Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
Friday, March 11,
Twenty Years Ag
i
'There Is No Substitute FOR Circulation"
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Messenger, March 1. 1907.
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COLLINS & JONES, PUBLISHERS
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MEMBER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION. WORLD PRESS
CONGRESS. AND TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
aane Mrs A If irekenridge
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INDIPEMDINT 45
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Friday Morning, March 11, 1927
Too Late, Robert!
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Worth this week.
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wire- ami .M E
halo this on my old mother’s acconni.
valley.
C. D. SHAMBURGER
LUMBER COMPANY
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East Main Street
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S|M<-d" -he said it was the first tins.
••ailed to meet in sule1t pomiavc. an.
what will Li done t" !oeni jl re-sl
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THE BANK THAT IS NEAR YOU
AND FOR YOU -
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a long happ
l life.
‘ Now, hoyia" sald the teat her, "can
any of yon tell me how ir n wa# first
di scov ron-d ?‘
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sick list rhis w--k.
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F OTR customers had great difficulty in paying
for Ford cars, and frequently failed altogether,
we would be forced to ask a large cash payment
and big monthly payments to protect ourselves.
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Lone Star Cement is made by the
Texas Portland Cement Company
Dallas-Houston, Texas
Subsidiary of International ( ementC'orporatlon
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
six MONTHS--$1.00.
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tlic togislature.
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a lit th raid
; happy parents of n
THRU MONTHS SCC them last Sunday
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nllth. Itulur, tlat mether lin
"II iircuunt or yuur mi- rabl. .....
i;m. loiart. s.n .. rr.. at
The law makers came, they -aw an iuryasuaihis ni-lnut at dru1l
were conquer d by the living med \ "" ’ clnie.‛ ′ "alC Ve‛}
f ... . ' vitons awilt his mother.
of a reservoir in the great West Fork .
mh ice • f ihat
in the valley
Post OFFICE at DECATUR. TEXAS as Second Class Mal Matter
A leaky roof is as out-of-date
as the hoop-skirt or the one-
horse shay, f ire-resistant, per-
manent roofs—roofs that need
neither repairs nor painting —
are today at y our call. There is a
wide range of choice, plenty of
room for individuality.
Delinqnent taxes will not muke the
old marc go brethren.
. and the drill employecl was
in th r 1
Jouisla tiri .
The tys with the big hat- and
bell spurs are holding forth in Fort
It is our experience, however, that paying for a Ford car
is easier than most men t hink, and as the years go by we
are more inclined to be liberal.
nr: j ; bp rrI- w tre re I}
dirt. hou.^j.
It is -aid that the best product of
the Burroughs plant could not com
smte the number of slack o’ wheats
that will be consumed in <’ow town
this week.
of the
J uznrer-toe my fuller to say that
the. -melt it ir
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LOHD A'D ’ - i’H ‘HOD HI 11119 (OVININI1Y
treasurer in Fort Worth, when th
w oman w ho ■ .-nt d‘
of death to bring
$
Mr. and Mrs Hilmore Brady are th
loti. . Tie Hil ar Ssamett Ilomnzin: ।
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cm the day yeu
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fine Imiy, Iern i
suIpplie atinns te her || in ...
hair: you turew asinl. will, a
passe the store where "Spec" was
• holding his autienee spw:ll-twund with
Itoi, < roziur. a former Iatur li > his fish story. ami 1 doubting frien
lut now of Fr-lerik. Oklahem: aske Mrs Taylor 1. cme hr ani
hi- nm! c up :
THE CITY Wt BANK
S. A. LILLARD, President
<aii FaitiswrilhasImnmmplt slr lad luar of him going fisline.
. ami linn she kuew then. Inui not Iw ,
’ li" ‘ • reny
be. 1 r; i -l in
ly. a- ir
in I he 1
It oihei
we1- el |
lhf 1,,w |i
figure- in H.«
While the "elearn up" campaign is on
would it n°t In- a good ielez to exieicl
the work into the field of delinque ;
tax payers. The old town nenes the
money, say- May. r S. M. Ward.
blishmen
*ommere
yearg*
presez t
of De”t
and co-o
H. T. 1
Like the
of the e
was gve
those 7wl
mother c
Attorne
the unox
Decatur
of the fn
that the
keep upz
hearts th
schoqs ;
haveinst
our mids
the size
proud to <
always t
welfare."
some of 11
of the cit
"Back
by Dr. J.
deal of ii
que Mtabl
ane re-fe
county we
vealed in
stated tii
early day
fertilit#
virgin ril
by the pr
anet wife v
a" - ",
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d, Cat.
’Wf. Seott
w JR Willa
lillard and
Tlic W I’
wife, Mr- >
and wife
John <vi.tr
Armll. I
L B. Gill. .
W. W itye
wife, S. I’.
{ wife, 7
G. ‘I. Ebb r
AW axahar hie
Azb Smith
TPfurel and
on ah’!
rides, why tiidn’t you arezt tlat g«.od
lother’s admonitions? When von wen
playing the "fonre" for -..me chcat,
female rounder, and the tool piucot
for a low d w n efin e on the bank- of
the ruzine Kaw you failed 1,. In-.1 tl ■
who-e love and labor
her plendinus And. tii:
murd. r. r i«n are. with
• •hair awaiting you. ye c
veto hy (‘oolidee ..r ih.. M.Xan "laim yuur
and to see her suffer makes my hear,
1 ache." No doubt, you -twke the truth.
Rolwrt. but. Bobby, oli Top. why
i were you not thinking of that teir
mark: "I can get
at home.’’
113 hoy explain it to the
With Datur birddogs and Wi-
county sheep, cattle and hots rahiug
down all blue ribbon-' at the big stor -k
show in Fort W«rth. looks very mich
like the <dd section is sittin puny
•aid 1lcir I! 1
M bad m.-m 11
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’I’hat laud on m i w b
i- Fat
ji ; di rbj
ri 1" lnit ■
' fore i,
Robert Silvers, the mn-ter mind in
the spincular sire-t robbery and
wanton murder of the young thcate r
ll inere~- the popnLat ios
' rillt: 13 to our 1 rcl,
■- ratt . iu thi- v irirai: ■
tjons will be a plenty and in • e : 1i
suffjclenes The band will now p a
somnething dirus. deprr-sinz .nd i
concert ing!
Wist after
l.’.u’d "gel
you; lier heart -trinus have , 1.
feelings for the
ha thr you ha\’
Senator Tom love, when acouud of
being affiliated with the K K K
stated publicly in an address tefore
the Texas legislature that he wa not
a member of the orzanization , has
never been, and at no time ha- be
ever received an invitat on te, attend
one of its meeting-
Select the kind of roofing ma-
terial that best suits your house.
W hether it’s a gambrel, gable,
or hip, whatever the style of
architecture, we bas e a roofing
material that is just made for
your house. Tell us your plans;
we can help you.
This yuun.
Wis c
many of •• 1
I» i.ton officer -tauoi a
Si I nd ay .liter noon when Mr
THE MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED NEWSPAPER IN WISE COUNTY ......"eHe
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inovei acros h. an is now -inkine
a well for (ininn Williams.
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Marriage lirunses J i» (‘astlturr.
and Mix May lrbre; W. F. Browr
and Mi-s lithel Hobb-; (scar t'ulwc i
If you want a Ford it will not be necessary for you to do
without. It is a very logical fact that you can pay while
you ride much easier than you can save, while you walk,
and no one knows this better than we do. Why should
we be unreasonable without demands on the man who
wants a Ford?
• a mp n 1 »«-’ al 1r nnml« 1
। om* hundred and -evealt
a !>d new m> hd” r- a l" ■
nearly ewry me* rjim
Col. (harles Goodnight, ninety-ne
years of are. bin with an astolndinu
imaginary fmiihy. took unto himseif
a wife the other day- a buxem lady
is in her tender twenties.
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11,. , and pi •-i1 n mnarricr
people Hi frii 11-
’ he ri a re no n.
that he i- a d"'
at two eleck p m. and w:
! 1‛“l1e • d to a die- Bicinz a t
lhe
States ludd
which ! . i - i
in the I' : 10 •
uncon :i ui
trary io tlin
in New )
Mali ck; J E. An
Mc< 'ain.
$
appeal i<» th liul
rori d t Lal t ■ ■ r
in the rifete
So. Biclic f"l l ll. S;
milionai party. am! hi- -!letliri rec*
il ■ in low • r lini-e in W:-hinut.,
-1:tp- him :i true and a. • t i nd
W !* Id" u and M -- Ithel lb-;
W : arri’-d in l)-rtr cl Sumi •
is in town this weok. -baking ham verify the lake story. When Mr-.
n- the m
of thi
A full j
found on ]
Serreta i
gr of e
tints in
~uing yea:
wa kiven
Au.* ertee!
the azricul
chanber o
ijam2, v
FVue
.2:
PMimax ’
X a ni’ ak
Jighiful Ji
div/ nt- fre
Nitoruy .
Dr. 1. II Rcc\« - -prnt several da>
in the Newark rountry thi- we-k
•
Mrs Foster Lillard has twen ipij"
ill with the rrip]«- for everul duy-
❖
■ ■ luu i !ulzt ,.i ihi^ plae .
inu lo io-tt i !.<• band! Niue i
old mother when yon decided 1., go
a killing ami make your mom y by foal
meuns? W hy did you not uive her
feedings ~ome consideration. Robert,
when -lie nightly offeree up prayer-
for her wayward son, when yon fir-t
Inuan running wild?
Back there in th" ole hom. tow i,
Kansas City, when yon were hittine
’•m up with -treet prostitute- ani
pimp- * the red lighi district on j,.;
Toh late.
Iag<<l n Won
-H]H er. I » 1iten
2R|i Rev J W. Ilail. y p. r
V
Lawyer- for the im. n wh<» app. ii’!
from a fifty year -ontenee for murder
rind, on a chance of vell*. wa
tlic death jwmihy by r!.....11 jurs.
nut-1 have item clinurincl. lb" vi .
W.....li •• 1 hnve he • n initiate.| into ii of today. (‛hico Review.
and in less than thirty minutes J hnd
cauzht fiftern of the prettiest crappies
i mvr saw: the smallest one weighing
one and u half. They were fat and
juicy, ami. .-ay. we had a snre-nuff
fish meal at my house today. Never
-aw fish bile indter in my life." Sum*
fellow in the erowd who visited the
lake that morning and had not canght
; even a nibble, doubted the statemnent
i fish in the honse sine- late in the
fishinz -eason of last year, when ।
neizhb r presented the Taylor- with a
fine mess. It is reprted •Spru
ha- not told any more fish storics
Please do not make up your mind that you cannot have
a Ford, and refuse to consider it. Come and see us.
There can be no harm in getting the facts, and it is
likely that you will be agreeably surprised at the extent
to which we ale willing to co-opcrate.
1o vintli ■ «
I immeiately "Spud" retorted with "if
y u don’t Iulieve me, just step to the
phone there and call my wife and ask
her." Alut that time Mrs. Taylor
have heb! in contempt
top lie was carried home, beinz pain
fully hurt, but at last reports it wa
not thought hi- injuries wonlei prot.
permanent er -rrions.
•
Tl chile of Sherif! and Mr- J«.
Bra mli. meutiontei las week as b. ir
very ill. died at ihrce-thirty p m.
Monday and was buried the next < .
ut the Sy«amorc comtery. Mr. zu
Mr- Branch have the deep -ympaU
I num. i. ur- friend- in thir -nrr«>
Three dollars was charueue
the crowning < f the qucen at the Fort
Worth stock show . whicl caused t 1.
W ne'era:t. Th
Watch for symptoms of worms in your
children. These purasites are the pre :t
destroyers of child life . If ven i
reason to flunk your child has worm-,
quickly. Give the little one a c
two of White’s Ch am Vermifage. W r
cannot exist where this timne-tri :
o.s successful remedy isused. If drivesosit
---m--- inr for lhe wretehee being vou ha\. It i- u my-teyy how the fire -1-ri.d the worms and restores the rosy inn of
A nmlur „r ..........rt of H„. stat. Iruzht "'js diser........11 To 1ac Ti zin rurric sIsw .... wiit ."35"
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Dallas Oh April 1Stl. 1tmmer -ays " it. would you Hivn 1"). if Tlx- "I I - think Huo will prol,....
Al Smith, th.- damp eouti, -f ll.. ""111 "II r • sour ■''' rlil -rutur"
Hmpire Slat... ...... arept an invita Ul- wlit a "irorout lir you •
ti-.li to addr.— ll..- zatlcrine ">i.I III : lion iror It would i- Ji Mu-ley ha . ngt iat, ■
t B 'it" h.M- you would I....." Iut.lolur. j,11 dral. 1 whicl „
i sov.rnor Pau Moody ain-ii.i. d I h ' ....... It ' lin 1 1 11 1 ar 1 1 a1 - f laud op 1
Stock show ol Sncny. The ancicui - . I r . I a l re l la - lern -old f" trlio 111 • :
order. fL IlM NS‛i w I.IiU."i,wuitfuiltsuu " ‘ ei 1- Tin I
! • ' 1 ) 1 "" ■h- ■ • " w ih it" eel up inti, linndi'd a» rc i r.u t-
r 11 ......trazu m1 111 -inal farms TI . i
< ioverhor I ban Mor ' :1
J ale and M • ore ap
• d their con ■ - t1 :1
tiem by reui tering
\ r ihe ( h • 1 ion ta 1 ।
end the voter- of the •
their claim that their tliout t*nili 1 1
uet justice in the first coth1: I »• 1 i
ihe-r’! ( hroniele
! ha ’ : he !‛ \ - "
• e- from earl • p; 1
u- | "Ie -tici-
CANT -ome steps be taken." a-keu
a Decatur lady, "to stop the de pr.
dations of roving chickens? It is ge?
ting time for the planting of flowe,
ganh-ns, but what heart have we to
plant anything, or make any efforts to
beautify our yards, when chickens ar.,
.allowed to run at-larze and depredate
on our premises? Other towns hav..
ordinances prohibiting chickens from
. running loose: then why caan’t we
have sleh protection here in Decatur’'’
While the zood lady was talking th" I
reporter was reminded of hi- rquaint ।
ante with people hi thi- town whe
are raising chickens on premises that j
do mt insist the somblance ot a fenee. I
the fo’.Ls swarming into the streot
and on m izhborhooe promises a: w?l l
p it would -r«at i) t
1'1 comn1y-
a Uulhc'. I
. 'lo Hr r •
'I here is ~Ieh a great ineretc.- is
insanity in New York state that ev«'»i
Ai Smith is alarmed. Al need not ba
unca-y most • f the insane would
vote for him for president if allowe,!
r” vote; an it is further believed
that Al s refu~al to enforee the pro
hikiiion law of the hind is one of 11.
mo i In nlific causes of insanity. Ib.it
' drinking pwison ns boot Ieu whisk. •
We Know You and You Know Us!
and a i w "1! know n
p/ a; .K- A ho wi-h I hell:
intact hi- propert aud pur-iti tl
fllsV to pool hi- intete t- Ter l he
volopnnent of an oil fiole in th" »
is short on tveryilinu m •••--ary
the make up of a put rint At .
«lear sir. yo1 : re -how i : 1* •
mi-ciabh !a:-im-< jurtuti u
Haugen farm relief bill as "fullacim-
tedious and typically academic and
reactionary That eritie i-m -henle
W e are your neighbors here at this bank.
W hat a di f forence that makes in your feel-
ing toward us, and in our fooling toward
you.
Not only are we right close by, but we are
.just as closely in sympathy with the things
that help you and help this section.
Thccre is one tiling ahovcc ail others that
we are trying to do and that is to make this
bank of tlic utmost sevico anc benefit to
our own home people.
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t‘ < f’.rhidd’H jiicu Isitol pajH t
y r! i i- th" lizuest liquor him! '
• • »r irle by cffiters in thnt coty
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;i leg hiiul it is to lUHgh m* r •
th" apanrifo
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conties that i li Inki i - o1 . I...
-cel ions are ad-J-in.1 a let up in cott. >.
plathiinr Many rim men whe ! ■ .
the mom y hx-- ..re lokin.u into rhe
-il im i jon in i be .. nt . - « h.t. ,
< m Mouday. while "hopping in A-
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-truck on the bn<k by a falling r,..
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