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The Post-Signal.
VOL XXXIV.
PILOT POINT, TEXAS, FRfDAY, MAY 3, 1912.
NO. 36
GUARANTEE
YOU are entitled in buying Hart, Schaffner & flarx clothes, to a most
positive assurance of your satisfaction. Every dealer in our clothes
is authorized to say this to you:
Every garment made by, and bearing the label of Hart, Schaffner
& Marx, is guaranteed to be of all-wool or wool-and-silk fabrics, with
no "mercerized" or other cotton added; thoroughly shrunk before cut-
ting; seams sewed with pure silk thread; tailored in clean, sanitary
shops; and free from every defect of material or workmanship.
Hore than that: The dealer is authorized to say that if the clothes
are not right, or not satisfactory, your money will be refunded.
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Sold Only By
H. M. RUSSELL & CO.
In Pilot Point.
Visit our Remodeled Clothing Department.
SOUTH SIDE PILOT POINT
6nnk«> SWaliow* Turkey*.
Cblldreu of John HeU, a farmer of
tb® Cuero, Tex., section, killed seven-
teen copperheads and two large chick-
en snakes One of the last, after he
ing dissevered, was found to have just
• wallowed twelve newly hatched tur-
key*
Leave
your call with
Big Ben, he'll call you
on the dot at any time
you say.
And if you roll over and
try 4 4just - one-more-nap,
he'll repeat his call 30 sec-
onds later and keep on call-
ing until you're wide
awake.
Big Ben stands 7 inches tall—
He's heavy, massive, handsome.
He's got a great, big dial you can
easily read in the dim morning
light, a sunny deep toned voice
you' 11 hear distinctly on your sleep-
iest mornings.
We've placed him in the win-
dow. Look at him whenever you
go by.
$2.50
STEAMER TEXAS
IS BLOWN UP
Strikes Mine In the Harbor of
Smyrna and Sinks.
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST
Flylog th Turkish Flag and Car-
rying Wlail Between Constantly
nople and the Levant - Deviates
From Courae.
Steamer Texas, belonging to the
Archipelago- American steamship line
struck a mine at the entrance to thfl
Bulf of Smyrna and sank Ninety
passengers of the 1f>fl on hoard were
saved The vessel was flying- the Aug
of Turkey and was engaged carrying
mail between Constantinople and the
Levant.
It was stated that the Texas was au
American vessel, the error arising
from the fact that she was part of a
fleet of a Smyrna concern trading un
der the name of Archipelago-Ameri-
can Steamship company.
Gulf of Smyrna is one of the finest
harbors in the Mediterranean sea and
Smyrna is the principal seaport of
Asiatic Turkey Entrance to the gulf
was rained by the TuJki h authorities
lo protect the port against an attack
the Italian fleet
Of 2fll tons net register was the Tex
as. She was huilt at Newcastle. Kng
land, in 1888 She was 8rst called
the Olympic, rechristened Marguerite
and finalty received the name of Tex
as. It is alleged the disaster was due
to the vessel deviating from the course
Indicated by the pilot boat preceding
her through the mine field.
At the time of the anti-Greek hoy
cott the fiee to which the Texas he-
longed, consisting of eight eN eIs
bearing the names of American states
was authorized to fly the United States
flag by the consul general at, Smyrna
because the company was largely con-
trolled by American intereMts.
NEGROES SCARED.
Warning Notices Are Posted fn
Collin County.
Negroes at Piano, Tex., are badly
frightened. A strange member of
their race, seen at various points in
the place. Is believed to have eonneo
tion with warning uotlces. bearing
skulls and cross hones on the doors
of several negro houses, *nd conster-
nation followed.
White residents «re not paying
much attention to the matter, although
it is believed by some that the posting
of the signs Is the work of hoys. Some
time ago Hugh Harvey, h white hoy,
was struck on the head with an Iron
bar by a negro.dying 1n severa'days
Thirty days after another white t ov
was badly cut by a negro
On the door of the house whera the
negro who struck young Harvey lived
cross hones were posted and a part.lc
larly grewxome skull, with a strong
threat of violence. A majority of the
signs say that, the "axeman is in
town" and that all the negroes nre t,o
be killed
ROUT REBELS
Government Forces Administer
Crushing Defeat.
With 220 dead and more than this
number wounded, many unable even
leave the battlefield, 2,000 rebels un-
der Manuel Ouerroro were routed at
Tepic, Mex., by tne garrison, aided
by the police. Garrison numbered 315
and the cit^ police 110. There wer«
a few state police also.
Rebels attacked the plac® from the
north and west.
Attackers fell tn squads
lnt«rr d at wmoo.
Body of George Pierce, who died at
the City of Mexico, was interted at
Waco Mr Pierce was formerly the
prWate secretary to the Ute (Jnit d
States Senator Coke. He was also
Western Union telegraph operator for
a long time at Waco.
Tmn Stories.
The Moody office building that is to
be erected at Galveston is to be ten
stortes and will cover a block 120 feet
by feet 10 Inches. It is planned to
cont approximately #450,000 and the
material will be steel, brick and con
Crete
Anti-Fly Campaign.
The action of .two enterprising and
well-to-do citizens of Houston in of-
ering 5 cents per pint for all
houseflies turned over to them has re
suited in much activity on the part of
small boys as well as au acceleratgd
demand for fly traps. Purchasers sa
the Insects have a number of uses,
making a splendid chicken feed and a
fine fertilizer.
FLOOD BRINGS
GREW DISTRESS
Pitiable Stories Come From the
Devastated District.
MANY ARE GIVEN RELIEF
Gov«rnm«nt Establishes Food
pota, Whwro th* Wants of Each
Individual Requiring Aid Sacura
Prompt Attention.
Kellef has been rushed to hundreds
of marooned famflies in the Inundat-
ed territory north of Torras. l.a., the
reports from which stated conditions
were extremely pitiable anrt critical
Four fnnd depots ha' e been estab
iished at ooints that are convenient
for distribution purposes
Conditions in the Black r1v« r sec-
tion were Maid to almost, beggar de-
scription In many instances parents
and their children sought refuge with
livestock on rafts.
A. S. Simmons, who arrived at Tor
ras from a trip over Concordia. Cata-
houla and Tensas parishes, reported
all of them under water with the ex
ception of a few towns protected by
levees.
"The inhabitants are homeless and
destitute," he said. "The situation in
the RlacW river section is the worst I
ever saw. Five thousand white per-
son* h long the Rlac.k river are in a
desperate fix. The government sup-
plies are inadequate. Many families,
e*peeling the flood, built rafts, and
when the water came moved their
household goods aboard. Horses,
cows, hogs, chickcns, dogs and cats
are sharing these rafts with farmers
and their families. The rafts to trees
are anchored and that is how the oc-
cupants are living. When 1 passed
through the swamps I saw a number
of these rafts. The bellowing of the
cattle could be heard a great way The
people not only need food for them-
selves. but provender fnr their cattle
and horses,"
A serious crevasse occurred in the
levee at Torras, inundating thousands
of acres of sugar lands
Number of persons being fed by the
government is about 120,000
KNOCKOUT FOR LAW
Adverse Decision In Four Hun-
dred Yard Limit Case.
In reversing and remttndlng case of
J L. Talley, appealer! from Coryell
county, the Texas court ol criminal
appeals held that what u commonly
known as the old '400 yard liquor
law" does not apply In local option
cases. Talley owned a saloon in wet
Hamilton county about 100yards from
the boundary of dry Coryell county
He was indicted, convicted and fined
$100 in Coryell county on a charge of
selling liquor to a minor. The con
victlon was had under the "400 yard
law," which provided that where a
saloon is situated 400 yards or less
from the boundary line of an adjoin
ing dry county that indictments might
be brought in the dry county, even If
the offense was committed 400 yards
across the line.
The opinion of the court, which was
written by Associate Justice Harper.
Cites cases running as far back as the
year 1848
FORM OF FOUNTAIN.
Memory of Sydney Smith to Be
Thus Remembered.
That the memoria1 to the iate Capt
Sydney Smith many year* secretary
of the State Kalr of Texas which will
bt erected it) Fair park Dallas to
be both useful and ornamental. Is lbs
statement of Coione I 1' I'rsrevsot
of the committee on ctesigo. appointed
by President KckforO of the aBsoda
tion. "The Idea held o? the rieslgn
tommitt.ee at present, " stated Colonel
Trezevan, "is the erection of a foun*
tanl of about thirty feet lo diameter.
Around the fountain will be pedestals
which have either drinking cups or
bubbling springs of fresh water «o
that everyone can drink. The water
In the fountain proper will spurt from
the mouths of marble Hons,and in the
center of 'lie fountain will be a marble
shaft about fifteen feet In height, on
top of which will be a bronze statu® of
Captain Smith.
"The fountain will Oil a much need-
ed want at the state fair grounds It
Is up to the park hoard to select a lo
cation, but the fountain will doubtless
be situated near the main entrance I
think that a suitable memorial of this
kind can be erected at a cost of about
f15,000. The design committee has not
yet held a meeting, but when we do so
we will ask various sculptors to sub-
mit their ideas and choose the best
from among them. The details of the
statue will, of course, he left to the
artist."
Funds for the statue are to beralsed
by popular subscription and In all
probability It will he unveiled at the
opening of the next state fair. Quite
a number of contributions have been
made to the fund, A general commit-
tee is In charge of the collection of
contributions.
8AIM IS ACCURATE.
Woman Fatally Shoots a Man
Mistaken For a Burglar.
Investigation of the killing at Ennis
of -I A Stapleton by Mrs. L. Cran-
ford leads to the belief that the young
man lost his life through mistaking
Mrs Cranford's house for his own, he
residing next door.
Mrs. Cranford was alone In her
house at the time of the shooting, 9
o'clock at night. She says that she
called when she heard someone upon
her porch, warning the party that she
would shoot. She received no answer
and opened fire, shooting three times
with a 32-calihre automatic pistol A
couple of the shots hit Stapleton in
the back and causing his death
TO PROTECT WIFE.
Reason Given For Shooting the
Husband of Woman.
Henry Labeaux was fatally shot in
the lungs at El Paso and also was hit
in an arm by a bullet, the shots being
fired by Patrolman Frank Williams,
who interfered when he found the math
shooting at Mrs. Labeaux. Officer
says he shot the man to save the wom-
an's life.
Labeaux charged that his wife had1
ruined his life and is alleged to have
threatened to kill her and then take
his own life
Blank Mortgages for sale this office
Fire at Madisonville destroyed ten
frame houses, eight of them occupied
by business firms,and on the west side
of the square. This is the second fire
of the kind at fhat place this year.
WATCH THIS SPACE a
For the Best Things to Eat.
Always Fresh—The Best.
SCOTT & FLAKE.
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The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1912, newspaper, May 3, 1912; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291215/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.