Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
18 DELIVERED
BY CAKItlKK IN SHERMAN
AND DENISON
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BO CENTS I*KR MONTH.
SECS80 HEAD SECTION
SHERMAN DAILY DEMOCRAT.
SHERMAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER !1 Hil J. | ::to I*. M.
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IE YOU WANT TO REACH
THE FARMERS
OF GRAYSON COUNTY AD-
VERTISE IN THE
SHERMAN
WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.
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Look at This
Hove 3rou had trouble get-
ting fitted in button shoes?
1 lad to move all the but-
tons and then they didn’t
look ritfht?
Lace Boots are perfectly
proper style this season.
We have them in just the
size and width for you.
$3.50 to $5.00
ft. W. YATES
123 North Travis Street
Save the Pieces
and hove them repaired. Wo carry
a complete stock of every possible
variety of Lenses, Frames and parts
of Spectacles and Eye Glasses.
We Guarantee absolute perfec*
Hon In workmanship on all repairs
made and return you the articles
thoroughly mended and fully equal
If not better than new ones. Our
charges are very moderate, depend-
ing on the character of the break.
Try a pair of our Auto (locales.
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Sherman Jewelry & Optical to.
W. S. DIckerman, Mgr., 108 N. Travis St.
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Just Arrived
A Fresh Shipment of New Shelled I’ecans. Our Chocolates
anil other ('undies are made fresh daily and are the hest in the
clt.v. We are serving at our fountain, both hot anil cold drinks
of nil kinds. Our Hot Chocolate is just the thing these cool
days.
C. C A MARI NOS
Hot Chocolate and
Light Lunches
Are to be had at our Fountain now.
Delicious Hot Bouillons, Hot Cottee,
Hot Chosocate and an assortment of
Sandwiches served In the appetising
manner.
Come In and lunch with us.
Lankford-Keith Drug Co.
Cool Weather
Calls lor more cover. Inspect
our line ol Blankets and Com-
forts and compare prices. Al-
so remember the importance
ol having a Smith's $11.00 germ
proof mattress.
Smith Furniture Co.
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Easy Payments
JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN
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VICE PRESIDENT
DIED LAST NIliHT
death It was annoum <■ 1 thai the I
riemhers of the iaritiiy wished to be]
I.t mdisturhe.l last night and that]
j no arning* ments for the funeiai
would tie niai.e before to lay.
Dr. P* i k remained at tile SI't-
1 man home for a time and notified
{several of Mr rhenium's f'ienda l»y
telephone that lb eel liad mine.
I'niversid Sorrow.
The announeeinejit of the .vice,
! presidents d^ath spread <>ni> k v
COMMITTEE. TO NAME
SHERMAN’S SUCCESSOR
JAMES SCHOOI.CIIOFT SHERMAN I through the <U' rniversn. sorrow
PASSED AWAY AFTER IXl.Nti ; was expivssed^md imme-li.it steps
ILLNESS. j were taken' for the proper rerogni-
tinn of me sdrrow.ful even . Mr.
Sherman was regarded as the first
citizen of the city snd all di feren <s
growing out of politics (Vied with
him. •
Tlie mayor gam out a st:dem"ii*
veiling tile general grief and 'he
big bell 'it tin* eitv hall, as \\\| R as
many elniieh bells, tolled out \Hie
doleful news to a public to whir],' it
was not news.
Not oii’v did Hie republican or-
ganization take proper recognizance
of the event, but the Progress!vi s
WHOLE NATION MOURNS
"Sunn) .liin’s" Everlasting Smile
Made Him a Decided Favorite—
lie Had Rendered (treat Ser-
vice to Ills Country.
I'lica. X. Y., Oct. :! 1. After a
long illness. Vine President Janus
Schoolcraft Sherman died at hi*?
home in this eitv pt 8:12 o'clo'k
last night of uraemic poisoning,
i aused by Bright 's disease
He had been sinking since parly
morning and it was realized that
death was a question only of a few
hours.
There was slight relief shortly
after 7 o'elo* k. caused by an appar-
ent improvement in the kidneys, bill
it did not prove real or lasting art
at in si gave only temporary hope.
At 'i o'clock the patient's tenip**r'-
NVw York. Oct. lit. Chairman
!lilies of the Republican National
committee shortly before 1 o'clock
ibis morn jpg announced Inat h. • had
celled a meeting TSf the national
in Chicago
the late
'.lames S. Sherman, as (lie republican
candidate for vice president.
committee for If
yt si led a suecessor to
tn in of Cockitiiiani H Gibson, which
niter a few mouths became Cockin-
hiiin Sherman,
The first political office Mr.
Slieiman ever held was that of
mayor of I'tiea. lie was elected to
Hint office ill lsxt, when he was
but -b years of age, having defeated
I onis I!. Shattuck by a majority of
,\.sr, votes, the largest ever given
a Rciyorality candidate in I'tiea up
to i hat time. Mr. Sherman was
announced their Intention of cancel- Hu* youngest mayor in the history of
itig all meetings .until after the vi
president's funeral. Gov, Johnson,
who so long as Mr. Sherman lived
was his rival for vice pres'd-'iHial
honors, was to ha -' spoken here to-
nigh.t in liehaif of Hie Progressive
ticket, lint his adl" -s. Ilk- aII otlnv
events of tile kind. mis been defer-
red.
Tile democrats also signil’ie, He ir
intention of removing a Wilson an-1
Marsliu.ll banner which dial Icon
flung actoss on- o' ttie eitv street
Hu city. After tile expiration of
I’is term of office as mayor Mr.
Sherman Was elepdil to congress
and. with t.liVr exception of one term
1 Slid to .1 K£2-—when he "'as one
of t!i** many victims of Hu* demo-
cratic landslide,- lie served in the
house continuoiis'Ty from I Ss7 to
liie time when lie Assumed the office
of vice president. He had been re-
elected to the fioth congress from
tin c7111 New York district and re-
signed Die position onljy a short
am, of suspend.i,ic all poiili al activ- (i,ue before the Itfi of March
ity until after the funeral. | During liis time in eoVigress Mr.
In the i oirrsc ot h*s tritiutc. Mayor yiiernian served on many important.
Baker,,; aid:
Mr. Snermai'
ature rose to ion. From that time identified with Hi
worse
has long been
- business interests
his condition rapidly became
until the efitl.
Mr. Eherinaii was unconscious
wlieii tin* end came amV had been
in that umdition for hours.
All tin* members of the immedi-
ate family were witnesses to me
filial, stci ne. In addition to Mrs.
Sherman, there'were in the death he niiased
chamber their three sons. Sherrill,
Richard U. and Thomas M Sherman,
and tlieir respective wives; R. M.
and Sanford Sherman, brothers of
committees lb was a delegate to
Hu* repiihliean national einiv'ention
in IV1.:. ami rhairinan of thff NOW
" a - *'vor alert in tab- York slate convention in 18»Fn and
iug advantages for the' city. His again in IP no. lie had an eifed-
of i'tiea.
Iioine life was heaiiHtul. It was -i
model for al' \m -iicnn famiies (1°
found the greates' plea sum}' wh
summoned by Hues who-loved Him
as a husband and father and it is
there that Ids gi-aiil presence vi!1
Strict,- u as lie was w!'
an illness wlii.-h p-,mired eonslant
watchfulness. Mr. Sherman bore it
with a fortitude which exemplified
the strong chi-ructeristicB of the
SHERMAN SPECIAL FEOOR
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A Synonym of Quality
Manufactured by
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G. B. R. SMITH MILLING GO.
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Visit the
Palace of Sweets
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The hest place lor Candles. Our own make
Also for Hot Drinks and
Dainty Sandwiches
RELAY BROS., Props.
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DEPENDABLE LIGHT
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T is always ready, steady and mellow.
Willi the days growing shorter it will pay
to consult us how to economize in light
ami fixtures. We have all the latest de-
vices, both plain or ornamental.
Sherman Gaslight & Fuel Co.
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Those Seeking a Wetlding Gift
of distinctively superb, rieli appear-
ance, should visit our establishment
and inspect our stock of
SILVERWARE.
The critical buyer will find our
Solid Silver and Plated Ware rich In
design, graceful in decoratiou, dif-
ferent in conception and execution
from the ordinary and trite.
Prices represent genuine values.
Mr. Sherman and Mrs. I,. R. Moore I man.
and Mrs. II. .1 Cookitighnm, sisters
of Mr. Sherman.
Soon after Mr. Sherman’s death
Dr. F-ayetto id. Peck, .the attending
physician, issued the fallowing
statement:
“The"‘vice president Mied' at P: 12
p. m.. withofit regaining conscious-
ness for a moment. lie was pel-
feetly quiet. He died in the pres-
ence of his wife, tier, brother and
sister, his two brothers and his
three sons and their vyI•■••**. tie had
been entirely untonscious since 7
o’tloek, wlicn lie had a period of
partial consciousness, lasting for
about fifteen minutes. He died in a
urifemic coma as a result of Brig,a s
disease, heart disease and arterto-
sclersis."
Mrs. Sherman boro up hraveiv
under the shock of her husband's
death, ah also did the other mem-
bers of the family. Although it whs
stated at the house- that the liope-
U'SBni'ij/i of Mr. Sherman's fight
against death bad been realized since
Friday, the blow nevertheless was[
a crushing one.
A few of the intimate friends of
the family called toniglit to express
tlieir sympathy, among E.em Dr.
A. H. Holden, pastor of Christ Re-
form Church, where the Shermans
worship. _____
Soon after the vice president's
The mayor or,o r :l that tin* flags
on all city buildings should lie plac-
ed at half-mast mu' suggesti
a similar coi'i-e in* followed
all other flags in I’tiea.
at
with
J \MES s. SHERMAN.
Heail
B'ograpliienl Sketili of tin*
’ N ice Pi e-iih*nt.
Japii’s iSchooli-ialt Sherman, who
v as elected * ice president of the
I nited States In I rug. on the ticket
headed by Win. II. Taft, was born in
i'tiea, X. Y., ni-iolic.r 21. 187,5. He
v as the son of fleneral Ricliard
Updike Sh'ernmn and Mary Francis
Sherman. General Sherman was a
prominent citizen of I'tiea, wrs, ac-
tive in military affairs and held sev-
eral important slate positions. Mr.
Sherman's mother, came of an old
Vermont family
Mr. (Sherman attended the public
schools of I'tiea and Wliltestown
Seminary. Afterward lie entered
Hamilton college from which he
graduated in 1S7S Then he took
UP title study of law and was ad-
mitted to tlie liar of New York state
In 1S8D. He had excelled as an
orator dtirjng Ills college days and
was often called upon to deliver ad-
dfesses on public occasions. It \yas
as an orator that lie finally drifted
into politics. He entered tlie law
bon iraining in parliamentary prTjc-
tirc ami was of ten called upon tents
pi-rarily in fill the speaker's ehair.V
lie "as an important factor in all
!<••-iiiiati\i- matters *in the lower
1> i a lull nt i.'iugriss ami. during his
last term was chairman of the com-
mittee nn Indian affairs and.a mem-
ber 111*1111' eoniinittee on rules and
of (he committee on interstate and
foreign i-omniorce. lie was one
of I in* "Big Five" in Hie house and
v as considered one of the most in-
HuciitiaI members. lie was ever
a staiiiicli. sunporter of Speaker
Camion.
V hen Mr. Sherman was boomed
(or Hie vice presidency in the sum-
mer of t '.ms, if was not the first
time that tie had been mentioned
for that office. in I IBM) when he
was permanent chairman of the
New York state convention, he was
-for a number of days a close rival
of Theodore Roosevelt. The late
Mark Hanna at one time regarded
favorably the suggestion that Mr,"
rib min an tie the vice presideniisfl
candidate.
Mr, Sherman showed extraordin-
ary ability as a leader of political
campaigns. During the many years
while lie was chairman of tlie repub-
lican congressional eommiUear he
led with success some of tin* hardest,
fights for a republican majo-ity.
When Speaker Reed resigned Mr.
•Sherman became one of the1 candi-
dates Cor that office, Hut his friends
did ndl have time enough to obtain
rt sufficient number of pledges and
David B. Henderson of Iffwa, was
elected. v !
President McKinloy named Mr.
PlUrman as one of the appraisers
of) the port of New York, but Mr.
L. F. ELY & SONS
well tiiincu
— Farm iiud Rani-n.
SELECT SEED CORN EARLY.
v,o.
instantly. Little tablets easy
swallow, absolutely harmless—aOo.
For sale by Lankford-Keith Dgtif
< Advertisement.)
Many
Plan.
Advantages In This
Keep Close to Type.
One of tlie main reusnns why seed |
corn should be selected early Is to be
reasonably sure it will grow ttie fol-
lowing year when planted, says a Min-
nesota bulletin.
Early selected seed corn Is tlie corn
that usually gives Hie best stand
tYllhnilt a gillMI stand It Is Impossible
SUMMERHILL’S Eft,
For Moving,
Hauling, Storing
N'rw Phone 7J7
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NOTICE:
TO OUR I III ENDS AND (ISTO.MERS:
<>n November first, m* will open a new store at __
Miintgomei-y street, first door noi'lli of the old i'•ilyMFlttlftS
known as Embry »V Son, and will handle a full line *
Feed ami General Merchandise. We have instn\|||j0 (OUSTS
to-date fixtures and will l«> ready to furnish ye
new.stock on the I'irst of November, C.
Tluinkfui for past palronage, we liopr ks
of your future business, which will have •
attention. Fall Old Rhone 0 or New !’•
and close prices.
Yours re you bite into
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