The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-31
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE

Anuei Tue new law regulating the bar
ber's trade in Texas,
The 4-year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
, O. Z. Beach died Friday night at
cameron from Lockjaw, caused by a
mesquite thorn being stuck into its
, loot about week ago.
Citizens of Sanger organized a Com.
mercial Club Saturday night, with
:hlrty-t1Ve or forty members. F. M.
Ready is president and Homer Col.
Inns secretary and treasurer.
King Alfonso is negotiating for an
island in Northern Spain where he
proposes to build a summer residence
and lay out a farm and breed thor.
oughbred cattle.
District Passenger Agent F, F. Clark
d the Frisco has announced that the
Frisco on June will put on an ad.
1itlonal train, modern throughout, be.
tween Kansas City and Fort Worth.
Mrs. Sue Shelburne, aged eighty
years, a pioneer resident of Collin
county, died Thursday at her home
near Frisco. She had resided in that
community since 1854.
Dallas County Attorney Dwight L.
LleWelling has announced the appoint.
ment of J. W. Pierson as assistant
county attorney to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Car
penter
The brick men of Waco are pre-.
pairing for the State meeting of the
brick men, to be held there June 5
and 6. ]. NJ. Harry, of Dallas, ex.
poets that half hundred brick men
Of the State will be present.
The State Health Department has
lnaugurated system by which the
department will keep track of every
person coming into Texas from South
and Central America and Mexico, and
other yellow fever districts.
An entire International & Great
freight train loaded with merchan.
disc, and an engine pulling rear
train were burned Thursday night at
Taylor. A rear end collision of freight
trains caused the accident.
The last few days, says dispatch
from McLennan County, have been
very favorable for the cotton crop,
and the plant is growing very nicely. |
The cool nights had set the plant |
back. Uneasiness is felt as to boil |
weevils.
BY vote of % to 9 the Senate OF
New York has passed the bill fixing
a 2 cent a mile rate for passenger
fares on all railroads or railroad sys.
TENS over $50 miles in length in that
State. 1t has already passed the AS.
sembly, and now goes to the Cover.
nor.
F. S. Kerr, field agent for the Texas
Company, i in Wise County securing
right of way grants for the proposed
oil pipe line from the Henrietta oil
fields to Dallas, traversing Wise coun-
ty from northwest to southeast. A
pumping station will be located on
Sweetwater creek four miles east of
Decatur.
T. ]. McMinn, aged G. years, at
one time a prominent attorney, died
at his late home in San Antonio from
the effects of shock received during
the San Francisco earthquake, where
be was stopping en- route to Austria
LA at the time.
eve advise our members against
wearing neckties and fashionable
hats, yet we do not see our way clear
to make this a test Of fellowship"
Is a recent declaration of the Dunk
ards.
Because she was not permitted to
graduate on account Of having attend
ed a dance contrary to the school
rules, Miss Sadie McGinnis, of Dan.
Vile, KY, brought suit against the
College for $12,.
300 damages.
Two men lost their lives in a head
IN collision on the Grand Rapids,
Grand Haven and Muskegon interur-
pan line at Celery Farms Friday,
ew miles east of Muskegon, Michl'
gan.
Work has begun on the Carnegie
Public Library building to be erect
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