The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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THE FAIRFIELD RECORDER. The United Sold er Boys.
Entered at the Postoffloe at Fairfield.
\ T tx., iia Second-class Matter.
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is ton
ULLARD. Editor & Proprietor.
; 11 >.\ Y, APRIL in 1895. •
* OhiiiH and J it pan
th* pipe of peace. '
have snfykec
General Jfongstreet will l>p at
the Houston reunion.
V
orated. The little ^s were tastily
dressed and foin^cpH most beuti-
Thu coiiiino-reuniou at Houston ful group^ EacA/kmnv her part
will no doubt be a happy epoch in perfectly and /Jerfohped it well,
the lives of the ‘soldier boys that Their precise-Uttii*'4irciiii ly uicrve-
are so .fortunate as to be there, ments, Bweet sjuntr" anil well jleiiv-
lu the evening of life, uot fay from B1ed recitations reflect great credit
tlje camp where the morning drum on the managers,
shall never break their slumbers, After these pleasing exercises,
where the sentinel.never nec^is re- followed a sermon by the eloquent
for me, before a Bible reading au-
dience, to go into argument to
prove that the Old Testaipeut is
eb
Sheriffs Sales.
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Mio field Nolo
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authentic. It is said l.y those best |Q-W’ T'I<,)1t jUi<S‘Oourt, pmdnol _
prepared to kis.w, that in this^Old i Loon county, Texas.
Testament scripture.there are over ! lutiSclu^froui
one hundred rcrfereuces to Christ, the Justice’s Court in and te> Peeiuot
dj-
poH«; with the smoke of Rattle pHBUjr, text:
The just and the-uuj’ust are both
mow badly deeding rain.
Remember the Singing Conven
•tion meets here the 3rd of next
caonth. -
covered, by t|ie mists of thirty : „ ^hat xuitJK YE of chkist-?
years tind- the sounds of conflicts Whose son is he?
scattered by the winds of three J „ .
decades, surely it will be a glorious
The smallpox is no more in' Free-
stone county. Dr. Sneed dismiss-
ed his last patient* on Wednesday
meeting of comrades. A host do
you-say? ,Otily a remnant of the
ranks that in the sixties marched
out to the Bound of Dixie;
to answer when the South
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■Chin Goon, a .Chiuaman, mar
Tied Miss Lillie Gray, an Ameri-
can lady, at Corsicaua last Suuday.
.There is talk of naming Cleve-
land to succeed himself.—Alexia
Ledger.
“Talk/" That is as far as it will
-ever get, Brother Ledger.
Several copies of Mexia’s daily
lias reached our office, the^'Eve-
ning Ledger,” edited bv/Kindred
A Cox. It is bright. &&d newsy,
■and richly deserves success.
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The executive committee of W.
L. Moody Camp, No. 87, meets at
the courthouse to-morrow for the
^purpose of electing delegates to
[the reunion of the United Confed-
ates Veterans at Houston nett
month.
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Richard Burleson, the negro
<who murdered Jjl G. McKinnon of
Limestone county last year, was
Ranged at Groesbeck last Friday
at 2id’clock, p. m. At 10:30 that
. morning he sold his body to Dts.
Brown and Cox for $5.00.
Judge.'—vVhatC the charge
against the prisoner?
Officer.—Your bonny, Jb®’8 ft
writer of “Snap ShotB.”
Judge.—99 years; and ■ if he
»should break loose on the public
again, death without the benefit of
the clergy. Jiext-
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Aud uo^p comes the report that
Cleveland will hsei all efforts to
convert the Democratic party to a
. % gold Standard, that* Car lisle, Wil-
son, Hoke Smith and Morton will
. take the stqmp for the same gold
movenmut. Not satisfied with
disrupting the Democrat^ party,
it seems that Cleveland is determ-
ined to kill the pieces—if he can.
But if precedent amounts to any-
for help; asking for nothing ex-
cept in the name of their States,
aud nothing then but what was
prom ised^by the supreme law of
the land: The right of a State to
govern itself, .so long as its laws
were constitutional; true then, t>ruo
after thirst* fears ©f reflection,
hand in hand, nearing the field
where the soldiers’ camp-fire burns
forever; grand iqeu, aud faithful.
“John Anderson, my Joe John,” „
We’ve climbed the hill together,*
And many a happy day, John,
We’ve wen with one another;
Now" we must totter down, John,
But hand in hand we’ll go,
A nd sleep together at the foot,
“John Anderaon, my Joe.”
This old veteran on his crutch;
will his comrades be there? Some
of them, perhaps, but the majority
of them for thirty years have beeu
resting to the lulab'y of tbe winds
and the rains of heaven. This sol-
dier boy with his form bent and
with hair like the uniform he once
wore; who of his company will an-
swer to the roll-call with him?
Anyone? Perhaps; to hail from
the mountains, the. land of the
broad Potomac or the sea-girt
shqros of Dixie. But, the most of
then^—yes, lip knows that thirty
times the grass has grown and
died on their graves. Grand men.
lipyal be their welcome at Hous-
ton; sweet be their memories ad
in the 42ud V®1-8®.
Chapter of Matthew: ,
Synopsis of the Sermon.
The Pharisees had ofteD, ’ no
Ready doubt; asked this question umoDg
called i themselves, asked it in a spirit of
cr^tjcism, for purposes of dispu-
tion, but on this occasion Jesus
propounded it for proper purpo««
•es: "What think ye of Christ?
tybose son is he?" Many a poor
man with far less force of charac-
ter thian was possessed by Mary’s
son has gone down under this critic
ism to rise no more. Very often con
scious demerit, prompts a man to
try to justify his course by endeav-
oring to throw a shadow over the
ancestry of Jesus: “Whose son is
he?" Many, whom the world calls
fair minded men, knowing that
they cannot meet argument, resort
to this kind of criticism. If those
Pharisees with their gray beads,
and with their position in tbe
world, could not meet the argu-
ments of Christ, stilt they could
get down low enough to try. to
throw a stigma ob hie character.
Tell us, you old men, whose eyes
have beeu opened ou tbe light so
long, tell us: “Whose boy do you
think this is? Whose son is he?”
If was under these circumstances
and on this occasion that Jesus
Christ.
The first promise of a Messiah is
in a concise sense, and was made
soon after' the fall: “The seed of
the woman shall bruise the eer?
pent’s head.” We see the need of
^Savior from the beginning, we
see it in the sin of Cain, an l in
the onward sweep of this ambi-
world, in every age and in every
clime we see the efforts of tbe
ipraisemens
n ub bidder, /
5/a| Fsir-
good to reform the badland the
efforts of tbe bad to overcome the
good. This promised Messiah,
who was he? “ What thiuk ye of
Christ? Whose eon is.he?" No
eye but the .eye of Omniaience
could, iu tbe world’s infancy, have
'looked down through all the ages
to oeuie and have seen the deeds
that the days and years of the
ages would bring forth. Nothing
but‘Omniscience could have cor-
rectly described them. It was prom
ised to Abraham that bis seed
No, 6, Loon county, in the ritato of Tex-
ua, ou tod the f>th da# of A pril, 1830, and
numbered 113, 1 have levied upon and
will sell for oasG, without' appraisement
at public vendue to the highe*’1"3 1 —
Lon the first Tuesday iu JVJav,
ing*the 7th day of Mav, 18'jty
field, in tlie County of FreeatJma, be-
tween the lioura of 10 o’elock a m. aud
4 p m. the following described property
to-wit:
50 acres of land, more'or less, deeded
by W. H. Gill, Administrator of the Ra-
tate of W. B. Woods, to W.J. Trotter,
ou the 88th duy of Ai arcb, 1880. Record*
ed in Book No. 5, pages 403- find 494,
Heed UeoordH of Freestone county, a
part of the Simon Sanction 1] League
Grant in said Ooanty and State, and out
of League No. C of Hame, begining at a
stake in road lending from the town of
Oak wood*, Leon county, to Benner’s
Ferry on tbe Trinity river, aud on the
B. E. boundary of said Leugitp No. o,
and-being the N. W, boundary of a H
acre tract made forO. D. Erwin out of
said'League. Thence running N. 30,W.
W6 vrs on Gen. Harriaon’s south boun-
d««W line, from which a B, J, 10 inohee
in diameter bears B. 8u, E. 1 vr marked
X; thence N. 00, E. with said Harriaon’s
south line 1000 vts a stake for oorner,
from which a Hickory, 11 inchef fft- di-
ameter, bears N. 47, E. 1 vr, marked X;
thence 8. -B0, E. 210 vrs a stake in 8 K.
boundary of said League, from winch
v E. 9 vrs a
a Hickory bears 8. 46,
marked
Christ singly.and alone
men of the Sanhedrim
jjkatJhese
aud
peunded tojhem the greatest ques-
I tion of the age. The word Christ
comes to ub Jrom a Greek word
and means “The Anointed.” *In
this Bible, King James’ transla-
te eveuing shadows thicken j tion> . the wor^, Messiah and
around them. It will be the lR9t ^ Gbrist are used interchangeably,
time ieXas will have an opportu- Notwithstanding the critical sense
uity to entertain many of them,
uo doubt about that. But as they
pass on, may their march
through tbe still waters be to the
sweet sound of music that never
breathes of conflict. A glorious
ttme to the gray-haired boys in
gray as they gather in the Lone
Star State to “tent ou the old
camp ground.”
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ttsieg, if criming events ever cast a
ahadow before, if the people are
biggc*^ than tbe President, if doc-
trine that it has been good to fol-
low, is better than a proposition
tbt%t bears tbe stamp of unfairness,
' inequality and injustice on its
face, then Grover and his lieuten-
ants will be wasting “aweetnesa on
the desert air."' ) .
Easter Observed.
n
Last Thursday P. T Nestor, who
lived near Armour, Limestone Co.,
was found dead by the roadside
not far from Luna. There was a
bullet hole through his head. ‘ Af-
ter investigation a young man by
tb© name of Arthur Thompson was
arrested, charged with being im-
plicated in it, brought here and
pat in jail. He admitted that h
was with tbe one Nvho did the
shooting, Johsua Crider,, but said
that as they were passing along,
-they saw a horse grazing near by
and thought the man was a colt
lying down, and Crider said:
’ Tbere’s a d—n oolt, I’m going to
shoet it,” snd fired. Hearing the
man’s dying struggles, they
thought perhaps it ungTit not be a
Colt, and went back to see, finding
that a man bad beeu shot, they
By 10 o’clock last Sunday the
Methodist church here was crowd-
ed to witness tfie exercises in ob.
asrvance of Easter Sunday. first
a song; second, prsyer by the pas-
tor, Rev. D. 8. Thompson, next a
Jong “He is Risen" by seven little
girls, Eula Sims, Maggie Comp-
ton , Berta Brewer, Alice Sandifer,
Nettie Barnett. Florence Adkins,
Irens 8ims and Lottie Hatter.
Tbeu a ooncert recitation by seven
little girls, Sola Vafmtdo, Lena
Fischer, Newell Compton, Joe Mil-
ler Thompson, Alio* 8 need, Ger-
tie Watson and • Lizzie Evans,
idjhf'lext a recitation “My Yssper
in which the Pharisees had asked
the questions of the text, we know
this much, no man ever lived who
was better connected or bad a
more illustrious ancestry than Jfi-
sub Christ. This world by knowl-
edge knew not God, this world by
wisdom can never find him. Men
come to ns iu these days with a
sort of non-tfBctarian, international
religion. Brother, it is just as im-
to be an international
as it is to be an
international citizen* „ If a man
does not know what he believes,
he^certainly, doe* not know why
possible
Christian
8oug,” by Nettie Barnett. Next
a song, “Bws^^ory of Old,” by
tha first Darnel seVen little girls.
Then a recitation, “Bridget’s Mis-
sion Jag,” by Maggie Compton.
Next a ch<\ut "The Reaper and the
h* believes it. “Whose son is he?”
Pass on this question as you would
ou any intelligent question. Life
has bsen here for years and agesp
left to ourselves we could not tell
where It came from oi^wbat it will
result in. Some have atndied
this till their heads have grown
gray, yet they find no Bolntion
to tbe question. Yon who know
something about tbe light that
comas from beyond, it is yonr doty
to tell them. It will bless them.
Tell them what yoa know about
him who said: “1 am the way, the
truth and tile life;" who said: “He
that bnlievsth pn me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live, and
be that livetli and believetb on me
Flowers,” by four little girls, Eulai®hall never die.” In the begin-
Sims, Alice Handier, Nettie Bar-
nett ans Maggie Compton. Then
recitation, “My, Mother’s Easter
moved on. This is their version, Scarf,” by Georgia Evaus Next
of the occurrence. Later Crider |i^ »<mg, ‘'Around tbe Throne ofjj,ey”
arrested and brought here, I God,” by seven little girls, same
both he and Thompson, gave ! that sang “He is Risen
the sura of $1,000 each i “Sweet Story of Old."
e .released. i The church had been uicoly d
niug was the word, the word was
with God and the word was God,
and without him was nothing made
that is made. “Whose son is
Look at tha greatest mind a
^jthet the world has ever produced,
I they have felt the foroe of his iu-
. fluenee. It would be unnecessary
should possess the gates of his en-
emies. Who, but God himself,
could have seen over the hills of
the years and seen the
of Christ standing before the sa^
loou—possessing tlie gates of the
enemy. Through all Christendom,
down the line' of -the centuries
swept his vision*followed by a de-
scription * of what would be.
What think ye'of Christ?” What
man can read the account given iu
Joshua and the account given by
tbo foqr evangeliet^ and not have
conviction of his genuioess writ-
ten indeliby on bis mind? • One
account given about 300 years be-
fqre his coming anc{ the other
bout three years atter. “Whose
Bon is he?” Home men have not
strength' enough of the lion of the
tribe of Judah iu thegd to stand up
and answer. If all the good men
of this town would stand up
and .tell >vhat they know of Christ,
we would stir this town as it 'wak
never stirred before. It was writ\
ten lon^ before, that He should
come in the flesh, in the power aud
spirit of. Elijah, wbat kind of, an
auimal he should ride, not a bone
of his body should be broken—
sold for 30 pieces of silver which
tvonld. be used in the purchase of ^a
potter’s field—cast lot for his ves-
ture--all fulfilled. “What think
ye of Christ?" The world by wis-
dom did not know Christ—never
fouud God bxitl learning. Christ
is the risen God. Brother, with
yonr experience, you should be
able to explain him to the erring.
I 'may never understand how God
could be manifested in the flesh,
but this much I can know, that I
have a peace—a solace that the
world never gave, and that I have
passed from death unto life, that
my heart is fixed, _ O Lord, my
heart i« fixed, that T - have tsated
of tbe good word of 'God, that
amid the closing of time and the
wreck and ruin of this world, I
need not fear for He is with me.
Yon remember on one occasion
Bonaparte said: “I have talked
with men, reasoned with men,
fought aud bled with meD, Christ
was no man." “What think ye of
Christ?” He demands what no
other persoh ever demanded: “If
any man loves father or mrStber
more than me, he is noteworthy of
me." The world has the right to
ask your opinion of Christ. Some
of us have^oDe up the bill, and
now with gruy hairs, we. are going
down towards the sunset, soon the
journey will end. Let ns he stead-
fast; let ns knoyr>hat w« think of
Christ.
X; theuoe 8. 56, W. 1005 vrs to the
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Halil property beinj
e property of W
Trotter to satisfy said execution issued
out of stud Uoart iu*Vavor of Mayfield
plaoe of begining.
levied upon us the
followefa -Nolen Mills aud against G. W. Trotter
ul for tbe sum of $55.67 and the ousts
of this sale.
1896.
leriff,
Texas.
This tbe 11th day of AprilL 18
J. N. HAYDON, Hh«
Freestone Cos, 1
THE SATE OF^XAfe.r^
reestone. \
T
HCounty of "Freestoi
By Virtue of an order of nale, issued
out of the Honorable District Court of
Dallas county, oil the 5th day of April,
A. I). 1895, by the Clerk thereof, iu the .
case of (Teorge S. Myers versus J. C.
Roberta, No. 13,768, aud to me, aa Sher-
iff, directed’ and delivered, I will pro-
ceed to sell for cash, within the hours
prescribed by law for Sheriff’s Buies, on
the First Tuesday iu May, A. D. 1895, it
being the 7th day of said month, before
the Court Houfee door of said Freestone
iconuty, in the town of Fairfield, the
following described property; to-wit:
Lying and being situated iu Fteestone
county, Texas, otv thb watera-of Lak'e
creek, about 12,*4 raiiea 8 47, W .from
Fairfield. Patent No. 76, Volume 6, latm-v
ed July 10th, 1858, and deaonlied ;ta fol-
Iowh: begining at a Htaku 196 vj-h 8 .of
the N E corner of the-8outh half of tile
Charles Folk, of 1,280 acres said N E
oorner being the same as that described
in partition between JV. W Grover and
William Polk’et al, which is marked by
a stake thence a P Oi 15 inohee diame-
ter, bears B 28, E ii% vrs; thence VV «
vrs, to tbe E line at the 74% acre tract
sold to Andrew Jackson out of the said
Polk survey; thence 8. 70, W with said
Jackson's E lino 441 vth to his S E cor
nor; thence E with the N line of the 270
acre tract sold by Day and Kirksev to
C. L. H'Dintlsley—vrs ton stake i«V the
E line of said Polk’s survey; thepJu N
with said E line 437% vrs to the plabfc.
beginuiug. being a part of 200 acres of
the said Polk survey of land, coveyed
by sani Day A Kirksey to Bol Owens,
aud by E. E. Owens couveved no John
G. Kirksey, containing 75% acres, lev-
ied on as the property of J. 0. Roberts
to sntisfy a judgment amounting to
$3,217.00 in favor of George 8. Myers
and costs of suit. .
Given npdar'my hand, this the 10th
day oi April, $ D. 1325,
T. N. HA
J. N. HAYDON, Sheriff
Wiley Kelly, of Bryan, Texas, writes:
that Dr. Thurmond’s Blood H^rup cured
me of a sore leg of several years stand-
ing after all tried remedies had failed, it
also regulates the bowels and gavo me a
good appetite. Bold by Dr. J. B. Gor-
don, Pairfield. ‘ <
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