Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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city election
L Assessor and Collector:
1 SOLON WYLIfcJ
CAM STEVENSON
Ifor City Secretary:
j C JENNINGS
i T. GIBSON
IciTY election
NEXT TUESDAY
PROCTOR BROS. CO. BUY
TAYLOR & SON STOCK
To the General Public:
We have taken over the bus-
iness of R. L. Taylor & Son and
expect to continue the business
aloug the same lines, hoping
to hold all old customers and
friends and expecting new ones
at all times. Mr. Otis Taylor
will still be connected with the
business and take personal in-
WINNSBORQ, WOOD COUNTY. TEXAS, MARCH 29, 1928.
Pure Food Show Last Week
Largest Ever Held Here
$1.26 PER Y£AR
And n i doubt most of the tcrest in all your grocery needs.
Yours for service,
Proctor Bros. Co.
To our old Customers, Friends
|voters have in mind theii
(choice of applicants foi the dif—
Iferent places at this time, and
I in this connection I desire to( and General Public:
fthank all who have expressed! We take this opportunity of
[themselves as favoring my can- thanking you one and all for
idacy and promising their sup- the business you have given us
for the past seven years, and
hope you will continue to pati
ionize our successors, Proctor
Bros. Co. Otis Taylor will still
be connected wth the firm and
the business will be continued
along the same line as hereto-
fore.
R. L. Taylor & Son.
Iport on that date.
A few have urged *n]
Imake a thorough canvass
I too fbr votes, it being th&ir
(belief that there are some who
(will not vote for a candidate
Ithat doe.s not make a personal
appeal to them, but it is my
honnst opinion that there are
Iveiy, very few who will make
■this the supreme test, and as I
iinnounced in the beginning
hat 1 could not make a per-
onal canvass of the voters, I
m not attempting to do so. For
ne reason, my time is pretty
well fill occupied, especially the
past two weeks, since Mr. Cain
■hs been short of help in the
ptore, on account, of the ab-
tnce of his brother, and need-
my help there. Another
|f the fact that having lived
pere continually mr fifteen
years enables the voters to
now whether or not they
*ant me to serve them as secre-
and it occurs to me that
It would require the ability of
fn expert campaigner to change
a few days, opinions formed
Ions: acquaintance—a quali-
ation I dh not possess nor
vet. I await the verdict of
ne voters next Tuesday, with
The tenth annual food show
was held hist week. This was
the biggest, best and most pre-
tentious show of any kind ever
held in Winnsboro. Every-
thing was ideal for a successful
afiuir—the building, the loca-
tion, the weather. The Edel-
weiss Club and Winnsboro can
played hats. A more elaborate
or complete display of gar-
ments has never before l>een
shown here, and we doubt if in
any other town twice this size.
Never before have the buyers
had such a variety from which
to select. Several times gar-
ments and hats were sold be-
fore the model finished her
be proud of the success . f this promenade, buyers being ready
undertaking.
Opening Thursday afternoon
at one o'clock, the building was
to take them as the model step'
ped from the stage.
The Pure Food Show was a
LOCATED IN WINNSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Procter
and little son arrived from New
Boston this week and will make
Winnsboro their home. Mr.
Proctor recently bought the It.
L. Taylor & Son stock of gro-
ceries, mention of which was
made in our last issue. The
stock is being invoiced and the
new proprietor will be in charge
packed with visitors each dayjJfrand success and the Edel-
and night until closing time. | weiss Club is to be congratulat-
Dozens of visitors were here ed.
every day from Pittsburg, Min-
eola and Sulphur Springs. At-
tractive booths by the merch-
ants and wholesale houses
OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
Out-of-town visitors who re-
LIBRARY BUILDING EDENBORN EXCURSION
REPAIRS MADE HERE APRIL 23rd
The Carnegie Library has re- According to information le-
cently undergone some much ceived here this week the ex-
needed repairs. The roof has cusion train to ^ run'over lhe
been repaired amd repainted, t k, v " ..
broken window glass replaceo J.i.,"'/* 'f, eh s?on atle* Mr.
and the windows screened so shr^fewirt ' u w °
that rocks tossed by t h wP V" M,cKlnney biai.cn
thoughtless boy will not find | Su|lday'
their way through the glass.: i„!h , e *,a!n w,,'_ ar"
The windows in the basement J Springs Mon"
have been so arranged thatj2?ny' ,Ap?'t ,nJfweJor
they may be raised or lowered1... V , . '^'ac. , Winnsboro
from he inside without the usej;nir ' 1 " H' party tak-
of a stepladder. Altogethr, the • "P1*1 und spending tha
repairs put the building in as
good as new shape
The work was done by 0. E.
mg supper and
night here.
lhe excursion party will be
composed of members of the
Thompson and Iiomer Carson, j 'ennfl a,nd Baton Rouge
n \\r \n, „,.i i uusinesg organizations and pro-
with C. W. Moore as genera!■ ,:t. -
superintendent. The Civic- . citizens from towns
along the road. The local
Chamber of Commerce is a.-
League, which has charge, paid
the bills.
MAY DAY
wheie demonstrations of flour, gistered at The News booth at
cortee and shortening prepared the Pure Food Show were: The Civic League is hoping
by expert cooks who served | Mr. and Mrs. Boggs, Miss to make the community gath-
cake, doughtnuts, biscuits and i Florence Peck, Mrs. McGee ering on May 1st one long to
rolls to the eager crowd. Red■. Long Mrs. Zella Ginger, Mrs/ be remembered, on account of
Star and New Perfection oil Edgar Ginger, Miss Florine lhe evidencing of a strong corn-
stoves and electric stoves dem
onstrations were prominent
features and many learned
things about stoves they never
Ashcroft, Sulphur Springs. jmunity interest by every citi-
Mrs. G. A. Hess, Mrs. Roger jzen. It would show a fine spir-
ranging a suitable program to
be carried out the evenirg the
party is with us. Publicity
v. ill be given in time to insure
a large crowd to meet the vis-
itors.
The News feels safe in sav-
ing a loyal welcome will fx* g.v-
en Mr. Edenborn and the party.
Jt will be the most important
railroad gathering since th,
Garrett, Mrs. Ross Iless, Mrs.! it to make this a home-corning fj . ft..lir, . *i , j T .
Colquitt Hopkins, Mrs. Roy day and invite all the loved on-, A, p ,
knew before. Samples of can- Swayze, Miss Mary Partridge, es back to join in the celebra-1 l -lve' puuea ,nt< wmns
dy and ice cream, with numer- Mrs. Leon Hess, Mrs. Frank tion of the founding of our
ous printed advertising articles Ellis, Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Mrs. W. park. Make it a day of play
made one feel like he was at C. Boyd, Mrs. Sam Greer, Mis. when sunny curls and almond
the Dallas fair. s. G. Boyd, Pittsburg. blossoms may be tossed by the iV
The style show given by Per- Mrs. Noble Jones, Mrs. Law- same spring breeze as they
kins liros., T. B. Turner & Son, son Cathey, Mrs. W. T. Black, weave in and around the May
boro. The taking over of this
branch line and making a trunk
line from Dallas and
means more to the present
Hnnslwro than the little nar-
row guage did to the old town.
of the store by the time this W. C. Dodgen Co., and Mrs. W. 'Mrs. H. L. Denton, Mrs. R. R.i pole or swing, or frolic on thei THP , ,,pT1
w. /tU ao iff. HAtt/lAHo TT Wli nl lotr u/oo ilio m o in <m. i T> TJ XT #. I trill «> r+r* rctm/m jaw LjKj HIUnlv/IAlN?!
paper reaches its readers
Speaking of the departure of
Mr. and Mrs. Proctor from New
Boston, the Bowie County
News says:
"0. H. Proctor, who for the
paut sovorul years haa iuerin
serving as caahior of the Stare
Exchange Bank but who sever-
ed his connection with that in-
stitution the first of the year,
is moving to Winnsboro this
E. Whatley was the main en
tertainment Thursday and Fri-
day afternoons and evenings.
Perkins Bros, displayed; morn-
ing, afternoon and evening
dresses, coat su'*" 1 shoes.
Stribling, Mrs. R. H. Harris,
Mrs. L. Powers, Quitman.
Mrs. S. R. Hill, Como.
Mr*v 'Sendricks, Campbell.
Mr*. Walte*- BlacR, Mrs. J.
, L. BicKLam. Mr?. Chas Revell.
T. B. Turner & Son Mi„. >j,.VP.. Gr^iarn, Mr
'i
BtdcLam.
>j. AL. * T.. Gf/aam, nnrt
morning, afternoon and evening j Mrs. F. C. Reheau, Mri Emily
dresses, coat suits and hats,! Perkins, Mrs. W. B. Dickson,
featuring models made ih their Mrs. J. 1Vf. Falkner, Mrs. Tay-
gai*ment shop. W. C. Dodgen j lor Greer, Mrs. R. J. Gaston,
Co. displayed men's clothing Mrs. David Steed, Mrs. H. W.
®ly one promise, that of faith- week where he will enter the | and shoes. Mrs. Whatley dis-j Meredith, Mineola.
K.Mryice to the best of my
if elected.
J. C. Jennings. Adv.
DIRECTORS OF
C. OF C. MEET
The board of directors of the
Pwnber of Commerce met
Tuesday afternoon with twelve
F the fifteen members present
N President J. E. Southerland
Pending. Joe Irvey was add-
«to the board.
Secretary Thomas read a
DJnjnunication he had received
atlve to the L. R. & N. ex-
mercantile business. He is
having his household goods
sent through by truck, D. H.
Hopkins making the trip in his
truck, and Mr. and Mrs. Proct-
or and son will drive through
in their car."
• ♦ •
"The members of the Mis-
sionary Society of New Boston
regret to report the loss of one
of its most valued members and
co-workers, in the removal of
OBIT
!Y
Pierson—Mrs. Ida Pender
Pierson died on March 21st,
1928, at Fort Worth, Texas.
She was bora on March 16tn,
185-1 in Marshall County, Mis-
sissippi, where she grew up to
young maidenhood. At the
death of her father, Rev. J. W.
Pender, she made her home j concourse of weeping friends I
spoke of her as the sweetest,
gentlest soul they nave ever
known. She wrote many beau-
tiful songs, and published a val-
ume of poems of unusual tend-
erness and merit. Tht funeral
was conducted in the First
Baptist Church of Winnsboro,
Texas, on March 22nd, 1923, by
village green
The young lady teachers of
the schools are working intel-
ligently on a May queer pro-
gram and we are sure that fea-
ture will a sucqess and some
hunpy hearted maiden will be
saying, >
"Wake and call me, call me ear-
ly, dear,
Tomorrow will l>e the happi-
est day
'Of all the gladdening year;
'For I am sure to be Queen of j
May, Mother,
I am too be Queen of May.
—Reporter.
The Little Musicians will
meel with Julia High tower Sat-
urday afternoon, March 31, at.
2:30. The following program
will be rendered:
n g
THREE DEATHS
Mrs. J. A. Lane
Mrs. J. A. Lane died in
Shreveport Thursday, March
Sir\g-song by pupils.
Pieno sole, "First Pie'e rf
the Star Performer"—Daisy
Porter.
Reading, "A Cou rti
Rhyme"—Olive Lusk.
Song, "Dear Little Stranger"
—Edith McCalman.
Piano solo, "Longing"—Eli-
zabeth Suiter.
Duet, "Cinderella"—Sallv
Lucy Andrews and
Holding.
Piano solo, " \
1 Pink"—Gladys Bro
Discussion by i
Beryl
> am
Ji.s Car-
lock. Teretha Hollinshead, Lo-
the pastor, Reverend T. A. Bin-j^: body was j rene Cassel, Audrey Fay Roun-
, nr.a0an„0 nf „ inrcro Winnsboro and funeral services ... .• j
the presence of a arge Ly reMence „f fi. M.
MrsT6.*H.'Proctor, who t°Uvith her aunt, Mrs. Maryj,1[Mj relatives. She is survivediH^ges Satard^ morning af-
make her home in another I Mansfield, at Memphis, Tennes-iby tw0 brothers, Reverends R- ter which intp
Jown. . I see. Subsequently, she became ic' and H. B. Pender, a sister,!'" Harmony Cemetery.
While we will kneely m's^|the foster daughter of Mrs.[Mrs. Eva Garrett, of Altus, Ok-
raion train whi'ch win ifAnTn the association of this J?ood|Sarah Neal, also of Memphis,|lahomAi njne children, and,
* city the night ofMonday" woman in our church work, we Tennessee, under^ whose loving | twenty-two grandchildren, who
pnl 23. Mention of this ex-
Fj^'on is made in another col-
f>n of this paper. The matter
entertaining the visitors was
Mussed and it was decided to
w with a banquet to be styled
nL n ^ N. Booster Ban-
Plates will be 50 cents
«h and
every member is urg-
wuiiiaii ii "i.. i
congratulate the church people
at her new home on being able
to add to their membership the
name of this faithful and intel-
ligent worker.
She has proved herself a cap-
care she was .educated. She;„orroW not as tHone who have .home of her son. Will H. Cart-
came to Texas in 1874 to live:n0 hope, knowing her to be at.er, Sunday, March 25. runei-
with her brothers, Revei-ends re9t ,n the beautiful Home. | n.1 service and bunal at Hope-
H. B. and R. C. Pender. She "Where love has put off in the .well Monday ^afternoon,
was united in marriage to Hon. |and 0f its birth, |
W. C. Pierson, of Winnsboro, fhe stains it has gathered in ,'ouls ^eeo
tree and Julia Ilightower.
Duet, "Belero Capnce"—Tom
Alvis Craddock and Mrs. Beryl
Bolding.
Reading, "When lie We it
Home,"—Doris Craddock.
_ Piano solo, "Through Sunny-
Mrs. J. E. Carter died at_ the pje]f|s"—Lucille Brow n.
Mrs. J. E. Carter
able and willing workei* during Texa8( jn 1875, and her devotexi thi9;
her stay with us
Mrs. E. M. Jackson,
Mrs. J. E. Anderson,
Committee.
GEORGE E. LOVE DEAD
EL.Uy # leaj5t two- Invita-
w'" be extended all the
u^dinjjr towns to attend
join Winnsboro in a grand
e|come to Mr. Edenborn and
road. Arrangements for a
c be made and
m building secured,
Possible. Rev. W. S. Dabney
lfl 'rtTian °f the committee in who diedon - jc.
r?e- March 20. Mr. Love was ae
pot agent for the American Ex-
press Co. at Denison. Mrs.
Love and son accompanied Miss
Howard home for a little visit
but will return to Denison Fri-
day where they will reside. ,
SUSPENDED SENTENCES
husband died on January 23rd, Andt Hope, the sweet singer,
1922, only a little over a year that gladdened the earth,
Musical puzzles.
New musical games b> learr*
—the peanut race, postoffice,
lotto, etc.
NEFF HONORS ANOTHER
WINNSBORO MAN
S.?ther ^bings that came
nrf , ,"LSCUssion was the park
^ tabernacle. it looks like
be built, as
are enthused over
, Pfoposition.
n, !inK the railroad meet-
heiH iJu,Was announced to be
he <?L * ^ern°n Wednesday,
honai61^' stated he had a
*rv n. f.88aPre from the secre-
«r f ,;'le Mt. Vernon Cham-
_'^erce stating that
fleeting untj of tbe rain the
il nei hJ?d been postponed un-
EnIUeaday- A Kood at-
ted ° om Winnsboro is ex-
Miss Alma Howard returned
last Friday from Denison wnere
she attended the funeral of her
bvother-in-law, George E. I^ve,
the morning of
re-
The Pittsburg Gazette
ports ten convictions, with pris-
on sentences ranging from l to
Louis Steed died at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
o Fuller Steed, in Mineola Wed- Governor Pat M. Neff has
before" her sainted spirit took Lies "asleep oa the bosom of nesday morning. The remains appointed AJf. Morris to repre
-• ■ " * " ~ bliss." j were brought to Winnsboro and sent the State of Texas as a
H. B. Pender, 'laid to rest in the Lee Cemetery delegate to the Eleventh Anno-
Thursday afternoon. ' al Convention of the United
its flight for Heaven, there to
rejoin her husband and other
loved ones gone before. She
was the mother of ten children
—Marshall Pierson, who died
in 1882; Judge W. M. Pierson
of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. M. A.
Toole, Austin, Texas; Mrs. W
D. Rowell, Waco, Texas; Mrs.
C. M. Garrett, Waco, Texas;
Mrs. Will D. McLean, Waco,
Texas; Judp;e I>ee P. Pierson,
Mexia, Texas; Hon. Walter C.
Pierson, Austin, Texas; Mrs.
Howard Brown, Dallas, Texas;
Mrs. J. E. Alvis, Fort Worth,
PURE FOOD SHOW AT
SULPHUR SPRINGS
The News will have more; States Good Roads Association
lengthy notice of these deaths
i in our next issue.
Under the auspices of the j
Presbyterian women of Sulphur
Springs, the annual pure food.
MUSGROVE SCHOOL
to be held in Greenville, S. C..
April 16-21, 1923. Mr. Morris
has accepted, and will attend if
possible.
Forest Home and Webster
P '°per brand to suit
fiernt j e ^ave seven dif-
fff^-The W. A. Nab-
Ult Company.
She was baptized into the fel-
lowship of the First Baptist
church of Winnsboro, Texas,
soon after her marriage to
s''veare^ irTthe~d?strict court at Hon. W. C. Piewon, an^ was a
that niace last week. Five, most consecrated, unselfish and
were charged with burglary self-sacrificing Christian char-
otfT K with violating liquor I ftCter. She was for many years
laws All w^re ^en suspend-'a great sufferer but was al-
ed sentences ex celt one fellow ways patient and cheerful, of^a
charged with burflary
, , The school at Musgrove will
show "will be held in the build- j close this week and the pro-
ing formerly known as the D. trram an-anged for the closing
M Smith Hardware on Connal- 1 not be until next ^iday
AprilJ^opening Wednesday the | night'we will have a short play j ^great^Apostle Paul, a man
Texas, with whom she was ^ftera^'and^Singsj Come to the exercww and es-
siding at the time ^be^death. ,Thursday, Friday and ^Satur- pecially to the llc0^n^tee.
"Forsake not the assembling
of yourselves as the manner of
some is" is an exhortation of
Just received shipments
"hinavare pr^ vtry low.—
The Variety Stort. |
poetical turn of mind, and rad
iated jov and happiness in the
of hearts of all with whom she
THie in contact. Many friends
who mourned over her death
day.—Sulphur Springs Echo.
WINNSBORO WINS
In a game of baseball at Min-
eola Friday afternoon. Winns-
boro defeated Mineola in a
RESIDENCE BURNED
The residence of Med Pat-
rick, about 2 miles northwest
of God. It was for the church
in his day and it will apply
equally as well to us. If it
was not worthy of acceptation
he would not have spoken these
words recorded in Holy Writ.
Therefore let us come together
in the house of the Lord.
Preaching at Forest Home
the preceding Tuesday on locil
grounds, the score being 8 to 2.
Mrs. J. E. Gait and family
visited in Mt. Vernon Sunday.
of town, burned Saturday af-, Saturday, Sunday and Sunday
ternoon. There was no one at!night. At Webster Saturday
afteynoon.
bofore the
score of 17 to 12. Winnsbo'o |10rne at the time except two,njprht and Sundav
won a game from Mineola smau children. Everything was Come thou with us
a total loss. Origin of the fire
was not learned.
Horace Hornbuckle
Greenville Sunday.
was in
Lord and it will do thee
J. M. Lewi?. P
Mr. and Mrs. Dnvr
Mineola were h^re S'U
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1923, newspaper, March 29, 1923; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268268/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.