The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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WORN CIRCULATION 1,625 COPIES WEEKLY
The Polk County Enterprise
THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE
VOL. VIII
LIVINGSTON. TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912.
No. 35
Public Barbecue in Livingston July 4.
At a mass meeting of the citi-
zens held in the court house Sat-
urday night it was decided to
give a public barbecue in Living-
ston on July Fourth, in honor of
the members of Ike Turner
Camp. The following commit-
tees were appointed:
Executive, or Arrangement
Committee—J. L. Manry, chair-
man; K. W. Jackson, H. B. Davis,
Geo. Bean, C. F. Fain, L. A. Mc-
Caghren, Mike McKim, John Mc-
Leod, James Alexander, T. W.
Leggett.
Finance Committee—C. J. Ger-
lacb, chairman; .June Hickman,
E. J. Galloway, A. J. Peebles,
Collin McLaurin.
Committee on Speakers—T. F.
Meece, chairman; S. H. German,
E. J. Manry, Dr. W. K. McCar-
dell, J. C. Feagin.
Amusement Committee—W. S.
Close, chairman; Keenan Peebles,
S. J. Adams, Dr. R. D. Willis, S.
F. Hill, Faris Michael.
Each one of the committees
named is authorized to appoint
additional members and name
such sub-committees as may be
deemed necessary. The finance
committee will, of course, solicit
and collect all money and other
contributions, which will in turn
be delivered to the executive
committee. The committee on
speakers will communicate with
some of the state’s most promi-
nent speakers with a view of hav-
ing them in Livingston on the
Fourth. The amusement commit-
tee is expected to provide whole-
some amusement for the day. It
is suggested that a baseball game
and other contests be arranged
for. The executive committee,
which will exercise general au-
thority, will select and arrange
for the grounds, receive from the
finance committee all contribu-
tions and. make all disburse-
ments; control and designate all
privileges and concessions.
A good part of the day will be
devoted to the old soldiers, per-
haps the forenoon, or such part
of it as they may deem necessary.
It is urged that the members
of all the committees meet as ear-
ly as possible and begin their
workpromptly in order that noth-
ing be left undone to make the
celebration a success.
Everybody’s Revival Meeting.
A great revival is the greatest
need of Livingston at this time,
which begins Sunday, June 2nd,
and Revs. Cleveland and Kennedy
will join forces in a two weeks
campaign against the evils of the
day, and they cordially invite ev-
eryone who names the name of
Christ to join them in their ef-
forts. The services will be held
in the Methodist church, and
with the united efforts of every
true Christian we can have a
meeting long to be remembered
by all.
Miss Marie Ross visited with
Jr. and Mrs. B. M. Pate at Pa-
onio last week.
Miss Lillian Moffett returned
o Livingston Monday after a,
irief visit with relatives in Cor-
igan.
Miss Alma Sprott visited rela-
ives in Moscow last week.
Shady Grove Items.
Kiam News Items.
J. C. Daniels and M. Hamilton
made a business trip to New Wil-
lard Wednesday.
Mrs. B. H. Hanner entertained
the young people with a singing
Saturday night. There was a
large crowd present and every-
body seemed to have a good time.
E. H. Waldfiup. candidate for
tax collector, was here Saturday.
B. F. Matthews has been tak-
ing the scholastic census for this
district for the past week.
John and Lee Simpson of Leg-
gett attended the singing here
Saturday night.
Doctor Cook of New Willard
put in his appearance here Sat-
urday evening.
Edward Jones has been very
busy for the last few days buying
and selling cattle.
Sam Rice, a promising young
society man of Leggett, was here
Saturday evening.
•'^Lee Barrington made his regu-
lar trip to Livingston Saturday
evening.
Miss Mabel Potts of Onalaska
was visiting here last week the
guest of Miss Bessie Beaty.
It seems like Governor Wood-
row Wilson had a clean walk over
when it came to carrying Texas.
We don’t see why the Woodmen
can’t come out and send their es-
teemed sovereign, Hon. Morris
Sheppard to the United States
senate.
All candidates that wish to car-
ry this part of the county should
supply themselves with plenty of
Brown Mule tobacco.
If you don’t want some of your
ribs dislocated you had better be
careful how you travel over some
of our public roads, f
Miss Ollie Hanner. has return-
ed home after an extended visit
to relatives at Camden.
J. I. Cannon of near Hortense
was here Sunday.
H. H. Butler Candidate for Tax
Collector.
As will be seen from our an-
nouncement column H. H. Butler
is a candidate for the office of
Tax Collector of Polk county,
subject to the action of the dem-
ocratic primary.
Mr. Butler is a farmer and re-
sides about five miles east of Liv-
ingston. He has lived in Polk
county for a number of years and
has never held or asked for a
public office. He enjoys the rep-
utation of being industrious, hon-
orable and upright, and would
doubtless make the county a good
officer. He promises, if elected,
to give the people of the county
the benefit of his very best ef-
forts.
Quarterly Conference.
J. W. Mills, presiding elder of
the San Augustine district, will
hold the second quarterly confer-
ence of the M. E. church South,
at this place. The business ses-
sion will be held at 4 o’clock Sun-
day afternoon, and Brother Mills
will fill the pulpit morning and
evening. Be sure to hear him, it
is a treat to hear him, and if you
miss it you will miss a great ser-
vice. Come everybody.
The farmers are getting along
slow with their work on account
of so much rain.
A, W. Harrison and wife visited
home folks last Sunday and re-
turned to Woodville Monday,
where they will make their fu-
ture home.
Mrs. J. S. Tucker and children,
who have been visiting relatives
at this place for the past week,
returned to their home at Wood-
ville Monday.
Willie Dicken of this place, who
is attending the normal atColmes-
neii, attended the entertainment
at J. A. Dicken’s Saturday night.
Miss Mae George, who has been
visiting relatives at this place, re-
turned to her home at Pinckney
a fews ago.
Mr. Cherry and daughter went
to Livingston last week.
Watson Dicken went to Hor-
tense Saturday.
W- E. Gibson and wife visited
relatives near Hortense Saturday
and Sunday.
H. B. Handley, wife and little
son are visiting relatives at this
place.
W. A. Adams and daughter
went to Livingston last week.
Mr.Cummings,wife and daugh-
ter went to Hortense Saturday.
Jerry Harrison of near Warren
visited relatives here last Friday.
'
W. A. Dicken went to Woodville
one day last week and has not yet
returned.
DeWitt Tucker of Woodville,
who is staying with his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mc-
Kee, visited relatives at Pinckney
Sunday.
Livingston Bar Endorses Judge L.
B. Hightower.
Livingston, Texas, May 13, T2.
—We the undersigned members
of the Bar of Livingston, Polk
county, Texas, take pleasure in
endorsing the candidacy of Judge
L. B. Hightower for re-election to
the position of judge of the Ninth
Judicial District of Texas. Hav-
ing served in this position for
twenty-four years, during which
time he has amply demonstrated
his ability as a judge, his fidelity
to his chosen profession, and his
eminent fitness for this respon-
sible and dignified position, we
take pleasure in recommending
him to the people of the district
as in everyway entitled to their
support and confidence, and as
being pre-eminently well fitted to
serve them as judge.
J. Holshousen, S. H. German,
J. L. Manry, James E. Hill, F.
Campbell, James E. Hill, Jr., P.
R. Rowe, E. J. Manry, Geo, Bean,
T. F. Meece, B. F. Bean, D. Mc-
Cardell, J. C. Feagin, S. F. Hill.
Mrs. Tom Freeman and daugh-
ters, Mrs. Raines of Dallas, and
Mrs. Hale of Houston, and little
son “Boss,” have returned to
their homes, after a visit with
friends and relatives in Living-
ston.
Notice.
The ladies of the Methodist
church will give a Tag Day and
dinner in the court house
yard, Monday, May 27.
Ollie News Items.
W. H. Parker and little daugh-
ter, Maggie from near Hortense,
came over Sunday and speut the
day with C. N. Rice, Sr., and
family.
Dr. F. B. Handley and family,
accompanied by MissEllie Hand-
ley, all of Hortense, visited Jim-
mie Matthews and wife near here
Sunday.
C. S. Penry, accompanied by
his daughter Miss Lizzie, visited
at Buck’s front Sunday.
If some of our boys wouldform
the habit of standing in the creek
waist deep in water and chew
sassafras bark on Sundays, in-
stead of keeping their plow
horses tied up at some other
man’s gate all day, it might have
a tendency to strengthen their
credit. We know of several that
ought to try it for awhile anyway.
C. N. Rice, Jr., and family of
Hortense visited in Crimpton’s
Bend Saturday and Sunday.
They returned home Sunday ev-
ening via. Ollie.
Miss Chum Stevenson has re-
turned home from a visit to rela
tivos near Hortense.
Ollie is badly in need of a tele-
phone line to Livingston and
must have one.
Misses Abbie and Maggie Mc-
Laurin from near Oaitdale, came
down Wednesday evening and
spent the night with their aunt,
Miss Mittie Rice. They returned
home Thursday evening.
The writer is in receipt of in-
formation that he is a-member in
good standing of the Hot Air Dis-
pensers Club of Leggett, Texas,
and is fully qualified to supply
“hot air” on any and all occasions.
We are under many obligations
to the good looking president,
Sam Barrington, and predict that
the club will grow and prosper
under his supervision. We will
try to “tank up” and attend one
of its regular meetings in the
near future.
One of Mr. agd-Mrs. C. H. Grif-
fin’s little boys died Friday morn-
ing and was buried in the Center
Grove cemetery Saturday morn-
ing. He had been sick for sever-
al months.
Musical Recital a Success.
The musical recital given in the
High School Auditorium Friday
night by the pupils of Mrs. Eve-
lyn Collins, proved to be a most
enjoyable affair. Nine of the el-
der members of Mrs. Collins’
class took part in the recital and
the entire program was rendered
in a highly credible manner. The
recital was well attended and a
neat little sum realized, which
will be used in enlarging the
school library.
Mrs. Collins requests the En-
terprise to express her apprecia-
tion to the band boys for the
numbers rendered by them and
to also thank the audience for the
good order that prevailed
throughout the evening.
Prof. McRee of Leggett was a
business visitor in Livingston
Monday.
Goodrich Local News.
Bio. Scott preached here Sat-
urday night, Sunday and Sunday
night to very good congregations.
Don’t forget, Sunday school
meets at>2 p. m. every Sunday
and a prize for the best attend-
ance.
There will be a box supper at
the church Friday evening May
81, at 8 o'clock. All are invited;
proceeds will be applied to build-
ing fund. Mount Rose and Prov-
idence come down and help us
out.
All who expect to join W. O. W.
Camp now organizing here are re-
quested to be here at 3:30 p. in.
May 18 to take physical examina-
tion. Charter fee including ex-
amination is S3. We want every
eligible man in the community to
be on hand and join us. There is
not a surer plan to save some-
thing for the -family than frater-
nal life insurance, and we believe
the W. O. W. is the best at this
time.
Can anyone explain all the new
interests being taken by the peo-
ple of Goodrich in church and
business affairs? Seems as this
place is waking up to some of the
possibilities that are awaiting the
people’s action to grasp. One
good thing yvill bring on more.
Do not let the enthusiasm die,
but keep adding to it all the time.
H. Kramer of Nacogdoches was
seen here Monday en route to the
stave mill up the river. L. J.
Barnes says the Burkitt and
Barnes tract of land is for sale,
that lies near here, and that they
would rather sell it all in one
track. Why not organize a real
e state company of Livingston and
Goodrich people and' buy this,
then cut it up in small tracts and
sell it to actual settlers? This
would help both Goodrich and
Livingston, as well as the whole
county. If this county does noth-
ing of itself to settle the vacant
lands, how do you expect to get
people to come here when other
parts of the state that have bet-
ter roads and not so many stumps
to dig up, advertise their country
all over the world? Get busy;
don' t lay around asleep and dr earn
all your life, hoping to see things
aild doing nothing yourself. Get
busy.
Polk County Ships Season’s First
Carload of Texas Irish Potatoes.
The Greer Mercantile Compa-
ny of Livingston sold Tuesday
what is thought to be the first;
solid carload of Irish potatoes
shipped from Texas this season.
The sale and shipment was to
Cicardo Brothers of St. Louis.
The price received was $1.75 per
bushel f. o. b. Livingston. The
gross receipts for the car, which
contained 319 bushels, was $558,-
99. The potatoes were raised by
C. H. Morris, E. J. Galloway, J.
J. Young, W. H. Matthews, E. T.
Elliott, W. T. Foster and Tom
Turner. Come to Livingston and
Polk county.!
Mrs. P. H. Blalock and Mrs. E.
E. Hollingsworth have returned
to Livingston, after a week’s visit
with relatives in Grapeland.
Miss Willie Epperson, who is
working in the Humane office in
Houston, spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks, return-
ing to Houston Sunday afternoon.
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Feagin, A. T. The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658425/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.