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r I 1 : 'A riviirs cast) Groceru i i.. lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1.00 d Green Coffee, 8 and 10 lbs. to thej fettled in Bond Whiskey $1.00 Ver B, Good Wine SI. 00 a Gallon. I .00 veryining in tne Grocery m Liquor Line Cheap for cosh. GOODS ALL NEW AND FRESH - 2 A eornwin: Wanted this week and fryers, .1UOO ioi. tigs. SOU geete and rnont 4. umce at 1. Si (j N u pot. GEO. W. HlGGS BUCHANAN & CLOUD Butchers, Feeders and Shippers B R Y A IN, TEXAS " Legal Publicat ion. Every Tax Assessor and Deputy Tax Assessor in this state in addition to the oath prescribed by the Consti tution of this state shall, before en tering upon the duties of his orficejl take and subscribe to the following oath: .ASSESSOR'S OATH. "1, J. H. McCuIlough, Tax Asses sor in and for Brazos county, Texas, do solemnly swear that 1 will person- i.if.. ..: j : n .k ,i ... 1000 chl hens. 500, prines " V,C4V llu "l'-i i"c - ducks. r . . an(j improvements thereon sub ject to taxation lying in said county that may be rendered to me for taxa tion by any corporation or individual, i or by their agent or representative, as fully as may be practicable, and that 1 will as fully as is practicable view and inspect all other taxable property n said county rendered to me a aforesaid,, that I will to the lest of my abilitymake a true estimate of the cashA-alue, the market value of sucn property, it sucn property nas a malcet value, and if it has no market ilue, then the real value of all such property, both real and personal, on the 1st day of January next preced ing, and that 1 will make up and at tach to each assessment sheet made up and sworn to by the said property owners, their agents or representatives, a fniK apscmint anil valuation said property, together with a memo randa of all facts which 1 may learn real value and that I will faithfully endeavor to have the assessed , valu ation of all property . sub ject to taxation within said county stand upon the tax rolls of said coun ty for said year at its true cash mar ket value, or If It has no market value,, then its. real value, I further solemnly swear that I have read and understand the provisions contained In' the Constitution and laws of this State relative to the valuation of tax able property, and that I will faith' fully perform all duties required of me under the Constitution and laws of this State, so help me God.' Said oath shall be filed and recorded in the com missioners court record sb a part of the proceedlngg of that term of court Art. 5124-d. If In passing upon the value of any property by a commis sioners court, sitting as a board of equalization in this State, the court shall fix a value upon any property for the purpose of taxation and a mi tiority or said court do not concur in tne Judgement of the court, the clerk shall record in the minutes of the court the names of the members,, in eluding the county judge, who do not concur in fixing such values (if the county judge shall cast the de ciding vote in such matter), and if any 1 ax Assessor or members of any commissioners court in this State shal knowingly fail or refuse to fix th value of property rendered for taxes in compliance with this act. and a other laws of this State, such failure, ncgiect or rerusai snail rontntntP malfeasance in office on the part oi such Assessor or member or members of said court, and such failure, neg lect or refusal shall be cause for his or their removal from office." ' o for Sale: A good team of horses, wagon and harness. This is a cash proposition and a bargain. See C. O, Pardons or J. J. Ray. Phone 207. W14 42 o WATCH FOR LIST Ob Seed Corn ana nSej d G art) e This Space R. L. BROGDOJl J. W. 8ATTS JT REAL ESTATE AGEjtfT 1 OilZi in Taliare.ro BniWins. Op posire t.'mrt Hons.?. Jiote 37 li.i .c in nillct the only jet of Abstract P-nf.kq of lliuzii G'ounlf I .an if Titles. Good tenant wanted for five, room cottage withfcath. Will ad more rooms or remodel if desired. Close in. J l am nxea to plrfw GARDENS, PLANT TREES CLEAN UP YARpS, LEVEL HOUSES, PRUNE JrREES, RE PAIR FENCES, ETC. Notify me by postoffiee. MATHEW PIERCE. Uiyan. Texas. 1 7 errlouse Cakes and Candy. f K..A - I ,, . i unvo x uice line or iresn ;iome made Fruit cakes and nice .fancy cukes and car; ly. .'irs. utto uoenme. tf o- . THE CHYSANTHEMUM. Japan Ltgend of th Origin of th Many Potalad Flower. The Japanese have an interesting legend In connection with the origin of tho r-tirvannthomum In a mtvAnn ft.ntl,. bearing upon the vaule of said taxa-Lj ln th soft nioonI,nt - .,. ble ptoperty, and that 1 will makel plucked a flower and commenced to ,11 nil,I in.nnrv rlativ. tn tho "tr,P ,hf" PnlR to See If hor flnc loved lier truly. Of a tstuM"n ;i uue uaiue oi micii inueiiy, uu nidi B(Kj np,)Pnr(.(i uPf,trp her and assurer? 1 will attach said memoranda and I her that her fiance loved her passion .t-,.,m.nr f f-.-.c ,h,t I mv a.-r. 'eiy- i""r niiHOHiKi win live, ne ana- ; led, as many years as the flower which tain as aforesaid to the said assess- i wni let yon choose has petals. With ment sheet of the respective property I those words lie disappeared. The nvi-nfr I har I hnvc rpail and nn. I' v .uc I flpn n ftnu-OP n-l,tfll slimiM Iiuva an derstand the several provisions or tne Uhundance of petals. Imt each one an Constitution and laws of this state peared to promise but a brief future rUnnw. r rh M 1 , u , i,.n r,'f ,v-.KIo f,,r lier loved "I At lrni7tll Mho IllrWixl nn n Psralnn property, and that I will faithfully do ,..,rnatlon. and. with the aid of a gold and perform every duty required of l'' taken from her hair, she separated , o Ao.., l.., f',...,;,. or '"" l",,,,ly r 'he flower so ns I Ia In.m.ia., II... .. . .a ..!!..! - II f . - . k l I : ,,,,l'", l ' IIIIIUII'M 1IIIU . ' ' or the number of years accorded by me tlOU. II, nA t -r flnnco Srwn ,inil !, Article ol.M. lhe boaul or equi- doft flncers one. two. three hundred Uation shall have puwer and ii is 'mule petals, thin, pliant and beautifully curved, bad lieon evolved, and the young girl orhnl for Joy to think of sfssiiifin oi men- iespi-ci ;v. ca nua, the happy future which hir ruse bad .uiil if siitisiied t hut the valuation of I assured her fiance. So, nins the leg- .:iv property is not in accordant end. was the cbrysantheniiim created .villi the laws of the Stale, to lucrcase ('n" moonlight night In a Japanese ... I cnrrlnn tfhnrn cllrorr l-f L-o miiv.vmw ir .iniinsih I fi( kiiiiio unA tn nniv oi ...'"no muumu- . . . I rd moftlr nn thpv rnn lmnpnf h f ho Ifttla 1 1 i'i tiwtn 'u Mini li m t hoi'i it i iu i .rttvt fluil I " Husband to Burn. The elderly' spinster ln , the rear of tie drawing room car had no more iban settled ln her Beat when her at tention was attracted to a woman a little farther front who was garbed ln the deepest mourning. As Miss Spinster adjusted her nose grabber glasses for a. better Inspection of the one in widow's weeds she saw th conductor lean over and converse wltb her earnestly for several minutes. M'hen the conductor got back to hei eat taking the passenger's ticket Miss Spinster was consumed with cu riosity about the woman in mourning. "Conductor," she asked In her sweet est tones, "what's 'the trouble with the lady up there ln widow's weeds V "Oh, that's Mrs. Gettemr1 replied the obliging conductor. "She's Just taking her third husband out to a crematory." "Oh, how dreadful!" exclaimed Miss Spinster. And then In a faraway Tolce sne aaoed: "And Just think of it! Here I am past fifty and never had a husband ln my life, while that Woman up there has them to burn r New York Times. Strong Monosyllables. Instructors In the art of literary composition usually condemn a string or monosyllables, but ln the well known hymn "lad. Kindly Mght." written by a master of the English language, you may count thirty con secutive words of one syllable only. They offend neither the eye nor the ear. Milton often uses a series of motto- t syllables. In the second book of 'Tar. ndlse Lost" we have: The fiend i i O'er bog or iitcep, through strait, rouKh, dense or rare, . wun nenov liaruls. wings or feet pursue his way And wlm or sinks or wade or creep or flies. Such lines are not uncommon In the book : Rock, caves, lakes, fens, bog, den and hade of death. And again: Of neither aea nor hor nor air nor fir. London Notes and Queries.- V M I 1 V m Si v ! V ' ' - I I i t, '- 4 s. I ... ii i :., 1 1 r- i i in ..i uii i, i. ii i - - ixi iii iii i ii y i . i i. . i iii iii i... ' "-Ly, - . 'i y l rz K i - a row - xnw. a Fire! Fire! The riisastrous fire which has i Bryan's business district thoroughly c ncec' of insurance that navs. The fai officc are unexcelled and arc at your corplW us and ve .will be "Johnny 0,1 the 1 Courtship In Ireland. An Irish boy marries when he has a rid house and an Irish girl Just when she pleases. Sometimes she so pleases while yet her years are few: at other times she Is content to wait upon wis dom. In the latter case, of course, she makes a wise choice, but In the for mer almost always a lucky one. for luck is the guardian angel of the Irish. You're too young to marry yet. Mary," the mother said when Mary pleaded ' that she should grant Lau rence O'Mahony a particular boon. If yon only have patience, mother. '11 cure meself of that fault," was Mary's reply. "And she's never been used to wort, :ll!iv::- V." ...t.;:;iT i,;:;J ti t.:.0 suitor dlscournglngly. "If you only Jave patience, ma'am," was Laurence's reply to this. "IUcnre her of that fault." And he did too. Sen mas MacManus In LIpplncott's. spotr X 1 1 fsioore, Robin Adams uf Parker Bui! Mi Phone 265 $1.00 PER DAY $5.00 PER7 WEEK I hive leaved T " "jV1" frVfln Hotel VtRY THING HkMHT AND FR6SH mi wmce " will te hrst-class. . av...mj weekly f, hoirjers solicited. D. I). McALPINE. Prop. French Vienna' Rolls 13) Creissers OREAD Buy Tickets It'i ( heaper. C. W. Buckhaults. J. B. HIMES flli KINDS OF Tejephone 151 ' )ftice Down Stairs In City Hall. ini W H. LAWRENCE tf tor in Article Jl-3 of this act. and wlit'ii any Assessor in this State shall have furnished said court wit ii Jie ren- lit Ion. as provided for In Article 5123 this ncl, it blill b. the duty-of such i-ourt to call 'boloiu it t ut-h persons as inits jiiilKt-nieiic may know thv market lulue or true value nf such property , .ii the case may be, by the proper pro fess, who shall testify under oath the rharacter, quality and quantity of such property, as well as the value thereof, said court after hearing the evidence TUaTTfhr- the. vaiue of such property in accordance with the TuTOree ' so -In troduced and as provliieil for in article. ol'Si of this act; and their action in such case or cases shall be final. "Art. fil24-c. When a commissioners court in mis state convenes as a hoard of equalization, before consider ing the subject of equalization of prop erty values for the purpose of taxation, each member of the court, including the county judge, shall take and sub scribe the following oath: I , a member of the board of equalization of county, for the year A. bamboo bridges. Iionrton Olobc. The Bloom on th Egg. I know these eggs at least ars fresh," said the young housewife. "As I took them from the basket a white bloom, like the down of a peach, came off on my hands." Her husband, a food expert, gave a sneering laugh. "In that case," he said, "I'll forego my usual morning omelette. That bloom, my dear, proves your eggs to be n year or so old maybe four or f.ve years old. 'The bloom, as you so poetically call hi me dust. It shows that the eggs are pickled."" Lime dust, which rubs off like flour, Is the surest test we have for pickled eggs a not un wholesome article, but not to be com pared with the new laid sort" New Orleans Times-Democrat. Christening th Baby. A north country parson thought It absurd that a working class woman should wish to christen her child Laura Winifred -Gwendolyn Gene vieve," "My good woman, what a rldlcu- Th Narvou Mother. An Atchison woman who Is verj nervous mid Inclined to worry Is th mother of a boy. She recently read of a boy who was klllod while roller skntlug and Immediately put her sou's roller skates In the tire. Another newspaper told of ;i boy who was kill ed riding the street enrs, ind as boys are frequently killed while walking by street cars running over them she chnlned her boy to the front door. Then she read of n boy who died of blood poisoning caused by bis shoe rubbing his heel, and her boy's shoes nnd stockings came off. The story of a boy who bit off a button on his waist and choked to death resulted In her taking off her boy's clothes. He had left only n flannel shirt, and she Is rending now that wearing flannel shirts Is the cause of great mortality and is thinking of removing that-' Atchison Globe. Jf Choice Forney. 0A CAK-JVNE CVT-0N TRACK SPECIAL PRICE Hensarling Bro VRAM DEALERS tresh Shipment Pratt's Poultry Food. We Deliver Prompt! Phone 251 Th RUdl. Here Is a strange riddle which we. have never met before. It Is sent us by a friend from JhansI, India: Divide 150 by o. Add two-thirds ot 10. So ends the riddle. Here Is the answer: CoLENSO. C-100. L-50. EN-two-thlrds of TEN. SO ends the riddle. London Scraps. D , hereby solemnly swear lously long and fanciful name!" he pro- that in the performance of my duties tested. "Wby not choose something ns niemlier fif such linor.l fnr cnl.l I 'ci-i"", ' iuswuiti xuui year, I will not vote to allow any tax- for Is my own wife's name.' "Jill VAfl fini-oh'fl nil VAw urnll fnm able property to stand assessed 011 the '.. .' , T ' . m. ions ui smu couuiy lor said year ai wiU iook a bIt higher than that," an- any sum wnirn 1 believe to be less swered the woman readily. than Us true market value, or if it The astonished narson thereunon ket value; then its real performed the ceremony without fur- will faithfuly endeavor ther comment-'London Telegraph. member of snid board re to have each item property which I believe ied Tor said year at I 1 Th Retort Courteous. Professor Bates was quizzing a stu dent named Pond, who seemed to know nothlne Of the snblect In hand. mat ket value or .real Are there no flsh ta thls pond ma tne tax rolls to what moralnz?" he i-krlalmed nt Inncth . 1 " s true cash value. If I "Yes, professor," replied the str value, If not then its "but the Bates ijo good." Ltpp In Grat Luck. "I have been looking orer my finan cial operations," said Mr. Easlgo. "I must say they are mors successful than usual." "nave you been making large prof Its r "No. I don't expect anything like that" "But you say you were successful?" "Comparatively successful During the month I have loaned money to Ave friends, and only three of them have quit speaking to me." Washing ton Star. S. H. FRANKLIN'S Meat Markets I'pff Morktl Pkont 30', Yoswr Marhtl Phont 320 Choices: of Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, and Sausage. Your trade is appreciated. . INSURANCE - In. nun me. I represent the Oldest aiiutCompanies. Your B..inei given my personal sttentiir ind appreciated C. E. BOYETT Fire, Tornado, Accident, Plate Glass, Bonds and Live Stock D ' J Hi r ... Residence Phone 257. OtHce Phone 372 MtHMIHMIIMl t WHO E IS IT? Ihc Complete Drugstore v Thnr6atisfactorv Drutfstore ' T f i he convenient Urutfstore lfie AnnrerJatJvnr, 4 - , , - -ii ""jjwii. 4 i ne .accommodating Urugstorc M. H. JAMES 1 ' 1sM t f 9 at c f vtw nvrwMaa.B-1. m ... ( insure in me oifum rrno j Cnn LltL INSURANCE CO., Dallas, Tex J i I I Whv? Texu. ly? Because it ii t Texts Company, has mcl C.nlt.l mn's a n. ttttlnc Evr- man and .oiran under 50. iS ood tZiih abiJS ""' V0U know w"' vou ' FRIEND JNJfEED SOCIETY. Many are now enioylni; the beneM. 0Tf Iniurance that would nt. If not tor my eflorla J OE B. REED. keep Texas money ;n Th Editor's Sally. .City Editor What do yon mean by saying in this robbery story that "Brown was knocked down and re lieved of a hundred dollars?" Were you ever robbed yourself? New Re porterNo, sir. City Editor That ac counts for It If you'd been robbed you wouldn't describe the loss of a hundred dollars as a relief. St Louis Republic. Hi Lin of Study. "My boy is undecided about what collegiate course to take." "Urnr What would you advise?" it depends. Does he want to up his back muscles 61 his Kansas Clty.Ip4epeiaaent I MAY THIS NEW VtAfPlSOVf IIAPPl AND PROSPERQJS fO YOU We beg to thank you for past fators aaftrust that our effort will continue to merit your confidence and that ourf iitjTe dealings will prove mutually gratifying TYLEjpr HASWELL tevenson Machine Repair Workl F P ENGINES