The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1923 Page: 1 of 10
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FEATURE OF RARE NOVELTY
NUMBER ON WBAP PROGRAM
The Light of
Western Stars
By ZANE GREY
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Dallas, Texas, April 9, 1923.
although he was able to be up and
Zane Grey
Col 1 i na—Decoration
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The Light of
Western Stars
Keystone Reported as
Sure-Enough Oil Well
The Decatur News
Decatur, Texas
Parking Plan to Be
Proposed by City
Decatur Loses
Good Woman
May Day Festivities;
Committees In Charge
Real American Story
By Typical American
Corporation Court Judge Takeo Hand
In Protection of Human Lives
Lake Decatur On a
Boom
Mrs. Eva Hogg died Monday, April
23, 1923, at 11:35 p. m.,_*t the home
ana. vu»o. v. »<»■»-
in Fort Worth, Texas. The re-
ears of age at
She was a
C. B. I
L. H.
’ | ’HE color of the Southwest,
* the exhilarating freedom of
wide and adventure-filled spaces,
dangers of border life, and the
lure of woman's beauty.
“QUEEN EIGHTER OF DECATUR”
. Zane Grey has done nothing in
this story to imperil the popular-
ity he has gained as a talented
exponent of the romance, charm
and virility of western fiction; on
the other hand, he has done
much in this tale to increase that
popularity.
on the habitual speeders and reckless
drivers, according to the officials.
With the cooperation of the police
This charming story in book form would cost you at least
?2.00. and it is only.one of several that will appear in The News
during the year. Don’t miss it.
If you are not a subscriber, try a
Trial Subscription of 3 months 25c
Do it now, and get the opening chapters of this great story,
gs well as one of the cleanest and best county papers published in
North Texas.
Heavy Fines Best
Cure to Get Speeder
Youra truly,
DORIUS( Deacon) DU BBS.
Center, State of West Vir-
Sorghum
ginia.
day morning and taken to the home.
Funeral services were conducted from
the First Baptist church Tuesday af-
ternoon at 3:30 by Rev. J. L. Ward
and Rev. R. E. Bell in the presence of
a large congregation of relatives and
friends. Interment in the City
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hogg had been in failing,
health for more than two years, but
was able to be around until Saturday,
when her condition grew critical and
her children in Decatur were called
to her bedside.
Mrs. Hogg was bom in Tennessee
but came when a mere child to Texas
i with her parents, Dr. and Mrs..Wm.
Legal Advice Wanted
Hon. T. J. McMurray,
Decatur, Texas.
Dear S’r: On Friday night, May 4,
the writer will appear at the High
school auditorium in a play under his
own name. While the play is nigh
class and absolutely free from objec-
tionable features of any nature, it is
so laugh provoking that large num-
bers of the audiences frequently be-
come entirely overcome, and occas-
ionally one expires. I am writing to
ask if, in the event of fatalities or per-
manent disabilities under such cir-
cumstances I would be liable to pro-
secution or damage suits under the
laws of Texas.
As the entire proceeds will go to
the High school library there will be
no fund from which to pay a fee for
your opinion, but you will be given a
nass to the play and the sincere
thanks of
Co. Superintendents
IVfosif tif A iiaiJn 1 had become malignant in its nature.
JlCtl al zYUsiill although he was able to be up and
State Superintendent S. M. N. around until his illness a few days
Marrs called the county superintend-
ents to Austin April 19th. The prin-
cipal subects discussed were census,
free text books and appropriations
for schools. In a discussion on the
progress of schools, Alvord was called
the “Diamond Rule School” of Texas
by Supt. Marrs. Booth Prairie is held
up as an example to all other one
teacher schools of Texas because of
the teachers’ work and enthusiasm
and the hearty cooperation of her
patrons. With fifteen pupils repre-
senting six families she has an active
Mothers’ Club. The hot lunches they
have served at Pecan school this year
have proven both popular and
profitable.
Come on good people of Wise coun-
ty and let us have an even better re-
port for next year. There is no rea-
son why we can not have better
schools than ever before. Secure the
best teachers possible and then help
them to build up your schools. It
means more and harder work for
teachers and patrons, but we have no
room in Wise county for lazy or in-
efficient teachers. We owe the best
that is in us to our children.
EFFIE PRICE,
County Supt., Wise County.
As an American story it is all
that could be desired; a* a west-
ern story it is second to no other.
Renshaw. On December 28, 1872, she
was married to John W. Hogg, whom
she has survived quite a number of
years. To them five children were
were bom, three of whom survive—
Mrs. Chas. B. Simmons, of Ft Worth;
Mrs. Alf Brown and Miss Maude
Hogg, Decatur.
Mrs. Hogg was 69 ye
the time of her death,
noble, beautiful Christian character,
a splendid home builder and a devot-
ed mother, and a good, kind neigh-
bor, a* loyal and true citizen, the like
of which is the backbone of a town.
Her passing removes one of Decatur’s
most substantial and honored wo-
men. May her devoted children find
oomfort in he kindly deeds and aelf-
sacrifleing life, which was worthy of
i emultion.
The nail bearers were: Congress-
man Williams, J. A. Simmons, E. P.
Pioneer Citizen Dies
H. H. Trussell passed away at his
home Wednesday, April 25, 1923, at
1:30 p. m., after a ten days’ confine-
ment to his home, from a malady that
ago. Funeral services will be held
at the Baptist church this (Thursday)
afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Bell, after
which the body will be taken in charge
by the Masons, with interment in the
City cemetery.
Mr. Trussell was one of Decatur's
splendid old pioneer citizens, honor-
able, straightforward and upright in
his dealing; a good Christian man,
holding his membership in the Ban-
tist church for many years, where he
ever lived a staunch, loyal member.
He leaves a wife and six daughters—
Mrs. Marshall Reeves, Mrs. Curt-
ner, Hobart, Okla.; Mrs. Hague, Mrs.
Fred Freeman, Mrs. Jimmie Young
and Miss Aquilla Trussell, all of De-
catur, who were at his bedside when
the end came.
To the bereaved in their loss The
News -extends sympathy.
Through courtesy to Miss Acquilla,
Perkins-Timberlake closed their doors
during the funeral.
The recent heavy rains have filled
Lake Decatur and Wednesday morn-
ing water was reported running
“ through the spillway. This insures
a good sunnly of water for city use.
and fire fighting, and ia a precursor
of * ^n<
"Buy It In Decatur."
ter. The converts were baptized
at the Baptist church by Bro. Bell.
A Request
Traffic Officer J. E. Dalton kindly
asks all car owners to see to it that
( both numbers be placed on their car.
Baptist Revival Closes
Last Sunday was the closing day of
a two weeks’ revival at the Baptist
church. Dr. Wallace Bassett, of Cliff
Temple, Dallas, conducted the revival
services, which were well attended
throughout the entire time. Dr Bas-
sett is an able, earnest and practical
speaker, and held the strict and un-
divided attention of his hearers. He
will long be remembered in Decatur
for the good seed sown nd for his
earnest endeavor for the salvation of
souls.
There were 23 additions to the
Aiderman C. C Lewis was showing
a neatly draughted plan of the city
square and side streets and said the
idea was to work out some scheme so
that the parking of cars in front of
the business houses could be discon-
tinued and still have parking places
conveniently located, some on the
square and some on the side streets.
Judging from the location of the
parking pices on the map the scheme
can be easily worked out without
causing anyone to be really incon-
venienced.
MAY QUEEN
15,300
9,600
9,600
5,200
4,800
4,000
Mecaskey 3,700
...2,100
.1,900
1,900
... 1,700
The crowning of “Queen Eighter of Decatur, county seat of
Wise,” given from the Broadcasting Station WBAP, Fort Worth
Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, certainly created a furore.
Letters and telegrams and phone messages poured in from all over
Texas and other states, and even from far-away Canada every-
one expressing delight at the program and congratulating the per-
sonel of those taking part. They want more from Decatur and De-
catur has plenty more it can give them. When Decatur puts her
'beat foot forward there is always something doing, and that some-
thing is always good.
The following account of the concert is from the Star Tele-
Watch for ft at a
Serial
Fort Worth Record:
Say it with fines.
That *is the slogan adopted by
Judge Cullen Bailey, who presides
over corporation court, and which he
invokes in his conversation with
speeders and the reckless drivers.
Whil^ the judge shoves a gob of
leniency on the scales to balance jus-
tice in most every case tried before
him, he is adverse to allowing speed-
ers very much of said leniency.
"I believe in leniency for first of-
fenders in almost any kind of crime
except speeding and feckless driving.
Every motorist knows the law in re-
gard to speeding and driving reck-
lessly, and if th6y don’t they can learn
up here at so many dollars a lesson.
I intend to cooperate with the police
to the full extent of my authority in
stamping out this mqnace.” I
Following this declaration, Judge
Bailey proved' his sincerity by assess-
ing fines against six persons. Five
were charged with speeding and an-
other was charged with driving an
auto while intoxicated. Two drew
fines of $15.00 and another was fined
$25.00 for speeding. The man charged
'with driving a car while drunk also
| drew a $25.00 fine. The remaining
i two speeders were fined $10 each. . > me
The judge’s shining example is not judge and the county attorney’s of-
going to waste on the motorcycle and fice, it is expected by high officials
------ ----- — -------- „ traffic squads and these branches of of the department that the traffic
church,^19 by baptism and 4 by let-1 the police department are loading the laws will soon be enforced to the point
' | court docket with violators.* The of-, where it will be necessary to make
I ficers are not persecuting the motor- but few arrests.’
final drilling in, which will be in about s
ten days, awaiting the cement to set.
Monday afternoon a large number
of citizens went out to the well. Af-
ter watching operations and seeing
bits of oil spout up as the casing was I
being put in, the dead and live oil;
running down the slush pit, the strong !
gas pressure with every indication of
1,400 oil, even the doubting Thomas came
1,100 back convinced that the oil was there
11 | but the “unknown quantity” is yet to
ists however, but are “bearing down”, be found. %
This good news was broadcasted
and early Tuesday morning the town
was full of strangers. Leases are
changing hands and the oil interest is
greatly stimulated.
This is a true story of the oil situa-
tion in Decatur. If this well comes
in a big producer, it will settle for all
time the wild cat situation in Wise
county and Decatur will boom as nev-
er before in its history. It has been
predicted that by fall the country will
be full of oil derricks.
“So mote it be”
The well, which is a rotary test,
picked up the pay at a depth of 3,266
feet which showed oil and a heavy
gas pressure, and two feet lower than r
that of the Melton well which drilled i Gibson, W. B. Man, Dr. D. A. Car-
two years ago and is located 176 feet Penter< Ju<^Ke Tom
to the west of the Hunter-Scott test. Those attending the funeral were:
The Melton well penetrated the pay a Judge Tom Simmons and daughter,
few feet and oil rose 60 feet in the , Mrs. Conrad, and two children, Mrs.
hole in 30 minutes, but while running ^urd HalseU, Mrs. Julia Halsell, Dr.
the . casing two joints were dropped £ Mrv George Busly,
which necessitated the abandoning of Mrs. WH1 Beard, 'Mrs. Kelso and
the hole after a two years’ fishing daughter, Mrs. Pnest Lipscomb, Fort
job. i Worth; Dr. and Mrs. John Beall,
The showing made by the Melton D«Ha»» »nd Mr.land Mrs. Will Ren-
well was so promising that prepare- 8"aWk> Bridgeport.^
tions were begun at once by Hunter
and Scott, after securing a block of I
6,000 acres, to put down their test on
the Graves.
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They will all be there on May Day
Come out to see—queens, Princesses,
Maids of Honor, Heralds, Cardinals,
Flower Giris, Train Bearers, Baloon
Girls, Colonial Maids and Escorts,
Girls at the Maypole, the Prime Min-
Hter, the Jester, the Black Cat, and
Spring Songs.
The News is informed on the very i
best authority obtainable that the
Scott-Hunter well near Decatur, is
an oil well and balieved to be a big
producer. Ten days, however, will ■
tell the story. Monday evening the
last of the casing was put in and 200 o{ her dautfhter> Mrs. Chas. B. Sim-
sacks of cement went down in the molis, i- *■'—* 'v---- ti----.
deep hole in fifteen minutes, and now mains were brought to Decatur Tues-
Decatur is holding her breath for the.
Miss Jennie Bess Hoyl....
Miss Thelma Taylor
Miss Annie Workman
Miss Jennie Lee Hambright
I Miss Ruth Ball
Miss Jesse McCracken
Miss Marguerite
Miss Mary Frances Bennett
Miiss Jacobina Buigh
Miss Helen Hoy!
Miss Blanche McCracken
Miss Christine St. Clair
Miss Ruth Gililland
Mrs. T. G. Rogers—General Chair-
man.
Mrs. R.
Chairman.
Mrs. M. W. Burch—Chairman of
Princesses and Maids of Honor.
Miss Jewel Taylor—Royal Court
Chairman.
Mrs. E. W. Bass—Musical Chair-
man.
Mrs. Steve Lillard, Jr.—Program
Chairman.
Directors of Drills—Miss Dorris
Faith, Mrs. E. P. .Gibson, Miss Aileen
Rowan.
The Chamber of Commerce and
American Legion are lending their
b«lp to make the May Day celebra-
tion a success..
150 characters will take part on the
program.
Gars will be furbished to carry citiB’
zens to and from the college free of
charge. Those who wish to go over
in cars, please be on eouth aide at 7
o’clock. Cars park on south ride.
Admission to the grounds, 10c and
15c.
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gram, Fort Worth, Texas:
(By G. C. Arnoux, Radio Editor)
“Queen Eighter From Decatur” was
crowned in all her majesty with the
Hired Hand acting as prime minister,
Friday night on the 9:30 to 10:30
o’clock concert period of WBAP.
The Decatur, Texas, artists pro-
duced a novelty program that was a
real “knockout.” In addition to the
element of originality and novelty,
which is now so essential to excite the
critical musical palates of the radio
fans, the concert had merits as an all
around fun-making hour of music.
, The coronation of the “Queen” is
part of an annual custom at the De-
catur Fair and was given for the first
time over the radio Friday night. Mrs.
E. W. Bass was “Queen Eighter” and
arranged the program. She was feat- '
ured in several very good musical
numbers.
The “Home Brew” Orchestra, a
combination banjo and mandolin af-
fair, also scored in its various num-
bers. It was composed of Messrs.
Glen Stokes, BiH Hill, W. J. Stokes,
Frank Baits, Archie Hoyl and C. P.
Nash, with Mrs. Terrell Lillard at the
piano. x
The orchestra opened the cere-
monies with two popular selections,
“Broadway” and “You Tell Her, I
Stutter," played by the banjo artists.
Phone Calls Received
Two tenor solos, “The Sunshine of
Your Smile,” and “Love Sends a Lit-
tle Gift of Roses,” sung by Charles P.
Nash, with Mrs. Harry Gose at the
piano .received a flood of complimen-
tary phone calls.
The first appearance of the mando-
lin orchestra, with two of the most
widely jx>nui*r sc’aptions riL. present
in radio favor, “My Buddle” ana
’‘Carolina In the Morning,” literally
brought down the house.
The coronation address was then
delivered with “pomp and ceremony”
by M. W. Burch. The address was a
really clever bit of poetry written by
J. H. Cates of Decatur.
After the address the Queen sang
two pretty solos, “Your Eyes Have
Told Me So,” by Blaufass, and “At
Dawning,” by Cadman. Mrs. Ter-
rell Lillard accompanied.
A beautiful selection was “Silvery
Shadows Fall-n^ ” nlayed by the man-
dolin orchestra
Program is Varied
A bit of classical was interjected in
the program with attractive results
when Mrs. Harry Gase played as a
piano Solo Godad’s “Fourth Mazurka”
and “Waltz in E,” by Mozkowski.
M. W. Burch made a short address
on Dectur and Decatur Baptist Col-
lege and the progrm closed by the
novelty number “Chicken Chowder,”
and a medley of popular airs by the
orchestra, with Mrs. Terrell Lillard at
the piano.
A telegam received at the radio of-
fice stated that more than 500 citizens
of Decatur were gathered in the dis-
trict court room and enjoying the pro-
gram from start to finish.
Home Brew Numbers Please
Another .wire was received from T.
H. Wright and family of Decatur;
from Grant Stephens of Chillicothe,
and the Fountain Garage of Fountain,
Colo., which complimented the pro-
gram of the Home Brew Orchestra.
Among the local and long distance
calls of congregation received were
those from Ray Watson, jail build-
ing: Mrs. R. M. Shaw, Walters, Ok.;
Norman Allsworth, Stop 6, Dallas
Pike; Jack Maher. 700 Travis Ave.;
H. E. Stewart, Dallae; Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Brady, 3401 Avenue F.;. Chest-
er Leffler, Chamber of Commerce;
Florine Helm, 4040 Hemphill; Dallas
Beecham, mayor of Boyd; L. Bluett,
A. Reeves and K. Rhyne, Decatur;
Mrs. Jess M. Reed. Moody- Mary
Kendall, 2834 Avenue F.; Mrs. Jas.
McCarter, Decatur; Dr. Crittenden
Joyes and family. 2229 Alston: Mrs.
E. A. Burch, 828 Taylor; J. J. Woody,v
1200 Samuel; Mayor J. E. Douglass,
Decatur; C. B. Beard, 1220 Hurley;
A. L. Alland. Decatur: M. A. Moore
and family, I. C. McKissack, M. B.
Hill, Hillsboro: H. C. Walker, Deca-
tur; Roy Gililland, Quanah; W. K.
Taylor, Stop 6; Thedford Bodum,
Floydada: A. F. McConn and C. C.
Hartnell, Dallas.
Mr. L. W. Tyler,
The News,
Decatur, Texas.
Dear Mr. Tyler: Zane Gray is the most popular of
all writers of western fiction and our recent serial
release, “The Light of Western Stars,” is one of his
best stories. Our desire is to give you the very-
best of service at all times; so it gives us pleasure
to be able to offer you this story for the printed
service of The News.
It is one of Mr. Gray’s typical stirring tales, located
on the Mexican border, and combining romance,
adventure, love and honor in a strong plot and with
true-to-lWe and extremely interesting characters. It
has rather more purpose than the average western
story and deals, among other things, with an eastern
society queen who purchased a cattle ranch and
almost immediately became involved in a frontier
warfare. Her loyal cowboys defended her property
and each one of them became individually smitten
with her. The experience resulted in forming a new
viewpoint as to the meaning of existence and gave
her a new object in life. Incidentally, it gained her
a husband who was very different from the type of men
she had previously been associated with.
With your shipment next week we will send an ad
plate and unless we have word from you to the
contrary, the first installment will appear in your
.edition which we print and ship week ending May 5th.
Yours very truly,
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION.
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