The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 31, 1904

GRADY GOSSIPS
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     H. C. Vann recently added two commodious rooms to his dwelling.

     Dave Stahl and Charley Johnson were in Waco last week.

     There were several newcomers into this community since Jan. 1, thereby increasing the school roll.

     An unoccupied tenant house on the Gameson farm was burned. The black smoke rolled and rolled up through the chilly air as if the earth itself was on fire. The origin of the fire is unknown.

     Mrs. J. C. Loggins has returned from a visit to Waco.

     J. E. Vann recently returned from Huntsville, where he went on business.

     The east Falls county rural mail route will go into operation about the middle of April. This route includes the entire Grady school community and the people of this section will fully appreciate the dally free mail delivery.

     By the time the sun dawns the farmers of this community are at their work every morning, hoping to make mother earth yield as she never did before. The present prospects for a crop are very good, and we hope every farmer will succeed in making and harvesting an abundance of both cotton and corn. However, many of the farmers of this section are looking with a wishful eye to the land of the Incas, the land that is ready to blossom at the touch of American civilization.

CLOSING EXERCISES.

     At nine o'clock last Friday morning the patrons of the Grady school assembled to attend the closing exercises of the school. Classes were kept in examination until nearly four o'clock in the evening, and the patrons expressed themselves as being very much pleased with the progress of their children. Supt. A. W. Eddins and J. R. Howard of Marlin, spent the day with us; also Hon. J. Gameson in the afternoon. At the close of the exercises Messrs Gameson and Eddins addressed the school. They spoke of the advantages to be derived from an education, and the difficulties with which many schools have to contend, and the best means by which to overcome them.
     Their speeches sparkled from start to finish with rich educational thoughts and will long be remembered by all those who were present.


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