Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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CONROE, MONTGOMERY
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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918
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EVERETT & SONS
New Idea Patteni for Sale. All Pattern 15c
Lei me supply yom^tfanfs for paints and varnishes. We have it
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR STORE
We are prepared to fill year order* in
DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE AND AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
WATCH OUR SHOW W1HD0WS
Oar fall and winter goods are arriving
LADIES SHOES
Just opened up new ship-
ment of ladies shoes.
Brown kid boot $10.00
Black kid boot , $8.00
Brown kid, doth top ... $6.00
Grey kid...............................$8.00
Black kid . SS.50
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We also have many other
numbers ranging from $4.00
up not mentioned in this ad.
WINDOW SHADES
We have them in light
green, dark green and yellow
at 75c
White and green Duplex,
at 85c and $1.25
SPECIALS
Special cut prices on many
articles in Spring and Sum-
mer goods. Visit our store
before you buy.
HOWARD BENNETTE TO
ORGANIZE A COMPANY
Mr. Howard Bennette has
been granted authority to or-
ganize a company of miitia,
and when the company is fed-
eralized he^will be commission-
ed captain.'necruits are Invit-
ed from all but claaH 1 of reg-
istered men, boys 18 to 21 and
boys 17 to 18 with parents’ con-
sent, and men from 81 to 46.
This is a chance for all men
who want to join the army to
get in a home company. 110
men will be required. After
enlistment the recruits may
continue in their positions until
federalized which will be per-
haps three months.
Mr. Bennette is to be con-
gratulated on his interest in the
war and The Courier predicts
that he will have no trouble in
getting 109 other brave men in'
this county to go to Berlin with
him.
THE STORE THAT GROWS
CONROE
Mr. Geo. W. Davis has ac-
cepted a position with Everett
A Sons in the grocery depart-
ment, where he will be glad to
meet his friends.
There will be an examina-
tion for postmaster of Security
held at Hightower on July 27.
The salary of the p.m. at Se-
curity last year was $312.
Mr. J. M. Weisinger, who
was in the front end of the race
for county commissioner of
Precinct 4, failed to Ale his ap-
plication for a place on the bal-
lot and his name will not be
on the ticket. He says it ia his
own fault as he did not under-
stand the manner in which he
should have filed his applica-
tion, and thei^fore he wishes to
withdraw from the race, stat-
ing that he would not want to
ask his friends to write his
name on the ballot.
A meeting of the countyHed
Cross was held at Montgomery
last Sunday.
Henry Clark has withdrawn
from the governor’s race, say-
ing that he believes Hobby will
be elected by an overwhelming
majority.
Ladies’ Fine Waists
Georgette and Crepe de Chine Waists, in pink, flesh, maise,
canary, Nile green and white, neatly trimmed with lace and em-
broidered collars. They are beautiful, the very latest models, and
at much lower prices than you would expect to pay for such nice
waists. \
We’ve a nice line of Organdy and Voile waists, some very
pretty models, all neatly trimmed with narrow tucks and lace,
Priced at from $£50 to $5.00.
We have a beautiful line of Camisoles and Brassieres, in white,
pink and flesh. Just what you will need to go with that Georgette
or Crepe waist. Be sure you see these.
You will find here a nice line of muslin underwear, such as
CORSET COVERS, CHEMISE, COMBINATION SUITS, *
UNDER SKIRTS, DRAWERS AND GOWNS.
Made of nice soft Muslin and Batiste, at prices that will please you.
New lot of ladies’ MONARCH Silk Hosg, in white, black, dark
brown, gray and Champagne. Priced at .....................$1.50
Don’t forget that we are agents for the Gossard Corset The
mast perfect fitting front lace corset made. We have a good as-
sortment of models and can properly fit any style figure.
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EARL HICKS DIES AT SEA;
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Earl P. Hicks jp so far as it
is known, thejhrat white man
of Montgomery county to yield
up the noble sacrifice of his
life on the fields of Prance in
defease of liberty. He was
wounded in action and died at
sea on the way home. Full
particulars of nis death have
not been sent to the family.
Mr. J. H. Hicks, brother of
Earl, reecived a telegram last
Kriiiay stating that the body
had arrived at Hoboken. N. J.,
and would be sent home if de-
sired. Mr. Hicks wired to have
the body sent to Willis and it
arrived there yesterday after-
noon. The funeral was to be
held today.
Karl Hicks was 21 years old
and enlisted in the National
Guard in Conroe last year.
LETTER FROM JUDGE
DANIEL WALKER
Red Croat Notes
A wire from headquarters
says: “Do not start a surgical
dressing class.’’ Instead, we
are urged to atari knitting
clubs. Steps toward such or-
ganization will be taken soon.
Montgomery County’s quota
of knitting is 720 pairs of socks
and 240 sweaters withiu the
next three months.
Chairman.
Hobby Club Notes
The Hobby Club will meet
Friday afternoon at 5 p. m., at
Conroe Hotel.
Mrs. Agnes Detro made a
campaign speech for Governor
Hobby at the Liberty school
house Monday night. Quite a
large crowd was out to hear
her.
DIED
John K., Ike tWu and a half
months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. F. Crooke, Jr., passed
away last Thursday after suf-
fering ten days with bronchial
pneumonia contracted by a se-
vere case of whooping cough.
The funeral was held Fri-
day morning after which the
procession went to the Cude
cemetery northwest of Conroe
where the body was laid to lent
in the family cemetery of Mrs.
Crooke’s parents.
The family has the sympathy
of the entire community in the
grief brought to' them by the
loss of their little boy.
Aik U see them while you are visiting the store.
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J. WAHRENBERGER
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for the many
acts orkindness and assistance
given us during the illness and
death of our little child, es-
pecially do we extend our
thanks for the many expres-
sions of sympathy received.
Geo. Crooke, Jr.
and family.
(». F. Crooke. Sr.,
■ _ and family.
Forty-Two Club
The members of the Forty-
two Club Ynet Saturday, June
29 at the home of Mrs. Simp-
son. After spending'* delight-
favored
was served. Several musical
numbers added to the pleasure
of the afternoon.
The Club will meet July 13
with Miss Fannie Grogan.
Several of the clerks in the
draft age in Conroe stores are
expecting to be called to other
work, either in the shipyards or
in the fields, by the order com-
pelling all able bodied men to
leave positions which women
can fill.
ful afternoon of the
game a delicious salad course and edited a newspaper, where
To the Citizens of the Ninth
Sup! Judicial District:
It is my duty to you to ans-
wer the many letters Judge H.
B. Short has sent you by mail
and through the papers of the
district, in the interest of his
candidacy for Associate Jus-
tice of the Court of Civil Ap-
peals; especially his letter
signed by A. L. Bryan and D.
(I. Messic. While-the ‘•Bryan"
letter purports to answer a le*
ter 1 had written Judge Sho*.
you will note that he does not
sign it himself.
Not a charge or insinuation
in this letter is true. 1 never
met Mr. John Henry Kirby but
once in my life and in nineteen
years of practice of law, neith-
er I nor my firm ever received
one cent from the Kirby Lum-
ber Co. After Judge Short had
tried to get the support of cer-
tain conductors on the Santa Fe
and they told him they w»*re
my friends, he insults them in
his Bryan letter by calling
them “Those big old fat con-
ductors.’’ He asked them to
vote for him. Had they done
so, would he have been a can-
didate of the Santa Fe Ry. Co?
Some of the Santa Fe conduct-
ors are supporting him, does
that make him a candidate of
the Santa Fe R. R. Co.? -
In every campaign for the
last twenty years in which
Judge Short and Mr. John
Brooks of Beaumont have been
interested they have spoken of
“the interests’’ and the Kirby
Lbr. Co. For aught I know,
Mr. Kirby may be supporting
Judge Short. He has thfik right
if he wants to, but my inform-
ation is th&t he is giving all his
time and energy to the govmi-
ment at a salary of $1.00 per
year. He does not live in this
district and, of course, cannot
vote for either of us.
I know of no better way to
answer the things Mr. Short
has said of me than by living
testimonials. He has just print-
ed and sent over the district a
huge placard, with his picture
in the middle and old indorse-
ments two and three years old
on the siles. These were giv-
en him when I was not u can-
didate, and without the auth-
ority of those who signed it;
he has printed them on this
card and appeals to you—tol
vote for him by reason thereof.
Some of the great men of Tex-
as are on this card. He seems;
to rejoice in the endorsement
they gave him three years ago.
But in this campaign between
him and me, the vast majority
of them are my friends. Many
of the lawyers at Jasper signed
his old endorsement, but every
name he is giving, given him
three years ago, Is my friend
now and supporting me, except
the lamented W. B. Powell,
who has died since he gave the
endorsement. In San Augus-i
tine county where “he knows*
nearly every man and woman!
in the county, all the lawyers
except two are supporting me-
in Nacogdoches county, where!
he has lived and practiced law j
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Memgmdapagitmyof the Federal Reserve Bank
%eiDatte», me me fatty prepared to faraish yoa with
Certificates of Indoktedmess or W. S. S. ia any warn
required at government prices. Call and see will
explain and reader yea any service in oar power
with the greatest of pleasure.
Yoars for service and fair dealing,
m THE FIRST STATE BANK
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me, giving me written pledges
for their support.
This old method of starting
rumors and reports just before
the primary, having men like
“A. L. Bryan and D. G. Messic
sign letters and advertise them
over the district, using old en-
dorsements two and three
years old, when he knew that
he was using the names of my
friends—in short, having other
men do things for him and s.iy
things for him that he would
not say—that day has long
passed In Text*!. If Judge
Short knew of any reason why
1 could not serve the people
faithfully, he snoutd I*f.Ve told
you two months ago—over his
own name.
Two years ago the people of
this district defeated Judge
Short for this office by u ma-
jority of nearly three thousand.
Many times he has been defeat-
ed in this end of the district in
his efforts to be made Judge.
In 1908 he lost Shelby county,
his home county, to outside
men by a majority of sixty-
four votes; for these reasons
1 did not accept his proposition
to submit our . candidacy to
Shelby county, and for the fur-
ther reason that Shelby coun-
ty is only one of sixteen coun-
ties and had no right to select
the Judge—and because the
people of Shelby county did not
want me to accept it because
they knew theyjted no right to
decide who STOuld be the
Judge of this district; and
many of the citizens of the dis-
trict asked me not to accept it.
1 most respectfully solicit
your support, and If elected,
will serve you faithfully and
efficiently.
Your* most truly,
DAN WALKER.
Adv.
BIRTHS
G. C. Mostyn and iVife, Mag-
nolia, son.
Mark Hamilton and wife,
New Caney, daughter.
C. L. Gandy and wife, Con-
roe, daughter.
FARMERS’ SHORT COURSE
The Ninth Annual Farmers’
Short Course will be held at
the A. & M. College July 2£ to
27 inclusive. The short course
has become a great school
which offers an unusual oppor-
tunity to farmers and others
who desire te farm on a better
basis, to make farming more
profitable, and to make the
farm home more comfortable
and attractive..
Special instructions will be
given in crops and nolle, tor-
racing and irrigation, all
branches of live stock, dairy-
ing, fruits and vegetables, dis-
eases, veterinary science and
work in agricultural education
for those who teach agriculture
in the public schools of the
State.
An invitation is extended to
all boys of the Montgomery
county agricultural club by
the College to attend this
course. I will be st the College
during the short course, taking
special work and would be de-
lighted to have a number ot
the club boys go witk me. The
expenses while there should
not exceed $1.26 per day ter
both board and lodging. Th|
farmers’ course including tui-
tion, board and lodging will be
about $12.60 for the week. for.
farmers who attend. The club
boys that go with me will get
their tuition free. Any bojra^
desiring to go should notify m#i
at once.
Several farmers from
county are arranging to
this course and I would be gli
to have others attend, as I feel!
that it is the very best invest-
ment that a farmer or stoc]
raiser can make to bettar
conditions by gaining a better
knowledge of farming, stock
raising, prevention of diseases,
veterinary medicine, etc.
Come and go. The dates are
July 22 to 27.
J. F. COMBS, Co. Agent.
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FOR SALE CHEAP: 1 Grist
mill in good condition.
J. Wahronberger, Conran -■ , !
he has worked in the court
house time and time again with
every lawyer there, all except
two have endorsed me; in Pan-
slo county the same condition
exists; in Shelby county whore
we both live and where he waa
born, 13 lawyers have en-
dorsed me and two have en-
dorsed him. In the Timpson"
precinct in Shelby county,
where they vote about six hun-
dred votes, nearly five hundred
•f them have joined a club for
NOTICE-
EFFECTIVE UNTIL AFTER THE WAR
EVERYTHING SOLD FOR
CASH
THE CAPITOL DRUG STORE
Sane*.
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S. K. HAILEY, Proprietor
Dr. Samuel A. Miller
Practice Limited to EUseases of
EYE, EAR, NOSE aifll THROAT
’ FITTED .. ,
Owing te Ike scarcity af
gnnd glasses ia tka Market,
Htese wke need tkaas kafi ket-
ter get tkoa new and save
WILL BE IN CONROE
IN DR. W. P. INGRUM’S OFFICE
Monday, Tuesday, Weds
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England, John Stone & Etheridge, O. Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1918, newspaper, July 11, 1918; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844106/m1/1/?q=%22Howard%20Bennette%22: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.