Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1921 Page: 3 of 7
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STEPHENVILLE TRIBUNE. STEPHENV1LLE, TEXAS
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Our Merchandise Is
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| You should never buy Dry" Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Ladies’ Ready-to-wear un-
til you have seen' our goods and gotten our prices. Our house is full and every
item for sale. Our hobby is to never be undersold and always undersell. Come
: to us every time you want anything in our line and we’ll sell you the goods.
j These Are Only A Few of the Many Specials We are Offering this Week j|
\ \ 24 Boys’ Knee Pants Suits, with extra
pants to match, worth $7.50, for Sat-
urday and next week, go at......$5.95
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! *4 Boys’ Knee Pants Suits, worth $6.50
*.for Saturday and next week, age 6 to
16, go at.......................$4.95
Reduced Again—Big Lot Ladies’ Odds
and Ends Shoes. All broken lots
shoes, worth $3.50 up to $10.00. All
kinds and sizes. About 60 pair in
the lot. Out on counter to close out
Saturday and next week at......$2.65
36-inch Silk Messaline, all colors on sale
this week at....................$1.29
Fair Samples of Bargains
We Offer
Every Ladies and Girls Hat in
the house at Just Half Price
$5.00 Hats for...................$2.50
$10.00 Hats for............. $5.00
$15.00 Hats for............. $7.50
And all the way \ip and down the line at
HALF PRICE
36-inch Silk Taffeta on Sale this week
at.................. $1.29
Extra Good Quality Silk Pongee on sale
this week at. ^...................95c
56-inch Middy Flannel in red, green
and navy, on sale this week at.. .$1.95
$1.50 Rag Rugs on sale this week
at............................
98c
$17.50 Art Squares, size 9x12, on sale
this week at............. $13.95
$22.50 Art Squares, size 9x12, on sale
this week at........ ^$19.95
nTlJen’s Suits, worth $16.00, $18.50 and
$20.00, reduced again for Saturday
and next week............ $12.95 ;;
R.E.COX DRY GOODS COMPANY
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Walking Match Which
Thrilled Erath County
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Nearly a century ago Stephen-
ville people believed they had one
of the best walkers in the state,
and openly boasted of it. Gran-
bury people had in their town a
man whom they also believed* in-
vincible, and they boasted, too, of
his invincibility, and stamina.
The argument reached to such a
degree of heat that a test became
necessary, and a challenge result-
ed. This was about 30 years ago,
and the staging of the contest was
fixed at Stephenville.. I nthe rear
of where the postofftce now stands
a canvas tent was erected, and
plans were arranged for a three-
night walking match, and challen-
ges were issued, and excitement
was soon at fever heat. The con-
test was to run for three nights—
and the time each night was fixed
at 2 hours and 40 minutes—a total
of 8 hours flat-footed walking.
James Sandlin of Grandbury, who
later became the sheriff of Hood
county, and made an enviable rec-
i ord, entered the list. Bob Rod-
man and Frank Poteet of Steph-
envjlle were entered by their re-
spective admirers. Davis of
Thurber, Anderson of Dublin and
a man from Strawn were also en-
tered. Billy Dawson was man-
ager for Poteet. Interest in the
great event was very great and
excitement was at white heat.
Poteet was then a big, untrained
country boy, and had strong back-
* ing in his neighborhood and all
wanted him to win. Bob Rodman
was also a country youth, and his
friends had implicit confidence in
his ability to stand the crucial
strain and win. When the match
opened each contestant had his
manager. They drew positions.
Sandlin winning first, Rodman]
second and Poteet third. The
conditions stipulated that each
contestant must walk continuous-
ly. When the match opened man-
circular iiii£,
wet sponges to their
men as they walked,
were also handed glasses
and drank as
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had
first
Poteet. These three men
kept even throughout the
t&i« other?1" tafefeW Bon Weevils
day had a similar ending, and in-
terest now was at white heat. All
three men were well groomed for
the final decision on the third
day. Minute after minute passed
as they rounded the circle. Nei-
ther gained or lost an inch. When
the eight hours expired on the
third night the three contestants
stood about as they had started
in the great endurance walk, with
Sandlin an inch ahead of Rodman
and Rodman an inch ahead of
Poteet, and the decision of the
judges was rendered in accord-
ance. During the contest each
walked in eight hours 49 miles
and 1000 yards.
Another challenge was made
and Frank Poteet went into train-
ing for the second great event,
and Mack Wilson made a $15 pair
of shoes for him, designed speci-
ally for the occasion. Judge Oxr
ford, who later became district
judge of this judicial district, in
those days was an athlete himself
of more than usual skill, became
Mr. Poteet’s trainer, and succeed-
ed in bringing his man into a
high degree of perfection. The
parties could never get together
for the second trial of endurance,
and interest in walking soon died
out.
New Teachers Added
To School Facull
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U. D. Bramlette, superintenden
the Stephenville public schools,
nnounces the addition of two
ew teachers to the faculty—Mrs.
N. Read in the fifth grade and
Mrs. Virgil Wallace in the high
school. Both aye experienced
teachers and Mr. Bramlette feels
that he is extremely fortunate in
tting them to accept the places.
brings the total number of
achers in the. public schools
toNtwenty-four, j With the seve:
private tegcheii in the city
the College faculty, there is mow
around sixty-five teachers in Ste-
ubenville.
Get your glassware, tinware
and enamelware at Livingston
Racket Store. .
Plant Berries, and
Stephenville, Tex., Oct. 29, 1921.
Editor Tribune:
I used to write dairy articles
for the Tribune, now the Tribune
writes its own dairy articles. But
we did not ever think that the
boll weevils would play the mis-
chief like they have as the boy
says, “just simply eat up the
game with the farmer/' On top
of the boll weevils the land is
getting rather too poor to raise
anything on but a fuss. '"Last
summer I was down in .East
Texas, near Lindale. Down there
one man, at least, has solved the
boll weevil problem. He has
several hundred acres of black-
berries planted. This same fel-
low put in an up-to-date canning
factory. I tell you it seems that
machinery has nearly as much
sense as some folks. The berries
start in at one side and come out
at the other canned up and
labeled and not even touched by
human hands. This man and his
associates hire several hundred
hands during the gathering sea-
son. The thought occurred to me
why couldn’t the people around
Stephenville do the same thing.
We have the land just as good as
they have. All it takes is the
gizzard. It does not and would
not take much money to set three
hundred acres of this fruit. When
they come into bearing three hun-
dred acres of berries will give
between three and six thousand
hands a job for a month picking
to say nothing of the canning.
Blackberries absolutely made
Hammondtown, New Jersey. After
the farmers there decided that
there was nothing left for them
to do but move, some fellow start-
hte idea of setting out a berry
atch and building a canning fac-
ory. Now there are thousands
acres planted. Everybody has
a job. The editor of the paper
there talks berries in his sleep,
and the boys and girls, men and
women, and even the old maids
have money to spend. Wh/not
start something like that I
county. No use to start t little
toy outfit Set out five hundred
Aet^i AMlii M l« aL TUa
to pick an acre of berries work-
ing every other day. Just think
of the employment that would be.
Capt. Jenks knows something of
how berries bear, and I believe
can testify that the proposition is
a good one.
J. E. FITZGERALD.
WATCH FOR CHILDREN
acres. It won’t cost much.'' The
boll weevils won’t bother them.
It takes from ten to twenty hands
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(Dallas News)
The toll of lives published daily
in The News emphasizes the dis-
tressing fact that motor vehicle
casualticM' are increasing. The
pathetic- feature of the record is
the number of fatalities to little
children. __
Without attempting to place the
responsibility for this frightful
waste of life, automobilists are
reminded that they must exercise
more than ordinary care in driv-
ing, particularly in the vicinity
of school houses.
A few days ago a visitor to the
city, while driving with his host,
received a tremendous jolt when
the alert driver suddenly applied
the brakes and brought his car to
a full stop just as a little form
stepped into the street from the
space between two parked cars.
When the visitor recovered his
breath he exclaimed , “You must
have had a premonition of dang-
er; the child was not in sight
when you threw me against your
windshield 1” “Oh, yes, he was,”
the reply came promptly. “His
little feet were visible under that
first car at the curb.”
The cautious driver added: “I
never pass a standing car that I
do not cast a glance under it on
the lookout for little feet.” The
remark was repeated to me and
needless to say made a deep im-
pression on my mind. In fact, 1
have adopted the same precau-
tionary measure.
In this connection it seems per-
tinent to ask if the signs warning
automobilists, posted last year
near public school buildings, will
be replaced. Finally, let every-
body who drives a motor vehicle
inur* not of any kind keep a sharp lookout
i/EraU* for “little feet”
f little] George W. Jalonick,
Dallas, Texas.
HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME
When an old Stephenville loafer
about 70 years old began, com-
plaining the other day of being
overworked and worn out, the
Tribune man hunted around and
dug up a few statistics which just
fitted into the lives of men of his
ilk. It is to the effect that the
average man of seventy years
spends his life about as follows:
He devotes 23 years to sleep,
and only 19 to work, therefore it
is silly to complain of being worn
out, provided sanity has been ex-
ercised. Delving down still far-
ther the Tribune man found that
this average citizen disposed of
the remainder of his 70 years
about as follows: Amusement 9
years, religious devotion 1 year;
eating 6 years, traveling 6 years,
illness 4 years, dressing*2 years.
Overeating, hurried eating, fail-
ure to masticate food and the use
of improper foods, were the
causes very largely of the four
years’ illness. *
fund. This would give this fund
$90,000. If the property valuation
justifies it about $25,000 more
should be added. With such a
fund it is possible to erect at
some point west of the city a
plant which will give gravity
pressure. The present system is
so costly consumers cannot afford
to use it on their lawns. We can-
not have a pretty town until we
get cheap water. Paved streets
are nice, and are all right as far
as they go, but who wants to *
live in a town with neglected
lawns and dead shade trees? Give
us cheap water. Later on will be
time to think about streets. We
are now pumping water up hill,
and those living remote from the
plant are not getting good service,
one-half of thisj creat, shrdlueta
The present plant pumps 24 hours
during the day. It is an expens-
ive toy. We must cut out nearly
one-half of this expense. Will we
do it?
GIVE US CHEAPER WATER
The $50,000 bond issue provid-
ed for furnishing Stephenville
with a water system is totally in-
adequate for the accomplishing of
the purpose. The remedy is to
permit the people to cancel the
$40,000 voted for street improve-
ment, and add it to the water
Rev. J. P. Gilliam is here this
week after having officiated at
Carlton at the funeral of a young
Baptist preacher named Hobart
Waldrep. The latter preached
Saturday before his death at
Kempner, and next morningfl -was
found dead in his bed. Mr. Gil-
liam states that Rev. Waldrep
was a man of unusual attain-
ments.
Trunks and suit case*y at Liv-* : 4
ingston Racket Store
BETTER MEATS!
CLEANER MEATS!
QUICKER SERVICE!
PHONE 12
PALACE MARKET
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Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1921, newspaper, November 4, 1921; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881570/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.