The Randall County news., November 06, 1908, Image 10

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77E" RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. NOVEMBER 6. OS.
ATTACKS WOMAN WITH CHAIR.
Unidentified Assailant Near Hillsboro Flees
After Attempted Assault on Ore.
Hillsboro, Tox., Nov. 1. A
bold attempt at criminal assault
was committed last night at
about 1 1 :40 o'clock at the resi
dence of Mrs. M. II. Whet mi re,
a widow living about three miles
south of here, in which Mrs.
Whetmire, while endeavoring to
protect her niece, the intended
victim of the assailant, sustained
severe, though not dangerous in
juries from blows inflicted with
a chair. Mrs. Whetmire, and
her niece, Mrs. Let tie Stephen
son of Canyon City, Tex., whom
she had reared and who was on
a visit to her, had retired for the
night in the family bedroom in
the second story of the resi
dence, leaving a lamp lighted in
the room for the benefit of a
young lady of the household, who
was attending a social function
at a neighbor's.
Mrs. Stephenson was aroused i
from sleep by the movements of
a man in her room, he having ex-;
tinguished the lamp, and im
mediately afterward was warned i
by him in a low tone of voire that ,
if she made any noise he would,'
choke her. She cried out to hoi
aunt, and when Mrs. Whetmire j
aroe the intruder grabbed a 1
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chair and struck the elder lady;
on the head, knockinir her down, j
She rallied from the blow and :
made a second and then a third '
attempt to rescue her niece, but :
each time was prostrated from a
blow with the chair, finally being
for a time rendered unconscious. !
The man then caught Mrs. Ste-:
pliensonand dragged her to the,
stairway and part of the way i
down the stairs. Uy clinging to!
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the railing she, however, man
aged to successfully resist his
efforts until her aunt again re
vived from the blows received
and came to her assistance. The
man then ran away. It was up
ward of an hour later before the
ladies recovered sufficiently from
their fright to decend to the
lower story, where the telephone
is located, to notify the officers.
When the information was re
ceived by the sheriff's force the
dogs from the county farm were
immediately taken to the resi
dence and stxm started on a trail,
ending at the residence of a col
ored family, about two and a
half miles away. The negro man
of the family was arrested and is
in jail. Another negro was ar
rested and jailed this afternoon.
It is considered doubtful, how
ever, that either is guilty and it
is evidently the opinion of the
officers and others presumed to
be posted that the real culprit is
a white man. The officers are
working diligently, and it is
likely that there will be addi
tional developments during the
night. The Whetmire family is
one of the oldest and most prom
inent in this section.
One of the blows received by
Mrs. Whetmire produced a lac
erated wound about two inches
long on top of her head, extend
ing to the skull. From this
there was a profuse flow of
blood, but it is not considered as
being of a permanently serious
nature.
Mrs. Stephenson is the wife
of W. W. Stephenson one of the
prominent young business men
of this city. He was to have ar
rived at Hillsboro the night of
tile distardly attack. The jvo-pl-
of this community certainly
sympathize with the family. Mr.
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Kisr Brothers &
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Keiser Brothers &
and Mrs. Stephenson have lived
for a longtime in this community
and stand at the very head of
the good citizens. When the
news came to this city there
were many expressions of kind
ness toward them and we doubt
not but that it were well for the
assailant that the deed was not
done in this community.
Mrs. Stephenson had but re
cently gone to Hillsboro on a
visit and at the time of the at
tack Mr. Stephenson was on his
way to join his wife for the re
turn trip home. i
RANDALL COUNTY HOGS MARKETED, j
Swine From This Connty Bring Good Prices J
on Fort Worth Market This Week. j
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M. II. Hogar, who lives a few
miles northwest of this city, has
returned from Fort Worth,
where he went to market a car
load of hogs which he had
raised on his place. The hogs
were so" in number and averaged
17i5 pounds and the price realized
on them was !.":!! per hundred.
Mr. Hogar marketed the hogs
while young and he thinks that
he will realize more for them
when marketed just as soon as
they are large enough to fatten
well than if he held them for a
longer period. He thinks that
Kandall county has an admirable
climate for the raising of hogs
and the feedstuff that is raised
here is the ideal food for the
swine. He has never had any
trouble with disease among his
hogs but thinks the people of
this county ought to raise m-.ire
of them.
Mrs. Sam Marsh ill has re-1
turned from a visit with relatives j
at Harrington. Okla. i
CANYON CITY, TEXAS,
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THE COUNTRY of good crops, fine climate,
plenty of water, moral, prosperous and
happy people, great advantages, cheap and
productive lands. Lands are cheaper now than
they will ever be again.
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THE PANHANDLE AT THE FAIR.
People From the Plains Country Visit Dallas and
the State Exposition Last Saturday.
Last Friday this News report
er, in company with some thirty
odd other citizens of Canyon
City, left Canyon for a trip to
Dallas in order to be at that
place on Saturday to attend the
Panhandle Day which had been
designated by the Directors of
the State Fair as a portion of the
program for their celebration.
The Panhandle was "there with
the goods'' both in number in at
tendance and the amount of
boosting that took place. Every
person on both the special trains
that were run from the Plains
country seemed to take an es
pecial delight in telling those
"down easterners"' that they
were from the garden spot of the
world and if the allegation was
denied that "down easterner"
was immediately steered to the
Panhandle Exhibits and was im
mediately shown in the good old
Missouri style.
People wore there from every
where on the Plains and they
wore their badges of distinction
with much pride- and indeed
they had a right to be proud for
we had the best exhibits in farm
products, the best looking men
and the handsomest women on
the grounds.
Everyone in the entire crowd
seemed to have had a line time
and came home well pleased with
the showing that the Panhandle
had made at the Fair. Speaking
of the Fair calls to mind the fact
that this year's exposition was
by far the best in all respects
that has ever been held. There
were new buildings and the
grounds were in much bettor
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shape, , better facilities for han
dling the crowds, and above all
better exhibits in ' all depart:
ments.
Almost every line of agricul
ture, mining and manufacture in
the state had elegant displays of
the products while the various
mercantile lines vied with each
other in trying to see just how
attractive everything could bo
made. In point of attendance it
is'said by those in authority that
the total attendance was nearly
one million during the entire
meeting which is much greater,
possibly twenty per cent, than
any previous year.
The Fair .Association thinks
that they will have a surplus
after paying all expenses and
premiums of about $100,000. This
amount is to be spent upon the
grounds in building now build
ings and beautifying the scen
ery. The Association gets abso
lutely nothing in the way of a
dividend, every cent that is made
being placed back into further
improvements.
The State Fair of Texas was a
success! We are glad it was a
success for it deserves to be. It
is certainly a groat educator for
the people of our own state as
well as the residents of others.
Among those who formed the
party which wont down on Fri
day wore: Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Prichard, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Monroe and family, Mr. and
Mrs. I. Mantz, W. W. Stephen
son, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harbi
son, Dr. and Mrs. Black and
family, W. (.). l'ennett, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Koiser, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Winkelman, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred (Jano and their family, Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. Terrill, Mrs. J.
L. Howell, Harry Howell. There
were already quite a number of
PhilDops
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people from Canyon City in Dal
las so we were.' fairly repre
sented, at least the town nnd
county were well boosted. There
may have been others in the
crowd which went down whose
names we have forgolten and if
there wore we know that they
helped swell the glad tidings from
the Panhandle of Texas.
Likos This Country Immonsely. '
Among the visitors to this city
this week was J. II. Altizer of
Colorado, Texas, who was hero
on a visit to relatives. In speak
ing of his impressions of the
country, he said that he had
heard so much of the country
before he came that when he
started out here he felt satisfied
that he would be pleased but
when he arrived and found out
just what the country offered ho
was surprised. He thinks that
we have one of the very best
sections of the state, which is
ocpiivelont to saying that we
have as good as any country
anywhere.
Mr. Altizer is a railroad man
but to the News reporter ho said
that he expected to quit that
kind of work and move to Kan
dall County where ho could do
farming with much greater
profit and with much loss labor.
Little Child Sick.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Thompson has been
sick for the past ton days, the
cause of the trouble being re
ported as tuberculosis of the
spine. It is expected that the
child will have to be taken tu
some sanitarium for treatment
under specialists.