The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1919 Page: 1 of 8

                                
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ESTABLISHED IN 1878.
THREE WOMEN
HAVE PAID THEIR
CITY POll TAXES
The city tax collector is busy
these days waiting on all who
call at the city hall to pay their
city taxes before the time ex-
pires, at midnight" on January
31st.
Up to.noon, Thursday only
175 had p£id city poll. taxes
for the year 1018. Three woih-
en have paid poll taxes so • far.
They will have A vote in the
this year.
546 city poll taxes were paid
in 1918.
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LET COTRACT
FOR ERECTING
OIL DERRICK
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The prompters of the Hop-
kina County Oil and Gas Asso-
ciation are going right ahead
stock continues better than was
expected. Messrs! J, H. Rip-
py and T. C. Dodson went out
NEGRO B1
BY A
AT HILLSBORO
INGS, TEXAS* j JANUARY 24, 1919.
JURORS
JSAVE DIEDSINCE
THE DRAWING
Hillsboro, Texas, January 20
—Bragg WilltamA negro, who
confessed to the I murder
/with their work; The ;sale otjlfrs.Jjaorge „Wel» .and "her lit-.
tie son at their home'Bear Itas-
ca,-December 2 was taken from
the jail here at 1 o’clock this
© --"■■■
hen Deputy Sheriff Sam
Smith went out this weOk to
of summon the jurorp for the coni
ing district court, he found 5
of them had died since the ju-
ry list was drawn, as follows.'
J, A. Morris, of Como; J. M,
Melson, Jr., of Pickton; Fand
to Bprkburnett the first of tjto afternoon and burned to death
week and arranged to begin! 0n the public square. Earlier W. A. Speed, Tom East and R.
erecting the derrfifk just as; in. the day he had received the
soon as lumber can be put on
the ground. They will !o#e no
time in going down after oil,
which is being found all 8-
sentence to be Ranged on Feb- Springs,
He waa convicted
ruary 21.
fast week.
Williams, who had been
W. McLarry, of Sulphur
,AUTO TAXES
ARENOWDUE
Automobile taxes which here | MANY
tafore have been paid in Austin;
are now payabfe iit the office
of the County Tax Collector,!
Silas Bullock. A new seal bear j
ing the number of the car is
D given to the o'wner when he j
pays his tax. This sedl takes
round their lot. Every well jail yi Dallas for safe" keeping,
! that goes down near them is aft #as brought to Hillsboro this]
j evidence of the wiadont they morning to‘receive sentence,
showed in securing the location which was passed by Judge
for their well.    Horton Porter'fef. the District
Court. Willi&ms was then ta-
ken to the county jail.
Attorneys Walter Collins
Mr Smith said this is the first
time he remembers to have had
a dead man on the jury list.
PEOPLE
ARE PAYING
THEIR
BOTH CHIEFS
HAVE THE FLU
Chief Engineer Joe Wise
and fcight Chief C. E. North-
GOVERNOR HOBBY
AND LT. GOVERNOR
ARE INAUGURATED
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CUMBr PEOPLE
MAKE GOOD IN
01
Austin, Texas, January 21. The nil fever;is running &gh
—Governor W. P, Hobby and in the westen pat of Hopkins
Lieutenant Governor W. A. County as"some of the Cumby
Johnson were inaugurated at people are among the most suc-
rnoon today at a joinst session1 cessful poducefyi at Burkbiuv
of th^ legislature, the impres-] nett. '    ".    V;
siye ceremonies being witness-J    I’oFk j*urrin brought in a
ed by a large assemblage of I 1,500 barrel well the firs
pH
st of
rested
visitors who thronged the gal*[the week and was interest
ieries. At 5 minutes of 12 the in another well that came in
this week and promises 1,000
barrels or moye daily.
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j am} A M. Frazier, who ->werei ClltlheVlcctric light plant,
i appointed to defend Williams,Lre Jjoth home sick with the
1 sopvaH iindur nmipat Thm do. ...    «>    "Pit .i. n.
TM VEC j *erved under Prot«,t- The dHflu. Mr. Smith, the line man.
IJIAW; fendant moved for a new trial,j an() Enw„ Ashcroft, the big boss .phy. and Rogers and Seigler,
i min'
members of tlfesenate filed in
to the house and took their
seate and these were soon fol-
lowed by the governor, accom
panied by Senator Wood of,
Navarra county, chairman of
the senate inauguration qom-
mittee, and theii cam® Lieuten-jH,    . T—r—
i>nt Governor Johnson, acconto Judge Tucker has been busy
panied by RepresentstivaCan- this week winding up the coun-
l CONTEST WILL OF -JJ
JOE MELTON
alesrchairman oflhe house in
court.. , Probate matters
ity w«.v.    _......
auguration committee. The]have bberf taken up and a num-
other members of the joint
committee. Senators Suiter and
Representatives Peevy, ' Mur*.
her of cases, settled. The will
of the late JM Melton was sub-
mitted for probate,
the heirs contested
Two of
will.
the P^ce of the old one, but; and assistant Ben Ramey are
the original number -plate re-
mains on the car- The penalty
for non-payment of the auto
tax before February 1 is 25
per cent of the. Tax.- Owners.iMpt* .only th
ie same
j the big machinery go. , Mr*jfhe
noon a crowd] Ashcroft works till 12 o'clock ./!®
~    * The pro
ted of the judges >f the su-
_.    preme court, appelate judges
fusf'il. TbO outer door of the TUP DECT DAAM \ Mayor A. lJfWoolridge,Gen-
jail was broken with a sledge
------%    and, on this being refused, he' are down at the plant .making; followed. These officials took However .'after ‘the
Tax Collector Silas' BuBocklfilf sotiea of ippstl    • the big machinery go. Mr. theirseat* on    heard the evidence and argu-
.1    ..... I........... ...... ^Shortly before noon a crowd] Aaheenft works till 12 o'clock riand
litterally swamped with bliri-t    *** 8t!d dem*nded| each night He knows how and
nem now adayn., In t.elT    ^    *H I. nrnkb.iT „ foil h.ml. -
out,r£Jj    the~rest room
Jt hammer and preparations were'
merits by the attorneys, he ad-
mitted the will to probate.
cell]
Wh<rnent .‘Kr F.b^.ryT will
to Ihe"regular finT. | great numbers They have but
*"    i "VX", a^.’r0 *0 f    k»yn byoverpowering a guard.
COTTON MARKET '    ^ H i The negro brought out and
g, va-
bther
i office force has not Had. time ,
*» -.........number „f &«•*- ■'HT
led to jhe public square. Wil-
ttraf W. H. Stacey, Adjutant
_! General, Harley, Secretary of
One of the most deserving s)»te    h^dn th
dilutions in Hopkins County; rious departments ar'> '
is the Ladies Rest Room digiutaries.
Connatly Street. During the< Promptly at: noon,
past year more than 14,000
.£
NEW TICK LAW
sion was called to
Dr. Hulsey, the live stock
specialist, is already getting
Kthings in" shape for the new dip
ping law which goes into cf-
^ ,T*|feet on March 1.
order by
to go downward. The best cot-
ton was worth around 25c in
! says he thinks the
when all in, will be
....... ■
shipped in or nut of Hopkins
County will have to be inspec-
,,    ,    ,    , „pm.- v/a vvuiirc, »ia« ,«va»Mi»! i    ~    l , ted. If infected they will ha/Ve
number, T*U"1W' H«y- wood and coal manv repetitions. But the rest , irsl    [yh“rch ?fj to be dipped—before being
-»««•!    room is U . pru., n«d,
uuv.    .... i After tfiai date, |B cattia
„„ name, were, reglatored in tho S..«»krr TS5m,«oo .nd d,v,ne
c01" regbir.tioi, ....... kipl by Mr, UmuIWK «• mvok.d by,**.
Casper Wright, pastor of
poured several
Then a
Williams
i Sulphur Springs Thursday. This 6 0(MJ    .
^cotto"'' t"":. ”*”■*    jssssbk
iRSfffK SL3 . DEWEY TAYLOR
........w .;.o..v..b    “jtiran ■ to say ,■ Help me, Cap,
three, .’times.
as it is the only place iq. Sul-
phur Springs where women
. paying their poll taxes so a* to,    Few'mtoutosto'The"    ovfJh«    .?*«
thfiacotton wubought .t sftbi *" J,bl‘» ^    \ |    -------«... ro for «nrfo« ,o,l nut »hon
loss of
Nobody
“'•ms to know vcJTSt is in store
or the future market. Very/
er introduced Genefal Stacey
who led in a patriotic song in
vlhich the audience joined.
/The oath of office wks then
fidhriinistercd by Chief Justice
NelsonPhiUips, of the supreme
Mr. Hulsey m in the western '
part of the county this week
locating the places for the
vats to be built.
w Violated
A cr/t^in -citizen of Hop*
-*
^dttle is being sold.
Dewey Taylor, who was- a
volunteer in Co.; D, 144 infan-
'    ‘    f .. edh popular, wuh all the worn- 1,1    1    4,    *"    '    , A-^wtain citizen of Hop*
zzfl? tsjrj'&i - 2 <«-«»r::;,,:;:, r1',;;™,, ; n* X r,Mmh * f" - t r
’ in her work and makes every    Uted/tW law last week by
, woman- ami child feel at ease histoiq; Bible which has served driving some cattle from the
At-the jail Williams is said
to have admitted the double
and comfortable. The build-    th °< c^*ot»8 ne.> th**    r west**ftr part' of Hopkins
^.s»di^^b«».thu;SMtafbdtob,TO4^lort.“■    "
-, —       ;    - - - -v  vo navt! aminucu ui«* uouute . : f . . - ;
hoglapanries
Springs;
yelrom the hospital"*. While a great mariy persons ^datoe'work d°*
The hog law -election in Pre-i "    vearn old -ftnl h^
polled. Tito vote for the stock jfe ^ Captain Uarrl^k fall]
THE WHIP
Hillsboro, Texas, January 21
One may have witnessed big
motion pictures , before, .but
law was 1-9, against it on- an(j aij,f;Haw eight out"o^every
lx 2-    a’moSt    ten mtXLltai startUTfa-ir. ' He
for the.law
«*'5 iKludw ,h8.......
. <>(*otth, .rj?*,rjS7r:^
to SSTtsa*ST22    ~?r*
Speaker Thomasson then to-/ ^ umVhedid Mr. Hulsey
djsoduced President Prq Term WjUested that the fttfention of*
Strickland of the »<?iate, whof ^ p(,0pfe. pe called to the law
.jn turn introduced the governor othat no one wil, violate Ft
who qeiiyered his inaugural) 8gain_ Hunt County already
addre**.    -    ■hagthc dipping law. lfndfpp- r
When the governor had con-j C8jtjc may j,c nhipped thni
eluded his address, . President    but can not be.......
i’fo Tern Strickland introduced ^Hven through it. -    ,
.
■< a
r
/jpart of the northern
PJLrt arm and one in the ieff leg. He ; ternoo"‘ The mob-consisted ^vta(.p.. "huge melodrama
<c~Fldra, Nelta and^riphur , '    persons who were no disguise Tu whi„ which will be -ore- . .A18' “ H 8
Ikc'vTTo’ra. Nelta andfSttiphur fore ^hqfiist aid,reached him,
v.i.--y . —.y^-...ifC-.y.ti.., y-. •
'^The commissioners’ - court
[has bought allot they radiators. /
used ifi ^he old opera hVuse and
CATTLE DYING
The Whip, which will be -pre-
j and the majority of those par- (*onjjng city primary. The of-,
; tic i pat ing.,are said to be kV^C ;fir,. *jfr..op,.n each day from’
i to the officials, ft is Understood
fi
:
•I ability.
At the conclusion of th'e ad-
dress, Ihe joint session dissoiv
I*----    ... . , , ,    - nas ioM se\ep neau OI tail    discussion of the lynch-' -L R,',f,,rr» thestr,
*bwW;."i|
" ;    » j rca aganm lie iprwiar spryan^,mcntndied lmw light wav. lue    -------week.i
i com
I dropped a ,$5040|jbtttei|y Notice, is hereby given to
OLD NEGRESS,
DIED MONDAY
•t    |    _
Aunt J^artha Browser, age
j 01 probably -the oldest he gross
Monday
Caro*
.tothe officials. ft «under«tood,n0W tHUanuary ai and ft bjg    in the county ^ ^
anair ana tnai some . arresis. 0f fujj number of cits-1 ,    " _    «P.® Pots, is 78 yeans old,
«mww! Mima
You wil} see1 dashing fox Bond of the third iseue . fromj baking corporations,-
g^^Lacky reports ® hea^} 0f hog chotefa'in the Peerless waa chained while the flames <hunt" scenes,~a blood '^ tingling tny^ockef lompwkw^ in the’ jjonB Or individual banker*
wftgat_ptospect m thoPaphan-, country.    K ended his life, rtill remain in msast^ ^ La -between au- »* limito Mondiy with the]||0pkins Codnty desiring i
the*court house yard as a mute to an(J train> the terrific _ rail- f#*t coupon cUpped out, Fl^for the county depository f|
•die. Fields ranging from 500fc
reini|idei:,,Q/. JJia.s»minar}' jus- rS|td wreck, the winning
tiee meted him
ratt-,------rr-:    ---    ««> v*.
racesider please return to J.' wo years,
dred -Butler and receive jeward. Up My ten o'c
Telegram.
at the track, and a hund
i .other big stirmiaea. 1‘    '
-—dM
cut rr out, denton
How. Cattle..are dying and    ,    __\
ttrt k^rds.^Monday> News-- According to ^ednbSd*^ "Gdorge Arnold received a:    .    ;    ^ i JH,a|.’8ara J; King reoeivet
' 1    ; Dallas News, thaDmeon.Charn: me^e Sunday frtnR.OweeUj -JUt»jS»    meflMfe tnwd^ irom„ Dallaa-Wpai
J fcer of Commerce has unram-, 8tatjnK that hm daugther Mr# roo-Geer, who has been the ru-jstatingthat hiss6n-T“ 4j
oo mously elected Tom Kerbow as .    .    _ ' * ral mail carrier for the past
’s.j*w™ TS- enwaclHt-.'iiMMr n»
Toaf*'ftoo;. He |ndhis son, John,
. shall have I
lock, Fe
cou
unt df
mrm
>, and amount of i
r The, Echo has received
sew and renewal subscribem-v-Cgt it out, Denton,
since ounlast issue. We star- KedtowTias a job down i*fere
ted 'th''ad^^"anil we need him and can’t train. A
vertising J‘J 11    **-**    ““ k*“
-owded them Cuts H apart him.
left for i that placie on the first
th.tji™. R*y
W« «»M 1
Wichita Falla in response to n.
message from-his uncle, Mac
* position Carroll
Carroll had died
Prof. Xing c
in-in-)a w LMiia,' “charged for Said funds,
of pneumonia. | T. J. TUCKER Count;
and left at. once
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