Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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WINNSBORC
CLT NEWS AUGUST 12, 1921.
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Winnsboro Weekly News
Homer R. Weir, Kditor
fLaTiTYEAk IN ADVANCE.
Entered —cond-class mat-
tor, September 24, 190U, at the
poatoffice at Winnsboro, Texas,
under the act of March 3,1879.
Advertising rates made known
on application.
PUULiSHED EVERY FRIDAY
It Could Happen Somewhere
In the current issue of Com-
merce and Finance, Walter Brc-
mond, president of the State
National Bank of Austin, Texas
has a very timely and thought-
compelling article, the burden
of which is that in Texas and
elsewhere we are going to get
back to normal only by ont>
route—that of WORK. It con-
tains a lot of hard truin, ana
its spirit is summed up in an
imaginary application of the for
mula of "work" to his own city
of Austin. It applies to all cities
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GOES TO INVITE FOCH
TO LEGION CONFAB?
Notice To Contractors
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Notice is
sealed pro;
the County Ju
ty will be rec
missioners Coi
tv at the offi
by given that
aatfress^d to
e of Wool' Cou ii
by the Com-
of said cour-
the Ounty
eivod
.urt o
ice of
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AND STILL THEY COME
Marshal Foch will rcceivc a per-
sonal invitation to attend the an-
nual 'convention of the Atncrican
Legion. Major Charles W. Hart-
Ictt, of Kansas City, sails to deliver,
the invitation to the great French-
man. While in France he will se-
lect a site for the memorial to lie
Of--*rr| K" f|l# f\t VtCtOVfi ill
and to the county as well, anu opypv hitrt IV vVRFCK
it is worth passing on. Here .SfcVfcN JUIRT JN K
is what he says*. I
,'One morning recently I look
Judge at Quitman, Texas, until
!2 o'clock p. m., Monday, Auj.:-
^st 29th, 1921, for surfacing
iof a section of Statu Highway,
No. 37, from Quitman to Win
nsboro in Wood County. Thr
work to be done consists of sur-
| facing '14.48 miles of road, the
approximate quantities are «.*
follows:
Surfacing hauled first H mile
and placed 22.649 cu. yards gvr-
•vel.
Surfacing hauled 8th. \\, mile
21.857 cu. yard3 gravel.
Surfacing hauled additional \\
mile 105,009 cu. yards gravel.
Detailed plans of the work
mav be seen for ■ examination
ijind information obtained a:
I the office of the State Highway
Denartment at Austin. Texns
•«nd at the office of John E.
Blair, resident enorineer at Mine-
ola, Texas. A certified check for
Four Thousand Dollars ma<re
ftjgyp*jr
'•Of
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Thev are Mill comiiiK home—those I'oys. of our who fought for us over there. We chcered for a|t
tviniwtliiicri with -oine, and mourn for these U. S. officers in Antwerp are checking shipment detail
oil . w after row of flag-draped caskets where "old glory g>tard*^wahjbplcmn.round.the bivouac of (he dc A*
MINERAL TREVINO
i WOULD TAX ALL
UNDER ARREST
PUBLISHED "ADS'
Washington, Aug. 8.
SHOT HER TO STOP MISE
I Evansville, Ind., Aug 8.—„
A sug- ''e Deffandoll, 17, confessed i
Mexico City, Aug. 9.—C.ener- , ...
al Jacinto Trevino, one of the gestion for a tax on all publish- that he shot his mother
•■v • « « - payable to the order oi ft°n F. best known Generals in the Mexed advertising has again been killed her, according to ]
OF iFREIGHT TRAIN '^they, County Judge of Wood lean Army and former Minister put forward although as far as county officials. The boy
C ounty. PMtst accomnany eacn of Commerce and Industry, was could be learned today the pro-l}1®1' accidently he said, and
Houston, Aug. 9. Flames ProP°sal. Proposals shall be en- detained bv the police today ject has been given no serious |'nK that she was not dead, I
i ,,o« if 9 «•- consuming the wreck of an en- c'ose(l in sealed envelopes, ad-jpending an inquiry into the sen consideration by the house ways 8^°t her again, and a third tir
isiness ho . . ; • our tire Gulf Coast Lines freight ,^o the County Judge sational killinsr of Brigadier and means committee where the f° 8he would not suffer, the i
and a oeauuiui tjny. innu.Ain„ io „„,.a „f n:i of Wood County, and marked General Joe Alesio Robles. brn- nr w tnv trill is in thn makin- leged confession savs.
ed into We back room of anAus '£• the* wreck of an" en- ^osed Jini ®e?[«d ^elopes, ad-j pending an inquiry into the sen (consideration by the house ways shot her again, and a "thirt timd
tng checkers and four others
tin business house
® were play-! train," including' is" cars'of "oil Wood. County, and marked General Joe Alesio RoblesT bri! now tax giilis" in" the making, leged confession says,
f^H ?nd four others and gasoline at a trestle 20 miles ^ surfacm^ ofjther of the former^ .Mexican jit is known however, that a I Mrs. Doffandoll was shot i|*j
WnBO(i
were looking on. There are hun east of De Quincy La wer=
dreds like them in town ana s'l" burning this morning, it
other hundreds in the country. , >''* at^ general offices
Every store and postoffice in . the loa(* here.
the country, like every street Seven persons are known to
corner and shady rendevous in have been injured when fast
in town, has it quota of incur- freight No. 32, Houston to New-
able idlers It is strange how Orleans was wrecked and caught
the two classes of those who do fire shortly before noon Monday
work even if somethimes un- None of them injured were hurt
faithfully and unfairly, seldom seriously. One was Andrew Ma-
have a word of reproach for son, negro brakeman, who is in
the loafer the dead beat, the a Houston hospital and the oth-
social sponge, who lives upon ers were unemployed men nd-
U8 alj ing the train.
"It * is easy to imagine, if not The flames from the burning
to measure, how greatly our ag- oil and gas were of such intense
aregate efifciencv is lowered heat that nothing could be done
by this widespread attitude to- toward salvaging any part of
ward the one essential to or- the train or the trestle.
derly progress. 1 Cause of the smashup has not
"I had a dream, susceptible,been determined. According to
of a much broader application officials of the road, the tram
than I stall make of it here. was running alx>ut 25 miles an
*!■ * thought there was some,hour. A car of gasoline became
psvchologic wave, and every derailed. As the train struck
man, woman and child woke up the trestle the gas car "buck-
one morning with the desire ed up.'' Sevente^c^a^^-
and wlil to devote every leisure railed and i-hinged off the Sou
hour to some form of work. The foot long birfcge into Clear Creek
Elks put aside their dominoes, Fire broke out immediately
and meeting with the Lions, Kl-1 Unconfirmed reports at first
wannians and Rotariaiis in their said ^fifteen unauthorized pet-
neighborhood streets, cleared sons/riding the train renshwr
the drains and gathered up the ;in tlKe crash and flames that fol-
loose stones; the swarm of loaf- loy^ed. The rumor still persisted
ers at the Littlefied corner met-: today that at least five of a
ted away, taking the best jot) number of men known to have
that offered, cheerfully accept- been aboard the train, had lost
ing one dollar if no one offered ,their lives. *
five- the League of Women Vo- j Traffic of the road was be-
ters adjourned its meetings and ; ing detoured today from De-
the members found plenty to! Quncy to Lake Charles over
Ambassador to Spain, in Uie member of the committee whose era' days ago and Willie's bi .|
heart 'of the residental dis- name was not revealed has writ 't^er, Dolly, 22, was held. _
trirt late Monday. ten to Joseph S. McCoy, actuary ^ ^\at she had scon^l
There had been an old
of
Tim Hogg Highway
County."
Proposals may be sent by j
mail and when so sent shall be |
enclosed in an aditional sealed . y1-" "" ",u iU,L" yield might be expected from
envelope marked as above in- "t>en the two men. They met 8Uch a |evy The suggested rate
dicated. at; | e -vesterday and, according of taxation also was not reveal-
to spectators, Trevino dfrew a ed.
pistol and fired twice. Robles
died quickly afterwards.
BL m | After the shooting Trevino
Phone 130 printing g-ive himself up.
Ben F. Cathey,
County Judge.1
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the treasury, asking what Willie the day of the shoe-
ing and questioning was directed]
at him. \
Willie said he and his mothol
were squirrel hunting She wid
walking ahead, when the trfrl
ger of his gun caught in muni
brambles and was dischargedj
according to ,the alleged co
fession.
A blanket advertising tax was
talked of when the 1918 reve-
nue bill was framed, nut
jected.
re-
do in their own households; the
moving picture censor closed hts
the Kansas City Southern, from
here to Kinder, via the Missouri
desk find went home to white- Pacific tracks. It will be Wed-
wash a chicken coop; the child-1 nesday fcoon or later before
ren pulled up the weeds in the traffic can he resumed on th"
school yard; the preacher talked Gulf Coast Lines, officials said,
about the dignity of labor, and i All wires were put out of
made it clear than one could commission but several through
pray just as effectually in over- circuits had been established
alls as in pajamas; the ladies and were working today
found the garden trowel just as
restful to tried nerves as bridge
and the men that more could be
accomplished with the hoe than
with the golf sclub. Even the
university professor quit
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So What's the Use
Weep, and you're called a baby,
Laugh and you're called a fool
, - - , . Yield and you're called a coward
job of superintending the earth j stand and you"re called a mlue.
to mow the campus lawn. The smjje an(j they call you silly,
peat army, of upUfters d.s-| Frown and they you gnift
banded. Everybody was busy pu^ on a front a millionaire.
and there was nolwdy to reform
One afternoon the fire trucK
swung down the street and not
a single automobile chased ai •
ter it. There was a dog fight on
Congress Avenue and no crowd
gathered to see how it came
out. A pretty girl got on a
street elkr, exposing a dimpi«d
knee, but nobody saw it. The
man who had always stood on
that corner was painting nis
front gate. Everywhere wa*
heard the swiss of the paint
brush and the cheerful music of
the hammer and saw. After a
bit a stranger came to town
He found the most cheerful,
friendly nad self-respectirg peo-
ple he had ever seen, and Aus-
tin became the cleanest, most
orderly and beautiful city in the
world. A man who had been
asleep for sixty days woke up.
He though he was in heaven."
Some deaml And yet some'
ing of the kind could happen
ot in Austin, of course, nor in
Fort Worth. But there is noth-
ing impossible about it, arid it,
and it would seem like heaven,
ort Worth Star-Telegram
1
And some one'll call you bluff.
—Observer.
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PICNIC AND FAIR DATES
Hunt County Fair at Green-
ville, August 30 to Sept. 3.
Delta County Fair, Cooper,
August 23, 24, 25 and 26.
Old Settlers Reunion, Quit-
man, August 17, 18 and 19.
Texas State Fair, Dallas, Oct-
ober 8 to 23.
Northeast Texas Fair, Pitts-
burg, October 25 to 30.
A TO IN IC
Owvt'i TmUImi chill Tonk raster-«•
Energy and Vitality by 'urify mad
Enriching the Blood. When yon feet lu
strengthening, invigorating effect, see how
It brings color to the cheeks and how
k Improves the appeUte, you will than
appreciate Its true tonic value.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic to simply
Iron and Quinine suspended In syrup. So
plasssnt even children like It The blood
n*4i QUININE to Purify It and InON to
Enrich It. Destroys Malarial fsrms and
Grip ferine by lu Strengthening. Invigor-
ating Effect 80c.
BOXING EXHIBITION
JTSiP^rr
Thursday, August 18th, at
Amn.su Theatre Winnsboro, Tex.
Battling Whitlock, Champion of Hopkins Counly
VS.
"Shorty" Duke, Champion ot Wood County
BEN ANDERSON, Referee
A six round no decision boxing exhibition by the above well known hovers will be held immediately after
the first picture show the night of August 18th at The Amusu Theatre in Winnsboro, Texas.
Rattling Whitlock has been boxing for H years and has a good record for mixing it and taking care of
himself. He is 22 years old, weighs 140 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches tall and has a 32 inch reach.
"Shorty" Duke has been boxing for 4 years and gained notoriety when in France with the A. E. F.
having once boxed Johnny Dundee the featherweight champion. He is 24 years old, weighs 135 pounds, .
feet 5 inches tall and has a 32 inch reach.
Program for Thursday, August 18th
Justine Johnstone in "A HEART TO LET"
A KKALAKI PICTURE THAT WILL BE SHOWN IN DALLAS AFTER SHOWING IN WINNSBORO
Also Fox News and Tuson Comedy
THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE SHOW THIS NIGHT SO COME
I STANDING ROOM
EARLY FOR THERE WON'T BE
THE AMUSU THEATRE
"THE COOLEST PLACE IN WINNSBORO"
Admission 10 & 25 cents
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1921, newspaper, August 12, 1921; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268184/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.