The Granbury News from Granbury, Texas • Page 1

News ANBURY-, $1.23 A YEAR IN ADVANCE GRANBURY, HOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 25. 1924 NUMBER 34 VOLUME XL i. imni i Granbury's Worst Storm mrTf I I I You Are the Boss I PI KM FtKUiiAL i mam -Heavy Damage by Small Crdone Late i' i it. Last Tats day Afternoon Conde Fowler and wife were ever irom Marys cree iui A small cyclone struck Gran-bury a little before 7 o'clock .1 Easter. It makea no difference whose name is over the Door, or who signs the checks, you are the Real Boss of this store.

Yoa are the one we mast please or the store's business does not trow. So every one here is working to please YOU OUR BOSS AND CUSTOMER. Remember the Nan. a. D.

0. BAKER, Hardware Dealer ands of dollars damage, but K. E. Doyle is oot from Dallas Reliable ED rugs, Standard Medicines, School Supplies, Toilet Articles, Fresh Gaudies, fortunately no one was injured. adjusting windstorm- ana cm Tue wind was accompanied by a deluge, of ram and some hail, Mrs.

W. 0. Allen of Palestln fbat the hail did not seem to do much damtge. -It would be difficult to list all is here this week visiting Mrs. C.

II. Ward. A. T. Jones of Abilene, a form mo damage, but the moat seri Grain Harvesting Is Soon Here ous was as follows: The Con er Hood county boy, orders the way building, partly unroofed? News to his address.

DRUG STORE As we won carry any McCormick and new awning torn 'down; occupied. by Laxton Laxton, vr ho Walker of Waples Mrs. T. U. tim ate the ama getorttrerrtrtr add her and Deering Binder Repairs in stock, called Thursday to name to the News list please order in plenty of time so as- dertaking 'department at about $2000 to the furniture at 1000.

Building occupied by the Blue Front, unroofed and water damage to stock est imated $-2000. Gofdou Bros: Prof. Herbert Morgan was out from Dallas for the Easter holiday with his paren ts. not to cause any delay" in harvesting. AIKEN HOOKS, ffcfi "J' Dr.

G. Lancaster spent last week at Marlin, taking the hot baths to recuperate his health. gin unroofed, cotton and houses wrecked. The old Presbyterian 'church ou West Pearl street was completely demolished. Roof bliiwn off Ferrell Insurance Windstorm Mesdames Bradley and Fitz.

liuiiU 6f Dallas were ouW las warehouse and some dam weekto" visit their father, Ililbun. age done the contents. Oil mill and buildings damaged -to con EJwiu Gaston and Fred, Bar Tire Season Here fflicltelin Comfort Tires, or Balloon Tires, fits your Ford clincher wheels without changing rims Come and see them. -7111 other Accessories siderable extent. Barns of J.

H. Perry and Burts Johnson prac bee were over from Clepurne to spend Monday night' with the editor and wife. tically demolished. Olhor barns and chicken houses -in the west Thousands of dollars property damage in Granbury Tuesday. This protection is cheap.

See us Today. The Doyle Agency L. D. Shoemaker, Manager Geo. M.

Wright uffered a light stroke of paralysis the past week and his friends are much worried ern and northern part of town unroofed and some of the latter demolished. The ball park fence, a rather light affair, almost entirely down. Glass was blown out of many windows, causing about his condition. Miss Bertha Kincanuon of Neri returned Wednesday from great damage. The rain beat into nearly every residence, do visiting friends at Fort Worth and ollief 'places.

ing great damage in that way, Granbury Mattress Factory Hundreds of shade trees were bio An down and limbs from Mrs. J. L. Sandlin of Brown-wood and Mrs. Lincoln Lane of We not Oflly make new Niattresses, but make over II kj i mi 1 dora Chandler last week.

icu auu uuu ui iiwu liuuai.s blown from lheso smaller damages wilf utvruuu, auu ail wumlS JUUJ Uli uuiitu." Wc will give One Dollar off on all mattress work -rovghtosn-SatitrdayslttftBg I-ANTOH-C0TTONSEED I amount to. several thousa nd Mr. W.jS.Xnglin and wife of Whitney were here th past week to visit their Mrs. T. B.

Craddock and family. Just before, the cyclone cloud fn rniil 1 ruin rr i Summers Company Rev. L. A. Clark went to Fair from Hie south and seemed to be view on bunaay to rill his regu- ar appointmenf, to both the sur prise and delight of his congre I gation.

Guy Harman and son, Fred, of passing tt the east when all at once it grew dark aud the cyclone formed in the southwest, sweeping over the t6wn, doing most damage in the western part and in the bnaiuesa section, the east side sustaining little damage. We have not been aole to hear of any damage outside of town, "Convention Notice!" Waxahachie, passed through Sunday enroute to DeLeon to visit his mother, stopping for a short visit at the editor's home. APPRECIATION We appreciate and thank those who offered and rendered assistance in our misfortune of getting our stock damaged by. rain. The very heroic wofjjf help- cd save the gr eatcrpart.of ou r.

rnUu rctolrr- While our funeral supplies were damaged to a great -extent, still we arc prepared to go right along doing business. Again thanking one and 11 for their i.ssistanceand -trusting that we may continue to merit a liberal share of your business, wc are. Truly Yours, Ginned in 10 bale lo.ts.sp as to keep my seed pure. And the following is a correct statement as to my seed: Purity '99. 16 per cent.

Inert matter 4 percent. Other commercial seed, None. Weed seed. Germination 94 per- cent. Live seed, 96 per cent.

ANTON Cotton makes a turnout of about 40 per cent lent. It has large bolls. Is easy to pick, yet stays in boll good in stormy weather. This produced better than 1-2 bale per acre this past season. In my experience of thirty years as a farmer I never had a better cotton.

In fact for the past two years I have p'anted only ANTON Seed and will plant ANTON Seed next year. I have about 1000 bushels of these seed left. Order today so as to be' sure to get some of these ANTON Seed. Price 81.50 per bushel f. O.

B. Venus. Address alt orders to TOM W. HIES, Venus, Texas. wwrtCTgrrrr Doyle Williams, Cecil Butler and Charlie fteil' Gaston were Again we urge the singers of lome from John Tarleton' for the county to prepare for our Easter, accompanied by their school mate, Byron Wales "-of next convention at Thorp Spring, May 10-11.

Bring your class Glen Rose. books." Sometime the Con LAXSTON LAXSTON A big crowd 'will be present vention is handicapped for books at the Herring-IIightower picnil: until the company representa 4 and schob'l closirg today, tives get there. At Strand Theatre course including many of thl C. C. Helms, the bass singer, candidates.

will be there. A special effort is being made to get J. E. Thom Mrs. Tom Pin sou and daught Mil Fl W.

I fX mm 9 Thur. and May 2-2, er, Miss Merle, her nephew, Vernon Piuson and Artie Cheek i as, whom as one fellow put it, the biggest singer in the world, and others too numerous to pi i tion. Singing should bein at were here from Monday and paid the News a call. B2.UV. GmFFSJSTS Supreme Triumph They had been for a visit to Mrs, 3 o'clock, May 10th.

Wood Pwen, Pres. Work on the Peak test w.ll iviuurc uottee Quality. Reasonable Price JRV a AM Piuson 'sold home at Ft. Spunky. Keith and wife are was stopped Tuesday at a depth again in charge of the Highway Cafe, being forced to take it of something ovor 4200 feet, the With DOROTHY and LILIAN GISII 10 Reels, Admission 25 and 50c drill at the time being in black lime.

It will probably be aban back from the parties to whom it was Bold some time ago. He doned. There was plenty of oil tells us ha-will-i un it in -first class style until some man pomes sand and some gas but nothing fFERREll Si like pay. Many peonle. think along with the money to take it off his hands.

there is an oil pool in That vicin ity, but future drilling is uncer Tf of. T. Graves of Erath tain. DAMAGED The Blue Front Case Ginghams, 20 to 25c at 15c The editor returns thanks for county announces this week as a candidate, for legislative representative from Erath and Hood oounties, subject to the action a. very cordial invitation to at tend the closing exercises of Ac 1 I i ton school today.

The term ha of the Democratic primaries Hamhcrlin9s Barber Shop It the place to et work done the Staitary Way. I am ordering SolU and all Clothing for men at COST this month only. Come to tee me and get the Beit. HARRY IIAKtBERUN, Proprietor. beer, a great success in the est'; ma tion of the patrons.

Prof. Graves is one of the most prominent school men of this Numerous other things' until stock is gone. W. M. RILEY The "Easter quail" passed sectioo, having served as Superintendent for bis county, and tands hUh among those who over without damage, thougt frost was not far away Saturday morning.

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