Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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Tyler, Texas
Sale Of
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One-Third Off On
[dies and Misses COATS
Small Charge For Alteratio
ns
iThe bitrsrest clearance of modish Coats fo; Ladies and Miwe begin* tomorrow,
bout ^xvptjoii wiU^be^ placed on sale every Udie8 and Miwes Coat in ,lock from
|Do not wait buying your Coat any longer, „b now your choice u complete while
on they will be more or leas pickedover. 1 '
[fine materials, Superior Styles, Tasty Trimmings and better
our exits from the many others.
workmanship distin-
LADIES COATS
MISSES COATS
S9.50 COATS
$19.50
tJjO C0\TS
- - *26.35
19.50 COATS
$33.00
19,50 COATS .
, $39.00
1,50 COATS
$16.50
[5.00 COATS .....
t_ $50.00
K.00 COATS
$63.50
115.00 COATS ...
$76.50
125.00 COATS
$83.50
135,00 COATS
$90.00
150,00 CO ATS
$100.00
189,0(1 COATS
$120.00
$10.00
COATS
$6.67
$12."i0
COATS
$8.35
$15.00
COATS
$10.00
$22.50
COATS
$15.00
$29.50
COATS
$19.50
$35.00
COATS
$23.50
1W5 CARDINALS
At a meeting of the football
iwjuttil of the Winnslioro high
im'Iioo!, WhiUon Held, star pilot
iiiun v. ;im nckctcd captain fat
Jh* I '*i luoti«d| squad. Alum.
White, htelluj' end was elected
Bu*ine.i Manager.
Although the Cardinals did
not win a game this year, they
nav«* thf distinction of licing a
hard team to beat. One tie and
three defeats being the reeord
Only iti points were scored a-
gainat them to their 7.
C aptains and managers were
elected for the baseball and
track teams. Spark\ Howard
all around athlete and mih
horse was unanimously elected
captain of the track team. How-
ard was the only Winnsbom
man to go to the Interscholastic
League meet at Austin last
| year. Ray Waller was elected
captain of the hascliall team
Ij with Alvin Waller manager.
"They catch and pitch.
Mr. Edwards, who shows
more interest than anyone in
our athletics was chosen gener-
al supervisor of all sports
I Mans are being mad .' to put
on a minstrel in the near fu-
ture for the benefit of the ath
letic fund. We appeal to the ci-
tizens of Winnsboro to support
all sports more. They do more
to build up character and man-
hood than any one thing.—Re-
porter.
CARD OF THANKS
|addition to our big coat sale we call your
furs, which make a most desirable
fitly redacted prices.
attention to our big assortment of hand-
Christmas gift, and which are being sold at
and Chokers at $1|>.50, §29.50, 139.50. *19.50, $59.50, and up to $1"0.00
AND HAND
■DIES HANDMADE
ND HONKYDEW
DRA iVN HATISTE (JOWNS IN PINK. ORCHID
$1.95
FRUIT TREES
the ordi.irdist is able
Nourishment to increase
I aiul resistance of his
g«to winter'* cold, so is
I fortified with
"s Emulsion
JnJinow t.ikc ir ns re'gu-
Ithcy take food, to build
l^istant c iitui to protect
i winter s cold aiTives.
hksson from Na-
P®P your body
pitsi>t wv.ikness—
jfs Emulsion!
fcBlootufield, N.j. 24*29
Wood Ciounty Inter-
scholastic
ment to hold its final contests
League i" the new gymnasium at tlol-
I den Texas.
The directors of the Wood I Seventh, the committee fur-
County Interscholastic League ther voted to respect !uil\
We, the children and broth-
ers of Mrs. Mattie Arrington.
wish to thank the good people
of Winnsboro and surrounding
country for their kindness and
words of sympathy during the
greatest trial of our lives—the
death of our v°ther.
We especially thank the fol-
lowing ladies for the beautiful
floral offerings: Mrs. Delia
Aldridge. Mrs. Kitts. Mrs.
Wade Weatherby, Mrs. Chas
Robinson, Mrs. John Grimm
and daughter Gladys, Mrs. Ho-
sea Johnson, Mrs. Willie Tug-
gle, Mrs. liuroughs, Mrs. Sut-
ton, Mrs. IJ. C. Campbell Mrs.
R. L. Smith, Mrs John Martin,
i Mrs. Fletcli' r, Mrs. Welsh
and Mrs Savage.
Respectfully, Homer Arring-
ton, J. P. Arrington. C. E. Ar-
lington, J. C. Arrington. E
A. Arrington. W. A..Arrington
Mrs. Minnie Jones, Mrs Emma
Fox Hunter
Over Seen# Myttmrj
Ku <«.- writ* of tiMating with-
Mil alltlditlf (« Ik* lM|W1Ut lllllla
•f *f*tit T\> lUr aubjert I*
jr \iiB<wnv*aUonal. If am more*.
Thai at least t* thf fimtf nbkii It I a*
K. K Kommlllf offer* f,«r quaint
this i • «<«prclMMbie lacititai in be*
iiu .-i r.e* «f Irish Ufe:
We wrrr bant la* ta the hill*. It
** a bfl|kt and suouy day will, a U|liT
aad taciiablnc touch •* trm. Th*
bound* were drawing al«*| lb* Mtk-
era aid* of a big* bill cohered with
abort rough era a* and b*«tb*r with
fun* brake* bar* and tb*r* ataoag
ib* rocks W* bad not -fouad." bat
lb* hound* *er* busy "feathering"
aad wee* obviously sure Uut a f*i
bad beea about Tbeti on* of tb« <1*14
rod* up to at and aald arltb Icy
ralre that m often masks tb* (I teaa
of prld*: I
"There"* your f«i mwtw " R*
polntel wttli hla whip to something
'hat l ok*d Mke a rasty can lying ua-
d*r a fur** Uu*h
A fui: N, t as I flr«i feared dead,
but very much a I he, I eta eked wy
*blp at kins, and he slid away over
the hill. rr«**:af afier balf a doten
yard* or *« a wide hlackeaed pat.Si
here furae bad been burnt. In an
inatant w* brough! ih* bound* to ih*
pla<>* whet* he bad lain Th*y mad*
no ouirey. Tti*y wer* lntcreaied. but
no more than that. We took them on
and en>*aed the burnt patch, and aud-
denly oii It* farther verge ihey all put
their head* down and wtM away with
a about, and we bad a brilliant forty
minutes, till the f\i* !>*at u* on tb*
^dge of the aoa and c'l ssf* Into a
allt In the rtlffa.
Why «li«MtUI the bed of the ft>* hare
been !«•** odor-nt* than hi* light feet,
and «h* did the hound* not acknowl-
edge him until he had enmmd th*
burnt Ml of bill? Theae thing* are a
my*tery.—Youth's «'omj anIon
Anderson,
M. D. and
and her
Ira Steed.
brothers, i
C ARD OF THANKS
ask
met in a called meeting at Quit-j the Count;. .Superintendent.
man, Saturday December 6th. who, by the Constitution is <ii-
j and the following items of inter j 1^ect0r of the rural schools <>l'!
jest were carefully fl'-sCll88t'd|t|ie county, to call upon all sell- We take this method of e\-
and decided upon: ( . o). tla,'l.ountv t0 K,ant a]tendinis our thanks and appre
First, the date of the conn- * , , leiation to the many friends
ty basketball tournament was hohda\ on the .. for the kindness shown in the
set for February 18 and 14th at meets, and come together loi a suriilen death of our beloved
Golden Texas. And the commit general up-litt of school spirit |1US|);1|1(|, father and brotlu-r-in-
tee agreed to insist upon all j and school interest throughout |aw \\ 0 ajso wiuit to thank
league 101 les
American Indian May
Have Come From Egypt
It I* probable. If not certain, that (
the American Indian did not coma
from Egypt but that In centurlc* fol-
lowing the glacial era. or even later, |
irlbe* started to migrate. It Is aiso
very poaslble that at that particular
tlm* Asia nnd America were no? svp-
anitid by a body of water in th*
■ortbern part—that Is. between Ks.ra- j
rhatka nn«l Alaska hy the llehrlng !
*eu. Then wh> would It he lrnprob- j
ahle that a few triliea starte l on their
mlgrHtlon In a nortbeaut directl n «*
later migration* *tnrte<l In h north- j
west dlrectlcwi?
rurthermore, ont- of the oldest gym-
bolt of tlip world Mill l>e found from !
8lherla to Ceylon nnd from Alaska t«
the Tlerra del Kuego. if n«t In Its en-
tirety, always In a rei-ognlitahle fonn. |
I am speaking of the swastika nnd w
kno^ that the awattlka Is Asian In j
lis origin, says t r. P. Anther In Afl i
venture Magtixlne
Tl>e feattir«*!« of the Indians nre not
Mongolian hut Asian There !s no !
douhl there and !ii the eyes of some j
you find the same « harscterl*tlc4 end '
a'so the cheekhon--* In l th nre pr<>ni- |
Inent but not like the Mongolian
n .«e.
'■■■■■■
ache
.. ckache
l « V en taking Car-
fl*rs. Lillie Bolton.
' irovi(ienc«. La. •iT
l health and
un'!1 1 «niy
! "? poundi. I had
•in my tidea and
lite W th« time.
* did of medicin#-
Htri.dmd
reediclna,
n* good.
IDIII
"inn's Tonic
I i®crQv R bott,# 1 n#"
jRte8?1-1 «°n-
iCvV **$ h*t-
; 1 paia* la
dlx.*®* dl"P-
'OntM **'n
CaSd T } wai*h
JJ"n an,| diitreaa-
3Sr' «UHd fcv fa.
i i| tha h«lp
it a fai,,
in every contest
throughout the entire year.
Second, The committee furth-
er decided, in motion duly car-
ried that each school desiring
to participate in the final cham-
pionship contest in basket hall
must lx; a member oi the Inter-
scholastic League, must have
paid his basket ball fee, must
have played as many as four
games with other member sch-j
the county.
Eighth, It was
throughout
| those who contributed the flo-
further decid- ru| offerings. Also Dr. Dickey
ed that a small fee would be f01. p1(„npt response and faith-
charged for the events to help fulness.
to defray the expense of the Mrs. J. I. Plemmons and sis
organization. Iter Bertha
Every school in the county I
should join the League at oncejjiy
and begin work, in order that Mn
w e may have the best meet J jiy.
that the county has ever had.
J. N. Moseley, Director,1
Mrs.
Mrs.
C. S. Clayton and fam-
W. D. Gibson and fam-
.1. C. Gibson and family.
\. S. Gay and family.
b,n winnsboro
ools in Wood county prior
the final contest, these '0111
games may have been played
with the same school or with
different schools, and a record
of these games should be kept
and presented in the final con-
test.
Third, Questions, pertaining
to new rules were discussed
and interpretation of same ag-
reed upon. All schools are urg-
ed to fully acquaint themsel-
ves with ail rules pertaining o
each and every event in ordei
that they may be carried out m
every contest. .
Fourth, The committee also
voted to include a girls basket-
ball contest in the county meet
this year, to be pla.ved undn
the Volley ball eligibility uh«
and also a junior boys lm^'.
ball contest to mc ude nl!
boys below the Hght P '
The finals in these two eyinU
at Golden. March
to General, Alba, Texas.
Foi Home and Stable
INTERMEDIATE I.EAtilE
Christ's Heroes in
Lrarn From Lazy Man
Manaccr* of n <lepHrttneni >tiir*
wrr*1 a«ked to pick out their l«-«t
M'ean'an. writes Fred Kelly In thr
Nation's ltu«inr«* that <>t! ers niieht
*tud) hi* methoda They io «kod up
their revxK ar.il picked ;i man lint
*n Invest!*;"!ion of hl« rnvthols quick-
ly ahowrtl tl jit he wn« or<'.> v. medlocra
salesman True, lie t rui v..|,) more
than iii>ho-|\ >n his de|vartmei>t.
but this was Ih eonse he had the heavy j
expense of a «lck wife an<l eonse- (
qiientlv tsniKiinl Incentive to work
hard for more c< ni"ii**lon* While j
he soul a lot of gomls. lie did It with ;
waslrfii) expendl'un* of hi* energies '
Sever '.I other *ale ;:n'n sold almo t a*
Ittich as he did with only nhout half ;
the effort. As Prank Uilhreth says, j
"The Ideal man I" learn method* !
from I* one so I a y that h* work*
he-ely hard enough to avoid t>elug
Bred."*
William Proctor.
Dec. I I
Korea.
Leader
So"P- r o , : „♦
Announcement of Miojeii.
Some Facts About Koiea.—
First, Doris Craddtx-k.
Second, Ted lsbell.
Third, Havmond Williams.
Fourth, Bufoixl Whatley.
Fifth. Hubert Whatley.
Sixth. Marine Smith.
The , extraordinary P.oro2om
treatment for flesh wounds
cuts, and sores, galls, burns and
scalds is just as effective in the
stable ;is in the home. Horse
flesh heels with lemarkable
speed under its powerful influ-
ence. The treatment is the
same for animals as for hu-
mans. First wash out the in-
fectious germs with liquid Bo-
,-ozone, and the Borozone Pow-
der completes the healing pro
cess. Price (liquid) 30c. 60c and
30c and 60c.
Seventh. Pauline NeighborsL^ i>oW(jer,
Eight, Julia Hightower. S()](, hy T),P Rexall Drug
Tenth. Aileen Wheeler. store.
Rev A. W. Wassom tells
what he is doing, Fred Mollamk & CHRISTMAS DANCE
M. Stites tells "f his!
Thtrr I* ftfi'ch to See
Often «* I work 1 stoj- io ««h*. reiilly
* -e. we everything, "r ""'en, and It
I* the wonder of w nder* how much
there l< In I hi* old world which w*
never dreamed of how many beauti-
ful. curious. Interestinc s'chts and
sound* ther>- ar * which ordinarily make
no linpreaaion upon our < h>gj:e>I. ove^
fed and preoccupied mind* I have also
had the feeling—It may be nnsden-
tiflc, hut It )« <-omfortlag--that any
man might see like an Indian or smell
like a hound If he gave to the sense*
ih* brains which the Indian and the
houiul apply to them And Pro pretty
lure about the Indian! It I* marvel-
ous what a man can do when he put*
hi* entire mind upon one faculty and
he.irs down hard - David Orayaon.
rr*vonuiir), our not
Human Natware,
The old qua*u«o whether haaMB
ratur* rhaogra hat been fouad to
-veiij, lit* mint of our intelUe-
vial I n:rh.. toainhr «(mmi ddUtt>
In i * |> M>,f« ilrar, aritea IV
i <e il .ia , tin North Arlar-
nan Hevt. *, thai fundamental ia-
M n< ts Jo uol ciutnjfe. Hut the gen-
eral level of inteHijreucr has ben
eleratad apftear* at leant doubtful.
But if ae mean by human natuia
peraooality—tlw lutcradton of tlw
•elf ailh Ihe cnduation in vhieh it
luu it# being, tlien not only changg
but impmi ement may be fairly
claimed. . . . Without raismf
the «|ue#tKdi of ei^uparative intel-
lect uai power a« between tl e ativtenl
and the modern world, one may
boldly atfriu that Dariu* Uvngi-
manu* oo\t!«l not have handled th#
affair* of llearr Ford. A m^enl
wrtter ha- dcxdared tliat N'apoleoa
Hona|Mrte ixiuld avalj have per*
formed the work of Marshal Koch-
he w*« not a big eno\!|[!i man !
It) view of the euormou* practi-
cal vhai!|iv in civiligation—in the ef-
ficiency and in the enlightenment of
th* individual—it seem* reasonable
to harard the opinion thai M. Poin-
rare is a happier. I«ecause a mora
moral, ntan than Julius Caesar—
and perhr.p* reallv a more powerful
uiau ; that Mary Putnam Ja<x>bi waa
a greatet power for g*vod than Ma-
dame de Kite!; that Wfllar4
Straigh: wa^ a more effective per-
sonality than Benjamin Constant.
LouH Speak ''
• He—I didn't know you had a
loud speaker.
She—That's just ma laying pa
out.
Gun Fired by Sun
An automatic sun gnn. the onlv
one known to he /n existence in the
world, if dt the Pena < a*th' at Cin-
tra. Portugal. *■ mc twenty niilea
from I,is?H n. This sun d:a! aril
gun ene the«"rre< t time to the *ur-
rounding towns and hamlets from
its height *>f i.OOO f,vt. The r*«n-
non Mween the quadrant on tiie
front of the difli is of hrome *nd
•upj'orts n <>on\ex lens on adjustable
arm,, adj ;st«i>!e for twelve nionths
al s tune \t noon ea>
sun'* rays arc on
hole of the cannon s-nl
automatically lirrd Pena
the summer p-i'« •- of th<
of Port tigal. from «li .
If 1".
h «^av tha
t!>e touch-
thus <t t*
'«• « i*
lat- kiim
'! e Pc,! in
His Relativity Theory
\n old judpe had i.'T>
the petty interc«t< atxi
of a small « it v !>e n
closer to nature lie h*
home >>n tlic out-s r;>
•tti*
m<
.1
line dav h<
y unger lega
clinetl t.t think
e«Hi nlri«. ar><l !u .
a-ree «>th t)if*4,
tai>i* t:r*'D c:irih
"Bi t, jiifige." on
brhl* said, "\ o: 1 .
"So far out '• **
jiidpr spontrd. "s<.
fron; ahov>. \ .hi
-lojc to Ihe «ui!. \;ii
Von ar>. " .Tui'sre
•ad
!1C
« he-v.
ill *s
"J* a
Dr. F
work, Daisy Porter
Mrs. Reid's story of co
lions in Korea. Imilv lsbell.
Song.
Prayer.
Korea. Game..
ndi-
Xmas sale and filial clean-up.
Enterprise.
to be played
6 Fifth,' The date for the gem
eral county meet, for fj ^
not mentioned above was two Huv noW.
sr.:s
- hdd A^' " Every
l>e held April ;
cept basketball will be held a
Quitman Texas.
Sixth, The committee 'ilso \«H
ted t<> extend an '"vitation
the District Basketball Touroa-
Kvi.rv Methodist. Work for
vour Sunday school. Thanks.
The plans for the Northeast
Teaxs Club dance, Wednesday
December 24, have been comple
tod. The Aggies from this sec-
tion of the state, with guests,
will find their way to the I'lack
stone Hotel at Tyler for the
annual dance given by the A &
M Northeast Texas Club.
Music will be furnished by
I the Aggieland, one of the fore-
orchestras of the state,
effort has been madA
for a unttplfe program to furnish
amusement for the entiir even-
ing.
w
"Vfcal /-Ire We Coming To?
Tne oilier day In this city an oper- ;
atlc M*T >ITered a* evlden.ie of hit !
afr** t|on for 111* wlf* the ple« that he
alwti)* washed the dlshea. say* the
New York Kvenln* lv t. Such *torte*
a* the<«e offer a line opportunity for
novelist* to portray the wifely sturdy
o.iks and the hti«handly eliantng vines.
The tired business wrornan coming
home, finding the easy chair nc<ir tfle
Are, her sllpi>er* warm, while the hus
hand sit* on the ami of her ctialr,
llghla her cl(t«rette and prattles ahont
hi* household carv*- a very prei v pic-
ture. And the hushnnd* need not
mind, so lone a* their wltcs don't
beat tbeiu.
wee
lot!
l a%-
f.,i
Chewing Cum Bil 'Jig
When the prim< of Wales ehewr i
gum while Msstmy in this <x v.nlr%
he abetted an ^tncnra' hahit Th*
people of tin- I'niled S
more than #1.000.tMO H
their chewing gutn. The 'nl.<it
chewing evidently i* growing, for
the output has doubled sin v 1914.
Tin' e\{«>rt sales of cuni nre lnr(['v
and incr,-fl«ing The product g<>e*
to practtmllv won countrr in Ih
v
of
I.
Wnex f««/a fo Rtrild Roads
Vewtiir!* ha« an estende.1 rail-
way loti-Jlrtictioi: program, which
will W started at once.
Little I'erfume in Denmark
l"*c of perfume, toilet waters and
coonetirt is cvmp«ra>irelj hmitcd
ut Urnmn L
Um ,
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