The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Correspondence
News of Interest From the
County by pedal Correspondents.
Attention
Gardeners
Dublin.
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ijHPThe PrograM, January 39.
Mdr*. H. A. Stone of near Hico
vai a visitor in Dublin the past
week with Mrs. Sim Brown.
Sim Brown and Thurman Cline
left for Brady Sunday, where they
will open up a poultry business.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cannon of
Stephenville spent Saturday and
Suuday with their son, L. C. Can-
non.
Maurice Reid has purchased the
ivruest Hall home on Patrick street
und moved there the first of the
% week.
Ed Keith left Wednesday for
Stephenville where he and his
brother, Everett, will open a gen-
eral dry goods store.
Henry Warren of the Purves
community left last Monday for
Knowles, New Mexico, where he
will take up residence with his pa-
rents for an indefinite period.
Mrs. Jon. N. Stephens and little
daughter, Nannie Laurie^) left
Thursday for their home at Steph-
envtlle. Mrs. Stephens was ac-
companied home by her mother,
Mrs. C. P. Iiwton.
J. S. Grant, whoresided last year
near Purves, but for thirty years
past has lived within a few miles
of Alexander, left Dublin Tuesday
afternoon for Taboka in Linn coun-
ty, near which place he will make
his home. His family followed him
to the new home on Wednesday.
Rev. J. I,. Mims Reports having
TTucd tuciifV TmiFdififrChf hoTTOSr^^.
7 week.
in Dublin during the past month at
which there were sick people. All
are now well or improving except
Rov Ktinkler, the eleven year old
son of Mr. Kunkler, who resides in
the north part of town, who is very
dangerously ill with menengetis
and lagrippe and is not expected to
live through today. Mr. and Mrs.
Kunkler have buried fourteen chil-
dren. all ofw’hom died before reach-
ing the age of the child which is
now sick and which is their only
surviving one.
Huckubuy.
J. B. Neece and wife apent sev-
eral days at Chillicothe last week.
Oscar Apple and wife of Scar-
brough spent Saturday with C. C.
Belcher and wife
Bob Snyder of Pearidge was in
town Friday.
Bob Thompson, formerly of this
county, but now now of Oklahoma
was visiting his son, Ira, of this
place, last week.
J. W. Gardner of Mount Pleasant
was here Saturday with a bale of
cotton.
Wilmoth Neece was in Stephen-
ville Saturday.
Merchant H. F. Jones is visiting
in Arkansas this week.
The Odd Fellows had a lively
entertainment at the hall Thurs-
day night; the Stephenville team
was present and all report a nice
time.
Calvin Shelby and Hugh Mcln-
roe of Kx Ray were in this city Sat-
urday.
P. B. Langley is an applicant for
post n.aster at this place.
J. W. Allison was in Ex Ray
Saturday.
Albert Smith and Tom Stemm of
Shelby were in Huckabay Satur-
day.
W. T. Lowe, W. L. Thornton
and J. W. Allison attended the
Masonic lodge at Tempest Satur-
day night.
W. B. Guthrie attended the fifth
Sunday__jneetin£ at Gilmore
1 have taken over the line of Garden Seed for-
merly handled by Steele & Hickey. This line
of Seed is Mel. L. Webster’s mammoth size
packages. Hy prices will be as follows:
For the 5c Packages, 3 for 10c *
For the 15c Packages, each 10c
Onion Sets, per Gallon . . 4oc
I only have a limited amount of Onion Sots and when they are gone
Onion Bet* will be higher, bo come and get yonr sets before the price
advances.
New York Cash Store
W. N. HICKEY, Proprietor ‘
The new gin mau Is on
ground taking in the situation
is well pleased with this place.
L. M. Bramblettwas in Stephen-
ville Sunday to meet the morning
train.
Bluff Dale.
Mrs. Boone from Marlow, Okla.,
is here to spend a few months with
her father, J. A. Gordon.
Ed Duke’s wife, formerly Miss
When You Think of a Drug
— Store ===3=
Don’t just think of Medicine, but of the
Many New Things we Receive Every
Week- Tou need some of these:
Select Line Stationery, Tablets, Bath Brushes,
Pine Perfumes, Taloum and Faoe Powders,
Honey Almond Cream, Fine Toilet Soap and
New Line Cigars.
DON’T FORGET
Our Delicious Fountain Drinks
PERRY BROS.
Drugs and Jewelry §§
Annie Dykes of this place, died
Saturday night at her home in
Granbury, of pneumonia. Inter
ment took place at Granbury Sun-,
day.
A little child of Dick Green pf
near Tolar died of pneumonia, and
was brought to Wesley Chapel for
burial.
L. F. Gordon of Childress was
here last week on business.
W. B. Baldwin is here from
Hasse on business, and visiting rel-
atives.
Presiding Elder Putnam preached
at the M. E. church Sunday.
Quarterly conference was held
Monday.
L. B. McAnally was over frOm
Granbury Sunday and Monday.
Miss Callie Kilgore returned
from Comanche Saturday accom-
panied by her friend, Miss Bowlon.
who will spend a few weeks.
Miss Della Carr returned to her
OfeetFs-;creak Saturday,
rpanled by her neice and
w, Miss Sallie James and
Bibb.
Mfs pan Wristen’s father and
mother aicjhere visiting.
Altman.
Although the weather was most
unfavorable, the Fifth Sunday
meeting was fairly well attended
here Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Baptist County Mission
Board held its meeting Saturday,
and reported all debts paid and $6*
on hand. B. F. Compton, presi-
dent of the board urges all mem-
bers to be on hand at the next
meeting which will be at Salem in
May.
Miss Annie Jones, accompanied
by her schoolmate, Miss Linnie
Allison of Huckabay, came down
and spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
H. Jones.
Prof. Edgar Watson, principal of
the high school at Huckabay, was
here Saturday.
The Sunday schoot talk of Mi.
Jasper Jones of Little Green creek,
and the sermon by Rev. J. P. Gil-
liam of Stephenville, at this place
last Sabbath were spiritual treats to
the large audience present.
Brother Gilliam had as a bedfel-
low Friday night, Grover Hale of
Selden, and created considerable
laughter next day by saying that
he did not geft froze out even if he
did have to sleep with 150 pounds
of Hale. .
John Miller of Smith Springs,
treasurer, and Lewis Savage of
Rocky Point, secretary, were on
hand with their usual promptness
for the board meeting Saturday.
Ed Stringer carried four of the
male visitors to the 8. N. &
S. T. north bound train Satur-
day afternoon, and fearing his
team would scare at the approach
i#t
ing train, let the men out of the
hack about 200 yards away from
the railroad, As they ran to catch
the train the Hamilton oounty
sheriff who was aboard thought
sure they were the Cerlton bank
robbers coming in from the brush.
a*
Gathered From Sisk ’Phone Line
James Ramsey is expecting his
sister to visit his home soon from
Scotland, It has been 42 years since
Mr. Ramsey has seen his sister.
The public schools at Rocky
Point, Rock Falls, Elm Grove and
Mitchell Creek all are reported to be
doing reasonably well.
Mrs. Andrew Jackson is quite
sick.
Ernest Austin has a Very sick
child.
Charley Burklow, a former citi-
zen of Smith Springs, now lives
within hearing distance of the Sisk
telephone. • -1
Buck Perry is suffering with
rheumatism.
/'"Rev. J. D. Jackson preached a\
Mitchell creek last Sunday night,
his theme was favoring State-wide
Prohibition, he rained sledge ham-
mer blows for one hour and thirty,
sipinutes. y
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The farmers have kept up with
their work, some of them will be
ready to plant early corn as soon
as they are blessed with a good
rain. »
Banyan.
Jan. 31. Bunyan was well repre-
sented at the fifth Sunday singing
at Green's creek. The next fifth
Sunday singing will be at Bunyan.
The box supper was a success
and everyone seemed to enjoyed
themselves fine. They made $60.70
which was certainly appreciated.
Benton Higginbotham happened
to an accident of getting his foot
cut last Friday, and had to have
two stitches taken on it.
Miss Myrtle Fisher of Dublin
was the guest of the Misses Little
Saturday uighl.
We received the news thatClardy
Howell of Donley county has be-
come dissatisfied and will move
back in a short while to his old
home on Alarm creek.
Mrs. Tom Farmer and children
of Dublin spent Sunday with Elder
Clark and family.
LlngleTlIle.
We have been having very cold
windy weather for the last few days.
Regie Echols and family have
moved here from Dalhart. Mr.
Echols Is in bad health and came
here with the hope of improvement.
George Roberts of Victor and
Miss Emma Anderson were mar-
ried at the borne of the bride's
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parents about four miles from Ijere
last Sunday afternoon.
Joe Carr, who has been in bad
health for some time is improving.
He will probably go to Mineral
Wells within a few days for further
benefit.
G. W. Grissom i^iou the sick list
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I^Higgs spent
the day with Mr. Hayse fa^fc.Thurs-
H?y*
Marion Maxwell and family at
visiting friends here.
Thurber.
From The Journal, January 29.
W. M. Brock and Miss Mary L.
Harmon, two popular young peo-
ple of the Rush'Creek community,
were married at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs Jno. Tilley on Janu-
ary 25, Rev. W. R. Allmon offici-
ating.
The three-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Smith of Strawn
has been seriously ill with pneu-
monia and his condition became so
serious Sunday that Dr. Binney
was called in consultation by Dr.
P. R. Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Hall
went to Fort Worth Thursday to
take their little daughter, Lillian,
to a specialist to be operated upon.
It is to be hoped that the operation
will be successful and the little
Miss entirely cured.
Irvine Wilson, a brother of Band
and Douglass Wilson, died at the
Cage ranch last Friday and the re-
mains were interred at the David-
son cemetery Saturday. Mr. Wil-
son lived at Thurber at one time
and has many friends here to mourn
his loss.
/
Mrs. John Veretto attempted to
commit suicide Wednesday byir
slashing herself across the stomach
and neck with a razor, inflicting
two dangerous wounds, but will re-
cover unless complications set up.
She has been suffering from melan-
cholia for several months.
Arthur Barley, the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Barley, had his
ight leg broken above the knee
ast Monday by overturning of the
iaggflge wagon. He is getting
along as well as could be expected
under the circumstances and it is
not thought that his injuries will
prove permanent.
Alex Deering was run over by a
car at the Junction last Sunday
morning aud received injuries trom
which he died several hours later.'
He was a biakeman on one of the
trains and fell from one of the cars
in such a* manner that one of his
lower limbs was crushed off at the
hip joint. He was carried to Fort
Worth, where his wife resides, and
died a short while after reaching
there.
Squire Hamilton left for Stephen-
ville this afternoon to lake orders
for poll tax receipts. Sotnthing
over 400 voters have qualified this
year or an increase of about 50 from
last year’s record. As there are
several exemptions and many of
our people live across the line id
Palo Pinto county, the showing
Thurber makes this year is better
than ever before and there is proba-
bly one-fonrth of our citizens qual-
ified as voters.
Get your glasses now. After
Marh 15th I will be sway most of
the time till December.
L. F. Tatb, Optician,
Variety Store, 'Phone 218,3 rings.
The Model store is offering the
greatest bargains in every thing
ready to wear.
mi
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J. B- Cordon
—• Practising Physician-
Office up Stain ia Carlton Building
Office phone M4 ReeMenoe ohoae SSI
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The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909, newspaper, February 5, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877761/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.