Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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• Entered at the Decatur. Texas. postofice as second class mail matter.
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Associate Editors
Friday, March 2, 1917
Most Widely Circulated Paper in Wise County.
320*817
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FORD MOTOR CO.
The very thought of being connect-
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Decatur Motor Co
North Trinity
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Refuse Alcoholic Substitutes Which Exclude the Oil.
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aw of wreck. ruin
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investigation he
The Man of the Hour”
Glen Russell, or any man of his get-
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time * vice in these parts way back yonder
are
scheduled to make at the gathering.
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Fditors and Proprietors
Mrs. Marvin B. Smith
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short of a hurry-up arrival of March
4th can avert this country’s plunge
into the yawning
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Enter your order today for immediate delivery with our, au-
thorized Ford agent listed below and don't be disappointed
later on.
Spa
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five thou-
children
And, we
Some class to the murphy family
today, thank you.
i boomed when Fred Funston was bur-
ied.
A little water in the public trough
will prevent it from crumbling.
Another railroad. and the old town
11 step along.
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causing Bully Bridgeport
happy and prosperous.
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; &UR LUNGS ARE DELICATE
Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers
since August 1, 1916
plays Rye Straw”. keep good
age!
new enterprise or
world would be a
were clamoring for bread.
Sowte nnot slide into ditches or
Send for our free booklet.
"Concrete Facts about 5
3 Concrete Roads."
was killed Tuesday by three negro
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wonder at the growing number of re-
cruits to the socialist party!
THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
ESTABLISHED i860.
COLLINS a SMITH
Yes, it will require something more
than talk to secure the Texas, Wes-
tern & Gulf.
Fishin’ time is almost here: get yer
hook and line in shape.
With a former Decatur citizen con-
reeled with governmental affairs of
senate seek to justify their voting to
table the resolution on the grounds
that it contained charges that amount
to impeachment and that such im-
peachment charges should originate
in the city,
women and
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Don’t forget about that much need-j see more pretty women, and more of
' another street
There are a number of citi ens in
this town who devote too much of
their time knocking against the other
fellows.
5MAND
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should be taken promptly for hard coughs, unyielding colds,
A& or when strength is lowered from any cause. Its higgh
nutritive value creates resistive force to ward off sik-
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the columns of the
Messenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
of the publishers.
oil your spurs: the stock show
Panther Town starts March 10th.
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if the committee shaved any
off that three-days address we
.... . —
Brush up your big white hat and
the fellow who allows his subscrip-
tion to the home paper run two or
three years, and when requested to
i settle the account becomes offended
i and turns back the paper marked "‘re-
l fused.’* The devil has marshalled
’ his forces for the reception of the
ness. The rich cod liver oil improves the quality
of the blood to relieve the cold and the glycerine is
soothing and healing to the lung tissues.
Judge Barry Miller stales that he
will be in the running for the gover-
norship. The Dallas jurist would be
a big improvement on that fellow
from Temple. Texas
Worth. 4 h, you lank.
t TWENTY YEARS AGO
| FROM MESSENGER FILE <
PRICES
Runabout $345: Touring car S JUO; ( oupelet $-0.
Town car $595; Sedan $645: f. o. b. Detroit.
your re-
hold that it - preposterous to think
I the makers of the new districts gave
i serious thought I > the interests of the
■fool people nhabiting the counties.
And Endless Affair.
Homer—Old Tightwad invited me to
take lunch with him yesterday.
Heiny—I suppose there was no end
to the good things you had to eat.
Homer—Right you are. There was
neither a beginning nor an end to
them.
Heiny—Why, how was that?
Homer—AH we had was pretzels.
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for a pet dog.
nerves us to fight
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Uncle Ed Mattix informs us that .. , 1 .
the world is drifting toward social- | ‘ Ie walks uP-right like t he decendants
... I of Adam and E-. and moves and
ism. 1 he hungry women and chi-i,
, breathes just like other folks.
dien in the old world, and the oP- i
pressed in the new. have another
name for it. Uncle Ed
j have been no daddy of his country,
The big water tower is now full of there would have been no Appomat-
waler. Good f o r you, Manageri tox for Grant, no Richmond for Lee,
Mitchell. Now for a gauge, so it can and no thirteen guns would have
In changing the meeting place for
the Texas Press association from
Texarkana to Galveston. we wonder
—ADVANCES the value of land;
REDUCES the coat of hauling farm pro-
ducts to market—
Cencrete roads offer the least resistance to traction.
-they are PERMANENT;
. — upkeep is small.
\ No muj. Ne dust. N. la... pebble, A
ML injur b.r... feet or t. cut nutomebil- tires. /
scribe lo such a sentiment, when he
marks by stating that the Messenger views the actions of the senate
Senator Johnson of Hall county very best in our
soul of such fellows. It's a fact
Jo
Thal fellow who remarks that the
Decatur papers are doing damage to
the town when they criticise the man-
ner in which the town is governed, is
the old scout who has been attending
to other people - business for lo.
these many years. He reads the oth-
er fellow's newspapers, whittles with
a borrowed knife and chew* black to-
bacco
a peculiar breed.
the city. there is some hope for Fort uaily s ng., n the heart that makes
are settled c. W. Collum, Will More and Ran
the better, and the governor has all | Vesey
lo gain and nothing to lose by such Floyd t Oberly. jailer at Denton,
investigation. Some members of the
Proceed, gentlemen. with your
spring plowing, and let those who
contemplated trips into the interior
of the state, proceed. The curtain of
tire lias ceased and the wells along
all routes have been tested. It's all
over, and the larks have returned to
their haunt. Shout it—Henry Lind,
sley and Dick Winfrey are at peace!
Overwork, lack of fresh air, mental strain or any sickness
disturbs their functions. Stubborn coughs tear and wear
the sensitive lung tissues.
S(OTTS EMUli ION
is opposed to rewarding long-time
citizenship with the office of mayor ;
A man may have done valiant ser-
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
____ -• down lo the time Roosevelt was at
to look Santiago, the volunteers have “saved
the day. W ithout ’em there would
Don’t be surprised, fellow citizens,
if the national highway association
issues a notice declaring Wise coun-
ty off the route. The route through
this county has been reported to the
powers that be to be in wretched con-
dition
ed chemical engine. We need it.
declares he wants. There is an old •
adage that says “save me from my'
ll is rumored that Judge Charles
Spencer would’nt mind representing
the new district in Washington. And
we hear that Hill of Denton is enter-
taining a bee. Then, a report is due
from the Wonderful County.
undertaking. Tne
No: the fellow who wears the broad-
est brim hat is not the wealthiest
cowman. Men and young gallants
who could nt finance the feed bill of
one calf frequently parade under the
the most ponderous Stetsons
up and-get. will suit the Messenger—
and its h indreds of friends in Deca- fool friends " The governor of Tex-
as can, we imagine, heartily sub-
Evidently. the promoters of that
Weatherford-Gainesville road didn't
admire our courthouse, college and
churches. They didn’t even intimate
that these buildings be included in
the bonus asked Decatur citizen,.
Texarkana wasn’t big enough, so
the Texas Press association commit-
, tee announces that the coming show
, will be held at Galveston, where you
for a long time about the present
chief executive, but not until now
have the charges taken concrete and
detinite form. and been presented in a
full and complete manner. Governor
Ferguson denies the charges made,
and he in e fleet demanded an investi-
gation, but his friende in the senate
have said no. If these charges are
groundless and animated by political
She Fell for it.
Patience—He proposed marriage
while he was skating with her.
Patriee—With what result?
"She became very wuch confueed
and fell for it."
The following is a winning compo-
sition written by Master G. G. W at-
kins, of Rhome public school
Woodrow Wilson is the man of the
hour because he has control of the
United States, and he kept us from
war. He has all the qualifications
thot it lakes to make a good man and
a useful citizen. With all the cares
of this great nation on his mind he is
the same father and husband at home
that ours are and enjoys his book*
and exercise the same as we do. And
at he same time master our national
affairs like they were a simple lesson
in school. I think his wonderful ca-
reer is the result of careful home
training and good clean literature to
read while he was young He was
educated in the best schools of the
count"y and always took good care
of his health.
———————— ’ in the house. This is a flimsy excuse
Some fellow has remarked that no I and a pretext, and the governor's
man as mayor could please the Mes- ! friends did him a wrong when they
senger. You are wrong, pard -tier. 1 voted against the
All road, including rail anil trol-
ley. in this county, are headed to-
ward Decatur
dark and dreary place without the
song of hope in our hearts.— Wichita
Tribune.
। New York which ba, a circulation in
excess of 100,000 is paying 81,200,000
a year more for paper in normal
time, -Commerce and Finance
tur. You should amend
The friends of Governor Ferguson
made a mistake in the senate. states
the Wichita Tribune. when they vot-
ed to table the resolution offered by
Senator Johnson for an investigation
of the affair, of the Perguson admin
istralion. We do not pretend to
know anything definite about the mer-
its of the charges made, but they
should have been investigated, and
investigated thoroughly for the good
of the state. We have heard rumors
prisoners.
For masor J. E Simmons.
Why th is strife and bitter contest
Ito lay up gold; why this mad race to
outstrip your neighbor to secure com- !
mercial supremecy? What have you
gained in the end: where is the pleas-
are, and what is the victory. when
you lie down for your last earthly
sleep? What have you gained if
your fondest dreams ef wealth and
power have come true, when the sweat
on your brows grows cold and the
sombre cloud of death hangs low?
Nothing! It vanishes like the mist
before the genial rays of the summer
sun, and you' are left penniless, as
poor in the world's treasures as the
old man we knew as Sandy Ford.
Not one penny from your huge pile of
gold can be carried aero*, the
shadowy Styx. and your power
Over There is valueless. Prince and
peasant, pauper and potentate—the
rich and poor—all. are on the same
footing. when they appear before the
judgement bar. Yes, why should the :
spirit of mortal lie proud; why this
mad desire to pile up riche,, while
countless thousands hunger:
That army officer who is so severe
in his criticism of the volunteers be-
trays his alarming ignorance of his-
tory. From the days of Washington
These figures—320,817—represent the actual number of cars
manufactured by us since August 1, 1916. and delivered by our
agents to retail buyers.
This unusual fall and winter demand for Ford cars makes it
necessary for us to confine the distribution of cars only to
those agents who have orders for immediate delivery to retail
customers, rather than to permit any agent to stock cars in
anticipation of later spring sales.
We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may
protect themselves against delay or disappointment in secur-
ing Ford cars. If. therefore, you are planning to purchase
a Ford car, we advise you to place your order and take deliv-
ery now.
Immediate orders will have prompt attention.
Delay in buying at this time may cause you to wait several
months
DICK COLLINS
MARVIN B. SMITH. I
Mrs. Dick Collins
The cost of producing newspapers
' has increased tremendously in the
‘ last two years. Print paper has ad-
- vanced in price so much that it has
’ occasioned governmental inquiry.
Ink has gone way up. Many news-
papers in various parts of the coun-
try have been hit so hard that they
have had to suspend publication. In
some cities newspapers have raised
the price at which they were sold
from 1 to 2 cents, and there has been
some increase in advertising rates,
but there probably has not been a
time in the last half century when the
newspaper industry, the nation over,
was in so bad a state financially as
today. Few newspapers are making
money. The vast majority are suffer-
ing heavy losses. And this at a time
of colossal circulation, unprecedent-
ed advertising and the greatest gen-
eral prosperity the country has
Known. There is one newspaper in
New York which, on the basis of il-
present circulation and the contract
it has entered into for newsprint for
1917, will pay $650,000 more for.print
paper than it didein UBG. There is
another paper wh.ch at one time
earned neariy l,0(),04*a year which
- said to have hail a deticit in 196 of
was in the limelight at Austin for lay aside the mistakes of yesterday
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life worth living. The song of hope
spurs us 0: to accomplishments, the
It is the song of hope that contin-
io the stirring days following the civ-
il war : he may have been an expert
in trailing hostile Indians in the in-
fant days of this town; he may have
excelled in shooting buffalo and
cooking his meals over driftwood
tires yes: he may have had these ac-
complishments. and more, at the
time civilization was contesting for a
foolhold in these diggins, but we are
dubious concerning that fellow's lit-
ness to govern a town today Do
you gel us. as little Gene McDaniel
would say.
Mrs. M E. Harry, a wealthy and
weak-minded member of New York’s
four hundred, whatever that is, the
other day gave two thousand dollars
Oscar Calloway is growing des-
perate. and it is feared that he will
remove President Wilson and close
down the law making machinery in
Washington. The Potomac has
changed its course and Pennsylvania
avenue is in eruption. The time.,
are slipping their mooring-. and old
men are -vein' tilings! Nothing
worth ' $105,04. \ newspaper out,ide of
Feb. 26, 1797.— . 11. Miller is down
with la grippe.
A. Devereux has been called to
Houston on business
Mrs. J. L. Vastine has gone to St. I
Louis to buy millinery.
The residence of Ad Renshaw, five
miles east of town was destroyed by
tire Saturday morning.
Monday evening a jolly crowd went
down to the Charley Thompson borne
and a royal lime was had. Those
present were, O. L. Thomas and wife.
Judge J. W. Patterson and wife, D.
H Payne and wife. S. G. Tankersley
and wife, E. O. Lively and wife. D.
A. Blake and wife, C, B Beard and
wife. L. M. Cales and wife. Mesdame
Chas. More, Ras Saufley, Ben F
Allen. Miss Maud Riley, Messrs. W.
T. Butler. ( . D Cates, W. T. Sim-
mons. J. F. Cates. C. W. Tenkersiey,
seventy-two hour, and thirteen min- 11 order to
In creating the new congressional
distriets we hope the gentlemen hav-
ing the work in hand, performed in a
manner looking to their interest or
the interests of their friends. We
can't believe, with the evidence be-
fore us. that the gentiemen would
knowingly create these districts with-1
out wisely discussing the results
coming to some politician who ।
stands well in their affection, We
We have discovered a new speci-
I have taken the agency for the Ft.
Worth Record, with headquarters at
W. C. Owen barber shop. I ask your
continued subscription and solicit
new subscriptions. Bob Cates.
pretty women, they say, than at
any place tins -ide of Coney Island
in the billing season. That's what
they say.
ute,. Some record for the senator. while today
- for success
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1917, newspaper, March 2, 1917; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581826/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .