Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
Friday, August 19, 1027.
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The Paper That Cares.
An Editor.
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A prtinent thought from
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EMTERE A
DECATUR
twtlve month ,f t!.
More than forty -five per cent of the
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Friday Morning, August 19, 1927
Woodb ridun, Suffolk, is tin- home
of
Two two-gun men brok.
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from the
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frei>ly of its time and
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Ami mirrored thru the publiratic.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY!
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and ninny 1
think what
you are due your honn
boy
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Milling Company
it has stood the
Wise some damangc
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being done. bin
in~t itnt i« n toray in
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LILLARD MILLING COMPANY
FLOUR
Decatur
FEED
For Sale.
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seats made of plank i farm on earth and it cut off from al
xa~. hard to crank.
merry hadles
Specials for Saturday, August 20
Ml"’ ■ Lina i “IIII m ni mini mini •II •II ni mminunummim minin
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Good fresh salt pork
MEAT
per lb
4
Swift’s Jewell or Vegetable
Blue Ribbon Nice Selected
LARD
RICE
3 lbs.
25c
TOILET SOAP6 bars 25c
Walker’s Big Dandy
BREAD
per loaf
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Our aim is to render constructive
banking service in keeping with the
growth and prosperity of our section.
4 lb. pail
8 lb. pail
That Al Smith boom
laiken on a big slump.
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in the list
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Has ne fenders.
Burns lots of
his town when visiting in other plare —
‘Tell the world that Deliuhiful Ircarur
Wise i
of th.
-Make this your banking headquart-
ers for the present and the future.
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The growth and importance of this
section fills us with renewed desire to
make this bank a real factor for good
in the upbuilding of our community.
A FACTOR
FOR PROGRESS
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Messenuer |ias heen
congratulations on its
which carried stories
“M” SYSTEM - A Good Place to Trade
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COLLIINS & JONES, PUBLISHERS
DICK COLLINS________________ F
WILLARD JONES - EDITOR
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
six MONTHS--$1.00
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1 Bl id
-howere nit,
reunion edition,
of ircatur mid
8
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$3
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j rives as
— Your Grocer Has it —
a unique water mill which, althe
miles inland, obtains all its I
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"TMERE Is No Substitute FOR Circulation'
Wise Cmumnty Ailessenyer
ESrAELISHED IM naeo
: : a" editor has
Part in atidlinz the town's advanecienr
Clydye Net HP. •
. : to Mr and Mr
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
S. A. LILLARD, President
DECATUR, TEXAS
wo rld. ns it rises 2,000 out or five
...... miles of water: this makes it aight
, " 1urls 2010 feet
fur boU .,t j —
confedorutes soldiers* reunion was the
bigzest and best of them all. and tlh
geltiemen who worked to bring abom §
to the town as the newspaper.
At
Hiles of the River bben.
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Rental records show that a mill, prob-
ably this later mill, was standing on
thesamu spt 710 years ago.
MEEECONGRESSAAND’TERAS-ASSSSIATONAWORLD PRESS
dent, (irover Cleveland. die: A 1 leve
hind wotld not tolerate wint Cah ii
Coolidre appears 1o1 1 romprehene!
among the vicious elenent.
port of a home institution, but you are
getting in return the very best in this
line of products.
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In patronizing your home mill,
are not only contributing to the
Kaw Valley New Cro )
POTATOES 10 39'
"Pride of
Mr und Ml
at ittart 1. .
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When you grease up that • I,... pic
mid head it for I ort Wurth r 1/11a
Remember what a presi l‛el spokes missing, froui axl,. bmd.
is the dairy center of the great south
west, tell atwout the Wonderfu! Conn
THE MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED NEWSPAPER IN WISE COUNTY
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ver *:"p to
only new -
world that
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first fine fur killiiz a Iarar in d xas
was rw-emly sent in t . the state Emne
del artimmi from Brew-ter vounty by
Wardon Hud Harkur Ihe line wns
ten dollars for killine on of season.
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nvi and uow conteinglutes rotirrninu
l Bacisic
ty's fruits, crops and the exquisiie ■
pleasure n living in a section that is ma
so close to huven rhat the sweet songe g
of the angels nre heard constantly ~
one Ford car, with plston ring.
Two rear wheels, one front spring.
vas «felineieit
nnmnn h| p< ar- <i
ah on him or
'isil to Mt and Mi
"lil~, urolse and othe
I i.
is a premier product of the Lillard
l'he <-’it r dr ppe.f Ids
done lished since 1926,
the grand succoss are entitled to the ■
splendid conuratulations they aru re m
wiving. if all Decatur men. when -
called iff direct ptblic affairs, woute —
give of their time as fihairman J J.
Lillard of this city complete the
ular course in book ke ping at
on a shoppinx
nil! aU.,
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The thirty fifth old settlers” and ex
Lubbock the other morning, ana when
: the smoke had cleared, an innocent
hiKh by stander was being carted to the
iatie hospital
X * dM ir;
ituiina
■ ii jot . • fiv.
i- a fral. la
ioui-lnture of
I- aid to be
1" 1ol- citizen- wonfe be desort.s ave:
1 here is no institution that
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I TwentyYears Ag
: Mesrnger, lugust 16, 1907.
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excurslon, stop mid
Sunday Island, in the Pacific, is
mid to lie the tallest mountain in the
Our zoveruor is beroming a
flyer, Stale reports from the a
Hehis.
county of the lonu a_- Many
1[ rs ha \ • been pm awa, a.
Most an v one can be an editor.
suceossfully maneuverd With!.UI tin
11 of the newspaper, and the
- -i Pipr rexularly gives frely „f 1.
spac t those things that are vital to
"" in the community’s progress. And did
w m ' r, •'1 "ornel o No tox cter fretted becans..
)k rm ; will candlidate for only one hole in which t., hid. "ai a
Ho" Cbh.: kX0' ...... ol sicinnircturing .m ........II.
1"lan5 of the Bia lend, arcordlin
' the last isene of Americun Forest
laud Flipper: "Did you ,
think the Clipper is the
ppur in the whel wide
Pott Or,
this was ropmrtrd. Land cumn s-i-.n.
for Ihe recent T,.Xas leuislature ......
. it the lose season on fox west or a
line running r uels from Kofuaio
counts on the g.il: to (lay ,, , ,
th.- II. d Itiver.
Aug;i>t i:!th.
Ah'. Jones of Cactus < reek let a
fan up n* r dip la-t wek and cut her
it the
A mi hivv ous lar of Pilt 1n rhrew
All tires punctured, a.nt worth a
cent :
Got bos of ~ped; run like the derc.
lurns either oil • r tobacco juice.
It you want this car, inquire witlin:
llelluva • od Ford for the shape its
in Albany News.
Mr- il
1att, of i ,
Mis- l‛
from Vim ,
~ich -tuff as this
L. ((1
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you ever stop to think that it cost the
ewspaper just as mnch to ph.lisn
f free articles as it does those tiut ar
$
Mrs. E. W. Hatcher and 'hil.i'.’i r.
turned Ihursday to their Lom. in
Weatherford, after a visit her • itl
Mr. and Mrs. J w. Ilutelic-
paper. ’ll • i -r
with hi • taxe nd his
_ A number of our w ise c<>nnt v ,.i,
e erm "high brow" is said to zeus were disapppinted when it 1
X\rX usrd by win irwin,velopa that t turihol "Uver
______ | Norris invitation did not result in
.. lig and exciting affair.
s..« i is feared that Calin, was passed off in appl,. pi..
joking u hen he said lie did mt .................. had ,, 2. an dori.ms
to be i candidate for re-election. time.
I n» must marvelous petrificd for...;
known to man has just 1 on discov
oroed by zcolozists near the (‘hi-...
What were you paying for Groceries before “M” System
came to Decatur ?
Make that application to w. w- n
-------- or any •ther towu that ha- . ir.
Business Manastr new paper la listing for the town .
1 week thru-ut t|„. ywar. ami year an -,
try? Better men
chair daily
tin Ash
Mr Fund while harnn-ing » hr*
.Saturday was kickea ju-t .......
of the eru erih."
Isaiah Trimmer of Bunning Creek
" - playing with a cat Friday wien
I ratche hila on the veranela '
While Harold Gren was cscorting
Mi-- Violet Wise from the chureh
-ial last Saturday night a savage
‛ "K attacke them and hit Mr. (;ren
" ‘ r • tlmnes on the public square."
Sinc, iiorm . Tho
Messenger is Informed to I’i- ।
Haines •1 Hastmnan college, I' t
kep-ie. New York, tat .1 Warr, a
Mi— M uni I ar wii
Tue-tlay fr , a > ■ i ।.
corpig Chri-ti
mran: r
1-f1 >
1- im-y n ■ mid '
aval 1w -pager.
report fr m ap •ffirinl mill association z
in thin country states. *
jail, or my a ft "f 'Ii'-- netre
govd .hilar-
"je* . n .t 1• ve ■ -4/, . . vo
"MSrSTEM
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The prozressive, wideawake and
enereetic Drctur citizen will talk np
Texas"
mnity I lie scope of Ilie new-spet
to its town is boundless and ,he in
I.Test tin- people have in its pjur 1.
reflected thru it in exact ratio t, Him
interest.
Where is there a newsiaper tl
whole wide world that cures a dura
about he ton n . f Woson nur ri,
W.......... Record? w.....Ison Ite, ..i
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yea r
W hut iustitution in th. couir,
im- the town’s interests mer.. at nr
• OR REPUTATION OF any,lan the local nwspapur: Eacl tas
T ME IN THE COLUMNS OF , it reflet the 11, of 1 . , ,1.
m.NC BROUGHT TO THE AriEnnon their desires, amlitions. artiviri,. and
________________ The -1061s. mlurl.
ni le activitin clubs lodges and in
| dividnals each come in for their -lar
THREE MONTH.-.OC of pt a Ise and com men dat j. nir
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
ANY LRh -.FO ' HEFLEcriON UPON THE CHARACTER. SYANDIr
FIRM. FERsON OF CORPORATION WHicH MAY APPEAR AT ANY
are the doings of the town. Its lni<
Everstiinpliness houses, scia) life and inter.ts.
order and Whieh are weekly chornieleg „, 1,
outside world, which without tins re
minder would be izne rant of tin- .om
the man with the cows, s ws and 1I.
is not losing .sleep or missing mea1
— a------
Why all this to do about execuriu
till' two anarehist.s, who Wei.' fair i
rouvicted of wain.m murder? wIy
-should the law s demands be delayea
in breaking the necks of tw. or 1
most de perate criminais in tle ,
A Texa • wekly newapwt pul i-ler
has been brouulit int, . r and uive,
it heaithy srntence nnd fine fer vilat
lug the inn *t ruing 1he piishinu
of a delinquent tux li-t ii, his new
, of what might lappwn if an etire
county bought everything the coms
wore or consume from (‘hicage ,
Kansas- City? IIow mch would you
giie for the iwist farm in such a
ounty Would ion wnat the best
(‘arburator busted half way thru- -
Engine missing, hits on 1Wo
’.nil thren years old, four in the sprin
Ha> shock alsorbur- and eversthine
8
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। a pwerful srmon in just four lin ~'
ies of le
tli, 11
six day - of the wek.
cars a daru about Ashland? Wht
Hoinz tsi tre
A drure giving Mexican Women
fI" ivi rights with men has been
prepared by President Calles and wili
be promuizated so. n. Tho not giving
the light to lute, it will revise the .
civil code which ut present gives "
noun'll an inferior status to men
W‛T" fUice proiie to c:i
• ~irtIs and allevs. ||>.
and lic lhe sidewalks wonl.
... ....... ~ in worris. no i.nzer teinz ni
mid I. lest Lite Tree trunks were in 1- man w 1, hus qepart .
omni standing one immir. d n. nei-arhofgrenerri- Th.-bu-im-.
.lin. I'd ami titty and mans ur1 Imus.- wol |„. vacant and fast going
irunk lying prostrate of a siz. 1 to deay Tim hm or , r.
Diirallule in lhe world, one mea-urin
Mi feel in length Fw whin »,
bale visited Hie inacussible valle. Bats and . thr
irdinK lo Ur c II (nither am: ph.....- mans
Prof S l < ado. theciscerrs
town merrhant, wlm assists ion 1
building churches, go roadis an
scho l buildings.
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Reports from all cotton grow ing
tions of Hie state are in th,, ofret
Hint the inserts are making damaging
inroads on the crop in wonerrrui
Rieger gave of his in putting over Illis
reunion, there would never 1e a fall
ure. Mr Rieger has dem-list rated
what can be don., liy giving frls of
Hine that he eonhl have 1 rufita*
devoted to Ids private Iu-ine-s
it has In . stimated that there an
‛weuty million radio listeners in ni-
ountry.
name from lin- list B , ji v -i nt •
to press. Tlic court wa ntified aneu
the "wise edltr" hi. 'I'd. ctare E
ed with falsifying a legal o/uent. 5
mid last arcounts as 1, is going to 5
111 ’" 5 I It pha- I "XIN led
!"■ killed uii'n imsalin a k. ii i".
u '• i-1 1 a rni-d' 1101 , hen .
nadvortoutiy killed bl 11. . . -
As a growing -thern -port rx ;
lug may invade Ha- risl of trap,,.
Narrini. on Augu-t t1h. Iuter 1.
to .Miss Grrtru Kolin- K 1 F
Dixon offiriating J.ubi - I. er
•
Mr and Mr- Furd I 1--11 an
Master Glenn, of Fort Worth, hav.
been visiting relatives her this w..k.
•
G. F. Plaxco was hanling mmr
last week to make an addition r. hi
residence on hi- fim- firm a few 1 i ,
south of town.
Ah
Cotton felt #K
TOILETPAPER rolls 256 0
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Forrest Ilulsoll and wife ot lin se j
are ~pendinz a few days in the <■ v
Forre-t is one . f tin- carly rla .
G' • in thene aris niifl hi in;.i.
f rienei- : re ulict ii. him.
• ■
Buck ponal-n returum i. -i /. —
from Oklahuma. where he vi-itc re : "
lives He says tile crop- . 111 •
alfalfa, an- ns fine a -piit il •
fo'o.. HW I. III,.
To Mr Hint Mr.-
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Elbert H Gary, head of the 1‛mta
States Steel Corporal ion. is dead Mr
Gary was worth millions in gold. mid
lie controlled the giant corporation o
the world. Yet and yet, lie died as
the Iwwrest, the musl humble, die. Al
the Imwer aim wealth he had •I Hii-
klbe nil! not he worth Hu- penny of
the pauper when lie laves his Maker
at tin- judgment bar.
You r membber when heli and-ligl
waler broke lo se in (hicago, and for
a NI*II it looked very inueh like Ian
mid order liad fallen down, as wild
eyed men paraded the streets, raising
i UcUo
nir Bapt
| r va . : :
ut Iw e 1
' r 1"pI.
a- long
l’ciler in the 1 i ■ . Val
■I l Mulinonn Ims imide mi msneess ad amuranee, whil, cun Iwttor i,
Illi attempt t locate the turst |i inazine than desr.,1 Ira irar
Texas Ims such a park site il sloni er happ-md to dirp int., mat coI.
be set aside as suchi and bring sight mnity lie wond lie started by Hu
seers Irum all the world. For somlailapiate apcuran, of 1.. ctr
lime members " the Iozislat nre have, mid ft..... frm lin- -c, as rast a 1i .
talked of u .--(ate park in the t'hlsos legs would crrs him
1ountains. , ,
___________ •°W ifiifsl, 2sl 1 tlmt a fair pictur
worry 'Him may have Ieen tru jo
A ttrrapin with II j: ( 1~7:"
varver on rin- shell was foune on :
farm n^nr Salma. Virginia H I
(‘allwell of Ronnoke -ay- be remem
bers arvinz his initinis on the bark
of a full Krown terrapin in April. 187: |
the mnonth ane
year, and cdit
Auue-t !Hh. a
Bud l:yan, 0
Wui 1 torerd l . coa-e piblicat 01
l ih- hotel- and rostuurants woul
an "1 lai>iia>< for lack of patronnz
lhr im chanics. the faritfimr^ amt tl<
it) labrer- would ni ve away 'Jin
-huuls am! churches would ilwindl
( a Lulit ami struck Mr l'ike in T» .
jal‘y lust Tue-day."
J I climbed on the roof of his
■ - ' wek, looking far a leak.
1n1 •>■ . -trikluz hiin.~f-]f r the back
E
- mu} be set for fur
uuin rhc aro | -.1. . :
1 ab .<■ ihf
the towns of the c untry* What wouhl
life be worth, living in snch a com
mntnity: Be the land ever so proc’uc
i live, you would Imt want if at ati\
price.
(inor towns add to the vaine of ren)
ealate. and vod farms are tin- bal
। warks of successful towns Hach help-
i the otier .Hid both are es-ontinl t. th..
‘2’ 1 elopment of the conntry. Sre r
• bar of the mail order evil ane! hoht
lmost the best intere-ts of your com
mnnity Mays County Iemocrat.
test of discriminating house-wives and
it has met all requirements. It is as
good as you can demand in flour.
THE "ESSEBFER WILL BE GLADLY CORRECrED CRON ITS
or the Pue SHES - Collins & Jones. Publishers
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syuruthiots . Sc, and
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of lib. ny.
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Ils they could. 1
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1 rheir floor- II. i
lor hick of support.
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