Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 32
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, September 11, 1907
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
L. T.
Robertson of Kosse is a visitor to the city.
Mrs. J. L. Keeling has returned from a
visit to Wortham.
Am in the market for new corn. I. N.
Conyers.
Miss Pearl Storey has returned to Lott,
after a visit to Mrs. C. A. Cox.
Albert Nettles left Saturday for Arlington,
where he will attend school.
Jesse Fairy has returned to Bryan, after a
visit to relatives in this city.
I offer my entire possessions for sale.
T. D. Harlan, Reagan, Texas.
Mrs. C. L. Robertson of Reagan is visiting
her sisters, the Misses Baker.
Miss Linda Finks left Saturday for Granger,
where she will teach in the public schools.
Mrs. F. A. Cooley has returned to Rosebud
after a visit to relatives in the city.
Farms for rent near Marlin. Good
improvements. Apply to B. H. Rice.
Miss Cassie Higgins, who has been visiting
Miss Emma Kyser, has returned to Reagan.
Mrs. W. W. Taylor and daughter are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Church Barry in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams are occupying the
J. G. Oltorf on Williams street.
Mrs. M. J. Poole has returned from a visit
to Mrs. F. E. Wilkes at Westphalia.
E. S. Wickes and family departed for Bryan
after a visit to C. D. Newbold and family.
Mrs. Hattie Stricher, who has been visiting
Mrs. J. M. Jolly, has gone back to Palestine.
Miss Hattie Stinson arrived from Bobbin
Sunday and will attend school here this session.
The rain of Monday did not extend very far.
The heaviest fall was in town and south of town.
George Nettles has gone to Georgetown,
where he will attend the Southwestern university.
Miss Fannie Pringle left Sunday for Hearne
where she has a position as teacher in the public schools.
Mrs. Sanders of Sealy is visiting her son,
Drew Sanders, and is a guest at Mrs. H. C. Crawford's.
Cousins & Schuh, at Ed Nicholson's old
stand, buy cottonseed and pecans and pay top prices. See them before you
sell.
J. W. Harter and family have moved into the
residence of Captain J. A. Martin in the northern part of the city.
Country produce bought and sold by Cousins
& Schuh. They pay the highest market price.
Allan Collins of Varela is among the
students from out of the city to enter the Marlin high schools this year.
G. App Hammons, manager of the Western
Union, has returned from a month's vacation at Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Miss Orgain of Ballinger, who has been
visiting the Misses Peyton, left Sunday on a visit to Dallas.
For Sale--One No. 4 Optograph, 1907 model,
moving picture show. Will sell at a bargain. E. W. Bounds.
State Surveyor R. S. Hunnicutt arrived in
the city Monday from Bailey county where he has been doing some work.
For Sale--500 acres of good black dirt.
Cheap at $30 per acre. See J. W. Hoke, the land man, over Marlin National
bank.
Editors Warrock of the Rosebud News, Hodges
of the Lott Clarion and Flannigan of the Bremond Banner, were visitors to to
(sic) the fair Friday.
Jack Williamson is up again after a five
week's attack of typhoid fever. He had rather a tough time of it but is
now regaining his strength nicely.
For Sale--Bottom farm of 100 acres, two
miles from Marlin and a nice residence in Marlin. All for $10,000.
See J. W. Hoke, the land man, over Marlin National bank.
W. W. Crutchfield and R. B. Wear of
Austin, representing the movement for Y. M. C. A. building for the state
university students at that city, are spending a few days in the city.
The First Baptist church has gr(an)ted the
pastor, Rev. J. T. (---)rews (maybe Andrews-lsc), a leave of absence for two
weeks, which he will spend in conducting a revival meeting in Birmingham,
Alabama. He expects to leave the last of this week.
Manager Wright of the telephone company is
getting in touch with the system throughout the city and it is not unreasonable
to expect some further improvements in the service during the tenure of his
management.
Paul Wooten, publisher of the Herald at
Oaxaca, Mexico, spent Saturday and Sunday the guest of C.B. Monday. Mr.
Wooten was in the states on business and embraced the opportunity of calling on
C. B. He is greatly in love with Mexico and thinks there is no other place
like it.
Misses Drushia Torbett and Jessie Cook are
from an extended visit through the north and east. They spent only a short
time at the exposition, but quite a period in Virginia and the states to the
north. They had a most delightful summering.
Capt. Bill Reed is back from several days
spent in west Falls, in behalf of the farmers' union movement. Says the
farmers on the west side are becoming well organized and that the organizers
expect to turn their attention to the east side in a short time.
Henry Schroeder, who put the bears to
flight ten days since by offering 14 cents per pound for cotton, is in town
again. Says he still has the 55 bales that he bought, that it is paid for
and insured and that it is not for sale just now.
The report of the county clerk for the
period from Nov. 17 to Aug. 2, shows a total of $3,691.50 in fines, trial and
jury fees assessed in the county court, and $1,556.00 collected, leaving
$2,135.50 outstanding, of which amount there is a large per cent being worked
out on convict bonds.
The course of study for the Marlin high
schools for 1907-8 is out and is one of the most concise and conveniently
arranged courses ever made up. Supt. Doughty has the entire work mapped
out on a sheet of paper 7x10 inches. This arrangement will be a great aid
and assistance to both student and teacher.
The county court was occupied Monday and
this morning in the trial of a piano case, wherein W. I. Childs sued Joe Smith
for amount alleged to be due as the balance on the purchase price of a piano.
Smith claimed that the piano was to be paid for in hauling, which claim was
contested by the plainiff. The case was tried before the court and was
taken under advisement.
The rain of Monday afternoon is a most
welcome visitor, barring the damage it may do to the open cotton. The
drops of refreshing water come as a boon to the average citizen who has been
tied at and not in a position to hie himself away to cooler climes. The
north wind that followed the rain lends encouragement to the hope that the
heated term is to a large extent broken.
E. W. Robbins, secretary and treasurer of
the Reagan Mercantile company, reports about 50 per sent (sic) of the crop
around Reagan as there was last year. However, the short crop is not
worrying the people any. That section is coming right along, improving and
developing, both town and county. The new bank will soon be ready for
business, some residences just finished and some more contemplated.
The board of trustees gave an informal
reception to the teachers and to the patrons of the school Monday night at the
school building. The object of the meeting was to welcome the new
teachers, as well as to give the parents an opportunity to become acquainted
with the instructors of their children for the coming session. Owing to
the threatining (sic) weather, the attendance was not as large as anticipated.
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