Milam Co., TX - Newspapers: Cameron Herald 1914 ************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynna Kay Shuffield USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************** Cameron Herald 1914 Newspapers have played an important role through the years by not only bringing us local happenings in the community but also news from across the country and around the world. Over the years many records related to our ancestors were lost or destroyed in fires, floods and other natural disasters. Newspapers contain much information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, deaths, court notices, land sales, tax notices, businesses, etc. They also hold many glimpses of information in their community news and provide us with fascinating details about the lives of our ancestors. We can all learn a great deal from reading about our past and in turn we shall have a greater understanding and appreciation for the hardships and triumphs our ancestors endured while building a new life in anew land. Many newspapers managed to survive the test of time and can now be found at most state libraries on microfilm and most are available through inter-library loan for viewing at your local library. There are well over 100 million pages of newspapers preserved on microfilm in the United States alone. This is NOT an every name index to the newspapers. Only articles related to births, deaths, marriages, lynchings, murders, etc., for Milam County and the State of Texas are found in this newspaper abstract. The items included in the book are not verbatim recitations of the newspaper articles, they are abstracts or condensed versions. Always refer back to the original source, the actual newspaper. This book is comprised of newspaper abstracts from the Cameron Herald newspaper published in Cameron, Milam County, Texas and available for purchase on microfilm from Southwest Micropublishing, Inc. To purchase a copy of the microfilm, contact: Southwest Micropublishing, Inc. 2627 E. Yandell St. El Paso, Texas 79902 Telephone: 1-800-367-1273 < http://www.swmicropublishing.com/ > inst.= instant, the present month I & GN = International & Great Northern Railroad I.O.O.F.= International Order of Odd Fellows I.T. = Indian Territory sic = S.A.&A.P. = San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad ultimo = in the preceding month ========== H. B. Terrell - Publisher A. V. Smith, Local Manager ========== Cameron Herald, Thur., 1 Jan 1914 Article - ATexas Physician Oldest in World - Dr. John Schleyk Riley is an Active Practitioner at the Age of 100" - Denton, Dec. 29th - Texas has a physician, John Schleyk Riley, who is more than 100 years of age and lives in the community about Pilot Point, Denton county. He was a surgeon in the Mexican War and served with the Confederates in the war between the states. [lengthy article] Death - AParker's Body Found in Store@ ' Temple, Dec. 30th - H. L. Parker, age 48, a bachelor, a man without a known enemy and a man who had never been known to have a love affair, was found dead Sunday around 8 a.m. on the floor of his store at Heidenheimer with six distinct fractures in the back of his skull, any one of which would have been sufficient to have caused death and the clothes were burned from the body. A purse containing $100 in currency was found behind the counter and the cash drawer was untouched. An iron casting weighing about 5-pounds, shaped like a club, with crimson stains and with several strands of hair clinging to it was found at the end of the counter near the body. Parker sept in a curtained-off room in the back of the store. It was his custom to wait on trade at all times of the night, but never allowed a stranger to enter his store unless he was armed. He is believed to have been murdered about 9:30 p.m. on Friday. Neighbors say they heard a noise in the store at that time. A man who arrived on a train at 3 a.m. Saturday saw a light burning in the store and the lamp was found on the counter with the oil burned out of it. Parker was known around Heidenheimer for more than 20-years and came from Atlanta, GA. [very lengthy article] Death - ACol. Henry Exall is Dead@ - Dallas, Dec. 29th - Col. Henry Exall, president of the Texas Industrial Congress, died at his home here this morning of heart disease. He leaves a wife and son Henry Exall and two brothers and two sisters [no names give]. He was born in Richmond, VA on Aug. 30, 1848. He attended his father's academy until age 13 when the war between the states began and 2-years later he enlisted in the 10th Virginia Confederate Cavalry. He was known as the Aboy of the regiment,@ and at the battle of Ream's Station, he was presented with a sword by his brigade commander for gallantry in action. After the war, he was admitted to the bar and in 1869 went to Kentucy and engaged in manufacturing of woolen goods. The same year, he married Miss Emma Warner of Owensbora, KY and three children were born, all of whom died in early life. [lengthy article] Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Gowens Death - Mrs. J. L. Clinton [nee Grace Stovall] died at her home on Friday, Dec. 26, 1913. She was born on Sept. 26, 1889 and was educated at Stanton, VA and was married at her home in Caldwell on March 7, 1906. She leaves a husband [James Leonard Clinton] and children [no names given]. [lengthy article] Marriage - Vernon McIntyre of Austin, and Miss Vivian Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Smith. were married at the First Methodist Church in Cameron on Wednesday evening, Dec. 31, 1913. The bride's father is a prominent banker and planter. She is a graduate of Cameron High School and attended the University of Texas for two sessions and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gama Sorority. Mr. McIntyre is a native of Austin where he graduated from Austin Academy and attended the University for several years. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. After Jan. 15th, the couple will be at home at Marathon where Mr. McIntyre is a cashier of the Marathon State Bank and has extensive interests in merchandising and ranching operations. [very lengthy article describing decorations, bridal party of over 20 attendants, music provided by 10 or more singers and musicians, clothing, out of town guests, reception etc.] Trial - Mrs. Ellen Walker Etheridge, who poisoned her four step-children and tried to poison a fifth, was found guilty in Bosque county last Wednesday and given four life terms and five years in the penitentiary. Newspaper - Hen. R. W. H. Kennon, who recently sold the Cameron Herald, is too good a newspaper man to stay out of the business. Hon. H. B. Terrell, state senator from McLennan county, has bought the Cameron Herald, the oldest paper in Milam county, being in its 35th year, which gives him four weekly newspapers the: West News, Westke Noviny, Lorena Register and Cameron Herald. The new management has moved all the ads off the front page, remodeled the make-up of the entire sheet. The senator is an expansionist and progressive in the newspaper field as well as politics - Hill County Review, Georgetown Commercial, Reisel Rustler, Marlin Review Hamilton Herald, Coupland Record, Arlington Journal, Texas Republic, Rockdale Reporter, Hearne Democrat, Red Oak News Candidate - Hen. H. B. Terrell of West, McLennan county, has announced for the office of State Comptroller. His grandfather, George W. Terrell was attorney general of Tennessee and was later attorney general of the Republic of Texas under President sam Houston and was afterwards minister to Finland from the Republic of Texas. [lengthy article] Accident - Burlington, Dec. 26th - Lee Tallent and Andrew Piender were attracted by screams from the home of Antone Zilka on Monday night about 9 p.m. They found the house on fire with Mrs. Zilka and one of the children burned very badly. From what could be learned, Zilka came home drunk and raised a fuss with his wife and then threw a lamp at her which exploded, burning her so badly that doctors do not think she will recover. The child's hands were badly burned but not seriously. Zilka didn't want any one to come into the house but was overpowered and tied in the woodshed after being knocked out with a pistol. Birth - Buckholts - Girl born to J. E. Gavenda Marriage - Miss Myrtle Looney of Branchville and Fred Smith of Calvert were married at the marse of the Presbyterian church at Calvert last Sunday. The couple left on the train for Dallas - Calvert Picayune Death - ABoy Accidently Killed@ - Sunday morning two boys, Willie White and George Jeffries, were duck hunting on Little River near town and in some manner the gun in Jeffries' hands was accidentally discharged and the ball struck young White in the back of the head, causing death a short while later. Newspaper - Jack Tucker has retired from the editorial management of the Burlington Burlingtonian and is now at the Cameron Enterprise. Brother Smith, who has served the Enterprise is now on the staff of the Cameron Herald. Marriage Licenses: Karl F. Meikord & Mary Kattner; Cecil B. Jamison & Annie Owen; C. F. Caffrey & Edith Norris; B. G. Gibson & Leola Williams; W. M. Craven & Lura Young; Robert Sanders & Louise Thompson; John Cox & Emma Jefferson; James High & Addie McKenzie; Sam Bradford & Eliza Marshall; Robert B. Canady & Rosa Sheppard; Ed Brown & Ada Jackson; Eugene Hill & Lottie Tullis; Ernest Petty & Odessa Black; R. C. Daily & Mallie White; Willis Freeman & Lucy Davis; Loyd Gann & Pearl Cosby; G. A. Hipp & Bessie Watson; W. F. Henke & Mary Zander; Coleman Taylor & Annie Denson; Eugene Stewart & Pearl Stewart; J. B. Aycock & Mazie Lewis; Simon Vistuba & Leopauline Morbitza Death - H. H. Steadman of Cameron died of heart failure Tuesday at 6 a.m. while dressing. He was about age 65 and had lived in Milam county for the past 40-years and for several years had been in the employ of the Sanger-Joseph Co. He was four terms county clerk and a member of the Odd Fellows. Burial was at Oak Hill yesterday at 10 a.m. Fire - ASenator Terrell's Home Damaged by Fire@ - Last evening about 8 p.m. an oil stove exploded in the east room of the home Sen. H. B. Terrell and due to the good work of the fireboys, the fire was contained to one room. [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Mallie White, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. White, and Richard C. Daily of Amarille were married at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. E. L. Barmore of Cameron on Saturday, Dec. 27th at 1 p.m. The couple left on the 2:15 Santa Fe for Amarillo, their future home. [lengthy article describing decorations, bridal party, etc.] Death - Mrs. Ed Sanders spent Wednesday in the city en route home from gause, where she was called to attend the funeral of an uncle, Mr. Miller of Kenedy, Texas. She was accompanied by her daughter, Annie Sanders. Death - Richard Stedman of Davis, OK and his son, Preston Stedman of Ardmore, OK, were here to attend the funeral of their brother and uncle, Bud Stedman, which took place yesterday morning at 10 a.m. Cameron Herald, Thur., 8 Jan 1914 Pardon - AGovernor Moved by Vick's Plight - Slayer of Huckelberry Pardoned After Serving Less than Five Months@ - Waco, Jan. 5th - After serving less than 5-months of a 10-year sentence, Harrison Vick, convicted of murder in the 54th District Court during the April 1912 tem, has been pardoned. Vick returned to Waco after being included in the list of New Year Pardons by Gov. O. B. Colquitt. Vick was indicted on Jan. 3, 1912 for the murder of E. M. Huckleberry during Christmas week of 1911. Huckelberry, in the company of another man was hunting on Vick's property. It is said Vick fired into a clump of bushes with a Winchester, the ball striking and killing Huckelberry. Vick claimed he was unaware of Huckelberry in the clump of bushes when he fired. The case was affirmed by the Court of Appeals on June 28, 1912. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Nimrod Lewis & Charlotte King; Henry Mroske & Emma Menn; B. J. Kilpatrick & Edna Kornegay; W. V. McIntyre & Vivian Smith; Will Brinson & Willie Wourdger; Otto Luco & Helena Barkemeyer; Leslie Mullen & Kathryn Watson; John Rolly & Susie Roberson; W. E. Beesley & Louise Zedlita; Dan Gorland & Carrie Franklin; Leonard Gentry & Ellen Trotter Article - Opening of New Cameron Sanitarium [lengthy article] Death - Buckholts - Rev. Beaty received a message from Lindale, Texas last Sunday at 3 p.m. that J.M. Duncan, Mrs. Beaty's father had died suddenly. They left Monday at 5 a.m. to attend the funeral on Monday at 3 p.m. but due to late trains connections being bad, they did not arrive until Tuesday morning. Mr. Duncan was born and raised in Georgia, coming to Texas 18-years ago and settled in Lindale. He served in the Confederate army. Death - Henry Smilie, formerly of Baileyville, died at Big Springs, Texas last Saturday Cameron Herald, Thur., 15 Jan 1914 Trial - ACasey Confesses Killing Lynch@ - Waco, Jan. 12th - In the examining trial of W. L. Dunken, charged with the murder of James Lynch at Leroy last in November, when D. A. Casey volunteered information that he struck the blow that caused Lynch's death. He stated he struck the blow just as Lynch was prepared to hit Dunken, following a quarrel as to who should clean up the depot after it had been soiled by companion of Lynch vomiting on it. [lengthy article] Insane - O. M. Stanley, for many years a citizen of Bartlett was adjudged insane in Judge Critiz's court on Tuesday and sent to the asylum. He is a man of considerable property. - Georgetown Commercial Marriage - Miss Abbie Lou Hefley and Milton Stevens of Cameron, were married Monday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. John Hefley in Big Springs, Texas. The bride is a native of Cameron The couple arrived in Cameron on Wednesday and will be at home for a season at the Lankford Hotel. Resolution of Respect - H. H. Steadman, deceased by the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 56 Birth - Twins - Boy and girl born to Mr. & Mrs. W. U. Osborn Death - Mr. Quaid, brother of Mrs. J. E. Watts died in San Angelo on Monday night. Death - The body of M. P. Miller, age 43, of Kenedy arrived in Gause on Tuesday of last week and was buried with Masonic honors. He was a relative of Major W. J. Gause - Milano Gazette Death - AMoney Matters Cause Killing@ - Caldwell, Jan. 8th - Early Thursday morning at the home of W. C. Bain, near Fraimville, Wert Bain received fatal cuts and stabs at the hand of his brother, Jabe Bain. He died the next afternoon and was buried in the cemetery there Saturday afternoon. The parties to the tragedy were sons of W. C. Bain. Both are married but Jabe lives near Rosebud and Wert lives in Fraimville. They were both there to visit their father and were sitting before the fire. Jabe was sitting in a chair with his little child in his lap and had a knife open pealing an orange and Wert was also sitting down. They became involved in a quarrel over some money matters when Jabe disputed Wert's word. Wert jumped up and pushed Jabe and the baby over and fell on top of him. It was while they were down on the floor that Wert received the cut, accidental or otherwise. It was in the region of the heart and extended from just below the left nipple back around the left side, a distance of 10-inches. - Caldwell Ledger [lengthy article] Injuries - Ulysses Cone, age 14, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jessie Cone fell and broke his left are while playing on the school grounds at Yarrellton on Monday at noon. Their other son, Arthur Cone, broke both arms and a leg on Nov. 26th and had to have the leg reset on Jan. 9th. Cameron Herald, Thur., 22 Jan 1914 Milam County Graduates with Bachelor of Laws Degree from the State University: Hamblen Lewis Porter of Rockdale; Talmage Beecher Reese of Milano and Eugene Bedford Simmons of the Simmons store community some 10-miles south of Thorndale Operation - Mr. & Mrs. T. M. Cave left Sunday for Dallas where Mrs. Cave will undergo an operation at the Baptist sanitarium. Mr. Cave returned Wednesday and reported Mrs. Cave getting along nicely. Marriage - Burlington - Ed McAfee and Miss Regina Schwarting were married at St. Michaels church at 7 a.m. Wednesday by Rev. Father Pfifner. [two articles from Rosebud News & Burlingtonian] Marriage - Miss Annie Irene Lupton, sister of Mrs. Guess, and T. Floris Criswell, cashier of the bank at Buckholts were married at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Bailey Guess on Sunday in Temple. The couple left for Fort Worth for a visit and will return to reside at Buckholts. Miss Lupton had been a resident of Temple for a few months during which she made her home with Mrs. Guess. Temple Telegram Death - Mrs. H. [Narcissa] Brancey died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Harris in Gause, last Sunday night after a lingering illness. She was a very old lady. She had been an invalid for a long time and death was in reality a merciful deliverance from physical suffering. She leaves several children including Mrs. W. B. Porter and Mrs. Harris, both of this city [Gause]. Services were Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harris and burial was in the city cemetery. - Gause Guide Marriage - Arthur M. Dossett and Miss Dasie Leggett of McHenry, MS were married Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. D. Sharbrough in Laurell, MS. The couple left for New Orleans where they will spend a few days and will then make their home in Cameron. Mr. Dossett is the brother of A. J. Dossett of this city. Marriage - Jack Webb and Miss Clara Devere were married last Sunday by Justice of the Peace R. T. Hill at his home. The groom is a prosperous farmer of Milam county. Caldwell Ledger Death - Hon. W. G. Gillis attended the funeral of Miss May Roland at North Elm Monday Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Angel Death - In an altercation at Jones Prairie some few days ago, between J. P. Rose and Savannah Flinn, colored, the latter received wounds which resulted in death shortly after Tuesday. Rose had an examining trial and was remanded to jail without bail. Cameron Herald, Thur., 29 Jan 1914 Suicide - AGirl Drinks Poisoned Water@ - Temple, Jan. 27th - Miss Mary Dettmer, age 28, daughter of W. H. Dettmer, a retired farmer who lives on South 21st Street in Temple died early yesterday morning as the result of having drunk water at about 7 p.m. Tuesday night that contained the phosphorous of more than half a box of matches. She has kept house for her father for a number of years as Mrs. Dettmer died about 25-years ago. The family moved here from Brenham 2-years ago. She has been in bad health for some time and in a fit of despondency Tuesday night, she is supposed to have soaked the phosphorous from a full box of matches and drank the water. About midnight, Mr. Dettmer was awakened by his daughter's groans and when she told him what she'd done, he summoned medical aid but it was too late. Mrs. Huhn, a sister of Miss Dettmer and Ben Dettmer, a brother, have been living in the home with her and the father. She leaves one brother Herman Dettmer who lives at Lampassas and several other brothers and sisters who live in Dallas and Brenham. Funeral was at the home at 9 a.m. this morning with burial at the city cemetery. Death - Frank M. Canipe, age 57-years & 3-months, of the Barclay section died Wednesday at 4 a.m. He had been in poor health for a number of years. He leaves a wife and seven children [no names given]. Burial was at the Barclay cemetery on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. with Woodmen of the World honors. - Rosebud News Accident - ABadly Injured by the SAP@ - Charley Habel, a farmer who lives on the Robert Aigner farm near Burlington was stuck by the northbound passenger train on the S.A. & S.P. railway on Saturday night. His left leg was broken and badly crushed at the knee, and his left arm broken near the elbow. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Simon Roeclas & Adelaide Rodriquez; Freddie Guliex & Lillie Ellison; John Repa & Francis Pargac; Fount Standiford & Janie Harris; John Floyd & Mamie Brown; E. H. Chappel & Nervy Williams; Wesley Locklin & Josephine Wesley Death - The infant babe of Mr. & Mrs. Enoch Fisher died of pneumonia Sunday night and was buried Monday in the Liberty Cemetery. - Milano Gazette Death - Temple, Jan. 25th - George Corbin, veteran Santa Fe engineer died at the Railway Hospital today from burns and scalds received when his engine overturned in a wreck near Lometa last night and pinioned him under the wreckage. The engine was pulling passenger train 78 due here about midnight, Tom Wickham, fireman, escaped injury. None of the passengers were injured. He leaves a wife and four children [no names given]. The body was sent to Cleburne for burial. Death - Obituary - Miss Mae Roland was born May 22, 1885 and died on Jan. 18, 1914, age 28-years, 9-months & 4-days. [lengthy tribute] Death - Martin Quaid died at San Antonio on Monday night. His mother, Mrs. Mattie Quaid, was with him and accompanied the remains to Marlin, where they were laid to rest on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. He attended the State University at Austin about 4-years, completing the academic course and was on his last year in the law course when he was stricken and had to leave school before the term closed. He spent several years in San Antonio and in the mountains of West Texas in search of good heath, and during his last year at San Angelo. Marlin Review [lengthy article} Article - Scudder Wilson and Spot Marshall on Tuesday night sent by express to President Woodrow Wilson, a white opossum, with their complements. They captured the animal on the Marshall place a week or two ago, not knowing what to do with the animal, Scudder insisted on sending it to his near relative in Washington City. The Reporter predicts that both Scudder and Spot will be invited to take dinner at the White House on the day the possum is served. - Rockdale Reporter Death - O. A. Foster Killed in Runaway - Rogers, Jan. 23rd - A telegram was received this morning chronicling the death of O. A. Foster, near his home at Cone, Crosby County, the result of his team becoming frightened and running away, throwing him from a wagon. Two of the deceased's brothers James Foster and Alonzo Foster of this place, accompanied by his father-in-law, W. J. Pass and Mrs. Loseley, his wife's sister, left this afternoon for Cone, the scene of the accident. Mr. Foster lived at Rogers for many years until 5 or 6-years ago when he moved west. He leaves a wife and four sons, the oldest of whom is 20 and the youngest 10-years old. Reward - Offer Reward for Murderer - Temple, Jan. 29th - Sheriff Blair is making a special effort to trace down the murderer of R. L. Parker who was found dead in his story at Heidenheimer on the morning of Dec. 28th. [lengthy article] Article - In Memory of Robert E. Lee - Written for Gen. R. E. Lee's birthday by the U.C.V. [lengthy article] Death - The principal Rockdale, Prof. H. M. Roark, received news Tuesday that his sister, Miss Dora Roark, ate 22, had died that morning at the home of her father, J. M. Roark, near Rockdale. Burial was Wednesday [cemetery not listed]. She had been ill for some length of time. Milano Gazette Death - The little baby of Mr. & Mrs. Enoch Fisher of the Oakdale community died last week. [lengthy article and poem] Cameron Herald, Thur., 5 February 1914 Death - Little Boy is Drowned - Theodore Fulcher, age 9, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Fulcher drowned last Sunday. Theodore, in company with several other little neighbor boys had strolled down the railroad towards Brushy creek. Upon reaching the slough at the end of the railroad dump, they were enjoying themselves by riding back and forth across the slough on a couple of pieces of heavy timber which had been fastened together. As they were being pushed out for another trip across, one of the boys who was standing on the bank jumped on the end of the timbers which caused them to rock and it frightened the ones on board and they all stepped to one side which caused the improvised raft to turnover and all were thrown into the water. M. E. Lincoln who was standing on the bank watching them, jumped in and rescued five. Theodore had gotten further out in the water and disappeared before he could get to him. A runner was sent to town for help and a number rushed to the scene on horseback, in buggies and automobiles. Mr. Lincoln became exhausted. The body was recovered by Sharp Young about 5 p.m. Burial was in the Locklin cemetery, 5-miles north of Thorndale at 3:30 p.m. Monday. Public school at Thorndale was dismissed for the day and the schools at Ellison Ridge and San Gabriel attended the funeral in body. Thorndale Thorn Death - Milam County Pioneer at Rest - Major W. J. Gause, age 84, had been sick for about 2-weeks and his death occurred last Friday about 10 a.m. He was born in Montgomery County, AL on Nov. 26, 1829. On Oct. 3, 1885 (sic), he married Miss Loveday Armstrong and came to Milam county where he purchased 500 acres near what is now the town of Gause. He lived on this property until 1872, when he bought the home where he died. He left five children. His wife died in 1894. In 1872, he gave the I & G.N. Railway Co. 100-acres of land on which to locate the town of Gause. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: G. L. Wisenant & Vera Luce; R. H. Simmons & Ethel Denham; Sawyer Toms & Rebecca Rucker; R. Kornegay & Theresa Obets; Henry Owens & Frances Singleton Marriage - Robert Simmons and Miss Ethel Denham, daughter of Mrs. E. Denham who lives a mile south of town, were married last night at 8 p.m. at the home of Rev. J. D. Shelton. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Death - Dr. Rainey Claimed by Death - Austin, Feb. 2nd - Dr. Frank Rainey, age 79, who served for nearly a quarter of a century as superintendent of the State School for Blind and later superintendent of the Masonic Home of Widows and Orphans in Fort Worth died today at he home of D. H. Hart in this city. He had been ill 6-months. Dr. Rainey had lived in Austin since the Civil War. Judge Rainey of Dallas, his nephew, was here at the time of his death. He was born in Alabama in 1833 and practiced medicine at Crockett, Houston County, Texas and was a member of the 13th Legislature of Texas. [lengthy article] Death - Mrs. Sallie Garrison Teel died at Clarksville. She leaves a husband and two little daughters. She lived in Cameron during her girlhood. [lengthy article] Accident - Auto Runs Over Boy at Taylor - Taylor, Feb. 3rd - A big 5-passenger touring car ran-over Bruno Kramer, age 14, son of Ernest Kramer on Main St. Late this evening, passing over the boy's head. The car was occupied by Tom E. Fowler of Bartlett, owner of the car and Ned Bartlett of Bartlett, who was driving. The driver was blameless as the boy darted out from behind a buggy, slipped and fell in front of the car. The driver swerved, attempting to avoid the boy, but the rear wheel passed over his head. The car was progressing at a moderate pace. Death - Samuel B. McQueen, age 84, one of the oldest settlers in Milam county died at the home of his son, Joe B. McQueen in the Sharp community on Tuesday, Jan. 6th. He was born in Marion City, SC on Aug. 15, 1826. He came to Texas and Milam county with his family in 1871. He is survived by six children: Mrs. Mary Moody of Cameron, Henry McQueen of Davilla, Roth/Ruth McQueen of Salado, Ranchler McQueen out west and Dawkin McQueen and Job B. McQueen of the Sharp community. Thorndale Thorn Death - A large assembly of friends and relatives gathered at the Locklin cemetery on Monday afternoon to pay their last respects to Theodore Fulcher, who was brought from Thorndale for burial. San Gabriel Correspondence in the Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 12 February 1914 Death - Rosebud - Little Rufus Francis McClure, age 8-months, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. D. McClure was buried Monday afternoon. [lengthy article] Death - Rosebud - News reached here Tuesday of the death of F. A. Looney who has lived in this section of the country for some time. He was buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery. Death - Salty - Miss Mattie Jackson, age 13, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joel Jackson of Thrall were buried in the Salty Cemetery on Wednesday, Jan. 28th. She had been confined to her bed with typhoid fever for about 5-weeks. [lengthy article] Death - J. B. Littlejohn Died Unexpectedly - Fort Worth, Feb. 8th - Capt. Joseph B. Littlejohn, distinguished Fort Worth pioneer, died last night at his home, 1605 S. Jennings Ave. He had not be seriously ill and was found dead by his daughter this morning. He was born in Fayette County, TN on Sept. 24, 1841. He was raised in South Louisiana on a plantation on Bayou La Fource. He graduated from Emery and Henry College of Virginia and was a classmate of Chief Justice White. He was a soldier in the Civil War entering the Confederate Army on Sept. 30, 1861. He was Sergeant Major of the 18th Louisiana Regiment. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg and Wilderness where he lost his right arm on May 4, 1864. He was attached to Gen. J. T. Jackson's corps. He is survived by his son, R. G. Littlejohn, City Tax Collection and his daughter, Miss Margaret Littlejohn. Suicide - Chloroform Ends a Life - Waco, Feb. 8th - With a kimono, reeking with chloroform fumes, laying across her fact, Mrs. Hattie Williams, age about 50 years, was found dead in her home at 26th and Fort Ave. at midnight last night by her brother-in-law, G. H. Hodge. Two sheets of paper were found on a table written in pencil that stated, ANever be bother with me again. I have no friends. Sell my things and it will make enough with what I have in the bank to bury me away just like I am. My clothes are all right to be laid away. Good-bye. Hattie Williams.@ She came to Waco about 3-months ago from Mineral Wells when she separated from her husband and the decree of divorce stipulated that neither could marry within 1-year. Mr. Williams remarried 2-months after the divorce was granted. [lengthy article] Recipes - Rump Steak & Oyster Pie; Veal & Ham Pie; Vermicelli Pie; Crab & Tomato Sandwich; Fillet of Beef; Sour Milk Doughnuts; Chicken Pie; Hot Clam Broth; Corn Soup; Omelet; Cheese Dish; Cream of Lima Bean Soup; Waffles; Fish Souffle; Codfish Salad; Round Steak & Gravy; Tomato Oysters; Cress Salad Marriage Licenses: Livingston Lewis & Orzela Edwards; L. C. Weeds & C. Virginia Kelley; Marshall Burton & Jessie Huffman; Joe Mitchell & Mary Wolf; W. A. Stevens & Addie Lucrecie Crockett; Clarence Hobbs & W. T. Isham; Peter Minors & Effie Jackson; J. B. Isbell & Nannie Morris; Bennie Jones & Martha Tomas; Sam Lindhorst & Mona Cravy; Sobrima Gorsilla & Maria Dolora Aguilera Marriage - Wesley Stevens and Miss Addie Crockett were married at the bride's home at Walker's Creek on Sunday, Feb. 8th. [lengthy article] Article - Buckholts Has New Postmaster - J. B. Rector, manager and almost sole owner of the Rector Hardware Co. At Buckholts has been appointed postmaster at that city. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Birth - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Robinson Death - Hubert Curtis Williams, son of Mr. & Mrs. John Williams of Ben Arnold died last Friday evening. [lengthy article] Article - Wanted - The names and addresses of the legal heirs at law of Wayne H. Gardner, who was an Iowa soldier during the Civil War and who was murdered in Milam County by Milam Hubby in April 1879. Any information that would be of assistance in finding his legal heirs will be great appreciated. Fred D. Mason, Attorney, Security Mutual Life Bldg., Lincoln, NE. Marriage - Rockdale - Miss Estella Williams and Oscar Leurs were married last Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 28th at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Bud Williams of Sandy Creek. The groom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Leurs. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Article - San Antonio, Feb. 8th - Priest Shot to Death - Returning unexpectedly to their country home 18-miles south of San Antonio, Charles Baumberger, president of the San Antonio Portland Cement Co. And Charles A. Baumberger, his son, found S. Virum Brales a Spanish missionary priest of the Catholic church in the house. What they saw prompted either the father or son to shoot in the abdomen and left arm. Brales died at a hospital here tonight. The Baumbergers are among the wealthiest in San Antonio. Bishop John W. Shaw of the San Antonio diocese stated the man was no longer connected with the diocese. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 19 February 1914 Death - Killing at Rockdale - The Rockdale jail was the scene of one of the most brutal and ghastly crimes last Saturday night. P. E. Ellison, negro, killed Elitera Luna, Mexican, by crushing and mutilating the body in a horrible manner. The crime occurred about 9 p.m. Deputy Sheriff Arledge was called by phone to the Seelke home, 5-miles north of town where a Mexican was causing a disturbance. He was brought to town and placed in the jail. Arledge arrested a negro who was creating a row in the Morosko restaurant. Ten minutes later, Officer Gohman and Constable Hamilton were called to the jail and found the negro standing on the dead body of the Mexican, raving and cursing. It was necessary to manhandle him to subdue him. It was then found that Luna was not only dead, but his body fearfully mutilated. An empty bottle was first used, then Luna was stabbed and slashed with the broken glass and finally stomped to death by crushing his chest, just over the heart. The negro claimed Luna attacked him and it was self defense. The negro is a renter on the Lensing plantation and has a wife and seven children and heretofore had a good reputation. Rockdale Reporter Death - Sleep Walker is Shot Down - Terrell, Tex., Feb. 15th - Will Sone, farmer, age 26, died Saturday night from gunshot wound received while walking in his sleep Thursday night. Calling at the home of a neighbor, Will Hisaw, at Brin Switch, Stone knocked at the door, but made no response when asked what was wanted. Hisaw shot the figure at the door because of no response. Stone's body was shipped to Hubbard City for burial. Article - 50 Year Anniversary of the Knights of Pythias Article - Bridge Contract Awarded for two bridges to be erected across the Brazos River at Wild Cat and Port Sullivan Marriage - W. M. Fanning and Miss Jewell Petty, both of Cameron, were married in Waco on Sunday, feb. 15th. Willis Petty, brother of the bride and Miss Bessie Duncan accompanied the couple. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Sam Wilson & Maggie McCool; John Stasa & Albinia Pobosil; Anton Valdez & E. Medina; B. L. Fortenberry & Nannie Bingham; W. M. Fanning & Jewel Petty; J. V. Hause & Nona Baldwin; F. E. Nelson & Audrey Faulds; Ray Eads & Clara Eiland Death - Burlington - Mrs. Burt, over age 70, an old resident of this community died Tuesday, the 10th inst. Burlingtonian Death - Bell County - The infant daughter of Henry Pittman of Belton died last Sunday and was buried at the Tennessee Valley cemetery. Death - Bell County - Bryan Conliff, age 95, died Sunday night at Temple and was buried in the City cemetery there. He was born in England. He has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Brown, of Temple. Newspaper - Luther Ables, formerly editor and manager of the Burlington Times is now farming out at Jones Prairie Automobile Registrations in 1914: W. H. Scarbrough, Rosebud, Buick - Dr. D. W. Queen, Cameron, Ford - R. S. Harris, Tracy, Jackson - Ben Asley, Rockdale, Maxwell - D. W. Catchings, Cameron, Ford - R. C. Barker, Cameron, Motorcycle Cameron Herald, Thur., 26 February 1914 Death - Waco, Feb. 21st - Farmer Killed by Holdup Men - James O'Neal, age 49, farmer, living about 10-miles north of Waco was found dead in the public road just outside the city limits at daylight this morning. His throat had been cut and he had been dead for several hours. The ground was trampled in such a way that indicated a terrific struggle had taken place. No weapon was found near the body. A blood-stained handkerchief was found about 100-feet down the road. The pockets of his clothing had been turned inside out. He came to this county 2-years ago from near Snyder, Texas. About 2-months ago, he moved to a farm 10-miles upriver from Waco. He is survived by his wife and 10 children. [no names given] Rape - Accused is Spirted Away - Belton, Feb. 22nd - After a few moments of excitement in which it was though mob violence would not be averted, officers spirted A. Greenwood, accused of rape by Fannie Gravit, age 13, from the jail in Belton to the city prison in Temple. The crime was reported to Officer Hale about 10 a.m. Sunday morning when the girl's mother called. The couple was found about a mile from the city limits in the woods that line the bank of a small stream. Mrs. Gravit and three children have been in Belton for a short time, coming from Lampasas. Greenwood claimed he has been working in this city and Lampasas for about a year and before coming to Texas lived in North Dakota. [lengthy article] Death - Aged Lady Dies at Gay Hill - Mrs. Maria Eiland died on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1914 at her home in the Gay Hill Community after an illness of 12-years. She was born in Alabama on Dec. 5, 1843 and was married at age 15 to Tome Eiland, who with nine children survive her. The family came to Texas and Milam county about 30-years ago. Children: Mrs. Ducy Caffey, Mrs. Rosie Drummond, Will Eiland, Andrew Eiland, Eugene Eiland, Joe Eiland, Calvin Eland and Marquis Eiland, all of the Gay Hill community. [Note: Article states she is survived by 9 children but only gives the names of 8] She is also survived by two sisters: Mrs. E. C. Caffey and Mrs. A. J. Jackson of this community and a brother, William Thomas of Waco. There are a number of grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Salty cemetery on Thursday afternoon. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: J. C. Pasteka & Mary Kostiha; John Lartique & Nannie Moore; B. H. Crayton & Julia Nelson; Dan Jenkins & Jewel Parker; M. R. Williams & Gracie Whitely; Demetrio B. Martinez & Virginia Tarres; William Henry & Mrs. Rachel Scott Candidate - Henry Shuffield Announces for Constable - Henry Shuffield of Maysfield is a candidate for constable of Pct. No. 2, subject to the action of the voters at the polls on July 25th. Mr. Shuffield was born and reared in that community and is an ambitious young man and well qualified to successfully discharge the duties of this office. [lengthy article] Death - Sad Accident - A sad accident happened in Houston on Saturday night, Feb. 21st about 11:30 p.m. when Jesse Boyd Rice, age 25, who was running a street car, was struck by a train and the top of the car was torn off knocking Boyd out of the car, killing him. The train drug him about 60-yards down the track. He is survived by four brothers and five sisters. His parents died while he was a child. His brother, Emmett Rice, went to Houston after the body which was buried in the North Elm Cemetery. He was a Woodsman of the World and was born in Alabama and that was his home until 1907. Hubert Hefley met the train and brought the remains to the cemetery. Article - Capt. J. J. Irwin for County Treasurer [with photograph] - He was born in Virginia, 32-miles from Harpers Ferry on March 14, 1830. At age 7, the family moved to Allegheney City, PA. His father died there when he was 12, his mother died when he was an infant. At age 13, he ran away from his guardian and went to St. Louis, MO and learned the trade of bricklaying and plastering and served 4-years as an apprentice. In 1851 he went to California but returned to St. Louis. In 1853, he went to live at the home of his uncle and eldest brother in Millican Bend, LA and a year later went to Souther Louisiana. In Jan. 1861, he went to his brother's home in Carroll Parish, LA where he enlisted in the first company organized for service in the Civil War and went to New Orleans, placed in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry and was mustered into service on May 17, 1861. From there with the command of Ben McCullough he went to Missouri and fought in the Battle of Oak Ill or Wilson's Creek on Aug. 10, 1861. On March 6-8, 1862 he fought in the Battle of Elk Horn. After the death of Gen. McCullough on March 7th, with the members of 10 or 15 other regiments went to Corinth, MS where he joined the army of P.G.T. Beauregard, Van Doren's corps and Princes' Division and fought in the Battle of Iuka, MS. In Oct. 1862, he joined Van Doren's command and fought in the Battle of Corinth, MS. From there he went to Snyder's Bluff on the Yazoo River. In May 1863, he was transferred to Vicksburg and served there during the siege. Surrendered on July 4, 1863 and was paroled, leaving there on July 8th or 9th, going to the parol camps in Alabama, later to Enterprise, MS. In 1864, he joined a cavalry company and served in Doyle's Battalion. Was captured at Wilson's Ferry on Oct. 9, 1864 and was taken to El Mayara, NY and exchanged during the latter part of Feb. 1865 and paroled at Richmond, VA on March 4th or 5th, leaving immediately to join his company in Southern Mississippi, walking nearly all the way. Before doing any more serviced, the command was surrendered. He received his final parol at Baton Rouge on May 12, 1865. In 1863, he located at Calvert and came to Cameron in 1888, where he has lived ever since. [very lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 5 March 1914 Article - H. B. Terrell - Good Roads Enthusiast - State Senator from Milam County Favors a Law Creating Office of State Highway Engineer Death - Milano - Curtis Wise, age 5, son of Mr. & Mrs. Tobe Wise died last Friday, feb. 20th. He had been sick only a short time. Burial at Liberty cemetery on Sunday at 11 a.m. [lengthy article with poem] Birth - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pearce on March 2nd Marriage Licenses: Lloyd McGuire & Ada Brackenbusch; Alonzo Salone & Janie Johnson; Henry Reed & Ella McCoy; June Hall & Liddy Brown Death - Old Citizen of Cameron Died Saturday - B. J. Baskin died Saturday morning and burial was Sunday from the Methodist church with burial at Oak Hill. Survived by eight sons [no names given]. [very lengthy article including music, and sermon notes, his personal character] [another article in the paper] John Pace of Haskell, Tex. attended his uncle, B. J. Baskin's funeral with his son, Charley Pace. Death - Milam County Pioneer Dies at Ripe Age - M. V. Tyson, age 73, died at 3 a.m. last Wednesday, Feb. 25th, at his home in Maysfield. He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas from Arkansas about 43-years ago. He was the father of 11 children, eight of whom survive: Mrs. Dr. Elza of Goodnight, Tex.; Mrs. M. B. Beard of Calsbad, NM; Mrs. L. O. Walker of Branchville; Mrs. Cleveland Eads of Bell county; R. R. Tyson, Van Tyson, O. A. Tyson all of Milam county and C. W. Tyson of Calvert. Funeral services were held at graveside at Pebble Grove cemetery on Thursday, Feb. 26th at 11 a.m. Calvert Picayune [lengthy article] Trial - Murder Case was Called - Santa Fe Brakeman Killed by Man He Put Off Train - Cameron Man is a Witness - Belton, Mar. 2 - The case of Nelson Houston, charged with murdering J. W. Hudson, freight brakeman on the Santa Fe, at Caldwell, went to trial in the district court today. On Dec. 1, [1913], Hudson, a member of the crew of Santa Fe freight train No. 18, was shot at Caldwell. A few days previous, Houston, accompanied a car of livestock to Fort Worth and according to the Texas Railroad Commission, Houston was not allowed free transportation on the return trip, but attempted to return on the freight train anyway. He was ejected from the train by Hudson and Houston swore vengeance. On the day before the tragedy, as Hudson's train passed through Caldwell on its run south, Hudson was assaulted as the train was leaving the station by someone who threw rocks. According to witness statements, the day of the event, threats against Hudson were repeated and Hudson asked for protection and was accompanied back to the train by an officer when he was assaulted and shot. Some hundred or more witnesses were present. About 80 are here. J. L. Barmore, a concrete contractor of Cameron was the first witness called. Barmore stated that on the day of the killing he was in a lumber yard near the Santa Fe depot at Caldwell and he was attracted to the depot by excitement. When he reached the station, he saw the deputy sheriff, with pistol drawn on Hudson, the deputy sheriff passed by with Hudson on one side and Houston on the other side; and as the party passed Houston called on the deputy sheriff to let him go and he was kill the _______; and Hudson told the officer to let him go and he would give Houston a d_______ good licking. [very lengthy article] Article - J. M. Cave, a leading citizen of Milano was a visitor in Cameron Saturday. He says the truckers experienced some small losses as a result of the recent cold snap but they were jubilant over the rain and expressed the belief that a larger truck acreage would be put in this spring and summer than ever before. Petition - I. H. Corbitt was up from Rockdale circulating a petition for signatures which will be presented to the Board of Pardons asking for a pardon of his son, Jim Corbitt, who was convicted at the fall term of the district court for the killing of Joe Young at Rockdale last spring. Corbitt was refused a new hearing which was affirmed by the court of appeals. He has secured over 800 signatures. Thorndale Thorn Resolution of Respect - B. J. Baskin, died Feb. 28, 1914 - by the Castle Hall, Milam Lodge No. 124, Knights of Pythias Estate - J. R. Dodson, the appointed guardian over the estate of Richard French, non compos mentis, a person of unsound mind, has asked for leave to resign as guardian and filed an account for final settlement. Motion to be heard on the 1st Monday in April 1914 at the Milam County Courthouse. Surgery - Charley Moore in Hospital - Early last Monday morning, Charley W. Moore, accompanied by his brother, Bud Moore and O. D. Baker, left this city for San Antonio. Upon reaching there, Charley was entered into the Santa Rosa Infirmary and had a surgical operation to removed the appendix. Gause Guide [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 12 March 1914 Article - Fire Loss is Result of Incendiary - Fire destroys Thomas & Son's brick building and contents including the Odd Fellows Lodge and Woodsmen of the World offices also located in the building [lengthy article] Birth - Burlington - Son born to Pat and Mrs. Gordon on March 2nd. This is the 7th boy born to this couple. Birth - Buckholts - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wilson last Saturday night, weight 13-pounds. Death - Hanover - Little Rocha, female, age 5, died Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Burial was Monday evening at Liberty Cemetery. [no surname given, don't know if Rocha is surname or not, very unclear in article] Death - Will Cook [of Rockdale] died in a sanitarium at Temple of lockjaw Monday. He received the injury in a run-away accident on the streets of Rockdale 6 or 8-weeks ago. Later blood poison developed and he was taken to temple where he died Monday. He was buried in Temple. Rockdale Reporter Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Batte. She will be named for her mother and aunt, Leila Maurine Batte. Marriage - Jim Fortner and Miss Cora Cameron of the Sharp community were married in Judge Watson's office Monday. Marriage - Ad Hall - Joe C. Pasteka and Miss Mary Kostia were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Kostia. Death - Tom Hickman, age 34, died at this home on the Dan Gunn farm at Walker's Creek on Thursday afternoon after a few weeks illness. He leaves a wife, the former Miss May Kenneday and three little boys. He was a nephew of John Dobbins. Burial at Walker's Creek cemetery. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 19 March 1914 Shooting & Hanging - Planter Shot; Negro was Quietly Hung - Hearne, Mar. 12th - J. R. Robertson, manager of one of the C. G. Woods plantations (about 20-miles from Franklin), was shot and Bill Williams, negro, who was accused of the crime was lynched. Williams is said to have had a grievance against Robertson. Williams, accompanied by another negro went to the Woods plantation and after a quarrel with Robertson, one of the blacks shot him. While some say Robertson wasn't dangerously injured, while others say he was probably fatally hurt. Sheriff Will Rushing and Constable G. C. McMillan were advised of the shooting but before they could leave, they received another message the negro had been hung and his body riddled with bullets. The negro who accompanied Williams escaped and a posse was seeking him in the bottoms. Death - J. D. Touchstone, age 90, of Sandy Creek died a 1 p.m. at the home of his nephew, J. N. Touchstone, a few miles west of Milano. Burial was at Sandy Creek on Tuesday. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Trial - Verdict of Not Guilty in Moore Case - A verdict of not guilty was returned Saturday at 9 p.m. at Houston by the jury in the case against Monta J. Moore, J. D. Hefley, N. B. Sligh and A. R. Sheffer, former official of the American Trust Company, who were charged jointly with the offense of unlawfully using the U.S. Mail. The trial consumed the entire week of the Federal Court. [lengthy article] Birthday - J. C. Bethea, who lives 2 or 3-miles on Rt. 2 will soon be 79 years old. He is a Civil War veteran and has lived in Milam County 30-years. Milano Gazette Death - Oakdale - Mr. Vanichek was called to Temple Sunday by the death of one of his brothers who was in the hospital there. Marriage - Seth Boles and Miss Sweetie Johnson, both of the Nile community, were married Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Methodist parsonage. Thorndale Thorn Marriage Licenses: Robert E. Higgins & Goldie York; Chas. Jones & Lucile Benson; Estanitade Ontiveras & Mrs. F. G. DeAleman; Robert P. Lehman & Edna Tucks; E. L. Ditto & Loa Angell; Seth Bowles & Sweety Johnson; Jim Fortner & Cora Cameron; Lee Waddell & Fannie Story; Byron Wade & Johnie Smith; John Pope & Edna King; Edgar Tucker & Ollie Power; John Wocker & Martha Janke Cameron Herald, Thur., 26 March 1914 Death - Burlington - William H. Jones died at Waco last Tuesday, March 17th at 3 p.m. He had been a resident of Burlington since his childhood and had only been ill with pneumonia a few days. The remains were brought to Burlington on Wednesday and funeral services were held at the Catholic church at 9 a.m. and burial at 4 p.m.. He leaves a brother, Tom Jones and family of Burlington and one sister, Mrs. Hopkins and family of Waco. Burlintonian Resolution of Respect - J. B. Baskin, deceased by the Camp Ben McCullock No. 29, United Confederate Veterans [lengthy article] Resolution of Respect - Tom T. Hickman, deceased who died on March 5, 1914, by the Root Camp No. 2805, Woodsmen of the World [lengthy article] Article - Knife Duel - Hillsboro - A knife duel, culminating a family feud of more than a year, occurred in the Swindoll & Carmichael grocery store on West Elm street in Hillsboro last Saturday. It resulted in the inflicting of wounds on W. M. Grishom, a farmer, who may die, and lesser injuries to Will Harber, divorced husband of Grishom's daughter. The two men met by accident in the store. Marriage Licenses: H. Blancett & Oneda Pollock; Joe Jose & Bernice Nicholson; Clyde Hensley & Verdi Davanay; R. N. Harris & Birdie Elsner Death - M. M. Caldwell, a former resident of this county died in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, March 5th at 0 o'clock after a lingering illness of some months at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. D. Hibbitts, 619 W. 10th St. Burial took place this morning in that city. He is a close relative to several families of Caldwells who live in Cameron. Marriage - Oakdale - Miss Verdi Davanay and Clyde Hensley were married Sunday afternoon. The bride has just closed a successful 3-months term of school. The groom is a prosperous farmer. Cameron Herald, Thur., 2 April 1914 Marriage - Richard Kiesnick and Mrs. Annie Zieschang were married Thursday, March 26th at 5 p.m. while seated in their surry in front of the Thorndale Thorn office by Justice E. L. Ramsey. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Accident - Dynamite Blows Hands Off - New Boston, Tex., Mar. 29th - Frank Martin, age 47, well-known farmer is expected to die from an accident yesterday which cost him both his hands and cause other injuries. He was carrying dynamite to blow-up stumps when it exploded. He was taken to a Texarkana hospital that revealed one of his fingers was blown into his neck and part of his wrist bone was embedded into his leg. Marriage Licenses: James Price & Estella Moore; Early Fikes & Mollie Hairston; Eugene Corder & Anna Pounders; Halarie Salazor & Eulailia Alaguer; W. N. Frazier & V. L. Brisbin; Geo. T. Clower & Lillie Sweet; Pete Stegint & Tinnie Tomasek; Antonian Washington & Ollie Brooks Death - Mrs. R. H. Caldwell left yesterday on the noon train for Oklahoma City in response to a message from her husband announcing the death of his father, Mat Caldwell. Decedent was more than 80-years old and had been a highly respected citizen of the Tracy community. Burial will be at Oklahoma City. Rockdale Reporter Death - Two Lives Lost at Wilmer, Texas - Wilmer, Dallas Co., Tex., March 31st - Two persons were killed, the Methodist Church destroyed, a blacksmith shop wrecked and several persons injured as a result of a windstorm that struck on Monday afternoon. The dead are: Mrs. Mary DeGrace, colored; Allen DeGrace, her husband. Injured: Jim Johnson, negro, bruises. The DeGrace negroes were at the home of Johnson and the dwelling was blown down and the occupants were crushed in the timbers. Johnson rescued his wife and the DeGraces before the debris caught fire. The house was completely consumed. Death - Mrs. Smilie Passes Away - Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Smilie, sister of Mrs. T. C. Stafford and aunt of K. S. Boykin has died. She had lived in our city for 5-years and was a widow of a Methodist preacher. Burial was at Oak Hill on Wednesday at 3 p.m. [lengthy article] Death - Marie Chambers Dead - Marie Chambers, the only child of Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Chamber died on Monday at noon after being stricken last Tuesday with pneumonia and lingered 7-days. She was in the 3rd grade. [lengthy article] Auto Registration: J. P. Marak, Burlington, Ford - J. F. Smith, Calvert, Ford - R. L. Swanzy, Tracy, Maxwell - H. O. Queebe, Rockdale, Maxwell Lawsuit - Waco, Mar. 28th - Alleging his little daughter was injured by a fall from a window on the 2nd floor of the Royal Hotel, Ben Lowenstein, Jr. of Marlin, filed suit yesterday in the 54th District Court against W. T. Watts, et al for $21,000. He asked for $1,000 for himself as reimbursement for doctor's and hospital fees and $20,000 for his daughter. As a result of the fall, her skull was fractured and an operation was necessary to remove a piece of it. He alleges faulty construction of the screen in the window which broke when the little girl leaned against it. Cameron Herald, Thur., 9 April 1914 Marriage - J. C. Huddleston of Rockdale and Miss Clara Baggett of Tracy were married Sunday night in the Methodist Church at Tracy. Death - L. L. Clark Dead - L. L. Clark died March 16th and was sick but a short time, heart failure bing the cause of death. He leaves a wife and nine children [no names given]. Burial was at North Elm cemetery. [lengthy article] Death - T. G. Wendt Died Tuesday at Brenham - Thomas Green Wendt, age 37, died Tuesday at 10 a.m. at his home on 3rd Street in Brenham. Last Friday, he was stricken with spinal meningitis and after a few days of intense suffering, he died. He heaves a widow: the former Miss Clara Neutzler whom he married on Nov. 29, 1900, near Burton; two children: Vera Elizabeth Wendt and Ernest Pier Wendt; four brothers: Conley Wendt of Brencham [no other brothers named]; five sisters: Mrs. Sallie Reddin of Cameron, Mrs. John Dement of Burton, Mrs. Reuben Dement of Burton, Mrs. Paul Krueger of Carmine; father: G. S. Wendt of Burton. Mr. Wendt formerly lived at Buckholts where he was the proprietor of a general merchandise store. Several years ago he moved to Brenham and became associated with H. Y. Neu in the grocery firm of Neu & Windt. He later sold his interest in the store and engaged in the real estate business. Funeral was from the family home on Wednesday at 10 a.m. and burial was in Prairie Lea Cemetery. Brenham Banner [lengthy article] Death - Rockdale - Mrs. C. A. Duffy was called to Ft. Worth on Monday by the sudden illness of her husband who was taken to All Saints Hospital where he died a few hours before she reached her destination. The remains were brought to Rockdale. Marriage Licenses: Robert Wilson & Eva McRed; Herman Backhaus & Agnes Fuchs; Carney Lee & Lola Ellison; William Huddleston & Cora Wilkerson; Ellie Chappell & Nervie Ann Williams; John Backhause & Lena Stork; Henry Gray & Petrice Flinn; John Mohelnic & Emma Wide Death - Officer Under Bond - Corpus Christ, Apr. 8th - Police Officer I. H. Johnson was placed under $1,000 bond on the charge of murder, resulting in the killing of Ramon Duennas last Monday. Johnson was pursing alleged gamesters and claims he had intended shooting in the air to frighten them, but by accident the bullet went wild and struck Duennas, causing his death. Death - Old Citizen Dead - Temple, Apr. 8th - R. W. Taylor, age about 54, longtime resident of Bell county died at the family home near Heidenheimer yesterday, 7-miles south of here very suddenly following an illness of less than a week. The leaves a wife and family. Services were conducted by the Temple Masonic fraternity. Newspaper - Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation: H. B. Terrell, Waco, Editor - A. V. Smith, Cameron, Managing Editor - H. B. Terrell, Waco, Publisher - H. B. Terrell, Waco, Business Manager Death - In Memory of Little Marie Chambers - [lengthy article] Article - Henry Shuffield of the Jones Prairie country, candidate for constable pct. 2, was seeing after his interests in town Monday. Article - Hon. H. B. Savage [with photograph] biographical sketch Marriage - George Clower and Miss Lillie Sweet, both of Milano, were married last Sunday morning at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Sweet, about a mile or two east of town. Milano Gazette Death - Death From Lockjaw - Elmer Reed, age 14, son of Mason Reed, died at their home in Fraimville section on Monday about 2 a.m. of lockjaw. He went hunting last Saturday and was accidently shot in one of his feet. Later lockjaw or tetanus set-in and nothing could be done. Burial was at the Hix cemetery on Tuesday morning. Caldwell Ledger [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 16 April 1914 Marriage Licenses: Citriano Rosendis & Paulita Jimienez; Varnard Epperson & Roxie Snelgro; Louis E. Murff & Ollie Lieu Bell; William B. Glover & Gertrude Burks; A. D. Henderson & Lora Pugh Birth - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. T. G. Shaw on April 9th at 10 p.m. in Waco. The Shaws are former residents of Cameron but now live in Waco. Accident - Mrs. Brewington, a member of Will Turnum's household, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured in an unusual accident Monday. In trying to keep a cow from escaping from a pen, the animal ran-over Mrs. Brewington, crushing her against the fence, resulting in several broken ribs and internal injuries that are serious. Resolution of Respect - Anna Elizabeth Smilie, deceased. Whereas, our brother T. C. Stafford has lost a loving sister and our brother R. S. Boykin an aunt, we extend our deepest sympathy by the Milam Lodge No. 125, Knights of Pythias Cameron Herald, Thur., 23 April 1914 Marriage Licenses: R. S. Carter & Hattie Dyer; Ed Ratliff & Annie Bell Crary; Bill Jenkins & Mittie Blassingale; W. T. Rudder & Carrie Ruhame Frazier; Bill Thomas & Rachel Williams; J. M. Lanford & Jessie Caywood; Sanford Berry & Etel Lawson; Asia Long & Mrs. Lizzie Tatnull Marriage - Burlington - Louis Murff and Miss Allie Bell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Bell, were married Wednesday morning. Mr. Murff was raised near Burlington. Burlingtonian Party - Mrs. Sheffield as Honoree - On last Wednesday, April 15th, Mrs. A. N. Weems gave an old fashioned dinner in honor of her mother, Mrs. Margaurett Sheffield. There were four grandmothers, four mothers, one aunt, two brothers, nine sisters, two grandsons, seven granddaughters, seven nieces, two nephews and 11 children. Grandmother Sheffield has lived to see her 5th generation, she is 87 years old. The out of town guests were Bob Vaughn of Maysfield, (Mrs. Robert) Wagon and her cousin, Miss Henrietta Troll of Burlington. Music and was stories was the diversion of the evening. Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Thomas on Thursday Birth - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. Claud Sproull on Sunday in Ben Arnold Cameron Herald, Thur., 30 April 1914 Death - Funeral of Joe Jinks - Joe Jinks, age 24, died Saturday in San Angelo. The remains were brought to Cameron and the funeral were held at the home of Mrs. Cora Crammer, whose sons were special friends of the deceased on Sunday at 10 a.m. with burial following in Oak Hill Cemetery. He leaves parents, Mr. & Mrs. A. N. Jinks of Waco; a sister, Mrs. Leonard Geiesky of Corsicana; two brothers, Eldridge Jinks of Waco and Charles Jinks of Rosebud; grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Cage and other relatives of Walker's Creek community. [very lengthy article detailing services, etc.] Article - Confederate Decoration Day includes three graves that mark the last resting place of soldiers who wore the Blue. Death - Roy Hubert Killed - Roy Hubert, age 27. a former citizen of the Minerva community was killed Tuesday night in Ft. Worth in a railroad accident while serving as engineer on the switch engines of the yards. He is the brother of Dr. J. S. Hubert of Maysfield, cousin of Miss May Marshall at whose home the remains were shipped Wednesday morning. Burial took place in the family burying grounds at Minerva where the parents of the deceased live. He leaves a wife and four young children. [lengthy article] Death - A Sad Death - J. Antone Hosch, Sr., age about 60, was found dead on Tuesday night a short distance from his home near Germania in West Cameron. The death was caused by heart failure and he leaves a wife and four children. He was connected with the Milam County Lumber Co. and a Catholic and was buried under its services. [lengthy article] Birth - Boy, Theodore Stanton, Jr., was born to Mr. & Mrs. T. T. Stanton in the Cameron Sanitarium on Thursday, Marriage Licenses: Cornelius Philips & Zora Robinson; A. B. Cass & Lillian Muse; H. D. Miller & Kate Loer; Norman Bounds & Ona Williams; A. J. Hall & Eva Whittington; Henry Miller & Tommie Bobber; Anthony Bradford & Lillie Kenney Death - R. M. Messimer Dead - R. M. Messimer, formerly with the Wells-Fargo Express Co. at this place died at his home near Snyder on Sunday afternoon after a long siege of sickness. He leaves a daughter, Miss Gladys Messimer who is a stenographer in the State Bank here. Burial was at Snyder. Yoakum Times [lengthy article] Death - Paul Palmer Dead - Paul Palmer, age 81-years, 9-months & 24-days, of Gay Hill died at his home last Thursday evening. He was born in Ebersweir, Baden Germany on June 22, 1832 and came to American in 1840 with his parents and settled at St. Geneveive, MO. There in 1856, he married Miss Carolina Bader, who survives him. They had eight children, five of whom are living - three sons and two daughters: Mrs. Mary Menn of Rockdale; Mrs. Carolina Braun of Gay Hill; Louis Palmer and Joe Palmer of Rockdale and Paul Palmer of Runnels county, also surviving are 28 out of 43 grandchildren. He moved to Rockdale in 1875. The funeral was at the Catholic cemetery at Gay Hill on Friday afternoon. Rockdale Reporter Death - James Bethea Dead - James Bethea, a resident of sandy Creek settlement died Tuesday night and was buried Wednesday. He was born in Georgia on Sept. 26, 1835 and came to Texas in the early 1860s and had been a citizen of Milam county for about 35-years. He leaves a wife and three children, one of whom resides in Rockdale, Mrs. Joe Smith. Rockdale Reporter Death - Marguarette Young, age 2, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Young died on Wednesday afternoon after an illness of only a few days. Burial at Hamblen cemetery on Thursday, April 16th. San Gabriel correspondence in Thorndale Thorn. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 7 May 1914 Park - Wilson-Ledbetter Park given to Cameron by Mrs. Lizzie Wilson Marriage - Tracy - Miss Lillian Muse and Ben Cass of Salem were married last Sunday at 3 p.m. [lengthy article] Monument Unveiling - Tracy - Ladies of the Woodman Circle unveiled the monument of the late Mrs. Irene Massey on Sunday, May 4th. Death - Thorndale - Ernst Kiescenick (sic) Suicides - The family of Ernst Kieschnick, age 54, arose about 6 a.m. and as the weather looked threatening, as if a storm was approaching, Mrs. Kieschnick and one of the little girls went out to milk and the two boys went to feed the stock, while Mr. Kieschnick who was complaining of not feeling well, was left in the house with one of the little girls to start breakfast. Shortly after the other members of the family had gone about their chores, the report of a gun was heard. The little daughter Ella Kiescenick, who was out on the back gallery ran into the kitchen thinking something had happened on the cook stove. She went through the other rooms and found on the front galley where she found her father with a pistol lying by his side. He leaves his father and mother [no names given] who live in this city and four brothers, John Kiescenick and Sam Kiescenick of Lee county; Otto Kiescenick of Bishop and Adolph Kiescenick of Thorndale; sisters, Mrs. Bertha Vimbaum of Lee county, Mrs. Pauline Michalk of Bishop, Mrs. Emma Dube of Austin, Mrs. Augusta Miertschin and Mrs. Lydia Schrader of Thorndale, his wife and eight children, six boys, Alvin Kiescenick and Henry Kiescenick who live in Lee county, Richard Kiescenick, Walter Kiescenick, Ernest Kiescenick and Sam Kiescenick and two daughters, Adele Kiescenick and Ella Kiescenick, all of whom live near Thorndale. He was born in Brenham on Aug. 10, 1860. Thorndale Thorn [very lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Sye Wesley & Ella Floyd; H. C. Touchstone & Mamie Davenport; W. B. Felder & Lucindy Prater; Albert Henderson & Alice Lee; Wesley Doshier & Vernon Stutts; Dave Cameron & Pearl Hairgrove; W. E. Avriett & Lena Surry Automobile Registrations: J. F. Carter, Burlington, Studebaker - W. S. Glasscock, Rockdale, Ford - Dr. D. E. Monroe, Cameron, Cheviolet (sic) - Willard Chambers, Cameron, Buick - Monroe Laffere, Rockdale, Ford - L. H. Laferney, Ad Hall, Motorcycle, Indian - T. S. Henderson, Cameron, Cadillac - Will Wunsche, Thorndale, Krit - August Runge, Thorndale, Ford - Anton Ermis, Buckholts, Ford - C. C. Stigall, Rockdale, Overland - W. F. Whitaker, Marek, Ford - Otto Schueraft, Rockdale, Buick - Ira Perry, Rockdale, Buick - Willard Chambers, Cameron, Saxon Marriage - A. Cass and Miss Lillian Muse were married Sunday at the home of the bride in the Tracy community. Death - Death of Paul Pieper, Sr. - Paul Pieper, Sr., age 58-years, 10-months, 10-days, of the Barclay section died at the family home Tuesday at 5 p.m. He leaves a wife and several sons and daughters. Burial was in the Barclay cemetery yesterday at 2 p.m. with Masonic honors. Rosebud News [lengthy article- Death - Henry Henderson, who had been making his home with a friend, George Durham, fell dead, as he walked along the road in company with Mr. & Mrs. Durham. Death due to heart trouble. The remains were taken to Buckholts and is being held for final instructions from relatives at Sea Drift, Texas. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Death - Rockdale, Apr. 30th - The funeral of Mrs. P. A. Lewis, age 79-years, 8-months, 29-days, was held Thursday at 5 p.m. from the newly dedicated Presbyterian church with burial in the Old City Cemetery. She died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Fred H. Graves was Wednesday at 2 p.m. while sitting in an easy chair. She was born in Alabama and attended the inauguration of the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. She had lived with a daughter in Rockdale, Mrs. E. S. Loper, for the past 27-years. Last January, she suffered a fall from which she had never regained her former activity. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. E. S. Loper of Rockdale and Mattie Werner of Houston, 15 grandchildren, which includes Henry T. Werner of the Associated Press, Houston and 30 great-grandchildren. Stabbing - Last Sunday, April 26th about 5 p.m. an altercation occurred between William Waldrup and Andrew Robinson in which Waldrup received 12 wounds inflicted with a pocket knife by Robinson, two of which are serious. One is a deep gash on the left-side just under the arm and the other is on the right breast under the nipple, which penetrated the lung. The left arm is lacerated by deep and painful gashes from the shoulder to the wrist. Constable Rogers who tried to separate the two received a wound to the right palm by Robinson's knife. The trouble occurred in a meat market owned by J. V. Marek in which Waldrup was employed. As soon as Waldrup succeeded in getting away, he walked to the Marak Drug store, strowing the sidewalk with blood. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Young and Dr. Stanley. Buckholts Bulletin [very lengthy article] Death - L. C. Meyer Drowned - Luis C. Meyer, mail carrier on Rt. 1 was accidently drowned Monday afternoon while making his return trip. The accident happened on the Rockdale and Burton road at Cottonwood Hollow between Hogg and Chriesman Chapel. Ordinarily this so-called branch is dry but the rains Monday had converted it into a raging torrent. No one saw the accident but some one heard him yell and Wright Watson, Steve Bubnik and Lee Wolz went to see what was the matter and found Meyer's horse standing on the bank, the harness having been cut to free the horse from the hack and the hack itself had been washed some distance downstream. Meyer was nowhere to be seen. A further search disclosed his body hanging in a barb-wire fence of the Krall pasture and when taken down, the body was shone to have a number of cuts. Burial in the Masonic cemetery under the Hermann Sons lodge. He leaves a wife and two children, Fred Meyer of Rockdale and Mrs. Arthur Tomlinson of Rosebud. Caldwell Ledger [lengthy article] Death - Farmer Hanged Self - Shiner, May 3rd - Alois Kolar, a farmer, hanged himself Friday night. His body, suspended with the feet drawn up, was found by members of the family. Marriage - Howard Lewis and Miss Elmer Mauldron were married last Sunday in Buckholts at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Watt Henderson. The couple left for their future home in Waco. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 14 May 1914 Accident - Milano - Harold Hess, age 6, son of Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Hess, who had 2-fingers of his left-hand torn-off by a dynamite cap, is getting along nicely as could be. The hand requires dressing every few days but will be healed shortly. Death - James Kirksey of Hillsboro, well-known hotel keeper was killed at Red Oak in Ellis County last Saturday about 6:30 p.m. when his auto collided with an inter-urban cart. His neck was broken, but the body was not mangled. Death - During the thunder storm Tuesday, lightening struck a negro [no name given], a horse and a mule on the A. J. McKinney farm in the Jones Prairie area and killed them instantly. Death - Tracy - Last Monday about 5 p.m., Frank Mace, age 14, the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Will Mace was out hunting. He had just left Mrs. Jack Flemings' when she called him back and he placed his gun in a clump of grape-vines to see what she wanted. On his return, he reached for the fun and it caught of a vine and discharged the loads into his thigh, passing on into the abdominal cavity, inflicting a mortal wound. Mrs. Fleming heard his cry for help and ran to him, reaching hin in time to save him from falling to the ground. He was conscious and told how the accident happened. He lived about an hour and died at the Fleming home. He leaves his parents, brother and two sisters [no names given]. Burial was at the Zion cemetery near Sharp on Tuesday afternoon. [lengthy article] Marriage - Ray Burke and Miss Addie Helmich were married on Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's grandfather, S. P. Tate in West Cameron. The bride has lived in Cameron all her life. The groom is connected with the Cheeves Bros. firm. [lengthy article, gives name of those attending] Stabbing - Last Saturday night in an altercation between Jessie Cole and Steve Svetlik, Svetlick received a blow on the face from Cole's fist, and Cole received a stab from Svetlik's pocketknife. The knife entered Cole's right side just below the lower rib, entering the lung cavity. Both are citizens of Bryant Station. Buckholts Bulletin Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Yaws of Houston at the home of Mrs. Yaw's parents, Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Spiller on Friday morning. Death - Curry - Mrs. John Turnham of this place died last Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Johnnie Slocomb in Cameron. Marriage - Rev. William Dean White and Esther L. Owens of Waelder were married Tuesday a noon at the home of the bride. They immediately left for a short visit to Seabrook. Mr. White is the pastor of the Methodist Church here. Marriage - C. C. Kerns and Miss Mary Gill, daughter of Billy Gill, were married Tuesday in Austin. They left for a trip to Kansas where they will visit the parents of the groom. They will sail about the first of June for Honduras where they will make their future home. Mr. Gill is well-known in Cameron, having lived here several years ago. [very lengthy article, describes decorations, music, bridal party, etc.] Marriage Licenses: Willie Sheppard & Lulu Henderson; Frank Tomek & Annie Carnecky; J. L. Pounders & Majorie Bissell; Rev. William Dean White & Mrs. Esther L. Owen; U. R. Burke & Addie Helnick; Dudley Jones & Lillly Tifer Death - Mrs. John [Viola] Turnham, age 43, died last Friday at her home just north of Cameron. She had suffered with an incurable disease for several months. She leaves a husband who has been an invalid for many years and four children, two sons and two daughters, Mrs. John Slocomb of this city being one of them. She was the nieces of Dr. J. M. Woodson of Temple. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 21 May 1914 Death - Foul Play is Expected Near Taylor - At his home near Beyersville, 7-miles southeast of Taylor Sunday evening about 8 p.m., Eugene Trupple, age about 39, a tenant on the Emil Dubus farm, left his home and went to the barn, taking with him a single-barreled pump gun. In a few minutes, loud reports were hear. His wife, the sole occupant of the home, rushed to the barn where she found Trupple with rounds in his right breast and left shoulder and the top of his skill was blown from his head and his brain was lying nearby in a lump. That day, he had attended a meeting of the Order of Hermann Sons, of which he was a member and where he paid his monthly dues and following a lunch, changed clothes and left to go feed the livestock in the barn. This was the last time he was seen alive. He leaves a wife and son about age 10 and a brother in Archer County, Texas. He was a native of the Swiss-German province of the old country where he came from a year and a half ago. An inquest was held but there is no verdict. [lengthy article] Marriage - Cameron Minister Married at Waelder - Rev. W. D. White, pastor of the Methodist Church in Cameron and Mrs. Essie Owen were married Tuesday at noon in Waelder at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lucy Bradfield. They left for a 3 p.m. train to Seabrook and from there they will go to Cameron and make their home. Waelder New Era [lengthy article describing home decorations, music, guests, etc.] Article - Human Skeleton washed to Surface - Recent Overflow Water Expose Bones of a Human Near Reed's Lake - Some Mexicans strolling about the Little River bottom last Sunday near Reed's Lake discovered a human skeleton that was partially exposed by the recent floods. Justice of the Peace C. L. Gibson ordered the remains re-interred in a cemetery in that vicinity. The conditions of the bones indicated they had lain there for many years. Fritz Wohleb of that community recalls an incident of 9 or 10-years ago when he and his wife were driving along after night and on passing this identical spot they heard faint groans from someone who seemed to be in paid and pleading for his life and on closer investigation saw two men holding a third on the earth, frightened they hastily drove on and it is his theory, as well as others, the skeleton found was the remains of that man who was probably murdered that night. There are of course other theories. Rogers News [lengthy article] Graduation - May 29th the Class of 1914 will graduate with Miss Mabel Caldwell as valedictorian and Miss Jewel Joslin as salutatorian. Frank Cooper will be class orator. O. L. Kidd with make the Commencement address and Dr. A. S. Epperson, President of the School Board will deliver the diplomas to the graduates. Marriage - J. E. Hall was the purchaser of the first marriage license ever issued at Littlefield. He secured the certificate last week to marry Miss Timmie Wallis of that place. Marriage Licenses: Lee Anglin & Lilly Sharp; Jno. Arledge & Mrs. Edith Johnson; L. T. Keetch & Ollie Reed; C. K. Eiland & Freda Henke; Joe Anthis & Annie Clements; John Moseley & Flvira Gains; Fred Lazek & Molly Marek; E. L. Pounders & Lizzie Cook; Dudley Jones & Lilly Tifer Resolution of Respect - Mrs. Stotts, mother of our brother, P. M. Stotts by the Cameron Lodge No. 56, I.O.O.F. Visiting - Oakdale - G. W. Batey of our community attended the United Confederate Veterans reunion at Jacksonville, FL. On his return trip, he stopped and visited at West Point, GA and Tunnelhill, which was his old home where he was born and raised and where his sister-in-law still lives, his brother having died in March. Death - Mattie Claire Lyles, age 9-years, 4-months & 15-days, died on Saturday morning at the home of her parents, Major & Mrs. R. Lyles. Burial was Sunday afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery after a funeral a 3 p.m. She was a member of the Episcopal church. With parents and two young sisters were joined other members of the family: Mr. & Mrs. Mart Lyles of Temble; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lyles of Waco; Lee Lyles of Galveston and Robert Lyles of this city. [very lengthy article describing services, music, etc.] Cameron Herald, Thur., 28 May 1914 Death - Tracy - The unveiling ceremony was held last Sunday over the grave of Mary Irine Massy, deceased. Judge John Watson of Cameron made a nice talk. [lengthy article] Deaths - Three Killed in Duel - Three men are dead, a negro, Mexican and an Italian, as the result of a fuel with pistols at the store of Frank Salvato in the Brazos bottom, about a half-mile from Mudville on Wednesday. The dead include Salvato, owner of the stor, who is though to have met death accidently. The trouble is said to have started between Luke Brown, negro and the Mexican [no name given], both drawing revolvers. During the firing, Salvato was shot through the stomach and died a few hours later. The negro and Mexican were killed instantly. Caldwell Ledger Death - Died Suddenly - Frank M. Meyers died at the family home on the Read Ranch near the city very suddenly about 9 a.m. Thursday morning of acute dysentery. He had been in bad health for several weeks. Wednesday evening he ate some fish for supper and sone afterwards was taken violently ill and continued to grow worse until death. He leaves and four children [no names given]. He was a member of the Rosebud Woodsmen of the World. Burial was at the Woodland Cemetery at 2 p.m. Rosebud News Trial - Bounce Beauty Plead Guilty to Murder - Bounce Beaty pleaded guilty in the 54th district court here in Marlin, Friday, May 15th to the murder of John Richey. On May 15, 1913, John Richey was murdered and beheaded. The body was found lying on a creek bank and the head in a pool of water nearby, within a few miles of Marlin, in the eastern part of the county. Beaty was sentenced to life imprisonment. Three men, Dud Reed, Brunce Beaty and Bus Wyers were tired for the crime. Wyers was convicted and sentenced to hang. Reed was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Beaty, the third and youngest, made a complete confession and entered a plea of guilty. Wyers' case has been affirmed and he is in the Waco jail. [lengthy article] Posse - Exciting Man Hunt - Fairfield, Tex., May 26th - About 100 posse-men are on the hunt for Lloyd Thomas, negro, accused of murdering James Casey, a white man on Sunday. Casey had gone to collect a debt for a horse from Thomas, Five other negroes suspected of connection with the case are now in jail here. Among the five are Thomas' father and threats have been made if Lloyd is taken alive, the mob might exact vengeance on both. The elder Thomas has refused to comment on the shooting. Lloyd Thomas is armed. [lengthy article] Death - Reported Dead, Is Alive - Marlin, May 25th - Ernest Gillispie of Mart who was reported drowned in the Brazos last Thursday, along with Parker Townsend of Mart was brought here and is alive and well and in police custody pending investigation. Monta Miles, who was with Gillispie and Townsend is in jail here charged with theft of a boat, having been arrested Saturday when he made a written statement before a justice of the peace regarding the drowning accident. Before making the statement, Miles represented Gillispie and Townsend were drowned. The statement declared this story untrue and that Gillispie was still alive. A search for Gillispie was begun and he was found near Calvert. The police are now search for Townsend's body. Sheriff Hood received information that a corpse had been recovered from the Brazos river at Baileyville and identified as that of a young man from Mart. . Accident - Dewey Humble, age 12, son of S. H. Humble had his right eye removed, caused by a piece of steel. Biographical Article - John Espy Watts, Superintendent Cameron Public Schools (with photograph) - He graduated from Daidson College, NC. He came to Cameron in 1904 to teach and was elected principal of this school in 1907. [very lengthy article] Birth - Belmena - Son [William W. Shuffield] born to Mr. & Mrs. Darck [Dorchie Speed] Shuffield. Death - D. W. Nichols, age 67, of Cameron died Monday at 9:30 a.m. and was buried Tuesday at Elm Cemetery. He is the father of D. M. Nichols of Burlington. Burlingtonian Birth - Son born to Mr. & Mrs. Pete Havekorn on the 19th. Burlingtonian [lengthy article] Marriage - C. L. Eiland and Miss Freda Henke, both of Gay Hill community, were married Sunday afternoon. The bride is the daughter of Wm. Henke and sister of Ed Henke. Rockdale Reporter Marriage - Miss Etoile Frierson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Frierson of Taiban, NM will be married in early June to Mr. Parker of Hereford, AZ, the future home of the couple. Miss Frierson formerly lived in Cameron. [lengthy article] Birth - Mr. & Mrs. I. O. Looney have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. P. C. Tarver of McAllester County, OK. Mr. & Mrs. Looney are rejoicing over the arrival of a new granddaughter in the Tarver home. [lengthy articl] Death - Mystery in Taylor Tragedy - Taylor, May 26th - The dead and horribly mangled bodies of John Torres, age about 25, and Antonia Martinez were found on the Katy railroad tracks west of and opposite the north end of the city cemetery at an early hour this morning. Both heads were crushed to a pulp. The woman's body was cut entirely in two, the lower limbs being several feet distance down the track from the head and trunk. One of the man's hands was cut-off. It is supposed the bodies were run-over by the night passenger train. An inquest will be held. Torres was an employee of the Avery Lumber Co. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 28 May 1914 Death - Tracy - Mrs. Cobb died in the neighborhood of Cobb's gin. She was an old citizen of that place and is the mother of Mrs. Dr. Phillips of Rockdale, and Mrs. Barto McBernett of south Texas and son Charley Cobb was at home with her. Article - Cameron Fire Dept. Resigns in Body [very lengthy article] Death - Owing to delayed reports, we regret that due tribute was not given in our last issue to the memory of Mrs. Jennie Roberts who died Monday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Coleman in Ft. Worth. Burial was Wednesday in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron. Mrs. Roberts was born and reared in Florida and came to Milam county many years ago as a bride and having ever since lived in Yarrellton. Shew as the month of a large family, six survive and all but one attended her bedside during the last hours: Mrs. John Coleman, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Walter Stoneham, Sterling City; Dr. Lilly Roberts, Mineral Wells; Mrs. Arthur Baskin, Cameron; Luther Roberts, Cameron; Liscomb Roberts, another son was in Oregon. She also raised her niece, Mrs. John Hardin of Chilton (nee: Miss Florence Roberts). [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Archie L. Fullick & Clara Beard; Fritz Seelke & Emma Stork; Jenkins Bolton & Rubby Tidwell; A. Copans & Tina Iona Thomas; W. E. Isaacs & Anna Stone; Geronimo de La Rosa & Epifania Gutierrez Article - Graduating Class of 1914, Cameron High School - All graduates with photographs; Salutatory Address; Valedictory Address; Class Orator's Address Article - Color High School Commencement - two graduates: Mildred Lee Cunningham and Pearlie E. Redd Article - Buckholts now has electric street lights Marriage - Buckholts - Miss Katy Martin, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. John B. Martin of Sparta, and Claud Clandyke of Belton were married at Belton on Sunday evening. Miss Martin is well-known in Buckholts, having taught at the Bryant Station school the last term. Death - A Sad Death - Jimmie William ABilly@ Morris, age 3, son of Mrs. A. Morris, took suddenly ill last week with diphtheria and died Saturday afternoon. Burial was at the Milano cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Milano Gazette Cameron Herald, Thur., 11 June 1914 Marriage - Thomas B. Stidham, Jr. And Miss Corine Cox were married Sunday at Leonard, Texas in the home of the bride's mother. The couple honeymooned in Dallas and will make their home in Jones Prairie. Marriage Licenses: Edward Trojan & Alice Pakonien; Max Montgomery & Lilly Pendergraft; Thomas Stidham & Corine Cox; Talvin Tercy & Annie Smith Article - Misses Shuffield Entertain - On Thursday evening Miss Mary Shuffield and Miss Ola Shuffield were hostesses to a large number of friends in the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. & Mrs. R. H. [Ruben Hartwell] Johnson [nee: Mary A. Sheffield] [lengthy article] [Note: Mary & Ola are the daughters of Della D. Shuffield and Walker R. Sheffield and Della is the sister of Mrs. R. H. Johnson ] Article - John L. Hamilton, an old Milam county boy, is in the race for County Clerk of San Patricio Co. Article - Rosenstein's Burglarized - Tuesday night, the store of A. Rosenstein & Co. Was entered by burglars through a rear window, the screen being torn loose and the window raised. Harris Rosenstein, manager reported the items thought stolen. Gause Guide Birth - Tracy News - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Mitchell on June 6th. Automobile Registrations: J. E. Hill, Buckholts, Ford - Hugh Morrison, Cameron, Ford - Will Marek, Cameron, Motorcycle - I. H. Reynolds, Cameron, E. M. F. - T. G. Vanzant, Cameron, Ford - Chas. Cockal, Rockdale, Ford Cameron Herald, Thur., 18 June 1914 Death - Prominent Lady Dies During Night - Mrs. Bertie Cochran, wife of S. R. Cochran, Prominent Merchant Passes Away - Mrs. Bertie [Kinard] Cochran, wife of S. R. Cochran, died Thursday night. It was known she was seriously ill. The remains were shipped to Cold Springs by train on Friday afternoon with burial at Cold Springs on Sunday. [lengthy article] Gause Guide [Note: She was buried in the Cochran Cemetery south of Coldsprings, San Jacinto Co., TX - gravemarker lists dates as: b. 7-7-1882 & d. 6-5-1914] Death - Belmena - Mamie Shuffield, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Shuffield died last Friday morning between 8 and 9 a.m. She had been sick for the past week. [Note: She was born 7 Dec 1899 and died 12 Jun 1914 of pertica anercoi of blood (leukemia) - burial was at Little River Cemetery] Marriage - Oxsheer Smith and Miss Swift of Maine will be married on June 27th. Mr. Smith's sister and brothers, Miss Etna Smith, H. F. Smith and Goodhue Smith will attend, Article - Confederate Veteran Writes about Battle - This is Sunday morning, June 7th and it very vividly calls my mind back to this day 51 years ago, 1863, when we charged over the breastwork at Millican's Bend on the Mississippi River and engaged in one of the bloodiest fights for about one hour that was ever fought. We marched all day the day before the battle and lay on our arms during the night within a mile of the battle ground and just as day began to dawn we received orders to prepare for battle and resumed our march to meet the enemy and within a few hundred yards of the enemy we had to concentrate our men and cut through a Bois d'arc hedge and the enemy began firing on us before we could deploy columns and about fifty of our men fell, but we were only a few minutes in making our way to the levee behind which the enemy was fortified and they proved to mostly negroes. We charged right over on them and within a very short time, we completely demolished the entire enemy, killing 750 negroes, wihle we never lost a man after we got to the levee. Blood was in the trenches several inches deep after the battle. I was a member of the 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Col. R. T. P. Allen was our colonel and Wash Jones our lieutenant colonel. Though the battle was led by the illustrious General E. McCollugh, who has long since received his reward, not only as a faithful Confederate soldier, but as a faithful Christian soldier of the cross of Christ. Among the brave Burleson County boys who participated in that famous and hard fought battle were: B. H. Carroll and his two brothers, Will Ike Heslep, C. C. Harvey, Billy Brymer, T. M. Hunt, B. A. Porter, John Porter, Tom Ridgeway and Jack Allbright, the later two being killed in the first charge, and many others were there who I can't call to mind as I am only quoting from memory. Writing this synopsis of the battle at the request of some of the old boys who were there and if I have made any misquotations I stand corrected. T. F. Mays, Deanville, (Burleson Co.) Texas. Death - Millions for Nephew - Houston, June 9th - R. W. Ogden of Bartlett, Texas reached here today to arrange for the funeral of his uncle, F. A. Ogden who died unknown at a hotel Saturday night. Since his death it has been learned Ogden was a man of mystery and millions. [lengthy article] Death - William Madison Woodson, born Jan. 18, 1840 near Oak Hill, Wilcox Co., AL died on the morning of June 14, 1914 and was buried in the Temple city cemetery. He married Martha Jane Hawthorn on Oct. 14, 1865. His wife is very ill however she decided the funeral services and the hymns were of her choosing. He volunteered for service in the Confederate army from Erskin College, Due West, SC in April 1861. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Corinth, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh, Vicksburg and many others. The was twice wounded at Lookout Mountain and Shiloh. The wound he received at Shiloh was so serious that the army surgeon who examined him, after probing the wound with his finger announced he was going to die any way and the was no use wasting time on him. But Woodson overheard the remark and made up his mind he would not die and struggled to recover. The bullet was never discovered and extracted and was carried to the day of his death more than 50-years later. After the war he taught school at Oak Hill and in 1867 deiced to become a doctor and entered the medical dept. at Tulane University in New Orleans. From Tulane he went to Belivue Hospital Medical School in New York City, receiving his degree from there. He practiced a short time at Cross Plains, AL and came to Texas in 1870, locating at Maysfield where he spent 8-years. The family moved to Cameron, living there 8-years and then moved to Temple in 1886. Dr. Woodson was the only boy in a family of six children. Four of the five sisters are living: Mrs. Katherine Turner, Miss Josephine Woodson, Mrs. E. (last name unknown) and Mrs. David Watts, all of Wilcox Co., AL. Three of his five children were born in Maysfield, two children were born in Alabama. Four children are now living: Mrs. M. W. Branch of Dallas; Dr. J. M. Woodson, Mrs. W. S. Rowland and Miss Evelyn Woods of Temple. Temple Telegram [very lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Otilo Molina & Peta Lubra; T. B. Yarbrough & Mary Jones; Ollie E. Osborne & Nora McCright; Jeff Fox & Bessie Cuzzort; Fred Dumpford & Fannie Jackson; Don Case & Effie Price; James E. Bowman & Adalia Littleton; Thad Barnes & Teresa Williams; F. A. Polansky & Pauline Corbin; Henry Mitchell & Dew Craw Cameron Herald, Thur., 25 June 1914 Death - Famed Chief's Nephew Dies in Local Jail - Houston, June 20th - Dr. Gordon Adams, age 43, nephew of General John B. Gordon of Confederate fame, died in the county jail at 5:10 a.m. Friday morning. An inquest death was due to natural causes, heart trouble. He was originally from Huntsville and later moved to Conroe. He was arrested in Houston on June 16th by Officer Garrett and fined $8.45 for drunkenness. Not having the money and not caring he said, he went to jail to serve out the fine. It was not his first arrest. He was well-known to the police and police records show him as a person addicted to drugs. He leaves a family. Dr. Adams was an eye specialist. Funeral was at Westeimer's chapel on Saturday morning and burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery. His wife, from whom he had been separated from for over a year, attended. She is employed by Sanger Bros. at Waco. He was charged with aggravated assault in Cameron. The couple were divorced but they later remarried and were separated a short time later. [very lengthy article] Deaths - Two Mexicans Killed by Train - Last Saturday night two Mexicans, Juan Salaz and Pascual Nino were killed by a south-bound passenger train No. 15. The bodies were turned over to the Santa Fe Railroad Co. The two men had been in Buckholts Saturday evening and left together. The accident occurred about 1-miles west of town. Both bodies were horribly mangled, especially that of Nino, which was ground to a pulp and scattered along the track. Buckholts Bulletin Marriage - Prominent Gauseite Weds - Dr. G. S. Miller of Gause and Miss Lela Mepefee of Hearne were married last Thursday at 6 p.m. in Hearne at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Ford. The bride was the chief operator for the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co. at Hearn. Gause Guide [lengthy article] Marriage - Tracy - Miss Lena Gilleland and Lesley Horton were married last Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Florence Gilleland. [lengthy article] Marriage - Tracy - Jeff Smith and Miss Annie Baird were married last Saturday evening at the home of the bride's uncle, Andrew Baird. [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Keron Martin and John D. Ratliff were married Tuesday afternoon in the Baptist Church in Ben Arnold. The groom has been the post master of Travis and among its leading merchants. [lengthy article, including bridal clothing, etc.] Marriage Licenses: C. A. Denman & Susie Leonard; George Moore & Phoena Wesley; J. L. Horton & Lena Gilleland; Kenerd Smith & Jessie Haggard; Jno. D. Ratliff & Keren Martin; L. O. Springer & Willie May Hillyard; L. V. Hill & Susie Padgett; G. J. McCrummen & Ada Fatherill; Oxsheer Meek Smith & Marion Dingley Swift Article - Smoker Party for Oxsheer Smith [very lengthy article describing program, music, etc.] Marriage - Miss Ruth Scott of Rockdale and Seth Shepherd of Thorndale were married at the home of the bride's cousin, Mrs. Jas. Pate on Thursday. They will make their home in Rockdale. Death - Mrs. Susie Gamble, age 42. wife of Green Gamble died in a hospital in San Antonio on Wednesday where she was taken about 3-months ago for treatment. The body arrived at Thorndale on the Thursday noon train and burial was in the Locklin cemetery on the Gabriel at 3:30 p.m. She leaves seven children [no names given], her mother, Mrs. H. F. Baird and 11 brothers and sisters [no names given]. Thorndale Thorn Death - Mrs. Emily Pleasant Routt, age 82, died at the home of Thomas Peterson on North St. this morning at 6 a.m. Services will be at the Peterson home Sunday at 7 a.m. with burial at the Routt cemetery in Chappel Hill at 10:30 a.m. She was the former Miss Strong and was born in Huntsville, AL on March 8, 1832 and was married to Lafayette Routt in 1849. He joined the Confederate army when the war broke out and was killed in battle in 1862. She came to Texas in 1858 and settled at Chappel Hill. She had five children, two daughters and three sons. The following survive: Mrs. G. A. Scott of Ladonia, Tex.; Joseph Robert Routt of Brenham; Lafayett Routt of Navasota. Mrs. T. N. Peterson at whose home Mrs. Routt died is a granddaughter. Mrs. Peterson has been with her grandmother since childhood, when she and her three brothers were taken into the home after the death of their mother. Brenham Banner [very lengthy article] Death - Mrs. Agnes Wright and J. S. Thompson returned to their home in Stephens, AR after attending the funeral of their son and brother. Death - Thomas R. Wright, age 44, formerly of Prescott, AR died in Cameron on Monday afternoon after a lingering illness. He was a native of Glenville, AR and the son of Agnes Moody Wright. He finished his education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and married Miss Lulu Terry of Prescott in 1901. They had two children, Terry Wright and Agnes Wright who survive him. He came to Texas in search of better health. He was the Circuit Clerk of Nevada County and a member of the School Board, Recording Steward of the Methodist Church and was assistant cashier of the Prescott bank. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. In Cameron he was an invalid but well respected. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery from the family residence on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Wright was the son-in-law of Geo. W. Terry of Sulphur, OK and brother-in-law of Dr. J. M. F. Gill of this city. [lengthy article] Death - Jessie Johns, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Johns died Saturday at 8 a.m. in a Temple sanitarium where he had been taken on Thursday for an operation. The body was returned to Granger, his home, where burial took place Sunday afternoon. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Article - Hood's Texas Brigade - Confederate Reunion at Ennis, Texas - Among old members from Rockdale who are expected to attend are: B. V. Arnold; J. D. Shelton; W. E. Copeland; L. Miller; Bob Ashley and others. Rockdale Reporter Cameron Herald, Thur., 2 July 1914 Birth - Tracy - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Earnest ______ (can't read surname) on June 27th. Death - Tracy - Lina Lee Copley, age 18-months, youngest child and only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Copley, died of cholera infantum on June 27th at 11 p.m. Burial was in the Salem cemetery. Marriage - John Sedelmeyer, son of Major & Mrs. Louis Sedelmeyer, and Miss Mabel Hesling were married at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Fahrendorf in Cameron. The bride and groom are natives of Erie, PA. Major Sedelmeyer is the father of Mrs. Fahrendorf. The groom and Jim Neinast form a partnership and have the grocery concern of Fritz Fahrendorf on the Public Square since Jan. 1st. The couple departed on the south-bound Santa Fe at 2:45 a.m. for Galveston, Houston and other points for their honeymoon. After July 6th they will be at home to their friends. [lengthy article] Death - Bell County - W. L. Baugh, age 93, died last week at the home of his son, H. F. Baugh at Rogers. Burial was in the Rogers cemetery. Mr. Baugh was a pioneer of Texas having come to Coryell county in 1854 where he lived until 4-years ago when he moved to live with his son. Death - Capt. McCord of Cameron died in a Temple sanitarium following an operation. Burial took place in the family lot in Oak Hill cemetery. Death - Mrs. Pauline Rendor, age 85. a member of one of Milam County's oldest and most respected German families died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pauline Gerdes at Shiner, Texas on Sunday at 1 p.m. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery, beside her husband who died in this city in 1906. She was born in Germany and emmigrated to Texas with her father, Mr. Keln when a young girl, settling in Washington county. Coming with her husband to Milam county about 1880 by stage from Brenham before the building of the Santa Fe railroad. Five children were born, but only one daughter, Mrs. Fred Gerdes lived to maturity. She was a Lutheran. Funeral services were from the home of her old friend and neighbor, Mrs. Katie Knipp in West Cameron. [lengthy article] Marriage - John Sedelmeyer, brother of Mrs. Fahrendorf, and Miss Mabel V. Hesling of Northeast Pennsylvania were married on Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Fahrendorf. [lengthy article describing decorations, guests, dinner, bridal clothing, etc.] Article - Veterans Meet After Many Years Separation - Four Confederate Vets met on the streets of Granger on Tuesday afternoon: Alex Wills, age 74 of near Davilla; T. U. Robinson, age 73 of Milam county; H. C. Ederington, age 75 and J. H. Denson, age 80, of Granger. They had not seen each other in over 20-years. All joined the Confederate army together, being mustered into service at Belton. They were members of Capt. Damron's company, Co. D, 18th Texas Cavalry. Out of the 110 in the company, only 10 are living, as far as can be learned. They all went over to the photo gallery and stood before the camera for perhaps the last time. Granger News Marriage Licenses: John J. Sedelmeyer & Mabel Hesling; William McGee & Lola Williams; Luther Davis & Gladyse Cone; Macario Munsz & Julia Garsia; Oscar Taylor & Pearl Cunningham Cameron Herald, Thur., 9 July 1914 Article - Think They have Branchville Murderer Located in Dallas - Sheriff Allen Hooks received a telephone message from Dallas county sheriff advising that the Branchville negro murderer has been seen in Dallas. Since the wholesale murder at Branchville last week, Sheriff Hooks have been on the alert for their man. Death - Captain A. P. McCord, age about 71. one of Cameron's oldest and respected citizens died in Temple on July 1st following an operation in a local sanitarium. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Hill cemetery on Thursday. He was a native of Rome, GA and was married to Miss Mariana May, daughter of a prominent Methodist minister. They came to Texas and since 1883 have been residents of Milam county. They had eight children, five surviving, the mother having passed away a number of years ago. [no names given] He was a member of the Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his second wife [no name given] to whom he was married in Itasca, Texas about 1904. Deaths - Four Negroes Dead; Five are Wounded; Slayer Escaped - Branchville Murderer Managed to elude Pursuit and Officers Think he has Left the Country. Shotgun and Short-Handle Axe Were Weapons Used - Branchville, July 4th - Five of the negroes assaulted at Branchville yesterday by Shad Fenniel are dead. For three other victim, doctors say there is no hope of recovery. All were beaten with a short handled axe and most were badly mashed. Fenniel is said to have a long criminal record, having served a term in the Leavenworth prison for robbing a post office and a 5-year term in the state prison for burglary in Houston. He is age 31 or thereabouts, 5-feet 7-inches tall, about 130-pounds, black heavy mustache, bald spot on the left-side of his dead about 12-inches wide and 42-inches long, hair is fresh cut, small eyes, scar on lower lip on right-side and shows teeth when talking. His gums are real blue and he has a pistol wound on the back of left shoulder and a fresh wound on the left cheek caused by a bite. He was last seen wearing a light gray suit and old tan button shoes. He was first arrested at Calvert on Monday charged with a misdemeanor but broke out of jail Tuesday night and was arrested at Gause on Wednesday and again escaped that night going to the home of Jim Jackson and badly wounding him with a shotgun, after which he stole a mule and went to Branchville, robbing a store there. Friday morning he went to the home of Robert Humber, an old negro, age 60, near Branchville and killed him along with Lafayette Johnson and Adalee Humber, and mortally wounding Sylvai Humber, Sally Humber, Stella Humber, Dorothy May Humber, and Dorisa Bell Humber, three of whom are dead and the other two dying. He used an old short-handled axe on all save Lafayette Johnson, who was shot with a shotgun. After this bloody work, he robbed the bodies, stole a horse and came to Calvert, where he was arrested by City Marshall Watson, but knocked Watson in the head with a piece of iron, took his money and six-shooter and locked him in a cell. He then boarded a train and left town. He is desperate, well armed and none believe he can be taken alive. Marriage - Tracy - Jessie Bartlett and Miss Lucile Duncan were married near San Gabriel last Sunday afternoon. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Ila B. Bullock & Alga Brown; Joe Ford & Ida Cassy; Ernest Lawson & Josie Turner; R. L. Dobbs & Jewel Smith; F. Taegel & Myrtle Overton; Margarit Olivares & Dolores Flores; Jessie Bartlette & Lucile Duncan; R. N. Little & Ruby E. Dunham; Sam Givens & Eula Brown; Dave Welch & Effie Bullock; Edmund Winterberg & Violet Ashby; George McCulloch & Emma Smith; L. L. Brown & Minnie Abernathy; Jake Terry & Iona Norwell; Willie Johnson & Julia Tressie Cain; Jim Curry & Gertrude Kraatz Death - Tracy - Robert Muse, age 4, died of malarial dysentery after a 16-day illness, at the family home, just 2-days after the death of his neighbor and playmate [no name given], thus making two homes so near together bereaved. His death was June 29th with burial the following day at White church cemetery. He leaves his parents, brother and sisters. [no names given] Cameron Herald, Thur., 16 July 1914 Death - Mrs. M. Lankford, age 55, wife of J. B. Langford (sic), died at the family home Monday night after a long illness. She has been in Dallas some months for medical treatment and returned a few weeks ago. She leaves a husband and several grown children [no names given]. Services were Tuesday afternoon with burial in the Milano cemetery. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Marriage - Maysfield - Mr. Black and Miss Harper were married here Sunday afternoon. Death - F. Hebner, age about 65, died at his home in North Cameron on Wednesday about 12 o'clock. He is reported to have been suffering from a nervous breakdown. He is survived by his son, Fred Hebner of Ad All community and a nephew Frank Pfarrdrscher. Marriage Licenses: W. H. Lucas & Ida May Price; Groela Cruz & Leonarz Dazila; Willie Jones & Willie Perkins; Chas. R. Terry & Clara Bell Stubbs; Lev. McGuire & Pinkie Simmons; Fritz Dahse to Ella Liester; J. C. Carson & Mrs. Amelia Lee Underwood; Ben Nicholson & Nannie Rutherford; Sonny Denman & Ineza Twigs; Allen Anthis & Lela Burroughs; James Kennard & Eula Gee Death - William D. Bigbee, age about 45, died at his home in the norther part of the city at 3 p.m. Sunday. He was a great sufferer from melancholia during the last few months of his life owing to an accident in the spring when his limb was broken and from which he never fully recovered. Since his removal from the hospital, his mental depression and brooding over his inability to resume the active life, has been a source of anxiety in his household. He leave a wife and three children, two sons and a daughter [no names given]. Out of town relatives attending the funeral were: Mrs. John Cooley of Marlin and Wyley Silvester of Coleman, brother and sister of Mrs. Bigbee, also Mrs. Hunter, sister of the deceased from San Antonio, accompanied by another relative from Oklahoma [no name given]. Death - Tracy - Katherine Mae Welch, age 16-months, died of cholera infantum after 1-week's illness. She was preceded in death 10-days by her cousin Lela Lee Copley. [lengthy article] Birth- Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Neal McBurnett on Tuesday, July 14th Trial - Waco, July 6th - Buss Wyers, convicted of the murder and beheading of John Richey at Marlin a year ago was sentenced to hang on Wednesday, Aug. 12th. Cameron Herald, Thur., 23 July 1914 Marriage - Miss Marion Dingley Swift of Gause and Oxsheer Meek Smith of Cameron were married at the Christ church on Saturday evening. The bride entered on the arm of her mother, Mrs. Charles F. Swift. The couple will live in Cameron where the groom is a banker. The bride is a graduate of Gardiner high school. Gause Guide [lengthy article describing decorations, music, bridal party, reception, out-of-town guests, etc.] Marriage - James Stanton and Miss Thelma Woodard, both of this city, were married Wednesday at 7 a.m. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Woodard. There were 50 guests in attendance. The couple left on the 8 a.m. train for Corpus, San Antonio and Houston for their honeymoon. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Woodard. The groom is with the Stanton architect firm. [lengthy article describing ceremony, bridal party, wedding breakfast and guest list, etc.] Marriage Licenses: Howard Brown & Callie Goines; W. W. Lantrip & Kathleen Turney; Charlie Malone & Mary Malone; Cleveland Young & Ella Wright; F. T. Newport & Ida Witty; Robert M. Winston & Maud Ida Hardy; Jim Smith & Anner Bowser; T. A. McWherter & Beatrice Turner; F. H. Stanislaw & Victoria Janicek; W. H. Lucas & Ida May Price Birth - Tracy - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Lee Horton Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. F. E. Beach last week, weight 10-pounds Death - Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Gillis died Tuesday night Marriage - Kathleen Turney and Willie Lantrip of Milano were married Sunday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Turney of the Hanover community. They will make their home in Marlin. [lengthy article describing decorations, burial party, music, flowers, luncheon, etc.] Marriage - Miss Elizabeth Cross and Mr. Krough will be married on August 5th. Cameron Herald, Thur., 30 July 1914 Death - Taylor, July 26th - After continuous unconscious sleep for 4-days, induced by toximia as the result of eating an overripe cantaloupe for breakfast last Wednesday morning, Miss Helen Riefkohl, age 15, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Riefkohl died this morning. Her spine and brain were affected similar to meningitis. Marriage - Miss Lovedy Armstrong Beever and Patrick Henry Thomas were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's grandfather, the late Major Gause. The bride was reared in Cameron. They left on the night train for their honeymoon and will make their home in Gause. [lengthy article] Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Earl Terry in Smithville Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ledbetter in Dallas. Article - Mr. & Mrs. E. Y. Cammer of Los Angeles, CA are visiting Mr. Cammer's sisters and their families, Mrs. Willie L. Davis and Mrs. Kate Slocomb and his brother's family, Mrs. Cora Cammer. Mr. & Mrs. Cammer are on an extended visit of the U.S. It will be remembered Mr. Cammer's former home was in Cameron, having been associated with his father in establishing the Cameron Sentinel - now the Cameron Herald. It has been 28-years since Mr. Cammer visited Cameron. Death - William A. Michalka, age 19 years 4 months, died in this city Friday as the result of a fire accident the evening previous caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank in a private garage in South Cameron near the Santa Fe depot. The young man went to the garage about 8 p.m. looking after the machine. Leaving his lantern at the entrance, he was inspecting the gasoline tank which contained only a few gallons and the explosion followed covering him in blazing oil. His suffering was intense and death followed in 24-hours. He was unmarried and is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Michalka, brothers and sisters among whom is Joe Michalka, Jr. The young man came to Cameron 5-years ago from Germany and was a member of the Catholic church. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery. [lengthy article] Death - Miss Fanny Baker, age 24, of Ad Hall died by a fall from a street car in Temple last Thursday morning. She had been ill in the city and in her weakened condition attempted to enter the car enroute for the depot to take her train home when she fell and injured an old wound from an operation for appendicitis, death followed in a few hours. Burial was the next day in the Corinth cemetery. She is survived by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Alex Baker and two brothers [no names given]. [lengthy article] Resolution of Respect - To Pastor & Mrs. T. P. Dugger for the lost of their infant son by the Cameron Christian church members. Cameron Herald, Thur., 6 August 1914 Birth - Tracy - Twin boys born to Mr. & Mrs. Dean Cummings on Saturday, July 31st Death - Tracy - John Gambill died and his funeral was in Rockdale on Sunday, Aug. 2nd 50th Wedding Anniversary - Tracy - Celebration for Mr. & Mrs. Joe Harris at Davilla last Sunday Deaths - Burlington - Louie Roth died after a 2-week illness with typhoid fever on Tuesday evening and was buried Wednesday evening at Ben Arnold. He leaves a wife and three children [no names given]. He was a charter member of the Herman Sons Lodge of Burlington. Mrs. Roth's mother, Mrs. Schwanback, died on the evening her husband was buried and was buried the following day at Ben Arnold. Marriage - Miss Kathleen Pearce and Clarence Shaudies were married at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Annie Pearce. The couple then left on the south-bound train for Rockdale where they will make their home. Rosebud News - Mr. Shaudies formerly lived in Cameron and was an employee of C. N. Green & Bros. Death - Grandma Davis, past 80 years old, mother of Mrs. M. H. Morgan of near the Oxford City community died at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday while attending services at the Nazerine Camp meeting and from that time to her death, she was unable to speak or move any of her limbs. She suffered for 4-days in the church building where she died with a true and lasting grace to her Creator. Funeral services were Thursday afternoon with burial in the Smyrna cemetery. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Article - Great Britain Declares War on Germany - War to the End Marriage - Joe Kendicks Smith and Miss Cora Ellis were married in San Angelo at 7 a.m. on Thursday at the bride's home. The groom is a nephew of Mrs. T. N. Cox and cousin of Mrs. W. J. Walker and M. G. Cox of Cameron. The couple left for Cameron where they will honeymoon. Mr. Smith is with the Mexico & Orient Railroad. Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. George Tiffiny Moore on Friday morning Birth - Elm Ridge - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Ryman Richter last Saturday, weight 112-pounds. Marriage - Miss Elizabeth Cross, the only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Sterling Cross, and L. H. Krough were married at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Presbyterian church. [lengthy article describing music, decorations, bridal party, etc.] Marriage Licenses: Dave Alsup & Jane Nash; W. F. Vaughn & Myrtle Ellis; Sheppard Melear & Gussie Williamson; James Peterson & Minnie Evans; Henry Thomas & Cora Wilson; Sandy White & Savilla Huffman; Mack McKinney & Bernice Watson; B. C. Nabours & Jewel Mullens Marriage - Miss Minnie Maresh, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Maresh of Bryant Station, and Rudolph Glaser were married last Sunday at the German Church in Buckholts. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 13 August 1914 Death - Fritz Westermann, age 81, died Sunday, Aug. 9th at his home about 2-miles west of Sharp from senility. He was an old and respected German citizen and had lived in this county for the past 20-years having moved from his fatherland when quite young. He leaves a large family of children and grandchildren [no names given]. Death - J. T. Gamble, age 74. one of Rockdale's oldest citizens died at his home last Saturday morning. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis 3 or 4-weeks ago and had been confined to his bed ever since. He expired quickly without a struggle while temporarily alone in his room. He was a native of Texas and came to Rockdale in 1874. He was a Confederate soldier and served in the Lost Cause throughout the war and was a respected member of the local Camp of Confederate Veterans. Burial was Sunday afternoon at the Odd Fellows cemetery. Rockdale Reporter Death - Sam Law was called to Witchata Falls on Monday night with the message his sister's husband, W. T. Carroll had been killed in a railroad accident. No particulars are give. Mr. & Mrs. Carroll were recent visitors to her brother's home here on Hefley Heights. Birth - Maysfield - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Dan Thweatt, weight 10-pounds Marriage Licenses: Grover Wier & May La Cook; John Zawodzki & Francis Babovic; Mack Truitt & Samantha Williams; Martin Estrado & Florence Alejandro; L. H. Krough & Elizabeth Cross; T. Z. Chappell & Esta V. Giddon Death - Farmer Killed by Train - Taylor, Aug. 9th - John Kozlevsky, age 45, was struck by a south-bound International & Great Northern passenger train 1-mile north of Taylor this morning. The train crew stated he was lying on the track and was not seen by the engineer until it was too late to stop the train. His body was badly mangled, but when it was taken from under the train, he was still alive. He was taken to the hospital and died 4-hours later. He leaves a wife and two sons and had a farm near Taylor. [no names given]. Cameron Herald, Thur., 20 August 1914 Marriage Licenses: C. W. Coward & Frankie Donaldson; Willie Grant & Carrie Branch; Ernest Manners & Bessie Lane; Will Turner & Elizabeth Bailey; Jessie Caffey & Estella Brown; Will Nelson & Ella Watson; E. E. Stiles & Rena Applin; Lloyd Griffin & Carrie Smith; Emil Veselka & Annie Gayda; Ira Williams & Hassie Woodard Death - Mrs. M. E. Carroll, age nearly 87, died Friday at 6 p.m. at the home of her son, C. F. Spiller, where she has lived the last 26-years, coming to this home from Alabama on the death of her second husband. She was formerly Caroline Sewell of Georgia and her first husband was Mr. Spiller of Hall Co., GA and they had two children, C. F. Spiller and Mrs. Alice Penny of Oklahoma. Mr. Spiller joined the Alabama Confederate forces and was killed in the battle of Missionary Ridge. Her marriage to Mr. Carroll took place several years following the closing of the war. Burial was Saturday afternoon, notwithstanding the great down pour of rain in Oak Hill Cemetery. [lengthy article] Death - W. T. Carroll of Witchata Falls died last week while en route for Ft. Worth on business last Tuesday night and about 9 p.m., riding with his brother [no name given], an employee of the Ft. Worth & Denver railroad, on top of a freight car a few boxes back of the engine. When 12-miles from the station, owing to the annoyance of flying cinders, the brothers decided to move further down the train and in doing so their lantern was extinguished. Mr. Carroll, being unfamiliar with the distance between cars, missed his footing and fell to the track beneath and the entire train passed over his body. He lived 30-minutes after the train was stopped. He is a former resident of Ad Hall community where he was married a number of years ago to Miss Law, a sister of Sam Law of Cameron. He leaves a wife and six children, the eldest of whom is married. [no names given] [lengthy article] Death - Rosebud - Mrs. A. K. Eaves, age 80, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Bradley of Baileyville last Thursday night after a lingering illness. Burial was at Powers Chapel cemetery on Friday afternoon. [lengthy article] Death - F. E. Westerman, father of A. H. Westerman and Gus Westerman, of Rogers, died last Sunday at his home at Sharp and was buried Monday afternoon in the Sharp cemetery. He was born Jan. 1, 1832 in Spargenlohe, Germany and emigrated to American in 1872 and lived in Austin county for many years, but moved to Milam county 21-years ago. He is survived by a wife, nine children, 27 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren [no names given]. Roger News [lengthy article] Death - R. A. Tag was called to Sharp last Sunday night on the death of his step-father, F. W. Westerman who died there that day. Mr. Tag was accompanied by his two small sons, Lee Tag and Harry Tag. Moody Courier Marriage - Miss Wily Etoile Frierson and John L. Parker were married Sunday, Aug. 9th, at 5:30 p.m. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Frierson in Taibam, MN. They will make their home in Hereford, AZ. The bride is a former Cameron girl. [lengthy article describing bridal party, gifts, music, etc.] Cameron Herald, Thur., 27 August 1914 Birth - Burlington - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Will Folschinsky on Aug. 18th. Article - Ben Arnold High School - engraving image of building and full narrative description of the town and new school [very lengthy article] Unveiling Ceremony - Members of the Woodmen of the World, Root Camp No. 2803 will unveil the grave of Tom Hickman at Walkers Creek Cemetery on Sunday at 3 p.m. Appointment - Harvey Henry has been appointed a page in the Texas Senate Article - Welcome Home Party - Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Smith welcomed home their son, Oxsheer Smith and his bride whose marriage was celebrated in the home of the latter a few weeks ago in Gardiner, ME. [very lengthy article] Card of Thanks - I wish to thank the Council of Praetorians for the prompt payment of my claim for $2,000 from the death of my husband, W. D. Bigbee who died on July 12, 1914 by Lottie S. Bigbee. Article - Milano - As an instance of how great and wonderful the ambition of determined men might be who are handicapped under difficulties, about 15-years ago, J. P. Applegate who was living here and was a cripple for life by having no feet to walk on. He is a nephew of James Stewart, who secured for him a mail carriers' vocation at Corsicana and during these 15-years, he has held the position. During the primary election, Mr. Applegate was elected county treasurer of Limestone County. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Article - Cotton Gins and photographs - Gin No. 1, the old Goldthwaite Gen has been rebuild. Gin No. 2, is the largest gin in Milam County. Gin No. 3, at the G.C. & S.F. depot. All are owned by R. L. Batte. Recipes - Apple Pancakes; Beets Italian Style; Prune Puff & Rhubarb Raisin Pie Marriage Licenses: Hugh Ayres & Lida Denman; Leroy Posey & Maymie Scott; Will Yates & Tressie Lagrone; Antone Tuma & Lida Lawhorn; James Phillips & Lula Mae Burton; Jas. Baggett & Ruth Newton; Lee Smith & Mrs. Iva Ferguson; J. L. Pollard & Gracie King; Carl Smilie & Alzedia McDaniel; Jim Cherry & Mollie Thomas Cameron Herald, Thur., 3 Sept 1914 Death - Buckholts - Mrs. Buster Holder received news of the death of her father which occurred on Monday at his home near Rosebud. Article - Cameron City Schools Open Sept. 14 - photograph of school and lengthy article listing the names of the faculty and positions Article - Miss Maurine McAnally who has been an inmate of the Odd Fellows Widows & Orphanage Home at Corsicana for 3-years. [lengthy article] Unveiling - Tracy - The monument of the late W. H. Hobbs was held at the Zion Church last Sunday afternoon by the Cameron Camp. Accident - While cleaning a gin stand at the Miertschin & Elliot gin Thursday night, Lucas Sanders, an employee, got his right arm caught in the saws and it was amputated. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage - Milano - Carl Bullock and Miss Pearl Lantrip of the Liberty community were married Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Lantrip. Article - Photograph of the proposed new school building at Buckholts Article - Reception for Mrs. O. M. Smith [lengthy article] Death - M. M. Moore, age about 60, died suddenly on Wednesday at his home near Davilla. He died in the same community in which he was born and raised. Buckholts Bulletin Death - Mrs. John Mueck, age 27, wife of our esteemed German citizen, John Mueck, died Saturday afternoon of an illness of several weeks in her home near the Santa Fe depot. She leaves a husband and three small children. She was born in Wymer and had not lived in Cameron very long. She was a member of the Catholic church and was buried in the St. Anthony Cemetery. [lengthy article] Death - Joseph Salamick, age 17, died Saturday after a long illness of typhoid fever at the Cameron Sanitarium. He was the son of a widowed mother. He had been a student in St. Anthony's college but had left school and was working when he contracted the fatal malady. Burial was at St. Anthony's cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Death - The unfortunate Mexican [no name given] that was killed by the Santa Fe train Saturday was buried in the St. Anthony's Cemetery on Sunday. Death - I. D. Turner, killed by the passing freight in the Santa Fe yards on Saturday was shipped to his home in Flatonia on Sunday afternoon from Hefley's undertakers parlor. Cameron Herald, Thur., 10 Sept 1914 Marriage - Buckholts - Coy Fikes, son of Calvin Fikes of Ad Hall and Miss Hollie Fikes, daughter of J. W. Fikes who live near Buckholts went to Rosebud and were married last Monday. They are cousins and for that reason, their marriage was against the wishes of their parents. Death - Buckholts - William Charles, age about 60, who lives near Rosebud fell dead while plowing his garden. Heart trouble is supposed to be the cause. His daughter Mrs. W. W. Holder who lives in Buckholts was notified. Death- Oakdale - The son, age 1, of Lewis Moore died last Saturday at 2 p.m. at home in Houston. All of Mr. Moore's relatives live in this community and the baby was brought back here for burial at Rice Chapel last Sunday at 7 p.m. Mr. Moore and family are spending a few days with his sister, Mrs. J. P. Etheredge. Article - Cameron Cotton Oil Company with photograph of mill which was built in 1892 by McCord & Crawford and now owned by R. L. Batte. Marriage Licenses: Tome Midkeff & Clara Wilson; Gladyse Yates & H. C. Patterson; Tom Cooper & Lena Allen; Rufus Houston & Elsie Sanson; Ralph Hubert & Jessie Lewis; Chas. S. Swift & Ida R. Bosley; Saul Swain & Parender Moore; Vicente Garcia & Hilaria Salazar; David Luzans & Manuelita Crtz; Chas. Levingston & Sallie Williams; Ollie Fikes & C. F. Fikes Birth - Ben Arnold - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Reaves on Sunday night Death - Boiler Explodes at Hanover - Last Saturday morning about 10 a.m., the Hanover gin boiler exploded killed, Truman Ditto, son of M. G. Ditto of the Silver City community. Ollin Hughes, one of the gin owners was badly hurt in the face and Tom Fisher who was working upstairs, received serious injuries on the back and neck from the steam. The explosion was thought to be caused by the steam gauge not being in good working order and more steam was in the boiler than the gauge registered. Veteran Honored - W. H. Clark of San Gabriel, member of Rockdale Camp of Confederate Veterans was honored by received an appointment of Aide de Camp to General Askew of Austin, Commander of the Southern Division of Texas Confederate Veterans. The position carries the rank of Captain and was delivered to Capt. Clark one day last week by Col. W. B. Woody. Mr. Clark is the grandfather of Mrs. Leo Wilkerson of Cameron. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Death - Rev. C. A. White, pastor of the First Christian Church received a message Tuesday that his brother's baby [no names given], who he visited recently had died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and he left on the No. 6 for Cooper to be present at the funeral on Wednesday. Rockdale Reporter Death - W. L. McGuire of the Mt. Zion community died a little after 12 o'clock on the 8th inst. From complications of a disease resulting in paralysis. He was a member of the Woodsmen of the World and leaves a wife and six children [no names given]. [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Ida Bosley, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Bosley of West Cameron, and Charley Swift were married in Belton on Sunday at 5 p.m. The groom is employed at the Star Barber Shop and will make their home in Cameron. Cameron Herald, Thur., 17 Sept 1914 Marriage - Buckholts - Miss Laura Newton and T. G. Bailey were married last Sunday, a wealthy ranchman of Lair. Birth - Tracy - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Fick. Marriage - Jones Prairie - Floyd Phipps and Miss Pennie Aycock were married last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the home of the bride's parents. [lengthy article] Death - Mrs. Stirling Moore died in her home in this city last Friday after a long painful illness. She was a young woman and leaves a husband and four small children. She was a member of the Cameron Baptist Church and burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Family Reunion - On Sunday, Sept. 6th, Mr. & Mrs. Z. T. James of Baileyville held a family reunion. Those attending: Mr. James' sister, Mrs. Thomas of Mobile and her daughter, Mrs. Carr of Montgomery, AL. The James children attending: Fred James and family of Rosebud and Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Poole of Jones Prairie and five unmarried children still at home. Mrs. G. W. Hairgrove of Abilene was the only child absent. Mr. & Mrs. James sold their Alabama home 29-years ago and came to Texas and until sickness and paralysis overtook him, he was a successful farmer. He is a decaon in the Baptist church. Rosebud News [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Ned Greyton & Elizabeth Johnson; Abelardo Fruntes & Julia Cabarronias; Jokie Burley & Minnie Davenport; Rufus Gay & Bessie Twiggo; C. A. Gross & Ruby Kirk; Alejandro Canz & Carlota Timenes; Clara Kamenichy & Frank Kohntch; Lige Blaylock & Essie Roller Auto Registrations: Im. Rudi, Thorndale, Ford - Will Crane, Cameron, Ford - F. J. Werner, Cameron, Ford Cameron Herald, Thur., 24 Sept 1914 Death - Mrs. Halpain's husband committed suicide Tuesday. He left seven small children. They are in need of shoes, clothing, etc. [lengthy article] Death - Lee Halpin Committed Suicide - Justice of the Peace Gunn was called Tuesday morning to the old Whitten place, about 7-miles northeast of town to hold an inquest over Lee Halpain, age 37, farmer, who had committed suicide that morning about 5 a.m. by drinking carbolic acid. He was despondent over financial affairs. He arouse at 5 a.m., drank the acid and then returned to bed where his wife found him in agony. He lived only about 15-minutes, during which time he told his wife what he had done and why. He leaves a wife and seven children in destitute circumstances. He left no life insurance. Burial was at Prospect cemetery on Wednesday. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: George Yoakum & Bessie Leeper; Antonio Evawter & Elmino Morales; Rev. G. W. Davis & Maude Wilkerson; Henry Williams & Carrie Brown; C. H. Caffey & Nelie Harris; Sammie Jackson & Polly King; O. Baker & Ollie Dement Death - Mrs. Cook died in Rosebud this week she was the mother of Mrs. Cooper, R.N. Mrs. Cooper has endeared herself in several Cameron homes when she has rendered tender and efficient service in his profession as a trained nurse. Death - Mrs. Tom Freeman died at her home in Rosebud on Wednesday. Burial was the following day in the family burying ground in that city. She was the sister-in-law of our esteemed citizen, James Freeman. [lengthy article] Death - On Tuesday morning, Goldie Lamb, age 4, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Will Lamb got hold of carbolic acid and drank an ounce or more. Medical attention was summoned and through quick work of the physicians, the little girl was quickly relieved. The mouth and chin were badly burned. Thorndale Thorn Marriage - Miss Maude Wilkerson and Rev. Davis were married at the home of the bride's father, W. W. Wilkerson on Sunday afternoon in Yarrellton. The Groom is a Christian minister from Red Oak and will make their home in that city. [lengthy article] Birth - Silver City - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Story, weight 9-pounds Birth - Belmena - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Curley Harkey on Sept. 14th. Marriage - Belmena - Floyd Phipps and Miss Acock of Walker's Creek were married at the home of the groom's parents on Sunday, Sept. 13th at 4 p.m. Birth - Jones Prairie - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Bailey on Sunday Death - M. H. Bailey, age 85-years & 10-months, of Jones Prairie died Wednesday at 5 p.m. after a lingering illness. Grandpa Bailey, as he was known, came to Milam County in 1878 and was a Confederate Veteran. He was born in Hopkins Co., KY in 1829. Burial was Thursday at 4 p.m. He leaves seven children [no names given]. [lengthy article] Marriage - W. B. Petty and Miss Millie Herm were married on Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Seth Duncan. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 1 Oct 1914 NOTE: Issue is out of order on microfilm and appears after the Cameron Herald, edition for Thur., 29 Oct 1914 Death - Buckholts - Mrs. Krause died Sunday about 6 a.m. Burial was in the Buckholts cemetery by the pastor of the Lutheran church. She was a wife and mother. [lengthy article] Marriage - Stadler Peel and Miss Ruby Ireland, daughter of J. H. Ireland, were married last Thursday evening. Up to a short time ago, the bride was with the firm of Thomas & Sons. The groom was born and reared at Port Sullivan where they will make their home. Gause Guide [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Maude Wilkerson and Rev. G. W. Davis were married last Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Wilkerson of Yarrellton. They will make their home in Red Oak. Red Oak News [very lengthy article, describing wedding dinner, music, those attending, etc.] Resolution of Respect - John G. AUncle John@ Neher, deceased who was born in April 1836 in Wertenberg, Germany and left that country with his parents and one sister when he was age 6. Both parents died aboard shop of Cholera and he and his sister came to Texas alone, landing at Indianola and in a short time they were separated and he never heard from her until a few years ago. He married Miss Mary Riggs and raised a family of five children, four daughters and one son: Mrs. Ballenger, Mrs. Womack, Mrs. English and Miss Lillie Neher and Thomas W. Neher. His wife died in 1898 and his son died in 1890. His four daughters were at his bedside when he died. He lived in Cameron more than 60-years and was the oldest Odd Fellow in this section of the State, in fact was one of the faithful few who held the lodge together and reorganized it after the close of the Civil War. By the Odd Fellows Lodge [lengthy article] Article - We wish to thank the company for their promptness in settling the Accidental Death Claim of our son and brother, Will A. Michalka for $1,500 by his father, Joe Michalka; mother Josephia Michalka and brother, Joe Michalka. Article - Wallace Moody was in town Saturday and informed us his mother, Mrs. O. L. Moody, age 65, had just successfully undergone a very dangerous surgical operation at the Cameron Hospital, having a 20-pound tumor removed. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Death - John George Neher, age 79, was born in Whurtemberg, Germany on April 24, 1836 and with his parents and one sister came to America in 1845 and had the misfortune of losing both parents while enroute from the coast to New Braunfels, Texas, their deaths occurring within less than 3-weeks of each other. He was then age 9 and was taken to the Orphans Home. On Feb. 25, 1857, he married Miss Mary Marzie Riggs who died in this city on May 2, 1898. Five children, four daughters and one son were born to them, all living save the son, Tom Walter Neher who died July 13, 1890. The daughters are Mrs. Ballenger of Somerville, Mrs. Womack, Mrs. Ed English and Miss Lilly Neher of this city, all of whom were in loving attendance during the last illness of their father. There are 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. He had a saddle and harness establishment over 40-years and worked up to a few weeks before his death. His army record shows he enlisted in 1865 and was stationed at Galveston for 4-months but was exempt from actual service on account of his hearing. Burial was Saturday afternoon at Oak Hill with services at the family home. Those from out-of-town attending included Mr. Riggs of Belton, his brother-in-law, Mrs. Burk, a granddaughter and two sons of Somerville. He was an Odd Fellow. [lengthy article] Death - Ernest Brock is Slain at Rogers by Frank Lehay - Rogers, Sept. 28th - As the result of a shooting affray at 6:30 p.m., Ernest Brock is dead and Frank Lehay is under arrest for the killing. The incident occurred near the Happy Hour theatre, an automatic pistol being used. Brock was a young man, unmarried and was one of the proprietors of the theatre. Lehay is a prominent citizen of Rogers. Friends of both men state some form of family trouble is responsible for the killing. Marriage Licenses: L. H. Humphreys & Nora Williams; Bill Burns & Celeste Bozzell; L. E. Fulton & Rebecca Haines; Robert Wade & Gretta Williams; A. J. Brown & Jimmie Bell; Herman Leonard & Fannie Jackson; Guy S. Tidwell & Gladys Partridge; A. H. Cuman & May Coder Marriage - L. E. Fulton and Miss Rebecca Haines of Rogers were married on Monday morning, Sept. 28th at the Courthouse in this city with Judge John Watson officiating. The couple came over and returned by auto. Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Beard on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd. Cameron Herald, Thur., 8 Oct 1914 NOTE: Issue is out of order on microfilm and appears after the Cameron Herald, edition for Thur., 29 Oct 1914 then Thur., 1 Oct 1914. Birth - Burlington - Twin girls born to Mr. & Mrs. Van Nichles (Nichols) Death - Louis Matocha, age 11, son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Matocha died Tuesday morning after a linger illness. Burial took place in the afternoon in the St. Anthony's Cemetery. He was the grandson of Joe Mondrik. [lengthy article] Death - Miss Mildred Swayne returned home Saturday afternoon from Hubbard City where she was called to attend the bedside of her grandmother, Mrs. Jinnie Roan. Mrs. Roan died shortly after Miss Swayne's arrival. Death - Among the latest reports given concerning the murder on Holtzclaw's Bridge on Little River last Thursday is a signed confession of the young man who is charged with the deed. He state he killed his companion, Will Turney, for a small amount of money, their camping outfit and a buggy horse. Marriage Licenses: Santiago Garcia & Clara Trillo; Homer Miller & Dessie Hardy; Alex Lewis & Gussie Williams; Dave Welch & Effie Bullock; T. Y. Fisher & Onie Hartley; Morgan Plant & Naidie Hicks; Dewey Young & Gussie Phillips; Santos Berastigin & Angela Peralta; Madison Swain & Ethel Moore; Joe Pernitza & Beula Wilkerson; Silby Sudeberry & Dorcas Calvin; Morgan Smith & Mary Williams; Amador Ramirez & Anjelita Sandoval Death - Hoyte - The little son of Mr. & Mjrs. John Odom died Saturday and was buried at Prospect Cemetery on Sunday. Death - Mrs. Otto Krause, age 52-years 11-months & 7-days, of Buckholts died between 6 and 7 a.m. on Sunday and burial was on Monday evening in the German Lutheran Cemetery at Buckholts. She was born at Ulm on Oct. 20, 1861. She was married to Mr. Krause on Nov. 16, 1882 at Welcome, Texas and they had 10 children, 8 are living to mourn with her husband, two brothers, 2 sisters, 3 daughter-in-laws, her father [no names given]. Buckholts Bulletin Marriage - Millard Arrington and Miss Flonnie Newton of Milano were married at the home of Mrs. J. B. Newton on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. They will make their home in Thrall. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Marriage - Guy Tidwell and Miss Gladys Partridge, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Partridge, were married Monday evening at the home of Dr. Dollar. Gause Guide [lengthy article] Death - Mrs. C. R. Schwarz, mother of Mrs. Henry Michalk, died at the Michalk home on Wednesday at 6 p.m. She had been ill for some time and had only arrived in Bishop from her home in Thorndale last Thursday. Mr. Schwarz arrived Thursday evening and will accompany the remains home to Thorndale for burial. Bishop News Cameron Herald, Thur., 15 Oct 1914 Death - Ben Arnold - After suffering for several days at home and then carried to the Cameron Sanitarium for treatment, Dock Gray, died Friday. Burial was in Walker's Creek Cemetery on Saturday. Citation for Divorce: Cause No. 6959, Mrs. Nannie Fortenberry vs. Bernard Fortenberry; in the 20th Judicial District Court, filed on Sept. 10, 1914. They were married on Feb. 14, 1914 and Plaintiff alleges that directly after their marriage, Defendant was indicted for a felony and after being so indicted, he stole a horse and left Milam county and is now a fugitive from justice. Plaintiff claims marriage constituted fraud as defendant left her without support and Plaintiff requests the marriage be annulled or in the alternative a divorce be granted. Marriage - Mrs. Annie Stecker and Tom Marak were married on Monday afternoon at the home of the bride in West Cameron. The couple then retired to their country home in the Marak community where an elaborate supper was enjoyed. The bride is the mother of Antone Stecker. [lengthy article] Death - Oakdale - Mr. & Mrs. Max Cook attended the funeral of John Long in Milano on Thursday. Death - Belton, Oct. 5th - Mrs. Chas. Sparra died late yesterday evening at the family home on N. Penelope St. after an illness of several weeks. She had lived in this city for 30-years and was the mother of eight, all of whom survive: two sons, Lee Sparra of Cameron and Joe Sparra of Mart; six daughters, Mrs. Eva Felkrak of Houston; Mrs. Robert Boone of Silver City, NM; Mrs. Charles Rogers of Ardmore, OK; Miss Ella Silvers Sparra, Miss Annie Sparra and Miss Edith Sparra of this city. She leaves a husband. Burial was this afternoon in the North Belton cemetery. Temple Telegram [lengthy article] Death - Chas. Hatterman, age about 45, who lived in the Lilac community died late Tuesday afternoon from injuries sustained on Wednesday (sic - should be Monday) evening when his team became frightened at a passing automobile and ran-away, throwing Mr. Hatterman from the wagon and breaking his collar bone and fracturing his skull at the base of the brain. He was picked-up unconscious and remained so up to the time of his death. The accident occurred on the public road between San Gabriel and the river. Bob Lyles of Cameron was driving the auto and was on his way to Thorndale while Mr. Hatterman was returning home from Thorndale. He leaves a wife and four children, brother, Ben Hatterman, also of the Lilac community and other family in Fayette county where he was born and raised. Burial was Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Lilac cemetery. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage - Albert Andela and Miss Marie Reinek were married last Monday at 9 a.m. at the Catholic church in Marek. They will make their home near Ad Hall. [lengthy article] Adoption - Dr. & Mrs. M. C. Sapp recently adopted a baby girl. The child is an orphan, its parents having died recently in Waco. Truly the little one is to be congratulated on securing such a good home and foster-parents. Not forgetting big brother, Pope Sapp, who is reported already devoted to his beautiful little adopted sister whose hame is Imogene Louise Sapp. Death - T. M. Hairston of beyond the Summit settlement, received a message Monday of this week that J. M. Long, age 49, of Helena, AR, had died at 6:10 a.m. on Sunday. The message came from Mrs. Long, who is the daughter of Mr. Hairston. Mr. Long was well known in Milano, having left here some years ago. His body arrived in Milano accompanied by the family on Wednesday night and burial was in the Milano cemetery on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with honors by the Milano Woodsmen of the World. He leaves a wife and four children. He was born in Webster, Jackson Co., NC on Jan. 20, 1863. He died of Bright's disease and had been ill only about 7-hours before his death, though he suffered illness at times for many years. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Tom Marak & Annie Stecher; Robt. Winn & Annie Serrel; Jim Wells & Ollie Byrd; Hampton Overton & Mattie Newkirk; R. H. Schulz & Mollie Boeker; Frank Scott & Susie Denmon; Fred Wolle & Susie Dreher; Mannel Hermandez & Carmen Madrao; Frank Jones & Willie Huff; W. M. Griffin & Mrs. Harriet Wheeler; Santiago Garcia & Clara Trillo; Homer Miller & Dessie Hardy Marriage - Tracy - James Wells and Miss Ollie Byrd were married last Sunday afternoon in San Gabriel. [lengthy article] Death - John Slocomb, age about 30, died in this city Tuesday afternoon from peritonitis and was buried Wednesday in Oak Hill cemetery following a funeral at the family home in North Cameron. He leaves a wife. Death - Mrs. Henry Ledbetter, age 61, (nee: Miss Annie Cotton), died at her home in Salem, a few miles from this city on Saturday and was buried in the Salem cemetery on Sunday. She was sister-in-law of Mrs. Lizzie Wilson and leaves a family of five adult children: sons, William Ledbetter, Jack Ledbetter and Ike Ledbetter; daughters, Mrs. Raymond White of Cameron and a widow living at home Mrs. McLane. Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Whitliff of Corsicana. The mother will be remembered as Miss Winnie McDermott, formerly of this city. Death - Mrs. Long died at the family home in Walker's Creek. She was the mother of the late Leonard Long, the unfortunate young man who died last week from a railroad accident in Temple. She had been an invalid for a long while and her passing was not unexpected. Cameron Herald, Thur., 22 Oct 1914 Shooting - Merchant Seriously Wounded - Temple, Oct. 17th - Tom Mullins, a farmer and proprietor of a refreshment stand at Midway, a station between Temple and Belton, was shot 3-times with an automatic pistol today at 4 p.m. and probably fatally wounded. William Harding, an employee of the Bell County Experiment Station and a former guest at Mullins' home was arrested. [lengthy article] Death - Mrs. J. D. Diver died on Wednesday of last week at the Diver Farm near Rockdale. The aged couple were born in Cambridgeshire, England and were married for 50-years. Three of their eight children [no names given] were born in England and sailed with them; and the fourth child was born while the ship they were on was crossing the Gulf of Mexico. It was a custom in those days for the captain of a ship in which a child was born to give to the parents a present of one pound (about $5). On this trip, nine other children were born and received the gift. Rockdale Reporter [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: William F. Paden & Estelle McIver; Eulalio Galvan & Louisa Serandez; George Washington & Rosetter Jackson; W. L. Hairston & Cora Diver; Ysaiav Ejondo & Emilis Gonzalez; Guadelupe Hermandez & Maria Alva; Paul Williams & Patsy Coleman; Roy Blaylock & Bertha Skinner; Walter Wuensche & Bertha Eitze Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bailey at Jones Prairie and Mrs. J. T. Maples of Belmena spent a few days with her daughter, the new mother. Birth - Tracy - Baby born to Mr. & Mrs. L. L. Gregory. Birth - Tracy - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Beeson. Death - Tracy - The funeral of Mrs. Outlaw took place at Lilac last Sunday. Cameron Herald, Thur., 29 Oct 1914 Article - Rosebud Man is Missing - Bryant Kethley, [Kersler] night watchman at Marek & Son's gin mysteriously disappeared between midnight and daylight Tuesday morning. E. J. Lavender, night watchman at the compress was the last man to see Kethley. This was about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Hearing steam escaping at the gin, he went over and found Kethley sitting in front of the engine house asleep. Kethley was aroused and cut-off the fuel and Lavender returned to the compress. Going back to the gin about 4 a.m., he could find nothing of Kethley and no one has seen him since. Foul play is suspected as the man was known to have had about $70 dollars on him a short time before he disappeared and had been in the company of a strange man. Search parties were organized Wednesday. The gin tanks were all dragged and a pair of bloody overalls were found under the freight depot Tuesday in the pockets was 64 but they did not belong to the missing man. Rosebud News Marriage - Youngwood Fisher of Hanover and Miss Ona Hartley of near Pin Oak were married on Saturday of last week. Milano Gazette Death - Son of Noted General Dies - Washington, DC, Oct. 25th - Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest son of General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander, died at his home ARoman Coke,@ in Upperville, VA last night. He was born at the old Lee Mansion, now part of Arlington National Cemetery on Oct. 27, 1843. [lengthy article] Article - Rosebud Officers Arrest Suspects - Temple, Oct. 29th - Sheriff Pool of Falls Co. in company with two deputies returned to Rosebud yesterday taking with him two young men arrested here earlier by local officers. The men are thought to be connected with the mysterious disappearance of Bryant Kersler [Kethley] of Rosebud, watchman for the Marek gin who has not been seen since Tuesday, Oct. 19th at 1:30 a.m.. The two men arrested and a cotton picker [no names given] are alleged to have been the last persons seen in company with Kersler on the night he disappeared. AT that time, they all left a saloon together and went to the gin where Kersler returned to his duties and his companions to the seed house where they spent the night. The arrested men deny any complicity in the disappearance but are said to admit some details that may lead to an arrest. Marriage - Jones Prairie - Fred Bailey and Miss Pennie Stuart, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Stuart, drove to the home of Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Smith and were married. Marriage - Mrs. L. H. Krough attended the marriage of her uncle, W. F. Paden to Miss Estelle McIver in Houston on Thursday. Marriage - Announcement cards were received from Mrs. M. E. McIver of the marriage of her daughter, Miss Estelle McIver to William F. Paden on Thursday in Houston. The couple will be at home in Cameron after Nov. 1st. Article - Capt. J. J. Irwin has returned from an extensive visit to childhood scenes, relatives and friends in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Captain is an old Confederate soldier. While away, he was given a tin-type picture of himself taken 64-years ago, showing the Captain to be a splendid type of Southern manhood. He brought back some fine old wine made from Elderberry. Marriage Licenses: Ed White & May Hornsby; H. E. Cuzzort & Ola Jones; Adolph Widner & Mary Dussettberger; Cleve White & Elizabeth Davis; Tom Griffin & Vate Turner; James Milton & Pinkie Colier; Clarence Baker & Dean Scott; Harold L. Kirkman & Carol G. Mosely; J. G. Byrd & Allie Voyles; Albert Hardeman & Alice Lee; Fred Bailey & Pennie Stewart; Georgia Rogers & J. E. Perkins; John Kratochvil & Aloise Malo; Jim Davis & Laura Richardson Newspaper - Dick Kennon, formerly publisher of this paper, is now the publisher of the Shiner Enterprise. Marriage - J. E. Perkins and Miss Georgia Rogers were married Sunday evening at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. Burke. The groom is the village storekeeper and the bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Rogers. Death - Burlington - J. A. Driscoll died Wednesday evening at his home in Houston and was buried Saturday at this place. He leaves two brothers, Pat Driscoll and Dan Driscoll of this place. He had been living in Houston over 15-years and was an engineer on the S.P. Railroad. [lengthy article] Birth - Burlington - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Tom Tallent on Sunday. Birth - Burlington - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. John Olbrich. Death - Fatal Railroad Accident - Vinc Schiller, age about 55, was killed on Thursday afternoon on the Sap railroad track about a mile north of the city. He was going to his home on the old Hefley place and was sitting on the end of the cross ties as the train approached. He paid no heed and the crew then made every effort to stop but could not until it reached the victim, striking him in the side with the tender step as it passed. The train was stopped and medical attention summoned with Dr. Gill and Dr. Taylor going to the spot. He was brought to the sanitarium, his wound dressed but he never regained consciousness and died 2-hours after the accident. [lengthy article] Marriage - Paden McIver Wedding at Houston - The home of Judge and Mrs. Sam Streetman was the scene of the marriage of Miss Estelle McIver and William F. Paden, both of Cameron on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. in Houston. The ceremony was performed in the library. The story include mention of an article about the wedding appearing in the Houston Chronicle. [very lengthy article describing the bridal party, clothing, music, flowers, reception, decorations, etc.] Marriage - Burlington - J. E. Perkins and Miss Georgie Rogers were married Sunday at the Baptist church at Clarkson. The groom is in the general merchandise business in Clarkson and the bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George Rogers. Death - Daniel ADan@ Bryant, age about 18, died in the Cameron Sanitarium on Friday from appendicitis. He was the son of Lafayette Bryant and grandson of Major Bryant, founder of Bryant Station that bears his name. He was attending school at Oeadaville where he was taken ill about a week before his death. On Sunday, his father hurried him to the Cameron Sanitarium but death followed on Friday morning. Burial was in Bryant Station at the family burying ground. [lengthy article] Birth - Buckholts - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Marsh Rainey. Article - Gust Backhaus received a letter from his brother, August Backhaus in Germany, which expresses confidence in the ultimatum victory of the Kaiser over the Allies. August was here on a visit to Gust about 2-years ago. He has one son in the army, while his sister has supplied three sons and one daughter for the army, the latter a member of the Red Cross. Rockdale Reporter Marriage - John Psdecik and Miss Annie Palla were married last Sunday, Oct. 18th at the home of the bride's parents in Seaton. The bride is the cousin of Mrs. J. J. Kadlicek of Buckholts, who attended the wedding with her husband and Joe Ermis. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Marriage - Tracy - News was received here Sunday afternoon of the marriage of Miss Allie Volles to Jim Byrd. Cameron Herald, Thur., 5 Nov 1914 Marriage - Burlington - Hugo Green of Burlington and Miss Minnie Green of Cyclone were married at Cyclone last Wednesday. Birth - Burlington - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Vogelsang on Thursday Article - Will Receive Silver Service Nov. 7th - Battleship Texas (USS Texas - BB 35) will receive two sets of silver service a gift from the people of the state. One contributed by adults and the other by the school children of Texas. Death - J. W. AWaddy@ Tate, age about 35, died Sunday at 9 aljl at the home of his niece, Mrs. Ray Burke on Maine St. And was buried Monday at 10 a.m. from the residence in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was unmarried and the son of Sam Tate, recently of Cameron but now living in Llano. [lengthy article] Birth - Girl named, Georgia Corruthers Phillips, was born to Mr. & Mrs. Phillips in Milwaukee. Death - W. H. Springer was found dead in his field where he had been raking h ay late Thursday evening. Buckholts Bulletin. Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Lucko of Walker's Creek, weight 10-pounds. Marriage - Maysfield - Meekie Mosley, oldest son of John Mosley, and Miss Maggie Tyson, youngest daughter of the late Scott Tyson, were married last Wednesday at noon. The Mosleys came to this place last year from Ben Arnold. Birth - Buckholts - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Gean Coley. Marriage Licenses: W. D. Howard & Ruby Hillygard; Hampton Ross & Medora Collier; Alex Brown & Lulu Hammond; M. L. Talbott & Kate Nichols; Joseph Yates & Mary Bryant; Francisco Pardo & Adelaide Rodriquez; Meekie Moseley & Maggie Tyson Death - Marak - Frank Mekula died Sunday morning and burial was at 10 a.m. Monday at the Marak burial grounds. Marriage - Wedding announcement at a Halloween party given by Miss Winnie Henderson for her beloved cousin, Miss Eleanor Henderson and Boyd Wells of Austin. The wedding will be Dec. 10th. Cameron Herald, Thur., 12 Nov 1914 Birth - Liberty - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Dot Fuller last week. Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Earl Miles of Oklahoma at the home of Mrs. Miles' parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. Wilson. Marriage - Marak - John Knothivil and Miss Louise Maly were married at the Catholic church Tuesday at 10 a.m. Article - Missing Man is Located - Bryant Kethley Missing Since Oct. 20th Located at Belton last Friday - Constable McIntosh received a phone message last Friday from Mack McCorcle, City Marshal of Belton stating he has arrested Bryant Kethley. Constable McIntosh, accompanied by J. D. Rea and B. O. Kethley, a brother of the missing man left for Belton. Kethley appeared drugged or dazed and could give no account of where he had been the last 10-days. An automatic revolver, a gold watch and a considerable sum of money he had on his person when he left Rosebud cannot be accounted for. [lengthy article] Cameron Herald, Thur., 19 Nov 1914 Article - Monster Eagle Killed at Temple - Temple, Nov. 16th - W. B. Farmer reports killing a monster eagle at this place 2-miles west of Temple a few days ago with four shots of No. 6 shells. The bird measured extended wing-tips of 6-feet and was a young bird. [lengthy article] Marriage - Dr. P. A. Ramsel of Shiner and Mrs. Ida Kunath of Rockdale were married Tuesday evening at the home of the bride. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage - Tracy - Frank Craven received an announcement last week of his sister's marriage, Mrs. Janie Cantrell to Mr. Whitaker of Waco. Suicide - Hangs Self - Granger, Nov. 16th - John Nizer, age 70, a wealthy Bohemian of Granger was found dead at home in Granger early this morning. He was hanging with a rope around his neck by his son-in-law. There was no reason assigned for this act. It is thought he hung himself on Sunday. He was a pioneer citizen of Granger and had lived there 35-years. He leaves a wife and several children [no names given]. Funeral will probably be held tomorrow. Trial - Hung Jury - In the trial of Robert Lee Perkins who was indicted and tried for the murder of Will Turner resulted in a hung jury of eight for acquittal and four for conviction. Those attending included for the defendant included: Tom Perkins of McLennan Co., formerly of Gause his father; Charlie Henderson of Branchville his uncle; J. S. Henderson of Calvert his uncle; D. Perkins of Lott his brother; C. S. Perkins and his sister, Miss Pearl Perkins. Birth - Buckholts - Girl born to Dr. & Mrs. Young Birth - Ben Arnold - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy. Birth - Ben Arnold - Boy born & Mr. & Mrs. Ed Frazier. Cameron Herald, Thur., 26 Nov 1914 Birth - Sand Grove - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Bunk Whited last Tuesday. Death - San Grove - J. E. Buffington was called to gee Prairie Thursday night to the bedside of little Blanche Mildred Cherry who died at 3:30 a.m. Friday. Birth - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Cooper of Clebure at the home of the mother's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ike Reynolds in North Carolina. Birthday Party - Martin Ermis, age 72, was surprised with a birthday dinner. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Visiting - Miss Ruth Lowenstein of New York City is spending the fall month with her grandparents to celebrate her 11th birthday with a party at the E. S. Loper home. Refreshments and a visit to the Dixit Theatre with Robert Lowenstein and Donald Lowenstein. Marriage - Belmena - Brickett Dodson of Cameron and Miss Jessie Story of Oakdale were married at the home of Bro. Carr. Mr. Dodson formerly lived in this community. Marriage - Oakdale - Bickett Dodson of Cameron and Miss Jessie Story of this community were married Thursday of last week. They will make their home in Cameron. Marriage Licenses: P. H. Creekmore & Lena Watts; Robt. Richard & Susie Howard; Ed Anderson & Martha Adams; Randolph Kamenicky & Mary Provacek; Murley Christian & Hattie Adams; Andrew Smith & Helen Carlton; Willie Shafer & Ida Townsend; Chas. McDonald & Emma Stoneham; Archie Goman & Kate Matha; John B. Dodson & Jessie Story; T. L. Hamilton & Irma Elmore; Richard Grofell & Hattie Ludicke Death - Tracy - Dolphus House was reported dangerously ill last week and continued to grow worse until Monday when he died. Marriage - Buckholts - Richard Groppell and Miss Hettie Ludicke of Stamford were married last Thursday afternoon and will make their home near here. [lengthy article] Marriage - Buckholts - Miss Ella Gropple and Miss Laura Gropple went to Taylor Tuesday where they will be bridesmaids for Miss Olga Kueba. Marriage - Buckholts - Truman Hamilton & Miss Erma Elmore were married last Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents. Visiting - Miss Martin of Florida is a guest in the home of Mr. & Mrs. T. S. Henderson and will be a member of the bridal party in the marriage of Miss Eleanor Henderson and Boyd Wells of Austin on Dec. 10th at the First Baptist Church. Cameron Herald, Thur., 3 Dec 1914 Marriage - Frank Sefcik and Miss Fannie Sefcik were married at the home of the bride's parents between Milano and Rockdale. They will make their home at New Tabor. Caldwell Ledger [lengthy article] Death - Ben Arnold - J. A. McElwrath received news Tuesday morning that his niece, Mrs. Ida Archer, who was living near the Goodwin school was killed by lightning during and electric storm early that morning. Her husband received a terrific shock and probably will not live. Death - Ben Arnold - The 12 year old son of Mr. Lorenz was killed by lightning. The boy had been sent to the field to spread a cover over some cotton. He was riding a horse and the horse was also killed. Accident - Ben Arnold - The small boy of J. W. McGee was kicked on the head by a mule Monday afternoon and condition is quite critical but he is improving. Death - Burlington - Monroe Roth, age 11, died Tuesday morning when struck by lightning early that morning in the cotton field. Burial was in the Ben Arnold Cemetery. Accident - Burlington - Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Smith were called to the bedside of their brother and sister-in-law Tuesday on account of both being struck by lightning near Clarkson. Death - Burlington - Mr. & Mrs. George Lock of near Barclay were called to the death of their daughter that was struck by lightning Tuesday who lives near Clarkson. Birth - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Luce on Friday. Birth - Girl born to Rev. & Mrs. T. P. Dugger on Saturday. The mother who has been dangerously ill is reported better. Deaths - Fatal Electrical Storms - Unusual reports are made this week of deaths and injuries by lightning during the storm sweeping over the country Tuesday, especially between Burlington and Ben. Arnold. The wife of Tom Archer near Ben Arnold was instantly killed, the stroke killing also his two mules, while he himself was seriously injured. On the Dalton Farm near Burlington, Monroe Lawrence was hurrying in on his horse from the field when a stroke killed him and the horse. On the Waters Ranch a fine cow was another victim of lightning while being milked by a young boy who was not injured. Reports about Chilton give several deaths including two negroes while attending the cattle. Accident - Mrs. Viola Harper of Jones Prairie was badly burned about the face and eyes last Friday, the result of an explosion in the fire place. Her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Harrell of the Rosebud area have a message that she is getting along nicely but will not loose her eyesight as it was first reported. Military - Percy Tracy has received a letter from Harry Sefrin who is serving in the Navy was mailed from Manila, Philippine Islands on Oct. 29th and reached here on Nov. 30th. Death - Mr. Dogget died at his home in the Friendship community on Wednesday of last week. He'd lived there about 40-years. Cancer of the face caused his death from which he had suffered for several months. He leaves a wife and several children [no names given]. Buckholts Bulletin Marriage - Chas. Fick, youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Fick of the Detmold community, and Miss Emma Koehler, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Koehler who live about 2-miles south of Thorndale, were married at the St. Paul's Lutheran church in this city at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Nov. 19th. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Deaths - Double Murder Near Buckholts - Brother and Sister Killed Because Mother Would Not Give Girl in Marriage - Last Thursday afternoon late a double killed occurred on the Kennedy farm 1-mile from Buckholts. The dead man and girl resided with their mother in a tent on the farm and the man who, it is alleged, did the killing, went to the tent and asked for the girl's hand in marriage and the mother objected because the girl was only age 14. He said if she did not marry him he would kill all of them. He then pulled his pistol and shot the boy twice killing him instantly and then shot the girl once through the head killing her instantly, and made his escape in the darkness and has not been apprehended. The man is a Mexican named Cenon Garibay, age 20, light complected, 5-feet 8 o r 10-inches tall, 140-pounds, one upper front tooth gone, smooth shaved, black bushy hair, parts hair on left-side, has on small new white hat with black band, suit of striped overalls, low quartered black button shoes, yellow or tan socks. Death - Thomas Lockett, age 6, a twin son of Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Lockett, died last Sunday at Fort Worth. The cause of death was accidental. One day before the accident on Saturday, several Cameron neighbors enjoyed a few hours with Mrs. Lockett and the children on the train en route home from a Thanksgiving visit in Rockdale. [lengthy article] Birth - Tracy - Twin girls born to Mr. & Mrs. Luke Modesett who arrived in time to partake of Thanksgiving dinner. Marriage - Dr. P. A. Ramsell of shiner and Mrs. Ida Kunath of Rockdale were married Tuesday evening at the home of the bride. Thorndale Thorn - They will make their home in Shiner where Dr. Ramsell has lived for the past 8-months and has built a lucrative practice. Shiner Enterprise Cameron Herald, Thur., 10 Dec 1914 Birth - Tracy - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. Homer Smith, weight 10-pounds. Article - Beauty Parlor for Cameron - operated by Miss Largent at the Schiller Drug Store. Article - Released from Prison - O. P. Storm, once a citizen of Milano has been granted an unconditional pardon from President Wilson from imprisonment at the Leavenworth penitentiary where he was sentenced last June for shipping liquor into the old Indian Territory. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Death - Burlington - The infant child of Mr. & Mrs. H. Stoebner of near town died Tuesday evening after a long illness. Article - Old Moore Home Destroyed by Fire - Owner, G. T. Moore [lengthy article] Birth - Oakdale - Girl born to Mr. & Mrs. Harold Pressly. Death - Jim Carolton, nearly age 72, died in bed last Tuesday morning at his home near Pettibone. He was born in Alabama in 1843 and came to Texas when he was 30-years old. He leaves a wife and four children [no names given]. Burial was in Corinth Cemetery. Buckholts Bulletin Death - Former Citizen Killed at El Campo - C. W. Prosser, formerly of this city, while working in a rice mill at El Campo, Monday of this week, was caught in the machinery, receiving injuries from which he died the following day. He was a brother of Mrs. A. S. Houston who attended his funeral. Marriage Licenses: Hugo Beimmer & Emma Lange; Jim Lemon & Roberta Wilson; Jeff Knight & Bessie Brown; Bass Melear & Mabel Osborne; Frank Rogers & Kessie Ola Gergory Article - New Telephone Directory will go to press on Dec. 15th. Birth - Yarrellton - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Foster Marriage - Fritz Kraemer and Miss Emma Berger were married at the Phillipsburgh church at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Brenham Banner Marriage - Theodore Reche and Miss Eder Schweatmann were married at the Salem church on Thursday. Brenham Banner Marriage - Henry Lueck and Miss Zelma Kokomoore were married at Prairie Hill church at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Brenham Banner Marriage - Charlie Wittenben and Miss Frie da Hill were married at the Welcome church at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Brenham Banner Marriage - Henry Quebe and Miss Malinda Struwe were married at the Prairie Hill church at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Brenham Banner Death - Old Veteran Dead - James M. Carlton died on Dec. 2nd at his home of heart trouble without a moment's warning. He was born in Perry Co., AL in 1843 and came to Milam County in the 1870s and married a daughter of Ben F. Evans, an old and respected citizen of this county and the father of Judge Evans, formerly of Milam County. He leaves a wife and four children. He enlisted in Co. F, 20th Alabama Infantry, Army of Tennessee in Sept. 1861 and served until the close of the war. What great tribute to say he was a Gallant Confederate soldier, a kind and devoted husband and father. He was one of the oldest members of the Camp Ben McCulloch of this city. [lengthy article] Marriage - A. W. Crandell of Snowflake, AZ and Mrs. Libbie Eads of Gause were married Friday evening at the Baptist pastorial home. The bride is the sister of Mrs. Ely and Mrs. M. Blakely and B. T. Godfrey. They will make their home in Arizona. Gause Guide [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Floy McLane and Stuart Shaw were married Thursday night at the home of Joe Kreouch in Temple. Miss McLane is the head bookkeeper for the Southwestern Telephone company in Temple and Mr. Shaw is engaged in the printing business in this city and was foreman in the Mirror office. Temple Mirror [lengthy article] - Miss McLane is a native of Cameron and daughter of Andrew McLane and sister of . Robert McLane and Lee McLane. Cameron Herald, Thur., 17 Dec 1914 Article - Hog Killing Time - (includes recipe for curing meat: - brine solution for 100-pounds of meat: 12-pounds common salt; 3-pounds brown sugar; 3-ounces saltpeter; 6-gallons water. Boil ingredients for 1-hour the day before as it should be cold when used. Article - Mr. Jean Smith of this city was showing his ACarnegie Hero Medal@ which was given to him in Rogers in 1910 for trying to save a couple of workmen from suffocation in 1909. He volunteered to bring the bodies out of a well. [lengthy article] Marriage - Burlington - Frank Rogers and Miss Kessie Gregory were married at Clarkson last Friday. [lengthy article[ Marriage - Pre-Nuptial Affair for Miss Maurine McAnnally who will be married to Mouhon Williams of Alexandria, LA on Dec. 22nd. [lengthy article] Marriage - Boss Melear, a farmer of the San Gabriel community, and Mrs. Mable Osburn were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. M. B. Comstock in Thorndale on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Eleanor Henderson, oldest daughter of Hon. & Mrs. T. S. Henderson, and Peter Boyd Wells of Austin were married on Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church. [very lengthy article describing bridal party members and their clothing, music, decorations, reception, gifts, out-of-town guests, etc.] 50th Wedding Anniversary - Celebrated by Mr. & Mrs. William Elijah Bozeman living a few miles from Cameron. Mrs. Bozeman comes from the well-known Pool family. [lengthy article] Marriage Licenses: Mark Hardin & Lizzie Stevenson; Elwood Howell & Edna Gillespie; Ben Black & Zeffie Twiggs; Clifford Walker & Willine Hagler; T. D. Hodges & Edna Lewis; Gustave Zuehlke & Pauline Heintze; Jack Smith & Mary Ward; Peter Boyd Wells & Eleanor Henderson; Booker Taylor & Hettie Crosby; Will Staton & Eller Snellgo Police - Jail on Wheels Arrived - The portable jail, which the new Commissioners court recently bought has arrived and will be placed in commission at once. It is all steel and iron constructions and has berths for 18 inmates. The berths are three deep and we understand there is no difference in upper or lower berths as compared to Pullman car berths. This new jail has many conveniences except escaping custody and it will be very handy and serviceable. Cameron Herald, Thur., 24 Dec 1914 Article - The only change in the cour6thouse was Giles P. Lester, who will succeed H. M. Richey as Justice of the Peace. Mr. Lester is a member of the Retail Clerks Union Waco Union Standard '' Mr. Lester is a former Milam County citizen and moved to Waco a few years ago. He is the son of Jas. Lester of Jones Prairie and nephew of our banker, Mayor Lester. Cameron Herald Military - Judson Jones of San Gabriel returned after an absence of 5-years while serving in the U.S. Navy During his service he visited many foreign countries. Thorndale Thorn Adoption - On Saturday evening a little 3-year old girl came in from Waco and was adopted in the home of Dr. & Mrs. M. C. Sapp. This little orphan is a sister to the sister adopted by this kind hearted couple a few months ago. Marriage - Miss Florence Luce and R. C. Barker were married Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Luce. The groom came to this city from Abilene and holds the position of wire chief in the Cameron Telephone Exchange. [lengthy article] Sickness - Judge A. S. Ruby, age 82. father of our Justice of the Peace, J. D. Ruby is seriously ill at the Ruby Hotel in very feeble conditions. Milano Gazette [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Maurine Stuart McAnally and Mohon Wiliams of Alexandria, LA were married Tuesday evening in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Batte. Mrs. Batte is a sister of the bride [very lengthy article describing the clothing, decorations, bridal party, reception, gifts, out-of-town guests, etc.] Marriage - Gus Zuelke, a farmer near Thorndale, and Miss Martha Heintze, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. Heintz living about a mile out from Thorndale, were married at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Wednesday, Dec. 16th at 3 p.m. Thorndale Thorn [lengthy article] Marriage - Miss Emma Brockenbush and Mr. Kirchenwirtz were married last Tuesday at the Lutheran Church in Buschdale. Marriage Licenses: B. M. Williams & Maurine Stuart McAnaly; Alfred Brooks & Lena Moseley; Jim Milligin & Annie Reed; Withie McKee & Agnes Steele; Geo. A. Ross & Luchille Thomas; Oscar Davis & Emma Washington; David Dwight Hines & Alice Salia Harmon; J. R. Arriett & Elizabeth Ralston; M. C. Moore & Etoile Harris; E. B. Laines & Georgia McIntosh; Early Moseley & Margy Brooks; Alvin Arnold & Lois Benson; Agam Burks & Maybelle Thomas; Jessie Wilson & Mucy Rosa; Chaley Navratil & Mina Dreirrmond; Mark Hardin & Lizzie Stevenson Marriage - Miss Minnie Newton and W. J. Diadley of Denver, CO were married at Galveston last Monday afternoon. The bride formerly taught school at Buckholts. They will winter in Galveston and Old Mexico and will return to Denver, CO next summer where they will make their future homes. Buckholts Bulletin [lengthy article] Death- Died in Old Country - Mr. & Mrs. A. Wolf learned of the passing of Mrs. Wolf's mother [no name given] in the early part of November. She was age 83 and together with her husband [no name given], who survives had lived to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. & Mrs. Wolf visited their parents some 2-years ago, returning on the vessel that first received the distress signal from the fated Titanic [April 14, 1912] Rockdale Reporter Cameron Herald, Thur., 31 Dec 1914 Birthday Party - For Mrs. Sallie Turnham, age 84, at the home of her son, Will Turnham with her sons Will, John Turnham and Tom Turnham. Article - Bit of Unwritten History - by Confederate Veteran of Cameron, John B. Wolf, member of Ben McCullock Camp No. 29. Wolf was Captain of Co. I, 14th Arkansas regiment at the Siege of Port Hudson which place was surrendered, I think, on July 8, 1863 by Gen. Frank Gardner. Capt. Wolf and a number of other captured Confederate officers, among them was Col. Semmes (son of Admiral Semmes of the Confederate Navy) were being conveyed by the steamer Maple Leaf around the Atlantic coast to a Federal prison. Somewhere off the coast of North Carolina they saw an opportunity, revolted, overpowered and disarmed the guards and captured the steamer. Meantime, the prisoners elected Col. Semmes as leader and Capt. Wolf as second in command. They locked up all the crew and officers of the vessel except the pilot, engineers and stokers; these they compelled to about face the steamer's course. Under the muzzles of the guns they captured, they forced the pilot to steer to the North Carolina shore, During the run, Capt. Wolf had been assigned the charge of the pilot and had some difficulty forcing him to steer as he was directed and to keep signals from being made to the U.S. fleet. It was night and dark, but the light of these vessels were plainly seen from the captured vessel. They succeeded in getting to land, but not being familiar with that coast, when the vessel stopped, the land was found to be a marsh and they wandered and floundered for 2-days and night before getting out on high ground, by which time they were worn out from fatigue and nearly starved. Their next exploit was to capture a train and crew and they forced them to run the train to Richmond, VA. When they arrived in Richmond they were met by President Davis and they were given an ovation by the citizenship of the city and a reception at the Confederate White House. [very lengthy article] Death - Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marek on Tuesday. Death - T. A. Howell received work of the death of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Jones in San Antonio. Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Leona Ponnish went to San Antonio to accompany the body to Yoakum, the old homestead for burial. Death - James Blancet died at Taylor last week being afflicted with an incurable malady. He lived in this section for several years, was well known and leaves many of his near relatives in the area. He was a member of the Gause Woodsmen of the World lodge. He is survived by a wife and two children [no names given]. Gause Guide Death - Rockdale Man Fatally Stabbed - Houston, Dec. 29th - Marshall M. Perry of Houston, fatally stabbed at Galveston on Saturday night was buried Monday at Rockdale, his birthplace, his mother and Richard Perry, a brother accompanied the body there. He was employed by the Texas Company in a clerical position and on Christmas Day went to Galveston where he had friends. About 9 p.m. Saturday night, he appeared at John Sealy Hospital with knife wounds in the chest and before midnight, he died. At first it was thought the wounds were superficial. A woman arrested in connect with the case and is charged with murder. She claims self-defense. Death - Tracy - Mr. Jackson, a piano man, who was the guest of Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Sanders, received a telephone message that his sister [no name given] had died at Ennis on Monday at 4 p.m. Marriage Licenses: Thomas B. Wootan & Hattie Bell Wilson; Julius Finn & Ida Symank; Claude Shields & Florecne Jones; Birdie Ivy & Ethel Sanford; Bose Anderson & Emma Hill; Earl Thompson & Ida Rolley ; Frane Carter & Amie Mathis; Roy Lester & Vivian Lee; Dave Fowler & Maude Hagler; Morgan Green & Pearly Beach; F. R. Harlan & Jessie Salter; Julian Seidl & Mary Pernetiz; Martiar Martinez & Rosa Forres; Lawrence Mabry & Barbara Leeper; G. Burnett & Luch Weathers; R. C. Barker & Florence Luce; T. C. Stephens & Leonard Denham; Lonnie Meissner & Olga Jordan Marriage - Miss Hedvig Matusek and Will Marek were married on Wednesday 1 p.m. at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. McCall. The bride was employed by Roddy Bros. The groom is employed with the F. A. Marek Furniture Co. [lengthy article Birth- Buckholts - Boy born to Mr. & Mrs. John Corley, Jr. Milam County, Texas: Cameron Herald Newspaper Abstracts, 1914 Page 1