The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Ne<ws of Interest From Ober the
County by Special Correspondents.
Lingleville.
August i. A. J. McCarty is to
begiu a meeting here the 13th to
continue aii long as the interest
manifested demands. Everybody
invited.
Baptist meeting closed Sunday
evening at the water where the or-
dinance of baptism was adminis-
tered to four. Haven’t learned the
number of conversions.
Mr. Forbus will begin a singing
here this morning to run ten days.
Miss Susie Moss has returned
home from her visit to New Mex-
ico after a pleasant visit.
Two weddings in this commu-
nity yesterday and still it don’t
Tain.
Lee Kelly went to Abilene Sun-
day to enter school.
1 J. F. Cox and Miss Julia Cox
have gone on a trip to the Pacific.
They expect to visit San Francisco
and from there by water to Seattle,
taking in the scenes of the Pacific
coast country. They will return
on northern route.
Miss Hattie Whitacre of Haskell
and Miss Fannie Ramsey of Ste
phenville have been visiting friends
here the past few days.
Miss Jewel Robinson has return-
ed home from West Texas.
The Methodist meeting will be-
gin here next Friday night. A
fine time for meeting nights, pleas-
ant and nothing to do.
T. Price and family and Mr.
Will Haggard have gone out west
on a pleasure trip. Don’t think
there will be any danger
getting drowned.
Greens Creek spent several days
with his brother Jim last week-
Joel Murray, C. A. Hunt and
their better halves attended church
at Lingleville Sunday.
Tom Bowers is in Mexico.
Will Copeland, Brooks and Ho-
mer Jones left Thursday in a wagon
for an overland trip through north
and west Texas, also int® Mexico.
C. C« Belcher and wife visited in
the Shelby country Sunday.
Rev. J. D. Jackson passed
through this city Saturday enroute
to Hannibal.
W. J. Densmore and family are
visiting at Bluff Dale.
Messrs Belcher, Pilkerton. Rich,
ardson and Cupp of Scarbrough
were here Saturday.
Rev. Sligh closed a very success-
ful meeting at Hannibal Sunday.
Mrs. Will Wasson and children
are visiting at Wilson.
S. A. Farrar is in’Scurry county.
Bob Bowers, Dr. Thompson and
J. B. Neece were in your city on
Monday.
Dublin
of them
Human.
Rev. Morgan of Gorman and
Rev. Gaskin of Hico have been
helping in the meetings at this place
Prof. Henry Clark came through
here Wednesday.
John Maxwell and family of
Lancaster visited Mrs Hennessee
last week.
Mr. Snow is talking of buying
Mr. Grissom’s place and moving
in our mid6t.
Uncle Pickens Kiker an old and
respected citizen of Greens Creek
died at the home of W. M
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in this community last Friday.
. The Holiness meeting started
Sunday. It is reported that Rev.
John Gardner will conduct the
meeting.
Miss Alta Nelson will start for
Amarilla this week where she will
spend her vacation.
An old time singing was held at
Jbreens Creek Sunday, Prof. Whit-
en being the leader.
A party of Bunyan and Cow
Creek folks took a fishing trip this
week.
UUCKABAY
August 2. A. S. Eubanks has
moved to Gorman to take the man-
agement of a gin there.
M. L. Moore who formerly lived
near this city died at his home in
Gatesville Juiy 14, leaving a wife
aud two children.
Information reached D. W. Shee-
han and his sister Mrs. Hugh Har-
ber of Anson, who was visiting the
family, that their mother, living in
Austin had fallen Thursday and
broken a hip. M/s. Harber left
for Austin Friday.
W. A. Meador of near Stepheu-
ville was here a few days ago on
his way to Andrews county, where
he has located.
Mrs. Sallie Ballard, at one time
a resident of Dublin, died in the
asylum at Terrell July 20; the re-
mains were buried at Hico. She
leaves four children in Buckner
Orphans Home.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. L- Flock ar;
back from a two months stay at
Corpus Christi.
T. L. Haggard of Rule was here
last weefc He also
visited relatives near Lingleville.
Prof J. H. Head was called to
Gatesville Wednesday by the ill-
ness of his wife, who was in that
city.
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J. W. Smith, together with the
imformation that they are enjoyiog
every minute of their trip and the
best of health.
Mrs. C- I. Love has returned
from a four weeks visit to relatives
and friends at Mineral Wells,
Weatherford and Gustine. She
was accompanied home by her
brother, Dave Brumley and wife.
Master Eugene Wagner is carry-
ing his right arm around in a sliug
this week as a result of falling off
the doorstep while at play Satur-
day morniug. The bone was bro-
ken above the elbow, but tbe little
fellow is getting-along nicely and
bids fair to make an early con-
valescence.
Rev. W. R. Allmon isconduting
a meeting at the Davidson’s school
house this week and will conduct
a meeting at Sim’s Valley next
week. Rev. H. G. Whisenaut of
Purves filled his pulpit at the
Baptist church last Sunday and
Rev. A. J. Thompson will preach
next Sunday.
James Kyle died at the residence
of his son in Thurber on Sunday
July 25. He was 55 years of age.
He was buried at Liberty on Mon-
day July 26th, Ret. C. W. Macune
officiating at the funeral, and the
Brickmakers Local in attendance.
Joe Camfield aud Miss Nina
Weaver stole a mVrcir-o« their
friends by going up to Judge
Hamilton’s residence Sunday af
ternoon and having him pronounce
the ceremoney that made them man
and wife. Both these young peo-
ple are general favorites in Thurber.
Mrs. Donie Green died at the
home of her uncle, Joe Parker,
Monday of acute nephritis. The
deceased was only 19 years of age
and her death was unusually sad
owing to the fact that she leaves a
ten-day old infant to be raised
without a mother’s love. Con-
dolences are extended to the be
reaved husband and grief-stricken
relatives.
Judge and Mrs. M. J. Thompson
passed through Thurber Wednes-
day en route to the picnic at Min-
gus Lake, where the Judge de-
livered a highly appreciated talk,
on Woodcraft.
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To the Baptist of Erath County.
Dear Brethren: After serving you
as County Missionary for eight
years, and after studying our de-
nomil a iona! situation both care-
fully and prayfully, I have de-
cided that we need a man, stronger
than I, to lead our missionary in-
terests onward and upward to great-
er spiritual heights.
Therefore, I shall decline a re-
Thurber.
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August 2. Huckabay is in need
of a good rain and several other
good things too numerous to men-
tion. v,
Mrs. M. 0. Jones and children
spent Saturd&y with her mother at
Liberty.
Keahey -and family of
Crom The Journal, July SO.
Mrs. W. R. Allmon left this
week for Mize, Miss., to spend a
month with her parents.
Mrs. C. B. Mowery and daughter,
Miss Myrtle, returned Sunday
from Eastland, Mrs Peterson hav-
ing recovered from her recent in-
disposition. •
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Lit. Williams was here Thurs-
day from his ranch 12 miles south
of town and states that crops in his
section are just about as sorry as
he ever saw.
Post cards descriptive of the
sights enroute to Seattle are being
received by friends of Mr. and Mrs.
election at our Stephenville Asso-
ciation, and I am using this method
of notifying you of tny intention,
and of thanking you for expressed
confidence. I shall ever pray for
my successor.and the work.
W. M. Grhrn,
Assoclational Missionary.
W. C. Cook, a young man who
lives near Dublin, but who has
been working here at the oil mill,
was arrested Monday night upon a
charge of theft, it being alleged he
appropriated a quantity of brass
valves, etc., belonging to the mill
when he was making arrangements
to leave. After being arrested, the
officers searched his baggage and
found the stolen property. The
defendant plead guilty to the
charge and was fined $10.00 and
ten days in jail.—Comanche Ex-
ponent.
A splendid article from Prof. |
Everett Davis at Austin, reached
tbe Empire too late for publication
last week. As it was in reference
to the amendments to be voted on
Tuesday it would of course answef
no purpose to publish it m
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REGARDING TITLES.
you’re in doubt about a
man’s title,'* said Gen. dared A.
Smith, 1. S. A., limn, whom there is
no better authority on ftie^Bitlnect
of military courtesy, “try him with
a title higher than you think he is
entitled to. If you overshoot the
mark he will invariably correct you;
but no matter how often you mis-
called his rank by failing to extend
FALL GAVE DUMB MAN SPEECH.
After being deal' and dumb eight
years in consequence of an attack
of fever at Sierra l.eone an ex-sea-
mnn named John Driscoll of Aider-
shot. Knglaud, Ims recovered his lost
faculties as the result of a fall down-
stairs. lie was goinv upstutrs and
suddenly fell backwards on bis head
and the people who .picket! hir up
to him the courtesy of the title1 were astounded to hear hiirf'^aay.
G.
which is his own he will never fail
<0 answer, thus offsetting your Imd
manners bv his politeness.
“Remember that it’s the height of
bad manners to call your medical
friends ‘Doe’ or even ‘Doctor,’ un-
less you add the name to the title.”
'Dh, lin God!” After the accident
Driscoll saw a doctor, who said that
the recovery of his hearing was duo
to the fall, which also resulted in
the loosening of his vocal cords. Ilis
ease had previously been pronounced
hopeless.
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The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1909, newspaper, August 6, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877858/m1/3/?q=%22thurber+%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.