Falls County News - December 7, 1907

Typed as spelled and written

by Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth Year - Number 57

Marlin, Texas, Saturday, December 7, 1907

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FALLS COUNTY NEWS.

(By Special Correspondent)

Chilton Cullings

To the Democrat:

This beautiful and pleasant weather everyone seems to be busy. A few more days and our corn and cotton will be done. Many people will close up this week.

Moving has already began. Mr. Taylor is moving to Chilton from North Prairie. Jno. Bryant, Jr. is moving from Golinda. Wiley and Percy Martin have moved from Chilton to North Prairie. Percy has a sweetheart in Chilton; her name is Mrs. Louis Martin; you see him here often.

North Chilton has a pleasant road working Monday. Commission Fulton furnished us an iron culvert; neighbors did the work. The town people responded liberally. Commissioner Fulton said it was the best road working he had seen. Everyone that was not there had a good excuse. Bros. Hicks, Vassar, Eakin, Langford and Helmer made it very agreeable and social to all of us, that it seemed to Simeon and the rest of the boys an old fashioned Methodist religion. Some of you people try a road working and help the roads so your family can go to church.

E. L. Ashworth and Dr. Hawkins of Mooreville went to Waco Wednesday to attend the Masonic lodge.

Lee Fiser was in town Tuesday; also Mr. Willis Jones, who sold sixty bales of cotton to C. F. Maulding who represents Bush & Witherspoon of Waco.

George W. Bowman was in town after lumber Tuesday.

Lumber is now being hauled to rebuild Mr. Wooley's house. Neighbors are hauling most of the lumber Mr. King of Lott has the contract. Gordan Gaither went to Waco Tuesday on business.

A. F. Reason of Grayson county is unloading two carloads of furniture, feed stuff and farm implements at Chilton today, moving to Mooreville. Still they come to old Falls. Evermore.

Simeon Reuben.

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Alto Springs Siftings.

To the Democrat:

The people are enjoying sunshine now.

School is progressing fine, with Miss Ella Davis as teacher.

Rev. T. R. Cain is visiting Mrs. M. V. Cain's family this week.

Rev. Biggs is our pastor for next year.

Pink Hearne of Hondo is here on business.

A large crowd attended the burial of Jalma Lee Owen, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Owen, Jr.., Sunday evening at the Alto cemtery (sic).

Miss Ella Davis visited Mr. Joel Kelly's family last Saturday and Sunday.

Prof. T. M. Cain made his regular call here Sunday.

Jim Warren of Mart was here on a visit to G. W. Warren's family Friday and Saturday.

Some of the farmers are still holding their cotton for 15 cents.

Madame rumor says wedding bells will be ringing soon.

John Whit of Wynnewood, I.T., is here on a visit to Walter Loper's family.

Hoping the Democrat much success.

Blunder.

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Travis Tips.

To the Democrat:

John Scott of this place and Miss Alice Guinn of Cedar Springs were quietly married Sunday afternoon at the of the bride's parents, (sic) Mr. and Mrs. Scott will make this place their future home. To them we extend our our hearty congratulations.

Miss Aileen Kemp spent Sunday in Rosebud.

Mrs. Braden and children left Sunday for Reeves county, where they will in future reside. Mr. Braden and son, Clifton, will join them in several days.

Quite a number of us "Travis Guys" attended the big show at Lott on Saturday night. The sport was notoriously fine.

Misses Mollie and Carrie Chatham visited Rosebud Monday.

Rev. J. P. Skinner is attending the M. E. Conference at Houston.

Miss Mittie Scott visited friends at New Salem Sunday.

"Snaps" (?) makes frequent visits to Rosebud (?). (Note: ?'s were in the print - not added by typist-lsc)

Misses Joda and Sallie Stallworth of New Salem were shopping in our city Saturday afternoon.

Roy and Webb Atkins have made some new improvements on their tenant houses near the city.

Mr. Brister and family of Oenaville arrived here last week and will make this their future home. Mr. Brister will have charge of the blacksmith shop another year.

Mrs. Belle Scott presented the members of the Baptist church with a nice Bible, which was certainly appreciated by all.

John Massey is building a new addition to this residence adjoining the city.

We were saddened to learn that Sam Reagan of Rosebud was seriously cut Tuesday in the saws of O. Well's gin. He is now in a critical condition.

The Misses Massey entertained a number of their young friends Tuesday night with a most interesting party. The occasion being in honor of Clifton Braden, who will leave immediately for the golden west.

George Stuckey and Willie Chatham attended an entertainment at Rosebud Monday night. They report a glorious time.

B. D. Pierson of Cedar Springs was in our city a short time Tuesday.

Travis, you thing you know Buster, for well do you, but not by the non de plume. You can guess pretty close sometimes, but an inch amiss is good as a mile.

Success to The Democrat.

Buster Brown.

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North Prairie.

To The Democrat:

Everything is moving along nicely now, but the ground is still wet. We hope to see it dry awhile.

There's some moving now while the sun shines.

Well, there is some more trying that plit log drag, but I think they waited too long after it rained. The Democrat ought to explain how to see them and when. Some people might try the wrong way and it would be hard to convince them that there is anything in it at all. My idea is to use the log while water is in the mud and not after it dries off.

I believe in good roads and I believe if every man from 21 years to 45 were to put five days on the public roads there would be no complaint about bad roads. But the law exempts invalids, and the majority are invalids about road working time. Some have a sprained wrist, some a big ankle and some one thing and some another. Some will go on the road to tell yarns, while others go to work, but they don't care about working and the other fellow sitting around. Now, we all like good roads in wet weather, and if we would work our five days at the right time, and when we do a job do it right, and when we take a dollar out of the county treasury see that we get 100 cents' benefit from it, we would have the best roads as we do our fields. Now, as I am just a renter, but don't aim to be always and don't know whether the Democrat will give this room, I had better not write more at present. Bit if they say so, I will come again.

If we all stick together we would make the hills low and the valleys high. (Come again, and stronger still.--Ed.)

P. H.

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.