Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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Wise Countn Alessenger
VOLUME 42--NO. 47.
Al-Home Print.
DECATUR. TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919.
$1.50 Per Year.
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- . roughest roads seem smooth to the
occupant of the Overland Four, and
new homes in this addition will start
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you cannot duplicate from mail order houses
Texas, with no greater capacity than
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THE INVISIBLE BiFOCAiS
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Ben Davis Apples only $2.00 bushel
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“The Agency With Experiance
Out Gurnturs wikl make
sensible presents.
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moters ar today paying from 200 to tended the sale. The bidding was
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_ T‘he Meridian Hetinery Company is:
5 the newest addition to the industrial ,
■ life of the town ot Decatur, and this 1
■ week saw the starting of the organ!
g zation that promises to bring much
~ profit to the citizens who have be-
— come interested in the big enterprise ।
_ The site tor the refinery plant has,
* been selected, southeast of the city,
■ and it is predicted that actual work
WE Fil KRYITOK (.LASSE*. THE BEsT Cil.ANANS MADE—
THE KIND THAT GIVES PEI: PE T VISION, NEAR AND FAI,
THE KIND THAT’S NATIONALLY IDVERTISED IX SATUI-
DAY EVENING POST—OYER I 700 SATISFIED PATIONS TO
REFER: YOL To.
I AIVINW ADDITION SALE O}
LOTS SET Fon DEI EMBER
some distance by the force of the ex-
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lots in Fairview Addition, south of
identified with the project. Xo com
missions are paid on sales of stock
and all monies received are deposited ;
p ■ terested parties the new and desir-
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ed right up the steps and stopped
at the top. It was Tom’s time to say
something, so he explained to the
inquiring crowd that he was only
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E. Main St• erop were here Monday from Slidell.
Wali was painfuily injured
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SAVE AND PROSPER. THE FIRST LESSON Is—START A BANK
Office
TOM MAXX < LIMBS (OLIFHOl N5
STEPS IX NIW Al rOMOBIIE
all the parts of the
made4 for durability
MAKE MONEY BY BUYING WHAT YOI WILL NEED FOK
doors were
was thrown
expects a shipment of these cars at
i an early date. Head the page ad in
this issue of the Messenger which
tells all about this sensational auto-
mobile.
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on the buildings will be started with- exploded. as the tlue
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YOUR MAMA WOULD HE OVEROYED IF SHE Gor EAsY
CHAII: FOR CHRISTMAS—AMI SHE’S NOT EXPECTING ONE.
YOIK SISTER. JUDITH, wot 1.11 BE "TICKED PINK" WITH A
SEI DRESSING TABLE. THE ONE WE SAW AT HELM. WARD
AMI DILLEHAY’S I KNOW WILL DELIGH’T HER.
the bumps out of the road.
Car or Apples
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TO SEE THAT KH GET YOI IE MONEY'S Worrw. WE Fl K-
300 per cent on investments. The
Meridian Company has been organ
Col. Lackland stated to
ACCOL NT; THE SECOND LESSON IS—KEEP OX INCIEASIN(i
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Paul Scott was home Sunday rom
S. M. U., Dallas. Scott and Renshaw
both Decatur boys, did god work in
the S. M. r.-Trinity game Saturday
both making touchdowns.
with the Dec a tin banks, where it
will remain until invested in the
building and equipping the plant. At
Colonel Rufus J. Lackland, the
best known town lot auctioneer in
the south, was in the city Saturday,
closing tip a trade with the Decatur
Development Co. for the sale of the
anxde wah
peaMy aom_l"hon
ARE BI YING HEISE. WE STAND IEADY AT ALL TIMES
WHIN QUALITY IS < ONSIDEIED, yot KNOW WHAT YOI
Sius Hughes was in Vernon on bus-
iness this week The Vernod store
of Perkins-Timberlake suffered a
severe loss by fire one night last
week, and the Decatur manager was
called to Vernon to assist in opening
another store for the firm.
District court for the November
term will convene next Monday
morning with the assembling of the
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I IGHTS, HEAT VXD sEKIHT DAY OK NIGHT. WE PAY
and a number of
. most prominent men
•feat of climbing the courthouse Messenger reporter that Fairview
• Steps was merely to show how easily Addition was decidedly the most
- obstacles are overcome by the new veautiful and desirable building ad-
- car This cat was onb received last dition he had seen in many years of
= Friday, and since that time Mr Mann travel over the state, and he pre-
fl has been busy demonstrating to in-Pdicted that the citizens who were
alert to their interests would imme-
diately avail themselves of the op-
portunity to secure one or more of
these lots. “Why would a man want
to pay the fancy prices that are be-
ing asked for lots in your city,” said
the colonel, “when more desirable
building lots can be secured much
cheaper? This addition to your
town is the result of the constant
demand for homes in Decatur, and
the lots out there in this beautiful
tract of rich land should be snapped
up on short order and they will he
when this sale is opened.” Watch
the Messenger for dates of this big
sale.
I THINK IT IS SO NIGE TO RECEIVE PRESENTS YOI REAL
LY WANT; AND WHAT WOMAN Wou.• NOT LIKE TO GEr A
NEW « HAIK, A BOOK CASE OH SOME NEw RUGS FOK CHRISr-
MAS?
> meeting to be called later, the
stockholders will select the compa-
n\ ‛s officers.
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the town’s
- demonstrating the new Overland
_ i erected lor operation. Stock in object and several deep gashes were
f the $100,000 company is now on the cut in his scalp. He was also bady
■ market. and those having the sales bruised about the body The injur
■ in charge report it going rapidly. One ed man was unconscious for several
• citizen subscribed for 15,000 worth, minutes after the accident, but re-
- oi stock The shares are $10.00 per vived while being carried to a phy
-share The capacity of the plant will sician. He is not seriously injured.
= 1. 1,000 barrels of refined oil per however, and is able to be out again
f day , and it does not require a school- _________
■ ed financier to in mediately see th” Hi.. ADDITION DRAWS
E splendid profits accruing tothestock BKM'KOVYD YT A«rIox SALE
n holders The fact that there is a _______
A FINAN IAL EDI < ATION IS OXI. MORT OF AN EDI ( V- — cil is now being made, and everything
grand jury. Several civi! cases will
come up for seitlement next week.
The grand jury will be composed o.
the following:
P. H. Parrish. Alvord.
Ed Carpenter. Rhome
J. X. Hinkle, Decatur.
A. E. Butler, Rhome.
T- A. Jones, Paradise.
W • M Childers, Decatur.
Pink Davis, Boyd.
W. A. Mauldin, Greenwood.
G. W. Hines. Bridgeport.
Oran Speer, Al.ord.
J. T. Barksdale, Chico.
A. P. Higgs, C i.ton
John Orr, Decat
Nance Hudson. Newark.
W. D. Hall, Slidell.
W. H. Casey, Paradise.
5 THIS IS EASY IF YOI WILL OXLY ACT. IF YOI HAVF
- GOT ONLY ONE DOILAR: IN YOUR POCKET, JUST TRY PUTTIN;
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HEAD OFF THE 20 OK 23 PER (ENT ADVANCE WHICH IS
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31x4 Fisk Tires, plain tread
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NISH YOI WITH I HEE INSTALLATION, AIK. WATER,
1*. s. WEREN"T THERE LOTS OF ATTRACTIVE, NOVEL
PRESENT THINGS AT REASONAEL.E PEICES AT
The building orcoooooonace
NOUND TO COME IN A FEW WEEKS. COME NOW AND
Last Saturday, the day set for the
big auction sale of town lots in the
Sunset Hill Addition, west of town,
was a red letter day in the history
of Delightful Decatur. It is esti-
TION EVERY MAN CAN HAVE. HE CAN TEACH HIMSELF TO 5 will be in shipshape when the plant plosion, his head striking some hard
\ sensationa! stunt in autoiobile
driving was pniled here the past
week in Tom Mann ol the Meridian
■ garage, which caused considerahle
‘ excitement among the onlookers. Mr.
IP Mann drove a new car on the square
M nd turned into the courthouse
— t urii. out isiead of stopping at the
_ curb, the car climbed the walk and
5 proceeded toward the courthouse
■ steps Those standing around
m thought the driver had lost control
mjof his car and that an accident was
— due when the car reached the steps.
- Several rushed over to be as near as
possible when the crash came but.
5 there was no crash the car climb-
m in a short time. A contract for crude blown off
at the Fort Worth Cotton Oil Corn- 2
pany gin in this city last Saturday 5
a: the result of an explosion in the n
engine room Mr. Wall was the on- 5
1} occupant of the engine room at
the time and he is unable to explain
just what caused the explosion. He
believes, however, that gas had col-
lected in the hues of the boiler and
growing demand for the products of
a refinery is a guarantee that the
plant will be a success from the very
start. A number of the plants in
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tn writing pyable to the plail — 1
treenwood, Tezaf In said coun
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1919, newspaper, November 21, 1919; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582127/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .