The Lufkin News. (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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6 years to 14 years
8 years to 18 years
p. You are hereby invited
bin them. This will be their
alar meeting, and if you have
been attending, you have no
a beginning to end. Every-
r is welcome and you could
cely employ the time in a
e profitable manner than to
to the emergency, and vote for
the very best men for the places,
looking only to the best good
for the greatest number when
liberty to tell just what it will be,
but he is on the inside sufficient-
ly to say that a genuine surprise
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Pure penciled Indian Runner
duck eggs—$1.00 per setting,
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on her sweet,
This has been a busy week in
the district court of Angelina
county, and the town has been j
pretty well filled with people all
of the time, there being several
venires drawn for this part of I
the term.
year, such as
eta silks that 1
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News will not take the liberty
to repeat the many versions of
the awful circumstances as have
been related; the incident is
closed, the lives of two citizens
have been snuffed out and loved
ones on either 8ide, have beeh
voted daughter, chum and com- 1
panion to mama and papa and a
kind al - -v-
It’s our experience that the'
man who gets something for)
nothing is generally surprised to
find it is worth just about what
he paid for it. Peavy Bros.
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It is the aim of the management of this bank to
conduct our business upon the broadest, most
liberal lines in keeping with progressive, sound
business principles, and we strive to render the
very best service to our patrons at all times.
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LUFKIN NATIONAL BANK
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was the idol of the home and
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MARTINIS
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will enjoy it
and now is no time to make a mis-
take and turn backward. The
News is not only for a "greater
Lufkin,” but for a.greaterschool
as well, and the progress we
have made in the recent past
should spur us on to still more
gratifying achievments.
Will of our father, and say I
can meet Jessie in a better)
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Ms trimm ne? Take Lufkin is already enjoying .th© week for Shreveroertdawhene
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To be Well Dressed may 4 •
be gratified by visiting • •
our store and looking 4 •
over our immense stock 4 •
Boys Clothing and just a • •
glance at the following 4 •
prices will show you how 4 ►
you may have Your Boy 4 •
well dressed without any 4 •
great outlay on your part. 4 r
We have them for all ages 4 *
in every different style 4 I
D. A. SINGLETON
The Big Store With the Little Price
ANNOUNCEMENT!
$ peace will obtain forever more.
ties left town on a motor car for |
the scene of the trouble, think- s
ing perhaps that they might en- )
counter some difficulty in making 3
an arrest. On or about the time I
the sheriff’s party arrived in Di- j
boll it was learned that Weir, a
who had wielded the deadly i
weapon, lay a corpse at his own ’
home, the preponderance ot te-
timony pointing to the fact tuat
he had taken life at his own
hands, not by any outward or
pale face. She went to sleep i
! with a smile of peace after the
If you are not already banking with us, we ex-
tend you a most cordial invitation to start and
assure you of our appreciation in anticipation of
your patronage.
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John Dowdle of this city in-i
forma ua that his little nephew.
Guy Deering, who lives at Rusk,
was accidentally shot with a
rifl Tuesday of this week, and
is not expected to recover. He (
is twelve years of age, and was
playing with a companion at the1
time of the accident.
IN ADDITION to the above we. will
in AUDI I be pleased to have
the farmers of Angelina County call upon us
if we can be of service to them in ma ing
their arrangements to complete their crops.
With our Capital and Surplus of $100,000.00
we feel that we are in a position to kn you
every accommodation consistent with con
servative Banking.
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kind bands of loving friends had
One fellow living over on the done all in their power to save'
west side of the railroad says he , her. We must submit to the all
has ninety-seven young chickens wise
on his place. If that man has a!
noon at one o’clock. Then you fing of a powerful drug,
will know all about it before the
iston News, altho
aper, is also get
dition in the afi
leaves that city
m. and reachesk
ame train as I
Shronicle, which)
i this city bel
The particular N
be handled by J
lealer and will 0
uring the period
between this CM
: of Mexico. Gal
safely considered.!
ant city in the wo
m a military 8taq
any and all on
will be read with I
e public at large.
county, and that the jury failed---x ——— - ~
to agree upon a verdict, and that | has been closed here on earth to
will be sprung. Of course what
have happens will appear in the nex
It is a rare treat issue of the paper, but if you
would like to be present when
the event comes about, be at the
court house next Sunday after-
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leaving a vacancy that can
never be filled. Her life was
one to be remembered by all
who knew her, and to know her
was to love her. The three last
years of her life were spent in
great suffering which she stood )
so patiently, never complaining. ■
Such* life should be an example
to others—she was such a de-
During this week we have filled in the
mud-holes in front of the post office. Now
you can get your car to our gasoline pump.
The hose is connected, and we solicit your
patronagen
was thoughtful of others, sweet,
. j i- . .. : . ' and kind to all, and in her death
asAtzoodnp customer. A good I the great mercy of our Fatheg
customer is an asset to any store. I was shown when the shadows
Let’s all pull together for better began to settle
goods, at live and let-live prices.
Peavy Bros.
past,[severalweekn
be brought back at the great
judgment day. Jessie is gone
from her friends and loved ones,
k house next Sunday after- at what is to take place some-
1- the lovers of * Old Sacred time during the exercises. The
song editor of the News is not at
DAY, MAY 1, 1914
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■ Off to Diboll.
E was a hopeful bunch of the
mony Camp degree team,
Ipany D, 186th regiment of
W. 0. W. which left Lufkin i
[ Saturday night in automo-
i for the little neighboring
Sof Diboll where an enter-
ment had been planned.
I Automobiles leaving town
parate times were required
pal the happy bunch, but
her of them delivered their
jo at the proper destination.
Icar floundered in the neigh-1
Hood of Burke with a "blow- j
B’ due no doubt to the rabbits i
g had crossed the road in)
ft of the headlight, and as a
Kequence, the passengers,
■toe multitude of noises of *
ull frogs in that locality,
ft'possum hunting, and even
fired one which they brought
kto town. The other car,
Ah was two miles in the rear,
Khlso marked for slaughter,
|^ta having faded into in-
ifcance. Finally they were
Kbd to burn sufficiently for
Olver to see his way back
bn, ' All made it home safe-
■ter such a trying experi-
■ but they missed the festiv-
Mt Diboll to a man . which
■most regretable feature of
Mole, affair. Maybe, the
■Hita ntt. will be different;
■tope ttat least
h, or what is better, take
iin this splendid service,
trary to the general run of
e gatherings, this next one
bing to be a little out of the
nary, and those who happen
one of the witnesses in the case
happened to be the party whose
life he took on the depot plat-
form berore taking his own af-
ter he reached his home.
The sequal to the story is none
other than that two stalwart cit-
izens of the county have gone to
answer the “final roll call,” and
whatever affairs they left
behind, they left behind
forever. Peace to the ashes
of both of them: may it be that
when they meet on that foreign
shore that all differences will be
tossed into the scrap pile and
One of the very important
things to be looked after tomor-
row. if you happen to be a citi-
zen of Lufkin and a qualified
voter, is the selection of school
trustees for Lufkin Independent
School District. Don’t overlook
this vital matter, for it not only
concerns you but the future of
your children as well. Be equal
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We beg to advise that on May 1,
1914, we will open a SAVINGS DEPART
MENT for the purpose of receiving TIME
and SAVINGS DEPOSITS and pay
4 PER CENT INTEREST
upon same, subject to the Rules and Regula-
tions governing Time and Savings Deposits.
In addition to paying 4 Pct, interest on these
deposits we will give the following prizesi
FIRST To the Depositor making the
• largest deposit in this department
during the month of May $10.00 in Gold.
SGCAND To the Depositor making the
*— second largest deposit in this
department during the month of May $5.00
in Gold.
THIRD To the next Ten (10) Depositors
I— making the next Ten (10 larg-
est deposits in this department during the
month of May $1.00 each will be added to
their deposit.
best school advantages that it they will visit with friends for
to. towm«totoH In tow.
$2.50 to $ 5.00
5.00 to 7.50
6.00 to 10.00
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LUFKIN, TEXAS,F
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Another Tragedy Enacted,
Mr. George Weir, who was a
man ot family and a respectedi
citizen, and who has lived at D2
bob tor a number of years, used li
an automatic pistol last Tuesdayli
morning when he shot to death t
Mr. R. E. (Bob) Atkinson, 8
former brakeman on theT. S.E. M
which road runs betweer 4
that city and Lufkin. As.thei
(News gathers the informations
concerning the deplorable affair
; the killing occurred at the H,
‘ & W. T. depot at that place, Ati
kinson being shot one time in the j
. back of the head and twice in s
the back, dying almost instantly. I
1 Diboil is a saw mill town, with a I
1 population of the best people in s
। the world; it is ten . miles from
j Lufkin and in this county. When j
j the news reached here, Sheriff
Watts and a number of his depu-
trial for MM Foster. In HtEinio
criminal change at the present April Pthat 9 a, ma Jessie MSt
Nie, aged 15 years, 6 months and
4 days. A beautiful young life
Forty years of merit are back
of each pair of Walk Over shoes.
Get acquainted with them.
Peavy Bros.
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Mrs. S. E. Curtis and daugh-
Jersey cow now and a young
garden, he is so fixed in this
world’s goods that the high cost
of living has no terrors for bis
household. Imagine if you can
the comparsion between a nice
fried chicken for breakfast and
a few pieces of "bell collar”
steak that would choke the sau-
sage grinder. As for us, give us
chicken, or give us the promise
of one lateron.__________
John Beheller and wife were
arrivals in the city Tuesday af-
ternoon from Huntington, the
former being a juror for the
week. He was for a long time
in the army of Uncle Sam, and
naturally takes quite an interest
in the Mexican situation as it is
being developed day after day.
We wish to draw your atten-
tion to our new ladies dresses for
spring and summer wear.
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Watford, G. E. The Lufkin News. (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914, newspaper, May 1, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1414868/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .