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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
1
A local store promotes a clearance sale to stock up for fall shoes. Each shoe carries a fixed price and shelf space, inviting shoppers to buy now to make room for new stock and get a fit at low costs.
Fort Worth reports Texas News Service figures show Colquitt leading Poindexter by about 65,000 as of Sunday noon with 242,496 counted and roughly 30,600 remaining. Johnson trails, Dallas, Tarrant and Harris counties unsettled, delays blamed on telegraph failures and slow mail dispatches.
Rechecked county results show Poindexter ahead of Colquitt by 89 votes in Denton. Corrections list Colquitt 1237 Davidson 199 Johnson 653 and Waller 596 Teague 189 Lane 12038 among others, with executive committee to canvass final counts.
The Pilot Point fire destroyed the American Cotton Company's gin plant on Friday night, causing an estimated loss of $6,000 with the fire’s origin still unknown. Local authorities investigated to determine cause.
The Japanese steamer Maru sank off Chindo, Korea, with 46 passengers aboard. Forty two people were saved.
The Corsicana National Bank of Corsicana asked the postmaster general to appoint it as a depository for postal savings funds.
J G Cowan died of paralysis at 2 PM Sunday after a sixteen day illness. He lived four miles southwest of Denton and leaves a wife and several children. Burial took place Monday at the old Dalton cemetery.
J N Griswold announced his resignation from the post effective August 1 citing the railroad's current inability to employ such an officer.
Early returns show Colquitt with about 51 124 vote lead over Poindexter and Johnson close behind Poindexter. Lieutenant governor race remains uncertain as Davidson leads, while Lane tops Barker and Teague for comptroller. Harper leads Turner by roughly 12 000 votes.
Wiley W. Wilson prominent Denton figure and hardware businessman dies of apoplexy at his West Oak Street home after returning from Hiland Park trip with brother R J Wilson. He lived in Denton since 1874 and helped run Wilson Hardware and Denton Street Car ventures. Funeral plans not announced. Former Texas House Speaker Kennedy to seek re election as speaker after earlier resignation.
Charles B. Fitzpatrick district manager for North American Insurance, based in Dallas, killed himself at the Metropolitan hotel in Fort Worth by drinking carbolic acid. He left no note. death ruled self-inflicted. He was brother of Mrs. J. M. Hilt of Houston.
Ed Cleveland was shot and killed Saturday night at Bowie. Tinny Verner is jailed on murder charges in connection with the shooting.
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