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Ol'K AIM IS THE GKEATKST BENEFIT TO THE KAKA1KKS AND WORKING PEOPLE OF BUKLE80N COUNTY.
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CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900.
NO. 16.
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Hl\. plie i to kill the worms, and as
most of the farmers had used
Mix. 'J*i \ \ • in, luí" i :« . most of the poison on hand and
Euitok Nkws Cu* .n¡( i.i it being too late to yet more the
The st< u ní ,it this pl.t' e Saiur-; worms will very likely destrova
day night and Sunday morning large per cent, of the groyving
«vas the most severe and de- crop. Corn is Hat upon the
mructive o( anv that has visited ground and much of it will rot
this community Í i" wars. To il it is not gathered early. The
wind came Irom an ea«u: 1 y di- wet condition of the ground will
rection and ior -evrrai hours prevent much being done for a
blew a perfect gale. There is week or more.
scarcely a shade tree left stand- The ice cream supper at J. F.
ing in the neighbor 1«m d; fences leal s Saturday night, nolwith-
were blown down and crushed; standing the inclement weather,
the roads are alt blockaded and was an enjoyable affair to ail
travel is practical'v suspended, present.
K. K. t '.er man, - ides th ios* Miss A Hie Thomas, we learn,
of several usee China tret •*, had will attend the coming session of
i.iv*. ¡t, a the Sam Houston Normal at
and a Hunts', ¡lie.
daman
st, badly wiv. ked
ution it had to be
omevv hat
a wagon sne
buggy house
brick chimney
that as a prec
torn down.
The front door sol' A. \V. Mate*
jowskv'*. store were blown open
and his sto< , goo
damaged b. rain an
Matejowsí y also ha o a small
crib blown down.
Dr. Shed ■'<'«. new dwelling,
now tinder construction. had a
narrow es arte. •' bring ton-.! I-
erubly wrenched about the Inun-
dation. but not otherwise dam-
aged.
A cbimn<-\ on Cha .. Thorpe s
place was demolished.
J. W. Porter had a wagon
broken down by a tailing tree,
and a chintnev blown down.
Tom Porter, no doubt, had the
most thrilling experience of
in the -turril- Ab« :t 5 oY'.o k
Sunday w m ning. yy hen the torm
was at its yvoi -t, and yy hen Tom
Wilev Smith has resigned his
position at A. W. Matejoyvsky's
store and will leave for other
pa its.
Len C linton, oí M unt ford, spent
Saturday and Sunday here visit-
>nd. Mr. >ng friends.
Ib-, Sherrill spent Saturday
and Sunday at Cookes Point.
h\ T. Littleton, of Cause, yyas
here Monday.
Wirt Main left Wednesday for
Hostjue county, where he will re-
main several months picking
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SOMLRVIl II.
Srt Ml HVs 1.1.1 , T. xa>, Sept. 12.
Kl'llUX Ni;\vs-t HKONK 1,1
Mrs. H. C. Williams died in
tin-, city Monday morning at II
tin o'clo. k and was buried Tuesday
•\eiung at 5 o'clock. She leaves
i hn- iiar. I and lour children, one
>1 yvljoiM is blind. Mr. Williams
was having sweet dreams of b g was oil at work and could not
acorns and tat hot
his sleep w is rnad.
by the deej
fourteen ho¡
and when
lore swet■ t
>non>us snore o I the
lindel* tin house, than
i;et here beloi'e the funeral.
Somerviile suffered less from
orm of Stsn<la\ morning
anv place we have vet
k
he yvas suddenly awakened t heard from. We had about 2"
find that the house had been dwellings blown oil the blocks,
and that not to sav anything of the ntt-
his ^yyne inerons barns, fences, etc., that
1'. . i ■ \ a re blow n down. No one was
latiou he hurt, Tin- main part ol the
yy Mid struck a little southeast oi
he; r and uprooted a great many
trei s on K. A. Brantley 's . mit.
blown from the
while lb was still
were in immin< nt peril. 1' C \
comprehending the situation he
t Tom fin medi.it e>nn a
pair of overalls and -nnper and
issued forth fa ir. nd. r, u
and falling limber t" th r ■. ae
Of the imprisoned swme. 11*• r
several futile efforts * . turn th<
house oyer, he yrabbtd ,i spade
and grubbing hoe an,! \v.• nt to
work in earnest. After ait hour
or lttore of the hardest woi l he
■ .I
yvas nearly destroyed. There
are some bolls left, but if it con-
tinues to rain they will all rot.
One hundred and fifty people
took breakfast at the Harvey
House Tuesday morning while
en route to Galveston to search
for relatives and friends.
The Brenham Oil company's
seed house yvas blown off the
blocks, but the Caldwell com-
pany's seed house remained in-
tact, though only a few feet dis-
tant from the other. Ikk,
BR Y MIR.
Qkvmkk, Tcxa , September 10.
K MITOK N V. WS-C" II KO NIC I. i'.:
The storm Sunday morning j
did much damage to crops, be-i
sides blowing doyvn fences and!
gates. It yvas one of the yvorst j
storms and lasted longer than i
any that ever visited this part of
the country.
Miss Julia koberson. of líren-j
ham. is on an extended visit to|
her cousin. Mrs. K. C. Porter.
Mrs. F. N. Oswalt is recover-
ing from a spell of fever.
S. L. Taryvater has a child
that is sick.
Cry II. Robersoti is having
chills and fever. Beside those
named above, health in our com-
munity is very good.
Prof. T. S. Parker has gone |
to Hell county to attend the bed-1
side of Ins father, yvlio wentj
there some time ago on a y isit '
to relati v es.
T ied Poole, one of Brymer'sj
most promising young nun, has
gone to Victoria to stav yvith Iris;
brother, Walter, and attend the
school there this session.
Miss Lillye Oldham is visiting
relati ves in your city.
Tin young people oí this place
took Mrs. Koberson and sons by
surprise Thursday night and
had a surprise party. A very
pleasant time u;is had.
Miss Lorena Porter yvas
thrown from a horse while going
from her home to her brother's
house Saturday morning, but wa~
not hurt seriously.
Richard .lessee will, in a day '
or two, return to Ins home at :
Salado. Mick has been with us
tjiiite a yvhile and has made many
warm friends here and we hate
to 1 se him. for we seldom find i
Mrs. J. M. Pagan, after a visit to Hannibal, Neyv London and
Perry, Missouri, yvill spend the next ten days in St.
Louis, selecting" Tall Millinery. As it is hard to tell in advance
yvliat styles in Kail Millinery yvill be most popular she will wait
and see yvhat designs of Hats ladies are actually wearing most.
It is hard yvorlc—the most tiresome work ever done—buying
Millinery to sell, and if bought before the season has opened the
buyer must guess; hence, Mrs. Fagan will arrive late, but with a
nice assortment.
it a
nob!
e tío v.
o nie
1 .
tile loss ni
betwi en
oiner-
1 Mere yy .r
S ',eC k l'e por ted
y die and I, y mis
Yegua creek yvas reported
higher Monday than yvas ever
knoyvu before.
Misses Sears^of Cay Hill, vis-
Mis-. C, race Brviner yy i 11 go to
Caldwell touioiToyy, yyhet'e she
yy I! attend school.
S\>I\N IMA.
DOOM KV lilt.
Si |ii. l'l.
hail ever done he succeeded in it> d the Misses Hill this yveek.
making a tunnel sunicientlv large Miss Mia Hill is able to be out
to afford an exit for the hog and after a long spell ol sickness,
had th e satisbu lion of seeiil
them all march on' -if an
sound, exi ept one. v. Inch he le#i
is maimed lor lile.
By far the greatest tlamag
was that done to crops. All op u yvere married Sunday ni^lii at
"cotton is blown out, beat in the the home ol the bride's mother,
ground and yy a died ayy a y to such ¡ Hob Lauderdale's laniilv yvere
an extent th.it it is practi«al!y all icpoitcd downed at (lalvcs-
Skinuie Se.de is oil the sk k
list this yveek'. He yvas reported
letter this morning'.
C. (1. Key ser, of Stoiieliani.
and Mis. Kelly, o I this i t y.
an entire loss, yvhile th stalks
are beat down and tyvisted in to Ah in and attempted to cross
nuch a shape that it yvill never
straighten, thereby causing many
bolls and forms to rot. Another
damage to the cotton crop, inci-
dent to the rain, yvas the yy.isli- lost.
ing off of the poison lately ap-
toil. Mr. Lauderdale yy cut doyvn
the bay. He has not been heard
from since.
Kngineer Brady's family yvere
in (lalveston and are reported
Cotton is all on the ground and
llooM.m ir.i.i:. 'l't \
Hnn-oK Mi-:yy■ s iikomci.i::
'The storm, yvlnch visited tis
Sunday morning, did consider,i-¡
ble tlamage to early cotton crops.
All cotton that yy as open yyas de-
stroyed. 'Timber yvas bloyyn
doyvn in all directions. Tyvo trees
yvere bloyvn doyvn on the house
of .1. A. Cilley, but fortunately!
no damage yyas done. < ble house
on 11, t >. t'o.x's place yy as bloyyn
off the blocks. All the posts.!
¡except one. yvere bloyyn lroiu the ¡
gallery to K. L, Hllliat'il's house, j
I So far I have heard of no other j
damage.
Dr. and Mrs. .1. B. Tloneycutt
are preparing to start Wednes-
day for (i ates y i lie, where they
yvill visit relatives.
The infant daughter of C. C.
Cilley yvas very sick last yveek,
but is better noyv.
We are sorry to report that
our postmistress, Miss Minnie
Stokes, is on the sick list this
week.
T. C. Milliard and family re-
turned Friday from Kosebud,
yvhere thev had been visiting
relatives.
S. A. Rodgers and family re-
turned last yveek from a tyvo
months' visit to relatives and
friends in Arkansas.
S. W. Hilliard went to Cald-
yyell last Wednesday after his
yyli'e, yvho had been sick there
several days.
James Lucas has sold out,
"lock, stock and barrel," and
yvill move in a feyv days yvith his
family to Mills county to make
that his home.
We again learn that Miss Ida
t'iilley is on the sick list.
S. T. Tidyvell has his gin
ready to gin the farmers' cotton.
So far he has ginned three bales.
Johnnie Lucas left a feyv days
ago for Mills county.
There is a general stir among
the neighbors noyv. as the storm
bleyv the fences doyvn and turned
their hogs out.
J. I), llrvmer and family y is-
ited relatives in Milam county
last yveek. Ln 11 r Dot.
VOlNtY.
Voi.ni.v, Ti xas, September In.
Kiutok N i.yy s-t'ii won k i.i-: :
A tornado syvept over us from
the northeast, commencing Sat-
urday night and lasting until 1"
o'clock Sunday morning, unroof-
ing houses and lay ing cotton Hat.
'The storm yvas accompanied by
"ain and the ground is wetter
than it has been for a long time.
Most all the parties reported
on the sick list last yveek are up
noyv. No neyy cases to report
that we knoyv of.
W, 11. Creen and Henry Vin-
cent Visited Caldyveil Saturday.
.). R. (Iroce h.ts returned from
Marliu.
J. L. Atyvood visiletl t'aldyvell
Friday.
A Mr. .krrod, of Lampasas
county, canvassed our commu-
nity last yveek in the interest of
a book.
Mr. Harvey, representing the
'Tyler nurseries, canvassed our
community recently.
IvanHOI.
HLIOW PRAIRIL.
t : iv r max. Te x., Sept. 12.
Kiutok N i . -t uuos n i r.:
It is again our painful duty to
record another death this yveek.
Little Jiuimie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. 'T. Hill, died Sunday
afternoon at .> o'clock. Another
Ike,ver has been transplanted
from earth to heaven. We i x-
tend our sympathy to the be-
reaved family, and can only sav,
meet him in that better world
yyliere parting is no more.
W. T. Hill and daughter. Ma-
be!, are ijuite sick at this yvriting.
Mrs. Kate Black and Rufus
Hoffman attended the Presby-
tery at Cameron last week.
Mrs. Smith and daughter, Miss
Katie, yvho have been visiting
here for several yveeks, returned
i
to Rockdale Tuesday.
Otto Boedeker and family re-
! turned from Wooten Wells Mon-
day, yvhere tbev have been for
some time.
Mrs. Lillie Boyd and Mrs.
Mattie Byers and children, alter
spending several days yvith their
sister, Mrs. Dr. McLean, re-
turned to their homes last week.
The storm did a great deal of
damage to crops, fences and bleyv
several houses oil the blocks.
Mrs. Y.
UNIS.
Ti vis. Texas. Sept. 10.
: Eiutok Nuyvs-CHxoxici.r :
'This community yvas visited
by a hard yvind storm Saturday
night and Sunday morning. Our
toyvn yvas somewhat injured.
'The Marek store building yvas
bloyvn from its blocks, causing
an annex to tear from the main
part, and some little damage was
done to stock. Part of the roof
of the pos to dice gallery yvas
bloyvn off, and other slight dam-
age yvas done, such as trees be-
ing shattered and fences laid
Hat.
Mrs. Hodges and son, Henry
are oti the sick" bst.
Frank Jerabek has quite a sick
child at this yvriting.
Miss /lula Jackson, yvho noyv
has her home at Rita, and has
been visiting at Caldyveil for the
past yveek. '/..me doyvn to spend
a feyy yveek yCth her lather and
friends.
Miss Lillie 1 lot!yes, v.ho spent
a feyy days in the bottom yvith
Mrs. Cregg's ¡'amily. returned
home last Wednesday.
Miss Ik rtha Fraim returned
home last yveek" from lli\. yyliere
she has been r the past month.
Dr. J. J. Little and. yvit'e, of
Crimes county, yvT.o heve been
at lli\ tile past yveek. arrived at
Dr. K. Ik Little's home 'Tues-
day. They will return home as
soon as ti:e doctor is able to
tra y el.
Mr. Young and family, of
Cookes Point, have '. ecn .ii our
toyvn on a short \ l-~.it to Mrs.
Sutton. Tycoon.
Has ihanqcd Hands.
In conversation yyith 1). J.
Boyvlcs, of Cookes Point, this
yveek he told us that iu had
lately bought the tk.:. y business,
separator, gootl yvill etc.. belong-
ing to Wade Jame- . id hereto-
fore conducted at Mr. James'
place tyvo miles from : >\y n.
Mr. Boyy les yvill cuniuct the
business at His home, yvhere he
has good pastures yvitii plenty
id good glass and yy.r.ei", and
yyith his present facilities yvill
no doubt be verv success fui.
When vi'ti ••.¡nt i pleasar.t plivsie,
try the new renn-dy, Cliainlierlain'H
Sietnuch oi ' l.ivr Titble* • Thfy
a re ca>v t • t a a . u<i ple¡. n* i ■ i >' ' ect.
, l'riee. -S eeiit . s.unple. tin at st, no
iV Ititchcuck' drutf -a re.
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