Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-23
NEWS NOTES FROM
OUR NEICABOR
Good Old Time Of Former Days In
Brazos county-smallpox
Prevalent.

iNONutI anu cotAF -
and polins Candy, Willard Ora ant
Willie Bowling. The dining room and
table were artistically decorated anc
the menu was such as would SATISFY the
most exacting. After dinner the evn
ing was passed In talking over yt
old DAYS" as they once were in the
old State OF Georgia, most OF those
present having at one time hVed IL
! that State.
Mrs. R. p. McMinn returned Mon
day, after spending a few days III
Bryan with her brother, B. F, John
son.
Monday at noon a great deal OF ex
element was brought about on &C
countof the school house catching on
fire. but by the prompt action of the
students the fire was extinguished.
Mrs. G. G. Royder was a visitor al
the school Monday.
Misses Onie and Mamie Williams
saw ben Hur" in Houston Saturday
night.
Miss Cora Wilson visited Miss Icy
Rarron Saturday and Monday.
Miss Mae Foster was in Bryan THIS
week.
Willie G. Medley was in Hearne Sun
day on business :,
Mrs. Jodie Fender is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. Philip Hensarling returned
home Sunday, after spending few
DAYS with Mrs. J. L. Hensarling
DR.. R. H. Wilson was in Bryan Men
day on business.
Misses Katy and Vivian Royder
were in Bryan Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Battle return I'd
home Wednesday, after spending a
few days with Mrs. A. w. Royder OF
this city.
JP. Royder was in Bryan Wedn IS
day on business.
] L. Hensarling was in Bryan We'd
nesday on business.
Mrs. w. E. Candy was in Bryan this
week.
George Wicker of Bryan was in
Welborn Thursday on business.
B. A. Hyden of Bryan has accepted
a position with the firm of A. W.,
Royder. He has been in the employ
ment of J. K. Parker OF the Brazos
bottom for the past few months.
T. w. Worthington of the Coulter
farm was in Wellborn on business
Thursday.
]. C. Adkins of Rock Prairie was in
Wellborn Thursday on business.
M. P. Hollowell of Munden, Kan, is
in Welborn this week on business.
lie. Curry of Navasota was in Well
born on business Thursday.
At the home of I. B. Todd Sunday
dinner was given which was much
enjoyed by all. Those present were;
Fred Cargill and family of Harvey
T. C. Wade and family of Wellborn,
Misses Addie and Edna Todd, Allie
Burkhalter and Annie Maude Royder
Dr. Wilson and family left Wednes-
day for Beaumont, where they will
make their future home. They have
lived here five years, during which
time they have made many friends,
who regret to give them up. They
leave with the good wishes of all who
know them DR.. wilson during his
stay here, has built up a very fine
practice, and will be missed, not only
as neighbor and citizen, but protes-
sionally.
Several cases of smallpox have
broken out near Wellborn, and one
case in Wellborn. No strict quaran-
tine has been observed, and it has
been remarked by some that negroes
have been allowed to come to town
when they should be at home The
quarantine laws of the State are ade-
uuate for combining deadly diseases
like smallpox if rigidly enforced. If
not enforced the law is absolutely
worthless and might as well be erased
from the statutes. An old negro near
here kept hidden in his house a case
of smallpox for two weeks, The old
negro himself came to town in the
right stage to give everybody the dis
ease. The health laws should be rigid
ly enforced, and the people of the
community should see that no ignor-
ant, careless negro scatters a disease
destructive in its very nature; dis
ease of not very much consequence
when ordinarily guarded against.
All the children of this school were
vaccinated Friday evening
Yesterday a group of men, all old
timers, were in Mr. Royder's store,
smoking. Among many things dis
cussed, old times in Brazos County
were lived over again. One Of the
group began telling how things used
to be in and around Wellborn. Every
body was good neighbors then in
BrazCs County. he said. Hogs and
cattle ran wild in the woods; when
fellow wanted fresh meat he killed
it and divided up with his neighbors.
There was no sickness then. A boy
could stay in the water all day. come
home and sit down before hominy,
bacon and corn bread and eat like a
bear, without ever getting sick. What
did they do for doctor II one did get
sick? some one asked They never
got sick, and even grew to manhood
without knowing what a doctor was.
The railroad dump through Wellborn
was piled up by Irishmen and wheel
barrows. The first engines on the road
were little blue engines, pulling after
them a pile of cord wood higher than
the engine, The cars would stop any,
where. Sometimes the train would
bog down between here and Bryan.
and even men have been known to
get OFF and hunt their cattle in tho
adjoining woods, then catch up with
the train. Land sold here for twenty
hve cents per acre. None was rich,
no one was poor. Preaching was held
under a large tree When we went
to school the boys sat on log punch