The Ferris Wheel (Ferris, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 4 I
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A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF ELLIS COUNTY IN GENERAL XnD FERRIS. A LIVE LITTLE CITY IN THE BANNER COTTON COUNTY OF TEXAS
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Enforcement Meeting
f Reset for Friday, 17.
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Many Injured On
Farrto, Texas. Friday,January 17. Ilt.30
Too Mack
Slippery Ice Says Wicks Manbolt
On aecount of the ice covered
highway* which prevented many
from attending, a few minister and
Laymen of the various churches
a gathered at W&xahaehie Friday
afternoon and reset the Ellis County
* Law Enforcement meeting for Fri-
day of this week, at which Dm.
ia expected that the entire county
can be represented. The purpose of
the meeting is to work out a lav
vnforcemant program for the county
Crouch Is Freed;
Returning Home
Slippery ice coated streets and
roads resulted in many persons be-
ing slightly injured Friday unit
Saturday but only a few were injur-
ed sufficient to call for the services
of a physician
W. W Bain suffered a broken left
arm when he fell Saturday morning
both bones of the arm being broken
just above the wrist.
Mrs G^o. Gressett suffered a
fracture of the bone of her right
arm os she was entoring the church
Thursday night.
Woody Hitt had a close call Satur-
day when he slipped on the ice in
front of the Clouse Cafe striking
the back of his head against the
Prosperity
Wicks Warn bolt, who writes for
T. E. Robertson
Dies At Bristol
Men In Jail After
Selling Liquor to Boys
Number Eleve
Presbyterians Honor
Three negro men were locked up
in Kills county jail last week on a
charge of selling liquor to boys in
It is said that It
inheritance. The mule was a sad-
eyed, flop-eared creature, and so
thin that hlH ribs looked like a wash
board.
Retiring Sup’t
Monday Night
Despite the fact the weather was
unusually disagreeable, following
negroes went to the boys to sell the worst freeze in years, about SO
th^m a bottle. but when they found | friend- and members of the Kirnt
the lads did not have sufficient Presbyter Ian church did not let
money to buy a bottle they sold | this Interfere with the big family
It to them for 25c per drink. 1 mr'jV in thq jdining room of the
Four Die in Cellar
Fkom Gas Fumes
Not only
T E. Robertson, *17, died Wed-
Denton i Record-Chronic I#, thinks j nesdav night of last week at bis
perhaps the grapes were sour, or I ->me in Hrlstol. He had been an
likely to get so, Hear what U< . invalid for five years. Becoming | their teens
says: very til a week ago he grew weaker
A man who has inherited a farm rapidly. He was born April 17,
on which w'ere a colored ruan andt 18*12, at St. Clair. Ala., coming to
a mule, went down to look over his Texas forty-two years ago he set-
tled near Jtrlstol and made his
home in that community for that
length of time.
Mr. Robertson was a member of
"I want you to feed up that'" the Baptist church also a member
mule,” said the white man to the of the Odd Fellows lodge for the
colored man "Rump him up." ; past t wenty-fivo years; He was
"Hawse," ex|Kistulated the colored very fond of his lodge and at his I
man, “yo’ can't do nothin wld dat1 request the Odd Fellows had charge ] ^ul1 Angelo, January 11 Inking
| _ ^nile less'n you keep him po.’ Gi' of the services at 1 p m. Friday, refuge in a storm cellar to escape
Temple Jan ll Arthur B l‘urh He was picked up by frlendsjhim sum’m feat an lie’ll bust up with W. D. Sims presiding. Burial ,l"‘ blizzard sweeping the country, ,,inl office.
was made In the Bristol cemetery. I *mother of a family of five went i p^,y Brown, toastmaster for the
Surviving besides ills wife are; 1° Ht'e a neighbor u short distance occasion, called the evening ban-
man, "do as 1 tell you; you feed five children, and one brother. M away When she returned *du:!quet order with the singing of
that mule.” Robertson of Birmingham, Ala. who found her husband and three chill .fn tp(. Garden" and Dr. L. B.
I So the mule was fed up; and was unable to attend ihe funeral r,,n dead from deadly fumes Ironi <;r„.y j»BVe the invocation. Next.
church Monday evening nui
did the members in town attend
but many from the country braved
the mud und mist to honor their
fellow church member, J. H. Orr.
Mr Orr recently resigned aa
supmntendsnt of the Sunday school
after eighteen years of faithful
and efficient service in this impor-
t 'rouch. for whom the City National iin a ,lttZe<1 condition, but was soon|rte place
Hunk spent $20,000 to have appro- a,Jlc *° return to Ins work m the "Never mind." said the white
bended, and was finally caught in ,J<U b*'1
New Zealand and returned to the ~ ——---
United States for trial on a charge
• <t forgery! «n a tree man today en • k l KM
and hi and wife were <m their way I !*Uin rYUtQ iVlCt'C;
back to their home. Restitution ,
was made to the bank and the pro-
iecutlon wa.- dropped ;u the quest
of the authorities ot tic; hank
I
Dates bet For
County iiv. Meet
t her <
Two Are Dead
K„d ..
rt, Dei
about til. I III:., he l eat In ll the
point where hit rials stopped pro-
truding, he <t in and kicked to
I-, era a wagon he was hauling
with
al used in making
U.u
it r, WM
! nd
dOtli Centuary blub 0ne Ccw Worth
Poor Cows
of the church served a
dinner consisting of
tit ssing gravy peas
tally, congealed vege-
'' «'»"• p »,l‘1
til his v-.*ry efficient
.itiiu litr
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Cut
:div unit tmji
•ace. a~: Maori;
i«ir •
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ick ever they'
■ had the mi
--------tit belt
V
4*
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JjpRif tr
held eitlK
on Mach 7 and 8, it wan ann
last week by J. Mwulon All .....
rector general i;f the league A'.- e. nuachmeut for del. - at MW- And it
.cfi. a former Trinity University warns.-e and lie-on. and •riuy of j world that m
He. ia now principal al Ennis J the local helper:* were compelled to beer; ruined by pi aj ertty than t
£V j wait I or their money until Mu man- adversity
The basketball
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I .urille
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Tota
• in New
i history of th* C“n
gylivitlual - a ev'v rig
production
t. WW.j fuf
hoys is to he held in the Watkins
gynasium at Trinity on February
7and 8 while the girls will hold
their tourney on February 15. Allen
said.
tournament for ,i could send in a little extra Man a matt his Is—n a
pfegraio tor ti.w octant..n
Hu.. ■ ♦ the prtigrafu minted vivid
firsthand and very Interesting data
to** j- ii(nmg tin ;* • • d
vtuieed from R«» t<
yrer, The cows it:
mg an average bui.erl
lion of 100 pounds a ye.
for
produ
ret uroed
an average income over coat uf feed
of $IB At 2oo pounds the ir
(tiling l*r, u
,e- i t am
aip<;*mtemlent for u any year*. Mrs.
Hampton‘ leach#* for fifteen years;
Dr Gray as pastor for eleven year*
and Mr John Itiaek a co-worker
from New York according to pic - father and a good husband so long ins-dor, I'ontilhutin: t > the after- ,l' i f,.,d (l t w- sri
re[<orts.
SIN MODERN III Alls
ill The Bad Literature Devil
j as lu ha to grub hard for a living • boon's enjoyment v - re two \oi' <
| but as soon as prosperity came his liumhnrt by Miss Be 11m Noble and
way he went to ttie- devil. two from Miss Rowe «,I Ennis
I know a pool backwoodsman The president, Mrs James, pre-
Iwho was a good citizen until ho si, <| during the business session,
sold tils land to the turpentine in- Very pleasing ref re -hr .its were
.'toil pounds. $113. at 400 !»iu'> l .
at 500 pounds, $215.
As A Town Thinketh
taking the place of the Bible in so ! tcrests for $300.ooo. moved to the served during the aft. a n
; many lives and professed Christian icity, got a fine home, n diamond I Mu s Lizzie Malloy will be next
- ! homes. j stick pin, some patent leather andioltih hostess.
Most towns, like most men could j (2) q.j,c (;0.s(li|, i>f.vi| Instead of a woman, and tried to make th-- Reporter.
do better if they would get *o
thinking they could. Whether or
pure wholesome conversation in I town dry by Irlnking all the liquo;
j town and around the fireside. Industries that have too much
not a town progresses and does til The Pleasure Devil Taking business coming their wav are aj MXN's TROI sKItS XRE
01 things that make for a bettei and - many people awnv trom Sundov l° get i lm.teis nd. (,t e iien \( ittt k‘0| \D II Mil k> I IMlM
a more prosperous town depends . "! hChoo| 'HnU ( hur« h every Sunday a full craw "Tak. it or !< av •
the attitude the people of th- town j itn<1 Sunday night of each week it, "they say in substann "It i
have A great manv times, the (.j, -pp,,, c.amhling Devil No all the -time ■u " Chtks < . -akdaij- La J tt
doing of it thing is largely a matt ' harm pilfers at first, hut the habit hotel, lieu have more guest than vvt, . .,
of thinking' it can he done V » 8*3* and the •alistnient begins they < an a comodnt< nn folk
towns have within then the i )wltR older nettled men and some away disdainfully a fn< ugii it wet
sources, the money * and the !;w tun. even mothers at their btidg< an insult to as!< for a room,
power to do tie thing that mas . what is the difference in It u bad that peojdt . at; t
Legislature Will
| With the retiring aiperinlendent,
each paid beautiful tributes to Mr.
Orr as superintendent. Christian
amt citizen .Not only rendering
his service to ids chosen church but
li.—. hing unlimited bounds in his
‘town and community.
„ _ j i It wa.i indeed difficult to tell jusl
Meet Next Monday j where the main program ended for
I the toastmaster, in hi tactful way,
Austin, January ll Go- Mo . it’din • d many other , to tpcak while
has called a soeciai session to meet many volunteered to c\pre- - their
next Monday, January 20. Rnsou appreciation of the life of Mt Orr.
location and regulation of the fee I also pledging support to the new
system are the only two subject s i superintendent. Roland tJreen.
IIOMI IIIT 111 TORN lit ) mentioned »■■• ■ onsideratnm. HovSjLS 'n • brjfcjif talk Mi Ort responded
the hone
Dottongm
K; Forty-on* ...i lat.r, it is md
or ha do struck
Frank and K ‘'“•y
tijtlr of trousers be-
over, ottict matters will Ne pti • "J to • h* many words of •• us, and at
the close each one felt that tt. was
indeed one of the happiest occasions
lily t rouble
Uf thi- ,
the hr
mmunity
oppurll
l0,„!l m0r;'! ^rfreT -''’ot
nity when it knt.cl: at t;h< villi:
gate.
Ferri' has the resource man pow
and the energy ;.o trukt <1 tin
town anything -vlthin •''- a. VVh,
we need to do is to mt to thirl,
mg We can l Jot "id "I the .•
of thinking - that it is on trve
that the town wih nl •
small town. Ihir bosini
way* tie limited Thin" • •
vision big things and th> '
open for tig things
As a town thinketh so >
Ah
the chutch and the life
n u; .nspi-e.i the
, to • ■. det .nd t;i iter
jla'vin. for u prize ant for gold'
Th Ltqttoi D
,vi!l dt ink it is
it. l« ’right Where the
hini
l 0
fttjir
where
humble at th
o tad that
■it found.
Sydney Cot-tongi
treftioiB'- iniured, »*j
t heir
hutv I
d«n
, 'Td,hu "
1 , '
re, vi on
pull bin-
iome Arts uu
will al*
e things
DR. HAM
the.
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MALE IIEL1* M AN. Id*
Man wanted. 2ft to 75. well ac-
quainted. reliable energetic to rep-
las. Jan. 10 Officers seized |tb W tne eoioieo man no won mt
i truck here to"ay (■. ntaining i'.itnuii*. Exchange
Mint. • of alcoiiol and 10 ca*»e* of j
vhiskey. Two men wen- arrested
........ A Janes count y man rep* .n
i > »J»2 iMf < ash r. dpt* from th, - le
It can be said that over body w „f H,ur ct< m Hum five « w, ■ m'
resent us in Ellis fount.;, •'k" M careful cue time dui’inv ihHO. Dttr-1 supplying the family with enough
vestment no #xp«t1(Q ju*^, y*»u am, Saturday, n u covered j tr r the home ., , r.r ; *: "
! streets and roivls made nn igatlon
Paint Co . Dept. 5. Kansa <’it\. Ru ; ah 1 st iniposible Kv. • »«ng j f.-tfty farim c of Kids • minty
(folks were creeping ubold like they have entered thi master
| were fehle and automobile: operated i dairying contest for 1930
BULL! ‘ j
: ,aiyo ,itt
fr Li
>»■
No age limit on this Jot). .
Big earnings. Free outfit. Beard ; •
time.
Grocery Stores
Burns ftt TellCOlturn around In the middle of
m ■ >w gear, and even then some
times they wuld get contrary and
the
v
The store and grocery stock be-
11 ;
Coenty Tax
v ponging to Hiram Tims at Telico
^F-vas destroyed by fire at 2 30 o'clock
Saturday mornin„. The fire of un-
■rUhbor»r foo laTe^to wve°%the build- I a«‘ ready t„ receipt
^ The loss is partially «*v.r«l for ymurjmnty tax, and alsojor
road as if they w anted to go hr me !
Carson-Harper I,
The program was inter
: well given. The dub is so
:;iad to make Miss Jewett* ha
I .n i'c.ninaiy u» nt
■ if.,*, wen- elected at this meet::
j Rieski nt Mr:-. D. O. Hutton,
farm g'irst V-Rtes Mrs M. Flip)
R -S • Mrs H "
Coi -Sci .Mis J. H McKay
TrcHs Mrs. ; H. Mover:
Press Reported Mrs
Clouse
tr ..nd (»,,,
.VIII i(
>. ft
!»2f Wit!
t
known wri
.lottlcm today
ritii our let
what we an tu i
Ennis. Jan 12. Mr Ed Cat.-in
formerly of Waxnhachie, now of
Torreon, Mexico, and Miss Jessie
Harper cf this city were marrley
by insurance.
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Subscrlh# tV t*» Ftrrts Whesl
you I Saturda>' afternoon
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I your automobile license Offi. c at V, P Parris, s blacksmith
the Ferris National Hank. 2v , Ennis died Saturday morning
W. W Bali hler (the see of «1 years
• 1 jgs.it. atom; i’u
„ ,i.v- | art of tt
year and about forty Smt 1 thin
it helps to kc»-p Ixxiks on the t in
Ttn-sa figures do net include Imt
and egg * used at home. vv.- on,
sold the butter and «•'•>'* we did r.«t
need for ©ur ,>wn uz" V'e ■ :
$207.90 worth. and th'd raid »”
our hills for troc'erics an-’ dr
: goods and we hop*- to ■ b tter th >
Floyd year than last, fot we have a few
: more chickens and hope to come
The eltlb enjoyed ** salad plate. : out on top at (tie nd of 1930
i aka and whipped cream and rof l find tt pays to keep books at
ft,e home I can tell you ..ow- ma” >d I . u duinit Be >v aiei sle«t
Mrs. Spurgeon. Mrs Ross Hatch- bales of cotton 1 have raised • in storm The hoy were nd t c a
ler and Mrs Fannie Duff were Texas and the price every hale sled widen was tieing drawn b\ t
guests of the c!ub. lirotight and the man that t >upb‘ car Meeisn:; at* thei car ttu
Mrs. Duff. Mrs. Hayden and Mrs it. A lar«re share of tt went to driver puled to ottr side of thi
Sutton wer» hoatsaaes pay for odurattng our six children street aad in doing so the Dei
The next meeting will be with That is tin. he«t r.^nl money we , headed slr ogh' um'-r Bn t - 'tip
1UK, work on
Two Buys Killed As
Car Strikes Sled
Ada, Okla Tw.i
kill
m
Mrs. D. H. Moyers, rfeb. 14
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ever made
car which i rushed the t«>ys
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The Ferris Wheel (Ferris, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1930, newspaper, January 17, 1930; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1102653/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ferris Public Library.