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BELTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY,JDECEHBER 4. 1008
Number 40
PIHE BLUFFSSKS F0RA1B
EVERY AVAILABLE MAN EMPLOY-
ED FIGHTING BACK RISING
WATERS OF ARKAN8A8.
HEAVY DAMAGE SEEMS CERTAIN
Section of Land Near Costly Building*
Begin* to Slide—City Built
on Quicksand.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 2.—While
appealing as a last resort to Presi-
dent Roosevelt that permission bo
granted to cut through a govern-
ment levee and change the course
of the Arkansas river, leaving Pine
Bluff "high and dry" but safe, every
available man in the city is at work
strengthening already crumbling
hanks until the crest of a lU-foot rise
passes this point, in an effort to pro-
vent an overflow, which would mean
the destruction property valued
at hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and possibly loss of life.
Last nig^it the river had passed
the 15-foot stage and at its crest
a stage of 26 feet is anticipated. The
flood stago is 25 feet and with the
banks in their present condition the
full force is felt can not be fore-
told. That greut property loss will
ensue seems certain.
A large section of kind thirty feet
north of tho walls of the court house
and the Jefferson hotel, each valued
at $100,000, is slowly disappearing
into the river, and warehouses along
the banks, which have already been
partly wrecked, are tottering and
may fall at any moment. It seems
certain that several streets, with
businets houses a mile long will be
destroyed.
To add to the serious situation is
the fact that the city of Pine Bluff
is built upon quicksand. This strata
of sand lies under thirty feet of clay
mixed with sand. The river current
comes sweeping against the banks
and sucking at the sand undormines
the covering of clay. , „
Hostler Helper Is Killed.
Cleburne: Jesse R. Williamson,
hostler helper to 0. R. Bonner, met
almost instant death at the Santa
Fe turn table at 5 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Engine No. 784 was back-
ing in on the table when young
Williamson attempted to step on the
brake beam at the rear end of the
tender. He missed his footing ami
fell, the wheels of the tender passed
oveT the lower part of his body.
Williamson came hero from Collin
County.
Train Kills Mrs. J. H. Hughes.
Sherman: Mrs. James 11. Hughes
died in twenty minutes after she was
struck and run over by the locomo-
tive of the eastbound Texas and
Pacific mail and express train just
before 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The accident occurred just east of
the grade crossing o>f the street
railway and the Texas and Pacific
on Grand avenue.
Dies of Hydrophobia.
Ennis: Jewel Campbell, seven
years old, daughter of W. A. Camp-
bell, of near Garrett, died Monday
of hydrophobia. She was bitten by
a puppy several weeks ago, but the
injuries were not considered danger-
ous. Other members of the family
were bitten about the same time by
the same dog.
Injured by Explosion.
Sherman: Because it burned blue
three little bovs touched a lighted
mat< h to the insulation in the pieces
of wire eaped with dynamite found
by them in a trash heap back of an
electrical supply shop Tuesday. As
the result of the explosion which fol-
owedl. Willie Maxwell, aged 10, is
in the hospital and the surgeons
hold out little hope that he will re-
cover.
To Build Flour Mill.
San Angolo: Active work is in
progress on the building for the
flouring mil, which it is expected
to get ready for operation by the
first of the new year. Mr. Garrett,
the owner, will receive the first ship-
ment of wheat in a few days and is
hopeful that farmers in this section
will sow a full acreage of wheat.
C. C. Garner, a farmer, living
near Weatherford. shot and killed
himself Saturday night.
Strike Gas In Fannin County.
Bonham : Parties who are engaged
in bormg for oil at Ector, six miles
west of here, have struck a vein of
natural gas. The strike was made at
a depth of 1,100 feet and the vein
was strong enough to blow the drill
and casing out of the well, causing
a temporary suspension of work. It
has not as yet ben ascertained
whether or sot the vein Js large
enough to pwlw gss in pqrfaff
naatkies.
138 LIVES ARE LOST
SURVIVING MINERS AND FAMIL-
IES AT MARIANNA, PA., GIVE
LRGER ESTIMATE.
W0RKIN6 TO RECOVER RODIES
Fifty-Five Bodies Brought to Surface
Some Mutilated. Others Intact,
Daeth from Suffocation.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 30.—Fifty-
two b^iea have been removed from
the Racine mine of the Piitaburg-
Ruffalo Coal Company mine at
Marianna, where a terrific explosion
occurred Saturday, up to I o'clock
Monday morning. A number of
other bodies have been located in
the workings of the mine and are
being brought out as rapidly as pos-
sible. At the present rate of progress
nearly one hundred bodies will have
been brought out by daylight.
There is little doubt that the death
list will reach 138. Officers of the
com-pany who last night stated that
not over 125 had been killed, now
admit that 138 men were down the
shaft to work Saturday. According
to miners and others, it will exceed
this number by at least fifty. From
no source can an accurate statement
of the fatalities be secured.
Marianna, Pa., Nov. 29.—Two
hundred and eighty miners lost their
lives yesterday in the explosion
which wrecked the Model mine of
the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
hero. At 1 o'clock this morning 42
bodies had been recovered. The work
of the rescuers was stimulated short-
ly after 11 o'clock when they came
upon a Greek miner ,buried under
tho wreckage. He was horribly
burned from hear to foot, the flesh
dropping from his body in cakes. His
pleadings to be pu£ put of his mis-
ery were pitful in the extreme.
lived but a few minutes. This is the
only victim who has been taken alive
from the mine. The others are
(jither horribly crushed or burned
beyond recognition.
Conditons too horrible for descrip-
tion confronted the rescuing party in
the black depths of the pit.
The two shafts led to on£ of the
largest mines in the world. It was
eompartively new, having been in
use but about a year.
Tt was termed a "model" by the
officials, but this seems strangely at
variance with the reputation l>orne
bv it here. Though nothing luy]
Seen said of it by the company, it
develops that another explosion al-
most Identical with the out' today oc-
curred on August 12 last, when one
man, Fred Morris, lost his life, and
Frank Wilson and Fred Miller were
badly injured.
Miller refused to resume work up-
on recovery, saying tlmt he believed
another and more serious explosion
would follow the other one.
Some of the dead : Charles McEl-
rab, Wm. Hall. Harry Beev, Patrick
Donnellin, Henry Thompson, fore-
men; unidentified miner, unidenti-
fied Italian. Joseph Holmes, Joseph
Hreisinger, Robert Locket. C. L.
Seel rob. Henrv Betty, Alfred Mac-k-
;n, Samuel Lipton, Frederick K.
Klkins. mine foreman; Clarence W.
Adams, Henrv Owens, Joseph Pow-
ell. *
PARTICULARS OF DISASTER.
WATER ENDfJERS CITY
CITIZENS TO DIVERT ARKANSA8
TO PREVENT 8ERI0US PROP-
ERTY LOSS.
WILL GUT FEDERAL LEVEE
Fears for Safety of $100,000 Hotel,
Court House and Other
Structures.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 1.—Fear-
ing that he already weakened banks
of the Arkansas river would be un-
able to withstand the pressure of
the water when the full force of
the present rise reaches Pine Bluff
it was decided at a mass meeting
of citizens held here yesterday to
divert, if passible, the channel of the
river by the cutting through of the
narrow strip of land where the river
starts a "horseshoe" bend several
miles north of the city. This plan,
if successful, will loa*e Pine Bluff
away from the main channel, and
would eliminate the danger of an
overflow. The action of the mass
meeting followed the report of the
coming of a 16-foot rise, the crest
of which will probaly reach Pine
Bluff bv Wednesday.
Franchise Is Desired.
Dallas: Oklahoma City is really in
earnest about breaking into the Tex-
as League and R. E.Moist and Law-
rence Milton, president and manager
of the Oklahoma City club, have
come to Texas to meet the various
franchise holders and ascertain just
what will be necessary to get a fran-
chise for Oklahoma City in the Tex-
as Ijeague. President Wither J. Allen
of the Texas League has called a
meeting of the franchise holders of
the league to be held in Fort Worth
when Oklahoma City will be heard
and her proposition considered.
120 Dead at Marianna.
Pittsburg: The squeaking iron
bucket operated in the 500-foot
shaft leading to the Rachel and
Agnes mine of the Pittsburg-Buffalo
Coal Company at Marianna, Pa-
si nee last Saturday, when a terrific
explosion in the mines wrecked -the
up-to-date elevator of the shaft, and
snuffed out the lives of miners to
the number estimated from 120 up,
has carried to the surface up to
Monday evening the bruised, mang-
led and burned remains of more than
100 victims of the disaster.
Fire Broke Out Immediately Follow-
ing the Explosion.
Marianna, Pa.. Nov. 28.—With a
roar that could boa heard for miles
the Model Carianna mine of the
Pittsburg-RtrfTnlo Coal Company wits
Mown up shortly before noon today,
burying two hundred men beneath
thousands of tons of coal.
While at least five hundred min-
ers are working frantically at the
•nouth of the mine at ^o'clock to-
•light not a single body had been re-
covered. It is not believed now that
l single ]x>rson escaped death as the
mir.e caught fire immediately after
the explosion and is now a roaring
furnace. With 8000 feet of earth
'o burrow through officials tonight
-•ay there is little hope of ascertain-
the exact number of dead before
Monday.
Women and children, 5000 st-ong,
sire hampering the workmen in their
rescue work, pleading for news of
their loved ones.
A majori(v of the men buried be-
neath the wreckage are Americans,
and most of the others are English
miners imported by the company
two months ago.
The 200 men were nearly 700 feet
below the surface of the earth when
the explosion occurred. Many of
these were eating their noon-day
lunch at the bottom of the shaft
when the tremendous explosion oc-
curred. For two miles the ground
rocked.
burned to
Wants Lower Freight.
Austin : R. F. Befl of Fort Worth,
secretary of the Texas Hardware
Jobbers' Association, appeared be-
fore the Railroad Commission Mon-
dav, accompanied by local jobbers,
to discuss the matter of a petition for
lower rates from Galveston and Tex-
as City to Texas interior points, the
idea being to tak>' advantage of the
low water rates into Galveston and
•thus offset the recent advances in
the all-rail rates from Missssippi
river crossings and territory adjacent
to Tex-as points.
Texas A. & M. Third.
Chicago: Students representing
Iowa Agricultural College won the
students' judging cont<-st. which was
the feature ot' the opening day at the
International Live Stoek Exhibition
in the International Amphitheater.
The Hawkeye boys were credited
with 4,373 points for their placing?
in the horse, cwttle. sheep and swine
departments. The Texas A. & M.
team was third with 4,081 points.
Exhibit Goes to Waco.
Brownwood : The tuberculosis ex-
hibit was sent from here to Waco
Monday. While her thousands
viewed the exhibit and listened to
the lectures. J. X. Wilkinson, who
was in charge here, stated Monday
evening before departing for Waco
he is highly pleased with the treat-
ment he received while here and
said more interest was shown here
than in any former place he had vis-
ited.
TO-NIGHT!
The Commercial Club
will meet to-night and
all loyal citizens are
urged to attend. Some
very important matters
will be up for consider-
ation. Be on time at
the District Court Room
8 0'Clock, Sharp!
Commercial Club to Met.
There will be a very important
meeting of the- Commercial Club
tonight, and every business man
in the town should be in attend-
ance. The board of directors met
Wednesday and decided on call-
in ga special meeting of the club
for the night of January 1st, and
the plan of the entertainment will
be given the club tonight. A com-
mittee will be appointed to look
after the details, and it* is antici-
pated to make this New Year's
meeting one of the most interest-
ing that has ever been held. Bel-
ton proposes to move opt on pro-
gressive lines during 1909, and the
people of the town should come
together and plan for active work.
Everybody cpme out to the meet-
ing of the club tonight and help tc
boost the town.
Mr*. J. H. Davie
death Saturday evening while burn-
Funeral of Judge Hare.
Sherman: With marks of respect
from fellow mcml<ers of tho bar,
Conederate voter::::.;, those who stood
with him in the early days and blaz-
ed the way for the development of
Texas and those of later generations
who revere and honor the memory,
all that was mortal of Judge Silas
Hare was given sepulchre at West
Hill Cemetery Monday afternoon
beside loved ones called before him.
Accidentally kills Self.
West: Joe J. Holt, a prominent
business man of this city, accidental-
ly killed himself at his home Monday
afternoon. He was cleaning a shot-
gun when one barrel was discharged,
the shot taking effect in his left
breaat. His wife heard' the report
of the gun, and ran out finding Mr.
Holt weltering in hit blood. With-
•at speaking a word he expired. Mr.
Bolt was 47 years old. lie lea vat
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR-
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
ITEMS FOR RUSINESS PEOPLE
SUMMERS MILL.
We are enjoying good health
down this way at present, which
is one of the greatest blessings ev-
er given to mortal man.
Haney Bros, made the final run
with their gin last week, having
ginned 1460 bales this season,
whicB is the greatest number ever
ginned at this place.
The business men of our tow::
strictly observed Thanksgiving by
keeping their places closed all'day.
Otto, the little son of R. L. Ha-
ney, narrowly escaped being se-
riously hurt, Wednesday, by fall-
ing under the wheel of a wagon,
which passed over his body. The
been v/ith him, for after examina-
tiffti it was found that he was no-
injured.
The bird hunters were numerous
with us Thanksgiving day. I don'*
know how much game they got,
but they were sure practicing shoot
ins.
Messrs. Ed Frazier, and Larkir.
Strange took in the sights at the
Wild West show Thursday.
Mr Sims, wife and father-in-law
of Temple were over a few days
this week, visiting Mr. Smith anJ
family.
J. M. Anderson left Saturday or.
a prospecting trip to Oklahoma.
Messrs. Thomas Yarrell Jr. an:'
Fred Guffrey of Belton were out in
our midst Thanksgiving and spent
the day in bird hunting. Mr.
Yarrell ended the day as bes'
marksman by killing the greatcs'.
number of birds, although the ■*
were seven contestants in his
party.
Mrs. Walker Dickenson left
Saturday for Coleman county,
where she had been called to the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. Allen
Dulaney, who was seriously sic'-.
We were visited Saturday night
by the long-looked-for and much-
needed rain, which fell in interval
showers till about one o'clock Su--
day morning, when it seemed rs-if
the flood gates of heaven h"i
been opened and the rain fell in
torrents, putting a good seasoin in
the soil, which will be of great val-
ue to the farmers.
R. L. Haney and Walter Die'
"rson left Saturday for Camero".
xrnfv. Where they expect to pros
p;ct the country.
——_ Kid'
The Belton High School team
went to Temple today to plav r
return game with the High Schei'
*c?n there. It will be remembered
the Belton team was defeated here
hv Temole in the first game erH
the locals have "risen in thei-
wrath" and promises to make tV
fur fly when they get at Temple
A CarefuHy Digested end Condensed
Compilation ef Current News
Domestic and Foreign.
Three car loads of race horsee ar-
rived in Beaumont Wednesday for
the Mce meeting next week.
The light plant and Farmers A
Merchants' gin at Baird burned
Thursday night. Lose $6000.
Word was received Monday night
thai two Japanese srteamshipe were
in a collision off Chefo Monday and
700 lives are reportwl Loot.
A young man, whose effects indi-
cate he was Oscar Heard of Brown-
wood, Texas, was found dead in his
room on the third floor of a hotel in
St. Louis Monday.
After a fast and furious battle of
twenty rounds between Jimmy Gard-
ner of Boston and Jimmy Clabby
of Milwaukee at New Orleans Thurs-
day afternoon, the fight was declar-
ed a draw.
An inapoction of cattle in Levonia
township, Mich., brought to light
eighty-aix additional cases of foot
and mouth diseases, which, with
nearly 100 reported, brings the total
well up toward tOO.
Tbe engine, tneder and fourteen
cars of a Rock Island freight train
-were derailed near El Reno, Okla.,
■Monday on account of a soft track.
C. R. McPherson. head bfakeman, oi
El Reno, was killed.
When the Ways and Means com-
mittee had up the hides schedule
■last week in Washington there was
inot a voice raised for the retention
of the present duty, whereas there
was a clamorous chorus for its re-
moval.
• J. C. Smith, superintendent ol
ithe Western Union of Teias, recent-
;ly asked for estimates on the work
of placing all the wires of his com-
•pany in Fort Worth underground,
ithe wqrk to bsgiajaot • later
rMarch L ~ *"*" ••
Practically all of the machinery
for the Temple Creamery Compart)
has arrived and is being, placed in
position as rapidly as possible. The
.building is not quite completed, but
it is expected that everytarng will
be ready to start operations by De-
cember 7.-
Tn his annual report for the fisca'
year ended June 30, 1908, Post-
master General Meyer gives a totn'
receipts for the year as $11)1,478,662
and the total expenditures as $208,-
351, 886. thereby showing a deficit
of $16,873,222, the largest in the
history of the department.
A huge mirror weighing nix and
one-half tons, valued at $(50,000, said
to be the most valuable single article
of merchandise ever carried acros?
the Atlantic Ocean, arrived in New
York Thursday. The mirror will
be used in the Mount Wilson Solai
Observatory at Pasadena, Cal.
The Arkansas Railroad Commis-
sion Thursday issued an order an-
nulling tho orders issued to prose^
cuting attorneys to file suits against
the railroads and directing the at-
torneys to dismiss suits already filed
So doing the commission hoisted th(
.flag of truce in the rate fight,
i General Jackson, a negro employ*
ot the Swift packery in Fort Worth
was caught in machinery Monda\
.morning sustaining injuries froir
■ which he died soon after.
In his annual report to the Secre-
tary of War Lieut. Col. George W
[Goethials. U. S. A., chief engineei
iof the Isthmian Canal Commissior
shows that dirt has b^eu flving ir
| *)ip cxcavo'lcn wortc of the last veai
'and that $84,572,998.35 had beer
!spent, with an avaialbla balance oi
j$3t,391,470.03 on Julv 1, IOCS.
Burglars cracked '.b? safe in ;lu
|of'ice of Loirtz & lv±pley, commis-
sion merchants of El Paso at an ear-
ly hour Sunday morning, securing
$50 in money 1.
j At the regular meeting held by the
jHillsboro City Council Wedr'">da>
;night, it was definitely deci<\d tc
order an election upon a propositior
for a bond issue of $35,000 or $40,-
000. for the purpose of buildin? f
.city ball and fire station, exte-'Tnp
the waterworks and sewerage service
■ and for other improvements.
i Wilbur Wright, the American aero-
pianist, in Le Mons,' France, hac
a narrow escape Wednesday from m •
riotis injury in an accident similai
to that which-happened to h's Broth-
er Orville's aeroplane at Fort Myei
•some weeks ago.
; Hisehel Hewthcoat, who lives three
tmiles north of Kaufman, while out
.hunting Saturday morning killed e
snow-white squirrel. It is of th«
tox squirrel variety and was quite i
eoifanty to many people who new
heard of one before.
From Cuthbert, Ga.
To the Bell Co. Democrat:
I have been reading your valua-
ble paper nearly a year and enjoy
it very much. I read all the items
from the correspondents and ap-
preciate them all. I want some
one to describe that section of
country and tell how much corn
and wheat and oats it will make
per acre, and how much cotton,
whether they use commercial fer-
tilizer or not, and what they grow
on the farms away out there in
the West. I have always been in-
clined to believe that it was a bet-
ter country for farming than Geor-
gia, though I have never lived any-
where only in Georgia.
This is a healthy country but it
is poor and we put all the cotton
seed back on the ground and use
from two to ten tons of guano to
the plow, and make abdut 15 bush-
els of corn to the acre, make 20
bushels of oats, 750 pounds of seed
cotton, and by the time we pay
our guano bill, sell our cotton for
8 1-2 cents, we don't have much
left. Then we have got the negro
to contend with, as there are as
many negroes here as there are
white people.
There are several of us that
would like to locate in Texas, pro-
vided there is room for us and
land don't rent too high.
Be sure and say whether you
use guano or not. Are there many
negroes there? How is the water?
Do you have wells or do you have
to use cistern water?
Well, I will close, as I guess you
will not want to read anything
from one so far away as Georgia.
Success to the Democrat and its
many readers.
J. F. M. Whatley.
Cuthbert, Ga.
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Monday, Nov. 30, 1908.
Eggs 22 to 25 per doz.
Hens $2.40 to $2.50 per dos.
Fryers 1.80 to 2.40 per dos.
Turkeys 8 1-4 to 8 1-2 cts per lb.
Butter 12 1-2 to 20 cts per lb.
Butter fat 30 cts per lb.
Wheat $1.00 to $1.05 cts per bu.
Corn 50 to 53 cts per bu.
Oats 48 to 55 eta per bu.
Hay 7.00 to 9.00 per ton.
Pecans 6 to 8 cts per lb.
Hogs 5 1-2 per lb.
Cattle on foot 2 l-4c per lb.
Sweet potatoes 70 to 90 per bu.
Wood 3.00 per cord.
Wood, cedar 3.00 per cord.
Green Hides 3o per lb.
Spot Cotton.
Local Spots, basis 9 cts
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The above letter will prove of
some interest to our readers, show-
ing that there are many people
from the eastern-southern states
that have their eyes on the golden
West. It is a hard matter to an-
swer the gentleman's letter off
hand and do justice to the situa-
tion. Here in Bell county where
almost, in the
crops are successfully grown at the
least possible expense, it
would take a large volume to tell
about the wonderful resources.
When Jhe gentleman speaks of
guano, few of us know what that
means, as this is something that
no part of this country ever used.
The soil of the lands around Bel-
ton do not need anything to make
l good yield save and except phys-
ical energy and proper seasons and
for the past several years the sea-
sons have been so very satisfac-
tory, that the farmers who used
the necessaiy thirift and energy
have become absolutely independ-
ent. A few days ago Mr. J. G.
Gilbert, a progressive farmer of
Route seven, was in the Democrat
office and told the editor that at
the beginning of the year he was
about five hundred dollars in debt
and he had just finished market-
ing his crop of the year and had
oaid himself out of debt and had
$1000 in cash beside maintaining
a large family during this time.
This is no exception to the rule in
this county and Mr. Gilbert is men-
tioned simply because he was the
'ast farmer that had taken up the
question of prosperity with the
editor.
During tbe last fair here at Bel-
tcn, Mr. Alvey Ferguson of the
Sulphur Springs community had an
exhibit of farm products that dem-
onstrated very forcibly what could
be raised on one farm in this coun-
ty. In fact, he displayed fine
specimens of almost everything
producd from the soil in almost
any climate. Mr. Ferguson is a di-
versificationist in the strictist
sense of the word and runs his
farm in a scientific way, and of
course is a success. What he has
done any other man can do in
^ny community in Bell county.
Taking this year as a basis, it is
ps' imated that cotton in Bell coun
will average from half a bale to
tl • ce-quarters of a bale to the
"c;-. and in some instances it will
"•> over a bale to the acre. Corn
vi'l average anywhere from forty
to sirty bushels to the acre, and
okts from forty to fifty bushels.
Very little wheat is planted here
as it is considered not so good a
paying crop as others, but aside
from tl.s staple crops many fartn
ers make splendid crops of sweet
and Irish potatoes, peanuts, onions,
hay and alfalfa, and this is con-
sidered the very finest climate for
fruits of all kinds and berries..
Especially peaches and pears are
a most profitable crop, and there
are many people in Bell county
who realize most satisfactory re-
sults from their fruits and ber-
ries.
Fact of the matter is, any man
who tills the soil in this country
with any degree of intelligence and
energy will soon become indepen-
dent. In comparison with lands
furthrr west, farming lands are
most reasonable in this county, es-
pecialy when the producing power
of the land is taken into consider-
ation. Land can be bought here in
thnis county from one hundred dol
lars per acre, according to location
and character.
"This is a Baraca pin," said a Bel-
ton boy this week, "and I'm only one
of over a quarter-million young men
Who are now wearing them to show
membership in a Baraca Bible Study-
class. All evangelical denominations
are adopting its methods and it is
taking the country. We Belton fel-
lows have Just organized a Senior
c\ass which meets In a room at
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Our .social ««. 4,
have not yet been fixed.
"We are all pretty rusty on the
Bible, so we're going to rub up be-
fore we tackle next year's work, and
have arranged to have some lecturers
to lead np to our '09 course.
"We haven't any teacher but will
try to dig up and dissect those
things in each l&son which interest
just us young fellows. And we ex-
pect some lively times. Who is out
of Sunday School will be sure of a
hearty handshake and a wide-awake
hour If he drops In on us. We are
late starters in Baraca; but you bet
ter keep your eye on us. One
Baraca motto Is: 'We do things!'."
Be sure to eat oysters with the
Methodist ladies next Tuesday
night.
J. W. Bell of Copperas Cove was
in the city Wednesday.
Tax Collector Ensor is in Tem-
ple this week collecting taxes.
Big Baby Show.
On next Wednesday afternoon
at the Methodist Bazaar in the
Hammersmith building, at three
o'clock, there will be a big baby
show. All babies under two years
of age will be eligible. Two prizes
will be given—a ring donated by
B. R. Stocking, to the prettiest girl
baby, and a pair of shoes donated
by Hammersmith's Shoe store to
the ugliest boy baby. Bring the
babies and come at 3 o'clock and
enjoy an hour seeing the pretty
Christmas things.
An Extended Interval. -
Two clergymen were once discuss-
ing the process of sermon writing,
when one of them remarked that
the only really hard propositions for
him were the introduction and the
conclusion.
"You remember," said he, "the
sermon I preached at the installa-
tion of Brother Morley not long
ago? Well, I f.-ttered myself that
the exordium und the peroration of
that sermon were pretty well done."
"Yes," responded the other di-
vine, with n faint smile, "but, as I
remember, they were awfully far
apart."—Philadelphia Ledger.
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Too Honest.
"James," said n grocer lo the ne#1
boy, "what have you been doing in
the back room so long?"
"I was a-pickin' the dead flies out
•f the dried currants, sir," replied
James.
"You were," replied the groeer,
with much disgust "An' your fa-
ther told me that he thought jov
were horn for the grocery ba '
Ton had better study for the
try, James."—London Mail.
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