Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL- XV. NO. 14.
WINNSBORO, WOOD COUNTY THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1925.
fruit and thick
growers meet
A very enthusiastic meeting
„f the fruit and truck growers
Is tld at the City Hall Mon
dav afternoon for the discus-
sion of what truck crops to
otow the coming year, u i.
Dickson called the body to or-
der and outlined the object
of the meeting. W. A. Naborg
,vas called upon for a speech
and his talk on the line of grow
in? the very best and offer
nothing for sale except high
I grade products. After talks by
others the body decided tp go
ihto organisation. C. W. Moore
was elected president, C. T.
Dickson vice president and Ar-
thur Nichols, secretary treas
urer.
On motion and second that
an advisory board be elected,
W. R. Darby, Albert Campbell,
J. S. Spivey, J. W. Stanley Joe
McAfee. Bob O'Shields and
Charley Bellomy were elected.
Committee appointed to
draw the constitution and by-
laws, C. T. Dickson, Ret Dar-
by, Albert Campbell, Joe Mc-
Afee, with chairman and secre-
tary added.
A call was made for member
ship and following joined with
the determination of making
this association a success for
the fruit and truck growers of
lWinnsboro trade territory:
C P Moore, C P Rhodes, D P
iDouglas. E B Browning, Albert
(Campbell, J D Bridges, J W
IMattox, A T Winkle, J S Spiv.v
jWill Kembro, C H Bellomy, D
|R Tinney, lien Anderson, A J
ILard, S 0 Edwards, W M
iRhone, F .1 Miller, W W Shirey,
T J Asbell, W. A. Nabors, J D
|R|ffh rdson, W H liqllard, Joe
{McAfee. J W Goldsmith, J W
Welch, W R Darby, C T Dick-
Ison, J W Stanley, J L Ander-
Ison, J M Nicholson, J J Fan-
Ming. K P Salmon, J 0 Coats, J
jj Rouse, T M Dickey.
I Motion and second that the
prnit and truck grower of Winn
hboro extend to W A Nabors
land family a hearty welcome
lback home.
No other business, motion
land second to adjourn to meet
|at the City Hall next Monday
|at one o'clock, same being the
|12tli of January, 1925.
C. W. Moore, Prest.
Arthur Nichols, Secy.
91.25 PER TEAR.
WHAT IS EDUCATION
It is difficult to find a defi-
nition of education that is
jwholly satisfactory. The best of
luiem seem to leave something
lout. I vvould like to recommend
|tne defining of education as a
[profitable exercise for private
■meditation, says Dr. John Her
pan Randall. Let each ask him
iseif what he menas by educa
■ i°n: and if he ponders the
I deeply he will discov
I,1 that in order to answer it
I e will have to probe down to
,nnermost meaning of
lai® j^elf. Thinking earnestly
I ™ul,1,1(1 meaning of education
Ihi^ R ,Us to ^ace the big fun
Lw, Question of life as
L l^r have before. Such
Ithn '?or example, reveals
leati/v that re' gion and edu-
1 cation are not
two separate
L'r "««> one thing; two onlyltl
luftim , su'fac6' We In fhe 'h
Ifin-ii' foundations and the
thimr «!'* y are not two
Ither "v can aay to on€ ano
II win „ . K° your way and
Iclinwi ?° m,ne-" as they are in-
that m .Ray but things
move?!? !*,!"0*® toffther and
l^ach ic 1 same direction, if
lends attain its highest
Attention Woodmen
e is to be a regular meet
all ~
All
06 a regular meet
K- iwh *n n,,;ht
ur/erf r AI1 members are
| r**i to be present.
0. J. Harper, C. C.
• .. N. E. Seay, Clerk.
Phor wag in Sul-
1 Springs Tuesday.
OBITUARY OP
S. C. ATTAWAY
On last Saturday morning at
about 11 o'clock, the friends
and neighbors of this family
and highly respected citizen
was shocked to the limit as
the news was conveyed from
one to another that Mr. S. C.
Attaway was found by his
wife, Mrs. Rhoda Attaway, in
one of the stalls at the barn
dead. He was lying face down
and it is supposed that he had
been dead some 20 or 80 min-
utes when found.
His brother, J. V. Attaway,
and his son were called out the
day before to cheer him up as
he was in a low state of health
The brothers and son of S. C.
Attaway were conversing with
him it seemed that his mind
was blank at times, and it
was arranged to take him to
Dallas to a specialist for treat
ment.
Mr. S. C. Attaway was bora
in Douglas county, Ga. May,
14, 1876. His father and moth-
er moved from Ga. in the year
1879 and settled in Camp
county, Texas near the city of
Newsome and wag reared to
manhood. On September 6. 18-
96 he was married to Miss
Rhoda Spencer of the same set-
tlement and to this union there
were bora six children, 8 boys
and 8 girls. One of the boys
died at the age of two years.
Mr, Attaway with his fam-
ily moved to Wood county, and
to Pleasant Grove 9 years ago,
since which time this was his
home.
Mr. Attaway was loved by all
of Pleasant Grove folks. He
was loved by them for the fact
that he was a good husband
pnd father^jmd a,s a neighbor
there was none better as he
was never found wanting.
He measured up to the
true type of a gentleman in
every respect.
Mr. Attaway had never made
a public confession of his faith
but he was regular in attend-
ing the Primative Baptist
church at Hopewell.
His father, B. F. Attaway
and four brothers and one son
have gone on before him to
the great beyond.
There is left to mourn his de-
parture his wife, Mrs. Iihoda
Attaway, two boys and three
girls, his devoted mother, Mrs.
Laura Attaway, five brothers
and four sisters, all of whom
were present on the following
day at the burial, which took
place at the Maple Springs
cemetery near the old home.
The funeral was conducted by
Elder R. E. White of the
Pleasant Grove settlement. A
number of people accompanied
the remains to its last resting
place.
Ye writer would say to the
family, mother brothers and
sisters, that God in His wisdom
doeth all things for the good of
his will and as it pleased Him
to call Mr. S. C. Attaway on
December 27th, 1924 was ac-
cording to His will. There was
a beautiful wreath of flowers
placed on his casket by his sis-
ter-in-law, Mrs. J. V. Attaway.
And again, ye writer and a
friend of the family will say be
of good cheer as God will point
the way to a pure life and a
home in' fhe great beyond
where there will be no parting.
Your friend,
J. H. Thompson.
plowed to
beat drouth
You cannot read the story
of how John McFarlane of An-
derson county won the $1,000
prize in the More Cotton on
Fewer Acres Contest without
a thrill of admiration for this
man who took his Georgia
stock plow and whipped an east
Texas drouth that lasted from
May 29 until the onset of fall.
McFarlane used fertilizer,
used it lavishly and used it wise
ly. He made the best of his soil
preparation and planting. But
the thing that makes him de-
servedly a winner 1s the fact
that he never gave up. June
passed with no rain. But McFar
lane was out plowing his cot-
ton. He got right down in the
dirt with it. He walked the
rows and knew what was going
on there. And he kept on plow-
ing. July sweltered through
and still the clouds witheld the
moisture the parched earth
cried for. But McFarlane kept
on plowing. Rumors began to
drift in from the north, the
west and the south. Somebody
over there was expecting to
make an enormous crop. Some-
body over yonder was count-
ing' on a enormous yield. Some
body on the other side of the
state already had the grand
State-wide cotton prize in his
vest pocket. But MacFarlane
kept on plowing.
The results that the winner
obtained under the conditions
which he had to face are e-
nough to put heart in every
discouraged tiller of the soil in
Texas. MeFarlane's answer to
adversity was more work. To
PLEASANT GROVE PLAY
The play, "Under Blue
Skies," given at Pleasant Grove
Saturday night was a success.
The house was well filled, the
play well rendered and all
went away pleased. There is
much good talent in Pleasant
Grove and the plays put on by
the young people of that com
munity are always good. Prof.
Miller and the entire cast de-
serve special credit for the way
"Under Blue Sides" was ren-
dered and it is hoped they will
have another play in the near
future.
But it was the work that gave
feet to the brains and form to
the success. Ten times he cul-
tivated his tract after planting.
Three hundred and sixty-one
hours of man power and two
hundred and twenty eight
hours of horse power went into
that five acres of cotton. In all
that expenditure of effort a
nun who thinks has tinu! to
know his ciop as he knows his
neighbors. McFarlane can tell
j ou the life history of tne n.div
:dual stalks in that fuid. He
mat them often «'lOUgh ^to
come to know them.
Five thotuend and ughty-
fne pounds from the five acres
was McFarlanes yield of lint
cotton—better than two bales
\o the acre. A'ld tl.t siapie is
sa.'d to ranga from an irch to
an inch and a sixteenth. A sta
pie and a y: .'d such a* *l>at in
tne face of a drouth through
the summer is an achievement.
It is a st"Ug{; e of man against
handicaps of the so ; t'.it go
to imke success in :t ) line a
romance and an i {venture.
How close was the fieid oL com
petition is shown by the fact
that F. H. Littleton of Wilbar-
ger county was exactly lifty-
one pounds behind MacFarlane.
Two bales to the acre in East
Texas is answwered by two
bales to the acre in West Tex-
as. Who said Texas cotton
lands were worn out? Who said
the state average of a quarter
of a bale to the acre was the
best that we could do? Why,
we've just begun to farm in
Texas, and the McFarlanes
and Littletons will tell us how
to do it. They have been here
all along, but they are just
getting to the point where they
are in a position to make them
selves heard. The News, the
Semi-Weekly Farm News, and
the A. & M. College of Texas
have lent their auspices to the
contest, not in any spirit of
sporting blood or of notoriety
promotion, but an honest ef-
fort to let the best of our far-
mers tell the rest of our far-
mers what five acres of Texas
can do under an unlimited ap-
lication of Texas brains and
exas energy.—Dallas News.
HARMONY
Gordon Lee Taylor spent Sat
urday night with the Reneau
bojrs.
E. B. Francis is home from
Muleshoe, where he has been
at work for several months.
Misses Ruth and Helen Bar-
ker of Morris Grove spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Clem-
mie Banks.
Forney, Wilcox and family
have moved back to this com-
munity from Winnsboro.
Glendon Ross and Miss Jewel
Autrey of Cypress spent Sun-
day with Mancil and Mallie Ren
eau.
Maples Ross and Ward Van
derslice of Sulphur Springs
were at Harmony Sunday after
noon.
Earl Nichols and Dewey Car
nes returned to Dallas Sunday
night after a two weeks' visit
with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Whitten,
who have been visiting in
Winnsboro for the past few
weeks were at home several
days the past week They have
returned to Winnsboro.
Brother Hollis, missionary
for for Hopkins county is prea-
ching at Mt Zion each night
this week. You are invited to
come out and hear Brother
Hollis. He is doing some fine
preaching.
The young people enjoyed
themselves very much at a so-
cial entertainment at Mrs.
Nannie Kenan's Wednesday
night and at the writer's Fri-
day night. A large crowd was
present at both places and all
seemed to be in a mood for a
good time.
Mr. (Daddy) Bain was str-
uck with a stroke of paralysis
w. h. s. orches-
ELLIE FAY BOLES
Tfts nrtirriTl Saturday night at 10:80, Jan
nfl DLNLMI uary 3- 1925> the Death An*eI
1 I came into the home of Mr. and
early Friday morning, and is
be sure he put intelligence in- paralyzed in one side very bad- property not no^, covered by in
to it and- mveated #g--hftpe he will, -begin -^mmifeWuW' aecaTCT Tife
surance protection. The public
improve soon
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Taylor
of Winnsboro spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Nannie Ren-
eau and family, and they are
are at present visiting Mr. C.
R. Taylor's.
Miss Myrtle Skinner of Cle
buine is here visitmg relatives.
We failed to note last week
that E. D. Smith and
C. Y. Stokley have gone to
California where they work.
If Kskridge likes the country
he expects to move his family
out there.
LISTEN—All members of
the Willing Workers Sunday
school class are urged to attend
Sunday school each Sunday, as
we have on a big contest in
the class. The class is divided
into two groupes; purple and
gold. We failed to learn how
long the contest will last.
Every boy rememl>er that the
district sing'ng convention
meets at Morris Grove next
Sunday arferaoon. There will
be some fine singing, as they
have the promise of Prof. Wil-
liam Hollo way, Lefty Reneau
and Floyd Banks. Everylvidy
invited.
The little four year old girl
of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Boles
died Saturday night at 10:45
o'clock. Thi little girl was bur-
ned Friday afternoon which
was the cause of her death.
She and her six year old bro-
ther were out playing, and the
•i'tle ' t,y nappenei. to have a
match in his pocket which he
struck and set a pile of brush
on fire, and in some way the
little girl got in the fire and
was badly burned before any-
one could reach her. Burial took
place at Harmony Sunday af-
ternoon. Funeral services were
conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Alex Hubbard. We extend our
sympathy to the heart-broken
parenjs in this sad hour.—Dud
Through the courtesy of Mr.
F. M. Ferguson, Manager of
the Amusu Theatre, the Winns
boro High School Orchestra
will render a benefit program
at the Amusu Theatre, Friday
night, January 16, immediate-
ly after the first show.
Buy your tickets from mem
bers of the orchestra. This tick
et will admit you to the Amusu
Theatre program of pictures,
namely, Zane Grey's "The Her-
itage of the Desert" and a
comedy, also the Orchestra's
program. Regular Amusu
prices will prevail.
Show your appreciation of
the orchestra by purchasing
tickets from them; fill the
Amusu Theatre, Friday night,
Jan. 16.
NO GOOD "FIRES"
Fire protection is 'every-
body's personal problem; not
only the obligation to go and
help in an actual conflagration
but also to help in preventing
fires.
The United States pays ap-
proximately $500,000,000 every
year for fires; 75 per cent of
which are needless. Almost $5.
per capita goes up in smoke
every year, the price of six
months fuel or a month's rent
for the average family to live.
There are no good fires; every
one is a devouring monster.
Every item of property burned
is that much human labor and
savings destroyed and the na-
tion is that much poorer.
If America could reduce her
fire losses 50 per cent, much
Mrs. Harrison Boles and took
from them their only daughter,
Ellie Fay who was born Octo-
ber 18, 1920.
She was burned severely Fri-
day afternoon while playing.
She was a dear little child lov-
ed by everyone who knew her.
Ellie Fay was a regular atten-
dant at Sunday school and
gave nice behavior and loved to
hear singing.
Sunday at 1:30 p. m. she was
carried to Harmony where fnn-
eral services were held by Bro.
Hubbard, pastor at Harmony,
who delivered a beautiful talk,
and then the body was carried
to the cemetery and laid away
to rest. All of their friend deep
ly sympathize with Mr. and
Mrs. Boles in their sad hour of
trouble. She is gone but not for
gotten.—One who loved her.
A CLIMATIC AFFECTION
would benefit by reduced rates
and the insurance companies
would enjoy a larger net busi-
ness because of fewer fire
losses to pay.
More and more are those Rio
Grande Valleyites of South Tex
as coming to be like Californi-
ans. It may be the climate that
effects them that way. The oth
er day a party of home seekers
were being shown over the val-
ley, as they drove along a high
way upon which a government
telephone wire was attached to
iron posts. The latter about 12
feet high and 3 inches in diam-
eter, the real estate salesman
who accompanied them said:
You see them iron telephone
posts there? Well, when I came
down here three years ago
them posts were ten penny
nails. That's the way things
ttovnr treref'
PUNCH BOARDS
VIOLATES LAW
The operating of
boards by merchants
Rast Texas Fair Fleets ers is a violation of I;
Officers for the Year not care to put an yon
Marshall, Texas, Jan. 5.
C. Kennedy, president of
Central East Texas Fair Asso-
ciation, was reelected presi-
dent for the coming year, to-
gether with all other officers
of the association, at the meet-
ing of the board of directors.
The officers are as follows:
J. C. Kennedy, president; C. F.
Haywood, Lee Ragon, Carlyle
Hope, Jim Furrh, and John W.
Scott, vice presidents; Bryan
Blaylock, secretary, and W. M.
Thomas, treasurer.
The following executive com-
mittee was elected by the di-
rectors: J. C. Kennedy, W. L.
Pitts, John W. Scott. P. H.
Manire, S. F. Wood. W. L. Mar
tin, Pau Whaley. Clarence Hall,
McAdow, C. F. Haywood. l^v>
Ragon and Jim Furrh.
The dates for the fair next
year will l>e Sept. 22 to 26.
DORMITORY FOR GIRLS
PROVIDED BY MASONS
-T Li
, thost
h
punch
and oth-
;iw. 1 do
e to un-
necessary trouble, and ask
who hav<* been using
punch boards to stop same at
once.
Owners of automobiles have
until February 1 in which to
pay their car license. Don't
wait until the last minute but
get your license so you will
l>e on the safe side.
Walter Russell,
Countv Attorney
Not Born Same Year,
Yet Thev Are Twins
KILLING AT COMO
P1
Ti
Buy hosiery from us. We
give better values and have the
I newest shades. The Enterprise.
Jle Sims, aged 50, is dead
froi i a blow on the head re
cei\ d in a fight at Como. Ed
Dui :an is being held in connec
tior with the tragedy. Both
are lnembers of well known
Hoi tins and of the Parks
sch. >1 boW'of testers. It is
sai< the difficulty originated
ovefl a trivial matter.
San Antonio, Texas.—The
Scottish Rite Masons of this
city have designed and built
a dormitory for the daughters
of Master Masons attending
the University of Texas. One
half of the gross revenues from
fees for 1920,21 and 22 and one
third from fees for 1923, and
2*1, were donated for this pur-
pose, amounting to $186,481.66
The students pay a modest
price for the comfortable and
convenient living quarters pro-
vided, and have named the dor
mitory,' Heaven.
BRIDGE PARTY ENJOYED
During Christmas week a
very pleasant affair in the
form of a bridge party was en-
joyed very much at the home
of* Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tom Gib-
son. A nice crowd was there,
most of whom were Christmas
visitors, who enjoyed meeting
one onother again after be-
ing away for some time.
Amarillo, Texas, Jan. 1.—
Not bora in the same year, but
yet twins is the case in two
youngsters bora here who made
their appearance Wednesday
night in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Daniel. Thomas an
Deceml>er 31, at 9:ir> and his
brother, James was born on
Jan. 1, 102."), the hour being
1:40. a. m.
WE WON T
Occasionally a subsrrTber
calls and asks us to write a
heated editorial on something
that he doesn't like. We notice,
however, 'that such people
usually show what courage
they have by concluding, "But
don't mention my name."
WINNSBORO CIRCl IT
Each member of the official
board of the Winnsboro Cir-
cuit, together with parsonage
trustees, are called to meet at
the Methodist church in Winns
boro at 2 o'clock p. m. Janu-
ary 17 on important business.
C. G. Condrey, P. C.
UNION SINGING
There will be a union singing
at Cartwright next Sunday af-
ternoon, January 11. An invitA
tion is extended everybody to
attend.
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