounding counties:
Palo Pinto 5013
Hood ...... 2481
Hantilten—*—•—- ——.4790
Erath 6250
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Knight.
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My residence; furnish-
furnishqd.— Mrs. GeO. P.
ing the <a&d dreary days nobody
tured our 'and therefore the sti
Hume Anderson offers himself to
the voters df precinct three this week
for the office of commissioner. ’He
has been a resident of the county liv-
ing near Duffau for the past 25 years
and has always been counted as one
of the best of citiens. He has never
before aspired to hold office and is
holding the job now through appoint-
ment from Judge A. P. .Yoking. He
will .appreciate the support and In-
fluence of the people of the precinct
and promised if elected to give the
office his very best attention.
Getting Together
When people “get ’ogethcr” and exchange ideas they find
new ways of dci. ithings which they could not hope to
accomplish individually. Possibly we can help you.
We want you to prosper because prosperous individuals
make prosperity for our institution and for the'world in
general. .
’’LET’S GET TOGETHER”
The FIRST STATE BANK
of stephenville
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No Depool tor in a State Bank in Texaa Haa Ever Lost a
Dollar
Washington’, Feh. 5.—A declara-
tion that “the wage earners' of Am-
erica will forever cherish thy mem-
ory of Woodrow Wilson1’ Was Adopted
at a meeting yesterday at the Ameri-
can Federation pf Labor of 100 trade
union officials and'representatives as
-well as of spokesmen for the Pen-
Americai) Federation of L,abor.
Aftcr*referring to his idealism the
declaration said:
“legislation that, marked a great
turning i>oint in the lives Of our peo-
ple cn,me into being under his leader-
ship. The Seamen’s act, which freed
the last bondsmen of America, and
the Claytdn act, which asserted that
the labor of a human being i,< not a
commodity, are monuments to his
humanitarian leadership and to his
devotion to the cause of industrial
freedom and social justice."
W. B. Stacey, Who (tots his mail at
Chalk Mountain, Was in tpc Tribune
office Wednesday a-nd stated that he
was glad to hear that the election for
the highway had been ordered. He is
extremely anxious to see this propo-
sition put over but feels that many
will vote against it unless they are
aifyised with the full details. No man
Should Vote In a matter of this kind
unless he is fully acquainted with the
situation and then he can vote with
intelligence and according to his bet-
ter dictates. This does not mean that
they will all see it alike, even though
they are acquainted with every iota
of the details. Unfortunately V<' can’t
all see these things alike.
Warm Chinook winds in , Alaska
hnve caused the water, from melting
ice, to erode new lands and expose de-
posits of gravel containning rich gold
findings. On the west side of Turna-
gain Arm an avalanche 100 feet wide
and a mile long rushed down a nioun,-
taim cutting deep into the, soil, re-
vealing three ledges rich in quartz.
Every unattached maji in Anchorage
has left for the spot to stake his
claim. .
Mrs. S. A. Knight, Jr-., of Lingle-
ville, received a telegram last Wed-
nesday to the effect that her grand-
mother, Mra. J. L. Hall, of, Dallas,
was dead. She left immediately and
attended the funeral which was held
at Health. Texas. Mrs. McKnight
returned home the past Monday.
SEE L. E. BARHAM
For Leonard’s
Seed.
tlk Garden
I also handle Cream,
Chickens, EggB, Hides and Pe-
cans.
Telephone Building
PHONE 196
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MOOT DIRECTORS
IT MOT TTIES.
- The Bohrd .of directors of the Ag
ricultural apd Mechanical College Sys-
tem of Texas, headedyby Dr-. W. B:
Bizzell. president, have been in the
city the past week visiting Tarletpti
College. Mrs. J C. George, who for-
merly lived in Stephenville and Was
prominent in all affairs of the city, is
chairman of the board.
At the College Tuesday mhrning
Dr; Bizzell took charge of the chapel
exercises ant) {or two hours the
board of directors anil the student
body ..and faculty talked ,Shop. School
songs, college yells and talks by the
hoard members formed OTiB. of the
most pleasant meetings of its kind
ever held at Tarleton.
President Bizzell spoke for a few
minutes" of the life of Lincoln, the
great American citizen, reviewing his
life and pointing out that the success
of Lincoln was an example of the
American spirit of democracy. He
also spoke of the loss ‘the world suf-
fered through, the death of Woodrow
Wilson.
Mrs. George was then introduced,
lin'd In brief the president said: If
every other friend Tarleton had Were
to desert it Mrs. George would remaia
true. Mrs. George has always been
for Stephenville and Tarleton College,
and although her residence is now in
South Texas, the Tribune avers that
she still calls Stepheirriile home. She
will he in the cit>( for about one
week, all the while mixing business
with pleasure and seeing her^old time
friends.
Dr. Byrd White of Lancaster was
introduced and spoke a few minutes
on the wonderful Opportunities ’that
the students, of Ttrlgton have. H>-
expressed a fear they would hot make
use of all them nr.d urged the students
to apply themselves diligently. Mr.
Booth, an old Tarleton friend from
Sweetwater spoke- a few minutes,
then asked to see the members of the
hand whom he Entertained on the
hand1 trip to West Texas last spring.
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Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1924, newspaper, February 15, 1924; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1134922/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.