Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 33
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, September 14, 1907
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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Misses Constance and Bessie Harlan are visiting friends in Georgetown.
Rev. O. T. Hotchkiss has returned from a
visit to Waco, having gone up to see Bishop Seth Ward.
Oscar L. A. Torbett left Tuesday night on a
visit to west Texas before going to school in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Barnes have returned
from a business trip to Dallas.
Misses Georgia and Marguerite Bowman of
Mooreville were visitors to the city Wednesday.
W. M. Martin and M. T. Bridgewater of
Blevins and Bellfalls report a very fine rain in their sections.
J. Harless was accidentally shot in the
left foot with a target rifle Tuesday evening. The wound is slight.
Mrs. J. R. Taylor has returned to her in
Dallas after a visit to her parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. Lenoir.
The attendance at the public school is very
flattering and in the high school department it is considerably larger than last
year.
Dr. H. P. Curry, Gov. J. E. Davis, A. W.
Flinn and T. B. Higgins of Reagan were visitors to Marlin Wednesday.
Miss Sadie Agan,with Curtis & Co. for
several years, has recently returned from a two month's vacation in Indiana.
Miss Barbara Rickelman left Friday night
for San Antonio, where she will attend the Academy of Our Lady of the Lake.
Miss Lucile Rogers has entered the
Southwestern Normal at San Marcos for the session, this being her second year
there.
Rev. M. T. Andrews went to Bryan Tuesday
night to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Woman's College, of
which he is a member.
T. C. Spencer has returned to his in
Palestine after a visit to his brother, H. F. Spencer. The latter is still
in a very precarious condition from the illness that has affected him so long.
Miss Reba Dixon left Monday afternoon for
San Marcos to enter the Southwestern Normal. Miss Geneva Hodges of Lott
will also attend this session of the normal.
O. T. Bitner, who is one of the staff of
the Crockett Courier, has returned after a month's stay in Marlin. He
gives the hot water city a very fine recommendation in the columns of his paper.
M. V. Bradshaw is taking a few day's
vacation, which he is spending in Limestone county. Judge Alex. Frazier is
attending to the duties of the district clerk's office during the absence of Mr.
Bradshaw.
Sheriff Poole carried a negro, Bob Cavit,
to Bremond Tuesday afternoon for identification by the sheriff of Brazos county
as a suspected jail-breaker. The negro proved to be not the one wanted and
he was permitted to go.
Arthur Maxey of Waco is visiting friends
and relatives in the city. Arthur is slowly recovering from injuries
received several days ago in a railroad accident, when going from Fort Worth to
Mineral Wells on the Texas Pacific.
Miss Hallie-Wheelock, who has for some time
held the position of "Long Distance" at the Southwestern Telephone Exchange
here, has resigned to accept a position as bookkeeper in the comptroller's
office at Austin, to which she was recently appointed by Comptroller Stephens.
The case of C. B. Spencer vs. the I. & G.
N. railroad, tried in the justice court, resulted in a verdict for the plaintif
(sic) in a judgment of $15.25. The suit grew out of an alleged shortage in
coal as alleged by the plaintiff, C. B. Spencer, in transmission from Lehigh,
I.T. to Marlin, and a damage of $20 was asked for.
Deputy Newt Watkins returned Tuesday from
Chilton with Wash Bess and Sam Whitlow in custody, both of whom are wanted on
charges of gaming. The officers have been diligent in hunting out and very
successful in catching the offenders of the law who engage in the game of
chance.
Who said Marllin was without attractions
for visitors? Three moving picture shows, an opera house with season about
to open, a pavilion for dancing, a hot well pavilion, and a number of electric
pianos and an orchestra in town. Just now there is diversion for all who
will avail themselves of the opportunities.
J. H. Ethridge has returned to Gainesville,
after a pleasant visit of several days to his brother, W. H. Ethridge. He
was raised in this county, near Reagan, but left here 35 years ago and this was
his first visit here since he left. Says he killed the last wild bear in
Falls county in 1871, down on Horse Pen prairie. He has been
superintendent of the county farm of Cooke county for 12 years.
Sargt. Hicks, in charge of the squad of
state convicts ont he Sanger farm at Burlake, was in the city today to see Mrs.
Hicks, who is ill. Sargt. Hicks is the oldest man, in point of service, in
the state penitentiary officials. He says that everything is moving along
nicely out on the farm and that the cotton crop will be some better than at
first expected.
J. S. Hayes, who has been spending several
days at Tucumcari, N.M., for his health, returned to the city Wednesday.
Mr. Hayes was well pleased with country visited. Says T. J. Erskine who
recently moved there from Falls county, is doing well and is nicely located.
The high altitude, 4000 feet, did not agree with Mr. Hayes, who is suffering
with asthma.
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