The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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THE CARBON NEWS
PY W. T. CURTIS
CARBON, EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1908
VOL. 8, NO. 7
Had you noticed our new cor-
respondents from Grape Vine
and Long Branch? They are
both good ones, write plain and
newsy letters. We hope to soon
have a representative in each
community in the Carbon coun-
try.
went to Cisco Friday,
Willie Ghormley and family
were called to the home of Grand j ted on for the fourth time, he is
County Capitol News
Special Correspondence.
Oct. 13-
marriage LICENSE
Frank Castleberry and Lottie
Pettit,
J. J. Holman and Edna Daven-
port.
L. B. Boatman and Neppie
Edwards.
J. E. Patterson and Annie
Duvall.
P. P. Holbrook and Ora Mc-
Collum.
Thos. C. Jones and Ethel Fos-
ter.
ADJUDGED INSANE
On last Monday, Mrs. M, E.
Walton was tried for lunacy and
declared to be insane. She will
be caried to the Asylum.
The County Court will probab-
ly adjourn this week- Judge
Hill has been waiting on some
probate business and probably
other matters, before adjourning
the court for the term.
Britton.
Health is good.
The weather is fine.
Everybody is busy picking and
hauling cotton to the gin.
A Mr. Randolph of Dublin ar-
rived here a few days ago with
his family and are picking cotton
this week for Oscar Carrol.
L. -J. Liles and Ye Scribe at-
tended the singing convention at
Carbon last Saturday and Sun-
day.
Mrs. Gentry and Mrs, Petty
visited J. N. Guy’s orchard Mon-
day and brought back some nice
October peaches. Mrs. Petty
shipped 2 bushels to her mother
in Ft Worth.
Rev. McAllister filled his regu-
lar appointment at Britton last
Saturday and Sunday.
Prof. Reynolds and wife spent
Sunday night in this community
on their return from the conven-
tion.
Yes, we are soon to have new
organ at Britton, a committee of
seven young ladies have been
appointed to collect money to buy
it.—We hope to have it soon.
Born since our last writing to
Walter and Mrs. Thomason a
fine boy. Sometime,
Griggs
Health is very good.
Everybody is very busy gath-
ering their crops.
We had a big rain last week
which caused some delay in cot-
ton picking.
Singing at Mr. Adkins Sunday
evening was enjoyed by all pres-
ent.
Benard Tidwell went to Cisco
Sunday. >
Sam Gardner went to Roby
Saturday to visit his parents.
Mr. Griggs and W. H. Lewis
try his hand farming, he will be
greatly missed in Mangum.
The sad news reached here
over the telephone Sunday even-
ing that J. W. Mancill. brother
of our fellow townsman, R. W.
Mancill, would have to be opera-
pa Ghormley Saturday he was
very sick but is much better to-
day and we hope he will soon be
well-
Mrs. Vada Frost visited her
sister Mrs. Curtis Friday.
Miss Cora Robertson visited
Miss Erly Johnson Saturday
night and Sunday,
Mrs. Jim Reed has gone to
visit her father who is sick in
Miss , we hope she will find him
much better when she gets there-
Clofus Elliot of Long Branch
attended the singing at Mr.
Griggs Sunday night and reports
a nice time. France.
High Knob
Health is good in our vicinity.
The order of the day is gather-
ing the fleecy staple and the de-
mand for cotton pickers is great.
A good sermon was delivered
at our church last Sunday at 11
o’clock by Rev. Erwin Martin of
McGregor, Texas.
James Brown who is attending
school at Gorman visited home
folks last Saturday night and
Sunday.
H. D. Maxwell and family
made a business trip to Carbon
Friday.
A good rain fell here on last
Tuesday evening.
Miss Jessie Elms of McGregor,
Texas is visiting Miss Lydia Mar-
tin at the present time.
Miss Neudy Hilton has been
on the sick list for some time.
R. D. Maxwell had business at
Rising Star Friday.
in the hospital at Fort Worth.
Rev. B. R. Wagner preached
at the High Point School house
Sunday nighr.
Mrs. D. W. Switzer went to
Cisco Saturday evening return-
ing Sunday.
P. E. LeClaire has been in-
stalled as Postmaster here at
Mangum.
John Van moved here this
week from Eastland.
J. W. Fairbairn has bought
and shipped several bales of cot-
ton from here the last few days.
P. L. Mangum the R. R. Agt.
made a flying trip to Stamford
this week.
Joe Curtis and wife of Dublin
visited their relative, T. Curtis
and wife this week.
Observer.
Long Branch
Cotton Picking is the order of
the day.
J. W. Gage is suffering with a
severe ease of the mumps.
We heard Ed Ghormley say he
had not picked a boll of cotton,
we are not surprised as he is en-
tertaining a fine boy.
Ernest Howse of Hallmark
was in our community Sunday, I
winder what is.the attraction.
Everybody remember that our
meeting day has been changed
from the fourth Sunday and Sat-
urday before to the third Sunday
and Saturday before in each
month.
J. A. Elliot is all smiles, it is a
eleven lb boy.
™ . , R. F. Thompson made a busi-
UndL?"rLF1fT.™.™'ness trip to Scranton Saturday
returning Sunday.
Mrs. Stafford and children
visited m the Oak Grove corn-
been cutting cane in our com-
munity this week with his roe
binder.
Fate Brown had business at
Carbon Thursday.
Mrs. Annie Stovall visited
Mrs. Ida Grissom Wednesday.
Several young people enjoyed
the singing at W. T. Boyds’ Sun-
day night.
W. E. Martin enjoyed a visit
from his brother, Rev. Erwin
Martin of McGregor, a part of
last week. Hiawatha.
Mangum News
J. M. Tanner and wife of
Neame, La. arrived here Friday
evening over the T. P. road, Mrs
Tanner’ parents Mr. and Mrs. T.
Curtis met them at Eastland
with conveyance to come across
to Mangum.
The Butler gin has lost some
time from the break-down but
runs some at nights to make up
the time.
L. I. Curtis arrived here Thurs-
day night from Bronson, Texas,
where he has been for several
months on the Bronson News
force sticking type, he is work-
ing on the Carbon News this
week.
Bob Webb had the misfortune
to get two fine calves killed on
the R. R. track last week.
Ross Barnes has resigned his
position as water shipper from
the Maurice Wells and manager
of the Bath hause, W. H. Boon
will succeed him. he is moving
into the Bath house this week.
Ross will take charge of his fath-
er’s farm near Rising Star and
munity Saturday night.
Zillah
Grape Vine.
There is still plenty of cotton
to pick, and everybody is busy.
Frank Walker of Cisco visited
homefolks Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming visited
at Mr. Lutrell’s Sunday.
Miss Berta Ellis of near Cisco
attended Sunday school at G. V.
Sunday.
Dixie Walker went to Eastland
Saturday.
Miss Ella Bond visited in Man-
gum Saturday and Sunday.
G. W. Brabbin had business in
Eastland Satuiday.
Ed Jones and sister Miss Jess
visited at Mr- Walker’s Saturday
and Sunday.
Grandpa Gray is on the sick
list this week.
W. T. Webb and family of
Flatwood were in our community
Sunday.
Emmett Liles of P. V. was the
guest of Fred and Robert Walk-
er Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Reeves went to see Mrs,
Cheshire Sunday evening.
Misses Essie Walker and Ollie
Fleming visited at D. C. Walker
Sunday evening.
Wil) King of near Cisco was at
S. S. Sunday.
Don’t forget the preaching and
singing at Grape Vine next first
Sunday. Everybody come, and
bring somebody with you.
Rosebud.
Dr. Nash Tombstone Fund.
Dr. R. T. Nash who died here
a few years ago had many warm
friends who recently noticed that
there was no tombstone to mark
his last resting place in the Car-
bon cemetery. A. -Gilbert
secured a contribution from
friends here and took up the
matter with two of the doctor’s
brothers who live away from
here, one giving twenty-five dol-
lars to the fund, the other prom-
ising fifty dollars, but could not
be heard from when the pay-
ment was due, hence Mr. Gilbert
had a considerable payment to
make in paying for the tomb-
stone. Following are the a-
mounts contributed:
A. M. Gilbert $55.50
Dr. W. C. Montgomery 5.00
A. A. Dover 1,00
E. H. Boyett 1.00
T. J. Morris 1.00
J. S. Reese 1.00
Joel Reed 1.00
Art White .50
William Bros. 1.00
J. E. Puett 2.00
J. A. Hearn 2.00
J. Y. Dingier 1.00
Mrs. Ola White 1.00
Mrs. Lee Poe .25
Mrs. J. F. White 1.00
W. T. Curtis .50
W. L. Ayres .50
W. H. Groves .50
W. B. Finley 1.00
Dr. S. P. Rumph 1.00
J. H. Cox 1.00
Dr. E. B. Gilbert 5.00
C. B. Poe 1.00
R. V. Dover 1.00
Dr. B. F. Wilson 1.00
J. E. Williams .50
Dick Thurmon .25
J. W. Gilbert 2.50
GabeNash 25.00
Total U5.00
Prohibition Lecture
Rev C M Shuffler will be in
Carbon Tuesday night, Oct. 20th
to make a public lecture on pro-
hibition. Everybody invited to
attend.
Campaign Fund.
The following contributions
were made to the Bryan cam-
paign fund this week, same be-
ing forwarded to the Ft, Worth
Record Co. who gave proper
receipt.
C. B. Poe
$ .25
W. A. Tate
.25
W. B. Statham
.25
C. H. Smith
.25
J. C. Gorman
.25
J. Y. Dingier
.25
B. F. Mayes
.25
T. G. Rumph
.50
L. L. Reese
.50
J. E. Spencer
1.00
J. E. Gilbert
.25
R. W. Shipp
.25
W. H. Huntsucker
.25
J. C. Cox
.25
W. H. Puett
.25
W. P. Rankin
.25
C. V. Cox
* .25
F. Z. Cox
.25
W. L. Morris
.25
W. B. Finley
.25
J. R. Foster
.25
J. S. Reese
.25
E. S. Boles
.25
W. T. Curtis ?
.25
C. W. Patterson
, .25
W. C. Gorman
.25
W. E. Trimble
.25
A. Boston
,25
J. F. Reed
.25
S. P. Rumph
.50
J. M. Wyatt
.25
J. W. Sandford
.25
C. M. Farrow
.25
R. V. Dover of Dublin
visited
Laymen Movement Discuss-
ed by Judge Thompson.
Judge M. S. Thompson of Step-
henville made an interesting ad-
dress at the Methodist church
last Sunday night on the Lay-
mens Movement which is receiv-
ing much attention in the relig-
ious world the past two years.
He is a fluent speaker and hand-
led the subject well.
The editor briefly sketched
some of the thoughts in his ad-
dress, but on account of a rush
this week will not be able to pub-
lish them till next issue. They
are good and will keep ah ight.
County Singing Convention
Not Well Attended.
On account of the busy season
of the year the Eastland County
Singing Conventoin which con-
vened in Carbon Saturday and
Sunday was not very well attend-
ed, however a number of good
singers were here and a very
pleasant time was spent. The
next convention will be at Elli-
son Springs near Gorman on Sat-
urday before the 2nd Sunday in
April 1909.
homefolks Sunday.
Tax Collector’s Notice.
I will be at the following places
on dates mentioned below for the
purpose of collecting the state
and county Taxes for the year
1908:
Chaney..........Monday October 12
Tudor...............Tuesday ‘4 13
Tanner..........Wednesday 44 14
Desdemonia Thursday and Fri-
day 15-16
Kokomo...............Saturday 44 17
Long Branch (School House)
Tuesday 20
Romney..........Wednesday 4 4 21
Okra............Thursday 44 22
Rising Star Friday and Saturday
23-24
Pioneer...............Monday 4 4 26
Sabanno...............Tuesday 4 4 27
Scranton---Wednesday 44 28
Nimrod..........Thursday “ 29
Carbon Friday and Saturday 30-
31
Ranger Wednesday and Thurs-
day ............................November 4-5
Gorman Friday and Satuar-
day ‘4 6-7
Cisco Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday 44 9-10-11
You must pay your poll tax in
person or by an authorized agent
who must have written authority
from you to do so.
Let me urge you to meet me at
some of the above named places
and if you can not pay all your
taxes at that time at least pay
your poll tax and save a trip to
Eastland.
Respectfully,
Jno. F. Patterson,
Tax Collector, Eastland County,
Texas.
Eastland, Texas, Sept. 10, 1908.
Pleas Holbrook and Miss Ora
McCollum of Halmark passed
through here Sunday on their re-
turn from Eastland where they
were married. They have many
friends who join us in congratu-
lating them.
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Curtis, W. T. The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1908, newspaper, October 15, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521093/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Eastland Centennial Memorial Library.