The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1916 Page: 1 of 20
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SBVMOUR. TEXAS.THURSDAY, .11 \i; ,,
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COMPRESS & ICE BROOKS SPEAKS
PLANT BURN IN BAYLOR
CREAMERY STOCK-
HOLDERS CALLED
$60,000 Plant Almost Completely Dei*
troyed. Much Cotton Also Burn
Between 400 and 450 Bales
of Cotton Destroyed.
Fire of unknown origin almost
completely destroyed the $60,.
(K>0 Compress and Ice plant in
this city about 12 o'clock Wed-
nesday night. According to
Nightwatchman Quillin the fire
started near the press. Between
400 and 450 bales of cotton were
t also destroyed, being held mostly
by outside buyers. R. O. Har-
vey and Witherspoon & Co. were
biggest cotton losers. The
amount of insurance carried by
the compress and ice plant peo-
ple is not known at this time,
but the cotton was fully covered.
The fire boys responded very
promptly, but on account of the
fire plug at the oil mill being
smaller than the hose connection
of the fire company no water
could be gotten to the fire.
About twenty cotton trucks
were also destroyed and on ac-
count of this the cotton could
not be trucked away fast enough
to keep it from catching.
The rock walls of the main
building and the press are still
standing and it is impossible at
this time to tell just what the
total loss will run to.
It is planned by the company
to ship ice io and furnish it to
their customers from the car un-
til more suitable arrangements
can be made.
Enter The Ford Contest
I will give a prize of $20 in
cash to the party who will bring
in the largest number of names
of prospective auto buyers who
purchase new Ford cars in Bay-
lor county from June the 1st
1916 to Aug. 1st 1016.
In order to get credit on each
name, said name must be turned
in before date of sale of car to
the said named party.
It costs nothing to enter this
contest. Why not try. You
might win the $20.
Fred Holloman, Ford Dealer,
Seymour, Texas. tf
Buy a handsome Heed Rocker
for that wedding present at the
Big White Store.
I» at the Courthouse Tuesday Night
and at Bomarton Wednesday
Morning. Makes Good
Impression
It is cause for keen regret to
the Banner that we were accom-
plices in an error as to Dr. S. P.
Brooks' speaking date in Sey-
mour. The Dallas News made
the error and we were led to
believe it because Dr. Brooks
had failed to provide appoint-
ments for the last day of the
month. However, as well as
could be done announcement was
made by circular and phone,
though we hear a Vera crowd
was dissappointed.
Farmers generally were too
busy to come, but a fair sized
audience greeted the speaker, as
he was announced by Chas. L.
Martin a former college pupil.
The remarks of Mr. Matrin were
very earnest and were highly
complimentary to the man whose
life has had so great an influ-
ence upon the lives of the men
and boys with whom he has
come into contact.
It shall be esteemed a privi-
lege to us to give a rather ex-
tended account of the speech of
Dr. Brooks, but this will have to
be deferred. The closest at-
tention was given him through-
out and the audience would glad-
ly have heard him longer. Dr.
Brooks and his platform have not
been known in this county as
thoroughly as have some other
men. but he has a great many
more supporters now a*id will
have still more before July 22
rolls around.
• Decorations for the big parade
at Racket Store.
Miss lima Gorman left Sunday
for her home at Fort Worth.
She has been here since January
in the home of her uncle, S.
Gorman and has made many
friends here who will welcome
her whenever she again makes
our town a visit.
Price those Fumed Oak, leath-
er upholstered rockers at the Big
White Store.
Little Miss Ann Murrie, grand-
daughter of J. E. Murrie, accom-
panied Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lowry
of Albany on a visit to friends
in this city last Saturday.
All Are Requested to be in Seymour
First Mooday. Meeting at
2:00 O'clock
The Banner is authorized to
announce that there will be a
meeting of the stock-holders of
the Seymour Creamery to be held
in this city next Monday at 2:00
p. m. in the committee room of
the Farmers National bank. The
purpose Of the meeting is to see
if some way cannot be devised
of getting the creamery started.
A $5,000 plant is standing idle,
uninsured and with delinquent
taxes. A competent man has
offered to take hold of the con-
cern and run it. Plans are to be
discussed at the meeting Mon-
day. and it is urged upon stock-
holders to be present and state
their wishes in the matter.
Decorations for the big parade
at Racket Store.
Visitors to the Texas Grain
Dealers Association at Fort
Worth have returned home and
report an enthusiastic meeting.
It was learned that grain in Tex-
as is very spotted, largely due to
the freeze. M. R. Fuller states
that arrangements are being
made to ship grain to New Or-
leans. on account of not being
able to insure standing cars at
Galveston.
Boys blouses, 65c and 50c, at
Levinson's.
Tom B. Taylor and Sheriff
Ellis went out to Bomarton Wed-
nesday morning and heard
Brooks again. Mr. Taylor says
there ten boys from there coming
to the county institute to be or-
ganized here Friday morning.
When you need anything in
the Electrical Line phone 114. —
we deliver.
C. D. McKeehan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Perry re-
turned Monday morning from
Stamford where they attended
the wedding of Mr. Perry's sis-
ter, Miss Mary Perry, Saturday
night.
Fishing tackle-Racket Store.
Mrs. B. P. Pool left Sunday
for Ft. Worth where she will re-
main for several months with
her father, who is in very poor
health.
RAINSTORM VISITS COUNTY
Heavy IW.nd Some Hail Fall* Sat-
urday. I'oinj Considerable Dam-
age Bomarton Church Fired
By Lightning.
Saturday afternoon a little
cloud formed over in the west,
little but loud. It came over
Seymour and rained, and rained
again and kept raining. Sky
could be tieen most of the time
out northwest and the dust was
hardly laid in Plain view com-
munity. The cloud didn't ex-
tend to Goree nor to Westover
and Mabelle had no rain. How-
ever, another cloud came up Sun-
day, raining in nearly all parts
of the county where the other
failed to extend.
At Seymour 3 2-5 inches fell in
that many hours. A good crowd
was in town, many of them hav-
ing a hard time reaching home.
The last hard dash near nightfall
was accompanied by a stiff gale
Seymour just had a shower,
though, compared with Bomar-
ton. J. R. Snyder of that place
was here Monday and stated that
he had a bushel measure out that
was 12 inches deep and it lacked
one inch of being full. He states
that there are plenty of evidences
to show that the fall was at least
10 inches. And it came from
about 3:00 o'clock till night.
Lightening struck the top of the
Baptist church and it burned to
the ground. (Details on Bomar-!
ton page.) Roads became rivers
and it is said every bridge on
Cache Creek was washed away.
Considerable hail fell in Bomar-
ton vicinity, but the washing of
erofi ftaa l greater loss.
Hail pretty well cleaned up the
farms of W. IV Self, the Cocker-1
ell farm, the St Clair farm, and
in Ogden community Ed Tucke*-,
[Dan Goodwin, Mr. l'yeand many
1 others suffered severe loss.
Those are the facts in a gener-
al way. However there are a
thousands little incidents con-
nected with the storm that would
make interesting reading. The
suddeness of the cloud caught
fishing parties and people away
from home on business and
pleasure. Mesdames T. J. Bol-
ger, C. E. Rupe and E. P. Croft,
with Raymond Cohn driving the
former's car. were caught in a
hailstorm on Mary's Creek and
had four men on horseback
hunting for them all night. They
spent the night at Anton Foytik's.
Prices In Season
Fruit Jars and Sugar
This week a special
price is made on
Fruit Jars and Sugar
Buy your Supply for
the coming season
NOW
ONE 25 lbSK. CANE SUGAR
and
ONE DOZ half Gal. FRUIT JARS.
$2.75
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THE MODEL GROCERY
T. L. HEAD . . . PHONE 20
Jess Jeter was in his car with the
little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Gibbs, going home. He didn't
notice a bridge being gone and
his car leaped an embankment
just beyond the Brazos bridge.
They were not hurt, but the car
is a wreck. We might mention,
also, the 17 mile walk of Ilor
Lankfordand Hardy Brown, etc.,
but it was quite a rain.
Good young horse for sale at a
bargain. Fred Holloman at the
Ford place.
Miss Martha Kpnan came in
Wednesday morning from Mid-
land where she has been teaching
music in the school. She will
not return next year.
Mabelle Picnic
Remember the announcement
made last week of the W. O. W.
picnic to be pulled off at Mabelfe
next Tuesday, June H. If the
day is pretty a good crowd will
be on hand.
Peachei! Peachei!
I have ripe peaches ready now.
Will not deliver, but will sell at
orchard for 50 cents per bushel,
cash. W. R. Nail. 7-5-
J. G. Sanderson went to Wich-
ita Tuesday to see his brother,
who is sick.
Now as the Ice Plant has
burned-substitute get an elec-
tric fan. —C. D. McKeehan.
Bind er s and Twine
WE HAVE JUST UNLOADED a car of Binders and are now ready to furnish you an Acme Binder and put it
up in your field for you on short notice and at the old prices. We are also well supplied with Binder twine,
as good as there are on the market, and would like to fiigure with you before you buy.
Hoes
As cotton chopping time is now at hand it will
pay you to look over our stock of Hoes as every-
body likes a good Hoe, and we handle the TRUE
TEMPER the best that is made.
Come Early in Order to Oct What You Want
We still have a limited supply of Plow and Sled
Cultivators on hand, but our supply will be
exhausted before the season is over.
We are also well supplied with anything you may need in the harvest or cotton field in the way of
FILES, HAMMERS, COLD CHISELS, PUNCHES, WRENCHES, PLIERS, Etc.
Look up your requirements and come in and get what you need.
W. R. HILLIARD HARDWARE CO.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1916, newspaper, June 1, 1916; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429971/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.