The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXI
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929
NUMBER 22
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE
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DEPORT STATE BANK
At the Close of Business June 29th, 1929
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DEPORT, TEXAS
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FOR CHIGGERS—Germicidal Soap.
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FOR HEAT—Nyles Prickley Heat Powder.
Leading athletes use and recommend it.
FOR MOSQUITOES—Sweet Dreams.
greet the distinguished
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Deport May Secure Natural Gas
by Tapping Paris-Clarksville Line
During the Summer
AFTER BATHING A RUB WITH
John Reagan Bruton, son of
prominent Clarksville citizen,
BANK STATEMENTS SHOW
BETTER CONDITIONS IN
THE OEPOOT COMMUNITY
PIONEER RESIDENT OF
DEPORT PASSES AWAY
AND IS BURIED FRIDAY
whether
would be taken.
COURT GIVES OCIE NIX
SENTENCE OF 99 YEARS
RED RIVER CO. LEGION
TO OPERATE THEATRE
for a
picnic
Paris
being
MASONIC GRAND MASTER
WILL VISIT IN DEPORT
crop was
that the selling of cream, eggs
4-H CLUBS WILL HAVE
ENCAMPMENT JULY 5-6
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
PAYS USUAL DIVIDEND
NEW LAW SETS SPEED
LIMIT AT 45 MILES HOUR
DEPORT, TEXAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1902
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FEDERAL RESERVE
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LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Customers Bonds Deposited
DEPOSITS
28,(XX) (X)
28,(XX) 00
11,400 00
7,400 00
125,802 23
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his bed for several weeks pre-
ceding his death, which cama
at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Sam Phillips.
Deceased was the son of Rev.
W. D. Perkins and Elizabeth
Perkins, and was a native of
Tennessee. Born in that state
June 10, 1855, he came to Tex-
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Rubbing Alcohol
Will stimulate the whole body and you
will feel that splendid glow of health
and energy.
series of services.
A special sermon to the child-
ren of Deport will be delivered
FOR TAN and SUNBURN—Hines Honey and Almond
Cream, Otheine, Tan-No-More.
PRESBYTERIAN REVIVAL
MEETINC TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE
First National Bank
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At the Close of Business June 29th. 1929
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CLARKSVILLE BOY IS
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
RESOURCES
Loansand Discounts-----
United States Bonds-------
Banking H'se Fur and Fix.
Other Real Estate. ..... .
Stock in Federal Res. Bank
United States &
Liberty Bonds 53,(»(M) (Ml
Call Loans and
Acceptances.. 127.378 (>2
Cash and Ex. .. 38."15 72_
Total
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ...
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Circulation
DEPOSITS
Total ....
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Postmaster and . Mrs. W. I.
Lawler ’and Miss Alice West-
brook left Sunday for a month’s
tour of Colorado and other
western states. They were ac-
companied to Alienreed by Bil-
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A lawful speed limit on State
highways outside city limits
was set at forty-five miles an
hour Monday when the House1
and Senate adopted a commit-
tee report on the Senate motor
regulation bill.
Busses may travel at a max-'
miles.
First National Bank
Cify Drug Store
•Store Al IF. 4nrf«r«M, Pnp.
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Ocie Nix, young farmer of
Malta, near New Boston,' was
found guilty Monday of poison-
ing his 17-year-old wife and
sentenced to 99 years imprison-
ment.
Nix was transferred Monday
night to the Lamar county jail
at Paris, where he was held for
a time shortly after his arrest.
Date for passing sentence
was not set, and it was not in-
lie Mack Reece, wh<^ will visit dicated whether an appeal
People of this section are in
better condition by about $11,-
000.Q0 than at the same date
last year, according to a com-
parison of bank statements of
local institutions published a
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i them. Several
i noted Masons and Grand Ma-
| sonic officers from over Texas
are expected to attend.
PAST MASONIC MASTERS
PLANNING JULY PICNIC
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A meeting of the Masonic
Past Masters Association of
r will be held Sat-
urday evening, July 13, at Blos-
som,
Several cases of malaria have 303 as hosts,
been reported in this vicinity |
and Drs. A. G. Elder and Ste-'
phen H. Grant urge that steps
be made by Deport citizens to , .
rid the town of mosquitoes. De- ‘ u v ,
port and the surrounding terri- (Sponsored by
Aside from the speed regu- ] who is in charge of the services,
lation, sizes and loads for
hides were set in the bill.
One provision makes it
lawful to park in lanes of travel themselves to renewed inter-
1 himself with any
church, he lived a good Christ-
' The fact that a good feed ian life, being respected by all
grown last year, and with whom he came in contact
0DCTDR5 WISH PEOPLE
OF MOSQUITO MENACE
TO COMMITUITI HEALTH
------ Isom, with the Blossom Lodge
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be served at 8 o’clock.
Plans are being made
big time at the Masonic
which will be held at
The picnic is
' the Past Masters
tory ’irbdng0 visited" by more!Aasocia“°" and tbe ten blue
I than the usual number of these lod?es of ““"‘X are co-op-
i pests this year and doctors pre-.Wltb I*1®”1-
diet that unless some precau-
tionary steps are taken there
will be many cases of malarial
fever.
By destroying the breeding
places of the mosquitoes their
menace may be minimized and
by cutting all rank weeds and
grasses and* pouring a small
amount of oil on all pools and
' other places where water stands
their breeding may be stopped.
Kerosene, if used in a very
small quantity may be poured
even in tanks and cisterns
which are used for drinking
purposes without polluting the
water until it is unfit for use.
Flies, which are the chief
carriers of typhoid germs, may
be guarded against by screen-
ing and general sanitation mea-
sures.
Dr. Elder and Dr. Grant re-
port that no great amount of
< typhoid is expected this sum-
mer as many people have taken
the serum. They urge, how-
ever that every possible pre-
caution be taken against the
disease.
NEGRO STEALS AUTO
OF PATTONVILLE MAN
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A Ford roadster belonging to
Barney Wilson of Pattonville,
was stolen from near a garage
at that place Tuesday night, ac-
cording to Constable Troy
Grant. Officers persued the
thief, who proved to be a negro,
and in his haste to get away!
from them he ran the automo. hdd at the Lamar fair ds
on July 5 and 6, according to
an announcement of County
Agent A. L. Elmiaston., A
.complete program will be an-
- nouncod later.
1®" Among those from out of the
'ai* cOunty who are expected %to at-
tend are G. E. Adams, district
agent of extension service; Ed-
mund Singleton, Hunt county
'agent; Cat6 Knight, Rod River
county agent and Carl Tanner
.of Tyler, former county agent
of Lamar county.
Grand Master Frank Hart---
graves of the Most Worshipful j DEPORT MASONIC LODGE^ ^
Grand Lodge of Texas, A. F. &
A. M., will honor the Deport
lodge with an official visit on
Thursday, July 25, from 6:30
until 7 o’clock.
It may be that the local lodge
The series of revival meet-
ings in progress at the Presby-
imum of ‘ forty miles. fhelterian church at Deport will
speed limits in city limits for continue thru Sunday night, ac-
ai! vehicles is set at twenty .cording to the Rev. D. C. Wil-
|liams, pastor of the church,
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ve-'and is doing the preaching. In-
terest is growing in the meet-
un- ing, and the people have pledg-
bled here during the past year and a brother, J. A. Perkins of
also have their influence for the
good showing.
John Lafayette Perkins, 73,
pioneer resident of the Deport
section, died Friday morning at
1:00 o’clock after a long illness.
Several months ago he suffered
a stroke of paralysis and suc-
year. ago and those in this issue j cessive strokes had so weaken-
of The Times.
Deposits in local banks total
$385,582.93, while those of a
year ago were $377,767.32—a
difference of $7,815.61. Loans
were $3,318.9$ greater last year
than this, the figures being
$220,401.04 last year compared
to $217,081.06 this year. We
also have statements of local
bankers that a considerable | as with his parents in 1882 and
amount of land paper was paid
off from the proceeds of last
year’s crop.
These figures are gladly sur-
prising, due to the fact that
this has been a late spring, all
crops were late and that it cost
a considerable amount of mon- early age, and though he never
ey to get the cotton crop clean- affiliated
ed out. ' ’ *. ’
Possibilities of Deport secur-
ing natural gas are now better,
since the Paris-Clarksville line
is insured. Detroit, Bagwell
and Clarksville have secured
the necessary number of sub-
scribers, and the line will be
built, even tho Blossom failed
to muster the required number
of subscribers.
While in Wichita Falls at-
tending the press meeting three
weeks ago, The Times man took
up the matter of Deport being
supplies with natural gas, tap-
ping the Paris-Clarksville line
due north of Deport. William
C. Grant, advertising manager
of the Lone Star Gas Co. with
whom we discussed the matter,
assured us he would bring it
to the attention of proper au-
thorities. .
Under date of June 19, Mr.
Grant Wrote The Times that
this had been done, and that he
hoped to have a reply for us
shortly. We. also sent a con-
siderable amount of data re-
garding the town and its re-
Members of the Red River
County Post No. 45 of the Am-
erican Legion will operate the
Colonial Theatre at Clarksville
July 3-4, when “Behind the
Lines,” German motion picture
version of the World War, will
be presented.
War trophies will be on dis-
play in the theatre lobby and
Legion boys will tell the public
about them on the above dates.
Funds realized from the picture
will be used to carry on Legion
work in Red River county.
and at all times proper lights1
are demanded both front and
rear.
Both houses adopted a
ference report on a Senate bill
allowing heavy articles to be
transported over the highway
with permits from the Highway
Department.
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Crescent Drug Store
E. O. THOMPSON, ’Prop. PrescriptioM a Specialty
1. This is one of the few small
town banks that has consistent-
ly paid dividends to its owners
every six months, whether bus- 1
■’—3 was good, indifferent or
bad. It has been many years
since a dividend paying period
was passed up by the directors. I
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BLOSSOM SHIPS FOUR
CARS OF TOMATOES »
. ------- I was killed in an automobile ac-
Four cars of tomatoes were cident at Wichita Falls Tuesday
shipped from Blossom last morning. Bruton was a young
week. Most of them sold for man of exemplary character
31/2 cents per pound and grow- and for some time was employ-
ers realized $1.75 per bushel ad in the clothing department
from the crop. The yield in'of the Arthur Caddel store at
the Blossom section is reported i Paris. The remains were sent
satisfactory. J to Clarksville for burial.
sources, number of electric
meters and other information
that would help them in mak-
ing a decision.
Three weeks ago The Times
carried a story about this com-
; pany extending its lines to a
dozen small communities in cen-
tral Texas, some of which were
smaller and a greater distance
from the main feed line than
Deport will be from the Paris-
Clarksville line.
Only those who have used it
for fuel and heat know what a
wonderful commodity is natur-
al gas. It just about cuts the
home-maker’s work in half. No
wood or coal fires to build and
keep burning, nor ashes and
cinders to carry out. No cur-
tains and rugs smeared and
ruined with ^soot and ashes, no
litter to keep swept up, hot
water on tap at all times, and
the striking of a match and
the turning of a gas jet is all
that is necessary to start a
fire on a cold morning.
on State highways after darkest church work.
The Rev. Mr. Williams is
bringing splendid and inspiring
messages at each service, and
the music under the direction
of Mr. Mallard, assisted by a
choir of voices from all the
■churches, is contributing in no
I small way to the success of the
meeting. All those who have
J not yet done so are invited to
' attend the remainder of this
I
The usual semi-annual divid-1
end of five per cent was paid to by‘th* Rev^Mr. Williams at’11
stockholders of the First Na- o’clock Sunday morning—a mes-
Vorim, Ba.nk on sage couched in the most simple
words that all can understand.
Parents are urged to come and
bring their children to this
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
Bank’g House Fur. and Fix. 22,000 00
Other Real Estate
CASH & Ex... 25,162 19
Bonds & Stocks. 16,700 00
U.S.Treas.Ct..17,000 00— 58,862 19
Total 200,602 23
Officers for the ensuing Ma-
sonic year have been elected by
the Deport Lodge No. 381, A.
F. & A. M., and they will be
has had the privilege of a visit installed at the next meeting
from'its grand master in the 11 which will be held Saturday,
Officers elected are
Murray Anderson,
M.; Fred Clifton, S. W.;
Geo. Bell, X W.; A. L. Stalls,
Deport secretary. I. M. Daniel*, Tiler.
A. Griffin has been appoint-
senior deacon and Will Rdb-
early days, but it has not been I July 20.
so honored during the seven- as follows:
teen years of the writer’s re- W.
sidence here.
Every member of ...
lodge is expected to be present |JL
on the above date and hour to ea
‘erts junior dei
settled a mile north of Deport.
Since that time he had lived
in and near Deport while car-
rying on his occupation of till-
ing the soil.
He was a professed Christian,
having been converted at an
The annual encampment of
i Lamar county 4-H clubs will be
bile into a ditch, overturning it. I
[After abandoning the car the
negro escaped across a cotton,
field after officers had taken
shots at him.
Several articles of stolen
clothing were found in the car.
and Paris officers telephoned
Mr. Grant to find if they had
been stolen at Deport.
He is survived by one sister,
and poultry has more than dou- Mrs. Sam Phillips of Deport,
Several near rela-
tives and a host of friends also
mourn his death.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Friday afternoon by the
Rev. David Phillips assisted by
Rev. D. C. Williams, with in-
terment at the Mt. Pleasant
cemetery, west of Deport.
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