The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARCUS
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XXXIX, NO. 26
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Passes Away At His HShie in
The City After Long ^iege Of
Illness
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Mr. R. T. J Thtyrrlton, one
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trae U. C. V. nnd-will ever mi^s .
his counsel, be it further.
Resolved, that <fe express our
heartfelt sympathy for his - life-
long-companion who ever stood
hand in hand with him in ali
worthy undertakings for human-
.ity as well as Christianity.
Resolved, that we tender our-
svmpathy also to those relatives
who so loved his sweet and
te paper if you haven't read the advertisements
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FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APR 23.1914
i Ar-’e
$1.50 per yeaf, in advance
of
the oldest and' wfh'ost respected
citizens of -t*his plae&, departed
this life at his* home in the
Southwestern part • of town, at noble manhood, tpgetbgr with
two o’clock last.Ft i '.ay morning. . !s wise and Christlike admoni-
Mr. Thornton had. been* in i ^°ns* ' 1 '
very poor healA for- several Resolved.'that in respect‘for
weeks. He was surrounded by ; thp deceased arid wife, w£ have
a number of his kinspeopte dur- 'resolution*^ spread t ops be spreail -upon our min-
Resolutions of Respect
Whereas,-death has removed
from bur midst our esteemd Sov„,
W. P. Eidelhach, therefore be it
Resolved, that the Ireland
Camp No. 340. W. 0. W. has
•lost a good member. .The farpi-
ly having lost a I'ovirtf and it)^
dulgent husband and father,
one who was hard to give up,
therefore he it
Resolved, that the sympathy
of our order is. with, them in
’■'their sad bereavement. Be it
further .
•Resolved, that these resolu-
Personal Mention
Mrs. J. W. Bailey of Gonzales
was yisiting relatives in the city-
last week. «*
Dick Edwards now of Doming
New Mexico was here last week
greeting his friends of Lang
Syne,
Mr. Geo. Com ley, Gen’l Mgr.
Court News
Real Estate transfers
*E A Arnim to W Willeford,
transfer of V L notes.
Gerh Albers and wife.to Fred
H Mcinen, deed, 23,360 sq ft N
TQwnsend, $700.
A B Brhdsbrfw and wife to
Hv B Kiesling, deed, lot 106 and
of the Alvin Houston Creamer- part of lot 131, blk 14, LaGrange
its was in the City Tuesday. ,3300.
We have had about seventeen Emil Baca and -wife to F C
people accuse us of a miscount! Kmppel, deed. 5.22 ac Geo
in the numbef of ads in last'is- Cumberland, $250.
s.ue. We'admit there were forty! L J Rohac to Terezie Bohac,
two instead of forty one. How j rcl.
S3!
Ing hie " laftt ' dai’B,-* and ’ many L’)a minute.15^ofhur"Chapter ai.dj,,^.^^ copy be serif to the farm-: many do you Chunt this week' Aug Becker and wife -Hy
friends and' neighbors Were ever
present administering . acts of
love and kindness.
iMjnd a eppv to. the Argus. lor j be furnished the j Chas.‘ P.otthastof-Weimar was'- DippeJ.' deed. pant. of. Blk.
nil t r
publication. , ‘ !
AiKfflBiitlZA KlLLOlIOH FaIRKS
fzrigsiamam *
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mg, and remarked the fact ~to
those about, Kim. and he was
Jiady.tQ.au-:——
the Flatoina Argus for publioa- |a business visitor in the city Fri- Winn. $3200.
OIIR CORRESPONDENTS
News From Our Outlying Com-
- munities
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Newi
Aftw ^ weqks absent I’ll
try to Bcrtbble * few lines again
I failed to get all the Easter
news this .time Prof. E. C.
Schulze spent Easter with home-,
folks at Ruttersville.
Mrs. F. Bednarek and baby
spent a week with her parents
at Ammannsville.
• -Many Engle folks attended a
dance at Freyburg last MondaV.
Mr. Felix Kubala left fhis
week for Uvalde Co.
Committee.
P-gdjgajjQn Cetebrajiga
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and Mw ATtis- were'jn; anyp, r„ ar-dcrjtTsepnme
dance at the District Chnfen‘no- fay Heirs to Hy ’ vVey&nd Deed 2
at AustiiAlast Thursday .“making1
ns deed here Thursday loof
• T. TJeatjh came as ;a peaceful . First Anniversary- the Her*!- ^ounai rroatainfi The tlrip ih tfie ucto^zvoentery’ Y70tt!iTTire to Gust. To*
transition from this life to aii- j mansions Hall at Flatontuf ex-j-' Minutes of last meeting were acted chauffeur on the trip. I chen deed 97 R. Smith $^880.
Funeral services were held atl* Decorated Parade at h^Vis^ dLd^Jtm.
. . - ' 1 ‘ j rarhingat large.of alj' dogs: I arrival at the C. E. Snell • homo; $7600. ' *
l0* ‘ - • . ,. In vietv of the fact that there! The- little'one is five months old '■ , , \
Speaking at 10 A. M. bv Hon. j. *n epidermic of rabies among dnd has been adopted by Mr. and , ' MaJU{8 •)V a9?I,f, to ^ P*
the house at eleven Saturday', j.from the Ciitv to the Hall.
Rev. W. H. Petty conducting. AdreSs of welcome byT. .J. Haasj
and the- earth! 0t remains w ere
taken to "the OJd "Moulton Ceme-
tery and laid to rest by his broth- j
er Masons. At the grave. tbe^Aug. Haxthan^pp^-Grand Presi-icb-gti. v^e. the Flatonia Shakes*|*,T
solemn 'Masdnfc ceremony was 'dent* of the Sbns *of’ ll^rtlan of* r-Vkre Cttl't), petition the honor-.,: US-1 fc-
performed. Texas nl<‘Mayor and Commissioners I Mr.. E. G. Cowdln has been on ' ^Ha\V '"Bel
.vn m lUMiimH Mov-.. 3i..,i •>* ToumementTliding. j dogs bo prevented from running.; ' -Mesdames W. N. Struss and Fit Anders, Deed, 100 Win.
Wm
W.. (> Muinert to A. B. Brad-
born in Mississippi. March 23rd.
.J±Tcmoy(;(l t0 Texas . in.. , 1, ;; ".
t^TTfiTr-' ':Tm=r-
mers are progressing^with their '
field work.. *
Weimar wer^ Engle visitors to-
day. . • 4
Mr. Brod from Shiner enroute
to $chulenburg with a car full*
of people met with an-- accident
in front of Krenek’s gin here,
.one back wheel with the axle
oroke ofT. It took them all the
afterpoon to repair the car. It
was a good thing that the car
did not film over^ and nobody * #
was injured.
| '-'BatI Srt rfigtit. Arfrmwsion-
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jr-L. HasptsiLof
ted -MrV &d Mr»:
r<^fon i K* weev
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wgm
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he came to rlatonm to live. , vided -for. Everybody is cordia- ^4 ::o. was; ordered paid out ot , - * * *■ , , . ,,1Q .
H« Was married to Miss 'Ema- lly invited.* . “The Committee. • the Generpi Fund. ' •• Mrs. W. J. Wright and daugh- C tynippej. aeea, d.w.ac a
line Walker at Old MoUllon, and - -"* The-Clerk reported that .the ter Opal were here Friday. i nompson, $JA3. •
this'-union was blessed with, ninej IMe&rsta-Laux Deal Off } bchwenRe-Mehner alley had
cHWdren,. two sons and seven T1 „ • _f£.j • . Deen opened up.
-daughters. • -> wL>a ?itirK.r-P. K [--A. motion was made and carried
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He is syvivied by a wife> and , Nesrsta and F. W. Laux. where- tl,nt Commissioners make
seven daughters, Mrs.*'Stewart ■ by the Racket Store w.as trans- contract with R. A. Wheeler to
1 and Mis. Patterson 6t this place, ferred,' fell through at. the last j improve Market Street from
Mrs. Lee Bunting and Mrs. Lea- -+nS;ai|(11 S- A' V Ky- two b,ork8 North<
■4*^x«euiiir auara
Miss Hilda Franks of1 Swiss
hji \
Grove and Mrs. Murphy of San terms of payment.
Main Street from Market Street-
Marcos, * The taking of stock brot 'but | two blocks East, at 50‘ cts per
He was a member of the Bap-! the fact.tljat the store contains i yard. The work to be the same
tist Church for the past sixty little or no old goods and no dead pis done on North Pehn Avenue,
years. Since living in Flatonia stock at all; and-the owmer'is not Upon motion the Clerft h'as in
he has become known to all -of !at dissatisfied vvTth the turn
our citizens as a jovial and good 'Things have taken. Notice his
humored man, making light of advertisement in another part of
this issue.
Louis itvppl bv assne to Emil
1 Baca. rel. .
BIRTH REPORTS
Ferd P. Magnus & wife, Apr.
1), I9t4, Girl, near Flatonia.
Mrk. Goldie Snell ^nd Miss El- j^Adolph Kubenka& wife, Apr.
len Lackey were here visiting' ^> iiov.praha. .
Alp js here visiting her grand-
pgrtmts Mr.' and Mrs. August -
Windmeyer.
•his own troubles and doing much
to relieve the worries of others.
He has been loved and respected
by all.'
The Argus ioins its many read-
ers in extending "sympathy to
the bereaved ones.
•JS-'
Sympathy
The R. 0, Faires Chapter
U.
Ball Game Friday —v-
The local baseball team will
meet the Schtilenburg team on
the home grounds tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon.
A good game is promised. • •
II. W. Harrison will donate
the profits of that day" to' the
structed to issue vouchers to May-
or McKav and Commissioners
miflr.l. McLendon returned "Girl, near Flatonia.'
Saturday from Bay City. ; j,(0. Menke & wife,'* Apr.
‘ Mr. M.’ Patterson of Lane City G: :’r ‘V
attended the TunCral of • his
grandfather here Saturday.
ME B. C. Thomasson has been'
sictj since ttte last, writing.-, hut
is recovering now.
Messrs Frierson and Ramsey
of West Point was a pleasant
caller In our burg Sunday.
Virgil Hughes of Jeddo Sun-
dayed in Colony.*
Mrs. J. W. Wright and daugh-
ter Opal were shopping in vour
city las.t Friday. ^ .
Misses Dora Moore
%
I urday and Sunday with Mrs.
10- Sneli.
The Holiness meeting which
Frank Siebert & wife, Apr. 2,19tarte(j iMt Fjiday. night has
iBoy, St. John. jboen attended bv very large
Otto Ritter & wife, Mar. 8? cr0W(jB
Mrs. Langley' after a visit g,f1i near SchUlenburg. Mr N Rhode, and wife of
Waelder
here with relatives left Friday”1
Thulemeyer and Kristek, for $10
each, this being for tiie balance j ^01' i*er h°me in SanAntomo.
of the term.
The following fail's were read
and uj.cn motion ordered pmd -iut
of the General Fund:
D.-C. in a session held at the]teHm' a?d.f Sne11 wiU «ive
home -of the. president
tat.
thorn a half of his receipts.
Let every fan come out
see the frame.
and
•of tne, president re
solved to express the senti-
ment of its members in
sympathy with an honored and
loved daughter, Mrs. T. S. 'Wes-
son. relative to the death of her
husband.
‘ He was one of the bravest and
best Confederate soldiers, havL
ing served for four years in Co.
I 5th Texas mounted volunteers.
This company was commanded We.had the pleasure a few
by C&pt T. G. Killough, whose days since of reading an interest-
Patal day. Mahch 14th, was the’ing description of a sight seeing
same as his loved soldier's. Tom I trip taken bv a party of seveh
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Grand Ball
Will W given in Sima’s Hall
at Praha Tex. Monday April 27.
1914. Good music will be pro-
vided for. Everybody cordially
invited. ‘ -
W. D. Burns turned over the
election returns for City election
held April 7. 1914. after swearing
to the correctness of same.
Whereupon the Counciil proceed-
ed to canvas the vote which was
as follows: -■--------*--5.—
For Mayor H. R.' Thulemeyer,
Wesson, he being four years hid!from Honolulu of which Miss 85 votes, C. E..Nesrsta, 69 votes,
captain’s junior, | Helen Holmes tHarrison was alFb^ Commissioners, H. E. Olle.
WHEUEA'iS, ft has plbfrsCd out*I member: The itinerary includ-! ’ 17 vi 'cs. ( 1. Woods, 1.!() votes,
loving Heavenly Father • the > ed all ‘the principat islands of the And the following declared elect-
great Ruler and Arbiter of the Hawaii group. The extinct vol-jed to serve-the r.ext two years;
Aanm Davis
J. G. Robbins
K. R. Kerr
E. E. Cockrill
M. McVeay-
W. 'A. Oak man
C. E. Snell-
B. A. Kempe
Arnim Lane
W. D. Burns
R. J. Andrews ‘
Ant.-Polasek
Flatonia I. ‘W.’& E. Co.
W. D. Burns
Mr. and.Mrs. Murphy of San
Marcos are here with relatives.
- 'I (col).
Miss Mav Hughes of Shiner is
here visiting. . *-
marriace ueENSES |-\Vaelder were callers at the
Mr. Louis Simek & Miss Agnes home of Mrg Mary Rich Sjinday.
l-rante. ' . u Mrs. Mattie Richardson
Jim Hallans (col) Osa Jackson mrB'
Mrs. .Mattie
turned to her home
re-
West
Mrs. W. O. Meves and little
son Roy of Shiner were here
with relatives this week.
•* 2.90
203. 75
36.40
31.20
22.60 ' t
1,00
V2*40 w^ere sbe ^ias *:)een teaching the
07 20 Pa3t session. Miss Meyer’s ser- j and a number of out of town
16.50
2 50
1.20
38,76
10.00
LChWiio Kotria» .a
Decoration Day j ^r'enns here-
j Peggv saw some one looking
Last Sunday was observed as Lwfuny blue Sunday, but cheer
pei -ration Day here, and appro-j Up Roy> Fullton dbesrPt come
Peggx
Miss May Meyer returned Wed- pria 'e ijervices were held at the 13Q very 0ften.
hesday- from Mt. Enterprise,,-Cemetery.
A- iarge crowd of town people
BPPP® Muldoon Muttering*
vices were so satisfactory that j visitors.were present. I •'• • • .
she was offered her position a-j 'l !io (iav was an ideal one for Mr. J. Wv Thlbert, . Mrs. <* •
gain but so far has not filed ae-jSiU i being fair andjbert and Miss Carrie. MAeJ^ee
ceptance. - " ~ '(bright with a gentle North were in Smithville shopping last
- ‘breeze. The cemetery had been Friday.
Mr. M. V, Meyer m attending ( put Very presentalde condi- Mr. Ray T. Foster closed his
** an. and' flowers and plahts jschobl out at String
used on the grave* in profusion. 1 Thursday and is now at Home
the natianal convention of
road agents this wreck at
ton.
„raiI" tio
Hous- ,
of Colony.
Mutt
destinies of men? to callthisi
valiant soldier of the cross of
Christ to his eternal reward,
where we know he is crowned
with a star-set coronet,
canoe, Haleakalaand the active1 H. R. Tin emo.-or, Ma\or; H. E.
volcano, Kilamea wehe visited; Olle and 1 . F. \/oods, Cornmis-
alsd the famous Thurston cave. B oners.
A week was consumed in making
the trip and some very iuterest-
RESOLVKD, that we deepl,v ing and educational sights were
feel the loss, of this loyal und t enjoyed by the party.
After Having (.he oath of office
administered a motion to adjourn
to Wednesday night April 15, j and Pihe Springs. The day
1914 carried. 1 ideal for such frolics.
■ HntevTB. W. Allen opened the|aKajn. py T*
Dr. and Mrs. R. ’ A. Johnson avrvices with prayer and several | Miss Bertie Lea Meek was in
and.son. D. F., returned Wednes- failliliar 8“n83 wer®’s“"K by the Flatonia shopping last Mondry.
day from Houston where they crow(b The K. of r- - services. j)ora Moore and Mis*
attended the wedding bf Miss which were to e ai Ruby Landig spent Saturday"and
Marguerite. Lehnen to Mr, T. A- tal^ place’ tbr°'lgh 8°me CaU8e’ j Sunday visiting Mrs. I. A. Snell
Pendarvis. Miss Lehnen is a .. •
grandda&ghter of Dr. and Mrs. Revival
Johnson. The groom is auditor j is conducting aseT-
for the Texas Oil Company. ief of pru racted meetings at the Mexican Situation
San Jacinto Day was observed M. hndist Church tfais week. On page two we are giving an
here by the banks, Post Office ; otiie v.-ry interesting and per- account pf what has taken place
and School. Parties of Sfchool1 tir nt sei ::ions have been preach- in thq Mexican contretemps,
children enjoyed picnics Rtied md considerable interest has! Latest news Wednesday was
Koch’s Tank. Rocky Crossing bf »*io •*vid<*uce amontf the tp the effect that Vera Cruz had
w;L. chtu.n , fople. The meetings | lR«en taken at a cost of *>ig
l will Continue until Sunday night. 1 fives. Mexican loss
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1914, newspaper, April 23, 1914; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112826/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.