YOAKUM WEEKLY HERALD July 20, 1911
News of The Day
Clarence Mylius went to Eagle Lake to join the ball team.
Miss Bettie Mylius has returned from an outing trip at Port O'Connor.
Our old friend Geo. S. Balley, one of the Old Timers in Yoakum but who for the past half dozen years has resided in Old Mexico, is back in the city again. Mrs. Bailey has been here several months.
Yoakum's first bale of 1911 -12 season was received today. The cotton was grown on the farm of John Stavarek about 31/2 miles East of the city toward Sweet Home. It was ginned by the Shiner Gin
company and weighed 485 pounds. It was sold to D. Kleinsmith for 14 5/8 cents per pound netting$70.93. Messrs J.J. Maresh and Frank Maresh were circulating a list for a premium or bonus. At Press time they had nearly $75. It is somewhat of a coincidence that this bale had the same classification, sold at the same figure and bought by the same man as our first bale last year. John Steen brought in the first bale last year.
Joe Goode has started a new Grocery store out near the residence of E.J. Riggs. Mr. Goods is well and favorably known in Yoakum and has been so unfortunate as to be affliced with rheumatism.
A deal has been closed by which J. W. Greer sold the lots on which his home stood on Schrimscher St. to Rev. J. Sheehan of the Catholic church for $2,000.
Weddings
Justice of the Peace H.T .Wade performed the ceremony Wednesday evening that joined in marriage G. H. Niemeyer and Mrs. Mary Dunn. The happy twain will at once set up housekeeping in Mr. Niemeyer's home on Morris St.
Mr. Weyman Whitfield and Miss Anna Kirkpatrick surprised their friends Saturday night by going over to the Methodist parsonage to get married. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, of the Olsen Hotel. The groom is one of our town's natives, being a son of Mrs. S.S. Whitfield. For a long time past he has been connected with the Wells Fargo Express offices here, at present being a night agent for the company
Deaths
C.R. Williams was killed in a wreck in the Sap yards.
Granville Grady, 35, was killed by a double barreled shot gun blast from Will Clark.
Dr. R.S. Eaves, 82, a Civil War veteran died at Rockport Friday. He lived in Texas 38 years, was a native of Georgia and married Miss Annie Woodall Jan. 4, 1866. To this union were born six children, R.S. Eaves, Mrs. F.L. Douglass, J.H. Eaves, Mrs. Monte Tarver, Claude Eaves and Mrs. C.T. Wade. They all live in Yoakum except Mrs. Tarver. He lived 38 years in Texas.