The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 38.
RUSSELL-EVANS.
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Beautiful Wedding Solemnized Tues-
day Evening at Home
Will H. Evans.
A wedding wherein tbe love
•f a wide circle of friends showed
itself in the hearty handclasp and
words of truest friendship was
that last Tuesday evening when
Miss Mary Evans was wedded to
Mr. Jack Rogers Russell. The
ceremony took place at 8 o’clock
at the home of the bride’s broth-
er, Mr. Will H. Evans, on Easi
5th street, and was attended by
a large number of friends and
relatives.
The home was artistically
decorated in Eoglish ivy, palms,
ferns and carnations. White and
green was the color scheme
used in the decorations through-
out the house, and in the recep-
tion ball, where the ceremony
took place, were banked quanti-
ties of palms, ferns and fragrant
white flowers.
Promptly at the appointed
hour the approach of the bride
and groom was announced by tbe
beautiful strains of Mendelssohns
wedding march, artistically ren-
dered by Mrs. Henry L. Nunn
at the piano. Tbe couple march-
ed from the library into the
reception hail and stood directly
beneath a large wedding bell of
white and green crepe paper,
Russell and Mam;e Arledge.
After all had been served to
punch, the bridal cake was placed
in the center of tbe tab e where
it was cut by the young lady and
young gentlemen guests, tbe
young geutlemen succeeding in
getting all three of'the artcles
it contained, as follows: Ray
Peeler, therin^; Burt Spivy, tbe
dime and Will Brownlee the but-
ton.
While waiting for the bride’s
appearance the most interesting
room in the house was that in
which the gifts were displayed.
There were handsome sets of
silver, numerous and massive
pieces of cut glass, hand-painted
china, pictures, chairs, rugs,
beautiful pieces of lace and brie
a-brac, all of which attest the
popularity of the young couple,
who by reason of personal at-
tractions and admirable charac-
ters are social favorites. The
groom’s present to the bride
was a beautiful diamond ring.
The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Evans, of
Duplex, and has spent tbe most
of her time here the past three
years, attending Carlton College.
She is a beautiful young lady of
many refined and endearing qual-
ities, possessing a s sbe does"a
personality pleasing and lovable
and endearing herself to her
many friends by her gentle and
sympathetic nature.
The groom is the only son of
suspended from the ceiling and
covered with English ivy. Here,
they were met bv Pastor A. E. ^r* and ^rs* C. Russell, of
EweH, of the North Main Street .th;s ^ and is not Pr<>“*
Christian church, who sad the;*neo v connected here, but in
short and most impressive o-*re- j cnaracter embodies tbe
mony i n nis usual beautiful; ^’Shest honor, the strictest in
style. tegrity and the noblest ideals
The bride. » stately and bean i ‘T belo,,g t0 the higb*st '***
tiful young woman, was exquis |
itely gowned in a creation of! ^r‘ and ^rs* Russell will, for
white taffeta with embroidered tbe Presen^- reside at the home
chiffon and real lace bertha, her grooms parents in Rus
veil beingf gracefully caught sejl H®is:bts^
*' a The out-of-town guests were:
The new three story brick, just
completed on tbe northeast cor
net-of the square, is the hand-
somest business house, with pos
sibly one rxcep ion, in the city.
The Allen pressed brick on the
opposite corner of the square is a
pretty budding, but is only two
stories high.
it
The new building was erected
by J. B and Juo. W. Russell,
two of the best known of our
businessmen. Jas. B. Russell
is a large owner of cattle and
ranches in the West, besides his
extensive interests in lands and
other property i n this county.
Jno. W. is cashier of the Fannin
--—-1—
Virge Steger Secures a Patent on a Status of Voter Moved into State Be-
New Process of Manufsctur- tween January 1st and Nov. 1903.
ing Brick. Danner, Tex,, Jan. 26. 1904..
Virge Steger received a tele- M.\ C. A. Wheeler, Chairman
gram from Washington last Fri-Democratic Executive commit-
vote, just the same as if he wa9
actually ix Texas, on Jan. 1st
1903, Yours truly,
5 C. A. Wheeler.
The Navigation Meeting.
day stating that a patent bad 1 ,ee-Dear Sir: In this precinct
been granted him.on a new pro- I res,d es a man wbo last *ear lived
_____t__L_.it, i in The Terri oiv. Hence he was
Last Monday delegates fron>
Denison and Sherman met with
cess of manufacturing sacd-iime T'n? l'errll°r'- Uence be was “‘•l*
brick The hriek io not assessed for taxes,consequent PurP0Se of devising ways and
rtJ:“c;:,:'twiy'wi"sM- h-i.. r navi*a,,°“
n . d • i • ed here long enough to vote in the 0 Eed river. It was expected
Bonbam Br.ck Company at it. ,r“Iec ;b that delegates from Clarksville,
plant near Ravenna, bat tbe pro- -. Paris and Honey Grove would be
cess is much simpler, and much I* 't necessary for him to get a preeeQtj but they wern’t
less expensive. The brick 1 s be'^°ot exempto be »'* | Tbe meeting was called to or.
loT »h ?! k" If I der by A. B. Scarborough, and a
dot, what course should he pur- ' 8 ’
made of sand and lime which has
been chemically treated. The
product is a very hard, fir in sue .to get to vote, and what will
brick, capable of withstanding b© duty ©lection officials in
such cases?.
For the benefit of voters and
election officials please answer
through the Bonham newspapers
this week. Yours truly,
N. C. Crockett.
Photo by Foster.
THE NEW^Ua^e^I BUILDING.
County National bank, and is
one of the most enterprising,
public spirited, generous citizens
of Bodham.
with a bunch of white carnations.
She also wore a beautiful pearl
Mrs. James Russell, of Honey
Grove; D1*. C H. Pember and
nccklac, with diamond ^
Alternations 68 ^ «»• Ssm: Bedford, of
Immediately after the cere- j “d Misi?il,< Smith'of
, . . Dallas.
mony, when congratulations were__- ,
ended, the guests were ushered; The revival meeting, which has
into the dining room where they been in progress in South Bon-
great pressure, and presents a
pleasing appearance.
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Mr. Steger claims for his pro-
, .... oess, and has demonstrated by
Tbe building is a credit to the] actual test, that it will make 90
town and to the men who erected „„ ceot face brtek as bard as
... II is three stories in height, fli.P,od a, a cost bog,eater ,ban j """h 7“^,
the common brick. *__„
, . ' does not lose bis citizenship
Mr. S'eger will organize a here, land such person would be
company to ovyn and operate linkable'for and have to pay this
patent, retainkg for himself
controlling interest in the stoc
50 feet front and 135 feet deep.
The second and third stories run
back only.100 feet. The front is
platn glass, with beautiful red
stone columns. The awning is
Mp. N. C. Crockett—Dear sir:
In Answer to the above will say
that liability for the payment of
poll tax does not depend on the
party being assessed, but if the
party is actually liable he must
pay as n quired by law to be en-
titled* to vote. Only those who
were resident in the state on Jan.
1st, 1903. and twenty-one years
old and not over sixty years old,
ace liable for the poll tax now
being collected for 1S03—last
year. Certificates of exemption
are required only in cities of
ten thousand inhabitants or more.
Therefore your man in question
is entitled to vote this year with-
out paying any poll tax. All he
will have to do is to present him-
self tojt.he election officers &t the
polls and satisfy them of these
facts.
I will add, however, that a
man who temporarily leaves
welcome was extended by Rosser
Thomas. Organization was ef-
fected by the election of Ed D. *
Steger, of this city, as president,
and Mr. Letcher, of Danison, as
secretary.
The question of how to secure,
the navigation of the river was
fully discussed. An executiye
committee consisting of three
members each from Bonbam,
Sherman and Denison were ap-
pointed with instructions to
formulate a pfen of work and to
proceed with the work at once.
The committee consists of the
following members: Bouham,
A. B. Scarborough, S. B. How-
ard and John C. Saunders
Denison: E A. Thompson, G.
L. Blackford and A. F. Piaiter.
Sherman: W. A. Harvey, W.
L Sanford and W. L Hall.
tax before being entitled to
Mrs. Willie Smith returned
yesterday from a ten days’ visit
to Mrs. Lucy Durham, in Durant*,
She informs us that Mrs. Dur-
ham’s father, J. E Lovelace,
will soon move to old Mexico to
live. Mr. Lovelace lived in this
county for many years, and has
many friends here.
Mrs. H. F. Hines died Monday
night at Roxton, in Lamar coun-
ty. Her husband,'who is a car-
penter hero, was in Bonham at
the tims of her death, but left at
once on receipt of the sad news.
The family had resided here tor
some time.
were served to delicious frui1
punob. Tbe punch bowl was
ham for some time, closed Wed-
nesday night. There were quite
presided over by tljfi following a number o f additions to the
voung ladies: Missis Lucile church, and a general spiritual
Russell, Maude Evans. Isabelle uplifting of tbose who attended.-
ifty Years the Standard
so arranged that it does not shut ™ 7
out any light, and the roo«o|“° "u 'V ‘T*0,"
th. in—. « — i= — ,a„ . koow b9l,eve *■>•»* b« wi« make a
fortune out of his patent. Th<"re
is no question about Its being a
; good thiQg..
W O. W. Installation.
the lower floor is one of the larg
est,best lighted and best arranged
rooms in , ihe town. There is a
rear entrance on Cen er s reel.
The lower room is not yet rented,
but will doubtless be soon oc-
cupied. * .
‘Horse Collar Sale.
Tuesday night the Woodmen 1004
One day only—Not over two to a person. We
will sell for cash only, on Monday, February
byE D Sieger, president of tbe! &oVere.gns
D. B. & N. O. railroad, as an of- ^ C‘'°y Wer6 lIUUaled
Ben. while the lire boys have ' ‘“f? lhS pr°'e<;t,0‘1 de“reP- The
their rooms in the rear. Tae foll°''“>S gentiemeh were elected
thirl story is occupied as a lodge i f “einbarsh:P: *‘9- ?■>«?“»•
room by the Woodmen. Mecca.! * f “‘"""J*. _Cl°a«l 7*y'
bees and Knights of Pythias. *°dy W H A-
1 here is not a finer o- more com-
fortable lodge room in the stateT
The building is built of ihe
very pretty white brickomade by
One dozen split arid tick horse collars that
usually sell for 65c and 75c; sizes
18 to 21, good goods Each.
We will also sell 10 leather collars that
The camp takes this me hod of
thanking the Maccabees for kind-
S tf USmlly sel1 for $1.50;. OQC
the hall io the Woodmen lor sjzes t0 21, good goods, for E Jch
practice. Alsp young ladies aLd 7 ° ° 1 ,vn
eyeryooe else who helped in any
way to make the carnival Mon-
day night a success. The gross
receipts were $122.
Monday night Feb 1 Bonham
camp will ho d its public installa-
tion io their halt iu the Resell
building. A splendid program
of addresses, recitations hnd
Also 5 open bottom collars that usually
sell for $2.25 and $2.50 each, sizes | ^5
18 to 21; good goods, for Each
Improves the flavor and adds to
tho ho2*f&liiis2S3 of the food.
Pfticr SilCMO WOtB CO.. OHICAQO.
tile Bonham Brick Company, and
is the first building ever using
this brick in this part of tie
country. The brick is very
smooth and durable and makes a
handsome wall. It is equally as
pretty as the pressed brick ship-
ped in here, and Is a great deal
cheaper. *
Every such building erected ia
Ihe town is adding to Bonham’s
appearance and business. I
---— — • —---— j music b-iS been arranged. The
The Westminister League of j public is invited to attend li.is j
the Presbyterian church w;ll opiu meeiiog. Every'Woodman ■
give a sociel to the church Fri- is supposed to be present and I
day evening. Jan. 29th, at tiie bring his friends. Ti.e program A fllll line Of whips, bfidleS, back bands
home of Dr Helbing. A delight- will b-'g n a* 7 o’clock. '* ^ ’
ful program has been arranged j L q1
and the young people wish to see
This is your chance for a
bargain.
every member of the church
present- Tbe car will>leavj town
at eight o’clock and a car will be
held until after tbe social. No
admittance charged and no col-
lection.
Mary’P/att, an old-urn} color-
ed woman, died in Bonham last
Friday. She was the mother of
21 children, and her descendants
chains, harness, check lines, pads and strop
goods.
CHAS. DAVIS & CO.
nail cumber about seventy five. The Hardware people, East Side Square.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904, newspaper, January 29, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982105/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.