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The Hereford Brand
VOLUME 14
HEREFORD. TEXAS. FRIDAY. JULY 31. 1914
NUMBER 36
LOCAL ELECTION
GRUKS INTEREST
Surprises for Same—Running Was
Good Until Last Lap—Few Left
Por Second Contest.
Local politicians were somewhat
prepared for surprise* in the county
election returns, but even those who
were on the "inside' did not antici-< w48 but here Megert's wind
pate such good running for so many j broke ; Cook's avordupois proved too
of the local races. Tnere were sur-1 we,ghty. After this, the running For County Judge :
prises enough for all. was with Garrison and Hughes, with J. E Garrison, 145.
Beginning at the bottom of the Hughes in the lead, and so close R. E. Cook, 84.
ticket: Jim Carroll left Col. Rich-1 wai the last heat that the judges de- W. M. Mcgert, 65
ards standing still when he ran under cided that they must run one more ! J,is. A Hughes, 198.
hie backers into a tremble and they
took him into the track at noon and
rubbed bim down with "high life."
This seemed to have the desired
effect and the neat morning, be
wanted something with which to re-
move the burn. But Jones and Smith
are as good losers as winners.
The event was that for the honors
of the judgeship. Pour entries were
booked: Hughes, Garrison. Cook,
Megert. This was four mile race.
Up to the second mile, the running
T. W. Holmes. SS.
T. J. Ttlsoo, 75.
A. C Elliott, 338.
Por Associate Justice Court of Civil
Appeals Seventh Supreme Judicial
District:
R. W. Hall. 461.
Por District Judge Sixty-ninth Judi-
cial District
D. B. Hill, 475.
Por District Attorney Slaty-ninth
Judicial District:
W. H. Russell. 271.
Clifford Bralv, 41.
J. W Sellers. 17J.
CARRIED OFF A MILLION IN LOOT
the wire, but Richards says that h*
thinks himself the luckest man as he
will not have anything to account
for. Daddy Boone slipt one by the
bunch when he got on the ticket by
himself and so the runniog was not
very excitable. Uncle George Hig*
gins made Kibbe leave the brush and
take to open tannin', but he failed to
pass the judges stand in time and so
was counted out. W. W. Bennett
ran off from Cal Walker likely be-
cause the Bennetts are latural base
tunners any way and it iust suited
the Coryell county man to take a
little spin. But the surprise for all
was the way Uncle Joe Ward ran
around the ring. Being badly crip-
pled as every one thought, he had
been simply "possuming" and when
the gong sounded, he flew around
the track so fast his friends lost
count, and his opponent, J. O. Jen-
kins, was not there when he went
under the wire. Another surprise,
even for himself, was the way A1
Miller, the young man with a per-
petual grin on his face, humped him-
self as he led off down the track.
But, they say, .*.1 had been practic-
ing for two years. If true, it show-
ed the result of good training, as he
won sweepstakes over all in the first
heat, putting 161 feet (votes) be-
tween him and the next horse,
Laughing Charley. The other four
trailed along away behind, with J.
H. Head leading and Thomas,
Mitchell and Wyche in a bunch.
But the most exciting race was
that for the sheriff purse of several
thousand put up by the county for
the winner. In the start, Keliehor,
an Irish looking chap, was the center
of attraction for the old turf de-
votees ; he looked good to them and
they banked on his winning. Then
there was the old horse, athorobred,
country fed stock, Rube Norton,
whose backers pranced him up and j
down before the grand stand as the i
probable winner; and beside himj
stood Baird, the last good winner |
and one with fine running qualities, j
and it was a difficult thing to choose
between the two as the results show-
In the first round or two, first
one and the other of these two would
be a neck ahead and not until the
gong sounded and ;he judges gave
their decision, did Baird take the red
ribbon. But while all this running
was creating a lot of eicitment there
was a little sorrel hugging the inside
track, and before any one knew what
was up, he dashed out 47 feet ahead
of the second horse This was
Hold On Henry. Now, these two,
Hubbert and Baird, are to match
another race and the contest prom-
ises some interest.
For a regular pipe wrench race,
the three-in, Smith, Jones and
Thompson, furnished some surprise.
Smith had won some good races in
the past and his backers were betting
freely on his winning qualities.
Jones, too, had been an easy winner |
in the past and both felt their oats
on the new track ; but the man with;
gas pipe wrench and gasoline torch,
simply burnt holes in the wind thru
which he slipt as easily as the pro-
verbial greased pig. Alex remark-
ed the morning of the race that he
had only partially shaved that morn-
ing as he expected to i et a closer
shave in the afternoon. This threw
time around the track. This promises County and District Clerk
to be the best race of all, as both) C E.Smith, 126.
horses are tn goad trim and well
groomed.
There were a number of pony
races that day, but none of interest
except between a brown horse by the
name of Leopold Morris, a range
horse from Bell and stall fed runner
from Houston. This was a race on
points and the board showed that
Ball had 369 points in his favor;
Ferguson 102, and Morris only 5.
Another race was that between a
crctus tail horse from the Cottle
county mosquites and a thorobred
whose oats are raised in Washington,
D. C., where farming is done in
books. This was a surprise even to
those who backed the cactus tail
bronc, the score card showing 199
to 237 in favor of the imported stock.
Altogether, the races this time
proved a source of great speculation,
betting and much loss. The attend-
ance was good at the meet, the streets
all day being full of voters, non-
voters and children.
Official Ballot.
For submission, 231.
Against submission, 55.
For Governor:
Thos. H. Ball, 369.
James E. Ferguson, 102.
Leopold Morris, 5.
For Lieutenant Governor :
B. B. Sturgeon, 376.
W. P. Hobby, 67.
For Attorney General:
B. F. Looney, 46J.
For State Treasurer:
John W. Baker, 378.
J. M. Edwards, 70.
For Court of Criminal Appeals :
W. L Davidson, 222.
J. J. Faulk. 221.
For Associate Justice Supreme Court.
William E Hawkins, 461.
For Commissioner of Agriculture :
Fred W. Davis, 223.
H. A. Halbert, 218.
For Railroad Commissioner :
Earl B. Mayfield, 347.
J. M. Arnold, 89.
For State Superintendent of Public
Instruction :
S. M N Marrs, 264.
W. F. Doughty, 168.
For Commissioner General Land
i Office :
James T. Robison, 279.
Thomas M. Baitley, 152
For Comptroller of Public Accounts
J. L Franklin, 273.
C C. Mayfield, 76
H. B. Terrell, 83.
For Congressman-at-Large •
T. J. O'Donnell, 105.
James H. Lowry, 69.
Jeff McLemore, 17.
Daniel E. Garrett, 125.
Will A. Harris, 39.
J H. (Cyclone) Davis, 99.
Ed R. Kone, 12.
L. L. Shield. 21.
J. E. Porter, 17.
W. P. Lane, 123.
For Congressman Thirteenth
A. O. Thompson. 273.
J. S Jones, 93
For Sheriff and Tax Collector :
R. W. Baird. 127.
W. D. Keliehor, 68.
R. H. Norton, 123.
H. O. Hubbert. 174.
Por Tax Aseessor:
C. E. Lester, 105.
W. A. (Al) Miller. 266.
O. E. Thomas. 26.
J. H. Head, 38.
J. S. Wyche, 24.
H. F. Mitchell, 24.
For County Attorney ;
W. E. Dameron, 460
For County Treasurer:
J. J. Ward, 432.
J. O. Jenkins, 57
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1 :
C- V. Walker, 58.
W. W. Bennett, 96.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 2 :
R. J. Kibbe,142.
G. T. Higgins, 105.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 3 :
John Gregory, 15
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 4
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct
No. 1 :
J M. Boone, 380.
For Constable, Precinct No. I •
C S. Richards, 92
J. C. Carroll, 273.
For Chairir. in Democratic Executive
Committee tor Deaf Smith County
A M Jones, 42-t
For Pr-cinct Chairman Precr. No.l :
E B Black, 5.
TWAIN
This monument to S« rn 'i.-l I.atin
; horn* <'lumen* > Mark T *air, > I* to foe
: tin veiled n«-*t fall In Hannibal, Mo
*hcrti hi* boyhood « p*-iit It -« 111
j fcCaii'l on tt.H point of It!wr-
I p|«l•• park arid will foe visible for nmrir
mil*-* up and down the \l turn* up pi
, river
Con-
gressional District:
W. E. Prescott, 199.
Jno. H. Stephens, 237.
For State Senator Twenty-ninth Die*
trict :
W. A. Johnson, 249.
R. H. Cocke, 176.
Por Representative One Hundred
and Twenty-third District:
Mr. and Mrs Enoch Holland.
Mrs. W H Dison and Clarence
Shepar 1 of Castro county have gone
| to College Station to take the short
j course at the Farmers' Institute
| Mr. Shepard will make arrangement
while there to enter the A & M for
next session. The others will visit
friends and relatives in the central
part of the state while away.
Show starts Tuesday nights at
7:45. It
Own. Joaquin Maan and Maria Mama photograph.*! on board th« S 8,
Bapa«yn on their departure from Puerto Masleo with tb« million dollars ta
■old stolen from the banks at Hal till o.
Hereford Benefit Association In-
creases Membership.
G M. Suggs quit politics last Sat-
urday and turned his attention to
securing members for the Hereford
Benefit Association Monday also
fouod htm at work and between him
and Mr. Ashbrook some 50 new cer-
tificates have been issued, making
now over 300 members in the Iccal
order. It m<ty not be known as
generally as it should be, but this
order is a tine thing It is simple
first aid insurance without any (rills
to it. The joining fee is small, the
dt.es 25 cents per year and the policy
amounts to ;u«t $1.00 per member
when a death occurs. So if there
are 300 members and one of the
members should die, his policy would
be payable immediately at $300 00
It is the desire of the society to get
the membership up to 500 members
A Difference in Peelings.
Just the way a man feels goes a j
j long ways towards his ultimate sue-!
| cess. If he feels hopeful, if his
I work is not irksome, if he enjoys his'
job, if he sees some future to his
efforts, all this he ps to add material
ly to his success This is true in j
farming as well as in other lines of
business. In thrse days, when we
meet a farmer, if asked "how's
craps," he answers you with a smile
and says "just fine " If yuu meet *
cowman; and make inquiry about th
grass and s eers, it's the same ans-
wer ; or the alfalfa growing, ail nave
that same Sue, hopeful feeling This
is worth the price of the asking
And then to ride out along the long
lanes and see the growing crops and
tne tat rattle, n an inspiration even
to the chromic grumbler or th man
with a carbuncle grouch. in i* i,
tms country nas about snipt cu*
-very grouch . they've Oeen rounded
.p. dipt and sent over tr.e toad.
Tnere ar just a few .est and eitner
'.••e c ';ner or toe mderaaer w> I
th*m before trie se<s n it • .
Wn*t we r.-el n « is t uo.ve'i*i
smie for every or - I ne sic-n.un
nas st, tne Ur.T.er is i ow ng * gv.d
ne. tne mT.hafit fcas an r.v e for
*sr. gr n. 'ne r ai -state • •. er is
figuring on trading for • snx.e that
won't wear off and ev r,-v*Jv e.te ,i
■"aching this wholes'Jisease
Yes, there is a difference hen yo;
feel right
New Grocery Stcre
A new grocery store f a Hereford
w.d open tomorrow The style of
the new firm will he Williams Pros .
composed >§ the members, B'ack
Williams and John Wilhami oo'ft
young men and well known ir. the
;mmuoity They are at 310 Main
street, the place formerly occupied
oy Smith & Son's Model Grocery A
force of men nave been opening up
the stock of goods this week and the
new firm will be ready for business
tomorrow, Saturday, August 1. The
Brand bespeaks for them a success-
ful business career.
Tdtnx uki anooitot
John Dale's rrophecv Comes True.
John W. Dale, well known in
Hereford as a great politician and
an election prophet, has won the
laurels in the election just held. In
1912, he foretold Colquitt's election
and oo about June 15 ot this year,
he wrote the following letter to the
Brand and then ami there staked his
reputation upon the prophetic vision
that Ferguson would win over Ball
by 40,000 votes His letter of Jiine
15 reads
If you will remember I made a
prophecy about three months prior
to the last gubernatorial election in
which 1 stated to you tnat Colquitt
would be elected by 35,000 majority,
and he was elected by approximately
38,000 majority You commented
on it at the time. Now I see in your
issue of June 12 •his paragraph
"Readers of the Brand a-e requeu-
ed to ke-p a scrap boos of p >Utical
prophet les After the e.e ti ,n manj
of them will create a smite " Now,
dear Brand, I wi«h to make another
prophecy tor your scrap oo.k j m
Ferguson wii! go m'o th- g vemor's
chair by a majority of • ot en tn^n
40.000 I am not ir.fi er < • t m tn-s
statement because I live n • ■ f imai*
ville," the biggest, and mos*
progressive city in T*sas, whirh is
anti from star' to finish. ',ut ir< inr
of the fart <nat the citizenship of
Middle. East and North T *t« h«v
become tired and so" of 'n- ul'ra
factionalism of a class f ri''Z'ns
• ho subordinate every other nw t
t our commonweal h • > the
t n: • q named ••p- hi-; it ion
File peooie are awx > n ' Mark
'he result
Y > jfi ■"?•/ truly,
J >nn W Dale.
Now ' r Wed' v!av morning the
Br-ind '-'-ivrd 4 night >t«er tf,m
♦ he S«n one gentleman wht<"h calls
attention to the prophecy and in his
gleeful feeing ov r 'he virtory
■ rubs it in" wt'h considerable fore
;nd vigor
COOLEST JOB IN WASHINGTON
s H in it" ! a« ' '!<• < .ie*t )'>b
>f an v k icriiinn i eiripl, •••• .; Wssk
in*' ri Hi- Ir .<h - m-.'ff-rali far tn
til" ul'*s. h|i 11 ciint.n t. n^natK
ofllr® tmlldtn* and the <«!>ito!.
Sh iw starts Tuesday nights at
7 45. It
GENQUl NEWS
FROM iVERYWlEllE
War in llflfilitviM Aastriaaad
Srwttl—iM. Callaux Acquitt
od «f EttUng Editor, etc.
Actual war is now occupying the
attention of all Europe. Ausirus-
Hungary has declared war against
Servta and a number ot eng tgements
have been fought Servia ;« a small
pswer, one of the Balkan states
Austria-Hungary is a tua m u trrhy
possessing great resources ot «ir,
but the first |t oo to be aed ->y
the difference, for Servi. *i„ iefend
her borders to the last me.*sute
Russia is watching the movements
and has stationed an army along tae
frontier ready at any time to take a
hand in the affair which threatens to
involve all Europe
Mme. Cattaua. who shot and kill-
ed Editor Caimette, has been ac-
quitted by a French court after a
most spectacular trial. The Figar*.
a leading newspaper, had attacked
the political life and fortunes of M.
Cailaux. one of the prominent caadi-
dates and office holders of that cossa>
try, and had become so enraged al
the position of the paper, she dared
to take the law into her own hernia.
The men of Prance say she waa
justified.
Ju«t before resigning his isur ped
place, Huerta granted to the Roth-
childs of England a large body of
land for one cent per acre Thia
grant, oi course, will be repudiated
by the new government. as will
many other grants which have been
illegally made.
Vfwnl Viva, lorafard.
Viva, Hereford and her hospitable
people f Tbie was the eipresslosi
waved to the Hereford bunch tfc^t
entertained the Amariilo rrowu last
week in a fishing outing on the creek.
Tb^rs were a number of Hereford
friends who contributed in some way
! to the pleasure of the visitors and
they seemed ail appreciative of the
attentions paid them. In the number
from Amanito, a partial list of whom
ere given last week, were Rev St.
Ihomsen, Presbyterian minister;
Rev W P Jennings, Christian min-
1 ister ; J. S. Bass, of the firm of Bass
Bros . A D Armstrong, of the
Armstrong Storage Co. . A r>. Stan-
ley, of Noble Bros. Co. , W B He!-
rick, of the Bryant Co . e. L
ginbotham. of the Bryan' <o
Davis, of the Walker BroS-ran
i Carl Thomsen and Earl B .*e•
AmarilJo men left a ne'e s«
'/'e were royally enter si• i
wish to thank all who coi.tri « - ut
*ny way to our estretr. • p i *
We ' annot remember .I, «• -s
peciaily remember Geo Ue b . •
l iilivan, Roy Stocking j •" r i
•en, Edgar Jobnsor., j T W am
son. each one of wbon. ce.ped h i
.r ^up to running ove And gr it
are he fish in the T -rri 3 *tv. *
May tner muhply an : fill tne "re k
• nd be easily caught V.va V va
H-'eford.
apt. Tilaoa Wine ¥ al Hepr sen a-
live.
apt T J. Tilso i of P.am .tew
* ie the next representa'ive for
■ 1 iird district winning ove< A
Miliott of Hereford and Y W
H . mes of Plainview With a few
jntry botes yet to ^e a counted,
*aunt stood y v.ter lay tfternooa
follows Tilao'i, 1266 Elliott,
1176. Holmes, 775. Tils m cirri • d
Ha.e and Swisher ccuoti s. Slli tt
arned Deaf Smr a, Rtniall A: n-
strong, Parmer out the h-ai.y v te
in Hale was toe much fcr th? small
counties tnat went tor the Hers ord
candidate. CjstroBa ly vat* ;s
still in doubt. The ad litio; a. b s-
to be added will not ma eriaily dec
the rosult.
H
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! Mrs. Parks, mata-r cf M is Netti-
Parks, has returned from a visit lo
relatives in Hill county
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 14, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1914, newspaper, July 31, 1914; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253763/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.