San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1919 Page: 4 of 4
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LETTER FROM W. K. CUSTER
The following letter from W. K.
Custer to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A
J. Custer, off AraTsas 'Pass, is very in
teresting: r
San Pedros de Marcoris. D.R. 2-1G-19.
Dear Honie Folks. / -
Will drop you a few lines to let you
know how I am getting along. I r.m
not so spry as you may think, for on
last Wednesday, the 12th, about 10:00
o'clock I was shot in the left leg just
above the knee, while in a fight with
bandits.
I was in the capitol the last time I
wrote. We got word to go out, and I
left there the 3rd. I am now in the
hospital at San Pedros de Marcoris,
which is about fifty miles from the
capitol. After I was shot I was car-
ried out of the mountains on a stretch-
er made by hand. It took about 5
hours to get to camp. The night be-
fore I got shot we stayed up all night,
and started out the next morning at
daybreak without any breakfast, so
when they got me to camp that even-
ing I was sure weak.
My leg is broken but am getting
so it should be
Five Sections fine black Highly improved land.
1 sell*in lots 160 acres up. Price $45.00 to $75.00
acre^ One-fourth cash, long time on balance. 6
cent interest. Well located.
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629 acres fine black land, fenced, one-half mile of
TRADE MARK,
Good Eating is a
Tha City of
GOODRICH
_ Akron, Ohio _
Have or Understand
dlroad, $25.00 per acre, one-fourth cash, good terms
i balance. Pick up.
120 acres black Hogwallow raw land, every foot
ch as cream. Real bargain at $30.00 per acre, small
lyment, low rate of interest.
160 acres near Taft and Portland. Finest land in
tat locality. Small payment. Splendid terms.
: .
140 acres fine black land, partly improved, good
ater, cheapest tract in Odem* locality. Good terms.
Firstly, it consists of what you buy, and
Secondly, of how you cook and serve H.
* '-Sia
We furnish you with the best eatables procurable, ]
and at a very fair price. We will give you the best '
groceries you w^ll find in the city. Then it is up to
you as to how you cook it; but even there the merit of
our sales is shown in the result. 'M
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Go where you know you can find real
luxury in plain simple food that is Jl
standarized and bought by the most Jvj
discriminating housewives in your fcJ|
community. vS
Women
Were Just
Going to Vote
In the last days of
Pompeii, when Ve-
suvius blew up, and
spoiled everything.
i,
IPs a wise thing for
ladies—and gentle^
men—to be safe-
guarded against
blow ups and blow
outs, especially
whenspinningalong
a country road.
And the best pro-
tection against blow
outs is Goodrich
Silvertown Cord
Tires, those hand-
some, powerful tires,
you see on most
smart cars—
The tires with the
Trtin Red- Dl£\
monds on the
sidewall.
S'lvertown’s cable-
cord body is immune
to ordinary puncture.
good treatment here
all right in three or four months time.
So you must not be uneasy about me
for it is not serious (that is I mean
not to cause death). It’s*just a mat-
ter of a broken leg. The bullet has
not been taken out yet, but think they
are' going to get after it soon. The
best is I got the bandit that shot me,
and the Captain gave me the gun that
he used, 'so I am saving it for a
souvenir.
Hope all of you, are well and enjoy-
ing life when this reaches there. I
stand a pretty good chance going to
the* U.' S. A. now sure. Hope I make
it: Guess you have had a hard time
reading this as I am flat of my back
in bed writing, so,will close for this
time, so answer real soon and all the -
news. f- ,
As ever, . v‘
Sgt. W„ K. Custer,
44th Co. 3rd Regiment,
San Domingo,. D. R.
We will buy your Liberty Bonds
TROTTER LAND CO
A. J. Lewis Co
Phone 100
SINTON, TEXAS.
Phone 77
SINTON, TEXAS.
Sin ton Meat Market
he place to get the Best Fresh Home Killed Meats
country affords. We also buy and pay cash for
; Cattle, Hogs, Butter, Eggs, and dry or green Hides.
Modern, Brick Hotel, Cool, Well Furnished Rooms
Handy to Both Depots, Both American and Europear
Plans, Short Orders Day or Night.
G. B. STEVENS, Prop
FATE OF FRANK F. MERRIAM A
MYSTERY
Mystery shrouds t|je fate of Private
Frank F. Merriam, son of' Chester S.
Merriam, 2752 East Venango street, a
Civil War veteran.
•Private Merriam, who was attached
to Company1 I, 315th Infantry, was re-
ported several months ago by a cord-
r^de to have been killed in actio*.
SINTON
. C. F. BURNHAM WRITES
' FROM FRANCE
of our eating or sleeping.
The first of January I took charge
of the Athletics at Abanvillc, a small
town on the Meuse, and in the foot-
hills of the Vosges Mountains. I have
a motorcycle to get around With, a?
my camp covers about eifeht miles
Mflies are scattered in spnail.
letter from Prof.
Russell was handed
, and will prove of
rntinni TT^Tt TZ
a telegt^i to Merriam^q&ther said
his son had died Jn battle.
Since receiving thfe government
notice, a returned hero of the 315th
Infantry, Corporal John Ulrich, a for-
mer chum of Merriam’a, told the boy's
father that he saw his sob and talked
with him November the 8th, two days
after he was reported killed.
Although the soldier has written no
letters home, in several months, rela-
tives hold out hope that he may be
alive. Merriam comes of a fighting
family. A great-grandfather was- an
artillery captain in the war of 1812/
and Jater fought in the Seminole War.
One uncle, who had fought in the
Mexican War, was killed at the Battle
Corpus Christi,
AVL BOOKS ARE NOT
Cant from a local station
studious citizen: *
“Sir: Please send, wttl
for the case of books dlreb
which is lying at this stat
leaking badly.—Exchange.
CITATION ,BY PUB-
THE STATE OF TEXAS - J
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
San Patricio County, Greeting:
commanded to
You are hereby
cause to be published, for ten days,
exclusive of the day 6f publication, be-
fore the return day hereof, in some
newspaper of general circulation in
said county, which has been published
regularly and continuously for not less
than one year, a copy of the following
notice:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
’ To all Persons Interested in the Wel-
iare- of Ludwell Taylor Moss, Lucian
Curtis Taylor Moss, Margaret Taylor
‘Moss, Taylor Moss and John Guy Tay-
lor Moss, Minors:
You are hereby cited to appear at
the next regular term of the County
Court of San Patricio County, Texas,
to be holden at the courthouse there-
of, itf the town of Sinton,. Texas, on
the third Monday in April, A. D. 1919,
the same being the 21st day of April, j
A. D. 1919, and contest, if you see j
proper to do so, the application dt J. i
G. Moss, which has been filed In said j
court, for the guardianship of the per-
son and estate of each of said minors.
Herein fail not, but have you before
said court at next term thereof, this
writ, with your return thereon, show-
ing how you have executed tile same.
Given under my hand and seal of j
said court, at my office in the town of
Sinton, Texas, this 1st $ay of March,
A. D. 1919.
(Seal)
' J. L. HAMILTON, Clerk County
Court, San Patricio County, Texas.
A true copy, I certify.
D. E. GOODWIN, Sheriff. San
Patricio County, Texas, f
—Adv. 4-2
T, .and South Texas has
vs in comparison to the
ice. With cold weather
do not believe I ever
able a month’ in my life
ecember. I slept wher-
to be, and ate where
grub. But the supplies
and regardless
o^Gettysburg, and another uncle also
died in action during the Civil War.
Merrlam’s grandfather Wes' killed and
his father was severely wounded in
the last battle of the same struggle.—
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Mr. Frank F. Merriam is a brother
of Mrs. Chas. W. Zimmerman, of this
city. > ,
BEST IN THE
LONG RUN
ENLISTMENTS FOR THE/UNITED
STATES ARMY
Camp Travis, Te-x., Mch. 11, 1919.—
Active recruiting for the United States
Army has been started at Camp Trav-
is. This cantonment bids fair td be-
come one of the largest recruit depots
in the Southwest. Captain W. B.
Martin, Medical Corps, United States
Army, has been appointed Recruiting
Officer. Captain E. H. Keltner, In-
fantry, United States Army, ' is in
charge of the recruit depot post. Re-
cruiting offices have been opened at
the corner of Avenue “F” and 9th
Street, Camp Travis, Texas.
Under orders of the War Depart-
ment, previous service men are being
accepted as recruits for one year’s
service, with the privilege of one
month’s furlough • if they are dis-
charged from their present organiza-
tion- for eplistment. These men are
also granted the cent-a-mile furlough
rate if they desire to visit their home.
Men who have not had previous mil-
itary service are obliged, to enlist for
a three-year period. This class of re-
cruits must also be without depend-
ents. • '
Men enlisting, will be allowed to se-
lect the branch of service they de-
sire in so far as possible. At the
present time so many vacancies exist
in the different arms the service
that there will be little Jtrouble in ob-
taining the assignments desired. All
men enlisted will be assigned to tem-
porary infantry duty at Camp Travis.
They will be sent to* various camps
and posts throughout the United
States as needed to fill units.
Here’s a Bakery Just as Cfegj
As any bakery you’ve evtfj
seen.
Here is Bread fresh every
Excellent bread, we think*
you’ll say.
■fife \ • v y
Don’t lease your land until you have investi- V
Wijy’. 1 / j .* ^
gated our proposition. We are not leasing land Y
or speculative purposes but expect to organize a Y
MUTUAL OIL & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, X
indall we ask is a chance to show you our plan. A
| it appeals to you as being the most reasonable y
*nd equitable of anything of the kind that has been y
rabmitted to you, come in with us. , - V
♦♦♦
It is only a matter of sufficient acreage. ♦+♦
You have the land-^-we have the plan. Let's ^
get together and organize a company that means X
more to the homo people than any other develop- A
ment proposition that will be undertaken in this A
County this year,-—or years to come. V
For further particulars write X
We carry one of the b
stocks of Candy in Sint<
Always Fresh
SINTON
Cleaning and Pressing, Quick Serv-
ice, Featherling the Tailor.—Adv. 2-tt
Bath Tubs and Kftcheu Sinks at
Ford’s Tin Shop.—Adv. 38-tf
HOW COULD HE?
‘Tm terribly worried. I wrote Jack I
in my last letter to forget that I had I
to|d him^I didn’t mean to reconsider i
my decision not to change my mind. \
and he seems to have misunderstood
; me."—Life.
or come to see us at the Court House,
» Sinton Pharmacy « M
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1919, newspaper, March 14, 1919; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth718048/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.