The Hood County Tablet from Granbury, Texas • Page 1

nn let ood Goimty lie SI VOL. XIX GRANBURY, TEXASTHURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1939 NO. 51 Historical Facts ii Fort Worth Man Had Close Call Early Monday Morning Ex-Presidents Honor Secretary Firms and Individuals Who Have Contributed to Square Mrs. A.

R. Jarrett Dies at Home Here Pertainint to ood County JJ By Thomas T. Ewell Written in 1S5 Earl Cassidy, Sr. of Ft. Worth When the members of the narrowly escayed serious injur Chapter VIII Pioneers (Cont Night Attack on the Caddos ies early Monday morning when his gasoline truck overturned three mile9 west of Cresson on highway No.

0. A tire blew out and the truck Mrs. A. R. Jarrett, wife of A.

R. Jarrett. died at her home in Granbury, Tuesday, June 20, at 7:20 a. m. Mrs.

Jarrett was taken ill on Sunday. June 11, and rushed to Cook Memorial Hospital in Fort Worth, where she remained for a few days, improving so much that she returned home. On Thursday she became quite ill A man Darned Lavender, on Buck Creek, reported among the whites that he had been deliberately shot at by Caddo Indians camped on Sunday creek, and so arroused the whites that John Middleton of "Middleton Point" organized and led an assaulting loaded with 1C00 gallons of gas oline caught tire and exploded Chamber of Commerce met with the membersof the City Council and the Commissioners' Court they made them the proposition that they would pay one-third of the cost of paving the square if they would pay the rest. Now the square is paved, and the Chamber of Commerce owes approximately $300.00 of their third. An effort is being waged to raise the remainder of their guarantee.

The following is a Mr. Cassidy kicked a window out and had only gotten about fifty feet away when the truck and contents went up in flames. again and aiyf her children were called home. Base Ball News Mrs. Jarrett was born in Oco I II I it jf fi i II- I -fn rf 2 I lv i I III 'r-CSfefl 1 I i I I r- T' 'si party against the camp of the Caddos, but before bringing on the attack, a parley was had and upcn the Indians denying the charge of having fired ou Lavender, it was agreed that they (the Indians) should remove their JseAtlamer peace, which "stipulation they list of individuals and firms who have contributed to the Equare nee county, South Carolina, on 1 IRfil Woo -i iv bo cuuvdicu al paving: $15 00 For the first time this summer the Sand Flat baseball team wen t.

-daw aiOrdfif eacfcftt the-fewa of the Granbury Fire Department Sunday afternoon on the borne lot. When the last man was out the score stood 5 for Granbury and 2 for Sand Flat. Following is the lineup and de with by moving to tbe a. k. jarrett on Aug.

12, 1879. To this union were born nine children, all of whom are living. The family lived in Georgia until 1891, when they moved to Bennett Kennon 25.00 J. A. 10.00 B.

H. 10.00 L. D. 25.00 Cocoa Cola (Happy) 25.00 Earl Porter 10.00 vicinity of Golconda. Meanwhile Garland having organized his post at Stephenville soon got up on the trail of the departing Indians, and not beine advised of Texas, settling at Acton.

Later moving to West Texas, then to velopments of the game: J. D. Sargent 5.00 1 Granbury in 1906, J.E.Butler 5.00have resided ever where they since. Mrs. Granbury A.B.

Runs Hits the foregoing stipulations, and findiDg remnants of female ap pare), with perhaps other evidences along the trail from which they concluded that the Indians had committed murder and other V. Andrews, 2b. .5 Tidwell, c.f 5 Sargent, c. 4 B. Cherry, s.s 3 Terrell, l.f.

2 Shaw, lb ...5 If Bandy Hatchery 10.00 E. P. Crook 15 00 BertM. Davenport 50.00 M. C.

10 00 D. J. Jackson 10.00 J. A. Cruce 10.00 Milwaukee Bottling 10.00 A.

C. Ward 10.00 Sam P. Harhen. who has rounded out Ihirlv-one vears as strrplarv I 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 Jarrett is survived by her bus- -band and the following sons and daughters: Robert and Clifton, Canyon, Texas; A.R., Jr. (Duflt) and Warren, Temple.

and Devereaux, Lubbock; Mrs.X). Hervey, Greenville; Mrs. Calvin Tapp, Cleburne; Mrs. Cecil Stokes. Temple, and Mrs.

A. L. Mitchell, Granbury. Also depredations against white worn en, their camp being located, the night assault was planned, re of the IVxas Press Association, was (he recipient of a beautiful scroll, presented to him on the occasion of the recent meeting of the Texas Press Association at Lubbock. The scroll was inscribed and presented by living ex-presidents commending him upon his success in building up Tivnc Pi-qss Asso J.

E. Hale 5.00 J. T. Hopper 25.00 Moore, 3b ..5 Eddy. r.

Ator, p- 5 38 Sand Flat Mason, s.s 3 Protracted Meeting Church of Christ This meeting (o begin at the New Laundry and Dry Cleaning Opens M. Britt, of Fort Worth. Has 0 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 14 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 suiting in the killing of all the Indians in the camp, save perhaps two squaws and as many children. John Stephens of the attacking party was also killed. Subsequent investigation seems to habe fully exonerated the Indians from the crimes imputed H.

H. Sargent 25.00 Ruth Wilson 5.00 Dr. Walthall .00 Hunter Shaw .0 00 one sister and two brothers and several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She was a loyal and devoted member of the Presbvterian opened a modern dry cleaning Church of Christ in Granbury on Granbury Fire Dept 2500 W. H.

Cherry 25.00 A. B. Crawford 25.00 plant in the Green building just Sunday, June 25, and will close across from the Doyle Wednesday, 5. Kev. Wesley Mr.

Britt was reared in Hood Mickey, of Fort Worth, will do 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 County and has many relatives the preaching and R. M. Row and friends here who welcome land, of Tolar, will be in charge Church from girlhood. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Granbury at 3 p. m.

Wednesday, with Rev. W. R. Hall, of CorBicana, who is a nephew of Mrs. Jarrett, saying the service, assisted by 5 F.

Rogers, 3 Roden, 2b 3 Hill, lb 4 White, cf ...2 Hunt, cf 3 Thompson, rf 2 0. Rogers, Patton, If 6 Stringer, 4 38 Fred Cleveland 25.00 Lamkin Bn 25.00 Mrs. Virginia Mitchell 5.00 J. M. Clark 10.00 him back.

His seventeen years' of the song service. The serv experience in the laundry and -ices will be held daily, 10 a m. to them, but it is quite probable that feelings of hostili. had gradually been growing up for some time between some of the wh settlers who had suffered deprt upon their tock and the Caddo9, which required but slight circumstances aaded as fuel to that fire which brought forth such futy upon the almost and 8:15 p. m.

Ten days of services, to which everyone is cordially invited. dry cleaning business and his modern and up to date equipment assure the public of quality work at moderate prices. Lance Clapp 10 00 Dorothy Fitzhugh 2.50 Chevis Cleveland 5.00 J. L. Lary 25.00 Rev.

Thomas, of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Cowan, of the Baptist Church, and Rev.McCord of the Methodist Church, all of Death of Former Joe Enoch 15.00 Charley Summers 10.00 Pres Williams 25.00 J. R. Myrick Funeral Sends Delegates to Homemakers Conference Denton, June 19. Attending Granbury Resident Mrs.

J. M. Boswell, a former H. Davis 10 00 T-ti WT 111 IaUO'MMIMII xJ J. R.

Myrick, of Tulsa, died in a hospital in that city. vui.JackfjaBkey 10 0() resident of Granbury, died at her home in Dallas, June 14th fiue at xexas estate reacners It defenseless Caddos, while peacefully sleeping on that fatal night. The revengeful spirit of the In dian was now aroused through oat the Caddo tribe, the war paint put on, murder, rapine and consternation carried into the white settlements indiscriminat-ly. Iu the retrograde movement Garland settled on Stroud creek Granbury. Pall bearers were her grandsons: Alvin and JiV Jarrett, of Temple, Ramfk Mitchell, Granbury; Calvin Tapp, of Cleburne: Dick, Jarrett and John Warren Hervey, Greenville; Pat Jarrett and Billie Stokes, Temple, Okla.

Herbert Morgan led the choir a singing the favorite songs nf Interment was in Dallas. The Boswells were in the Raddlery and harness business in Granbu June 19, after several weeks' illness. Mr. Myrick was a former resident of Granbury, leav ing here several years ago, and has resided in Oklahoma since. He was born in Glen Rose 5fi years ago.

For the past nine C. M. Duncan 25.00 H. Waldrup 10.00 Roy Stone 10.00 Durham Cheyrolet 25.00 C. Schultz 10.00 Sam Hambright 10.00 R.

D. Tompkins 25 00 ry several years ago. College for Women last Thursday throughout Saturday were four representatives from Tolar High School and one from Lipan High School. Mrs, Coke Turner, sponsor; Betty Jean Pierce, Christine Rozoll and Jean Wood ard, of Tolar, and Mrs. Mauda Metzinger.

sponsor, of Linan. about a mile above Thorp Spring Trench Silos years he has been connected the J. Landers 25 04. and seems always to have been a darinc tiarhter and bittpr top. of police department of Tulsa.

Woman's Wednesday Club. 10.00 Mr. Myrick is survived by his TVe Indians, inspired by-a deep-I Ued hatred of the race. He Uea Mrs. Jarrett; also read "Crossing the Bar." W7ood Owen's quartette sang.

Interrrrnt was in Granbury cemetery, with Estes Funeral Home in charge. This conference is held each wife and two ons, Orveyelle Tulsa, and L. Santa Pe engaged in other tights and em 'as pursuit Silos should be considered a substitute for green pastures. It has about the same value in the ration of a dairy cow or beef animal as does green pasture, but no greater value unless there is some grain on the feed stuff made into silage. A silo makes it possible to have its of them, one of which N.

M. The family were accom panied to Granbury by the fol lowiDg friends: Sargeant Dunn rmane to my text, occurred Frank Stout 25.00 John Searcy 10.00 Harry Coulston 5 00 PatSligar 5.00 Chas. Durant 5 00 George Tarrant 25 00 Carl Roe 5 00 Jake Green 25 00 P. H. Thrash 10 00 year at TbCW as a supplement to the State convention of Future Homemakers in the Spring Approximately 200 club mem bers and sponsors from North and East Texas attended, accord Please turn to kt page I of the police department; Mr.

Granbury Circuit Because the pastor will be en Miller, James Jackson and Mr. CKIE SAYS Schwartz, all of Tulsa. ing-to Dr. Clara Tucker, chairman. The program included green feed when it is too dry or too cold to have a green pasture, Funeral services were held in I.

G. Porter 15 00 gaged in a meeting at Cresson, he has invited a visiting minis UEAVIt4' 14AMP BIUS SHEETS or too wet to use the pasture. A Tulsa and at the grave Sargeant silo should also be considered a panel discussions, short skits presented by delegates, committee sessions, recreation hours and a broadcast over WFAA. Dunn conducted the services. ITT Albert Porter 25 00 Harry 2 50 Nehi Bottling Co 10 00 A.

T. Keith 25 00 C. H. 10.00 Herry Zweifel "5 00 container in which to store a surplus of feed to use when the drouthy year comes. AT rOLKSES DDOR-S IS JEST WU7HM' ELSEWILP CIRCULATlOrJ IS WHAT YOU GT cs.es runerai ttome was in charge of the services here.

Interment was in the Acton ceme ter to preach at Acton Methodist church at the 11 o'clock hour. There will be no preaching at Acton on Sunday night. Cherry Returns A trench furnishes the cheap Aikens to California tery. Bowen Motor Coaches 50.00 est form of a silo from the standpoint of cash expenditure. Other Mr.

and Mrs. V. R. Aiken and John R. Black ...100.00 A Welcome Rain advantages of a trench silo are: V.

Jr. left Wednesday morn-ing for Bellflower, for a two months visit. it may be constructed in a short Attended Pastor's School The Hood County farmers had time; it is less expensive to fill Harley Cherry returned from H8rlingen on Monday. He reports that his daughter, Beverly, is recovering from an attack of measles. something to smile about Monday morning, when they arose than an above-ground silo; it is wind proof, fire proof; silage may Mr.

and Mrs. John A. Brock and daughter are guests in the be placed and- packed convem and discovered that it had rained almost two and a half inches during the night. Corn and pas- George Jones home. Mr.

and ently; silage may be removed easily; and water can be applied Rev. B. L. McCord has returned from Georgetown where he attended a Pastor's school. This ii Mr.

McCord's 14th consecutive year to attend this school. Rev. Brous Here Sunday Supt. Bon(J Here Sunday District Supt. Rev.

J. M. Bond tares were beginning to suffer Mrs. Jones and Mr. and Mrs.

Brock are moving to Odessa, where they have a and the Sunday night rain ma terially benefited the farmers of to the silage easily. A trench silo may be filled with bundles. C. Munch, County Agt. of Weatherford will preach at grocery business.

the Methodist Church Sunday the county. Rev. Hugh Brous will fill his evening at 8 o'clock. A large at- regular appointment at the First Jack Stroud, wife and baby, of tendance ia requested. Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Porter, of Everman, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Jesse Ca'i Christian Church Sunday morn-ing.

There will be no evening Gate8ville, Bf-ent Sunday in the Reports from the hospital in ForJ Worth are that Mary Han-naford ii improving. Joseph H. H. Bryan home. J.

L. Lary is in the St. Infirmary in Fort Worth. lahan, and family, service. rv.