The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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Friendship
The norther which came Friday
night caught the people around
here unprepared for it.
Lonnie Bellar, wife and baby
spent Sunday with Earl Beck and
wife of Light Ranch.
J. A. Rhoads and daughters,
Misees Ruby and Irma, spent
the day with G. F. Smith and
family Sunday.
C. B. Gray and wife went to
Mr. Hart's of Spring Hill Sun-
day on account of the death of
their daughter Miss Fay.
Judge Sanders was the guest
of John and Huston Clark of
Mustang community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. MoNatt of Spring
Hill community visited her sister
Mrs. McDonald and family Sun-
day.
Clarence Bellar spent the day
with George Tisdell of Spring
Hill community Sunday.
Mr. Lawrence McDonald of
Denton spent Saturday night
and Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. McDonald.
The ones present at confer-
ence at Hemming from this place
were, Messrs. J. T. Fitch, Tom
Elliott, C. C. Sanders, Raymond
Fitch and family, Will Elliott
and wife, and Joe Smith.
Mr. Buck Tisdell and family
spent the day with his brother,
Mr. George Tisdell and family of
Spring Hill community Sunday.
Old Maids.
Have you seen "Big Ben.
Kelso Items.
A nice rain fell last Friday
night accompanied by a norther.
Grover Johnson returned home
Monday afternoon from a visit
to his brother, Owens Johnson,
near Boynton, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Oscar Holford is visiting
Mr. and Mrs- Holford near Cel-
ina.
Mr. George Coppage and fam-
ily from near Friendship visited
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Johnson
Saturday and Sunday.
Every body went to second
Monday.
Edgar Smith from near Wes-
ton was in this community Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller from north
of Pilot Point attended preach-
ing here Sunday.
A. Swan from near Celina
visited T. W. Blagg Saturday.
Messrs Smith, Austin and Sul-
livan from Pilot Point attended
preaching: here Sunday.
Nell.
acre farm.
J. A. Hardy and wife, W. J.
Molder and G. H. Bog^s attend-
ed Quarterly Conference at
Hemming last Saturday.
Mr. Lewis and wife of Moun-
tain Spring visited their daugh-
ter Mrs. Horace Dillion, Satur-
day and Sunday.
E. B. Bates had a mule to die
last week.
Sore eyes still continues, some
cases are very sever.
Watchman.
Warning to Hunters.
My pasture is posted and hun-
ters are warned to keep out.
J. M. Weeks.
Oakdale Echoes.
The fine rain last Friday night
and the real cool days Bince has
been a great blessing to this lo-
cality, cooling the weather and
reviving lata garden stuff that was
perishing.
Several went from here to
Gainesville first Monday.
J. E. Price and family spent
Sunday a week ago with Uncle
Ira Stevens and wife near Burns.
Mrs. H, L. Moses of Mustang
visited her daughter Mrs. Belle
Kays last week.
Mrs. Sinclair of Pilot Point
visited her daughter Mrs. P. M.
Winfrey last Saturday and Sun-
day.
Jake Craven spent last week at
Valley Veiw preparing to sow
wheat where he has rented a 100
Have that watch cleaned and
repaired at G. B. Moffitt's and
get a guarantee.
Bloomfield.
Mrs. Clement visited Mrs. Hu-
ey at Bloomfield Sunday.
We had a good rain Friday
night and it was fine for those
who wanted to sow wheat.
Sunday was very chilly, to Ray
the least of it.
The writer and family visited
Dave Robison, Sunday.
Frank Porter was in Denton
Sunday.
Mr. Wester was the guest of
Dave Robison Sunday evening.
Misses Minnie and Bernie Rob-
ison were the guests of Miss Ju-
lia Robison, Sunday.
The rain Friday night put cot-
ton picking to a stand still for a
day or two.
Bloomfield was pretty well
represented at First Monday at
Gainesville.
This is Second Monday and
everybody is going to spend the
day in town and kill time.
George Brewer is visiting his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Brewer.
Mrs. Joe Taylor and Mrs.
Gooch were the guests of Mrs.
Brewer, Sunday.
Quite a lot of boys left for Col-
lin county Sunday to pick cotton
Ben Jones of Fairview was up
our way Sunday casting a wish-
ful eye at the girls.
Grandma Brewer is very fee-
ble at present.
Mrs. Gooch visited Mrs Woo-
ten Monday.
Noah Gooch and Doc Porter
went to Gainesville Monday by
theirselves and came back the
same way.
Ralph Walling returned home
last Saturday from Okmulgee.
Frank Huey has returned
from Oklahoma. XXXX.
A 5*room residence and four
acres of ground to put in on a
small farm.—Southern Land &
Loan Co.
Sanger.
A fine rain fell here Friday
night which was badly needed.
Cotton picking will soon be
| over around here as there has
been quite a rush in picking for
last four weeks.
Mrs. Lee Moody of Gainesville
visited her sirters, Mrs. Julia
McMurtry and Miss Nell Harter,
last week.
Miss Alma Warren of Myra
visited here last week.
Mrs. Herbert Cowling and
children of Dexter are visiting A.
I Cowling and family.
It makes us very sad to report
the death of Miss Mary Elkins
who died in the hospital at Tem-
ple last Tuesday evening. She
was operated on for goitre.
Allan Hopper and family of
Fairview neighborhood spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Russell.
Ralph Parvis of Cleburne
made a buisiness trip here Sat-
urday.
George Mayes and family were
in Fort Worth last week.
J. H. Goode and daughter of
Denton visited here past week.
Mrs. Mary Hayes has been
suffering several days with some-
thing like a bone fellon.
Mrs. Mrytle Russell is sick.
Little Haskel Spratt is very
sick at the home of his grand-
mother, Mrs. Morris.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Landers, a fine boy.
Orus Everly returned Satur-
day from Fairview neighborhood
where he has been visiting the
past three weeks.
J. W. Milligan and J. H. Hall
attended the dedication of the
Masonic home at Arlington last
Tuesday.
T. D. Isbell of Rockwall ie
visiting L. B. Burroughs.
Miss Obera Sluder died Sun-
day, funeral services Monday
afternoon at the First Baptist
church conducted by Rev. H. J.
Matthews, after which the body
was laid to rest in Sanger Cem-
etery .
Cash paid for Eggs at the
Star Grocery Store.
BULLFIGHTS IN PORTUGAL
Vhe Battles Are Bloodless and the Con-
testants Rarely Hurt.
The distressingly cruel treatment of
animals so common in the Latin coun-
tries Is almost entirely absent among
the Portuguese, and for this reason
their great national sport, tilt? bull -
tight, is really an enjoyable spectacle
to an American, writes Mrs. C. II. Mil-
ler in Leslie's Weekly.
In the Portuguese version the bull is
never killed. The horrible goring of
horses—a feature of the Spanish fight-
does not occur, for if a horse was in-
jured in a Portuguese performance
the rider would be hissed from the
ring and very likely mobbed after-
ward. The men taking part are rarely
hurt, although the skill displayed is
much greater than that shown in the
Castilian style of the sport.
Occasionally they have a burlesque
Spanish bullfight in Lisbon with the
cruelty eliminated. The horses ridden
by the picador are armored and cannot
be gored, and when the bull is to be
killed the matador strikes him at the
particular spot on the back ot his
neck, which in Spain means almost
Instant death to the animal. Instead
of killing the bull, however, the Por-
tuguese matador's sword doubles up
after the fashion of the ones used by
the sword swallowers in our side-
shows, and a red mark appears where
it has touched the animal's skin, thus
showing the audience that the mata-
dor has been successful. The horses
and bull then run out of the ring un-
injured.
THE TEREDO.
Curious and Destructive Worm That
Digs Tunnels In Wood.
It was in 1731 that Holland nar-
rowly escaped inundation along its
coast because the timbers of the sea
dikes in many parts were discovered
to be quite unsound. The timely dis-
covery of the real condition of the
dikes saved the country from an awful
catastrophe, the full extent of which
was comprehended by only a few
Dutchmen.
The timbers had been honeycombed
by the teredo, or shipworm. This
creature burrows into any wood im-
mersed in sea water. It makes an
entrance when young and digs chan-
nels along the grain of the wood, liv-
ing and often dying In the timber. The
worm grows in some localities to n
length of twelve inches, its girth be-
ing one and a half inches, and the
curious thing nbout its whiplike body
is its exceeding tenderness. It cannot
bear its own weight. It will break if
subjected to any strain.
It will burrow straight along the
grain of the wood unless turned aside
by a knot or nail, and, no matter how
many of these worms may be burrow-
ing in the same piece of wood, they
never run their channels Into one an-
other. By some marvelous instinct
they keep clear of each other's pre
serves. We have seen a cross section
of a log eighteen inches in diameter,
and we counted no fewer than 800
distinct burrows.—Exchange.
His Wrong Lead.
Some forty years ago at Aldershot
the camp was commanded by Sir
James Yorke Scarlett, a Crimean vet-
eran. On the occasion in question lie
was directing some sham fighting. In
a manner then usual he was leading a
line of skirmishers of one force against
another many yards in front, as in
earlier times he bad led the heavy
The Home of
QUALITY GROCERIES
I he Proof of
THE PUDDING
Is in
The Eating
Thereof!
Prove The Quality Of Our Groceries
BY ACTUAL TEST
And Come to Know That They're the Best
MEADERS & PRIDDY
PHONE 44
brigade at Balaclava against t'irpf
times its numbers. To a soldier of t!it>
younger school it seemed a preposer
ous proceeding, and Sir Evelyn ven
tured to criticise it.
Sir James replied: "Young man. have
I not ordered you twice to hold your
tongue? If I like to lead my skirmish
ers, what the — is that to you?"
Sir Evelyn replied, "Ten thousand par-
dons, sir, but It is the enemy's line In
retreat you have been leading fi r the
last ten minutes." He was shortsight
ed and did not wear glasses, so was
unable to see the distinguishing mark
a sprig of heather worn In the shako
of the troops he was attacklng.-
Westminster Gazette.
Keeping on the Safe Cide.
"Here." she said when t'.iey me'
after the judge had granted the deem-
for which she had prayed, "is the en
gagement ring you gave me. Yoti may
wish to use it again some time. Per-
haps you would like my wedding ring
also. It. too. may come in handy in
the future."
"No; keep them," he replied. "I a-i
afraid to accept them."
"Afraid! Why should you be afraid?"
"If I took them back I should not
have to buy rings for the next lady,
and the courts may find us guilty of
combining in unreasonable restraint
of trade."—Chicago Itecord-Herald.
The Phrenologist Right.
"This large bump running across the
back of your head means that you are
inclined to be curious to the point of
recklessness."
"Bight you are. I got that by stick
ing my head Into an elevator shaft to
see if the elevator was coining u;t. and
It was coming down."—Houston Post
Game For Her.
Sir. Knox—You don't want to meet
Mrs. Gnybird. you say? Mrs. Knox-
No; I pick my friends. Mr Knox-
Well, she's just the sort of woman you
and your friends would like to pick-
to pieces. — Catholic Standard and
Times.
Lost.
" 8omewhere near Square,
a good suit of clothes by
!! not having them cleaned J
;; and pressed at
Howard Sullivan's
*-H"l"M"I"l-I"I"I'l"I"|. 1 III I 1 I I 'I-M-fr
Christmas Bazaar.
The Ladies' Aid Society of
the Calvary Baptist Church
will give a Bazaar the last two
weeks before Christmas, the pro-
ceeds to go to the church. All
who will assist us by sending
any article or articles for sale at
the Bazaar will please let them
reach us by Dec. 1st.
Mrs. Bertie Gray, Pres.
A big assortment of the latest
Post Cards just received at
G. B. Moffitt's
Gordon Elmore was in Dallas
Sunday to see his brother Elba
who has had an operation on
his leg. He is doing nicely.
Eld. Miller, of Tioga, will speak
on Socialism tomorrow night at
7:30 at the City Hall. All are
invited to be present.
Henry Harrison of Fort Worth
returned to A. and M. College
Monday after spending part ofhis
vacation in Pilot Point.
Now is the time to purchase
yourself a new watch, while my
stock is complete. G. B. Moffitt.
Miss Maude Mann left Mon-
Mr. and Mrs. A.
to Greenville last
H. Gee went
Saturday in
day morning for Houston t > at- ; their auto, Mrs. D. J. Moffitt ac-
tend the Gran<l Lodge of the companying them. Miss Vera
Eastern Star, as a delegate from went as far as McKinney. They
Pilot Point Chapter, No. 26. all returned Monday morning.
A book of Choice Prose and Poems for Leisure rtoments
Compiled by
ELBERT LEE COCHRAN
Printed on fine'deckle-edge book paper, and good paper
cover. A book fit for any home library. Order it at once
before the edition is exhausted. Price 50c.
MOFFITT & SON, Pubs., Pilot Point, Texas
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The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1911, newspaper, October 13, 1911; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291187/m1/4/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.