Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 30
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, September 25,1902
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LOCALS.
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John Quaid and sister, Miss Ora, left Tuesday afternoon for Austin to enter the
state university.
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Mr. Hargrove of Tennesse, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. T. McKnight. Mrs. McKnight
is a daughter of Mr. Hargrove.
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The remains of Mr. T. A. Stuart, who died at Rosebud, were intered (sic) in the
city cemetery Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the presence of a large number of friends
and relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. H. Hotchkiss.
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Hon. Henry Watterson, that Napolean of Journalism, will lecture at the New Opera
House in Marlin on Friday night October 10th. Come to hear him.
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The motion of City Attorney Allan D. Sanford, of Waco, to dissolve the
injunction against the city council in the Riggins impeachment trial will be
heard before the court of civil appeals at Austin on Friday.
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Manager Oltorf of the New Opera House has made arrangements for a lecture by
Hon. Henry Watterson on his great subject "Money and Morals" at the Opera House
in Marlin October 10th. He is a great lecturer and will enterain you for a
few hours. You should not fail to hear him. Remember the date and
come in and enjoy his wit and profit by his words.
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A special to daily press says: "Evangelist W. P. Fife, who has conducted a
revival here for two weeks, will remain a week longer. Never has Amarillo
been so spiritually stirred as in these meetings."
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Hon. Henry Watterson of Louisville, Ky. will lecture on "Money and Morals" at
the New Opera House in Marlin on October 10th. Watterson is a great Talker
and "Money and Morals" is a great talk. Don't fail to hear him. You
may never have another chance.
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L. P. Eddins of Throckmorton is visiting his old in this county having come down
on business.
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Lee Murphy is out after an illness of four weeks with fever.
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Herman J. Rickelman has received notice of his appointment as a railway mail
clerk, having passed a successful examination before the civil service
examiners.
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The Honorable County Commissioners Court is now in called session.
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Judge W. G. Rucker of Groesbeeck was in the city yesterday on business.
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A. P. Morris, of Durango, was in the city Tuesday en route from Limestone county
where he had been on important business.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson, of Durango were in the city this week. Mr.
Hudson and his present wife were recently married.
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Hodges Dry Good Company are talking some about shoes through the columns of this
paper. See what they say in their little shoe talk.
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Hon. Z. I. Harlan received a telephone message from Mansfield this morning
stating that Mr. Graves, his wife's father, was dead and he left immediately for
that place. Mrs. Harlan has been at Mansfield for the past week.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Clark have returned from an extended visit to the Pacific
coast and to other points of interest in the north west.
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The Democrat was in error in stating that some of the boys
were fined "$20.20' in connection with the disturbance during the street fair.
The jury (missing) not consider the evidence (suffi)cient to convict.
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(Th)e merry go round has con(tinued) to stay in Marlin a while (missing) and is
"pitching its tent" (missing) (t)he lot formerly occupied by (Sp)encer's lumber
yard.
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W. A. Oltorf is having brick placed on the ground for the erection of a two
story building adjoining the one occupied by Hodges Dry Goods Company.
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Marlin has received about 1,000 bales of cotton to date.
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The Honorable County Commissioners Court is now in called session.
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Judge W. G. Rucker of Groesbeeck was in the city yesterday on business.
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A negro came in Monday in rather a precarious condition. His story was
that he had been taken in hand by a number of young white men and maimed in a
very unusal manner, and an examination showed evidences of it. He said
that he was enroute to the cotton patch on last Sunday evening and while passing
through a pasture he met four young men who threw a rope around him, pinioned
his arms and feet and then proceeded with their work. The officers are
investigating the case.
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County Court adjourned Saturday for the term.
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G. W. Adams has gone to Hillsboro to take charge of Curtis & Co.'s dry goods
business at that place. The many friends of the gentleman would prefer
that he remain in Marlin but commend him to the good people of Hillsboro as
being entirely worthy of their confidence and patronage.
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B. H. Spawn has returned from a bus(i)ness trip to Bryan.
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Sam H. Johnson was the lucky man in the Herron buggy contest, holding No. 2827,
drawn by little Mary Clake Weir, of Hempstead. Mr. Johnson was agreeably
surprised.
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James Sutherland, Nick Goodrich and Joe Levy are in Quanah on cattle business.
They will take the herd recently purchased by Sutherland & Kyser to the Indian
Territory where they will be placed on feed.
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The county board of teachers examiners were in session Friday and Saturday.
Twenty three applications for teachers certificates and sixteen passed.
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The following Falls county gentlemen are members of the Federal grand jury in
session at Waco: Jno. L. Sylvester, Chilton; H. R. Jones and Ed
McCullough, Mooresville. Mr. Sylvester was made foreman of the body.
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Indian Territory corn has been quoted at 58 cents. There has been
considerable discussion among the farmers as to the organizing of corn clubs,
with a view of getting the best prices and lowest freights.
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The school board has adopted the plans for a new school building submitted by
Glenn Allen, of Waco. The plans call for a large and servicable building
fitted with all the modern equipments and conveniences and will have four
entrances. The cost of the building will be from $22,000 to $25,000.
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The impeachment proceedings against Mayor J. Wherin Riggins have come to an
abrupt ending, for the present at least, through a decision of the court of
civil appeals sustaining an injunction secured from Judge Poindexter restraining
the city council of Waco from trying the cause. The order is only
temporary and the hearing of the case is set before Judge S. R. Scott for next
Friday at Waco.
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Mr. W. A. Noble has sold his residence to his son, Pete Noble, and will probably
locate in some other portion of Texas. Mr. Noble has long been a citizen
of old Falls and his friends will hope for him the best. whereever he may
locate.
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Capt. John R. McClanahan has returned from a visit to Oklahoma and was at the
Confederate reunion Tuesday shaking hands with his numerous friends.
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Will Elam left Tuesday afternoon for the state university at Austin. He
will take a course in civil engineering.
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A unique character in the veteran's parade on Tuesday was Uncle Isom Gamble, an
aged colored man who saw service as his master's servant during the war.
Isom appeared in the parade with all the paraphanalia of an infantryman on the
march, including the canteen, the frypan, knife and fork the "haversack" and in
addition a bunch of garden "truck" and a live goose, the results of a little
foraging trip. Isom never fails to take in all the reunions and is always
remembered by the "Confeds."
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County School Superintendent J. P. Kennard has returned from Rockdale where he
has been for two weeks at the bedside of Dr. Kennard, his uncle and foster
father. Dr. Kennard died Thursday night. He was 68 of age and a man
who was greatly beloved by his people. As an evidence of this, every store
in Rockdale closed during the funeral. Deceased visited in Marlin during
the last few years and is remembered by a number of Marlin people.
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Several of the boys were before his honor, the Mayor, Monday to answer to
charges growing out of "a little fun" during the Carnival week, $20.20.
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The Editor attended the Street Fair and Carnival "Confederate day" in Marlin
Tuesday and had a most enjoyable time, and while there was a large crowd
present, they could not possibly consume all the good things that the ladies had
prepared to eat, infact there seemed to us to be enough left to feed as many
more. The ladies will always be remembered with gratitude by the old
Confederates who attended.--
Lott Clarion.
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D. L. Wardlow, a merchant
of Reagan, was in the city Monday on business. In conversation with a Democrat reporter Mr. Wardlow said that collections were better with him than
they had been for several years, strange as it might seem, considering the poor
crop. Peoplel, he said, are gathering their crop very fast and it won't
last long. He further stated it as his belief that the system of granting
credit in use the past ten or twenty years will not be adhered to in the future.
That hereafter credit will be granted upon the faith in the individual rather
than in what he has in the way of property.
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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
