The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FLATONIA ARCUS
“A Literary Gem: a Typographical Joke*
VOLUME XXXVII, NO. 30
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 16th, 1912
HENRY HURR,
HONOR THE LlVlNfc
HEALTH
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MeifWell Known to Readers of. Effect of Stock Law Belifeved td
The Argus _ | Be Detrimental
The Argus believes,in scatter- “Nor love, nor honor, wealth, nor
ing its smiles to those who are power,
yet-with us to know that their Can £jve the heart a cheerful
v presence among us is appreciated. hour
. In this column will he found a When health is lost. Be time’y
• dikei es> ai£ one with whom every'
citizen is acquainted^ j^niLaiibo is
respected by all who know him.
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—— wise, -----— —l. . :_zjl.
With health all taste of uleasure
flies.”'
That there.is a wealth of truth
t" bflth the crude aftd refined
sense, in these lines of Gay; there
can be no doubt. In the last an-
alysis, the pur nose of life is
peamre. pleasure in the high
and moral sense. The primal .
requisite for this end in its per-
fect sense, .is health; The wise
and'good a-* well as tht* foolish
gnd wicked, strive for the" aRETd*
of perfect health, but the wise
and goOd.'droltHt-tn—the .higbest-
esteem.
The means to this end-are -
sometimes obscure and - some- -
times through honest ignorance,
full advantage is not taken of it,
The fues tiVhewlth a re-practically
Morgan Countv, Alabama, bn., the same in all localities. The
November 2V, 1&23 . His parents health of man never rises above
- n&oved to New Orleans wheft hi? the perfect state, there is no
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When, ,
Dire aim- Come
True <—----
JamesWhitcomb Riley
J LrijHEN my dreams come true**’
" when my dreams come true
Shall I lean jrom out nw,
casement ,in the starlight
and.the dew,
SHAKESPE ARISTS.
JapLawn P%rty Add# Revenue
to Park Fund. •.
•The committee on time ard
place evidently knew what it was
Home Boy* Put Finns of
mar Team inOo»« *
If little Johnie Ai
st handle one of
ers trunks a nig
day night and the C. P. J o h n- his ticket selling
about when it selected last Fri- jmers trunks a nig!
To listensmile and listen to the
tinkle of the strings ...
Of the sweet ouitar iny lovers fingers
fondle, as he sinds?
And as the nude moon slowly, slowly
shoulders into view,
Shall I vanish from his vision —'
vchen my dreams come true?
\ \ THEN mv dreams come true ^
• \IXI shall me simple down I wear
Y V Be changed to softest ^atin,/ *
and my maidervbraided hair
.ifcart can hold ?.—
Or me summer of my tresses"shall
‘ ten to
son residence for the-Japanese
Lawn-Party which whs given by
the Shakespgar Club foj the
benefit of the city park.
The-ai^. was" soft, Cool and
calm, artd.pcynii.U'd the use of
a large number of Japanese
lanterns which were burig aboyt
the spacious grounds in the
beautiful trees that ornament
the*Johnson lawn, making the
eirect grotesquely charming.
A dozen-pTHrie;. misses of tep
'or twelve years, garbed in tht
Qmntal latest, ad vices • frolicked
. dutiea at*: the
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•Weimar ticket office far a ,|ew
months, before he- comet qOfwn.
here to pitch nine .innings D/t-M
ball game, the Flatonia tflpun.
wouldn't need any score k« ~
As it is, it was way aloi'
wee Small minutes of the l
that our boys could pick onf
enough to be sure they could ojid-
nect with it.
4 Of course, one who has be*|iiK
slamming bricks into plaj££.f4VL;.:
long and, truly as Jaclc^Redn»on<Lj
could be trusted to lam it battpse,' -
and he did in the second j
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[in sweet childish health until entire round trip. •
I ‘‘refreshment, time” came, when
I,bey served the gig at a in a most 1
Johnie is some pitcher, though,
and its only love for \he hopie
«a
gracious manner- with chicken folks and a slight quantity j»pf
*alad sandwiches and June tea. stature missing that keeps him
Chairs, rockeri. u,nd settee.-, (Out of the National League.
were arrartged about thogrounds It was a .good lively
in artistic effect that conduced j throughout, and kept the
'suspense right up to two!
the last half of the ninth.
BJondy made a grandsi
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"The fervor of 1
imp dreamycome iru'
was three Years Wll, and he at- , possibility of placing a storq,of it
traded school there Until he was*'to-be used in times of need;., the*
about nineyears old when his par-1 paramount task then is the main-
ents moved hack to 'Alabama, tenance of the public health in a
He continued his school studiesj satisfactory .state. By* reason of
until he was eighteen years of peculiar conditions local to cer-
age and then read law under tain communities and in the
Judge Parsons of Hurrtsvilie general economy of the material
Alabama.-^*,,-.—.. ^ ^ thingsg^f Jife. .the majjgtgiiaqceJ;. ,
^ t,v |f 1111,,tM '■11 11niinaniii i TiTiiimi
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I ■ *» .vpt^'NTi*i<^which have Kate Fostqr entertained-the- girl [ I odge,Number 208, Knights of
of Henv:dsburg,,‘Ky., and cfimeTt’lirove and -prospered,,’* RifP fid* ■.r&atfv^f' of lit far} Lythite;-that we deeply deplore
to T?xas: «WtHod at -Jefferson. J vantage half been taken of 'econ- Fay, Arnim at 'a ‘‘Stunt-Party’' the untimely death of our broth-
Two years,--, later he ‘moved- to omies—+n the maintenance of. whic\) was rather unique and
Fayette County ‘and started a, public health afforded b^ reason'' fnter'esffbfc. „ * '
merchan’diae - business ’ at Osor of peculiar conditions-.surround- The party , was well attended
or jtwo of'hot liners and
'•a*SSS3&
| Tetefc
j to the comfort and enjoyment pf
[the different ages, while rugs
lappeared in. just the right plMeg.
t to supply'the tone to the open _
J Air apartment. Anri, though \\ a. \\u\e scorching gro'
may be unusual to recount it, a through him fhatpermP
* close observer cop^d. but _^e.. j.rii”- Stqbby gathered up soi
pressed with the swift. accuracy ,'nPf rollers in short, but the
with which each ^corner was was1 busy between him and
Irawti toatiapuroprittte position; and Fink couldn’fctell hqw
chose maturer minds choosing they would bounce »I
sejltS close to the. front ga-lleiy struck , the ground.
JMKti Wheat M»K>rg ougfttofeAteiPgt
ehioy^d *-thd
retiring ,
adapted to their teto*a-t-ete rjr Aif ^hatjp'Jr, Weiniar i
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Which he conducted for six years
When the Sduthern Pacific huilt
through Fldtoqqi'.tp/ J874, Mr.
quirements where the soft .noth
er Knight and offer our most j-jngs that were spoken were least
heartfelt sympathies to his farjjj
ly.~ x'hat a copy t>f these resold
tibns hpkjent to his family, a
apt to be wafted to the ' eart ol
those riot wishing to overhear.
An^. amid this deeply appreci-
ative ^ throng, 'where ihtricate
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jng them,howeveir unusudl or rj?» an3 each.guest was .required* to
pugflarft sut-h mi’ans be. to*other -perform '’some ktuni- S^me of-copy be furnished The FMonia
„ ... , , r__,.____ communities V> long as- material the stunts were infinitely amus- Argus for publication and a cop\ i explanations of differentials anc
Crockett w*e • apfN»»n(ed Public*injury is not done to its .own or fng. Mrs. Foster, .whep.. her [ be spread Upon o'Ur minutes arid j tpatlsrpissions, color effect and
W.eigher, which position he he'ld the inhabitants of’its-neighbors, tuhn came, brought in a small' that'bur Castle Hall be draped in texture of gowns, laws of Moses,
Jege. boy center 17e?der«
to have his receiver just
the long flies landed pretty
lar, and” retired all who _
bold.enough to knock to his , /
of the pliay ground..
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until the San Antonio and. Aran- Thus we see. in . Charleston. “ tjg^ket- filled' with scrolls and
sSs Pass Railnoad wasibuilt South Carolina, the very novel gave* each guest a parchment
throuif jnown. He owned sight of turkey buzzards .<Joing a'scroll announcing the marriagei '
and editeef the Flatonia Argus six great part of the scavenger Work of Miss Fay to Mr. John Blud-
years, selling out "to Charles from the public streets; these worth on the 27th of June. Mrs.
Blanton.' ! birds are Very tame and come Arrrim’s stuntVas to present th«
Mr. Crockett served ir# the i in great numbers and so thick do bride-to-be with a beautiful en-
war between the States in • the they become on the . streets at graved berry spoon, in token of
Tphh.-; OOfh infantt-.yt fnr four timf*g that.thov have (ifPiprpssitv her announcement day.
mourning for a period of thirty jpn^l why he should have thrown
L. N. Lyon
H. R. Thtilemeyer
. Henr-y,Miller
years. ' I to be literally kicked out of the j The announcement follows;
Althoiujh the oldest inhabitant way. The-peculiarlities of this Know ye all whereas,
at presefevjJ^J,Crockett is by no bird Is also taken advantage of John, son of Portevarrt, ,of the
''hnd'gouv; ip a hunt her of the United States house of Bludworth,- and Fay.
means the*-fl*
to third instead of first inter
mingled, t^pre qppearedf-a com-
munity of interest whjjdi is high- j
. Committee ; |y satisfactory, •- j
--- The program' consisted of • a.
Mother#’ Day 1 number of instrimental and vocal
T, .. .. .. .. t pieces, and a reading by ' Mr#.
The services at .the Methodist | ^Common. All of these num-
OIiuilIi laM tluntja.v niftHit, u.l«-(j,m m„»l Iwhly enjoy?,I
bratinK Mothers Day. were ar-, lhc ,audicnre. Amonir the I
ransed by a c°ram'ttec of theL,^, n-um ^rr were, a piano
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, around to see what rt going on in and prominenlTv in Texas, daughter of-Edward, of the
’town every «Uy. . %. Whgre the protection afforded ; h*bu6fe of Arnim, having reached
May his 'fchadow "nev6?*grbw ^thenT'is - immeasurably ^greater years of discretion and under- dl^r " ao' pnl 'onL™,! Wheeler Jr, a.yocM solo-by Miss I
less hot t hr tv l .i - . * _______ a.\_____!i_. , .... At me uiKir, as one entered, | a„a1aaa /tnni>ta»A ,
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than that of game birds; the only standing seek 'admission into the tll Missps Wilmi' Marii; U°ve,ace- a quartette by, .. , . -(}
- reason for this protection- being | state OF MATRIMONY Gosch and Virgie Bailev ninned Mr8‘ Willeford’ Mrs- MX’ ! °Ur Gfrt,^f^pitch^ JL
yri' v. i- i, , # their aid in the maintenance’of I, Daniel Cupid, Governor of1 h hit’ I Henry Miller and Mr, Henry game and heW the viri ors
^ Shbkespeare Meeting wf the pubHc health. Again said State, hereby proclaim tliem jXmh^a symbol o?Hhe Moth- Harrison‘a piano'Bol° by Mis? t0 where ,l wa.8
On S^lrd«f Way-Ilt 1912 the most of the sea coast cities take -- -........
candidates for such admission cm n W r • Eya Morris, a. piano solo by Mr. |.! ntil he was relieved in the etyith
candidates for such admission, cm- ers Day. Misses Jeweir^ullt-1eFernau> and severaj 8e- by Redmond. Jack fttherejjrfth
' ° van and Adelaide Hinton found rectjons by a C()mi)08ed the goods in the box'.
w»i IT IPInfAni'a rvnf fllA /lM
Shakespeare Club its last re- advantage.'of the presence iniune twenty seventh _
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A BrurWiamkWifi. ‘ The Club open- j porpoise, the shark and other
ed in tKei^d^hiafinepianddur- fishes of like'character, in the,] seal on this May fourteenth .
ing fb^kiis^a^LspSMidn a'risintr i disposal of ^ great part of their I Nineteen Hundred and. Twelve,
vote o f: t hat ;iSgi ven Mes- garbage aji d o fl a I robh hi y all of-j ~1 (Bigned) Daniel Cdbfd.
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dames J/dins1^', Browti'and Woti-! Us loathe the sight of these fish-
pka fdl-'theif klndriess in assist- ef. yei for. time'immemoral, such
ing,thte.corfirtfit^eo in charge of cites have taken .advantage of.
Written under my hand and Each participa/U in the pro- ^arneck.e and Andrews. in. the second, Weimar
Mr, Johnson which Was n<rt',onent^rlSinSe?^ LU. a"'P,> !sixthwldFuioiSItied 1
thy progranV, was highly' appre- Much crodit is' due the'~ .Club, seventh. With two down
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ciateT
. . . for this treat, and. especially toiSSlhalf of tlie ninttl, Ji
Another number wh.ch was the 0()mmittt-e having it In mond punched a swift one *yer
business bding dispensed with, W of refuse and time has On- the exercise of His Infinite Wis-j^J^ B,2emnnn Bwrwn and Anito Johnson, stolen two bases came Ih M
thelefeb’h wtWthAimd and thor-: douhtedl.v iwoven the course a ; dom has been.pleased to. remove and Jim^e Mai.r ?ijn.. ' | ’ , , '
‘ **' * *• — • • " -.u. -Ji..* -c e---- Mfpi-Hpi i ... . Miss Mary Edna RhgAdafe err-;
stolen two bases came in
that was necessary.
It was a good swift game and
tertained-Tuesday evening in h<‘,d the ,<K,ter8 fo-r toth^idf*
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oughfii''disd^sfed;'1' Miss Anita I wdse one. Again, the citi- of from our midst ,pur-, itn.thei g Collection-for the home of) '
■ jB^tWciioU^mwtfhtt’s'attitude. , , ,r Brother we always
-The Argus ia. .HitVeceipr. ^f' aT
i)eat invitation tojfhe (’oiMnvence-
ers of Rosebud and Mr. T. J. , ™ * i n j
*wso» ofWaoxv _____1____Batteries, FlatontaGarl
-A for*:i snri. u.' U:.in.;sdeHcTrMa1-,fion^ and Kochl^e,mal‘*
which the club adjnorrlod to meet ! I****1*? gmO iiestroivrs of; mos- vyrsitjes. with a kmdl.v word. , )m n1 Exercises of the graditafing; Tee civam ami cake woiV< served. ^
on a'special'day May* 18.'# ? squijpes sind other pernicious in- good counsel arid open purse; 1'' class-of the Atlanta Der.tH Col- i Tliose present 'were as follows: "®-v®r8*
Press Cor. 1 sects; these bats have always friend in whom ive always fouful i lege on May 15th. Among the Misses Ivn Mae -Childers. Euh
* ' ,a faithful disciple ot Damon ami! names of.the gv?duates. appears and towel Sullivan, Margie
Watson and -Doggett.
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existed in great numbers 1n the
Pythias.- And,*
.BorVto Mr. and Mrs. fc-H. ration of San Antonio and fud; Whereas ^-his deatl)
. tfyit of Jere VVond MiirpH? qf this A^wSr'l J Sunday with Mifr in
_____________ ... . we City. VNe congratulate, and pre- i a.vgon rj c! Warnecke joe Flatonia. V;
Parker. cAprtJ .the 26 th at Elm advantage is bejn«j taken of their have los* a good friend. &< true [diet a bright career for friend Cadweli’, Willie'Harrison and, /. : ...... j
•Grove, a boy. Weight, 9'lbs. 1 „•• (conunaed on s#con<t p#g»i brother a;.d a valuable citizen, t Jere. . ' , 1 .. Earl Decle-d-.. • H»v«you_paidjt-|)#ffupcriptionT
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112841/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.