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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. DECEMBER 18. 1908.
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Christmas with all its traditions, means, above all things, "(food C'he?r." Nothing will produce the genuine spirit of the holiday season so much as some
token of your regards. Our store contains an excellent assortment of such gifts. Easy to pick from oiw stock as everything is new and our principal aim has
been for QUALITY, not the cheapest, but the best for the money. Don't overlook our place when doing your shopping. Below are a few of the many good things.
Genuine Alligator Hand Bags, leath
er lined at
$4 to $9.
Beautiful Back Combs, good quality
stones set in inlaid gold and silver,
good quality combs
$3 to $4.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man
than a tie. "We have gotten in a
nice line and you will be sure to find
what you want.
25c to 50c.
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FOR THE HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT vou will be sure to need an
Evening Gown. It is too late to have one made; come down and save
trouble and worry by getting one ready to put on.
An all wool Batiste, iv- handsomely trimmed, made Princess Style, at $13.50
Princess Gowns made of Messaline Silk, you would have to pay at (no en
least $30 in the city for a poorer quality, our price $ZliuU
Princess Gowns made of nice grade of Liberty Satin, an 18 inch satin
that would retail at $1 per yard, made by the best ladies' tailors, ron no
all nicely trimmed, black and London smoke, at $0U.UU
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A nice line of Belts, the latest styles,
elastic, and leather
50c to $1.50.
A big line of Sample Handkerchiefs
at a big reduction over regular pri
ces. We bought them cheap and
sell them cheap.
Don't Overlook the
NET WAISTS.
We have them at all prices from $3
to $10. From $4 up only one of a
kind so you will have exclusive patterns.
Thanking you for the nice business you have given us
and wishing all a Merry Xmas, we are
I , THE LEADER I I
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$75,000.00 COURT HOUSE.
Petitions Circulated Asking Court to Order an
Election to Build Hew Temple of Justice.
Monday afternoon several pe
titions were circulated asking
the Commissioners court of Deaf
Smith county to order an elec
tion for the issuance of bonds
for the purpose of erecting a new
house for the county. The
amount called for is Seventy
Five Thousand Dollars. Nearly
a hundred names were secured
in a few hours, all signing with
Roy Irick and wife passed
through this city from Plainview
last Sunday on a wedding trip.
They had just been married in
their home town.
L. T. Lester, George L. Ab
bot, Fulton Brown and Judge
SAYS NEED ROAD TO NORTHWEST.
GENOA LODGE ATTENDS.
T. P. Barry Declares Dallas Should Have Line i Rev. C. A, Briggs, Sr. of Winslow Officiates at
to Panhandle and Get a New Trade. ! the Church Large Attendance.
That the construction of a rail-j According to the rites of the
road from Dallas to Northwest i Independent Order of Odd Fel-
Buie were in Dimrnitt last Mon-i Texas will be a determinate fac-! lows the remains of Leslie
day looking after some business
matters.
J. C. Pipkins and Rev. M. E.
Hawkins left last Monday for
Memphis where they will hunt
the elusive quail and other game.
tor in securing to this city the , Griggs were laid to rest in Ge
trade of a fast developing coun- j nou cemetery Sunday afternoon,
try is the statement of T. P. i Nov. '.). The services Ave re in
sister, Jessie. His mother,
daughter of Mrs. Abbie J. Pat
terson, passed away about four
years ago.
Leslie Avas one of those big,
good natured, manly men Avhora
it is always a pleasure to meet.
He Avas industrious, of clean hab
its and made friends wherever
he Avent. He was a good citizen,
a good Odd Fellow and a good
Clifford Reynolds came up
uuu .juai it cnuui.ic-jjiuLj iKuutiew last ouuuay una i tpj City, even
ment of the move. spent the dav with his parents.
The petitions are still to beiMr. and Mrs. George Reynolds, j ,ns " said Mr Marrv "is thp
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Diggs of building from Dallas of a north
Plainview were in the city the j western railroad. The projected
first of this Aveek the guest of j line from Dallas to Albuquerque,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moreland. j- M.f will cross a very rich ter
ritory. Such a road Avould cross
found at the business houses
Avhere voters may have the op
portunity to sign. If you have
not signed drop in and do so. It
is the purpose to secure as large
a number of signers as possible.
It would speak well for the
county to s(m.- the name of every
qualified voter on the petition.
This matter comes up now
after lying dormant for several
months. A year or tvro ago the
matter of a new court house was
discussed but the step Avas not
taken, because it was thought
liest to Avait until the county was
a little more thickly settled and
values increased. The panic
came on and made the sale of
bonds slow or even .impossible.
But now that the "prosperity
procession" is passing, it is a
good time to provide for this
great necessity. Hereford
Brand.
Barry, who has just returned charge of Kane Lodge of Elgin j fnend.-Genoa (ill.,) Republican
ifrom Lubbock, Plainview and i of which the deceased was a
other towns of the Panhandle. j member at the time of his death.
"The most essential thing to There Avere about twenty Odd
the continued advancement of! Fellows here from that city.
more essential
TJ XI r 1 i. a. i
it. M. rwaer una returned j the Katy. the Santa Fe, the Ori
from a trip into the Corpus i ent the Widiita Valley and the
Chnsti country. Randall county , pecos Vaey in(1Sj as W(. as the
is gooa enougn ior mm.
About fortA' members of Genoa
Lodge No. 70 were also in at-!L- Abbott in this city for several
ROCK ISLAND FRISCO RAILROADS.
Announcement Made That the System Will
Spend Large Amount uf Money In Ex
tension and Improvements.
Miss Esta Hightower left yes
terday for her home near Has- J these matters
kell. She has been visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
There has been a great deal
said lately about extensions of
old raihvay systems and the
building of new roads in the
Panhandle section of this state
and from time to time there have
been issued more or less author
itative statements relative to
E. II. Griggs has returned
from a trip to Genoa, Illinois.
Ross I. Winn of Plainview was
in the city Monday coming here
from Happy where he has been
put ting in a stock of lumber for
the Happy Lumber Company, a
new concern opening up at that
loint.
Be ft New anlis'riVwr .
Ill Health is Mare Expensiva Than any Cure
This country is now filled with
people who migrate across the
continent in all directions seek
ing that which gold cannot buy
Nine-tenths of them are suffering
from that throat and lung trouble
or chronic catarrh resulting from
neglected colds, and spending
fortunes vainly trying to regain
lost health. Could every suffer
er but undo the past and cure
that first neglected cold, all this
sorrow, pain, anxiety and ex
pense could have been avoided.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
famous for its cures of colds,
and can alway be depended uj)on.
Use it and the more serious dis
eases uriy be avoided. For sale
hv fVitw Phtirtnof'ir ... . . ' !
road building northAvest of
Stamford.
"If Dallas don't get direct
railroad connection Avith this
country, the bulk of the trade
from that section will be lost.
"The country is being very
rapidly settled by a desirable;
citizenship. Successful farmers
from other states are buying
tracts and improving them.
These settlers are people with
means, as a rule, though not
wealthy, and they are of the sort !
that make good citizens. The !
continued development of this
western country is assured, and
no road Avould pay better than
one from Dallas to that section."
Dallas News.
Geo. O. Renner who recently
moved to this county from Illi
nois, Avas in our office this week
and to the News man stated that
lie was more than ever pleased
tendance, all marching to the
church from the hall in a body.
The services at the church
were conducted by Rev; C. A.
Briggs, Sr. of WinsloAV, 111., as
sisted by the local pastor, Rev.
J. T. McMullen. Rev. Briggs
formerly preached at Plato where
Mr. Griggs resided for many
years. Music was furnished by
the ladies quartette. Besides the
large pillow of (lowers presented
by Kane Lodge there were many
beautiful floral pieces. The at
tendance Avas large considering
that rain fell during the entire
service.
Leslie, son of E. II. and Ilattie
Patterson Griggs, was born in
Plato township, July 1 T, IHsO.
At the age of five years he came
with his parents to Genoa. Tavo
years later the family moved
back to Plato Avhere Leslie re
sided until the age of twenty-
two years when he went to Elgin
and entered the employ of the
Elgin-Aurora Traction Co. In
March, l'.)07, he Avent to Canyon
City, Texas, near which place lie
located on a ranch. He Avas
taken sick last August and never
recovered, passing aAvay Novem
ber -8. Leslie is survived by
weeks.
Joe Foster, tax assessor for
this county, went to Waco the
first of this week to attend the
state convention of the tax as-i
sessors which met in that city.
Robert DaAvson left last Sun
day for his former home at Ar
kadelphia, Arkansas. We give
hirn about three months in which
to get back here.
Ry F. Rudolph, one of the of
fice force of the Plainview Her
ald, Avas in this city last Sunday
the guest of his friend, Dan K.
Usery.
In the absence of the pastor,
Rev. W. II. Younger filled the
pulpit at the Baptist church at
both hours last Sunday.
Ab Thompson and E. II. Ack
ley have returned from a hunt
in Moore county and report that
game is plentiful.
L. M. Williams of Umbarger
was in the city Monday trans
acting some important business.
John A. Wallace and John
Wuthrie made a trip to Lubbock
the first of the week.
C. T. Bennett and Oscar Gam
ble were Amarillo visitors last
The city of Fort Worth has
been looking with longing eyes
toward that section of the state
lying between the Fort Worth
and Denver railway on the North
and the Texas and Pacific Rail
way on the south and recently a
movement Avas inaugurated in
that city looking forward to the
extension of the Roek Island
road from Graham into the
Plains country and it seems that
these hopes are about to have
realization.
B. P. Yoachum who is chair
man of the board of directors of
the Rock Island-Frisco combina
tion is said to have issued a
statement that his roads would
expend the sum of $80,000,000.00
during the coming year in the
extension of its present large
systems and in the betterment
of the track conditions along the
existing lines.
Inas much as the tracks of
the lines already are in very fair
condition it is expected that the
greater part of this appropria
tion will be spent in reaching out
into new territory. Just in wlint
direction these extensions : are
expected to go cannot be verified
from the statement issued but
Port Worth seems to be in a joy
ful state considering that they
Avill soon have, railway copper': -
fc.iilon Ih MtfV.Ml-T.t of onp or two -