Athens Weekly Review
July 17, 1903

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Friday's News.

J. R. Reierson went to Kaufman today.
Miss Alice Parker went to Waco yesterday.
Dr. Jim Murphy of Itasca is in town today.
F. M. Chapman of Chandler is in town today.
Rev. Reece of Kerens was in Athens today.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Owen a 12 pound boy. (see Saturday's News below for correction)
W. A. Wade went to Murchison today on business.
There were ten baptized at the Baptist church last night.
Shelby Robbins of Austin is visiting his parents this week.
George Miller of Nebo is visiting in Athens a few days this week.
There were twenty-eight accessions to the Baptist Church as the result of the protracted meeting.
C. F. Scott and John Easterwood returned from College Station last night.
If there is any virtue in hard work, we are certainly getting our part of it now.
W. E. Donnally of Rusk, formerly of Athens, is visiting in the city a few days this week.
Miss Alice Jones was reported very sick this morning but is better this evening.
W. M. Arnold who has been in the city a few days past left today for his home in Omen.
Rev. D. A. Hale, who has been assisting Rev. Mahan in the meeting, left Wednesday night.
Bro. Wolfsohn will conduct song service at the Baptist church tonight and Sunday night.
Watermelons and cantaloupes are now plentiful and the small boy and the "coon" are happy.
Now is the time for our business men to get together and discuss plans for the advancement of Athens.
Court was dismissed yesterday on account of E. P. Miller's taking sick. He was reported better today.
Rev. E. W. H. Parker went to Ben Wheeler to conduct a meeting. Rev. Mahan will go down Sunday.
J. M. Luker and family returned last night from Marlin where they have been the past week. Jim looks well.
Mrs. T. B. Spencer went to Mabank last night and will return tonight accompanied by Miss Mary Spencer.
Mrs. B. C. Pinckard, who came in with Mr. Pinckard to attend court, returned to her home in Chandler today.
County court has been in session all this week and much business done judging from the crowds attending.
The ladies with out exception have complimented the Daily Review and they always know a good thing when
they see it.
We tried to run down a report of some disturbance at the Cotton Belt depot last night, but we could get nothing
tangible.
C. H. Coleman burned some clay from his new location and we never saw prettier nor finer specimen of brick
than he made.
Miss Florence Gilmore left this evening on the Cotton Belt for Hempstead on a visit to relatives. She will be away
about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wright, Kendree Miller and Misses Bettie and Pearl Miller start for South Texas tomorrow through
the country.
Walt Smith of the Kemp Voice has ventured down to Mabank. He spent the Fourth there. He trusted to the patriotism
of the day, we suppose.
Chas Muckleroy of Kaufman was in the city yesterday. He leaves for St. Louis soon to purchase a stock of goods
for himself and F. M. Moore, his partner at Denton.
Jeff Tatum has been in attendance on the county court all the week. He says he is drinking ice water and drawing
two dollars a day.
Prof. Myatt received his prize quite good naturedly. The prize was a box of face powder, a bottle of beautifier and
a bottle of perfume.
Tomato growing will receive a check, we fear, from the results of this season's crop for want of a market. If our
truckers can't get a market there is no use in raising them.
A Mobley , of Martin's Mill, was in the city today and sends a copy of the REVIEW to P. M. Tucker, Miller, Ala. This
may bring another citizen to Texas.
K. Richardson says Dr. French got so mad about losing his onions that he-----well, we won't say what K. said
he did. Dr. French said K. would have done worse.
Miss Cora Dunklin and brother, Gilbert, and Cotus Dunklin of LaRue left Wednesday night for Henderson, Texas, to
attend a family reunion of the Dunklin family at their grandfather's who is now eighty four years old.
Sheriff Williams came in from Grand Saline this evening where he had been after a little girl, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gothard who have separated, and the mother is suing for possession of the child which is about eight years old.
Prof. George A. Landrum, director of the department of Oratory in Trinity University was in Athens this week and gave
us a pleasant call. Mr. Landrum is here in the interest of the University and we hope he will meet with fine success.
One of the old land marks of Athens, the old livery stable east of the Deen hotel, is being torn down. It has been there
for fifty years. Thus the good work goes on. The new Methodist church will be built in its place.
Thursday's news contained the report of a negro in the room of two girls who awakened in time to give the alarm.
Today's news gave an account of the same character and the beast was caught and as usual hurried off by the
officers to save him from lynching. If this thing continues the people will have to lynch a few over-zealous officers.
This protecting these fiends by the officers encourages the crime.
The business men of Corsicana are to hold a meeting today looking to the establishment of a canning factory.
Canning factories are the solution in our opinion of the market question in truck growing. If our truckers had a
canning factory now they could save thousands of dollars of their truck.
The Texas volunteer guards is now merged into the National guards, and the militia of the state, if we understand
the situation, is being nationalized. This is only a short step towards centralizing our policies and getting things
in shape for a military power to override civil government.

SUSPEND JUDGEMENT
The Times Star is in receipt of Volume 1, Number 7, of the Athens Daily REVIEW by R. E. and R. A. Yantis, which shows
up well for the publishers and deserves liberal support from the people as well as from the business men of Athens.
The Yantises are fine newspaper men and will give the people the full worth of their worth of their money, but we have
serious doubts of as small a town as Athens supporting a daily paper, even if it is the best town in the eastern part of
the state of the same size. --- Terrell. Times Star.

Saturday's News

Mrs. Lucy Neff returned from Tyler today.
J. M. Pickins returned from Kaufman last night.
Mrs. D. N. McEachern and children are visiting in Tyler.
Horace Holiman of Brownsboro is visiting in Athens.
Tom Dickerson came in this evening from Brownsboro.
Walter McDonald went to Cat Fish yesterday on business.
Mrs. D. W. Turner left this morning for a two week's visit to Mars.
Mrs. Hugh Lucas of Malakoff is visiting her mother Mrs. Titsworth.
Mrs. Millard Stirman returned from her visit to the country today.
Clare C. McDaniel went to Ferris today to visit his parents a few days.
Mrs. Myrtle Stewart of Corsicana is visiting her father Mr. Dubose of Athens.
Mrs. H. J. Snow of Kaufman came in last night to visit J. R. Reierson and family.
Miss Ruby Wofford of Nebo is visiting her uncle J. S. Miller and family this week.
Sam Adams went to cut a bee tree this evening. We guess he'll have a sweet as well as a hot time.
Miss Lizzie Walford who has been visiting Miss Alice Richardson returned to her home in Dallas last night.
R P. Wofford returned last night from a week's vacation at Mineral Wells. He reports having a big time.
Prof. R. W. Crawford of Malakoff is in the city today on his way to Mance to take the summer school there.
It is J. D. Horn and not J. D. Owen who has the 12 pound boy at his house. We don't know how the reporter
made the mistake. (See Friday's News above)
Mrs. W. H. Parker, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Athens returned to her home in Tyler this
morning.
Miss Glennin Cain, John P. Mayfield, Herbert B. Jester, and Frank Cot Taylor, guest of Miss Julia Wofford
returned to Tyler last night.
G. J. Eads and B. N. Harden returned last night from College Station. The report a fine time, complimenting
Texas and the Southern Pacific R. R. Co.
Mrs. Almos Jandrew of Terrell who has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Green, leaves today. She
says she enjoys the Daily REVIEW very much. Her father sends it to her.
J T. Cleveland, a leading merchant of Brownsboro, came to the city yesterday evening. He returned this morning.
B. H. Hatton, of Seagoville, Dallas county, was in our city today. Mr. Hatton is a real estate agent of the above
named place and is prospecting over East Texas.
C T. Holman, who has for some time been working for Perkins Bros, has resigned his position and accepted one
with the Spot Cash Store. Mr. Holman is a good salesman and would be glad to have his friends call and see him.
Lum Scott, J. W. Easterwood, G. J. Eads and B. N. Harden have all returned from the Farmers' Congress. They
report a fine and profitable trip. Mr. Harden says he would not have missed it for anything. We hope some of
them will furnish us a full account of the congress.

Mr. F. P. Riddle of Mount Pleasant, Texas, who has been visiting his brother, W. S. Riddle south of town left
for his home this morning. His niece Mrs. Dean Wylie of Waco, who has also been visiting her uncle F. P., to Mt.
Pleasant. W. S. Riddle is one of the new settlers who came into this county last year. He says he is well pleased
with his move.

F. M. Moore of Kaufman was in the city yesterday prospecting. Mr. Moore has been manager of Perkins Bros.
store at that place for six years and says he will go into business for himself now. He will go to Denton to go
into the racket store business. We wish him success.

BARGAINS IN LANDS
612 acres of land divided into tracts of about 100 acre blocks. On the Jane Irwin survey 9 miles northwest of
Athens. No better farming lands in Henderson Co.
550 acres of fine farming land 80 acres in cultivation, 300 acres in pasture under barb wire fence, good improvements,
well watered and timbered. Price $2500 cash.
160 acres of land 80 acres of it in cultivation. Four room house in good repair, fine water. 40 acres in pasture
separated into four pasture by fences with good water in each pasture. About four miles southwest of Athens.
W T. Eustace
Lawyer and Land Agent.
Athens, Texas\

PACKED COURTS
We notice in several of our exchanges articles commenting upon our courts and juries being bought up by railway
companies with free passes. The heavy judgments usually rendered against the railway companies in the courts,
and uniformity with which judgments are rendered against them, would indicate that this alleged attempt at packing
the courts with free passes to the officers and jurymen met with little success and that railway managers are very
poor business men to persist in a course that produces no benefits.

HOW ABOUT IT?
We have been a citizen of Henderson county now nearly three years and during that time we have never seen a published
list of delinquent tax payers list of the county or city. Are there no delinquents? In all our exchanges we see from one to
two pages of delinquents in other counties. The people of Henderson county must be very punctual in the payment of their
dues to the state, county and city. Or is it because the officials whose duty it is to publish these lists neglect to perform
their duties?

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