The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 85, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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THE BONHAM SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS
easily in wheel tracks on
cultivated soil. On
The Oliver
No. 1 Cultivator
the rear shovels work
practically behind the
wheels—leaving no such
tracks, one of the many
advantages this cultivator
has.
It takes a smaller amount
aof labor to both guide and
raise the machine.
The sdat bar guide and horse lift
make it decidedly easier to handle.
Cultivate your crops in the right way
—the Oliver way — and increase the
amount of your crops.
Ask to m< the Oliver No. 1 Cultivator.
Seeing is believing. /
Smith-Moore-Williams Co.
were recently united in marriage.
Mav their future be a happy one.
They have many friends here.
All the churches had large
crowdsffor their services today.
Mr. Ben Bailey of this place is
visiting relatives in Sherman.
Mr. Paul Jackson and wife vis-
ited J. C. Cantrell Sunday.
Miss Margaret Bailey came in
home from school Friday and re-
ports a good attendance at her
school.
Prof. Fowler and bis assistants
are teaching a fine school at this
place*
Mr. Homer Smith and E. H.
Grissom ot Hail and Falls com-
munity were Stopping here Sun-
day. *
Mbs Ruby Henderson passed
through here Sunday on her way
to her school at Bartley. She is
teaching an excellent school at
that place.
Prof. V. C. Shives was home
on a visit recently. May be come
again scon, as his presence is
greatly missed by his many
friends.
With best wishes to the News,
I remain,
Topsy Turvy.-
„V. E- Shipman went to Paris
Monday on business.
Homer Shipman is visiting
home from Pecan Gap this week.
Walter Smith, of Ft. Worth,
is visiting friends and relatives
in our vicinity.
Miss Virginia Mora> of Selfs,
visited her people at Ben Frank-
lin Friday, returning to her
school Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stewart are
the happy parents of a new
daughter since Sunday.
The young people of Saifs ran
in on surprise at Mrs. Elams Sun-
day night and had an enjoyable
time singing.
Et Al-
CEDARVILLE
are having some severe
• COUNTY NEWS
ECTOR
m Uncle Jake Long died at his
^iome four miles South from here
at 10 o’clock Saturday night. He
was buried in the family grave-
yard near his home Sunday after-
noon. Funeral services were con-
ducted by Elder McCraw. Mr.
Long was born in Miggs County,
Tennessee, in May 1834. He
came to Texas over fifty years
Z40. He is survived bv three
children that I know of, John A.
Long, ot Ft. Worth, i. B. Long,
Jr., of this town, and Mrs. Hay-
wood Thomas, who lived with
him. His wife died many years
d ago. He was a quiet, industrious
man, took no active part in pub-
lic affairs and attended t rictly
to his own business. I do not
know enough of his history to
give a more extended notice. He
was well thought of by all who
. knew him-
Barney Nelson died at his
Jiome three miles north from here
Sunday afternoon. Buried by
the Odd Fellows at Carson ceme-
tery Monday. He was born in
Larve County, Kentucky, his
parents moving to Texas when
he wan au infant- He is sur-
. vived by his wife and three little
1 children. His wife is a daughter
of H. P. Ware. His mother died
when he was small. His father.
J. C. Nelson, married Miss Sallie
Buford and is now living near
Cordell, Okla. Barney was a very
quiet, industrious, young man.
less than thirty years of age, and
was held in high esteem by his
neighbors and friends. The sym-
pathy of the entire community is
extended to his surviving family-
Doctor Bovd was called to Lee-
tra, two hundred miles west, last
Friday to see Lucian Alderson,
who is seriously ill with pneu-
monia. He was accompanied bv
Rick Chitwood and their inten-
tion was to bring Lucian here,
but be was not in a condition to
be moved'and they returned Sun-
day morning. His condition is
reported quite serious.
Mb«s Hollingsworth, who has
bee* staying with her brother
Itare and attending school, has
oeen seriously ill with pneumonia
for a week.
Miss Mamie Courser is here
from Munster, Cooke County,
visiting her uncle and other rela-
tives- She is a very genteel
young lady and we like to have
such visitors with us.
Mrs- W. H. Courser returned
last week from a visit to Fort
Worth. Mr. Coursey is in Deni-
son taking X-ray treatment for
cancer.
Mrs. Baldwin, of Oklahoma,
who has been visiting her moth-
er, Mrs- Fields, returned home
last week.
A life insurance ageqt was
here from Abilene last week try-
ing to work up business. i Have
not learned his success. A Fed-
eral pension is the best life in-
surance I know of. The recip-
ients draw their dividends every
three months and they rarely
die.
The weather has - been quite
unpleasant tor several days and
farmers are making haste slowly
with their work. Some are done
sowing.
The gin is still ginning on
cotton bolls. Several bales ahead
of last year’s work-
The good roads subject is be-
ing discussed here every day.. It
looks now like it the vote is taken
here again the majority will be
reversed.
The school keeps up regardless
of the weather.
Rumor has it there has been a
been a secret wedding somewhere
around here recently. If the
parties are ashamed to
wont.' I don’t believe it nohow.
There was a de facto wedding
last week. Mr. Walter White of
this town and Miss Delilah Nelms
of the Ash Grove neighborhood
were married at 7:30 on the eve-
ning of the 4th inst at the home
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Nelms, Elder McCraw
officiating. Only the immediate
families ot the contracting par-
ties were present. Immediately
after the ceremony the happy
pair left on a tour, some said for
the Panajna Canal, but they only
went as far as Dallas and Fort
Worth, returning home Monday
morning looking very happv.
Walter is a sprightly, energetic
young man and the bride is one
of the handsomest young ladies
I know. May peace, happiness
and prosperity attend them all
through life.
I like to report weddings and
sometimes when they don’t occur
often enough. I make up a facti-
ous marriage and report it.
Deaths have occurred often
enough around here recently to
keep us sad all the time. Old
people are very scarce around
here now.
- ’ ' Gringo-
weather now,, which keeps every-
body at home at the fireside.
The ground is frozen so that
the farmers are unable to break
their ground.
Bro. Breedlove filled his regular
appointment at New Hope Sun-
day and Sunday night.
Emma Kizer was the guest of
Mrs. Manley Gray Saturday eve-
ning.
Mrs. Henderson, who has been
sick, is reported better.
Mr. Sherman Eubanks, who
went to Alba, Texas, to visit his
brothers, returned Tuesday. He
reported several cases of small-
pox at Alba.
The young people enjoyed a
candy breaking at John Nickle’s
Frida? night.
Henry Wright of Oakland was
in our community Sunday.
Letha Stone spent Saturday
with her sister, Mrs. Arra Gray.
George Kellum and Lee Lenard
past through our community
Sunday enronte to Duplex.
Lewis Sutton and Lethd and
Cloa Stone, Henry Wright and
Addie Biggers took dinner with
Cora and Clara Wright Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Stone took
dinner at Marshall Whisenhunt’s
Sunday.
French Whisenhunt has a fine
boy stopping at his house.
Quite a crowd attended a birth
day party Saturday night at Mrs.
Wright’s at McRae, given in
honor of her daughter, Cora. All
reported a pleasant time.
Topsy.
OAKLAND
Well, as the sun has come out
and shining brightly after so
many days of cloud and fog. I am
sure that we all feel more pleas-
ant and cheerful than we did
during the bad weather.
This will stop the plow for a
few days, but, of course, there is
always plenty of work.
Mr. Ed Bassotn’s children are
sick with the mumps.
Grandma Richmon spent a part
of last week at the home of her
son, T. B. Richmon.
Mr. Shade Hunley and family
of Bonham were the guests of the
them.- May Gjd-comfort them,
and her relatives and friends and
they are many. '
How I would like to visit that
cemetery and there plant one
flower on her gra^e anal could tell
her that I would nev.-r forget
her.’ I shall al wavs cherish the
many happy hours we spent to-
gether. Time was precious then
when we were together, but we
did not know how soon we would
have to part. I hope to see her
when the roll is cal-ed up vonder
and wft have to part no more,
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where sorrows are- unkcowc.
How I wish that I ccu’d call
her backffrotn the land of silence
where she has gone never to re-
turn and her voice is ro more,
for I am lonely since she is gone.
Clarice Johnson.
Yes, but I can now be
found on
North Main Street at
Marshall & Lindsey s
Bonham, Teias
And am prepared to do
your
WATCH, CLOCK
AND
JEWELRY WORK
RIGHT *
and will appreciate
same
ft A. BRIDGES
....Watch Maker....
Twenty-Four Tears in lexas
Myself and tamiiv came to
Texas August 28. 1890. We set-
tled on Arledge Ridge, stopping
first on the Jim Arledge farm,
biing run by Walter and Dero, ■ ........
Auston. These men were good made. The more we theught of
friends to us and we found lots this, the worse it looked, not be-
ot friends later.
We brought our neighbors with
us, John Hollis and family. S. A.
Orick and family. G. W. Tarplev
and family.
Grandmama Miles
lady’s mother, Mrs. Kate Sneed,
Sunday.
Miss Nellie Jefferson, who has
been visiting in Ft. Worth for
the past three weeks returned to
her home last Tuesday.
Thorrit Trout, ot New Hope,
spent last Saturday night at the
home of his parents, Mr- and
Mrs. Billie Trout.
The Literary Society at Oak-
land was lightly attended last
Thursday night on account of the
rain,
Mr. and Mrs. Chap. Roberts,
who went to Oklahoma, returned
home Monday.
Mr. Cfow killed a fine hog last
Saturday.
Ira Kennedy and family ot
Boyd and Thornt Trout and fam-
ily of New Hope, and Walter
McClary visited at the home of
J. R. Lannom and wife Sunday,
George Wilson and -family of
Danner visited in Oakland Sun-
day. Sunshine.
ing used to giving half we made
to the other fellow.
The children became discour-
aged at a proposition like that—
_T . the very idea of giving half we
„ 1L . f a . , C make to the other iellow. Sol
Mculhame came alone w.th us said. "all right, here we eo. We
We were all somewhat turned wiu bj, team5 iod t00i5. and w«
around when we eot to Texas. | wffl ,he third and
The sun looked as thoueh it rose , th t botutllt a laree ,pao
in the wrong place. I remember | o( muU.s IBd , waeon from Uncle
the first morning that «<» wpre 1---- - . . . .
here, as the sun came
we were gjuie ^rie<jgre for three hundred
. up dollars. We all went to work in
behind the eastern hills, .Uncle
Mculbacie said,
sun rise here?”
tormed that it rose i.
ike it did in Tennessee, he was . „
.. - . . . - .our working force, nevertheless,
s ltisfied and went on.
We picked cotton for Mr. Aus-
tin during the fall season. Cotton
picking was something ntw to us,
>ut we soon caught on to how it
was done. Having eight children.
Four boys and four girl*, all large
enough to work, and myself, we
made good wages, though cotton-
picking was cheap in those days.
After the crops were gathered
we moved on the Uncle Billie Ar-
edge place jnst below the school
house- We came to Texas with
the intention of buying teams and
SELFS
Health of this community is
good with the exception of many
severe colds.
The rain which tell Monday
caused the roads to-be very bac
again, ah well as rough.
The young people of Selfs,
with the assistance of the older
counsel, have organized a choir
and we must admit that this was
a good step to take since good
singing means much in most any
kind of service. They have de-
cided to meet each Sunday after-
noon at 2:30 o’clock for choir
practice.
!■ Mentery if Mrs. Gladys Chapman
HirtM.
“There is a reaper whose name
is death.”
How many of «us could tell
what those tHo lines of poeffy
mean? Ever since the beginning
of time that reaper has taken
away our loved ones and left us
in sorrow. 1 5 /.
It.is with a sad heart that I
wrote these few words in memory
of my former friend and compan
• . ' - -v • . 1
ion.
Gladys was born to Mr. and
Mrs. John Chapman in Septem
ber, 1896. She had resided here
all ot her life until April 28th,
1913, when she was united in
marriage to Mr- Leonard Horton,
ot Durant, Okla., and went there
to reside. She was a wife but
two short months, when on June
30th this entire community was
shocked to learn of her death.
She was buried in the cemetery
at Durant. '
How can it be that she is gone.
It doesn’t*eem possible, but, alas,
it must be. No one ever knew
her but to love.her. Her lovable
disposition and bright smiles
‘Where does the
Oa being in-
earnest and came out all right.
In 1891, on December the 17th,
we pushed right along with the
work.
The first year we were here, I
hauled a good deal of cord wood
for R.. J. Shive. - He did the sell-
ing and dave me half I made bv
hauling. I did very well at that.
I also hauled a good deal of wood
out ot the clearing for Uncle
Jimmie Arledge. This was hard
work, but as I was raied to work,
I did not mind it.
Later on I hauled wood for Mr.
Sam Arledge to Fisher’s Mill
tools and renting land, but when and swapped it for flour,
we got here, we found feed high. \ We worked at anything that
Not much corn was made that waS honorable and that we could
year. So we decided that it
would be better to make a share
crop—have some one to furnish
us and we give them half that we
make anything by it.
R. W. Tarpley.
(To be continued.)
A CLERGYMAN’S STORY
Came Near Losing His Life-How He Escaped
> GOBER
Gober is just beginning to thaw
up after the cold spell and the
youny and old have again begin
to assemble around Bow Bros’.
Studio and they are doing a fine
business here. This is his second
trip. May they enjoy it. The
school group was fine, showing
some old students, Prof. Smitp
Eads, a former teacher.
This place had to lose from
their midst Mr. Claud Skinner
and Miss Bertha Dorough, who
Our school here is progressing were welcomed by those who
nicely. There seems to be quite a knew her wherever she went,
great deal of interest manifested She was intelligent, a good
by both teachers and pupils, the speaker in public, and ranked
new • games having . been intro- high in all^ier studies in school,
duced by a little extra effort, and j We were deskmates, always
1 especially the two new basket together. -Our thoughts were
balls^iave added much to the
pleasure of all
Of course the old adage, “work
while you work and play while
you play” will hold good and our
exercise means a great deal, a*
well as study, or the acquisition
of book knowledge.
There are 95 pupils enrolled to
date, which keep two teachers
working very hard, really they
are too crowded to do justice to
their work.
shared alike. How I miss ber
everywhere I go and in a thous-
and ways. I loyed her as I would
have loved a sister. Why was it
that she was taken from us so
young, just in the bloom of her
womanhood.
Think of the sorrow that surr
rounds that home; their joy,
their pride, their life gone. How
can her parents and husband
ever face the world' again, since
sorrow has been so deep with
The following
letter was-
ceived by V
Peruna. Co, from
Rev. G. W. Rob-
erts, R. R- 2, Bo*
27, HartselL Ala-
bama, under date
of April 2. 19b*.
which is exactly
nine years ago.
He says: "I take
pleasure in in-
forming you of
has r done REV. G. W. ROBERTS,
for me after
three years of
suffering. I had tried the treatments
of several doctors; a"«o home rem-
edies, but they failed and all hope
had gone. My friends, like myself,
thought I was in the last stages of
consumption.
“My daughter brought me a bottle
of Peruna and plead with me to try
-it. I had got so weak I had lost my
voice, and I thought It no use. That
was In May. 1902. I began to take
it, according to directions. I wrote
to you, and you gave me your kind
&dvic6, - • .
“I soon felt better, my cough began
to give way, and the expectoration
lessened. I have taken fourteen bot-
tles., I feer welL eat hearty, sleep
soundly, weigh as much as I ever did,
do considerable work on my farm,
and attend to my other business.
My friends seem astonished at my re-
CTJlsh to thank you for your kind
advice and the books you have sent
me. I shall ever praise your medicine
and hope that you may enjoy a long
life.” - _ .
It will be observed that Bev. Rob-
erts waited two years after he began
to use Peruna, before he wrote the
above letter to The Peruna Co. So
that hts apparent recovery could not
possibly have been temporary relief.
In a later letter to The *eruna Co.,
dated September 22. 190ft Rob-
erta says: ‘1 am a great Wend of
Peruna. By the use of Dr. Hartman’s
advice I am here to-day, able to be
with my family and attenaMO my
business."
We quote from another letter, dated
December 10, 190«: “I praise Peruna
to all the sick. The people know
my and they praise U also."
to a letter dated November 22,
1*09, we quote Rev. Roberts: "Pe-
runa gave me back my life ten
years ago. All my acquaintances
know that. I am certainly thankful
to you for your kindness.” *
In a later letter, dated January 13,
1910, he says: “I shall ever in the
future, as in the past, be ready to
speak in praise of Peruna to all suf-
ferers. I believe my miraculous cure
fra* been the means of many others
being cured In tins county.”
From a letter of September 5. 1911.
we quote a few words: "I am still
among the living. As to Peruna, I
do not feel that I have words to ex-
press the faith I have in its merits.
I feel that Peruna has been the
means, through the kind providence
of God, of prolonging my life for
more than ten years.”
We quote a still later letter. October
31, 1912. He says: “I took a severe
cold three weeks ago. I at once sent
for Peruna. Have been taking it two
weeks. I am now better. I consider
that Peruna has carried me over a
dozen years of life. I always stand
ready to answer any question-in ref-
erence to Peruna.”
We quote from his last letter, dated
January 2, 1913: “Dear Friends: I
wish this bright New Tears to ex-
press my thanks - to you for your
kindness. Trusting that you may
have a successful and happy year, and
that your medicine may prove a
blessing to many as it has to me, I
am yours as ever, G. W. Roberts,
HartselL Alabama, R F. D. 2. Box
27."
It Is not necessary for os to add
any words to this story. The elo-
quence and pathos of then letters
are more convincing than arguments
or affidavits. Who can doubt the
clergyman’s story? Who can doubt
that Peruna saved his life?
Every home should be provided
with the last edition of the "His of
Life," sent free by the Peruna Co.
i Columbus, Ohio.
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Comstock, E. B. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 85, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1914, newspaper, February 13, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914165/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.