Falls County News - December 4, 1907

Typed as spelled and written

Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth year - Number 56

Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 4, 1907

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FALLS COUNTY NEWS.

(Special Correspondence.)

Blevins.

To The Democrat:

We have had a few days of pretty weather. Most everybody has been in a stir but the rain began again Tuesday night and continued two days.

Ron Litteral left Monday for Holdenville, I.T. to be gone some time, visiting friends.

Miss Rebecca Turner and friend of Cego, were in our little town Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. E. V. Hairston and son, Roy, and Miss Mae Hiles, went to Temple Tuesday.

Shum Parham and Miss Ella Clark of Cego visited Miss Floy Horton of this place Sunday.

Misses Kate Litteral and Mayme Hairston were visiting near Beulah last Sunday.

Henry Stone of West came down Sunday returning Monday.

Jennings & Pass, our gin men, are running the gin two to three days out of the week.

Thedford Litteral went to Eddy Wednesday.

Mrs. Edd Battle and two children of this place are visiting Mrs. Bruce Standridge at Lometa.

Virgil Adams is from Austin to spend a few days with friends and relatives during the holidays.

Bud Bowers has returned after a few days visit to Waco.

Hugh Stockton and Milton Perry are visiting relatives near Bartlett.

Oscar Stone of West is seeing after his father's interest at this place.

Frank Bufkin and Silas Clark of Cego was to our little town Wednesday.

Ed Battle went to Temple Tuesday.

Mrs. Boney of Belfalls was in Blevins Friday.

We are to have a Christmas tree at Blevins. Would be glad for every body to come and take an interest as we are anxious to have a very successful tree. Come one; come all.

GUESSING.

Note: Shum Parham should read Chum Parham-lsc

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Necrological.

Mrs. Jane Bell, aged 61 years, died Monday, November 25, about four p.m., at the of her daughter, Mrs. Fox, near Marlin.

Mrs. Bell left her near Durango to spend a few days with her daughter to be treated for paralysis and was not able to be moved again.

Mrs. Bell was a member of the Methodist church. She was a good Christian woman and was loved by all. She was left a widow seventeen years ago, with five children of whom all are girls.

She remained single and was faithful to her children. God spared her to raise her children to be grown and married, and they are all highly respected and loved by all who know them.

Mrs. Bell requested her friends to meet her in heaven. Her mission in this life was finished and God called her to dwell with Him and his angels, where she awaits the coming of her loved ones.

What a consolation to us when we give up a loved one here to know they have gone to Jesus.

Deceased leaves many friends to join her family in mourning her loss.

A FRIEND.

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Theo Thrashing.

To The Democrat:

Our farmers have about all their cotton gathered, but some report a short crop for 1907.

There are several bales of the fleecy staple in the farmers' own yards around here, awaiting that (immortal) 15 cents issue, although there is not a farmers' union organization around here, but there is very little enthusiasm concerning such an organization here. Theo is quite behind the times as to public interest, unionism, etc., but quite active to the present money panic and wet weather.

We are happy to chronicle the marriage of G. T. Anderson and Mrs. Mary Pond, the happy union taking place at Belton.

Asa Willis, Jr., returned from a pleasant trip to Hubard City recently.

Predictions around here are, we will have an early and severe winter, but our prospects for next season seems very good, as we have had a good fall seasoning in the ground and if many remember, we did not have any last year, hence the present shortage in our crop of 1907.

G. T. and Jim Anderson were visitors to Nolanville recently.

Our school is progressing nicely with Miss Lottie Peevey of Poverty Flat as teacher. There are thirty pupils and all seem to take an interest in their studies.

Our merchant, L. N. Thompson, says he has a hard time trying to keep a full stock in trade with mud hub-high, it puts 'one in mind of sleighing, only it's not snow.'

Messrs. Willis Broe, made a trip to Temple last Monday.

"Buster Brown," accept compliments on your very interesting items of a recent issue of The Democrat.

Miss Catherine Willis was a visitor to our school Friday.

We are sorry to chronicle the death of Mrs. Troy Walker of Waco. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. J. T. Bowen and was loved and respected by all that knew her and her untimely death was a shock to our community.

Despite the fact that the subscription price of many of the leading country papers are being raised, there are few, if any, farmers of Falls county would cease taking The Democrat as it is the spiciest semi-weekly the writer has ever read.

(Thanks,--Ed.) Yours for success to the Democrat.

NEVER TOO LATE.

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Chilton Cullings.

To The Democrat:

This Monday morning we are enjoying some fine weather, for which we are grateful.

W. S. Neil of Golinda was selling cotton in Chilton Saturday.

Mrs. Claud Maxey was called to the bedside of her sick mother, Mrs. Ferguson, at Hamilton. Claud informs us that she is much better.

Miss Middleton came up from Rosebud Friday night and went out to Mooreville Saturday.

Miss Ripley, one of the teachers of Chilton, who was sick the first of the week, is able to be at her post now.

Nick Gunselman was down from Mooreville. He is looking after other affairs besides the skating rink.

Steve Maxey has been ditching and grading the streets around his mother's home. It is certainly needed all over town.

Geo. Cox went to Marlin Saturday.

George Bowman was looking after some thirty bales of cotton he has stored here.

Joe Johnson of Busby neighborhood was trading in Chilton Saturday.

Rev. Phillips of Baylor, Waco, has accepted the Baptist church at this place and preached his first sermon Sunday. He is also pastor at Busby.

Frank Hacket of Dott attended church at Chilton Sunday.

Preaching at the Christian church Sunday by Rev. J. B. Lane of Coleman.

SIMON REUBEN.

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Tar Box Talk.

To The Democrat:

Another Thanksgiving day has been numbered with the past, and it is something to be thankful for to know our southern people are observing this day with more attention than they did in former years. Several years ago we did not notice in the South the observance of this day; it was almost entirely a New England custom to make the day a holiday and day of rejoicing. Many did observe the president's proclamation to set aside the day for thanking God for the blessings of the year, but we heard of no big dinners, fat turkeys, mince pies, etc.--that was left to our northern friends. Thanksgiving day with them took the precedence of Christmas, but now the South appreciates the day and there is a "sound of rejoicing over the land"--and why not? for this year the crops have been fairly good; famine and pestilence have been far from us; no unusual sickness of any kind, and nearly every farmer in the country has cotton stored away;--too good to be told. Yes, if we look round we can find a great many things to be thankful for.

Members of the farmers' union of Reagan are going to have an oyster supper on the night of the 14th inst.

Mr. Ritter returned Sunday to his in Arkansas after a week's visit to his sister, Mrs. Sam Hetherington.

Miss Annie O'Gwynn of Reagan spent several days of last week with relatives here.

Ralph Snell of Alabama visited here recently.

Will Robbins is putting the finishing touch to the interior of J. C. Hetherington's home.

Keep your eyes open; always look up and never go blind-folded into anything would be a good motto for a great many people that U No.

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