The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-09

jolly goodwill to all. Mrs. Eula
George is sick this week, also Mr..
Gus Brown. Little Miss Lenora
Brown OF Cleburne is visiting her
brother, Mr.. r. NJ. McGinnis. There
will be church carnival on the
the church lawn Saturday night. The
pastor. with the church tribes have
pledged each to raise $500. This
goes for the erection Of the new
church. Mr.. Henry Burton, son Of
Rev. Geo. Burton, spent Saturday
night with his father leaving Sun
day morning for Fort Worth. We
received the sad news of the demise
Of Mrs Z. A. Griffin OF Waxahachie,
who Is also one of our district work.
srs. Gcv. Geo. Burton will assist iD
the funeral services Tuesday. We
extend to the funeral family our
deepest sympathy
Wills Point, Oct. 7.---Miss Pearl
Hamilton died Saturday. Mrs. Lula
Moore has been sick for some weeks
and received payment from the 10y
al Mutual Benefit Association. Miss
Roberta Afford is home from Dali
A0Ds WhCAC ou0 udb Dccu btuuyluB
music from Mrs. Portia Washington
Pittman. Mrs. Esther Randles has
contracted for her school for
another year at so per month. Rev.
J. w. Blair is doing q good bust
ness for the Loyal Mutual Insurance
in Terrell. The public school will
open on the 18th Of October. Prof.
A. M. Blair, principal; Mrs. A. M.
Blair, assistant; Miss Inez Wilson,
assistant.
Marlin, Oct. 7.-Sunday was
pleasant though dusty. The Upper
Zion Church pulled off big rally.
Among the visiting guests were DR..
Money, pastor M. e. Church, Mar
lin; Rev. Smith of Liberty and
DR.. q. J. Haes. moderator Of the
County Association and a host Of
others. The pastor, DR.. Moten,
preached one of his burning SER
mons, Act. 22nd. Subject "Syste-
matte Giving" They raised $500.
The ralley will be long remember
ed by the visitors. Marlin First
Baptist raised $500. Mr.. VIII An
derson and Mrs. Jessie Elias Were
united in marriage, Rev. M. A..
Macness, offlciated. Miss Maud
Seares Of Kansas City is at the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Clara Wor-
shams on Bills street. Rev. F. F..
Martin, pastor of the Church of
God arrived in the city.
Ponta, Oct. 7.-Services were
we'll attended at Plainview and
Shady Grove, Sunday. Rev. DR.. e.
L. Powell of Kerenes filled his reg
ular appointment at Plainview, and
delivered a powerful sermon at the
noon hour to a nice audience. Rev.
DR.. M. Hollis. filed his regular APP
pointment with Shady Grove G. M.
K. Church Sunday. Sunday School
at all of the other churches was
we'll attended. The Colored Coun-
ty Agent of the Agricultural work
of Cherokee County informed the
reporter. that the Colored people of
Cherokee County will pull off a
grand fair at Jacksonville Texas,
october 2Sth. goth and seth and
REQUESTS that all Colored farmers
and other men of enterprises to
put on exhibits of their respective
lines In this great Fair. Several
Community Exhibits all over the
entire county has created a gen.
eral interest and this announcement
comes to fill long felt want. Il
is the request of the Agent (Prof
"a. w. Crouch of Jacksonville) that
every Colored family send an ex-
hibit of some of his line of bust
ness of farm work. From the inter
est manifested in fne community
exhibits in different parts of the
county, this is going to be grand
occasion and everybody is invited
to attend.
It might be Of interest to mention
that the General stock law election
held in this county Sept. 4th, re
suited in a free range for the stock
We are sorry to learn that Mrs
j. w. Hancock of this place is Sc
riously i'll as well as Mr. N. H
McCrimmon. Mr.. j. H. Walker and
Mrs. Harriet Mansell and Master
Howard Klye is convelescent. Mad.
ans Margie White and Amanda
Kyle, who were sick last week have
recovered. Born to Mr.. and Mrs
r. B. Chambers last Sunday, boy
mother and son doing fine. Mr.
Wayman Hicks and Miss Florence
Gray left last week for Prairie
View to enter school Mr.. Burnict
Kyle, left Sunday, Oct. 3rd for Ty-
Ter to enter Texas College. Mr.. J.
L. Kyle, Jr., accompanied him. Mr.
A. L. Oldridge of Trawick was In
Ponta, last Sunday. Prof. G. w
Bradford opened school at Iron
Hill, Monday. Oct. srn with good
attendance the first day. A branch
Of the American Cotton Alliance
held meeting in the City Park
at Jacksonville last Saturday to adj
1vise the farmers here as to the
best methods to follow in handling
the present cotton crop as the re-
porter was at present the results
of this meeting is not known.
The cotton market at this place
continues to decline. Cotton sold on
the streets here Saturday for 10 ga
cents and the farmers are abouni
through gathering the cotton croI
here. Mr.. Geo. Massey Of Quincy
was in Ponta. Saturday.
Calvert, Oct 7.-Mr. R. G. Cool
was In the county examination Fri
day and Saturday. He made a gen.
eral average Of "a per cent highest
made In the examination. Mr.. JohI
Sneed Gibson of Waco. is here
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Ter
rell. Mrs. Eta Mccullough Poll
received the last payment on &C
count OF the death of her mother
Mrs. Mccullough. who was a mem
Der Of good standing in Ruth No
1890 Of Calvert. Mr.. e. L. Rees'
OF Luflkin and Mrs. Abe Reese O
Willis are here at the bedside o
their sick brother. Mr.. ID. Reese
who is quite i'll. Mr.. G. A. Mead
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