Freestone County, Texas News The Marlin Democrat newspaper Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 7, 1904 Judge W. E. Rogers has returned from a business trip to Fairfield. ==================================================================== Dallas Morning News April 26, 1904 Page: 3 WRECKED BY WIND -------- Several Residences and Negro Cabins Demolished by the Wind on Sunday -------- CALL FOR PHYSICIAN -------- Family of A.C. Shanks at Yelldell Injured in the Falling House -------- NIP AND TUCK SETTLEMENT -------- Havoc Wrought in that Community, Second Cyclone Within a Few Weeks in the Same Locality -------- Mexia, Tex., April 25 - About a dozen residences and negro cabins were demolished by a cyclne in Freestone County Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock. The cloud was seen forming about 5:30 and moving in a north-easterly direction. About one hour later a boy rode into town in the rain after a physician to attend the family of A. C. Shanks, whose house was demolished at Yeldell, six miles northeast of Mexia. This was the first place the cyclone struck. It moved on down through the same community to Nip and Tuck settlement, and there wrought havoc with the residences of Dr. Batchler, George Wolf, R. M. Baker and several others whose names have not yet been learned. It was in this settlement so many negro cabins were destroyed. W. E. Bonner of Mexia and his daughter, Miss Lillian, were driving to Mr. Bonner's farm in Freestone County, saw the storm coming and drove to an old barn for safety. The barn was blown away and Mr. Bonner's buggy was blown through a wire fence, but neither Mr. Bonner nor his daughter was hurt. The cyclone was accompanied by a heavy rain. This is the second cyclone in Limestone and Freestone Counties within a few weeks' time, both of which did considerable damage to growing crops, as well as destroying lives and property, and will be much harder on the people on account of last year's crop failure and the rigid economy being practiced by those whose property is a clear loss. ====================================================================== Dallas Morning News May 23, 1904 Page: 9 Quarantine's Effect Dealers in Grain and Truck in Waco Feel the Embargo of Louisana Caused by the Boll Weevil Pest Commission Prevents Shipping of Grain Into the State as Well as Other Products [list of quarantine counties] Freestone ====================================================================== Dallas Morning News June 21, 1904 Texas Democracy The Sixth District has three candidates - Richard Mays of Navarro County, R. H. Hicks of Milam County, and W. E. Richards of Freestone County.