The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XV
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1923
NUMBER 40
Danger versus
Safety
Money at home is at the risk of fire
or theft.
You can leave it in this bank.
—and do away with all that risk or
chance of loss.
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DEPORT, TEXAS
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THE OLD RELIABLE
STATE WILL MAINTAIN
HIGHWAYS AFTER JAN. 1
On January 1 the State High-
way Department will take over
the maintenance of roads desig-
nated as State Highways. In
Lamar County this will include
the conerete roads north and
aonth and east and west thru the
county, and the gravel road from
| Paris to Deport. The state has
be°n divided into sixteen dis-
tricts with a highway engineer
in charge of each district and it
Is probable that one will have his
headquarters in Paris. If the
State Department djes as well
by Highway 35, better known as
the Choctaw Trail, between De-
port and Paris, as has Commis
•ion Terry, the people of this
part of the county will be more
than satisfied.
HUNTER LOSES HIS LIFE
WADING AFTER A DUCK
WANT BONOS VOTED FOR
LAMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL
— ..During the business meeting
of the Lamar County Medical
Society at Deport last week, the
proposal to build a sanitarium
for the poor and needy of the
county was discussed by Dr.
Walker. The county has such a
sanitarium or hospital in the
I Akin building, given to the coun
ty by a philanthropist of that
name years ago, but the building
is now in a delapidated condition
— unsanitary, unsafe, and very
expensive to the county to main-
tain.
Dr. Walker stated that a peti-
tion would be presented to the
commissioners court shortly
asking it to order an election to
determine if bonds to the amount
of $100,000 should be issued for
tile purpose of erecting and
equiping a new building to care
for those who are in need of
medical attention and are finan-
cially unable to pay the charges
at a sanitarium which is self-
I supporting.
Such bonds could be voted
according to Dr. Walker to cost
the tax payer only two mills on
the dollar valuation and retiring
the bonds within twenty years.
School Closes Monday
Armistice day this year falls
on next Sunday, the 11, but as it
i« a day of celebration, the day
•ill be observed on Monday in-
stead in many cities and towns
over the country. Schodl will
be closed, and a portion of the.
•indents will take part in the
Pnsh ball contest at Paris. A
football game will be played on
*be local field Monday afternoon
between Deport and Cooper
All Stars.
Childers Buys Land
Jeff Hancock has sold his in-
**eest in the Will Haacock home
hlnce, a mile east of Rugby, to
John Childers for $175 per acre.
Hancock has moved to West
Texas.
After a search lasting two
days and nights the body of
Sterling P. Speairs, who disap-
peared Wednesday while at the
old City T^ake northwest of Paris
duck hunting, was found Satur
day morning by members of a
party dragging the lake near
where his cap had been found.
Indications were that he had
shot a duck and was wading af-
ter it when he stepped into deep
water and was held down by
heavy hip boots. He was alone
when he disappeared. He was
born in Paris and was an electric-
ian. _
Land Sold for Taxes
Seven pieces of property were
sold at the sheriff’s office in
Paris Tuesday for taxes. I n a
number of other cases arrange
ments were made to pay off the
indebtedness just before the
property was put up for sale.
The state has secured judgment
against more than 100 pieces of
property upon which taxes have
not been paid, and these will be
offered for sale to the highest
bidder on the second Tuesday in
each month until disposed of.
D. A. R. Convention at Paris
The annual state convention of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution is in session in Paris
this week as guests of the Joseph
Ligon Chapter. Mrs. Jno. G.
Wright and Mrs. Jeff Terrell of
Deport, members of the Paris
organization, are on the program
of the convention.
Listen, Mr. Farmer
We will have plenty of Choice Oklahoma Ear
Corn, dry and sound, about the Nov. 10. Also we
can furnish you all the Missouri and Kansas corn
at much cheaper price if you want to buy this wet
kind. Believe us, it is Wet and heavy.
Now in Stock
Hulls, Meal, Choice Hay, Shorts, Bran, Oats—
both red and white, Shelled Corn, Sweet Feed.
Will have plenty of Chiek Feed soon. Let us fig-
ure before you buy. Weights guaranteed.
Austnus & Jeffus
k.
GINNING REPORT STOPS
ADVANCE IN COTTON
A government re|K>rt of the
condition of the cotton crop, is-
sued last Friday sent the market
up $10 a bale. The estimate was
for a crop of 10,215,000 hales and
a condition of 47 8 per cent.
Since that time the market grad-
ually advanced until Thursday
morning, when the ginning re-
port as of Nov. 1, reported 7,554,-
487 bales ginned, and the market
opened Thursday morning thirty
(mints down from Wednesday’s
dose. On the same date last
year the ginning report showed
8,146,000 bales. Prices ranging
from 31 to 33% cents were paid
Thursday, and Weigher Stalls
reports 6420 bnles received up
until 10 o’clock. He estimates
the local yard will handle about
7500 bales this season, against
6780 last year.
Building Good Roads
Marian Mitchell of Fulbright,
was in town Thursday to ship a
fox hound he had sold for the
neat sum of $75. He reports
road work in that section pro-
gressing nicely. Construction of
a road from Cuthand bottom to
Detroit has been completed, and
Fred Hagler, who is putting up
a grade from Cuthand to the old
Roaell gin corner west of Ful-
bright, has completed the dump
thru the bottom, and is now at
work near the old Yates place,
going south.
Cotton Ginning Report
J. H. RIPLEY CELEBRATES
SEVENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY
J. H. Ripley, who resides
northeast of Deport, celebrated
his seventy-tim birthday last
Friday, and in honor of the event,
Mrs. Ripley surprised him with
a big dinner to which a number
of his friends were invited:
With the assistance of the boys,
she had him go to town Friday
morning on some errand, and
upon his return at the noon hour
he was greeted by a table laden
with the best the country affords,
and a number of his friends.
All the children were present,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cotton and
family of Paris. Dr. Stephen H.
Grant, T. T. Jeffus and Joe Grant
of Deport.
It was a splendid dinner, con
sisting of numerous kinds of
meat, with their dressings and
gravies, vegetables, pies and
cakes - only such a dinner as can
be prepared in the home of an
industrious, thrifty farmer, and
the three Deport gentlemen who
were invited guests, praised
highly the culinary efforts of
Mrs. Ripley. The Times wishes
the honoree many more happy
anniversaries.
J. H. READ GOES WITH
TRINITY UNIVERSITY
J. H. Read has accepted a pos-
ition with Trinity University at
Waxahachie, and has gone to that
place to assume his new duties.
His family will remain in Deport
for the present, and since his
work will require that he be on
the road a part of the time, it
may be that the family will re-
main in Deport. Mr. Read is a
splendid Christian gentleman,
and it is with regret the people
of this community will learn of
his work in another place. He
will lie greatly missed, especially
in Sunday School and church
circles, in which he was an ar-
dent worker.
High Prices for Good Eggs
Miss Lena King of Milton, 9old
thirty-two dozen infertile eggs to
a local dealer Thursday from her
flock of White Leghorns. She is
a member of an egg circle, and
the number assigned her bv the
organization, with its name, is
stamped on each egg. They are
guaranteed fresh and command-
ed a price of 40 cents per dozen
on the local market, which is 10
cents higher than is being paid
for fertile eggs. There is no
reason why an egg circle should
not be established in Deport.
Shipments from such circles to
the cities command fancy prices.
Cooper Defeats Deport
Talk It Over With Him
Since the boy of today is the mar of to-
morrow, you owe it to him as well as to
yourself to talk over the problems of
life with him and give him the benefit
of your experience.
One of the most vital lessons is that
taught by the Bank Book. A marked
step in your boy’s life is recorded when
you show him the value of a Saving
Account.
We invite you to come here and have
your talk where surroundings will give
added weight to what you say.
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A GUARANTY FUND BANK
DEPORT CONSTABLE
MOVES TO LUBBOCK
Norman VVhitscll, who has been
serving as constable of the De-
port precinct for some time, filed
his resignation in the county
clerk’s office Tuesday, and he
and his family left Wednesday
for Lubbock county, where he
will engage in farming. They
are making the trip*in wagons.
He has lived in Lamar County
from early childhood and his
friends regret to see him leave.
Several prospective applicants
have been mentioned for appoint
inent as constable to fill the va-
cancy caused by his resignation.
The commissioners’ court will
appoint a constable when it meets
next week_
In Honor of Birthday
W. O. White celebrated a birth-
day Friday—it doesn’t matter
which one—and in honor of the
occasion Mrs. White invited a
few of his friends to their home
for a fried chicken dinner. Cov-
ers were laid for Messrs. Karl
V. Kimball, Dean Oliver, Russell
Kelsey, L. F. Teague, Joe Bar-
ham, Al Anderson and the
honoree and hostess. Al Ander-
son was given a unanimous vote
for being the biggest chicken
eater in the crowd.
Returning from West Texas
Black is Acquitted
A report supplied The Times
by the Department of Commerce
at Washington states there were
45,964 bales of cotton ginned in
Lamar County prior to Oct. 25,
against 42,702 on the same date
last year.
Red River County's figures
were 24,132 bales this year, com-
pared with 24,823 on the same
date last year.
Deport All-Stars vs. Cooper
Deport All-Stars, a football
team made up of older players
who have fought their way to
victory for Deport on many fields
in other days, and a similar team
from Cooper will lock horns on
the local field Monday afternoon
at 8 o’clock. The admission
charge will be only 25 cents.
The Cooper High School foot- >
ball team defeated the Deport Hi
eleven Friday by a score of 13 to
24. Deport made two touch
downs in the first quarter, but
were unable to score another.
The field was covered wjth water
and mud and it was impossible
to play much real football. Few
gains could be made on end runs
or forward passes on account of
the slick ball and field. Cooper's
scores were made near the end
of the game. The game was play
ed at Cooper.
Alternates for West Point
Washington, Nov. 1.—Repre-
sentative Blank of Texas has
designated Collins Oran Mahaf-
fey of Sulphur Springs as first
alternate to take the West Point
examination for entrance to the
academy next July, and Georg*
I. Terrell of Deport as tbs sec-
ond alternate.
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A number of local people who
went to West Texas to pick cot-
ton when the crop in this section
was about gathered, are return
ing home. They report so much
rain has fallen in that part of
the state they were unable to do
much picking.
The case of Dick Black of Cun-
ningham, charged with burglary,
was called in ti District Court
at Paris Monday, and a great
many people fro -j that commun-
ity were summoned as witnesses.
The case was given to the jury
Tuesday night. Wednesday it
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Classified ads bring big results
at small cost.
RADIO BUGS ENJOYING
CLEAR, FROSTY WEATHER
Monday night was a splendid
evening for the radio hugs,—one
of those clear, fr- sty nights with
little or no stati-’ and it appear-
ed that nearly every broadcast-
ing station in tl •’ country had a
hand in the air They were so
thick and com ;.g in so well it
was hard to fine out nearby
stations of I).-. as. Ft. Worth,
Jefferson City. Mo., St T^ouis,
and Kansas City After listen-
ing to a prize fig- t. in Cleveland,
where announcement of blows
was made from the ringside,
The Times ed trr devoted the
remainder of ti e evening to
seeing how rnar.y different stat-
ions he could irk up." Fol-
lowing is the :st as gathered
until midnight .Deluding those
mentioned above:
Grand Rapids Portland, Se
attlp, Omaha, Atlanta Memphis,
Davenport, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago
and Philadelphia Some of these
stations are more than 1000
miles away. Radio is a wonder-
ful invention, but the greatest
thief of sleep ever produced.
Our Drugs are the Best
There is real satisfaction in knowing that you can
come to our Drug Store and get the high' -t qual
ity drugs and medicines at all times.
And when you bring us your prescriptions, you
can be assured tliev will be filled with pure, fresh
drugs, and as quickly as possible consistent with
.the necessary care in compounding them. Fur-
thermore, they will be filled by a Graduate Pharma
cist—nobody else tills prescripts is at our store.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Thompson Drug Store
Prescription* a Specialty
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