The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1920 Page: 4 of 16
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PAGE FOUR
JACRSBORO GAZETTE
Thursday, May 6, 1920
The Jacksboro Gazetteithe P*imary in Maryland and the:
primaries in Indiana and Califor-j
nia are not expected to put a dam- j
per on belligerent spirits.
Gazette established 1880
News established 1895
Consolidated Oct. 1, 1919
Published every Thursday by
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
Entered at the Postoffice at
jacksboro, Texas, as secondtclass
mail matter.
Subscription to The Gazette:
One year.............$1.50
Six months............75
Three months..........50
Extra copies, each......05
Telephone number, 71.
The- recent railroad strike and
a shortage of ears cost the Rio
Grande cabbage growers a million
j dollars in the loss of cabbage that
they were unable to ship to mar-
ket. This is only one instance of
a loss caused by strikes. There is
also widespread complaint among
the live stock raisers as well as
grain growers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Of Candidates subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party at
;hS primary July 24th, 1920.
For Representative of the 99th
District:
Herman T. McBrayer
For County Judge:'
John D. McComb
For County Attorney:
R. S. Blair
District Clerk:
H. M. Bunnell
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY TO
CELEBRATE DIAMOND
JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY
County Clerk:
Hattie E. Worley
B. H. Hale
^or County Treasurer:
W. B. Helton
Tax Assessor
E. W. Rankin
R. J. Jone\j
J. B. Martin
For Tax Collector:
O. S. McClurkin
M. D. Manning
A. D. Owens
For County Superintendent
Public Instruction:
H. W. Dobson
C. C. Bock
J. E. Terry
W. F. Middleton
Sam, J. Rogers
For Commissioner-
Precinct No. 1:
W. F. Porter
E. W. Whitaker.
M. V. Chowning
yptii i, !»«■»:
U. Freeman
Celebrating its seventy-fifth an-
niversary, Baylor University of
WTaeo, the oldest institution of
higher learning in Texas, is ex-
pecting more than 10,000 visitors
and former students to be in at-
tendance at its diamond anniver-
sary at Waco June 13 to 16, dur-
ing the commencement exercises.
Distinguished men from over the
United States will be present.
Bresident Woodrow Wilson has
appointed a personal representa-
tive to attend the jubilee. Post-
master General A. S. Burleson, an
alumnus of Baylor also will be
present. Among other prominent
visitors are expected Cato Sells,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
J. Hamilton Lewis, who was a
member of the Fifty-Fifth Con-
gress from the State of Washing-
ton, later removing to Chicago, he
was elected Senator from Illinois;
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,South,
and a group of poets including
Edwin Markham, Vachel Lind-
sey, William Butler Yeats and
Amy Lowelll. Presidents and rep-
resentatives of seventeen univer-
sities of ten States also are ex-
pected. Dr. George W. Truett of
Dallas will deliver the commence-
ment address, and Dr. George W.
j McDaniel will preach the bacea-
! laureate sermon.
Honorary degrees will be con-
j ferred on the distinguished
! guests. As a part of the celebra-
jtion,; Baylor had William Howard
(Taft, former President of the Uni-
ted States, as a guest of honor last
Tuesday. The. degree of Doctor of
I AN STILL AT THE OLD STAND
AND HAVE LEASED THE BUILDING FOR FIVE YEARS LONGER.
WE HAVE THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF JEWELRY
ever brought to Jacksboro. Come and see it. If we treat you right, tell your
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friends; if we treat you wrong, come tell us.
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED
We have two Standard makes of Phonographs, as good as the best; and are agents
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for Pathe, and Columbia Records.
Our Cameras are first class and we have plenty of Films for most all Kodaks.
EYES TESTED AND GLASSES FITTED
As Ever,
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ROBT.
AUSTIN
Judge R. E. B. Baylor, for whom [hill, drawing around him all that
is beautiful and good.
m
Precinct No. 3:
J. A. Raley
jfjltei&ct No. 4;
L. W. Scott
J. D. Gillespie
the college was named; the Rev.
W. M. Tryon and the Rev. James ~
Huckins, when it was finally de- 1 a 0n
termined to establish the institu-
tion, there was spirited bidding
for the location among several
towns. The old town of independ-
ence was selected as the place, and
the university was established
there. Later, in 1886, it was mov-
ed to Waco and consolidated with
the old Waco University, under
the corporate name of Baylor Uni-
versity, under the corporate name
of Baylor University of Waco.
From the small beginnings, Bay-
lor has- grown to an institution
with the enrollment joi 1,300 stu-
dents, in its different departments.
A new dormitory for men, costing
$250,000 is being ereeted, and will
be ready for occupancy, it is hop-
ed, by the opening of the fall term.
Baylor is to receive $1,500,000 j
from the.Baptist $75,000,000 cam-
paign. Baylor at Waco will re-
ceive $1,000,000 and the depart-
ments at Dallas will receive $500,-
000. This will be used for the j
Laws was conferred upon him by | erection of other buildings,
the university. jfor more equipment. The present!
As a part of the diamond jubi- j library of the university has 40,-i ^ . ,
lee, Bach’s masterpiece, “St,. 000 volumes, with 15,000 Govern-j^ the Court House thereof, m;1919.
200 maga
on Application for Pro-
bate of Will.
No. 849.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Jack County, Greeting:
You. are Hereby Commanded to
cause to be published once each
week for a period of ten days be-
fore the return day hereof, in a
newspaper of general circulation,
which has been continuously and
regularly published for a period
of not less than one year in said
Jack County, a copy of the fol-
lowing notice:
The State of Texas
To all persons interested in the
Estate of E. A. Swan, deceased,
Elizabeth Swan has filed in the
County Court of Jack County, an
application for the Probate of the
last Will and Testament of said
.E. A. Swan, deceased, filed with
jsaid application, and for Letters
Testamentary which will be heard
Court, commencing on the First
Monday in June A. D. 1920, the
same being the 7th day of June
A. D. 1920, at the Court House
thereof, in Jacksboro, at which
time all persons interested in the
welfare of said Minors, may ap-
pear and contest said application,
if they see proper to do so..
Herein Fail Not, but have you
before said Court, on the said first
day of the next term thereof, this
Writ, with your return thereon,
showing how you have executed
the same.
(SEAL) Given under my hand
and the seal of said Court, at office
in Jacksboro, this the 4th day of
May A. D. 1920.
Haftie E. Worley,
NOTICE.
Judge T. F. Horton is authoriz-
ed to solicit subscriptions for the
Gazette. He will visit each com-
munity in the county. If you wish
to subscribe for The Gazette
Judge Horton will be 1 glad to
take your subscription.
„ , J. N. Rogers & Co.
Barbecue and Picnic in Memory of
Indian Fight.
.The Gazette is authorized to an-
nounce that there will be a barbe-
cue and speaking held in the Ap-
pleburg pasture about five miles
north of Jean, on Sunday, May 16.
This will be in commemoration of
an Indian battle fought at this
(5-13)
Clerk County Court pIace May 16’ 1869 5 also’ ™ honor
Jack County, Texas’ of Mr* Wra* C' Kutch who 18 the
only survivor of the battle.
Cost of Living in Fourteen Cities
More Than Doubled.
Washington, May 3.—ha a table
of figures made public, yesterday
the bureau of statistics of the De-
partment of Labor gives details of
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot roach
tho diseased portion of the car. There la
euro Catarrhal Deafness,
a constitutional remedy.
at the next term of said Court,
a^'eommeneing on the First Monday the increased cost of living for
in June A. D. 1920, the same be-; fourteen American cities since De-
ing the 7th day of June A. D. 1920: cember, 1919, up to December
Bach’s
j Matthew’s Passion,” is to be pre
isented This will be the first time
ment documents and
zincs. The famous
at the Court House thereof,
lacksboro, at which time all per-
painting
by his
;college or university has ever at- hangs in the library at Waco,
years of Congres- tempted to render this oratorio.!
I in the history of the South that a i Browning, pa&ited
son
mM: After forty
sional discussion of the' advantag- [Under the direction of Baylor’s j
€» of a budget system the Senate art department a massed eho-;
and House, has, each, passed a hill TOS of 500 voices is being trained
A Parable on Books.
Ada
May Cromwell, in Hol-
adopting the system, and although for the presentation of the orato- land’s: A house without books,
the bills differ materially it is ex- Co of the music world. An or- j wherejunto shall I liken it? It is
peefed that the differences will be^chestra of fifty pieces will furnish like an empty bird’s nest, so emp-
easily adjusted without much de-jthe aecompanirAent. The light op- tv and forlorn,
lay. The bill provides for a com- ara, Pinafore, will be given in con- j Jt is like a tree without rqots
missioner, and the head of each nection with the spring festival of an(| can n0f grow. It is like a
department is required to study, inusic. . spent arrow, inert, dead. It is
analyze and revise his*budget esti-, A mammoth arbor, seating 10,-[like a hermit shut in from all the
i mates before they are finally sub- 000 people, similar to the typical best the world holds.
mitted to the commissioner. This Texas arbor, will be constructed. But the house where books and
is in order to fix the responsibility and a number of the exercises of books have overflowed from the
upon the department heads for the the jubilee will be held there. shelves and in riotous disregard!
financial demands which they The most dramatic features of for order lie on the table and win- No. 848.
propose to make upon the treasu- the program and close- ups of the dow sill; where a little volume of| THE STATE OF TEXAS
ry. On or before Oct. 1, each year, distinguished men and women verse, maybe, peeps from the To the Sheriff or any Constable of
liPltBM t,f paph deP«rtment and present will be photographed and work basket, and one of essays is Jack County, Greeting
You are Hereby Commanded to
sons interested in said Estate may
i appear and contest said applica-
tion, should they desire to do so.
Herein Fail Not, but have you
before said Court on the said first
day of the next term thereof this
Writ, ivith your return thereon,
showing how you have executed
the same.
(SEAL) Given under my hand
and the seal of said Court, at of-
fice in Jacksboro this the 4th day
of May A. D. 1920.
Hattie E- Worley,
Cl^rk County Court,
(5-13) Jack County, Texas.
Chicago’s percentage of in-
crease is given at 100.61 per cent.
Subscribe for The Gazette
only on* way to cur* Catarrhal Deafness,
and that it by a constitutional remedy.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE acta
through the Blood on the Mucou* Surfaces
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness la
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it ia entirely closed. Deafness is the
result. Unless the inflammation can be re-
duced and this tuba restored to its nor-
mal condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness an
caused by Catarrh, which is an inflamef
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for an*
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALL’S CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
T. J. Cheney St Co., Toledo. Ohio.
Citation on Application for Letters
Guardianship.
establishment is required to sub- shown in motion pictures all over on the arm of the chair, and a blue
mit to the commissioner of the the United States. A number of backed volume of fairy tales di-
f
mt
^m# ^ f „ cause to be published once each
budget “bis final revised budget newspaper men will be present.jvides space with the wooly sheep week for a period of ten days be-
eatimates for the ensuing fiscal The details of the events will be on wheels; where somebody fere the return day hereof, in a
The heads of the depart-j recorded in permanent book form, comes in triumphantly bearing a newspaper of general circulation,
merits are further required, when The grounds of the university are musty old leather-bound volume which has been continuously and
their budget estimates are in ex- being improved under the diree- and displays to the family his last regularly published for a period
cess of existing appropriations or tion of a landscape artist. jrare find, picked up> at auction, of not less than one year in said
when they are entirely new, to set, Baylor University had its birth and the family all beam and con- Jack County, a copy of the fol-
b in detail the reasons by while Texas was an independent.gratulate the hero and the old lowing notice:
ans of a note. nation of the world. The charter book itself seems fairly to wag its The State of Texas
*- was granted by the Republic and tail as it rests on the crowded ta-‘ To All Persons Interested in the
the turbulent congress signed by President Anson Jones, ble—whereunto shall I liken such Welfare of Floyd F. Bennett, Ve-
il did nothing that should Feb. 1, 1845. Leading up to the a home? ra L. Bennett, Lim Bennett. Vcn-
been done> the report from founding of the institution, there j It is like a flock of full-fledged noy L. Bennett, minors, C. R.
gton is now that a row had been an organization known birds on swift pinions flying out. Blount has filed in the County
in every respect, to that as the Texas Baptist Education It is like a tree in rich fruitage. Court of Jack County, an applica-
*h disrupted the Republican Society, whfch was organized in It is like a twanging arrow aim- tion for Letters of Guardianship
in 1912 is written in the 1841. The leaders of the move-,ed high for the mark. upon the Estate of said Minors,
for Chicago, on or about ment to obtain an institution of Tt is like a great prophet who which said application will be
2, according to the results of higher education for Texas were dwells in a white palace set on a heard at the next term of said
REGISTERED
Hsrerford Cattle
FOR SALE
6 Two-year-old Bulls, per head.......$175.00
5 Two-year-old Bred Heifers, per head.$175.00
8 Yearling Bulls, per head...........$135.0^
2 Yearling Heifers, .per head..........$125.00
We will have about 30 fine calves for sale
this fall, priced down right. j
We also have for sale 160 head of Extra
High Grade White Faced Yearling Heifers at
$50.00 per head.
Shucknall Carlos 656826, by Imported Shuck-
nail Monarch and Fairfax Lad 1st, 621577, both
prize winners, are at the head of our herd of
good breeding cows, and their calves show their
oreeding qualities. Would be glad to show you
the cattle at any time.
SoRelle-Busby
3 Miles N. W. Megargel, Tex. Box 71, Archer Co.
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The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1920, newspaper, May 6, 1920; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730457/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.