Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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I T- TH Cl IPPI Y ft FEW GOOD Cl IRTOMFRR Wk- ■-
it he. will hereafter work for
own interest. In-an inter dew
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The Bargain
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YOIKWILL ALWAYS BE TREATED FAIRS
-HENRY H.
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Lt syndicate
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GROCERIES
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BYtrttt AN.—
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SuHtlaya. Suo-
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S» er tne -tlng on
tee has decided to makea Uniterm
rate ot 25 cents to .the pupils of the
different schools This will,give
aft the TrtriIdreit a n opportnnit y-to
hear.thin interesting and instruct-
ive lecture.
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A DtSOUSTED POPULIST.
r Canaty Eeftar dcti HU Fill at
the as. Louis Republict black with its red strip.
Sensation in political circles after the cover is to be
Here
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lay school a*
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illington sty* the paper wis
kblished on promises of support
Khe Populists, which they have
^edto give, aifiLthat many acted
EsMatly by not paying- what
»ja«0y-dtte i<- 11 - tulmtalud
V Strongly that he has had his
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I i f. lodge no,
By Friday nigbl.
Bn. A .MaHhOVB,
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N —I. C. STEW.
McLeod, V. P;
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R. W. GARRETT’S
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OFFICERS:
W. E. EA8TERWOOD?' W. R. HOWELL.
V-Cfc PRCS1DFNT
. A Back Number.
A few d<tys ago W. W. McLeod
received the following card, which ,
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--------f in±enfions were fo ’
ifiove to D(tUas on January 1st, 1896, huj. <
'■ on account of bad rottectie>ns I eoultl not
leave here, and therefore concluded to stay
one more year anyway. '■ -
Z «7/z strictly in the rin§ for a cash busi-
ness, and will continue tdsell Goods at the
'syrne basis I have in-the fall. -You all
.know they we^-e-cheap.
^>n of a card by. J; D. Bulling- I
iTeJitor d! the JNurth l exSs Re “Tfie Fort Worth tirrzetnr is get« jale g o Bowen
w, the Populist organ # L^mar
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J i WILlTpOINT. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY ?3. 1896. o - NUMBER 4.
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In .stock and for sale cheap at
PEERY & THOMPSON’S.,
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'* EAST SIDE .OF FOURTH'STREET, WI.LLS^OlNT.
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FINE CANNED AND BOTTLED GOOPS- ;
The Great Texas Fair Is Over
r ting from its different correspond- I
nty, which moved friris week entA.llufonghout the state a report !
as ,to the* political SentTmenTm
their respective_communities. The j.
correspondent from this place j
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things in this locality: ®
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' ht*11(ItkitJUrt in this lowt
. cinity among democrats that the ' n
[tyfthe Populists attd deelaivs jn r|je COmtng campaign. yf.-
- 1 snoiihi oe maue. on me m u-Kir io-* ♦____
numb in-B.i .m<r. sue of free coinage. They express wa3
‘•The fatlure to sustain ■ j-j, -opinion that, relatively |ie're,
nlism In LrmirC .unty. which the pe^e would elicit
he pivQt.i county <dthvMnrthJeuiuusij<;iiii _ „ luen, wcrv . r„lucuvw
rereasi iiralDistrict.—111 ofailyfr at the ratio ol.LG.(«>*« iha,LlimeJo.camR.in n"w j j 1 ! i
jtol. The democrats in this sec-wtj'ujQ iigpi |y recognizH in the II L
_ .—i with very few exceptions are t|ienwi]d and recklt-s.'-tripliiig i h- 11 ;;
I brale de-j,
n favor of free cornage, atnd many.] pgesenl little citvAMfth its refined
lle |PrkJ«bo heve been ‘‘rncked in the a,,,i intelligent people. The C| ♦
ha^kot (gfadle <>f NiemocraCy’r openly-ex country Was new then and thinly] VW
tojpr.-ssit as their opinion that the sett|ed, tffiw go which way you i lye
will elect- the entire wju and the road must be through " ♦
... M -------- Hlanes with broad acres ot well , 1 > ♦
fhat they jusihyiwe. ’ I party comerout squarely and un-; cultivated and fertile land' <7n r Hl
I Asked what ne was gotng to L e<|Ujvoea||y in favor os.free coin- __w._ ....-
ingag- ii»y he said1 am cQO§l!t.i^Mee,-WlheyJiaye.cea.s£d gouutry' made faster and
rings proposition to work on the^^- (|le'tarjff and all other issues ’ substantial" Tmproveiiients
Faris News. Ihe News is a thick on,®, and declare it the j ^ag during the last deca
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
OF‘-‘WILLS POINT',
DIRECTORS — ;k—
-------, W. E. EASTFRWOOD. JV.R. HOWELL. HEWWV H.HOW&LL. '
B. W. BRUCE. R F. WILLIAlka, B. W. ROM,
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IF SAFETY, ATTENTIVENESS, COURTESY AHO THE ASSURANCE THAT-WE ARE ABLE ANO W1UIN0 TO EXTEND EVERY ACCOM
MOOATION CONSISTENT WITH CONSERVE IVT RdNiyiMG ME Rim Y<GR PATRONAGE WE WOULD APPRLCIATL IT.
morning when City Marshal Pate
overhauled the valise of two ne-
Kr<ies, who were preparing to
have.be--n reduced about $300,000 board the east bound Cannon-
ball, and found therein some
gtolen/goods. When told to con-,
sider themselves-under arrest one
of th? coohs-guddooly decided the
train was too slow and proceeded
to lower the racing record in this
comrnunity.' fioori a crowd of men
and boys were in pursuit ofHhe
fleeing Al'ric'an^who, seeing things
getting t.io warm for him, surren
deredt 'Neither would claitn/the
goods, eachavrnHng the other was
responsible lor |them, aid both
were carried to tie city bartile, to
await an examining trial. The
trial was waived imd the two'cuK
await the no
tion of the grand jKjty.
hfts a fine lot
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plveston or G
L i »nd Fri-
Its * of elffbt «
LleparttMaM
Ind the boy»
LdofEeaaraL rt:
|riiole», ate.
Ind the Semi- \
I $1.80.
: Mr. Bobert I
In lo » a| be-
lonnojxperi.
peat: «M»t
I lett me Ma
l-d uiuai'roui 2-Xk
[- a beula •<
kly. The ttrtt -7
p. thet !-»»••- —
f.rk, -and tbe -
£or aaMvMB
k- b, Uruoe A
ary;
meet me in
purpose- of consaltatian to further -
the interest.of the principles ot.
1 Doniovracy. T. 11? Yantis,
Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee ot Van Zandt Co.
Notice.to City Tax Payers, t
Delinquent city tax payers aire
requested to eetllb their taxes at
once as t he rolls will soon be closs
ed and an extra expense tor col-
lectingsttached. , J. A. Pate,
City Tax Collector.
Before Ihe^English missionary
was half gorte the king of the
Ooglyzooks suddenly gasped,turn
ed purple, and falling under what
would have been th# table if can
nibals-ever used such things, ex-
pired in great agony.
The coroner’s jury sat on' him
at once. ,
“Diefl fropj * foreign subject
lodging in his throat,’’ was the ver-
dict— New York Recbdsr.
"Or> Prtea’k Cream Bakfng Powtler J
■k 'J'TSJji
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pro pi-1 ports
-have b-en sold will bi good for^last fall it seems to l.ave left the
next date. By arrangement with
by the famous Paris artist Rossi, in
lithoraphic colors on white paper
takes the place of th? , manilla
. 1 I. ~ ntxin Hara
after the cover is to be
treated to-day by Hie pubti- surprise each moot h
in of a card by-J; D. Bulling- •••” Tblsgs Political.
some person doubtless found in
their possession and mailed him
, through a spirit of mi sc hi et:
■WillsPoint, Tex.,dan, 1st, 18817 -
Dear Sir:—The accdumts of the
- — - are ,B iny hand-U
for collection. Please call* and j
settle at once ^nd sayeexpeuse. j
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" Dtmi-Cleveland. |
The card ls~ da ted fifteen years
, ago but theTpostoffice stamp shows
give? the following as Ins idea of to ba7e been-mailed this momh.
. |To many ol "ur people it will
ANNOUNCK^j^T^
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y |To' many of - out, people it wi 11
It seems to be the predominant' brjn„ to m7nd the scenes of early i>
j days iti Wills PoinU IHie drug- ‘
i store of Mr. Bowen stood about I
- , ...j rear of tbe-Trimble brick and I
should he made on the single is- faCBd south and Dump Cl^veiafjd
' £e of Tree coinage. They express wa3 at One time the constable
» «^yisctwj ■■-«-«■' -.| ■ -y ----- - , 11C,C. None of the large brick
jpitfCM thedevhknell of i considered ..no other issue before : bmtdi„es that stand on eitherside
.1.^.,,, ,,„lv w in I .. .. , ■. ag b s(retit. were ev..,| Ihoughl .
pivotal county <d th? M nrrhi,.n,hugiasin as that ot the tree , (|f ,hen. and were a resident of the ]
IPMi'-n”1 Diatrict. Ml idlel ,,^, „p 8iiypr the i ‘
Of electing ,o tr> 1. Hiu ucmocrau in vw
lioj), .ib-the Deidjtrata W1t|, very tew exceptions are
walkover. T‘
Brofed two years of n»v lite 1
k ing for popnlisTn, and I ha
P my till- Hereafter I am goi< t
work for Bulling’on. The sc^in- | p(,piniM3 ,-
Jfcela will Mid’-av much as ljcjtet tlni,,s3 ,he democratic Janos with broad acres-
■hat they justlv^iwe. ’ (parly eomes out squarely and un-1 ; ; 2
was fcotng hi pqUjv0pa)|v j|t fkvor os.free coin- ejt,her side. There was never a]
„ more I
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rws xvr>". me i-cw? » . , b(Jt, that one, and aeciare n the !has this during the last decade. i
[nd Lkiu-U-uuuctal {taPer*-apAjtn^>R<.H4HHI|ltt 13^e beiurtMlni people7 - —. . i •.!]’
1ut and ....t supporter ot Presi- d ,,np o) wKich the financial T . n,v ,wn ;
h.i < ynF-lfr-RtrttmcbMiV ,f .. . a a l have consolidated my two I
lentcteyyw.4 mt. mmngrai , ..„„dnron df the TOPntry demands Lgtockgot famlfy grocenes and now
, — ] IL ,72*7, ,722 h*ve both in J he Meredith Good-j
>lue, atid caused Democrats to |bpy believe the only solution of]night brick, corner Ffinrlh and;
.real big rtnile*. ' 1 the difficulty is the passage^pf at Commerce streets, where 1 am
irr . ‘ 1. . \ r v better than ever prepared to ftirn «—
free ooniair© law. Aul they’. , . . r .1 nuiJi'd’ -*
, . 2 . . isb mv customers and the public]
Ainnk that tree coinage-should b« gener;By with good, fresh groce- —
.,F;riiig J also ^aTrTlmTttentlOn Of
K yegute appMipriali^n? made Jay the. CLLm... coiniJry merchants t<i t'liedact that
B the Twenty nmrtfi irgtriafura 18IA5 . jug ,.alnrfttgn-er bUJe and natmu , 1furn.‘°*\ 712^‘
1.1896 were #<590.000 less than the'Will be delivered over into the '"’b.f/fX'n me. Mv stock in-f
■ appropriation made for tbe pr«-[ hands ot the Phihs lues. ; ieludes a tiny grade, ot seed oats
■ ceeding two by the TweiFyTfiWat' ——l- ... ------ •
uRhnifllA^tldk;,
I bill which (Tie Twenty
B^fourth legislature had tb take caYe
■ . of wasmuch larger than the one
■•Which 60nfronted—rtw Twenty-•
■ third legislature, the.8WKiUsu^ 7hat
ttens entering the second year
I of Mr.Culberson’s administration
I with balances on the right side Of
fc the I.-Iger, and the indications
| - are that the usual deficiency in
the judiciary appropriajlipTwhich X™nmr,' the League comm’it’-
| the Tweaty filth legislature will —
■ < have to provide for will be appre-
... ciably less than is customary. ;
Li. And all this in the Jace of the
predictions of the croakers t,hat the
I appropriation hill was eut down
t;tafcjrnrrffKtSFct tmt} twtTS^Rijp
gar deficiency than ewer Would be
k the result. In the meantime it
< inusfJiot be forgotten that theeX
penses of tbe StatejjeTernment
during I he past year.
No one ever thought of intro-,
. “ducingflo expensive a feat uro as
lithographic color work in the davs
when the leading magazines sold
-7 for $4 00 a year and 35 cents a
copy. But times change, and the
4.«3f!MMgasinea change with them. It
has remained for, the Cosmopol
Ran, sold at ^^dJIar a yelr, to
pet in an extensive lithographic
^ plant capable of printing 320,000
; per lay (one color). ,The January
issue presents as a frontispiece a
1 water color drains by Brio Pape,
k* illustrating tb^last story by Rob-
| art Louis Stevenson, which has
ably never been excelled!
r French pcnudicals. The o
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card has m <du the—Emtalists feel immediate.solution. . Qf course
«•••/! ev^saaeasl TX.atnik/'FJit ft In
weat big smiles.
0m< for Calbensa.
Freiu tbo-Otuauebe C hiel
In spite <.f the.fact that the ag- |the burden of the war chant of ’
Uftyitc "fr**!* Kv ildAnorarin the (‘QlH
the.Ttfewty rnnrt
gisiature 1895 ling e>in>pHtgt»-or btate and nation
fhhn tho'ii.Jl Ixz* rl n I s rnrnil r»V*s*
appropriation made for the pre J hands ot t tie Phi hsu nets. -pennies a uup "• ■—
=___ji__ u.. —'■2'77' . ...T ! whiclr I am selling cheap. '
Lecture Pestpoaed. . . RespeclIUlly.
ib■ >Il i iM>*llil Kill, Id lJ, r
Streets and Ihreaieniwg apjtesr- ’-JJ* ■— p
aflee of the weather, ihe lecture’ We have been careful to in-.
ligaxTinv Hubbard was postponed I quire, from farmers themselves, d-N<3- .E ow„eN®’
till Thursday night, January 30th. Jlito the eonilitions and prospecU
■.‘J- .. t the , of (he tillers of the’.soil ■ tqr this
d«tbe cbawgod and- treat year in our county -and the >?•
the weatlierufoil'l be more propi-[ports are a|l very favorable.( _m.n r
tiomr next time. Aik tickets that | Thotfgh the cotton crop was short-
farmers in better crrciinjstatieee
than if the crop had been large
and -more expensive to gather. ".
Executive Committee to Meet.
Canton, Tex., Jan. Sf^ lB96.—
To the Executive-Comn^pOe of
"Van Vandt County : You
hereby requested t(>
xrre.... — --jS*Ufbd
the ’ <lepot SiraSay [ 1s467*'hT71'-o'otT.rr®
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Gilmore, Clarence E. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1896, newspaper, January 23, 1896; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302475/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.