Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1908 Page: 4 of 4
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Some Big Real Estate Bargains |
Tfcis partial list will indicate in general, what I can fit you cp with. If you don't sea
what y?a want, wtte or come to «ee m.
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Belton, HO acres in cultivation, 12 in berrauda
irrasb, 8 in picture; 5-room house, good well
water, wind mill, 3 acres in orchard, fine ham,
two good cribs and one two-room tenant house.
Price $40.00 per acre.
3d acres of land one inilc «outliw«i#t of Bel-
ton: 35 in cultivation, 3 acres in orchard, two
good wells wuter, 4-rooui house, ham, wagon
and liugg^ sheds; lovely view, lien 1 iliy location
2S61 acres of land 14 miles southwest of Bel-
ton, ou the Ileltou and Florence road; 2000
acrea 1$ good fanning land, of whiuh 4 >0 are
in cultivation, baiaiice all ienceU, and ha^
six sets of houses, line everlasting flowing
springs of water. Will Kubdivide or sell in a
body at a . urpain. $15.00 uer acre.
22 acres of land, 1 1-4 miles north of Belton,
<1 acres in cultivation, nice, good water, 5-room
house', crib and >l ds, cuw bam and good
good lots; fine vegetable and garden land, line
pltJCofor poultry yard.
! ((40 acres of land, 14 miles north of Belton;
would make a line cheap ranch; can be had at
a bargain. $5.00 per acre.
332 acres of land, -!■"> in cultivation, balance
in pasture, half of which is g od-agffiMiltnral
land; line grass, wood and water, n«a1tliv lo-
cation, 14 miles southwest of Helton; 6-room
house. WO oer acre.
$1(10 acres of land in Bull county, 0 mileg
south of Copperas Cove; has k 3-room house;
60 acres In cultivation, balence in pasture.
Wanting1 water; Slfi.00 per acre.
,,>r uevs Lit land ir* TVt: on ccur.tv, *
west of Chrisman—railroad station; 50 acres
in cultivation, balance good land; 3-room
house and good water; $15 per acrc.
531 acres of gne sandy loam land. 3 1-1 miles
west of Chrlsman, S miles north of Caldwell,
county seat of Burleson county, Texas; every
fsot .can be placed in cultivation; the tinest
bottom vegetable and fruii land in Texas.
15,90 per acre.
400 acres of land in Walker county, 10 miles
north of Huntsville. Nelson creek runs thru
the center of it—200 acres on each siee of
creek; all fine bodied land; about 05 acres in
cultivation. $15 per acre.
100 acres ie Liberty county, about 12 miles
from Humble oil field. *13.50 per acre.
One good two-story corner brick building on
southwest comer of square, Helton; (i good
of:< rooms; pro'ind building running back
100 feet,
One irood stone building on East street,
Belton; glass front, 45 x 150 feet; back half of
the bullklng two stories high, with elevator
and stairway. "
Several nice vacant lots in Helton cheap.
258 acres of land, 1 1-2 miles north of Hel-
ton, 105 acres in cultivation, balance in pas-
ture fenced goet and hog proof; two sets of
houses—one good ti-rooxu house, two brick
chimneys; one smoke house; good outbuild-
ings, two good wells of water, one wind mill;
the other a three-room house; fine well water;
fine sandy loam land. Price 40 per acre.
flfsc hayc ten nice residents in Be'ton oonveniontly located to the business center cf the town.
Will sea for cash or oxehar.gc 'or j^od business property in good railroad town, or will sell on long
time and easy All ihis is my individual property; no third party to see. Abstract title.
Good recsou for selling.
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CLflSSsFiES fi£?E2TISEMEITS
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JOHN T. FERGUSON
(Candidate for Constable, Precinct
No. 1, Bell county, subject to the
■iiitton of the Democratic primary.
Solicits your vote anil influence
JIM MILLER
Candidate for Constable, Precinct 1
Bell County, subject to the action
of. the Democratic primary,
Vour Vote and Influence Solicited.
JIM W. MITCHELL
Candidate for the office of Consta-
ble Prcci net 1, Bell County. Sub-
ject to the action of the Democratic
primaries,
. Your Vote and Influence Solicited
GUI EVANS
Candidate for Constable of Precinct
No. 1. subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
Solicit* your Vote and Influence
T. W. TRAYLGR
Candidate for justice of the peace,
precint No. 1, Hell county subject to
Litton of the Democratic pri-
m!^11
Solicits Your Vote dnd Influence.
J. A. (PFTE) ESTES
Candidate for Justice of the Peace
of. Precinct No. 1, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic primary.
Solicits your vote and influence.
J. E. HAS LING
Candidate for Justice of the Peace,
"precinct no. 1, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
Solicits) Youit Vo'W# anl> influence
J. T. (JACK) POPE
Candidate for Justice of the Peace
Precinct No. 1, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
VOORVOTK ANIHNFr.UKNCl: Snr.ICtTr.D
W. M. DICKEY
Handldate for the oftic« of County
Clerk, Hell County, subject to the
action of the Democratic primaries.
Renprclltilly Solicit* V our Sulf( g
W. C. RYLANDER
Candidate fer re-election to the of-
fice of County Clertk, Bell County.
Subject to tiie action of the Demo-
cratic primaries.
Solicits Your Vote and Support
P. B. MADISON
Candidate for County Clerk of Bell
county, subjeot to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
Your Vote and Influence Solicited
JN0. B. DURRETT
Candidate for Judge of the 27th
Judicial district, composed of Bell
and Lampasas counties. Subject
to the action of the Democratic
primaries.
Vc-'ur Vote and Influence Solicited.
JN0. D. ROBINSON
Candidate for District Judge of the
district composed of Bell and Lam
pafias counties, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary.
- Respectfully solicits your vote
W. S. SIIIPP
Candidate for the office of County
Judge of Bell county, subject to the
action of the Democratic primaries.
Solicits your vote tnd influence.
W. R. BUTLER
Candidate for re-election County
Judge, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
Vour Vote and Intluence Solicited
D. C. BURKES
Candidate for re-election to the of-
fice of SherilT, Bell County, subject to
action Democratic primaries.
Solicits Your Vote and Influence
THE0 ARMSTRONG
Candidate for Sheriff Hell county,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary.
Solicits your vote and influence.
YANCY YARBROUGH
Candidate for Sheriff, Hell county,
anhject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary.
Respectfully solicits your vote
W. P. DENMAN
Candidate for re-election ns County
Colmmlssioner from Precinct No. i,
subject to the dumoeratic primary.
4. Solicits Your. Vote and Influence.
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J. W. GKI3SGM
Candidate for 're-election to the of-
fice of County Supt l inUiiucnloI Kdu-
oation subject- to tho action of the
Democratic primary.
Will Appreciate Your Influence
M« H. SHAH KLIN
Candidate for Tax Assessor. Bell
Qounty, subject to the action of tho
Democratic primary.
Solicits Vour vote and Influence.
WHITE
tdiduto for tax assessor of Bell
jnty subject to the action of the
mocr.it!c primary.
sapecttufly Sonets Your Support
VJCK
idlduto for tlie office of Tax As-
jor, Bell county, subject to the
Jon of the Democratic primary.
Keepectfullv Solicits Your Vote.
F.NS0R
date ft>r re-election to the of-
* Collector of Boll county,
tlw action of the Demo-
your Vote and Influence.
EUGENE E. UPSHAW
^Candidate for District Clerk of Bell
(uuiuj, subject U.i tin; uciiun of llie
Democratic primary.
W ill appreciate your vote.
H. H. GOODMAN
Candidate for District Clerk of Bell
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
Sollcltsyour vote and Influence.
JN0. L. WARD
Candidate for County Attorney of
Bell county, subject to the aeliou of
the democratic primary.
Your voU and influence tolidtcd.
CHARLTON HALL
Candidate for bounty Attorney of
Bell county, subjcct to the action of
the Democratic primaries.
Your vote and influence solicited
Robertson And McLain Reply.
Mr. J. A. Millerman, chairman
submission campaign having put
the followiug questions to all leg-
islative candidates:
1st; Are you personally in
favor of submission to the people
of an amendment, to the constitu-
tion providing for state.wide
prohibition?
2nd; Do you propose to fol-
low the instruction given you by
the county through the demo-
cratic primaries July 25th,
whether for or against the sub-
mission of an amendment to the
constitution providing for state-
wide prohibition.
ilrd: The platform demand as
adopted by the democratic state
convention after the primaries
of the 25t,h of July, being a high-
er demand than the instruction
given you by the county, would
you in the event Bell county
should should show a majority
against the submission of an
amendment to the constitution,
ignore the demands of the state
democratic platform and follow
local instructions as given you
by the county :1
Hon. D. E. Patterson andH. B.
Snvage having answered same
in last week's issue of county pa-
pers, Hon. H- P. Robertson and
Chas. B. McLain submit" the fol-
lowing answers today:
Temple, Texas, July lGtli, "08
Mr J. A. Millerman, Chm'n Sub-
mission Com., BeiLon, Texas.
Dear Sir:—Regardless of my
personal views, I will vote for
and support loyally any instruc-
liUll ni'i UU iiiO •Jj' tue |Jl!UplO L/l
Bell county upon the prohibition
question.
A represresentativeof the peo-
ple is not elected for the purpose
of voting his individual views
upon great questions, but for the
purpose of carrying out the will
of the party that elects him.
This I shall faithfully do.
Respectfully,
H. P. Robertson.
E. I. HILL
Candidate for UUtric; Aitoruoy ol
^7th ,T u1 p 1 OJ J
of Bell and Ltitnpasns. subject to I
the action of the democratic pri-1
mary.
Solicit Your Vote aim luflu^ute.
D. R. PENDLETON
Is a candidate for District. Attorney
Oi WAiO tmtiik •' liuiCIAi LilfU Cttiii*
posed of the countiub of Bell aud
t/;vmi asss, subject to the t( Won of
the Demorratlc primary.
Solicits Yout Vole and InflueiKe,
HUUNG P. ROBINSON
is u cauuiuutd tor vm. le^isiaturo,
nomination No. 1, from HimI county,
subjeel to Mt" (li.moofM'p
solicits Your Vote and Imiucnce.
C. B. McLAKE
(.uuuiuuiu u,r rtprutocmuLivc 1«j lite
legislature from Bell County, m
class No. 2. to succeed H. B. 'Sav-
age. Subject to the Democratic
primaries.
Solicits your rote aud ititiuenue
D. E. PATTERSON
t!endldnte for r*pre«entatlve from
Bell county to the next legislature
in <tUss Lj sulyect to the democratic
Solicitj Your Vole and laducnoe.
Troy, Texas, July 17th, 190S.
Mr. J. A. Millerman,Chm'n Sub-
mission Com., Belton, Texas.
Dear Sir—In reply to your
auestions I V>eg to submit the
following:
1st: Personally T nm in favor
of snVntiiHing to the voters at)
amendment, to the rnnstitvit.ion
providing stpte-wido probib'-
tion, believing that they should
bo jrivon nn opportunity, if they
so desire, to express their wishes
for or against, this question and
all other questions of great im-
porUkii Uwioe.
2nd: Li elected, will carry out
instructions ot the voters as ex-
pressed by theit' vote on July ?:>.
3rd: Should the demands cf
the Democratic convention be jn
Iiarna ij AilJ. t «o o
people ns shown by their votes
east, then T would follow p.lvt-
form demands.
Trusting that T have rnade my
clcrt** wTi f' i ' iR-.uo, T
Mostrespt., „
PHAS. B. MCT.ATN.
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Fur Sale or R«a(.
Nice residence next to J. R
Carter, Jr., will be sold for 8W00.
Half cash, balance on long time.
Will rent same very reasonable.
On 11 at. onop for a bart'win
(}KO. C'OIjK JK.
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BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Will Dtikuicy, one ot Belton'«
enterprising cotton men has ac-
cepted the nanageinent of the
Bartlett cotton oil until and is
now in charge of same. As is
generally known N. Smith of
Belton owns this mill as well as
the mills at Granger and Bolton.
Watch Repair Guarantee!.
What is a guarantee worth? II
is worth its face valuo at my
shop. If I put a mainspring in
your watch, and It breaks within
one year it costs you nothing for
a new one, but if I put in a tu:iin-
spring and your watch steps
from dirt in a short ftp • T jv<.- Id
Mr. Smith is to be congratulated | have to charge you for cleaning.
en securing the as (This would be ri^ht.) II uiU. I
manager so capable a man as hnd cleaned it you in some wny
Mr. Duianey, and while Belten | broke a jewel which caused the
returns ilic ubscucc oi Mr. i uiu- watcii to stop 1 wouiu naw to
regrets iiic aoscuc;
ney, he will still be regarded :is
a Belton citizen. Mr. Duianey
has been down getting the
machinery of the mill in order
preparatory of the ason which
begins about the i! '^t of Sept-
ember.
Hon. W. W. Hr'r it Belton.
Last Tuesday fotoHioon ^ 'wo
o'e'dek Hon. w. \v. liair address-
ed the people of Helton in the
district court room in behalf of
his candidacy. He lutd a small
but interested audience, which
showed that they woruinterested
.n him. lie spoke for about an
hour and a half. The Democrat
would have given a good report
of his speed) in this issue if it
had secured Mr. Hair's,notes, he
in his ru.-,h to catch tho tr;dn did
not have tiufie to give to the re
porter,• who did not hear all of
his speech and as a consequence
could not do justice to him with-
out them.
At Th Talwra';!?,
The meeting at Methodist
tabernacle had large crowds
throughout the week, especially
at the evening services, liev.
Andrews is a slroiv.
til.
top
charge you for the jewel which!
caused the watch to stop 1 would |
have to charge you for the jewel j
(which would be right.) We have
no guarantee which means that
wo will keep your watch in repair
lor a year, this would make no
difference what went wrong with
your watch I would be called
upon to repair it free of charge,
(this we could not do.) it would
be wrong for us to take your !>1.-
r>0 for a mainspring, knowing
that within the life of the guar-
antee we would leave Belton and
you would have to pay some
other fellow $1.50 during the life
of my guarantee in order to get
your watch running again. How
many times have you had this to
happen? Avoid all these guaran-
tees aiid other troubles by taking
your watch to a well tried reli-
able watchmaker who is perma-
nently located, and needw to do
your watch repairing right be-
cause there are not enough peo
p'.o to furnish mo
you conic back tl o
and in the future.
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OR S2N&LE OESC PLOW
The Only P;sc Plow Which Gives Satisfaction Everywhere; Ali The Time-
Let us put one of these in your field "on trial."
buy it. We show its work before you agree to take
I f you like it.,
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PRICES AND TERMS BlttHT.
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and is creating much enthusiasm.
Quite a number have gone up
and given the preacher their
hands asking 'an interest in the
prayers of the Christians. The
song services in the evening,
lead by Mr. Jones is very in-
teresting. The song service be-
gins each evening at b o'clock,
preaching at S:o0, aud everybody
invited.
Kor Sale A
One of the best paying $1.25 a
day hotel in the country, at a
bargain; good reason for selling.
Also one of the nicest cottage
homes in Belton at a sacrifice, j
For particulars apply to M. A.'
Stamper, or at Belton hotel,
near Santa Pe depot.
Miss Pollie Elliott Dead.
News reached the city of the
death of Miss Polly Elliott at
Coperas Cove Tuesday, to the
sorrow of her many friends here.
She is a neicc of Joel Elliott of
Belton, who in company with
other relatives, went to tljo Cove
to attend the funeral.
Rev. Brandt, afterconductinga
most successful revival here,
has returned with his family to
his home in St. Louis. He is a
very strong man and made many
friends while here who will wish
him well.
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OIL COiPAH'f
diarrhoea.
It can alwnys be depended upon,
even in tlie tuorB severe sttneks vi
cramp colic. nd ebol«ra *wbtui.
It ia equully successful f r suuim*r
(liHi'i'li'U.4 Hnd cboict'M iuf«unnii ui
chiMri"v iki "t n the means of savin'
the lives of many rhil'lrea each .f
Wlien remucd with water and
i sweet' red it J.-ijsisMMiv W> iak«
Kvt-ry in.-in ot rv f.iiully should kt ep
this remedy iu his home. Buy it iiuw.
Price. U5c. Lakok Sizh, One.
For Sale by Henry Howeii, Druggis
Mrs. J. W. Cox and little son;
and Miss Flossie Corey of Se- j
dalia, Mo., arrived yesterday to
visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
E. W. Corey.
Land for Sale.
202 acrjs of good l..nd 9 miles
from Belton on the. Lampasas
river. Price $2000. P;.rt in
trade. J. R. STt'nnt.KFTrr.n.
Route 3.
AgricuSiuraS And
Mechanical Gollege
of Texas
BOB McARTER
Will appreciate your patronage and gi=.'e the very best service
in a Hair Cut, Shave, ShaqvfMK), Massage, or
Anything in Thrfonsorial Lins.
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At the same old stand ^vfth his first class white artists.
East S^fafe Square, Belton
H. H. Harrington, LL. D., 1
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Science
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Regular four-year courses in
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry,
Horticulture; in Architectural,
Civil. Electrical, Mechanical and
Ti xnle iCiijriuceriiig. A Two-year
coUf.->e in Practical Agriculture;
Instruction also given in Entrli ;h.
History, .M nthf mattes, Draving,
Physics, Chemistry, Modern ban-
HHitar; Trainins ars Disc!plinc
TiiiTfQ* FREE
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Mr. H. Kirchner informs, us
that he has another baby at his
home—a girl this time. It is
a daughter of Ed Kirchner ana
was brought here Monday to tjeil
! Necessary expenses,
V)Of>lr4 M r)t\
and Fifty-ilve
session.
exclusive of
Onp Hundred
Dollars ($155) a
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F;"§ Your Application Saw
adopted by Mr. Kirchner.
Allen Campbell arrived in thejj
city from Corsicana W ednesday
and will have charge of tin*' op- =
If S. E. fifJflRHWS, Secretary
College Station, Tex
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.Bo You Wan! a Farm
Us Yea Want to Buy a Home:
You itent to Rent a
Yo« K2«t Fire Insurance
You Want to a Bond
irivilege of
I have plenty of money at M per cent, with
paying before maturity.
J. C. PRESTON
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tical and jewelry department of
Hunter & Freeman.
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B. R. Stocking ts piking some
extensive improvements on iiis
pretty home on K<st street, giv-
ing the placc tyflore modern, ap-
pearance whe^r completed.
. '"Wanted •
We wish to lease a tract of
land of -.'.bout 350 to _f>0 acres.
Walt. Buos., Belton.
Smith «fe Dock tun s
an improvenjent on
"mother used to mnkf
full ot substance.
ca kt
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Coal 1 Coal I
I am told by the dealers that
coal will advance very soon, j
have bought on a low market and
am prepared to give you the ben-
efit. Remember my motto:
Good quality, honest weights and
a fair deal. 58-8t
E. Embkee.
Lice kills thousands ot chicks.
You can get a free sample of tlie
best Lice Powder made from
Belton Drntr Corrrnnriv-.- 41-tf!
PAINLE5SS DENTISTRY
Wo want your work and in order to get it will allow your car fare
from JJelton to Temple on #5,00 worth of work or more, and will guaran-
tee all our work for 10 years, in wilting. We haw had 12 years prac-
tical experience nnd will do your work by our expert Painless Methods,
at the following Kxcccdlngly Low Prices.
Set of Teeth $5.00 to $10.00 Gold Fillings $1.00 up.
Gold Crowes $5.00 Painless Pilling $1.00up.
I'ridge Work $5.00 White or Bone 50c
Painless Kxtraction 50.
UNION PAINLESS DhNTIST3
UK. THOMAS, Prop.
Over Brady & Black
Temple, T.*as
W. A. IvIcKee,of liuli .ml,
with his wife to Prof. \v. J.
worth, the masseur, to no
of artwivlir,it.i«
•s ar*1
kind i ——— • i-
Fresh I Don't, sweat over that, stove.!
Let Smith & Dockum do your!
cooking. Bakery next door to I
came | \v ells Fargo Fixpress oilice. I
Dank-. I, 1
cured |
~r:vr 2--- fot
•T. K. Hrnwn, ofTr>. i >
to be cured of appendiciti
Prof. W. J. Danlrwortn,
masseur.
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night f, Tulia, To:
will vL.it ' r son.
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B. Wray. _____
Will H. Wray of Dallas came un
Friday on a visit to his mother.
Earl 1/ i d has returned from a
very pleasant ^rip to Lake Char-
les, La.
4\iiiii^ VUII * inn
linger i«nere vituung tier uiuliiur.
Inflammation of th« blad-
der, urinary trouble* and
backache one
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tioc, uiid the kind that will last. When you need any-
thing m this line 'ton't fail to give me a call. Have just
received n ear of new style Moon Bros, Hnmnos and
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tii'C; Terms to auil every OHO.
L D. POTTS
South Side Squire
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Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1908, newspaper, July 24, 1908; Belton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232335/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.