Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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LOCAL NEWS
More Ice forYour Money
A Big Oil M
dy the trouble.
Better Treatment
of Customers
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Decatur territory are "getting by."
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I solicit the patronage of the farmers.
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here
the spring term.
DAVE KERR
are fair and square!
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POLITE SERVICE!
TRY US—
Buttrill Bros
glad to see them home.
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SAND WIG-HES!
OF -ALL KINDS.
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fruit crop was not injured to anv cause to be published in the Wise
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■ guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dodson.
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some weeks.
m visiting the family of Jno. Lambert.
, FOR SALE OR TRADE—One pair
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Pat-
build-
in. BOYD & SONS.
(11) Timberlake Company.
(11) Decatur.
8, Decatur, Texas.
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V. Trinity Street.
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Texas.
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adise, Texas.
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and receive rcward?
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Trinity Street.
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. W. BROWN.
Ladies’ black, leather han 1-
ntained gold watch chain and Thurmond.
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Mrs. Luke
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Decatur.
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catur, Route 8.
FEED STORE AND WAGON YARD
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TO BUILDERS:
Seed peanuts, $1.00 p i
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ty farm, route 1.
fill
CHAS DAVIS, Decatur.
reject any or all bids.
EMULSION
NOTICE OF FLECTION.
is cod-liver oil in its
STOP THAT ITCHING.
By order of
S. T. LILLARD,
(19) back of them. They’ve got to
eron, Texas.
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Open Day and Night
Everything Sanitary
nothing below cost as a leader to bait you
with.
appreciable extent.
An election has been called to be
the
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Payne of Sherman, is
her sister, Mrs. Oma
County Messenger, a newspaper of
general circulation published in said
county, at least once a week for ten
consecutive days before the return
Miss Edna Tyler is having a per-
gola constructed on the north side
of her residence cn South Trinity.
Bids will be received by the citv
council at Decatur. Texas, until four
o’clock Friday, April 8, 1920, for the
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Tai Lively of Tahoka, is here this
week visiting relatives.
G. W. Davis and family will move
to the Mann house on West Main.
He kissed her on the cheek.
It seemed a harmless frolic:
He’s been laid up for a week.
They say, with painter’s colic.
While they last—best grade York
ams—20c the yard.—Perkins-
Buck Riley boasts of the largest
hen’s egg in the country—laid by a
black Minorca hen at his home here.
The egg measures four and one-half
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Mrs. Word
the guest of
Cartwright.
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FOK SALE-
bushel.— W.
The ‘Owl Lunch Room
Just North Alland’s Shoe Shop—So. Trinity
Jack Ogle is making valuable im-
provements to his home in Southeast
Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Alexander of
Fort Worth, have been visiting here
this week.
Miss Kathrine Maxwell of Denton
Normal, visited Mrs. Walter S. Hard-
ing this week.
S. T. LILLARD.
Mayor Prc-Tem.
Thompson. Decatur, Texas.
The council reserves the right to
Mayor Pro Tem.
Attest—R. L. THOMPSON. Secretary.
Ice vault in old city hall building—first door
north of fire hall.
FOK
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E. L. Brandenburg went to Hen-
rietta Tuesday.
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Dave Milton was in Oklahoma on
business this week.
Dr. L. H. Reeves will return from
New Orleans tomorrow.
Attorney Dennis P. Ratliff made a
trip to Bomarton this week.
Paul Harding was here the first
Miss Anna Morrow is visiting rel-
atives in Longview.
"Pinkie” Blankenship is on a visit
to friends in Waco.
J. A. Simpson left Wednesday for
a trip to Wzco.
Mss Frances. of Fort Worth, have
been visiting Mrs. J. W. Hogg.
Bob Caraway was in Fort Worth
Monday.
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Mrs. George Roach is visiting home
folks in Weatherford.
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No Ad Taken for Leas than Me
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ham, where ne has accepted a posi-
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(10) ter, on Monday, March 14, 1921, a
■ son.
prettiest things in the season’s mil- 12
linery at bargain prices. || ■JiBlieienejiBie ie I* IlBJia !.■
held at the city hall on Tuesday, Ap-
ril 5th. for the election of a mayor
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B. Clark. at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Mrs. Clark is improving in health,
but will remain in Hot Springs for
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J. W Murphy was here last Wed-
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WILL the lady who found the brown
glove at the American Cafe Monday,
please leave same at tiie Messenger
year.
TRUSSELL, Boyd. Texas.
ing its toll upon
your vitality, take
Scott’s Emulsion.
2:9“7
Lost Tues-
store and
Return to
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Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. N. J.
—ALSO MAKERS OF---
KI-MOIDS
(Tablets or Granules)
FOR INDIGESTION
2030
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FOR SALE First-class Jersey milk
cow; just in prime. Will sell rea-
sonably for cash or on installments.
Hardy of Bridgeport,
has this week been the guest of De-
catur relatives.
Hastings Seeds
1921 Catalog Free
It's ready now. 116 handsomely IF
lustrated pages of worth-while seed
and garden news. This new catalog,
we believe, is the most valuable seed
the sanitary condition of the passen-
ger privy. This demand on Brooks
.2 . „ .. follows the announcement of the
purchase of the old fire hall, as it railway company that passenger and
freight rates have been raised. This
FOR SALE OR TRADE
FOR SALE OR TRADE— One black
mammoth jack; also Hambleton an
stallion. Will sell cheap, or trade
for livestock.—W. C. HODGES, De-
catur, Tedas, Rte. 2. (112
“You will get every ounce you pay for”
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Mrs. A. Lockey of Corsicana, is
“The Microbe of Love”
at high school auditori-
um Friday night, April
1. Benefit of high school
playground fund!
Mrs. J. M. Hill has returned from
a stay with her daughter, Mrs. Loy
Dave Dickson and wife are here
this week preparing to move the r
household goods to Breckenridge.
WORKMAN, coun-
(11)1
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Griffeth has filed in (he county court
of Wise county, an application for
the probate of the last will and test-
ament of said Mrs. Addie E. Grif-
feth, deceased, filed with said appli-
cation. and for letters testamentary
of the estate of Mrs. Eddie E. Grif-
feth. deceased, as provided for in
said will, which said proceeding will
be heard by said court on the fourth
day of April, 1921, at the court house
of said county, in Decatur, Texas, at
which time all persons who are in-
terested in said estate are required
to appear and answer said proceed-
ing. should they desire to do so.
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore said court, on the first day of
the next term thereof, this writ, with
your return thereon, showing how
you have executed the same.
Witness my hand and official seal,
at Decatur, Texas, this seventeenth
day of March, 1921—CARL FAITH,
clerk. County Court, Wise County,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bell of Fort
Werth. were this week the guests
of Miss Bess Coleman.
ATH HOUSE—Hot or cold
[time, everything furnish-
WMeDANIEL ROOMING
twenty full pages of the most popular
vegetables and flowers in their natu: i
rat colors, the finest work of its kind
ever attempted. 4
With our photographic ilustrations,
and color pictures also from photo-
graphs. we show you just what you
grow with Hastings' Seeds even be-
fore you order the seeds. This cata-
log makes garden and flower bed
planning easy and It should be in ev-
ery single Southern home. Write a
a post-card for it, giving your nank
Mrs. M. A. Bland has returned to
her heme in Aledo, after a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Simpson.
Misses Clara Belew and Juliett
Pope of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. vis-
ited Miss Belew's home here Sunday.
Lev Sellars was up from Waco this •
week. From all reports. Lev has =
been doing some good work with the =
Barton Company in the oil fields. ■
After resigning her place as teach- •
er of the Crafton school, Miss Gladys •
Splawn is at home preparing to en- =
ter Baylor University at Waco for B
good work mules; 8 years old; good from attending a business college in
condition; will sell reasonably or Dallas.
trade for gocd Ford.—HALE BE-
Miss Alma Dallas has returned
campaign of "economy” on the part
of the railway company is interest-
ing, to say the least. book
Food for Energy
Cod-liver oil ener-
gizes and creates a
buttress of strength
that fortifies the
whole body.
SCOTTS
I have again taken charge of the
O. K. Wagon Yard on East Main
street, and invite my old customers
and the public to call on me.
I have a complete line of feed and
can save you money on any kind of
feed stuff. A trial will convince you.
GEO. FOSTER.
SALE Half ‘-and-Ha!f cotton
made 1-2 bale per acre last
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Mrs. Jordon of Nocona, is the
= Dr. Cade Standley was here sever-
■ al days from Frederick, Oklahoma.
men with a view of organizing a Pro-
ducing and Marketing Association at
this place. Mr. Kemp says each town
in the county is being organized and
that everyone will be benefitted as a
result, for that which benefits the
farmer will also help each individual
in the county. The purpose is to es-
certain just what and how many ac-
res each farmer will plant to each
crop and to have a mai’tet ready for .
his products when he is ready to sell.
A competent man will be engaged
at each shipping point to properly
classify the produce and to see that
it is loaded in cars in the right man-
ner.
The pupils of Mrs. Jay Ingram, in-
structor of piano at the high school,
will be presented in a recital at the
high school auditorium tonight at
I B I BI B IB I B IB B IB I B I B IB 1 8 !■ IB I BLB IB I BIB IBIB iI•II•II•II• II
TOMATO PLANTS Varieties Mc-
Ghee. early; Dwarf Champion (tree).
Forty cents per one hundred. deliv- i
ered. Ready from April 15th on:
should not be planted before. Or-
ders may be sent now; early orders
facilitate early deliveries.- CLIFF
CATES, Route No. 5, Decatur, Tex-
as. (111.
A. T. Franks was here Monday
from Paradise.
Ladies, you should not fail to at- •
tend the special sale of millinery at =
the Melton Parlors tomorrow, Satur- =
day. You will find the newest and ■
by nine inches. Who can beat it?
Since the Methodist church has
lost. No insurance was carried.
Harry Hart, one of the leading
fine-stock raisers of Oklahoma, was
here from Okmulgee the past week
Harry is an old Decatur boy and his
many friends here are glad to know
of his splendid success.
An extra good buy in hair and
sash ribbons—our Saturday’s special
—39c the yard.—Perkins-Timber- ’
lvl bALL
FOR SALE White Mammoth Pekin
duck eggs for hatchings; pure bred;
>2.00 ior setting of 13.— MRS. GEO.
W. SHORT, Ind. ’Phone, Route 2,
Decatur. (12)
>1.00 per bushel.
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7:30 o’clock. The public is cordial-
ly invited to attend the recital. Those
who will take part in the program
are: Maxine Christian, Rachel Field,
Mary Gose, Catherine Lewis, Lois
Breedlove, Dorothy Patterson, Eliza-
beth Haper, Isabelle Hunt, Mary Lil-
lard, Jessie Lee Samsey, Imogene
Moore, Ita Smith, Emmodine Belew,
Gladys Pettys, Christine Henderson,
Louise Williams, and Arthur Brady.
terday for Waco to superintend the
drilling in of the wells. When these E. T. Kemp, county agricultural
wells are completed, the company will agent, was in Bridgeport Tuesday
conferring with farmers and business
Mrs. W. L. Rush has returned
from a visit with Mrs. Frank Tim-
berlake in Wichita Falls.
That little boy or girl of yours can buy from
us as cheaply as you can; our dealings
FOR SALE—My dwelling in South- | EGCSFOR HATCHING—From pure
west Decotur.—BEN W ATKINS, De- bred White Plymouth Rock Fishel
catur. (I- I strain— $3.00 for 15; White Ivory
FOR SALE CHEAP-- One light open
buggy. See or write H. AUSTIN, De-
I am preparing to open my ice house about
April 1. I solicit the trade of the people,
promising full weight and the best of ser-
vice. Will sell in any quantity—from five
cents to fifty dollars.
MAN 8 CHRISTIAN
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
PHONES S W 72 IND 1 8 6
---- DECATUR _T E X A S_
I pf the week from Austin.
•nd address. It will ne .
by return mail and you will bd
glad you've got IL
Hastings' Seeds are the S
of the South and they have t
est mail order seed house in t
Use Blue Star Fczema Remedy for
itch, cracked hands, tetter. eczema,
ring worm, and sores on children.
Sold on a guarantee of Gunn’s Drug
Store. Star Products Company, Cam-
. _ stands or torn down, to suit.
Mrs. C. B. Simmons and daughter, . Deliver or mail all bids to R. L.
FOR SALE—Good Jersey cows. civ-
ing milk—IRA MALEY. (10) ’
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
—We have millions of the finest open
field grown plants ready now. Ear-
ly Jersey, Charleston Wakefelds, '
Flat Dutch. Parcel post paid, 300. 1
$1.00; 500, $1.50; 100, $2.50. Ex-
press: 2000, $3.50; 5000, $7.50:
10,000, $12.50. Send for price list
of sweet potato and tomato plants.
PARKER FARMS, Moultrie, Geor-
everything is
motto of this
ganization.
The barn of Ernest Gilliland, north ro ointtho, unex wired ter m of Henryday hereof, the following notice:
of town, was struck by lightning last to f asth resigned 1 The state of Texas. To all per-
Sunday afternoon and the building mason’ resigned. sons, interested in the estate of Mrs.
and contents were burned. 150 bales Buck Rilev boasts of the largest Addie E. Griffeth, deceased. G. W.
of hay and 100 bushels of corn were
EK FILMS developed free;
Eres 3 cents. They can’t be made
■er. Quick service. Send cash
‘h fims.—HOKF FLYMELL, Par-
If you have scalp trouble, go to HI BIBIBI Bl B1BI BIB I BI Bi B I81B IB I mI BIBIIB ; BIB1B S ; 5 BJ
| Roe Shoemaker’s shop, where you ■
will find Treatment which will reme —
utiwe-n ' .50 am $4.00.
day between Mississippi
meat market. Reward.
MISSISSIPPI STOKE.
well—we specialize in handling staple
and fancy .groceries. We sell them for
cash. We sell every article with only a
small profit added to its cost. We sell
been repapered and new electric light
fixtures installed the interior of the
building presents a most pleasing
and attractive appearance, and it will
compare favorably with any churcn
edifice in the county.
lake Company. The seasons, in conformity with
Miss Nettie McCormack, who fornthergthinpranespatnstbockrotnrre
some,time has been in theemp loy of years has been four or five
the Perkins- Timberlake, store
here, weeks late in arriving and this year
has accepted a place with that com- used to "before the
panyat Bowie. She left this week Warook SFarmers areeal busyy planting
to take up her new position. their crops and are looking forward
Cheap as you can buy the goods—
three pillow cases for >1.00— Satur-
day only.—Perkins-Timberlake Com-
pany.
Mr. Con Cronine, oil field con-
struction worker, has been in the
city this week from Wichita Falls,
visiting his friend. Captain H. E.
Brady. t
Capt. Tom Milligan of Ft. Worth,
g Was in the city Tuesday.
m Misses Electra and Buggy Pickett
= i were here this week from Alvord.
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m Senator Guinn Williams was
= Bridgeport on business Tuesday.
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J. H. Chihholm was in Wichita
■ Falls several days this week.
She—"Kisses are the language of
love.”
He—"Let's talk awile!"
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strain Plymouth Rocks—$2.50 for
15.—SILAS MORRIS, West Main St.,
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a fine thing to have, but we have no oil
LEW, Turner repair shop
ing.______________________________
WANTED
ROOMERS WANTED- Nice furnish-
ed rooms; reasonable rates; day
or week.—MRS. J. I. McDANIEL, So.
Mrs. T. J. Dillehay has returned
from a visit to relatives in Fort
Worth.
Don’t overlook those specials we
are giving you every Saturday.—Per-
kins-Timberlake Company.
Henry Mason returned Monday
from Fort Worth, and is rapidly im-
proving from a recent operation.
A regular 50c 42x36 pillow case—
1 out Saturday special, three for $1.00.
Perkins-Timberlake Company.
LOST In Decatur, between Brock
Roach's residence and i e Goodn
Wagon Yard, one pair o boy’s brown
shoes and black stockings. Finder
return to postoffice and receive re-
Mrs. Ed Kelley of Fort Worth, has have four wells on the pump,
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Harry Fields, a former Decatur
boy, has been here this week from
Frankston.
OLD TRUSTY incubator for sale;
bargain. Call at Messenger office.
Decatur. (12)
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Notice is hereby given that a gen-
eral elention will be held in the citv
of Decatur on the first Tuesday in
April. 1921. the same being the 5th
day of April. for the purpose t" elect-
ing a mayor, city attorney, and three
aldermen, one aidermen from each of
wards one. two. and three. Said
election will be held in the court
house, and the polls will be open
from 8 a m. to 7 p. m.
L. D. Ratliff from Decatur Camp . . . -
the Slidell camp, returned Saturday BRIDGEPORT NEWS I
from attending the state convention (index.) । The state of Texas, County of Wise,
of the Woodmen of the World at ---- In probate court. The state of Tex-
Houston. The frost Thursday morning nip- as. To the sheriff or any constail2
ped tender vegetation to some extent, of Wise county, greeting:
but it is generally believed that the You are hereby commanded to
•Mr. and Mrs. Lem Hoyl were in
Bridgeport Tuesday.
Mrs. M. H. Belew was a Fort
Worth visitor Saturday.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—Five-room house; close
Remember the entertainment at =
the high school auditorium on the ■
night of April 1; benefit of the ■
playground fund. g
You know forty-two hundred feet •
it not far to go for oil; we went =
that many miles to select that Easter =
outfit for you!—Perkins-Timberlake ■
Company. ~
Senator Guinn Williams and his a
secretary, Dennis Ratliff, returned E
Sunday from attending the session ■
of the legislature at Austin. •
On last Saturday Hinkle & Tucker ■
bought 7.560 eggs, 2100 pounds of g
milk, and 200 pounds of cream, =
which goes to prove that people in B
Pillow case laces up to five inches
wide—Saturday special—15c a yard.
—Perkins-Timberlake Company.
ever published. It contains
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best possible form.
" winter is claim-
The Melton millinery parlor has hopefully to a bountiful harvest,
announced a very special pre-Easter obstreperous Mexican was ar-
sale for, tomorro W, Saturday, Marh rested Monday morning by Deputy
19th. You will find many splendid Rl on charge of pistol
bargams in the very newest styles in toting. He was landed in the city
millinery. jail until bond was furnished. Short-1
H. W. Barton was here this week ly after his release he ran up against
from Waco. He reports that his com- a ham-like fist wielded by Cy Clay
sand ready to drill in. He left yes- and was almost put out of commis-
pany now has three wells on the sion.
• LEE T!i' champion sad-
Bon, will make the season at
Kt Main street wagon yard,
r.— GOODNER BROS. (11)
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Helm and "
daughter and Miss Addie Ham- •
bright will return from San Amonio “
about the first of April. The many =
friends of these good people will be •
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Spledid feature films at the Majes- log. It is absolutely tren^^
tic every night. If you are not at- H. q HASTINGS qmda
tending, you are missing some first- ATLANT
I class entertainment. I
We consider each
trust a secred obli-
gation. We fulfill
our duties in an
able, dignified man-
ner. Our recora for
fair dealing is well
known. Fairness in
An examination will be held at the ■
Decatur postoffice on April 9th to a
fill the vacancy in the position of E
fourth-class postmaster at Slidell. Ap- •
plicants must reside within the ter- a
ritory supplied by the Slidell post- =
office. ■
The Fort Worth & Denver Rail-
way Company, from its beadquarters
in Fort Worth, has unnounced a re-
duction in operating expenses all
along the line. Salaries of employ-
ees are to be cut, etc., and the latest
move in the campaign for a reduction
in the cost of running the company's
affairs is a request from the Fort
Worth offices to the Decatur scavan-
ger, Parson Brooks, to reduce his
price of fifty cents for looking after
TO TRADE
FOR TRADE—New rubber tire bug-
gy and harness; also young mare,
will trade for cattle.—GRANGER
BI EWETT, Decatur, Texas. (101
# nesday from Cleburne.
• Senator Tom Perkins was
E Tuesday from McKinney.
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FOR KENT—Four-room house; close Sam Carl is preparing to build a
in. See or write R. J. BAUGH. Rt. new and modern bungalow in South
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