The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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BY W.T. CURTIS
THE HERALD.
CARBON, EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, MAR. 23, 1906.
VOL. 5, NO 31
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YOUR TRADE
WHAT
YOUR TRADE
Don’t buy your spring goods till ours get here. In order to make room for spring goods we’ll make
[ some interesting prices. We have some good values in men and boys clothing that we are selling
♦ at a sacrifice. Have a splendid line of the famous Brown Shoe Co. 5star5 shoes, the best shoes ever
♦ handled in this town. Ladle’s furnishings - = we have them from prints to silk, also a nice line of
♦ laces and embroideries, all cheap but good quality. Nice line of fresh groceries always on hand.
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♦ We are not working any schemes to get your trade, but offering honest goods at honest prices
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When in Need of
LUMBER
Call and get our
PRICES
Befoie buying.
\ COMPLETE
Stock on hand.
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CARBON LUMBER CO.,
C. U FARROW, M*r.
KoKomo
Mar. 16-Health is our country
s not very good at this writing.
The little child of M. C. Mc-
leth died March 16th.
Corn Planting seems to be all
he talk now.
Z. L. Usry and family visited
datives at Chauncey last Sat-
rday and Sunday.
Bud Warren of Gorman was
n our streets one day this week.
Miss Letha McDonald has re-
amed home from Dallas where
he has been visiting relatives.
Miss Elma Jones visited
rieds at Wheat Springs last
reek.
Miss Ollie Standley of Free-
om was at Kokomo one day
his week.
Miss Davie Jones of Kokomo
isited friends at New Hope last
reek.
A. L. Hopper and wife visited
J. A. Davis and family at
Ranger this week.
Mrs. J. C. Hamlett and Miss
Annie Jones visited relatives
and friends at Chaney this week
S. B. Boles made a bnsiness
trip to Eastland the first of the
week.
John Guy was seen in Kokomo
one day this week.
R. A. Comer made a business
trip to Gorman today and re-
turned with a new wagon.
Rev. Poke filled his appoint-
ment at Lone Cedar last Sunday.
Several of the young folks of
this place attended the box sim-
per at Freedom last Saturday
nignt.
Misses Ollie and Norma Earn-
est of Mermond visited their
uncle, Dr. Earnest at this place
the later part of last week.
J. G. Hammett made a bus-
iness trip to Staff this week.
Unoinoreaditandguess.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Gathered and Sent in by The Herald’s Effi-
cient Staff of Correspondents.
North Flatwood.
| Mar. 19 —Well colleagues here
11 come again after a fortnight
! but believe the old proverb
; “Absence makes the heart grow
fonder’’ I notice that the
Herald is getting full of letters
from all over the county and
futher notice that it carries the
ads of the most energetic bus-
iness men of Carbon and adjoin-
ing towns. No I am not going
to lecture on corespondents and
advertising but I cant help but
mention it.
There is a lot of sickness in
the Flat this week, too numerous
to name. The principal cases
are lagrippe.
It is feared that the cold spell
has put a quietus on the fruit
crop for this year.
Most of the farmers have been
WRITE FIRE
LIFE AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE.
Represent the best Companies in
the world.
Some day it will be too late to
take a policy.
See me now. I will appreciate your
patronage.
W. H. PUETT
very busy prepearing for a crop,
and some have their corn plant-
ed and some say that they failed
to get any winter seed corn.
The oat crop will be light in
the Flat this season.
H. W. Jackson one of Flat-
woods pioneer citizens was
claimed by the death angle Sun-
day night and his remains were
laid to rest in the Flatwood cem-
etary Monday. Mr. Jackson
was a devoted member of the
baptist church of long standing.
We extend our sympathy to the
bereaved ones.
There are about 22 phones on
the Flatwood telephone line now
Matt Morris of Carbon was
out last week looking over the
phone line and in making his
his round he condemed a lot of
batteries for the company.
Proofsheet.
East Pleasant Kill.
Mar. 19—We are ha/ing some
disagreable weather at present.
Mr. Zanes baby has been very
low but is improving now.
Grandma Sims has been suf-
fering with rheumatism this
week, but is now much better.
BW Sims and C F Caylor
made a flying trip to Cisco Wed-
nesday.
Will Jones and family visited
relatives at Harpersville Stevens
county last week.
Ed Sims went to Carbon Sat-
urday.
Mrs. M. E. Hines of Long
Branch spent part of last week
with her mother, Mrs. A J Sims.
M S Donham and wife spent
Sunday night with C F Caylor
and family.
Low Liles is better.
I will ring off. Slim Chance
Britton.
Britton—Preaching 1st Sundays at
11 a tu,; singing 2nd and 4th Sundays
at l! p. m.; Farmers Union meets on
Friday night before 2ud aud 4th Hon-
da' s. Sunday school at 10 am Sundays
Mar. 20—We have had quite a
severe spell of bad weather for
farming though it looks today
like we will have 3ome nice
weather.
Joe Criswell has a sick child
this week. It is thought to be
better at this writing.
H. B. Reed failed to get water
in his well after going some-
thing over one hundred feet.
Mrs. W A Gentry visited her
sister last Saturday and Sunday
in Pleasant Hill, who was sick
but is better now.
Sul Snyder left last week for
his home near Ballinger.
Ace Reed and wife visited
Edd Sims and wife last Sunday
in Pleasant Hill community.
Ye scribe spent last Monday
night very pleasantly at the
home of D S McQueen on the Bill
Gilbert place south of Carbon.
Allie Robertson’s time is out
with A C Brown. He has gone
to Bear Springs to work for Mr.
Lang.
News is scarce so I must quit
and go to work. Sometimes
day.
1 Ervin Clark of Romney visited
Nute and Baxter Clark Saturday
night.
| The school is progressing
nicely, the pupils averaging
from 75 to 100 per cent each
month. X. Y. Z.
From Ballard
The singing at Mr. Free’s
Sunday night was well attended.
Several of Ballard’s citizens
went to Pleasant Hill Sunday
and heard Bro. Hull deliver one
of his able sermons.
Newt Clark visited at
Low Lile’s of Pleasant Hill Sun-
day. Julia Mann visited Edna
Majors Sunday.
A. J. Majors and wife went
to Cisco Saturday.
Miss Minnie Reed of Gorman
is visiting her uncle Harden
Reed of this place.
Miss May Mann and Alda
Smoot visited Miss Minnie Free
Sunday night.
Bro. Dowson preached at Bal-
lard Sunday morning.
Walter Wagner made a flying
trip to Mr. Mann’s Sunday.
Mrs. Reed, Miss Minnie Reed
and August Severts visited our
school Friday.
Mrs. Canbal and daughter
Vada visited relatives at Pleas-
ant Pill Saturday and Sunday
I suppose the iron horse will
soon be flying into our midst as
rout is being surveyed in our
community today.
Isham Maples visited at Mr.
Abbott's Sunday.
Miss Esie Majors called on
Mrs. Gussie Wagner Friday eve.
Mrs. Early is now able to be
up agrin we are glad to say.
Mr. Wright and wife visited
their mother Mrs. Canble
Thursday night.
Baxter Clark has a plesant
smile for one these day3.
The school is in posseseion of
a new dictionary which was sad-
ly needed.
Frank Canble and his mother
visited the sick child of Mr.
Nichols at Cook Monday.
Will Taylor went to Cook Sun-
From Ellison Springs
I
Health in our community is
not good.
The little children of J. R.
Buchan have been very sick this
week. j
Mrs. Vowel died Thursday and
was laid to rest in the Desde-
mona Cemetary Friday.
’Well the farmers here have
nearly all of their land broke
and mo3t of them are through
planting corn.
The Ellison Spring phone line
is in full opration.
Aunt Joe Spoer who has been
here with her brother for over a
year returned to Sherman where
she will make her future home.
Mr. Jim Jones and family are
spending a few days in our com-
munity. Mr. Jones brought his
wife back from Roscoe in Nolan
county, where she died Thurs-
day night, and was hurried at
the Gorman cemetary Friday.
We Ellison Spring folks extend
a sympathising hand for the be-
reaved family.
Well this is my first writing so
I will ring off. The Orphan.
Buy a
Bank Draft
NEVER risk your
money in the mails.
For absolute safety, at
trifling cost, buy a
draft at this bank.
THE BANK
OF CARBON
Carbon, Tex.
Bethany Community
As “Stonewall” is racketing
around Carbon and R M Guess
has gone to college we have de-
cided to see if we could get this
vicinity represented in the best
paper in Eastland county (The
Herald), as you are crowded
with us country cousins I will
not write a long letter.
We now have preaching three
Sundays in a month. Preachers
are quite numerous with us.
We have had a good deal of
sickness but all are getting well
now. Daisy Greer has been
very sick with pneumonia but is
most well now.
Miss Beulah Johnson of Scran-
ton is visiting her sister Mrs.
B II Greer. She will teach a
music class while here, of course
Elbert Jackson will take lessons.
Abe May is painting regularly
now. He has Mr. Salmon work-
ing his farm.
W. N. Greer of Dubach La. is
expected here in April. Ilis son
Dr. Henry Greer is already here
at work for Tipton Murrell.
Every body goes to Mangum
Correspondence continued page 2
When There’s Sickness
Iti the home, then it is that thoughtful,
careful work is desired in the compound-
ing of the prescription. It’s a time you
wish to avail yourself of the best and
promptest methods of purest, freshest
drugs. We conduet on modern lines one
of the best proscription departments. We
avail ourselves ol every point that adds to
its reliability, its prompt helpfulness, and
the prescription is always compounded
just exactly right.
MOORE BROS.
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Curtis, W. T. The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906, newspaper, March 23, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521509/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Eastland Centennial Memorial Library.