Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 15.
DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927
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VOLUME XLVIII.
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aacecmcnemenmne)
ancoconcomeseoneevocmmovovomecpvee
of Organizaiton
Part of County
ru-
the
sheriff Carin ri-In when
Iepnty
The horse Wats
:rizunant bocame mad.
of prention in sreadin: "
N!eg
ncc« and ouilineel
del ill'll-
of camnpmign.
ispsod ’d joint
(ardens
onmnittec
tional.
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stressee that a preVitei!
It was
•nlrd by 1 hr chamnner "1
, Ira r pr-et"
re ailird in
Y
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The committer is
Jones Quartet.
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work to make this a
..r
totures that slall eiutwdy and "*
full evening ■ f pleasure.
a
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stoci t lull a
f
w ere
Wedne-iay after-
riceti
,f sorrowinr frieuis and relit-
ember •
JIM'S attended ’hr
in pmor healih
Miss t’ook had heen
an'i occasjon in min'
reeive any aid.
• time, and her death was
Kerp the date
f r somr
ot atu ttp te
strong
and everybriy turn
in the buildinv of the hizh-
of deservinr
interested
affable in
: sweet Christian chnraeler.
Hr knows the
4,
an 1e knows luw I" deliver
vouutry
Mes
k‘
invitation to aitend ' journalisi
a telline mesSEe
I
wili l... of inicrest
an Inuisine
<3,
atimn the meting.
I
M. ward has arreed with
Maser .S.
Reel club to set uprt
the Rod mid
I'll
be
mils to
|| is said that
• bass and
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ORDINANCE PASSED TO
REGULATE LOCAL DOGS
Winds, Hail and Heavy
Rains Visited Only
NATIONAL OFFICER OF
F. L. U. TO SPEAK HERE
Number of Animals
Diseased by Rabies
THIRTY-NINTH NOT TO
BE GIVEN AID OF STATE
Force Gets Invitation to
B. U. Journalism Week
ake Decatur Grounds
to Be Improved by City
D.B.C.STUDENT
CAMPAIGNWILL
BE BEGUN SOON
delightful
inclusive
i Charles
killed by
unexpected,
who knew
Judur
Pirk
Dean
t has
ben
Pru-
fund
ad-
cca-
CROPS AROUND
DECATUR HARU
HIT BY STORMS
knocked from
wore strippel
Both Dormitories at the
College Full Will Be
Goal of Citizens
COFCBOOSTED
BY LIONS DRIVE
county,
present
Miss Bell Cook Died at
Home North of Town
Unit
plan
Over Hundred Members
Added to the Rolls
• l
ii«iuniiaff
permits
each ;
F. L. Kuykendall Head
of New Albany C. of C.
f:‘ rmrr
\ are
him.
Dogs in City Must Be Vaccinated, Muzzled
Or Penned, According to New Ordinance
on0 roof. two dollars.
hr will d srl
Fishing Season at Lake
Decatur to Open May 1
pro,......V killed, and the owner "!II
- • • • | as set o in
Dr. Reeves Moving to
Medical Arts Building
move is on fonl
Im sve I lull the
spillway.
Fishing season opens May Pt
CONCERT BY BAND TO
PAY FOR TRIP TO W. F.
The 1lan will Iw
ar ion nf t lie etuea
or the ehamlr, •
Hundred and sixteen new member.-
mid more than six hundred dollars of
i
conereo atu the* colle"e
’T
to all. and all the
is men in the con
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I
I
I
di
down nt ihe cits bull
Prlii-s for
one dollar
1, .omuitte representing therolle
fish in Decatur Latke can
ay from pecatur to Sandy "reeh.
tn tin- ......ple "b"
ae- #
the'* =
filin' and five punders. plapinK nr
H„. serven in tlie fiyinz water a tii"
Mayor S. M. Ward of Deratur. an 1
coumiy Commissioner II. S. ‘ulwel
sridgeport. returned first of the week
from a onsiness trip to Austin in the
interest of the Tirty Ninth Highway
Judge Ward mae si
rhe elisea~e
Decatur College Team
to Meet Burleson Duet
whole pople "f Wise eouuty, ••t'giiid-
less of the 1'11111'111 denominatin wilh
Sons of U. C. V. Will MEMBERSHIP IN
Help Memory Book
suffered serious damase to rheir """!-
Tliv rain was general over Ilie comity,
but the most severe hail storm was
in the vicinity of Decatur.
In Southwest Texas. In the town .1
Rock Springs, northwest of the 'ii>
of San Antonio, with a pplation o
eight humndreu. hundred and twenty-
five people were killed by 11 eyelon":
Sixty-five bolies had been recovered
from the wreckage yesterday utoruiu=:
iur. a city orilinamne lavins ......*
passed reuuiatine dogs in the city.
a
the fees elerted ....... fishing lirene
and concessions on Deratur ltke in
a separate fund. will h shall be used
solely for the purpose of keeping the
lake in a sanitars cuntition. beaut tty
lug and maintumning the «runds ns "
pleasure resort. sneh funds are h
in llm keeping of Mayor Wurd an
will be expended under sutrvision
of a commit..... apwintrd by him from
the eb mealwership.
bilten by
werks ago
v $ 1E
3333- 2
uger. bus estendeci ail 1he for
rabies
A fine horse, belonpinx to
Davis, east of Decatur, was 1
Dr L. li Reeves, Fort Worth phyl
cinn. annonnces that be will move his
offices to the new Medical Arts Vuitt
lug on April 15th.
Dr Reeves, former. Decatur citizcn;
wns recently appointed A memler “f
the state bonrd of medical advisers
ly S. T L.illard. However, there was
but a slight difference between the
opposing sides at the. final accounting:
Ilie winning group will enjoy a feed,
at the expense of the losers, to be
held on the evening of Friday, April
a. Ladies of all the members will
l‘ur1se
:tuce in
call or send your name to Mr. Geutrs;
as the list must be made up and yeariy income was added to the mem ,
reported to headquarters imnmematt" ‘ _•. .... , ...... nt
It will cost about five dollars to have
each name enrolled in the Iwok that
unite I" eoe * ut mid hem
Ladies me esp.ei.illy invited I"
Shackleford county town.
•Kirk" has mauy friends in Decatir
who are glad to know of the hiul
cutcrm he is held in by his fellow
XX ta Albany. - guilty of « misdemeanor
Setimn of this ardlinanre Iteport of
varcination of a dog mst 1 made t‘
the city sreretary "I the ^b.'’ bill.,
saiel vucciuntion.
vicinity was asked by the Red Cross
nendquarters al St. Luis, aud ft;
hig and money are being rushed
to the stricken area. J Warren 1.i
bird. «ishier of the City National
llm bike is alive with ehoie
crappie
Hank in peratur. soliited aid for Ibe
surrerers Wednesday afteru...... mid
in a few hours he had eilevtet aluut
.me uundred dollars, whiel he sent 1"
Red Cross hesiquarters. tuber tout
iru-out the state answered the call
ca ECATUI is oue of the best
Ee towns in all the state, ami
EB it is home to us," remarked
Dy** Fred Freeman, talking with
a Messenger representative, who was
in Denton for a short time Sunday:
"but Denton is a mighty fine place.
vh have uat bought a home here yet.
and when we do we will Ie pere
nentiy located. The schools here an
the test iu the state. J huve a .......
and paying business in my bus lines
from Fort Worth to Deuton. Yes. we
like Denton, but old Docaatur is -tiil
home to us.”
animal.
sectiu 2—Any person, film. "I.
poration of askorlation who lermil-
any dog of any description, ow" O
controlled by then, to run at lar.
which has not been vnecinnted or wit;
out muzzle tis set out in Section
of this ordinance shall be detme.
and shafl lie
e. ntribute to Ibis expense ar
S. M. Ward. Frunk I Porl.
Collins and John Gentry.
An opening feature in the effort 1
swarm Decatur College dormitories
with students during next term will
be a program of miscellanenus enter
taiument to be rendered in the high
sehool auditoriun next Friday niKht
April 22nd. Deatur Blind will take
a leading part and mauy others • ti
increasing the student mtemlmiee :or
Ihe trm sixty -sis per cent. It >-
lirv.a that tile feat may I.....upliemed
and will result in greatly augmenting
the strength of the iustitution. Ibe
1teccut heavy rains put the Deatur
Lake limning over the spillwa for
the first ....... in thre years A visitor
to the lake Wednesday mornin stall'd
Umi lie saw a nmler of big bus-.
Marriage licenses wore isotel i" 1
full, wing by the cunty clerk sin;
,mr last issue: Dave C Bryant ami
Miss 1v (onimau: Lem Smith an
Miss Lizzie Tareyth.
rs attractive
Messenger has recvived a cri from
J 11. Troxell of Rhome, stating JO
was mailing mi old copy of the Aurora
Chronicle to this office. The CoPV "
the old paper is awaited with interest
bv the Messenger ditor. as be was a
printers devil on the pater a seaoy
Aitl for Die storm sufferers in that
-Sretio. J The fuel llml a numher
of dogs have been rniuK nt lare"
with nyaropholia and have bitt
other dogs and animals mid in order
to prevent further spread f H» imf
m'y. an emergency mid mi imiwrutix"
public ueressity exists, the rule r*
quiring ordinances to be rend on hr
.............ttys is hereby stispnIeituu
this ordlinance shall he in force mil
effect at once upon the first public:!
tion of same in the Wise Count?
Messenger. » newspxper publish,
each week within the city limits of
the city of Decatur. Texas."
Yovnt: peaches were
the trees. and lenves
from the blanches.
errort to zet rhe commissi ”
F L. Kuykendall, former Deatu
College student, but for the past two
vents a practicing nttorney in AllnM:
ias been elected president of the newly
organized chamber of co.....ierce in the
secre stedents.
very material faete r of sirenth in 11,
endeavor previously made. They will
be a-ke to write prospective stulnti
rmmending th'- college mid I" O'
port such names to the ouumnitt"" Hw
iit i-s mid literature may be mailed
;.. them
A radio broadcasting "urert will 1
F Dodson is chairman, and
Au effort is being made by members
of the sons of confederate orsaniza-
tioIN to have all living confedernte
soldiers' names enrolled in the Book
of Memory which is being compile
for record in the Stone Mountain
Memorial, now being constructed near
Atlanta, Georgia.
There are about twenty of these old
veterans in Wise county, menbers of
the Ben MeCulloch Comp. U. C. V. and
they are requested to notify John
Gentry at the "M" System Store, on
the south side of the square. P’lenne
are being taken by ill '
siured al Ihe rity hall.
Miss Bell truk. iwinly two " "1
u., danghter of Mr- and Mrs l‘"k
Cook, died at her home east of I »•■<•■
!■ is |o seeure finaneis1 a-is
I ransprt in the band 1
1atur culleg.....latin teamwill
delate euinst th'- Nurleson tollego
emu in lb- cole ehagel this Friday
evening at cizht velo k. The ouestin
I nirca siates pepartment of Educ
till ......... ne Established with,
seretars in the I’resident - ‘ abimi
S. admissjon will be charged, an l
all are itvited to attend.
zation. Several sons have sizuifini deel-n-ed the winner over the side led
their willingness to bear the expense .. ------
of having one mime each enrolled
among the sons reporting they will
mnc-liczl :nel official
for one family, living nindler
tn enalminate in a
bership strength of the chamber of
commerce at the close of the campaien
i iplurri in the stom Not: Xups'of awumers"r weusonssct.
Memorial, but this expense 1- to 1 .....tesi closed Wednesday when
met by the sons of confederate organi , , E. Douglass was
..........I ...... hum sisrnif KM1 F • .... ... .1
mail dog almnt thrc*
April 12 h.
rucincteri it
•mv .2... firm, cororatien or ,,ss” I • • ,,
amiou wim owns orcnirs or I- uuvirt..... shall 1" ‛......
eharue of any dog or dEs of n! ""
St riplion, breed or size, wlieth-r it I
li bird dog, cur. fiest or iwodile dog •" .
jusi plain dog of any description, t” giving the dattuw
permit smile to run al lave- willi
the corporate limit- • the "il, 1!
pratur. Texas, unless suIe Im- 1....."
vaceinated nzainst hyurwrttii
rubies, or muz.zled so a- to prei>u
the animal biting any person or
make the oceasion "Ue
eutertainers of the town,
of the Nobles Brothers aul
Beginning instanter a vigorous "n
paign will be instituted to fill Don-
lur College dormitories with boarding
students for next term. The Deetur
chamler of commeree was plede" by
the directors’ meeting Monday ! aht
to work in co opration with ofTigias
of tii" college i» this eud. ’2 J I.
Ward, president of the lie", .'ml
p M. Curry, instructor mid 1uinm
t^em. met with 11.....rter an P"
wont, an outline of the institutiot -
ruined, and farmers will, corn
utherities "f
her manner ,
syupathy "f the '"'he "uni’
goes out to the family in thieir lnit
and the Messenger join- 1" "xl"nin
is comoiri*
She was popmlar with all
her. pcinasr posse~sed wit!
ha
in n called meeting of the cl.V
coel wednesday morning ......rdi-
nane was passed prohibiting dogs
tlml lune .mt .....'ll vaecinated fron
running st larue iu the town. The
ild cnditimu existing in the mm-
mnity nere-sitaied inmnetiate. action.
„„ 1 part of Ihe city authorities t"
orveut wuat is fared to 11 spr.....
ol ,Hides among animals here Soeral
do— mad Wilh rabies have been killed
end a number of cattie mid horses,
irien 1 lb" dogs, have gone mm.
orrieer lave Iuen called disvatel.
U„. animais. (‘larles Iavis nast o
loan, lost a fine horse ......day, ......
nr cws in other "s • tow"
have lwn deelared mad
............... passed by the counei
will be roma it' Messenger.
I',..ml it mm if you are the owner ,5
dog .11 ill" cmmaniled .....bide "
il," w instructi..... AI dogs within
t|„. eo,|M.iate limits of Decatur must
I... cacrinatcn -r kilted: mid all de
found running at larze in the Sit:
an.r Ihe time given by the council t"
have timm vacinared. will be shot.
Tis |s tie law mid it l' mnde f"
n pr l -el ion "f the teple.
I charged, mid it is I" •'"I"'1
public will view the occasion as born
an oprtuit 'f vartiripitin i" ""
evening "f pleasur’ ""<1 to help f"i'
war a m vemeut in Will'll the 'll
....... lily is in every way < "Irt" ।
m,. ............. fl.......a tn'.' suI
nxeding fill.' dullars mi'1 Io
of Ilie dog or dogs so permill'd 1"
run m large.
■ sreti i, Vy the ""IHlain "I
any citizen witlin the corporate limit'
oi ihe city of Icatur. Texe- "V
oilier person who may find an do
or dogs rmning at larse within t!i •
corporate limits of said citv. "II",,
il......... or "''tiers of snis da "
dogs is unable I" show that said dog
or dogs have been vacrinateu iuain-!
lydrop.....in "r rabies shall Ie ""ruw
guilty of violating this ordimince : mid
unless same is im............ taken
clarge of mid kepi from running at
large the said d g or ‛tous will 1
rtain suzEein-
are: Individuats.
tur Tuesday nfternwn.
attend the banrmnet.
Both the lenders report that no
difficulty was encountered in gaining
adherents to the fold of the chamber
of commeren. People of ihe vicinity
recognize the value of the organization
to the community and are appreciative
of the sutstantial lead it bint taken in
pullie affairs mid the sterling good it
has accomplished and nre very willing
to give the endeavor their cooperation
and support.
With the increase in strength the
oraanizatiou expects to put forth a
stronger effort in th.....adeavor to ad-
vane the general affairs of the town,
eomunity and county. W hile the
campaign was made as thoro as P°S.
Ide it is yet true that some of the
eilizenship were uuavoidably overlook-
ed i nil.....auvass. mid it is hoped that
(be- ias yet i ‛mhe larzer
,l„. ...... of ilie oizumzmion th"
greater become- it- ability l" onf.
2.....1, ami ns lime passes it is hop
ma 1w1h the community and chambr
„r ommere will xa on t"war Kret
mid -treneth
Speaking forh wrzunization, "‘rest,
deal C l’ 1Ison heartily expressed
approriutim mid thanks •" a! who
had taken a par bef re ti Wednes
day sel "f lb" Lions Club.
Following ordinance nquiiiug llm
all dogs within the curpurate limit-
me city of Decatur Iw varinit"l
muzzled or confined, was passed 1)
the city cuneil on Welnepil: "* 1
special session "f ihe taml • "bbl
unit of the city. The fact llml
mad dogs had been rererto "uri
the past few days causrd Ibis step "
safety to be made by lite counvil.
...... was sig.....1 by S M
Wind, mayor: 11. T. Breedlove. C M
Burt..11 D. L. Kerr. Gordon Ikenshw
S. L. Hardwick mid C. L Christian,
aldermen.
- Seel b u I Be B ordained by th
city .....mil of the city of Iratr.
Texas. Hull il shall Ie unlawful t-r
A dog. said to Im- mad with rabies,
was killed on the public square by
Deputy Sheriff O. Cartwright Tms
day. Monday afternon a mad dos
was reported to be running wild i.i
the Glenn Hunt community, south of
town. When he eon....... the Hunt
premises Glenn went to the house to
secure his gun, but found that it was
unloaded, and as he was looking l e
suue ammunition the dog left and last
heard of him he was roaming in the
neighborhood.
Another cow, leelieved to have been
biten iy tin- mad dog whieh was
killed on the Rhine farm some days
ago, Is repwrted to show symptoms of
al Baylor 1niversity. Waco April "n
to ast. The week is being si"I- "
by tile Sigma Delta Chi fratrruit) "
journalisi students til Baylor. "
which Jake is a mnenkr.
Juke- remembering II"' fur >"
lending Hie invitation 1" altend 1hi
nipue pi..gram is apprwriatril
Funeral services '
oaklaw cemetery
given, mid tin effort will I made t
make a strong imprensi n • "" many
nu-mnds of Went Texan- win. wi
a--eulle m Wichita Falls for lh<
west Texas chaml r o1 cmmer‛"
rutivn next moth Many other ad
verti-ine foatures will I." resurtel l"
ranIGH senooL. Datur is
1»M| looking fur iustruetors. .....
I BR cording t" an aunuumneem"n:
528 in today's Mesenger fr.....
City ScInXil Board Secrelary Walli
Brady. Teachers, wantiug msirion in
the local high sehcol. are invited !<■
make applications. It bus heen clain
ed e,ebarged that due norice is md
give'about the tiwe aud numlr "
teachers wantel, mid a set proern
has been followed heretofur ller"
we have iotiee sufficiently far cm.ugh
in advance to ereate -u1hin* like
a contest for Hu- Jdmvs
Wise nuntu Arszrluer
-mnerE !• NO suesrruTE ron CIRCULATION"
More Than Three Times the Bona Fide Subscribers of Any Other Newspaper in Decatur_____
Jake Smyt. former ompios' of Hi.
KC.I and Hie colitit n> ....... ,l"'
rarming mid business interosts of Hi.
wilita Fall- for th'' I"" <!«'.' 'on'-"
timn of Hie West ras chambe. ■'
cwuree. May HIH1 and 17111, 1" tail"
a part in Ilie activities Hun Del'
will put oi, ihere to broauerast "
sverti-e virtues of Dectur "oli"H"
in the presence of that immense turoni
. f West Texans, who are i"teuti,
awywters "f our local institution A
small door fee or thirty five renis will
iA-m" mimmi aa..............
An effort was made to secure aid
for the seven mile si retell between 1
peatur ami Mindy Creek, west, bin
Hii- umissi, 11. Cone Johnson spoke-
man, rurmed down the plea of H-g
Wise cmis rpresrutatives. Johnson.
<o ilie Mes-neer i- informed. thonuht
onougli for ilie present had been don
for Hie Thiris Ninti thru Wise mid
aferr furile. assistance for twshe
monili-. It is llm plmi. according le
information coming to the Messenger,
to Imre Ilie lizliways thrt-nlit il
stale needing work receive Ilie atten
lion of Hie commission before any ne"
pr jeiis are ulertaken. All Slips in
med of work will be onerte up
in Ilie aain highways, art as 1h"
iankiead mid Meridian.
Mr. Johnson did not seem to be
familiar wilh ilie conditions in Wi
are affected by 1hesr conditio"-.
For year- Mr. Fitzwater Ims been "
farmr. a snc essful farmer, ami 1"
Snow- ne farmer as he know- him
wir. lb- will bring a me—aze 1:11
X * IN 1ISIING in I " I1 "
lake will in lifted "" Il
first of May. and it is uuiur
affair mid is designing a series
-ran 1TH consolldat iw • । he 1w"
2 nanger banks f I Ho—i
525 l.illard. wi has 1uu aetiu
KS as president-naer "f one
4 the Instil ill ions for -veral monih-
will return to Bridzoyrt. bis home
town before moving t" the Eait lam.
county town. "Ant, soy- "" will I"
Blight V glad to luve um Imrk." "
MSzced Louis Kirkputrick. talking 1"
1Shdell. Decarurattoru: i" th
Coal Town Momlas. "lillar i- "
mover, and Im keeps affairs stepping
.along over here: w- nev) hiu. 1
with his return look out for a revival
of movements to put Bridg.^.n on
ane map." continurd Mr. Kirk!
~ua (be big undertakiug t reclaim II
Xa overflow sen’tiou iu the Wes;
Fork valley Mr. Lllard to •k n mtiy ■
irt. and he will ..... luu this Wo
‘until the giruutic erer1 IwI15 a
reality. "llos-” is oue "f tino" f"ll")
who never pet- ...... wih lis !:
vine business I assist hi- ton
commmity. il- is a hustln.
him Eriderpr Ims a big i"l. A".
A. uzer j'in- in weloumin= I'"" I"N
Mhh Bridgeport after hi- stay in Iiaue""
W.sueh fellows an ...... " """
and he stall'd Hint for 1l
the Tlirts Ninil would no
line of the most destructive wind
and hail storms, accoupanied by a
heavy down-pour of rain, visited th
section Tuesday night. The hull storm
was the worst Hint lias visited the
county in many years, mid nad Hie
stones be....... any great size the dinii-
age weuld lave been appallinu. The
hall fell in great sheets for about ten
winutes and the ground was covered
to a depin of three inches here in
pecatr. The bull was driven by a
iard wind, and many lratur ......plc
took refuze in siorm cellars.
il-.ii. w. W. Iitzwater. natinal
. belli of the Farm Labor I niun "I
A.....lie.I. will deliver ’ill address I" Hu
ilie in ilie distriet wurt ron ' 11
ii.- night oi satunlas. April trit. M''
xwmer i- "He "I ile Iesi s!"ker-
.. Hi" country, and a very able man.
1,.. i- 1oruiy‛fmiliar witl sub
-3 JOHNSON Jr . a for......
citizen "f Ieeatur. amistiuu
£ .( II il’at I.yneh m Hie
s dicer. Smith luuler yurt
l rort is made into a rertiu ""II
h roriecitizn- Messerg" liar.i- ilu"
A. Mayor Ward s au euthusia-tin n-l! '
■Lmam ami Ielimnen the lako 1"T}
Er.uta Ih' I "Mx! ........ in * Ioi*
WWimner. Her......... littl.....I' ntin "
« the pari m the '111 oomil Ias I""l
nu the lake, au..... a result ■"
iwprovei.....us lave 1 " """l" 1i"
1 is the intetien • Ihr 1"!
mayor, so Me.—cuur i inf rul i"
avwint a coumnizte from the rank-
of patur citizen- 1 dire mp"""
ments on the properly " 1
risnine resort atrative 1'1 " '
aittee will solicit membership 1" 11".
1 ranks of fishermen, and lb.. lin"i"
•Oroney derived from the m.-ml'er- I,
.......... in Imntify ine the grounds an.
hiring a ko*t. Arrane"euI W.
lie mnde to have a man on Hie erIs
at all lime.- witli minnowa i
lunc and cla driuk stan "il .
operated, lieyorts "itr l:‘
the lake nre ternin* will li.
erappie. an'i ntst‛ "l* """
....... eangh "U trwut liu"s
followed by interment A ling.
pi
shere bul for several yens • nnuto1
2 with beaduarters o the "!a"! in
Fort Worth, was elected president at
the State ubermen - Ass weiatiun
Hie a.....ml meetinz in Fort """ll ""
Wednesday. J. lee was "e " 11"
most popular young men in h" "1.
.niint ry-wide when he resided in I"
ligletfl Decatur: " m1 "uT"I,
- fellow. Courteous, well .....tillered mid
"regular” I" a fine degree.. He is »
xraun........ "».• "f the best oile
in the east, mid it was wlile le w
altending the sel.....1 that " stor.w
put afloat almut 'be "allowane
’ father was sending him. It Wi?
cinimed that Iae. " hale, hurts, fu"
loving young fellow, was n t one i t-
-tight" in spendinx his nuHuy. ant 2
ills accounts nwunted higl his fatht:
wrote him. suggesting that the son
devote more time to study 11,1,1 less t
spending. Immediately "I'"" rre.....1
of tile letter from the father the No"
I seated 1imseif with I”'” in hnuet n""
replicd: "Contract that you were I"
L rurnish expenne mid । furnish .Ihe
Lpui.il still binding." lieturnin,,frot
hellege a thoro gradunte Lee rolled up
" his sleeves aud went in to lenrn
lumber business from the groun
He mnstered it, and he is "1
the nend of one of Hie gretest orsan
zatlons in the sotith.
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Collins, Dick. Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1927, newspaper, April 15, 1927; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1583956/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .