Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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All must be “THE RIGHT KIND,” for weakness in any one point may result in defeat
in business. Likening the proprietors to officers, the clerks to soldiers, the goods to aminumtlS,
_j-fillly_be-said that-every. element in store organizati(>n must be right to win success.
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Wills fltoint Chronicle.
VOLUME XXI /' , WILLS POINT, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JULY 7, 189-8. ' ~T •' NUMBER
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Sadler, C.; George Boston, t.G.;
R.A- Scott, O. G,;. J, 8. Teel
John Wright and, J, I?. Peery, S.
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Wynne,, Greer & Smith filed
Tom Hobbs of-Grand: Saline, who ning’s tanks near town Tuesday
asks. SlOvOOQ, damages of the night for a trtbonligfit picnic.. If
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sens. Poor collections the past
two years and dull times ( aused
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cary to appal’ injuries received while formal affairs that,
tars and .workihg for the company.. . . ,.4enjoyed.?
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; 11 Have Car of' Hay Ties
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Atso Carry Oat Bags
. WILE BDY OATS
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I fund for the expense. ■
sae duplicate warrant for $5.25,
of Sept. 7, 1897, the same- having
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-MtwUvi. a fc*n ----- .---—.. .... , ly as possible bypry day so they
There is considerable room for 1
improvement .in Wills Point’s
sanitary condition, at present.
Out houses that ar6 never attend-,
ed to;, stagnant pools and^rank
A. Thompson, V. G. ; R. E. Yan- weedfr are all rich dwelling places
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R. ’W. Simpson and Stuartl Hourcnamzed.
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ttoxat-Mumlay-nig-hs-in the- inter*! ‘,Tffly’t?-*^'"”
est of their candidaey -for district'I Please mention change of time-
attorney.___Their speeches were berwunrrTE h. DaA'““\
™5&UJ is^iasd jRJi'Uk^aiuikkML-atM .DS-and^^iX'dtiM^tes'^’roTn’-Trtghr'*-' —- --.
tention by those; present. Jnoj to 2 o’clock p.. - -
M. Dehn,,"candidate for repre- month,
sentatiyur made a short talkipre-
sefiting his claims to the people.
The speaking was in open air.
^TTi-sedThr- W1 tl’Tb’rdnr' and Uh'T-”
ton telephone line. At an early
date the line will be repaired and
; wafer, the metallic circufosame as-tLact—
constructed by the Southwestern
1 people. This will give the Uan-
vice as any place and put them
in connection wifh all the princn
pal-pointh in the stmivhl ’
Wright Bros, desire to <0.1; th»i-|
a8<^ar“' B- Frank Yanc&W. ^.? J. H..
will have time to deliver before „ x,
noon. Many wait until 11 o-’clock j. I. Douglass, See.; W. M. Wil--
, fULthe-great number of orders in- g. Thcl. J. D.: H
time.- . . nr a
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___ ' *fiE --■— .torH-rinannt mTirti ftWiii i Imufimua I. ' ' "bit. Couden .
4j Liist Monday afternoon A.N. as may properly come before Mayor Harris and all the aldef-
Alford, doihg a general hardware Said meeting____________-mtfh were prc-scnt-urThe JC5anciT:"
^~trog?^^.<?r5'.mH'Jf nr . . ......H. '--mwtfng- TtWTfoy hff.cn^m'at’
re-nrent for the benefit of all credit-', w. Rilley, - thair-man. j^o’clock.
oi-s, none preferred: R. .1. Rus- Secretary./ Following accounts were al-
sell was named as assignee. Li-£ k1p~iMilT., ffrnTjrrfpit fll Uli'I'iliHiri,'
; A meeting of' the Repuhlicans three months’ office rent, 87.50;
of precinct No. 3, Van Zandt i secretary, postals. ,.30.center A.
esteruay mnrntng It^W. ;ar" hCTetjy'ffaire'd’ t6~me5ttI3.'Tiuoker, lumber, 54 cents; J.
-rettr vttrup'-'. filed a deed ,.9.t Lin'Wills: Point, July 10th, to elect: A. Pate, salary, $38.;i;3,. commis-
trust With the county clerk for delegates to the county conven- sfon on assessing taxes, $25.
P7±J.uly 291 Pe|O aom arndU.Hl..^
flor two years thereafter. I shoot martins, that are destroy-
W. A7 Latham, ing his bbes. Granted.
' - Chairman, i J-A. Sanderaasked that
^BjflgSiHoreEbiind ff^up fe^t a1 ..
mixture-nf stomach’dcsirovHig drugs, ' that had been turned on him.
throat and lung troubles. Its action >the work and draw on the general ton: people as good telephone ser-
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wst-Bsteetfi foy TEeir fellow-oiti-f Oad Foiiovk Notes. '
The Odd Fellow lodge of Wills
Point has changed its time of
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Lee IfoowERSi —-
foMrs, Wlflett and little daugh-r
ter of Galveston and Miss. Berta
Pabst of Tyler;,, who ^ave .been__^
ter place yesterday morning?
Alma and Lillian Reeves and-:
rma Bru<m acCOmpapie^ thana--r—
Masonic Installation. , .
The local Masonic lodge pub— ■
liciy installed their officers for’—m---?
the ensiling term Friday evening..-
Excellent 'cake and cream were
served and all present, principal-
ly the families, of Masons, enjoy— , ...
ed the occasion very much. The-
"fullrnrtrn* nfflbers wers installed- '
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Humdn, S. W.; W. J. Greet,
W.; T. G. Thompson, treasurer;;
to order and it is Impossible-to son, T?; J. J. Gibba’rd, S. D.; J.?
1. F. Goodnight
and W, .A. Benham, Stewarts.
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- A full attendance*
Ts re»(uested for next meetiftg as
officers are to be installed. Fol-
'lowing are the officers, elected
and appointed, for the ensuing
term-: J.-R. Finney, N. G..; J.
A mi_^______xr T-. v-V' XT
tie, 80c.;,J.H. Human, treasurer; for. nialaria. tylayoK-KSFfis tellh
W. H. Paul, R- S.; R. A. Laney, us that unless conditions are im-
L.S.fp.B. Smith, W.; W. L. proved immediately the council
Vill have to take the- matter in
I hand and get sharply after some-
and W. M. Boston,. S. to V. G. ?, body, and he is exactly right.
A number- of young people,
; ehaparorred by Mr. and Mrs. J.
. , , . 1 9. Teel and Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E.
suit in district court this week for Owens^ went to one of Mr. Man-
>• ning s tanks near town Tuesday
elect a coun-- juone Stat Salt company for. pw- ww-one of ffipsoi delightful, in-
SiAnrAf'nrv In .annot; 4nr»i oa 1Ji t >- » —. Yi_ a. _ _ . . •»
jrkihg for the company;. . . .. -jtotoyed.: < foA £' . ij
’ trustee. Liabilities S3,880. Nona-
nal assets, SB,500.
* -e: These—failures came in. the
nature of a surprise to. ouf citi-
zens and are much regretted by
all, for both gentlemen enjoyed
full confidence of the business
world and'are held ih the high-
Poor collections the past
C ’ ^ •^mBftraaamenf—- .
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ffertitliiuarters Republican Ex -
•#/ ecutive Committee, Van Zandt
County, Tex.—Wills Point, Tex-
as,..June 15.—By order of the
?'..Bppgb.lican state executive com-
S mittee, and in obedience to m-
EL^’ -Mcuctione of Hon. E. H.'R.
Green,, state chairman, a dele-
p»'gate convention of the Republi-
oan-pirty of said county is here-
ipk- by -called tot meet in the town of
“ p Gantom in said county, on July
, 23rd, 1898, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the state
j Republican convention >tt Fort
-fo Worth, Texas, August .16, and
Hsional, sena-
district oon-
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Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898, newspaper, July 7, 1898; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284749/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.