Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 298, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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PALESTINE
HI.Y HERALD
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'OL. X. NO. 298
PALESTINE. TEXAS. FRIDAY AFTERNI
AUGUST 9, 1912.
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Dreadnought New
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NORTH TEXAS TOWNS
Greenville Was Chief Sufferer, Where
Thousands of Dollars Damage Was Done.
College Nearing Completion Damaged
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(By Associated Press.)
Greenville, Texas, Aug. 9.—Thou-
sands of dollars damage was done in
this vicinity last night by a storm.
The Methodist college, a new three-
• story building which was' about to re-
ceive its roof, had the walls blown
(town, causing a loss of about thirty-
five hundred dollars.
The Burleson Baptist college suf-
fered about one thousand dollars’
damage to its roof, when a chimney
cable crashing down.
Trees were uprooted and corn was
blown flat, and fruit was * stripped
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from th i trees.
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(By Associated Press.)
Dallas, Texas. Aug. 9.—Heavy rain
and electrical storms were general
last night over all North Texas, from
the eastern boundary westward to-
ward the Panhandle. Much general
damage was done, and also great
benefit to growing crops.
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Mery House
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UNIFORM RANK OF THE LOCAL
CAMP OF CHOPPERS WENT TO
ISLAND CITY TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE WOODMEN EVENTS.
The uniform rank of the local
Woodmen of the World camp l^ft
this morning for Galveston, and will
participate in the big log rolling
events there Saturday and Monday,
returning home Tuesday. The mem-
bers of the party all wore regulation
Woodmen uniform? of blue, and look-
ed quite attractive. The axe men
who went are:
A. C. Wright, captain: D. M.
Douthitt, Fred Garner, J. J. Nettles,
W. M. Campbell, George Worley, Joe
Collins, J. J. Hill, L. Gilbert, Eugene
McCrory, W. E. Phillips, Will Steph-
ens, Allec Cajloway. Weldon Withers,
A. Harrison and Sam Douthitt Also
quite party of friends and rela-
tives escorted the above team, mak-
a very h^mpy party.
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Report That Band of Rebels Are Raiding
Ranches on Texas Side of Boundary Line.
Posse Leave in Special Train
BOOSTERS
BUSINESS LEAGUE SESSION LAST
^IGHT ATTENDED BY T H E
SAME CONSTANT FEW WHO ARE
ALWAYS ON FIRING LINE.
, (By Associated Press.)
£1 Paso, Texas, At»g. 9.—Mexicans,
said to be rebels, crossed the inter-
national boundary fine into Texas,
near Sierra Blanca, today, and are
reported to be raiding ranches near
Hot Springs in El Paso county.
Sheriff Peyton Edwards has organiz-
ed a posse of rangers and deputy
sheriffs and ordered a special train
for Sierra Blanca, and will go then
across the country. It will be late
this afternoon before they can reach
the scene of the reported raids.
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The Herald would like to be able
to say that the session of the Young
Men’s Business League held last
night in the bungalow was attended
by all of the progressive men of the
town, including the property owners,'
the business men, the working peo-
plp, and the Sons of Rest, but it
couldn’t do so without being the big-
gest liar in seven states, so it will
state the truth, by saying that the
Army Worm Hurls
Crops In the South
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rgest and most populous
and population. The
approaching comple-
te so large as the Ne-
oTTT.BOO tons to the
however, was injured. The postoffice I
was blown flat on the ground, and j
other business buildings were dam-
aged. Much damage is also reported
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in the surrounding territory.
Battleship Is
Badly Dantaged
Near^ Newport
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Aug.‘9.—The
battleship Nebraska ran onto an un-
charted shoal near Newport, Rhode
’ ^ Island, yesterday, and was so badly
damaged that she had to be taken to
theory docks in Boston.
Hicks Will Represent Texas.
Ran Antonio, Texas, Aug. 9.—Texas
will be represented by Marshall Hicks
of this city, when Governor Thomas
R. Marshall is noti*fe3 at Indianapo-
lis, Aug. 20, of Tits nomination by the
democrats as a candidate for vice
president. Mr. HickB is working en-
thusiastically for the cause of demo-
Sunday School
Rally Announced
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Program of Sunday school rally at
the First Baptist church. Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, August 11th.
We extend h cordial invitation to
everybody to be with us at that hour
and see that splendid new building
that our good Baptist brothers are
building—an ornament to Palestine
and a great compliment to the energy
of the church.
We will give you the following pro-
gram:
Prayer—Rev. Allan Crabtree.
Welcomq Address—Mrs. J. T. Mel-
ton.
Response—Mrs. John Weeks.
Two of our most talented ladies—
(bey always have something good to
say. It will be worth your while US
hear them,
“Bridie the boy that the .parents
have turned loose on the street.” (If
you have that kind of boy be there)—
E. W. Chadwick of Y. M. C. A.
Y. M. C. At Male Quartette.
“That class of mine—the way we
do things”—Clarence Pearson.
Reports, and awarding of the ban-
Photo of new vessel copyright, 1912. by A
N the matter of the naming of battlesbi
states are not recognised in proportion
Dreadnoughts Texas and New York—tl
tion at the New York navy yard—w
vada and Oklahoma, which will tmve
27,000 tons of the battleships named after tbe Lone Star and Empire States.
The New York will be a huge and expensive fighting machine for all that It
will have cost about $6,000,000 when It Is launched in November and, with
the Texas, will carry the heaviest guns of the navy, ten fourteen-inch and
i twenty one five-inch guns. The rnruie New York was for years borne by the
armored cruiser, built in the days of “the new navy,” which is now known
as the Saratoga. Sbe was in her time regarded as the best all round war ves
sel in the world, but that was nearly twenty years ago, and twenty years
mean more to a warship {ban they do to a society belle The new vessel is
shown in process of construction.
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cratic national successt, and believes
Wilson and Marshall are winners, aer.
Mr Hicks will leave San Antonio for j Music by Baptist choir.
Indianapolis about Aug. 15. He will
la.ter in the campaign make a number
of speeches in other states in tbe in-
vest of ’Wilson.
Reporter.
The
Economical
Housewife—
Contact Lei For Big
Ml end Elevator
TWO NEGROES AT SHERMAN PAID OFFICERS THINK
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DEATH Penalty for their
CRIMES AT TWO THIS AFTER-
NOON—NIGHT OF TERROR.
.(By Associated Press.)
Sherman, Texas, Aug. 9.—A double
negro hanging occurred in the jail
yard here this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
TENANT BECKER IS ON EVE OF
MAKING CONFESSION CONCERN-
ING POLICE MUDDLE.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—More
than $8,000,000 damage was done to
crops in the south last month by the
army worm, according to unofficial
estimates of the department of agri-
culture. j
Whether the season’s second brood
of the insects, already appearing in
same faithful few men, a little better South Carolina, Alabama. Georgia
than a baker’s dozen were present,; an(l other states, will increase this
doing their best to promote the pub- loss, is of much concern to govern-
lic business of the town. j ment experts. All the means at the
Without any jesting about the mat- j department’s disposal are being used
ter the Herald man can, most any ' to meet the emergency,
night the League meets, shut bis
eyes, walk into the bungalow ant
>STrtte~ron of Those present and
not miss the correct roll call by any
considerable number of names. These
few men are always present, and are
always doing their dead level best to
promote the interests of the town.
But candor compels the statement
that the leading property owners of
the town, even some of those
proclaim themselves progressive, are
always conspicuous for their absence,
and are also absent when the hat is
passed.
The quetsion is sometimes asked:
What is the Business League accom-
plishing? And some of the very men
who refuse to contribute a dollar in
cash or a minute in time to its work
are among its severest critics. The
marvel is that the League is able to
do as much as it does with the poor
co-operation it gets from the men
who are most able financially to help.
With the co-operation it deserves
there is no telling what the League
could and would accomplish.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 9.—The tombs
prison keepers seem to think
that Police Lieutenant Becker,
What Was Done.
The above came near being an edi-
torial, but anyhow it goes. And now
for what was accomplished:
Manager A. C. Green of the Fall
today ! Fair and Festival made a written re-
the ! T°rt 418 to progress in fair mat-
ters, and his report was very encour-
BY PRESIDENT TAFT—SAYS RATE
IS TOO LOW AND IS RUINOUS
TO HOME INDUSTRY—SUG-
GESTS BILL HE WILL SIGN.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—Presi-
dent Taft today vetoed the wool bill,
Saving its low rates would ruin the
home industry: The president says
he will sign a bill which reduces the
wool duties to a point to meet the
difference hi cost of production at
home and abroad, but not for a lower
rate. He urges congress to remain in
session until Such a bill as he favors
is passed.
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. ' T,T , „ . -- i down and telling all he knows about, erating to make the show a success.;
rest, and Wood Maxey, the murderer • . ...u
. . .. ,, , , , i the case. The outlook for a fine line of exhibits
of a young wmte man, Ernest John- . -, i / ■ -
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Corsicana People
In Dead Earnest
son, which murder was also commit-
ted about one year ago here. Maxey
went to the trap first.'
Last night's electrical storm caused
the negroes an awe-inspiring last
night on earth. Both knelt for pray-
er during the storm which for a time
Arrests Are
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Expected Today
_ The following announcement ap-
Factory Propositions. ! ^dred in Thursday’s issue of the
A number of factory propositions Corsicana Daily Sun, and is of inter-
The Palestine Grain Company has
let the contract for a mill and grain, '°°ked as though it would wrecK the
In the leisure of the
evening, after the
day's work is done
—reads The Her-
ald ads for house-
hold bargains. She
finds complete and
dependable store
news in its adver-
tising columns.
,-No Other Ad-
vertising Medium
■quels The Nereid
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(By Associated Press.)
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 9.—Sensational
elevator, to be located at the corner; and kill them both so they need developments in the Local aldermanic
or Line and Reagan streets, in the jnot hang today. Maxey was awaken- j graft gcanjai occurred today when
southern part of the general office 80 he c°u,d once every hour j Prosecuting Attorney Shopperd an-
grounds, and work is to be rushed ; a during tne night.
1 nounced that before night twenty
aldermen will be arrested on ebarg-
es of conspiracy to defraud the city.
on the new plant, completing it by
’ the first of September or as near
i that date as possible. The contract
was let to John Gaughl, and work Is
j to begin at once. It is proposed to
make this quite a plant.
River Forecast.
The Trinity river Is out of banks
at Dallas and the crest of the rise
will reach Long Lake in two or three
days. Brazos river falling at Waco
and rising rapidly at Valley Junc-
tion.
FOR SALE CHEAP—« foot din-
ing table and small refrigerator, good
u new. 314 John SL 9-3 w. O. Vandiver.
To Raise Fund
For Judge’s Widow
° Taylor, Texas, Aug. 9.—The first
(By Associated Press.) gin accident of the season in this ter-
Washington, D. »C., Aug. 9.—Promi- ritory occurred yesterday afternoon
nent members of the bar have start- when Henry Sudduth, a gdnner of this
ed a movement to raise forty thou- city, lost his left arm in a gin stand
sand dollars for the v idow and two of the F. B. Ripley ginning plant,
daughters of the late Chief Justice The gin saws caught the sleeve of his
Harlan of the United States supreme shirt and drew the arm into the
court. He left practically nothing at j whirling saws. The member wae
Ms death. > riddled to threads of ficah and the
--1 arm whs torn off near the elbow. Fol-
Oar of boggles coming this week, kywingi amfermtlon the patient rallied
and recover,
were submitted, and on motion all
were referred to the proper commit-
ted for discussion.
One of especial importance was for
a canning factory, and the League
has strong hopes of landing this one,
as the proposition looked very g°o<l.
The matter of promoting the busi-
ness school here was discussed, and
the proper committee was authorized
to ^et data and present same to the
league at a later meeting.^
* Other matters were discussed,”and
things are looking good for the town.
If only the owners of property and
others could be interested in tbe
public work.
A. H. Jones Was Elected.
The municipal election at San An-
tonio yesterday, to select a successor
to the late Mayor Callaghan, resulted
In the election of A. H. Jones, break-
ing a tocil regime of a generation.
Read the Herald ads today. Always
something doing. *
est to the people of Palestine:
A mass meeting of the people of
Corsicana and vicinity is hereby call-
ed to meet at the Commercial Club
rooms on Friday night, at 8:30
o’clock, August 9th, for the purpose
of considering a proposition to build •
a steam railroad from Corsicana to
Palestine. This is a matter of utmost
Importance to Corsicana, and every-
body is Invited and expected to at-
tend.
W. A. Mowlam,
President Booster Club.
J. L. Halbert,
PrdBldent Commercial Club.
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Severely Injured In Gin,
Nixon, Texas, Aug. 9.—Charles Mil-
ler, who came here from Runge and
accepted a position In the J. P. Well
gin, was badly injured by getting
caught in one of the gin stands. Ho
was also badly cut about the face and
shoulder, one ear being almost sev-
ered from his head. His mother,
Mrs. Caroline Miller, lire* at Yoakum.
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 298, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1912, newspaper, August 9, 1912; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992391/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palestine Public Library.