The Hallettsville New Era. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1905 Page: 2 of 4
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Hallettsville, Friday, June 2
E. R. MK1TZEN.....Editor & Manager
E. O. MWTZiiN............Proprietor
Shi nor.
Koorth.
may ol.—me
fine. Cotton is beginning to
bloom.
Throe carloads of potatoes
have been shipped by the truck
growers so far.
R. G Fla to has been busy in-
terviewing farmers about erect
ing a creamery at this place.
_ . Flato has about 250 cowsj^18 home at
May 80.—Mr. and Mrs. Peter subscribed and the creamery is
Raska and children and Messrs, j an assurep fact.
Christian and Ludwig Hemmi.! Aug Schramm installed agas
of Hallettsville. visited the family joline engine to furnish power for
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Berkenhoff half dozen fans in his spacious
Sunday saloon. Everything worked finely
Floyd Henry attended church j until the governor spring
at Salem Sunday.
Miss Theresa Jurach, of Old
Sweet Home, spent Sunday here
with Miss Francis Harmes.
Louis Raska; of Williamsburg,
was seen in our midst last week.
H. Berkenhoff was a business
visitor in your city today (Tues
day).
Jiqa Sheffield has a very sick
child. Hope the little one will
soon recover. 4
Messrs. Grover Ponton and
James Adams, of Ezzell, came up
Saturday night to take their best
-to preaching. Ask them if
anybody was ahead Sunday
night.
Misses Sallie and Beuiah Ives,
of Light Chapel, attended church
here Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Parr and son, Abe,
paid your city a visit Tuesday.
Come down, Mr. manor, arm
help us feast on roasting ears.
Some of us young folks will
take in the Hope picnic tomor-
row (Wednesday.)
Preaching at Light’s Chapel
Saturday night. Let's all be
good and go.
Thos. Judd, of Lights Chapel,
was seen on our streets Monday.
Mrs. Frank Bohac and child-
ren, of Timber, came in last
Tuesday on a soveral weeks'
visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hermes. .
Goodbye.
Card of Thankt.
We wish to extend our heart-
felt thanks to our many friends
and also to our never-tiring phy-
sician, who so kindly rendered
aid during the last illness and
funeral of our beloved daughter
and sister. Lula Roden.
J. I. Roden and Family.
The Bachelor Girls’ club was
royally entertained Tuesday af-
ternoon by the Misses Finkel-
stein at the City Hotel. High
Five was the game of the even-
ing. The first prize consisting
of a very handsome back comb
was captured by Miss Gladys
Tippett. Miss Mamie Howerton
won the booby—a checker board.
A two course luncheon was serv-
ed at 5 :80 p. m. The spacious
hall in which the guests were
entertained was elaborately de
corated with cut flowers. Those
who participated were Misses
Norma Adams, Katie Cummings,
Nellie Elstner, Mamie Howerton,.
Henrietta Kahn, Ada Lee, Mary
Lehman, Gladys Tippett and
Stella Blakeslee, the guest of the
evening being Mrs. R H. Eck
hardt, of Yorktown. The young
ladies, after having spent a most
agreeable afternoon took their
departure, expressing wishes
that the Misses Finkelstein
would entertain ugain in the
near future. *
in the
[gasoline engine broke and there
were incessant reports as loud
as thos6 of a shot gun. No fur
ther damage was done.
A feast at the Green school
last Sunday was well attended.
Quite a number of people from
Shiner enjoyed themselves at.
the occasion.
The pupils and teachers of the
Shiner public school enjoyed a
basket picnic Monday at Wel-
bausen's Grove about a mile
from town.
An excursion train from Yoa-
kum to Lincoln, Tex., passed
through here yesterday morn-
ing. Very few went from here.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fertsch, ofr
Hallettsville, were here visiting
the family of their son, Win.
Fertsch.
Edward Fertsch and family
are visiting nomeioiKs at Kink-
ier.
Joe Macha, Jr., left last week
for Waco to attend a commercial
college. During his absence
Chas. Vackar is 'tending bar at
the saloon of Joo Macha. Sr.
Ad. Hagens, a jovial farmer of
the Hochheim Prairie, was in
Shiner yesterday shaking hands
with his many friends.
Mr. Hagens reports crops do-
ing fine in his neighborhood, but
that early planted corn is in need
of rain.
Geo. Schroeder, the wheel-
wright and blacksmith of Dryer
was in Shiner several days ago,
on business
Wra. >!mn<icr, aiw tiwi been at
Mineral Wells several weeks, re-
turned on the Waco train yester-
day.
W. L. Martin received several
hundred black bass from the
government experimental sta-
tion at San Marcos which he
{placed in the large tank on his
Ponton Creek ranch. Quite a
number of Shiner people went
out to witness the “placing”.
L. Trautwein is busy these
days repairing and renovating
his gins for the coming season.
There will be a grand feast at
Hildebrandt's pavilion on June
11.
Mrs F. Hewig died last Sat-
urday morning at the residence
of Chas. Schindler and was bu-
i led at the Catholic cemetery
Saturday evening. Mrs. Hewig
Witting.
ReV. P. Bueuciile returned
Friday from Fredoricksburg,
where he attended the M. E. dis-
trict conference.
Mrs. August Ebel returned
Wednesday from a visit to her
parents near Gonzales.
Dr P. T. Talbot, a skillful
poung physician of San Marcos,
| has located here. He is making
D Garbade's resi-
dence
Ant-on hrefiner returned last
week from a visit to his parents
at Taylor.-
It is our firm belief that one of
the finest corn crops in years
will be made in this section
this^lum mer.
The Epworih League of the
Breslau Methodist church will
give an entertainment in the
church on the night of June 12,
beginning at 8 p. m.
Charles Afflarbacb, who is em-
ployed in a drug store in Gon-
zaies, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. August Afflerbach near
here.
The Mayfest at Breslau Sun
day was largely attended.
A postponed Mayfest occurs
here on Sunday, June 4.
Did you see that
crowd Meyerhof! had
the whole week ? And
do you know the
cause ? Low prices on
first class merchandise.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Meitzen
gave a number of their young
friends, male and female, an in-
formal party Saturday night.
Quite a number of young people
were in attendance and all
had a good time. Deli
cious ice cream and cake were
served during the evening.
For Sale—Farm near Koerth;
83 acres in cultivation; 82 in
pasture; good buildings ; all
fenoed. Terms easy.
Mrs. Ella Judd,
j9 0t Sweet Home, Texas.
Mrs. Jim Smothers, of Rock
Island, came in Tuesday on a
to the family of John Williams at
Williamsburg.
Wied
May 80.— Farmers are all busy
in the field this week. Cotton is
mostly chopped. A good 6oak
ing rain would be much ap
predated now, as it would as
sure a good corn crop.
Messrs. Geo and Rud. Stul
ken, Max Prause and Win.
Korges returned home last Sun
day from a three weeks’ plea-
sure trip to Austin and other
points. They report a delight-
ful time.
Rev. K. Konzack and wife
spent a few days last week in
Halieltsviiie.
Oscar Karney, of Koerth, was
in our vicinity on business last
week.
Geo. Logemann and wife are
visiting relatives in Lindenau,
De Will Co., this week.
Daisy.
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Ezzell. | Light’t Chape/.
- May 31.—We are having good j As we have been so very busy
weather now and crops will soo.i (trying to subdue the grass we
be in good shape-
Mrs. Anderson Smith, who! hence failed to show up last
has been quite sick, wo are glad | week.
Crop prospects have consider-
ably improved since the ruin has
let up With a few days more of
sunshine farm
their work and then we can go
ed visit to homefolks, left last ( fishing
week for his duties at Galveston. The Decoration-day picnic on
to note, is recovering.
W. H. Greenshield was called
to Cuero last Friday to attend
court.
Henry Foster, after aprotract-
R. A. Wick, of Wied, paid our
office a pleasant call while here
yesterday. He returned Mon-
day from a visit to his brother
at Victoria.
The fish fry and picnic at
Glass Chapel last Friday was re
ported by all present to have
been a success. Plenty of fish
and other eatables. Everybody
wants to have it over again at
some future date when people
wouldn’t be too busy to attend.
Echo.
Saturday is the last
day of MeyerhofT s big
sale.
Hugh Barnes, of Sugarland,
spent Tuesday here with rela-
tives and old friends
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-SATURDAY_
OF THE BIG MONEY RAIS-
ING SALE AT MEYERHOFF
No telling when you will have another opportun-
ity to obtain first class merchandise at half price.
Meyerhoff means business when he advertises a
special sale. He sells as he advertises and he does
not have a special sale every day.
MEYERHOFF SPECIAL
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HAS A ME.
NING TO IT.
He gave this sale for a week, so every man, wo-
man and child in the county has a chance to obtain
first class merchandise at half price. The two-sto-
ry brick house on the corner is chuck full of Bar-
gains for you until Saturday, June 3.
DON’T MISS YOUR LAST CHANCE,
ey saved is money made.
Mon-
of years, and was operated upon
as a last resort. She leaves a
husband and five children. The
bereaved family have the sym-
pathy of the entire community.
F.
Cures OKI Sores.
Westmoreland, Kan. May 5, 02
Hnllard Snow Liniment Co ;
Your Snow Liniment cured an
old soie on the side of my chin
that was supposed to bo a can-
cer. The sore was stubborn and
would not yield to treatment, un-
til I tried Snow Liniment, which
did the work in short order.
My sister, Mrs. Sophia J. Car
son, Allensville, Mifiin county,
Pa . has a sore and mistrusts
that it is a cancer. Please send
her a 50c bottle. Sold by Led-
better & Hafer.
There is a
to MeyerhofT
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J. Townsend and little
-daughter returned Satur-
■J from a visit to San Antonio. I at C. Aher’s.
H. C. Hafer, the genial and
popular druggist, has decided
that it is not good for man to be
alone, and will take unto himself
a bride in the person of Miss
Blanche Talbot. The wedding
occurs at the home of the bride’s
parents in San Marcos next
Wednesday.
Big sale is still go-
ing on at Meyerhotf’s
until Saturday.
Mrs. J. R. Pearson and little
son returned this week from a
visit to relatives in Austin.
Staple and fancy groceries and
confectioneries— the best in town
MeyerhofT9s Money Raising
Sale until June 3
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The corn crop has come out
wonderfully iu the Iasi ten days
have no time togather news, ten a^e7
now thinks he will make enough
for bread.
It was with real sorrow that
we ieurned of the death of Mr.
and Mrs. J.O. Mixon’s youngest
will bo up with child- Gttyle- Little Oayle was
1 a bright, beautiful and promising
little girl of two and a half years
aud our sincere sympathy and
condolence is extouded to the be-
reaved family, and especially the
sorrowing mother “Suffer lit-
tle children to come unto me, and
forbid them not. for of such is
ts the Kingdom of Heaven.”
“Uncle” John Wilson has quit
the U. S. business, and is now
hunting “bee trees.” He is go-
ing about with his lips almost
stuck together with old time
“long sweetening,” whistling
“Sweet Bye and Bye ” He
claims to have found and cut
several bee trees last week and
one of them contained 70 pounds
of sealed honey of tine quality.
Prof. Tilden Doss, with the
help of several young ladies, is
getting up a singing school, to be
taught at the Chapel, commenc-
ing about the first of Juno. The
right man in the right place.
First Chance.
May So al Salem promises to be
a nice affair. Can’t you come
down Mr. Ed. and get better ac-
quainted and fill up, as plums
are plentiful, and maybe some
of the good sisters will prepare
a basket of grub? [Yum, yum,
yum ! Sorry we couldn’t come.
—Ed]
Miss Lula Roden, of Creole, a
most estimable young lady, who
has been sick for some time and
was thought to be recovering,
relapsed and died Thursday.
Miss Lula was a successful
teacher in our public schools and
was well liked by her pupils and
school patrons. She united with
the Baptist church and lived a
consistent Christian life. She
leaves her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Roden, and two bro
thers and two sisters to mourn
her death. Our sympathy is
with the bereaved.
Cyrus Reagan, who has been
sick for about six months, was
at last reports getting on very
well and it >s thought that he
will recover.
J. U. Haynes and family, of
the Harless school community,
here visiting their son,
were
Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck,
Lame Shoulder.
These are three common ail-
ments for which Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm is especially valuable.
If promptly applied, it will save
you time, money and suffering
when troubled with any one of
these ailments. For sale by all
druggists.
Temples Cut In Rocks.
Amoug the Interesting Bights of
Hindustan are the Karle caves of
. o , . n __India, artificial temples of worship
Amos, Sunday. He reports wh|c,; were cut out 0( ioIM rock .
century before the Christian era, it
everything lively in that part.
J. VV. Hinch has been at the
Smothers ranch several days,
gathering cattle for the Cuban
trade.
Dr. Stone, of Edna, filled his
appointment here last Sunday at
the Christian church and went
to Hallettsville Monday. One
addition to the church.
Osage.
Dcafuc.-s Cannot Be Cured
by loc.il applications, aw they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. Tlie.e Is on'v one
w«y to cure UnajneaH and that is by eonstilutiou-
remetlies. Ucafucss is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chian Tube. When this tul>e is inflamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearlrig,
ami » hen it is entirely closed, Doni ness is the re-
sult, aud unless this inflammation can he taken
out and Ibis tul»e restored to its normal condl-
j tion. hearing will he destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are paused by Catarrh, vliich is
nothing tint an inflamed condition of the inu-
cuous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollar^ for any
case vof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can-
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. r8eud for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hull's Family Pills forconstipntion.
is claimed.
Largest Colladlum.
The largest colladlum known to In
Beavertown, Pa. Some of the leavea
are fourcaml one-half feet long and
forty inches wide, while the circum-
ference of the stalk Is forty-nine feet
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French in Great Britain.
There are 26,600 French In Great
Britain and Ireland, more than threa-
fourths of the number being In Lon-
don The business mvst followed
among these Is cookery.
Clock Brought High Price.
The record price for a clock is£83,-
,;00 paid for the timepiece made by
Louis XVI. of France. It was pur
chased by one of the Rothschilds.
Shark Aids Fisherman.
On the night of Sept. 27 a ten-foot
Ehark chased 30,000 herrings into the
nets of a Dublin trawler and was
caught himself.
Diacoverlee of Gold.
Since the discovery of America the
amount of gold produced In the world
has been less than eleven billion dol-
lars.
W. H. Davis, of Gonzales,! A. H Deeherd, the well known
shipped another trainload of cat-1 Winona Mills sock salesman,
tie, mostly cows and heifers, to died at his home in Elgin, Texas,
Cuba via Galveston Friday. I Tuesday, of heart disease. Mr.
Some 6tock raisers have dispos- Deeherd was aged 68 years and
ed of their entire stock cattle. • was one of the best and.most ge-
Urices still hold up fairly well. 1 nial men we have ever had the
J. F. Koonce, who was in from
Ezzell yesterday, tells of what
appears to be the site Of an an- I Sunday night in Juno at 8 o’clock
The baseball game between
the Hallettsville and Moulton
teams Sunday afternoon result
ed in-a victory for the local nine
with a score of 7 to 15. The Hal
lettsville pla)ers : Shelly Kuy-
kendall, p ; — Schindler, c.; Roy
Adams, lb; Beaumier, 2b; Sam
Cohn, 3b; Fred Anderson, If.;
Pink Hoi.chins, ss ; Joe Hower
ton, cf ; Chas. Vrazel, rf. Beau-
mier, Cohn, Kuykendall and
Howerton deserve especial men-
tion for good work. Patton Mc-
Cord acted as umpire. A re-
turn game will be played- at
Moulton next Sunday and cqni
a number of “fans” will go bver.
Services will be held at the
Lutheran church on the second
Living la High In 8paln.
The cost of living has doubled In
Spain in the last few years and emi-
gration Is Increasing rapidly.
cient Indian village on his farm
He says that in his field on a
spot about an acre in extent one
can find flint arrow and spear
on account of the unparulleled ! pleasure of knowing. He had a heads, chipped flint rocks, and
Cuban demand. Cuba is said to j kind and cheery word for evory
be an ideal cattle country and | body and all who knew him lov
i e(j hjm wag a r0gU|ar visi
tor to this city and always did a
good business here. Rest in
peace!
will no doubt sori^bean unpleas-
ant competitor to our ranch own-
ers.
Prof. T. S. Cox, late principal
of the Hallettsville public school,
has been unanimously elected
principal of the Sqaithville School
at an annual salary of $1100.
That city contemplates erecting
a new $14,000 schoolhouse soon
and Prof. Cox is rendering m uch | venture
valuable assistance in preparing
plans for the building.
B F. Halpern will open a gro-
cery store in his old stand in the
Rabb building next week. Mr.
Halpern is a hustling business
man and The New Era hopes
that
The rain yesterday morning
was beneficial to corn. Reports
Louis Kahanek bought the old from all over the county, espe-
City Brewery’s ice house from ffially the northern half, go to
M rs. A. Gold last week. He is show that a record-breaking corn
having the building torn down lcrop will be made this year,
this week and will use the lum-
remains of pottery in largo quan
tities, and an immense number
of small pieces of bone and other
objects quaint and curious.
W. T. Bagby, H. M. Tippett,
D. A. Paulas and John Bucha-
nan, of this city, and Volney El-
lis, father of the deceased ac-
companied the remains of J. P.
Ellis, who had died at Houston,
to Lockhart Thursday afternoon
he may succeed in his new 1 According to the coroner’s ver-
dict, Mr. Ellis’ death was caused
by an overdose of morphine,
which he had taken to allay a
nervous trouble.
ber to erect a rent house.
Miss Carrie Newburger, of
Morgan City, is a new addition
to The New Era’s list by order
of Mrs. O. T. East.
Mrs. Martin, of Galveston,
came in last week to spend sev
eral weeks with her niece, Mrs.
C. Eissler.
Rev. C. F. Annis, well known
in this county, lias been elected
superintendent of the public
school at Edna. Prof. M. Z.
Hpahr, the former principal, will
locate elsewhere.
MeyerhofT don’t have
sales every day.
by Rev. C. Roth, of Sublime.
On the fourth Sunday in June at
10 a. m. Rev. K. Konzack, of
Wied, will conduct services. On
every second and fourth Sun-
day in each month thereafter
at 10 a. rn. Revs. Roth and Kon-
zack will preach here alternatley.
MeycrhotT’s money raising
sale which began Monday has
been strictly the event of the
week. Sam Reichmann, Meyer-
hofT’s able advertising manager,
states that he is pleased beyond
expectations with the amount of
business done so far.
The following real estate trans-
fer was recorded yesterday : T.
L. Upchurch and wife to G. W.
Houchins, lots 1 to 14 on block
8, Herder addition to Yoakum.
$500.
Linhardt Fertsch returned
Monday from Huntsville, whero
ho attended the Sam Houston
Normal. He was awarded a six-
CHartty.
Tbe day wasted on others is not
wasted on —rxckecs.
Between Wind and Water.
Not only will all the Inhabitants ol
Chicago be crazy In 760 years, but in
somewhat more than 3,000 ya&rs, ac-
cording to a geological expert, the site
ot the present western metropolis will
be covered with water. Let tho Windy
City begin now to prepare for Us
watery end.—Boston Transcript.
Dancers’ Wonderful Endurance.
In a dancing tournament at Paris
M. Vincent aud Mile. Scherln succeed-
ed In waltzing for six hours and three-
quarters without a moment’s rest;
while a Berlin man waltzed foy’ six-
teen consecutive houps, ffoiq 9 §. m.
to 1 o’clock the next mprqlng.
Gorgeous Tibetan Pheasants.
Two of the most prized denizens
of our aviaries come from Tibet.
These are the gorgeous golden and
Amherst pheasants. The latter, it to
suggested, could profitably he Intro-
duced Into our coverts.
Rain That Reaches the
Geologists speak of that fraction of
the rainfall which reaches the sea
through streams as the “run-off.’’ The
run off in Connecticut Is half the rain-
fall, while in the Mississippi basin It
Is but one fourth.
J. H. (“Cyclone”) Davis, the
Prohibition orator, will arrive
here next Sunday at 8 p. ni. and
will address a mass meeting at
the Baptist churoh at '4 p. m.
He will also lecture Sunday and]year first certificate, but will
j Monday nights at 8:30 o'clock. j take another course next year.
b.?gr; o"dYolkumH wereLi"nvenr! Meyerhoff don’t have
Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs jSJUCS CVCrV day.
August Lindenberg. J
.. „ D . . _ „ ! J. R. Jasek, the well known
Mrs. K Berckenhoff returned, Novohrad nursery man, was in
last week from a visit to Shiner. | town on business yesterday.
Steam Turbine Engines.
An advantage of the steam turbine
engine over the reciprocating type has
developed after a year’R test in Swits-
erland. The turbine ran 7,000 hours
with only 5V4 hours spent In repairs.
Helplessness of 8turgeons.
Sturgeons are the weakest' of all
fish in proportion to their size. A
sturgeon weighing over a ton is per-
fectly helpless If attacked by a email
swordfish,
Few Golden Weddings.
Although about 46 per cent of mar-
ried couples celebrate their silver
wedding, only one in 1.000 live to cel-
ebrate their golden anniversary.
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