The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1900 Page: 8 of 8
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BRAZORIA
COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE SUN: ALVIN
J
THE ALVIN SUN.
C. S. Cummings, Pres.
OscakS. Cummings, Casb’r.
%
Alvin, Tma«,
RESPONSIBILITY $ ICO.' 00.00
STEEL SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT.
River Channel
and
NO CHANGE of CARS.
KING 3ROS.,
DEALERS IN
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
Established in 1SD0.
HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
*•
vLVIN,
L. B. CARLTON.
BANKRUPTCY AOIIUE.
We Carry as complete Line of
In Bankruptcy
GROCERIES
w
if Bl
W. H. Johnson is acoiamilteman
As can be found in the Coast Country.
Free Delivery, Prompt Attention
L. B. CARLTON
Bankrupt*^ Petition for
Discharge.
office
Id t
G1
ns, J. C. 2
SCRAPS.
T. W. CARLTON.
M M.S.
i-tlltf. 4 <r»t in !>.!(>•
Pap<
ed Isai
state,
i
Alvin. Texas.
Dr. F. Al REMLEY,
please say advertised.
B. L. Osgood, P. M.
but for the life of me I can see no
All can gel
Santa re
Route
White Lead
and Zinc.
100,00c
work!
An <
a actio i.
u-ivi j kiiiiv iiuijC tleyot
keep your valuables in the vaults <
Alvin Exchange Bank
Safe Dep wit.
Glass, and
Putty that
will stick.
ST. I.O1W7
DALLAS.
Alvin Tin Shop.
GALVANIZED IRON CISTERNS, GUTTIES,
FLUES, ROOFING. Etc.
Jas. Fitzgerald.
Dri>«OI8T.
TEXAS
All kinds of Strap Goods, Saddles and Harness made to order.
Repairing of ali kinds done on short notice.
The l,:irsrest and ' leanest. Stock In the Coast Country.
the Sin did not do the Captian justice,
so I w
ft
In the Mai
iVs. Voi
Waukesha White Rock Lithia
Water
10c. a Bottle; also a
lunch ponds, cigars am! tobaccos.
publi-1
• fore-
*nd that
same
To prori
■vis of fer
»nce and
Stands Pre-eminent
; year.
J. T. COBBS,
LUMBER YARD,
ALVIN, TEXAS.
A full assortment of all kind of Lumber, Shingles,
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, etc.
Prices Always the Lowest,
i nr:
iston '
was among the first 300 settlers
THE ALVIN EXCHANGE BANK
a
tarn, of C
and State c.
ly represents
last past,
-•* - the
itcy' that
i. hive the ffnent line of
Cail and see them.
Terms, reasonable. For particu-
lars apply to the principal,
Mrs. W. J. HAMLETT,
Alvin, Texas.
Dry Mineral
Paints and
Colors.
Pullmar Vestibule Observation
Sleejiers.
Well Appointed Day Coaches,
Free Reclining Chair Cars,
The Famous Harvey Eating
Houses En Route.
Stock yards packers of Chicago ha
Stowed away 600,000 cases of eggs.
Eng end has one clergyman to
-610 people; Ireland one to every 1,2'0.
human hand can be dipped in
L. F. FISHBACK.
Attorney-at-Law,
Alvin, Texas.
Dr. F. M. Duke, ;
PHYSICIAN - and - SURGEON,
CITY,
Kin.
R. D. STERLING
Contractor and
Builder....
FOR CHOICE
Beef * and ♦ Mutton.
---GO TO THE---
ALVIN ★ MEAT * MARKET. ~
Next to Saveli's Liverv Stable.
LKTTLR LIST.
Let* remaining in the Alvin post-
mclaimed for the week ending
Nov. ‘4 1900:
n, M rs C. W.
M. M. b. POULTRY FENCE
Sarne 50 per cent of the cost of the completed fer.ee
Estimates made on all classes of
j buildings.
Durant House, Alvin, Texas.
Gordon St. School M
SEVENTH TERM, 1900-1.
Riemley Bros,
hotjery in town.
Ignorance may nor be bliss, but it
is sometimes money in the comity offi-
cial's pocket.
METHODS UP TO DATE. WOtl
A General Banking ItnsineuH Transacted *
Money Collected and Sent Evei yw here. Dis
count* Granted to Depositor* at d Patrons.
Office <>f Texas Land Immigration Co.
Velasco, l’<-x Det. 11. 19v->.
Notice *3 hereby given that the regu-|
lar annual meeting of the stockholders
’of the Texas Land & Immigration com-
i pany will be held at the office of said
company in Velaspo, Texas, on Wcdnes-
, day, the 2lst day of November, IMO, at
i 12 o’clock noon, for the election of Di-’
i rectors of said company for the ensuing j
I year, n d for the transaction of such I
other business as may be brought before
Slid meeting
And notice is also hereby given that a
meeting of the directors of said company
will be held at the office of said com-
pany oi the same day at 2 o’clock p. m. '
I for the election of officers of said com-
pany for the ensuing year, and for the
transaction of such other business as
mav l>e brought before them at said
meeting. E. D. Dorchester, Sec’.v.
Mist Verna Wagner, of Falls City,
Nebl, who spent last winter visiting rel-
atives and friends on Chocolate and in
Alvin, ha* collected$5(i in cash and sent
to h r storm tutiering friends in the
coask country. Mise Verna, in her
swe, t Christian spirit, has shown in this
kind act, her true wort! , and “may God
shovter his richest blessings upon her”
is thr prayer of her many friends of
wtori ii-swept and grief-stricken Texas.
et some whine about hard times j
“fuse to go to work. I have not
11 say everything he had was
blown away except the hous- and the
roof was blown off of it.
Staple and
Fancy
Baldw in, i s ,
Gordo i. Will.
Me Dor a Id..J R.
. Willie
Pera ins calling for the above will
REdPROI AL DRAFTS are cheaper, safer
and more convenient than money orders. They
are paid upon piesentatiori, without discount,
and if lost are quickly reissued.
1
n Vollhaum of j
[razor ia and Dis- ,
the 29th lay of j
lid Wn, Vol!-;
"iruplor; and ;
or hi* cre.ii-
iani building. j
ty of Houston . on the
at 1* o'clock a. nr,
1 creditors may
oint a trustee.
»u:-lt other ■
*■—• said I
in n r.
Bankruptcy. ’
Low Rates to San Intonio.
Account International Fair.
Agents ol the Southern Pacific line*
io Texas have been authorized t> sell
excursion ti kets to San Antonio at un-
usually low rates, October 19th to No-
vember 1st with return limit t<» N'o-
v inter 1st, with return limit to Novem-
ber 3rd.
I The San Antonio Fair this year will
be greater thin ever before, new fea-
ture having been added to make the ex-
hibition more attractive.
Ask Southern Parinc Agents for par-
tit ulars regarding rates an 1 program of
L. J. Parks,
Bn
Every Little Noise
, keep your valuables in the vaults oi
Mrs. J. R. Huie’s Millinery Emporium
in Korf Residence.
T will be pleaded to have my cnsto-
m *rs and friends call anti examine my
new line of latest, style l.ats. at prices to
suit the times, at my residence on Gor-
don St 2 1-2 ItitH•!;< south of my old
stand.
Pants
and Oils.
Home Lumber Yard,
—aizffiZ^*HAAS & SPEARS.
HARDWARE,
It Is To Our Interest
To -ell you the BEST goods made because it makes of you a friend,
brings you back and others with you. That’s the way we build up our
business.
It Is To Your Interest
To buy the BEsT because it is the cheapest in the long run, and
always gives satisfac. iou. Ami too, we buy for cash and give our cus-
tomers the benefit of the discount.
FURNITURE,
Office of Brazos
Dock Co.
Velasco, Texas, Oct. 11, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the regu-
lar annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Braz »s River Channel and Dock
Company will b? held at the office of
' said company in Velasco, Texas, on
Wednes lay, the 21st day of Noven.b -r,
1900, at 12 o’clock noon, tor the election
; of Directors of said company for the en-
suing y< ar. and for the transaction of
; such other business ae may lie brought
i before fcgid inciting. And notice is
also hereby given that a meeting of the
directors of said company will be held
at the office of said company on the
same -lay at 2 o’clock p. m. for the elec-
tion of said company for the ensuing
; year, and for the transaction of such
other business as may he brought be- 1
j fore them at said meeting.
E. D. Don hester.
Sec’y.
Give us a call and we will please you, both in prices and
juality of goods.
tine line of canned . ;^r. Gordon St, Sealy St.
Dan is off on his fall roundup.
Uapt. Nick TarditT is very sick with
cold a Capt. McLeods. The letter in
Crew, E.
McCallum, I G. (2)
Williams, Maggie.
Williams, Mollie.
The
lead b >iling at white beat without dan-
ger.
In 1398 the tobacco monopoly yield-
ed Fr race an
francs
In Prussia, alone, in ten years end-
ing ini 1896, 407 school children com-
mitted suicide.
It hits been computed that there are
railway locomtives iu the
at the present time.
Id jug fetched £135 at a London
It was of mottled brow*,
stonev are, and bore the date 1566.
r was first made about a cen-
tury after Christ by a Chinaman nam-
-Loun. The Arabs introd iced it
into Europe.
Kauris raised this year the biggest
crop <<f wheat ever credited to one
and its bank deposits have near-
ly doubled since 1896.
Jaly tl, 1M«. [Tr»4« Mark ] I ,
Write for Catalogue •« our
and Hog Fences, Gat- etc.
UNION FENCE CO., DeKalb, Ill.
In the District Court of the United States
the Eastern District <>f Ttxas, Gal vac
Division
Double Daily Service.
A lustlefS trip over a rock-ballest
| roadbed. You terye your own interest
by traveling on the Stnta Be.
C< i iplete information fr in agents or
W. S. KEENAN,
Gen. Passenger Ag nt,
< alveston.
Office of Velasco Terminal Railway Co.
Ve i.sco, Texas, Oct. 11,1900. I
Notice is hereby given taat the regu-1
lar annual meeting of tl.e stockholders 1
of the Vela«co Terminal Railway Com-’
pany will bJ held at the offic.' >f the
-aid company in Velasco, Tex , on Wed- !
nesdny, the 21 fet d. y of Neveiiiber 1900,
at 12 o'clock BOOT', for the ele. i. n<u'
dire« are of fluid company foy the ensu-
irg year, rd for tie tiansaction <>f
j such other besines.s as may be brought
! before j-aid meeting.
And notice is also hereby given that
a meeting of the directors of said com-
pany w ill be held at th ■ < ffice of said
reinpany or the same lay at 2 o’clock
p, m. for the election of officers of said
company for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other business '
is may be Ircught b*fore them at said
meeting. F. Caldw ell, Sec’y. ■
re it we gi-’e estimated co^t of 6)
. rods of fence, made of txnh M. M. S. Poultry
' Fence and Diamond Netting.
i ’V7A Z \7~V7\TV7A7 v7 V7 \7T7 \ 7A / \ / \7V
HQ? I
Til
Cost of the M. M. .5. Poultry Fence.
W> 4-f0M M. M S. Pnahrv F«nr« i>»4« <
,l»»l wir«. 0 SSv ]«r rod
61 (.-MU, ^5 eenw ....
Setting |<«u. i> «rnta <wb
*• T»p vr lUitoaa Kail ilaoalrw.
ssrjTSs, Ta.-Sjxi'’""*-
* >bi. staple', ® 1 .»nl«
noun iaUw tuelrninf up fence, Q »5 c-nta .
Total <OU
Cost of the Diamond Nett ng.
8^ rodt nM-faahione4 diainmut nel
of No. If ralvanlied >teel wire.
!V! ports, fa JO cent,
Feitinc )> ••:». ( j S ronft each
1.81# aq ft. in lop and helion, rail, g»i.OT per M. .
» lb* W,i nallr. (<J 5 rentr ... l.tv
n h'-err labor pallu f »p tail ® ?'• rentt fwr h.-rr , J Of.
)■ h.»ur» lal-or •tretch'nir Bellir.f, ?5 cu t- Ue'irr “ >
<0 Iba. tuple*, (3 ? wnt» ... :c
r.,ui cut ....
Poultry, Garden, Lawn. Farm
Gordon St., Opposite th® Bakey.
Livery, Feed ? Sale Stable,
N. F. Thomas, Proprietor.
Fine carriage.. H.,r»e.n>r you ;ire reasonable, our prices will strike you as beirg reasonable.
ALVIN’ TEXAS.
WILLIAM DYER,
Painter and Paper Hanger.
Work Neatly Done.
None but first-class mate i .1 will be used.
Will farrish paper at factGiy prices. New
samples f<>r 3900.- _____
CITY BAR3ER SHOP,
11. E. MCI.WK0W, Prop.
Hot and Cold Baths.
Call and see me for an easy
Shave or an Up-To-Date Hair
Cut” Agent for the M0IH.E
L .(’.XDKY, <uilveston._
STEVE JONES,
—Bella—
Im Bankkiptct.
'ittero' )
’OLLBllM, ?
Bankrupt, i
rpo THE CREDITOR- of
1 Brazoria, ntbeCouatyol
tret aforesaic., a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby g ven that on
September. A I». I960, the sii
ba am was duly adjudicated tanki
that the adjourned first meetir g •
tors will be held at my office ip Ki;
314 Main street, in the Cit;
30th day of Oetolier next,«
at which time ani place tin
attend, prove th«rir claims, apt
ex imine the bankrupt, ’ind tra i?act si
business as laay properly coi »e before
meeting. J- R- BURNETT.
Referee in U.._l
Houston, Oct. k>, 190<:
America Ea- era District of'
Texas sa.
District Cwirt in and for
Galveston Division.
'-No. SH) in Bankruptcy i
E Bryant, Judge of
the United States for
Austin Bayou.
Wpll Mr. Sun man ; « you have re-
mai^ed I have conclude 1 to come over
within few dry lines from old blowed
awav Austin bayou. Well ration day
is nejar at hand and I suppose we will go
ever’and get another e de of bacon as
a ba|n door and half a barrel cf dour
and Jbe happy. The side they gave
us tl|e last time must iiaye been from
the lltrg—t hog in Kans They vin_i
to bej having a good dea of trcmbl^BHH
l.ave 1 Angieton^BH
goes* they w ant to keep it long enough ]<
to become use to it. Ti ere is no use FORy
talkihg the storm was a blese ng to
Some i>eople because they now have
jnoredhan they ever had before. Some
of Hie committeemen think the
only people who are entitled to help are
those who have lost their all, but [think
all w io are in need should be helped.
But say Mr. Editor how are we going to
pay cur taxes when the tax collector
come, around? Oh no don’t give a cow
man ray thing, he can make a living,
and 1 want to say for the benifit of one
of thi- committee at Angleton that Will
Abbolt, the big rick cow man made a
living before the storm and will make
it agajin. It looks like people would
not Wrangle over anything that was
giver; to them. Now maybe 1 don’t
know it all, and am willing to admit the
same
excus? for a man to be idle. ,
work at wages from |l.o0 to $2 50 pei I
dsy, »
and r
been id'e a day since the storm, yet ail
my bijrns were b!o,vn away. Mv grand-
fat he-
of thi i country and I am sure they were
withe it barns for a long time so I guess
I can get along for awhi.e without them.
Jno. |d. Hoskins will move to Austin
next keek. Dee Roberts of New Mex-
ico is pr. Austin Bayou; guess cake bak-
ing sdon.
Leon Seibel says he has a good notion
to go off , but he don’t know wher to gn,
sc gU’Ms he wiil go fishing.
Col,
from Lustin bayou.
Mr. Evans of Arcadia is moving bacK
to Phjrir.
Mrsj <.Dan Moller h keeping batch
while
’’HYSICIAN ★ AND
income of 329,900,000
United States of
In the United S’ate I"
sa d District, G-
Id the Mutter of
Gkokgi'. W. Mf ('HAM,
Bankrupt,
To the Honorable David
be i latriet' Jawrt of
the Eastern District of Texas
George W. Mecham, of U »lumbia. in the
County of Br.'.zor ii and State of Texas in said '
district, respectfully represents rhat on the
31st.laj <>f Avgnst, last past, ke was duly ad-
judged bankrap: under 'be sets of Congress;
rela’ing io ba ak-uptcy' that In-has duly sur-
renders all bis property and rights of proper- ;
ty and has fully eonaphe wi h all the require-
ments of said ai ts and of the orders >f the
court touching ho- bankruptcy.
Wiikkkkobk, 1’K i hays that he mav be de- ;
creed by the court to have t full dle--*harge '
from al.'debte provable agains bis estate un- i
der said bankrupt acts, excepi such debts as1
are excepted by liw from such discharge.
Dated this Fir-t day of October, A l» 1900.
GEORGE W. MECHAM. Bankrupt
By U. H Axde wox, Attorney. :
Order of Notick ThekeoK.
Eastern District of Texa», si-.
On this 1st day of October, A U>. ISOO, on
read ng the foregoing petition t is I
Ow.t-n» in the Cot in. that a nearing be ■
had upon the same on the 22dcay of October.
A. D. 1900, before said court, at the office of
James K. Burnett. Referee in Banklraptcy, U. )
S. Courtroom Galveston. Texas, ih said dis- i
trict, at JI o'clock in the fort noon; and that j
notice tbereft re be prt>! shed in the Velasco •
World, a newspaper printed in sajd district, I l
and that all known creditors and other persons '
in interest may appear at the said time and
place and show cause, >f any they have why
the prayer of the said petitioner should not be '
granted.
Ano ir i« fcuthkk >r->er:i by the Court.
that lhee'erk shall send by ma l to all known
creditors topics of said petitior and this order. ;
ad vires.set! to tnem at tbeir pla.es of residence
as stated.
Witness, the Honorable David E. Bryant.
Judge of the said court, and (he <eal
thereof, at Galveston, in said district,
on the Is: day <-f October, A. D. 1900
[bkai OF ths court.] (. DART, Clerk
The Velasco World having suspended |
cation it la ordered by the court that the
going be published in the Alvis Sun,
the hearing b» reset for October 29th »t
place and hour, J R. BURNETT,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Gaiveston. October 16, 1900.
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Birchfield, A. J. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1900, newspaper, November 2, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249839/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.