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*2.00, 2.50 an.: $3.06
) be had, $1.03, 2.00
fancy wool dress goods.
for
.4 5c. hlk. Henrietta cloth for
.5)
.35
.25 “ mixed
.2 1 novelty suiting
.1 5 outing flannel for
.124 “ “ “
J | 44 44 II
q “
X 44 , 44 4»
1.0 1 wool underwear fo*-
.75 - “
.50
.5J woe 1 hose for
.25 fleeced hose for
.15 “ “
$2.50 mack ntoshes
1.00 kid gloves
6.(*0 cape s
6.(0 wool blankets
200 yd spool cotton
f
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ALVIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY. JAM ARY 2b. 1.3( 0.
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--LADIES--
For thoroaghbre I bargains and genui
Money Saver s.e'he •<•:
fray.
We Guarantee Our HATS
wearer.
look
Light colored hats, from
Drown hits, f"om
Black and brown Derbys,
n
75c. to $3.50
$1.00 to 3.00
1 00 to 3.50
4.W
3.50
3."5
lie
50c.
35
30
25
15
12
12
9
5
3
59
50
39
18
.29
.20
.10
$1.95
.75
3 50
3 50
.02
r
Fto
h to
i to be the latest in styles, and to give satisfaction to the
, Men’s Black Alpine Hats from
•* •• m_ilin»k rim K ♦
medium rim h it
wide 11
Take a
ver lit ought to Alv h.
an i color; Mack, white, brown, lra > and gray. -o s.
Ihe| quality runs front a cheap hat to the tint fur dress ha>.
W <• received this week the finest line of HATS
latest n STYLE, shaj
he convinced,
member
And hundreds of others euually attractive.
S. W. ANDERSON, Alvin.
VOL. 9
HATS.
Jress.
S. W. ANDERSON’S
Grand Clearing Sale
of Winter Weight Me chandise
♦ shining success:
S500.00 HATS
A Hat is the Crowning Part of Man's Jress. j
I
Bovs Mats, Brown. Black, White and Gray
a fine displays
s.
Block.
Bank.
E
Hats.
REMLEY Bl
CASH STORE, i
at our show w indow and you will see
ihirt fir
cut
“ gk ves
“ cajs
$1.50 all wool Un
1.' Mi halt woo
.75 fine fleece 1
.50 “
.25 all wool sox
.35 “
.75
.50
.35
.25 “
1.00 to 2.'3O pact
s for
2.50 fish brane slicker
2.30 mackintoshes for
2.00 hunting coats for
1.25 wool over
2.00 heavy sho is for
5.00 hunting b lots for
3.00 calf
1.00 wool sweaters for
Gloves, 50, 75, 1
Hate. 50c.. 75 1.1)0, 1.50,
Pai ts that are tlie best t
$3.00, $4.00 anil $5?
I>
T
be at once
on
appoint d for the pn pose
country of Texas
of I
Ewing
2
the
it : Austin
ly drained, will liecome a
1
F
the
(ion
information
R
I . i
fl
sent and
there ha- never *>eeii
retaiy U B B iir, A
ted secre ary.
to order President Pah ier said :
“Gentlemen: It <
gathering known a
draft ag“ convention
is-ed in
work of <1 image
question i quite t
section as that f a
drainage.
A A v n on tl e 5 h >f this month
an
numb r
and
1895
nage v as v rv a ly
o had cause to real-
c ihiDit eu
Mr Si
:. Thiikieli, I’ealtl;
’ Kodol 1hs|-( psi t Cure
: ignly.
*•• I.
Ier v,..,.
injuriu/
iermg wor
ch would
di litigation an-;
We in list
num! er of nr*.petty I <niters.
K4me to b levied a> ;l tjecitn
tne property thus lam tiled,
ma le no provision fo
■efore i
assured
mi ny re
. t fori
•ling >
The law j<a*
vide«i for the
align rated by the co»
4 11' .11 KI'J ' I ilg ,
t are pleased woh it’s |
't Chii ago )lily Caiu nei.
it 1 r. Heinley’s drug ntor■*.
■ njen wh<> had seen
ccrueil from syste- |1(, ra prop* r dra nagn s?stern, an I
ier state*. The pre ' |, h»If of tl e city he welc< to**<! the 1
J u. Slllei
Col Dirs’, of Illinois
ht-allL v.
and.
it section
.f n tack of
the citizenfl
* of acres of
nabie of the
presumably rejeRhng the law of
This law provided like th* first '
for a sjeuific tax on the property bene-
fited It was uinie t
manner of contractin ; for the work and
was changed in some other details, but
offered no relief as to manner of pay-
ment by the property holder
J" 4 4»C14~4 «.^.Xv4l.A» ■* M. < «d.4«l
passed, authorizing a
Heinley, City Drug Store, Alvin Dr ig
ieen .
av p
opinion was
he 8100 wa>
o preceptible
that wav.
de ided to hold tl e South Tex-
for
Iveitised
B. L. Osgood, P. M.
i uud mon» y
> tTei te I
week end.ng •
1 remedy sold <
(CUre.no pay
Mider, Amlin i give this atr->
the above will i
to travel
atbiy and
permanftnl:
4ope. M4N-
ons Riihmit-
w h tch
inert.
‘Me children suffered
. ------. .ea» with chills and love
pleteiy cured j les of
’ ’ : . !^i ■ 1 »n!. 50 cents . Trvttiom.
Sold by Alvin Drug Co.
will be refunded if cure isnot
For * de by Dr F A ll/mley
January 2f 1900:
J »hnson. N’ I-
Hens lee, L M
Persons calling
say adverti;
t est man or wonu- t
iM , salary tw n nnl
.ocrease, position j
jessed stamped tn V‘4
S3J Laxton blog , Chicago.
i. Bevry. L<'»anlont Pa
am <> illiiig t" take inv ••Th ____ ___
< nr.* I of pneumonia entire y *v t‘ e m-e
, <>i <' -e Minute C< ugh Ctii’*a;.-r d-x < rs
i tail ? I. It aho cured ii y cliiidren of
J who pinir ct iiiih. ’ Quick . relieves an 1
. < ui<- coughs, colds, cronp, aripp * and
ir : and bing trou'Ue-. 'rtiildien all
k>* it. Mothers endor** ji* --F. A
./kuLVIISJ
Arca< a, Alt a Loma A eurrf'i lingcoun-
try: You an Hereby restjw;I dy invited
' io coir espond with me in reg ini to mak-
* * Car’ifubert and
1 SHALL Pay
a (RICE tor
hiug raised on a certfdi number of
JULIUS BOEHME.
Pn pr. Oleander City Vinep'ar Works.
Galveston, Texas.
lected to do the work by »; levy of a spec
ial tax upon the property to be »en-fit-
ed. If this question can be solved agM
can get a drainage lav.. No tex,
t-ver can be levied rxvep premi’ted^B
but
has
nunff*1’
Hale 5k
In 189f» another and additional was
‘Z'~- a drainage system to
be iraugurated by counties or districts
and lor that purpose d e county was an-
on a >i'n i of .io .?iuiid;incec»f water ami
a lack of 'irainsi’e a
from points i if the n
to at rn l. .i iarae an 1 entb.usia tic meet-
ing was held and this meeU-ng today is
the result thereof.
Xlie c- «»f dra
diwussed by aen wl
ize the in u s> r.y of p ompt action aiong
this line : s u ell aS b
the benefit that has .
inatiu drairage in ot
sent diainage law s vere read and d.s
cusse I and consid< ruble
wo* secuied »s to why a dr. i.nig • svsteiu
larg*: a per cent, ci i s delegates gray
haired men; all of vliici1 means earnest-. mejrreu. ■, n h.uvvsu
ne.'.s in ‘he work f< r drainage with<>ut j It*1'•*<-1 th > the 'vn»k
which many will uh et with
men' an-1 failure.
ing w;-.s m; adjourn
Alvi !, ;.niiiiry 5tb.
called to < rder by I*
Hb Wife Saved Him.
Mv wife’.- _•■ »od advice saved niv life
writes F. M. Ross of Winfield, Ten .
f* I hail such a bad cotiyh I •oul I bar I-
ly breath’*, I steadily grew worse tin I ■
d'letor’e treatment, but my wife urg**»l
! m< to use Dr. King’s New I'i.-covery for
Cotisumption, which cotnj ‘
mt* ’’ Coughs. Colds. Bronchitis.
1 irippe, Pneumonia, 'sthina, Hay Fevet
and all mala hes of Chest. Throat and
Lungs are pc stively cured by this mar |
vcllous medicine. 50c. and |1 <U. i .1
Every bott e gnatanteed. 1’ri: I bottl • 1
i fire at Alvin Drug • o ’« More.
i is neces-
rainage wilt ,
contain -1
in |(s I
i as a 1
had not iieer. developed mdert •« selaws.
in riel, pro
* to Im- in
nihifudrners of co in- i . . ,
ties m1 ere Ted, on petit ion of a speciiiv! 11 wab ‘h ue w
rv.,r.„ U...C.lurU( ty)r» (Q^t of ’1'11.
• ;>eeilic tax against: tun business league, calh
I his law j y Wh’ lees. member of
any extention to
the property holder for the payment of
.jkiderf-I
bat I was
the dry .,|ea;
■■nend-
o en- ’
. Ix*u is Dennis, Salem. Ju 1 “ays. “ K •
i ol D* spepsia Cure did r: more good
than nythii g I ever took ” It d eestfi
what ou eat an i cannot n but cure
dvypt -sia and st •inach tr ' .es.—F. A.
Re m I y.
TO TH1T3
F'-r sale I y I »r. F ' Fa nieis and Planters ot
Haling Gr at Kuk on €’h*inberlain*»»
Cough •enwUy.i
’* ,,a< 1 ' Manager MartiiiXf the [’ims'-n drug
I . ini r, - , J i..,. i ■ ,
rear? he has u
’ avoided Nervousness, Sleeplessness, In- e(j.-
d gestion, Hftirt trouble, Constipation ' c;nt
th it a i<l Rheun ati-m, bv using Electric Bit
linage oon-
ihe Texas
1 flrequent
country is a* well
of the Union
committee equal to i
of hnndiing the quesii
pointed
the legislature and seh-
t n render such aid as
went constitution in
4 as will n uder th-*
ear
istitution
/stem of <lra:
Jainentai law
*n<! limitations i
. .. constantly arises
to the development of the
Will's Geo. L Porter, i
G. H. Appleton, Jnstice ot Pe. ■ e ,
Ciarksburv. ». J., says, “DeWit.'s Lt j
tlu Ear v Risers are the l>est pills m tde
for c»»nstipation. W<* iim* no others”:
Qiiuklv cure all liv<*r and bowel troubles. .
F. A. Rein ley.
giobe when he wrilea; ‘I have used
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in my
family for severa years and always with
|>erlect success. We believe th At it is
not only the best cough remedy
that it is a ure cure (or cnriu^ii
3 the lives of • nr childre3\
>es.” This remedy is ffor
.emley s drug store. I
ortion of
f that an am*
passed to _
‘■hemsei vea to
i bring nr
leither does it .
e in our ays- ‘ ,1
- H
me of severe dy-pe|>i 1 It di-
, vests *hat you tat and cuter indigestion
‘ liea t urn and ail forms of *'ysprp*ia.-
Die following well-known druggLta 1 F. A Remley.
tr*-* autbori •. • I by the manufacturers o' • )
Grove’s Inn g»sti<*n and Constipation
Cun* to refund the money in ail cases
where it fails to cure Indigestion Dy>
pepsia. Nervousness and Insomnia, no
matter of how long standing. Thi.> is a
tu w discovery, and is the only dy«pep-i;.
on a positive guarantee, n<>
We could not afford to
Dug guarantee if we f ad not
proven by actuai test that it will do all
we claim for it. Can be sent by mail. !
Excursion to Ft. Worth, account Tex
' <s Slate R» a Estate Ass’n. Tickets on
; sab* January 15th and 1(«th, 1900; hni t- ’
: to J.n. 19th, 1900 tor return. Rate;
$5.00 for round trip.—G. K. Tozer, A^.t. |^ri|ey
county
That tne
ns ivcom-
n resulu-
tLe following coi nnittee
, . »n nermanept organiza-
tb- 1 fl°n» aa re' ’Om me sided in the report of
■ the committee <ui r -olotionfi: P J Wil-
l**gi>la- ;|jSof Alvn*. E I R -t of Houston, mi 1
Mr Danthett of Angleton. i This c*m-
1 mittee re'ired to m-uke their report, du
ring whi • i • >.p«*ri*-nee spJerhe.-. w re
made by Mr Coilm* of Dallas and sev-
.. —z, —. , . Iai uru‘gues who had niffced
. \ -n ' a nP ’ 1U d \ D R is<, R »ck 1 • an l ! from <le''*'*ti\e Jmin ige, [while Fom
On Solution, : -e.>l Fom Kichard- “ f';n','v ’'"[i' ’•*.*'"’« ■
.. 4 : tain the delegates while w iping :or be
. J1 ' .?'1 J8 Alvin, > ' I , rt porf <>f i ne e ii.m t et- :ii perm mi nt
W -S'. D er Park; p A R’biuson, Vfis- ‘organization Mr < t u 'red o Man
soun C it. an.I Ge.. L Porter. IL u.-ton 1 v,.| Ilia.le 1(l ,a n. <t talk furitbe gCod of
After r ueiving and accep‘.n«z an in-I ttie cause
! The committee on permilient organi-
' z at ion rep rted as fo 1 »ws TWe rect-m-
' mend R"»al I WLe-.c ofl Galvesto i. i
■ pre.>i*lent; G J Palmer ot Harris eunnty.1
vice president; W B I ’.air ol| Alvin, sec-
retary. U e re-!Ommend thalt an exe-.u-
tive c( mmittee t»e create by the con-1
vention and that the delegates present i
was 1 send op the names of delegates ".<» rep-
resent the r county on this, commit'ee
I and H at this c< mmittee be added to by
• commendations from the
I judges not here repr-*sented 1
name >f the organization !•<• <
j mended by the committed oi
tion>: Respectfully. I' J Wiillia, Chair-|
j man.” The r»*p<»rr was adopt’d and
i the f< How ng were appointed on the ex-
ecutive conimittee : Brazoriii county . L , eight
I K Bryan; Galveston c■■uniy.J S A helrss; j
Fort Bend comity E R *ayler;C>k>rnd •
county, \lbert I) K i-i ; Halrris county, I
iUtn Rich dson ; Cal:‘>un count)', M S
Mahor; Wharton c ui 'y, A iE CarltS'u;
’ haml era sounty. W R Gordon; Guad-
alupe county, J B Di h II; Boar county, i
J G J uies: Jefferson c ainty.lC A Teag e;
L bertr county. U C Moore., The con- ;
vention then .idjimed suldect t> the-
call of the ( hah.
LE ^TK LIST.
Letters r mailing in the Alvin post- j
office unclaimed for the r " u —* ““
Claik, W
j proper' y bolder- in said c yuuty or dis- presents only two conditions under w bich
----- trid of not exceeding 15ve itaon the |109 ’ taxes c.» > be levied. Tne-e tonsiitui • *u r. .. .
, . . j piovi ling at an elvct.on . majority n- Lt..-! r-ons providing fur the lewing legislation
A Large ArtendanCf; lirjinization p. e taxpaying property h Iders in -ai l of tax. -. . ak • no provision for the lew >’
PerAct.’d ' di#itritt or county were favorable aa I mo ; of a Irathage tax. except possible it may ' is impossinle t . fonnul .tp
I vc-ted. In Brazoria <*our y, undei the conn* uniter the head of a tax for sani ■
---- ; laws of 1895 and 1897, a jury of view tary purposes, or permanent improve-'- ’ ' "
Tioi’.ef Grain! i’nnxm.Gnn KpIi! w as appoint <1 for the p> pose of < »n men ts Dnches aiul drains can cerfain-
st'Uc’ing <| Mte an extensive drain and ly b ci
nude their report to the c nnmissioneis. , mentx.
cents on
gr<* t run or Chamberlain’s(fongh Rem
He sells ii e titles <4 that medi-
to one ifa .v othet kind, an i M>.7%
givt < great sati da’t:on fn kn»*••<■' lay,- M*""l
df I. grippe there is nothtag like Cl am-
berlain’s Uougti Kuinedy tA stop the
- hu.:*i. heal up the sore throat and lungs I
in< give rd ef within a ver,- short time.
De- sab** an* gro ring, and a^l who try
*’ pr< mpt act >i — |
-i- For sale )
Size’loesn't indicate q lalLy. Beware
■
f h* DeWitt*J Witca Haz.*l Salve. De-
Witt's is the only original. . An infatli-
•• f< . »i 1»- in.; all -k i | iis.•:<- ■
•ent can
state, nt
principe in___rf_
....refore, be it
By this convention, tiiatwehearti-
lorsft -aid amendment and re commend ita
lorsement by the people of the State.
Mr P J Willis offered the following reso-
lution which was adopted:
■95. *97, .„■• '99. The .) u .fion 18. i ’j*'»™ h.Wd*
I he legislature enact a dr kinage law un- ventigBied the matter, chat cur present law.
der which a tax can be i svied anil coi- which prov dee for drainage by aesesumenc of
the property benefited enn be enforced we
recommend that »oni«one county in the State
be at once petitioned to aervey some natural
waterway ia said county, and all lands offered
[. thereby th j cost of eai 1 w >rk to be assessed
r, aginst the properly thus benefited to defray
I the expense of the work of ditching, etc., and
raiwage
s until the coast
as 'he ohier -Uich
a Jegisiation coir
n a nd capable c'
• details be appu
e members of
in sosston at Aust
de under the prec
‘h amendin' ntA
effective thia v
realize that a new eon
a complete sysU
as the fun lam
estrictions
rm that it
•lock I
'orn Richards* n P. ,1
Vest and E R. Slaver, Coin
Mr ( harl ten submitted the following resol a -
i then of families, the bread wtiu era in
i— . :r*. geeming to hocse
ipnly who can least,
B Sure Kidnev Cure
jnteed remedy for
-gK U/ANIED-H>I
fails to cu e " fo largo Yom
, f. .< . exp«-nt>38. with im
by lu. r. A. ' incloseself-addr•
kUKR ----
Brave Explorers
L krStan rv tnd Livinp«t«)n»*. found it
harder to overo me Malaria, Fever ind
Ague, and Typhoid lise».e than
-avi i’p can’’ Itale; Imt tl« ..u l- ve
fot • i th i' E ectric Bitlerq ’- a woitd *r-
lul t ire for i I malarial di e’vr's. 11 you
hav' chilN with fever, ar! <* in berk of
ne< r and h 'U'l, and tired, v ,-n-ont. feei-
ng.-i trial .till ..nviuvt ym <>f tlr*ir
W A. Null of Wrl Ii- ill!., wrJe**:
h r inore th.tn a
ti «*n two bot-
Eirciri** Bitters eired them.’’
L, larauteed.
8*
vitafion t • viait the C«»tt<»n Exchange, j
i he convention adjotirne 1 to meet
o’clocx.
i On re-assembling in the afternoon,
; letter* were read ir> m Congressmtn A.
B. C •opr,- an I Gen. Harrison the good
, r mds aiivocate
< The coiuminee on rrsoluti
'ted the following »eport,
tinAtiimoi sly ad »pte I:
Whereas Drainage in an absolute necess ty 1 ""
. to the continued prosperity aud good hraiih of
' the people >f the Texa^ coast country. ‘
Wn» reas.i \ great portion of the coast
is ih)» under water on account of
drainage, injuring the health of i
and rendering worthlews thousands
! Ian I wh ch would otherwise be capable ...«
highest cukCivatiun and production and
vt hereas. W e must secure a release from
present conditions of g*- backward* rather man
prosper; therefore
Resolved' That the Texas eoastdrai
ven-ion organiz** .permanently as tl
Coar-t Drainage association and hold
meetings u'ntil the coast country is
drai icd as 'he older -Uitcs of the Unit
That a '
situ? lion
in al! its
Th it t
ate u >w i
is iW'Sitd
making su<‘l
' ; present laws e
iele W e i
■ sary t*
.. , ,. tie r ~
called on tor
a talk, and alth >ngh taken a little un
a- I awaren, ’‘snap judgement ” he was equal . state.
j »o the occasion and made t splendid talk $. h
", i that was li>t*?ned to with marked at ten- Mr '
Col Tom R chardst ti, of ’be Hous tion which was adopted
• —e—1 j n»u izuxiivoe uv, v«»l it? U|)OD the H‘ ‘ll !
this law j y Wheietw, member of he legislature i
from Galve-ton. Judge ' 'tieless is per nrovid
HITT J'llipu, IIV>UO •!'/• «••«/ V , 1 .. u
ilis asset- Huettf and < otiNtquenlly would . Laps one of the best posted men in lexas u‘^ (
mci.n pr tct.cal coufis .aiiun to n any. or in our present drainagt laws, as he ! in any »
at h ast . very heavy burden. In 1897 ,|ratteil th. drBj,.age ti , cf 1899
anotner law was paaSitl, very -uuilar to .. . , .. . .-
. ui. *T_T..-» .1 . •_._ Mr Wtieless said the necessity for
drainage was so ansolutelyapparent thw
it was hardly necessary t discuss it. He
epeafic as to the 10 -r?‘ <k ’
’<J7 an.I -’MJ I Ha. .> t; .tnrn la <*M1'
■ It seems that so far as »
‘ those pre-eut. n tiling hail
jet under the additional 1
I 1899, thobg • the prevaleu
, th it a tax <4 15 cerite
I good could be dor.e in
I It was tk
t-.il ng to onkr this as drainage convention
i the Texas coast order that a more .
------e, ..—----- I? feel that it the | (1 t j tn* I a*l from pe.»f
object of the meeting c*m be a.complGh- i tr ,|I Pa.ts of South I’e
ed through our effor ’ ’ •u' 1 l_ ' *
our legislative body
have done ftr South
ly the section know t
try, sou.* thing that
its p 'potation to d »i
few biioi i yearn, i
read - purchased their homes and are
*.■11: ‘ .v •
I ft'! J° A 1 Bircl fiel ,> A,vin ; •’ B H dloway, El : .‘,ai ^thei’1 <L v'
defective
?d in
Whereas, The people of a por
section of < ur State are asking
inent t» ou> atat' constitution be
able them by local option to
- 'de fo>- irrigation, and.
r$as. Said aineiidnn ‘
*hi ti e rest of the s'
sense violat** any pr
j tern ot government; therei
Resolved, By this con ven
Mr Whriev. s.id ,tlw nece«it, Jor | U
it was hardly necessary t discuss it. Hr
cureil u u LA R?m!ey.
havo:
have I em
I ('hi' : xo. saym
claim for it.
J Price, 25 cents.
I It has been demonstrated! repeatedly [ ^ °*
4 every state in the Union aind in many —
•reign count nee that Chamberlain’s [ MriAt’s niseaae -------------.-r_-
j Remedy is a certain preventive ; ” nt espotnl with me in
ami cJlfiefor croup, h has becoin ■ the Bright’s Disease in n.) re-pector of per- [ ing,.( ittuifs lor plantingC :
univer.-mTr tueuy lor that disease. _M. , sons; it attacks men and women, the j touiat >es next epting. I
V Fisher of"Liberty, W. Va., only re-1 strong and robust, the rich and poor, the tjle || GHESf I'OSSIBLE
peats what has been said around the I active body and brain workets. 'he fa-I vVerv
1 — L — «**■»,*<** - *’T two..A i.Jnrl I fl.^r. aF t I I O’ Will! 4'Ffl ill iCrCS
r i *
every sphere ot lifj
i r its victims tbj
be spared
Bright’s^H
ns! ii IB
im Your Life Worth 50 Cents*
: We defy t.be world to produce a me*li- ’
I cine for the cure of forms of Kidney and j
I Bmd’ier troubles, Piles and all dii^tses ,
. p'-culiar to women, that will equa
i Siaitti *s Sure Cure Kidney Cure Ninety
per cent of the cases
Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure that
come under our observation
• ire I We sell our medicine on m* *
ue tfuarant. .-, if .lirecions are fo lowed. , 7;.’,,1),"”nd«j‘t..'.V
drugifi-t.i 1*. -{emley.
THE DRAINAGE CONVENTION. 1 'Rol ivung.
I'he committee on h-gisla’lion then re- J. C. Sherman, th’* veteran editor o
ported as loliows: ‘ Yout c ^mmitte** on ’ the Vermontville (Mich.) Echo, has i s-
iegisl ition beg leave to report hat tn ! covered Hie remarkable secret
il.e brief time bilotted the do mm ttee it ing old people young. For rears he h.i«
■ ei -i ii u . - - „ - , - ’ ’ ? any recoin- ‘
! voted* In Brazoria cour.’y, under the ; conn* unitwr the head of a tax for sani- i men lations in respect to draitiRge legis-
----- . J laws of 1895 and 1897, a jury of v.ew tary purposes, or permanent improve-Nation and we respec fully Suggest ...e .,,,
TleCotSf Drainage Contention held * iS appoint d for the j" po-"* of c m rnents (>ttches and drains can certain-■ tIre convention pr m-ed to jthe appoint j ters, and In* writes:‘Tt can’t b>* prais»*<
; ti r -.ri o*r* Hmifc-iin T-ipm st.'uc’ing q nte an extensiv*’ drain and ly b c: t-se l as permanent improv- iiient of a permanent c.Mninjttee on leg i t<o highly. It gentlv stimulates th’
in neroo.ici i iam?.er-*: ncuvon, i ues ; ,n ide their report to the < >mmi-8.om-i«*. , ment-. Ti.e constitutional levy of 25 ! whose duty i .-hallihe to form- I kMney-. tone- tne stomach, aids dig.*s
day was one cf tre liiObt enthusiastic [ The matter oas never gom fmther, how cents on the hundred dollars provi<L*s ulate such change- in the law ns are Hi in ai;<l glv»*s i splendid appetite. Il
pnbhc Hireling ever I:.1J in the co„t;ever, on aeraiint of the In yoMiea.l U-v xnioru othor tiling- (. r permanent im-1 ,h■•«>«• to be ’■ -qui-ite.. ■ .1 fall th. sune 1 has work’ll wonders for ”>y 'rife and me
£very couinty in the I ls Laretl tha a derision on tl i« ; pruveutehts. ! to the attention of his exclellen* v. ’lie j It’s a mat v- "o is remedy tor ol i prop <
eO85t«iu..rylm.:6lroIKd,.lotion, rr. - ; A_«?i^_. ...per from n.Ige j *’ * ...ly tlvmDrug.o
•enturf t ie assertion that. ur constitutional. Our s icretary, .V r > K * of <jalvest<>n was read by ri|M.<*tfuHy. J 8 Whekss. VbTrt H Rust,
a convention held Bair, who was one of the . ury ot view- | Col. Toni Rirhar.kon of Houston ; also, I A J Birch’ti-ld, committer i
in tnis or any otter county, with a9 ■ «dvi.-.e-l ns that not >nly was t!.r 4 paper from Preslev K. Ewing of On motion •
. L. .. .. ,..L------------matter dropiMHi but the viewers hai HoUHton ; was app
, nt ver hern reimbursed f >r tiie exj»enses !t’-
haired men; all of Wjhici’means earnest-1 incurred. In Galveston ■ »*uitv it. w.v On motion of Col. XV. B. SLhsoh. tb !
.ge wiinout i «v.».mv. in.* mv «'»»k wa-» ‘toppe l or 1 ettair apjointed a committee on I 1
«Mpp«int- Prnvl-on !'" PVn.ert, o. fj<m an,j , , n reflations.
. rr rather, tfie ack ot provisn n .or an ex-
Ih Houston meet- ter.tion of the payment over a nun.b r Oi. Jegislat ve:--Hon J A heless, of |
?d meeting held in , of years. , Galvestoti; C >' W B S o eon,of Houston; ■
Le meeting v.as
. es dent <« J Palm-
er o. Houst i; and i i the absence of Sec-
J I rch tie id was elec-
In c. .la ig thee invent on 'entirely inal.qmte, anl
I good could be dor.e in th;
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__________ _________ j s Houstoo in
•oast i order that a more general expression
, ri*e! n I l lie had from people interested
. . . j ,i‘. ..r fe as and from
s, with the iielp oi.tlu3 .-preMmtaiive b<»dy ass-*m”ltd 1
it • Austin wr will pL, Wc wj]| aije to |11; p out a pro-
If xas and esp ‘> i.d- gltlnnur that, nple-
aU.be c- .ist co n ti -n will enable u- to effectually na n
vi i not only cause lo«lanus of .South I’e ;as and open
. . LI'* and treble in a Up to prospective sett I *rs : country now
few frltort years, but th- se who have al- . gparseiy pujnlated and wh ch it pr .per-
reed;- ; h—* d heeler en ! ere :„.v err able gar-
tilling the st .1 wid I e .mmrdiately bf-n- . dtn, supplying tin1 market of the North •
©lited in heaitli an 1 prosperity. No at d East w!.ile th.*ir farm and mvden-
important to this aie uni],.r the snow aid ice, whicti
mictical system of A n y.eld b> neither drainage nor irriga ;
i tion.
— - . . - , - • “ The citv if Houston no onlv a »pr
drainage meeting was held and though !ciates as the presei.ct of ti e— de
n" .......... a ■’ •* f -* ’Je- end _,ates |V) an. t:ie g, ,.-t - of our city.
•utiiber of deleg ties * ait<) jn order th.it s'lita le expression
d'.oad were una de ; .nay be ujv ,n to this feelii 4 I take • ei
1 * “ acre in introducing the h -noralne uay-
or of the ci’y, Juuge San. H Brashear.
The mayor in referring » tli? in por 1
tame of the movement, said he regard .
ed it as next in itr.p trtanc - to the s.-cor
iug of deep water at I ouiton. He
spoke of it»<! enhanced val ie of land mi
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Birchfield, A. J. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900, newspaper, January 26, 1900; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1250078/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.