Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1894 Page: 1 of 8
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HONEY GROVE SIGNAL
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VOL. 4.
Honey Grove, Texas, Friday, March 9, 1894.
NO. 2
PETTY HAPPENINGS.
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Married, on Wednesday of last
"week, at* the residence of the
bride's father, one mile north from
Petty, Miss Betty Beddingfield to
Mr. Milton Reed, the Rev. Gipson
officiating. We wish the newly
marrie couple a long and happy
life.
Last Friday night some or our
boys were walking on the railroad
track some one hundred yards or
more west of the depot, and direct-
ly in tront of the residence of
Louis Dowlin when one of them
stumbled against something lying
on the track. It being quite dark
they struck a match to see what it
was. They were surprised and
shocked to find it was the body of
a dead man cut in twain by the
heavy iron wheels of the locomo-
tive The remains were taken off
the track and carried to the shop
of N. A. McClure and held until
yesterday afternoon when Justice
Hunt came from Paris and held an
inquest. The unfortunate man
seemed to be a stranger to every-
body here, but from papers found
on his person, his name is thought
to be Morris He was 30 or
35 years old and is thought, to
be a tramp and in attempting to
board the train, slipped and fell.
His remains were buried at Forest
Hill.
The past few days have tsen 3
• Jitii'e like Spring but we afe""afraid
to sav anything about it for fear
it is .only temporary, yet many
planted corn, and lots of garden
seed, Irish potatoes etc. were
planted*
We would advise our people,
both young and old; "male and fe
male, to read ihe letter Dr. J. M.
Fort published in the Paris Week-
ly jS'ews of last week. It certainly
affords* mu,ch food for thought and
is bound to result in »ood work.
We see men almost daily hunt-
ing corn "and hope the present
scarcity will cause a larger acreage
to be planted this year.
We don't look upon corn as a
moi ey crop but an indespensible
one.
Hogs are plentiful and cheaper
than ever before. A load came in
last week and failed to find sale at
any price.
There seems to be a strong de-
sire on the part of the voters to
have Judge tiountree enter the
race for county judge again.
These solicitations are but strong
endorsements of the judge as a
man and and officer. You now
and then find a man who is some-
what predjudiced against third
term aspirants, but when an
officer fills the bill all the way
through, he can ask the third term
with the hope of liberal support.
The last acount we had of Frank
Hombree, he was way down on
Slough creek, north of Tigertown,
telling the dear people who he was
and how anxious he was to be the
fastest man in Lamar county for
sheriff.
Two loads of fish came in town
last week. They went like hot
cakes.
Repairs have commenced on the
court-house and it will soon be
good as new.
Cosmopolitan.
Monday Feb. 5 1894.
After casting out all the devils he
could find in Honey Grove, Sin
Killer Griffin left for Paris Mon
day. He will find the Parisian
sinners exceeding grizzly and tough
but we hope he will not be forced
to cast his pearls before swine.
A cruel and bitter world is this
and its disappointments are mani-
fold. The fellow who sells his
chickens in order that he may
raise a garden and then watches
his neighbor's rooster and a dozen
hens scratch up the seeds that
have been so t'-nderly planted,
realizes this in the fullest sense.
Dimity, Dimity, fancy
Dimity, Dimity white.
Buy a dress for Nancy,
It is out of Bight.
Wilkins has the line complete,
VVilkins has the newest
Everyone will look so neat:
Listen to our truest.
Program of Atheiieuni.
MARBLE FARM.
Leader of conversation — Miss
Lillie Biggs.
Current events of the week —
Mr. Walder.
Meet with Mrs. Hattie Pool.
Colored P. K. in linen shades,
also pure white, and black, and
white P. K. like aunt Jennie wore
before the war. Just dropped out
of the latest delineator. Put on
your bonnet and fly to W. D.
Wilkin's.
Eugene Sampson, the ashen-
hued individual who whacked
Sandy Shaw's liver into atoms, has
been a drawi ig card for Bonham
this week. He has drawn about
25 Honey Grove people who were
witnesses to the tragedy.
An old gentleman from Paris
came to Honey Grove Wednesday
looking for his run-away boy.
He spied the youngster on the
12:57 train and pulled him off in
an unceremonious manner. Both
returned home in the evening, the
old man wearing a look of satis-
faction and the. boy seemingly
dreading the settlement that would
be made when the pair ieached
home.
The different churches of the
4,.atiy~ have jo)ijQed.in a series of meet-
ings to be held on1 public
c-quare on each Sunday afternoon,.
On last Sunday Rev. J. F. Alder-
son preached 'th^ first of the ser-
mons according to this agreement.
His sermon was logical, earnest,
even eloquent; condeming sin, as
he styled it, the ''leprosy of sin,"
and comendintf virtue,morality and
the love of Gol. The audience
was large and their attention good.
May the efforts' of these zealous
people lead people to - better
thoughts and purer lives and re-
dound to the glory ot God.
From the report of the city treas-
urer Monday night it anpears that
there is to the city's credit $5000.
Also the current expense was much
less t'or the month of February,and
we heard one alderman say: "If
the expenses run like this, we will
soon be out of debt." The city of
Honey Grove never has been in a
very bad financial state and yet
her rate of taxation is less than any
city in the estate that supports a
public free school of any thing like
the magnitude that this city does .
The city council Monday night
passed an ordinance declaring
weighing scales on the streets 01
public square obstructions and fix--
ing a penalty on those who
placed them there or had con-
trol of them, whether with or
without consent of the council,
for failing to remove them when
ordered to do so by the city mar-
shal or street commissioner.
Mayor Smith has decided to in-
terpose his veto, and the council
will be forced to pass it over his
veto by a majority of all the alder-
men, if they desire it to become
a law It remains to be seen
whether it will be so passed.
All the aldermen were not pres-
ent at the meeting Monday night
and of course it is not known how
they will vote upon the matter
when the mayor's reasons for ve-
toing it are presented to the coun-
cil. Some bitter and acrimonious
discussions have already been
engaged in by the citizens an the
subject. The owners of the scales
claiming that the ordinaire was
passed in the interest of the^potton
Oil Mill Co., and others who are
not personally interested acquies-
eing. Others again favor the re-
moval of a!l scales and other ob-
structions and leaving the streets
and public square free and open
to the uninterrupted travel of the
public-without regard to the own-
ers of the scales or the desires ofany
one. It almost appears inevitable
that unless the scales are removed
the fight will be kept up. Council
should consider the matter from
all-around stand-points and act so
that the public interest may be
best served
Fine Dress Goods,
Lovely Silks,
Dimities,
Zephyr Ginghams,
Imported French Sateens,
And many other novelties in the Dress Goods Line, just
received.
This line of fine goods are not carried by other houses,
and there is no occasion to send to New York Gity for fine
goods when you can buy them at home for less money.
We will take pleasure in showing these goods, wheth-
er you are ready to buy or buy.
Our stock of 4
Fine Shoes
and Oxfords
for ladies and gentlemen is complete, and we shall be
pleased to show them to you.
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A^ntsJbr The Featherbone Dress Stays, and;
erbone Skirt Expanders,
SMorth Side Square.
Williamson, Blocker & Co.
mM
We have often heard that our
Populist friends were great "ciaim-
ers" but Jim Davis claimed more
than we thought possible. He
even claimed to be the hero of
jokes that were frosty with age be-
fore Cyclone vas born. Such an-
tiquated relics as the traveler in
Arkansas who found the buxom
wife and weasly husband fighting
and, inquiring who was the man ot
the house,was told that they were
"just trying to settle that point,"
were perpetrated,and Cyclone claim
ed tobe the man who was"thar and
seed it." Many of his hearers
laughed'as though they believed
him.
We have our new wash dress
goods of every description.
W. Underwood.
Time after time, from year, to
year, the citizens of Honey Grove
have been notified to keep their
sidewalks in repair, still a great
many have refused to obey the no-
tices. Now when a person is In-
jured by a defective walk and
brings suit against the city, and
recovers judgment, are you willing
to pay your part of the damage un-
complainingly, or are you going to
''cuss" the city government for not
prosecuting you? A little care, a
littie attention to your duties as a
citizen of a municipality which
by reasons of the protection given
to your life, your business and your
property renders your living more
agreeable, which educates your
children and bestows benefits up-
on you in many ways, and of
which you are an integral part,
will be a protection to it against
unjust damage suits, and render it
more popular to a home-seeker
than to let carelessness go to
seed, as is now evidenced by rotten
and broken walks, etc.
To the business men who think
the people do not read advertise-
ments, we desire to say that a
gentleman called at our office
Wednesday and subscribed for the
paper, saying that he wanted to
keep up with the advertisments
and take advantage of the bargains
offered—that he had missed sev-
eral good things because he had
not been reading the extra induce-
ments offered. We did not feel
highly complimented in the gen-
tleman's placing the value of the
advertisements higher than the
reading matter, still we are forced
to admit that the advertisements
if properly read, are worth vastly
more to the subscriber than any
reading matter we can furnish.
Carpets, curtains and matting,
a full and complete line cut and
malched to fit any room.
Price, Provine and Gray
The State Encampment of the
Knight of Pythias will meet at
Paris next month. The attend-
ance will be lar^e and Paris is
getting ready to don her best suit.
Taffeta, Brocade, Surrali, China
and drapery Silks of many of the
newest designs. Show case chock
full of them at W. D. Wilkins.
Lowell Circle C. Ii. S. C.
Roman and Mcdrcval Art. Part II chapter
XIII.—Mrs.'W. W. Wood.
Classic Latin course iu English. Chapter III.
—Miss Fannie Smith.
Life of Charlemagne
Reign—W. R. Burnitt.
Conquest of Lombardy—Miss Carden.
Conquest of Spain—Mrs. Harry Hill.
Extent of his empire—Georgie Kendall.
Coronation^Mrs, D. H. Bloys.
Character of government—Mrs. W. R. Burnitt
Literary Renaissance—Mrs. J. S. Kendali.
Death division of empira—Miss Livingston.
Public works—Mrs. R. J. Thomas.
Foreign relation—Miss Mattie Smith. \
Tlie Wrong1 Kind of Fire .
T. J. Burgess, a leader of the
sanctificationists, and his wife, an
exliorter,were fine 1 in the mayor's,
court today for sounding a false
fire alarm. They refused to pay
and the court ordered Mrs. Bur-
gess released and her husband
locked up. The city marshal of-
fered to to turn Burgess loose if
he would agree to pay the fines,
offering him all the time he want-
ed, but the sanctificationist said he
would go to jail, that in ten days
the walls of the jail would be torn
assunder and he would step forth
free and glorified
During the trial Burgess address-
ed the mayor, saying: "There are
two T. J. Burgesses here, the in-
ner and the outer, which are you
trying-"
The mayor repled that he was
trying the Burgess he had there
before him.
Complaint was filed against
them in the county court, charging
them with disturbing public wor-
ship.
During a revival Burgess and
wife, who were sitting in the rear
of the building, cried out fire!
meaning the spiritual fire that
falls from heaven,hoping, as they
claimed, to enkindle the spirituali-
ty of the meeting.— Abilene Ex.
We call attention to the state-
ments of the Honey Grove banks,
in todays paper. The banks keep
up their records of rendering fine
statements.
W. D. Wilkins at the same old
stand has received this week the
following new lines of extra fine
goods; imported white and fancy
dimities in many different styles
and qualities.
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1894, newspaper, March 9, 1894; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth409934/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.