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The Dublin Progress.
VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 21.
DUBLIN, ERATH COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, S EPTEMBER 15TH, 1916.
EIGHT PAGES.
NOT GUILTY IS VERDICT
IN CASK OF MRS. FOUST
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The jury in the case of Mrs.
Annie Foust, on trial at Sher-
man, on a charge of murder,
growing out of the fatal shoot
ing of H. M. Cagle, on the streets
of Sherman last February, came
in Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock and returned a verdict or
not guilty. The verdict was re-
turned in the Fifteenth District
Court, Judge W. M. Peck pre-
siding.
Only a small crowd was pres-
ent in the court room when the
jury came in and before the ver-
dict was read Judge Peck warn-
ed those in the room that there
would he no demonstrations.
When the verdict was read Mrs.
Foust warmly shook each hand
and thanked him.
The trial of Mrs. Foust began
COTTON COMING IN AT FUNDS NEEDED FOR ! MRS. KIDD-KEY DIES AT
RAPID RATE AT PRESENT; DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN i HER HOME IN SHERMAN
Cotton receipts in Dublin To Texas Democrats: 1 Mr. I.ticy A. Kidd-Key dud
have been heavy this week for) The Texas Central Financejat her home in Sherman after a
this season of the year, much | committee for the national dem-1 brief illness at 11:25 o'clock
more of the staple having been ocratic campaign is endeavoiingj Wednesday night. She is sur-
vived by her husband, Bishop |
Joseph S. Key, and one daughter j
and one son. They are Mrs j
Louis Verse! and Edwin Kidd,
both children of her first mar '
riage and both of whom live in I
Sherman.
Mrs. Kidd-Key went to Sher-
GENKRAI, NEWS RRIEFS
Corn, Corn, Corn
brought in than had been re- j through systematic and aggres-
teived up to this time last year, j sive effort, to enlist the finan-
Yard receipts up to noon today jcial aid of every loyal democrat
amount to 30-1 bales against 101 in Texas in behalf of the nation-
one year ago. The Right gin al campaign for the re-election
had received this season up to i of Woodrow Wilson. State head-
two o’clock today 116 bales and quarters has been established in
the Stevenson gin 122 bales, j the Burkburnett building it Ft.
Roth gins had handled only 15 Worth, with It. B. Ridgway as man about thirty years ago and
bales at this time one year ago.1 chairman, and the work of or- j has had c harge of the North
ganizing the state for the rais-j Texas Female College continu-
ing of funds is well under way. Iouslv since t hat time. She was
—-7- A committeeman has been ap-: married to Bishop Key about
hrauy na> received more than pointed for each senatorial dis- (twenty-fivo years ago.
•-,000 hale - of cotton th s sea- triet, and these committeemen1 On account of the fact of Iter
son; sol<l last 'm'k are appointing chairmen for the advancing age, Mrs. Kidd-Kev
c! *11 per ton. counties in their respective dis-‘had s,,me time since completed
I'enqu ratures ranging from t riots as rapidly as practicable, arrangements to ret ire from the
last Thursday and the case was!ten to fifteen degrees aiiove Contributions are already being active management of the coi-
given to the jury at noon Sat-1 freezing prevailed in many sec received and it is expected that ieRI, a,„| announcement is made
urday. |tions of the Panhandle Tuesday. from now on remittances to that the institution, which is
night. headquarters will lie frequent, the property of th '
Stamford College opener! Mon- and liberal. An accurate record ; Met! "did church, will continue stamp taxe . which thev
day with a large number ol will be kept of every contributor j as heretofore. |H.,.n paying mure Keren,I
students that has been enrolled and the amount of his contribu- j Mr, Kidd-Key took sick ini 1*.)1 1, ami which were to
on the first day of school for (ion, so that due credit may be mediately after’thc opening ot continue,I to iveembei I
many years. given and a total estimate made the college last week, suffering vear
We are now buying ear corn and
will pay the highest market price.
Separate your white corny itfs
bringing big premium. See us be-
fore selling.
Higginbotham Brothers
BROWN WOOD CHOSEN FOR
INTERSCHOLASTIC MKI$T
NO more riakmt:
STVMP I V\ i’A V Mi.
V\ lifn the m general i ,
ue lull 1 lev ano * 11, e 11 v e la 1
urday bu-iiH'-.- men throng
Southern the country were relieve,I ol
, I.
The announcement was made
this week that Brownwood has
been designated as permanent
headquarters for the Inter-Scho-
lastic League for this district.
V. L. Griffin, Superintendent of
Brownwood schools, has been ap-
pointed director of the work to
Howard Payne College open- in our headquarters of the { a m * r voir- breakdown.
at Brownwood Wednesday amount paid in by Texas to the i ______________________
with lo per cent more stur-enis general campaign fund. It is the SANTV FK SERVES NOTICE
enrolled than on the eonespond- purpose of the Texas central; \<>| |(> oBK\ NEW i VV.
ing date last year. finance committee to raise at j
Governor Richard i. Manning least $100,000 as the offering of Notice to employes an 1
be done by the league has |H>en renominated for gov- the Bone Star State toward a puo,, along ihe line ol It.
The Brownwood dis lie s'ernor „f South Carolina over great national victory for the Colmado -V Santa !•< that
composed of the o owing coun -f0niier Governor ('ole Blease, ac- cause of democracy and he re- conq .my vv<,uB1 not accept
ties: Rtwn Coieman, Gorrmn-j^rciin^ to unofficia| return
che, Erath, Kimble, Lampasas, , ... i. ... <• ()fp
Mason, Menard, McCulloch, Mills *| s
and San Saba. Inter-scholacGcA number of small building '
meets will >o he < 1 ac ' sl * , vvere badly w recked and the cot-
in Browmvood and all schoolsi L,,, t.r„p'badly damaged by
the district will leutgvt !’storm which passed over tin
representatives to comp* i ° S),0(iOn 0f country about svvii
prizes offered m various ion-|mj|tis northw(,sl ' „r
tests. : |[|(>S(|‘|Y
The purpose of the league as| Aj tn<u,(illK of th(, ci1v vvate,
outlined by I i. ini u, s .m Icommissioners of Temple M<
chairman of the 1 Diversity In- -(,a ., m>w scho,h.le „f rale t
’<> e.....'*«’ charged private cu-tome.
no (iinmn
it f uoiii
jo, are
“Foster in the schools of 'Iexas
the study and practice of the art
of public speaking and debate
as an aid for the prepaiation for
was agreed upon, to hecenu «•
fective (let. 1, reouemg rat,
more than Hu per cent.
liie finding of a note askii
election of our peerless leader,' recent 'y emu :,1,! eight hour
1. 11 - Woodrow Wilson. In a general *'>r t»..nmo,i until "ld'ied p
appeal which is being sent out so i'> bie court ot m.-t r<
from national headquarters, the vva- ' l,! Irotn the gem nil
national committee say.-: "The flees aM ,.,!v c -ton I ue-day in
democrat a- party ha s been m lng.
control of the government for
nearly four years, and in that,
time it has written more of con-
structive legislation than an;,
other administration in I.* no
lion's hi-tory, and guided ti ■
ship of state safely through
eri-c- more numerous and more' s'''
^r.ive than had arisen in the d Santa
preceding fifty years of our statement from I.
diplomacy.” The committee goes president, that ti
eight-hour
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The rev enue hill repea,, , ■ on
emergency revenue Gill ,-t.imp
taxes and the internal rev, iiii,'
bureau has ruled liat rev ciiin
stamp- are not re,pure,I oitei
lose Sat unlay. Th, >tamp, t .,x<
repealed include those paid oil
telegrapli and t> lephoi.e m,
sages, parlor car seats and Berin
tickets, bonds, debentures, cei -
tifieate of in,leh: el;, . ( e ■ ! i
I u ate ■ of stock, t ran.sfer I'll' - .
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.............. ................... on to outline the achievements
citizenship; to assist in orgamz- r<l]a(ivos to grieve for i.ei of the Wilson administration,
ing, standardizing and contio-iji(j ^ fti at Garrison, the recounting of which isun-
ling athletics in the schools ot .r^ Wednesday, that result- necessary in Texas, as our state
the state, and to promote count v, |f(| ^ t|u> discovery ,,f the dead stands practically a unit in f i-
lody of Mrs. Christie Arrington vor of democracy. Moreover, it
at the bottom of a sixth foot is conceded that Texas was
•well. largely instrumental in the notn-
General Funston has appoint- ination of Woodrow Wilson, ai .
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unroii.-'itn-
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Dl Itl IN SCHOOLS OPENED
Will! (.OOD \TTE.NDANCL'
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Sell,«,1 o|iciied Monday, Sept.
11;!,, w it imur ceremony, forth-
,1 tli.iii ci.api 11oitducted by Jtev.
\'.iugii.m 1 l.n I, teacher went
imm> ■hat, i> to work enrolling
and cla--living pupils who were
vv 11 hunt iaa it mat mu m the
Dublin -cliools. It will b*‘ in-
tending to the people of Duo-
lin to know that forty pupns
wi re itindo'd from patrons who
have ju-t recently moved inti*
1 *ul>G11 'I,, date, the emollrm lit
is a.- follow- First grade S2,
second grade 51. third grade 71
fourth grade 7.'., fifth' grade 7.1
sixth grade 5], seventh grade
11, eight I; g rude 5 I, ninth gi ade
12. tenth grade 22. eleventh
grade lti. This makes a total of
1 12 pupils below the high school
and I'H pupils m the high
1 - :m
Ti
Iliad,
I vo y
graduating class is
;!'!( ei, girls and ore
1 lonal.
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ad .
APPORTIONMENT FOR
SCHOOI.S W All MILK
u in not iia\ i: \ i \i i
Sl \ I K SHOW IN 111 Bi IV
: l at!
lack ,
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Book-
district and state inter-schoia
tic contests ami debate, declama-
tion, spelling, essay writing and
athletics.”
NEGROES ARE BARRED
1 pon a total enrollment of
1,2 Ifl.S'dh scholastics in Texas.
7 to 17 years
an
■ w ! k ; - progressing
! ■ '.gi- ate i apld,>
' g ’ 'em - (■! v e - to school
■ 5 .a ■ I >egmmng to do
>d i 5, vv i -I f.. The school
a w n,g P.u,da apped on ac -
• ,t -, .me I ! the I'CHiks,
w , ' , ,,| del ed, not hi.V Ulg
d ol! time, but tills IS due
,, iiige-! urn of railroad
, ;' -aoi. and not to
! a*'eiition «,n the part ot
leak r 1' I ot, tight the
will soon be hare sc> thaL
child may be supplied at
>f age, ineliisiv.
Ml
....... , .... apportionment of $1.om per .....'*5' ;
............ ed a board of officers to prepare this fact has been recognized >•» - jta for September was an-
FROM BAXLOR C'OCN CV II' S3T ..... ' ^
Negroes will not be allowed to established at Fort Sam Jlcnis- We believe our state will up ,,f .)U|,]jc instruction, for the
return to Baylor bounty. This ton by expenditure of $750,0(M hold the prestige it has gamed,! several counties, cities am.
was decided by a mass meeting made available for that purpose avd surpass its former record, in | school districts constituting
of citizens from all parts of the jn the army appropriation tiili. the substantial endorsement it separate school organization-,
county held at the court house Charles Jefferson Harrison ot will give to the present admins ; according to the scholastic p,,|
in Seymour recently. The vote San Antonio, Teras, made a fud tration. Further appealing to „lation of each organization,
against permitting their return confession of the train robnery |all the people of the I'nited > *phe apportionmenT amounts ,o
was overwhelming. Negro res-with which he was charged in States, the national committee ..pproximatelv $1,2lf>,986.
idents fled Baylor county follow- the United States court at Mai-.says: “The call for aid is not' This is the first payment ,n
ing the killing of Sheriff W. L. tinsburg Wednesday. Sentence■ only to party men, but to all iapita apportion
Ellis by Steve Brown, a negro, of twelve years’ imprisonment ' patriotic men and women, t<> ,nent for l!>lti-17 amt 1 li-
on August 6th. Since then jn the penitentiary at Atlanta,' serve the nation by re-electing
there has been some discussion was immediately imposed, the party in power. They cai
as to whether they would be Indictments charging llany provide the means which mu '
permitted to return and a mass J. Spannell, Alpine hotel keeper, jK. Bail to make the campaic
meeting was called to determine with the murder of hi.- wife and They contribute to their chin. ’>
the question. Lieut. Col. M. T. Butler, Sixth jn support of their re!ig 1,.,
-—-7^ 1' ~ ~ . I'nited States cavalry, vvere n- faith, and it is only fair forth,
FIRE BREA ENTIt^ ILVV pirneil by the county grand ury to contribute to the support «■'
SET FOR OtTOHER . II }l| ..\|pj|ie,' Texas Wedne.-dav their political faith It .--l
Fire prevention day will be Spannell had been held in Fi be not merely a duty but a pi -
S I I NIK \\ FST
STRONG FOR WILSON
A Inm-t all "f t ho- l it le - alld .1
large number of -mallei t < >vv 11 .-
have style show- at the begin
mug of the t all ea-011 1 Mat dm
might vvtd! pi'efil h.
the example.- -et by other cit le-
( omanche r- to have a styli
shijl in tlie near future as evi
deuced by
the ( lilet :
have a real style show at a date hail been a revolutionary change
m the near future, ('omanela m public sentiment in favor of
merchants want a style show. 1’i'e-idetit \\ 1I-011 in
Comanche | eople will he Intel
Judge ( ate Soils ot Texas,
('eninii-Miini'i of Indian Affair.-,
w ),,, retur ned to Washington last
the following from w.-ek from a t'000-miie trip
" \ move is afoot te through the west, said that there
largest amount in the
apportionment of any
year that has been made
several v ear-
Tile per capita appm '.mil
for I'd 16 -17 vva- fixed i>v
lruli.o
> r. I
u
observed in Texas on October l’aso fhr safe keeping,
9th, according to a proclamation What promises to be the be-t
issued Wednesday by Coveino old well in the Santa Ana Held
Ferguson Reports show that was brought in luesday by tin
13 000 fires have been reported Coletex Petroleum. ( ompany.
in the past 12 months with a owned principally by C lem «;•
property loss of sixleen million and Brownwood people. '
dollars. On fire prevention day Marrs, who drilled the web. d«-
all premises should be cleanid lared that the new well will have contributions and the votes o
up, weeds cut and all trash re- a capacit-v of between 3uo and the people re-elect it. Civ. imw
move(l 400 barrels per day
ilege to be able to say that th* v
have given money to the imint ,■!
acril’ice to heh' . , !. ;
mini-tration which ha- given 1,,
the country peace with, h,>r,u
rueparedness and pro- peril v
1 he democratic admim.-tratmn
has served the people. Let the
state I
1-I of
IV,'lit , 1 - 1
meat during
the school
the state board
will be at do to
, n'
! v,
f ,’,1 uvat ion on 1!. <
' >7. The pav
o‘ tin a| ; " o ' ’
(hi I'u'-t MloMt h o'
lidicat, tha'
of educ.'P ( ,
O.iV plollU 1 !v
e-tod ill a style show
catl tell JUst how good
until properly display e
tolt vv 111 he made to h
mall, woman an# cdii
city and adjoining co
town at niglit whou
late t -Hit-, hat .o', .
d 1 ■ p I a y
N,. one
W ill look
1 Ariel
.ivf ( v cry
Id III the
.till V II;
all the
President Wil-on in the tran.x-
Mis-i'.-ippi -fate- and on the I ’a
rifle coast and that the presid-
ent will be r, e!e( ted by a t ro-
ll lelldoil - 111alent v
Judge Well- started his west-
ern tour shortly after the con-
vention- \! that time he fed
llughc- woo'd make a strong
v a nd.. I;U , and he v«a- not t here-
to ia ov, 1 , . ,ii! id, r 11 of denuK'l'a-
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lee!
R \11 RO VI) K Mi l (*V !•!
DIFS I ROM IV II Bit -
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the cut 1 re 11, i|" u ' mnmellt
BH6-17 The fart II, at tin
State begin- Hie n vv fl-ea! ve.,1
on a cash t > a -1 will etiabh
sclmol districts to meet then
obligations promptly.
I a- ai • a -t
Barit n' ellij 1
i d ;li an ac.
Ileal I 5 1 ■
day at ; 1.(
1 t,i I, Imi, I.,
, 111, 111
man.
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driu, in the re
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d many of the re-
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in, the other
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The Need of Capital
Before the European war started this country bor-
rowed heavily from Europe to secure means for com-
mercial ami industrial expansion.
Now the United States must supply capital not only
for its own needs hut for other.nations also.
Savings are capital. Thrist is the cause of capital.
Insure your own future by aiding in the production of
capital. *
The Guaranty State Beak
nrni.tx, TWA# ‘
a. I). MHTH. (Mahler
Give liberally, for there is p’t - -, (-n,t co-operate with his county
ing need <>f the money. ’ chairman and with the state
We are confident that Texas. central finance committee in
will respond generously to this making the best possible -hew
a*” eal. In doubtful state- ther
will be kech competition , a ' !
tlu expense of the campaign ' ; 1
be great. Ix’t us do o.i’ full
share in accomplishing "i uu-
1 aralleled victory for national
democracy. l.et us make tins 1 n
individual matter and contnhut
liberally in-support of the pre;
mg from his county and -late,
so that we may not fall -),<<rt
of the $I00,(M>o mark which mo
been set. All contributions from
• Texas should l>e remitted to R.
I B. Ridgway, ( hairrmm State
j ( entral Finance committee,
jBiirkhurrutt Building. Fort
! Worth. (Signed) VY I’oindex
ent administration and in liehalt j ter, National Committeeman: K.
of the* continued peace and pros " '* ’...... ....... 1.........
perity of our country.
Campaign receipt blanks are
being supplied by state head
quarters to every county chair-
man, and these will be furnish
ed to every man authorized to
collect funds for the Wilson cam
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B. Ridgway, Chairman Central
Committee; Walter C. Wood-
ward, Chairman 26th Senatorial
District; Roy Ceren, Chairman
Erath county.
The committee appointed to
solicit funds in Dublin is com
posed of B. M. Utterhack, ). E.
Hickman, J. B. Cole, C. 6. Foust,
«|FWarren, Bob Evans. -
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Notice to the Public
I ’.eg inning
for ijiiilt<. 1 ‘
fringed com
1 He. VV5 m .
crease m the
).-11 >1 ■ 1 1 :, .v ill charge 12>,,c foi shirts, 25c
.- I"! 5. : , ■ nterpains and 2"c fur heavy or
t, rpaiii.s N.i humlle handled for less tiiaii
teicd H> d* this I localise <d the great III
pi ice of ail supplies. Since the war we pay an
ineraes (,| ;t;i pet cent for washing soda, 4<* per cent in-
crease for soap, (hi percent increase for wrapping paper
and as much as 1,000 per cent increase for some articles.
DUBLIN STEAM LAUNDR'
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