The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1912 Page: 5 of 8
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ANew LumberYard
For Fort Stockton
We are Now Ready for Business
Having just finished unloading several
cars of lumber. Have more coming
and will soon have a complete stock of
all kinds of lumber.
We are building offices and wareroom
now and will soon commence on our
sheds.
We want you to make yourself at
home in our offices and let us give
you some prices and show you
through our stock.
W. C. Bowman
Lumber Company
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Special offerings in dress goods
at Landkks.
Michelm inner tubes, all sizes
R oonc y *».
Host place for tablets and pen-
cils. Landebs.
Csrlnm and 'I’.vpewriter Paper
at the Pioneer office.
Santa Claus will make bis head-
quarters at Lasdkks.
Go to Brown’s Garage and Ma-
chine Shop to have your car re-
paired, painted or rebuilt.
.1. M. and •). \V. Powell and Poi-
nter Hartwell of Buena Vista were
visitors in our city Tuesday.
.J. S. Oates and wife came in
from the ranch Tuesday and
transacted business in the city,
Judge O. \V. Williams Is in
Austin this week on legal busi-
n e ss.
Cbas. Gramm is in Waco this
week, a-< delegate to the Masonic
Grand Lodge.
Mr. ami Mrs. T. J. .Iordan, for
me rly of San Bonita, Texas, are
here to locate and will, probably,
purchase property within a tew
days.
H. B. Garrett of Carnegie,
Okla., is here looking after his
land interests. Mr. Garrett has
one of the best irrigated farms
under the ditch.
Do not fail to go to the Taber-
nacle Saturday to see the many
beautiful Christmas articles on
sale by tin* ladies. Also get a
nice hot lunch. Begins at 10a. m.
and continues all day.
Read the bank statements in
this issue of the Pioneer and note
their splendid condition. Both
our banks are safe, sound, ac-
commodating and conservative.
Mrs. O. W. Williams has the
agency for the Delineator and
Everybody* Magazine. Subscrip-
tion $1.10 the year for a short
time. What letter Xmas gift?
11-29 2t
The Cusine at Hotel Stockton
is par excellent, and the Thursday
and Sunday chicken dinners are
very popular, 50cts. New Grand
Victrola music during meals, tf
We are ready to do your plumb-
ing in a sanitary and workman-
like manner. • Work guaranteed
and prices right. Fort Stockton
.1. N. Morton A Co. are prepar-
ed to do all kinds of furniture re-
pair work. Call at their shop.
Our Box Paper stock is always
up-to-date and sold at down-to-
Morton the tinner and piutnber pj-ices. Stockton Pharmacy
wants your business.
Big line of popular priced will
be on sale at I .AN Pints.
New Jewlery arriving at K. C.
Thompson's The Jeweler.
Mr. and Mrs. \\ . K. Jackson
left Wednesday for Childress.
Choice business lots tor sale.
Prices right. Chas. Gramm
Geo. T. Spears was in San An-
gelo the first part of the week.
Mrs. Proffitt’s Millinery store
is headquarters for holiday novel-
ties.
Santa Claus will be here soon,
soon. Watch for him.—Lan-
ders.
For Kent -Two nice furnished
rooms. Phone or see Mrs. Sarah
Dacy. 1? l*3t
Get up early, buy an alarm
clock of K. C. Thompson The
Jeweler.
There is no other place quite so
good to get Pocket Knives as
Landers.
Lest you forget, school books
will be sold for cash. Stockton
Pharmacy.
Gloves? You just bet we have,
any old kind at any old price.—
Landers.
See John Highsmith, he will get
,your freight for you, and can
handle it nil.
Suit the boys at $3.()0 per suit
—they are very special at the
price.—Landers.
Mrs. J. M. Morton left Satur-
day for a visit to her father at
Ballinger, Texas.
New’ Phonographs and records,
Edisn’s latest, at R. C. Thomp-
son’s The Jeweler.
L. W. Broyles came in from his
ranch and spent a day or two in
the city this week.
Concrete flues and piers at the
old Rooney Store.
J. H. Bavkklky.
Call the City Tranafer Company
when you want the bus, to or
from the depot, pbone 104.
Contractor J. N. Morton will
begin, Monday, the erection of a
nice bungalow for Mrs. C. L.
Thompson, in the west part of the
city.
E. F. Westerman of Ft. Worth,
father of \j. B. Westerman arrived
this week, for an indeiinate stay.
A New Brush Fret*, if any of
our 25c tooth brushes fail to give
good wear. Stockton Pharmacy.
K. Scott is in charge of the
scavenger wagon, and anyone
needing his services, call on him.
12- 6-4t
New Tent, I4xB>, 12 oz. duck,
for sale at a bargm. See G. W.
Rose or telephone the Pioneer
office.
A Fair Complexion is worth
keeping. Use Kexall Tan and
Freckle Lotion 25c. Stockton
Pharmacy.
Brown Garage and Machine
shop, for first class auto ser-
vice. They will go anywhere
day or night.
All kinds of work on stoves done
by the Fort Stockton Manufact-
uring Company.
J. N. Morton, Prop.
Dried-out Cigars disgust you.
Ours are fresh and just moist
enough to please you. Stockton
Pharmacy.
Contractor, C. C. Skinner has
a contract to build an elegant live
room residence for W. C. Street-
iy of De Ix?on, Texas.
W. B. Martin, the rrliahi.e
painter and paper hanger. Buy
paper of him. Let hi in make
your auto look like new.
Corsage bouquets are the rage
everywhere. Be sure to get your
order in for one at Mrs. Proffitt’s
before the holiday rush.
Well-groomed women and men
can find every Toilet Brush they
need in our splendid, big assort-
ment. Stockton Pharmacy.
Erd Harris, who has been here
since last spring looking after bis
father’s land, left Wednesday for
hia home in Greenwood, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Strecty left
Wednesday for their home in De-
Leon, after an extended visit to
their daughter. Mrs. H. P. Rush.
The offioers of the Telephone
Co. request the business men of
the city to meet them at 4 o’clock
p. m. Monday in tbs Fort Stock-
ton club rooms.
Phone
tf
Plumbing A* Heating Co.
1 No. l^O.
C. M. Stanley of Houston, Tex.,
| is in the city this week, on busi-
ness. Mr. Stanley belongs to one
<*f the leading families of Paducah,
Ky., hut left there over twenty
years ago.
The Commissioners Court met
Friday, with Judge Johnson,
Commissioners Tom Co|m* and
Mart Adams present. The reg-
ular monthly session will convene
| Monday.
Get your electric light fixtures
from, and have them installed by
the Fort Stockton Plumbing Co.,
and be ready to turn on the lights
when the electric light plant
starts. ’Phone 1*0. tf
Mrs. C. C. Burris arrived Sat-
urday from Cleburne to join her
husband, who has been here for
several months in charge of the
Siminonds irrigation farm. Mr.
Burris now wears a board smile.
J. A. Owen, after spending a
year, with his daughter, Mrs. G.
A. Sachse, left Wednesday for
Childress, for an indefinite visit.
Mr. Owen may go to his old
Kentucky home for a visit before
he returns to Fort Stockton.
Holiday Novelties
Our Line of Christmas Goods
Is Now on Display
A Few Gift Suggestions:
Victor Phonographs, Eastman Kodaks
Cut Glass, Hand Painted China, Toilet Sets, Jewelry
Franklin Fountain Pens, Manicure Sets
Finest of Box Candies, Etc., Etc.
Come in and look our stock over. We want to
help you in every way we can to make
your Christmas shopping pleasant
and satisfactory in every way.
Stockton Pharmacy
THE REXALL. STORE
PHONE NO. 59
A New Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Powell of
Bonita Springs are the parents of
a new daughter, born recently at
the home of J. M. Powell of
Buena Vista.
Improving Nicely.
The many friends of Mrs. J. L.
Moore will lx; glad to know that
she is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the operation she recent-
ly underwent, and will soon he
restored to good health.
A Good Family Left.
Mrs. R. C. Kinnaird and chil-
dren, except Herbert, left Thurs
day to join Mr. Kinnaird at Sa-
pulpa, Okla., where Mr. Kannaird
has been located for several weeks.
Herbert has a good position in
the First State Bank and will re
main here. This is a splendid*
family and will be missed by a
large circle of friends.
When you have a cold get a
bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy. It will soon fix you up
alright and wi 11 ward off any ten-
dency toward pneumonia. Thia
remedy contains no opium or
other narcotic and may be given
as confidently to. a baby as to an
adult Sold by Stockton Phar-
macy.
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READ THIS
I have several good resi-
dences on my sales list this
week. I can please you.
Also some choice business
t and residence lots.
Irrigated lands in any size
tract you may wish and the m
prices to suit the times. •
House and lot in Beau- •
mont, Texas, for trade, also •
three lots in Hallett, Okla. e
L. H. POOLE !
Real Estate and Insurance £
Dickinson Building
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lift INSURANCE ™ •
* TORNADO
ACCIDENT
BONDING
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Cano’s
Meat Market
9 J We will handle the best of
meats the market affords
We have a man, that sabe
HOW to cut your steaks
We will make all deliver-
ies promptly. Phone 130
We solicit your patronage
and guarantee satisfaction
Rooms For Rent.
Furnished rooms,1 clesn beds
and plenty of cover, in the Dacy
Boilding near postoffice, by day
or weak. tf
’ Automobiles, Livestock, Plate Glass, Hay and Grain
* Insured. None but Reliable Companies Represented
X INSURE WITH US AND BE SURE <
Ft. Stockton Insurance Agency •
^ Stockton Bldg R. C. GRIMES, Mgr. --,-
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Fort Stockton Stone & Sand Co.
L. B. WESTERMANN, PROP.
Building Stone Crushed Stone
Crushed Stone Sand.
Phone 21.
IRRIGATED and RANCH LANDS
For the Next 60 Days
Tracts of lands under ditch in cultivation and raw lands in
bodies from 10 to 160 acres.
One ranch, 5 sections near Fort Stockton. An exceptional
bargain.
Nine sections school land purchased from State; this ranch
controls 24 sections fine land in pasture.
All bargains. Write or wire at once.
I LEE FOWLER
Money to Loon.
Money to loan on ranch lands,
Vendor’s Lien notes bought and
sold. W. A. Haddbn,
Stockton Building.
Apple Notice.
Just received, a oar load of
good Northern Applet. Good
keepers. See Geo. Westerman,
Phone 180. tf
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Barry, E. The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1912, newspaper, December 6, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806696/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .