The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 14, 1908 Page: 4 of 4
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COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE
flowing ere this.
Methodist District Conference Com-
relatives in
Directors.
FOR THE SUBMISSION
Twa Bants Burned.
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: COUNTY NEWS s
DR. F. C. ALLEN
OVER HUB CLOTHING STORE.
Local Sneakers to iddran The Peo-
ple of Fannin Ooonty in Favor of
The Suhmission of a Con-
stitutional taend-
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The following speakers will
address the people in the advo-
cacy of the submission of a con-
stitutional amendment for^tate-
wide prohibition at the following
places on the dates mentioned.
All speaking will be at night un-
less otherwise stated.
WILL H. EVANS
Green School House, Monday, 13
Lamasco, Tuesday, 14
Telephone, Wednesday, 15
Hilger, Friday, 17
Couzzens School House. Saturday, 18
EDGAR W. WILLIAMS
Ector, Monday, 13
Dodd City,. Tuesday, 14
Windom, Thursday, 16
Ivanhoe, Friday, 17
C. M. SCHOONOVER
Bafley, Monday, 13
Harrison School House, Tuesday, 14
McCraw’s Chapel, Wednesday, 15
Leonard, Thursday, 16
Nobility, Friday, 17 •
w. R. ROSSER
Savoy, Monday, 13
Anthony, Tuesday, 14
Fulp, Wednesday, 15
Leslie, Thursday, 16
Valley Creek, Friday, 17
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The Weekly Banner carried this
glad dews to the farmers today
m every part of the county and
they by night will be relieved of
a burden? The rate’ declared is
in keeping with the declarations
of the governor and the county
judge and commissioners. While
their word is considered good the
people could not approximate the
matter. Now they can and re-
lief is certain to come to them. —
Greenville Banner.
wound is not only painful, but
prevents her getting out of the.
house.
MAWLITfaS
Capital Stock paid in J 850,000.06
2,233.84
1,315.57
’. 6,500.22
983.67
freely on anything pertaining
to dentistry. You will be de-
lighted with my painless meth-
ods, courteous treatment and
IRON CLAD GURANTEE.
Think of the comfort of good
teeth. They aid digestion; they
promote health; they require
attention; certainly all teeth do
that; and when you want some
tooth filling in the most ap-
proved manner—Remember me.
Your money back back if I fail
to please you.
500.00 3,($2.69
Mrs. J. C. Barnett returned
Saturday from Sulphur, Okla. 4
While there she stepped through
a broken sidewalk and broke one
For Sale on Main Street.
The pretty house of Mrs. Law-1
xence; 8 rooms, 2 halls, 150 foot
front. $4000. only. Now i s
your chance. Easy terms.
7-10 Will H. Evans & Co.
• Rev. E. S. Hursey began a
a meeting at the Methodist tab-
ernacle in South Bonham Sun-
day night. He is assisted by
Rev. J. H. Schnmshire. Every-
one is extended a cordial invita-
tion to attend the meeting.
Constable Lee came up from
Honey Grove Saturday, having
in custody a negro named Bob
Smith, charged with aggravated
assault on another darkey. Bob
was pretty badly battered, but
he said the other negro was in a
worse condition. Bob entered a
plea of guilty and was fined $25.
Not having the ready cash on
person or elsewhere, he was sent
to jail.
Yesterday the county commis-
sioners declared the tax levy of
the year at one-half of the rate
for 1907. This indeed should be
the lifting of a great burden off
our people. It was feared that
the tax rate would dig deep into
the pockets of the people, es-
pecially the farmers and land
owners, but this was but a dream
like those which visit us in the
night time with promise of great
harm, but which fa^e away to
I nothingness with .the dawn.
Utopia Lustre thread, thread
for Mt. Mellick work. Stamp-
ing done at any time. Call and
see me or phone 280.— Mrs. Ellen
Oldham, 717 North Main, Bon-
FINAMCIAl C0NMTIM OF TUI
80IHM BMKI I
AT BONHAM, TEXAS
State of Texas,at the close of business
on the 30th day of June, 1908, pub-
lished in The Bonham News, a news-
paper printed and published at Bon-
ham, State of Texas, on the 14th day
of July, 1908:
RMSOUROM*
Loans and Discounts, per-
Loans, real estate...
Overdrafts
Furniture and fixtures
Due from Approved
reserve Agents .. .82,582.69
Due from other nanks
and bankers subject
to check 1
Cash Items 210.08
Currency 3,303.00
Specie 2,501.22 6,023.30
Total 861,033.40
07 M. Schoonover, returned to their
home in Greenville Saturday!
Mrs. Will H. Evans is in Durant
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. R. Mc-
Kinney. The little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. McKinney has been very
sick for some days, and is now suffer-
ing from appendicitis. It is thought
that an operation will be necessary.
I
Saturday night about 9:30 the
barns on the home places of J.
C. Nunn and R. E, Steger burn-
ed to the ground. The fire was
caused by the dropping of a
match in some straw. • Mr. Nunn
had gone into the barn to see
about some little kittens that
were in there and that he feared ^e bones in her foot. The
had been put bv the old cat
where his horse would step on
them. He lit a match to see how
to get them, and held it until it
burned his finger. He dropped,
it, but not until he thought it.
had gone out entirely. He walk-
ed out of the stable; but before
he had gone far he heard his
horse snorting, * and turning he
saw the flames shoot up from the
straw. He ran at once and tried,
to put it out but could not do so,
He then ran for some water*, but
the fire had too gocd a start by
the time he got back, and he
could not put it out.
The alarm was given and the
fire company responded in good
time and succeeded in keeping the
flames confined to the barn of
Mr. Nunn and that of R, E. Ste-
ger. The two buildings were
joing each other.
Mr. Steger lost a considerable^
quanity of hay.
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: A PERSONAL A:
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Miss Ida White is visiting in Dal-
las.
Mrs. G. W. Crittenden is visiting in
Commerce.
Judge W. A. Evans leaves coday
for a visit to Dallas.
Mrs. R. E. Gilbert left Saturday to
visit in Muskogee, Okla.
Evans Pritchett went to Dallas
Saturday to visit relatives. s—
Mrs. Andrew Anderson and baby
are visiting relatives in Dallas.
Misses Routh Thompson and Jim-
mie Kennedy are visiting in Dallas.
Emmet Thompson and Roy Ken-
nedy went to Amarillo last Friday.
Andrew Barrett, of Denison, came
over Saturday to visit relatives here.
Wm. Lanius returned Saturday
from a visit to his ranch in West
Texas.
Miss Mamie Shaw, of Fort Worth,
has been visiting Mrs. J. Lee Tarpley
since Friday.
Harvey Biggerstaff and family re-
turned Friday from a visit to relatives
in West Texas.
Miss Arbel Terry, of Sentinel, Ok.,
has been the guest of Miss Kate Sut-
ton for several days.
Mrs. Rosser Thomas and children
left Saturday to visit
Ladonia and Dallas..
Miss Susie Chapman of Farmers-
ville has been visiting Mrs. J. M.
Hancock since Friday last.
Mrs. D. A. Biard and little daugh-
ter returned Saturday night from a
visit to relatives in Cooper.
Miss Ethel King returned to her
home in Savoy Saturday after a visit
to Mrs. Walling Biggerstaff.
Mrs. J. A. Moss returned Friday
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Will
Hornbeck, in Sentinel, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McAnally and
Mrs. J. C. Barnett returned Saturday
from a stay at Sulphur, Okla.
Misses Blanche Evans, Ilene Agnew,
atad Mary Alice Pritchett left yester-
day for Dallas to visit relatives.
Bob Russell returned to San Angelo
last Friday after a visit to his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Russell.
Joe Bailey, of San Angelo, was here
Friday to visit his sister, Mrs. W. A.
Peters He left Saturday for Dallas.
J. W. Newman returned Saturday
from a three day’s visit to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. R. McKinney, in Durant.
W. W. Witcher was in town Satur-
day, and stated that he and his wife
had just returned from a visit to
West Texas.
Miss Ann Mansfield and Miss Mavis
White of this city and Miss Evelyn
Biggs ot Dodd City left here Satur-
day to visit in Dallas.,
Mrs. Gee and her daughter, Miss
Undivided profits, net
Due to banks and bankers
subject to check . .; ....
Individual Deposits, subject
to check
Time certificates of deposit.
Total...., 861,033.40
whole country and 46 per cent, of
our population are now under lo-
cal option law’s.
’ In our own State, out of 244
counties, 153 are entirely dry, 66
partially so, and only 52 entirely
wet. The dry’ counties include
the most populous part of the
State and we believe we see the
down of a great day, when Texas
shall be delivered from the mon-
’ ster curse.
We feel that we are committed
to prohibition already by action
of our general conference, and in
as much as there is now quite an
agitation of the popular mind as
to State wide prohibition, we be-
lieve the opportune time has come
to drive the evil from our State.
We therefore pledge ourselves
anew to this great cause, and urge
the people to express themselves
on the 25th, inst., by their ballot
Bernie, who had been visiting Mrs. jn favor of a constitutional amend-
ment looking to this end.
We condemn the action of the
brewers^ the anti-prohibitionists
at large and the politicians for
seeking to confuse the public mind
and divert the public mind from
the main question by seeking to in-
ject into this campaign the local
option issue, as a bold hypocricy,
and urge our people not to follow
any of their advice or listen to
their counsel.
Wo feel sure that if The prohi-
bitionists aro true to their cause
that Texas will be swept into the
columns of prohibition States and
the white flag of purity w ill w ave
in proijid triumph over \jhis empire
State in 1909.
(Signed) W. A. Stuckey, Ch’m.-
■ F. A. Rosser, Sec’y.
This report was unanimously
adopted and the secretary’ of the
conference w as ordered to furnish
a copy to the Dallas News, the
Fort Worth Record and to each of
the papers published within the
bounds of the district. I there-
fore send you the above copy for
publication in your paper.
W. R. Rosser, Sec’y.
Randolph, Texas, July 6, 1908.
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DANNER.
Health ot the communitv good.
Several are complaining, but al-
ways ready to eat every oppor-
tunity they can get.
Crop prospect very
all growing crops badly in need
of rain.
Well, Gringo, you haven’t told
us vet abbut that oil-well. I
would have thought Caney Creek
would have been filled to ov^r-
Mr. Butler and Mrs. Allen who
have been visiting their sister,
Mrs. Sid Starnes and their grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Butler, re-
turned to'their home kt Hugo,
Ok., the 6th inst.
Ed Farmer is back from the
West, and says there is nothing
doing there. -
’Rev. Robt. Keene filled his reg-
ular appointment here first Sun-
day. The church called him
again for another year? but he
resigned to take work elsewhere.
Mrs. May Taylor and niece of
Itanhoe were in Danner com-
munity Monday.
Mrs. J. B. Lyons and'Children
left for Kentucky Friday to
spend the summer tor the benefit
of the lady’s health. / x
-G. W. Bernett and wife were in
Bonham Friday.
Boisd’Arc botton was like a
About one-half the area of the P^c°ic scene on the 4th of July.
Everbodv seemed inclined to go
fishing on that day. . Every one
seemed to enjoy the day and
caught a mess of fish.
John Farmer and family, of
Donipt^an, attended services at,,
Owens Chapel Sunday.
Mrs. Jackson who has been
visiting friends here returned to
her home at Hilger Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Green went to
Ravenna Saturday to visit their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Maggie
Green.
The W. O. W.
Chapel will hatfe a
Saturday the 18th of this month.
They promise a royal time to
one and all. Come with baskets
well filled and spend a pleasant
day in the woods, and see the
pleasure of meeting friends and
making friends, for just one day
and you will feel better at heart
even if you are tfred at the close
of the day. The W. O. W. con-
template haying a lunch stand
on the ground with all eatables
for sale. There will be swing
and other ammusements. ; The
canidates will be on hand with
their wit. Come! Jeb.
STATE OF TEXAS, I
County of Fannin, f
We, Chas. E. Foster as vice-presi-
dent, and Walter O Siler as cashier of
said bank, each of us, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and belief.
Chas. E Foster, Vice-President.
Walter O. Siler, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 11th day of July A. D.
nineteen hundred and eight.
WITNESS my hand and notarial
seal on the date last aforesaid.
E. L. Agnew, Notary Public,
CORRECT—Attest:
J. A. Moss,
B. C. Beasley,
A. A. Beasley,
sonal or collateral 834.891.34
10,018.09
3.467.60
3.550.38
The District Farmers’ Union
will be in session in Bonham next
Thursday and Friday. About
seventy-five delegates from dif-
ferent counties will be present.
Bonham business men will enter-
tain the Union at a banquet
Thursday evening.
Dates Cancelled
On account of illness in his
family, Rev. H. L. Walker has
been compelled to cancel hi§ dates
for speaking this week in the
interest ot the submission of a
constitutional amendment o n
State prohibition.
Rev. W. A Stuckey has been
called away from home, and can
not fill bis dates. The commit-
tee is making an effort to have
them filled by another speaker.
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Stamping done at any time.
—Mrs. Ellen Oldam, phone 280.
The News $1 a year
tl 1
-r si
mittee Reports in Favor of
. State Prohibition.
Report of the committee on tem-
perance, Bonham 'District Confer-
ence, Norfti Texas Annual Confer-
ence, M. E. church South, at Ec-
tor, Texas, July 3, 1908:
/We your committee on temper-
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ance leave to submit the fol-
lowing report:
Wre believe that there Is no
question before the American peo-
ple today fraught with such great
importance and so vitally connect-
ed with' their highest and best in-
terests, ’ as the open saloons, the
drink habit and the manifold evils
that grow out of them, and w^note
with great pleasure the growth and
development of a i^ighty senti-
ment, throughout the Nation, for
their extirpation.
Evans * Evans, Proprietors.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:*
to hold union services each Sun-
Hurt In -Runaway
Last week W. C. Finley was
Ike UniMr Sunday Service,
The pastors ot tbe
One Year ..
Six Months
Three Mouths.
In variably in Advance.
81.00
.50 printed.
.25
j to Little Rock, Ark., and return
that he might see and learn in
person ot our character, and he
L the offer. We could
and the hous^ was filled to its ■ not st^y there on expenses.
Now I hope I have made this
statement clear. I know that
i this is true from my heart.
It was a fine sermon, (best wishes to the good
peopel of Fannin county, I am
respectfully, Mrs. J. A. White
picking. I think I would be
alright if a few would bridle
their tongues. I feel like what
me. I guess you will see that
the statement wont stand
was said by Mrs. Hudson in the
Bonham News was slander. Ihope
she did not mean all that was
I p^ay God to guide
my tongue that I may not speak
evil of my neighbor. I can dress
and care for my children now
and can give them a good Chris-
tian home. The Hudson Band
various met an(j we gave them evidence
churches of the city have agreed and 9tin that d|d not satisfy
them. We offered to pay Oscar
dav night during the summer | Hudson’s expenses from his home
'months.
The first of these union ser-
vices was held at the First
Christian Church Sunday night, jefused
capacity. The sermon was de-
livered by Rev, Edgar W. Will-
/iams of the FirstiPresbyterian
Church. -T
and one that the audience enjoy-
ed. .
The service for next Sunday/Little Rock. Ark., June 29.
will be held at the First Metho-
dist Church. The sermon will
be delivered bv H. L. Walker.
Mr. Finley was campaigning
Several
J.
days
7—14—17
thrown from his buggy by a run-
away team at Trenton, and re-
He was
But is Livius ■ Hupe.
to the Public
R. R. Williams, candidate for
The News man was
Seeke for R. R. Williams.
* R. E. L. Knight, of Dallas,
spoke in the district court room
family, that is not |rue. They j
were rescued at Rev. Stogner’s ;
home in Paris, Texas. It is true
I was in trouble at the time my
children were taken to this home,
ed.
Like other public speakers of card otr
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ular to do so, he took occasion to please notify The News office,
rap the newsoapers a whack or
two for good luck. .
The crowd present was largely
made up of his supporters. The
‘ \ general verdict is that Mr. Ran-
dell made a good speech, and his in the interest of
friends are pleased with it.
------— • ------ governor.
MtTNER COULD NOT OCT CHILDREN sorry he could not be present to
I hear Mr. Knight. He used to
An ExRfoMtfou Bob before he got wrinkl&d
studying how to best advocate
the claims of candidates for the
senate and congress and the gov-
ernor’s chair and other places.
, As an advocate on the stump
Bob is hard to’ beat. If he has
- a good thing he knows just how
i to present it, and if he has a
doubtful cause in hand he can
make it look as plausible as any
man who ever drank branch
I water^ind wore brogan shoes—
for effect. Bob never did either
of these things, but he is making
speeches for ‘ 'plain, Democratic
Bob Williams,” who has more
i gbod friends giving their time
and money for# him than
any poor man'ever had unless
somebody needed him in their
business. Mr. Knight had a
good crowd here, .and he made
Wheth-
! er he made any converts or not
The News doesn’t know.
From here he went to Honey
Grove, where he spoke at night.
room being fairly well filled with the accident occurred,
voters. f I may keep him at he
Mr. Rattdell spoke a little over days longer,
two hours, in the course of his
speech reviewing his record and
showing how he had attempted
to carry out the demands of the Pritchett of Ector left at some
platform on which he was elect- place in this city a box of envel-
ed, f opes having printed on them the
Like other public speakers of card of, Benson & Orndorff,
the day who consider it pop- . Anyone knowing of the box will
There appeared an article in
The Bonham News last week
stating that the forgoing state-
ment was to mislead the people
and injure the influence of the
Pentecostal home.' I say that it
is not true, for I‘ do pray for all
orphan homes, and my heart is
full of love for all homeless chil-
dren. It is true there were a
tew mistakes in the statement.
One was th it my husband was
dead. , I am sorry fhat the state-
ment was wrong, and I hope
this will make it right to the
public.
Now there was a statement
made bv Mrs. Hudson that I
hope to rectify. As for my chil- :
dren beinfc rescued from a negro enterta[iiing sj^ech.
Hm. C. B. Bandell Steaks
Hon. C. B. Randell, congress- eived severe injuries.
•man from this district, spoke in given medical attention, and was
the court house Saturday even- able next day to he taken to his
ing last in the interest of his home at Ravenna, where he is
candidacy for re-election. still confined.
He was greeted by a very
good audience, the district court in his race for tax assessor when
room being fairly well filled with the accident occurred. His hurts
voters. 'Imay keep him at home several
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LhIBux
sine/ J.
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dren almost two years.
So tar as my being willing for
mt girl to marry is also untrue.
I was in the court room at that
time talking to the Judge about
getting*piv two girls, and on
Tuesday before she was married
I was but there fd 'get my girls
and Goldie said in the presence
Off to the Pen at Last.
Penitentiary Agent Brown was
here Friday last after Fred Bur-
nett, colored, convicted of the
murder of 'Inman Johnson, and
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sentenced for five years.
The murder occurred in the
summer erf 1903. Four times
Burnett had been tried and three
times convicted. At the first
trial he was given a sentence of
thirty years; the second time the
jury could not agree; the third
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but was not found guilty and feel
as good as any one who had been
in trouble and come through
clear. I know mv children did
not have fine clothes and they
had never gone to school, but I
did the best I could. I had to be
away from them and I know they
learned things they should not
have known. I tried to keep
them from using snuff. I don’t
think sister Nettie Hudson knew
any thing about me. She never
saw me till she had had my chil- time, his sentence was very light
—only two years; the case being
reversed by the higher court, he
was given a fourth trial, which
resulted in a sentence of five
years. z
Tbe cost has been to the coun-
ty and State from $1000 to$1500.
The case aroused^ much interest
here. It was also one of the
of a number of gentlemen that costliest cases tried in this court
she wanted to come home with for many years.
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