HENDERSON CO. TX -  Newspaper Athens Review March 15, 1917, Murchison News
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The Athens Review
Thursday, March 15, 1917

 NEWS OF THE WEEK AT MURCHISON

FARMERS BUSY PLANTING ALL 
KINDS OF FEED AND FOOD CROPS

Murchison, Texas, March 13--
Farmers are very busy planting cornea and preparing their cotton
land.  Some are planting out their ribbon cane, but the acreage is light.  
There is a big demand for planting peas, especially the whippoorwill variety.
D. A. Ard says they keep him busy weighing out peas.

Clyde Townley and wife of Brownsboro, spent Sunday here.

Tom Eads put 18 cases of eggs in his jitney and pulled them to 
Tyler Friday.  Our merchants are snowed under with eggs and 
the price has dropped several degrees.

We learn that there will be a peanut meeting in Murchison
Saturday and everyone who expects to plant peanuts is 
urged to be present.

Several are attending the Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth.

Miss Fern Core of Frankston, visited at the M. A. Asher home
Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. Will Whitley of Waco, came in Saturday to attend the
bedside of her mother-in-law, who is quite ill at her home,
near Black Jack.

School will close in three weeks.

Mr. Shultz of Sherman, Texas is visiting his daughter, Mrs. 
Will Moore.

Whooping cough and measles are still scattered over the 
country.

The drag has been put over our roads and they are in fine
condition. The cars are being used, too.

Many sweet potatoes are being bedded out this week.

Bryan Norris and Aubrey Eads took in the Sanders show
at Brownsboro last week.  They say that Aubrey is going 
to put in a peanut stand down there soon.

The Cotton Belt fence gang is rebuilding their along here 
this week.  It has put up eighteen years with no repairs.

John McRae and wife were in town from Black Jack today.

R. T. Ash of Ash, was here Sunday.  He reports his father
very ill at his farm at Fort Stockton.

Miss Grace Huddle has returned from an extended visit to Ennis.

J. H. Lawler is in Jacksonville this week on business.

The Harp singing at the Baptist church Sunday was well attended.  
Visitors came from every part of the county.  The County Sacred 
Harp Institute will meet at Black Jack the third Sunday in April and 
Saturday before.  A big crowd will be there.  Fine singing and a 
good time is assured.  Come.

Mr. Keeton of Massey, Texas was here in business Saturday.

We had quite a little norther and dust storm today at noon.

Peaches are not injured and a fair crop is expected.
REPORTER