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JSL XVIII. NO. 8.
STRAWBERRY
PROPOSITION
rilK COMING SEASON ,
AN OPPORTUNE TIME
TO SET STRAWBERRIES
One of the largest strawber-
plant growers in this coun-
ry jfives as his reason for ad-
vancing the price of his plant a
ifter Nov. 25th, by 20 per cent
caused L>y the shortage of
ants and says, "the drouth
last fall (1924) and the sum-
er (1925) has cut the acreage
What About Our Half Century
Club
Mr. Hay informs us that in a
up to date lie has the names o"
only about 75 half century in-
habitants in the county and un
less someone in each town and
community will interest them-
selves and help him out by send
ing in the names and ages of
those who have been in Wood
county 50 years, he cannot pos-
sibly do it himseld. Wc ury mix
ious to get up the poster to
have it ready lor publication in
our county papers in the issue
the week before Chrstmas, so
we want to urge evry man and
WlN.NSIUmo. WOOD COUNT 1 THURSOA!, NOV72671925"
strawberries to l>e packed, . ..
coming season to the small- Lu f* ln the county who feel
this country has ever knownlth" h,f
of
of
tie
the ratio to the growth
re. The steady return
perity will give you
y best buying market and
h the short supply, prices |
II soar for the next several
ons."
he above from one who
iws ought to hearten every
in this community not only
plant his contemplated acre-
;e but to increase it. As we
ve said many times, even in
rnial years that no one crop
jrould tend to put us on a cash
sis as would strawberries,
it with the whole of this eoun
y short, shorter than ever
nown on producing crops and
ith the buying power of the
juntry increased beyond nor-
lal, surely we who can got
ilants at normal prices should
ict hesitate to plant them. Th«
larket will be here for all the
rries we can grow and doubt-
ss they will sell at the high-
|st prices we have ever known,
i' tlie next several seasons
Our listings for plants av
adily increasing and nov
jiat gathering this year's no;
about finished, we trust,
lat every man with land wil
ve his acreage to straw be
es immediate attention.
you wait much longer you
lay be dissapointcd in getting
Ifhat plants you need. We now
lold only a conditional opticn
n a large p. <t of our origina
iption on p jits, but can ge
ou wii,ml you need if you list
bit interested in the
take hold and help
the least
matter to
him out.
Get the names, where and
when born, when they came to
Wood county. If they were born
in the county, then all we want
is their names and date of bir-
th. Please help us and we feel
that you will feel gratified
ovr the matter. Send to J. L.
Ray, JMineola. Texas.—Commit
tee.
-New Drug Store Opened
W. H. Carter has opened the
"Surprise Drug Store" in the
rear of the M. & P. State Bank.
Mr. Carter lias a real nice and
clean place and has already
opened for business. Some of
his goods are already in and
others are arriving daily. He in-
vites the people of this section
to come to see him.
221 News' Readers Enter
Thanksgiving Contest
LUCILLE BROWN WINS FIRST PRIZE; MRS. R. G.
CILBREATH WINS SECONtf PRIZE; MRS. W. G.
WARI) WINS THIRD PRIZE. TWO-THIRDS OF CON-
I LSI ANTS SPELLED "GRAVY" INCORRECTLY.
WINNERS ON DISPLAY AT THE ENTERPRISE.
Flower Show "Bigger and
Better Than Ever''
Flower
auspices
luick w! at . \,u want.
•>vc
The
[othei IT;1 -
r'se plant
prawn , rios.
la a question that
who would other
more heavily to
In our judgment
Miij .should rioter no one. In
"esc years of motor truck
®nsportatiow and with every
jl; imb r of Commerce of all
® ' lar towns and cities
' t htheir employment bureaus
N on tale employment bu-
,;iu- v in easily and quickly
'' our ields with the neces-
p.v hi ) to gather the crops
Is the gathering season comes,
April and finishes, ordinal
• kv the 15th of May, noth-
more than tents or cheap
flC('K and shacks will be neccs-
fy to supply to the gatherers
Father with wood and water
rule they are with us. Besides
sources to draw help
[°ni, there is an immense lot
• 1 I1 ;> that follows the
r't'er: .<m 0f straw be r-
'' ; e i-al months each
w. They s'art in Florida then
fftuiana and we can eatch
[■' v "1 these on their way to
I'' ;insa., and the Missouri b. r
/ields. All we need is n suf-
r®nt acreage to justify the
FPen.se of advertising and per-
ftps transporting tne necessary
'f course, primarily our idea
wen for each farm to plant
Wow such acreages as the
8re help on the farm, with
I's, that of a neighbor or
0 who is not growing berries,
I1!1 Rather. This is what will
"'K the kind of prosperity we
' l>een writing about to the
nt y in general—put morey
ho ?rrybody's pockets. But
[•ouid anyone want a comnier-
acreage, our idea is tl'at
easiest feature will he ! h#
,."'Hng of same.
LrJjor trucks have made us
L «nbors in many lines of bus-
, For this reason we are
n,ig our strawberry propo-
NOTICE
The seventh annual Bazaar
given by the ladvs of the Chris
tian Church will be held at the
home of Mrs. W. M. Khone on
Tuesday afternoon Decern! in
15th. Thre will be many useful
and beautiful hand made pieces
and sets of fancy work from
which to select you Christmas
gifts. Cakes and candies will ai-
so be there in abundance. You
are invited to be present and
enjoy the afternoon. Refresh-
ments.—By Committee.
Miss Christine McClung re-
turned home Monday after
spending a week visiting her
aunt, Mrs. W. W. Butler.
W. F. Crutcher, president of
the DeLeon Mining Co. of
Chihuahua, Mexico, was a week
end guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Bexley.
sition or intend to do so as far
as Perryville, Quitman, Coke,
Pickton, Purley, Clearwater,
Newsome and intervening tt-i ri-
tory. Any community with r>
a half an hour to an hour s run
.o market especially when oil a
good highway, is closer to that
market than one and two nines
with horse and cart delivery.
A good idea is for a more dis-
tant community to join in to-
gether with an acreage that can
jeep a truck or two running n ji
ularly every day. This will min-
imize the delivery expense and
give a careful driver regular
work. _ „
There are not many reasons
or selling a good East Fexas
'arm but if there are any who
want to sell their farms with-
in the territory above mention-
ed, if you will plant from three
o five acres of some suitable
i to grow strawberries and
„a,e these in good stand and
growth next fall, this will conn-
nearer making that farm bring
you $75 to $100 per acre than
anything else you can ^ow ™
same. Try it if you are « ,ntin*
to sell and move away Born us.
If you don't sell next fall and
will gather this crop in the
spring of 1927 and ''
acreage one or more acres, .
can sell the following years.
Try this. It will enable your buy
er with one crop to pay for the
farm with a good crop and mat
ket such as looks reasonable,
this would not be expecting too
much. I>et's make our country
worth something.
W. A. NABOBS.
The word "gravy" was the
stumbling block in the Thanks-
giving contest just closed by
I'he News. Two out of every
three answers had missed spell
ing gravy correctly. Out of the
221 answers received, every
class and description of solution
to the contest was sent in. Neat
penmans tried their J^ind and
card writers also came in for
i try at the prize. Artists, were
the more numerous kind of con-
testants while poets and pros
writers sprung up from all
parts of tflie State. Others, who
seemed not to be able to resort
to any genius in answering the
contest, merely resorted to
their arrangement and many
eal nice ones were received.
The News is very grateful
to Mr. Walter 11am, assistant
cashier of the First National
lank and Mr. Sanford New-
man, assistant cashier of the
VI. and P. State Bank for their
service as judges of the con-
test. The prizes were well a-
warded and The News believes
that all will be well satisfied
with the out-come.
First Prize to Card Writer
Miss Lucille Brown, a stu-
dent in the high school here
was the lucky winner of the
first prize. Her answer to the
contest was the only one of t •
kind that was received. B -sides
being correct, the contestant
made a unique group of card
signs for each of the arvertis-
ers on the Thanksgiving page.
Because of its being the only
entry of it:; kind and its beauty
and originality the judges a-
warded it a unanimous first
prize.
Second to Mrs. K. G. Gilbreath
The second prize was award-
ed to Mrs. R. G. Cilbivath, also
of Winnsboro, and was in the
form of a neat (older, artisti-
cally arranged and ve'l design-
ed. The co.er was of a pretty
bsign and each of the correct
mswers were beautifully let-
tered.
Mrs. W. G. Ward Wins Third
The third prize went to Mrs.
W. G. Ward and was in the
form of a Thanksiriving menu..
The card was very beautifully
arranged and carried out the
spirit of Thanksgiving from be-
ginning to end. The Thanksgiv-
ing dinner was ended on Mrs.
Ward's menu by music, and tin-
selected piece was "Turkey in
the Straw."
Missed First Prize by
the Letter-E.
The Contest Editor was very
much disappointed in one ans
wer that was sent in, and t it-
judges seemed to be even nion
dissappointed. i'his pnrticulm
contestant missed winning
frst prize, just by one little let-
ter, and that was the letter, E.
The word gravy was miss-spoil-
ed. But, as we stated in the
rules of the contest, the three
winners '.vould !* selected out
of the correct answers. The ans
wer we have reference to was
sent in from China Springs by
Mrs. J. B. Knight. When tin-
package in which the answer
was mailed, was opened the Con
test '-'ditor and judges looked
on with interest to see what it
would be. It was a hand drawn
turkey sitting on the top of a
great big pumpkin, and was by
far the cost beautiful one re-
ceived. But. thnt which was so
beautiful on the out side was
not even half of the pretty
things that were on the inside.
There we found a hand drawn
road leading all the way to
Winnsboro and nlong the road
were beautifully arranged sign-
con-
boards carrying a neat adver-
tisment for each of the mer-
chants who appeared on the
I hanksgiving. The entry was
beautiful and was the only one
received that carried our the
turkey and pumpkin effect. It
was easily a first prize winner,
out J or the one mistake. We
were very much cl'ssapointed
when we came to the gravy,
but feel that Mrs. Knight was
so intt i ist *1 in lit}' artistic ac-
complishment that the slight
error was over looked. Mrs.
Knight's entry is also on dis-
play with the others, after
which we are go ng to return
it to her to remember her work.
Several on Display
Out of the 221 received we
have picked out ten of which
art- now on display at The En-
terprise and where all who de-
sire may go and see them. This
display contains one of practi-
cally every k:nd received to-
gether with the thrte pri/.e win
tiers, if you entered the con-
test and did not win a prize you
can go to The Enterprise and
see what kind oi: work it was
that beat you. To all of the
221 that sent in answers we
wish to thank vou for the in-
terest that vou took in our eon-
test and we bel-eve that even
thou t you didn't win a prize
you v jc had a <rood time and
have enjoyed entering the
test.
Women Read the Ads
From this little contest we
have discovered that more wo-
men read the ads than do men.
Many more than half the ans-
wers received were from wo-
men. Men as a usual thing read
the paper for the news that is
in it, but the women have a
little more time and it is a
part of their house work io look
for barga ns. 'I hi. does not
mean that ads for men are not
a paying proposition, for often
the wife finds the husbands
bargains. Another discovery wt
made is, that interesting adver-
tising will pay. How often the
merchant will do his advertis-
n a dirty and unattractive way.
He has heard that advertising
pays and he believe in ad vert is-
ng but he does not think e-
nough of his business to take
a little pains with his advertis-
ing. And too. we learned that
more than one person reads
each paper that we mail. For ex
ample, we received manv entry:
from people who are not sub-
scribers to the paner. and this
fact nhfffVl convince advertis-
ers that at least three people
read every paper we mail out.
Out of our 1500 subscribers
we feel that 4500 people read
the ad, anil we believe that 50
percent of the readers intended
to answer the contest. How-
ever, you know how people are.
Always wait until tomorrow.
But just the same, if you sho-
uld run an ad and make 221
sales from it. wouldn't it !>e
worth i the money.
The 15th annual
Show given under the
of the Standard Club was "big-
ger and better" than ever.
The Library building where
the show is held was beautiful
in her gorgeous array of the
Queen of Fall flowers, the chrys
anthemum. While the blooms
were not so large as have been
grown they were sufficiently
beautiful to repay anyone for
their trouble.
The flowers were not all ot
this splendid show, there being
numerous other features of
l>eauty and interest. The tex-
tile, where the needlework is dis
played showed the skill of Ijot.i
women and children.
Thursday evening the club
put on a Manless Wedding. This
is rather an elaborate alfair
with quite a few notables pre-
sent. Needless to say it was fun
ny and went over big.
Friday evening the Woods
Faries a pageant by the child
dren was given to a packed hou-
se. The story deals with the
birds and animals of the woods.
The costumes were works of art
as well as beautiful.
The Baby style Show Friday
afternoon was something new
and different. The babies did
their stuff like veterans.
The country produce was a
revelation even to us who know
that we have the garden spot
of Texas. The exhibit of Mrs.
Sam Taylor, who won first
prize, comprised practically
everything that grows except
the tropical plants or fiuits.
Another interesting feature
was a collection of dolls, made
by Mrs E. A. King of Pitts-
burg. These dolls required a
mind of marked ingenuity as
well as skilled hand. These dolls
represented different chara-
cters and went from the sub-
lime to the ridiculous, from tin-
dainty, fluffy dancing girl to
the Irish paddy with a potato
head and cob pipe. There were
other features too numerous to
mention, all good and interest-
ing, especially the side show.
The show was a success as it
deserves to be ana The News
wishes to express publicly its
thanks to the women for their
untiring work. There is no work
in town that is so important as
supplying of books for the Li-
brary, and every citizen whe-
ther he is a patron or not sho-
uld be interested in the work.
CHRYSANTHEMIMS
Prettiest beaded purse, Mrs.
II. F. Jones.
Best l>ed spread, Mrs. M. R.
Baird.
Best applique worli Mrs. Clar
ence Robinson, Coke.
Best pair embroidered cases
Mrs. John Kay, Winona.
Best piece French and eye-
let embroidery, Mrs. Emogene
Barker.
Best piece cotton crochet,
Mrs. Clarence Robinson Coke.
Best handmade naby dress,
Miss Emma Bouroughs.
Bes embroidered towel, Mrs.
Solon Wylie.
Prettiest floor pillow, Mrs.
Jim Tom Gibson.
Prettiest embroidered gown,
Miss .Stella McGee.
Prettiest embroidered lunch-
eon set, Miss Stella Angle.
Best embroidered pillow cas-
es done by lady over 65 years
Mrs. M. R. Baircv.
Best buffet set, Miss Alice
Angle.
Prettiest fancy apron, Mrs.
Forney Denney.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
In this department Mrs. Sam
Taylor won first prize, Mrs. W.
W. Shirey won second and Mrs
Joe McAfee third.
BABY STYLE SHOW
Gene Grainger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Mattox.
Ida Flizabeth, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Whitter.
Marjo Francis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Turner.
PRETTY BABY CONTEST
of Mr.
and
Mr
six plants, Mrs
. Mrs. D. A
- whites Mi>
Mrs. U W
pinks. Miss j ] |
INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
No. 29. 5:46 p. m.
Subject. How can
inter-
mediates be missionaries?
Leader, Frances Campbell.
Song.
Prayer.
Talks.
Pray
Butler.
Pay to
Smith.
Prepare
Birdie Gist.
Poem, Pray, Give, Go, Alto
Sooggins.
League Benediction.
for Missions, Evelyn
Missions, Ethelyn
to be a missionary,
Best six plants, Mrs. II. W.
Brewer.
Second best
D. A, Mays.
Best three white
Mays.
Second best tlini
J. R. Scoggins.
Rest three pink,
15 re wer.
Second best three
ll.-rtha Roberts.
Best three yellow,
Cain.
Second best yellow
M. Carnes.
Best single pink, Mrs.
er.
Best single white Mrs.
Brewer.
Best single yellow, Mrs.
F. Campbell.
Plant with most blooms,
Milo Cain.
Bouquet of finest chrysanthe-
mums, Mrs. Homer Carson.
Prettiest baskets flowers,
Mrs. Paul Ord.
TEXTILE
Bettie Joe, daughter
and Mrs. Paul Gorman.
Thomas Blair, son of Mr.
Mrs. P, J. Turner.
Docile Agnes, daughter ol
and Mrs A. A. Petty.
Bob Harold, son of Mr. and
AIis. Ocie Reed.
Marilyn, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. T. A. Binford,
Lillian Alice, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Speights.
John Roberts, son of Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Me Kinney.
Billie Bruce, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Cowser.
Picture Guessing Contest
Julia Hightower.
WEBSTER
health of
good with
Tlu
ty is
of Mrs. R. J. I
is improving
Several of tl
here attended
eonmiuni-
exception
and she
this
thi
Yanklin
slightly.
e people from
the church at
own
Mr
Sum
Mrs. Mi!r
, Mrs. W
Bn w
ay night.,
ee Vaughn returned
tome from Jacksonville last
Monday. £
Brother M. !. Brow - our
new pastor wil pv aeh h to at
I I o'clock Sunday. Everyone
i come and lend vour a sistance.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams
i of Winnsboro spent Sunday
Mr.-. I.an-
il. W.
B.
Mrs.
Ella
with
Lami-
j with their daughter,
ra McConnell.
Misses Nellie and Lou
Uiminack spent Sunday
Misses Myrtle .and Vera
i lack.
Mr. Clarence Holt returned
home last Thursday night from
Fredrick Oklahoma.
Bro. Theo. A Binford preach-
ed for us Saturday night and
Sunday which we enjoyed very
much.
Come to Sunday school next
Sunday.—Blue Eyes. !
Best piece of tatting, Miss
Stella McGee.
Best piece tatting done by
lady over 65, Mrs. M. R. Baird.
Best piece colored embroid-
ery, Mrs. Chas Berry.
Best piece of embroidery
done bv girl under 12, Maxine
McLarty.
Prettiest hand made kerchief
Mrs. Frankie Wylie, Pittsburg.
Phone Mrs. R. G. Gilbreath
and have your christmas pic-
tures framed.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gist and
son of Commerce spent Sunday
with their mother, Mrs. J. W.
Fletcher.
Mrs. Sanford Newman is in
Fate for Thanksgiving.
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