The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02
FROM ALL over TEXAS


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At the Decatur celebration last
Thursday Gen. Cabell and Senator
Bailey spoke to 10000 people.
Lumber in the Houston market has
taken a tumble of 81 per thousand
feet.
Citizens of Sherman are complain.
ing on an invasion of caterpillars
which are greatly damaging shade
trees.
Col. E. H. R. Green and others of
Dallas are sinking an oil we'll at
Cash, station on the Texas Midland
Railroad in Hunt county.
Oscar Johnson, colored man who
resided in the First Ward, Houston,
was instantly killed Thursday after.
noon by shock from an electric wire.
Major VIM. ]. Gavin, prominent
citizen and capitalist of Dallas, died
in that city last Thursday. He was
an old resident of that city.
DR.. Watkins of Kemp has resigned
as a member of the North Texas In.
sane Asylum board of Terrell. Dr. w.
]. Pollard of Kaufman has been ap.
pointed to succeed him.
The WoOdmen of the World of Sill.
yer Wells schoOlhouse, two miles
north of Mineral Wells, have perfect
ed arrangements to give a picnic
Aug. s.
Wills Point had the biggest reunion
last week ever held in Van Zandt
County. Among the speakers were
Col. NJ. H Gossett, Senator Culberson
and Governor Campbell.
Mrs. John H. King, of Pilot Point,
met death through a gasoline exploS
ion, though not burned. In the ex.
element following the explosion she
died of an attack of heart disease.
John Tilley, who works for the
Thurber Co., while riding on a large
load of hay, fell from the wagon and
the wheels passed over his body, kill.
ing him instantly.
Bonnie Oliver, a negro boy, IS years
old, was drowned in R. H. Young's
gin pool at Glory, Lamar County. He
and another young negro had gone In
swimming and it is supposed that he
was seized with cramps.
Colonel Philip Figyelmessy, Hun
garian patriot and soldier of fortune
and friend of Kossuth, is dead at his
home in Philadelphia. He served on
the Staff of General Fremont as IN.
spector general in 1926.
Four hundred and twenty applic&-
lions for saloon licenses were passed
upon by the county judge at Houston.
Three hundred and sixty-fve were
granted, forty-seven were contested
and eight passed for further considera'
ton.
Clergymen, charity workers, in
mates of soldiers and sailors homes
hereafter, when they travel, will pay
full fare. the same as ordinary citi'
zens, The roads feel that they can
show no favors and that the present
rate is low enough for anybody
The new law requiring that at least
half of the capital stock of corpora
tions be paid in before charter is
granted has had the effect of cutting
down applications. Only three appll
cations were filed during two weeks
following the effectiveness of the law
It is now confidently expected that
the ad yalorem taxes will be reduced
from 16 2-3 cents to 1212 cents on the
500 valuation by the automatic tax
board which meets in Austin on Aug
18th, next.
Plans for an interurban line from
Fort Worth to Denton and from Den
ton to Gainesville have been practl'
cally completed and it is understood
there that in a few weeks at the most
the matter of raising a bonus for the
road will be put up to the people
Two car loads of creosoted cross
ties were destroyed by fire at the
, -, of Tho Missouri Kansas