A history of Texas and Texans . ldren; Mrs. Maude E. Hol-lum, born in Floyd county, is a resident of Jourdanton,Atascosa county, and the mother of three children; L. Watkins, born in Floyd county, has four chil-dren and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith , born in Floyd county, lives in El Paso, and hastwo children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floydcounty, is a resident at Floydada, and has one Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd county and now liv-ing at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floyd-ada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Dun-can, Jr.,
A history of Texas and Texans . ldren; Mrs. Maude E. Hol-lum, born in Floyd county, is a resident of Jourdanton,Atascosa county, and the mother of three children; L. Watkins, born in Floyd county, has four chil-dren and resides at Jourdanton, Texas; Mrs. Edith , born in Floyd county, lives in El Paso, and hastwo children; Mrs. Hope E. Hammond, born in Floydcounty, is a resident at Floydada, and has one Ruby E. Brown, born in Floyd county and now liv-ing at Floydada; Miss Mattie E. Duncan, born in Floyd-ada, and attending the local high school; Arthur B. Dun-can, Jr., is a Floydada native and attending the schools;Carroll V. Duncan and Mark W. Duncan, the two young-est of the family were born in Floydada and are bothnow in school. Judge Duncan is what is known as a self-made started out and for some years found the road some-what rough and beset with obstacles. He had no one tothank for his early successes but himself, and has al-ways evinced those qualities which produce success and. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1657 esteem in this world. He has the faculty of makingfriends, and has a great number of lo^yal associates andfollowers. Through all the years of his residence inFloyd county and West Texas his convietiou has been in-creasing that the permanent ]iri)?[)eriry of the countryrests upon solid ground. Witli tlic iminihu-tion of irri-gation with appropriate di\frMii. .itinn;, iu farmingmethods, and with the coming ul the mI and the raisingof high grade stock, all of which is a matter of only afew years, Floyd county and surrountliug territory willbecome the garden spot of the southwest. Movemeutswhich must necessarily follow the above, and to whichJudge Duncan has given his vigorous support, both inprivate and officially, are the promotion of good roads,better schools, establishment of social centers in ruralcommunities, the extension of rural free delivery routes,ami every other enterprise which means greater wealth orcomfort and the better
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