The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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pK £l(£ampo Citizen
Vol. XVI.
El Campo, Texas, Friday Morning, August 18, 1916.
HICKEY AFTER THE TOGO
Tom Hickey, Socialist candi-
date for the U. S. Senate, has
TEACHERS EXAMINATION
As heretofore published, the
third regular examination, 1916,
A LOVELY WEDDING
One of the prettiest weddings
E! Camp people have ever wit
taken steps to put all Democrats for teachers’ certificates will be nessed was that of Miss Ruby
who are now, or have been, in
the race for the U* S. Senate, be-
held on August 31, September 1 Miekow of this city to Mr. Har-
ond 2; the fourth on October 20 vey Clark of La Grange, Texas,
hind the bars or on the rockpile. and 21 ;the fifth on November 30, at the Baptist Church, August
jg He bases his hope upon the pre- December 1 and 2. The usual 15th, 1916.
Igumption that Cplquitt, Culber- rules and regulations and sche-
; son and others have not complied dule of studies will be observed.
with the state law, which re-
quires all candidates for the Uni- Education, Physics, Solid Geom-
ted States Senate to file monthly etry, American Literature
On entering the church the
first impression one received was
Thursday forenoon: History of that the fairies had transformed
the interior into a lovely bower.
From the chandeliers to the win
dows were draped garlands of
corrl vine, while on pedestals and
elsewhere were baskets of white
Friday forenoon: Physical Geo- and pink blossoms and fern, a
grapey, Physiology, Composition, kneeling bench in the center with
Arithmetic. center completing the effect.
_____________________ Friday afternoon: Texas His- Preceding the entrance of the
w have complied with this law j tory, Grammar, Descriptive Geo-1 bridal party, Mrs. C. W- Yost
| and Mr. Hickey has visions of a graphy, Plane Geometry. sang very sweetly “All For You '
Senatorial tOgO and a residence' Saturday fnrennnn: S
REVIVAL CLOSES
As announced last week the
Friar Religious Campaign came
to a close last Friday night. The
revivalist left Saturday for Nix-
on where the next campaign be-
gan last Snnday.
The visible results was noticed
in the several churches on the
North side Sunday morning. On
PERSONAL AND LOCAL M
0. E. Pearson left Saturday
MAYOR RESIGNS
.At a warm meeting of the City ________ b
Council held last Wednesday a business trip to Minnesota!
n.ght J. F. Melcher tendered his Mrs_ ChaS. putnam
res’gnat'on as Mayor. The Coun- ham assistin in a ^
cl refused to accept it but laidj^ conducted by Elder
it upon the table. Action wi Qn j c y A,
* “• Ai-
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. T Newport of Brazoria Couq
the Sunday beffire the meeting, Presbyterian Church. Sunday ^ a ^ re *n a business
service was held at but one church Aug. 20, 1916. iuesday.
statements with the County
p Clerk in the county of their resi-
dence and with the Secretary
of State, showing the amount of
money contributed to their cam-
paign fund.
None of the candidates seem
Thursday afternoon: Psychol-
ogy, Chemistry, Bookkeeping,
Plane Trignometry
fe-
ll) Washington.
Saturday forenoon: Spelling, to the accompaniment played by
Writing, Methods and Manage-
ment, Civics, Reading.
Saturday afternoon: United
Miss Gernell Evans, which was
followed by Mendelssohn’s Wed-
ding March played by Miss Leo-
■ ?¥?
ANNUAL MEETING ___„______
The annual meeting of the Ep- Statas History, General History, nia Wheeler and accompanied
orth League of the M.E.ChurchJ Agriculture, Algebra. by Miss Gernell Evans on the
held Monday night. After j The regular examination fee violin,
evotional exercises conducted ;of $2.00 must be paid in advance j With the first strains came the
Marion Douglass, the follow-! Oswald Garrett, Co. Supt. maids and their escorts, preceded
by the ushers. . Misses Lucile
officers were elected:
lent, Marion Douglass:
i President, Miss Gladys Bick-
Secretary and Treasurer,
ille Clapp. Superintendents
NOTICE : Koch and Lillie Fahrenthold.Wore
Wharton, Texas, (lovely creations of taffeta and
August 14th, 1916. j chiffon. The gentlemen escort-
in accordance with the laws of ing the maids were LorenzaStolz
(Methodist) and Rev. Rowland
preached to an audience that was
considerable less than the church
will hold. Sunday morning there
waspreaching at the four churchs
and each building was filled to
capacity.
At the services Sunday the
Christian church received 3 new
members, the Presbyterian 7,
the Methodist 25, and the Bap-
tist 50, There will also be sev-
eral other additions in the near
future to the Churches above
named. We have no report from
the other churches in town but
Leader: Mrs. Fred Ranthum.
Topic: Growth: Body, Mind,
Marion Douglass and wi]
enjoying a few days recn
at Palacios. h
!• Powers, a prominent stod
man of Edna, was in the cH
Tuesday.
Marvin Watson, of Gi
Spirit.
Song.
Scripture reading, Luke 2:40-
52.
Prayer.
Explanation of Scripture les- is a guest in the homeoffcis
son: Messrs. Ruddell, Norris, cle. W. G. Rudder
5. Lindstoom Jr., j Fred Bloomquist and Sam
Wson’ E Redwme’ 0wen’ left Tuesday for Marlin.
Song. Gracie Ruddell and Iva Gud9on’Bru<:eW
Fahrenthold. • . and Jack Duson enjoyed a
Bible references: Misses Lo-iJifiniVv .v!-1 * eT°rt ^
u.„a timiuira 111 luwn uui rena Fahrenthold. Clarice Kocb, y ,ls week'
each of them will doubtless re- Daphne Redwine, Louise Otell. Service is our motto. Sei
vl Song. your cleaning and pressing, j
C. E. Benediction - j your laundry. We do it
iPhone 184. O’Brien the
A
ceive several members as a re^
suit of the meeting
Besides the new additions each j
janments: Spiritual Work, the state of Texas, and in com- of La Grange with Miss Koch, them in the past. '-"'-j * . u. uorucy is supermini
Marion Douglass; Scocialjpliance with instructions from and Fred Tipps ?f San Antonio; The expense of the meeting Miss Birdie Brants of Texark- in2 the surveying of a 1
Mfl AT T R onflQfH • A M nrifVi .Alieo FT Tk « GGAA i _ r, ^ ^ l Y.L 1 L- # l front nf nnt J 2 —. 1
church has been greatly benefit- ' pom. ^augh is attending com- H.Wr.Carver is the lat
ed by the awakening and the re-j-m*ss*oners court: at ^ barton this ber of the summer
consecration of many of .those week' club. His family are visit
who have held membership with ^ • W. Duson returned to Bay Crowley, Louisiana.
City Monday.
F. J. Hardey is superirii
the Chairman of the State Dem- with Miss Fahrenthold. . The | amounting to $800 or $900 has
been generously borne by those
who were _ constant attendants
and who gave cheerfully because
they wanted to and not from any
high pressure methods. They re-
alized they had gotten value re-
ceived, and that a like sum ex-
pended in the work heretofore
had never produced as good re-
sults.
Mrs. M. L. Hansard;__________ ________
>n and culture,, C. W. ocratic Executive committee, I ushers were Mr.Elbert Craig and
»r; missions, Gilbert Watt, hereby give notice of the holding Mr’ Adolph Hudson,
nst, Miss Leah Clapp; as- of a second primary to be held on Following these came the ma-
_jt organist, Mrs. M. L.Han- Saturday, August 26th, 1916 for! tron of honor, Mrs. Hugo Klien
I; Epworth Era agent, Carl the purpose of determining the wearing her own wedding gown
Mtock. choice of the Democratic party of white crepe meteor and lace.
I Meeting closed with a 30 min- for United States Senator With utmost importance came
discussion of method of j At such primary only two can- the ring bearer, little Maud Wal-
; didates shall be voted on, viz. lace and the flower girl, little
i Hon. O B. Colquitt and Hon.
'Chas. A- Culberson; the said par
Mary Grace Willis, attired in
daintiest organdie and chiffon.
lake I _ _ ____JJPPHI mn
Well, cotton picking is the or- ties having receivee the highest Next came the maid of honor,
r of the day out this way. ! number of votes in the primary Miss Eula Lee Webb, exquisitely
We are getting a much needed election held on July 22nd, 1916. gowned in white organdie.
dition to our school house.
Lee Crenshaw left Mon-
a visit with her mother
I, Tex^.
Chairmen of all the voting box- The bride, leaning on the arm
e3 in this county will conduct] of her brother in law, Mf. A.
this primary and make returns Schlafli, came slowly down the
thereof as provided by law. j aisle. The brides robe was ex-
Perry Stancliff is visiting . v Tom Brooks, jceedingly modish, created of
-«ts Mr and Mrs Feld- i Chairman Democrats ExecutiveGeorgette crepe with pearl trim-
' / ' (Committee, Wharton County. Imings,and a veil of illusion which
Ladies Club will meet next j NOTICE^ 7*° dCePer, '°VliDeSS if
bursday afternoon with Mrs. • Tu n dainty colormg and grace. She
fhitfield Drvden | The Democratic Congressional carried a shower, bequef of
* j Convention for the 9th Congres- bride’s and lacey ferns, while her
L A* Crens av\, r. as een sional District is hereby called; attendants carried arm dusters
k the past week with la grippe, j ag required by law to convene in [of plumey pink crysanthemums
J. E J. Johnson made a busi-j^g city of LaGrange, Texas, on tied with pink tulle
iU trip to Wharton one day last; Aug 26th. 1916, at |1 o’clock A. The bride was met at the altar
reek* M- for the transaction of such by the groom, and his best man,
A few from our neighborhood business as may come before it, Mr. Herbert Frede of La Grange.
6^*<ded the Jones Creek Liter-1 The Executive Committee ' f where the ring ceremony making
PECHA LITERARY
Literary at the S. P. J. S- T,
Hall will hold its usual meeting
Saturday night. Aug. 19. Sub-
ject for debate: “Resolved that
it was right for the war depart-
i Saturday night.
aforesaid District will meet at; them husband and wife, was im-
Ir. Meyer, who has been quite 10:30 A. M. on the same day to i pressively performed by Rev .!
the 'past month, is improv- canvass the returns of the elec- i A. Stephen of Eagle Lake. ’
ana, is a guest in the home of her tract cut over land in 3
sister, Mrs. A. R. Zuber, Texas. »
Miss Josie Smith left Monday Rev. J. A. Stephen of
for Rosenberg, from which place Lake spent a few days h<
she will go to Central Texas for a I week. He reports his
visit. • j°n the high road to re<
D. F. Anderson, of Oklahoma, j ^errv^e>
who has been visiting in the J. ^ ou^ y°u walk one-half
W. Reynolds home,"left Monday1 west from the First
for his home. Bank for a couple of
VC. E. Long made a business ^^urseyou would.’
trip to Wharton Mondav.- IJust about wha* you will
C. H. Nay. traveling auditor of y°“ b.Uy y0“rD nex‘If
the Wells Fargo Company. was icoat from O Brten the Tailo
in the city Monday, the guest of wife of A, B. Turnei
Agent Thayer. sented him with a son at*
Henry Isaacson returned home °n 11\, course
.Sunday night from Minnesota. VOrS 1S ^a‘ _
ment to raise ,the officers and Kg reports the North as uncom* ^oebi and wife are
soldiers salary^ fortablv hot this season. ^ parents of a son born Aug.
Mr. A. Schlafli of El Campo Brooks Rudder and 0rvitte Geo' T- Schaefer of S._
will make a talk on the European Turner spent Sunday at Calves- berK' has accepted a position
,var' ^ ton. , the El Campo Lumber Co.
be^out ^and^sing°fo^us^we will Mrs' E’ ^er^wa11 returned Fri- Mrs* Gibson, who make-
al«f'have a finp dininernp ^rom a s’x weeks visit in ^ome with J. A. Banfiek
also have a fine dialogue. j Ml590uri wife, left Wednesday for
Miss Marie Baron, of Houston, ^rr^’ Ark.
: was visiting friends here this] ^r* an(^ ^rs. A. J.
week. mad- a business trip to H
: Mrs. T, K. McCroskey, of t^y ^e(^nescla>-
City, visited her parents. Prof. ^ Taylor of
Griggs and .wife, this week. ,here in a business way
Rev. W.Ms Joslin, of Alto, Tex-
Everybody cordially invited.
v-Committee.
A NEW SCREAMER.
The City Council tias installed
on the bell tower an electric sy-
ren, to be used as a fire alarm.
>w!y.
ws is very scarce out this °T July 22nd
; m^ in the Primarv j1 *2
: of. July 22nd. ti„n of "Hearts and Flowerv’was: at a d,stance 1 n..le and wul . . y n,gnr’
Sunday, and Sunday nignt.
ton Wednesday.
aotoere seems to be nothing:^ 9tf ^ Sati?fai‘P’r;;’ • ..M^s Dora lund' left Monday] ^ Ebon te,t Tu.
^..... -■ ---- pitoo pealed forth trnimph-1 w„th a rtiodtsh.hat of blue £ur Palacl^ where she is-spend- 31t "’‘tn h.s suler.
^ fk A tTiAr.l I /PflVPf H f H Aliof An
Anon Congressional Dist.
By request of the Chairman.
PUMPING PLANT BURNS
ant strains while the party r.e- sorge’
ceded from the church and were
conveyed in cars
ing the week.
^TrflS“town gueats" «'ll York was a Houston pas- John Boyd
to the hr.de? Am^t^o^ t^n guests,. grTh ■ ' trip to Wharton
Leaver at Houston.
John Boyd made a
Wedi
home in the Heights, where the' "’ere Dr. an^Jlrs. Clark, < . Mrs, E. L. Shuebeok
PECHA.
ext Sunday will be Rev. Ar-
Tuesday evening the pumping happy event culminated' in „%land Mrs- Resslex^Miss Minnie j ^8iSL^iei1 rnaay I0T[p_n frnno.
plant on the west farm of Nelson sumptuous repast Tor the near' Ressler, Missl^feyers, Miss Nora ' ni a- ^1,no,? .Harry R ^ ID
iptly at 3 p. m. Bros, was destroyed by fire. We friends and relatives. The re* Miekow, Mr. EYank Miekow, Mr.; Walter Hays, who has been * ne*
I. Root and children, and have not learned how the fire ceiving line consisted of'"the bri-! T Miekow. J visiting D. M. Mouser and wife, Robert Wutzel of
Johnson from south 0f El ori^inated or the extent of the dal party. A buffet luncheon j The-bride'‘has lived among us*' returned t0 Louisiana Friday. was here Wednesday.
© visited at A. M. Taylor’s dama£e- was served between G:3(.)and7:39 since childhood and to know her Mr- and Mrs- B- Traylor: J. C. Harris, an M.
t of last week. Thesame parties lost a pumping p. m. The heart shap?d bride’s is to love her. She has been a S°xoned down to Edna Friday. ate of A. & M. College,
‘ Mrs. A.R. Benner call- Plant a4>out three weeks ago by cake garlanded - by coral vine [favorite since her .girlhood and ' Don’t he a ready-made man. accepted a position
k's last Sunday after-; ^re ^us mak*n^ 2 plants within rested in the center of the table, admired for her many attractions Don’t wear clothes made to fit en£*neer with the
;a month. It would seem as thp"^ Punch,olives, pickles,sandmehes"and amiable disposition. someone about your size and v*ce Go. He hails n
and Mrs T Wilcoxen call- S°me- mySt6pious ajrency vvas and a square of the brideV cake Mr. Clark,i§ recogni.xd in bus- build'’ : Have your clothes made iwhere he has had two y-
IS. R. Schulte’s last Satur- work,ng avertime bring a pe- were included in the menu: ; inesa.eirc les as a man of capacity t0 >’our order-::rThe ccfBt is no,tlcal exPerience.
afternoon f Jn ar> loss to the unfortunate important feature, of the and integrity, arid in social life rn^re and you get much better Mr.and Mrs.N. Pillot
J ros‘ entertainment was the reading of as a gentleman of courtesy and va‘ue- (> Brren 1 he Tailor. ''j ton, are visiting their’
a number of telegrams'intelligence. good man he j .John Reitz made a business | W. W. Crook.
srnoon.
Garrett
visited with
yior Sunday evening. DWELLING BURNS and Mrs Clark from different has woi^and carried-away the trip to SeatyJSaturdayT " 1 Rev. W. M. Joslin of
heart ne of the fairest- «^Miss Reba-Jackson, who has as, has been called to
m
nday6* Called 3t WCrk*f Laat Friday evening the resi- parts of the country.
_, dence of Mr R. Orkodosky living As evidence of the prominence mu-r an eAieo^i\l* visu iu oan wen-wte ^ucav w miHH.margarei: oi me oapnsc <
01 ? ? , 3 miles South of town, was con- and popularity of the twro young Antonio and other points of in Webster, returned to her home!place for full time.
sperlT a .ew days in the isumed by fire with practically all people, many and beautiful were: tereSt, the young couple will be at Pierce Saturday. j Thp Vm*™
raitia fha laat nf loaf 4L-___4__mi n , . . . I I Allc X Dung
--11V 444*0 —Vvvu V. Ok 4 A v\4 VU
After an extensive visit to San been the guest^of Miss Margaret ate of the Baptist chi
at home to their many friends in ! Mrs. JBrooks Harris returned
home the last of last;0f the contents. The fire is sup- the gifts they Ttceived
) • . jposedtohave originated from a The bride’s going away gown Lagrange, Texas,; to her home at Wadsworth Sat-
The Scribe defective flue. Insurance $600. was a lovely fall suit of navy blue Contributed- iurday. ~r*?**'m*.
League will meet
night, August
Hall.
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1916, newspaper, August 18, 1916; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893272/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.