The encyclopedia of Texas, V.2, Part 25

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau
Number of Pages: 1328

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OL. EDGAR C. HUGHES, capitalist, cattle- man, colonizer and well known independ- ent oil operator, came to Fort Worth from San Antonio in 1905 and has since been a prominent figure in local financial and commercial circles. While primarily a cattle man and still in- tensely interested in ranching and the raising of cattle, Col. Hughes since the development of the North and West Texas oil fields, has also dealt ex- tensively in royalties, operating in the Ranger, Burkburnett, Desdemona and Breckenridge fields.

Col. Hughes also does a brokerage business in ranches and cattle besides being one of the largest individual ranch owners in the state. He owns 185,000 acres of fine ranch land in West and South- west Texas and has an additional 180,000 acres under lease. His cattle herds number approximately 14,000 head.

In addition to his other activities, Col. Hughes has . devoted a great deal of time to the real estate busi- ness and particularly to colonizing large tracts of land in South and Southwest Texas. He built Frione and Bovina in the Panhandle and also the town of LaPryor in Zavalla County. He is now interested in the development of Frio County and has already brought more people to Texas probably than any other one individual operator.

A native of Indiana, Col. Hughes was born in Vigo County, March 2, 1860, a son of S. H. and Elizabeth (McSherley) Hughes. His parents came to Texas in 1873, driving through overland and taking three months and twenty days for the trip. The family settled at San Antonio.

Col. Hughes attended the public schools of his native county and then entered DePaw University, graduating in 1881.

At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he enlisted and was assigned to duty as captain in the 141st Regular Infantry. He was promoted to colonel and with his regiment saw active service at San Juan Hill and later in the Philippines. He was in the service for three years and twenty days.

On March 12, 1894, Col. Hughes was married at Butler, Pennsylvania, to Miss Mary Lee Taylor, daughter of Robt. V. Taylor, well known contractor and oil man and who built the Butler County court house. They have two children, Anna Elizabeth. now Mrs. L. C. Antrin, of New York City, and Harold T. Hughes, who is engaged in the automobile supply business in Fort Worth. The younger Mr. Hughes was the second boy in Tarrant County to enlist in the U. S. Army at the beginning of the war at the age of 17, in the 132nd Artillery, and served in France for seven months, and was in the army for over two years.

Col. Hughes is an enthusiastic booster for Fort Worth and predicts a fifty per cent increase in busi- ness and population for the city in the next ten years. He is deeply interested in civic affairs and is a member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Com- merce and the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. He is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

IL.LIAM TURNER HUMBLE, manager of the Land Mortgage Bank of Texas, Fort Worth National Bank Building, is a native of Chester, England, where he was born October 7, 1858.

The company with which he is connected is an English concern which was established at Bradford,

England, in 1886, and the Fort Worth office is the only one operated by the company in the Unit : States. Mr. Humble has been with the concern about twenty-two years, and prior to coming : . Fort Worth to take charge of the office in the- city he was for two years in charge of the off.( ... in England.

The first office of the company in the United States was opened at Austin about 1886, and wa: moved to Fort Worth in 1895. The company makes a specialty of mortgages and investments, placirg foreign loans on farms, ranches and city propert;

Mr. Humble's parents were natives of England, his father, Wm. T. Humble, being what is called in England "a gentleman farmer, and his son's educa- tion was acquired in the public schools of his country.

In the year 1889 Mr. Humble was married to Miss Helen Brackebush, of Chicago, daughter of a wealthy Chicago coal dealer, the marriage taking place at Sioux City, Iowa. One daughter, Elizabeth M .. graces the home, which is located at "The Rainbow Farm," Benbrook Road.

Although an Englishman, proud of his mother country and her traditions, Mr. Humble is an Amer- ican in every sense of the word. He has always been actively identified with the spirit that is mak- ing Fort Worth one of the greatest cities of the Southwest and believes in Texas and her limitless advantages.

His club life is confined to membership in the Fort Worth Club and the Rivercrest Country Club, and his church affiliation is with the Episcopal faith. M. KUDER, half owner of the Federal Bak- eries, 1203 Elm Street, is a recent addition to the commercial life of Dallas but the vigorous enthusiasm with which he has entered the new field bespeaks for him a career of increasing influence.

The Federal Bakeries, owned jointly by Mr. Kuder and Mr. S. L. Ross, is operated at 1203 Elm Street. Bread, cakes, pies and pastries of all kinds are made and sold and the quality that distinguishes their products from those of the ordinary bakeries is that they are always fresh from the oven. The extensive patronage of the Federal Bakery is built up on the fact that satisfaction in bakery goods is certain to be long remembered and will result in the customers return. More than seven employes are required to operate the shop and store. In spite of the unusually rapid growth which has already been experienced, the management is expecting an even larger increase of business.

Mr. Kuder was born in 1896 in Akron, Ohio, where his father, A. A. Kuder, had been a wholesale butcher for a number of years. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and was graduated with the B. S. degree from the Michigan State Co !- lege in 1919. Following his graduation he was for six months in an officers' training camp for the Coast Artillery at Fort Monroe, Virginia. After being dis- charged, he was for almost a year on the road selling steel goods. On May 1, 1920, he came to Dallas and bought a half interest in the Federal Bakeries.

Mr. Kuder is unmarried and lives at 307 East Sixth Street. During his residence in Dallas Mr. Kuder has taken an active interest in the commer- cial and social organizations of the city. He is a Mason, an Elk, a member of the Hermian Fraternity, Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Chamber of Com- merce. In his church association he is a Presby- terian.

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AMUEL LOMAX HASSELL, JR., is man- ager of one of the most up-to-date retail drug stores in Fort Worth, Texas, handling a full line of drugs and drug sundries, surgical supplies and instruments, chemicals, etc. For the past five years Hassell's Drug Store has handled all drug and surgical supplies for the city and county hospital. The store is located at 504 Main Street, in the heart of the business district and enjoys a patronage second to none. Hassell's Drug Store was established in 1898 by D. C. Weaver from whom it was purchased by S. L. Hassell, Sr., in 1908. Samuel Lomax Hassell, Jr., has been a resident of Fort Worth for a score of years, com- ing to that city from Grandview with his parents in 1900.

Mr. Hassell is a native Texan, his father having come here from Alabama in 1894. He was born in Grandview on June 14, 1896. His mother was Alice Leona Pylant Hassel, born in Huntsville, Texas. For many years his parents engaged in ranching at Grandview, afterwards moving to Fort Worth, where he entered the lumber business and later the drug business, as stated above. On May 16, 1920, Mr. Hassell, Sr., died; leaving a large estate which is being administered by S. L. Hassell, Jr. Samuel Lomax Hassell graduated from the Fort Worth high school in 1916 and entered the University of Texas, law department. However, he was not destined to see his ambition to become a full fledged lawyer realized at that time, for upon the death of his father he answered the call of duty and re- turned to Fort Worth in order to relieve his mother and sister of the responsibility of handling the estate left by his father.

Mr. Hassell was among the first to answer his country's call when the United States became in- volved in the world war. He was in the army forty- four months and served in France for one month less than a year, being with the 6th Division of the Third Field Artillery. Was in action at Meuse, Argonne and the Gendemer section and was at Verdun when the armistice was signed. Although only a few years past his majority, Mr. Hassell's activities, business and social, are many. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Salesmanship Club, secretary of the Tarrant County Drug Association, secretary of the Fort Worth Gun Club and is a popular member of the Meadow Mere Country Club, and a member of the Baptist Church. LBERT H. GROULX is the sole owner and manager of the Hotel Cadillac, 310 South Ervay Street, Dallas. His hotel is a large, 50-room establishment, with 25 baths and located in the very heart of the business district, within a stone's throw of the post office, the leading department stores, and the principal theatres. It is tastefully and attractively furnished and modernly equipped, with hot and cold water in all rooms, and other features for the comfort of the guests.

Mr. Groulx purchased the Cadillac in 1912, and his previous successful experience in the hotel busi- ness, together with his friendly personality, spelled success from the start.

Born at Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, October 29, 1870, Mr. Groulx was educated in the public schools at Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He came to Texas from his native state, in 1895, and opened the Akard Hotel in Dallas, in 1908. He sold

this and purchased the Cadillac four years later.

He was married to Miss Mary Hinkle, of Kansas, in Dallas, in 1898, and the couple have one child, Evelyn, a charming little miss of six years. The family home is at 1120 Bullard Avenue.

Mr. Groulx is a conservative investor, with ex- tensive business property holdings on Commerce Street. He is also a stockholder in the Central State Bank of Dallas.

REDERICK M. KLEBER, president of the Kleber Baking Company, Incorporated, wholesale baking establishment at 311-313 North Akard Street, has built up a stupend- ous business, the success of which is based on forty years of experience.

The Kleber Baking Company was first established by Mr. Kleber's father, P. H. Kleber, in 1876. At present it is one of the largest wholesale bakeries in the city, turning out from 10,000 to 20,000 loaves of bread a day and equipped with all of the latest inventions in the way of baking machinery that in- sure efficiency, cleanliness and a high grade product. This company was the first in the city to install baking machinery and the first in the entire state to use moulding, wrapping, rounder up and dividing machinery. The building in which the bakery is lo- cated was built by P. H. Kleber, F. M. Kleber and William P. Kleber in 1904 on their own land, and consists of a two-story structure, 50x100 feet, and a second building one-story in height which is 50x85 feet. The plant has a floor space of 20,000 square feet, and employs thirty persons to carry on trade, which includes all territory within a radius of two hundred miles of Dallas. Mr. Kleber has as part of his equipment a good sized fleet of trucks which are kept on the road constantly attending to city and country deliveries.

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, on October 15, 1869, Mr. Kleber early moved with his parents, P. H. and Eliza Brayton Kleber, to Texas, and settled in Dal- las, then a thriving town. His mother was a native of Holland, and his father was one of the pioneer bakers of the state, and also took an active interest in civic affairs. He was educated in the public schools of Dallas, but left school at the age of twelve years to assist in the baking business with his father. In 1884 circumstances took the family to Denison, Texas, but they returned to Dallas in 1891 and re- established the original bakery, when Mr. Kleber became a partner of the concern. In 1912 the firm was incorporated and he became its president.

During the last few years the business has made a very decided leap forward, which Mr. Kleber at- tributes to the fact that the war was instrumental in educating people to the use of bread as a nourish- ing food. The Kleber Bakery conducts $400,000 worth of business per year and is still on the in- crease.

Mr. Kleber's marriage to Miss Abbie Marston Green, daughter of George Green, of Dallas, a na- tive of England, was celebrated on the 11th of Feb- ruary, 1899, in this city. Their children are Frances Adele, who has finished high school, Amelia, F. M., Jr., George Philips and John Preston, all of whom are now attending school. The Kleber home is at 2421 McKiney Avenue.

Mr. Kleber is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Hella Temple Shriner, and an Odd Fellow. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

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ARRY T. THORNBERRY, well known and popular. business man, proprietor of the Miller Drug Store, Eighth and Ohio Streets, one of the leading drug stores of Wichita Falls, came to this city in 1909 from Thornberry, Texas, and for eleven years has been an active figure in retail circles of Wichita Falls. For two years after coming here he was employed in the store, which at that time was owned and operated by Dr. R. L. Miller, and in 1911, with his associate, G. W. Shaw, purchased the business and since then has met with splendid success in the conduct of his own establishment. In 1915 Mr. Thornberry pur- chased his partner's interest. The store employs twelve people and occupies a space twenty-five by fifty-seven feet on one of the best down-town loca- tions. A complete line of drugs and sundries are found in the Miller store and also an extensive line of Johnson's, Norris' and Hughes' candies, high grade domestic and imported perfumes and toilet waters, cigars, tobaccos, etc. A well equipped, modern soda fountain caters to a large clientele and the store is one of the popular places of down- town Wichita.

Mr. Thornberry was born November 19, 1885, at Thornberry, Texas, a town named for his father who for many years conducted a large ranch there and who now lives in California. His parents were A. L. and C. A. (Thompson) Thornberry, promi- nent residents of that section for a number of years.

Educated in the public schools of his home town, Mr. Thornberry later attended the pharmacy depart- ment of Fort Worth University, graduating there in the class of 1909 with Ph. G. degree. He imme- diately entered the drug business and became asso- ciated with Dr. Miller, later taking over his store.

In 1913 Mr. Thornberry was married at Amarillo to Miss Edith Welshimer, member of a well known West Texas family. They have one son, Harry Fred Thornberry.

Mr. Thornberry is a great booster for Wichita Falls and expects the development and prosperity incident to the oil development in North Texas to continue indefinitely. He is deeply interested in civic affairs and ever ready to lend assistance to any movement for the betterment or upbuilding of Wichita Falls. Since coming to Wichita Falls Mr. Thornberry has invested extensively in real estate and has erected several houses. He is a 32d degree Mason, a member of Maskat Temple Shrine and Blue Lodge No. 1105, of this city, and also a mem -. ber of the Wichita Golf Club and Chamber of Com- merce.

ILLIAM S. ELLIS, owner of the Ellis Drug Company, 1920 Tenth Street at the corner of Van Buren, one of the best equipped, modern drug store establishments in Wichita Falls. Situated in the center of Wichita Falls' fine residential section, the Ellis store caters to an exceptionally high class trade and carries at all times a complete line of high grade drugs and sundries, toilet articles, candies and cigars and the business, which was established in May, 1920, has continued to expand and now is known as one of the best stores in the city.

The store occupies a floor space of twenty-six by sixty feet in a handsome two-story brick build- ing owned entirely by Mr. Ellis. The second floor is fitted up with apartments and Mr. Ellis and his family reside there.

A native Texan, Mr. Ellis was born at Henriette in Clay County, May 29, 1888. He is a son G. S. and May (Tanner) Ellis. His father has { . many years been a prominent business man :.: Henrietta, owning a large drug store and ot !.. . business interests there.

He was educated in the public and high scho.,' of Henrietta and after graduating at high sch entered Staunton Military Academy and from the .. went to the Southwestern University where } .. studied pharmacy and later passed the state board examination.

After receiving his degree at Southwestern Mr Ellis entered his father's store and was connect. . with him until September, 1918, when he opened a confectionery store at Burkburnett. He remained. there for nine months and then conducted a drus business at Ranger before coming to Wichita Falls. He still retains a half interest in the Burkburnett store and also an interest in a confectionery at Mexia.

In 1915 Mr. Ellis was married at Fort Worth to Miss Jennie May Jackson, daughter of a well known Louisiana family. They have three children. Frances Nell, Mary Jo, and W. S., Jr.

Mr. Ellis is a progressive, enterprising business man and a thorough and consistent booster for Wichita Falls.

P. ENGLISH, Pharmacist and well known Dallas citizen, has devoted the greater part of his active career to the drug business. He is at present identified with the Hall Drug Store on Main Street.

Mr. English was born on a farm near Celina in Collin County, September 21, 1875, a son of J. H. L. C. English who came to Texas from Missouri in 1872. He is of old Puritan stock, being descended from an ancestor who came to America in the May- flower.

After studying in the public schools of Pilot Point and at Franklin College, he entered the University of Texas and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy in 1900. Entering upon his work as a pharmacist, he was connected with the W. M. Craig Drug Company at Main and Akard Streets for eight years and later in business for himself at Peak and Bryan Streets for three years, disposing of his drug store in 1917 to engage in the oil business.

On June 6, 1906, Mr. English was married to Miss Lillian Burgess, member of a well known Mississippi family. They have one child, Ethel Ray. Mr. English is a Mason, a member of Trinity Valley Lodge and of the Dallas Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.

ILLIAM O. WINSTON, popular young busi- ness man, proprietor of Winston's Drug Store, 701 Indiana Street, came to Wichita Falls in 1918 from Fort Worth and in April, 1920, entered the local retail field and established his present thriving business. The store has nine employees altogether and covers a floor space twen- ty-five by seventy feet. A complete line of high grade drugs and drug sundries is carried, domestic and imported perfumes and toilet goods, candies, cigars and tobacco.

Prior to establishing his own store, Mr. Winston traveled out of Wichita Falls for H. W. Williams and Company of Fort Worth. Before coming to Wichita Falls for Williams and Company, he was connected with the Barr-Winston Drug Store in

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Fort Worth, disposing of his interest there when he entered the army during the world war. He has had altogether twelve years experience in the drug business and is thoroughly familiar with every detail of the operation of a retail drug store.

Mr. Winston was born at Guntersville, Alabama, December 28, 1891, a son of John G. and Lizzie (Kirby) Winston. His father was a well known at- torney of Guntersville and young Winston was edu- cated in the public schools there and at Springley College of Birmingham, Albama. He later attended the medical department of Baylor University at Dallas and upon leaving the medical school engaged in the drug business in Fort Worth.

Mr. Winston is unmarried and is very popular in the social circles of Wichita Falls and Fort Worth. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Maskat Temple Shrine and of Fort Worth Blue Lodge No. 148. He also is a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Credit Association. He is an enthusiastic booster for Wichita Falls. During the war he was connected with the third batallion of infantry of the famous Ninetieth Di- vision and was in service for two years.

EN E. SMITH, proprietor of Smith's Drug Store, 720 Ohio Street, one of the most progressive and enterprising retail drug establishments in Wichita Falls, came to this city from Fort Worth in 1919, purchased his present establishment and by the application of modern merchandising methods has built up a trade second to none in this section. Only the very best quality of goods is carried in every department of this store and it is the ambition and determination of its owner to please and satisfy the most fastidious and exacting customers. In addition to a complete line of high grade drugs and druggists' sundries, the Smith store carries a large stock of Johnston's and Chocolate Shop candies, Houbigant's and other splendid perfumes and toilet waters, toilet articles of various kinds, cigars, tobaccos and Sonora phono- graphs and records. The prescription department is complete in every detail and is in charge of ex- perienced, registered pharmacists. The soda foun- tain is one of the largest and best in the city and caters to an ever increasing number of patrons. The store occupies a space 25 by 100 feet and has twelve employees.

My. Smith is a native Texan and was born at Mount Vernon in Franklin County, August 15, 1874. He is a son of J. S. Smith, pioneer resident and business man of Mount Vernon, now deceased. He was educated in the public schools of his home county and at Franklin Institute and early in life entered the commercial world. He was married November 23, 1898, to Miss Josephine Morris, of Mount Vernon, Texas. They have four children, Ruby, Bennie, Jeff and Virginia.

Practically a quarter of a century has been spent by Mr. Smith in the drug business and for seven years prior to removing to Wichita Falls he was manager of one of the largest drug stores in Fort Worth

A thoroughly progressive and enterprising drug- gist, Mr. Smith keeps abreast of the times and is ever alert in securing the latest innovations for his customers. He has been for many years a member of the National Association of Retail Druggists. HIis church affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

L. TIPTON, owner and manager of the Tip- ton Drug Store, corner Eighth and Scott Streets, one of the most popular down- town drug stores in Wichita Falls, came to the North Texas oil metropolis from Dallas in 1914 and on January 1, 1920, opened his own store. Business of the Tipton store has grown steadily since the opening day, attesting the popularity of its owner and the character of service rendered and the quality of goods handled. Sixteen people are now employed in the store and the prescription business has increased until three registered pharm- acists besides Mr. Tipton are required to handle this work alone.

The very best that can be had is considered none too good for customers of the Tipton store. Such standard lines as Johnston's and Norris' candies are carried and the largest line of Cote's and Hubigant's perfumes found in the South is handled by this store. A complete line of high grade cigars and tobacco, kodaks and supplies, drugs and drug sundries make up a stock that would do credit to any metropolitan drug store. Splendid mahogany cases and fixtures and a completely equipped soda fountain add to the appearance and aid materially in rendering the high grade service maintained at all times.

Mr. Tipton is a native of Indiana and was born at Evansville, September 17, 1891, a son of D. J. and Fannie (Roach) Tipton. His father was a well known druggist at Evansville for many years. Young Tipton was educated in the public schools and at the East Texas Normal College at Commerce and Texas Christian University at Fort Worth.

On September 23, 1918, he was married at Texar- kana to Miss Nellie McNamee. They reside at 1810 Ninth Street.

After finishing school Mr. Tipton was with the City Drug Store at Como. Texas, for seven years and also was connected with leading drug establish- ments of Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio be- fore coming to Wichita Falls, spending altogether about sixteen years in the business.

He is a Mason, a member of South Side Blue Lodge No. 1114 at Fort Worth, and also a member of the Rotary Club, University Club and Ad Club. He takes a deep interest in civic affairs and is a member of the Business Council of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce.

ILFORD HARRISON, well known business man and druggist, owner of the Wilford Harrison Drug Store in the American Na- tional Bank Building, came to Wichita Falls from Fort Worth in 1910, and for the past! decade has been active in the commercial and social } life of the city. His drug store is one of the mosti popular establishments in Wichita Falls and also: one of the busiest, a force of twenty employees be- ing required to look after an ever increasing volume of business.

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The encyclopedia of Texas, V.2, Part 25

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau
Number of Pages: 1328