Submitted by Robert L. Haddock
Marlin Democrat
Falls County, Texas
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1910
BLEVINS BUDGET
To The Democrat:
We are having some warm,
blistering weather at present; it seems almost like spring again.
The new year is here and it
will not be long until you can hear the sound of farming implements preparing
the land for another crop.
The cotton is not all picked
yet, and the gin runs two days out of the week. They ginned twenty-two bales on
last Thursday.
Henry Pratt and family
visited W. L. Pratt and family Sunday.
J. L. Litteral and family
were guests at the of L. B. McCain and wife Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia Bowers visited
her sister, Mrs. Jess Hay, of Cego, Sunday.
Miss Bessie Busby and brother
returned Sunday after spending several days with friends here.
They were accompanied to Eddy by Bennie Clark and sister, Ell Jennings and
sister, and Ernest Clark.
Henry Smith of Waco visited
Mrs. Annie Jennings and family Sunday.
The entertainment at the of
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McCain Friday night was very much enjoyed by a large crowd of
young folks.
Uncle West McFalls and family
moved to Lorena this week. We are parting with good friends, but hope they will
be pleased with their new home.
Christmas parties seem to be
the order of the day. There was an entertainment at the of Mr. and Mrs. Otho
Horton Tuesday night.
Miss Mamie Hairston of Waco
visited folks Sunday.
Mrs. Lottie Moore and
children and John Keetch and family visited their father near Troy Sunday.
On New Year’s evening, a
crowd of little folks gathered at the of Mrs. Ben Clark at two-thirty and
prepared themselves with bells, horns, harps and drum and marched to the of J.
L. Litteral, as a surprise to their little son, Bennie. Refreshments were served
and games played and enjoyed very much by the little folks. At a late hour, they
departed for their homes, wishing their host a bright New Year, and hope to have
another merry time in the near future.
Mrs. Ben Hardin of West
returned Thursday afternoon after spending several days with her daughter, Mrs.
Rosa Thompson.
Ben Kincannon of Bruceville
was on our streets one day this week with a drove of mules.
Floyd Jackson, Misses Ethel
Jennings, Ettie English, Bennie Clark, and Susie Jennings attended church at
Shields Sunday night.
Mrs. Bell Lawrence and little
son, Pratt, left for their in New Mexico Tuesday after spending several months
with her parents here.
The entertainment at the of
E. V. Hairston Saturday night was very much enjoyed by all present.
John and Hoy* Hairston and
Thedford Litteral went to Eddy Sunday.
Miss Willie King of Temple
and Miss Ruby Smith of Marlin came back Sunday to resume their work in the
school room.
With best wishes to all.
*Should read ‘Roy Hairston’
Sunbeam