The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-03
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS.

tEAA0 AdI dS AC was SS
AND ing across the yard
TEXANS. of the Southern Cold
Storage and Produce
company's plant at Fort Worth Thorn
as Speers, thirty-four years old, who
known from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast among machinists as ''Scotty,"
was shot by T. L. Mccoy, driver for
the company. Speers died in an am
bulance as he was being hurried to
hospital
By the accidental discharge of re-
volver Thomas Oliver, seventy years
of age, residing in the Deport section
of Rcd River county and Confeder-
ate veteran, lost his life. He kept the
weapon wrapped in a horse blanket
in his barn and it dropped and was
discharged.
E. D. Mckay, a telephone ineman,
while at work on pole at Austin was
electrocuted. His body was frightful-
ly burned, ope leg being burned al
most in two. A fire company had to
take down The corpse.
Several carloads of horses and
mules have the past few days been
shipped to eastern ma rkets from Floy.
dada.
Eight miles from Paris the little
boy of L. M. Steel was playing with
some other lads coon" He climbed
tree to represent the COON and the
other lads piled brush around the tree
and set it on fire to smoke him out
The tree was dead timber and easily
caught fire. Overcome by the smoke
young Stell fell in the fire. He was
badly burned about the hnnds, body,
face and feet before his companions
could, exercise sufficient presence of
mind to pull him out.
Miss Hattie Hown of Athens while
stopping with her mother at q Dallas
hotel lost four diamond rings valued
at over 81, 600. In short time they
were found lu vacuum cleaner. She
had the rings in her lap while seated
in the parlor and it is supposed that
when Miss Hown arose they rolled I'M
der another chair and out of sight and
picked up by the cleaner when it
was run over the floor. When found
the rings were not damaged.
AS the result of his automobile col
liding with timbcrs in the Harrisburg
road tunnel on Preston avenue, Hous-
ton. Hugh Hamilton, Jr., assistant
secretary of the Houston Ice and
Brewing company and son of the COM
pany's president. received injuries
soon causing his death. Two com
panions were badly hurt.
Announcement has been made that
the proposed railroad fran San Anto-
INTO to Brownsville will not be built.
Lack of bonuses is the reason given
by the committee who had charge of
the matter.
c. W. Post has purchased me-
chanical cotton picker for his model
farming colony at Post City, Cara
county.
S. E. Cunningham, residing in La
mar county, has silver coin, the size
of an American dollar, coined in 1925
and bearing the stamp of ''Carolus. ;"
He found it in 1868 in Marshall coun-
ty, Tenn, On an old military road
leading from Columbia to Shelby. He
has declined many offers for the coin,
one as high as S25.
On an elaborate scale the Italians
of Waco are preparing to celebrate
Columbus day-Oct. II. 1t is plannedto
have among other features unique
parade. Congressman Henry will de-
liver an Grafton.
A Fort Bliss street car was held up
by lone highwayman as it was re
turning to Ell Paso. No passengers
were on board. From the motorman
So was taken Conductor, who had a
large roll of bills, was not molested.
Coleman high school has now a fine
laboratory,
Texarkana postal savings bank is
in operation.
Material for the Fort Worth and
Cleburne interurban railway line Is
arriving.
Large cattle shipments from state
of Chihuahua. Mex, continue to en-
ter Texas at Ell Paso.
State oil Texas has closed deal for
the DR.. King plantation of $500 acres
adjoining the Ramsey state farm, sew
en- miles northwest OF. Anchor, Bra.
zoria comfy; also the Kennedy home
stead of 200 ceres, adjoining Knox
place. For the former S63. 600 was
paid and S., 800 for the latter.