West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1914 Page: 6 of 8
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MOUNTAIN HOME
Mr. John Hurd has sold his
I can find out about it.
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hope that June Roses and Miss and Tuesday with Mrs.
Lillie
Dreamay Eyes will report the Hunger.
I heard that Grandma Caudill this time, and hope she will be
Homeite.
soon.
BRYSON
Here we come again with our
eryone has the blues up here. chat.
us.
stock to die but we all know Sunday.
I didn't get to go to Graham; car up to church Sunday.
CRAIG POINT.
the fourth, but hope all who
A twenty-day singing school
went had a good time. I was will begin July
afraid to work the horses.
Christian church.
Trixie.
week.
Correspondent.
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MOUNTAIN HOME
Friday afternoon, but left his left any fish in the creek they
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horse at Mr. Bill Hunger’s.
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lot of ice cream.
Mr. Henry Plaster was shop- think I saw Candy Kid. didn’t
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ping in Bryson Monday.
wheat for Denver Killion Wed-
Kinder’s car.
1 CENT A WORD
LOVING
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Gray-eyed Girl.
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the picture show in town Sat- arriving on the ground at 10
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I like your old home
Readers Each Week
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Get our prices on Ker-
osene, Gasoline and tab-
is getting
the boys
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Matlock
took dinner with his parents.
Miss Delilah Robbins visited
at the Busch home Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Sallie Timmons called
at Mr. Seddon’s Sunday after-
13th at the
Everybody
the Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away.
) Isn’t it
regular oh
enough, e
are out in
Mr. Jim
of near Ke
atives at
Mr. and Mrs. John Matlock nesday and Thursday of last
and little daughter, Ora, spent week. _
ford Texas.
J. T. Marshall has added on
you.
fine.
Rev.
ricattag oils.
Hughes & Kizer.
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As news is scarce I will go.
Bluebird.
We have had a nice little rain
since I last wrote.
Cook preached to a
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g .
small audience Sunday. It .was
most too hot for the people to
walk who live some distance
away and the doctors said for
us to leave our horses at home.
Those attending the picnic
Mr. VanHooser and family
of Union Ridge drove their new
urday night. The Jolly Girl
went along, too.
Yes Sunshine I think I know
Hello there Mr. Editor and
Correspondents, how is this dry
weather suiting you? Farmers
are crying rain.
Death entered the home of
There was a hearse passed Some of the people are tak- fish couldn’t help but get scared
through here last week on the ing in the meeting at Goose- to death.
and children spent Monday night‘tired of carrying
way to Cedar. I am very anx-1 neck this week.
ious to get the next paper so * Mrs. Alice Lisle and three
Lowrey sick. We hope she will
soon be up again.
Miss Ruth Knight spent Fri-
day. night in town with her
cousin, Vera Gatlin.
Jolly Girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Crumpton,
and took their infant babe. We
extend our heartfelt sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Lum Crump-
ton's baby is sick. We hope to
Mrs. Ella Wheat and Mrs. H.
Wadsworth were visiting in the
Loving community Sunday.
Mr. Ulric Armstrong return-
ed home last week from a pro-
longed stay at San Antonio.
Miss Lula Smith returned
home last week, after a months’
visit with her sister at Craw-
was sick again. I hope for her up
a speedy recovery.
Beauty I enjoy your letters
very much. I hope we will all
get a big rain tonight for ev- I
Why wasn’t all you Corres-
pondents at the picnic? You
missed half of your lives, didn’t
they Candy Kid ?
So far that awful disease
among the horses hasn’t struck
us yet. Mr. Seddon has three
sick mules this morning but
doesn’t think this is the trouble.
Several from here attended
But I feel very well myself, so
to his store house more room.
It is occupied by W. M. Mask,
Grocery man.
Dr. Williamson was here last
Sunday and vaccinated quite a
number of horses, mules and
cattle for different persons.
There has been no symptoms
of the anthrax disease in this
section yet. .
Mrs. Tom Proffitt and little
daughter from Oklahoma are
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Steadham, at Lov-
ing.
Mr. Jones and family of Orth
were down to see D. Dickenson
and family Saturday and Sun-
day in their new automobile.
Bro. J. L. McCord spoke at
the tabernacle Monday night
on the submission question.
C. L. Burton and wife from
Gainesville are visiting his
brother and family here south
of Loving.
W. H. Baker is in Fort Worth
It sure is hot. I don’t be-
the picnic. I was there and
buggy. Says he
a large crowd
down on Rock
I bet if they
Misses
entine of
u their siste
Mr. an<
attended
funeral W
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Little N
is spendii
grandpare
M. Bradde
Mrs. W
Bend has
Floyd Bi
thresher 1
Josh ar
a busines
Wednesda
Misses
ams, Lilli
ter Fritz
in South
A- Mr. ant
of Ivan
here this
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" having tl
Miss Ri
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place.
J. Quim
W. E. Br
Crabtree
a pleasant
of Mr. ar
The host
cream.
Barney
Upham a
Strawn tl
o’clock and he was followed by
Rev. Thomas of Jermyn.
The Loving Band furnished
good music throughout the
day. A ball game was played
at four o’clock between Jermyn
and Perrin, with a victory for
Jermyn. Quite a crowd went
on the train from Loving but
most of the people went in
hacks. buggies and autos.
G. Q. Street, wife and boy,
A rain
this vin
Stogk is
disealse se
4 something
/ Several
. ) the picnic
4 but had t
the stock
Miss M
boro is sp
Miss Tres
Miss H
Charlie (
night witl
Miss A
spent Sur
Belle Fine
Misses
Tressie Si
Hattie Be
Mrs. B
very sick
Red Wi
about Bloi
nic at Br
there.
Miss Li
quite sick
Edgar i
$ land were
Mr. J. J
ily attend
Thursday
Messrs.
Cub Carne
from Sal
morning
grass.
Misses
and Annie
at Mr. Sn
ning.
Earle Cl
nic at Jer
Mr. and
called on
<. Snodgrass
As this
of now wil
My goodness it certainly is ternoon and Messrs. Joe Flint,,
warm. If the lice were here Pete Fry and Wesley Johnson
like they were in Pharao’s time vaccinated at Mr. Baugh's this
and Denver Killion are vaccin-
ating at Mr. Killion’s this af-having his eyes treated.
Mr. and Mrs. John Matlock.
Sunday.
The Reporter came to us last
week a twelve-page paper, full
of good interesting reading
from front to last page, with
thirty-six letters from different
parts of the county. From all
these letters all the news from
every section of the county is
recorded, so we are always
glad to get the West Texas Re-
porter every week. It is al-
ways on time.
This scribe went to the 4th
of July celebration at Jermyn
last Saturday and a very good
crowd was out, with good music
and speaking and a good dinner
spread on a large table, several
hundred feet long. Judge
Simpson of Jacksboro was the
first one we heard speak after
report it better next week. noon-
Mr. and Mrs Massengale Rex Cornish was out driving
spent Sunday evening with her in our community Sunday eve-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John ! ning 1 andy Kid. He sure had
M. a lady with him, too.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight, Mrs.
Wade and children called at Mr.
Robbins' Sunday afternoon.
Sorry to report Miss Lola
We sure had a fine paper
last week. It is as big a paper
now as the Dallas News, and of
course lots better.
Mrs. Mullenax is sick.-A phy-
sician was called to see her
last Saturday and she was bet-
ter Sunday eve.
I am real sorry to hear of
the people losing their stock.
Some of the stock over here
have the disease, but hope it
won’t get any worse. The men
are busy vaccinating their
horses and cattle that are not
sick.
Dreamy Eyes are the people
all walking everywhere they
go where you live? They are
up here. There were about 20
men at the store on Saturday
morning and all except two
were walking.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Newman and Mr. and Mrs.
Will Owen all walked to Bun-
ger Sunday morning to Sunday
school. They all stood the walk
very well except Mrs. Jones,
she was sick for a while after
reaching there but was able to
make the return trip that after-
noon.
Mr. Mullinax has found out
how to get shed of stray cats;
he had some fly paper out for
the flies and the cat got on the
paper and the last he heard of
the cat it was going south.
Miss Velerie Bunger spent
Tuesday and Wednesday with
her sister, Mrs. Tom Lisle.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sharp
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Beach.
Rabbit Twister come on with
the news for I can’t write all
the news.
Mr. Bill Hunger and family
and Miss Velerie Hunger spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Mul-
lenax.
Mrs. Poppie Pinkston is here
visiting her mother, Mrs.
Youngblood.
Mrs. Driver spent a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Mullenax
last week.
Miss Velerie Hunger has been
sick but is better at this writ-
ing.
Mr. Poppie Pinkerston went
to Graham Monday.
Miss Joe Lewis spent Sun-
day with Miss Ora Matlock.
Mr. Edd Cox spent Saturday
night with Mr. Paul Plaster.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Rhoades, a fine ten-pound boy.
.Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Rhoades, a fine boy.
Mrs. Mary Plaster and
daughter, Miss Joe Lewis, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Gahagan
and Aunt Let Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Foster of
Floydada and Mrs. Campbell of
Paradise are visiting their sis-
ters, Mrs. Gahagan and Aunt
Let Foster. This is the first
time they have seen each other
in eight years.
are all dead, for I know the
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from here Saturday were: Mr.
J. H. Robbins and family, Mr.
John Knight and family. Will
Seddon and family, Messrs. Jno.
and Bruce George and Horace
Busch.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lem- i Saturday night.
ons of Center Ridge passed thru Misses Maudie and Gladys
this part of the county Thurs- Green spent Friday night with
day. their grandmother. Mrs. Moore.
Mr. John Matlock and little of Graham.
Clarence were shopping in Mrs. S. D. Baugh called on
Jacksboro Thursday. They got Mrs. E. A. Killion Saturday
some ice while there and on morning.
their return home made quite a; Several from here attended
Mrs. Harriett Owen spent .great success.
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. There was
Mullenax. went fishing
Mr. Mack Rose went home Creek the 4th.
Grandma Pinkston a nd. -her •invited to come.
daughter visited Mr. Beach and Mr. Wendell West says he’s
family last week. going south to get his water-
Mr. Dick Whittenburg and i melons this summer. Guess
Mr. Frank Sharp and Bill Bun-1that will be down just north of
ger are going to help Mr. Les- Keyser just about half a mile.
Of course we all hate for Creek attended church here
news better, especially about Grandma McLendon was tak-
the sick folks. en sick Sunday but is better at
around. .
Mr. Alfred Simpkins attend-
ed the Jermyn picnic the 4th
He looked to be grieving abouP”
something Sunday. Sunday
night his mother heard him
talking in his sleep, and he
said: “Oh, goodness, I wish I
hadn't spent that 10c on that
girl.”
Mr. Russ Snow of Long Hol-
low was shopping in the city
Monday.
Mr. Will Diple had a horse
to die a few days ago and has
another horse and mule sick.
Mr. Tom Criswell has a sick
horse.
Mr. Dee York drove his gray
mule over in Young county last
Sunday morning, to see his sis-
blind in one eye and can’t see order of the day. People will
good out of the other. He was get a rest from killing grass
driving along Sunday morning as they can't use their horses,
and broke all the spokes out of! Mrs. Baughn of Olney visit-
one wheel of his buggy. ed with Mrs. Denver Killion
they could not last long. morning.
I think Mr. Paul Plaster is Doctoring horses is now the
Is it hot over your way? It
sure is here The hot sun is
about to burn ever)’ thing up,
and will if it don’t rain soon.
We have had no sick horses
in our community yet, but
everybody is vaccinating their
stock.
Messrs, Robert Sheppard
Crops are standing the dry Mrs. Denver Killion attended
weather pretty well. _ Sunday school and church at
Mr. Jim Kinder of Bryson the Baptist church in town last
and Mr. Henry Plaster started Sunday.
for Oklahoma Monday in Mr. R." F. Cornelius stacked
ter vaccinate the Eubank horses Mr. John Hurd is learning to
this afternoon. ride a bicycle. We hope him
ter and had to walk back. It
looks as if all the stock was 4
going to die.
Miss Mellie Rockmore of
Long Hollow was shopping in
the city Monday. Y
Miss Clemmie Nichols is vis-
iting friends at Keyser this
Thursday night with their
daughter, Mrs. Janie Crumpton.
There will be a Primitive
Baptist union meeting at Moun-
tain Home, commencing on Fri-
day preceding the 3rd Sunday
in July. There will be a big
dinner on the ground Sunday.
Mr. Editor you and the Cor-
respondents come. I will insure
you a good time.
Here some one take my pen-
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let us not worry about the lieve it ever will rain again,
horses dying, for I think the Rev. Thomas filled his reg-
Lord knoweth best for us, so ular appointment at the Meth-
let all lie content, for He surely odist church Sunday.
will not take all our stock from Mr. Cook and family of Rock
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