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Kay Cunningham
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 22
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 28, 1904
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
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A. Polster has returned from an extended trip to the old country and to certain
portions of the United States where he has been "seeing sights."
Mrs. Frank Rogers of Waxahachie is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Cheeves.
At a meeting of the Country Club held Tuesday afternoon
the resignation of B. C. Nettles as president was accepted. Vice President
Cheeves is acting.
The south bound I. & G. N. was six hours late Tuesday
afternoon owing to some track obstruction up the road.
The Methodists of Reagan are holding a protracted
meeting with Rev. Frank Boyles assisting the local minister. The meeting will
last several days.
Mrs. Z. I. Harlan and daughters are visiting in
Mansfield.
Misses Threadgill and Krause, who have been visiting
Mrs. L. P. Robertson, have returned to their homes in Waco.
N. J. Llewellyn, Esq., has returned from a visit to his
brother at Conroe. Mrs. Julian Llewllyn returned with him and is the guest of
Mrs. and Miss Llewelyn.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Denard of Mooresville were visitors
to the city Thursday.
J. E. Owen and son of McDade surrendered, informing the
officers that they had shot John Payne of the Oak Hill community.
The Young Men's Musical Association of Marlin, Texas,
was organized Thursday night by a number of enthusiastic young men under the
direction of Prof. A. Ernst. the object of the organization is two-fold First,
the encouragement of the study of music among its members, and second, to
promote and foster the musical sentiment of the community. Any movement in this
direction with the above stated object in view ought to be heartily encouraged
by every progressive citizen.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Campbell left Saturday for St. Louis
and Chicago. They were accompanied to St. Louis by Mrs. T. S. Clark and daughter
Lillian who will spend a month in Tennessee before returning.
Miss Eva Nettles is visiting friends in Dallas.
Miss Green, who has been quite ill at Rice-Allen
Infirmary, is now resting nicely.
J. W. Spivey of Marlin was selected as the Falls county
member of the 3rd supreme judicial committee at Austin Saturday.
W. C. Jones was elected special judge in district court
to try some divorce cases. The troubles were adjusted in due and legal
form.
James Sutherland is in the city from his at Eufaula,
Indian Territory to attend a case in district court in which he is interested.
Mrs. W. A. Brown has returned to her in the Territory.
She was accompanied by her sister Miss Hattie Singer who will visit her for
several weeks.
Capt. G. A. King of Marlin ha been tendered an
appointment as a member of the staff of Gen. J. D. Shaw, commanding the third
brigade Texas division U. D. C., and will accept.
The grand jury has recessed until August 15. Up
to time of adjournment they had returned 93 bills for misdemeanors and eight for
felonies.
Monroe Coleman who has been to Terrell several months
has moved to Commanche where he becomes manager for a cotton oil mill being
erected at that place.
The committee of the ladies appointed by the social
club for that purpose, were out Thursday collection the amounts donated for the
purpose of rebuilding the pavilion. They succeeded quite well.
The city court devoted a large portion of Monday to a
hearing of cases filed against members of the hotel boosters. One
conviction and one acquittal was recorded as the net result of the day's grind.
Hon. O. W. Gillespie was renominated for congress in
the Fort Worth district by the democrats on Saturday. The nominee was
formerly a citizen of Falls county, having run foot races with Zill Harlan on
Blue Ridge when both were smaller than they are now.
The game of ball between the Bremond and Marlin nines
at the ball park Wednesday resulted in a victory for the visitors of 8 to 2.
Up to the first half of the ninth inning the game was neck and neck but the
Bremond boys scored high toward the last. The gate receipts were not
sufficient to pay expenses.
Mr. J. Hackett, of Chilton, accompanied by his wife and
two youngest children, left Tuesday for his old in Maryland where he has not
been for twenty three years. While in the east they will visit the cities
of Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, returning about September 1st, by way
of St. Louis and visit the fair.
Work has begun on remoldelling the Branson buildings at
corner of Winter and Live Oak streets which will be occupied by W. O. Bunch and
C. W. Adams early in the fall. The two buildings will be thrown into one
with a glass and iron front. Altogether it will be a very attractive store
room when completed.
The republican congressional convention for this
district nominated Joe Williams of Hamilton for Congress and reelected D. R.
Emerson chairman of the district for the next two years. The senatorial
convention nominated Hugh L. Witcher of Rockdale for senator and reelected C. A.
Boynton chairman.
The Lott Milling and Elevator Co. are now running full
time and turning out some very fine 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.
W. W. Turner, C. J. Bartlett, Capt.
G. A. King, J, C. Holloway and B. C. Curry left Monday for Jack's Creek,
Limestone county, to attend the reunion of Joe Johnson camp.
The work on the city sewerage system is now nearing
completion and in a short time will be ready for be connections. Some difficulty
has been experienced in getting across certain property as the owners objected,
but the committee in charge of the work has surmounted all obstacles and a
completion is in sight.
Talk about peaches not growing in and around Marlin?
Our neighbor and friend, T. S. Clark, has dispelled any such delusion as that.
He has a few trees of Elbertas in his yard that are bearing as much and as fine
fruit as any east Texas tree.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones and Mrs. L. E. Allen are
visiting relatives in Virginia.
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