West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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Live News from our Correspondents
MT. PLEASANT
rise
last ado, and then we will be with-
SPRING CREEK
here
f
votes over in
naming the
SOUTH BEND.
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telephone to find out all about has vaccinated or will soon and
Johnnie Dolittle, I think your accompanied home by his son, I matter with you?
ham and Murray mail route, in
and unnumbered children.
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tian meeting began last Sun-
day night and broke up the
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fiance C
$5,000 f
There
shower f
a benefit
being so
last long.
out a Pat.
J. C. Akers and family of
Lone Star attended church at
the Bend Sunday.
G. W. Bishop and family of
it, but failed to arouse him.
W. F. Pardue and famliy vis-
ited Mr. Sam Haggard’s folks
bad on his hand. We hope not.
Honeysuckle 2nd.
spent Sunday with the Lewis’s
on the reunion grounds.
Some few cattle dying of the
Texas fever, and others have it.
The young people enjoyed an
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You are not
you were a
Oh, I know
ladies and lasses, manly boys urday night and Sunday in
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Martin last Sunday.
Mrs. Plow Boy has me be-
lieving she is some onion grow-
there isn’t so much attraction
at Fox Hollow for Everett and
Earl since Mr. John Lisle has
appeared on the scene, and the
wild currant bushes have stop-
ped blooming, therefore our
is where I live: Seven miles home Sunday but Mrs. Harrell
west of Graham on the Gra- and children will spend some
d,i ily, and
spent Si
Mr. J. T
Jams
were at
Vernor
Wadley i
Sunday 1
Claud
a few da
neck chc
brother,
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Gray’s.
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on the o
I think 1
us all.
A Will h
f py Ben :
Mr. an
%lve mo
their ran
have thet
again.
Mr. A.
ham Mon
Mr. W.
ter, Mist
ping in 4
Mr. H
one day 1
Miss F
Mr. J. T
last week
Mrs. I
of Goose
and John
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Mr. an
and son,
A Mrs. Bill
J. W., M
daughter,
spent Fr
K day with
family fi
fifty pou
Ethel sai
Showered all around
Newcastle; they were accom-
panied home by Norman’s sis-
ter, Miss Emma, who will visit
here for several days.
Miss Fannie Goode ate Sun-
day dinner with Mrs. West.
The young folks enjoyed a
singing at the home of O. A.
McBrayer Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Sloan
and Miss Christine Britton of
Olney are visiting their moth-
er, Mrs. V. M. Hale and family.
Rev. G. W. Black filled his
regular appointment here Sat-
urday and Sunda.y
The Baptist people in con-
ference Sunday called Rev. G.
W. Black as their pastor for an-
other year. W’e trust he will
see fit to accept. They decided
to hold their meeting beginning
on Friday night before the first
Sunday in September.
Mrs. H. P. Leath returned
to her home in Jacksboro last
Friday after a visit with J. J.
Scott and family.
Messrs. Jack Collins and Jess
Jennings with Miss Oma Jen-
nings of Elbert visited at the
home of J. J. Scott from last
Thursday night until Saturday
Saturday. A number of men
and boys were bathing above
McCan bridge when the rise
came and one of the boys, L.
H. (there I liked to have told
his name) lost his pants. ----
OAKLAND
The only talk in this com-
munity at present is anthrax.
Everybody is busy vaccinating
their horses, mules and cattle.
The quarantine makes it
pretty hard on , the people liv-
ing out here, but when they de-
cide to go to town, they con-
sole themselves with the fact
that walking is not all taken
up.
Misses Fay and Flo Whitfield
walked to town and back Mon-
day.
J. M. Garrett has vaccinated
his horses, and both are sick.
T. D. Findley has vaccinated
five horses, three of them are
sick.
them. I
There
among t
the disea
the cour
horses a
everybod:
stock. 11
about it.
Messrs
C. Wadi
Friday <
for their
ens went
for his s
Nearly
using m
Valley.
Mrs. G
Lucille,
and Sun
McCallist
communi
We hope
soon be 1
Miss
burned h
day.
No Su
Lower T
scare ab
Messrs
and Ro:
Beckham
mons’ Si
Grandi
daughter
- visited I
at Uppei
J. R. ]
ily, and
Sunday i
ner with
ily.
Mr. J.
family, V
ice cream supper at the home
of G. W’. Bishop on the Stovall
Farm last Saturday night.
Pat I will have to beg your
pardon for I said in my last
week’s letter that I only saw
two of the Correspondents at
the picnic. Well I saw three,
and Pat was the third. Poor
old Pat, I am afraid he will
soon be gone to good old Color-
Mr. Boking’s Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Frank Sykora of West-
over • was in our community
Sunday. Come again Frank,
there are some pretty girls at
Spring Creek.
Messrs. Claude White and
Carl Williamson of Megargel
passed through our community
Sunday.
Mr. Ernest Brown of Megar-
gel was in our community Sat-
urday.
Mr. Bill Whittaker is work-
ing at the Davis ranch. Hurry
back Rill, she’s wanting to see
you.
Mr. Jim Moody, who is work-
ing on the Pat Wood ranch was
at Megargel Saturday.
Messrs. Neal Vines and Sam
Faucett were on the river fish-
ing Friday and came back with
half a dozen fish. That’s some
fish boys.
There was an ice cream sup-
per across the river Saturday
night but on account of the
river being on a rise some on
this side of the river didn’t go.
They said it was nearer to ford
the river than it was to go
around by the bridge.
Several attended the picnic
at Seymour Saturday. All who
went report the nicest kind of
a time.
I like your plan all right
Johnnie Dolittle. If the rest of
the Correspondents agree to
your plan I’m very sure I will.
I fancy if the Correspondents
want to go to meeting they
should just come to Megargel.
Hollyhock.
Pleasant is bounded on the
north and east by Briar Branch
community; on the east and
southeast by Craig Point and
Tonk Valley; on the south by
Pleasant Hill, while her western
border is washed by the waters
of the mighty Brazos river.
Snowflake, you write a good
letter, but your letter last week
made me feel sad. I have nev-
er lost either wife or mother,
but I don’t believe any one
could lose more. It seems to
me that when wife or mother
passes away it would leave a
vacancy in one’s life, a void that
nothing in this world could fill.
I agree with you Two Blon-
dies, Silver Bell is as good a
writer as there is on the staff".
If she would let the other fel-
‘ low do the complaining I am
sure there would be no com-
plaint about her letters.
How many of you remember
• who first suggested that we
have pictures made at our next
reunion? Please answer next
week.
Believe me, I think the Re-
porter people realize they have
an elephant on their hands in
the’ next re-union. Don’t you
know it will take some “dough”
* to finance that little thing?
Fifty hungry Correspondents,
think of it?-
cannot doubt that in the flofE
ery walks of spirit life she K
the same good woman that wg]
knew so well here. The mortal b
remains were laid to rest in
the Veals Creek Cemetery Tues-
day. We extend sympathy to
the bereaved relatives, Lila.
ten. You kind of cross your- Saturday eve. They report the
self, Catholic like, when you finest kind of a time.
say in one breath that it is an Mr. Neal Vines and Sam Fau-
elephant and in the next a “lit- . . 1. ..
tie" thing. But, didn't youcett have bought them a new
know we were elephant tamers buggY " here are your caps
and after you have seen the girls? Get to looking for them,
first elephant the rest seem The meetings at Megargel
small in comparison?—Ed.) have commenced. The Chris-
l>
last week but didn’t reach here
and some of the farmers are
quite sorely disappointed.
Come on Uno with some
more good letters. I like to
beat, when maybe the man he
* is talking to knows this par-
ticular “opponent” will carry
that beat almost solid. But the
self-important candidate struts
off chuckling to himself, "Didn’t
I load him.” But as he takes
his leave of the voter, who
down in his heart, “wishes him
a long journey” and says, al-
most out loud, “Any fool would
know he dreads that other can-
didate.”
We understand that J. W.
Nesbitt and family went up on
Elm last Friday fishing. He
some of you can beat that.
A considerable head
came down the Brazos
I hope with a little precaution
J. M. Whitfield vaccinated
seven mules, four horses and
twenty-one cows.
Fred Garrett vaccinated two
horses. Both are sick.
T. Ragland vaccinated five
horses' and two mules. These
are at Ben Ragland’s.
This community seems to be
as hard hit as any we have
heard from, and it is hoped the
worst has passed and that no
more stock will be lost.
Carrie Nation.
that happy country known astime visiting here.
Mt. Pleasant; noted for her big- Norman Cunningham and
hearted, brave men, beautiful Miss Winnie Harrell spent Sat-
COUNTY LINE
Mr. Editor will you allow me
the privilege of saying a few
more words on “luck ?”
When the time arrives that
the sloth reaps rich harvests
industry goes starving, econ-
omy enters the alms house and
extravagance takes possession
of the palace; that temperance
causes misery, and dissipation
revels in luxurious comfort;
that innocence is shackeled
with the chains of criminality
and vice is lauded and seated
on a throne; then and not until
then, can a person who possess-
es reasoning faculties counte-
nance any such thing as luck.
It is not luck, but labor that
makes men. There is another
fallacy prevailing among the
young people, namely, that, a
certain amount of influence or
capital is necessary for the ac-
complishment of any one thing.
The young people of today are
on the lookout for the contents
of the moneybag of a rich re-
lation. I do not wish to be
understood that capital and in-
fluence are never beneficial, but
they rarely aid a young person
whose tact, industry, economy
and force of character would
not succeed without them. I
will change the subject for I
know full well you are all tired
of this subject.
Mr. Lester Homer and fam-
iy have moved into our com-
munity. . We extend them a
royal welcome.
The singing at the Dendy
suggestion a good one, so here i Will and family. Will returned
(?) No he had a neighbor who the Stovall Farm attended the
happened to have two pair, so church services here Sunday.
he borrowed a pair of them and 1 , .,.01, . .
went home. L M Pratt thinks he has
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Malone
visited Mr. and Mrs. Burnett
last Sunday.
Billy Harrold, manager of the
John E. Morrison Co., store at
Newcastle spent a couple of
hours with Finis Burnett Sun-
day.
A cousin of Mr. Hughes’ was
visiting him last week, so we
understand, we didn’t learn his
name or where he was from.
Piow Boy.
(Yes Plow Boy the re-union
will be a big thing, but we have
the “dough” for the re-union
I will correct a mistake I
made in last week’s items. I
spoke of Mr. Roberts and fam-
ily of Arkansas visiting his
brother. Mr. Arthur Roberts.
I should have written Mr. Rob-
erts and family of Dallas coun-
ty were visiting Mr. Arthur
Roberts. I suppose you can
look over that for this time,
can’t you Mr. Editor?
Honeysuckle what is the
hear from Orth, as I know a
few people there.
and intend making this event Misses Cora Vines and Lil-
one that will never be forgot- lian McNutt went buggy riding
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes spent morning.
the day with Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hughes
you’ve got the blues. I think
I know you. I used to live
near South Bend last year. I
like to hear from South Bend
as I know most of the people
there.
W. T. Vines and family at-
tended meeting at Megargel
Sunday and Sunday night.
Mr. W. D. Hayter and family
were at Megargel Sunday.
Misses Lizzie Whittaker. Bes-
sie, Flora, Edith and Leia
Gibbs attended meeting at Me-
gargel Sunday night.
There was preaching Sunday
night at Spring Creek.
Attendance at Sunday school
continues nicely.
Didn’t have Children’s Day
Sunday and I suppose it will
be put off" until next Sunday.
Miss Annie Herring of Me-
gargel spent the night with
Miss Hermina Brom Saturday.
The Misses Richardson at-
tended Sunday school ami meet-
ing at Megargel Sunday.
What seems to be the trouble
with you Sam? I saw you
yesterday trying to spit some-
thing out of your mouth and
acting as if you were choked.
Have the blues eh?
Mr. Editor how was the pic-
nic at Graham Saturday ? I
would have come, but to the
straight facts, it is too far
for a little bug like T am to
come.
Misses Lizzie, Flora and Edith
Gibbs were pleasant callers at
citement. So far we only have
one case in the Bend. Dr. Will
Martin was called to J. W. Bur-
gess’ and pronounced it an-
thrax. Some more suspicious
A. J. Bryan has vaccinated home Sunday was enjoyed by
two mules, six horses and four-
teen cows. Two of his horses
are sick.
W. C. Reed has vaccinated
four mules, seven horses and
ten cows.
T. H. Craig lost two mules,
has vaccinated one mule and
one horse and both are sick.
D. Ditto has vaccinated two
mules.
Charley Cannon vaccinated
two mules.
Will Walker vaccinated six
horses, two mules, and lost two
mules' and a horse.
Jake Walker vaccinated six
mules and five horses, and has
one sick mule and a sick calf.
Joe Taylor has two sick
horses, and has vaccinated
three mules and one horse.
Gus Lindsey lost one mule,
has two horses sick. He has
vaccinated two mules and two
horses.
W. A. Thompson vaccinated
five horses and three mules.
S. P. Keplinger has a sick
mule. He has vaccinated three
mules and two horses.
Fomer Willis lost one horse,
has one sick mule and has vac-
cinated three horses.
C. E. Turner vaccinated five
horses, one mule and two cows.
T. Scarbrough vaccinated one
horse.
M. A. Copeland has a sick
hog.
Ben Ragland vaccinated six
horses and three cows.
Sam Ragland vaccinated two
horses and one mule.
Edgar Craig vaccinated sev-
en horses and fourteen cows.
E. R. Ragland has one sick
horse at T. H. Craig’s.
blood poison or something as
must have foundered himself, cases but up to the present they
as I tried to get him over the are undecided. Most everyone
that it will soon be gone.
in the Proffitt country last Fri- M D. Harrell made a trip to
day. Newcastle last week. He* was j
A cloud of sadness now hov-
ers over this and Sorghum Flat"
communities on account of the
sudden death of Mrs. Judith
Winters, of Sorghum Flat. She
died last Tuesday, June 30th,
with something like heart fail-
ure. We can only acknowledge
that the affliction is God’s will.
Over in the beautiful land to
which I trust our life-long
friend has gone, we may not
doubt, she is free from the
pains that she so long endured
here; and when we gather a
the river it is a sweet consola-
tion to think that among the
loved and lost, we may meet
her on the other side, restored
to maidenhood’s prime. W^k
er. She pointed to a nice lot
of big white onions she had'
brought from the garden the
other day and asked me to
weigh some of them. I select-
ed two of the largest which
weighed one and three-quarter
pounds. Of course, I guess
near as jolly as
month or two ago.
“Good old summer time,
good old summer time, we’ll
swim in the pool and try to
keep cool, in the good old sum-
mer time."
Now dear reader that little
song • looks better and really
sounds better on paper than it
would if you could hear me sing
it. Ever hear one of these
big red sharp-ended ants sing?
Well that’s about like my voice.
Where are all of the good
old “praying” mothers? We
read about them and hear the
preachers tell about them but
where are they? We are some-
times troubled with the thought
that they only live in history
and in the imagination of the
preacher. Gone to the club did
some one say? Well quite like-
ly, or to a suffragette meeting,
or very likely to Mrs. M—s to
get the latest gossip.
No Candy Kid, I’ve been
“plowing up” weeds. “Plowing
up” votes is almost a thing of
the past. Men are more and
more doing their own thinking
and voting as their judg-
ment dictates. A candidate
will go around to the voter,
give him a hearty handshake,
when ve y likely he has never
said “howdy” to him before.
Then he will make his little
spiel, tell him about his quali-
fications. how many votes he
is going to get in this beat and
that beat, and what a sorry
race at least one of his oppo-
nents is making. “Why he will
not get even three or four
The disease among the stock next Tuesday. The Holiness
has certainly created some ex- meeting began Wednesday.
all present.
Anyone wishing to know the
history of an express wagon or
a pair of hand scales will do
well to call on R. L. Upham.*
No Brunette. I certainly will
not betray your confidence to
neither the editor or Corres-
pondents, however, 11 feel sure
should they by chance learn
your secret they would see and
think as I do. That you are a
noble, self-sacrificing girl. I
know that your dad is proud of
you, and in that he is sensible.
Mr. Browner Caudill and
family, Mr. Buck Thedford,
Bird Stringer, Miss Edith Nick-
las, little Frankie Couger, Miss
Lila and Dewey Ritchey spent
Sunday at the pleasant home
of Mrs. J. A. Caudill.
Burgess Bros, started their
thresher lat week and are
having some trouble in getting
hands to run the thresher, as
everyone is so busy in their
crops.
No Homeite those old frogs
are not singing at all now.
You see when the rain stopped,
and the water began to descend
in the lowlands again they were
so surprised and astonished
that they forgot to sing and so
remain perfectly dumb.
Billie Clay and sisters and
Misses Costello of Pickwick vis-
ited Miss Lura Dendy Sunday.
Say Beauty, don’t you think
it a wise plan for us not to
mention the crops any more?
“Spozen” we were forced to
tell what kind of crops we have
in Palo Pinto county? Oh, my,
I shudder to think what we
would have to tell.
Yes Rainy Day we notice
scenery is not quite so beau-
tiful to them, as it was in the-
past. "
Charley Moran and family
were guests at the Reed home
Sunday.
Miss Lila Ritchey spent Fri-
day at the home of her uncle,
B. P. Gann of Sorghum Flat.
Mr. Matt McMillan and J.
W. Gann of the Pickwick com-
munity attended singing at
the Dendy home at this place
Sunday.
Misses May and Willie Val-
entine of Merkel are visiting
their sister, Mrs. Bob Deaton
of Sorghum Flat.
Please pardon me Dreamy
Eyes, I was just about to get
over into your territory, wasn’t A
I ? But I’ll try to remember “
next time.
Mary and Lila wish to thank
the lady who so charmingly en-A
tertained them the other eve-™
ning' over the phone, and we
think central enjoyed the sing-
ing and whistling also, didn’t
you Ruby?
Mr. Willie Caudill and fam-
ily, Misses Mary Caudill, Edith
Nicklas, and Lura Dendy, Mr.
Buck Thedford and Bird String-
er attended the picnic at Gra-
ford Saturday.
Mr. Bob Deaton and Everett
Reed of Sorghum Flat were
riding around in this commu-
nity Sunday.
Thank you Miss Goose for
the high opinion you have of
we scribes. So you think we
do not read your items. How
came you to get wise to that
fact? It is real hard some- P
times to keep from reading
your letters, but I think as soon
the editor hears anyone say *
“Bunger Items have arrived,”
he grabs his blinders and
places them on his eyes so as
to not read your items. I al-
ways hand my Reporter to dad
and ask him to see if the Goose
is present, if so I just have him
to clip the items out before re-
turning the paper to me so
please excuse and pardon us
for we try not to read your
items, and I’ll be more careful
in the future about the compli-
ments, so cheer up.
Silver Bell knows lots more
news, but do you all see the
editor sharpening his blue pen-
cil? That means that my items
are too long and are going to
be cut short, so here Plow Boy,
take my pencil quick. I’m go-
ing Mr. Editor. Silver Bell.
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