Jones Co. TX - Newspapers - The Stamford News: December 9, 1909

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The Stamford News
Dec. 9, 1904
Vol. 5, No. 41

New Liberty School House
Mr. W. Baker will move his farm to Haskell county.
	Mr. S.J. Gribble has sold his farm to a man from Neinda and will head with his 
	family to Beaver County, Okla..
	Public school was to have begun last Monday, but Prof. Ed Ranklin had the 
	misfortune to accidentally shoot one of his toes off, consequently the 
	school will not open till after the holidays.

Avoca Items
Walter War is sick this week.
	The young people enjoyed a musical at the home of Miss Lizzie Petesman Saturday eve.

Stamford School
	The boys’ debating society will give a public debate on Friday afternoon, 
	Dec. 23, in the chapel.
	Miss Lilias Penick’s composition, “The Mammoth Cave,” was an attractive 
	feature of chapel exercise Wednesday morning.
	One of our seventh grade girls, Irene Ashburn, who has had quite a 
	severe attack of fever, is now able to resume her studies. We are also glad to welcome 
	her brother, Luther back again. 
	We were surprised to learn that it is not an “impossibility” for Susie Hinds to 
	attend school two periods of the day in succession.
	Mr. Craig, our former janitor, visited school Wednesday.
	Boys and girls enjoyed the snow regardless of our restrictions in the throwing of 
	snow balls. Prof. McDonald says he was “accidentally” hit.
	Miss Ellis was to have shown her skill in tossing snowballs, but when time came, 
	she had decided differently.
	We would not have pelted Miss Rogers with snowballs after she had forbidden such, 
	so she need not have remained so close in her room.

R.M. Hudson of Neinda renewed.
	J.P. Shaw renews.
	P.F. P’Pool of Munday, left to Ft. Worth on business.
	Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Martin, parents of Mr. S.A. Martin, left Thursday for their 
	home at Bartlett.
	H.J. Stovall, of Sagerton passed through Stamford Wednesday for Ft. Worth.
	The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Will West died Tuesday morning.
	Last Monday, Marshall Flournoy arrested Will Reed for stealing $25.00 from 
	Uncle George Kennedy in the City Hotel.

The World’s Fair closed the first of this month.