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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
5
Census figures reported by census taker Ledbetter show 1112 children over age seven in Denton, with a breakdown by age White and colored totals for ages seven through sixteen. The total over seven and older is 1112. enrollments usually reach about 1300 as families move into the district for winter schooling.
A committee appointed by the focal chapter plans to confer with the city school board on renaming public schools. It proposes Central as Robert E. Lee, West Side as General Jackson, and North Side as General Gordon, reflecting Confederate heroes.
Local thrashermen have moved machines to wheat fields and more units started Saturday. By midweek thrashing will be general across all county areas. Wheat quality is high with most samples at 59 pounds per bushel or more. A Justin sale on Saturday moved about 900 bushels at 62 pounds per bushel for $1.57 per bushel.
Edgar sold 900 bushels of wheat from sixty acres near Justin to Burrus Mill Elevator Co for 1.57 per bushel. The crop was excellent and signals diversification benefits in Texas. Attend Denton’s Trades Day Saturday June 12.
Warren Dorr, detained in connection with the Hawk residence burglary east of town, was released Wednesday morning on a $500 bond secured by Dr. J. P. Blount and B. H. Deavenport with a certified check from Oklahoma. Dorr had escaped from the county jail but was captured shortly after leaving his cell.
Tom Froyd and Miss Emma Schmitz wed at the bride's home on West Oak Street in a noon ceremony officiated by Rev. Fred L. McFalden. Attended only by both families, the couple plans to reside temporarily in Denton before moving to Southern Texas. Froyd is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Floyd. Schmitz is the daughter of the local postmaster and Mrs. J. B. Schmitz.
Wheat is selling at 1.40 per bushel with several loads received. The crop yields appear strong with early thrashing running 12 to 15 bushels per acre at Dr Fritz's farm. J W Underwood and Dr Fritz were buyers, both samples weighing 61 pounds per bushel.
In Austin on June 9 the grand jury investigates a recent prize fight that resulted in Victor Lyons's death. The city commission also probes police department responsibility in the incident.
R. R. Parker 38, charged with swindling, died in Fort Worth County Jail from peritonitis. Parker, a member of a prominent McKinney family, allegedly defrauded a Fort Worth bank with bogus checks and was sought at El Paso Beaumont San Antonio and Hondo on similar charges.
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler W. F. Batter, who fell ill with pneumonia during an Elks lodge installation in Dalhart on May 26, has recovered enough to travel home to Abilene. He is due to arrive Friday morning.
News crop report based on 625 correspondents dated June 2 shows Texas cotton acreage at 102.7, with 94.2 for Texas condition and Oklahoma at 83.1 acreage and 120.5 condition from last year. Denton Aubrey Argyle Sanger and other districts report varied moisture and dry spells. eastern counties show better prospects while western regions remain below par.
Interest runs high across the county as word spreads that oil may be found anywhere in the region. A discovery would supply cheap fuel to consumers and ignite excitement beyond the immediate community.
Texas enrollment reports show 455 students in the first days of the second week of the summer session, surpassing last summer’s total of 427. Officials expect attendance to exceed 500 before the session ends, with annual enrollment already exceeding 1,000 by early measures.
Mrs. EB Fritzlen reports copies describing a furious snowstorm that blocked roads through Yellowstone park on June 4, leaving four feet of snow in places. A field of 396 men cleared the routes as the summer season neared its opening the next day.
A letter from Rev Andrew Fairchild Heltman confirms acceptance of the Denton American Presbyterian church call. He and his family plan to move to Denton around July 1. Heltman has deep ties to the city, having taught at North Texas Normal and led its High School, later serving as a minister in Denver and Pennsylvania before returning to the South.
Nearly a score of witnesses testified in the Travis County inquiry into Victor Lyong death. They said the bout was clean with no brutality or knockdown in the last round at Albert Raatz gym, described as a friendly sparring session with no prize. Prominent business and professional men and city and state officials appeared as witnesses as the investigation continued.
Fred Fleming testified in the Western bank officials’ trial denying he sent the letters. He said the defunct bank and trust company handled such matters before its failure.
Oklahoma City June 9. The association of commercial clubs in convention adopted resolutions condemning the Department of Justice policy that brings twenty five thousand civil and criminal suits against purchasers of Indians lands. The resolutions say the suits hurt the state section and do irreparable injury to honest persons and paralyze business.
The marriage of M. N. Mars of Terrell and Ina Caddell occurred Tuesday at the bride’s brother H. B. Caddell’s home on Avenue A. Rev. Walter C. Lattimore officiated. The event was attended by a small group of friends and soon after the couple traveled to Dallas then Stephenville and plan a stay in Austin before returning. Mr Mars serves as superintendent of Terrell public schools.
The summer session began with a two day opening and four weeks of practical training for women workers. Enrollment on day one was 46, similar to last year, with more students expected. Miss Maud N Gillette of Milledgeville Ga arrives to replace Miss Sprague and start duties in preparation for the regular term.
The first Denton 1909 wheat crop was sold Monday afternoon by D. L. Wilkins to Denton Milling. Wheat from the Wilkins place sold at 1.45 dollars, sample 59 pounds. Krum also received the first bag, brought by Pete Couser, at 1.60 dollars. his crop had previously sold at 1.40 with a premium for the first arrival.
Fort Worth Texas witnesses in the cattle rate hearing report cattle dying on ranges and in pens due to railroads not providing engines to move shipments. Star witness Pecos inspector A L Cheshier testified plenty of cars existed but engines were lacking amid a record cattle death season. Other witnesses named include John Moore E E Baldridge and A M White.
The first of this season's wheat reached the Wichita Falls market this morning with 700 bushels weighing 60 pounds each sold at $1.30. Thrashing in Wichita county is now generally under way.
Local grocers plan compliance with the new pure food law effective on the 11th. It requires that all food be protected from flies and dust and bans carting edible products for sale without proper protection.
Attorney General Davidson announced the anti-racing law will take effect ninety days after adjournment of the session that enacted it. The measure becomes operative ninety days after March 13 following its regular session approval in Austin.
Associate professor Alexander Deussen of the State University at Austin arrived in Argyle Tuesday at noon. He inspected sites where oil indications were reported, following a mass meeting that funded the investigation.
State Sanitary Inspector Emery of Shawnee closed one bakery in Muskogee and filed a report describing conditions as frightful. He cited filth in several eateries and deplorable jail sanitation, with a polluted stream near North Muskogee.
Terrill A. Jasper, a noted Denton resident, married Miss Alice Jackson of Corsicana on a Sunday ceremony at the bride's home. The couple will reside in Denton. Be sure to attend aging Trades.
Fort Worth June 9. Report from McKinney says Louis Coffman former constable indicted for his wife’s murder has been adjudged insane in Tarrant County and is confined in the Terrell asylum.
County superintendent W L Willis reports a countywide enrollment drop of 103 students from 1908 to 1909 in independent districts. Rural schools lost 12 pupils, while totals show 2,826 in independent districts and 4,978 in rural districts. Overall county total falls from 7,996 to 7,804.
Miss Edna McCormick returns home from the State University after graduating in 1909, completing the course in three years.
J. B. Doyle of Slidell reports thrashing has begun in parts of Slidell County with yields up to twenty bushels per acre in some fields and fifteen in others. He predicted strong yields a month ago in Denton and now says wheat finances hit bottom and will rise with more planted yearly.
Mrs. Truman Stroud, born Mary Franklin Anderson in Warren Arkansas, died Tuesday night at 10 in a Dallas sanitarium after an operation. Survived by husband and young son, she was the daughter of A. A. Anderson of Denton. Remains arrived in Denton and burial planned for Thursday or Friday as relatives travel from Arkansas.
At the monthly meeting in Denton County, Dr Jack Shipley of Pilot Point joined the society. Attendees included Drs C F Rice Lane Sanders Allen Gose Kirkpatrick Painter McBride Imbrough Lipscomb Kincaid.
State Pure Food and Dairy Commissioner J. S. Abbott telegraphs President Taft that Texas will follow Roosevelt Bonaparte and Wiley whiskey rulings. The note states no colored adulterated wares will be allowed in Texas and is quoted from Abbott.
Waco Texas June 8 the first of this season's oat crop sold here today at 65 cents, the highest price in a decade for new crop oats.
Denton County readies for the first Denton trades day on Saturday June 12. The Chamber of Commerce led the effort with broad county participation and a prize list aimed at residents outside Denton city limits. Prizes cover livestock poultry dairy farm products and various contests to attract rural visitors.
In Tulsa two men E H Conley and James Bothwell were arrested after allegedly entering the Buffalo hotel at night and holding guests at gunpoint to take 1500 dollars in cash and valuables. They offered no resistance to officers.
A regular freight and a work train collided at a sharp curve over a trestle at Wallace Lake south of Shreveport not long after noon. Assistant Foreman Wil Holland the fireman brakeman and six laborers on the work train were injured as the locomotives were demolished. The freight reportedly disregarded orders to wait.
A telegram from Georgetown reports Meyer E. Fron a drummer with Sanger Bros of Waco but resident of Bartlett dropped dead in Georgetown while waiting for customers. He leaves a widow and six children and was 35 years old.
The Texas Opticians Association holds its meeting in Dallas today with committee reports heard in the morning and officers to be elected this afternoon.
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