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W. C. Hamilton has a lot of hands digging and blowing out stumps on the Cedar Lane and Buckner Prairie Road. P. M. Bowie of Cedar Lane began ginning cotton last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Walker and Miss Bessie Walker, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn attended church at Gainesmore Sunday. W. H. Stetson is repairing his hay machinery so as to be ready to put up hay as soon as the weather will permit. The hay crop is exceptionally good. Miss Bessie Walker of Buckner Prairie is the champion lady cotton grower. Miss Bessie has two acres of cotton that will produce three bales of cotton. The Germans of Buckner Prairie, Linville, Live Oak Creek and Hawkinsville accompanied by their ladies enjoyed a barbecue all to themselves on Live Oak Creek Sunday. That barbecued mutton sure smelled good and those watermelons made me cry and think of the days of auld lang syne. T. W. Kirby on the Norvell farm has twenty acres of corn in silk and tassel and will make thirty five barrels of corn per acre and twenty five acres of cotton ready to pick. J. G. Parker on the Curry farm on Live Oak Creek has twenty acres planted of June corn that will produce forty barrels of corn per acre. Miss Bessie Walker will give a picnic and barbecue in the near future. I am sure she will not be so elitist as to over look or forget her neighbors and friends. All is well that ends well. It has been raining. Everybody has quit complaining and gone to work harvesting their crops. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ratliff of Cedar Lane attended church at Gainesmore, Sunday.
Herbert Bowie of Cedar Lane was out Monday with his
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Freeman, of Bay City, were visitors to their old home at Coulterville Sunday. They spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Stetson. T. J. Clark, the groceryman of Bay City, was a visitor to Coulterville Friday. Henry Leitenburg is doing a lot of improvements on his holdings on Buckner Prairie. Mr. Leitenburg says he came here to stay for he is a strong believer in the future of Matagorda county. Mrs. O. J. Walker and son, Sargent, were visitors to Coulterville Friday. O. J. Walker has been a very busy man the past week making hay. O. J. is a strong believer in that old saying, make hay while the sun shines. J. B. Hall, a farmer on Buckner Prairie, after spending some time traveling east and west as far as Victoria looking for a better farming location, returned here and rented a farm in the rich Caney Valley. That's right J. B., we know you are a good judge of farming land. The farmers are taking advantage of the prevailing good weather in harvesting their crops. There is but little cotton changing hands here as most of the farmers are having their cotton ginned and storing it at home. There was quite a lot of ladies passed through Coulterville on their way to the Gulf and the noted fishing resort, Cedar Lake, but, of course the ladies had some of their men folks along to put up their tents, get wood, make fires and do the cooking, and kill rattlesnakes, chase sand crabs on the beach while the ladies fished. J. C. Carrington, of Bay City, spent a few days on his farm near Hawkinsville this week. Mr. Carrington is having some improvements done on his farm and preparing to do a lot of fall plowing. W. H. Stetson began making hay Monday. W. J. has 200 acres of the famous Buckner Prairie grass to make into hay. JUMBO.
Matagorda County News and Midcoast Farmer,
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Mr. Willie Parker has been visiting in Freeport for the past week. Miss Lillian LeSage visited homefolks last week and reports a delightful visit. Mr. O. J. Walker made a business trip to Bay City Friday. Mr. F. P. Vaughn was a Bay City visitor last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Walker are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Archie Harrison for a few days. Masters Russell and Sargent Walker visited Orangedale Monday. Our school is progressing splendidly with Miss Lillian LeSage as teacher. Mr. W. H. Stetson visited "The Club House" Sunday.
A jolly crowd of young people composed a merry
fishing party on the banks of dear old Live Oak Creek Saturday. Masters
Russell and Sargent Walker were very successful fishermen, and Miss
Bessie Walker caught "one." Miss Lillian LeSage was also very
successful, catching five, the first fish she had ever caught. All
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Mr. F. P. Vaughn made a business trip to Gainesmore. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Walker visited Buckner Prairie Wednesday, remaining until Friday. Mr. O. J. Walker made a business trip to Gainesmore Wednesday. Miss Lillian LeSage spent a delightful day with Mrs. F. P. Vaughn Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Shockley and nephew, Jack, are now located
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Mr. J. J. Shockley and Mr. J. H. Shockley have been hauling maize for the past few days. They have now finished and Mr. J. H. Shockley is wearing a broad smile. Mr. Sargent Walker visited Orangedale Sunday. Mr. J. J. Shockley visited Van Vleck Tuesday. Miss Bessie Walker has been on the sick list for the past week, but is improving rapidly. Mr. F. P. Vaughn attended Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday. Miss Lillian LeSage attended Sunday school at Bay City Sunday. Mr. W. H. Stetson visited "the club house" Sunday. Messrs. W. C. Lloyd and Archie Harrison visited on Buckner Prairie Thursday. Mr. Eddie Walker visited Buckner Prairie Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn visited at the Walker residence Sunday. Miss Lillian LeSage spent a few days with homefolks this week. Mr. Russell Walker visited Gainesmore Monday. Messrs. J. H. Shockley and Sargent Walker visited Gainesmore Monday. Miss Lillian LeSage visited Gainesmore Monday.
The Matagorda County Tribune, March 15, 1915 |
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Mr. J. J. Shockley returned to Buckner Prairie Thursday, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Florence, who will attend school here. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn and children attended Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday. Master Russell and Sargent Walker visited Orangedale Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Fate visited Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn and children Sunday. By the way, Jack Shockley has convinced us he could lay off "straight" rows twenty-five yards long, but we were from Missouri. Mrs. O. J. Walker visited Orangedale Saturday. Miss Lillian LeSage also visited Orangedale Saturday. Mr. J. H. Shockley and Sargent Walker attended Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday. Miss Lillian LeSage also attended Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday.
The Matagorda County Tribune, April 2, 1915 |
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Mrs. O. J. Walker has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Archie Harrison in Bay City, for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harriss visited Buckner Prairie Monday. Messrs. B. E. Norvell and E. E. Ruse made a business trip to Buckner Prairie the past week. They report a delightful time hunting. Mr. Robert Harrison visited here Sunday and Tuesday and says he will soon be back--there's attraction. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn, Miss Lillian LeSage, Mr. J. H. Shockley and Master Sargent Walker attended church at Gainesmore Sunday. Miss Lillian LeSage spent Easter with homefolks in Bay City. Mr. O. J. Walker and Master Sargent visited Orangedale Wednesday. Mr. J. H. Shockley and daughter, Miss Florence, returned to Buckner Prairie Monday, having spent Easter with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughn are visiting in Bay City this week. Mr. Fondon made a business trip to Buckner Prairie Tuesday.
The Matagorda County Tribune, April 16, 1915 |
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The ladies of Buckner Prairie and Cedar Lane are not worrying about Suffrage. They are now giving their attention to poultry raising and vegetables. Mrs. O. J. Walker has a fine lot of little chickens and a few young turkeys that will soon be ready for table use. Mrs. F. P. Vaughn is making turkey raising a specialty. She has quite a lot of little chickens that will soon be ready for market. Mrs. W. C. Hamilton is diversifying with ducks, turkeys, guineas and chickens. Mrs. W. H. Stetson has a fine lot of mixed Rock Island Reds and Leghorns that will be ready for table use in the near future. Mrs. D. S. Bailey has quite a lot of young chickens and ducks. Miss Cassie Lemley is making a specialty of White and Brown Leghorn chickens. Miss C. has quite a lot of young ones that are doing nicely. Mrs. Henry Leitenburg has a fine lot of young chickens. Mrs. H. L. is making the Brown Leghorn a specialty. Mrs. Rud Cloebedans has a lot of young mixed chickens that are thriving well. Mrs. G. F. Ratliff has quite a lot of young chickens. Unfortunately the varmints visited Mrs. G. F.'s poultry yard early in the season and destroyed the greater part of her young birds and yet they are trying to pass a law prohibiting the killing of fur bearing animals. Mrs. Ed. S. Ware has the largest lot of young chickens. She leads in both quality and quantity and those that are lucky enough to find a place at her table will be treated to a variety of young fowls. Mrs. Hubert W. Bowie has a fine lot of young fowls and any one happening in at meal time will be treated to a nice boiled or fried chicken. Mrs. J. M. Shaffer has a fine lot of young fowls that are about ready for table use. Mrs. Shaffer says she has a ready market right at home for all the fowls she can raise. Mrs. Tom Hamilton is doing splendidly with an early crop of young fowls. Miss Mable Shaffer gives the most of her time to teaching the young folks of Cedar Lane. She has the best equipped school of this section. Miss Lillian Lesage, the Buckner Prairie young school teacher is doing a splendid work with the youngsters of Buckner Prairie. Mrs. J. W. Demming has a fine lot of young chickens. She is making Rock Island Reds a specialty. She says she has a steady market at home for all of her ready fowls as Mr. J. W. is very fond of chicken pie. Mrs. W. M. Moore is diversifying her time with chickens and vegetables. Any one who is lucky enough to get his feet under her table will find a treat in young chicken and vegetables. G. E. Ratliff of Cedar Lane had his store burglarized Saturday night April 17th. A few shirts and other goods are missing; burglars unknown.
Buckner Prairie was visited April 19th with a good
rain that was appreciated by all. Crops that are up are looking fine.
The farmers have been rushing their crops so as to be ready for the big
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Some of the farmers of Bowie Ville, Cedar Lane, Gainesmore and Buckner Prairie were taking advantage of the rains by going out fishing. They had better success than the Houston Post fisherman did. They landed all the big ones and little ones got away. Mr. P. M. Bowie closed a land deal with the Railroad Co. on the Hawkinsville Branch. He parted company with 6 acres of valuable Caney dirt consideration $100 per acre. Archy Harrison of Bay City made a business trip to Coulterville Friday. He purchased some choice beef cattle from W. C. Hamilton for the Harrison Bros. market. J. B. Carrington of Bay City made a business trip to Coulterville Friday. The recent rains that fell over this section have done considerable damage to crops on low lands. All crops on high or well drained lands are looking fine. With a few more days of sunshine the farmers on high or well drained lands will be able to work over their crops. It will be a week or 10 days before farmers on low lands will be able to work their crops. Some of the lowest lands will have to be planted over. W. H. Stetson on the J. H. Freeman farm lost 20 acres of corn and cotton. W. C. Hamilton lost 50 acres of corn and cotton.
Part of the crops on the farms of T. P. Vaughn, O. J.
Walker, and J. J. Shockley was damaged and some of the lands will have
to be planted over. While most of the farmers of this section were up
with their crops and prepared for the heavy rains that fell April 23rd,
but, as usual, no matter how favorable the conditions are, there are at
all times a few that are behind with their crops and as a rule they are
the little ones who suffer the most, and most of them will have to plant
over. Unless some other calamity beyond the control of human agency
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Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Walker visited their daughter, Mrs. Archie Harrison, in Bay City Wednesday. Miss Lillian LeSage and Miss Florence Shockley and Mrs. J. H. Shockley visited Gainesmore Tuesday after school hours. Miss Lillian LeSage spent Wednesday with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Vaughan and children, Miss Lillian LeSage and Mr. J. H. Shockley attended Sunday school at Gainesmore Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Walker visited Orangedale Thursday. Mr. J. J. Shockley and daughter are having a delightful visit in Van Vleck. Mr. W. C. Lloyd and others are enjoying a delightful hunt near Buckner Prairie. Major J. J. Shockley assures us that it certainly "did" rain Friday. We (the people of Buckner Prairie) are glad to hear that we are raising so many chickens, for we didn't know it. Mr. W. C. Hamilton visited Sheriff J. G. Parker Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Walker and baby spent Sunday at the Walker residence.
Rev. L. F. Hardy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. P.
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W. W. Patterson, of Cedar Lane, is loading out a car of onions and cabbage for the Houston market. Fred Froeburg, just across the line in Brazoria County, was a visitor to Cedar Lane to day. Mr. Froeburg reports that the recent heavy rains that fell over this section did considerable damage to his crops. He says most every one has planted over but are very much in need of rain to bring up crops recently planted. All crops in his section are in need of rain while the growing crops are not suffering yet but a good rain would be more or less beneficial to all.
W. H. Bell of Westhoff bought of Dr. W. F. Box and G.
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The early crops of cotton and corn are doing nicely, considering the drouth that prevails over this section. While both the growing crops and late planted need rain. The corn is not germinating satisfactorily except in portions of the low lands where the moisture has been held by continued harrowing.
The majority of the citizens of Buckner Prairie, Bowieville and Cedar Lane prove themselves Christians by offering up a prayer for rain to fall and ruin W. H. Stetson's hay, as he had started to making hay Saturday 29th. Their prayers were answered at 3 o'clock a. m. 30th.
Rain fell for 30 minutes accompanied by considerable wind that blew down and damaged old corn. Many thanks for the prayer. Somewhere in the good book these words are to be found: "The prayers of a sinner availeth him nothing."
Later. The farmers of this section were blessed with another good rain Monday morning May 31st. That insures the early corn crop. The farmers of this section are all smiles today.
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