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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1907)
4 - i VOLUME XIV ■ ni 1 i-Ar. Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural end Mechanical jjii'it nytsirtsM■ sili 1 I if H :bri it COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 6, FULL. LIME Spaldiqg’a 1 Foot Ball Good* Pocket Cutlery eiul Rsaors. si r it Resdy-Ma.if. CIO ARKTTKW ANII CIGARS ALLEGRETTCH DELICIOUS CHOCOLATR CREAMS AMD CANDIES HOT dr COLD SODA WATER I '\ yjUBE ICE CREAM. • We Sollelt Vour Pntronatre- ^ TME KILTIES AT COLLEGE- Pfeesrd Cadets aad Were Cheered After Perfomaece. “Tlte Kilties,” the famous Scotch band of Canada, fcaw a perfonmame at Cofleee on Saturday, Feb. 2. at 2:30 p. m. They made a decided hiCMith the cadets, who gave them ‘‘nibe rahs” after the {Performance. Mr. .Afngus Frazer, in the *^$eilor’si Hornpipe,” was especially applauded. Sodie changes were made in the pro-* gram, which is given below 1. : Mhrch “The Diplemat ’ I Sousa 2. Overture “Tannhausar '‘ |Wag«\ef Bagpipe i>ol<■ Pipe Ms (or A tujus Fraser i 3. Concert Solo (Selected) y T- Hen ., ......S^rg’t Wm. l.egpet Dance Shsasi i'Tiews Mr. Angus Fraser ., j 4-. , Song of Scotland... ..{Shdftet ’l la^araiiaUAi I V P llengarian Rhapsody No, 2.i...iUszt Sailors Hurn|>ipe Mr. Angus Fraser I 6.. Reminiscences of the Plantation; .. |; OT- U--... CbamM i 7.1 Match “Meak-o to ^uffalo'’. j.Reeses | mMftfltHiftiiUattUI in _ green woods COL. J. C. ED BONDS KILLED. Fanner A. 4 M. Commandant Killed ia Bastrop. The Dallas Naws of +’eh. 2, has the following special: - Bastrop, Tex., Feb. —Col. J. C. Kdmoitils. Superintendent of the Baa^ tepp City schools, was kifled today at 42:30 on the streets of Bastrop. Col. Fdmottds p as popular with the peo ple of Bastrop, and has been Superin tendent of Public Schools here for a number of years. R. A. Brooks, attorney and assist ant postmaster, is charger! with the killing.! i ' | Details of the tragedy are difficult to obtain, as the few ntho witnessed it refuse to talk. From the best in formation obtainable, however, it is said that Col. Edmonds was leaving 'the post office when shot. !Two bul- j lets took effect in his body. ( "ITte imagedv caused Intense excite ment, as there Is no known reason suggested as a bas ^ to' trouble be- Knives, tongue or pen; i j The greenest are th«se; 1 .Nineteen hundred and ten.” V. > i! t M M—auBo Bara Tcnnta Shees Tow«U T*hie Uovir, Sletsos Hats Hossr Noeeil' Coetiee Co— Collars A Cuds Teaaia Shoes. WtuOow SUaOcs Sio tl c Bc^SOl Window Curtain, Clothes Brush Wm** Cloves B. S. BT. N.’TIm Eagla Drill Shirts i ouster pane , Toofh BruBhes ShavWg Soup OB OoCh Buga Trvmke awd Suit CaOau ' P , ■ ; I WEsLoCOKl fci 'TO If OJKOK.T©. BURT NORWOOD ■■ton tween the.two nkdn. Prof. Edmonds .has been Superin tendent of the Bastrop City Schfools for five years, having come here from c Greenville. He was probably the most popular Superintendent the city has ever had, . He formerly lived in Greenville, where his wife is how visiting two of their married daughters. Another daughter, about 15 years of age. is bode. Col. Edmonds was born ia 1847 in Alexandria, Fairfax Countv, Va. At the age of 15 he became a sol dier in the Confederate Array, en listing in Mosby’s command, where, even at that early age, he made a bril liant record as a soldier, as testified by John W. Munson in his “Reeoileo tions of a Mosby Guerrilla,” publish ed in a magazine article during^; the year 1904, the Johnny Edmonds, so ! often mentioned in that interesting record, being Col. J-. C. Edmonds, : when e mere stripling, hut gallant and brave in boyhood as he was high- , minded and honorable as a man. After the war young Edmonds 'at tended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in the year 1872. He I came to Texas m 1878 and settled in Greenville. where he engaged in teaching with much success. While living in Grenville he mar ried Miss Dixie Spencer, and some time after was elected president of Austin College. Sherman, Tex. He served in thal position for a number of years, after which he was elected mayor of Sherman, in which capacity he served term after term continuous ly until tin beta king out of the Span ish - American War, when he was ap pointed Colonel of the Fourth Texas Regiment, and served as such pntil the close of the war. . Col. Edmonds was then appointed commandant of cadets in the Agricul tural and Mechanical College After serving as such for two years, he was elected Superintendent of the Bastrop City Schools, Bastrop, Tex., and in this position he served until his death, which occurred today. His wife, one son and three daughters survive him, Newton Claxton Edmonds residing in Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. W. P. McGaughey and Mrs. Byron Mock, ! both of Greenville, Tax., and Miss Lucile Edmonds. c of Texas. NUMBER 17 Men’s enettc Coats Without a doubt the most practical Overcoat you can wta^. good in all kinds of Weather.cold and rain proof and right up to the minute in style. We are showing the largest and most com plete assortment of Men’s Cravennette Coats and Overcoats ever brought to Bryan. Every correct style that # will be worn this season is here to se lect from, from the short top coat to t|te‘ long 52 inch coat, in solid blacks, dark greys, tans and . fancy effects fi $12.50 $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 When in Bryan Call at Hasivell’s Book Store We can fnpply all the shool wants at the lost reasonable prices Judge Leggett Ian. te Y. The following 1« ceived from Abilene: Abilet e, Tj Mr. O. L .Dear Sir: I have yo«r let! note come 1 am in eatyFIve C.jAi Del- T to get etudi Bible study. . 1 ebdek for 525 00 manner •iggesti the purchase of who do not feel themselves. With my beet for the ha* been ne- t K. Leggett of Feb. 1, 19«7.| f y 1 L t '■ v rl (ion, Tex. the 25th and |; j LL j ‘ T! if J?! | f t * y j »thy with the at the College te a course in th hand you used in the 'iyou. to-wit, in i for yonng men to buy them .ad prayers EXCHANGE SHAVING PARLOR ! J . E. GRlGB. Hroprtoto. HOT AND COLD BATHS mexT doob ! to BRYAN. BeMMC. n - — — very truly, K. Legjrett Wera’t you •pint when at YJj prueidunt. ” *?-Ex. college By th. Emmel TWalori^y Soltoit year petroiieg^ ©LaLionor'y oto. i Lkowir^jU’ Gliocol £»t,« 09 ill il;