The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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. Deport Times
VOLUME XV
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY JUNE 15, 1923
NUMBER 19
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THINK
A CREED WORTH WHILE: To make
money honestly—to save it regularly—to
spend it intelligently—-to invest it wisely.
Success, comfort and independence will
follow.
Are you saving something regularly with
this friendly Bank in order to have the
capital necessary to grasp opportunities?
pirst {Rational Dank
DEPORT, TEXAS
THE OLD RELIABLE
of the
Desert
By RANDALL PARRISH
Forced by the most fiend-
ish of circumstances into
a marriage that was dis-
tasteful and full of tenor
for her, Deborah Mere-
dith chose, instead of liv-
ing with brutal Bob Mea-
ger, to trust her file to
the perils ol die desert.
From the midst of treach-
ery and outlawry appeared
a hand of doubtfid char-
acter, but which she was
forced to seize as a pih,
Then followed in rapid
succession a number of
adventures with atwriing
sequence*, arriving at a
climax so pleating the
reader experiences a pang
of regret that die tale is
not longer.
Follow the Narrative
os a Serial In
The Deport Times
Mr. and Mrs. T. U. Anderson
J of JDallas, were gaerts
° * week in the home of her per-
*nt*’ Mr. and Mrs. Prank Bell.
DEPORT CEMETERY TO BE
CLEINEDJIFF JUNE ll
Friday. June 22 the Deport
cemetery is to be given a thor-
ough cleaning. Everyone who
has a friend or relative buried
in this sacred spot is asked to
come early with a tile and a hoe
and assist in this laudable work.
Every citizen of this community,
whether directly interested or
not, should respond td this call.
Pejple are judged in a measure
by the attention given the rest
ing places of their dead, and it
is a civic duty we owe to the
community, and a memorial to
those who have crossed over the
great divide. Remember the
date, next Friday the 22 and be
on hand promptly. If sufficient
workers respond to this call, the
work can be completed by noon.
The Cemetery Committee and
others who are interested are
hopeful that this can be done
and are expecting you to be on
hand. Don't disappoint them.
Gravel Wagons to Start July 1
Commissioner George Terry
of Paris, was in Deport Wednes-
day on business and stated that
the spreading of gravel on the
Choctaw Trail between Deport
and Paris will begin about July
1. There are between six and
seven miles of the highway that
does not have any gravel, and
there is $25,000 on hand, which
will pay for about four miles.
This will be placed on the black
lands between Pattonville and
Faria.
HIGH WATER DAMAGES
CROPS ON LIKE DRAIN
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What amounted to almost a
water ajpoul visited the country
on the head of Lake Drain last
Saturday afternoon about 5
o’clock. The cloud was narrow
and traveled north, apparently
following the Drain. There was
considerable damage due to high
water and washed land. Levees
that had withstood higii water
for a number of years were
broken, and in some instances
corn which was live and six feet
in heighth, was washed flat and
covered with silt.
Ed Nobles who resides east of
Deport on Lake Drain, had five
acres of such corn, and he will
endeavor to straighten it up
when the ground has dried nut
a little. The water swept over
his front gallery and if an inch
higher it would have been in
his house. He also lost about
fifty chickens, some of them
grown. Mr. and Mrs. Nobles
were at home at the time, and
had telephoned the children to
come home from Deport as the
cloud began to form. As the
water continued to rise, fear for
the safety of the children, should
they attempt to cross Lake
Drain bridge was entertained.
They put on boots and started
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Shot t, west of the Drain.
Boots did little,good, however,
as they were compelled to wade
water waist deep before getting
thru it.
Hugh Evans who resides just
north of Mr. Nobles, also had
about five acres of corn swept
flat, and ten acres of oats were
ruined by high water. Four-
teen young turkeys and a num-
ber of chickens were drowned.
A cow that was in the pasture
on the Drain was washed over
the pasture fence and swam to
high ground. Mr. Evans es-
timates iiis loss in the neighbor-
hood of about $750.
Water in the Drain was al-
most half a mile wide where the
Choctaw Trail crosses it between
the home of Jim Davidson and a
farm owned by Lewis Dickson.
Mr. Davidson had put up a big
levee to protect his laud, but it
swept over it as if there was no
obstruction. Only the banisters
on the bridge were visable.
At Deport Mustang Creek left
its banks, but did not get very
high. East and west of Deport
some farmers received a tine
rain, while over in the Miltou
community they did not leave
their fields. The damage ap-
pears to have been confined to
land near the Drain, narrow in
its scope, but doing a great deal
of damage to growing crops.
MRS. R. E. SHORT DIES
IT HER HOME IN PARIS
Mrs. Daisy Short, wife of R.
E. Short, died at 5:30 o’clock
Saturday morning at the family
residence in Paris after an illness
of a little more than a week. The
funeral service was held Sunday
afternoon at the First Baptist
Church in that city of which she
was a devoted member, and was
conducted by Rev. W. M. Wright,
the pastor, assisted by Rev. P.
R. Knickerbocker of the First
Methodist Church. Interment
was at Evergreen Cemetery.
8he was born and reared in
Lamar County, wad 41 years old
and was the daughter of J. G.
Harnett, a well known resident
of this county, who farmed sev-
eral years and is at present liv-
ing in Paris. She was married
twice, her first husband having
been Lane Roach, who died sev
enteen years ago.
She is survived by her second
husband, and two children of the
first marriage: Mrs. I. N. Par-
rott and Grayson Roach, both of
Paris.
She also leaves six brothers:
William Barnett of Bogata, less
and AVthur Barnett of Deport,
Kenneth Barnett of Mart, Paul
Barnett of Paris and Walter Bar-
nett of Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Short formerly resided
in Deport, and many * friends
here mourn her death.
The True Basis
of all commercial progress is co-
operation.
The future progress of this organ-
ization, and its subsequent ability
to assist in the up-building of this
community, depends upon the
spirit of co-operation that exists
between this bank and you.
SiutMate
A GUARANTY FUND BANK
INDEPENDENCE DAY TO
BE OBSERVED AT DEPORT
Members of the Bay View Club
'are making arrangements for an-
other Fourth ot July celebration
this year, and will ask for the
co-operation of the people of tiie
community in making it a suc-
cess. The one held Ia9t year was
the nicest of its kind ever staged
here, and in competition with
other towns of the same class
over the state, won first honors.
Up until a few years ago our
idea of a F’ourtii of July celebrat-
ion was the discharging of fire-
arms and a spell-binder in the
person of some half baked poli-
tician whe made the eagle squall.
Within recant years this form of
celebration has changed, and we
now feature parades, pantomines,
patriotic songs and other exer-
cises calculated to keep fresh in
the minds of the people onr most
sacred American traditions.
LEE LAWLER INJURED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
REVIVAL MEETING IN
PROGRESS IT DEPORT
A revival meeting has been in
progress at the Methodist
Church for ten days. There is.
considerable interest and very
good attendance. Rev. W. W.
Armstrong of the Clarksville
Church, ^js doing most of the
preaching, the pastor. Rev. J. J.
Cooper, conducting the morning
services, which are held at 11
o’clock. To date practically all
the messages have been directed
to Christians, only one call being
made to the unsaved. The even-
ing services begin at 8:15, and
most of the business houses have
been closing at that hour.
A special feature of hese ser-
vices is the music under the
direction of Joe Grant, witli Mrs.
Dean Oliver at the piano, assist
ed by the orchestra, composed
of Joe Kelsey, cornet; Russell
Kelsey, saxaphone; Corry Bell,
tuba and Dean Oliver, violin.
John Webb and F. Fagan Thomp-
son have been singing solos.
This series of services has been
a spiritual feast for those at-
tending, and tbegreligioua life of
the community quickened by
them. The general public is
cordially invited and respect-
fully urged to attend this meet-
ing.
RANDALL PARRISH
FIRST COTTON BLOOMS
OF SEASON REPORTED
perfumes
STATIONERY
Have your Doctor to phone or leave
your prescriptions with us. Great
care in selecting drugs used, and
we never substitute
Yoon for Purer Drugs
BRINKS
SOAPS
City Drug Store
AI W. ANDERSON, Prop.
Tom Short who resides on
Mrs. Reecy Grant’s farm south
of Deport, reports that he found
blooms on his cotton Wednesday.
It is of the Rowden variety, but
Tom had forgotten the date of
planting. The crop this year is
nearly a month earlier than that
last year, and it is hoped the
boil weevils will defer their visit
to this section until a crop can
be made. Numerous weevils
are reported in the western part
of the county, but so far as The
Times has been able to learn,
they have not yet appeared in
this immediate vicinity. The
Deport country has bright pros-
< pects for a good crop this year
'—even the old-timers who have
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Lee Lawler was painfully
bruised about the face fend body
last Thursday when he was run
over by a wagon loaded with hay.
He was hauling the hay to his
barn when for some reason it
began sliding off the front of the
wagon. Lee, who was up on top
of the hay, tumbled with it and
fell between the mules. The
mules kept going and he caught
to one of the traces in an effort
to hold himself up, when one of
the mules kicked him in the face
which caused him to turn loose
his hold. Both wheels on that
side of the wagon passed oyer
his chest. No bones wer9 thought
to have been broken.
Jacksons Returning to Deport
Relatives of Albert Jackson
and family, formerly of this
place, and who for the past year
have been living in 8outh Texas,
for the benefit of Mrs. Jackson’s
health, received a letter stating
that they would toon be in De-
port again to make their home.
;xj
lived here tor many years are
ertbusiastio, and the people (Thalr many friends will be glad
generally ore In good spirits. >to bear of thia. ' *
About thirty-five students are
attending the summer school
being conducted at the Deport
school building by Miss Nita
Webb and D. D. Kyle. Only
morning sessions are being held
and instruction is being given in
mathematics and Latin.
When H cortle* to presenting the West
si its rawness, it* wees and virtues, Ran-
dall Panith ia angularly competent. But
he does not neglect the romantic and pleas-
ing skJc*. He gets the atmosphere of the
locaky and (haws the human characteris-
tics as they were and are. He likes fearless,
chance-taking types of men and women.
Much of Mr. Parrish's ability is derived
from the fact that he helped to tame the
old West. As a voting man he partici-
pated in its stirring history, and now, as his
yean accumulate, he finds much pleasure
and success in weaving hi* personal ex-
periences, and those of which the sectidn
was rife, into fascinating novels. "Gift of
the Desert," one of his latest thrilling tales,
will be presented Is readers of this publi-
cation a* a serial.
The Senior (. .assand members
of the B. Y. P. I’, of the Baptist
Church met Tuesday and mowed
and cleaned off the church lawn.
The girls prepared lunch, which
was served picnic style.
NO DRUG STORE
can sell you better goods than we sell, and no drug store
can provide more satisfactory drug store service.
Our eighteen years of serving the people of Deport and
surrounding country with their wants in the drug store
line, enables us to give the best service. We know what
to carry in stock to supply the wants of our hundreds of
customers, and if it’s to be found in a drug store, Thomp-
son will have it.
WHEN YOU’RE THIRSTY, TRY
OUR FOUNTAIN
Thompson Drug Store
Prescriptions a Specialty
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