The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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IF you are house cleaning or otherwise beautifying your home, we are in a po-v
1 sition to help you. If you are going to discard the old, you will want to re-
place it with the new. We can supply you with anything in floor coverings or
furniture, and at very moderate prices. W«e have just received two carloads of
furniture, which makes it poseible for us to offer you large assortments from
which to make your selections, and buying in such large quantities makes it
possible for us to make you the very lowest prices. So if you have a want in
the furniture line, we invite your inspection. We have no fear of pleasing you
Oil Cloth and Lenoleum—New patterns and de-
signs. Some very special values at ^Qq JjQq
the yard
Some special values in mattings at 2 jjg 50C
A Big Rug Special—We have a large lot of
rugs in a large assortment of patterns that are
regular $1.50 values that we offer you OC
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Iron beds,aUthe newest designs rang-MC flA
ing in price from $3.00 up to----------------$£, J.UU
We are showing a large assortment of Daven-
ports,all the newest designs,all upholstered in
bestquality chased leather,all quartered oak,
it orsurpentine fronts ranging flC flf)
1 $25 up to ..._._...—-— J) / J.UU
ice from $25 up to--------------------- -----
AH prices in Bed Room Suits,from jj|J Qjj
Extra Dressers at $9.50 up
$22.50
A large assortment of Rocking Chairs made of
quartered oak, upholstered in the^ ^jj | QQ
best quality chased leather at $7.50 to
We are the exclusive agents ini Dublin for
the celebrated Sealey mattresses. They are
the best that can be had. If you want the best
they are the kind to get. You will never know.
what real comfort is until you have tried one
of these wonderful mattresses. We know
there is absolutely nothing on the market that
equals them for comfort. And’ considering
the manufacturers guarantee and the fact that
they last a life time, they are the cheapest high
grade mattress on the market. Let us place
one in your home on trial.
We give you a list of items below
from the Hardware department that
we are in a position to save you moiv
ey on—Such ass
Razors, Guns, Carriage Paint, Refrige-
rators, Gasoline Stoves, White Lilly
Washers, Gasoline Torches, Fishing
Lines, Hooks, Rods and Reels.
Large assortment of everything in
granite ware, It will pay you to in-
vestigate our prices on anything you
may need in the Hardware line.
We have what you want at the right
price,
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HIGGINBOTHAM BR.OS.
DUBLIN’S GREATEST STORE.
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CARLTON,
Regular Correspondent
■Kf April 14, 190$ —The h«>r»* show
' Retards > wss a Brent success There
'mere about two thousand here
Hr—i iH parts of the country.
Carlton will soon vote » $1
school bwtldlna
’ ». Cunningham of I .sink I it had
business bora Month..
Warren Is lu Fort Worth
tiki* week on business
.John Him moo* has a new rornrr
(bis week at His borne
Rev. Oolightly and wife left Mon-
lay for Waco to spend the week.
Un», T. 3. Shockley and Mlea Met
Niy were shopping la HU® «u
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Rev. Putnam of Dublin spent Fri-
day I* Carhou and preached here
Bora to Walter Steward and wife
a girl. Mother and child are doing
well and Waiter la still smiling
J. 8, Thompson has a number of
bonds helping him erect a Methodist
church at the new town of Spurll*
Carlton is having her share of
shows and plsys The Hten Old Malde
entertained the people here the third
o, April.
Will Wright moved to his farm
near Hk® yesterday. Howard
Wilson eay* it will be a Ion* way
it him to go.
If the Carlton High School boys
m Interest you In a game of baahat
di Juat call on the team. They
,Rt play the game.
« The Carlton sad Purves boys piay-
of basket ball recently.
: to favor of Pa r»es by a
«t four to nine
Profs Head sad Roes of
j of the county , the most of whom
were present, also Prof. Findley, the
S county superintendent was on hand.
Lee Hills is erecting n nice cot-
j tags on the north side just beyond
j H. K, Lock* residence,
j Trade day. the 2nd Monday, was
I very dull here on account of the
| disagreeable dust storm prevailing
i most of the day.
j Mr. and Mrs. Patmon of Cisco visit*
fed her sister Mrs. Ira Harvey 8un-
! day and Monday leaving for bum*
{Tuesday evening.
Mrs Blanche Kill* who ha* been
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
R. H Key for ten days, left for her
home In Hamilton Wednesday even-
ing
Band and dust storms are the or-
der of the day now. from the south
one day and the north the next. The
frost an Good Friday finished up the
peach, plum and grape crop, so there
la none left. It also killed all the
corn and garden truck that was up.
Prospects were never gloomier for
farmers than now. It will soon be
too late to plant any corn but June
corn.
eiU4 were to Carlton Monday ead
while here visited the school and de-
1 a number of songs whtob were
* «p all
M LSRS.
14th —Lum Morris of Sees
3r.lno°nw^od left for
KllflX.
Regular Correepondenc*
April Nth.—The weather is *Uil
dry.
Considerable sickness in this part.
Miaa Aimeta Pruitt of Iredell Is
vlaltlng relatives here.
Grandma Ellis is visiting relative*
near Curve* this week.
Our school to progressing nicely
with a good attendance
John Lyon and wife of De Leon are
vtilting relative* bare this week.
Asm Johnson and wife of Claire!te
are vtaRteg relatives her* this week.
R. R. Hatchett and wife attended
the faaerel of Henry Wolfe at Clatrette
Monday.
J. W. Oolightly aad C. J. Carter
weat over to Stephenville on beat-
The cold snap killed what aorn was
tin ■*.»— the warden truck and pecans,
so Urn prospect* In the country to
.RMWRF. ..
ALEXANDER.
Regular (Correspondence.
April Hth.—We have about becouil-
reconciled to the dry weather and
, quit talking about rain. Of course
|the farmers have their land prepared
I and now have Utile to do.
j A M. Maloney is awny on a trip
I to Galveston.
| Mr. Lawson is very busy building
hi* new house. •* iSfV
{ Mrs. Amite Kthertun is away Vtott-
j lug her daughter at Blanket.
Mr* Forbes has been seriously 111
but is much better at present. '
Mr*. Lottie Wieser of Dublin was
visiting her mother. Mrs. Maloney,
last Sunday. -
^Several of our young people attend-
ed a school noising at Rose last Tues-
day night and report a good entertain-
ment.
Revs. Sumdall of Carlton and
Baldridge of Duffau have just closed
a revival meeting here with good re-
sults.
Mr. Ross has moved into the Pat
Thompson residence, which he has
bought. Mr. Thompson moving to Ar-
lington.
The school election here was oailed
off for the present on account .at a
legal technicality which It will take
a little time to remedy.
Mr Buchanan is now .our peace of-
ficer and we all should certainly co-
operate with him In enforcing the
law and maintaining a dean and de-
cent town.
Oar past month of school in many
respects was the best we have had in
the past two years. The average at-
tendance was more, the enrollment la
more and the monthly .grades were
better than we have had before. Our
ottal enrollment for tbla term to 157
Below to the honor roll for the past
month: John Gordon. Kthel Downey,
Blanche Pittman, Herman Turn bow,
Bdna Trice. Alda Peterson. Roy
Green, Grace Cobb, Herbert Hale,
1 setts Tidwell. Claude PetUtt.
der were here Friday to visit their
parents, Jim Able and wife.
Conner Carpenter who has been
sick for the past, week is able to be
up now.
Ernest McOleskey has moved to the
residence formerly occupied by Cep.
Wllcoxson.
J. B. Frasier. Clyde Carpenter. Lar-
kin Williamson went to Stephenville
Wednesday.
Many went from here today to see
the ball game between Harbin and
Stephenville.
Foma McCIeekey and wife went to
Santa Anna Tuesday to visit Bob
Raney and wife.
Mrs. J. M. Lindsey who has been
to Hamilton with a sick mother, came
home Sunday evening. She reports
her mother much Improved.
Some unknown party set fire to A.
L. Williamsons gin about 11 p. m.
Monday night. Some parties passing
aaw it In time to give the alarm and
save the building.
Mrs. W. W. Barber, and daughter
Miss Nellie and Lola Were in Dublin
Saturday. Mrs. Barber went to see
after the putting up of the head-stone
at her husband's grove*
J. C. Holt who Is here from Mon-
tanna vtslting relatives and friends,
was the guest of J. T. Abies Sunday,
returning to the home of his non
A. J. Robertson at Gustlne Sunday.
''tgwn. tots 'were sur-
er Abilene vto-
tbe first OT
* ?«•« Cut Wl by Train.
Mark Emmett, formerly of Hamil-
ton. now residing near (Hosier in
Ochiltree county, was run over by a
train at that place a few days ago
aad one foot cut off with the excep-
tion of the tone*, He was I* the act
of boarding the train aad slipped and
fell under U with the
HARBIN. .
Regular Correspondence.
April l«h.—T N. Swlnedale went
to Fort Worth Saturday
Tom McNinch went to Stephenville
Prof. Breedlove dent to Dublin
Thursday evening.
Fred tprntt made a tmeieteg (ftp
to Stephenville Friday / w; |
Mr*. Roe* Riddle of Dublin was out
Thoee i
•I •! 6« per
was .very,.
UMLlVIUtl
Regular Correspondence.
April 13lh.—Monroe Glass god
Aubrey Whitters visited it Gustlne
Sunday.
Very little stokoeae lo this oom
aaunlty at preeeot.
The Mlease rtloe weie shopping
in Dublin Saturday.
Mrs. Woafe has been visiting ot
Bonyao the past weak.
1. 8 Davis hna bought the groeory
husineseofT. W. Key.
: J. K. Ilrod of Doodoaoooa waa
hers Friday on bualneoa.
Moo. Loo Riddle of Stephenville
w«s boro Frfday attending juottoo
ooort.
Curt Hayee and Clove Whartoo
shipped o oar load of OhMIe to Fort
Worth loot wook.
Mrs Hlokerton and daughter of
Rg Boy visited the family Of J. B.
Stokes last Saturday and ~
'...''fiii ppMtft fobool Iwyt
la a gorna of ball
CLAIRETTE.
Regular Correspondence.
April 14th.—The general health of
ihe community is improving.
Miss Ruth Salmon is very sick at
tills writing.
M. K. Dowdy has returned t'rouv
from lirownwood. •
Mr. I,ee Thomason is turning the
soil for a, fleecy crop.
The late- frost destroyed all the
fruit and vegetables.'
Grandma Dowdy is very little im-
proved at this writing.
Material Is being put on the ground
for a gin at this place.
School will dose Friday with a
concert and picnic Saturday.
Sheriff Cox and Tom Stennett ot
Stephenville visited this place Mon-
day.
Mr. Self has installed a new soda
fatuntaln In connection with his drug
business.
Mrs. Barmore of Coleman is visit-
ing-her mother Mrs.Bettte Dowdy and
other relatives.
Fishing parties are getting numer-
ous but no large fish beads do they
produce as evidenep.
Mr. J. R. Garrett 6t Sylvestor to
visiting this place from the South
where he has been far the benefit of
bis health, which to much Improved.
Mr. Burt Dougherty of Duffau and
Miss Minnie Blackmond, the Texas
Central agent at thto place, were mar-
ried Sunday, the 11th. We wish them
a happy and .prosperous life.
Mr. 0. P. Stewart add MUa Sallte
Whitesides, two highly respected peo-
ple of thto community, were msitted
at the bride's home Raster Sunday.
The Clatrette annual cemetery
working which to the first Saturday
to May Is much seeded Bring a full
basket and tool* to work with.
Mr. 8. H. Wolfa. a highly res-
pected citizen or thto community.who
waa taken south far the benefit of
hto health died at Kerrvlile Sunday at
2 a. m. Hto rdnmlna were brought
here and laid to met at the Cfalrette
cemetery, the Woodmen of the World
haring charge ot the interment and
R. R. Duke acting as master or cere-
monies.
right sick for the paftt week, Is im-
proving.
Dee Armstrong and wife of near
Gorman vlalted hts father’s famUy
here Sunday evening and Monday.
Col. Wm. M. Manchester, a prom-
inent business man and banker of •
Waco, is visiting his alster, Mrs. '
S.A. Rlppetoe, this week,
Several of the men and boys
from this community spent tude
thy In De Leon last Monday and
Incidentally get their shard of the
land storm.
Rev. George Ross filled his regu-
lar apolntment at Rouod, Grove
Sunday. Bis dlacoorae was a good
one and appreciated by a large and
attentive andlaoee.
, Rev. Castleberry of Abileoe made
a splendid address last night at U»
school balldlog In the Interest of the
Farmers Union. It was to the point
and want bom* to many of the fay-
men. The atrlog band furniabeil
splendid music and everyone present
aseroed happy.
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HAOKBIRBY
aegular Oorrtspondeace.
April 12th—There la oonalderabla
bad oolds among the people on ae-
oount of the audden changes lo tha
weather.
Th* Raster hare waa spept around
tha tin. |
Willaoa Moat was lo Llefl«*lUe
Monday.
W. T. Moaa and family want to
Dublin Monday,
Miaa Cord la RllloU was shopping
in Stephenville Monday.
“ Cools'’ Bisks Oarltoo was lo
tha ooaoty alta jfonday
The young folks wan entertaloed
by a sloglog Sunday night at Urn
horn* of H.8 RllloU.
John Wlnnafora la thinking of
trading plaoao with a flaskell man.
Tha man la twn* looking at Mr. Wlo-
oaford'a plan*.
able to be
at Friday, tha an
i and Ltngieville
Keaulsr twHMpBMBi^ {>■ ■ I
April l«!h.-#e have had no rain
yat sad tha wtad atilt blows It
kaapa tha farmer In tha background
with bis hat pulled down over his
eyoa, wishing for aosavthlng to d
Tha health of tha community it
Blttta by Cepperhead Snake.
Arch Praeter.wbo reside* two milaa
west of Bdna Hill waa MUeu on tk«
wear or aoua util was bitten on the
little finger of on* of hto hands last
Monday morning by a copperhead
•nak* and has since suffered the In-
ccr.taatar.ro ot a badly swollen band
aad arm. as wall as «o.,*ider.bla pain
He waa patting cor* out of bto ertb
to food bis horsss and the snake was
oonctoled In the corn
,____I___tft— and at rack him
Mrs. Jasia Splear want to DobMa Wore he was aware of R.
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The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1909, newspaper, April 16, 1909; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth542933/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.