The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, November 13, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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TAYLOR BOUND BUS
ACCIDENT IN AUSTIN
Austin Nov. 10. Miss Angiu
Prewitt of Austin teacher in the
Hutto public school lies in a
critical condition at Seton in-
jirmary and three men fellow
passengers of Miss Prewitt in a
Taylor-bound Red Ball bus arc
BARTLETT PURCHASES
NEW FIRE ENGINE.
The city council at its last
meeting ordered a model No. 65
a Franco- triple combination
hemical hose and pumper fire
ruck of 400 gallons per minuto
apacity for February delivery
it a cost of S8750. When this
nursincr severe bruises resulting machine is properly installed it
from a collision of the bus with will produce a substantial l'e-
another automobile at 88th andjduction in the key rate of Bark
Speedway at 7 o'clock Monday lett amounting to somewhere
omrning. I between .4 an 10 cents.
Miss Prewitt was brought tB-lircouiicH mem'?drs c6Hr
the infirmary where medical' template going to Austin at an
attention was immediately giv- early date and conferring with
on. ' She is Buffering from a tho commissioner of insurance
fractured pelvis bone and six d lay before some other con-
broken ribs which she sustained templnted improvements and
when the bus was struck in tho 1"" l J him just how
rear by another car coming much certain improvement will
south on Speedway. The bus save the people of Bartlett and
was overturned and hurled into can therefore determine if it
the ditch in the impact. Miss will be good business to put them
Prewitt was seated on the front in at " tl when money is
seat at the time of the collision. scarci and every department de-
ATi'hc Pnuvifct.'H fioiultlinn was mandmg mere of it.
pronounced critical by her" at-f--
JOHN LEWELLEN GlVEN
25 YEARS FOR MURDER
BODIES OF DROWNED
NEGROES RECOVERED
tending physician but hope is
held out fjp her recovery he
REVIVAL MEETING
CLOSED HERE SUNDAY
Belton Nov. 9. -After delib
erating over three hours a jury
hi district court returned a ver-
dikt of guilty of murder against
Jdhn W. Lowellen a Temple
filmier assessing his punish-
ent at 25 years in the penitcn-
aiy. The trial consumed all of
he past week. Lewellen was
ried for the death of John L.
urovec a Temple restaurant
keeper shot to death in Temple
in November 1920. It was
nearly live years to a day from
the shooting that Lewellen was
adjudged guilty for the third
time. In the first trial he re-
ceived a fifty years sentence
which tho higher court reversed.
In his second trial the judge
granted a new trial after the
jury had found him guilty and
assessed his punishment at
seven years in tho penitentiary.
His attorneys indicated thoj
would file a motion for a new
trial.
CAR TURNS OVER;
TWO INJURED
stated
J O. Hospital traveling sales-
man for the Shaplcigh Hard-
ware company of St. Louis was
nursing a badly bruised should-
er which he received when the
car fell ori him. J. B. Knight
1341 West Lynn and S. H. Mat-
thews 411 East 38th street
were also injured in the collis-
sion but their injuries were on-
ly bruises according to a ihy j
Tim fnm Tin ssnti rnra in Hiiv""'
bus were bound for Taylor Bart
Rev. G. A. Dunn an eloquent
minister of the Church of
Chi'ist from Dalbi" closed a re-
vival meeting here Sunday night
with two confessions and two
idditions to the church. All
luring the meeting the weathen
vas so bad that only a few oil
he members of the church
:ould attend those in town andl
;hose on good roads: The mem"
bers oi the chur
HOLDUP NEAR HOLLAND;
NEGROES JAILED
were so fav-
impressed with Rev.
Dunn that they have called him
lett and other point snorth of J the Prorate of the church
Austin and had left tho Red Ball for .tw? Sundays in the month
bus station at 7 o'clock. Miss beginning some time in De-
Prevvitt 'was on her" way to Hut- c?mDer.
to where she teaches school and
Mr. Hospital had planned to call at 38th street when the rear of
on the hardware men or Taylor the car war struck by tho car
The bus driver according to driven by R. F. Jones 4300
the story told b.v Mr. Hospital. Speedway. Jimmie and Lawr-
was on his way to pick up an- ence sons of Mr. Jones were
other passenger living on 38th with him in his car but were
street and was preparing to turn not hurt.
Belton Nov. 11. Three ne-
groes were placed in the Bell
county jail today iby Sheriff Jno.
Bigham on the charge of rob-
bery with firearms. They are
alleged' to have held up Reinhold
Gruening on the public road five
miles west of Holland Sunday
night and to have taken from
him $2.50.
Grcuning was said by officers
to have identified the negroes as
the ones who robbed him.
Taylor Nov. 9. The last of
tho five bodies of the negroes
drowned Fridny at Mankin's
Crossing on the San Gabriel riv-
or were found and identified
Sunday. The heavy rains in
this section caused tho water to
rise above Mankin's Crossing
where there were no approach-
es and a truck loaded with 12
negroes and two white men
missed the crossing and was
swept into the current.
A. C. Gidings.d river and P.
A. Arnold both white men es-
caped hy swimming to tho bank
as did tho seven remaining ne-
groes. But Shack Miller 52;
Annie Wings 42; Menu Wings
12; Nora Flemmings 34 and
Joe Ella Flemings 14 were
drowned. Early Saturday the
body of one of the girls was
tound later the bodies of the
two women. Late Saturday the
man and Sunday the girl's
body were located
Tho negroes were returning
to their home in Austin after
picking cotton near Commerce.
Thor driver was not familiar
with 'tho bridge and having
heard that others had crossed
without any trouble he attmept-
ed it also.
Jarrell Nov. 10. A car in
which a load of workmen of the
Johnson Construction ccmnnnv.
which is building the dormitory
at southwestern were returning
to Waco skidded and turned ov-
er on the Prairie Dell Hill and
a Mr. Asch was pinned under
the car and badly bruised. A
negro woman Savannah Scott
suffered a dislocated thumb on
the right hand. None of the
other occupants were injured.
They were given emergency
treatment here and carried to
the hospital at Georgetown for
further treatment.
DENTON MAN PLACED
IN BELL COUNTY JAIL
PLEASE RETURN MY COAT
On Sunday night November
1 at Baptist church some one-
through mistake exchanged ov-
ercoats with me and left theirs.
Vfou will please return same to
Curling's Necessity Store and
receive yours with thanks.
M. R. SANDERS.
Belton Nov. 11. Jess Sewell
charged by grand jury indict-
ment with participation in the
daylight bank robbery at Hol-
land on July 15 when approxi-
mately $1800 was taken from
the First National bank of that
city was transferred to the Bell
county jail. taday. gewell has-
been held m jail at Denton and
was brought here by Sheriff
Bigham to await his trial in this
county or until he makes .bond.
Cal Wilkerson and Slew Collier
both indicted in connection with
the robbery of tho First Nation-
al bank are out on bond.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
TO MEET IN TAYLOR
Taylor Nov. 11 The district
Christian Endeavor convention
will be held in Taylor this week
beginning Sunday. Jack Hup-
pcrtz field secretary for Christ-
ian Endeavors in Texas will be
one of the principal speakers of
tho occasion remaining in the
City throughout tho convention.
Miss Ruth Musgrave mission-
ary to'Africn. who is homn on n
furlough will also be one of the
speakers.
Delegates from Austin San
Marcos Lockhart Martindale
Georgetown Granger Thorn-
dale Thrall Bartlett and Smith-
ville will be in Taylor for the
occasion.
DEATH SUDDEN FOR
BYNUM OIL OPERATOR
Rockdale Nov. 7 W. W. By-
num one of the best known op-
erators in the local field .died
here suddenly following a se-
vere congestion contracted by
getting wet in a rain on his new
lease Thursday. The body was
taken to Taylor for burial.
Mr1; Bynum came here four
years ago from Amarillo. He
had recently completed a good
producer and was starting to
drill another on the same lease
MRS. A. P. GILLASPY
DIES AT TAYLOR
Mrs. Mary Lou Gillaspy (neo .
Mitchusson) died at Taylor Fri-
day night November C after an
illness of several weeks. Fu-
neral services were conducted at
the First Presbyterian church of
Taylor1 Satin day afternoon con-
ducted bv the pastor and the
body was interred in the Bart-
lett cemetery. Aofcivo-pallboact.
erH-wei'grTOHr-fihnrlP.TTr'npn.
mjLaiauaspyr-li:noHT-asT-unrtcr
JDhn-ftl-W-atts-and-ErKHaaugh-lin-brothcnr:hT:laro"fth(r-de-
.ceased:
Deceased was bom in Milam
county April 8 1885 and came
to Bartlett with her1 parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Mitchusson in
1889 where she grew to woman-
hood. Ineaclju-childhood she
united wUh UliiJErcsbyterian
churchr-and lived H-true-Ghrisb-ian
life.- -Tn-1914 -shc-wasninited
Ui marriage -to Mr.-A-rP Gillas-pyrlatei--going-to-TaylorT-where
they-made-their-homer. She is
survived by her husband and
three children aged-a-yearer!
years-inLJ.ieara.; her aged
mother Mrs. M. I. Mitchusson
of this city; one brother E. P.
Mitchusson of Agua Dulce ; sev-
en sisters Mrs. Thos. E. Car-
ter Agua Dulce; Mrs. R. E.
Laughlin Mrs. W. M. Laughlin
Robstown ; Mrs. E. K. Laughlin
I Mrs. Walter Horton Miss Bird
ie Mitchusson Bartlett; Mrs.
John M. Watts Stephenville.
MisrGillaflpy-thQugh..ajiuffpr-er
shebore it with patience
and walhpKjpared fojthc end.
A devoted Christian a loving
mother a faitlutll-oyife and a
true fr;erfd. May uc
thosoywho survive her.
First Presbyterian Church.
SERVICES EACH SUNDAY
3od bless
Sunday School ...'. ....10. a. m.
Preaching 11 a. m and 7 p. m
Mr. H. R. Elder will preach.
Wednesday5 November 18th.
Many special values are offered to our trade for next Wednesday. It Will indeed pay you to come for 25
miles to participate in this feast of prices. We will have quite a number of other items to offer for this
special day everyone will be a real bargain.
Grocery Specials
48 lb Sack American Beauty flour '. ($2.40
4 Sacks for only ." $9.50
Limit: Four Sacks to one customer.
100 LBS. PURE CANE SUGAR $6.40
25 LBS. PURE CANE SUGAR 1.65
15 LBS. PURE CANE SUGAR '. 1.00
100 LBS. PURINA COW CHOW '. 2.90
100 LBS. PURINA HEN CHOW. 3.25
100 LBS. PURINA CHICKEN CHOWDER. 4.00
CAR OF PURINA PRODUCTS JUST UNLOADED. WE
HAVE A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SIZES IN SMALLER
PACKAGES. .
YELLOW CORN CHOPS PER 100 LBS . $2.35
GREY SHORTS PER 100 LBS. 2.35
BRAN PER 100 LBS 1.85
NO. 10 BROWN BRER' RABBIT SYRUP ... .80
6 CANS GIANT LYE 65
7 PACKAGES BORAX WASHING POWDER .25
70-lb. SACK DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT :.. 1.50
BLOCK SALT FOR STOCK: PLAIN 50
BLOCK SALT FOR STOCK: SULPHURIZED 60
14 LBS. PINTO BEANS 1.00
DRY GOODS SPECIALS
10c
per yard for 1000 yards of high class Ging-
ham worth 15c. You will find this ex-
ceptional' bargain up-stairs. Buy all you
need. Per yard
10c '
Silk Hose
PURE SILK Not fibre. We have a number of
the very best shades Chiffon or a heavier
weight. Every pair warranted to give wear and
satisfaction. A speciol value for only
Ladies' Dresses
Coats Coat Suits Skirts Waists House
Dresses.. Buy ONE at the regular price as
marked and then you can select another
garment of same value for
1c
Boy's Suits
Knicker Suits most of them with two pair of
pantsregular price $6.50 to $16.50. Your
choice for. only
$5.00
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, November 13, 1925, newspaper, November 13, 1925; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76111/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 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.