The Stamford News
Friday, Jan. 6, 1905
Vol. 5, No. 45

Anson Allsorts
District Court is in session:
James R. KIRBY vs. Edgar BOAZ, trespass to try title, passed Monday, Jan. 16th.
HICKEY murder case in Haskell county.
L. BERRY vs. J.T. HUDDLESTON, trespass to try title.
A. GOODWIN vs. Carrie GOODWIN, suit for divorce, passed Jan. 4th.
The case of Mrs. WINTERS vs. TERRELL of Dallas, suit for malpractice and $20,000 damages.
The case of the State of Texas vs. Al CHAMBER from Scurry County charged with murder in second degree, on trial and will likely terminate tomorrow.

W.P. CLIFFORD an old citizen of Jones county, but for the last two years has been living in Terry county, was in town this week.

Monday evening of last week R.H. LANKFORD and the editor left for the river on a turkey hunt. At the camp Mr. BUIE and Mr. YANTIS amused themselves by tying pecans by a string in the wind and shooting them out with a target rifle, which they did nearly every shot, while Mr. LANGFORD and the writer amused themselves trying to do it.

J.T. McCLINTOCK and J.G. MILLER renewed their subscriptions.

Have a new suit made
Charlie PARNELL
The Up-To-Date Tailor
Stamford, Texas.

Tuesday night, January 3, 1905, at 8:30, in the First Baptist church. Mr. D.I. HERNDON and Miss Nollie ASHBURN were married, Elder J.P. SILER, officiating.
Mr. HERNDON has a position in the WATSON-RUSSELL wholesale grocery house. Miss Nollie is a very popular young lady and has held a position with BAKER-brYANT Co., for several years.
Promptly at the time announce, Messrs. Walter ORR and J.M. PRUDE, followed by the bride and Miss Fannie LYLE, came down the left side, and at the same time Messrs. Chas. PENICK and W.A.LaFON followed by the groom and W.H. PAYNE came down the right aisle meeting at the altar.

School Notes
Mr. McDONALD spent the holidays at Rogers’ Prairie.
Pattie BLANCHETT has returned to school.
Ethel MOORE has made a very good New Year’s resolution.
A book was given as a prize to Inez KEELING for the best map of the United States.
Lilias PENICKhas written all of her compositions to the present time.
Prof. ODER, superintendent of Anson High school, visited our school Wednesday afternoon.

Personal
Summer HUDSON left on the train for the Texas Christian University at Waco.
G.W. BILLS left yesterday for the Plains.
John WALKER of Cisco came in on yesterday evening’s train enroute to Haskell.
Barton PENN went to Dallas for a business course.
A.B. BURNS renewed subscription.
Hugh EZELL, bookkeeper for J.E. Raines at Albany in Stamford.
Mrs. L.A. RAINES, recently of Bowie has taken charge of the J.E. RAINES & Co Store in Stamford.
Mr. L.T. KEY of Alabama is in Stamford prospecting.
J.C. FUTRELL, the first subscriber to the Stamford news, and who lives in the Abbie neighborhood was in town this week with cotton.
All local unions north of the Shinery are requested to send delegates to Stamford for organizing a district union.
W.E. MATTHEWS and family will leave this week so he informs us, for their new home in Stamford, Texas, where Mr. MATTHEWS will be on January 1st assume the management of a wholesale grocery establishment. Their many friends in Pecos are sorry to see them leave.
-- Pecos Times

Capt. J.B. CARNOHAN was in our office renewing his subscription. The Capt. told us that he is offering his farm for sale. The Captain is wanting to go back to his old business, that of railroad building. He is one of the oldest railroad constructionists in the South, having built some of the trunk lines in this and other states. He lives a few miles south of Stamford.

Mr. J.A. MEDLEN has recently purchased a residence in Stamford and has moved his family here. They are from Blooming Grove.

Stamford City Council Meeting
City Council met in call session, Dec. 25th, 1904, at city hall with the following alderman present: J.R. SLEDGE, J.P. McDANIEL, W.E. LEAKE and H.T. PENN. Mayor R.L. PENICK in the chair.
Meeting was called for the purpose of electing a night watch and deputy marshal to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of R.S. RAGSDALE. J.R. OWENS was nominated and unanimously elected.

The One Price Cash Grocer
LARCHE & HAM
West side square, Stamford, Texas