The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1900 Page: 2 of 4
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FIELD RECORDER. I ^Commisiioners’ Court.
. PHirfleid i Commissioners’Court met in reg-
nl, ,T,x". U« H»ioond-ol«"« Matter. («Ur session last Monday, Judge
----t---— I Davies presiding and all Comipie-
L.C KIKUAN, KdlUH- & ? ub-Liouerl presout. The Court ad-
SUBSCRIPTION BATEB. journed Wednesday evening after
l copy one year......J......A...-•1.00 transacting the following busi-
1 oopy six month*..........*.Vr nese:
No eubacfiptione sent on orwlit at j y Crisp, hauling lumber,
shove tlgures. They are *pot oash. L_ , , ‘
•All authorjptiou* not renewed in one 9Y.40. * ,
south utter expiration will be I Mack Brown, baulmg lumber-,
■ $480.
8. V. Moseley, work on bridge,
ADVERTISING bates. | m w
I *»“• b8uli°e laffiber-
*u;;nt insertion*- Reasonable reduo-I $23 90.
Rons made for notices pubtasfaed for A,f (j (j_ruH hauling lumber,
four weeks or longer. J .
Bates for standing display advertise- 120 04.
aieuts made known on application. j j rp“ JJanoock, lumber, $71 50.
lteU^ous andoduoationa! noUces pub- j ^ ^ Hancock, work on bridge,
L C King, (?'t al, petition for
road, road granted and jury of
view appointed.
Wat Walker, account, $84.
W ill Shockley, bridge work,
184.50.
8 V Moseley, bridge work,
180.
T 8 Peyton, quarterly report,
.pproved.
H B Daviss, quarterly report,
To th^ Voters of Free-
stone County.
approved.
* F. OwenB, quarterly report,
charged on finance ledger with
VfM .suwsaww “---o-- . ,
fines reported afid credited with
convict bonds reported.
lished free of charge.
“Tributes of Reeueet" from societies | $8.30.
and lodges charged half price.
FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1900.
For President In 1900
WM. JENNINGS BRYAN.
For United States Senator,
JOS. W. BAI1.EY.
District Attorney Kirven wa
renominatecfftr District Attorn- Ulu„„„ „_____
ey in Navarro county lrkst. | ^ appointed to fill out the unex-
Saturday. pired term of T F Ownes as justice
Will Shockley, work on bridge,
$60.00.
J. L. Childs, work on road,
$10.00. .
A.^AdkinB, work on poor farm,
$5.00.
Browne & Hill, merchandise,
$2.00.
Buffalo Trading Co, lumber,
$183.39. ■
J. P. Jackson, lumber, $2 72.
Dr. Blount, drugs, $2.50.
Clark & Courts, stationery,
$18 00,
Walter Ely, hauling lumber,
$10.00.
John Criep, work on bridge, 75
cents.
T. J. 8ims, school acct $86.71.
R. H. Miliken, bridge work, $8.
Geo. Knott et al, petitiob for
district school, petition granted
Peck & Lott, $6.75.
T F Owens, resignation as jus-
tice of the peace precinct No. 4;
ded.
It ie ordered that E E Turner
L W Pierce, quarterly report,
.pproved,
Jj
rno Jerry, quarterly report,
ipgroved.
*jr. Sam Burroughs, operat-
ing on Austin Lucky, $25.
It is ordered by the Court
jh notice of
that Clerk publis---------
meeting of Board of Equaliza-
tion on----day of June, 1900.
General News.
Mexico, Mo., May 14.—The
Democrats of the Ninth congres-
sional district to day renominsted
Champ Clark for Congress to suc-
ceed himself.
Austin, Tex., May 13.—The tab-
ernacle, corner Brazos and Fifth
streets, ie now in shape for the
Fairfield, Texas, May 14, lftOO.
Having decided, after some consideration, to make
the race for the office of County Surveyor, I take this
method of announcing my candidacy. Having lived
in Freestone county for more than 15 years, I have no
need to be introduced to many of the voters of my
county. However^ there are a great many of the vo-
ters that J. have never met, and as the primary ejec-
tion is so close at hand, I deem it my duty to an-
nounce in some manner, and many of the votert don’t
take the Recorder or Journal, I can prpbably get my
announcement before most of them in this manner
. than by announcing in the papers.
I have been a teacher in the public schools for 5
years, having taught one year of the time in Lime-.
stone county, the balance of the time in this countyk
I believe that my qualifications to fill the office
credibly are sufficient. If elected, I will endeavor to
do my duty to the best of my ability, and any favor
shown me in my candidacy, will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
Jab. A. Moore.
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STOP! ISIS
Aud don’t make'anotber purchase until you visit my
store. Tins is good advice aud to do your pocket
book justice pou will call and see me.
ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS
Constitutes my stook. All goods marked down to
the very lowest price.
IN LADIES DRESS GOODS
For 8pring.aud Summer 1 have a well
selected stock, and specially iuvite the
ladles t«J call and ex<pnineYhem.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.
" - We can show yon the largest and most
complete line of sboea in Fairfield, and
can save you money. ,
An Endless Variety of HATS.
All shapes; styles and prices.
T. J. HALL.
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To the Voters of Freestone County.
Owing to sickness in my family
New Orleans, La., May 13 — It
is announced from United Confed-
erate Veterans’ headquarters here
We deeply sympathize with of the peace preciDct No. 4.
22“ BM bS&sss
v -ci . Mrs J L Johnson account small-
wood, Friday, May 4. L,, ,15.00.
Congressman Burke carried l C Kirgan, acc’t publishing tax
Navarro county in the primary gait citations and stationery $376.12
last Saturday. This defeats G E Traylor, application to be
Gossett, his opponent for re- discharged ae election officer for
nomination, and we might add, precinct No. 4, and to have M J
the best man of the two. Ingram appointed instead. Not
----—-•••—'-- granted.
The eclipse of the sun sched- w A potter ordered to change
uled to begin 6:30 o’clock, a. m., I Corsicana and Fairfield road.
May 28, and last -about two I yy Allegre, quarterly report,
hours, will be a sight worth approved,
witnessing, although the eclipse Geo. Wilder, quarterly report
will not be total in Texas. | approved.
C 0 Wbitt, quarterly report,
Democratic convention that will be
beld here on Jone 20 to select del-
egates to the national convention.
Augusta, Gav May 14.—Wm.
Willis, a negro, who shot and kill-
ed Alexander Whitney, a popular
young white mifh of this oity yes-
terday evening, was lynohed near
Grovetown, about twelve miles
from here, at 10 a. m. today.
Chicago, Ii,l.„ May 14.—Two
prostrations were reported as a
result of the extreme beat wbioh
has prevailed here for several days.
At 2 p. m. street thermometers
registered as high as 85, the great
humidity adding to the general
discomfort.
in January and February, my work jyra Margaret Jefferson Da-
bas been delayed and I will not be Hayes, the only surviving child
able to make a canvass of the coun- 0f Jefferson Davis, wiU be at the
ty, and take this method -of pre- Louisville reunion. Gen. Gordon |
Fruits,
Apples,
Bananas,
| Strawberries,
Oranges.
has appointed her daughter, the
granddaughter of Jefferson Davis,
Mias Varina Howell Davis Hayes,
a sponsor for the entire South,
and Miss Mary Watts Woods of I
Charlottsville, Va, aB ohsef maid
of honor for the South.
Corsicana, Tex., May 14.—Work
was commenced today clearing
away old buildings on a portion of
the Central Railroad reservation to
make room for Corsicana’s seoond
cotton oil mill, which is to be
erected by a local company at a
cost of $50,000.
Somebody in Cuba seems to. clerk of the <fcurt wa8 ordered
have had a good thing and have ^ 0 c Whiu ,0 8wear to
been working it for all it was report
worth. Postal frauds in the! ^ Clerk ordered toUeue to Co.
sity of Havana alone amounts Snpt Williford, warrant on Co.
to about $400,000. This is one I Treasurer for salary as Co. 8npt.
result of Uncle Sam’s civilizing for qaBrter ending May 31. 1900.
influence. _ Fred Hill account, $9.79
The middle-of-the-road pop- Bob Thurmond, aoct. for trees $2
ulist convention which met at| W T Daniels, repairing bridges.
Corsicana, Tex., May 14.—Tsm
Wood brought in a good oil well
for J. E. Whiteselle on the brick-
yard lease north of the city, near
tbe Central Railroad track, this
morning. The Dr. 8. W. Johnson
well at Rowell in which gas and
aalt water were strnck, it now ap-
pears is an oil well as the salt wa-
ter which is coming from it is
bringing considerable oil with it,
the oil spreading itself broadcast
in the neighborhood of the well,
dent. Me Won „ou,„nuo„ >»■* "'T
. . . . w_ session of Navarro co. be called in-
at Sioux Falls nominated Wm. |to ,r ol P(Melo„ <*.
J. Bryan for president andj^ lh„ ^ Jodg, tb.
„ _ * . . ana mai uo. juago negoimie me
Chas. A Towne for uce-presi-1 jmtne<jiate purchase of same from
dent I - ~ , . .
_ __ Navarro Co.; and upon reoeipt of
As a result of the Hanna receipt same by Co. Treasurer
McKinley brand of prosperity that same be placed in permanent
that the country is now enjoy- school securities of Freestone Co.
ing, miners, factory ^operatives, I in place of a corresponding value
machinists and other classes of of Freestone oo. funding bonds
laboring men, to the number of I now in said permanent school
thousands are thrown out of fond-securitise.
employment in the United
States, st\ul there are also sev-
irge^trikes in which the
laboring-ri'ien are contending
for their
We are glad to now that
• Hon. R. M. Love, of limestone,
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14.—
The Washington correspondent of
tbe Times sends tbe following:
Gen. Joe Wheeler tonight gave
to tbe members of tbe Southern
Press a letter*addressed to bis con-
stituents of tbe Eighth oongree-
sional district of Alabama An-
nouncing his determination not to
etand for re-election to Congress
again.
sentiDg' my claims to the people.
As it is being told that I reduced
tbe valuation on the railroad, I
give the figures:
Resident roll in 1898,... $2,205,100
“ . « " 1899,... 2,209,440
Increase............. 4,340
Non-resident roll in 1898 433,835
•• « “ 1899 351,055
Decrease........... 82,780
Railroad and telegraph
in 1898......... 47,395
Railroad and telegraph
in 1899........ 48,050
Increase........... 655
Unrendered in 1898..... 159,365
•* “ 1899..... 286,010
Increase............. 126,645
As tbe unreodered land belongs
to non-residents it should be plac-
ed with that roll in making esti-
mates. This will give a net in-
crease of $43,865 in these two lists;
! 14,340 increase on resident roll
and $655 increase on railroad aipd
telegraph, making a net increase
of $48,860.
Does this look like oppressing
the people who live in the oounty?
I wanted to put tbe railroad valu-
ation higher, but the Commission
era’ Court made a compromise val-
uation. 1 found more white chil-
dren in school age than the com-
munity lists showed. Tbe official
reoord of an officer is public prop-
erty and he should be tried by that
and that alope. If eleoted this time
1 will not be a candidate for Aa-
eeesor two years from now. Hop-
ing to have a chance to answer any
charges wbioh may be brought
against me, I will thank anyone to
let me know of all such. 1 tbank
you who voted for me two years
ago, and hope a great many more
will do so this time.
Respectfully,
A. P. Carter.
Fins
Lina of
Candy and
Chewing
Cum.
COME TO SEE ME.
JOE ROLLER,
...FAIRFIELD, TEX.
Coca Cola,
Pepsin Punch,
Cold Soda’s ’
loe Cream
Soda
V
” T - - ____
i ICE CREAM and
Paoans,
ICE CREAM SODA
Dates,
Will be Kept Every D(
Walnuts,
FOB WHITES ONLY.
Etc.
Havanna, May 14—The extent
of tbe postal frauds is far greater
thaD was at first expected. Resides
taking iq the postal department,
the frauds seem to include the lo-
cal office at Havanna and various
other offices throughout the island,
and also to have extended to out-
side points, which have been used
for tbe sale of some of the old is-
sues of stamps that were ordered
destroyed.
The result of the investigation
at the local postoffice is the sus-
pension of Postmaster Thompson,
who was installed in April.
BLACKSMITHS and WOOD1
IRKERS.
Having secured the servieeafif Mr. J. F. Tillman, a
first-class blacksmith and hors^hoer, we are pre-
pared to do all kinds of blacksinijh and wood work.
HORSE SHOEING A SPfCIATY,
Brewer’s
and satisfaction guaranteed. / At
stand in Fairfield.
old
ANDERSON &
W C Kennedy, et al, report
of jury of vifcw, approved, and
overseer ordered to open road
as designated.
. Z R Emmons, et al, road pe-
tition, road granted, and jury
of view appointed.
R A Lefe, petition for hog law
election for Freestone county,
election granted and date of
New York, May 14.—A letter
from Pretoria from a special cor.
respondent giving Boer news, dat-
ed Maroh 25, says:
■1 have tbe bigheet authority
for the statement that rather than
aee their country conquered by
England, the Boer commissioners
are empowered to ask the United
8tates to assume a protectorate
over the republics, this protector-
ate to tend, if deaired, toward
eventoal annexation.”
Washington, May 14.—After a
The fight for the world’s
championship between Jeffries,
the present champion, and Cor-
bett, the former holder of the
belt, was pulled off in New
York laBt Friday night, and re-
sulted in Corbett being knock-
ed out in the 23d round.
the lead for State J
and will probably -------------1118
Thw will be a|eiection set for June 23,1900.
C B Dnnagan, account, $3.50.
mem, . H H Powell, feeding prison
lathe State of U,, 1374.00.
fami-l A Simpson, account for com-
'.98, rejected.
miurttet
discussion lasting five full days the
Senate today passed the naval ap-
propriation bill. Practical ly four
days were devoted to the consider-
ation of tbe armor plats propaition,
which was agreed to finally as re-
ported by the committee with the
exception that the Secretary of the
Navy ia authorized to make oon-
tracts only for such armor as may
be needed from time to time. Tbe
, »
---- of tbe
Sold only In
Mb. Packages.
Premium list In
every Package.
Best Coffee
for the Money.
Insist upon
LION COFFXE!
WOOLSON SPICS CO- TOLEDO, a
Whcesale Prices
to Users.
posts,
send
ftt?-14- m°p°"k"y WA,,D-*
Ouifeneral Catalogue quotes
thcm.pcijd 15c to partly pay
or Cxprcssage and well
1 one. It has 1100 pages,
_ 7,o< illustrations and quotes
price on nearly 70,000 things
1 cat and use and wear,
stantly carry in stock all
quoted.
_______ WARD A OO.,
At.AI
The Fairfield REGORDpt to Dec. 31, 1900,
for only 60 cents.
ruw>.
Misses Gallic Mollvecn, Clara Burle-
Mira Martin t»4 Balli. Brswer. g
own of Tklrflrld la said
obfT UNO, and allow c
VIOLIN.
Messrs. Robert Burleson, Phifer, Mrs.
Phifer, Mias Bennie Huckaby.
OORKNT.
Duetts—Messrs. Phifer and Kufua
Burleson.
BANJO.
Messrs. Brewer, Gault and Phifer.
Fun and musio for all, oome and
have a good laugh. Admission 25 cents,
children 10 oents.
For benefit of Grave-
yard.
IL
Young People’.
Will Clve
ment Under
tlon
<4’mulct Cart, 1
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1900, newspaper, May 18, 1900; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1107353/m1/2/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.