The Marlin Democrat
Fifteenth Year   Number 12
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 19, 1904

LOCALS

Chas. H. Hurdleston, a conductor on the "Katy" out of San Antonio, spent Tuesday with O. G. McCarty on Winter street.

Mrs. L. Downs who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. O. G. McCarty on Winter street, returned to her at Palestine yesterday.

W. H. W. Jones left Tuesday afternoon for Galveston to attend the Episcopal Council for the Diocese of Texas.

At the Arlington:  C. C. Irvine, C. C. Johnson, J. V. Smith, Waco; J. D. Phillips, Grand Rapids; A. Silverman, Baltimore; Stewart Freeman, Texas; R. G. Crawford, K. C.; F. W. Aschner, Dallas; H. C. Fillman, Sour Lake.

Mr. A. J. Hoelscher of Westhalia informs the DEMOCRAT that the people out there are discussing a grand 4th of July celebration.

A great number of ladies called to see the pictures on display by T. S. Clark on Monday and many expressions of pleasure at the beautiful display were heard. It is one of the prettiest displays ever shown in Marlin. These elegant pictures will be on display for a few days longer and all those who have not called should do so at once. The prices will 
be found to be very low.

Kosse has shipped its first car of potatoes. It was sold to a St., Louis firm at $1 per bushel f. o. b. that place. Another car is now being loaded, and will be ready soon for market. It was thought a month ago that Kosse would ship twelve or fifteen cars, but the rains caused many crops to commence rotting, and now it is thought Kosse will only get eight or ten cars.

Mr. Jesse Cornelison of Blue Ridge returned Monday from a visit to his son near Abilene. Mr. Cornelison says there has been no, rain out there to amount to anything in several months.

John W. Stuart of Fort Worth was in the city Sunday.
June corn seed for sale at La Serda. Ranch. L. W. Goodrich.
38-6t

A O. Bowdon. at Rice's Drug store will repair your wath.

The new tier of shelving has been put in the county clerk's office.

Mrs. A. O. Curry returned with her father to Edwards county and will spend the summer out here.

A permit to wed was issued late Saturday afternoon to Lee Germany and Miss Martha Mitchell living near Rosebud.

Mr. Washington Brown, grandfather of Hon. G. W. Brown is dead at Eddy, at the advanced age of ninety years.

The members of the W. C. T. U. are opening the rest rooms in the old Ladies Bazaar building on Live Oak street.

Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Snead of Rosebud came over Sunday for a a visit to Marlin.

At the Waco convention of the firemen quite a sum of money was pledged to the erection of a monument at Austin to the firemen of the state. The Marlin department subscribed $15.0Q to the fund.

Mrs. C. P. Halter and Miss Lovett, who have been visiting Mrs. Geo. S. Cousins have returned to their in Calvert.

Capt. Geo. E. Wilcox has returned to Temple after sojourning several days in the city. Capt. Wilcox thinks Marlin has the finest water in the whole country but thinks more means of entertaining the visitors should be provided.

The coloring of glassware in the Marlin Hot water has become quite a fad with homefolks as well as visitors. The rainbow shows no more delicate tints than a piece of glassware held a few minutes in the Marlin water as it gushes forth from the depths of mother earth.

President King of the firemen makes and excellent presiding officer, and he demonstrated in his opening address yesterday morning that he can be genuinely funny when he wishes. All officers of the association show that they know their work and are proficient therein. 
Times - Herald.
 
Saturday afternoon a party of young ladies were entertained by Mrs. A. B. McBride in honor of her niece, Miss Nell Davis of Marshall. Six handed euchre was the leading amusement in the way of games and the diversion proved very interesting. The hostess served most appetizing refreshments.


The Bartlett park is again the most popular place in town of evenings. There is something doing there every night in the week and quite a number of people visit it every evening. A number of changes and improvements have been made in the park since last season and visitors and folks find this an attractive place to spend an hour or so in the evening.

Judge B. H. Rice representing the plaintiff's went to Austin Tuesday to argue the case of L. D. and E. F. Kiersey against the S. A. & A. P. Co., as originally styled, before the court of civil appeals. The judgment in the lower court was for about $4,200 damages against the railway company for damages done to lands of plaintiff by reason of overflow caused by wrongful construction of road bed. This is a companion case to the Thigpen case, affirmed by the court last year.

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