The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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YULETIDE GREETING
IT IS NEARLY 2000 YEARS SINCE “MERRY CHRISTMAS”
I became a common greeting-men come and go, custom of today l1 5
* is tomorrows joke; time changes all things, but time has not
frosted “Merry Christmas” nor has custom changed it. Wheth-
er its origin is Divine is hard to tell, part of it surely is, probably all;
at any rate it is the one greeting that links the present with the Di-
vine earthly of long ago and grows fresher and greener as the years
roll on. Childhood, youth, manhood, old age—all hear it—and at eve-
ry stage of life its ring is true, its sound as sweet. In keeping this
good, old fashioned, up-to- date custom, and with the hope that the
coming year will further cement dur pleasant business ties, we tender
our earnest desire for your prosperity and happiness in
Wishing: for You a “Merry Christmas
Keahey & Watts
Fruits, Nuts, Celery, Complete Stock
Xmas Groceries ’PHONE 295
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Teachers Institute.
The busiest folks perhaps in
the county this week are to be
found in the public school chapel
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. They
are public school theachers from
the four quarters of Erath, about
150 in number, assembled in : n-
nual Institute.
The session began Monday
morning with a brief devotional
^xprcir.a by Rev. H. H. Street,an
address of welcome by Mayor
Bennett and the response by
Trof. Chas. H. Hale, president
of Huckabay Academy. Then
the regular working program was
taken up and has bee going on
ever since during the hours men-
tioned. Final adjournment will
,be made Friday afternoon and
most of the teachers will go to
their respective homes to spend
the Holiday season.
It appears to the writer the
teachers of this county are bet-
ter organized and understand one
another better than ever before.
Harmony of the most encourag-
the Institute, Prof. La Roque the J
intermediate and Mrs. Cook the j
primary.
It is hard for the teachers to
become accustomed to Ed Flem- j
ing’s references to “my wife.”
Prof. Smith, the superintend-
ent of Thurber schools, is well
liked by all the teachers,although
his acquaintance with most of
them is comparatively brief.
Prof. Sims only put in two days
at the Institute and then left
for San Antonio to spend the
holidays.
While Prof. Shults is engaged
in the Institute work, Mrs. Shults
and the children are visiting her
father J. H. Hollis near town.
Erath county heads the list of
the entire state on good looking
lady teachers. If Prof Sims’
judgement was as good about
everything else as it is about
teaching school—but what’s the
use?
DISTRICT COURT
Central Roundhouse Burns.
Postmaster Christian and hi
. . . :1____a assistants were nonplussed Mon-
ing sort seems to prevail among day over a.n article that had ar-
them and good results are sure rived in one of the mail pouches,
accrue to every school commun- which they imagined resembled
ity. County Superintendent Sears a bomb. It proved to be a co-
epared no pains to make the In- coc*Put ?ith -,t8 out8lde h,u11 on’
1 making it an immense and unu-
State vs Bob May, bur.-lary;
granted new trial; plead guilty,
two years in penitentiary.
Another case against Bob May
and one against Dock Merchant
was dismissed.
R. T. Holt vs F. J. Gordon,
suit to foreclose vendors lien and
for debt; judgement for defend-
ant.
Evelyn Hyatt vs Ray Hyatt,
divorce granted.
The petit jurors for next week
are as follows: G. L. Apperson,
N. S. Bridges, J. M. Barham, J.
M. Henderson, W. S. Norris, Z.
M. Vaughan, W. D. Jones, N. A.
Hill, J. J. Armstrong, W. C. Lan-
caster, A. Z. Jackson, Z. K.How-
ell, J. E. Garrett, W. J. Jordan,
C. F. Young, T. L. Bingham, W.
R. McPherson, Jack Hook. A. I.
Lewis, Dock Ward, J. 0. Latta,
A. Lee, W. L. Fisher, Earnest
\ Austin, J. C. East Jr., W. T.
11 s nr
At an early hour Sunday morn-
ing the old roundhouse of the
Texas Central at Walnut Springs
was discovered on fire, and be-
fore the flames subsided the
building and five locomotives
were destroyed. The report says
that for a time it seemed as if
the shops would go too. The loss
is estimated at more than $2^.000.
DONE ON ALL
GOODS SOLD
k,Moss and J R. Turney.
I have complete and Up-to-Date Line of Jewelry of Every
Description, and guarantee satisfaction on both quality and
price. You can select a present from my stock that will be
suitable for any member of the family from the cradle to the
old arm chair—and there’s nothing more appreciated than a
nice piece of Jewelry as Christmas Presents. We offer the
following list as suggestions. Remember we engrave it Fre*
stitute a success, and such it is,
and we doubt if any county sup-
erintendent in the state has a
better and more loyal band of
teachers to stand with him for
every movement which is calcu-
lated to strengthen the cause of
education. Vv
sual affair for mail shipment. It
Institute Notes.
lie has superintend
ipn
came from the Canal Zone, Pan-
ama, and was addressed to Miss
Jessie Tudor. The sloshin? sound
of the milk inside, revealed the
identity of the strange looking
object and allayed the colcRchi|ls
which were chasing each other
up the back of our worthy post-
master. jA
J. W. Wood of Oak Dale left
for Springfield, Mo., Tuesday,
spend the holidays.
ire $1 per Year.
Parents and friends of the chil-
dren of the Baptist Sunday school
are asked to help make the Xmas
Tree a success Saturday night at
7 oclock, by sending presents,
for their children <jr friends, to
the church house during Friday
afternoon or Saturday morning.
All cordially invited to come and
see the little folks enjoy them-
selves.—H. H. Street pastor; R.
B. Harrison, superintendent
John H. Johnson of Morgan
Mill came to town yesterday to
pay taxes and push his Empire
figures to 1912.
t<l ' K. Dunn and family of Ok-
lahoma will arrive Saturday night
l to visit his father W. M. Dunn
«Qd family near Pigeon. ,
WATCHES. CLOCKS.
RINGS. BRACELETS.
WATCH FOBS. LOCKETS
CUFF BUTTONS. STICK
FINS. NECKLACES ETC.
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1 Sell the SOUTH BEND WATCHES—the Bi
Watch on the Market. Come and See My Stock
, I
Opposite the First
National Bank
J. A. SUER
My Prices an Jewelry ere by far the
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1910, newspaper, December 23, 1910; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877805/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.