Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1899 Page: 1 of 10
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Cash and One Price to all.
TEXAS AND THE SOUTH.
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we shall prepare to manufacture our
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Dallas October 20th and 21s1; and it
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unite and support our own institutions;
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cotton
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factured products of the South,
will then have mastered the I
product from the field to the weirer of
cotton goods, as we will have the
shortest and most direct route to, and
He goeth in the night to let the
out and it taketh three doctors
Boonsville:—Henry Stilwell.
Pella:—Levi Bishop.
, D. Rogers-
Bridgeport:—J L Crawford. A W.
Collier.
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Tankersley has appointed the follow,
ing persons, as delegates to the State
Industrial Convention, which meets in
Boyd:—Orion Proctar, J. E. Neel,
will be in close touch with three fourths W. D. Paschall.
direct from our own port.
When the great Nicaragua canal is
opened up, giving us a short cut from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and when
our commercial relations are fully es.
prosperous people on the face of the of the great question of
earth?
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we do now, a market for our raw ma.
there a ready market for all the manu
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and returneth in
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the merits of the Roundlap Bale,
■ should neglect this opp rtunity to in-
B. Did you hear about a little boy up
at Goodnight last week at the editor.
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on every dollar’s worth
Early tall millinery—We have just received an elegant
line of Golf walking hats, specially adapted for present
wear Our stock is very complete in all millinery fix
ings. Choicest novelties in fancy feathers, whole birds,
pheasant breasts, quills and paradise feathers, in all the
latest styles and colorings. A new line of Persian Rib.
bons in all the latest colors.
We can supply your wants in the clothing line. Gen.
ume all wool clay worsted suits, solid colored Melton
suits, imported French back suits all at lower prices than
ever before. Our line of boys’ clothing in solid colors
and plaids are lovely to behold and the prices will meet
with your approbation.
A cyclone bloweth him into the
He goeth forth in joy and gladness
Delegates Appointed to the State Indus- i planteth a neighbor and lo, he reapeth
own raw material, saving the t anspor.
tation both w; ys. and cease to pay trib.
ute to the eastern avaricious cormorants
who have always fattened upon our
substance at our expense Then we
will be seeking a market for our m in
ufactured goods instead of seeking, as
A_. that has been fapping the life blood
And what will we become when of the Sonth for . .
. .. -- -k ooutn for so many generatio is.
I" u.ecoronpyctrusan save you money
at the Dallas Fair.
One of the most noteworthy features
of the Texas State Fair, at Dallas.
September 28th to October 22nd, will
be the joint exhibit of two of the
American Cotton Company's 35-inch
Roundlap Bale presses, and a battery
of six 70-saw gins of the Eagle Cotton
I Gin Company in practical operation.
1 he Roundlap Bale plant has been
installed in the handsome new build-
ing erected by the Fair Association
Slidell: — Gayle Talbott,
We Fletcher.
Greenwood:—S D. Burchard. Dr.
We take first place in Dress and Skirt materials.
New Golf plaids for ladies’ and misses’ wear; Mohair
Crepons, new style Granite cloth, 54 inches wide, in all
colors. An endless variety of silk in all colors for waists
and suits; all at popular prices.
terial. But to do this our people must
W. Hines, A.
seat or mooshine distillery in one of
days to pick the buck-shot from his
person.
twenty fold.
He niseth even from his cradle to
' Farm For Sale or Trade.
286 acres, 170 in high state of cul
1 tvation, under good new fence, fine
level second bottom land. Residence 7
large rooms worth alone $r000, plenty
of out buildings and barns plenty, of
water, good well, cistern, tanks, ect.
also living water for stock, 3 sets of
good rent houses. Splendid pasture of
mesquite turf. The best bargain of--
frede in Wise County.
Terms to suit purchaser.
Call on or address, R. D. GENTRY.
Bridgeport, Texas.
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Farm For Sale.
A number one 216-acre timber land
farm for sale, 150 acres in cultivation,
8 acres in orchard, balance in wood-
land pasture. All under fence with
cross fence. Grain, cotton, and gar-
den truck do excellently. All kinds of
fruit do fine. Two sets of houses, 3
never failing wells, 2 surface tanks;
have not been dry since made 6 years
ago. Situated south of Alvord, Wise
County, Texas, one of the best market-
ing towns on the F. W. A D.C. R. R.
Good churches,schools and society.
Call on or write for terms, etc.,
M G. Brcoks, Decatur, Tex.
munication with foreign
expressly for ginning exhibits. It
has an enclosure 120 feet long by 35
feet wide. Ten feet of this width has
been set aside for a public passage
way. The gins and presses will be in
operation continuously during the
। fair, ginning and baling seed-cotton
brought to the fair by thefarmrs round
about Dallas.
No visiting ginner or cotton planter
who has not informed himself as to
every man, woman and child in Wise county All the
new styles in fancy vesting tops, stock and enamel tips.
Box calf school shoes for misses and children inis is
the best shoe on earth for school wear. Our line of
riveted school shoes are marked at prices that ward off
all competition.
ground just after a rip to some country
bosbom of his neighbor's wife and his Our scholarship contest opens a fine
Chico:— T. S McCurdy. Lee Mor. neighbor’s wife’s husband bloweth him opportunity for some wide awake
ris. |int.. the bosom of Father Abraham - oung lady or young gentleman. The
Crafton: F. Strong, W R Slaton before he hath lune to explain. ’ * for. Ite value
c seek the scalp of his grand sire's ene.
my and bringeth home in his carcass
He fisheth, । Baling Plant of the American Cotton
al the i Company to be Seen in Operation
vestigate this most important improve-
ment in the handling of cotton since the
I invention of the cotton gin. The
Roundlap Bale makes money for both
the ginner and the farmer, and no
cotton man, not a middleman, who has
looked into the subject, has failed to
recognize its supreme merit.
. Decatur, Texas,
| date. Economical prices on every article in the house—qualities considered. P
J ...Dress Goods... ...Ladies’ Skirts... ...Clothin.
We are now showing the largest and best selected
stock of plain and fancy dress goods that has ever been
• # shown in Decatur. To see them will convince you that
we haye very carefully searched the eastern markets
1g for all that’s new in Dress Goods.
repr.jhe knowth not the hour when he may
I be jerked hence.
by some son of the dark and bloody
is hoped all of them will go in
we must move our terminal from New that W tse county may be rully 1
York to Galveston and establish com- sented in this important meeting:
ial association? He saw two editors
•from Memphis. Editor Milton Me.
. Connell, of Vernon, Editor Henson,
of Clarendon, and the Star Devil, of
Decatur, and asked his papa which
pasture Mr. Goodnight kept them in.
—Collingsworth Review.
.... , . . protection to enable them to grow Russell
The sannual production of wealthin rich of the producs Of roa
Tex.,estimated, to be about $300.- sunny acres of the South? Is it
000.000. Fstimating her population wonder that they raise the cry nf jm
at 3.000,000., will make the wealth perialism at the effort that our destiny
production.per capita about $,oo per seems to have forced upon us of ex
annum. No other state in the union
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THE MISSISSIPPI STORE.
the am unition of his neighbor’s wife’s
cousin’s uncle’s father-in-law, who
avengeth the deed.
Yea verily, his life is uncertain and
Iee cream, soda pop, luches, chile
at Guy Restaurant, souttpest corner
square.
tablished in the Orient, we will find T. R. Allen
can make such a showing. This
WISE COUNT Y MESSENGER,
VOL. XX. No. 38. DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1899. Whole No. 960.
He goeth forth on a journey “half
shot" and c meth back on a shutter
shot.
countries Decatur:—G. B Pickett. | H.
Cates, C. H. Smith, C. L Crabb. A.
...Shoes...
Our shoe stock is very complete We have shoes for
trial Convention/
In response to the cafol G
l). Sayers. County Judgs
We have an elegant line of ladies’ under skirts, in
black and fancy colors, made of Mercerized silk. These
goods are direct from the manufacturer and something
new. They are marked at extremely low prices. A
new Use of Dress Skirts will arrive in a few days.
tending our borders and the sphere of
our commercial influence?
wealth is derived from cotton, grain. But the strangest thing of all is that u r
fruit vegetables and other products of some of our own peopi should ’ take ,he feud coun,les
the farm, stock of all descriptions, up the cry, and thus place themselves Man born in the wilds of Kentucky | EHI BIT OF ROUNDLAP PRESSES
lumber, mining, manufacturing, etc. between the interests of their own is of few and easy virture. .....
Why are we not the most happy and people and the only probable solution fiddleth, fussetn and fighteth,
~r ------ ' - tariff robbery days o{ his life. He shunneth water
as a mad dog and drinketh much
whiskey.
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Alvord:—S M. Ward, S L. Red. He calleth his fellowman a liar and
wine geteth himself filled with scrap iron
Rhome;—Ben Morns, W J. Logan.: even to the fourth generation
of the consumers of cotton goods in
the world.
Should we think it strange that the
people of the North and East want1 Paradise:__G.
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ENDURED Death's Agonies.
Only a roaring fire enabled J. M.
Garrettson, of San Antonio. Tex , to
lie down when attacked by Asthua,
from which he suffered for years. He
writes that his misery was oftg so
great that it seemed he endure the
agonies of death; but Dr. King} xew
Discovery for Consutption Wholly
cured him. This marvelous uedicine
is the only known cure for Ahma as
well as Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, and all Throat, Chest Ld Lung
troubles. Prfce iOcand $l.lf Guar-
anteed. Trial bottle free J Man A
Simmons. City Drug Stori
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Halcomb, N. W. & Crabb, C. J. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1899, newspaper, September 22, 1899; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581330/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .