Ellis County Texas Archives News.....Ennis Weekly Local Misc New July 24  1919
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Ennis Weekly Local 1919

The Ennis Weekly Local
Thursday, July 24, 1919
Vol XXXV   No 30

Ennis Cotton Warehouse : Directors E.K. Atwood,JP Boren, NB
Feagins, Joe Kucera, and D.B. White.

Confederate Home investigation.   July 23, Austin.  After
more than two hours of discussion the House refused to hear
Dr. J.C. Loggins, superintendent of the Confederate Home,
whose resingation is requested in the report of the
committee, and adopted by a vote of 77 to 20.  The report of
the committee charges that sanitary conditions at the home
are extremely bad. The allegation was brought that rooms
occupied by the inmates received no attention except from
the men themselves, despite the fact that an apporpriation
is made for Janitory hire. Mr. O'Banion, sopke for the
committee, said there ins now a balance to the credit of the
home of more than $5000 for hire of employee which should
have been used to keep the buildings in a sanitary
condition. Mr. Tidwell and Mrs. Johnson of Ellis spoke in
defense of Dr. Loggins.  Mr. Tidwell stated the condition of
the buildings is such that it would be impossible to be kept
in a sanitary condtion. He blamed the legistlature with
conditions when they failed to appropriate funds for better
buildings. Committee: J.D. Newton, Chairman; M.M. O'Banion,
John D. McLeon, O.A. Sweard WP Alexander.

H.R. Davis elected mayor of Ennis after resignation of B.B.
White. Davis = 353; Guy Youngblood=242; Gus Brooks= 4.

John M. Sayeg has purchased the property occupied by Jones'
cafe and the People's State Bank and will construct a steel
and hollow tile with ornamental brick front theater, the
equal of which will not be seen in any town the size of
Ennis in the county.  Seating capacity to be 1200. A large
pipe organ. Cost $50,000

Marshall Summers, colored, aged 70 years and blind for the
past 40 years, whose home is in Ennis, got license here to
marry Annie Wood, aged 50 who lives in Corsicana.  As a boy
he worked in the blacksmith shop for Judge Kerr on the lot
where the Mulkey house now stands.  He lived in Corsicana
before the civil War.

Mrs. Sallie McDuffie dies in Washington DC following a
stroke of paralysis. Burial there. Formerly of Ennis.
Sister-in-law of W.J. McDuffie and Mrs. O.E. Dunlap.
Survived by daughter Miss Sallie McDuffie.

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Carroll received a message telling of the
death of Dr. Rand McFadden at Milford.

Mrs. C. Zerwer and Mrs. Allen Joyner visited in Kaufman for the weekend.

Leroy King Jr celebrates his Fourth Birthday Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. L.R. King honere her little son, Leroy, Jr. with a party on his fourth
birthday at their ome on North Clay Street.  About 25 little guests were present
and enjoyed among the many amusements, pinning the Red Cross on the Red Cross
dog, drawing baloons from the fishing pond, and in cutting the pretty birthday
cake many gifts were found. Ice Cream cones were served to the little guests.

Dr. Bell P. Lowry left on the 3:30 car Friday afternoon for Chicago, where she
will attend the National Osteopath Association. From there she will go to the
old home at Cecilian, KY for a six weeks visit.

Miss Louise Latimer hosted at a miscellaneous shower given in her home in honor
of Miss Lelia Chandler whose marriage to Mr. sam Reed of Paris will take place
soon.

Mis Mildred Cook of Duncan, OK, is a guest in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Emmett
Smith.

Wesley Goodwin has resumed his position with the Castellaw Drug Co after 23
months in the army. He had a checkered career including a lolng siege of
pneumonia but came back apparently well and hearty.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Germon on June 21, a fine girl, "Dad" says this is the
first girl born in the German family in forty years and he is wearing a million
dollar smith. Bardwell Herald.

Corsicana. July 1.  Fred Beere, 15 years old, inmate of the State Orphans Home
who was seriously injured a week ago when he fell from the roof of a storehouse
at the home, died Sunday afternoon and was buried at the home cemetery Monday
morning.

Mrs. J.W. Purcell went to Hearne to join her husband, who holds a position there.

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