A Good Resolution for the New Year
RESOLVED that a bank account for 1911 shall be opened with the Exchange National Bank and kept active. The action establishes a formal financial arrangement for the year.
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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
1
RESOLVED that a bank account for 1911 shall be opened with the Exchange National Bank and kept active. The action establishes a formal financial arrangement for the year.
Judge Skaggs completed the final judging session this afternoon marking the close of the fowl show. The event concluded with judging on the final day and awards to top displays.
Denton County Poultry Association to elect officers at 2 30 this afternoon as the Denton show closes. Awards announced include Emmet Curran of North Fort Worth sweeping the Single Comb Brown Leghorns with top scores and many birds scoring 90 or higher. The 1910 show is hailed as the most successful yet with plans already made to improve the 1911 event.
Acting on a supt Carlisle suggestion the interdenominational committee named the following ladies to supervise the empty stocking crusade Mesdames W F Jarrell Alfred Grant W B Francis E D Criddie Frank Craft P Lipscomb and Miss Mabel Elliott Mrs Jarrell serves as chairman and will convene the group to plan headquarters receiving and distribution of gifts several offers of help have already been received and more will come as coordinators are named by the committee
A special city election to replace the late Capt. W. J. Lacy in Ward 3 was underway with 175 votes cast by 1 PM. Only two candidates, BE Crain and J O Bell, were in the race and a result was expected shortly after 7 PM when polls closed. voters could call the Record and Chronicle after 7:10 PM for results.
Pittsburg December 17 F M Sullivan is dead after an altercation with farm hand Carry Kellog. Authorities report a confrontation led to Sullivan s death and Kellog s detention for investigation in the incident at a local rural area.
A Kilpatrick telegram from Marfa says fighting occurred between rebels and Federal Mexican troops near Ojinaga with rebels claiming a severe defeat for the federals. Reinforcements move toward Ojiniga as rebels number about 800 against 100 Mexican troops on the Texas side at Haciendita.
Two armed posses chase three men who robbed the State bank at Prue Oklahoma yesterday, taking about $17,000. The suspects were heavily armed and a confrontation is feared if they are caught. Prue is a town in Osage Nation territory.
In Dallas on December 17, Joseph Demargo died from a wound received October 3. Following his death, indictments for murder were brought against Jos Saby and Frank Canna, both Italians. Demargo’s 9-year-old daughter Pauline was killed at the time of the shooting. Saby and Danna have already been indicted.
For sale a five room house on a large, roomy lot with city water and a large barn. Owner willing to accept $100 cash and balance in monthly installments. See us at once for this bargain.
Fort Worth police report no arrests in the murder of Charles T. Mouser, assistant cashier of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad. Authorities say Mouser was attacked for robbery by three men and boarded a Texas and Pacific train for Longview after the crime, while a claim tied to his wife’s former husband, Charles Haley of Sherman, is noted but unproven.
Washington December 17 Representative Heflin of Alabama introduced a joint resolution directing the census director to collect and publish additional cotton data. The measure requires export cotton to be summarized monthly starting September 1 and each month after.
In Austin on December 17 Governor Gamp denied rumors that W H Gill president of the penitentiary board and Superintendent Henry had resigned over George Waverly Briggs appointment. Gill and Herring disputed the report saying Briggs should resign or accept, Briggs declining to intervene.
Washington December 17 census bureau reports Bastrop Texas has 1705 residents down from 2145 in the last census. The decline reflects a shift in local population since the prior count.
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