Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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THE flELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Attention Farmers!
WE WILL GIVE AWAY
ABSOLUTELY FREE
On December 24tli 1908
A NEW MOLINE WAGON
A ticket goes with every load of cotton brought to
us. Belton is the highest market in the county for cot-
ton and has the best ginning facillities. Bring your
cotton here.
THE NEW GIN
Belton
T exas
BARGAIN DAY !
Every Saturday From Now
Until Jan. 1st, 1909
FIVE POUND BUCKET COFFEE
(PONTIAC)
FOR 75c
See Ds Fer Anything in The Grocery Line
Before You Buy.
I. J. JENNINGS & CO
IF YOU DRINK
DRINK THE BEST
Largest Stock and|Finest Line of Imported and Domestic
WINES AND LIQUORS
At The
SILVER KING BAR
WARREN & FURNACE, Props.
GOOD FRESH GROCERIES
Just what you need
Just what you want.
EX M. HATCHER
Next Door to Old Stand. Country Produce Wanted.
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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS
How Does These Things Strike You?
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Mackerel, Kraut, Pickeled Pigs Feet, Citron, Currei^s
Raisins, Oranges, Apples, Banannas, Faucy ap<l
Stick Candies, Olives and Celery, Coliees, Tea/;
Spices, Gilt Edge Flour, Ribbon Cane Syryfi
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| hive all these articles in recent shipments ai^'very^fresh.
See me tor anything used on the table
Cam Bangle
The Busy Grocer Corner'N Main St. and Square
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Now Is The Proper Time To
BUY A GOOD PIANO
At a Fair Price.
M. F. HI ATT & SON
Have Just Received a Car Lead of The Celebrated
CLOUGM & WARREN PIANOS
BOB McARTOR
Will appreciate your patronage and give the very best service
in a Hair Cut, Shave, Shampoo, Massage, or
Anything h The Tonsoriol Line
At the same old stand with his first olass white artists.
East Side Square, Belton
A. C. Page, a painter and paper-
hanger of Knnis. u js Thursday shot
and instantly killed in that city.
Frederick Kleapper, of Now
Braunfels shot himself in the head
Thursday death resulting instantly.
Luther Mciiregor, a Santa Fc
switchman, while coupling cars in
the vards at Temple Thursday was
killed.
Heavy rains near Sword, north of
Oklahoma City, washed out 200 feet
of track belonging to the Santa Fu
Sunday.
A telegram received in Sherman
Thursday announces the death of
Judge Silas llare of that city in
Washington.
The report that Oen. Lacomte, the
Haitian minister of the interior, had
been killed at Jetemie wiw confirmed
Wednesday. '
Van Alst.vne hajs just closed a two
days' poultry show and despite the
inclemency of the weather, it was a
great success.
An engineering corps of c'sjht men
has arrived at Decatur, working on
a survey for a gas pipe line from
the Clay county fields to Dallas and
Fort Worth.
Because lie attempted in his offi-
cial capacity to quell a disturbance,
Charles Jeans, city marshal of Vi-
nita, Okla., was ehot and killed last
Wednesday night.
The Texas conference of the M. E.
Church, South, convened in its six-
ty-ninth annual session in Beaumont
Wednesday with Bishop Warren A.
Candler of Georgia presiding.
The cotton receipts of San An-
gelo are now nearing the 10,00(1
mark, which breaks the record foi
the same time in the past history of
that city as a cotton market.
M. and Mrs. W. Truede. who
lived near Vorktown, Texas. Thurs-
day lost their lives in a fire which
destroyed their home. The couple
had been married only about a year.
That the Armour Packing Com-
pany will greatly increase the capac-
ity of its Fort Worth plant was the
declaration of J. Ogden Armour, ol
Chicago, who was in that eitv Wed-
nesdav.
New .Jersev state troops were ord-
ered out bv Gov. Fort Wednesday af-
ternoon to quell a riot between strik-
ers and deputy sheriffs at the plant
of the National Fireproofing Com-
pany in Keasby.
Kay Lamphere, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Belle dimness and
her three children of I.a Porte, Ind.
by setting fire to the Ciiinness house
April 28, was Thursday found guilty
of arson by a jury.
Tvouis Davis of Palestine whe
while hunting on Thanksgiving Da>
v/a<i seriously wounded by the acci-
dental discharge of a shotgun in thf
hands of a companion, died Sunday
morning from the wouiftl.
H. Blohmberg, a switchman em-
ployed by the Santa Fe Railway
Company, in the local yards at Tem-
ple, received injuries Tuesday night
which have already cost him an arm
and leg and may prove fatal.
Stanley Ketehell of Grand Ilapids.
Mich., regained the middleweight j
championship of the world Thursday
in San Francisco and reversed his
defeat of last September when h(
sent Billy Papke, the Illinoii
"Thunderbolt" crashing to the floor
H. L. Owens, a prominent author-
ity on agricultural matters, of Bur-
lington, Iowa, has written the Com-
missioner of Agriculture endeavor-
ing to prove by the Bible that the
center climatic point of the grap<
species e>-t of the 1'oeky Mountains
is located in Callahan County, Tex
Wednesday the Supreme Court
overruled the Attorney General's mo-
tion for a rehearing in the Baird in-
dependent school district case, involv-
ing the validity of about $3,000,000
of independent school district bonds
Four lives were lost when the 10,-
000-ton White Star freighter Georg«
coming in, rammed the Finance, a
2,600-ton passenger steamship ol
the Government's Panama line, out-
ward bound, in a dense fog a milt
east and a little north of Sandy
Hook Th ursday morning.
With the death of Edward Pelfrej
and Ben Thomas, negro roustabouts
the death list of Saturday's Missi-
sippi river steamboat explosion ncai
Bayou Goula now stands at eight
with the possibility it will increase
The Southern Pacific company
has been convicted in the United
States Circuit Court in San Fran-
cisco on ten charges of violating thf
law providing l'or the care and feed-
ing of cattle during shipment. Con-
victions subject the company to fine
of $100 to $500 for each offense.
A stranger, about 28 years old.
dropped dead Thursday in front oi
the Exchange drug store in Fort
Worth. From a letter found his
name is supposed to be James Wolch
According to the expenditures o°f
county funds upon good roads rath-
er than upon expensive court house*
and giving assurance that the legis-
lature would render assistance in the
movement for better roads, Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma addressed the
township trustees in State conven-
tion In Oklahoma City Monday.
FOUND.
Near Shallow Ford a driving bri-
dle by P. M. Brakebill. Owner can
secure same by catling at the Detff
ocrat office, describing property
and paying for this notice. 35 3t
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J Our Books Are Here
It is a foregone conclusion that you will give somebody a Christmas Present, and
there is no excuse for waiting till the-eleventh hour. The early buyer always gets
the handsomest goods at better prices. This year we are in better position to handle
the holiday trade than ever before. Our stock is very interesting and we invite every-
body to call and see the handsome goods. Our Holiday Books are in and the latest
novels from the standard writers are displayed in holiday bindings and profusely
illustrated. All the Leading Hagazines and Newspapers.
FISHER'S WORKS
J. WHITCOMB RILEY
UNDERWOOD
AND CHRISTI BOOKS
Are in and Everybody Should See Them, Just The Thing For Christmas Presents
LATEST FADS III JEWELRY, CUT GLASS AND
DECORATED CHINAWARE
HUNTER & FREEMAN
Belton - Texas
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Money to loan on or before 10
yearB. See James F. Hair, Bel-
ton, Texas. 24-tf.
C a-n-d-y, C-a-n-d-v, C-a-n-d y
C-a-n-d-y, Ca-n-d-y, C-a-n-d-y at
Jim' Roberson's.
$I00,000|
To Loan on Black Land
Farms in Btll and ad-
joining counties
| Low Rote of Interest
And Terms To Suit Borrower.
Privilege of paying one-
fifth or less in each or ev-
ery year at any time of
year.
Also Some Splendid
FARM LANDS
FOR SALE
See me for Money on Lands
1 j. C, PRESTON
Thc^Real Estate Man
Over Denny's Bank, Belton
Majestic Theatre
Next to Post Office
| HIGH-CLASS
Moving Pictures
ILLUSTRATED SONGS
Admission - 10 c
Performances
7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 f. iri.
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Some Big Real Estate Bargains
This partial list will indicate in general, what I can fit you up with. If yon don't see
what you want, wrtte or come to see me.
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100 acres of land 1 1-2 miles southwest of
Belton, 80 acres in cultivation, 12 in bermuda
grass, 8 in pasture; 5-room house, good well
water, wind mill, 3 acres in orchard, line barn,
two good cribs Price $40.00 per acre.
30 acres of land one mile southwest of Bel-
ton; 35 in cultivation, 3 acres in orchard, two
good wells water, 4-room house, barn, wagon
and buggy sheds; lovely view, healthy location
2551 acres of land 14 miles southwest of Bel-
ton, on the Belton and Florence road; 2000
acres is good farming land, of which 4i50 are
in cultivation, balance all fenced, and has
six sets of houses, fine everlasting flowing
springs of water. Will subdivide or sell in a
bodv at a baryain. $15.00 er acre.
22 acres of land, 1 1-4 miles north of Belton,
6 acres in cultivation, good water, 5-room
nouse, crib and sheds, cow barn and good
lots; fine vegetable #nd garden land, fine
plflcefor poultry yard.
640 acres of land, 14 miles north of Belton;
would make a fine cheap ranch; can be had at
a bargain. $5.00 per acre.
332 acres of land, 45 in cultivation, balance
in pasture, half of which is good agricultural
land; fine grass, wood and water, nealthv lo-
cation, 14 miles southwest of Belton; $20
Of r acre.
$160 acres of land in Bell county, 6 miles
south of Copperas Cove; has 3-room house;
50 acres in cultivation, balence in pasture.
Lasting water; $15.00 per acre.
125 acres of land in Burleson county, 4 miles
west of Chrisman—railroad station; 50 acres
in cultivation, balance good land; 3-room
house and good water; $15 per acrc.
531 acres of gne sandy loam land. 3 1-1 miles
west of Chrisman, 8 miles north of Caldwell,
county seat of Burleson county, Texas; every
fsot can be placed in cultivation; the finest
bottom vegetable and fruit land in Texas.
15,90 per acre.
400 acres of land in Walker county, 10 miles
north of Huntsville. Nelson creek runs thru
the center of it—200 acres on each siee of
creek; all fine bodied land; about 65 acres in
cultivation. $15 per acre.
100 acres ie Liberty county, about 12 miles
from Humble oil field. $la.50 per acre.
One good two-story corner brick building on
southwest corner of
office rooms; jjtc
100 feet,
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square, Belton; 6
office rooms; ground building running Lack
One srood stone building on East street,
Belton; glass front, 45 x 150 feet; back half of
the builking two stories high, with elevator
and stairway.
Several nice vacant lots in Belton cheap.
258 acres of land, 1 1-2 miles north of Bel-
ton, 105 acres in cultivation, balance in pas-
ture fenced goet and hog proof; two sets of
houses—one good (i-rooni house, two brick
chimneys; one smoke house; good outbuild-
ings, two good wells of water, one wind mill;
the other a three-room house; fine well water;
fine sandy loam land. Price 40 per acre.
Also have ten nice residences in Belton oonveniently located to the business center of the town.
Will sell for cash or exchange for good business property in good railroad town, or will sell on long
time and easy terras. All this is my individual property; no third party to see. Abstract title.
Good reesod for selling.
w. A. messer |
Belton, Texas ££|
Messer Building, Southwest Cor. Square
Men and Boys' Gloves.
A. D. Potts has Just received a
splendid line of men and boys'
j gloves. Call and see them.
i SAMOSTZ'S &-dmr
' Imparts a soft, rosy, delicate finish to
• the face, neck, shoulders, and arms.
! Benefits and softens the skin and pos-
sesses all the characteristics of health,
grace and refinement. It is the only
powder really fit for baby. In white,
pink and brunette. At all druggists
26c. Sample Free.
Dr.M. P. McElhannon
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Hunter & Frcrman AMOSTZ IIF6. CO.. Sll Aotsnlfi, Til
TARRANT & QUESENBERRY
HIGH GHADE
Pianos and Organs
Singer and Wheeler &. Wilson
Sewing Machines
Sold on Easy Payments Oall and See Them.
Next Door to Democrat Office
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Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1908, newspaper, December 4, 1908; Belton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232371/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.