West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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live News from our Correspondents
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reed
Mrs. Loftin and all reported a
but no
yet. I sup]
Tonk Valley. -
Ichabod.
other tender plants that can’t
has been sweeping over this
I learned today that we lost
I sure am sorry he was
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We
Leroy Britton spent Sunday
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11 o'clock by Rev. G/W. Black
Bashful Ben.
ternoon.
that the proposition we started
If you want all the news send
us a dollar for The Reporter.
daughter - in - law,
Steele. Monday.
Henry Steele
Stock he]
nd some
appointment at the Methodist
church Sunday at 11 a. m. and
at night.
one with you. This will be the
close of school.
Mr. Driver of Graham came
down last Sunday and took a
picture of the Cedar Creek
LITT
Dear E
have been
porter tod
GOOSENECK
Monday was a bad day.
NORTH MIDWAY
Bad weather still prevails,
but farmers are planting corn
in the face of it.
Health of the community is
good as far as we know.
day night was reported fine.
Samuel and Annie Laura Gar-
rett are the proud possessors
of two little goats which they
purchased from V. M. Cham-
bers.
A. J. and L. J. Bryan, and
Earl Clark went to Graham last
Monday.
SOUTH BEND
J. W. Burgess and family
spent Saturday night and Sun-
day with their daughter, Mrs.
Joe Rogers, of Pleasant Hill.
L
-
DAKIN
Looks like, this morning it
might rain for a week before
ceasing.
Health is not very good at
REPORTER
WANT ADS
ONE CENT A WORD
W. E. Baker came through from Friday until Monday with
here Monday en route to Gra- Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Findley,
ham. J. Hugh Findley of FL Worth
John Crutchfield came thru spent ten days visiting relatives
here the other day with two here, returning to his home last
night with Mr. Strickling and
family of Midway.
All of the Midway Sunday
school children took dinner with
Geo. Martin and family visit-
ed his brother. Will. on Duff
Prairie Sunday.
Sunday school was well at-
tended here last Sunday.
M. D. Harrell and wife, and
t '•
freight cars, or something sim- Thursday,
ilar, of meal and hulls.
be spring there, or they have
cold weather seed one. We
haven’t any winter seed, so we
will have to wait until spring
comes.
Small grain is doing fine down
here now if it wasn’t for the
rabbits. They are trying to eat
up Stephens county.
Lewis Barron of near Ivan
was real sick last week but was
better when last heard from.
We are going to have another
literary the 17th of April. We
are going to have a time. Ev-
erybody come and bring-some-
pyae. fi
M r
lae
notes he wo
and make
money as I
hope if a ma
church Saturday and Sunday.
The Wesley children and.
Thomas Cretsinger made a fly-
Library Paste.
We sell a large bottle of Li-
brary Paste, with brush for 5
cents. Graham Printing Co.
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in Eliasville.
B. P. Ritchey, Geo. Wyatt
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steele
of Cedar Creek were trading in
the Bend Saturday.
Mrs. Ollie Hill spent Sunday
with Misses Winnie and Chris-
tine Harrell.
The young folks enjoyed a
singing at the home of M. D.
Harrell Sunday afternoon. \
W. McDavid and family vis-
ited F. E. Harrell and family
Sunday afternoon.
B. G. Owen and sons of near
Eliasville are cutting some wood
for J. N. Boozer.
J. D. Dawson spent Sunday
and Monday in Graham.
J. R. Holcomb, wife and two
children, with Mrs. E. M. Brad-
dock and son, Lester, and Vera
Nelle Hale ate Sunday dinner
with O. A. McBrayer and fam-
ily.
Mesdames Mark Crabtree and
Lucian Adams of Duff Prairie
were trading in the Bend Sat-
urday.
Preaching next Saturday at
Misses Lilia Belle Findley,
Alma Jones, Hattie Belle and
J. H. Reed were pleasant callers
at A. J. Bryan’s Sunday after-
noon.
W. C. Porter and children vis-
ited J. M. Garrett and family
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. Bryan spent Tues-
day with Mrs. H. L. Busch of
MIDWAY
We have been having some
more cloudy and windy wath-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daily
and children spent the evening
with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Drum
* d.
days so the grass would put out
for the stock.
• I hope the mass meeting was
a success and the anthrax will
not get started this summer.
‘ Mr. Miller, wife and children
spent Sunday with J. W. Wall.
Mrs. A. C. Casey visited rel-
atives in the Lone Oak commu-
nity Saturday.
Carrie Nation, I am glad your
grain crop is good. I hope the
joyed by all present and Saturday, also attended the
Miss Cora Wiley visited the literary at Flint Creek.
Misses Cunningham Wednesday Misses Lilia Belle Findley and
afternoon. Alma Jones of Bryson spent
maybe will not be so high.
Gordon Drum and Miss Rag-
land, Watson Brazelton and
Miss Goode visited home folks
Saturday and Sunday at Gra-
ham.
S. O. W’all visited relatives in
the community Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Langston and
children called on Mr. and Mrs.
and Bassett
They licked them again in 1812.
Did England ever whip any
country that was anything like
her equal? I think not.
Every man who is interested
in the betterment of society
should be interested in schools.
If he has children within the
scholastic age it is his duty to
do all in his power to build up
his school and send his children
to it. If his children have pass-
ed the scholastic age he should
help to build up the schools for
his grandchildren and his neigh-
bors’ children. If his children
are just little tots it will only
be "tomorrow morning" till the
part of the country’ this month.
Fruit is not all killed by the
hard freezes that have been
coming of late. Some of the
trees have all the fruit left on t
them they can bear, while oth- P
ers, the Elberta for instance, is
nearly all killed. If fruit trees
would take lessons from the
post oaks we would rarely be
without fruit.
HULL MOUNTAIN
Next Sunday is Easter Sun-
day, and 'it comes rather early
this time. Next Friday is what
the Germans call Good Friday,
and the day to plant beans and
other garden vegetables. But
the way the post oaks look it
is no use to plant beans and
£ three mon
Pa
Sb
A" y
50 ing green
down ther
had a sand storm, some rain,
and plenty of cold, and a little
sunshine all in one day.
Herman Johnson, Lee Mc-
Laren and G. W. Rose visited
the blacksmith shop Tuesday.
Alfred Parsons went to Bun-
ger Tuesday morning.
Mrs. A. L. Conder spent last
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Frank Vaden.
Mack Rose is on the sick list
today.
A. L. Conder was hunting
of Graham. Everybody wel-
come.
Carl and Grace Bishop of the
i Stovall farm and Raymond
I Akers and Ellis Langford of
Lone Star attended the singing
at M. D. Harrell’s Sunday after-
noon.
Messrs. Vernon George and
’ Jim McClannahan and Misses
1 Anna Belle Wadley and Alma
George of Tonk Valley were
driving in the Bend Sunday af-
to build a good school for them
to start in. And if he is a
young man, still enjoying the
torments of single blessedness,
why he should pitch in now and
get the habit of attending trus-
tee elections and working for
the betterment and upbuilding
of schools. So let’s all, young
men and old men, attend next
Saturday and do our duty.
Miss Eunice Long is teach-
ing a successful school here, so
we understand. Our children
are attending the Mt. Pleasant
school. They had been in that
school some two months when
we moved to the Bend, and
were acquainted with the teach-
er and pupils there, so we
thought it best to let them con-
tinue there for the term, hence
my lack of personal knowledge
concerning the school here. The
foregoing is intended as an ex-
planation out of respect to the
patrons of Miller Bend school,
some of whom may not know
why I am not patronizing this
chool.
It seems to me a pity for a
talented man like Salemite, and
one possessing the power of
expression that he does, to be
wasting his time trying to de-
fend as false a position as he
has taken on the land question.
And, he is some jumper, too.
My! a wild mule isn’t in it.
When he is cornered he simply
jumps into another field.
Salemite, let me remind you
wheat will be good everywhere °1 +1 , / 1"I, 4114
and that the farmers will put stand.the cold atmosphere that
up a mill at Loving, then flour
Mrs. Lula
Sunday.
It is raining tonight (Mon-
day night.) A
Mrs. Mattie and Annie Daily ,3
He anu uavy -uu-d on Mrs. —ee
Drum.
Wyatt made a flying trip to
Breckenridge Sunday afternoon,
returning Monday.
Mrs. Lula Steele called on
Mrs. T. B. Wyatt and daughters
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Pearl Frazior visited B.
F. Upham and wife from Fri-
day until Sunday evening.
Well, Dreamy Eyes, if you
are going to come to see me to
get all the fried chicken you
can eat you had better come on,
because the hogs are eating all
my little chickens. How are
your chickens, Homeite?
'The singing at Mr. and Mrs.
G, S. Wyatt's Sunday night was
all right. We sure had some
fun.
The Cedar Creek community
is still debating on good roads
and rural high schools. We
had two debates on the subject
and will have another in the
near future, do not know just
when.
A letter was received from B.
P. Gann and T. D. Hodges, from
little fellows will start"down the iyou think 1 am accusing you
little fellows will start down the of having the "swell head." You
road or across the field or pas- , 1 .. . . ...
ture to the -little red school zurely• know that Idid not mean
house." So he should feel it to be personal. When I said
hie duty to take hold and help man. made churches 1 simply
’ meant that they are organized
Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas.
They say they have planted
11 o’clock and again Sunday at gardens there. I guess it must
storm Monday and got a stalk
cutter.
May and Russell Wiley en-
tertained the following guests
Sunday: Misses Carrie Boyn-
ton, Zella Vaughn and Neweta
Jones, Master Austin Jones,
James and Earl Vaughn.
Mrs. Terrell went to town
Thursday.
Miss Joe Ann Quisenbery is
visiting relatives in Newcastle
this week.
Quite a number of young peo-
ple of this vicinity attended the
fruit supper given hy Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Jones of Newcastle
Thursday night. All report a
jolly time.
The party given by Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley was enjoyed by all
present.
There is going to be an eas-
ter egg hunt out at the Round
Mountain next Sunday and. of
course, everyone is expecting a
grand time.
Miss Roxy Williams is visit-
ing Miss Lelia Boynton.
Well, as news is scarce and
time too, will lend Silver Bell
my pencil. She writes such a
good letter. Azure Skies.
Ranch and ■
the south B
Elwood on B
000 acres, 1
with a likB
House and B
with as miB
of this land
000 acres in
ture. I
Salemite I
mises wher
land for th
homes, but I
dreds of ot
this countri
sands, but I
any of it. |
Plow Boy I
legislation al
. ship of land
to take awil
earnings of
our wise fl
them plenty
land to actu
could live
what it woi
not suffer m
as of old th
sand hills, a
would let on
have no cow
for wages,
they can ge
cows to mil
they would f
do you thin
Don’t you 1
tiemen coul
to sell their
the renters
A good lette
h parts of J
’ thought 11
this eve. I
I am son
$ sickness al
V thought Y
thy as an
We hav
weather n
the health
eral is god
but not v
I wish s
/7 don’t want
/ practice w
and put ir
only a lit
mon’s Liv
boxes of
Rutherford
and we we
will promis
should nee
call him f
one and I
tling up fa
Azure Skies, didn’t your papa
see me and tell you about it?
Anyway I thank you for your
kind words. I Miss Elsie Rubenkoenig took
Come now, Uncle Zeke, don’t Sunday dinner with S. W. Goode
get raw because you can’t find and family.
the "strait gate” and play like Leroy Britton spent Sunday
Clarida Sunday afternoon. - I ‘ arem wu, -4 "5 1.1
Beatrice Wall is on thepumyEro. Fisher as our representa-
list this week. Pilot. ( t) E
। defeated, but it was not my
in to discuss was “Can a man
buy and pay for a farm now,
from the proceeds of the prod-
ucts of the farm as easy as he
could thirty years ago?" You
affirmed. But straightway you
lost sight of the '‘little farm”
and began to stock farm. If I
knew less about the man, and
his business standing, charac-
ter etc., I might think he was
just playing with words, but as
he "has the goods” 1 km forced
to the conclusion that he is
desperately in earnest, and is
seeking with all his might to
justify and defend his right and
title to them.
As to his legal “right and ti-
tle” I have not one word to say,
but I do say that when any man
owns or controls more of the
face of God’s footstool than he
can consistently use in supply-
ing the necessaries of life for
himself and family, that he has
something more than the great
God intended that he should
have. That he is trespassing
upon his brother’s rights and I
beg to say right here that I be-
lieve Salemite’s conscience hurts
him. Not because he owns the
land, but because he seeks to
defend the system which allows
him to own it. Personally I
believe I would as leave Salem-
ite owned the land as anyone
(myself excepted of course) be-
cause I believe he would be a
fairly good landlord.
Bono, if I knew your tenants
for the past four or five years
I would know’ more about what
kind of a “vessel” to bring
along to carry the rent in. I
heard of a tenant who rented
some land, agreeing to pay one-
fourth of the cotton. When he
gathered the cotton he could
only rake up three bales, so he
sold them and appropriated the
money all to his own use. The
landlord went after his rent and
the tenant told him he didn’t
make the "fourth.” Was that
one of your renters, Bono? I
am a fine cook, Bono, that is I
can boil roasting ears, stew
jack rabbits and make coffee.
Azure Skies, you have the ad-
vantage’ of me. I do not know
you, but here is a guess. You
didn’t see me at Newcastle, did
you Azure Skies? Now’ come.
planting col
I see ini
Mrs. Virgil
to be over
up again. I
Thanks 1
items from
I have lots
Silver Be
got throuJ
thing out 1
duction is I
he will be
take a man
% has lived I
life and put
in the slou
with a neg
time he tun
believe it w
must keep :
year, for he
Salemite,
of the cour
• ing about 1
one inhabit
We are on
ture of 330
a few peopl
ly. There
Most people are through a
planting corn if it does not have "
to be planted over again. I
hope it will not anyway.
Land is being- prepared for
another crop of cotton or boll
weevils as the case may be.
I ime only will develop the one
or the other, maybe both. I
hope both the anthrax and wee-
vils will spare us this year. We
lost just half of our stock with
anthrax and over half of our
cotton crop by the weevils last
year. •
Silver Bell, the Editor is not
guilty of a great big breach,
he just gave me your address.
Thanks for the pretty roses and
compliment, and maybe you will
be enlightened on some things
sometime. I personally hunted
you up. Now can’t you guess?
If you can’t I will allow you the
same privilege I took.
The State of Texas has obli-
gated itself, with Governor Fer-
guson for security, to pay War-
ren Parsons five cents for kill-
mg a jack rabbit that was dep-
redating on the garden. Old Pa.
MILLER BEND
A short time back I received
two copies of "The Western
North Carolina Times” and one
copy of “The Sovereign Odd
Fellow," sent by some friend.
I suppose. But if the Sovereign
Odd Fellow had not been includ-
ed in the list I should have
thought someone wanted to
"pester” me. The Odd Fellow
was all right, and I enjoyed
it very much, and only wish we
had more men like its noble
editor, who were not afraid of
the Roman heirarchy. He is
the man who discovered that
the Knights of Columbus had
sneaked into the I. O. O. F. and
he is the man who says they
have worked their way into the
Masonic order. But back to
the papers. Without a doubt
■ the Western North Carolina
Times is the greatest waste of
paper I ever saw. Now what
.do you all think of a paper that
will say the European war is a
blessing to this country?—that
it will furnish extra trade to
tide us over till the republi-
cans get in and re-construct the
tariff laws? Every farmer can
feel this “tiding over” right
now r'some more alrety yet.”
If the allies are in the war
why don’t they get into the
fight? If they fool around very
much longer the Germans will
have their navy lying at the
bottom of the sea. Seems to
me that they are wanting in
enthusiasm, or some kind of
push. But a paid soldier never
fights like one who is fighting
for country’ and home and loved
ones.
This was proven in the Revo-
lutionary war of our own belov-
ed untrameled, half-clad, half-
fed ancestors against England’s
well-fed, well-clothed and well-
paid soldiery. Our forefathers
made them “skedaddle” too.
school group. He came last
er-om spamin.
up hope he will soon be better. Mrs. I. W. Steele visited her
Merritt Cunningham worked Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Robert- father last Tuesday
at Ingleside last week. J son and little daughter, Letha, WiU ste,ye came home Sun-1 5- eacv —
Mr. Huff came through here spent Saturday night and Sun- day tostist home foms. Heandibaby called
horses. Miss Hattle Belle Reed visit- Roxie Bureev the Io two! Little Azlee Drum, is on the
The singing at Str. Quisen- ed her sister, Mrs. Robertson, voks sick list, also Grandma Drum
berry's Sunday night was en-of Flint Creek Friday night Henry Wesley spent the nightis sick tjserk took dinner
with his sister, Mrs. Lula Steele wi thGlancus Cox Sunday.
Sunday night . . . w Glancus Cox spent the night ,
.LW-SteelewenttoKomotwith his grandparents Satur-
day night.
Mr. Strickling of Loving -
came out and spent Saturday
Z
. onar \
Jones one evening last week.
It sure looks like we might I Miss Hettie and little Ivy
have some rain today. I wish Drum called on Mrs. Loftin
it would turn warm for a few Monday afternoon.
Apple Blossom.
logs to cover his cellar Tuesday
afternoon.
Little Viola Rose spent Tues-
day night with Stella Parsons.
G. W. Rose and daughters
went to Graham Saturday
Mrs. John Clark spent Sat-
urday with Mrs. Parsons.
We are glad to say that Mrs.
Dalrymple is considerably bet-
ter.
Little Dave Clark visited Mrs.
Frank Vaden Saturday.
Misses Ethel and Mary Cun-
ningham and Ola Johnson were
callers at the McLaren home
Saturday afternoon.
F. M. Berry and wife spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Va-
den.
G. W. Rose and family visited
John Clark and family Sunday.
Claude and Ernest Clark Vis-
ited relatives Saturday night
and Sunday.
Jack Higgins and Charlie Me
Laren visited R. L. McLaren
Sunday.
Wheat and oats are looking
very well.
As news is scarce and I hope
to see all of you at the Easter
egg hunt Sunday afternoon,
April 4th, I will close.
Gander.
CEDAR ( REEK
I guess you all have decided
I have quit writing but I have
not. I have had the chicken
pox and did not feel like writ-
ing.
Uncle Josh West is very’ sick
at this writing. He had a very
hard chill Saturday. Hope he
will be well soon.
Mrs. I. W. Steele and children
visited Mrs. J. H. Wesley and
family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richardson
visited H. J. Cretsinger and
daughters Sunday
E. L. Cretsinger and family
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wes-
ley_Sugday.
Mrs. I. W. Steele visited her
Mrs. Loftin called on Mrs.
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by man, and I believe Reporter
readers so understood me, in-
cluding my dear Uncle Zeke. I
asked you to tell us which is the
God ordained church, and you
dodged by saying “in the first
place I deny that man can make
a church.” And you keep us
waiting another two weeks, in
great suspense, to know which
is the true church. Why, oh
why did you not tell us Uncle
Zeke? All the churches I ever
saw organized were organized
by man, and controlled by man.
All the creeds I ever saw were
inaugurated and promoted by
mankind. Come, Uncle Zeke,
where do you stand? Do you
think God instituted all church
organizations and creeds, or is
there just one true church
somewhere to your own certain
knowledge? “Fess up” now,
Uncle Zeke.
Gringo passed through to
and from Graham this week,
where he had been to purchase
supplies.
Some are planting their corn
the second time. Among them
is Will Griffin. Plow Boy.
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Alta has
past two
seem bett
health has
We hope J
warmer sh
more than
a e a
w ■ ■ .P •
fault. I sure did write his
name on the official ballot and
put it in the ballot box. Don’t
be discouraged Bro. Fisher, try
it again. It was not known
over the country that you had
any opposition and but few of
the voters turned out, and they
were mostly those who had bus-
iness in town anyway.
I will not try to tell who is
and has been visiting in the
community for there are two
young ladies who send in the
items, one for The Reporter and
one for the Leader, and I will
not trespass on their territory.
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We sell a large bottle of Li- A
brary Paste, with brush for 5 A
cents. Graham Printing Co. A
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ing trip to Ivan Saturday and
brought out the mail.
The dance at Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Upham’s last Monday night
Mr. Lindley braved the sand spent Saturday in Graham. "AMosnjeverybvag"prntentcornmr. “ -----
A. J. Bryan and S. S. Adair last k Jr . cretsiner s jolly good time. .
went to Graham Saturday af- n"d tw: tEIr iing He Miss Hettie Drum took din-
ternoon. Planted tW ,t h .6 e ner with Miss Nannie Adams
Singing at W. C. Reeds Sun- February and then again last Sunday s
week Jin, Roseg Grandpa Drum was over at
week. _ June Koses. his home place Sunday morn- A
, ing.
FARMER ‛ > The women of Midway have
Health is va - good no ) 1 organized a crochet club and
Rev. Bell filled his regular will meet Wednesday afternoon z
at the home of Mrs. Cox.
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