Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 10
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, May 2, 1907
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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James E. Hackett of Fort
Worth spent Sunday in Marlin.
Mrs. Emma Parker of Waco visited friends in
Marlin Sunday.
Mrs. A. F. Tomlinson of Lott was a visitor
to Marlin Thursday.
Mrs. and Mrs. B. C. Clark are from
several weeks' visit to St. Louis.
Mrs. W. E. Hunnicutt has returned from a
visit to relatives in Fort Worth.
The cases of Sam Pierson, Joe Smith and
Banks Martin were continued in county court.
Jim Tomlinson and his pair of black drivers
spent several hours in the city Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Barton have returned
from their bridal trip to San Antonio and the coast cities.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Pool have returned from
a visit to their in Cameron. They are at the Fannin.
R. C. Robertson, one of Kosse's leading
citizens, is taking the baths in Marlin. He is more than pleased with
results.
City Marshal Polk Hedrick of Corsicana was
in the city Monday afternoon enroute from a visit to his mother at Lott.
If you want to buy property don't fail to
see J. W. Hoke, the agent, over the postoffice, Marlin, Texas.
John F. Tax and wife are here from
Clarendon on a visit to A. Polster and wife. They will probably reside in
Marlin.
Judge L. W. Goodrich of Marlin is in the
city today. He is well known in Waco and has many friends here.--Waco
Times-Herald.
Miss Leatrice Lenoir, accompanied her
grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. J. L. Lenoir, on their trip to Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Permits to wed: E A Gibson, Florence
Beck: Wm Wood, Beulah Ruddell; James Taylor, Rena Wallace; Louis Zronek, Johanna
Vitek.
A. E. Hander of Stamp, leaves this week for
(faded out) Germany and several other countries in Europe. He will be gone
several months.
Captain and Mrs. Jas. L. Lenoir of Reagan
are visiting W. T. Lenoir and wife. They leave this week for several
months visit to Louisiana and Mississippi.
Hon. Geo. F. Burgess and wife of Gonzales
are here to spend several weeks. Mr. Burgess is an influential member of
congress and a good friend of Marlin.
W. J. Steele, who is feeding cattle for the
markets, received a shipment of 430 steers from Beeville Friday. He
expects several more cars in a few days.
Charley Jones, who came up to attend the
Jones-Hill wedding, left Friday for the Rio Grande country whee he holds a job
as draughtsman in an engineer's office.
C. H. and George King have served notice on
M. A. McCreary to vacate the building now occupied by him as a restaurant.
The case has been set for hearing in Judge Dashiell's court on May 8.
J. W. Stuart has returned from a visit to
Sutton county where he spent several days with his brother T. L. Stuart.
T. L. lives on a 20,000-acre ranch which he owns, and is doing well.
Sam Kaiser of Houston is visiting Mrs.
Kaiser, who is a guest of the Arlington. Sam is an artist and for five
years did the cartoon work for the Houston Post. He is now in business for
himself.
Representative Will Crockett of Washington
county is enjoying a few days rest in Marlin from his legislative duties.
He resided here 27 years ago and recalls many incidents and familiar faces.
Dan Eddins of Mart visited his parents in
Marlin this week. Dan is one of the employes (sic) of the I. & G.N. shops
at Mart and is now in the brass finishing department. He holds a good job
and fully deserves it.
Joe Garrett is here from Corpus Christi for
a few days, visiting relatives. Joe is engaged in the real estate business
and has secured many investors in the Corpusand Banquette country.
The Central Texas Presbytery elected Rev.
J. A. Montgomery of Marlin and Edler J. E. Cooper of Georgetown delegates to
th(e) General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, which meets in
Birmingham, Ala, on May 16.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Stallworth of Lott were
visiting in Marlin Sunday. They will move to this city in the near future
and erect a handsome residence on a lot recently purchased of J. W. Spivey and
which lies between the Lewellyn and Gunnell residence on Agnes avenue.
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.
E. W. McKenzie, who has been a periodical
visitor to Marlin, for several years, is with us again. He is now located
at Fort Stockton, quite a distance from Marlin, but not too far to keep in touch
with the greatest mineral water on earth.
Wiley Davis says the Kosse-Corsicana
baseball games were "rotten." First game scored 10 to 4, second, 11 to 0
in favor of Corsicana. However, an Odd Fellows picnic with plenty to eat
and fervid oratory recompensed him, in a measure, for the trip.
J. E. Wells, who has had charge of the
undertaking department of Rush, Gardner & Bartlett Co. for several years, has
resigned and will move to Bryan. He is succeeded by D. Denning of Mexia,
who is here to begin work on May 1.
The negro, Coleman, arrested on the charge
of extracting $30 from Dorsey Brown, entered a plea of guilty in county court
and was assessed $25.00 fine and one day in the cooler. The bicycle he
bought with a part of the money, is in possession of Sheriff Poole.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gunnell left Thursday
afternoon for Baltimore, in response to a telegram from Mrs. D. S. Maffett
saying that Mr. Maffett was much worse. He has been in a sanitarium for
two months and had been doing splendidly until recently.
Members of the Central Texas Presbytery
occupied the pulpits at the Methodist and First Baptist church Sunday and Sunday
night, also the Presbyterian church. It was Mission day at the Baptist
church and about $500 was contributed at the morning and evening services.
Said an observant citizen: "There is
no town in Texas where the public is offered better inducrements to trade than
in Marlin. The stocks carried here are large and kept up to date: the
prices are as low as good goods can be sold at and the patrons are treated with
the utmost courtesy and consideration." And he spoke the whole truth.
An Italian couple from Highbank were united
in the holy bonds of matrimony at the Catholic church at 8:30 Saturday
Father B. C. Pfiffner officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a large
number of Italians. The event was appropriately celebrated in the manner
customary to their nationality.
The Western Union Telegraph company is to
have a new wire service at once. The commercial wire of the I.& G.N. will
be cut in at Marlin, which will give the Western Union direct connection with
Fort Worth and Dallas, obviating the necessity of relaying messages intended for
those points through Galveston.
The remains of Tom Jones, aged 25, arrived
Sunday night from Maypearl. Deceased was a son of the late J. L. Jones,
who resided in Marlin at one time a number of years, and a brother of Wm Jones,
who lives near Stranger. He died Sunday morning after an illness of ten
days.
Take your eggs, Chickeens, Ducks, Geese and
Guineas to D. L. Warlaw, Reagan, Texas. He pays teh 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. P. Kearby of Dallas county is listed
among the the visitors to Marlin. He is a prosperous farmer and resides
near the Dallas-Fort Worth interurban. He says that it is the greatest
convenience to the farmer ever devised, as it enables him to get to town and
back while he would be getting ready and hitching up before the interurban came.
The work of putting in the telephone system
at the new Majestic hotel has about been completed. The hotel will have 35
phones, one for every room, and will be one of the few thus equipped in the
state. The work is being done by L. C. Kelsey of the equipping department
of the Southwestern Telephone company at Dallas.
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