Monday Night.
At the School House.
Home-School Association.
You are cordially invited to come.

A. M. Weborg butchered a hog Wednesday.

R. L. Price was over from Palacios this forenoon.

J. W. Maples went to Bay City on business Monday.

Mr. Tatum was over from Palacios today on business.

The editor and wife were Palacios visitors Saturday.

R. L. Price was over fro Palacios on business Tuesday.

S. W. House loaded his rice on the car for shipment Tuesday.

Dr. Fausset and Chester Gates were Bay City visitors Tuesday.

Matt Pierce has purchased a fine saddle horse of Mr. Wm. Hill.

Mr. Cowden came down Tuesday to look after his interests here.

Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Ross came home from Bay City Tuesday evening.

W. W. Wilkinson attended to business matters in Bay City Tuesday.

Mrs. J. B. McCain and daughter, who have been visiting relatives in Houston returned home Tuesday.

H. N. Scholl finished the foundation for his blacksmith shop Wednesday.

The John T. Price Lumber Co. received a car load of mixed lumber Tuesday.

Walter Wilkinson has received repairs for his automobile and again has it in operation.

Sam Primm came down from Bay City Monday on business, returning Tuesday evening.

The good weather the past few days has started plowing on several farms near Collegeport.

B. V. Merck assisted R. K. Legg a couple of days this week in unloading and loading lumber.

J. W. Gordon and W. A. Furber were in town the fore part of the week to buy and load out rice.

Several more families from up state arrived Monday. Two car loads of immigrant goods arrived also.

The Oma B is again on the regular run to Palacios, having been repaired and resumed the run on Sunday.

Dr. Fausset had his telephone changed from the hotel to his office last Saturday. His phone is now No. 6.

A. B. Luce made a trip to Bay City Monday in an endeavor to locate the party who traded him stolen horses.

The Jno. T. Price Lumber Co. shipped a nice lot of finish lumber and doors to the Bay City yard this week.

Mrs. A. B. Luce and daughter Ora, who have been at Robstown for a couple of weeks, returned home Saturday.

Prof. R. W. Persons was down from Bay City on business Tuesday night, returning home Wednesday morning.

The Women’s Union of the First Church held its annual meeting and election of officers at the church this afternoon.

Dr. Fauset went to Citrusgrove on Tuesday on account of the serious illness of the wife of one of the section crew.

Some friends of J. B. Heisey and family, who have been expected from Kansas for some time, arrived Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Bonnett of Dunbar came down today for a short visit with Mrs. Bonnett’s daughter, Mrs. W. K. Roberts and family.

Lumber is being hauled to the site of H. N. Sholl’s new blacksmith shop, preparatory to commencing work on the building at once.

Charlie Yeamans went out to Pecan City Tuesday, where he has the job of cleaning and painting the smoke stacks at the pumping plant.

C. W. Rutherford was attending business matters in Bay City Monday. Among the things was the payment of taxes for himself and some of his neighbors.

Mr. Rylander is making a camp at the Edwards farm, near Bay Park , which will be headquarters for his farming operations in that locality this season.

Mr. J. O. Dockery, traveling representative of the Pierce Fordyce Oil Association, was in town Monday, arriving on noon boat and leaving on the evening boat.

The school teachers from here Prof. and Mrs. Booth and Miss Lytton Booth, are all attending the teacher institute at Bay City this week having gone up Monday morning.

A service will be held at the home of A. A. Johnson at DeMoss next Sunday at three o’clock . This will be the first religious meeting in that locality, and ... to attend.

...to DeMoss and moved Mr. Rylander’s tractor to Bay Park and endeavored to break some sod out found it still too wet. They will perhaps start plowing the latter part of the week.

The former patrons of the post office at Dunbar , which was discontinued December 15, are soon to be supplied by a Rural Free Delivery route from Palacios, which will probably be put into operation Feb. 1^st.

Several of the farmer friends of M. A. Travis met at the farm he has rented—the Dr. Tenny tract—on Wednesday and plowed the entire tract. They all brought their dinners and made rather a gala day of it than otherwise.

The Home-School meeting announced in last issue to be held on Tuesday evening will be held on Monday evening, Jan 12^th instead, on account of the conflicting of dates with a meeting at the First Church , notice of which appears elsewhere in this issue.

A few friends of the family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Smith Tuesday afternoon to an “at home” given in honor of Mr. Karl Smith and family, who are here on a visit from Phillipsburg , Kansas . A very enjoyable time is reported.

County Demonstration Agent, R. W. Persons came down from Bay City Thursday collecting data in order to complete his annual report. He attended to his business, and left Friday evening, going by way of Palacios, where he also had business matters to look after.

On Friday afternoon there will be given a Blue Bird party at the home of Mrs. Burton D. Hurd by the Home-School Committee for the children of our schools. This will be given as a formal reception and the entertainment will consists of bird games, bird stories and other interesting matters relative to bird life.

The Home-School Association meeting scheduled for Tuesday night will be held at 8 p.m. Monday night, January 12^th. Arrangements are being completed for a very interesting meeting and a large attendance is desired. All patrons of the school are urged to come.

The Young Ladies Class of the Collegeport Sunday school, known as the Kings Daughters, enjoyed a very pleasant evening at the home of Miss Faye Leach on Monday night. The feature of the evening was a splendid talk given by Mrs. J. A. Livers on “The World at Chicago .”

A very pleasant evening of music was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Smith Tuesday by a quite a number of friends and neighbors.  Several excellent selections were rendered by Miss Smith and Mesdames Culp and Van Ness. Needless to say all present enjoyed the occasion.

The reorganization session of the Midcoast Industrial Congress which was to have been held in Houston on December 16^th, but was postponed on account of the high waters which prevailed in some parts of the district at that time, has been called for February 24^th and 25^th, at Houston.

We have got behind and are having some trouble to do our presswork the past three weeks because of having no engine and are still worrying along but hope to soon get an engine installed and get our work caught up so as to get out on time as soon as possible. Bear with us [a while] and we will do better.

... be strange but it was a little out of the ordinary to sell twelve fishing poles to one person at one time as he did on last Saturday. He further stated that five out of the twelve were of his largest size, which looks to us as though whoever tried to fish with all of them at once would surely “have his hands full.”

At the “Open Day” at the library last Thursday there were eighty persons registered. There were perhaps others who attended but did not register.

This is a good showing for the Library Committee, as well as for the community, as it shows very conclusively what the Woman’s Club is doing in furnishing a library and that the same if being appreciated by the people of the community.

On Tuesday evening, January 13 the annual report meeting will be held at the First Church . A supper will be served, every person interested in the church being invited to hear the story of the church year and get acquainted with the plans for the future. The officers emphasize the fact that non-members are urged to attend as well as members. After the reports a number of addresses will be given by local speakers and plans for next year made public.

As a result of a horse trade made last September with a strange man Mr. Luce is without a horse at this time. The trade referred to was made by Mr. Luce in good faith, giving a horse he had for a span of ponies, and later traded these to David Sarchet. Last week parties came along and claimed the ponies stating that they had been stolen, and finally secured them from Mr. Sarchett, who then reclaimed the horse traded to Mr. Luce which left the latter without a horse. Mr. Luce believes he can regain the horse he traded for the stolen team, as well as apprehend the thief.

Thursday evening while D___t was riding on a wagon [with] W. H. Travis and son D... a piece of board got caught in the wagon wheel and being carried around by the ...struck the doctor on the side of his face near the eye, ...ising and lacerating it to some extent, and gave him a black eye for a few days. The piece struck one of the others ... hard enough to hurt.

... morning is reported to have been the coldest morning of the winter, as some thermometers are found to have registered twenty-nine above, being three degrees below the freezing point.

Cold weather and “northers” have been predicted by quite a number but up to this time nothing ...arrived, even though ... have been in northern sections a large part of the [time] the past two weeks.

Referring to the Teachers’ Institute which is in session at Bay City today’s Daily Tribune said ...

The County Teachers ’ Institute of Matagorda County convened at the High School Monday [morn]ing with Hon. Thos. H. ... County Superintendent .

...white teachers of the [county] with the exception of the ... and Palacios faculties ...attendance. The institute lasted for five days and in now ...ong with the work.

The many friends of Judge and... Jones formerly of this ... now of [Bay?] City will ... referring to their recent move the Matagorda County Tribune says:

Judge F. H. Jones and family have moved into the Judge Jesse Matthews house opposite the Methodist Church . Sante Fe Agent Warner and family, who lived in the Matthews house, have moved to the house on corner of Third Street and Avenue J, vacated by Judge Jones.

Mr. Clarence Booze, who has been making his home in Matagorda county for the past few years, has moved to Eagle Lake, having traded for 160 acres of land about two and a half miles north of Eagle Lake. This is the property known as the Matt Pierce place, near the home of L. F. Schulz. Mr. Booze will make this his home and has already begun improvements on the property. His main crop to be planted will be cotton, although he will plant small acreages in corn, milo maize, potatoes and Egyptian wheat. Mr. Booze is one of the latest additions to our subscription list.—Eagle Lake Headlight.

Mr. Booze, referred to in the foregoing will be remember by many of our readers as one of the pioneers of the Collegeport Country, having formerly owned a farm on Colorado Boulevard near the pumping plant.

Brother Gilbert and his Matagorda News and Farmer have already grown too big for the town in which they have been operating, and have removed to Bay City from Matagorda. At the county seat Brother Gilbert announces that he will publish a complete county newspaper. Success to him in his new home.--Palacios Beacon.