The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 2, Ed. 1, Friday, August 14, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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BARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY.
PReS MUSICAL NO BELL COUNTY
AT TABERNACLE FAIR THIS YEAR
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cats of BorUett can bo .served S" hoday L "due ?o
hy community gatherings n thfl fact that suihQ dfj
FREE HOME TALENT could not be obtained the Cen-
MUSICAL AND SPECIALTY tral Texas fair will not be held
nmimim 1in& hnwi sirrnnirorl. tihiB fall. The announcement
Tills program is to bo given at was nuuloby s. F. Clark county
the Tabernacle at 8 o'clock Fri- buw " mumncr oi xne ooaru
Georgetown Aug. 12. S. T.
Atkins 70 years of age a pio-
neer' resident of this city who
was engaged m tne lurnituro
business died about noon today
from either a stroke of apo-
plexy or heat prostration.
Mr. Atkins was engajred in
-mm - . i.ict ltnrvii i r m ibrt m 4 & r & n
day evening August 2lst. ?t directors of the f a r assoca-1 ; ?rj2uF&
TiNrnM-KN M T7n.M4.i. -i Lion wiid nnciarnn rnnr. nft. 7""r "r""' "-"" vv wv
surrounding country is invited1 fair association is not dead and
to come. tnat every effort will bo put
Neighbors let's conserve on forth to have tho fair net
expense by planning to come in year
groups and if gas isn't conven- When it became known to
iont a hay ride in the old wag- the fair officials that the Mid-
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vm will KWR. iUiymy JjUUU. JUHl ""J a1""""" wuiu uk u oci;ui.-
come. No collection no extra od for tho fair this fall efforts
expense; juBt "all work and no Wore 'begun to have the fair lo-
play makes Jack a dull bov." cated in Belton and plans were
Reporter. being made to that effect bufc
it later became known that the
GOODS STOLEN NEAR . Confederate park where it was
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KILLEEN RECOVERED planned to hold the fair would
.... I not bo available.
Sheriff Jicrhn Bigham and his Mr. Clark declared today that
doputies placed two Mexicans with the co-operation
ay that
of thefhd
; in jaill in Belton Monday on fariners and the business men
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charges of burglary following of Bell county the Central TeX- vitas stodu mmMC!
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merchandise in theeir possess- year.
ion on a farm where they were
working near Prairie Dell. SALADO MAN
xt.TIm.S00?8 wore stolen from DIES AT TEMPLE
the Wuiitnure store near Killeen ' '
Saturday night but was not) W. H. Barrett aged 44 years
ropartal until late Sunday tijed at hi8 residence 709 East
uijjiw. jriuMUMuiiy n vi vne Harton avenue. Tern no. nt 2;10
merchandise including a large O'clock Saturday afternoon 'af-
uuttuM.y uj. ciuuuiiK unu ury ter an illness of about a year.
. w xeuuvoreu. Ho ja Burvived by his
iiib nvKDnirmxTo m and eight children also his
"'"'"TrZnr.'Mlier H. W. Barrett of Sabv
u i do: one brother M. L. Barrett
tw iMinnn i Jof Salado and two sistres Mrs.
Henry Pruesse of Hare liad!T o p.vo nfpif nJ tw 1
tne misfortune of wrecking his
Chevrolet car Saturday nicrht.
Mr. Prusse -was going home
from church when hjis car; went
into some -loose dirtrcausing-ifc
to turn over into a ditch. For-
tunately Mr. Pruess iwas not in-
jured but his son Ollie and
Cullen Isaac received slight in-
juries but not serious one.
J. S. Riggins of Belton and Mrs.
J. W. Turner a Dallas.
Mr. Barrett was born in Bell
county near Salado and had liv-
ed in the county all his. life and
for the last seven years in
Temple.
After services at the family
home the body was taken to
Salado for (burial
in tho ibest of health talking to
cutsomers and friends.
He was seen to settle down
gently to the sidewalk and was
at once rusheldl to the hospital
but never .regained conscious-
ness and died before reaching
the hospital.
His wife and son who were
onroute to Alpine Texas were
at once communicated with
mg located at Fort Stockton
and funeral arrangements will
be made when they arrive prob-
ably tonight or early in the
morning.
e is survived by his wife
son Fletcher.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
At a late Hiour Wednesday
night the building and stock of
merchandise owned1 by Cub
Bur!ns was destroyed1 by fire.
Origin of fire unknown but it is
supposed that the store was
robbed and then set fire. Tho
estimated loss on building and
goods is $3500 partially coV'
ered by insurance.
dVATION ARMY BAN
TO BE HERE FRIDAY
The Tribune is requested by
Captain Geo. W. Thomas- to an-
nounce that the Salvation-Army
Musical Brigade composed of
some ten talented musicians
will give a concert on one of tihe
principal street corners of Bart-
lett this (Friday) morning at
j.u:au KyciocK. .Everybody m
Bartlett and vicinity cordially
Sunday hnqrning about 1:00
o'clock yie fire department was
called to tho residence near the
grammar achool building own-
ed by G. A. Lindemann and oc-
cupied by L. E. Lindemann and
family. The (building and1 con-
tents were destroyed and tho
adjoining residences ttf Mrs.
Wm. Heitman and Mrs. Ches-
ter Seale were badly damaged
also some of the contents.
None of tho occupants of tho
residences wore at home. Mr.
andJMrfl. Linld'emnnn were jn
Killeen and Mrs. Heitman and
Seale were spending tho night
with relatives. The loss on
residence and household goods
amounts to several hundred
dollars with partial insurance
TAYLOR TO HAVE
BIG RACING MEET
'in
Taylor Aug. 1 1. Through
the efforts of Lycurgus Nelson
a well known horseman of Tay-
pr a big twloi days' racing meet
een arranged for Taylor
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with the presence here of 12
of the best race horses on tilio
Southwestern circuit of Louis-
iana and Texas. Tho big event
will occur Wednesday a and
Thursday Aug. 26-27 onfNel-
son's private race track 'west oi"
his home place. The horses
included in the racing events
planned from the Louisiana
eguin Rico McKinney Mar-
and Tay' r are some of tha
best ana fastest racers in the
two states. '
NOTICE AUTO OWNERS
warn all concerned. J. E
invited to come and hear them. Condra Mayor.
Attention is called to those
who are operating cars with
only one light burning with the
request that they comply with
the law in this respect. It is
not only a violation of the law
but very dangerous and I here
by
OF 575000 FIRE
OWNER OF BARTLETT
OIL MILL DEAD
tions there
Temple Aug 12. Two down- J. D. Sugg aged 74 owner
town buildings were destroyed of tho Accidental Oil Mill hero
with a loss of $75000 by lire and also at Granger died in
early this morning. For two Ghickasha Okla. Tuesday nf-
hours before the flames were tor an extended illness. De-
brought under control pn entire ceased formerly resided in Kan
business block was threatenedil Angelo moving to Chickasha in
t iPi1? Wilcox andl Sliocovitchl! 1912 forming business connec-
uuuunifiD vau uutruyuu. jdoui
were landmarks in Temple.
Institutions damaged by the
firo were the Texas Publishing
Company Automobile Red Book
Publishing company Charles
KaaBe Grocery No. 1 Eagle
Bakery and a number of offices.
There is said to be about
$45000 insurance pn the property.
ere.r"
mr :
lie was buried at
ainesvuior Texas Thursday.
He was not married. Six heirs
among more than two score
nieces and nephews will inherit
the fortune estimated at $10-
000000. Mr. Sugg was a' na-
tive of Mississippi. Ho walked
from Missouri to Texas sixty-
two years ago. Arriving here
he sought small jobs to earn a
livinor. Soon ho nrmtTrtiilnfnfl
EORGETOWN MAN herd of a few cattle and this
ENDS HIS LIFE grew with the years until he be-
came one of the big cattle men
Georgetown Aug. 11. The of Texas and Oklahoma
body of H. G. Scdberry arrived He owned approximately 600-
at Georgetown from' California 1 000 acres of ranch land in Trinn
Monday morning and was met Reagan Sterling and Tom
by relatives and friends wlio
carried it to his late home a few
miles from this place. Funer-
al services were held at the
grave in the Berry's Creek Cem
etery Tuesdaw afternoon con
ducted by S
Georgetown.
Green counties much business
property and a gin in San Am
gelo Texas where he was vice
president in the Central Nation-
al Bank and a stockholder in
the First National Bank and
G. Thompson of i tho Wotol Growers Central Stor
age Company. At one time
Sedberry who took his own I Sugg .owned tho San Angelo
ilife in California a few days ! street railway now defunct
ago was a prosperous farmer! At Chickasha he was nresi-
of this section owning this own ' dent of the First National BanlC
farm and had also ossisted
some of his sons in acquiring
homes and farms recently. His
body was identified through
blanks from the Georgetown
First National Bank where hoi
had deposits. Ill health was
tho supposed cause of his rash
act. His wife and several sons
and daughters survive.
and owner of several business
buildings. Ho also had exten-
sive ranch audi live stock hold-
ings in Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
NOTICE FARMERS
WEIR WOMAN DIES
Weir Aug. 8. Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Joiner owners of tho
Weir Drug Co. and parents of
Mrs. Effie Labinski operator il
the Walburg-Weir telephone ex-
I will be with Mr. J. W. High- change were called to Ovalo
tower's gin this year and will be Taylor county to attend this fu-
gladl to see all my friends. nerai 0f Mrs. Joiner's sister
Philip Weiderspahn. Mrs. Ophelia Meadows.
We are offering a number of special values many of them can not be matched in Bell or Williamson Coun-
ties. Money is "tight" and we are making prices that will induce people to come 25 miles or more to spend
what money they have. Read every price carefully and note the saving.
We will ask that yovi bring the CASH and do not have items charged on this day.
Chiffon Hose
A real value in hose. High
class all pure silk chiffon.
Several colors; all sizes
Bleached Domestic
Pull 36in smooth starchless
good weight bleached do-
mestic. This grade retails at
not less than 20c; 6yds for
$1-00
TURKISH TOWELS
Bleached-heavy weight size 22x42 inches.
This is a real special and should appeal
to every housewife. You can buy them
on Trade's Day for only each
s 33c
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SUGAR! SUGAR!
We have a solid carload of the very finest
Pure cane Granulated sugar that we
are offering at prices quoted below. Spot
Cash Only.
100 Pound Sacks for only. .. $6.65
25 Pound Sacks for only $1 75
DUCK
Buy it now. The very best 8
oz. Brazos Valley Cotton duck
full weight smooth finish.
Our price. is only
21 c ' . ;
Brown Domestic
Full weight smooth finish
brown Sea Island Domestic.
Every yard is worth 20c our
price today is only 7 yds for
$1.00'
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 2, Ed. 1, Friday, August 14, 1925, newspaper, August 14, 1925; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76098/m1/1/: accessed April 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.