Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1921 Page: 2 of 12
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toasted cigarette.
little weevil ought to keep up with
two rows as thin as this cotton is."
dead leaves and upon investigating
he found it was an old boll weevil
the nation’s big banking institution
were at the command of the Security
Barber Shop
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W e do more than sell furniture—well sell furniture that
fits into your home and makes it more beautiful
Through selling better furniture we are endeavor-
ing to make Decatur a better city by giving it better
homes.
KU KLUX DONATES
10 ORPHANS’ HOME
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Thanks to the energy and industry
of prohibition enforcement officers.
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Weather!
All banks in Decatur will be closed
Monday, July the fourth, for the da
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M. and Mrs. George Lewis enter-
tained the young folks with a party
Saturday night.
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eral Well
CARPENTIER LOSES
LENGTHY TRESSES
Miss Ila Shaw of Sweetwater, who
has been visiting in this community,
returned home Tuesday.
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You’ll not be disappointed in the standards of this store
when you trade here.
Our old friend, Judge Bob Seay of
Dallas district court, says he wants
the Ku Klux Klan to come into court.
Probably if the judge will hold night
sessions the boys in the white caps
will come in.
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Quite a number of our young peo-
ple went kodaking Sunday afternoon
and reported a pleasant time.
The cotton crop is looking fine but
there is a good deal of talk about the
boll weevil and every weevil seems
to take a lightning bug along so he
can work at night.
FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING
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Satisfactory Service.
Your Patronage
Appreciated.
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Once upon 2 time there was an or-
ganization by the name of Tammany.
That time was when liquor and li-
fcnse were in flower.
continuous assaults of heavy trucks
and flying wheels shod with air, 1-
to trifle with taxes and frivol with
the ihrift of the revenue-bearing pub-’
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The farmer with his milch cows,
poultry and pigs is not worrying
about the ravages of the boll weevil.
Jones continues to pay.
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in tome sections of the town, along
streets, the weeds are very high.
Property owners should see that the
weeds are cut.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, standing or reputation
o any. firm, person or corporation which may appear in the columns of
tne Messenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the
attention of the publishers.—Collins & Smith, Publishers
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A nuaoir of the wiseacres say Judge Ramsey of the federal reserve
Bill Bryan is coming back. We were bank, sent word that the millions of
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
ESTABLISHED 1880
omicial Publication for the City of Decatur.
Entered at the Decatar. Texas, Postofice As Second Cla-. Mail Matter
Must Widely Circulated Paper in Wise County.
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER WORLD PRESS CONGRESS
Mrs. I
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Greater comfort in a home is only received from one
that is homelike.
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The Texas editors who meet in
Denton next year will be given a free
ride into the Wise county oil field.
--- go a long way. To make heavy tax-
Another sweet and charming mem- ation go a short way, which is our
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custom. is not the sign of a gift for
political sovereignty, but, instead.
sign of carelessness and indifference
such as characterizes tropical states-
manship. the polity of a banana re-
public founded upon three sleeps a
day, one after each meal. To bond a
thriving people for a mass of dollar .
to spend those dollars in building
tolerable roads, and then leave the
Judges Gaines of the supreme
court, was in the city several days
the past week, visiting the oil fields
of Wise county. The judge said he
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shall, and
were here
A fair subscriber over in Dallas
says she believes almost everything
hem Steel was doing?—St. Paul
News.
Bolshevik government offers prices
for the best fairy stories. Probably
gathering material for fresh promises
to the Russian people.—Harrisburg
Patriot.
Sister’s eyebrow shaving is said to
be as hard on brother’s safety now
as mother’s corns were on father’s
old-fashioned tonsorial blade—Col-
umbus Dispatch.
Admiral Sims has left England,
but that doesn’t make much differ-
ence, for Ambassador Harvey is still
there and booked for a long stay.
Omaha World-Herald.
Some men have the misfortune to
get turned around early in life. As
a result, instead of leaving footprints
on the sands of time, they leave fin-
gerprints in police court.—Toledo
Elade.
When the modern barefoot boy fi-
nally is convinced that he’ll have to
wash his feet before going to bed, he
finds the tub occupied by his fash-
ionable big sister washing her knees.
—Kansas City Star.
Belew’s
let 1 a need until t falls into ru s
and r uin is to hang bricks onto the
togas of the taxpavers. A road policy
which does not include regular and
frequent and competent inspection,
and never-ceasing repair, is as silly
as sweet soup.—State Press in Dallas
News.
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ber of the fair and saintly sex, living
on route one out of Decatur, writes
in: “The Messenger is the best news-
paper in Wise county." A former
Denton girl who grew up reading
Bill Edwards' paper, she knows a
good newspaper.
I aluays feel excited
’cause
I have a §rab bag
sort of mind
And when I retch down
deep for thovghts
I never quite know
uhat III find _a
liams took New York by storm. A
new play is now in the making, in
which Guinn plays the leading role,
and it is said this play promises to
set a new standard in plays.
Bringing a gift of charity and a
message of hope and good cheer, the
Ku Klux Klan made its first appear-
ance publicly in San Antonio Tues-
day morning.
As the sun peeped thru the trees
that surrounded the Protestant Or-
phons’ Home in West End Tuesday
morning, a high-powered automobile
with curtains closely drawn, stopped
at the gate. Three men alighted,
walked quickly along the pathway
past playing children out for their
morning romp. and tapped lightly
upon the portals of the great door-
way that leads into the hall where
hundreds of little tots call home.
As Mrs. Ida Blass, matron, open-
ed the door, one of the three placed
a sheaf of paper and a package of
currency in her hand, and turning
abruptly, re-entered the automobile
and quickly drove away.
The sheaf of paper proved to be
a letter addressed to the Protestant
Orphans’ Home, and bearing the sig-
nature of the Ku Klux Klan. The
package of bills contained $100, a
donation to the support of the home.
The letter, of which there were four
copies, contained instructions to the
matron to present a copy each to the
three daily newspapers in San An-
tonio.
I will teach music during vacation
at my home. Advanced and begin
ning pupils are solicited. Christine
at an end. Technical wars
COLLINS & SMITH
DH K IX ILLIS', and MARVIN B. SMITH ....... Editors and Proprietors
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** .“'tamps of Decatur, for president. Joe
i 77--- Stamps is one of the most capable
lounsts say the Meridian Highway men in the association, and the fact
stal best road in this section of the that he has been its president for
two terms is proof positive the boys
- ~ ML . ----- know a good 01311 when they 8CV one.
-oe, wheeler parkreunion August Joseph H Stamps is a patriot; he
and 19. Come and enjoy stands four-square for the things
three days of fun and frolic. that are ror the biggest and best in-
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he corn erop.in Wonderful Wise sociation, and the association will be
promises to recall history’s record of honoring itself in re-electing him
the productivity of the Nile valley. _____________
to the leaves that have been in
the habit of leaving when the
winds sharpen their teeth and bite
shrewdly. This advice, or bunch, is
given free; no commission.
complaint among Decatur citizens re
garding some selections made by the
Decatur high school board Messen-
ger rises to remark that it is dollars
against dimes the citizens complain
ing are citizens who took no part in
selecting the board of trustees for
the school. So, and hence.
she reads in the Messenger. That roads absolutely at the mercy of
lady is sufficiently equipped to lead 1 warping suns, winter freezes and
the democratic party to victory thru torrential rains. together with the
Up to and including the present no
carpets or stock of goods have been
ruined by oiling the streets. And.
should any damage accrue, the hon-
lie \ road or a street that is worth
soup build ng is worth protecting. To neg
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What seems to be the trouble? ringsintothecity till, Many of ou:
Months and months ago we were In- streets are so long neglected that
formed that war with Germany wa great gullies wash down the middle
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orable city council and the citizens ing with prisms. It consists of a will
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spanking a little one, and he thought logist, the judgev islted the Keystone
*e *en- "* "1 -- .— site. Messenger learns that the geo
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gcod feature about oiling _____
• millions of mosquitos The Messenger has long contended
to be. and hatching planes that a man and team kept working
• g where ome of the oil on our streets the yea round won’ 1
rains ■ I' be put it keep our thoroughfares in first-class
condition. This ould be done at b s
-------- than the road. street and bridge turn.
TO HIS ASSOCIATES 3
Announcement was made Wednes-
day by the publishers of the Fort
Worth Record that the interest of
W. H Bagley in that publication has
been sold to James H. Allison, who
has been for two years general man-
a ger of the paper. Mr. Bagley an-
nounced that the condition of his
health made it necessary that he dis-
pose of his newspaper properties in
Texas. The Wichita Falls Record-
News, he says, he has sold to Hugh
Nugent Fitzgerald and others, and
the Ranger Times has been sold to
R. E. waggoman and others of that
organization.
James H. Allison announced the
officers of the Fort Worth Record to
be James H. Allison, president and
publisher: Leonard Wethington, vice-
president and editorial executive;
Harold Grimes, treasurer and mana-
ger: and Charles G Norton, secre-
i a r v.
a sea of depraved republicans In
fact, she is equipped for the highest
station ever reached by any lord or
lady
Messenger learns there is
Mount Pleasant is now coming to the We freely confess that, to us it i -
front as shipper of cucumbers. How- a peace that passeth understanding,
ever, there is no report coming to the —Columbia (S. C.) Record,
effect that any considerable quantity The old-fashioned family doctor is
of corn in the ear, or shelled will disappearing. Well, what is there to
ipped from the Titus county keep him?—Wheeling Intelligencer.
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It is our honest-to-goodness pre- fore anybody wil, have to go to Ha-
diction, and belief. that lands in xana for a legal smoke.—Chicago
Wonderful Wise county will be leas- ' •ewS•
ing for 1500 to $1,000 per acre long1 Do you remember the good old
before the leaves begin to leave this days when you used to grab the pa-
year. Reference, of course, is made per every night to see what Bethle-
---------— National. Well, the crowd dispersed
Withan increase in the ranks of and the Security continued to do bus-
illicit distillers, there seems to be a iness. Now comes the report that
tailing down in the ranks of proni- there is a shaking tip taking place in
bition enforcement officers. the official family of the bank \
----------- new president has been elected: a
i he senatoral race promises to be new cashier takes Mr. Ed Hobby’s
some contest. Mr. Poll Tax Payer, place, and two new vice-presidents
Then will be tun a-plenty, is the have been installed. Evidently, there
report arriving from headquarters. was some ground for the “run.” It
' now appears that the Security Na-
if the energy now going into golf tional was not being conducted along
were directed in the wheat fields of safe, sane and satisfactory plans.
Texas, there would be more peace, However, and so-forth, as we were
plenty and prosperity in the land. not numbered among the excited de-
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’ The Turks ar howling about the nections, to speak of, with the Se-
savazeness <>f the ( reeks. It is now curity National, we are not in a po-
up to Jack Johnson to complain sition to know the real cause, if there
about the depraved morality of the was a real cause, for the "run.'’
Leavenworth prisoners. ___ _ _ _
Advanced methods
are used by us upon
all occasions. We
have all that a mod-
ern science has to
offer in the way of
knowledge and e- (
quipment.
while the gutters run across the
street in many section. Constant
epair will save a lot of street build-
ing. Wise County Messenger.
The way we strain ourselves to
build good roads and good streets ,
then withdraw our interest from
them ana permit them to fall into de-
cay is more than a crime it is a re-
'flection upon our self-estim ate l mi-
en f for popular government. The
ability to govern ourselves does not
consist merely in a capacity for elect-
ing Buck Jones to office on platform
punctuated with prunes and glitter-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year—$1.30; Six Months—$1.00; Three Month—Fitly Cent.
A tall young man in a blue sweater
and gray trousers stood inside the
gate of Georges Carpentier’s train-
ing camp Wednesday. He wore no
hat. and his hair, shorn close to his
head, was hardly discernible.
"I say,” said the youth, who jump-
ed from a bicycle, "how’s Georges
today?”
"I’m fine, thank you,” said the
young man at the gate. “I’m very
well. How are you?”
The youth realized that be was
talking to the challenger himself.
"Aw, gee whiz, Georges," he said
mournfully, ”you ain’t as good look-
ing as you wen," and Georges threw
back his shoulders and laughed.
Tuesday the tonsorial artist of
Manhasset visited the camp with his
clippers and when he went back to
his shop on Manhasset Hill he car-
ried the challenger's hair with him.
"This," be said, "is my souvenir.”
All members of the camp were
guying the challenger Wednesday be-
cause of his almost bald plate, and
addressed him after this manner of
the youth in the road, "Gee whiz.
Georges.”
After the morning road work a
rest was prescribed for the French-
man. He was said to be working se-
crety before noon with Charles Le-
doux. the French bantamweight
championship, but this report wh
onfirmed by his trainers.
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Owen’s
Hugo and Gladys Atchley spen someweksaarportwmBarber
the week-end with friends near Keet- culated that W. A. Bunnell, the old- ■
er. time photographer, and one of the GHA.
„ . cu . „ , best known picture makers in the I ^IHHI
Mr and Mrs. Clifford Tolan enter- state, had died at his home in Los [ "
tamed with a singing last Sunday Angeles, California. A letter from i
night W. A. states he is very much alive I
Threshing season has come and and enjoying life immensely. He is
farmers are all praying for plenty of now chief photographer in one o
sunshine. the largest studios in the United !
States. A master in the business of
photography, Mr. Bunnell is turning
out work for the Rosslyn studio. Mr.
Bunnell states in his letter that
Guinn Williams is now starring in
Chas. Seeling’s productions and a'
recent feature by "Big Boy” Wil-
Miss l
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It will be remembered that some
weeks ago there was a "run” start-
ed on the Security National bank in
Dallas. When the "run" opened a
large crowd gathered in the bank and
for some time there wax the wildest
excitement among depositors. A
number of the big guns of the bank-
ing institution mounted boxes and
tables and in very knowing ways. In-
formed the excited depositors that
the bank was as sound as the rock of
Gibraltar, etc. At one stage of the
excitement, Col. Eddie Green appear-
ed and deposited one hundred thou-
sand "cold bucks,” stating that he
had absolute confidence in the bank.
A little later several Dallas firms sent
Bill Joi
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1921, newspaper, July 1, 1921; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1583678/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .