Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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GOOD GOODS AND SUPERIOR SERVICE
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Sam was repeatedly hailed as "the vifed to assemble at the New South
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above middling, and brought 10 20.
Buck Smith, candidate for finance
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charge that the
Wheeler park for
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the Ft. Worthites.
At the close of his talk Judge Tan-
kersley announced that Booster Sam
Joseph wished to buy-a-bale of Deca-
tur cotton on a basis of 10c a pound,
and the trade was quickly made with
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Entertainment
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Our customers will tell you that your
money will buy more at our yard, by
far, than any other in town.
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High School Opens;
Tom Manning, whose bale graded come and sing with us
Seventh grade, Miss Clara StClalr.
Sixth grade, Miss Irene Perrin.
Fifth grade, Miss Ollie Plaxco.
Fourth grade, Miss Velma Neel.
Third grade, Miss Bell Ford.
Second grade, Miss Maud Hogg.
First grade, Miss Ellen Kedall
THE SUN STILL SHINING IN WONDERFUL WISE COUNTY
Drawn by X’. allace Nash, Messenger's Cartoonist
^-that's
THE POINT,
The NET RESULT of a year's work is what counts.
If one man earns Si0.000 a year and spends it all, he
does not really make as much as the man who earns
S6.000 and has S2.000 in our bank at the end of the
year.
Put your money in our bank and let it STAY there:
this is one SURE way to get ahead.
GUARANTY FUND BANK
First State BanI
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GEO. W. SHORT, com ,
M. D. SELLARS, Adjt ,
GOLDEN GENTRY,
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W. W. WILLIAMS,
LEA THOMAS.
Executive ( onamittee.
Music, Miss Mary Risinger.
Elocution and physical <
next Sunday, Sept. 20, at Miss Opal Wallace.
------ ,----- ----- „ town and county claim
erford and Denton were splendid and year and let us have a good social re- right to opinions.
yard your headquarters-
C. D. SHAMBURGER
LUMBER YARD
L. EI. McLarty, Mgr
sentiment was heartily seconded by 2 p. m.,
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harness horses in the country. Mr. "
Alien came to Gainesville from Ken- appropriate forthe occasion.
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arriving at
Exhibitors of live stock may bring
. . . , " train,
their feed with them or buy it on the
hpunds. Plenty of water will he fur-
Zished free for man and beasts.
l ie Messenger entertains the very
best of feelings for the gentlemen of !
the committee, and we believe five
alliN\- \
Worth,” which church on
There will be shows of different
kinds on the inside of the grounds
and entertainment will be provided
for each minute of the time. Ask for
a catalog and read it and tell your
neighbor and hand him your catalog
to read.
you to
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Worth mounted police, and
and his horses. Among his horses
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You’ll have a right to smile and
look prosperous if you will make
8:45 on
Kindergarten, Miss Beulah Dwyer.
Assistant teacher, Mrs. W. C. Mil-
j ligan
or Warren Lillard, treasurer, Deca- - ....
tur, Texs. Don’t overlook this. ) paid Decatur a visit Thursday morn-
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from any other source or not, the gentlemen having in charge the
Remember that all applications for great annual Confederate reunion at unions is being killed, and in a
entering live stock must be made on Joe W heeler park wili go on just the short years the instit ut n wil
the same
purpose may be had on application in D n \T' •
person or by mail to L H. Reeves. Hay UeCatUr VlSlt
president; Dick Collins, secretary;
committee's plans. the Pioneer Paper
and its friends will not fall out.
horse This horse cakewalks, kneels.
pr nt contends that some improvements are
• .- i needed to make the reunion, live and
size of a bale of cotton.
Hon. Tom McMurray warmly wel-
comed the visitors in well-chosen re-
marks, ending with an appeal to the
Pantherites for a first-class highway
from the Tarrant county line into Ft.
Worth. Hon. Sam Tankersley, for-
mer Decaturite and now a candidate
for mayor of Ft. Worth, responded,
speaking in high terms of the reception 1
given the boosters. During his talk
" pupils, I
And now i J
Mr. H. E. Allen of Gainesville, was
here a few days ago and stated that I the program of the first day to the for that noble . __________ _______ ____
he and his son would have seven or Did Settlers of Wise county, and that their loyal descendents are disposed the Me,senger has hit the truth,
eight fancy show horses here during of the third day to the Sons of X eter-1 to honor their victorious ancestors, The gentlemen composing the com-1
the fair to exhibit at the night ans. They both failed to make a these Confederate reunions will be i mittee have a right to their opinion, I
horse ,how. Allen and son own the program for reasons unknown to the attended and now as we pass through as to how the reunions should be
Supt. Barton with the entire [ . blic
school. The students complimented
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lucky some years ago and has all of future there will be a progrom for to frown and kick,
a Kentuckian's love for line horses, each day and an entertainment for
and is in every way a most pleasant leach night.
gentleman There were sixty Confederate veter-
A letter from J. H Murphy of Me- ans that attended the reunion that
Kinney, states that he will lie at the registered their name, with their
Wise county fair with seven show company, regiment and their present
horses for the night horse show. He postoflice. They all appeared to en-
says, quality considered, he has the joy themselves. I he committee sup
best string of show horse, in Texas, plied sleeping quarters and three
Among the number is an educated meals a day fot all the Veteran, dur-
high school horse.
Otper prominent horsemen to be to them or any discomfort to the tended a, a reply to the
hen re: G. V, Miller and son of chronic kickers.
Denton; XV. C. Grant of Denton, The Veterans will be pleased at any I xvneeler park for the past
and some others from Fort Worth, time to have the assitance and co-op-1 y ear, hadlosttheir drawing powers;
McKinney and Dallas. eration of the public spirited citizen that the 1914 gathering failed to draw
Nearly s2,000 will be given away to of the town and county in making a one-third of Decatur', population to
the exhibitors of live stock, poultry. social success of our annual reunion, the grounds: that the people', iter-
farm products, dairy, th.- different But whether we get any encouragment I est in the affair, as
books. We are anxious for
The following are some of the spe- '
cial attractions at the Wise county
fair to be held at Decatur Oct. 6, 7. s
and », 1914.
Old fiddlers' contest; old time sac-
red song; automobile parade; bi-
cycle parade; baby show; better I
baby show: educational rally; wild I
west shows; harness races; educat-
ed high ‘school horses giving free ex-
hibitions several times each day : pa-
rades of all classes of live stock:
riding and driving by ladies; riding
W peace officers; riding and driving
by childrea; Shetland pony parades: ’
noted Alamo stock farm formerly Veterans' committee. The two ad- the few short years - that may be al- conducted.
owned by Senator Joseph W. Bailey, dresses made on the second day byloted to us, we invite everybody to the hundred- of good citizens in this
and have some the best saddle and the two young gentlemen from Weath- come to Joe Wheeler park once a
or before September 26, so that the ---------------------------
necessary stalls to accomodate may F IXJ 1 D STI
be provided. Entry blanks for this * t. VV Ortll DOOSlCrS
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riding contests by old soldiers, law-
yers, farmers and stockmen; flower
show and grand display of fireworks
each night.
Big horse show each night in which
some of the most noted show animals
of the country will be entered.
The pleasant little horseman, Vir-
gil P. Keel, of Gainesville, writes
that he will surely be at the Wise
county fair with a string of show
horses. Every one who has attended
the horse shows at Fort Worth and
and Dallas is familiar with Mr. Keel
same. Ilia NOT doomed; it is NOT more. The Messenger made these
tottering on its last legs; It’s NOT i charges, and there are hundreds of
going to die. Our annual reunions at I good citizens in this town and com-
Joe Wheeler park will live and willmunity who are making the same
be attended regularly every year as'charges.
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a special
ha e been coming in daily.
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Sundays at the same hour, for the
purpose of practicing- together for
participation in the ‘Old timesing-
ing at the V.' ise County Fair on Oct.
6, at 1:30 p. m. Bring all your song
in the union. Come and smile: don’t come The gentlemen of the committee are
old soldiers, who '‘actually saw ser-
vice in the war between the states and •
staked their lives on the field of bat- ’
tie for a cause they knew was right." •
I We admit the claim. But we hold
there are others we saw as much ser-
t vice, who fought as hard and were:
every whit as patriotic and fearless.
Aad wito these, followers of Jackson.
Lee and Stuart in V irginia, this paper
drawcrowds to the beautiful park
south of the city. The people are of
the same opinion.
m shows - "
AT COUNTY FAIR ICX
at J oe
several
Guy L. Waggoner
Asks for Divorce
Guy L. Waggoner, eldest son of
W. T. Waggoner of Fort Worth. Sat-
urday filed divorce proceedings
against his wife, Lucile Waggoner.
Attorneys for Waggoner stated
Monday that the only grounds for the
divorce was incompatibility of tem-
perment. The divorce petition itself
wagwithdrawn by the attorneys from
the office of the district clerk immedi-
ately after it had ben tiled.
Mrs. Waggoner, who is the plain-
tiff's second wife, is now in New
York. They were married here in
September, 1907. Waggoner has
large ranch holdings near Vernon.
Texas.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, i
Wise Co tin tn Alessenger
VOI?AKXV-NO. 37. DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1914.
. The boosters marched to the square
headed by three members of the Fort the visitors with yells, and the bo st- . . .
ers reponded with band music and the ... , ‘, oom are over-crowded. I
shalled by “Slim” Montgomery. the song, ‘'Decatur I, Style All the . digh,school department i, badly
tallest policeman in the world, and I While." The reception by the school madel‛ atnd rrangements are being
“Fatty” Moore, who was about the Kreatly pleased the visi tors, a ■ 1 ti iscondit on Superintendent Bar
highly complimented the fine body of ton reports that over UM new „ ’
schoolchildren. One man remarked > a ’ enrolled in the school thi, ,es-'
“Decatur must be strong for Teddy " sio
The main object of this boosting The faculty is given below wLicL :
trip was to advertise the Fort Worth show, several new teachers
Fat Stock Show, Oct. 10 to 17. High school department: H. W.
j Barton, superintendent. science; W.
H G a lioway, principal, mathematics
and Latin; J. S. Davies, history and
; English.
■story of the school.
commissioner of Fort Worth
handing out cards among I. ,
friends here He and Sam Tar cersley r
win both carry Decatur solid. Large Attendancp
After mingling with the citize sa
business men, the boosters returned; ast Monday the Decatur public
the depot, where they were met by ‘ 0 ' 3- opened with the largest |
attendances for opening day in the
state that while the attendance at the long as any of the Veterans live that Now, this popular publication has
reunion this season was not as large actually saw service in the war be-I no quarrel with thegentlemen who run
I as usual, it was larger than is usually tween the states and staked their lives ' the runion affairs. This paper has
seen at other county reunions in the on the field of battle for a cause they ; no desire to create any wrangle over
state. The reason that there was noknew was right, or as long there live'the matter. The reunion'of last
marches and does many fancy acts and program on the first and third day of any of those noble women of the I year and the one held in August of
the reunion was because the Veterans' south that made so many noble saq- this year. speak for themselves. The
committee had offered the making of ritices and bore so many hardships I people who attendad these gatherings
cause or as long as know "the situation” and how near
sixth, of them are our friends;
so. whether the reunion, are run by
our rules, or operated ander this
s.AMk
The newspaper notice of August 14.
ia reference to the Confederate reun-
ion of August 5, 6 and 7 at Joe
Wheeler park.
The Veterans’ committee desires to
ing the reunion without any expense last week, an i wve suppose
PMA^"PUTS
ALL HE CAN
2 SPARE IN THE
FOR that
mMegRAINY DAY
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1914, newspaper, September 18, 1914; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581918/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .