The Dublin Weekly Telephone. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, June 6, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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DUBLIN, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 6. I9i3.
VOL XXVIII, NO. 4
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OVERTON I)Rl(i CO.
Um 1Rc*oJUL:S»k*
(fo Sewer System Improvements Now
Complete.
After many vexatious delays
and the expenditure of between
i............ ,..$1500 and $2000, the sewer sys-
tem improvements which were
begun shortly after the hearing
which was conducted at this
place by District Judge Oxford
Big Convention for Comanche
Comanche is now preparing to
entertain the Sunday school and
Epworth League Conference of
the Dublin district, Methodist
church, which will be held In
that city on June 10-12. About
250 visiting delegates are expect-
ed. The programs contains the
BIG FAILURE
AT WACO
J. H. Wilder, Former Dnkiin Piano
Dealer, Filet Bankruptcy
Petition.
. names of several prominent Sun-
two months ago, are now finish- ^(jay School workers, among those
ed, and it is confidently be-'
lieved that there will be no fur,
ther grounds for complaint bv
residents of that part of town.
On the recommendation of
Engineer Hawley, who con-
structed the plant, the soil in
the filter beds, which was found
to be of too compact a material
to properly perform its func
tion, was entirely replaced with
gravel from Proctor and Hico.
and is now working perfectly.
In addition to this, about half
a mile of tiling has been laid to
pipe the effluent from the sep-
tic tank to a point further down
the creek. There are no resi-
dences in the immediate neigh-
borhood and it is confidently ex-
pected that this will remedy
one of the principal grounds of
complaint/ that of stagnant
pools of water, especially as the
joints of the pipe have been left
uncemented, so that most of the
water will be taken up by ab-
sorption before it reaches the
point of discharge!
The water from the filter
beds was turned into the
pipe last Saturday, and vvith a
few more hot days suph as we
have had the first of the week
the pools near the septic tank
will be dried up and any odors
arising thereafter will have to
be charged up to natural causes.
Mayor Wray and the board of
altermen deserve much praise
lor the prompt and efficient
manner in which they have en-
deavored to meet the situation
so as to safeguard the interests
of the entire citizenship who are
the joint owners of this public
utility, and whom they were
elected to represent, while at
the same time undertaking to
remedy the defects which, had
proved a source of complaint-
They have overcome financial
difficulties and JiandletL-tbe sit-
uation in a mannertbat should
meet the hearty endorsement of
every citizen
being Mr. John M. Adams, one
of the field secretaries of the
Texas Sunday School Association.
Much time will be given to dis
cussiug the problems of the coun-
try Sunday schools. A very in-
teresting feature of the program
will be the reports from the at-
tendance contests which have
been conducted throughout the
district during the past six weeks.
Another novel and attractive fea-
ture will be tbe great Sunday
school and Kpworth League pa-
rade, in which hundreds of Kp-
worth Leaguers and Sunday-
school workers of alt denomina-
tions wiii participate. In this pa-
rade will seen tbe Texas Slate
Sunday School banner which has
appeared in similar parades in va-
rious sections of the United States.
The president of the conference
is Rev. Ernest L- Lloyd of S'.e-
phenville, and the secretary is
Mrs. J. E. Hickman of Dublin.
Important places on the pro-
gram bave been assigned to Rev.
F. E. Singleton, J. E- Hickman,
Mrs. J. E- Hickman, Miss Allie
Read, Miss Ruth Fritz and <j. A>
Kiker. It is expected that a
large delegation trom Dublin aud
surrounding country will attend.
At Waco last Saturday a vol-
untary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in the federal court by
J H. Wilder, dealer in pianoA,
his store being located at 713
Austin street. The schedule
shows liabilities amounting to
•125,269.92, while the assets to-
tal $160,622.80. Of the latter
sum, $16,095 is alleged to be ex-
empt.
The assets are listed as fol-
lows: Real estate, $6,500; bills,
promisory notes and securities,
$108,822.55; stock in trade,
825,894.50.
The bankruptcy case is one
of tkc_iorg«t, both in point of
assets and liabilities that uas
been recorded in the United
States court at Waco in many
months.
Mr. Wilder began bis busi-
ness career in Dublin about fif-
teen years agp,. „ At that time
and for eight or ten years after-
ward® the country was in a
flourishing condition, and though
he had but small capital to start
with, through his persistent
and vigorous methods, he soon
built up the business to large
proportions and became a
strong-competitor of tbe largest
and oldest established music
dealers in tbe state. About
eight years ago he established
a branch house at Brownwood,
and has maintained numerous
branch houses at other points,
besides conducting special fac-
tory sales in nearly every por-
tion of the state- He establish-
ed his headquarters at Waco
two or three years ago in order
that he might be more* centrally
located to tbe territory in which
he was at that time operating.
The statement shows that he
has a good margin of assets
over liabilities, and his present
financiah^Jfficulties are no doubt
due to the sTibrt crops the past
several yiears and inability to
reaiize on past due notes.
Seth Johnson and W. S. Byrd,
of Sweetwater, accompanied by
their wives, spent several days
tbiB week visiting relatives at
Dublin and StephenviUe, while
on their return home from an ex-
tended automobile trip through
the southwestern portion of the
state. They carried a complete
camping outfit, and report some
delightful experiences fishing and
hunting on the Concho, Llano,
Colorado and other noted streams
in that section of the state. Their
itinerary included the city of San
Antonio, and although they pass-
ed over some of the roughest coun-
try in the state, the entire trip
was made without a, mishap or
any serious tire frouble.
Tbe Rexail Store serves
Vista pure ice cream.
Alta
B. M. Utterback, Pres.
Wo
easure
M. D. Smith, Cashier. ^
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We try to discover the needs and require-
ments of the best business- men of this com-
munity add to measure up to the standard
desired.
' Our officer^ and directors are well know
for their ability and business integrity as
well as their financial standing. We willing-
ly and cheerfully extend all courtesies con-
sistent with conservative banking. Our re
sources are ample, our equipment the best.
We invite your account.
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Dr. Wingo Victim of Hydrophobia.
While Dr. J. J. Mulloy Was In
Electra last week, he learned
through Rev. W. L. Daniel, for-
merly of thiscity, that Dr. Wingo,
once pastor of the Dublio Bfptist
church, died of Hydrophobia in
Lower California iu the ealry
part of the year,1 Mr. Daniel got
his information from a brother-in-
law of Wiogo who lives in Okla-
homa. He said Dr. Wingo was
bitten by a dog about two years
ago and was thought to be entire-
ly well of the bite, when hydro-
phobia set in hurriedly termina-
ting his career. *
Dr. Wingo lived in Dublin
about thirteen years ago and was
in charge of the parterate there
two or three years. Little has
been known of him since he left
there. Some months alter his de-
parture a report reached here that
he was practicing medicine in
Wyoming, he having been a phy-
sician in Georgia before enteriug
the ministry.—StephenviUe Em-
pire.
New Automobile Shop. ,
The Southern Automobile Co.
is the name of the new automo-
bile repair shop and garage that
opened for business this week
in th« building next dOOT to H.
A. Smith & Co. formerly used
by the Grange store for their
implement department. Unite
a lot of up-to-date machinery
has already arrived, and other
accessories are on the road.
The business will be under tbe
management of J. W. Chambers,
a skilled machinist and experi-
enced automobile workman.
The west half of "the building
has been leased and is now oc-
cupied by the windmill and
pump business of Warner &
Warner.
E. Rouleau closed a deal this
week with S. H. Prim for the two
story building on tbe coruer of
Grafton and railroad streets and
adjoining his property on the
south. Tbe purchase of this
building gives Mr. Rouleau a
frontage of 150 ieet on Grafton
street, extending back 100 feet, or
a total floor space of ij.ooo
square Ieet. Tbe building will
be used in connection with bis
carriage shop and automobile
garage, and wilt afford room for
tbe expansion of bis rapidly in-
creasing business.
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GUARANTY STATE BANK
We Psy 4 Pei Cent Interest on Tone Depo«U
rFiind.Buk.
Mrs. B. F. Robinson
Mrs. B. F Robinson died sud-
denly about 4 o’clock last Tues
day morning at her bomr in
south Dublin from heart failure.
While she had suffered for the
past several years with heart
trouble, she had not shown any
unusually alarming symptoms
the previous day, but was able
to attend to her customary du-
ties. Hearing ter breathing
heavily, 1 member of the family
administered the stimulant
which was kept on hand to re-
lieve the smothering spells -to
which she was subject, but it
failed to revive her, and within
twenty minutes she was dead.
Besides the husband, she is
survived by e even children, all
of whom are living, this being
the first death that has ever oc-
curred in the imnr diate family.
The deceased had been a resi-
dent of this secti<f;i seven y'ears
moving to Erath county from
Alabama in 1906, and had lived
on the place in tbe south edge of
town five years. She was a con-
sistent member of the Baptist
church. The funeral took place
Wednesday afternoon at the Old
Dublin Cemetery, conducted by
Rev. J. M. Gilbreath-
The surviving children are:
T. Matt Robinson, of near
StephenviUe, N/ E., A. T. and
F. E. Robinson and Mrs. Mis-
souri Littleton, of Alabama, F.
K. Robinssn, of Dublin, A. J.
Robinson, and Mrs. Grady Jen-
nings, of Houston, Mrs. Lillie
Stevens, F. L. Robinson and
Ivy Robinson, of Dublin.
BUSY
Sheehan is too busy this week
to write an ad-^-fact is, keeps
him humping to turn out the
orders now on hand. But that
is the way with the fellow that
charges what his service is
worth and then "delivers the
goods”—always busy. Cheap
prices niean cheap labor and
poor service, and ‘The Irish
Tailor” is not a cheap maj.
Never
too Bitsy for
More Tiu
Little
Hness.
Ladies Suits
A wide range of materials
embracing all the new
weaves, colorings and fin-
ishes are now on display.
Ladies Suits $18to$125
Gentlemen" $15 to $75
D. W. Sheehan
The Irish Tailor
For tbe last few months we
btVC been out of bsrdwood lum
ber, such ss oak sod hickory, bat
now we beve plenty on band sod
can supply yoor needs W« can
•Iso saw it out sod dress It in
Leg Cnuhed by Fall From Roof last
Wednesday.
J. K. Rawls, while engaged in
painting the roof of the Chas.
Long residence in east Dublin,
lost bis hold and slipped from the
roof, landing ou bis leit leg iu
such a manner that one of the
bones below tbe knee was broken
and the ankle crashed almost to a
pulp.
He was working near tbe comb
when the root jack on which he
was standing slipped. In strug-
gling to regain his balance, a
bucket oi paint which he was
bolding was overturned and
spread out before him, and he
shot down its glassy surface with
nothing to rebeck bis momentum.
Tbe attending physicians state
that he will not be able to walk
on ihe foot inside oi six months,
even ii he should be so fortunate
as to escape «ommoo complica-
tions in injuries of this kind and
consequent necessity for amputa-
tion. At 'present it is doing as
nicely as could be expected, and
they are hopeful that unfavorable
developments may be avoided.
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Johu Keith, Preston Lafferty,
Robert HucblDgson, Harvey F ish-
er and Maurice Bonldin, who
composed the male members cf
the graduating class oi the Dublin
high school, left Saturday for
Chadwick’s Mill on tbe Colorado,
where they will spend several
weeks bunting and fishing and re-
cuperating from the mental strain
oi tbe past several months of
school work. Tbe boys bave
worked faithfully for tbeir honors,
some oi them to the detriment ol
their health, and they will no
doubt return from tbe outing re-
1 reshed and invigorated tor tbe
•ummei’* work wbiob each has
laid out before reeumtog bis
studies st some higher iostitutiou
oi learning.
PATRICIDE
'l NEAR DUBLIN
Robert tod Charlie Jones Surren-
der to Officers and New in
Jail at StephenviUe*
As a result of family troubles of
long standing, but which had re-
cently reached an acute stage,
Lee Jones, a prominent and suc-
cessful farmer and well known
Holiness preacher, who resided a
few milea south of Dublin, is dead
and two of his sons, Robert
and Charlie, are held in jail at
StephenviUe on a charge of mur-
der.
No tragedy that has occurred in
this viciuity in recent years has
aroused such widespread com-
ment, and k has been almost the
aola lopio of noovwvooiian oa tb«
streets today, every scrap of infor-
mation being eagerly devoured.
Direct Cause Not Known.
The sbootiag occurred about
1:30 last night, and while neigh-
bors, friends and relatives oi tbe
family bad been anticipating tjou-
ble, rtTjr Italic (w to ttnrit^-..j;—
ate circumstances leading up to
the tragedy has been given out.
The first news received here was
wnen City Marshal Jeff Hampton
received a phone me sage about
2 o’clock ibis morning Irom tbe
tapme of Will White, who lives
about a quarter of a mile from the
Jones residence, stating that Lee
Jones had been killed jsnd re-
questing him to come out there
and take such other action as
might be neceBBary. Mr. Hamp-
ton aroused Constable Bob Pea-
cock, and tbe latter had gone to
tbe stable to secure a team when
Robert and Charley Jones, aged
respectively 21 and 19 years, of
age, drove up and surrendered.
Forced to do Some Shooting.
The boys st ted that they had
been forced to “do some shoot-
ing,” and were in the act of ma-
king a. fuller explanation when
they were advised by Constable
Peacock to withhold any state-
ment that they might have to
make until after they had secured
the advfce oi an attorney. They
appeared to be cool and collected,
and not to fully realize the enor-
mity of the charge hanging over
them. The prisoners were turned
over to City Marshal Hampton,
who drove to StephenviUe and
placed them in jail.
Four Shots Fired
Justice Abies and Constable
Peacock drove out to tho Lee
home early this morning and held
an inquest. From testimony of
witnesses, ii appears that four
shots wereTired, two close together
and after shprt=«interval two
more. The weapon used was a
double-barreled breach loading
shotgun. In the house at the
time, besides the father and two
older boys, were a younger son of
about 13 and a daughter oi ti,
Mrs. Jones was not at home, hav-
ing left Wednesday night for a
visit with her daughter at Brady.
The elder Jones was sleeping in a
room to himself, the two smaller
children in an adjoining room and
the elder boys on the gallery,
Tbe little girl testified that the
Have you Ever Used a
Percolater
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:For Hakim
TEA or COFFEE
If hot, you have no idea of what real, sure enough,
‘‘honest to goodness”, p ire, wholesome tea or coffee tastes
like. We sell the Royal Rochester line of Percolate rs,
Chafing dishes, Caseroles, Bean pots and Alcohol stoves.
There is none to be found with ,so much quality, and
with price so reasonable.
Call Today and See for Yourself
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Dublin Drug & Jewelry
Agents for Alamo Ice Cream.
100
per cent pure*
and it has been chVged fiat he
repeatedly beat his wife. A week
or two ago his treatment 1> i ime
so bad that his wife cam a to
the home of ber father, A. P.
Burnett, in this city, saying she
could no longer stand it. (ffr his
solicitation, and the intervention
of friends, she returned home a
a few days ago, but left Wednes-
day night,wiih ber husband’s con-
sent, to visit a daughter at Brady,
Complaint had been fifed in tbe
meantime against Jones for wife
beating, and Constable Peacock
was out there Wednesday to sum-
mon the boyB as witnesses before
the grand jury, Wednesday be-
fore bis wife.left he forced his son
Robert, to write a statement, pur-
porting to come from his wife,
which he made her sign, and sent
them to town to testify to it before
a notary public, for tbe purpose
of having published in one ot the
local papeis. This a atement, we
understand, exonorates him and
makes hor take all tbe blame tor
their troubles upon herself. He
is jaid to have made repeated
threats against his family and
others, and kept a loaded shot gun
in his room which was .standing
□ ear the door at the time he was
•Tiled. Jones was an enthusias-
tic disciple of the Holiness faith,
and showed great liberality
in disseminating the doctrine. He
purchased at his own expense a
tent which he took Irom place to
place during the summer months
in which to hold meetings, and
was himself a preacher, though as
a rule he secured evangelists to
conduct the meetings. Following
his recent family troubles, be had
withdrawn his membership from
the Nazarene church of this city,
of which be waB a member and a
liberal supporter, and tbe circum-
stabees all go to sbow that be was
in a state of great menial agitation.
His family feared him, neighbors
avoided bim, and tome tragic ter-
. ruination of tbe trouble has been
• hr fj
first shot awakened ber, and she j anticipated by every one who was
heard ber father exclaim, “Don’t! familiar with the circumstances,
come in here,” "Don’t shoot --- '
again,” or something like that—
she was too excited to remember
exactly what he said. Afterwards
three other shots were tired, and j f0r his mother, Mrs. J
she and her brother, who was i mark, wnu nas uccu u«.»
W. P. Hallmark was called to
Fort Worth Tuesday by a message
stating that it would be necessary
E. Hall-
Excited Youth Forgets judge.
Per bans there are not two
men in the courthouse bunch
who look less alike than Connty
Judge P. Young and District
Clerk Thornton, but a newly
married man from Purves dis-
covered a similarity in them
Monday which was so striking ’
that he paid the clerk for the
judge’s work.
On that date in tbe afternoon,
Judge Young was called from
his court up stairs, down to the
county clerk’s office to officiate
at the marriage of Mr. T. W.
Woods and Miss Thressie Ad-
ams, both from the Purves
country.
The moment, or rather the '
second, the Jud^e pronounced ,
them man and wife the youthful ,
groom issued bis initial edict to ,•
his beautiful blushing bride, tbe
precise wording of which was
"Let’s go.” As the newly w-a-
left the office the several
standers in unison with C
Clark and his deputy, Mack
Taylor, proceeded to give Judge
Young the horse laugh because,
the excited young groom had .
forgotten to leave any fee with
"His Honor.”
About ten minutes later Mr.
Woods returned to the scene
and walking over to Henry
Thornton, who had lingered to ,
speak to Henry Clark, he thus
addressed the district clerK:
"Judge, I guess you thougnt !
me sorter short just now. I
just forgot. How much do I .
nmp vnil
Mr. Thornton thus replied:
“Oh no; the boys frequently do
that way, but think of it later.’
Then addressing the deputy
clerk he asked: "Mack, what is
the usual fee in cases lik% this?”
Mack Taylor, who was never
known to be over three and one-
third seconds replying to any
sort of legal question, promptly
answered, "$2.50.”
Mr. Woods squared the bill
and hurried out to the buggy
where Mrs. Woods was waiting.
—StephenviUe Empire.
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C». when in
awakened by the second shot,
went into the room, where they
saw tbs two elder ooys and found
their father in his night clothes
lying lifeless in a yoot of blood oh
tbe floor, death having been al-
most in8taneous. She said she
and tbe smaller boy were then
sent to the home of Mr. White to
telephone the officers. Four
wounds were found in bis body,
one in the left breast, and three
in the back, though it is believed
that only three shots struck him,
the fourth wound being caused by
the exit of the edot in tbe breast.
Sheriff Dave Deaton, Justice
Abies and attorneys from Ste
phenville who went out ibis af-
ternoon to make a diagram of the
premise*, accompanied by Dr. R
A. Miller, who probed the wounds,
say that circumstances indicate
tbe belief that tbe wound in tbe
breast was caused by ...the first
abot fired, and that it was received
while Tones was Wins in bed
This snot ranged downward, ms
king its exit in tbe small of tbe
back and causing one of tbe
wounds in that portion of tbe
body.
Cruel to Family.
While the deceased was In
j respects so exemplary dtl-
law-abldiog. honest
reliable in
rnent at a sanitarium in that city,
to undergo an operation. On ar-
rival in Fort Worth he cousnlted
an eminent surgeon, who gave it
aa his opinion that au operation
would be ill-advised and danger-
ous, without any assurance of re-
lief: They returned yesterday
hnd Mrs. Hallmark is now at the
acme oi her son in this city.
For pure rich milk and cream
call Pullman Dairy, phone 47.
Calls answered and milk delivered
any hour of the day.
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Notice.
the Nazarene church^*Hfi4u?l
knowu as the Holiness meeting,
will begin Friday night before the '
first Sunday in July. Rev. D. M.
Spell, of Pilot Point will be ia
charge. Everybody that is inter'
ested in the salvation of lost souls
oe on hand to help pueh the bat-
tle.— Mrs. and Rev. T. L Mni-
aoax, P. C,
Mrs Orvsl Bateman and
Miss Marguerite Smith, leit ’
day for a visit with relatives
Morgan.
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Summer School
' C. H. Watkins will conduct a Summer School of six
weeks, beginning June 16, for the benefit of thosa
have been promoted but were conditioned in one or 1
k subjects.
Those who Complete the Work this
not be Required to Take the
All who with to enroll ar<
building 9 a- ra. Saturday.
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