The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XLl.
NO. 37
Herald
earnest consideration of
every local
outstanding purpose of
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another department will
be assigned
to culinary science—th
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ing. canning and
noted from the various
many
things peculiar to Van
Zandt county.
and certainly
citizenship
' could do not less than
pay the fair
DEMONSTRATION OF
ADJUSTMENT MADE AFTER
CASE GOES TO JURY
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that the policy issued to Mrs.
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flower show.
It will be
Use Lux for laundering linens sad
fine fabrics.—Palace Drug Store.
COMPANY WILL MAKE NUMBER
TESTS FOR INDICATIONS
IN THIS VICINITY
EVERY PERSON RESIDING
IN THE COUNTY
Building Activities.
Canton continues to build. A
subscription. You get the paper the
balance of this year and all of next
year for only $1.50- the regular sub-
scription price for one year.
A good county newspaper should be
The case tried Wednesday, in which ;
Mrs. McKenzie was sueing the Athens’
AS THE DATE FOR THE VAN ZANDT
COUNTY FAIR APPROACHES BUSINESS
MEN AT CANTON ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
“I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923
Agent D. ft.
charge of th.
near Gossett, in
Mutual Life Insurance Company, was
settled after the jury had been dis-
to communicate
tual Insuranc Company com
pillilMW
HFMSTITCHING.—All kinds. plain
pnd fancy sewing. dressmaking—Mrs.
G. L. Stagner at old Dr. Williams
place. 34t4,
The Canton Herald
the entire
pare a creditable display of the
with Mrs. McKenzie by
The idea prevailing among some of
our business men that they should do
an extra amount of business on fair
days should not prevail. There is a I
vast difference in county fair days
and designated trad- days County
lairs are organized and pushed to
pay $1.50 for
| Come to Canton Thurs-
■ day, September 20, at
| 8:30 p. m. See the largest
| parade Van Zandt county
has ever had. After the
parade a public address
toilet articles.—Palace
the various
in the oil business, is here,” says the
in which they carried ou"
exhibits, will mak. it
the costs. Evidence in the case wasers. The use of this well known trac-
. Me- tor with various farming implereni
a visit and look upon that which their
county is capable of producing. In
this connection jt will be said there
cipals in the wedding. The Overland
branch representative and family at
tended this affair and their praise is
I high for these little ones who took
part. »
munities. ’ All kinds
“Miss Katherine Ryan, well known Drug Store.
With only a few days left before the opening date for •
. « y. c ‘m . । ci sent free the balance of this year to
the Van Zandt County fair, business men at Canton areall who
putting forth every effort to inform the inhabitants of Van
will be '
during the oil boom.
Im another issue of the same paper
it was declared that authentic infor-
mation was to the effect that C. I
Devoe had just completed the leas-
ing of a block of 3,000 acres be
tween Elmo and Able Springs, and
that a test well is to be drilled on
this block. The paper quotes J. W.
Spradlin of near Hiram a refusing
s15 per acre for 1-16 royalty on 78
acres of land near that place, which
offer would mean a full royalty of
$240 per acre. It is said that some
oil men now have “bootleggers at
work for them. An oil “bootlegger
is a man hired to go in and pull off
a deal that the real purchaser cannot
preserving—also a
On Sept. 20, 21 and 22 during the
Van Zandt County Fair, a three days’
exhibits to be
section of th -
r necessary be-
v ith C-unty
Kenzie by the aforenamed company
carried an accident clause, and when
Mrs. McKenzie lost an eye, suit was
filed against the company.
headquarters for the present. Miss
Ryan figured largely in the buying of
leases here during the oil boom two
years ago, and old timers take her
presence here as new indications that
business in leases and royalty will
pick up again."
The Kaufman Herald says "leas-
ing activities in different sections of
the county indicate that the oil situa-
tion is soon to he exploited again.
Various reports that drilling will be
resumed this fall have gotten out, and
a demonstration of the varied
the southern part cf the county, but
leases and royalties there are not
bringing the money that they are in
th. Black Jack and Hiram com-
demonstration of the Fordson trac
OIL RIG ARRIVES Tribune, wand wili makke rerrel her
IN WILLS POINT
worth one’s time to go and see the
show.
Remember next week—Saspt. 20, 21
and '22.
next year’s
large number of sample copies this
week and some of these will go to
people who are regular subscribers of
the paper, as we are mailing sam-
ples to rural route box numbers and
cannot eliminate the boxes of sub-
scribers. So if you get two copies of
the paper this week, you will confer
a favor upon us by handing th? ex-
tra copy to a neighbor and we will
appreciate it very much if you will
speak a kind word for the paper in
doing so.
Get in Line, Folks.
The Van Zandt County Fair is
one every citizen of this county
should tie up with and help push to
a couplete success.
is yet time for other
entered from any
county, the only thin.
expending much energy in promoting
the coming fall fail and exhibition.
I The ad in the paper telka of some
of the amusements that will be pro-
vided for the occasion, among them
being a thrilling aerial circus by Lieut.
Toncray. the daring aviator who gave
thousands a demonstration of his
stunts in the air at Wills Point sev-
eral weeks ago. Other forms of
amusement will add to the pleasures
promised auspices of the Canton Motor Coin
giving herjpany of Canton and the Rhode-. &
their parts, and much commendation
has been given concerning the prin-
citizen. Tbe
Waterworks Nearing Completion.
The large well to supply water for
the city of Canton is going deeper
daily, and we are told water is being
pumped out twice each day, in order
that the workmen may go deeper. It
is the opinion of those who know
that this well will furnish an abun-
dance of water. The water mains
and individual pipes have been ready
for some time and 24-hour electrical
service, combined with an adequate
municipal water supply is promised
within a short while. The large en-
gines, furnishing power, ar? now run-
ning only six hours daily. The ex-
plantation of this short period of
power is given, that the water sup-
ply used for cooling purposes is small
until the tanks ar? filled from the
well, therefore it becomes heated and
is detrimental to the engines to run
with heated water.
Before many days the water and
light project will be completed, and
those who are compelled to have 24-
hour service, that is now furnished
by Delco plants, will be notified to
cut in on the city current.
Tom Thumb Wedding a Success.
Circumstances prevented the writ-
er from attending th? Tom Thumb
Weddiag given by the members of
the Methodist church Tuesday even
ing. We have been told that it was
a brilliant success. The little actors
are each to be commended for the
Carpenter, who has
exhibits, and who is
8250 and agreeing to pay
announcements heretefore that com-
mittees have worked faithfully to pre-
The Canton
(From Wills rom. enronicle)
Unheralded insofar as the public
was concerned, a flat car was set
out in Wills Point Saturday in full
view of the inhabitants who readily
recognized the machinery and appur
' tenants thereto for making explord
tions for oil or other substance be
neath the surface of the earth. The
car was parked over Sunday on a
side track near the depot and a
forded golden opportunity for comt
ment upon the part of those who
cared to speculate. It was not un
the unloading process and the heav
freight wagons began to move °
with the equipment that any measure
of relief was afforded, for it was
soon ascertained that a test well WaS
to be put down on what is known
as the Sol Johnson old place, t ree
miles west of Wills Foint .on the
Dixie Highway, the preparationsi
.0., having been started lues
the venture nav8 "
day morning.
The Chronicle learns that the.
and iefining Company of Oklalnoma
with offices at
Kansas City and perhap. 1 ate
Nebraska, are sponsoring th ”
venture in Wills Point’s territory, the
outfit, known as a core drilling ma
chine, having been shipped here from
olahom. Te activities.
under the supervision of Mr.
and the crew employed in the,
ning comsist, wites,
men, some of them
and it is estimated that these g
qme May ho in this territory for
by a great speaker.
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Let the Canton Lumber Co. rescreen
your old doors and window frames
also furnish you screen doors and
wire l’ tf.
while we have not been able to
have these reports confirmed, the
fact remains that acreage deals are
being made nearly every day at fig-
ures ranging from $10 to $35 per
acre.”
The Greenville Banner said a few
days ago that “efforts to revive oil
prospecting in Hunt county were seen
today when a number of lease rec-
ords covering the southeastern, cast
and northeastern portion of the
county were filed at the clerk's of-
fice by out of town interests. Leases
covering a large amount of acreage
in the southern part of the county,
near Quinlan and Lone Oak, have
been filed by C. L. DeVoe of Fort
Worth. Will and Charlie Harlow, who
held a quantity of acreage near
Campbell and who are Hunt county
men, well versed in the drilling game,
have received ther Star rig and it
is said part of the crew is already
on the ground.”
A news item under a Lone Oak
date line of Sept 6 says oil activi-
ties in and around Lon? Oak are to
be resumed as is evidenced by owners
of the rig and drilling machinery at
the Jeffries well, located one mil'’
southeast of Point. The Jeffries is
the property of the Poiat Oil Com-
pany and is to incorporate for $50,-
000, according to J. N. Southcrd
and J. M. Barnes, operators for a
number of years in proven fields. It
is said that the geological survey of
this field is all that cozld be desired.
Hand It to a Neighbor.
The Herald is mailing out
Next Thursday, September 20, wil!
he the opening day of the Van
Zandt County Fair, which will con-
tinue for thre- days. The paper is
< arr ing m this issue a page display
ad coxcerning the approaching event,
also the splendid premium list in
detail.
A county fair is largely what the
people of the county make it. It is
an institution that should have the
success with the sol? view to en-
courage the agricultural development
of the county in order that a greater
future prosperity every month in the
gear may be enjoyed hereafter, and
surely there is no one to deny the
fact that we need more agricultural
development in Van Zandt county.
It is by far our greatest resources
and no better way of developing ont
resources along that line can in
found than through the agency of
the county fair, an institution that
will bring every farmer in the county
in competition v. ith each other fo
the superior products of the farm.
The Texas state fair and exposition
at Dallas has done more toward ag-
ricultural devzlopment of the state
than all other agencies combined. It
has grown from small beginning to
the greatest state fair in the world
and with same ideas, soma co-opera
tion, pep. enthusiasm behind a Van
Zandt county fair it can be made to
Van Zandt what the state fair is
to Texas.
No one should consider the county
fair from a purely selfish standpoint
but all hands should get busy, put
their shoulders to the wheel and see
that the undertaking is a glorious suc-
cess and that it grows bigger and
better each year. It is not a time for
pulling back. With a county fair
thoroughly organized and working
along the right line Van Zandt
county will very soon out distance all
East Texas counties in agricultural
lines.
Get in line, folks, and let's go.
in every home in Van Zandt county
and the Herald is recognized as
one of th- very best weekly news-
papers in Texas. If you are 'not a
regular subscriber, take advantage of
this offer and if you are not abso-
lutely satisfied after riding the pa
per a while, that you are getting
more than your money's worth, we
will refund th- subscription price.
Remember you get the paper for
the balance of this year FREE and
the sooner you hand in your sub-
scription the more copies of the pa-
per you will receive without extra
charge.
estate transfer was made from -Mrs.
Sides to Henry Blackwell, Jr., last
week for a lot joining W. H. Mor-
rison’s residence and we are inform-
ed Mr. Blackwell will begin the erec-
tion of a modern residence at an
Cotton Markets
The cotton market at Canton has
been good this week. Almost every
report has told of an advance, and
many bales of the staple have been
•sold on the streets here this week.
Several independent buyers have
caused local markets to be high
at Canton, and we believe Canton
has to dat, received her part of the
cotton raised in this section.
charged Wednesday. The Athens Mu- tor will be given in Canton, under
still at work on the remodeling iof
its lumber sheds and office buildings.
This firm will have one of the most
up-to-date outfit- of its character in
th county. The two lumber sheds
are being joined together and an of-
fice room has been completed in the
front of the shed facing the street.
Several others, mentioned in an
earlier issue of the Herald, are now
building and repairing their residence
and business property.
World’s Cotton Supply.
1 hr world’s cotton supply, accord-
ing to the department’s report Satur-
lay, showed a decrease on August 1
of 2,000,000 bales over th? same
time list year. The world supply on
August 1 was 27,568,000 bales as
compared with 20,602,000 last year.
Consumption since August 1 last
year was 20,950,000 bales, an increase
of 900,000 for the period.
Monday of this week the staple
took another jump upward, selling
for a time in Wills Point as high as
27.75 per pound. There are some who
confidently expect the price to reach
30 cents per pound, but it is noticed
that there is but little inclination to
hold for such a figure.
Picking has not been interrupted
in this section for some time, the
weather being ideal for gathering the
crop, and the only reason more is
not gathered in any given length of
time is that no mor? hands are avail-
able it seems for the picking.
I The latest music in phonograph
records.—Palace Drug Store.
Zandt of the fair and its features. This week a number of
page circulars have been distributed and advertisements
placed in two of the leading newspapers in this county. A
arge and very appropriate premium list has been prepared
and is being distributed.
Canton suffered disappointment when other towns in
this county fell down on the fair proposition, but this was
not felt long for the wide-awake firms in this city imme-
diately prepared a premium list and furnished the funds
themselves for this fair.
Several high class attractions have been secured, in-
cluding stunt airplane flying and advertising schemes by
several manufacturers. The Willys-Overland people have
made arrangements to have a representative at the fair,
and no doubt the famous "Bucking-Bronc" Overland car
will make its appearance to delight the onlookers. This
car is equipped with wheels three inches off center, and
no one has yet been able to stay with the saddle placed at
the rear of the vehicle, when a speed of 20 miles an hour
has been attained.
This fair will not only furnish good amusement devices
for those attending, but will also have the best agricultural
exhibits ever shown in Van Zandt county. We have the
reputation of having a county where most everything can
be raised, and at this fair will be seen some of the best
articles and products raised and manufactured in Van
Zandt county.
Suitable premiums will be awarded the winners ex-
hibiting, and the winning articles will be first carried to
the East Texas Fair, which opens on Monday after the
Van Zandt County Fair closes Saturday night to contest
for East Texas honors, and winners will be sent to the State
Fair at Dallas. Therefore winners have a chance to carry
off triple honors and to get expenses paid for transporta-
tion of their exhibits.
Everyone at Canton feels confident that this fair will
be a success and seeing its future as we do, we know that
it will prove all that is expected.
The home-grown exhibits will in-
Hude such things as fin? cattle, hogs,
horses, sheep and goats; also pens of
the finest poultry. In the agricultural
department will he found specimens
of cotton, corn, potatoes, ribbon
cane, grain and miscellaneous prod-
uc tj of the soil, together with ex-
hibits of fruits and vegetables. There
will be a special department for tex-
tile displays, including all kinds of
needle work, also paintings, while
will be thoroughly demonstrated and
farmers interested in power farming
should he sure to witness the dem
onstration.
All the late models of Ford cars
will also be on exhibition at the
county fair.
resources of the county is to create
a deeper interest in all lines of in-
dustr: that go to make up the ma-
terial wealth of the land. For this
reason every class, the banker, me--
chant, professional man, farmer, me-
chanie and laborer should join in pro-
moting such an undertaking, for just
in proportion that the resources of
the country ar? developed, just in
that proportion will the benefits of
such expansion be felt by every in-
dividual.
gggegmngVAN ZANDT FAIR
i" W Em Eam I STARTS THURSDAY
E A Mlffll ■ three days of interest to
X” — Company
na or leases in this 1o
but terur
pose'is purely on? of explorntionnsand
no doubt a number of wells wil b
drilled in different places within!
several miles radius, the intention1b
ing just now to ascertain formations
and make geological tests. In ir
past wells have been, drilled in dif
ferent diretions from this town am
it is the opinion of quite a few 0 a
citizens that oil can be found here,
and the appearance of the company
mentioned with the announcement ”
their attention to test out differen
formations meets with approval.
In the meantime local citizens "
await with interest any information
that may be given out by those now
on th- ground concerning the Pro
jects just beginning. And while this
paper will be anxious to keep its
readers posted on local news of this
character, it will not be out of place
to also keep “track” of what is tak.
ing plac. or about to take place just
a few miles west of here in Kauf-
man county, as the following ""
show •
Several days ago th? Terrell I ri
bune made the annoincement in bold
head-lines that “Humphreys Is to Re-
turn to Kaufman County......"his
statement," says the Tribune. "Wi
make the eyes of some of the wise
ones pop open like morning glories,
but it's true. The Humphries people
have recently made application to
dam up water near Black Jack. am
it stands to reason that it will bi
the Humphries people who will dn
on the acreage recently secured uv cop.
less they sell out some 'W»-j re Cnton .....is
ings as the: did at College Mound
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The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1923, newspaper, September 14, 1923; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1515251/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.