The Childress Index (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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It flies were teasel ®r- is bid
water there would tie little ty-
phoid and other fevers.
THE CHILDRESS INDEX.
A fly in the milk may mean a
baby in the grave. Screen the
baby's cradle «i well as the house.
VOL. XXV
1.AST EXERCISES WILL EE HELD
AT LAGRANDE THEATRE ON
TOMORROW EVENING.
The commencement exercises of th
Childress High School win be neld
at the LaGrande theatre on Thurs-
day night, of this week. Th« class
members have issued a request to
patrons of the schools not to pre-
sent presents or flowers to the grad-
uates at th4 exercises. Th* program
as arranged is very interesting, and
it is expected that a large crowd
will be present.
The program follows:
Invocation—Rev. J. T. Price.
Ladies Chorus—Treble Cleff Club.
Salutatory—Mr. Tom Britt.
Male Quartette.
Violin Solo—MIbs Res# Mitchell.
Address—Hon. J. H. Ayneswortb.
Valedictory—Mies Mary Jones.
Presentation of diplomas and
medals.
Benediction—Rev. *L. A. Betcher.
THE COMMERCIAL
IS NOW
ATTENDANCE SMAL
ARE IN PERFECT
FOR OUR ADVAN<
About twcuiyiivo
business uk.ii ^ather^d
went of the fristli r
Friday niyht for the pubos> of re-
organizing the Commeri
j talking the matter over
time S. P. Buster acted
! and called the lueetitij
CHILDRESS. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 1913.
NO. 27
liB
REALITY
BJT ALL
ARMONY
VENT.
pI'ltMMItallVO
tilt' iK.V
iiuing lusi
The Editor at State Press Meei-
ing in Sari Antonio Last Week
Will P. Jones
secretary.
Election of officer*
was ma< temporary
ls tiret in
order. All present bellied it the
best policy to name met
take an interest in fCe v irk and the
1 club. Atte.
jr a short
chairman
to order.
li y
tu
who would
A PLEASANT TIME.
Tfie Knights and I-atfies 'Security
gave an "open house",1 at" the Wood-
man Hall on Uwt Friday night. Rome
two hundred people wei« present. In-
cluding a number of visitors from
AjBuiiio.
Ono of the features of the evening
was the scarf drill. This drill team
was composed of thirteen girls and t)
drill was very beautiful. District De-
puty Dikeman taught the girls the
drill. A baby show was also given
and quite a number of pretty babies
were there to try for Ihe honors.
Judge W. B. Howard gave the prin-
cipal addrw s. Hi« talk was very in-
teresting and be had many good
worti$ to say of the order. His re-
marks were given close attention and
greatyl appreciated by all the mem-
bers of the order. *
MANY THANKS.
The Index was in receipt of an in-
vitation to attend the commencement
exercises of the West Texas Nor-
mal College, at Canyon, on Monday
of this week. The invitation was sent
by Miss Willie Crews, who is one
of the graduates. We regret that
circumstances ifere such that we
could not attend.
-r"
The
Smallest
Depositor
is entitled to abso-
lute safety—ade-
quate facilities—
unvarying cour-
tesy.
We specialize on
these points.
The
FirstState
Bank
"A Guaranty Fund Bank."
W. L. Underwood, Pre*.
G. F. Springer, V-Prei.
C. W. Mitchell, Cathier
F. E. Woodruff, An't. Cuh.
name of Will P. Joces w 5 presv^Jt*^
for president and C. E, Crews as
vico president. These gentlemen
were elected by a ucaninfus vote.
It was decided to ha« the board
of directors composed ofpeven mem-
bers, the president and vfce president
being members. The getiie men elect-
ed were V. Norris, L. Pitherspoon,
jC. W. Mitchell, J. H. AyniHWorth, ant
: W. L. Kitcnen.
The principal topic .'or the first
meeting was to the actltn Childress
should take in the Gulf-Cobrado High-
way. .After seyeral mem be re had bpok-
en on the .> tmpjee*. it *as decided
that Chlldrat&'P should d« all within
her power' to secure th^e official
route and to pledge this county as
on# that will make a good road from
the east to west lines ofthe county.
The hoard of directors will meet with
the visiting clubs at the meeting
Thursday and will also act as the en-
tertainment committee.
Jos. II. Ayneswdrth by request gav
some figures ap£ facts relative to
the cost of paving the business por-
tion of the city and also to pl#ce
sewerage in the thickly nettled por-
tion'of the city, Mr. Ayneswortb
made an interesting talk and the
general opinion of all was that Chil-
dress needed scwen*®© and pav«td
streets to place the town in a real
city class: 3. H. Axneeworth, Cfaas
Mitchell, S. A. Shaw and E. L. Big-
gerstaff were appointed as a commit
tee to make further reports as to
cost.
The good roads question was con-
sidered. The county commissioners
have stated to bome business men
that they were in favor of making
better roads leading into Childress. A
good road to Red river was discussed
and E. L. Blggerstaff, J. H. Aynes-
worth and V. Nforrls were appointed
to iftttke a visit to the river and as-
certain the cost of making a good
road to reach the north portion of
tho county.
Other subjects were discussed but
none of much interest. Harmony
seemed to be the motto and all agreed
that the club should start out look-
ing after the little things and go after
larger things when more strength 1b
gathered. S. P. Buster volunteer-
ed to act as secretary without pay
until the club grew to where a paid
secretary is needed.
The business men should give the
club their support, not in a money
way, but by attending the meetings.
The spirit of co-operation is a strong
point in the life of a commercial or-
ganization. Come out Friday night
and take active part, in the work.
FROM REV. HILL.
The Index a few days ago received
a letter from Rev. D. B. Hill, pastor
of the First. Bajitist church, who
with Mrs. Hi.il is in Los Angeles, Cal
on his vacation. Ho writes that be
made a poor trip out, as he was forc-
ed to remain in his berth on all the
trip but the last day. After arriving
he was not well for several days,
but at the time of writing he was
making improvement and expressed
the belief that he was getting along
alright and would soon be well and it
as good a condition as ever. In the
letter he expressed the hope that
his congregation would do its level
best while he was away, so that on
his return he could pick up the work
without loss of time. He exi eets to
return about the first of June, pro-
vided his health will permit. His
many friends here will be pleased to
learn that he is improving and that
he is getting well.
The rain of Monday night came
just in time. The farmerrs were be-
ginning to talk of crops needing rain
and a few more of the hi<?b winds
would have damaged crops.
Tell Louis your foot troubles. Shoe
department Davidson's store.
senior i f I n*.* Mule; left Wed-
last at noon for Sari Antonio
fend it meeting of the Texas
1 :•< ss Association, wnicb met, in that
rjty on Thursday morimii; The meet
ings were h^-ld in the ball room of
t o Gun'er hotel, that hotel being
selected as headquarters of the as-
sociation and its members while in
the city.
The management i the hotel tad
made f-rrangements to enrVrrta.'n the
press members in nice trtyle, and all
who attended were loud in their
praises of the mauner of the treat-
ment. The Gunter is a new hotel,
the building being eight utories, and
lui'Disoed a* fine a* any notol in
state. Upon arriving L. J. Hart, man a
ffer of the hotel, gave each of the
guests a hearty welcome, and explain
♦•d that he wanted each and every
one of them to feel at home, that
he conldered it an honor to enter-
tain the press convention. Each and
every one of the attaches of the hotel
were, as courteous a was Mr. Hart.
While not wishing to boost the hotel,
but if any of our cit{seno go to San
Antonio we would advise them to go
to the*Cunt#r. '
Th£ meeting pf tb<e association was
c,.Hed to order 'Thursday morning by
President Edward*, editor of tbe Den
ton Chronicle. The program as ar-
ranged by the committee was taken
iip at once, and at the various meet-
ings of the association was carried
out. The papers were good and in-
structive to the members.
On Thursday night tbe Press Club
entertained the association with a
"Dutch , lunch" and vaudeville enter-
tainment in the ball room of the Gun
ter hot«l. This was attended by
aboijt 150 guests, and the evening
pleasantly spent: A Mature of
tbiiii went .was the speech of Gov. O
B. Colquitt. What web of particular
Interest wap. that Gov. Colquitt wm
In his of floe at tbe state oapltol
building in Austin, 80 miles away.
The speech was delivered over the
long distance telephone lines be-
tween the two cities. The receiving
instrument was placed on a table in
front of the audience and the words
were as plain as If Gov. Colquitt had
been standing behind a screen mak-
ing the talk- It was stated that
thin was the first time tbe invention
had feeen used In Texas, in fact at
any place except at the testing'rooms
of'f^be company in New York city. At
the time Gov. Colquitt w^s1 making
hie talk a severe thunder and wind
storm was raging over San Antonio
and a portion of the country be-
tween the two cities. Not being a
technical expert with the telephone
the writer cannot give a description
of the same, but there is no doubt
II* use will become common In a few
years and will do much to increase
tbe long distance telephone business.
Also on Thursday afternoon the
citizens of San Antonio gave the
visitors a trolley ride over the city,
visiting many points of interest. The
v/rlter failed to make connection, and
accepted the invitation of a citizen
of tne city to take an auto ride. The
riile was *or an hour or more an'l
covered many points of interest. S«ti
Antonio is a city of hills and on tbe
hills are numeious pretty homes.
Friday nigkt the visiting editors
and their families were entertained
with a Mexican supper through the
courtesy of the San Antonio Express.
Tho menu consisted of Mexican dish-
es. and while many of us were Strang
ers to the same all ventured a taste,
and then more. Tbe scene was an
animated one, being set In the rear
of tbe Gunter hotel on an open
space of ground. During the supper
music was furnished by a band and a
Mexican orchestra. 4 !ocal singer
gave several selections, an of which
were enjoyed.
Saturday was given up almost en-
tirely to business of the association.
Th'j resolution committee, of which
the writer was a member, was busy
a part of Friday afternoon, Saturday
morning and Saturday noon w-ith re-
solutions, there being many that had
to be gone- over and trimmed down.
After the resolutions had been read
and adopted the matter of a selec-
tion of the next place of meeting
was taken up and Wichita Falls was
selected. The other place in nomina-
tion was Corpus Christi, which had a
larg:, following among among tbe
members.
Also on Saturday the election $>f
of fleers for the coming year were
F. 8 M. BANK ELECTS
OFFICERS UNO DIRECTORS
SURPLUS FUND ADDED TO AND
20 PEP. CENT CASH DIVIDEND
IS PAID STOCKHOLDERS.
IS
OF GREAT BENEFIT
1 1-4 r<j w.'ij- no < <tj! as'
. ayior, State reft of the . |,a>st Saturday was the close of the
slew!-, was ejected president, fourth year of the existence of the
Joe .1.
Dallas
by ;v wixuition. Dick Harrit of the
Husk County News, was elected vice
president, and Sam Harbon of the
Richardson News, was re-elected sec-
retary, tius being his eighth term.
Sam Le&bmann was elected treasur-
er of the association, making seven-
teen years he has served in that
pohlUoe.
in all the meeting was one of the
best tbe association has beid for a
number of years. Tl- program was
interesting d i strutTte en-
tertaitm>etit provided was all -Mrs-
could wish. The attendance was
larger tHan for sow** time, and all
the edito-i «>. heart for
their wort th*u at otoer times. Tim-
es ai^ prosperous with the press, and
there is less personal antagonism
among the members, in fact but In a
very few instances the members are
on the very beet of terms, working
In harmony for the upbuilding of
their home* nod the state.
Th% writer enjoyed the entire oc-
casion. He did not get to nee as
much ef the city as he wanted to, bnt
will have tOjPpt that off until some
Ume he can1 go .down wften there la
nothing to interfere with his'- eight-
seeing prflfjfvities.
BIG CROWD EXPECTEO AT HIGH-
WAY MEETING.
Additional assurances have been
received by Secretary Hoi man of the
Chamber of Commence that tbe auto
highway meeting at Childress next
Thursday, Way 22, wilt be largely at-
tended..
betters from Wichita Palls, Bowie
Henrietta and other points futher
down the Denver announce that
thoe<| cities will have representation
and 1 it alf in attendance wttt be
■tpoi ( r in line for any concerted
plan hlch Is designed to make cer-
tain the proposed Colorado-to-the-
Gulf highway along the Fort Worth
ti Denver City from the Texas boun-
dary line.
It is asserted that but few points
along the proposed highway are In
need of betterment, and that with
this assured the route could be
broucht this way with no great effort
Tne Colorado promoters are thought
to be Inclined favorably toward this
route, and it is believed that the re-
sult of the Childress meeting will be
to crystalize that sentiment and to
make the highway a certainty.—Ana-
rillo News.
1 Farmers and Mechanics State bank
I this city, and in that four years
{dividends to the amount of 50 per
cent of ihe capital have been de-
clared and Cti per cent of the capital
carried to the surplus fund.
The stockholders of the bank held
theit regular annual meeting at the
office of tbe bank )axt S&lurtep, and
after 11* *-> a report of the
br- iijuirs elecved the following
' • the coming yeBr; J. H.
e.nsiK:T, 1. W. Albert, C. E. Crews,
J. R. Scott, R. A. Bow«r«, B. T.
Williams and T. A. Ross.
After the meeting of the stock-
holders the newly elected board of
directors met for tbe "purpose of
selecting the officers for the coming
year which were as follows: Dr. J.
H. Cristler, president; Dr. J. W.
Albert, vice president; C. E. Crews,
vice president, J. M. Crews, cashier;
Jno. P. Fleming, assistant cashier;
R. A. Bowers, assistant cashier.
The directors in their report stat-
ed that tbe past year had been tbe
best since the organization of tbe
hank, not only in "the tynount of busi-
ness the bank had done,fbut also in
profits for the stockholders. The
directors declared a' dividend, in
cash, of 20 per cent;to the stock-;
holders, and placed 18 1-2 Per cent
to the surplus and undivided profits,
setting aside the sum of f 12j>00.00
to the permanent surplus, thus giv-
ing the bank a capital and surplus of
$37,500.00. This is a record that Is
hard to beat and shows the people
have confidence In the management
of the institution. It aisp shove
CHILDRESS COUNTY RECEIVES A
LIBERAL DOWNPOUR WHICH
WAS MUCH NEEDED.
Childress county received a fine
rain Monday night and as a conse-
quence the farmers and business
men are happy. The rain came at a
time when nt eded most as all crops
are up and are growing nicely.
The river country received a big
portion of the fall and reports fmm
the Hearn farm to Garden Valley
gives the news that rain was "just
right." There was no hail and very
little wind.
The Kirkland country received a
splendid fall, in fact the heaviest
rain in over a year fell at the Dong
ranch south of Kirkland. Buckle L
ranch also reported a fine rain. The
Pease river country received its
portion and early Tuesday morning
Bony Fields telephoned Tbe Index
that a big rain vlsitedL,hls neighbor-
hood. The Tell country also came
in for its part and tbe farmers there
say crop conditions were never bet-
ter.
Kb Childress tbe fall was an Inch.
Some water was added to the lakes.
A heavy electrical storm prevailed
for about an hour and lightning1
(Struck in two or three places. A
plate glass window ' 'in*' UfcTOasonle
Temple was smashed.
The Childress trade territory is
now in excellent condition and crop
prospects were never more promts-
ing. With continued favorable wea-
ther Childress county will harvest
the largest crops in her history.
AFTER THE WOMEN.
that the people of Childress a e' ^ grand Jury at Waxahachle touch-
proud of tbe bank. ed up the eard parties of that city
Here is hoping that the coming instructed the count*, attorney
year, and the years to follow, shall pnMeeute gjj w«r* en-
be m prosperous as the one ju*t]gaK<!<j In p)ayiax "forty-t£o." bridge
passed.
DEPARTMENT CLUB NOTjES.
1
The regular monthly meeting of
the Department Club will be held
on Wednesday May 28th at K. P.
Hall. This Is the last meeting of
the year and the new officers will
be installed. All members are re-
minded to bring In their dues for
tbe coming year. Active members
$1.50, social members $3.00.
The Literary Section will meet on
the 28th.
A large force of men are at work
on tbe new school building.
or other games for prises! The re-
port was brought out by-the ladies
presenting to the grand Jury report
that gambling was tyelng carried on
in the city. It is claimed that it is
as much a vlolationof the law to play
''forty-two" or fridge or other gam-
es for prizes as to play poker for
money. The county attorney of Chil-
dress county could reap a harvest,
so It is claimed, if he should start
In to enforce the law.
The streetman Is doing some good
work in all parts of the city. The
crossings are being put In good con-
dition' and other improvements
shown on the streets.
JNO. H. P. JONES, Present
S. P. BRITT
V. HARDING.
V. NORRIS
WILL P. JONES, Active V-Pres
F. R. FRIEND, Active V Pres.
W. E. CONNELL
W. H. CRAVEN
C. C. BADGETT, Cashier
H. S. DAVIS. Asst. Cashier
H. J. KING.
Tusi r ITyJ^ATI « >iVA i> BAXK
Capital roc.ooc.
Surplus $21,000
iou probably xr.cw that banks usually heve
about all the leans tney can carry at this tiire
cf the
vear
than
u e u a 1
year
mere
riicnev
your friend can use any
THE CITY NATIOMAL.
some
Notning in oui
bank
advert: eerrente
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Haskett, L. E. The Childress Index (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1913, newspaper, May 21, 1913; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233538/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.