Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914.
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M. E. CHURCH SOUTH, DECATUR, TEXAS
was held Wednesday and arrange-
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Floyd came along the road, the la-
low them used free of charge.
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There is no place in Decatur where
you can find so great an assortment
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Sardines, etc, etc
Light Crust Flour
Golden Gate Coffee
The first services in the hardsome
new Methodist church were hele S in
Two or
de pur-
illowed.
soldier,
md and
and Wichita Falls,
more than 200 miles.
buildings and stock peus and sheds
will be constructed. The coming fair
promises to be the 1 ig banner event.
t know
married.
For live news—industrial, politi-
cal and social—The Messenger. 11.00.
Corn Hominy
Tomato Kraut
Cut Beans Peas
deal of
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state be
n Star.
tempted
ig injur-
omehow.
n of of-
ognize la
nd most of the posts placed and
board fence will be started next
Florada Oranges
Cali. Oranges
Wine Sap Apples
Grape Fruit
Bananas
Strawberries
speeding is not stopped, someone is
going to be killed.
Fresh Tomatoes
Mustard Greens
Turnip Greens
New Potatoes
Sweet Peppers
Head Lettuce
Green Onions
Radishes
Celery
Big Delegation Will
Pass Through De-
catur May 8
Decatur’s New $27,000 Methodist Church Building is
Opened to Public witn Splendid Sermon by Pastor Nash
Jay Ingram Joins
the Aerial Squad
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Pauls Valley, Purcell, Norman, Ok-
lahoma City, Guthrie, Perrv, Ponca
City.
Kansas.—Arkansas City, Wichita,
Newton, Hutchinson, S' ’ ng, Ellin-
PL. XXXV—NO. 16.
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South Trinity Street
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ton has one bank using the system,
recently put in. These boxes are all-
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A resolution was passed that secre- I and Texas. A final time tab e will be
tary correspond with W. H. Beck of worked out within the next ten days.
Fort Worth, in an effort to have Tar- It is planned to run the tour on a
rant county fulfill the promise made definite schedule, and the party will
that the route from Wise county line
to Fort Worth would be placed in
first-class condition As yet. Tarrant
has not touched this part of the road.
The route through Wise is now in
fair shape. ana will be placed in
first-class condition soon.
The following communication has
been received:
Colorado Springs, April 15 —The
tentative itinerary for the 2500 auto-
mobile sociability run from Colorado
1 ment to construct a new building, one tile but for the labor and substantial
in keeping with the progress and financial assistance of such men as
United States and Europe. Jay:In-
gram is also a student under a La-
bis guilt and none mentioned the
many successful flights: and Lavi- —--------------
vian is one of the most successful avi- NI... .r
ators. having made f yhts over I'CW rreSldent Ol
accidents are narrowly
We ai 9 afraid that if this
change in some details, particularly
for that portion south of Dallas and
that section connecting Oklahoma
made in Decatur, the dates will2be
advertised later. This biplane is a
splendid machine, and has made
be under the direction of
through Texas, Oklahoma and Kan
)N A sas has been mapped out and detailed
dhhau preparations are now being made by
N Pyeblo, Colorado Springs. Manitou,
“.adha.;nyoncity
wb, ;
"Wk bright
‘GDVMonday, May 4, and it is planned
that three weeks shall be consumed
Col. Bob Sandusky
Frightens Ladies
But for the timely arrival of Mail
Carrier Floyd Helm on the scene one
day this week some damaging reports
about one of our best and most pious
citizens would have been heralded to
the four winds, and the results would
in all probability have rounded to
something of a very serious nature.
Several ladies living on the carrier’s
route reported to him that a strange
man had been seen walking up and
down the banks of a lake in the neigh-
borhood and in their opin’ >n he was
of unsound mind and th. eatening to
destroy himself by seeking a watery
grave in the cold and muddy bottom
of the lake. -he ladies were on their
way to the lake, when they discovered
the man walking along the bank. He
was acting, so the ladics’ stated in a
most peculiar ma .tier; at times walk-
Sam Sparks Will
Support Col. Ball
Austin, April 15.—Sam Sparks will
support Thos. II. Ball for governor
this year, it is said. Sparks has not
yet issued a statement, and will not
do so until after Ball has made his
opening speech, but he frankly de-
clares that he expects nothing to ap-
pear in that declaration that would
prevent his support.
While Sparks is opposed to prohi-
bition and even opposed to submit-
ting a constitutional amendment at
this time, he says that is a matter for
the legislature and the people, and he
does not regard the prohibition ques-
tion an extremely important issue in
this campaign, and on all other is-
sues he expects to be injfull accord
with the Houston man.
1.
We solicit your business and as-
sure you prompt and careful at-
tention.
The Messenger has been requested
to call the attention of automobile
owners and the city marshal to the
fact that there is an ordinance against
speeding in Decatur This ordinance
also demands that proper signals
shall be given by drivers at cross
streets and corners. It is a notice-
able fact that South Trinity street,
leading to the college, is being made
a speed-way by some car drivers, and
y street
>'s living
nd Light
esman. -
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ments were made to entertain the par-
ty of Colorado tourists to pass thru
Decatur on May 8th.
Jack Moss was made chairman of
the meeting and M. B. Smith secre-
tary. The following committees were
appointed:
To place the Colorado-to-Gulf sig-
nals along the highway through Wise
county: T. L. StClair, Hoss Lillard,
Venor Patterson.
To place Wise county part of route
in best possible condition prior to
May 8th: Coms. Downing, StClair
and Mann.
To collect a fund with which to
properly entertain visiting tourists:
W. B. Man, J. F. Lillard, Pat Wil-
liams, Warren Lillard, C. C. Lewis
Committee on entertainment: W. U.
Bullock, J A. Simmons, S. A. Lil-
lard, W. L. Rush, C. B. Gunn.
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trustees, P. J. Fullingim and A. C.
Hoyl, qualified and entered upon
their duties.
day morning. A large congregation spirit of the growing town, was put
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the Hoyles, W. A. Helm, Goses. Wil-
liams, R. L. Thompson, Lynch, and
many others. But these men not only
gave freely from their purses, but de-
voted much of their lime to pushing
the splendid undertaking. The Mes-
senger joins the members of this
church in congratulating Pastor
Nash and the good workers who
did so much in bringing about the
grand results.
This is the only financial institution, : zephyrs would b ng to the watchers
it is said, having these boxes that al-1 inaudible sayings of the man. When
in the trip. The first week’s run will
Manitou Springs Hot Iron club; and
Eric A. Swenson and A. W. Hender-
son of the Colordo Springs Chamber
of Commerce. Further arrangements
with regard to noon and night con-
trols are to be made by J. H. Jenkins,
general secretary of the Pueblo Com-
merce club.
It is expected that there will lie
from ten to twelve cars in the tour
carrying forty or fifty of Colorado's
representative men. Pueblo, Mani-
tou, Trinidad, Canyon City, Colora-
do Springs and possibly Salida will
be represented.
dies rushed out and gave the alarm,
requesting the mail carrier to send
a hurry message to the sheriff’s de-
partment for officers. The mail man
became apprehensive, not to say
alarmed, and with some misgivings,
or forebodings (either word is good.)
drove toward the strangely acting
man. When he came within hailing
distance the “stranger” was recog-
nized as Colouel Bob Sandusky, fish-
erman and yarn-spinner, who had ar-
rived at the lake with the first genial
rays of the sun, looking for frogs
with which to tempt the appetites of
hungry members of the finny tribe on
a contemplated trip to the waters of
West Fork.
afoot about eighteen months ago by
the pastor. Rev. A. R. Nash, and to
his untiring efforts is credited this
magnificent testimonial of our peo-
ples' love and reverence for the great
cause to which it is dedicated. But
with all Pastor Nash’s enegies to
Jay Ingram of this city now owns a
half interest in the biplane, in which
the French aviator, LaVivian, made
a short flight here some weeks ago.
LaVivian is now employed in the In-
gram garage here, and the owners
are preparing the biplane for a series
of flights. having dates over the
South for the summer months. They
state that as soon as the new and
more powerful engine arrives for the
whose term had expired, The new
aeroplane, several flights will
bered. The First State invites the
Sheb Says Oscar
Is a Demagogue
Colonel J. Sheb Williams and Gov-
ernor Co’quitt, after having been per-
sonal and political friends for many
years, appear to be about to take
different roads and all on account of
politics.
In the lobby of the Westbrook
Tuesday evening the governor and
the ex-chairman of the state commit-
tee indulged in a very animated line
of talk. The governor hotly de-
fended Ferguson and predicted the
triumphant nomination of the latter.
The colonel bluntly informed the gov-
that the latter was a demagogue, and
that it had taken him years to find it
out. These distinguished gentlemen
did not quarrel but they did ex-
change rather spicy compliments.—
Fitzgerald in Fort Worth Record.
First State Bank
Has New System
The First State bank this week in-
stalled a number of all-steel safety
deposit lock boxes for the use of the
bank’s cus.omers. These are the
first boxes of this kind ever seen in
this county, and it is claimed that
no other bank in this section of the
state, of Decatur’s population, has
ds safety lock box system. Den-
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Vivian, and will soon be able to At a meeting of the school board,
make flights alone. He is enthuias: | held Monday afterno on in the direc-
tic in the work, and while we regret tors’ room of the First State bank,
to see our friend • Ingram enter this; E P. Gibson was elected president of
death-defying avocation, still we wish the board, succeeding
him success in the undertaking.
s Rooms S
n
a distance of
Fair rounds Fence
is Going Up
The work of the Wise] County Fair
associatio grounds,,is progressing
rapidly. ihe postholes have been
wood, Great Bend, Pawnee Rock, C.-m D,., +L.
Larned, Kingsley, Dodge City, Ci- uunmen hay the
marron, Garden City, Syracuse. D 1. c ~ :
Colorado.—Holly, Granada, La- , I CnaLty Ol C^rime
mar, Las Animas, La Junta. Rocky I Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y.,
Ford. Manzanola. Fowler, Pueblo, April 13.-The four gun men con-
Trinidad, Canyon City, Colorado . victed of the murder of Herman Ros-
Springs, Manitou. lenthal,died in the electric chair at
This tentative itinerary was out-sing sing prison at the break of
lined at a recent conference held in ; dawn this morning. None confessed
Pueblo on April 4, and it is subject to
greeted Pastor Nash, who delivered
a splendid sermon This new build-
ing, costing $25,000, is said to be the
most substantial and imposing church 1
structure on the Fort Worth
A Denver railway between Ft. Worth
ing slowly, then at a rapid rate, al!
people to call and inspect this sub- the time looking intently in the water ' ■
stantial addition to its vault fixtures. 1 Then lie would stop, and the gentle
be at times
be over the Panhandle division of the
Colorado to the Gulf highway to Fort
Worth and Dallas; the second takes
up the triangular run to Waco, Aus-
tin, San Antonio, Freeport, Galves-
ton and Houston and return by the
gulf division of the Colorado to the
Gulf highway; and the final week of
the trip through Oklahoma by way
of Oklahoma City and Guthrie to
Wichita, Kansas, with return west-
ward over the new Santa Fe Trail to
Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
The line of the route, as tentatively
arranged, will be through the follow-
wng towns:
< Colorado.-Colorado Spring s,
Fovntain, Canyon City, Florence,
Pueblo, Walsenburg, Trinidad.
D New Mexico—Raton, Des Moines,
Clayton, Texline.
Texas.—Dalhart, Channing, Ama-
rillo, Claude, Goodnight, Clarendon,
Memphis, Estelline, Childress, Qua-
nah, Chillicothe, Vernon, Electra,
Wichita Falls, Henrietta, Bellevue,
Bowie, Sunset, Alvord, Decatur, Ft.
Worth, Dallas, Hillsboro, West,
Waco, Temple. Georgetown, Austin,
San Marcos, New Braunfels, San An-
tonio, Cuero. Victoria, Freeport,
Galveston, Houston, Conroe. Hunts-
ville, Madisonville, Centerville,
Teague, Mexia, Corsicana, Waxah-
acbie, Dalia-. McKinney, Sherman,
.. Guaranty Fund Bank
Decatur, Texas
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name of Charles Becker, the former
police lieutenant, found guilty of in-
stigating the murder, but saved by
court of appeals reversal.
Of the four men who died, Frank
Seidenshener (Whitey Lewis) made
the only statement He even did not
flatly assert his innocence.
"Gentlemen, '" lie mumbled as they
strapped him in the chair, “I did not
shoot at Rosenthal. Them who said
I did, was perjurers. For the sake of
justice, gentlemen I say I didn't.
The witness, Stannish— "
“Whitey” did not finish the sen-
tened. The strange harness had been
adjusted and the current shot his
body forward in the chair. He had
meant to say that Stannish, a waiter,
a witness at the murder trial, had
lied; but death intervened.
Siedenshener was the second man
to die.
“Dago Frank” Cirotici came first.
“Gyp the Blood” (Harry Horowitz,)
was third and “Lefty Louie” (Louis
Rosenburg) last. In forty minutes
flat all four were dispatched. This
time would have been shortened had
it not been for the overcrowding of
newspaper reporter. Their number
necessitated a shift of witnesses for
each execution.
There was no untoward incident
throughout the procedure. All
walked quietly to the chair and only
their quaking knees and sickly green
pallor of their faces attested that the
realization of death was upon them.
tain who will see to it that the sched-
ule is maintained as closely as weath-
er conditions will permit.
So many cordial invitations were
received from cities throughout
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas that
it was a matter of regret to the com-
mittee that every town could not be
visited. This obviously is impossi-
sible, but it is the expectation that
this tour, although the first, will not
be the last the. Colorations will make
to this territory. When the idea was
first suggested it was the plan to
make a two weeks* trip but it soon
became evident that this would make
it impossible to accept more than a
small percentage of the urgent invita-
tions and the time limit was length-
ened in order to visit a greater num-
ber of cities.
The committee in charge is com-
posed of W. L. Anderson and J. H.
Jenkins of the Pueblo Commerce club:
V. M. Friar of the Trinidad Chamber
of Commerce; Chas. E. Bruce of the
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