Upshur County Echo. (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1910 Page: 4 of 10
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UPSHUR COUNTY ECHO. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1910.
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Miss Clara Floyd and Leslie will begin a singing school
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more than $500, and shall be liable
to the county and any person Injured
for all damages caused thereby.
fully obstruct any public ditch or
shall wilfully divert the water from its
proper channel. ho shall be deemed
only one addition to the church.
Dr. Carson, of Rosewood had
the misfortune to fall from the
zalleryatMr. Jim Still** and
broke several of his ribs.
any sum not lese than $5.00 nor more,
than 1500, and in addition shall be
liable for all damage accruing thereby
to any person, firm or corporation, or
county for such act -
Mrs. W. O. Stamp:
Prof. R. M. Morgan of
Miss Lora Loyd for a few days
visit
the first Monday in August.
Mrs .J. A. Rosser is here 1
ing her daughter, Mrs. Sta
She was accom pained by]
daughter. Mrs. Cora Garr
who returned to her hom
Tehuacana Sunday.
The young people enjoy!
party Wededsday night give
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J
Crabbe. I
C. T. Culpepper and famil
tended services at Graceton I
ay night.
Hugh Works and wife vis
relatives near Boxwood San
George Kennedy has ml
here with his family from;
pies.
Mrs. Law, Willie and Eva
and Mrs. J. E. Crabbe are
Dallas this week.
Hon. W. O. Stamps left FrI
for Austin to attend the e
session, but will returned r
To the Echo:
Tom Holder’s child is some
better.
Miss Cora Downs returned
home Sunday, from Stamps. She
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Indian Rock
To the Echo:
visitors herelast week.
Jim Pankhurst and family vis-
ited the wife’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Aired, of Ewell last week.
Stranger.
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To the Echo:
The health of the community
very good.
Our prot acted meeting closed
here last Wednesday night with
Bethel
To the Echo:
The Holiness meeting here con-
ducted by Rev. D. T. Williams,
the 'pastor, will continue anoth-
July 18th. 2
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LaBayette,
To the Echo:
The people of our section
would be glad to see rain as it is
so very dry here.
Among the candidates who
visited this place recently was
ProfLove Bradfield, Joe Martin,
B. O. Buie, Rowe Lockhart and
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W. R. Stephens. er week, if the Lord is willing.
Mrs. Nettie McGrill and child-! Rev. L. A Miller is expected to
Friday.
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Here we come poking out' m--gm
these rocks with a few dots. V
Mrs. MattTillmar and Cl^^ I
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ren returned from Jackson
Saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Burnes is real I
with feaver. ,
Phillip Caple .returned f
Jefferson Tuesday.
Attorney M. P. Mell wasd
from town Tuesday.
Mrs. H. P. Gordon is in t
on business- . J
We have several cases of 81
pcx among the darkies I
here. ; .
Mrs. Burks of Tc»n.
her sister, Mrs. Mims, Till
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Spicy werec
from West Mountain Sator
and Sunday. ,
Our mail carrier, (1cm
man, was at home l uesda! £
Wednesday.
Some of our people Pa.
pated in the W. O. W • celebra
at Stamps Wednesday, an"
July 18.
Lost or Misplaced.
One $400 promis o 3 1 .nd note.
You are hereby notified to not
purchase or trade for same. D.
W. Amos, Route 1, Pritchett,
Texas. .
Entertainment for Normal.
TheTwentith Century Club,
joined by the Commercial Club
of Gilmer, will give a reception
for the teachers attendng the
Normal school here, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Warren,
on Friday evening from 8:30 to
11:30. Every body invited to be
present and meet the teachers,
who are from several of the
surreunding , counties. The
entertainment will be in most
part informal.
Club Reporter.
edtug
Mrs. Nora Strength of
was aecompaine by her cousin, shall is the guest of here
person or persons shah place a per- of Bettie, and W. B. Downie and
July 18th.
- port a splendid time. J
• We learn that Mrs. Louie "
1 kins of Gallatin, Cherokee 1o,
ty, is on her way to visit h5
rents, Mr. and Mrs. F •" "
land telly. BRows EyEs
gpunlincal
■ Blount of Soules Chapel visited
Mrs. W. D. Boyd last week.
‘ The Ashland boys have organ-
ized a base ball team herei
Mrs. Charley Willianm and
daughter of Dallas are visiting
relatives here.
1 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Boyd are
। at Soules Chapel this-week.
, A. E. Jackson has resigned as
Postmaster here and Joe/Mc-
Clurg is now Postmaster.
The new Yeomen hall will be
completed this week.
- Miss Hasel Whitis visited the
Misses Downs Sunday.
Everybody is dp with their
work in this part of Upshur.
Blue Eyes.
Stamps
To the Echo:
Health of the commun:
very good.
The Woodman picnic hod
the 13th, was well attended
seemed to be enjoyed bJ
Pl mty of dinner. ’ I
W. H. McClelland and D. 1
er both made interesting tai
Woodcraft. Mr. Perdue)
spoke on the good roads su
and most of the candidates
sent made short talks.
Miss Cora Downs, who
bpen visiting relatives herd
turned to her home at Asi
Sunday, accom pained by]
cousin, Miss Lora Loyd.
Mrs. O. J. Phillips of G
visited relatives here last y
ren of Longview have returned
home after spending several
days here the guests of relatives,
and friends.
Miss Bessie Brooks attended
the B. Y. P. U. encampment at
Mount Pleasant on the 10th inst.
Ollie Massey of Kerens is here
visiting relatives.
Mrs. D. H. Taylor of Waco
visited relatives here last week.
Miss Willie Thompson is
visiting her sister at Childress.
Mrs. R. H. McClure was
called to the bedside of her
father, "Grandpa” Teel, at Pitts-
burg, who i» reported quite low.
Mrs. Fannie Massey and son,
Roy, of Pittsburg returned home
this morning.
Our protracted meeting dosed
yesterday with six additions to
the church. Our pastor, Bro.
W. R. Arrington, did noble
service and we feel that the
soul stirring sermons delivered
by him will be as seed sown on
good ground and as bread cast
upon the water to be gathered
: up many days hence.
W. C. Weems and wife of
. ____-__— A little girl brightened the
Crossroads, Miss Lois Rogers of home of Mr. and Mra. Hood Cain
Ebenezer, Mrs. Vick Soufley of on June 29th.
of said gate. Any person or persons
who may hereafter place a gate on or
across a third class road or on or
acroan any such road as is designated
in Art. 493 who shall willfully fail
or neglect to comply with the require-
ments of thia article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and on con-
viction may be fined in a sum not
less than $5.00 nor more thah- $20.00
for each offense, any person or per-
sons who shall willfully or negligent-
ly leave open any gate on or across
any third class road on or across any
road such as is designated in Art. 4 93
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and on conviction shall be
fined in any sum as above provided
for
Sec. 65. Any Road Overseer who
shall fall or refuse to make and deliver
to the Road Commissioner of his
precinct the report required to be
made by Sec. 44, or this Act. within
five days from the date requtredl shal,
be fined in any sum of not less than
|5.00 nor more than 1100.00.
Sec. 66. Any Road Commissioner
who shall fall or refuse to make re-
port as required by Sec. 30, of this
Act, shall be guilty of. a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof in a
court of competent jurisliction shall
be fined in any sum not less than
>10.00 nor more than >100.00.
See; 67. This act shall be taken
notice of by the Courts without being
specially plead and proved, the same
as all other general laws o thef State
of Texas.
be here in a few days.
James Blackstone, who sus-
tained a right bad hurt from
being thrown from' his buggy,
is improving.
Miss Cathrine McCloude of
Wills Point, age 86, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Pratt, and j at-
tended church here yesterday.
Peaches and watermelons are
in full blast now.
" Horace Barber took a load of
peaches to market today, also
8. M. George started to Gilmer
with a load,
A good rain would be appre-
ciated in these parts.
twice in each year, on the first day
of July and January, giving the num-
ber of hands and their names in his
precinct liable to work the road, the r .. ....
1 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
number of days he has caused his) , :: .. , . „ . „ . ..
conviction thereof shall be fined in
road to be worked since the date of
manent hitching post and stile block family of Ewell were among the
on each side of and within sixty feet
« . , ' Mrs. Craddock and Mrs. Jim
] Coffeeville, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Still, visited E. Shrum and
I Isbeil of Boxwood, Tom Bullard family, of Rhonesbora yesterday. '
and tie of Concord, Mr. Duke Mr. Joe Green and family or Jrly 184.
Soules Chapel spent suna
Mr. J. E. Green’s.
Robert Pool and wife J
relatives at LaFaytte
day until Sunday. ’
The young folks I
singing at Mr Jim Stimi2
day nigl t.
We have just heard of th
death of Johnnie Blount of
es Chapel. We wer sor
deed to hear it.
terial tu Im tter the road.
Sec. 4 4. It shall be the duty of each
road overseer te make a report in
writing to the Road Commissioner
(Bec. 61. Any Road Commissioner
who shall fail or refuse to comply
with any duty "required of him, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be pun-
ished by fine of not less than $25.00
nor more than >200.00..
Sec. 61. Any person liable under
the law to work upon the public
roads, who shall willfully fall or re-
fu-e to attend either in person or by
substitute at the time and place de
signaled by the road overseer of his
district after being legally summoned
-or shall fall on or beforethe day for
which he is summoned to attend to
pay such overseer the sum of >1.06
per day for each day he has been
notified to work on the road, or having
attended shall fall to perform any
duty required of him by law and
such overseer, he shall be fined in a
sum not exceeding >10.00.
Sec. 63. Whenever the Commis-
sioner's Court of any county in the
state shall duly declare the boundary
lines between the lands of different
persons a public road in accordance
with law, if any person or owner
shall fall, neglect or refuse, for
twelve months after legal notice there
of, to leave open his land free from all
obstructions for ten feet on his
side of the line designated he shall be
fined not more than twenty dollars for
each month after the twelve months
aforesaid in which he may so fall,
nqglect or refuse.
Sec. 64. Any person or persons
placing a gate on or across a third
class road, or on or acrons any road
such as is designated in Art 493 of
the Penal Code, shall be required to;
keep said gate and the approaches to
the same in good order and the gate
shall be ten feet wide and so conotruc-
ted as to cause no unnecessary delay
to the traveling public in opening and
uutting the name and to provide
a fantening to hold said gate open till ]
•" . ; -rcngere go through, azd us h
Sec. 68. This act shall be cumula-
tive of all laws of the State of Texas
on the subject of roads and bridges
except when in conflict herewith in
which case the provisions of this act
shall prevail, with respect to Upshur
County
Sec. 69. The fact that there is now,
no adequate road law for Upshur
County, creates an imperative public
necessity and emergency that the con-
stitntional rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days be suspend-
ed and .that this act take effect from
and after the date of its passage and
it ia so enacted, {
The proposed RoadLawror Upshur
County Texas, by
W. O. STAMP.-
July 2nd, 1910..
Considered and adopted with fol-
lowing amendments:
Sec. 55. If any person shall ride
or drive over any bridge belonging
to Upshur county or to any munici-
■ pal or private corporation faster than
a walk, he shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding >100.
Bec, 56. Any person who shall
knowingly or wilfully destroy. Injure,
or misplace any bridge, culvert. drain,
sewer, ditch, signboard, milepost, or
tile or anything of like 'character
placed upon the road for the benefit
of same, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof
last report, the amount of money re-
ceived and from whom in lieu of work
and how such money was expended
and to whom paid arid for what pur-
pose and amount of. cash on hand;
the number of warrants and amount
of each issued against the road and
bridge fund, and the purpose for
which said warrants were issued and
the condition of the road and all
bridges thereon.
Sec. 45. Overseers shall dismiss
from the* road any hand or hands,
whether working for themselves or
as substitutes for others, who shall
fail or refuse to do good and efficient
work, or dismiss any hand he may
. deem intoxicated or who shall fall or
refuse to obey any reasonable order
of the overseer, and the overseer shall
proceed against ‘such hands in the
same manner as If he had refused to
obey the summons to work on the
road.
Sec. 46. All male persons in Up-
shur county between the ages of
twenty-one and forty-five years old
shall be liable to work the road five
days. In each year, except ministers of
the Gospel in the active discharge of
their calling invalids and members of
all voluntary fire companies, who shall
be exempt. /
Sec. 47. No person shall be com-
pelled to work the roads who has not
resided in the county fifteen days next
preceding the date of the summons.
Sec. 48. Any person liable to road
duty who has been summoned to
work the road shall have the privi-
lege of furnishing an able-bodied
substitute to work in his place, which
cabntitute shall be accepted by the
overseer, if he is capable of perform-
** a reasonable amount of service; I
otherwise he shall not be accepted.
Sec. 49. Every person liable to
work the road, by paying his over-
seer at any time befor the time ap-
pointed to work the road ..per
day for each day he is summoned to
work, shall be exempt from penalties
for failure to so work.
• Sec. 50. It shall be the duty of
each road hand to perform his duty
as such in accordance with the direc-
tions of the overseer, and a day's
work within the meaning of this law
shall be eight hours* efficient service
when said service is voluntarily per-
formed.
Sec. 51. No person shall be com-
pelled to work the road more than
five days in any one year.
‘Sec. 52. Any person liable to road
duty in Upshur county who shall pay
to the County Treasurer the sum of
three dollars on or before the first
day of February of each year shall
be exempt from all road service for
the current year. The County Treas-
urer shall receive and receipt for all
money so paid him. and shall place
the sama to the credit of the road
and bridge fund, and as soon as prac-
tical furnish each commissioner with
the names of all persons in his pre-
cinct no paying. ~
Sec. 54. All persons who haul logs
over the public roads of this county
thall be subject to a special tax of
twenty dollars per wagon per year,
where more than one mile of the pub-
lic road is used, and on refusal to
pay such tax to road overseer, shall
be liable for the cost of repairs to
• brdges broken by such log wagons
and for rich other damages ns may
Sec. 58. Any person subject to
road duty who shall fail or refuse to
serve as road overseer of any public
road in his road precinct wsen duly
appointed as overseer by the Com-
missioners’ Court, shall be fined not
less than >10.00 nor more than >50.00.
Sec. 59. If any road overseer of a
public road in this state shall fail or
refuse to perform any duty imposed
upon him by law or shall so fail or
refuse or neglect to keep the roads,
bridges and causeways in his road
precinct clear of obstructions and in
good order or shall willfully suffer
such roads bridges or causeways to
remain uncleared and out of repair
for twenty days at any one time he
shall be fined not less than >10.00 nor
more than >25.00.
Sec. 60. If any overseer of a pub-
lic road in this state shall fail.within
six months after his appointment as
such to measure the roads in his pre-
cinct and set up post of lasting timber
at the end of each mile leading from
the Court House at Gilmer and to
mark on such post in legible words
and figures the distance from the
Court House or shall fail when any
such post is destroyed or moved, to
replace the same with another mark-
ed as the original he shall be fined
the sum of >5.00.
Sec. 57. If any person shall wil-
the same time engaged in summonihg
/ the hands.
Sec. 41. It shall be the duty of
road overseer within ten days after
he han worked his road to file with
the ounty Attorney of the county
or the Justice of the Peace of his pre-
cinct a complaint in writing and un-
der oath against eah person wno has
been summoned and failed to work,
or who has not furnished substitute
or had not paid $1.00 for each day
pummoned, hereinafter provided
for.
Sec. 4 2. Index boards and mile-
posts shall be placed at proper
plates, showing the number of miles
to Gilmer, and the place to which
intersecting roads may lead.
Sec. 43. Overseers of roads may
ret, ive money in lieu of work as here-
inafter protided for and in such case
. Bec. 54. If any person shall will-
fully obstruct or injure in any man-
ner, or cause to be obstructed or in-
jured in any manner whatsoever any
public road or bridge or any street or
alley in any incorporater city or town,
he shall be fined In a sum not exceed-
ing >500,
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Stephens, J. J. Upshur County Echo. (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1910, newspaper, July 21, 1910; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1431158/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Upshur County Library.