The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALVIN SUN
ALVIN. TEXAS FRIDAY. MARCH 6. 1908.
VOL. XVII
NO. 42
MUSTANG
Ulis Henrj'of Seabrook is visiting
srvd bereavement.
Tl
route.
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ALVIN HEIGHTS.
Obituary.
It
daugh'
■ frienc
•Boston
afternoon
Will Isaacs spent Saturday and
' light he felt the tree wave bo he made
tire Taxpayers' Union list.
is quite popular in this community.
Miss Lena Pierce of Suparhtnd and
Miss Grace of Houston were at home
last Sunday and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs (). A. Cook of Hous-
Sun
We finally got a look at Bayou
. I> Il informed
water from the same pond.’
Herald.
spent
Mabe*
Trapping Geese in Florida.
Well, well! Uncle Steve sure had
time with those coons and honey.
to know anything els*>, why as:i it.
So I said you spoke of the tall tree.
He said, why, sir, there are lots of
trees down there that a man can cut
down and then cut off two or three
cuts while it is falling.
If this boar ever comes to old Bra-
zoria county ami Saveli and bls twen-
ty-seven spotted dogs, led by old
Singwell, gets on bis trail, be will be
beyond a doubt a gone for skin.
BAYOU BILL
ii the
near
F. D. mail
Mr. Frank Evarheart.
Mr. Frank Everheart died last Fri-
day night at 8 30 o’clock, after a short
illness with pneumonio. The funer-
al services were held at the residence
of Mrs. J. C. Whatley Saturday after-
noon, after which the remains were
laid to rest in the City cemetery. Mr.
Everheart came to Alvin from Mis-
souri about one year ago. ami had
rooms at Mrs. Whatley’s. He leaves
a wife and one child who have the
i heart pine, and he and Sal had a hard ^ympathyof tin community in lheir
' fight to save heir home from the an-
gry flam a.
I tried to ask questions, but he said
wait until he got through. When he
* ’’’ i, and as one of the
of bringing this about, they
1 the learning and
j recitiug to the school one or two
I Scripture verses containing or illus-
I trating some important truth of the
' lesson by the teacher and h:s or her
class at the time of making the re-
port by classes.
It was requested that this resolu-
tion be given to all the Sunday
schools of Brazoria county.
Miss Stella Ward
Secretary Brazoria Co. S. 8. Ass’n.
ing groomed for the season.
S. L. Fufcet of Kansas City was I
here the first of the week land pros-
pecting. He took in the entire
Brownsville country, but said tt.e
best lands he saw were around;
Brazoria.
Dangerous Practice.
Santa Fe railway offlcl
form me that, the ropes i sed .
automatic gate west of town
Fairview, when- the R
route crosses the railroad, ba- been
cuta'd removed. This la a dangerous
practice and tl <• conviction of the
guilty party would b“ a serious
matter. This gate was established
for the benefit of the R. F. D service,
and unless this gate can be properly
maintained, th- service wilt i.ave to
be w. hdrawn from that part of the
M. S. French, Postmaster.
Frank Dodd of Rosendale. Mich.,
George Walker and W. K. Scribner
of Oshkosh, Mich., and A. D. Nott
of Janesville, Wls., were among the
many prospectors in Alvin this week.
Bracing Up.
It Is clalmsd that Boston makes fes
flnsM quality of Egyptian slgaretUs,
pvoincss ths eheicsst Italian mao&roat
tea aitocsthsr the best bread st
Bm MahflMMe la poUUes.
Warned in Time.
A guileless girl wrote to her adorer
thus: "Don’t come to see me any
more just yet. John, for father has
been having his boots half-soled and
two rows of nails around the toes.**
these days. side to the ground. Now, lie began to
T, * a- i v»- . think his wife would be mad because
Ernest Endicott and Went Butter >, .....
. . . . . . , . . he would be Into for supper, so he
had their very best girls out buggy ■
riding on the Heights Sunday.
Quite a number of the friends and
acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Pennock spent Sunday with them.
It was the twentieth wedding anni-
versay of this couple. An enjoyable
time was spent by ail present.
Country Green Horn.
Letter List.
Le-ters remaining in the Alvin
poatofflee unclaimed for the week
! ending March 6th, 1908:
J. J. Abridge. A. Harn. Lars Sion,
Jr., John G. Winters.
In calling for these Nd tot s please
say advertised.
M. S. Fri xch. Postmaster.
siderably.
Mr. Brown is opening up a new
tiUO-at re fanr at Sandy Point. He is
not a new comer to this part of Texas
but has only recently gone into that
section of tl e county. 'He will en-
gage in gen« i al farming.
Mr. Dewey tells us that a friend of
hie in Galv» 8 ton county has one acre
of land containing 126 Satsuma or-
a -ge trees from which he sold this
year a thousand dollars werth of fruit.
And now reinember that Galveston
county joins Brazoria county.
We under? an I that the Bay Ci y
drainage bonds have bet n approved
by the attorney general. This means
of course, that ours will also be ap-
proved if al th ■ pri ceed.ngs have
been regular, which no doubt they
have been. Drainage prospects are
brighter eveiy day.
W. L. Walter has bought the Wal-
ter Fdsou Su-acre tract a shot t dis-
tance out of town and is going out
there to make a home. He has al-
already conti acted for the material
forthe construction of a bouse of ex-
cellent grade and good size, and work
on it will begin at once. Mr. Wal-
ter w 11 engjjfe in fruit and truck
growing and poultry raising,
Manager W. T. Williams of the
Angleton base ball team has been out
rustling func a to meet the expenses
of the summ -r’s campaign. At last
reports he bad about $75 pledged.
Every effort is going to be put forth
to maintain i fast team in this city
during the teason of 1908 and the
planning of the campaign is system-
atic and thorough.
A new band has just been organ-
ized in Angleton, composed of about
a dozen of tie town’s musically in^
dined young men. The new in* tn
merits have peen received and are oi
high grade, all silver plated. Prac-
tice work has already commenced
and if every! hing goes right the boys
ought to be able te make a public ap-
pearance in about three months.
Nothing adds mere to the life of a
town than a good band.
Card ot Thanks.
We wish to express our heartfelt,
Hindoo’s Point Well Taken.
A Christ'an Brahmin was preaching
the gospel in the Deccan, when a H'n-
doo in the congregation began vcher'-
ently to contradict. In good orienr il
fas ion the sermon was Immediately
aut.-vended, and -he disputants rethed
to a garden to settle the point at their
leisure. The substance of the debate
was this: “You declare the good
God to be infinite,” said the Hindoo.
"Yes . ’ “What is the meaning of in-
Onlte?” "It means limitless.” "And
what part of spe« ch is good?” "Good
Is an adjective." “And what is the
grammatical function of an adjective?"
"To limit a noun.” "How. then, do
you apply an adjective to God, calling
him rood, and thus limiting the limit*
lessf
The M . n Au
■ “Ah.” said th. .
* new book is. enj g : •
I just heard a v. r. • . .
I pour ds declare ’. e
that reminds ni< i mu
' to forward this ; ■ ecdote t
make an
How Car.
Cameos are
prec.ous stone,
laye-s of strat;
The darker str.
a background, t.
sent'd being lei
away the surr
onyi is genera.
Those wishing to join can give . pose
made all the line, fast to one long 1 |he|r Imn,es io either of tin-officers.
Claude Kenney, Secretary.
A Brazori a lady said to one of her
neighbors a few days since: “Oh. I
do think you have a model husband.”
And now ths neighbor is angry, since
finding that a model is “an imitation
of a thing in clay!”
The Berns rd bridge at the Mims’
crossing (M :NeiH’s) has been put iu
repair by Jordon McNeill, and was
readily turned by him. This opens
up navigation on the Bernarn river
up to the Brownsville ’•ailroad cross-
ing.
Several gentlemen of National
reputations as sportsmen have
written from Chicago, Kansas City
and Topeka that they will arrive iu
Brazoria for the big bear hunt which
starts on March 10th. If you want
the time of your life, and long for the
experience A chasing a bear or the
bear chasing you, or both, write for
particulars co J. J. Moody, Secretary
Barhoma Club, Brazoria, Texas.
Win. A. Johnston, who recently
from county exchanges.
--- Bernard river on the Gulf, is pre-
ANGLETON. 1 paring to entertain guests this sum-
From the Times. inei. Launches will meet the Gulf
Five acres of oranges planted now ( Line trains at the Bernard
w’ill be a nice living income to their r’ver crossing near Brazoria, and
owner a few »• ars hence. Just pin a fr°ni there down, a distance of 20
bit of your faith to the Satsuma. i miles, is the most picturesque river
and forest scenery on earth. Oysters
There is » demand here now for|,rt. glM)d ,.,e v;.ar rou„d flBhi '
improved ferine, ready for tenants to j . win,nf Bnd boat rl(li„ f BOU)eeB o, I
go to work on. The luck of »>«*'» p|eBBUrP »,1(| ..umzement.
going to hinder settlement very con-1
VELASCO.
From the World. DBX ruq J„ul
Cattle are looking well, and with ! visi or here last Sunday.
no more bnd weather will be in fine • .. . . «
, , , , ! H. L. Skeete attended the stock-
shape for the spring round up. ... .. x , .
I mans Convention at Galveston last
Master Mechanic F. M. Purser ’ week.
last week received a car load of i
household goods, and Mrs. Purser.
He brought down a fli.e horse and a
ready, and when it started to fall he
was in the very top, and it fell tow- '
ards his home. When the tree struck
his brotlxr, Ous Henry, here this | 0>e ground, he wm running end the ‘
week. < boar was right after him, but just at
^.www * sun-up he came in sight of hie home
C. H. Jones of Galveston and C apt. . . ..
, ... and his wife was standing in the gate
J. M. Weems of Alvin visited Mr. . z. . f , . . . , .
, looking for him, ami you bet he was
W. H. Todd here last Sunday. . , , ... * . ...
• glad to see Sal, as be always called
Mr. Ccndtt has planted a large her. She held the gats open and just
good the year round, fishing, i a< reage in figs and oranges on his as he jumped inside the boar struck
| farm here. I the rail with his tusks and set the
' Ml.. McFadden of league City fence on fire; the ra le were made of
visited her daughter, Mrs. John'
1 Skeete last Saturday and Sunday.
Ssx >n Fuqua of Houston was a
Brockton's Good Water Supply.
Tie following is toll of ' Port"
Hancock’s ccuslr ’n Maine. This
wa» one child, cousin had neve- seen the modern
next Sunday afternoon. Everybody | the gulf,—so he concluded to cut Talitha. .conveniences of our city homes, and
is requested and urged to be present;, loose, so when he cut the line he fell p|e caine to Alvin Jan. f». 19»^. I f°un(1 that in the bathroom, much to
and last tut not least, in the boys’ ‘ fe«t foremost and struck a big broken Hjs reputation was that of an I h,s 8urPrlse- he vou,d «et both hot
........... «» bMebsll tern top eyprw. tree about Hixtyfcethigb sl> mdu.triou. num; » good.I*? C°'^1n!le,'cu';C’n'JJin.5a'"-m^
bus been orgunized. Th. boy. Lure i wbteh w„ hollow .11 the way down kind frleud. Bnd B loTing hu,b„nd j Xwed him the reserved wklchX
been doing some practising lately an(j he went plum to th»- ground in- and father. ' bathroom with water
* 4. **._«.! . . .. . ' A wife and daughter mourn his “Well. If that don’t beat all!" said
and many friends lament his visitor; "gettin* hot and cold
demise. j *— » .
The funeral services held at the
home, were conducted by Rev. |
Gates, on Feb. 29, and the body was i
laid to rest in the city cemetery. X.
Died at Alvin,
Aged 47 years, I
I Uierary note.”
When a child he went with his
, but presently something turned the fBther to low., then to Missouri.
. -g-. . >. *- -r. Liberty, Missouri, on Dec. 26,
Card of Thanks.
The bereaved widow of our late
had finished, he said, now if you want Brother, Frank Everhart, is giateful
for the kindness <>f the many friends
wIh>s-? acts, during the time of suf-
fering and affliction, evidenced their
loving sympathx. May God reward
them. X.
T. T. Shanks, candidate for county
treasurer, was shaking hands with
xie Iii'ingiinin>ii a ui.B nutat: «nu <»
. , . ■ the boys here last week. “Old Red
pair of mules, and now occupies the i . *
iu nmtx fwtnnlar in thiu niiiiiinnnitv
Dauenhauer cottage mar the old
<kp t site.
Foster, the great Weather Frophet,
tells truck growers in the South to
look out amt prepare themselves for
a very extreme cold spe'l the last of ton were visiting r.-lativesi:
Marclu He says a cold spell will day.
come over the country in those day. ’ Zack Eva| s of (ialves,nn wns vjsit.
and ruin nil truck, .nd illg hi„ ul,ch.. z. |., Evnns. here this
truck growers to cover up their crop.1 wee|j
This is a fair warning to all our
fanners, and as so many of them , s -’f «•
have planted, and as prospects were : Pill and old bingw<*Il.
never brighter, the above warning ! ”s he was trying to 1
should be sufficiently heeded. Singwell, who was tryit g awful hard
■ to find a bigger tree than we cut
The weather during the past week rtown
has been beautiful. Our farmer
friends w»re _____r.,_______„ . ,
awful rain last fall after the awful i his wife and daughter, are at Mr. Otto Claude Kenm-y secretary of the local
. ii -mi i . v> • Hoefs this week. We have not
wet spell. They now see what Provi-|. . . oanci.
deuce sometimes does in Ids own :
way. if the farmers bad had their
way the spring would have been so
wet that they could have neither!
plowed, planted or gathered their1
crops. As it is we are having the a
finest spring we have had for years. 1 ncle Steve,-jld Singwell is still
much nicer, indeed, than lastspring, howling on a trail, but a* he has no
; chance to tree for a good while yet, I j
will tell you an awful experience an •
- old trapper had in Florida. He was WW,B „„ ww,
The Green Horn was so busy last trapping for geese and had succeeded m»mber of the Methodist Episcopal
week that he failed to get in his^klin catching about 500 and had them Church, an-t your tithe will not be
ut y news. jptakidout by one leg. He concluded 1 U8ed in this church uni ss yo i wish
n_. ' <o move them to a new place, so he i jf
7 Misses Ida and Ruth Holloway wtt h.a lin®. f—4 io...*'
spent Monday afternoon with Miss<Iineand that line he fastened around ■
— Griffith. jjjg ,.vaj8t And jRjt| down and went to.
The young folks had a gay time at' sleep. A big eagle came along and 1
a parrty given by Mrs. A. A. Barber : scared the geese and away they flew i
Friday night. with the old trapper hanging to the Frank Everhart was bom in hi-
Our p^ple crrt.inly believe in "”e- h""K »”«•«•* dimm. Dee 2MH#0.
having eometbiaf doing » powible. ,o1be Jol,« t!B r“"lt; Tex.e, Feb. 2S, 1906.
. !•* > , . .. - a wa\ and thought he would get to tu.r, .nnntha
A literary and debating society was . , B, ... . . two ,nont,‘9-
, .B, . . . J 4 town quicker than he had expected;
organized at the school house Satur- , . ‘ . . .. !
day night. A fine program was ren-> . x. . , , ,
: geese and things began to look se-
Irioue.—b- found he wee »w»y up over : lb#6, be married Mies Lulu Dennis.!
Qmulov cmKzvrxl uill ho nr,veni'/a/l ' .. _____s.. .4. ' .. . i
BRAZORI?
Brazoria Star.
It is a good thing we don’t hear
what other people think of us. It is
bad enough to hear a little, occasion-
ally of what they say.
The young people of Braznia are
becoming enthusia tic over horse-
back riding Bifurcated skirts have t
been ordered and the horses are be- and they soon expect to earn their; side the tree, and the first thing he
reputation as champion ball players, found was two young cubs and they i loss,
Success to them. ! began to whine,but he knew all about 1
Ethel and Orville Mahan Bpent bear, so h® nmdnready.and in amin-
Tuesday afternoon with MabrtxJ*1® h® B»w th® old mo«her at the top
wI) jte. the tree. She came on down tail
r ■oremost, so when she was in reach
Will Isaacs spent Saturday »ndFhe grabbed her in the wool aml stuck
Sunday in Houston. 1 her with his knife and.
The farmers are all very busy, ■ kn^w, out she went with him hang-
sowing and gathering vegetables, ing on, and down the tree on the out-
al____J____ ' 1.- ».v
Notice Io Sunday Sc’ools.
The Gulf Coast Sunday school con-
vention which was held at Arcadia.
February 15. 1908. adopted a resolu-
tion recommending to the Sunday
schools of the district that they give
I he would be late for eupper, so he lnore attention to the memorizing of
started in a hurry for home, but bad | ease,ltial Scripture truths, especially
not gone far when he heard au awful I children
nose, and looking around he saw a means cf
big wild boar coming at him, the j recommend
most hideous looking animal he ever —zai__
saw, with tusks several feet long. I
and he knew the boar would cut him i
half in two the first lick, so he rani
several miles as fast as he could and
when he found he would be caught
he made for a tree, and the first one
he got to was a tall pine tree, but up
gratitude to our neighborsand friends ! he went and he said it was eighty
for their many acts of kindness dur- f®®1 ,h® flrsl lilIlb’ kl,ot or wood-
ing‘the illness of our husband and j pecker hole, but he went on up, and
father; also for the kindness and I when near the top he sit down on a
‘ j limb, but the boar began to bite on
the tree, which was four feet in diain-
, ' eter, and all night he went around
See that your name is enrolled on . and around cutting, and just at day-
syi .pathy extended us in our great
bereavement. Very respectfully,
Mrs. Jos. Greer and Family.
igjthi
ither;
Tithing Band Organized.
“A tithing band” was organized at
the Christian church last Sunday
morning, March 1st, by Mr. Mc-
Cracken of Houston Heights, presi-
11. j. ii iuioruieu , 4)j t| e Conference Tithing Ass<-
keep up with oid |eiati n )f the Episcopal
Church, and Dr. J. W. Vogan of Al-
vin, secretary of the association.
Dr. J. W. Vogan was elected presi-
Mr. Arpeof Oregon, together with dent. George Owens treasurer and
i_. ,«■ n >./4 /la o r. u 1 Xf r /Uf/ ,1 - ...I . tZ .. ........... 4.1.
week. We have not
beautiful.
complaining of the i
, I14A V* UC AI1U
' Hoefs this
learned whether he extends locating, ~’*Th'is bftnd u organized for Lhe pur.'
^ere- n,;*e Ste\e. pose of putting oue-teuth of your in-
come to the use of the Chu ch. Th s
i is not only a duty to yourself, but
mainly to your God. if you will study
I the Bible you will find p'enty of
j proof that it is as much a duty as it
is to be convei t d.
Any one wishing to join this band
can do so and use the tithe in your
own church; you do not have to be a
Sunday school will be organized ! a big cypress swamp going towards ■ f-roln ibis union there
next Sunday afternoon. Everybody | the gulf,—so he concluded to cut
He came to Alvin Jan. 5. 19t*7.
His reputation was that of
i . ~ | honest, industrious man; a good.,
has been organized. Ths boys have which was hollow all the way down ' kind frieu<i; and a loving husband I
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