Local Happenings - December 18, 1907

Typed as spelled and written

by Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth Year - Number 60

Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 18, 1907

-----

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Capt. Wm. Scott of San Antonio is a Marlin visitor.

Mrs. S. C. Johnson is visiting relatives in Bryan.

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gunnell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Maffett at Lott.

Frank Tuser of Highbank was a buyer at the mule yards last week.

Mrs. M. T. Andrews and children departed Moonday for their future in Lampasas.

Mrs. J. M. Neal has returned to her in Reagan after a visit to relatives in Marlin.

Eb Holloway, traveling out of St. Louis, is here to spend the holidays with folks.

C. E. Meadson of Troy was a buyer at the Marlin Mule Market Saturday. He got three good ones.

There never was a time when greater bargains were being offered in Marlin than now. Read the ads.

George Nettles is from the Southwestern University at Georgetown, to spend the holidays.

Mr. and Mrs. Mose Levi and Mrs. Mose Levy and children have returned from a visit to New Orleans.

Mr. and Mrs. Meyer London have returned to their in Austin after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Frank.

R. W. Phillips was one of the later buyers in the Marlin Mule Market. He bought some good ones for his farm in Milam county.

Tom L. Turner is spending Christmas in Marlin. Tom says that the show, "Peggy from Paris," at the opera house tonight is one of the best musicals comedies on the road.

Mrs. Dunn of Roswell, New Mexico, is a Marlin visitor, guest of her sister, Mrs. John Rogers. She has received benefit from the Marlin hot water and is greatly elated over her improvement.

H. O. Stansbury, recently appointed postmaster at Rosebud, is spending a few days in the city. Mr. Stansbury is a splendid business man and will no doubt prove an efficient servant both for Uncle Sam and the patrons of the office.

Tony Vateron of Robertson county was a buyer in the mule market last week. He says he don't mind going 50 miles to buy good mules, knowing that they are in Marlin for sale, and the kind that he would want.

John G. Oltorf came in from Dallas Monday. Says there are several thousand people in Dallas without jobs and that the nimble fingered gentry are working overtime, the record of petty thievery exceeding that of any other time in the history of that town.

Z. I. Harlan, Prentice Oltorf and B. F. Foster went to Waco Monday to attend the first meeting of the creditors of B. F. Foster. There was no contests and the usual order in such cases was made by the referee in bankruptcy.

In the case of Herman Williams on trial in mayor's court, charged with unlawfully soliciting customers, the jury could not agree and the case was reset for January 6. The cases against J. H. Uzzle, Curtis Williams and Chas. Kauffman, all the same, were continued until that date.

Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Webb of Reagan left Tuesday for Gadsden, Ala., where they will make an extended visit to relatives. They will be accompanied by two sisters of Mr. Webb, who have been on a visit to them for several months.

There was a great many people in town today from the country. With favorable weather conditions, this week will see many more coming to Marlin because they know that this is the place to get the best values for their money and more money for what they have to sell.

Capt. F. B. Sanford of Chicago, a railroad man of note, is spending a few days in Marlin. He came here several years ago for the first time and he liked Marlin so well that he makes it convenient to drop in on us every time he is in Texas. He is a "jolly good fellow," whom one is always pleased to meet.

--------------

by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.