Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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For years in Fort Worth any
May 18 to 25
Entered at the Decatur, Texas hMo Hi. e
DICK COLLINS and MARVIN E. SMITH.
Editors and Proprietors
Mrs. Dick Collins .......
Associate Editors
Most Widely Circulated Paper in Wise County.
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witnessed 5,115 arrests.
Friday Morning, May 9, 1919.
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plays this game will come to a bad
home.
HOW MANY ARE YOU FEEDING
t hacks.
AT YOUR HOUSE?
In one deal the other day at Wic! da
Falls he cleared
salary for six years.
held by the little fellows.
and get the pure de oil, they sa:
That is very charitable in you.
help.
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for the nomination
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peanut politician is over.
Statistics
tionery, stamps and interest.
show it costs ten cents on the dollar to de-
Throw off that
vices at all local churches.
VIRGINIA'S DRY REI ORD.
State-wide prohibition has proved
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Let's forget it by paying cash.
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banking business in Decatur is cash-
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which will be held July 5, will be one
of the great attractions as they vill
empioyees but
the arrests for
positions that should be held by com-
petent men who have returned fror
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Million dollars new building permits
already this year. Fort Worth ha l
to Ute greatest service any generation was ever tailed unon to render to (Jie
wrorid.
Take our advice, and we can give
it because we haven’t suffered from
th 8 cause, and keep your chickens
It is reported that a number of the
small fry politicians will be looking
■ coming
That’s
as the just has been verified by re-
ports from Denton county to th,- ef-
fect that just as heavy rains have I al-
ien in that county as have come down
in Wise .
If Judge Spencer wanted the ofice
of congressman from this district for
"what there was in it,” he is due his
On May 2 4 be at the ballot box to !
vote Texas forever dry.
they have the best news
agent in the world.
selected the choicest tid bits.
Blade.
The same cities when the state had
gone dry had 801 commitments to
jail.
It has been a favorite saying with
the heroism of the Minute Men
lived and fought and died ov
hundred ycars ago.
Down through the ranks of Methodism,
•taster’s challenge, voiced by the < entenary.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, standing or reputation
of any firm, person or corporation which may appear in the columns of the
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see me and see what you can save
AND how many are you feeding over the
country and in town?
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Next Sunday is Mothers Day, the prompt settlment of claims; the i
and will be observed with special set- measures taken to protect the mdi-
----------- vidual soldier by means of insur-
ance have worked untold benefits to
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going down I
March, 1918, there were 1,48 . 1,525 ♦
• pectively ••
That is not all. You pay high horse rent,
for the use of a car, oil and gasoline, cas-
ings, tubes, and a boy who knows how to
treat it rough, bookkeeper, bill books, Sia-
vors to carry
passed the state-wide prohibition V
bill Fort Worth had to part from h* r j
saloons with many a sigh and many ••
all American cities in this
creek say. none but big men
states room passenger, th*- old
is liable to hit some breakers.
publicity those of 1776, but holding aloft in
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They say that the big companies
are acquiring the holdings forme . ly
burdensome yoke; break those chains that
have almost ruined you—the chain of cre-
dit, that looks nice like a sheep, but turns
out to be a wolf, howling tlpay me, I have
a mortgage on your crop, your team, your
cow. You muSt pay me and pay me now."
Th* little
fair held at that Ohio city June
information that leads to securing a
will be an interesting spectacle of the
to Columbus Centenary Exposition to be
Meesenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
of the publishers.—Collins A Smith. Publishers.
Be a good citizen! Stand lor yonr
town’s best interests.
political enemies a vote of
S. Burleson
legislate immorality out of men.
State-wide prohibition is no experi-
ment. Let’s perpetuate it by voting
Texas constitutionally dry May 24.
Do not forget the date!
bloated gentlemen
Lindsley is the greatest single war
relief organization ever instituted in
any army. The pains-taking, scrupu-
That it rains on the unjust aswellthe co-operation of the citizens of
loyaity, to sacrifice, to courage and to high achievement, it is a challenge
it looks like the biggest crops in only one ot the many businesses car-
the history of the Wonderful Count: ! ried on in Delightful Decatur.
see ond-( lass mail matter
the world war. The politician who
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our soldiers and their dependents j
at home. The war risk section or-
ganized by the late Major Willard
D. Straight and Colonel Henry
Get the benefit of the $3,000 to $4,000 a year
that I save over the other man who don’t buy
and sell for cash and has this large expense.
Come to me; my prices are the best.
millions strong, ring* the
from the boys at the forks of
town? It’s a fact. We learn that
Mr. S. A. Lillard stands ready to put
his shoulder to the wheel in the
building of one of the best equipped
1 plants in this section. But he wants
Denton county recently voted
Breckenridge; C. E. Martin who
learned the fine points in the bank-
ing business in Decatur is vice presi-
dent of a two million dollar bank in
Stephens county. . And banking Ie
to realize on the holes, and now iie
July 13. The Exposition is to i- |
memorate one hundred years of I
Methodist Missionary endeavor in
ing
Xmerua, both the Northern ald , . .. ... ...
spect. According to the Ft. Worth
southern I ranches uniting in th* eel- •... lt ,
I f riDlne, with all this new const rie-
ebration. The Nlinute Men I ‘arase. , . . r .
tion th*- classified advertising in the
papers constantly off* i a reward fer
gestion of voting the saloons out
tion the jim jams. They wer are
that it would kill the town commer- ••
cially and they did not enjoy the idea
of being separated from then morn-
Mrs. Marvin IL Smith ing nip But when the legislat ire"22
THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
Official Publication for die City of Decatur.
COLLINS a SMITH
apply for the job. The day of the
a groan. Now alter one year’s ex
perience she is happy over the re ♦
suit No business in the city except :
the police business has suffered. The I ♦
first tl : • • and ■ i hs of 1518 *♦*
HenryD. Lindsley was the million- . ♦
dollar mayor of Dallas. He was de- *:2
feated for re-election by Joseph D ••
Lawther Lindsley did not sulk He i ••
offered his services to the govern- 2,
ment and his knowledge of inst.r- 3
ance and insurance problems made :
him a valuable man Lawther was I V
defeated for re-election by Captain ••
Frank W. Wozencraft, who went ov- , ••
erseas and was kept busy until the I j•
armistice was signed. Now Linisley ♦
is a colonel. The following is a rich , 3.
testimonial to his war service to th. | 3344.4,333333-3--33-2-3,
government: __♦♦♦♦♦♦
American Expeditionary Forces, “~
Guinn Williams who learned the
banking business in Decatur, is
president of one of the strongest fi-
nancial institutions in Parker coun-
An eeffort is being made to have
Hon. J. W. Bailey to come to
Decatur to make a speech to our peo-
pie. The ex-senator has many friends
in Wise county and they will turn
out to hear him.
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As to it killing the
cords show that there
lime the saloons were closed and all •2•
the balance of the year witnessed .2•
only 1,807 With the saloons run •
ning in January, February and 2
Incompetent women are holding
Everyone that does not pay his bill, you
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city, the it-
are fifteea
lor govern
If we were Albert Sidney , there
would be a resignation in the hands
of President Wilson before tomor-
row’s sun went down.
this town and community, and if you
are the citizen you should be you
will fall in line for the movemert.
Of course, there are i. few in the
good town who believe we h- e
enough enterprises; that Decat 11 is
"good enough,” and are content with
the progress the town is maki:g.
This element has never built a town,
in the wide, wide world. In fact,
such citizens amount to absolutely
nothing in the scheme ol progress.
The soldier boy is returning, but
up to and including this hour the
}- girl who shed salty tears over his de-
parture and took his job has not re-
signed. A taste of mingling with the
c-r-e-w-e-] world has whetted the
girl’s appetitte for more of the same.
The returned soldier can loaf.
When the legislators, and the
governor, heard from th*- folks back
home, they became very solicitous
about the soldiers voting The folks
back home speak loud when they
do speak.
Office of the Commander in Clief,
. . ... France, March 28, 1919. Major G.
some indstrOlS base-holder ini,,,
...... ... D. Triplett. V. G. D., Chief War Risk
this section has come out in a Wieni- ,
„ ... . . Insurance, service of Supplies, Ameri
ta Falls paper with the statement' „ ,, . ,
...... can Force. My dear Major : Now
that eighteen derricks are up in this
, , ... that active operations have cease*:,
com unjty and drilling is progress-1
.. , , it gives me great pleasure to convey
ing l’upluiy. After reading the arti-
, , , my sincere appreciation oj the eific-
cle the stranger would undoubt* i r. , .
. . ... , .... 1 lent manner in which the business
believe that Wonderfui Wise was ...
(of war risk insurance has From the
in th*- throes of a tremendous • it i, . . . .
, 2 . । beginning been conducted. V ith
boom. I he author of that article is .
comparatively small personnel as-
making a mistake; what is to he .
sisting you and laboring under ad-)
gained by sending broadcast sue h .. . ,
, ,,, , ditional severe handicaps. von, n-v-
windies? When the looked-for sucker i ,
ertheless, have met every den.and
arrives, he finds out that the news <
, made upon your department aL.d !
he received is phoney stuff ami all . . . ,
have achieved splendid results. As
deals are oft. A number ol derricks i . . .
, . .. .. . a factor in sustaining the morale of 1
fellows, or a nunber ol them, tiled are being erected in Wise count v. aid
our army the work of pour section ,
the experts say oil will be found in ... . .. ... . . .
. in assisting to lift the financial i nr- •
this section; leases have advarerc
den off the shoulders of the cOnt- .
tremendously, it is true, but there is . ... . . 1
, less numbers of soldiers having de-
nothing smacking of an oil boom on . .
। pendents deserves great praise. 1 he
just now. It is a steady, substantial ... . . ,,, .
writing ol one and one-half billions 1
growth that is going on in Delirht:tl ...
i of dollars insurance; the putting .n-
Decatur. Nothing more. W iciita . .e .
। to effect of an aliotment system
From her- out. so authentic reporus Falls pipers should notify their cot . .. , '
representing the money value of
respondents in Wise county to la off i .1 . ... ...
three -quarters billion dollars; the
the pipe and temper their drams with i . .
huge educational campaign aimed in
an increased amount of pure cold ... .
acquainting our men with the lasting i
wa ter • -
benefits to be derived from war risk [
insurance; the effort made to secure i
out of your neighbor’s garden. We
have heard several parties talking
about the way their neighbor’s nens
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end when all the boys get
ty; Glen Russell who learned the some wiseacres that you cannot leg-
islate morals into men The above
a greater success in old Virginia
than even its friends anticipated. The
annual report of the commission r
of prohibition of that state takes the
first nine n onths respectively of 1916
under the wet regime and the corres-
ponding first nine months of 1917
under the dry regime. The total
commitments to jail in the counties
lor the wet period was 6.2 04. for the
dry period, 4.921. The effect in the
cities was even greater. In th*- va-
At that
a congressman’s
' house to live in or a location for •
transactin: business. 3•
If prohibition is good for Fort ♦
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Citizens of Decatur, do you know I
that with a little co-operation a new
oil mill woud be erected in this good
The Centenary is (it (iod!
in the midst <ti a worid crisis (iod has < omnanded imerican Methot!-
i i»i to mobilize her forces for a mighty offensive.
True to every I radii ion, (he command has heen instantly heeded. rhe
oice of the (ireat < ommander, midst the din and stress and sacrifice of
wvar, has touched llie heart* of the American Methodists.
The whole church now stands at ATTENTION to hear Hisfurther word
anad to take His marching orders. .. .
The command and challenge is, "IN MY NAME REKIILD i HE
WORE D."
their hands great, burning
ier of the First National bank of records seem to show that you can
liver groceries. Listen!
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True, the Marines are fighters, a nd Ten thousand minute men, like and oil
two million bond issue which is to I rious cities that were wet before the
be spent on the public roads in that state went dry. the same period
county. Two millions! Is that showed in 1916 under the wet r
enough to start the work? Aban-sime 14 007 commitments to jail,
doned community roads in Wise These cities under the dry regime,
are in better condition than the | 191 7 -showed 7.553. Even with those
mam public roads in the county tojcities already dry state-wide prohibi-
our east. • Pears to the traveler that tion had a wholesome effect upon
Denton needs three or four county the crime records. These showed for
commissioners. the first nine months of 1915, when
___________________ the rest of thes fate was wet. 1.721.
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Jous care taken by members of that
section to keep complete and accu-
rate account of the soldier’s liabili-
ties to his dependents resulting in |
the quick payment of such obliga- |
tions with its consequent alleviation ‘
of distress is in itself worthy of the i
highest commendation. In the I
name of the American expeditionai v |
forces, I desire to thank you and the i
officers and men of your section. ;
Sincerely, JOHN J. PERSHING !
The growlers and critics of the ad-
ministration should read the words
of General Pershing. They should t
take his words home. Really, the I
political opponents of Henry D. Lind- I
sley in the city of Dallas rendered
him splendid service when they de- i
feated him for re-election. He ar- ;
cepted his defta gracefully, offered ;
his services to his government, was i
given a valuable post, rendered val-
uable service and received the per-
sonal thanks of General John J. Per- l
shine, commander of the American I
expeditionary forces. General Per-
shing believes in the slogan ol The
Record: ’ Flowers for the living.” |
—Fort Worth Record
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1919, newspaper, May 9, 1919; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582101/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .