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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. FEBRUARY 12. 1909.
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NEW NOVELTY GOODS
At The Leader
We have just received a nice line of Novelty Goods that are strictly up-to-date and the best that the market af
fords at the prices. We have so many new things in this line that we can't mention all of them but hope to have
you see for yourself. You can rest assured that the styles we show you are right.
Brooches Belt Buckles Barretts Stick Pins
All the latest fads that fash- This line surpasses any that It is useless to say very much The newest things in this line
ion has decreed we have ever shown and will about these, for every lady needs in the GKA PE PIN but we have
50c to $1 00 have to be seen to be appreciated. one or two, and can find just many other styles to select from.
n , ' 35C tO $1.25. the thing here. .
Don t miss seeing them.
Belts Bags
Combs Neckwear Thjs is a yery important item full line of the newest nov-
Ye cannot describe the many The daintiest and best that to any lady and an awfully easy cities and the prices are very
different kinds of fancy combs we could find. A nice assort- thing to iind if you come here reasonable, quality considered,
but we believe we can please ment to select from. Also a to get it. If you need a new one we have
the most critical buyer. line of ladies' linen collars. 50c to $1.50. what you want.
We want to call your eapecial attention to the CRAPE JEWELRY which is being advertised more than anything
else. If you have a brooch, belt buckle or comb with this on it you know you are wearing the latest.
1 o I THE LEADER
Builders of Reliable Business With Reliable Goods.
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DISTRICT COURT
ABOUT THROUGH.
MANY CASES CONTINUED ON DOCKET
UNTIL NEXT TERM OF COURT.
Fewer Cases Than Ever Before Disposed of
Transfe'red Criminal Cases the
Cause of Trouble.
went to his home in Amarillo.
lie will return Saturday and ad
journ court for the term.
The minutes show the follow
ing transactions since our last
issue.
j Win. Willard, No. 403, vs. Ce
; dar Valley Land Co.; judgment
for plaintiff for cancellation of
! vendor's lien and quietingof title
I upon defendant's disclaimer tiled
j in the cause.
j The State of Texas vs. John W.
Williams, No. 400, witnesses en
ter recognizance for appearance
at next term of court.
State of Texas vs. Doby ll
liams, No. 407; same entry.
pi-oven to be almost a fiasco as! Special veniremen in tne vwi
n -aids the trials. In fact the! Hams casos allowed per diem
number of cases tried was very ! amounting to 30.
Miia anil attorneys oi uns citv i juii lunusinraouuiuu.
A LARGE MODERN
( 'ontinui'd from First I'ajrc.)
liat appeared to be one
ii f largest and heaviest dockets
; the district court of thiscoun-
that has ever been known has
of
; building will be devoted to offices j COMMISSIONERS'
BANK BUILDING.; rooms every one of which has j HOLD COURT.
I two rooms to the suite at least j
and each suite having good light i
FIRST NATIONAL WILL ERECT A BUILDING i ant 'ct entrance from the, fund as was llls0 a Hko amount
' . : a. . a 1 . i 1.., II '
ON NORTHWEST CORNER. .room imo ine la.ge fr()m tho (;oneral fun,i to the
which runs through the center , Ro;id and Hri,- taml
of the building. The lront stair
Two Sto7 Brick With Stone Trimmings
Modern in All Apponitments and a
Great Ornament.
. y that the failure to try many
civil cases was caused by the
fa'-t that the two Williams mur
der cases were brought to this
(.ointv from Parmer county.
Ai-a meeting of the Hoard of
Directors of the First National
Bank of this city this week the
plans for their new banking
house were adopted and the thiol
drawings of the plans are now
being made. After the plans are
finally completed, the bids for
the construction of the building
will be invited at once and work
will be rushed so that the bank.
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may be installed in i.ieir new
The renort of Ed Hoffman as
way is to be broad and has an ro.( overscer of prw.jnct No. 2
entrance of imposing appearance. !wa;. exairjinC(1 and llinm,Vedt as
The front of the banking por- j was alsQ the reiK)rt ()f Chas L
tion of the building will have two! C(,rdon-Cumming overseer,
immense columns, the entrance The propnsition of R( G. Kirsl,
being set back into the building. 1 1() furnjsh the planS) sl)(icitu.a.
ine trimmings or itie entire
Imilillncr nni t h.- nf f ':i rt 11 :i I
1 U Jill 1 II fy .11 V 1 ' V ' ' . ' 111 t 1 . ' . J l .
diem amounting to $172.
Jury for second week of term
empaneled and consisted of J. II.
Hall, Jim Foster, Ed Wesley, G.
S. Ballard, S. B. Lofton, K. G. I home as soon as possible.
Attorneys in the civil cases Oldham, J. L. Prichard, T. H. The proiminary plans which
thought that the entire two; Rowan, J. Frank Smith, W. E. j werc pr0parel by the K. G.
weeks of the term would be used : Iaughery, II. E. Foster, O. j Fvir.sh Architectural Company of
iu trying these two cases alone Blankenship, J. M. Gibson, J-j St. Louis show a building that
a:..! therefore did not make ex-; T. Campbell and J. W. McClain. wjh be beautiful in outline and
Pii-ive preparation for trial of j 1. uegraneni eiu .no. oo., tjie jnsKe arrangement- is as
1 tions and schedules for the fur
nishings in the new court house.
marble and terra cotta, the out-; makjn,, ton bue prints for ,he
side walls bemg finished in -i use of t)e court) for Ul0 sum of
ameled press brick. The inside ! M) was consjderod and ilcccl)ted
building is to have plate glass ; th(? ainount to be paid upon ae.
show windows with large double : coptam.e of tj10 pians.
door entrance. j The quarterly report of W. D.
As for the general finish of the jSc()tt) coimty attorney, was ex
building it is said that the speci- j amined and approved.
hcations will call lor the very! r,M . f4, ,
I, . , , , , . i i he report of the jury of view
best material that can be bought I . . , .... , TT
ippoiiufu upon inu leiuiiiiiiiL ii.
II. Gillham, et al. being favora
ble and having been examined,
. . , -i un wuu uiiu niv t wau ui
. . i-i...:u dorcd opened.
ii business. wiien ine ton-s oims umc, uiu . noar periect as can
t!i:::ance was had in the Williams : tinued by agreement of parties jTJ)e enljre building will cover an
ra-es were therefore not ready j and set for first day of next term j area of sixty fet.t on the s.juare
ii'i' t rial and therefore a majority i at - o clock, p. in. iand w;n run
(-1 th-' cases on the docket were; Jury for first week allowed
continued. ; P-T diem amounting to !?72.W.
! ' 4 T.i ri ... r
il matters of in-I A. Jonnson mj. oji, m. u.
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When the con-! vs Silas Lake, et al, cause con
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be made.
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divorce
matters
i..r,-vt in tl.ecnrt this week was . 1 Jolmson, divorce;
hx- trial in the Johnson divorce granted and custody of minor
e.e in whicli judgment was re a- j children given to plaintiff, with
dered by the Court in favor of j t'wts adjudged against defend-
1 i- ti.lincrm rvr)tr lir.r il t- I ant.
oice with custody of the child
ren, and the trial of the Frank
Lester case. In the Lester case
in which he was charged with
maiming there was a hung jury
for a long time, several of the
jury wanting to render a verdict
of simple' assault, but a verdict
was finally rendered of aggravat
ed assault and a line of $100.00
ami costs imposed.
The greater portion of the re
mainder of the week's time was
put in by the lawyers in arguing
di;Verent motions and matters of
like nature. Yesterday after
noon the Judge practically dis
posed of all these matters and
E. D. Harrell, W. T. Moreland
and W. C. Baird appointed jury
commissioners to select jurors
for next term of court which
they did.
Fulton Lumber Co., No. S7, vs
Canyon City Ice & Light Com
pany, motion to correct judg
ment; Granted and order of sale
allowed for Block 40 in Heller
addition and Block 24 in Lair ad
dition, with buildings and im
provements. The State of Texas vs. Frank
Lester, maiming, defendant
pleads not guilty; trial by jury
and verdict of aggravated assault
(Continued on Pae 7.)
back V20 feet on
Houston street. The corner room
is to be occupied by the bank as
its home and will be .'JO by M)
feet in outside measurement.
Just back of this on Houston
street is to be a rear stairway
with handsome entrance going
up to the second story, and back
of the stairway is a large office
room of about lM by 40 feet.
Underneath this rear portion of
the building will be the boiler
rooms and basement for the heat
ing aparatus as the entire build
ing will be heated by steam.
The inside building is to be the
full width of one lot, SO feet and
is to extend back the full dis
tance and is to be erected for a
business house. We understand
that there are several firms who
desire to rent this very desirable
house but up to this date no defi
nite arrangements have been
made.
The entire up stairs of the
and that the finish will Oe in!
strictly city style. The archi
tects have endeavored to makei
modern style coupled with dura
bility and convenience.
The Harrell Confectionery ha.-,
this week received a large gen
erator for the use in generating
the water for their soda fountain
A l . . .Jill 1. 1 I .ill-.. V. V..W ......
and best in the state.
Bert Wilson of Amarillo was in
the city Tuesday attending to
some business matters.
C. K. Burrow is making a tour
of the Rockwell Brothers lum
beryards this week.
Phone 41 when you have an
tem of local news.
Be a News subscriber.
Lame Shoulder.
This is a common form of mus
cular rheumatism. No internal
treatment is needed. Apply
Chamberlain's Liniment freely
three times a day and a quick
cure is certain. ""This liniment
has proven especially valuable for
muscular and chronic rheuma
tism. For sale by the City Pharmacy.
A petition from I. Mantz, etal
was received asking for a public
road running from Umbarger
south to the county line and the
court granted the petition ap-
lKinting Ed Baird, C. Gordon-
! tJummintr. i. W . JMcUIure. 1. C.
Jenkins and C. T. Degraftenried
as jury of view.
Upon the petition of I. N. Hicks
et al. for a public road beginning
! at the east corner of Section 112,
Block C, running west to the in
tersection of the Tulia and Can
yon road, was granted and a jury
of view was appointed consist
ing of 11. B. Kedfearn, M. O.
Slack, R. W. Bruce, I. W. Mc
Clure and . Moore.
The report of J. W. Sfddard
as road overseer was examined
and approved.
The taxes on Survey No. 121,
in Block No. 2, was corrected
and reduction allowed and cer
tified copy of order ordered to be
sent to state comptroller.
The court appointed the road
overseers for the various pre
cincts as follows:
1. C. M. Meeks.
2. Jesse Pierce.
3. Frank Wurster.
4. I. W. Scott,
Ii. E. M. Cornell.
C. Thad Cobb.
7. J. B. Dick.
K R. E. Fostor.
0. Joe Gamble.
10. M. O. Slack.
11. J. M. Craig.
12. J. K. Nunn.
13. Sam Wiggins.
14. .
15. W. E. Bennett.
10. Charles Atkison.
The officers selected to hold
the school elections in the va
rious precinct are as follows:
District 1. G. C. Wiseman,
John Boulware, James E. Park.
2. J. H. Crawley, J. M. Em
ery, Tom Slack.
3. Louis Salzman, J, R. Skid
more, Eckert.
4. R. W. Bruce, J. M. Craig,
Henry Moore.
f. A. B. Cage, L. A. Pierce,
Easter.
fi. Andy Costly, H. J. Web
ber, J. B. Dick.
7. J. A. Wilson, W. B. Camp
bell, Martin.
h. Peter Meyers, II. F. Frary
and I. W. Scott.
0. James Knox, Wm. McCann
R. II. Cahler.
10. P. C. Buckner, II. James,
Henry Wesley.
11. W.G.Ross, Frank Wurs
ter, Thomas Lester.
12. 0. R. Blankenship, Adam
Walker, John Ladehoff.
13. F. M. Gruner, Irving Ful
ton, John Ileman.
P. D. Casey made a hurried
business trip to Amarillo Tues
day. Judge A. N. Henson is having
another windmill put up on his
place that he may irrigate more
extensively.
THOSE old Suits and
1 Trousers of yours need
cleaning and pressing.
We Know Mow.
Let Us Do It.
CANYON TAILORING GO.
South Side of Square