The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29,1897.
NO. 5
Freestono Court Directory.
I ntli JwHiImI RWrlcl.
X*. R. Cohto............Distiiet JnffR*.
«J. 0. Kirveu......... District Attorney.
Meets op the 5th Monday after the tm
•Bonder in •Tmmnry.rtnd on t. hr 5th Mon
flay after the 1st Monday tn'Ap«n»t.
TTerm limited to fonr week*.
” OGCNTY OOUttf!
Meets on tbs 1st Monday in Jarnory,
.Apnl, and July and on the 3d Monday
•in Ootober. , .
W.M. White............County Jndjfe.
!B. M. Edward*... ....Conn tv Attorney.
COMMISSIONERS COURT..
W.M. Whits. Co.. Judge, Presiding
„T E. Lake, Commissioner Prec. No. r
J. A. Wright, “ “ ^ ‘
R. W. Durham “ / .
R. Y.Ohanctflior, M “ , -j
Meets an the ‘2nd Monday in hehrna-1
ry, May, August and November.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
W. M. White....'........County Judge.
R. M. Ed warts....... County Attorney.
O. B. Dunagwn...........SerC‘
f. B. RobertaoD.......... District Clerk.
H. H. Powell...................Sheriff.
J. c. Henderson.........Assessor.j
L. O. Bandjfer...........Tax Collector.,
A.Simpsou—..............Treasurer.,
T. G. Blaokmon............. Surveyor.
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EXAMINING BOARD.
Theteaohcrs’ Examining Board for the
year ending Aug. 31,1898, is oompoeed ns
ProfWE. E. Williford, Fairfield, Texas.
Prof. S. M Barnett, Mills, Texas.
Prof. J. A. Childress, Brewer. Texas.
- JUSTICE COURTS.
Kairfield, Prec. Ko. I
Meets the l«t Monday of every month.
John Tyrry.................. . Jwstioe
Watt Walter............... Constable
/ Antioch. Free. No. 2
Meets/the 2nd Saturday in every month.
J. A. Uond..................
L. WJPieroe...........- • • • • Constable]
Butler, Free. No. 8
Meets the let Friday in every month
O. C. Whitt.................. • JueUoe.
J. K. Bryan.................Constable
RehobothjJMe. No. 4
Meets on Friday before the 2nd Satur-
day in every month.
T.F. Owens ............... Justice
M. J. Ingram............ OoartsUe
$ Woodland, Free. No. 5 ^ r
Meets at Woodland the 2nd Wednesday
of eaoh mouth, and at Wortham the
next day. *
Warren AJtogre.................Justice
E. L. Richardson.'...........Constable
Cotton Dip. Free. No. 8
(Meets the 3d . Saturday in every month.
T. O. Itamsey.i.;..............Justice
W. A. Carlejr .............. Constable
St. Elmo, Prcc. No. 7. /
.Meets-the 4th Wednqpday in every
month. /
S. H. Hardwick........ Jdsto
J. W. Maddox............... Constable
Harrison’s Chapel Prec. No. 8
Meets the 4th Saturday in every mouth
R. L. Smith.......
f. P.Hpm!v.... .
PROFESSIONAL C^RDS.
Williford.
RD,
to ali bum-
Wilt praotioe
J. Ross Bell. . R.
BELL & WILL
Lawyers
^airfield, ......
Lands for sale and to
derod and paid.
Land Titles Promptly
Prompt attention gjv,
ness plaoed in onr care,
in all the courts. Alao Notaries Public.
Office on west Side of square. Jy2
”~HTiT D AYIsS^
Lawyer.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
Fairfield. Texas.
Will do a^general praotioe in all the
boutt* of 'fisfras, giving special atten-
tion to all business entrusted .to me.
Will buy, *911 snd rent lands,'perfect 1l
titles, render And P*M
pnsi- hi
itliM. '
and abstract
taxes and do a general real estate
ness. Office in front room. Peck build
iog. Notary Public
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V7 W. M. WHITE, -*.(
Lawyer anij Land, Agent
• Fairfield, Texas.
Will do a general real estate bustnest
-in Freestone and adjoining oonnties.
~ ‘ attentjon given to baying .and
ying taxes for non-reei
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A. O. Aniierwn,
AJJklndaofl
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of
* W. B.
i solicited.
FURNITURE:
On Hooonnt of the hard times and the
low prioe of ootton, we have decided to
mark everything in onr line down to
the very lowest prioes for cash. We
keep in stock at all times:
FURNITURE -of all Kinds,
PICTURES,
PICTURE FRAMES,
WINDOW GLASS,
WINDOWrgHADES)
WALL (»APER/
BABY CARRIAGES, '
ORGANS,
SCREEN DOORS, and
1 WINDOWS.
We also carry a full line of CAS-
YET8, COFFINS and- BURIAL
BOBES, from the cheapest to the best.
We want your trade and will save you
money on SDy of the above lines if yon
will give us a call. Respectfully,
LONG & SIMMONS
Mexla, Texas.
— A.
She Kept Trying to Tell Him.
The woman was very carefat in
opening the door, bat he bad. od
toothpick shoes and he got one of
them inside the door before she
coaid slam it again. < •
She waited for him to lead off,
aud sparred for an opening.
“Madam,” he said, as he set bis
bag down on'tha top step/“I bave
some articles here that are indis-
pensable to housekeepers. This
new pattern dripper Little Jumbo
coffee pot saves its oost every week
that you use it. Observe the im-
proved arrangements of—”
I‘*1 do'u’t want it,” said the wo-
man. “We have Rmall—V . ’
“Just the thing for.a small fam-
ily, ma’am. Forty per cent of the
coffee is wasted with any other pot.
If you don’t want a coffee pot, let
me show you something else. Idio-
tina, the latest parlor game out.
Faciuatiug, instructive, education-
al. All the young people go wild
over it. Makea dull evenings fly
like—'” j
“I tell yob we have 6mall—”
“Finest thing for emall,childreu ,ee^0 obstaolT aV lhis/the
here you ever saw. Safety pin,
with music box attachment. If the
piu sticks, the box plays.. Don’t
want it? Well, when you see this
latest improved clothes linn and
pins you’ll wonder how yon have
managed to live all this time with-
out them. The line fastens—”
“Take your foot out of the door,”
said tbe woman. “I’ve been try-
ing tp tell you we’vq got smallpox
in the house, snd—*' ,
During the fohr secouds the
business entrusted .to me. agent took to slam the things into
is bag aud tumble down the steps
e managed tossy: ,.
“Why in the thunder didn’t you
say ao?, Home womeu can talk an
liour without conveying the idea
they want to.—New York Jbfi^nal.
Diptheria Remedy.
a child, make the room olose; then
take * tin oup and pour into it an
equal amount of tar and turpentine
then hold the cop over a fire so
t as to fill the room with the fumes,
r The patient, in inhaling the fumes,
hand-spit up the mem-
matter and the diptheria
pass off. The fumes of
and turpentine lessens
“lifii
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The Scientific American gives
the following reoeipt for the whole
.world to know: > At tiie first judi-
cation of diptheria in the throated yho may obooee to atteud the oon-
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That District Singing Convention.
Wobtham, Tkx , Oot 26, ’97.
We notice that the Freestone
County Distriot Singing Conven-
tion has about “petered out.” In
the last proceedings as publish-
ed in the Reoobdeh the high-
sounding institution goes a-beg-
ging for its next plaoe of meeting.
It we mistake not we were in “at
the homing” of this musical festi-
val, a few years ago, at Brewer,
when its musical head stated pub-
lioly that he was the “Honorable”
president of a like institution in
Navarro County, and would like to
establish oue in Freestone. Soon
after this, with a flourish of vocal
trumpbets the present 4‘Freestone
County District Singing Conven-
tion” sprang into being. We have
great love and respect for the
practice, the art and t|ie science of
vocal manic; but at the same time,
we bave a supreme contempt for a
little crowd of 2 by 4 singers who
are continually parading tbem-
adves before the public aud iu the
public prints as “Professor.” Ev-
ery little shallow-brain, squeaking
parrot of a fellow who has brass
aod “gumption” enough to get up
before a class and lead a few pieces
of plain oommou music is forth-
with loaded down with the high-
soundiug title of “Professor So-
and-so,” and the oonnty paper is
called upon to advertise and send
out to the world his name tagged
with the title of Professor of mu-
sic. Obi ye immortal shades of
B. A White, George F. Root,
William H. Palmer, A. J. Showal-
ter, Billings and a boat of others
whose illustriouq names have giv-
en to the world the sweetest strains
of enchanting music, how do. you
like such fellow “professors” as
we have now-a-days iu our Dis-
trict Singing Conventions? Poor
little fellows, with a 2 by 4 capac-
ity for music, a 6 by 8 for brass
and gall, aud % stomach capacity
of about 10 by 12 for good grub.
We notice that oo community iu
the county had sympathy or re-
spect enough fo^ the little weakly
Straggling convention. to petition
for it to hold its next session with
them. But undaunted by such a
an-
nouncement is made that on ab-
couut of this being a fact, the pres-
ident will “appoiut a time and
place” and saddle the diminutive
little lady on some community,
“nolens volens." The 2 by 4 tal-
eut and the 10 by 12 fttomaoh in-
sist on a program of “go along,
keep moving, we’ll get 'there by
and by.” We wonld suggest that
the secretary in future give ub a
change iq the form of an extract
from the Patent Office Reports or
the Weather Bureau, and. let the
little baud of professors with their
blushing! honors thick npon them
have a rest.
One county singing convention
convening twice a year is enough,
and affords ample opportunity for
All the little ooDoeited bobtail Pro-
fessors to get in their little song,
and it is also often enough for the
good people of the coanty to be
asked to support aud entertain all
▼ention from a distanoe and have
a jolly good time with plenty of
fine eating thrown in at the ex-
pense of the community. Again
we say, let the little Professors
call a bolt, and let the weary peo-
ple have a rest.
Bill Jones. -
Louis Exposition Sept. 8 to Oct. 88.
1. A O N. R R., will sell
81.
Talmage’s Idea About Women.
In my mind, the fact that a wo-
man is out in the world earning
her own living should not lessen
iu any degree the deference which,!
should ire paid bet by meu. If
anything, her efforts should in-
crease the respect and oourtesy of
men. A chivalrous attitude to-
ward a woman, no matter what her
position iu life may be,;Jf not a
matter of principle with gentle-
men; it ia a matter of instinct. We
cannot forget that our mothers
were women, and we cannot over-
look a certain fineness in the Char-
acter of woman which meu as a
geueral rule, do uot possess. The
womau is oast iu the finer mold,
and it is natural that she should
be. treated accordingly. I believe
tbet women, speaking generally,
are more conscientious, moral aod
spiritual than men; aud they bring
into any sphere which they euter
desirable qualities which did not
exist tber$ wheu it was ocoupied
by men alone. In a business office
they have an elevating and refin-
ing influence. I bid them God-
spaed in their so-called invasion-*^
the business world. Women are
more belpleaa than rmen wheu
thrown upon their oVn resources,
fov the reason that their sensibili-
ties are greater, and their self-aa-
ser rtivenees is leas; therefore they
•b< old be-given every opportunity
an< encouragement iu their efforts
to help themselves, tf 1 had a
position which a woman was com-
petent to fill, and a nikn and a wo-
man applied for it, I would most
certainly give it to the woman.
Ben Hill's Eulogy on Lee.
Of all the eulogies in literature
there is none more beautiful tbau
the following upon Oen. Robt. E.
Lee. It fell from the silver
tongue of the eloquent Georgian,
Senator Beojumin H. Hill, and is
is said to have been «xtempora-
neons:
"Wheu the future historian
comes to survey the character of
Lee, he will find it rising like a
huge -mountain above tbe>undulat-
ing plain of humanity*and he will
have to lift his eyes high toward
heaven to catch its summit He
possessed every virtue of the other
great commkuders without their
vices. He was a' foe without-bate,
a friend without -treachery, a
soldier without cruelty, .and a
victim without mu.rOiurjog. He
was a public oSe er without vices,
a private citizen without a wrong,
a neighbor without*a reproach, a
Christian without hypocrisy, aod a
man withqut guile. ’ He was a
Caesar without hia ambition, u
Frederick without bis tyranny,
a Napoleon Without hia. selfish-
ness, and-a Washington without
hia reward. He was as obediavit
to Authority as a true king. He
was ns gentle as a woman in li/e,
pure and modest as a .virgin in
thought, watchful as a Roman ves-
tal in duty, submissive to law as
Socrates, and grand iu battle as
Achillea.—Ex.
[* r+ Young Locals.
!»•;’ “ Oct. 26. 1897.
Mf- T. F. Owens left, tod Ay /or
the Dallas Fair.
We are sorry to learn that Mies
Carrie Henderson is very sick with
eresipelas.
There was a nice siDgiDg at Mr.
John Giles last Snnday night, aod
all enjoyed it.
Several of onr people are gath-
ering pecans in Trinity bottom,
snd they say the crop U abundant.
We enjoy Mrs. Odom’s letters
from Tennessee very much, aud
hope she will write regularly till
•he comes back.
Jeff Latham, Joe Casey and
Clarence Morrow returned last
week from the west. There is no
plaoe like home, is there, boys?
Mr. Ed Wopd and Mrs. Evaus
and her daughter, (Mrs. Giles sis-
ter), of Anderson county, visited
Mr. aud Mrs-John GUes here last
week.
We learn that Mrs. Lula Hill,
of this place, is going to move to
Fairfield. We wish- her well iD
her removal to town, hot we hate
to loae our good school teacher.
I desire to say to my friends of
this plaoe that I will not report
any more dances in my locals, for
being a church member and a
obristiau I do not believe it ia
right to thus euoourage and make
pi omioent notioo of social evils
that I cannot approve. -
Rost’s Chum.
Royal ulu tbo food para,
wholeium. and delldoaa.
&akiN*
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
■OVAL ■AKIM POW048 CO., NEW YOHK-
The Consumptive
iu weak iu the vital powfer that
heals, the power that repairs waste,
that resists the enoroaohment of
disease. There is a way to build
np these weakened powers—to get
baok the blood that nourishes and
revives. What has been done
many times can be done again, and
tiger Tonic has many
the health that
of. If it is worth
Dew Drops.
• y j ' OcL 25, 1897.
Therfe ia a great ^leal of sickness
at present
Mrs. Ella Peyton and baby were
sick last week, but are up agaiu.
Clark & Peyton bave ginned 580
bales of cotton, but ginning is
about doae now.
Mrs. Helen Noland has been
sick some time, but is now better.
Her baby ia very sick at this
time. / J • r
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Rev. A, M. Eubank /ailed to
fill his appointment at the Metho-
dist church Sunday, on account
of sickness.
Our ootton picking boys are
coming back /ruin the black land.
Cotton .la about ail out. We are
ail about done picking here.
Our school is progressing finely
under (he management of Prof.
Walter Weaver aa principal \anci
Miss Melle Lock*ton as assistant.
Esq. Smith aud Constable Ham
.are getting some pie out of the
crap shooting; negroes; and they
have found two white men also
who.were shooting craps. Law met
The Association passed off nice-
ly and everybody seemed to enjoy
it finely. We got to see tbe-edltor
of the Reoobder down here and
shake hia hand. We. got to see
“pose’s Chum” too, down here.
Isn’t she a nice old girl? Sdy, Mr.
Editor, are all yohr correspon-
dents as nice , looking as Rope’s
Chum and I? '
Daisy’s Chum.
If you would teach your chil-
dren patienoe, show them what it
is: ' . '"-‘-V]-
“Teeth Extracted While
Wait” is • Kansas City
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—.—
Tbs man who kao*s bow
live
well will not bave to learn hdw tar]
man who la sfraWlo |-
m* :
Women Who Should Not Marry,
The woman who proudly de-
clares that she cannot ev^u hem a
pocket handkerchief, uever made
up a bed in her Itfe, and adds with
a simper that ehe Ijmm “Been in so-
ciety ever since Bhe was lifteeh.”
The woman who woiihjj ruili^r
nurse a pug dog than a baby.
The woman who tliiuks she'enn
get $5,000 worthjof style/ out of
$1,000 salary.
The woman who wants'to re-
furnish her house every spring.
The woman who buj^s' for the
mere pleasure of bhjtug-
Tbe woman who does not know-
how many cents, quarters, dimes
and nickels there are in a dollar:
The womau who/thiuks that men
are angels aud demigods.
The woman who stays 'at home
only when she cannot find a place
to visit.
The womau who buys brio-a-
brac for the pkrlor aud borrows
kitebep uteusils from her neigh-
bors.
Tbb womau whose cleanliness
and qrder extends no further than
the ffont ball aod drawing room.
womau who wnuts things
jusL because “other women”] bave
them.—New York Times. ' \
/A New Microscope Invented.
rof. Elmer Gatee, of Washing-
ton! says, be lias worked oat a pro-
by which objects can be mag-
nilfed to a size 300 times greater
u any of the microscopes now -
in lose. His invention, be .claim?*
will revolutionise microscopy, and
wiN advance science to a point
hitherto undreamed of, Hia dtB-
oovery, he says, will be of special
value in bacteriology aud the study
of the cellular tissues. The pro-
fessor declares lie lias aucceeded
where all other scientists -have)
failed—in- discovering a way by
whiqh /he magri’ifii.'d i image pro--
jeefedj on a lease can be magnified
by a>ecood, aa jf.it were the orig-
nal object To do this has- been ^
the aim of scientific 'pj/dtographers
And migroecopi its for ih any years.
Pi®. Dates dots not H/fe thejpubi- j
lie'into hie confidence Sufficiently
to divnlfca the retails ql'6is inven-
tion, bit he rays ha! will be ready
to give it to' the world in -a few
weeks. . The poweii of the new in-
strument is mentioned as magnify. .
ing 3,006,000 diameters.
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Highest Honors—World’s Fair*
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