Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1923 Page: 6 of 8
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cises will draw large crowds
slant. careful reader of this great
number of
Be it far from us to cast reproach
thru the means of advertising.
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invitation that this county has had while consoling themseves with the
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Buy Your Fordson NOW
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CO-OPERATION FOR
SCHOOLS IS NEEDED
aim of the movement is to control
the volume of whole milk being sold
years. and have always cherished its
precepts and have tried to live a life
thing goes wrong with the bull-works
of an oil well, that well is soon de-
clared a dry hole; and announcement
is made that the bull is dead, the
machinery wrecked. and all would
and Dallas members Lave been held, paper, but in behailf of several thous-
the several Dallas distributors attend- and of your million and a quarter
ing, the general purpose being to readers we feel it our solemn duty
bring about such an agreement be- to warn you that the eyes of the
tween producer, distributor and con- world are upon you and trusting you
Remember, the very day your Fordson arrives,
it is ready for any one of the 101 jobs it can do—
either as a tractor or a stationary power plant
COLLEGE BOOSTERS
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But how did you
LARGE TRADE DAY
CROWD SATURDAY
HEN you again hear the remark that
“the railroads are making too much
money; their rates are too high," ask the
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speaker whether he has examined the facts.
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Ask him whether he KNOWS anything about
the enormous costs of running a railroad, despite
close watchfulness over expenses.
If he doesn't KNOW anything about railroad
costs his views are both valueless and unjust. If
he claims to know, be sure his information is
accurate.
More Misinformation is tossed around about
railroads than any other subject, for lots of people
think they know more about a railroad than
those who have devoted their lives to it.
Committees and delegations from
the chamber of commerce made the
rounds of several points last week
carrying the news of Decatur’s gen-
eral activities and adding further to
the impetus of advertising which has
already been given Decatur Baptist
College throughout this region.
demonstrated by the Boyd people in
their new club and it seems destined
to do a good work.
experience as an officer in such work
and be knows his duties.
your part in boosting our home col-
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"Have you seen him*"
"No, sir."
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then?"
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your great paper in its efforts to have
the wel brought in we frankly state
that our experience the past three
years has taught us that when any-
ECZEMA!
Money back without question A
d HUNT'S GUARANTEED .5
SKIN DISEASE REMEDIES/-
(Hunt's Salve and Soap).tail in
the treatment of Itch. Eczema, 70g
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of officials and assistants were select-
ed by the jury and all have been
diligently on the job since the honor-
able body went into session.
County Attorney P. L. Gettys. who sumer as will promote the general with a child-like faivp. to see to it
is experlecing his first work in the dairy industry and secure to it sta- that this well is brought in without
grand jury room, is said to be per- bility and permanence. any undue delay. There are any
forming as a veteran and is giving Just only recently has Wise county number of families in this fair land
the jury some valuable assistance. participated in the meetings and the who have for the past three years
" meeting Tuesday was the first formal been living on poke salad and poverty
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"Over Seventy Years of Service”
Several meetings of the Denton upon the fair name of this great
The state of Texas,
or any constable of
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of commerce.
We have always known I five dollars to the visitors.
The right amount of interest
it is as wrong to bear false witness against a
railroad as against any other neighbor.
The Rock Island System had to take in $ 1 20,800-
854 last year to pay its 40.000 employes and meet
its other bills before it could count a dollar of
profit.
Its taxes alone were $6,163,175. That is where
some of the dollars went which you paid in
freight and passenger rates. A portion of them
doubtless came to your community.
The TAX BILLS for 1922 were almost TWICE
THE SUM RECEIVED IN DIVIDENDS by
the thousands of persons who have investments
in the property, some of them, perhaps, residents
of your neighborhood.
For every $2.81 paid in dividends, the Rock Island
paid $4.93 in Taxes last year.
It does not appear from this that the Rock Island
is making “too much money” or that its “rates
are too high."
sight we broke down and mingled our
tears with those of the lad and his
father.
You may ask why does such a con-
dition exist in this free country. We
answer because this man is one of
the many poor but honest fathers of
this land who are not able to buy
biscuits for their children, and will
agent of Dallas county. The general religious weekly for
Mesquite. and A. B Jolley, county
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You are hereby commanded to
Fords orc
THE UNIVERSAL TRACTOR
I ment of said Mary Rebecca Ford.
Dallas Beecham was elected president gpishuatdoappbcntione"ndbddhyaot
July, 1923, at the court house of said
county, in Decatur, at which time all
persons who are interested in said
estate are required to appear and
the organization
“The time will come," thundered
the lecturer on women's rights,
"when women will get men's wages.”
' Yes," said a weak little man in
the back seat, "next Saturday night!”
Sheriff W. M. Workman has had
Last Saturday was the biggest
trades day yet experienced by Decatur 1
since the business men have been
making cash donations of seventy-
on the Dallas market bj Dallas, Den- above reproach. But we wish to state
ton and Wise counties, with the view emphatically that we will not be
of bettering the return now received responsible for our future actions if
by the dairymen and of contributing this well is not brought in within
to the larger consumption of milk the next fifteen or twenty minutes.
cause to be published in a newspaper fear the unthinking public will begin ।
of general circulation, which has been , to harbor a faint suspicion that "all |
published continuously and regularly is not gold that glitters.”— Skysak.
lor a period of not less than one -------o-------
year in your county, at least once a ।
week for ten days previous to the
return day hereof, copies of the fol-
lowing notice:
The state of Texas. To all persons
boosting the school enrollment for
To the sheriff diately. If you accomplish this, the
Wise county, whole world will rise up and call you
hope of better days to come—when
nd to get Lack.”
blessed. But should your efforts fail ,
even thru no fault of your own, we ,
DECATUR MOTOR CO.
M r. Boyd
Do Association, George P. Worthing of Messenger. We have been a con-
The Fordson has proved to the 170,000 owners
that it has not only cut the cost of field work
30% to 50% but that it has made substantial
savings on every job to which it is put.
Fordson figures are interesting-money-savers,
labor-saving, drudgery saving facts you ought
to know. Come in, phone or write today.
year were met and to whom the invitation.
und the
"Having your ears pierced for ear
rings must have been fearfully pain-
ful—what?"
"Not at all. They are quite used
to being bored."
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Walter—"Well
Thursday and Friday of last week ■ — —
a committee visited Jacksboro, Gra- Decatur dairymen that the plan "was
ham, Newcastle, Olney and all the ■ unsuited to their situation at this
smaller towns on the road between time and that they would continue
these places. In the committee was the present plan of marketing their
Penn Dickson of the Baptist College, I milk.
------ The following were selected as a
' committee to arrange for a subse-
quent local meeting and possibly the
organization of a local dairy associa-
tion: D. B. Gilliland, John Dixon, Ed
Cates, Hub Dillehay and Fred Thom-
ason.
Daisy "I mended the bole in your
trousers pocket last night after you
had gone to bed, Walter, dear. Now.
am I not a thoughtful little wife?”
and jump. Again we beg and im-
plore you to re-double your efforts
to have this well brought in imme-
biscuit.” The father broke down and
with choking voice said, “Son, this is
not a biscuit; it’s only a terrapin.”
A look of disappoinment spread over
the lad’s face at these words and
tears welled in his eyes. At this
LEAVING MEMBERS fore said court. on the first day of
" * _____ the next term thereof, this writ, with
The First Baptist church very high. your return thereon showing how
Iv entertained on Tuesday evening ’“"'Jr® eluted the same
on the lawn of th., church with a .Witness, my hand.andofstciaseor
social in honor of the following mem- at Decatur, Texasthi L Clerk of
hern who ar soon moving to other May 1923-.-)WCarr"B
places M.s Jennings and children ounty court Wisecqunt ' Te Xs, 1)
who will soon join Mr Jennigs at J. LEE MANN. Deputy. (M 25 J 1)
। up wtt'- ttanderd
Goodyeur Service
At this amazingly low price you can't afford to
wait another day for your Fordson Tractor.
There is no tractor made that can approach the
money value of the Fordson. Nor is there a
Tractor made that can do more work for you.
features. The occasion marked the
close of the Slidell school term, of
which Professor Wallace Gregg has
been conductor. A crowd that pack
ed the hall was present.
Boyd was visited on Monday night,
the Decatur people having been in-
vited to assist in the organization of
a local chamber of commerce. Mack
Burch and President Gus Hughes of i
the chamber of commerce made good
talks about their home town. its aims
and institutions. Cliff Cates assisted
Mrs. Shortley was discussing the
latest fashions with a young lady
caller.
“Did you say your father was fond
of those clinging gowns, May?”
Yes. He likes one to cling to me
for about three years.”
speakers, and Honorable T. J. Mc-
Murray another, who delivered the
diplomas alter a stirring speech in
the interest of general education and
particularly the inducements offered
by Decatur College. Mrs. E. W. Bass.
Miss Rowan. Miss Bigham and Miss
Faith contributed the enter tainmen
COLLEGE WEEK FOR KU KLUX KLAN TO MESSENGER GIVEN
DECATUR PLANNED STAGE BIG PARADE LESSON BY SKYGAK
J. M. Gibbon. Frank Melton and Cliff
Cates. Good success was encountered
in rounding up prospective college
students at most of the places visited.
At Graham Judge Wells, secretary
of the chamber of commerce, took
the visitors in charge and formed a,—
party composed of himself. Pastor Just preceding the general meeting
Taylor of the First Baptist church,, held at one o clock, anot er Was he
Superintendent Coggins of Graham in the chamber of commerce office not be- till an oil’ well comes in.
schools. Mr. J M. Crisp, formerly of to hear the distributors side of the Meaning no reflection whatever on
Decatur, and several others, and situation as this was explained y
visited the high school where mem Vice President Lipscomb o t le >n
bers of the graduating class for thisnessee. Dairy, who was present by
Passenger “T declare '
The following paragraph is from .
the "Objectives in Elementary Rural
School Agriculture.” Just published
as a leaflet by the United States
bureau of education:
“We have failed to teach the
essential principles of co-operation
and group action made necessary to
our social organization. We have
failed to teach group inter-relation-
ship. so that farmers have little
ability to see the effect upon the
farming group of other group pro-
grams. Those who have led in rural
thought have failed to convince the
farmers in general that organization,
as a means of economy in distribution
and self-preservation in the struggle |
for existence against other organized
groups bent upon their exploitation,
is a necessity. This explains why
the farmer of the United States, altho
the most efficient agricultural worker
of the world, has not bettered his lot
even tho he has bettered his practice.
Uneconomical distribution and inabil-
ity to compete against organizations
have robbed him of a major portion
of his profits. He has managed to
live and accumulate wealth. He has
not been pauperized, but he has
avoided it in too many cases only
thru drudgery. exploitation of his
wife and children, and adopting a
standard of living such as is unjust.
His lot is little better than in pioneer-1
ing days. He is entieied to more
of the rewards of his toil than he
has been able to get.”
Quanah: Mrs. Mable Keeton, who
ieaves this week to fill a position as
assistant matron in the Masonic home
at Fort Worth: Miss Annie Plaxco,
who leaves next week for Dallas,
where she will attend business school
for several months then fill a position |
in that city: Rev. J. H. Burns and
family, who leave Tuesday for Alvord '
where Rev. Burns fills his position as
pastor of the Baptist church there.
A very delightfta evening was
spent, the choir having charge of the
program. The following were on the
program: Rev. R. E. Bell, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Black. Misses ElleeL
nowan and Margaret Bell, Mrs. Cody
Milligan. Old and young entered into
all kinds of games after the program.
Punch was served throughout the
evening.
Frank J. Ford has filed an applica- discover there was a noIe in my
tion in the county court of Wise pocket?"
county on the 21st day of May. 1923,__
for the probate of last will and testa-
college was recommended.
Superintendent Claud DiHehay of Ethel "The bride nearly fainted
the Olney schools performed a like during the ceremony and had to be
service at Olney. supported by her father until it was
-yes. A........w < hear her have >«;.»« loss but for the
-.....in Wilams was - or the rather is supporting both or them." s gthatnihmbravgrensinenuswnci
next session. A booth is to be placed mi klans will be here to participate there was considerable “bull’ about i
o nthecourt house lawn for the regis- in the parade, an oil well but we didn't know they
tering of the names of those who ---------—o———— had a wheel to turn it out with. Of
might be induced to attend Deca i )ATPVMPN pIE(y course, the fact that we did not know
College next fall if you have a 1 ApAp.AAI-, A N, it does not signify anything more
friend, relative or acquaintance whom ASSOCIATION PLAN than that the ignorance of some
you think might be induced to come ---- people is simply appalling. Our wrath
here to school. register the name at The plan of organization of the was stirred because. instead of read-
the booth and literature will- be North Texas Dairy Association was ing the well had been delayed, we
mailed them. presented to Decatur dairymen at a expected to read it had come in. We
Buiness men are decorating the meeting held in Decatur Tuesday of feel that our expectations were rea-
stores with college colors for the this week by R. L. Mullins, president sonable because we had pinned our
week, and the commencement exer- of the Dallas County Dairymen’s faith to the predictions of the great
thirteen hundred visitors from out ■
of town registered during the day.
and the merchants all report splendid
trade.
Following is a list of those who ]
were fortunate enough to receive the
fifteen five-dollar bills given away
at eleven a. m. and four p m.: Wil-
liam Phillips, route one. Decatur
Linnie Powers, route two, Decatur;
Mrs. A. F. Hudson, Leo: Will F
Covington. Slidell: Hettie Cross,
route two, Decatur; J M. Parish
route five, Decatur; A. W. Walden.,
route three, Decatur: W. S. Wake-l
man. route two, Decatur; Glenn
Stockton, route four, Decatur; Ra-
chael Barnett, route one. Decatur;
Fannie Bridges. Paradise; Mrs. Min-
nie Wallace, route three. Decatur; I
Ollie Maud Alexander, route two. De
catur; Jim Harlan, route one. Deca-
tur: Irby Liles, route four, Decatur. I
The next day on which the business
men will give away seventy-five dol- ,
lars in cash will eb on Saturday, June
9th. Tell your frienes of the date
and be here early on that date with
your whole family
The grand jury convened Monday
and since coming together the body
has been busy, doing a greater.
amount of work than has been done
by juries for years. A splendid array
The basis on which general agree- the well comes in. There are children
ment is sought is a contract similar right in our own community six and
to the contract for the handling of seven years old who have never seen
pooled commodities now being foster- a biscuit, and know nothing whatever
ed by the farm bureau of Texas. It about one only from hearing children
is the particular kind of contract now of rich parentage talk. Only the
in effect among the fruit growers in other day we witnessed the most
California and possesses many merits, touching incident that has occurred
It binds participants to particular since the hogs ate up Grandma Spiv-
duties and performances for a term ens. One of our neighbor boys, a
of five years. bright manly lad of stx years, came
After having heard the agruments running up to his father and cried,
of the parties urging it last Tuesday, “Oh, papa, look her; I’ve found a
(OODYEAR be-
kJ lieves there are
two factors to low-
cost mileage —a
quality tire andcon-
scientious dealer
service to back it up.
Goodyear makes
that kind of tire,
and we have pledged
ourselves, as the
Goodyear Dealers in
this ton, to give
you that kind of
service.
As C i » ' reir Serf e Sfafinn
Deatcm we tell and recom.
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Customs Inspector — “What have
you to declare?”
Decatur business men and citizens Messenger has been requested to Messenger Editors: Our wrath was
haie set aside the coming week as announce that there will be a Ku stirred today when we picked up the
“Baptist College Week” and expect Klux Klan parade in Decatur on next Messenger and read “Work delayed
to do much work during that time in Wedu sday night, June 6th. It is on Keystone well because of busted
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