Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 13
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 23, 1907
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mr. D. L. Wardlow of Reagan is in the city Thursday.
Mrs. H. T. Hamblen of Houston is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. K. Sewall.
Miss Irene Murphy is visiting in Galveston
and will remain a month.
T. J. Erskine of Stranger is preparing to
move to New Mexico where he will reside.
I am continually in the market for hogs,
all sizes at market value. Any day to bring them to town.
I. N. Conyers.
The excursions from interior towns to
Galveston Saturday and Saturday night were largely patronized.
Alderman Viha of Rosebud is spending
several days in Marlin (t)aking the hot baths for rheumatism.
For Sale--Young mules and two good milch
cows. Fred Woodland, Reagan, Texas.
"Old Sol" is doing an unlimited amount of
good to the horny handed knights of the plow and hoe now-a-days.
J. B. Mires has returned from the Corpus
Christi country where he purchased two carloads of young mules.
Miss Alice Cousins who has been attending
Radnor college at Nashville, Tenn., returned Wednesday.
John E. Quaid is from Austin where he is a
student in the state university and postmaster for the same.
Albert Nettles has returned from Arlington
where he has been attending the Carlisle Military Academy.
Dan Oltorf has let the contract for a new
residence on the Oltorf property in the southern part of the city. Joe
Phillips has the contract.
Will Elam, who has been here with relatives
several days, has gone to Greenville, Miss., where he has a postion with the
state levee board.
District Clerk M. V. Bradshaw is taking a
two weeks vacation. During his absence Judge Alex. Frazier is attending to
the duties of the office.
Hon. W. W. Hair returned to his in Bell
county Sunday after a visit to Marlin during which he delivered the oration at
the school commencement.
Ed Darrow was fined $1.00 and costs in
Justice court on a charge of being drunk. Ed Sanders got the same amount
in the mayor's court on the same charge.
Mrs. Brantley Bush has returned to her in
Humble, accompanied by her daughter, Agness and aunt, Miss Vincent.
Will S. Murphy, engineer on the G. H. & H.
railway, who spent several weeks visiting his father's family here, has returned
to his run out of Galveston.
For Sale.--One eight room and one three
room house, with lot 300x165 feet. Southwest of public square on Bridge
street. Title is perfect. By owner, J. F. Reynolds, Marlin, Tex.
A.D. Barrow, a lumber dealer of Iredell, is
back in Marlin for health. He was formerly a citizen of Falls county.
In addition to his business at Iredell, he has opened a yard in Houston.
Take your Eggs, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and
Guineas to D. L. Wardlaw, Reagan, Texas. He pays the highest prices for
same. When you have Cotton or Cotton Seed for sale, see him before
selling. He buys anything the farmer has to sell.
J. H. Carnes, who was formerly operator for
the Western Union Telegraph company in Marlin, has recently been appointed
ticket agent for the H. & T. C. and Midland railways at Ennis. Mr. Carnes
is spending his vacation here and will remain several days yet.
H. G. Rush and B. F. Foster represented
Marlin at the Undertakers Association at San Antonio. They asked the
undertakers to meet here in 1908 and only lacked 11 votes of getting them.
Miss Pearl Whitaker, accompanied by her
sisters, Mises Gussie and Fannie, arrived Monday afternoon from Graceville,
Florida, and they are the guests of their sister, Mrs. Frank Peacock.
Theo. D. Baker, who has been spending
several months with homefolks, will leave Saturday for Nome, Alaska to look
after his mining interests. Several weeks will be required in which to
make the trip.
The case of Berry Moore, convicted and
given five years on the charge of burning Jim Tomlinson's barn, has been
reversed and remanded by the court of criminal appeals.
Hon. J. W. Riggins, formerly mayor of Waco
and all the time a great booster for Texas, was in the city on business
Wednesday afternoon, and paid the Democrat a call. Col. Riggins thinks
Marlin has a bright future.
J. F. Hoffman of Greenville arrived in
Marlin today to spend a month taking the baths and is the guest of W. B. Murphy.
Mr. Hoffman has the distinction of owning the finest set of whiskers in Texas.
When unfurled they reach to the tips of his shoes.
J. W. Hoke, the hustling land man can be
found over the post office any old time ready to show you bargains in real
estate or to list your property for sale. He also represents a number of
the best insurance companies and can place your business in this line, safely
and satisfactorially.
District Clerk M. V. Bradshaw has returned
from a two weeks' vacation. Volney says that he didn't go any farther than
Otto, but of his constituents are from Missouri.
Miss Lolla Hotchkiss is at with her parents
at the Methodist parsonage, having given up her position in the Beaumont city
schools on account of continued illness.
The celebrated controversy between Ferguson
and Blakeley over the opening of a new road near the Blakeley place ended by the
commissioners court ordering that Blakeley open a 30 foot road at the point in
controversy.
E. E. Pittman, one of Schimming & Eddings'
popular employes, is receiving the congratulations of his friends on his entry
into the ranks of the benedicts, a report of his marriage to Miss Burton
appearing in this issue.
For Sale--90 acres of good land near Cedar
Springs. Price $10 per acre.
100 acres of land on Big Creek near Marlin.
$12 per acre.
Other bargains. See J. W. hoke, "the land
man," Donohoo building, Marlin.
"Money or Jail" the brakeman hollered to
the fleeing negro who emerged from under the box car as the south bound freight
train came to a standstill at the I. & G. N. depot at about 1 o'clock. The
negro shelled a few nickels, while eyes resembled a couple of fried eggs well
done.
John Sanders, a demented negro was placed
in confinement Tuesday. Sanders is very crazy and creates consternation in
the jail. He was adjudged insane and will be taken to one of the asylums
as soon as admission can be secured.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid society invites
the business men of Marlin and private parties to decorate floats and vehicles
and join the street parade at the May Day celebration on May 24, 1907.
Come out and assist in making it a grand success.
Miss Hughes of Houston is visiting friends
in the city.
Read about "Uncle Sam's Bank" on first page
this week.
Dorsey Dillard who is traveling for a
Houston firm is spending a few days in the city.
Allen-Curry Co., have about completed the
building in which they will have their grist mill.
Rev. O. T. Hotchkiss has returned from a
trip to Houston and reports a heavy rain at Bremond.
Mrs. Henry Humphrey has returned to her in
Waco after a visit to relatives in the city.
Our stock of lumber is incomplete and our
prices are low as you can get. Estimates carefully figured-- Nash,
Robinson & Co.
The rain of Tuesday afternoon does not
appear to have been general throughout the county. It came in a very good
time to those it reached.
For quick results in real estate see J. W.
Hoke, the land man over the post office in the Donahoo building.
Miss Lucile Rogers has returned from Sam
Marcos where she attended the state normal the past session.
Thos. J. Harless says he is thoroughly
convinced that advertising pays. He is the groom in the wedding reported
in Monday's paper and says he owes his good fortune to the investment of a small
amount in a matrimonial publication in Denver. He received quite a number
of replies, answered some of them, but the one that attracted his interest most
came from Joplin, Mo. It was the lady from Joplin who touched his heart
and the formalities of an engagement were soon arranged. The bride,
formerly Mrs. Wilson, came on to Marlin and is now Mrs. Harless. "yes," says the
happy benedict, "it certainly pays to advertise."
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