Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1923 Page: 4 of 10
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Stay Out ill Deoil
road. Commissioner St. Clair stated .
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Wise County Messenger.
MEMBER WORLD PRESS CONGRESS
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for roads to aid in getting them, and
There are a large number of progressive
Friday Morning, February 9,1923.
farmers in the Decatur community who
pay their current expenses by selling cream
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Filthy Alleys.
from a few good cows—which is only a side
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line to their regular farming.
Go on with your regular farming, but stay
out of debt by milking a few cows; feed
the skimmed milk to pigs and chickens, and
sell the cream to Metzger Brothers, who
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fair test!
H. D. Jones
—CREAM AGENT AND GROCER
Northwest Corner Square
for dumping!
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the law do its duty in the case.
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into tears.
The phrase "frozen credits” must
aid.
tion.—Burleigh.
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promote its prosperity.
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those folks would put in part of their
spare time in working the thorough-
fares, wonderful improvements would
up a town with the wonderful nation-
wide system for distributing modern
deal with them, you back up and
promote the advance of your town.
roads could be improved that are
now little more than cow trails and
virtually impassable when it rains.
The rest room for ladies, which is
being arranged on the second floor
of the court house, will be completed
That's a good way to get roads.
If the farmers- -and town folks, for
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Messenger subscribers get the best
newspaper published in Wise county.
Join up with Messenger’s army of
satisfied subscribers!
supply their share of the patronage
that would warrant these stores in
keeping such a stock.
The Texas Press Association is to
hold a mid-winter meeting under the
shadow of the state capitol in Austin.
Can you beat it?
Aside from being an active and
prominent legislator. Bill Edwards
is a splendid political news gatherer
around the capitol building.
People Co-operating. 4
A derrick burned now and then
will not count in the news of the
gushers!
The Turkish solution of the Ar-
menian problem is dissolution.—Dal-
las News.
At that, the Keystone will be one
of the best producers in Texas!
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LIFE WISDOM
By Noted Authors.
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Use the Waste Basket.
they “break the chain.”
The nuisance has started up again
“THE HOME OF DECATUR BAPTIST COLLEGE
Then when they find that they want
some little article in a hurry, and
grounds, and on one or two occasions
some of them have become offended
when asked to cease dumping putrid
matter in the rear of their buildings.
good, by affinity, seek the good; the
vile, by affinity, the vile. Thus of
their own volition souls proceed Into
The road into the Greenwood coun-
try is now in good shape and the
good citizens of that seetion are sing-
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The time is rapidly approaching
when the pearl-handled revolver will
take the place of the pickle-dish
among the bride's presents.-—Toledo
Blade.
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One iron man and a half gets De-
catur's most popular newspaper for
Duty may be defined as energy
tempered by moderation; happiness
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It is said that there is a law prohibit-
ing this wanton disregard for health
and happness of our people, but is it
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Whatever your sex or position, life
is a battle in which you are to show
your pluck; and woe to the *
Whether passed on a bed of sicknesz
or a tented field. It is ever the same
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are cowardice and defeat. .Menwere
born to succeed, not to fail.—Tnoru.
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If France ever does understand
American public opinion, we trust
she will explain it to America.—Buf-
falo Evening News.
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islaus Wojciechowski. will generally
be called the "new president of Po-
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the man killed by her husband wa- deep and piling up.
only an acquaintance; that she bare-
in this country, and Uncle Sam has
sent out a warning to pay absolutely
no attention to such letters. They
usually spring from the mind of some
thoughtless, irresponsible busy-body,
who hasn’t sense enough to know
that unless the chain were broken
there isn’t enough men in the postal
department to handle this class of
foolish letters and nothing else.
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Virtue is a reverence and delight
in the presence of certain divine laws.
It perceives that this homely game
of life we play covers, under what
seem foolish details, principles that
astonish.-—Emerson.
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in the two days of his too briet enforced. And taxes! We pay en-
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With Wilson’s health on the mend
the republicans are waking up to a
bad situation.
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The mischief of children is seldom
actuated by malice; that of grown-up
people always is.—Rivarol.
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A man that hoards up riches and
enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.—"Bur-
ton.
Idea, stranger?” ‘------- . .
stranger, “I‛m on my way to Mexico.
I was driven out of Mer Rouge for
being a jelly bean,” and he broke
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These good men were especially anx-
ious that this work be done because
of the fact that high cost of material
and labor and many other difficulties
caused the money of the original
bond issue to run out before the
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If the Germans and the Russians
didn’t make so much money they’d
have more.—New York Tribune.
Another simple task in book-keep-
ing is keeping the credit side of the
ledger after a war.—Detroit News.
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A candidate now-adays is a man
who stands for what he thinks the
people will fall for.—Princeton Tiger.
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Uncle Sam seems determined to
attend to his own business if he has
to go to Europe to do it.—Paterson
News.
can pursue a good end by evil means
A group of good retail stores links without sinning against his.own sou
5 - - ... Any Other issue is doubtful; the e11
effect on himself is certain.—Southey
Decatur citizens sometimes find in
their mail a mysterious "chain let-
ter.” usually containing a special
prayer for happiness, or good luck,
or something equally as foolish, and
along with it a threat that bad luck
will pursue them if they don’t write
a similar letter to three of their
acquaintances. In other wards, they
are threatened with dire things if
The American farmers want to
know who told the propagandist the
American farmers demand lowering
of the immigration bars.
A dapper army officer, a major, in
the regular army, separated from his
wife, shot and killed a poor devil the
other day in Wichita Falls. The of-
ficer states the man had "wrecked
his home.” With this statement the
major sent several bullets from an
army revolver into the body of the
give their patronage to their home
stores, those stores can not serve
them with maximum efficiency.
The men who own and conduct the
stores of Decatur are a loyal force
working all the time to build up this |
community, to provide it with the
best modern facilities and equipment, —--------- .
to improve its civic advantages and fair play, and admits.no
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: i If the commissioners would furnish
Any erroneous reflections upon the character, standing or reputation some money and equipment to the
of any firm, person or corporation which may appear in the columns of communities that are anxious enough
the Messenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the for roade te aid in vetting them and
attention of the publishers.—Collins & Smith, Publishers.
use the alleys
Too bad the appraisement nf our
citizens of some of our young men’s
worth is not in keeping win the
young men’s estimates.
a Lot
of Fun.
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to get the results you want.
But people can not expect to secure
the kind of stores that their commun-
ity is entitled to, on the basis of its
population and wealth, if they are
constastly running or sending away
elsewhere to buy goods. Unless they
When God would educate a man.
He compels him to learn bitter les-
sons. He sends him to school to tne
necessities rather than to the graces,
that by knowing all suffering, he
may know also the eternal cons%.
It is becoming more apparent daily
that Governor Neff will seek the toga
now worn by Morris Sheppard. And
it is recorded that a hers are seeking.
make a second visit to the old town’
Trash, filth and waste of every de-
i litter our alleys; knee-.
The businessj
M. Owsley, national commander of
the American Legion, has made a fine
and lasting impression. Commander
Owsley’s charm of manner and per-
Isn’t that politician down in Austin
who i« advocating a change in the
penitentiary system, with brass band
accompaniment, using former Senator
Ginn Williams' stuff? Didn t the
Wise county senator bring out all
this and didn’t he put afoot the
movement that will eventually bring
decency to the system?
THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
ESTABLISHED 1880
mntered at the Decatur, Texas, Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter
products They bring to your doors
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If the good old Kaiser Bill has
done is interred with his bones, there
will be some vacancy under his
shroud.
ly knew his name, and had seen him
only twice when he came at her home
to deliver phonograph records she
I ‘ purchased. Reports f-om Wich-
and ready for use next week. The
interior decoration is now being com-
pleted under the direction of Miss
Taylor, home demonstration agent.
The room will include all the modern
conveniences for the comfort of the
ladies visiting Decatur. The furni-
ture is to be furnished by the ladles
of Decatur, and this furniture will
be refinished by Miss Taylor. The
room, when completed, will present
a perfect example of interior decora-
tion.
the text-book shift. When the dear
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A Washington newspaper offered
a prize for the best answer to the
question: "How Can the Speeders
be Stopped?” Miss Jessie King, a
secretary in the house office build-
ing took down the prize with the
answer: “Prohibit dealers from sell-
ing cars on time.”
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Soul is form and doth the bo,
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Sorrows destroy us or themselves.
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A laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market.—Franklin.
The best teachers of humanity are
the lives of great men.—Fowler.
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We can not always oblige, but we
cah always speak obligingly.—Vol-
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They expect these stores to keep
stocked up all the time on a wide
variety of goods. Yet they fall to
the comforts and conveniences of ad-
me pnrase arozeu c1: uivanced civilization from all over th"
have some sort of connection with | world, where you can examine and
the icy stare we get when we try to select the things that you desire, and
extend our note.—Dallas Times-Her- Isecure competent advice as to how
man. Now it comes out that the
major was insanely jealous of the
woman he had treated in such a
manner that she was forced to seek
The latest piece of furniture, ac him in action. Fortunate indeed is mer and wield a few heavy blows of
cording to advices from the furniture the legion to have a man of his gi t criticism on our present splendid
factories is the flapper table and and appeal at its head. In ail h s. commissioners’ court as the excerpt
the description says it has bare legs addresses the commander la d grea from his last issue will testify: a
a d o in the Americanization and educatiol ago that by the time the people of
Mr. Richardson who operated th" of those among us who sadly need the county spent a tew more thous-
Alvord News for a short season, has bettering along those lines. With and dollars on the roads in this sec-
moved over into Fannin county, and such a spokesman as he the great tion that people could not get over
is now publishing the Ladonia News. organization of which he is the head them. If the people's money is being
a sprightly weekly. will make itself and its ambitions felt wasted why not the citizens rise up
'_____________ the country over.—Boston Post. and demand that what is spent be
Telephone Company to remove its
hitching cable at that corner. We
«uld suggest that Secretary Cates
" the chamber of commerce open
up negolations with the Dallas head-
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DICK COLLINS and MARVIN B. SMITH-------Editors and Proprietors
__________________-________________________________________ operation of the people aloug the
Most Widely Circulated Paper in Wise County ”u,e"
MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION that matter—and the county commts-
MEMBER TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION sioners would work together many
'heard from the home people.” A
always give you the market price—and a
be manifest. It Lay be that the
county should furnish the improved
leads paying all th" cost therefor -
but the county ne'er does have the
poney, so it perhaps would be better
lor the residents of a community
eepate some time d effort a I have
some passable real? than to refuse
to do this and nave none--Denton
Re oid-Chronicie.
Our attention has been called to
the alleys of Alvord. After taking
notice we find that the business men
of this city keep the alleys behind
their stores in excellent condition.
This not only shows pride, but also
an interest in the welfare of the city
It is very often the case that alleys
are filled with first one thing and
another, which often causes bad fires
which sometimes wipe out whole
cities.. Let the good work continue
—Alvord News.
The merchants of Alvord deserve
to be commended. Too often we keep
the front of our homes and business
houses clean, because that is where
company usually sees them, but neg-
lect the rear which not so often seen.
A merchant is almost compelled to
keep the front of his store in attrac
tive condition, for if he does not,
some enterprising merchant who does
will draw away much of his trade.
But when he also keeps the rear of
his business house and the alley at
the back clean it shows that he be-
lieves in cleanliness for the sake of
cleanliness itself. There are many
other towns and cities that would do
well to follow Alvord’s example.—
Denton Record-Chronicle.
The Alvord editor should head a
party of his town's business men and
come down to Delightful Decatur and
take a trip thru the alleys of this
good town! Man! You have never
seen anything like it; you will never I
behold its like again—unless you
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It cost Columbus only $7,250 to
discover America, but then it must be
remembered he did not have to live
in it after he had discovered it.—New
York American.
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Prominent financial editor says the
thing for everybody to do is to go to
work and, he should add, that they
should work after they get there.—
New York American.
north end could be completed. Mis-
takes were made, to be sure, but they
were honest mistakes—and who does
not make mistakes? Now, that the
work was well under way on the
north end of the Meridian. the rains
came and the natural result was that
this road, like all other dirt roads,
has been almost, if not altogether,
impassable. But, Brother Carter, let
us not condemn the court or the con-
tractors for the rains wnlch made
the bad roads, nor accuse anyone of
misuse of the road funds because the
work has been slow. We know it
might seem to the people of the north
end of the Meridian that sometimes
"patience ceases to be a virtue," but
at this stage of the game criticism
and grumbling at those in charge of
the work will not help the matter.
St. Clair. When asked about the
and svn.
And thvs thovh tied
in one smell place
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ave "
if merchants and their sales clerks
were not a mighty good natured
bunch of folks, whose rough edges
have been worn down by much con-
tact with human nature, they would
have reason to get quite grouchy at
times.
There are some persons who will
go or send to more or less distant
cities and make important purchases
of clothing, furniture or footstuffs.
If Secretary Cates of the commun- son, his splendid eloquence, his rad.
ity chamber of commerce pleases ating of sincerity and his very evident,
every member of the organization devotion to the noblest details and j
with his work, he’s too good for this aims of the cause he
crass earth. , - - . . - . .. .
_______,, been lucky enough to see and hea deemed it wise to take up his ham-
Word comes that the ex-kaiser of
Germany and his brand new bride
are at outs, and are living in separate
apartments in the Doorn quarters.
It is said that Bill, just before he
took unto himself the gay young
widow, received a new set of monkey
glands. ’Course, the old scout was
frisky, or rather he thought he was
as good as new, and he immediately
demanded a mate. He got her, a
frolicsome widow. Now, after a
short, very short. spooning period,
the couple have taken different quar-
ters. The glands failed miserably,
and ol’ Bill is back where he start-
ed—a down-and-out sapless wretch.
Owing to the epidemic of flu and - o spent in a way that it will be worth
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.. Evidently certain legislators .have bponhes, bavaedwbttess KX? TtTe
front of one of our establishments, Meridian in Wise county since you
he called for a pint of nitro-glycerine landed in this wonderful county, but
which he drank with relish. Then ; you know there are always those who
he called for a glass of carbolic acid deem it their duty to criticise any
Smacking his lips he gulped it down public work, and these critics always
The people standing around were think they could do the work better
bewildered and with one accord they than those who have it in charge,
one year Get own on Messenger’s bezan to scatter. The stranger, no But you should have had experience
list. ’ You get the best for the price ticing the.consternation.ha like and enough to investigate before throw-
of an inferior publication! Be wise ating. Smil edasmi 1d iiksand ing your harpoon into the commis-
in your investment in newspaper sub- bland, and requested that austick.o sioners. The history of the Meridian
scriptions: dynamite be brought.him., Hechew: thru this county is dotted whh diffi-
_ - - led up half of ths stick without cultiea, and the work done has been
------0 ~ , anti removing th wrappin: Apparently nccomplished under almost every
It is said that the klan and anti pleased and feeling fittin , he turned handicap possible. The court, we be-
klan question is playing the devil Pinio’s head toward the west, when iieve hs done its utmost under the
with in portant leg slation down -n an excited native and to the manner circumstances to make the people’s
Austin. Have contended all along born in these parts stepped from the money 5Eo as rar as possible in com-
thar i ore patriots and fewer politi- sidewalk and asked: "What’s the Dleting the road. I was oniy after
clans were needed in the law-making idea, stranger?” "Pardner." said the much planning and consistent effort
pody down there. stranger. "I’m on my way to Mexico, that the court was finally able to
let the present contract for the work
now being done on the north end.
Hearing that a frisky physician
was too attentive to his young wife,
a citizen in Arkansas bought a barrel
of apples. "An apple a day,” and
so-on.
: BRIEF TOPICS
I • From Our Exchanges.
Editor N. O. Carter of the Alvord •
............. News, has been a resident of Won- • • • • •
leads, will not derrui Wise only a tew short weeks, I
soon be forgotten by those who hav yet in that short interim he has
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Maybe we’d do a little better in
this country if all our statesmen were
not so busy reforming Europe.—New
York Tribune.
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Western paper says the wild west
bandit has died out. He hasn’t. He
has merely moved east.—New York
Evening Mail.
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