Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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COLLINS & SMITH
Spring is Here
DICK COLLINS and MAIVIN 13. SMITH
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WHAT MADE THE MILLIONAIRE.
Friday Morning, February 25,1921.
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LADIES’ BROWN OXFORDS—
PHYSICAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS
NVEST.
priced at
$3.95, $5.50, $7.50 and $7.95
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straps—priced.. $3.50, $4.50, $5.95 and $6.95
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MENS SHOES—
Our shoe stock was never more complete
we have just received a big shipment of
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English walkers and dress shoes specially
priced at......$3.95, $5.50 and up to $12.50
Black gunmetal shoes.$3.95 $4.50 and $7.50
the raging Trinity.
Men’s Scout shoes
$2.50 and $3.50
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Men’s Army shoes
$3.95
Boys’ Scout Shoes at
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SPARE TIME.
From their idle paths some shove me.
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Others think themselves above me.
Though you may not just adore ml,evidence
it’s a cry;
In return the world I’d bless.
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A GOOD COMPANION.
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Ladies’ patent and kid pumps, military,
Baby Louise, or flexible heels, one and two
Ladies’ Borwn Oxfords, military heels, in
the new brogue and brown kid—specially
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There is something nice about me
That captivates the busy clerk.
From all the knockers in the land.
Until his drill had found the sand
That put the words upon the square
That made the man a millionaire.
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For I try my best to please.
Scores of people just abhor me.
And as many more ignore me;
Business can not do without h, .
Neither can ambition rout me;
While they
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Lucky is the man who takes me
By the horns and fiercely shakes me,
There are more beautiful calves
in Decatur than any town in Texas,
and it is not a stock town, either.
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Countless millions perspire o’er me.
Toiling for their bread and cheese.
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The first step in the improvement
of the American schools is the intro-
duction of universal physical train-
ing for both boys and girls from six
to eighteen years of age, says Charles
W. Eliot, president emeritus, Har-
vard University, in The Nation’s Bus-
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if we will devote more time to the
big interests of the town and commu-
nity, and less to little political strifes
we would have a better and more
substantial opioion of our neighbors
and ourselves.
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determined, it seems, to deal depth
and destruction te the last vestige e
honest-to-goodness civilization. The
down-trodden, the dodging denizens
of Wonderfn1 Wise ask von to allow
them life, lihertv and the pursuit of
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And with spirit undertakes me;
He’s the man who wins the race.
Blessed is the man who finds me
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Better get in on the ground floor;
the wells are coming in.
If they only lingered near me
Would soon know true happiness.
We want you to be sure and see
see the many new models here—bought to
sell at a range of prices from $3.95 to $7.95.
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A woman is queer, there’s no doubt
about that.
She hates to be thin and she hates to
be fat.
One minute it’s laughter, the next
Most Widely Circulated Paper in Wise County.
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When universal physical training —
has been well carried on for twent ()
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THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
ESTABLISHED 1880
Official Publication for the City of Decatur.
Ent ter rd at the Decatur, Tenas, P st Ofice as Second Class 'tail Matter
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character are base and mean, there- (S
fore, just as we prize our character (G
—so are we. 75
There is a wide difference between
your leisure means blasting your fu-
ture.
Take the testimonv of the down-
Spare time in sheer loafing, or
worse than useless dissipation, places
n the cart
s a secon(
-Omaha
CHAIACTIE: vs. KEPI TATION
.....+; - Thc Oklahoma bank Hon from the limousine lizzards. the
r bl er has been given an opportun- hish-brows. the upner-class who are
be seen not only in fne posture, rela- —
tion of weight to height, and muscu- (©)
lar development, but also in their K
comfort, health, and productiveness K
at daily labor. Universal physical (©)
Two hundred extra copies of the
Messenger were snapped up like hot
cakes last week. As stated, it is the
Messenger with the knowing ones.
ed drills, but
peter.
•* HIS WAGES.
system at
means of remedying the defects and
malformations as well as of develop-
ing normal bodies. It should include
exercising which might fairly be call-
‘Reds sou
world”—
the antit
-Pilot.
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he became an outlaw, as
Fort Worth Record.
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many more which
and-outers. Everyman of them will
a heave mortgage on hone. Wasting
An artist was employed to renov- ©
ate and retouch some oil paintings (5
in an old church in Belgium, and on ; -
presenting his composite bill for 9
$67.28. was informed that an item- (4
Once in a
unished for
e time it is
iheadache.—
When you hear a fellow whisper
to another fellow citizen the inquiry,
“White or red,” don't imagine there
is a poker game on. Nothin’ like it.
In this day of Volsteadism there is
another meaning conveyed.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES:
One Year—$1.50; Six Months—$1.00; Three Months—Fifty Cents
remained in the road called Straight ----
fer ceveral years. Then he aban- Are vou looking for oDportunity—
cened it for the road called Crooked, vour chance to net ahead?
'•nv he is on his death bed, shot Look. then, to your Epare time.
,wn hv a brave man whose bank he Coin your idle hours into special
Laa attempted to rob The Straight training. Get ready for the future
mav he a rocky road but the man ; —now. It is opportunity itself,
who takes it never lands in the slums,
rever looks through the iron grated
windows of a prison cell, never en-
ters the portals of the erim edifice of
whose archway is written. “He who
enters here leaves hope behind. —
“The Wise County Messenger is
the best country advertising medium
in the country, and I have tried ’em
from Maine to Mexico.”—Col. Rufus
J. Lackland, auctioneer of Ranger
and Fort Worth.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, standing or repuation
of any firm, person 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.—Collins & Smith, Publishers.
Some legislator has presented
" An anti-prthibitionist states to th
Messenger: "‛What‛t"I you mean by
saying a contract has been let to en-
Let not greed nor avarice lovpr me
Nor let pleasure come before Ge!
Stick to me! My name isVhgk,.
Were it no
ople would
to a con^
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n old H
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a first-c
her will b
These proven fields now spouting oil
Were wildcat once- just common
soil.
Until a man who had the nerve.
And from his purpose would not
swerve
force the manaates governing th
operations of automobiles. A num-
ber of the coynty’ citizens have been
maimed and mangled by the reckless
driving of autoists, others have been
scared out of years1 of g rowth by
You can’t understand her, however j
- 0, you try.
“ But there’s one thing about her that But the idle folks who fear me,
,40 everyone knows— And the careless folks who queer me.
A woman’s not dressed ’till she pow- |
526 ders her nose. —Exchange.
wants known. Those who have only
nild symptoms can pluck us off and
qnfly-sattneir preferences. We
guarantee to assmt the developing
process.
liquor was responsible for all the
crimes in the criminal calander over-
lapped the distance several block*,
city block*. That’s all.
bill which prohibits the running at
large of chickens. It will never do.
Mister, ’ever in this world. What
would the boys on E-lum and Main
d over in Dallas do after work hours.
Charing chickens is a recognized in-.
dustr\ in the town on the banks of
that there is
the installation
Somebody sent the editor of the
Piketown Gazette a few bottles of
home brew. The same day he re-
ceived for publication a wedding an-
nouncement and a notice of an auc-
tion sale. Here are the results:
“Wm. Smith and Miss Lucy Ander-
son were disposed of at public auc-
tion at my farm one mile east of
beautiful cluster of roses on her
breast and two white calves, before
a background of farm implements
too numerous to mention in the pre-
sence of seventy guests, including
two milk cows, six mules and bob-
sled. Rev. Jackson tied the knot
with one hundred feet of hay rope
and the bridal couple left on one
good John Deere plow for an ex-
tended trip with terms to suit the
purchase, s. They will be at home to
their friends with one good baby
buggy and a few kitchen utensils af-
ter ten months from date of sale to
responsible parties and some fifty
chickens.
iness. The program should be com-
prehensive and flexible; so that the
needs of different individual pupils
can be met. It should include th.
Governor Neff is a disappoint-
ment to a number of his whoopers,
in that he will not be controlled and
directed by them. Up and including
the present, Neff is making a gov-
ernor for all the people.
A sweet potato curing plant will
be more beneficial, more helpful to
~the interests of Decatur and commu-
nty, than any political propaganda
that could be launched. It's a fact,
neighbor
Then all the knockers, great and
small,
Their rotten luck began to bawl.
And every measley tight-wad hog
Saw in that man “a lucky dog.”
character and reputation. Character
is what we are—reputation is what
others think of us, for our character
is within and our reputation is with-
out. Character is always sterling,
reputation may be deceiving. One
may have a good character and a
poor reputation; or, one may have
a good reputation and a poor char-
Oh! I’d like the world to love me,
One differe
1 Americar
isn’t toler;
do Nt ws-
matter that badly needs attention,
vet it is a matter which should be
done in a permanent manner wher
it comes up for consideration. N
temporary make-shift should be con-
side red. The time is here when ar
rangements must be made for me ■
1 oom at the public school. Truste
’tv t walk in the open road. In ear-
Our character is our greatest mo-
tive power. It exemplifies our na-
ture in its highest form. It exhibits
j always what is best in us. It exhibits
a guiding and controlling influence
over our lives. Without character
peace of mind is fled forever, and in
us dwells shame and remorse. It is
far better to be poor, even reduced
to beggary, put in prison or in per
petual slavery than to be conscious
of a worthless character. Those who
would prostitute character to reputa-
tion or live for anything less than
tell you that be spent his yesterdays
killing time.
Tomorrow’s failures are being re-
cruited from lime wasters now.
What are you doing with the eight
hours that remain to you every day
after work and sleep— the hours that •
are all yours?
Are you using them so that when ।
opportunity cornea—your big chanee
—you'll be trained and ready? Or,
are you just killing time?
Fifteen minutes each day of reg-
ular physical exercise will make you
fit for either work or recreation.
Make what the world is everlast-
ingly seeking—a real thinker.
If you’re a time waster, halt and
about face! It’s not too late to be-
gin over.
Learn to cultivate time- not to
kill it. Seek in leisure hours better
health, belter education, better train-
ing. Make every minute count for
something worth while.
Begin a new time valuation.
The pen is
Fin the old
[1 is getting
Mofii. M
• ader.
We’ll wager oil < rtificates or gold
bars that every mothers’ son of a
West Pointer wh was in the army
during the world war has been taken
care of by an appreciative govern-
ment. How r my of the volunteers
who lead the barges in France have
received recognition?
training, combined with medical in
spection and nursing service in all K
schools will in time remedy in great (©
measure the grave bodily defects in
the population.
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bine a bank he received a lone term happiness,
in the penitentiary. Good behavior
w-en him his release on parole. He
public school huilding. This
Come in and make your political his last.
Some of t
at on exer
f-extermin:
g Mail.
It is said that ’the pei-2nkey in
the cage on the north side objects to
certain old scouts stopp ng in front
of the cage. This is a ounted for.
states our monkey editor, on the
grounds that the monk fears the old
scouts are after his lands.
Messenger would suggest to th«
honorable commissioners’ court that
They are talking a shot at the a traffic officer be appointed for the
state highway commission at Austin, good and glorious county of Wise,
one recommendation being to abolish Other counties with not one-half
it and annther to make it turn all the goodness and gloriousness hav
moneys collected from a county back j traffic officers, and, according to
te that county, instead of half of it, reason and right, this sublime sub-
ns is the case now. It never did division of the grand old common-
seem right fair to take Tom’s auto wealth should have a duly author-
tax to build roads for Dick, where ized representative of the law to en-
Tom never will get to travel on
them.—Cuero Record. --
would properly be called games or
sports. Except in extreme weather
most of the exercises should be con-
ducted in the open air. Carriage
posture, gait, rhythmical movements,
and team-play should be covered.
With the introduction of universal
physical training should go the un
iversa 1 employment of physicians and
nurses for incessant diagnostic and
preventive work in school of every
description.
Henry Starr, notorious bandit of
Indian Territory days, and paroled
convict, returned to his old trade the
other day and robbed a bank in Okla-
homa. While Starr was pulling the
stunt in true western border style
the cashier of the bank shot and
mortally wounded the robber. Starr
turned bandit when he was 17 years
of age. and for many years he was at
the head of one of the most danger-
ous bands of outlaws that ever in-
fested an outlaw ridden country. He
was captured after exciting chases,
and in federal court at Fort Smith,
Ark., he was sentenced to life im-
prisonment. He was a model pris-
oner. and after serving a few year*
he was paroled. Starr returned to
his old home in Oklahoma, and it is
said, he went “straight” for year*
The other day the call of the bandit
came and Starr answered, and phy-
sicians state he will shortly answer
another summon, one that will be
wild and as desperate as any of the
rough riders who defied the law and
its asents in the old Indian Terri-
tery davs Caught in the act of rob-
A flywheel in Rochester
loose, flew thirty rods over
houses, and smashed into a Mi
ell’s dining-room, but Miss Ew
in the kitchen and escaped I
What a lesson to the women
—New York Call. I
The sap is rising, gentlemen.
Gus Hughes of the school board. 4
fers a very timelv suggestion as fc’
lows: The matters of mere roo’
heating arrangement and the mar
other suggested improvements coul
be taken care of hy th** addition •
an annex to the present building. nr
vided with a basement to accomodat
the heating plant and toilet. Th
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ate gasoline wazons to whom
Canadian Club ideas on toilet water
salaries are repngnant rises to pro-
test and proclaim. The "pee-pul".
dear commissioners, demand nrotec-
would take care of the school proh-
lems of Decatur for many years to
come. These improvements will have
to come and that very soon- so whv
not face the music and get busy in
a sensible and progressive way to
fulfill the needs of our school?
' Easy; learns to like me; minds y should a
Ne’er refuses nor declines me, • cemeterit
Herbert Hoover has landed a place
in the Harding cabinet. Herb had
considerable foresight.
Bradstreet*!
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large and Improve our county jail? narrow escapes from the yawning
Did’nt you tell us that when liquor jaws of terrible death and destruc-
was voted out we would not need a tion, and a few have been dethroned
jail, and here we are making ar- ot substantial amounts of reason bv
rangements to take care of an in- i being swept from the earth hv th.
creased number of prisoners?” Yep. cyclonic air currents of speeding ma-
we answer, but remember, with the chines. So. and hv. the Messenger,
goinc of the licensed saloon came the champion of the interests of the
bootlegger and the auto thieves. Of common herd, a brutal majority o'
course, the sister who claimed that which are too poor to own and oner-
ized statement was required. So the
following was duly presented:
For correcting the Ten com-
mendments...........-........... J
For renewing heaven and ad-
justing the stars. ...............
For touching up purgatory and
restoring the lost souls
For brightening up the flames
of hell, putting a new tail
on the devil and doing odd
jobs for the damned.........
For putting a new stone in Da-
vid’s sling and arranging
Goliath’s head. ..
For mending the shirt of the
preeigal son and cleaning
his ears.................................
For putting a new ribbon on
pilate's bonnet........
For putting a new tail and
comb on St. Peter’s rooster
For reguilding the left wing
of the guardian angel.
For putting carmine on the
left cheek of the servant of
the high priest...... .....
For taking the spots off the
son of Tobias........................
For putting earrings in Sa-
rah’s ears
For mending the roof of
Noah’s ark and putting a __
new head on Shem .......... 4.31 As 1 muse a something strikes me.
$67 28 There’s a host of folks dislike me.
—Exchange । And ‘bis knowledge sorely piques me.
men’s dress and work shoes. Alen’s tan
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They could’nt see it wasn’t luck.
But common sense and bull dog
pluck,
“Faint heart ne’er won a maiden
fair,”
Nor cold feet made a millionaire.
sug l ■ ’rices of s
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Messenger earns
some agitation for
of a sanitarv toilet
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