The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1927 Page: 2 of 6
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The Fairfield Kecorder
L. C k I KGAN
DID \OU EVER
STOP TO THINK
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Subscription I’rur- 91 SO Cash
Enter**li a> (tCOliil claiiH mail mut-
ter ut tlu* Ptmtolftce at la ifioltl,
Texuu, un^er aft of March <>. It*'
FRIDAY JAN. 1 I. 1927
Waite*. Sec. Shaw
Hoard of Com-
SHE WAS ALL PAID FOR
A rather worn motor car
made its wuy down the road.
Its pep helied its evident age.
it had startl'd long ago, a
The publisher of this paper,
L ('. kirgan, will accept no re-
sponsibility noj- commendation
for this issue last Fritlay
mo ning. with glee and joy, we
hied away to Temple to spend
a few hours with the doctors
(Kdsoti K
nee, Okla.,
nierce.) I shiny, nt*w thing, but though
K F .lessen editor of The it had lost its shine and newness
S.ward (Alaska) Dailt Hate it wps still going strong, it.* m-[ there, not expecting to violate
L way. says: most heart untouched by the our long standing rule of
THE HOME PAPER That Dorothy Dix says. “Wo- superficial tributes paid to not allowing darkm ss la
Men everywhere a re coming man is happiest when she has time. Gaily it sailed along, catch us outside of Fair-
more ami more to understand some secret sorrow," to which patches of brown rust showing
and appreciate the influence I will amend, "Some men are here and there. On wooden
of thi " iburhan pre>» in the af- happiest when t hey are possses- spoke- were patches bar** of
fairs of this countiy. -ed of a pessimistic grouch." paint. 1 * ut the sturdy chug of
Only a few years ago we The grouch is the man who the engine belied its extern-
were told that the local news- -t inds on the sidewalk while il folornness. It came and
paper w;v* passing and that it tin* procession <>f progress is passed, and lo, upon its broa i
must yield t" the inevitable. passing and hopes somebody and shaggy hack this legend:
But 11.• prophets were >tubbs his toe and hursts the “You may laugh at me. but
I’m all paid for.”
wrong. Ii is true that the lo- bass drum.
And that rather stops the
laugh. It starts people think-
ing on another track. Sin ’s
a shabby old bus. but she be-
long to the aristocracy of in-
cal daily or weekly can not sup- The man who beats his
ply in detail all of the news of town’s bass drum is the man
the world tt can not complete who will eventually gather a
with its city contemporary in procession to follow him, while
ilustrations and features. !the fellow who is content to
' ’ • local •• per » shrill the piccolo will eventual- dppendenc< for a!
still with u and it i> grow ing |y have to move out of the •she’s all paid for.
in strength and usef ulness :.s neighborhood,
the years go by. Some of the Beutir^ the drum keeps the
reasons for its existence are ,ivt> om;„ awake and halts the
summed up in this paragraph m()ribundity of the grouch,
from an exchange: Hence when it comes to the
I he local newspapei should question of making the noise
he found in every home. No ((f your tou n heard beyond its houses for »art,en seed wh< n
children shoulil grow- up ignor- i jmnlodjate confines, the bass fight at your door we are car-
ant who can he taught to ap-j<lrum js the instrument with ^ng a superb line of bulk
preciate the home paper. It 1 which to tell the world that the set,<1 wl,ere you can see what
is s:ti<l to be the stopping block parade is ready to march. you ,juy and at pHces
of intelligence in ill those mat-]’ Qt.or,,e Cor mack only had a than from mail order concerns.
field. To m i k e a 1 o n g
story short, we finally got buck
home Tuesday night, and in the
meantime tile doctors had bum-
mi and altered the trap of our
face so that it will be forever
barred from entering any beau-
ty show, and for a few days we
are going to take life easy un-
til we regain weight lost dur-
ing our absence. But after all
“it’s a grand and glorious ieel-
CITATION No. 1741
ri». State of T. Xu*, l o any Sheriff In the Matter of the Eatate of J.
U lG>S-0' <*«*» I E. McGuire, Deceased.
You an- hereby con,man led to NOTICE OF APPLICATION
fUiimioe Janie* I'runkiin, by making! FOR PROBATE OF WILL
publication of this citation once each The State of Texas, County of Free-
, ! ,frr«n°,‘“l|UtiVK To “»y Shoriff or Constable
frevijur to tut return liny hereof, in . , .
om« newspapt, pubiis’ . d in your 'rrehtono County -Greeting:
county, to uppt-ar ut the next regular Y’ou are hereby commanded
urm of the District Court of Free- to cause to be published a cvf»y
ftom- County, to be holden at th«
i ourt Houre thereof, in Fairfield,
Texas, on t!,»• li st Monday in I-'ebru
nry, A. I*. 11*7,’ tiie same being on
tin 7th duy of February, A. I). 1927, licalion before the return day
then and there to answer u petition hereof in •, ,.*•
filed in said Court on the 13th day " . , f
of January, A. D. 1927, m a suit I ‘raI circulation, which hnf*
numbered on the docket of said, been continuously and regular-
Court ns No. K521-A, wherein Katy Jy published for a period of not
May I*ranklin is Pluintiff, and Janus ,u , . t
Franklin is Defendant, and said peti-1 !* ' s l"“n °n® y* ar ne*1 Prec‘(1'
tion alleging: That plaintiff has been | *,i'Fr the date hereof, in tile
a bona fid*- inhabitant of the State of County of Freestone and State
Texas, for twelve mouths prior to ex-1 of Texas, to-wit.
of the following notice, at least
each week, for t -n day.- exclu-
sive of the day of the first pub-
that—when
It i* a legend that many a
big important car would be
proud to wear.—Gilmer Mir-
ror.
Don’t send to catalogue
ing” to get back to Fairfield,
even if your are only away a! the 1st day of January, 1920,
few days. To those ~l'~ ■'«-** 'that she un,i (,efendant hav“ no
Iv helped issue the
week by sending in
des and nows
very grateful.
The State of Texas County of
Freestone.
To all persons interested in
the estate of J. E. McGuire,
deceased, Annie McGuire has
filled in the County Court of
Freestone County, on the Gth
day of January, A. D. 1927, an
application for probate last
will and testament of said J.
ters not found in books. Give I Wj<shtub
your children a foreign paper,
which
about
thing
ontains not
word
I squaw, to
belonging to his
sound the tocsin
any p< rson, place
that they ever saw
whir i brought the stampede to
Dawson. Since then the drum
perhaps ever
how could you
be interested?
heard of, and
expect them to
But let them
has been beaten until a world
H. C.
Teague.
McMichael &
Messrs. Frank Oldham, J. P.
Moser, J -ck Dressier and Joe
; Mathew, of Waco, visited J. L
has learned that Alaska is <i|
place where modern tow ns ^ ood here last Sunday
have supplanted igloos and
have the home paper and read {|Ujf0Uts
of people whom they meet and Thorc'fon., if you cannot
the places of \, Inch they art j)cat the bass drum and are un-
fa milar and soon an interest is wj„inir to t.arry itf fall into the
awakened win. I. increases with prot,t,,.sion and help others car-| Teague, Texas
When you are in need of any
kind of feed for stock or poul-
try see me—I have it, and the
kind you want. B. P Compton,
17-2
every arrival of the home pa-
per. Thus a habit of reading
is formed and those children
will read the papers all their
lives and become intelligent
men and women, a credit to
their ancestors, strong in the
knowledge of the world as it
> today.”—Lodi (N. J.) Bulle-
tin and News-Letter.
rv on the work of attracting
capital and development t o
your town.
Even the woodpecker ham-
mers a hollow lirnl> to warn his
mate that lie has staked out a
rich pay streak of wooit-vo’ip.s
Copyright 1927.
Mrs. Billie Evans and son.
Wood, were in Waco and Mar-
lin recently. They were accom-
panied by .). F. Huckaby.
Big stock new crop garden
seed just received. Best selec-
tions bulk seeds. 11. C.
TOO MUCH HURRY
Here rests the remainder
Of Theodore Flurry,
He and the freight train
Were both in a hurry.
— Mineral Wells Index.
The old reliable Red Steer chael & Co., Teague
mixed fertilizers and Red Steer
high grade phasphate. Sold in
Teague bv H. ('. McMichael &
Co. . 1G-2
McMi-
1 G-2
R. H. Scott from the South-
ern part of the county was in
the city, Monday.
Mack Taylor, of Chrystal
Springs. Miss., a former resi-
dent and peace off; r of Fair
field, sends us a nice remit
tance to be credited on his
subscription, and ■ s: “1 want
the good old paper to keep
coming. I have been taking
the Recorder for 40 years, and
for 22 years I have only miss-
ed one issue.
Frost proof cabbage plants,
the best ever grown in this sec-
tion. They should he set now
for early cabbage. Have only
a f-w thousand left that T offer
while they last at 100, 40 cts.:
200, 70 ets.; P.OO, 1.00, post
paid. Order today and get the
best plants you ever s w. D. H.)
Merrill. Buffalo, Tex. 16-3p
Seed Oat* For Sale
Raised from Ferguson No.
922 smut treated Red seed oats.
Guaranteed free from John-
son grass seed. .1. R. Haw-
thorn, Streetman, Texas. 17-4t
Nolbins like It on Earth
The new treatment for torn
Gi «h, cuts, wounds, sores or lacer-
ations that is doing such wonderful
work in flesh healing is tho Boro-
ione liquid and powder comhina-
,,un treatment. Tho liquid Boro-
. ue is a powerful antiseptic that
> -ifies the wound of all poisons
: infectious germs, while tho
>j, rozouo powder is tho great
in uer. There is not lur like it on
*•( .u for s'M'f < Set ' and offi-
< m v. Price liquid l’0e, t»0c
lot ‘.20. Powder 20e. . ad 00c.
tv Id ii /
Johnson A Mcllveen.
Of all the words of tongue or
pen,
The saddest of these are:
“It might have been.”
That is wli.it folks tell me every day
—“if 1 had raised some hops, cows
or chickens, things of lift would be
different.”
You, who have tried this combina-
tion with cotton, know it works to
perfection. You, and the ones who
have not tried it, come over and let’s
talk it over.
A few good cockerels for sale yet,
and we set the mammoth Incubators
every Monday and Tuesday. '
COME OR WRITE F OR FREE
CATALOGUE TO
Radley’s White Leghorn Farm
Route 1 Box 6
Mexia, . . Texas
We make a specialty of
quoting cheap prices on quanti-
ty purchases in groceries, feed,
seed, hardware, etc. Get my
price before you buy your
your spring bill. R. P. Comp-
ton, Teague, Texas. 17-2
hibiting the petition herein, anil has i
resiiletl in said Freestone County,
Texas, for more than six months next
preceding the filing of this suit; thut
she and defendant married on the
30th day of December, 19IK; that de-
fendant abandoned her with the in-
tention of abandonment on or about
and
l e- i mat sue aim ueieiitiani. rave not liv-
wno K together as husband and wife
paper this1? in ee said date, and that
I I . i said abandonment was not caus-
’ “ ‘ | < d, procured or consented tnjK. McGuire, deceased, and for
items, we are j by plaintiff; she aska for the cere and ! L-tters testamentary (the said
| I)! accompanying appli-
( solved, etc.
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore said Court at its regular term,
this writ with your return thereon
showing how you have executed same.
Given under my hand seal of said
Court at office in Fairfield, Texas,
tins the 13th day Jan. A. D. 1927.
(Seal) J. H. Harding.
Clerk District Court, Freestone Coun-
ty, Texas. 17
Deputy Sheriff Homer Rob-
ertson secured a small still,
Sunday in the woods about four
miles oast of Fairfield.
Plant a garden. Start right
by making your seed selection
from our big new line bulk gar-
den seeds. II. C. McMichael
& Co., Teague. 16-2
We are showing an excep-
tionally fine line bulk garden
seed, all now crop seed. H. C.
McMichael & Co., Teague. 1G-2
FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
yTlie best of workers get out of
sorts when the liver fails to act.
They feel languid, half-sick, “blue”
and discouraged and think they
arc getting lazy. Neglect of the,so
symptoms might result in a sick
spell, therefore the sensible course
Bright Panhandle Maize | is lo take a doso or two of Herbine.
*........ .".'ivinpeuh —k
me and book yom uqu.rt vjm and ambition of health,
ments. B. P. Compton, 'l eague. Price 00c. Sold by
Texas. 17-2 Johnson & Mcllveen
cation), which will be heard
and acted on at the next regu-
lar term of said Court, com-
mencing on the third Monday
in January, A. I). 1927, the
same being the 17th day of
January, A. D. 1927, at the
courthouse thereof, in the city
of Fairfield, at which time and
place all persons interested in
said estate may appear and
contest such application should
they desire to do so.
Herein fail not, but have you
before said Court, on the first
day of the next term thereof,
this writ with your return
thereon, showing how you have
executed the same.
(Attest) \Vr. J. Lott,
Clerk of the County Court of
Freestone County.
Given under my hand and
seal of said Court, at office in
Fairfield, this (he Gth day of
January, A. D. 1927.
(Seal) W. J. Lott,
Clerk of the County Court of
Freestone County, Texas.
16 B.v May Robinson. Deputy.
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1927, newspaper, January 14, 1927; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1126847/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.