The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1895 Page: 3 of 4
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Everybody Wake
i And Keep Up With the Times I 11
Spring and Summer Stock
IS NOW COMPLETE. This season’s selection surpasses all former efforts. Reliable and Honest Goods sold
at the closest possible prices. We never fear competition. Correct Styles, Standard Goods and the Lowest
Prices are the interesting features of our new stock. Money made is money saved. Come and see us.
HICCINBOTHHM BROS. LSSSWSJg
m.
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PERRY BROS, l-fr
■MDRUG STORE
THE EMPIRE.
-Carries the finest line of-
presb Drills, parley Stationery,
Perfumery, Toilet /Irtioles, agd Dru^ist’s Sundries.
Prescriptions Carefully Filled
Day or night, by a competent and experienced phar-
macist. Next door to the bank. Try them.
STEPHEN VILLE, MAY #1, 1898.
ADVKKT1H1NU RATES:
One Inch, $1 per month. 60 cento per month
per inch In excess to 20 Inches. Excess of 80
inches, 40 cento per Inch (column measure)
Reasonable diecounto for contract* to run
long time,
Local notlcee strictly five cento per line per
week after first week.
Obituarlee, reeolutlone of reepect by lodge*
societies, etc., in excess of 160 words, or where
former notiee has been published. Sc per line.
Town and Connty News.
Queen & Crescent
route.
Choice of routes via
New Orleans or Shreveport
To the North and East.
? Solid Traies New Orleans to Birm-
. 1 Ingham, Chattanooga &. Cincinnati.
\ Thr.^;jj* Care Shreveport
\ To Chmtaiiooga, and Now Orleans
,i To Aachingto.1 and New York.
. t i><! <> A C. nffari. the only lino from
y, - tjM/rt to Ctbcui.tati, all under one man-
v 'gcm-in, with aolid vextibaled trains from
m .tliri'U a. Unly i.*c change Shreveport to
i New York oo vestibule'! trains. Ihiough
York Direct
Shortest1
Line !
New Orleans
To New York.
Cincinnati.
Birsiiiighan
Chattanooga.
iMMb. pWS
Leilnirton
SomrraM
k Hiocpcr New Orla<n>« to New „
llicctiuu at Shicvcport and at New Orlesus
aits to Nc
(.'OlkfOliutt at Shievap*
with Iriu Li«t«x.
?
, V. ti. Hunt. T. P. A., Dallas, Texas
it H. Marrait, A. O. P. A., New Orleans.
;,,UrnWr,Nn-.
, W. C. Rlnesrson
Religious Services.
• At the Christian ohuroh Elder
W. H. Wright, of Dallas, will
discuss the following subjeots:
‘ ‘The groatest thing in the
world,” ‘‘The resurrection of
Christ from a lawyer’s stand-
point proven by infidel wit-
nesses,” ‘‘The bondage of
sin,” ‘‘How to study the
bible, ’’ ‘ ‘Image of God in the
children. ’ *
Services every night at 8:30.
Bible readings from 4 to 5 p. m.
Children ’ s meeting at 4 p. m.
Sunday. Everybody invited.
-r»« » » —-
—Higginbotham Bros, for
spring and summer dress goods.
HldLREIL,
Commission and Brokerage.
HU STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS.
Can furnish you on short no-
tice anything you need. Leave
orders with him, Sells Wire,
Grain, Hay, Bran, Millet and
Cane eeed—any seed you want.
Has on hand seed oats, fine se-
lected peanuts for planting.
Will buy oane seed, and find sale
for anything you have to sell. A
fine selected stock of seed b\
sweet
po
fiei
eld seed call on him.
ft Standard “Cotton Belt” At-
tractions.
Through trains twice each day
Dm Fort Worth, Plano, Green-
ille, Sherman, Whitewright,
jolf City, Sulphur Springs,
»oo, Hillsboro, Corsioana,
jller, Pittsburg and Texarkana
to Memphis, Tenn., making
dose connection at Memphis for
the Old States, and at Texarka-
na making olose connection for
St. Louis and the north via 8t.
L. , I, M. A S. Ry.
Pullman sleeping ooaoh servioe
from the above cities for Mem-
phis via ‘‘Cotton Belt Route,”
and for St.Louis via St.L. ,I.M.
* 8. Ry. from Texarkana.
Through Pullman sleepers from
San Antonio to Memphis via In-
ternational and Great Northern
Ry., Tyler and ‘‘Cotton Belt
Route.,r
Close connections to reoeive
and deliver passengers in Texas
as follows : Greenville with the
M. K. AT. and Texas Midland
Ry.; Plano with H. A T.C.Ry.;
Port Worth with Ft. W.A D. C.;
1 Ft. W.A R.G., G.C.A S.F. and
T. A P. Rys.j Big Sandy with
T. A P. Ry.; Tyler with the 1.
n x'. Ry.; Corsioana with H.
Ry.; Waco with the M.
, . and 8.A.A A. P. Ry.;
ft McGregor With the G.C. A 8. F.
Texas railways sell tickets
the ‘‘Cotton Belt Route.”
' them and secure the ac-
ions and quiok time
the ONLY line run-
Texas to
i answor-
—The Dublin Progress of last
week shows up a couple o 1 ad-
vertising fakes who have visited
that town. It is passing strange
why business men will be‘ ‘taken
in” by a traveling advertising
fake who is getting out some-
thing that is almost entirely
worthless, who proposes great
things, and who takes his money
out of the country, nevermore to
return, yet these same business
men rarely ever spend a cent
with a nowspaper that is contin-
ually working for the interests of)
the town, that spends nearly alh
its money in the town, and that
reaches every week a large num-
ber of people who come to the
town to trade. The paper actu-
ally reaches the people who come
to the town to trade, while the
fake’s scheme is for use where
09 out of 100 of the people who
are supposed to see it never come
to the town to spend a oent. The
getting out of speoial advertising
matter for a town or oounty, fi
properly done, is money well
spent. But let some home man
who lives here and spends his
money here and is interested ir.
the development of the town and
county attempt to get out some-
thing that is nonest and valuable
and a great many business men
take to it very slowly. Yet the
same men will bite at a fake ad-
vertisement and pay out for such
a soheme oold oash without a
word of ooifiplaint. These trav-
eling advertising fakes rarely
ever give value received fer the
money paid them, and the soon-
er business men put a stop to
them the better it will be.
—^Call at the Book Store for
fishing taokle, base ball goods
and oroquet sets. 38-6
Four Big Successes.
Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed
for them. the following four remedies
have reached a phenomenal sale: Dr
King’s New Discovery for consump-
tion, cough* and colds, each bottle
guaranteed: Electric Bitters, the great
remedy for liver, stomach and kidneys;
Bncklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the
world, Dr. King’s New Life Pills,
which are a perfect pill. All tbeee
remedies are guaranteed to do jnat what
is claimed for them, and the dealer
whose name is attached hereto will be
be glad to tell yon more of it. Sold at
M T Gillentine's drug store.
BRIAR PIPE
GIVEN AWAY
Loth eveny
ONE
POUND
bale
( —County oourt next week.
—E. B. Jones left Tuesday
Gold th wait.
Editor Neel was over from
Dublin Monday.
Gentlemen’s furnishing goods
at Higginbotham Bros.
^ —Judge King went to Foi
Worth this week on legal busi-
ness. «
—Two or three important com-,
munioations were unavoidably
left out this week. \
{ —Frank Young left last week
for Bosque oounty where he will
\nstruct a guitar olass.
—Protracted servioes this week
at the Christian ohuroh and at
the tent in the cotton yard. -
( —Miss Nannie Doyle will go
Missouri with her cousin nexi
iweek, to be gone for some time.1
\—Fine Hate,
Cheap Hats and
All kinds of hate at
The Arcade. 43 2t.
f —Mrs. Judge Moores and hei
little nephew, Johnnie Day, lefi
Wednesday -for Mexia to visi
relatives for a month.
Vj— Presiding Elder Smith was
over from Dublin last Saturday
and went out to Bethel to hold
the quarterly conference.
/ —Prof. Arnold, of the Allianoe
High school at Lingleville, was
in town Monday. He reports
measles epidemio in his commu-
nity.
The Empire editor’s family^
are indebted to Mr.Jno. A. Wal-
lace, of near Lingleville, for a
oouple of messes of very fine
h potatoes.
-For the Woodmen exoursiom
to Comanohe last Sunday to wit-
ness the unveiling of the Tom
Gainos monument 107 tiokots
—This oounty will soon take a
pull at the prohibition question.
“Dry” will be the outoome.—
Dublin Leader.
-Dublin raised $2,600 as a
bonus for a roller mill, and the
money has been paid in.
—Miss Willie Chambers visited
Hioo last week. Miss Cora will
return home about the first of
July.
—The commissioners’ oou
.11 meet on the second Monda;
In June as a board of equaliza-
ion.
—There will be no preaohin
at the Mothodist ohuroh nexi
Sunday, the pastor, Rev. High-
tower, being at Gordon assisting
a meeting.
—Prof.J.R.Preston, formerly
this oounty, was reoently
arried at Aoquilla, where he is
ngaged in the lumber business
rith his father.
—W. M. Leonard is havin
the foundation of his residence'
oonstruoted and the building will
be pushed rapidly to comple-
tion. It will be a neat four
room oottage.
\—-The Arcade is headquarters
for Millinery, Drees Goods Trim-
mings and Notions 43 2tv
—Mrs. Hawkins and baby left
first of the week for Morgan for
a two or three weeks’ visit,
lamp attends to the ohickens
ith as much grace and ease as
experienced poultry man.
—Spring has come, gentle
Annie, and if you will take your
jug to Love A Frey you will get
—We learn that Distriot Attor-
ney Daniels will soon move here
from Gordon. The way Steph-
enville and Erath county is im-
proving and increasing in popu-
lation is a pleasure to behold.
/ —C.C.Cox and Charlie Hit.hop
have put in a meat market in the
building first door north of W.
H. Frey’s store. They have
spared neither expense nor painsi
to make a market that will be
,8trictly first-class, and a credit
to the town.N They deserve a
liberal share dt the town’s pat-
ronage .
—Deputy Sheriff Frank Free-
man went to Dublin this week
with a basket full of doouments
to be served on the unlawful over
there against whom the late
grand jury found indictments,all
of whioh shows that so far as
that grand jury was concerned it
panted to do its duty and see the
Ip.w enforced. It remains to be
seen if the other departments of
justice will do as well.
—Higginbotham Bros, are sel-
ling furniture cheaper than the
oheapest. 32
—Democrats and populists can
both get the best molasses in
town at Love A Frey’s. 34tf
f —Mrs. Vincent has composed
a number of pieces of music. She
sent one to the Thompson Music
Co., of Chicago, recently for
publication, entitled ‘‘When
Laddie and I Were Swinging. ’ ’
The publishers complimented it
very highly, and assured her it
would have a large sale. She
has our thanks for a copy of it.
the best molasses at the cheapest----Mrs. Crouso went over to
IGranbury Tuesday, returning
—Low-prioed high-class mo-
lasses at Love A Frey's. 38-tf
*?£iraAwajpffu'Ks."W.,0'-
—Private MoElhany attended
the reunion at Houston last
week. He says he searched dil-
igently for a private, but not one
could he find. All that he found
there had been officers.
'were sold at this place. j ored church building at this
Ed Lewallen.oneof the solid Plac®\ He has been working
oitizens of the Hannibal oommu- hard *° .£et ,the damages done
nity, was in town Friday and
called on the Empire. He dif-
fers with it in some things, but
he has a perfect right to do that.
—We regret to learn that Col.
Carey W. Styles’ health is not
improving. All the efforts of the
best physioians in the state have
proved fruitless in ouring the
oanoer on his faoe.
price. 34tf
—W.B.McAnelly.of Lanham,
was going to Hico last week to
start to the reunion at Houston,
and when near Hioo his team ran
away, throwing him out, break-
ing his jaw and otherwise
seriously injuring him.
—John Gray is doing a pros-
perous business in the farm im-
plement line, He has this week
gotten in a new car of reapers
and a oar of buggies. He is a
hustler in his line, and will sell
goods where there can be any
sold.
—Rev. B. B. Brown wishes to
return thanks to a number of the
oitizens of Dublin for their liber-
al donations last week to the col- during the next three or four
months. This season has been
a busy one with our carpenters,
Wednesday. Wo learn she is
tendered the art department in
the college at that nlace, for the
, coming year, and is considering
4Jie matter.') The Empire takes
great pleasure in recommending
her as an excellent preceptor in
that line, and as a most estima-
ble lady.
—Dr. Wright will be found
hereafter at night at the resi-
dence of his brother, J. W.
Wright,two blocks north of the
northwest corner of the square,
and in the day at Murphy Bros,
drug store. 39-4
—A large amount of improve-
ment will be done in Stophenville
reoently by the storm repaired,
and is about to succeed.
—Experience is a great teach-
er. Those who have bought
their groceries at Love A Frey ’ s
know that it is the place to get
fresh groceries at living prices.
—Buy your olothing from Hig-
ginbotham Bros. 32
—The merchants of Dublin
should advertise more in the
Hamilton, Comanche and Steph-
enville papers. They did so at
one time and Dublin had twice
the trade she enjoys today. Qf
course it is not necessary to ad-
vertise in the Dublin papers as
everybody living in ten or fifteen
miles of town oomes here to trade
anyway.—Dublin Leader.
and it will not abate for a few
months longer. There will be
quite a number of neat residences
constructed and good families
move in by the time the college
term opens in September. Thus
tile good effects of the college is
felt more and more each year.
—W. B. (Billie) Tonnin, well
known in Stephenvillo, having
painted the roofs of the bank and
sevoral other buildings, died last
Friday,the 24th inst.at his home
in Bluff Dale, of congestion, af-
ter an illness of only about 24
hours. Only a month before his
death he had taken out a life in-
surance policy for $6,000, it
bearing date of May 1. It is ex-
ceedingly fortunate for his be-
reavod family that he provided
for them at the time he did
DUKES
MIXTURE
cen[<
AM MOMS ffl CASE
C*n be saved, and are saved
every week to
*
The People of Erath County#^.
"~+ • rT~T T" ~ + . +-
* By Buying Goods at Our Store
4* • "" - ■ !— ! - “
We Are Now Offering Special Inducements in Both
Prices and Goods. See Them.
PRICES
imd^wiinliPoo ^ Come look at our Ooods,
nd we will s^gree as to the prices, and don’t you forget that.
Bed-rock Shall Not Stand in the Way.
Yours to Sell Goods, J
—It is said that three of those
citizens who went from here to
Comanohe last Sunday, taking
their wives with them, were so
unfortunate as to lose the good
ladies soon after the arrival of
the train. Whether they were
so excited as to lose the
ladies, or whether the ladies be<
came ashamed of their husbands
and left them intentionally, we
oould not learn, but our inform-
ant thinks the latter the oause.
—Dublin has a roller mill of
260 barrel capacity per day, two
oompresses aggregating an ex-
penditure of over $100,000 in the
town, two or three business
houses and a number of neat
oostly residence all now under
construction. Besides these a
telephone system and a number
of other valuable improvements
and enterprises have been put in
there, sinoe Dublin became a
prohibition town. This is the
way prohibition kills a town.
-rThe time for holding the dis-
triot oourt of Erath county was
ohanged by the late legislature
so as to throw the beginning one
week later than heretofore. The
fall term will last six weeks in-
stead of five. It will begin at
the regular time, but the first
week will be a special term. The
oivil business of this oounty is
growing very rapidly, owing to
the increase in the population,
and should it oontinue for half a
dozen years at the rate it has
been increasing the last half
dozen this oounty will have to be
made a special judioia. district of
its own. The criminal business
is decreasing, and has been for
a number of years.
—Chas.F.Haynes, the famous
mind reader, was married on
Sunday last at 3 p. m. at Dublin
to Miss Lillie May Mobley,
daughter of Capt. L. E. Mobley,
one of that town’s most promi-
nent business men. They were
here Monday and went to Fort
Worth, from there to Weather-
ford, where Mr. Haynes’ par-
ents live. Latter part of the
week they go to Pine Bluff, Ar-
kansas, and from there up
through MitSouri, Iowa, Michi-
gan, the Dakotas, Oregon and
California, returning home to
Weatherford in the fall, where
Mr. Haynes thinds he will re-
main after that time. He has
very valuable property there,
and thinks he will quit traveling
and attend to it.
—Chas. Haynes, the famous
mind reader was here Monday as
advertised last week. His street
test this time was to have a com-
mittee of four, selected by the
crowd, get a pin from some one
in t’.ie crowd, and get in a car-
riage and go to any part of the
town they desired and got a
piece of wood, then stick the pin
in the wood and pencil mark
around the hole so there would
be no mistaking it; then hido the
pin in a different place and drive
back to him. He would then al-
low himself blindfolded, and get
in the carriage and take the reins
and whip in hands and drive at a
swift gait to the spot, find the
pin, then find the piece of wood,
and stick the pin in the same
hole where the committee had
stuck it, and then take the pin to
the person from whom it had
been originally borrowod—all
this with his eyes tightly ban-
daged. The entire feat he per-
formed to perfection ‘and very
rapidly, holding to the hand of
J. C. George. At night he had
a fair-sized audience, and did a
number of other very wonderful
things.
—The Dublin Telephone wants
to know why the petitions for a
prohibition county eleotion were
not filed. As explained last
week, the petitions were only cir-
culated alxiut four days, yet re-
ceived over 700 signers when on-
ly 260 were required. A number
of temperance people from vari-
ous portions of the oounty pro-
tested against filing the petitions
at a time that would bring on the
election middle of June, the bus
iest part of the season for the
farmers. Finally a consultation
was hold. A letter had been re-
ceived from the assistant attor-
ney general saying it would be
legal for the court to order the
election at any time, whether at
regular or special session. Con
sidering this, the number of those
who favored putting off the elec-
tion till later in the summer
greatly outnumbered those who
wanted it ordered for June.
Those in the minority simply
yielded to the greater majority,
who however represented sevoral
parts of the county. This being
a oounty matter, the temperance
people of the entire oounty
should either hold a county mass
meeting, or hold community
meetings and send delegates to
oounty meeting, and take the
matter up systematically—not
leave it in the hands of a mere
handful.
▲ Good Grand Jury.
The grand jury which adjourn-
ed last Saturday was one of the
best ever empannelled. in Erath
oounty. It not only worked in-
cessantly, but with a determina-
tion that the law should be en-.
forced as far as in their power
lay, that is greatlv to be oom-
mended. Judge Straughan, in
dismissing them, took oooasion
to thank them for their work,say-
ing in effect that the zeal and
effectiveness with whioh they
had worked would have a very
wholesome effect upon lawless-
ness in this seotion. He oom-
mended them for being entirely
sober, and showing the great in-
terest in the oounty’s peace and
well being they had shown.
During the five weeks they
were in session they found 183
true bills. 130 of these were for
misdemeanors and 61 felonies.
This soems a largo number of
felony oases—much larger than
over found by uny previous
grand jury, but when it is re-
membered that 20 felony indict-
ments wore returned against one
man, John Mann, for embezzle-
ment, and seven against John
Longaore for forgery,the record
doeH not appear so bad. Thun
two or three felony indiotments
wore lodged against each of sev-
eral other parties.
Of the 130 misdemeanor in-
dictments turned in, about 60
were against Dublin parties for
violations of the local option law.
In discharging thorn Judge
Straughan said ho felt sure they
had dono their duty conscien-
tiously toward the onforoemont
of this law, as well as all others,
and now it only remained to be
seen whether tho judicial and
executive officials would do
theirs. And so it does.
There were a number of indiot-
ments found that should have
been examined by the justicos of
the peace, who have final juris-
diction of them, and thus saved
the county the enormous ex-
pense of having tho time of the
grand jury taken up by them.
There is some grounds for the
belief as expressed by some that
some of these officials aro not as
vigilant in looking after lawless-
ness as they should be for fear it
will lose them votes and friends
in future elections. Hence the
violations go over to be taken up
and examined by the grand jury
at an expense to the tax payors
of the county of about S40 per
day. Such an officer should bo
remembered by the law abiding
people and promptly and vigor-
ously sat upon when he attempts
to wrong a people by seeking a
position of trust again. It is of-
ficers who will enforce the law
that the country needs, not offic-
ers who will violato it.
Of the 600 witnesses before tho
grand jury two refused to an-
swer questions and were sent to
jail. One of them is a
young man from near Duffau,
persisted in his refusal to toll
what ho know about a pistol
case. He was fined $100 and
sent to jail, and is working out
his fino on tho chain gang at the
county farm.
As to a Park.
A lodge of Knights of Honor
has just been organized at Thur-
ber with 26 members. They
claim they will have 00 membo
\>efore another month. *
o'his camp is to have a silver*
cornet band.
The free silver club now num-
bers nearly 200 members.
It is no trouble at all for the
jompany to lift 2000 tons of the
black diamonds
shafts a day.
’Squire Williams is getting an
increase of about 100 pigs a
month from his brood sows. He
intends to make his hog ranoh
the biggest in Texas. lie is also
I'attemng 260 cows and 300 steers
besides a number of sheep for
our own market.
Union Items.
Vowi our Uotfulitr ( um-spoinlfiu i
f Our people are happy over the
»:rop prospects, as wo have had
plenty of rain and no hail. The
hoaviest rain of the season fell
•last Saturday.
A Sabbath school with 27
.members was organized at Mount
'Pleasant Baptist church last
Sunday afternoon, with Miss Iva
Cutler, superintendant; Sam
Knight, assistant, and Miss Em-
ma Belcher secretary. Tho
school moots every Sunday af-
^smoon.
' Preaching at Union every first
Sunday night.
We learn that Prof. Coffey, to
Whom the ten-months school
(contract at this plaoe was under-
stood to have boen let, has con-
tracted for the Huckabay school.'
Bluff Dale Notes.
An Admirable Selection.
O. 8. Houston, cashier of the
First National bank atGranbury,
has been eleoted president of the
First National bank of Stephen-
ville, and will assume the duties
of his new position June 1, next.
We have been honored with Mr.
Houston’s friendship for several
years, and have always found
him a thorough gentleman and a
business man of unusual acumen
for one of his years. An addi-
tion has been made to Stephen-
ville’s talent whioh will make it-
self felt in no uncertain way in
the future of that oity and Erath
oountjv In the name of his
nianwjfriends in Somervell ooun-
ty tftpCSjytld hopes Mr. Hous-
buifl Akanuoipaiions in his
~ • Qlon
A few of our citizens are be-
ginning to talk of buying the
plot of ground heretofore used as
a picnic ground, on tho creek
east of town, and making of it a
public park. While tho Empire
has no fear of this being done
within tho life of the people wlu>
are now voting, yet we don’t
like to hear it even talked of
when the town is needing a small
outlay in the shapo of a water
supply so badly. Stephenvillo
citizens should be ashamed to
talk of raising money to blow in
on luxuries, whon the stock of
those who come hero to trade,
and from whom the town main-
tains its extstenoe, have to suf-
fer for water. Thousands of
dollars of trade go to Dublin and
othor parts each year that would
oomo to Stophenville if the far-
mers’ horses did not have to suf-
fer for water, or bo driven a gooc
distance to the creek, there to
get, sometimos, very impure
water. An outlay of $500or less
would provide an abundant and
convenient supply of stock water.
Yet some want to raiso and ex-
pond a large per cent of this sum
for a park. We aro proud to
say, however, that tho number
who want to do this is small. A
park is all right. It would no a
nioe thing to have, but wo can
get along without a park until wc
get a water supply, good streets,
road improvements, and a hun-
dred and one other things that
are neoessary to the business of
the town. Let us spend our
money and energies improving
the business interests of the
town; then we will be able to af-
ford the luxuries. By the way,
we couldn’t very well have a
park till we get a water su
It takes grass, flowers, shru
bery and pretty walks to make a
oreditable park. Grass, flowers
and shrubbery do not thrive
much without water, and would
not a walk ankle deep in dust or
blowing all over you be a thing
of beauty and full of dsleotationV
Water is the first and groaieot
need of the town both for busi
ness and pleasure, and the man
or men who secures for the town
this first and greatest neoesjity
will deserve a vote of thanks and
a gold medal.
>pp*y-
ihrub-
I Another heavy rain fell hero
Thursday night.
Crops aro growing nicely, but
the farmers are somewhat behind
with their work.
. W. B.Tenning died at his res-
idence at this place on Thursday,
the 23d inat. The bereaved fam-
ily have tho sympathy of the en-
tire town.
Cards have been received an-
nouncing tho marriage of Mark
Logan, of Marlin, to Miss Alice
G. Freeman, of Hamilton, to
take placo Juno 5. Both aro
well and favorably known here,
and their hosts of friends wish
them all life’s greatest pleasures.
The Odd Follows will hold
memorial services on June 11,
Rev. R. M. Ballentine to preach
the memorial sermon,
k On June 21 the Masons will
give public installation of officers,
followed by a basket dinner and
a general picnic.
Esquire B. H. Flinn is able to
bo out again after about a week’s
confinement to bed.
Several of our citizens went
down to Rock church Friday
night to attend the closing exer-
cises of Prof.A» P. Hightower’s
school. An enjoyable and pleas-
ant program is reported.
Tim Methodists celebrated
Children's Day with an appro-
priate program last Sunday.
Wants a County Mass Meet-
ing.
1 made it a point to present to
every voter with whom 1 came in
contact the petition praying for a
prohibition election in Erath
county, even though 1 knew him
to bo an anti, and I only found
eight men who refused to sign
tho petition and vote for prohi-
bition.
Lots of men who have hereto-
fore been against prohibition are
now strongly in favor of it.
But I see in the last issue that
tho petitions were not presented
to the court. Perhaps this was
best. But by all means let’s
have the petitions presented to
the court to meet on the third
Monday in June. Then as tho
election will bo held within thirty
days thereafter, it will throw it
about the 20th of July—the most
loisuro time for all.
In the meantime lot us arrange
to have a oounty mass meeting.
J. A. W.
(Your idea is a good one.
This question Should bo
gone at in a business-
like way. Have a county mass
meeting, or community mootings
and send dologatoj to a county
meeting to arrange tho "TJetails.
Let’s have an open fight free
from bitternoss, and give ovory
body a say.—Ed. ]
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Two medium sized sorrel horses
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one is branded,SL on right hip,
othor not branded. Both white
faced. Whon last seen were
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