Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1925 Page: 2 of 14
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WIS (OUN 1, MESSENGER
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MONDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 14
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GUESTS AT OUR TABLES
conrlition all aronne:
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The Decatur Band Will Take Part In
the Program Directed by Scott Avery
Child 10c.
Adults 30c
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Dallas
8:30 am
11 :00 pm
suIsmngraph.
varthmake
You’ll Laugh, You’ll Scream, You’ll Giggl
A SHOW FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Rohe, New York Journnlist, felling of
her light bark to health. In Hearst's
W. Falls
1:30 pm
3:00 am
8:00 am
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Under auspices of the Decatur Musicians
Club will be presented a miscellaneous pro-
gram consisting of vocal and instrumental
numbers, by a party of musicians of Fort
Worth, under personal direction of Prof.
J. V. Maclin, who is directing the music of
the Musicians Club here.
It is fortunate, however, that while
tattle are the most usual live stock
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Skitty Sketches by
Skygak
brought on by heing contined in neces-
sarily close quurters.
When once a disease is established
in h cargo of birds, numbering hun-
dreds or perhaps thousands, there is
little hope of many being landed alive.
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MUSICAL REVIEW AND BAND
CONCERT
People Seem to Want Them
Made to Order.
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Chairs 20c
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Star Parasite Remover
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mixed yellow narcissus. 10 to 15 cent
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WOODSDALE CAFE
DALE WOODS, Proprietor
no more pecullar to Denver than to ic
any place where helpless humanity il
r !lire
ifurni lied
(iuif coast, cities will he
ihe important cities of that vommer-
"ork. cizl civilization that is to co- and.
died. at the
rs after ll- 5
kicked it off the track. kicked the* batch :
interna thuialt ‘osmopolirat.
"Discouraged at my inability •.
I istened to the importunities
‘lloht~. w in
CLASSIFIED ADVS.
One Cent per Word.
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to I! adv tlit
-econei band
land other iniscellaheons plants.
of Smith America and in the !epnblic
of Mexico that is going to take the
place among the nations oT the earth
OlFNING PLAY
THE GIRL AND THE CONVICT
DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 I'. M.—SHOW ETARTS AT 8:00
COME OUT AND SEE OLD TOBY
Tent Located on Lot East of the Cream Station, Decatur
•• :rrs monkeys and other
tinun!- suffer in varying de-
in comparlson with the big-
Charlatans
"The snares of the ~harlatans are
MeI1 North f'hurel:
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ing
Ma jestie Monday Tiiodny
iure* going
mile— the -i
don's < ieverest
import:.nt part.
llon-c Peters
inst aid
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Friday, December 11, 7
For my part I «e not wish thon
wert a iog, that I might love thee.--
Shakespare.
are much better
of Nirerropur
litinl Jo flule
.1 w RA!LEY
In 1924 the Methodist Fpiscopals
paid in excess of $25,000,000 in min-
isterial salaries. At that, there are
only 218 churches that pald $5,000 a
year or over.
are hard to
argyuntaty o
bu instrument
ing apparel for mull and boy. Finder
please return to Messenger office. 50
ELD<»\ WILLIAMSON.
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to die, dumb creatures often display a
violent desire to live.
A rough night on a boat carrying a
cargo of cattle can provide many
thrills, and. unhappily, a number of
horrors.
Dr W
the Hoston
B chnre'
It is a curious thing that the people
will have history as they want to have
it regardless of what really happened.
This singular retrospertive power of
mere notfons or Impressions over ac
tual events extends even to the ives
and deaths of persons. A case in point
la the assumption, found in virtually
all the papers. In connection with the
Wad death of the Presiden's son, that
during the tncumhency of the Presi-
dency Incoln lost his bey whose niek
afflict the stomuch and
Identify may now be :
cated and classime-
r6s1 > Fnrmini rur..
had wept -
as -landing .
Mr t'rowii.
mule lo .ml
lay mnore exes and are kept free of
destrnctive insects, your money refund
ed. Sold by Ingram Drug Company
llou-e Peters in the role- of an aina-
teur eracksman—"Iaffles," the name
whleh has livedj long in popular fie
tion- plays a superb part with all the
dramatic power of which he is capa-
ble. Why not sce this great actor at
I he Majestic Monday and l'uesday?
or it muy be h complaint
ali tinl • l bulw:
FOR SALE Late 1923 Tudor s-an.
Boston and asparagus
Fisherman's Odd Bait
"While fishing oil lire island with A
party of men, women and children,”
says John J. Halloran of Flushing. L.
I., "I ran out of bnit. I borrowed a
gumdrop from a child fur bait. A few
minutes later I puLed in a three-pound
fuke."
(‘nt find potted chry santhe-
Willie I.inoin whewne prperly calle
by the n kname lad.’ This ns tin
faiilliar nane of the ioy Thomns al
on t lie
register the olr
most any part of
clearly • •\ val <
on countries to mtier their 1* onoi-
in writing specificuily of Port Ar-
' thnr. Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald. writer
j and tonomist. made a statement
which is applicable- if all zmrts of th •
Texas (ilf coast : In the yeurs te
i come the millions who fb-o from Huro-
The earliest weather forecasting
service was established in France as
a direct resuit of a destructive storm
that raged over the Black sea in the
year 1851.
the device with
feathers off a goose and broke an ele
phant’s bark. He bit a ya l ter tomcat '
in two and kicked the ear off a frog. >
killed seven Chinamen and swallowed
a ya Her dog.
one pa p. ; --
lid- cnfusiei
h seeins, from the report of an eye
witm-s. that the proud owner of thie
mule had not honzht him |o keep.
the ark
Ihe ark
M> «
mule 1.,
complete, loud
2 residenee lots
LOST—Small red male hog; will
weigh about 100 pounds.—See P. L.
carried by sea. they are also the most
hack and forth over the jockey yard heroic of all creatures in a storm.
FOR SALE.
tILEoII (RMENHOI SE Mx.:
rormimms. 15 to .0 cents each : pink,
red ami -potter leaf begonias, 25 i
75 rents each : cyclomen, $1.25 each ;
hyacinth bulbs. 15 cents: paper white
-1 i url i • r in-, i s,
Contains sulphur scieniificaiiy com
p imd< d with other health nilling
inzretlionts: is a good tonie and 1!oori
wh-—a
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greatest deals in livestock ever pulled ■
off in Iecatur on any day was puiled
last Monday at tin* jockey yards by
Mr. A. M. Crowder of Preskitt com-
mnunity. Not only was this a great
offers harvests to the unserupnlous ,
profiteers of aticton." snys Alice
mailing better for preventing ■ BRI 4 E Bl LEAREL. In!
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know, you don't
FACTS OF HI STORY
GLT ODDLY MIXED
hon-e in Noril-
elrel ric light -.
ways.
Not infrequently after his brother
Willie's deaib ""I‘nd" Lincoln accom-
panted his father in his appearanees
WHY BUY HICH PRICED COTTON
SEED, when you can have your own
graded for 10c per bushel. ) our seud
is as good as any if it is graded. To
farmers living in communities which
ngree to have at least 10) bushel:
l< an.i
V .1 w
h i’ v iue-tiv
lwet, and Tl
of th.....in
initely +a, 1:
Mr. (row der Purehases a .Mulr.
What is saie to be- one of the
the -tars are at fault in their forecast
of Ihe fniure. then Port Acthur slguti
""13 •• proud pfc of conmnetcini
and ***helie and marilinie iiijr
tanc- on ihv map of the world. “
deal from u financial standjwint, but
sntimental u- weli. Most tonching
Braille Bibles Homemade
in three sehools for the blind main
talned by Near East relief, there are
no complete Braille Bibles, although
encl of the sehools has a more or less
i age Two
Varying Behavior of
Animals on Shipboard
To be in charge of animals on a sea
voyage is sometimes a perilous as well
as an unpleasant task. For, unlike
human beings who, on the approach
of sea-sickness, evince u dismal desire
the prore-~e~
passuze f . .1
trne t ’.-.n I.,- • o
exact sot i£;d
hard |
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Testament in the
• great suerers at
Bit! 22,000 egg incubators now going:
baby chicks very reasonable; custom
hatching $2.50 per tray of 96 eggs:
set eggs every Tuesday; complete
satisfaction.—MOSLEY'S LE<IH( IN
FARM. Alvord, Texas. (19t,
bhowing a stoical determination to
conquer the devastating powers of
slekness.
Some animals do not feel the effects
of a journey by sea in the same way
as others, and while some are ill dur-
ing the whole of the trip, others quick-
ly become used to their new home,
and nourish.
Ihe worst sailor of all is said to be
the tiger, while the only one that can
be deseribed us being really comnfort-
' «»n .n»;ird ship is the pol.tr bear.
Fei SALE We- havo limited amount
in real life Nero sits on the throne
ami Paul lanquishes in prison, and
many years must pass before people
begi calling their dogs Nero and their
sons Paul, but that time comes. As
(jod lives that time will always com:
—Fosdick.
given. Write or
Ai.i.t ine hunirei I’resby teriau
churhes refained from joining th •
I nib ci (‘inazreha of Canada.
Do no! get the icea that >oii are
popular tuman~ yon oroute a litti-
> \« itemneti whel yot -bp fill A
-knk van .do that.
tiive it to your fowls om
if they are not healthier, don’;
1 Ntube
speaker.
-eeking buyers for him new purchast.
Braille of the native tongue. Most of
the Braille books used in these schools
have been punched out by hand by the
students and teachers, (reek And Am
ble being the languages used. A Braille
version of parts of the Book of John
made in a blind shnol at Athens was
recently on exhibition at the Near East
relief headquarters in (reece. owing
to hok of suitable materlal for the
purpose the students had made the
book out of pages secured by carefully
cutting the front and hack careoares
from hoxes o American hreakast
fond Ibis cureboare made an ideal
mntetinl for punching out the Brallle
adenois, rags and old rubber. Some
nitwit suggested Hint Mr. Crowder
keep the mule, get a cart and go thru
the country gathering up rags, bones,
bottles ami oli casings.
This mule was a kicker: he couli
pick you up quicker ami knock yol:
down slicker than bootleg licker. H»
met <i Denver freight train and
Transeript.
This is not at all the rase "Tad
whs the familiar name of the presl
1‘ of 1h
name was “Tad."
Raffle- has ten cauzlt ! The most
eluding figure in all «etective fiction
has been captured for the purpose of
a picture and appears in the l’niver-
sal-ewel feature of the same name
which opens at tin* Majestic Monday
ami Tuesday. House Peters stars in
the title role under the direction of
King Baggut.
"Raffles" is a rare combination of
love, mystery and drama. C’reated
year- ago by Ernest William Hornung
ami Eugene lresbrey. the character
of ••Ruffles" has steadily increased in
poplarity Th enUiversal production
aeaptel from the famous stories is an
intriguing mnelodram in which secret
elosets. sliding panels, pivot doors, a
hurntev man and a girl evading I.on-
place near Boyd. a nil orders for sere!
corn ore oliciteil . ~ ronts per pound,
rirlivered anywhere in Twas ami
Oklahoma. SAM PAVILLARD. Boyd
Texas. ( | I
Save friend wife all the work necessary
to preparing a big dinner. She and you
and all the guests you want to bring will
relish the sumptuous meals that we are
serving. A trial is all we want.
"ll- • t; orriwd ami
I -’Opped the treat
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to 5(1 cents per dozen:
sullors I : o isunds of these little trav-
elers are bronght to our shores each
year, and on an average the casualties
are fairly small
Sometimes, of course, scores of birds
will die off in the early stages of a
voyage, but that is not always actual-
ly caused by sea-sickness. More often
It is a disease that is spread among
them by one infected member of the
l«»R RENT ire
we-t I li ra I III' u
• ity water: bam
Texas: 1 resicle-lce lot
up of any ’.
In a few m
caller rhe
graph. <
means of a
vacuum tube
with a needle.
-- 1<'R it!'
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Action and Thrills in
Picture of “Raffles”
eition, mrany xtru-. L'ood tires ai. I
nphoiste rinus. Apply at PERKINS
TI IB. L’R LA KE cm i 5o
teds it.' -aid
rter trim it
It i- Well foi Um- i
ha n lie -a i -. Plautus
FOR RENT.
1 RENI’ Two furnished rooms i
‘ South Decatur, f r light honsekeepinu
J mar clleue: ad 1iort conivenicnct
Ph.u.v Ind. 227 < IGtf
would' naturzlly ~Ip»IS**. bll'
for -prculai ion purpuse-
and • hileren broke dowit and
I Ihv sizhit. while strnz met!
a -hanse l< Be -evil trump. I
r ......s and wiping awa} a
Wien the writer apwarec on
K ' 1“ Ki A I
S3 ' !
man-hunter- play on
fathers deuth ane of . ourse after The
family had hr: Washinzton 1 •
Prestdentis son w!o died dur t ” i.E
in. Nor is
- In ord.-i
i.at it was
Raffi.-“
. for him at
.ne the vro
ihui th inul
p l.. hi- fetlo
letters ind - tuilar books covering a ■
wide r nue o’ -ubjerts ar constanr, s
me that he
vain that w
the first f..
Rockport. Texas; I girls bicyele in
good shape: I xtension dining table:
1 chiffonir : 1 zlass-front lookcase.
All real bargains. Leaving the sintes
• F A R M<HK;AN. Decatur (no.
A Y:
addA-T,. ;2g
term of .dh .• . - W 1
Wal m e) w 1 -e 1.1 h.
twelve in i . ■ r , : 1 - ■
”<>li! lonely, melancholy mule.
How wondrous are thy ways.
When the hired man twists thy tail.
Thou quickly ends his days."
—Skygak.
wa- Kiara
a chil it
could -- :
of the ori
ihe lt .- ? nnzeis to n.an is -in
ar to that «d a man - friend-hig 1
hi- do- si Bernard of (‛lairv:tx
FOR SALE 1921 1 rd coupe:
mb d
weer offend
rrezt performance, one of the he-st of
hi- unusual soreen carer.
For instance, in bi- two ether l ni
ver-al production-. “The l’ornacle"
and iicuWinis." i"ters first wa-
ca-1 in the role of : lumhermnan in
the north wontls. while in his secone
picture he play, d the part of wealthy
-faring man. In ••Ruffles." how-
ever, the -tar is eu-t in a role that
demand'* -itle and :tristorrtie Iwa’
ing.
w LOST.
= LOST Faturdas. between I he Valley
5 View school honse and Bridgeport. a
■ man's traveling bag, containing wear-
K M\ -cr:! erehaurli~,
I roin r.-'ideme. I ueres «if
-land : doin^ zei i u-r
"I e. .Is! in nil 1 I A ith l»
H-iu w c, OWEN ar
at quuintai • who wante to bring a
friend, a dorior. to see me. H- told
me there wus nothing rhe matter with
me, just h little bilious artack.
“But oh. when in a moment of w:.k.
ness I told him +-afoet,
orndo rutuenulsi- how 1hings
iunzer. Imniniliately he informed me
that ! w1 lying ami ouldn i last the I
year out unless I took his magicat
serum treat mem. With the w:rninz
and eoid
! .h:ri' - turi shades f. r
• iml.. - ... w itl hen-: clo-e to both
rhurehes am sc!........ ..i.e hlo.k from
square; gaiage retemn for four eotr-
e larber. "You
he taken for
gure. but ids deuth, after the fam-
ily's removal, did not attract the poign-
ant attention that Willie's death did.
coming, as that previous blow did, dur
ing the severest stress and straln of
the early period of the Civil war.
All this it made clear in the blogra-
ph leg of Lincoln, and It is a part of
the recollection of many of those now
living whose memory covers the days
of the Civil war. but the notion that
‘Lincoln's Tad" died during his fa-
thers term of oflice is so firmly fixed
that some even of those who were
alive in the early ‘60s entertain it.
If there is a remedy or a correction
for this partfeular error perhaps it
lies in tenrhing the true names of Lin-
coln’s sons, and the reasons for them,
Bo that they will get these boys differ-
entiated.
Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert Toda,
now living and distinguished (people
sometmes forget that, too). wa
named after ids mother’s father. R • -
ert S. Todd, an intluential Kentuekinn
The second. Edward Baker, who die i
in infancy, was named for a frien
The next. W illlam Wallace, was named
after Gen. William Wallare, a friend
of I.Incoln’s in Illinoj- “tnomns
( "I ad ). the yonngest. bore th- name
of Lincoln's fur her.
from New York in my ~ars. I
ideal
boys at
Miss F
was a L
Mrs. .
the week
Embry.
W. T.
have bee
Bailey ii
II. M.
of belts,
slippers.
Shop i
you will
mnailing
Specia
five hat
and lltl
Earl 1
ita Fall
W. T. A
No hu
a the
shaw pr
' W. M.
& a.ser
is some
Billy’s >
solicitou
Wrap
I hem l Ii
to the 1
will liel
This is
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at his
5th. ’I
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hth. 1
’•an atte
inire* i ie in~irumnnut
tultiple electro . 1 •. o
d io ohtuin irs clata i.y
prmiulum swung in a
ane marks its re one!-
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of the .
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Worth,
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Muldoor
Boyd o
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wls in drinking water o:
itely will rid thom of lice
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