Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 22, 1907
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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(Note: There are many missing words in the fold of the paper-lsc)
Mrs. R. J. Jackson is visiting
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mrs. C. B. Cox of Durango is (visit)ing Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Cox.
- L. Humphrey has returned (from) Orange
after a visit to relatives (in t)he city.
Mrs. J. V. Cobb and daughter, (Mrs.) G. G.
Lenoir, are visiting
(rela)tives in Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Elam have (re)turned to
Denison after a visit (with) (r)elatives in the city.
Anthony Xydias has re(turned) (to) Houston
after visiting (in) the city and at Cego.
Dabn(e)y White, traveler and (-------) is a
visitor to Marlin. Mr.
(White) says that he will stay (-----)until it rains.
Hearings of Tom Howard, Robinson and Juan
Carrilases (?) were continued till next (------) of the courts.
Misses Cotton and Campbell of Arkansas are
visitng Mesdames W. F. Fannin and O. E. Curry.
Miss Eunice Hays left Wednesday afternoon
for Tucumcara, N. M. to visit her sister, Mrs. T. J. Erskine.
W. W. Hunnicutt has returned from Velasco
where he has been for ten days giving instruction in Masonry.
C.A. Berry has purchased the J. B. Jones
residence north east of town, with four lots. Consideration, $1400.
Mrs. Mollie Bartlett, Charley Bartlett and
Misses Bartlett and Battle returned Thursday night from the Jamestown
exposition.
Parties wanting to sell good farm property
should not fail to see J. W. Hoke, the land man over Marlin National Bank.
List your property with him.
S. L. Hooper, who holds a position as
switchman in the T. & P. yards in Fort Worth, left Wednesday afternoon after a
lay-off of four weeks in this city.
Wanted: Wood choppers, 2000 cords,
four miles east of Marlin. Will furnish tools and pay 75 cents per cord.
A. C. Bradshaw.
Judge Dashiel had one plea of guilty
entered before him Friday. Joe Mason, who engaged in a lively fight with
John Kennedy at Fannin's livery stable Thursday morning, plead guilty to an
affray and was assessed a fine of $1 and trimmings.
A.G.Morgan, formerly with the Owens Lumber
company who had a yard in Marlin a few years ago, is here from Clarendon on a
visit. He is a periodical visitor to the hot well city and knows that this
water is the best in the U. S.
Capt. J. A. Martin is in the city from
Austin. He and family will move to Austin in a few days to make their
home. Capt. Martin has been a citizen of Marlin for 37 years and has been
identified with every movement for the advancement of the community. There
will be many regrets that he and family are to leave this community.
For Sale--Bottom farm of 100 acres, two
miles from Marlin and a nice residence in Marlin. All for $10,000.
See J. W. Hoke, the land man, over Marlin National bank.
J. Reilly, of Refugio, the contractor for
the city's dam now under construction north of town, is in the city for several
days looking after the work being done at the lake. He states that the
dryness of the ground and the scarcity of labor have prevented the rapid
progress which he had anticipated. A good rain, he says, would help
matters considerably.
I have got in with a lot of horses and
mules. Among them are driving horses, match teams, large farm and brood
mares, carriage horses, combination horses, and cowhorses. All young and
broken. They are here for sale. Cash or on time. Also have 50
good mules. Come and see them before you buy. Respectfully, I.N.Conyers.
W. S. Clark returned Thursday night from
Midland where he has been visiting his sons, Hunter and Frank. Mr. Clark
was well pleased with the country, but thinks that the land in Falls county is
superior to that found near Midland. Alfred Martin and Hunter Clark have
recently bought out their only competitor in the abstract business, and are
building up a splendid business.
For Sale: Good second hand iron
roofing for sale at $1.00 per square. Martin Oil Co.
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