Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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OIJLTON
Moulton, Lavaca County, Texas, Wednesday Morning, June 2, 1897.,
R. ALBRECHT
Blacksmith,, Wheelwright in
connection. Horse Shoeing
a specialty. Give him a call
at his new shop,
"Work Guaranteed,
PRIZE ESSAYS
The following prize compositions
were written by boys 13 and 14
years old, pupils of the Shiner pub-
lic school.
GINNING.
; Old Barney’s Saloon:
MOULTON
TEXAS.
F. T. Fehrenkamp
-DEALER IN-
lumber, shingles, sashes, Winds
doors, barbed wire, brick,
and binders’ hardware.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT
— MOULTON, TEXAS
HERMANN THHR.
—DEALER IN-
URNITURE -j
and |
UNDERTAKERS SUPPLIES. J
AINTS. OILS and'
VARNISHES. PUTTY
& PAINT BRUSHES.
Picture Framing and Joiners Work a Specialty.
Moulton.
Terras
Notice.
I take this method of informing
my friends, and patrons that I have
—scId ray barber, shop to Fred Crosby,
who will conduct it in company
with II. S. Anderson, I thank you
for your past patronage and trust
you will give the same liberal sup-f
port to Mr. Crosby that voir gave!
m.e. * Yours truly,, 1
F. V. Aiimm.
HERMANNS’
SOEHNE FEST.
2tes Stiftungs Fest des Her-
manns' park, gegeben von der
Mozarts Loge, No. 59, 0. D. II. S.,
Montag. den 7ten Juni, 1897.
A lifting des festes um 9 Uhr morgens.
Yersammlong aller Logen Brueder
in der Logen Halle 8 Uhr morgens,
wo sich der Urnzug formirt und'
mit de.corirten Wagen von den
verschiedenen Geschaeftshaeusern
The sad news was received here
last Wednesday of the death of
Mrs. II. Wunderlich at Shelby,
Austin county. The deceased was
a mother to Mrs. Ad. Sehroeder
and Mrs. Emil Petrig.
A large crowd attended the dedi-
cation of the new bell at Saint
Mary’s church Thursday.
Miss Ida Morgenroth left last
Thursday for San Antonio, her
future home, and we have noticed
o'ne of our young men going around
with inflamed eyes. Mac.
Our friends, W. A. Baar and J. B.
Holloway, ‘‘saw snakes” last Mon-
day afternoon. They were out in
In sail’s pasture, when they ran
across a perfect nest of the. reptiles.
At the head of the bunch was an
immense rattlesnake. The latter
was of pugnacious disposition, and
in no.wise inclined to avoid a bat-
tle with his men foes. He threw
einen grotsen Umzug durch die j Himself into a, coil and. with an
Stadt nach den Fest Plalze macht.1 anglT rattle,met them. The gentle-
men saw he was a very large snake,
and they determined to kill him.
With sticks and clubs they charged
upon him, and in a brief space of
tune he was slain. When stretched
out he measured 5 feet 11 inches
from tip to tip, was as large around
2 Fass Bier werden frei gegeben
nach ankumft des Zuges- auf den
Fest Platze. Musik von der berue-
hmten, Shiner Firemen’s Band.
Fest Redner, Julius Schuetze, Gross
President des Ordens. Waehrend
des Tages Volks belustigungen aller
art-,.so wie: Bicycle races, baseball | as a tnau’s arm, and had nineteen
game, clay pigeon shouting, target j raUlos and, a button—making his
shooting,, etc. Abends Grosser ja£e twenty-three years. It was
Ball. Eintritt zur Tanz Halle fuer j Probably the largest rattlesnake
Herron, 50 cents. Eintritt zumjever ^PMd in this section. Mr.
park frei fuer alle. Fuer gutes | Holloway had the skin stuffed as
Essen und sonstige Erfrischunge-n j a memento of the occasion —Wei-
ist listens.gesorgt. : irjHr Mercury.
Das- Komitb, j ________
Round trip tickets good for- 30
" ! days will be sold from Moulton and
Jfr. Aug. M underlich and lady ! Shiner to Kerrville at the following
visited relatives at Eaurevilie Sun- rates. From ghiner, ?7 BG Monl!
fl hy • ; '
ton. $8.40. To Comfort from Shiner,
Ginning is the process of separat-
ing the lint from the seed.
In olden times it was much more
tedious as it was done' by hand*
but now it is done by machinery.
The first gin was invented by
Eli Whitney in the year 1793..
\\ hitney’S gin has been improved
a good deal smee it was invented,,
and now is nearly perfect.
There are many different kinds
of gins; as the Winship, Lunnis,
Brown, Smith and man}' others.
Before the gin was invented it
took a family about a week to pick
the seed out of a hundred pounds,
but now a bale of five hundred can
be ginned in twenty-five minutes
with one gin.
Ginning is not very profitable
now, but. in early times it was a
very good business, for the ginners
would get from one dollar to. one
dollar and fifty cents a hundred.
We could not, however, do with-
out gins now as it not only lightens
labor but gives employment to
many persons.
After the cotton has been ginned,
st is put up in large bales and then
sent away to foreign countries.
The cotton gins are in motion about
the last of August.
When the cotton is all open the
cotton comes to the gins every day.
The gins are crowded with bales
from morning till night. The cot-
ton first goes through a suction
which draws it to the feeders and
they throw it into the gins. Then
they separate the seed and the lint,
and then it goes through the con-
denser which bungs it into the
press. A good day’s ginning with
four gins is about thirty to forty
bales.
There is very much trouble after
the gin season is over. Such as
shaping the saws, new brushes, new
belts and many other things.
The gin runs about three hun-
dred revolutions in a minute and
the brush about four hundred and
fifty revolutions.. Anybody must
be very careful when the cotton is
wet, for the gins will choke them-
selves and often a fire will break
out and will cause great damage.
Whenever the cotton is very wet
the most of it stays on the seed and
goes into the seed house. Some
people think when they make their
cut ton wet they will gain, but they
will lose and the oil mill will have
the profit.
A gin can be run about ten years,
then it isn’t any aecount any more.
It will take as much to repair the
old one as to get a new one.
There are many men required to
do the work around a gin. One is
needed to run the gins, four at the
press, one to fire, one to watch the
J engine, and several to haul the seed.
The seed is taken to the oil mill
where it is ginned once more and
then pressed for the oii which is in
the seed. The oil is very valuable.
The ginners gin for
"V"
is where all the people go.
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Fine Whiskies,. Liquors,. Beer and. Cigars-,.
Moulton,, — - Texas;
GOBBIS’ SALOOH.
33* K- CORDISfcS,. Prop-
Moulton’s Most Popular' Saloon,.
~W~inesv X-siQYxors
A PULL, STOCK, OF
auxicL Oigrsirs.
THE OLD SARATOGA WHISKEY always kept in stock.
Moulton - - Texas:
Ire olden times they used to be still
more particular than now, for cot-
ton was scarce and they had to-' pay
so much for ginning.
Ad. Stephan.
HEROES OF TEXAS
REVOLUTION.
Having been requested to prepare
an essay for the closing of school, I
choose as my subject “The Heroes
of Texas.”
All of you that have any knowl-
edge of Texas history must surelv
remember some of the heroes that
freed this grand Lone Star state
from the Mexican rule. Ever since
the discovery of Texas, Mexico
claimed and, tried to get Texas
under the Mexican rule.
The first of heroes was S. F.
Austin., who went to the city of
Mexico to get a separate' govern-
ment for Texas, but it was refused
him.
The first battle was a viet'orv for
the brave Texans. In this battle
186 Texans defeated 140 Mexicans.
Austin was conspicuous in this j
battle. !
Another hero who must be re-
membered is old Ben, Milam, who
was killed at San Antonio.
On March 6th, you all know that
Texas’'greatest heroes died; among
whom were Crockett, Bonham,
Bowie and Travis. Bowie was on
a cot, sick, when the Mexicans
round him. I suppose you all
know what answer he gave Santa
Anna when Santa Anna told him
to keep still.
Crockett came from Tennessee
and was the greatest bear hunter
ever known. He also died" like-’ a
hero.
Travis was a young man when he
passed away; Texas lost one of her
greatest heroes.
After the sacrifice, the bodies of
these brave Texans were burned.
The next one of Texas’ heroes to
pass away was Col. Fannin. It
was at Goliad that he surrendered.
You also know his three requests,
which were all broken.
After these events
At- the battle of San Jacinto tho‘
Texans captured Santa Anna, whicln
meant freedom for Texas.
If I am-not mistaken none of' the-
Texas heroes are living, but their*
brave deeds and acts are kept in
mind by the Texans, A monm
ment has been erected in honor of
those heroes that fell at the Alamo-
They are also erecting-one in honor*
of the saviour-of our country, Sam
Houston,
May these brave men and their
deeds live in the minds of Texans
now and forever.
Steps. Kolchak.
School closed Friday, and.Satur-
day the children had a picnic out
in Hahnke’s pasture and spent.the;
day in frolic and fan..
ON ACCOUNT OF
Colorado River Picnic. June 8r,
the Aransas Pass will sell round
trip tickets from Shiner and Moul-
ton at 50 cents; children 25 cents..
Special tram will leave Shiner,-
about 6:30 a. m.
Round, trip tickets at one fare;
plus 50 cents to Corpus Christi,,
Rockporb and Portland.. Aransas-
Pass tickets to be limited to five;
days from day of sale. Also wild
sell 30-day excursion tickets to the-
above points at train rates.
$5.50 to Waco and return, June •
28th to July 2nd;, occasion ox
Teachers’ con vention..
Day train No, 41 from Waco oru
and after- Sunday, May 23, wilL
connectwith G. H. &rS. A, at Fla-•
tonia and handle- business- fronn
Waco to San Antonio.-
Day train No. 42 from Yoakum i
after Sunday, May 23; will connect.
with G. H: & S. A. No. 19 at* Fla--
tonia. and handle- business- from;
San Antonio and, points west-- off
Flatonia,
[ADVERTISEMENT.]
Ft seems as if one of our oid citb-
jzens,.a newspaper reporter.*. hap—
happened, i pens;- to get. ©a a* MfigARmesorne” ’
different j Houston, who was- captain then, j every other day now, . Gn May 26,.
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The telenHone line from WiHintr L ' e > died. In ISQo the ginners ginned i In this he succeeded. On the. 21st I...... ,,
to \Y it; cl is n o \v co m nl ete.f Xf6-90’' frora MouUon. »,70. To for«0 cents and gave tbe bagging and I of April. Houston and 700 brave htUi! ^ogs -nrerer nor. able • to bmK
j Boerne from Shiner, $6.10; from | tieswith iti The people are hard j Texans- defeated 4000 Mexicans*-.! Dome. The nighk wa-teLmam
Mr. J. J. Smithy of \\ itting., was I Moulton,j$j5;90. To Gauahl from ' to please now: they always think The freeing of Texas belongs- to would have locked him up. but hie
bore-ouJAUsmess. Sunday. Shiner, .$.< .60; from Moulton, $3.00.: that.some of.tLoir cotton gets. lost.. Sam Houston and.lne.daring.band,.' took pity on the old.man. 1U
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Ward, Charles W. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1897, newspaper, June 2, 1897; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111954/m1/3/: accessed May 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.