The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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CASE CALLED FOR SYMPATHY
of
of
Ing
an old
and the death sentence pronounced.
conversation
The latter, after
length the
vantages
con-
Life of Single-Blessedness Made No
Appeal to Battered-Up Mar-
ried Woman.
doctor. Here’s j
north and sooth instead of east rail
west."
"No." was the reply; "1 spend only '
a part of my time here during th
day. My home is way up in Harlem. j
‘You're married, ain't you?" was (
the next question.
"No, I'm not married; and I may .
never be."
The poor, wretched woman opened (
her bruised and swollen eyes as best,
she could to get a look at her friend, j
gazing at her n amarment
“My, my!" she said, sympathetica! I
ly. "I’m awfully sorry. Say, but ain't
it fierce to be an old maid?”—Nev j
York Times.
Soldier’s Odd V/eapon.
A soldier tamed Pavtet was
detuned to deafh by court martial at
Oran, France, the other day. He was
charged with assaulting a corpora! 1
whilst on duty. During the hearing
he threw at ti e president of the couc
cii a curious weapon made by hlm-
< If, the bl ad • of a pair of scissors
fastened into a wooden handle. Ha
was at at once tried for this crime, j
dressed her
her something to eat and then
sympathetic
with the sufferer.
recounting at much length the In-
juries she had borne at the hands of '
her liege, lord and master, asked a
few questions to satisfy her womanly ,
curiosity abort her newfound friend
"Live here?” she Inquired of Mia?
Wonder of Nature.
A noted divine was very fond cl
riding on horseback, and, being vast! -’ I
conceited about his fine figure, wor |
stays to show it off. One day he was 1
thrown from iis horse and lay prone |
on the road. A farm laborer from a i
neighboring fi-*ld ran to his assistance.
The first-aid man began to feel th»|
parson all over, and suddenly yelled .
out to another laborer:
"Rin, Jock, for heaven's: sake, for \
a men’s ribs running i
Apropos tb • discussion of the ad :
narried life recalls the*
of a certain bachelor maid
fort) summers and some wir
rs. She ha? had proposals enough,
so she says, but she prefers singlf-
btessedness > pouring coffee, mend
Miks aril spanking babies. Sh •
fly began devoting much of >. ■
time to working In the slums, partic-
ularly among the women and chil-
dren.
A pitiful case was recently brought ,
to her attention to care for A wom-
an had been cruelly treated by h« •
husband, who, as a final act, locked
her out In the street. The poor, suf-
fering creat i?e, ragg*-d and dishev
eled, reported at the charity head-
quarters and begged for shelter
Miss ,1 dressed her wounds,
gave
started a
PICKED UP THIS MORNING.
tor I
houses
of town.
All the rain needed has fallen in •
this section this week, and then ’
some.
ward, will return to Galveston to
side.
The paid local column is running
over with valuable news this week.
Saveli, w* th the x-i
brand, which j
From |
I
u titled
1g of.
* 232,1120
930,170
I M. I
. »nl
Big Cable Deal,
largest cattle sale tiiat has:
Oh. why should we give
row?
iud w »uld not begin to sell his farm i
for several times the purchase price. [
Fruit and vegetable growing is some-
thing new for Mr. Wood ward,he hav-1
ing been in the merchandise business
years before coining to Alvin, but for
is making good and with a little
more experience he will make a
grand success of everything he
raises.
The city fathers will hold regular
im.thly session next Monday night.
41.955
220.000’
300,’)001
3.000 |
; la ge and peculiar to itself f
■ should stand or fall on its own
Divorced from any other iusti-
■ srutiun it would receive such a
it may b<- entitled to and that if
E. Nelson, who sold her ' be dtfi-. r-. i-ig of. Th-?
. Mrs. P. E. Nelson, who sold her be di
J place this week to Mr. Ralph Wood-' should be such a school w
Texas boys who desire it can
cated at slight cost along practical
. lines.”
The foundation for another new : 1
residence is laid on a lot adjoining :—TT
the new coltage now being built by
C. A. Mills.
; Mr. J. G. Brown has bought a
| in the Stevens addition and
j ouildmg a residence.
September Rainfall.
Mr. Fred A. Smith, volunteer ob-
•: ver for the government weather
gives the rainfall for Nov.
follows:
Nov. 1899 ....3.50 im hes
1900 1.65
“ 1901 1.79
1902 10 03
“ 1903 U
“ 19-44 3 68
1905 4 54
“ 1906 47
19o7 7.54
“ 1908 2 74
“ 1909 4.80
Average precipitation in Nov.
12 years, 3.74>a inches.
Texas Stockman an Farmer thinks:'
• “The Texas A. and M. college should
f .. , 4 ! be an independent college, and not
Mort ot our new »r« tbe t „ivBrs^y „f T(_„J
out right by subscribing for this I or Th|s ,
great religious weekly. ,, . • . . . ,, , ,
: lege is big enough and its field is s •
i la -ge atid peculiar to itself that it ‘
We understand there will be sev s
eral new reeidenc s to begin in the I }
new Stevens addition soon.
way to sor-
»vw. ; bureau. „
As a matter of fact it dcr’t pa.v ; ; f°r ten ye
Drainage District Values.
Following is the amount of taxable
property in the proposed Alvin
drainage district «nd the valuation
of sain1:
Real Fstate. Alvin .....!
Tothl \ alue of acreage.. .
Town property a id outlets,
Mau .»I.
Railroad values
Personal property
Telegraph aud telephone....
I will sell you a Town Lot on Monthly
Payments and furnish you as much lum-
ber to start you house with as your first pay-
ment amounts to and include same in the Notes.
Abstract furnished, approved by atiornev. I
hav» s .ne WHOLE BLOCKS ata Bargain.
25<> Bearing Orange Trees, 4 years old for sale.
T. C. EDWARD^ ALVIN, TEXAS.
Alvin-Fnendswood Road.
The fol’owing is taken from the
Galveston county commissioners’ j
court proceedings, published in the
News of Tuesday: “The tabulation
made by ‘he assistant cornty engin-
eer of bid-; received Friday for grad-
ing a id ditching five miles of the
Alvin Friendswood road showed bid
of V. G. Robs, at $210 per mile, ag-
gregating $1,1)30, to be the lowest.
Commissioner Deats recommended
the contract be awarded V. G. Ross,'
ard it wns so ordered.”
“A petition bearing forty-eight
signiti res of residents of Brazoria
county and Galveston county, who!
stated they lived nearer to Algoa, in i The school boys and girls are plan-j
Galvet ton county, than to ary other ning several entertainments for ' taken place in this section for a long !
railway station, asked that the coun-: Christmas week. time was made this week. when,
tycoustruct a road between Algoa j ------- Jo in Dagg sold hisentirecattlein-
and th-county line of Brazoria conn- If you witih to HeI1 Christmas ' teiest to T. M. 1! - ' “ '
ty along the south side of the gvvds tell ’em about it through the j ception of a certain
Brownsville road, a distant of less C(,i.!lnns of yjw Sun. w:>sbought by N. F. Thomas. F
than one mile, connecting withthel jl Muto 12u0 cattle wore included
Brazoria county road. The petition Mr. J. G Brown has bought a lot ‘hs
• " ■ to the eb.innan of the | in ,he Btev„,,a addition and ■«
road and bridge committee."
F. Haggard is making improve-
ments to his residence c»n Gordon
etreet. -------- | Letter Ljst
D. Lee Slataper is building new' Letters remaining in the Alvin
s for plants at his nursery east P°}’toffice unclaimed for the week
' amling to December 3, 1909;
W. P. Brown, Win. Carstom, M. !
■ H. Davis, L. E. Dixon. Newt. Hais-1
ten, E. W. Holms, C. H. Jenkins, J. i
,W Latham, Mrs. U. Lanins, Miss!
The weather this week has not ■ Ri»fr”w- Wright, J. W. j
: been very favorable for autoing and ' "' 'c^'
■making hay. 1 In tailing for these letters pl»-aee i
-- i say advertised.
if you are in the market for straw- M. S. French Postmaster. I
berry plants, read J. A. Bauer’s nd
in this issue.
First Berries of the Season.
Mr. H. G Woodward brought in i
some fine Excelsior strawberries;
Mond »y, the first of the season, and |
readil v sold them for 75c per quart, i
Hete'lsthe Sun that if the present
weather continues he will baing in I
seven I crates next week.
Mr. Woodward moved to Alvin
from I Illi ois lust January and bought
the A. D. Griffith place in Alvin i
Heigl ts. and last season sold over
$120o worth nf berries from six acres,
besidt s s- Hing several hundred dol-
lars worth of figs, and realized quite
a snut Mini from vegetables and jes-
samine patch. Next year he will
have fix hundred orange trees in
bearii g which will bring him in a
large tmount of money. Mr. Wood-
ward s irore than pleased with his. as a matter <>i lacr ituerzpay;
success if) the Alvin country so far. i |>,.rhaps yo-./ll be on top to-morrow,
and w »uld not begin to sell his farm ' Though seemingly dow n and out
to-d ay.
.•» large force of workmen are at
work, and the walls on the Jones
jflo.OOU brick block are going up at
a rapid rate.
BUSTER
RU1
Little Gem Drug
Blank Had
Him
A Determined Vicfl
An anc.ent homestead 1
btock. Cot n., shelters unden
M an interesting freak of I
regular*
. and
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SNOWl
HN1MEN1
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A Gentle Suggestion.
"I’m a consumer,” said the man who i
between hiccoughs was talking at the
top of his voice in the ow oar, "and i
there is no doubt hat I am always ,
getting the worst ot things.”
‘Web," replied CT-o advocate of k>
cal option, “thore are men who seem I
a'.erse to paymg their good money
for any other kind of an article.”
But It Is Probable Mre
Something to Say •
That Night.
fertile rs
, however, the
ence, along about 11 o'clock the other
morning, he paused, and, turning to
his secretary requested him to ring
up his residence on ‘he ’phone.
"J< -u, ‘ he said, "get my house
on th- wire and atk Mrs. Blank to
come to the ‘phone. Just tell them
that I wish to speak to her.”
The secretary made o£, and in a
few minutes the required connection |
was made.
"Is that you, Mary T h s said.
"Yes." was the answer.
"Well, this is Join,’’ Lc said.
have just rung you i.p to tell you that'
Barker was in here this morning with
two tickets for the theater to-night
He and Mrs. Barker have been called t
suddenly out of town, and he thought i
we might like to use the tickets. How ;
about itr
‘‘Fine,” replied Mrs. Blank. "I nave: Jn_
nothing else to do.”
“All right, my dear," continued 1
Blank ‘ The curtain rises at 8:30.” |
Yes, 1 know," said Mis. Blank
T thought I'd let . ou know in time,
so that directly yoi have had your
lunch you can begin to put your hat
on,” he went on. "Then we can get '
thers before the middle of the first j
act. By-by, dear."
The only answer was an angry j
elick at the other end of the wire, ■
which seemed to Indicate that another'
receiver was in trouble, but Mr. Blank •
only laughed as he returned to his'
work.—Lippincott’s.
f j
HE WANTED TO BE ON Time FIND MELD FOh rEF"
Chinese Farmers Are T
Ameri a »o Supply Their
This Respect ?
' ceres and to secure a pn
j A regula • rotation in
vogue, and ev^ry
< ’ th< : <•
and allowed to remain unul
nun of all sorts is gather-d
i f illy distr buted. The grea]
■ f strength to the soil J
fbe fact tiat all vegetable!
gathered and used for f j«
the g round has once $1
ween the hoi.se and Its hca
tep Is a narrow crevieel
cment. In this hatu 'AM
forbidding environment a nn
I lag Englh h violet plant awd
vmder a rd lulmiu-t'.MMM
vBh
• arlv puts for^^H
and sometimes as man^^B
ira: t flowers bloom at .fl
ry Life in America fl
Duel with a Tiger
Three Jakuns laborigHcs) and a
Malay chanced to b * together in the I
jungle in Johore when they camo I
across a tiger. They were only armed ;
with parangs, and he Malay, wisely I
deciding In favor of discretion, took i
to bls heels. Not sc the Jukuns. how- i -
ever; for they at once determined to i
give battle, not utllldng thehr numerl-
cal superiority, but la the most sports-1 /
man manner arranging for the combat '
bi a series of duels if necessary.
As might have b >en expected, the i
series waa necessary , and the end was '
not long in comlnp. The first man' .S
who entered the fray mUsed his blow j. •
and was at once struck down and the ; :
same fate befell his two comrades, all i
three being killed.--Singapore Free
Press.
llant life is loet to it fcri^
Ing into u;
"I have1 iR b6en tMkd* by ftn Amcfl
- (Ing hOUSP which sen! ]
amounts of fertilizers—the j
I s waste—for free distributl
I t ve farmers, with instructll
th<Mr use. The result has b
ed orders, with the prospect.
i American trade tn fertiliz
He was a very brsy m n, and, like
all of his kind, he hated to u*<»te t’’’ j
by unneccsary wait ng. Tuat was
'he tfch alluvial sollr dfl
id other Chinese provinc fl
______ v... ..zrav ra—.cy th® ov.-rflow of the Y::l
why in th midst <1 his co: syond ^!!°w river, .'.h Egypt
ta'- I f -n worked ior^^H
tur.es that the time
introduction of
i era have become a ne^^^|
; bicalitlea. flflfl
The Chinese
meanb K.alrl^fl
The big boiler and engine for the
Alvin steam laundry is being placed
in position this week. The building
is completed.
Prof. R. A. Davidson, of Houston,
who is teaching a class in music'
here, is making arrangements to*
give a musical entertainment in the i
opera house at an early date.
Three weeks from to-night Santa .
Claus will b« here. It has not yel
been stated in The Sun which one
of the business houses he will get his I
supplies.
S. V. Allen of Friendswood was
transacting business in Alvin Mon-
day and left a nice order at this office i
for job printing.
Se veral teams of mules and a like
number of brand new wagons have
been sold this week. Something
doing in the surrounding country.
Several who have been over say it
is many times worth the trip to drive j
over to Friendswood and see Stout’s •
orange grove. Go before the fruit is
gathered.
F. A. Behymer, Miss Virginia
Spiller, Smith’s Restaurant, J. A.
Booth, H. Michael, Mrs. M. A. Ma-
han have added their names to our
subscription list since the last issue.
Everyone vf Alvin’s negro popu-
lation went, up to Houston Monday
and will spend the entire week tak-
ing in the de-rol-oc carnival. Each
and everyone of them had $17,000 in
cold ctwh in their pockets.
ALVIN MERCANTILE
____V>/e Make It RIt____■
I nto I . .
acreage
$1,728,045
in district 64,490
Notice, W 0. W.
Alvi i Camp No. 275 will unveil
monument erected to the memory of
our departed sovereign. Burnirs E.
Ward, on the second Sunday ot this
month. December 12th. All mem-
ber? of ttds c&mp are urged to be
present, to participate.
We will meet at the hall at 2:80 p.
in. and go from there to the ceme-
tery. Please be promptly on time.
The public is also invited to attend.
Also our next meeting night, Mon-
day, December 13th, is our annual
election of officers for the ensuing
year. All members are especially
urged o be present at this meet'Dg.
E. C. Kimmons, Clerk.
Virtues of the Hazel Twig,
Haztl twigs long have oeen used as
Instrui.ients with which to discover
water .nder ground. The .wig has at
various times been credited with many
marvelous powers. Not only could tt
discover water, but concealed lodes of
metal, especially silver, were be-
trayed by the hazel, which, according
to tradition, was g Ided by the pixies
who guarded the treasures of the
earth In France the divining rod of
hazel vas used :n the pursuit of
crimin ds, while in many of tie ra«»ui-
ods of Investigating the future the
burning of hazel nuts nlayed a part.
Tola,
acre?‘
Bonos to be issued will be $196,Out)
against property worth $1,728,000.
The committee appt cited by a
meeting o, citizens last, week, ap-
peared before a special meeting of
the <•’’ inrnissioners' co irt last Fri-
day ard filed report, mat s, etc.,
made by Mr. A. Leckie, civil engin-
eer, who had charge of surveying the
propos d district.
A hearing is tube had by t >e com-
missioners court on Wednesday.
December 2d, and if the report sub-
mitted is approved, an election will
be called for a date in the latter part
of January, 1910.
ALVIN, TEXAS. DECEMBER 3 1909.
Vol. XIX.
THE ALVIN SIN.
Ju^t to Tfaffe
Through the Holidays we are going to sell 200
pairs of Buster Brown Shoes
AT COST FOR CASH
These shoes run from Children’s sizes to size
4 1-2 for women, and as high as 5 1-2 in boys’
sizes. Sale begins December 4th and continues
until they are all sold.
7fave Jilivaya <£eaci in Sroceries
There is no ise in telling you what we haye in that line. Just
send your order in. we will till it out Ol' the BEST
and freshest stock in the City
We Have a Full Line of Fruits, Nuts, Fancy Candies, Etc.
comozco zgouoo umdcoccD
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Bailey, Charles B. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1909, newspaper, December 3, 1909; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1250364/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.