The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 13, 1912 Page: 5 of 8
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A. T. Rowe
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Gilbert Baker.................... 7<) 70
Joe Parrish.................................. 28 00
J. P Rogers............. 29 50
gLce A. Wells-.
7.'L. Campbell
F. H Cooper
Ben D. O *ers
S. P. K -eue • •
J. P. Lair............—
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Woodman Log Rolling
At Bonham
August 14, 15, 16, and 17
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21 75
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Geo. King.............................. 25 50
L. D Butler
John Larue • •
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Total................................ . $6365 20 $20If. 48
An additional expe-di’ure for cards was tmde of 248 00.
Observations by the Way.
Bonham, Augu-t 1. I started
out west and mv first stop was
at Ector from there I made mv
wav to Luton Heigh s for dinn- r
where I found a
Ector I stopped at W. J. Me-
Murry's He has a fine farm and
some fine strek. Three miles
south ot* Ector I was caught in
an electric storm, thunder and
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I saw W.
standttig
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wide open and
rain.
brand n e w Aoof
nephew sixteen days old. He ts ' j,iorrjs Sheppard and I took poss-
tbd son of Obie Boiin, is ba d i css;nr just as anv rational, sensi-
headtd and tsvors his uncle. His being would have done. V«re ! ^
name is John K. , had a tremendous rain. Bv in-! tniles sou’h of Ely rain drove tr.e
Mr. and Mrs Frank Butte, of vitation I am spending the night! ja j found shelter at G. C.
with J. W. Keener.. I McFarland's.. . Ai oid time latch
August 3, I siep- like a babe|str{nj, was out. q_ c. lives
Last night. When I saw sister1
Flying Machine will give daily flight3. Every
man, woman and child ought to see this, as it may
be your last chance to witness a free exhibition.
Everything comfortable at grounds, which are
in six blocks of Square.
Plenty of shade, water, wood, lights.
Plenty of clean, wholesome attractions.
Opening and Woodman Day, Wednesday, 14.
Odd Fellows Day will be Thursday, the 15th.
The Contest Degree work will be Friday night
the 16th.
Farmers Union Day will be Friday, the 16th.
On Saturday afternoon the Green School string
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band and minstrel will entertain.
Music by Bonham band every day and night.
- Ground, water, wood and lights will be free
will the Flying Machine exhibition.
Everybody invited to come.
as
Frank Bu*.te, of
Big Springs, are at home on ai
visit. Sallie is in the kitchen j
® preparing something good to eat. j
About all the grain has beer !
thrashed. Over forty thousand
dollars has been paid out bv
Houston & Pritchett for grain
The streets are now lined with
wagons. Cotton is fine The
corn has been cut somewhat!
short bv the drought.
Lee Nelms, a former Fannin1
Countv bev, who now lives
Anadarko. Okla., wants to hear
from home twice a week, so be
gave me a dollar and told me to
send him The Bonham News.
P W Houston heard that I
was in town, so he came around
and tossed me a wheel. He is
was
within two miles of where he
Keener slicing ham m v bovish ; bora, 57 ,»ars ago. His father ) serves, j an. jeliies, pickles
Hospital Shower. j Family Reunion
The ladies of the hospital A family reunion is taking
board ask the friends of the Allen ; place at the present time at Dodd
Memorial Hospital over the coun-! City. Three brothers, and
ty to j)tn tnem in donating pre- j their families and relatives have
one of our successful young far-
mers His father is one of the
leading merchants in North Tex-
as.
I am in favor of educated far-
and the people ef
appetite was keenly aroused, and
perhaps I displayed a little bit
too much of it at the table. The
btack mud sticks very closely
this morning.
Two and one-halt miles south
of Ector m front of Mr. and Mrs.
T- S Chitwood’s house, a large
10 ! hacif berry tree which stood there
wasstruck by lightning last even-
ing. A clothes line fastened to
the tree carried the lightning to
a post at the back of the house,
and the post was splintered. One
orong of the lightning ran down
Ciint Stephenson’s ncse and never
broke the skin. He was sitting
on the porch. Wheels rolled in
today in prettv good shape.* J.
M. Malone, W. F. Clark, Mrs.
H. E. Moore, Mrs. F. M. Mason,
and G. W. Withrow,
canned irutt to- the hospital
AH donations can be left at
Thompson Sl Abernathy’s Hard-
ware Store. Aug. L4th to T7tb.
came to this country in 1845 He
read The News in its infancy.
He is the owner of a nice little
farm of 70 scr s. We are hav-
ing a real down pour of rain. No j We are aoomg to have a liberal! will remain a few days visiting
gram has been thrashed in the j response *0 this cab. 31 2t. j at the home <j>f H. A Dewoody. | following: Briggs & Coffman's
Porter community. [ am tied “*’
met at W. F. Wiider’s to spend
the day. In ill there are about
one hundred j persons Among
these is W. A. Dewoody and
family of Csurdon, Ark., who
Teachers Institute.
Fannin County Teachers’ Insti-
tute will he held from 2-6. Sep-
tember, 1012. Under the law,
every teacher who holds a con-
tract to teach school in Fannin
County must attend the County
Institute or run the risk of hav-
ing bis or her certificate cancel-
ed.
The work will be based on the
The Sunday School Report.
up
at Mr. McFarland’s, so I spent
the time m reading u.iti! late in j Kcport of the attendance
th^afternoon when I drove down °ff6r'nir f’>r last Sundav:
to the h )me of a new correspond • j ^ irst Methodist 244 $
ence at Porters, S. W. Lee Wil-1 First Chris':an
This is a prominent familv
I this county and the people ;
j well known here.
hams. He is well intormed on ^*rst Presbyterian
Moore’s Cha pel
Union Gove
mersi aod the people of Texas J. F. Fori
are beginning to wake up on I each one dollar. At the close of
educational lines. the dav I drove one and one-half
There seems to be some trouble j miles east of Ector. I am with
Forked] my old friends, W. T. Williams
with' the water wagon
lightning ft coming from
clouds and the heavens seem
paved with the racket the thunder
is making. It drove some of
the wheels out of the people
here. W L Witherspoon two
wheels; W. H Giily one; J I.
Hodges one I am now stopping
for the night under the roof of i have a coat on.
R. K. Crittenden and wife. . I August 5:h.
the and Tom Graves. The lightning
:em i killed, on Saturday, a very fine
mare add mule of R. F. Mor-
row’s. He ts a reader of The
News.
August 4;h. We are having
some peculiar August weather.
I am almost frozen although I
I spent the Sab-
After prancing around Ector I bath
for a few hours this morning and
gatheriug up a few dollars I
drove on southwest of Ec or
three miles to W B. Murry's
for dinner. Miss Helen and Miss
Dixey must have been
for me for we had a fine
dav with Williams and
Gray. It would do you good if
you could see Mrs. Thomas
Gray’s drove of one hundred and
twenty turkeys, and one hun-
dred and fifty Methodist
the political situation; is a Wood-j ^J"n|Qn Pr~s'oyterian
row Wilson Democrat, and also t'0>sc">oa!
an unreconstructed rebel. It I Holiness
rained most of the night and still
looks gloomy I am enjoying a
good warm fire and am listening j colokkd
to S. W. dissect Joe Bailey and , Locksboro B. ^ ,
his whole ging. Joe is dead and 1 A. M. E. _
buried. When I left L^e Will-
iams I went north to E v and
stopped with A. W. Livtnan for
the night. I was sorry to find
him in bed. He has a sever cold
but will be up in a tew days. Mr.
Layman thrashed 1030 bushsls
ot wheat on 28 acres, and 300
bushels of oats on 14 acres. Mr,
and Mrs. Layman have raised a
large family of children, 7 boys;
and 5 girls. And they have a
right to be proud of them, for
there is not an ugly child in the
bunch. . - J. K. Luton
i $ 5.43 j Wanted at Once.
I 6.00 j I expect to be a member of the
’ 3 50 j Trade Excursion which starts on
> 2.50 j its trip Sept 4th. I hope to put
, .65 i the biggest list of lands, and the
> .42 | best character of advertising I
y -Q : have ever had. I wilt be glad to
1 .10 1 list vour land it you want to sell.
! Don’t wait, but see me at once,
5 ,92 i as I will have to have list printed
) .45 not later than August 25th- I
make no charge unless I make a
Aid From Germady. sale. Will H. Evans,
Mr. McGradv has just phoned 1 31 4t Bonham, Texas,
to us that Geo. Wadlev, the
president of the Southern Cotton
Corporation has secured from |
Germany the
Teachers’ institute.
The Fannin County Teachers’
promise of $300,-j 'Institute will be held in Bonham
000,000 with which to back it up.
He states that this insures the
success of this organization, and
for the farmers to keep on listing
: their cotton.
Subscribe for The News now.
Thanks Voters.
September 2-6. Every teacher
in the County is compelled to at-
tend the Institute.
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The work will be based on the
following: Briggs and Coffman’s
“Reading in Public Schools,” C..
A. Bryant & Company, Dallas,
Texas; and Sutton and Horn's
“Schoolroom Essentials," C. A.
Bryant & Company, Dallas, Tex.
“Reading in Public Schools.” C.
A. Bryant & Co.. Dallas. Texas;
and Sutton & Horn’s “Schooli
| ro®m Essentials," C. A. Bryant &
1 Co., Dallas, Texas,
j Every teacher will be expected
: to not only get these books, but
' to make a close study of each so
] that he. or she, can take an
active part in all the discussions.
The program will follow soon.
Respectfully yours,
R. M. Parker,
County Superintendent, Fan-
nin County Texas. r
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1 Geo. Treadway plead guilty
Saturday to stealing a pistol from
Lee Myers at a picnic wtiich was
held at Edauoe recently. He
was given a nne ot $5 and costs
and one day m jail. The costs
amounted to $46.15.
Mr. Murry also rolled me
wheel. Two miles south
I desire to thank the voters of j
Precinct No. 2 for the confidence
which they have shown in me in
chick-1 re-electing me to the position of
looking ens. Mv first stop this morning |Commissioner to represent them,
dinner, was at C. D. Malone’s. Here I'j Very truly vours.
a ; found a case of typhoid fever. A j
of:li»tlehov three vears old. Tw i
o;
Scott Brown.
Wagons! Wagons!!
Bois D’Arc Wheels, Bnggies, Surries, Second Growth
Hickory Wheels
1 You can find E berta oeaches at
t my orchard 2 miles south of Sul-
! pbur Sorings after July 20. You
j may can at the orchard if you
wish. Address G- A. Schley,
Box 214 Sulphur Springs, Tex.
23- 8t
•nS;fspENSCH,EQ
for Sale Now.
A fine black and dark loam
land farm of 157 acres within 9
miles of Bonham, and cfose to
church. There are two sets of
improvements. Price only ?4200
and it is a bargain. See me now.
Some fine land, and good timber.
Will II, Evans>
31 4t Bonham. Texas.
Thompson-Abernathy
Hardware Company
Woodmen Logrolling.
A big four davs for Bonham is
anticipated for August 14, 15, 16
and 17. There will be many at-
tractions here at that time and
hundreds of Woodmen as well as
many visitors will be here.
Why You Take No Chance*
The Studebaker name for sixty years
has been a guarantee of quality. It elimi-
nates the slightest element of chance in
your purchase of an automobile.
Every part of a Studebaker car is
made in our own plants. We analyze and
absolutely know the materials which go
into our cars. Our guarantee is good.
75,000 Studebaker cars are on the
road and every owner will tell you that
a Studebaker car always makes good.
We know that the Studebaker
(Flanders) ”20“ at $800 is equal in mate-
rial and workmanship to any car built—
and the price is within your reach.
Ready; for immediate delivery.
BEGGARS KEEP UP TO DATE
9lnc« th« Tttanlo Diaaatar Many 90
th# Profaaaional Mandloante
Pom aa Sailor*.
A
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News adds bring resul’s.
“Leaders in Our Line’
The $300 Studebaker (Fiander*)^‘20”
Price, Standard Equipped, $300 f. o. b. Detroit.
Equipped aa above, with Top, Windshield, Prest-O-Lite Tanlc
1 and Speedometer, $335.
Ash our dealer for the ne-JO Studebaker art catalogue or tend to ua for it
The Studebaker Corporation Detroit, Michigan
R. C. Andrews, the charity ex-
pert of Denver, was describing petv
fessional beggars.
|j “They keep timely,” he said.
“Thus the Titanic disaster has
caused a lot of them to pretend this
season that they are sailors.
“A professional beggar tackled ms
in the country the other day aa I
was mending a puncture in my imp-
tor car.
1 “ ’Boss.’ he said, Ton ye gimme •
little help? I’m a sailor, and, aa the
Titanic proved, I carry my life in
my hands.’
“ ‘Oh.’ said I, ‘and that accounts
for your not washing your hand*, T
suppose. Afraid to do it for fear
you’ll drown yourself, eh?’”
WHAT BEAT SANDY.
A native of T-, on the coast
j pf Scotland, when the contract for
lighting the first three steamers fib-
' ted with electric light at the T-
! shipyard was completed, formed one
; of a social party gathered to enter-
j tain the electricians. In a burst of
candor and comradeship, he waa
overheard saying to one of the wire-
men :
“Mon Peter, efter workin’ wi’ you
on they boats, I believe I could put
( in the electric licht inasel’, butr
1 there’s only one thing that—that—■
bat os me.”
1 “Ay; an’ what is that, Sandy ?*
said his interested companion, wil-
|<ling to help him if it lay in hi»
i power.
“We«l, mon,” said Sandy, “it*li
* just this; T dinna ken hoo ye get thai
lie tae rin alang the wires.”—Ideaan
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Comstock, E. B. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 13, 1912, newspaper, August 13, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904568/m1/5/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.