The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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ALVixX, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JLLY 13, 1917.
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raiNISWES.
THE QDDFELlCWS PiCNiG
rogram.
they are
H. M. WOLFRAM.
we saw
with
up their minds to be on
musicians.
Red Cross Danee.
L. D. Van Tassel! has sold for
Miss
Anna Wentz returnea
most of the musicians
was
Ger- ■ Anguish fire on the roof. Neigh-
Notice.
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E. S. LEW &
Vol. XXVII.
br over forty j
war was
the cry
throughout their happy stay in ■ ams 11 boy i-hould have to carry
1 a big drum," but the small
milth
SlftAYS
The Rea Cross gave a dance
. —J U D. C. hall Tuesday
if somebody tried to take
The
WESTOB,
IEXAS.
slaves, and the remaining i
i lation reduced to starvation.
known i Durham.
when the fire department arrived.
This was the first blaze of the
summer.
Miss Alta McClendon returned
this week from California whe -e
'she spent her vacation.
About August 1st we will be
ready to grind feed and meal
Alvin Crate and Box Co.
ITEMS BE MEREST
IN UNO ABOUT ALVIN
Miss Jennie Durham spent the
week-end in Galveston.
Supply your present and future needs now, while such savings
ax’e available
ground,
women
men
as
Brau Chops, Corn
brut , Corn Hr at). Mdlass-
z«<t ISalt and Maiz*.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Law and
Mrs. J. W. Law of Madisonville
visited Mrs. Robt. F. Spiller las t
week.
f new Texas Oats, 500 sacks ct tbe
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Wheat. Kice,
Feed,
over
management of Sister E Roth, tion, where thej- embarked on a ancj se ,-eral nearby towns were
The Alvin orchestra
S. L. Gaston and family left
at
make
bn . midnigl t and seemed to play its
. |his was probably the
as
exercise is unecmfort I
THIS WEEK
We have unloaded and expect to unload
3 MORE CARS OF FEED
Consisting of 1,000 buahols . _
best and brightest Cott n S. ed Meal flat has been in this town
in many a long day, b -ide
Eggaday, GiuunJ Oa Rid ____ , _
Alfalfa Hay. Salphu zed ISalt and Maiz*. A total of
125,000 pounds, so you see ut r stocfc is complete.
R. F. McGINTY.
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Mrs. J. C. Troutman of Hous-
ton who is the Past Noble Grand
of the Rebecca Lodge is spend-
ing the week-end with J. Bevier
and wife. She was one of the
many visitors to the public In-
stallation of the Rebecca Lodge
of Alvin Thursday night
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country devastat id beca .se it lay I Mrs. B. C. Montgomery of
: was visiting her mother
Mrs. R F. Spiller here last week.
A Sale Worth Coming Miles to Attend
e. s. levy <Sc co’s great
REMOVAL SALE
NOW IN PROGRESS'
Men's and Boys’ Clothing and Furnishings—all from our regu-
lar stock—all trustworthy and reliable, at prices
far below actual value.
The greatest, most helpful, value-giving event, that
South Texas has ever seen, embracing practically
every article in our entire stock.
where she went to be present at
the funeral of her father Capt.
on land and ships sunk until Geo Wentz. She was accompani-
»rlcj has ed home by her mother who will
The spend several weeks here.
station by a large reception com-
mittee and were taken across to
the Panama ho^el, where an im
prompt u reception was neld.
Then they were taken to Mur-
doch’s for breakfast and a trip '
around the beach. Shortly af-
terward they were taken for a
boat ride about the bay and oa
UNHEARD OF PRICES—RIBHT IN THE MIDST OF THE SEASON!
Don't Miss It -It Will Mean Dollars To
When I was a child there was
nothing more interesting than to I
in Galveston Muni- ban 1 has made a name for itself 8'^ on my ^nc'e Ihomas knee cr
our popular V. P. of the Assent- car and went down to John’s prebent
bly, made possible this grand, oyster resort, where a seafood (fu,njshL the music uut.l after
supper was served them.
number of addresses. A large
crowd attended the affair.
The band has made a hit in
Galveston. There is no doubt of
great St. to a wealthy family in the
con North, that will move here in
Under the Raters about sixty days and make this
crept the German assassins, pass place their future home.
enger ships as well as freighters ---•--
were sent to the bo:tom without
warning in violation of all nter- Monday from St Charles, Mo.
national law. Murcer was ruth-
lessly committed at sea as well
as
the commerce of the woi
almost been destroyed.
combined armies of England,
France, Russia, and Italy ar]e un-
able to defeat the Germans. | Are
we Cowards that we should jsend
that hoary headed Patriarch and
eloquent Brother C. A Kaufman,
who. despite his 87 years, 66 of
which form an unbroken link in
our grand order, with elastic
step and the buoyancy of youth, the fact, for kind-hearted ladies
moved among, entertained and were heard to remark that it
made comfortable our dear wards
was basket ball, baseball, and
in fait all kinds of athletic
eventt, and numbers of prizes
had b< en offered by the Houston
and G ilveston firms. The crowd
return sd to Houston at night
and were entertained there on
the fit’ h
Stui
Galveston. sue 1 a big drum," but the small
Incidentally.it may be stated boy might have a few words to
■ say
never better tet E Roth crowned the closing the jr;m away from him.
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icipal Auditorium by deliver: ng throughout Texas and they
the principal addresses of wel- livir g up to their reputation and
(imp: oving each year.
all nothing but boys, and some
of them are very small boys,
bare y past the "twelve” mark,
but Key are musicians born and
they handle their instruments in
a war which might put more ex-
perienced men to shame.
Wednesday the 4th was the
big event, that was the picnic
at Diak.nson.
tion < f the crowd made the trip
on th
Galvqston and Houston in order
to be
fun started.
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IQ proud of my Southland, as all ]
Hi who live here should be.
U I saw the boy decendants from
li the grey and the blue embark on
|: the war of mercy and Cuba and
Hi the Philiipines freed from the
| Spanish yoke. I saw admiral De-
fl catur cross the ocean and with a
m few shots bring Tripoli to terms
Bl securing freedom of the seas for
0 i American commerce. I saw and
I you saw, the spark that was set i
1 by Austria for the destruction of
Servia develop into a world war
the most gigantic afi history has
ever recorded. The G-mans who
i had been predating since the,
J/ . day of Bismaiycj, 1
The local volunteer fire depart-
ment was called out to J. T. Jami-
son rent property on Cleveland
a fleet to Tripoli and punish that, Street Saturday at noon to ex-
country and be afraid of Ger- Anguish fire on the roof. Neigh-
many who commits the t ame borshad the blaze under control
offense and worse, are w<f to
sneak into our holes and ctjwer
before a larger lawbreaker
through fear. Are we to free
Cuba from Spanish mistreat-
ment and let Belgium and Sepia
Suffer. France my friend]; is
I exhausted, she cries for help, she!
; - - .ng
and growing up under these en- America and begs for succor,
vironments 1 naturally am very France who gent to our sh res
men, money and ships in the
days of Washington It was the
French ships that cut off Corn-
wallis from the sea and caused
his capture, it was France,
Continued to Pago Four. I
and glorious undertaking. supper was served them. C.. ralull
A tender tribute also is due to their return they were escorted Dest.
that magnificent Odd Fellow, to the nc- auditorium, where iast jaLer. for the summer,
. they gave a concert and heard a I physic?
able during the warm weather
The Alv n Orchestra also prob
ably pis yed together its last
time as
have joined the regulars and are
expectin < to be called at any
“such a pity that such a j time.
years, and believing tl pmselves I
strong enough, hought the time!
was ripe to conquer the world J
Like a shot out of a gun
delared on France am
‘To'Paris in Three Weeks” was
are my Grandmother’s lap and listen rn|y a part of their
to war stories of 1860. those dar Th(> regt „,a8 .-t0 Undo, jn three
.ng deeds of valor and narrow montha and t0 Washi, gton ,n
escapes thrilled my young soul,thrbe vear8 •>
and made me wish that I could i
. , ,. . _ . We saw that innocent little
have been big enough to have I . . .. . . I
gone with my Uncle in that war.
I remember once when he was
swimming the Potomac River for
dear life how just lots of Yanks
were shooting at him in mid-
stream and how one of them hit
The greater por- ,him right 8quare on the big toe
and how he had to swim the rest I
le early morning trains froth ' °f the Way dodglng bullets and '
! with only four toes on one foot. |
on the grounds when the One day tbe Louts.anna regi
The band concert ment ran out of buliet3 and they
I had to dodge behind a
embankment and fight off the
enemy with rocks land my dear
friends if you will ask our ve-
nerable old soldier Y. M. Ed-
wards he will tell you this inci-
dent was a fact.)
I How the tears would trickle
down the cheeks of my <_Id grand-
mother, when she would tell me
| about my Uncle David, who ran
away three times at the age of
fifteen and when at last they ac-
cepted him in the army on the
eve of battle, his regiment was
I ordered to charge a battery he
was shot into by a cannon ball
at the very moutn of a cannon.
How indignant I was at the
story of the invasion, when the
soldiers marched through my
grandfathers’ plantation and
burned down our cotton gin and
sugar Jiouse with all contents,
and carried off all the meat in
our smoke house and left them
to go hungry.
Mv grandfather in those days
was a member of the Legislature
and in his wisdom he foresaw
all these things and much more
that took place. His speeches
against secession were noted
speecees, but when the majority
of the legislature voted to secede
I he rose to the occasion and ask-
ed that body to make it unani-
mous, he signed the order of
of secession with a gold pen and
that pen was always kept an
heirloom among our family until
my Uncle Thomas house burned
down and the pen was lost.
There were many stories that
made deep impressions on me
which are now past aad gone, holds out her hands to str|oi
uuuntiy uevasiai ueca .se n lav Mrs.
in the path-to Paris and because Conroe
the little Belgiums wanted to en-
force international law,
their cathedrals and famous li-
braries leveled to tho
their cities ruined, their
’ desecrated, their working
captured and sent to Germany as Mr and Mrg s g burh
popu-, (jaJveston spent Sunday ne>*> the
guest of their mother Mrs. J. L-
We who have never
railroad Itbe pangs °f hunger and whoi
I have been surrounded
plenty and luxuries all c ur lives i Tuesday for their old home
cannot picture the pangs M hun-IJustin where they will
ger as they reach for youtf vitals. I their future home.
When our cheeks shrink ind our ! ---------
eyes sink, when lips draw and i Raymond Walker of Shermaa
your teeth are exposed,! when was here a few day firs: of ths
you faint by the way sjda and week visiting his aunt Miss Lena
cry to God to hurry at)d take Durham and grandmother Mrs.
your soul away. Hunger my J. L. Durham,
friends the worst of all suffering.
Across the continent lay (Poland
in the path of war, she too re Tuesday from a month visit at
duced to starvation. There on Fulshear where she has been the
the highways lay poor little ba guest of Miss Lenoir Manaker.
bies trying to suck the rjiilk of
life from their d ?ad m Jthers
breastsand there were l^orrors cash, the Ely property on Gordon
worse than deatl ; the
English fleet was unable tc
troll the sea.
Fellowship were
aor more clearly exemplified. festiyiti.
than when the great outing giv-
en ta the boys and girls of the:
come.
I- 0. 0. IF. Home from Corsi-1
canna enjoyed the excursion and |
picnic prepared for them by the I- 0- 0- Orphans Enjoy I he
Odd Fellows and Sisters of Re Three naYs Outing
.bekah of Southern Texas, which I The children from the I. O. O.
embraced three days of unalloy- F. Orphans’ Home at Corsicana,
ed pleasure and enjoyment, com after spending a very delightful
mencing July 3rd at Galveston,. day in Galveston Tuesday, went
followed by a grand picnic July Ito Dickinson Wednesday far the
4th at Dickinson, and concluding big picnic to be held there under
the memorable event with a the auspices of the Odd Fellows’
burst of glory in the City Aud- lodge, assisted by the Sout! Tex-
itorium at Houston.
Pierce of Alvin belongs the
credit of originally conceiving
the brilliant: idea; and unstinted
praise is due him for his unself-
ish devotion and untiring efforts
in bringing the enterprise to a
successful issue.
Brother Pierce was ably assist- i people. They were met at the
ed in his great undertaking by
the various committees of the
different lodges representing Al-
vin, Pearland. Freeport, Hum-
ble, Texas City, Houston and
Galveston, all of these render-
ing material assistance in sup-
porting the enterprise.
Of equal merit however, were
unquestionably the valuable ser their return they again adjourr.-
vices which were so essential to ! ed to Murdoch’s, where dinner
the general comfort of the child-1 was served them. In the af ter-
rton that were rendered by the noon they paraded through the at t;le
Sisters of Rebekah, who, under downtown sec .on and finally night, and young ptople from
the able guidance and efficient ended up at the Interurban sta Housto t, Liverpool, Angleton
Miss Helen Smitn returned
To Brother as orders.
The children were shown the
City of Galveston and seemed to
enjoy every minute of their stay started at 10 and many families]
for the local committee was made
careful to see that nothing was hand kt that time for they have
lacking which would bring a come to admire the ability cf the
smile to the faces of the young young
During the afternoon there
The grand principles of Odd that Brother Kaufman and Sis-
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Bailey, Ammo. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917, newspaper, July 13, 1917; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1246003/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.