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When you stop to think about it, doesn't your Hank Hook tell
much of the story of you'' life? You, who nan read between
the lines and analyze Its figures, know the labor and sacrifice
represented by each dollar deposited. Every entry is the hap-
py ending of a thrilling chapter. Make your book grow—
it is recording your history and telling the story of your suc-
cess. If you have no bank book, bring; in a depos't NOW and
get one.
The Exchange National Bank,
of Denton, Texas.
Capital and Surplus - - . - $120,000
A J. NANCE, President.
.1. C. C01T, Cashier.
J. R. CHRISTAI,. Vice Presi.
NEW METHOD Of
LYNCHING SHOWN
MOB BROWN'S A NEGRO
CREEK.
IN
V-iex Makes Desperate Attack on n
Vims W°lliun nil,) Posse (lap.
hirrti hik] Kills Him.
KI N ERAIj OK REV. T. R. PIERCE
Servers Were Held al. ."i O'clock
Thursday Afternoon.
The funeral of Rev. T. R. Pierce,
ni.1 Thursday ni,-1rilinat an
eariy hour, was held at 5 o'clock
Thusday afternoon in the church of
whch deceased was pastor—the Me-
thodist Episcopal church. South. The
services were conducted by Bishop
Key of Sherman.
The esteem in which the distin-
guished preacher was held by the
people of Denton waS evidenced by
the extremely large crowd that at-
tended the services. Besides Den-
ton people there were a number of
friends from other places over the
state. The floral offerings were
many and handsome.
The casket containing tlie remains
was moved from the residence ad-
jo'ning to the church for the ser-
vices anj later it was again placed
in the home, from where it was this
morning taken to the early south-
bound train and shipped to Bowie
HIS SHII1 IS .NOW EXItOUTH TO
AMERICA.
Dr. Cook Is jthe Guost of Royalty—
Peary Sailing on Home.
war(j Journey.
SiJREVEPORT, Ijr., Sept. S.—
Advices received here today from
Rayville state that i.enr<- Hill, a ne-
gro, desperately attacked M'ss Net-
tie Jones, near there today on the
bank of a creek. Her screams foil-
ed his purpose and a posse after
ward captured the negro and drown-
ed him in the c'eek near the spot | for interment. The pall bearers were:
I Dr. J, M. Inge, Hon. E. C. Smth.
Mayor Ed F. Bates, J. I,. Griffith,
i Prof. W. D. Butler anj J. W. Curtis.
- i Ttio following dispatch was sent
Announcement of Choice, However jout from Sherman to Denison Herald:
Cause,] a Surprise. ] "Rev. J. L Pierce of this city, pas-
'tor of the Travis Street Methodist
directly -Interested i" I church, received a phone message
from Denton early this morning tell
where he attacked the
?irl.
NORMA I. LOCATION SI ITS.
While not
the outcome of the contest for the
location of the West Texas Normal
Denton folks t°ok a great interest in
the decision indirectly. Ever since
the locating board has been in ses-
sion at Austin many inquiries have
been received b ythe Record and
Chronicle as to what had been done.
The dispatch in Thure 'ay's issue
was the first knowledge that the
location question had been decided,
and the announcement of Canyon
ing of the death at that place of
his brother. Rev. Tom Pierce, which
occurred at his home in Denton at
4:15 o'clock, after a long illness. He
is survived by a wife and six chil-
dren. The children are Tom R., the
only boy in the family, and Georgia,
Gussie, Foster, Claudia an J Lovick.
Another daughter, Florence, died
several years ago, and was buried
in the cemetery at Bowie, and it is
ity landing the plum occasioned no | beside her that the d'stinguished
little surprise, as it had bee-.i consid- . father will be alid to rest.
ered rather out of it on account or j "Rev. Pierce, who was one of the
its heing one of the smallest c tie., , strongest preachers in the Southern
applying for the school. Even at ; Methodist church, comes from a long
that, though, Derntoh generally was j jjne of Methodist preachers. His
pleased at Caiyoa landing the victo- grandfather, Bishop J. L. pierce, was
ry, particularly from the fait that
a former Denton boy. Editor Terrill
one of the most distinguished men
in the South He was a Georgian
of the Randall County News, did so <and it was in this splendid oi ] stati
much toward securing the college. ! that .1. L. Pierce, Jr father of Tom
The location of the school at Can- pierce, was born He, too. became a
you, howeer, mea-s almost .inevita- Methodist preacher, and was 0ne of
bly that the next Legislature will the foremost me-i in the ranks of the
establish another similar college or church. He served in Gerrgia and >n
perhaps two more to be located in iTexas, and at the end of a long an 1
Central West Texas, which will give j useful career, was buried in Pecau
Stamford. Abilene. Sa;i Angelo, Dub , Grove cemetery in McKinney.
lin, Brownwood. Ba'.linger and oth- j "Tom Pierce became a" preacher
er towns of that section another j when quite a young man, and in his
opporunity, j early manhood went to Colorado,
In its report, the locating board' serving in the Far West, for a num-
recommends the establishment of a.ber of years. He studied hard and
second normal west of the 98th me-
ridian. and perhaps two. It also de-
nes the report sent out from Austin
concerning the attitude of certain
members of the board toward certain
towns and also the statement that
Governor Campbell had anything to
do with the decision or exerted any
influence with any member of the
boar,} for any town.
The committee will visit Canyon
City soon to arrange the final details
with Ihe local committee and»will se
cure good and sufficient bond for
the carrying out of the contract. The
locating boat'd will then make its fi-
nal report to the Board of Education
who will attend to the contracts for
the buil lings, etc.. which are to be
completed and in readiness for op-
Jctober 1, 1910.
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I N VEILING SKUNICES.
MUM
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iicutoii limps W. W.
■ Kin riling Si pt. II).
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Sunday afternoon, September 10.
the Krum and Denton camps of
Woodmen of the World will hold un-
veiling services at the I. O. O. K.
cemetery i-j Denton, when the mon-
ument of Dr. J N. Hayes will be
unveiled.
rose rapidly i.i his calling. Returning
to Texas, he joined the North Texas
Conference, and served as pastor and
later as pres'ding elder, in the con-
ference. For several years he was
editor of the Texas Christian Advo-
cate, and was one of the most force-
ful writers that journal has ever
had. The last conference sent him to
Dento-j as pastor, but shortly after
going there he began to decline in
health, and for six months had been
confined to his room, and a greater
part of the time to his bed.
"Wh'le his passing away has been
expected by his family and friends,
nevertheless the announcement has
caused great sorrow.
"Besides his immediate family,
liev. Pierce leaves four brothers, two
of whom ar0 preachers. The broth-
ers are Will Pierce, a business man
of Vernon: Rev. J. L. Pierce of this
city; Hugh Pierce a busness man
of McKinney, and Rev. Foster Pierce,
presiding elder of the McKinney dis-
trict for the Methodist Episcopal
church. South."
THE SEWER SYSTEM,
Mayor Says it W. II be Ready Before
the People Are Prepared.
Mayor Ed F. Bates today had the
The unveiling address will be de- following to say relative to the com-
livered by '1 hos. G. MHliken. An in
vitafon has been extended to tin
public generally to attend the ser
vices.
LEWIS SCHOOL ADVERTISING.
! pletion of Ihe Denton sewerage sys
tem:
1 "We expect to be ready to cut the
septic tank in and all the completed
sewer mains by the 15th of Septem-
, her and hereby notify all parties
; along tne completed lines to b«'
Caii'ie,i a FllH Page Advertisemcni read to ut in on that day. Haw
i„ Kort Worth It v rd Sunday. ever, we will notify you later the ex
— | act day you can cut in.
In the Fort Worth Record of Sun | "We feel quite sure that we will
day a full page was devoted to the 'be ready before you are and we w'sh
Standard Business College, the new;to urge those expecting to take
college that, is to be located in Den-j boarders to be ready by the 15th of
ton bv Prof, Troy Lew is and asso- , Sept. as school begins then.'
i-iates. I
The advertisement si t forth the | WALDEN-KANAin WEDDING
advantages of Denton, told why the .Wednesday's Daily.
school v.-as to be located here, show- | At 6 o'clock this evening Herbert
ed a pictuie of tli. present building j M. Walden and Miss Gillie Kanady
and lampus and a draw'ng of the will be married at the home of the
proposed building that is to be bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W
erected on the campus. Besides being j Kanady, on West Oak street. The
a fine advertisement for the school , marriage ceremony will be said by
that to be the page was beneflc'al Gen. Gan0 of Dallas. The wedding
to Denton in that many of the ad- | will be a quiet affair, with only a
vantages of the town were set forth ; few friends of the br'de and groom
in an attractive manner. present
. K>
NEW YORK, SKIT H.—COM-
MANDER PEARY WIRED FRIENDS
HERE TODAY SAVING THAT I>R.
COOK'S CLAIMS SHOI'LD N<*1" HE
CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY AND
DENYING THAT COOK HAD FOUND
THE NORTH POLE.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.- -Having as
he cabled "nailed the Stars and
Stripes to the Pole" on April G Rob
ert E. X'eary is homeward bound and
out of touch with the world which
anxiously awaits further part'culars
of his venturesome journey.
At Copenhagen, Denmark, his ri-
al, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, is being
:r*aincu uy iu: uiiy wiio seven
days ago, flashed to a surprised and
unexpectant world his statement of
having reached the Pole on April 21,
190S—almost a year earlier than
Commander Peary claims to have at-
ta'ned the same goal Both Cook and
Peary are expected to reach the Uni-
ted States some time this month
Whence will come the additional
particulars of Peary's story cannot
be told, as it depends upon what
port he first touches with his ship
the Roosevelt and he may awa't ar-
rival at some of the larger ports for
more adequate cable facil'ties for
the details of his story.
He had intended to stop at Cha-
teau Bay, Labrador, to file his ac-
count, but that office was abandon-
ed some time ago and he will have
to conic fartiier south before the ex-
pectant world gets his story.
Several additional messages have
hpon bv his friend? K,,+ r.
none of them were any additional de-
tails of the success Of his quest. One
message was to the effect that he is
br'nging a valuable collection for
the American Museum of Natural
History.
Dr. Cook Speaks Of 1'i atj Trip.
COPENHAGEN. Sept. x.- -When
shown the dispatch wh'ch stated that
Commander Peary claimed to have
been the first man to reach the Pole
Dr. Frederick A. Cook said:
"Commander Peary, of course, can
say whatever he wishes. I am not
not accustomed to indulge in contro-
versies. All I have to say about
Commander Peary Is that if he says
he reached the Pole I believe he
reached the North Pole.''
Friends of Explorers Wrangle,
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—A stren-
uous controversy between the parti-
sans and friends of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook and Commander R. E. Peary
is imminent. Both of the explorers
are members of the Explorers' club,
and when the news of Dr. Coolt's
discovery reached New York the
club cabled him asking him to be
princlal guest, lieibert Bridgman,
secretary of the club and one of the
backers of Peary, promptly resigned
from the dinner committee saying
that while lie had no personal objec-
tion to Dr. Cook, he. preferred to he
free from any embarrassing or en-
tangling positon.
Geographers are satisfied that the
accounts of• the two discoverers of
the long-sought pole can be checked
against each other and their falsity
or truthfulness established. The
belief is growing, among disinterest-
ed experts, that both Cook and Pearv
have discovered the Pole, but that
Cook discovered it first, his date of
April 21, 1908, having been prior to
Peary's departure from the United
Stat ■ Dr. Cook cables that his
data will be submitted to the Univer-
sity of Denmark and Peary's data, it
is believed will be in New York in a
few days.
Will Increase Cook's PrOfiis
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8.—One re-
markable result of Commander Pea-
ry's rivalry with Dr. Cook is that
the latter's profits are likely to be
largely increased. He has received
offers for his books and lectures of
a sum twice as much as had been
previously tendered. Peary's state-
ment is unanimously accepted as
true, but there is a very large fol-
lowing faithful to Dr. Cook His
lecture last "light gave but little ad-
ditional information and he repeated
his declaration that he intended to
withhold tho details until the publi-
cation of his book. The royal medal
presented to him by the Danish roy-
al family was made by the Crown
Prince after his lecture.
Two of the leading Br't'sh papers
which doubted Cook's d'scovery have
tcken the announcement of Peary's
discovery as a fact.
REV. T. R. PIERCE IS DEAD.
En,| Came Thursday Morning at 4
O'clock After long Illness,
After a^ illness that began in the
early part of last May Rev. T. R.
Perce died Thursday morning at 4
o'clock at his home on South Ivocust
street. Cancer of the stomach was
the cause of death.
Rev, Pierce became sick the Sat-
urday following the first Sunday t'.i
May while he was in Sanger. He
was brought to his home here an !
since that time lias hovered between
life and death the majority of the
time. His strength gradually dimin-
ished and for a number of days he
grew steadily weaker. It had been
known for some time that his death
was only a question of hours.
Deceased was pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, South, of Den-
ton and was serving as pastor of
this charge for the second time. He
was born in the state of Georgia.
September 10, 1852. His early ed-
ucation was in Emory College, Ox-
ford, Ga. He was converted to the
Christian faith when but a child and
entered the ministry when nineteen
years old. S'nce that time he held
many charges and was honored on
uumcrcus occasion^ by reCciviiier u~
pointments to the highest offices in
the organization of which he was a
member. Hig first pastorate was in
Georgia and leaving there lie went to
Colorado, where he remained until
the fall of 1877, when lie came to
Texas as pastor of the Floyd Street
church at Dallas. In 1907 he was
sent to Denton as pastor of the lo-
cal church and remained here one
year. His return to this charge was
in 1907. He served many terms as
presiding elder of various districts
and wont as delegate to the general
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church to the meetings hell in
St. Louis, Baltimore tnd Dallas. For
four years lie was editor of the Chris-
tian Advocate, a reiglous publication
issued at Dallas.
Deceased is survived by a wlf<
six children, most of whom are
grown.
Deceased is survived by the follow-
ing children: Tlios. R. Pierce, Bow-
ie: Misses Mary Francis, Augusta,
J-'ciyf tit- Plrnifl;n n>. I T 1 T"»S
of this city.
Rev, Pierce was known among his
friends as a conscientious Christian
worker, possessing an exceptionally
strong intellect, broad-nrnded an.!
liberal. Since coming to Denton his
daily life was such that he gathered
about Dim a circle of many friends.
Rev. Pierce took a lively interest in
all affairs of file, time and was well
posted 011 the topics of general im-
portance.
Funeral services will lie held at
the Methodist church this afternoon
at 5 o'clock. The remains will be sent
to Bowie for interment.
The funeral services will be con-
ducted by Dr. Aston of Gainesville,
presiding cider of the d'strict of
which Kev. Pierce was a pastor
¥8,1)00 FOR HERSELF AND CHII.
DIIE.N FROM KATY.
Other Court Orders Entered Wed
ncsday—Cas*s Dtsowxl of for
Term—Next Week^ Jury.
Denti
4.
\(> HOUSES KOIt RENT.
Rental agents say that they are
having dozens of calls daily for large
residences near the Normal college
and "'at they are entirely unable to
fill such demands. In fact, about the
enly houses now for renl 11 the west-
er , part of Denton are small cottages
and these are fill'ng up rapidly.
Within the past two weeks a number
of families have arranged to move
here for the schools and many of
these want the large residences that
thev mat keep Normal boarders.
ARRESTED AT LEWISVILLE.
Jim Bateman, a white man. was
arrested at Lewisvllle on a charge
of carrying a dirk. The indictment
was returned by the recent grand
W.
PRAISES MR. GANZEIt
I Ciigi(.. siiia,, Hardy lYaisi
County Farmer,
The following letter :s seli'-e\
story:
"CORSICANA, Tex., Sept.
Mr. J. C. Coit, Denton, Texas.
".My Dear Sir Your letter of in-
troduction for Mr. VVm. Ganzer was
handed me by him and I had the
great pleasute of be'ng with him for
about a week lecturing to our people
011 scientific farming. Permit me to
say that I do not believe the Agri-
cultural Department lias a more suc-
cessful representative or thorough
gentleman in its entire lost of work
ers along this line. He strikingly im-
presses h's audience as not merely
a theorist, but as a practical, sue
cessful farmer, Any prejudice that
might sometimes exist among the
mossl>a:ks" against so-callel
"book farming" vanishes in the pres-
ence of his solid common sense and
(sometimes homely expressions. He
lever fails to interest and to im-
press. i look for great result - in my
district in improved methods and In
surer crops. Very truly yours,
"RUFUS HARDY."
10 PER CENT LINT.
Farmer Get,, 5«o-pOuiid Rale from
1500 pounds of Seed Cotton.
A load of cotton the seed from
which will be ia demand for planting
was sold here Tuesday by J. C. Pitts
from four miles south of town. The
load of seed cotton weighei 1.500
pounds and the bale from it weigh-
ed 5Go pounds, or lacking only forty
pounds of yielding 411 per cent of its
gross weight ia lint. "Thirding" it-
self is pretty good cotton usually and
returning 40 per cent lint under tlx
present conditions is regarded as re
markable th's year.
NEW FIRE HORSES.
The old horses wlrch for so many
years have benn puli ng the big hose
cart have been traded'and the hose
division with Driver Bates are pleas
ed with A new l"am recently purchas-
ed by the council for that w ork. Th"
new horses are a roan or dappled
gray, four and f've years old, big.
intelligent fellows and strong. Teliir
training is already in progress and
they are learning their stunts rapid-
rapidly. The new team cost $400
and the old team, aged about twenty
years each. nn;i are valued nl $.">ao.
They were purchased from D. Iv
Allison
STRIP OK MACADAM COMPI I TK.
The finishing touches are being
put on the strip of macadamized
street being built from the corner
of the square to the south en 1 of the
postoff'ce budding on South Locust
street. After being graded down to
a level with the square a rock foun-
dation was put in and this covered
with the best quality of gravel The
material put in was wet down an 1
rolled w-ith the street roller.
There being no other jury cases
set for the week the jury was dis-
charged.
Wednesday.
In the case of Susie Holland vs.
W. J. Holland, judgment granting
divorce was entered and custody of
minor children awarded as per agree-
ment.
Jury for Next Week.
Following is the jury for next
week: S. W. Fulton. C. \V. Hall, W.
A. Clalbor-ie, E. s. Dong, P. D. Fra-
lin, C. A Davis, VV. 13. Garrison, S.
L. Gaston, H. R. Groves. J. M. Cof-
fey, J. J. Matthews, W. Dolgener,
Karl Prigmore, R. H. Garrison, J. F
Bell, O. R. Dyche, W. E. Mountain.
W. R. Gilbert, J. B. Dorsey, Z. T.
Lewis, .1. A. Gist, J. J. Fuller, R' M.
Everett. W. S. Doyle, C. E. Mixon
E. Caddell. G. E. Evans, J. M. Mar-
tin. W. A. Morgan. T. H. Gilbert. R.
■f. MassH.v W 1, ?,Ti!ni, G P Kiiii-
mo-js, R. J. Morris, H. S. Groves
and d. T. Harris.
The case that was postponed last
Thursday will be taken up tomorrow
which will be the last for the week.
The report of the receivership of
the Denton Interurban Railway and
Power Plant company will be taken
up nex' Wednesday.
The following orders were made
in the district court Tuesday:
D. W. Light vs. M. K. & T. Rail
way company of Texas, continued
by agreement.
R. D. Dardi-j vs. M. K. & T. Rail-
way company of Texas, continued
generally.
Sophia Holt vs. M. K. & T. Rail-
way company of Texas, judgment for
$■".,000 dollars, as follows: $2,700 to
"Sophia Holt, $100 each to Pearl,
Brosy and Louise Holt., and against
all other plaintiffs. Sophia Holt is
to pay all attorney's fees and So-
phia Holt shall be paid the shares of
said minors upon filing bond as re-
quired by law with the clerk.
R. J. Wilson et al. vs. Exchange
National bank et al.. continued by
agreement.
G. W. Wilson vs. R, J. Wilson et
al., continued by agreement.
G. D. Riggs et al. vs. M. K. & T.
R&ilway company of Texas, passed
without orders,
Blinn Memorial college of Bren
hem, Texas, vs. R. Scharmacher et
a!., continued for service.
Wm. Ewan vs. John Lees et al.
The following jury was empaneled
in this cause and returned a verdict
in favor of the pla'ntiff removng
cloud from title: R. H. Temple, ,T.
M. Smith, A. d. Jackson. W. B
Simpson, P. J. Beyet.t, D. R. Turner
J. P. Sitz, Joseph Hoegrel, J. F
Page. John Harbert H H. Butler
[and H. F. Ilolley.
IMPRESSED ::\ NORTHWEST
L. D. Borden and son Roy have
returned from several weeks spent
i-i the Northwest and California Mr
Borden was particularly impressed
with the Northwest but not South
ern California where the most prof-
itable crop garnered annually, be-
thinks, s the "sucker" crop. The
extremely low prices for prunes and
grapes, two of the biggest crops in
that section of the West, are. he
says, proving a great d'sappointment
to tho growers and many of the big
prune orchards will not have their
crop gathered at all this year, the
expectation being for as low as a
cent and a half a pound for the lrie 1
fruit and only two cents last year
Wine grapes are bringing only $5 a
ton Or a quarter of a cent a pound,
and the choicest grapes are retailing
at two pounds for a nickel on the
corners. The Northwest, however,
he thinks, is full of opportunities in
the future as development comes, es-
pecially for the young man who is
willing to rough it for a while until
the development reaches him. At
Portland, Ore.. Mr. Borden, wh0 is
interested in dairying, went out to
the Lad dairy farm, which is hun as
a rich man's hobby, and had the op-
portunity of seeing a Jersey cow
whose milk-record is 14,000 pounds
of milk a year or more tha i 1,000
pounds a month.
The Northwest, Mr. Borden says,
has four great sources of wealth—
in the order of their importance
lumering, mining, irrigated farming
and the fishing industries, the vast
reclamation work of the government
resulting :n the transformation of
thousands and thousands of acres of
desert lands into veritable gardens
of plenty. The weather during his
entire trip was delightful.
Death of J. J. Keesee Causes
jouruinent 'If.II Monday.
Friday's Dally.
On account of the death of J. J.
Keesee, who was a kinsman of some
of the parties to the suit on trial
and the only one set for the week,
district court adojurned Thursday
until Monday. The jury in the case
of the Southern Car company and
Denton Concert band, intervenors in
the case of L T. Millican et al. vs
Denton Interurban Railway and
Power Plant company, was discharg-
ed unt'l next Thursday, at which
time the trial of the ease will be re-
sumed.
The erand jurv has made Its re-
port and adjourned for the term.
Sixteen indictments were returned,
three of which were misdemeanors
and the remainder felonies. This is
the smallest number of misdemean-
or indictments returned in this
county in a number of years, with
one exception, and the largest nuiri
ber' of felonies for some time.
The case of Albert uilly vs. Vesta
Lilly was continued on account of
sickness of plaintiff's counsel.
In the case of Velda E. Ridley vs
W. G. Ridley, judgment granting
divorce was entered and custody of
minor child awarded to plaintiff.
Report of receiver in the case of
D. P. Hutson et al. vs. A. L Hutson
was approved and an attorney's fee
of $50 allowed E. C. Smith ani the
clerk ordered to pay the same.
T A. Bruster vs Ida Bruster,
continued for the term.
In the case of M. E. AlcCasky vs.
-- nnil Unnif'n •» ; 1
AV"»uo "..s. ~ "'••■'V- iiauuttj '.vuiiiaiiv
petition for removal was heard and
cause ordered removed to the circuit
court of the Un'ted States for the
Eastern district of Texas at Sherman
Following is the criminal docket
for the term:
State of Texas vs. Tom Mullins,
false swearing.
State of Texas vs. W. A Moore,
swindling.
State of Texas vs. J T. Amason.
fraudently disposing of mortgaged
property.
State of Texas vs. J. W. Day, as-
sault with intent to murder.
State ot' Texas vs, Jerome Day,
assault with intent to murder
State of Texas vs. Walter Sandy,
assault with intent to murder.
State of Texas vs. W. M. Daniel
and John Kirk, swindling over value
of $50 (two cases).
State of Texas vs. W. A. Moore
swindling.
State of Texas vs. Lawrence Cok
er, murder. This case is set for
on
M MISER OF BUILDINGS AND
CONTENTS WERE Hl'R.NED
MONDAY NIGHT.
EIRE WAS Of UN-
in
tin* OlTice 0/ Dr. liar's
Is Kstimatcd at Be-
wet'n $30,000 and
#155,000.
Texas vs. C. \V. Clark.
of Texu-
Texas
C. W. Clark
John Peoples
T.
J>r,
U.KI) M!XISTKRS* HOMK.
W. II. Hughes Give.- Hons
Care of Superannuates.
for
- • • u. ui
60 men ordered on application of
the state. Bond of defendant fixed
at $4,000.
State
arson.
State
burglary.
State of
burglary.
State of
hoise theft.
State of Texas Vf
son.
State of Texas v.
burglary.
State of Texas vs. C. W. Clark,
burglary.
The criminal docket will be taken
up Monday, September 2u, and all
cases less than felony will be taken
up the first week.
< I Vt'ON ( IT> GETS NORMAL.
exa.s vs. Will Henry
Will Henry, ai
J
Hobbs.
Randall County's
Secures
Site's I
Location.
Gift
AUSTIN, Sept. 2.—Canyon City
was selected this morning for the site
of the West Texas Normal college
Its bid of $100,100 is in land ana
buildings and the choice of the lo-
cating board was unanimous.
Liuetenant Governor Davidson and
benator Hudspeth deny that division
occurred over San Angelo because of
any influence exerted by the Gover-
nor.
FINE ROASTING EARS.
Farmer Sells 5<>
12 1-Uc
Dozen a Day
a Dozen.
\\ ill White, from northeast of
the city in Elm bottom, was here
Wednesday with another big load of
roasting ears from his June corn,
finding a ready market at 12 l-2c a
dozen. Mr. White says he js selling
them at the rate of fifty dozen a day
and that Irs twelve acres of June
corn is and has been one of his most
profitable crops this year. He also
made a good crop of early corn.
ASSESSMENT PLAN CHOSEN.
\rgyli' State Hank Adopts Guaranty
Plan—Electa Directors
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Argyle State bank Tuesday
afternoon it was dee'ded to adopt
the assessment plan of guaranty
under the new banking law. hhe
bank also elected the following very
strong directorate:
Messrs. R. W. Fentou W. J. Ham-
ilton. J. H. Pa ne. W. E Sinoot. T
11 Breeding. L. I. Bullard. Peyton
W'ingo and M. D. Fullingim. Offi-
cers will be chosen next month
Dallas News.
A $2,000 cottage, to be used as a
heme for any superannuate preacher
who may be assigned to it by the
North Texas conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, has, it
is announced. been given the South-
ern Methodist church by Rev. W. H.
Hughes of this city. ' LTncIe Buck"
Hughes, as he is familiarly known,
was for many years an ative preacher
'n the Southern Methodist church,
having been licensed to preach in
1S4C. He is now more than SO
years old. He was twice elected pres-
ident of the Ea.-t Texas conference
in ^hc absence of a bishop. The
cottage is located in Oak Lawn.
Tha following call has been made:
"The Methodist Pastors' association
is hereby called to meet at the Pub-
lish'ng house Monday at 10 a m.
to accept the gift of a superannuate
home bv Rev. W H. Hughes.
' W. D. BRADFIELD, Pres."
AUBREY, Tex., Sept. 7. From a
lire of unknown origin that started
in the office of Dr. Bates on the west
side of the main street of Aubrey
about 11:30 o'clock Monday might
nearly a score of buildings were
damaged and a property loss of be
vreeu Jifi .MM! an^ $2s.yt)0 sustain-
ed.
Every wooden building on the west
side of Main street was destroyed by
the fire and several of the brick
structures were more or less damag-
ed. The removal of stocks of goods
also caused no inconsiderable loss
and some damage was done by water
which was used to combat the rag-
ing flames.
The fire is the most disastrous
that has ever occurred in Aubrey.
On account of no fire protection the
citizens of the town turned out en
masse and fought the flames with a
bucket brigade.
A fairly complete list of the loss-
es, insurance, etc., s given beow:
Office of Dr. Bates totally destroy-
ed w'th all the contents.
Building occupied by Mullins &
Connelly grocery store totally de-
stroyed with no insurance. The
stock in this building was value! at
"3,500 and insured for $1,500, This
stock was about half destroyed.
'ti Eiiineii jewelry stock damaged
by removal.
Lanford & Caddell. dry goods an 1
groceries—Stock damaged by remov-
al and slightly from fire. This build-
ing was of brick and while damaged
by tlie fire, it was not destroyed.
The W. O. W. hall, a two storv
frame building, was totally destroy-
ed with no insurance. The lower
floor was occupied by the Tom Mul
lins furniture ftock valued at $3,00e
and insured for $1,500. This stock
was badly damaged.
H. Ross Edwards, dry goods:
damaged by removal anj "water; in-
surance $4000.
Fred McCormick, drug store;
building damaged and stock slight-
ly damaged by removal.
H. Looper. groceres; stock slightly
damaged by removal.
Ert Coffey, haberj- she
$500; damage slight.
Reno Dyche, drugs- insurance
$500; stock damaged by removal.
Geers, Allen & Wright, real estate
office; slightly damaged.
W, T. Wilson, constable: office
and fixtures damaged.
T. H Isom. blacksmith shop;
building totally destroyed w-ith soni"
tools: tio insurance.
The postoffice fixtures owned by
Chas. Pearson were damaged some-
what by be'ng removed from the
building.
The old opera house, owned by
Mrs Ola Price, was totally destroy-
ed with no insurance. Loss about
$1500.
Anderson Bros. & Hodges' ware-
house, a frame building, was wholly
destroyed, together with the contents
These contents consisted of imple-
ments, buggies and like wares and
were valued at $2,500 and insured
for $1000 The loss on the building
was approximately $800, and no in-
surance was carried.
J A. Ithoads' residence slightly
damaged; insurance unknown.
The building occupied by H. Loop-
er and owned by Mrs. Ola Price
caught fire seeral times but the
flames were extinguished with onlr
slight damage.
A number of barns and outhouses
in the north part of the town caught
f'.re from falling sparks, hut a close
watch was kept and these small out-
breaks were extinguished easily
H. G. Musgrove, a banker at Au
brey estimates the In s at between
$20,000 and $25,00 1
aOp, insurance
HOTEL BURNS AT RROWNWOOD
BROWNWOOD, Tex . Sept. K—'
Fire originating in the kitchen total-
ly destroyed the Jackson hotel thi^
morning, including the contents The
fire department responded at 2 I FORT
o'clock and left believing tho blaze I James A
extinguished. A second alarm was Texas C;
turned in. but too late Tlie loss is i left toda
$10,000.
MARRIED Sl'NDAt
Ga nesvillo Reg'ster.
Henry Haney and Miss Ida Riney
were married Sunday afternoon at
Sanger, Father Denny of Gainesville
performing the wedding ceremonv
There was a marriage feast after th >
ceremony and a large crowd of
friends participated
TRAFFIC DELAY I. UY WASH.
OUTS NEAR DALHAItT.
D.VLHART. Tex. Sept. S.—Fol-
lowing the !" first Fort Worth
and Denvi :r m !;,-re since Monday
reached here this afternoon, detour-
ing through Kansas. Another all-
night rain lias impaired train ser
vice dan. bridges over the Canad-
ian river have bee-j washed out.
V ('ALLAN TO OKLAHOMA
TO SETTLE STOt'l.MEN WAR.
: 11
tic
to
AT SANGER
Raisei
Oklat
gate and try to settli
has broken out the'
men and Federal inspectors,
stockmen cla m that the rules
too stringeut,
»x . Sept. S.—
>ident of tho
association,
ma to investi
the war which
among cattle
The
are
tr
:ig U
obey.
losses
HI: ll> SPLIT Ol EN.
SENATOR KVILEY SPEAKS AT
KKNTUCKVTOWN TONIGHT.
SHERMAN, Tex.. Sept R.—Sena-
tor J W. Bailey is spending to lay
in Sherman and will speak ton'ght
at Kentuckvtown.
SHERMAN",
bert Collins, a
found in a lit
yesterday with
T x.. Sqpt. S —Al-
young farmer, was
use at Preston late
bis bead split open.
Jeff Daniels was today rTreated and
jailed, charged with assault to mur-
der Collina cond tion is critical
and he bns not yet regained con-
I sciousness.
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