La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1919 Page: 7 of 8
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Helps
Sick
Women
Cardui, the woman's
tonic, helped Mrs. Wil-
liam Eversole, of Hazel
Patch, Ky. Read what
she writes: "I had a
general breaking-down
of my health. I was in
bed for weeks, unable to
get up. I had such a
weakness and dizziness,
... and the pains were
very severe. A friend
told me I had tried every-
thing else, why not
Cardui?... 1 did, and
soon saw it was helping
me ... After 12 bottles,
1 am strong and well.”
TAKE
THE LAGRANGE JOURNAL
FOR SALE OR RENT I BAD NEGRO SHOOTS THIRTEEN
PAGE SEVEN
One Cotton Gin and House, about
9 miles from (LaGrange. A good lo-
cation. Ginned 650 bales last year;
in good years gins 1000 bales and
over. A good money making proposi-
tion.
148-acre Farm located about 3 1-2
miles southwest of LaGrange. Can
be bought cheap at $40 per acre.
Mrs. R. A. McKinney home is for
sale.
F. G. Heim home is for sale.
Mrs. F. H. Wagner tenant dwelling
is for sale or rent.
The Knigge Estate home near oil
mill can be bought cheap.
Ernst Knigge’s tenant dwelling
near L. J. B. Rose’s residence is also
for sale.
501 acres of land situated about
4 miles north of'Nechanitz at $21 per
acre. Chas. Ahlhorn, owner.
Will sell cheap the mercantile build-
ing formerly occupied by Voelkel-Ad-
dicks-Weber Co. Have a prospective
renter. If interested see
I). J. WEIKEL
Insurance and Real Estate
The Womans Tonic
Do you feel weak, diz-
zy, worn-out? Is your
lack of good health caused
from any of the com-
plaints so common to
women? Then why not
give Cardui a trial? It
should surely do for you
what it has done for so
many thousands of other
women who suffered—it
should help you back to
health.
Ask some lady friend
who has taken Cardui.
She will tell you how it
helped her. Try Cardui.
All Druggists
NEWS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD.
ITEMS ABOUT THE TOWNS AND
PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW
Taken From the Columns of Our
Exchanges
IF YOU WANT TO BUY CHEAP
Riding Planters
Cultivators
and
Double Section
Harrows
GO TO
M. A. TIEMANN
WARRENTON, TEXAS
WAR TAX NOTICE
Begginning May 1st, 1919
This is to inform the general public
that there is going to be war tax on
ice cream and soft drinks sold over
the fountain.
There will be a war tax of lc on
each 10-cents or fraction thereof. We
cannot charge the war tax to your ac-
count, as this war tax must be col-
lected from the consumer for the gov-
ernment. Please try and have the
ready change of war tax with you, in
this way you will save time both for
yourself as well as for us.
We have adopted a good system by
which we are going to handle this war
tax business for the government.
When buying ice cream or a soft drink
we will give you a yellow ticket,
showing you the amount you owe for
the ice cream or soft drink and the
war tax. Then present the ticket and
the amount you owe for payment.
Thanking you very much for the
the remembrance of above war tax
instructions.
R. H. SPIES,
CORNER DRUG STORE.
For a Weak Stomach.
As a general rule all you need to
do is to adopt a diet suited to your
age and occupation and to keep your
bowels regular. When you feel that
you have eaten too much and when
constipated, taklb one of Chamberlain’s
Tablets.
Brenham Club Women at LaGrange.
Miss Netta Botts, president of the
Fortnightly club; Miss Rosa Williams,
Miss Catherine Searcy, Mrs. J. W.
Tottenham, Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Giddings have returned from La-
Grange, where they attended the won-
derfully successful and interesting
meet of the 4th District of the Texas
Federation of Women’s clubs.They re-
port a most delightful trip and state
that the hospitable people of La-
Grange left nothing undone that would
contribute to the pleasure and comfort
of the visitors.—Brenham Banner.
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Mental Abberation.
A sad occurence which shocked the
entire community took place last
Tuesday when Mrs. Charlie King, as
is felt certain, in a moment of in-
sanity shot her husband, who was
walking away from her, and then shot
herself. Both are seriously wounded,
but are reported as doing fairly well.
The tragedy took place at their home,
about three miles west of Bellville.
Mr. and Mrs. King and their little
child have heretofore been an excep-
tionably happy family, and nothing
had occurred to influence Mrs. King
to her desperate act, for which mental
unsoundness can only be held ac-
countable.—Bellville Times.
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Not Sorry to be Home.
Edwin Schecl, after months of hard
service on the European battle front,
wher§ he went “over the top” a num-
ber of times, was severely wounded,
and where he underwent all the hard-
ships incident to the cruel war, return-
ed to his home in .Ellinger last Wed-
nesday, having been honorably dis-
charged at Camp Hravish. Edwin
had a number of thrilling escapes,
and was presented by the enemy with
a keepsake in the form of a piece of
shrapnel, which, while not prized so
highly, still is caiTied with him wher-
ever he goes, for it is still in his leg.
Edwin positively denies that he is
sorry to be at home again.—Fayette-
ville Fact.
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Killed by Lightning.
Harmon Mason, a young negro man,
aged about 25 years, was struck by a
bolt of lightning while returning home
last Tuesday night from a fishing trip
to New Years creek and instantly
killed. Mason lives on the Chappell
Hill road, 4 miles southeast of Bren-
ham, and the bolt struck him while
he and another negro named Collins,
were returning home about midnight.
Collins was also shocked by the stroke,
continued his journey home, ignorant
of what had happened to Mason. On
Wednesday morning Bob Banks, a
negro, discovered the body of Mason
lying in the road and at once notified
the officers. Justice John R. Chappell,
accompanied by Dr. W. F. Hasskari,
county health officer, repaired to the
scene, viewed the remains and ren-
dered a verdict to the effect that de-
ceased came to his death from a stroke
of lightning and ordered the remains
brought to Brenham and prepared for
interment.—Brenham Messenger.
Wanted—Assistant engineer at the
water and light plant. Apply to
J. H .Killough.
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RESISTING ARREST AND BARRI-
CADED, USES GUN WITH
STEADY AIM
Body Riddled With Bullets When Forc-
ed Out—Lived Several Hours
After Being Shot
Plano, Texas, May 6.—Thirteen peo-
ple were shot, several of them serious-
ly wounded, in a two hours’ battle
between officers and citizens of Plano,
Collin county, and Tom Embrey, negro,
Tuesday morning. The negro barri-
caded himself inside a house, where
he had shot his wife, and using a re-
peating shotgun resisted all attempts
to arrest him. When officers were
about to dynamite the place he threw
open the front door and came out
shooting right and left. He was met
by a volley of pistol and rifle shots
which almost tore his body to pieces.
The Dead.
Tom Embrey, negro, body riddled
with bullets.
The Wounded.
John Vance, city marshal, pistol
bullet in stomach. «.
Maggie Embrey, negress, pistol bul-
let through body, will probably die.
Ed Blakeman, sheriff of Collin coun-
ty, shot in shoulder.
Eugene Baldwin, county commis-
sioner Collin county, shot in face.
Roy Robbins, stockman, shot in face.
P. Oliver, farmer, shot in neck,
hands and face. Badly injured.
Glen Erickson, druggist, shot in
face.
Wave Redell, blacksmith, shot in
face and shoulder.
E. M. Baskett, grocer, shot in face.
R. L. Gallagher, constable, shot in
fade and shoulders.
Vernon Bland, garage proprietor,
shot in face and neck.
Will Watts, negro, shot in face and
arms.
Hennie Parker, negress, shot about
body.
Trouble started when Embrey ar-
rived in Plano from Bartlett, Texas,
early Tuesday mornirtg and went to
the home of his wife from whom he
had been separated. He shot her
through the body with an automatic
pistol. Henry Parker and Will Watts,
both negroes, were also wounded.
James Vance, city marshal of Plano,
was near the house which stands on
the railroad tracks just outside the
business section of the city. He ran
to the place in order to arrest the
negro. Standing in the window of the
house Embrey took careful aim and
shot the officer through the stomach.
Vance managed to get into a nearby
house out of the line of fire. He was
hurried to St. Paul’s Sanitarium in
Dallas.
By this time the whole community
was aroused. Sheriff Ed Blakeman
arrived with a squad of deputies to
find that the negro had locked him-
self in the house and opened fire at
any person who showed himself with
a Winchester shotgun. The man ex-
hausted all his pistol ammunition
without doing any harm, and luckiliy
the shotgun shelss which he used
carried only small shot. After an at-
tempt to rush the place in which
several men were shot in the face and
arms with bird shot, the house was
completely surrounded. Sticks of
wood saturated in oil were lighted
and hurled at the house in an effort
to set it on fire. The man shot with
telling aim at members of the posse
who advanced within range.
After Embrey had been shot down
some of the young men who had been
wounded in the battle wanted to tie
a rope to him and drag him to the
business district of the city and burn
him at the stake. This would have
been done, but for the prompt inter-
ference of Sheriff Ed Blakeman,
wounded by one of the negro’s bullets,
drew his gun and told the infuriated
citizens they could not burn the
wounded negro.
Embrey was then thrown on an
automobile truck and carried to the
undertaker’s, where he died some half
hour later. More than 150 bullet
holes were counted in his body. They
were sprinkled from his head to his
knees.After Embrey reached the un-
dertaker’s parlors he sat up and asked
for something to drink and eat.
Ail attempts to burn the house in
which Embry was barricaded failed.
Gallons of gasoline in bottles were
burst against the house and fire
brands thrown on it but the blaze did
not damage the building.
The little three room cottage in
which Embrey barricaded himself af-
ter driving the occupants out at the
point of a gun, was completely riddled
Every pound of Luz-
ianne Coffee comes
to you in an air-tight
tin can. The original
goodness of the coffee
& all there—sealed in. i
Luzianne retains its
iri^« OUAKANTKK. If, after using entire con-
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Ji/ew Orleans
with lead. Embrey ran from one of
the six windows to others pumping
shot from a pump gun into the faces
of his assailants. When he appeared
at a window a sheet of flames burst
out from the crowds. The windows
of the house were shot out and the
shades and curtains cut to shreds.
Even the furniture in the house was
riddled with bullets. Cans of corn,
glasses of jelly, stovepipes, cupboards,
mirrors and beds were shot full of
holes. ^Cvery side of the little build-
ing was filled with lead from the
gables to the floor. A bullet from
some citizen’s rifle tore the clock from
the wall.
THE PRICE OF PEACE
The “Price of Peace”—the great
film which our government has sent
to us to asist in the Victory Loan drive
and to enable our people to see what
the big scramble really was, attracted
great crowds, both during the after-
noon and night. There was no
charge for admission, and those who
accepted the invitation to come and
see the great scenes, feel that they
saw the real thing, and are happy
that they have purchased Liberty
Bonds in order to finish die job.
Screen your house with Pearl wire
and it will last longer than any other.
We have a complete lii\p of Screen
Doors, Hinges, Extension Screens,
Locks, etc. Let us figure with you.
—Mohrhusen-Schmidt Co.—Adv. 19
WANTEDAT ONCE
Family wanted to take over an un-
finished crop of corn and cotton, on ac-
count of death of tenant. Apply to
R. T. Huettel.
WRIttlYS
You
all three flavors
In the sealed
packages—but look
for the name
WRIGLEYS
because It Is your
protection against
inferior Imitations.
Just as the sealed
package is protec-
tion against Im-
purity.
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La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1919, newspaper, May 8, 1919; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998384/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.