The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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Kenneth Chesshir of the U.
S. navy is at home .for a visit
with his father, Dick Chesshir,
at Haiesboro.
] south of Deport had died, death
being caused by a nail, swal-
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which had lodged Tn the child’s
intestines.
A movement was on foot to
vote $300,000 worth of 5 per
cent road bonds for the build-
ing of permanent roads in pre-
cinct 1, Lamar county.
the illness and death, of her
grandmother, Mrs. Moore.
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8UB8CUPTI0N PRICK
91.M PER YEAR
Per Year OuUida of Lamar
tad Bod River Counties
Bin variably in advance
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vr^in«mday Mrs. Ollie Johnson and daugh-
J Okla.,
the churchJww® among the out of town
called hare by the
Drew Allen of Bogata, who
has been ill for several months,
is reported little improved.
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J. C. Barham, manager of the
Deport Dry Goods Company,
was in Dallas on business Fri
day.
' FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1931
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M the pootofleo at Deport, dw against truth, not~oniy de-
bushels red oats in bam at Pat-
tonville. Free of Johnson grass
and rustproof, to sell at 50c
I per bushel. See Lloyd Billings-
ley at Johnson-Billingsley Co.,
Deport. ’ 3-c
. I HAVE lots of bright prairie
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daughter, born last week, has
returned home. Mrs. Barham's
sister, Miss Mildred, is visiting
in the Barham home at present.
has not been fixed.
• a few students have
been ab. ent the past week due
. Bernice
absent the latter
The public school was sched-
uled to close within a few
weeks, but a subscription school
was to be taught by Mrs. Lala
Hearn and Miss May Edwards
to.givtTsix or 6ight weeks more
instruction.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griffin
of Blossom and Mr. and Mrs.
John Nelson of' Mt. Pleasant,
were guests Sunday in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Sr’s sunshine and beautiful Thompson and Mr. and Mrs.
able to be at her work at the
Deport Dry Goods Co., Monday
because of illness.
Dr. Stephen H. Grant and J.
M. Grant visited the oil fields
at Longview,' Henderson and
Kilgore Tuesday. hies. Joe
dry years. We are due to have
three or four more short of
moisture season. I have sold
SI,000 to $1,500 worth of feed
i this season and plenty left to
j head horses until
crops are made. S. A. Cunning-
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Texas indicate .. that farmers' -------------
becoming Versed in. FIVE PRESIDENTS NAME
PARIS POSTMASTER
80 acres of land a mile north-
west of Fulbright from Bob
Lawson of Bogata, paying
$2,775 for the tract. He bought
it as an investment.
Mrs. Frank Griffin and child-
ren are visiting her mother,
Mrs, Sue Freeman and other
relatives' at Detroit. <
and HASH GROCER]
dining to accept facts but even
refusing to listen to an honest
analysis of an unfamiliar prob-
lem or situation or plan,' and,
as a result/, live 'in ignorance
and poverty when they might
enjoy and possess knowledge
and riches. The highest and
most brilliant act of any mind
is to look-at, listen-to, and con-
sider a NEW idea. Integrity
to your own soul demands that
you be ojien-minded.—Woodrow
Wilson.
need affiliation on this
course, we feel greatly encour-
aged. > —x
A picnic which was to have
been given last Frftfay night
for those who participated in
Traces of oil w’ere found Fri-
day in tests made at the 2250
foot level in the Johnston well
east of Detroit. J. Fred John-
ston, the driller, who has been
at work for nearly three years
on the project, has cemented
casing in the hole and about
ten days will, be required for
the cement to set. The well is
said to be inthe Woodbine
sands with a good oil showing.
It ie amazing to bow great
an extent some human minds
can resist information. Even
Mine young minds lock the
Deport Independent "School
Board. 3-c
i FIFTY Cords 4 foot wood on
„v . . ...x tracks at Pattonville. Will sell
Okla., and with other relatives l°r^'K^SrjCOr^l Also have^150
at different points.
Mrs. C. C. Blackburn of Reno,
who has been visiting in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J.
C. Barham, making the ac-
we can save you money
size—any quantity. T
Mr. and Mrs? Bob Cain are , Pr*ces on quantity buys.
We desire to express our sin-
cere appreciation for every act
of kindness, for every word of
sympathy and for the beautiful
flowers sent.in expression of
love-durtTHT^our recent bereave-
ment. Our hearts are heavily
burdened in the homegoing of
the dearest friend we have ever
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Senior Class
The senior class was indeed
surprised to receive a visit
from the state inspector Mon-
day.' He complimented the
fourth year English very high-
ly, which is under the super-
George Thompson.
A. N. Barnett and family
who have been living at Milano,
arrived the first of the week to
make their home here. They
have purchased the Nobles
house near the Baptist parson-
age and will remodel it.
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Deport should be proud of
the two dozen Boy Scouts that
i the local organization.
Those acquainted with the work
ialso feel themselves indebted
to John Thompson and J. C.
Barham, who are carrying on
the^work. We meet and dis-
cuss plans for better farm
frtock and crops, and too little
attention is paid the crop of
boys and girls. What is the
Mrs. E. O. Thompson had a
blood vessel in her foot ruptur-
ed last week when a gate she
W. E. Veteto and Mrs. Edgar was closing, fell on it. She has
Hood left Tuesday for Dallas been confined to her bed since
to attend the. style show and the accident, but is improving,
buy spring and summer mer-
chandise for the Standard Dry
Goods Company.
Ruth and Bobby, small child-
ren of Mr. and Mrs. Henry No-
bles, are ill with scarlet fever.
thoughtful, sympathetic words
of true friends have been a
source of the deepest gratitude
in our hour of sadness.
Her Children.
News of Twenty
Years Ago
Taken from The Times of
20 Years Ago
Lawrence Teague had accept-
ed a position with the Lamar
& Red River Lumber Co.
JOHNSTON TEST NEAR
DETROIT SHOWS OIL
Bill and Miss Lois Philley of
the Deport office and Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Johnson and Miss
Fern Inzer of Detroit, attended quaintance of her new grand-
a district meeting of Texas-
Louisiana Power Company em-
ployes at Leonard Thursday
night of last week.
This country should be thank-
ful for the past month of pret-
ty weather, especially when one
remembers that at this time
last year this area was enter-
ing its sixth consecutive week
f freezing weather, a period
taring which the temperature
ftge never high enough to per-
Hfc; the ground to thaw. This
Chapel News
The Boy' Scouts entertained
the high school last Wednesday
morning with one of the most
entertaining programs we have
ever had. We wish to thank
the scoutmaster, J. C. Barham,
for preparing it.
A few visitors were present,
but we hope more will come in
the future.
ether is all that one could
ih for and as there are many
need of heavier clothing we
mid bo thankful that we
re been spared the below-
o weather of 1980.
20 POUNDS SUGAR (Limit) $1.00
10 POUNDS SPLIT PINTO BEANS 35c
6 POUNDS HIGH GRADE PURE COFFEE $1.00
5 POUNDS REAL PEABERRY COFFEE™. $1.00
48-Ib Sack CREAM PUFF FLOUR (it Satisfies) >l-00
100 POUNDS GRAY SHORTS $1.25
8-lb PAIL LARD, all Kinds r ___ _95e
SEED POTATOES, All Kinds at Right Prices
Figures supplied by home
drinonstration agents all over
wives are 1
the use of pressure cookers, and
that thousands of beeves have
been canned for home consump-
tion. For a long time we have
been selling our cattle at low
prices and buying them again
• from packers at high prices. Mo-
ther Necessity is teaching us
a lot of tricks to beat the high
cost of living and to supply our
tables with balanced, rations
that keep the family healthy
and strong.
Mrs. J. R. Westbrook Sr.,
who has been ill for several
days was carried to the home
of her daughter, Mrs. R. A.
Tate, at Orange Friday, and
will receive treatment at that
place. * * .
Deport
School News
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By Students of the
School
Third and Fourth-Grades
.We all enjoyed our Valentine
Ikjx Friday, and got many pret-
ty Valentines.
Our “Tell-a-Tale and Listen-
a-While Club” met Friday. We
had a Valeutine program which
was very interesting: Song,
Postman; story by Mary Sue
'Rollins; reading, LaVerne An-
derson; jokes, Billy Mac Reece;
song, Dorothy Ward; story,
Dorothy Sulsar; song, Take a
Lassies’ Winsom Face.
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E. B. CRITES
TYPEWRITER SHOP .
Paris, Texas
Sell ’Em, Rent ’Em
and Fix ’Em
known, but the kind deeds and Call 377 Paris, for service.
,i-----------I extra charge for out-
of-town trips. .
Tell Crites your Typewrit-
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Sanders Wimberly had pur-
chased the pantitorium from
Reece & Wallace and ftvas con-f
solidating it with the City:vision of Miss Bourne, and as
Pressing Parlors which he al-1 we need affiliation on this
ready owned..
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Philley and
daughter, Geraldine, and A. H.
Rakes and family of Bogata,
were guests Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert
Marks at Paris.
Rob Bryson and family have fve(j forty
moved from the home of-Mrs. c
Dee Thompson, where they ham.
have had rooms, to the proper-,
ty of Mrs. J. J. Gray in West
Deport.
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Bob Kinsey, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Swint and Mr. and Mrs.
S. S. Crockett has purchased Henry Nobles and children have
returned home from a visit
with Jno. Legate at Childress
and Lloyd Kinsey and wife at
Hamlin.
I have been two very
J cottage prayer meet-
whfch the Deooie have “ri children and John Dawson
earnestly forfbe Bap- Fort Smith, Ark., Mr. and
A typographical ^rror two
»ks ago caused us to sth|e matter “with*
Washington’s birthday came on
the 23, instead of the 22, and a
school boy called our hand.
Thanks. We like to meet a fel-
low who is sure of his facts,
figures, names and dates, be-
cause this indicates a disciplin-
' ed, well-trained mind.
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Houston Whitney of Jennings,
| who was recovering from ty-
I phoid fever that had kept him
Maurice T. Moore returned confined to his home several
Friday to his, home in New weeks, was reported Wednes-
York .City, after spending the day as having appendicitis,
week visiting his mother, Mrs.1
J. H. Moore, and other Deport
relatives.
Rates: 1 cento per word first
insertion; 1 cent per word each
additional insertion. No ad ac-
cepted for less than 28 cento.
LOST—Casing and rim, 31x
5.25. Finder telephone me. F.
B. Johnson, Deport. . —* 2-p
WILL trade 38 Smith A Wes-
'on for model T Ford, yearling
>r shoats. Sanders Wimberly.
FOR SALE—Four-foot
wood on track at Pattonville.
Good sound wood, some split.
See Lloyd Billingsley at John-
son-Billingsley Co., Deport, tf.
FOR Rent—House on high-
way in norfehivest Deport. Five
rooms, suitable for two fami-
55-c
Miss Ophelia Mason was un- EGGS from my fifty ($50.00)
dollar pen of “Aristocrat” dark
Barred Rocks. Philip Hobbs.,
R. F. D. No. 2, Bogata, Tex. 4-c
OUR Oak Lumber is partly
seasoned and is just right to
build storm houses with. Build
yours now. Bogata Lumber Co.,
Bogata, Texas.
AT A BARGAIN—Scholarship
in Tyler Commercial College at
Jim Wilson, an employe at
the Deport Oil Mill had been
injured when he fell from a
running board at the top of the
building where he was adjust-
ing a pulley, to the floor, about
ten feet below. . He was badly
bruised and shaken up but not
seriously hurt. ——-
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Hail, Fire and Tornado Insurance
SBC
MRS. J. H. MOORE
IyyMIl . DEPORT, Tl
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grant and
granddaughter, Sarah Ruth
Grant, were guests Thursday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 1*222
Murrell at McKinney. .x,w x,. x...A...
—--- ' j hay for sale at $12.00 per ton
t—Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bird and 3<e>c Per bale. Better move
children. James Gray and Ruth, ■'“'yi ‘J W,nt.‘°
of Jx'xington, Tenn., arrived “Tl"?
Friday for a ten day’s-visit
with,,Mrs. Bird’s father, J. J.
Gray.
Recognition of the fight being
made in Congress by Wright
Patman, congressman from this
district, for the payment of war
x bonuses to exsvrvice . men is
made by the Dallas Morning
News, which earned on the
front page of its Sunday issue
a picture of Mr. Patman and a
lengthy article concerning his
work. Mr. Patman is himself
an ex-service man. . • — in stock
It ”
I Our roll of honor records the
has taught the“people‘"to ‘reailv renewal of the following sub-
work. trying tp evolve means ■ scriptions. There are also sev-
meeting conditions as
exist. -
, Arbor day comes on Sunday
this year—the 22nd—Washing-
ton’s birthday. In years to
come we are going ’to make
more over the planting of trees
than we do now. They are en-
titled to- ceremonies, more es-
pecially since the writing of
Joyce Kilmer’s poem on "Trees”
upon the, battlefield of France!
in 1918. Plant a tree—a pecan'
tree—you could not erect a bet-
ter monument to your memory,
nor do more for posterity.
Five different presidents have
nominated Capt. James J. Dick-
erson as postmaster of the city
of. Paris, the fifth nomination
coming Wednesday when Hoov-
er named him to succeed him-
self in the office. Capt. Dicken-
son came to Paris as United
.States marshal of the East
Texas district and later went
into business . lhere. He has
served as postmaster under
Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Cool-
idge and is now serving under
Hoover.
—~~ W. H. Jackson, who had been
co™ I employed at Clarksville for
some time, was moving his
family from Deport to that
Bw*'
TBe lam Uy in this common-,
ity who fails to read The Times •?rm
Is losing • money eVery week, j
v Prices of .practically every char-
acter of merchandise are going
Y down, and the needs of the
family can be met now almost
a- as cheaply as before the war.
| er county pp to the beginning
of the present week.
organ iza-
Bap- °f Fort Smith, Ark., Mr. and
big] point ter of Texarkana, and Lewis
vices, with Shuman of McAlister.
; at
the
Nita Grant returned
Monday from a visit with her
father, Jim Grant at Frogville,
A little daguhter of Mr. and
■Mrs. Walter Simmons, living
ant|ice.*ve^ f°r same up to March 6,. d b T 1
hardships,^^^ w^k end in ' anrantFa^bkhs.'* Bids^may^
fz....A v«.vz ( ufttn pivnpvr iL^. /aii aggi
past several months.have been ive policy of this tyi>e will
■ t T t VWA *-> r a 1 a a M il I I » ZX 1 x M • »% z« • zw > - . .
.. .. any store with customers.
people back to a sane level. It1 _
has cause<l them to stop living WEEK’S HONOR ROLL OF
in the present so much and to1
consider what1 provision they
are making for the future,
has J^pen a lesson on thrift and
In spite of
i scriptions. There are also
icral.new names on the list:
J. G. Rook
Jim Garrett
A. H. Ristedt
Dalton Steel
Mrs. J. W. Beasley
T. W. Furgerson
G. R. Zieske
Chas. E. Binnion
Maut Dinwiddie
* G. C. Neal
C. S. Bird
Lloyd Billingsley
Earl Roach
H. L. Johnson
V. A. Hulett
Mrs. T. G. Slaton
Cliff Adams
Ix>e Tow
J. M. Campbell
ing a (’amp Fire Council? The)
girls do not know how much
fun and wholesome instruction]
they are missing or they would
insist upon such an organiza-
tion,... • ; •
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A Chicago store used an en-
tire 12 page section in a large A marriage license was i_
newspaper there to advertise, its ] su<>d htst week at Hugo, Okla.,
merchandise. Results were so £‘2------—
good that the same space was, ^>olh "f i)etroiL '
used a week later. A Brooklyn J
store used a similar amount ofi
Mlvertisinz tu move its (roods. | yard. .
These ary-e store owners haye ;?>f >)rs Dec Thoni|)son, having j<-«- Cunningham. Texas,
whisper to the multitude ■ honie
ncwspajier readers when the
Such advertising
clears shelves of goods, i
the I .
Conditions prevailing during the back prosperity.
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f? * of inestimable value in ’bringing
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R. Isbell had sold the house
occupied by Chas.’ Pearson to
him. W. J. Veteto had bought... . , ,
„ . , . „ „ the Dennis Elliott home and thc aemor class Play was poat-
Tykr, and one in Byrne Com... Mr Eniott ha(1 not dccided l»ned. We expect to have it
mercial College at Dallas. If just what he would do :soqn, although a definite date
interested apply at The Times |J ' ‘ . I ICO 11 w
is- office. . ‘ Quite
:------------ Drs. E. H. B. Steele and Ste- Lx.™
Reed Jdnes and * Mary Elia FOR SALE—BoLsd’arc posts—, phen IL Grant had been called i to inclement weather.
* 4 - T' - ——y—any to the Cross Roads, community Grant was l‘_ L._
Special to amputate the leg of a ten part of the past wfeek~ due' to
On year old son of Mr. Ragan. The I
J. W. Musgrove & limb had been broken under a
* 4-c falling tree,
the multitude .of^ov,<i from thc Lynn ,,ra,cher:FOR SALE^The TeVnd? sd^l
readers when the nome- building a mikr-south o.f De-
^I’right goods, at the right values' ,, , ,, ,, IK)i't. Sealed bids will be re-
|children, and Marshall Stone of 11931, p- ■ ' - -
An aggress-1 the hAoni,e of Mr- and Mrs. Mur-^ied with W. E. Geer, secretary
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