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VOLUME 14
YOAKUM, TEXAS: DeWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES, JULY 16, 1910.
NUMBER 46
T. M. O’CONNOR PASSES AWAY
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Victoria Millionaire Succumbs to
Complication of Diseases at
the Hospital.
T. M, O’Connor died to-day on
the twenty-seventh anniversary
of hia wedding. This afternoon
the bells are tolling, telling of
death, as, 27 years ago, they
rang out to tell of a wedding.
Mrs. O’Connor, walking then to
the alter with him as a bride,
today was by his side when the
final dissolution came.
At 10:54 o'clock this morning
at Santa Rosa infirmary, T. M.
O’Connor passed away. Since
last May he has been sick. Re-
cently, the case took an acute
turn and his death was expected
to occur in a short time. But he
rallied and grew better. Yes-
terday evening a turn for the
worse came and this morning
his spirit passed away. Besides
Mrs. O'Connor, his sons and
daughters and other relatives
were present when the end
came.
Death was due to a complica-
tion of bladder and cancer trouble
followed an operation for that
trouble on May 20. Previous to
reaching San Antonio, Mr.
O'Conner had traveled in the
north in search of health and re-
lief from his trouble and finally
came to San Antonio. Physi-
cians and surgeons of Chicago
and other large cities of the east
advised Mr. O’Connor against an
operation, but on arrival here he
insisted that it be performed.
In operating for the bladder
trouble, the physicians discov-
ered that the patient was also
suffering with cancer and as it
was deep-seated, his case was
pronounced hopeless. He rallied,
however, after the operation and
continued to improve for a few
weeks, when his condition took
a turn for the worse.
For a period of ten days the
life of Mr. O’Connor hung by a
thread and his depth was mo-
mentarily expected. The attend-
ing physicians said that the pa-
tient would die and even the
members of the family gave up
all hope.
At the end of the ten days the
patient again began to rally and
up to Sunday morning at 10
o’clock it was thought that Mr.
O’Connor would be able to leave
for his home the earlier part of
the present week. At the latter
hour yesterday the patient com-
plained again and was obliged to
go to bed. From that time on
he began to grow worse and all
during last night his condition
was regarded to be critical. The
members of his family were
summoned to the bedside and
remained with him until death
relieved his suffering this morn-
ing.
Thomas M. O’Connor was a
native of Victoria, and at the
time of his death was 51 years
old. He had extensive banking
interests in Victoria and vicinity
and was the owner of large
tracts of land in that section of
Texas. Port O’Connor was
named for him and he was one
of the best known business men
in the state of Texas. With his
banking and land holdings, Mr.
O’Connor also had large cattle
interests on the coast and it is
estimated that he was worth at
least $10,000,000.
The body was taken to the
Zizik Undertaking company
morgue after death where it was
prepared for burial. It will be
placed aboard of a special train
on the Southern Pacific this
evening at 6 o’clock and will be
taken to his home at Victoria.
It will be accompanied by the
immediate members of the fam-
ily. The funeral will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock
from the O’Connor home at Vic-
toria and interment will be in
the family lot at that place.—
San Antonio Light-Gazette.
NEW STOCK LAW UPHELD.
Flatonio, Tex., July 12.—In
the justice court here yesterday
two cases were tried, the defen-
dants being violators of the re-
cently passed stock law. The
law was upheld and both were
found guilty. The cases were
appealed to the county court at
LaGrange. Hon. C. E. Lane
represented the defendants and
Hon. S. C. Lowrey, county at-
torney, the state.
INITIAL OPENING.
The initial opening of moving
pictures at the Royal Monday
night was the occasion of an
outpouring of the lovers of that
kind of entertainments. The
management from now on will
endeavor to cater to the public
by giving them the very best
pictures that can be obtained,
and that they will be clean and
up-to-date goes without saying.
Besides the picture program,
Prof. Sloma’s celebrated or-
chestra has been engaged to fur-
nish music each night, with the
exception of Thursday nights,
which has been reserved for the
regular dance given under the
auspices of Prof. Sloma’s or-
chestra. This moving picture
business is here to stay, pro-
vided the patronage will justify
the expense, which is quite
heavy on the management.
Ladies, unattended, will receive
courteous treatment at the hands
of the ushers and all connected
with the Royal. Those attend-
ing Monday night were highly
pleased with the pictures shown,
and many were the bouquets
thrown to the managers for the
night’s pleasure.
AN INFORMAL EVENING.
Miss Lula Pitts of Hillsboro,
who left for her home Tuesday,
after a four week’s attendance
at the Summer Normal, was
Monday night the honor guest
of an informal gathering of a
few intimate friends. The hos-
tesses were Mrs. P. A. Wood
and Miss Laura Allen, who had
bade these close friends in addi-
tion to the honor guest, to enjoy
a few hours of social converse.
The event, so informal, yet so
delightful, formed a truly ideal
finale to the compliments show-
ered upon Miss Pitts during her
sojourn here, and gave opportu-
nity to her to enjoy an informal
social hour with the hostess and
the friends participating prior to
her return to her home at Hills-
boro. Light refreshments were
served.
HALLETSVILLE NOTES.
Halletsville, Texas, July 8.—
Wm. J. Miller, the efficient post-
master here, was one of the first
to file with the Postmaster Gen-
eral an application asking that
Halletsville be designated as one
of the post offices which should
be authorized to receive postal
savings deposits under the re-
cently passed act.
Today the county collector and
the county clerk did a rushing
business. Thirty eight liquor
licenses were issued.
ICE CREAM CONES SEIZED,
New York, July 11—More
than 4,500,000 ice cream cones
were seized today by United
States Marshal Henkel as a part
of the campaign being waged by
the government under the pure
food act.
It is alleged that the cones con-
tains boric acid and are injurious
to health.
The seizure is the second with-
in a few days and made on the
pier of the Southern Pacific rail-
way. The cones were being
shipped to Galveston, Texas, by
the Consolidated Wafer companv
of this city.
Bob Barker, who is well known
in Yoakum, and by the way is a
candidate for State Comptroller,
at the July primary, spent Tues-
day in the city in the interest of
his candidacy. Mr. Barker is
a plain spoken man and one that
makes friends wherever he goes.
While in the city the editor had
the pleasure of a few moments
chat with the gentleman.
BADLY HURT.
A badly frightened horse Fri-
day morning about 8 o'clock
came near causing the death of
Will P. Carroll, proprietor of a
meat market on Grand Avenue
near Front street. As it is, Mr.
Carroll is under the care of
physicians on account of his left
leg between the knee and ankle
being broken, the bones pro-
truding through the skin. It
seems that Carroll, accompanied
by a negro boy, left the
butcher shop some time between
7 and 7:30 of Friday morning in
his buggy to go to the McQuil-
lian slaughter house to see about
preparing meat for his market
that day. In going down a hill
some 150 or 200 yards from the
slaughter pen, the horse being
driven to the buggy became
frightened and endeavored to
run away. At first Carroll had
control of his animal and could
have managed the horse had the
negro boy remained quiet. Too
scared to have aay sense, the
negro jumped from the buggy
carrying with him the left hand
line, leaving Carroll with only
one line to manage the greatly
frightened horse; but the buggy
at every clip would hit the hind
heels of the animal and caused
him to go faster. Seeing that
nothing could be done toward
stopping the mad run of the
brute, and having some fear of
his life, Carroll made a leap for
the ground and landed all right
with the exception of the mishap
mentioned in the beginning of
this article. He struck the
ground with such force as to
break two bones in his left leg,
the same protruding through
the flesh and skin. The unfortu-
nate young man was picked up
and immediately brought back
to town and taken to the Wey-
mouth drug store, where Drs.
Brown and Schwab were soon at
the side of the sufferer to render
all possible aid in their power.
After a careful examination of
the broken limb, the verdict of
the doctors was, after the broken
leg had been set, that the
young man would do all right,
and that should no complications
arise on account of the warm
weather, no serious results are
looked for.
ADDRESS TO NORMAL STUDENTS.
At the High school building
Tuesday morning the students of
the Summer Normal were highly
entertained by W. T. Brian,
cashier of the Yoakum National
bank, with an address on the
“Elementary Principles of Bank-
ing.” Mr. Brian is quite an en-
thusiast o* the subject of finance
and banking, and his address of
Tuesday showed him to be no
novice in the business of banking
and all its fundamental prin-
ciples ; to talk cn anything con-
nected with the banking world is
one of Mr. Brian’s great hobbies.
The address was delivered in a
manner calculated to impress up-
on the minds of his hearers that
the subject of banking is one
that should be impressed strongl y
upon the minds of the pupils of
our public schools. That the ad-
dress was highly appreciative,
was evidenced by the pleasing
comments heard on all sides. It’s
a great pleasure to listen to Mr.
Brian talk on any subject, no
matter what the theme may be.
SAN ANTONIO HAS A
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
San Antonio, Texas, July 11.
POPULAR PRICE EXCURSION
TO PORT O’CONNOR.
The Sap, in connection with
— Awakened from her slumber!^.1® M. & b. A. and Browns-
of 50 hours Miss Koxv Gerhard v,l.le road- wil1 run a P°Pular
of this city, applicant for a!P"™ excursion to Port O'Connor
teacher’s certificate in the sum-!®aada^’ da ^ a through
mer normal here, is apparently i ?,rain ma't>ng the run from
as well as she was before she: Fiatoma. and leaving \oakum at
dropped into the cataleptic state. m. 'he returning
Local News
Adolph Liebe of Rockdale who
has been visiting his Uncle Alec
Stoermerleft Friday for a visit to
Flatonia.
Mrs. R. Winfree of Schulen-
burg returned to her home Wed-
nesday after an extended visit
in the city.
Mrs. R. A. Wagner and little
What brought about this condi-1 lhat niKht- The rate for t^e! daughter, Ola, have returned
tion has not yet been learned,! frnm Yoakum will be f,.orn a several weeks’ visit to
for Miss Gerhard was always in
good health, and it was on last
Wednesday when she returned
home from the examination in
the normal that she spoke of
feeling fatigued and lay down
for a nap. It was this nap that
resulted in the slumber from
which it became impossible to
arouse her. A peculiar feature
is that she at times took nourish-
ment and spoke with those
around her, but she was unable
to control herself so as to arise
and resume a state of wakeful-
ness. Miss Gerhard is only 19
years of age, and it is believed
her condition was brought about
by overstudy in her eagerness to
pass a successful examination.
HEAT LAYS ELKS LOW.
Detroit, Mich., July 11.—What
is said to be the biggest annual
reunion in the history of the
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks got fully under way to-
day with hundreds of additional
delegations still arriving.
Tonight marked the formal
opening of the grand lodge at
the Lyceum Theatre. Senator
Burrows of Michigan, Governor
Fred Warner and Mayor Philip
Breitmyer welcomed the dele-
gates in behalf of the state and
city.
Grand lodge officers were
guests of the Detroit Motor Boat
Club on a cruise during the day.
Atmospheric conditions failed
to harmonize with the good fel-
lowship of the Elks today, and
half a dozen of the antlered vis-
itors were overcome by heat.
None of the members is be-
lieved to have been seriously af-
fected.
Reports of the grand officers
will be read and the election of
officers taken up at the first of-
ficial session of the grand lodge
tomorrow. The present mem-
bership of the order is 331,288,
made up of 1,206 lodges. The
net increase in membership dur-
ing the year was 26,242, dispen-
sations having been issued to 36
new lodges. Only one lodge sur-
rendered its charter.
Brooklyn Lodge, No. 22, has
the largest membership—2,841.
New York is second with 2,745.
Pennsylvania is the leading state
in Elkdom, having a member-
ship of 27,288. New York is
second with 25,030. Since 1880
the order has spent in charity
the sum of $3,347,248.
The last fiscal year the total
expenditures of the grand lodge
amounted to 193,427.
The total assets of the grand
lodge amount to $296,790. The
per capita tax for the year
yielded $66,108 and the total
value of the Elks’ buildings
throughout the country is $17,-
799,282.
$2.75; good to return on the | Corpus Christi.
regular train next day, should
one desire to remain over. The
excursion is given on account of
the opening to the public of the
splendid new pavilion and pleas-
ure pier just completed at Port
O’Connor at a cost of $20,000.
This pavilion stands 600 feet out
in Matagorda Bay and is sur-
rounded by the finest bathing
grounds on the Texas coast.
Those who go will not only have
an opportunity to see what de-
velopment is taking place in the
coast country, but will get to see
the new town of Port O’Connor
with its beautiful shell streets,
cement walks, fine tourist hotel,
big pavilion and splendid beach.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN’S NOTICE
To the people of DeWitt county:
The democratic primaries are
less than twenty days off (Sat-
urday, July 23). Great questions
concerning the interest and the
sentiments of the people are to
be affected, possibly determined
by the result of that contest.
As there is virtually but one
party in Texas through which
the people act in the settlement
of policies and the selection of
men to carry out their ideas of
government it behooves all to
paiticipate in this contest who
can with consistence and good
conscience do so. With this end
in view a very liberal policy was
pursued by the executive com-
mittee of DeWitt county—noth-
ing being required of the voter
save what is made mandatory
by the law. So if you want to
be a factor in choosing the men
and settling the public questions
now up for determination by the
people and can meet the test
that the law imposes we cordi-
ally invite you to join with us in
the battle of the ballots on the
23rd inst.
II. W. Wallace,
Chairman Democratic Committee
DeWitt County.
J. E. Lander has just pur-
chased a splendid automobile, a
Rambler of the latest make, con-
taining all modern accessories,
one of the very finest cars in
town in design and finish. This
adds another elegant car to Yoa
kum’s already large lot of up-to
date machines. Next!
Last Friday morning the stu-
dents of the Summer Normal were
given a royal feast ef water-
melons by the faculty, which was
highly enjoyed by all. It is said
that something near 100 melons
were devoured by the melen-lov-
ing students. Our Prof. Peter-
son was master of ceremonies,
and they say it kept him on the
“hump” to cut the melons fast
enough. A lady student from the
town, H-o, earned the prize
r.nnn cuAwivr
uvvi/ uiiv tv mu«
Edward Arnold, Chief Clerk
Railway Mail service, with head-
quarters at San Antonio, ar-
rived In the city Tuesday and
examined the Waco and Yoakum
clerks with the following result:
Silas Rutherford, offices
handled 1,020; time 29 minutes;
grade per cent 99.71.
Chester C. Tribble, offices
handled, 929; time 31 minutes;
minutes; grade per cent. 99.46.
John O. Barnett, offices han-
dled 929; time 46 minutes; grade
per cent 99.46,
REASONABLE, VERY.
The Times is asked to announce
that hereafter all persons using
water in the City Cemetery must
pay to F. M. Tatum the sum of
60cts. a year for use of same.
C. Pich, from Fort Worth, is
here looking after his property
interests, and shaking lands
with his many friends.
Mrs. Jack Boothe and Miss
Addie Hoch, left Wednesday for
a visit to the family of Dr. W.
II. O’Banion at Lockhart.
Mrs. Ida Voight and son, Miss
Alma Eismann and II. rlhiele of
New Braunsfels are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Thiele.
Mrs. T. R. Trigg and daughter,
Mrs. M. O. Flowers, and littie
son, John Trigg, of Lockhart are
the guests of Mrs. H. E. Lancas-
ter.
Mrs. Joe Geistmann, of Bur-
lington, and Mrs. Aug. Boening
of Thorndale arrived in the city
Saturday on a visit to relatives
and friends.
The editor was presented last
Saturday with a 41-2-pound
squash, a product of the garden
of Mrs. H. Mylius on Grand
Avenue. Many thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. I lam pus Roos,
who have been registered at
Fairfield Inn, Mineral Wells,
have returned home much bene-
fitted by their trip.
Mrs. Avery Carnes and little
babe have returned to their
home at Shiner after a pleasant
visit in the city, the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Carnes.
Bob Nash who left here to ac-
cept a position with L. F. Haller
at Victoria is again with the Dee3
Mercantile Co. Bob says Yoak-
um is good enough for him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kirchnoff
left Tuesday for New York,
where Mr. Kirchholf will attend
to important business. They
will be away three or four
weeks.
Dr. C. M. Hoch. who has been
in the northern part of the state
prospecting, arrived in the city
Tuesday. The Doctor says that
this part of the country looks
good to him.
Bob Roos and family and Miss
Belle Green leave to-day for
Port O’Connor where they will
spend some time on a pleasure
trip. The trip will be made in
Mr. Roos’ auto.
The democratic executive com-
mittee of Lavaca county met at
Halletsville Tuesday afternoon
and completed final arrangements
for the official ballot for the pri-
mary on the 23rd of July.
To remove an ink stain from a
colored waist put the stained
part into sweet milk and let it
remain until the milk sours.
Hang the waist up and let it dry.
Then brush off the dried milk and
rinse with cold water.
Will Carroll who happened to a
very painful accident a few days
ago by having his leg broken, we
are pleased to state is doing nice-
ly and his attending physcian
says he will have him out on
crutches in a few days.
P. A. Wood, (Uncle Phil) who
has been rambling through the
State of Tennessee for the past
four weeks, looking up his rela-
tives and friends, arrived home
yesterday much to the delight of
his family and friends. Phil
will be kept busy for a month
Tho- failing to pay wiU be cut, aigtthj
the delightful time he had.
for masticating the most melons, rent of 50cts.
off from the water privilege.
Fifty-cents a year is a mere
bagatelle, and no one having a
conscience will refuse to pay it.
Mr. Tatum has been at some
expense (gratuitous) in keeping
the windmill in repair, and now
he thinks the people using water
in the cemetery should “come a-
cross” promptly with the water
The remains of Hermann Helm-
.camp, whose death occurred at
6 o’clock Sunday morning at the
home of his brother-in-law, C.R.
Stienmann of this city, were
shipped Sunday at noon to La-
Grange for interment. Deceased
was 42 years of age, and leaves
one son to mourn his loss. Causf
of death! dropsy.
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Lindenberg, H. A. Yoakum Weekly Times. (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 16, 1910, newspaper, July 16, 1910; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758860/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.