Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 54
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, November 27, 1907
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Young of Lorena are visitors to Marlin.
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FOR SALE--Good cord wood at $3.00 per cord at yard east of Marlin. A. C.
Bradshaw. 50-2t
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Miss Minnie Alexander and father, J. Alexander, have returned from a visit to
San Antonio.
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C. Z. High, R. M. High and Miss Mary High of Durango were visitors to Marlin
Saturday.
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J. R. Sharp of Lorena bought a good family mare in Marlin last week that was
well worth the price.
54-1t.
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Union Thanksgiving services will probably be held at the Methodist church
Thursday.
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The Modern Woodmen are preparing to have a banquet and reception on Monday night
next.
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Chas. Bailey and Samuel Levy have returned from Calvert, where they went in the
interest of Hanford.
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LOST--Grey waterproof overcoat with pair black gloves in pocket. Finder
return to J. L. Lenoir, Marlin, Texas, and receive reward. 50-2t.
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W. T. Fannin came in from Denton Tuesday and went out to Stranger to see his
brother, W. O. Fannin, who is very low with pneumonia.
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E. Landrum of Lott was a buyer at the Marlin Horse Market last week. He
got a pair of good farm and brood mares that looked cheap.
54-1t.
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E. L. Owens and C. P. Jones of Bruceville were here Saturday on business.
They report very muddy roads in that section.
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J. P. Bolin of Durango was a Marlin visitor Saturday. Mr. Bolin is an
enthusiastic member of the Farmers' Union.
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FOR RENT--Good farm on
Keichi, east of Marlin, 230 acres in cultivation, good tenent houses and plenty
of water. Apply to Tom Connally, Marllin, Texas.
50-2t.
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Mrs. Geo. S. Cousins is
visiting in Calvert.
A. J. Matthews of Gonzlaes (sic) is
visiting friends in Marlin.
Miss Gussie Lee Boyle of Waco is visiting
friends in Marlin.
The city is preparing to file a batch of
delinquent tax suits.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Schmoyer of New Salem
are visiting in Marlin.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Stringer are visiting in
Mt. Vernon, Texas.
W. S. Rogers of Ennis is with the Marlin
Oil Company as engineer.
Thanksgiving turkeys are numerous now and
they bring good prices.
Mrs. J. G. Oltorf has returned to Dallas
after a visit to relatives in Marlin.
Mrs. A. W. Flinn has returned to Reagan
after a visit to Mrs. W. C. Rogers.
J. F. Parks, one of Bryan's representative
business men, is in Marlin for a brief visit.
T. R. Boney and W. G. Bryant of Bellfalls
are in Marlin. They say that the roads from Bellfalls to Temple are
something fierce.
Permits to wed: John V. Liles, Stella
Deer; Wm. Edgar La Fon, Mabell Lee Cabaniss; Chas. H. Nance, Mary Carpenter;
Robt. Fowler, Lucinda Cain.
Mrs. W. S. Wall of Houston is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. C. Shaw. Mrs. Wall is just from the meeting of the
Federation of Woman's Clubs in Waco.
The estimated gin record of Falls county
for this year is 30,000 square bales and 3,000 round bales. This is 15,000
bales less than the same time last year.
Rev. J. L. Russell, superintendent of the
Rescue at Waco; is in Marlin in connection with his work. He says that
nineteen have been admitted to the since January 1.
It is beginning to transpire to the world
that Marlin leads all others as a training ground for the knights of the ball
and no doubt more than a hundred will be quartered in Marlin during next March,
not only for training, but to take a "boil out" preparatory to the opening of
the season.
Judge W. P. Dashiell was called to the
Goodrich ranch to perform the nuptial ceremony that bound together for weal or
woe two descendants of Montezuma. The contracting parties were Hilaria
Chavez and Eusobia Varila. The ceremony took place at 10 o'clock Saturday.
Mrs. John Threadgill of Oklahoma is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Threadgill. Mrs. Threadgill is one of the
leading club women of the Southwest and is the president of the Federated Clubs
of Oklahoma. She was in attendance upon the Texas Federation of Woman's
Clubs at Waco and delivered an address before the assemblage. Mrs.
Threadgill formerly resided in Texas and is therefore quite at in the Lone Star
State.
The merchants of Stamford have issued
letters and mailed same to the farmers and customers of the trade territory
advising them that they have the money with whch to purchase the cotton and that
the local banks are in fine shape and able to lend the merchants money for the
purchase of cotton. This plan is to bring about the movement of cotton.
Dr. G. C. Rankin, the head and front of the Texas local option movement,
puts blame on Senator Bailey for interfering with the movement, by defending
"personal liberty" in his San Antonio speech. In substance the divine
says: San Antonio is the personification of Babylonian freedom and a parable for
a modern Sodom and Gomorrah, a place where Bacchus holds undisputed sway over
the lives and hearts of the populace. Sunday merry-making is the order of
the Sabbath, and horse betting is indulged to the limit in fair time. In
the view of all Puritans, San Antonio is said to be the limit of civic
uprighteousness, and a godless town.
Miss Rosalie Battle is in Calvert to attend the marriage of Miss Mildred Durst
to James A. Giraud, which takes place there Wednesday. Miss Battle is one
of the bridesmaids.
Farmers are holdingon to their cotton for
higher prices and A. O. Bowdon is holding on to the watch repair trade of Falls
county because he does the kind that holds on.
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The motion for a new trial in the Hunter &
Jones vs the Marlin Horse Co. case was overruled by Judge Boyles Friday
afternoon.
The Woodmen of the World will have a
specially important meeting Thursday night next and request that all members be
present promptly at the appointed hour.
Nash, Robinson & Co. are having the
interior of their office repainted and rearranged. The spirit of
improvement is manifesting itself to a very marked degree with that firm.
Sheriff Poole went (to) Ross Sunday and
brought back Frank Lucas, who is wanted here on a capias profinem to liquidate a
balance due on a fine assessed against him on a charge of assault and battery.
Constable Wm. Kumnow of Otto flushed a
bunch of gamesers near that place Saturday afternoon. Henry and Cal
Stamford are arrested and the constable is in quest of a number of others.
W. F. and C. L. Fannin and Mrs. O. E. Curry
went out to Stranger Sunday to see their uncle, W. O. Fannin, who is very ill
with pneumonia. He has been ill for about ten days and his condition is
critical.
The M. E. conference, colored, for the Waco
district, convenes in Marlin Thursday, with Bishop Burke presiding. The
ministers' board meets Wednesday. The sessions will be held in the M. E.
church of that race. Several hundred delegates are expected.
Ray Caton, a youth who is staying with Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Sanders, received a broken leg Saturday afternoon while playing
"leap frog." One of the larger boys fell on the leg, breaking it just
above the ankle.
Before leaving for conference at Houston,
Rev. O. T. Hotchkiss arranged with Judge Z. I. Harlan to hold lay-services at
the Methodist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. All are specially
invited to hear him.
The Mexican population have monopolized the
license issuing department of the county clerk's office this week. The
following permits have been granted: Antonio Ynoscencia, Gertrude Martinez;
Julio Ynoscencia, Agrelia Mejia; Hillari Chavez, Eusobia Varila.
James Hicks, night clerk at the Arlington
for several years, leaves Wednesday for Houston, where he goes to take a similar
position with the Maccatee hotel. Mr. Hicks leaves numerous friends in
Marlin who will wish for him joy and prosperity in Houston. He is
recognized among hotel men as one of the most reliable men in the service.
Papers from Pittsfield, Mass., bring notice
of the death of Mrs. Abbie Goodrich Cooley, sister to Judge L. W. Goodrich of
this city. Mrs. Cooley was a visitor to Marlin about two years ago and is
most pleasantly remembered by acquaintances formed while here, to whom the news
of her death causes deep regret.
The Marlin Masonic lodges have not as yet
elected representatives to the grand lodges at Waco next week. In the
absence of an election, the legal representatives are authorized to attend.
They are: For the Master Mason lodge: F. P. Hutchingson, J. W. Gregg
and W. F. Doughty, W. W. Hunnicutt being a member of the commitee on work of the
Chapter Masons, will go up Monday.
Charged with counterfeiting, a white man
was arrested by Detectives Maddox and Cone and Police officer Perry in Fort
Worth. On his person was found six silver counterfeit dollars, and small
change amounting to over $15. The coins were all dated 1882. The
police have had evidence that counterfeit money was afloat and being passed in
Fort Worth for the past several weeks, and members of the detective department
have been making a diligent search for the offender. Officer Perry was
passing Walkup's drug store late one night, when he was called on the inside and
the matter called to his attention. The man was standing on the sidewalk
in (missing) and was pointed out to the offi(cers.)
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