Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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DECATUR, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1933
53rd YEAR
NUMBER 18
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Famous Paintings
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Tbe Allison school will give a ne-
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Monday was opening (hr ol the
PATRIGTSTOBE SINGERS MEET BAPTISTMEET
AT OAK GROVE ING GROWING
Austrian Winter peas were observed
Col. Gus Pickett Deliv-
W'bitesboro and Sherman.
characteristic
Park in July
cotton without losing a cash crop for
Harry
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re naze
met ting.
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but all the workers live here and it
the air and fixing it
so
nitogen from
Far! y took office.
revival is on the
and everybody
approximately
R E. BELL. Pastor.
and
week
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Roosevelt's
Mrs. Baldridge is
s a Inptist while
necord-Chron-
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We stbre ok
relief commission, said today
that the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
that there will be an all-day
All persons inter-
I Saturday. May 13.
tion of distress
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NO RELIEF FUNDS
UNTIL BOND ISSUE
, fessions of conversiou and live addi-
'ions to the churech.
the
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di nt thes could pr: seeute
iv violators of President
GARVIN CEMETERY WORKING
TO BE HELD SATURDAY, MW 13
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hcarders on the theory the govern- i
ment could not legally jail a person
for owning gold money. Department
- Tustiee fficials said that any vie
lai or will he prosecuted.
now
great
is invited to help an 1 enjoy the bl SS
ings of it.
ministration a i
i lit ved and tin
rence
T xas
customs collectors and postnlals-
wii re vacancies exist.
TURNED ENTO
GREEN FIELDS
_________..___ . practie clinic to be held on June 2-3.
I ested in keeping up this cometery Dr. U. E. Conrad, local chiropractor.
BEER BE VOTED
ON BY TEXANS
again."
(‘olenel Gus lickct
Wheeler park). |
L - .h of Deen-
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reve-
ARTISTS DAY
HONORED BY
Gold Hoarders Fare
Prosecution by U. S.
particularly intended in the knots or
nodules on the roots of this plant. The
it belongs to the legume family and
is valuable in building up the fertil-
rder that gold hoards of more than
$100 must be turned into th * banks
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co-op- at the same time adding nitrogen to
town the soil. This crop could lie turned
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the | i.e irts of the props'.
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/written Tuesday monniug. and up to
tile present there have been two pro-
The Wis County Singing Conven- ■ who came with Ids congregation and
Dr A. G. Anderson. representative
of the Educational Chiropractic Clinic,
was in town arranging for a Chiro-
A Woodruff running ! prominent in the musical circles of
says the Messenger:
magazine that is tin only journalis-
produet «I tic medium f r the expression of the
Wonderful Wise county, brought "P ants in the south: Mrs. E. W. Bass.
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contest at State University, and has
be n <1 clared winner over a number i
Adjacent to the Austrian peas was
a plot of Hairy Vetch. This is anoth-
er winter legume which is very hardy.
corn or
er Newspaper in Decatur
to his many friends on the street as
tins." entertained th large and en-
Mrs. 1. e Morris.
A
eration of the people of the town ’he soil.
i:. good and is very much appreciat- under in time to plant in
his: Was out in tha country in the
Slide II ( tion and st- pping at sev- I '
cral country imines. I introduced my- (,
70 neminntions to the senat .
ministrel next Saturday night:
promiser by the Depart-
• ?d is president of ’be former, and
at Washington could be completed, is । luy Was present
slated to get under way quickly. The quartet from Waxahachie
ressure which confronted the ad | The sinzing was held under
tabernnel . and not over one-thire of
union grounds I Joe
iwo and a half mil- s
rm on July 3o. 122:
nrday it would not have been opera-
live until 90 days after the legisla-
rure adjourned.
The vote was 101 to 28.
The motion to concur received only
SO votes Saturday. 11 short of the
’lumber required to make the bill ef
foctive immediately.
vantage of holding the soil together
with a cover during the winter and
in the great Paradise country. made
n order t<» accommodate the increas-
admisscin of ten cents
former resident of Decatur, who
. not made the growth that the Austrian
“Winter peas had. but 0,1 thiner and
brethren sndy soils it would probably be more
since March 1 helping to pick deserv- enouzh to .ferd all th
; idd Young, president of the
crowd for thirty minutes
will be
for the
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words pf the principal speak r of hi leading and the singers ar
Messenger has been asked to an-
can be continued indefinitely if the rhese little bacteria assists in taking
interesi demands. Itt looks like a - -* -- ei-i-- «♦ en
' mnent of Justice Sunday night when
he government made final plans to
bring the yet ontstunding $700,000,-
(00 gole money under its control.
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| :ng and qualified democrats for ap-
Mrs. Stella Harwood of Bridgeport
was in the city latter part of last
week. Mrs. Harwood is an applicant
for the Bridgeport postmastership.
are not able to see with naked eye
din Ununtg Arsener
PUBLISHED IN THE DAIRY CENTER OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
-WHO DOES NOT CLAIM TRAT. TF
OLO BUS' RUNS AS GOOD AS IT
DID THE DAY IT LEFT THE FACTORY -
the legume plants. These nodules
filled with little bacteria which
there "was, in a glorious way.
• people twice The interest in th" meeting is deep -Isupe rintendent of the station dug up
png and widening with every ser:la few plants to show the hundreds
holt r known ''he and large results are expect, d of little knots or balls on the roots of
hefore it doses The plan at present
is lo close the meeting Sunday night.
J. hn W. Woodruff, a
The singing is
--t are requested to be oa aand with will sponsor the clinie locally and act
Miss Margaret Sue Fa: was a vis- tools for working and bringing din- [ as host to the organization during
itor iu Fort Worth Saturday. ner. their stay.
‘THE FIRSI/.T®-
STRAw° (L’B
FAMOUS FOLKS CORNEf<T
i 1. Special mention is made of the
generosity of the MetHodst church.
benefit of t lie school. A good enter-
tainment is promised.
the ad
lias been I
crowds. it became necessary
< f contestants.
1 rue to form,
winning is
Patronize your home-town
institutions if you would
assist in building your
home town.
matched them with a report of his
catch at th- City Lake
HI HAiTFnrOT in the plots. These peas had made
lit Hill Kr\l a rhick growth and IS inches high.
Ill 111 I LULU I According to Mr. Dunkle these peas
stood the extreme cold weather of
this past winter, and had the ad-
month ago
PEtude" (Rudolf Hoffman.
Washington, D May 1. Crimi-
al prosecution of gold hoarders this
poraton would not consider May-
would allow counties that were dry June allotments of federal reli r
before state prohibition to hold elec- funds to Texas until the state legis
lions after July 1 to determine if the lature voted, to submit a constitu- nounce
county would remain dry should thetional amendment to an horize,I working of the Garvin cemetery on
electorate approve a constitutional 000,000 state bond issue for allevia-l
Bootie Gentry. ag iculturalist and
farmer, too. in town First Monday
with the traders, dropped in to see
■he Messenger. "When the people
rend I the conelusion that time
and tide awai no mail, and that the
good Lord will help those who help
tii mselves. providing they have an
abiding faith in His power to assist,
this depression will vanish like the
mist before the g ni d rays of a July
sun," mused Boonc.
Woodruff tribe and here's
John. Onward!
. ion was held
zerently elected
When You Patronize Youe
Home .Merchant remem-
ber you are maimtadming
food sehools, good roads.
Mis. J. C. C Gunn: accompanied by
i Mrs. W. C. Milligan.
Postmaster General Farley. busy
of the
to you.
Decatur District
M-:do"s of AI-
satisfactory. The Hass members were
that the plants can use this valuable
......| which makes the plant grow
also doing some crossing and breeding
I work. The Chillicothe substation has
. ... , . .. taken the lead in Grain Sorghun •
or the Treasury before Monday night development. A variety developed at
nder penalty of ten years imprison- this station called Ajax is being dis
an ut. $10,000 fine, or both. tributed to a few farmers to be tried
Although defiznee of th- presi- i out on their farms. Sixty pounds of
dent's order has lie n threatened by seed was given to the class to lie triei
(ove rnment officinis were
term is the fact tha’ 30.232 such ap- divide the Convertion
pointments were s nt to the senate iw ings. namely, the West
U former Presid nr Hoover. T his • vention
ler of nominations sent to the sen-
ate during a four -yer presid ntial
Al lite close of the program, a re-
umendment to permit the manufac-
ture and sale of beer. An election
will be held on the const hut Ionaf
amendment August 26.
i ly was awarded the purchase priza
.1 the Allied Art: Exhibit in Dallas.
..nd who is editor of ■<‘ontemporn v
Arts of the South aid Southwest." a
pi intments in other posts, has yet to
seud his first post master appoint-
ment to the senate. These will be-
cin coming along soon. There were . husiastic
1667 postmaster vacancies when Mr. with his timely and witty remarks.
out in Wise county this year. Ajax
is a new hybrid variety of feterita
and kafir parentage. It is a dwarf,
straight-headed variety, is white-seed-
ev with brown undercoat, has about
16 leaves, and matures in 106 to 110
days.
a Methodist.—Denton
licle.
Many different kinds of clover are
being tried out but sweet clover con-
tinuts to be the outsanding soil build-
ind crop for he black land. One
he has done more than his part in
having improvemen 3 made in the
sidewalks and gutters in the city.
distribution now are com-
their study cf the qualifica-
bulk of vacancies are expocted come address, making everyone feel
“One hundred nineteen percent in-
crease in yield of wheat, twenty-five
per cent increase in yields of corn
ami cotton over continuous cropping
has been the results we have found
from four year rotation using sweet
clove r as a soil building crop," said
P. B. Dunkle, superintendent of Denton
Experiment Station, in discussing the
work of the station with the first,
year class in vocational agriculture
from Decatur high school who visited
the station last Saturday.
ef officeholders, delayed heretofore' ....... ....... —--- . —
until the president's I rgislative pro- tion last Sunday witnessed the larg-joined in the service of last Sunday
the, ram could be luum b d and the ’ st crowd that ever gathered at Oak night. The attendance has been un-
mhore essential duty of picking assis- Grove. Singers gathered from many usually good throughout the meeting,
tant cabinet secretaries, diplomats different sections of the state. Sev- Brethren Ward, Heathington and
nd urgently n ceded commissit ners cral came from Oklahoma. Mr. Geo Glosup are assisting the pastor with
with his noted the preaching, and every sermon has
of candliclates for district
i. hides r utjne army and navy ap
peintments. and first, set ond ami
। 1 hird- lass postmasters.
Austin. Texas.
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OH. ISNT THAT , 5 A3g68,
JUST TOO COTEI "Sn3c 165 5
‘he happy occasion.
Talk on art. Jerry Bywaters.
i l ocal zronp : "Memories." "Biue-
1 mm Time" (W. J Marsh, a Texas
a very
The Owl Club patses annually to
honor Texas and Texas artists. On
last Wednesday, April 26. "Texas
and Art Day" was observed by the
Owl Club members and approximate-
ly one hundred guests.
This program is created wholly
wvith the desire to encourage revar-
ence and love for our state and \
timulate interest in ihe finer things
of life, among which are art. music
and literature of particular inter-
est was this occasion since we were
ignally honored by the presence of
several eminent artists and club wo-
m n of the state, who so generously
and zraciously agreed to fill the pre
gram.
Among our out- t t own guest ar
+ists for the afternoon were Mrs. T.
What $
They'll be
wearing on
THE BEACHES A
— IF THE (.
FASHION
FORECASTS N
WE'VE SEEN NV
AMOUNT TO -y
ANYTHING- V
“My daughter and her husband
were visiting me from Franklin this
week," stated Cris England, “and
they reported business conditions in
all that section were looking up."
-eif, and at each home I was Ere
. d with th" statement that they had
se n my name in advertisements in
tlie Messenger "
wings, will meet tovethrr at the re
After all the peopie had eat n alii
ilie link’d id fried cliicken with feature of fhe
.in-iing. i-akis ami pies, in tlie Washburn anl Glosup are alternating
ity of the soil. On the black soil at
tlie Experiment station the vetch had
April 29.— Law-
director of the
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“My husband and I are new sub-
scribers to the Messenger." Bmarked
Mrs. Basil D. Burnett to a Messen-
rer reporter. "We recnived our first
copy iast wek and were pleasantly
surprised by its su] eriority , to most
small town newspapers. We found it
very interesting, not only from a
county viewpoint but from a state-
wide one as well." Burnett
spoke highly of Messengers' Farmers'
Exchange and Swap Column, saying
she thought “it must be very helpful
to the farmers of Wise, county and
■lie people could st in. on account
or the unsually large er wd that
ame early.
• .-S 1 es? 6 '/ 7
to ceeur next year and the following at home at Oak Grove.
year when terms of offie expire. ' 11 will be remembered that since
Indicative of til- tremenelons nun- rle conv tition has grown so large.
President U.
•Texas," Mrs. Ktobert Sellars.
Piano group: "Turkey in
Texas composer), Mrs.
Tlie Fifth Sunday Singing
11 "i. consisting ef h t. m
Washington. D. C.. May 3.—Hun-
gry democrats will soon begin to r -
eive nourishment from President ।
Ioosevelt and Postmaster General 1
.lames A. Farley, his chief patron-
az distributor.
The task of appointing thousands
The vocational boys saw their first
flax growing at the Denton Experi-
ment Station last Saturday. They
are experimenting with a number of
varieties, but they do not expect it
to ever be of commercial importance
in this region.
The bill contained a clause that
•veil has sent only
off and have Hint rich green color.
Grain sorghums are produeing high-
it yields of grain than corn at 'he
station whieh is situated on black
upland soil. Tlie work wth grain
sorglums covers a 1 year period ano
are scarcely adequate to justify con-
elusions ns to the best varieties.
Hegari. with an average of 34.7 bush:
■ •Is. Ims highest production, followed
by parso with 33.7 busrels and
Chill’v with 32 bushels. The State.
Experiment Station of tlie A. A M
College through its various field
laboratories or substations is testing
tlie different varieties and 'trains and
first district of Texas Federation of
w men's Chilis and Mrs. P. IL
Balts, president of Hi- Owl Club,
; tbs’'' 1 at the tea table. Decora-
rions. though'nt the house, "er'
Texhs bluebonn ts. Indian paint
erush, cacti, and dogwood.—Report-
straw" i David Gnian, a Texas com-
it. Yarbrough of Fort Worth, a Tex-
game fishing season, and a number las artist and collector who lias
f Decatur fishermen went to the acl ipved distinction thronghotit the
Bridgeort lake for the day. Some in- tale: Mr. Jerry Jrwaters. a prom-
I: resting tales of big catches were ising young Dallas artist who recent-
reported. And. Luther Tucker, after ... . .
hcaring several of these tales.
"Will acknowledge that I have
bin thoroughly converted to the
Iconventfen. o -t.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Baldridge have
moved here frem Decatur, and are
domiciled at 510 West Hickory.
Tiny were in the Lot-I business in
peentur. Their son. Pat. is at pres-
ent in Ilie Teachers College, Durant,
oxlahoma. but he will enter the
Teachers College here at the summer
session. Mr. and Mrs. Baldridge dif-
fer in their chureh affiliation, as he
cem d a message
president of the
The pr< gram was rendered as fol-
lows :
w lcome, Mrs. r. IL Baits,
Tex:s, Our Toxas." directed by
X . 630WM vk /
G?e* 'X-'
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value of advertising in the Messen- |
ger," stated Bob Smith < f the Bob & >
Bill ship in Decatur. He related
Boys making the trip to Denton sub-
station as a part of their training in
vocational agriculture included : Claud
Miller, Wayne Rhine. Ewell Mote. W.
D. Phillips, Watson Clifton. Thomas
| Franklin, C. B. Hoyl, George Burns.
Jack Shaw, and Bill MeDonald. It
: is the opinion of the boys that figures
and results from experiment stations
• which are used as references in work
ing out answers to our farm prob-
lems, will have a little mon’ meaning
since they saw the layout and have
I some idea as to the scope and method
of conducting experiments at the vari-
ous places.
Austin. Texas. May 1.—The house |
of representatves today gave a two
thirds majority vote to eoncurrenee j
in senate amendments to a hill reg-
nlating the sale of 3.2 per cent beer.
This acton will Inake it effective
immediat 4y when signed by the gov-
cnor. Under the veto given it Sat-
If you are interested in real old
tjme gospel singing, so. ; sung by
l<:! irs and qu aets of ability and
I appreciation, watch the columns of
tiie most widely known, read and ap-
preciated paner. Wise County Mes-
m nger. for future announeements.
( ommittee.
ide nt of the Lady Lions of that city;
Miss Jennie Lee Hambrigit. who is
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ers Address ofWel-
{ I The revival meeting at tlie Bap-
come—Joint Meet at tt, .pinstsforwrard with
charged, I* money to go
clean sweep in the Short Story now lives in Fort worth and is pres-
the year and at the same time build
up the ferility of the soil. The dis-
advantage of this crop has been cost
of seed which in the past has made
it almost prohibitive t" use as a soil
building crop.
The nmber is ausing the crowd to ferzet the de-
2000, but the r ssion. Mr. Pickett made the wel-
Eol)1 A. Simnnons is a consoling
sort of fellow. Met him the other
day, just after we had experienced
’lie fun and frolic incident to hav-
ing a mouthful of teeth extracted.
"You are fortunate, indeed very for-
tunate. Then' ar not many people
who liva long enough to wear out a
set of good tet th," he said.
compes r). Mrs E. W. Bass.
. „ IHsplav of pictures. Mrs. T. B. :
It is saie that < - r. Dodsen i- the v rer ueh.
most enthusiastic is li ver in side Piano solo: -yencitian Gondola" I
walks ami ^.tters -n^ ............. Mis Jennie I- e rorneys. collectors „f internal
•he record has conribute more to । Ilanubright. I
their building in Decatur during the The director was Mrs. Koger 11 '
ast months than any other citizen. । Xolles "1
Dodson bell ves in Docatur. his home
town, and on a number of occasions
Ba& JWnus S"T28
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