Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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NEWS
53rd YEAR
DECATUR, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1933
NUMBER 17
BIG BARGAIN TRADE DAYS IN DECATUR
A
it Sunday
Decatur Merchants Otter Special Low Prices tor Saturday-First Monday
And Still They Do It
On
IN CONFERENCE
the
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Jacksboro Meeting
Street
Of Methodists
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was present on the second day.
mad
s of the pasters
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I want to con-
read by all farmers.
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at the morning hour of that confe
of the Lone Star Gas Co., for a copy.
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Gocd-by, Inheritance
speaking upon the question of utili-
UTILITY CONTROL
Before
R<v.
f the (hristian Education of
the
Barnes, presiding
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Stuart of Bry-
son.
winning
football
first string center on
all public utility regulation is unsound.
N. W.
nna r the mnagement of Mr.
4
ths.
। learning:
1 alias.
in the Alamo City.
aves.
J. H. ( roseclose of the Dallas Meth-
Diiss Frances"
winn rs
to
gathered
cssary)
Messen-
to make the decision.
with
jons
Va
girl in congratula-
think that high water had washed
rep- 1
BAPTIST CHURCH
nco
ty heat
in
"I don’t have the figures. but the church is larger than usual. and the
i your
play.
pay the hill for it,” he said.
Services are being held each week-
senator
ny
eatur Circuit, and G.
told ns that
Ant Cates has received
Attorney
Hall of Bowie Mrs. Diek Collins of
W. Morris
(continued on page 2)
(continued on page 2)
continued on page 3)
for admission into the confer-
Bowie was chosen as the place
(‘oopier spoke
superannuate
Legislature against regulation by the
state.
1). Gose of Decatur. Mrs. W. W. Wil-
liams of Decatur. Mrs. Mabel Horn-
beak of Jacksboro. Mrs. Fred Sharpe
of Bridgeport. Mrs. C. L. Bowen of
Decatur, Miss Ella Thompson of De-
of i
l of I
the
Rev.
repr sented
Missions:
Waco.
Fe’er Fenr Buct and C’linton Eli
The
would
of
( ills
The
at
stopped and
bring back
TRADE DAYS
Saturday and
First Monday
exercises
and also
SINGERS HONOR
PIONEER MEMBER
The
which
Farring-
yton one
it Sunday
f the Red
eon-
; at
it ur svet
Mrs. Lee
granted
Milner.
Snnset
last Saturday, and a great deal of
needed work was accomplished.
logue and
E. Hodges
and Mrs.
The
merting
m< n.
ret ary
score
that 1
splendid Decatur
tons.
Saturday
We had
We had to
orphanage at
R. Sartin of
Mrs. B. B.
- DECATUR F. F. A. JUDGING TEAM
TO TEXAS A. & M. C OLLEGE
the
I ime
ger
More Than Three Times the Bona Fide Subscribers of Any Other Newspaper in Decatur
its.
we" he did not have time to break any
Woodruff took the utilities to task
for their campnign through newspaper
Swap Day in Decatur First Mon-
i day.
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What Have You?—Swap, exchange
or trade in Decatur First Monday.
Shawver f Areher City, who
I
President Roosevelt appoints Sum-
ner Welles of Maryland, to be Assist-
ant Secretary of State.
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Rev. C. E. Wade of
Pat Turner, formerly
Reports from the hedside of Mr. T.
J. Elder, living on East Main street.
introduced to the ci nference during
relied on account of the illness of
The first year class in vocational
agriculture will visit the Denton ex
pmim nt station Saturday. April 29.
All boys are asked to bring lunches,
and Ik* prepared to leave the high
school gym at 8:30 o’clock.
are now being made.
its in- time, and the response to these in-
-IF NOV’D ONLY LISTEN
v‘ (g ONCE IN A
WWIL MAXBE WED
HAVE SOME-
THING'.'.
ed to attend.
R. K. BELL. Pastor.
Swap C< lumu is very popular, and is j the special interests
be cheaper for the utilities
to its friend. Tucker, local manager another district conference, preached
TRADE DAYS
' Saturday and
First Monday
the following from W.
It is said that
was so close to
evening ahout six thirty.
1 good roads all the way.
He was
the first moss
There will be a cemetery working
at Pleasant Grove, near West Acad-
emy. May 11th, and all who are in-
terested are requested to come and
bring hoes and rakes.
and for the people if the utilities
would submit to regulation instead
of paying the expense of fighting it.
The cost of all state and federal
regulation of utilities in the United
States in 1930, he said, was one
twelfth of one per cent of the combned
had ever seen, but we did
elder of the McKinney district, was
present and condueted the devotional
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when the paper was
maintained that
it required some ;
row (Friday) night, has been can-
The han on game fishing will be
lifted May 1st, and it is said the
streams in Wonderful Wise abound
with the gay and festive bass.
advertising and by lobbying in the
th: annual confe
his guns at the lobbyists.
probably be a
Senators were challenged today by
Segator Grady Woodruff of (Decatur. 1
in a denunciation of public utility lob-
bies to meet squarely the issue of
utility regulation in Texas.
Woodruff defied his contemporaries
to show by their votes against regu-
lation that:
1. They owe allegiance to one utility
PLAY AT ROE IS CANCELLED
itiday nt 9 a m. and 7 « P..m The Srrs. Roberta Jarrett principal of, the
meeting will continue through next
week. The public is cordially invit
the Bishop began his
Paul <’. Mtephenson.
1tp nuntg Arzzenyer
PUBLISHED IN THE DAIRY CENTER OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
--|ence. and had a number of inter IAIAARm-Ega m AIEA I
Senator Grady Woodrufi has fired iw- co erning various inter, sts • HI f| Oil Of FLT HKK% I
the church. He was siheduled to HIVH10 UE K MulkA
leave Ja lsbor early the next muni “ "VS 3% I
4 f the church
on schedul:
h
UM
gratulate the Messenger for
i and ! defy any senator who discusses
this bill not to discuss these chai- ...
enpes • apnraise and audit the properties of
z room 9’
i. (Gas
hat the
slight-
id that 4
cak.)
Brest in the farmers’ affairs.”
Miss Frances Green, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green if Deca-
tur, utt-tiding our lady of the Lake
college in San Antonio, was ........
•he winners in a musical given by
B. will
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The members of the dairy judging
team of the Decatur agriculture class
i left Decatur, April 19th to attend
| the State judging contest at College
Station. The members of this team
were John Warren. Price Neeley and
Bill MeDonald. Mr. N. P. Stephenson
vocational agricuiture teacher, coached
the team.
ger years ago.
with tie fronds of ibis
: ntilities companies. The bill would
Mate the good man is resting easV;isiriet1
He has been seriously ill for several
Senatt r J< e Moore of Greenville
immediately following the challense
.••ent up an amendment to Woodruff's
substitute which would eliminate tele-
phone companies from regulation.
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_ ...... the sinkers of not only Wise, but ot well liked by the students and,making
gross incomes “ a uti ittie S many of the other counties of the splendid records. J. B. Roach says,
"Somewway and somewhere. he . _ .
, , state, in honor of a citizen that not
shoutecl. ‘the people an* p21VIK an , . . .
.. . .. . , einly believed in and supported
unreasonable amount on the cost of • .
the service they git. hurches Christianity, good citizen-
There are so many ways that the S ip ant a. rue ’ . .
.... - - ... . but lived it in his home and practic-
•We an*
>rt Worth
with Mrs.
dieted the devotional
the aft rno on session.
“ cented the Netlodist
Hi day wen*
that he did not like mules.
Our next stop was Huntsville. We
went through the State prison there.
They have 2600 in that prison. Mr
the revival
some moss
This was
going to have a
club this fall”. J.
At the morning session on the sec- which they do not owe to another
ond da-. Rev. II G. Ryan, presiding utility, or
2. I hey are willing to assume the
doubtful position of maintaining that
progress at the Baptist
lie nses to
who is now
charge, was
W < re
Mr. Elder are preach. Leon
his enPPlying the
• co mnended t ■
C. French
Whan the lawyers begin jump-
ing on a rieh man’s will they are
apt to break it.—Dallas News.
Ind, it might well be added,
break the beneficiaries of the
will also. If the disposition of an
estate is once taken to court, the
heirs had just about as well kiss
it gordhy.— Dentcn Record-Chron-
ide. _
Ing to be at anol hr district confer-
cnct and preach at il o'clock.
--- j M. Reynolds, former vocational
Messenger is informed that a good teacher at Sherman, and now teaching
crowd was present at the working of in the prison system.
Sweetwater cemetery, east of town, about 55 per cent of these could not
iley went
ernoon.
born and
rs of his
. Claborn.
nday was
d at the
Hn Wiley.
Mr. and
tur spent
and Mrs.
by the students of Roe school tomor- trade them for mules. He said no
A Messenger reader in the grcat
Chico country. writes in: "Your:
In Ib half of the passing of ne
of the most beloved citizens of Wise
county and one of th founders of
the original Decatur District Singing
Conventon. then* will be held next
Sunday, April 30, a celebration at
attendance at
:he first session, and most of the re-
pi rts wen* very creditable, consider-
ing the present financial conditions
and unfavorable conelit ions that have
ith of the j
Idle Sun- .
MeDonald. b •
the Tuesday Musical Club at the
Menger hotel, winning second prize
There was a large number, of con.
testants, representing the l> si talent . , nference Roard
nd family,
lighters of
spent Sun-
1m Peyton.
vens. Kt P
onion and
alow com-
er guests
Files
week in
DECATUR DIST.
this fine
Rev. Geo
who alse
’ i Hi »'H<-e.
in interest
11 a. m.— (‘ommittee.
Seme < f the pastors r ported that
rood revivals have been held in their
charzes, with increases in their
me nd rship. In most all the charges
tie North Texas C nference, s| ke
in interest of the work he has in
charge. Also at this session of the
have been presented
elder of the Sherman district, was
introduc d to the c nference at this
time.
(.rests has been very good.
At the night session of the con-
fen lice. Bishop H. A. Boaz was
present and preached a good sermon
, to a large congregatit n. The Bishop
stated that during the day he had ,
traveled 300 miles by auto, visited
in Jack county, wen* visit-
We arrived in Bryan
it up in the trees.
our next stop was between Ander-
son and Huntsville. Here we saw a
negro working two yoke of oxen to a
plow. They had no harness except
yoke and a chain tied to the tongue.
They did not use lines but guied them
by words from the negro and a whip.
We asked the negro how much he
would take for them. He said that
he would not sell them. He said that
Jacksboro. Alternates:
was to have been pres • ted more. We then asked if he would
The suggestion that a working
or w be employed to put .b • Win H
er park in first-class condition, is a
m1 st worthy one. and Messenger un-
levy a tax on one-fourth of one per
cent per quarter on the gross incomes
of utilities companies for enforcement
of the net.—Austin Dispatch.
Cabbage R
derstands that steps to do the work confronted all of ns
Oak Grove, a coming together of all and Crabtree. Thhese boys are all
ing in Decatur first . f the week. and
were welcome cullers at the Messen-
■■er cffice T. T. ami the Messenger
editor were printers on th Messen-
xercise. Among others who were
K>
Rev. o, T.
make eno stop to get gasoline. This
was at Waco. After arriving in Bryan
we began to look around the town to
see what kind of a place it was and to
locate a place to spend the night. We
had never seen so many negroes be-
fore in one town. After some driving
we io ated a tourist camp staying
there Saturday. Sunday. and Monday
nights Saturday night we went out
to College Station and saw the finals
in boxing and the dedication of the
new swimming pool.
Sunday morning we went back to
College. This was ex-students annual
meeting and tiiere were many visitors
on tlie eampus. Among the group were
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dodson. There
was a review put on that morning
by the cadet corps. This was about
the best thing the writer has ever
seen. After this was over Mr. Steph-
enson went to a meeting of the ex-
students association. We began look-
ing around to see if we could find
someone we knew. We did not have
to look very long until we found J.
B. Roach and Crawford Buttrill.
After talking to them a while we went
over to limit up the other boys from
Decatur. Texas A. & M. has seven
boys from Decatur including : J. B
Roach, Spain, Griggs. Zorns. Buttrill
LOCAL CLASS TO VISIT that
EXPERIMENT STATION not
I TOLD You WHEN
///^/////////7 VOU WENT INKOTAAT
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ties rezulation in Texas. He almt st
w nt so far ns to accuse some of his
fellow Senators of being lobbyists in
ihe interest of particular utilities
companies. Because this young num
had the roti nitre to say a few things
that ought to have been said long
• ago, The Lantern honors him today
by naming him guest personality.—
Austin Dispatch.
« antse. Rev.
© BomET-BRoa
The 266h session of the Decatur [
District Conference of the M. E. I
church South, met at Jacksboro on
April IS at 2 o'clock p. m. and ad- !
journed th following day at 4:30
p. m. Rev. R. G. ivod, presiding
elder, was in the chair.
R. E. Parker was elected secretary
and Rev. J. W. Lindsey was named
assistant secretary. Every pastor
in the district except one was pres-
♦ nt. A number of delegates were
present at the opening of the con-
ference. but a much larger number
The Texas Almanac, published by
♦he Dallas News, should be in the
home of every Texan, as it is a full
and complete history of the great
home state. Messenger is indebted
months. Such men as
missed from tin* daily walks:
cheery greetings, happy smile ami ,
warm handshake, characteristics of,
the man, have ■ been.mis kU'd" Me” nf meeting for the next conference.
was taken1‘ Iin, oni friends II limp I The following were chosen as dele cost of maintaining these highpriced singing under the leadership of
:ene N. >' ’ • ont in the (on. 1 g;lteS to the next annnal conference: public-relations men and expensive Brethren Washburn and Glosup is
test "with the sickness, and we will |’'is. G. C. H use of Bryson, Rev. O. lobbies must be trimendous and we inspiring and uplifting.
again have the pleasure of his asso- |
ciation. He is one of the town’s best
and beloved citizens: a true gentle-
man nnd an honorable man. We
miss him.
sweet fellowship. . the club.
s-=ET-E
a member ot tne Acrtn Iixa. K Blackert of Victoria which would, said. 1.11%. Ti i„ wise ... I. ditiat. day night. We are hoping that when
1ow of the Louisiana Conference: extena eas utility rate regulation. I Then he went into a denunciation leloyed P “ « » ' sountorl tuit the full report on contest comes out
Rev. Carl Clemgnt.of Celina, Rev. -rhe only reason any Senator can of the utilities lobbies and their pub- • dtwo,;and, a, half, mi " ‘theast that it wishow us in the upper 25.
dark Russell of Electra who also have for voting for ............ of ...... licity and advertising campaigns of 1 5 aturron > • lideH andwe left College Station at Six-
cl resented Southern Meth, dist 1 in utility and not voting for regulation against state regulation. wood road. Tiue to its Da n ter thirty Tuesdny morning, coming back
1 versity: Rev. Tom W. Bradham. of all of them, Is that he owes allegi- lie charged that the utilities should : to i b nty of pre tty slrndj tree s ancl Dy Intsville. Navasota. Anderson,
•.residnt of Texas Woman s College ance to otic utility that he does not be a ’partnership with the people. ’In Eround is covered,) a tond Madisonville, Corsicana, and Dallas,
of Fort Worth, and of course he rep- owe to another,’ declared the senator "If you had a partnership with a mat of green leaves that make a on the Navasota river near the town
resented this fine institution ol from Wise. man in an automobile agency, then ell! beautimu4h" n. of Navasota. Lasalle, one of the
•till, senator from Bell.” Woodruff you would be entitled to know at all Bring a full Thrh basket and on- early French explorers, was killed.
continued. “Vcm’re saving by your times what that partner is doing joy a spread • ith y nr f ri nds. we stopped and looked at the statue,
vote that any utility regulation is By the same token the people have a where there will be a zreat choir in Navasota, of LaSalle. Between
unsound. I haven’t said any senator rizht to know what the utilities are singing the old time gospel of Zion, Navasota and Anderson, county seat
list hospital, who also preached it on this floor owes allegiance ........... doing." he declared. The singing will start promptly at of Grimes county, we
very earn st and heart searching mt 1 raise these two challenges h re Woodruffs proposal would give the
sermon at 11 o’clock: and Rev. L D. ana , defs any senator wlo discusses Railroad Commission power to regu-
late rates, hold hearings on rates aim
Halcomb. Stuart quit the printing
business and for sever! years has
reen engazed in banking, and is now
ot the head of a prosperous institu-
tion in Jink county.
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Collins, Dick. Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1933, newspaper, April 27, 1933; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1611622/m1/1/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .