San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-13
LAVERNIA NEWS.
Der 10, 1896.

Newsy Batch OF Items From This
Little Burg In. The Sand Hills.
, Light Special:
Lavernia, Tex, Sept 1.-THE public
school opens here Monday Sept IA,
with Prof. McCallum and Miss Callie
Garfield as teachers.
Mr.. NJ. w. Davis Of San Antonio,
spoke here last Saturday night in front
of Mr.. c. q. Canfield's store on the po-
litical issues of the day. Quite large
crowd was present.
Mr.. Vane Wiseman, popular young
man of Lavernia, has gone to Sherman
to attend school. He is greatly miss
ed by his many friends he leaves be-
hind him.
Miss Sallie Hous on, one of LAYER
MAS charming YOU ladies, has also
gone to school at Austin.
An ENJOYABLE i2ercfeam supper was
gfxen at thee sS1dence of Mr.. G. w.
Suttles, for ne benefit of the Methodist
church. The sum of $2S was realized
out of the affair. 1t was early in the
morning hours before the crowd dis
persed and all had a pleasant time.
The cream could hardly be frozen fast
enough for the crowd. One of the ia
bles alone which was run by a young
lady, made over s12.
Cotton pickers are still very scarce
around Lavernia. 1t is supposed they
have all gone farther below, toward
; Stockdale and Floresville, as they are
paying more there than here.
We had a small rain and wind storm
here last Friday which did some dam
age to cotton, by knocking a consider
able amount of it out on the ground.
Mr.. G. w. Moody, of Bandera, who
has been to Stockdale on a visit to his
son l.. L. Moody, came through here
Monday and stopped over night with
his nephew, Mr.. Geo. A. Moody, and
left next day for San Antonio to spend
a few days there with his daughter
from which place he will go to Weimar
for short visit.
Clarence Martin, of San Antonio, is
down here digging post holes for Geo.
Moody, and went up to San Antonio
on visit last Saturday, returning
Sunday evening.
The two gins here have already ginn-
ed something near 800 bales of cotton.
Miss Pet McClair, has left for Uval-
de-pa- a. few months visit to her sister.
Miss Fannie McClain, the charming
daughter of Mr.. Wiley McClain, has
returned from Uvalde, where she has
been on a visit to relatives and friends.
Her old friends are glad to see her
back again.
Quite large crowd turned out to
hear the sermon of Rev. Robert NJ.
Hall at the Presbyterian church here
last Sunday night.
A few of the boys down here have
ct the button craze almost as bad as
the San Antonians mentioned in last
Sundays Light.
For the past few days some one has
been stealing Mr.. Pink Gardeners corn
and fodder. On last Monday night he
resolved to sit up and watch for the
thief. and about II o'clock he observed
someone going to the crib and fired at
him with his revolver but does not
know whether he hit him or not. Be
fore he went out to keep watch he was
foolng with the pistol and it accidental
" went off in the house, but did no
damage.
Mr. Sam McClain, a young man OF
Lavernia, who has been up to San An
tonic the past few days where he went
to feast his eyes upon his best girl for
a few days, has returned and wears a
rather sickly looking smile. 1t is said
he found that she had another fellow
on the string up there.
Mr.. Jess Smith, the popular drum
mer for Jos. Landa, is again in town
hustling up trade and buying cotton
for the mills at New Braunfels.
Mr.. II. Luhre, one of our popular
merchants here is sporting big Nc
Kinley badge, and says it is a sure
, ching for Mckinley in the Novembel
election The badge also asserts thai
Kipley is the Daily Lights candidate
There are plenty of doves, jack rab.
!, bits and quail down here for hunters
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