Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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marshal is the only beneficiary in the Throughout happy and: prosperous
about Decatur
How would you like to be Perry?
Patronize home industry
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Our charity list of subscribers has
been abolished, so if you fail to get
your paper, why, just come around
Cumby man was in favor throughout
the countv, it was impossible to get
some of our local "big fellows” to go
out before the people and ask them
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Independent..
DICK COLLINS,
MARVIN B. SMITH
A reunion of the Davidson family
is taking place in San Antouio this
week, remarks the Telegram.
No man can be a crooked politican
and walk in the straight path of the
church.
First to come gets
first pick of the stock. Remember
Office of Publication Northwest Corner of Square.
TELEPHONES
These comprise all our $25, $22.50. $20, $18.50.
16.50, 15.00, and 12.50 suits.
I there were other towns in Wonderful
Wise as large and as good as Deca-
DR. JOHN V. PRUNTY
DENTIST
Take Kodol whenever you feel that
you need it. That is the only time
you need to take Kodol. Just when
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
_ ESTABLISHED 1880.
S. P. NASH
DENTIST
Expert in Gold Crown and Bridework
Teeth extracted with little or no pain
Decatur, Texas
Ford & Patterson
Aftorneys-at-Law.
Office upstairs in Abstract Building,
Decatur, - Texas.
FEED STORE AND WAGON YARD
FOSTER & PRIVITT, Nort of oub-
lic square. All kinds of Feed;
clean stalls and good water. Prices
reasonable. Free delivery.
"prize” in the town’s property valua-
tions. Wrong again: we are to ap-
ply the revenue raised in this way to
various and sundry improvements' in
“citifying” the town. and occasional-
ly chunking off a sum here and there
to relieve the town's indebtedness.
There is a rumor afloat to this effect,
anyway.
you need it; then you will not be
troubled with sour stomach, belching,
as on the stomach, etc. Sold by
.'ord de Thomason.
Its all right for a man to be a
dreamer of dreams, provided he will
wake up occasionally and get busy.
While the Campbell-Williams cam-
paign was the hottest in Wise, and
about that time it looked like the
and drop the price in the slot and get________________ ___ .. _ ____
on the pay roll. . : lhav will- be sadly missed, a good !F
Decatur Baptist College will soon
open for the coming session. Every
citizen should help boost the school;
help bring 300 boarding students here
next month. You can help by talking
and writing to friends about the many
advantages of this school. It has
grown to be one of the best institutions
of learning in the state, and it is very
important to this town that the attend-
ance be large.
DR. D. H. PAYNE,
DENTIST
GOL- CROWN AND
BRIDGE WORK.
Decatur.
Col. A. B. Conley has sent in one
hundred and four subscriptions to
Bryan’s Commoner, which he secured
by two hours’ soliciting.
Hattie Forsythe, an actress chum of
Evelyn Thaw, is out with an inter-
view in which she states that the girl
who took the gay and festive Harry
“down the line,” as they say in Dal-
lastown. is a “pure, sweet girl; a lit-
tle gay, but the dearest of creatures.”
We call for an alibi from Hattie be-
fore admitting her testimony.
The Poolville Chronicle, edited and
owned by our life-long friend, John
XV Dale, is on our exchange table.
If the Pooville people want a news-
paper that will do their country good
they certainly have the right man be-
hind the Chronicle. Bake the whole
state with a fine tooth comb and you
Pointed Paragraphs.
A woman and her opinions are soon
parted.
The man who is right-handed is apt
to be good-natured.
There is lots of fun in doing things
you don’t have to do.
Always meet people with a smile—
if its your turn to treat.
Riches have wings, but poverty
hasn’t—so the poor are always with
us. |
Many a man is too lazy to marry a
rich widow
In looking over the files of the
Messenger of some twenty years ago,
we find that some of our present day
shouters for democracy were cutting
some peculiar capers in the political
arena. Some week when we have the
time to spare we will publish a few
communications appearing in this pa-
per near half a century ago and see
the change that has been worked in
the views of some of our “shoutin’,
fightin’, life- long-vote -’er- straight”
democrats. Kerfu), Cy.
- It is now up to the town to supply
free water for the farmers’ teams.
The public trough is as dry as a pow-
der horn and has been so long the
affair is falling to staves. Don't sit
about these streets. and wonder why-
more farmers are not driving into
town. This water question is about
the biggest question we have to
face. Eighty thousand gallons “for
fire purposes only” but not one drop
for the public trough! You city dads
or county commissions, do something
or you will see this town come to woe
commercially. Give us stock water:
free stock water.
She Likes Good Things
Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of West
Franklin, Maine, says: “I like good
things and have adopted Dr. King’s
New Life Pills as our family laxative
medicine, because they are good and
do their work without making a fuss
about.it." These painless purifiers
sold at Man & Simmons' drugstore.
25c. .. ....
Graduate from Kansas City; ten
years in the practice; work guaran-
teed to give perfect satisfaction.
Office on South Side Square, Deca-
tur, Texas.
The newspaper people in Cleburne,
the tellows who made a strong fight
for the re-election of Campbell when
the pussy-footed politicians were
afraid to come out and openly pro-
claim themselves for the governor,
are little sore over their treatment in
the county convention, which the pus-
sy-foots took over lock, stock and
barrel and shouted themselves hoarse
over Gov. Tom carrying Johnson
county.
Dixie monuments of imperishable
granite have been erected to the mem-
ory of this man and his kind-
the confederate soldiers.
Soon after arriving home he and
his brother-in-law, S. L. Terrell op-
ened a mercantile establishment in
Decatur. This partnership contin-
ued until 1879, when Mr. Kellam mov-
ed back to his farm, where he lived
until the day of his death. He mar-
ried first Miss Belle Sayles in 1866,
and to them was born one son, Wm.
Preston Kellam, now deceased. She
died in 1867. In 1870 he married
Miss Mary Hall and to this union
were born seven children, two of
whom are dead, Ida Bell and Quintie.
The other children are Mrs. Bonie
Moore, Mrs. J. H. Ramsey, Mrs. J.
T. Ramsey, M. H. and John Denton
Kellam. The wife of Uncle Jacob
died about two years ago.
In the death of Uncle Jacob Kel-
Unclean politics may win out for
awhile, but in the long run it proves
a loser. During the recent campaign
there were injected into a few of the
races much abuse, vituperation and
down-right lying. As long as little
2x4 cheap-skate politicians are listen-
ed to, just that long will we have un-
clean practices in our politics. But,
thanks, this breed is playing its last
stand. Let us stand up like men and
play the game fair and square: let
merit and ability to do, be your
guide.
to support Gov. Campbell. The
Messenger stood by its guns and
fought the Williams forces from the
start. During the latter part of the
campaign it ould be seen that the
governor would carry the county:;
then the “big fellows” loosened up a
little and handed out a few street-
corner arguments favorable to “some”
of Campbell’s policies. As the elec-
tion drew on, they became positively so
bold as to publicly favor “another
trial” of tile governor. The election
came, Saturday, July 25. Sunday
morning it was learned that Tom
Campbell had swept this and most ev-
ery other county in the state. And
believe me, the shouts that went up
from the “big ’uns” would have done
credit to a state convention. They
blustered and talked out loud for the
governor then.
We Have Money to Loan
ON FARMS. If you want vour
present loan extended we can do
it. It would be well to commence
in time on it, as it takes some lit-
tie time to get a loan thru We
also write deeds, take acknowl-
edgements and make abstracts.
Either write us or come to see us
Office in basement of court house.
Cates Land & Abstract Do
J. H. CATES, Manager, Decatur
citizen, true to his God and his coun-
try. A man who was loved and re-
spected by all who knew him. Such
men carve their character into our
heart of hearts; their influence is an
example worthy of emulation, and we
are proud that we have lived to know
them for their virtues and honor
them for their greatness.
To the children and that grand old
lady, the last surviving member of
the Kellam family, Mrs. E. C. Terrell,
we tender our heartfelt sympathy.
The Messenger is for a Greater De- :
catur from the fall of the flag to and '
including the finish, from “Dear sir 1
to Yours truly.” Hence, we are op- :
posed to having Hayter’s chair filled '
by any weakling. Give us a vigor- 1
ous young man, one who has the abil- :
ity and the energy to do; one who is ' '
not aligned with any political click ' '
or faction. Glenn Russell is young, ,
vigorous and a splendid business : ’
The prensence of that man of push
and get-up-and-gel, A. D. Rogers,
was missed at the organization of the
commercial club Tuesday night. He
is one of our main ropes when pulling
for the betterment of Decatur and
Wise county.
Lasting one week, we will sell CHOICE of any
SUIT in our ENTIRE STOCK for
man: Jack Moss is a splendid busi-
ness man, vigorous and progressive.
There are others. No old foggyism
for Decatur, so get in line for Greater
Decatur. And, by the way, if Bob
Thompson should quit, give us a
chance to elect another secretary like
him. Let the people say.
tur. The idea! Decatur has more
courthouse than Bridgeport, more
oil and cotton mill than Chico. more
newspapers than Alvord, more angels
than Paradise, and two times as many
county officers as Greenwood, Rhome
and Boyd combined. N. B.—Towns
not mentioned are requested to sead
in their claims.
his face toward his home in Texas.
And today with my mind’s eye I see
the splendid specimen of heroic
American manhood as he trudges
homeward, sore at heart over his
country's defeat, but proud of the
fact he had done his best.
There is a man, yes, a man in all
the meaning of the word, here in De-
catur who is a thorn in the side of the
little politician. This man towers
like a giant above the aforesaid littie
fellow. He is a prince of good fel-
lows, a man of splendid intellect, pa-
triotic to the core, and as brave as
Julius Caesar. He has done as much
if not more for the good of his town
and county than any other man. He
is charitable to a fault and his friend-
ship is as true as rip-saw steel. A
democrat of the old school and a
high-toned, Christian gentleman. He
is by nature a leader among men,
and when sounds the call the splen-
did following that rallies about his
standard eloquently attests the hold
he has upon the love and confidence
of the people. And this man is the
shining mark of little, envious, intel-
lectual tomtits and pothouse politi-
cians, fellows who would rat-
tle in his shoes like shot in a tomato
can.
Store Pecatur
Jacob Presten Kellam was born
December 10, 1835, in Little Rock,
Ark. He was left an orphan at the
age of 4 years. In 1854 with his sis-
ter, Mrs. E. C. Terrell and her hus-
band, S. L. Terrell, moved to Wise
county and they all settled on the
farm upon which he lived when he
died, Saturday, August 1, 1908.
True to his colors, when the south-
ern confederacy called for defenders
in the eventful year of ’61, Jacob
Kellam quit the farm in Wise county
and journeyed overland to his native
state and enlisted with his brother
in a company at Little Rock. With
gallantry and bravery he served
throughout the four years of bloody
strife, being severely wounded in the
knee by a minnie ball at the battle of
Prairie Grove. When the war was
over and the hopes of the south
seemed blighted and his once
happy Dixieland lay wounded and
bleeding at the mercy of carpetbag-
gers and wild Comanche Indians this I
Now watch Decatur grow. Quit
will not find his superior as a news-
paper man. Here's to you, Col. Dale.
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