Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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the Republicans
will continue all this wgek and
probably longer and we feel sure
will be puxlucilvd of niucji good.
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hours in the thriving little city of
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fhe general depression in business
Cossty Speaking. - at this season c._ —,...
We are informed by W. W.Bert- hum of the industrial wheel can
still be heard ■there. Edgewood
is located in one of the most fer-
tile and prosperous sections of
this county and its people are re-
fined and intelligent. The lUlle
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Gov. Roas in which he promised
t. to attend the reunion' here on
The program committee has in-
vited some excellent speakers for
the occasion. -.Their names will
be announced lafer. -
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The committee
The Grand Saline Sun of last
zaeekMntniasr-a psi a^nrphnntT^ . _____.
ing that Mr. Florence of that.Ipwn. We willjiot be surprised
, .place received a letter from ex-
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consideration 'he . We also have
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The score by innings was as fol— ’
1 2J 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Errors mtfde by Hay binders,21 -T
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a lilt le bit in the‘‘light farttastic.” peered to ad J l ess the convention
The receipts of the evening went
io pay for the erection of seats at
the ball park.
rh£ agricultural editor tools »
cream snpper
•ugor bu’tT'fitig rmifsday
night in the Interest of the base-
ball boys was a pleasant affair.
The. snng band made some ex-
cellent innsicand after Iherefresh-
ments were
young people could not.resist the
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ffl MODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS,
aNdGENE^AL supplies.
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rt you.wririr rnr.your ootit interests yuu Win purchase-
your gpods of us. A square deal is guaranteed to all. •
FOURTH STREET, : WILLS POINT,
ZFTLzxs- Eug'gies and. Caxxiag"as.„
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It’sj finod Things- ==^
Push it along by patronizing'the old reliable-firm which
* _.s*^ns tnfw proclamation. It is still doing business at the
--■■■■--r—- oldystand and carries a complete‘and fresh stock of goods
2 in- the. General. Merchandise' line. Consult ■ your best
interests by trading here during tire coming year. Try us
Oil. All Steel 5
, Suit the
Merely whispering and laugh-
ing in church may not be a vio-
lation of the laws ot the land but have nothing to brag about,
the laws of decency and good
breeding demand that respectable
people conduct themselves like
ladies and gentlemen durihg-di-
yine service. 1
”Life is at \
when we think- the frail bark is
gliding smoQihly over a calm and
' A Lonj Walk.
J, Abel is walking across the
Xpntiuent from California to
.Maine and stopped here this
Wneh;. He is another of that class
who seek notoriety and a good
by this i
pleasant looking man, his smooth
ways passing him through most ot
.the hotels without paying a cent
though he slipped up on his
scheme here. He claims to be
I collecting dala WTr-book which d^off'Mond'^^^nd^pent adew
E^dgisy or may not prove interesting i
* e 1 »>r«atqs«a-v ii vvii I i v < u k 111 I It? bi» y
1”»B a $1500 salary on the EdgeWood. While suffering »r.
EfeLt. . Covsty Syeaklng.
"We are -6.grea.ts fbr fixe S-c^eet.OrxjC©.’W. • , T
, O-veralls aja.3. 3?eu3p/ts. . ■r:., ,
NEW YORK CLOTHING HOUSE -
PJtisstaw, Maosgsr.
. Weak Parafrapbs.
Some good games of baseball
will be among the picnic.attrac-
tions here on August 12’h. "
The Wills t’rfint cornet band
has reorganised with 13 pieces
and the noys are practicing for
some music to entertain the visi-
tors to the reupion with.
A game of ball has been match-
therestofth^ Wills Pointers out e<l f'T today between the Hav-
visir (heir bir.ders and Canton Soft,-Snaps
and the Haybindefs will show
themTliaTTfiey.were just-fooling
when they played at Canton. The
visiting team will be shown ev®ry
courtesv and’giyerr a chance Io
play their best.
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The Etitefprise was
is complete^
and at rock-bottom prrrrc, —;. —-
prdsy, August the 1st, 1896, at 16
o’clock a. tn.y4pr the purpose of
electing three delegates and three
,___.alternates t o a 11 e nd I .he, slat&
J|i»ean-coirvetiJ<<pi, wliU,.l^ con-*
vgnes at Fort Worth on the 8th
day of Sept-mber, knd a Iso .Jo
transact such other-business as
may come before the convention.
All Republicans in the county are
served some of the § most strenuously requested toet-
tend the county convention,
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method. A very U"’ ,elnP,.a"on. ot indulging just. Judge XL LL-While of .Tyler i»-e?t-
on that day. S. Y. Carter^
Ohainom of Republican Exec-
utive Com mil tee of Van Z nidi
We Aa?e Prepared
to give you anything in Men’s and Ladies” ’
Tiqe Shoes—both in black and russett.
. ‘ Men and boy^s Felt Hals-in.all styles and
■ qualities. * "M ■ -. 1.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
to our reduction in straw goods. Men’&r
§traw Hats Much we have been selling for^Q cents —
. n9w at 40 cents. Boy’s 35-cent hats, 25 ct».
OXir line of Furnishing Goods
The Baptist peopt^Rfe conducl -
„ .. * . , ing a very interesting meeting at
Duet-, Jewus rhe Truth to Lrgltl their church “here .this week.
Pastor Scofield is assisted uyRev.
J. C.Geritry,an able minister from
Henderson. Tnere (ire two ser-
vices ds Jy. 9 a. m. and 3i30 p. m., 1 hereby call a convention
good Congregations attending, es-
NUMBER 31.
®“f Mitf SSw Offering
one tally, proved themselves the
boss ball players of this section.
By far the largest crowd that !
ever witnessed a ball game here
assembled at the ball park Tues-
LUSt evei‘>nK to see rtie Haybind-
ers and Chronicles cross bats. The
game Was watched with intense
i urefest ajid" the ' good ■ plays. by_
”i_.) were loudly cheered.
smethe boat^orMs^theCrew and. Tjlc H,xWn<i#„ piay 1 good
•srgo are stranded on some lone- Lgtne but they admit themselves
Ty, desertM island. ‘that when size and weight are
To our merchants: Do no^| a^en. .^° 1
send, away for your job printing j Chromcles take the sake. ,
when you can have it done- as I
niciely at home. We are doing ’low8''.
oni level best to build up (he , Hoybindera ?
"town, bring trade to your stores Chronicles ,'L
and enhance the value of your; L
property: Do our efforts deserve by Chronicles^ 7. '
your patronage ? r ‘
Jude O. G. White, Republican,
was told by of Tyler will speak, at Cantoif on
Saturday, August 1. The Repub- . , „ -
licans will have C.l Edwards of but ,lley aIm,,8t 'n’«i"My
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i lant Chronicle* As a. catcher
I HarryAldrich won«the applause of
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sides, wiih two or three eXCRpe-
tions, played 'fine baft. It the
.... xV«„. x, ^., are SPCO,|d nine could bat like they
all agog over the mysterious ap- P,a.v fr>~’tbeUhdd there isn’t a
pearance of'some lights' near 'a,1.t?>m *n thig 3eellon mf 'he stalgf.
hotiMP BAfflc “three miles" from * tfiajFc^ra 11 'hem.
at any limeto’seeHenryCollierand < - -
there c«mipg haok to
friends tor«a season.
; We Told You So.
Jusfcas we expected, the tfegro V
who has been trying to convwt ’
nossrnn Hl uuueness bio,s‘!,t io’° a ^“M**’* “T '**
of the yeai\ the afnil8enlgnt ol 'he public, Joynd >ft .___
necessary to conform to the cus-
tom prevailing,here of wearing
clothing and as he had pa. money
with winch to buphe had- to steal.
He helped himself to the'clothes
of a brother coon and -departed at
once for pastures new. He was
overtaken*, however, and brought '
7 anl have ho'pasaf ^ek aad ip jgalice court Monday —
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zett thakthe Populist nominees
for county offices will accept the
challenge made by the Demo-
cratic speakers to meet them in
joint djacussiou beginning at
Grand-Saline Friday. We hope- village has improved mech Since
the people of. the different com-] we r--*’---—VJ-’
sicseen
My Way”—Mis. Bracknev and
Mias Wills.
Essay—Miss Gussie Renfro.
— -Solo, ‘‘Sweet Bunch of. Daisies”
—Miss Ruby Lybruhd.
Recita t ion /’The -M uj Uerj^ieMi?' <
Me K u i gii t.
Solo, ‘‘Sweetheart Mine”—Miss
Eva Easterwood. 1 . - -
Adoress—R. M. Kelley of Long-
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on arrange-
. jpenfs has selected and secured
the pasture of Adam Hendricson
as a suitable place for holding the
picnic and W. W.- McLeod will at-
tend to the letting of all priv-
ileges.
The Light Draft Deering Binders and Mowers WitLBalli _
.and Roller hearings. _Deering Twine and Machine.
lakes, Prices to, i ..
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IF YOU ARE IN .NEED •
Of a nice medium weight summer suit yob can find any- -
thing.jmu -wauV^it- (he New-¥ork crpniiirtg^'"“
House. If you>will come to see us, we wttl take pleasL
ure in showing you how vsiuch money we can
* save you on a suit of clothes.
a nice line of odd pants whichi
Will suit you wheu you. see them.
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W B. White of Tarrant/county
Uague literary
pecling^nd went away avowing
hie- infenfbin ot 'n-turniyg and ____
=pftnTihg his banner in the ‘ fertile}
soil of old Van Zmdt. Mr. White; . ibe Enterprise was a'litlfc pre-
is a fanner ansays thi^ |l<:qynllv T'lum lam weotr-iw-elBfYHlng'"TTTg"
'WltTcom^Ire with atly county in I clranrpionship for i’s home team,
the state when it co in eg to pro-
ductiveness. T .1
to attend the reunion'here
August 11th and 13|.h.
Eyvartk Lea(ac Proxraa.
< - Following is the program for
L . the ..Epworth League literary
7 ' meeting at the residence vi Miss
f.‘ \ Nora Kearby to-night
Chorus, “Wonderful Army ot
- God”—League.
jF," Scriplure ^,esaun jiinLLr^yyrn ■ -
1 1 duartetle/^TheGolden Gate”
—Mrs Brackney. -Miss Wills,
Bgte-- Messrs. Curtis and Webb.
' Recitation. “Pride of Battery
B.”— Miss Zula Rucker.
bromcle.
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WILLS POINT, TEXAS, THURSDAY. JULY ?3.1896. /
■> Judge W. .LGn or was at Pitts-
burg last week and 1 ‘
—some of the eX-Confederates
thefe that a number of them
i would come through the country,
j: •v-camping just qs they did when
ttie excitemenfekand fever -erf war
was running high. Il .they will
L let us know some of the old com-
L— rads will meet them and escort
k them to town.
Wills Pointhas already beat Can
toji two games this season wnic-
ever-we are perfectly willing
give them a chau^
their record.
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Patten umpired the game to the
satisfaction of all. ‘ *
The playing was all-good. The
Haybiuders batted some fine balls
. Dallas. Web. Flanagan of Hen-’plump i.n,o-l’i'e ba,lds
oerton anij other Republicans at
the Pojuiwt ^encampment at HarryAldrich won-the applause of
Mvrtfe Springs to defend ll)e everybody. All the boys <m both
tenets of their parly. s,des’ W,,h twp w ,hL**e ex***““
" The citizens of Ryan. Ii T,
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Gilmore, Clarence E. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1896, newspaper, July 23, 1896; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302501/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.