Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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Friday Morning, September 24,1920.
Cornin’ to the county fair?
D. B. GILLILAND.
beat of all.
Wise
This Afternoon and Night
Majestic Friday, Sept. 25
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circles.
To My Friends and Patrons
I have bought the interest of J. B. Green
in the G. B. Green & Company, Insurance,
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tion" from a funny source.
and will continue the business at the same
offices.
thousand votes.
Will have all the special attractions we had
in breathless expectancy.
to offer, retaining the same companies,
and adding more to take care of my bus-
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\ CORN SIGGESTION Fon FAII:
Is my motto.
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quest and urge the growers of sur-
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proper to employ an officer whose
duties shall be to protect the lives
and limbs of the poor ped strians.
lists of all other Wise county news-
pers.
but it seems that the c. p. is not in
evidence.
McGreggor will get less than two
hundred thousand votes in the com-
ing election.
Office in spite of the support of joke
politicians.
Let's get togeather and boost for
the old town.
Yes, there will be chickens at the
county fair.
Get in line for the nominees of
the recent primary election.
Some sweet day Wise county will
have passable roads—maybe.
Mrs. Tom Waggoner
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THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER.
ESTABLISHED 1880
Official Publication for the City of Decatur.
COLLINS & SMITH
to give the details and plans that are :
to be carried out in raising this en- *
dowment. While in the city Mrs.
Waggoner was a guest of Mrs. W. L.
This Afternoon and Night at Majestic
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the last of June or first of July and
the late plantings will make as sur-
ly and as quickly as June corn and a
far better a merchantable corn. Here-
on the ninety-eighth meridian, where
corn growing is not altogether as
safe as we would like for it to be.
finding and then growing a dependa-
ble core, adapted to both our uplands
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Mrs. Waggoner to suggest a move-
ment that. it carried cut. will insur
of our young politi- ity Slate was organized less than two
become aware of the months ago, and the repot t made to-
day shows it to be rapidly forging
to the front in Wise county banking
nearly passable. i
"With $130,000 state and federal *
aid and $30,000 that will be avail- 3
able from county road funds it is he
lieved that an additional bond issu‘
county attorney's department to ap-
point a traffic officer for Wise coun-
ty, but the court adjourned without
taking any action in the matter. Tht
Now comes the report that the numerous violations of the laws in
price of sugar is coming down. The this town and throughout the coun-
Pppressedconsumer awaits the drop ty have caused the peop le from a1
- -• ------- sections to appeal 10 Count} Atioi
Mrs. Tom Waggoner of Fort
Worth while in the city Wednesday
visited the city emetery. and it is
stated on authority that the had
condition of the graveyard prompted I
to th • agriculture of the county. And •
now for the suggestion—
A number of Wise county farm- E
ers are raising sureropper corn. Let n
us have a sureropper corn exhibit -
at the coming Wise county fair. =
There is enough of this corn grown •
to make a good and an attractive ex- E
hibit. By all means let us have it! =
I shall exhibit and I am going to re- ■
All Mesenger subscribers are
paid-in-ad<ance subscribers, and the
fist-i greater than the combined
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hibit at least 10 ears of each planting ■
from this year’s crop. We would also g
like to have a display of this corn, | -
consisting say, of ears and of stalks •
and ears of all the different plantings g
for the year.
If other farmers are growing var- S
ieties of corn of special value, bring a
samples to the fair and join in this =
corn exhibit and let us discuss and ■
show the merits of the different var- •
ieties and then in the future grow 5
and encourage the growing among 5
our fellow farmers of the surest ami •
The big field will be the
county field.
to your home merchant. How many
ty? How much have they contribut-
ed to the road and bridge funds in
----------- school houses have the foreign mer-
Some fellows are nominated for chants built in the Wonderful Coun-
special Correspondent in Dallas News =
Tourists who travel the Meridian =
Highway will find a modern, up-to- •
date road through Wise county with- g
in another year if the plans of the =
County Judge, W. D. Paschall, and •
the county commissioners are not g
frustrated again by adverse weather =
conditions, labor and material or by ■
the refusal of the taxpayeres to ap- g
prove a contemplated and necessary =
bond issue. i •
Wise county had thought to have •
her part of this important highway =
completed more than a year ago but •
a peculiar feature of the contract and •
the enormous increase in labor and =
material costs delayed and threaten- =
Report comes that Mr. Neff posi-
tively refuses to believe that W ise
county gave him the nomination to.'
governor.
other corn within mv
Among its commedable
See the poultry at the county fai.. Meridian Highway north of Decatur
speedster will have a poor opinion
of the commissioners' court should
that honorable body see fit and
if an auto bandit should pull one
of his stunts on travelers on the
Stop politicing long enough to
put in a good word for the county
fair.
Co-operation on the part of a
town’s’citizens will bring home the much denaro that righfully belongs
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sioners' court will see the necessity county.
of having a trarfic officer. Pro id- 2. It is a good drowth resistant.
courthouse a Hecoeyeealinestdpiannnem,
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Hope to Complete Work. -
"It is necessary for us to do some- ••
thing at once to put the road in 3.
shape. We ought to complete it ac- ♦
cording to the original specifications •
and I hope we will be able to do so. 3
The commissioners have been meet ♦
ing recently in special sessicns and *
while no method of financing the pro- 3,
ject to completion has been determin- ♦
[ ed upon it is probable that we will *
ask for an additional county-wide is- j
sue of $80,000 or a district bond of J
a similar amount. | *2
“The fact is the money available •
in the first place was not adequate f
and its inadequacy has been increas- V
ed bv unexpected conditions. •
“We have about fifteen miles of i J
completed roads and causeways from , V
the south county line and all of the ' •
grading from Decatur south has been ' X
done. There is about eight miles of 2
surfacing south of Decatur to 26
done The road was graded clean .
through to the north county line, but : ♦
under the punishment of excessive I •
rainfalls the graded road-bed has .
washed and deteriorated so badly ♦
that the work will have to be don" *
over. The county commissioners ,
have decided to go ahead with the 3
funds in hand and complete the grad- *
ing and causeway work to the nortn ] 3.
line so the road will be made more -*-
The showing made by the Security
State bank, the youngest banking in-
Assist the national committee institution in Wise county, as made by
its grand work of beating the dev- statement published in todays Mes-
ilish republicans Kick in! senger, speaks well for the manage-
lish repueadi_ ment of this institution. The Secur-
are getting
No criminal ever held the halter
draw with a good opinion of the
law. Consequently and so, the fool
old town in a sanitary
It appears at this writing that
the depraved republicans will lead
Jim Ferguson’s following by several
Mail-order houses
The best teachers in the Houstoa
public schools are leaving that city
and going to Dalia; where wages
for instructors are higehr. Good
salaries attract good teachers.
ylu can whoop ’em up for Jimmy
Cok and Frank Roosevelt with bet-
tion. Probably in the near future,
the Messenger will be in a position ‘
ney Patterson for relief. The ap-
pointment of a traffic officer to
look alter these violations is in the
hands of the commissionrs’ court,
and the only thing the county attor
Federal agents are coming down
from Washington to put a stop to
bootlegging in the Grand Old State.
As the corn crop is reported to be
of a bumper variety, we fear the
gentlemen will experience trouble
a-plenty in subduing the gay and fes-
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There is talk of another bond is-
sue to finish the Meridian High-
way. From the looks of the exch
quer another issue will be necessary
to do the job.
One Year—81-30; Six Months—81.00; Three Months—50 Cents
DICK COLLINS and MARVIN B. SMITH .... Editors and Proprieto:s
The county attorney’s department
is demanding that the boys who are
delinquent with fines come in and
crack down. A fine is no punish-
ment if the fined is allowed to take
his own sweet time in settling up.
The punishment comes when the
fine causes hardships sleepless
nights, etc—when it hurts to pay.
The commissioners’ court in ses-
sion last week was appealed to by the
During my eighteen years’ resi-
dence in Wise county I have grown
several varieties of com. Most nt
them have been unsatisfactory. A
few have done fairly well. Of these
latter. I have found the sureropper
by far the best. I have grown this
variety now for six successive years
and on different soils and under dif-
ferent conditions of seasons.
It has never failed to make a crop.
From my own experience in growing
this corn, from my observation of it
grown by others, and from my infor-
mation as to its origin and history
I am convinced that it is better adapt-
ed to our soil and seasonal conditions
Another victim was claimed by
the speed mania yesterday morning
near the Baptist college. No. no:
a traffic officer is not needed in
this town.
Decatur banks have a-plenty of
the long green; see statements in
today’s Messenger.
humor is supplied in the efforts of
“Cupid” to dispose of gallons of the
the remedies purveyed by a travel-
ing medicine show. He persuades
practically the entire male population
of fhe town that it is afflicted with
the "bluggers," the while tipping
them off that the remedies, with a
couple of raisins added, make an in-
teresting beverage in prohibition ter-
ritory.
Synopsis: Following her energet-
ic work to secure votes for her as
“the prettiest lady in town” when an
Indian medicine show offers a prize
for that person, the romance of Cu-
pid Loyd and Macie Sewell progress-
es rapidly, It hitches. however when
her father refuses his favor, and
when Macie becomes possessed of the
ambition to go to New Lork to study
for the opera stage. She is encour-
aged in this plan by rascally Eastern-
er posing as a doctor. Cupdi’s keen-
ness discerns his real character.
While Macie scorns him, he keeps
watch of her and is on hand to inter-
rupt the pursuit of the girl by the
doctor when she starts East. Made
comes sadly back home, and the skies
of love begin to smile rosily upon the
two as the picture ends.—Exhibitor’s
Herald.
Too much Fort Worth for the
Arkansaw boys.
ney can do is to take the appeals to
the commissioners and urge the ap-
pointment of an officer. This was
done by Mr. Patterson at the last
session of the court.
ed to defeat the project.
“You might say that our road
building program has ben hampered
and sidertacked by Providence since
it is an all-wise Providence who sends
the rains,” Judge Paschall said. “The
soil in the southern half of the coun-
ty is black loam and gums up badly
when it rains. The soil in the north-
ern half, along the route of the Mer-
idian Highway, is red clay and sand.
Voted Bond Issue.
“Two years ago we voted a bond
isuue of $80,000 and had available
a warrant issue of $60,000 to buil 1
the forty-one and half miles of road
which constitutes the route of the
Meridian highway through Wise
county. We disposed of the bonds
and executed a contract for the con-
struction of the highway. A peculiar
and almost fatal feature of the con-
tract was a clause providing that
work should begin at the southern
end of the county and progress north
ward.
"Work began, so did the rains.
The rains were excessive—unusual-
ly so. Work was delayed. Mean-
while labor costs and material costs
were mounting and the contractor
was operating at a loss. He declin-
ed to continue under this unfortunate
combination of circumstances and for
some time we have been at a stand-
still, although tourists can get over
the road.
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
Hlessenger will lie gladiy corrected upon its being brought to the attention
the old county? When crops are
short will the mail-order house
“carry” you for the year’s supplies?
and our bottom lands, is of great =
value and of far-reaching importance ■
The price of ice in Decatur is
high; very high. Twenty-pound piec-
es of ice weigh twenty-five pounds
and the price runs from $1.00 to
$1.25 per hundred. However, if you
don’t like the gouging, you don't
have to buy. Winter will be here
soon. Sweat, buy ice at $1.25 pet-
hundred, or wait for winter. It's up
to you; take your choice.
"Is your name written there?”—
on the'paper soliciting contributions A special writer for The Dallas
to the national democratic campaign News, in town last week, .sent.in
nd l some big news from Decatur, news
,u ___________ at hould have been placed in th
Contribute to the national cam-' Wit a ’ Humor" column, “wrUer
- paign fund; then shout your ^d great daily The specialwr^
off if you will for Jimmy and stated that Mr. A. C. Hoy I had tour
pL ’ hundred acres in cotton on his
,ra__ranch southeast of town, all of which
A little civic pride would keep the (the cotton crop) was for sale for
condition, forty dollars. Another one was o
the effect that the completion ot the
Meridian Highway through Wise
county had been held up by the
freaky conduct of the weather. Our
friend Withers gathered "informa-
he would be up against it. The
road is in such a miserable condi-
tion he could not make his escape,
co, at mat, we should not complain.
ter race if you have contributed to
th national campaign fund is
our name on the list of patriots
- f published in today’s Messenger? | than any
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CUPID, Zhe'
Opinion: Will Rogers’ roping of
a "flivver" and the comic complica-
tions attendant thereupon furnish
the chief laugh in “Cupid, the Cow-
puncher.” His spectacular riding
along mountainous ridges and down
steep precipices supplies the essential
thrills.
The star is first shown in an exhi-
bition of lairiat throwing and thru-
out the feature there are chances for
showing his skill at this and in rid-
ing bucking bronchos. He meets
them all after a manner that sup-
plies excitement and interest. Be-
tween times he is personal promoter
of matrimony, a business in which he
is quite successful until he seeks a
wife for himself. It is about this
difficulty that the story of the picture
is wound.
Helene Chadwick in the role of
Macie Sewell plays opposite Rogers
as Cupid and the cast also includes
Roy Laidlaw, Guinn Williams, Jane
Starr, Nick Cooley and others. Their
support is capable.
Aside from the scenes where the
cowboys take a hand to help Cupid
win his girl in a way that brought
many a laugh from an audience that
viewed the picture at Barbee’s Loop
theatre, Chicago, some of the best
October 4, 5, 6 and 7—Big Days;
r Wise county fair.
Featuring Will Rogers and
Guinn Williams, Jr.
a proper up keep of the eemetery
property. The plan of Mrs. Waz
goner is to raise a fund of $50,00" ,
which will be invested in government 3.
securities and the interest of these •
bonds shall be used in keeping the •
cemetery here in first-class condition. X
A sufficient revenue can he raised in ♦
this manner to have every lot in the
cemetery beautified and the walks
and streets put in first-class condi-
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1920, newspaper, September 24, 1920; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582163/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .