The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1904 Page: 3 of 4
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Matt Morris visited De Leon Mon-
day.
J. J. Stanley of Kokomo was here
Saturday.
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MORRIS STORE NEWS.
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Mrs. A. C. Riage| has been sink
this_week. i
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W. T. Key of Romney was here ,
Wednesday. _ i_l.f... ,J
Mrs. J. P. White has been sink’
this week.
Don’t forgot that poll tav receipt
on election day.
J..A. Kinard of Lon" Branch was I
here Wednesday.
Postmaster T. L. Conway of ( iray
wa9 here Monday.
Miss Bula Speer visited Gorman \ ^
the first of the week.
Roy Pierce who has been sick for
some time is improving.
Mrs. J. H.t'ox was called to Okra
this week to see Poster Pox’s sick
baby.
P. F. Morris and wife have our
thanks for a lot of nice peaches Sat-
urday evening.
Prof. J. B. '.Jordan and sister Miss
Ruthie visited relatives at Rising
Star this week.
Miss Lilly -Oden aud little Miss
Addy May Yates of Gorman visited
friends here Sunday.
Next Fifth Sunday meeting
Pisco Baptist Association will
held at Staff in July.
The hot weather is still holding
the price of fruit jars clown to
50 cts. for cits, and 75c. for 1-
half gallons.
Our stock of laces and embroid-
eries are not just as pretty, but
the prettiest.' And tve have mote
than one piece to select from.
It would pay you to do that
fencing while Bakers Perfect
Galvanized wire is going at $3.45
and painted wire at Pi. 15.
e.tns good salmons for 25c.
We have pint, quart and half-
gallon fruit jars.
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Genuine mason qt. fruit jars at
50 cts. per dozen, one-half gallon
jars at 75 cts,
We are leaders in gent’s fur-
nishing goods. Wo have a large
nice stock to select front.
We have the nicest line of fan-
cy candies.
Bring its your frying chickens.
Latest styles in Ladies’ belts.
A House Full of Wells
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WE MEAN OVR HOUSE
IS FULL OF WELLS 9HOES.
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Did you ever wear n pair of Wells Shoes? If you
havn’t it is only your loss, for‘■wear-
ing a Wells Shoe means walking1 in
comfort.
Next time you need shoes buy a “Wells.” You’ll
be more than pleased with the result.
Ladies’ silk mits and gloves.
4" i.
I can supply your wants for 1
jelly glasses.
Sewing machine needles can be
found here.
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We take it for granted that you want a good
sensable shoe that will wear and
when worn will retain its shape
and looks. We have that kind.
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Don’t forget as you go along
that I am still headquarters for
barb wire, hog fencing, nails and
staples.
I have a big stock of binding
twine and can make you right
price on it. Don’t fail to get my
price before you buy.
You can not afford to be both-
ered with the’flies when you can
buy one of those cane fly traps
from me for only 20 cts.
MORRIS
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STORE
NEWS
FOR BARGAINS
Best Price Paid For Country produce1
BRING - IT - IN - WHEN * YOU - COME
TO = TOWN
Carbon Lumber Co. for lumber
R. P. Evans was here to attend
the Masonic lodge Saturday. His j [_
school at Dark Hollow began Mon-1 Fruit jars 40 cts. per dozen at
day. : Finley Bros,
Slippers cost $1 for 75 cts. at
Finley Bros, , j
KILLED HIS BABY.
A - CORRECTION,
Prof. 0. C. Britton was here
from Gorman yesterday.
: Jim Lay Shot and Killed
his own baby and then
Shot Himself.
Fruit jar rubbers 5c a dozen It is sad to report the inci-
dent which occured this morning
F. E-Puett and family and F. S.' W. C. Moore anti I). E. -Tones
Seastrunk and family left Monday j were here this wool:.
for Clear Fork to &p«nd a few days \ \ (at Finley Bros.
fishing. . ; White shirts cost 75c for (!0c at .-----------—--- !' (Thur.sdfty) near Pleasant Valley.
•' -® Finley Bros. j Rev. W. M. IIagar has our We learn that Jim Lay, a young
Dr. H. Hall brought ns an %---- | thanks for a nice mess' of roast- man, and his wife separated
Irish potato which weighed seven -; W. T. Boyd of High ...Knob j ing ears. j Sunday and this morning Mr.
eighths Of a pound. ( ’an you ' was hero this week. ' -----—---------- -
beat it?
~~W. L. Robinson of Romney
Mrs. Travis of Rogers visited Mrs..' was jn town Wednesday.
\V. H. Groves and other relatives; . ..... .....
here this week She left here to vis- 1
it other relatives in Haskell county.
Remember we keep medicated
stock salt all the time.
Last week the impression was: It was our happy lot to sell W.
made that Bill Allen’s cow gives | T. Key a good bill of goods Wed-
4 gallons of milk per day. We: nesday. Come again,
learn that was a mistake. Bro. i Brof- J. A. Kinard of Romney
Reeveg happened around there i hauled off part of our goods at a
price that* was satisfactory to
him. Says they expect a big time
about milking time and found it
was no trouble to squeeze all the
milk into a one-gallon bucket, so A his neighborhood during the
too much milk is not what is the Music Normal.
Lay went and got their baby and
C. B. Poe went to Eastland brought it to his brother-in-law’s
yesterday to attend a call meet-! residence where he shot and kill-
ing of Commissioners court. j ed the baby and then shot him-
---------— self in the head. His brother-
Bro, Cobb has our thanks for. Postmaster W. J. Reed was in-law and family were all out
roasting ears t his! sjck part of this week and Finley; in the field and knew nothing of
matter with his calf.
Try our Sunshine shoe polish,
the best and cheapest made, 8c.
Well, Bro. Reeves still has the
best cow,—better to be born lucky
than rich.
Manard guns $2.50, Stevens
guns $3, best Stevens gun $5.
Qt. jars 50c, jar rubbers 4c, 5
gal. good oil 69c, horse muzzles
4c, nice dipper 6c, milk strainers
9c, decorated plates 46c, decorat-
ed cups and saucers 60c, No. 2
some nice
week.
J. R. Adams and family and Bill
Oobb left yesterday for a fishing j Mr.«. Ollie Seastrunk and
trip near Burkett.- They will attend brother Claud Gilbert visited in
a confederate reunion before return- cjsoo thjs week<
ing. _:___
Bishop held his job down .Tor, this till they came in at noon.
hjm. j Mr. Lay was then not dead and
-------- | they at once sent here for Dr.
Mrs. Foy Collins of the Bear Poe but they did not expect him
Springs community died Wednes- to live till the doctor could get
day night. The bereaved have'there.
We have a qt. can of leather
polish for buggy tops and har- wasb tubs 57c, plain plates^g,
ness at 2-3c. 1 pt. will dress a fine drop head sewin’g machine
single buggy top, or a set of har- $14-40- hand saws 35c, eupion od
ness, will dry in 5 minutes and 17c, screen doors 70c to $1.20,
'_ i Carbon Lumber Co. for pickets, our sympathy.
A't r Ty cedar ikMA ami all kinds of
were here trading 1 uesdav. I hey | , . .
report a little sickness in theirvom- matcrtal,
muQ.ity, and needing rain but “corn J
good. j Elbert Trimble is having (hat
u—- - - . , post oak chinery cleared from
Carl Brummel brought us a
cucumber which measured 1 foot
in longtlt and 11 inches in cir-
cumference.
1 lb. package starch 5. cents at
Finley Bros.
leaves a-beautiful new finish.
J. R. Foster has 2 cows and his
neighbors send him milk to go in
bread.
Fruit Jar rubbers at 4 cents.
We were pleased to have A. J
calico 5c, door locks 20c.
FOSTER - & * COLVIN.
The following named officers were
I S. P. Finley and wife visited
l at Jewell this week.
O. M. Horn of McGue Springs ! around his residence,
waa hare Saturday and we’re sorry j
Laney Sandlin of Staff brought
t|it ona of our misoheivmis - town
cows hooked his fine ,eolt tfnd rut
quite a gash on it’s thigh'. -It is the
finest colt we have ever seen come
to this town. Mr. Horn was offered
$50 for it when it was only 18 days
old.
Rolandus Dovers is now learning
the printers trade in our shop. Lots
of oUr greatest men made their start
in the printshop. There is no bet-
ter way to get a practical education
/' than through a printshop and Ro
landus is starting out like he :-
A. J. Barron is looking for his
brother I. H. Barron and others
from Georgia to visit here soon.
Call on us for estimates and
get our prices before yon buy
>*>ur next bill of lumber. .
Carbon Lumber Co.
J. B. Upton, B. F. Ackins and
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yesterday. One slip. shucked ear I t . ...
■ • , , , Union were here last night en-
'Veighed 13-4 IM.______ rout t0 the County Union at Flat-
One year’s subscription to the j "ood
Herald will be given to the one
who brings us the biggest water
melon before August 1st.
Miss Lula Foreman of Cisco
and Miss Bradford of Gorman
were here this week in the inter-
in-jest of a music class. Carbon
„ John Reese and family whore-
turned from Aspermont a few
days ago are now domiciled in
the P. 0. Peterson residence.-'
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tends to make ft success of his ven-
ture.
needs a band and we hope they
will succeed in getting up a class.
Ben, Dutch and Hulen Finley
and A. C. .White returned from
World’s Fair and Old Soldier’s
Reunion at Nashville and report
a fine time.
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Masers and wife call Tuesday, cnstallcd last Saturday night in the
. - , j. Carbon lodga No. 78b for the pres-
1 hey have been doing some trad- cnt Masonic yeur: w. P. Rankin
ing at Cisco and it did us good to w j D Bond s> w>> John H.
sell them a bill of goods. We find Addington J. W., W. B. Finley
them pleasant and liberal in their Treas., W. J. Reed Secty., T. H.
trading. Dingier S. D., C. L. Horn J. D., M,
G.; S. Norris was in our'store C. Tucker S.'S., A. C. Poe -J. S.,
today. (Tuesday) He does his R. H. Green Tyler, W. M. Beaty
trading at Gorman but says we Chaplain.
are making prices right. We ■■■■.................. »
can’t hold all the good customers
Everything that is honest is fair I
in time of war. We will try to J
get all the trade we can in an
honest way.
J. P. CROSSLEY, BARBER.
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Will Appreciate your Patronage.
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Razors Honed, Hollow Ground,
.....Re-hand led, etc.....
Represents First-Class Laundry,
GIVE ME A TRIAL NEXT.
That 20 ft. addition to the Bos-
ton house makes it very roomy
bnd Mr. Boston can take cate of ment Sunday,
the travelling public in grand
style flow.
Revs. Walker and Thos. Hanks
left Tuesday to attend District Con-
ference at Stephenville this week.
They will return tonight and Bro.
Walker will fill his regular appqint-
One of the most interesting
W. R. Richards hauled but featllies day at the picnic
lumber this wbpk to make a two-
room addition to his residence.
He believes in keeping up with
the times. . ........ "
. Eld. W. J. Priddy and two
son-in-laws H. D. Fry and F. M.
Barker of Hill county visited Mr,
Priddy’s brother-in-law Rev. I.
N. Reeves this week.
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in Mrs. McCollum’s pasture to-
morrow will be a ball game be-
tween Carbon and Okra teams.
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Miss Alice Grubb left yester-
day for Magnolia, Ark., after
spending ‘several-' months here
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. C.
Poe, and many friends. Come
again Miss Alice. (- .
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L-galon bucket honey for 60c.!
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‘Druggist
....Sundries;!
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We ought to be able to hear a
pin drop in China after the first J
,Friday in July as we expect to
have about 2000 rabbit ears on 1
hand then. • *
Mrs. W. D. Taylor was in our 5
store today and bought a pice
bill for which we are thankful:
This week we had the pleasure
of loading Mrs. G. B. Branton’s
buggy up with dry goods and
groceries.
Will Richards, one of the enter-
prising farmers and stock raisers
dropped into the cash store and
bought a bill of nails.
We have a very fine molasses
for 40 cts., be sure to try them.
Call on us for 5 and 10c Zu-Zu,
the finest thing on the market.
If you want to see the <1
nicest line of Druggist ]!
Sundries in town come*c
to our store. Just re- \»
ceived a full line, t
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>Our Soda Fountain is nowin£
...operation,. j[
If you want a clock, ,»
see our line, we have 11
Tattoo Alarm Clocks.
See our stationery, oils ]!
a paints, patent medicines <»
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Curtis, W. T. The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1904, newspaper, July 1, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth522041/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1~1%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.