Palestine Herald-Press from Palestine, Texas • Page 1

i r5 r5pa i If if i SOQ THE TEMPLE gfef5 PA I itrST TVOL VIII NO 307 Roy all National BaiiR FhND ROYALL LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO With a combined capital and surplus of 30000000 And with total resources of more than 75000000 Offers to patrons all the accommodations consistent with safe and prudent banking mgmM Fronts Chairs Lawn Seats SwingsIron Fences Iron Railings and Bedsteads Barber Poles Flower Stands and Pots or any surface on which a hard glossy finishis desired This9 Siir9 is the Best Paint In The World For repainting Buggies Automobiles Wagons Sleighs Fire Engines Hose Carts Store Beautiful Colors Sure Voure Rig That is good advice all the time It is especially good in buying Real Estate 1 have been selling East Texas prpperty for years and I am still here and selling more and more all the time My customers of the past are my friends of today Enough said The same thing in Fire Insurance I rewrite policies year after year HJGHE Seal Estate and Insurance can help you to profitable Investments Office Robinson Bros Bank Ihone 103 We Want to Statt On the Run and We Generally Get a Run We want to break the record today by offering you the finest of Swiss Cheese Brick Cheese Limberger Cheose i Roquefort Cheese i Edam Cheese i Pine Apple Cheese Then we want to call your attention to our Raisins Dates Figs Cherries Prunes Currants Evapotated Peaches Appe and Appri cota all kept in perfect condition in our big refrigerater About It HOT DRY WEATHER ruins your wagon and buggy Paint prevents this Heath Miiligan is the kind you want to use For sale by Palestine Hardware Company 111 IN h1 Arrival of Troops and Rangers ileoce oo Part of Lawliig Reports Officially Denied JWii jtfv 3 PALESTINE TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST I 1910 With the Election Disposed of Palestine People Can Get Busy From the best information obtain had them in jail in Crockett They able today and what seems to be eri were charged with implication in tht tirely reliable information the situd ion in the southeastern part of the tounty is now thoroughly under control and there seems to be no furtheV danger of trouble Officers returning from the scene of the trouble confirm the leport that ten negroes are knowp to be dead but it is emphatically denied that any white men have beeti injured or killed The officers alsfj deny that there was at any time a pitched battle between the races but that it was a potshot occasion in which the above number of negroes were killed I The arrival of the officers with the state rangers and the fact that a conv pany of militia and one of cavalry were on the ground in Palestine ready to assist the state in preserving order have had a very beneficial effect in giving confidence to the people of the city and county i In conversation i with District Judge Gardner this killing of a negro at Percilla Saturday afternoon or night or early Sunday morning Sheriff Lacy also reported that to the best of his knowledge tenor eleven negroes had been killed all An inquest was held over the bodies of six of the negroos and they were then burled in one grave in the community Cavalry Troop Arrived This morning a 130 a cavalry troop arrived in the city by special train from Austin and they are camped in the city waiting orders if necessary to go to the country The company is composed of some fifty officers and men fully equipped and ready for instant service The Marshall milita are also still here and will be held until such time as there is no need of their presence Saloons Still Closed By order of Judge Gardner the sa mornng a Herald man was informed loons of this city are still closed toby nira that the bringing of the rang day and will be kept closed until ers and troops was a move to restore such time as the judge advises them peace and quiet and not in appre they can open The saloonmen have henslon of further or more serious shown a willing readiness to close trouble Four Men Under Arrest Last evening about 8 oclock a detachment of officers arrived in the city having under arrest four white men of this county and they were locked up on a charge of murder The men arrested are John Spurger Wallace Ferguson Josh Bishop and Tom Garnet Other arrests are expected today Houston County Men Arrested Sheriff Lacy phoned Judge Gardnei that he had arrested three other white men citizens of Houston county and i their places and to help in preserving order The Adjutant General Here Adjutant General Newton arrived In the city early yesterday from Austin and with the district attorney sheriff and rangers has been in constant touch with the situation since his arrival Grand Jury Is In Session The grand jury is still in session having met this afternoon and it is understood the jury will immediately Continued on Page 4 ONVICT CRIPPEN Herald SpfeMgl London Aug 1 Hope of convicting JDr Crippen was strenghtened today by a report that Scotland Yard had secured new evidence within the last few days However the detectives are maintaining the strictest secrecy Arrangements were started today to secure a speedy trial of the prisoner The prosecution now be lieve they will be able to prove the identity of the body of the woman found murdered in Crippens apartments The father of Ethel Clare Leneve said today I had been fearing that that man might do something to my daughter I now believe that Crippen told her there was something wrong with his business and that to avoid trouble she must accompany him She was his stenographer Willing to Be Witness Herald Special New York Aug 1 Declaring his willingness to go to England if his appearance at the trial was necessary Frederick Messenger the stepfather of Crippens murdered wife today expressed satsfaction over the arrest He says I reared her as my own child and they seemed happy until the other woman came into the house Crippens Father Has Faith Herald Special i Los Angeles Cal Aug 1 Sick and bedridden Myron A Crippen the father of Dr Crippen today declared his faith in his sons innoncence Hawley may have been arrested he said but they will never convict him I cannot believe that my son committed such a crime Couple Locked Up Herald Special Quebec Aug 1 Crippen and Mias Leneve are now behind the bars of the closely guarded jail at Parliament House The Montrose arrived here at 130 this morning and was greeted by a tremendous crowd of curious people A squad of fifty policemen were on hand to keep order Wireless Scores Again Herald Special i 1 Quebec Aug I The capture of Crippen and Miss Leneve is credited by the newspapers to the wireless and it is said lo be the greatest feat yet ach evert through the use of the wireless The newspapers say Kendall of the Montrose wireless captured the couple after Scotland Yard fell down on the case It is charged that Scotland Yard blundered all through the case Kendall said he read the newspaper reports of the case and that when the couple came aboard the boat at Antwerp on July 20th without any baggage and holding hands he susplcioned them immediately His suspicion was further aroused by the fact that the sons trousers were held up with safety pins and he at once decided the son was a woman In disguise He engaged the couple In conversation Acting as an amateur detective Ken dall appointed Operator Lew Jones as his Dr Watson Jones called Scotland Yard on July 23rd and described the couple and Inspector Dew at once took up the trail i Crippen in his prison is sullen and silent while Miss Leneve is almost a physical wreck She wrings her hands and moans piteously and has Continued on Page Sr 15 CTS A WEEK Boosting Job MIDSUMMER eginning Tuesday Morning Aug 2nd And Continuing for 15 Fast Selling Days Your opportunity now or never again We are determined to sell every mans and boys fancy suit Linen Alpaca and Secillion suits and odd coats mens trousers from the cheapest to the best together with our entire stock of shoes hats and furnishings of summer weight and styles We could not begin to tell the good things here scKvill just mention a few for your consideration Mens 2250 fancy suits 1750 Mens 1150 fancy suits 1150 Scrivens 75e drawers only 59c Manhattan 250 shirts 198 Manhattan 200 shirts 148 100 shirts broken sizes and lots choice 50c Mens 50c sox 3 pair for 100 Mens 15c sox 3 pair for 25 Mens handkerchiefs 3c 25c wash fourinhand ties 5 for 100 Mens Guyot style suspenders 19c Mothers Friend boys waist 35 Save money buy your Bags Suit Cases and Trunks now Mens 600 low cut shoes 475 Mens 350 and 400 straw hats 250 Mens 250 straw hats 175 Mens 600 trduseTs only 450 Mens 350 trousers only 275 Round House overalls and jumpers 90c Special Prices on John Stetson and all other soft and stiff hats Remember the day and date Tuesday Morning August 2nd Look for the store with the big white signs FLANAGANS The Peoples Favorite Store for Men and Boys Haln Street Mext Door to First National Bank Are on Display uur waiKuver and Ciapp Oxfords No Better Shoes Made Than WalkOver and Clapp Shoes We Fit Your Feet With Care Try Us 350 to 600 Mens Outfitters 4 HI.