The Seymour News (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1900 Page: 4 of 8
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ONLY ONE WEEK MORE
In which to secure your Dry Goods at
Actual Cost and Carriage For
Our cost sale for the past 30 days li&s been such a grand success that we have decided to continue
same until June 1st. It will positively close on the 30th oi this month. While have reduced our enor-
mous stock to a very great extent, it is very far from being broken and many rare bargains still remain,
which will be given to the people during the next three weeks. The economical buyer will price with us
before buying elsewhere- We can save you money. A dollar saved is a dollar made.
Jl?e U/a^oi? apd Bu^ie Sea50i? is
^ So are we with the NEW MOLINE and the MITCHELL, the two best wagons that run on wheels.
Our stock of buggies is the largest and best selected in West Texas. A full leather top buggy for $50. We
are selling buggies so cheap our customers have quit quoting Sears & Roebuck to us.
Do you know this will be the biggest wheat crop we have ever had in the Panhandle. You will
want somethmg^to harvest your grain. The MoCORMICK and the HARVESTER KING-binders stand
without an equa'l in the grain world. Don't forget us on twine as we £ re always in the market with lowest
figures. In fact when you need furniture, hard-ware, vehicles or machinery come to us. We handle nothing
but the best of every line. •
Don't forget we are strictly on the market when it comes to screen doors and wire screenings of
"all descrriptions. Remember you have only three more weeks to secure your Dry Goods AT ACTU-
AL COST AND CARRIAGE for the CASH.
Yours for business,
West Texas Supply Co.
The Heuis-
lMUed Every Friday by
GEO. P. BARBER, --
Edltoi and Proprietor.
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second-elanemall matter.
. TERMS OF SUBSORIPTON.
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On« copy, one year $1.W
Oqocopy,six month*, 75.
One copy, tkr&e months 40.
0T Invariably in advance.
If not paid strictly in advance; 42.00 tor one
ear will be charged.
Mfiaber N. W. T. P. and N. E. A. Ex. Com.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, I
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Spring Creek items.
* Spring Creek, May 26.
Editor News :
Thinking that there might
be a few of your many readers
that would like to see the
name of Spring Creek in print,
decided I'd drop you a line.
To begin with, we have had
three of the heaviest rains of
the season the past week.
Some liail with it that did con-
siderable damage, especially
to cotton, which was very back-
ward on account of late plant
t rnl of them the third time.
Corn, wheat and oats are the
finest this country has ever
seen and farmers correspond-
ingly happy, but a few weeks
of dry weather-Would 'be ftp*
and this is to be brought about
by the consolidation of part of
Young and Throckmorton
counties and building a large
h6use at this place.
The question may be asked
by some of your readers how
large a place is Spring Creek.
We have 1 dry goods, 1 gro-
cery, 1 hardware and 1 drug
store, post office, 1 blacksmith
shop, 1 hotel, 2 barber shops,
a good doctor, 1 lawyer, 2
school teachers, 3 churches,
Christian, Methodist and Bap-
tist, 26 dwelling houses.
Captain Cockerell, of. base-
ball fame, authorizes me to say
that he is ready to me<jt any
nine west of Fort Worth with
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his Spring Creek team, stakes
to be determined by the nine
accepting the challenge.
J. C. Forbis has gone to
Haskell to close up a deal lie is
on with J. C. Johes for 3000
head of sheep.
Andy Bryant has returned
from Fort Worth with his little
daughter after having a severe
surgical operation performed
upon her eye resulting in the
entire loss of her eye but is
now in good health and doing
well.
Dr. Harrell says that our
ing, good many of our farmers
having to plant twice and ^gv-Lpart of . the country is right
now distressingly healthy.
Our merchants complain fcf
not. having time to go fishing.
Preparations are already in
progress for the Christian
eftltfpr* meeting that is to come
off hpre.tjhe iirst of August tind
it is confidently stated by fhose
Who have a right to kno< that
among fii*the" coun
of people that was ever wit-
nessed in this country.
And now, Mr. Editor, for
fear of your waste basket, will
quit- you for this time and
promise by our next will give
you something more interest-
ing. L. A. Grip.
Revs. J. T. Griswold and R. J.
Young left Tuesday afternoon for
Graham where they will attend
the Methodist district conference.
> Mrs. A. M. McLnin returned
last Friday from the Indian Terri-
tory where she has been visiting
the family of her son, Lee.
Miss Minnie Weatherly return-
ed Home from Bpnjamin Sunday
where sbe has been visiting friends
for a couple of weeks, but retrac-
ed her steps Tuesday and will at-
tend the Summer Normal there
during next month.
Anti rust ware. Will duplicate
any piece that rusts free. Patent
gate hinge. Patent cure galls
hatne. Sold ouly by Lynch. 23tf.
We have been visited by a great
amount of rain in this county the
last few weeks, which has not
done any material damage yet, but
should it continue the damage is
liable to be very great to large
small grain crop of this section.
Dr. Ross Lewis returned Mon-
day froiri the west where he has
been practicing his profession,
that of dentistry.
L. 1?. Davidson has returned
from the eastern part of the state
where he has tjcen for several
days recreating.
J. S. Martin has ma*red his fam*
ily to the Will Lenox place west
of the Methodist church.
Judge if Wich-
ita Fait*, 4i i<T0yy&tJrtaf f iait-
6 largest ^athfring ift* his sen MyWBatVfW. f,
HELP 1
Everybody, young and old,
bring an offering from a cop-
per cent to any amount to the
Baptist church next Sunday
morning for the famine suffer
ers in India. If you can't
come to church send the offer-
ing, please. If you do not at-
tend the Baptist church, carry
or send your offering to any of
the churches. - The offering
will go up in the name of the
churches and people of Sey-
mour. "I was hungry and you
gave me meat, naked and you
clothed me," said Jesus.
• Yours for humanity,
W. L. Skinner.
The Old Maids' Convention will
meet in Seymour soon.
What are you fretting about?
Because 1 got some cheap stnfit
called twine, and failed to buy the
good smooth twine from Lynch.
Ohas. HoglieB returned Sunday
from Granite, Okla., where he has
been-on business.
Henry Weakley is building an
addition to his residence in the
north part of town.
Ool. Morrison, the jolly freight
agent of the "Katy" road, was
here Monday. <
Haughey & Hughes have been
making some neat improvements
at their barber shop next door to
this office this week. •
Mr. aad Mrs. Stewart and
daughter, Miss Dors, of Baird,
Texas, father, mother and sister of
onr genial townsman, Prof. A. M.
Stewstt, were here the fove part
0t the week visiting his family,
they are on the roftd to Greer
ouuty wWe they will probaoly
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The Reunion.
The News is informed by the
committee that the Texas Cow
Boys Reunion will bo pulled off
at Seymour on Aug. 15,16 and 17,
1900. 9 Now lets everybody put
our shoulder to the wheel and all
push together and . make the Re-
union of 1900 the same success
financially and entertainingly as it
was last year. On with the good
work. Remember the date Aug.
15, 16 and 17.
.John Russel, the electrioian, ac-
companied by bis wife, came in
Wednesday enening from Dickens
city where he has been superin-
tending the building of the Sey-
mour and Dickens telephone line.
They left this morning for Vernon
to take charge ot the local ex-
change.
A. B. Stroud, Grantville, Ga.f wrote:
A priceless boon has been given the
baby world in Dr. Moffett's Teethina
(Teething Powders).
Victor Milliner Co's, Flour.
Ask your merchant for Victor
and Gilt Edge Patents and have
no other, as every sack is guaran-
teed. Do not make any experi-
ments in trying any other. This
flour is made at Wichita Falls by
the Victor Milling Co.
R. G. Bennett has the best wa-
gon yard and feed stortf in town.
Best accommodation. 3tf.
I havo now the beat and most
satisfactory direct arrangements
for handling wheat for export that
I have ever had and will ship on
commission, when desired, on a
one cent margin, when in round
lots of good wheat, or bay it
straight two cent margin. After
thanking the puhlio for past pat-
ronage, will ask you to kindly re-
member me whon you get ready
to sell. •
28ti. • s. Edwards.
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Barber, George P. The Seymour News (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1900, newspaper, June 1, 1900; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235252/m1/4/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Baylor+County%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.