The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY.: JULY H. 18)7.
Freestone Court * Direptoryr The Twenty-Fifth Legislature,
1 Sth Judicial District.
L. TV Cobh. .■..........District Jtuto.
O. C. Kirveu .. .. . Di»trio» Attorney.
Meet* on the Sth Monday after the 1st
Monday in January, nnd on theSth
tisy after the 1st Monday in AnjpiSt.
Term limited to fonr weeks. .
COUNTS OODUT.
Meets on the 1st Monday in January,
April, and July and on the 8d Monday
in October, 5 , . .'
W. M. White .....County Jnd«e.
B. M. Edwards. .....County Attorney.
' OOMMISHIONF.K8 -COURT .
W. M. White, Co.. Judge, Presiding
’ ,T. E. Lftte, Commissioner Free. No. I
j. a. Wright, “ >2
R.W. Durham “ „ . “ »
B. Y. Ohanoellbr, 8 4
Meets on the 2nd Monday in Februa-
ry, May, Avgust and November.
* "77~ COUNTY OFFICERS?.
W. M. White............County Jtidge.
R. M. Edwards.......Codnty Attorney.
C. B. Dunagan.......
J. B. Bobertson Distort Clerk.
H. H. Poweil• • • '•------Sheriff.
J. C. Henderson..........Tax Asaessor.
L. O. Bandifer...........1’ax Collector.
A. Simpson............... .Treasurer.
T. G. Blackmon. .....Surveyor.
COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
VraL E. E. Williford, Fairfield, Texas.
^ S. M. Barnett. Mills, Texas.
Lizzie Bradley, Fairfield, Texas.
Pud
Pcdt.
Miss
JUSTICE COURTS.
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Meets the last Monday of every month.
** Aiitiac.li, Free. Ne. 2
Meets the 2nd Saturday in every month.
J. A. Bond../.................. £»*£*
L.'W. PHgce .............Constable
Butler, Free. No. *
Meets the 1st Friday in every month
C. 0. Whitt.........
J. K. Bryan .A...... -
Itchobotli, Free. No. 4
th« 2nd Satur-
day in every
T. F. Owens
. The Twenty-fifth Legislature, iu
called session, adjourned Sunday,
morning, at 10 o’clock. The work
of tbisjp-dy as a whole will prove
acceptable to a majority of the
people of Texas. From the num-
ber ot excellent bills passed during
the short extra session many will
donbtless feel constrained to criti-
cise the members for the amount
of time consumed in the regular
session, , but in the absence of a
knowledge of the trials aud annoy-
anoea that beset a body of law
makers, dne allowance should be
m.ade for what’ often resembles a
dereliction of duty. The appro-
priation bill passed reduces tie;
expenses for tbe .next two years
more than $100,000 below tbe ag-
gregate of appropriations for thb
preoeeding’two years, and with one
exception the platform pledges
have been redeemed. Of course
it is not within the province of a
democratic legislature jn-Texas to
do anything that would prove ac-
ceptable to a certain class of critics.
It is not their desire-to be pleased.
But the democratic party of this
State, which will be held responsi-
ble for tbe acts of the twenty-fifth
Legislature, can without fear or
shamefpoint to the record And bid j^peak against
defiancV-to its eojetnies. An ap-
proximately perfect > legislative
, and tbe
Union Units. ,, :
| Delayed from .last week-1
Let our neighborhood (Union)
be the first offer congratula-
tions to the pditoriof the Recorder
for hie efficient and ' untiring rep-
resentation of Freestone in the
loDg session of the Legislature
just closed. Ip bis absence the
junior editor haB given us ocular
demonetration of the (act that we
have two men in Freestone that
can ran a newspaper.
Perhaps I’d better tell “where
we are at.” We center on Burleson
Hill, Dine miles south of Fairfield,
having Dew for oar po|toffice.
Oar lands are fertile, but candor'
''compels me to admit that the
greater part of them is still encum-
bered witb.tbe native forest, cheap-
Juatioe
.Meets on Friffay before
day in every /month.
T. F. Owens .....«-»«>
M. J. Ingram..........A- *1 • 9
; Waodlahd,Pree.«o.»
Meets at Woodland the 2nd Wednesday
of eaoh month, and at Wortham the
next day. " ; r ..
Warren Allegro........*------ • -
E. I^Riohardaop.......... Constable
Colton iftn. Free. No. «
Meets the 3d. Saturday in every month.
T. 0. Ramsey...............• • • Justice
W.A. Garley ................ Constable
St. Elmo, Prec. No. 7.
Meets the 4th Wednesday id every
month.' * t , ’
J. H. Hardwick.............JvM
J. W. Maddox...............Constable
arrlson’s Chapel Prec. No. 8
the 4t>h Saturday in every month
, Smith................ Jnstlce
Ham ............. Constable
.....Justice., body was never in session
.. Constable ^'exj democratic State ticket that
is put before tbe people of Texas
for their suffrages will. suffer no
embarrassment from a comparison
of, ibo work of the Twenty.fifth
Legislature with that, of any legis,
lature since tbe E. J. Davis reg-
ime. The wails of disappointed
office-seekers and assistant ^repub
licans aud the vituperation^of a
hireling press can never rally a
force sufficient to wrest from the
Democrats of Texas tbe control of
their -State government.-^-Hico
Review.
Dew Drops.
\ Brewer Locals. \ j
[ DkLA YHD. j „
June 28tb, 1897.
As there have * been so many
writing from this place of late, we
thought it best to. hold up awhile.
Health of tbe .community not as
good as it has been.
Mr*. Headlee, who has been
confined to her room for some
time with continued fever, is im-
proving, and we hope she will soon
be well, and at her poet in’ the
Sabbath School, for there is no onp-
to fill her place as she does.
drops are good, but needing
raip. • J
Miss Alta Headlee is visiting
friends aud relatives at Buffalo.
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ROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J./Roas~Bell, ‘ R. U. Williford.
BELL & WILLIFORD,
7 Lawyers, ,.:v
Fairfield,...........-Texas.
Lauda fo* sale and to rent, taxes rt-n-
** jed and', paid.
. Land Titles Promptly Investigated.
Prompt attention given to bL| buei-
ness plBoed in our o^re. Will praotioe
in all the onurta. Alao. Notaries Publie.
Ottioe op WMtaide ^
' Ha B- DAYI8S, . * *>,
(■ Bwyofs
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
- Fairfield, Texas.
Will do a general praotioe in all the
courts of Texaa, giving special atten-
tion to All business entrusted to me.
Will buy, sAll and rent, lands, perfect
and abstraot vltles, render and pay
taxes and do a general real estate busi-
ness. Office ip front room, Peck build-
ing. Notary Nubile.
. W. M. WHITE,
Lawyer and Land. Agent.
FalrfleM, Texas. * ’
Will do a general real estate bnainesi
in- Freestone and Adjoining counties,
al attention given to buying and
X lands, paying taxes for non-resi-
, redeeming lands told for taxes,
_ jtmg titles, Ac. Money to loan in
e or small ampnnts, on long or abort
s, at low rate of intecest. Vendor’s
'boaKht'
/ * W. B. Mom*.
Anderson & Moses,
& .LAWYERS. / -
da of Land bualnaas solicited.
Land
life
• of >1
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| DELATED. 1 -
Jo ne .28, 1897.
Health is very good.
We are needing rain.
Dew’s first and second nine*
played Brewer's .first Hbd second,
nines Saturday evening, and .re-
sulted as follows: First nine, 28
to 29 fn favor of Dew; Becond Dine,
14 to 21 in favor of Dew.-
Say, Rose, who is your chum?
A Peyton are boilding
some more room'to their gin house.
Thfeir pew machinery will be bere
aojnei time in July. It willbe a fine
gin when completed. ;
Prof. Benton, of Buffalo, was np
to see the ball game Saturday. He
also brought the Dew second nine
a challenge to play Buffalo's sec-
ond nine, on Dew'* ground next
Saturday, after our (fret nine satis-
fies the Fairfield toys. You have
some gritty boys, Mr. Editor.
Bro. G. W. Wpite preached at
the Baptist oburch Monday night.
One addition to the Church, Mr.
M. A. Shaw, who will be baptised
on the 1st Sunday at 4 p. m., in
the mill tank. Daisy’s Chum.
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Some of tbe papers are saying
that George Gould is discharging
all the big officials of bis railroad
system fn Texas who are advo-
cates of tie free coinage of silver.
The Rhoordbb does Dot believe
tbe report. It believes that Tom
Campbell aud J. M. Duncan and
others were jelieved,
Id found other men w
tfie same work for le«
Offices at. Palestine that
«i.
ness in price campeDsatiDg in u
measure for this disadvantage.
Crops are good/ Mr. 8. M. Corley,
Sr.; Rev. J. K. aud Mr. Lon
Harper’s are among the best. Mr.
Harper came among ns duly this
year from tbe black lauda of Lime-
stone county, and is using Mexi-
can labor.
We have a good school bouse
and church house, bat need a gin
house, store, blacksmith shop,
postoffice and telephone. Dog/t all
atf-gone. Dew
neighbors, you already have these
conveniences and we’ll “tote fair,”
gentlemen, “we’ll tote fair.” Yon
may still have the oamp-meetings
and the base ball games, if you
will give us .the courts. Sir Ed-
'ward Coke says of tbe justice’s of-
fice, “the whole Christian world
hath not the like of it, so it be ex-
ecuted,” aud we assuredly have in
iu our midst, the jhstice, R. L.
Smith, that will execute tbe law.
Knowiug that anything in tbe
form of a public exhibition is
jne&t aud drink to our Dew neigh-
bors, I weDt over and witnessed
the base ball game -between Dew
and Brewer on the -25tb ult. Dew
undoubtedly 'has -the ideal nine,
aCd haVing left every field of en-
counter with flying colors ii is
still fianutiBg its challengei
> Away back in the’dim centuries
history has much to say of Xerxes
&nd bis Persian “immortals” going
down before the brave Greek,
Leobidas, Sod bis Spartan band,
aud poets have variously sung of
the “glad earth drinking the Per-
sians’ blood"—but/’Daisy’e Chum”
feels that this ancient affair of
fame and glory is but a poor bir
cumstance compared to the
“squelching,” by’ his trenchant
pep^pf the? modern '“Xefies” of
Brewer. Union Jack.
M. O. Williamson tdeo made a fly-
ing trip to Buffalo last Friday, ac-
companied by his mother.
Rev. J. W. Seale filled bis ap-
pointment here Saturday and Ban-
day.
Tbe Baptists settled ^the ques-
tion in conference Saturday, as to
whether they would build a church
house or not. The decision was
to build, and a committee was ap-
pointed, and tbe work will com-
mence in earnest..
Our base ban boys gave tbe boys
a round at Dew last Saturday, and
came back looking sad and feeling
bad; but say they they are still in
the ring, and all they ask is an-
other chance at thp Dew boys, and.
half justice, which they didu’t gel
this time.
\ye will call the attention' of
the Dew correspondents to a broad
mistake they have made, and think
utely Purt
CiJahratad for its (treat leavening
strongth and healthfulnesB. Aasurea the
food against alum aud all forma of adul-
teration common to the cheap brands.
Royal Baking Powder Co., New York.
they had better get together fiextthings well.
Tribute of Respect.
Whereas, It lias pleased tjie
Supreme Grand Master of the
Universe to agaiu visit onr frater-
nity, and take from cur fraternal
circle Bro. Harvey Bain, our true
aud valued friend and beloved
brother, therefore be it ,
Resolved, That in the (featb of
Bro. Baiu we are reminded of the
deep loss to our Lodge and com-
munity, and that we deplore and
mourn Jiis death, feeling that a
good man has been oailed from la-
bor to refreshment in tbe Grand
Lodgs above. . .
Resolved, That while we de-
plore and mourn the death of onr
beloved brother, who has been
called to bis reward on high, yet
we bow with reverence and humil-
ity to the action of Him that doeth
NO. U
From Poverty Flat.
Jnly\5tb, 18,97.
tJorp Will be cut short, in this
sectiou if it ‘dou’t rain soon,’ aD&
cotton is now needing rain too.
Mr. VJ^A. Howell will soon*
have his gin in running order. He-
haa received two aeveuly-saw Pratt'4
gins, and bis Texaa presa ia com-
ing. When he gets bis machinery »
in place he will have a good gin-
ning outfit. SacoesfT to him.
Mrs. Avy Meredith aud her son
Tommie, of Armour, are visiting;
relatives here. . » ,
, Our dentist, James Bryan, ie.
convalescent. . , . V
Left the Flat in the spring oA
summer,, of 1896, oue friendship ^
quilt, any person giving any infor-
mation of said quilt,* or the pos-
sessor of it, will be liberally re-
warded by the owner.
Several of the boys frdiii the
Flat were at the ball game Satur-
day at Holeroan Prairie, aud saw
tbe ferewer toys get dofeaterl by
a two-thirds majority” by the
Nip-and-Tuck team.
Hoe Boy.
time' so they can tell the same
thing. One of them B. II. Boys
(blunderbuss) said the first nine
did refuse to play the ‘secoDd nine
of Brewer on picci$ day,* apd( the
other one said they did not'—So
you see wbat they have told. Be
careful, brethren be careful.
We gladly 'accept “Old DanV’
(tucker) explanation in regard to
selling lemonade at tbe convenr
tion. We now understand why
they objected to the game of ball.
Old Dan said “if the picnic had
dot been on Saturday, tbe lemoo-
ade stand , would not have bepn
there Sunday.” According to that,
if the boys played W Saturday
they would be. boand to play on
Sunday, and if that bertfie case we
think they^did right' to object to
the game. So we Are satisfied with
From Buffalo.
Mrs. Oliver,
^og hcLitttaer,
Wortham, retu
tha£; -
Say, Mr. Editor, what has been
dtoe in regard to the financial
question? We bear nothing about
it of late, yet it is something we
Resolved, That wa-extend to the
family and relati ves of our deceas-
ed brother.our heartfelt sympathy
in this their hour of bereavement,
aud that a copy of these reBolu-,
tions be spread upon tbe„rmuu
book of our Lodge, in respect toy
the memory of our deoeased broth-
er; that a copy^be sent to the fam-
ily of the deceased, and .a copy to
the Fairfield Recorder and the
Mexia Ledger, with the Request
to publish the same. ./
T. C. Ramsey, v
* J.lN. Rutherford,
L W. -Tull,
y Committee.
In testimony whereof we have
caused this certificate to be signed
by our secretary, and attested by
the seal of tbe Lodge thiA the
26th day of Judc, 1897. *
•, T. C. Ramsey, Secretary,
Cotton Gin Lodge, No. l£4; A.
F. & A. M.
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-■ From Spring.
July 5,1897. -v
. S. L. Hart had bis house’repair-
ed-and repainted. He is now domi-
ciled in one of the prettiest homes
in town.
The rock store house is about
completed and will soon be ready
for a new stock,"ef goods.
Mrs. Oliver* who has been visit-
Dr. Kit Sueed, of
returned borne today. - .
Otbo Baxter, who resides at
FraDklin, but was a student of our
school, ha* been employed to teach.
at Beantown, iu Freestone. , ^
S. W. Robinson has sold the
ay livery stable bere.to B. C. Bryan.
10 Dr. J. H. OlivAr and1 C. E. Gray-
son made a business trip to De
today. The horses iun -away,.an^i
Dr-. Oliver came home not 6.erfi
ly but painfully crippled. *
The Baptist meeting will begin
bere next Friday night. We bop&~
much good will be done, for. we do-
need a spiritual revival iu*Buffalo.
Joe Johnson looked very fiappy
all of last week. Miss Mattie
Tubbs, of Fay, spent last week in
Buffalo a guest of Miss Docia Ba-
ker.
Me, Harry MeMichael’s baby,
little H. O., has been quite ill, bat
is better at this writiug.
Scribbleb..
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should be ioten
corslons.
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INTEB&TATE DRILL, 8AN ANTONIO.
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Round trip excursion tickets on
Sale frfim all points od -the I & G
R R, July 1C ter 24, inclusive,
limited to 27tb for Return,%at very
low rates. -. “'
EPWORTH LEAGUE, TORONTO, ONT.
Round trip tickets on sale from
all points on the I & G N R R,
July 11,12 and 31, limited good
for return until July 26, at half
rates/ privilege . of extension of
return antil August 12 wilt be
granted on these tickets.
The Texan Fruit Palace at Tyler.
The ‘ Texas Friht Palace this
year ivill be held July 14 to 24,
will prevail on
the International <fe Grpat North-
ern R R for the oooasion. Under
a new management it^is asserte
that the Fruit PalScTof ’97 will
bs anything ever before
iD BaS Cm:
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A G P A.
oeey
of otlr pockets, auiT U-Ytfkes a heap
of hard work to malce ft.
We learn that Mr. Coxey, has
returned to finish patting ap Mr.
blurring’s machinery. Don’t know-
wtother he is tbe. Coxey that led
the army of populists to Washing-
ton or not, but ooe tbiog we do
know, he certainly doeB understand
hoir to put down machinery. When
Mr. Herring blew his whistle, the
engine bed didn’t move a particle.
We haven’t any weddings to Tf><-
port, but tbjnk if Mr. S. J. would
get pgprn and walk we could report
itig in our next.
Obadiah,
July 5,1897.
.Health of our community good
except A few chills, '/
A good ruin would be a great
-J benefit to our commnuity.
Will A. Anderson left our vicin-
ity last Monday for his home in
Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn
On account of the above, the*, I
& G N R R will have on sale ex-
cursion tickets at • reduced rates.
Call on nearest ti skefc
A,
Thy Mother’s Knee.
We bniid momumente to the'
heroes of this world,'but there i»
not stone nor marble enough upon
this earth to build, monuments to-
fts berqines. Every day among:
the hnmble women, and' in the*
hjg^ble homes of this land, there-
are deeds of heroism, of devotion,,
sublime 'self-sacrifice, that would
put to shame the greatest deed,
that blazes qpon the pages of bis-
rtue y.
Wfcf.
n r\ ra /
Houston county.
Mr. ^ud, if you would carry a tie tory*.... Men boast of their virtue
rope along with you, wheu you go
sparking, it might save you a loDg
walk bolne.
The young peofMe had singing at
Mrs. Alexander’^ last Sunday eve-
ning. Everbody enjoyed, them-
selves except Mr. —, who got left.
Many thauks to Mrs. Alexander
for her kiodoeah. i.
Punch and Judy.
Dallas News
call of State Chairman Blake look-
ing to a State conference of demq*
and wisdom, but the sweetest
dom of this world i* a woman’s
counsel and tbe purest altar from*
which honran prayer ever went to
heaven is a mother’s knee.—Ex.
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