Typed as spelled and written
by Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 60
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 18,
1907
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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.
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