The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1922 Page: 4 of 12
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—EVERYBODY IS COMING TO THE BEST FAIR
EVER HELD IN PARKER COUNTY-WEATHER.
FORD TEXAS, NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10 AND 11, 1922.
SPECIAL for THIS WEEK
—LADIES BROWN SLIPPERS AT $3.96—Good looking
Brown Kid Oxfords and One-Straps, either in low or mili-
tary heels, robber caps attached— - eo nr
REAL VALUES AT ONLY .........................................
GIRLS BROWN OXFORDS AT *4.36—Snappy Brogue
Model, with just enough perforations to give it a distinctive
took. Welt soles, rubber heels, perfect fitting—
SPECIALLY PRICED AT
MEN’S WOOL and FLANNEL SHIRTS
—These cool days call for some good warm clothing. We
have all kinds of Shirts and Heavy Pants to keep you warm
and now is a good time to lay in your supply while the stock
and sizes are complete.
—GOOD WOOL OR FLANNEL SHIRTS, popular- M Wr
ly priced at $1.25, $2.45 and ................................ gJi/0
GOOD WORKING PANTS, in Khaki, Corduroy and
Moleskin, priced at $1.45, $2.25 to............................
Our Sale of Ladie’s Black Shoes
—Continues through this week,
and it affords you a chance of get-
ting some good shoes for what you
would pay for cheap shoes.
BLACK SHOES in low, medium
and military heels, welt soles, good
shapes and styles—
PRICED AT $3.45 and
3.95
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BOYS' TWO-PANT
SUITS AT $6.95
—The best values you have ever been
offered on such High Grade Suits.
Each suit is well tailored, newest
styles and good patterns, has two
pair of pants, fully lined pnd taped.
REMEMBER THE PRICE «a
IS ONLY ................... OOidD
BOYS' SINGLE-PANT SUITS
—This lot consists of about thirty-five of our regular $8.00
Wool Suits in very pretty patterns and snappy styles. The
workmanship is of the highest order and they are well worth
$8.00, but we have too many of these Suits and we ftp nr
will sell these as long as they last at only ODidD
NEW FALL MERCHANDISE
—Arriving every week. When in town come in and try
on the pretty new Dresses, Coats, Coat Suits and other wear-
ables.
WE ARE SURE WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
W3VC_ HAAS
MTAniiiYo rnuun IfIcnMIEF
EAGLE SCOUTS WITH HOLE WHEN BfT GETS
BADGES OF HONOR SAND IN WHIH WELL
Earle Scoots. Du Kaox and Ed- A telephone communication from <
«in Hainan are just about two of'Whitt at noon Saturday to the Herald
the proudeet boys who ever crossed i conveyed the Information that the 1[
the Miseisaip” born in Parker coun i Halle ft Knight well on the ManOtinl'
tv or stood at attention while -badges lease, near that town, is now showing | -
of distinction were conferred upon better than anything yet discovered in
[them by admrilng friends or "Big the Whitt field. Saturday moraing
| Probers.” These boys the first to! while the drillers were cleaning out a h
( attain the rank of “Eagle Scouts” in csve.in the gas blew tha bit fronf the j <
| the Boy Scout troop of Weatherford
! were special guests of the Rotary
i Chib at Hotel Parker Tuesday night
hole, and the derrick floor was flood- ,
ed wish slush. However, from the in- i \
formation received by the Herald,
when the members entertained their 'there was practically no indication of
ladies with a nice program and sump-j°U ln the elush. The roar of the ea-
tious banquet. A handsome gold c*P*n* A*8 could he heard in the bus-
watch was presented to Dan Knox
as being the first Scout to reach the
pinnacle of Eagle Scout and badges
of distinction were presented both
Knox and Haman. The Rotary Club
purchased the watch several months
ago and held it in abeyance until
such time as some Scout rose to
the top and could claim the prise.
Rev. R. S. McKee presented the tok-
en in words pertinent to the duties
and to the activities of Boy Scouts.
Knox responded to the presentation
with a speech in which he expressed
appreciation to the club for their,
iness houses in Whitt, nearly a mile
away. The well is at a depth of afaund
4.000 feet, and excitement is running
high.
* The drillers went through a few feet
of the cap rock Thursday night, and
drilled only a short distance into the
sand when a 200-foot cave-in interfer-
ed with operations. They are now
busy cleaning out the weft and the
drillers are of the firm opinion that a
good showing of oil will be found
within a short time. The gas is said
to be what is known as wet gas, and
while no accurate guage can be ap-
.... ... . , . Iplied. it is believed that when thor-j'
abiding interest and general helpful ., . .. ^ <
loughly cleaned out, the pressure will ■
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Youth Rules the
F ashions
Coats are the Great :
Feature of the Week j;
watchcare of the Boy Scout troop
which has been under the guidance
of the club more or less since the
organisation of the troop
There were more than one hundred
present at the meeting, not includ-
ing the Boy Scouts. Some twenty-
five or thirty of the Boy Scouts were
present during a part of the pro.
gram. After the invocation by Rev.
A. W. Hall, the club sang and Rev.
T. D. O’Brien gave a talk on Boy
Scout life. G. A. Holland then pre-
sented the watch to Young Knox.
Miss Wheeler sang, accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Luke on the piano. Miss
Cartwright entertained with a violin
solo, accompanied by Miss May
Johnson, and received two encores.
Mayor Queen then presented the i
socn tell what can be expected of the j,
hole.
This is the third test put down by |;
the Haile & Knight interests. The
first, known as the Davis gasser, is
about a mile and half from Whitt, and
produced several million feet of gas
before it was decided to drill on oth- i.
er locations. The Bradley well wasjl!
then drilled few hundred yards south i J
of the Davis well, but was abandoned ||
at about 2200 feet. A location was
then made on the Mankin tract about
half way between the Davis gasser
and the town of Whitt. Messrs. Haile
& Knight, as well as the leading eiti-
s'mis of Whitt, have "never lost confi-
des e in the Whitt field, although
they have encountered a world of ad-
verse circumstances. They have al-
believed that oil was to be
: PRICED $26.75, S29.50, S37.50 ii
BEAUTIFUL WARM SOFT-FACED WOOLENS IN
BLOUSED AND BELTED LINES OF LATEST INSPIRA- !
TION SMARTLY SELF-DEVELOPED OR
RICH WITH LOVELY FURS.
5Zmmt wear wom£JL
“Trophy' to the Rotarian who had ways ...... „„„
beacfitted his club most by staying jfoun(j somewhere In that vicinity, and
away from the meetings more often j were so confident of their belief that
than any other brother. At the con- .hey never heslated to spend their
elusion of his satiric remarks, he! honey in sinking the test wells.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OPENS
MEETING AT AUSTIN
Austin. Texas, Oct. 2o.~The eigh-
teenth annual convention of the Texas
presented Rotarian Earl Hobbs with j A general feeling of optimism now j L'brury Association opened here to-
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MILLIONAIRE TEXAS OIL
MAN DIES IN CHICAGO
*Tv Associated Pr*»»
Chicago, II., Oct. 21.—Nells Eaper
M>n, aged SO, a millionaire oil man of
Houston, dh'd early today at his1 hotel
here. His death is attributed to oe-
i nbrai hemorrhage. He was a pioneer
in Texas oil development.
black cat delivered on a platter, j 'cvei'j aniorg tide entire ci.izen>.ii|; j lay, Librarian^ ^rom over the state
Much laughter and applause. The St that part of the county, who firmly I ire attending. Organization of the
mayor bad a joke to tell on u num. believe hat they are just about to see j Southwestern Library Association was
|ber of the boys, and oue on Eagle their fondest hopes realized. jene of the chief questions,
j Scout Dan Knox which tickled the J
sr ™
j mentioning the Scout requirement
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that they must do one good turn j1
each day, he said that Knox was in j <
(Dallas recently, when he was accost-
ed by a blind man. who offered him j
j fifty centst to lead him to a barber
shop. According to the Mayor, Dan |
NOTICE!
COUNTY BAPTIST SUNDAY ; Having heard reports from all the
SCHOOL CONVENTION Sunday schools, the convenion went
Into a business session to decide the
The Parker County Baptist Sunday place of the next meeting There were
school convention met with the First' three places asking for the next meet-
Btptist church of Weatherford. Sun-'log, viz: Pleasant Point, Center
day, Oct. 22. The Sunday schools not Point and Clear Fork. The vote was
knowing that the convention was to (taken by private ballot and Pleasant
be held with tha First church until I Point was the fortunate one, and the
Thursday, Oct. 19, the attendance and next meeting will be held at Pleasant
number of Sunday schools represented i Point the fourth Sunday in April,
was remarkably good. The morning' 192.2. The convention adjourned with
session of the convention opened with ( song prayer led by Rev. J. M. p. Mor-
a packed house. Afternoon session row.
'opened with a song and devotional J. 0. AR.MSTRING, Mod. Pro-tern,
service led by D. M. Ragle. | M E. PARK, Secretary.
On account of the illness of Mrs. (
Thompson. Bro. H. A. Thompson, the pir*t Baptist Auxiliary
president, was not able to be with us. j ■ he Ladies Auxiliary of the First
Bro. J. O. Armstrong was elected tem- • Baptist Church had an all day meet,
porary moderator. The program was H>K Monday with splendid attend-
nccepted the four bits and conducted !
the sightless party to one of the bar-
ber colleges where it is all free, sat
j hifti down in a chair and cut his
j hair himself and charged hiip an
i additional fifty cents for the hair
j cut Knox enjoyed the joke fully
(as well as the other kids.
Mrs. Frances Carroll in two char.
| actor songs, one of them represent-
ing a negro mammy, was fine, and
[pleased the guests very much. She
| was accompanied by Miss Hinnion
j at the piano.
The menu cards were written in
Scout dialect and was as follows:
CHOW
Goat Dumplings
OH BOY
Chicken on the Wing
Hot Rocks
j Crushed Murphies British Delight
Scarce Article
Java
) It was truly one of the best meet
I ings ever held by the Rotary Club.
| The members not only derived great
[pleasure from entertaining their
wives but were bappy in making the
Boy Scouts happy, holding to the
scriptural inunction that it is "more
blessed to give than to receive.’• T.
Wesley Hook was present and l|ls
work with the Scouts will stand
forever aa a monunient to his skill
and faithful labors in training the
young hopefuls in the way that will
make of them real men. The rotary
club as sponsors for the troop A are
also doing the greatest good that
it is possible for a club or organi-
zation to accomplish
-Mrs. Thompson, Tax Collector, will be at the towns des-
ignated on the dates given below;
| HILLSAP, First State Back, Tuesday November 14
POOLVILLE, First State Bank, Thursday, November 16
SPR1NGT0VN, Guaranty State Bask, Saturday November 18
AZEL, J. R. Walker’s Store, Wednesday Nov. 22,10 to 12 a. m.
RENO, ¥. E. Phillips Store, Wednesday Nov. 22,1:30 to 4 p. m.
WHITT, Citizens Bank, Saturday November 25 -
SPRINGTOWN, First State Bank, Saturday December 2
-I will be pleased to meet as many taxpayers and friends
as can conveniently be at these placs on dates mentioned,
and assure you the benefit of experience in handling these
payments.
carried opt as published and Pastor
Stevens of Beulah and Bro. Morrow
both made good speeches. A genera]
dfteusston was had in which a number
of people took part. Reports of the
Herent Sunday schools were made
splendid progress in Sunday
work over the county. "
ler awas again awarded to
ance. Four quilts were quilted while
the White Cross workers cut and
rolled twent badgages. Lunch was
served at the noon hotir. A nice pro-
gram was rendered in the afternoon.
All circles had good reports.
Miss Jesse May Kelley of Aledo,
it an operation for appendi-
Fort Worth, Saturday and
Courthouse Being Rewired
The county court house Is this
week being re.wired and new light-
ing fixtures installed. The wires am
being placed.in pipe or conduits and
the unsightly wires formerly me-
ed the ceilings and wails bare been
removed. Messrs Renshaw and Car- <
roll were awarded the contract. ;
JESSIE M. THOMPSON
TAX COLLECTOR PARKER COUNTY
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The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1922, newspaper, October 26, 1922; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth585116/m1/4/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .