Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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W1NNSBORO, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 12, 1923.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BODY 01 MAN FOUND
Present inJ^na now point °N ^ °F R0AD
to one of the swellest events
ever before staged in Winns-' County" Texas, April 6.—Hop-
N. & R. Booster11'1"" " <•-- <«• ■
Banquet in lionor of Mr. Idea
Sulphur, Springs, Hopkins
1,0,-0 th« I m"YV'o'T-jaunty, Texas, April 6.—Hop-
i^Vi^ -Vlss w* . a™**
born and his Louisiana friends
on the occasion of their visit to
our city Monday evening, April
28rd. Both the program and
entertainment committees have
the affair well in hand and long
before the arrival of these dis-
tinguished gentlemen every de-
tail looking to the success of
the occasion will be worked out
and in readiness. The banquet
proper will he hold in the Beck-
ham building on West Elm
street, and plates for four hun
dred will be laid
night expressed the belief that
the body of a well-dressed man
with his head nearly shot off
found in a canebrake on the
White Oak Creek bottoms, a
few miles west of Sulphur
Springs, late Sunday, is that of
a revenue officer.
1 hey ventured this opinion eye
after it was recalled that
$1.25 PER YEAR
BLIND MUSICIAN COMING
Jeff Smith, blind student of
Southern Methodist University,
who is preparing himself lor
the ministry and is endeavoring
to make his own way through
college; will give a concert hera
Friday night, April 20, at Op-
era house under the auspices oi
the Civic League of this city.
Mr. Smith, who
HARMONEY NEWS j
Health is very poor. There
are lots of colds, and flu and
several cases of pneumonia.
The singing convention was a
great success, with lots of good
singers present. Not m j
than three-fourths of the peo
pie could be seated, which vve
•are sorry of, but we hope they
. , . ,•■ ■ ls a mere j enjoyed themselves. We extend
boy, being only 20 years of age, an invitation to all the singers
Poor Boys Who
Became Great
By Frederick Houk Law
John Wanamaker, the Erran..
Boy, The Great Merchant.
nue officers from out of town
some time ago searched the vi-
cinity where the body was
found for a suspected whisky
still.
Grady Palmer,
In Philadelphia and in Nev.
reve- years of age. Jeff, as he i -'
Two hundred
out ol town guests are to be Springs resident, and
piesent, one hundred and sev- of fishermen, were
enty-five ot which are Louisi-
ana business men from New
Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexan-
dria and Shreveport. It was
found impracticable to serve a
banquet at fifty cents a plate,
because of this fact plates have
been raised to seventy-five
cents. The ladies are included
in this affair, in fact no enter-
tainment of any kind is com-
plete without the presence of
the ladies and we trust that
they will be very much in evi-
dence on this occasion. Rest
assured that there will not be
a dull moment, but two of the
m.wt delightful hours ever
Sulphur
a i arty
cutting
Sulphur
[ he never became a great
L or piano player. He went
in Dresden, and later
ndud the University of
ic. Greek and Shake-
i were in his favorite stu-
At thirteen he wrote
ragedy and began to study
Bony,
ffagner unfortunately be-
mvolved in the revolution
1818-9 and was forced to
in Switzerland. The elev-
[years of his exile were spent
hinting and composing, for
jwasa poet, essayist and crit-
bs well as a musician. Hire
pper worked out the idea of
itriesof music dramas on the
i of "Siegfried the Hero,"
Ikh are known as "The Ring
[the Niebelungs." llis opera
hengrin" was produced at
bimar during his absence b.v
friend, Franz T,vszt. After
Jurs of struggle Kin;.' Ludwig
[Bivai'ia came to Wagner's
listance and invited hiin to
court. Boon afterwards
Ipter founded his fnmoir.
•tre at Bayrcuth (Bye-
t), where his groat music
have been given .yearly.
"•er used his ovch ' 4 * "•>* ".'J'""-'' pj' p^u"h"r- tv> rtlv ve
much of the .•>. V"ingjuTci, it B 3. fJ. New- * '■ : moans ot
ing themes (leit niftiifs)'man, W. C. Dodgen, Joe Ivey,1 identification,
fishing poles on the
Springs-Commerce road late
Sunday, when their attention
was directed toward a pile of
logs near the side of the road.
They investigated and l'ound
the body of a man underneath
the logs. The head had been
nearly shot off. Searching for
a weapon, they found none, and
drove back to Sulphur Springs
and notified officers.
Head Nearly Blown Off
Dr. J. H. Hoibrook, County
Health Officer; Sheriff Sam|
bear the name of John Wana-
known throughout the
knife, when the knife slipped The play was well gotten up J"®^chant prmce, who develope
from underneath the rope and attended by an extra large frorn ^ lrnrTUKrant b°y lnto •
sti iking his right aye ball. Irn- crowd. There was some good
mediately he lost the eyesight! music also. The teachers, Mr.
as the one atfectea' the other. Js. O. Loving and Miss Mabel
When eight years old he enter-; McAlister, have done good work
ed the 1 exas school for the j which should be and is appre-
blinu at Austin, remaining]dated by the parents. This
there for eleven years graduat-1 was Mr. Loving's second term,
ing from there last June, re-j and Miss McAlister's fourth
ceiving his diploma and five term of school at tnis place.
Mr. Loving's pupils appreci
certificates in music from his
skill with several different in-
— ate a good talk from him on -f . , , , _
struments. Since then he has Friday morning when we met ^ had money enough
beer attending the Southern back at the school hruse to to buy the verj few things th.
man of vast wealth.
When Wanamaker was i.
mere lad he was immensel
proud of the fact that he coui<
earn as much as a dollar and c
half a week. In those days In
could not have gone throug
any great establishment an.
said, "This is mine" and "Tha
is mine" and "All that you s t
here is mine." He was luck
attending the Southern: back at the school house to
Methodist University at Dallas, j turn in the books.
preparing himself for the min- Miss Marie Felts of Pickton
istry using his music as a was a visitor of Miss Edna
means to put him through I Stanley Saturday night.
n,.. in. fitrifw vhoritt rri i school. Also on Sunday mom- Several boys of this commun-
SmTth J Si'™ Tf it p5S2lin« Jeff wil1 make a" address | ity attended the play at Gyp-
ol III I and Justice Ol the I eace £if Ma^nHict ohiu'dli nn Hm
J. F. Threatt responded and
spent. A number of reserva- held an inquest.
tions have already been made,1 Their findings were that the
see to it that your plate is re- Granger had met death from
served before Saturday night,'"hotgnn wounds nnti that his
April 21st. The following la- ht,8fl was "early blown off by
dies will see to the arrangement the discharge of No. 1 buck-
of the tal.'les and serve the eats. Is h 0 presumabaly diiected
Mesdames W. A. Nabors, from a near-by tree, judging
at the Methodist church on the ress last Friday night,
subject of Optimism. Price of Miss Estell Franklin
admission 25c to everyone.
Programme.
1. Piano solo, Scherzo in
flat minor, my Chopin.
Reading, watchin spark in.
George Baber, A. L. Wilfong,
Roger Garlofk, W. S. Dabney,
O. Marvin 'ihomas, T. F. Shel
from the nature of the princi-
pal wound.
After the slayers had killed
of Web-
ster has been visiting old scnool
] mates and friends of this com-
B : munity the past week.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wmtte i
are suffering fi; «n a bad attack
including the
"3.
|eSiegfried's horn-call, plavH W. C. ^Stev'nn-m'and Miss Ona buttons on his vest.
' certain instruments to nor- r.nasoll . ! The man was about 15 years
, . . I>->r-! Cassell.
py certain characters. ITe ■
in Venice, Italy, in 1883, i At the regular
old and wore a pair of overalls
rneetjnpp 0f the over an expensive suit of cloth
Cosir.ia Wagner, who was'directors of the Chamber of (,'s- ''he body was brought to
daughter of Liszt, and Sieg- j Commerce Tuesday afternoon a Sulphur Springs and ^ i l>eing
Wagner, her son, now j resolution passed appointing held at a local undertakers
>' on the Hay rent h festivals: every member of the Chamber
Hi ... t - J?
I
attract
lovers* f
sicians and of Commerce on the receplion
it all over the
pir.is Choi ii
Iwing Star
Tan'ihfiuier
Tannhauser
Wagner
committee to meet Mr. Eden-
born and the Louisiana flelga-
tion upon the anival of the
parlors.
FROM WHITE OAK
Health is some
i.
8.
9.
10.
Saxaphone solo, Believe Mej0f fi«. We hope to see thern
if all those Enduring j Up soon.
Charms. i A big hail and rain fell here
Piano solo, prelude in C at about 2:30 o'clock last Tues- with
shrrp minor, by Rachmani- j day afternoon. There was still ^ 8
;«i . \ I hail rm ground at. 1^;00
WiHj\ri r/TT fhrvpin. select A .o'alock the next Jay. No </.
Vocal Aclo "Sing Srni^e age has been reported.
Skriwkst" with flute ncrojri- Sunday Sen oof was wttt at-
tended Sunday. Let's conti:>"
to come, and know our l^ssms.q
Vergen Calvert and
Martin are reported sick.
panimei t.
Reading "Yankee in Love."
Saxaphone solo, "Sunshine
of your Smiles"
he actually needed.
At 18, John Wanamaker b(
came clerk in a clothing stor
In the intervals, when he w
not obliged to work, he stuci
ied in order to add to what h
had learned in the little tlrr.<
which he had been in schoo
and he gave time besides to rc
ligious woi'k with the youn;
men. In this effort he was <?;
earnest and so successful thu
> finally paid a thousan.
dollars a ye<:r to sei*ve as seer,
tary of the local Y. M. C. /
By the time he was 23 your:
Wanamaker had saved u
which t'
ent<-r into partnership in ;
"T,'y "''■tVp'.ig utoT*, T h (
(1 iii.Vde whil.
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<>ri:inft'
(>...{ of
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tor
othe
il!
hers and for th
T.'W remeillbe
is pro
Minuet in G. by
Selections in E
Mendelssohn.
Paderewski
minor
by
Examine Your Premises.
GBOUfiKS
(Bee-zay)
rn in Pails, 1838. Enter-
ivWaervatoire, 1818. Award-
de Rome, 1847. First
fp on i'rocojjio, produced
W. Others, Vasco, 1863;
FJIe de Perth, 1867; Dja-
liii . Mar,,ied daughter
the composer. His
^ work is Carmen, produ-
ai* e months |>efore his
ni'a, "ovv" probably most
^[tfall operas
M Other
of Mr. and
Mrs. Al McDaniel has been
quite sick, but is reported bet-
ter.
Miss Effie Bird was able to
go visiting last Sunday. She
had an attack of appendicitis
last week and her condition
seemed critical for a time and
better and
train in the city, and it is hop-(farmers all very busy with
ed that every member will do j their planting and other farm
,t,his, special reception commit-1 work.
(1838-75) | tee badges will be on hand fori The little baby
the occasion. Upon the arrival
of the train these gentlemen
will be saluted by n fire from
the National Guard boys who
will be at the station in dress
uniform. An automobile ride
over the city and out on the
pikes will be part of the pro-
gram upon their arrival provid-.'we are all glad to see hei up
ed the train reaches here on' again.
schedule time. Every automo-l D. W. Bird and family visit-
bile owner in the city will be ed Mr. and Mrs. Fowville
, , asked to be at the station with j Sunday.
umer vv .i, (except or her car for this purpose.! Jerome T arkison
FkE i'8A,SPTe|It is hoped that the entire cit-
ongs o'vertni J^ nc izenship will turn out with the
suites Di a i>an 01 i' welcoming spirit .and extend the
lh£ %,,D,ed ,5o"K>val .,K,ad you%omo hand to these
distinguished Louisiana citi-
zens.
O. Marvin Thomas, Sec'y.
0r XonK—Carmen—Bizet
: Memory Contest has Fine
Opening
a j. aft®rno°n at the Li-
auditorium forty-five in-
Knt f , children were
^ w the first listening
' iTiiioii j' CorTUTlittee was
i schi ^.appointed in the
wJ PuP ls, only one be-
1 wiI tlom there. This
iv J j'0 of vast benefit
> 0 these students ex-
conto6!1 ir t'le interscho-
yK,r- 0n
itice ti, , senior class
be on Mr l8ienil1g Peri°ds
te nf T j and Friday
• ^alnh r sday. Monday
& lta,- ™PheLW"' Sii
GEORGE McLARTY DEAD
^®lph
r!s ^pu' - Tannhauser
Chorus Tannhauser
itv Narcissus and
Fridav '"iT,!os®~Nevin.
„r «.\ Mrs. Campbell will
nor
>n
Posti
Son," - ® JW{
r Bizet
Bethoven
George McLarty died at his
home in Mt. Vernon Wednes-
were day, April 4, and was buried at
Crowel 1. Mr. McLarty was <8
years old, and an ex-Confeder-
ate soldier who served all thru
the Civil War. He leaves three
sons, Archie. Gillum and Owen
McLarty, and two daughters,
Miss Essie, who is assistant tax
collector of Wilbarger county,
and Miss Alice, who is in a
school in Kansas City prepar-
ing for foreign mission work.
His wife died several years ago.
George McLarty lived in this
section several years after the
close of the Civil War, leaving
here thirty years ago for > er-
non where he since resided. He
was a brother of B. D. McLarty
of this city.
and
last
and wife
Mrs. Banta
• visited Mr.
Sunday.
The community prayer meet-
ing met at the residence of Mr.
Sproles last Sunday night.
The young folks enjoyed a
nice singing at the residence of
F. L. Hdlliind .Saturday night.
Would like to know if "Dud '
wont to schoo! ft Pickton dur-
ing Prof. Cowan's term, if not
would liko to hear from i.o.ae
one who did. "" ru may addrss
your letter to A. K. Lamity cr.
Weekly News. A. K. L.
You will no doubt find many
things stored in the side room
barn, woodshed and attic that
have long since been set aside
and are now useless, and to
you, worthless junk, yet useful
and needed by some people,
less favorably situated than
yourself. If you have one or
several such items, now dealing
you misery by reason of being
in the way, or otherwise,
'phone us and we will try to
buy, or trade for what you have
to offer.
If you have somethring you
don't want, or want something
you haven't got. 'phone or
write. Our aim is everything
finally, new and second-hand.
Jennings Sales Store,
Mr. Lee
pneumonia
Ol
Copeland died
at his home ni
about 2:00 o'clock Friday mor-
ning. and was laid to rest
the Pickton Cemetery a„ ■" "0
o'clock the same day, to a..;,.,
the resurrection day.
Servant of God, veil dono;
Thy glorious warefaivV ;.r>t.
The battle's fought, the race is
won,
And thou are crowned at
last.
Redeemed from earth and pain.
Ah, when shall we ascend,
And all in Jesus' presence reign
With our translated friend.
Dud.
j.i'
f honest method
. original idea,
mg, Wanamakt
;row until b<
is to one
in th
enfeerpivi
ml.'rested. Jie
loons and gave
rs to pviTVone
.. : tisin
at the
counti.
up ba
Poultry Association Friday
111
a suit of cloth
who found
i ; iI;■«>n. in- sent out wha
looked like fashionable tally-h«
parties to scatter advertising
He posted strange placards tha
mystified people. He turne
every popular fad into advei
tising for his store. He spen
. urns in intrnducing fxponsivt
advertising mailer, and in at
tracting the attention of peopl*
t hr:«ighout the country.
!n all his active work M;
Wanamaker had always fount
The poultry association met
Saturday afternoon in regular
monthly session. The associa-
tion shipped nine cases of eggs time to carry on religious pro
to Dallas Saturday which were'paganda and to do work for th
' sold at very satisfactory prices. J benefit of the public. A;
Next door to Hurdle,
l)oro, Texas.
Winns-. The association voted to have j Postmaster General
of th.
j an egg fry at Musgrove Springs ' United States he institute
!on May 18. This will be fol-j great changes for the gooo
j lowed at a later date with a | IIis success was due to abs
'chicken fry. .lute honesty and to great ori-
i thonl- vnn for the sunnort! April 15 was the date set bylgmality. Perhaps, too. it wa,
> u Tuesday's elec- the association lior separating due somewhat to the laet tha
Thank You. Thank You.
given me in
tion which gave a decision^ in, |nfertile eggs for shipping dur- ed how to economize and how
CARD OF THANKS
Acala and Lone Star cotton
seed for sale at $1.00 per bush-
el at Cain's Ctiah Store.
We take this method of
thanking our many kind neigh-
bors and friends for their as-
sistance during the illness and
death of our dear mother, Mrs.
J. W. (Joe) Green. We also
thank Dr. Vickers for his ef-
forts to restore her to health.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Scroggin
and relatives.
FOR SALE
Auto knitter with 20 pounds
of wool at a bargain. In abso-
lutely first class shape. Call
at Westbrook & Garrett's.
my favor in the choice for City
Secretary.
And while I get no glory
whatever out of the defeat of a
friend, I truly appreciate the
confidence expressed, and sin-
i roosters from flocks to insure as a mere errand I>oy. he learn
infertile eggs
ing the warmer weather.
Next: P. T.
to use
money
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CARD OF THANKS
| storekeeper's
Showman.
Barnum, tin
Son, the Greal
WINNSBORO BOY WINS
I desire to thank the voters
cerely trust that I may be able for their support at the recent1
to faithfully perform the duties City election when I was elect- j
of this office in a manner that ed assessor and collector. I will
none will have occasion to re- try to show my appreciation by I At Sherman Saturday Texar
gret having made mo your giving good service while in of-, University won in all wrestlinj
choice. fice. W. C. Stevenson. bouts with Austin College. Ir.
j the 175 pound class. Leon Gor-
MRS. JOE GREEN DEAD j man, a Winnsboro boy in th
'State University, defeated
Gratefully yours,
J. C. Jennings.
PREACHING AT SMYRNA
RfV. B.
Mrs. J. W. (Joe) Green died, Crawford of Austin College ir
at the home of her daughter.18lx minutes. In the unlimited
iv. . m. F. Attaway will | Mrs. J. R. Scoggin, in this city. c'aSiJ. Gorman defeated Morgan
preach at the Smyrna church Sunday morning at 3:00 o'clock. I °> Austin College in five min-
on the 4th Sunday in April. Mrs. Green was 78 years old **ts„ Leon stopped here a fe'
There will also be a uni njon March 6th, and had been in days on his return to the Uni-
singing at Smyrna on the eth i ad health some time. Sho,ve*s,ty.
Sunday in this month. All j leaves five children, three boys|
singers are requested to be pr • j and two girls. Funeral servic-| Acala and I^one Star cotter
sent. Bring your books. #>s and burial were at Midway;seed for sale at $1.00 oer busk-
—Reporter. Cemetery. (el at Can's Cash St- re.
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