The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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LLAR8 0T-
m WILL OIVB
MAN A STAET IN
THE GREAT WEST
ile Want Land. They Re-
alise There Never Was But
One Crop and There Nev-
er Will Be Another.
There are thousands of acres oi'
good agricultural land loft in the
"^votftern states that can be pur-
^i-Jiaked for nearly nothing,
jjj The firm of II. 1$. Sanders &
;tejCo., Judge Building, Salt Lake
<tP>City, Utah, have an option on
;t quarter of a million acres that
are offering at $2.95 an acre
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yThis land is scattered all over the
' state of Nevada and there is lots
of it. that will grow crops without
uj j irrigation. Some of it adjoins
^ \ towns and can be used as addi-
ji tions to townsites.
a Other pieces especially that ly-
ing adjacent to rivers and creeks
would make excellent fruit land,
f The above land was selected 25
PP years ago when the, entry man
°| had his choice of all the lands
? of the state.
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gj II. B. Sanders & Co., furnish a
>*Lj catalog of these lands free upon
application.
'hi The above firm make specialty
1SI of lands. They can sell you Tim-
id; ber lands in the Northwest Oil
lands in California or Utah, Fruit
Lands, Irrigated Lands, of Agri-
cultural Lands in any Western
State.
They make a specialty of State
Lands, Railroad Lands, Land
Script and Land Grants.
They secure control of large
tracts and sell at small jfkifits.
The above firm li^is secured all
the irrigated lands of the Green
River Valley Land & Water Co.
The largest Carey Act withdrawal
of Fruit Lands in the United
Sates.
Any person wishing to make
an investment in Western Lands
should certainly write the above
firm.
When writing mention this pa-
per.
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Old Settlers Pic Nic.
"The Old Settlers Association
of Limestone County, will hold its
annual jnc nic at old Springfield,
Wednesday May the 19th.
.\mple arrangements have been
made for the comfort and enter-
tainment of all who may attend.
An interesting and instructive
program has been arranged, and
all old settlers of Limestone coun
ty are especially invited to attend
and bring with them any data, or
interesting bits of history, docu-
mentary or otherwise, as they
may have.
Every loyal citizen of this comi-
ty should feel an interest in this
organization, having fur its pur-
poses the perpetuation of its cor-
rect history, and it is hoped that
all who can possibly do so, will
attend and help make the occasion
what it should be.
Thos. J. Gibson,
President.
Road Overseers Attention.
Groesbeck, Tex., April 29th.
By virtue of the authority
vested in me as Chairman of the
Commissioner's Court of Lime-
stone County, Tex., I hereby call
a meeting of all the Road Over-
seers of Limestone County to
meet at the Court House in Groes
beck at 11 oclock, a. m. Saturday,
May 15th, 1909.
The object of the meeting is to
devise ways and means by which
we may better the conditions of
the Public Roads of Limestone
County, and bring about a uni-
form system of good roads.
All patriotic Citizens of the
County who are interested in goo
roads are cordially invited to
*ect with us, and give us the
benefit of your advice and coun-
sel. Let this meeting be the be-
ginning of a new era for good
roads.
W. A. Keeling,
County Judge,
VOR APRIL.
First Grade.
Jillia Richardson.
Isabel Sparks.
Mary Stevens.
Gertrude Newman.
Joyce Hearne.
Annie Lou Karner.
Louise McDiiniel.
Clintelle Robinson.
Sidney Tiilwell.
Clarence Iluarne.
Joe Jones.
Second Grade.
Vera Smith.
Robert Stei n.
Riley Ham.
.Mabel Gilmorc.
Conrad Lanuing.
Phil White.
Phocion Park.
Maurine Reynolds.
Mildred Desenbcrg.
Le Grande Iloiiser.
Third Grade.
Geddes Manning.
Elizcbeth Bonner.
Ruby Hancock.
Edna Arriugton.
Edward Carter.
Rodney Tidwell.
Fourth Grade.
Gertrude Robinson.
Virginia Smith.
Beulah Parker.
Dozia Cash.
Nadine Bryan.
Mary Eleuor MeKenzie.
Mary Bell Berry.
Naomi Savage.
Mary Beth Alderman.
•I eanie Beckham.
Mary Kaufman.
Fifth Grade.
Herbert Tidwell.
Willie Dennis.
Sallie Pengilly.
Pauline Moores.
Minnie Kate Sewell.
Be 11 i e McGi 1 va ry.
Bessie Butler.
Grace Lanuing.
Lily Savage.
Grace Pollord.
Wiley Lake.
Robert Sewell.
Sixth Grade.
Tom White.
Hilda Clark.
Grace Moseley.
Ruth Jackson.
Rosa Felz.
Roy Anglin.
Fannie Rut liven.
Sankey Park.
Ruby Mayo.
Seventh Grade
Marcus Corley.
Sam Ilodges.
Martha Corley.
Rosalie King.
Dasa Ellington,
Eighth Grade.
Julia Carter.
Isabel Corley.
Lee Etta Gilmorc.
Annita Guynes.
Perier MeKenzie.
May Rux.
Mollie Seale.
Jessie Wallace.
Ninth Grade.
Kate Bonner.
Elsie Desenberg.
Kate Hancock.
Claude Johansen.
May Lake.
Rollin Shaw.
Kate Steele.
Tenth Grade.
Ernestine Alderman.
Ruth Baugli.
Gertrude David.
Hal Jackson.
W. M. White, Jr.
Eleventh Grade.
Lillian Bigger.
Jim Collins.
Mary Corley.
Willie Gilmore.
Hilda Nussbaum.
Fay Yeldell.
Vera York.
WATOH
FAKIR.
been the
Never has an invention of
real merit been given to the worh
but a fakir rushes in with a de-
vice which is an infringement,
frtmi a moral and at times from
legal viewpoint. This has
custom from the times
sagas have been written, and the
more perfect and useful the new
device the more persistent and
aggressive is the buzzing of lite
insect who evades as long as pos-
sible the direct legal issue, yet
l'oists upon a confiding public
either a Chinese copy of the real
thing, or a fake, pure and simple,
designed primarily to deceive.
Recognizing the superior ability
and acknowledging the premier
position in the world of wireless
held by Dr. Lee de Forest, the So-
iety of Wireless Telegraph Engi-
neers at the recent meeting in the
headquarters at Boston, Mass..
ted Itiin President of the or-
ganization for the ensuing year.
growing importance of wire-
less as shown by recent events,
lias given this organization a pe-
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EXAMINING TRIAL.
Man Who Killed Dr. R. J. Bloat
Haa Examining Trial and
is Committed, With-
out Bail.
Last Friday afternoon County
Attorney It. M. Edwards and
Sheriff R. M. Lott and Chief Dep-
uty Sheriff L. Childs, bringing
ent profit consistent with their
preservation can not be over esti-
mated. In uddition to their in-
fluence upon stream flow, tending
to diminish the destructiveness of
floods and to maintain higher wa-
ter for navigation and for the
generation of power in dry sea
sons, they form the foundation of
our woodworking industries.
"Until comparatively recent
the defendant, came down to hold •V,!U,'S th« North Atlantic States
preliminary hearing for defend-1 predominated in furniture inanu-
ant ward who is under the j factoring and other woodworking
charge of murder for killing of j industries, limber supplies in
Or. Rex .John Sloat here Thurs it,lilt section have been almost ex-
day of last week, as pronounced j'hausted and these industries are
in'last week's issue of this paper, j fullowill& th(! rapidly receding
About 2.30 oclock p. in., defend :forests in,° the South and West
ant Dave Ward was arraigned be-! f?l'eatly
for Justice of the IV.ice T. Clark,
and pleaded not {..u hyas charged
and the preliminary hearing was
begun. In all, seven witnesses
for the Stale were examined,
no defendant's witnesses being
placed upon the stand at all, after
which c-juncil for the defendant |methods of f°restry by the own
announced that they would not ,'1S our w"0,Hands.
contest the motion of the Coun-
— . . a
it has been determined by th*>
citizens of Galveston, acting
through the Business League, to Ji1; .j
give during the first week in Au-
gust of 1909 the First Annual Cot-
ton Carnival of Galveston.
The purposes and scope of this
event will tmaiace entertainment
and education by interesting ex-
hibits, instruct iv«.< addresses, and
by a thorough study of the attrac-
tions of the city and the facilities
of the port of Galveston.
It is proposed to bring together
here in Galveston, the largest cot-
ton port, in the United States, all
classes of people who are interest-
ed in Cotton and its culture in
any way whatsoever. About one-
third of the Cotton grown in the
United States now comes to Gal-
vest.(/ii for marketing and distri-
terial This can be brought about ^ thus establishing its prim-
orily by the adoption of scientific |,
increasing the value of
the timberlands.
"if Southern woodworking in-
dustries are to thrive in years to
come, they must be assured of a
constant supply of their raw ma-
in of
en to
more
•'orcst
M. II. Coleman died at his
home in Telmacana Friday night
and was buried Saturday after-
noon. Deceased was a well
known citizen of this county.
ciiliar position in the commercial
as well as theV.'ientific world. A
Dr. de ForesFVfc 'iergies have beer
devoted foraboui. a generation
to the invention and exploitation
of wireless devices, he is peculiar-
ly fitted to fill this important of-
fice.
The eminent position held by
Dr. de Forest has naturally been
of imitators and charlatans have
of iniittoars and charlatans have
been raised. It lias been impossi-
ble heretofore to stop every char-
latan who 11:is designs upon the
bank balances of a too credulous
public and who has surreptitious-
ly stolen ideas which have been
evolved in Dr. de Forest's labora-j
torv.
When Marconi's invent ii
wireless telegraphy was giv
a waiting world, scarcely
than a decade ago, Dr. de I
had been already experimenting
for several years on a system of
wireless which was entirely dif-
ferent from that of Marconi.
When this invention was made)
public, the cumbersome system of
Marconi, with its unrealiable co-
herer, was quickly supplanted by
the more rapid and satisfactory
device of the American. Since
that time, the science of wireless
has gone forward rapidly. Dr.
de' Forest has secured more than
one hundred patents of wireless
appliances and devices, which are
now used by the Radio Company
in their wireless telegraph and
telephone system. Some of these
devices are being used by other
self-styled inventors, but only the
unsophisticated are deceived, and
they, only for a brief period.
Dr. de Forest's latest and great
est invention, which will doubt-
less revolutionize the entire world
of wireless communication, is con-
sidered by experts so far super-
ior to any other exisitng method
that the inventor is acknowledged
to be the premier scientist in his
chosen field in this country. As-
sociated with Dr. de Forest in
scientific research are Dr. George
Seibt, acknowledged to be the
premier wireless expert of the
world, and E. A. 'Prinks, M. E.,
Ph. D., whose inventions have al-
ready attracted attention through
out Europe. Dr. de Forest, in ac-
cepting the office of President of
the Society of Wireless Telegraph
Engineers, gracefully aeknowledg
ed the honor conferred upon him
and said he would endeavor to
foster the interests of the socie-
ty as far as lay in his power.
The presidency of this organi-
zation carries with it the highest
honors that can be conferred up-
on a worker in the wireless art.
ty Attorney that the defendant be
committed to jail without bail to
await the action of the September
grand jury. This action probahlj
means that habeas corpus proceed
ings will be brought to have bail
fixed in the distinct court direct,
and accordingly* Justice Clark
bound him over without bail.
In the main the testimony pro-
duced at this preliminary hearing
would be but little news to those
I v.'he iive in and around Teague
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
oeea us<
lil near ever
known facts
of the ease.
The city council met Friday
night in adjourned session to
complete the business left over
from the regular session.
The railroad agreed to
the crossing from D. A. Mur
pliy's to J. R. Corley's residence,
and it will be done right away.
The mayor was authorized to
order an election to see if the
for\
has been discussed nil-1 l)eoPle d,'si''(- t(> >**< '
lidiint'
.'one knows all the
of the State's side
Just what 1 he de-
test iinony will be we
i <!o not know inasmuch none was
| offered at this examining trial as
is customary in eases of this kind,
we learn, the defendant usually
reserving his evidence for the fin-
al trial of the case.
It seems that early Thursday
morning Dr. Sloat shol two bird
dogs belon ,'i::;; to the defendant
Ward, and that in the afternoon,
one of the dogs, on account of
being so severely wounded, had
to la* killed. Dr. Sloat. it is told,
shot the dogs because they had
been bothering his chickens.
This it seems the defense deny
and that he shot the dogs
provocation or cause.
it may but shortlv
street anil sidewalk improvement*
and for a new school house. If
this proposition is carried bonds
for $20,000 streets and sidewalks
improvements and $9500 for a
new school building can be insuec
without increasing the present
tax rate. This election will be
ordered soon.
acy among all interests pertainin-
to cotton.
Exhibitions will be given of
Raw Cotton from every cotton
growing section of the world;
of all kinds of manufactured Cot-
ton fabrics; of Cotton factory
machinery; of Cotton gin machin-
j cry; of Cotton oil mill machinery
i of the by-products of Cotton and
'.Cotton seed; of implements for
ir""; Cotton culture, picking and har-
vesting. The subjects of culture,
marketing, transportation and
distribution of Cotton will be
ably discussed by men of expert
knowledge on these subjects.
Exhibitors, desirous of reaching
directly the business men and far-
mers of Texas, Oklahoma, Louis-
iana and Arkansas, will do well
to take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to assist us as well as to
secure for their articles a most
advantageous advertisement of
their merits. Suitable buildings
for exhibits and liberal conces-
sions will be offered to any and
all who may wish to participate.
Cotton is such a big subject;
it is so universally used and ap-
preciated, that many world-wide
interests will no doubt be attract-
No Others.
It is in a class by itself. It
has no rivals. It cures where
others merely relieve. For aches,
pains, stiff joints, cuts, burns,
bites, etc., it is the quickest and
surest remedy ever devised. Wo
•mar II'p.t's 1 ijhtning Oil.
r.Oe and 25.: bUUej.
THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
This Enterprise for Mexia Will
Soon be Under Way.
At the club meeting Friday
night the proposition to put in ed to this event, and to all such a
an up to date sewerage system cordial invitation is extended,
was discussed and (.'apt. W. W. Henry W. Grady once said of
Cook, president of the Mexia Wa ; cotton: "The world waits in at-
ter and Light company expressed tendance upon its growth. The
without a willingness to begin work right shower that falls wliisperingly on
Be that'as a way on the proposition that was its heard around the world. The-
after two! made him some months ago, and sun that shines upon it is tem-
ocloek defendant Ward took his la committee was appointed to pered by the prayers of all the
shot gun and went up to Saunder '■ draw up the contract and secure people. The frost that chills it
Dr. SI at the right of way and site for the and the dew that descends from
few words tank. the skies are noted, and the tres-
raised his This will be a big improvement pass of a little worm on its green
for our little city and that it will leaf is more to Great Britain than
soon be a reality is certain, for
we have more than sufficient suit
scribers to insure the success of
the enterprise, and only details
are to be arranged.
Score one more enterprise for
our Industrial club.
Furniture Store when
was and after saying a
according to witnesses
eet
II.
gun and fired twice, killing Dr
Sloat instantly, after which h
reloaded his gun, came out of tli
store and walked down the stive
where he met Constable
Connell and surrendered.
• The testimony is quite lengthy
and on account of the fact that
no testimony was offered by the
defense we do not publish in full
the testimony offered by the
State at the preliminary hearing.
Tt would take up several columns
of the paper and therefore we do
not give it in full.
The Tribune greatly deplores
the oceurance and deeply sympa-
thizes with the relatives of the
deceased Doctor. lie was en-
gaged in running a transfer bus-
iness here, as well as the practice
of his profession as a Veterinary
Surgeon.
The defendant, Dave Ward but
recently came here from Shreve-
the advance of the Russian army
upon her Asiatic outposts. Its
tli
Farmers Union Annual Meeting.
The Farmers Union held their
annual meeting here Monday in
the I ndstrial club rooms, and
while in session passed the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas the Mexia Industrial
Club has seen fit to deliver to us
the keys to their commodious ap-
partments and by so doing has
rendered to us a great service in
furnishing us a neat and pleas-
ant place for holding this our an-
nual meeting.
Therefore be it resolved, that
we the Mexia Farmers Union
ire is current in every bank."
iese words are eloquent with
e truth of Cotton's important
place in all our lives. It is meet
then and proper that a time be
set aside when all the people who
are interested may gather here
in Galveston to discuss this great
subject and study this great in-
dustry and to learn more of this
royal product.
We invite you to participate in
the First Annual Cotton Carnval
of Galveston.
Very respectfully,
Malcolm Graham,
Chairman Executive Committee
First Annual Cotton Carnival.
port, La., and was employed as
a bartender at the Phoenix Bar.|Warehouse Association, while in
—Teague Tribune.
President Finley Advocates Wise
Forest Management.
A Class Meeting.
On last Thursday afternoon the
Triangle Club enjoyed a pleasant
walk out to the suburban home
of Miss Josie Farmer, being the
session this the 10th day of May, , ., ... m,
„„„„ , , , * . occasion of its semi-meetrag. Tht
1909, do hereby express our sin-; , , ,
, , , . order of business came first, and
cere thanks to the above mention- ,, .,
, , , . , . , . > the reports of the various commit
ed club for their generous hospi
That the wise management of
the forests is regarded by Presi-
dent W. W. Finley, of the South-
ern Railway, as a necessity in the
devclopement of the South is
strongly brought out in his recent
address to the student body of
the University of Georgia.
"In my opinion," said Pres-
ident Finley, "the economic im-
portance of the management of
tality.
And be it further resolved, that
these resolutions shall be put on
our minutes and a copy be ten-
dered the Secretary of the Mexia
Industrial club. Signed,
W. P. Stewart.
J. W. Carroll.
Committee.
tees received. After adjournment
delightful strawberry cream, lady
fingers and angels food was serv-
ed as only Josie knows how. Each
relunstantly departed hoping that
the hostess will soon entertain
the class again. The next meet-
ing will be two weeks hence with
Miss Gertrude David.
Member.
Miss Ona Roberts who has ben. ^
Jos. Nussbaum, Fred Karner, i
Ernest Watson, Frank Smith and visiting her sister, Mrs. W.
our Southern forests so as to sc-1 Wallace Gibbs went up to Rake- si rey has returned to her I;
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cure from them the largest pros-1 straw Monday afternoon.
in Fort Worth.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1909, newspaper, May 13, 1909; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290217/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.