The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Voi.UMK XII
alto; Texas, Thursday, February s. iqi2
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OUR
LINE
IS
COMPETE.
In fancy drygoosjs and
Notions, we arr surp-
assed by none, quality
and prices considered.
We have a large assr1>
merit of LL Alamo
Tomato Sheetng, good
grade, at 5 1-2 cent?
per yard by tho bolt,
ust received a large
shipment of EmbroicU
ries Insur dons,Ribbons
of all colors and sizes?
also some Ladies elbow
gloves, prices ts please
and suit your purse
Our line of work pants
and shirts is full We
also carry a large stock
of nice dress pants,
overalls and jumpers
ov men,
No New Trial For Tate.
Tyler, Tex., Feb 3 —Judge
Simpson .this morning over-
ruled the motion for a new
trial jn thflVase of Tom Tate,
who was Wednesday evening
found guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Gus,Martin and awarded
the death penalty by the jury.
Among the grounds tVrged in
lie motion was thai the court
<.-rred in refusing toe motion
for a change of venue. An-
other wag a charge that Juror
Norwood had expressed an
opinion as to the guilt of. the
defendant while at work 011
lite road a few days before the
trial.
Notice of appeal was given.
The defendant has thirty days
in which to file statement of
tV.cts and ninety days tbeie-
alter to perfect the transcrip
o be filed with the court ol
j criminal appeals.
It is stated that 3..er.fi
Lang will remove his prisoner
to another county pending the
outcome of the appeal.
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SHOES
We Have Sho 8
for the whole
family
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Our shoes are an.ong the best
in the city. Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Study the word
Satisfaction and.you will see
why our shoe business te grow-
ing so fast, and in fact, our
whole bu^ipesss, because it
has behind it the word Satis-
faction.*
..jvHosicty for the people,
whether they wear our shoes
or nqt. Prices to suit.
We have hats of all colors,
shapes and sizes to fit yo.ir
bead and face. >
We have all kin kip or Gro-
eerier to please on;- c.istomu s,
conic in and see it we haven t
the best pood at the cheapest
prices. Ring in your orders,
goods deli Acred anywhere in
town. We also carry a large
amount of onion sets and all
kinds of garden seed, so come
to Carters where a five dollar
bill will do its duty.
1,1, Carter
Child Born With Two Head
Lives.
Boston, Feb, 3.—The em-
hryological department of the
Harvard Medical School is
greatly interested in the birth
>f a baby with two distinct
heads to Mrs. Wm. Karnow
>f Cambridge The baby was
!)oru Thursday. So faf both
mother and child arc doing
well. Dr. Thos. H. Heaton,
who attended the mother and
etiild, believes the b.iby will
live. Both heads are wel
formed, although the normal
head has better defined fea-
tures than the extra, qjic.
They face in opposite direc-
tions. , , .
The hair on the extra head
is already grow'n aujd ,a very
fine hair covers part of,,,the
'features. The hqad^ .are on
one neck, although the,extra
head is lower than the normal
one. Except for tjie . twin
heads, tb$ baby is normal and
well formed and not qs delicate
as. are abnormal children. Mr.
and. Mrs(> Karnow have had
four other .children* utwo of
tjhem boys. The other, chil—
clten have been normal, heal-
thy 4and not remarkable.
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I will do your work like .you
£>04 Cases Meningitis.
reb. 1.—In-
iM:Sj Ahlfinger Is Improving
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 5.—Miss,
Bank Robbers Routed By Oi
Cleveiand, Tex is, Feb. 1.
Four men attem* ting to ml)I comnVtr1 records 011 meuingi'l Maud Ahlfinger, shot twice by.
the bank here Inst night o, tis i.v the s'ate health departs' Bob Davis on Main street Jan.
digging into the brick walls of men:: show that six hundred j 20, is still improving at St. ,
the vault were overheard bv iwi i in-( hive been re-; Pauls Sanitarium, and hopes,
telephone operator who phoned | ported in the entire state, with are entertained for ligi;- ulti-
Police Officer J. W. Bradford, \ death rate of forty per cent,
and this officer single-handed Those figu- es are for the en-
attacked the robbers. He was | tin.- j.v.riod since the first out
shot in the leg but succeeded j 'on- 1'
in driving the robbers aw. y
before they secured any boot'.
c.
. The late January
:i'.- yet to be tabulated,
ana w:ii s.vell the
•1 littU.
:«ovc total
Candidate Died From Mcning-
tis.
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Paris, Texas, Feb. 1.—Clou;
Cherry, prominent in this see-i unusual aeeioent which lvap-
tion and a candidate f«.r siier-ii pein-d yesterday afternoon in
of Lamar county, died of men-1 North ) \ ler.
ingitis last night
i),
states that a
■: 1 • at a stray
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at a
fr/jin
boy
dog
the «hot-
■ onie object 1 and
ing^a lady in the
l'.v head about one
hundred yards distant.
The wound was a.small one
'•or.. • ' it pninftil but not dan-
geroLU- in any way, so we are
ifi ruio .i. 11 bled quite a good
Timp:on Hand'e dory !
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Iinipson, 1 o... .
Tonight about ': 0
troyed the Tim; >u Handle
Factory, ail the handles and
machinery. The fire was di.*v
covered in the storeroom by
the watchman. A fierce wind
soon drove the flames through ideal. No blame is attached to
the packing room into the dry the bo) who was shooting the
kiln ^ind boiler room. In less j dog, which needed to be put
than twenty minutes from 1 h• * out ol the way.—Tyler-Courier
time the fire started the who t -s.
factory was in flames. Tho —
factory was clipped
waterworks, J^^/'uut
1 notigh to be ol any use. Th :
loss is estimated, at about
$27,000. The 1 extent of in-
surance is not fen own. This
waa the largest and best I; : :
die factory in the South: '1 :.
Timpjson Jiand,le ; were sjhippo':
to a:l parts of the world.
Do You \Vant Bigger Pay.
A Bashful Bridegroom,
..- .! ui young man living.
no, ' < 11011 recently got mar-
: ; :. I . i ;i few days afterwards
:xl himself tluisly to
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■ t Iiizing friend: You
. now how bashful I am,"
ho murmured. "The gals just
-. or . the life out of me. When
.-i.'od up to get married they
111 giggled and when the r.iili-
i\ .sued me if I would take
If you want bigger pay foi i this woman to be. ,-my wife,rl
your services, or to stop the . id, 'pttrty well-,.tha^ikeg,' raid
leaks in your business, or to(\.-hen he prou.quB<*d vis Lilian
be a successful business man and wife and said fwhat God
hath joined togetflver let 110
man rip apart,' 1 broke down
and bawled.
"Oh, it waiS horrible! But
that's nothing to what's to
come. /.Bout x x o'clock the
Try a sack of Bewley's
j Best Flour at Weaver 6c
Birdsoug's and you will be
pleased. Every sack guar-
anteed to be as good or bet-
ter.
or woman, take the Draughon
' es-
want and get it out when you
want it. v
Jno. W. Ray,
Your Best Tailor
Training. For prices on
sons by mail, address J110. F.
Draughon, President, Nash-
ville, Tenn.; For catalogue
011 courses at college, address
Draughon's Practical business I old mali !sez, sez he: 'Your
College, Houston., Galveston,
Austin or Sau Antonio.
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Valuable Pearl. Found In Oyster
1 *
Mr. A. T. Heluierof Bonus
was a visitor in the city Satur-
day. A short while since Mr.
Helmer found a large size
pearl in an oyster while^at'ng
at Mr. I.Ianlcy's restaurant.
Mr. Ilelilier last Saturday
stated that he sent the peail
to New ^ork for examination
and to ask,its value. He says
that he was offered and accept-
ed $500 for it. He says} the
pearl .wr^s about the size of a
buckshot. -Eagle Lake Head-
light.
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Let Agnew deliver yoOf
groceries—-h* has the best;
Deserted By Her Husband.
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Louisville, Ky.,—Deserted,
she says,- within twentjvfour
hours after her elopement with
a chauffeur, Kfrs. Anna Nock
Williams, a Louisville society
girt", has asked rflie police to
aid her i,n finding her husband.
The njissiug groom is Eflwarc
6. WjJliams, who gave his age
on his application for a mar-
riage certificate at 21 years,
his occupation as a chauffeur
•and designated his father as
Andrew Williams, Buffalo,
N. Y. Tliev were married
Wednesday night by a magis-
trate in Jt.ffersotiville, lad.
Mrs. Williams told the
polici.
her htisbaud left her yesterday
morning. The bride is the
daughter of Robt. E. Nock,
and a granddaughter of the
late Joh Finzer, a millionaire
tobacco manufacturer.
Suits cleaned and pressed
$1.00. Suits, coats and pants
sold at a bargain.
Jno. W- .Ray,
room's head o' the stairs.' I
was so skeered that when I
dried to stand up I fell, and I
fiell over the dog an' got bit in
three places. I waited till
cjverybody'd gone to bed, then
qrawled up stairs like a spoon
thief. I was afraid to go in,
3o I sat 011 the stairs and shiv-
ered. It's no use, sez I, wat's
>;ot to be liez to be. So I tuk
off my clothes in the dark and
sliet my eyes. Then I made
a break for the door. I found
the bed and pulled the 'cover
over my head and laid on the
front rail. In the morning I
peeped through my fingers to
see if I could dress and get up
'fore she woke np, arid hang
me if I wasn't'in b.d with the
old man and .•trial woman!"—
Wolfe City Sun.
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I will do yonr cleaning and
pressing cheaper than any one
else. Call and see me. I am
going to sell tailored-made
clothes at a bargain. Come
audi look 1 over my samples.
Jno. W. Ray,
Your Cheapest Tailor.
Cotton Up>
New Orleans, La., Feb. 2.—
Cotton futvres rose nearly one
dollar a bale'' 011 reported
heavy buyitig today,
There will be a meeting of
the.. Cherokee County Boys
Com.Clubliejdat Jacksonville
•Saturday, Feb. 10. Jno. O.
Allen of Gilmer and O. W,
Orms of Jacksonville, district
agent of the Farmers' Co-
operative Demonstration work
will address the boys cn rules
and regulations of the club.
Everybody who possibly cau
should attend this meeting.
Prizes will be awarded. ^
S. F. Spark man,
Local Agent.
Frank Agnew returned to
Your.Beat Tailor. | Huntsville last week.
I will receive sewing, fancy
shirt-waists a specialty. Am
rooming at [Mrs. Mell Noell's.
Phone 87.
. Mrs. J. P. vWood, Sr.
ay
Hoi
cu
ce
nt-
or
mate recovery. , Serjously
wounded with t\v;ps builets in
her body, phygicjaiis at first
said she migli|. lp^t ijivc. Un- -
less some uufenpseer) compli-
cations ;u i^Q,.^h? will ;1r<3<;oyer,.
reports from the sanitarium
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Tl>c Bullet Glanced. 1 City Prisoners,,Burn Way Out.
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M. l)av tells of ,a rather 1 El P^i^o, Texas—Two city
prisoners wjrned .;t 1^eir way
out of jailth^re last night,, and
made their ^scape. Officers.
yesterday arrested the njen 0(11
the complaint of Jame^Math-,
ews, a boy who s^ys the n?:e11
compelled him to coupe .here
w th them from Fort Worth
and to sell stolen goods, taken,
from Fort Worth slores.
Mathews lives in Dallas.'
Oil Prices Steadily Rising.
New York, Feb. 1.—Prices
of oil have been steadily rising ,
since the dissolution of the oil
trust by the United States su-
preme court. Three ti;nes al-
ready this year tjlie Standard
Oil Oc'nnKi-.iy <>? New Jersey
has advanced the prices, ou
gasoline, the price being two
cents per gallon higher here.
And fuither rises are predict-
ed,
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Taft Will Be Successful Again.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.
—A prediction that President A
Taft will be renominated aud .
re-elected was made by Secre-
tary Hilles in his first author-,
tzed statement on the .iorth-
coming campaign today.
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1912, newspaper, February 8, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214180/m1/1/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas%22: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.