The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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THE FAIRFIELD RECORDER.
Entered at the lNistoffice at, Fairfield,
Tax., aa 8eoond-olass Matter.
L D. LtLLARD, Editor & Proprietor.
T~Hill)AY, MAR. 8, 1895.
Postmaster-General BiBsell has
resigned and Hon. ‘ \Villiatn L.
Wilson has been appointed his
Bueoeasor. •- i
Hou William iLWilHou, of Vir-
ginia, will deliver the commence-
ment address at the University of
Texas in June.
On account of the lack of space,
we cannot, this week, reply to an
article in the Springfield (Tenn.)
Record, written by that swindler,
thief and embezzler, J. L. Stark.
We will give it some attention
next week.
.Arthur Burleson shot and killed
Henry Hannon at Elkhart, Aii^er-^
mm county, last Monday, shooting
him twice with a shot gun. Mr.
Burl<\>on came to Fairfield Tues-
day, and surrendered to Sheriff
Hsyiloin He was guarded till
W, duesday whcm^ttm Sheriff of
Anderson county caroV-rr
took (JhargAof him, carrying him
buck to Anudrsuu7~ Messrs. Bur-
nVpon were both reai-
After adjournment each , member jkt
of the L. O. M. S. pleasantly' pi
to hitch « mule
! plow, put the price on all ma
wended bis way towards home, etable products that are grown on"|
feeling “just about as happy as a the farm, and furthermore, con-
big sun flower." About 4 o’clock trols all h alation. It seems to
in the aflernoon Melt that 1 was me that farmers should be able V
sufficiently vaccniated-xand con- put the price on all of their mark-
eluded that it waslmy (iKity to gN j etable products, and control all
and help wait on the patieuts. UiBUoh legislation aB pertains to
had not proceeded far up thosKm/i theYr best •interest Why* -is it
before I ran^S^gaiii6t u chicjgeii thus?* Echo answers why *
coop of disarrangement, (which lj ^ John Henry.'
have been iuformod feiuce, was a
quarantine guard lionse.) Out
stepped a man with p winchester
in his hand and gruffly informed
me that I positively could not go, r
any further. I sat down by the ^or several days,
side of a tree and tried to con- Mr^Billie Anderson is visiling
vjuce my *friend of my superior Triadits and relatives iu our vicili-
nk i If and ability to wait on the ity this week,
pick, l^rTt bo kind <»t' an argument HchooFis progeasing nicely un-
would induce him to let me pass, der the management of Miss Lu-
Preseutly -1 dropped off to sleep, rah Wright.
and when I awoke the next morn- I think our community is well
iug I wrfs informed of the quaran- famished wittS drummers,
tine system. I solemnly resolved Mr. Tom Gilpin has returned
never to vaccinate myself again, to his home near Wortham, for
1 then went horn and buckled my several days. Wo hope he will^
excellent brace of colt’s six-shoot- have a nice time with his best
ers around me and established a girl. . -
! quarantine, making the line forty One of our boys was seeiT going
oirds each way from where I may toward the “rock,” last .Sunday.
d hi
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he Colored Teachers' lnstiUrt$.
Health
We
Spripg Locals.
is veiry'gootTTX
e 1 \tkd very fine w
enther
ho colored Teachers’ Institute
met at Fairfield, Feb. 22, ’95.
The meeting was' called to order
by President C. R^JDhomas, prin-
cipal of the Fairfield colored
school. After a few remarks by
the president tbfe meeting proceed-
ed to business. The first in order
was the election of officers for the
ensuing year. The following offi-
cers were elected:
tol’resident—J. H. Wills of Cot-
ton Gin, Vice Ptea(ideirt*S. W.
Newton, Cotton Gin; Secretary:, J.
R. Blaine, Bouner; Assistuwtjsec-
retary, J. R. Ef wis, Dow; Treas-
urer, J. W. Griswold, CottomGin
After the election of officers the
■ arris ge
be'Nstauding. Since then no one
has \been nearer than forty yards
of iiieV Today 1 held Dr. South-
worth at buy, forty yards distance,
in my left hand a 45, and \vitli my
Rev. J. K. Larib is preparing a j rjgjjt /mid tudlkjiowu the follow-
work that will fio doubt be'inter- jug sfotem^nt from Iitim
leson and HatVpon were both
dents of Freestone county.
■sting, not only>) thv people of
What fiTefinest thou, JV
/4k1'i‘. Blue.
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Young Locals/
Farmers u>e sowing oats......
There was preaching last Sunday
■on le
awfi
Freestone1, bat to tbofee of
ing counties. The title is: Sketch-
es of Freestone Comity inj£ariy
Days. Mr. Lane . in peculiarly'1
well fitted for this work, having
been born in Freestone, and beiDg
au easy, able and fluent writer.
citizens, those remcmbei mg'
incidents of thetong ago, wifi Con-
fer a favor by addressing him at
Dew, Texas. He sayV^ji^oasible,
he wants to have the first volume
ready by July 1st.
ltogel
itfroid
er ! there have.. been at YcmnS by Rev J. K. Lane.....*.
cases'of small pox in There was a nice social parly at
Navarro -TlW “ have been six Dr’ Young’s the 22nd ult, aU en-
deaths. ‘ itTTTlftone county, ^ed t^mselve^ Give us anotli-
near Bonner, there) baYe been six er one-Doctor.... x-AKUrn Mos-
as.es, in the McNeil family.” Dr. tfilIa 8°* his horse cut very badly
r.ivingston, of Wortham, who vie- w,th a plow ..../. One of Our
(ted Joe Bledsoe, has the 6man, young men has got a new saddle
(and a new suit of plotbes. He says
........
weeks, and has not been allowed!^3 Gi^rry and Babe _ Weaver
>wti
•C
‘A
YYortlin igj^oeals
March 4th 1895.
Some two weeks ago great ex-
oiterneut ptevaijed in and around]
Wortham when! it was I
announced thaf were we
cases of genuiuel btnall pox
miles north of tawfi. As^am
siljT excited any way, 1*(iran d
town/ to get some of a pre-
^Avetitive, and as I lAssed down the
struct I heard m^ie one say that
vaccination was\a sure-preventive.
I at once hied myself down ttf the
telegraph office and wired to \the
-* “Palace” at Mexia to send m
jug of vaccine^on^-thA-vmornlug
express. Being a prohibition!
I whb very, very particular abt>u
having it sent up on the morning
train, which arrives here juqt be^
fore day. The next morning I
was on* time— and (so was the
train—and secreted myself behind
the depot near where the express
oar usually stopd. The express
man hander! tC jug out to theugent.
“There she..is,’, I whispered to
mygelf, bpt to my astonishment
sixteen more just like it followed
in rapid succession. , The instant
I sprang to my feet sixteen, more
heads were seen tq bob op from
different hiding places, each one
showing ill his countenance the
expression “now I’ve done it.” A
glai|ce-''fitiowing them all to be
leading local optionists,. I at ontee
grasped the situation and* made a
THnvfo that wo organize a L. O. M.
1S 0 (Lund lotion Morning Star
.Oiubp This move met with
prpBipt approval of each one.
Bre. 11. was elected president and
Bio John Smith secretary Af
tor the- appointment of the oruu-'
mittees etc. it was moved and ear-
iiw unanimously,.that the prnsi
d&nt pass aroud his jug of vaccine
Mkdl itand wijbunwd,
r
to go outside-of his yard
WQKTIIAM LOCAL
“W^fly^hjMarch wras ushered
during a storm of applause.
Business has been very dull
Wortham since the small pox e
citement.
■£(>jne corn has been plahtqd
d during the next two weeks lots
11 be put in the ground.
Fanners aroupd Wortham are
interesting themselves ,tbis year
in raising what they consume
home. Cotton is taking a ha
seat, but still a large acreage wi
be planted.
Friend, Abner Eubanks has res-
urrected the “Viudicator,4TT)ut this
me she has hoisted Democracy
at her mast-head. Friend Abner
h*y splendid- newspaper man and
ould have the co-operiltioq of
rtham’s citizens. An Anarget-
ic town like Wortham can’t well
afford to be without a live news-
paper.
Oar -friend “Farmer,” of Bon-
returlKal from WaSb this week
where they went to carry cuYtle fdr
Mr,. Reeaer.......Mr. B. A £>pan-
c^r returned from Bosque county.
last Friday........One of our
young men went tq a party recent-
ly and he came home laughing*
went to bed laughing, and got up
the miorning laughing, and
liis'moflber asked: What is the mat-
ter“Why, mother, she told
es.”......Mr. Johnnie Greer
reka, camq down to see his
girl, Misd--. - Look out
Mr. Price Shields
and Dr. Young have bought all of
D. P. Bennett^goats, they are fix-
ing for the campaign of 1896....
Some of giur boys go to see their
help piece quHte, don’t
| y. J?____.....Prof. Duggin s
baby - i'b dangerously sick this
week..*-----.Died, Mr. Gus Par-
son, who has been sick for * some
time, at Mr. Cockrell’s. He died
on the 25th ult. Mr. Parson leaves
a wife to mourn his loss. He also
Joseph Myers to Annie Arthur.
Oscar ONeal tojLaura B. Worthy.
W. W. Gaskins to Virginia Smith.
J. W. Sljirley b* F. E. Williams.
B. Richie to Mrs. Leuua Terry.
J. B. Parnell to Lorena Martin.
Jno A. Couoway to Laura Terry.
J. B. Gbrdon to Binnie Sandifer.
Colokkd.
Jell' Busby to Martha Livingston.
Henry Davis to Bettie 81ater.
Calvin Wy 14b to Angelina Allan.
Jno. Jackrtnu to fills Hqckaby.
tlubard Calhoun to Amanda Wil-
liarn^
Henry Cnrter to Janie Lemmons.
Geo. Busby to Ida Carter.
THE FAI!
ohainiina appointed the folWwingl • I EDFl ID! n I
1 jy|ERGUR!ftL
Tree
B ED A]
ISON ■
Is tbe result of the usual trratiQ«>t of J
blood (Osorders. The aystom is 11 llodpith j
Mercury aud Potash romodios*-iuor« U)1
be dreaded than the disease—aruil f&'aj
«hort while is in a far worse coliditlonl
for which S. S- S. is the most reliable 1
will afford relief I
ok of Mercurial
sTob'en
*l/e. eauHlng i
nt hundreds 1
after tak-
fcred from a nover
uat lum, m r ahn b a
n twice thol
committee on progiatH"T''"PiV>f.
D. Daniels, H. N. Jackson ancL J
R. Jilaini' who submitted the fol- j
lowing program fdr the next meet-
ing which will be hSTTl at Shiloh
school house, c)ue:i mile south of j
Bonner, Alarch 23, 95". than before. Th« must commuu i!»uU
!».. IudDOatim, l„ Rev. A. T. RHEUMATISM
4Jioniart. . for wbich s. $. b. is t;
2nd. Welcome address by Pre^l, ^SSU
J. U. Wills. k. . * f. m n. Hovers 9
8rpH.ccturo on Methods and
Manners by 14. M. Cox.
4th. Anth. Decimals by S. W. \
Newton. -.1
5th. Fliyp. Geography, Forma-
tion of Eattb, J. W. Griswold’
6th. Orili. Alphabetical Equi\a-
lents by J. R. Blaine.
■ 7th. Arith. G. C. D. and L. C M. !
and their uses, 14. N. Jackson. |
8th. Reading, word and phonic j
methods by <'. 11. Thomas. ^1
9ih. Tex. History, discoveries,!
missions, etc, R. D. Daniels.
10th. U. 8. History, Early Set-1
tlements by W. B. David. ...... » i
11th. ^ocal Solo, Mrs. Annie |
Jones.
12tlu Geljeral diecussiou—“How
to create au ftiterestin a child.”
13th. Q4ery box.
The committee further urged
that each teacher shall do alLdn \
^jiis or her power to make tip?!!}.
^ Rhfjuni!
t» more limn
thomoBteicniclatlnt? ptl
• c>f dollar* wlhtMHit rel
'M a fow bottles of
I]viprovoct!r:» 'iilly.and
aft. now a well man.
completely cured. I Iff
can heartily recoin-IS HL
mend your wonderful medicine to anyone
afflicted with fills painful dtseaae. ,
W. F. DALEV, Brooklyn Klevated E. R.
0:ir Treatise on F n 1 And in Dlsoasea mall?
4 free to any address.
SWIFT SPECIFIC <JO,; Atlanta* Cia.
iK&NC&tttfVl
y cup
Wives
Unedy
Which,
“ MOTflEI
I Robs confinement
Risk, as,!
vjf£ i
fklEf
Its Pain, Horror'
any testify.
lily two hot
Ofiico of Houston & Tejaft-OentraT-
' Railroad Oompairy;
Hourtton, Texas, Feb. 16th, 1895. ]
Notice js hereby given that the regu-
lar annual meeting of the Stockholders
and Directors ot the Houston &JTexas
Central Rafil’dad Company, will be held
at the office of the Company, in the City
i was easily and quickly relieve
ti Q'^ doln g - splendid ly:—• —F
Mc/rtTQN^H irlow, Njfl
hent by oxpre.n or mall, on raefetpt
H- per bottle. Sold by all Druggis!
• To Aluthers” mailed fre*
at the omce or tiie Uomuany^ in tue uity
of Houston, Texas, on Monday, the first |
day of April, 1895, at 12 o’clock, m.
r~_
E. W. CAVE,
Secretary.
doubt cjous one from us has goiieji and a
laceJeft vacant that call never be
lied. | /•
* CotJSIN.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World's”Fair."’
DE
leaves many friends who regret
nerJ be«n contributing some his untimely death. He Was in-
mighty good consmunicidnops to turreci Rt Steward’s Mill. ‘M. pro:
the Recobdgb lltela, and^o
they are read witn considerable
iuterest lyy, evemr farmer who I
reads the RfiUaBDEB. 1 am per-1
soually acquainted with Mp. “Far-1'
mer,” and/fian assure ypu that-be j
practiues Jjust exactly wliut hn
preachea*) 4f all farmer^ would
follow vMs method of farming and'
living >it htMBiT, Then there would!
be’ m> use to any longer wait for
the government to issue $50 q*
■per cap. in ofder^.tc^gef a start, to-1
wards au iliderpendenT' living. I -
Raise what you consume ftt homtej
so that what cotton yon raise will!
be a surplus, and tlyen you will j
pee an era of prosperity reign j
ho farme.rs, and every oth-f
er business, as they a!! depend;
nmre or Idas on the farmer. And MOST PERFfiCT MADE*
r>^d Vuothnr point. Fmm A pur_ Crape CrMm of r3,tar Fr»*
HoiUU cause men who would not from Ammonia,'Alum or any oilier adulterant.
• ¥* Y*MM» TH* mmiUL
CREAM
BMIN6
PftWDBt
Office of International A Ore at
Northern Railroad Company,
Palestine, Texas, Feb. 6,1895.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Reg-
ular Animal Meeting of the Board of
Directors of the International A Great
Northern Railroad Company wjjl be
.hold at the office of the Company, at
Palestine, Taxus, on Monday, April 1st,
1895, at D'o’elock, a. m., pursuant to the
By-Laws of the Company, for the trans-
action of such business as may come be-
fore the meeting.
Notice is also hereby given, thnt the
Regular Annual -Meeting of the Stock-
holders of the International A Great
Northern Railroad Company ■will be
held at the officc^of the Company, at
Palestine, Tyxas, on Monday, April 1st,
1895, at By o’clook, noon, pursuant to
the By-LuWs of the Company, ful thv
purpose of ehtclilig u Board 6f Directors
to serve for Mjhtnauuig year, aiul for
the transaction of such other business
us may come before the raeetin
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The F-ort Worth Weekny
zette Reduced to 60 Cei
a Year. I
Not Owned By the 'Mists,
The Fort Worth Weekly Gayetto on
December 1st reduced its yearly sub-
scription price from one dollar to sixty
bents a year • s—
, The Weekly Gazi/te is ;i large eight
page paper, seven cplnmns to the page,
issuod on Friday if caoh week. It
gives its renders mo\r for tlioir money
than the New York. Chicago, Atlanta
or Louisville pnpers. ■ |
The'Gazette is a'plain Democratic
paper, without frills or furbelows in its
politics. It advocates:
The free coinage ot^ilver at 16 to 1-*
tho most important issue now before
the oountry. —^
Tariir reform that will givo the pro-
ducers an equal chpnce with the ®ann’:
fucturors. ’
An income tax.
Pension reform.
The repeal dt the state lmnk tax.
The election of United States senators
by popuhyf'yoteT'
An oijOctivo railrhud oomniissioq.
enforcement I of the anli-trusl, law
agaihst all trusts., »»
Rigid economy in public expenditures.
Tho Gazette1 is
Not Owned By I lie Trnste.
It printRr ■
All Texasnojrs. ,
All general news. J
All foreign nnsve.
A farmers' deJfrtment • .
A Woman's department. ■
Local ami foreign markets.
Stories, sketches, and many interoht-
iug special features,
An editorial page devoted to what ip
fH-liovod to he the public's interests,
and which frankly arid plainly expres-
s*»s the Gazetle’so'jHws oo all live
istiuns . . §
Remit, sixty cents for year’s subscrip-
tion or thirty cents for six months' sub-
scription, or write for sample copy.
Address
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE,
Fort Worth. T*x.
Li?" NOTE.—The Fninieid
and The Weekly < lunette, I Kith fcr 0116
yea i, »«»r daly •1.50. cash, f«r th* MSt
6) days SuLacribe aickly. '
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beck, arrived
^herill' Tir
county,
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tlteil persist
Mexia jVloinh
jyuew mid
jcy^dry just
/ittman’s.
The Rucoii
from itu Wor
apvi i.
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week, but u |
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an“o<)aibe
D. Futm
^Healili olliJ
says tin i ,1
to Farrlield t|
if milrn (if
known cases
Noti o in t|
the law firm
rJTUeir rooms 1
Any “Biattor |
receive prouJ
teution.
Mr Frank I
.1) to ntteiul
Gordon aud
last Suuday.l
day, carryinj
with him.
There are
now 11 |
John Terry,,
A. Hill and i
don Fair fi J
yef, but it is (>|
same.
A lloiisl
D. W. Fuller, I
aays that he n|
New DiK'overv I
ily pas always
Sultrt follow III
not be wit bout f
Pykeroun, drug
that Dr King,
qOUll4>dl_v the t.
he hks used it ]
jr^ars, and it he
(th^ is claimed
remedy h,, long
free a* I
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bend (rouble
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a ne*V way, ari
tables; ii )onful|
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Hb# next morj
her oojd litul
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