Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922 Page: 1 of 7
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THIRTIETH YEAR
Stephenville tribune
4i
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTy, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 12. 1922.
NUMBER 20.
We Charge Any Make Battery for $1.00. Why Pay More—Ask About it----EVANS AUTO CO.
YOU WILL DO WELL 10
TRADE WITH US
CANNED GOODS—a handy thing to have in the
house. ’ No matter how well your cupboard is stocked, a
few cans of good things always come in handy. Just
think how handy it is (o bring out a can of • salmon,
sardines, tuna fish or meat for the main dish. With that
as a basis, the meal is half prepared. We have the beet
canned goods.
LET US SELL YOU GROCERIES
FRANK HENSON
The House of “Appreciation, Sanitation and Service.”
Erath County Egg and
Poultry Association
Poultry experts inform the Tri-
bune that a large number of
eggs, even when the eggs are
carefully gathered and handled
each day, show about l-5th loss.
In other words when candled one
egg in every five proves to be
worthless. The difference in the
price of fertile and infertile eggs
is seven cents. * As there is no
loss in infertile eggs this really
makes a difference of eleven cents
which the grower of infertile eggs
RAIN FALL DURING APRIL
Baylor Cubs Will
Be Here Friday
Coach W. J. Wisdom of Tarle-
ton announces that the Baylor
University Cubs will be in Ste-
phenville Friday and Saturday,
and indications now are that this
will be the last games of the local
baseball season.
A new entrance gate has been
arranged and cars can go in and
out of the park without any long
waits from congestion. The new
grandstand will also be available
and five hundred people can easily
be taken care of with good seats.
The Tarleton-Baylor Cub games
have long been scheduled but the
heavy rains have caused several
postponements. Friday and Sat-
urday were the only open dates
left and it is hoped that a large
crowd of town people will get out
for the Friday game. Out-of-town
people will possibly insure a good
crowd Saturday.
Sophomore Class
Enjoy Picnic ji;
The rain guage at the Farmers
Guaranty State Bank registered
8.06 inches for the month of
April and for May, up to 2 p. m.,
1.72 of inches fell. The rain for
May 8 was 1.10 of inches, and
does not include a shower which
fell after 2 p. m. Some lands
were getting dry enough to work
on May 8, and the rain of that
day meant that cultivation had to
be indefinitely postponed.
SUCCESSFUL WOLF HUNTS
... . , , . , J. W. Blankenship of near Dub-
will get for his products above lin has had sp]endid juck recently
the price of fertile eggs, There
fore, the growers of infertile eggs
will be getting $6.60 a week more
for infertile than fertile eggs if
200 cases are shipped, or $2600
per month. This statement comes
from a man who knows all there
is to know about the egg busi-
ness.
in hunting wolves with hounds,
and has already killed four. He
has also found four litters of
whelps but he never kills these
“innocent” little ones, preferring
to wait until they get grown so
that his dogs may be given work
in running them down. He and
Tfe Erath County Egg and ■ DubK^on^May ^ Sd^tu^d
Poultry Associations now a well j them loose.
organized corporation. Its mem-, ‘ __
bers have pledged to furnish clean
eggs, free from dirt and stains,
and infertile, f They are to be
stamped “Purity,” and under this
name they hope to build up a
name as strong and as imDreen-
able as Gibraltar. The word
stands out boldly for its definition.
A concern which stands for qual-
ity and not for price has agreed
to handle the "Purity” egg, and
can now use thirty-five cases a
week at seven cents above the
price of fertile eggs. As soon as
the stamps arrive the shipments
will begin. However, no stained
or dirty eggs must be brought In*
as the grocery house which is to
handle the “Purity” egg stands
for quality. It never offers a
dirty egg for sale. It caters to a
clientele which demands the best
there is, hence no dirty egg is
ever handled. Moreover, all who
grow infertile eggs must use the
stamp of the association which is
“Purity,” and each egg must be
stamped.. No other stamp will be
permitted.
If eg*: growers in the Stephen-
ville territory can produce as
much as 200 cases monthly they
will gain $2600 more for their in-
fertile eggs than fertile ones
could be sold for. It’s up to you,
Mr. and Mrs. Poultrymen, to pro-
duce the goods that are in demand
by people who like first class
stuff. There is a demand for
partially decayed stuff, but that
sort of stuff is handled by con-
cerns which make “price” the first
consideration. They cater to
cheap trade. That’s all right.
Some people like their egg and
chicken mixed. They are alright
for scrambles and for cakes.
The association meets every
Saturday, 2:30 p. m., at J. W.
biker’s office.
JOE WINN DEAD
Joe Winn, 65 years old, died at
VITAL STATISTICS
Marriage licenses granted to:
Arthur Hutchinson, city and
Minta Matthews.
C. C. Holcomb, Alexander, and
Alice Thedford.
Born to John Jones, Dublin,
boy; Geo, Ferguson, city, boy
Baylor Cubs are reported to be
one of the strongest college base-
ball teams in the state, and a
good game is expected. Get on
y.our rooting togs and go out Fri-
day sure and help make a good
showing.
Mrs. Dora Barnes, clothing
specialist from the extension de-
partment, A. & M, College will be
here May 15 and 16, and will giye
demonstrations at the following
places under the auspices of tlje
home demonstration agent’s of-
fice: Smith Springs, 9 a. m.,
Monday, May 15; use and alter-
ations of commercial patterns.
Huckabay, 2 p. m., Monday, May
15; flower making for both dress
and hats. Lingleville, 9 a. m..
Tuesday, May 16; tailored finishes
Stephenville, 4 p. m., May 16, in
for an outing, was then enjoyed
by all. Then another happy hour
followed, some played games,
others found fun in swinging,
while the remainder of the crowd
gathered around and told jokes.
It was at this time, however, that
their chaperones thought it wisest
for them to leave and at 9:30 a
tired but altogether happy bunch
told everyone else good-bye and
came home. This was the first
picnic enjoyed by them, so they
utilized every moment of it. Miss
Culbertson, the class advisor, and
Misses Virginia Lowe and Ruth
Johnson were their chaperones.
H UTCH ENSON—MATTHEWS
Married, at Stephenville, May
10, 9:30 a. m., at the home of Rev.
College laboratory; millinery. Ev-|J. L. Davis, Mr. Arthur J. Hutch-
erybody is cordially invited to at-
tend these meetings.
enson and Miss Minta Matthews,
Rev. J. L. Davis, officiating. The
couple left at once for Waco, and
Tam Chandler is a chicken fan- calculate to visit friends in East
cier, and devotes all his spate j Texas, where the groom formerly
time to the study of the interest- lived. For two years Mr. Hutch-
ing game, his ranch being on the
Paluxy some ten miles east of
Stephenville. Recently he con-
structed two enormous sheds,
enson has been in the employ of
the Chiles Music House, and his
associates there as well as his
employer, speak of him in the
each with a great expanse of very highest terms as a man and as a
flat shingled roof, to house about i citizen. The bride is a daughter
1000 of young chicks when they
emerged from the incubator, but
the architect who planned the
buildings forgot that flat roofs
would not turn water, and they
proved of no value, as they leaked
like a seive.
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/ The Texas Power & Light
Harold Curtis, city, girl; James/ComPany have this week replaced
Martin, Stephenville, girl; John"the drops on each cor-
Eads, Route 1, girl; Columbusf ner of the 8<P\are and instead
Moon, Stephenville, boy; Wm, Placed brackeis. Resides a much
----«—i— app
Darby, Stephenville boy.
Walter L. Adams live ”'r's dropping *° the
For Commissioner
Walter L. Adams, who is now
serving the county as commission-
er of precinct No. 4, announces
for re-election to this office, and
he solicits your vote and influence
in the primary election. His
friends claim he has been diligent
and faithful public servant, and
has served the county well, and
they feel that he should be re-
elected. While he has been a
commissioner very little money
has been available for roads and
bridges, and but little could be
done along these lines because of
this handicap, but he has done as
well as any man could have done
under the circumstances. He
wants you to remember him in
the coming contest.
R. L. Meek came in Tuesday
noon from Ranger. He reported a
six inch jnin at Ranger Monday
which prevented him from driving
through in his car. He had driv-
en through from Stamford to
Ranger Saturday, but rains Sun-
day kept him from coming on
home and the six inch rain there
Monday caused him to have to
leave his car in Ranger and come
in on the train.
County Judge Wm. Arch Jones
more pleasing abearance it does
away with the possibility of one
-jr.-,,.._
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Burrcugh
and son Dillard, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Lyle and son, Wallace, Jr.,
motored to Granbury, Sunday,
where they visited Mrs. Lyle’s
mother, Mrs. Lancaster.
of James Matthews who lives in
the old Cox residence east of
ArndeU’s mill. A purer, sweeter
girl than Miss Minta would be
hard to find, and the groom has
been fortunate in winning her for
a life mate. The Tribune joins
with other friends in hoping that
their journey through life may be
along pathways lined with roses,
and with rainbows of promise al-
ways ahead. ' A
Saturday, May 6, the “peppiest
class of the whole High School”
met at the Central Ward at 5:30
for an outing. By 6:00 o’clock
they had all laughingly piled into r
the cars and were wending their j:!
way to Handy’s Park.
After they had arrived at their
destination they found a baseball
game in-full progress, but this did
not interfere with their fun. Reg-
ular old-fashioned games were
played, such as “Cat and the
Mouse,” “Three Deep” and “Last t „
Couple Out,” and then having |
Misses Lowe and Culbertson, with
the help of a few boys, to prepare
the supper.
With Miss Ruth Johnson as
auctioneer a lively game was
played which caused much merri-
ment among the carefree bunch.
A delicious supper, which con-
sisted of every, thing—necessary
ill
ill
I if:
Receipts are lost and denied. Money remitted by mail
goes astray and its receipt is forgotten
THE BEST
and indisputable evidence if money paid and received is
. v the canceled check
t
Think of the Convenience
.Pay all bills, make all remittances by check and avoid
disputes
THE FIRST STATE BANK
No Depositor in a State Bank in Texas Has Ever Lost a
Dollar
STEPHENVILL E, TEXAS
ROUGH ROADS COST HIM $12
Saturday L. R. Cantrell and
daughter, Miss Grace, drove from
their home east of Morgan Mill
to Bluff Dale, where they used the
highway into Stephenville, and
both spoke in the most flattering
terms of the splendid condition of
the highway. The rough road
they encountered before reaching
the highway caused them to spend
$12 for repairs on their car. Mr.
Cantrell stated that the Stephen-
ville-Morgan Mill road at that
time was reported to be in an im-
passable condition at points be-
tween Stephenville and the coun-
try club lake, and that is why
they made the long detour.
Infant Industry Is
Interrupted by Officers
RAISES RED POLL CATTLE
Ernest Belcher and Elvis GilA
breath of John Tarleton College,
who were to meet others in a de-
bating contest at Grubbs Voca-
tional College, Arlington, got no
further than Fort Worth Monday
where the high waters kept them
stranded until Tuesday. The
other boys could not get to Ar-
ington, either, so the debate was
ostponed for awhile.
I
his home in Stephenville at 101 went to Ohio this week to inspect
o’clock, May 10, of pneumonia, some road machinery which the
after an illness lasting six weeks. I county needs, and, if it stands |
A service was conducted over the critical inspection, he will pur-
remains at the Methodtet church chase it. The government is of-
at 3 p. m., Feb. 11, after which fering about 40 caterpillar trae-
the K. of P. took charge, finishings tors at $250, delivered, and one is
their services at West End ceme-reaid to be badly needed here. ,
tery. V --- \}
Deceased leaves a wife, whose’ Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cunningham
maiden name was Miss Bettie were here from Charlie, Texas,
Keahey. They reared Miss OliVia this week to attend the funeral
Deaver, who was here to attend of their mother, Mrs. M. A. Gibbs, j ;
the funeral of her foster father, the interment being at Morgan!"
She has been employed as cashier Mill.-' Mr. Cunningham states that
at the Guaranty State bank at wheat is unusually fine in his
Dallas, but recently accepted a section, but there were many,
position in the Federal Reserve1 whose wheat did not come up be-
bank at Dallas. . .cause of .the tall drouth.
The Store of Popular
Patronage
. And How
Prestige Is Won
*
It means fair dealing. It means just prices. It means
courteous treatment. It means the perfect conduct of a
business that is far more than ordinarily intricate. It
means, not least of all the wise selections of stocks, that
men and women will find the things they have long wanted,
at prices they can afford to pay.
To old customers and fast friends, we pledge a continu-
ance of this policy; to others we ask only that you come in
and see and be convinced that these things are intensely
true.
> * •
Saturday’s Special Sale •
on Face Powder, Talcums, Cold and Vanishing Creams,
Toilet Waters and Soaps
DON'T FORGET YOUR MOTHER NEXT SUNDAY
Send her a box of Norris, Whitman’s, or Samaset Candies.
Special prices made for this occasion
e-i The Cross Drug Store a
Bj DRUGS i
DRUGS
The
STEPHENVILLE,
Store
TEXAS
136. J
WHERE MOST FOLKS TRADE
For several weeks Couny Attor-
ney Russell and Sheriff John
Wright have been ' planning to
break up an illicit still supposed
to be located near Stephenville.
They pieced together the various
bits of information that came
their way, and finally the auspic-
ious day for the proposed raid
came. It was a rainy Monday,
and they figured that .if a still
was in operation at the suspected
house the boss of operation would
be at home and they felt sure the
still would be in operation. The
officers made a dash for the place
late in Ote :irfternoon, John Will-
ingham being sent around to the
kitchen, and Sheriff Wright and
deputies Barham and Beauchamp
to other openings in the residence..
When Mr. Willingham opened the
kitchen door* he saw a good fire
and a copper kettle, and two tubs
of water, and a five-gallon bottle,
with a fragrant-smelling juice
trickling from a copper worm.
The only occupant of the room
was a young baby. It dawned on
him .that a real still had been
found and was in operation, and
he called to the other officers.
About six gallons of a No. 1 com
juice was found on the place, and
the boiler on the stove was slowly
condensing and trickling more of
it into the glass bottle. The ca-
pacity of the plant was estimated
at about ten gallons per day. The
entire plant was loaded into a car
and brought to the court house at
Stephenville, and even then the
contents in the copper vessel were
still very warm. The whiskey
was made from corn meal.
During the balance of the after-
noon and the next day large num-
bers of people visited the sheriff’s
office with a morbid curiosity to
see a real whiskey still, and the
officers now realize that they
should have charged an admission
fee, and donated the door receipts
Coramissioner Prec. 4|t0^harity , .. ...
For several months whiskey is
rp, .p .. . .. . . . known to have been sold around
The Tribune is authorized to; StephenviIlc, most 0f it having
m ne r Tvf T hC that Ia P' been sold to boys and young men,
MiHer of Thurber is a candidateLnd the authorities were ver^
for the office of county commis-, anxioU8 to break up the demoral-
a innoc nt nramn/tt Ain <1 \ 1 **
Twenty-five years ago Sam Bays
of near Lingleville became inter-
ested in Red Poll cattle, and as
often as necessary adds new blood
to his stock. He attenlds consist-
ently the Fat Stock show at Fort
Worth, and there buys the best
registered bulls he can find. At
the recent show he bought an
1800 pound Nebraska reared reg-
istered bull, and placed him on
his Lingleville ranch, and those
who have seen the animal speak
of him as one of the best ever
brought to Erath county. In ad-
dition he has four other register-
ed bulls. Mr. Bays won two grand
championship premiums on two
jof his herd at De Leon last fall—
two-year-old heifer and yearling
teer.
During the great drouth of 1921
,Mr. Bays was forced to pump
water four months for his herds,
and he determined that he would
never again be compelled to do so
again, so he kept teams at work
enlarging his old tanks and build-
ing new ones, and he now has a
‘year’s supply of water without
any more rain.
J. D. Miller For
sioner of precinct No. 4. Mr.
izing traffic, and it is believed
MRS. M. A. GIBBS DEAD
Miller holds the office of justice I they have succeeded
of the peace, and was at one time tney na e sucteeded-
county commissioner of his pre-
cinct. He is a trained business
man, and, his former experience
gained in the public service gives
him opportunity to become an un-
usually valuable addition to the
county government. He solicits
your vote and your influence in
the coming primary election, and
Mrs. M. A .Gibbs, 73 years old,
died at Morgan Mill of paralysis
May 5, and was buried there
Saturday, Rev. Robert Ballentine
conducting the services. Deceas-
ed had lived over 40 years at
promises, in the event of his elec-1 Morgan Mill, and was a highly
tion, to devote his best energies j respected citizen, and her funeral
in serving the best interests of was largely attended as an attest-
the people of the county, ation of esteem and love. Her
- [husband, severals years ago. died
Joe Smith, the genial grocery- while sitting at a dinner table in
man at Smith & Howell’s, has a Stephenville restaurant. She is
been somewhat incapacitated for, survived by the following chil-
the past few days and detained at dren: Mrs. Ben Allison and Mrs.
his residence at different times. Emma Cunningham of Charlie,
Joe seems to be suffering with his Texas; Mrs. John Williams!, Chil-
nerve.^and his friends are of the dress; Allen Gibbs, Morgan Mill,
opinion that he will have to go and John Gibbs, address unknown.
fishing and forget his business in i -
order to get straightened out. W’onderful ballets with gorgeous
Sparks Howell ordinarily does the costumes, during Hippodrome rac-
fishing for the firm but the Tri- ing, acres of handsome and elabo-
bune would like to see Mr. Smith rate sets in “Queen of Sheba,” at
ii in the line for a few days at this Majestic Theatre next Monday and
I time. * ..Tuesday.
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Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922, newspaper, May 12, 1922; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877834/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.