Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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W IS F COUNT Y MESSENGER
Whole No. 954.
DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1899.
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He Answered in Rhy me.
in the backwoods, and the following
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expect to unload all summer goods.
HOT WEATHER GOODS.
Kissing Bug.
the money invested in
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50c
50c. are in a lot
A COMPRESS COMBINE.
Remnant Sale
rather than carry them over.
• cuts on all Summer Goods.
....ON FRIDAY....
1 thought, would do the work.
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Industrial Support.
Pension Fund for Employes.
FINAL ACCOUNT.
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the due notice to all persons interested in
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as well as your plant, but at the same
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years in the Pennsylvania service will ered by said court.
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of this city, extend the aid of organized
upon as that of compulsory retirement
from the company’s employ, but all
employes who have been for thirty
i lariy bitten and with similar results.
| Another child was bitten but we could
and books and make all
rangements, it is therefore
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
ognized every right of honest labor 1
and without friction or trouble have
to foreign and domestic points.
"We recognize the advantage
Not a dollar’s worth do
The prices have been
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A, A. GLISSON, GEX. AGENTPASS. DEPT..
Ft. Worth & Denver City Ry.
Fort Worth, Texas.
It costs money to carry goods
another. It costs the interest on
kissing bug is dr ing some business in
the Coal City.—Bridgeport Banner- I
Herald.
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and build up your health.
Monev back if not cured.
. 374e each 48 pairs Ladies' tine slippers,
price $1.00, now...........
Twenty-nine officers and men wrote
from the front to say that for scratch-
Men's tine $1.00 puff-bosom shirts 50c
Children’s slippers, size 12 to 2, at 25c
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Look out for the black band galvan-
zed iron tanks, all sizes, at
W. K. Taylor's
badly treated, but it takes that to move all summer goods in a “jiffy.” We
have given knockout blows to all summer goods.
Read and see if you think they are what you want if you are econo,
mically inclined.
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Vacation
-- ’ The State Of Texas,
It should not be considered unduly To the Sheriff or any Constable
to accom- I
Stil Further Reductions
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box), t > obtain lower rates of insur-
ance and secure lower rates of freights
50C
This is the price we have made on all
date under one general management, conceded to all just demands; be it
fully able and capable to reduce ex-! “Resolved, that the Central Labor
At a recent meeting of the Omaha
Central Labor Union resolutions were
adopted declaring:
Denses by improved methods, 11 ore
uniform systems of compressing aid-
ed by the adoption of the standard
the account for final settlement of said
estate, to file their objections thereto
if any they have, on or before the
season to
WE believe it pays to sell out all goods at the end of the season
from one
pension system may be put into effect. < ctober term, 1893, of said County
The age of 70 years has been fixed court, commencing and to be holden
“combine” of a different sort, is of !
peculiar interest. The letter was for-
warded to the Atlanta Constitution by
Richard Cheatham, editor of the Cot-
ton Planter’s Journal, of Memphis, I
This is why we have made such deep
The prices have been so badly treated that
gether employer and the employed, s. .
mutally dependent for prosperity the '
one upon the other.
A quickened schedule and com-
plete, up-to-date equipment,
including Pullman’s latest pro-
duction in Sleepers and Cafe
Cars.
Menu the best, served a la
carte. Trains solid to Denver.
Hours convenient.
For other details address
D. 11. KEELER. TRAPVIC MAXAGER
we expect to remain when this sale is over.
the fact that in order to meet the com- open, have, from the beginning,
petion that has arisen from the round
4712 Trade Marks
PVWme Designs
‘VVVv* Copyrights Ac.
Anyone sending a sketch and escription may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica-
tionsstrictlycondertial. Handbook on Patents
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive
eprcial notice, without charge, in the
Scientific American.
A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir-
culation of any sclent ifle journal. Terms, $3 a
year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & Co.36,B o-‘”“ay New York
Branch Office. 625 F St., Washington, D. C.
1 grand success; be it further
both -‘Resolved, that we urgently request
to you and us of utilizing your per- . the labor of the country to unite
sonal influence in the new business. r
with us in this effort, and that the sec-
that the option shall hold good for
not less than six months from the date
of your signing.
“Unless we hear from you withiu
two weeks of this date we sh ill cu-
aider that you are not disposed to en-
ter into the proposed consolidation.
Undoubtedly the kissing bug has
arrived in Bridgeport. The little son
of R. N. Voss was stung on the lip.
The lip swelled enormously but there
seemed to be an absence of pain. The
little daughter of B. B. Poore was simi-
Efforts to Organize a Trust to Fight
Improvements.
our finest negligee shirts. All the
M 15 _ bestones go in one lot. choice.. .50c
9 Always destroy the dread of becom- Big lot of nice negligee shirts, worth
ing a mother by M. A Simmons 50c. are in a lot at
Squaw Vine Wine or I ablets. F or
sale by Man & Simmons.
Although the season is well advanced, our line of
Ladies’ Low Cut Shoes is very complete and the prices
are satisfactory. Call and see them.
We are continually receiving new things in the
way of Beauty Pins and Sash Buckles.
which may com • into the field. 5°
“If it is your desire to sell your For headache caused most likely
press property at a reasonable price, by a disordered stomach, accompa-
labor in every way possible to make
the Greater American Exposition a
cal benefit. At a yearly cost to
in view of the attacks upon
Hound lap bale of the American
Awaiting your reply, we are yours t . Only 5Oc. Sold by Mank sin-
truly, HENRY C. KNUBEL,
For Executive Committee." mons, druggists.
In deciding where you will
spend vacation, why not con-
sider Colorado. with its match-
less climate, superb and car-
ried scenery, its many resorts,
its Chautauqua, cheapness of
rates. and its accessibility via
The
against the manufacturers of the ma-
chines for making' those bales raised
by the owners of compresses and oth-
ers, the following letter, indicating a
bale system, it will be necessary for
the compresses referred to to consoli- ,
Decatur now are...
proper ar-
Everything Marked in Plain Figures.
es, bruises, cuts, wounds, sore feet
and stiff joints, Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve is the best in the world. Same
for burns, skin eruptions and piles
25,; a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
Man & Simmons, druggist.
idate by purchase or otherwise some
of the most desirable compresses in
the Southern States, provided such
consolidation can be arranged on a
conservative basis.
“Weare in consultation with the
representatives of all the capital re-
quired for the business who are wil-
ling to take it up if it can be put upon
an attractive basis.
We desire to call your attention to
ton Company, and the cry of “trust’
be entitled to the benefits of the fund,
the pension allowance being based on
length of service and the average wa
ges received by the employe.
The working of this plan will be
watched with profound interest by
other great companies and their thou-
sands of employes. It will be a mat-
ter for general satisfaction if it proves
Meesessful, not its least grateful fea.
ture being that it will draw closer to-
optimistic for a thoughtful student of
in times to find encouragement in the
plan now being definitely set into
practice by the Pennsylvania Railroad
company for the establishment of a
pension and superannuation fund for
its employes.
There is certainly a tendency in
this movement towards a fuller appre-
ciation of the deserts of faithful work,
and there is a fine promise of practi.
Sold by |
please be kind enough to answer the nied by constipation, use Dr. M. A.
list of questions enclosed and also Simmons liver medicine. For sale by
sign the option enclosed. Man & Simmons.
“The information received will be e-0
strictly confidential and not disclosed Story of a Slave.
to any one else in the business of , ,
... To be bound hand and foot for
compressing cotton, except with your 1 00
consent ! years by the chains of disease is the,
“As there are over two hundred worst form of slavery. George D.
compresses, and as it will require W illiams, of Mane h« st i . icharsaysi
considerable time and labor to send a My wife has been so ‘ p ess oi lie
. veassthat she could not turn over in
committee to examine these properties . , ,
bed alone. Ater using two bottles of
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thous-
ands of sufferers have proved their
matchless merit for sick and nervous
headaches. They make pure blood
Electric Bitters she is wonderfully
improved and able to do her own ;
work " This supreme remedy for fe-
male diseases quickly cures nervous-
ness. sleeplessness, melanholy. head-
ache, backache, fainting and dizzy
spells. It is a godsend to weak. sick-
ly. run-down people. Cure guaran-
Decatur,
“Whereas. the Greater American
Exposiuon, whose gates are now
them, at least; hence you can understand our reason for these
Heavy Reductions
at this season of the year. We now offer a line men’s
straw hats at ic each, or 5 for a Nickel.
1800 yards figured lawn, actually worth from 5 to ft
1 2 cents per yd, reduced to 2 1-2 cents per yd.
A lot ot organdies, dimities, etc., worth all the way
from 7 to roc yd, your choice now for 5c per yd.
All other better grades of lawns, ducks, etc., go at
same reductions.
the goods are sure to leave us; but we couldn’t help it, we didn’t want
to pack up a single dollar’s worth of summer goods, and prices alone, we
.of Wise County Greeting:
A. A. Landers, Guardian of the
•.■slate of Lena MeFerrin, having filed
in our County court his final account
of the condition of the estate of said
Lena McFerrin, together with an ap-
plication to be discharged from said
guardianship.
You Are Hereby Commanded. That
'by publication of this writ for twenty
days before the 3rd day of October.
1893, in a newspaper regularly pub-
lished in the county of Wise, you give
at the court house of said county, in
the city of Decatur on the 3rd day in
October, A. I). 1899, when said ac-
count ami application will be consid-
“The climate?” “Fogs”
“What do you eat*” “Hogs.”
“How do you catch ’em?” "Dogs.
time we feel confident that unless a retary of the Central Labor Union is
consolidation can be arranged on an hereby instructed to correspond and
{obviously economical basis, we may furnish the labor press of the country
not be able in the long run to success- , , ... 1
fully compete with the round bale sys- with all necessary
tems or with other new compresses plish this end.
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AN ECLIPSING SALE.
I VOL. XX. No. 32.
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AtOne Dollar you will be surprised
to see what we are offering. They
are beauties atOne Dollar.
At 5oc we are showing a very neat
boys’ knee suit.
One lot of boys’ knee drawers, worth
25c, but damaged by water, go at
...........................10c a pair
Tenn; it is as follows:
“New York, May 3, 1899. Execu-
tive Committee of tile American Cotton
Compress Company, 71 Broadway.
— Dear Sir: It is proposed to consol-
colloquy occured:
"Whose house?" “Nogs ”
“What’s it built of?” “Logs.”
“Any neighbors?” “Frogs.”
“What’s the soil?” “Bogs.”
SALE which pales all others into significance. In this sale we
reserved. goes at.......... each sizes, worth 75c to 81.50,
The best 50c bleach drill drawers in choice..................
company of about $300x00 it is ex
pected that a most satisfactory
57 undershirts and drawers, are worth Misses’ fine patent leather sandals,
25e to 35c, but they go now at.... 15c size 12 to 2, worth $1.00 a pair, at 45
All our very best underwear, nothing Ladies’ nice slippers, mostly small
Witness GTINN Williams,
< lerk of the county court of Wise
county.
Given Under My Hand and seal of
said sourt, at my office in the
( SEAL )eity of Decatur, this 1st day of
VO August, A. D. 1899.
GUINN Williams,
Clerk C. C. Wise Co.
A true copy, I certify:
T F. McClure.
Sheriff Wise County.
By W. H. North, Deputy Sheriff.
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Halcomb, N. W. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1899, newspaper, August 11, 1899; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581324/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .