The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1906 Page: 4 of 4
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Bonfjam 41?etos.
Evakb & Evans, Proprietors.
of Yhe United States at twenty*
nine. Then, brethren, “look not
alone on youthful prime,” but on
ton is very promising, but most
of it is late.
Mrs. Mary Dulaney and chil-
-— dren, of Sherman, were visiting { qualification in deciding whom
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: the lady’s parents and other re!- you will honor with a seat in the
One Year........................ll.oo ! atives and friends around here next national council. Old Choc,
Six Months .......................501 last week. She, with her father,
Three Mouths.....................26 [mother and two daughters,
Invariably in Advance.
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COUNTY NEWS
TELEPHONE.
July 16.—Well, it is raining
again, and has been for about
two days, but we had'enough dry ^OCK* wom
weather tr» pnahlp runnlo naf I last week.
The infant
spent one day with us, which we
enjoyed to the fullest extent.
No better woman ever left this
community, and no one meets
with a heartier welcome than
she when she makes her annual
visits.
Mrs. Bud McDuffy, another
good woman, gave us a brief call
weather to enable people to get
their crops up in good shape. Do
EDHUBE.
We had another big rain Mon-
day night, which will keep the
farmers out of the field tor sev-
eral days. The weeds, grass and
burrs are growing fast.
T. Z. Rogers is having a new
room built to the rent house oc-
cupied by Mrs. Stone. This will
add a great deal to the comfort
of the home.
Mrs. Ramsey and little boy and
Mrs. Hogde and children, of Pe-
can Gap, who have been visiting
G. W. Tarpley and family, re-
turned home Monday evening.
Rev. Bonnie Grimes and wife,
of Tioga, were visiting in this
community Saturday and Sunday.
——mj/ iu auapc. lju i - ......... of Mr. and Mrs-
you reckon people will begin to T°ra Hodges was buried at Car-
halloc “boll worm” pretty soon? son cenictery last Thursday.
There is going to be an enormous The BaPtist meeting here clos-
corn crop made in this section; ed whh eiirht additions to the
prospects for cotton are also very churc*b five baptized,
flattering at present. Oats were ! The Epworth League Confer-
good, and are all harvested. I ence of the Bonham district met | ^ mTnVlnrtTT7 b^nday‘
. Baptist protracted meet- here last Thursday. Good at- Leachcd inter«ti„e”“
2 JZSZfXJZ £S*2 ££££.“ 1Dterestiag ses'mp°at *he Bapiiat "• .
progress for the last week, closed | The campaign for some of the L £ ^ th*S mornin^
Sunday night. The meeting was county officers is hot,-hotter l l-r Tennessee’ where he w,ill jom
a success; *lar£e attendance and j than the sun’s rays. From the f'S e.an c 11 ‘ rLn’ who left a
some conversions. number of conflicting reports Z ^ ^ ^
Prof. W. F. Keeton, candidate in£ circulated, I think this can- *1. e re^ret ve^T
for school superintendent, was vass wi]l go down in history as Lp * lcse goot peop e
shaking hands with friends here jthe Lying Campaign. There Miss Myrtle Barns, of High
Thursday. are two parties I cannot vote • . ... ,
A crowd from here attended whh—the whiskey party and the Scott and* other rel ^
the good road's meetipe at Boh £p“bli«" part>'' . Whe" 1 ** friends in and around Rihube
d Arc Bridge Wednesday. They either of these parties boosting a \ir(S T._ • n • , T
met a committee from Honey ! candidate, I always vote for the f ard attended chuih\°
Grove consisting of P. M. Price' other man. Gk.ngo. ! Z ' t ! v here Sun-
and a Mr. Smith to agree on some- — . Mrs. STST"* S‘S‘er’
plan of fixing-the road through ■ trenton. ,
8013rvAp b0tt0“' C- F- Hof>' ,1/ Sf'e 'USt fic'nbed readin«IEmmet, I. T„ are visiti^her
per. Dr Cravens, Geo. Moore and '^Messages and Papers of the sister, Mrs. Jim Leatherw0,fd.
West Moore were appointed as a Confederacy, includ.ng the dip- Mr. and Mrs Sam Edwards
committee to solicit contributions , l°ma.tic correspondence from 1861 L.av~ a jin.pr Q . ■
from this community, and to cor- to 1865* compiled by Hon. James youn£r oeoo]e of .J”'3/ ° *be
respond with the Honey Grove I D* Richardson of Tennessee. It They report a fine mmuniJy-
committee. During the wet sea-!is in two large octavo volumes of nice time ‘nner 3nd a
son this bottom gets almost im- over 1400 pages, elegantly bound Runvnn Whiff
passable, and it will be necessary in beautiful silk cloth, and is sold Ridge, was in Edhube Tuesday
to fix this place in order for peo-j at the low price of six dollars. morning d 7
pie to market their cotton this j U is the best history of the Con- Then w* tt • v „
Jail. federate war that I have ever ..a,!' Lm°n ' a"ey'-
The political pot is boiling jread. a“d it should be in the I nighl ° ° U.rCh herC SundaT
“ow- The candidates for county [ house of every man who wishes ‘ m;‘
judge and representive addressed ! to be correctly informed upon the Lf RandSS
the people here Saturday evening. | conduct of England, France, here' Sundav C.hurch
There was a large crowd out. and | Sp*** Belgium, and the United' “1th the
^candidates .11 made Jj-*- g. ^ ^
The school, under Prof. J. W. s°Idier will buy it. If you haVe Methodist Msto^ ’ aSS,St the
Merritt, is moving on nicely. I not the money, then sell yourl r»r cte P 8 ^ to ^-meeting.
Mrs. Joe Hawkins has been vis-|coat rather than be without it. [Tuesday ’°rse d!ed
iting in Telephone since Satur-11 would also recommend the folJ MiLL.Kaa u
day; Joe is in Honey Grove on | ^ing books as deserving E Mlss Rebccca Hammond, who
WE WANT 100 FARMS AT ONCE
If you have Real Estate to
sell see us immediately.
Your Real Estate business
solicited and executed with
accuracy.
Notary Public and Stenog-
rapher in office.
| HENRY C. EVANS & C«.
Austin College, Sherman, Texas
Refrigerators
Te season for coal is about oyer and ice time is at hand.
The ice man will have no big^ bills at your house if you
have the right kind of Refrigerator. We can sell you
that kind,
LAWN MOWERS
fIS The man who has been cooped up all winter in the of-
Ra flee wants to get out these pretty spring days. One of
the most healthful things in the world is tc get up early
and take one of our Mowers and mow the lawn.
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ICE CREAM FREEZERS
Are ahno-it a family necessity, and they are certainly a
luxury. We sell the kind you need.
FISHING TACKLE
The biggest lot of the best Fishing Tackle of all kinds
that was ever brought to Bonham. Buy yourself a good
rod, reel, line and minnows or lilies and try the black
bass at the city pool.
Hiuh <rrade College young nion.
i re para to ry course. Faculty of ex-
perienced specialists, good library,
elegant society hulls, large gymna*
“s' uni si ml jitliietlc ii.uk. First-class
lioard with iKitlis. stud electric lights.
Refining Ohristisin Influences. Nest
session opens September o. l«i*; AG.
REGISTRAR AUSTIN COLLECE
SHERMAN, TEXAS
THOMPSON-ABERNATHY COMPANY.
EUREKA SPRINGS
NOT FAR
MUSICAL CULTURE
T „ Economically Acquired By Mail.
Texa^nSrailTniSitrVS^ °f,AIus*c’ Atlanta, Ga, and Dallas,
Lr m^ords the advantage of the newest and
tra.uuig of most able instructors to persons as-
hom? The “ musical ,cu'ture> without the expense of leaving
lome. The lessons, are simple but, thorough, making the study of
merMainAereSt^Bg aii^ ®asy- References: Dunn and Bradstreets /'om-
???*$***«*? Enoo^?d by Leading Masters in Music Both
tn niA IE ^ Abroad. TTie method used is incomparably superior
^ metb°ds and is effective in producing rapid progress. Instruc-
tion books.aud sheet music furnished students gratis. If interested
in eultu re wntefor terms and furt her informat ion.
s:r«- ^... T_
WITH
Correct Service and Rates
WRITE FOR BOOKLET
C. W. STRAIN, G. P. A., Fort Worth.
business.
Misses Hattie and Maude Lam-1 federate soldier:—A Constitu-
son, of Honey Grove, have been j tional \ iew of the War Between
- visiting here and attending the |the States, by A. H. Stevens;
meeting. ; The Rise and Fall of the Con*
Dr. Cooper is in Honey Grove federate Government by Jefferson
on business. * Davis; History of the Confeder-
, Love Trailor, of Monkstown, ! ate NavV by J. T. Scharf; His-
and Miss Inez Howell, of Rags- torY of the United States by
dale, attended church here Sun-! Dercy Gregg, (an English work);
day night. | The Political Couflict in Amer-
Health of the community is, *ca* bv Alexander Harris; North-
^ood* ■ Romeo. ern Rebellion and Southern Se-
cession by E. W. R. Ewing; The
canky, i. t. [ Prisoner of War by a Virginia
As it has been quite awhile j Confederate; Prison Echoes of,
since I wrote to The News, I will' the Great Rebellion by D. R.
try to give a few dots from the Hundly; Scraps from the Prison
Territory, (^ Table at Camp Chase and John-
^ealth of the community is 500 Island by Joe Barbiere- Why
good at present. | the Sqiid South? by Hilary A.
Master Henry Parker had a! Herbert and others; Southern
dlill Friday. J War Songs collected by W. L.
People are nearly done laying f'agan; Poetical works of Abra
by their crops. It is dry here * ’ ~
and the crops are suffering for
rain.
Messrs. K. T. and Will Parker
went to Caddo Friday on busi-
ness. «=
Mrs. Leary and Grandpa Hal-
pens, of Caney, visited at the
home of K. T. Parker Saturday.
Vie understand that there were
several ghoctaws in Canev drunk
Saturday, and it was ^reported
that one got seriously hurt.
Tom Parker, Alpha Parker,
and ye scribe attended the Choc-
taw campmeeting Sunday. We
couldn't tell whether the sermon
was a good one or not, as there
were but very few words that we
could understand. They sang ia
Choctaw. They sang one song
that we knew, and a few of them
sang the chorus in English.
There will be a picnic at Lew-
ip the 28. Daisy.
place Tn the HbraTl S**™* a has •**» “Gendin* the normal at
TL!? '"th„e..l brarVOfe'er),con- Bonham, came home Saiurtla,.
Saturday,
accompanied by Miss Sanders.
They attended church at Edhube
Sunday. Uncle Watt.
ham J. Ryon, and The History
of the Ku Rlux Klan, anony-
mous.
I do not know the age of Sena-
tor Barrett. Some say he is too
young to go to Congress* For
their information, I would say
that age qualifies a man for
nothing, but for retirement from
active life and foe the grave.
The history of heroes is the his-
tory of youth. Richelieu was
secreteray of state at thirty-one.
Bplingbroke entered the ministry
as secretary of war at twenty-six
Pitt entered the British Parlia-
ment at nineteen, and made his
first speech at twenty; Glad-
stone entered Parliament at
twenty-three; John*Jay was elect-
ed to the first Congress that con-
vened at Philadelphia, at twenty-
eight, and was the youngest
member of that immortal baud
of patriots. Sam Houston was a
Died in Dallas. «
The following notice apfieared
in the Dallas News last TuesJav
morning:
Mrs. Nannie Moore, aged 55
years, died yesterday morning at
228 South Ervay street. Mrs.
Moore has been, a prominent resi-
dent of Ladoaia for the past
thirty years,, ajid. was well known
in many Texas points. She had
been,int Dallas visiting her son,
J* C. Moore, and had become se-
riously iLa while here, although
her health had been failing for
several years.
The remains were shipped yes-
terday afternoon by Broussard,
Beard & Co. to Ladouia for inter-
ment. Surviving her are J. C.
Moore and S. H. Moore, both of
Dallas, and Mrs. Kate Cobb and
Mrs. T. F. Hooks, of La donia.
kqtor member of Congress at thirty,
.fee a ecoccbm* drouth -
neanyfive weeks which threat-1 forty-three. Thomas Jefferson
eneddes.rnct.on to corn, we had was a member of the tfouse of
• good rain the /th, and it has Burgesses at twenty-six wrote
ra.ned every dav s.nce. Fields the Declaration of Independence
are boar*, and the roads are tear- at thirty-three, and was govern-
or of Virginia at thirty-six.
• „ , . . ~ • Henry f lay was a member of the
insure a big crop of corn—there Kentucky legislature at twenty-
"»l*uot enough planted. Cot-| six, and a mejnber of the Senate
Only one thing is lacking to
Republican Call.
^ Pursuant to a meeting of the
Fannin County Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee held in Bon-
ham June 18th, lGOis and by au-
thority vested in me I hereby call
a delegated convention of the Re-
publicans of Fannin county, Tex-
as, to meet in city hall in Bon-
ham at 2 p. m. August 4, 1<>06,
for the purpose of electing dele-
gates to State and Congressional
Convention, to nominate county
ticket and to ratify election of
County Chairman, and to attend
to such other business as may
come before that body.
All precinct chairmen are in-
structed to hold precinct conven-
tions on the 28th of July, im,
and to instruct for county chair-
man and elect delegates to coun-
ty convention.
Each precinct is entitled to the
following number of votes:
Precinct No. 1. 27; No. 2, 6;
No. 3, 21; No. 4. 16; No. 5.15;
No. 6, 6; No. 7, n,'0> ^ <)
All persons" participating in
conventions must be legal voters.
R. H. Crabb,
Ch’m'Fannin Co, Rep. Ex. Com.
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Bonham
Foundry and Woodworks
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MANUFACTURERS OF-
THE RAPID FIRE HAY PRESS
The best and most serviceable hay press on the riarket
at the price.
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^ e are also prepared to do general foundry and machine
work. Special iron and* tirass castings made on reasonably
short notice. We are prepared to do repair work on mills,
gins, engines, boilers and all kinds of machinery. We carry
in stock standard grate bars and sash weights. Shop located
on South Main Street, south of Texas & Pacitiic depot.
COOL COLORADO
‘IS NOT EXPENSIVE*
ai\ct its
Climatic-* ar\cL/» Scervio*
Delights, Pleasurable Opporturuties arid.
CONTAGIOUS AGGRESSIVENESS
are
H=:
TELEPHONE 357
aixJrS?iratio,\fraught with health
arvd future gooa for every visitor.'
THE DENVER ROAD
"Lin* of Least Resistance"oi&af-
lords frequent and incomparable through- train service.
Vacation tickets are too cheap to leave wu
an excuse. A postal suggestionof your
interest will bring surprisingly valuable
results. Address:-
A.A. Glisson, Genl. Passgr. Agt.
Fort Worth, Texas.
SMALL INVESTMENTS
Big Interest Returns
Beats Bank Stock or the Loan Companies
When it Comes to the Rate of Interest. Do Your
Own Figuring.
We have for sale in Locksboro about fifteen J
houses which range in prices from $225 to i
$325. that are paying $52.00 per year interest, j
I hese houses are all comparatively new and
well located.
$50. YOU CAN BUY THEM FOR $50.
down and the balance, $5.00 per month. If you
have any “pin money” this is a mighty good
place to put it. The property in this part of town
is so well situated that some day it will be “white
folks” property. See me if you want to buy.
WILL H. EVANS & GO.
Over First National Bank.
Texas Farmers
nece&>ar\ to comfort and easy hours, and own
Bank Accounts.
Those who are not so fortunate sljould profit by past experien-
ce.> and recognize that these conditions are possible in
The Panhandle
as no where else for the reason that no other section now offers
Really High-Class Lands at Low Prices
and that the Agricultural and Stock-farming possibilities of
his section are the ebual of. and in some res^ctsbetter than
1tlMCS h-'Jfher prictd ProPerty located elsewhere.
in a word. Magmfliceut opportunities are still open here to
those possesmg but little money; but prompt investigation and
Quick Action ,
are advisable, as speculators have investigated and are fast Dur-
chasmg w]th a knowletige of quickly developing opportunities
t° to others at greatly increased prices.
The Denver RoadS^SffKj;'#
o\er privileges, tor full information write to
A. A. GLISSON, G.P. A., Ft. Worth, Texas
ALEX PARIGIN FINE FARM CHEAP
Real Estate Agent
Ranches, farming lands
and City property. . . .
Write for price list and
terms.
Sabinal
Tex.,
Land Notes Wanted
We can handle a few first-class
land notes. Will II. Evans A: Oo.
73 ! < acres 10 miles North of
Bonham. 50 acres cultivated, 17
i'orn, 28 in cotton and all in good
shape, good frame buildings,
good bfirn and water all for$D>50
Address box 58 Route 1. Ravenna,
Texas, No7-St
J. A. MOORE.
Wanted to Exchange.
A good farm lor town property
anti notes. A bargain in the
larnt. Will H. Evans'& Co.
CANDIDATE CARDS
• >i all kinds. Wher.’ in need of
anything in this iim‘, call and
see us, or 'phone 100.
THE -BONHAM NEUS
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1906, newspaper, July 20, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth923724/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.