The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Tribune.
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SIXTEENTH YEAR.
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1908.
NO. 44
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when needed, deposit it with us. A bank
account will give you a better busi-
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and a prestige that you may never
have enjoyed before. If your
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charm, coveted by every lady
who wishes to make herself
attractive, and too much care
cannot he exercised in the
selection of these goods.
We have face powders in
stock from 10c per box and up-
wards. All the leading brands
are represented in our assort-
ment, but we recommend the
face powders of the Imperial
Crown Perfumery Co. as be-
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ranted not to injure the finest
complexion.
Pay us a visit.
PERRY BROS
Drugs and Jewelry
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Never in the history of the world were
wages higher than now, yet human Agi-
tators are not satisfied. They stalk over
the country making inflammatory
speeches ana flaunting the red flag of
anarchy, Chicago and New York seem-
ing to be the center of the hot beds of
anarchv and bomb throwers. The so-
cialist labor party has nominated a man
for president of the United States who
is under a 25 year sentence in Idaho for
murder. This seems to the law-abiding
man mockery of good government.
These men look upon the liberty given
by the laws of the countnr as a license
to terrorise and alny. Even in Kratb
county, we are aorry to sa>, there are
some who believe in the doctrines of an-
archy. To check thia unnatural fun.
gnoua growth transplanted here from
foreign lands, it is the duty of every
food ciUsen to take a firm stand and de-
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nounce the hydraheaded monster when-
ever it bobs up. If it is not checked
and punished as it should be the day
will come when there will be blood shed
and riot, and the land will be stricken
as it never was before.
John H Johnson of Morgan Mill cele-
brated his seventieth birthday on Oct.
29, 1908, and received many congratula-
tions from his friends. While he shows
old age has left its impress, yet he is
not feeble by any means, and lboks as
though he might be spared to his people
far many years. Of his 7# years he has
•pent48J-2 of them in Erath county,
and was at one time intimately identi-
fied with all the affairs connected with
the progress and development of Erath
county. Forty-effht years make won-
derful changes both in man and the phy-
sical conditions of a country, and, while
he is proud of the changes that have
been wrought since he came to Erath
county, it makes him feel sad when he
surveys Jthe field retrospectively, and
reflects that nearly all who were actors
with him in the great drama of life 48
years ago only a very few are living.
One by one they have paid the debt of
nature, and dropped out, and new ones
have taken their places.
M H Matthews, who farms on the
John Kay farm near Selden, made 720
bushels of corn, 850 of oats and will get
18 bales of cotton, the cotton being cut
short as Schlen happened to be in a dry
strip this season. He brokehis oat stub-
ble in July and August, and now has a
magnificent stand of volunteer oats.
Mr. Matthews says reuters as a rule are
prospering and making money and the
lands are not being impoverished be-
cause the landlords are «ot persuing the
insane, suicidal policy of compelling
them to confine their crops to cotton,
and he speaks in high praise of such
land&o-iils as John Kay, Charley Pousa-
lot. Bill Wyly and others, who permit
their tenants to diversify.
M H Blackmond, who was one of the
unfortunate men who was on the new
bridge over the Bosque near Clairette
when it broke down a few weeks ago,
and precipitated nine men and some
horses and mules to the bottom of the
river, has not yet recovered from his in-
juries, and does not think he ever will.
Mr. Blackmond has a piece of the metal
that was used in the construction of the
bridge, and it shows to be faulty. He
thinks the entire structure too frail for
the purpose of bearing the traffic for
which it was built, and would have col-
lapsed under its own weight. Mr. Black -
tnond holds the same as the editor of
the Tribune: i. e., that all county bridges
should be built strong enough to permit
traction engines to pass over in safety.
If they are thua substantially constructed
the danger of collapsing is almost elim-
inated. It will he remembered that the
bridge near Bluff Dale went down under
the weight of a traction engine owned
bv Andy Duckett, and was made useless.
The lives of our citizens should not be
put in jeopardy by the county authorities
permitting the construction of danger-
ous bridges.
The new pastor of the Race street
Christian church, Rev. J T Montgomery,
and family have been most cordially re-
ceived by their flock and feel moat
grateful for the Christian spirit eviden-
ced in many ways, and especially for the
generous ‘'pounding” given them at
the parsonage Saturday evening.
Lost—ring set with small diamond
lost Wednesday between residences of
W A Tuley and Mrs. R S Basse). Re-
turn same to F 8 Yantis at S N & S T
office for reward.
Mrs. J D Jackson is very sick,
Mrs. John Steele is visiting relatives
| at Hamlin.
Mrs. Mason Harwell of Quanah is vis-
iting her mother Mrs. Coile.
Mr. and Mrs. J W Griffin of near
Selden traded in the city Tuesday.
W P Deason of Jacksonville is in the
city visiting his brother, Bud Deason.
About 700 Stepheuville people went
to the Dallas fair the past 10 days.
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At noon yesterday middling cotton
was selling at from 8:55 to 8:60. *
Joe Terrett is still a very sick man,
his life hanging by a slender thread.
Charley Long ships a car load of cattle
to Fort Worth every two weeks.
J B Neece and Robert Copeland of
Huckabay and Lee Hughes of near this
city spent a few days at the Dallas fair.
Misses Clyde Chancellor and May Pen-
niger visited friends in Fort Worth and
Dallas this week.
W J Sealy of Winnsporo, Wood coun-
ty, lias moved to Stephenvilie to become
a citizen.
J K Gammons of near Skipper Gap
came in Saturday to renew for the Tri-
bune and Dallas News and also to trade.
J J Blackwell went to Dallas Sunday
to meet his wife who had been visiting
friends in her old home.
Col. Frank Yantis, general traffic
manager for the S N & S T.left Tuesday
for San Antonio to attend a meeting of
the general freight agents of Texas.
Mrs. J B Cooper, who has been a resi-
dent of Stephenvilie for many years,
leaves next Tuesday for her new home
at Iredell.
Mrs.Jowell of Herford,accompanied by
her daughter Miss Elgie Custon was a
guest this week of her sister, Mrs Jess
Neblett. 1
In Jamaica under English rule all
children are under compulsory educa-
tion. Negroes compose the bulk of the
population.
Thurber is fortunate in having T W
Windle as a teacher of her public
schools. He seems to be an unusually
broadguaged man.
Mark J Wright of San Antonio, a for-
mer Tarleton student, was in the city
this week. He is with an electrical con-
cern in San Antonio.
John E Smith of Hackabay states that
he has had three cases of fever in his
family, his son Dick being the last vic-
tim. Also, that Mrs. John Murry and
son are ill with fever.
John Price and wife of Palacious came
in last week to visit relatives. John is
doing well in his new home, and be-
lieves South Texas is going to be the
garden spot of Texas in the near future.
Jim Winters and wife, Mrs. D T Col-
lier of Hico, Misses Georgie and Belle
Hollingsworth of Valley Grove go to
(Fort Worth Nov. 10 to attend the Bap-
tist state convention.
Tom Spradling of Sunny Side ranch
always looks upon the bright side of life,
and when one talks with him five min-
utes the world seems to grow brighter
and better.
Dr. T J Wells, who formerly lived in
Erath county, and who is a brother of
our own Jack Wells, is now president of
the Eclectic medical association of
Erick, Ok.
A L Caldwell of ilc Leon and Mrs.
S K Hopkins of Canyon City, ^Col., were
married Wednesday at the Christian
parsonage by the pastor, Rev. J T
Montgomery.
Roberts’ cotton yard weighed 4645
bales, and the fanners union cotton
yard 4300 to noon yesterday. About
450 bales were spipped direct from the
gins and compress, .tusking 9395 bales.
B O Griffin left specimens of the Black
Ren Davis apple at the Tribune office
this week which were unusually large
id highly colored. If his entire crop
averages up like the samples they will
sell at fancy prices.
lion. Jess Baker has two free scholar-
ships at his disposal, and desires to ap-
point two students to use them. One is in
Sana Houston Normal and the other is
in the North Texas State Normal at
Denton, carrying with them free tuition,
fteefeooks, and $50 cash. If you feel
interested write at once to Hon. Jess
Baker at Granbnry.
Mrs. Mary Oxford, mother of Judge,
Doetor and Eli Oxford, died Thursday
at 1 o„'cfock at the home ofT E Richards,
her sou-in-law, at the age oi seventy
years, having been sick about twenty
days She has a large number of friends
and relatives, and the funeral which
occurs to-day, Friday, at 2 p m, at West
End, and wUl be largeiy attended.
About two o’clock Thursday, Oct. 29,
the safe of Carlton Bros, a large mer-
cantile house at Iredell, was blown open
by burglars and over $ 100 in money and
$7000 Tn checks taken. The concern
waa dealing heavily in cotton and it was
supposed it had “dead loads” of money
on band. The burglars carried off all
notes of the firm and a large number of
cotton tickets. The following checks
drawn on the Continental bank of Hico
were taken: W C Peterson, check for
$15; W S Blue, check .for $40.70; J C
Pike, check for $3. Also a check drawn
by G. M. Carlton & Bro. on the Hico
rational bank for $6850.40. Be on the
lookout lor cotttou tickets and these
Lawyer Lindsley Brown of Mineral |
Wells is in the city visiting his father, i
and also perfecting the appeal papers in j
the Pierson murder case, in which he is ;
one of the leading counsel. Although a
very young mau he was assigned a lead- 1
ing part in this important case, and he
handled it with consummate skill.
Prof. Shults tells us the people ol i
Morgan Mill are very proud of their
town and their public school. They j
give the school a right loyal support, |
and also find time to plant trees and '
flowers that their homes may become '
more attractive each succeeding year.
In truth the blessed women of the Mill
have all other towns skinned a whole
city block.
W B Drake of the Frisco is authority
for the statement that work will soon
begin on the new depot m this city, as
the contract has been let It is to be of
pressed brick with tiled roof, and of
| such a character of architecture that any
] city in Texas would be proud of it.
i The cost will be $10,0000. Hurrah for
i the Frisco and Col. Drake.
Oil Mill Products.
Meal, per hundred pounds
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Cotton for quilts, etc., per pound____________________ .05
Cash must positively accompany all orders.
STEPHENVILLE OIL MILL.
J J Blackwell, a prominent stockman
of Skipper Gap, and C H Hardin, a
planter and stock raiser of Honey Grove,
were in Dallas Sunday admiring the fine
animals on exhibition. This part of the
show is very fine, and both gentlemen
felt paid for the time devoted to this
part of the great show.
Ike Ellis has built a fine hitching rack
at Valley Grove for his friends who go
there to worship, the labor and material
being given free of charge. The posts
were put in the ground 3 feet, set five
feet apart, surmounted by a cap rail of
squared timber with spikes driven suit-
able distances to prevent ropes and brid-
les from slipping. The rack is 61 feet
long, making 122 feet of hitching room
when both sides are used. Mr. Gardner
and Oliver McKenzie also contributed
toward helping to build the rack.
W M Caldwell belongs to a family of
swift cotton pickers. He is 56 yearaold,
and is about as nibble-figured as most
any young person, his latest exploit
being 305 pounds in one day. The same
day his daughter, Miss Frankie, 17 years
old, picked 336 pounds, and rested 1 1-2
hours during the day. Robert is 12
years, and his record is 254 pounds.
Miss Ella, who is under sweet sixteen,
is able to get out 310 pounds. This
makes 1205 pounds in a day for this in-
dustrious family.
Every child in Texas and the entire
south should be made to go to school six
days in the week and 10 months in the
year. The present system of working
women and children in the cotton fields
is responsible for cotton selling under
10 cents per pound, and is virtually
robbing the children of something far
more precious than all the wealth gained
by their parents. By eliminating them
from the fields what would be the result?
There would be less cotton made, but
the price would not fall far short of 25
cents.
In a discussion at Sisk in the farmers’
union the question came up regarding
compulsory education, quite a respect-
able majority favoring the giving of the
children the advantages conferred by
liberal education. There was one, how-
ever, who violently denounced any in-
trusion by the government on his sacred
rights—the right to rob his children of
an education, ifhepleased. With clenched
fists he said lie would take his shot gun
and kill the first officer who came to his
house to make him send his children to
school.
T W Morrison of Cleburne, formerly
of Stephenvilie, is in the city visitinr
relatives and old friends. He had bean
that Ben Latta, Tom Barham, Geo. Clark
and Pat Coleman had gone Ito work
under orders sent to them by night
riders, and he came to investigate.
Finding this true he will institute a
lodge of this order in his own town
when he returns, for he believes there
must be good in an order that can really
make such gentlemen as the above
named go to work in earnest.
Ed Matthews, 16 years old, and who
lives with his father near Selden, re-
cently picked 413 pounds* of cotton in
one day of the Gold Standard variety.
No doubt he could have picked 500
pounds but his father, H H Matthews,
made him quit because he was afraid the
boy JJwould overwork and make him-
self trick. Mr. Matthews thinks the
Gold Standard the ootton for this sec-
tion, as the bolls are very large, easily
picked and not easly damaged by storms
and the lint is first class. He has saved
all his seed.
A young tnan fell from the west bound
Frisco Monday morning and came near
losing bis life. The train was so badly
crowded he was forced to ride on the
platform, and was holding to the railing.
Some one in a brutal wav caught and
wrenched hie right arm from its hold,
and he was so cold and numb he did
not have strength to maintain his hold
with his left hand, and fall overboard.
He was within 50 feet of a public road
to which he crawled, where he laid down
and waited until a farmer came along in
a wagon. He was brought to Stephen-
vilie where a local railway surgeon at-
tended him.
A prominent physician of Stephenvilie
passed a very handsome compliment on
the Tribune recently when he remarked
to the editor : “I feel it my duty to tell
you that you are doing a great work
throughout Erath county in your effort
to enlighten the people on the danger of
contracting contagious diseases. I con-
verse with hundreds of people who read
the Tribune, and I feel it my duty as a
physician to tell you that vour paper is
doing a noble work in its desire to en-
lighten the people on hygiene in order
that they may avoid contracting diseases
which eventually meaqs death. While
it is the mission of the physician to heal,
yet the nobler mission in his life is to
aid those groping iu darkness to avoid
habits that bring on dangerous and in-
curable diseases, and I am sure your
paper is making itself an invaluable aux-
Illlary in helping to educate the people
of the county.
Just received a shipment of the pgv
newest and latest styles of neck wear
Made by
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jgl Rufus Waterhouse Company ^
of New York.
The best in the land. They are sold at the
Model Clothing Store, only
We are also sole dealers in the
perfect-fitting
Mansing Union Saits
Be sure you see them.
Opera House
Tuesday, Nov. 3“
JOHN THOMPSON
THE ONLY ACTOR in the world who gives an entire Vaudeville
Entertainment alone.
MR. THOMPSON will appear in his original Musieal-Character-
Comedy entitled
“The Funny Fellows of New York”
THERE IS NO other entertainment like this, neither has any other
actor ever accomplished such an undertaking.
DURING THE PERFORMANCE he will sing about 16 comical
songs, all hits.
HE WILL INTRODUCE 10 different characters, each character of a
different nationality, and appropriate dialect.
HE WILL PLAY on thd piano, violin, banjo, Chinese fiddle, clari-
net and other instruments as he is a fine musician.
HE WILL TELL about 300 funny stories and jokes, some of which
are funny enough to make a mule laugh.
AS A DANCER he has few equals, and any person who does not
laugh at the dancing of the Yankee farmer should immediately
censult a doctor.
HE IS ALSO his own orchestra and plays his own music while singing
HE NEVER LEAVES THE STAGE until the performance ends; he
dresses himself, puts on his wigs, “makes up” his face for each
character right before the audience so that they can see how an
actor “makes up” in his dressing room.
HE IS A WHOLE TROUPE OF TEN vaudeville artists, including
the orchestra.
IF YOU MISS THIS entertainment you will never get another
chance to see any one like it because there is none.
Reserved seat tickets at Wilson’s Drug Store. Treat yourself to two
hours of joy.
Admission 10. 23, and 35 cts.
The corner stone of the new city hall
was laid at 10 o’clock Saturday bv the
Pythian knights of this city, the knights
being dressed in their beautiful street
costumes oi almost oriental splendor,
and presented a most pleasing sight as
they marched from their lodge room to
where the building is being erected on
Belknap street. Will Shelton acted as
master of ceremonies, and did the hon-
ors satisfactorily to his order and to all
others. Of course Major Baldwin met
them at the threshold of the building
and turned it over to them temporarily
for the completion of their mission.
Judge Collin George made a response iu
his usual happy manner, paying a glow-
iug tribute to the volunteer fire boys
who give tlieir time to the protection
of the city against fires. He spoke of
the days in the remote history of Steph-
en ville when the first school house was
erected—and a splendid structure it was
for those days. The city grew in popu-
lation and wealth, and the old building
be entered on the rolls, as he was anx-
ious to help support the fire boys in their
laudable, unselfish work. The Hon.
Fred Chandler was billed for a talk blit
failed to meet his appointment, and by
the way, he and Mayor Baldwin occupy
the unique distinction of being the only
two honorary members of the fire de-
partment in this city, no former may'-
or Hiiy other public man ever havii
been proposed for membership. Our
present mayor is pnblic
soon as he was elected
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mayor handed
over $5 for honorary membership in the
same was hermetically sealed und placed
"} ~U*r.9tone’ and masons
placed the oeautiful granHe block in
position.
Rrcord of Articucs.
Copy each of Tribune and Empire
statement of Farmers National bank
roster of fire department, roster of K P
looked gray and dingy ami common-
place, and our aesthetic feelings were
touched to such a point it was decided
to tear down the tottering walls, and use
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