Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 28
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, August 28, 1907
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Briefly Told.
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Capt. J. A. Martin and family are moving to Austin where they will reside in
future. Misses G. Land Ida Martin left today for the Capitol City and Capt
and Mrs. Martin will go on in a few days.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Spencer have returned from a visit to Messrs. R. B. and T. C.
Spencer at Dublin and Stamford. Mr. Spencer is doing very nicely, he is
still quite feeble.
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For Sale--500 acres of good black dirt. Cheap at $30 per acre. See
J. W. Hoke, the land man, over Marlin National Bank.
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Nick Goodrich is in Dallas to attend the Elks banquet as the special
representative of Marlin Number 1028, under appointment of Exalted Ruler
Burkhead. This banquet is given to assemble representatives from the
various lodges for the purpose of devising proper methods of entertaining the
Supreme lodge in 1908.
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Greenville, Texas, Aug. 27.--The fourth annual session of the North Texas Fair
and race meeting began here today and will last till the end of this week.
Speeches by Governor Campbell and other men of prominence are features of the
programme. The attendance at the fair promises to be unusually large.
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"Roxie" Stallworth is slowly recovering from injuries received last Wednesday
while returning from the picnic given by Col. Hamilton at Sanger farm. The
vehicle in which the crowd was riding, careened, and all of its occupants were
piled in a heap. Every one was more or less scratched while "Roxie"
received the worst injuries, causing one arm and a leg to be out of commission
for a few days to come.
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J. A. Wright is here to assume charge of the telephone exchange as soon as Mr.
Hooper is checked out. Mr. Hooper goes to Sherman, which is a promotion.
He has been manager of the Marlin exchange for two years and has made a friend
of all with whom he has had dealings and has added materially to the prestige
and patronage of the local exchange. Mr. Wright of Lampasas comes with a
good record as a telephone man.
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Quite a number of wagons were on the streets Monday to carry out cotton pickers.
The prices range from 50 to 65 cents per hundred and the demand was tolerably
good at those figures. That independence which hands are so in the habit
of asserting this time of year is not so noticable as in the preceding fall.
They think the crop will be short and as they have figured so strongly on making
their usual fall and winter money in the patch, many are becoming solicitous
over the prospects and are accepting current offers.
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A lively scrap was pulled off in the vicinity of the negro bathhouse Monday in
which Alf Chapman was overhauled by his sister and brother-in-law, Lula and Sam
Goodwin. Alf claims that his mission in the restaurant which his
brother-in-law conducts, was to collect some rents. He got compensation
but not the kind sought. Sugar bowls, stove wood and other paraphanalia of
a kitchen and dining parlor were hured in his direction and took effect in his
face. Sheriff Poole arrived in time to save any further trouble.
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