Typed as spelled and written - Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirtieth Year - (Number missing)
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, April 22, 1931

FALLS COUNTY NEWS
(From the Rosebud News)

Death claimed a beloved pioneer of this section Saturday evening at 12 o'clock when Geo. Lewis passed away following a painful illness of many months' duration.  Funeral services were held in Rockdale at the old private Riddle cemetery Sunday afternoon, Rev. Jackson of the Baptist church officiating.  The wife and following children survive: Mesdames Leah Dunn of Houston, Ruth Moore of Travis, Annie Robinson of Mooreville, Tom of Liberty, Ed of Coleman and Debs of New Mexico.

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Alfred Eixman, age 42 years, died at a Temple sanitarium Tuesday evening, April 14, after having undergone an appendicitis operation a week before.  Mr. Eixman is survived by his wife and one son, Calvin; his father, three brothers and six sisters.

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On Tuesday, April 14, Mr. Edwin Martin and Miss Florence White were married in Cameron by Judge Kemp with only a few close friends and relatives present.  Mrs. Martin is the daughter of Mrs. T. A. White and has lived in the Briary community all of her life.  Mr. Martin is the son of Mrs. Lelia Martin of Lott.  After a short honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Martin will reside in Littlefield.

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Mrs. J. W. Burkes, age 50 years, passed away at the of her daughter, Mrs. Jeff Davis, Tuesday, April 14, after a long illness.  Funeral services were held Thursday at Powers Chapel with Rev. O. M. Bean officiating, with interment at the Powers Chapel cemetery.

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The Barclay school will close Friday, May 1  The closing exercises
will begin Tuesday night, April 28, when the lower grades give their
plays.  The graduating exercises will be held Wednesday night, April 29. The Senior play, "Bertie's Cave Woman," will be given on Thursday night, April 30.

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Mustang Musings.

To the Democrat:
Our school closed April 17 with a short but interesting program.  A very large crowd attended, people coming from Groesbeeck, Odds, Reagan, Eddy and other nearby places.  We lost our principal, Miss Alma Stewart, but she was offered an eight-months school.  Miss Leila May Magee will be with us another year.

This community is noted for the good programs they put on during school months.  Some people object to that, but we always felt a child gained more than was lost.

We don't think a person can be found that doesn't enjoy a good program; in fact, we have seen folks who were not able to go to church, but when the "Literary Society" met they were able to get there on time.
We only hope our next term of school will be as successful as the one just ended.

Brady Lewis of A. and M. spent the weekend with Miss Alma Lewis.

Mrs. Vertie Pearl Caldwell and children of McCamy are visiting her
brother, Bunyan Hightower.

Miss Catherine Camp of Ben Hur spent the weekend with Mrs. Tom Green.

Mrs. Ruby Preston and baby of Jacksonville are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Yates.

The young folks enjoyed an entertainment in the of Albert Lewis Saturday night.

Several farmers are putting King Cotton in the ground, but they didn't forget the feed.  There will be a large acreage of row feed and peas and a few more rows of pinto beans.  It's a shame for a farmer to go to town and buy beans by the dollar's worth when they grow so well here.

We are trying two rows of corn and one row of beans.  All gardens
are growing nicely, getting ready for the canners, most of us hope to own.

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