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Kay Cunningham
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 4, 1904
LOCALS.
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Mrs. W. E. Hunnicutt is visiting in
Mt Calm.
C. F. Monday and wife of Westlake, La., are among the
visitors.
Mrs. Jerry Morris of Terrell is visiting her sister
Mrs. W. C. Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Westbrook of Waco are visiting
relatives in the city.
Miss Elsie Foster of Silsbee, Arizona, is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Foster.
Editor C. W. Gordon of the Calvert Courier was in the
city Monday on business.
The rice on the farm of Wright & Clark is doing nicely
now and present indications are for a pretty good yield.
Edgar Jones came up from Navasota Monday afternoon on a
visit to his relatives here.
George M. Herring has been confined to his with illness
since Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Clark left today for their summer
trip along the coast of Maine.
Mrs. M. P. Overholtzer of Snyder, Oklahoma, is in the
city on a visit to her sister, Mrs. M. A. Crooks.
The Baptist are conducting a protracted meeting at
Center and a number of Marlin people have been attending.
There was no preaching at either the Methodist or
Baptist churches on Sunday on account absence of the pastor.
Mr.s J. W. Cook and daughter and Misses Ada Torbett and
Willie monk left Monday night for St. Louis to see the fair.
Mrs. W. E. Johnson and children and Miss May Johnson
left the morning for Fort Worth and Mineral Wells on a visit.
The Marlin contingent of the Jack's Creek reunion
report a great time - lots of people, lots of speaking and a good time
generally.
The case of Wallace Franks was reset for August 4, and
an urgent message sent an absent witness to be present so the case can be tried.
Clarence Foster, who was thrown from a horse a week
since, in snow recovering slowly. He has regained consciousness and has
very little fever.
All roads lead to Houston now, the occasion being the
convening of the state democratic convention. Not a great many delegates
will go from Falls.
Col. Geo. A. Hodges of Lott and Gordon Gaither of
Chilton passed through the city Monday enroute to Houston to attend the state
democratic convention.
Misses Mildred and Bertha Frank, who are spending the
summer in the north, write that they have recently visited Niagara Falls and
other places of national interest.
Misses Nelia Harlan, Vicie Smith and Vonie Harlan and
Anderson Smith of Blue Ridge returned Monday from Temple where they attended and
old time singing convention.
The "rest rooms" established by the ladies is becoming
very popular with the ladies from the country. It is also a very
convenient place for town ladies to drop into for a few moments rest while down
town shopping.
The price of meat in all of the large cities affected
by the packers strike had advanced from 25 to 40 per cent as a result of the
strike. The price of cattle is also away off, hence the consumer and
producer "pay the freight."
The Marlin Summer Normal closed Wednesday afternoon
with the examinations. The teachers, generally speaking, were quite well
pleased with their treatment in Marlin and speak of the normal as a very
successful one.
At Rest Room: Miss Nonie McBride, Reagan; Miss
Eunice Shaw, Stranger; Lillie May McBride, Reagan; Mrs. G. L. Williamson,
Mooreville; Mrs. A. T. Derden, Viesca; Miss Sallie Richey, Bremond; Mrs. J. H.
Bradley, Riesel; Mrs. S. L. McCullough, Mooreville; Mrs. Sallie Duncan,
Armarillo; Miss Kate pool, Valley Mills; Mrs. R. R. Pool, Miss Annie Pool, Lott;
Mrs. R. Abrams, Mrs. L. Scharf, _____.
The plans for the new pavilion at Bartlett Park have
been submitted to the carpenters for their figures on the work. It is
probable that a contract will be let for construction of same in a few days.
Several parties have brought to town stalks of cotton
that were loaded with bolls. If the pest will delay their visit a few
weeks Falls county will redeem herself to a large extent.
Albert Ott has returned from a visit to DeKalb,
Texarkana and other places for his health. He is now in charge of the
tailor business formerly run by G. F. Beerbohm.
Miss Florence Hunnicutt left this afternoon for
Rockdale to spend a few days with friends and relatives.
Col. Tom Bowers, a veteran newspaper man of east Texas
is in the city for his health. The Col. in now located at DeKalb, having
sold "The Mule" at Carthage.
M. G. McEntire, formerly of this city, is now in El
Paso for his health. He writes that he is quite pleasantly located and is
doing nicely.
W. O. Bunch has arrived from New Iberia and he and
family will reside in Marlin. Mr. Bunch's many old friends are pleased to
know that he is again to become a citizen of Marlin.
Rev. M. T. Andrews left Thursday night for Ponder in
Denton county where he will assist Rev. W. A. Knight in conducting a protracted
meeting at that place.
W. W. Turner and F. M. Stallworth went to Houston
Monday night to attend the state convention. W. M. McKewen is also present
from Marlin, having gone down Saturday night.
The Lott Milling and Elevator Co. are now running full
time and turning out some very fined flour and a general line of mill products.
They will maintain their usual high standard and ask a portion of your trade.
They are also in the market for all the wheat in this section and will pay a
good price for the same. Yours very truly,
19-5t
LOTT MILLING CO.
Frank G. Bean spent Monday and Tuesday in the city,
having come up to see his aged mother who still resides at her in the western
portion of the city. Mr. Bean was a citizen of Marlin twenty years since and bis
old friends greeted him cordially. He is now a resident of Houston where he is
engaged in the wholesale lumber business, being a member of a strong company.
Hon. John R. Southwell of Lott was appointed
sergeant-at-arms to the credentials committee at the Houston convention The
Houston Chronicle says: "Mr. Southwell looks as though he could quell a pretty
respectable disturbance alone and unaided."
And he can.
Rev. H. A. Hodges of Calvert, who was for a short time
pastor of the M. E. church in Marlin, has lately received information jhat his
brother's entire family was murdered and burned Statesboro, Ga. The motive for
he awful crime is believed to have been robbery.
Judge Goodrich has his traction engine plows at work
now turning under the stubble land on his farms. The machine will cover about 26
acres per day and is an improvement over old style methods in breaking land.
Five cars of water melons have been shipped, from
Marlin to Kansas City within the past week. They were shipped by the Allen-Curry
Lumber company for their customers and brought good prices. The shipment of
these melons also had a tendency to stimulate the local market to the benefit of
the producer.
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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
