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VOLUMF XIII
ALTO, TEXAS, THURSDAY. J ANUARY 16 r9T.:
«Numhkr 6
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THE REASON
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THE ALTO STATE BANK, has grown to where
it i an important factor in the banking circle of
East Texas is
BECAUSE
every customer rcceivcs personal attention and lib-
eral accommodations as are consistent with sound
banking,
THE ALTO STATE BANK
A GUARANTY FUND BANK
C. Parrlsii . F. F.'
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Si M.
Parrlsii
President
Florence
Vicc-Presiclcat
T. D. Miller
Cashier
am*
Married
Yesterday afternoon j}t the
Kimmey House, Magistra IC.
H F" McMullen performing
the ceremony, Mr. Albeit
Curtis Turner and Miijs La-jig
Reine Elizabeth Johnson were i 3|
quietly married in the piesen-!*
ce cf a
groom is
man who formerly resided
sa?
tew friends,
a young business
in
The 15
this city, tho' no.v lives at Al-
to. Tiie bride is vlie accom-
plished daughter of Mr, ami
Mrs. M. G. Johnson of this ,
place. Both are prominent ;
|young people auci have a uiul-jj5
titude of friends who sincereU '**
wish ihem every j iv and eon-
tort throughout ue halanc * of
,the days of their lives,( It is
sincere w >h of t!u writer that
'the fiittm, as it-'nnfolds, will
reveal naught bii tiie rosiest
To Our Farmer Friends
and Customers
p/ow is the time of ihe year when a great many
of you need firninciul assistance, up i we take this
means of offering vou what accommodations you
might need, our bank is in excellent condition,
with considerable money to loan, and we invite
you to call on us, we will soon increase our capital
stock, which ill enable us to better care for our in-
creasing business, call on us,
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Continental State Hank
^ . G. Wilkinson, P.-cs, A.C Harrison Vicc-Prc:
Gus Roursaville, Cashier,
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! outcome or .t long n:d happy
life, and th t when the shades
jot evening la!"vtjb.y may lo>«
back over the past years and
Aged Citizen Passed Away. Jwith-out a pang, yet in such a j c®ntiralu te each other upon
The death of N. Huston,'de*th there is really n°N caus€ ""
occurre 1 *t his home on San
I the ra c
II he nit
w s
run toward
end.— Lufkin
Benefit of Parcel Post.
The parcel nost that the
To the Public.
Now is the time to cut back
for grief. His life work was!
Antoino street Tuesday morn-! Jwne' <|°ne- H?>d | V'
ing at five o'clock. His death j n Sc' lus golden weddmg i ^ Home at the Same
while no unexpected was!*1* and weary of nome ,ne ' ame
never-the-less quite a aliock an -va,tingh' lav
to his main friends here. Mr. u ,V... ,,
Huston has been confined to IKt" ( 3'es'
his room i'm many months , , ,, ar" ,, , . ,
and was known by all thatj ,sou Y ,s'efP tonight
the end was near, He has
suffering
down to
S«> tired
and
lived in and near our town for
many years and was known
and loved by all.
• II« Las rawd a large fami-1
ly, all of whom are known
;.nd respected citizens.
Mr. Huston was 71 years:
of age, a member of the Chris-j
tian church and adevout chris-
tian man. Another name is
striken from the ever lessing
roll of our old settler*, and a
solitay woman in the sunset
of life, and a lonely home, are
left to attest how sadly* they
will miss him.
I to
morning
\\ ith never a dream
never a fear,
walk in the
light."
Fitueral services were held
at the Baptist church at }
<>' ■' <ok p. 111. by Rev. C. T.
re-
the
Johnson, after which the
uiaii.s were laid to rest in
city cemetery,
The Herald joins others in
tendering sympathy to friends
and relatives of the deceased.
government put in operation your hickories for spring bud-
in the United States January I ding. If yet: have hickory
! i, will have rtsults much like trees you wisL !>\idc\ed to pa-
I those of the first telephone, per.'heli pecans iu the spring
Old It will be a great system that you may besyre of having
P p. c j will bring the consumer clos- your work. <Jwue, aud properly
!er to 111c producer and the bv making appointments with
F. B. Guinu of Jacksonville producer clu. er 10 the cou j me now, I feel sure that m-
formerly of Alto took charge sumer. It wil arry conven- adrjee and work will please ar.
of the Alto Drug Co., 011 the 1 iences of the e.tv to the cuuu-,I madv. a special study ol pe*
10th <.f tl.is month. His j try and the fre-Li ^mducer of 1 can culture nt the A. & i\I.
coming back to Alto was no j tbc country to the city k.iteh- College of Texas and hav\
surprise, to the people "but e*is direc;." since had oral years actual
really we did not c.pect him If the country lass has a experience. Any information
soon', but looS^vcry natur-jskirt she wishes d^vod ,v* a will L ^ivcu. Ad
al to .see (iuinn at the pre- feather curled 'she will' reii'di rj'rcss hie, «.rov ^--.ville, Texas;
script ion • case, arkl mig'itlv i them to town. If the rural care of Pipers r lantntfon,
glad he is back, foe Mr. Guttiu j housewife has a pair of blau-, F. R. Guinn,
is *.1 man that any town should kets she wants dry cleaned. — _
be orotic! of, a man that is not she ran send tliem to town in
only admired for his many
business traits, but for his
a parcel with
stamp affixed.
a parcel
Ma}' be
post
.she;
progressiveness, knowledge, 1 will send a doze*: or so eggs O.-ear
Money to Loan
On Real Estate security, I's R°°d*
long time, all business stiictly
advancement, intellectual lead
ing and illumination of the
mind, a promoter in all that
or a pound of butter along
pay the bill.
I Aho The Looser Of A Good
Family
Wilson and family
It must be so; these tender confidential, call 011
How can the parcel post
authorities know all so far a-
head? They don't know it a-
tojleft last Saturday for Mission
Texas, where lie has accepted
human tL*s cannot be served
W. J. Knapp
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
We will be at ALTO, Fri-
day and Saturday, January
24th and 25th, for the pur-
pose of collecting 1912
and assessing for 1913.
D. B. Singletar,v
Tax Collector, Cherokee Comity.
P. B. Musslewhite
Tax Assessor, Cherokee County
As manager of this drug
store, we are sur'% he shall be
[ advantageousncss as a man
full of enterprising, as he is,!years. They've studied it in
will bring profit, also improve England. In London they
a position, with Booth Phar-
macy of that place.
Mr. Wilson has been
con
head. England has been do- nected with the Alto Drug Co
ing <hat sort of things for I for some time as Manager.
The J)rug Ca has mode
much progress during the
time he has had the manage
inent, lie is known for lm
progressiveness, and during
the time of his residence here
has been quite an important
factor in the development of
and advance the business iu i send waists, curtains and lin.
j every way so much so, that 4 j ens to Scotland to be lauu-
I business of pecuuious will be dried. The parcel post makes
the result. it practical to send fine lauu-
Mrs. Guinn and little Mi^fc dry work far into the country
Fay have a host of friends where there are communities
who will welcome them back, j that specialize in that husi-l the town, he has always been
, ness. Needless to say, both I found in the fore ranks, and
M. J. Hogan Hardware and j sides profit by the parcel post, the churches aud schools have
Furniture Incorporated 'They even send garments and ever had his consistent sup-
... _ , |clotlies to Scotland to be dyed port.
W0.000 raid Up. for certain Scotch towns have! Alto regrets very much to
The firm of M. J. Hogan developed the art of dyeing! lose this enterprising business
Hardware and Furniture In * from generation to generation, man, and good citizen, bin
corprrated yesterday with the The Londoners get a better \yishes him the same success
sum of twenty thousand dol and a cheaper job of dyeing'tn his new field that he has
* jlars paid up. The folloxvering because of the parcel po--t and'attained here. Mission should
XQX ! li-t is a portion of th<^ stock ["the Scots profit by the trad.: feel higiily complimented b-
holders and in the next is^ue, the addition of such a deser
• Of the Herald will appea< the Tcxas Winter Vegetable Har- ving and public spirited busi-*
I other stock holder*, also full j ' ' ness man, and his estimable
information concerning the vest I'egun. family, to their city. Any
firm. S. L. Good son, M. I. Kansas City, Mo., Jan.; 16-jtown should be proud of a
Hogan, J, S. Boar', C. 1). Jar* ^ car of lettuce was rcceiv- man as enterprising, as "Mr.
ett, II. hitton, R O. \\ at- C(] here this week from Kings- 'Wilson, and we are sure h
1 kius, \V. S. Satterwhite, J. j ville Texas and brought near-is^1a^ make a booster for the
Sheockfer, Henry Felders, )y sixteeu hundred dollsu s| town he goes t> make his
1 Gus Rounsaville, W. R. Mc- vvhen sold to local producti home,
Custiou, P, B. Guinn, and I)r. merchants. Caboagc f r o 111 Ihe Hearld
M. Py. McClure. Texas points is beginning tojever>* sucess,
reach the local markets and is , *
S. D. GooJson of Jackson bringing as high as sixty dol-j R. O. Watkins, attorney of
; ville attended business here lars. per ton. The first car of Jacksonville was here vester-
| yesterday, in interest of the winter cabbage that arrived i day in interest of the Hogan
wishes htm
M. J. Hogan Hardware and 1 here was from Corpns Christi
Furniture store oi this place. |Texas,
Croodson Hardware and Furni-
ture Co,
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1913, newspaper, January 16, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214223/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.