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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1839.
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ONE LOT LADIES’
FUR-TRIMMED COATS
MOORE.
Men’s suits 20 per cent discount
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3 lb. roll Linter quilt cotton 30c
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latent activities. This time
jacks and
and this place it is
these
Colfax 4-H Club
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20 per cent Discount on Men’s Suede Coats.
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Interesting Things
And Where They
Happen In County
and Mr. and Mrs. Coy Pollard
and baby of Pleasant Glade
members present, and
sponsor, Mrs. Kennedy.
it
some
basketball boys played the senior
girls, losing to them by a close
margin.
Mineral Deeds Recorded.
Ella York to D. K. Caldwell,
39 acres of John Walling survey,
i Jan. 15, 1939.
। Ella York to D. K. Caldwell,
54 acres of John Walling survey,
Jan. 15, 1939. '
above grown for growth.
We planted eight varieties,
156 cuttings in all. Then we
exchanged cuttings with each
conveniences.”
Miss Cox, county health
Men’s overalls good quality
triple stitched 89c.
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Stegall
have moved to the Denman
community. We wish them
success in their new home.
Odie Blackwell and children
Nell Faglie.
After singing the club ad-
journed to meet January 27,
1939.
started Mrs Allen day-dreaming.
She awakened with a start
“The longer we wait, the harder
it’s going to be.” Matt continued.
"Let's settle the whole thing now.”
Martha came to a quick decision.
"It to settled now. Matt” she said
quietly "I’m going to bang on.”
As Matt stormed out angrily, in
the composing room, the Traveler
was reading alond from the copy of
a two-page a. "Vote Jor the Bear
Trap Dam Issue and make this town
the garden spot of the state. The
Government has pledged half of the
necessary funds Your vote for the
bonds will provide the additional
moneys to make this the most beau-
tiful. the most prosperous, the hap-
piest city n the land.”
"Not a wor1 ot that’s true,” John-
nie cut in grimly. "I spent months
surveying that project and I found
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"I'm sorry to have troubled you,” the Traveler said. “But I sure wish
you’d think about IL”
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Good quality house canvas Wt.
12.50 can be used for tomato
sheeting by the bolt, yd. 4c
says Clotile Fortune in speak-
ing of past history. But says,
Larue Ballard1, today we think
Rock Hill
Herman Wilson of Colfax
spent Saturday night and
Sunday with his aunt, Mrs.
Steve Weaver, and family.
Singing and Sunday school
was well attended Sunday
morning and Sunday night.
Several from here attended
the funeral of Austin Walsh
of Denman who was buried
at Old Bethel last Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Keeble Mere-
given by Mrs. Lucy Johnson
and Mrs. D. F. Phillips to
Highland home demonstration
appointed Drucilla Donohue,
Bernice Fugate and Melrose other, discussed the posibility
Chitty as finance committee, of growing our shrubs cheaper
We are pleased to have tha ""
"My Skin Was Full of Pimples
And Blemishes from Constipation"
says Verna Schlepp: "Since using
Adlerika the pimples are gone. My
akin is smooth and glows with
Vivian Foster, Nelba Louise
Walters, and Maurice Rogers
former price up to $25.00
now $9.95.
games have been on each of the
playgrounds in times past, they
are being revived with keen in-
terest. Play directors are teach-
ing the amateurs the art of spiking
and serving in volleyball, two of—----- - . -
the main essentials in winning the (cleanliness IS Virtue and must
game. No need for them to be ama- plan1 a daily bath even if Wit
teurs for long. Mr. Hobbs' junior do live on a farm with few
the audience.
--
Colfax-
the perfect spot for that dam. Rut
Matt Collins doesn’t want it where
It should be He wants it where it
will supply water power to generate
electricity for his lignite mines—
half at the cost ot the Government
and half at the cost of the tax pay
ers but all for the profit of Matt
Collins!”
As Johnnie went on to elaborate
on his argument, the Traveler ab-
sent-mindedly continued t< set type.
Presently he interrupt Johnnie's
outburst to rmand approval of a
fresh-pulled proof it read:
"WHO WILL BENEFIT? THE
RECORD WANTS TO KNOW.”
That day's edition of the Record
carried not only that banner line
but a pointed, powerful editorial
elaborating on the same theme Matt
Collins’ name was never mentioned
—but not a reader of the paper could
miss the insinuation.
Matt Collins was furious. He
called together his "partners” in va-
rious business projects with Mayor
Homer Daniels to discuss the mat-
ter. Collins anger reached the boil-
ing point when the Record’s Anni-;
e
CHAPTER VI
IN THE sitting room of the Allen
• home. Matt and Martha continued
the discussion that had started tn
the Record ofice.
"But that’s a foolish attitude, Mar-
tha.” Hatt pointed out "You simply
can’t go on bucking this thing by
yourselt."
“Fd have been all right," Martha
declared bravely, if this slump
hadn't—”
Matt cut in. Tf It isn’t that, 11 be
something else. You're not a busi-
new woman, my dear.”
"But, you know, this isn’t just a
businesa to me.” The tears were dan-
gerously near the surface. "It's—
it's Ben's dream—”
I understand how you feel.” Matt
wee deeply sympathetic. Tvs said
all of this before, Martha. I want to
help you. If I take the Record off
your hands, you’ll have a little
money—cash money—instead of a
lot of worry and Mils’
Martha fought back the teara
“I’m sorry to be . . . eenttmental
about it, but—I just can’t sell Ben’s
paper...
“But if it fails—" Matt was gen-
tleness itself “—then whatt if I take
it. I’ll keep it going. Isn’t that a bet
ter tribute to Ben’s memory?"
This was an argument that really
struck home. I never thought of
that," Martha said miserably. A
sharp knock on the door startled
them both. Martha daubed at her
eyes and opened the loor to admit
the Traveler.
“’Scuse me, Mis Alien—! know
you're busy—"
‘I’ll be down in a little while.
Traveler.* mmuww-lvus.w-
’Well, I just want to ask you a
question about our ad.”
"It’ll have to walt. . . . Our ad?
What adr
"Well, just ’cause everybody else
can’t aford to take out an ad is no
reason why we can’t It don’t cost
nothin’. I just want your okay on
the idea of re-printin’ the front page
of the very first issue of the Record
-with Mr. Allen’s picture—and a
nanner that says "—and the Trav-
eler brandished a glaringly black
proof — " ’We been here twenty
years—and we’ll still be here the
next time you want to buy a paper* “
He handed her the proof shyly. “I’m
sorry to nave troubled you—but I
tnre wish you’d think about it."
Matt was preparing to leave.
“Well Martha?"
"I > Trnveler’s proof-sheet had
health." Adlerika washes BOTH
bowels, and relieves constipation
that so often aggravates a bad
complexion.
CLARK-
Play director lists for the clos-
ing of the week such activities
as volleyball, singing, music, a
meeting of the nature club, story
club, active games and drawing
in craft classes. In the volleyball
. gafhe the locals won over Myrtle
Springs. No, they did not have
the big head, they are just com-
ing into their own at last. ,
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It was a task for which Mayor
Daniels had no liking out Matt Co)
Uns' orders were orders The next
afternoon he called at the office o
the Record
"Hello, John.” The Mayor war
frankly embarrassed John was cold
ly polite.
"I've been thinking things over
John," the Mayor began, “and I think
we’re both a little hasty I'm willing
to make allowances for the fact thai
you were very young—”
"But not too young to discovel
that my father was taking crooked
orders from a crooked man,” John
nle cut in harshly,
“Now, John. You’ve got talent
We’re undertaking a big project and
we’ll need somebody to take
charge—"
“If you mean the dam. you can
forget it. And you can tel. Matt Col
lins I thank him very much for te.
ing you to come here.” lohnnie wen
on furiously. “That’s the same Joi.
walked out on three yean ago, onli
this time I’m not walking out—r
going to stay ar a fight!”
(T3 bt continued)
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shade trees is very effective
when you are planting a farm
yard. Naturaness should be
the thought uppermost in
every farm womans mind
when she makes plans to im-
prove her yard” Mrs. John
Bass, yard demonstrator, told
the Blue Springs H. D. Club
on January 21, at her home.
Various phases of yard im-
than buying. Of course there
is the problem of waiting so
long before the yard can be
each report lists
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beautiful as our plans call for
but a great advantage to
versary Member appeared on
schedule— with every one of the sup-
posedly cancelled adaithe paper.
I told you—all of you—that 1
wanted every sdvertisement with-
drawn from the paper,” Mar shoat-
ed, "and instead of that Marly
everyone has doubled his space."
"But we cancelled ’em, Matt, like
you told us," MacSweeney timidy
ventured. “And so did L” Turner
added. "An’ me,” another rotes
chimed tn.
"You boys get over to the Record
and demand a showdown," Matt or
dered. “Make it emphatic—and
make it stick.” The group filed out
quietly. •
As Mayor Daniels started to leave
Matt halted him. “Homer, I want you
to stop this. You know your son
wrote that editorial. I want you to
muzzle him.”
Tundra 4-H Chib club Jan. 19 at the home of
"Every one should have an Mrs. D. F. Phillips. There
egg a day,” stated Miss Ber-1 were fourteen members pres-
nice Reynolds, Van Zandt ent.
county, asst, home demonstra- Each brought a cutting to
tion agent, to the Tundra 4-H be used in the demonstration,
club in the schoolhouse, Fri- First the bed was spaded
day, Jan. 20, 1939. 1 deep, measured six by twelve,
Marzee Ashby gave an in- a post six feet high placed
teresting talk on, “History of at each corner. From these
4-H Club Work in Texas.” posts will be wire strecthed
schoolhouse on Jan. 11.
There were fourteen mem-
bers present at the meeting.
Mrs. Iola Robertson co-spon-
Mrs. Bass in her talk on
“Why Plan Improvements.”
The program for the evening
was “Beautifying The Farm-
stead.”
The president, Mrs. F. M.
Wright appointed the stand-
ing committees for this years
work. Mrs. D. B. Chamness,
Mrs. Thomas Chamness and
Mrs. C. H. Daugherty were
named as a special committee
to prepare a set of by-laws,
or standing rules, to be pres-
ented for the chibs approval
and adoption on Feb. 4 when
the club will meet with Mrs.
Chester Oliver.
There were nine members
and three visitors present.
REPORTER
cleanliness.
“You should have ten hens
for each member of the
family,” said Miss Reynolds,
assistant home demostration
agent, in1 giving her demos-
stration on poultry. She ex-
plained to the club the value
of eggs and poultry meat in
our diet.
After demonstration games
were played the club joined
in singing “Chib Works.”
Each member resolved at this
first meeting of the year to
make this year better than
before.
ARKANSAS
traveler;
By GEORGE CROSSITT ,
Novelized From the Paramount Picture Stavving KfA
BOB BURNS
FAYBAINTER JOMNBEAL mvms.coM JEANPARKER,#
Highland H. D. Club
We know life is from seed,
bulb cuttings and to see
life in the beginning is always
interesting.
That is why we get so much
from making a cutting bed
just to see more sticks root,
grow, bloom just from our
small efforts was told in the
cutting bed demonstration
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WENTWORTH-
Maybe you have had Chinese
checkers until you are tired of it,
it’s new to the people ’out here
and they certainly like the game.
Also the smaller ones have gotten
some real pleasure from drama-
tizing such stories as “The Billie
Goats," "Piggie Wiggle’’ and
others. This is interesting to on-
lookers, too, and especally I
your child is the pig or the goat,
etc. Wallace junior girls came
over end played the locals a
game of volleyball, losing to the
home team. Other activities listed
for the week were marbles, bingo,
relays and quiet games.
Cleanliness hasn’t always Tundra community. We wish
been considered a virtue, 1" ....
talk to the girls on personal cated by Mr. Stegall.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bobo
another.
We had a bountiful feast
at the noon hour.
The next meeting will be
next Tuesday evening in the
home of Mrs. Neoma Wat-
son. All club members are ex-
pected to come and visitors
are always welcome. I
provement were explained by flu _ REPORTER . I
Miss Reynolds gave some in-
formation on, “Preparation
for Poultry Demonstration.”
She said you should eat
poultry meat once a week.
Miss Reynolds also stated
that there are three classes
of chickens, one variety for
eggs, one for eggs and meet
both, and for meat only.
Marzee Ashby, president,
BEN WHEELER-
What a day for play! This was
Thursday, Jan. 19, when after so
much bad weather everyone got
outside and played deck tennis,
sidewalk tennis, top spinning,
marbles, volleyball and basketball.
Mrs. Shad McNeal and Mrs. Hen-
ry Matthews visited our play-
ground this week. What did we
do in the crafts, did you say?
Well, from thin boards we made
Eskimo dogs and sleds, and from
clay we molded pitchers. My!
how we love to do these acts of
creating things. Then there were
wolf over the river, mice and
cheese, pick up sticks and story
telling for those who enjoy these
games.
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China Grove 4-H Chib
Mrs. F. V. Bryant divided
Blue Bonnet seed with all the
club members. She had them
soaked and ready to plant
Several rose cuttings were
also given away by members
of the club.
There were sixteen mem-
bers and seven visitors pre-
sent.
We quilted and hemmed
three quilts and started
CARTWRIGHT (COL.)-
A new game is no sooner In-
troduced at training than these
colored directors go right back to
their playground and pass it on
to their group with enthusiastic
reception. This week it was black-
.board relay, and did the kiddles
enjoy it. They are pitching horse-
shoes and washers right along
now. And they sing and tell
stories. You who have never
heard these children sing have
missed much. They sing as
though it was coming right from
the heart. The athletic group put
on some demonstrations of real
basketball playing this week. De-
feating the Mineola Bulldogs, as
they did puts them right up in
the class of real heroes of the
day in the athletic field.
One lot men’s suits sizes 33 to
38 only light colors very
special $8.45.
to put brush on to form a
semi-shade through the sum-
mer.
The cuttings were prepar-
ed cutting them so there
would be four or five joints
below the dirt to form the
root system, leaving one
WILLS POINT-
We have had a very muddy
playground this week, never-the
less the kiddies have liked play-
ing football tag. With the girls
raring to play volleyball, we hope
to organize soon, if the weather
man will give us a break. Plenty
of exercise, both mentally and
physically, results, as this is one
game you have to think and think
fast.
Elberta 4-H Chib
“Girls and their mothers
should be able to converse on
the common ground of mu-"
tual understanding,” said
Miss Cox, county health
nurse, in her address to the
members of the Elberta 4-H
Club at Mrs. Eunice Norrell’s,
the club sponsor, on January
13, 1939.
Miss Cox was the guest
speaker on the program. She
gave an eight minute talk for
the benifit of the club girls.
The club elected Zelda Faye
Wilkerson for the secretary,
as the former secretary had
withdrawn. Gwendolyn Koen,
the president, appointed a
program committee to fill out
the year book. They were Na
Old Bethel 4-H Club.
Girls should not stay in the
room with wet feet said Miss
Cox, county health nurse, at ,
the meeting of the Bethel 4-H Deane W alker, chairman. Bob-
club which was held at the bie •oe Norrell and
Jackson H. D. Club
Jackson H. D. Club met at
the home of Mrs. B. B. White
with five members present
and ten new members. Invita-
tions to all old members were
sent out by secretary to be
present at this meeting.
Meeting was called to order
by president, roll called,
minutes read and approved.
Mrs. Verdie Wyatt was el-
ected council delegate. Mrs.
Opal Downing, reporter to
succeed Mrs. Alta Bennett.
It was decided that each
chib member would carry a
covered dish to each meeting.
Mrs. B. B. White as yard
demonstrator gave some very
interesting talks and showed
everyone through her yard.
A home with all it beauti-’
ful surrounding is never com-
plete without chickens, said
Mrs. Edd Boyd.
Meeting adjourned to meet
next time at the home of Mrs.
R. P. Campbell, Feb. 3. All
members be present, visitors
welcome.
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table tennis. Although,
id 4,
E-8,
visited relatives of Wills
Point the past week-end.
Howell Tucker and family
have moved near Tyler, and
Marve Dedmon of Pleasant
Glade have moved to the
place vacated by Mr. Tucker.
Mrs. G. K Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. George Taylor of Old
Bethel and Ernest Taylor of
Texarkana visited in the
home of A. F. Turner and
family awhile Monday after-
noon.
We are sorry to report Mr.
Dedmon being real sick with
pneumonia.
Several from here attended
the funeral of Mrs. John
Thormahlen of of Old Bethel
who was buried at that place
Saturday afternoon.
Everyone remember prayer
meeting each Friday night
and Sunday school every Sun-
day at 10 o’clock and come.
REPORTER
WISE—
F The ladles' club turned its
meeting date last week, solely
into a recreation meeting by play-
ing games, singing songs, etc.
Two visitors were welcomed, Mrs.
Bert Barlow and Mrs. Anderson.
When there is no business to at-
tend to this group likes to have
visitors. The date for the next
meeting is Jan. 26 at Mrs. H. A.
Cheeks. Yes, we are playing
marbles here, too. The weather
somettimes Interferes with other
games, but it does not make
much room for a group of boys
to shoot marbles. And to know
they enjoy it, you had only to
listen to their yells and laughter.
as new members.
There were seventeen
Blue Springs H. D. Club.
“A natural grouping of
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MYRTLE SPRINGS-
Several ball games of interest
were played the past week, in-
eluding the ward school team
with Clark, they lost, and the sen-
ior girls with Canton, who also
lost The weekly meeting of the
playmates club found a nice
little group ready for business
with Miss Juanita Lovelady act-
K ing as program chairman. Soon
they were in a big way telling
stories with the little Misses
Betty Jane Sealy, Ernestine Bush,
Winnie Mae McCully, Juanita
Lovelady and Ikie Henderson,
Kenneth Waggoner and Donald
Allen each relating a story in his
or her individual manner. Train-
ing of this type is very helpful
for these youngsters and may
mean much to them in the future.
Other activities of the week were
rehearsals for the mother singers
and the choral club singers. Be-
tween 250 and 300 people were
out to community night at the
school auditorium Friday, Jan.
20. The program was a variation
of stunts, music, readings, stories
and songs. Also two unusual
numbers were a boxing match be-
tween Odie Chitty and Louie Tay-
lor, and an old-fashioned square
dance led and directed by Ray-
mond Martin. This was enacted
on the stage and brought back
memories of by-gone days to a
lot of the older folks, and was
new to the younger generation,
who had never seen an old-
fashioned square dance. Music
for the the program was furnish-
ed by the Martin brothers, Simp-
son brothers, Reed brothers and
Cleveland Bartlett. Songs were
sung by the choral club, consist-
ing of Marie Blackstock, Winnie
Eskue, Rosebud and Ruth Malone,
Laverne Griggers, Gwendolyn
Scoby, Harold Mann and Bill
Page; other songs by Annie B.
Burns, Hazel Waggoner, Earline
Golden, Nannette Taylor, Helen
Lovelady, Frankie Parkerson.
Janet Ashworth and Lucille Me-
Closky gave the readings, Harold
Mann and Jonnie Mae Davis told
stories, Misses Willie Bartlett and
Daphnell Tuttle (the town's two
remaining spinsters) and original
dialogue and P.-T. A. members
pres* hed a stunt play. A group
of sixth graders, a stunt; group
of primary children, story drama-
tized, "Red Riding Hood;’’ fifth
graders, play. Play directors were
repayed for their efforts in put-
ting this program over by the In-
terest and enthusiasm shown by
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sor was present. The next
meeting will be Jan. 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Erbie Norrell of
Dallas were visitors in this com-
munity Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. S. D. Gillstrap of Mag-
nolia, Ark., is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Cora Sides.
Mrs. Buck Moore is visiting
relatives in Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norrell
spent Sunday in Dallas.
Mrs. Robert Norrell is spend-
ing the week in Dallas with her
son, Erbie Norrell, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reynolds,
and Mr. and Mrs. Bradford
Reynolds attended services at the
Methodist church in Canton Sun-
day.
with little cash outlet.
Mrs. Joe Chamblee came by
to give a talk in behalf of the
garden club. Also distributed
our seed and blue bonnet
plants which all appreciated.
Next meeting, Feb. 2, with
Mrs. B. F. Johnson, hostess,
Mrs. Chas. Barret leader.
Subject, Clever Tricks in
Growing Baby Chicks.”
Miss Maggie Peach, home
demonstration agent will be
with us. Lets all be present.
REPORTER
Spring is hot fat* off now, al-
ready marbles and tops have be-
gun to appear on the playground,
contest for these will begin as
soon as some have gotten in
some practice. The 4-H club girls
met with their sponsor, Miss Bar-
low. They had a program on
cleanliness. Melvin Walters re-
ports he has divided his nature
study group into two age groups,
the younger to meet each Monday
afternoon. The meeting last week
consisted of stories on nature. By
reading material of this type we
find out things we never knew
about Mother Nature, and one
never gets too old to learn.
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EDOM-
Flash! A play to be staged
Thusday, Jan. 26, sponsored by
the baseball club. Sounds alright
"Lunatics at Large” being the
title. Great interest is being
shown in handicrafts. Some of
the kiddies doing things they
never had any idea they could do,
and liking it. Edom had a
matched basketball game
with Ben Wheeler. Miss Foster,
play director, met with the
P.-T. A. this week. This was cer-
tainly a busy one for the play
directors here. They having in-
terested the smaller ones in build-
ing make-believes in the sand
tables, wood and paper crafts for
the next age group. Washers and
checkers fill the time of the
juniors with games of volleyball
and baseball for the older ones.
Ryhthm band music and story
hour for the group who likes this
phase of recreation. As one di-
rector said, there is never an
idle moment in a play director’s
hours on duty. After folks know
you are capable of giving them,
or leading them, rather in some
form of recreation at any time,
they become dependent on yo
for these things.
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The Arkansas Travelor, a hobo
printer taken a fob on the Record
an almost banrwpt email-town
neweponer owned bp the Widow
Allen. Judy one Benny the Allen
children lye the Traveler. When
John Daniele Judv’e lover retwrne
to town after a loop abeenoe the
Traveler enoograges him to etoy
and work on the Record. John had
fowoht with hie father the Mayor
booawe of the latter’a aesooioktom
wit Matt ColUne a poHttoal boss
When all the big ode for the ow
niverearu iceve of Che Reoord are
oaneellea the Traveler ouspecta
that CoINne ie back of t echeme
to force the Widow to cell her prop-
ertp. Theee evevioione are verified
when Oothne call on the Widow to
talk bweineaa.
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F037 dibe.
MAYFIELD DRY GOODS CO
The Best Place to Trade After All” Wills Point, Texas
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