Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928
NUMBER 46
VOLUME XLIX.
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NEW CHEVROLET D. B. C. INDIANS
MAIL ROBBER
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IS KNOWN HEREON MARKET SOON
IN BIG GAME
Weatherford and Local
First National Takes
Fort Worth Bandit Was
Team Decide Confer-
Institution Establish-
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the music and expressiin pupils of
the high school, has been posttroned
until next Tuesday night, nt which
time one of the best evening's en-
tertainments of the season wid be
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the white house and Bradford in the
Spost office and everybody reading the
Ladhfessengen the country is in for four
yeans of peace, plenty and res-
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men who had been
Iki'. Seems like no one
Hi mid he is still running.
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With the passing of
the First Naticnal
mid Ille
‘The season on deer opened yester-
day, and a number of Decatur sports
men are heading toward the deer
country in southwest Texas. Among
thse leaving tills week are Zack
14Yard, M. W- Burch. Cat. 11. K.
i(idy, Ira Stepp, Grover Cleveland
ana Hugh Breedlove.
eont rol of
where the negro porter had
the man jump from the car.
A number of-stores, and the bank,
observed Armistice Day by closing
"tor the day. A large number «
torn people’ went to the wools and
enjoyed the day hunting pecaus.
utility truck chassis witl
Ilolldy Kenshaw, state highway
superintendent for Wise county, is ex
pecting most any time to receive fron
the state highway department at. Aur
Go out to the big game this after-
noon, between Weatherford and De-
catur College. This promises ta be
the most exciting contest of the
football season in these parts.
ig up "Old Betsy" with a view of
ymg n little home remedy on the
leves when they call.—Sherman
mocrat.
Mr. W. A. Helm of the Decatur
Motor Conuny, local Ford dealers,
returned last week fromm Dallas where
he received details of the new Ford
finance plan.
The new finance plan will be oper-
ated by the Universal Credit Company
an affiliated speciajized organization
contralled by the Ford Motor Com-
pany and operating solely for the pur-
pose "f financing Ford products on
a "time" basis. The brunch office
serving this territory is located on
the tltli floor of the Burt building.
Dallas Texas.
This is of special interest to pros-
pective purchasers of Ford products
on a time basis. Under this author-
ized finance- ‘plan. Ford customers will
bave a finance service available which
is sound and in keeping with Ford
policies and standards. Tim plan is
nation-wide in scope and for the ex-
clusive use of Ford dealers.
It is another step of the Ford or-
ganization in reducing costs by con-
trolling Aperations from the mine to
the consumer. The cost of this ser-
vice- will be lower than heretofore
available to Ford customers on a na-
tional basis, and autoiatically re-
duces the price of Ford cars purchas-
ed on a time payment basis. It is a
further expression (f the established
Ford puqicy of giving outstanding
values and complete service to the
consumer at the lowest possible cost.
The plan also contemplates the pur-
chase- by Universal Credit Comany
f seund and adequate fire and theft
insurance. iprotecting the joint inter-
ests of tile purchaser, the dealer mid
the company in the car.
The purchaser receives a policy of
standard form insurance providing
protection for one year. Such poli-
cies are issued by the lb me Insurance
Company of New York, the largest
fire insurance company in the United
States. The policies Provide for set-
tlement. based on the actual cash vaa®
of the car at the time of the toss.
The Universal Credit Cuampany and
the Ford dealer will work together in
making this new econcmical Ford ser-
vice available to all purchasers of
Font tiroducts on a time basis. The
Decatur Motor Congkany, local Ford
dealers, wf.(J be glad tot explain all the
details of the plan, which applies to
both new and used ears purehased
from Fill'd dealers-
they hadn’t run out of votes to
cunt he would prohably be running
yet. It- lqoks now that ir somebody
i don't tell him the race is over, pretty
& soon lie will keep on till he gets nil
| Al’s votes too and make it unanimont
it used to lie ppular to cuss the
8 political preachers but it looks now
| ihet hereafter the politician that has
’em on his side will be the lucky guy.
& . You' never can tell just how far a
K bubeh of preachers can jump if they
E • set their bonds to it.
| it looks now that with Hcover in
markin signs to lie erected on High-
way No. 2. in Wise- county.
s.me time ago Mr. Renshaw, under
instructions of the dePartment, re-
viewed the highway and made note of
the sheeific designations that will be
required for the guidance of traffic.
From the information compiled and
forwarded the signs will be made and
sent hero to be erected along the road-
side. 4 n ..
E. 1*. Gibson, Him
others, the manage-
found the satchel,
the money except
We can't imagine anyone who is
lower in the scale of human hyenas
than the chicken thief. A few nights
ago thieves entered the premises of a
Grayson county breeder and stole four
pens of thoroughbred chickens. He
had spent the past five or six years
in breeding these fowls up to stan-
dard requirements and at the same
time to qualify as heavy layers. Thus
th* work of years went for naught.
Ami yet. Texas has no law on her
statutes that can send a chicken thief
toUhe penitentiary. No wonder we
hear reports that the farmers are oil-
The only reqnirement asked of the
And if community would be the free use
of the grounds and lights and water
From a00 to 50 people would attend
the encampment in the opinion of the
chureh authority. Programs of enter-
tainment would be carried out lo
supplement schools in religious In-
struction and training in religious en-
deavor and it was deseribed to be
n gathering thint any community
would covet. Joe Wheeler park was
visited by the church representative
while here. He was impressed by
the beauty of the setting but said
the pavillion and other arrangements
were hardly up to date nor on a par
with some other parks but would
suffice.
Institution was taken over by Guinn
Williams and his associates, who
had successfully managed the First
State bank here. This merger of
the First State and the First Nation-
al took place in about three years
after (lie state bank was established,
and put inta the hands of Mr. Wil-
W
Since the returns from the recent
electtion have all come in all the
big dailies have been giving various
reasons for the landslide for Hooter.
At last accounts it seems that Herb
was not satisfied with a comfoitabe
majority but grablei the whole thing
and ran off with it. Well, there is a
reason for all this. The reader will
recall that several wecks elapsed
- Cer the convent inn before anyone
Wid Herb he had been nominated.
One of the leading church denomi-
nations of Texas has under consid-
eration (he plan of conducting a
week's encampment of I he young peo-
ple in the church at Joe Wheeler
park during August of next summer.
A representative of Ilie churcl was
here recently conferring with the
ehamber of commerce relative to the
arrangements Hull mizht be made,
he diretors of the organization to
whom the plan was reported respond
ed to the suggestion very agreeably
and voted lo encourage the movement .
has told
Presiding Elder Whitesides filled
the pulpit at the First Methoklist
church Sunday morning, and his ser-
mon .was enjoyed by all. This was
--Eldefy ‘Whitesides’ first sermon in
the local church since he was re-
turned here by the Denton confer-
Advance showings of .the new C’hev-
rolel line wili lie held in leadinx
cities strategically loratee tlrnont
the country beginning November 21111
and continuing mtil December 22nd.
First deliveries to purehasers will
start January first. No deliveries
will be made prior to that time. offi-
cials stated.
Dates and places of the special nd-
vance showings are as follows: De-
troit. November 21-2), Auditorium
General Motors building; New York.
November 24-29, Waldorf - Astoria
Hotel: and Chevrciet Retail Store,
Broadway nt 67th street ; Washing-
ton,D. C., December 1-4, Mayflower
Hotel; Clicago, December 1-0, Pure-
Oil building, Wacker Drive and Wa-
bash Avenue; Ls Angeles, December
And seeing us how Herb lives way
out in California next door lo Will
Rogers, where they don't know any
tiling except wiiat they sec in the
papers. yrobabiy no one Ims rild him
that the election is over. Some of
Al‘s friends seemingly tipped him off
hbout eleven o’elrk tin- night of the
blection that he was out, and he t ■ k
the hint and quit. But not :o witl
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connerted with '..in in the successful
mnagement of the young bank,
Messrs. J- .n A. Simin ns. A. Y. Les-
Skygak Gives Some
Authoritative Facts
Travis II. Wilson, who with "Miss"
Ottie Bridges, are charged in federal
court in Fort Worth as u articipants
in the mal/ robbery of a Texas-Paci-
fic train as it entered that Aty Fri-
• day night, are known to Sheriff Geo.
Gage's department here in Decatur,
and are the persons whu were im-
plicated in the exciting attempted
robbery of the Finn drug store in
Sunset about six months ago. ami
as the Bridges woman and her com-
panion were passing thru Decatur
immediately following tlie Sunset
robbery, were stopped by Sheriff
Gage and deputies as they were
speeding down East .Main street in
the dead hours iff the night. ‘The
woman was a Miss Griffin when the
Sunset Joli was done, and she was
arrested in Decatur with tlie man.
Bridges, whom she married later in
a Montague county jail. Wilson, a
Pal of Bridges, was caught by s(her-
iff Gage when lie came to Decatur
to locate burglar tools which Bridges
had secreted near the Decatur pas-
senger station when the sheriff cap-
tured him the night he and the
Griffin woman were making their
get-away from Sunset.
The mail robbery in Fort Worth
was one of the boldest ever attempt-
ed in the state, and had it not becu
for I Ik- watchfulness of the negro
porter on the train, who saw Wilson
jump fr,*ii (he mail ear as Ilie train
entered Fort Wrti, one of the most
successful hauls would have been re-
corded. Wilson entered the mail car
and with a vistol held up two mail
clerks- He slipped mail sacks over
the clerks' heads, and then grabbes
$5:,000 in currency and put it in
a .satchel. When the train passed
under the Jennings avenue viaduct,
Wilson jumped from the mail car.
The negro porter saw him leave the
train, and immediately rported to
the conductor, The poliee department
was notified when tlie train arrived
at the Passenger station, and a
squadron of officers hurried to the
For the sixth time, Messenger an-
nounces its annual "Bargain Day"
event, during which time tlie paper
reduces its subscription price, and is
sent one year at two-thirds its regu-
lar price. These periods have proven
that the Messenger is tlie most popu-
lar publication in this section, as many
hundreds of its citizens have taken
advantage of the offer. During the
time this offer was on in 192G and
again in 1927, all records for cash-in-
udvance subscriptions were broken,
which verified all claims that tlie Mes-
senger is the outstanding and most
popular publication in the weekly
field in its home county. In 1926 more
than one thousand joined the list of
satisfied readers of tlie Messenger, and
in 1927 more limn fifteen hundred
new and renwal subscriptions were re-
corded for the "pioneer paper." dur-
ing the hargain days period. That is
some record for a country weekly.
The fact that the Messenger is tlie
caly newspaper in the section that
lias a bona1 fide, cash-in-advance sub-
scription list, and that greater than
the qash and delinquent list of any
competitor, Inaki's the paper occupy a
distinct position in the field of coun-
try journalism, and reasons why it is
the most.popular with tlie alert adver-
tiser. The popularity of the Messen-
ger is its chief asset ; its one big ap-
peal to the business man. anil the fact
that tlie paper is paid for by its sub-
scribers is proof positive that it is
wanted, that it is considered of real
value and not tossed into the waste-
basket when it comes into the homes.
Messenger subscribers get their
money's worth. They get fifty-two is-
sues of a paper that carries tlie town,
community and county news: country
correspondents, court new-, section de-
voted to the schools of the counts,
edited by County Supt. Grruz: a de-
partment in which readers discuss
public questions: mid monthly mi
eight-pge mazazine, full of good in-
formation, and fun. is sen! out with
the regular edition. '
The paper is a -ill times fair and
square in discussing qnestions of im-
port, mid subscribers are al liberty
in express I heir views in its coluns.
old-timers and their descendants
will find mueh lo interest them in the
Messenger's "Folly Years Ago." and
"Twenty Yeat Ago” co'umns. exelu-
live fentures of the pioneer publica-
tion.
For almost half a century the Mes-
senger has been going into the homes
of Wise county people: for almost half
a century it has been in the cominane-
ing lead in tlie newspaper field in this
section of Texas, and today it is the
town, community and county favorite.
Messenger is proud of its record: It
is proud of Ils thousands of good
friends, mid indieations point to an-
other record-brenking subscription
campaign during bargain days.
mem and control of the Wagg ner
institution. Assistin'-' in directing
Ilie affairs of he First Nationnl, a
strong board of direet irs have stood
hy Mr. Williams in Capl. sam Bel-
hill. Ed Jamm’rtner . A. Y. Leslie,
.1. A. Simmons and others possessing
sound business judgment.
Reports are current on the street
that another bank, one of the strong-
est will be established here within
a short time. Pr minent financiers
in tin1 county and oilier.-: in another
eounty are said to be entertaining
solicitations to come into the field.
For the first time since Decatur
was in its swaddling clothes, a hom-
let <f a few hundred souls, today it
is ranked in tlie class of one-bank
towns, the result of the merging of
the two institutions here Friday.
Tin* First National bank lias taken
over tlie interests of the City Nation-
al. the trade being consumated dur-
ing tlie last days of Congressmau
Guinn Williams’ stay here. Mr.
Williams is one of tlie principle
stuxk-holders in tlie First National,
and it was thru him that the deal
was made. No news had been given
out about the transaction, and the
citizens were surprised Saturday
morning when they learned that the
two banks had been made one; that
the City National, established more
Ilian thirty years ago by tlie veteran
merchant, S. A. Lillard, and recog-
nized as one of the strongest insti-
tutions in tills section, had sold out
to the First National and had quit
business. The books, a ccount s,
money, etc., were transferred to the
First National Saturday morning,
and the customers of tlie City Na-
tional were given service there.
Tlie City National bank was es-
tablished in 1901 by S. A. Lillard
and associates, witli Mr. LH ard as
its president. Frem the beginning
tlie institution prospered, and for
more than a quarter of a century it
gave substantial assistance to tlie .up-
building of the town and community.
It drew to it ;i large number of cus-
tomers. mid its slendid accommoda-
tions and treatment of its friends
made it one of the most popular
financial institutions of the county.
Tlie First Ntaional is probably one
of tlie oldest banking liduses in north
Texas, being established more than
forty years ago by tlie late D. Wag-
goner. and with him were associated
such master financiers as Henry
Greathouse, Glenn Halseil, J. Ulman,
and J. L. Lang. With the passing
of these founders, tlie bank came
under the control of others, and for
many years it was principally owned
and dperated by men trained in the
old school. Ben F. Allen and Tom
B. Yarbrough managed the institu-
tion for many years, and when Mr.
Allen left the cashiership, his posi-
tion was taken by W. L. Rush, who
had been connected witli the bank
in a clerical position since he was a
young man. Mr- Yarbrough and Mr.
W. T. Waggoner, sm of the founder,
were recognized heads until they
moved to Fort Worth and engage
in Ilie banking business on an exten-
sive scale, when the management of
the local institution was given into
tlie hands of a Mr. Rusli assisted by
$2,700, lodged in rafters in tlie sup-
torts of tlie viaduct- in a short
time a woman. "Miss” Bridges, np-
peare on tile scene, and when ar
resil'd she claimed she had a "blind
date" with a gentleman friend.
Wilson, found a short time later
at the Bridges woman's house, was
arrested and taken to ja,
Wednesday morning one of tlie
mall clerks who was tiedl by the rob-
ber in th«‘ ear, was arrested, charged
with being a confederate of tlie ban-
dit. Wilson, and the Bridges woman.
The D. B. C. Indians are to meet
tlie team of Weatherford College this
afternoon at .3:30 o'clock a the col-
lege gridiron. 'This will be the third
conference game the Indians have
played this year. In the two previous
contests, one with Randolph College
and tlie mher with Cliftiin College,
the lcal gridstirs have succeeded in
downing their opponents for success-
ful) wins. The game today promises
to be oni' of tlie hardest fought of
the season, lecause of the fact that
the visiting team was Decatur's
strongest rival fe+ the district junior
(liege championship, and won tlie
final game by a narrow margin..
Weatherford will send a large dele-
gation of fans to tlie game to cheer
their team. All loyal Decatur fans
are expected to go to the game. The
event will be a hemecoming affair
for former students, and a number
have already informed Coach Dick-
son they will attend the game. A big
crowd from Decatur and community
will attend the game and help the
Indians win.
Come out and do your part toward
helping tlie Decatur bys "bring home
the bacon.”
Ilie County Arnzenger
-tunE IS NO SUBSTTUTE FOR CIRCULATION"
More Than Three Times the Bona Fide Subscribers of Any Other Newspaper in Decatur
Passing ca ro the motoring public
the benefits arising out of tremen-
dous volume production, the Chevro-
let Motor Company, today, introduces
the "Outstanding Chevrolet of Chev-
rolet 'History—A Six in Ilie Price
Range of tlie Four."
In making lids important announee-
inent. W. S. Knudsen, president mid
general manager. Points out that tlie
sensational public reception aecerded
the car in recent years lias enabled
Chevrolet at this time to. offer tlie
added p wer, speed and smoothness of
six cylinder performaace at practical-
ly tlie same prices that contributed
so much to the world-wide popular-
ity of the fcur. *
Preparations for the greatest year
in its history are now being made ly
the Chevrolet Motor Company. Pro-
duction of tlie new car was started
last week and I be company's fifteen
great factories across Ilie country
will be turning cut cars to lie shipped
to dealers by December 15th. Deliv-
eries to the public will start amnary
first.
Although no definite sehedule lias
been set fir 1929. Mr. Knudsen de-
clared that production of the new car
would probably exceed 1,250,000
units thereby surpassing all former
records.
In its new offering Chevrolet has
retained tlie highly successful valye-
in-head principle. The motor is i f
tlie high compression type with a non
detonating hen l and develidps 32 per
cent more power than its famous
predecessor: its acceleration is meas-
ureabis greater and its speed lias
been stepped to satisfy masimum re
quirements. Tlie piston displacement
is 194 cubic inches.
Dispite this greatly improved per-
formmice standard. thgusands of
guiles of testing under every road and
weather condition at tlie General
Motors proving ground in addition to
many cross country runs have shown
that the new Chevrolet engine will
iperate with economy averaging bet-
ter than 20 miles lo a gallen of gaso-
line. This is practically the same
fue, economy enjoyed by the owners
of the previous four cylinder model.
The motor develops 46 horse tower
at low engine speed and as a result
cf the automatic lubrication of tlie
valve mechanism, the motor is ex-
ceptionally quiet throughout tlie en-
tire speed range.
Seven models of passenger cars and
Ilins' commercial tspes comprise the
line which, according to General Mo-
tors officials, embodies the greatest
detar value ever offered in an auto-
mobile. Ineluded in tlie passenger
car line are five closed and two open
models. All bodies tills year carry
the famyus Fisher stamp of crafts-
manship. The commercial car line
embraces a new and larger utility
truck of one and a half tons capacity,
a new light delivery chassis and tlie
sedan delivery.
From an appearance standpoint as
well as from inherent design, the car
is completely new with a wide range
of attractive colors and fine car
avpointments formerly found only on
the more expensive makes.
Despite tlie score of advanced fea-
tures. prices remain practically tlie
slime, chiefly as a result of the in-
fluence of tremendous volume pro-
duction. The passenger car range is
from .$525 to $725. f.o.b. Flint, Mich.
The prices according to mode} are as
follows: Roadster .$525; phaeton
$525: coach $595: chpe $595: sedan
$<175: sport Abriolet $605: convert-
ille landau $725. The commercial
car Prices are: light delivery chassis
$ioo: «I e and one half ton ntilits
truck chassis 87 15: one and one hali
interest in the proposed highwa;
between Rhome and Bridgeport, thru
Boyd and Paradise, among the citi-
zens of the south part of the county
is spreading thruout tlie "Heavy End"
of Wise, and a realization of a dream
of many years among tlie progressive
and wide-awake people in all that sec-
tion is nearing, mid in December the
stamp of approval will be put on the
movement by the qualified voters in
tlie district, in mi eleelion that will
be ordered by Ilie comity commission-
ers' court. Tills will mark one of the
mest progressive steps those
forware-looking people have taken in
many years.
Tlie proposed road, one, acrordint
lo a statement of County Engineer
IIun. that will be desigznated as i
state feiler highway will be one of
the most important in this section of
the state, connecting two of Ilie main
ardinni hiuhways now running thru
tlie comnty. and traversing the most fer-
tile mid prosperous part of the reat
cou. II will be twenty miles in
lensth. mid "ill bi- .ilmnsl straiulit
from the nhome connection to the in
tersertion of the :011. ruuning west
fnlo the great regions of west Texas
Il will Ie of standard width.
The distriet thru which this road
will run has been created, and the
election for voting Ille bunds for its
instruction will be ordered by the
court at its mecting in" a few days.
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Mesenger learns that Mrs. Nell
Xintosh, who has been with the
City National bank in Decatur for
several years, will leave in a few
days to take a position in Dallas.
The news « this splendid and charm-
ing lady's departure will be received
witli regrets by her numerous friends
in Decatur and vicinity. Mrs. Mein
-tes-has-endeared herse f to all since,
she lias been among us. he will
be missed, and Messenger joins hec
friends in wishing her tlie success
she so richly deserves in her new
position.
In the days of the mighty Alfred.
w1Y the republicans and Hever-
deilferats. were abroad in the land,
there came a great landslide and the
, good people of Ilie plains, tlie ‘Tar-
manyerats, were out of sight—C. D.
I LONG.
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