The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1919 Page: 1 of 12
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Llano, Llano County, Texas. Thursday, September, 25 1910
Vol. 36 No. 11
Monday, October 6th, Is Trades Day in Llano, Make Your Plans to Be Here With the Crowds
Texans May Starve
In Storm Stricken
Area Wires Wolters
8:G TRADES DAY IN OCTOBER
That Llano will hive a big trades
day in October is assured. The prep-
irations whl' .i ha,-.? L ■ n made and
the attractive off -rings of tV Llano
merchants will have no other result
:han to draw the reople from far and
near.
First Monday falls on October 6th
| and this, of witr.,.?, is the dal '
| the big event.
E. S. PARKHILL
(Austin American) | ‘‘The f diing Industry is completely ; 1 other parts of this paper will bo
Brigadier General J. F. Wolters of wiped out. | found the offerings of the Llano me--
the Tetfaa national guard who has j “It is safe to say that 60 per cent (chants It will p,y you to read them
been on i* Texas coast ever since j of the fish end oysters consumed and profit thereby Many of the art
the storm struck, on Wednesday ' by the people of Texas came from ‘ a les TIsfed are quoted at prices below
morning wired Sovernor W. P Hobby " tween Port O'Connor bnd Flour hat if. would cost these same mer-
Bluff
as follow:
Necess ty for Financial Aid Not a Boat Left
“The governor cannot too strong-v j “In this entire section there is not
imp-ess upon the public the neces- a boat. sei::-. or fish house left.
sity for financial aid far Aransas
Pass, Port Aransas, Rock port and
Fulton section.
“The average damage to business
"Without these men cannot fish.
“The fishing season is now on and
f that industry is to be rehabilitated
:n time to serve the markets with
men is 73 per cent, not including fish this winter, there must he ire-
loss sustained by inability to carry j mediate relief for that particular in
on business at present and for some [dustry.
time in the future.
Ore Hundred Per Cent Loss
“The loss to the little man with
small. bon« or small buildings in all
cases is almost 100 per cent.
Relief Must Come
"I mean that the relief must come
to the simple fisher folk immediately
and direct.”
From all accounts now coming
Big industries are trying &o re-1 from the storm sw ept area it appears
establish themselves and this will that actual starvation and want files
give work; but these people will have many of the people there unless
to start from the beginning in the ■amp! ■ funds are immediately at hand
way of clothing and household goods.” (for their sustenance
Fishing Industry Gone | Governor Hobby again urges all
Furniture was all soaked and go- true Texans to give to the relief of
ing to pieces. | the sufferers on the coast
STILL IT RAINS
NOTICE TO BOYS AGRICULTURAL.
CLUB MEMBERS OF LLANO
COUNTY
i bants to replace from the wholesale
markets This will appeal to the
people as nothing else could, as the
priii' of thlngB, at best, is away up
above anything we have had during
the past war period.
In these days of It. (' of L. it is
entirely fitting that whenever the op-
portunity s presented to save, we
should take advantage of it.
Then, too, as a special attraction
and diversion there wfll be given
away on the court house lawn that
afternoon (trades day) $100 in cash.
Tlie method of distribution has not
been definitely decided upon but it
will be given away absolutely free,
on the caurt house lawn and every
otic will have an equal opportunity
to sh ire in the gift.
Don’t forget the date and make
plans now to let nothing interfere
from your beTflg in Llano on First
"otiiTny, ~ fober fi
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RIVER ON BIG RISE
It may sound a bit ridiculous and
lnappreciative to say that so far as -
wo are concerned we have had enough . We are allowed five beys from
rain t the present, but "them’s our this county to attend the Farm Boy’s '1 n
i much, and
Educational Encampment at tue State
sentiments ” For the p-.st week or
more it t;a.s rained almost continuous-
ly • every time we see a man from
the i .entry he avers that it this thing
don't stop it will ruin his « ropa bodily.
What seems to be desire i is a let-up
for some sixty days or more in or
d * that the crops whi<h are ready
for luirveaTTng can be gathered. One
man said yesterday that he had a
good yield of corn standing in his
field but that he had been unable to
gather it. Others say their cotton it
opening an* ffie rain will materially
damage, if not destroy it. Of c mrs-.
Fair, Dallas Tex , Oct. 8.U. to 11th.
1919.
Y ur numb ’s were plated before
t >ut ly .Judge Moore an-! h drawing
three number- from each community
until fifteen numbers were drawn uni
arranged as follows If c.ne from
either community fails ftoni any
cause to report for the trip, number
two has next chance and F number
two fails, net. be- three will have the
iist v'.iance for that community.
You will have to pay your R R. far--
The river Is ou a big rise and fr rn
general indicati ms it is coming from
the head reaches Kpr sums three
it lias held its own, pretty
at this writing it is still
away up yonder.
j Judging from the Information we
[have been able t> obtain the mivxi-
| mum rise was about fifteen feet, and
fifteen f - t In the Llano river means
j that a great flood of water is passing
(down through the channel, so wide is
the river b *d
Heavy nine In the west of us, as
well as here at home have caused the
unusual volume
out you will be taken ‘ ire of after
these farmers are not complaining, ex- jyau rea(.h t;,0 fair groun;i3 w thout
actly, i icy are like this writer and
others--they’d like to see it stop.
any more expanse to you.
i I have your badges and tVlcets on
_0_ j hand and wo are asking that you re-
We are in receipt of a copy of P»rt by phony as you read this notice j
th Bonham News the paj la whit . ; v« b«* »•> parents that
W B. (minus recently purchased haif ! th">‘ h:iV'' ntAslce •• In sen j |
Interest The News Is published twit in* the boy as ho will be well.loo
a week on Tuesdays and Fridays and J!,r,r and can t go wrong t ey will be i
is a well-edited and nicely arranfc i accompanied by r.»yse!f or some r • 11 ,
paper, and enjoys tee distinction of :l^° !>artv
being one of the best weekly news- 1 i;s I” •'n d i ':!t -ona! trip
papers in the Slate a3 '"dl as one of ploaujro and well
worth the bovs'Un;e The- v iI! attenl
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lectures by so ne of the very best poH
ed men on agriculture and animal
husbandry and have an opportunity
of seeing everything of interest at the
I fair
T .e 1 < ky numbers er" as
DA33S, MONEYHUN COMPANY
| This is the name of the new firm,
successors to M It Dabbs The new
member of the firm, Mr ,J i‘. Mon j>
hun arrived in Llano last week from
h;s former iome in Mason an 1 has
•aken up active connection with th - I
Another good man has endeii h s
earthly pilgrimage and has pissed on j
:nto that, better la.id prepared tor
those who are faithful in this life.
After having been lonfln-id to bis
bed (ur many months, E S. I'arkhill
p.ts.jed aw ly peacefully at his late
turnip in Llano lest. Sunday evening,
aboi-t 3;15 o’clock For nearly seve i
yeifs he had been an invalid, having
beei stricken with piralysis.
Mr. Ell Samuel I’arkhill was borfi
in Astiland, Wisconsin, November 9, I national
1645 .At the age of 6 years he came
with his parents to Texas and settle-1
in Burleson County where he resided
for 54 yetrs. At the early age of 16,
he enlisted in the Confederate Army,
Co. G, Second Texas Infantry. In
early April, 1862, the Texas troops
were ordered to Mississippi where
they immediately engaged in the bat
tie of Shiloh He was afterwards
wounded in the two (lays' battle of
Corinth. Recovering, he re-entered
and went through the 4!)-day siege of
Vicksburg which ended in the su,
render of the Southern Army.
Mr. I’arkhill was married to Miss
Lorena Houston al Caldwell, on the
tilth of November, 1885. Thirteen
years ago ne moved with his family
to Llano.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon by Rev J. M Gar
»er, who paid a glowing tribute to
the saintly man. Mrs George Wat-
kins had charge of the music The
pall bearers were. E H. Qualls, G M.
Watkins, I F Buttery. Allan New
som, A Byfield and Lee Hazelwood.
Following the services which were
conducted at the family
the body was tenderly laid to rest
in the Llano Cemetery.
Decedent is survived by his widow,
two sons, and two daughters: Win-
fred D. and Lorena. of Llano: Mrs
John W Bradfield of Austin and Tom
Carkhill of Bishop, Arizona: also a
brother. Truman W I’arkhill. and a
sister, Mrs. N na McMillan, of Cald-
well These ind Dr and Mrs Brad
field and little daugh’er. Elizabeth, of
Austin were present at the funera..
Another good man has gone to
reward
those men w hom to
Great Steel Strike
Spreads With Each
Hour That Passes
Pittsburgh, Sept. 23—Secretary Wil
liam Foster of the steal workers’
opened with the question as to the
extent! yto which the Industry has
committee this afternoon j been affected by the strike still un-
,s.ud Ccit, according to his report, I certain, confused us it is by the con-
27.loo men are participatin'? in the | filet ng claims of the leaders on
strike. Compared with those Issued {either side
yesterday, his figures show increase
n the I’ittsburg, Youngstown, Johns-
town, Wheeling, Steubenville, Ciilei
go and Birmingham districts.
Figures given out by Mr. Foster to-
day are us follows:
Pittsburgh 20,000, Homestead 9,000,
Bruddock, lo.ooo. Rankin 5,000, Clair
ton 4,000, Duquesne-McKeesport 12,-
000, Van lergrift 4,000, lira- keriridg'-
5,000 New Kinstngton 1.100, Apollo
1,500, I.eechburg 3,000, Donor:i-Motie.t
sen 12,000, Johnstown 18,000 Coates
vllie 4,000, Youngstown (including
Hubbard, l<orrain, Strutbers, New
Philadelphia, Sharon, Farrell, Bulter,
Newcastle) 55,000, Wheeling 18,000 1
Cleveland 25,000, Steubenville 8.500, [
Chicago (Including Gary, Smith Chi'- j
ago, Indiana, Harhorfl East Chicago
Hammond, Evanston, Waukegan, Mil '1 1' 01 "PoraMog at
Til it the Industry lias been grave
j ly crippled in (he great centers of
Pittsburgh, Chleugo, and Younkstown
was certain and early reports today
recorded several gains for the strikers
In tlie Pittsburgh district several
d the Carnegie Steel Company’s
plants were closed and the Bruddock
and Rankin plants of the American
Steel and Wftre Company both of
which attempted to continue opera
Dons yesterday sliul down today,
these two concerns employ ipprox-
innately 10,000 men.
Chicago District Crippled.
In the Chicago district similar con
d ions prevailed Noarly all of the
plants in that section, Including Gary
and Hammond, either were closed
greatly reduc-
waukee, Sterling, )>e
90,000, Buffalo 12,000,
Birmingham 4,000.
The second day of the great strut?
gle between the labor unions and the
residence. | mited States Steel Corporation was
Kalb Joliet) r" <Ml>:“dty. The strike leaders
Pueblo 6 000 !,'!'|lnied thul 75 per cent of the 90,000
workers wore out and tint In Gary
the percentage was 95. Steel com
puny offa-i us refused to concede a
higher percentage than 20.
THE LLANO FOOT BALL TEAM CHEROKEE JUNIOR OPEN3
bail teim at Llano High School tills
fall are very bright; although the
team is very young and light There
uro seven men of the 1918 team hack
and five of the 1917 regulars will ploy.
Sidney Dees and Edgar Simpson re-
cently returned from France, who
WITH BRIGHT PROSPECTS
of Cherokee Junior Col-
lege opened for business Foptomber
Duo mi l numbers of bright faced
boy in I girls came will-, an eager-
ness for wu.k that uever has been
man .onto | ta fore Tile duo is of
lie Is
the first
Cldye Smith is one of the last of
our boys to return from overseas He
v-as in France for a year or more. ;
He looks well and to all appearances
army life has agreed with him, des-
pite the fact that he probably had do- j
cided he was going to remain in the
land of France permanently. We are
glid to have him home and a hearty ;
welcome and greeting is extended to
him by home friends.
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Dr and Mrs. D D. Townsend have
been in L!uno for the past few days
They are on their way to Eastland,
where the Doctor wiii probably lo- (
cate Tne weather conditions anti
bad roads have served to prevent,
them finishing the journey. We ar • >
toll that Dr. Townsend has sold his
home in S m Antonio. It wail be re- (
member*--] tii-l Dr. Roy Townsend s ,
practicing at Eastland.
‘ir:i1 of character and uprightness of con
Mr. Moneyhun has been with the
firm of Lehmberg Bros in Mason for j T(J t|,e vddow and sons an 1
: nd >r »■' 1 iau htefs at d < tl or re »t i • we ei
icquainted »ttu the mercr.ntlle bu , . , our BynQpathy In their time of
'sorrow.
We are glad to welcome Mr. an i |
Mis Moneyhun to our city
6L OUT BAKERY EQUIPMENT
Saturday Mr. and Mrs B L. Dalton
left for their new home in Austin
These good people came to Llano the
last time some five years ago and iu
the meantime Mr Dalton has engugM
in tailoring, building up for himself
follow «:
LONE GROVE
W Item Mfiler ......... ...... 1
Hcrb'-rt \rant ............ 2
Tjnj'Tn Taylo- ______________ 3
LLANO
Alfred Hughs ................ .1
Atliiur Summer. __________ 2
Elmer Leverett T_ ______ .. ____3
. ItUiV... UFAD
ly '' i. r. • .. . .......... 1
C i!. Conner ............ 2
Loo lilggln . _______
CASTELI.
Erwin Haase ___________________ 1
Sam Has e ____________________ 2
Leroy I uv- _____ 2 ,
PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN
Chas. Keesa_____________________ i!
A • 'iu- tV.r; ec* ______________ L ,
J. raw Carmichael ______________ 3 j
O. P. Garre” and K B Morrison ;
I have pur 'rise i the bakery equipment
(formerly belonging to Mrs (J C t’ai :
I iioun and shortly they will r mov
t from whe-q- it. is stored on t ‘
Jobeion’s Mother Dead
We rt-gre
of Mrs
our townsman. Judge I- J Johnson
I ihrisun pa- sej aw ty list Friday
• » • home oC t er son, W. E Johns >n
i- FairlanJ.
At the ti e of her d it sdent
north side of t ie river and v. .1! in i
’stall it in toe r. ,tr of Mr. Garre”
, place near the «■»•;••! i of the . r Ige j
! Tiie gentlemen propose to give us
a K->od ba-ery in-1 also promts-- tiwt
■it Will b pern.-nent We bespeax
|for in-in so- --si in tue enterprise.
UNCLE LUTHER NOBLES
I. V. Nobi- s. familiiYIy known as
“Uncle Luther” d *-d at his home -n
T >w last Saturday and was buri- i the
• lo-'ii - duy in the Tow < -niet--ry
Deep -! was onft of the land murks
in this county At the time of his
death he w.-s 77 years of age.
No further details are available at
Yours truly, ‘ Drne
\J COTTON' <*wr sy-Tipathy is expended to the
County A vent, - family
than Couch Duncan
Sum S.mpson, who was & sub in
1916, a regular In 1917, un-l was a
regular at Si. Edwards College last
sear-in will hold down one of iii->
tackles Cliff.»r.’ Watkins ivno also
pl.iye-l is -i sub In I.H6: but was i
r-giiUir In 1917 and 1918, and who
scored every point Llano mule last
season will he back as full-back
Carl Smith, who subh I la 1917 will
t i chroni le the death |[,P r.j t0 beat out of a place on the
Nar-m-- C Johnson, mother of i regular team at -n I l"ri<.in Reed, the
liig half-hack who tore holes in the
So t’lwes'ern Freshman lin* in 1917
will be back an-J fighting for a place
n the backfiHd Elmo Maddox, w 10
has pi ty-d in the line for two seasons
will b back WaUae- Roberts Joe
'.VI,dt-mle-rg Bcrhns Wiihern, Bruce
Duncan, ami Curtis Birnelt of th-*
1 :-18 team are all hick an-i work
ing iiarl
of t •• new ■ r-n who will probably j
... • e. J “ Pro-
ton Robinson, and Ma'toira Roth
These fifteen men look as goo-1 as an--
mar--rial ev«i- at Llano High School
in th season. Cf.m-s will I
ht-;r -'ll seemed to have opened and
* tor-vntk oI rain enme d-iwn but still
t .oy i ime We went far beyond tho
I'xpectatiouH of the most optimistic
| uri ier .siifli weather conditions the
1 fir it day. If they could not get there
-1 i ca*s they came in wag >ns and hug
gl s Tills is Saturday n-id they are
still coining in and some are waiting
I for weather conditions to become her
a most successful business They are -vip^^ WP w- h
If we have omitted news items this
14 23 PER CAPITA IS RECORD
SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT
to assure you it was j [n ;,0 fa- lS the county is concerned
leaving behind many warm friends unavoidable an-I unintentional The 'the ra>unt/ school apportionment fo*
this year, r- entl> made, is the iarg
his playud with the 1916 » im will in*
Mr. I’arkhill was another of Ibtt,:k s‘dr,«y lhi™ nlsu pli-.ysd wUh
know was to es 'the DM8 eleven. Edgar Simpson is
teem and admire He was a loving |< aptttin of the team and is trying for
and dutiful husband, an affectionate j the position of quarter-back
and devoted father, and a loyal am! “I*" * *'»'* f>l^er "f end
true friend and brother. The latte” *“*>'■ wil1 ln °ct
years of his life were spent, for the *1 with Dherokee College, The Chene
greater part at home and he did nor team is heavy and has an able
| have occasion to mix and mingle "’ad, In i’rof. Wesiey Grote. South- • tw before BtaftInK
| with his fellows, but those with whom western University tackle; but time j ^ ^ K|ne Artg ^
■ ie did me ln tact ........... and .will tell whether he has a better team paLrtni0Qt gavfl a recltal ,,l|(tlvat.
always impressed w.th his strong i j * *1 1 * ,u,in . . . '--d the splendid audience who were
e '.-m.e-lv free with thnli- applause.
Miss Enoel s eiuised the musical
fir - : is to cat h a new Ideal, and am
hit. a became their master under tho
strains of music from the piano. Miss
Ih - e also assisted in opening the
doors of the music world and carried
c-e i. ■)' -ne:.- into tiic sul I me with
h-r l -i ti il voice, Vis< Tinsley en-
torts;tie 1 us in a roy al in inner in
the world of readings At times we
- ,i! b-- aino-it wild with laughter
n i I' "i b" irried is o sublime pa
tie.-- that would hold us sp--II hound.
\ great treat canio Wednesday
i.o’ nlng in the regular o-aming exer-
-'!»•• when Wilburn Gutman gave us
his splendid speech on the present
day problems and resp.cisd.iiities. He
•Iill I*-il w :h th rigs that were foreign
I but wi’h i z<>il and pathos that capt-
jurei' ii * -ud i-e lie opened our eyes
to pr*-se-;f (1 iy needs Uniting the
Divi e w. a t iiuinau he would take
th • w rid .cut ;f her pr w ,t troubles
ir; 1 -blenis I ind her safely Into
” - rea! • of the great brotherhood.
H s earnest address will leave a last-
ng i press on upon the minds of
those present and cause us all to
i-1 . • (- r goal higher in tlie field of
service.
Ci-ero ce Junior (’ollege has taken
ne.-. life, . .1 wo feel sure tiiat we
nave entered upon one of our most
useful years.
CHARLES NIXON.
y ar.s of age
hi thos
DR selman to petlpn
vV-Hl -w.--e; 4 ir- Li.vr.»> wa* to
eff.'- t that Dr H S. Selman a-. l f «in-
i!y ar-i returning to I.!aco to live
To - Iiortor stited that he would n--*
1 al . - to le-.e Sunn.-iie Arkans •
an' : about the 12th of n - it month. ! ••** arrange ’ w h
! :t t . it Mhs. S-'lnc-n m-J M-ss Mari > .n • >* I- rnf-as
would come on ahead. (*“ ***'■ und i- -'e'.ty
(•
3St
I Everett Martin.
H Brume and Im ly returne-l ' ‘I D>- th
week from an extended trip to areas lari
..il fields of Nonh Texas Mr. ' ly games
Brame said he saw lots of activity in ; have til
tiie big fields and that the operations
wer> oven larger than one could well
imagine
Rev J. F Penny backer h is returr-
Ke-rr\ il!(*. Mason,
s. Burn- ’ Marble
1! 1! S .i-N ! s ^ i>
who i ’ .arranging a
team Ii ti.-- crow Is j
is wi ho]>“ for af the ear '
the people of Llano will
chan-e of w,.nossirg a real
football game on Thanksgiving, as
one of the best teams In Texas wil
be br -light here on U at dat(.
who wish for them a full measure of extra large run of advertising claim
success in their newly selected plac-* e-1 practically all of our tim** and we
of residence V\e shall look forward were allowed very little time to loaf
with pleasure to frequent visits back around and learn things. This also
to tfcelr former home town. accounts for #ur being late.
eat in the history of the county.
The amount Is $4 20 per capita an 1
is better than the largi majority of
counties in the State.
We are glad to announce the re-
turn of John Watkins w ho underwent
an operation for appendicitis at Tem-
ple some days ago. John came in
H >b«»- McLean returned last. Thurv
(* 1 from Lampasas where he his been 'day from San Marcos where he had
assisting in a meeting for several been listing friends He left on
days past The rainy weather which j the noon train Monday for Ohio and (last Thursday and though he tais tak-
has prevailed during the past days is | Indiana for a short visit with h.s en up his business duties he still has
general in its nature and the meeting (grandmother and aunts, before return j to move about with care in order to
in Lampasas was attended by steady ing to the Naval Academy at Annap gi*e the wound thni to heal morn
rains throughout. * olis. cam' ilcly.
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