The Hereford Brand, Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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Only One More Week
OB Janroarr 1, WW,
will be $1.5® per
fives an opportum-
As previously
the price of Hie Hereford
year, instead of $1 as now.
All subscribers ka*e
ty to renew at the old rate and to pay as far ahead
as they chose. The great mojority of those in ar-
rears have renewed, some of thea two mid three
years in advance. Quite a number have not done
so. There remains another week yet in which to
renew. Any check mailed before Jan. 1st, will be
worth mere than if mailed after that date. The
first issue of the New Year wiM go only to those
who have paid up. Every name not paid in ad*
vance is coming off. So don't neglect sending in
the amount due.
If you are in arrears as shown by your label
recently mailed you, and do not wish to renew,
send in what is back and notify us.
Renew now and save 50c. on your purchase.
iiidMM s iMni t rnmmm w&mw a—*
fretttaf*. Kr Mor*m>n k«|io to art appreciated by 11m nop thinning
Csllei
the of tht ff*y , tb*H at trait on*
t eu g an esftreuioo of lav* and rt- Ci'y CoaMBMBMW fcaa
•pet t to h#m, which has no mcMurt * «p«< t*l * eetion to b« told is He
but that of eternity They art now city on January J4, to deter mow if
ail loyal nana under a united rt*g. <ht .*ottr will confer upon Mm city
and h«y are at ready to salute Old government the power to do
'.•lory *• any one.
Captures Bar a* T)tt«f
Wednesday of thu week, Albert
Hurphy tif ime «u«piiou of the
action* of a • ranger h« had put
«p at the feed yard and upon a lit-
tle juiet laveettgatton learned that
mUmmfr j renearte tht rtirhnf event* of
_ """" : Wa, and thw brought up s ahtrp
Last Thursday. at tht Iwew ef • . . ,
I ; rr. aa fire of infantry t ne e t e«
iilr. sod Mrs. W. J. McMinn, their H;*gina would carry tht aamuni
neighbor* carried out a preeioutly t,«. od keep both atdea well aup-
pianned surprise for him that eacell- plied, and had it not been (or the
ed in importance any other event in j announcement of "meaa" bloodshed
that community of recen1 occurrtnc*. might have occurred
It waa Mr McMmn's 70th birth-! It eauld he unpo««ibie to ewntinn
da*, bat ht had thought little of *o 'he good th.ng* that the Summer
toe approaching day, as be had had field Udtet had placed on the table.
so many in the last few years He but one thing If r Mcreman like !
was resting quietly at his home best of all some nice tresn botue
near Summttfield, unaware of tht gr en cabbafe. He .fays th*t he <he «aan * •-' "anted in Tucumran
planning that aad been going on for eh fled them as he "filed right' ,cr b®r e stealing Through Mr
a week The neighborhood women around the corner of the bona* Mid Murphy's effort* the man waa ar
had assisted Mr*. Mr Minn in tht hit made him "double quick" when rM*ed *"<* held for tne New Meaico
preparation of a mott lumptuota din- j dinner was announced Capt Walk- "&<"**•• I' l mderttood there was
ner and had invited *ome of Mr. er had no more than "returned * f** *d for the capture of tht
Mac's old soldier comrade* to join trunks" at the table when he paint m*n
in the occasion. While he has seen' ed to a fine diamond *hirt pin which
'pretty sharp fighting under Forrettjhe had recently received a* a pres-
yet, even hi* war record went to lent, thinking to set at nought the at
piecet.wben he *aw a dosen or! temion of the other "toldier t>oya. '
more of his neighbors and a few old L'ncle George 'lowed that it took
soldiers c ame marching towards hit j something more'n diamonds to make
bone ; be was to excited that hi* any neadway in that rrowd ~"g>od
eyes nearly deceived him into think-' look*,'' he thought would win the
trig that a small squad of Yankee*) laurel*, and pointing to himself t -h
were about to st rm his fort. Mrs be 1 his "' "n le Samuel."
MrMinn, however, tat k the matter up -t nd down like 4 signal
witn perfect composure and was as iter all at the "men" had ti.eir t«i
he tab>. they were . used at
';ibie *ii r<-*et fcr 'n<* # rr!r
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Death of Mr*. Berry
ovial as a gin in ner teens Be*id~s
mo&t of the.r neighbors, Co. Wood-
purrs, C. R. M reman. T, B R 1 -.
tor. i..!apt. Walter. at. I
Mrs Sarah R Berry, who ha*
made her home bete with her son
W S Berry, died Wednesday Dec
1'^th, at 4 4. m at the family re*i
dence
Mrs. Berry nail been in tailing
nealtn for several months, gr twmg
*hi*lters Ur*! «*iiy Weaker, and a the was
1 e At seventy.nine ytan ,t age. ihe *nd
«« n- • ur;<-ip" ted hn ha : *ut
red from partt,tl ; a<a,y*n sirifre
"i Say •
M-'t -rry rnav ie-, name *•.
street impr vement m town, mm! to
****«• against the abutting property
three fourths of tht coet thereof.
Mayor K ight teil* the Brand
that it 1* imp <ttibie for any city
government to make any permanent
street mpr ■ vemen'* ed any contt-
quenct unless abutting property can
:>e required to stand a part of tne
"sptnse Before a ity at. isnprovt
street* in tht* way. powtr to attest
abutting property n. i*i be ; oaf erred
by the voter* upon the city guvaro-
ment
Even with this power the *ity gov-
ernment will nave to make improve-
ments iirtle by little. year by year,
for the city must st tiul tht « tl o<
improving all street intersections
and one-fourth of the oat of other
street improvrments The fund*
avaiiahle for turn improvement*
wtli be limited at t>est
Hew ( rtH'-ry Store
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City Gets Lake
Rev Baker Goes to Kansas City
Biker \*v Tlvurs
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ed a deed fr^m the former o ner day for Kansas where ne wtll
conveying the lake to 'he city upon meet his sen, Sicat., wno is a stu
the conditions that the city win (jerit jn pirk College, at Farkvilte
drain it within two y-ars from Jan- Wnile ,here> Mf Ba^r w ,, ,i5,;
uarv 1, 1916* and that it shili be
, ; . ... ... ,, a sp-cianst in rft;ar 1 to tne
made into a public park as fast as r
the city's finances will permit, for ^1S sori s health wmch has
the benefit of the public generally not been good *>f late.
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Important Announcement
OPENING OF
Christmas Banking Club
M IK* you
Damr
jcvh, vwy
Object of Christmas
Banking Club
T() provide a way tor those of moder
* ate or small means to save money.
Fr> tcach thr 1 ft to old and young i>y a vyvtcrnatu rncfh- -i
of saving a specified sum < u h week I he ( husMnis
Banking Club makes it easy f r all tf< save.
Saving money is the one sun way to have money Most
large fortune* began with small saving*.
Many small deposits make a l.irge sum, as the amount in
creases, your interest in your balance increases and it is
that interest, t ailed "the saving bebu. that leads to wealth
To give ail a bank con net. tion so that they will Irani tb>
many ways in which our bank in be <d service to thrtn
IS
WHAT
You
WILL
HA.VE
NLXT
RISTMAS
IF YOU
JOIN CUR
;ri:S«s toldsi
Club NOW
Co.sts Notlnn^ to Join
It Costs Nothing to Join-
It costs nothing to join our Christmas Banking Club and it is an easy Wav to have money
next Christmas. The plan is simple' You start with 10c, 5c,* 2c or lc and increase
with the same amount each week.
IN SO WEEKS
10-Cent Club P y. . , . 1127.50
5-Cent Oub Pmy ... 63 75
2 •Cent Chili Pays . . . 25.50
1-C«nt Club Pays . . . 12 75
How to Join o III Ch ristmas Saving Club
It is very easy:
Come into our bank with 10c, 5c, 2c or lc, or 25c, 5()c or
$1.00 and tell us wh;i-' Club y>u ai^I> in dio.
We will make you a rr t mber >1 thx ( i«f< ..and give vuu i Bank Book. ..*iu wu g -tiu C lub
you have joined.
We want every RMW1, woman arid child hi this < ity to )oin our ( hristmat Bankiti(J C lub
an<l we extend to all a cordial invitation to come into >mii Bank and j«un this nlub.
Wishing Each and Every Ooc a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year
3tyr Jurat Natumal Sank ot firrrfnrit, iTrxas
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Guthrie, B. F. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1915, newspaper, December 24, 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253836/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.