El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
BUYS $4,000 ACRE
RANCH OF PRUETT
H. L. KOkernOt Adds to His Extensive
Land Holdings in Jeff Davis and
Brewster Counties.

Anime, Tex. Dec 2O-H l. Koker-
not has bought the 1900 acre ranch
of ". E. Pruett in jeff Davis county,
adjoining large areas purchased by him
in Jeff Davis and Brewster counties
during the past two years. The terms
of the transaction are private.
All the churches of Alpine will have
Christmas trees for the Sunday school
children on Christmas eve A play and
n dance will be given by the pupils of
the high school during holiday week,
and the pupils of the Mexican school
will have an entertainment
The pupils of Mrs. V. NJ. Bass gave
an interesting recital in the high school
auditorium. All the numbers were well
rendered, notable among them being
MendelssOhn's Spring Song" played
by Miss Neviu; LISTS Hungarian
Rhapsody" played by Miss Augusta
Linn and Miss W. Velona Rector, and
La Benza's Sing On" sung by Miss
Rector.
Mrs. P. W. Berry gave an informal
tea to a few of her friends. Among
the guests were Mrs. ]. A Hardy, Miss
Moran, Mrs. Edward Linn, Mrs. Wigfall
VanSickle, Mrs. N. NJ. mcfarland, Mrs.
H. NJ. Smith. Mrs. c. D. Wood, Miss
Williams and Miss Anna D. Linn.
The Study club held its December
meeting at the residence of Mrs. W. B.
Hancock. Mrs. J. a. Hardy conducted
the discussion of SCOTS "Old Mortal
ity," and Mrs. A B. Dantzler gave
reading from The Lady of the Lake"
Mrs MacFarland read a dialect selec-
ton from "Old Mortality" The MEM
bers answered the roll call with origin
al Christmas poems, among them be-
ing the lyric called Christmas" by
Mrs Hardy, which was published re-
Gently in The Ell PasO Herald. A num-
Der of old Christmas carols were sung
by the club during the meeting.
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Austin is
visiting her sister, Mrs. I. A. Devices.
h l. Lackey. has returned from
Odessa, Tex. where he bought a car
load of Hereford bulls.
Hatley VanSickle, who attends
schools in Staunton, Va, is at home for
the holidays
MI and Mrs. Neal Tanquary mo-
tored over to Alpine from their ranch
car.
G. ". Martin and A. C. Chisholm are
deer hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. George Binson have
returned from a visit in east Texas.
l. 3. Caruthers has left for his new
home in Medina county.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. SOWeu, Of San An
cello, are spending the holidays in Al
pine as the guests of their daughter,
Mrs John Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Young and their
children viii spend Christmas at
Ozona with their eldest daughter, Mrs.
Harry Friend
c. D. Woods will spend Christmas in
San Antonio.
Miss Anna Hurley has gone to Wis
consin to spend Christmas with her
sister.
H. n. Carrot has arrived from Corpus
Christi to spend the holidays with his
family in Alpine
F. D. Christie has returned from
Kansas City, after a railroad journey
OF 112 hours, the trains being delayed
on account of floods.
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs
Claude Matthews.
Virgil Fuller has returned from a
visit to friends in Uvalde.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. R. Harris and their
family, of San Antonio, are at the st.
Charles for the rest of the winter
A daughter has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. Spence, Of Commerce. Tex.
Mrs. Spence was Miss Margaret Cotter,
of Alpine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casweu Edwards and
Miss Mayer Young will spend Christ
mas in FL Paso.
Miss Keene. Of San Antonio, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs Dorsey
H F. Ferguson has returned from
a trip to San Angelo and Big Lake
w S Blevins got a fine buck in the
Davis mountains.