Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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WINNSBORQ, WOOD COUNT Y, TEXAS, FRIDAY JULY 21, 1922
ie Railroad Strike and
the Marketing Situation
h „ matter of fact we have
U^n greatly scared and ri-
ft so on the transportation
iition. Up to date how-
I" ^ere has been no grious
cars have got
up in transit and nearly
th?m a half a day late,
j fcw have shown somewhat
Tipenfss, as a result of this
the refrigerators getting
on ice doubtless, but upon
j whole I believe we are going
Ift through with a minimum
i in so far as transportation
e<mc?ny d. However, this
mid all change to the worse
it day and it is necessary to
on tho watch and in touch
fetli the car situation.
Markets
Then' seems to be a fairly
I demand for watermelons ot
iin sizes. Yet our pay will
gether depend on the time
growing the products take, In
view of the slowed up transpor-
tation problem. Last Thursday
when we were informed this di-
vision of the Katy has only 5
active engines to transport both
.jassenger and freight service we
necessarily suspended casn pay-
ments, but continued loading,
giving our due bills subject to
delivery of the goods instead of
-he cash. This we^k we ae pay-
ing ail of last weeks receipts al-
inough there was littb damage
to some few of the cars and
some delay but not material wo
trust, and we would rather talce
the whole loss, wh';re there is c.
loss, th'an to undertake an ad-
justment. Of course if the loss
proves serious we will have to
adjust.
Some have asked why we
could pa ycash for the water-
11.25 PER YBAJR
No Joy Riding on his Side of the Fence
CO Al
STRIKE!
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AUTT)C**n « SE*VIC ft <
Big Jersey Rally
at Greenville
. , melons as they are delivered and
ie cars make to marjket. We not the refrigerated stock, whi
• not taking much chances onjch j8 really explained that if a
[hauls, placing them, as well refrigerated car gets delayed
wry thing else at th - ..os'st an(j ouj. 0f jce ^ 800n ruins,
nts
that will take the; whereas a car of watermelons
in general. The cantaloupe (can stand two or three days rte-
■irket has been badly shot tOrjay jn transit with a minimum
T-*1 fxas p^intfLw,it!2 1110 i damage to no damage at all.
Chamber of Commerce
Will Furnish Election
Returns Saturday Night
is evidenced
large crowd
by the
that
extremely
was in town
or less home grown but es-
eially California cheap can-
taloupes as well as those from ( rjve anrj deiiver the good in good
infonna stock that is ordinal, merchantable shape your money
i Just as fast as these refriger-
ated cars and express cars ar-
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Iflypreferred to ours and just as,u.m be ready for you according
Iweap to cheaper, nctwithstand- to the purchase pric0. This is
la? the long haul that those com a„ and , am sure as much a.s
1ft* P°Ints have to make. : any fair mjnded grower will ex-
I re never has in the history t When a pressing nesessl-
of wcoiintry been such a tre- t arrigea we vary from this ru
R* ,anta IT 55S p,ant: le and accommodate tho grower
|t yer 1M ' With the C*"N- rOT,tinUr
In general we are finding a
and for everything that we
|an get our hands on that is
chantable, whether fruits or
I vegetables. We need all of your
jfrapes, fig's, peaches, cooking
|apples, tomatoes cantaloupes,
this until the
problem gets more normal.
W. A. Nabors Fruit Co.
-o-
Arrangements for both State
and county ehction returns
have been made by the Cha-
mber of Commerce and th.y will
be displayed in front of the Ch- too, leatured some in the wa>
a.nber of Commerce building of the crowd. Winnsboro rnerch-
Saiuroay night. The public gen- ants appreciate the liberal pa-
erally is cordially invited to tronage that is being given the
come to town that night and en- i>y out of town lriends. While
joy the festivities occasioned by their stocks are complete in ev-
the election returns. i ery line now, much larger stocks
| will b carried by them as the
Dollar Day Sale in Winnsboro fall season approaches whereby
last Saturday met with the usu the rt">st fastideous can be plea*
transportation' al success. Many people were in ed. Continue to do your trading
town and much trading done in Winnsboro.
The date for the nexi Dollr Day
Sale has not been set but will Notwithstanding tho intense
The American Jersey Cattle
Ciuo lias just rccen.ly arranged
.or u iicpiesenu tive Iron, the
on ice, to vu>it Texas and
show some oi the merits oi the
Jersey cow.
Several of the counties are to-
gether in this Demonstration
in order to get this before the
public.
Mr. J. Riley Green of Wolfe
Cii,y, known ali over this state
as a Jersey enthusiast has just
lx.en appointed by the club as
chairman for a demonstration
and "Get-to-get her" of breeders
and Jersey Lovers in the coun-
tis of Hunt, Fannin, Hopkins
and Wood. This meeting will be
at Greenville, Hunt county, on
Monday evening, Juy 24th.
Mr. J. D. Canan, Chief Field-
man of the A. J. C. Club has ar-
ranged to be there on the above
dale and meet the breeders and
Jersey men to give practical de-
Amoung the numerous pre-' monstrations for the Jersey as
nuptial courtesies extended to a practical milk and butter cow.
Miss Kelly, the bride of last He wil1 he ff'ad to meet all in-
i week, a miscellaneous shower' t^™?ted in. fi"e
. , _ , , i uid be a mingling of all the Jer-
given by Mmhmes Carlock, ln the above counties
MMre. Southerland and M.aa iyj tlw 1>rwdera a
e Glh50n ™ <" <* «* renewed energy and interest in
Saturday who were taking ad- < taring were served to fruit pun-
vantage of them. Dollar Day Sal: ch by Louise Carlock and Eliza 1
beth Suiter. A very clever di-|
version in the form of,
to the Bride," followed u.v tut. Rether with the Hunt County
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COURTESY TO MISS KLLLY
mostunipue. The guests on en-|this wonderful dairy breed and
i at the same time develop others
into Jersey fanciers and breed-
ers,
advice, chai|ryTian ^fr. Green, to-
by the [
writing of favorite receiptwM iV'&^meree, the Jun-
enjoyed by the guest. These
were pesnted to the honoreo In
BAPTIST CHURCH probably be the last Saturday i.i situation of the railroad strike
August. If plans that we ai" car load shipmnts of fruit have
Revival meeting will begin at working on now are carried out continued daily from here since
the Baptist Church Sundav. \ the next sale will be the biggest the season opened. Monday of
l* termelons and a fair amount |5ro> Nenney of Clarksville will , event of the season. Watch for this week the shiping of water
WjWen hl&ckeyed, cornfield he with us and do the preach-; the announcement of it through melons began. This crop is one
his singer the columns of the News. the largest ever produced
: and if iit Can be gotten to the
That the sales that the Winn-1 market will net the growers a
sboro merchants have on are 'nee profit so we are informed,
attracting wide spread attention O. Marvin Thomas, Secy.
ing. He will bring j
with him. Everybody has a free
pass in this meeting. Come and
do all the good vou can.
Pulpit Committee.
I*- cornfield
■Jpish and cowder green peas
tatter beans and beans. Keep
up with these and let us
t e f'rst class stock and we
jttn use it all from the way the
|utuation looks now. Whenever
[wr stock in any of those thing
d™ t>eKins to run down to
•n#re it is not first class qua!- Next Sunday will be a gloomy
[ty that is the Time to quit. • fJay at least for all defeated of-
Anotherjr thing we would like(fice seekers, but however gloo-
Im .C0"0Perati°n of the growers my the day it may !>e made;
I* w getting here earlier bright by carrying a full ^on-
•!i their products. It takes a sciousness of duty done. Surely
a beautiful bronze case, a gift
fromth hostess. Next the bride
was invited into the dining room
and told to climb "The ladder of
fortune," and see what fate had
in store for her. At the top oT
the ladder she found a larg<e
basket from which roses tieo
satin streamers extended. On
plucking the roses she found
herself in posession of beauti-
ful gifts, exquisite handiwork,
useful articles, which testified
to the popularity of the bride.
iov and senior C. of C. of Green-
ville, the Hunt County Pure
Bred Assn. and the Hunt Co.
Jersey Club have arranged to
have a moving picture shown,
portraying the Jersey process in
recent years.
Mr. Canan's illustrated lec-
ture is well worth traveling ma
nv miles to see and hear. It will
be free. Every man, woman an<7
child is interested in better dai-
ry cattle or in more milk and
butter production and as the
picture gives many views of Jer
t,, ^ . sey Isle, the home of our impor-
Th« «uw« were then w.wd to. ^ Jer<eySi a pvat mwly of'th(,
breeders on the island and their
fruit ice and angel squares.
Reporter
Sl'PRISK PARTY
METHODIST CHURCH
All Banks Will
Close Tomorrow
Mineola Will
Pave Streets
The Merchants &
Planters
State Bank and the First Na-
I tional Bank will be closed all
deal of time and expense no one can feel that he has done.^y ga^urday> Customers will
Put these up in merchanta- what he should who absents him ?overn themselves accordingly
L s"*Peand unless you are at self from the house of worship
l e Packing shed early in the on the Sabbath day.
IJ - •# ancu cnuy
... 88 we have to get
Come to church next Sunday.
I,.." ~ nave u> gsi every- tome u*
"; °ff either by 2 o'clock by We extend you a hearty wel-
^ ^by freight,!come to worship withjas,
*e hours, they go over to tfie
L w'ng day, and are worth
j.1 cent less as a result
ftof. I/et us have your co-op-
: tl()n '8 this as well as bring-
Rtock to the packing
• where if the trains re-
W. C. Howell
and, transact their
with banks on Friday.
"T-
business
B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
Old Settlers
Reunion Rights
Mineola voted bonds last week
.() pave tho business steets of
to pave the business streets of
the town, th vote being 5 to 1.
We understand vitrified brick
stead of concrete. Good for Min-
eola.
Sacred Harp Sing-
ing Convention
On Saturday, July 22, at 3
o'clock, the undersigned commit-
home life together with some oi
our American Jersey breeders
and of our jroori home grown Jer
se.vsof world fame.
Mr. Canan is spending only
two weeks in Texas and so the
se "get-to-gether" county meet-
ings have been arranged to ac-
commodate the most people pos
ible. So let's make this red letter
day yfor this part of the state.
Mr. Canant and Mr. Green, the.
or continu anything like Christ." Heb. 11: 1-1J
Sunday, July 28
Leader. Miss Jewel White.
SU^tViffhthkindSof "faith in! Old Settlers Reunion to bo held
have the right kind oi ^ Qujtman Auffust 2 ?) and ,
we
**mal
ThP imoortance of faith, Miss Terms, one-half cash, one-forth
rnii* The impo i jjay and balanc second.
^Tth" £. "^Kth. Mia. Ague, SeaW bid-JW either he m.„-
"movement, you can get
•^main somewhat damag- Heron.
Sjjth a possibility of a great
"•rrangemeivt then we
Emotional faith, Loraine Ney-
will land.
if take part of the riak .Saving faith, Ikey^Beggs. ^
^ baiting until the goods are Example* of lack of will,
Evened.
C^i't Take aD the Risk
Most of our growers thoro-
Prudence Hombuckle.
Something that leads to sav-
ing faith, B. W. Edwards.
Evtdnce of saving taith. Miss
The Wood County Sacred
Harp Conventionwill convene at Como. route 2; and three Gaz-
tee will sell concessions for the Westbrook church, 3 miles east away children of Como. route 2.
of Winnsboro on Gilmer road, Children not present were:
July 28, 29 and 30. All singers P M. Pruitt of Baird, Okla.. and
and the public invited and will Mrs. T. D. Knight of Winnsboro,
!>e cared for. i route 2.
J. L. Rountree, Pres. ' * ■ 1
„ TO CANDIDATES
On last Saturday morning Jul
15, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pruittof
Winnslmro, route 4, near Mid-
way. were agreeably surprised
by six of their children who ar-
rived about tan o'clock. About
two hours later lunch was spre
ad and all njo.ve da syumptuous
repast. The afternoon was spent . . .
in singing and eating watermeT- Sj,a.II7n^1' theBeckham
ons and other pleasantries. Tho' HoteK o!, °n ,aftfr:
se present were: Mrs. J. N. WIT- "°°" of Ju,y 24th- and W,.U *lad
lis and children of Saltillo, route " v,8,tors at any time in
2; J. J. Pruitt and family of he fternoon who are at all in-
Winnsboro; Mrs I. D. Carter and Crested in this great work,
children of Como, route 2; E. M. . ie^' together with the a-
Pruitt and family of Scroggins. i ni0"tioned cou/<tv orjranl-
routel; M. N. Zimmerman and hHVe ,arrnn ed to havp
family of Winnsboro. route 5: ithe mov,n'r P,cturp and
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Harris of
ed or delivere in person.
G. A. McCreight,
W. H. Lloyd,
H. V. Puckett,
Committee
REPUBLICAN^CONVENTION
Mpi I Kiuwna uiviv
UnderRtand, and with ev- Klixa Wheeler.
w'thont an exception Reading, Miss Jewel White
^ we have explained the sit-
ri-Lan,to c°ncede that we are
J } ,n rtot taking all the riak
' transportation. Where tne
tinn*100*'8.ane * bought propost-
48 n'ne"tenths of the good*
p .wp tokt the riak of grading
iwln' And loading, which ts
than anyone individual
Notice K. of P.'
I will he out of town for some
time. You will find my book
with Mr. Gilbratli at the po«t-
office. where you can pay you^
dues to hVn. . r
0. E. Thompeon, M. or r.
Revival at Stout
IN SECOND PRIMARY
I hereby call a repuoiic^ <"
v->ntion of voting box No 8, for
Saturday, July 22, 1922, for tho
pui-pose of electing a., precinct
s'lairman, delegates to the coun-
ty convention to b2 held a*
Rev. W. B. Blount pastor of The News Will carry in its an-
the Christian Church of this nouncement column names ot
Place, commenced a series 0f all candidates in the second pri-
' . ■ . „ marv who have already announ
meetingsat Stout Wednesday j ^ throUtfh our pHI>et, Thif,
night of last week. The meet- coiumn W{|1 run until the
:ngs will continue several days.
j -o
an "out-of-doors-affair" at night
so as to accommodate more peo-
ple and also that it ma yt>e more
comfortable. Renvmoer tho dare
and be in Greenville on Monday.
July 21th. They are looking for
you.
fv
Some of the Winnsboro mer-
rhnnta would kick for a month
if we failed to get the papers
out on the routes Friday morn-
ing. hut they think its alright
to get the copy for their ad In
the office Wednesday night.
Nearly all of the county can-
didates were in Winnsboro Tue
-day, stopping here enroute
man July 29. and any other bus- home from the picnic at Mui -
ness that may oome before us. The "agony" will be over
The convention will be held in
the office of Esq. N. E. Seay. at
4:30 o'clock. W. H. Neil
Precinct Chairman
with many of them tomorrow
night, and then they will try to
figure out how it happened.
election in Auguat.
In connection with this, we
will state that we will also con-
tinue our special prices to can-
didates for cards. If you are
short on cards give us your or-
der at once for all you will nee<?.
Our work is the best and our
prices are reasonable.
Tom Craddock, Dr. Harris ;
Mrs. Ennis Green accompanied
Mi*s. Tom Craddock to Dallas
last week. Mrs. Craddock was
given an x-ray examination at
the Baptist sanitarium. She
plans to leave for El Paso next
week.
Phon« 130—printing
Mrs. John James and little son
John Jr., of Quanah are visiting
Mrs. E. B. James.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1922, newspaper, July 21, 1922; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268232/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.