Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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XIV.—NO. 27.
city election
jUsessor and Collector:
' COLON WYLIK
^STEVENSON
. city Secretary:
j C JENNINGS
J; f. GIBSON
jber of commerce
rhc bad condition of the
HEALTH PROMOTION WEEK
The State Board of Health
has set the week from April
2nd to 8th next as Health Pro-
motion Week. The first day of
the week, Monday, is clean up
day; Tuesday, Pure Food Day;
Wednesday; Sanitary Improve-
ments; Thursday, Child Wel-
fare; Friday, Prevention of
Disease among
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 22, 1928.
The marketing department
. ® Winnsboro Poultry As-
sociation report having made a
good start in disposing of theii
weekly supply of eggs. Sever-
al cases were shipped to a firm
in Dallas Saturay and we un
tierstand a good price was real-
ized. The writer was at the
Chamber of Commerce office
Saturday afternoon and watch-
ed the packing of eggs. Each
egg is neatly branded with a
rubber stamp, "Guaranteed,
Winnsboro," together with the
number of the shipper. They
were the nicest, cleanest lot of
hen fruit we ever saw, and cer-
tainly deserve the bonus of one
dollar a case which the asso-
Stion of these roads and es-i As Mayor I am designating'Ijh''has'been*annointed mJnatrpr
.,im H«« " April 2nd as our general CleaS 7 the
Up day. The people are earn- ""
estly
„ - «. School Child-
l leading west and north of | ren; Saturday, Health Sales
city, especially the Jim Day Pageant; Sunday, Health
Highway through 1' rank- Sunday.
"county, is receiving
from the Transportation
Highway Committee of
organization. I he secre-
I wish to call particular at-
j tention to April 2nd, designated
| as Clean Up Day. I hope the
Qlubs and churches can do
L was instructed to write something in the way of service
.State Highway Department on each of the others. Some
learn whether there was kind of program could be fol-
i way to improve the lowed out.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
SHIPPING EGGS
the Jim Hogg High
which he did and has re-
nd the following reply:
Austin, Texas.
March 15th, 1928
| Marvin Thomas,
«tary of Chamber of Com-
..erce,
nnsboro, Texas.
is acknowledged of
• letter of March 14th, rela-
bad condition of Jim
Highway in Franklin
nty.
i reply I can 'only state that
i local funds can be raised
which co match Federal
on a fifty-fifty basis, I do
tsee how we can hope to im-
ove this road in the near fu-
Thcre is not enough
ate Aid in our Highway Fund
I match Federal Aid dollar for
r, and besides, the present
only permits State Aid up
I not exceeding 25 per cent of
requested to clean up
their premises and streets sur-
rounding same; all trash that
can be burned amwng private
residences should be burned.
In the business district under
state rules no trash should bo
burned on account of fire haz-
ard. All trash not disposed of
thus should be placed in recep-
tacles so that the city can haul
same off promtply.
In connection with Clean Up
day and for the purpose of or-
ganizing the different wards a
mass meeting of citizens is call-
ed to meet at the Chamber of
'I he poultry association will
meet in its regular monthly
session Saturday afternoon. All
of the membership is requested
to be in attendance.
Are You too Big a Man to Con-
sider Poultry Profits?
Poultry alone could be made
to cover the cash outlay for
marketing the cotton crop on
many of our farms, if the far-
mers so desired. Many are re-
cognizing this fact, too. The
demonstation agents in one
county we know of reported
that 40,000 baby chicks were
Commerce Thursday, March! brought into that one county
29th at 2 p. m. This is of more
importance to our little city
than matters of financial af-
fairs and I hope interest will
be shown in the meeting. Any
clubs or organizations sending
oast of building a road, committees to this meeting can
ithermore, it is not the poli-
of the State Highway Com-
mon to grant more than 50
' cent of the cost of any road
her from State Aid or
Federal Aid.
[I appreciate fully the import-
pee of this highway and real-
! that its improvement would
! a great benefit to the people
Wood county and of Frank-
county, but do not wish to
lise your hopes by nolding out
fy prospect ( '' tV.. road being
lilt in the near future.
is true that the recent act
the Legislature will give us
great deal more money for
feuway improvement but this
p will go into effect (except
* trucks) on January 1, 1924.
I Press of work, I am sure,
pt Major Hutson from visit-
your county and I am again
Westing him to visit Winns-
wo and advise with you.
Yours very truly,
J. D. Fauntleroy,
State Highway Engineer. .
find out about, the details of
the whole weak in «* ««■
should decide on some program
each week as laid out by the
State Board.
Wednesday, April 4th, is
Sanitary Improvement Day and
I think at least besides Clean
Up day this day should be ob-
served. We have hog pens, j
last year. This number does
not include the many thousands
of baby chicks hatched out by
clucking biddies on the county's
own farms. The hundreds of
letters received by ihe poultry
editor of The Progressive Far-
mer are also eviden
CIVIC LEAGUE
The Civic League met in reg-
ular session Tuesday afternoon,
March 20th. After minutes of
previous meeting were read
.nd approved, plans of pro-
programs for the May day fete
were discussed. It was decid-
«>d to rHange the date to May
ihe 14th, which comes on Fri-
day. As it was not thought
'est for the school to have a
holiday in the middle of the
week.
If we are successful in car-
rying out all we have undertak-
en it will be a gala day and
long to be remembered in
Winnsboro. The school will
furnish a splendid program in
the forenoon. First, a parade
on beautifully decorated floats;
the Boy Scouts will take part
in the parade.
Music will be furnished by a
brass band from a neighboring
city. On arrival at the grounds
the Queen of the day will be
$1.26 PER YEAR
ADS IN NEWS
GET RESULTS
HARMONY NEWS
_ . Farmers are looking forward
This week Proctor Bros, of1 to the new cpop ^ ^
DeKalb bought the grocery cutting stalk8 and 80me aru
; 1 a/lor f j breaking the ground. Some
have planted their gardens, aTJd
if the fair days continue they
on Fast Elm street, and will
assume management in a few
days. We understand the new
firm will enlarge the store and
add new lines. Proctor Bros.
come well recommended as live
business men and will prove! knows,
quite an acquisition to our city.
The News extends them a hear-
ty welcome and hopes they will
be pleased with our town.
A little 25-cent ad in The
News brought about the above
deal. Proctor Bros, placed an
ad in this paper offering to buy
a stock of merchandise in
Winnsboro. R. L. Taylor &
Son answered the ad, the De-
Kalb men came here and looked
over the Taylor store and find-
ing a clean, bright stock of
saleable groceries, it did not
crowned. There will be May lo"* * consumate the
pole dances, drills, etc. trade- News ads pay whether
After dinner, which is to be y°u want bu* or seU-
the old fashioned well filled
basket kind, will follow sj>eech- HEAVY FERTILIZER SALES
es from prominent men
Efforts are being made to se-
Notwithstanding the unfav-
cure un airplane. So save your orable weather for doing farm
dollars and let's all take a ride.
—Reporter.
RAILROAD MEETING
An enthusiastic railroad
meeting was held at the Cham-
ber of Commerce room Wednes-
day afternoon. A delegation
of citizens from Mt. Vernon
were hpre to confer with
WinnslxSv^ citizens regarding
the 'sion of the I. and G.
n. vvJineola to Paris, and
\ ><ite plans to .induce
•e also evidence ^enough 11 >. tad
« giowlng interest in poui- n4 141. VeKlwn«
work the past several weeks,
he farmers seem to be in good
spirits and are making prepar-
ations to go to work in earnest
as soon as conditions permit.
will be planting com soon.
Health still continues to im-
prove as far as the writer
There has been lots of
flu, and several cases of pneu-
monia, but all are reported bet-
ter. Everybody feels better
since the few days of fair
weather.
Grandma Kating and Mrs. J.
A. Whitten visited Mrs. W . B.
Martin one day last week.
Mr. E. D. Smith visited his
sister, Mrs. Opal Carden, last
Saturday night.
Misses Opal and Bular Tam-
ernac visited New Home school
last Friday afternoon.
Mr. J. A. Whitten worked at
the Lee Cemetery last week.
The Coats school will tome
to a close next Friday, March
23. There will be a big play
the following Saturday night.
March 24. This was Mr. Gay's
second term of school at this
place, and he has done good
work.Everybody is invited to
come to the play. You can't
help but enjpy a good time.
The quilting at Mrs. Bryce's
Nearly all have already done as _______
much as they could in prepar-'was postponed from last "Wed-
mg their lands, the greater per nesday week to last Wednesday
cent of which will be planted 0n account of the bad weather,
to cotton. More fertilizers are The ones that were present
being sold this year. J. E.
Gait reports selling 590 bags
last Saturday. We do not have
were Mrs. Ben Grimm, Mrs.
Nolan Reneau, Mrs. Francis.
Mrs. Clyde Francis, Mrs. Fred
reports from other dealers, but Johnson. Mrs. Jim Willersom,
to pass through es.
suppose all have made good sal- tf i-s. Lee Allen, Mrs
try
And indeed why not? One
Southern county alone is re-
ceiving$600,000 a year from
the sale of chickens and eggs.
The extra cash from chickens
and eggs is more appreciated
now in boll weevil sections than
discharging in the when cotton was a better pay-
*E0LA NEGRO
GETS 99 YEARS
h the district court at Quit-
Mi last week Grady Roberts,
legro, was sentenced to 99
5? '^n *he ^penitentiary for
««■ of his wife. When the
* was called, Roberts want-
to plead guitly but this plea
iurt re^U8ec* by the district
J ar)d the prisoner was giv-
Bai? ^SUal Jury trial.
' .'ts was charged with
inla clui(^er his wife in Min-
airf i?Ve!?' months ago. It is
rifn'J i sh°t- the top of
Uto-i. . l away and then
L. d her throat from ear to
•
^Ro train"
WRECKER CONVICTED
,!n 2ve, /"Strict court at Quit-
5 o/ f?L H1(i jury in thR
°r muni Jnllnsor>. on trial
Showing out of the
rw l- 5 >, Sunshine spe-
LSP M'neola on Nov. 24.
nd Spnf„a v7dict of guilty
,p Deni! to 00 years in
rS • 1lury- Johnson was
J? the murder of
Tain «... '< x fireman in the
Cft1 Th<1 detih-
• day and at one time
'attl Penalty! 'lmC f<"' 'he
sewers _
streets, etc., all violations of
our law and we ought t<> make
a start towards solving these
problems at once.
In case our sanitary laws are
not enforced, strict measures
are going to be taken to see
that they are in the future. In
the business district the streets
and alleys have been cleaned up
and all merchants except one
or two perhaps are putting
trash in receptacles behind the
stores. We need your cooper-
ation in making Winnsboro a
city of health.
R. B. Ilowell, Mayor.
PLAY AT COATS
There will be a play at Coats
school Saturday .night March
24, entitled "Always In Trouble
or A Hoodooed Coon."
Characters— Misery Moon,
a hoodooed Coon—Homer Cal-
vert.
Gideon Blair, a Millionaire—
Floy Banks.
Tom Rissle, as slick as a
whistle—Basil Glasco.
Hiram Tutt, an awful nut—
Valton Gay.
Patrick Killer, a ticker sellei
—Elmer Francis.
Samantha Slade, a poor old
maid—Hazel Glasco.
Rosebud Reese, her charming
niece—Vera Francis.
Paula Maleek, a Bolshevick—
Beatrice Mullins. .
Lulu Pearl, a ragtime girl—
Juanita Johnson. ,
The public is cordially mvit-
ecj —Committee.
BARN BURNED
The barn of J. W. Belloniv
in the Little Hope community
was burned last Thursday.
Resides he barn, Mr. Fellomv
lost his supply of corn and hay,
together with a wa^on,
harness and a goat. There
were several $roat~ in 'Me b.°rn
at th<* Mrr e ' "L ^ driven
out except quo. No i; iuvance.
ing crop. Patches of green are
now to be found around many
farm homes where once there
were only the bleak cotton
stalks. "No, you're not going
to put up a fence to keep the
chickens out of mat wheat
field," we heard one farm wo-
man tell her husnand a few
weeks ago. "We're the only
ones around here who are get-
ting any eggs now while eggs
are highest," she continued.
"Running on that wheat field,
getting that green feed, is
what's making the hens lay.'
That little strip of wheat pro-
bably made more money, con-
verted into eggs that way, than
if it had been fenced off and
saved to be converted into
flour.
Not only can poultry be made
to furnish an important and de-
licious part of the home food
supply, but with proper atten-
tion it can be made to supply a
considerable part of the cash.
Providing green feed for con-
stant grazing in the winter and
early spring as well as summet
constitutes an important pan
of this proper jattention. 11
your chickens have lacked this
attention heretofore, better ie-
solve to give it from now on.
The farmer who will set out
to really help Mrs. Farmer
make some extra money on
chickens in 1923 will be happier
next fall than the farmer who
thinks raising chickens is be-
neath his masculine considera-
tion.—The Progressive Farmer.
mtlTUOXU.ST SOCIETY
Notwithstanding the weather
O. C.
Whittle, and Mrs. Ixm Lamb.
jThey Hn enjoyed a nice dinner
« lunch in the afternoon.
(Tntf f'tciiov will rr rtiM
at Mrs. Fred Johnson's next
Several routing speeches wre
made, each town promising the
other cooperation in the mat-
ter. Another meeting will be wais extremely disagreeable, j Wednesday.
held in Mt, Vernon next Wed-(there were fifteen present at Sunday School was not well
nesday which will be attended the Woman's Missionary So- attended Sunday, on account of
ciety at .the Methodist Church the cold weather, but if the
Monday afternoon. weather is pretty next Sundav
After a brief business ses- let everybody come and know
sion Brother Dabney taught their lesson.
the lesson which was a contin-1 MpncilI R.-r^au of C-.-press
uation of the Sermon on the v. ivrd . Tr. Oscar ' v'or ami
Mount. Brother Dabney is a i family Saturday ni,
splendid instructor and is mak- Several people of this cor.i-
ing the lessons so interesting munity went to Winnsboro Sat-
for us that we are always re- urday.
luctant to close the study hour, j There was a singinjr at Mr
At an early date the Society Jim Willersom's Saturday night
will put on that beautiful play, | Miss Ina Reeves spent Sat-
l>y a delegation from this place
Those composing he visitors
from Mt. Vernon were: A. J.
Patton, R. L. Weir, J. B. Ham,
J. M. Parchman, L. C. Rouse,
W. J. Moore, Frank Denman.
Lode Miller, Mount Taylor and
\V. T. Knox.
MRS. PIERSON DEAD
Mrs. W. C. Pierson. formerly
of this city but lately making
Dallas her home, died Tuesday
night. The remains were
brought to Winnsboro and fun-
eral services were held at the
Baptist church Thursday after-
noon. Interment was in the
City cemetery.
Mrs. Pierson was born in
Mississippi March 16. 1854, and
was 69 years and 4 days old
when she passed away. Her
husband preceded her to the
other world several months
ago. There are nine children
surviving, Mesdames Will D.
McLean, W. D. Rowell, and
Claude Garett of Waco; W. M_
Pierson and Mrs. Brown of
Dallas; I*e Pierson of Mexia;
Walton Pierson, Mesdames M.
A. Toole and J. E. Alvis of Aus-
tin.
TWO FIRES
"The Challenge of the Cross." j urday ^night and Sunday with
It will be directed by Mrs. ^
Louis Stephenson.
Mrs. Stephenson is not only
a very talented woman but has
had the best of training in dra-
matic art.
Watch the columns of this
paper for the date.
—Reporter.
Pastors'
and Workers
ence
Confer-
A GOOD PROGRAM
On Friday evening we had
Hie pleasure of listening to one
of the best little programs we
have heard in quite a while. It
was given by the puoils of Mrs.
Bolding and Miss Evans. Not
only was each number well
rendered, but we noticed a de-
cided improvement, showing
that they have had splendid in
structions.
Workers'
Rohoboth
will meet
Fred Johnson and family.
Mr. Bill Lawson of near
Pleasant Hill, north of this
rt>mmunity, lost his barn h*
fire one night last week. H *
also lost two fine Jersey cows,
and one fine horse in the fire.
Come to the debate next Fri-
day night, March 23.
Dud.
PURE FOOD SHOW
The Pure Food Show opened
this afternoon at one o'clock
with a large crowd in attend-
,r , ance. There are many booths
iuesaa> , Qf an exceuent display of food
stuff; also other lines pertain-
ing to the kitchen. The show
will continue afternoons and
evnings until Saturday nipht.
Be sure to attend.
p. m. In
by local
had the
the roof,
Saturday morning about 8:00
o'clock a fire alarm was turned
in from T. A. Bexley's resi-
dence, caused by a defecti%e
flue. The fire boys responded (
promptly and soon
blaze, which was in
extinguished.
Wednesday morning at l
Vclock the residence and house-
hold goods of Mrs. Bob Keele
were burned. The fire was not
liscovered until under too great
headway to be extinguished.
The fire boys, however,
he run promptly.
mad i
FOR SALE
The Pastors' and
Conference of the
Baptist Association
at Sulphur Springs
March 27th, at 1:30
addtion to addresses
pastors there will be speakers
from Dallas. Dr. F. S. Gron-
er, secretary of the Executive
Board, will speak at 2 o'clock,
in the afternoon. Every
church in the Assocaition is ur-
ged to be present. All pastors
are esi>eciallv asked to come.
1 « ^ i ii lcii ut* aiuuui.
Let women and young people jthe strawl)0m
come.
Freeze Hurt Strawberries
The freeze Sunday night did
a large amount of damage to
e strawberry crop in the
Winnsboro section. We under-
P.ohnie Grimes. Moderator., gtjmd AIbert Campbell esti-
mates the damake to his crop
MARRIED IN DALLAS
Allen Turner, President.
! of Iwrries to be around $2,000
[Other crops were also killed
! The same report conies from
Mr. Norris Butler and Miss other sections of the fruit and
Opal Stevens were married at track belt.
the home of Rev. John Roach
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sundav School 10 a. m.—Re-
in Dallas Sunday night. Both
are Winnsboro young people
and have a host of friends here.
Mr. Butler ha* a good position ger Carlock, Supt.
with Sanger Bros., and hisj Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:30
Auto knitter with 20 pourd* bride is with A. Harris, both p. m. Come and worship with
f wool. In absolute first class having been with these firms us. A welcome nwaits you.
-'>nd't'r,r>. fall at several months. We wish them Please report the si<4:.
& Garett's Shop. I much happiness and prosperity, i W. B. B'ount,
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