The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1923 Page: 3 of 20
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FRIDAY, JUNE 29,1923
THE WELLINGTON LEADER
1 ■ .
For the Picnic
a hot
nr-'t tar that
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tastv
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Ult of
K.'Cornm.-n<l« < nunUieiIain ■« I .ihlrta
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Hunsaker & Son
COME TO WELLINGTON JULY FOURTH
to death had the\
’k .it
A GLORIOUS FOURTH
' part when occasion* ram*
I rinnn tn
Cocke & Gribble
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WITH Y’H
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SEPT
Theres
27-28-29
a Thrill
AND CHILD IN COL
Arrival
Exit of In
Th* Spirit of
COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY
Th* Spirit of
imr
hat
the
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him
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Murie. Art. Drama.
Th* Spirit of Y
A CONTINt (H S PROGRAM OF EXTERTV1XMEXT
FROM SI X I’ TO LITE AT XIGHT
Tha spirit of
entrance.
Th* Spirit of
Rur*L Town
more
than thpv would at anv other kind of
a how.
I he Wtiet iraiL- <*f the countv will
have not
PEOPLE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING
BIG
•0 will do Family \Sa hing on
tnd iron all the flat pieces.
Mondav
AfDjrg’ton Steam I.aundrv.
In tc
i trr a’ pH rucr of the remap -nr
fight dollar- md for th
go ir with it- work (here had to be
ourcr •• income and the.
a |w nnanent
Mari t u- donated rice .ill- to
HORSE
ACES
FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN
LINGSWORTH COUNTY DURING OUR FAIR
Before spending hours over the stove on
lay preparing ediNes for a Picnic Lunch
here and see what a wonderful arrav of
items you can buv for less than vo i can
them vourself.
in organized bnrv-> ‘ i »<»?'.-
guilt*. • : er i m
could rml.c then
n tonne\
u.‘i that ’ <• :r» -toiM.
s r thr r
r i’ ♦ . e ’ er . ♦ p.
• fold u ’ < » o i Ur I egv n
American 1 egior
of th
I egion i
♦ <
waited
until
churr? ;
and
n. i r - t r ?
preach**1 jh • Hell .*r-<
there than er»
We hope that all the good folks in this part of the State take
that opportunity to visit our town and enjoy the big program
our Fair Committee has arranged
We want you to come here on pleasure, and also to learn more
of the things that our people in this county are doing
Remember the prizes to be given during this fair have 1>een
underwritten by the merchants of Wellington to the amount
of $2,000.00 and it CAN NOT BE A FAILURE
chance to light in the
come this wa»
TH VI
bi
i dim
S OFF
f rough reek
:>unrr
» i f»«| and < nuntrv
B .ddi ! r.: ’ thi- report >• <• <
and he :er
inful, tHritical .in I religi
r« ’! p|p\
othei lung close.
will >a\
” VA ell I >?p e <>!<i
vou preach
I dor* t make the guide vol
nn back
D »d on
Chamberlain’s Tablet- have been
i <■ I or inv husband and nn < If off
ji d <>n for the pad five years. vA hen
” v husband goes away from home
of
tnem
• always takes a bottle
Whenever
■il >ng with him.
1 nave
that heavv feeling after eating, or
fM dull and played out. I take one
• r tw > of Chamberlain’s Tablets and
Mr
they fix
io up fine,
Newton Vreeland, Minoa, N.
fake
rhro' tablet when troubled with con
t pat ion or indige tmn and the\ vvi
•’ » you good.-—Adv
PII NIC
B G
hardtack.
Building slowed up, a j taken in will not leave the county
committee decided that the hall could 1 and becau.-e of this every man that
be built if each corn bread eater paid <ome- will spend ju t a little
a dime.
Before the big
donation
Larted it wa deemed to investigate
the membership.
Now the Legion vv a
made up of men from all walk of; prove to Buddy that the)
.ife; there were (’atholii •. Protestants. ' forgotter* the battle of Bull PuiLai*
md when Buddy’
lOW'h
bi.y, Ho||
it and if
( in look
' enter.
Germany
England and established Headquart
ers in Obi Mexico
Then we could
have cleaned up on them and fought
• h* httle battle m Texa-
Pi would
have Tied Unci* Sam bi lion- of dol
I ir* and he could have paid the ^>1
lien- at !ea*d half ;»
much a he paid
ini’ian employee
In view or the her who wan a < :ith-lie
great mMakn made
ret.n Tied
dier didn t have anvthir.g coming t<
him except m the neck
l he de:i
< ncle Sam paving the >er- er
any back pay wa ndiculou
many men who really won the
*nrk*d for a dollar i»e: year an<;
• f them didn’t charge anything ar
would Lave starved
not profiteered.
Buddv joined tnc
rhe main ptirpo- e
Ruddy umicrdootl it i v to first
tnat all of the lame* ,uberr» !ar ano
irf!irte<! rx Service men g»»t a quart-
deal and to *e that no soldier would
I rinO!!
Buddy*'
post am- never failed to help a ’r
I b h •crat'
Republican
and
‘inner*; fighter.
•ill, bound
in the
chain of companionship
and having
three belief - m common: The*.
fought a fiirht; Shermar
ught: and thev had made America
*afe for ( ivihan.x.
rm
pa ed and tin iogion fail*
report of the mvestlgation
to ge*
I hey .le< i«led to investigate the in
• e tlgatoi -.
An F.x Service man •rom
mother town had ju't moved in and
thev decided to buv
*ost Helium: o
i jwet that he wa>
♦ look about
■ t-
r.ad to drp'- him up but thev
di<l it and lie went out and brought
n the report
\ Democrat
did r ot
want to contribute
to a Republican
organization and re kn» v a ring lead
of th* I rgion w !• • w.
•t rang
\ Republican
Republican
.‘Uld
of
' >t going to put rnoTiev
.i Democratic org’iniz.ition
again t them .• the-
l. t Del
It p! I •
:ry to get hit-, out -n ootid
■ aid thaf r e won! i not • no
ganizatior that i < ■ k g
ihe Pope, and he knew a < adn g e..
*tn .r other
aid that i* wa
■ mie f r
’he Ku KI UM, t’ev fc I lout
under way in Buddy* town *n h<’p
* r I egmn build •< hall
r» a! tern r th< count) that
tiMxl but a feu trouzt ♦ t».r’
to, ■
bad paid tbrir debt to th
eating com br**,u dunng the war
letter: Buddy^t father was dead, he that the wheat could be made into nival and fat stock show. The money
had died fighting Germans. They all
had their guns pointed at Buddy and
Buddy’s left shoulder
almost
‘hot awav. .Mi. Collington told those
gathered around the bed that he had
his Buduv in a shell hole where the
Germans could not get him but that
•e was going hack and stand guard.
Buddy fought, tiled starved, .-cratch
ed co<*ie- and li<l about everything
else that there was to do in tee arm,
but he wa* no hero. He brought back
:o America no medal, no inouev ami
All that wa> left him after
*o wife
the war wa* a memory, a widowed
mother, one lung a few cootie
Hi
Colleen w’ married a Conscientim
Objector and they had two little Berg
dolls (not Bird <log-) who would figF’
Dbjector*- battle jn the next war
Back in AmerYca
Buddv
Icai ne<
that dunng the war and after
»hr
Vrni'tice the country had been flood
ed with as much poison propaganda
as France hail been flooded with poi
<on ga*. Old friends told him he had
just wa-ted part of hr life; that C <
Kai*er was a Chnstian
gentlemen
that America made a great n.i tak»
in gmng into the war when she did;
that 'ho should have
captured Pari .
whipped cour-e he * a
FAIR ASSOCIATION I
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Wells, J. Claude. The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1923, newspaper, June 29, 1923; Wellington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1187251/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .