San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
PATRICIO COUNTY
SINTON, TEXAS, SAN PATRICIO COUN
URSDAY, JULY 1, 1909
NUMBER 22
WOODS-COOK
large proportions in the verf
near future. In* fact orchards
are being planted just as fast aS
the trees can be secured and the
planting will be limited at pres-
ent only by the Supply of trees
for planting;
In all the portion of country
from Corpus Christi and Beeville
and eastward and other uplands-
the Satsuma and Dugat oranges
on Citrus Trifoliata stocks should
be used. The lower valley will
require citrus fruits grafted or
budded on sour orange stocks,
largely. Some fine seedling or-
anges “to the manner born” are
being discovered and introduced’
also. Trees should be planted
twenty feet apart each way, 108
trees per acre. The Pomelo or
Grape Fruit is subject largely -to
the same treatment as oranges4
and is quite profitable. All cit-
rus fruits should be headed very
low, not over eighteen inches*
County Attorney Returned With
Bride Sunday Evening
Lured to City Limits
iger, and Attacked—
No Clew. ,
On Account of Wet Grounds
Will be Held Next
Thursday
Among the First to Demonstrate
the Great Fertility of
Gylf Coast Lands
snt on Foot to Celebrate
tth on Aransas River.
! t C T T ru tne The following article appeared
ns of Sinton to celebrate in the last issue of The Te*as
next Tuesday on the ; Stockman and Farmer, published
gS River. A petition was at San Antonio:
. the middle of the Something like ten or a dozen
Pesking the merchants to years ago Joseph F. Green came
Ipf11* places of business on to Texas from Illinois as mana-
^ate, - which petition was ger of the Taft and Sinton prop-
jipy twenty-eight business erties, which properties were at
|lL.; . _ that tinte entirely used, as was
pfews is requested to , an- adjoining holdings, for grazing
80 t at wagons and vehicles purp0ses. Here and there on
||Secured to accommodate these large ranches Mr Green
gio are not provided with broke up a few acres which he
Bfe °f their own. Such pianted to feed crops, in the
K^bqwevey, should notify meantime he proceeded to sink
pap at tee, B. Butler and j a jarg-e number of wells and
||#&h\vorth, beforehand, so built many tanks. „ He likewise
b which may result in the former home. They left Selma the week, Manager R.
l of Gasper Garza, a well immediately after the wedding the base ball club,
m Mexican restaurant keep- visiting New Orleans, Houston that the grand openii
sre. According to his own and other points, but spent a new Athletic Park will
in^nt Garza was lured by a greater part of their honeymoon poned one week. The
iger to the city limits, where at Burnet, Texas, where both £ram w^ be carried out
no apparent motive, an at- have a number of relatives. j °I next week. The
it yras made upon his life. The bride was born and raised program has been arts
e shots wereftredby the stran- in Selma, and. is the youngest of! Address—David Her
the first of which took effect a large family of children. Like | Base ball game—Fa
s ldft breast, transfixing his {two of her older sisters, Mrs. Merchants. .
. Not the slightest clew has i Cook met her fiance in Texas. 50 yd. dasher Jud
obtained so far, and no The groom is county attorney Hunter, T. N. Everett.
Hi 4ean be assigned for this of San Patricio county. He was yd- dash—Jess
:Jc. Garza stated that about 9 born and raised in Burnet Arthur Potter,
ck Tuesday evening a stran- county, this state, and is the Basket Ball game—
ana said ms wire was
[jr ill mt a camp south of
The stranger asserted
I^MMl badty in need of
&ody is invited, and
be present with a full
asked Garza to go with only by his acquaintances. good band. ^
e camp and set up with The following is a brief ex-j Ip the evening the ®y
e that night Garza oerpt tkken from a detailed ac- l&died will give an ice c
nd the two started south j count of the wedding, which social and box supper in th
ownsviil railroad. Aboutt appeared in the Selma Journal terest of the association,
south of town, without of May 20: 1 — "
the stranger dre# a re- The marriage of Miss Alexina Splendid Returns for 1£ A
id shot Garza through W^jjgpand Mr. J. Gwyn Cook F. M. Houk, one of our
The two mengrsppl- was solemnized at the, home of gressive farmers west of 1
gyping the scuffle that the bride's aunt, Mrs. Alexina, reports that from an acre a
^morejAoO, H^er, toatern«,»_at2;;J0
rocalist Coming
f» W, Ferrill, of Melrose
xico is expected to arrive
t in a few days. He will
the interest of vocal
frpf. Ferrill comes high-
pwended. He is a member
■to thake Ills way back Presbyterian chore
Knd notified* the authori- improvised attar
palms.
■a haB. been uncovered * *
■would throw any light Mr, and Mrs. C
■entity of the assailant, mediately after t
M fnotive for the crime, for Sinton, Texas,
■pd he was not aware home, where Mr. (
P had , an enemy in the up a splendid praci
p£Fhis maiwwas a stranger The bride* who i
and he declares that he sweetest girld ever
pi now identify him. has a wide circl
*a's body was completely friends who regret
ixed. The shot entered frdm Selma to live
't breast, penetrating his; some gifts were r
and came out below thet here and a disti
shoulder blade. There is. with cordial good
hope for his recovery. —
teacher. All those interested in land was. In a very few years
choir, work will be glad to know! Mr, Green has made of thousands
SjBHy*-- Ferrill intends to lo-°f T'off °
Ste .at Sinton. tabl
-- p™
HIS CA&E FOR THANKFULNESS.
:- has
Discouraged Man Had No Need to nov.
Warry Over Financial trouble.
"Well, has anyone been robbed . or bale
murdered or anything?” he asked of +ue
the van in the car d-ho seemed deep-
ly Interested in his newspaper. °I 1
“Someone is always being robbed or wlli
murdered,” was the reply, "but here
It something worse than that. By
$edrge,‘but this country seems bound
to go to destruction!” v
“What is it?”
/ “When the Panama canal was pro-
jected it* estimated coat was about J
|pi6,ooo,ooo." ist
“Yea, I; remember tbe figures. I te* ’
inAmhftp-of thinkinsr what T would do 0x1611713,11
commendation; their value as
^ r
food £nd profitableness as an in-
vestment’are firinly established^
‘ Tbe arrangment we WDukl
suggest is to plant pecan trees
Fruits in South Texas
*> say conceniing the nutl^ ^ •;
"You can’t mean it!” and fruit growing industry m, $ J\\;Tr
"But i do mean it Here it is in South Texas: v acre, the» plaqtTjfet^weei*^ thenr
S?S 1 Owing to the phejom^a’ de- someett|ta%Wihtwjll bring quick
Two hundred and thirty million, and velopment of the lower Rio Grand returns, such as figs sixteen feet
who knows that the cost win even stop Valley Imd the adjacent sou$h- apart, or blackberries *in rows
west Texas country, and ..owingfeet apart „d pIants
to the great interest manifested i. ,, T
in nut and fruit growing thepe^ .T
and in justice to our many custo- about 2,5Q0 plants per acre. AF ^
mere who are interested in there svqrenj^i and other.cirrus trees
subjects and who ask us many m\y be vned. WesMpha^e the
questions as to the adaptability honey tyy* of peaches and plum*
of those sections to the grow- guited to country. ■ j •
17,608' there?"
a a an 'bt is simply terrific.”
y,4o/ j "Terrific! Sir, that Is no name for
7 147 tt is simply appalling. It’s mon-
strous. It’s amazing. Why, sir—”
633 "Do you think anything will be done
9 ••bout it?” interrupted the inquirer,
r “Do I? Do I? You bet there will.
Why, when the public at large comes
Ingham, from to understand it such a howl will go
i unlnaHinc- hfs up from millions of throats—there will
, • be a demand for Buch a reckoning—
today, and IS the greAt American nation will want
cottage in the »ucb an accounting—”,
Ir. Cunningham ,“Exc"“ V'b'H ,0 ‘bl!
, . I have just been fired from my Job. I
into some busi- was going hoite feeling as blue as a
Sap Hotel Sold
C. W. Hafer traded , the Sap
those $230,000,000. No, sir, ai
Oiu^u - pvyn. tuuay wane Postmaster-General Hitchcock don’t f«ei „ d»m«l tin «,rrr for
enrouto to his home in San An- Hunks that the present postal
tonio from San Benita. 4 Rev. card is a disgrace to the country,.
Dogget reports a severe storm irt and he intends to have a* new!
the lower valley yesterdajv ;one. It is to be of better board i
. v and be more artistically gotten
dp in every way. Hewillproba-
will be no change in the Remember! The San Patncio' bly change the color of the ink
»W!t of the Hotel. County Newrs is the official coun- and the tint of the paper. The
, /■»—'■■■ * ty paper. If you went to know Government issues 75,000,000
de Domestic 6b to 10c a what the county officials are do* postal cards a month. —Yoakum'
toy*. 1 .' itg read the News.' Times. I
Is This True?
"It takes a senius—”
“To do what?”
“To get along w**h a
Wuisvilla Jejunal.
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Carter, Ray L. San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1909, newspaper, July 1, 1909; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth717581/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sinton Public Library.