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[XIII—NO. 35.
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r. Nabors' Weekly Letter
On the Truck Situation
W 1NNSBORO, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY MAY 12,1922.
WINNSBOItO NATIONAL
GUARD COMi'ANY
91.25 PER YEAR
Bruce W. Edwards, captain of
I exas National Guard, Company
— , wui.M v «,e . Inta try, hands us
,11 know thnt corn, if sea- extremely anxious that no chan-1 i. uw,ntr w th request to
ire right, will make pra- ce l>e taken in the matter of pU!^fh': w .. , „
• as ^ood planted now as ieed and tood crops. They say , NaVonal Guard Corn-
It is an plt' time for the if th# country fails to grow all ?a,?y r Winnsboro lias been
"of all the different vari of the feed and food crps it •derul|yirecognized and is mak-
fitld peas. Keep the peas can grow and is necessary for lr)g, raP,(* Progress. Thursday - - — r0„wu
lutever kind is planted so its use, there probably will I>e • , €ach Wcek is regular ">r everything that was for
ill sell to host advantage, no money to buy these another I night an<l Practically the! the betterment and uplift of
neas don't sell well. Whip- vear. In view of all the rain and' eatire membership is present womankind. To really appreciate
^ the biggest call for hardships to stand and growth dtnI1' . '£er ^ „had to kn°w her as a
"— • ihe state has leased the up- friend. She was constant ana
stairs portion of the McCrtory true and always threw the man-
building for an armory, which tie charity over her friends'
IN MEMORY OF
*iKS. liEN STOKES |
uJX a£a? been tru,y said that
Death loves a shinning mark"
and when the grim reuper in-
vaded our ranks and claimeo,.
Mrs. Ben Stokes for his own, A- K. (BERT) PATRICK
his scythe struck one of our FOR TAX ASSESSOR
brightest and most beloved mem
l ers. As a club member she was
always in her plaoe and stood
Edenborn May Buy
Katy's Shreveport Branch
Austin, Texas, May 8.—It De-
came known here today that
North Texas will probably get
another system of railroad and
.Mil, yet then- are others .:mt this spring up to this time
jitari' better. Black-eyed has given our country, we, as
[tUt little ere :m pea of dif- land owners, farmers and de-
(Quit man Democrat)
In last weeks paper the name
of A. K. (Bert) Patrick of Gold- that the Missouri, Kansas and
en, appeared as a candidate ror Texas system is to alienate an-
kinds, especially white pending on farming for our li-' ?s %u<1 to ]>e the ,,est armory iaults.
_ d<*8 has u wonderful vlihood had just as well take lu lexas- *n the near future No words of adverse criticism
M demand for feed and the situation as it is and ge: 'i u cornpan/t expects to make were ever known to fall from
fe can make more money ready for a good long pull to ocke,'s' reading rooms, and ot- her lips. We shall sorely miss
. thin land planted to peas set our heads above the waves.
I the land is suited for There is no surer way of making
Tnowth than we can by Lhe start thi« year than to rais«
I a I 1 . . ■ , /-I ir\ nrvf _ f rv f 4 t r\ 4P .1 if. . .1
her club features. |her and her place will" indeed
"The duties devolving upon be bard to fill.
the national guardsman consists | Wer life passed out peacefully
of a drill once per week of one and sweet, as she had lived
us and the summons
hi the same l;md to cot- M of the feed and food crops 1 f ar"' Per week of one ana swe
Re will pn ! il '• that we will possibly need that * 0ne , hours dumtion and amonK.
I no cotton to plant this we can raise. Take this as some'a 0 wee,?? encampment, once 'inie to
Lihr.nl fertilizer and we friendlv and nl tlit> tinw. I ^ year. I he summer encamp- of wormi
Tax Assessor, but we did riot
nave time to give his candidacy
the usual complimentary notice.
Mr. Patrick, Bert, as he is famil-
other of its branch lines. This
fact developed with the presence
of William Edenborn of New
.arly called, was born in Hunt P/jf008' a'ld his attorney K. E.
county. Texas, July 26, 1865, Mln*' *ho conferred with the
and came to Wood county with , .oa Commission and Assist
his parents in 1877, und has a Attorney General lom L.
lived here ever since. lie is 52 aM amp to ascertain what is
years old and has farmed all of required ot railroad corporations
his life. He never Risked for ofli- ln-f€Xas* , . ,
ce before. January 8, 1891, he Edenborn informed the
was married to Miss Minnie Texas authorities he contempla-
Shipp and to this union eight tes purchasing from the -M. K.
[without fertilizer and we friendly and at the same time
lit will ordinarilly make 10 .aspired advice for it iust ns the
[ even 25 bushels of peas, creditor pert of our citizenship
[house during the summer aees our conditions.
bt the pens in, pick and T| strawberry Cron
(them ns they are ready. auawoerry i rop
111 be bijjgcr money and Most of us growing and hand-
i the land. Another crop ling strawberries for the past
panish peanut, we have JO years agree this has been
ny calls for them lately he rainest hardest season we
[we could not fill because have ver had in all that time,
is exhausted. All this et our strawberries perhaps
iindnex i o plantjftre going to pay us as goon or
pdpennut I n. t ship better dividends than any simi-
ore of these seed out, but ir acreage we have this year.
1 all there is in the country "t is a crop that will sell. Our
J (or food and feed and country really needs 10 times
■ crop. The most important the strawberries we have, and
[now is the sweet potato, when we have planted that
|sweet ptatoes set and fer- acreage then 10 times more
] this week and next will than that, as fast a.s we learn to
rly sweet potatoes. If the handle it properly. Right now
' is suitable, seasons are we have a little too much acre-
iind well cultivated that age for expressing and not en
It to be our rioney crop, 1 ough for carloading. What we
dy diK them the last need by all means is an increas-
upst and through Septem- ed acreage for next year that
lor early market use, then j will permit carloading and at
k,r sweet potatoes for home the same time take care of our
' winter selling. 1 or 2, local trade.
her just in the bloom ehiidrpn wpri. iwirn four crirU ^ ^ • 'ts line extending from Mc-
— and four boys Four of the child- Kinney through Greenville, Win
ren are married the others art' II, °,10 a ^lu^l?,€8 Prin^3 ^
still under the family roof. His \ai?!;om' on . ®exas 'ine' an<'
encamp- ut womannooo. i nus was the eno
inent for this year will be held "Sunset and evening star,
at Ctunp Mabry, July 28th, at one clear call for me.
Austin, Texas. The weekly drill mny there be no mooning
is held at night and for each the bar
such drill the private soldier When i put out to sea.
receives 51.00. Non-commis- 8UC'1 a tide as moving seems
sioned officers and officers re-l_ asleep,
ceives additional or incroased T(?° t"11 for s°u d Jind fotim,
pay according to their respec-1 When that which drew from out
tive grades. j the boundless deep
"The government furnishes £ui!n a8®*n home.
all clothing, arms, equipment, Twilight and evening bell.
and transportation to and from,^nd after that the dark.
the summer camp and paysthere be no sadness. honesty and uprightness aniT
cach man and officer one days „,P laryell, ^ I promises if elected to give the
wife died twelve years ago, leav- ft Shreveport to connect with
ing a three months old baby. IVs a vay_ and Navigation
He has never remarriM but hns Company, which operates 840
reared his children and given
then a common school education
and they are all practically
grown now. Bert received bi>
education in the common schuv.rs
of Wood county and has lived
among us for all these years, lie
bears an enviable reputation for
pay, regular army pay, for their
respective grades for each day
in attendance at camp.
"The federal government will
When I embark.
people of Wood county the l>est;
For though out from the bour-j there ig jn him in thpir service
rr^ra„ . une ?n ^'ace- . j and to give every tax payer a
fhe flood may bear me far, square deal, showing no favorit-
miles in that State.
According to the records Mr.
Edenborn is the so]<* owner of
tho Louisiana K.'ilway and Na-
vigation Company, owning all
oi its stocks and l>onds, and op-
i-atcs a direct line from Shre-
v i ort to New Orleans, a dis-
of 808..> miles, besides
some branch lines. i
A strong impression was left
with the Texas officials that
Mr. Edenborn is sum to acquire
the Katy mileage described,
construct within easy marching'1, h0*1 to see my Pilot face to to ' ' on Tfierc arc no which makes a total of f 28
distance of Winnatoro a well , . . „ letter men than Bert Patrick. ?lTT
uipped rifle range, with lates:,have crossed the bar." His w(irrt is his Umd Consider "th.
' J *■— , . ... - ... . . , i.en that is acquired Mr. kden-
his candidacy for this important, horr prop(Jses ?0 build his rails
office and if you can give him mto ^all^s ;ind Fort Worth or
your support in the July pri- t there th h tracka ag.
improved telephone and signal i —Standard Club Beporter.
and marking systems, and wir.
furnish without cost to the sol-
dier all the ammunition he can
expend in rifle practice.
"Joining the National Guard
Resolulions of Respeet
to the plow all around
fthis country will find con-
ion cither as feed or food
fcan and lie.ist. Various sor-
The ground has a fine season
in it, as we all know, to our
sorrow, lets turn it to good ad-
vantages by letting any of our
can be planted to as' neighlwrs have what strawber-
advintatre now ns any time ry plants they want to set out
for syrup and hay crops.'this week and next free of char-
one year raise all the hay,ge and get a good community
country rm use. There are interest in strawberries. We will
thousands of dollars spfent not lose many if any berries,
Year ir V/i insboro trade by allowing the plants to be
^r hay, which we can taken out now. Get them along
Mwell ns the felloW that the sides of the rows from our
Wherfus, 'iVith has remoyed
from our midst our belovea
does^"not "in" any "way""Tnterfere; "?e,nJ,01, and co-worker, Mrs.
uwco rn/1, ill «ujr wu.y Mitci leie -
with a mans business or profes- i3( :, ,'M0Kes ana . .
sion. He remains here as a civ- * nereas. Our close and mti-
lian and is onlv called away to mai- relations with her for
attend the two weeks summr •• many years of club work, en-
camp. Men who have serious at a desire that we record ou*
illness in their families or whose, ®vp anc* respect for her, thrre-
absence would endanger their tore Be it resolved, that her
business or position upon pro- WIS" counsel and never tiring
mary you can rest assureo -hat
no man will appreciate it more
than he will and prove that ap-
reements, thereby giving direct
port connections at New Orleans
. .. . . . . , and Shreveport from North
preciation by a strict performan- Texas point/;lIld with railroads
ce of duty.
AMERICAN LEGION
TO GIVE SMOKER
The Carl E. Azbell Post, No.
m that section which have no
lines' to tidewater. He propos-
es to have a north Texas sys-
tem for tonnage movements to
shipside.
It is 82.2 miles from McKin-
ney to Greenville, 170.4 miles
IH to us. If th" seasons are old fields
per application may be released wrvice to the club will be long ^™ncan i^gion w,u no.a rom oreeimi.e to vyasKo
from going to summer camo If an: iovinKly remembered, and a special meeting Friday night, 19 * nnles fiom Waskon
iTan* Xr iSg thTco,'- -'T w"f """• .19th' « thc KnisMs . of ! k'SS o^er'l ^ f
pany, moves away from Wlnns- i^iPythias Hal1 at wh,ch meet,ng ( Katy which is also to be
bora he may be discharged by counselor and a dear and loyal
,, .. ..... A bis commanding officer. A man friend and member has left a
J I5! ' ave who belongs to the company, Viicancy among us that is ser-
wcttri set and grow cab- thoroughly prepared and set who desires to go away to schoor fwfuMy realized by every mem-
HmJJm r l7(i- where we thnT ^ully, then with good or on anyother business may be of t°uur cl"h- and ,s a.tdeeP
lanyard fertilizer to make' cultivation it will make as good fur]oUKhed for the time he wish- loss t0. the ent,re community,
round ncli. You can get yield next spring as if they had eg to })e ai)Sfnt I F5" lt
:;,hbasre' set been set out earlier in the year,; „The Compiir;y strength
p wis week and next, there provided the seasons are such
e Vr;kct for.jt that we can make them Hye thru ftreComing in rapidly.
JS pIa^ts- The the summer. This ordinarily canjrnum of numh(,r of ninety tbr^'fr'7ld-
iCnvt rny Texas wl" ^ d°™ iet th,8/arl^ Then "" is expected to be reached with- 1!«
mm < per, of uf .wh,° need a few .mor^ in the next few days." !co?>
crop after all the dis- ought to fix some ground and
further resolved, That
xtend deep and heartfelt
t earner in me year, «The Compnny strength is fNve deep and neartreit
le seasons are such now gjxt twQ men and receuits!sympatbi®* to the relatives of
make them live thru are comjn jn ,,apidiVi Thc maxi-;°l" fi,ear departed member and
it also resolved, That a
of these resolutions be
840, American Legion will hold from Greenville to Waskom and
com to
section
by the
. . . . , - taken
several important matters per- i complete from McKinney to
taining to the soldier bonus will 'Shreveport or from North Texas
be taken up. A smoker is also to the Mississippi River.
on the program for the evening' ^ri]\ recently Mr. Edenborn
■ completed a handsome general
and a good time is promised to . office building jn Shreveport
all who attend. So ex-service and he was concerned over what
men be there and let's work to i is required hv the Texas author
get that bonus. | ities. The Attorney General told
® I him that he would have to main-
Monday afternoon at the tain general offices and general
.. . .... v..c gr
that have come. This enlarge our fields just a little. M triat w
«to make fair prices and Lets pull for at least 100 acres WOMAN s 1K1AL Ih
now to grow tomatoes for strawberries for next spring.
BffiXuJr. fe\v E«" MethMl " Se,ling
— . Strawberry Plants
| A A OT
8^d. sometimes the
on theso is very popu-
.:Hn!or.e , peppers, both
fs! 1' We may have a
'•" market on these. Here
} a nutshell what
every crop that can
L. W now in safety to
h y, all
1 l0n)« to 'Si „nn'fKWi!lU M1 in setting strawberry plants
[^ peanuts we can git 0,d «T0™er* think thl8 1S 1
JShL??118 stock pure
ISA* piHntin ««
h* tn,V 1 a,)Und«nce and
I _ 'nick crona vrm r^i iit.>
DELAYED TILL JUNE
home of Mrs. A. L. Wilfong, officers of the Texas company
, - ... i Mrs. Wilfong and Mrs. Homer in Texas, as well as its shoos,
permanently recorded, also copykyejr guve a surprise shower He idicated that he could com-
bo given to the press and one for Miss Irene Morton. Forty ply and intimated that Green-
to the family of the deceased. frjends were present and play- ville will be the location for the
Galveston, May 3.—The case
i of Mrs. J. H. Allison, charge.
Pull off all the old leaves, with haying been an accessory
leaving the bud, cutting at least, after I he alleged murder of
one-third off the roots, set suf-| Robert Lee Kirby at Blue Ridge
ficiently at least spreading the over a year ago. was continued
roots out good that the hud will
just be above the ground. Great
care this late ought to be taken
The Standard Club,
Mrs. J. V. Attaway,
Mrs. W. W. Butler,
Mrs. J F. Vickers.
-o-
iiolding-Morton Wedding
crops you feel like
best method.
Blackberries, Dewberries anj
Plums
McDonald blackberries start-
ypt v%, L
^remainder o^ th^land edlodayTith T'crate from \V
E*n. Tins ouffht to hiln M. Chaddick's field, others will
u through. Our banker ^ co^inJf alon? this week and
1 *nd other creditors will dewberries and plums starting
-ner uod,tors will e5thfir thig week or next a
word of caution; blackberries
and dewberries must be hand-
led dry to carry good. Full
crates is the buyer's deligTit.
Let a few berries in every cup
showing just a little red so as
to hold up the riper ones. On
plums, we are going to try to
get these gathered direct from
the trees into the cup in carriers
do strawberries,
this program.
*or this Year as
f by °u«- Creditors
^"latTtn11'^ il is Retting
' of the 1 p ant cotton in
to wait navn t much
Qp to JSW l'11 th* roun<J
the Und tn
nmbU nf c?ttf>" just as we do strawberries,
i' ®ut thi H W^ether it will blackberries and dewberries,
'ood crr.?re niany feed They will not bruise that way
kdwith ft 01111 y* b«iand the pickers can stick the
yield ,?'r expectation of,ripe ones and set the cups as
he banks and ot- they are gathered and make up
ed Hearts and 42. After a salad Texas offices and shops.
course little Greg Wilfong. o
drawing a little wagon with an CAU(JHT AI.IGATOR
immense clothes basket covered
■ with p*nk roses, announced to | Will Gorman, better known
I the honoree, "Irrtie I've brought as "Spitter." caught an aligator
.. '.you something." The gifts were while fishing at Jones Lake
Boeing and Miss' unusually beautiful and spoke Wednesday. The aligator mea-
in the fifty-sixth district court I Irene Morton were married i fittingly of the love and es- sured about two feet and was
here until the June term off,Tuesday evening at eight o- teem of the bride-to-be. .caught with a hook and line.
court owing to the absence of clock at the^ home of Mr. and j ^ 1 fjjs friends are startled over his
bravery in pulling out the big
important witness who had been Mrs. Itoger Carlock. Rev. Blount, jgpp^^goN HKJHWAY
m • ( I a 1 M a . £ il. .. f « M /IM II •<■ 1*1 AT r I.
detained by the flood situation.
o
Singing School Closing
The singing school that is in
progress at ML Zion under the
direction of A. R. Fowler and
NEARS COMPLETION
Reports from Campbell are to
the effect that work on the nine- j
mile stretch of tne Jefferson
. lizzard.
BEHOLD MY WIFE"
AT AMl'Sl THEATRE
of the Christian church offi-
citing Mrs. Homer Weir sang,
"The Sweetest Story Ever Told,'
proceeding the ceremony and
Mrs. A. L. Wilfong played Men-
delssohn's wedding march for mile stretch of the Jerrerson a George Mel ford production,
the entrance of the wedding. Highway betewen Greenvillei"Behold My Wife" featuring
with over one hundred in at-j party. Miss Mary Evans was I and th Hopkins County line is [ Mabel Juliene. Being unable to
tendance, will elose Saturday j maid of honor and jyore hlue being pushed to completion as jjet the Virgin of Paradise this
night, May 13th, with some
good singing and a box supper.
The proceeds will go for fin-
ancing the achool. Everybody
invited to attend.
venson wore orchard organdy
I Little Virginia Carlock carried
the ring in the heart of a rose;
crates of these for short hauls' she wore dainty white organdy,
and we can use the whole crop, The bride wore peach organdy
at that. The firmer berries be-1 and carried Russell roses. Fol-
ing in separate crates for long-(lowing the ceremony dainty re-
er hauls or shipments. Thelfreshments were served. Only
plum crop will be a little better relatives and intimate friends
than we expected. Lets ta.-:e were present. Mr. and Mrs.
great pains and try to get fine Bolding have rooms at the T.
most money possibly out of G. Carlock home. (
them. I am going to advertise — —4— —
them far and near. I Mrs. Geo. Baber is visiting in
W. A. NABORS. Greenville this week.
organdy. Mr. Robert Stokes and rapidly as possible. The rock
Miss Loraine Stevenson were'for surfacing this stretch of
the other attendants. Miss Ste- road is being unloaded by the
county force at the rate of 15
cars a day. The grading of the
road is all finished, the concrete
picture will be shown at the
Amusu Theatre Monday and
Tuesday. Admission 25c and 50e.
J. Mai Moore, Sheriff, Walter
Scroggins, Tax Assessor, and
bridges and cuverts are all in B. O. Shurtleff, County Attor-
and the rains of the past few
days did not damage. Active
work of laying the rock is ex-
pected to be started in the corr-
se of a few days.
♦
Mrs Cantalou and son, H. L.
of Greenville were visitors in
the home of Mrs. Btrry last
Saturday and Sunday, return-
ing to Greenville on Monday.
ney, were here from Mt. Ver-
non Saturday on official busi-
ness.
W. G. Wilson authorized The
News this week to make his
announcement as candidate for
County Clerk of Wood County,
but on account of rush of work
a writeup is left out of this is-
sue but will appear next week.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922, newspaper, May 12, 1922; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268222/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.