The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXI, NO 32
Why Wait To Order Your
SPRING CLOTHES
Our spring samples are
on display and you are
invited to call and in-
spect same.
Leabe Your Measure
To- Day
and get the clothes
question definitely
solved. You will
find this the better
way. Try it once.
Odle & Tidwell
Men's and Boys’ Outfitters
Meridian, Texas
An Old Traveler Suffering
From Attack of Pneumonia
. An old traveler, Frank Wilson,
whose occupation is that of scis-
sorsharpner, was taken ill with
pneumonia at Kimball last week
and after being cared for by citi-
zens of that place several days
was turned over to the county
authorities for attention. He
was placed in jail where he is re-
ceiving care and treatment. He
stated that his age was 69 years
and that his home was where his
hack stopped, he traveling in a
little hack drawn by a burro.
We trust that the old fellow
will recover his health and soon
be able to continue his way being
thankful for the kind and caref ul
attention he received at the
hands of Bosque county citizens. .
Notice To Tax Payers of Meridian.
Your City taxes are now due
and the 31st of January is the last
day, and after the first of Febru-
ary all taxes unpaid will be placed
on the delinquent roll. I hope
that we may be able to .have no
delinquent taxes as we know that
such are troublesome.
If you wish to vote in any elec-
tion and are a citizen of Meridian,
you must have your City poll tax
receipt as well as County and
State.
Office in Farmers Guaranty
State Bank.
adv
Yours very respectfully,
Wm. M. Stretch,
City Tax Collector.
Read every ad in this paper.
E. 0. Tefertiller
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
4 I am now prepared to repair
your Shoes and Harness in a
first-class manner promptly, by
having installed the celebrated
Champion Machine.
Y Can Fix Your Shoes
While You Wait.
• If you have no work now call
and see my machine in operation
Prices Reasonable
RI
BUN
EGLAJA LOCAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO THE DISSEMINATION OF THE NEWS, AND THE UPBUILDING or MERIDIAN AND BOSQUE COUNTY
MERIDIAN. TEXAS. JANUARY 21. 1916.
ONE DOLLARA YEAR
Meridian College
. Lyceum Course
Frank Seay, of Southern Methodist
University to Deliver the
First Lecture.
The course to be given at 'the
College Auditorium during the
next two months will be a great
treat and will be worth a great
deal to our town and community.
The course will open Sat. evening
at 8:30 January 22. Mr. Frank
Seay of Southern Methodist Uni-
versity will deliver the first lecture
on the subject: “The Re estima-
tion of Robert E Lee.” We. all
remember Mr. Seay as the man
who delivered our Literary Address
at Commencment last Spring.
He is one of the best informed
men in this country and is a very
pleasing speaker. Other numbers
on the course include Dr. J. C.
Granbury, professor of Socilogy in
Southwestern University'on; “Re-
lating Our Studies to Life,” Mr.
Umphrey Lee a Lecturer and
Student of Dallas whose subject
will be, “Castles in Spain,” Rev
A. D. Porter of Cleburne, and
either Judge Tom McCullough
of Waco or Judge Back of Fort
Worth, and a Musical number by
Miss Josephine Field whom we
all know and appreciate very much.
Since her return from Europe she
has been at the head of the Violin
Department of Baylor College.
We are arranging for this course
for the benefit of the community
and- schools and are placing the
season tickets at "such low cost
that all can avail themselves of
the opportunity of enjoying these
entertainments. You will notice
the wide field covered: Music,
Literature, Sociology, Government,
Religion, and Student Life.
May we not expect a liberal
patronage? Mr. Boutwell will
have charge of the • course and
will furnish tickets which Will
doubtless be put on sale at both
Drug Stores. Get a Season Tick-
et today. G. F. Winfield.
Farm For Rent, Trade or Sale.
Eighty-two acres, sandy land,
near Rising Star in Eastland
county; about 40 acres in culti-
vation, for rent, trade or sale on
easy terms. Robt. Summers,,
c33adv
Meridian, Texas.
Mrs. Jno. A. Cochran received a
message about noon Sunday noti
lying her of the death of her
mother, Mrs. G. W. Walker, at
Waxahachie about 11:30 from
heart failure, following an attack
of la grippe. Mrs. Walker was
70 years and 12 days of age, and
had been a resident of Waxahachie
for thirty years. She was born in
Alabama, and was married to Dr.
Walker, a retired physician, some
fifty-three years ago. She was a
consistent Christian and held
membership with the Baptist de-
nomination. Her remains were
buried Monday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Besides her husband, she
leaves seven children to mourn her
death, and to the bereaved ones
we extend sympathy, and especi-
ally can we sympathize with the
children, for we know their feeling
in the loss of one’s best friend-
their mother.
For Trade
I have a good mule I want to
trade for a good young horse or
mare.
H. B. White.
Goats—We have ten or fifteen
good shearing nannies which are
a little thin and agey, which need
to be separated from our main
herd and placed to themselves
which we will sell at a bargain,
pad Summers & Stephenson.
Al Turner and family left last
week for Lubbock where they will
make their home. We wish them
success in their new location.
PREPAREDNESS
Is the United States Prepared For War?
—that is a national question for Congress to settle.
Are You Prepared to Vote in 1916?
—that is a personal question no one can settle but YOU.
Prepare yourself by the payment of a
Poll Tax before January 31st.
Valley Mills Now Has
Modern Hotel Facilities
Several Cases Disposed of
In County Court This Week
More Candidates
Enter the Field
311. .... .
From All Indications There Will Be
Several More Annoucements
In Tribune Next Week.
Mr. J. E. McGuire, formerly of
Groesbeck, Texas, has rented the
Crow Hotel, just completed, and
opened same last Tuesday morn-
ing. Mr. McGuire and family
comes to our town highly recom-
mended both as good citizens as
well as up-to-date hotel people.
The Tribune man, in company
with Mr. McGuire, went through
the entire building on last Mon-
day morning and took a look at
each room, dining room, lobby,
and is bound to pronunce this in-
stitution one of the best both as
to arrangement and furnishings
we have ever seen in a town any-
thing the size of Valley Mills and
believe there is not a town in this
section of the state that can boast
of a better hostlery than can Val-
ley Mills.
When the old Parker house
burned a few months ago, it was
apparent that a building of much
larger capacity was needed in
Valley Mills, and the citizens got
busy and at last found a man in
the person of our fellow towns-
man, J.B. Crow, who had con-
fidence in the growth of the town
to offer to build the long needed
hotel. Crow asked a bonus of
$1000 from the citizens here and
agreed to put up a building to
cost not less than $10,000. The
bonus, or at least, a greater por-
tion was readily subscribed and
be begun negotiations tor lots on
Main street on which “rat row"
stood. The deals went through,
work begun, and where fomerly
stood a row of wooden shacks,
now stand to the credit of Mr.
Crow, a whole block of brick
buildings, costing in the neighbor-
hood of $30,000.
In securing Mr, McGuire and
family to operate the hotel, we
firmly believe a better man could
not have been secured if the en
tire state had been gone over.
He has conducted at Groesbeck,
the Commerical hotel, reputed to
be one of the best $2.00 a day
hotels in that section. Mr. Mc-
Guire is a live wire, believes in
town building and will soon bring
Valley -Mills to the front as a
stopping place for the traveling
public.—Valley Mills Tribune.
We are indeed glad to note the
above great improvement to
our neighbor town and will
say that in this modern hotel
facilities which they now offer the
traveling public that it is one of
the best advertisements any town
may have. Meridian needs a
hotel similar to the above very
badly, and perhaps some day
we’ll get one. Anyhow we’ll keep
hoping that our wishes will be
realized. Hurrah for Valley Mills
and luck to that enterprising man
who backed up such a move.
The following cases have been
disposed of in county court this
week:
- The following cases were con-
tinued:
G. O. Bronstad v. Wm. Con-
nolly, appealed from J. P. Court
No. 1. .
Wm. Connolly & Co. v. F. F.
Moore et al, suit for debt.
Clifton Merc. Co. v. Mrs. M.
M. Wade et al, suit for debt.
Oscar Brittain et al v. B. C.
McDaniel et al, suit on bond.
W A. Lee v. L. H. Allison, suit
on note. 3
W. W. Herring v. J. M. Wal-
lace, suit for commission.’
State v. Claud Ody, charged
with wife desertion.
State v Frank Justies, charg-
ed with unlawfully carrying a
pistol.
State v. Roy Hood, charged
with aggravated assault.
State v. Edd Gray, charged
with dynamiting fish.
State v. Sam Phillips, charged
with racing on public road.
State v. Bob Golden, charged
with assault.
State v. Jim Davis, charged
with theft.
The following cases were dis-
missed:
O. C. Orbeck v. Wm. Kemp et
al, suit on note.
Clifton Mere Co v. F. T. Abel
et al.
A. A. McNeill v. M. E. and E.
L. Bryant, suit for debt.
H. C. Hughes Merc. Co. v.
Texas Motorway Co., suit on
note; dismissed for want of pros-
ecution on motion of plaintiff and
at the cost of defendants.
J. K. Nowlin v. J. N. Helton,
et al, suit on note; judgment for
plaintiff for balance of amount of
note sued on with 10 per cent at-
torney’s fees.
State v. Bill Waggoner, charg-
ed with desertion|and failure to
support children; verdict of jury
guilty and his fine was assessed
at $100 and cost.
State v. Condy Tidwell, charg
ed with theft of growing corn;
pleaded guilty and fined $1 and
one hour in jail.
State v. Ernest Hensley,
charged with drunkenness;
pleaded guilty and fined $1.
State v. Joe Hartley, charged
with divulging secrets of the
grand jury, pleaded guilty and
fined $100. This same person
also pleaded guilty to a charge of
slander and was fined $100.
State v. A. C. Johle, charged
with petty theft; verdict of jury
not guilty.
State V; Jim McDaniel, charg-
ed with gaming; pleaded guilty
and fined $10.
State v. Austin Robinson, two
cases, one charging him with
drunkenness and one disturbing
the peace. His bonds were for-
feited and alias capias ordered
issued and his bond fixed at $200
in each case.
Enos Jenkins, now serving a
first term as county commissioner
of Precinct No. 1, announces to
the voters his desire to succeed
himself, and will await their decis-
ion at the July primary. So far as
known Mr. Jenkins will have no
opponent, but he announces to let
the voters know that he will ap-
preciate their support for the cus-
tomary second term. He promises
if re-elected to continue to dis
charge the duties of this office to
the best of his ability in a fair and
impartial manner. -
The announcement of Jim Con-
ley, of Walnut Springs, as an as-
pirant for the position of tax as
sessor of Bosque county, is shown
in the proper column of this issue
of the Tribune. He made the
race in 1914 for this office* and
with four candidates, all good men,
in the race the final count of the
vote placed him second in the race.
Those who know him best gladly
recommend him to the voters,
saying that he is well qualified to
fill the office to which he aspires.
He asks that his candidacy be
given due and careful considera-
tion.
You will find the name of R. B.
Moorman in our announcement
column this week as a candidate
for re-election to the office of tax
collector of-Bosque county. Mr.
Moorman has made an exception-
ally good record. He is attentive
to business, accommodating and
courteous to all, and conducts the
affairs of his office in a business-
like manner. He has fully demon-
strated that he is capable of filling
this important and responsible
office, and promises, if re-elected,
to continue to give the public the
best service within his power. He
invites a careful investigation of
his record and solicits your vote
and influence at the July primary.
Among the announcements
added to our candidate column
this week, our readers are asked
to take note of the name of W. A.
York who aspires to the office of
county judge of Bosque county,
and who makes the race subject
to the Democratic primary to be
held July 22nd. Mr. York has
been a resident of Bosque county
for over thirty years, and has
taught in various schools of the
county, at present being superin-
tendent of the Clifton public
school. He was granted license
to practice law by the Fort Worth
bar when he was nineteen years of
age. It will be remembered that
Mr. York was a candidate for this
office in 1914, and was well pleas-
ed with the vote he received; how-
ever, it was not sufficient to give
him the nomination, and he has
decided to make the race again
and asks that the voters give his
candidacy due consideration.
The Economical
Housewife
will appreciate the HIGH
quality of our goods,
and besides, our prices
are the lowest possible
consistent with quality
and prompt service.
:: Telephone No. 134 ::
K. H. MUSE’S
CASH GROCERY
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
There Are Others Who
Enjoy Going To Town
W. H. Daniel, who is chief good
road builder in this county * # *
informed us that he is building a
pike road to Meridian. That is a
good idea as it will give those peo-
ple a chance to come to town.—
Morgan Messenger.
It looks like some of the Mor-
gan people enjoy a visit to a "live
town” occasionally, Editor Ash-
more was here last Saturday as
were also a number of other Mor-
gan citizens.
Mr. Jesse’s ability gives him
just claim ‘to the title of enter-
tainer. Hear him at the High
School Auditorium next Wed-
nesday evening.
adv
W. R. Norton and Miss Lou-
ella Hanna were united in marri-
age at the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. P. M. Cox, in this
city Tuesday afternoon. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. V. Hanna, who live near
Meridian. We extend congratu-
lations.
Liven Up Your Torpid Liver
To keep your liver active use
Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They
insure good digestion, relieve
constipation, and tone up the
whole system—keep your eye
clear and your skin fresh and
healthy looking. Only 20c. at
your Druggest. adv.
Abstracts
The la grippe epidemic does
not seem much abated, there
being new cases reported most
every day. For a few days it
was thought that the cold weath-
er we were having would reduce
the number of victims, but this
damp, cool weather that is now
prevailing is liable to cause more
sickness and perhaps some cases
of pneumonia areliable to develop
which we surely hope will not be
the case.'
Meridian's
New Dray Line
Frank Daniel, Prop.
Freight—Express
General Hauling"
Phone No. 112
Give us a share of your business
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Rev. A. J. Mann and Mrs. Ellen
T. Peters were married at Mc-
Gregor on Sunday afternoon, Jan-
uary 9th. Rev. Mann is well and
favorable known at this place
where he was pastor of the C. P.
Church for several years. His
many friends at this place extend
congratulations.
Jno. S. Rogers and wife returned
Tuesday from China Springs
where they were called last week
owing to the serious illness of her
brother, whom we regret to say
died on last Saturday.
Be sure that you get ad-
vantage of the Special price
on groceries at Connolly’s.
4 Are necessary when you
sell your land or borrow
money to tide you over the
season of bad years.
4 They are also necessary
when you buy land, be-
cause in that way only
can you know the title
you buy.
• We take great care and
pains in the preparation
of Abstracts, and we do
the work promptly.
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1916, newspaper, January 21, 1916; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1630214/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.