Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-01
VAN ZANDT COUNTY.
Enough focal News From Wills nsint 10
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Correspondence OF the Gazette. "
WILLS PoINr, TEN, June %. Farm
ers are greatly in need of rain in this
community at present,
Your correspondent regrets to learn
of the severe illness of Mr.. w. b..
Wynne at Pilot Point. He has many
sincere friends ut this place who will
he glad To hear of him improving.
MIR. Silly Stone, "a well 10 do farmer
and stock raiser of this county, died at
his residence, four miles west OF this
place, saturday evening, and will be
buried to-day mt $3.50 o'clock. His
many friends deeply sympatuize with
his family at the lime of their loss.
Mr.. V. L. McChesuey of Canton was
in the Point today. He informed
your correspondent that the missing
man, Dimit at Edom had not been
found up to Saturday evening.
Messrs. Il. II. lantis, Il. w. Finley
and II. L. Davis of Canton passed
through Wills Point yesterday on their
way Ia Terrell.
Little Eula Kilgore has been very
sick, but is now improving, and will
be up again in few days.
The young men made failure OF
their ball, or the rain ut least put u
stop TO IL ON Thursday night.
Several of our young boys We're out
on the war-path last night, and we
hear of n considerable amount of dis
turbance they raised. Boys had bet
ter be a little careful.
County court will convene at Can
ton the first Monday in July with q
pretty full docket.
Col. Hicks. good and clever cot
ton buyer, is in this city this week.
The meeting at the Presbyterian
church continued through last week
and will continue on through Mex
week. The Methodist pastor and the
pastor Mt the Presbyterian church con.
solidated congregations to-day, and
Bro. Lively preached.
Mr.. Clay johnson of San Antonio
and brother to Mrs. Curtis ofthis place,
is spending few days with the Wills
Pointers this week.
MIR. Egbert Collier IL of on trip IL
Greenville to see his sister Mrs. j. M
Boykin.
Your correspondent was out in the
country this week, and was surprised
with the looks of both cotton and corn
both Of which are looking fine, and
Van Zandt will yet make good crop
Small grain Is all about harvested, and
an extra good yield is reported.
One fight on our streets this week
and few fuses over corporation Is al
the excitement our town afforded.
Corporation, or no corporation, Is all
the cry, and on next Thursday we will
all see which way she goes. But from
the present outlook your correspondent
thinks corporation Is doomed.
ThursdaJ, july "A, promises to be q
big day for Van Iandt. Canton IL the
place, and on that day candidates will
be spreading themselves.
Capt. 4. j. Towles, chairman of the
executive committee of this county
will call "a county convention to bt
held about the Goth Of July, to send
delegates to Houston on the 10Th oil
August.
Miss Mona Yantis is very sick ut this
writing but we trust she will soon be
up again.
Both the Sunday-schools at this
place are on the increase and we now
have the finest and best behaving sun
day schools Wills Point ever boasted
of. A good superintendent at both
schools, and good aud fine organist
IL the secret of the schools success.
Your correspondent Is pleased to note
the interest the young people Of oui
town are manifesting in the meeting
now going on.
DIR. w. Reeves and family and Capt
j. Il Owens and family Will leave To-
morrow on trip North, to be gone
several weeks. We wish them q
pleasant visit and speedy return
home.
DIR. James Cox of Terrell was seen
on our streets yesterday with his
numerous friends.
The Odd Fellows of Wills Point
went out to-day to bury Mr.. Siby
Stone, ut the family burial grounds
west of Wills Point.
Mr.. George Childress has accepted O
position with saddle house at Forhey,
and will make that place his home fol-
lew months.
Your correspondent has noticed In
the Dallas Herald three communica-
tions from Loneview, during this
week In regard to the candidacy of g,
Is. I<ilgore Of VanZandt. and i. j.
McCord Of Gregg, for judge Of the
Seventh judicial district. 1t seems
from the purpOft OI THESE coinIuunica-
tions that Judge McCord's friends are
making considerable effort 10 fore
stall the candidacy Of Col. Kilg0re by
creating the impression that he is now
candidate ind will not permit bis
name used In that connection. Such
an effort on the part OF Judge Nc
Cords friends Is not 70 be commended,
and the friends Of Col. KiIgore will
not be inisled thereby. 1t Ii sufficient
to say that. Of our knowledge, the or
forts In Col. Kilgore's behalf have been
made for him by permission, and II
he ID nominated by the
judicial convention he win accept,
with gratefulness, and wear the judi
cial erinine with becoming dIguity.
His friends, both here, Tyler aud Min
cola, are confident of his success.
" h With pleasure that we notice the