The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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THE HERALD.
BY W.T. CURTIS
CARBON, EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, AUG. 4,1905.
VOL 4, NO. 51
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Our Correspondents Department
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CORRKSRONDENTfE
Write on only one side of the paper
Write as plain and legible a hand as possible
Be especially careful in writing proper names plainly
Be brief as possible but to (be poiut in all items of news
Eliminate all jokes of a personal nature.
Mail your letters early enough to reach this office, if possible, by
Tuesday
7 Notify us when out of stationery and we will re-supply y
8 Sign your real name as well us nom deplume to each artic
name not to bo printed)
Our idea of what constitutes news: Give reports of marriages,
births, deaths, accidents, visiting of importance, conditions of the
community in the wav of roads, crops, health, church announcements
k school notices, social events, all items of general interest to the public
article, (real
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OKRA.
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ball players to cheer up around
Okra.
George Edwards says the girls
have turned a cold shoulder to
him or the old man rather.
Arthur Payne says he would
love to have a cook while his fa-
ther is gone.
Fred Scott says that Mr House
sets a very delcious table.
Speckelbritches.
Okra (at Elm)—Baptist preaching
every first Sunday, Sunday school at
10 a. in., singing every first Sunday
evening. 'Methodist preaching2nd ami
3rd Sundays , singing 3rd Sunday even-
ing. Christians services every Sunday
evening, preaching 4th Sunday and at
night. \V.O. W. meets on Saturday
night before 1st Sunday.
We are needing rain now in
this part of the world.
Bro. White from Hico has just
closed a series of meetings. Last
Sunday night there were twelve
obeyed the gospel.
Arthur Payne and Will Drake
have purchased them some new
buggies. Give them some sweet
smiles, girls.
Mr. G. A. Payne and daughters
and J. L. Scott’s folks left Tues-
day for a trip to the West. Mr.
Charley Scott has a very sick pa-
tient just below the city.
I B Jones while lighting the
lamps during the meeting got
his hand burnt but is reported
better now.
Mr. Melvin Peninger is now
gone to look for him a home in
the west.
Lost, strayed, or stolen, two west yet. He was seen talking
boys, when last seen they were to ^ girl. He says he may
in Mrs. Hammett’s cotton patch, j ^ac]t 0ut now.
We would like for the base ' Misfortune.
BRITTON
Britton—Preaching 1st Sundays at
11 it in.; singing 2nd and 4th Sundays
at 3 p. m.: Farmers Union meet- on I
Friday night before 2nd aud 4th Sun-
da's. Sunday school at 10 am Sundays
Aug. 1 —Every thing quiet.
Light shower this morniug.
Rev. J W McGaha, pastor of
the Carbon Baptist Church, bap-
tized several at Brown’s tank to-
day.
Next Sunday is the time for
Bro. Cobh to begin his meeting
here. We are informed that
Eld. Nichols will assist him in
the meeting.
J G Belknap’s sister is here
J visiting this week from Ft. Worth
instead of last w'eek.
Misses Mary, Iva and Jodie
Stocton and some of the little
Sometimeses have just returned
from a trip to Jewell.
Prof. J A Kinard’s school clos-|
ed last Thursday with singing !
all day and dinner on the ground.
It was indeed a very successful
school and leaves very satisfac-
tory results. If you dont think
they can sing out here just come
to see us some singing days.
Some are expecting to attend
the Long Branch school hut dont
know just yet who it will be.
We were at Centerpoint last
HALMARK.
Health in Halmark is fair.
Crops are fine.
J C Swift is preparing for a
journey near Ballinger.
The social at W H Stokers was
well attended.
F L McCollum was seen going
down the road Sunday after] , , .
, . | Sunday and were encouraged to
noon. Some one ask him where I______,_____
he was going and he said to Mr.
going w.est.
Guess I’d better not tell what
the other correspondents missed
by not being with us last Satur-
day evening but those peaches
and that watermelon were fine.
Ed and Will May are attend-
ing the singing school at Grape-
vine this week.
J L Van and family went to
Dublin last week to visit rela-
tives and will remain until after
the reunion.
The remainder of the week
will be lonesome for Stonewall
as his better two thirds is going
to the Dublin reunion.
A few days ago we heard a
traveling man render a verdict
of guilty in which he charged
the Carbon Herald of being the
only clean local newspaper he
has seen in all of his travels.
Our readers should feel proud of
this and those who are not read-
ers should subscribe at once.
Several of our people have
bean attending the meeting at
Pleasant Valley which is still in
progress.
Stonewal.
WESTERN - HOME - NURSERY
We wish to call your attention to the fact that we
are growers of large quantities of all kinds of
......High Grade Fruit Trees......
Vines, shade trees, ornamental shrubery, roses, etc.,
which we sell at reasonable prices. Bear in mind
that QUALITY is our motto
Get our prices before you buy
J W Tackett & Sons, Weatherford, Texas
go again soon.
Shepps of course.
Boh Armstrong and A W Bran-
ton have gone west.
G B Branton has gone west also
prospecting.
Henry Harris hasn’t gone
Sometimes.
MANGUM.
Mangum (or High Point) —Preach-
ing at ihe new church every 2nd Sat-
urday and Sunday; Sunday School
every Sunday at 10 a n). ; singing ifcui
and 4th Sunday evenings, Union meets
at tire school bouse 1st and 3rd Thurs-
day nights,
Aug. 1—Going west seems
have become the by-word,
many have gone to talking
LONG BRANCH
Preaching every 3rd Sunday, Sun-
day -chool every Sunday at 10 a m
Union meets every 2ud and 4th Satur-
day nights, singing every 2nd and4th
Sundays,
Plenty of warm sunshine now
and us barefooted boys appre-
ciate to find a shade as we jour-
ney along.
Bud Gage and Joel Reed were
in Cisco Saturday.
Mr. Elliott on the J W Gage
place has a brother and family
just from Wood county. They
1 report no crops at all, and
canvassed and an enrollment of
45 pupil* has been made. There
are several enrolled from Britton
Centerpoint, Griggs, Romney,
and in fact from ali round for
8 or 10 miles, and from our way
of seeing things Long Branch
will almost com^ out in a single
body. We expect a number from
Halmark also if they have no
school there as they are interes-
ted in music.
The Romney Gin Co. are get-
ting out more rbek for their boil-
er furnace. They are pntting in
a nice and substantial outfit over
there.
It is thought that the church
committee will put the boys to
hauling lumber for the new
church about next Monday. Dont
friends of the community and * talk about Long Branch being a
great amonut of sickness. He
has moved here with the aim of
making Eastland county their
home.
J A Kinard and family were
at Britton Sunday. Mrs. Elenor
Key returned with them for a
weeks visit.
Mr. Editor, you should tell
j those merchants that they should
! begin to tell us about it. We
want to see what bargains they
have to offer us this fall. We
have learned to watch for bar-
gains. They dont realize that
the Herald is growing more and
more popular and the list grow-
ing larger each day.
J A Kinard closed his vocal
music school at Britton last
Thursday. The patrons and
others from different vicinities
were present with pleasant faces
and any amount of dinner and
it’s needless to say that they re-
port a nice time.
Mr. Lee Leclaire only got to
attend the first day on account
of sicKness.
From the present out-look it
seems as if Long Branch was go-
prevents
ing to have a grand rush about T A v,
Aug. 7th, community not near
back number. They prove their
progressiveness by their deeds.
There will be singing Sunday
evening the 6th of August. Let
Long Branch and al! the adjoin-
ing communities turn out.
Kinard says he has ordered
108 song books for the school,
three different books. Will have
them on hand Sunday if nothing
MORRIS STORE NEWS
J A Kinard has gone out in the
Sabanno and Pioneer country in
interest of the Farmer’s Union.
John Ramsey is reported sick
with fever at his fathers.
X-Ray.
3 cana salmon for 25c.
Get one of those boilers to put up
fruit with.
We have a new stock of pretty
matting.
Just opened a new line of overalls
and jumpers.
We have just opened up a nice
line oi ginghams.
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We want you to see our matting
befoie you buy elsewhere.
We have the largest assortment
of scissors to select from.
We carry a genera! assortment of
sewing machine needles.
Our line of toilet soaps can not
be beaten anywhere.
We can save you money on any
thing in the harness line. '
We pay cash for chickens and
the highest market price.
i *’ ■
re have a nice line of new hats
elect from. They will please
,„t one tX 11 “liP y°"r
I art *e mnV .e» *
ip puller.
ow is the very time you need'-
oi those paring knives that we
• toaell..
MOST ANY MAN
Can own a cheap buggy but not evecy man can
own and have the pleasure of riding in a buggy
that is first=class in every respect.
A buggy that you buy from us is the cheapest in
the long run because they will stand up and run
TWO OR THREE TIMES LONGER WITH LESS
expense than a cheap buggy.
We also carry Hacks of the very best make3. They have the style and dura-
bility, the very tliiDg you need.
We want to sell you a gun.
Gasoline in balk at 25c gallon.
We still carry a good stock ot
binding twine.
We pay the highest cash price
for dry and grqen hide3.
We have just reeeivad another
shipment of Khaki suits. This is
the last lot we can get and if you
want one you had better not be too
slow about it,
VVe can supply your wants in
fruit jars, jar caps and rubbers.
Be sure and dont forget Mor-
ris and Rankin when you want
a bill of fruit trees, they repre-
sent one of the oldest and best
urseries the state.
-• • «*•
We have the nicest line of fan-
cy candies to be had.
When you go to figuring on
building dont forget we can sell
you nails for less than anybody
else.
Correspondence continued page 2
The Herald loves Carbon; we
are a friend to every worthy en-
terprise in the town and com-
munity; our home is here and
here we propose to live and raise
our family; as the town prospers
so we prosper. We propose to
do everything possible in an hon-
orable way for the town and
community.
Better get it into your head,
Mr. Business Man, that in the
mad rash for the almighty, elus-
ive coin of the realm, the bustler
is the fellow who is going to get
the grapes. The hustler is indi-j
cated in a large measure by the
size of the ad he carries in the
local paper. Better get one in
before the people think you are
a mossback. — Ex.
Great Excitement in
Cisco.
Dr. Milling the renowned mag-
netic healer or drugless doctor
is now located at the City Hotel
in Cisco. He treats all manner
of diseases successfully without
I medicine. It seems from the
I testimonials there is no disease
he cannot cure. He is well-
known in this country and has
cured many considered hopeless
sufferers. If you are sick or
have any chronic trouhie, he in-
vites you to call and see tym.
Consultation free. 3t
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Curtis, W. T. The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1905, newspaper, August 4, 1905; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521909/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Eastland Centennial Memorial Library.