The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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test will be made Satur
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BE SURE AND TURN IN YOUR VOTES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
About fifty new contestants have entered the race during the past ten days _and new ones are
every day. Don’t forget that there are two Shetland Ponies---One for the boy or girl in town ana one j
the Plucky boy or girlin the rural districts. Nearly two hundred thousand Votes have already bt
ed and the race is on in earnest. No contestant yet has a decisive lead. There is a bunch .runni
and neck. Cqme in to see us and we will explain fully the particulars.
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A RED HOT list of EXTRA SPECIALS for SATURDAY AUG. 5 and week folio
Choice $4 and |5 voile
dresses...........
12 ladies skirts worth $5.00
Extra special.............
SI.50
Clean Up on 15c figured lawns,
05c
voiles,etc, per yard.......
25c grade lawns, voiles, mar-
queisettes, etc.............
15c
$1.50 middies
) special^.........*.........
95c
1 lot 10c bleached domestic
per yard.............
11C
STILL GOING DOWN
Mens 'and Boys Palm Beacb and
Cool Cloth Suits reduced 33 1-3
Percent
See them in our window
Boy Knee Trousers at
ONE-HALF PRICE
5 dozen pairs. 5 to 16 years. Wor-
steds, Cheviots and Crash. A
close out.
37 l-2c Close Out
Mens and boys Sport Shirts
■ f. ’’
About 4 dozen, 12 to 16. White,
cream and solid blue.
17 l-2c Bargain
Counter of Mens Underwear
10 dozen drawers,and undershirts
in this lot. 30 to 44. Worth 25c
to $1.00 per garment.
6 dozen Mens Gauntlet w<
gloves 69c.
An extra value just arrived. Leath-
er back and Muleskin palm.
8# to io#.
50c
Bargain counter Childrens
Slippers
About 6 dozen pairs. Black, Pat-
ent and Calf. Infants white canvas.
BLAKENEY DRY GOODS CO
KM-
THE SATISFACTORY STORE
BENNETT KILLED
IN RAILWAY WRECK
very sad message came to
matt Tuesday afternoon
he was in the performance
tftBMSt gracious act, that of
to help look after and
an auto load of old sol-
diers whom he had taken in his
ear to the reunion at Dublin.
1 o’clock that afternoon his
James A. Bennett was killed
a fast passenger train of
11. K. & T. on which he was
went into the ditch be-
Dallas and Lancaster. Mr.
received,the tidings two
Shows later and left for
-Dallas, where his son resided, on
*he first tr*in out of here that
nigfct•
, Mr, Bennett was 42 years old.
Be had been living in Dallas sev-
eral yean while traveling for a
flouring mill establishment at
Wichita Falls. He was married
•bout 16 or 17 years ago to Miss
1211a Holmes of Gonzales. She
with three daughters survives
Mrs. Bennett and the girls
visiting in Albany when the
occurred but were soon
by phone and hurried
home. Interment was made in
Dallas yesterday.
The active pallbearers were
friends of the deceased among
his fellow commercial travelers,
none of whom are known here.
The honorary pall bearers were;
W. H. Frey of this city; Willis
Higginbotham and Edgar Watts,
Dailas; Frank Kell and W. M.
Priddy, Wichita Falls; Judge
Geo. W. Riddle and J. B. Neece,
Dallas.
Two others, the engineer and
fireman John Hollis and C. C.
Woods of Denison, were killed
and more than a score injured.
J. B. Cole of Hico was among
the injured, being hurt about
the head and in one knee and
foot. y
A press dispatch giving the de-
tails of the wreck, reads in part:
“Why the train left the track
probably never will be known.
Many passengers expressed the
belief that the engineer tried to
take the curve at too high rate
of speed. The auditor on the
train said they were running at
about forty miles an hour when
the train left the track. The
theory that the heat of the ex-
cessively hot summed afternoon
mrr.
had spread the rails of the track
on the curve also was advanced.
The engine, tender, baggage-
smoker and chair car left The
track. The engine was lyin£~al-
most on its top, and the baggage^
smoker was on its side, with its
trucks torn loose.
• “The engineer and fireman
were found jammed together not
mangled but apparently scalded
to death. Their bodies were cut
loose from the wrecked locomo-
tive about two hours after the
accident Bennetts body was
found under one aide of the bag-
gage-smoker. It is believed that
he was sitting with his feet' in
the window and the car rolled
on him as it slid down the em-
bankment He was not dead
when a rescue party reached him
but died within a few minutes:
“The track for about sixty
yards was torn up and the heavy
steel rails twisted as though they
were wired The locomotive and
tender were smashed together
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
SMITH & LONG
%
Will Appreciate your August
GROCERY BUSINESS
Bring Us Your Produce!
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PHONE 369
SMITH & LONG
CASH GROCERY
White Deer Flour
SIDE SQUARE
For County Judge:
W. E. BOWER.
For County Clerk:
E. S. HOWELL.
For Sheriff;
G. H. (BUD) DEASOK.
For Diitrict Clerk:
S. P. WILLIAMS
For Tax Assessor:
HENRY BELCHER. .
For Tax Collector:
JOHN PURVIS.
For County Superintendent:
MAUD L CUNNINGHAM
For County Attorney :
G. O. BATEMAN.
For County Treasurer:
CHAS. F. KIKER.
For Cocntnlaeioner No. t:
W T LOWE
For Oommiseloner Wo. 3:
A. H. BEAUCHAMP
For Commissioner No. 4: ,. \
D. J. (PAVE) PATTERSON
in a mass of twisted iron but the
other cars stood the shock welL
Not a window in the diner was
broken, although the car rolled
over on its side. .'?./■
“If the train had not had all-
steel equipment it is believed that
the loss of life would have been
much greater.
. “Passengers in the Pullman
cars declared that the train must
have been running at least fifty-
five miles an hour. It was fif-
teen minutes late in leaving Dal-
las.
“ Tt happened so quickly that
we hardly knew what it was,”
said Mrs. Holcombe of Austin.
“One minute we were running
along at a terrific rate of'speed
and the next we were thrown in
apile.”
“Some of the passengers were
in the diner and all but one man
were thrown down to one, end of
the car. There was a party of
reservjgts on the way to Fort
Sam Houston in one of the Pull-
man cars. They were all hurled
against on 3 * end of the car ana
suffered numerous cuts and bruis-
es.”
........
OUR CITY PHYSICIAN
GIVES TIMELY WARNING
City Health Officer Dr. A. E.
Lankford advises that people
cannot be too careful in making
frequent cleanups of premises
and general cleanliness these
days.
± He says the epedemic of infan-
tile paralysis so prevalent in some
parts of the country in other
states, has become so alarming
that every preoaution is rapidly
being taken to hedge against the
disease. r
Dr. Lankford Bays the cause
has not been discovered as vet
and therefore ah authoritative
statement as to preventatives
cannot be made.
The fact that it seems to be
confined to children and it it
known the infection comps via
mied
sanitary shape and carefully look-
ing out for fly specked fruits and
all else that is to be eaten.
AUTO REGISTRATIONS
SINCE JULY FIRST
Altman: A. Q. Jordan, W. L.
Bagwell.
Bluff Dale: R. F. Yount
Chalk Mountain: G. W. Huff-
man.
Dublin: W. G. Jones rte 9, Al-
bert Palmer, Lewis Moore, W.
W. Ayers, R. T. Fisher, J. W.
Sanders, S. D. Sanders, J. N.
Howell, W. A. Blair rte 3, Mau-
rice Reid, W.P. Hallmark. L. G.
Duffau: L. D. Shoup.
JohnsviHem J. EL Wallace, T.
C. Bead!, Jt R. Davis.
Lffi|MtiMb^H. CC Huffman rte
2. > - -' - .•■•••
Morgan Mill: W.P.
Stephenville: J. B.
Mias Nell Moore. Mrs.
Young, J. I. Blackburn,
Cdx, A. E. Martin, E. A.
fee, W. H. Hawkins.
Thurber: Teas McHarg,
Minnfck, Mr. Carr, FredKi
T. C. Jordan,
Last number on register on
ly 81 is 681.
Honoring Misses Reube
Catherine Netherly, Mary
Lee Miers,* Margaret K<
Myrtle Moss, Min Floy At
tertained with a slumber
Monday night A delight
course breakfast was sei
following morning.
Misses Joy Brener of
d Marie Denman of
are visiting their
V. M. Cox. V
and .
Wood
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1916, newspaper, August 4, 1916; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882446/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.