Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 30, 1956 Page: 6 of 48
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Wise County Was Created
From Cooke Jan. 23, 1856
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Sole Prices
Agency Says Farmers Face
History’s Worst Situation
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NOT JUST A FEW ITEMS - NOT JUST A FEW DAYS
BUT EVERY ITEM IN OUR LAR3E STOCK FRICED AT TERRIFIC
REDUCTIONS DURING THIS SENSATIONAL CLOSE OUT SALE
COME AND GET YOUR SHARE OF THESE SENSATIONAL BUYS
Week Opens
DECNTURThe pages of time from each of the county’ com-
The magnet which drew the in-
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Men's Fortune &
Davidson
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Church
will be rolled back to 1853 here
next week, then reread and por-
trayed until the present day oil
and industrial boom as Wise
Countians join together to obaerve
the county’s 100th anniversary
ment. The state was generous,
and thpse arriving around 1854
were granted 100 acres providing
a house be built and the land be
occupied for three years.
The land , was surveyed by the
district surveyors. The land office
at Austin at first charged $.50 per
acre and later $1.00 per acre to is.
sue a patent, signed by the gov-
ornor, making the land legally that
of the settler.
Land sharks did a thriving busi,
ness until all of the free land*
wore claimed With a choice of
you can rely on
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Mayor W. R West made the an
Farming operations in South
Texas are at a standstill except
in irrigated areas. Joe Rothe at
Weslaco said. Supplemental feed-
ing of livestock and reduction of
foundation herds continue* ht all
inland counties in South Texas. .
Cotton and grain sorghum in the
intensely irrigated South Plains
is maturing rapidly reported W.
H. Jones at Lubbock Sorghum
harvester is around 20 per cent
complete in some oomtif* and
cotton harvest ranges from 5 per
cent to M per cent complete with
yields about normal.
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GRACE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY. SIPT, sOth — 7130 P.M.
ADMISSION FREE
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Physical remnants bi
the country by pioneers „ - ,,
by sons. grandsons and great
grandsons will be displayed in a
historical musem in the college
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LET BROOKS BE YOUR DRUGGIST
Free Delivery Service
From 8 A.M. Until 9 F.M.
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McKinney Post
MCKINNEY (Special) - Mr. and
Mr*. Jerry Hart. have recently
moved to McKinney where Hart
will asume the position of man-
ager of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Jaycee Recreation
Center starting this week end.
Hart is a sophomore student at
North Texas State College in Den-
ton and will comute to classes
during the winter. Both he and
Mr*. Hart are natives of Farmers-
nney
By MU. J0YCE REED
Special Correspondent
(Wise Codhty will observe its
lOdth anniversary year with a
Centennial Celebration October A
5 and 6 la Decatur).
Freight was hauled by ox-cart or
by wagons and the average speed
was even alower than that of the
stagecoaches, thus travel by horse
remained the principle mode of
transportation for the early North
Texas set tier*
FREE LAND
COLLEGE STATION U—The
Texas Extension Service said to-
day that exas farmer* and
ranchers now face probably the
most severe situation in their his-
tory and the lack of rainfall
causes conditions to worsen dally
Drought has caused a critical
shortage of range, pasture and
feeder crops for livestock, and be-
low average erop yielda The
moisture shortage also is delaying
planting of winter food crops. Di-
rector G. G. Gibson said after a
report from district agricultural
agents.
Many farmers are preparing
land and some are dry.planting
seed to have them in the soil for
a fast start when moisture does
fall. A shortage of stockwaler is
adding to the cause of increased
1 movement of livestock to market.
Only a few widely scattered
showers have been reported,
bringing with them encourage-
ment but very little relief to the
Panhandle, South Plains and Cen-
tral Texas. Cotton harvest has
moved into the irrigated fields in
the El Paso and South Plains
areas
"The shortage of stockwater la
developing into the most critical
condition in North Texas." Ted
Martin said at Denton "Shortage
of food all summer and the pres-
ent shortage of hay and the high
price of it is causing the number
of cattle marketed to increase
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territory which was to become —_____— .
Wise County was without organ- migraats to the territory
ization and every man was a law free lands offered by the
unto himself. These were the days
immedately prior to the Immi-
gration of lawmen, merchants,
of Cooks, while Denton County
surveyed and legalised the south-
ern part
ORGANIZED 1856
Because of travel difficulties
and the distance to transact land
matters the day was to arrive
When the settlers would welcome
a county government organization.
The general desire for local gov-
erment led to the creatian of Wise
County from Cooke County in
1856, An election of officers was
held on the first Monday of the
following May.
The Honorable Henry A. Wise,
a Virginia statesman, supported
President Tyler in his effort to
annex Texas to the Union. and it
was because of this that the in-
fant county took for her name
Wise — in honor of him.
Howell's store was the site of
the first election, but soon one of
the three buildings in existence st
the time became the first court
house. The 16-foot frame structure
built by a citizen west of Ho-
well’s store was weather-boarded
with four-foot hackberry boards
cut in the West Fork (of the
Trinity) bottoms, and shaved with
a drawing knife. Two-foot clap-
boards roofed it and cottonwood
puncheons floored it.
The hill on which Decatur now
stands was adorned by this lone,
unassuming structure which, was
moved to the northeast corner of
the square to become a courthouse
Where law and justice might be
upheld as a beacon to the lonely,
yet valiant colonists who left a
proud heritage to the natives of
Wise County and her adopted
sons and daughters,
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McKiNNKY (Special) - A city
election has boon called for Wed-
nesday, Ort. It, at which time
voters wil determine whether or
not a commission shall be chosen
to frame a new charter for the
City of McKinney.
At the same time, voters will
name a 15-member charter com-
mission whose duty is will be to
Centennial Sewe
__________________ yea or no votes on this question:
ville and graduated from Farmers- "Shall a commission be formed to
villa High School frame a new charter"?
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W relics, pictures and blographies. Mayor W.
Trade-in today-get s set of safe, dependable A
Gulf Tires. A big value at regular price—a .
Gu”, qusyaushuprssnaje eenfdns I
18 months—your assurance of satisfaction. Take * FI
Advantage of this big bargain offer—sale prices e
in effect for a limited time only! ' . B
nouncement following a regular
meeting of ths city commission
Wednesday and said the body pass-
ed an ordinance authorising the
election.
A request for the election was
made recently by the Citizens
Council for Better Government in
the form of a petition signed by
several hundred voters. The peti-
tion asked for a revamping of the
present charter and called for the
election of four commissioners in-
stead of two as is the case at
present
October 31 ballots will ask for
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year.
"The celehration,which, will j
jamboree will carry wl
Jambore, will carry with
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160 acres of virgin soil and tim-
ber in the offing. all the settler
need do was move into his newly
erected home end wail his three-
year period to file pre-emption
claims.
The northern part of the terri-
tory which was to become Wise
County was under the jurisdiction
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Knox Parr at Amarillo said
showers in the western part of the
Panhandle were encouraging but
were not enough to relieve the
extremely dry conditions which
have caused wheat seeding to
stop, pastures to dry and more
cattle to go to market. Cotton,
silage and alfalfa is being harvest-
ed, and carrots in Deaf Smith and
Parmer counties and potatoes in
the Texline area are moving to
market.
In the hard-hit Edwards Pla-
teau. Runnels County reports the
lowest cotton crop on record, and
about SOO bales from 25,000 acres,
said V. G. Young at Baa Angola.
Concho County also reports most
of the lambs and many ewes have
been sold, and movements of goats
from Kimbell County to market
are large.
East Texaa pasture* are drying
up fast, hay is scarce and cattle
are losing weight with large num-
bers going to market each week.
John Surovik at Mount Pleasant
Mid.
A large amount of the rolling
plains wheat acreage is going in
to the soil hank. James Simmon*
reported at Vernon Grein sor-
ghum and cotton yields continue
low and six or more counties re-
port shortage of pickers Rangos
are dry. stock water Is being
hauled in many sections and al
falla stands have been severely
damaged in Foard and some other
counties.
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READY FOR THE JUDGING
G. T. Eldar, left, and Myrl D. Head, right, are ready for the beard-growing judging
of the Wise County Centennial to be held in Decatur Oct. 4-6. And Mrs Bera
Faye Boring, center, complete with bonnet, will be ready with, a razor. Judging
of the beards, a part of the promotion for the celebration, will be during a centen-
nial jamboree Thursday night. (Record-Chronicle Staff Photo).
Ave. K & W. Prairie C-2341
it all the trimmings of life, fun,
and grief that goes with deveop-
ment of any county or community.
Highlighting the centennial will
be an historical pageant, which
will trace the county’s history
from its early settlers in 1953-56,
through organization of the county,
the Civil War and readjustment
and unrest, coming of the. rail-
road* and coal mines, two world
wars and a depression, and post-
war prosperity and growth.
LARGE CAST
A cast of several hundred Wise
county residents will portray the
county’s history, written and dir-
reeled by Dr Charlo* T. Gettys,
dean of Decatur Baptist College,
and Charles W Jones, director of
the college'* speech and public
relations department
The cavalcade of history, a tri-
bute to the pioneers who first die-
played their faith. in an Indian,
ravaged land. will unfold in to
episodes, each describing impor
tent milestone s in the county’s
growth.
The production will bo presented
at Dickson Field, Decatur Baptist
College at 8 p.m Friday and
Saturday nights. There is no ad-
mission charge, although reserve
seats on the east side of the sta-
dium are available-at $1 each.
CONTEST SET
Thursday night's jamboree, the
festive period of the celebration,
will throw the spotlight on Cen-
tennial beards, prettiest pioneer
wear by women and men, three
fiddler's contests, coronation of a
centennial queen, and an old-time
square dance on Decatur streets.
A total of $325 in government
saving bonds await the winner,
and two runnersup* in the queen
contest. Entries have been receiv
ed from all communities. includ-
Ing Alvord, Boyd, Bridgeport.
Chico, Decatur, Paradise, Rhome
and Slidell,
The Centennial Parade, set for
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct- 6, will fea-
ture floats that onec again will
portroy the county's development
and growth. Prizes totalling $450
in cash await the three best en-
tries that beat depict the county's
history. Parade chairman is A. L.
Duncan, assisted by. co-chairmen
JOE EVANS
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preachers, doctors, cattle kings,
cowboys and soldiers.
But buffalo hunters, arriving to
find the land infested with Indians,
preceded the settlers who hoped
to gain new fortunes in the new
land of plenty. The territory was
sparsely occupied with colonies
scattered here and there There
was no connecting roads and no
bridges crossed the creeks, some
of which were deep and swift
Travel was virtually impossible in
rainy weather.
'Riding a horse was the fastest
and most comfortable way to tra-
vel. However, as early as 1845
there were a number of stage
lines operating in Texas. They
were slow, the fares high and the
coaches were uncomfortable
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