The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XXVI.
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, DECEMBER 13, UH)1.
. NO. 12
I have the largest stock of
jfe-FURNITURE
in Central Texas, and can
save you money on anything
in my line. ......
Parlor and Bed Room Sets a Specialty.
When in Alexia call and
examine my stock.
JOHN R. CORLEY.
MY STOCK
. . OF . .
LUMBER
IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
IN THIS SECTION OF THE STATE, AND
MY PRICES THE LOWEST.
Lumber, Sash, Blinds, Screens,
And all Kinds of Building Material.
I can fill your orders____
ALSO AN IMMENSE STOCK OF
Furniture, Coffin a, Caskets
And Undertakers’ Goods.
"W- IE. vTOZHZHNTSOISr
i JEWETT, TEXAS.
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General* County Directory
District Court, 18th Dlst.
L. B. Gobb............District Jndg*
O. O. Rir»«n........District Attorney
M«*U on the 6th Mdhday after the 1st
Monday in Janaary, and on thelat Mon-
day in September. Perm limited to four
weeks.
COUNTV COURT.
Meet*on the lat Monday id Jacnary,
/vpril.and Jn./andon the 3d Monti it
m October.
H.B. Daviss............County Jum
R. L. Williford,......Oountv At tort..
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT.
Meet* on the 2nd Monday in Febru-
ary, May, Animat and November.
H B. Daviaa, County Judge, Presiding.
COMMISSIONERS. v
it H Curry, Free. 1 J H Keys, Preo. 2
A L Daniel, Preo. 3. J M Jenkins, Pree. 4
COUNTY OFFICERS.
H.B. Daviaa............County Judge
W. L. Glaaener, Sr......County Clerk
S MoOowu..............District Clerk
R. L. Williford.......County Attorney
J. F. Roper....................Sheriff
A. P. Garter..............Tax Assessor
W. R. T. Drumwright... .Tax Collector
T. J. Sims..................Treasurer
T. G. Blackmon..............Surveyor
A. S. Johnson... .Co. Supt. Pub. Schools
JUSTICE COURTS.
Fairfield, Preo. Ne. 1
Meets the last Monday of every month.
J. £. Lindsey.................. Justice.
L. L. DeBerry,..............Constable
Antioch. Free. No. 2
Meets at Luna the 2nd Saturday1 in -ev->
ery month.
T. L. Jackson..................Justice.
L. W. Pierce,..............Constable.
Butler, Prec. No. S
Meets the 1st Friday in every month
O. O. Whitt........ Justioe.
J. K. Bryan.................Constable
Rehebeth, Pree. No. 4
Meets at Young on the first Saturday in
every month.
J. N. Haydon................,, Justice
B. A. Spencer........... Constable
Wortham, Pree. Ne. 5
Meets at Wortham the 2nd Wednesday
of each month.
B. F. Wileon...................Justice
W. A. Williamson............Constable
Cotton Sin, Preo. Ne. C •*
Meets the 8d Saturday In every month.
J. E. Storey,..............."... Justice.
Jack Loader,................Constable
St. Elmo, Pree. Ne. T.
Meets the 4th Wednesday In everv
month.
J S Curtis..................... Justice
J. B. Steele..'..............Constable
Harrison's Chapel Pree. No. 8
Meets et Dew the 4th Saturday in every
RALPH T. BLOUNT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Fairfield,.......Texas.
I have returned to Fairfield to looste
and practice medicine, and respectfully
tender my services to the public. Calls
will be promptly answered day or night.
Residence at the Talley Hotel. mhlS
W. H. Bojd R. N. Compton, l.b. inltrwi
BOYD. COMPTON & ANDERSON,
Lawyers, Land Agents and
Abstracters.
Fairfield,.....;......Texas.
Will practice in all the oourts. Civil
business a soeoialty. Are familiar with
the JUnrta and land titles of Freestone
bounty. Furnish abstracts on nhort no-
tice. Are also prepared to transact any
business coming under the new Bank-
ruptcy la«m of the United States, and
solicit onsmeaa in this line. Notary
Pnbho in nffioe. auprfi
DR. H. H. WOOLDRIDGE,
DENTIST,
Fairfield...........Texas.
J. Bom Bell. . KM. Kd wards.
BELL A EDWARDS,
Lawyers and Land Agents,
Fairfield,.... Texas.
Offioe on east aide public square.
Will do a general practice in all tba
Courts, State and Federal. Spaeial at
tention given to land litigation, clear-
ing titles Ac. Have a large list of landa
fer sale on easy terms. 29n01.
. * A Shot Goa’s Work.
About noon today the crowds
on the streets were startled by Tbe
report of a gnu ringing oat on tbe
air and before tbfc people io the
vicinity eould realize what bad
happened, another ebot was fired.
Tbe reports came from tbe Oiti-
izene Natioeal bank corner.
At tbe firet report City Marshal
Lawis, who was standiug at tbe
Kemp drag store oorner, ran
Story of a Sucker.
A roan who smokes four eigars a
day and ebews 25- cents .worth of
tobacco a week, said be wao too
poor to take a local paper. He is
a smart man, tpo And economical,
I should smile. This saving fellow
was getting a Mains story paper,
and foand by sending a dollar he
oonld get a care for drankenness
Bare enough be did. It was “take
tbe pledge and keep it.” Later on
be sent 60 tase-oent stamps to find
A. G. Anderson Will D. Anderson
ANDERSON & ANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
Fairfield............ Texas.
Will do a general and all round prac-
tice in all the'Oourts of the State; Civil,
Criminal and Probate business; collect-
ing, adjusting and abstracting land ti-
tles generally. Charges reasonable and
satisfaction guaranteed. Have to onr
use tbe only abstract of lend titles in
the oountv. Try us. Office up stairs in
West ride of CoArt Hones. Jen 10
SEZ Chill Cure
Guaranteed to cun any cam of
chills, or money refunded. Juat
half the price, but twice as
tonics. *
ST. UHI1S. MO.
Jordan jaat as be bad fired tbe
second shot. Jvrdftu bad banded
tbe gao to a boy who reloaded it,
bat Mr. Lewie quickly took pos-
session of the weapoa and unload-
ed it. One charge entered tbe op
per part of the breast and some of
tbe shot penetrated the langs.
The other charge took effect in
the bips.
From aa eye witness ws learn,
ed that Bpeights was standing jaat
off the side walk at tbe bank cor
ner and the first shot was fired
from the corner of tbe bailding.
Tbe wounded naif lamed and
started to ran south, aod be, (tbe
witness,) called to the mao with
tbe gan not to shoot, as be was in
range, that Jordan passed on by
bim and fired the eecond shot, and
by that time Mr. Lewis bad cross-
ed tbe street aod arrested tbe
shooter.
Mr. Bpeights died abont 12:40,
Jordan was taken to Groeebeck on
the 2 o’clock train and lodged io
jail.
Tbe cease of tbe difficulty is not
definitely known, bat parties who
were near snppose from a remark
made by Mr. Jordan jnst after tbe
shooting that it was domestic
troubles.
Both meo lived near Canaan
across the street and arrested A. F. out bow to raise beets anccreefnlly.
of.
Mr. Speigbte leaves a wife end
several children.—Mexia News,
Dee. JO.
He found out. The anawer “jaat
taka bold and pail.” Being single
be wished to marry aud sent 34
ooe-oent stamps to a Gbicago firm
to learn bow to make an impression.
When the answer oame it read:
“Sit down on a pan of dongb.”
That was e little toogk;bnt be was
a patient man and thought be
would yet enoeeed. Tbe next ad-
vertiaemeot he read, “bow to
doable bis money is eix months.”
He was told to convert hia money
into bills, fold them and be would
see hia money doubled. Bat he
was bound to get some useful secret
by whiob he could make money,'so
he sent $6 to find out how to write
without a pen and ink. The an-
swer was, “ try a lead pencil.”
Tbdb be sent a^ollar to learn how
to get rich—“work like tbe devil
and never spend a cent.” This
was discouraging; bat hs decided
to try once more and sent a dollar
bill to learn bow to live without
work and was told to “fish for chok-
ers as ws da” He now takes tbe
home paper and ie happy.—Annis-
ton Hot Blest.
; * A Good Cough Medicine.
[From the Gazette, Toowoomba, Aus-
tralia-1
I find Chamberlain’s Oongh
swileh where they are well thooght Remedy is an exoelent medieine.
COUGHS* AND COLDS IN CHIL-
DREN
Recommendation of a Well known
Chicago Physician. *
I use and preeorib Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for utmost ell obsti-
nate, constricted eongbe with direct
results. I prescribe it to children
of ell agar Am glad to recomend
it to ell in need end seeking relief
from oolds' end roughs and bron-
chial affliotions. It ie non-nereotio
and safe in the hands of the most
an professional. A universal pan-
acea for all mankind.—Mrs.
Mary R. Melendy, M. D., Pb. D.,
Chicago, III. Thfs remedy ie for
sale by J P Robinson Fairfield,
W Allegree Wortham, and H. W
Tatum Dew.
1 have Beeft^soffering from e severe
oongh lor the lest two months, end
It has effeoteb a care. I have great
pleasnre in recommending it.- - W.
G-Wookner. This it the opinion
of ooe of oer oldest and most re-
spected residents, and has been vol-
untarily given in good faith that
others may try the remedy and be
benetitted, as was Mr. Wockner.
Tbia remedy ie sold by J P Bobin-
soe Fairfield, W Allegro Wortham,
and H W Tatum, Dew.
Hester Brown, a well kaown old
colored woman, of Freestone lost
bar bonsebold goods by fire, lest
Sunday night; also two of her
grand-ebildren were burned op in
tbs hones.—Buffalo Banner.
Open Your Mouth. J
And swallow one. Cheatham’s Laxa-
tive Chill Tablets combines all the qual-
ities of the bast liquid ohill tonics. Dose
always ready. Dose always the same.
No cure—no pay.
We sympathised with strag-
gling republics when we were
smell; is oar sympathy lees entire
now that we.are big?—The Corn-
oner.
A Perilous Leap.
Frem Pike’s Peak, 14.184 fast, will
not ears softening of the brain, but a
25 cent box of Cheatham’s Laxative
Ohill Tablet* will ours chills. No ours
so pay.
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The negro problem aed per-
petual motion appear to be beyond
of statesmen or io-
_ OroY* Signal.
Murdering tbe Innocents.
Tbe death rata among children
confined in tbe British oonoentra
tion camps in Sontb Africa is 43S
in every thousand. Ibis means
that daring tbe months of Jane,
July, August and September of the
present year 6,209 obildren died in
these camps. Miss Emily Hob
bouse, tbe young English women
who want to Booth Afriea to nurse
tbe sick end made these figures
known bee been banished by order
of Joseph Chamberlain. The an-
nuel death rate of children in Lon-
don is 18 per thousand. Despite
tbe efforts of tbe British authori-
ties tbe facts about the South Af-
rican situation are becoming
known, and tbe oivilized world
stands egbeat et tbe eceamnleting
horrors. And this greet republic,
wbiob bee never before hesitated
to express sympathy for ell people
struggling for their rights, must
not interfere, although it may al-
low British Agents to visit this re-
public end pnrobese monitions of
war.—Honey Grove Grove.
Notice..*
With thanks for past pat-
ronage I solicit the trade
of the public in the Grain
and Grocery lines. Low
prices on Flour, Bran and
Salt a specialty. Call and
price with me.
F. M. Piercy,
HONEST MATERIAL at
HONEST PRICES.
We are the largest dealers in
building materials in Texas.
Our PRICES are LOWER than
the LOWEST Try us.
1. T. JONES LUMBER -CO.
Mexia, Texas.
A. D. TINMONS, Manager.
Food Changed to Poison.
Putrefying food in the intestines
produce* effcots like those of arse-
nic, bnt Dr. King’s New Life Pilla
expel the poisons from ologged
easily but surely,
Biliousness,
re, ell Liver,
sables. Only
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Voting by Machine.
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Tbe plan of voting by machine
•seme likely to have e permanent
pleoe in oar electoral system. It
was tried at many polling places
et tbe late election in New
York City aud State aod—accord-
ing to all scoonots—worked satis-
factorily. Tbe votes were record-
ed easily and promptly in each
cose, and tbe result was announced
within an boar. In Buffalo tbe
vote of 106 of tbe 108 districts was
known in thirty-five minutes after
the dosing of the polls. Tbe New
York EveDiDg Post, in summing
ap the resalts from the different
eonnties of tbs State, says that “no
complaints have been beard from
say quarter as to their smoothness
and scenrscy in operation, while
tbe qaiokneos with which tbe re-
sult oan be ascertained is amply
attested.”
The principal point in favor of
the voting machine, aa in tbe ad-
ding machine, is tbe absolute ac-
curacy of its counts. There can
be no questioning tbe result. This
was illustrated a year ago in Utioa,
where tbe vote in an aldermanio
election stood 431 to 432. Under
the old system there would have
been a contest and a recount, bnt
with tbe nse of tbe msobinea a
majority of one is as final as a ma-
jority of a hundred or a thousand.
—Exchange.
Says He Was Tortured.
“I snfferdd snob pain from oorne
I coaid hardly walk,” writes H
Robinson, Hillsborough, 111., “bat
Bucklen’a Arnica Balve completely
oared them.” Aote like magic on
sprains, braises, out*, sores, scalds,
barns, boils, ulcers. PerfectMsaler
of skin diseases and piles. ^Uuie
guaranteed by J P Robinson. 25c.
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Many a young fellow with good
brains baa gone wrong on eooonnt
of wbet is familiarly termed, big-
heed. This is a disease that tba
been able to
arrive at a proper treatment for
cote, but time, “the tomb builder,
oorrsote it tbe one way or tbe othef,
—Palestine Advocate.
Shanks Locals.
Dsc. 10,1901.—H. K. Foote is
very low with typhoid fever.
L. 0. Rose has pneumonia, bnt
is somewhat oouvalesoent
While splitting wood a fsw dhye>
past an iroo wedge boanoed oat
striking W. T. Ki I Igors in tbe eye-
infiiotiog a painful wound.
Marshall Jett, of Robertsom
county, and Miss Lncy Siam one,
of onr eommnnity, ware married
8nndsy night at tbe borne of the-
bride’s parents, Eld. T. J, Moor*
officiating. They will leave fbr
Robertson eounty tbe last of tbiS'
week.
Tbe Mexican boll weevil has*
made its appearance in onr commu-
nity in countless numbers. They
got bere too late to do mach harm
except to onr fine top crop. We
predict that they will rain cotton
next year aod wonld advise farm-
ers to raise more corn, “taters”
and vegetables. Bat then this
would be a good ides for every
year. Farmers raise what you
eat at borne.
OoBBMPONDINT.
A Woman’s Awful Peril.
“There is only one ohanoe to
save yonr life and that is through
an operation” were tbe startling
words beard by Mrs I. B. Hunt,
of Lima Ridge, Wi«, from her
doctor after be had vainly tried to
core her of a frigbtfal qgse of
atomsoh trouble and yellow jnan-
dice. Gall stones had formed and
aba constantly grew worse. Then
she began to use Electric Bitters
which wholly cared her. It's a
wondsrfnl stomach, liver and kid-
ney remedy. Cares dyspepsia,
loss of appetite. Try it. Only
60 cU. Guaranteed. For sale by
J P Robinson.
- British end American instructors
bavs been engaged to teaok tbe
Chinese troops bow to fight. If
they are snooeasful we may some
day expect a genias to oome along
end teach a buzzard to sing like e
whippoorwill—Houston Poet.
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1901, newspaper, December 13, 1901; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106198/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.