Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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The Farmer Merchant took stock at the close of six
months' business and finds that he can still main-
The soft drink manufacturers and
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The patrons of the Denver road
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DOING THINGS TWICE
BUTLER AUTO TRUCK HINE
Good Service Guaranteed.
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TRICKS ARE RIGHT
See Daddy Long-Legs" Thursday.
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attract attention to her pretty legs
by continually pretending to pull her
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started in the United States, and will
result in untold good to the rising
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Representative Thomas L. Blanton
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Loosen up, lease holders, and the
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I have stopped all leaks which most merchants have
— such as unpaid bills by customers, failure to get
But when my four tires go blooey
And my battery's defunct.
Then I think my doggone gas car
Shoul be torn to bits and junked.
Then my soul is sorely troubled
And my grin is swiped and lost
And I wondei what I’ll mortgage
To pay what repairs wiil cost.
skirt down.
During ihe honeymoon he thinks
she will always wait on him the way
she does now, and she thinks he will
always wait on her the way he does
coming.
A woman would rather spend $5
. When I starte up my gas wagon
And she glides and purrs along.
Never skipping or back-firing.
Sweeter than a lover's song,
Then I’m proud, so doggone proud
That I lift up my dimpled chin.
And I bonk-konk through the city
With a wide and soulful grin;
The COCA-COLA Co.
ATLANTA, GA
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THE THREE ELEMENTS
OF THINKING
You know that there are "Think-
ers" and "Thinkers”—that is to say,
some let their wits wander aimlessly
and without any useful results. Oth-
ers -the true thinkers, are able to
compelled to wear a coat and a stiff evolve ideas of real power.
A recent writer declared that
Demand the genuine by full name—
nicknames encourage substitution.
ESTABLISHED 1880
Official Publication tor the City of Decatur.
COLLINS aa SMITH
czarinian in his methods and prac-
tices?
Is he tyrannical or oppressive?
Is he despotic or abusive?
Is he imperialistic on destructive
in his ideas or idealism.
There is an executive brand de-
blind “orator” has never been exact- from this town are only allowed 10
you will find, as a rule, these kind of
men are not leaders in their home
when it comes to dress, they do not
attend many hifalutin’ church wed-
dings, they feel cramped if they are
We turn out a light in leaving the
room we look to see if it is out. We
seal a letter for mailing. and then
look at the address to make sure. .
We add figures, we copy, we count
things, we make a statement of fact
and then verify what we’re done
There are exceptions to all rules, of
course, but most things can be done
right and accurately the first time.
There are many folks who never
have time to do certain things they
many who like to read, and yet who
are short on reading matter, and we
hope the public will take full advan-
tage of the opportunity.
er before getting into bed we try it.
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Wonderful Wise is stepping alone
The corn and feed crops are made:
It is a paying investment, with
dividends of minutes and hours, to
train yourself to do it right one and
for all and be sure of it after it is
done. The Three Partners.
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stands first tor patriotism. and its
watchword is "America for Ameri-
gate waste in a week, a year.
We lock a door at night, and lat- erally prefer broad toed shoes instead
ha i.
Leave it to any one husband and
he’ll tell you that a model husband
is one who is so henpecked that he
hasn’t the nerve to be anything else.
We have often wondered just how
long Methuselah would have lived if
the drug stores sold denatured zinc
and sublimated brass when he was
on earth. Poor old Methusalah sure
the world war
united support
Wise county.
most important
The movement to organize a Le-
gion of Honor among the veterans of
intellect. First, “A thinker compre-
can spare is a judicial branch of the govern-
ment.
If the policies of the president or
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busy serving humanity to attend ma-
n> elaborate functions. God bless
these men and keep them, for they
are the human pendulum which
keeps correct time for the world.—
Grand Prairie Texas
others shouted, “No. no, no.” Men-
tion of both Admiral Benson and
Coca-Cola is a perfect
answer to thirst that no
imitation can satisfy.
Coca-Cola quality, recorded in
the public taste, is what holds
it above imitations.
Don’t forget to bring Io this office partment of the government. There
Entered at the Decatur, Texas Posto Hue as second-class mail matter
law? We think so.
ny kicks in it as beer, and that in
certain places people are passing up
the harmless drinks and imbiding the
drunk-making cider. The juice of
the apple is going to prove one of
the most difficult problems for offi-
cers to deal with. A barrel of cider
should receive
of the veterans
an afternoon train from Ft. Worth. President Wilson sent a message to
collar at a dinner table; they gen-
of American politics
Tom r. Gore. senator from Okla- instead of having to lose a night's congress recommending permanent
homa, has talked himself into a bad sleep to catch the midnight train in rank for distinguished army and na-
situation. He is now aleigned j Fort Worth, which is supposed to val officers who had won fame b’
against the administration standing | leave Panthertown between 10 and their services in the world war. This
pat with the depraved republicans I 11 o'clock, but which usually pulls excerpt is taken from the story car-
Why ean t Oklahoma send a Bure out about 12 or 1 o'clock. All the t ied by the Associated Press wire:
nufr democrat to congress? The'trains stop at Decatur, but people When President Wilsons message
was read in the house, members ris-
therein. Come to Wise if you wotl
prosper ami be happy and contented.
What an enormous total would re-
sult if it were possible to compute
the time wasted in doing things over
again. Everyone does things twice
—more or less. And what an aggre-
wish to do. How much time could venders have started a crusade
they save to that end by never doing against hard cider. These dealers
over again some of the things they and venders say cider is being sold in
do do? the state that has four times as ma-
All of the Kaiser’s sons except the
Crown Prine have offered themselves
for trial in their father’s place. But
then the C. P. has always been a trial
for father.
Didn’t the speedsters take notice
on short notice when Traffic Oficer
George Gage appeared? Why it is a
Simple operation, brother.
was out of luck.
Any time an old pink kimono
shrinks a woman can dye it blue,
cut six inches more off the bottom
and call it a “negligee.”
And many married women would
go on strike Is she wasn’t afraid of
busting up the "union."
ing from their seats, greeted the
name of General Pershing with ap-
carrying on of the forward move- ; the men who also are always pres-
ment of progress and civilization so ent at the bedside of a sick neighbor
vividly impressed on the nation dur- who takes collections for the widows
ing the war just closed. and orphans, who dig graves and at-
, —.—----- ' tend funerals to drop a word of con-
tion. It is for the senate to adopt
pleasure and convenience of the pa-
trons in a pig’s wrist!
“Your mention of Cato Sells for
governor ol Texas is pleasing to the
farmers,” stated one of our friends
from the country. “Sells understands
our needs and he is one of the few
big men who is a dyed-in-the-wool
friend of the laborers.” And anoth-
er thing, brother. Caio Sells has been
oi reject. Fort Worth Record.
neer. Two of these faculties will
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ed trail. He tracked the constitu-
their senators and heir representa-
tives. are all powerful. These re-
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At the present rate of progress,
the builders of the Meridian High-
way will finish the job sometime in
1925. Some twenty men have un-
dertaken to do the work ol two hun-
dred. What the taxpayers want is
that road completed. It is up to Mr.
Hammer to get a force at work.
dolence to sorrowing relatives. And
board one of the many sections com-
ing up each night. Yes. it's all such
he pays for. Get yot reading public in town and country
weigh your ice. and if with these periodicals. Do not hesi-
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P—FSOWBY DRUGGISTS EVERYWNERG
Sims also followed by applause, but
only the democrats applauded when
the reading clerk announced the sig- i ,, _____
.... . ..... .. time.” Second. The thinker con-
nature of "Woodrow Wilson. , ....
reives correctly the possibilities ot
Would it be in order to move a-
til his neighbors and how to sway
mendment of message by making' .1 ,
„ ,, , । them ” if this is true, we see that
Woodrow Wilson the permanent I
, ,,, the real thinker comprehends the
president of the I nited States? in- . ..
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quired ISpi esentativ e Blanton {de-
... | future and determines how to make
mocrat i of I exas. ' ,
. ... .. r ... the conditions of the present favor-
\ series os “boo s from republi-
. . . . .... . , able for him in the future,
can-, a hiss and a shout. Make him _
k ) Measure yourself up alongside of
Czar, answered the Texas member i ,
. these standards and see if you are
Is Repn sentative Blanton ot the
a surveyor, a phophet and an engi-
opinion that President W ilson is >
mercially The peculiar thing about Woodrow Wilson acclaimed the
their lives is the fact that you don’t choice of the people for the high of-
have to show them just "where the fice of president of the United
This is one of the come in” before they will act. All States. He has submitted to the
the, want to know is whether it is senate the treaty which includes the to patch up a worn-out *15 hat than
r lit' If so, they will not only give covenant of a lazue of nations. He wear anything as cheap as a new *5
you their sympathy, but will dig has advanced his reasons why the
down into their pockets to help even treaty should be ratified. Now the
at a financial sacrafice. These are responsibility rests with the senate.
। he men who make the community President Wilson followed the blaz-
cans," and its principles are lor the better from year to year. They are
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
Messenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
of the publishers.— Collins it Smith, Publishers.
All towns and communities have
their "good fellows." Men though
not rich, who are always ready and
willing to put their shoulders to the
ine and a late afternoon train from his country men as the Mark Twain
sweet (?) service and the arrange- plause. General March's name was
ments of the road are all for the applauded by some members, while
truck crops are fine: the watertfe-
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are certainly getting some sweet ser- is started from Missouri to Texas,
vice from that raiiroad these days, and when it starts is as harmless as
The road has developed a “group” the dews of Hermon. Five days lat-
system in running trains which does er it reaches Texas and there is a
anything but ad to the convenience jag in every cupful of the sparkling
ot the riding public. For every one juice. It isn't unlawful to manuac-
of the scheduled trains there are sev- ture a non-intoxicating beverage, and
eral sections, running within about no law that can be enacted will make
fifteen minutes apart. If these dif- the non-intoxicating cider stay non-
ferent trains were run throughout intoxicating. Honey Grove Signal.
Tax Collec
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Austin, Texa
SERVICES
On with the work on buihUng the
new sidewalks. Some months ago
the voters of Decatur called for
them. They stated they were per-
fctly willing to pay the cost. What's
the matter?
Fort Worth. Then we should have or Bill
Ions are smiling on the vine; cot-jan reading matter you
THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
the day or night, the public could go
somewhere and come back with some
degree of satisfaction and conven-
ience. The patronage the road re-
ceives shoud give us an early morn-
it is not what you make—it, is what you save, that
counts. Come in and try me and see what you can
save. You will be surprised and feel like you have
lost so much you could have saved if you had only
bought your groceries from me.
scarcely make a success; it takes
all three. Education alone is no
guarantee of the ability to think.
Learn to think by thinking, and then
apply your thought to your own life
in a constructive way which will
make the coming years more than
idle hours, merely filled in by time
and space.
DICK COLLINS and MARVIN B. SMITH. ____Editors and Proprietors
Mrs. Dick Coilins........... .Associate Editors Mrs. Marvin R. Smith
delivery expense. The credit grocer does not
mand the volume of business necessary to
his recommendations are objection-
able or inimicable, then the repre- •
sentatives of the American people.
The city tax rate has been reduced
The city tax rate has been reduced.
And the present condition of the
city exchequer would indicate that a
raise was needed at this time. Tax-
es make the mare go; we can't
hope for much improvement in oui
streets if the taxes are not forth-
coming.
There’s no credit due the feller.
Who grins when life Hows along.
But a crown awaits the geezer.
Who grins when his car goes
wrong. Judd Lewis.
generation. The Legion ol Honor
wheel an.I push with all their might congressional action. These policies ।
' when a no'. is inaugurated that will may be ignored or defeated.
advance the town socially an.l coin- in two memorable campaign •
ton and peanuts look good for a big
yield; we are threshing a crop of I
wheat and oats which is above the
average- all of which goes to prove
that the wonderful county is the gar-
den spot of the world, and fortunate
indeed are those beings who dwell
rounds, has short-potted you a pound when in town and secure some good
or two. make a howl. Is there such reading matter. This department
a thing as a weights and measure was installed for the benefit of the
too busy with the affairs of govern- promptly to our appeal for maga-
ment to engage in factional fights, zines and periodicals to be brought
He is a clean, big man. to this office for the benefit ot those
- need reading matter. Much mater-
The price charged for ice in De- ial has been brought in and many
catur is making the customers wince, others have signified their intentions
Eighty cents per hundred is some to bring magazines.
price, and the customer should get We are now ready to supply the
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1919, newspaper, July 25, 1919; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582110/m1/4/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .