Lufkin Daily News (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 89, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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Married Sunday.
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hour, and invite some friend to
accompany you to the speak-
First shipment of Spring
clothes arrived today at Jim
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Spring toggery at Jim Single
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2-cent club pays $ 25.50
5-cent club pays $ 63.75
10-cent club pays $127.50
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subsist on a diet of ham and
eggs—and leave th ; important
event to other, to celebrate i.s
they see fit. Who else happen-
ed to be so fortunately situated
on a day like this?
Snowy White Muslin Under
wear on sale Thursdy and ten
days following, at Frank’*.
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war; but Lord, she didn’t weep tation, and his theme dwells on
nary aoteer nor look troubled the subject of prohibition.
Among the busi ss changes ing, too.
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tie children romped and play-
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remembered by many as one
of the valued employes of the
H. & J. Abram store for a long
time. She is possessed of all
those traits of character so
Will Speak Tonight.
Ex-Governor George H.
Hodges of Kansas will deliver
a lecture at the First Metho-
Mrs. Willie Abney, the place
being changed at the request of
the former, whose physical
condition has prevented her
meeting with the club for sev-
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Here are a few specials
for these rainy days.
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Try our cakes and pies and
delicious bread, none better.
The City Bakery. 89d3t
i Everybody in Lufkin and in the
surrounding community are
Go around And see the new most cordially invited to hear
Spring toggery at Jim Single him. Be sure to remember the
pi epul fer the peepul and by
the peepul, then, by jiminy, let
Us peepuli have somethin to
say ’bout it. An’, pard. I m
a-sayin’ it!
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I told Mirandy (that’s my
wife) that we wuz likely to
have war with somebody an’
like as not I would hafter go,
she shore did make me feel
bad. I thot she would start to ’— ..............- —
cryin’ an’ say as how she nuver bin tonight at 7 :30 p. m. He
could stan’ fer me ter go ter is a speaker of national repu-
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Continues Thru Saturday the 17th
altar plans were perfected for
days and days ahead for the
members thereof.
But yesterday at noon all this
palled on Mr. Thompson and
while the ladies of the house-
hold were busy preparing the
noonday meal, removing pots
and replacing kettles, Mr.
Thompson took advantage of
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AND INCREASED Scents,
WEEKLY MAKES YOU A
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is hell. In them days he
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o’ them fellers that gittin’ rich
makin‘ shells an’ guns would
do much o ’the enlistin’. I ’lows
as how they would be so busy
keepin’ the balance of us load-
ed they wouldn’t have time to
fight none.
A man named Billy Bryan
said not long go that he wuz
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much to be admired' inyoung .
fortunate as to have won her
heart and hand for the journey
through this life is indeed to
ba congratulated. Singleton's.
The groom is well known in I __
ground for the planting of
many field crops. No doub
j man fights now is when some-
Funs Thompson^ body jumps on ’im, steals some-
em. I been a-wantin' to
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Oflice old Express bldg. opp.
Lily Hall. Phones 283-312
P. MI. ALBRITTON.
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fland three children only foul-.
miles from the city of Lufkiui
F|on the Eason Lake road. He
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..night. He was 57 years old, k
...and had recently sold his farm.
As a News reporter gathers the
story, Mr. Thompson lived on
well kept premises; there wera
plenty of milk cows, hogs and'
chickens, and possibly also an
orchard; there was fallow.
Despondency Was Cause of the Endorses Hon.
LUFKIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917
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them every happiness and pros- I he News is requested to ar-
perity throughout the years totnounce that the Lufkin Histor-
come. The bride is the lovely ical Literary Society will meet
daughter of Mrs. Fanny Gen-with Mrs. W. A. Abney tomor-
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and Trust Company
tharWouhaNvetoatothengh
in’ ought to have some say as
the representative citizens
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his glorious wedding day. in Angelina County for about
. | The News join.- every one inthirty years; he was a brother
Thenews. reached i Lufkin a shower of congratulations' of Nimrod and F— T‘-------”
today that Mr.. L. Law lessfor the happy pair and trusts. Today he lies buried in the
and Miss Gussie Generelly werejthat their future will be as Gid Union cemetery in that
married in the city of Marshall, bright and as rosy as they have i neighborhood, friends of the.
Texas, last Sunday afternoon, pictured it in their dreams deceased having attended the
and will make that place their J
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the back side ot the field; lit that is, before we went to war
Article and Says a Few
Things Himself.
none. I wonder why. J. J.
for some time, and is a brother and the handsome Wallace
of Mr. J. W. Lawless of this Reid in “The Yellow Pawn,"
city. During his stay here he at the Palace Theater today.
FP. M. ALBRITTON, Agt.
phone 283 or 312
We are receiving daily
Ladle’s Trimmed Hats/
In all the latest Spring Styles. New noveltif in al the
new Coin Purses. Collars. Belts. EtZ by
yesterday’s express. See them/
j; $9.95 Ladie s Rain Coats for----
1 7.50 Ladie s Raia Coats for - -
; 5.00 Ladie s Rain Coats for —
; 2.45 Ladie s Rain Coats for.—
Yours truly,
JOSIAH JONES.
P. S.—-The other day when;
taking place this week it is
noted the millinery establish-
ment of Mrs. W. Mahaffey
has been moved i. m the II.
& J. Abram store to the Peavy
Bros. establishment, where
those in charge of this splen-
did business institution will be
pleased to meet all their cus-
tomers and friends.
Open a Savings Account with us, be-
oause even a small amount deposited
each week, or each month in time
will put you in possession of cash that
with the experience you have by that
time gained, will assure you success
in any business enterprise you may
undertake.
That man Collins that writ a’
piece fer the paper last week :
about the war shore is smart.;
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ut I jest natcherlly didn’t
now how. Sherman said war
thin’ from ’im or says somethin’ , I:
real insultin' to 'im. F
If we wuz to git in war now, F
who would do the bulk o' the F
fightin’? Us plain hill-billies, P
that’s who. I don’t reckin none •
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a surprise to their many good.) at the City Bakery. 89d3t
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the old family pistol, he walk-
ed out on the front porch and
gave it a trial. The gun work-
ed all right, the bullet entering
his forehead over the left eye.
I Friends hastened to his relief,
I and doctors were hurriedly
summoned, but everybody ar-
rived too late—Mr. Thompson
(had accomplished just what he
intended to.
An inquest was held, Magis-
;, irate E. L. Atkinson, County
' Attorney Sam R. Sayers and
[; Sheriff W. L. Evans being pres-
[ ent, and the verdict arrived at
was that the decased shuffled
■ off this mortal coil of his own
volition, and that he is now
marching up and down Ca-
! naan’s happy shore with a
: song in his mouth and a harp
in his hand.
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: Speaking of the high cost of
; living, one fellow remarked
; that he had heard that Valen-
;: tine souvenirs had advanced
;: about fifty per cent in price
;; This gave him an opportunity
:: to express himself, and he did
:; by sajiag that the high cost of
;; Valentines would not concern
:: the members of his household,
:; for the reason that e" concern-
H ed had passed that age, and
M that they would continue to
Just as this item is being
written for the daily issue of
the paper, rain is falling in this
precinct. There is no way to
slop the precipitation, hence
we will have to let nature take
its course.
to whuther or not they wuz mad
ernuf to do the job up right.
They say that Bryan feller is a
dreamer. Then the other day
a man named Calaway from
Texas resoluted some in Con-
gress erbout this same referen-
dum bizness. Then I read
whar some newspaper feller
said it wuzn’t tiny use in Cala-
way doin’ that, fer he couldn’t
git any other members o' Con-
gress to stay with ’im.
By Heck. I wonder why?
Why wouldn’t it be fair fer us
fellers that’s goin’ to come back
home one-legged or one-armed,
or not come back a-tall, to say
whuther we wanter do it or
not? About the only one o’
them high-brow, war-anxious
fellers that I’ve got any respec’
fer is Teddy Roosievelt. He
said as how he would take his
four boys an’ organize alight-
in’ brigade any time Marse
Woodrow spoke the word. I’m
a Dimmicrat an’ all that, but
of the thing comes to a show-
down, if he’ll promise me he
won’t let any nigger set down
to the same chuck table with
me, I jest natcherly believe I’ll
line his company. I ain t herd
uv any o’ them Congressmen
fellers offerin' to organize any
uv their friends back home into
fightin’ companies.
I remember all that loth o
July oratory them fellers uster
git off about how the country
needed savin’ an' they wuz
specially called o’ the Almighty
to do the savin'. Now when
he has er oppertunity to prove
what he said so gran ly, his
ngue has gone plum para-
lized. Ef this is er country uv
Rash Act—Buried at Old ’5
Union Cemetery Today. Y
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friendship of many who waft, The new spring toggery is at [ the opportunity, and locating
felicitations upon hearing of. Jim Singleton s.
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