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THE BONHAM NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY. 13 1903.
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A rare opportunity. The kind
that you don’t often see. Do you
want it? • ?
Only li miles from the court
house, and a half mile from the
corporation line we have a beau-
tiful piece of property tor sale at
a bargain. The farm contains
about 164 acres of land, about 120
acres in cultivation all fenced,
balance in prairie and timber
pasture, 25 acres oh hog proof
fence. The improvement# con
aist of a first new dwelling of 6
rooms, ball, two porches, all
frame building nicely painted
and papered, fine dug well on
back porch, small barn, smoke
house, buggy house, tenant
house of three rooms, porch,
small barn, and two good pools.
This farm is located on the right
hand side of the public road going
to Edhube, and is a beautifu
place, and is worth looking at if
you want a choice piece of prop
arty close to a good town.
This is the first time this place
baa been offered for sale, it is
not a inn down piece of property.
The price is only $40 per acre,
and the terms areonly one-fourth
cash, and balance on long time.
See us if you mean business.
Evans A McKinney.
Over First National bank.
Correspondents, Please Take Notice.
ThitNews has been compelled
to leave out a number of good
common’cations in the last few
weeks because the writers there-
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There will be a series of precinct
Sunday School conTentions held at the
following places in Fannin county:
L adonia, Sunday and night, March 1,
Geo. M. Evans, vice president.
Honey Grove, Monday and night,
March 2, J. A. Meek, vice president.
Lannius, Tuesday ahd night, March
3, W. T. Wallace, vice president.
Telephone, Wednesday, day only,
March 4, J. D. Stewart, vice president.
Ivanhoe, Thursday, day only, March
4, R. V. Parr, vice president.
Bonham, Friday and night, March 6,'
W. C. Wright, vice president.
Savoy, Saturday, day only, March 7,
W. A. Dean, vice president.
Leonard, Sundayjand night/March 8,
Denny McLarry, vice president.
Lewis Collins, state secretary, of
Dallas, will attend all of these conven-
tions. They will open promptly at 10
o’clock a m. The public is invited to
attend these conventions at the various
places. The same topics will be used
at all places and open for free discus-
sion. J. Lee Tarpley, county president,
Bonham.
J. F. Sadler, County Secy. andJITeas.,
Bo ilham.
Program for Bonham, March 6. Bring
your bible. Be on time:
10:00 a. m. Devotional exercises.
' 10:15 a. m. Appointment of secre-
tary and committee on constitution.
10:20 a. m. Orai reports from Sun-
day schools.
10:30 a. m. What are’we here fox'?—
Everybody.
10:40 a. m. The condition of Our pre-
cinct and how to improve it.—By Vice-
President.
10:50 a.m. What I need in my
school.—Everybody.
11:00 a.m. How may the superin-
them. It is a rule of news-
papers to require all letters for
publication to be signed by the
author. You can use a pen name
for ^publication,» but your own
must also be signed to your com-
munications. The News’ cor-
respondents will All please take
notice of this.
No. 37. 2t.
New Orleans and Return $15 45.
On account of Mardi Gras,tick-
ets on sale Feb. 17 to 23. good
for return until Feb. 28, with
privilege of extension until
March 14 th.
J. M Booth, Ag’t
85 3-t T. A P. Ry Co.
Eagle cotton and 'corn stalk
cutters. Eagle middle bus'ers.
Eagle Steel Harrows. Eagle
corn and cotton planters. Eagle
steel beam turning plows. Eagle
walking and riding cultivators,
latest improved.
For Sale by,
J. W. Dabney.
812 South Main Street
iog exercises?—By Lewis Collins, Dal
las.
11:30 a. m. What I know aboutthe
lesson for next Sunday and how I found
it out.—By Miss Virgie Judson.
11:45 a. m. Absent scholars: What
to do about it.—By J. M. Terry.
NOON.
1:30 p. m. Personal ‘work^by every
member of the school. How to get it.—
By S. B. Howard.
1:40 p. m. Bible drill.— By Lewis
Collins.
2:00 p. m. How to win andrhold the
young men.—By J. F. Sadler.
2:20 p.m, Cradle roll.—By Lewis
Collins.
2:40 p. m. How can we increase at-
tendance?—By J. Lee Tarpley.
3:00 p. m. The mission of the Sunday
school.—By Dr. R. M. Alexander.
3:20 p. m. Music: Its value inJSun-
day schools.—By Mrs. M. Z. Williams,
3:30 p. m. Round table.—By Lewis
Collins.
4:00 p.m. What help has this con-
vention given me and which oiuiehing
will I try to do?—By everybody.
Closing song—Blessed be the tie that
binds.
At places where night sessions are
held the program will consist of recita-
tions, music and addresses by Lewis
Collins, J. F. Sadler and J. Lee Tarp-
ley.
The County Convention willjmeet at
Bonham August 11-13, 1903.
PROGRAM
FOR
FANNIN COUNTY TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD AT BONHAM. TEXAS,
FEBRUARY 14. 1903.
A. M.
10:00.
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Reading—An Exposition of Pagts 219-243,
White’s Elements of Pedagogy,
v I. W. Evans.
Aiithmbtic—An Exposition of Pages 294-310,
White’s Elements of Pedagogy.
P. E. McDonald, W. F. Khkton.
State Superintendent’s Biennial Report.
R. G. Stone, J. L. Russell.
P. M.
1:30.
Local Taxation. W. J. Morrow.
'Educational Literature for the Teacher.
J. B. Laughlin, Miss Ida'Dupree.
Punishment—Proper and Improper.
E. F. King, R. V. Parr.
The institute last Saturday was very interesting
and profitable to the teachers who were present. We
trust that as many teachers as can will be with us at
our next meeting. To attend your county institute,
is a duty to yourself, to your school and to the pro-
fession. Remember that each school month closes
on Friday before each institute.
. Fraternally,
W. J. MORROW,
County Supt.
To The Farmer* of Texa*.
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There has been much said and
written about the boll weevil de*
stroying the cotton crop. I have
of late examined cotton stalks in
a number of fields in Fannin
county. I find the stalk has been
penetrated by a bug which is
called the boll weevil. I found
a great number of eggs and some
young worms in the pith of the
stalk,1 placed there by the weevil..
The/farmers have been cutting
these stalks and plowing them
under for a number of years,
which has material’y aided the
weevil in increasing. It is a
mistake about the weevil only
lately emigrating to this country,
for I have seen this same bug
working on the acorns for at
least twenty years. I first found
them working on the green
acorns in October. At that
time they damaged about one
acorn out of every fifty,: but
since they have increased till
they now nearly totally destroy
the acorn crop, and have for tne
last several years. How I came
to discover the weevil and his
workings; I, until la’ely, have
raised a great many hogs and in
the fall depended largely on the
acorn mast for feed, and I close-
ly observed the aeorn crop dur
ing that time. The bug . that is
doing the damage to the acorn
crop, the fruit crop and the* cot-
ton is usually kao vn as tho boll
weevil and is described as fol-
lows: It is a small reddish
brown bug about the size of a
common table pea with a hard
bill oq the front part of the head,
about £ of an inch long. This
bug penetrates the acorn, the
cotton stalk and the boll with
this bill, then desposits the egg
which hatches a worm in a short
time. The bug can fly; itjhas a
hard covering over its wings.
At the time I first discovered
this bug working on the acorns,
a great part of this country was
in woods and pastures and was
burned every year. Now the
country has become more thickly.
9$ttled and cut up into farms and
the burning has almost ceased.
When the country was burned
it would destroy these insects m
great numbers, and at that time
the farmers cut and burned their
stalks, which helped to destroy
this insect. I earnestly beg of
all the farmers that they cut and
burn all their stalks, as this is
the only feasible way of destroy-
ing this insect pest. I, however,
don’t find eggs in every stalk I
examine. If any one wishes to
examine for the eggs and
signs of this'pest they will look
about six inches from the top of
the stalk and then on down for
about eighteen inches, they will
find a soar on the bark of the
stalk: if you will take your knife
and trim the bark from the stalk,
you will find small holes which
this pest has made to place the
egg in: by splitting the stalk
you will find the egg in the pith.
Now friends, don’t think this is a
myth, I have carefully made the
investigation and found it to ba
true. Each one of you should
consider it his own duty to de-
stroy all the stalks ou your place
and don’t leave it to your neigh-
bor, thinking he will do it for
.you. The more of you who do
this the more insects will be
killed. Don’t turn the stalks
under, for if you do, you are
turning under the eggs of the
insects that will eat up your crop
after you have worked hard and
made it, but burn them. I ex-
pect to havd my renters burn all
their stalks, and I am now mak-
ing machines for cutting the
stalks. I am making a v shaped
harrow, and using the knives of
an old stalk cutter, bolting the
knives oq the back of this har-
row,using two knives to each
harrow, so that it will cut two
rows at once, working two
horses to this cutter. I think if
the farmers will do this for a
few years we may again have suc-
cess In raising cotton and less in
sects to destroy it.
Very trulv,
® J- VcGrady
MORE COUNTY NEWS.
EL WOOD.
J. A. Elledge has sold his lower farm
to R. L. Hopper and purchased B. F.
Frasier’* farm. Mr. Frasier and fam-
ily have moved to Rains Co.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan has sold a
portion of her home farm to her
daughter, Mrs. Alice Peters.
Mr. W. M. Peters is attending court
at Bonham, this week.
Mrs.W.F.Keeton and little daughter,
Annie Mae,spent last week in Bonham.
Edgar McRae returned last week
f rom a short stay at' Boswell, I. T.
School is progressing nicely with
good attendance.
Mr. L. ifc. King, of the Rayenna
News, was among us last week; in the
interest of his paper.
The farmers, availing themselves of
the opportunity afforded by this mild
winter weather, have the greater part
of the soil prepared for planting an-
other crop^
Notwithstanding the short crops last
year,the sturdy farmer has begun anew
the preparation of the soil for another
crop with more vim and courage, if pos-
sible, than he would have otherwise
done, had he been blessed with abund-
ant yield, thereby remunerating hi
for bis last year’s labor. There is n
v ocation in life that demands more pa
tience, courage and energy than that
of the “Tiller of the soil;” in no avoca-
tion are these requirements found more
than in the yeomanry of our country,
in whose hands the perpetuity of our
Republic rests. democrat.
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MEN’S SHOES FOR
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2.00
2.50
OTHERS MAY LOOK
Like them, but none will
WEAR like them.
Why take chances when you can
always get the BEST here?
GALE & CHANEY
Nortwest Comer Square. ’ - - The Shoe Store.
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ASH GROVE.
As we have no regular correspond-
ents from this place, I will send you a
few items,and bope«they will be worthy
a place m your columns. We thought
we would hear /‘Laddie” again after
her return from Denton, but so far she
has not made her appearance.
Things are moving along smoothly
in our community at present. Farm-
ers are breaking, their ground ready
for another crop. Seemed as if we
were gob g to have# some— spring
weather a few days since, at least I am
sure if the weather had continued as
many days longer, we would have been
without fruit next year, for the sproui-
ing^buds would haye been killed later
on by Winters chilling weather.
Mr, Davis, of Ridings, is visiting Mr.
Moore and family this week.
Mrs. Gaines who was visiting her son
Bob, of this place, returned to h£r
home in Bonham, last week.
Mr. Farris,of this community,had quite
a runaway one day last week*. His
horses took fright and began w/ run
with {he plow; Mr. Farris was unhurt
but a young mule he was working was
cut badly on the leg, and came near
bleeding to death.
The school here, fho’ small, is mov-
ing on very nicely. The pupils are In-
tending to celebrate our good Father
Washington’s birthday on Friday, Feb-
ruary 20th. The 22nd being on Sun-
day they will have their exercise Fri-
day before. The children are antici-
pating a nice time.
Married Sunday morning, February
8th, at the home of the bride’s parents,
Miss Martha Billings, and Mr. John
Clark, Rev. Bloodworth, of Ector, of?
delating. Miss Billinas J has been
reared here, and is a good and indus-
trious girl, loved and respected by all
who know her. We have not known
Mr. Clark very long, but he has the
name of being an upright Christian
gentleman, and has the appearance of
the same. We wish them all the joy
that lift can give.
We can’t express how we enjoyed
our Ector correspondent Griago’s letter
last week and week before. His letters
are always good and interesting, but
it seems as if bis being housed in by
sickness and bad weather tends to
make them better.
There were not so <nany subscribers
to the News in our community last
year as this. But the paper gets bet-
ter every year and gains more sub-
scribers. I can’t say enough in praise
of the News. Papa’s Boy.
kins visited home folks Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. Piland filled his regular ap-
pointment at this place the second Sun-
day.
New students are still arriving for
the N. T. B. College. Miss Beulah
Arnold oi Dallas arrived Monday, and
entered school Tuesday morning.
Everything lovely in schooL .
rof. C. B. Hammett leaves today
uinlan, Texas; he is pastor ef the
Baptist church at that place and
11 preach there Saturday and Sun-
day.
The C. M. A. has organized a lodge
at this place and have got nine mem-
bers already.
Messrs J. M. Gilbert and Bo^thhave
just returned from St. Louis where
they have been with cattle.
Mr. W. B. Bell is in Bonham this
week attending court.
.Mr. N. H. Hilton has just about com-
pleted his new building and is moving
in. We are glad to say that he has
one among the finest houses in our lit-
tle city.
Mr. Thomas Eads has been on the
sick list, but we are glad to say he is
up once more.
Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Newberry spent
Sunday in our little city with the fam-
ily of J. M. Gilbert. Call again Mr.
Newberry.
Our exercise at N.T. B. C.goes under
tbe name of the students prayer meet-
ing and it is proving to be a grand sue*
cess.
Well we are glad to see so many cor-
respondents la our county. W^fio en-
joy all of them. Good luck to all of
the correspondents and the News.
^ ^ Old Patorila.
He Shoots Better Now. >
At one tinje in his career as a
sportsman, Grover Cleveland was
far from being the good shot he is
today. When a young man he used
to go to Waretown, N. J., after
ducks, and the uncertainty of his
aim is still recalled when the good
people of that place hear of his
shooting expeditions. One day he
went duck hunting with Joe Co-
burn, a veteran guide. Mr. Cleve-
land shot worse than ever before,
though flock after flock went over
his head. Aftez-a great waste of
powder and shot nb* finally brought
down a brace of ducks, saying with
delight as he did so: “Yes, sir,
SELFS.
Here we are again, but we are in the
mud, but we thank our God ‘that we
are not on tne black lapd at this time.
We have been on the tblack land
enough to sympathize with the people.
It is mighty nice to live on sandy land
in the winter and on the black land in
the summer. It has been raining most
all day, and still looks like it will rain
always.
Mr. R. G. Barns made a business
trip to Nuet last week, returning Sun-
day.
Last Tuesday we bad a hail storm
here, and when it was over Rev* H. F,
Jones was standing at the gate of Rev.
C. B. Hammett's w'th Paul and Silas
and his little wagon load of books, as
though nothing had happened, and on
the night following he preached an ex-
cellent sermon at the Baptist churfcb
at this place, and also lectured at tbe
N. T. B. College, whiehjwas welcomely
received by all. If it takes a hail storm
to bring him here, we would like to
have one once a week anyway. We
feel that he did a great deal of good,
and left several of his books i<V our
At, one
HALF THE COST
Lion Coffee
has better strength and
flavor than many so-aalU
i ed “fancy” brands.
Bulk coffee at the same
price is not to 1m com-
pared with Lion in quality,
to i tb. air tight.
When Mast Went A-Hunting.
Thomas Nast used to tell of meet-
ing an. Englishman while crossing
to Europe and beir*k invited tcTgo
hunting in Hertfordshire. The En-
glishman was master of a pack of
hounds in his district. Nast accept-
ed the invitar'en “ and jvo»-.ptly|
learned the difference betweeil
hunting in this country and tho
-sport in England. “I never felt
quite so insignificant in my life,’*
he used to say in telling the story*
as when I arrived at the rendez-
vous and saw that brilliant meet-
the men in their scarlet coats ana
thej jolly looking women on thefr
fine mounts, and there was I trudg-
ing along the road with a game bag
ind a gun. My English friend hadlj
meant a fox hunt, of course, but*
such an idea never occurred to me.
Fraudulent Antiques.' i
The industrial museum at Hanaia)
burg has an instructive department)
zonsisting of bo^us antiques of dif-
ferent kinds, jewelry, glassworks
pottjery and Pompeiian bronzes
fraudulently made in Italy to catchtf
the unwary. Chinese porcelains and;
Italian majolica fabricated in1
France, medieval woodwork, pew-
ter pieces and porcelain made ill'
Germany, imitations of old brocade#
and textiles carefully worn thin and
soiled to simulate antiquity, and so
forth. It appears that curators of
museums have formed, a League of
Museum Officers for Protection;
Against Frauds. The league ha$
already spotted various bands of
they will fly into it once in a great falsifiers of antique objects and wrC"
while.” Mr. Cleveland did not fish their names to members. So far *
for any more compliments that day. they have not published them, but
* tKev threaten to do so if the marked
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Literature and Friendship.
It is well known that Mr. Whis-
tler, the American,born painter,
once challenged George Moore, the
men continue their operations.
The Marine ^grvke F|«g. —
The revenue marine service flag*
novelist, to a duel, but the origin of authorized by act of congress Mar.
a, 1799, was originally prescribed
to “consist of sixteen perpendicular
stripes, alternate red and white, the
union;of the ensign, bearing the
arms j of the United States in 4arfl
blue on a white field.” The sixteen
stripes represented the number of
states which had been admitted to
the Union at that time, and no
change has been made since. Prior
to 1871 it bore an eagla In the union
of the pennant, which was then |ub-
sttyirted by thirteen blue stars in a
white field, but the eagle and start
*re still retained in the flag.
the quarrel is not, perhaps, well
known. Mr. Moore wrote a critic-
al article wherein he lauded the
work but ridiculed the personality
of Whistler. On the appearance of
this article he sent it to his friend,
saying in the note that accompanied
it that he hoped nothing he had
written would make any difference
in their friendship. Mr. Whistler’s
retort was characteristic. He
wrote: “The next time I see it is
probable that I shall pull your nose.
But this will make no difference in
our friendship,. I hope.”
READ THIS STATEMENT.
town.
v* r c*
-. Robert -Shtew and. Kr.ry At
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And see how our Home Fire Insurance Enterprise,
tbe Texas Co Operative Fire Insurance Association is
getting along. We are 7 months old to day. Jan. 15tn.
1903 We have written to date 986 policies covering
1822 different risks, the smallest risk being $2. the
average risk $400, and the largest $1000. The whole
amount written to date is $739,803. We have paid in
losses to date $2,202 30. We have collected one assess-
ment aod we are levying our second assessment to-day.
AmoDg our members are a large number of the leading
business men end representative citizens of North
Texas.
> J. F. SADLER,
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1903, newspaper, February 13, 1903; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914266/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.