Montague Co., TX - Newspapers - The Bowie Blade: August 9, 1901 ****************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Anita Emberlin USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************** The Bowie Blade Bowie, Montague Co., Texas Friday, August 9, 1901 The camp of United Confederate Veterans of Bowie will have a barbecue and picnic on their grounds at Bowie August 22, 23 and 24. The Ladies of the Methodist Church will give an ice cream festival Thursday evening, Aug. 13 on the parsonage lawn. LIZZIE KITCHEN, Pres. W.H.M.S. MISS MIDGE FERGUSON, who was the guest of MISS DAISY THOMAS, left for her home at Sherman. MCDANIEL’S is headquarters for windmills and tanks. JOHN MEADORS is holding bachelor quarters this week during the absence of his family who are visiting at Chico. J. H. BELL, C. J. CAMPBELL and T. W. MCNABB of the Dry Valley community were trading here Wednesday. JOHN SPEARS sold his interest in the confectionary to M. E. OWENS, who will continue the business. Mr. Spears bought out a firm in Bowie where he will take charge. We are loathe to give him up for he is a young man, sober, industrious and of good business habits. From the Jacksboro News. HARD / BARD BUTLER, wife and baby of Fort Worth are visiting her parents, Mr. ad Mrs. HOLMAN. Married in this city last Thursday, Aug. 1, FRED ABBLEWICH and MISS LEE HAMILTON, Rev. W. M. P. RIPPEY officiating. Mr. Abblewich is a prominent young business man of Commerce, Texas and Miss Hamilton is one of the most admired and well thought of young ladies in this city. She is a sister of MRS. L. M. BOWMAN, also of this city, with whom she resided. The happy young couple for on the train fro Dallas and will to Monterrey, Mexico then visit the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. HOMER HARRIS made a rapid excursion to the cool breezes of the north Sunday, Bellevue. A.P. SMARTT of Joy, Clay County registered at Bob’s. W. L. GARNER of Montague was here. DICK COVEY of Montague was here. FRET’S Shop is the place to leave your hair and whiskers. JAMES FLEMING, a bright young teacher of Stoneburg, was doing business here. JAMES and LILLIE STEPHENSON of Denver were shopping here. Miss Lillie was successful in drawing a claim in the Comanche Country. MISS MAYME MILLER of Fruitland was the guest of friends here. E. R. SLOAN returned from a trip down the Denver road. CAPT. S. L. EASLEY returned from his ranch in West Texas this week. While there, he enjoyed ten days hunting and fishing with friends, traveling over a good part of Comanche country. Col. J. A. CUMMINS You are hereby notified of your election to honorary membership in the MRS. S. A. CROFFORD Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, No. 362 at Bowie, MISS MAGGIE CUMMINS, president, MRS. E. R. SLOAN, secretary. MISS DAISY THOMAS is visiting at Alvord. W. C. POPE of Fort Worth was making his monthly round here. MISS HELEN ABERCROMBIE of Archer City returned home. CLAUDE BETTIS and C. T. SIGMON visited at Henrietta. A.C. NEESE of Fruitland was here and paid this office a visit. Queen’s Peak DAVE HERNY went to Iowa Park for a load of peaches, this is his second trip. MISS JOHNNIE DIXON of Bowie is visiting MISS KITTIE PATTON. MISS JANIE PATTON is attending to the bedside of her aunt MRS. MATTIE KNEO(?) at Alvord who is low with consumption. Quite a number of our young folks were out for a drive Sunday among them, FORD YOUNG, CHARLES and DEAN MCDONALD, MISSES MAY HENRY, VADA MCWILLIAMS, LEONA MCMINN and others. W. T. KEITH stopped in our community. W. T. TAYLOR and sister MISS ANNA returned from Red River Station where they were teaching a music school. W. T. has secured another place for next years. From Stoneburg Following is a list of Stoneburg’s citizens who have drawn lucky numbers in the contest for claims in the country now being opened: G. W. WATSON, SID PRATER, BOB BOWMAN, MR. FINCH, WESS HAVENS, ELBERT HESTER, W. S. FLEMING and last but not lease, the folly good natured Rock Island agent Mr. HUPP / HUPPE. Mr. STUBBLEFIELD and family have gone to southwest Texas prospecting. Two of J. M. BEASLEY’S married daughters with their families from Collin County visited him this past week. Mr. COLLINS and family of Arlington, Texas are visiting her father W. G. ALEXANDER. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. WRIGHT visited friends at Saint Jo and Bonita. MRS. B. F. WATSON and sons EWING and OLIN returned from Oklahoma. TOM HEARD surprised friends by bringing home a bride. The Baptist brethren closed an interesting meeting. The preaching was done by Elders BIDDY, MILLER and OWENS. Elders J. R. WILKINSON and G. A. W. FLEMING will begin a meeting at the Christian Church. Montague from the Democrat A man named RUSSELL was arrested and jailed for passing a $10 Confederate bill on ALLEN BOYD of this place. JIM MOBLEY of McCollum, the new post office, was here. He is the postmaster. JUDGE BARRETT appointed W. I. GARNER of this place, C. A. WILSON of Bowie and J. A. FOOSHEE of Nocona as commissioners to select juries the January term. J. W DIXON of Viola, Arkansas, who visited his uncle Judge W. W. COOK for two weeks, was suddenly called home by the death of his sister. The case of Dr. T. A. MARTIN, charged with the murder of JIM HALE near Hardy May 1, 1901, came to trial Monday and closed Wednesday. Attorneys J. M. CHAMBERS, W. S. JAMESON, LEVI WALKER, D. M. SMITH of this place; JIM WYLIE of Saint Jo and GEORGE CULP of Gainesville represented the defendant and County Attorney JNO. F. SLATON, G. F. THOMAS and W. E. TOMME for the State, Jury returned verdict of not guilty. JEFF HOOPER, charged with the murder of JIM CHRISTIAN 1 _ miles south of Spanish Fort in June 1894, was tried Thursday. It will be remembered that Hooper is the man that Sheriff RAINES brought back from Tennessee last March and who had just served a sentence of five years for killing a man in Tennessee. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Nocona from The Times CAPT. G. A. KNIGHT returned from Indian Territory where he has been working under the Dawes Commissioner as U. S. land appraiser. PROF. T. A. TAGGART is at work on the announcement and course of study at Nocona public schools. The Barefoot Rifles returned from encampment at Austin. The boys seem to be well pleased with the trip and Capt. BARTON says he is more pleased with the showing the boys made. J. H. THOMPSON, who lives in the Sandy Mound neighborhood, called on us and said that crop outlook in his section is very gloomy. Sunset from Signal News ALONZO HARVEY and JOE AYRES have been the only lucky ones living at Sunset it seems as they have both drawn claims in the land lottery. A.WILLIAMS and wife, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. BEATY at the JERRY SKAGGS’ place, left for their home at Terrell, Texas. During the rain and wind Wednesday, the frame of WALTER BUSH’S house was blown down. G. D. LANCASTER of near Shot Gun or Pleasant Ridged, while assisting in trimming out a road, got his shoulder broken and collar bone dislocated. Alvord, Wise County from the Budget JAMES ZOLLICOFFER CARTER of Valley Mills and MISS MAUDE ESTHERINE SHANKLE, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. SHANKLE, were married at their home Wednesday afternoon, Rev. RIPPEY officiating. Mr. Carter is a clever young man and holds the honorable position as cashier of the bank at Valley Mills. Miss Maude has many admirers. Our constable BENNIE PIOR arrested CHARLEY MCCLUNG last week. GEORGE LANCASTER got his arm dislocated and Dr. RILEY was called to adjust it. Saint Jo from the Tribune DR. T. A. MARTIN of Hardy, who was tried for the killing of JIM HALE a year ago, was acquitted. BATEMAN NEELEY, who was a clerk at the mercantile store of D. L. DOWD of this place for three years, went to Nocona and accepted a position with H.T. DOWD, one of the leading grocers of that town. The Fairview meeting closed last Wednesday with 11 baptized and 13 accessions to the church. Rev. R. J. HOLMAN says there were between 20 and 30 conversions and renewals. The meeting was conducted by Rev. LUTHER CRAWFORD from old Red Bud and Rev. R. J. HOLMAN of Marysville, both Baptists. The Tribune congratulates the Montague county people who drew claims in the new country. GARDNER BAILEY, who lives near Freemound, drew No. 83 which is a quarter section. FRANCIS M. BOYDSTON, who lives 1 _ miles north of Saint Jo, got No. 1282. While this number is not so valuable as 83, it will secure Mr. Boydston a desirable home. W. B. FULTON of Hewitt, Chickasaw Nation, and MISS MAY DOWD of Saint Jo were married last Sunday at Belcher. Rev. JOHN MILBURN performed the ceremony. They returned to Saint Jo and boarded the train for Hewitt. Local R. A. QUISENBERRY wishes the people to know that he is again in the transfer business. He is putting in a new line of cabs and proposes to give the people a prompt carriage and cab service. MISS ETTA ELLIOTT, one of the Twentieth Century graduating class of Bowie High School, who was examined at Montague a few days ago, has been granted a first grade four years state certificate. This will be appreciated by the friends of the school when they recall that every member of this class has been examined and granted a state certificate. Prof. PLATT is elated over their success. JOHN W. JACKSON & Son have purchased the Bowie Transfer Co. stock and good will and sold their livery business to W. H. COX. Mr. Jackson will hereafter conduct a strictly transfer and cab service while Mr. Cox will continue in the livery business. S. M. MURPHEE, the Rock Saloon man, has an ad in this paper. He keeps a quiet and orderly house. He makes a specialty of good wines and whiskies for sacramental and medicinal purposes and asks your patronage for this line of goods.