The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1922 Page: 4 of 8
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BAYLOR COUNTY
THE BANNER
(HiUbliahad IN*)
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Morris Street
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COMPANY
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Seymour. Teiaa.
O. 0. fUrruon, Editor and Put llabar.
KbtHr«d at th* Post Gfllee At Hey
Teiaa, m Second elaaa Mall Matter.
HimsCBII'TION, |i«r year 11.00
Ms months, T0 »ta,i three months, 40a.
Teiepbona Number 7.
■ayutbiir, Texan, January 10, 1020.
Dr. Manton M. Carrlck baa resigned
as 111'illIII Officer, ll« lia* made
good in that position and wn urn tor
ry to aa* him leavs it.
Tha Had Spring* Chamber of Com
n>eree la u new organisation in tho
aounty. We welcome the youngster and
bope Its career may lie a long and ii
useful nun.
PAUL jr. POSTER.
('Mill J, Foster Was liorn J*r.. IS,
••71, at Hslletsvilla, UfMM county,
died al the *anltarlum In Ft. Worth
ill 7{»« Monday morning, .fan. 0. Th#
body wa* brought to Seymour Tuesday
evening and waa taken to Tkrofknor-
Inn Wednesday afteiWn, where the
funeral Oeetirrad at 0:00 o'clock. Bev,
L. Swindle, pastor of Hie Christian
chureli al Meymour, eottducted services
at tbe Methodist charrfb, and the A,
P/i. A, M. Lodge conducted ceremon-
fi'ii »( the grave, Mr, Foster had lieen
n in« inlier nt that lodge for 8ft yeara.
and hi* fatker wm one of tint charter
member*, when Ii wn* at old l't. (Irif
fin, This Lodge haa sent some tender ,
riMolitlli iiK eoneernlng the departed m«ni j mid I days, mode it hard to produce
lier to Mr*, Pinter. I Hie '•'■aired result* with medicine*
It I* appointed unto nil men to dl*. i II"' I" spite of hi* agi*, Mr. Bell wa*
lull we hardly considered it tea* yet i po#se*eed of a re marks bio vitality, and
Mr. W. M. Bell breathed hl« Inst
about 3:00 o 'eloek Friday morning
after an Illness extending over a per
iod of *evrroi * >ka. He had "been
gradually sinking and for awn* time
it had been awn tbat there wa* no
hop# for hla rrmvery. And yet, «v*ry
jiukhHiIi* thing urn* done tu rcstor.* Mr
normal health, ■ nd ao long aa there
w»* life loved i es c< aid not h<dp hav-
ing hope*, lit had eniw back from
tin- Chattanooga Reunion In a rundown
condition, but In had been nursed out
of ihla only to havi- some kind of dl-
wane *et up on the liver and which
pinild not •«' reached by nny treatment
11 in extreme iff, a yeara, 0 montha
Knox and Penrose ara out, ami now
♦he Republicans arm fearing that Hard
tag la not making u^ strong leader for
bla party. There la a bit In the eon
tent ion. Harding I* a better man than
bo i* a politician.
Governor No It aaya tha atata In go
Jng to linlp In the matter of Hi<aning
up on erimi'. H« naka nil good elti
«i"na to join in th»> movement to help
put dowu crime. It ia u goodau g-
geation. Jf wn do not mak«i n deter
mined effort to k«>ep crime from atalk-
bag th* land, why, It ia going to atalk.
Praaidant Harding and tha Rapubllo
an party hnve eommittnil them«'lvea
to the aolllier bonua. The only thing
to be done now ia to work out the de
taila. Tbe plnn moid likely to be uaed
will be to fund the debt of the alllea
to thla country nnil u e the proceed*
of o bond iaauii to pay the bonua,
Thar a ia conaldatahla diaaatiaf action
over the ruling that the payment of
women'a poll taaea la not optional
whenever thern la a property tax to be
paid. It doea look a little hard to
make the women pay, whether they
want to vote or no), but tin* money
goea for education, and the aehooln
are neeilirig it. mighty bad Jnat now.
no dUtrlcting the count for eornmia
•toner'« precinct* i# a aubjecl ttint
neel* In hnve the beat thought and ilic
beat grace of our eltlmna, Obvlotialy
the rfi'dlatrleting aliould be made. It
i* equally obvioua that whatever plan
might be nrrived at will not be agree |
able to a Kreat many. The thing for
all to do in to give and take, Seymour
e 111 /,cn< would lilio for the town not
to b« divided, but If it take* that to |
antUfv I tie re«l of the county, then we .
ough to divide It.
Tho county l* called to mourn the
loan of *Ptae valued and reafiected cit
t/.en«. They have wrought well and
have been honored in their death. We
w(*h to place our flower* on the jfriive*
of tlie»e good men, They have been
mi inspiration to u*, and their memory
will continue to be an inspiration.
It i* *leetiag a* we (jo 10 pre**,
There have been a few cluing'» al
the po*toffiee. Mr. Walter I,. Oood-
win nf Abilene hii* accepted a poaitioli
nn diapatch man, having other dutie*
aliw. Mr. Hugh f-'olwell wfll carry
the mall on Bout* 2. Mr. I'orter
.Broirn ha* been tranaferred from Boute
'rt to Boute I, and Mr. Orover Brown
frill devote nil hla time to the garage
Mr. V. (J. Allen i» temporarily carry
mg the mail on Boute 3.
' The jury ha* been *eeurcd at Han
franel*eo for another trial of Fatty
Arbackle,
Cold* Cauae drip and Inlluenz*
I.AXAttvr: flKUMO QUININE taW*^ rwww
l*e umnrn "bift In onl» one "Brom'i Quinine."
f V!. (ilTOVR S •Isnnnrv no l<«.
time for (hi* good friend. He W"«
a man of rolui*t eonatltution, and wf>
purently had many year* before him
HoWever, about four week* ago lie had
an attack (Omething like auto intonica
lion and the poinoit from thl* aeemcd
to form an abace** on the liver. It
wa* thought, he might have had Bright*
di*ea*e, but only one kidney wii» af
fected. When it wa* decided to oper
ate, the gall bladder wa* fir*t removed
and when thia wa* found not to be the
trouble, he wa* ogfiin operatced on and
hi* kidney drained, In hi* weakened
condition thi* waa hard on him, and
he died eight boor* after the opera
Hon*.
Mr, Foater moved to Throckmorton
!W veara ago. He wn* married there
in 1*04 to Mia* Mollie Kaelle. In the
*ame year he purchased the Throck-
morton Tlmea and he and hi* wife ran
the paper for fourteen year*, Then
he went Into the garage bunine**, and
for awhile handled the midget mill
at that place. In June 191f> he and
family came to Heymour and Mr. Foa-
ter had been In the garage bu*lneaa
here alnee that time,
Although be*t known in the town
where be had lived *o long. Mr. Foater
had come to enjoy a wide acquoint-
tnnc, and a high e*teem among the
elti/,en* of Baylor county. He Wan
thoroughly honorable and upright and
tried to live a life above reproach. He
wa* a hard worker and had nn am
bit Ion to do a good part by hi* fam
I ily, They ware to him above all other
! interest*, and they were devoted to him.
The pnrting has been exceedingly hard
j but the ijraee of ftod ha* been »ii»tain-
I in(f in he kind of trial that hii" been
endured by *o many before them.
Mr. Foster'* parent* are "till living
| in Throckmorton comity. Hi* f fit tier
in tin vnnri of nu>' and hi* mother I*
71. He tin* only one brother Hying
Mr, F, Iv Fo*ter of Throckmorton He
has two *i«t'T«, \fr«. M. I. Htnk-r of
Fa* tin nd and Mr* A. T. Tnvlor of
Tliroekmorton. He leave* a wife ami
four children. The Children ar.' all
bovii: llalph, aged 21; Huiiert, aged
Id; V' II. aged 12: Han Peryl. aged 7.
There wn* a little «lrl, who died nt
mi early an''.
To Hie *orrowlng one* there tree*
out a bond of sympathy from a host
of friend*, who have also been horeav
ed by the depart lire of thl* good man
May the God who is acpia cued witli
urief bind up the broken heart/. ,ind
bring snti*lilne again Into these livt**.
There will be no Onaollne OIKtB left
in your clothe* when cleaned and press
ed nt TABVKB'H BHOP.
Our Haartfalt Appreciation.
We wi*b to express, in so far a«
word* can express, the gratefulness of
our hearts for the kindness, sympathy
and help extended to us during the
illness and nt the death of Mr. Fu*
Icr. It i* an ordeal very hard to bear
but you have made it easier for us.
Particularly do we want to thank the
ones who sent *ucb lovely floral of-
ferings. These flowers and your kind
ne*s will be remembered a* long n«
we live. Gratefnllv vour*,
MBH V J' FOWTKH
and FAMff-V.
he lived longer than It whs at
thn ught poilililr.
Funeral w- rvices wern eonducted at
the residence of Mr. I', A, Bell Hat-
iirday morning at 0:00 o'clock, Bev
J. R. Bnlili paying a very high trlb
nte to Hi memory of the man who
wa* gone. He said the highest tribute
that could lie paid him wits in tbe
kind of family he had left to btes*
the world.
A eudaidernble number of those who
at fegted the funeral service* nccom
panted the body to Mundny, where It
#a* t-»V -'ii- for Interment beaide tbe
graVe of hi* companion, who bad pre
ceded him to the better land aixtcen
years t}gn, In the party were quite
a number of members of tbe I. O. O
F. Lodge, who had charge of service*
at the grave. Members of thla order,
of which Mr. Bell waa o member, had
shown themselves to be very faithful
in their care of him during his long
illners. A number of friends Joined
the iirocesslon hi Bomarton. The flor
a) offerings were, very beautiful and
cant n *weet fragrance around the
grave of one who hod lived In a way
to richly deserve this tribute.
William Mosley Bell was born nt
Akworth, Georgia, April 5, 1*33. He
lived there until 1H54, when he moved
to Peoria, Hill county. He was liv-
ing then and looking after his fatii
rr'* estate when the war broke out,
and he enlisted. He made n good *ol
dier, serving in f'onipnny K, *th Texa*
Infantry of Walker* Division, and the
*crii"* he lived through in that tnein
orable cjinflict, remained with him a*
an ever fr»*h memory until the time
of hi* death. He wa* a faithful (it
tendnnt upon the vfirioim reunion*, find |
had lieen to the one in Tennessee not |
long before bin death.
After the war Mr. Hell wa* married;
in ii bout I toil to Mi»* Jennie M/nnly. j
who wn* his devoted companion nn- I
jtil her death. I'nto thi* union wn* |
l»irn «ix children One girl died in j
ilnfiiiiey, one boy died when be was i
I n baby, and one boy died at the age
ief H venra. The surviving son* are;
Mr, II. K. Bell of Fort Worth, Mr. T,
P. Hell of Knn Angelo and Mr. (', A.
Bell of this citv, All th<*c were bere
before and nt the death of their f»tli»
er Besides the*e, there wa* onotller
ju*t a* <lear as they, Mrs, A. H. HraW-
iter of Bomarton, a niece «f Mr. Bell,
Her parent* died when she wn« eight
year* of age and *he wa* taken into
the Bell home nt that time, remain'
ing with them until she was grown.
Mr. Bell had five brothers, all Of
whom are dead. He had three sinters
and two of them are living: Mr«. Mary
Da via of Jefferson and Mr*. Marilla
Porter of HilUboro.
In 1HU0 Mr. Bell and family moved
to Baylor county. They lived for„.o
number of year* within half u mite
of the Bunuer editor's family, and
the associations of that tirau huv al
,woy* remained very dear to the writer.
We ulyaww have thought of Mr. Bell
u* a good man. He wa* capable and
made a good living for his family, bat
PURINA
JUST RECEIVED I FRESH Ml IF MIDI FEES IS FOLLDWS:
,Cow Chow, per cwt —$2.90
O-Molene, per cwt — $2.50
Hog Chow, per cwt $2.75
Chicken Chowder, per cwt — $3.75
Hen Chow, per cwt — $3.00
ALSO HAVE GOOD SUPPLY OF THE FOLLOWING
MERCHANDISE:
Lump Coal, per ton $14.00
Nut Coal, per ton * . —$13.00
Stove Wood, per cord —$12.00
Oats, Sacked (per bushel) —60c
Shelled Corn, per bushel —$1.00
Meat Scraps for Poultry, per ft> —6c.
Meat Meal for Hoge and Poultrty, per ft> —5c.
Seymour Bran and Shorts (Mixed) per cwt —$1.75
Corn Chops —$1.85
Mill Run Bran $1.60
Cotton Seed Meal $2.20
llirashed Maize for Chicken Feed ~$1.75
Maize Chops —$1 75
shorts :::-Ji.90
Eureka I loor Sweep, 200tb. Drums $5.50
Half Drums —$3.00
Smithing Coal, per cwt —$1.30
ROY WHITESIDE
Dealer in The Purina Products.
WAVW/yWAAW/A
Manner subscribers hnve been entend
log their figures in a very satisfactory
manner recently. We are keeping a
little memoranda on some of it, but
bnv« been short of room recently and
are getting badly behind, "With the
Subscribers." We'll get it ne*t week
or run ten page*. And the same can
lie said about our editorial column.
Ptvc room house and block of land
to trade or sell. Will take first |»ny
ment In good, work »loek, cow* and
form machinery. Price, #."iOOO.OO. Oood
time on part of it. TbW i* an eslra
nice place. Water and light connec
Hons, bath, garage, barn, chicken house.
Located in south Hevmonr. Come nnd
see ii*. DAfOHEHTV 4 OIBW. Hrv
mour, Texas. „
Mr. O. L. Forester has gone to Wich
ita with one of hi* boy* to have quite
u serion* operation on the latterV
throat.
Hou*e i C'™ *1
No. 1220 BANKS
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
WESTOVER STATE BANK
At Wastoyar. State of Ta*a», at tho Close of Bualnaaa on tha 31at. day of Dae..
1P21 published in the Baylor County Banner, a newspaper printed
■nd pablMM at Seymour, Texas, on tha 19th day of Jan.. 1922.
RESOURCES
Loans and I»iseonn»*. personal or r-o!!af.»ra! aai'ai
Overdraft.
Belli Estate < Banking
Other Real Palate
Furniture and Piature*
I»iii> from other Bank* and Banker*, nnd
Interest in Depositor*' Ouaranty Fund
Assessment fVpositnrs' Ouaranty Fund
TftTAi
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in
gt»rp!«e Fotsd — -
tMirkH Profit*, net.
Individual Heportt* s«il»>ec| to cheek -
Bills Faeablc and Rediscount*
he did not forget, the higher and b6t
ter thing* ii* life, and his memory
will ever be a sacred one to his fam
ily and to those who knew him.
In December 1005 Mr. and Mrs.
Boll moved to Monday, aail the. latter
died there the following February.
After tliat the surviving companion
did not try to maintain it home of Ills
own. H« lived for awhile with Mr.
Reuben Bell at Monday, then he lived
with Mr. Tip Bell at Bomarton, and
of recent years he has Nnd most of
the time with Mr. Cash Bell of Hey-
mour. 111* advanced age has kept him
from engaging ae*niely in eivlc af-
fairs, yet he ha* alway* taken an In-
terest in public affairs, and by close
reading of the papers he waa well ae-
>|uainted on qustion* nf world wide
lignifieoaee.
Mr. Bell had Ii red out more than
the span of life usually allotted to
man, and ho hod lived that time well.
It would hnve been very p!ea*ant to
hi* loerd ones and friends If he coald
have stayed with n* longer, but there
is no rebellion when the Father *aid.
' * It is enough.*' la a few short yearn
there will ngnln be a united family
and if will then lie Mparnted never-
more.
Bible school nt 119:00 a. m.
Preaching at 11:00 a. m.
(Subject '' Entangled' '■
Preaching again at 7:00 p. m.
But take nrte that the most of the
evening eervice will be devoted to
music. The largo cla** that has been
In training at Lively for the last never
al months, together with their leaders.
Will be with us. And we wonld be dls
appointed If practically oar entire mem-
bers, especially the yoang people should
not be present.
Let'* make thi* an occasion to be re-
membered and a fitting entry upon our
esteem campaign.
L. SWINDLE, Minister.
For Sale or Trade.
i-a*h on hand ....... — .
Ni<-e little form in 9 mile* of Winters
Te*a*. ISO acres, 100 acr»* in enttivft-
fion. Ordinarv improvement*. There
is a loan on this plac far I1d00.no doe
in Thirty two years. If 1-2% interest.
j Will trade for hoine and lot in Sey-
$52,507.46 mour, T-*a*.
SEE tnrOHERTY k «IBBS,
Seymour Texas.
200.00
2,711.S3
7,*7».14 j
4.10.00
247.38
TOTAL
• 15.000.00
1.500.00
mm
... 27J73AO
«.000.00
To Our Friends and Customer*.
Tf?£?ior:~-We, J. W Busbv, a* pr sklent, and G. W. Blake, as
t5K^ of U ^«»|r rtjM-Mast 1.
Ira I WtH'. «» '• V#
wiffimii h
mkM a«d aw ore to before me thia ?tb. daf ®f Jaaaary.A. p 1M2
U. B DICKSON. Notary FabUe. Baylor Oaatly, fata
m
We take this opfiortnnitv »o i ^
*i»u for past pstmnage and ask tbat
old customers as well as new, continue
to aire ns yoar photograph work.
1 Bill bosiaes* la better, I will aot
be found at my studio all tbe tlnw.
Anyone wanting work make a date nt
eall to rommereia! Hotel. 'Phone 7f.
C. L. Dow\ i no Photographer.
i WhHI.
With ber little daughter, aanl tbe isi
m JIB m Wmm in V
•e^dle la her kaee.
With The
CHURCHES
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
METHODIST CHURCH
Ktlll we gain; 232 in Sunday school
last Sunday. Lets make ft better next
Sunday. Regular services next Sunday
Pastor will fulfill his pnlptt both morn
ing Hnd evening hours. The hours for
service, are as follows:
Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Preaching 11:00 a. m.
Junior Missionary 2:00 p. m.
Intermediate League at 3:00 p. m.
Senior Leagne at 6:00 p. m.
Preaching again at 7:00 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH
intermediate B. V. P. V. 6:15 p. in.
Bev. Ira Harrison will preach for us
at the morning hour. Mr*. Stogner.
Mitchell Bros, sister, will sing for m at
that service.
Subject for the evening hour: "The
Stewardship of life."
Remember the Men's Banquet, Fri
doy 7 :30 p. m. We I wive a splendid
program and some great opecehes await
ing you.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ,
CaUin W. Yates, Minister.
Honrs for worship ore 11:00 a. nr. and
7:00 p. m. The presence- of all is high
ly appreciated at nil of tbe services.
Sabbath school at 10:00 a. m. Tbe
Superintendent greatly enjoys regular
nnd prompt attendance.
SENIOR B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
Doctrinal Meeting.
Leader—Wesley Harrison.
Scripture Beading—By Leader.
Adam—By Lillian Baker.
Other Old Testament examples of
Ood's Personal Care—Saba Doster.
Some New Testament examples—Tom
Ripley.
The Scripture teachings are God's
personal care—Zanzn Tompkins.
Ood's personal care is also taught by
His relation as Father—Elsie Swilling.
Piano Solo—Fannie Morri*.
CLASSIFIED SECTION
NOTICES—If you have any furs, don't
wait for better market. You may see
me at Me Duff's wagon ynrd.
P'l- WALTER COUPAL.
FOR TRADB:—Car, practieallv new.
for cattle. Bee DAUGHERTY k
GIBBS, Tlii; Land Men.
fOB SALE;—Residence and two acre*
of land in Seymour. $1,000 in trade
and #3,000 in cash. See B. P. SWIL-
MNO. 17-lSpd.
cabinet al
FOB SALE:—Kitchen
most good as new.
MBS. IIOBACE NICHOLS.
FOB SALE:—Fresh
B. B. FONVILLE.
Milch Cow.
l«-17pd.
See
FOB BENT:—Nicely furnished front
bedroom next to both. Private familv
tf.
call 148.
For Trade.
215 acres of land located 12 mile*
from Seymour, Texas. Good four room
bouse, extra good barn, cow sheds,
chicken house, cistern and tank. 80
acre* in cultivation, balance good grass.
The installation service for the offi I Will take good house and lot in Sey-
eera and teachers of the Sunday aehooljmonr. as first payment, and give good
waa line. We have a great body of of-1 time on balaree.
FOUND:—Anto tire. Con be had at
the Banner office by describing, pay-
ing for this notice and paring some
remembrance to the finder.
FOB SALE:—Some White Wvandotte
cockereHs, fnll blood, at #1.50 each
Egg* #1.00 per setting.
15 17 \fBS. JAKE HAYLEY,
Seymour, Texa*, Bt. 3.
NOTICE:—No bnnting will be allow-
ed in any of my pastarea.
**• W. F. WOODBUM.
FOB FIRST-CLASS barber work me
to B. K. Rhea'a barber abop, in baaa
ment of Farmers National Bank build
»»t- tf
fleers ami teachers. We are prond of
them. If we will back them up with
our progress and co-operation we will
have a great Snnday School.
Will you help make it aof Don't
r.*nd » children to Sunday school and
church, come and bring them. You
wonld not lire in n town witbont
ebnrebes. The ehurehes stabilises civili-
sation and make possible everything
worth while. A eonatry without
ehurehes is bouad for tbe roc!:*. History
verifies tbat atatement. Go to church
Sunday. We waat everybody who
should go to tbe Baptist church to come
worship with as.
Tbe aerviaaa ar* aa follow#: '
Mif BMNI ITtBr r'l. aa4
^i-m. -■•■.s *6 < >* r
aior *. T. F. C, »-0n «. *»t |t
.* 11*0*5 7 f W
Sec DArOHEBTY * GIBBS,
Seymour Texas, j FOR SALE:—SPRING SEED WHEAT
———— Here is wheat that can be sowed from
igh Nugent Fitigerald of October until 15th. of March. It at and*
Record New* motored over 1 more drv weather than any other *a
rietr. Does not fall down, neither doe.
It shatter when ripe. Will sell at 11.40
per b-jsbef. Special pri?? on ear lot.
"•« .1. F. KNF.7EK,
llegargel, Texa*
Editor Hu,
the Wichita
Punday and were gneata in tbe home
or Mr. and Mra. F. F. Fisher. While
b.-rr Mr. FlUg^rald arranged with Mrs
Lem Bellows to furnish social new* of
the town to tbe Record News. Mrs.
Alva Hill ia aaclety corrapoadent for
tbe Wichita Times, no Seymour ia going
to be well represent# 1 la tbe papers
of our neighboring *Kjr. In fact, al
ready other towns have been somewhat
jealous of the publicity we are getting
NOTICE:—Want to trade for Tractor
See ns at onee.
3. D. FONVILLfc and Hons. 14-10
The family of Mr. 3, R. Graham ia
7 proud of tbe bandasme aew
'Mat-horn* n:
ifcprovsd
ifc *1*. 11. i
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