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RECORD
VOLUME XXVII
DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908
BLAZE SUNDAY
DOliLAdIN COMING IN.
HASKELL HAS
MEETINC Of
NY ANSWER
Wood
AND ALDERMEN
TOTAL VALUATION
HOLDS CONftfi
City Council.
quish Position
ANDY BROWN
$200,000 BLAZE
DEMO-
CRATS HEADY
urer.
Yfaiitag He|.«tive<
RECEPTION TO STUDENTS
Garrison
the
MARRIED SUNDAY
T. Bailey
burglarized again
negro gives up.
MhlngtOB
about completed the the tax rolls
tor the pft&ent years, the force of
clerks having go^eu to a point where
the rails can be entirely ftatshedthta
week.
unty demo-'
S their par-
ay and got
-Did you 7”
: they have
. electing a
hey are W.
p. Johnson
Levy Perryman WHo "Arrested One of
the Famous iifitwn Brothers
DENTON COUNTY EXHIBITORS
AT THE DAI.1A8 FAIR.
A BIG CROWD GREETS W. J.
BRYAN WITH ENTHUSIASM.
ATTENDING TUBERCt'USJIS
CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON
CHOLERA NOAV APPEARS
IN THE UPPER CLASSES.
democratic nominee replies
to recent letter written
by the president.
SEVERAL ADDITI'
remitted >700 of the >1496 judg
ment received when the case was dis-
posed of during the present term of
court. The refund, was made.
SENATOR BAILEY DENIES
report retir:
worded
as to ■
T. D. Hill and Miss Annie Wright
Married Sunday.
T. D. Hill and Miss Annie Wright
were married Sunday afternoon at
the home of the bride’s parents near
Tarvin, in the eastern part of the
county. Rev. W. C. Lattimore of
Benton performed the marriage cere-
mony.
robably re-
’• before re
He said, however, that,bis course
' did not indicate In . the least that
i there was any truth \n the accusa
■ tions. Pending te vindication that
he believes will result, he resigned,
in order not to jeopardise Jiis party.
I Gov. Haskel] said that despite pub-
> lished reports. William J. Bryan
, bad neither directly nor indirectly
, requested is resignation h
City W’as Defeated by Vote
—Proceedings of the
Gov. Haskell's decision ftlloWe“a
conference of alt th® dvmociatlc
leaders tn Chicago. The governor, In
answering a question as. to why he
had resigned, said that ho did not
wish to embarrass the democratic
party by retaining the office.
In view of the caarges that had
dpatajs-made -against him be realized
tnaT it woufd requi e more tahn the
few weeks elapsing between now and
election time to clearly disprove
them. '
Mr. Hokel] admitted that his res-
ignation was directly--^a toh the
charges made by Willfam R. Hegrst
, at Oolumbu*, Ohio, and at St. Louts.
Thursdays' Dally.
The tent meeting which is being
held in the eastern part of Denton is
continuing with increasing interest.
On Tuesday night there were six pro-
fessions of religion and last night
one- Lt was intended to movo.Ahe
tent to another part of the city this
week, but owing to the inerest being
shown it was decided that nd change
should be made right now. ——...
INTEREST IS INCREASING -
IN THE TENT MEETING.
SIXTH WEEK JURY.
Following is a list of the jurymen
for the sixth week of the district
murders have been laid at their
doors.' with men. women and children
as the victims. During 1878 or '79
Andy Brown bevhme overbold and
rode Into the town where Sheriff
Perryman lived Searching parties
that had been hunting the criminate
had been unable to arrest the
Browns, up until that time. How-
ever, Andy's appearance in the town
was made known to Sheriff Perry-
man, and singlehanded the murderer
was put under arrest and jailed.
George Brown escaped into Arkansas
afterjhe arrest of hte bother, but
was Tate.- arrested and brought to
Hal. Upon trial of the three brothers
being had George and Andy_w£Xft con-
demned to death and Jess was given
a term in the penitentiary, the proa
ecutfon failing to connect him with
tne various murder* further than
that he had planned the attacks. .
Mr. Perryman will j
main here several dayi
turning home
have
an exhibit in the poultry department.
S, M. Richardson ...
Waldo Blewett
J. P. Blount .."7...
W. D. Birdsong ....
C. F. Witherspoon
J. N. Rayzor
C. C. McNeil
G. H. Blewett
tty. T. Morris
J. Ed Wilson ... ..
J. Ed Schmitz
Lee Zumwalt
T. M. 'Rucker
Roosevelt Is Upbraided for Failing to
Suggest How Uie Haskell —
VERY QUIET SESSION WAS HELD
. MONDAY NIGHT BY MAYOR
REFUNDS PART OF JUDGMENT
In the district court this afternoon
Judge Potter Indicated that he
would grant a new trial In the case
of J. E. Newton vs Pinckard and
The FIRS* cold weather
IF THE FALL SEASON.
INTEREST IN THE
MATTER GROWING
rmaj
rtte
ntion
first
The home’ of Wiibur Ramsey in
the south pari of town caught fire
Sunday, but the names were ex-
tinguished befdYg" much damage had
been done.
Mr. Ramsey lighted a lamp In on.
Of the rooms and stepped out on the
porch. Returning in a moment he
found the room in flames, started
presumably by-the-explosion-ef the
lamp.Neighbors rushed in and th"
flames were quickly extinguished.
The loss will be about >50 or >75.
W. A. Taliaferro
N. P. Johnson ...
A. M. Bush
Reception to Stud nt» of Normal and
’ College*'of Industrial Ahm.
The Home Mission Society of the
the
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES IN
REGARD TO ASSESSOR McKKL-
VEY’S ANNUAL ROLLS. '-i‘
visit
Floto
The first cold snap of the year
came Saturday night, bringing weath-
er that made heavy clothing and
4h*s comfortable.---— -
Monday the wreathed contin-
ued cold and a heavy frost was re-
ported by those who arose early The
frost, however. Is not not expected te
Prove detrimental te any crops and
tt l« believed that It wjll help cot
ton. by retarding the growth some-
*hat and making the bolls mature
Wicker
COLUMBUS. O„ Sept. 24.—Twelve,
speeches to enormous crowd* marked
the second entry of William J. Bryan,
democratic candidate for. president,
into. Ohio, during the present cam-
paign. HI* concluding speech was
made here last night to aa overflow
crowd, of 20,000 persons, while just
previously he had addreesed the larg-
est audience that ever had a«wm-
bled In Memorial Hall. The seating
Wineir
reach
rtohihitionist Answers Whiskey
Advertisement.
G. B. Collins, who is a strong
prohibitionist, reently received a
price list from a whiskey house and
a letter extolling the merits of the
brand of booze advertised. To a re-
porter he said: “Frequently I have
^gotten whiskey advertisements of
this kind. Of course I do not care
to buy their whiskey and I play even
with them for sending me the letter.
1 keep the envelope and write as
strong a prohibition lecture as pos-
sible, which I mail back to them
However. I do not put a stamp on the
letter and they are advisted by the
postmaster that a -tetter is here and
will be sent them upon receipt of
two cegts Postage.''I enjoy thinking
about ho*1 they feel when they get
»y leetnre, for which they have bad
to pay postage.”
tremity of the state and their live*
of crime were as black as could be
found almost ft the entire history
of the stat*. A total of ten or twelve
Texas Neckwear Company Robbed
/ Again Sunday Night.
The Texas Neckwear company's
store at Dallas was burglarized Sun-
day night for the second time in
three weeks. In both instances a
number of bolts of silk were taken,
entailing a loss of several hundred
dollars. Mrs. Elba Elmore of Pilot
Point te the head of the Texas Neck-
wear company, which was formerly
located at Pilot Point.
General.
J. A. Minnte. >2,20; Jim Goode.
>17.00; Hub Bates, >6.75; Denton
Transfer company, >11; Y. M. Tur-
pen, >10.70; Hargreaves Printing
company, >6 30; Hargreaves Printing
company, >16.20.
Occupation. _
Wilson Hardware company, >98. -
Mtreei anil Bridge.
Denton Milling Co.. >2.15; J. B
Wilson A Co.. >4.66; Alliance Milling
Co., >1.50: W. J. Lacy A Co.. >6.30;
Farmers Implement and Vehicle
Co >2 75; Evera Hardware Ob., fl;
Alliance Milling Co., >13; Turpen
Bros., >2.90; Wilson Hardware Co .
>10.05.
Charges Can Be
Proved.
the
fell in with a crash. Immediately
every fireman within reach plunged
Into the ruins and rescued most of
the firemen who had been inside at
the time. Hoseman Davis of Num-
ber 8 company was pinned under the
timber* and could not be saved till
more than three hours later, a phy-
sician going Inside and administering
opiates to him. Only his head was
visible. ‘
Thos- caught beneath floor were
Wiret Wolfe of the Central Truck
Co . Will Stampley of No. 6 Engine
Co . Capt. Roy West of No. 8 Fire
t'o . A L. IJavte. hesetnau of the No,
S company and J. M. Parton, d'lver
for No. 8. Parton was not known to
be in the building until his body was
recovered.
Craddock A CO. tbe Principal Lo-
sers—Giro Fireman Killed
oTU'ers Hurt.”*
Which Itt aa Increase of More than
„ ♦4,<MM>1OOO Qtt» Rolls of J»O7
■—Increases Are Shown Un-
capaclty Is 6.000 but this was Iacreas-
ed by 2.660 other* who wore eoatent
to stand. Red fire was burned pro-
fwtrty on the outside, while within
tie hall a
Among the Donton county exhibl
ton at the Dallas fair this year will
be S' I. Reynolds JLtttlo Elm, J.
W Medlin of Roanoke. W. F.
wand and Crow Wright and
Arnold of Denton. Mr*
Norton will also probably
MR EMBAR-
RASSMENT TO PARTY.
^x.. NOT DESIRE
imsPONSlo.
Presidt nt that the oceuiHtnt of that
high of^--- esn uot deny the hunibl«trt •
eltizr <?■--'.Zgjtt to protect his re- •
putat •• ;: :ui Vindicate hig name.
Taku.< v.pAthe President’s asser-
Aten th' 'rtafti tntst magnates, femr-j
-ing .0- cution Under Mr. Taft, will!
sup the democratic-candidate, Mr.
Bryau./ -h.-rfges that-vhe President
tatement in sucli a way
the^ support of all ths
-trust magnates, “and yet put it on
, the ground that they are supporting
..ifiljr party for patriotic reasons rath-
er titan for the promotion of a sel-
tl»h Jnterest.’’ Such an argument,
fie cont“nds. te ingenious, but not
.sound. Iif proof of the fact that he
would not WCbttttQlle’J'by" the trusts
Mr. Bryan says that if elected he will
enforce the anti-trust laws, “not
spasmodically and intermittently but
persistently and consistently.’’ /
Mr. Bryan, in dealing with ths
democratic campaign fund of 1896
as compared with the - republican
fund of 1904, charged that.the Presi-
dent pays “more attention to the
Bote than to the beam,’’ and assert-
ed t,hat in 1904 the republicans used
in one alone, a fund almost
.as large as ,-*e entire sum the dem-<
-^eratie’party had. The letter C03-
rlndes with nftttce to the President
that an opportunity will be afforded
to “misrepresent the motives of those
who give to our campaign fund and
arouse all tho suspicion you eain ”
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 24.—
The Asiatic cholera te spreading day
By day. ft is now appearing tn the
upper classes of society, which up to
the present time had considered
themselves immune. Twenty-four
cases have been reported tn the town
of Peterhof. The Imperial family te
expected soon to return to the Peter-
hof palace from It* cruise In Finnish
waters. One case has been discover-
ed in the palace of Prince Alexander
Oldenburg, a cousin of the emperor.
Among the cases reported In St.
Petersburg te that of Court Council-
or Nechlporenko, who was strlken
while entertaining a party of guests.
The accumulation of corpse* at the
graveyards continues. There were
nine-two unburled at one cemetery
yesterday, and the regular mortuary
train brought in 14< more. The sex-
ton* ate able to inter only 120 bodies
Scott Bibb Ha* Entered His Children
in School for Black*.
ALTON. III.. Sept. SO.--Scott
Bibb, the negro who fought in th*
courts for eleven yearg to fore* the
admtesiun of kl* children to the
white school* here and won hte cane
in th* supreme court of th* state
apparently ba* given up th* conte*t
with th* school board H* has ear
tered hte three children in on* of tbn
negro school*. The *td*r cMIdren.
,B. F. Black ...... .........
J. W. Rlpy ........._____
Rev. W. C. Lattimore
P. C. Withers
J. I. qniespie
W. T. Johnson
H. G. Allen
b'OUMKH TEXAN SHERIFF WITH
INTERESTING HISTORY HERE.
MV RECORD IS
CH1CAG6, Hi. Sept. 26.—Gov. C.
N. Haskell at midnight last night re-
signed gs treasurer of the Democratic
National committee. Hhh- resigna-
tion was announced by Mmeelf three
hours after his arrival in Chicago
from Guthrie, Okla., and after he
had conf“ireid with officials ot the
Democratic Nation! headquarter*. i.
In giving out his decision Mr. Has-
kell, in responce to a quhstlon. de-
clared’ he did not desire to be re-
sponsible for any nibarrassmeiit whic
might result to the democratic party
by his retaining the office of treas-
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Thr dog ordinance Which was ex-
pected to be brought up did not ma-
terialize. but’ will likely be heard
ffem a lit ft- larer.
City Health Officer Lipscomb vti
present and scored the city some-
what om the lack of sanitary work.
He said: “The dumping grounds
are in bglt‘>r. sanitary condition than
some parts’ of 4he city- of Deuton.
The hog ordinance is not being en-
forced and not enough attention 1*
bein$ giv»n to any kind of sanitary
work. The cards that were tacked
up by Alderman Jones some time
ago-did much good, bur that could
not keep ,th* town properly cl“aned
for long,' Aiderman Jon**, chair-
man of the s&altafy commute re-
ported tnat he wa* doing all possible
-to keep the town clean with the lim-
ited fac.-.Jes at his command. 'H*'
■ receives complaint* every few day*.
and trie*-in each instance to adjust
' the matter satisfactorily He said at
last night’s meeeting that he had,
on hand a complaint about a board-
ing house in the west end ot town
and that h* «aa -KOlM J&. «lve th*
matter his Immediate attention.
• The finance comm!
that it had been unable to
any agreement with -A/ W.’ Robert-
son about hia city «::<w Chairman
McClurkan said that It appeared tnat
MrA Robertson wanted a 'suit tn
court to decide the question and it
was apparently the opinion of the
members of the council that the wish,
could and would be gratified.
A. G. Lee came before the coun
cil and asked an official endosre
ment of hte efforts to erect a monu-
ment to the great woman philanthro-
pist of the world He explained in
brief hie plan to erect the monument
and suggested tnat the work he was
doing might be of IncHtlniable bene-
fit to the town some day. Mr. t^ee
said that on the site wb^re the mon-
ument te to be located there is a
valuable mineral well and that he
expected to donate the free use of
this well to the citizens of Denton
when the monument wgs dedicated.
The matter was referred to the
street anl bridge committee.
Following Ls the repprt of
Water and Light department from
Aug. 23 to Sept. 22. as made by
Snpt. H. C Storriet -.....
The following accounts were ex-
amined and allowed:
Conipe41c<l to Address
Tw<-aty Thousaud I
Meeting at Columbn*.
RKITTAL TVKKDAY NIGHT.
At the Sou thia ad university Tu**-
■teht a large crowd wa* prerent at
th* rreital give* by Mte* Kath*ria*
The advent of tba “I gave a dollar
—Did you?” buttons can**d a pick-
ing up In the contribution* tor th*
national democratic campaign fund
Saturday. In*toad of "a dollar a day
te *tlU th* way,’’ a total of four dol-
lar* cam* tn. J. W. Rlpy. W. C. Lat-
timore. P. C. Withen and J. I. Gil-
lespie being th* addition* to the Hat.
The button* are sold by the Reeord
and chrontcie at a dollar each, th*
dollar to be sent to the National
democratic campaign committee, and
all thoae who have already paid are
entitled to one aa well «* those who
pay from now on Little more than
a month yet betor* the campaign
cioaea and democrat* should—not
permit tbemwive* In th* future to
vay, ' won. but 1 aevei contribut-
ed a cent toward it”
’'.'.T.'rBr*'. * <*x . ' liO.--‘ Fire, ’
v l..(.u desifoye l prop,Tty var'ously .
Uiuated in value b< tw^ > " at’,000 '
am >200.000 in th-y heart of the busl- j
ncss district last night aud resulted'
in the death of at lean One fireman,
an i the in.iu.y of several othi r.; wS&*
v<‘re c.iughc unde-.lalling ii<’ «rs ot
'!.<■ l.qHwr house of L. Crfddock &
Jo., on Elm street, raged from 10:40
o’clock last night until midnight be-
fore the entire firo department of I
th* city could place it under control.
At 2:35 this morning the debris
under which was EUreman Davis was
pinned was remoyea and he was ta-
ken out. probably fatally .ufured. At
the same time 4he,..bS*dy of another
fireman, believed to hav# been J. M-
Parfton, driver of Engine Company
No. 2, was discovered and removed
from the ruins.
The fire was discovered in the se-
cond floor of the building occupied
by H. J. Blakeny just west of the
Craddock establishment. Shortly af-
terward an explosienl occurred in th*
liquor house which sent a shower of
glass to the street below and shook
the walls of the burning structure.
After this the fire swept onward in
its course, spreading.to thb buildings
on each side. The furniture store of Methodist ehurch, assisted by
Wm. Kelly and the Egan-Earry Elec-
trical Co.’s storerooms were soon on
fire. The business district depart-
ment responded at fiak-but seeing
It was unable to cope with the fire
A-geijerai alarm summoning every
piece of fire apparatus in the efty’.
was turned in.
While the fire was at its hottest
and the firemen had crowded into
I RO’ K ISLAND,* Hl.. Sept., 2O.^-“I
I have lived in vain if your accusa-
i r . tions lost me a single friend.' said
• .1 Bryan in a letter adflrCMed to
Fresidenf Roosevelt, replying to that
of the President on Sunday last.
Mr. Bryan points to hils record and
pmaeciared that it is a sufficient answer
to the insinuations to the chief ,exe-
F’cutive that he is in sympathy with
L_or controlled by trusts,.
Reverting to the charge^ against
Gov. Haskell, Mr. Bryan says that
the Piesident. in response to hi* re-
F-^finest, did not deign to suggest a
I tribunal which would determine
those charges, but instead proceeded
wa* a total of 136 jack* and
and they w*r* valued at >9,600
The present year «howa an increa**
in th* number of hog*, there being
15,014 listed this year a* compared
with 10,804 last year. This year th*
total valuation I* >44.820 and last
yfer 11 wa* >>32*930.
One" hundred and forty-seven tax
payer* acknowledged that they were
owners of dog* of oa? ictal! and an-
other and they valued the dogs at
>3,885. According to the figures the
supply has IncreMed aince 1907.
there having been Hated 121 last
year. There were valued at >2,100.
The vehicle* of the county this
year number 4,606 and have a value
of >114,99«. Last year th* roll*
•how a total of 5,907 vehicle*, val-
ued at >132.120. This include* ev-
ery kind of a contrivance for riding,
such a* buggies, hacks, surrey*, wa-
gons. omnibus**, automobiles, etc.
The merchandise of the county I*
this y**>* asaeared at >560,820, a*
compared" with >421,880 for 1907.
The value of the implements and
machinery thte year, according to th*
tax roils ii >130,765. Last year It
wm fl 12,595. ---
The vatu* of the steam engines
and boiler* is given at >1L375. LMt
year It wa* >23,91o.
Money on hand thte year included
a total of 1228,220. Last yw th*
total was >276.920.
The notes and aoeounta rendered
amounted to >609.260. Last year it
wa* >310,415.
Th* entries under the head of ml*
Oelten^rtng property this year showed
a total of >80,540 as compared with
>114.745 tor last year.
The valuiattou of the bank* of th*
county thte year te >616,887. Last
year tt wa* >359.595.
Th* valuation of railroad*, tele-
phone and telegraph property te thte
year >3.231,949, and teat year It wa*
>8,601,711. .
The number of poll* paid thi* y*ar
I* 5,576 •• compared with 5.871 tor
last year.
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Thr«<o Hour* After Reaching Demo-
cratic Headquar.. vs Makes Pub-
lic Drtcrtninalron te Redin-
Senior Epworth League, gave a, re-
ception to the students of the Nor-
mal college and the College of In-
dustrial Arjs.. last Saturday night
f;pm 8 until 10 o’clock, at the
church. ... ~
The house was crowded -with young
p&jple. All joined heartily in sing-
ing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name.” Dr. Thomas Pierce theflr
u„v» ... — save an address of welcome. ahoHr,
flames the entire second floor ing a cordial interest in the student*.
His earnest words were listened to
with plose attention.
Th ladies who had the reception
in charge did their part thoroughly
well, mingling with the students with
many assurances of welcome to them
to the schools and churches, and
with most kindly interest In their
welfare. OM acquaintances were re-
newed and new one* begun under
t'.’.s* favorable auspices.
Delightful refreshments were serv-
"ed throughout the evening. —■
Th girls of the Methodist dormi-
tory went In a body to the reception.
Chaperoned by Mrs. Carroll and Mrs.
Beamer Their bl'ight faces and win-"
some manners won many friends for
them, and every one of them ex-
pressed high appreciation of the re-
ception and the courtesies ehown
them. Mrs. C.
16.922 hor«e* and mules were render-
ed. but despite the'fact that the
number last y«ar wks larger the valu*
wa* smaller, the total valuation be-
ing placed at >688,610 In 1907.
Thte year 19.154 cattl* were ren-
dered and were.yalued at a total of
>239.785.^ Last year" a total of 19.-
583 cattle was rendered and valued
at >205.965.
The sneep la th* county dhta year
nutnbefei 5,J|8 ajij are valued’ at
, >11.170. Last year 4,527 *h*ep were
renctar-d and were valued at >8;450.‘
Thte year tlte number 0! goats in
th* county 1*883 and they *j* worttu
according t« th* tax roll*. >985. la
1907 a total of 947 goats were given
in and were valued at >1160.
One hundred and thirty jack and
Jennet* are accounted on the tax
roil* thte y*Lr and their value te
~ there
Beyond the usual routine of mat-
ters there has very -tUe doing at
th- meet tax of the council Monday
night and-the body adjourned at a
comparatively early hour, to meet
again on Octob»r 12 to canvass the
returns of the sewerage bond elec-
tion to be held October 10.
The only discussion of questions
submitted was when Aiderman Jones
presented an ordinance barring hogs
from the corporate limits of Denton
The ordinance proposed a fine ^>1
from >B to >100 for keeping bogs
within the city limit*. After each
member of the council bad delivered
himself of a more or less lengthy
S. F. REYNOLDS WORNE.
Uapt. 8. F. Reynolds of. Roanoke,
who has been sick for a long ttime
with dropsy, 1* considerably worse
and hi* death 1* not unexpected any
day not:
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN BUSINESS
blSTRli T TUESDA Y NIGHT.
ley, W. Y. Barnett, John B. Hub-
son, J. A. Hatcher. G. Hake, H. F.
Gale, T. F. HugglM,’H.-Morgan
J. M. Neil. H. O. Caln, Jr . H. Me
Gee, W. H Lyrnn. Fred Barthold,
J. C. oMrris, W. P. Green. T. E
Em rick, J. E. Baker, C. F. Wake-
! field, Whitt P. BrqflED. W . A,
! Prunce, G. W. Thompaon and O S
Summers.
Denton Trust Co
8am Hawkins v....
E. Cocanongher
WR.AHSn J7..
G. P. Davis
E. H. Egan
ccurt: 3. I" ”
J. A; M. Sneed, T. A. Gentle, A.
D. Matthew*. J. E. Boner. N. H
Crawford. JtarvRobtBaon, A. A. Min
ton, D. H, Hanimortd*, George Sealy,
Bent Gibbs, Tt B. Cagle. D. E. El-
FMPF IM rmrirfi' der’ w- B Montgomery. D C Ric
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Contribution* Ara Picking
All Along th* Idne—The
Total Ik Nearly
WM) XowS • -
The rolls show that the total val-
uation of property In Denton cougty
tor the year Is >18,698,521 aa com-
pared with a total of >14.346,781
for last year.
The following total* will be found
of interest to many.
Last year the valu* of the acreage
property rendered wa* >7,859,688.
This year the property te valued at
>10,307.715. or an increase of >>.-
948.OJUT
In I9»*7 the city property was »•-
■8S83»[i >T.7 8 !T5W*a?iir y*M Uie
total 1* >1,910,385, an~ftc-eas" of
>624.79*--------: -
The county this year rendered for
taxation a total of 15,237 horses and
mules, valued a*. >776,435 or an .av-
erage of about >60 for each animal
listed in these classes. Last year
' fcwvy Perryman of Forrestburg.
Montague county, 1* a guest of hte
daughter, Mrs. Henry Cadd»l of Col-
lege addition. Mr. Perryman is one
'of the old-timers of Texas and has
led tui interesting life, to which, how-
ever. he-very-tafrequently refer*-and
if at all. in a depreciattve manner.
To a stranger he is non-communica
tive and Information gotten ha* to
be picked out of the old gentleman
a'word at a time.
... Mr. Perryman was at on* time,
during the ’70a, sheriff of Montague
county and wnite acting in that ca-
pacity arrested Andy Brown, on*- rtf
thq Brown brother* who wese-j
*d In Dentoa during th* iariy
All of the old-timers of Denton re- ’
member the mu derous career of the
Brown brothers, George, Jess and
Andy, and mo*t ,pf them remembei1
vMdly the hangtag ®f two of them
here 1n penton, the Are having been
transferred from Mohtague to Den-
ton county.
The Broyrn boy* then lived on
Wednesday’s pally. "
Three more Denton b
crat.s anxious to help alM
ty have come across f*
their “1 peid my dollar-
buttons, as showing thn
done their part towam
democratic president. 1
A. TtaHafdtro, Nathan,
and Capt. A. M. Buab.
Thehonor roll Up to
0. F Poe
Record and Chronicle .
B. Ki,Drake ....
8. O. Beall
W. C. Edwards
Il T. Davi* .,
J. R. Christal
J. C. Colt
Dr. M. C. McBride
C M. Swindon
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Edwards, W. C. Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1908, newspaper, October 1, 1908; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1208837/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.