Falls County News - December 18, 1907

Typed as spelled and written

by Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth Year - Number 60

Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 18, 1907

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FALLS COUNTY NEWS.

(By Special Correspondents.)

Blevins Budget.

To The Democrat:

Christmas is almost here. Let's try to make it enjoyable for both young and old.

The week opened up with very pretty weather. Most all have killed hogs, taking advantage of the clear, cool weather.

Our school is doing nicely, still we have only one teacher. Will employ another soon.

Miss Myrie Wilkinson of Belfalls is doing some nice work with her music class here.

Misses Daisy and Susye Jennings and little neice (sic) Aura Smith, were shopping in Temple Monday.

Walter Pratt and Ben McCain were in Lott Monday.

Rev. L. R. Allen, wife and daughter, Miss Mary, of Eddy, were visitors at the of R. E. Hortons Sunday.

Miss Ella Clark of Cego visited her sister, Mrs. Otho Bowers, at this place the latter part of last week.

Miss Maude Graham of Eddy and sister, Mrs. Jim Kelly of Western Texas, were in Blevins Tuesday.

Dr. Maynard made a trip to Marlin Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Due Spivey visited Mr. Tom Wilkinson and family of Bellfalls Sunday.

Messrs W. I. Allen and Charlie McCain were in Marlin Sunday and Monday.

Quite a number attended Sunday school last Sunday morning.

Mrs. Wift Stephenson is sick at this writing. We hope she will soon be well again.

Burrell Moore went to Temple one day last week.

Mrs. Annie Miles and daughter, Mae, went to Temple Monday.

Mrs. Jess Hay of Cego was visiting her sister, Mrs. Georgia Bowers, one day last we.

A heavy rain fell Wednesday night, stopping work of most all kinds.

Mrs. J. L. Litteral is sick this week.

J. B. Dedmon is sick also; has been sick for some time, but is somewhat improved now.

Efferd Bowers and Thetford Litteral are in Waco on a pleasure trip.

The Blevins people are making preparations for the Christmas tree, so don't forget it--December 24, 1907.

Ed Battle is doing some carpenter work in Eddy this week.

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Golinda Gossip

To The Democrat:

We are having some more rainy weather that we can not figure out that we are needing.

This year's crop is practically all gathered. Say, wonder if the bureau of agriculture at Washington is depending on Texas for that forty thousand bales of cotton that has to be ginned more than last year after December 1st to make up their estimate of 11,678,000? If so, they can cut out that 678,000 without a struggle.

There is a good deal of moving around just now, and will be until January 1st, and possibly later, that is owing to the weather.

Ed Westbrook has left here, which was his boyhood happy home, and such men as him who was born and reared here who has no enemies and a host of friends is very hard to fill the place of. However, we all join together, wishing him well in his new which is Mart, and wishing him success in his business, and we wish him a welcome from the people of Mart that he so richly deserves.

E. M. Greer and son, Tommie, have moved to the Chilton neighborhood. They also leave friends and no enemies by their two years' sojourn among us.

J. W. Sallie is going to move to Durango. There is but one consolation in so much of this moving and that is that others gain what we lose. Mr. Sallie and Mr. Westbrook were both trustees of your district and we will have to have some one appointed in their places.

L. B. Swain soon moves to Robinsonville, McLennan county. Mr. Swain is an old settler and an esteemed neighbor by all who know him, which includes everybody in this country except newcomers.

Say, Mr. Editor, that correspondent from North Prairie that was still afoot must have been mounted along toward the last of his correspondence the way he rode over those commissioners. To tell the truth, I am glad that the commissioners have got more sense than to come out now in Golindo or North Prairie district our roads, as some us would have to put in an extra team to get them back home, which would be hard on ourselves, teams, commissioners, roads, etc. By say, has the law actually actually changed so they can get pay for whittling goods boxes and telling yarns? If so, I guess I will give some of them a race, but if it is the old way, that they have to make oath of the time actually put in in court and on the public roads at $2 a day, then please excuse me.

I agree with R. H. about road overseers not doing all that they could do and yet must remember that is not natural for Americans to want to work very hard without compensation. If you will pay road overseers $2 a day for their work they will do better in the future than they have in the past.

The split log drag would do better talked of less and used more. (sic)

The 79er.

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North Prairie.

To The Democrat:

We are still int he mud, but able to write.

W. S. Neil has been to Jones county the past week, returning Thursday. He has land out there and reports everything in good shape. He is going to move next year. Falls county will lose a good farmer and a good man. North Prairie people will miss him.

Mrs. L. Rogers has gone to Oklahoma to see her sisters. We hope her a pleasant trip and good time.

W. P. Crider and family from Waco have been spending the week at North Prairie and Chilton.

Well, I want to congratulate The Democrat. It is for reaching people, and more people read it than any one would think about, and they also read my letter, and that was a rainy day talk.

At Chilton our commissioner said he did not take money out of the county treasury for lost time, but he did not deny whittling on goods boxes. I did not aim to hurt any one's feelings by what I said, but we would all like good roads if someone else would build them for us, bung we had better make a start ourselves. Now, if we had kept the county convicts on the roads instead of getting $8.50 to $12 per month, they would help build our roads. My idea for working the county convicts on roads is this: I would work them while the farmers were not busy, and when they were, we could hire them to that man that would pay the most, and then when the farmers got idle and labor got cheap I would hire the farmers and pay his money back. The teams would be in demand too. The county could get wages for them and put it all back at cheap labor when the farmers did not have anything to do. We could have everything in shape when it rained, drag the roads while they were muddy, haul gravel when it was dry, and give the convict 75 cents per day. Then the county could hold them on the road instead of having to pay from $3 to $3.50 for a man and teams and trying to pay them by the hire of the convict at $7.50 to $12 per month. There is lots of by horse sense about that, and I don't see why our roads haven't all ready been graveled.

So good luck to the Democrat. May she ever prosper. R. H.

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Travis Tips.

To The Democrat:

Judge Pool, age 17 years, died at the of Jasper Lewis last Thursday night. Since then Mr. Lewis has lost his wife and two children and Mr. Lewis and only child are not expected to live. Pneumonia being the fatal illness of them all.

Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Matthews of Rosebud spent Sunday in our city.

Miss Wilma Glass, who is attending school at Lott came Friday to spend a few days with her parents.

Miss Myrtle Whiteside of Durango came Saturday leaving Sunday night for Marlin to attend the teachers' institute and educational rally. She was accompanied by Miss Sue Hale.

The residence of Abner Thomas who resides one mile northwest of town, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning at 9o'clock. (sic) Nothing at all was saved. The fire originated from a defective hearth.

G. W. Stuckey and son Sam, made a business trip to Marlin Monday, returning Tuesday.

Miss Justa Glass, who has been teaching school in West Texas, came Saturday night to spend the holidays with her parents.

Miss Kate Thomas is spending the week in Rosebud, guest of Misses Nancy and Marguerite Cook.

D. E. McArthur and R. W. Bozeman made a business trip to Rosebud Saturday.

Elma Greenfields and wife of the Rosebud section has rented near the city and will probably move about December 20.

Miss Netta Thomas is on the sick list this week.

Miss Allie Mae Tardy, who has been visiting here some time, left Wednesday for her in Lockhart.

Miss Sudie Hale spent Tuesday afternoon with Miss Martha Stuckey.

Norby Davis, who has been our druggist here for several years, left Sunday for Bruceville, where he will engage in the same business. Our best wishes go with Norby to his new home.

Fletcher Bagley, Jno. Dees and Dock McBride were doing in Rosebud Wednesday afternoon.

Edwin Tindell of Rosebud was in our midst Saturday.

Miss Leila Walton is at to spend Xmas.

Miss Lela Tardy spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her cousin, Miss Olive Evans, of Rosebud.

Sam Moore and family have moved to Runnels county to make their future home.

Miss Hattie Gassaway spent last week with her sister, Mrs. John Ford, of Burlington.

With luck to all.

Buster Brown.

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Pleasant Grove.

To The Democrat:

Times in this section are somewhat harder than usual on account of the continued financial stringency, there being but very little money in circulation, nevertheless, we hope the new year will open up brighter.

J. B. Butt sold a car of nice fat hogs to the Houston Packing Company Thursday.

Some few have begun preparing their next year's crop land.

The sweet potato crop is about all marketed. If the seed continues to rot they will be rather a scarce article next spring.

A. B.

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