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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28
Society Items
MIR AND MRS. c. A. PIERCE ~

BY MRS. D. ROBINSON

VIZ. AMI Mrs, 4. =. Ilth't IN
TERRAIN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Pierce
entertained a number Of their
friends on Christmas night. A
beautiful tree was decorated and
loaded with presents for the
little folks and an. excellent pro.
gram Of music, songs and recita-
tons was rendered. At the
close of the progpsn the com
pany repaired Ia the dining
room where delicious cake ana
hot punch We're served. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. +. K.
Haynes, Mr.. and Mrs. Word.
Mr. and Mrs. X. q. Pierce, Mr..
and Mrs. K. b. Haynes, Mrs.
John Wright and Misses Evel n
Word, Gladys Rossen, Helen and
Johnita Wright.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

nephew, Guy Pierce. are spend
ing the holidays with their par
enIs and grandparents in Wax
ahachie, and will be absent sew
eral weeks.
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FOR SHERIFF AND TAX
lNI-I-ElINE

We are authorized 90 announce ".
II. Flynn as a candidate for re-elect-
ion 10 the office of Sheriff and Tan
Collector for Lubbock and attached
Counties, subject 90 the action of the
DEMOCRATIC Primary. In July. 1912.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28
Teachers Institute

Teachers Institute
Saturday morning, December
10th, at nine o'clock, the teach
ers of Lubbock County met at
the high school building in this
city for the annual teachers in
stitute.
The welcome address was de-
livered by p. f. Brown. His
account of the progress of Lub-
book County Schools for the last
twenty years was interesting to
those who are now teaching in
the county and know the stand
ard the schools have now attain
ed.
r. l.. Showalter responded to
the welcome in his usual pleasing
manner. He closed by giving a
dream he had of the institute.
Following this Judge Jno r.
McGee gave a very interesting
and instructive address on the
workings of the mind. These
talks are especially interesting to
teachers who above all, should
have a thorough knowledge of
the science of the mind.
Before adjourning for noon,
the institute organized by elect
ing Jno. K. MCGEE chairman, S.
A. Martin secretary, and a press
reporter. The chairman APP
pointed the following committee
on resolutions: G.. n. Atkinson,
H. =. Webb and K. A. Burgess.
When the secretary completed
his enrolment Of members, he
found he had enrolled eleven
men and twenty-four women. II
seems that IN Lubbock County.
as elsewhere, the men teachers
are greatly in the minority.
Both Saturdays and Mondays
sessions were very interesting
and profitable. Tuesday at noon
X. b. Cousins, president of the
West Texas Normal at Canyon,
arrived and added much to the
interest and instructiveness Of
the progam for Tuesday and
Wednesday. At 1870 Wednes-
day morning he addressed the
teachers and few visitors. He
first outlined the plan of the
West Texas Normal School for
building up the teaching profes-
sion in West Texas. He then
told in a forcible manner some of
the things necessary for a teach
er 10 do 10 be really successful.
He gave much stress to the
thought that a teacher should be-
an important factor in the mental
moral and spiritual uplift of the
community.
Monday evening the Twentieth
Century Club entertained the
teachers and their friends al the
residence Of Mrs. James O'Neal.
The weather was 50 very incle-
ment that few of the teach
srs attended, yet those present !
report a very pleasant evening. {
Every teacher on the program
howed that he had spent much ,
ime in preparation. This 4
, probably where most Of the
enfiet of q teachers institute
ONES from. The preparation he Il
-, male causes him o. e. 81
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

The Avalanche extends 10 the
bereayed ones our heartfelt sym.
uathy.
5. r. Pierce and wife, and
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28
FOR IN ASSESSnR

We are authorized 10 announce J. II.
lHurdD Standefer as candidate for
the office of Tax Assessor of Lubbock
and attached counties, subject 10 the
action of Democratic Primaries of 1912.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

] hereby announce a. a candidate 10
succeed myself as Judge of the 12nd
Judicial District subject 10 the action
of the Democratic Primary July 22ud
1912
W K. SPENCER.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28
TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2S 1917

study that he would probably
not otherwise do. Taken as a
whole, this institute has been
more interesting and profitable
than any institute ever held in
the county. The committee IN
resolutions reported the follow
ing:
Resolved /. That it is the will
of the members of this institute
that they extend to Judge Jno.
K. McGee their sincere thanks
for the able and faithful manner
in which he has discharged his
duties as presiding officer of the
sessions of this body.
2. That they express their
gratitude to the Trustees of the
Lubbock Independent School
District for the use of their
school building during these
meetings.
3. That they, in this manner.
voice their appreciation of the
wise and kindly words of counsel
and wisdom given by the local
pastors, Bros. Arbuckle, Elliott.
and Word.
4, BE 1t further resolved that
the members OF this institute ex.
press ther appreciation of the in
spring address Of Prof. K. b.
Cousins, also that they thank
Mr.. Paschal for his helpful and
practical paper and talks on the
subject Of agriculture.
Press Reporter
RESOLUTION or RESPECT
Whereas since the last meeting
of our County Institute death
has claimed one of the noblest
and best Of our Teachers and
while We greatly miss her from
among US, and still more her in
spring influence, yet we humbly
bow 20 the inevitable.
Therefore be it resolved bv the
Teachers Of Lubbock County In
stitute assembled that we realize
that IN the death OF Mrs. Ruth
r. Hill, the children of the
county have lost a proficient
teacher, the profession true and .
loyal friend, society a worthy
member and the county and
state a noble citizen.
Resolved 2nd. That we. as
teachers, extend 10 the bereaved
family our deepest sympathy and
coincidence in this hour Of sad
ness,
Resolved further that these re-
solutions be published in the Ava
lanche, our county paper and
that a copy of same be sent %
the family.
begin Jnf SSW ! ear right hy
me YOur bIacksmithing.
A. j. Hicks, -sast side square.
25-lt
There is no doubt that the eyes
Of the country are turned Texas
ward and that with the compile
ton Of the Panama Canal all
roads will lead 10 the Gulf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton johnson
eft yesterday for Lubbock
where they will spend the holi-
flaws with his father and mother
Hereford Brand.
Miss Mahony. who has been !
College at Amarillo.
.etuned home Friday 10 spend the :
Holiday vacation with home }
olks.
Begin thskeY Year right by
ringing me ylffr blacksmithing. q
!. j. Hicks. sstt side square. >
25-lt p
o. Likes. of Sweetwater. has
ased the TrenoDt hotel and h
III operate same IN the future. u
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

The Ladies Auxiliary will give
a dance at the Towle building
Monday. January first. Starts
promptly at 500 pm.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

i. S. Rucker is spending the
holidays with his sister in Bal
hnycr this week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

We are authorized 10 announce $. G..
Spikes, as a candidate for the office of
Tax Assessor for Lubbock and adioin-
ing counties. subject 90 the action of
the Democratic primary, iu 1912
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

We are authorized 20 announce the
name of H. X. Porter as candidate
for the office of Tax Assessor. (re-eIec-
tom for Lubbock and attached couu-
ties subject 10 the action of the Demo
cratic Primaries. 1912.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

o. Likes. of Sweetwater. has
leased the Trenont hotel and
sill operate same in the future.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28
To Nix Friends

have bopcht an interest il
the Big 3 Blacksmith Shop anC
will be pleased 10 meet all ms
friends who nerd any work II
our lines.
25-lt A. Il. PHIPPs.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

The Avalanche will place the names
of candidates for the following offices
a. the rates given below This carries
your name up 10 the primaries and
should you hc the successful nominee
year name will appear In the proper
column up to the general election:
District Offices $50. 90
County Offices 81. so
Commissioners $50
Justice of the Peace 500
Congress .... SOB 90
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

Begin ths-keY Year right by
bringing ms. ysfr blacksmithing.
A. j. Hicks, esit side square.
25-lt
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

Miss Mahony. who has been
attending College at Amarillo
retuned home Friday 10 spend the
holiday vacation with home
folks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

Begin the New Year right by
bringing me YOur blacksmithing.
A. j. Hicks, sast side square.
-. IL
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

There is no doubt that the eyes
OF the country are turned Texas
ward and that with the connie
ton Of the Panama Canal all
roads will lead % the Gulf.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-28

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Johnson
left yesterday for Lubbock
where they will spend the holi-
DAYS with his fatheran mother.
Hereford Brand
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Governors of Western and North
western states, officers of the Panama
Pacific exposition and members OF
congress-. headed by former Governor
James Fl. Brady of Idaho. will. make a
4,OOO.mile tour through the. East this
fall as :, part of a comprehensive plan
to bring people who must move to
the west and northwestern part Of
their own country in preference to
going into Canada or the Far South
to seek homes and investments. This
tour will. be made. on a special train,
which will not only carry half a dozen
or more Western governors, but -four
or five exhibit r to show" the
people OF the East the products of the
Western and Northwestern states; re-
sources Of their soil. rivers. lakes,
mines, forests and factories.
The Standard OH company Of New
Jersey. the corporation which has
been the storm center of antitrust
agitation throughout the country for
years. has passed out OF existence a
far as its present form and functions
are concerned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08

EZ4.-A EHMEEE
Chicago" said Lady Cook, land I am
convinced I can do more good in re-
forming the young people than in
spending money trying to get votes
for women the world over"
Representative Charles D. Carter
Of Oklahoma created a sensation in
the heart of the smart shopping cen
ter at Washington by assaulting four
clerks, one of whom he alleged in.
suited his eighteen-year-old daughter,
Miss Italy Carter, who was with her
father on a shopping expedition.
Thomas ]. O'Brien, for four years
American ambassador to Japan, sailed
from Yokohama on board the steamer
Shinyo Maru to take up his new du-
ties as. ambassador to Italy. The
departing ambassador was given an
unprecedented sendoff at Toxic.
Colonel John j. McCook, the young
est of the famous fighting McCooks"
of the Civil war, is seriously i'll of
heart disease at his summer home at
Rumsin, N. j. Colonel McCook. who
is a New York lawyer, is about sixty
five years old.
Justice Chesebrough has issued q
warrant for General Harrison Gray
Otis. editor of the Los Angeles Times.
charging him with publishing obscene
articles in that newspaper.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., on the wit
ness stand at Chesterfield, Va, where
he is being tried for the murder of his
wife, categorically denied that he took
part in or knew anything Of his cous'
ms purchase of the shotgun with
which the witness wife was killed.
The witness likewise fatty contra.
dicted almost the entire testimony OF
his cousin, particularly with regard to
the alleged confession in which Henry
is supposed to have said to Paul, Il
wish l hadn't done it,"
Miss Catherine Van Wyck, nineteen
years old, a niece of former Mayor
Robert A. Van Wyck of New York
city and Of Supreme Court Justice
Augustus Van Wyck, was shot and
killed at Quogue, N. Y, by William A.
Childs, Jr the son of a retired dealer
in electrical supplies. After killing
the young woman Childs shot and
killed himself.
Lucius A. Stevely, who was known
as a good fellow" around Chicago
cafes, is under arrest at Dubuque, Ia,
on a charge of embezzlement preferred
by the Patent Vulcanite Roofing com.
pany of Chicago, Of which he was
cashier. His employers allege that an
examination of his books shows a
shortage of $4,000.
The eight-year-old stepson of Mrs.
Paul Anderson is dead, his father is
shot and Mrs. Anderson is suffering
from a flesh wound inflicted by a re-
volver bullet. Mrs. Anderson is in
Jail at Audubon, Ia, near where the
tragedy occurred, charged with killing
the boy and attempting the life of her
husband.
The jury in the case of Paul Geidel,
the seventeen-year-old bellboy charged
with the murder Of William H. Jack.
son in the %Iroquois hotel at New York
on July rs, returned a verdict of muir.
der in the second degree. The pun
ishment is twenty years to life i'm
%prisonment.
Three robbers held up the south
bound Oregon express on the South
ern Pacific railroad a mile and a half
north of Lamoine, Cal. They blew
open both safes in the express car,
rif1ed them and escaped.
A tong war which has been threat.
ened for some time broke out in Chi.
cago's Chinatown and as a result Lee
Zip Wing, a merchant, is dead and
Moy Dong Tong, a laundryman, is in
a critical condition.
Horace Gribble, a white farmer, was
killed in Il battle between whites and
negroes near Caddo, Okla.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
sLAsnEs DEPUTY WARDEN
Convict Subdued After Fight in
Prison.

While being reprimanded at the
state prison at Bismarck by Deputy
Warden Gray a negro convict named
Simpson, from Cass county, serving
a twenty-year sentence on the charge
OF murder, pulled out a raZor-edged
knife which he had concealed in his
clothes and slashel the deputy repeat
eddy on the arm.
Guard Mason, who was with the
deputy, grappled with the nan and re.
ceived a deep cash under the arm.
Another guard, Thomas, saw that
something was wrong and ran to the
rescue. The negro held them at bay
for a moment. until the deputy picked
up a long club and forced him to drop
the weapon.
The clothing OF. the officers was
slashed to ribbons and it was neces.
sary to take several stitches in the
wounds of Deputies Gray and Mason.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
ALL WILL HAVE A CHANCE
Baptist Ministers Invited to "speak
Their Minds" at c~oncIave.

Baptist Ministers Invited to "speak
Their Minds" at c~oncIave.
Every Baptist church, in the state
will be represented at the annual
North Dakota Baptist convention,
which will be held in Grafton Sept. 10
to %.
One; of the features Of this years
program is the fact that a place has
been made. for every Baptist minister
of the state who feels that he has
any problem that would be Of inter.
est to the general body.
In conjunction with the general con.
vention the North Dakota Baptist Min
isterial union will also meet. Among
the speakers at the ministerial union
sessions will be Rev. F. w. Walker
Pugh Of Grand Forks; Rev. l.. l..
Mann of Lisbon; Rev. H. A. Buell. of
L~idgerwood; DR.. D. D. Proper of Oma-
-ha, Neb.;; Rev. C. E. Hemans of Grand
Forks and A..E. Peterson of Fargo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

William Loeb, Jr.., collector of the
port of New York, has announced that
an American art connoisseur now in
Europe is under surveillance by for
eign agents of the United States gov
eminent, cooperating with the French
government, in the search for the pic
ture, Mona Lisa" Leonardo da Vim
cts masterpiece, which disappeared
from the Louvre in Paris recently.
In a one.sided contest at Chicago
Frank Gotch, worlds champion catch
as-catch-can wrestler, successfully de-
Tended his title, consuming less than
twenty minutes of time in twice
throwing George Hackenschmidt. the
Russian Lion.
With its crew of more than 700
men standing at attention the battle.
ship Utah, one Of the most powerful
dreadnoughts aaoat, was placed in
commission at the Philadelphia navy
yard. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
SITE IS CHOSEN
jamestown Prepares to Utilize Be.
quest Of Minneapolis Man.

jamestown Prepares to Utilize Be.
quest Of Minneapolis Man.
The contract for a site for the new
Alfred Dickey library, willed to the
city of jamestown by the late Alfred
E. Dickey Of Minneapolis, was signed
by the library board and DR.. R. G. De-
puy, owner of the property, at a meet
ing of the board. The city council
has agreed to make a levy to pay the
$4,000 for the site.
The site is opposite the South Side
school building and nearly opposite the
high school. 1t is in the same block
with the armory, now in course of con.
s%truction, and within a block of the
location selected for the new post
ONCE.
The will of Mr.. Dickey provides $780,
900 for the new building, $4,000 as
an endowment for maintenance and
$4,000 for the support of the reading
room 1t is expected the money will
be available in the winter and arrange.
ments are being made by the library
board to have the plans drawn and
contracts let ready for actual work as
early as weather conditions will per-
NIT next spring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
PLANS FOR lBSEN MEMORIAL
Leading Norwegians Will Speak at
Wahpeton celebration.

Arrangements for the Ibsen memo
rial celebration which vii! be he'd in
Wahpeton Sept. 2G, the first day Of
the Richland county fair, are progress
ing. A bronze bust of Henrik Ibsen,
the great Norwegian dramatist and
poet. has been ordered and the ar
rangements in connection with the un-
yelling are in charge of DR.. II. o.
Fjelde of A~bercrombie.
One of the principal Norwegian
speakers will he the secretary of the
Norwegian Society of America, Waldo
mar Ager of Eau Claire, Wis.,, the
Norwegian-American poet. The a g
writer for Telelaget, Torkel Oftedie.
also will say a few words. Professor
Julius E. Johnson of the Wisconsin
state university has been invited to
make an address. Sigrud Ibsen of
Christiania, Norway, son Of the great
poet, also has been invited to be pres
ent. Professor Bjarne Svanoe of De-
corah. Ia, is to deliver two lectures
about the land of the Midnight Sun,
which he will illustrate with moving
nictureS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
LABOR NEWS.


President Markham Of the Illinois
Central railroad ended hopes Of an
Immediate settlement of the labor diff
ficulties of the road by directing a let,
ter to w. +. Kramer, secretary Of the
Blacksmiths' International union. re
fusing to meet the representatives Of
the federated shop employees as had
been requested.
Although Julius K~ruttschnitt. vice
president Of the Union Pacific. has as
serted that the Federation Of Shop
Employees positively will not be rec
.ognized by the Hartman system. Err.
nest u. Reguin, president OF the fed
.sratiuh,ats confident that the demands
Of the shop employees VIII b gtanted.
gla \ y k.a,sy3s go sMg sS8sf s. ~. tsas;S
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

John Ellerton Lodge; son Of Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, was married
at Boston to Miss Mary Catherine
Connolly. The wedding, the culmfna-
ton of an attachment formed when
Miss Connolly acted as nurse for the
senator's son during his illness in a
Boston hospital, was witnessed by
Senator Lodge and Representative A.
p. Gardner, his son-in-law, and their
families.
David Jayne Hill, the retiring Amer
lean ambassador to Germany, on the
v of his departure from Berlin, has
broken silence with regard to his res
ignation, which vas accepted by Pres.
ident Taft last April. The ambassa-
dor gave out a statement intimating
that there had been a deliberate in
trigue to discredit him and misrepre.
sent the reasons for his resignation.
Addressing the members of the
American Bar association at Boston
President Taft urged the lawyers to
take up the work of reform in judi
cial procedure, denounced the recall
as applied to the judiciary and urged
the adoption of the arbitration treat
les negotiated with France and Great
Britain.
Lady Cook, famous English suffra.
gette, announced at Chicago that she
had abandoned her campaign of votes
for women to enter on a crusade for
the uplift of young men and women of
the Windy City. I'have made a per-
sonal investigation Of conditions in
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
THE DEATH RECORD.

News has been received at New
York of the death of Peter B. Swee-
ney, known as Peter Brains" Swee-
ney, because he was credited with
possessing the brains. of the Boss"
Tweed ring of politicians which con-
trolled New York in the late sixties
and early seventies. He died at Lake
,Mohapec, NJ Y, at the age of eighty
six, having received fatal injuries by
slipping and falling on q stairway.
Bartlett Richards, n of the great
est cattle barons in the country and
former president Of the American Cat
tie Raisers' association, is dead at
Hastings, Neb. Richards a serving
a sentence of n year as a govern
ment prisoner for completely in land
frauds, but when he became i'll was
removed from the Jail to a hospital.
Stephen Froesil died in a hospital
at Oklahoma City, Okla, as a result
of hemorrhage started by %sneezing
He began to sneeze Aug. "a and at the
same time his nose began to bleed.
Physicians could not check the bleed
ing and death resulted from loss of
blood. ....
Former United States Senator Roger
@. Mills is dead at C%orsicana, Tex.
Senator Mills was the author of the
1883 customs bill known as the Mills
tariff and for many years a leading
member of congress.
Major General Grierson, eighty-tive
years OK age. is dead at his summer
home at ,Omena, Mich. His death
leaves. but two of the major generals
of the War of the Rebellion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
THIRTY THOUSAND ARE DEAD
Superstition Aids in Spread Of Cholera
In Italy.

Chiasso, Switzerland, Sept. 6.-Since
the beginning of the present year the
total number of deaths from cholera
in Italy has passed the 10000 mark.
Error and superstition are causing
outbreaks of violence among the in
habitants who consider the authori-
ties responsible for the scourge.
Health measures are opposed by the
people who think that the measures
have been put into effect for the pur-
pose of spreading the infection, firm
ly believing that it is the desire of
the authorities to kill, through poison,
a large number of the people and in
that way get rid of the poor.