The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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LANCASTER, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1909
JS1.00 A YEAR
Miss Emma Barth is now in
charge of the millinery depart-
ment at Lavender’s, and is get-
| ting things in readiness for the
! spring opening.
! Miss Stella White
These Spring Days
LOCAL NEWS
YLafrsA i
Peach trees are in bloom.
Earl Parker made a flying trip
to Red Oak Sunday.
t
Miss Ingram spent Sunday
with her sister in Dallas.
Clyde Little spent Sunday
with his mother in Lancaster.
Arthur Hunley is in Fort
Worth with a hardware company.
A fine rain fell Monday even-
ing. Everyone was glad to see
came out
from Dallas Friday evening to
attend the social function given
I by the Masons, and to spend
Sunday with her mother.
W. P. Wills, of Mississippi,
came in unexpectedly last week
for a visit with bi« sons, Dr. W.
A. and Marvin Wills. He also
visited his son, Dr. J. F. Wills,
at Ferris.
Among the real estate deals
Saturday’s News we
REMIND US THAT IT IS
We now have on display our Full Spring
Stock of dress and,staple shapes in
our Three Reliable Brands—
ILosxpfcVU, §>S.OO e\ia.VWqe>, §>£.50
*5emex, &\.50
CORN PLANTING TIME!
We have a Large
and Complete
Stock of
These hats having been sold continuously in Lancaster
for more than 15 years, and having given universal
satisfaction, need no words of ours to commend them
to the trade.
given in
noticed mention of the sale by R.
P; Henrv of the building occupied
bv the Famous Dry Goods Co.,
the price being $105,000.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Jordan
spent Sunday and Monday with
their sister, Mrs. R. I. Rice, at
Ferris. Mrs. Rice has been
seriously ill for the past two
months, but is some better.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moffett
and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Laven-
der visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hammond and Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Breazealle in Dallas Sunday.
Mrs. Moffett staid for a several
day’s visit.
Otice Durrett did jury service
last week and had the pleasure
of assisting in sending up the
purse snatcher and assailant of
Mrs. Mummert, for twenty
years, and other thieves got good
That’s the kind of work
Th^ Roswelle $3.00 Hat is the pride of our
Hat Department,*and it’s best seller. Sold under a
positive warrant of wear, we have not returned to the
makers a single unworthy hat in over three years.
They come in all the usual staple shapes, white and
black, with brims from 2\ to 4 inches wide. The dress
shapes generally have narrow, rolling brims and high
crush crowns, and come lined or unlined. Some
high band, low crown styles, with narrow binding.
CHECK-ROW PLANTERS,
In STANDARD and JOHN DEERE MAKES
The Challenge $2.50 Hat, and the Terrier
at $1.50,^are just as reliable in their grades as the
Roswelle. We have customers who have worn
nothing else than one or the other of these brands
for years, and who are always satisfied with their
appearance and wear. We carry a good.stock of
dress and staple shapes in these brands.
Just Received, a
Big Shipment of
GOODS!
BOYS' HATS—New Spring Stock in Boys’
Hats, made like the men’s; blacks and colors, to sell
at.....r....... ...... . .$1.00 and $1.50
YY lilla.Hl Z/. ndyCb, ui z\usiin, terms
a state bank examiner, was a ^
guest Sunday of K. L. White.
A number of our people spent
Mrs. Rose Pitman, of Dallas, Mo„dav and Tuesday at Farm-
yasaguest Saturday meht and ers „lub lake and report fine luck
Sunday of Miss Bettie Taylor. in fishing The hard rjdlL of
Miss Edna Fitzhugh, of the Monday night interferred with
Houston community, spent last the fishing for a time, but Tues-
week with Mrs. J. O. McCallum. day morning good hauls were
Mrs. Laura Webb and chil- made‘
dren, of Dallas, were guests over H. Clay Rawlins and wife call-
Sunday of Mrs. T. H. Williams, ed at the office Saturday and or-
Mrs. Laura Ussery and daugh- dered the Herald sent to their
ter, MissBena, returned Tues- daughters, Mrs. R. F. Stuckey,
day from a two months’ visit in Chillicothe, and Mrs. A. A. Pan-
j^er^ ter, Bridgeport. These ladies
will be glad to get news from
i Mrs. G. T. Parks and baby, home each week.
Bess, are visiting in the home of
her brother, Rev. Robt. Camp- Misses Pearle White and Wini-
bell, at Beeville. fred Hulbert attended an open
meeting of the Shakespeare club
The ladies cemetery aid asso- at the home of Mrs Georgia
ciation will meet with Mrs. Bet- Fowler in Dallas Friday o(
tie Johnson, next Tuesday after- last week. Miss White render-
noon at 3 o clock. ed a vocal solo with Miss Hul-
Clyde and Mrs. J. W. Holsap- bert accompanist.
pie, of Hillsboro were guests _
c, , >. ,, r. M. Hammond and J. A.
over Sunday of her mother, Mrs. T ,
Lucey Lavender. Lavender returned the first of
the week from St. Louis. They
Several cases of chicken pox report deep snow in the city, and
are reported in town and there the country from Texas up
have been some absentees from seems to have had more rain
school on account of the disease, than we h^ve had and the ground
Miss Winifred Yates, of Ar- is in good condition.
lington Heights, has returned £/< Beckley has received
after spending several days with very high commendation from
her friend, Mrs. Maude McCal- the Texas Nursery Co., with
!un3, whom he has been employed the
B. E. White and George Ser- past year. Out of sixty-two
geant accompanied by Misses representatives he made the best
Weaver and Schoellkoff came out record, and the company desires
from Dallas to attend the Mason- to increase his territory.
ic social. Two cases of scarlet fever
Miss Corinne Howell was on were reported the first of the
the program at a recital given by week. Little Evelyn Lavender
Miss Winifred Hulbert’s class and a little daughter of J. H.
in piano in Dallas Saturday af- Rossen were the afflicted ones,
ternoon. The cases are reported as being
Prof. Adkisson, W. Y. Perry. l.teht* and the little ones are iso"
Miss Pearle White and Dr. Fiske lated that there maY be no spread
were anjong those from this city of the disease.
who saw the Traitor at Dallas The mission circle of the Bap-
Saturdav* tist church will meet in the
The McCue trial has again church parlors next Wednesday
been postponed, and is set for afternoon at 3 o’clock. Subject :
March 29th, and it is very prob- “National Dangers and Oppor-
able another postponement will trinities.” Mesdames Thos. Du-
be made as that is the wav they Laney and J. W. Curry leaders,
do things in Dallas and Tarrant A cordial invitation is extended
counties. the ladies to attend this service.
IlkIn all Grades
and Prices
are prepared to furnish UNIFORMS
on Short Notice.
“*S\vc ibest \\ve
S. L. RANDLETT, President.
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Is Now at Hand!
Don Mauldin and Mrs. L. F.
White had one of the new street
lights placed at their corner, and
their lawns are brightly lighted.
This will be found a great con-
venience this summer. Other
citizens are contemplating shar-
ing in the cost of a light and plac-
ing it <svhere it will light their
premises.
The public meeting held in
Odd Fellows Hall Tuesday even-
ing by the order of “Homestead-
ers” was tvell attended and prov-
ed verv interesting. Twenty-
four members were added to the
order Monday and Tuesday,
making the local membership
forty-three. This is a new fra-
ternal insurance order, butseems
to be growing verv fast.
Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Spraggins
were entertained in the home of
Mrs. Mattie White last Friday.
Rev. Spraggins was a former
pastor of the Lancaster Metho-
dist church, and has many
friends in the city who were glad
to welcome him and doubly en-
joyed his address of Friday
night.
Uncle Billy Winniford was in
our office Tuesday, and upon in-
quiry we learned that no news
had been received from his
And we are prepared to furnish you with just what
you want in the paint line. It will pay you to
figure with us before buying your Paint.
WALL PAPER
We also call your attention to the fact that we have
just received an elegant line of strictly Up-to-Date
Wall Paper, which we would be pleased to have you
call and inspect.
We are Sure we can Please You.
Lancaster Drug Co
Phone 21, Day or [light,
Once each week we pay for this space for the privilege only
of inviting you once again to become a Depositor of our Bank.
The person who reads about us fifty-two
J. B. GIBSON, Cashier.
P. W. HENRY. Assistant Cashier.*
times a year ought to know us fifty-t\M0
times better than if he had read of us once.
The better he knows us the more likely he
is to like us and our business methods....
Your Account, large or small, is urgently solicited and
respectfully invited.
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. Is the one who is prepared when opportunities offer. What better £
\ preparation can you make than by ' 2
SATRTING A BANK ACCOUNT *? 1
Be it ever so small, for if added to every week or month, it will ♦
< ► soon grow. Most fortunes have started from small savings—come X
!! and see about starting an account with us—delays are dangerous. 1
WHITE & CO., Bankers
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Hulbert, Elbert Monroe & Tufts, Minnie Wetmore. The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909, newspaper, February 26, 1909; Lancaster, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth542753/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lancaster Genealogical Society.