Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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F. K. Au tlr\ , , W.M, Huufcr
Frank Baker ,, ... J. D. l<+w.. ■ ,
R. C. Clab*ugh M. p.McKlfewwK>n
T. W. Cochjran ,, T t* Mw«
Geo. W. Cole, Jr ,7. Z,, ftfiUer, gjr.
f. A. Cook
A. L. Curtis
W. P. Denman
Coleman B*d
K. R. Everett
J. F. BMott , , . ,
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tot the illness olfihter sister^ Miss
Rm ""ft Taylor, ———-
r. and Mrs. Cittud Neal who
have just returned £roin an ex-
tended trio to Amarillo, Tulia,
w§re guests on. Sunday , of Mr.
and Mrs. W. |i.CUue. .
Mrs. Lou Gray has retunjpd
from a visit to her daughter at
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At the meeting of the Commer-
cial ]fl£tam1jfo; evae*tiy
ho^ed the committee wich has
the i|aU. attraction in hand will
have a report to make to the olub
as the time to arrange for it is
gl'fltyitijjjf'1 eiceedingly short.
Tfiere is no use in arguing; the
advantages of i;this scheme as it
most be plain to everyone that
it would be a good thinjg for the
tO#k. But just as i remihdei-,
it be stated that it will re-
quire considerable action on the
part of the bnsiheSs men of the
town to put it into operation.
This] is, a good thing tin which
our people might begin activities
in behalf of the town. Unless
some definite action is taken in
the veryr near future; there will
not be time left, sufficient to
majteit a success, and unless it
is determined to make a success
of it far better will it be that no
effort; be wade at «il.. Let's g&,
busy gentlemen, and push gran^l
old Belton to the front rank of
Texas' galaxy of live and hust-
ling towns. rr!
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be of * S6me' - adtaaitage to his
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SOCIAL AND LITERARY EVENTS
, t . (By Miss /pnia Osterhout.) , , .
All items intended for this column should be telephoned or mailed
' ■ : -ti ■<■! it to MiSiS Osterhout.
From the Temple Telegram of
Thursday morming, June 4th the
following notice is taken. The
bride, Miss Ruckefr, ^as born in
Belton and he* MchOol days were
spent here where where she has
a host of frtends "who wish her
every happiness.
Last
even!
copal church
o'clock,
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sometimes eliiuuLfttes
tell someone else what a
town you have. • • ^ '■ 1
Pat up your hammer and get
behind the wagon of progress
and help to push your town up
the hill of progress. If you
can't push, maybe you can pull.
Do one or the other, but in all
events lose your hammer.
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The organization of the Retail
Merchants Association of Belton
on fcst Wednesday marks an-
other step forward, and much
may, be expected of this new
organization^' to •
The
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J. L.
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Fortunately Belton does not
get her water supply from the
L«on, or Ire would now have a
surplus oi sand in our craw—
not ttie kind usually needed.
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Come out to the meeting of
the Commercial club tonight and
hate something good tb offer for
the advaoceoaent of Belton.
There is considerable talk of
Hon. I. W. Gulp, of Killeen, be-
coming a candidate for the leg*
islatute. Awfully good timber.
One hundred years ago today,
in Kentucky, Jefferson Davis
first. | and last, president of the
Confederate States of Amerca
was born. It is a legal holiday hi
Texas ani^l other Southern states
and have fitting obaervaoeby
-civic and military organizations
as the years ago on and the Ame-
rican, people learn more of Mr,
DaviS of his convictions on politjcl
questions and the motives that
hiin - they r<wi«e that
at Christ Epis-
at Ibalf past eight
Blanche, daughter of
Mrs. Blanche Rucker, was
given in marriage to Mr. W. G.
Haag of this city; the Rev. E. C.
Seaman, the Celebrant.
The full- vested choir of this
church attended with special
music for. the occasion, and there
were present besides the lmmedl:
ate, bridal party, a large number
of friends of th& contractin
parties to witness the giving am
receiving of the marriage vows
according to the beautiful ritual
of fthe Episcopal church
ushers were ^elected fro;
vestry board of which Mr.
is a member, as follows:
Pike, Baker Hoskins, O. F.
and H. W. Smith.
The groom was attended at the
altar by his best man, Mr, Wal-
ter Lamberth, The bridal pro-
cession was led by Miss Martha
Rucker, sister of the bride, as
maid of honor, followed by Miss
Janie Rucker with Dr. L. W. Pol-
lok, and the bride, with Mrs. C.
M. Campbell wh<i it was gave the
bride in the ceremony.
The chancel and'altar were ap-
propriately decorated with the
season's offering of flowers and
greenery. In the bridal party
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Crazier (sister ef the bride) re-
turned from Kentucky, and Miss
Lena Ludlow of Brownwood.
Immediately after the cere-
mony, the bridal party repaired
the cottage home of Mrs. B. A.
3ordeU <in which Mt- and Mrs.
iaag are now at home to their
friends) where "an informal re-
ception was held.
The good wishes of all in this
community attend Mr. and Mrs.
! iaag upon their commencement
Of Ufes future journey, united as
one,
he wm a man of prej;
aiijd.lflre^palrtoiam.
the was
dure
memory.—
advereity. It Is fii
poopfe ff the south A'
and do honor to his
Waeo Tribune,
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Rev. R. P., Davant returned
umont Wednesday and
tie had a fearful time
Bmoa en aoeoant
of Wgfcrwator.t d o.fi ni tin
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CoopMceneat at Biltoo Academy.
T}ie twenty first session of thisf
36^'ton Academy closed on June
T'with interesting exercises at
the Carnegie Library. A play,
"The Fruits of the Wine Cup,"
by the undergraduates was fol-
lowed on Monday evening by the
senior essays and -orations of the
class of 1008. The stage banked
with many lovely flowers, the
gifts of admiring friends made a
iretty setting for the semi-circle
of the eight sweet girl graduates
and the six bright young men
who have reached-this import-
ant mile stone in life. Again on
Tuesday evening the library was
foentabllty lilted with relatives and friends
to listen to the Jn«k>r class de-
bate ttpoa tile question;, Resolv
ed, That Texas should have state-
Wide prohibition. The repute*
tion and merit of this sohool
might safely. be judged by its
public debate, always upon some
live issue, this being the thirty-
fifth in the history of the school.
The judges chosen were Judge
B. SaunderSnaMro D. C.
X. B. Sau^erw, <r
Burkes and P,, L.* Ellis
Judge
the
conclusion of
Saunders gave the decision of t:
dges, and in that chaste
, peculiar. toallhipiS]
d glowiag tribute A
emeyer, and to
a hung jury, the judges however
finally rendered their decision in
favor of the affirmative. Prof.
Wedemeyer then in a few brief
but touching remarks awarded
the diplomas to the graduates.
Gracious hosts for a moon-
light drive and a fish fry on the
Lampasas were a party of young
gentlemen of Belton on Tuesday
evening. The menu arranged by
the boys and prepared on thfe
banks of the beautiful stream by
their expert colored chef was as
follows: Fish, chicken, eggsand
oniqns, bread, olives, pickles, to-
matoes, catsup, lemons, coffee.
The crowd was made up of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Prater, Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson K. Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Nelson as chaper-
ones and Miss Karen Sparra and
Charis ; ■ Rogers, Miss Annie
Laurie Smith and Kyle Hamblen,
Miss Grace Wilson and Wallace
Tyler, Miss Ethel Smith and
Robert James, MissArlineOster-
hout and Walter Smith, Miss
Virginia Hatcher and Leslie
Mitchell, Miss Kate Farr and
Speed Carden, Miss Isla Miller
and Roy Hammersmith, Miss
Belle Tyler and Harry Cochran,
Miss Dean and Arthur McEl*
hannon.
From the Dallas News the fol-
lowing is clipped an i is of inter-
est to many club women:
Denver, Colo., May 27.—Mrs.
Sarah Piatt Decker, president of
the general Federation of Wo-
men's Clubs in the United States
will retire from the helm of that
organization at the end of the bi-
ennial convention, held in Boston
the week of June 22.
Who is to be her sucoessor is
the one point that is preying
upon the minds of more ttian800,
000 members ofthisvastwoman's
society. .
' President Decker said: I
hav6 given little thought to the
Presidential possibilities and and
do not intend to take any part
whatsoever in choosing my sue*
C6S80r<" r'
"I don't believe," she contin-
ued, 'that a retiring president
has any right to take a band in
the campaign for his successor,
even though our President at the
White House seems to think it
his divine rigbt. I am going out
of office under the constitution
because I have already served
terms as president and can not
under any circumstances be
elected again." , , '''j1'
The candidates for office have
been sifted dowp to two, Mrs.
Phillip N. Moore of St. Louis and
Mrs. May Alden Ward of Massa-
chusetts. Although the poten-
tial candidates are almost as nu-
merous as the sections of the
country they represent, the
chanoea are greatly in favor Of
one or th6 other being elected-
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Mrs. Hetty Greein, mother of
E. H. R. Green, a Texan by adop*
and presideht of the Texas Midi
land, departed from b£r usual
devotion to business only and
gave an elaborate seclal function
which it noted below:
New York, Miy '27.—Mrs.
Hetty Green known as the rich-
est woman in the world j whb re-
cently moved from a • modest flat
in Hoboken to the Hotel Plaza,
last night gave her first Elabo-
rate dinner party in the hotel.
1 The dinner waa served on the
hotel's gold piates and the menu,
whioh was elaborate, fca* Sc«
companied by four kifedS offwfehW.
- There were Wxteen fttoeaM at
tfa 4iiiife*. " v,p"";n
Attorney CSrlton HaOoft&u^-
pleoame qier Monday. ^ T
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Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Batte ar-
rived last week ^ from: Lake
Charlesj La. Mr. Batte retum-
homei on Monday, Mrs. Batte
wiU remain fori a more extended
visit to her father, Mrs. J:„ J. P.
Fouts and her grandmother,
Mrs. Jennie Henry. ■/:.
Mr. W. W. James left Friday
for a few week$ visit to New
York city.
Miss Ethel Smith who has
been spending the year with her
aunt, Mrs. W. A. Wilson, and at-
tending school at Bayl6r left
Wednesday for her home in Illi-
nois.
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Miss Attie May Holliday has
returned from Claud where ^he
has -been teaching in the public
schools.
Mrs. F. Y. Boyd and Miss
Vinnie Boyd were in Temple
this week to attend a music re-
cital.
Jeff Wilson who has been visit-
ing relatives here has returned
to his home in Oklahoma.
Roy Austin after a brief ittsit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Austin has returned to
Oklahoma.
Charlie Cade of Caldwell was
the guest this week of his aunt,
Mrs. M. V. Smith.
Mr. Rob Dupree of Marlin was
the guest of relatives here.
Mrs. Zors Hammersmith re-
turned this week from Mineral
Wells.
Misses Genie Beck and Lillian
Graves are at home from San
Angelo where they have been
teaching in the public schools.
T^e annual meeting of the
Texas Woman's Press will be
held at Fort Worth June 15th to
17th. Prominent on the pro-
program is the name of Mrs.
Sam S. Walker of Belton, for a
discussion of "The Cult of the
Short Story. )
Miss Mollie Neal. a prominent
newspaper woman of Carthage,
Texas, has returned home after
a visit to her aunt Mrs. T. M.
Soape and her cousin, Mrs. S. H.
Walton.
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Rabun Wilson who is/a student
at the state medical college fat
Galveston spent a few days here
this week visiting relatives and
attending the commencement ex-
ercises of the Academy, his alma
matter. He left Wednesday for
Houston to accept a position for
the summer-in a drug store.
Miss Woodhead of Houston is
the guest of Misses Mabel and
Edna Bassel.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Bmbree
entertained on Monday with a
birthday dinner in honor of the
eleventh anniversary ot their son,
Elisha Davant Embree. The
little friends ettjoying the happy
occasion with their pfoymate
were Edwin and Arthur Cline,
Paul land' Jessie George and Mar-
ion Wilson.
Miss Edith Sparra who has
been teaching in the public
schoois at Cameron this year has
returned home for the summer
vacation. . - :
Mr. and Mrs. GMdlngs and
Miss McMillan of Waeo have re-
turned homes after a visit to
their aunt Mrs. J. W. West.
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Misses Mary Rebecca Upshaw
le'ft this week for Waeo where
they will spend some time guests
ot their annt, Mrs. C. J. Glover.
Mrs. Kate Wray left Wednes-
day to visit her son, Willie, in
Dallas. ' • . . "
Miss Susie Connellof Waco was
here this week on a business
Visit \ ." )
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Mrs. Wright nee Miss, Lou
Bowman has issued the following
invitation whioh has been re-
ceived by friends- here who re
call with pleasure these former
residents of Belton. t
r 'Mrs. Robert!®. Wri*ht
. , Int ilea you to be present at
the marriage of her daughter
Kathleen
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Mr. Walter Hogan Amis
Thursday, the eleventh of June
100 CVtmlcafta siw>et, Hllliboro, Texas.
reoitelsgiven^bj
Tbe muate
the pupUsef Miss V;
M her stadio on Thurs
'Pridai o<4la^week.wer^enj
by the friends the t pupil*
and
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WALK
When Vou Can Ride.
A SURREY
Like the above would be nice to own own and a source of great
comfort and pleasure to you and your family.
We Have An Elegant Stock of Everything on Wheels
Come Get Our Prices and Terms. They Will Please You.
We Sell The Famous Standard Sewing Machine
Let our traveler show you one. It costs nothing to try one. tie will
bring it to >our home.
^ Belton - Texas
••••••eOOOChftQ^QGOOO® •••••<
their enthusiastic teacher. The
following program was rendered
on May 28, at 9:30 p. m. and the
programs at the succeeding re-
citals were equally as entertain-
ing:
THEMES AND VARIATIONS
Duet: The Swallow Mary Witter
Rebecca Means
Annie Laurie Lillie Paston
Mocking Bird Helen Cook
Auld Lang Syne Ethel Clark
Plantation Melodies ... Lizzie Witter
Flee as a Bird Jenna May Van Doren
Blue Bells of Scotland
Mary Alice Hunter
Massa's in Cokl,. Cold Ground
Ruth Cook
My Old Kentucky Home Ida Kelso
Practice Hour.' Ruth Denman
Old Folks at Home : Pearl Wilson
Rock of Agea .ReVc-'a Means
Sweet By and Bye Kate Easton
Nearer My God to Thee
Annie May Surghnor
Old Oaken Bucket Ruth Garrison
Concert Variations Mary Witter
Old Black Joe Kathaleen Holliday
March and Waltz.;....Galena Forrester
Medals were awarded to Miss
Lillie Easton in harmony, Miss
Helen Cook in theory, Miss Pearl
Wilson for attendance in a tie
with seven other pupils who were
given prtees. A pin was award-
ed to Miss GaleniS Forrester for
the most improvement in the
first grade, and a medal to Miss
Jenna May Van Doren for the
most improvement of all the pu-
pils in the class.
An interesting, but very quiet
wedding occurred on Thursday
morning, June 4th at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Reid, when their
daughter, MisB Sallie, became
the bride of Mr. S. E. Henderson
a prominent ranchman of Coper as
Cove. Only the immediate
family were present to witness
the ceremony whioh was per-
formed by Rev. J. D. Young of
the Methodist churcfe. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the
happy couple left for their home
near Coperas Cove. Mrs. Hen-
derson is endowed with many
noble traits of character and the
heartiest good wishes of her
friends and those of the man of
her choice will' follow them al-
ways. ■ - •>
This first week in June seems
to have J een "flitting time" for a
number of families here. Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Gray have moved
into their home on Main street
recently occupi^l by Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Woodall. The fam-
ilies of Mr. Woodall and Mr. Olin
Graves have moved into the
Denhy residence vacated by Rev.
W. B. McGarity who has pnr
chased the Moton Smith resi-
dence on Main street. Mr. Holi-
day has rented Mrs. J. W. West's
home on Monroe street and Mrs.
West has rooms in her other cot-
tage wkere Mr. and Mrs. Ben D,
Lee are domiciled. Mr. Elisha
Embree's family who since their
return from Arizona have been
with Mr. and Mrs. Davant will
moVe into their own home when
Mr. and Mrs. Ludwick remove
to the cottage vacated by Mr
and Mrs. Olin Graves.
Miss Lilian Wells leaves Sat-
urday for Birmingham, Alabama.
She has been chosen by the Bell
Co., Camp United Confederate
Veterans as their sponsor and
will be accompanied, from Dallas
byv-l4av JBrw*v* W-ells as i*er
chaperons.
D. D. C. Program.
In memory of* our beloved
President of the Confederacy,
Jefferson Davis, this progam will
be given at the regular meeting,
Sat June 6, 1908, at 4r30 p. m.
with Mrs. Thos. A. Cook, North
Penelope street
Reading—Revelations X13.
Roll Call—Names of first Con
federate cabinet.
Music—Miss Mattie Upshaw.
"Just One Hundred Years
Ago"—1808—1908—In Memory
of Jefferson Davis.—Mrs. Thos.
Yarrell.
The Religion of the Great
Leaders of the Confederacy.
General Discussion.—Mrs. Jane
Morton Ware, Leader.
Hym—'"How Firm a Founda-
tion."
Miss Anabel Burford,
Historian.
Mr, and Mrs. W. S. Hunter
left. Wednesday night for Cali-
fornia where they will visit Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Bowen at S&nta
Ana. Mrs. Bowen, nee Miss
Lizzie Hunter, is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hun-
ter.
Mrs. and1 Mrs. Dave Hill of
Heidenheimer were here attend-
ing the commencement exer-
cises at the Academy, their son,
Lutha, being a member of the
graduating class.
Miss Mary Miller leaves Eri-
day for Brown wood to visit her
aunt* Mrs. B. A. Ludlow.
An Interesting Service.
Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the
First Methodist church is arranging
quite a novel service for the elderly
peopl« of his church and friends of
the Church, for Sunday morning.
At this service the elderly people
have full charge and will be given
a special welcome and atention. Car
riages will be provided for all who
do not feel able to walk, and all
who desire to attend will be pro-
vided with a carriage provided they
will phone either the pastor or Mrs.
E. R. Everett.
The old time songs wil be sung,
and the pastors theme for the oc-
casion will be "Heaven." A gen-
eral {rood time is expected and the
public cordially invited to be pres-
ent.
Mrs. Sophia Clark attended
the commencement exercises at
the Presbyterian College at Mil-
ford this week, where her daugh-
ter, Miss Bertha, has been at-
tending school.
Mrs. J. W. West and son, Roy
left Wednesday to visit Mrs.
West'i dsughter, Mrs. Blake at
Lake Charles, La.
Very Devout or a Liar,
It is told on a warm friend of
the Democrat that he was out on
the Lampasas river fishing a
few days ago and hung a large
five pound fish and got it almost
to the bank and the £fish broke
his line. Now the unusual thing
about this story is the only ex- •
pression he says he used as he
saw the big fish fall back was
O, tut, tut." This fellow :is
either one of two things—he is a
a saintly christian or a champion
liar. We have formed our
opinion.
Another Sluno at Santa Fe Bridge.
On last Tuesday evening as the
road master had left the bridge
across the Leon river on the first
evening train going west and as
a freight train had crossed the
bridge going east, more dirt
under the track Eft the east ap-
proach of the bridge slumped
out, leaving the bidge practically
out of business again for a few
hours. It was thought,however,
that by Wednesday eveningr~tem-
porary repairs could be made so
as to cause ndt much delay in the
train service.
Rabun Wilson returned re
cently from Galveston where he
has been attending school aev-
eral meolh* /
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