The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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The Mineola Monitor
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF MINEOLA AND WOOD COUNTY
VOLUME 53.
MINEOLA, WOOD COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1926.
NUMBER 50.
*ii all our years of Baking we
have never made a better loaf
than
BAKER BOY
Nor is it the work of chance,
but a quality ideal of—
Perfection
Therefore
J. W. MCDOWELL 'COTTON
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01 Mr. McDowell entered tn
j The Better Way
to Health
Mr. J. W. McDowell who' ing program and promises tc
lives on ihe V. D.. Waggoner enter the Dallas News contes-
place two miles East of Pin- this year and says that the mar
Mills has been declared "Cotton who is cotton king of Texas
of Wood county for 1925. next year will have to break
d l ..ii. v.w , the record made by Mont Adams
* i contest inauguarated by the j of raising sixteen bales on fm
^ Mineola Lions Club and busines? ' acres, and indicates that 1 h*
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y
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men of Mineola cfferim: r pri"
to the farmer producing i
gr; ate:4! amount of cotton
three acres Quito a number <
farmers entered the contest b\
very few remained in til! fh
)\- filed their final slat
\ ner Ihe rule ;
not Co
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% ! close,
% | mc-Rt
❖ j irements of the contest.
% I McDowell produced six bal ■
% j lint averaging 50^ pounds
| ! bale on three acres, he
I j good land and gave the plai
- '■ tensive cultivation thron-
;t; the growing season and the
;• j !' r is efforts proves
- j vond doubt that it pays to
I tivrte. well, as it does 10 be
i j ful in the selection of land
j see;I. We understand that I
j were several farmers in
l ho made equally as
Band to Play at Did Settler of
Golden Friday M
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meola Passes Awav
mer.ts as require
I rules of the contest.
Mr. M"Dowel! is vi
m-.husrd own- the bet
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d b*
! honor will come to Wood c< unt
; next year, as he is going to en-
ter the contest with a dete mina
tion to win. Mr. McDowell is a
i good farmer, a great bell -va
! in live stock of the better l:ind
| -specially pure bred cattle, he-
rd chickens. He does not con
•• • : r, fc: rir>\n or err (ions t -
the one crop idea, but produce
enough of all kinds of farm p.
• dnce to provide a living for hi •
I family thus leaving .his cotto
j crop for his net profit mono
j crop,, All of his cotton land thi
I yerr averaged better then rn
i bale to the. acre.
| Mr. McDowell was a guest -
! the Lions Luncheon fast Thuvc
I dav and received a e'nxV io.
I $100.00 . • i v,
declared to be Wood county'
cotton king for 1925. He mad
a short talk in which he exj : ress
I he had wonlmcl 'declared 'tha
i he would this veav at temp' ^
win the stale prize.
of doing witii- =
Did von ever stop to consider the
out 1 IE ALT H ?
We all admit the necessity of good health, but liow
many oL us giv - the matter sufficient thought
the cost of poor health.
Frankly, we should be ji. <4. much c-: cc
keeping our bodies in perfect running order
;.oout looking to th t v.«. si'ai\ oi our atnomooil
■ "lect them, the.," so n become big i; atbles, a
bgiii to pay. Most of us have oar c rs loo-i
casionally to prevent that - vrv thing.
>a! !Zv
ct about
we are
Mineola's 54-pi' ce b-r
play at the Couiny Bn-^'o- B'd
Tournament at Gold.- "/la-
night . Mineola team is to plav
the Winnsboro team Friday
night at the Golden Gymn, and
it is hoped that our big be no
-will be able to play the "march
of victory" for the Mineola
squad.
Our band is little more than
two months old and yet they
are already beginning to estab-
lish a reputation as a first-
class organization and they are
doing some good boosting for
Mineola. We understand they
are accepting all invitations to
play at various entertainments
box suppers and public gather
ings around the country.
Damn:
'emu
, mow oi the late B, F. Pegues
and one of the pioneer settk.i.
of Mineola, died Wednesday
morning at her home in this
city .. Mrs. Pegues was T.i years
of age at t.he time of her death
she had long been a member of
the Baptist Church and her life
was that of a faithful, consis-
tent christian, she was t.he moth
or of Dan, Gualt and Fred Pe-
gues all of whom survive her
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon (Thursday) at
:30 at her home in West Mir
eola, conducted by Rev. T. J
Furniss, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Interment wii'
be in the city cemetery follow
; intr the service at the home.
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For
Valentines
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Cotton Contest Winners Jeffreson Highway Offi-
or do we wait until they bee -m- serious?
0. that we seldom count th• t of sosl'
We must absolutely get way from i\
. ..-.mot afford to care for on t\. ai-1\. L
onvinced that the cost of it health is fa
\'e than going to the Chiropractor to ire
.veil. The one incomparable gift you f:
health. You cannot f^ford to do withoi
explain more fully why Chiropractic is tin
'in a h.—Consultation is fret.
i or ou !
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Let us
r way "
Feted in East Texas j
cials Visit Mineola
(Custom had designated Valentine's Day as the time 1
for giving gifts expressive of the love we have for |
•one to whom we give the gift.
iWhy then, give something which will soon be gone
and forgotten? Rather give Gifts that last, such as
Flynt's Supreme Quality Diamonds, that will ever re-
mind of the giver.
Flynt's
Jewelers
Mineola, Texas
TYLER Texas, Feb. 2 -
Crowning of G. Moot .Adams ^f
Tyler as King Cotton ;n r.v d:
style at the annual Chamber d'
Commerce dinner here 'Tuesday ;
ni'dd enthroned a new mooar h
in East Texas as the winner of j
The Dallas Morning News'.
"More Cotton on Fewer Acres" j
contest of 1925, and incideiuly j
winner of the Smith County
first prize and other prizes, bm
hardly had the new King com-
pleted his first address before
Tucker Royall, banker, of Pa:es
tine, announced, after congratu
lating Mr. Adams, that King
John McFarlane, winner in 1924
and King until recently, is "still
in the ring."
Bankers, farmers, business
men and lawyers representing
thirty towns and fifteen coun-
ties of East Texas, as well as
visitors from Dallas and other
cities,, comprised the audience
at the dinner.i
Nearly all winners of the con
test were present a.nd many
macL speeches. Others were in
troduced. Mr. Adams spoke
briefly after his coronation and
was the recipient of a number
of additional substantial check-
awarded by the county and va-
rious enterprises, bringing tin-
total sh premimums received
by him to approximately $2,498.
On motion of Marvin Kelly oi
Longview, the gathering went
on record by unanimous vote as
indorsing the formation of an
East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce .
Victor H. Schoffelmaver, agri
cultural editor of The Dallas
News, who conducied the con-
tests. officiated at the corona-
tion anclalso delivered an address
describing the achievements in
cotton production during <he last
^ear and outlined the prospects
for the greater contest of 1926
Mineola, gave a hearty and <r
thusiastis welcome to the me.
hers of the party of 0\ •
•headed bv Mayor Ralph Webl
of Winnepeg, Tuesday as tho
"Pine to Palm" caravan enter-
ed the city. Mayor W. C. Du-
Bose went to Dallas and piloted
the partv to Mineola. Upon
their arrival here they were met
by the entire citizenship of the
town, Mineola's 54-piece bsnd
and five or six hundred school
children. Mr. George Reeves
on behalf of the city bade them
welcome, and took occasion in
a brief way, to tell the visitors
something of 'this wonderful
country of ours.
Members of the party express
edthemselves as being delighted
with the reception /accorded
them all along the line but the*
said the Texas cities and towns
had outstripped anything they
had encountered along the route
for honest-to-goodness hospitali
ty and goodfellowship. They
I were profuse in their compli-
! ments for the good roads of
j East Tex;vs, especially Wood
icounty.
j Chiropractor Dies .
At Home m Tvler
j F. P. BUNN
I Mineola, Texas
| Palmer Graduate Chiropractor
jg Hours 4 to 6 p. m.
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Mineola Band Next Week Is
Visits New Hope Better Implement Week
Last Friday night ti.o Mm
eola Band went to New Buy.
school house and played .-ew-a1
selections for the Box Supper
held at that place. The boys
report having had a most dfligtv
ful time and say they *v< >v *rea
ed royally by the folks at ;S"\-
Hope. The Box Supper was
success and the school r -a1 red
quite a. nice sum from ^he salt
of boxes.
Mrs. J. C. Adrian of Golden
Mrs. R. D. Adrian, Miss Iris
Adrian and Mr. Sewell motored
to Dallas Wednesday and visit-
ed friends and relative--.
Better Implement week, Feb.
Sf.'t to loth, will be observed in
Mineola by the Whit ten Hard-
ware Co. They have made ar-
rangements with the John Deer
Implement people to have Mr,
Dodd an expert implement man
come to Mineoir and demon-
strate the uses of the various
implements put out by the Deer
{Company. S<*e the advertl^o-
; ment of the Whitten Hardware
| Co.. in this issue calling atten-
I tion to the event.
Mrs. C. O Coleman and
I children returned last- week
' from an extended visit to reia
tives in West Texas.
The Very Newest Hats
Dr. T. F. Reed, Chiropractor
of Tyler, an old class-mate of
Dr. E. P. Bunn of this city,
died at his home in Tvler ia-t
Death
the result of , =
for which entries w
soon be
received.
Wood county was represented
at the banquet by Jas. D. Har-
ris, H. O. Rogers and George
Reeves of Mineola and C. A
McCreio-ht of Quitman.
Phone 214 Mrs. Cage, or Phoue
75 Mrs. Beckham, for good ser
vV. h Judge's Flowers.
injuries received in service of
the American forces overseas
i th. great world war
He was gassed and also receiv-
| ed bullet wounds in the engage-
ments on Argon.e Front and his
death is tracable directly to th
| injuries received. He was trair
1 ed as a Chiropractor by the I Yd
ted States Government and h: d
1 been engaged in the prcatice of
; his profession at Tyler for about
! one year. Dr. Claude Gillett
j formerly of this city recently
j moved to Tyler and formed n
j p; rtnership with him.
Funeral services were con-
j lucted by Rev. W. K. Stroth
I :-M' at the grave, after which the
American Legion took chat
the body was hurried with mili-
tary honors, a firing s<n.iad
from the local Calvary company
firing the salute of honor, after
which Taps were sounded.
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For the Spring of 192(5, I have beet: fortunate in |
securing such lines as Hollywood. Weyman and Cati- |
lina and in addition the old standard lines I have al- |
ways had. |
This does not mean that all my hats are expen- I
sive, as I have made the greatest collection of inex- 1
pensive hats ever assembled in Mineola. S-
Regardless of what you pay, ye-^cannot rip.d bet- I
ier merchandise at the price and you will get good I
service from anv hat in mv stock. 1
Mrs. H. O. Rogers f
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1926, newspaper, February 4, 1926; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth285947/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.