The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 10.
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FILL IN THE GAPS
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came to
ty-ihroe
Ion tipic,
man. For-
he married a
Bin; wa* an'
not have a
draw on her
nd her usband
to pay for their
1 earning* of her hus-
wasted in fine
.living.
Mr. Andrews saw the importance
of laying up something for ok) age
Ifcr the diys when he and hie
wife »:>u!d »K>t WOj’k—ho they both
worked for the Mro* end. and the
raaail has been tvjfhly satisfactory
Ho thee a. two good people, for they
now <wn two good farms, and owe
no one a doJlar. Industry and self
ileniul wo* their motto, and their
final success evidences that pros-
perity come* to those who are wil-
L“^ ^ w;)rj[ and the result*
pir laborjudk-ieindy. Mr All-
in speaking to the Tribune
of hi* early struggles and cf-
lo pay for the home he had
I ion credit, says hi* friend
him Stingy John, but
not stay him he hi* efforts
<tog»»cteney. k* and his
py, and sue was hi*
ie» carrying a* high
dollars on her per-
to trade. She did not buy fine hat*
to adorn her person, and ming'rd
a* freely with the Tine ltdje* win
did wear thorn as if she wore « r
prif(y\s«. She had a purpose olh*c
than to h\dulg- in life’* frivoltje*.
"Itr. and Mrs. Andrew* h*ve sev-
eral children, all of whom wore
given gc<Hi opportunities to ••hlain
educations. One son is in Fort
Worth earning good wages, and
one lives in Htophenville, who is
also a capable man.
Mr. Aprtrew* mads* the start in
life as a farmer, commencing at tie*
bottom rung of tin* ladder, and
What he has done others can <k>,
but rigid economy nrnst la* prw-
Mocd if one wish s to win, and pro-
vide a compeUuirx for old. age.
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Th* ^redaction and Industrial activities of the state Suing 't*« past twib yMn
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Cold Weather.
Saturday was a* balmy as spring
weather could be. , ami farmer*
worked In tlielr fields in their shirt
sloovce, little dreaming that a
sinall-oi'/sd blizzard was on K*
way from. Unreal region*. The
change oame Saturday night, and
Monday, found everything frozen.
The. weather for week* had been
so mild that many had feH. that it
was gotew to last always, and they
wore without supplies of wood.
Monday was severely eold, and
sometime that night a ft-w . inches
of snow foil. Tuesday was a harsh
wintry day. Hundreds of water
pipe* were frown in tho city, and
residents found it difficult to get
water for dome*tic purpose*.
Thoso who had well* from which
to water their stock wore fortunate.
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Eastland Jail Breakers Return Bc-
f ' cause of Hunger.
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Burt Cameron and Louis White,
prisoners that overpowered Jailer
E. H. Jones and escaped from the
**" *‘. K“U“?‘ ftT-j'tlCtolk Mountain 1, w n,lW n*
13. afU'r wamkrms all o*ht and o. .....,il. u. I
day. without water or food, called
•t A* J. Elliott'* homo, four railca
east of Eastland, about 8 o’clock
the following evening, giving up
the jailer’s pistol add asking that
the sheriff be phoned to come for
them. They were ’exhausted for
want of food and water. Camoron
is waiting apipeal of life sentence
for1 murder, and White is waiting
the action of the grand jury on a
charge of robbery by fins arms.
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M.r. and Mm. W. I). Elkins ep-
tertuined a numbt*r of their friends
at a big Christmas dimu r,
At a meeting of tilse F. A M. gin
company at Alexander, James Green dollars cost* which hod accrued
Irfte/-
Henry Cole
Willard Chamberlin, mcrchan* of
this city, bought a bale of cotton
recently, and thereby hangs a lade
--and an auto trip. 1
It seems that the party from
whom he purchased the cotton had
raised the bale on rented land, and
tbo cotton was subject to the land-
lord’s rent, and when the mntqr
shipped his household goods by rail
and left overland for other parte,
the landlord got busy, and attached
the cotton . Chamberlin hod bought
By chance Mr. Chamberlin had
learned thd eolto" seller had left
town in a northeasterly direct*
and. he telephoned to various
«o that hee could send a oolkot
after him. Finally * message came
that the cotton seller had passed
through Chalk Mountain, and
fast
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Lawlessness f
IS Out At Sylvan
A Wise Hid Cat.
WINDOW LIGHTS SMASHED
AND BUILDING INJURED.
Fire Crackers Explode Inside
Church During Christmas
Eve Celebration. *
Jb> peopk* w1k> live near Sylvan,
neighborhood sonic five miles
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Judge William Pannill potts**m'S
a toe old caLand lu* is (jnile proud
of him. 'Htis cat tv iwd. giv(*n to
nocturnal concerts, bonce neigh-
bors are hot required U* keep an
extra supply of empty l*Wr bdtUee
to Imm*1 when the plaintive eate-
vnuiing grate* on their sensitive
ears. This cot. own,si by Judge^ miliaUd over a
William PamiMl, has trait* of char-
acter peculiar to himself, and to-
tally irtUike any other feline of t»>:«
nity. After Mtpfjer is over ho finds
a comfortable pla<*»* near the stove,
where he onjojrs it* gimial warmth
until «::k* or 9 O’clock. He tlwn 1 hat several rowdy men came,
gets up, yawns, stretches himself
to straighten mit his fur, nbd then
marches to the door mvl scratches
and mows to‘he let out) He Un*n
goes straight to Carlton’s chicken
house, climbs the ix<st nrd snug-
gles bimseff helw.en\t\vo fat hens.
The hen* are expttrting him, and
make room for their feline bed-fel-
low, and snuggle ck>«e to him for
the benefit of the genial warmth
eminating from his fur-clad body.
It tuts always lM*cn w»i«l that if hens
are given warm r<K«ttag place* in
winter th«y beoome gtxxl winter
layers, and Judge William Pannill'® resume
calculates that hi* cat has icudo
ed valuable sorvioe to Hob Carl Urn’s
hens, and iborofore he is entitled
to a feo for said aeevioes. He ill
take pay in eggs, on the slwvre
syatem. ■' ■ . ,
under a charge of throwing a (done
into a ehurch building, ami wan
fim-ct $80, the fine and costs amount
ing to $I(H JO, which was promptly
pdid.^ '>"'■'** ’ p'i wV:J' f\' - •
A- second arrival 1ms been made
in connection with Uiiv crime, but
tlve potty areestisl at Gordon had
I'omrnitU'd ,it is alkgcd, a scs'ond
p< tty offence ahortlj aftorhw ar-
rival at Gordon, and was tor is be-
ing liold by the officials of Halo
Pinto county, and will not be seat
here for trial usitil hi* fine ih.,*re
in satisfied.
Ik>puty Sheriff Greswell arrhstml
nod placed in jail Lonnie Bruce,
who, it is altaged, was connected
with the Sylvan affair, lie had
been north of Stephenville andwas
cost of Stopbenville, feel des’ply iwi- returning toward town when Mr.
disorderly occur- j t’.rrswell. was apprised of his where
reuce which helped to make his-| abouts, and wept itr search of him.
lory in their neighborhood Christ- When Bruce got near the city ho
mas EVe. For miles around the J turned and passed through fields
good poopk> had gathered Uiere Vd'down the oraek. Mr. Crtviwcll got
prcperly celebrate the adNsmt >d, on his trail , found where ho had
Christmas, and also it i* alleged . turned off, and he made a detour,
I coming in toward town above the
While the house wo* crowded j concrete bridge and espied Bruce,
with men, women and childien, it i He wailed until Bruce reached a
is said that fire crackers wore >'x- j favorable place, where there could
ploded inside the bulhlirg, ->ne »>f j ho no posable chance of escape.
which fell in the lap of Mrs. H<-n
Eu lb right. Her huoband very
promptly told the party who was
guilty of the act vhat be might
expect from him if Ac did d '-
stet, and Mr. Fulbrlght, altlvough
and then inado tho arrest. Bruce
claimed ho was returning to sur-
rendr toe the «fficers. - «|
One man mriouslv wounded, a
Second slightly wounded, and a
not a citizen of that rteighborhood, ] thu d hold in jail pending an in-
A country woman went hi a Btc
phenvilki store last week and asko
for a drink of water for her chl’d.
She was given a cup and told to
go-to the hydrant. . silwr wont to
tho rear of the store, drow a cud
full of koreoeeno oil, of which lino
y half l>efaro she
mistake she had
offered his assistance to the neigh- vesligatjon, is Uk' result of a cut-
bom in helping to bring about a j Una affray at Ilrownwood Christ-
ccssatkm of the rowdyism which J mas day. About ten o’clock L. D.
was prevailing, but failed to get \ (Happy) Lants Wljl Mayfield and
a response. The moving was 1W. T. Nika engaged in a fight in
broken up and the citizens left for front of, the Neel hardware store
thoii* homes.
Ik'foro the ruffians left the house
»i Is claimed *.hat al* tlve window
l.ghts wore broken, and scant-
lingis wore used to break the
we»U>orbo«rding. Never in tiro no-
tary of that community has such a
disgraceful occurrence been re-
corded, and it is hoped that a sim-
ilar one will never bo witnessed.
Officer* were phoned for, but
lowed and thus
saved.
and ljwie was seriously cut with a
knife. His wounds oonsistj>f a
slab iu the left orn> and a put in
tho lower right side of the' abdo-
men, just N>low tho appendix, tho
gash being about four Inches long
and d'vp enough to penetrate the
bowel*, and allowing a part of the
bowel* and omentum to protrude
through the out. A largo part of
Un> omentum or fat-like substance
before they arrived the mrO who surrouir-liiu' tbo bowvla, was «o
wore acting like Mexican insurroc-
tos had departed for their homes.
Paul Hun* was arrested in Ste-
phomillc and placed in jail hi com-
ncotion witli tho affair, and later
** ^ly bpforc Voun^’
infected us to oecessRate romtoval.
Will May field received a gash on
tho left hig*'. the wouimJ bo!ng
about four inches: long. Another
opt was made on the inside of he
rig leg.
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Schools Consolidate
Will Vote Bonds to Build A Fifteen
Hundred Dollar Structure.
At an election hold Donember 17
to consolidate the upper and lower
Grom Creek si'hools the propOsi-
tioo carrk d by aix vctc-s, and M. i*
now proposed to issue bonds and
build a $15,000 school building and
give tho GreenCreek people a school
second lo none in the county. The*
Grom Crock people have always
been looked upon as a moral, law-
a bid to# peopk, and this latest move
places them n notch higher, for
they nqw put themselves on iword
as favoring higher education. Huck-
abay took up this question and set-
til'd it years ago, and df you look
back in history and count the out-
comes you will be amazed at the
results achieved by Huckabay,
Young men and young women -
the son* and daughters of Hucka-
bay farmers, educated at Huckal«y
have been well educated, and are
scattered trtroughout Kralli county
and Texas, whero they are follow-
ing useful pursuits, and they are
a credit to their state, their county
their community and families. Tho
Grom Greek peopk have had good
schools, but tlH'y will not compare
in results with the school that the
combination of districts will give,
and tins Tribune is "lad that the
people have/ decided to unite the
diotriote, and creel a splendid new
brick and slime structure, with a
fine school campus for the united
districts. However, there will he
some who will fight tho bond issue,
but there to no other way to secure
money to crept a structure erediU
abk‘ to the community, other than
bv a bond issue; but as the avorage
Green crocker to Intelligent and
progressive, it is not holkvod I her©
will }>e much opposition.
way wa» olooted, pee«;<b nt, Albert
Hale, secretary and tr iisuror, and
A. M. Malouey, C. H. Trice, and J.
W. GoIigMly, dirwtofv.
Joe GantnellofFairvkiw, while at-
tending a partv at T. J. Cole’s, on
Christmas night, had an attack of
appendicitis, and a physician had
to be called, who remained wRh
him all night.
Thirteen couples met at tho resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. War-
lici- of Bluff Dale on Tuesday of
last week, and remained unt<! long
after the death of 1912. How many
good resolutions were made to not
recorded, but it is recorded that
Mr. and Mrs. Warlick contributed
largely toward helping the happy
young p<«ople to Ivavc a delightful
evening. • |
There is a probability that u)|
tfw> mo«mtainous country in Itolo
Ihnto county and all t>u»t section
cast of Stipheuvillr 'ikwu to Horn
crvetl courtly will become a groat
and profitable goat range. John
McGorty of Dublin owns a ranch
on Honey creek where h‘*h-gradr
Angoras tgi* brod. Ho i* the pio-
neer in the. business', and others
are figuring on bringing to the
county large herds of these flee<>e-
bearing animals.
A Brownwoo<i ytxvth Was fined
$16.95 for hugging and kissing a
young lady without her consent.
Theiv would not be much fun in
hugging or kissing a girl if one
lmd first to. obtain her consent.
Surely the Brown county young
men are up against a hard propo-
rtion. Their liberties are fart
slipping away. If they hug and
kiss at all, it must not be done in
tlkj good, old-fashioned way. Phi'
Goddess Of Jueto~o ovd- thera Will
iK>t tolerate steMwJrr.
of BUspbenvIlk. Mr. ChamtM'rlin
then arranged with Henry Colo to
use htoautomobilo arui attempt to
overtake the man from whom hs
had bought the * bale of cotton.
Henry Colv flew down the Chalk
Mountain road in a mod rush after
tho party who was plodding alow-’!
ly on his eastern journey, little
dreaming that Henry Colo was
speeding behind him in an automo-
bile to secure an adjustment of tbs
cotton transaction. It did not taka
Henry Cole long to close the gap
between his auto and U.e plodding
team, and when the gap was clos-
ed the man who had sold the cot-
ton to Mr. Chamberlin paid, back
the sum due and Also about fifteen
in
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for JHlin
because of the necessity
ing ’an auto and an extra
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Mr. Huckabay rnvd Ethel Steel
were married at Uie homo of Judge
Bowie in the Duffau country Sun-
day two weeks ago.
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Misses May and Willie Curb arc
living at Groesbecck, where they
have inode many friends, and by
these they are called Uve "Erath
county bachelor sisters.” Mis*
Willie sends a dollar this week to
the Tribune wn that she awl her
sister ran keep ponied concerning
things pertaining tto their Erath
county friends.
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Governor Colquitt ha* joined the
crusade against the gambling vise,
which ineludi'* all man nor of games
of chance in churohe*. lodges, gam-
bling rooms and iwoe tracks. The
crusade began in Chisago by a fra-
ternal organization a few months
ago, and has since been taluet up
Election of OffirrtN.
The woman's missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal church
have elected tbs following officers |
for tho coming year;
i Mrs. H. A. Mottverahoad, president
Mrs. 8. P. Williams, 1st V. pres.
Mrs M. P. Kiker, (ro-elooted) 2nd
vioo pnosidont. ‘
Mrs. Ben Basse 1, )se-e|octndi 3d
viots preshlont. ■ ‘ ;
Mrs. M. J. Thompson, )re-ekct-i
ed( 4th vic» president. . \ ’
Mrs. It. E.e Cox, corresponding
and recording secretary.
Mrs. W. W. Moores, 1 ro-ekotod(
IroiMirer.
Mrs. T. B. J£Jng. (re-elected)
proas reporter!
Mrs. Mamie Chambers, agent for
Missionary Voiee.
by Colquitt of Texas, and the gover- heifer calves. Heretofore
nors of MIcbegan, New York, Flor-
ida, Maryland, South Dakota, Mon-
tana and Wyoming.
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Tom I^tta aial Mayor Bennett
and their wives were guest* last
week of Mr. and Mrs. lieorge Hol-
lingsworth of Valley Grove. A
chitling dinner was the attraction,
and these were prepau-ed and cook-
ed after the manner of oysters, and
in taste are similar to this uni-
versally popular dish. “Oh, they
ere just fine," mid Mayor Bennett,
“ami Mr. HolUrgsorth knows how
to prepare them And his wife knows
how to cook them,’? Tom Latta
is thinking of moving in os neigh-
bor of'Mr. HolUnsrsprth, where he
feels sure of n'tting all the good
things ho wants.;-r;. _.> V • , ^
Itovid Collier was married at
Plainvk'w on December 18 to Mis*
Bertha Hinn, the wedding be tag
a very otaborsto affair. Mr Gol-
Hcr to a member of the firm of
Richards tiros. & CoHier. Dave
el rkrd for several years here to
the hig Higginbotham store, and
has friends by the score in both
town and country.
Prof. Henry Sims, superintendent
or the public sellouts of Stopkan-
vilhv spent the (illrest!no* holiday*
in Uva? *o county. He says that
section inad> a heavy oat crop last
year, and that nearly two hundred
ear loads ,wv<ro shipped from U-
valde. In *i> r . f Ihc liwsAock
industry h< ■ / , ranchmen per-
muted the -‘attic on their
ranges to beoome short, and they
are now paying $25 per head for
have been buying and, handling
stei'na almost exclusively, and new
thev cannot get them.
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1913, newspaper, January 10, 1913; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882600/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.