The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1923 Page: 1 of 6
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1923
Danger versus
Safety
Money at home is at the risk of fire
or theft.
You can leave it in this bank.
—and do away with all that risk or
chance of loss.
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DEPORT, TEXAS
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THE OLD RELIABLE
I PARENT-TEACHERS STYLE
SHOW IS .WELL ATTENDED
The Style Show pot on by the
hrent Teachers Association at
the auditorium Thursday even-
ing of last week was greeted by
f a splendid audience when the
mall amount of publicity it re-
cited is considered. Receipts
mounted to $54.25, admission
(barges being 15 aud 25 cents.
The Deport Orchestra and Miss
Leona Shuman supplied music
lor the occasion. In addition to
the regular feature of the Jiggs
family, there was a one-act plsy
Of domestic relations in an old
•Oman’s home, the characters
being Misses Edna Earle Thomp
•oo, Ruth Grant and Mrs. W. J.
Holloway. It brought peals of
hoghter.
Jiggs, Maggie, the daughter
*od the style show were a
•cream. The daughter desired to
purchase wardrobes to be used
•ticbool, and living models were
wed to display them, the suits
»od dresses being supplied by
iocal dry goods stores, and the
hrniture from the store of J. M.
Gwnt. They made splendid
•bowings. Joe Barham as Jiggs
kept the house in an uproar try-
b* to flirt with the models, while
ki*s Mary Dee Thompson as
k*ggie, and her ever-ready roll-
kbfpin kept him subdued when
bio conduct could not be over-
looked. The daughter also de-
•ked the services of a teacher
•Jexpression, and Misses Una
Hfers and Martha Llgon gave
^•ngs and responded to en
eores. Jiggs jn8j8ted that both
°i them be employed, and they
*ere engaged.
MEDICAL SOCIETY INVITES
PUBLIC TO ITS MEETING
Public health problems of vita)
interest to the people of Deport
and neighboring towns will he
discussed at the High School
Auditorium by members of the
Lamar County Medical Society
Thursday evening, Nov. 1, be-
ginning at 7:15. This is an open
meeting of the society; there is
no admission charge and the
public is cordially invited to
attend. Health problems affect-
ing every man, woman and child
in this section will be discussed
by able speakers, and everyone
should attend, especially fathers
and mothers.
DEPORT HIGH DEFEATS
ANNDNA, SCORE 40-0
Deport Hi defeated the Anno
na eleven Friday afternoon on
local grounds by a score of 40 to
0. |The game was one sided from
the beginning, Deport making
two touchdowns in the first
quarter. Roth teams played
good football, and the Deport
l players trying to redeem the bad
playing they did last Friday
week when defeated at Lone Oak.
Annona has a clean team and did
excellent work, Friday being
their drat game. Each player
did work that is worthy of men
tion. In the first of the game
Deport kicked to Annona, who
only gained a few yards, and be-
ing held on their ten-yard line
for three downs, attempted to
punt. The punt was blocked and
Middleton for Deport ran for a
touchdown, making Deporl’s
first score. Near the end of the
: first quarter Roberts for Deport
j received a pass and ran 30 yards
I for a touchdown. At the first of
I the third quarter Barnes for
Deport received a long pass and
ran 30 yards for a touchdown.
This was the first game Barnes
had played with the first team
and he certainly did some good
work, making another touch-
down near the end of the game
by receiving a pass. The other
scores were made by Williams
and Oliver, Williams making a
touchdown around right end and
Oliver plunging the line thru
center for one. Our next game
will be played Friday at Cooper.
Has Trouble With Negroes
Constable Norman Whitsell
had trouble with two negroes in
Deport Saturday while endeavor-
ing to collect fines which had
been assessed against them. It
is said both were very impudent
and sassy about the matter and
refused to pay. The constable
knocked one down with a gun
and the other ran. Several shots
were fired in an effort to atop
him, but they only increased his
speed. _
Geeae are Going South
Weather the past week has
been damp and threatening.
Not a great deal of rain has
fallen, but just enough to make
it disagreeable. Precipitation
8nnday evening amounted to
almost an inch, and Tuesday
morning there was a fresh north-
er on hand. Ducks and geese
were seen going south just ahead
of it on Monday.
Red River Changing Its Channel
Mr. Farmer
Haul your Feed while roads are good. We
have plenty of good Oklahoma and north-
ern-grown com and maize in transit.
Now in Stock
Hay, Bran, Sweet Feed, Shorts, Chops,
Shelled Com, Seed and Feeding Oats,
Hulls and Meal.
S®* u* Before Buying-Weights Guaranteed
Ausmus & Jeffus
In the recent rise in Red River,
U. H. Sharpe lost about 300
acres of land on the Texas side
from caving. The river had
eaten into his land at such an
angle that he realized that an-
other big rise would take away
several houses and buildings,
and when the report of the rise
two weeks ago was heard he tore
the buildings down and moved
them farther away from the
river to save the lumber. A well
on his place is now in the middle
of the river and Oklahoma land
owners are now 200 to 300 acres
richer in land.
MRS. 0. F. ALLEN DIES
SUDDENLY AT HALESDORO
Mrs. B. F. Allen died sudden-
ly at her home two miles south
of Halcsboro Monday. The fun-
eral was conducted Tuesday by
Revs. J. E. Peaden of Bogata,
and Ohas. E. McLeroy of Deport,
and interment was made at the
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Miss Della Walker was born
April 15, 1887 at Olio, Brown
County, Texas, and at the age of
12 years made a profession of
faith and united with the Method-
ist Church. She was married
to Rev. B. F. Allen Aug. 3, 1905,
and in 1918 united with the Bap-
tist Church. Ten children were
born to her, nine of whom with
her husband survive. They are
Vera, Thomas, Hubert, Mildred,
Ellie Lou, Alvin, B. F. Jr, Lloyd
and Floyd. She also leaves a
father and step-mother. Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Walker of Greenville;
three sisters, Mrs. E. T. Meds-
sker of Deport, Mrs. W.'L,
Hicks of Greenville, and Mrs. R.
G. Morroney of Shreveport, La.;
two stepsisters, Miss Uhoda
O.iver and Mrs. J. II. Westbrook
Jr. of Deport, and three step-
brothers, Eli and Marvin Oliver
of this community and R. C.
Oliver of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Alien was a gobd woman,
and there is much sorrow in the
community over her death. Be-
reaved relatives, especially the
father and children, have the
deep and abiding sympathy of
our people.
Kemp Gets Thirty Years
Ginning Report Heavy
The report of C. O. Crook,
who furnishes the gin statistics
to the census bureau at Washing-
ton, D. C., Lamar county shows
that up to October 18 there were
45,964 bales ginned in the county,
as compared with 42,703 bales at
the corresponding date last year.
Two months ago it was figured
that the total yield of the county
this year would be about 40,000.
The indications now are that it
will be considerable in excess of
50,000 bales.__
Compliments Citizens of Deport
Burrell Kemp, negro, was
found guilty on a charge of being
an accomplice to the slaying of
Otis Rallai\d and. was given a
sentence of thirty years in the
penitentiary by a jury in the
district court at Mt. Pleasant
last Thursday. Clem Gray,
sentenced to death on the charge
of killing Ballard, filed & motion
for a new trial, but this was
overruled. Cases of George
McKinney and Paul Keith, on
charges relative to the tragedy,
were passed to the January term
of court.
Talk It Over With Him
Since the boy of today is the man of to-
morrow, you owe it to him as well as to
yourself to talk over the problems of
life with him and give him the benefit
of your experience.
One of the most vital lesson? is that
taught by the Bank Book. A marked
step in your boy’s life is recorded when
you show him the value of a Saving
Account.
We invite you to come here and have
your talk where surroundings will give
added weight to what you say.
3MdtMale
A GUARANTY FUND BANK
TITUS COUNTY BUILDING
ROAD TO SULPHUR CREEK
Titus County has started con
struction of a good dump and
gravel surfacing on the Choctaw
Trail between Talco and Sulphur
bottom, according to the Mt.
Pleasant Times-Review. This
will complete the work of a hard-
surfaced highway on the Choctaw
Trail from one county line to the
other. It is now up to Red
River County to complete its
part of this highway to the bot-
tom and ask the state for aid in
constructing a concrete slab and
a good bridge. The Choctaw
Trail is a very im|>ortant state
highway, but there are times
during the rainy season of the
year when Sulphur bottom is
absolutely impassable.
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DEPORT JUNIORS DEFEAT
ROXTON JUNIORS 13 TO 0
Big Crowd Here Saturday
Saturday was Dollar Day in
Deport, and local merchants en-
joyed the largest day’s business
of the buying season. Shoppers
were here from all directions,
threatening weather appearing
to have little effect on the visit-
ors. It was a good natured
crowd, and everyone appeared to
enjoy himself. Offerings of spec-
ial bargains for one dollar were
irresistible, and there was much
buying of ‘Tall and winter sup-
plies. _
Buggy Thrown from Bridge
Loses Another Pocketbook
Uncle Bill EuJy lost his purse
last Saturday containing several
dollars, but after making inquiry
he learned that Marvin Nobles,
who is employed at the Farmers
Gin, had found it, and it was re-
turned to him. Several years
ago Uncle Billy lost a pocket
book while gazing at some of
Dallas’ skyscrapers; this time
there was a hole in the pocket in
which he put the purse—a big
one.
Undergoes Operation
The Junior beys of the Deport
High School proved their ability
at football Thursday of last week
when they defeated a junior team
from Roxton by a score of 13 to
0 The game was played on lo
cal grounds and the players for
botli teams did good work. The
first scores were made near the
end ot the third quarter, when
McKinney for Deport received a
forward pass ar. 1 ran 40 yards
for a touchdown, Westbroon
kicking goal. Marshall made
the next touchdown on an end
run around right end. Roxton
has a good junior team and show-
ed excellent team work.
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Black Land Potatoes Good
George VV. Grant jif Rugby,
brought three sweet potatoes to
town that weighed 14 1 2 pounds.
They were of the Porto Rico va-
riety and grew on his home place
at Rugby, where the blackest
land en Blossom Prairie is to be
found. Mr. Grant contends that
anyone can grow most anything
on the black land claims of the
sandyland farmers to tiie con-
trary notwithstanding.
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Texas Federation News, pub-
lished monthly by the Texas
Federation of Women’s Clubs of
Texas, in Its October issue, com
pliments highly the Deport Bay
[View Club and the citizenship of
[ Deport for winning the Stale
prize for the best Citizenship
day program held on July 4,
1922. The Club was also ^ward
ed the Lindsey loving cup.
Sanitarium Being Repaired
The Deport 8anitariom has
been undergoing repairs the
past week. The old roof was
torn off and a new one added,
and other Improvements are
being made. Jhia inatitation ia
gradually getting into oondltion
to render a real aarvtoa to the
afflicted of this community.
While driving home from town
Sunday night Lloyd Sparkman
met with an accident. Driving
onto a bridge where a car had
been stopi>ed caused one wheel
to run off the bridge. Mr.
Sparkman’s horse became fright-
ened at the car and turned the
buggy off into the creek, smash-
ing the vehicle up considerably.
No serious damage was done.
Reeves Wants Vindication
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John J. Reeves, former Titus
county sheriff who was ousted
from office by the courts recent
ly on charges of accepting mon-
ey from bootleggers and selling
whiskey, announces In the Mt.
Pleasant Timet-Review that he
will be a candidate for tba same
office cart year. llr. Reeves
claimed he was Vframed.”
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Mrs. W. P. Duncan of Paris
underwent an operation in that
city Saturday for the removal of
a tumor. She is reported to he
in a serious condition. Mrs.
Duncan is a sister to Mrs.
Frankie Nobles, Mrs. V. C. Oliver
and Jeff Terrell of Deport.
Dead at 94 Years of Age
W. L. Baughoand family, Mrs.
G. C. Haoghn and S. H. Bell
went to Detroit Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Ellen Grimes,
who died at that place Saturday.
She was 94 years of age at the
time of her death and about a
week previous fell and dislocated
her hip. She was known to
many people in this community.
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Our Drugs are the Best
There is real satisfaction in knowing that you can
come to our Drug Store and get the highest qua!
ity drugs and medicines at all times.
And when you bring us your prescriptions, you
can be assured they will be filled with pure, fresh
drugs, and as quickly as possible consistent with
the necessary care in compounding them Fur-
thermore, they will be filled by a Graduate Pharma-
cist—nobody else Dlls prescriptions at our store.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Thompson Drug Sityre
Prescriptions a Specialty
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1923, newspaper, November 2, 1923; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912398/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.