Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1900 Page: 1 of 12
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OUR AIM 18 THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS AND WORKING PEOPLE OF BURLESON COUNTY.
XXI.
CALPWKLL, BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
NO. 6.
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fishing expedition with their fam-
^ ilius n few days ago, decided the
roads were too rough and dusty
to travel, so they returned home
Monday.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Lí. Brymer fell and
broke her arm last Friday.
Miss Viola Arnold is visiting
Miss K(Vie Williams of your city.
O. A. Whipple and brother
left Sunday for Mason county to
visit friends.
Miss Carrie Williams is spend-
ing a few days with Miss Annie
A mold.
Mis> Do vie Williams returned
Saturday from Rosebud, where
she has been visiting relatives.
Misses Km ma Paul and Tem*
pie Gilley are on the sick list.
Prof. J. C. Watts made a bus-
HIX.
Mix. Thxas. July 2.
Editor NK\vii-l'ukonicu:
One of the most excellent
school concerts ever known in
tbm communitv and the best
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We learn that W. G. Fields
has accepted the position of su-
perintendent of a large farm and
pear orchard near Galveston and
will leave in a few days, his
family following later.
The young people en joyed an
Pagan's pre-inventory sale is now on. Bargains like Brother
Thompson's religion: Pnre Jersey cream—no bluejohn.
Men's Straw Mats, an entire line of drummer's samples bought
at 50 per cent, off regular prices.
A line of Shirt Samples from Hart Bros., Chicago, bought ata
fabulous discount.
A lot of Ladies' and Misses' Shirt Waists, rich in beauty, rare
in excellence, at 50 cents.
Clapp's Fine Shoes for men; Packard's S3.50 shoes, and Zieg-
ler's Stvlish Footwear for ladies.
ever seen by the writer was ¡ce cream fcst;vai )ast Saturday
that given at the close of Miss ni&ht #t lh(. ho()U. of w ,, Por.
Blanche Chambers" school last ler ;md wUh p,cnly of tlu> njr.
f riday night. I he most thor- kind of cream thev naturally
ough preparation had been made ha(1 a delightful time. S. II.
to have every part success, ully ,;t.rman uí ,hc Ni-:w>-Chkc mci.k
carried out and those who saw forcc sav^ ]u, is wi||}nif to ma)>(,
the whole program rendered are a,r1(i:u it to that one thing, as he i "KSS lr,p lo ;irre,ton oMc dtl>'
unanimous in congratulating was there. Pxci > Bi n.
Miss Chambers and in bestmv-
ing praise on the deportment of
all the participant*.
A tar^e stage had been built
at the end of the schoolhotise
and the people occupied seats its
the open air.
VIlI0VY PKAIKIt.
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Km To N h t on IV. 1,1':
A good rain fell here Friday
ast week.
Miss Minnie Price
o.
returned
¡Sunday from Porter's Prairie,
where she lias been visiting her
sister.
\Y. A. Lncas and wife and .1.
\V. Williams are spending a tew
which wis just evening, whi h was very benefi- ¡ days with their father, Pleas.
:ial to corn and cotton.
Hay is being harvested.
Í*'. K. Love, Frank Mine -. Gray
Williams.
Mose Pierce happened to a se-
rious accident Saturday. 11
cool enough to make everything
¡feasant. The exercises began
i*out nine o'clock and were car- rratiK nines, i,raymu„a acc.ueni «turujiy. ue
fried on with only slight inter- VUi^< VVrnon h;,n^ To,u and ¡ was kicked bv his horse while
missions until the program was ]Uth Thompson and M.ss Carrie ( hitching him toa plow.
finished, about two o'clock in j'fbompaon attended %be concert Mrs. Sue William .tiering
people and at "1X ''1 "lil.v night. All report ver\ much with a felon on her
rowd a pleasant time. thumb.
Rufus 1'nce of Caldwell vis-, (5 rand ma Oldham returned
ited friends here Saturday night j Friday from a visit t. Ben Ar-
and Sunday. nold. She reports a great deal
Nat Neelv. who moved into of sickness in that vicinity,
our community last winter from William Andrews is visiting
Williamson county. h;>s sold his; his sister. Mrs. Hcbols.
Li i ri i: DOT.
the morning. The
there was a very large
present were most agreeably
entertained with recitations, mu-
sic, songs, drills, plays, etc.
Some of the dialogues brought
out very plainly the fact that
there is plenty oí excellent tal-, HHH
cut the voting people oi:crop •" ' I-':""' «•'IM1 county.
this community. The prettiest
feature of the whole concert w as
the Chinese lantern drill by a
number of young ladies dressed
in special uniforms. Taken all
together the concert was emi-
nently successful and was en-
joyed by every une present.
<J uite a number of visitors from
Caldwell, Yellow Prairie. Cookcs
Point and other places were
present.
At present there is .t j reat
deal of sieknenH in this o im-
munity. Among those who have
been confined to their beds since
our last letter, may be men-
tioned W. B. Slav and child. W.
B. Terry, little Krie Hill. J. I,.
Little and tliss Addie Parker.
Mr. Little has been quite dan-
gerously ill for several davs.
Miss Blanche Chamber-. Kit
Monday for her home .1 . Pales-
tine. She has n >t vet decided
where she will teach ne\t ses-
sion.
Mrs. J. W. George and her
children will leave tomorrow for
Bowie where she will spend .1
month with her friends.
Miss Carril- Thompson came
over from her home at Yellow
Prairie Friday and stayed until 1 ,,n^'
Monday with friends and rela-
tives and participated in the en-
joyment of the entertainments.
Mrs. Ingrum. who is here from
Huntsville, accompanied her
home Monday.
Prank Neelv, after spending!
two weeks with his father, Dr.!
Neelv, returned t<> Li-, home at!
Hubbard Cit\ Monday.
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Those reported on the sick list'
last week are improving.
Miss Nannie Black, who has:
been quite ill for the past sev-
era! days, is some better.
Crane Johnston is visiting m
Bell county.
Messrs. Addison and Porter'
of Caldwell are cutting and ba!-i
!ng hay on the Craiy farm this'
w eek.
A. Love's baby was taken sud-
denly ill Monday fYeninir and 1
till quite sick.
Mi
Y.
Tlure was a wreck one-half
mile north of here Thursday.
Seven cars were more or less
smashed. They were loaded
with wheat Hid wool.
K. M. Hill returned from Aus-
tin Sunda\.
Prank Wood and family spent
Sunday with N. 11. Neelv.
Jim Witortell and wife sp"iit
Sunday with .1. K. Sewell and
family.
Miss Sallie Hill is spending a
tew days this week with Mrs.
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A cool, refreshing shower
•ridav afternoon, which will
CLAY.
I'I.AV, TK\ vs. .Tu!\ 2.
j Kihiok NkwS-ChKONicl.K:
! Some rainfall here which has
done a great deal of good in the
• way of reviving the spirits of the
farmers and freshening up the
young cotton.
Corn is in roasting ea<s n ar
Clay.
Watermelons and peaches are
beiiu: brought here from other
places and sold.
Mrs. Wapus and soil, \rthtir,
and Misses Maud and Laura
l-'arquhar went to Lyons Satur-
day to \ isit I'elati vt's.
Weld Walston o! Lv-ms spent
several days with us the past
week.
James Thomas and daughter.
Miss Leona, are to leave this
week for Jackson countv on a
! \ Isit.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Peters
ar, I baby have gone to Marlin to
re upeiate their health.
Mr. and Mrs. John Farquhar
and Mr. and Mrs. Smith re-
turned to their home at Green-
vine Wednesday, after a week's
stay here. L. 1 )< ¡ 1 .
V0I MA.
VIII.S 1 %, Ti \ \*. .1 ul v 2.
, KIUIOK NIIWS I'iikonu 1.1 :
We had a good shower yester-
day which will help crops to
Knoch Dunn returned Friday a great help to the cotton crop.. some extent and 1 suppose plow-
from Bluff ton where he has been
for two weeks visiting his father.
He left today to accept employ-
ment in Caldwell. He was ac-
companied home by Mrs. A. W.
Dunn, his mother-in-law, and
her little son, who will remain a
week or longer with relatives.
There is a great deal of sick- ing can now be resumed.
ness in our neighborhood. Our people are "scared up"
A large crowd of young people on account of smallpox being so
spent a pleasant time at an en-, near, it being in Providence
tertainment given by Messrs. community. We suppose every-
Whipple Wednesday night. one will have a strict "home
Dr. J. B. Hone)\utt and Prof, j made" quarantine for the pres-
J. C. Watts, who started on a ¡cut, at least.
Several families of our com-
jmunity have been molesting the
. finny tribe on Berry's creek re-
j cently.
Your humble "pencil pusher"
I has had the discomfiture of be-
j ing associated with a severe case
'of skin eruption for the past
w eek.
Mrs. Vincent has been on the
¡sick list the past few days, but
i is up at present.
Mrs. Addie Gaines paid Bryan
a visit !•'ridav.
Bill Ivy visited in Lone Oak
! com mi unity Saturday.
Jarettclvy and children intend
I to visit relatives in Williamson
j and San Saba counties in a few-
lays and will be gone a month.
Bill Ivy expects to visit rela-
. ti ves at Tyler soon.
Mrs. Bowers visited relatives
in Lone Oak one day last week.
While riding a wild horse the
other day, George Gaines was
j thrown off. but did not sustain
any severe injuries.
Ivanhojc.
MERLE.
Mkki.k. Texas. July 2.
¡■alitor XEWS-CHKOX'ICI.E :
Misses Madge Bettis and An-
nie Brownlee and G. L. Smith
are on the sick list.
N. M. Bettis is visiting home-
1 folks.
J. L. Atwood of Volney was
; calling in Merle Saturday.
Charles Ta\ >r of Meyer spent
j Saturday and Sunday visiting
friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bettis spent
Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. (>. W. ,
Cloud of Clay.
George Krohne, J. Addison I
and Archie Goodwin of Whitaker
were in Merle Saturday evening.
lsatn Taylor and Tilden Glas-
' pie were calling in Merle Friday
e veiling.
John Krohne of Lyons made a
business trip t.o Merle Sunday.
Miss llallie Lewis was a vis-
itor here Sunday.
Saturday night, at a dance at
Mr. and Mr-. Procroskie's resi-
dence. a difficulty arose and
Lillil See i't eive l several severe j
knife wounds and Frank Yidoc
was shot. See is recovering
rapidly, but Yidoc is not ex-
pected to reco\ er.
The Merle s-'hool patrons had
a meeting Saturday to appoint
trustees. George Lewis. George i
Smith and Will Kover were
elected. Teachers have not been
sc-cured s,. far. Or \t 11 v.
PROYIUlMI.
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I'kovi!>I-;NCI:. 1 ex., J11!v -.
I'.in r - > N i vvs-l'iiwonici.1v :
I It t little news from our com-'
munitv this week.
Crops are clean and in good
growing shape. Corn is cut
short over one-half.
Kmmet Calvin is very sick
'this week.
I
About fifty-three persons have
been exposed to a case of small-
pox in our community. On ac-
count of it our protracted meet-
ing will be postponed.
James McCasland has been
very sick but is some better.
John Scott's little son, John
Jr., is very sick.
J. A. Klliot has been ordered
to Bellvtlle for pension examina-
tion.
Mr. Crone and wife of Cookes
Point were visiting at John
Scotts' Sunday.
Miss Delia Pag:-n of Palestine
is visiting Miss Li/ ie Thomas.
One case of smallpox has cer-
tainly changed the plans of our
whole community. Yv hat will
be the result if it becomes pre-
valent. Pi. r:\KirrT.
Ed Arnold for Sheriff.
To the I'itizcris of Bur!. • • ■ 11 (. ounty :
In this issue I announce as a
candidate for the office of sheriff
of Burleson county, subject to
the action of the primaries to be
held on July 27th. I am well
known among you, and I do not
believe there is any good citizen
of the county who will doubt my
fitness for the office. I shall
seek, as an honest and honorable
man. to get the nomination, and
in the event I am elected to be
sheriff I promise ti unhesitat-
ingly obey the mandates of the
law and do my duty toward all,
under all circumstances, as far
as I atn capable, without fear or
hope of favor.
1 shall highly appreciate any
kindness shown me or consider-
ation given my candidacy.
Very respectfully,
K. D. Aknoi.D.
1)1 VIH 01 MIS! \HGGI III0MA5
Alter an illness of about forty
days with slow fever, Miss Mag-
gie Thomas, aged sixteen years,
died Monday morning at 5:40
o'clock at the home o> her sister,
Mrs. W. W. Rankin, in West
Caldwell. This young lady
came here from Urenham to visit
her sister, was immediately
taken sick and remained bedrid-
den until her death.
The funeral services were
conducted at the h. nit. where she
died Tuesday morning by Rev.
J. W. Smith. The interment
was at the Mason cemetery
the same morning and quite a
number of friends . ne acquaint-
ances were present.
The death of one who is ¡list
started well in life, a^ this young
lady was, is always sad and to
be deeply regrette'-. and the
relatives and friend- o!' the de-
parted one have marv among us
who warml\ sympathize with
them in their bereavement.
Achertised letters.
Letters remain uncalled for at
the Caldwell postoffice addressed
as follows. Please say «adver-
tised when calling for same):
Black well, Mrs. Annie K,
Harris, G. L.
Hilmer, Mrs. Nannie
Yarrett, Pork
J. S. Snook, P. M.
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German, S. Houston. Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1900, newspaper, July 6, 1900; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169295/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.