West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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9 CENTS
8c FOR STRICT MIDDUNG
age
8c FOR MIDDLING COTTON
are all gone
Candy Kid.
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C. L. Foster of Union Ridge Everybody is trying to get
Jesse Foster spent Sunday day last week, who was right
Come down and help me quilt George called on Mrs. Walker
PROPOSITION NO. 1
PROPOSITION NO. 2
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Both Propositions Are Good
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Remember, we will take only 200 bales on these propositions.
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X. Y. Z.
Subscribe for The Reporter.
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If you wish to hold the cotton we will
advance you the above prices, in mer-
chandise, taking your note for same pay-
able on or before one year after date, at
only 6 per cent interest per annum.
have
at the
day it
n this
urplus
lightly
maged
You should take advantage of one of them—either sell one, two or three
bales of your cotton at these prices, getting all the Dry Goods, Clothing and
Shoes you and your family shall need during the Winter, or store the cotton
with us and draw goods against same, if you think the future prices will be
better than those we offer.
spent Friday night with J. D.
Burk.
Messrs. C. A. Olree and D.
W. Burk cut kafir com for W.
M. Dipple.
Said cotton to be placed in our ware-
house and insured—you to pay cost of
storage and insurance.
omers’
r bale
month
This is the Best Cotton Proposition Offered
in the State of Texas! Read it!
Cotton to be graded by Public Weigher.
This dtton will be stored in our pri-
vate warehouse, insured and held. -We
hope to get what we pay for it, but may
have to sell for less than the present
market price. Anyway, we are willing
to pay our customers a good price now
and take a chance on the future.
Wishing to assist our friends and customers as much as possible during
the hard times caused by low price cotton, and wishing to do our part in
carrying the surplus of this year’s crop, we have decided to buy and hold
about two hundred bales of cotton, and hereby make you the following
- liberal propositions:
sick. We hope for her a speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Jim Buntin and Miss Ida
at J. D. Burk’s.
Say, Candy Kid, that’s all
right about those new quilts.
We have the largest and best stock of Dry Goods, Staple Cotton Goods, Millinery, Un-
derwear, Ladies* Ready to Wear, Shoes, Hosiery, Men’s and Boys* Clothing, Hats, Gloves,
etc. in Young County. All goods marked in plain figures at the lowest possible prices. ’
We guarantee our goods and our prices to be perfectly satisfactory. We guarantee
you a square deal in every particular. Warm clothing will do you and your family more
good this Winter than cotton left in your yard or gin lot to damage.
We will buy your cotton and pay you
in Merchandise,
9c for Good Middling—No. 1
8%c for Strict Middling—No. 2
8c for Middling—No. 3
7%c for Strict Low—No. 4
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LOWER TONK
We are having some pretty
cotton picking weather now.
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cotton
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8. B. STREET & COMPANY 8. B. STREET & COMPANY 8. B. STREET & COMPANY S. B. STREET & COMPANY
FOR GOOD MIDDLING COTTON
them. • „
There will be a party at G.
M. Foster’s Saturday night.
Everybody come. Candy Kid,
you and Jolly Girl can come,
sure.
E. H. Burk and sister called
at G. M. Foster’s Sunday night.
As news is scarce and time
is flying I will hand my pencil
to some good writer. Good-day.
Daisy Flat.
ROCK CREEK
Health in this community is
very good with the exception
of a few bad colds.
J. D. Burk has been sick for
quite a while. We hope to re-
port him better next writing.
Messrs. C. A. Olree and Ar-
thur Henderson were in Gra-
ham with cotton Wednesday.
G. M. Foster took cotton to
the Bryson gin Friday.
J. D. Burk and daughter
made a business trip to Gra-
ham Wednesday.
Messrs. J. J. and C. L. Fos-
ter made a flying trip to Gra-
ham Saturday.
Mrs. S. L. Burk and daugh-
ter made a business trip to
Graham Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Burk and
little son, Winford, spent Sun-
day with J. D. Burk and family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Foster
spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Martin of Center
Ridge.
Messrs. John, Floyd, Boyd,
and Boucher Bennett have re-
turned from Loving where they
have been picking cotton. They
report that cotton is fine up
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Math Denning
visited Huston Dening of the
Union Ridge community Mon-
day.
their cotton out.
Mrs. Bruce George visited
Mrs. Walker Buntin Thursday.
The doctor was called out to
see Mrs. Walker Buntin one
To illustrate: We will advance you
$45.00 worth of goods on a 500-lb. bale
of Good Middling Cotton, you to have
the privilege of selling same when price
is satisfactory or of holding for a year.
Buntin one morning last week.
The thresher was in the
community Friday and thresh-
ed millet and cane for Messrs.
T. C. George and Bine Wadley.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gowens
and children were shopping in
Graham Saturday
Messrs. Sam Jones, W. E.
Moore and little son. Kemp,
had business in Graham Sat-
urday
Mr. and Mrs. George Barnett
visited the later’s parents Sat-
urday night and Sunday.
Messrs. A. H. Jones. George
Wadley. J. J. Gray and sons
Zack and R D.. were in Graham
Saturday.
Mr. Hollybee and daughter.
Ethel were in Graham trading
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones and
Ruby Fay, visited at Mt. Pleas-
ant Saturday night and Sun-
day with (their sister’s • Mes-
dames John and Wallace Tim-
mons. ,
Murry Moore was in Graham
Saturday.
Say, Silver Moon, I think I
know who you are and where
you live, but I cannot see your
house from here.
Miss Alma George spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Anna
Belle Wadley.
Sunday school at the regular
hour with 35 present.
Wesley Higdon and sister,
Miss Katherine, and Little Beu-
lah and Elsie Freeman took
dinner at Mr. Moore’s .Sunday.
' Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones
took dinner with A. H. Jones
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gowens
and family spent Sunday eve-
ning at John Youngblor d s.
Yes, Kid, I sure would like
to come up there Thank giving
but can’t at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wadley
took dinner at J. R. McClan-
nahan’s Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John George
and family P it Sunday at
Grandma Geo. _’s.
Grandpa and Grandma Young-
blood spent Sunday with their
son, John Youngblood.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McClan-
nahan, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Wadley, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mc-
Clannahan spent Sunday eve-
ning at Grandma George’s.
Roy Jones spent Sunday with
home folks.
Tames Gowens took dinner
with Ward Vaughn Sunday.
Here, take my pencil, Silver
Moon, and bring the news from
FLAT ROCK
Thanksgiving has come again
and I wonder how the Corres-
pondents will spend it? As for
myself, I don’t know, but ex-
pect it will be dull with me.
Have just been thinking how
well I’d like to attend a reunion
Thursday and have as much
dinner and fun as I had last
year.
Jolly Girl, Kid-o seems to
think you were raised in the
backwoods and never saw many
preachers. When I hear any
one say they have never found
any good in Sunday schools I
think they have never attended
Sunday school enough to know
much about Sunday school*or
don’t try to get any good out
of them. I have never gotten
where I don’t get good out of
most every lesson.
Mrs. Porter was reported
worse Sunday. .
E. H. Corley and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. BFit
Alford.
The ,young people enjoyed
a candy breaking at the home
of W. A. Cook Friday night.
We have some new neighbors
on Mrs. Pritchard’s place. They
are picking cotton for D. G.
Vick.
Messrs. Will Fain, Albert
Masey and Frank Corley spent
Saturday night with Brit
Mayes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor
and daughter, Miss Maggie,
spent Sunday with Mr. Burton
and family.
Mrs. S. E. Pritchard of Komo
was here on business last week.
Mrs. Alford and daughter,
Jess, and Miss Kate Newby vis-
ited Friday night and Saturday
with relatives in Cedar Creek
community.
Mrs. Smith is moving to Gra-
ham this week.
Miss Zora Wade of Henry
Chapel is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Gene Martin.
Mrs. Mattie Chambers called
on ltrs. Corley Monday after-
noon.
A large crowd attended the
singing Sunday night and ev-
eryone seemed to enjoy them-
selves.
Quite a number of young
people of Graham attended the
party Friday night. We were
glad to have them with us and
invite them to come again.
Bill Martin and Misses Lena
Humble and Margaret Corley
of Graham attended our Sun-
day school and singing.
Brit Alford and wife spent
Sunday night with the latter’s
parents.
Will Fain went to work at
the oil mill Monday.
Freland Walker was Miss
Maggie Taylor’s guest Sunday
afternoon.
Messrs. Jesse and Bill Mar-
tin and Misses Lena Humble
and Margaret Corley called on
Miss Georgia Burton Sunday
afternoon.
I was about to forget that I
was using X. Y. Z’s pencil.
Guess he thinks I’m going to
keep it, but I’m not.
This community was visited
with a heavy rain Monday
night.
Jolly Girl, has Jack Frost
taken your flowers yet? Mine
bu.N
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