Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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XIII—NO. 15.
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS. DECEMBER 9. 1921.
MNjpy *
innsboro Music Week
and Memory Contest
Jfw. McFather Dead | Music week January 1 to 8
" . will have a program every af-
t W. Mchather passed to ternoon and evening. At the
|jew*rd November 24th. He request of the harmony Club
I been in ill health for about -Wr- ^'v'« has secured that won-
ir He spent his last days ut'rlu' Picture "xlumoresque,
ie home of his son, J. W. ''H/.()}y <Jeal8 w,ththe -stn<K-
'ather of W nnsboro. His t, " ,a y°unff musician anu
/came suddenly, but he "otl.e. love Vera Gordon, play-
j P j. 1 i ir'if tne P«rt 01 mother is the
ready for the linal sum- m0Bt noled interpreter of mo-
of the Angel of death, mer on the screen or stage to-
ad talked al>out going oui1 day. Mrs. A. L Wilfong will
meet God with many of his IJ'd.\ the musical score for the
feds and assured everyone Cnlire. anfl the Harmony Club
1 « „ will give a musicale program
J he was ica ' Complete programs for Music
[Hie deal old lathei 1> men Wepk an^ prj/fl j|Ht ff)J. M|tsic
dtke i talic o* neaven and Memory contest will be publish-
m. lie had been a member od |.(t0i Watch f th 1
he Baptist church over 80 h
Are you an ex-service man?
91.25 PER YEAR
, . .. «re you an ex-service man;
• McFather was born April Are you a member of the Carl
1846. At about the age of Azbell Post of Winiuhnrn wo
1 need you.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
At about the age of Azbell Post of Winnsboro, we
(h6 was united to Miss Jose- von
Carraway, from which
,py union 12 children were
II, 7 bv s and five g rls. Six
fan survive, tney are W. Austin, Dec. 4.—The follow-
JfcFather, South, (la., C. L. ;officers of the Wood Coun-
pather, Axtell, Tex. J. W. iy Interscholastic League, elec
■father, Winnsboro, A. L. ted hv the teachers at their
■Father, McGregor, i'ex, 'J. institute, have been received
McFather, Carey, Tex, ana ;.>nd duly recorded in the State
fretha Griswold, Lovelady,1 off ce of the League which is
"he funeral services were "onducted by ,he University of
at the Baptist church Texas.
laid to rest in the Lee; B. W. Edwards, Winnsboro,
<terv. May Clod comfort director general, l\ H. Cat.ie.,-.
buried one and help us to Golden, director of debate, J.
et him in Heaven.
—His Neighbor.
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Baptist Church
M. McGee, Alba, droctor of de-
clamation, Supt. Kilpstrick.
Quitman, Director of spelling.
Ona Wood, Quitman, director
of essay v oting, C. E. Nesbitt.
K W. general evan Mineobi. director of Athletes,
ijst will preach at the Bap- These off cers have entire
" church at both hours next1 charge of the county meet
'day^JJro. Merrell is one of which will be held during the
(Treat men of God who month of March and winners
ed by everybody of every J in the various contests select-
omination. Let us give Bro. ed which will represent the
Tel a packed house at both , county at the district meet,
next Sunday. If your soul I which will be held in April. The
s for the bread of Life.1 League, as a state meet will l>e
rtie and ve shall be filled. The! the Twelfth Annual State
Hhrv sfrvic^s will b'1 usual. Meet h?ld under it sauspices.
>rrt. T • year the league numhei-
6 '395 member schools and
,ny'n..d 196 county organizations,
king that will ao to eat or. Advices from the schools of
«r to the car next Saturday.
W. Y. Pond.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
[The Rev. W. B. Blount of
Point has accepted trie
orate of the Christian
here, and will preac-i
this county indicate that the
work will be taken up enthusia-
stically during the ensuing sea-
son, and the county's share of
honors captured at the district
meet.
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Ladies $1.25 unions for X9c.
..c,c, «„u w... Ladies $1.00 unions for 79c.
*t Sunday at 11 a. m. and > Men's heavy ribbed underwear
I p. m. | regular 75c garments for ;>9c.
Sunday school at 10 'clock. 1 At Howell's Closing Out Sale.
A hearty welcome to all. j —0—~ 777
■ ' Men's Blue work shirts re-
Some business last Saturday j gular $1.00 values only 75c.
■the Bankrupt Sale, wasn't it. | Men's woolen over shirts at
'dl Saturday, Dec. 10th will wholesale cost. Men's and boys
'another big day. Maybe big-. Arrow collars 2 for 25c at How-
• 7 - . _ i«* rii A*.* QoIA
for we have added hun-
®s,°f dollars of new mer-
ndise to be sold at bank-
prices. Our wholesale
nd8 are backing us in this
'• Read our ad thru. R. J.
■fner, Mgr.
ell's Closing Out Sale.
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Men's Ladies and Childrens
over shoes and rubbers at less
than wholesale cost, at How-
ell's Closing Out Sale.
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Best quality 72 inch table
damask regular $1.25 quality
Every ex-service man will be ■ n.«.ntv in
>cted to advertise and back reduced te 7Dc. G^ qwllty t
American Legion Day, Dec.' 64 inch damask 59c at Howell*
to his fullest extent. The Closing Out Sale.
>n will do big things with " „ for
assisUnce. Beacon dress shoes for hoy^
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j^«t fellow that you told as
"wt havinv §0 muck money
\ in siaes 2 1-2 to 5 "£ ,ar
^ 1 [values far only $2#* at HoW"
iving
8P^nd and you (nought that
°f his rich kinspeople had
• remember. Wall, we look-
®at fellow up and we find
he owns four good cows
* cream su-pnrator. Now
"ext time you see a fellow
t has all the indications of
nt prosperous don'J accuse
n of inheriting it. For ten
he ia just making ns*
cream separator.—Giat
T*- ' j
you have any thought of
n* rain coata don't fail to
vaiucs iw ""v t---
ell's Closing Out Sale
4
36 inch pen-ale per yd }5c^
25c quality 1^** !*|
(>>od assortment cotton pop! n
to eloM JSt, J*
Howell's Cloaing Out SaU^
9 to 16 *• m-
spools best thread for
pearl buttons for 1^2 fgJJ
brass pins for 5c. 2 good n*0®
erchiefs for 5c. Ojw hour on ^
2JL!f ®*otliS?ltlextra«>rdinarr
bargains for'Saturday,De^ ^
See large vuga«n
rear, nothing hot bargains. The
Enterprise.
Fruit and Truck
Crop Preparation
With this splendid weather
'Mowing the rain nothing, in
our judgment, can be done more
profitably on the farm than
breaking the land good and
chlough, then terracing same
so it wil lnot wash away, where
needed. Did you reriize that in
d month the time of year will
t>e here for planting quita a low!
ji ieed. The first hair of Janu- j
-u y is a splerdid time to sow
joiiie oi our tit.gilsn pea crop, ■
and that land et«j>ecia<ly ought |
.0 oe broken, harrowed and rer-
tuized during tnus montn, so
..tat same w.ll t>e ready for
planting when the time comes1
and tne iertilizer incorporated i
.mo me sow. we will have the'
oeed peas on time il nothing!
aappens and now have the fer-1
i.uttit. Lets get ready ior a
uig English pea crop. We will
na/e both the eany Alaskan
and 'telephone pea seed. My
idea jS to plant alrout half the
acreage the tirst part of Janu-
ary, 11 the weather is favorable
and the other half the first
part of February. \<uit a num-
oer ot Mississippi po.nts ship
English peas by the carload,
why not T.insooro'.' Judging
ii'om the yields last year, which
was certainly not a very fav-
orable spring for production,
.nere is good money in English
peas. Ask J. L. Spivey how it
is done. He bought $1.00 worth
of seed and sold $50.00 worth
of English peas in March. Every
reader of this article can do;
the same thing, the season be-j
uig favorable, the propt. pre-1
,paraxon of the Ian6 art* care
of the crop being had just like1
Spivey did it. I couid mention
others tnal did wcH with Eng-
lish peas last year but this rs
the biggest yield icy the money
invested, that I heanf «>f. Also
the radish patch ougl-l to .w
prepared and planted along
about the same time that Eng-
l'sh peas are planted. Spring
turnips, mustard and other crop
that have a commercial value.
We are just winding up this
\v£pk marketing our fall toma-
toes and I must say has been
the most level and ^satisfactory
prices of any little deal we have
ever had, something like a
thousand or twelve hundred
crates all told in the deal.
Yours for better crops,
W. A. NABORS.
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Builders are well pleased with
the price and quality of the
builders hardware that we have
been supplying them with late-
ly. If'you contemplate building.
Get our prices.—Gist & Sons.
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A few pairs of shoes left at
extraordinary bergain prices at
Howell's Closing out Sale.
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FOR RENT—Farm, about 50
acres cultivation fine for cane,
com or cotton. Good 5 room
house, big barn and out build-
ings. 65 acre pasture. Running
water year around.—K.C. Ayer.
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P. S. Skeen of Atlanta, Ga..
arrived Tuesday night to visit
Mrs. T. N. Skeen.
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Rev. Wheeler, formerly pas-
tor of the Methodist church at
this place, was here Tuesday.
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R. H. Galloway was in town
Friday and made the News a
pleasant call.
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Mrs. R. L. Lowrance of Dal-
las returned home Wednesday,
accompanied by her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Brooks.
Who will spend the holidays in
Dsllss.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mst Preston
srent Saturday night and Sun-
day with their parwta, Mr.
and Wrs. J. W. McLeroy and
Mr And Mrs. Dave Johnson
While here they left a subscrip-
tion to the Winnsboro News to
be sent to them at Mt- Pleasan.
Time to Spray
Frail Trees
Winnsboro is falling behind
on spraying tneir fruit trees.
Pickton growers have been at
it for some time, also 1 hear
Mt. Vernon, Ml. Pleasant, Pitts
burg ai\f already spraying. We
American Legion Day
Saturday, December 17
MONTE BLUE IS .... " 7. . .. .
Attention is called to the big
LOVER OF KIDS two page ad of the American
* Legion in this issue. The Carl
. . . . If you are looking ior Monte Azbell Post, American Logion
have ha<, the spray material Biue around a studio and you is celebrating its first Ameri-
on hand tor some weeks^nd are don't see him on the instant, can Legion Day in Winnsboro,
selling some to other points: inquire if there ia a kiddie with an attractive program
but so far none around Wi '.ns- somewhere on the lot. If there that w 11 give the people of
boro. Whde some few are clean-] jns't a kiddie ask if there is a Wood and surrounding counties
mg and getting their orchards dog. If there ins't a dog ask a real treat. The merchants of
ready and have spoken for Hie if there is a cat or horse or a Winnsboro have loyally come
mule. If you learn there is any-! to the nid of the Post in help-
thing within a radius of a mile I mg with over a hundred gifts
that looks like a small boy orj to lie given away on Amercan
an animal, track it and you will Legion Day, Saturday, D«cem-
have found Monte. , ber 17th. A program consisting
. Perhaps he will be giving of bucking broncho riding,
As fast as you get youi or-1 an exhibition of walking on his the largest poultry show ever
chard prunned and ready for hands; maybe it will l>e a game given in Wood county, A pretty
the work why not do it, and get of basegnll in which he is in- baby show, tallest man contest,
that out of the way, your trees ~
saved from the blight and scale
and other insect pests, ready
for fruit crops if the season
. The way we figui-, you come upon him suddenly colored fights and some pro-
material and maciiine to sprry
their trees, up to this writing
not a man ready. We can't all
spray with just one or two ma-
chines in the country if we
wait till the very last moment.
dulging, sometimes he stands shortest man contest, ungli* st
by the hour and throws the man contest, prettiest girl con-
lariat to a group of admiring test, drills by the ex-seyviee
youngsters, and then again it men and Bov Scouts, five big
is favorable. The way we figui- you come upon him suddenly colored fights am
•d it out it will not take morel he might be arranging a saucer fessional fighters will exhibit
than three fourths to a cenLjof milk for a studio cat or sal- their skill. A platform four
and halt to the tree, owing[ vaging bones from someone's feet high will be erected on
to the size, to spray. Each cent lunch box for the property dog. Main strert so that the im-
At any rate it is a safe bet mense crowd will all be aide to
that if Monte has a few mom- view the many contests and
ents respite from one of his fights. Prizes will be {.warded
scenes he is playing with the in every content also the poul-
kids or animals. try show and baby contest. The
He pitches p bull to a small ladies of the Civic League nas
l-oy and grins. "I'd rather agreed to serve stew,, coffee
spend half an hour with a kid." and pie at a reasonable price,
he says, "than with any philo- to everyone.
sopher of whom I ever lieartT. The program starts at 9:30
_ _ _ The greatest ohilosopher can't a. m. and runs continuously un-
be done when it is too cold or; give you one half the faitii in til 11 a. m. after which you
whM) the wind is blowing pret- yourself or the contentmeii: will be given a chance to do
tv rVjuA. you feel when a small i>oy your shopping and also to se- ,
looks up at you with admiv..- cure your tickets for the b«an-
tion l>ecause you fixed h> i ib*' dreds of prizes to be givei
PS race* a Armup of tchHulyn away. It i* not necessary thaf
to h nearby fences comes you* spend one cent in /Securing
back a laggard, pr«tend:ng these tickets for the ptirfcs,
great embarrassment that tho' merely visit the stores listed he-
children are far in the lead, j low and ask for a free tieket,
"If you can't make friends | every person is entitled to a
with the children." he says, free ticket from ouch of the
you're a pitiful person. Ten mini many stores that are giving
ut.es spent witn any child I, away these gifts. Every mercn-
ever saw and I am ready to
*eckle the problems in the worM
or cent and half invested .n
lis may mean that many dol-
lars in fruit. We are going to
try to get many orchards spray
■d with one machine, so agai.i
let me impress upon you that
as soon as you get ready don't
ail to get busy with the ma-
chine putting on the spray.
The first of this week is fine
/eather for spraying. It cannot
ty
Vours for better fru...
. t W. A. NABORS.
New
s
■V \
less Telegraph
Telephone Installed
By tho Tyler Commercial Col-
Tyler,
ge of Tyler, Texas. It is the
best and most modem outfit
obtainable from the Westing-
house Co.. and has a guarantied
radius of 1200 miles. In or- ever saw and I am ready to ;1nt in Winnsboro will have
dinary weather, it will pick up teckle the problems in the worM their holiday stock ready for
messages from all over the Un-I^e rreqt°st e-'ff i1* wrinunction !<nd the Carl
ited States, and ;n clear cold v ' ' t Virerican Legion
weather, it is >osr«hlo tr < , . *' •"' * •mi pay them a visit
municate acro«:4 the Atlantic ^ iont ' >wn on that day. Rut
Ocean with the high powered j innumerable si ctesxlul photo- come expecting to enjoy your-
stations in Europe. nlnva. is considered bv many self and the American Legion
The news from the present the moat qvmpathetic r- aP,^ merchants of Winnsooro
International Conference on
Disarmament is being sent out
tor on the American screen. His wj|| ^() the rest. You art
success with the children nrove asked to spent one cent
by wireless and in our opinion fhet hf is int^nselv to be do- ^his day
communication by wireless tele-!''"'htfnlly boyish. He throws vnur ani^
graph and telephone will ev nt- himself with vigor into the joncP will lx absolutely free to
,,.. 11«* J..I.. *„i (toi*iniiu Unoinoau rvf nliivilHr ilII(? ......
not
on
for everything for
amusement and conven-
ually lie as widely commercial
ized as Morse Telegraph has
been.
At this time, a large num-
ber of wireless stations are be-
ing operated all over the Unit-
ed States, not only by the
Governme^ and by commercial
concerns but by individuals as
well, and the demand for op-
erators is rapidly increasing.
Excellent salaries are paid.
Many young people have al-
ready realized this need and
have inquired of us at differ-
ent times why we did not teaoh ,
this work. It is particularly were to be found seriously gig-
appealing to young people be'- ffhnK together or deep in con-
cause it is a compartiveiy new sulfation in a corner of the stu-
and unlimited field. I <«o. Monte's understanding of
Our initial class will l>e limit- the child enabled Allan Dwan
ed to fifty. Naturally, those to obtain^ some of the most
who first apply will be al- mpathetic kid stuff ever
lowed to enroll first in this screened.
work. Our teacher is one of the
serious business of playing and everyone.
placing hard. ! n—
"It's the only way to keep FORMER KAISER
ft and young—mentnliy and, TO MARRY AGAIN
physically/ he says with assuv-j
ance. "Catch a little of thej Berlin, Dec. 5.—According to
enthusiasm of a child and you thy Zwoelfhrhatt. former Em-
will throw off the years." i porer William has decided to
Monte has numerous delight-( marry again. The ladv of choice
ful scenes with little Mary the newspaper says. Is the wid-
Jane Irving, the six-year old ow 0f a high officer from Dan-
child in the newest Allan Dwan zjpr who was killed in the war.
comedy drama. "A Broken Doll' T^e newsnaoer professes to
Monte and Mary are lx>som have received the information
frends and whenever they were f,.nm a mo#t trustworthy source
rot working ori the set they
MARRIED
very best to be had and our
radio plant will always be in .... ... , _ .
the charge of an operator llcen- Warned «tthe bride s resi
sed by the United States Gov- M«nc® -on (Sunday^ afternoon
emment. Fill out the coupon be- A.¥b,e Richard s of
low and mail immediately so, Perryville and Miss Ume Car-
that vou ean enter the first! ter of Musgrove the Rev. P. G
class that ia now being organi- Waness officiating. A host or
/.ed.
Name
Address
Interested in wireless? ...
Tyler Commercial College, Ty-
ler, Texas.
.
Special music, a ororsm that
if interesting at M. E. Sunday
school, .i
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1*U nennds pvre eane sugar
friends wish this popular cot:-
pie much happiness and success
in life.
A
16'-j pounds pure cane sugar
for $1.00.—S. Q. Braden.
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Big things are planned for
Methodist Sunday school.
one of us.
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Join the races at M. E. S. S.
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William S. Hart at the Queen
Saturday.
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The Expert
Doc—"You cough easier this
morning."
Very Patient—"I ought to.
I've been practicing all night"
—Virginia Reel.
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WELL
KNOWN TEXAS
JURIST IS DEAD
Austin, Dec. 5.—Judge T. S.
Maxey, 75 years old. recognis-
ed eminent Texas jurist died at
his home here today.
Judge Maxey served as judge
of the United States court for
the western district of Texas
or twenty-eight years retiring
volnutarilv in 191«. He came
*o Tevas in 1869. He was a na-
tive of Mississsippi and gradua-
ted from the University of Mia-
for $1.00.—-Si vQ.' Braden.
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"The Fall of Bahylon" ia com! siasinpi and the University of
ing at the Amusu. I Virginia.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1921, newspaper, December 9, 1921; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268200/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.