The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 483, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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Fiie Eiecira Daily News
FRKE CIKCULATION
W. J. and A. H. Sheldon, Proprietors.
Ai H Sheldon.......Editor-Manager
TRINITY & BRAZOS
VALLEY RAILROAD IN
HANDS OF RECEIVER
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All announcements, church no"
t?ces, advertising copy, etc., positive-
Fort Worth, June ,16.—-The Trinity
& Brazos Valley Railroad company
was thrown into friendly .receivership
Tuesday by United States District
Judge Meek at Dallas on petition of
ly must be in the office by 3 o'clock or ttle Old Colony Trust company of
t^ey will have to go over to the next Boston, acting for the bondholders.
dpy- The Petition alleges that the road has
-- r_* defaulter? nn __i___■.
-------- defaulted on interest on bonds of
POLITICAL ♦ANNOUNCEMENTS. I ?8,760,000 due January 1 last, and
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about $1,000,000 more in obligations
that it is unable to pay.
* We are authorized to announce the ------------- v»j.
okmes of the parties mentioned below \ J- W. Robbins, present president and
ak candidates foi the respective offices general manager of the line, is ap-
tndicated, subject to the action of the, P°inted sole receiver. Thompson &
■'Is welcomed.the'prodigal boy. .if??>!;
.THey^picture'his father wi th^pard6mn3g:'Wif^\
And‘glittering robes to, unfurl; ’ "
- But never a poet 'has thought it worth while
• To sing of the prodigal girl. - ...
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xne prodigai son can resume his old place
As leader of fashion’s m ,il whirl, ‘ * £
With never a hint of his former .disgrace—
Not so with the prodigal girl. •
The .girl may come back to the house she has left,
But -nothing is ever the same.
The shadow still lingers o’er dear ones bereft.
Society scoffs at her 'name. *
Perhaps that is why the prodigal girl ^J*M8**,
Gets lost on life’s devio is track. '
She thinks of the lips that will scornfully curl, t
And hasten the heart to .come back.
* Yes, welcome the prodigal son to his place;
Be merciful, gracious and just— i
r»ut shut not the door in his frail sister’s face;
Remember, she, too, is but dust.
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COUPLE TO HIKE FROM
LOS ANGELES TO FT. WORTH
TO REDUCE AVOIRDUPOIS
Democratic primary; July 25, 1914.
{ Barwise are appointed solicitors for
•the receiver. N. H. Lasiter is ap-
pointed general attorney for the re-
WICHITA COUNTY.
District, County and Precinct an- w _________
c nouncements in Weekly News $10.00 ceiver and District Attorney Wilson
District, County and Precinct an- is appointed master in chancery,
nouncements in Daily News $15.00 ‘ Was Built by Yoakum.
— The Trinity & Brazos Valley rail-
i road was planned and built by B. F.
"V oakum, who was at the time chairman
of the joint board of the Frisco-Rock
‘Island interests, and was financed by
Rock Island & Colorado Southern in-
j terests, but of recent years, owing to
the change in the control of the Colo-
1 rado Southern, it has been allied with
the Burlington interests.
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-For Representative:
'Edgar P. Haney.
For County Judge:
* Harvey Harris,
tnar County Attorney:
-1. J. M. Blankenship.
‘jri Bernard Martin.
For Sheriff:
of R. L. Randolph.
R. V. Gwinn.
For County Clerk:
'Chas. R, Fuller
E. P. Walsh.
For Tax Collector:
B M. Bullard.
- Arthur C. Howard.
1 j J. W. Walkup.
F-or Justice of he Peace, Precinct 4:
J ■ H. Y. Newsum
P. E. Ashworth.
Fort Worth, June 16.—Mrs. U. W.
Provine of 801 West Weatherford
street has received word from her son
Edward^ who lives in Los Angeles,
Cal., that a Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tom-
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Fort Worth Live Stock.
Fort Worth, June 16.—Cattle re-
linson of that city have started on a steady; beeves $6.50 to
hike that will take them across the ?8,25, ?og receiPts 8*100*‘ active, ten
country to Fort Worth. cents higher; $7.50 to $8.45. Sheep
receipts 1,100, steady; lambs $8.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City, June 10*—Cash wheat
country to Fort Worth.
The couple have with them a light
weight push cart in which they carry'
canteens, food and blankets, and a
message from Mayor Rose of Los An- xr , —--------- -----
geles to Mayor Milam of Fort Worth. ^*0, 2 *lard 90 and 93; No. 2 red 91}/z
The hikers will traverse the auto- £ind 92, Corn. No* 2 mixed 70 im-
mobile road as far as San Bernardino 0ats ^°* 2 w^te 40 V6.
and then proceed to Fort Worth over-1
the Santa Fe route. Mr. Tomlinson
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rubbish around your
PENNSYLVANIA CRUDE OIL
PRICES REDUCED AGAIN
and his wife wanted to come' to Fort
Worth so they decided to “hike it,’’
*and incidentally they hope^i«tP*NL re
duce their weight by lirtrip. The
distance to be traverse^! is over 1.400
miles and the hikeijrhope to be $
Fort Worth within Jpvee/ifnonths. £
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE
^ Northbound
No. 1 2:55 p. m.
No. o.................................1:45 p. m.
No. 7.................................4:45 m>
Oil Special......r........8:45 a.< m.
Southbound
No-. 2 ...................1:00 p. m.
No. 4------------ 11:16 a. m,
No. 8............... 1:15 a. m.
Oil Special............... 5:00 p. m.
Pittsburg, June 16.—Another reduc-
tion in the price of crude pil was an-
, nounced at the opening of the mar-
: ket. New prices are: Pennsylvania
, crude, $1.75; Mercer black and New-
, castle, $1.30; Cabell, $1.35; a reduc-
tion in each grade of fp>6*cenl8a bar-
URGE BRYAN £0 SECURE
RELEASE OF LUIS TERRAZAS
rel. Ragland advai^d five c
seventy cents, and^Somerset atj$1.05
and Corning aL^tjne doDAr were un-
changed. / J \
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theatre thetjWind is
Pike’s Peaij.
the j^rown
thaA if off
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Niagara Falls, Ont., June 15.—Am-
bassador Da Gama of Brazil tonight
m4ade urgent representations to Sec-
retary Bryan to obtain the release at
Chihuahua of Luis Terrazas, Jr., the
wealthy land owner, against whom
threats of execution have been direct-
ed frequently by theyrtJffi^itutional-
ists. It was the fir^^ase oflfcis kind
which has been tp)0n up ^hro$gh the
mediators.
COTTON OIL COMPANY /AYS
Flj^E OF $600/fo STATE
Ask our d£i
5.00 pounds fo*
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New York Cotton* -
New ’iork, June 16.—Spot cotton
quiet. Middling uplands 13.40; gulf
1*1.E)5. Sales 75 bales. Cotton futures
closed barely steady. July 12.83, Au-
gust 12.83; October 12.62; December
12.66; January 12.52; March 12.57.
10 BARRE
5 BARRE^
In lots le^iTt^haV s\b
•^gallon
Strictly Ctfr
Positively lio credit.
All orders must be in not later
than 5 o’clock to insure
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Chicago Futures.
Chicago, June 16.—Notwithstanding
rain today extended into the south-
western harvesting district threaten-
ing damage and delay to the winter
crop, wheat prices made only a slight
advance. The opening ranged a shade
off to 1-4 gain and was followed by a
little hardening, then sagged under
last night’s level. Corn weakened
under better weather reports from Ar-
gentina. After varying from 1-8 low-
er to a like advance the market show-
ed a moderate setback. Oat3 were rel
atively steady. Wheat closed weak.
Corn closed steady. Closing: Wheat,
July 83 1-4; September 81 1-2. Corn
July 70 3-8; September 67 3-8. Oats,
July 39 1-4; September 37 3-4.
Cooling, Ref res
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Wholesale a|pd
Two Quarts and
Thor-
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Physician and
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Officfr in Rexall
in Electra.
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sidence Phon
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lone 2i7.
Get your Visiting Cards print-
ed at the News Of&ce. ,d475-78
Always Boos<
ESTIMATES OF WHEAT YIELD
ARE UPSET BY PRODUCTION
LUMBE
Shingles, Brick, Lim^ ah
Prices and Grade
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CUT THE WEEDS.
Austin, June 16.—An agreed judg-
ment was entered today in the anti-
trust suit oF the state against the
Mclennan cpNxdACTsyoR
$1,000,000 OF~#€rtH> ROADS
Some Farms Far Above Figure Set
for This Section—Price Remains
at 75 Cents.
Waco, June 16.—Contracts calling1 Wheat is yield>n£ the way from
i twelve to twenty-five bushels per
_ . me state against the ^uue ±0.—contracts caning v 0 .....
Several of our citizens have cut the Mansfield Cotton Oil Co. of Mansfield for the construction of approximately! twelve to twenty-five bushels per
weeds around their premises, thus set- Tarrant county. The judgment gave 173 miles of road, calling for an ex-|acre accordinS to reports brought in
ting an example that should be fol- the state penalties of $600 for viola- Penditure of $l,001^eUCr^te. let today by driverf bringing in wheat. Some
e__Kir fKo __ ____ii. o______ fields which it was thought would
weeds have grown very rank on the
vacant lots and they are liable to
rause muen stckne The city can
declare them a nuisance and force the
owners of lots to cut the weeds under
penalty of a fine, but v/e hope the citi-
zens of Electra are public spirited
enough to attend to this matter with-
out being forced. The heavy growth
of weeds is not only liable to create
sickness but the are unsightly, add no
town of any pretens;ons allows them
to grow. * $*Si t \
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lowed by every one in the city. There tion of the anti-trust law for twelve by the commissioners cou&. Seven Ib VVrt° muugin. woum
has been so much rain lately that the days in January, 1913. It was charg- bids were presented. The Contract ma^e from fifteen to twenty Bushels
ed the defendants fixed the price to be amount comes out of $1,075,00b voted are yieIdin£ betiyeen twelve and fif-
paid for cotton seed. An injunction *n February, . * teen bushels, while other fields esti-
( was obtained by the state enjoining -!' . mated fr.°m fifteen to t'venty bushels
the company from ever entering into new C0°Bng fan UVow install-. are ma^ing from twenty to twenty-
any agreement to fix the price of cot- ed at the CrowiX theitreU /d480tf five- few farmers have finished
ton seed. -- / threshing, so that it is impossible to
_______ ( get any accurate reports on the yields.
Get your Visiting Cards print- OF IRIsfrfT
ed at the News Office. d475-78 --
San Benito, Texas, June 16.-^A11
Electra,
ir^Rig
S. S. Walker & So
The Ja'adies Aid of the Fii;st Christ-
ian chuTth >ield their regular meeting
'Tuesday afterhoon and will hold their
market every two weeks. Mrs. Bet-
cher and Mrs. Ligon were enrolled as
new members. We will have a social
meeting the last Tuesday in each
month. The first meeting will be at
our president’s, Mrs. Estell. Mrs.
Akins and Mrs. Fant were appointed
as sick committee and if any one
1-nows of a sick member report to
them We welcome everybody to our
Bible school and church.
MRS. PENNYBACKER AGAIN records in this section were _____
HEADS WOMEN’S CLUBS ; whan W. R. Sprague, a farmer here,
Wagon wheat remained at 75 cents
in the local market today. July wheat
......declined still further in the Chicago
smashed j mar^ef today. Some farmers who
ler here I so^d their wheat last
week on delivery
, —a, larmer acre,} ^ ------------------ ’
• this week harvested 180 bushels to the I fclxis are receiving 80 cents per
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Chicago, June 16.—Mrs. Percy V. : acre on two and four-fifths acres
Pennybacker of Austin, Texas, histo- * planted to Irish^,pi!Yeff??&g>xyhe crop
rian, author and club-woman, was re- j was irnmedia^^iy sold upon b>Kng tak-
elected to the presidency of the Gen- 1 en from thansoil. f;
eral Federation of Women’s Clubs to- 1
day. There was no opposition to the 1 Phone
Texas woman. . livery.
Mrs. Pennybacker is a resident of
Austin, Texas, and for a number of
years has had statewide reputation;
bushel.—Wichita Falls Times.
PLAN FOR BOOSTER CLUB.
>3 for you)
18,000 L
Prompt de-
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Gardendale, Texas, June 16.—Plans
for the formation of a comhiercial
club were made here last night at a
mass meeting of farmers and business
men held at the>ifc«ql house. A tem-
porary presi^/nt ancnj^ecretary were
years nas had statewide reputation; j ‘ > j f were
by her recent club work she has gain- San AnSel°. June 16.—Within the, eTected; and/t the ne* meeting, the
ed national recognition. She is con- past 'hvo days» more fban 18,000 | club wil1 ^o^nto dejfiiitl organization.
ed national recognition. She is con-j^ —- •— —------
nected with a number of organizations lambs “have changed hands in this sec- j
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having advancement of education as
their purpose.
tion. The price per
from $2.75 to $3,
head
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I OLYliPIA Cl
ie Cflpam.
Pbone
1CTIONERY.
It’s the most talked of car in the
world. Sterling merit has sold
it to over 530,000 people of every
nation the world over. Ford
service and guarantee are both
included in the price. This 1
means a lot to any auto buyer
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Five hundred forty-nve dollars is the
price of the Ford runabout; the tour-
ing car is five ninety-jive delivered in
Electra, complete with equipment.
Get catalog and particulars from
A. H. SHELDON,
Electra, Texas.
1 waMrutt-irtiwiKBa^,
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 483, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1914, newspaper, June 17, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893205/m1/2/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Wichita+County%22: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.