Montague Co., TX - Newspapers - The Bowie Blade: July 26, 1901 ****************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Anita Emberlin USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************** The Bowie Blade Bowie, Montague Co., Texas Friday, July 26, 1901 DYKE CLARK Badly Wounded DYKE CLARK, son of J. R. CLARK, the liveryman, was shot and seriously wounded while attending to his duties as barkeeper at the Senate Saloon last Saturday by a stranger who gave his name as WILLIAM FERGUSON of Pennsylvania. Ferguson was seated at one of the tables in the back of the house and the ball from a 38 caliber revolver passed through the lattice work which separates that part from the bar and entered Mr. Clark’s abdomen. It was removed by Dr. Elder. The wounded man was carried to his home on Tarrant Street where he is improving. Ferguson was under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by Marshal PRICE CHANDLER and when searched, a full kit of safecracker tools were found. He is about 35 years, short, heavy set, dark hair and mustache, and blue gray eyes. PAT THOMPKINS, an old and respected resident of Montague County, one time county judge, died at his home in Montague, Sunday, July 21, age 60 years and was buried the following day. Mr. Thompkins kept the JARRETT House and later the Cottage House and was well known to the people of Bowie. He moved to Montague this spring and was conducting the Howard House. A wife, several daughters and a son survive him. Queen’s Peak JIM SMITH, WALTER and OLIVER MCNATT were at Fort Worth to register Local Items D. M. SMITH of Montague was here. H. H. WALKER of Belcherville was here. B. L. HATCHER had business at Jacksboro. Eight year old whiskey for medical use at the Senate Saloon. Rev. U. C. HOWARD closed a successful meeting at Stoneburg MISSES SALLIE and ETTA BALL are visiting friends at Gainesville. S. R MERRICK has the only slot machine in town. MISS CLARA MCKAY of San Marcos is the guest of MISS MARY AYRES. HERBERT SEITZ, A. E. THOMAS and DR. P. F. BROWN registered for claims in the new country at El Reno. MISS BIRDIE HERALD is visiting relatives at Vandalia, Missouri. MISS LIZZIE HATCHER is visiting in Fort Worth. Rev. A. C. GARRETT of Dallas preached an interesting sermon at the opera house. He is one of the leading Episcopal ministers of the state, founder of St. Mary’s College at Dallas. MISS DAISY COLLUM / GOLLOM(?) of Nocona is the guest of MRS. T. PHILLIPS. MRS. S.A. LESTER and children returned from Lewisville, Arkansas. MISSES MAUD and MARY BELLE MCKIBBEN, who were visiting here, returned home to Vernon. Notice from T. N. AUSTIN of Ringgold that he will not pay any debts that his wife MRS. MATTIE AUSTIN might make, as she has abandoned him. MISSES KATE and ANNINE STRIPLING of Fort Worth are guest of MRS. W. V. BAILEY. The Bowie Pelliams grand reunion will be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 22 to 24. PERRY W. HUBER(?) makes a specialty of paperhanging and painting. S. MELVIN, formerly of Nocona, has leased the Hotel Richards at Roswell, New Mexico and J. W. HELM, also of Nocona, has accepted a position as bookkeeper for a merchandise firm at Cloudcroft. HARRY BASKIN of the Seymour News force, age 28, was drowned while bathing in Elm Creek last week. The Work of Robbers J. R. WELLS, who lately came from Wood County, reports that he was held up Sunday afternoon and robbed. He said he left Saint Jo Sunday to walk out to Postoak Prairie where his wife is visiting with relatives and when he was about four miles from town, he came to where two young men were sitting in the shade of a tree by the roadside. They had a Winchester and a quart bottle about 2/3 full of whiskey and seemed to be intoxicated. They hailed him and asked where he was from, where he was going, etc., and asked if he had any money. He replied a nickel or two. One drew the gun on him and told him to go into a thicket where they rifled his pockets, ripped his pans and cut his shirt in small strips. Then they took back to the road and bade him to proceed on his way. Mr. Wells says he has no idea who the men are or why they cut his clothes, but he will know them should he meet them again. From the Saint Jo Tribune. Nocona from The Times JAMES SIKES called and chatted awhile Wednesday. He states that corn in his neighborhood, Red River Station, will make 20 bushels per acre. The Nocona soldier boys, 51 strong, took the east bound Katy for Austin to attend the state encampment. The local company was augmented by boys from Saint Jo and Montague. Capt. T. D. BURTON was in charge. It was a nice sight to witness them in full uniform and tended to stir the patriotism in one’s soul. The Baptist Church re-elected Elder T. F. MEDLIN as pastor for the ensuing year. From Stoneburg A large percent of our people have registered at the El Paso and Lawton land offices. MISS ALICE SIMPSON of the Barrel Springs community is visiting here. Some thoughtless persons egged the postoffice and other houses. Mr. REESE of Whitesboro returned home after visiting his daughter MRS. W. F. MCNEIL. MRS. HUPPE returned from visiting relatives. MR. WRIGHT, who has the CAMPBELL residence rented, will take a few boarders by the week or month. REV. W. M. P. RIPPEY went to Montague to conduct the funeral service of UNCLE PAT THOMPKINS. BED DANDY and wife of Denver visited relatives here. The best of everything cooked to order at J. W. BECKNELL’S restaurant. Commissioner J. F. MCKEE of Denver was here. PROF. I. W. PARRISH of Joy was in town. S. A. SESSIONS has let the contract for a fine residence on his property near the Baptist Church. T. C. PHILLIPS went to Bonham. ALTO KILCREASE and ED FRETWELL have placed pretty barber signs in front of their respective shops. G. W. HALTOM, NEWTON AYRES and party just returned from a fishing trip to Jack County. M. R. SANDERS and family will leave for Waco where MISS MINNIE will enter Baylor University and Mr. SANDERS will accept a position or engage in business. Mr. Sanders has been a resident of Bowie for 18 years and we regret to lose him and his excellent family. Take all your chickens to W. H. BIZZELL and get the highest prices in cash. J. F. ROSS of Myra, Cooke County, who succeeds L. B. CURD / CARD as manager of the Waples Painter Lumber Co., is a young man of good business qualities. L. B. CARD has gone to El Reno to lasso the biggest quarter section in the whole business. He will return next week to be checked out. J. A. DENMAN is in Jacksboro looking after business. Gasoline at W. H. BIZZELLS’S. MISS LONA / LEVA JACKSON of Bellevue passed through Bowie enroute home from Chickasha where she visited friends. CLARENCE WARREN left for Mineola to visit, then MISS MABEL, who is there, will returned home with him. W. H. BAMBERGER has purchased the TOM THOMPSON place of 160 acres at Vashti for $2500. Mr. Bamberger sold a place in Vashit neighborhood sometime ago and he is just coming back home. A.B. HOLMAN wants his old friends and customers to call on him at his new place, corner Mason and Wise Streets. Rev. J. W. BRICE of McGregor will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday. We are informed by WILLIAM PAGE of near Stoneburg, who has been up in the Territory for some time, that here is an organized band of thieves pretending to be land agents stationed all around the allotted lands, who chare exorbitant prices to show a man over the land, then try to sent him against a fake commissioner and get him out of his filing privilege. Capt. ROWLAND, our representative in the legislature, has appointed MISSES MATTIE EWING and ANNA DIXON, both of Spanish Fort, to scholarships in the Sam Houston Normal. Marriage licenses issued to: R. D. STEGALL and MOLLIE RUSSELL A.S. SLAUGHTER and MADGE PERKINS W. N. PACE and MYRTLE ANDERSON S. J. JARMAN and ANNIE TORBETT Sunset from the Signal News Married at the residence of the bride’s parents 5 miles west of Sunset on Monday, July 15, J. B. POSEY and MISS A. M. GEE, Elder A.W. YOUNG officiating. EDGAR BURKHART, the sweet singer of the Holiness Band, came from Bellevue and left with his family for Forestburg. MISS WINNIE DAVIS, late of Vickburg, Mississippi, and HENRY MITCHUM were married at Parks Springs Tuesday evening, July 16. Little PAULINE LONG received a painful inflicted by a dog. Elder HENRY B. JOHNSON of Fort Worth will begin a protracted meeting at the Lake Valley Christian Church. W. B. STEPHENS and family left for Bowie.