Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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WINNING HONORS
harmony news
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUNT v, TEXAS, july 19, im
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^ looks like corn Ig gointr to
The following item was re-;be a failure jf w ? "*«®
ceved b> T!"' *««h1 Woe«l rain soon.
Mrs. Grinder of Paris is vis-
iting relatives of this commun-
ity at this writing.
Little Miss Frances Hill was
real sick last week.
Mrs. Minnie Holder and child-
ren are visiting relatives 12 mil-
es north of Sulphur Springs.
We failed to report last week
that Miss Eugenia Fuller is
Three Rings, Count 'Em
uto from the publicity depart-
ment of Baylor University at
I Helton •
"Mis< Eva Acker, daughter
lof Mi and Mrs. C. C. Acker of
Winnsboro is attending the
Lmmer session of Baylor Col-
Leo for Women of Helton, Tex.
This is one of the largest sum-
L-r sessions "I' any school
the state,
in
. , . ... . !visiting her sister, Mrs. Rally
"Miss Acker is on® of the few j Brandon of near Newsome, who
Ijtudents iii B.i\ loi College. juis ;i re,(| ;|(,j. |)a|)V_
Bom grades so superior j Mrs. Mack Johnson of Waco
■that she is permitted to take.jg visiting friends and relatives
Bur C0urs( a term. She nas(0f coryi ^jr j0jjn.
■taken font courses every term ( Soll was also here several days
this year Mil'1 rcsvilt \\ ill be (ag0| |)tl^ ]111S j-,.turned home,
graduated from Baylor College Ilarry Lee Taylor, |ittk, son
o 1 Mi*, and Mrs. Oscar Taylor
was slightly injured last Friday
afternoon, at the church, by be-
ing thrown from a horse.
Two more popular young peo-
, ,iple of this community were
whicn Miss Acker has attended married last Thursday at the
Bayloi College she has been home ()f Rev Ralph Kerr> offi.
prominent in student activities. cjating minister. The couple
During her freshman year she were Henry Redding and Miss
Ms a member of the Blue Ron-iBulah j eagan> Henry is a son
wt Staff, the college annual. 0f Hruj jyjrs. Jim Redding,
Jv.jth a degree of Bachelor of
IArts next June. This is two
Iterms sooner than the average
■student completes college or un-
iversity work.
"During the two years in
IShe was also elected to mem-
Ibership in the Royal Academia
ISociety. This year she was
[fleeted secretary of the North-
least Texas club and has held of
fice in the B. Y. P. U."
I Revenue Officers Say
Agents Are Importers
Reports have come to the lo-
Icii offices of the United States
■Internal Revenue Department
Ithat account books are being
Ioffered for sale throughout Tex-
lu by itinerant salesmen pur-
Iporting to be officially recom-
Imended by the Government for
and Bulah is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Reagan. They
have lived around Harmony ev-
er since they were small child-
ren. As we said last week, we
wish for this popular young
married pair peace, joy and
prosperity. There are others.
Who will be next?
As I did not attend the Pick-
ton Farm Labor Union picnic at
this place July 12th,' I can not
give a full report of it. But
4om all accounts it was a very
•njoyable affair, with plenty of
linner and a large crowd. I un-
derstand that they had several
fine speakers with them, who
m
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pARMERS OIL CO.
ELECTS DIRECTORS
HCC0"nts for the delivered son>e very interesting
■mr rendering of income tax Caresses. A cloud'came up
I SL r xi u- r- ,i 4 3 o'clock, whidh caused
George C. Hopkins, Collector jtp a number to go home.
IS ST4 ?I8tnCt 0f 2^ Audi this Picnic should have
«, said that no form or method , ut off untn after Memor-
|«t accounting had been recom- : i f),lV
mended or adopted by the Gov- 4 Mr Q]over of Rethel will be
?n °r1the Internal Reve~ gin a singing school at Morris
P Department and that it g e alK)ut the ]st 0f August.
E.y, bcuy aI,y Best wishes to The News and
■eertain book or books for the :i(i rpndprs
■purpose of keeping income ac-: " Dud.
|(oonts.—Dallas News. J —
Blackberry Season Over
This week will about wind
up the blackberry season.
During the past sixty days
practically sixty cars of black-
berries have been shipped from
Lindale to different parts of
the country. This includes car
lots and local express ship-
ments. Fully forty-five per
cent of the entire crop was
handled by Lindale s three big
canning factories. A fair esti-
mate according to figures com-
piled bv L. W. Pierce, secretary
of the Lindale Fruit Association
is right around 100 car loads of
blackberries shipped and canned
this season, bringing: to the
growers between $175,000 and
$200,000. , ,, . ,
At one time it is estimated
that there were 1500 pickers
TEEL-STEED WEDDING
PERSONAL ud OTHERWISE
l^ock
Stockholders of the Farmers
Mton Oil Company met at the
JPan/s office Tuesday, July
•and elected the following
a,(l of directors for the ensu-
year:
| Jim Turner, Lon Cruce, A. B.
Pinson Newman, Will
Jdsmith, j0hn piemmons,
Hill, Will Gibson, Bob
ser, B. F. Fleming, W. S.
ropier, Jim Spivey, John In-
v- Attaway, B. F.
'P, "• C. W. Moore, John
* und -John Scoggin.
i e new hoard of directors
t()(lay, Thursday, at
! j °. "'1(1 remain in session
if ^ey will elect officers
i executive board for the
The wedding of Miss Ruth
Teel, a former teacher in the
Winnsboro High School, and
Mr. Frederick Steed of Mineola,
was solemnized at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and J
Mrs. J. T. Teel, Denton, Texas,•
July 14, 1923, at 8 o'clock.
Barcus of the First Methodist!
church olwciuled. j.
The living room, lit which th:> \ '
wedding took place, was bcauti- . y,
fully decoialed with cut w'o th.
ers, pink radiance roses Juid > OTOW..f
ferns. The bower, under which Millinery, a pretty lme to se- and moved to his former home
Mrs. W. V. Taylor is visiting
in Cookville.
Big* Bargains in Oil Cook
.... v.- w*4.«pbeirs ttig i4 ive.
i"«nup on summer ready-to-
.ii •-.lai fJoiciprise.
( Kohiuaou, Clothing.
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<iibaon
a v'u>iC
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harvest jubilee i
called |OFF
i
A meeting of the directors
and several members off* the
Chamber of Commerce wa<i held
Friday afternoon and the; har-
vest jubilee announced t(* be
held in August, was calle^
The date of the picnic cor
ed with the Baptist reviva
at the request of the pastor,
Rev. Binford, the above action
was made.
It was impossible to change
the date of the picnic. • The
Sulphur Springs reunion forties
a week before and the Olfl Set-
tlers reunion at Quitman the
week following that set for the
Winnsboro picnic. Th last
week in August the farmers will
he picking cotton. Henoe, the
only thing that could l>e done
without conflicting wifh the
Sulphur Springs and Quitman
picnics was to call it off./
FRATERNAL CONGRESS
The annual meeting of the
National Fraternal Congress of
America will be held at Lick
Springs Ind., August 27 to 30.
This congress was organized
twenty-five years ago and has
been continuous in its work for
the benefit of the insured mem-
bers of the several societies.
Several billion dollars have been
paid in benefits to the deceas-
ed members' beneficiaries which
has made possible the maintain-
Tatting threads 2 for 5c. 10c
shadow and linen laces 5c. 25c
fancy ribbons 2 yards for 25c. \ ing of the home after the bread
Other specials.—The Enterprise; winner has passed away, the
support of the aged and the ed-
The Amusu Theatre shows ucation of the orphan.
Every Afternoon
First show begins at 1:30 p. m.
Last show in the afternoon be-
gins at 4:30 p. m. When you
are in town visit the Amusu.
Chas. Robinson, Clothing.
H. C. Atta^vay returned Sat-
urday from Lindale, where he
was employed picking berries
during the blackberry season,
Sacred Harp Singing
The Wood County Sacred
Harp Singing Convention will
convene at Olive Branch church,
1 miles north of Mineola, July
•A 2k and 29. Kverybody in-
vited and you will be cared for.
J. L. Rountree.
the bride and groom stood was iect from. Sold below cost now.
a solid decoration of roses and —The Enterprise.
ferns while baskets, and vases — ; .
of the same flowers graced ev-. Great bargains in Remgerar j)een attending a business col
ery space. 'tors—at Campbells Big Five. - - - - -
Miss Ruth Speer of Denton —
near Como.
Miss Annie Gibson, who has
sang, with Miss Goldare Mitch-
ell at the piano. After the last
notes of the solo floated away,
Miss
Chas. Robinson, Clothing.
W. B. Sellers, National bank
Mitchell" struck the first; examiner, was here Sunday.
notes of Mendelssohn's wedding: ~ "
march. The bride and her at-! Let us make your better gar-
tendant, Miss Mary Ixm Jack- ments. Special machines. It's
son of Dallas, came down the greatly to your interest.—T. B.
decked winding stairway i Turner & Son.
lege in Tulsa, Okla., is visiting
her father, R. F. Gibson, this
week.
Chas. Robinson, dry cleaning.
Singing School Closing
The singing school at Hepsi-
bah will close Saturday, July 21,
with a picnic. Plenty of stew
free. Concert .Saturday night.
Admission 10c and 15c. Every-
body invited. Come and enjoy
the day.—J. H. Pruitt.
L. R. & N. Ballasting
The L. R. & N. Company
have begun ballasting their
track on the Shreveport divis-
lnJ? year and discuss mat- r f nnrtq of the
relative to the new fiscal'here from different parts oi tne
s biiiiina<.« hp.lninc to gather the im-
business.
Masonic brevities
Wh
in Ketchiken, Alaska,
■We<* President ""
state helping to gather
mense berry crop.
Local express shipments con-
tinue on peaches, plums, canta-
tomatoes, beans and
It is unlikely that any
loupes,
1MriMr stone of then w We^ie "items will be ship-
2'.c Jeniple at that place.
*Th R'te Masons of Wis-
have incorporated the
Wti
ped by the car load. However
express shipments are fairly
heavy
ConKw' mLSS| O"1"* to the MHtinued dry
for the ournoee of weather wotennelons have been
Pita/Unfa to er«tPaU iTsonic '■«>* short.-Lindale News
and for other charitar
of North
1'ablet , S P, ace<l ft marker and
"Pembw hl spot in th« City
tic loHo-*1 u ,e,re tlle first Ma-
1 *tato° v .meeting lr>
• Nearby Canadian
invited to pertici-
^ 'the features of
^ m4
In Refrigera-
Campbell'g Big Five.
HURT PLAYING BALL
AT COMO PICNIC
Idas Robinson and Herman
Robinson were pretty badly
hurt Saturday afternoon while
playing in a game of baseball at
the Como picnic. The two boys
collided when they made a run
for a ball, resulting in Idas get-
ting both bones of a leg broken
and Herman being slightly in-
ternally injured. They are
cousins and reside in the Coke
community. .« i.<
rose
into the living room, where
they were met by the groom
and his attendant, Mr. Elmo
Angel of Denton.
The bride was dressed in a
navy blue going away suit and
gray accessories. She earned
a boquet of pink rosebuds. Her
attendant, Miss Jackson, also
wore navy blue, a taffeta diess
with gray accessories; also she
wore a corsage of pink rose-
buds.
Mr. Steed and his attendant
wore the conventional black.
After the ceremony was per-
formed light refreshments were
Our Wagons are now moving.
Come in and get yours—either
John Deere or Leudinhaus.—
Campbell's Big Five.
Plan for your Fall garments
now. Secure better dresses at
a great savings. Talk with
Mrs. Parker.—T. B. Turner &|ion. Niblett & Phillips, gravel
Son. i contractors, began loading grav-
lei for them this week.—Hughes
Mrs. Gus Giles, son and Springs New Era.
daughter of Hill county were
Chas. Robinson, Clothing.
H. H. Hill of Scroggin was in
the city Saturday.
We are preparing for Fall a
store the ladies will l>e proud of.
—T. B. Turner & Son.
Mr. and Mrs.
left Wednesday
J. F. Turner
for Stanfield,
Served with Miss Annie MaejN. C., to visit Mr. Turner's par-
Andrews of Winnsboro presidents.
ing over the cake, and Miss
guests of Mrs. Lizzie Majors
the early part of the week.
Chas. Robinson, dry cleaning.
Corinne Griffith in "Divorce
Coupons," a gorgeous society
drama at the Amusu, Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Troy Jaynes of Jeffer-
aunt, Mrs.
How many tickets have you?
Twenty dollars and a string of son is visiting her
pearls given away.—The Enter- J. W. Fletcher,
prise.
Mrs. H. S. Martin and child
dren of Greenwood. La., are vis- j last week,
iting relatives in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Jones of
Palestine visited relatives here
Chas. Robinson, Clothing.
Mamie McConnel of Henrietta
presiding over the punch. Only
the relatives and close friends
of the bride were present.
Soon after the refreshments
were served the bride and
groom left on a wedding trip
amid a shower of rice, old shoes
and wishes of a long, nappy
life. Mr. and Mrs. Steed will
reside in Mineola.
A Guest.
Chas. Robinson, dry cleaning.
GREAT REVIVAL
Judge Frank S. Morris, Mrs.
Morris and M. B. Cunningham
are in the midst of a great re-
vival at Crockett, Texas. Re-
port up to the close of Satur-
3 _anrxnoo aava thP1*P
Tom Mix in his latest thrill-
er "Catch My Smoke" at the
Amusu, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Morris
left Tuesday for Colorado to
Don't forget that the Amusu
Theatre is open every afternoon.! Will Wilson commenced work
First afternoon show starts at! Monday on a brick business
1:30 p. m. Last show in the!ho,lse adjoining the postoffice
afternoon starts at 1:30 p. m.'block for Mrs. R. N. Robertson.
Don't never leave town until , when completed the building
you visit the Amusu.
Chas. Robinson, dry cleaning.
spend the
summer.
T. D. Compton, chief clerk
will be used by Mrs. Robertson
as a Victrola store.
The Third Alarm" dedicated
to the fighting and courageous
remainder of the railway mail service, was here 8P'rit of the Firemen of Ameri-
Twenty dollars and a beauti-
ful string of pearls given away.
How many tickets have you?—
The Enterprise.
Chas. Robinson, dry cleaning.
Carl Sutherland, Wm., Carey
and Felix Cames have returned
Tuesday from Texarkana, Ark.,
to give case examinations to
local postoffice clerks. C. J.
Harper made 98.51 per cent and
Miss Jackson 99.27.
j • Li fl aorvipp ravci there r€lix tames nave reiu'l,CM
have been inlhe^eighboHiood « .-toWp teSoothTex-
h&ve w
of two hundred conversions and
reclamations. The meeting will
continue over Sunday.
Dr. L. O. Garrett of Santa
Anna is in the city.
as. They report the weather
being too hot to make the trip
enjoyable. • I
The 3tore with the soap bar-
gain—Proctors. t
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wacken-
huth and little daughter of Tul-
sa, Okla., are visiting R. F. Gib-
son and other relatives.
Want to go somewhere to-
day? Why not visit the Amu-
su Theatre—it is open Every
Afternoon. First show begins
at 1:80 p. m. Last show in the
afternoon starts at 4:30 p. m.
Let's go this afternoon!
ca at the Amusu, Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. E. R. Williams and son.
E. R. Jr., of Denison and Mrs.
J. C. Jennings and daughter,
Grace, of Sulphur Springs were
the guests of Miller Mitchell
and family last week. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Miller Mitchell for a few days
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lindsey
have returned from Milford.
Waxahachie and Hillsboro
where they spent a week with
Mrs. Lindsey's brother and
father's families. '
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1923, newspaper, July 19, 1923; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268284/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.