The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XII
NUMBER 30
UNITED DRILLING
TAXES HAVE BEEN PAID TIER 0F COUNTY DEAD
SUSPENDED-MAY
BROKEN WHEN HIS
BE RESUMED
CAR TURiitu uvtR
aunt v
phon*
with
It
. but
in
Rev
bun
memory
I < III !l
BILL IS PASSED TO
o’Vanrzat
MAKE NOV. 11
HIGH SCHOOL
LEGAL HOLIDAY
not
Mr
pnxlu<
audit
Duk-niime:
in
riven a better wildcat test '.nan
M
H
th«
Senator
ADDITIONAL PRIZES
w
un
OF POULTRY SHOW
this
MARCH 17. ' *H t,m’-
HEAVY SNOWSTORM
PROVIDES MOISTURE
w ILL
of the year.
HAVE THE I .EIDER.
We
Please
to rive him up
REPORTER
BAPTIST LADIES AID
-ore
B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM.
courts is the
a knn. ’ >a>
IT a Wineheater shot firod
and the chairman
_
Dr. W. B. BteatfL
wind
Cox proposal.
*l i •
WELLINGTON LEADER
thing fa
n-.' th
tin 1 nan
RooAevoh
Jake Black. Wellington.
Maud Anglia, Wheeiei
l«t
2nd
con-
of
J
L
Au.'tini, Feb.
of Collin today
to engrossment
Ike prize* on Huff Orpingt-'n* at
toe Poultry Show tnerk-oked bv the
Up to
', me
»N POST
ARMY RIFLES.
only ju-.t and eco-
faniu-i are fa-t
Farm Bureau being
cuuntie of Texas,
hole
4rt.lt
ino. tn
in !5<
>f We
. .... M The
meeting will be held ia the County
Court room at 2 00 p. m. Every one
ci.i n
•v •-■tiinrrvm.
uendon 1
M.tho
i-tnnt
througl Quitaque
notil
WELLINGTON, CoH^wwth Carty,TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921
I 'H l.TRY ASSOCIA-
TION MEETING
ru delinqvent
TAXES BT
they
deal
clubs
elected
President, Frici
Vice Pre-id» nt. J.-hn Coleman
WHAT’S DIFFERENT’
CAN YOU TELL?
1 he heaviest snowfall
and in fact the he
years, began falling
Thursday night about 9
continued
hours,
falling and
inches deep
that melted,
was from
snowfall.
NINETY"PER CENT OF PROMINENT OLD SET
todav
Ihev ait.
While returning from Wellington
laat Friday, Dr *«d Mm- Jones hap-
Subjeet: Dr I.. T Tiehenor.
Scripture reading.
North of Early Yerrs—Anhia Cas-
tleberry.
Conversion and First Semen—Ruby
Rev.
written
I .rst Baptist Church here that he lia-
i.conudereti and will ha.r to remain
*ith the church there a* they have
'rough! too much pressure to bear*
rtpoo him for 'pm to leave them. He
r.ial accepted the call to the pastor-.
»U- here and was to arrive this
Editor;
send th«-
tempted to hold up the Peoples State
' Bank of Harrison, phyatoiana held
little hope tonight that Starr would
Tho»e who failed to
State and County taxes I
penalty
thcii
20 Senator Roger.*
obtained the passag<
of his bill which pro
?«■ u
same time
PRESS REPORTER.
There wdi be a .neetmg of the
lUiBgirwnrth County Poultry A*xo
The modern location of the college
is the reason for the Cox move. He
is opposed to the board as it staMtis
now, namely, that it is composed °t
the Governor, the Lieutenant Gover-
nor, the Speaker of the House, the
Attorney General and ComrnlgMoaer
of Agriculture.
Cox wanted, as a further compro-
mise. that the new iantitatton ahonld
gathering of
wart married
P'-ttu- who
t union nine
f whom are
death. He
i one great
w< -r»: present
and great
y and baby
to Denton
72 and filed on
llington m is**
■ 1* ■ i. Ir. r.g on tii!
He joined
pay their -
by February |
1st can sair the penalty doe the t
paying thcii taxes by;
This the information
handed to the Leader by County
Judge C C Small.
ful time and an equally delightful
lunch. They intended to build a
bridge, us Caesar did. but the
would not .'toy up long enough
The snow which started falling
Thursday n ght. caused many to be
alo-ent .but still there are many who
mor« than snow could not cause to be
absent-
The new sidewalk, which is neanng
completion, -av»d many feet from
being cold and wet, and probably
saved -onie child, from being serious-
ly ill.
Bov Scouts In the Peewit and Old
Patrol- arc preparing for the second roantv b\
cias> lest, anything these dt>ld days Mari n I.-th
when their outdoor games such a«
basket ball, ba>e ball. and roily
polly* ean not b* .played.
Examination* are being this week,
which is the reason one can wee pu-
pils carrying a load of books home,
and the light bill runs higher, a the;
pupils Mt up waiting for the light* thought *e would do without it, but
to blink find
Th* school pl arts to plant tree- on Thg
the olaygmund soon. This will help you
the looks of the g><»uniL~ %eiy- much. out
This was planned for Arbor Day. but
owing to the weather it wall be nest
Two alleged automobile thieves,
who were -md to have stolen a new
Buick cur at Dimmit, were cap-
; tur*d at Turkey Monday afternon,
after some -hooting and con- .leruble
< ■ citeinent
M nday. I . uat
• (.our.ty Agent I
-the Frtjys the
r u ng and
!ub. in which
I mnk e a good
■ ■I both th*
ff.c. r -v. re
id been uggeded. It r beiy
will He don-- Anyway Jr P*o
re feeling much better c>\ f \ ■
NOT ACCEPT
BAPTIST PASTORATE.
TE FOR A. A
M. BILL DRAWN.
ly tried to put ■ n
• nd of graft ng game.
——I Appeals, handed down a decision in
Dr. J. E. Jonen and wife. Dr. W. I which he stated Arkansas cou. _.
G. Husband and Dr. J. S. McFadden, would have priority claim on the ban-
all of Hollis: and Dr. Jim Searbot- dit.
ough of Gould; Dr. Garrett and wifa Lying partly paralysed, in the jail
club >n order to tea
■ art of farming and
i girip* poultrt'
can win pnres ..
of money too
the following
Mr. It H. Cocke Sr.
died last M rt’da
o'clock and v..a
Cemetery I uc
Masonic ho- •
held from ti .
ueted b\
of tins city
afternoon at 3:40
bur<.|.;n Wellington
:a aft. moon
funeral
Church
IL Hens.
of
it was
inspito
Some
ten to
1 he snow remained on the
Mbtitiaary for the Indiana—OHie
' fgaehar—W. W Cagta.
SMMtery — Pearl
Nix of PortAles. hi. M . has
the pulmt committer of the
vmg con-
the peo-
• n lab ■&,
>nt! . <. T
JOHNSON'S ARM
Wallace, Iowa.
n’ nut,- can cause an h ,n
Vm-xpected hitche- at the
fin fhui.-da. mg! t of lu ' week
Whit John-on vva c n .;g on t
ghway northw t <,■ '■ an:
kidded in the - now and went inti
ditch, turn r
----------- - — - ---- *- W — —. „ —.... a-r-v, ww,w^r -VI .„k V4 'll ---- . tiling
‘ | joined the irmy and was in the ser-, ties for scalps of predatory animals' "retied to put moisture in the ground
Oklahoma City. Feb 20. -Although, nkce until July 1920 when he received : that abound in West Texas. The , r ,‘P,nnX plowing and planting, and
-------- Henry Starr failed to keep his hS discharge, but was under treat governor saJd his reason for di
Ixxik for promise to Oklahoma authorities, meat at the hospital until last week.1 proving wa« that the county ~
1QVI I Ha. Hl/xte.' iTV CFrv<w4 Vtssatt’k nmri nelcasl fzv Rm nne hal/
Tuesday, February 15. Bretl^! (n a^u , .
Martin b id u* many things foi our H york
benefit, at chapel, and urged al! to Atornel Genera Har-
ncr |p to Sunday sch a,! and slay f< p., .t .
time comnig when all farm
t.- will be
-it i- the
wav and
Th.-
tx'ir. I’ Mr h ' • - w <i. - .,
and that th* well will lie
.itK<ndt>ne<1 unless th<- conc«->-ions are
Made, and we bebevr the land owner-
not mix* thie opportunity to
• • <-p the development going on in the
■ rtty. ami especially in their block
■ Arrvage. where, if oil i* struck in
i tying quantities will make thme a
-.r The drilling compan-, n due
- no canre»»'on« for the mple rea-
STARR REMAINS TRI E TO
BANDIT CREED, ALTHOUGH
tine. 1 ia., Six
• Harding ' .ib.r t have
. Lumdiags
the 1’ost. T hese guns will be i credit for thia, to
used in parades, military funerals and any poor people.
■the like, and if necessary will be horse. I never rubbed a farmer. If
used in helping to uphold the lawC t wanted a horse I’d pav for it."
; These gun.* have been attracting quite When shot down at Harriaca.
a Lot of attention and the manual of Ark.. Star again lived up to his
arms is occasionally tried by the ex-!creed. According to advice* here he
soldiers; even some Spanish-American . u>ld companions:
War veterans were noticed looking t’^n't shoot, don't kilt
, them over Wednesday, Make your get away.”
Following announcement
i A TTENDED TEXAS | Governor 1
here, last
o'clock and
incessantly for about 2b
It melted all the time it wa.-
some five or six
of the amount
estimate that it
twelve inphes
and i ha
urgamzi n
id maize,
at fl2.00 a
TheDo z er eommum'
otgamzed have sold
maize. < <>-up». all'. ■
ton.
mimic wav
realising il
organized in th*
especially contivl Tex;, ha- this a-
it sdefinite purpe.-e and is her* to
<ay Plymouth and I.
ting an example which a
munities should fellow. .
As we understand tr- 1 arm Bu-
reau it is not exclusively ,i buying
and -elling agency. It - oigaiuzeo
fur the promotion of bettei I veatock
interests, better farming ami the
general iramroven|gntn «d .the com-
j munity. TTie p<x>pl<- ofjLillie are to
day, Friday, • meeting th* pur-
i-or>e of ftxipg there ’^VrTt’trr TTT*TrUf1,’t'*
planting trees and otherwise adding
to the civic appeaniovv m «.c -< uuui.
let all the communities of die
county organize ami we will see «
marked improvement m • * rural life
of Collingsworth.
Hi* creed a* enunciated to an Ok-1 —
lahoma City audience shortly after SI'BATITI
j his parole is; ( .
' *T want this understood, I never
»hot a man except in a fair shot, and , Austin,
11 could have shot hundreds in the creating a
has received ten back if I had wanted to. T
and belts for the (isn't stone by real outlaws. ___ .
These guns will be credit for Chis, too-1 never held up | next week. Ben L Cox. re person ting
_i----1 ---- --------«_ j Bever al Taylor County, will offer a subati-
- *----- ‘t tute ft>r the committee bill entirely.
The Cox substitute will be a copy
(. of he bill which waa passed by the
jThirty-fifth Legislature, creating an
exact duplicate of, and with all de-
j partment co-ordinate with, the Agri-
any one. cultural and Mechanical College of
| Texas.’ with the exception that the
ig announcement by the! new institution sail be located by the
— - ----- . ------ that he had revoked Starr’n Board of Directors of the preaent
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION', parole, Thomas Doyle, pre-Court of Agricultural and Mechanical College.
church it it was at alF possible |S tn owlet
The Caesar I .at in cla— walked "Ut ii.,„, .
to the City Water Works pun p -La re- n ,f
t.'on, where they had a very <tohght ■ B Fa!!
Secretary o
Week*, Mas-achuMlt
we can't keep house- without it., Ml vl K< ul-.-. Mv«
quicker you *eml it the quicker
will restore peaie and order in
home.
J H GRISBY„ -
Quail, Texas.
A committee appointed by the local ■
Chamber of Commerce con.-usting of
Claud McAllister. Harry Sitner ami
George Reed. visited Wellington
Tuesday for th* purpose of ascer
taining at hr-• hand some important
• iata <>n Ho potato curing plant at
that place. The committee was roy-
a en',-rt,1 n*d .luring tr* entire time
• e their v i it. . hown over the live
ttle <-i»\ *n<i w> acquainted with
plant to there
iijr;; PUP LS
»nc poultry inuusviy are mriuru iu uc X-Iew
preroat. A constitution for the as-1
-ooalion is beinp prepared and will,
ye submitted, plana for the yours.
work will be diecusand, and a discus- i AMERICAN LF
Moa on the culling of poultry will RECEB
t* given by County Agent A L
Nowlin.
-..-■me ami work with to
ad beter poultry for Coll
unty.
W. H. GOFORTTf rrefid.wL
GOES TO WICHITA FALLS
Miss Ethel Stults, who ha.s been
stenographer for the City .State
I The Baptist Ladies Aid met in £,anJf to^t_tKC._year8. left
When the bill regular meeting Monday. Feb. 14 with. for ”’>chit* Falls where ->h*
large attendance After a very in-i , * “pn employed by Ammann a-
teresting Bible lesson, st>me import-, B*»k Acpw-iutar. i ,n
ant business for the afternoon wa.* ' Leader predicts that Miss SlulU will
attended to. A cordial invitation is, good in her new location a< she
extended to all ladies of the church "as with the City State Bank,
to meet with us and also all visitors !
are made welcome. 1 am sure if you ;
would attend our meetings you would
enjov them ven- much. “*
The ladies will have a market at
Goodwin Bros, grocery store Satur-
day, Feb. 26th. Come and get vour
Sunday dinner and help the ladies at
the
holiday ami that the day I* desig-
nated "Victory day."
The deficiency appropriatmn bill
< airying a total of $G«,WX> to meet
existing department deficiencies wa*
errsrroRsert.
T he requiring of giving ad'iituonal
supersedes bund in application of
wnt of error in rese* pending before
the -trpremr ctctt* ve proposed tn a
bill introduled in the senate this
( morning by Senator Carlock. The
governor vetoed the first bill passed
on this -.abject on the grounds that
it was unconstitutional.
Ihe senate requested that the
penitentiary investigating committee
make an investigation of the reports
that the Rusk iron foundry was being
dismantled. The senate's action fol-
lowed the ieceipt of a communica-
tion from the attorney general
• howinr the present status of the
case An effort was made by Sena-
tor McNealu.* to bring up his boxing
bill but was met with abjection and
the bill went over until next week i
The house bill known as the "bet-
tet school amendment to the consti-
tution" was engro<M*l bv the sen-
ate. |
The senate bill by Hertabera which
prohibits falo* adverti. mg and pro
vide* a penalty for the -ame wa*
I engrossed bv (the public after much
discussion. Three amendments to the
bill were added which make the bill
more stnngent in its previsions.
Consideration was taken of the sen
Tix wx-i i» ute joint resolution bv Dudley which
TO WELLINGTON., proposes to abolish the payment of
. poll tax as a prerequisite to vote but -------r- • -•■* •—-- ....
to the house adjourned without taking [Cround until ruesday when a Noithfr
sap- f|ne ^or t»‘e wl'Pal *that is grow,ng
would here. Some deep freezes are needed
... w e»y of the j r*jW to insects that are
relative* ;md bounty without consent of the com- j !*a'^ 'n lhe wheat fields,
miss-toners’' court of that countv
poned.
Tuesday February 22,
sod teachers gave charactenstics of
George Washington and all Mduted
"Old Glory.” Toeadny we* given a/
a holiday.
The object of this weekly report
is to let the people know what we are
doing at the High School. Isiu* 1 or g■«•««•*; w v»i*hwui» auwrvnuoe , mtni wv n;t- nospnai unui ia.*fc wur*a. i proving was vnat me counr
rtMao-'a^ nil who am interested in °“1, ""P™1 *’*’* after week when’when released on parole in 1919, that i He is »■ » m good health and glad to' be ftirced to pay one-half
is. nnulirv udn.irv inwitad to K»1 >ou *’•!’ to know what we are he would "go straight,” he did re-1 be ba-k among hi* relative* and luruntv without consent of
Mie poultry, indwtry are invited to be, main true to his creed as a bandiit. fnend- m>stoners’ court of that c
l^ist week Jolin Bevels went —
t ahfurnia to ac<ompaay his brother, anv definite action. s’*?* ail i*T>^ n,ght the snow
• .Lye Severs, to Wellington. Joe was Governor Neff vetoed his second "j*4* nearly all disappeared. The
dischargee from the Mendocino State measure since taking office when he Norther did not get cold enough to
I Hospital last week after being in the j refused to approve the house bill by snuw from melting ami but
: hospital fa; more than a year. Joe Jones of Vai Verde, appropriating *** formed Tuesday night
BREAKING PAROLE PLEDGE formerly lived here and m 1916 5200,000 for the payment of boun- Thil' ,<now the very
grandchild, ai-
except this g
grandchild. M
of Dalia He
County, Texa
land just ea t <
‘ and moved h*ie
land he filed n unt;l LH>4
the Masonic lx»>ge in 1W,»
. number of. Liu. Chapter and Council
■ f Wellington from the ■ ganization,
Jand waa a r :nl<er of th* Memphis.
•
. gamzatorn. n»d M> tos-i-t.
church at tin- ag,.- <»f IL years and wa*
a consistent I’htistian for t>7 yours.
, He 'a. Sum *up,'iir.t» 'i<i»nt
all the lime j-,' i-<*i in Denton county
• ’<i A a- sup* nten-,, '1. ’ i-*e b-.ttwtov-
M'hnol in Wellington from the time it
- a- tarted for ab ut 12 year*. He
I ---a- always active a a Ma.-<>n and as
a church rn*mlw-r until his health
preventwi. and up to about a year ago
• was active in all meetings of a public
nature and *tood for the best interest*
and betterment of the communitv at
•s Hia life is worthy of emul-
ation. an«t th* memory of hi* life will
live and influence the livo of the
r ’.,pie wbo bad the pmaaure of know-
ing him. The town and county ha*
I,,*', on, ,,f its ereatest citizen.*.
M, H. J. Pettus of H’-aling Springs,!
Ai;,.. atrrred Sundai and was with
him at the last. .Mr. I’ettu* is a
brother of Mrs. R. H. Cocke, Sr. de-;
cea.*ed. Quite a number of Masons i
were here from Memphis to attend
the t’unera; Among the number Mr.
D. H Arnmd who paid tribute to de-
ceased in > awing uonlv
u- waking-
eari' content
•yal I uncl over there, and appre-
urtesi,- extended
The prop
Tnen
and (Aiunty taxes
21 wa* tl,,- amount Collected
lebruaiv I. and ince that
unite a bi
heb. 19.
Went Texas Agricultural a
But that and Military College bill comew up
1 want J for considv ation before the House!
uh , nnvt m.-<wxL P.a»n I. (Ve I Anar xnii*inii '
•d out the
•a •, v <:
1 h,' n sun
» • V
M 1
was up -f
chita ! <iih
• and Uitr
. n a half
T h*’ r a*a
! ♦’ i t h«* '
cell v.rrk
PP-d and
th’ cr« a s
ill let out
‘ nrr man
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