The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1920 Page: 1 of 12
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SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR
' SALE
THIS WEEK THIS WI
Whatever Your Preference in Fabric or Pattern, You Will Find it Here. Shirts and
Underwear Will Be Displayed on Tables—Big Saving on Every Garment.
The Jno. E. Morrison Go
th a Mission
without a Muzzle!
VOLUME XI
JLbc ©Iney Enterprise
$2.00 the Year
and worth it, too!
Published by R. Shuffler, at Olney, Young County, Texas, Friday, August 7, 1920
NUMBER 16
P HIGHTOWER PASSES
f AWAY; F0NERAL MONDAY
SHERIFF WALLACE GETS
NOTED AUTO THIEF
V. M. Hightower, one of the
pioneers of the county, died last
Sunday ,at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. A. H. Yeager. He
would have been 84 years old in
November.
| • He had always been of marked
health and strength. A busy life
kept him free of most bodily ail-
j»|nts, and it was finally just a
V. Trout. His last coherent words
Ircre “all for the best” Hvas a
good-bye to his family—four gen-
erations around him—and as
peaceful as a child going to sleep
he passed away.
Y. M. Hightower was of the
kind that gives strength and stabil-
ity to institutions. He believed in
doing his duty as a citizen as well
as an individual. The very last
act of his long, busy life, was to
vote in the primary just one week
before the wornout machine ceased
to function. Only a Jew survive
who were here when he came, and
he holds a worthy share in the up-
building of the county.
The funeral service was con-
ducted from the Yeager residence
at 4 p. m. by Rev. 0. N. Baucom,
assisted by Dr. J. W. Loving and
Rev. W. B. Andrews Monday. The
minister referred to deceased by
the beautifully apt expression,
“Corn reaped in its season.” The
services at the grave were conduct-
ed by the Masonic Lodge, of which
he had been a member since its
organization.
Among the floral offerings was
^ combination v/reath, offering of
the two children, the nine grand-
children, crowned with a posy of
rosebuds for the two great grand
children.
Vincent Marian Hightower was
born in Georgia November 20tli.,
1836; he was married to Miss
Matilda Caroline Perkerson
mu. March 15th., 1860. He served as
" Lieutenant in the Confederate
army, and was severely wounded
during* an engagement in the
y battle of Missionary Ridge. After
Ljl recovered he rejoined the army
Jand remained with it until the
close of the war.
In 1866 he and his brother, Wil-
liam, loaded their household goods
into a Prairie Schooner ,piled their
families on top of the load, and set
out for Texas. After a weary
“voyage” of two months, they ar-
rived in what is known as the
Friendship neighborhood, passing
through Cleburne, a city of three
log cabins.
He and his young wife and two
small children together bore the
hardships of the frontier life, and
by industry and thrift accumulat-
ed enough to make his last years
easy and pleasant.
It will be lonely the rest of the
way for the aged companion, but
sympathy and tender care will do
all that affection can do to make
the pathway easy.—Cleburne
Morning Review.
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
Sheriff Mai Wallace returned
Saturday night from Oklahoma
City with a man .named Malcum,
who is wanted in two or three
states, and who he believes is the
head of one oh The, biggest auto
stealing gangs in the United States
Two stolen Young County cars
were located and secured, and a set
of tools used to change the num-
bers on cars and otherwise destroy
the methods of identification were
found.
Sheriff “Wallace “baited” these
crooks when they visited Young
County a week or two ago, fixing
a car for them to steal and hiring
a man to help them steal and get
away with it. Judge Stinson own-
ed the Ford used for this purpose,
and it has been recovered and re-
turned to him.
Wallace thinks they have caught
the “brains” of the gang and that
the rest of them will be easily ap-
prehended.
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The stock of goods belonging to
tlie late C. W. True‘has been sold,
and I am settling the estate. The
books are at the Campbell Bank
Those indebted will please call at
the Bank and settle or send check
for amount due. = _——.—---—-———— ---_
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NOTICE
“FordsorG Tractors
We recently sold to Mr. J. W. Bullock, of
Newcastle- a Fordson Tractor, and a
thrih ^ disc plow, he has authorized us
to gave the performance of this tractor
to our customers:
Broke 56 acres of land in 7 days
Amount of gas used----------100 gal.
Amount of oil used----------- 6 gal.
Cost of fuel-------------— $31.10
Driver, 7 day at $2.50--------$17.50
Total Cost _________________ $48.60
Cost per acre________________86.7c.
The land prepared by Mr. Bullock was
cane stubble, on which was a large
amount of cane stalks, making progress
much slower than ordinary plowing.
The Fordson Tractor is used for many
purposes on the farm. We would be
pleased to give demonstrations, with-
out any obligation whatever on your
part to purchase one.
Price $895.00 Delivered
MUCH NEEDED RAIN
IS FALLING TODAY
The Olney Country is being
visited (Thursday) morning by a
much needed rain, and our people
are all smiles as a result. The
shower began falling just before
day, and is continuing nicely, and
although when this is written we
have not had nearly enough, it
looks favorable for us to get more
before it is over.
During the past two weeks rain
has fallen all' around us in every
direction, but it had failed to rain
right here in this section, and we
were beginning to feel the need of
moisture.
The cotton, which had looked so
well all along, was showing the
need of rain, and was blooming in
the top considerably. The rain is
here in plenty of time however,
both for the cotton and feedstuffs.
Harlan Deets It
this week for Flc
the first of
where he
will visit friend;/ for a few days
f tai
before leaving for' New Mexico
where he has filed on some land
and where he says he will stay for
the next seven months.
Young County Motor Co.
NEWCASTLE, TEXAS
Earl Gilbert lik^d a’little more
than a hundrejpvotes of getting a
majority of file votes’ cast in the
primary electihq^Jybt Uncle Bud
Harris, liis closest opponent, says
he will not contest for the place in
the second primary.
The Protracted meeting at the
Baptist Church, closed last Sun-
Jiiy night. Rev. S. B. Culpepper
'did the preaching, and the meet-
ings were well attended,and con-
siderable interest was manifested
among Christians generally. The
closing night of the meeting was
the best of all, as six joined the
church for baptism, and seven
made open profession of faith in
Christ, and eight in all joined the
church.
On next Sunday morning the
pastor expects to preach on Con-
vert Training, and the Text is,
“Feed My LambsC’ We ask all
young Christians to attend this ser-
vice. At night we expect to
baptize after the evening sermon.
J. B. Riddle, pastor.
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Maybe the booze boats outside
the three-mile limit had something
to dd in reviving the popularity of
^yacht racing down New York way.
\ We have in transit a car load of
Superior and Thomas grain Drills
We know that there are no better
divills than these manufactured, and
wi; bought them several months ago
be fore the last advances in price,
so can save you some money. We
liaVe them in all sizes for both team
and\ tractor use. Come and talk it
over | with us and let us show you
these! drills.
\ OLNEY HARDWARE CO.
ONE LOT
©
ONE LOT
ONE LOT
Men's Dress Shirts, worth
Men’s Dress Shirts, in
Men’s Dress Shirts, worth
$1.50 to $1.75, all sizes.
Stiff and French Cuffs.
today up to $2.00.
Sale $1.00
$1.25
$1.50
ONE LOT
ONE LOT
ONE LOT
Men's Dress Shirts, big as-
Men’s and Boy’s Dress
Men’s Athletic Union Suits
sortment, worth up to $3.25
Shirts, in 14-14y2 only.
regular $1.50 seller.
$2.00
98c.
98c.
Men's Athletic Union Suits
Men's Knit Union Suits,
Men’s Balbriggan Shirts,
the regular $1.75 to $2.00
all sizes, worth as high as
and Drawers, -all sizes,
seller.
$2.50. ^
worth up to $1.50.
$1.25
$1.89
$1.00
Men's Balbriggan Shirts
Boy's and Girl's Union
Men's Union Suits, our
long and short Sleeves, all
Suits, all sizes, worth up
regular $5.00 garment, in
sizes.
to $1.25.
all sizes.
71c.
89c.'
$3.98
OIL ACTIVITIES CON-
TINUE UNCHANGED
The oil activities in the county
continues unabated. Many repres-
entatives of the different compan-
ies have been in the county this
week looking after their interests
already acquired and others secur-
ing acreages.
Several big deals have been clos-
ed thougted declaration :on my
part The Leader has not been able
to secure definite data concerning
the transactions. Everybody is
optimistic. New companies and
corporations are coming every
week.
The Leader gave notice last
week of the new oil exchange. Mr.
Young, of Fort Worth, and, in fact
of all Texas, has opened his ex-
change in the corner of the Tid-
well building. He has given the
oil game a close study. He is of
the opinion that Graham is the
logical center for future develop-
ments.
It is reported to The Leader that
Chicago interests have acquired a
block of acreage near the McClus-
key well and will begin drilling im-
mediately. Many new locations
have been made in all sections of
the county and within sixty days
the county will be dotted with
many additional derricks. Con-
siderable interest has been mani-
fested in the Olney country in the
shallow sands and we feel that
within ninety days the drilling
activities wili be doubled in that
section.
The South Bend field is attract-
ing the attention of oil men from
all sections. The McCluskey well
continues to produce from 700 to
850 barrels a day. Many new loca-
tions have been made and several
new rigs are now under construc-
tion! in that field.
The Douglas well, about sixteen
miles south of Graham, came in
last week and is a good producer.
Mr. I. W. Steele, of Ivan, was in
The Leader office today and re-
ported that the Douglas was pro-
ducing as much as 2,000 barrels a
day.
The Eliasville field is getting
better every day. There are a
number of good producing wells
around Eliasville. The secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce at
Eliasville reported to The Leader
that not a dry hole had been found
in the Eliasville field. There have
been so many new locations that
space forbids us giving a detailed
statement of all of them.
Next week we hope to give a full
account of all the drilling activi-
ties in the county and the progress
made in all the wells now drilling.
The Scott No. 2 is expected to
come in this week, but we were not
able to get definite information be-
fore going to press.—Graham
Leader.
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In this weeks issue you will
notice a new law firm; styled Mc-
Baayer & Guice. Mr. H. H. Guice,
a graduate of the University of
Chicago Law School and a member -
of the Dallas bar, has joined Mr.
McBrayer and they will have of-
fices at Graham, Olney and New-
castle.
INNER TUBES FREE
During the month of August we
will give absolutely free with every
Pennsylvania Vaccum Cup Casing
a Pennsylvania Inner Tube of cor-
responding size. Remember it is
free, and besides the inner tube
you get the best casing that money
can buy just as cheap as any other
standard casing.
THE CITY GARAGE.
Attention is called to the fact
that The Enterprise is this week
starting a Classified Advertising
Column. The rate in this column
is one cent per word each insertion
and we believe that this kind of ad-
vertising will get good results. Try
it out if you want to buy or sell
anything, or if you have anything
else on your mind that you want
to get before the public.
GRAIN ON THE FARM
t The new
grain, standing in the field uncut,
or cut and not threshed, or thresh-
ed, in fact anywhere on the place.
Cars are scarce, don’t hold it if yop^
can help it, is our advice, but if
you will hold it, see us for protec-
tion and do it NOW. ■
Reynolds & McMillan.
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Shuffler, R. The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1920, newspaper, August 6, 1920; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113683/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.