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Waco Semi-Weekly Tribune from Waco, Texas • 7

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WACO SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER II I9U SHOCK HEIDS PHONE OLK WE Stylish all Dress Goods I Never before have we had such an attractive line of Dress A' llnndc nfiTarti'inr qiipVi vnrinfv nf fiihricfl fftl thfi DftllCillff 8 Dress COTTON PALACE VISITORS 40 inch de Chine full range Eft of light and dark colors I idU COAT SUITS i McLennan County Courts POPULAR PRICED SHOES of) shot COUNTY COURT called riday and bitterly reached West tlrst SUITS ILED MORE STUDY ARMING LINT LESS COTTON rn That Distinctive Appearance I TOO LATE TO CLASSIY (Ad) THS POST OICS The Quality Clothiers methods for of the tax all over the decided not to continue the changed his lca Saturday lint for Lyons Waco: A Daniels Ross Pennenter Moody Janek West A Downy Lorena Doutc 3 Nall Crawford I Bates West Barker Waco Bar rett Waco John A Noland Craw ford A Moody Waco Eoff Waco Route 1:0 Bass West Harry Moore Waco Ruther ford Moody Ben Rutledge Moody Howell Eddy Thompson Waco Abbott Waco Lin ville McGregor Route 1 A Stand ridge Moody Oliver Waco Jameson Waco: Langston Waco Birchfield Valley Mills Rogers Waco: Roberts I Waco Underwood Waco Phil lip Lynch Waco Nineteenth District Court llerlck Hardware Co Pea cock suit for debt Torbett Germond Waco's greatest Tinners and Sheet Metal Workers Steel roofing and steel celling Car nice skylights awnings flues tank! guttering pipes and valleys The kind that Is right and stays right Rln them tip sod they will tell you all about IL Bost equipment In Waco (Adv) neighbora who kindly assisted Gerard Gete Twelve Years Joe Gerard was given a twelve year term in tho penitentiary riday by a jury in the ifty fourth district court Gerard killed his brother Charlie Ger ard at West on the night of June 6 He claimed that the shooting was in self defense Charlie Gerard had just been released from the county jail where ho had served out a misde meanor sentence He went home the night in question and a struggle be tween tho two boys followed during the course of which Joe Gerard Charlie Gerard with a shotgun OR 85 acres of tho best land in McLennan county 6 miles of Waco Rtnndltig rent Jd tee acre cash nf bankable hutc loyd CaSey 801 Amicable Phono 665 11 11 wi Llvo stock A part or sit payment on two trade bargain often cd: A 5 rcom house la Mart nlu aUn rny equity of in 6 noon bungalow of looms on Drovl dent Heights Waco Address Owner Box 5s5 Mart Tex guilty two years in penitentiary In re Iden habeas corpus petitioner discharged Joe Gerard murder jury verdict guilty punishment fixed at 12 yearn in the penitentiary Robert Dishman receiving and con cealing stolen property plea ot guilty given 5 years suspended sen tence Willie Johnson burglary plea ot guilty given years in penitentiary Rachel Brown theft over $50 plea of guilty 2 years in penitentiary Jim Hale forgery plea of guilty In two cases' given two years in peni tentiary in each case Harry Haynes burglary plea ot guilty given five years suspended sentence King burglary plea of guilty given two years in penitentiary Lee three cases of horse theft and one of burglary plas of guilty gien two years suspended sentence in each case 2 Thai dtillnctlve Appearance that well dressed man always han la only obtainable by wealing clothe that fit exceptionally well that have a smartne of ll thul oiJInary clothes do not have and thnl expiosa timeliness anti good taste as well in 11 these things tlil sei vice and Its Uno ot really dis thmlvo clothes Is equipped to gho re ry man the appearance of dis tinctiveness as result oi being well dressed 42 inch Wool abrics gooJ assortment of colors values up to $100 special CO a the yard Uwb OR HALE OR TRADE IIv owner kwd 5 room house on car uno south and east front Price 36o loyd Carey AtnkaUe New phone 66 111116 Resolutions were passd urging cer tain changes in the compen sation act passed by iho last glsln lure nnd vote of tlmnks whs ten icd tliu pirns and telephone publica tions wor publicity given the business1 hanks were voted to the of Waco for courtesies extended and to th" offin and employes of tho Texan Toh phono company for tho cor dial reception given tho visitors Luncheon was served the members In a body nn nch day of the meeting nl thi Rlgg'ns hotel with tho Texas Telephone company as host The lo cal company slso furnished tickets to tho Cotton Paine to all th" visitors and the red ribbon badge of tho Ide phone iinn was very much In videnic on tho exposition ground yesterday arternoon and last night SHERMAN MAN IS PRESIDENT THE INDEPENDENT AS SOCIATION highly probable lhat tho attendance would have leached that mark judg ing from tho number of applications A comparison of figure shows nn enrollment ot fine agricultural rtu dents as compared to nn enrollment of 376 In the engineering school Lnt year tho ngrlculturnl mid engineering siudents broke even In attendance i eC ords A big gain in the freshman agri cultural enrollment Is another uncom mon feature Thia year 149 freshmen took Agriculture while 121 signed up fur engineering work In tho two year courses 85 men began th" study of agriculture while 27 enrolled for engineering Increased enrollment shows one thing clearly and that is that tho boys of Texas nre waking up io the advantage offered with an agri 1 Rp 1 ru 61 DomaIma uoons onenng ucn a variety tn lamira uic Dress Theatre Dress visiting Shopping and outdoor Dress George Denton Judge Ba ker Cleric Clyde Swarringer theft plea of guilty 1 and 1 hour In jail rank Smith selling liquor without a license: pica of not guilty with drawn and pica of guilty entered: punishment fixed at 1 hour In jail and a fine of 1500 Estate of Porterfield deceas ed will admitted to probate Porterfield named Independent exe cutor without bond Estate of II Young deceased In ventory and appraisement filed Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friend nnd neighbors who kindly assisted nnd comforted us during the death nnd liuriiil of our father Teeple ho departed from this world Nov 4 li 14 friend need I a friend Indeed'' Every net kindness shown ns by nnv one will ho remembered by ui through life Sincerely yours MR AND MRS GUISE MRS TRAUTVETTER I TEEPLE Texas Telephone Company Is Host for Visitors at Luncheon and Cotton Palace Agricultural Stoudents Are Greater In Number Than Eglncers Collcgo Station Nov Agri cultural students aro In the majority over engineering simlents nt tho A college Steady growth iu tho enrollment of agricultural students at A have been recorded each year for the past four years and this year the enrollment of farmer students ex ceeds that of engineer by 130 a hith erto unheard of circumstance Enrollment at A ihls term Is tewnly ftvo ahead of the total enroll ment of lust year the average dally attendance for the present session be ing gludent An enrollment ot 1100 boys hid bien expected and hnd not times" talk been ma lo It is Cooper Grocery Co WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COEE ROASTERS WACO TEXAS WELCOME! 0 0 40 inch Crepe Meteor full range frft nn of all colors light and dark yard viUU 10 ineh Poplin a full line of col ors the yard i 52 iiich Bro i cl I Blue Brown and Red the yard UR TRIMMING Onc inch ur Trimmings in White Black and Brown the newest trimmings for ail and )Ra Winter Dresses Price Hie yard OJu Neuralgia of tho face shouldetw hands or feet requires a powerful rem edy that will penetrat" the flesh BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT pos sesses that power Rubbed tn whero tho pain is felt is all that is necessary to relieve suffering and restore nor mal conditions Prive 25c Gdc and flnn per bottle Sold by Square Drug Stqre Adv $100 98c Jury Lists for Next Week District Clerk It McClain given cut tho following Jury lists the wek Nv NlncleenthvDIitrlct Court Ulatk Mart A Woodward Waco Itoutc 3: riulllps Waco Elm Nolt: Tlutk burst Chinn Spiltuit Aug Wobbqr Wmu tloutu 2 Dugan Waco: Douglass Waco Wallnee McGregor iioutn 1 A Dmnlson Wnco rnmiitcr Moody (1 li Criillii uii na Romo 2: or ti ls Waco Route 3 Welslngcr West Emil Kuol West: II Snuiiders West Rmtlo I Wnco Slmlulr Axtvll: Dicksun Moody Harris Boss uw i ns Waco Grand Sr Wneo Hander Warn Houin 1: Morgan Wak Whoath Wneo llnrry Whaler Waco: 3 II Haiiksiom Lorena Homo 2 Gua Mollberg Waco Ncwmsti 5l00tly nti! Knlgld McGrveui: George Chspuiati Eddy: Allen Wil lisms West Route 3 IL Lcvln Valley Mills Kouto 3 11 Cruger Waeo: Aalmtihursi or um 11 Dennis Huinett Marl! Grate Lurouti Wlllrao Jr Waco! Sanders Crawford Ilotilo 2 Ed Mofltnoyer lvry 11 Phillipa Nctlrognr Houle 1 Lyneh Wae A Sapp Waco Houle Neavrx Elm Mett: Riutlh Waco: I' NHlm Month 14 Compton Valley Mills Hout I eKrska West It Goldman Want Home 3 itiylourth Dlttrld Court 11 Dennison Warm Sid Post Warn: 4 lUthatd Watoj 0 Chamhlin Mtmdy 4 itch Me Gregors IL Thomas Momly 0 llm rilfi Waco: Hlmii'los Warn Cash Wseo Natvin lltvedlna Moody 11 inilert Waco: tn undfftaldne lot No SU 1'rahklln ttreet Opct day and night Mh photic V4 LAYTON PUCKETT UtidefUkal and licensed Afl A Our builders hardware comes direct from the tnanufactuteta Our stock is Complete Lei Ila Ilmira 00 JOUr bill (1 1 Johaaoa SAA Adv I Smith Plead Guilty Withdrawing his plea of not guilty rank Smith of Mart entered a pica of guilty in the cqunty court to a charge of selling liquor without a li cense He was sentenced to one hour in jail and fined 1500 The court coble amounted to 235 which he will have to pay A federal case in connec tion with tho same transaction is pending against Smith The state was represented by John Atkinson nnd II Kingsbury as sistant county attorneys nnd tho do fndant hy Taylor and orrester The caso was called riday and blttejdy contested on tho first day but the defendant fight and iniirtt I i Smith was arrested at Mart two or three weeks ago by Sheriff leming mid Deputy Sheriffs Leo Jenkins and Charlie Beckham In the back room of a grocery store the officers found 411 Ijottles of whiskey eight negro men and five negrd women together with many customary saloon xturca NINETEENTH DISTDICT COURT Walter Cocke Special Judge McClain Clerk Eldridge vs CHUcn' Railway To ot al damages: with Jury ITY OURTH DISTRICT COURT Richard I Munroe Judge) Mc Clain Clerk 0 Mincy forgt ry: pica of guilty given two years In penitentiary Elmoro Hill over pea of guilty given two jesrs In pcnltcn umy Joaua Morelos forgery idea of Bullly: two years In penitentiary 8 Will Jortlnn bnrglnry Jury Many New Clothes Wens Shown Hero Now At $1280 $1500 $2000 $2500 LAUNDERED COLLARS AND CUS Laundered Collars and Cuffs in plain and linen pitpie one of the latest things in Neckwear suitable for Coat Suits RQa and Dresses Price the set uVu 1 Officer Are Enjoined Officers from Ohio were enjoined from interfering with Iden by Special Judge Street of the ifty fourth district court who grant ed him a permanent writ of habeas corpus in his casc against Ul lorn the Ohio officer who attempted to taken Iden back to that statu by force The costs were charged against tho people Ullotn represented About two month ago Ullom came to Waco had Iden arrested by the police placed hnndcuffs on him and started north in an automobile XX Eason iden's attorney sued out a writ ot habeas corpus and Sheriff leming and deputies start! in pursuit some by autos mid somu by interurban Tho interurban the people Of that town learned of the race nnd when UHuin drovu into town liu was met by tho sheriff and a i rnwit nf rlttinna The Ohio man HttlUburg Tex Nov Th du fortilntiiltui to ictlucn cotton acreage netx jvnr I veil fixed In tho mind of th farmer about llallaburg and already tho amount of redurtltm hna been tloraled upon During lit path rtitig of I'vul'le biteabutlU at the gi hehtl rktlion a week ago a atrnw vote was taken and the following was tn announced redtictioti of ncteage Dr Itoll will ol blm any coiton On hl blacu tenanti will re duo 4d per cffiL other reduction are given follows: Lewis Tots 5o per rent It Zuolke in per Kin xv limaard in per cent Util 4i per cent Robert Wjcho 40 per rent Rash" pot rent A Hhotklry 80 prr witt: 11 Hatwrll 4o pt crM A Maith) 40 per cent XV Duvall 75 per rent 9 re 14 Mar ahall 4o per cent John Johnson ptfeeiu WOOD BROS get ready for theW COTTON PALACE Tho grp1l exposition that A btt3 tnnde XVnrn fatuous ffll throughout the United g'ii'J stales Will soon bo open (y You nnturany wmu mt i look your best during tho Ml gala festivities I'rcPare Uip for It by having youridd clothes cleaned pressed or dyed We st" prepared jd till to hnntlln anything from hm Overcoat 10 Evening HR flown Wc have been in RS tho btuines over 2h year la 1 and know huw Otfr plant Ejj Is annitsry and modern Iju 0 LITTLE RENCHMAN'S DYK WORKS dM 113 ourth St If Old Phon 69 Nw 62 The eighth annual convention of the Texas Independent Telephone associa tion adjourned sine die at 1:15 riday with A Shock of Sherman the newly elected president of the as sociation in the chair The conven tion was attended by 117 telephone men and was characterized by one prominent visiting telephone man as "the most successful Independent con vention held in this state since the organization of the association" Tho entire ticket brought in by the nominating committee wa selected without opposition or change Headed by Mr Shock well known Independ ent operator and president of the Union Telephone company with head quarters in Sherman the newly elect ed officers are: Vice presidents Earle Waco A Lindsey Tyler easier Dallas and Hughes Palestine secretary Blomeyer Waco treasurer McQuown Sherman The officers of the associa tion constitute the executive board The second day's session converted at 9 in the morning lasting without recess until the adjournment The meeting opened with a talk by Vice President A Combs of Has kell General Superintendent Kepler of the Texas Telephone com pany talked on Manage ment" State Treasurer McQuown read a paper on "Telephone Collec followed by talks by II Wagner and Will Green of Waco re spectively general traffic managerand chief engineer of the Texas Telephone company Stanley Alderman of Big Springs secretary of the' Telephone Exchange association spoke on the importance of standardizing material and equipment Short talks were made by several other speakers on various subjects The regulations of the new war tax bill were explained by Blomeyer This bill imposes a tax of one cent on every telephone message costing 15c or more A committee composed of Gardner of Waco: Merrill Jr Tyler and XV McQuown was appointc4 to recommend handling the collection which becomes effective country on December 1 Tho committee on resolutions com posed of Blomeyer A Shock and Smith reported seven resolu tions to the convention of which were adopted Cheif among these was tho resolution opposing the creation of a public service commission for this state The association went on record as strenuously opposing tho present tax ation of telephone companies and de nouncing the gross receipts or tax of per cent on all gross receipts of the business "Telephone recites the resolution" "pay now high ad valorem tuxes on all properly both tangible and intangi ble to state to counties school districts and to municipalities They pay a tax of 1 cent to the federal government on their not earnings a tax of 1J4 per cent to the slate on their gross receipts and in addition a franchise tax to tho statu on their capital stock In nil they pay in taxes from 5u to 7c on every dollar they take In and wc claim that suph taxation is exorbitant unreasonable unjust and Hslliburg Citizen In Etraw Vote An nounca Their Intentions for Next Yar We specialize on Children's Shoes al prices that appeal to your purse Wc make you a positive saving on your Shoe purchases of front 2 Io 5()e a pair Our slock is complcle in all ranges of sizes in stylish and popular patients and leathers Children's sizes from 1 1 '2 to 5 per $100 $125 $150 Children's larger sizes :5 1 2 Io 8 per $125 $150 $175 Growing sizes 8 1 2 Io 11 1 2 per pair $1 25 $150 $175 and $200 We have all sizes which enables us to ft I I he feel prop erly I lephone and mail orders solicited and deliveries prompt ly made 7 6 1 When you visit the Cotton Palace call at il 4 A our booth in Demonstration Hall first booth to the right on entering from the Main Building see our display of Home Ground Spices and Home Roasted Coffee and permit our demonstrator to serve you a cup of "Cooper's Best Coffee REE UI'UIH uiijunv gC COV Ol ClllZmS HIUVIUU IlliUi dli rrlmlnHiloii acnlnst tho m8 prisoner were brought buck to Waco wns released and Ullotn vvf nt buck homo alone It wa claimed that Iden wns charged dlth desertion but lie showed that ho hail not in Marlon Ohio thn town from which thu war runt was isbued idncu his marring and that ho had tiled a suit for divorce againJt bls wife in one of tho local courts cultural education" said Dean Kyle of the school ot agriculture In discuss ing tho enrollment "I do not doubt for uuu minute but that we would have had 1100 boy here if business conditions hnd boon better nnd 1 mn sure that oven a bigger per nt would have ettrollcil in agricul ture "With elty nnd country scliouta rhmnring (or men trained In ngrlcub tural education with farmers ranchmen seeking for youn men to take ehnrpo of their farm niul ranch and with all of these position paying good alnrlcs to capable there Is no reason "by tho school rbnul dnot grow Next year wo anti cipate sn ven bigger majority of agri cultural Mudcnta" TRY THIS OR YOUR COUGH Thousands of propio keep coiirIiIhk becuii unable to get tho right rem edy Cough arc caused by Inflamma tion Of Throat and llronvhinl Tube What von need I to soothe this In tlommntlon Take Dr New Discovery It penetrates tho delicate mucuou lining rats" phlegm and quickly relieves tho (onacstrd mem ratu's Get 6nc bottle from your druggist "Dr King's Now Discovery quickly and completely slopi 1 my writes It XX'alts J'lojdili Texas Money back It not MtlsilCd but It nearly alway Adv Tbc Provident Drug Company the popular drug sloro ot XVaco Always ready to Riva you your money's worth No matter what you need In the dnt line we have It foe ou Everyone who bn patronised tbl store say an Ideal tdaco to trade Try IL Corner of ourth and ranklin streets Suits of All Wool Poplin with collars and cuffs trimmed with Ve lvet and set off with sell covered bullous A Silk Velvet Vest trimmed in jet but tons adds beauty to this Suit At the waist line is a Vclvel bell Skirl has a deep yoke and pleats exlending from yoke giving the Skirt GOO Eft the full effect Price VfcfciJU We also earrv a line of extraordinary values in $1500 AND $1650 URS Brown Kussian two stripes choice quality lined with heavy Brown Satin iinished with four animal headstwo in froilt and two in back and four tails Pillow Muff to match fl1Q ftft ith three tails Price per set lUiUU Black rench Coney choicest (iidity large neck piece Iinished with four handsonic black orna ments and tassels Satin lined Pillow Eft Set iJU 1 ft 'E SBMg Er 7 I "Where a Dollar Does iis Duty S' I 8 Aanagez: I ar zCVslr A 'rAc'tf 1 si I 4 Is.

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