Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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LOCAL AMD PERSONAL
Cyolone Davis addressed u
crowd estimated at 550 at Provi-
dence church Wednesday. There
was a barbecue and picnic there
in honor of i he occasion and u
good attendance from here.
Por sale—One upright Kimble
piano in Al condition. Apply
at Ledger office.
Little Henry Nix got np in his
sleep one night this week and
while walking around in the
house stumbled ov( r a trunk,
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fell and sprained one wrist, but
was not otherwise injured.
Misses Kathleen Cadi and
Nu.ilee Simpson returned this
*h k (mm (taylor li:iversity.
Miss Cade received her diploma,
she graduating with honor. Mis*
Simpson tins to g-> another veat
ketore she timshes.
Plantéis in this county now
have their crops worked out an i
m fairly good shape, but the hot
weather <>f the past week has had
a damaging effect on the eo'ii—
eutting the yield short about one
half, t' tton however, i*. look-
ing well and growing nicely, but
is needing rain.
A petition was circulated this
week and forwarded to the coun
ty judge praying for an election
to be called to vole upon the
«juestion of incorporating Sum*
ervillc under the commission
form of government. It did not
require much canvassing to se-
cure the retjui dte number of
signers. There wiil, uf course,
he opposition to this movement,
as there always is to any <|ues
tion that < nnos up and has to be
nettled uL the ballot box, but
then- seems to be very little
doubt about incorporation carry
ing. P«*>ple who a year ago
were opposed to incorporating
the town have signed the peti
tion and will vote for incorpora
tion. believing that the time has
arrived when the town should
kave a system of waterworks,
sanitary regulations and other
betterments for the town that
cannot be had until the town is
incorporated.-Somervilie Ad ver-
tiser.
Officers Elcctcd.
Tuesday n'ght 11 o Odd I el
ki.vs elected officers as follows:
K. i-\ Mueller, G.
Joseph Wondi'ash, V.<¡.
Ceo, M. .Johnston, S.
S. R. IJinlp, T.
Alex (Hick vorth, T.
L. Seigle, C.
II- Liebermanj W.
I>. W. Burns. I. G.
11. C. I'roaddiiH, O, < ¡.
W. C. Bunuway.
Or. C. A. Slierrill, (5. S. N. G.
j, W, Xorcross, I,. 8. N. (3.
Alex Duckworth, R. S. S.
Cal Whittington, 1,. S. S.
J. K. Herring, It, 8. V. G,
Jim Dean, I , 8. V. tí.
The lodge will have a barbacú
and picnic at Uookes Point on
Tuesday, June 2t!th, and Dr. .1.
B. Hnbbard, Past Grand Master,
of Kaufman, Texas, will deliver
ma address. 1'ach member of the
lodge in entitled to invite three
families.
FINALLY THE FIGHT BEGAN
Kentucky Mountain Woman's Oeicrlp.
tion of the Preliminaries That Led
Up to Real Contest.
Bishop Woodh ridge of Kentucky
was d ¡«¿cussing the southern inoun-
tinecrs, among whom he luía lived
and worked for many years. The
question of family feuds was brought
up and the bishop related the follow-
ing anecdote:
"A certain family had attended a
reunion, which terminated in a free-
for-all fight. The offenders were
taken Ik-fore the local justice of the
pence, who questioned an old woman
us to the particulars of the light. Her
des< riprion whs typical of the moun-
tinecr's attitude toward strife and
bloodshed.
" 'Well, judge,' she .«aid, Mew Lew-
is got into an argument with Hank
Itiuld*. Hudd smashed Jem ovt r tlx
head with a stick of cord wood, bust-
ing his head open. Then Jem**
brut her slash . I Hank up with f
huteher knife, and I<ou Marry s!;ot
lain through the leg. Larry Slovet
weni at bun with ¡ai a\<\ and then,
judge, we just naturally got to ii.^lit-
ini:;' " I-'hiladelnhia Times.
use for BABIES.
A comedy of babies was enact* ! ir
a Dublin (Ireland) court the othej
morning. A number of young wom-
en fish dealers were summoned foi
evjMising lish fur sale on the publii
thoroughfare. The first batch al
appeared with babies in their arm,'
and v ere discharged with u caution
When the second batch of defend-
ants appeared and each had a babi
in her arms his lordship was bewil-
dered. as he recognized several ot
the chubby youngsters who had ap-
peared with different mammas. The
practice of lending a baby to cxeih
the sympathy of the court appears to
lie common on siHi occasions and
one baby often appears repeatodlv
in different arms before the magis-
trate.
REMEMBERED LESSON.
Judge Joseph Muekncr Lamar of
itcorgia. who has recent I \ been ap-
pointed to the supreme bench, f e 11
the following story: When his chil-
dren were young t+iev were often
warned again>t playing on the lawn
when it was «lamp. The frequency
with which this warning had to h<
repeated s««emed to indicate that it
had made very little impression upon
the youngster , until one day when
bis little son was learning the (lold-
en Text for the next Sunday school
le ,-on. "Put off thy shoes from off
thy feet." the boy repeated to his fa-
ther, "for the ground whereon thou
standest is- is "Is what, son?"
said the judge. "Is «lamp," suggest-
ed the little boy.
LONDON'!} LARGE BALLROOM.
Tendon is to have an immense
ballroom, in which 8,000 persons
will be able to dance, \fter the close
of the skating season at Olynipia the
-kating surface, which is of maple,
will be scientifically treated bv a Vi-
ennese expert, and the lloor will he
made the finest for dancing in the
world.
EVEN THEN.
Captain Kidd- What'- the trou-
ble? Can't you make the prisoner
walk the plank ?
Lieutenant No, cap; he absolute-
ly refuses to be a part of the spec-
tacle unless we guarantee him a per-
centage of the moMUg picture re-
ceipts. Puck.
IN £ AT CümfLi meiN i.
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor in "I My-
self" writes: Another literary man
who was very neat and methodical
was Sir Kdwin Arnold, lie told me
that on one occasion in America a
newspaper reporter had extracted a
long interview from him. and just at
the end said. 'Now. Sir Kdwin. what
is your opinion of the American
woman?' 'An exhaustive subject,'
said Sir Kdwin, 'but I can dispose1 of
it in one word. "Afrin."' 'And
what.' said the reporter, 'does that
mean?' 'It it Turkish,' said Sir Kd-
win, 'and means "Oh, Allah, make
many more of them."'"
NEW USES FOR OLD GLASS
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;«£33££B3
Common Window Panes Long Expoeed
to Weather Are Wanted by a Maker
of Sun Spectacles.
"Tntil recently," said a man in
the house wrecking business, "we
never paid much attention to the
window glass of the old houses we
pulled down. Piate glass windows
were saved, but the little square
panes of ordinary glass were ruthless-
ly smashed as not worth removing.
Hut the other day an optician came
to me and offered a good price for
them, provided only he could first
look over the house about to be de-
molished and select whatever panea
would answer his purpose. This waa
his explanation:
"Smoked and green eyeglasses are
now discarded, since it has been
proven that the only real relief from
sun glare is a certain pale violet
tinged glass- a discovery made by
our naval oculists when they were
trying to fix up the sailors' eyes for
target practice down in sun-scorched
(¡uantaiuimo. This violet glass is
difficult to make, but common win-
dow panes that have boon exposed to
the \\. at her for ".J0 years or more
sometimes take on that exact shade
of violet or mauve that will modify
tropical .-unshinc to the human eye.
That i- whv. as a maker of eve-
glas e>. 1 want to examine all the old
places vou are commissioned to pull
down, and am willing to pay a good
price for whatever panes I may find
available."
NO TROUBLE AT ALL
The Cirl (offended)—But you
had no business to kiss me.
The Man -But it wasn't liusinesi
—it «as pleasure.
SWIMMING BY MACHINERY.
A ten-pound swimming machine
that ma\ be packed ih a suit case is
the invention of a Frenchman. It is
a safe and rapid seniicraft for the
man who swims or the man who
doesn't. At the front of the appa-
ratus is a cylindrical metal float,
with conical point and a depending
rudder. At the rear is another metal
tloal. with stirrups acting upon a
propeller, the two ends connected by
a wooden bar. on which the swimmer
lies a> if on the water.
Kicking with his feet and alter-
nately purring and pulling with a
cross handle bar just back of the
forward tloat the swimmer on the
swimming machine gets a maximum
of exercise while making a speed im-
possible to the ordinary swimmer on
the open water.
NO NEED TO ASK.
"hoc- your wife ask you foj
things she knows you cannot af-
ford ?"
"She hasn't asked me for a thing
since we were married."
"Great! How do you manage it?'1
"When she wants a thing she doe*
not nsk me; she tells me."
To be Given at the
County Fair
To be Held in
Caldwell, Texas
JULY 4th
Farm Products 1 and 2 Pme
Rest general display off one farm . .$10.00 >_.50
Best 5 cars corn '50 qq
Best stalk cotton 2.50 00
Heat bundle oats [ 1 ;,<) ¡ qq
Best bundle sorghum, for &yrup 150 < 00
Best vine peanuts qq
Meat, bundle alfalfa 1,50 i.qq
Uest iiish potatoes i &q í qq
Best sweetpotatoes * 1 50 j'.)q
Best dozen tomatoes §. qq
Best dozen stock beets 1 00
Best dozen table beets 1 !oO
best dozen peaches J .00
Best dozen fías ¡ 'q^
Best doien pears - "qq
Best watermelon i qq
Best cantaloupes 1.00
Best bead cabbage • • • ■ • -p
Best pumpkin l .00
Best cashaw ^'(jq
Best bundle cow peas ] 00
Live Stock PriiiU
best pair farm horses .-} oq
Best pair farm mules 5'qq
Best mule coir, 2-.year-old.. 50
Best mule colt, 2 year-old and under 2.50
Best horse colt, 2-year-old 2-50
Best horse colt, 1 year old and under 2 50
best Jersey Bull, (registered) 2.50
Best Jersey Cow, 1st prize 5.00
2nd prize •-,()
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•>ru prize 5.50
Best brood sow, pure bred, any breed ... 2.50
Best boar, pure bred, any breed ü .">()
Best pig, 2-mos old and under, pure brod 50
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Poultry landZI'MZC
Best pair Barred Plymouth Rock.. $1.50 Si.00
Best pair White Plymou'h Rock 150
Best pair White Leghorns ].50
Best pair Brown Leghorns
Best pair Hhode Island Iteds
Best pair White Wyandot es
Best pair (¡ame
Best pair BulT Cochin
Best I rio Chickens—l rooster and _
hens, pure bred, any breed 2.50
Best pair Turkeys t.50
Best Gobbler 1.qq
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
f .00
1 00
,' 0
•00
.JO
Boys Corn Club
Best 5 ears Corn, 1st prize.
" 2nd "
" " " " 3rd "
Prize
. <7.50
. 5.00
. 2.50
Ladies' Departments
Prizes will be given on displays of fancy work
ipiilts, drawn work, etc., ami on home canned and
preserved fruits and vegetables. This will be in
charge of a committee of ladies.
O There will be speaking by some prominent ;>gi i •
eulturists on dairy farming and other subjects' of
w interest to the farmer. No politics.
There will be a cream separator display and
V? demonstration bv an expert at 1 o'clock.
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FITTING TRAIT.
"Young BifRns' infatuation fot
{>rctty Miss Gladys is merely puppy
ove."
"I suppose that accounts for hit
doglike devotion." J k ^
Summer Drinks
V\'o serve all kinds of
Cold Brinks usually found
ut any lount. Everything
to be had in pure and fresh
Candies.
D. L. Alford
caaaase¡s«3©3&3£ seg??s-asvasQag
CALDWELL CITY
BARBER SHOP
AUTREY& BUR ^ Prop
First Class Tonsorial Work
Hot and Cold 'taths.
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Cleaning-Dyefiig-hresstnf
i3 a 33£££££S£SC-«
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Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1911, newspaper, June 16, 1911; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168750/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.