Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1920.
$1.50 Per Year
NUMBER 39.
All-Home Print
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Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 22.— R. D.
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IF YOU DEPOSIT .MONEY IN OUR BANK,
pooled their interests and
YOUR BILLS WITH CHECKS AND EACH CHECK IS A RECEIPT.
COME INTO OUR BANK AND TALK IT OVER.
WE SMILE IN oun BANK.
PUT VOI R MONEY IN OUR BANK.
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Paradise,
Boyd. Garvin, Cottondale,
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Veterans Good Time Greenwood Cattle Man
Weds Decatur Lady
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Long Search, Is Located
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We are now prepared to give
our patrons the very best of me-
chanical service, having just
acquired the help of
For sever
head-salee
Flome, Ms. C. C. Var meter.
Slidell, Nra. J. P. Turner.
Ratlill
Bennett
Gibson .
Tull Petty, Oscar Harris, Ed Neel
and W. A. Bridges were here from
the Paradise country Monday.
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Answering the call for assistance
of the National Democratic Campaign
Committee the following named Wise
county democrats have contributed to
the fund being raised to prosecute
the work of the National Commit-
tee in the north and east:
The Still Better Willard Battery
—the only one with Threaded Rub-
ber Insulation— has been selected
by 136 manufacturers of cars and
trucks.
When the solicitor calls smile and
kirk in!
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Tidgeport. N rs. L. Kirkpatrick.
. hico, Mrs Gardner.
Alvord, Vrs. T. F. Hollabha gh.
C reenwoou, Mrs. Fred Mi.ligan
Fconsval!, Mrs. Osburn.
ralsor.. Vrs. J. Thedford.
Tovd, Mrs Tichard Boyd.
Willow Pont, Mrs. C. N. Workman
Other chairaen will be appointed
by Mrs. Patterson.
Hou much have YOU
got in the
485 BANK?
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Two of the Most Expert Auto Mechanics
in This Part of the County.
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Wise Countp Alessenger
A NEWSPAPER WITH AN OPINION OF ITS OWN.
If Mr. Newt Young Fails to Aged Rhome Man, After A ■
Tenn., explains the mystery of the 5
disappearance of Mr. R D. Handley E
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TAYLOR & MILLER, Props.
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The Decatur band and about forty
Decatur business men and citizens
made a tour of the county last Tues-
day in the interest of the Wise coun-
ty fair. The trip included the com-
munities of Rhome, Newark, Aurora,
made, with the one exception of Mr. Miss., but stated he lost his money
Newt Young, who owns four hun- and baggage on arrival here and was
died acres in the center of the ace- on his way to Tupelo on foot when
age wanted by the company that the farmer took him in charge. a
proposes to put down the well. 1 f ! son of the missing man, superintend-
this 400 acres in the Young farm is | ent of schools at Rhome, has been
not pooled with the others, state rep- 'notified his father has been found.-
interurban Bonds
Id Except $1,500 000
resentatives of the company, the of-
fer to drill the well will be with-
L. D.
the happy couple left for the Brow
home near Greenwood. In the we
ARE HELPING HER KEEP HER BOOKS. YOU MIGHT NEED
HER BALANCE SOME DAY.
his destination
winning her heart and hand Most every inch a man, and measures full
Bridgeport, Chico and Alvord.
populav communities know Elbert Brown o
Decatur ! Greenwood. He is a native, and i
splendid citizens of Wire qunt
are joined. The bride is the dauzh
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W. R. Walcott of Louisville, ky
spent the week-end with his hrot!
er. D. E. Walcott, and family. This
is the first meeting of the Walcott
brothers in thirty-five years.
of Rhome, who had left Rhome some •
days previous for a visit to relatives =
In Tupelo, Miss. The failure of Mr. ■
YOU MONEY. HER CHECKS ARE HER RECEIPTS, AND WE
ip Harris and daushtenvisit
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many
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ia the vorst condition since it was
a, road. For miles the cars h id to
l ump i.l< ng over deep rut; ;• i l hob s
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drawn and the effort will be aban-
doned. If that section of the county
number of land-owners in the Anne- Handley of Rhome, Texas, for whom
ville country to have a test well pul police here were asked Thursday to
down will prove a failure; unless make a search, was found today at
the acreage in the N. E. Young farm the home of a farmer near this city,
least of the Anneville townsite is se- The farmer met the Texas man walk-
l cured and pooled with the holdings ing along the road several days ago
of the other farmers in tuat section and gave him a ride. As Mr. Hand-
toe proposition of developing that ley appeared to be ill the farmer
part of Wise county will go up in took him to his home.
I thin air. All owners of lands in the Publication of the missing man's
Anneville country amounting in acres picture in a local paper today result-
to about six thousand, have gladly ed in the farmer notifying the police
' . ’ put in of Mr. Handley’s whereabouts. Mr.
their lands so the contract could be Handley was en route to Tupelo.
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Mr"
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■ er joins the numerous friends of
this happy couple in wishing for
them the best and brightest; may
their journey through life be fring-
ed with red roses and every hope
and aspiration fully and beauti-
7 00 dian road from Alvord to Derptur i
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store an everyone in this and the Greenwoor the requiremtns of citizen. Messen-
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zens nf this community.
i4al years she has been
"dy at the Mississippi
Se was one of the most
ar: best-liked clerks in
Will save ku good money on your sup-
plies. Our polfkes are the same as always
heretofore-honest weights and measures;
low prices—The v^y best groceries obtain-
able, and unexcelled service. “The best is
none too good for ourkustomers.
We are in the market every day for
something better for your table. The condi-
tion of your bank account and your health
I depend largely on what you eat. Demand
the best; eat the best! I Mil more than
meet all legitimate competition.
Wise county fair visitors: Make our
I store your headquarters. Now, please re-
l member that we want to see you and will save
I you money on anything in our line. All
these good things and many more, and our
unexcelled service at your command.
Yours anxious to please,
fidence that me Wichita Falls
ban project will " through
Aditliculty was exPres ,, ■' mocrats, has nppointed 11"
L cl irmen in the county:
Betrie Railwa • and, , .I, ‘
minterested in the buildin
At the residence of the bride op
East Main street Saturday night a
8 o’clock, Mrs. Lottie Boyd of thi
city and Mr. Elbert Brown of Grenn
wood. were married. Rev. J ’*
Heathington of Baptist church c
Greenwood officiating. Only a fey j
relatives and intimate frien is r .
the contracting parties were present,
and immediately after the ceremon
Hkland a- rturnednfrmn
[th. East where,he. onnd.
beorge Bishop of (
ho is handling the.s ’ bonds
1th of first mortgage, onn
p to finance < heipten 1bas
pt SI Sim 000 of the i
1 * ’ i the financial
en placed, and , 1 t0
I have until Decembepias
of this amount.
Threaded Rubber Insulation is as
important to the storage battery as
the tungsten filament is to the elec-
tric light. There are other insula-
tions and other filaments but none
that serve quite so well.
Mrs. Patterson Appoints
is to be tested out, now is the oppor-
tunity for the landowners to close a
contract, and if this offer is turned
down the chances are that the Anne- Handley to =
ville country will not be tested. It caused his son, Prof. S. D. Handle m
is to the interest of every citizen and of Rhome, to institute search for his -
land-owner in that part of the coun father. Later advices are that the a
tv to solicit Mr. Young to come in elder Handley suffered a stroke < m
on this deal, and it is believed that paralysis which, tor a time. seems =
when it is shown that this is the to have deprived him o! his memor: ■
best deal they can expect, Mr. Young He has since recovered his normal im HB IIM 1 Q I W I ■ I ■ I B I B GBYB IB i-ii
will nut in his land. ' If Wise county ondition and proceeded to Tupekte-
{ the best fellows in the
% honest . he norable ' • n
H industry he has aremulat
Guinn Williams.....
.1. I. Patterson.....
H. E. Lobdell ________
D. L. Kerr...............
Dick Collins.............
—W. L. DALLAS
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Paradise. Mrs. S. L. \tkins.
anti Cottondale country. The Men-
BooKh
friends an-’ one of the ntost prominent mnen in’
theycointy’s financial circles. H ‛e fully realized.
Walter Stokes .......
N. A. Moore............
R. F. Christian......
.1. 1. Simmons........
Dave Hoyl.................
»J. H. Cates................
.1. A. Simpson............
Cash ..................-........
C. C. Henderson ..
W. S. Gilbert
G. S. Blewett...........
H. M. Foster.............-
J. IL McQuinn
: ohn G. Gose...........
FL B. Brown
Whether it be ignition or gen-
eral repiar work, we are pre-
pared to take care of you. We
take care of you. We have no
“helpers,” and when you pay
for work done at our shop, you
will know that you are not pay-
ing expert mechanics’ prices for
the services of a helper.
exGeneral Georze w. Short of tin
the orederate organization. requests
mentsessenger to state that arrange
ans ar.or taking care of the veten
(’hairmen for County popt, and"Kha de breihionopronn
— "■ er hela one of the most enjoyable
M-s. J. V l atterson, con’y < hair ial rate haz the ol d boys N spec
charge w ll been secured and th
Houste n. All vene cent per n ile
latives are entitlezans. and their re
Veterans are requestto this rate
blanket: all other bed.to take one
furnished free of charnE will ?
Houston committee. F8. b> th
mattresses have been p * thousand
the committee and thes wihased b
nished. with pillows, sheet, fu:
comforts. lo the visiting vet.rand
A meeting of the ex-contederatrana
Wise county is called for tomori 0"
afternoon in the courthouse. °w
She ip affable, charming in her man one
Rer, and at al' times agreeable worN
B2Rsensjzg wit and beauty and a
"na ehrim character, this splen-
J" lady nBunerou 1
hey conenas.Ne Mr, Brown m
ratult. Am
the larger towns conberts were given
by the band and short talks were
made by Messrs. Kemp. Lobdell and
Cates, inviting the people to come tc
the Wise county fair on October 4-7.
and bring their livestock, poultry and
farm products for display and com-
petition. The boosters received a
warm welcome at every stop, and 11 •
people generally expressed much in-
terest in the coming fair. Frc.ni all
indications noted on the trip, then
will be a big crowd here during . n.
tair if 1he weather is favorable. The
boosters left Decatur a' nine o’clock
in the morning and arrived home at
nine at night, after traversing o r
one hundred miles of very rough
road. The roads in the sou >em purl
of the county were near impassable,
an ' it was with difficulty that the
car- a ide the trip over the tiaevia
M tri > i As)). J i < j.
it, low gear, and the booter did net
wondrr that the people ihe Ah rd
sect on are complaining at the cen-
dlnon * f the 1 ad.
is to receive the development neces- Miss.
sary to prove that oil is beneath its Prof. Handley ot Rhome, was in
surface erery land-owner must do Mississippi searching tor his fathel
his part to bring about that devel- at the time the elder Handley " a
opment. Without development th • located near Memphis, Tenn.
acreage in the Anneville country is —--------
weiidowwalthrewithhea iaadwnin rim neqgyng
would lai ghat short cotton crops FNIK K t ! J > k I r K %
and stunted corn fields. I FITi I11| 110 | I [III
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