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TWENTY-FIRST YEAR.
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1913
No. 46
NEWSPAPER
In the Interest of
the Mniwin. Believes In Prac-
tical Education. Fosters All
movements that Tend to Ad-
vance the Science of Farmln§.
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MMUNITY
CO-OPERATION
, Copyrighted Farm aud Raach-Hollan’s Magazine
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Small Town
Success.
Merehunt’s
Wg
ufactucers, who spend large sums
of money advertising, depend up-
on a steady demand from the pub-
. people in your community W® f°r their brands their goods
either send out of town fo^^,,,UI,^ h* r'Kht to induce repeal
or go away for them, °rder*. Quality must be maintain-
* for one of two reasons. ^ year ttf,er Feai' 01 ,he demand
either cannot getthespeoific vvi11 ce*^e-
leswanted in local stores, or1 KxP»ain to the trade that your
are lower elaewhere. store offers the some class of mer-
Trade-inarkcd, advertised brands ‘‘handise to be found in the larger
of merchandise will solve both of
ms. C. A. MCE
TIKES HER Oil LIFE
RAZOR FAILS; SHE RESORTS
TO ROPE TIKI) TO BED.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
, SHOOTS PLAYMATE
— p'icry
FRED ALLEN HAS NAARROW 1
ESCAPE ' FROM DEATH
Tragedy Occurs on West Wiulilni)-
Ion Street Monday Morning.
Mrs. G. A. Wallace, sixty two
Pistol Dali Searches Vital
Hul Fails In Kill.
Parts,
The ulneth annual flower show
was a greater success ill'every cny
than the preceding shown. The
remelery association is especially
| indebted to Lho business men who
stores of the cities and that your
prices are the same as elsewhere..
No matter how small the town or
store, if you handle trademarked,
advertised goods, you
Ar Miloaded pistol made a
years old, who has been a resident i,,MMHd ,n Stephenville Sunday responded so generously when call-
of Stephenville the past year,and l,Mno<In l,v to 8Wnd ils *««*:{ yd upon for contributions and prize
who hoarded on WestW ashinglon
street at the home of H. L. McKin-
ney, was found dead at about teu eoteen years of age, son of Jack
o’clock Monday morning, November -k1 l«*u.
10, with a small rope tied around ^l,; *ii’st iatimution to the oul-
ber neck, the other end tied to the s*de *°^d that a shot had been
fired was when l)r. Mulloy receiv-
senger of death into the jugular'
same shopping facilities afforded
iu the largest cities. In handling
this class of merchandise you get
the benefit of the manufacturer's
e questions for the small town
merchant., when he has brought
MwiMt<Mner8U)recogni/.e the ad van-
tages of quality and service.,,
He cam keep their trade at homo
by handling lines of merchandise,
which are well known to the buy-
ers in his community, and on which
bis prices are as low as in the advertising, just as
langest cities. Ou Trade marked, | in the large city.
Advertised goods the prices are
the same everywhere—their style
and quality are just the same in
the smallest town as they are in
the largest city.
ftyinember that only good mer-
chandise is worth advertising. Man-
middle of the steel rod of ths head-
board of the bed. The cross rod
used by the unfortunate woman
was not more thnn /our and a half
feet high, and not high enough to
hang a person enjoying normal
offer the health and strength
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As the Woman’s neck was not
broken, and as her features did
■lot indicate strangulation, it was
apparent that death must have re-
does the store j*,'|led from the shock.
Mrs. Wallace had been an inva-
„ . lid for many years, and this may
Manufacturers who sell you goods . ., ..
... have enused her to commit the
owe it to you to establish tneir,, ae,|, U(.t
brands of goods in your section— |
help you create a demand1
and to
for their line. You should insist up
on their doing so—it will increase
your sales.
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Its. H. B. Chamberlain’s
Entertainment of Tuesday
hk
In response to her invitation the
many friends of Mrs. H. R. Cham-
berlain gathered in her borne Tues-
day afternoon.
Hie glowing warmth aud beauty
autumn leaves, with vases of
.T-aW'TT ,
ysautheinunis about, and
During the past several weeks
she had been unusually feeble, und
Mrs. R. L. McKinsey watched her
to see that she wanted for nothing.
The day of the tragedy Mrs. Mc-
Kinsey went into the sitting room
to look after > Mrs. Wallace. Not
finding her site went to another
room, and from there to Mrs. Wal-
lace's bed room, where she was
horrified to find her with a rope
around her. neck, swinging from the
head of the bed, her feel being
druwn up.
Mrs. McKiAsey was so greatly ex-
cited that she did not know what
useless! 10 d0» bcr f‘rsl '“Pulse being to
i run to the front door and call for
< hdp, which she did in such a way
that neighbors knew something ex-
ediy with fifty dollars. Mrs. Wal- ' l'«>rdiuary had occurred. Mrs.
auctioneer,aud phiodgraes was the first to arrive
followed a minute later by Clay
To the Choral club and all persons
vein of Fred Allefc, a youth about|lakillg part in th„ fir8t eVening’s
delightful entertainment. To the
many ladies who worked so faith-
fully to make the show a success
fully to mgke the show beautiful
end successful. To Mr. Hill for his
kindness and to lho good people of
this town and community who neve
fail by attendance grid otherwise,
when called upon'"by the cemetery
association. Last but not least to
tke big hearted editors of our pa-
pers 5
LIST OK PHIZES.
Flowers.
Best collection of cut roses- $2.00
by Mr. Fields.
Won by Mrs. S. N. Borders.
Best white loses—$2.00 by The
Leader.
Won by Dr. Lankford.
Best red roses—$2.00 by R. E. Cox
wall.’’ After a few minutes Mrs.
Chamberlain announced that she
expected soon to move to east
Texas, and as every housekeeper
knows, you acquire many
articles, these she would auction
off lo her friends. The guests
•*d a hurry call from the home <if
Llel Main, about one o’clock Sun-
day afternoon.
He found that a ball had entered
Fred Allen's neck in front, and
had ranged around and buried it-
self in the hack of the neck.
l’be |mil has not been removed,
and wii' not he unless it carried in-
fection, and afterward gives trouble
Ils presence where it lodged will
not give trouble.
Allen and Blantou Main, sons of
Jack Alien and Clel Main respect-
ive!'/, had been playing with a 32
bull dog revolver, which was be-
lieved to In unloaded. When Blan-
ton Mnin held the weapon aloft in
his hand Allen told Main not to
shotH and ho grabbed the weapon,
which fired as it ranged toward
Allen.
The boy received a wound as a-
bovo staled. If the pistol had been
lowered only a fraction of an inch
when ihc leaden messenger left
its mouth up power on earth could
havo saved Allen's life.
He had a miraculous escape.
Won by Mrs. Carl Walker.
Best pink roses—$2.00 by
Watts.
Won by Mrs. Day Cage.
I Best jar peach
preserving kettle
i ware Co.
Won by Mrs. Mack C res well.
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The guests were greeted at
lace Lyles acted as
for sometime things were lively.
Imagine the surprise and pleasure I °xfdrd’ who was lhe *»ous.e,
of each bidder when upon opening"10 untied tbo r°Pe- and a Phon“
John! he package she found some useful I ,mMwa«® **>« brou«ht a
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Head' dainty girt instead of the hostess’s w,»°. Pronounced her dead, hut life
,.|S, ,|Way„ 'had not been extinct a great while.
'After the’miction the gu**is were j Tb® aide f lbe neck 8how“d a
ushered to the tea room where Mrs. bruise-made
by Mis. Hos-
tile
door by Mrs. Willis Higginbotham,
’who presented them to the hos-
tess anil she in turn introduced
tlioni to the visitors, Mrs.
Price of Palacios, Mrs. W. B.
of Dullus and Mrs. Tom Donnell of
Brady. Mrs lloscoe Cox escorted
Hie guests to the dininng room.
nli d iu o, |.\ Mrs. I dgar Walts assisted
Jehu Doyle and Ml-- Ida GibsOft, > pem ed lea. To add lo I lie
a • isled by Misses Lena Watts and Hmhv «f « <«»- lh''
Jane Gordon. Here a delicious' "I mu9i'' flll"d the room,
buffet lunch was served. 1 4hfi November day was all toe
Mrs. Jehu l rey stood at the ’short and soon the goodbjes eh
door of the sitting room with a °"'y those who have known this
Vped Willi dainty, band >'harming hostess through her child
led cards, so charming to be- j h‘*"J «nd useful womanhood can
until you turned them over, I apprwiate the loss, and as she goes
you wore filled with wonder, Hb establish her Lares and Penates
list of most mysterious arti- < '** a fur distant town she carries
greeted your eye.
All things come to
those who |
with her the love and good wishes
’"T
NEW ROAD
Splendid Satisfaction
•Streets of City
When County Commissioner Lowe
was in Dallas recently he purchas-
a $175 light grader for the roads ’ and the
his proeinct, and also had one j
pped to Stephenville for trial 9000 “ the ^tomobile HghU were
While returning from BtraWn on
Halurday night Clint Kimbro and
Turn Hall of this city had a nar-
row escape from being crushed by
an automobile. It seems that the
roads were very muddy in plaoes,
night very dark, and as
it........ streets. It was put to
jrk on Monday, and fine work
being done with it. It Is prov-
■uperior to anything yet tried,
it la likely the council will
Bowie of the Duf-
three light grad-
best tools he ever
seen, the party driving the buggy
steered directly to the right and re-
mained there, but as the auto ap-
peared, it ia stated, tbal instead of
its driver keeping to his side of
the road, he wabbled over to where Jolin Herring, one of the oldest
the buggy was standing, and smash citizens of Stephenville celebrated
the
and says that ed one of the buggy shefU, and
a bad smaeh-
by the little
rope. A gash two iuuhes long a-
cro9s the throat showed that she
had tried to cut her throat, hut
I ho gash was not deep enough to
do any harm. The bloody razor was
found in auothcr rqom.
Justice of the Peuee Bower held,
au inquest, putting only one wit-
ness,Mrs. McKinsey, on the stand,'
and rendered a decision that de-
ceased had come to her death by
*>«r own acts.
Jesse Kennedy, her son-in-law,
and his wifo are employees in the
mechanical department of the Em-
pire, and also board with Mrs. Mc-
Kinsey.
Mr. Kennedy telegraphed at once
lo all Mr*. Wallace’s children, and
they came on the next train. Mrs.
W. A. Johnson lives at Marlin,
Mrs. R. C. Basdon and Mrs. R. E.
Alford live at pallas. A son, Goo.
Wallace liv«s at BuckholU.
The burial took place at West
End, Rev. C. F. Kiker officiating.
Mrs. Wallace's former home was
at Cameron.
hi. lath
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HIS REMEMBER
"6000 ROADS' DIE
George Wadlington and twenty-
two othe/’ patriots who live on the
lower Granbury and Stephenville
mad observed Gov. Colquitt's good
reads psoclamation last week by
turning uUl as one man and doing
a splendid day's work, and the por-
tion of the road they worked was
left in the beat possible condition,
and all who engaged in the work
feel that they have rendered val-
uable service to Iheir neighborhood,
and all who use. public roads.
Here is a list of those who were
i i the working party:—
George Wadlington,
John LoaLherman,
Guy Leatherman,
Ernest Jackson,
Will Jackson,
James Jackson,
N. I. Jackson,
Jasper Jackson,
John Terry,
R. C. Miller,
L. D. Tallent,
Taylor Long,
J. E. Sent nr,
J. W. Stalcup,
Ernest Tallent,
Jack Rose,
Claude Starnes,
J. B. Aaderson,
J. M. Crow,
J. W. Winn,
T. M. Beekworth,
T. A. Gage,
Flujrd Senior.
Bros
Won by Mrs. W. H. Frey.
Best yellow mums—$1.50. by Sam
Payne $1.00, Louis Pate 50c.
Mrs. W. H. Frey. .
Best bronze mums—$1.00 by John
Akey.
Won by Mrs. Joe Lockhart.
Best pink mums—$1.00 by Dr. A.
O. Cragwall.
Won by Mrs. W. H. Frey.
Best varigated crysanthemums.
Won by Mrs. W. H. Frey.
J. H. Ott arrived from
this week and will
city sevi
Wichita Falls.
waaks b«
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El Paso
ia the
Best collection of crysanthemums Won by Mrs. Pat Wilson,
raised in rural district—50c by Mrs. Best counterpane made in Erath
W. H. Frey. county—bucket Folger's coffee by
Won by Mrs. Lee Mobley. Hudgens A Hickey.
Best red crysanthemum,— $1 by Won l>y Mrs. S. J. Hunter.
John Akey. 1 <Bc*| old (■oimierpaue $1.00 by
Won by Mrs. Bales Cox. Henry Clark.
Best collection potted geraniums-, Won by Mrs. Joe Edwards,
ic’.no premium by lllakcnoy D.G.Co. r Ht-sl embroidered pillow cases —
Won by Mrs. Polk Orr. pair of Dorothy Dodd shoes by G.
Best pink geranium- $1.00 by Geo M. Carlton Bros. & Co.
P. Knight. Won by Miss Ida Gibson.
Won by Mrs. Eb Jones. ! Best embroidered sheet—$1.00 by
Best while geranium—$1.00 by W. Dr. Mulloy.
F. Wilson. j Won by'Mrs. Orr.
Won by Mrs. Eb Jones. ! Best embroidered towel—$1.00 by
Best red geranium—$1.00 by Har- Mr. l>lcko!t 50c; M. P. Kiker 50c.
ry Mcllhany. < ? Won by Mrs. *!. E. Watts.
Won by Mrs. Polk Orr. Best embroidered waist—$1.00 by
Best collection of ferns—$2.50 by Stephenville Steam Laundry.
Joe Marr 1.00, Mr. Orr 1.00, Ray- Won by Miss Dora Plaine.
■bond Arn strong 50c. 1 Best embroidered pin cushion —
Won by Mrs. Cora Flinn. $1.00 by Clove Hale 50c, Tittle Raok-
Best lace fern— $2.50 napkins by ot store 50c.
Keith Bros. I won by Mrs. E. E. Watts.
Won by Mrs. W. H. Hawkins. 1 Best embroidered sofa pilliw —
Best asparagus sprongeri—$5.00 $1.00 by Stephenvilie Oil Co.
rug by Oxford Furniture Co. • Won by Miss Kate Moore.
Won by Mrs. W. F. Wilson. Best coarse colored embroidery—
There word 85 entries in this da- sjil.no by J. W. Smith,
parlment, and in one collection of WoA by Miss Hess Roberts,
roses there were fifteen varieties. Best coarse white embroidery—
Baby Show. 81:00 by Chas. Rooki r.
Best girl, under one year—$5.00 by Won by Mrs. orr.
Cairn A Crow bank. f Best fine colored embroidery —
Won by Bettie Bateman. 182.00 by A. P. Young $1.00, C. R.
Best boy under one yoar—$5.00 by Couller $1.00.
W. I). Bennett. | Won by Mrs. John Crotty.
Won by Paul Bullard. Best fine white embroidery—$2.00
Host girl between one and two by Livingston,$1.00, Jno.Oxford $1.00
years—$5.00 by First National bank. ( Won by Mrs. Roy Geren.
Won by Rosemond Louise Langdo Best embroidery done by* child
Best boy between one and two under 12 years—half dozen book*
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FLOWER SHOW
tPRIZE WINNERS
Best dark layer cake—$6.00 by
Farmers National bank.
Won by Mrs. Harve Walton.
Best white loaf cake made from
Peacemaker flour—$5.00 by Geo. B.
Roberts.
Won by Mrs. Orr.
Best white layer cake made from
Peacemaker flotip—$6.Q0 by Geo. B.
Roberts.
Won by Miss Ruby Davis.
Best loaf cake made from Home
Enterprise flour—$5.00 by Harding
A: Amidi'll mill.
Won by Mrs. Doctor Naylor.
Best, biscuits made from Home Ed
Lerprise flour—Hack Flour by Hard-
iug »v Arcade!) mill.
Won by Mrs. J. H. Cage. • ,
Best angel food cake—$£JiO by
Stephenville Feed store.
Won by Mrs. W. H. Hawkins.
Best custard pie—$2.00» by While
Front restaurant 1.00, Pat Pittman
1.00.
I Won by Mrs. Letia Carter.
I Best grape jelly—$1.00 by Dave
Deaton.
j Won by Mrs. W. Chamberlin.
I Best apple jelly—$1.00 by Henry
’ Ellis.
Won by Mrs. E. B. Jones.
| Best plum jelly—$1.0$ by Jack
Moss.
Won by Mrs. Waller Kiker.
preserves— Best
by Perry Hard-
Hest collection of mums -$2.00 by Best jar blackberry jam—$1.00 by
Stephenville Drug A Jewelry Co. Rev. w. B. Sensing.
Won by Mrs. W. H. Frey. Wou by Mrs. C. E. Burton.
Best white mums-$2.50 by Perry, Best jar sweet pickles, peach,—
y
j $1.00 by Dr. Borders.
! Won by Miss Dora Plaine.
Best jar plum preservos—$1.00 by
Ed Lockhart.
Won by Mrs. CL K. Burton.
Best pound butter—$1.00 Nissley
Creamery.
Won by Mrs. Harlow.
Best apple presehves, woh by Mrs
A. L. Ward. '
Textile Deparlmenl.
| Best pieced or laid quilt— half a
dozen cabinet photos by Flanders.
years—$5.00 by Higginbotham Co.
Won by Billie Thompson.
Culinary Department.
Best biscuits—$1.00 by Doyle A
Shelton.
Won by Mrs. George.
Beat loaf bread—$1.00 by W. 8.
Watson.
Won by Mrs. Crotty. ;
Best whita loaf oake—$5.00 by
Hardin Lumber Oo.
Won by Mrs. John Frey.
by Lindsay Phillips.
Won by Nona Wilson.
Best fine crocheted lace—$1.50 by
Marshall Ferguson $1.00, Lee Kelly
25c, Harley Moore 26c.
Miss Annie Knight.
Best heavy crocheted lace—$1.00
by C. D. Waldo.
Won by Mrs. John Lockhart.
Best Hardangnr embroidery—$1.00
by 8tone Taborett Marble works.
Won by Mrs. John Lockhart.
embroidered lunoh
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