West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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The News from our County Correspondents
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The program was well rendered.
ham. •
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reed were We wish to thank the visitors for
shopping in town Saturday.
their help in the singing.
Hurrah for the Gooseneck Sun-
one
ag<
Saturday night and Sunday with
Bob Berry and wife visited in J
notor-
of Ming Bend Saturday and Sunday.
ft
days in Graham last we
count of the illness of ne
baby.
Blondie.
day night.
and the Dago must be busy work-
day and Sunday.-
Ark.. is visiting relatives here.
you.
Bister.
the program.
Lower Took.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
4
Anabelle Wadlev went to Gra- grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. New-
t
man. this week.
went to
some nice
Violet.
day.
LIPr.R Bov.
ant.
on other
family
We have had
that
Jim McClanahan made his
usu-
I
is selling quite
Hamilton Saturday.
Uno.
1.
Graham Auto
'll
Supply Company
CHAS. WIDMAYER, Manager.
Mrs. Hudson spent Friday with
i Mrs. Mattie Gibbs.
Fire Proof Garage
Kid.
new automobile.
New Tires.
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selves though,
they say they :
Mr. ami Mrs. J. W. Wright vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. (1. 1 >. Ratliff
last Sunday.
have been
great ben-
John Steadham and family of
Miller Bend visited at his father’s
I W. T. Steadham’s, Saturday ami
Mr. Spann and wife
Loving Saturday.
I guess there will be
Miss Willie Webb
visiting her cousin.
Cantwell.
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Moore and
R. E.
solo.
attention.
Alvin Rickles of
ber of years, which is a good in-
dication for the country.
The Prideaux Bros, will com-
mence shipping their feed steers
in a few days.
Barnum Garrett says he has
the finest girl in Archer county;
she is four months old.
al trip up the valley Sunday.
YERKA.
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Markley.
At this time a good rain would
Mr. Roy Pardue and family of
Komo were visiting Ur. and Mrs.
South Bend.
The young people enjoyed a
singing at J. R. Holcomb’s Sun-
day night. They reported a good
singing.
Automobile Accessories
and Supplies
Indian Mound.
Rev. Wilson tilled his appoint-
ment here Saturday night ami
Sunday.
About all wheat and oats are
cut ami threshing willbe next on
•....
Mountainside some months
visited where some of us gained i
Dessie Walker last Sunday.
Miss Marv McCallister was vis-
iting Mrs. .1. II. Wright Thurs-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter .
visited Mr. ami Mrs. R. a
one ! , • • ,, ,
th most pleasant tanning at all, I
assure you, unless it is that
which is done from the car win-
I
Proffitt
Mr. McCluskey and wife went
to Newcastle Friday.
spent Sunday at Ed McCluskey’s.
Leslie Scott visited home folks
Sunday.
Mrs. P. p. Timmons and chil-
dren of Elbert. Texas, are visit-
ing friends and relatives at this
place.
George Martin and family vis-
ited Will Martin and family of
Duff Prairie.
South Bend is enjoying copious
rains and everyone is wearing a
smile of prosperity.
Jeff Keeter. wife and baby ami
sisters. Misses Mary and Ethel,
of Portales, New Mexico, visited
relatives end friends here several
days last week. They will spend
a month with their sister, Mrs.
Cagle. of Proffitt before returning
home.
Mrs. Will Goode and Grandma
spent Saturday with Mrs. S. W.
(>o< de.
J. J. Scott is having his resi-
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ratliff of
True are visiting his mother,
Mrs. E. H. Ratliff.
Mrs. Dozier and her daughter
Kate visited Mrs. Wright and
gone from our hearing, but the4N
hum of the thrasher will soon be'*
were in town Monday, which was highly appreciated.
Mrs. T. D. Findley and daugh- We also wish to thank Rev. Joe.
be appreciated,
some showers
BELMONT HOTEL
E. E. HALL, Prop.
RATES $1.25 PER DAY
Clean Rooms - Good Service
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Ivan spent hundred in attendance Sunday.
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Mrs. Lindsey visited J. C. Miller
and family of West Fork Satur-
Mr. Ottie Higgin’s children
were visiting Mrs. McCallister
last Saturday.
Miss Esther McCan and Miss
Hazel Dozier were visiting Miss
Miller Bend.
Our correspondence has been a
little short for a while. Come on
all you correspondents and let’s
snow the paper under next week.
I know the editor likes lots of
letters and the readers always
look for them.
The sound of the reaper has
mSundayse.g F
Mrs. Bob Arnold spent §/
ivs in Graham last we • Suf
day school, she had
Hawkins Chapel.
The health of the community
is very good at the present.
Robert Miller and wife and
Mr. and Mrs. M. L.. Rickl
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones visit-
ed Mrs. Bob Arnold Saturday
ami Sunday .
Anabelle Wadley spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with Eth-
el McClanahan.
Mrs. Georgi ami daughters
visited her son at Pleasant Hill
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wadlev
and son spent Saturday night
with Mr. McClanahan.
Mr. and Mrs. Pharris went to
South Bend Saturday. *
Mr. and Mrs. Art Jones and
son Jim attended the funeral of
Watt Mayes Friday.
Mrs. Clark and daughter visit-
ed Mrs. Timmons Sunday.
Claud and Ernest Clark spent
Saturday night with Mrs. Lee
ley and wife. They will spend
the summer here.__■
Mf. ahu Mrs? L. fl" Cham bers
of Bryson and Josh Moore and
wife took dinner with T. D.
Findley Sunday.
Mamie Keplinger spent Sunday
with Tressie Snodgrass.
The singing at Mr. Snodgrass’
was well attended and all report
a jolly time.
Fay, Flo and Jeff Whitfield at-
William and Frank to see the
Stovall irrigated farm on the
Clear Fork Sunday. Don’t think
they saw anything but them*
H. H. Stephens' and family
.. were the guests of C. F. Newman
\ow
.and familv Saturday night and
and “
Sunday.
G. U. Stinnett has gone to
hard work; he may try to deny it,
but I have a witness that he has.
Our 42 game is well patronized
and we claim we have some good
Jean.
We have had fine rains and
crops are looking fine. Wheat
and oats are most all in shock
and fairly good. It now looks
like old Young county is coming
into her own again.
Children’s Day passed off nice-
and it made me think of the
to band we correspondents ate at
heard.
Little Boy thanks Happy Girl
for her compliment. We should
all do our best, as the more we
do the better paper we'll have.
Mrs. J. H. Wright visited Mrs.
J. W. Wright last Thursday.
Mrs. E. H. Ratliff and daugh-
Burgess that Graham was going to stop
her part of this unsightly work.
Dakin. .
How are all the correspondents.
I went visiting last week and did
not get to be with you.
The farmers are busy with the
crops. Wheat and oats are pret-
ty good.
Mrs. Josh Moore spent Friday!
Ruis* Loftin and family visited ,
relatives in our community Sat- «ood sermon last Monday night
: urday and Sunday.
V Times are H
for any newsE
is the go of t■
Mr. Pose nil
the t ' mmunit
more. I
Henri Stev
ited near Lov
Some of <>ul
tended the I
Saturdav nig
Olaf Riblle
were \ isitors il
of B. B. Sund
S. F. Galla
seier.il others
church at (ira
We ••shoTe'l
and Herschel I
Miss Lillia
Pleasant visit
and with Mis
the guest of N
the rest of the
, A. S. Slateri
Sunday with
family.
As I write t
and will be o
the crops. |
very acceptable ami a
Orth.
I understand S. R. Jeffery and
family will spend the summer on
Ingleside ranch and that he will
build four silos.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Bickerstaff, a boy.
Bill Hustage went to Loving
Friday evening.
Dick Bouton will start thresh-
ing Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Collie went to
Newcastle Saturday..
Jno. and Elmo Clark went to
give account of yourselves.
Silver Bell.
dence painted. Will Davis of
Eliasville is doing the painting.
M. L. McBrayer is on the sick
list.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harrell
and daughter. Adele, and Miss
Bradford of Newcastle visited
M.d). Harrell and family Sunday,
Bro. Chunn will preach here
Sunday at 11 and Sunday night.
Leroy Britton, Misses Bettie
and Sadie Scott and Bettie Daw-
son spent Tuesday night in Gra-
ham.
Mrs. Geo. White ami daugh-
ters. Mesdames Bower and Mar-
tin. and Miss Lottie White of
Komo visited the Misses McBray-
er Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Goode and children
and Miss Birdie Mathews took
dinner with O. A. McBrayer and
family Sunday.
Alvin Rickles of Ivan attended
Sunday school here Sunday.
Wishing The Reporter ami its
many readers much success.
_ HONEVSTCKIE.
Sundai.
Ethel and Bessie took Roy, tended services at Upper Tonk.
The Sunday school was good
considering the smallattendance.
Mrs. Marv Oatman and child-
ren visited her sister, Mrs. H. H.
Stephens, last week.
C. F. Harman ami son C. F.
were in Loving Saturday,
Some of
tended chill
Jean Sunda
time. I
The pari
Henry Wor
tended and I
reported by
were a go
young gent]
are invited I
Misses Ve
ter, Emmie I
Annie Mary
ter took di
McBee Sum
Cedar Creek.
Dark and gloomy is the weath-
er and has been the past few
days. A thick mist falls nearly
all day. Just enough however
to keep the farmers from their
work, although they have been
chopping cotton between show-
ers.
John Gann of the Pickwick
community accompanied by Jack
M. Millan visited relatives at
this place Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barron and
little Nannie were pleasant visi-
tors et the Ritchey home Sunday.
The young people enjoyed a
singing at J. H. Wesley’s Sun-
day.
Madam rumor informs us that
the object which attracts John
Gann's attention in the Pickwick
community is a one-horse rig but
we are of the opinion that the
fair driver is what attracts John’s
The young people enjoyed art
. ’ , , and less on time than for a num-
ice cream supper at Mr. John-
players.
Mr. Editor, I have plenty of
Bob Wells went to Newcastle ripe peaches if you will come to
Wednesday. SNOWFLAKE, j see me. Bono.
finest-wheat they ever saw.
We heard the voice of Duer
Brooks over the telephone Mon-
day calling for his Grandpa, L.
P. Brooks, to come to Graham
after him. Duer lives in Dallas
now and school being out he very
naturally wants to spend at least
a part of the vacation with
his grandparents, and boy like
he remembers the peaches and
watermelons too. Pow Bov.
their neighbor’s and
interesting subjects.
G. W. Lanier and
D. A. Upham has returned
from Strawn where he spent a
lew days with his daughter, Mrs.
Bill Sweeney.
B. A. Gann and wife called on
Bob 1 featon and wi fy Tuesda v-
Jim said Sunday night was on-
ly two hours long. Jim. maybe
that old rooster was bribed to
crow before daylight.
Eugene West and wife called
on Mr. and Mrs. Creigh Sunday.
Come forward Rainy Dav and
give us a few items from your
gifted pen.
What is the matter with some
of our good writers? The West-
ern Girl surely has emigrated
farther west or has forgotten us.
case of necessity.
Lee Drum i nd wife and Jim
Schoop of Loving took in Chil-
dren's Day here.
M. C. Robinson returned Fri-
da}’ from a business trip to Wise
county.
Mac St. John boarded Sunday
evening's train for Jack county.
( Thou art-gone, our precious dar-
ling; we hope to see you here no
mote.)
son's Saturday night.
Grandma Cole is quite sick.
Drs. Cagel and Norrisol New-
castle were called to see Mrs.
Florence Bellamy Friday.
Charlie Waldridge went to
Newcastle Wednesday and bought
a new wagon.
Misses Jennie Dooley and Mag-
gie Weatherbee and Tom Hudson
! visited Misses Alice and Ida Nor-
i ton Sunday eve.
Revival
The follow ll
revival meetir
Mission: Bril
mencing Frid
first Sunday I
Chapel, Sature
Sunday in July
day nig lit befo
in July . Upper
night before til
gust; Rocky M
night before
August. All
a vited to take
" nouncements la
S. l
Gooseneck.
We are having some very hot
and dry weather.
Gee Parsons and wife of Me-
gargel were visiting relatives
here last week.
Born to John Clark and wife, a
girl last Thursday.
• Bob and Charlie McLaren are
taking in the sights at Fort
Worth.
Lee McLaren and Willie Par-
sons spent Saturday night with
the bachelors.
G. W. Rose and family visited
John Clark and family Sunday.
Frank Cunningham and daugh-
ters visited relatives Saturday
baby pictures on exhibition soon
as Mesdames Baker and Loftin
carried Russell Dean Loftin to
the artist’s gallery Sunday.
Miss Ruby Newman is visiting
Mrs. H. H. Stephens and daugh-
ters this week.
Mrs. Lawrence was entertain-
ing company Friday and Satur-
Misses Ve
and Esta Pa
- supper with!
Mary Slater
Come on I
other corres
to read you
The singis
was reported
Miss Allyl
Mrs. Brigha
for the home
Brigham wi
few weeks be
We are all I
bring Miss I
Mr. ami Nil
Lone Oak sj
with Henry \
Mell I mu:
Mrs. A. J. Brian and daughter Lynch of Graham sang a
Mrs. John Steadham Monday.
Rev. Joe R. Mayes preached a
and Sunday.
Bro. James and wife visited ter, Miss Bessie, visited Mrs. J.
our Sunday school.. H. Wright last Tuesday.
R. M. Williams and family
visited Oscar James ami wife
Sunday. ’ John Steadham last Sunday.
ears are about •‘ripe."
„ .. - ... ,, ,, ,II notice our editor has been
Mrs. R. Maws and W . F . Parselev tor , ...
I . , out recently ••farming in an
their assistance in the singing. ,, . ' .. ,
i auto. That s all right. Mr. Ed-
j itor. you had just as well farm
that wav as anybody. It is the
a lot of goods:
tended church at Giraham Sun-'. .Just arrived a brand new baby i
girl at G. W. Nash’s. You ought i
to see G. W. smile. He savs she's , .. . ... ...
son. Dallas, also Mrs. Hollis
Moore visited relatives and ing the garden, and the Six Ohl
friends at Jean Saturday ami .Maids must have gotten married
f Whitt i. Sunday. and gone to the Cascade moun-
... , ( J. W. Nesbitt and family spent tains on a wedding tour.
Antia r? . . . , ‘ , .. ,
Sunday with F . A. Burnett and come forward, all of
about the filth at Salt Creek
bridge and they will be piling
it right up in the middle of the
road. I was reliably informed
some two or three weeks ago
in Miller Bend.
Bill Cole made a flying trip to
w Graham last Saturday.
Mrs. S. Dozier ami Miss Lula
spent a while Sunday with Mrs.
J. H. Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. ee McCan and
children ami Uncle Andy McCan
spent last Sunday afternoon with
ham Saturday. ,
Eppie Moore made a trip to
Graham Saturday.
but somebody is still at it. I
passed there the other day and it
looked like every body in Graham
had cleaned out their stables and
dumped it just off the road-bed.
Why not dump in the road ami
save time and trouble? We old
clodhoppers can drive around it
or go to Newcastle. Only a
short time ago we were whoop-
ing Graham for the county seat
and we don’t think we are being
treated with due respect in this
matter. Graham is our town as
well as yours and we want you
to clean it up. Quit taking the
tilth up from one part of the
town and dumping on another
part.
W. T. Steadham was over at
J. A. Brown’s Sunday evening.
Guess they were talking about
Walter and Fuller Dozier were
Graham visitors last Friday.
Bob Arnold made a trip to the
city Wednesday.
Ottie Higgins made a. quick
trip to Newcastle last Saturday.
Well, I believe
saw some - of the
Eula Mae Holt is reported on
the sick list.
Grandma Mahaney of Hunger
is spending a few days with Mrs.
Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Condor attended
jlnirch Sunday!-----——
Will Pryor and wife of Flat
Rock visited Jim Price and fami-
ly Saturday and Sunday.
Herman Johnson was back on
a visit to his best Sunday.
Since I began this writing we
have had a nice rain. Gander.
a dandy.
Mrs. Newton of Little Rock.
Mr. Editor, if The Reporter
crew fires you out you can come
out and help us thresh; lots of
yellow-legged chickens out here.
The little child of Mr. and
Mrs. Carr Rutherford is worse at
this time. The child of Mr. and
Mrs. Dollins is also sick.
Ira Huckaby and w ife of White
Rose at tendvA church and spent
theafternoonwith W. R. Dollins.
Bud Stockings of Red Top was
in this community Saturday and
Sunday.
W. P. Fisher visited R. G.
Taylor Sunday while Mrs. Fish-
er visited Mrs. E. G. Williamson.
Sam Douglass and wife from
near Newcastle visited here Sat-
urday ami Sunday.
Austin Bird and Will Beard
made a trip to Graham Thursday.
J. S. Walker ami family of
Graham visited Joe Taylor Sun-
day.
Gentry Williamson visited Jim
Grubbs Sunday evening.
Austin Bird, wife and son vis-
ited sick relatives near Olney
Sunday.
Will Clavin of Flint Creek was
shocking wheat in this commun-
ity the past week.
Mr. Kindlev and son Harry
were in Graham Friday.
R. G. Taylor was called -to
Graham Friday to help bury Mr.
Watt Mayes, one of his beloved
I. O. O. F. brethren.
Jess Taylor of Flint Creek vis-
ited his brother Joe Saturday
night.
Hilliard Taylor was in Loving
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Cardie Bird and son went
to Graham Monday.
Mrs. G. W. McCommas is vis-
iting in Mineral Wells.
W. P. Fisher went to Newcas-
tie Monday.
John Durell of Jack County has
moved into this community.
W. W. and E. G. Williamson
were in Red Top neighborhood
Monday.
Austin Bird went to Olney
Monday to work with a thresher.
Mrs. Lizzie Bryant and daugh-
ter went to Graham Monday.
We had a nice rain Monday.
Hurrah for Yancey and his
Mrs. M. K. (iri
ed favor for hi
Ed Grali.itn • on
with all preser
course was sel
and the followi
Sallie Porter, t
Zella Allen. Mr
of McKinney a
Robinson of Er
family.
Just a little more agitation
Mount Pleasant.
Look out, boys. Finis is crop
inspector now; he was looking at
Plow Boy’s crop the other day
and said some of it was in pretty
bad shape. Of course he didn’t
say much about his own crop.
J. Wylie Moore is mulching
the soil in his grain stubble by
running a disc harrow behind
the binder. Wylie says his
wheat seemed to take on new-
life after the recent rain and he
is having to wait for it to ripen.
He thinks the grain will lie con-
siderably better than he once
thought it would be.
Everybody is watching Edd
Martin’s corn field his roasting
nesday.
Curtice Findley went
concert Friday night.
Miss Juanita Brian
efit to our crops but not suffi-
cient to make a good season. If
we could get a heavy rain we
would have a full crop.
The health of our community
is very good.
Our merchant. J. M. Wallace
Les I
•v• H$ Bridge at foi
pastime for Lei
their meeting
noon with Miss
Logan. Afte
The ice cream supper at Char-
Everyone is nearly through lie Miller’s Friday night
with their wheat and oats; next good and enjoyable to all.
we hear will be the hum of the I Master Elmer Stephens of
thresher. Briar Branch is visiting his
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Ratliff.
J. P. ami G. D. Ratliff made a
call to see Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Wright last Monday, eating din-
ner with them
Miss Lula Dozier visited Mrs.
McCallister last Sunday.
Miss Ida Dozier was visiting
her mother-in-law, Mrs. S, Doz-
ier last Monday.
Fddie Reeves made a trip to
Uncle Bill Steadhdm’s Sunday,
, Ju H. Wright made a trip to
the home of his mother-in-law
Mrs. E. H. Ratliff last Tuesday
while it was too wet to hoe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Steadham
spent Saturday with his father,
Mr. Bill Steadham of Mt. Pleas-
with Mrs. T. T. Garrett in Gra- ly with quite a crowd present.
passed through our community -onev
Eppie and Murray Moore at-
o.u 1a
Hattie Belle Reed Saturday eve. iety as hearty eaters.
Arthur Findley of Ft. Worth G. L. Nicewarner, C. C. Car-
and Misses Rubve and Joe Lee penterand W. P. Stroud went to
Hill of Mineral Wells are visit-, Graham this week. W. F.
ing their grandparents. Josh Thompson and J. P. Haire went
Moore and wife and T. D. Find- along to take care of them in
Mone
Lost, betwet
Farmer last Mo
a leather pocke
partment with
810 gold piece ;
reward the find
on delivery to n
porter office.
Farn
V‛
dow of a fast moving railway
train. But if there is anybody
whom I would allow to do such
farming it is the editor of West
Texas Reporter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Timmons on the 9th a boy fine
boy of course.
Most oT tTfe smalT-,grain is in
the shock awaiting the thresher.
Say, Rosaline, over at Indian
Mound, in the Leader, where is
your uncle, Steamboat Bill?.
Tommy Nesbitt spent the day
with Marshall and Charles
Brown Sunday. •
ters spent Monday with 1
Moore. Itheir assistance in the singing.
’ . I
Mrs. Whitfield and daughters 1 he ladies certainly put up as
were shopping in Graham Wed- tine a dinner as Buster ever ate,
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