East Texas Register. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1920 Page: 3 of 6
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LOCAL NEWS
Hon. Martin Hies, candidate
for congress in this district, was
in Carthage Wednesday looking
up old friends here.
Commissioner Robt* Hill was
unable to attend the meeting of
the commissioners’ court Monday
on account of illness.
Mrs.® Emma B. Fierce, Mrs. J.
R. Doss, Mrs. George William-
son, Miss Ronda Wilhelm and
Mrs. C* E. Donegan of Tatum
spent Tuesday in Carthage.
Jarrell Lunsford and family of
Houston were here last week to
visit Mrs. Lunsford’s siter, Mrs.
E.H. Sepaugh.
Spring Shoes
We have just received our
first large shipment of
Ladies’ Slippers for
Spring
and are showing some pretty
numbers in patent leather and
dull kid, with and without
buckles, and in pumps and ox-
fords. Sizes unbroken now
and prices based on purchases
several months age#?
We also have Aose same
unequalled “C om forts” in
several styles.
Other shipjfjlnts expected
daily.
Carnage Mercantile
Company
Miss Bonnie Boren, who went
to Louisiana to visit relatives
several weeks age, is now em-
ployed by an oil company in
Shreveport.
Charles Sepaugh spent several
days in Marshall last week.
Mrs. J. E. Holland and baby,
who have been visiting relatives
m Carthage and Midyet since
Christmas, left Saturday night
for their home in Jacksonville.
T. K- Brannon of Gary was in
town Wednesday.
J. R. Sistrunk of Deadwood
was in the city Wednesday.
IlfdlfilCareful service is
^gfj&ghg characteristic of my
examinations, I n d
your eyes are alway|f safe in my
care. Office j at pr. Driskell’s.
Will be hereuntl# January 31st.
Yours for beAglfeye sight,
3-2tc Dr J|f. H. Rosenthal.
J. E. Rojbinson of Rock Hill
was a business visitor to the city
Wednesday.
Howell Appling is back at his
shop this week after being at
home several days on account of
illness-
Born—-To Mr. and Mrs. Alien
V. Page, R 3, Jan. 10, a son,
James Allen Page.
Mrs. T. A. Greer of DeBerry
was a Carthage visitor Saturday.
R. T- Newlin of Cameron,scout
for the Transcontinental Oil Co.,
spent the week-end here with his
father, J. T. Newlin, who repre-
sents the Transcontinental in this
section.
Hamp Tomlinson of Woods was
hereon business Thursday.
J. E. Phillips of Austin was
here Monday to attend the fun-
eral of his mother, MrS. Rhoda
Ross.
Feed for SalsV-C
meal on hand,
cotton seed hu
days. See J
gar Allison.
T. C. Adams of Bethany who
was in town Thursday reported
oil prospects fine in that section.
Bales Ginned.
Mrs. Rhoda Ross Passed On
Ut> to December 20, in Texas At 10 p. m., Sunday, Jan. 11,
2,234,395 bales of cotton were Mrs. Rhoda Phillips Ross, one of
ton seed
ay and
omTpg in few
Anllfrsok or Ed-
3 2tc
ginned in 1919 as compared with
2,417,375 bales in 1918 In Panola
county 6980 bales were ginned ps
compared to 13,929 bales the pre-
ceding year. ,
A Card of Thanks.
The undersigned, who have
been sorely bereaved in the re-
cent loss by death of their loved
one, Mrs. J. H. Long, take this
opportunity of tendering their
warmest thanks for the genuine
sympathy which was evinced by
friends in this city and other
parts of the country, Without
whose moral support and deep
affection they could not endure
such pangs of poignant grief as
fell to their lot. Tjd|y also desire
to express; appreciation for the
thoughtfull consideration which
cancelled afll thjfold year celebra-
tions and |altjjfls which had been
prepared mm Such acts of kind-
ness wer| fike drops of sweet-
ness in tlM brimming cup of bit-
terness, aid will never be for-
gotten.
J. H. Long,
Mrs. R. H. Chadwick,
Phillip P. Long,
Travis Long and other rel-
atives.
the pioneer women of Panola
county, passed away after an ill-
ness of severafweeks.
For a long time Mrs. Ross had
made her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bobbie Ross, at whose
residence she died.
The funeral, conducted by Rev-
E. G. Coyke assisted by Rev*
J. A. Smith, was held at Walton
cemetery seven miles west of
Carthage on Monday. A large
crowd attended the services.
Mrs. Ross, during the 76 years
of her life, was a devout Christ-
ian, a kind friend and mother and
mother and she leaves a host of
sorrowing relatives and friends
among whom are: her daughter,
Mrs. Bobbie Ross; her sons, John,
Sanford and J. E. Phillips and
her step children, Dan Ross, Mrs.
M. Steger, Mrs. W. Duke and
Mrs. Kyle.
Honu
Mules Were Going Some.
A very lively runaway occurred
last Monday when a pair of mules
near the southwestern corner of
the square became frightened
and the negro driver, who was in
the wagon, was unable to get
hold of the lines. The team was
caught by P. P. Gonzales of
Shreveport, just as it came on
the square.
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closed h?
AbaJt
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residence, 2
iries. Close in.
B. O’Bryan
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John and Sam Hughes of
Longbranch were in town on bus-
iness Thursday.
Methodist Church.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School—E.
C. Clabaugh, Supt.
11 a.m. and 8:45 p.m.preaching
by—Rev. E. G. Cooke.
Wednesday 8:45 p. m.—Prayer
meeting.
Ernest G. Cooke, Pastor.
A. C. Tillery’s
Grocery Stock
Below
Wholesale Cost!
In order to make room we are
forced to sacrifice all t|ge gro-
ceries. So better hmry and
get your supply iLmese prices.
ALL FIXTURES FOR SALE
Schwartzberg’s
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Hastings’ 1920
Seed Catalog Ifree
Mde lost.
• Mouse colored hoijserj^le 141-2
hands, 7 yearns old. Missing since
Dec. 30. Liberal reward for
information, T. C* Adams,
3-tfc K. T, Bethany, La.
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Oil and gas leases, royalty con-
1 tracts, assignments of leases,
land deeds, vendor’s lien notes,
promissory notes, receipts and
other legal blanks for sale by
The Register. tf
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East Texas Register. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1920, newspaper, January 16, 1920; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth638365/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephen F. Austin East Texas Research Center.