Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 187, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1908 Page: 2 of 9
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fnr Fridav onlv. we have arranged to
& Sanborn's and H. J. Heinz Co. on hand to demonstrate to you the g
Cakes Crackers; ' Chase & Sanborn's excellent Coffees and Teas and H
the Heinz 57 varieties. Every housewife should know of the economy
cktntfes and vntt arp urcred to come and receive the samples whether you
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$10.00 worth of Groceries given away ab-
solutely free by us on this date.. Don't fail
to come and bring someone with you. "You
may get them.
relay
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29th
Hunter
a representative of the National Biscuit Company Chase
lesnd-cleanliness of the famous "InerseaP brand of
T. Heinz Co.'s delicious Pickles. Olives and Preserves all
in buying these dust-tight IN-ER-SEAL moisture proof
are a customer or not Come out and enjoy the feast
r Pate Foods and to Please
Kunitz Grocery Co.
AN OLD OIL WELL
FILLED TO TILL TOP-IT IS STILL
OUTLET lOIt (as.
man who opened a bath house
'and adwrtied the mineral proixrties
'ut the water. .Hut this venture proved
a failure and was likewise abandoned
'then for years the gas and water was
j allowed to .no to waste no effort beiug
niade to utilize either. By degrees
well was filled iip and today there
no sign of well or-easing yet out
of apparently smooth ground water
lteecnf Excitement ( alls to Mind One 'ud es continue to eome. The gas How
of First Wells Sunk-Oil and . : so st" u thiu it may he
Gas Mas Found. . lnted and will burn as long as is de
sired. Only this week an experimental
The recent oil flurry has called to f le&l wns Jna -ylMh i0 w?cl that by
i The Parson's Column
ONCE VALUABLE PROPERTY;"
ntmd the different test wells suhk i"iturm-ng au old tub over the -ground
this iield in the search for oil some ten J w)ere tmt we once. was thq- gus
or fifteen years ago. The well to which jcould hQ confied to a small outlet and
we direct your attention in particular. d bHrn and furirfsn suificiem heat
T "A THING OF SMKHDS ANDI'A 1 CMI.S
T . Hy Jno. Power.
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is the Xoel well east of Cottage street '
for cooking purposes.
which. was. at the time it was mit within the last . few mouths two
down considered the best prospect for j liaptU. b..v hiaulrinc -about the
a paying well of them nit. i ms wen
oil or a;as that Is believed to ex
ist there am! in fact since its aban-
donment many handsome offers have.
is- ui ... . ut. wh a view to developing euuer
was put down by contract i a com- lh
pany of drillers who were induced to
oorae here and sink a few test wells.
After going a certain depth a now maJp for llu pr0nerty but it rer
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' niaiirs unsold w ltU tnese oners nave
e!!ome stories from foreign fields con-
i firming the belief that the well was
wivrked- and how. Imi these are se-
' iSe'courteous." '1. Peter '5:V
"Manners are not idle but-the fruit
of loyal nature and of noble mind."
Tennyson.
"Defect in manners is usually the
defect in line perceptions.-"' Kmeron.'
Since the'parson wrote his last col-
umn he has lieen abroad and lias come
"to the conclusion that unless his ex-
perience is exceptionally unfortunate.
the suspicion-he has. long harbored
that manners are. on 'the decline- is
iu.ore thnii well -founded lie has seen
such vulgar . selfishness and abrupt-
ness' of adlress that he feels that it U
about time the. old paragraph should
be added to the school prospectuses
"Manners a pemly a week extra"
imtife 01 tli 111. Hut unfortunately
thev a!-' almost typical.
Ii is too much the fashion to consid-
er the forms of gootisOpiety as mere
conventionalities. - Conventionalities
are not in themselves bad things. The
word means. things that have beeii;
agreed upon. Men have "come togeth-
er" in some way often without .know-
ing It. And the forma-' qf. society af
address' of dress of relation are afr
tfr nil. what the. ages have found to 1
the most proper for the kindly and
helpful association of mankind. Xo
one has the right tq .break them on
small occasions or on none.
Some of this coarseness of manners
is the' result of lack of home training.
Time was. not so very long ago. eith-
er when it was-inculcated on every-
iioy and girl that they should always
supplement what they had to say to
grown p'iSons with 'Sir" and "Mad-
not p-speet the truth or the laws than
with a sloven or unpresentable per-
son." .. "A- gentleman makes no noise a
lady i8'-isereii.'-''. '. ' '
. Sore Nipjilcs.
Any mother who has had experience
with this distressing ailment will be
pleased to know that a cure may be ef-
fected by. applying Chamberlain's Salve
as soon as the. child is done nursing.
Wipe it off with a soft cloth before al-
lowing the babe to nurse. Many train-
ed nurses use this salve with best re-
sults; For sale by all druggists.
Satin Stick is a pure sugar stick
packed in one-fourth pound- cartons. !
Retails for 5 cents; try a package.
WALKER-SMITH CO.
arc b-ing held. This morning after a
season of devotional services various
committees were appointed and the
Assembly- fa getting down to business
in an earnest way. This promises to
be the greatest Assembly the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church ever had
unless it was the Dickson. Tenir. As-
sembly in 1007 and in some respects
it will be greater than that one. The
sessions will be Continued several days
into next week.
Vomens' Hoard greeting.
The annual convention of the Cum-
berland Presbyterian women convened
in the Associate Reformed Presbyter-
ian church. They are having a deep-
ly interesting meeting and will con-
tinue several days. The women of the
Cumberland church are doing a noble
work for-the extension of the Master's
Kingdom.
All sections of the church are rep-
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enoueh'to be -utilized as fuel to run the
machinery thug. sa ins a very big item
of expense in sinking the well
At a depth of about 1. ". feet the
drillers reirarted a strike of oil. but it
was deemed necessary to go deeper.
The Indications were so good fit this
time the owiier was offered a fabulous
sum for tiie well and property but he
refused it and the drill was sent deep-
er into the pH sand but if paying oil
was ever found the drillers alone can
enlighten tile public. With prosiects
crets known ouH to a favored few and
not privileged to he published.
Whether or not this or other wells
in the Brownwriod field hnvjt ;beeiV
w recked it matters not so long asthe
beiief exists that oil fan and will be
developed liei'e some day. The 'Jnafn
thins tie fore the people just how is
when ami how may it b. developed..
The present tlurry bids fair to result
a h.. ... wh. P PP V RT TsTTMPQc MAM TM RPnWMWnnn
!ho nicins. On tile Tan. ttu- oll-r .!'-' V i "U" TV L -I TV WWJ
he bought a newspaper. !e reiui it '
and laid it down on the seat besid
him. Anybwd Avas. welcome to 1
naner ftVr the asking and. if no on-
bad asked for it. the iiarsii won
have given it. as is his custom back
the newsboy.. But a man came up al-
most as suon as the paper was- laid
down -and without so much -as a lu
I your -leate" carried off the jfarsotVs
properry to read. He kept It as long
as he chose ami then brought and laid
it down again without a ' Thank you"
soaring it was announced that the well t RiuUns of several tesr wells.
would come In on a certain day. The . u jnay bo tJlp. fjeU1 wij ue opened.
crew was working in two shifts night . '
aind dRv but with it all the well was
never . brought in.On a ceruin night 1 Chamberlain's Colic Cholera- and
so .the story goes there was a party at
Diarrhoea Ueiiiedy.
the home jf tlve managing 'driller the j There is probably no medicine made
young people had gathered there to)tuat jS reIied upon with more implicit
iMHkje merrj nd were reveling in the confidence than Chamber lains Colic
esitloyment of a hospitality equal to; cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. DUr-
aay In the city. It is said that on this tjje t)jri Qf a century in which it
aight something" hajipetiecl at the welt na8 been in use people havelearned
that sent a runner to the manager's j tnat it s tt0 pne remedy that never
house In double hast. The manager fais whMi reduced with water nn;d
met the workman at the rear porch s.PPtenet t s pleasant io takei.'Fdr
an words passed which cauiietl the. 1 ga. all druggists
ntsnager to liurry off without hat or. .
word to his guests. That something j Strontr 3Ian Here.
o .accredited witnesses say was -the j . Arnold Kirkfitrlck. ft brdti erf."
weH Kascome in which was enough j -ck as;oci!Ue citV editor
to end the manager hurrying to the f Urt(KenvtiWl run. is In .the
-cene of the citeaient. uio a sodn PX.
The yonng people saw their host no
ert at the Owl fountain. Mr. Kifk-
aore on hat evening and perhaps nark.j. 4 . vounir.man who aitract-
have; not seen him. since. Aetivi- o niUtl alution at Austin durtnfj
fy m the A-Icinity of die well continued . thr. fl fo.uhall season by .'his sujforb
tliroiighwit the night but with the p4a vjng- and his excellent physical dc
!.-.. li il-mn ..II tt -iw tlill Tint 1 . .: . 11....... UiKu-'
veloiiment as well as inte.UectuauHity
'Kirk" as he is famihirly knorn is
a genial ounjr man and will he a -eJr
come addition to the Owl .force of iic-
commodutinir and popular clerks.
Anifelo l'res-Xews. -. '
cowing tf th daw n all was still and
work :had ceased. A report went out
that it drill or some tool was fast in
the Well and It was jtrotiahly ruined.
Drillers had abandoned the machinery
and disappeared. Thu the property
fnr which the owner had been offered
S&O&U in cash was abandoned and . Taken to Auin.
i.wi .icaioca ; uiwrfiiY J 1'. Mefonnell left Wed-
J eifUUi agj f .ji.v.iM - - -
Fxperis have siurv-examioeil the log ' nesday for Autin with Julian I3ul-
Jthe well and they claim that as j lock tlie young muu. found insane on
jny as tlm-e veins of oil were found Monday in the county court. I he
in Inking the well while according to youth will be phteed in the Slate asy-
t Ve drillers oil was discovered hut j lum. it is hoped that With some treat-
dace; and that in a very weak vein ment at the State institutionthe young
Thi cpniiecteI with the peculiar ac- man may in a short time recover hw
fnTi of some of the drillers has led Uanit .-Angelo 1 'res-News.
to the belief that the well could have .
beun hrought In as a paying well but
f-or reasons best known to but few it
wae wrecked. Whether this belief is
weH founded or not. It nevertheless
exists and there are people in Brown-
wood who will go on believing that
wv a long as the old well is remem-
iHsred bv them. The maehnery re-
mained at the well site for perhaps
two vears and was moved to an ad-
joining tract where another well was
sunk later.
There are many ways of wrecking a
well ariv of which might have been
emploved In wrecking this one. If
wrecked ii was but on this point we
wtll not dwell Xor evidence In support
of that beiief is purely circumstantial
Some -years later the well was leased
Arl Inhibition.
(me of the features of the Daniel
Baker commencement is to be the -exhibit
of the art students in the studio.
The. room is being arranged and will
lie open to visitors -Monday Tite-day
and "Wednesday from to 11 a. in.
and from ."U.'K) to ." p. in. All who tire
interested are invited to attend. dl7
Walker-Smith Company's Pure Su-
gar Stick Candy is packed in neat one-
pound cartons and is as fine as any
made In the United States. Try it
and be convinced.
CALLING CARDS engraved or
printed in the latest styles at the 'Bul-
letin office.
he! Is directly interested in the future. of Brownwood and for that reason
is also indirectly interested in the success and prosperity of every
worthy institution in BrownwooA Other things being equal the
home man ought to have your business supporc rather than the man
or firm whose headquarters are in Fort Worth or DaIIasf or Galves-
TSh or St. Louis or Chicago And even if there is a slight differ
ence in price in favor of the outside man it is still to the interest of
the Brownwood man to give home enterprises the preference. A dol-
lar spent in Brownwood stays in Brownwood. A dollar sent to any
of the other cities rarely returns If by patronizing a home institu-
m me Ktation just betoie the stan-' jqi you enable that concern to keep in its employ a number of peo-
g of. th train the parson referred ' A - ' A
pie you will be indirectly benefitted if not directly
mg
a young fellow some t-weyfj years old
or over addressed him with "dive me
a match." So courteous form of ad-
dress; do recognition of the f;iT that
he was asking n faor! In fact tin-
tone and manner were such as could
not he addressed-to a servant without
both wounding uhw servant's sejf-re-s
pec f and lowering the master'. diu-
itity: . ":
I
ing
to his-watch and a youngster of some
ft or twelve. summers said: "What
time Is it?" in the same tone and ac-
cent us thtJ before mentioned young
gentleman demanded 'a match.
tin 'another occasion the " parson.
am." Hut one scarcely hears that now-! The 7Mh (.'ciicral Asemhlj of Cum- resented in-both these conventions. It
a-dajs. children .answer their par-; berland l'rebteriaii ChurcIH s a hajpy reunion of many earnest
ems and eiojy body else with an ab- . j workers who in other days labored in
w-JttTa lively sense of the tact that the f n4i; Yes" or "So." . Corsicana. Texas. May 22. The TmIi onerat Assemblies and other church
mn was going to be very bright had;. . .' It .. f Ceneral Assembly of the Cumberland meetings. A hallowed influence and
. . . i I . . . i J LT II I L' I Mill 11' IIIJ I III 11 Mill I 1 1 l7 V
cnoKse.n a at on tne j snany sine oi tne v ..j; '.y - . .t..-. -..
. . . -. ..... . f-.... fi... ftr.liul. r1rtntr1.tUnt rllt limn t. 1 I CSOy ICI l.lll . CUUlCU
crasion to leave his seal for a few
Itiomemf
the
cotivehed here impetus will go. out from these meet-
is as oodas another. ; That lias a. tnie i tst:rd:;i-v ;it l -o'clock fty the time
11 J J t Z g i 2 to it: but itis not the side whicht Assembly opened more than four It is pec
J 1 ."tt S ' .HMaved Th pnrsal hundred commissioners and visitor tV deep
0 n h s Z n to d " gel ' Uemocracynot Ute . party;! -ere preset aiid otliers tire coming Chr.stmn ft
mti'1 0' ."Jr" ' n'f" lh i nrfneiole-bnt he does not be- li.K constantly. Great - interest is cen-:Mt among
CUOtei
.tl.4... ii.. :.- i.... but tlie nrfaiciole -but he does not be-'
Meve that tlie principle is tu'Rt e.xetiv-2 i.... .
itorv serinon was nreaciieu uv tne re-
tnauces and appropriated .Ins sat
ings to the whole denomination.
It is peculiarly interesting to note
spirituality and intense
fellowship which is seen and
the hundreds of Cumber
land Presbyterians gathered here as
well as at Dickson. Tenn. last year.
to Cali-
- ' . 1 tdi tied bv coarseness ami impertinence ftory. sermon was preacneu oy uie re- .
There Is not one of these thins that mnaiwi ' e b;MKHVS Ulflt lt li5 ex; tiring -moderator. . Rev. A. X. Kshnian It is Worth a trip from .Maine
the. parson won.id not .willingly Iiau em IlU.(. tlrowliu; reSpeci to every i of .VashVi'tle . Tenit. It was a- very fornia to attend such a meeting
given up.- had tlie re been occasion for! " ctinne sermon The afternoon was The writer will remain over
f . .; iiuiii. not in showing. resiroct to none. . stiout siimou. im aucuiuuu .is
it auu a courteous request iimoe. 1 ije
point' is not the amount of iiiconven-
ience or cost involved in any of the
transactions; it is fhe utter lack of
manners." -
If these "breaches of good maimers
had been made bv some w ho showe.d ! h"
- . i
by tiieir appearance that they wen
unaccustomed to travel or had no op-
portunity of learning good manners it
would not be worth while to take any
Sunday
(Spent hi the organization of tin As- aim neuce win not preauu m urowu-
The parson could say; much : more sonmiy and other preliminaries. Judge j wood next Sunday
hut" his -apace. " almost exhtuisted. Jle p ri. Preiulerghast of Alarsliall Tex- REV. J. D. CALDWELL
w ill therefore conclude with two or - a5U rojsel for the Cumberland Pres- '
three extracts from hmerson s ;essuy vterj.n jn the Jefferson. Texas ctise
on .Manners uie uiu iei:uai 01 wuicn . was uiianimolrsly .selected
recommends:- . " .i-. nresent session.
Phat of all
moderator
the points of good
breeding I most- require and insist
upon is deference."
' I could better eat with one who did
For stomach troubles biliousness
and constipation try Chamberlain's
- Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many re-
Welcome addresses and responses tnarkable cures have been effected by
were listened to last night at -the large them. Price 25 cents. Samples free.
Methodise church where the sessions por s;iiP by all druggists.
Splotches
On Your Skin
iv told bv solotches. DimDles boils and
other defects in the skin. Poor blood is bad blood diseased
blood poisoned blood caused by imperfect liver action. To reg-
ulate your liver purify your blood cleanse your system from all
poisons and impurities take a course of
THEDFORD'S
BLACK-DRAUGHT
It Is a purely vegetable remedy safe reliable prompt and
without bad after-effects and is sold in 25c and $1. packages.
Insist on having Thedford's Black Draught. It is the -most
widely imitated vegetable liver medicine in the world WHY? jja
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Mayes, Will H. Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 187, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1908, newspaper, May 23, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth346272/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.