Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 26
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 28, 1902
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The court overruled the motions for a new trial in the Jack Smith and C. L.
Woodall cases. In each instance the defendant gave notice of appeal to the
court of criminal appeals.
A. O. Bowden, who has been in the employ of
A Threadgrill for several years has opened a watch repairing business in
Herron's drug store and will appre-(missing) share of the public patronage.
The Marlin Public School will open Monday
September first. All who possibly can should start their children on the
first day, so that they will get the full benefit of the course.
The management of the street fair has set
apart September 16 as Confederate day. The Veterans will secure some
speaker of note upon that occasion and the veterans of the county should turn
out in force on that day.
The city council was in session Tuesday
afternoon to consider the plans for school building and the council and board
met jointly to day for the same purpose. The building will be 120x144 feet
in size. In this connection Mayor Shelton stated that he was willing for
the school board to take charge of the construction of the building so that the
council could devote its time to other matters.
Earnest Herring Esq., Groesbeeck, was here
Monday on business.
The musical concerts at the park nightly
are very pleasant affairs. The park is opened to the public at these
concerts and all are welcome.
From the Bremond paper we learn of the
death of Mr. J. W. Darnell at that place a few days since. Deceased was
ill for several weeks. He was well known in Marlin having done business
here often.
The water company will erect a temporary
standpipe "on the hill" in the north eastern part of the city until they can get
the permanent stand pipe up. This will be several months yet. The
delay is caused by complications that have arisen with the firm to whom the
order was given.
Speaking of the experiences some central
Texas people have had in trying to better their condition in going west to "grow
up with the country" the Reisel Rustler says: "Not only McLennan but also
our neighbor, Falls county, lost some good citizens. Some of them sold
nice farms and invested their all in land which was sold to them at a good
price. The prairie dogs and a drought made it impossible for some of them
to stay out there any longer, and they came back home, richer in experience, but
poorer in everything else, and we have heard of one case where a man is renting
a farm he was once the owner of."
Permits to wed were granted to Alfred
Morrison and Mrs. Dorcos Edmonds; E. W. Hartman and Miss Genie Redden.
The recent session of the county board of
teachers' examiners granted four certificates out of thirteen applications.
The Democrat has received a copy of
the annual announcement of the Plano Public Schools. Prof. Jas. T.
Johnson, formerly principal of the Marlin Public Schools, has been re-lected
(sic) for the next term.
With the water works extended over town
(which will be done as rapidly as possible) there will be many nice flower yards
in the city. There's no estimating what a transformation plenty of water
will make possible.
There is an egg famine on in Marlin, the
hotels being unable to secure them for the greater part of the time and are
forced to send to Kansas and other places for them.
By looking over the Arlington register one
would suppose that a reunion of the Smith family was being held at the
Arlington. There are twelve Smith's among the guests and bookeeper (sic)
Smith makes the number "13."
Col. Henri Watterson, Editor of the
Louisville courier Journal will visit Marlin on October 10 and deliever (sic) a
lecture at the Grand Opera house, Manager Oltorf has a number of other noted
platform orators during the season, including Gov. "Bob" Taylor, Gen. Jno. B.
Gordon and Rev. Sam Jones.
The current number of "The Bohemian"
contains some nice things about Marlin and a great many of its people. The
Bohemianis published at Fort Worth and is a good publication.
While in Marlin Monday a News man, in
company with Chas. E. Cloy, a former Rosebudite, visited Bartlett Park, one of
the prettiest places in that city, and was informed that this park was the
result of the ladies of Marlin. It certainly reflects a great deal of
credit on their determination to have some place where the citizens and visitors
could spend a pleasant hour. The News feels confident that the ladies of
Rosebud could be equally successful, if their energies were bent in this
direction. Rosebud certainly needs something of this kind, but unless the
ladies do take this matter in hand we fear it will be a long time before it
materializes.--Rosebud News.
Messrs. R. B. Spencer & Bro. have moved
their lumber office to the Geo. W. Owens & Bros'. yard on Commerce street,
closing up their office on Live Oak Street, and are moving the stock of lumber.
The primary school of Mrs. E. B. Verneil
will open on September lst at her residence, the Holloway place, corner Winter
and Capps. Tuition $1.50 per month.
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