Submitted by
Robert L. Haddock
Marlin Daily Democrat
October 26, 1910
FALLS COUNTY NEWS
BLEVINS NEWS
To The Democrat:
The farmers are about up with
their cotton picking; just a little scrapping to do.
School began Monday morning
with a very good attendance. We are glad to have Miss Brown for principal again
this year.
Mrs. G. A. Thompson is very
sick with slow fever. Hope for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Lula Clark visited Miss
Mae Litteral Sunday.
Thedford Litteral is in
Blevins for a few hours visit. He has been staying in Eddy of late. Wonder what
is the attraction up there? From what I hear, wedding bells will soon be
ringing.
Miss Floy Horton spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Edd Hairston.
Miss Ellen White spent
Saturday night with Miss Pearl Thompson.
Wonder what has become of our
fiddler? Guess it is too cool for him these nights.
From the way things sound,
Mrs. Ben Clark has received some new records for her talking machine.
Miss Myria Wilkins of
Belfalls passed through Blevins Saturday in her White Steamer.
Floyd Jackson and Miss Ettie
English were out driving Sunday afternoon.
Misses Claribel and Pearl
Smith visited Miss Pearl Thompson Sunday.
Well, it still continues to
be dry in old Blevins as far as rain is concerned.
Would like to see some more
news in the Democrat from the “backwoods” near Lorena.
Creede Thompson let his gun
kick him in the head Saturday, and he had a serious headache for awhile-ha! ha!
I believe we girls have more sense than to let a gun kick us, and if the boys
would leave the gun alone I’m sure it would leave them alone.
I think our school house
should be scoured out, and all the Jackson burrs cut and burned. Let’s try and
see if we can’t fix things up better for our teachers.
The death angel visited the
of Mr. J. C.* Courtney and took his dear wife. Mrs. Courtney** had been sick
about four months. She was a true christian mother and wife, and was loved by
all who knew her. She was born and raised in Falls county; lived here at Blevins
all her life, but last fall her and her daughter, Emma, went to Lubbock and
stayed until her health got so bad; then they came back and she has been bedfast
ever since. She was 56 years old. They laid her to rest in the Blevins cemetery.
The rest was followed by a large crowd of friends and relatives. The funeral
services were held in the Baptist church by the Rev. John Goodman.
* Should read J. L., not J.
C.
**Mary Ellen Barron Courtney,
daughter of Capt. Thomas H. Barron