The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1924 Page: 6 of 8
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THE FORNEY MESSENGER, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1924.
Madina®! Sp®lannsm
been a director of the Farmers’
National Bank of Forney and
for thirteen years, he has been
president of the First National
at any time; does not injure
the seed. It consists of thorough-
ly mixing two ounces of copper
cai bonate to a bushel of ,sed.. LOST—Between
Lee overalls, $1.75.
McCord Co.
W. C.
Michael S|x llnian is a well-tolthe dead of winter and they pro-
-do retired farmer of Korney l vided themselves with a v.ayun
and I’ri'sid; t of the First Na- to sh.-ep ii and to house their
tional Bank of Crandall, a live-1 commissary while they were at
]y and promisin;' an ietih tral j work'with ax, maul and wedg *.
(own in Kaufman county.. His: During iheir stay, the riwr be-
residenee in this tret ion of Tex- gan to rise and it crept upon
as began in chfldhood and be them o silently that I heir pa.--
I:as lived within the confines of -age to -afety wa,- cut oil 5>>
the commonwealth ,-ince 1872.' fore they aw tin ir danger, and
His career is one of especial in- they were marooned on an i
terest to those who view with land, holple-s. On Friday, their
concern the rise of tho-e whose provision s could be stretched
siicce. is accomplished through no further. They subsisted on
their own unaided effort, and hackberry balls from then on
Forney and
Bank of Crandall. He is a 6em- The mixing cannot lie done by Crandell a Suit case. Return
,h iat. and has served as a mem- ' -;h< veling; it must be . done -in to Messenger or George Banis-
ln r (If the City Council of For- (some kind of a mixer. An old ter at Kiplen Gin. Reward,
ney, on which body he has given bai rel churn or a concrete mijc-
behalf oi i er will do.’’ For further infor- FoR SALE—Good gravel de-
mat ton. see your county agent jivered in Fornev at $.“>.00 per
or write the agricultural col-
lege.*
excellent service in
his home community. He lias
also served a term of unusual
activity and usefulness as pus.
iden't of the Board of Education
at Forney.
h August, 1907. Mr. Spell-
man was married in Dallas
Southufitern Hell Telephone Co.
Sri'rnteinth Dividend
Tlii? rntular quarterly tlivifiantl of onr
dollar arul (jvi» rents l>«*r »hare on
Preform! Sf«4 k will !>c t-airi on Wednesday.
October I. fo •turknotder* of rooted at
1hr elo 1 Sa| iMBber
2 . IU*» |
K".\ N|CJtEKSO>
• • * * Tm»urrr
yard. Charlie
150-K5.
Hughes. Phone
I.ce overalls,
j McCord Co.
$1.75. W. C
Board of Missions Has Meeting
(Too late for last week)
A very' interesting meeting ot
B^araKaow'CTUian
County to Miss Carrie Huff- the Christian Women’s Board of
bines, a daughter of Charles ] Missions were held last Monday
I inf fines, who came to Texas afternoon. The program, led
Com Simpson County, Ken- by Miss InezJIudgins. was well
1882. Mr. and Mrs. planned and splendidly carried
i„ this report Mr. S,«llm»nN! imo four children| outT There were twenty-four
out of their pnduamc.it. Com.n a stU(lent at the | pn.sent. A reading was given
life work thus far is especially
)>) aisewort by.
a way
Hunger wa-
fast making .«■-, - ‘fndustrial Arts, Den-1 by'Miss Ellen Brooks while ap-
Born in Springfield, Wiscon- **oaf!s upon their sticngth ,n I klioion Thomas, and Mick. nriate talks were made by
sin, in October,
Spellman is the
Spellman, who
United States from County Gal-
way’, Ireland in the early forties,
having been born in that coun-
try in 1818. After settling in
Wisconsin, his father continued
there as a resident for some
years before and after the Civil
War, identifying himself with
the various kinds of work, but
chiefly of common lab<r
Though he possessed a fair edu-
cation, he chose to comjtete in
common labor markets for his
subsistence for some years
after settling on this side nf the
big pond. In early life, Th un >
Spellman was employed on the
railroad.
1858 MichMlIllirir case >*««. to appear lit-1 : tH<,lcn’ Thomas, and Mick.
son of Thomaa tie .Port of cHwpeiate Jr., who are home. The family
son oi i nomas * 1 ' 1 are members of the Presbyte-
came to the | Before they had hit upon any j .an Church of Forney, Mr.
practicable mode of escape,
help come from the outside,
maging their deliverance possi-
ble. One Mr. Crandall, for whom
Crandall, Texas was named,
knew that the boys we«e <| eircles‘Vlmn*'lias Mr. wSpellman‘,
bottoms, and he set amout to1
make a craft that might ><• used
in taking them off To bis dis-. of his youth in a man.
may when he launched the un-j that entitles him to the
s.gh ly craft it .sank, ^d he No element of
tound he must resort b. a..o her | ^ ^ c‘hance> or any assia.
mul'.'ijK.n 'which*' lie mounted j tafe f.r°n; °f'si,le ('UAvter* Jas
’ 1 n,. orri entered into his success. It has
vehicle* of!1)een evolved bit by bit from his
m ule the own ambition and native
Spellman having served as dea-
con in that body.
Few man in the community
or the county have a better posi-
tion, either in business or social
and he has risen above the un-
toward conditions and circum-
his son-in-law.
and this was the
transportation that
rescue of the marooned Spell-
In 1872, the father of Michael] man hoys. By Miaf time, Sun-
Spellman came to Texas, bring-1 day afternoon, the Jails were
ing a few teams and putting well nigh disheartened, and. in-
wit and ingenuity. He has for
y’ears been a power in his com-
munity, and with his family he
enjoys the confidence and es-
teem of the representative peo-
Pacific, which was then
them to work on the Texas & I expressible hungry. Arriving , IT
Ik ssm? £ ,'?E!
railroad construction was sus-j ing and a hearty meal, and Mr.
pended in Texas, he abandoned Spellman recalls today the an-
tho work and spent the remain- J xiety with which he looked fee-
der of dis life in farming. In wrd to tlmt repast. The delay
Texans.
Over Twelve Per Cent Of Wheat
Crop Smutty
“One-eight of all of the wheat
received on the Kansas City
market during July and' August
was smutty,” says H. M. Bain-
er, director of The Southwestern
Wheat Improvement Associa-
tion. Date secured from the
Kansas City Federal Grain Sup-
ervision for these months show
that out of “2,179 carloads re-
today with some'ceived 4,000 were smutty,
he restrained him-! “The past pear has been fav-
propriate talks were made
Mrs. W. C. Fulmer, the leader,
and others. The subject dealt
principally with work with the
young people. . „ ± .
WANTED—Located with L- J.
Mason, picking cotton, J-
Bellomv. Wants four team crop
fo,- 1925. Two sets of improve-
ments on -ame on shares. ( an ;
furnish self, also reference. Not,
afraid of work. J. J. Belldm.v j
in care of L. J. Mason
FOR SALE—Eleven Paire of j
Corneaux pigeons. Full blooded. |
For information, inquire at the;
Messenger office. J
I ask for and will appreciate your
Insurance
Business
Madison B. Brooks
INSURANCE THAT INSURES—SINCE 1902.
BUY IT IN FORNEY
1876 he established his family i occasioned in its serving by the
six miles southwest of Forney j offering up of thanks of the
on a place he rented, and hci kindly old gentleman for the
conti n; ! in (hat status as a ! safety of the boys, was scarcely
farmer during the remain.lee of! bearable, but when they sat
his days. j down to a bountiful repast and
Thomas Spellman married , must again refrain from indul-
Miss Mary Nolan in IS52, in ; gence while their host returned
Zanesville, Ohio, she being a thanks, his anguish, mental and
daughter of William Nokin, a physical, was most acute. He
farmer, and from the County remembers
Galway. Mrs. Spellman died in pride that
Dallas, Texas in 1S8“, and Mr. self until the conventions had oialile for smut and serious
Spellman passed away ai Forney been complied with, and he also j losses are reported from all over
in 1890. Their children wen** remembers vividly the joys of i the Southwest. In some sec-
Sarah, who married Richard that wonderful supper that lions the losses have run as,
Path n and lives in Dallas; Wil- terminated his four days fast, j high as 50 to 75 percent of the,
Jiam, also of Dallas, Martin, w in Following a long season of, crop. The decrease in yield re-l
died in Kaufman leaving a chid; railroad contracting, the broth-! presents only part of the loss'
Thomas, of Forney, and Mic’n-jers pooled their savings and, as the small crop remaining
ael, the subject of tin brief i ■- bought one hundred and ninety; sell's at from 2 to 15 cents a
view. acres of land, paying cash on I bushel below similar wheat free
Michael Spellman, ne might 1 the purchase of $800. This | from smut,
sav, was reared in thi
of a nomad. Cci'liii it
Over 100,000 Motorists Are
Now Enjoying the Comfort, i
Safety and Economy of
freefone
Full-Size
K
Read What a Few
efi Thera Say—
“Th«y rid* beautifully over my
kind of going.**—J. F. dicknell, Wor-
‘SSti'IcJing i j don* n"*»y with on w«t
cd,1' Geo. P. Bell,
cf<ng i*
it htfh
V airfield. A!**.
family
is that
tract forms a part of
main which “Mick”
he moved about with bis family now owns,
more than is usually the misfor- gother for
They continued to-
a number of years.
tune of a small boy, and the re-
sult was that in the matter <n
his education he was very much
neglected. He was ever in an
atmosphere of industry and he
early learned that a career of
labor was for him. He was am-
bitious, and cjiergetie, however,
'counting it no hardship to
'wo^-k, though he sometimes <>n-
dured and suffered exp • ’ mens
and when they dissolved pa"f-
nership, their holdings had in-
creased materially, Mick Spell-
man’s portion being .“57 acres.
This he continued (<> actively
cultivate until 1909. when ire
moved to Forney.
While on the farm. Mr. S|k>1I-
man built several bouses, a
mammoth barn, and at central
country home of ten rooms, al7
that he recognizes today as hav- [of which improvements served
ing geen genuine hardships, in to mark his place conspicuously
order that he might help i" the among the more advanced farm-
maintenance of the family. Gee ers of Kaufman County. On
incident alone will serve to il- moving to Forney, he purchased
lust rate something of the man- a home on Center Street, which
ner of the boy’s life. When lie he remodeled into one of the
was about twenty years of age commodious and attractive
he and his brothers went into homes of the town. Many years strongly recommended By ex-,
the bottom-of the East Fnkof Ugo, Mr. Spellman identified: peri merit stations and ot (tiers, isi
the Trinity in Kaufman County himself with hanking interest«. j better in many respects, Ft ist
to make fence rails. It wa- in and he lias for fifteen years a dry treatment; can tv done;
the do-] "It is generally known that
Spellman, stinking smut is sown with the
seed and that good crops cannot
be expected from smutty seed,
no matter how well the seedbed I
is prepared or how favorable ac,
the other conditions. Proper
disinfection of the seed will
prevent smut, and so much
smut all over the country ho one
can afford to risk sowing seed
without treating it, unifesw ft is
known to be absoluteuy free
from smut.
“The formaldehyde treat-
ment. which requires dipping,
floating or sprinkling the seed'
in a solution of l pint of form-
aldehyde to 40 gallons of water,
is dependable and will prevent
smut, if properly used. & simp-
ler form of disinfectant, copper]
carbonate dust, now being
“Non# of that tfrribSn jarring ind
jolting to the car >r to occupanti,"—
H. V. Nrtliay, RocJiforcl, 111.
"Fe#l sure drarre :r. tion will b« cut
to . N. ^ J. A. William*,
Nashville, lenn.
ilip even on
mderful."
Absence of nkiH or »li
d ir<i I * real
.Hy
i i t r
iv* more power, the car at«*r«
• ester and ridre eaeier.**- J. L. John-
son w a nrl
Al"«n T. Slmondi, Fitchburg, Mass.
“Have u*ed l**«a for«ame mile-
»«;« w tli more power.“ F. Davison,
(•rentey, Colo.
“1 be v
er and ridre eaeier."
, Nortbtield, Minn.
“The gee mileage is holding up to
20 milee oer gallon a* before." R H.
Avery, Bowling Green, Ohio.
“201 mile* through enow, mud,
bump* and water w'theut chain* in
IJ Sour*."- 5eue 1 bom peers, Hett-
inger, North Dakota.
'Boring in wear and •
ear «
Kira
a big
B«J-
faator in putting an
leone." C. A. Allan, Jr., 4'hiaaga, III.
*‘4# imlti an hour aver rough road
without feating any ehoch whatever.*'
Harry A. Dorman, Ssaremente, Cal.
“Good for an aaarage a# tan mile*
more per hour ever bad rood*."
Kirk Brawn, Montclair, N. J.
mile* an denisnelreter ear
with •* much mileage left to run.'*—
Conrad A. Smith, Boston, Mere.
lSK any owner of full-size Balloon
Gum-Dipped Cords about the com-
fort., safety and operating economy they
are giving him. Let his exneriences give
you the facts about these wonderful
tires. His comments will match these
almost word for word.
There are hundreds of thousands of Firestone
Gum-Dipped Balloons on the road today. Wher-
ever you drive you see them—and you cannot
hflp but notice the new enjoyment these owners
are getting from their cars.
Th:s immensely increased production has
brought about many manufacturing economies,
which you can take advantage of today by equip-
ping your car with Balloon Gum-Dipped Cords.
Firestone Dealers are quoting special net
prices on the complete job. Trade in your old
wheels on a new set built for full-sise Balloons.
In addition get our liberal rebata on your
old tires.
Equip now for comfort and economy— as well
as for the safety and better car control you will
need this fall and winter.
Call on the nearest Firostone De*lar for in-
formation- for your price- and for a quick,
carefully-engineered changeover to real Gum-
Dipped Balloons.
•AMERICA SHOULD PRODUCE ITS OWN RUBBER” —
Ju.d*ge* It Must Have Been:On The Catskill Line-iyliBr,
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Rohde, W. L. The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1924, newspaper, September 18, 1924; Forney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988283/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .